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The age-herald., 1901-09-09
ANTIQUITY OF STRIKES.

From the Philadelphia Times
 Labor strikes are of'gfeat antiquity, all though owing to the different conditions of labor. anciently they were on some- what different lines from those of the present day. As an available starting point for such movements the case of the Hebrews in Egypt Is given. which the Egyptians tried to put down by the im- position of still heavier tasks Pre-Chris. tian and medieval history also contains many instances of workman rebelling against what he thought to be material wrong. The guilds of old trade associs. tions of England, which included both masters and workmen. did something to- ward smoothing the relations of labor and capital. These we're suppressed by Hen ry VIII and although revived in succeeG- ing reigns, we're not as effective as they had been. ,n
 England appears to have been first In establishing the trade union as at present known. Originally these combinations of workrnen were more or less prohibitea there under severe penalties The exten. sive introduction of machinery towards the latter end of the Eighteenth century gave great impulse to- the trade union principle. and by 1920 most. if not all. of the legislation against them had been wiped off the statute books in England. The effort of the workmen in France 10 throw off the legal restraints against his combining with his fellows were less suc- oessful. penalties being in force against it as late as 1868. The trade union idea Tn the English sense took hold in Germany the same year.
 The right to make protest or appeal as a body was early claimed by the work men of America The first recorded strike in this country as--the result of such combination took place in 17f. Where 1t occurred 1t not told, but 1t is thought to have been at Boston. In this case the leaders were tried for conspira- cy The shoemakers of this city brought about the next big strike, It started in 17s6 and lasted three years. The sailors of Philadelphia struck for higher wages in 1903. The leaders of it were arrested and imprisoned. A New York strike of 1909 by the shoemakers first brought tho word "scab' into use. and a printers strike in 1871 gave title to the epithet rat" as applied to a nonuiiion man. The women struck for the first time in shoe- making strike at Lynn. The strike failed. Rioting is not mentioned as feature of strikes until is4s. This took place at Pittsburg, and while violent. was hot &C., coinpanied by loss of life.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
Cuban Elections.

The Cuban constitutional conven- tion is small body drawing ten dol
 lars day from the military govern ment, and it stays continuously in ses- Sion It has been setting about a year, and there are no signs as yet of dissolution. It is however about to complete its electoral law, under will be elected. An lection of this na- ture will be called October 1, and the election will be held in January, and if all things move on smoothly pres idential election will be held next May. All these elections are to be supervised and conducted by the mili- tary government, of which General Leonard Wood is the head General Wood retains his popularity in Cuba, and all concerned seem to have con fidence in his integrity and capacity.
 It may be assumed then that the military government will be ended next summer, and that the Cubans will then come into possession of their own. The present Cuban tariff is producing an ample revenue, and even surplus, but the surplus will doubtless disappear in Cuban hands. It is their money, however, and they may not develop any cases worse than Nicely and Rathbone. General Wood ury with fully million dollars in it. Altogether Cuba will be given a fair start, but the impression prevails that even a fair start will not insure smooth sailing any considerable length of time. The Cubans are born looters
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
Insanity Not q Just Defense.

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 permitted insanity, punished wherever found changing in order sh these of society.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
A Genuine mkey West.'

'I made up my mind before I went to Florida last winter" said travelling man last night who Is lover of the weed that I'd have a box of genuine Key West cigars at any cost. as I had learned to like them better than Havanas That was the only Florida product I cared to buy, and I visited the tobacco store hay. ing the largest and most attractive look ing stock.
 "I planked down $10 for the box and was assured by the merchant that they were the finest ever made. I hadn't yet reach ed my home when I met a friend of mine and after a little he said:
 Been laying yourself in a whole box I see
 "'Yes. How do you like them?'
 oh, so so Buy them here?'
 No, sir. I got them right whefe they growth Florida.
 "I see I believe they do sell some of our goods down there, but of course they add 50 per cent to the price
 What do you mean?' I asked, as felt my heart thump my ribs.
 oh, nothing much. he replied. with c laugh, and running his finger behind the box he turned up the trademark of an Alabama cigar maker"
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
Whisky Makinq in Kentucky.

A careful computation shows that the distilleries of Kentucky have made and will make this year 30,000,000 gal lions of whisky, or about half gallon for every man, woman and child old enough to drink out of mug, in the country. Illinois will do even better, and nearly every other State will add to the product, even Alabama. We are not prepared to say just how much is made per capita, but it is clearly enough to keep the population well tuned up if it were evenly distributed.
 And this raises a great moral ques- ton. If a man fail to consume his quota, which may be half a barrel. more or less, is he not putting on his neighbor a double burden? We are not prepared to say what each mans duty is in the premises, but he cer- tainly has no right to double his neigh bor's responsibility, for that neighbor may in turn go dry" and then his neighbor would be overwhelmed in whisky. He would be pickled.
 But as long as whisky Is not free and consumption of 1t is not State duty, perhaps the best way is to let it accumulate on the hands of the producer. This would lead to more conservative production, to use a phrase of the trade, the more conser- vative the better. A conservative out put of whisky and liberal supply of light wines and beer has long been advocated as a better policy, and the countries that follow this policy are
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Danish West Indies.

St. Thomas, St. Crolx and St. John, all West India islands, containing about 95,000 souls, mostly negroes, are to be added to our imperial do- main if Congress be willing. Den mark has no longer any use for them, and she has agreed, so the cable says, to accept sixteen million kroner for them. This number of kroners is equivalent to $4,2SS,uo0.
 The islands are not especially need ed by us. They are small, and the people on them make some sugar. But the United States Is about to build the Nicarauga canal, and this country cannot afford to let these Dan ish islands become a strategic base of Germany or any other power, lying as they do just east of an isthmian canal Germany wants them, and Denmark desires to sell them, and 1t seems to be destiny that we should gather them in. All of the West Indies will in the long run belong to this country, and this of course means that at that time we will own the land all the way down to the isthmus. This Is also destiny. They formerly called it manifest destiny and destiny is cer- tainly manifesting itself in the West Indies, and after while perhaps the main land will follow suit.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
Not Only Oil, But Gold.

While 1t appears that oil companies are being organized with faith and confidence in Alabama as a rich field for operation, and public attention is being directed now to this special line of industry, report has it that more than one large company Is now organizing in Birmingham for gold mining in several counties of this State, where rich deposits have recently been discovered It is said that by some new ly discovered process the Alabama gold ores can be worked profitably, and busi- ness men are ready to stake their money upon their faith in such enterprises. Tn truth, said prpspector last night Alabama is naturally rich in all things that go to make wealth."
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
London $ N07o Su1sumg
 Fyom e Gambling IManta

London Cable to Chicago Record Herald.
 According to the testimony of experts, the great Methodist ecumenical confer ence now assembling in London finds that city in the grip of an unprecedented gambling mania. Five hundred mission aries employed by the London city mis- sion have just completed an investiga- tion of betting throughout the city, and they unanimously state that 1t involves all classes and breaks all records It is declared that four-ffths of the nobility of the Kingdom daily seek fortunes in the realms of chance. The poor people, it Is reported, gamble habitually and almost universally. f
 The clerical Investigators declare that the craze for unearned wealth has become so deep seated and general that 1t is proving a strong incentive to crime and drink. They cite many instances where gambling clubs are allowed to un unre- stricted, and say that even respectable women and girls are catching the pas sion for betting. The women, 1t is re- ported, bet on horse races and play <<-<-<><~<<<<<~~ and of his time in answering their quer-
 
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 The table which he Is now having made will show pretty nearly everything that the weather has done in this valley in the last twenty-five years. On the whole it has been pretty we'll behaved. In the last eight years 1t has shown a slight tendency to become warmer and wetter, but the increase has been so slight as to be practically unnoticeable. The figures show that the average temperature in the shade for the last twenty-four years has been 59.77, while in the sun 1t has been 6O.1o Fahrenheit. The minimum in the shade was sS.s4 and in the open air it was 1904 This cold wave came near ly fifteen years ago and to offset it there was a hot streak in 1896, when the ther- mometer made a record of S9 "A Fahren- heit in the shade and of 120.56 in the sun. But this was only for one day.
 Tn the last eight years there have been enough rainy days in excess or those pre- viously known to bring the general aver age up from 1ss each year to 141 These two addi.ional rainy days have natural ay increased the amount of precipitation, but the amount Is so slight. being only about one hundredth of an inch. that it is inappreciable. While there has been an average number of rainy days of Al in twenty-four years, the number of clear days has almost kept pace with them, there having been 1oi of these latter, while the partially cloudy days footed up 119
 Altogether the Investigation which the consul general has made shows that the weather for the last eight or ten years has varied but little from it's old record.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
ROASTING EARS.

From the Richmond Dispatch.
 The Indians taught the hungry colonists how to make use of roasting ears. They took the ear in its green shuck. covered 1t with hot ashes and coals, and promt- ly produced the best dish of corn possi- ble to make. They had no salt where with to flavor the corn, but they had substitute in hickory ashes. The colo nlsts improved upon that treatment Of the ear by the use of salt, pepper and butter.
 And so it came about that the nice. tender ears selected for table use came to be called "roasn ears,' though as time went on they were oftener boiled than roasted. The roasting process haf pretty we'll gone out of fashion when the civil war came on, and when the rebels and "Yanks'' both found 1t convenient to revive 1t.
 Our soldiers were nearly always upon the verge of starvation after the first year of inc war, and over and over again they were compelled to supply themselves with food from the growing corn; some times they ate 1t raw; nothing could please them better than to have time to roast 1t. There was much simplicity In this cookery; all that was needed was a camp fire and the ear of green corn.
 The old stager cannot be made to be- Iieve that any cooking Is so good as that which used to be done by the camp fire, or in the spacious open f1replaces, when a whole log was thrown on at one tlme' Certainly they were mighty fine for bar becuing meats or fowls, for roasting corn and potatoes. and for baking ash cakes, Alas! modern bills of fare-"t,anus'-do not include such dishes as these. More s the pity: more's the dyspepsia
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
Mckinley Eighteen Years Ago.

When MT. Mckinley was an obscure member of the House of Representatives, the partisan Democratic majority made him no member at all by turning him out in a contest" said a former Congressional committee clerk last night
 After the declaration of the vote was announced MT. Mckinley at once took his papers from his desk and left the House. Although l was Democrat and youngster 1 was extremely sorry that the House took such action, believing it to be unfair, and having personal lik- ing for Mir Mckinley, and when he came out into the western lobby of the House I approached him and said;
 I am very sorry, sir
 " Never mind, my boy, 1t will come out right in the end, he said in simple faith
 "The next time saw him he was Pres- ident of the United States.
 What impressed me about MT. Me- Kinley before he impressed the world by his statecraft was his simple, boyish di- rectness and good nature In his rela- tions with committee clerks and others he was the incarnation of courtesy; and that had a powerful effect upon my youthful mind In view of the universal rudeness than prevailing in Washington, where the rude Westerner meets the ruder Eastern CT and together they lend to the seats of the mighty the odor of the Bowery and the Lake Front
 q first saw Mir. MeKinlye in 1SS3-only eighteen years ago-and he was obscure enough then. Yet since that time he has been twice the leader of Congress, twice Governor of Ohio and twice President!
 That is a wonderful record, even for American politics.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
Florence Grows.

Florence is assuming metropolitan pro- portions" said prominent citizen of tho beautiful Alabama town on the Tennes> see. Tn the first place you know we've got the prettiest town in the state with rich natural surroundings. good men and splendid women; and there Is nothing to hold us back.-hence Florence is growing right along Through the efforts of some of our people Florence is ito become a free postal delivery city on December 1. and our people are rejoicing at this re- cognition of our importance as a city. Yes, sir; put it down that Florence grows'
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
EUROPE LlkEs THE PHONE.

From Pearsons Weekly.
 It would be difficult to say whether stockholm or Budapest possess the best telephone system, but 1t is quite certain that these two towns are the best served in the world Stockholm possesses an installation of about $4ooOO telephones. In other words. nearly every shop and private house possesses an instrument and the system is so extensive that con yersation is not only possible, but easy. over a radius of about fifty miles round the city.
 Budapest, in addition to being excellent ly served with ordinary telephones, possesses a unique system, the Telefon Mirmondo. which practically performs the function of a newspaper News Is received at all hours of the day in the central office. and, after being edited and condensed, is repeated over the wires to some 1000 subscribers, who can listen to it in their own sitting rooms at stated intervals during the day. The system has proved not only a public convenience but also great commercial success
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
Nota6s Assa55tuattoms and V <
 Attembks of Recent Tfases

GEORGE III of England attempt by Margaret Nicholson on August m by James Hatfield on May - v NAPOLEON France attempt by use of internal machine onpmbet PAUL Russia by of SPENCER PERurvA1 England killed by Beninshm January as 1n7 AUGUST killed by Earl Sand for political CHARLES DUG DE BERR1 killed on February ANDREW JACKSON President the United States attempt on January @ g @s by DENIS N AFFRE ArohhishOp of Paris on June 27 1S t FREDERICK WILLIAM w. Prussia attempt by May @ 1880 FRANCIS JOSEPH of Austria attempt by ~ on February l s ISABELLA Rva May u' by enO on Feb ruary 2 1852; by Raymond Fuentes on May s lS5S & x - A orsini others France January 1858 ABRAHAM LINCOLN President the Un States rord hr Wash John Wilkes April IA and died April MICHAEL Prince of sev4a. PRM Marshal of Spain. fed oaAnn @ ar Ap9p es by oGm%un % May "A m Andaman islands on February 8 1872 PRINCE BISMARCK attempt BihdOn ABDUL Azfz sultan Turkey June4 HusspN AvNI other Turkish WILLIAM of Prussia and MrHrMEr ALI pasha by Albanians September ' LORD December ts 1878 ALFONSO x1 by cisco otero Gonzalez December LoR1s MELIkoFF General, attempon March 4 BRAfANo Premier of Roumana att II of Russia attempts by kozow St Petersburg April April IA 1s by undernng rail way train on December 1o. hv erno of Winter Palace of bomb thrown by wass himself on
 
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  by "A of revolvers ives, n %, D-DN he erihs shrine his palace woman and believed to have been the tool of band of conspfs He caught and suffered the orb  ANTONIO CANOYAS
 
 S. BORDA President n PRESIDENT 
 JOSE MARIA REYNA BARIo City February Oscars
 
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The age-herald., 1901-09-09

Strauss of New York are at the Morris
 S-e- c. E. Buck of Richmond, Va, Is at the Metropolitan. . J. ". Millstead of wllsonvlile is at the Metropolitan. H1 Charles B. Stacy of Richmond, Va, is at the Morris. f4 Alexander c. McMillan of Boston,, Mass, is at the Morris.
  R. F. Freeman and Mrs. Freeman of sylacauga are at the Morris.
 s%s R. NJ. Falkner and s. L. smither of Montgomery are at the Morris.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
M'KINLEY's GROWTH IN FAVOR.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 If President Mckinley recovers from his wounds. as there is reason to hope he will do-for the advance In modern surgery has been such that wounds which would have been fatal twenty years ago are not esteemed serious now-he will have an even stronger hold on the people than he has now. That is saying a great deal for during the last four years his attrac- tive personal character and his display of statesmaniike qualities have endeared him to Americans.
 He has developed high degree of abil- ity which few men gave him credit for five years ago. Many thought then that he was man of but one idea-protec-
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
Earnest Sympathy,

The hotel Hobbies yesterday and last night were exceedingly quiet; but there were many anxious faces and earnest inquiries as to the condition of the Presi- dent Birmingham is Sunday headqnar- ters for travelling men, and Just at this season of the year they come to us from every direction of the compass, hence there Is no better place to observe the universal and non-sectional interest and deep sympathy manifested in President McKinleys condition than in the Hobbies of the Birmingham hotels on Sunday.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09

 ton. Many fancied that not he but some power behind the throne would be Pres ident All gave him credit for spotless integrity and a desire to do his duty. Some doubted his capacity and his firm ness.
 The doubters have been put to shame He and no one else has been the Presi- dent. He has grappled the domestic and foreign problems and has solved them to the satisfaction of the people. He has so conducted himself as to convince every body that in all his acts he has been governed by patriotic sentiments alone and has had in mind only the best inter ests of the country.
 He has grown in ability as years have gone by. His last utterances-those at Buffalo day before yesterday-were of the highest order of statesmanship. He displayed In them his ability to perceive changes in conditions and to depart to some extent from the cherished opinions of earlier days. His remarks in reference to our commercial relations with other countries were accentuated by breadth of view which won immediate recognition everywhere.
 To the love and respect felt for William Mckinley will now be added sympathy sympathy for man who by the irony of fate has been struck down at the moment when all mankind ought to have been at peace with him.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It's no sin to kiss girl if you don't tell her you are going to do it.
 What woman calls temper in her sis ters she calls sparkling yivacity in her self.
 It's funny that a woman can't lace shape into fatness, yet she can lace fat- ness into shape.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
MExIco's WEATHER.

From the City of Mexico Herald.
 People in the United States are becom- ing so interested in the weather of this city that Consul General Barlow. is hay ing some statistics prepared for them which, he hopes, will satisfy them in ali details and will prevent them from vast ing so much of their money in postage
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
bankhead All Right.

A further private telegram from Mrs. W. H. Perry. Sans Souci. Greenville. s. C., to a personal friend in Birmingham, conveys this gratifying information re- specting her distinguished fathers health
 Colonel Bankhead continues improv- ing. Please reassure all friends
 It is further learned privately that Co., lonel Bankhead was merely suffering from biliousness, and that while he was extremely sick. as every one who has been bilious can understand. there was never any actual danger In his ailment.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astfologer Raphaels prophecies for this day. Monday September 3, 1901:
 Be careful: do not quarrel"
 Thou art threatened with law ana quarrelng. and much unpleasantness Ill thy business affairs. Those In employ will run the risk of losing it.
 Rash and headstrong, stubborn anu difficult to manage will be the child born on this day; in business 1t will be unfor- tunate and often in trouble.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09

Colonel Roosevelt has all the obsti- macy of Grover Cleveland and all the egotism of Benjamin Harrison, with out the sense of either.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09
Both Anxious.

From Tit-Bits. a
 'I should like to go to my mother-in- laws funeral this afternoon, sir said the bookkeeper to the old man
 "So should I,' replied the proprietor, as he turned to his desk again
The age-herald., 1901-09-09

Uncle Sam is trying to save Colon. bia from destruction, although her paper money is worth but three cents on the dollar
The age-herald., 1901-09-09

Kansas is this fall giving preference to big crop of winter wheat rather than a big crop of politics and social theories.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09

The New York doctors say ground fleas are as great spreaders of disease as mosquitoes. The insects are up against it.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09

William c. Whitney and Lord Rose berry are very much alike-each is devoted to horse racing, and each has won the derby.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09

Men in the Panama belt are now abused because they cling to the weather-beaten straw hat.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09

The Montgomery-Nashv combine keeps on tap praise for Grover Cleve- land and abuse of William J. Bryan.
The age-herald., 1901-09-09

MT. Liptoh cares no more for the old than the new-for the Columbia than for the Constitution.