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The age-herald., 1901-08-09
Distribution of Crop Losses.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 It is well to bear in mind that the losses in crop shortages do not always, or even chiefly. fall on the producers. The corn crop of 1895 was 2,151 oo0 bushels, the farm value of which on December of that year was put at s544, ,9SS5s4 by the Department of Agriculture. In the previ- ous year, 1894, the crop was not much more than half Q,2l2, ,0O0,OO0 bushels) of this amount, but 1t brought about s1O,- 100000 more to the farmer (s554, ,71s, ,162). The corn crop of 1890, which was 1,490, 900. 900 bushels. brought $754, ,433, 451 to the produc- CTS. On the other hand. that of 1900 which was far larger, or 2,105, ,00o, 900 bushels, was worth less to them in money, or s751, ,22O, ,O34.
 Comparisons of this sort might be ex- tended over a great number of years. In many cases, even when the years are close together. big corn crop brings less than small one to the persons who raise 1t. The same Is true of wheat and other products. A short crop causes an advance in prices which, in some instances, as has been shown here, more than makes up for the decreased yield. There is loss in those cases, but it falls on the consumer In some instances the loss Is borne by both producer and consumer, as the ad- vance in prices in years of shortage does not always make up for the decline in production. Moreover. there are some years in which an increased production Is accompanied by an increased price owing to a larger demand.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09

Washington, August s-The New York Sun publishes Senator Morgans letter on the Grandfather Clause" and then editorially makes this comment upon it under the caption: "The Greatest Cues tion Before This Republic"
 We print elsewhere on this page a letter by Senator Morgan of Alabama, called out by the proposition, since adop- ted by the constitutional convention of that state. to establish a hereditary qualification for the suffrage
 This utterance of the Alabama Sen- ator is not new. His letter was written month ago, but 1t is of significance so profound and of a statesmanlike percep- ton so true that it cannot become out of date.
 ''It make manifest that by the device of the grandfather clause and kindred devices to take away tlfe privilege of the franchise from the negro citizens without excluding from 1t whites with the same disqualification of illiteracy South ern States have violated the fundamen- tai principle of democratic government and thus introduced into our politics a question of more momentous importance than any other which has been projected in the history of the American Republic
 "As Senator Morgan says our American Revolution was primarily and essentially a struggle to abolish hereditary privilege in government, with all its appurtenan- ces. This Southern movement Is now made squarely for the purpose of reviv- ing that privilege. TO make blood the
The age-herald., 1901-08-09

New York, August S.-The Iron Age. in discussing the effects of the strike says;
 "The calling out of the union men in all the plants of the United States Steel corporation thus far not affected will considerably extend the trouble and will effect quite a fresh line of products. So far as the Illinois Steel company Is con- cerned, it may be noted that the Joliet and Milwaukee mills are union. The former turn out steel billets, wire rods, splints, splice bars, track bolts and some sizes of steel bars. The Milwaukee works largely make steel merchant bars, agri- cultural shapes and large quantity of light steel rails
 "Of the South Chicago works, the un- ion is supposed to control the Bessemer and Steel Rail shops, while the open hearth and plate mills are non-union.
 'The shenango Sheet Bar plant of the National Steel company at New Castle has already closed down and the Mingo Junction Steel plant of the same com pany Is also rated union.
 "The National Tube Company counts among the mills as union, the Franklin and the Republic Iron Works, both chief ly engaged in making skelp, and the Riverside works at Benwood. near Wheel ing an important tube plant
 "It will be observed, therefore, that ad- .ditional capacity will be cut on In steei bars; that some important steel plants
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
SqueezInq the Southern Farmer r.

Monopoiy of the modern trust fash lon beglns to cover and affiict this sec tion of the country. No section Is or can be free from 1t while the robber tariff remains in operation, and it is becoming every day more and more doubtful whether the latter can be overthrown except by revolution. Cap iIal already owns the Republican party and at least one clique of the Demo cratic party, and it may be that an appeal to ballots on the tariff issue has been cut off.
 At any rate monopoly Is gradually spreading and blighting all sections. Cottonseed and cottonseed oil and other cottonseed products are its latest conquest me Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company has absorbed the Southern Cotton Oil Company, and it is believed that a consolidation of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company and of the American Cotton oil Com pany is impending. the joint concern to have capitalization of $100,000,O ,O00. The purchase of oil mills has been pro gressing rapidly of late. and all indi- cations point to gigantic combina- ton.
 This combination will attack the farmer both in what he buys and in what he sells. It wni attempt to die tate the price of cottonseed, for it will endeavor to crush out independent mills, and it will also dictate the price of commercial fertilizers. To a great extent the Southern farmer will be at it's mercy. The development of the cottonseed interest will be checked, and the entire South will receive a heavy and damaging blow if the plans of the proposed combine are carried out.
 The new control rests in New York and Chicago, and both are ready to combine to fleece the South. Under this administration there is no remedy in sight. No attorney general can be appealed to against the trusts. No real antitrust law can be passed by the present Congress, and 1t would not be enforced if 1t could be passed. The trusts own the country, and they are proceeding to work it for all that can ue squeezed out of it. The New York and Chicago squeezers will squeeze both cottonseed ana the men who made il, and they will be as merciless in the one case as In the other.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
NEW YORK SUN ON THE
 POSITION OF MORGAN
BY ALBERT HALsTEAo.

medium of transmitting the electoral power from father to son, is to uproot, from It's foundations. the whole system of democratic government and to rein state the system and form of regal gov- ernment;' or to express it differently to revive prime feature of the feudalistic system the last vestige of which this Republic was founded to destroy.
 'Talk of imperialistic tendencies in this country simply because of our territorial expansion as a consequence of the war with Spain has come from narrow and superficial minds, but in this revival of hereditary privilege there is actually q precedent which violates so radically the essential theory of our democratic repub lie that 1t must be resisted and rebuked and rendered abortive by popular senti- ment and removed finally by judicial de- cision, or our government as founded and preserved hitherto will be subverted and a destructive oligarchy of contradictory hereditary privilege substituted for the democracy of the past.
 "That in this movement there Is no real danger now confronting our political in- stitutions is made apparent in the Ala bama Senator's dicserningSnd statesman like discussion of hereditary distinctions of franchise. Consequently we give 1t great prominence today in order that it may command the thoughtful considera- ton of every reader of the Sun. Il raises the greatest question at present before the American people,"
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
Land Owners Against Schools.

There is a belief in the convention that the parents of 722,333 children of school age in this State are either in- different to the welfare of their chil- dren, or else do not know the purport of the legislation proposed for them. There is a feeling that the landowners are much bigger people than the parents of the State. It may be said to be a landowners convention, for all articles thus far have been shaped to suit .leir desires, selfish or otherwise.
 The mistake made is in understand ing the strength and knowledge of the non-landholders of the State. There are not few of these people, and they know a great deal more about the pro- visions of the proposed constitution than some think they do. Not few of them desire better schools. Not a few of them need more schools which their children can attend. This is particularly the case in the towns of the State; and II the intelligence goes out that the school appropriations are to be cut down-that all chance of edu- cation progress n the State has been destroyed-there will be bitter dis appointment in many homes.
 The Age-Herald advocates not so much fixed appropriation as it does room for educational growth when public sentiment demands it. The land owner stands in the way. He wants no educational growth. He is injuring himself, but it is altogether waste of ,effort ito attempt to explain to him that the value of his lands is closely related to progress in education and therefore in productiveness. He is not looking ahead. He simply wants iron pledges against the people as whole. He proposes to make a constitution while he has the opportunity. This is the Black Belt view of public educa- tion, and it means backward State, a State that will, If it does not now, soon have an undisputed grip upon the tailend position in the lists of intelli- gence and literacy.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
UNDERGROUND TEMPERATURE.
Four Thousand Feet Probably the
 Limit to Healthy Working.

From Nature.
 Determinations of the rate of increase of underground temperature, apart from their scientific interests, have an impor- tant practical application in fixing the limit of depth at which mining operations can be carried on successfully. In this connection report has been lately issued by the department of mine of the gov ernment of Victoria, dealing with obser- vations of underground temperature at Bendigo, the author being James Stirling, government geologist. The rise of tenn perature of the rocks with the depth var ries in different parts of the earth's sur face, thus making 1t difficult in any min ing district to determine what the rate of increase Is without actual experiment. Thus, If we accept the hitherto recogniz- ed formula for the Bendigo field of one sdegree Fahrenheit for every 60 feet in depth, we should have a temperature of 125 degrees at the $500 feet level The ob- servations already made prove that this temperature is not reached.
 It has been asserted In some quarters that mining might extend to as great a depth as 10000 feet if the difficulties of haulage could be overcome; but when we consider the effect of compressing the air at such depth (tnat is the compress zion caused by its own weight) 1t will be seen that ventilation under ordinary conditions would be practically unat- tainable At depth of 10000 feet the ventilating currents entering the shaft at, say, temperature of 50 degrees Fah- renheit, would attain a temperature of 90 degrees by its own weight, altogether apart from the additional heat acquired by contact of the air with the heated rock surfaces. It is possible, however, to imagine limit of 5000 feet as a work ing depth, although the present observa- tions as to the normal rate of increase of temperature of the rocks at Bendigo- one degree Fahrenheit for every 135 feet suggest 4000 feet as convenient practical limit to healthy working Mr. Stirling & report Is accompanied by charts illus trating the temperature and pressure grandients in No. 1s0 mine, in connection with the composition of the air MT, Stirl- ing calls attention to the very defective ventilation of many mines, and to the necessity of owners and directors of mines taking steps to remedy the exist ing evils. .a,,s,si
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
POSITIVE CURE FOR MOSQUITOES
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

iOHl Nlle DfOOklyn EaSlo.
 New Jersey is filled with gloom. She thought she had done away with her mos quitoes by coating the surface of her pools with kerosene. but behold even as fin Texas the mosquito drinks crude pe- troleum and Is thankful for 1t, so it is aI- legged that in Jersey she soaks herself, In the refined oil and comes bumbling in at windows and blows herself up and sets fire to the house by flying at the gas light. Several incidents of this kind are believed by some Jerseymen to have hap pened. the oil-filled mosquito having burst with an audible explosion and scattered liquid fire about the place as the flame of the gas came in contact with her. It must be that the drinking of oil has af- fected her head, because hitherto 1t has not been the practice of the mosquito to fly through gas jets; still. if she is going to keep on doing 1t, and thereby Is to set fire to lace curtains and woodwork 1t be- comes evident that kerosene is not the thing to be sought. New Jersey has some thing far more powerful than kerosene. It will not make scum upon pool, and If it exhales an odor, it Is only an odor of delight. It will mingle with water, and the larvae of the mosquito drinking it will die at once-entranced. maybe but quite dead. This material is applejack There can be no finer use for applejack than to i'll ponds with, and if any mos quito survives 1t she should be stuffed and put into museum.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
New Hotel for TslIadeqa.

From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 MT. c. ". Carlton, local manager of the architectural firm of T. W. Golucke & Co.,, spent yesterday at Talladega, where he let the contract for the erec- tion of an $S0O0 hotel.
 The new hotel will be known as the Central Hotel, and will be located just off the court square The building will con- tain thirty rooms and will be two stories high with basement for sample rooms.
 The building will be owned by Mrs. L.. J. Haralson, who will conduct it when completed.
 The contract was let to s. A. Austin and A. o. Harwell of Talladega, who be- gan placing material yesterday The work on the building will begin tomor- row.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
Three From Montgomery.

'.Where does Jim Weatherly board?' asked a Birmingham man of Charlie Fer guson in Montgomery the other day.
 Delegate Ferguson put his ten slender fingers together in thoughtful considera- tion of his quondam boyhood's fellow birdnester, and after characteristic delib- eration one of the best fellows in the whole world said:
 "Well-since Jim Weatherly's gone into the-statesman bpsiness-he boards where all the other statesmen board-at the Exchange! You know. Jim's getting mighty high up these days-boards at the Exchange!"
 And the best good fellow in the whole world looked dreamfully down Commerce street to where the broad and muddy Alabama far winding flows, and then he said
 ..Me and Jim used to go in washin' down there when we were boys. That's good while ago-before Jim got to be states man-and lived at the Exchange"
 q feel like I ought to be kicked for my vote." said one delegate to another, in front of Fleming's, an hour after the vote on the suffrage clause.
 "So do IT. said the other.
 well, let's kick each other?"
 Good"
 And they stepped into Fleming's stair way and did the kicking in an admirable manner.
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The age-herald., 1901-08-09
King schwab's subjects are in revolt
Mum is the. word in the navy now.
oouLD's SIXTH IS A GIRL.

New York Dispatch, 9th inst.
 Another daughter was born to George J. Gould on board his yacht Sybarite, off Seabright, N. J., this morning. He is now the father of six children, three girls and three girls, the oldest of whom, Kingdom. is now 15 Because of the extremely warm weather several weeks ago. Mir. Gould determined that his wife's health would be much better if she took up her abode on the Sybarite So the yacht has been cruising in the harbor. Mrs. Gould will probably remain on the Sybarite dur ing the next two or three weeks under the care of her physician. MT. Gould married Miss Edith Kingdom in Septem- Der, 1886.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
sHREWD, BUT RISKY.
n the Macon Telegraph.

From the Macon Telegraph.
 According to the New York Sun, the residents of desirable neighborhood in Brooklyn were greatly shocked" the other day on seeing the following notice in large letters on twenty-foot sign across the front of a four-story brown stone house:
 $500 % COMMISSION will be paid to any broker selling this house ito COLORED PEOPLE EXCLUSIvELY-Will be sold cheap. Easy terms. Apply to your own agent or within after p. m.
 The house is owned by one George Washington Heatley, a white man who lives at Wading River, L. l.. having for merly been Brooklyn dentist Accord ing to the Sun; Tt Is said that Dr. Heat ley has met with much difficulty in dis posing of the house at the price he paid for it and for some reason or other feels spiteful against his neighbors, while others conjecture that the threat of in- vasion by a eolored family was made with view to force them to chip in and buy the property. No. 1 South Elliott place, the house adjoining, is owned and occupied by James Hart rich merchant, who is at present traveling in Europe with his family
 Evidently the Baltimore method of using the threat of negro occupancy to foree the sale of dwelling houses at a desirable figure, or, on the contrary, to pull down prices in whole neighborhood by importing negro families is begin ming to be employed in the metropolis. So C.. chr yyd hut x,to scheme has not yet been made use 0 South of Baltimore. Nowhere could 1t prove more effective than in Southern cities, If permitted, but the property owners or real estate agents with the hardihood to attempt 1t may count on more trouble than will be agreeable.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
Rural Mail Delivery.

From tie Randolph Leader.
 The Leader Is pleased to mention that Congressman-elect c. W. Thompson has already begun an investigation with a view to securing rural free delivery to Randolph County, if practicable. At his own expense he has forwarded he neces- sary papers, blanks, etc, to Major ]. T. Coleman, with instructions to make a toui of ih- county and collect sufficient data for the Congressman to begin his work upon. Major Coleman will begin this task at once.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09

Congressman Charles ". Thompson of Tuskegee Is in Birmingham, the guest of his brother, W. W. Thompson. Sid B. Jones, who Is dangerously i'll of typhoid fever, was reported trifle better last night Lee Myer of Tuscaloosa is at the Morris. Arthur Graves of Knoxville is at the Morris.
 P. T. shanks of St. Louis is at the Nor ris.
 A. T. Edgerly of Lawrence, Mass. is at the Morris. 5ss H T. Gill of New Decatur is at the Morris.
 R. c, Packard of Montgomery is at the Metropolitan. tlsA&l.a,ia J. W. Johnson of Evansville. Ind, Is at the Metropolitan. State Treasurer J, Craig Smith is at the Morris.
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 Macy Corbett of Indianapolis, widely known and esteemed travelling man. and a brother of Frank Corbett. a former popular citizen of Birmingham, is at the Florence. Senator Jones c. Moore returned last night from Montgomery.
  Capt N. W. Trimble returned from Montgomery last night.
 J. G. Mccarthy of Rochester is at the Metropolitan.
 ". R. Beesley of New York Is at the Metropolitan.
 A. J. Stewart of Alexander City is at the Metropolitan.
 Pat H. Roberson of Cropwell is at the Florence.
 William Basker of Columbia, Tenn, is at the Florence.
 J. B. Willis of Barnesville, Ga.. Is at the Florence.
 J. Cohn of Montgomery is at the Flor ence.
 Charles P. Dement, of Meridian is at the Florence.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for this day. Friday, August 9, 1901
 Travel, deal seek work, and ask fa- Yors between Il a. m. and 3 p. m"
 Be careful of thy dealings with women, and avoid them; thy business will require attention, but with care 1t will succeed.
 The young, or those in love, may ex- pect grief or trouble. Let them be care full"
 Unsettled in disposition and unfor- tunate in It's dealings with the opposite sex will be the child born on this day It will succeed best in employ"
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
Reuben in Town Yesterday.


 He was hill-billy from the golden hills of Cleburne, and he struck this town at hot high noon yesterday, arriving by the Southern Railways Southwestern limited thain from Washington and Ed wardsville He lighted as soon as the train stopped in the big passenger sta tion-'lighted and looked around.
 Enthusiastically Reuben had come to town
 He was perhaps five and sixty. and was thick set stoclxily built, and tipped the beam at two hundred pounds. He was bow-legged and slightly corpulent, and his feet turned outward. His clean-sha- ven amen corner face was as brown as a berry His hair was white and reach ed to the collar of his coat, and it was in part covered by wide-brimmed black cotton hat His coat and trousers were likewise black. He also wore a startled look. In either hand he carried a black valise, and also In his left hand a heavy homemade hickory stick about a yard long.
 Enthusiastically Reuben had come to town
 He looked up and he looked down the long, reach of the big station. Then he looked forward, and then all around. See ing most light towards Twentieth street and Edwardsville, he calculated that to be the way out, and into the wickedness of the city. He was mistaken. The long bar-gates were down; then he tried the entrance gates but In vain. He tried the huge iron fence all the way down until he reached the exit gate. He saw hun dreds of passengers hurrying out, but he had made so many intellectual attempts to get out himself that he was doubtful, so he drew up to the big gateman and asked:
 "Is this yer the way out?"
 "What do you think?" asked the gate man.
 Think 1t is.''
 And he rolled out with his two black valises and his homemade stick. He fol- lowed the crowd, or rather the crowd bore him on toward Twentieth street. He moved out to the edge of the sidewalk and stood irresolute in the busiest street in the South. A cabman hailed. but he gave no heed, and then the cabman whis- tied familiar air about when somebody comes to town.
 Finally the old fellow got swept into the current of humanity making for the northward, and so he was borne along until First avenue was reached. There he anchored to a telegraph pole, and looked on.
 Enthusiastically Reuben had come to town.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
River Improvements Suspended.

From the Tuscaloosa Times.
 The river is not flowing over the dam at Lock No. 2, but. is rushing through the open gates. During the dry spell about three weeks ago, and while the water was very low. improvements were com menced at the upper gate. when suddenly the rains came and the river rose, flood ing the lock and making 1t impossible to continue the work or shut the gates until another fall in the water.
The age-herald., 1901-08-09
REFLEo1IoNs oT A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The way to get out with a girl is to get in with her mother
 Love is like fruit-you have to throw it away when it is over-ripe
 The more sisters man has the less he knows about other mems sisters or his own, aig.e M
 When q girl shows mans photograph around it's a sign he isn't the picture she is wearing where nobody can see It.
 The way men will always run after red@headed women reminds one of. the way donkeys will always run after a bunch of carrots.