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is capable of There is no other remedy no other cure. The crutches must first be destroyed before the people can be relieved of high-handed robbery at the hand of com- birations of which the steel rail pool is but a fair example.
 We cannot do better than to quote MT. Bryan on trusts. He knows them He knows a crutch, too, when he sees 1t. "The trust
 he says, lis wrong from an economic stand point, for if you will examine it you will find that the first thing the trust does when 1t gets control of an industry is to raise the price Then the consumers suffer, The next thing is to shut down the factories to re- duce the production, because a high price lessens the demand, and then the trust throws on to the laboring man who is idle, waiting for a job. the expense of keeping up the high prices.
 "The trust is bad for the laboring man. for if a laboring man has genius and skill and his employer does not recognize his skill and genius, another employer will. But when there is but one employer, then genius Is at discount, and son-in-law
 will do as well as a genius.
 "The trust is contrary to our political l science, and to the welfare of a people like ours, for when thousands and hundreds | of thousands of men are employed by one | man and dare not leave his employment for | fear of having no use for the skill they have spent a lifetime in acquiring, when you have such a condition it is not & | healthful one"
 The steel-rail trust not only does all this, but It exacts from home consumers the tariff duty over and above reasonable | profit, as we have heretofore shown, while selling to foreigners rails at fair and just
 price. The Carnegie Company recently sold | to the Dutch 12,000 tons of rails at price 1 Considerably below" the price that the
 tariff enables that swollen aggregation to
 demand from home consumers. Mr. Bow rons cruteh means millions to that cam | paign contributing corporation.
 The iron and steel industries of this dis
 trict are not benefited by the tariff. They do not need protection against foreign ores
 or foreign mills, as all well know. To pre- 1 tend that this district Is bound up with the
 robber methods of the Carnegies of the in- dustry is not even good pretense. No duty l on iron-and steel is needed In this district. | It is only needed by the trusts and pools l which the tariff has created and fosters. Il 1 exists and is maintained by the trusts foI the trusts. It robs the people of untold mil lions. and those millions are harvested. not by the government but the Carnegies thai made 1t, and will maintain it until the peo
 ple rise up in their might against indirect
 and wholesale spoliation.
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ly. The truth is, the rates of increase is alrady falling, and it may not be possible to maintain during the present decade growth of even 20 per cent.
 This puts the OO,OOOOOO mark beyond 1910, for the present ratio would give us at that time but 92,9OO,OOO people. To reach the big mark by 1910 an increase of 31 per cent would be necessary, whereas an increase of 20 per cent is the more probable.
 But still we will at that time have fully taken in, if not assimilated, the new pos up to the aggregate of one hundred mill ion souls counting all colors, of which we will have better and wider assortment than any other nation.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04
Foundation in 1910.

There areSi in the United States 76,295,2 22o people. not counting the new possessions
 This aggregate Is considered reasonably satisfactory, although It is far below the mark thought possible thirty years ago. The growth of the country reached its maximum percentage in the decade that preceded the civil war. The rate then was a little over S5 per cent. In the war de- cade 1t fell to 22 per cent; from 1870 10 1880 it rose to 30 per cent, but from 1880 to 1890 it was but % per cent, and in the de- cade just ended 1t was not quite 21 per cent. Never before had the country grown so slowly as it did in the past decade. Not even in the war period did it grow so slow
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they have been any time during the week, and 1t would seem that the full membership of that great body of artistic gamblers is confident of the result.
 It is beginning to look as if Birmingham will be spared the annoyance and unpleas antness of a Mayoralty contest in the early spring. Mayor Drennen has announced him self candidate for reelection. Up to date no opposition candidate has announced, and no one seems inclined to enter the race as a full-hedged candidate. It is we'll Dren- nen has made a very good Mayor for the opportunities he has had, and there seems to be no reason for a change just at this time. Indeed there seems to be a senti- ment in favor of giving him another term, and permitting him to work out in full the promises he made when elected two years ago. The business interests of this town would be well satisfied to avoid a personal contest over the Mayoralty at this time. and the general impression seems to be that it is perhaps the best thing to give Drennen another term without any con test whatsoever And why~not?
 
 It was bright, clear and cool yesterday. and there was snap about the State Fair which would indicate that with good wealth CT it will be a financial success. Everybody is delighted over the outlook. The fair is good Of course, the horse racing is not up to the standard because there is no pool selling, and you can't get the number and variety of race horses without pool-sellng. The purses are not big enough to attract the best horses. But, all in all, the races are fairly good and the fair is thousand per cent better than last year. Colonel Falkner Mel Drennen, John O'Neill and Oliver Chalifoux have devoted all of their time to it for several weeks past, and they deserve credit. They know how to do we'll that which they undertake.
 There is no betting at the State Fair no gambling, no slot machines, none of the wheels of fortune usually seen at state,
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any which maiden dreams had ever brought to maiden couch of quiet slumber!
 ''He was good to me, he was," sobbed lonely Little Joe, the only watcher by the graveside of the Stranger. And that Is a cry that thrills the worlds heart for ever
 Somebody is good to somebody every hour, every moment, and somebody's heart is touched by the tenderest force known to humanity.
 Somebody has been good to you, my be- loved. Haven't you wandered low in the deeps of great sorrow and felt there the touch of a faithful hand? Haven't you at some time fallen far, beaten down by some great weight of spiritual unrest, when there came to you one little word of kind ness and good cheer? Haven't you stag gered blindly, with your heart breaking behind triple-barred gates of grief against which you beat as helpless as a broken winged bird upon the black front of storm, and all the joys of life closed from you when there came to you some lover of kindness whose whisper lifted you in love and placed you in sunny and smiling gar den of happiness? Haven't you felt that all of life that was dear had passed from SOu hChSi oo ACtui II, NhSh SuhuSily OllS word enwrapped you in the glorious folds of superlative human bliss?
 An, my beloved, there was somebody good to somebody, and somebody learned anew that the most precious treasures of this life are words of loving kindness!
 In the tawny dusk the little saint made her way homeward. She might have been the empress of the fairies, so daintily and with such demure dignity did she tread the way, her little feet twinkling under her short red and white robe, her angel face thrown back under its white and gold, and her little presence seeming to ligiHen the falling gloom of the autumnal night. In the world of joy and care there could not be anything more exquisitely inspiring. She suggested radiant figures out of dream life; out of hope; out of the wide domain of all things pure; out of the heaven of highest imagination. and 1t was not pro- fane to worship her as of earth as we'll as the higher bliss. So when she gave pleased recognition to a worn and weary man he knelt upon the ground and called her blessed. She seemed to understand the act of reverence, and she tossed her eurls and gurgled as if deeming his devo- tion proper in him and to her little self. Giving him her hand she suffered him to lead her home, he talking love to her all the while. At her door, standing in the light that streamed out upon her. a radiant angel If ever angel visited this earth, she said "bye-bye" with infinite softness. Just across the threshold she half turned and spoke "dood night" and upon the little empress of the earths child angels the door closed, and the man passed on through the gloom. "of such Is the Kingdom of Heaven." he found himself saying, saying saying
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

It's all over now Only the voting re- States. Both sides are making claims. Both sides are claiming everything in sight. But the gamblers continue to give big odds on Mckinley. Betting on terday was to on Mckinley and bets of to 1 were offered that Mckinley would carry New York Even bets were made that Mckinley would The calm observer of dispassionate judg ment can see little hope for Bryan. Yet everyone must admit that there Is a tre- nendous silent force in this country, and that no one knows how it will vote. The laboring men have been remarkably quiet in the campaign. Both sides are counting on this vote. Should 1t go for Bryan he will be elected, and vice versa.
 In my opinion it will be landslide one way or the other. I fear it will be for Mckinley but have some hope that the landslide may be in Bryans direction. If the Democrats lose the Presidency they will De Hkely to lose the GOuSe or fCepTeSenld- tives also. If they win the Presidency they will have a great majority in the House. There is no hope, however, for the Senate. The Senate Is largely Republican and the outlook is that it must remain so for the%next four years.
 The ominous feature of the entire situa- tion is the betting~at such odds against Bryan. l can't see any possibility of his winning unless he carries New York, and I cannot see why, if he has any good chance of carrying New York. the betting among the Wall street spectators should be at such great odds.
 However, we shall all anxiously await the result on Tuesday,
 Speaking about the election. the New York Stock Exchange, the membership of which is almost totally opposed to Bryan, doesn't seem at all alarmed over the out look. Stocks closed as high yesterday as
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Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all sins,' my beloved Love of kindness is the inspiration and the stay of all the virtues and all the happiness; it is the parent of every worthy trait; and with out it even gentle manners, so essential to not possible
 Whose is lover of kindne ss forge.s self alway and forgets others never
 No other lover is royal, is worthy, is possible; none is of right to the love of any woman, any man. any little child, or dumb beast that walks the earth. For any other thaa q lover of kindness to pass within gentle hail of a maiden is to endanger her every prospect of joy and to bring her too near to perils which make the angels weep.
 Trust no mar, no woman not given to love of kindness, and if you discover child of unkind spirit, if there be such a child on earth, strive to lead it alright, and pray for it's redemption. No one of all man. kind who is bitter in hardness of hear1 against living reatures is free from inn
 
 Trust ncno such with your good name, your honor, your praiseworthy repute amongst men.
 It is not every lover of woman who is a lover of kindness; and every woman who ever was wronged in this life was brought to bitterness by some one who was selfish and therefore knew not real kindness; was too cruel to end her life rather than break her heart. One woman known to many of you had drunk of the cup of unhappiness and speaking for all who like her had suf- fered declared that all the woes of women had been caused by mans selfshness which was her name for the sin of not being lover of kindness. The women who do not love to do kindness, live kind ness, love kindness, the greatly good old world will not intrude upon them, and forbids their intrusion upon it's peaceful ness.
 The power of kindness transcends all other mortal forces. It glorifes the earth and makes a golden bridge of love and joy and hope that reaches to heaven, span ming the space of grief so that angels may pass hither and thither bearing balm and all-heal and adoration
 Kindness soothes all pain, dries all tears, banishes all fears and forebodings and coldness of heart, pickering and bitterness and false witness. It hath skill to cause even scars to vanish.
 Kindness makes more tender the sacred joy of the bride as she kneels at the altar in the holiest sacrament she can ever know gives yet warmer emotion to her heart sweetly beating; brings yet brighter light to her bliss-brimmed eyes of loves own vast ecstacy; carries a newer meaning to the world and to her religion, and in- vests her with a mystery tenderer than
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CONSEQUENCES
From the Memphis Scimetar.

From the Memphis Scimetar.
 '"This coming election will prove, if there is anything in coincidence in politics. said a politician on a street corner, "and if coincidece has any value Bryan ought to be elected.
 "There is, first, New York. People say this is a Democratic year, if the state fol- lows it's long time record of changing front politically every four years Then there Is a striking coincidence Cleveland and Har- rison ran against each other in 1888 and the latter won. After four years of Repubii- can administration they faced each other again, with every one predicting contin- uation of Harrison's administrations. But the votes showed Cleveland to be an easy winner. In 1896 Bryan and Mckinley faced each other the latter winning, and now they are up again. as Cleveland and liar rison were The question is, have coinci- dences enough weight to win an election"
The age-herald., 1900-11-04
Trusts and Tariff Duties.

In his efforts to show that Canadian com- petition in the manufacture of rails Is inn possible. MT. Bowron saw fit to ignore the construction of a hree-million-dollar plant at Hamilton in Canada, near Buffalo. This great plant springs largely from Canadian capital, and the engineering com pany that built the Ensley mill is furn- dshing the plans for the still greater Ham, ilton mill. It would be waste of space. time and energy to stop to prove that steel rails can be made as cheaply on one side of a river or lake as on the other. The df- Ference in cost of production would not be appreciable.
 But the Hamilton plant or any other Canadian plant cannot bring relief to this country. It cannot compel the steel rail pool to reduce Its price, which Is sS a ton above fair selling value. Why? MT. Bow ron's crutch bars the way. At the railroad bridge at Niagara Fails. 1t hangs suspend ed across the track, bearing these words: sKeeep away. Duty s7.S5." That's the the kind of crutch 1t is.
 The steel rail pool has simply added the duty to a fair selling price. and is defying all the world, including Canada It is rob ping the country up to the tariff point. The duty Is a tax upon 76oO0,OO0 people, and, as we have shown, it Is tax that amounts to s14, 900 a year-an unnecessary and in- defensible tax for no one will claim that steel rails can elsewhere be made at lower cost of production than they can in this country. It Is a bounty that seven mills have combined to gather In to the last cent from the toiling masses of this coun- try.
 The rail duty Is but one of many in the robber tariff. These uncalled-for and high wayman-like duties are in the last analysis simply trust creators and sustainers. II is idle to talk about the regulation or sup pression of trusts while the Dingley-Mc />Ilinley tariff stands on the national statute books. No laws can reach the steel rail poo while it can swing at Niagara Falls that S.S5 crutch, and so 1t Is in the cases Of the other trusts. When Mir. Bryan says he would put every article made by trust on the free list, he touches the only rem edy that this indirect and outrageous tax atlon of the many for the benefit of few
The age-herald., 1900-11-04
General Election Day.

Much more is at stake on election day than a President and Vice President and members of Congress, for twentysix Gov ernors are to be chosen and twenty-eight Legislatures, and these Legislatures will elect twenty United States Senators. Della ware, Montana and Nebraska will each elect two Senators, and important consti- tutional propositions will be decided in Cal ifornia, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, South Carolina and Utah.
 In California the people will be asked to empower the Legislature to regulate pri- maries. Tn Colorado Senator Wolcott is fighting hard for reelection. The contest in Delaware relates largely to two United States senatorships which are to be filled. Florida is agitated by the proposal to hold a constitutional convention and to move the capital. The Republicans in Idaho are fighting discordant opposition. Illinois is full of tickets and parties. and Shelby M. Cullom is fighting hard to retain his seat in the Senate. Indiana elects all state of- ficers but Senator. Iowa will vote upon a biennial elections proposition, and decide whether J. P. Deliver shall sit in the Sen ate bey ond March 1. Kansas has four tickets to select from in electing state of- ficers, and the seat of Senator Lucien Ba- ker Republican, is also to be filled. A Gov ernor is to be elected in Kentucky, to hold office two years, and the contest is very warm Nassaclttset will re. elect Senator HCar. Mtchig .n VII elect ':tte officers and a Senator to succeed James McMillan, Republican, and Minnesota will also elect state officials and a successor of Senator Knute Nelson, Republican. Missouri elects state officers to serve four years, and votes upon seven constitutional propositions. w. A Clark is making things hum in Mon tana, where two United States Senators are to be elected, as we'll as state officers Nebraska's election is made doubly inter- esting by the fact that two United States Senators are to be elected. Nevada elects state officers, and New Hampshire will fill Senator Chandler's seat New Jersey will name Senator Sewelfs successor. In New York a Governor is to be chosen, and in North Carolina the Democrats will select Marion Buffers successor in primaries called for that purpose Ohio and Pennsyl- vania elect minor state officers, but in the latter state the Quay contest renders the fight interesting. In South Carolina Sena- tor Tillman will be elected to succeed him. self and in South Dakota Senator Petit grew hopes to be. MT. Carmack will sue ceed Senator Turly of Tennessee, and MT. Bailey of Texas will take Senator Chil- tons seat. The new Utah Legislature will fill Senator Cannon's seat, and Senator FL kins is fighting for reelection in West Vir- ginia.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04
Sides of Streets.

The real estate journals are discussing the differences in value of lots in different sides of a street. The north side of a street is worth more than the south side, and the east side more than the west side, or for that matter more than any other side. This difference is shown in dollars and cents, creating a difference in value rising from 10 per cent up to even 50 per cent.
 Underneath it is the belief that the morn ing sun is healthier than the afternoon sun. It is certainly more agreeable in this latitude. It is often said that "the morn ing" slope of hill is healthier than tits afternoon slope, and this rule is applied to streets.
 The fact is, the house in which the sun shines the most is the healthiest, whether the occupant likes it or not. The sun is the best of all sanitary agencies. A house that receives it in the morning and also in the afternoon. is healthier than house that receives the beneficial rays asant or in partial degree only. Sun is needed in the children's bedrooms. It is needed in every room in the house. One cannot have too much of 1t, although we sometimes think in this latitude that we could for comforts sake spare some of it. But no one can thrive in a sunless house.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE POLITICAL
 OUTLOOK AND MATTERS OF LOCAL IMPORT

county and national fairs. The alleged moral element of Birmingham prevented it. They have had spotters and detectives the grounds watching everything, as though the fair managers were endeavor- ing to break all sorts and kinds of laws. Birmingham is indeed getting on high moral plane. It strikes me, however, that a great deal of time is given to trivial and ordinary things and not enough to the de- tection of genuine crime. It strikes me that when cold-blooded murder is com mitted in broad daylight, and an inoffensive negro woman is carved almost into frag- ments al clock in the morning in a pop Glous residence section of the city, that the officers of the law should be able to find the brute who committed the crime. But it seems that the residence section of the city of Birmingham must be totally un- protected. l haven't seen a policeman in any of the great South Highlands section of Birmingham in three months, and I have looked for them. But 1 see lots of them out at the Fair Grounds and about the center of the city. The woman and children of the residence portion of Bir- mingham are even. more entitled to pro- lection than the center of the city. It seems very easy to gather up a squad of six or eight policemen at any time to raid a gambling house-and it is all well enough but it seems impossible to send police man to protect the women and children of the South Highlands; and when a murder is committed in that section it would seem that the officers of the law in Birmingham haven't the time nor the ability to capture the murderer.
 In my opinion, the people of the resi- dence sections of Birmingham should arise in their might and demand police protee- tion. don't know whose fault it is and don't care, but do know that something is ma terlally wrong and should be remedied, and at once.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

The transfer of MT. c. A. Wickersham from the superintendency of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad at Birmingham to Atlanta as president of the Atlanta and West Point and Western of Alabama Rail- roads. causes Birmingham to lose one of it's best railroad officials. Regretting the loss of MT. wickersham, the Age-Herald, however, congratulates him upon his thor ougly deserved promotion and congratulates the owners of the Atlantic and West Point upon securing such a valuable man.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

They will fuss and bluster-possbly put an addition to their structural steel tariff schedule. That can save them from the in- vasion of the German market and will not be complained about by protective Ameri- ca. But nothing they can do will prevent the advance of American products in the markets of the world. Efficient labor, cheap coal, abundant ores and the spirit of en- terprise are winning the battle for supre- macy. Germany, with England, has noth- ing to do but look on with admiration and wonder
The age-herald., 1900-11-04
SELLING STEEL IN GERMANY

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 It is officially announced the North Ger man Lloyd steamship line has contracted for 1000 tons of American structural steel as against Westphalian competition. This incident comes by way of illustrating the views of the gentleman who has just pub llshed a book on German trade outlook American competition in Germany Is no Idle dream.
 What will tho Germans do about 1t?
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

There will be landslide on Tuesday that will eclipse the explosion in Greenwich street, and the victims will belong to some of New York's first families. It will be labelled "Bryan."
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

The first number of Orange and Blue, from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. is full of promise. The number at hand is the beginning of the seventh volume.
The age-herald., 1900-11-04

It will take an united Gould family to pull Boni out of the bankrupt courts, and it is said they will attempt the task