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The age-herald., 1900-09-29

From the Philadelphia North American.
 Lieutenant Hobson has given the lie to his detractors in most conclusive way. When he said at Vancouver that the Spaniards had sunk their ships in Manila Bay by opening the seacocks he told the plain facts as seen with the eyes of naval constructor. He did not say that the shell fire of the American fleet was not accurate and effective, and he did nothing to belttle Admiral Dewey's achievement by saying that the spanish ships were not sunk by direct fire There was no question about the extent or -Deweys victory or the destruction of the enemy's vessels. He was asked by the interverer about the condition of the sunken ships, and he told briefly what he had found by actual observation.
 Hobson came out of the war with rec ord for gallantry that was not equaled' by any other officer in the navy. It was not his fault that the wreck of the Merrimac did not block the entrance to Santiago harbor, and the failure of the undertaking under his command did not in any way detract from his daring purpose or his personal heroism Because an eXcitable people wanted an idol, he was thrust into a prominence that he would gladly have escaped. He could not be blamed because a lot of women made fools of themselves. For that matter it has been proved that the kissing stories published at the time were either wholly false grossly exag- gerated.
 Hobson has borne himself modestly un- der most trying circumstances. He has never sought notoriety but has been the prey of notoriety-loving public. It was his misfortune that so much attention was layished upon him by fickle people, for 1t drew the envy of smaller men.
 It is the old case of wild praise turning to wild ridicule. Hobson is not the only sufferer. But the other day some one complained in the papers because Dewey, the immortal hero of a year ago, had not cut the grass in front of his gift house.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
Memphis is Next to New Orle ans.

Jefferson County and Greater Birmingham both have dangerous rival in Shelby Coun- ty and Memphis. But the two towns need not be jealous of each other, for Memphis Is to be the trade center of the interior south, while Birmingham will be its man. ufactur4ng center. The two towns are to- day the two largest towns in the cotton States. New Orleans alone excepted, and each has in it more of promise than any other two towns in the south have.
 Memphis Is an illustration of what sani- tation can do. About twenty-five years ago 1t was nearly depopulated by yellow fever, which returned again and again to favage it, and scatter its great trade. Then 1t was that the town put on its thinking cap, and the result was fine system of sewers, well paved streets and pure water supply. Babics began to find they could live and thrive in Memphis. and all towns in which babies can thrive will grow. Memphis has fairly grown away from its former self
 From 64, ,495 in 1890 1t has risen to popula- ton of 1O2 230, and there is no growing over the figures. At first 1t was thought some of Nashvilles and Chattanooga's returns had been inserted In the Memphis bundle. but
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
IF ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Hard Coal Strike to Be Settled.

The Homestead strike that beat General Harrison when he was a candidate for re- election, would be repeated so the Repub- Mean leaders think in the way of political effects If the hard coal strike be main- tained For this reason Mark Hanna is nov ing, if not heaven and earth, at least Wall street, to settle the strike. He fears 1t may be productive of bloodshed and violence, and he knows what that means to the plu- tocr9tic party of the countryside party of tidsts and combines and multi -millionaires. 2 The esteemed Hanna has therefore become a man of peace and peaceable settlements. and he Is endeavorlng to induce the coal combine to either arbitrate the trouble, em- ployins Cardinal Gibbons as the arbitrator, or else to induce the coalmining railroads to increase the pay of the operatives.
 The pending negotiation has political basis only. If there were no election in No Yember, there would be no negotiations, and Mark Hanna of Ohio would be on the other side of the fence. Mark is scared up. He sees that he has no walkover, especially in New York. New-Jersey and Connecticut, and he-dSes not propose to have a strike render his task more difficult. As part of the Republican campaign 1t may as well be set down as settled that the strike is to be settled. This means of course that very con- siderable concessions must be made to the opportune strikers.
 But if Hanna settles this strike out of po- ltcal necessities, he but invites other strikes, as election days occur; for opera lives have as much political sense as any other lot of people. Their leaders are apt to have more. But Hanna is pushed at pres ent. and regardless of the future he pro- poses to settle the hard coal strike.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
FIRST MEMBER RETURNED
John Penn Elected By Conservatives as
 Member of Parliament

London, September 2S.-Mr. John Penn, Conservative has the distinction of being the first member returned for the new Parliament, having today been reelected for Lewisham, which he has represented since August, 1891.
 w. r. D. Smith, son of the late w. H. Smith, and partner in the great news business, a Liberal was also reelected today without opposition to rep resent the Strand District of London. A few days ago MT. Smith was threatened with opposition on curious grounds, name ly, the censorship exercised by his firm, which, several times, has refused to sell weE-known works on its bookstalls owing to their alleged improprlety But the in- dependent Conservatives eventually decided that sufficient enthusiasm could not be worked up on this basis, and the son of the millionaire who started a newsboy once more represents the Strand in the Liberal Conservative interest
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
Suburbs That Do Not Contribute.

The esteemed and contentious Montgom- cry Advertiser assumes that the suburbs of cities are filled with the very poor. AS page writers live without we appeal to them as to the facts involved. The Age Herald asserts that the very poor live in town, forming its slums, and refusing to fill the tills of trolley companies. The suburbs of Birmingham are not filled with the very poor, and we propose to prove by Advertiser writers themseves that the suburbs of Montgomery are not filled. Some of the wealthiest people of Macon, Ga, live in Vineville; of Augusta, Ga., on the Sand Hills; of Chattanooga, on Look out; of Nashville, in it's grassy and beau- tiful suburbs The tendency of wealth the city In America and Europe proves with almost offensive emphasis.
 As a rule--a legal rule-the good things of this world must be paid for. In all bit exceptional. If a man shares the ad- vantages of a town, he should participate in the burden that goes with those advant- ages, be they ecclesiastical, educational, commercial, social, literary, theatrical or what not. He is lodging if he does not. He is imposing on others a burden he him. self should carry. The Advertiser writers speak for themselves, as Pricilla in- vited Tohn Alden to do
 The limit of tax lodging, esteemed Ad- vertiser, should be the limit of annexation, and the length of trolley lines is apt to be the just and true measure. Chicago, to which the Advertiser refers, has adopted the better policy. Memphis is another excellent example. Limits in both cases are wide enough to preclude tax lodging and this is what Montgomery and Bir- mingham should do, whether the Adver- tiser writers argue in protest against this common justice or not, for suburban homes are luxuries instead of necessities, and the man of leisure and wealth fills them in- stead ,-> the toilers of this world.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

tertalningly at the Morris the other day. He and Charlie Sells have long been warm friends
 "Isthmian'' is term primarily applying to games, and even at this day it has more especial reference to the isthmus Of Corinth where took place the renowned Isthmian Games of antiquity. These games were one of the four great national festi- vals of ancient Greece, and they took place in every second and fourth year of each Olympiad, under the auspices of the Co., rinthians. The accessibility and the wealth and attractiveness of Corinth doubtless had much to do with spreading the fame of the games throughout the known world, from earliest to latest antiquity. They con- sisted of all kinds of athletic sports, wrestling, boxing, gymnastics of every sort, foot races, chariot races, and so on There were also contests in music and po- etry. The Athenian tradition credits the es- tablishment of the games to Theseus, sometime King of Athens. Historically the games are dated from 5S2 before Christ. The forty-ninth Olympiad and Pindar's s Odes are especially interesting to students of this subject. When Julius Caesar re-es- tablished Corinth as a Roman colony he substituted a branch of fir for the sprig of celery that had constituted the great prize of honor in the games, and similar games were held at Syracuse and other import ant cities, thus beginning the universal spread of 'Isthmian' as applied to sports which are known nowadays.
 The largest sports club in London, the raal ,a,,ifo1 of yNodarn cnOVf Is the ISth- milan Club in Piccadiliy. at the corner of the Green Park opposite Devonshire House, the historic town palace of the Duke of Devonshire. This splendid club has several thousand members. amongst them being the greatest personages in England. It Is in fact the palace of the sports. On the OK fordshire side of the river Thames at Hen- ley every year the Isthmian Club erects an immense marquee for the entertainment of Its members and friends during the world-famous Henley regatta And from the green lawn in front leading down to the waters edge may be enjoyed on sunshiny day the most brilliant and thrilling water scene in the world. Adjoining the Isthmians are the tent and grounds of the Sports Club, the second great club of that character in London, and one much affected by younger army and navy officers.
 Birmingham has different sort or "Lsthmians'' as her guests today, and they are just as cordially welcomed as is the Prince of Wales at Henley, or as Theseus was at Corinth two thousand five hundred years ago!
 MT. W. c. Agee, for many years super intendent of the Southern Express Com pany, has entered into business copart- nership with Gen. E. ". Fucker for the purpose of carrying on a wholesale com- mission business in Birmingham. The firm name is W. c. Agee & Co.,, and they Will deal especially in country produce, fruits and foodstuffs. This is notable addition to the great houses of Morris avenue, and there is every reason to believe that the new firm will prosper, for MT. Agee, who is to be in active charge, is an experienced and successful business man of wide and deserved popularity.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
Size Of C0nuress.

Before the end of next week the popula- ton of Alabama will be announced, includ- ing every one of the chief civil divisions. The population of each county will be given, and the total of the State will be interesting indeed There is hope that the State will show a growth of 20 per cent, thus carrying the number of people in it to 1,SO0,000. The total will not vary much from that handsome number, as the lumber and mineral sections of the State are full of activities, and the agricultural centers are reasonably prosperous.
 In connection with State populations will arise questions connected with the new ap- portionment that the short session will make. The House of Representative now consists of S57 members, the ratio being one representatives to every 174,OOO persons. If the ratio should be retained, the size of the House would be increased to fully 400 members. Some think this an excessive number; but as the House of Commons in the little islands that constitute Great Britain consists of 670 members, and the Italian Chamber of Deputies is made up of 50S members, and the French Chamber of 5S4 members, and the Reichstag of Germany of 397 members, the point does not seem to be we'll taken. The more members, the more closely are they in touch with the people. At the beginning there was one representative in this country to every SO,- GOO persons, and six times since that day has the ratio been raised. It now takes about six persons to do what one did in 17S9. If this movement keeps on the rep resentatiye will be as much unknown to the masses of his district as a Senator now is.
 The better plan would seem to consist in keeping the ratio al present figures. Dis tricts often consist now of half a dozen counties, and a county does not have an opportunity in some cases to send one of its own citizens to Washington more than once in a generation. Many Alabama coun- ties understand how this is. Let the ratio stand. If it has any fault, it is too large There should be one direct representative to every 174000 persons.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
Will Be Deported

Jacksonville, Fla, September 2S.-United States Marshal Horr has received a tele- gram from the Treasury Department in- structing him to proceed at once to San Francisco with Kim Lee, Lowe Chow and Charlie Jome, three of the Chinese who have failed to produce the papers which entitle them to stay in the United tSates. He will leave for New Orleans with his prisoners on Saturday, from where the Southern Pacific Raolroad will transport them to San Francisco. Junpan and Ping Lee have been ordered deported to Eng land, from which country they claim to have come to the United States. 4te
 Deputy Marshal Mccormack will leave for New York with the latter two Chinese also on Saturday. All the Chinese who are ar rested will then have been disposed of.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
TWO WRECKS
Number of Lives Lost in Utah and
 Michigan

ogden, Utah. September 2S.-A disastrous wreck occurred on the Southern Pacific at Gartner Siding, near the Utah-Nevada line. Train No 4, due to arrive at Ogden at 6 o'clock last evening, went into the ditch and one person was killed and fif- teen more or less injured.
 The dead Mrs. Lowell of Trenton, Mo- Seriously injured: Miss J. c. Allen, Cleve- land, O.; head bruised, back sprained
 Nelson Neill, Shelby County, Illinois; leg fractured.
 Mrs Gross, Tulare, Cal, collar bone broken.
 Mrs. Keeffe, San Francisco; collar bone broken and leg fractured.
 Mrs. McGammon, addres not given; arm broken.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
A Kansas Flood

Parsons, Kan, September 2S.-The heavy rains which have been falling here for the past four days continue and the high water which swept away the dam across Labette creek above the city shows rapid rise with no prospect of an early receding. A portion of the city, comprising about twenty-five blocks, is completely flooded and 1t is al- most impossible to form estimate of the damage to property and live stock.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
Engineer and Fireman Dead

Durand, Mich, September 2s.-A fast freight train crashed into switch engine today on the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad here killing Engineer Thomas Hamlin of Detroit and Fireman John Linden of Iona. Samuel Beck, brake man, was injured.
 Twentyfour loaded cars were burned and both engines were demolished
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
Safe Robbers

Chattanooga, Tenn. Sept. 2S.-A special to the News from Bristol, Tenn. says the safe of H. J. McCorkle near Elizabeth town was broken open by unknown parties this morning and robbed of $500. Officers have gone to the scene from Bristol
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

The 1900 words of election stuff cabled to and from the Taft commission cost the tax payers of this country s376O
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
Bank RobbtrY

Centreville. Mich. Sept. 2S.-Wolf Bros bank was robbed last night of s1O,OOO The thieves gained entrance through the rear of the building and blew the vault open with dynamite. There Is no clew to the rob- bers
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

Memphis held a celebra ton that would have been held in this town if all parts of Greater Birmingham had been unselfish to the point of pure patriotism.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

Even campaign epigrams fail to score this year. Aguinaldo's capital is more indistinct and indefinite than Tsi Ans
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

The Emperor and Empress Dowager are still touring in ''the vest, and stubbornly refuse to return to desecrated and footed Picking.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

Supplies for Galveston, including money, postpone shipments.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

It Is Teddy's turn to criticize remarks upon trusts, which have drawn out many attacks upon those benign institutions.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

Chicago thinks Joliet is oversmart when it counts Chicago converts as a part of it's own beloved people,
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

The great and good Chauncey Vanderbilt Depew also says there are no trusts" Hanna and Depew!
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

Field Marshal Count von Waldersee thinks he should be allowed sufficient time to look over Pekin before he evacuates it.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

The Chinese tangle grows worse rather than better, for the allies are about to fall apart, which is what Lii Hung Chang most desires.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

The football season is about to trample out what little life there was in the Presi- aential campaign.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

Mir Hanna cannot change the nature or damnAble work of trusts by calling them corporations.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

The generals of the civil war are rapidly crossing the great divide.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

Dom Paul's bar gold cargo will be well comed whether he is or not.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

The Kaiser is a rapid speaker-so rapid censored out.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

The coal consumer near the hard coal dis tricts pays not only the freight but all the damages
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

Senator Clark of Montana is about to re- inaugurate prosperity in his adopted State.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

The troops in China are needed at home in order to capture that lone highwayman.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29

The powers are cultvating this country as they never did before.
The age-herald., 1900-09-29
DUE CKEDIr TO ROBSON

Ig Donelly is silent, but no one misses his voice.
The true northerner., 1900-03-21
Nothing So Deceiving

Zone of the Candidates" in Soutf
Haven's recent village election writes tn,
following lines to the Weekly Tribune
We would suggest that aspirants fo
any political preferment paste them il
their hats for future reference, as they
will apply to any election:
There is nothing so deceiving
In this busy land of ours,
As the wiggling, twisted lying
When one seeks political powers.
Every one you meet and speak to
Greets you with the sefsame smile,
Says of course he'll surely help you
And is working all the while.
And your friends and nearest neighbors
Cheer you up and say you'll win,
And they say the other fellows
Chances are most awful thin.
They count up on their fingers
All the votes that he will get,
And you'll get the whole remainder,
For you are the peoples pet
If you're young, and green and simple,
Never have been through the MILL
You will swallow all this blarney
AS you would sugar pill
But therell be a great awakening
There will be sudden shock
You will feel that you're a sailor
And have struck upon rock.
When the votes are counted over,
And the other fellow wins
With a rousing big majority
And you're knocked clear of your pins,
Everyone will greet and guy you,
Everyone will rub il in,
And will forcibly remind you
That your vote was awful thin
You will come TO the conclusion
That in any political race
You can't bell We your great-grandmother
When you meet her face 10 face.
The true northerner., 1900-03-21


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The true northerner., 1900-03-21
Early Spring Arrivals at
AVery's.
All Departments Replenished
with Latest Novelties.

New line Battenberg patterns.
New line Embroidery patterns
&c and up.
Valencinnes Laces Ioc doz.
Special up to 3 in. sc per yd.
Embroideries &c per yd and up
Trimmings &c per yd. and up.
White Goods &C per yd. and up.
Scrim Cloths &c per yd. and up
Towelings &c per yd. and up.
Table Linen-speclals 25c and up
Towels &c each and up.
Lace Draperies Ioc yd. and up.
Silkaline SC yd. and up.
Lace Curtains I9c each and up
soc Corsets 2oc.
Ladies Seamless Hose &C and up
Yard wide Carpets I21c,
Ingram Wash Carpets 25c.
ga Bed Blankets 900 per pr.
1914 Bed Blankets 44c per pr.
Handkerchiefs Ic each ane up,
Turkey Red Hdkfs sc each & up.
Remnant Ribbons &c each.
I" Dress Goods way off.
Closing Capes and Jackets at any
price.
Special Ladies 81 and So Shoes
oSc.
10 qt Tin Pals Ioc.
qt Covered Pals sc.
Tin Cups &c and &c each.
Tin Basins &c and &c each.
Tea Pot Knobs &c each.
Lunch Boxes Ioc.
Cotton Clothes Lines sc each.
Best Baking Soda &c.
All Yeast Cakes sc.
IL Boxes Matches SC.
10 Bars Jaxon or Lenox SOAP
for 25c.
New line Fancy Silks soc and up
All over Laces in Cream ano
Black. Winding up winter mil
linery at zero prices.
New line of Wash Goods.
Bargains in every department.
The true northerner., 1900-03-21

At the meeting of the Pathological
society in South Haven last week, the
subject of fruit packing was up for con-
sideration.
The general opinion seemed to be that
there is too much carelessness in the
packing of peaches. AS one man said,
"If your peaches are packed from the
bottom of the basket to the top and
not shoveled into the package, and are
such as one would be willing to purchase
for himself such fruit will find its own
market. have no patience with people
who will insist on putting up veneered
fruit"
Another thought packing the most
important part of the peach business,
and all advised honesty
Another didn't like to hear so much
said against the packing of Michigan
fruit. He had heard buyers say that
eastern growers OF fruit did not COM
pare at all with our own growers. That
they should come to Michigan to learn
how to pack fruit.
There was some talk favorable to the
use OF graders, and others thought any
grader except the hands would injure
fruit that was ripe enough for shipment.
There was "kick" against using any
thing smaller than fifth baskets, as the
sixth is not an honest package, being
used only for the purpose of selling as a
fifth.
The commission man came In for his
share of attention, and one man dared to
make the assertion that the commits
sion merchants were Just as honest as
the growers.
There is not the slightest doubt but
the Pathological society is of great bene-
fit and advantage to the fruit growers of
the "corner," with its frequent meetings.
Couldn't some such organization be made
profitable to this community?
The true northerner., 1900-03-21

Mr.. L. r. Smith, the newly elected
manager of the Southern Michigan
Fruit association, has bought and ship
ped fruit from Lawton for the past IA
years and is without doubt better quail
fled for the position than any man who
ever handled fruit in this market. He
is recognized everywhere as thorough,
practical business man, and everybody
who knows "Tom" Smith knows that he
is a pusher. His appointment meets
with favorable comment throughout the
fruit belt.-Lawton Leader.