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The age-herald., 1901-09-30
WHAT ONE WOMAN THINKS

From the Philadelphia Times.
 We can never become wildly enthusias- tic
 Over the woman who excuses herself by telling a disagreeable thing by sug- gesting it Is her duty.
 Over the woman with rasping voice who has troop of children with whom she thinks she must continually con- verse.
 Over the woman who can talk of noth- ing but men and dress. Over the woman who intimates that her baby is the brighter. Over the woman in the street car who boasts about her private affairs so that everybody can hear.
 Over the woman with pet ailment
 Over the woman at the matinee who has friends across the theatre with whom she converses in pantomime in a way that would do credit to first-class con- to- tionfst.
 Over the woman on whose world the sun never seems to shine.
 Over the woman who f1atters herself that she is standing up for her. rights when she is really only showing her bad manners.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
MisleadInn Life of Lincoln.

Secretary of State John Hay and John G. Nicolay, the latter of whom died the other day, were private secretaries to Abraham Lincoln when he was Presi- dent and several years ago they jointly brought out Life of Lincoln, upon which, as 1t was presumed at the time, Mir. Nicolay did most of the work" re- marked student of history yesterday.
 "As concern the conclusions and deduc- tions arrived at by the two historians, 1t is doubtful if any other book relating to the war between the states is so marred by inaccuracies and unfair references to the south In some respects the work Is worse than valueless-it Is misleading.
 'I cannot believe that MT. Hay was personally responsible for these defects, for there Is nothing in the famous sec retary's character or life that Is not admirable. MT. Hay is student, scholar. poet diplomatist: a man with heart and brain for truth. Mr. Nicolay was an un- dreaming plodder who lived wholly in the past. The spirit of the war survived in him and warped his Judgment. He found 1t impossible. even if he ever tried to do so, to see the other side of that momentous issue at arms; and the result is his historical work Is without value, and Is positively hurtful."
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
Widows of Presidents.

Presidents do not resign, but they die soon after leaving the White House, leaving widows that live on. We have but one ex-President, and at one time there was not even one, but there are several widows of Presi- dents in good health and strength. The widow of John Tyler, who was President over 50 years ago, died re- gently, and the widows of Grant, Gar field and Harrison are still In life.
 A long time ago Congress voted to Mrs. Tyler a pension of $5000 year, and that act and a like pension to Mrs. Lincoln have become an unwrit- ten law of the land. Every widow of President is voted a like sum, and Congress will add next winter the name of the devoted widow at Canton to the list. Tn fact, there would be a popular storm if 1t did not.
 The first Mrs. Harrison died in the White House, It was she who strove so earnestly to secure an enlargement of the White House. She did not sue ceed. It Is admitted that the country has outgrown the house that Dolly Harrison once presided over, but the country has not outgrown the history of the building. It is the one histori- cal building of Washington. Phila- delphia has Independence Hall, and Boston has it's State House and Fan neil Hall, but Washington has no relic except the White House, and this Is why the country hesitates to change it. It is scarcely roomy enough for the Roosevelt family, to say nothing of guest rooms, but still it is so redo lent of our history that no hand has the courage to demand change in it. No widow of President wants to see it changed, and the chances are it will not be. Some other solution of the problem must be found.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30

From Booker T. Washington's Up From
 Slavery"
 l had obtained information that led me to believe a gentleman who lived about two miles out in the country from Stam- ford, Conn.,, might become interested in our efforts at Tuskegee On an unusually cold and stormy day I walked the two miles to see him. After some difficulty l succeeded in securing an interview. He listened with some interest to what had to say but did not give me anything. and I could not help feeling that. in meas ure. the three hours that had spent with him were thrown away. Still. had followed my usual rule of doing my duty. If I had not seen him I should have felt unhappy over neglect of it.
 Two years after letter came to Tus- kegee which read like this: Enclosed I send you a New York draft for $10,000 to be used in furtherance of your work. I had placed this sum in my will for your school, but deem it wiser to give it to you while I live. I recall with pleasure your visit to me two years ago.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
No Fever in Havana.

The yellow fever season is ended in this country, and there has fnot been a single case of the disease. Perhaps this is explained by the fact that there has been next to none of it in Havana, where the disease Is indigenous and natural and always expected. But in August but two deaths occurred there from yellow fever, and since April there have been three deaths from it. Havana in August had lower death rate than New York. Philadelphia, Bal i timore or Liverpool. The town bids fair to become a health resort, so changed is it by American occupation in all sanitary respects.
 Great care has been taken in the cleansing of streets, the filling up of wells, the improvement of drainage, the cremation of dead animals and the like, but Mayor Gorgas attributes the greater part of the wonderful change to the battle against mosquitoes. The destruction of infected mosquitoes in the neighborhood of infection accounts for it in his mind. In August no less than 1s,618 houses were "oiled" in Havana.
 Mayor Gorgas mentions an epidemic of yellow fever that broke out at San tiago de las Vegas, a town of 5000 people. That town was well "oiled" by order of General Wood, killing the mosquitoes, and the disease speedily disappeared, although it was midsum- mer. The evidence against the mos quito Is now merely cumulative. The insect stands convicted of spreading disease, and the sooner American towns begin to destroy them the soon CT they will attain to the healthfulness of Havana in American hands.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
School Provision of the Constitution.

Some of the friends of the public schools do not like the new constitu- tion, because it denies the right of local taxation in the school district for public school purposes. The Age Herald regrets this omission as much as any one can, but the regret does not extend to the gains in behalf of the schools that the new constitution offers. Tn this matter we must choose between the old and the new, not be- tween the new and an ideal instru- ment The ideal is not before the peo- pie, and never will be as one whole. We must progress step by step, talk ing care that no backward step be taken
 fThe new constitution offers an ex- eellent basis in a 3-mill tax for future work in behalf of the schools. A B. mill tax will soon yield well nigh a million dollars, and when the schools have that as a fixed and permanent basis it will not be difficult to concen- trate public opinion upon local taxa tion and local interest that would go with local taxation.
 We ask every earnest and sincere friend of the public schools to con- slider the difference between the old constitution, which appropriates but s100,000 to the schools and a 3-mill tax. We ask them to consider the great gain that will become fact when the new constitution Is ratified, as 1t will be if all good citizens will care fully study its provisions. Then we ask them, when 1t is ratified as it as- surredly will be in every county in the State, to stand together and fight shoulder to shoulder for local taxa ton. We need the new constitution as a basis for stronger and better eff forts in behalf of the schools. Let Us take, in other words, what is offer ed, because it is better than what we have, and then begin an agitation for all else that is needed. Public senti- ment is sometimes slow In formation, but Alabama begins to appreciate her public schools, and the Age-Herald an- tlcipates no trouble in securing with in reasonable time the additional school provisions that she needs and that other progressive States have long had.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
The Rise of Louis Sherry.

Louis Sherry, the famous New York caterer, who is accompanying J. Pierpont Morgan to San Francisco. where he is to furnish MT. Morgan's table during the month of October, is an old Richmond boy" said a man prominent in Birming- hams Virginia colony.
 'I remember Sherry as the proprietor of little barroom on Ninth street, near Broad. That was thirty years ago. Rich mond was well supplied with saloons and eating houses, but Sherry had the repu- tation of making the best mint Juleps and serving the best deviled crabs iil Richmond. He fixed the crabs himself and tended the bar himself. There was no more unpretentious place in town than Sherry's, but the excellence of his juleps in julep season caught the trade, and old drinkers who had been used to the finest whisky invariably went there. In three or four years Sherry accumulated enough money to take himself to New York and establish a crab counter in that city. He began as modestly there as he did in Richmond. but the field was wider, and 1t did not take him long to get ahead. Of all the so-called self-made men he is one of the most remarkable. Famous in New York, he Is soon to be famous in London also. A costly building Is be- ing erected for him in the worlds great capital, and with his wealth and exper- fence he is almost sure to meet with success there.'
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
About Persons.

W. T. Field of Baltimore is at the Nor ris.
 Frank Ellis of Chattanooga Is in Bir- mingham.
 T. J. Walsh of Monroe, La, is at the
 T. B. Long of Meridian. Miss, is at the Metropolitan.
 c. B. Townsend of Montgomery is at the Florence.
 J. P. Lockwood of Charleston, S. C., is at the Morris.
 R. c. Lochridge of Paris, Tenn, Is at the Metropolitan.
 H. Lee Harvey of Charleston, s. C., Is at the Metropolitan.
 Elijah A. Brown and Mrs. Brown of New York are at the Metropolitan.
 Nashvillans at the Florence are L. A. Carter. D. M. Tanksley and c. S. Wilson.
 Robert c. Middleton and Lawrence Breckenridge Musgrove are at the Nor 8.
 James P. Ferrall, well-known cotton merchant of Montgomery. is at the Mor- ris.
 w l.. Rogers, H. L. Stall. and B. J. DeRaismes of New York are at the Nor ris.
 Robert w. Robertson and A. c. Van Horn of New Orleans are at the Flor ence.
 Hon. Horace Hood. Sr., of the Mont gomery Journal was in Birmingham yes- terday.
 w. D. Winston, B. M. Rabbit and W. H. Sanders of Louisville. Ky, are at the Morris. St. Louisans at the Morris are P. T. | Shanks, Talbot Stillman. James P. Klotz. and J. T. Hemberg. w. B. Peebles of Vining. O. T. Slaton of Cullman, and B. M. Hopkins of Russell vile are at the Metropolitan
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
The Stelners.

Pilsen in Bohemia, where the beer comes from. is the birthplace of Mir. B. Stein CT and Mir. S. Steiner, the wealthy Birm- ingham bankers. and thither MT. B. Stein- CT Is now journeying, with the purpose of remaining abroad year. The parents of the Messrs. Steiner are still living Tn good health, in the old home In Piisen' and they will enjoy family reunion next year.
 In May next Mir. s. Steiner will travel to Bohemia, accompanied by his sister, who resides in Chicago. and they and their families will join Mir B. Steiner and his family under the family rooftree in the far fair Bohemian valley, with the old folks at home"
 Mir S. Steiner has taken up his resi- dence permanently in New York, and with Mrs Steiner occupies a suite of apartments in the Ashton Hotel, at Sew enty-first street and Madison avenue. MT. B. Steiner is still undetermined whether he too, shall permanently reside in New York, after his return from Europe year hence. He declares himself to be very fond of Birmingham; but 1t is an even chance as to whether he will retain his residence here or join his brother in New York. Meantime the banking house of Steiner Brothers. Birmingham, will be directed by MT. Leo K. Steiner
 MT. B. Steiner's prolonged stay abroad is undertaken mainly at the instance of his physicians. He suffers from throat affection which produces an annoying cough; though his lungs are perfectly healthy. He has the highest medical ad- vice that if he will make radical change of climate and spend a few months in warmer latitude he will secure perma- nent relief from his throat trouble. With this end in view MT. Steiner will spend this winter and next spring on the shores of the Mediterranean, chiefly in France, Italy. and Africa.
 All Birmingham will wish for the Stein- CTS much health, happiness and prosper ity.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
Colonel .TunetaIl Confident.

Hon. Wiley c. Tunstall of Greensboro, one of the States Railroad Commission CTS and one of the stoutest and abiest supporters of the new constitution. was seen at the Metropolitan Hotel last night, and in answer to question he declared himself to be very confident of the rati- fication of the proposed organic law of the State.
 Colonel Tunstall, whom the people es- teem as one of the oldest and strongest leaders of the Democracy, said that he considered it of vital concern in the gen eral welfare of, Alabama that the people ratify the new constitution, and he be- lieved they would do so.s
The age-herald., 1901-09-30

paper an illustrated story of Birming- ham, 1t has not yet been determined. We shall take time to look around and fa- miliarize ourselves with the city and dis trict Everywhere in. the South we have heard praise of Birmingham. as being a remarkably live. progressive and pros- porous city, and we are glad to find our selves here at last. We have just arrived, and must say that if your Sunday night crowds in the streets are indicative of life Birmingham must be a very lively town indeed"
 Leslies Weekly already has a very large circulation in Birmingham. In this city 1t is one of the most popular of all the great illustrated publications, while It's circulation throughout the country is one of the marvels of weekly journalism. Mrs. Leslie, who has done such wonders with the publications founded by her famous husband, Frank Leslie, Is an Alabama woman, a native of Mobile.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
1lechanscaI S)klH Seeks to 1l0ke
 Submarine Boot znd Azy .Shab

night and through all their length, by aerial police It would still be possible to tax imported corn, or meat, or sugar. or salt, but hardly to levy import duties on tobacco or jewels or the finer articles of dress. We can foresee much fiscal incon- venience from aerial machines and bitter International quarreling Governments would be held responsible for allowing smugglers or spies to start.
 Every advance in communication pro- duces, however, some beneficial as we'll as mischievous result, and a motor that could drive through air would at least enable us to complete the survey of the planet. We should not only reach the poles, where we should probably learn nothing of direct value. but we should know accurately whatever exists and is valuable in Central Africa, in the depths of Australia, in the Hinterlands of Bra gil, in the interior of Thibet and in the marvellous and scarcely explored islands of the eastern archipelago.
 The aerial machines could, it is true. conquer nothing, make no roads and dis cover nothing except topography, some new forests and perhaps some tribes previously unknown, but they would tell us where to go and what there was to be feared. The planet would become as well known to geographers as, say, India is now, and that must in the end be an ad- vantage, if only by preventing waste of enterprise and effort. We should know for the first time the conf1guration and external features of the entire world and be able a century or two earlier than we expected to utilize the whole of it. That Is something to achieve, and in spite If the failure which has hitherto marked every successive attempt at flying, we think there Is at last some ground for hope. The usual telegram has not, 1t Is true, yet come In from America, but there also experiments are, of course, being made, and there invention is unfettered either by want of money or overmuch deference to the past. Nothing would de- light an American millionaire more than to pay for boat which flew, and in fly | ing seemed to defy the laws of gravita- | ton. That would be even more exciting than building a telescope which should reveal of sensitized paper the capital of the greatest country on Mars.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
New Conditions in 1904.

The field of politics was radically and suddenly changed by the shots of the Buffalo assassin. For every body knows MT. Roosevelt Is an am bilious man, and he is particularly a man who desires to appeal to the peo- pie. That he will want term of his own, after serving out another mans term. goes without the saying. All know that he will, and if his conduct of public affairs be satisfactory to his party and to the people at large it Is a safe prediction that he will be nomi- mated by the Republicans. In that case he will have no opposition in his own party He holds in the hollow of his hand all of the advantages. He has patronage enough at his command to give control of every State delega- tion. By a single shot the Southern delegates were transferred to him in the twinkling of an eye. Only failure and dissatisfaction in office can de prive him of the nomination of his party in 1904. Mark Hanna is as dead as Governor Odell. and New York's governor is as dead as Senator Fair. banks, and all the rest of the Republi can aspfrants before the tragedy.
 But in pleasing and placating the party leaders in each State will Pres ident Roosevelt be able to please and satisfy the mass of the people? Here is where his chief trouble will come in The Republican party is hopelessly complicated with the trusts and mo- nopolies-with robber tariff and with ship subsidies-and President Roosevelt must choose between these interests of the few and the interests of the many. Can he do 1t and yet re- tain the confidence of the people This is indeed doubtful.
 Here is where Democratic oppor. tunity will appear. The high ideals of President Roosevelt can not be car ried into effect, simply because the party is controlled by monopolies and trusts, and is committed beyond re call to the robber tariff. MT. Roose welt has long stood for better and higher civil service system, but he dare not enforce his views because 4. would lessen patronage, and patron age means delegates. And so 1t Is 1T relation to reciprocity and other re forms. The President is enmeshed ir : net of Republicanism that he dare not tear away. This net was wover in the interest of the few. It is net of special interests. The many are taxed in a thousand ways under it and President Roosevelt dare not stand for the many when his party has been organized in favor of the few. He cannot serve the monopolists
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
Health of convIcts Good.

Dr. Shirly Bragg of Montgomery. the States Physician inspector of Convicts. said last night that the general health of the convicts is better at this time than factory.
 Dr. Bragg has been in the district sev- eral days engaged in the annual classi- fication of the convicts, laborious duty which he completed yesterday at Coal burg.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
TELL ME, YE WINGED WINDS.

By Charles Mackay. Tell me, ye winged winds, That round my pathway roar, Do ye not know some spot Where mortals weep no more? Some lone and pleasant dell, Some valley in the west Where free from toll and pain, The weary soul may rest? The loud wind dwindled to a whisper low, And sighed for pity as it answered.
 'No." Tell me- thou mighty deep, Whose pillows round me play Know'st thou some favored spot, Some island far away Where weary man may find The bliss for which he sighs- Where sorrow never lives. And friendship never dies? The loud waves, rolling in perpetual flow, Stopped for awhile and sighed to answer
 No" And thou, serenest moon, That, with such lovely face, Dost thou upon the earth, Asleep in nights embrace; Tell me. in all thy round < Hast thou not seen some spot Where miserable man 4 May find happier lot? Behind cloud the moon withdrew in
 woe, And a voice, swet but sad. responded
 No"
 @ Tell me, my secret soul. o tell me, Hope and Faith, Is there no resting-place From sorrow, sin and death? Is there no happy spot Where mortals may be biest, Where grief may find balm, And weariness rest? Faith, Hope and Love, best boons to nor
 tals given, Waved their bright wings. and whispered -"Yes, in heaven.''
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
BLESSINGS OF THE LIBRARY.

''When I come to great library" said the archbishop of Canterbury recently, "when I think of all the men whose pro- auctions are set up upon the walls, and when I think of what I myself have If of all things for which am grateful to God, know but one that stands above the gift of literature. and that is Gods own revelation; and when we put that high above everything else. I know of nothing which consider higher than the literature which ennobles my country"
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
HAYS REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE

From the Providence Journal.
 Secretary Hay has had the unique ex- perence of being in close relations to the three murdered Presidents just before their death. He was secretary to Lin- coin, he stood as friend and comfort CT at the bedside of Garfield and he was Mo- Kinleys chief of cabinet.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
NEW CONTINENTAL COMBINE.

From the Common Carrier.
 A community of interest is being estab- lished between the Southern Railway and the Southern Pacific. There is no of- ficial corroboration of the report, but 1t has been widely discussed, and many be- lieve 1t.
 A close traffic arrangement between the two systems is predicted, though lt is not to be effective until next winter. This would seem to mean that the Southern expects to get into New orleans over it's own rails, either by way of the Louis- vile and Nashville or the Northwestern.
 The suggestion that it would be poor policy for the Southern Railway to tie up with the Southern Pacific and lose the tonnage of other lines west of the Mis- sissppi is met with the argument that it will not be long before the other sys- tems west of the river mahe other con- nections anyway The Gould roaos will get an outlet of their own to the Atlantic seaboard, or they will get close to it. The St. Louis and San Francisco-K Kansas City, Birmingham system evidently intends to extend to Brunswick or some other South Atlantic port Hence it Is reasoned that not only is it natural but a necessary al- liance for the Southern and the Southern Pacific to get together.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30

and the people. He must serve the former if he remains a Republican, and the Democrats need in 1904 a man who will fight monopoly in all it's forms, and in whom the people have the utmost confidence.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30

The circus will soon be here. and then the fond parent will prepare ito take the children" to the show, insist ing of course that he must be the chaperone.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30
RepresentatIves of LesIie's Here.

The Messes. J. Ross McKibben, Leo II. Schwabacher, John B. Schwabacher and orin s. Cloud, representatives of Les lies Weekly, arrived in Birmingham yes- terday and are at the Metropolitan Hotel.
 we are in Birmingham for the pur- pose of promoting the general interests of Leslie's Weekly. such as looking after subscriptions. advertisements, and so on. and we expect to remain here two or three weeks.' said Leo H. Schwabacher last night
 "As to whether we shall send to our
The age-herald., 1901-09-30

President Roosevelt Is half South erner, and he may be therefore step ping stone to John Wesley Gaines or Laps McCord.
The age-herald., 1901-09-30

President Mcninley was not pro- moter or stock waterer, and he left but little property aside from insur- ance policies.