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The age-herald., 1900-03-29
ADpIsON,s FAMOUS CODE.

The spacious Armament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky And spangled heavens, a shining fame, Their great original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creators power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Soon as the evening shadows prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. Whilst all the stars that round her burn And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though in solemn silence all Move round this dark terrestrial ball, What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found, In reasons ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; For ever singing, as they shine. "The hand that made us divine"
 Joseph Addison.
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wurE,,yK WILL Nor RESIGN.

Washington Correspondence of Chicago
 Tribune.
 General Joe Wheeler has withdrawn his resignation as a brigadier-general of the volunteer army and has been placed upon waiting orders This is the result of d number of conferences between Secretary Root and General Wheeler. Under this ar engagement General Wheeler will remain in the service until 1t Is determined whether he will be given an active command under his volunteer commission or be appointed a brigadier- general in the regular army and retired immediately, or whether he will be honorably discharged from the volunteer army.
 As has been stated in these dispatches, it will be impossible without special legisla- ton to give General Wheeler a commission as brigadier- general in the regular army until the retirement of General Merritt in June.
 If General Wheeler should be appointed to the prospective vacancy he will have only two months to serve on the active list, as he reaches the statutory retiring age of 64 in September.
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
Sweet Potatoes in Europe.

The aunsville Farmers club at College Park, Md, aided by Secretary of Agricul- ture Wilson. proposes to establish sweet potato propaganda in Europe. They pro- pose to have an exhibit at the Paris ex- position, where, in a booth sweet potatoes will be variously served to peoples who know them not. They hope in this way to lay foundation for a trade in canned or desiccated sweet potatoes The roots are not grown in Southern Europe, where thes would doubtless do well. and all Eu- rope-all the world outside of America. is living without this excellent article of food.
 But if the Evansville farmers think the dry and tasteless potatoes of Maryland rank up to the potatoes of Alabama, from which sugar oozes when they are baked, they are not good judges of saecharine food They do net know what a good sweet po- tato is. The Maryland pota to is a cross sweet potato, with none of the good quail ties of either The dry sweet potato is an abomination It is mealy when it should be sappy: it is tasteless when 1t should melt in the mouth. You clubbers of Vaunsvi..e, go to- You would not know a genuine sweet potato if you should meet one coming down the road loaded to the neck with sacchar- inc swee mess
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
THE KNELL OF PROTECTION.

From the Kansas City Star qnd).
 Never before has there been such a thing as hitch in republican senatorial eau GUS on the subject of the tariff The stub born revolt in the administration party in congress against the Porto Rican bill may well raise the questions: Are the founda- tons of protection giving way? Is the pol icy of expansion to be the agent for over throwing the fallacy of commercial isola- ton in the United States? Is the republi- can party, the author and finsher of the tariff to become free trade organization !?
 In contemplating these interesting proba- bilities it is proper to remember that the republicans are gifted with the power of deduction. They are capable of discerning the significance of events. They are not blind to those great changes which are go- ing on in public sentiment.
 1T the democratic party were equally gift ed in this way it would now be making a red-hot campaign for free trade and its natural sequence, expansion, and would lose no time in mailing it's adversary to the fast decaying issue of protection. -
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Issues in inc April Primaries.

[ The registrars are ready 10 register with out delay all voters in the cities and otner centers of population in this county, and every voter should make it his duty to reg ister, and to urge his neighoors to do like wise True, man may be registered at the last moment but attempt to vote on April II without previous registration will certainly be resisted by one side or ;.ne other and evidence of residence and ex- planation of non-registratlon will perhaps be demanded All lwho expect to vote should register.
 And all should vote. There is more at stake in the coming primaries than app pears on the surface. The integrity and solidity and strength and dominance of the democratic party are largely at stake. If that party is not fully and absolutely sus- tained on April Ii, this state will be given over to factions, and no man can see the end or the damage of such condition. In this contest one side seems to repudiat te the organized democratic party; it has declared in effect that the acts of the dem ocratlc state executive committee are not obligatory, and some of it's acts have been in opposition to regularity and organiza- ton. If it is to succeed at the primaries then indeed is the door opened to faction and Reorganization, and it should be added, to defeat White rule would thereby be imperilled. It is mistake to say that the day of consolidation and unified action is past. IL will never be past while the bal lot remains on it's present bass. Suffrage reform was defeated by Is1e executive. thus detying lhe action and position of the dem- ocratic party and if the people sustain this conduct, then indeed Is faction invited in. And there would then be battle at each election between factions, and the republi- cans and populists would step into power.
 This is what is at stake. This is why every regular democrat should register.
 John T. Morgan is great senator who richly deserves re-eleetion but great as he is the democratic party of Alabama is still greater, and no democrat can afford to disregard the battle that involves the integrity, the effectiveness, the value as a protecting power to life and property of hiS party. Re gister todayi
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
SENATOR MC0MAs SAW BARBARA

From the Washington Post
 q remember seeing Barbara Fritchie," |" said Senator McComas of Maryland yester- day MT McComas lives in Hagerstown, which is near Frederick.
 "She was quite an old woman when I saw her." continued the senator "and was as she always had been, an intensely loyal woman. I have always had some doubt from which the flag is said ito have been displayed is still shown as evidence that the episode occurred. As I heard the story, when I was boy, it was that Mrs. Flriet- chic came out of her house and found some Confederate soldiers on the porch. Get out of here, you rebel rascals,' she said to them, striking at them with the cane she always carried. This may or may not be the true story, but there is certainly no doubt that she was loyal woman.'
 Senator McComas related an interesting bit of history regarding Clyde Fitch, the author of the play of Barbara Frietchie." Fitch's father was a lieutenant in a Con- necticut regiment stationed at Hagerstown, and while there fell in love with beauti- fu southern girl, named Alice Clark. The attachment was reciprocated, and just be- fore the close of the war the Yankee officer and the Maryland belle were married. It is the story of his father and mothers love affair which Fitch has put into the play, even to the arrival of a Connecticut regi- ment in the Maryland village
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
Cost of Armor Plate.

Congress is inclined to wobble on the armor plate question. The house naval com mittee will, it is said refuse to recommend that s545 a ton be offered for armor plate, but will recommend that the price be re- ferred to the secretary of the navy with power to act. This means that members of congress hope in that way to escape the odium of still further swelling Carnegie's profits, and yet will swell them; for every body knows what the secretary of the navy will do in the absence of an appropriation for an armor plate plant.
 It is a mistake to say that this govern ment is poweress against the Krupp pro- cess, which Is a secret This is an error, because a plate seven inches thick of liar yeyized steel has as much resistance power as Krupp plate six inches thick It is a dispute over thickness and weight. The increased weight operates to make a ship less effective when pitted against a Krupp- clad ship of equal size.
 Tt is well understood" says the Chicago Record "that the high price demanded for irmor plate Is not oased upon the cost of producing the plate. It is the result of
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
G. anal. 5. Railrpa d sold

Kansas City, Mo-, March 2S.-It is an- nounced from New York that the Gulf and Interstate Railway has been sold to the reorganization committee of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf road now the Kansas City Southern Railway. The Gulf and Interstate extends from Beaumont, on the line of the Pittsburg and Gulf to Gal weston, a distance of 70 miles, The road, if acquired, will give the Kansas City road an entrance into Galveston and would in dicate that the new owners intended ito have tide water terminals at both Port Arthur and Galveston.
 The Gulf and Interstate road was once offered to the old management of the Pitts burg and Gulf, but it decided to make Port Arthur its sole terminus on the Gulf of Mexico.
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
COTTON EALING SYSTEM
Square Bales Should be Based on Pack.
 age Sizes

Savannah. Ga, March 2S.-The Savannah cotton exchange is sending out a circular letter respecting cotton baling, giving q new rule with respect to bales which is to go into effect with the beginning of the next cotton year. This circular says that on and after September l. 1900 ''all sales of cotton in square bales shall be based on packages of standard size CA by 54 inches), and when bales of other dimen- sons rendered for delivery, an allow ance of 25 cents per bale shall be made to the buyer by the seller on such cotton"
 Copies of tle above rule are being sent to the various exchanges of United States requesting their cooperation, and to farm CTS, ginners, merchants, newspapers and others interested in the general adoption of uniform size cotton bale The Galveston exchange has practically adopted the rule.
The age-herald., 1900-03-29

gal business. Mr. yElmore is associated with his father. Major Vincent M. EHnare. in law practice He bears the name of his famous grandfather the late General John A. Elmore. His younger brother, Vincent Fillmore, who is known to an the Alabama volunteers in the spanish-Ameriean war, is now an officer in the United States army in the Philippines.
 
 Joseph E. Johnson went to Atlanta last night. It is a curious fact that one of the victims of the recent dreadful railroad ac- cident near Cusseta, Ala, was named Jos eph E. Johnson. The two "Joes" were un- known to each other.
 
 Milton A. Smith, the successful editor and publisher of that most excellent newspaper, the Anniston Hot Blast is at the Morris.
 
 Adjutant.. General W. ". Brandon was in Birmingham' last night OH his way from Wilcox county to his home in Tuscaloosa. He and Hon. Sydney J. Bowie have been canyassing Wilcox, the one In the interest Of Johnston and the other in the interest of Morgan. MT. Bowie was also in the city. Colonel Brandon said that they had a pleasant time in Wilcox.
 Hon. Wilson R. Brown. of Sheffield; O. c. Maner, of Montgomery, and Carlisle Jones, of Selma, are in Birmingham.
 
 ''rhe floral parade which preceded the musical festival last May gave more satis- faction than any street show ever given in Birmingham said member of the festi- val management yesterday. Music and flowers are like twin sisters. and 1t is hoped That similar parade will be organized in connection with this years festival The ladies could easily do il. A floral parade is not expensive. For little money noth- ing could give so much pleasure"
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
NEW YORK GAMING HOUSE From the New York Press

John Morrissey is said to have made $7O0.- 0eO out of SIS Broadway in seven years. but th@t is small gambling in comparison with the revenues of an ancient house in London. which cleared in the season of 17SS over $5OCOo. In one night million of money is said to have changed hands in this place. In d downtown street in the financial dis tr.ct, not far from Exchange place. Are three windows that have excited the cur- os.ry of the neighborkood. The lower sashes are covered with green shades that seem to rise from the bottom, while red curtains of thick material continue on to the top of the windows. Neither shade nor curtain has been drawn aside in the memory of the oldest inhabitant What can it be-" everyone is asking. "Why should that room on the fourth floor remain forever thus shielded from sun and air?' Bets have been made that 1t is a gaming house. Bets win But what of it? Isn't the biggest gaming house in the world in the next block-the New York Stock Ex- change?
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
DAILY GOSSIP FROM
 NATIONAL CAPITAL

Washington. March 2s-(SpeciaL)-Th announcement that very recently 462 tons of steel billets have been shipped from the Birmingham district to Worcester for use in the manufacture of steel wire has created much interest among southerners in Wash ington as well as among those who have been watching with interest and satisfae- tion the industrial growth of the south The fact that it pays the steel wire works m Worcester to buy steel bflets in Br- mingham and have them shipped a thous- and miles to Worcester is the most strik- ing indication that has yet been given of the capacity of the Birmingham district. It shows that the people of the Pittsburg district will have to look sharp to hold fheir own against Alabama, notwithstanding the wonderful capacity of the Pittsburg district and the comparatively low price at which 1t can sell stea billets.
 One of the most interesting stories that comes from the south tells of the evasion of the South Carolina dispensary law by the purchase outside of the state of pack ages of liquor and it's transmission by eX- press to South Carolina C. o. D. Some time ago the United States Supreme court af- firmed the right of citizens of South Car oina and the consequent reduction or the dspensary revenue The liquor finally seized by the dspensary agents on the ground that the payment for the goods on delivery constituted actual purchase of the goods in South aCrolina, and so il did not come under the interstate commerce law. This action of the state agents dis couraged a growing trade with Kentucky and other states, but the attorney general of South Carolina has decided that the con tention of the state agents is wrong ana all seizures of liquor are wrong, for the sale is made in other states and the col lection of the debt is but f." .''"N of the sale; hence shipments for private use did not contravene the state law
 Senator Morgan took a car for the capitol the other morning. He was deeply absorbed in some great public question and had With him some important papers connected Wltn it. which he began to read as soon as he took his seat in the car. The conductor came along. The Alabama senator handed him quarter, and received in return live tickets-the street railroads sell six tickets for quarter, and the conductor had taken one for the senator's fare. The car stopped after block or two to take on some pas sengers The conductor came through again to collect fares, and Senator Morgan, ab- sent-mndedly handed him another ticket which the conductor duly punched The car stopped again and the same process was repeated and before Senator Morgan was aroused from his revery he had paid four fares with tickets for his trip to the cap itol, and the conductor had not noticed it.
 Amos Cummings, congressman from New York and Senator Berry of Arkansas, were born on the same day, May 15, 1Sil, Senator Berry lost his leg in 1882 at Cor nish, Miss, when lieutenant in the Con federate army, and Speaker Henderson was a lieutenant in an Iowa regiment that took part in the same battle, and he lost his leg at that time ALBERT HALSTEAD
The age-herald., 1900-03-29

From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The main difference between e woman and cat is that a woman likes to move
 An egotist is a man who thinks ho '-nows more about himself than you think you know about him.
 woman always has an 'aoo man would be better and stronger if he could only eat more.
 When girl proposes to a man she acts as funny as if he had just asked her where she was vaccinated.
 A girl always speaks to a man of another mans being fast in the same tone she uses when she talks ito her mother ahea ihe bones in her neck.
The age-herald., 1900-03-29

New York Letter in the Chicago Tribune
 One million dollars is said to be the fee that James B. Dill. the corporation lawyer. is to receive for bringing the interests of the two big steel kings, Andrew Carnegie and H. c. Trick, to harmonious adjust ment. MT. Dill, who Is yet a young man. was asked by MT. Carnegie 10 find some way to settle the differences between the magnates.
 The mammoth new combination is the re- suit of MT. Dilrs work. It Is emnently sat-
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
CONGRESSIONAL FOOLIsHNEss.

From the St. Paul Dispatch.
 Ex-Consul Maerum is to be summoned before a committee of the house to tell what he thinks he knows about the open ing of his mail by the South African cen sor. This is where MT. Macrum again breaks into the public eye He had just about faded when the resolution resurrect- ed him. Congress does these foolish things every once in a while.
The age-herald., 1900-03-29

isfactory to both Carnegie and Prick. and MT. Dils bill of s1.oOo.0oO. it is said. is to be allowed without question.
 MT. Dill, who ts a member of the firm of Dill, Bomelsler & Baldwin, of Pine street. started life as a reporter on a Chi cago paper, and his rise has been meteorle. For the last five years his firm has organ ized and handled the affairs of some of the biggest corporations in the country.
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
The Bond Receints

Washington March 2S.-The amount of bonds so far received at the treasury in exchange for the new 2s Is sl72, 2,S17 200, of which $16,63o,2OO were received from indi- vidual and institutions other shan na- tional banks.
The age-herald., 1900-03-29
Safe Cracker Arrested

Jacksonville, Fla, March 2S.-George w. Clark of Macon, Ga, was arrested here this afternoon. He is charged with blow isg open tine safe of the Perry Loan and Savings company of Perry, Ga., some weeks ago, and stealing from 1t over $4,000.
The age-herald., 1900-03-29

By the grace of the governor Gf S2Se- brasba, MT. Allen is a United States sem ator. Upon the floor of the senate MT Allen declared his readiness to advise Americans not to enlist i'll the army for service in the Philippines. Possibly that is not treason; but coming from a sworn officer of the government it is a reasonable utterance, quite unpardonabae in even a governor-created senator.
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Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett Town sends new experience may mean new book. with an unbaked hero.
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Exceptional democratic activity through out the country is very significant There is victory in the air. as it were.
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Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Prick are hugging each other, but the consumer is between them and gets the full extent of the squeezing.
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The Carnegie-Fr3ck corporation may not foe a trust, but it is bigger and mofe prof. itable than any trust, unless the Rocke- feller concern is a match for it.
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Preliminary trials in Kentucky are very near the dead line; the full thing may gel over the line.
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Candidate Debs has an advantage over Wharton Barker, because ihe speaks or Sundays.
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New Works mayor. 1t will be observed used q silver spade when he started th tunnel.
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Texas easily leads in the earnest warfare against trusts In the sham warfare any republican state can claim the leadership.
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Don't forget John W Tomlinson, Jeffer- sons own candidate, when you prepare your ballot.
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General French is chiefly engaged in loading the cable with ble names.
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Witness Golden practically swears to an riety
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The sea water of Cape Nome yields the gold that the sea water of Maine woult not.
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Pleasure trips in British uniforms are not altogether healthy in the Free State
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Every mans duty today is to register and then to talk up the May Festival
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Spring is really here, but it is not here as yet as continuous performance.
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The wearer of an Easter hat should b. able to look the first robin in the face.
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If the constitution does not follow the flag, trade certainly will not.
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Kentucky has acquired the sensational habit, and cannot overcome 1t.
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Kentucky would prefer no governor al all to a surplus.
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SI,OOO,OOO FEE

Delaware has set up a rival trust shop
The age-herald., 1900-03-29

The Porto Rico issue seems to have
 staying qualities.
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 Judge Henry B. Tompkins of Atlanta. a widely-known leader of the Georgia bar, is in the city. Judge Tompkins is interested in valuable mining properties in Jefferson and adjoining counties, and he is consider ing the matter of city development here. He declares that the growth of Brming- ham during the past twelve months has teen proportonately greater than that of any other city he has ever known. Judge Tompkins is pleased to note that the de- Helopment here has been material, sub stantial; that there has been no wild 'iboom' about it.
 J. s. B. Thompson, assistant general su- perintendent of the Southern railway, was in Birmingham yesterday. He is greatly pleased with affairs pertaining to his great and popular railway system, and pleased with Birmingham's great growth and pros- perity.
 Former Sheriff John F. Barganier of But Ter county is in Birmingham.
 Brooks Smith of Hale, a member of the state democratic executive committee, is in the city.
 John A. Fillmore. one of the most promi- nent of the younger members of the Mont gomery bar. was in town yesterday on le-
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Secretary Roots office boy is the envy of his corps.
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New York is trying to venfiiate its lowe strata