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The age-herald., 1901-07-13
Easy Game for Swindlers.

Many newspaper readers will recall shortly after the death of her only son, some sixteen years ago. Mrs. Leland Stanford was swindled out of a great sum of money-estimated at $175 50O0-by certain sharks of spiritualism of Wash ington and New York;" said a former Washington newspaper correspondent
 Mrs. Stanfords friends had to inter- fere, and there was talk of applying to the courts for the appointment of a guardian to take charge of her affairs. New word comes that she has been vic- timized by a confidence man who, dis guised as a clergyman, appealed to her generosity in behalf of various works of benevolence which proved to have no ex- istence.
 'The fellow first met Mrs. Stanford In Paris and produced letters purporting to be from prominent church people of San Francisco Later he joined Mrs. Stan ford at Lucerne, where she now Is. He was so plausible that he became her guest at her hotel, but after ten days he disappeared. Besides large sums willingly given, the swindler Is supposed to have made away with a lot of valua- ble jewels which he abstracted from Mrs. Stanford's apartment, which he en- tered in her absence"
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
Suffraue in Virginia.

yirginias Convention is in session, and the question of suffrage is as con trolling and interesting in that State as it is in this. Virginia, too, has Black Belt and Virginia's Black Belt is very much at the front, occupying in fact the center of the stage. And yet word comes from Richmond that the forthcoming report of the suffrage com mittee in the Virginia convention will content itself with the recommends tion of a $2 poll tax as a condition of voting. It has even rejected prop erty qualification. The Associated | ress brings information, and this in formation purports to come from mem- oers of the suffrage committee. There Is no mystery nor secrecy in such an important matter in the Virginia con- vention. The subject is freely dis cussed in all it's bearings, and informa- tion concerning it is readily obtained. Unless the Associated Press is misin- formed a poll tax will be considered in Virginia a sufficient safeguard.
 The report of the suffrage committee in Virginia will be presented next week, and the hope is freely expressed that the subject will be delayed at Montgomery until that report is at hand. There may be some wisdom at Richmond as well as in Montgomery. There may be some points in the Vir- ginia report that are worthy of con sideration. There cannot be too much light thrown on this difficult problem.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

foothold in an animal, and preventive measures are chiefly relied on. Guar antines should be resorted to. Animals afflicted with the disease should be kept half a mile from those free from 1t. Cover we'll animals with fish oil in order to keep flies away, for flies carry disease as we'll as mosquitoes. Vaccination is the other preventive. Anthrax vaccine virus can be readily obtained, but at least two weeks is needed in which to render an animal
 nmune. But if sufficient warning of the approach of the disease be given vaccination is an almost perfect safe guard. The reports of the French gov ernment show that it reduces the mor- tality from 80 to about per cent.
 Men, too. can contract the disease, and in ancient tlmes many died from it. In Mississippi several deaths on account of it have occurred this year. Great care is needed in cooking meats, in order that the germs in an animal may be fully destroyed.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
THE MERIDIAN STRIKE,
Notice Posted That Employees Who Failed to Work Thursday Discharged.

Meridian, Miss, July t2.-(Special)- The street car situation here is un- changed. This morning President J. Howard Wilson, who arrived from Mo- bile, posted a notice notifying all em- ployes who did not work on the 11th that they were discharged from the ser vices of the company and might call at the office and get the money due them. In later informal discussion he announced that any old employe who might make application would be taken back into the services of the company at the same old wage. None of the strik- CTS had made application for work at a late hour this afternoon. The officers of the company say they have plenty of men to start the cars in the morning on schedule time.
 A stockholders meeting was held this morning, and changes made in the di- rectorate by the addition of two new men, MT. Edwin McMorries and Mir J. A. Gibson, of this city. MT, John Kam- per, for a number of years the active owner of the line, resigned as secretary and treasurer of the company, and his place was filled by the election of Attor- ney Stoutz, of Mobile. MT. Hamper will remain as one of the directors An order was passed instructing Superintendent Ellis to begin at once the construction of two new lines of track. one reaching to the business section of the city from Forty-first avenue. and the second an ex- tension of the East End line to the cot ton factory
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
SHOPPING FOR HIS HORSE.

From the Baltimore News.
 A worried-looking man stood on Eutaw street yesterday afternoon doing some unaccustomed shopping that wrinkled his brows and left him even more wilted than before He was buying hat for his horse. To have bought hat for himself would have worried him not at all-for every man knows that after he has se- lected the style and price of headwear he wants all he has to do is to find one so big that it will touch his ears when 1t Is on, and the thing Is done.
 It's different when one buys for horse, and particularly it was different with this horse, for 1t sniffed suspiciously at the sket-shaped things. and resented with its teeth all efforts to force its ears through the holes.
 Once a suitable one had been fitted, however, it trotted off contentedly, with its ears well forward, but wearing so conscious a look that every one of the spectators interested In the purchase laughed aloud.
 Some effort has been made to decorate these hats. One colored man arranged a green ribbon bow and a bunch of cock s feathers on that worn by his nag, while
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
Anthrax or Charbon.

Bolivar County, in the Delta district of Mississippi, has been swept by an epidemic of charbon, and very little live stock is alive in that county. This disease, which was known to the an cient Egyptians. is spreading in Missis- sippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. It may be spread beyond the bottom lands of those States, but the chances are that it will not be.
 The germ of the disease is well known among veterinarians, and it is this germ of course that creates the disease in an animal. These germs remain in a dry soil an indefinite period-years at least-neither cold nor heat, affecting them. An infected soil thus becomes for long period a source of danger and losses. To avoid infection of the soil it becomes import ant that the bodies of all animals which die with the disease should be 
 buried. The disease itself is thus de- scribed:
 "A carbuncle a painful, dark-coored tumor of the cellular tissue, ending in modification of the part and the dis charge of fetid. bloody pus. The true or malignant authrax. called also malig- nant pustule, is caused by infection from animals suffering from splenic apoplexy. and is due to a specific bacillus. which, from a single center. may extend over the body and invade the intestinal tract. producing in this, or by direct infection of diseased meat, the intestinal type of the disease: Anthrax symptomatic. See Black-ieg. A febrile. generally fatal dis ease, chiefly affecting cattle and sheep, which is characterized by the rapid ap- pearance of irregular nodules in the skin and muscular tissues that are first tense and very painful but rapidly becoming painless and crepitating."
 There is not much hope of recovery after the germs of the disease gain a
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
About Persons.

United States Senator Edmund W. Pet tus arrived in Birmingham from Selma last night and is at the Morris General George P Harrison of opelika Is at the Morris.
 Colonel Barry l.. Holt of Montgomery, a member of Governor Jelks' staff, is at the Morris. He comes to perfect arrange ments for the review of the Third Regi- ment alt the Fair Grounds by the, Cover nor next Monday 91l4aa s rf Former President of the State Convict Bureau S. B. Trapp of Anniston was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Capt A. F. Lucas of Beaumont, Texas, it at the Morris.
 J. G. Kincaid of Knoxville Is at the Metropolitan.
 R. B. Kyle of Gadsden and A. G. Henry of Guntersville are at the Metropolitan.
 
 Col. J. T. Murfee and Mrs. Murfee of Marion are at the Morris.
 Mayor J. L. Wilkes of Sylacauga is at the Florence.
 D. H. Vaughan and J. A. Owens of Hefln are at the Florence.
 R. L. Windham of Jasper Is at the Florence.
 H. s. Royal of Tuscaloosa is at the Florence.
 R. F. McCrary of Forrest City, Ark, is at the Florence.
 Secretary of State Robert Patton Mo- David of Montgomery is spending a few days in Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
AMERICAN EXPORTS
 ACROSS THE PACIFIC
BY ALBERT HALSTEAD.

Washington, D. C., July 12.-(Special.) )-
 Te Pacific Ocean is the only spot on the statistical map of the world which pre- sents an unfavorable appearance in the study of our commerce in the fiscal year just closed. To all other ports of the world the figures of our exports show large increase. To South America our exports have increased $6000,000, to Africa $6,00O,00O, to North America $10, 600 and to Europe $1OO, 900 during the eleven months ending with May, 1901, as com pared with the corresponding months of the preceding fiscal year; while to Asia and Oceanica there is an apparent reduc- ton of over 100000.
 But this appearance of reduction in our trade with Asia and Oceanica Is more apparent than real. In fact, If the exact figures of our exports to the Pacific coun- tries and islands could be given they would show little if any decrease, despite the fact that the conditions in China have cut off one-half our exports to that coun- try and that the over purchases of cot ton in Japan last year have momentarily reduced our total sales to the Yankees of the Orient. Our total exports to Asia and Oceanica in the eleven months ending with May, 1901, were in round terms, $1Ol,- 00O,0O0 and those of the corresponding pc riod of the present fiscal year only $76,0Oo,- 0O0-an apparent shortage of $25, 900.
 This is chiefly due to the fact that the treasury bureau of statistics has been unable to present any figures of our ex- ports to the Hawaiian Islands during the fiscal year, owing to the fact that the Hawaiian Islands are now considered customs district of the United States and that exporters to those islands take ad- vantage of that fact and decline to fur nish the information formerly supplied under the law, which required all exports and imports to be stated when passing out of, or into, the country, but which does not require statement Of movement of merchandise between ports and cus- toms districts of the United States. A careful study of our exports to the Ha- waiian Islands, however, justifies the as- sertion that the total for the year will be fully s20, ,OO0 900, and this, if added to the total of our exports to the other Pacific islands and countries, would bring the total within $4OO00 900 of that of last year. The fact that our exports to China have fallen about $6,o0O,eOO below those of the
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
A BUTTONHOLE CASE.

From the Boston Transcript.
 Once upon a time a case was brought before a learned judge, in which the question at issue was as to whether the button was made for the buttonhole or the buttonhole for the button.
 Counsel for the button held that 1t was so plain as to render argument superfu- ous that the buttonhole was made for the use and behoof of the button; still, for forms sake, he would give a few reasons why his contention was the cor rect one. It was apparent, he said. that without the buttonhole the button would be unable to perform It's function, and hence it was plain that the button pre- ceded the buttonhole, and that the latter was invented In order that the button should be clear to everybody that had 1t no been for the button the buttonhole never would have been thought of Its existence necessarily presupposed the ex- istence of the button
 The lawyer for the other side was equally positive in the stand he had been employed to take. He averred that the buttonhole preceded the button; that, in ldcl, tllc DultOu was iiicIeiy all dIttT- thought. He said that, as everyone knew, the buttonhole can be employed without the button as witness Farmer Jones, who invariably uses nail or silver of wood instead of the conven- tional button, whereas it was impossible to make an effective use of the button without the aid and assistance of the buttonhole. Hence 1t was shown beyond peradventure that the buttonhole was later simply as an ornament or, at best, as an improvement upon the nail, silver or other instrumentalty wherewith the buttonhole was made to perform its duty. To show the relative value of tho buttonhole and the button, he said, take this example: When button comes off the buttonhole can still be made sere- viceable but if the buttonhole is slit open the button is of no use whatever. With this the learned counsel rested his case, althought he claimed that he had not exhausted the subject.
 When the court came in after recess the learned judge promptly decided the case in favor of the buttonhole-clearly a just decision, although 1t was whis- pered about the courthouse that the de- cision might have been different but for the fact that while changing his linen between adjournment and reassembling of the court his honor had dropped his collar button and hunted for 1t without success for half an hour, and perhaps might never have found it had he not stepped upon 1t. But, of course, this suggestion came from the partisans of the button and may fairly be imputed to their disappointment and chagrin.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
Beer in the South.

The consumption of lager beer is steadily increasing in this country. It began to be popular beverage in 1886, and its use has increased since that tlme, with few fluctuations, until there was consumed last year 1,220,000,000 gallons. Twelve hundred and twenty million gallons is a good deal of liquid when it goes down human throats in the course of single year.
 The beer drinking cities of the coun- try are in order New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Newark and Gin cinnati The internal revenue tax of $2 a barrel, together with high saloon taxes, has operated to reduce the num- Der of saloons in some parts of the country. The State saloon tax in Ohio is s25O, and in some cities, notably in Toledo, the numuer of saloons has been reduced, and thus in turn has reduced the consumption of beer. But what has been lost in such localities has been gained in others, and the con- sumption of beer last year became a new record.
 Beer is essentially a summer drink, although some people drink 1t to keep them warm in winter and cool in sum- mer. Be that as IL may, the consump- tion is increasing in the South, where the demand for it was ten years ago relatively small Inns increased de- mand has led to a development of brewing in the South, and the internal revenue bureaus reports show that there are now II breweries in Texas, 4 in Tennessee, in Virginia, in Ala bama, 1 in Florida and 5 in Georgia.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE

the sections providing for class privileges in the right to vote, and property and ed ucational qualifications are not necessary. Leave out the property and educational qualifications and there is nothing to prevent the older soldiers from voting ex- cept the payment of thepoll tax and from this they could be made exempt.
 From the Wetumpka Herald.
 If the grandfather clause Is made test to vote, premium will be put on negro intelligence and a corresponding lack of incentive will be placed on white intelli- gence. If the negro Is required Ito read and write before he can vote and tho white man Is allowed to vote because he can't read and write, and his grandfather was allowed to vote in 1867, within less than twenty years the negro will be edu- cated, at least up to the point of voting. and the white men of our beloved State will still be predicating their right to vote on ignorance, and the right of their grand fathers to vote in 1867.
 From the Columbia Breeze.
 The Breeze was inclined to favor a constitutional convention at first, but the more we see of the working of it the dis putes and disagreements of members on questions on which there should be ab- solute unity, the more do we think the old political differences are controlling the actions of some. It is possible the time was not fully ripe for this work to be done, but now that it is being done, men should have more regard for the future of the State and less for their personal political self, and attend to the business for which they were chosen.
  another chapeau boasted a wreath of pa- per roses that was anything but incon- spicuous A third had blue yelling wound about the crown and left free to float in the air of the period. Through the veil ing an eagle feather was jauntily stuck
 On the other hand, a meek and hum- ble little bay horse came down town on Tuesday wearing one of his masters cast-off chapeaus. It was just big straw affair, with a black band, tied on with white muslin strings, and the ear holes were not even bound, but MT Horse looked just as comfortable as though he were halted in the very latest style.
 The expression of one equine who sees another with his hat on for the first time is too ludicrous for words, but 1t is not yet on record that Miss Black Beauty has stopped in the road to ask one of her followers, "Is my hat on straight?'
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

proceeding year, and that this decrease is admittedly due to the temporary con- ditions which existed in that country in the first half of the fiscal year, is of it. self sufficient to explain the remainder of the shortage and to show that the figures of our exports to the Pacific would under normal conditions, have shown the same increase which has characterized them in all other parts of the world
 To this however, must be added the fact that Japan took from the United States last year an enormous over-sup- ply of cotton, the total for the year being $12,712000, against s5,775,0OO in the preced- ing year; and the result of this over purchase of cotton last year has been an abnormally small purchase in the present year, the figures for the eleven months ending with May, 1901, being s3,- SS9, ,241, against SIP, 6991 14S in the corre- spending months of last year. Of all other articles Japan has taken from the United States her usual supply. In China the partial suspension of pur- chases from the United States has been merely temporary, and trade is now be-
  In the Hawaiian Islands the apparent reduction is entirely fictitious, due to the islands has increased, and not de- creased. To other parts of Asia and Oceania the figures of the year show an increase; to the Philippines, a million and half dollars; to British Australia, two millions; to the East Indies two millions; to Asiatic Russia, a slight in- crease over the corresponding months of 1S99 but something below the figures of 1900 in which year the total was above the normal.
 A comparison of the growth of our export trade with that of other nations of the world shows that the United States in the fiscal year just ended has made the greatest increase. During the available portion of the fiscal year, the increase in exports from the United States has been averaged nine million dollars per month; that of the United Kingdom, three millions per month; Rus sia, three millions; France, two millions; Canada, two millions; Austria Hungary, one million; Mexico, one million; Ger many, a loss of two millions per month; Spain, a loss of two millions per month; and Belgium, a loss of one million per month
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
I'VE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Even as one heat another heat expels.
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.
AIabama's lIIiterates.

The esteemed Montgomery Adver- tiser seems to be laboring under an inn pression that it's 70 K'' is essential to the publication of any statement as to illiteracy in this State. But this is a mistake. It's consent is not at all es- sential in any matter, and especially is this the case in the matter of illit- eracy, for its stock, of transformation in relation to that subject far exceeds its stock of information.
 It again and again states that the per cent of white illiterates in Ala bama is fourteen It further states that 'Alabama's illiterate rate is B per cent" Both statements are incorrect, unless indeed the Advertiser has a census of it's own. Bulletin No. 67 Of the census bureau is at hand, dealing with facts in relation to literacy, but it presents no facts relating to the gen eral percentages of illiteracy. Such facts were not gathered by the census office. Neither the number nor the percentage of white illiterates in this State in June, 1900, will ever be known, nor will any one be able to say what the percentage of illiteracy in this State was at that time-that is to say, outside of the Advertiser office.
 The bulletin on hand shows there were in June, 1900, in the State 31,614 white adult males, and 108,035 negro adult males, who could not read and write. To these figures Montgomery County contributed over 1000. Thus far the figures of seven States and ter ritories have been printed, and of these seven, Alabama shows the largest per centage of white illiterates, excelling Arkansas in that unenviable respect about four per cent. What the full list will show, we need not anticipate, put WndC6V6r IL QO6S SHOW VIII D0 pre- sented in these columns without any reference to the Advertisers judgmat- ical views or stock of transformation.
 The valued Advertiser attacks local taxation for schools. It surprises no one when it does this. It backs out of its compulsory education scheme, and it holds out the suggestion that money spent on schools would not reduce illit- eracy. It seems to glory in the state ment that some towns would not take advantage of local taxation. This brings it back to its compulsory fad, which, however, it declines to support. It founders, in other words, on the educational question. It always has.
 But, esteemed Advertiser, would it not be we'll to try local taxation as an alleviative method in the matter of illiteracy. It would be home rule, and 1t would keep the pledge of the Demo cratic party as to schools. Why not try 1t?
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
MENTALLY UNBALANCED.
Young Man at Mobile "Daffy" on the
 Subject of Religion.

Mobile, July 12.-(Special)-Jo Reg nan, young white man, is detained here by the police owing to his being of un- sound mind, Regnan arrived in this city some days ago on the southbound Louis vile and Nashville train, and was turned over to te police officers at the Union de- pott by the conductor. It was stated that he had created much trouble and excite ment on the train. The police are hold ing the man until some of his relatives can be heard from. Regnan is crazy on religion, and says he is going to Cuba to build church. At the police station he keeps himself wrapped up in a blanket and walks up and down continually, and sleeps but little. He is said to have been employed as nurse in hospital in St Louis.