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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Cost of Textile Machinery.

The prices of spinning frames and of
other machines and parts of machines EN-
ployed in cotton mills have been advanced
in close correspondence with the advance
ing prices of iron and steel Pickers and
cards and fly frames, as well as spindes.
are all higher. The American Wool and
Cotton Reporter takes 10000 spindle mill
as an example of increased cost, and finds
that ~the increase is nearly ten per cent.
We give its figures for such mill;
An advance of % cents per spindle would
result In an increased cost of s., 800 for spin
ming frames A mill of this size would run
ten pickers, say. The increase in the cost
of these picascrs would amount TO $500. Es-
tifnating that sixteen fly francs would i,e
required, We have ar increased cost in
this iten: 81 ss09 The number OF cards &C
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
CEMENT OF THE ANCiENTs

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Samples of cement used in the antique
water conduits about Ephesus and Smyrna
were recently subjected to chemical analy-
sis and the various samples were found to
be quite similar in composition. The
waterworks from which the samples of CO.
ment were taken were constructed from
period several centuries before Chist to 300
yeas after The chief constituent of the
samples was carbonate of lime, but mixed
with it was from 2 to per cent OF or
ganic material. This was ascertained to
consist of mixture of fatty acids. Expe-
riments were made with a cement consist
ing of burned lime and olive or linseed
oil, but it was not found to be permanent.
On the other hand, a mixture of two-thlrds
air-slacked lime and one-third olive oil
hernened readily and possessed great en-
DURANGO, leading to the belief that this
was the composition of the ancient, &C.
ments which were analysed.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
GEN. EAGAN TO BE RETIRED

Washington Correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune.
Brigadier-G General Charles P. Eagan,
commissary of subsistence, who was court
martialed fer his attack on General Miles
in connection with the beef inquiry is to
be retired He called at the war depart
ment today in response to a request from
his superiors. He had a confidential talk
with Secretary Root and Adjutant General
Corbin was then called into conference.
The object of it was to induce Eagan
to make application for retirement so that
the place of commissary-gen may be-
come vacant.
Friends of General Eagan in New York
have taken up the matter and with such
good effect that he is said to have yielded
to their requests and to the suggestion of
the department 1t is believed he wrote
out his application for retirement today,
although the secretary of war and the ad-
jutant general refuse either to affirm or
deny such official action.
Under the law officers who have served
forty years are entitled to retirement on
their own application Those who have
served thirty years and make application
may be retired in the discretion of the
president. General Eagan comes under the
latter class. He entered the regular SER
vice after serving as volunteer officer
during the war, in 1866. The president is
ready to retire him so that Colonel John f.
Weston, who has performed the duties of
commissary general since Eagans retire
ment, but without the pay of the place,
may be regularly promoted as brigadier-
general.
The retirement of General Eagan means
a reduction from his present pay of $500
to $4,125, but he will be enabled to engage
in any private business while on the retired
list, which would not be the case when on
the active roll even though under suspen-
sion. 1t is believed the retirement of Cen
eral Eagan and the promotion of Colonel
Weston will be announced at once.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Captain Carrier in Prison.

President Mckinley could not well pun
ish General Eagan without condemning
himself, nor could he punish DIR. Huide-
koper and a long line of army blunderers
because he had himself been a participant
in their blunders--had approved many of
them and was cognizant of all of them
But in the Carter case he was free to
strike, and he has approved the sentence
OF the Otis courtmartial, and Captain Car
ter goes to prison for five years, and will
be disgraced man to the end of his days.
The Carter case is chiefly rema rkable for
the delays that money and influence pro-
cured for him. His completely with the
contractors of Savannah was known and
reported in 1897. He was tried by court
martial of which General Otis was chair
man in 1898, and now in the closing months
of 1899 he is arrested and placed in prison.
Inc hndings of the courtmartial were for
warded to Washington April 80, 1898, and
there they remained Enacted on until last
week. So far as is known there was not
a dissenting voice in the courtmartial and
no one has had any doubt about Captain
Carriers guilt at any stage of the proceed
ings, and yet the findings were hung up In
Washington eighteen months. There are
good grounds for the assertion that if the
case had not attracted public attention on
account of the immense sum stolen and the
nature of the influence used in the prison.
er's favor, the findings of the courtmartial
never would have been approved. Distin-
guished senators lolbbied in favor of his
acquittal, and the highest-priced LAWYERS
were ready to speak for him at every turn
of the case. 1t may be set down as a fact
that public sentiment secured a conviction
In this case as 1t secured a pardon in the
Dreyfus case. President Mckinley had no
desire to reap a crop of criticisms like that
which greeted his action in the Eagan
case.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03

traveller and author, called when in China
upon the wife. or rather the wives Of a
great Mandarin. Her visit partook of the
nature of festival, so novel was the ex-
perience to the Chinese women, whose lives
are passed almost entlrel within the walls
of their yamen. They examined her cloth
ing, and were partly pleased and partly as
tonshed at it. They were shocked by her
shoes, and especially by the fact that her
feet were not confined by bindings.
Finally one of them said, through the in
terrreter, "You can walk and run just as
well as a man?'
"Why, certainly"
"can you ride pony as well as 4 4asn?"
''Of course"
"Then you must be as strong as most
men,
Yes, I think am
"You wouldn't let man beat you, not
even your husband, would your"
mot al ALL
The Chinese women paused, laughed, and
then said: Now l understand why for
eigners never take mere than one wife.
They are afraid to-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
IN THE FALL AFTERNOON

There's a burnish of fine scarlet on the
pear that drops today,
Now the glory of the ripe and rich au-
tumnal moons has come;
The peach is over-mellow, and the apple
bends the spray,
And there's honey-yes, there's honey-in
the purple of the plum.
With dust upon the dropping of his gold
and azure wings,
The butterfly clings loosely where the
last flowers flame and shine;
Down the dusk of qonely garden aisles the
yellow leaf still clings,
And the grape upon the drellis is BURST
ing with its wine.
There's bloom upon the mountain, and
there's mist upon the stream.
There's light burns low in heaven that
never shonc before;
We sing softly with low voices In a slow
and waking dream,
While far off the breaker feadisers in dull
music up the shore.
But ny fitfnl flow and failing there blows
a boding breath,
A wind that steals from spaces of I'M
known and nameless chill;
And II wraps about our dreaming a darker
dream Of DEATH
Ar, takes the singing from the lip and
isa.:cs the music still. M
Harriet Prescott Sanffard.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
WILL DEWEY SCARE M'KINLEYs

From the New York Journal.
The story that Admiral Dewey is a re-
publican will doubtless fill the large soul
of William Mckinley with trepdation
Suppose, at the last moment, that Platt
should stand Dewey and Tim Woodruff,
the hero of Manila and the hero Of
Gowanus, under the party calcium light as
candidates for the presidency and vice.
presidency. What chance for renomina-
ton would Mckinley have? What a fine
opportunity Plat would have to revenge
the turning down of Morton at the st.
Louis convention.
Such thoughts are calculated to make
the trust dollars in Hannas pocket jingle
with nervousness.
But neither Hanna nor Mckinley need
have any fear. McKinley's conduct DUR
ing the past two years has been vastly
pleasing to Plat.
Moreover, being man of probity and
having high ideals, it is not at all likely
that Dewey would accept political over
lures fir, m a man of Platts kind.
Therefore, when the ghost of Dewey
hovers around McKinley's bedpost, the
president can assure himself that it is not
dangerous.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
New School Laws Explained.

The recent circular of Superintendent
Abercrombie to the county superintendent
is lively, timely and excellent document.
He practically tells the county superinten-
dents that corner has been turned and
all along the line there is hereafter to be
change in details and in general The old
slip-shod methods are declared abolished
Circulars from the educational department
are to be hereafter read, filed and inwardly
digested. They are no longer to be put in
waste baskets They are not sent out at
present for that purpose, and will not be
during the term of the present incumbent
of the office of superintendent of educa-
tion
crombie calls the attention of county SUI
perintendents to the provisions of the
statutes in regard to teachers institutes.
MIR. Abercrombie proposes to attend as
calls upon the county superintendent to
plan and conduct such institutes with en-
thusiasm and presumably with intelli-
gence.
Mr. ADercrombie also tells the county
superintendent that the object in increas-
ing the school appropriation was not so
much to increase salaries of teachers as to
lengthen the school term. He urges the
county superintendent to see that terms
are heightened at least one month, thus
giving the children the benefit of the in
creased appropriation.
The whole scope of the circular is evil
dence of the new force and new intelli-
gence that has come to the educational de-
partment. The head of 1t is keenly alert
to the changes that are needful and FEAST
BILE in the state, and he is trying to bring
the county superintendent up to his level
He has undertaken a very considerable
task, but ne is not a man who is easily
turned aside or who can be trifled with
The comfy superintendent who thinks he
can do his work in the old style will find
perhaps some morning that the new style
of educational work is very much in evil
dence-is very much alive and is prepared
to assert itself. The county superintendent
who is not ready to work for the schools
under the guidance of Superintendent of
Education Abercrombie may as well pre-
pare to make room for successor.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
VIII you kindly call the attention OF the
city fathers to one of those things they
have left undone and which every stranger
In your city has felt the need of-namely,
the placing of street signs at the corners
of intersecting streets. Barring a very
few exceptions there is not street sign in
Birmingham to tell the weary traveller
where hes at" This is a great annoy
ance, as he must resort to inquiry to find
even yorr most prominent business streets.
STRANGER.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Memphis Speaks from Experience.

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal. speak
ing from a long and painful experience.
tells Jackson and similar towns that in
sanitation is to be found safety. MEM
phis," it says, learned this lesson more
than twenty years ago, and not too COM
pletely or thoroughly, for leaving one sec
ton of her territory exposed the fever
came here two years ago and took up quar-
tiers in unsewered portion. Cases were car
RED from the infected section to the sew
cred section in several instances, but there
was no spread of the disease, showing that
to propagate pestilence, filth is necessary.
Memphis has expended a large amount of
money in sewers and is today the best
severed city in the south. Memphis was
once at the other end of the list. With
sewers and sanitation confidence and Sc
curity have come to the people, based on
the conviction that an efficient sanitary
system is phylactery that never fails"
The Commercial-Appeal shows that mot
alone is yellow fever to be feared but
malarial fever, typhoid fever and other
epidemic diseases, all of which are nurtured
in filth. The science of sanitation has been
brought to such perfection that there is no
longer danger of plaques such as used to
devastate cities, if only the proper pre-
cautions are taken"
This is the whole story. Thorough sani-
tation is the only remedy. Small towns
cannot, it is true, have a water-supply
system and ample sewers, but such towns
can do a great deal that makes for SANTA
ton. Towns of five thousand people or
more should be severed and supplied with
water. If they will not voluntarily secure
these blessings, they should be compelled
by law to put in such plants.
There is no more impressive lesson to be
gathered in the south than can be found in
the story the new Memphis presents in
contrast with the stories that come up
yearly from unsewered jackson and New
Orleans.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03


These figures cover the additional
amornts that spinning mill would have to
pay over the prices of six months ago.
Looms are not included, nor are fixtures,
engines, power plant When all things are
taken into consideration, the increased
cost is found to be just about 10 per cent.
This may not be a serious increase in the
south, where so many advantages are
available, but in the north investors will
be apt to hesitate before they build mills
at increased cost to compete with southern
mills built at lower cost. The mill that
would have cost six months ago $l,0OOG0O,
would cost now s1,100,OO9, and when earn
ings have to be adjusted to the latter sum
the task may become increasingly difficult.
The rise in prices probably forbids the
building of new mills in New England. 1t
will at first sight discourage the building
of new mills anywhere, but it will soon be
seen that ten per cent. does not cut much
of a figure in "a section that possesses all
the advantages of cotton-millng.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Mnst ca,np,y with Regulations

Austin. Tex. October Ex-Governor Say
ers today received a telegram from Major
Scobel of the British army. who is In the
United States buying mules, asking perms-
sion to come into Texas from New Orleans
to secure several thousand mules. The
governor replied that he could do SO by
complying with the yellow fever quaran-
tine regulations which require him to be
out eight days from New Orleans before
he can enter the state. He has several
prospective points in the state from which
he proposed to secure several thousand
rutes.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
VIII be the Nominee
From the Hamilton News.

From the Hamilton News.
We see that at the close of a speech at
Centreville, Ala, on the 23d instant Hon.
John w. Tominson formally announced
his candidacy for the nomination for gov
erncr of the state of Alabama and in the
plainest terms defines his position on all
the questions now before the people for
discussion He indorses the Chicago plat
form, is in favor of Bryan for president
opposed to brnsts and imperialism. In
short, he is true democrat, as he always
has been. We venture the prediction that
the man who beats Tomlinson will be the
nominee.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
A man never thinks much of a baby till
1t gets tame enough to eat out of his hand.
Probably the women build such big monu-
ments over their husbands to hold them
down.
Just because girl falls in love with a
man is no proof that he has got to want to
marry her.
If some people had been around when
the world was created they simply couldn t
have sat still and let so many mistakes be
made.
When man dies who Isn't as rich as
everybody supposed, the men all insinuate
to their wives that they had suspected it
for long while.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
That Richardson Letter

From the Montgomery Journal
The Journal predicts that if Colonel Tom
linson and Congressman Stallings meet on
the stump in their canvass for governor,
there will be a lively debate. Colonel Tom
linson is strong Bryan advocate, and
there are those who want Mr.. Stallings to
explain that Richardson letter, and Tom
linson is one of them.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
But Dewey is Not the Country

The CORTLAND Enterprise somewhat con-
fuses love of country with love for a citi-
zen:
CORTLAND is patriotic. Just soon as the
news flashed over the wires that Admiral
George Dewey had anchored off New York,
up went our big flag, and she is still flung
to the breeze.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
THE EDITORS
AND THEIR TALK

Editor frank Gist of the Columbiana
Chronicle, who Is secretary of The Fourth
congressional district democratic commits
tee, writes:
We asked Hon. John b. Knox the other
day If he would enter the race for senator
in the event there was a free-for-all race.
He replied II am for Morgan, and do not
think the way to help elect man is to run
against him. l will not be a candidate SO
long as Morgan stands for reelection"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
VIII Make Strong Fight
From the Warrior Breeze

From the Warrior Breeze
Hon. John w. Tomlinson, of Birmingham
has announced his candidacy for governor,
subject to the action of the democratic
party. Colonel Tomlinson is the recognized
leader Of the silver forces of this state
and advocates the same principles and
doctrines as declared by Mr.. Bryan. We
predict that the colonel will by his open
and bold declarations for free silver make
a very strong fight for the nomination
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03

The Centreville Press very cheerfuliy
says:
Talk about your hard times, The people
of Bib county don't know what hard times
are. They have plenty ITO eat and wear
and a shelter at night. Many have farms
that a princely living can be made on II
they are only managed right.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Truth in Aristotle

The Frulthurst vineyardlst fmoralizes
thus:
oh my friends there are no friendsr'
was Aristotles saying We must admit
there is more truth in this than there seems
to be at first.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Thousands for n Railroad

The residents of a comparatively thinly
populated neighborhood in south Alabama
show practical commonsense The Mobile
Register says
Residents in the Butler, Choctaw county,
neighborhood have subscribed to the West
Alabama railroad in land and money ST.
200. They give practical evidence that they
want the road.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Would Make Splendid Chief Executive

From the Athens Democrat
Hon. John W. Tomlinson has announced
his candidacy for the democratic nominal
tien for governor OF Alabama. Mr.. Toni
linson is not only an excellent lawyer, but
a man of affairs. He would make splen-
did chief executive. Mr.. Tomlinson Is d.
rectly in line with the views of Mr.. Bryan
and is a warm personal friend of that gen.
tleman. The democrats of Alabama would
commit no blunder in nominating him.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Personally and Politically Popular

From the New Decatur Advertiser.
Mr.. Tomlinson is a warm personal friend
of Hon. w. J. Bryan. He is chairman Of
the democratic national bi-metallic COM
mittee, and he represents fully the national
declarations of the democratic party This
makes him a strong candidate. He is per-
sonally and politically very popular in Ala
bama, and with Jefferson county behind
him he will go into the convention to win.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Heard on Bank Street

The Decatur News heard this on Bank
street:
AS We passed up Bank street today,
when near Sam Tyler's news stand, a gen.
tleman stopped us and, pointing to the
cIpalo on the Methodist church, said: The
Episcopal denomination is going to put a
$4,000 church right there. pointing 10
Vought's photograph gallery. and it will
be completed before you Methodists put
the top on that spire.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03

1t came in the good, old-1fashloned way,
as John G. SAKE said. The Gadsden Peo-
pies Voice says:
Walter Gilliland and wife are all smiles
it is a 12-pound girl; 1t came on the 18th.
Walter will move to Alfalfa this fall to go
into the mercantile business at that place.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Contract Awarded

Huntsville, October 2.-(Special)-A con-
tract for the laying of 10000 feet of Pinch
water pipe from the Merrimack mills to
Russell's Hill, where the mill reservoir will
be located was awarded yesterday to w. ].
Bennett G. Co.. of this city.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Unpaid for Apparel

There is much of homely truth in this
from the Moulton Advertiser:
1t is slckening to witness lot of poor
people, too poor to make decent shadow,
breaking their necks trying to keep up with
the rich people. girl looks better and
If she knows right from wrong, no doubt
feels better, in common clothes paid for
Than in finer garments not paid for.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
Against School Book Trust

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
Mr.. Tomlinson discussed the school book
trust and pointed out how it was robbing
the children of Alabama. TO the people of
Alabama the extortions and robberies OF
this trust are more vital than imperialism
in the Philippines, and every candidate for
state office Should expose its vicious prac-
tees in the coming state canvass.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
VIII and His Books

There are thousands of Will Scarborough
in Alabama these glad autumn days. Tia
Eutaw Wing and Observer says:
We are glad to see our young friend,
Mr. Will Scarborough, trudging along to
school every morning with an arm full of
books for the purpose of better preparing
himself for business and the responsible
ties of life.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03

In a roundabout, left-handed way the
Orange Free State has applied for annexa-
ton to Great Britain.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03

While MIR. Stallings, Mr.. Waller and 9th,
ers are conducting campaign in the omen.
the underground campaign is actively pros
ecuted The Montgomery Advertiser re-
Gently unearthed an underground brick.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03

The Wetumpka Herald says:
The New York carpenters are out on a
strike because their pay is not raised to 81
per day. Why, the wise legislators of Ala
bama only receive 81 per diem!
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
In No Combine


From the Montgomery Journal.
The Huntsville Tribune thinks Colonel
Tomlinson is Colonel Tomlinsons own can
didate. This Is the very highest compli-
ment in these days of trades and combina-
lions the Tribune could pay any candidate.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03
That Ola. LAP Yarn

IT was certain TO come, and the Ozark
Star puts it this way:
Artumn sits in the lap of departing sum-
mer, clothed in following leaves, bathed
in golden sunlight.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03

With Diaz absent, the laying of the cor
ner-stone of the Chicago postoffice will not
be an event that will go sounding down
the corridors of time or any other old thing