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The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Good Friday and the Weather.

From the Clarke County Democrat.
 It is strange that any one should sup pose that Good Friday or Easter Sunday has any influence over the weather. one way or the other Especially is it strange when it is a well known fact that these days are earlier or later according to the change of the moon in each year. These old notions are handed down from one generation to another, and while there IS no reason or common sense for such mo- tions to rest upon. and while personal ob- servation, year after year. will show to mind free from superstitution that there can be no influence of this character. many will live and die in the belief that there is.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The best cure for woman who can't bear the smell of tobacco smoke is to make her eat cigar.
 It's not very often you find a mans wife the bosom friend of the woman who thinks she has mission to help him. ! A meal to man means a piece of meat and a cigar; to a woman 1t means some thing new to talk about and a fiuffy des- sert.
 A mans letters to . girl never begin to be really dangerous till after he gets too far M alons to bother with fuotins poetry ! II is the opinion of nine women out of ten that the average Anan believes he Eo him 0niess h9-is Iezhing double life.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Some Contemplated Factories.

From the Piedmont Inquirer.
 Piedmont is on the eye of an indus trial boom Some of the industries which are being contemplated are: A knitting mill, a canning factory, an ice factory and broom factory. These things are not merely visionary, but are under consid- eration by men who have the money and means to put them in operation. :.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Tuskesee Commencement.

Tuskesee. April 12. = (speciai) = Rev. W. W. Landrum, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga, will preach the commencement sermon at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Insti- tute on Sunday, May 26. Dr, Landrum will also preach in the white Baptist Church, in Tuskegee while here. All are looking forward with much interest to hearing pr. Iandrum,
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
 AND FL LSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaei's prophecies for this day, Saturday, April B. 1901:
 Very doubtful all day"
 Thy birthday is rather a quiet one; attend well to thy business and keep It in order"
 A child born on this day will be ann bilious and active, and fortunate in the employ of others'
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Startled by a Whistle.
From the Ma

From the Marion County News
 That whistle that our people have been hearing of late comes from the new mill of Pat Dunn, located south of town. He has got his mill far enough advanced to grind corn, and will have his gin in op- eration before another crop is made.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Still in the Race,

From the Bessemer Herald-Journal
 Birmingham has captured the colonelcy of the Third Regiment from Bessemer, has bested the Bessemer boys at bowling, uses the dummy to rob our merchants of dollars that might be spent in Bessemer, but we are going to contend for the foot racing honors until shown otherwise.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Rice Culture.

From the Wilcox Progressive Era.
 In other Alabama counties rice culture is proving very profitable, and beyond doubt it would prove profitable in Wilcox. No county in the State can boast of richer or more varied soils but some can boast of more enterprisipg farmers.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
New Lumber Plant.

Knoxville, Tenn. April 12--work has begun on the erection of a large plant at Bristol by the James Strong Lumber Company. The company is capitalized at $3Oo,000. which Is paid up. The plant will employ about 300 mon.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Guarantee of Future Greatness.

From the Anniston Star.
 Anniston, with two splendidly equipped rolling mills working large forces of skilled men. with a great car plant pull sating with activity. with pipe works and cotton factories galore and dozens of smaller industries not less energetic than the larger ones, presents a picture of in dustrial activity that is guarantee of fufiire greatneSs
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
WITH THE EDITORS OF
 THE STATE PRESS
To Raise a Mar Fund.

From the Marion Standard.
 Aguinaldo and Kruger are both to visit America, and it has been suggested that they be put before the footlights and let the proceeds be used to pay the war debt.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Funston is another man who is not addicted to social graces. He cannot two-step any better than Gunner Nor gan. The army is plainly going to the dogs.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
conaressman speaks.

Huntsville. April 12.-tspecial) )-Con- gressman Richardson delivered an ad- dress on the Constitutional Convention to- day at New Market. He was heard by large audience. ss-.-i-' q,
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Honory Palmer occupies a seat in the Chicago City Council midway be- tween those of Hinky Dink and the Hon. Bathhouse John.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

In Kansas City 1t has been decided that policemen who wear shirtwaists must have their diamonds behind.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
No Strike at Pottery.

East Liverpool. O.. April 12.-There will be no strike of pottery workers on Sat- urday. New developments have put a quietus on such step for the present.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Russia is not ready to absorb much Chinese territory, but all rights are reserved by her in this case-all rob- Der rights, that is to say.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Tree That ProcIaims Spring.

''The elm tree at the northeastern corner of Second avenue and Nineteenth street is the real hamburger of spring in this valley, and until that tree is green with young leaves cold weather is not finally ended for Birmingham" said Ben Theiss.
 '"The tree is not large, but it is old for Birmingham, like the other trees in line with it in Nineteenth street. and for twenty years I have watched 1t and it has been my signal for the appearance of open spring. When 1t puts out leaves I know that all cold weather is ended and spring is here The leaves upon this tree are the most brilliant green, 1t seems to me, that I ever saw: the recurring green ness year by year being remarkably vivid. Anybody who will look now may see that there is no appearance of leaves We are yet to have our last cold weather"
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

The farmers in the winter wheat belt are contracting for pianos, dia. monds and automobiles.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

The trusts now want free trade, and if they are in earnest Dfngleyism is doomed to disappear.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Uncle Sam can outlive Cuba's office seekers in the Platt game of hide and seek.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

The nihilists in this country expend their ammunition on the stump and in legislative halls.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Count Tolstoi feels as secure as the Czar does.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Browning is up against Colonel Dante in Boston, and catch-as-catch- can struggle is anticipated,
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

American crude oil is slipping down wards, and dollar oil is again in sight by looking backwards.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Youno coybett Wlns.

Denver. Colo. April 12.-"Young Cor bett'' of this city tonight knocked out Ed die Santry of Chicago in the second round of their fight before the Colorado Ath- letic Club.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Commander Hobson says he is not going to be married, and we are willing to take. his word for 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Aguinaldos manifesto is still hung up between the blue pencil and Aggie's mental activities.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

The Boer capital is now on the veldt unhonored and unnamed.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

The four ranking officers of the regular army were never filled With tooasco sauce at West Point,
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

The Hon. Honory Palmer is consid- cred by Chicago's 400 as well started In the White House sweepstakes.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
New Weekly Paper.

Huntsville. April 12.-(Special )-Rev. A. W. Briscoe, we'll known Baptist minis- ter, ia about to start a weekly newspaper at Russellville which will be the organ of the Northern Alabama Baptists.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
NERVE WITH A MAN AROUND IT.

From the Wichita Eagle.
 Funston is merely nerve with man built up around 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Mark Twain Is fighting the allied missionaries, and the public is inspir- ing the game.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Prince Tuan is now in tho rebellion business. He proposes to glue his own head on. asaclai euq. ss sss sssti.gos
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

Philander Knox has not yet called the trusts into court under the Sher- man law
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

The glucose trust is now engaged in taking the maple taste out of maple sugar.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
A wAsTEFUL NATION.

From the Philadelphia Times.
 Mrs Nation evidently believes in vast ing both at the spigot and the bunghole.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

The Limited States production of iron is now nearly double that of Great Britain.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Texas oil Against Alabama Coal.

Tt will be surprising to most people that the discovery and opening Of the Beaumont oil field in Texas means se- rious loss of trade to the Birmingham dis trict," said a man personally interested in and peculiarly well-informed concern ing the mineral resources and business of the district.
 "One New Orleans customer of one of the Birmingham coal companies has de- clined to sign his annual contract for H. 900 tons of Jefferson County coal be- cause he has contracted for oil from the Texas oil field to take the place Of coal as fuel, and he declares that he saves money by the transaction. The 1l,Ooo tons of Alabama coal annually sold for many years past to this New Orleans custom CT was used in a cotton compress and on sugar plantations in Louisiana.
 At the usual time the Birmingham sales agent of the coal company sent some three weeks ago, the usual annual con tract to New Orleans to be signed. The agent epected the signed contract by re- turn mail, but at the end of two weeks 1t had not been received, and so he thought 1t worth while to proceed to New Orleans and personally ascertain the req son for delay. seeing that the customer had not answered his letter.
 Arrived in New Orleans he paid an inn mediate visit to the customer and asked for explanation:
 "'We like your coal, as our custom for many years has proved, and the price is fair, but, to tell you the truth, we have received proposition to supply ourselves with Texas oil as fuel which Is so advan- tageous in every respect that we felt con- strained to accept 1t and have signed a contract for all the fuel in the form of oil that we shall need. Very sorry, but it is business, you know. It Is much to our advantage to burn oil, and we do not re- quire any coal at all
 That is a loss of Il 900 tons of coal to the Birmingham district on account of one customer. And the coal operators of the district view with some apprehension the construction of the pipe line, now al- ready begun, from the Beaumont coal field to New Orleans This pipe line is to be taken into earnest consideration by coal operators here.
 Moreover, I happen to know that the Southern Pacific railroad has signed a contract for 750,000 barrels of oil. with the privilege of taking 160.0O0 barrels more, from the Texas oil field, to take the place of coal as fuel for locomotives on that system. That means a great reduction in the consumption of coal.
 "The oil pipe line from Beaumont to New Orleans is very startling fact in the Southern industrial situation, one that seems almost like dream. Yet the line Is being built"
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
About Persons.

Lee Jones of Greensboro was in Bir- mingham yesterday.
 Civil Engineer c. J. Shipley of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Is at the Morris. Mir. Shipley is the supervisor of all the building operations of his road between New Orleans and Birmingham.
 Prof. Eugene A. Smith of the Alabama University, State geologist, is at the Nor ris.
 William T. Atkins of Selma is at the Morris.
 H. H. Hall of Milton, Fla, is at the Metropolitan Hotel
 J. P. Philips of Ashville and W. R. Philips of Gadsdens are at the Metropoli- tan. 4.'5
 Mrs. A. s. Fletcher of Huntsville and Miss F. S. Pryor of Athens are regis- tered at the Metropolitan.
 W. B. Learnad of Denver is at the Met ropolitan.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
A Big Deal.

From the Chiffon Reflector
 Rumor says that the deal of the Chi cago Lumber Company for 15,000 acres of Major Howison's land Is in fair way of being closed within the next ten days. If this be true 1t means great things for Mapiesviile. The lumber company is very wealthy corporation and will put in works here that will give employment to several hundred hands and will bring a large amount of trade here, but the most important thing about it Is that 1t will begin the development of a large territory that has heretofore lain idle and has been of service to nobody. The lands will be- come settled after the timber is cut, and will bring large population to this sec tion, whose trade will naturally come to this point.
 The Men Who Sell Their Votes. From the Fayette Banner.
 The platform adopted by the State con vention promises that nothing shall be in- serted into new constitution that will disfranchise any white man. The fran chise clause is to deal with the Ignorant, dishonest and corruptible negro vote, which we approve: but it is fact, how ever deplorable it may be, that there are men--and they are not negroes either-in this State who exercise the right of fran-' 'chise that are a weight on the shoulders of good and honest government. Is vote that is influenced and controlled by the icorruntion funds used in almost every election in this State to carry 1t against the masses any better in the hands of 2
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

President Mckinley will outline his third term programme in the course of his trip across the continent.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

The csar is trihe ahead of the Kaiser in the matter of scares.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

the finest mare in the valley. She is so fine that the boys suspect me of having ringer for them. Come for driver?
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

white man than in the hands of negro? We say not. The negro might be excused for selling his vote, for he knows that, in the South at least, there is nothing for him to gain more than what he receives for his vote. With the white man 1t Is different We are not in favor of making a constitution that will in itself disfran- chise any white man. but we are fin favor of a constitution that will forever disfran- chise any man who is guilty of selling his vote for any consideration, or any man who will offer to buy vote, whether he be white, black, lord or master.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
Noble Music Tomorrow.

The noble music which thrilled a null titude of worshipers at St. Paui's church Easter Day will be repeated at the 1o:30 o'clock high mass tomorrow morning. with the rich addition of the wondrous melody of Mrs. Sinnege's marvellous song -confessedly the most musical voice in this valley of music.
 The six and twenty beautiful altar boys will again sing the responses in the off, fees of the mass. and the splendid orches- tra of fourteen instruments will join the great choir in rendering Memolfs mass; thereby producing perhaps the most su- perb sacred melody yet heard in a Birm- ingham church.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

coming seasons crop. 5till Russian prop- erty must be protected, and with such purpose in view Russia tried to gradually withdraw from Manchuria, making terms with the Chinese officials to protect the great railroad.
 "The Chinese are well aware of the friendship of Russia. They know that in 1893 the Czar prevented Manchuria, Mongolia and Thibet from reyoiting and raising the Russian flag over their cotn- trles The highest princes and priests of those three countries have visited the Czar every year, praying for permission to raise the Russian flag over them, and every time these representatives have had the same answer. Russia will not permit her flag to be raised over your countries. We want your country, peopled by its present citizens as a great open field and a barrier between the populated districts of China proper and the borders of Rus sic
 Had one gone along the line of tho Trans-Siberian Railroad last fall. as did, during the illness of the Czar, there would have been a sight worthy the attention of other nations to behold and ponder over. All the way from vladivostock in the east to Moscow in the west men women and children were kneeling in the streets in prayer for the recovery of their father. the Czar.
 'gThe recent troubles in St. Petersburg were not of a serious character and were greatly magnihed by the press, particu- larly by the English. All this talk about the Czars guards Is bosh. The cabinet officers can be seen any day riding along the Nevsky prospect and are seen of an evening at the hotels and restaurants"
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

EASTERN BUSINESS oFFfCE-zT. iS, 49 and 50 Tribune building. New York City. Western Business Ofica, 4ee The Rcokery. Chicago The s. c. Beckvith Special Agency, Agents for Foreign Ad- rcrtising
The age-herald., 1901-04-13
The Pen Like an linked Beetle.

The Pen Like an linked Beetle.
 'I wish you would say a word of pro- test against the refusal of most people to learn to write, and of the necessity of reviving the practically lost art of renmanship" said scholarly lawyer of wide observation.
 Just now I observed respectable white man going through what was to him the painful labor of signing his name to a paper. He was about forty years old and strong and healthy, with perfectly steady nerves. yet when he had finished his signature 1t looked as If 1t might have been written by a man with the palsy, so nearly illegibie 1t was.
 That is enc case in point, and there are millions of similar cases of ignorant pen manship. doubt If In any Of thc schools. public or private, there is any serious ef- fort nowadays to teach the art of writ ing. The coming generation promises to be more ignorant than the present one in this particular, and the average man and woman will not be able to write so that anybody but experts In handwriting can read after them. The typewriting machine is joined to universal siovenliness and in- difference In bringing about this uncul tured and unciviiized condition.
 ''The question Is one of common educa- tion and it is serious enough. Children are being taught many things that are utterly without practical value, and re- formed methods of education are making ducks and drakts of the mothers and fathers that are to be. A leading business man of Birmingham. one who employs many clerks. complained the other day that 1t was impossible for him to secure young men and young women who knew how to write or who had more than the most rudimentary knowledge of English grammar. He blamed the schools
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-19
N3iNDMii-ts N THE WEST
Important Part Thsy Play on the Great
Farm: OF the Plains.


"A thing tnat strikes an eastern
man strangely" said the man just
back from western trip "is the
prevalence OF the windmill in the west.
This Is supposed to be the age of
steam and electricity, OF new ideas in
every line of human activity, but you
would be inclined TO change your mind
II you ever saw the forests of primitive
windmills that dot the western plains.
They first come into view when the
traveller crosses the Mississippi into
Iowa and by the time he gets to Ne
braska and Kansas they seem to be
staring in the car windows at every
revolution of the wheels. And they
are the most useful adjunct the west
ern farmer possesses. Usually a man
associates the windmill with Holland,
but the western variety is a different
brand and used for exactly the oppo-
site purpose that Hollanders employ
them for. In that country the mill is
used to get rid of the water in the
west 1t is employed to produce 1t. The
onterprising manufacturers make them
in all styles, some tall and graceful,
others low with n half circle OF fans
at the top. The big ones are useful
in grinding corn. but most of them
are engaged in pumping up water for
irrigation and to slake the thirst OF
the cattle, horses and hogs. For the
latter a system Of pipes conveys the
water to various parts of the ranch.
The wells reach way down into the
earth, where an exhaustless supply is
| found, and while few furnish the
source of any extended irrigation sys-
tens. nearly all have connections with
the garden and yard. The small
streams which abound in the west gen.
orally become stagnant during the
summer, but with the standpoint and
the wind pump the great reservoir OF
nature is tapped and great streams of
water are furnished Many ranchmen
have built milk houses around the
/ wind pump and the fresh, cool water
is kept running through large tanks
made for milk cans. enabling them to
| furnish their own tables with choice
cream and butter and an overplus
that in many cases pays for the family
groceries"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-19

too much publicity. as the public IL
having very many peeps behind TT
scenes. There is too much exposition
OF the financial affairs and inner work.
ings of the American Jeague-the
very thing the National League has
suffered most from in the past
The transfer OF the controlling in
terest OF the Washington club and the
elimination of Manager Manning. one
OF the old stand-bys of the American
League, first revealed to the public
that the Washington club was a fl
nancial loser on the past season. Now
the row at Detroit also shows up in
ternal dssentlon and cons eluent weak
ness at corner that was supposed
to be one OF the staunchest supports
OF the American League.
In addition all Is not smooth sailing
with President Johnson's ambitious
and far-reaching expansion plans. The
proposed invasion OF New York is
meeting with obstacles from within
the American League, and the occupa-
tion of st. Louis is also being handi-
capped by the detection OF local capital
and apparently by the obstinacy and
excessive cupidity Of the Milwaukee
club people as to conditions
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-19
AyERsE TO ALL NIGHT WORK.

Manager Hanlon said when he let
Jennings go that he was ell in as a
batsman. Hanlon has realized the
fact that a good student soon becomes
a poor batsman Duffy wes a wonder
ful batsman until he sat up nights
with his books, when his eyes grew
weak. and from being the finest bats
man in the country he became weak
one. Jennings and others have shown
what reading by lamps and other
night lights will DO for the batting
eye. The Boston club will request
young Carney, tho new right fielder,
to go slow with his night work at a
medical school this winter. The bat
ting eye is certainly affected by too
much study by night.-Sporting Life