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The age-herald., 1901-10-27

Bessemer's attempt to dicker with the Senate of Alabama is much too broad to be operative and efficient. Chairman Jackson of the New Coun- ty'' executive committee sends out this proposition:
 Bessemer Ala, October 15 1901.
 Dear Sir-we have orgar'zed a Besse- mer New County Club, and as you are aware we are very desirous of getting a new county for Bessemer. As you will return to the State Senate next year, we write asking your assistance in our be- half, and will say that we stand ready to assist you in whatever way you wish in regard to the ratification or rejection of the new constitution if you will give your support when the Legislature meets.
 This Is too sweeping. It looks to the capture of the entire Senate. It proposes a deal with 33 Senators whether they be ratificationists or anti-ratificationist It proposes deal even if half be of the one sort and half of the other This raises a great physical question-how can Bessemer assist a ratification Senator when it is assisting an anti-ratification Sena- tor. In some respects this is a great moral question, unless Bessemer can rioe simultaneously two horses going in opposite directions. The horse called White Supremacy" goes one way and the old nag known as Dis honest Elections" Is going in the other. Either Bessemer is attempting some thing new In the ring. or else 1t is raising a great moral question.
 Honest people in Bessemer and in the south end of the county should consider the New constitution upon its merits. It in no manner changes for the worse the new-county situa- tion, and there is no occasion for any such dicker as Chairman Jackson pro- poses. Opposition to the New Consti- tuition in bessemer would be fatal to the new-county project, for if there is one thing that is certain in November l. is the adoption of the New consti- tuition by big majority. Bessemer cannot afford to offend the friends of the New constitution by voting against 1t. Chairman Jackson can make more friends for his county scheme, twice oyer, by rallying the fullest possible vote for ratification. An adverse vote in Bessemer would be positively fatal for a generation to come. Men have long memories, and The Age-Herald asks its Bessemer friends to avoid giving the supporters of the New con stitution a slap in the face.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
THE FIRE-RUILpERs,

Etheiwyn Wetherald, in Youths Com
 panion.
 Joy built my fire
 Ana built 1t unto my desire: Gayly the fagots cracked and 5napped. 6hthely about them the flames were wrapped. s cared for nothing. for nothing at all Save the dancing shadows on the wall, And the dancing. winsone fire, until { Ihe shadows died, and the place grew
 chill
 And the sound of the wind A Tn the chimney was like a despairing
 The voice Of soul that has sinned. Hope built my fire, .,f % And built it unto my desire; N Y Fairy pictures she made arise Of nameless castles meath foreign skies. Oft by the bed of coals I would sit. < And gaze at the wonders revealed in It Till the glorious scenes had turned ito
 gray, @ And my empty hands and the empty day Were all that remained M Of my gold and crimson-colored dreams; Naught was done; naught was gained. Duty built my fire, And took no note of my desire; The sky was gray and the weather was When her Afagots on emy-s hearth were
 piledss->sssss ~c.. ~r~~e-A Trembling and shfverinx I came In that serene and stehdfast heat Strong grew my hands add quick ny
 From the sharp winds dart How can shrink. Hhtle- there Sabfdes
 That unfaiIing warmth in my heaftf
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
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so wondrous fair they were upon the morningside of woman's life. The one laughed fresh from the altar; the other laughed thitherward. maybe; and so God was good to them in giving abundant cheerfulness, m erriment, joy.
 Types of everything that is of and for the better. the higher lifezhope faith, truth, love, innocence. gladness- they we're of authority to point humanity to the lovelit way of all .worthiness, a way open to all who elect to tread 1t to tho glad, notes of the wider and truer love of mankind which makes for the only abiding happiness that can be known in this life. rss. 7, .s-F-s-ts,-
 Types wearing the white robes of sin less ones and laughing in the aIl-enibrac- ing good cheer of the pure of heart they were fitted to teach the lessons needfm for the upbuilding of the kingdom of jus tice. mercy. kindness and goodness in the heart of man and the bringing of the true millennium of righteousness to the earth: handmaidens of the higher helpfulness, the higher hopes, the higher heaven of mans desires purposes and ambitions; types before which the best of us all might bend our knees and doff our caps in reverence o-~4s.-. D.. -..sas.ss
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 The earth is glorious with such types as these. Every sinner and every righteous one may see such evangels of light and sweetness, and be uplifted. made better, more cheerful. more generous, more hope full, more worthy to live out the allotted days and more ready for the rest that shall come when eyes close for the last sleep.
 Virtue comes rom within but it grows and Is gladdened from without. It is made brighter and stronger by lights that shined before 1t; lights of others virtues. such as faith and gladness ahd generous heartedness. fidelity and charity and -joyl E o joy, joy, joy! There is joy for every one that seeks it or asks. It may be found at every step up the hill of life and down the sunset way. It awaits around every turning in life's journey, ready to fall upon and bless the weary laden and the heavy-hearted. It rides upon every breeze. careers upon every wind, hovers above every human heart It is for every breast willing to embrace 1t with responding fervor.
 It Is crying |, every one It's own glad name-Joyl THE MURMURER.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
A Niaht of Sonu.

The presentation of Richard Wag- ner's immortal work, "Lohengrin," :" next Wednesday at the Auditorium with both Sembrich and Schumann- Heink in the cast, with Damrosch's orchestra to boot, is an event that will not be repeated in any Southern town during the tour of the Grau Metro politan Opera Company. In Memphis, sin Nashville and in Atlanta but one of the world-renowned stars of music sang or will sing in an opera. while here two great singers will be heard, no. to mention the lesser interpreters eof song. Messrs. Boyle & Edwards of the Auditorium insisted upon the sing ing here of the worlds greatest con- Stralto, as we'll as Sembrich, and their tnsistence renders the night of grand opera in this town unequalled in the South. N-
 The Age-Herald publishes the Eng fish translation of Wagner's own words, for he wrote his own words in all cases, believing that a composer could best give musical expression to his own thoughts. The story of Loh- engrin can therefore be read before "Wednesday night, and that way those who fill the Auditorium will be enabled to enjoy the fine music to the fullest extent. They will know what it means what is finding adequate interpre- tation.
 The people of this town will honor themselves when they honor these great artists and this great company .wlln their presence in force at the Auditorium. It will be additional proof that this is a music-loving town-that music of the highest order can here find friends and supporters. This means more entertainments of like na- lure, and so it will happen that the best Win continue to come here. They are coming here, and they will come just so long as they are welcomed here up to their merits.
 It is said that the sales of seats in Nashyille exceeded 416,00o. This cov-l
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE BUFFALO
 EXPOSITION AND SEVERAL OTHER MATTERS

had rather thought the days of expo sitions had passed. But not so, to judge from the Buffalo Exposition. was there last week. The attendance was from co., 900 to 100000 a day. Of course the stock holders will lose their money but the bondhoiders and other mortgage holders will get theirs. The stockholders are all Buffalo people, and in other ways all have reaped more benefit than the value of their stock subscriptions. Buffalo as city has gained greatly as a result of the great show; and the railroads have reaped a harvest. I am told that 75,o0O tickets to Buffalo and return were sold from Pittsburg alone. In other words nearly a million dollars of Pittsburg money went to the railroads for tickets to Buffalo.
 The American people love to travel. An exposition gives them an objective point When Buffalo's show ends Charleston's opens. It being a winter show, will un- doubtedly attract thousands of northern people going to and from the southern winter resorts. It should be financial success.
 Apropos of Buffalo, those of us who postponed going to the show to the last minute and those who haven't been have asked many questions of those who went. All answers have been the same: ''It is like other expositions in all particulars except the electrical display; that is grand"
 It is true the electrical display over shadows everything else. The electric tower and the illupination of the build ings and grounds produce an effect al- most more beautiful than the imagina- tion can picture.
 The general effect of the exposition both by day and night Is superb. The exhibits were not up to the Worlds Fair standard because the world was not represented in this. The Buffalo show has been a show of the Americas.
 The display in the electrical building was good and the automobile exhibits were on an extensive scale, but it seems that many of the manufacturers of this country were not represented For in- stance the United States leads the world
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
INF ONLY uAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
You all know, security Is mortaPs chiefest enemy.
 Julius Caesar.
Good Roads in the South.

The National Good Roads Associa- ton, aiGed by the United States De partment of Agriculture and the South ern Railway, have organized Good Roads special train, and that train IS stopping at various places for the pur- pose of building pieces of good roads, holding meetings, and educating the people, This movement may not alto gether fit Jefferson County, which has long known and been devoted to good roads, and which has at length se- cured over thirty free delivery routes, thanks to it's good roads and to Con- gressman Underwood, but even here a discussion of the subject will not be hurtful
 Town and country throughout the State are alike interested in the build ing of good roads. The towns prosper where there are good roads, and lands in the country are enhanced in value by them. They are, in short, the best investment community can make. They mean not only more business and higher values, but they lead to more schools, more church going, more so- ciety and more intelligence.
 The excellent object lesson furnished by the Southern Railway should be studied by every citizen near whom it is brought No new-fangled expert ments are presented. Only we'll tested methods will be explained and incul- cated. All who have. not studied the subject should at any rate attend the meetings that will be held throughout the State at central points in connec- tion with "the Goou Roads special"
 No doubt 1t will be money in the treasury of the Southern Railway to secure good roads in the territory it trayerses, but such money can only come through the increased prosperity of the people it serves. Such selfish ness is laudable Such self-seeking Is desirable. We neeo more of that sort. Let this effort or the Southern be utilized to the fullest possible extent. Alabama needs better roads, and some counties are in wet weather absolutely in state of blockade-no one can go into them and no one can go out. Bus mess Is suspended, and schools and churches are reached with the great est difficulty. Such blockades are un- necessary, as all may see who will at tend the Good Roads conventions that are to be held along the lines of the Southern Railway.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

cred two operas. Birmingham ought to do as well in proportion. We be- lieve it will. We believe an audience will be gathered In the Auditorium on
 Wednesday night that will represent our very highest musical aspirations and that will in numbers be credit and a record to this town.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

 From the Chicago News.
 Women would probably talk less if men refused to listen.
 The blossom of vanity Is beautiful, but the fruit is bitter.
 No mind Is so great that 1t cannot be influenced by small one. When the wise man starts on jour ney he takes a full purse and no bundles.
 Opportunities are very sensitive Slight them once and they seldom call again. Some men are born poor, some achieve poverty. and some marry evtravagant wives.
 A man may have many good traits and stin lack the one necessary to make use of them. ss A fool may ask more questions in seven minutes than a wise man cen answer in seven years. CT
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
A NOTED PREACHERS VIEW.

Rev. Richard MoIlvaine, president of the Hampden-Si Sidney College, Virginia. said last Sunday to correspondent of the Washington Post:
 T shall not give any interview. I have nothing to say. It's none of my business. If Roosevelt or any. other kind of Welt wishes to live with niggers I can't help it. If he Is built that way. he can't help it. But he's got no business. as Presi- dent, to be guilty of any such criminal folly. It's an outrage on official decency. It's contemptible. No, I shall not say a word about 1t. If he prefers niggers, nothing I could say would help him. I'm a white man, you know"
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
THE MURMUR OF THE WORLD.

keep or relinquish. Peace-giving death none shall seek. but it is commanded of every one to so live that when the end come 1t shall be the beginning of joy for everl
 "Joyl whom gods and mortals prize share thy smiles with mey
 That is very human cry and it springs from every heart not wholly given to wiokedness and despair; but the answer must be of our own fashioning whether we will or believe.
 It is without the reach of any one nor tai to create anu sustain the full meas ure of another's happiness, for happiness must come primarily from within. not from without the spirit. The man within the breast, the woman within herself, these set the measure of their own re- joicing. Others are essential to swelling, to perfecting the volume; but the work of building happiness must begin at home, that Is, within ourselves.
 Cheerfulness. which makes for joy in the world. Is the parent of many virtues. Nothing else in the associations of hu- manity Is so effective of good and last ing results as cheerfulness. It opens the gates to gardens of surpassing beauty and superlative pleasure; 1t appeals to and influences happily every one who is not fallen to the level of the lowest beasts; for there are many dumb brutes who constantly manifest something of ap- preciation of cheerful spirits in man, as we may observe every day.
 There is one little black dog known to many individuals with kind hearts, which is as susceptible as child to gooI cheer and kindly greeting. an equally suscep- tible to the contrary moods when mani fested. This high type of animal fidelity, whether in the animal man or in what man calls the lower animal-this little dog Is ever glad with those who are glad and sad and silent with those who re- joice not at all. And thus the dog teaches in cheerfulness a lesson to man no less forceful than the lesson taught of fidel- ity. Man can learn so much from dogs that needs to be learned in the cause of the higher truth and civilization.
 The fair faces of two beautiful sisters of Joy. framed in winodw and laughing in the soft sunlight of divine yesterday, might have stood forth to all the world the incarnation of cheerfulness, charity. goodness, beauty, thrilling adorableness,
 
 Abe Scott, o. Rosensthai and J. E. Schloss.
 
 J. C.. Carlisle of Roanoke Is at the Metropolitan.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
M. sANTos-DuMoNT's PLANS. From the Providence Journal.

. MT. Santos-Dumont, having expressed his unwilingness to try again for the Deutsch prize. in view of the dispute over the award. is looking for greater glory than the bestowal of it would imply. He Is planning a trip to Algeria by way of Corsica, undeterred by the failure of ono of his fellow-aerorauts to complete the Journey a few days ago. If he succeeds in crossing the Mediterranean he vii, try to reach America. MT santos-pus monts friends will hope that he la noN suffering from what is popularly known as swelled head.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

Maiden of the laughing eyes
 Primrose-kirtied, winged. free, Virgin daughter of the skies Joy-whom gods and mortals prize,
 Share thy smiles with mel Yet-lest I, unheeding, borrow Pleasure that today endears And benumbs the heart tomorrow. Turn not wholly from me. Sorrowi Let me share thy tears! Give me of thy fitness, Lifei
 Pulse and passion, power, breath, Vision pure, heroic strife Give me of thy fitness, Life!- Nor deny me deathl'
 The light of joy would grow dim of its own shining if the shadow of sorrow did not sometimes fall.
 The most perfect sunlight of spring time would partake of gloom if we should have it last through the three hundred and five and sixty days of the year.
 The best of wine would be cheap and commonplace if we had 1t all through every feast and feasts would grow un- palatable If we feasted all the while. Love itself would become tiresome if it | attended us in song anu prayer through every hour of waking and in dreams through every moment of slumber,
 Life would take on nameless terrors if 1t did not offer us as balm for its fever the al-heal of soothing, restful, slumber- ous death. + That quality men call life, however beautiful anyone life may be- would possess power of terror beyond human reason and patience as now understood to endure if there was not the sweet as- surance of blessed end that Is but the the heavenly afterwhiles. Sanity would fly it's seat in the happiest soul under the stars If that soul were taught there should be no passing from the earth.
 The gladdest, the most joyous, human that revels in the goo1 and the beautiful of mortality would fall into a sickly mel ancholy If there were not the promise that there shall be an ending of it all sounded in the knocking of loving death, the summons to answer elsewhither for all deeds done in human weakness and hu- man strength. And as none can or would evade the last earthly penalty, so 1t is writ of the Most High Omnipotence that none shall seek 1t. Life s not our own to take or and when the photograph was given back to him he looked at 1t tenderly, saying tenderly but merrily: "Fine-two boy-two girl-fine-surer' Clearly they were the apples of his eye and his heart whatever other kinds of apples he sells to passers-by.
 About Persons. Hon. Harvey L. Mckee Of Meridian is at the Hillman.
 R. Brink of Milwaukee is at the Hill- man.
 Charles V. Wiigus of Dayton. O.. is at the Hillman. W. H. Sebastian of San Francisco is W. W. Griswold of Baltimore is at the Hillman. ssls
 Henry Mutt of Chicago is at the Hillman.
 M. B. Neece of Huntsville is at the Florence.
 E. L. Smith of New York is at the Florence.
 A. S. Field and Mrs. Field of Baltimore are at the Florsnce.
 J. w. Carr of Lynchburg, Va, is at the Florence.
 J. M. Simpson of Itartselle is at the Florence.
 R. J. Belser of Columbus, Ga., is at the Metropolitan.
 J. W. Tyler of Florence is at the Metropolitan.
 F. H. McAnnally of Jasper is at the Metropolitan.
 Rev. H. H. Sneed and Mrs. Sneed of Georgetown. Ky, are at the Metropolitan.
 New Workers at the Hillman are D. B. Freeman o, F, Jackson. John Lekauf.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

Platforms are not unchangeable, as some think: They shift as events and sentiment shift, and it is a wise plat form that shifts promptly and obedi. ently.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27
Letter From Thomas Jefferson.

A hitherto unpublished letter from Thomas Jefferson is in the possession of R. M Holley, a young newspaper man who recently came from Shreveport to Birmingham to reside. MT Holley in- herited the letter, which has been always in the ownership of his family, and which for many years was displayed in the historical society's room in the capitol of Texas, of which State MT. Holley is a native The letter is entirely in the handwriting of Jefferson and is in con- dition of excellent preservation. It reads as follows:
 Monticello. November =, 179O.
 Dear Sir:-Having visited my estate with a view to settling the affairs of the year and being now on my departure, I presume it will be desirable to you as 1t was to myself the prospect of making my stipulated payment for the ensuing year.
 The wheat and other small resources of the estate, with the outstanding debts, are found somewhat more than sufficient to pay every existing demand against me, excepting the two to Jones & Kippen 6 Co. They are, therefore. so appropriated and the whole of the tobacco is left clear for these two demands. As nearly as can be estimated in the present state of the crops, my part will be about 69, 900 pounds, with which s7OO sterling Is to be paid. leave directions with Colonel Nicholas Lewis, who takes care of my affairs, if s20 sterling can be got to sell 1t in the country, otherwise to sell the 140O0 pounds of it which was injured by firing for what it will fetch, and to ship the residue to James Maury of Liverpool. If 1t is sold in the country the proceeds shall be paid in the country; if in Britain they shall be paid in Britain by order of Maury and not by bill of exchange. This think the best possible arrangement for us all, for in this our interests are the same. I shall write you further at some future time and am, dear sir, your most humble and obedient servant.
 TIT JEFFERSON. MT. Hanson:
 P. S,-I wish you would take the whole as your part at s2O sterling; If your part only, the qualities should be exactly pro- portioned.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

General Butler can now become a lecturer or magazinist, or worst of all, both, when he would become a general nuisance.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

The court of inquiry Is preparing to sit on the case and deliver a verdict. It will be smart court that succeeds in satisfying the naval clique and the people at one CID.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

The sales of flowers in this country aggregate $Il,- .,VUJ, and Alabama is at the bottom of ,Ae list of flower growing States.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

Carrie Nation is Midway attrac. tion at Buffalo. She got in just be- fore the smash is to come.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

Mobiles bi-centennial will occur in January. That town is growing old, sure enough.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

Turkey and the bulgarians and the missionary magnates should each and all be held responsible for the capture of Miss Stone.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

MT. G. Addicks is preparing, it is said, to transfer his political broker age office to -oenix, Arizona, with a view of being the new States long term Senator. Let's keep that terri tory on the walung list.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

Canada is to have an aluminium plant that will turn out ten tons of the crude product day.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

The noses of place hunting politi cians of the national sort are sadly out of Joint.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

In these last days of the Pan-Amer- ican show Buffalo is engaged in consid- ering the deficit it will leave behind.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

The only persons who did not dine with President Roosevelt were Mark Hanna and Thomas U. Platt.
The age-herald., 1901-10-27

Those who challenge M. Santos -umont should go prepared to fight balloons in mid-air.