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The age-herald., 1900-12-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED-A partner to invest $125 to man. ufacture and sell on royalty a patented
 biscuit, cake and pie cutter; a useful la- bor-saving kitchen article of merit and
 utility; can be cheaply manufactured and sold at a large profit for the same price of the ordinary ones; millions could be sold; sells wherever shown; $50 order on hand to be filled large fortune in 1t.
 Address w. A. Hooks, Vineville Branch, Macon, Ga. 12-9-6t
The age-herald., 1900-12-10

J. G. Greener announces his candidac. for Alderman from the First Ward, sub ject to the action of the Democratic pri mary.
The age-herald., 1900-12-10
ONE GENT A WORD. No ad. taken for less than 25 cents.

L. V. Clark, Pres. J. E. starke, Mgr. THE SOUTHERN AUDIT COMPANY
 of Birmingham, Ala
 Expert examination and audit of ac- counts, corporations municipalities, CO., partnerships. Accounts kept for adminls- trators, executors, receivers, assignees, etc. Rooms and 1, 20211s First Avenue.
The age-herald., 1900-12-10
For Aldermen.

For Aldermen.
 J. G. Greener announces his candidacy for Alderman from the First Ward, sub ject to the action of the Democratic pri- mary.
 A. Stockmar, candidate for Alderman in Ninth Ward, subject to Democratic primary. hereby announce myself candidate for Alderman from the Eighth Ward, subject to the action of the Democratic primary to be held on December 31. {.
 HENRY B. GRAY. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Alderman from the Fourth Ward, subject to the action of the Democratic primary to be -held on December 31
 B. A. THOMPSON. hereby announce myself a candidate for Alderman from the Fifth Ward, subject to the action of the Democratic primary to be held on December 31. w. R. GUNN. John R. Copeland announces his candi- dacy for Alderman from the Fourth Ward, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries.
 For Police Commissioners.
 hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Police Commissioner subject to the action of the City Democratic pri- mary, pledging myself if elected, to dis charge the duties of the position 1airly and impartially and to the best interests of the city. w. T. SIMMONS. I hereby announce myself candidate for the office of police commissioner, subject to the action of the city Democratic pri- mary THOMAS w. GATHRIGHT. w. H. Lodge announces his candidacy for police commissioner subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
 I hereby announce my candidacy for Po- lice Commissioner, subject to the action of the Democratic primary of the city of Birmingham, ana If elected will perform my duties legally, faithfully and oonscien- tiously. z. T, RUDOLPH. I hereby announce my candidacy for Po- lice Commissioner, subject to the action of the Democratic primary of the City of Bir-. mingham, and if elected will perform my duties legally, faithfully and conscientious ly. J. H. McCARY. I hereby announce my candidacy for Po- lice Commissioner, subject to the action of the Democratic primary of the City of Birmingham, and if elected will perform my duties legally faithfully and conscien- tiously. J. E. SCOTT.
 For Chief of Police.
 w. E. Wier, candidate for Chief of Po- lice, subject to the action of Democratic primary. Has been Night Captain for eight years and asks for promotion.
 I hereby announce myself candidate for the office of Chief of Police of Birming. ham, subject to the action of the Demo- cratic primary. T. c. MCDONALD. I hereby announce myself candidate for the office of Chief of Police of Birming-
The age-herald., 1900-12-10

LUMBER for quick shipment We can fur nish half million feet of lumber, to be shipped within the next two weeks. Now is the time to buy before the big advance
 which is surely coming. If you want lum- Der and want 1t promptly, place your or der with the Lathrop Lumber Company. 2015 First avenue, Birmingham, Ala. Phone 664. 12-9-tf
The age-herald., 1900-12-10

I hereby announce myself candidate fo the office of police commissioner, subjec to the action of the city Democratic pr mary. THOMAS W. GATHRIGHT.
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SPECIAL BICYCLE MESSENGER SER VICE, phone 36, office 112 N. 18th street, open ' a. m. to Il D. m. Rates, drug stores: 10c up to ' p. m.; notes with an answer. 15c; small parcels, 10c; trunks, 15c; valises 15c. When in a hurry and you want anything quick, step to nearest phone and call for 36-that's all. 6-6-tf
The age-herald., 1900-12-10

WAN EDs
 NANTED-Everybody to smoke Texie cl- gars. Have you tried them? If not. why not? 7-2s-tf WANTED-Everybod gong to Texas to travel via the Queen and Crescent Route Alabama Great Southern Railroad). Twelve Q2) hours quickest time. superb vestibuled trains. Cafe dining cars. See R. M Ellis, T. P. A, No. 20l9 First ave- nue. 12-4-u WANTED-Every visitor and oheir friends to the Alabama State Fair to dress their feet with pair of D. B. Luster's Superb or Shoes. 217 18th street. u-1-u
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For Police Commissioners.

hereby announce myself a candidate fol the office of Police Commissioner, subjec to the action of the City Democratic pri mary, pledging myself, if elected, to dis charge the duties of the position rairly anG impartially and to the best interests of the city. w. T. SIMMONS.
The age-herald., 1900-08-01
State Election Next Monday.

Every Democrat in the State should keep in mind the duty he owes his neighbors col lectively next Monday. It is a mistake to say that the election is walkover, for it is not. Both pr. Grove, the Populist, and MT Steele, the Republican, candidates for Governor, are still-hunting, and each be- lieves he will come in through the absentee ism of Democrats next Monday, through a feeling of over-confidence in Democratic success.
 The vote of every Democrat is needed and no man should neglect the duty of vot- ing on Monday. A walk to the polls once in two years is not a heavy task, and the Democrat who omits it next Monday may deeply regret his neglect. Colonel Stanford and his associates of the State ticket de- serve the support of every Democrat. The Democracy are fortunate indeed in the choice of d standard bearer. Not shadow of suspicion has been brought against of the State, one of the broadest, purest- minded and most progressive of men. Give him full vote on Monday, and give every othef name on the ticket like support.
 Remember, too, the Legislative and county tickets. This election holds good until the summer of 1902, which is good ways off. It is in another century But there is more at stake than century lines. two million souls is to be determined next Monday, and every Democrat should have hand in it.
The age-herald., 1900-08-01
Troubles of the Trusts.

The trusts are not happy. People will not buy their goods in immense quantities, pay ing trust prices, and not few of these over capitalized concerns are in hot water. They cannot sell to other countries except at low prices, and in this country even Dingley tariff cannot make the people drink at the trust trough tc. the extent desired by trust managers.
 While the Republican party is in power ,oods made by trusts will not be placed on }e free list. This or general revenue nriff is the true remedy against trusts It ) this that makes trusts harmless in Great Britain, where they cannot raise prices. This remedy is out of reach, because tine Republican party is in power, and the Republican party and the trusts are one and the same thing in politics. One exists by and through the aid of the other. They are active partners or rather co-conspira- tors against the people, and particularly against consumers. What they lack in npinbers they make up in concentration, deception and poodle.
 There is one midway remedy, however, and that consists in persistent discrimina- ton on the part of consumers against trust made goods. Do not buy them. It is not difficult to avoid them. Monopoly is, it is true, in some cases complete, and all must in such cases pay toll, for example, in sugar and kerosene oil, but in most cases trust-made goods can be let alone, and equally good wares made by mills outside of trusts can be purchased. Consumers can in this quiet but effective way accom- plish what Dingleyism at present prevents.
The age-herald., 1900-08-01
1rE ONLY DaIlY NEWSPAPERS IN ALABAMA
American Troops in China.

Governor Candler of Georgia, whose pub lie career has not been devoted to inter- national politics. insists that the onlted States should send at once 100000 men to Taku. He says: 'T believe 100000 men should be sent, not for the purpose of az grandizement or to take part in partition which the powers would like to make, but solely to protect the Americans in China, and to give the Chinese to understand II they are capable of grasping the fact, that the American citizen and his flag must be respected One hundred thousand men will be necessary for this task, but it's ac- complishment will command respect every where, and the effect would be wholesale on own country"
 Presumably Governor Candler means that President Mckinley should send 100000 troops to China, instead of 15,00O, although nowhere in the constitution Is there this de- claration, "The President shall have power to declare war" It is a mere piece of fic- tion that deceives no one to say we are not engaged in war with China. We are
 
 preparing to march, with allies upon the country's capital to seize 1t, to hold it, ard to set up and pull down a government with out the consent of the governed. If this be not war then war does not exist in this world
 The truth is, the administration has with out constitional authority thrust this coun- try into war that may prove as prolonged and difficult, as 1t will certainly be expen- sive and bloody. There will be slaughter enough In it to satisfy Emperor William an ally, who wants blood up to the brides.
 And who knows what all this means Whom are we fighting with? What are their ulterior purposes? Are we to serve those purposes? May we not be left by them to carry on an interminable war? May not Russia be forced to look after her posses sons in the north, Japan after Corea, Eng land after Shanghai, Canton and Hong Kong, France after Tonquin, and Germany after Its sphere of influence? If so, we will have a vast horde to fight, or else we must retreat and withdraw beaten. These are possibilities that the constitution expects Congress to consider. not the President, and if Governor Candler would have the President usurp the unmistakabe and hith- erto unquestioned power of Congress in this respect, he is simply putting himself out side of the constitution.
The age-herald., 1900-08-01
ANii-TYPHOfDAL SERUM

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. There have been published by Dr. Wright professor of pathology in the British Army Medical School, at Netley, tables showing the results of anti-typhoidal inoculations among the men of the Ladysmith garrison Everybody will remember that, during the long enforced sojourn of General Stewart White with his army of 2,0O0 men in Lady smith, the only water which they had to drink most of the time was imperfectly purified sewerage water, and that the con sequence was great deal of typhoid fever Of the 12,2S4 men in Whites command only 1,7O5 allowed themselves to be inocu- lated with the serum, the remaining 10,529 preferring to run the chances without in- oculaton, in which they took little stock. It is in reference to the results of this in- oculation and non-inoculation that Dr. Wrights tables furnish most interesting and significant statistics-most interesting and most significant in that they suggest the distinct hope that the sting may at last be taken from the most dreadful of all levers by the new serum as surely as it has been taken from diphtheria by the use of another serum.
 Among the 10,529 nonIinoculated soldiers in Ladysmith there occurred 14S9 cases of typhoidal fever; among the 17O5 inoculated soldiers, 35 cases. Stated otherwise, there was one case of fever to every TOT non inoculated soldiers, and one case to every 4S.7 inoculated soldiers In other words for every one inoculated soldier who took enteric fever, there were almost seven non- inoculated soldiers who took it; and this is disparity in number sufficiently strik- ing to make people stop and think.
 The serum showed it's value in the fatal ity, as we'll as in the number, of the at tacks. The number of deaths, Dr. Wright tells us, among the men not inoculated was S29, and among the inoculated S. Thus, therefore, there was one death among every g non-inoculated men, whereas there was only one death among every 2l3 inoc- ulated men
 There has probably never been an cpl demic of disease in which the value of serum could be better discriminated, for inoculated and non-inoculated were all equally open to the infection. and after they were attacked they were all subject to the same treatment. It was obviously therefore the serum, and not the surround ins, that brought about the comparative immunity of the inoculated soldiers from attack; and it was the serum, and not the superior treatment, that caused such small rate of mortality among the inocu- lated soldiers who were attacked by the disease.
 Typhoid fever is claiming many victims among the United States soldiers in the Philippines; and it would be interesting to know whether the results of inoculatlon with the serum there are in keeping with the results which obtained at Ladysmith, or whether the serum is used at all
The age-herald., 1900-08-01
PUBLISHING HOUSES IN THE SOUTH

| From the New Orleans Times-Democrat | It is beyond any doubt a misfortune to l the South that large amounts of capital | have not hitherto been invested in eXten- | sive publishing houses, such as they nave | in New York and Boston-publishing houses | which should have Southern magazines connected with them wherein local writers | would have an opportunity In showing | talent in works redolent of this part Of the country and printing plants from which | could be turned out large editions of popu- lar works. and the s5,o00,000 worth of school l books which ar1 purchased every year by | the 60OO00 scholars of the Southern States. l Southern writers, of whom there is a l large and increasing number, when they write in magazines, write in Northern mag | azines inasmuch as they find no scope for | their ability and no demand for their work
 in Southern magazines; and, when they
 write volumes, they have them printed and published by Northern firms, because there
 l is a lack of printing plants and of publish
 | ing houses in the South which have facili-
 | ties for printing and publishing on an ex- | tensive scale
 The most of the books which are used in | our schools are, for the same reason, all most entirely printed and published at the North; and two consequences of this are | first, that the books used in Southern schools cost a great deal more than they ought to cost; and second that some of the | school books used by our children are an- l tipa thetic to Southern tastes and Southern sympathies to Southern sentiment and 1 Southern beliefs.
 The South, 1t is certain, will never be adequately represented in literature, be our l writers never so numerous and be their ] genius never prolific and racy of the | soil, until their writings are set up here in 1 their own land and until their books are l published by their own houses near their | Owu homes
The age-herald., 1900-08-01

least begin to develop some phase of it, and each phase must be met as best 1t can be as 1t naturally in the course of events comes up It cannot be taken hold of and remedied as a tariff can be. It is too large. It relates to too many people. It covers too much territory. It is times great American problem. It will be here one hundred years hence as pregnant with meaning as difficult of handling, as fruit ful of evil, as it is today. It has come to stay, and there Is no panaeea for it.
 All that can be said is, it calls for much patience on the part of all, and much mercy and charity on the part of the dominant race. Justice is needed in its every phase. Injustice always and everywhere leads to additional trouble The stronger the rule of the white race becomes, the more in clined to justice it should be. No race conference can go much beyond this propo- stion except perhaps in details, and in de- tails mistakes are often possible when theory goes in advance of practice.
The age-herald., 1900-08-01
Race Problem in Book Form.

Tine R. F. Johnson Publishing Company of Richmond, Va, will soon put out a book containing the proceedings and speeches of the race conference held in Montgomery If the conference at Mont gomery should prove to- be the first of a series. the book in question will be valua- ble to the historical student. Even if the conference have no successor the story of its proceedings will not be without interest
 But to the everyday man who has to con- tend daily with race difficulties the book will bring no help whatever, for it offers no solution of any phase of the problem, present or to come. The speeches were all that speeches could well be. except there was not hid away in them even a sugges- ton that can be utilized. And it is difficult to see how conference next year or the year afterwards could do more.
 The race problem Is empbatlcaliy a prob lem that must be left to time--that Is to say, each recurring year will bring up or at
The age-herald., 1900-08-01

week: She and two of her children rode 10 Choate's hill. picked fifteen quarts of blueberries, walked home, a distance of two miles. arriving there at 4:S0 She then canned four quarts of the berries. made lot of pies, went out and raled hay for an hour, back to the house and spfinkled her weeks washing ready for ironing made biscuit for the family (comprising herself,
 husband and five ehildren), washed the dishes. made the beds, washed the family's colored clothes. attended to several minor chores, put the children to bed. all who were not old enough to go it alone, and turned in herself at 10 o'clock. As a fin- isher she was obliged to be up good part of the night with sick child and the fol- lowing night went to a dance in Denmark.
The age-herald., 1900-08-01
SHIRT WAIST MAN Is NUMEROUS

New York Letter in th9 Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The shirt waist man'-that Is, the man who goes about in negligee shirt, with out coat-is becoming more numerous in public places in New York every day. Down town, in the field financial district, you may see on any hot day scores of the best-known brokers and bankers walking about without coats In the roof gardens it is becoming the eminently proper thing to appear in shrtsleeves. It is thought that by next summer the fashion will have established itself thoroughly. At present it takes little nerve and the knowledge that the fit of ones shirt hab- erdashery and trousers is perfect to enable a man to promenade Broadway in a cos tune that until now has been regarded as impossible dishabille.
The age-herald., 1900-08-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

 From the Chicago News. The gossip and the hypocrite are twins A spare moment is a golden nugget of time. You can always have the law at actual
 cost.
 The nurse maid accepts more or less hush money.
 A wise man never covets thing he can live without. Too many men mistake their faults for misfortunes
 There is nothing so bad but what good may come of it.
 Only the very poor man is absolutely sure of his friends. The rich man has troubles of which the poor man knows nothing.- Honesty is policy which any one can afford to pay the premiums. According to the merchants creed the best book is profitable ledger. Youth may be impetuous, but it usually possesses the merit of sincerity.
 Blood will tell-therefore it is unwise to
 confde a secret to your relatives.
 Never be ashamed to show your respect
 for honesty in whatever guise it may ap- pear.
 The sweetest natures are those possess
 ing the faculty of being contented under
 all circumstances. Lots of men would rather swindle fel- bowman out of a nickel than earn dollar by honest labor.
 A woman says her husband is such a blunderer that he can't try on new shoe without putting his foot in it. "A Word to Women" is the title of new book by a bachelor author. He managed to get in the first word. but the Eomen gre sure to have the last
The age-herald., 1900-08-01
FATE
By Ada Negri,

By Ada Negr1. A figure, awful to behold, austere, Stood by my bed last night. The dagger at her side filled me with fear, Her eyes flashed down at me with scorn- ful light,
 q am Misfortune. Hear "Thou shrinking child whereer thou may est be I'll never leave thee-nay, Through thorns and flowers, to death I'll follow thee. Even in the void beyond near thee to stay"
 l sobbed: Away, away!" She firmly stayed, and from me would not go. She spoke: 'Tis thus decreed. Pale flower of the cypress, of the snow, Of crime and of the tomb, poor human weed,
 Above 'tis thus decreed." I rose and cried: But it is hope I crave To make my young days bright, In thrills of love exultantly to rave, I want to kiss of genius and of light
 Oh, go, oh, go away! She spoke 'He who creates in sufferings night Alone sees glory's day. Iris pain that teaches thoughts their hlgh- est flight For him who bravely fights in victory"
 slowly answered: Stay!
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tongue is believed to remain perfectly

tongue is believed to remain perfectly sound.
 President John w. O'Neill of the Board of Trade has sailed from Savannah on the ocean voyage to New York and the East. He will be absent thirty days, and hopes to spend all that time resting; and 1t is known that he stands very much in need of rest. MT. O'Neill, like most of the Bir- mingham merchants, has had very pros porous year in his business, and has been therefore very hard-worked. He was ill for a week at the time of the lamented death of his sister, Miss Annie O'Neill; but a month of rest will entirely restore his health, it is confidently believed. Few men so young as MT. ONeill have such heavy business burdens to bear. Former Governor Thomas Goode Jones of Montgomery is at the Morris, and is accompanied by his very promising young son, Thomas Goode Jones, the younger.
 Louis o. Davidson of Uniontown is at the Morris
 Congressman John Hollis Bankhead of the Sixth district arrived in town last night from Walker County, and is at the Morris Colonel Bankhead feels a warm interest in the question as to who shall succeed Hon. Thomas L. Sowell in the Senate, though it is not known that he will exert his influence for any particular candidate.
 Prof. Alexander l.. Bondurant of the University of Mississippi is at the Mor- ris.-
 Former Senator Sol D. Bloch of Wilcox Is at the Morris.
 Frank Nelson, Jr., of Anniston was in Birmingham yesterday.
 MT. O. H. Stein of the New Orleans Times-Democrat is at the Morris. MT. o,ein is here in the interest of that good newspaper and will remain for a day or two.
 State Senator William D. Jelks of Bar bour is in Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1900-08-01
Did Not Need to be Informed

Colonel "Hedgie' Green, the Walnut Hills ise man, while out on his route one day last week determined to do some so- Iiciting in his line, says the Cincinnati En- quirer Walking up to the front door of a residence, pair of ice tongs thrown jaunt- fly over each shoulder and an ice pick in his hand, Colonel Green rang the bell. A female responded, and, raising his hat, with his sweetest smile, Green remark ed:
 Lady, I am the ice man, and'-
 Well" answered the lady with smile as she gazed at the pair of ice tongs and the pick hadn't you better drive the ice wagon into my house and then I'd know you was the ice man without putting you to the trouble of explaining all about it?'