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The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19
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The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

Harry. here's good article on The Secret
OF Badness -
Huh-bsldness lie no secret"
Isn't II queer that bakers sell bread when
they knead 1t themselves
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

Tasmania is 1000 miles less In area
than Ireland. The names Of Its Is coun-
ties are almost all taken from English
counties.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19
MICHIGAN HOUSE
Lake George,
CANAAN, MAINE e.

The best of boating, bathing and fish
ing. Fine croquet grounds. An excel
lent tennis court. Large, commodious
stable. An ideal inland resort
EMsny desirable changes have been made al
this popular inland resort since last season
and as the comfort and pleasure OF the guests
will be looked alter personally by Mr. and Mrs
Washburn this is sufficient guarantee as to
the standard to be maintained
No inland resort IN Maine surpssses this sd
mirahle place with its beautiful lake, fine
hotel, numerous cottages, large amusement
and dancing pavilion, croquet and tennis
grounds, bowling alley, swings and other
amusements. The fishing is irst-cla and
fine boats for rowing are always at the wharf
The table at the Mohican House is famous
through Maine as being unexcelled at a SINH.
lar resort for variety and quality
A blackboard accommodating II people will
leave the Skowhegan House every sunday
morning at 10 O'Clock for this resort Fare
round trip, 80 cents, Parties desiring to visit
Lake George on any week day may also engage
this team on most favorable terms. tics
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

Fish has very high food value. In
fact, II is very nearly as nutritious as
chicken or turkey.
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
No More Eavesdropplnu.

That l shall never again resort to the vile method of listening through speaking tubes, keyholes, halls, doors or other apertures for the purpose of overhearing any conversation that Velasco may be having at the time, be it with the person itself or, through telephones, speaking tubes or other means, and that I shall likewise abstain from stealthily going about or stationing myself at any part of MT. Velasco's house for the purpose Of watching him or others, or causing any person or persons to do the same
 That I shall not in future search or cause any one to search any of Mir ve- lasco's personal belongings, papers, docu- ments, desks or other objects
 That l shall treat all of MT. velasco's servants and other employees with the consideration of their station, without placing myself upon an intimate and equal footing with them.
 That in no way shall ever interfere with MT. Velasco's orders or actions. be they whatever they may.
 That I shall at all times faithfully and promptly execute and discharge whatever NoSASo AAAoJ OO elooAe ltc0 tO iu6 WlLnOuL re- serve.
 That l shall not quarrel with servants or other persons, but that shall submit all questions or complaints direct to Mr. Velasco for his consideration or disposi- tion, abiding by his decision.
 That should l, at any time fall to keep faith with any of the above clauses of this agreement Mr VeIasco shall have t,a right to remove my person and belong ings from his house at once, thereby put ting into actual and immediate effect the document sworn to and signed January 1T, 1901, referred to in clause 1 of this con- tract"
 Justice Rockers order for Velasco to show cause why he should not pay the alimony and counsel fee applied for is re- turnable in the Supreme Court next Wednesday.
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
c. L. SEYMOUR DEAD.
He Was a Prominent Real Estate
 Dealer of Meridian.

Meridian, Miss, August 2,-(Speciai)-
 C. L. Seymour, a prominent real estate dealer of this city. died last night at Il o'clock at his former home, 1874 Twenty fourth avenue Mir. Seymour was taken i'll Saturday with typhoid fever, the im- mediate cause of his death.
 He was a son of the late Robert H. Sey- mour.
 He is survived by a mother, two broth CTS and two sisters, all of whom are wei. known in Mississippi and Alabama. They are Mrs Leah Seymour, Mir. Henry Sey- mour of Livingston, Ala; MT. R. H. Seymour Jr., of York, Ala: Mrs Mamie Hunt of Marion, Ala, and Mrs. T. B. S. deGraffenried of Meridian.
 The funeral services will occur Satur- day morning at the Seymour residence at o'clock, Rev. R. A. Venable, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating.
 The following gentlemen will act as pail bearers: R. F. Cochran, Claude Williams C.. Rumley. John Holder, G. B. Neville D. W. Terry. c. B. Moody and John Bell Interment at Magnolia
The age-herald., 1901-08-03

vile and Nashville system. The road was built by Georg.a at a cost of s3,- 100000. The lessees pay the State $420, ,O0o year, or about $3SO,O0O above interest on the investment. This profit goes to the school children of the State. The road is worth today from SIC, ,0O00. 900 to s12.O0O.OOO, and would readily bring the former price if thrown upon the market.
 The city of Cincinnati has done even better. At cost of s18,30O,OO0 1t built soon after the civil war the Cincinnati Southern Railroad. extending from Gin cinuati to Chattanooga, a distance of 335 miles. The road is leased to the Southern, and the lease will expire in about five years. The Southern now offers to lease the road for 65 years, paying therefor $1,126,929 year, to expend each year s1O0,O00 on perma- ueuJ DeIL6THSHIS, dilu lO pay Y1N,VVV each year in order to defray the ex- penses of the city's trustees. The city's outstanding bonds will soon be re- funded into 3 per cents, and the of fered rental would then afford an an- nual profit of $lO6,923 to the city. This sum, if turned over to the city's sink ing fund trustees, would in forty years pay every dollar the city owes, leav- ing it railroad that will then be worth S50,O00,O00 at least as clear asset. This Win give the city the low est tax rate among the cities of the country, and this of itself will attract manufacturing industries.
 These two cases show that there is money in pubic ownership of rail roads, although there might be rotten ness in the actual operation of them. NO American State owns and operates railroads, although nearly every Euro pean State does. We need a better public service before railroads can be operated to advantage by the public.
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
schoo! Books Here and Elsewhere.

The book trust scandal in Cullman County should convince any one that county uniformity is delusion and a snare. Texas will have none of it, and that great State is getting school books at about one-half of the cost that Alabama parents have to pay. The State Board of Education of Louisiana has adopted a series of text books, and contracts have been let, including an exchange price, at rates very favor able to consumers.
 Alabama and Arkansas will soon be the only States in the South in which the book trust Is left free to demand two prices for text books. This double price is a question of heavy tax, and in many cases it means ignorance. The child is robbed of an education that the trust may thrive.
 The subject may be one that belongs to legislative detail, hut experience shows that the Legislature readily falls under the seductive influences of thSs> book trust. becoming it's ally, al though 722.SSs children in the State are fieeced by it unmereifully. What has occurred in the Legislature will probably occur again and again, and it becomes an interesting question as to h-shsr the people represented in the convention shou.d not put an end to the corruption by directing in some manner the selection of text books by the State. The people see what is paid for text books, and they are rest i've under impos. ions of the book trust iii this State, and they know that the Legislature will pc controlled by the book trust. This has gone on until it has become the chef scandal in the State. Is it best to let rottenness go on indefinitely? This is a question that the convention would do we'll to consider.
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
Home Raised Wheat.

Flight or ten thousand bushels of splendid home-raised wheat will be brought into Birmingham In wagons this season for milling. and this wheat Is raised right here in Jefferson and sur rounding countless" remarked MT. Chris Enslen, who is not only bank president, but bears the euphonious title, the mill man-for be it known that Mir Enslen is owner and operator of the Enslen mills out on Twenty ninth street.
 Wheat" he continued, lis not a lead ing crop in Alabama, yet is is a very i'm portant one. and of late years our farm CTS are paying more attention to this necessary and profitable branch of agri- culture. Our rich valley lands respond literally to intelligent care of this crop, and they ought to plant more wheat, and make bread for the people. I have just purchased about seven hundred bushels from one live farmer. whose plantation is near rusville, in this county, and there ought to be thousands like him. Wheat growing can be made a source of great profit to Alabama farmers"
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
COAST ARTILLERY.
Miles Issues Order for Organization of
 Additional Companies.


 Washington, August 2.-Lieutenant Gen. eral Miles, commanding the army, today issued an order for the immediate organi- zation of nine additional companies of coast artillery, making the total number of such companies 1Os. The number is limited by law to 126. The companies with their commanding officers will be station ed as follows: Ninety-eighth company. Capt Hamilton Rowan, Ft. Hamilton, N. Y; Ninety-ninth. Capt. Wm. F. Pence, Ft Morgan, Ala. One Hundredth Com pany, Capt. D. E. Aultman, Ft. Toten, N. Y; One Hundrew. Capt. A. T. Smith, Ft Toton, N. r.; Que Hundred and Two Company, Capt R. F. Gardner. Fort Cas- well, N. C.; One Hundred and Third Company, Capt. John c, Fillmore, Jr., Ft. Howard. Md: One hundred and Fourth Company, Capt Geo. H. McManus. Ft
 Washington, Md; One Hundred and Fifth Company, Capt. I. R. Burgess, at the Presidio of San Francisco; One Hundred and Sixth Company, Capt. Charles P. Snummerall at Fort Lawton, Wash.
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
HOW TO MAKE SOUTHERN
 NEGRO A GOOD CITIZEN

he can live, which is nonsense s
 This practical illustration of the
 superior intelligence" of the average Southern white man in dealing with the negro, whom he alone Understands" It does not seem to have occurred to the owners of sawmills and turpentine stills that it would be good plan to recog- nize differences in negroes and adopt a system by which industry and thrift would be encouraged. Regarded as class, the negroes are open to the objec- ton that 1t needs very little to divert them from their work; but we are by no means sure that white men are not some- times more thoughtful of their own pleas ure than of their employers interests. The plan of individual contracts would prob ably emphasize the differences which exist among the negroes, and if this was intel ligently and justly followed we have no doubt that those capable of improve ment would quickly improve, and that those incapable of subordinating personal indulgence to self-interest might be weed ed out of the industrial organizations which they demoralize. The negroes will never improve if the worst traits of the least industrious and moral of the race are accepted as fixing the standards for all who have the misfortune to be born black. There has been too much of this whole sale classification of negroes, and it's re- suit has been to discourage and obstruct in every possible way the tendencies to progress which a wiser policy would have fostered and stimulated. The reluctance of the negro to organize unoins and put his interests under the control of profess sional labor leaders makes him the best kind of workman on whom to test the individual contract plan; and that all of his race are incapable of appreciating the of the opportunities 1t offers for self-improvement we shall hesitate to believe without better evidence than has yet been given.
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
eresting:

For twenty years the whites have been gaining in numbers over the blacks, until now they hold the State by secure majority, 7S,S0S. This will not be again overcome in the opinion of all experienced observers of the State, especially if the State becomes well-flled with cotton mills and other factories that afford employment to white labor.
 The change extends to New Orleans as well, which holds but 77,714 ne- groes, the white majority being 131, ,074, a gain of 1S,691 in ten years. New Orleans Is outranked by both Washing ton and Baltimore in the number of negroes.
 There are but two States In the union tha. can be called "black" States, Mississippi and South Carolina. The race figures of these States have not been published, and they are awaited with interest. Each will show . majority of negroes, but it is be- lieved each will show a decreasing majorty. No State should contain a majority of blacks, and in the census of 1910 perhaps none will. South Car olina will by 1910 be well-flled with cotton mills. and Mississippi has like ambition Color prejudice keeps out heavy tide of immigration, but home built factories will answer the purpose, and every State in the South can be turned by them into white States. The Africanization of States may now be con sidered matter of the past. The tide has turned, and every portion of the South will become regenerated and re- deemed. These are to be white States to the end of time.
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
RESULTS OF THE STRIKE.

Jasper, in LeSlie'S Weekly.
 Whether the strike lasts for a long or a short time 1t Is certain to leave a bad taste in the mouths of good many mon. and it may be safely predicted that one of the results will be an appeal to Con- gress for more drastic legislation against the industrial combinations known as trusts The blow will be especially aimed at MT. Morgan's concern, with its 25, 900 stockholders and it's billion and a half of capital. Already 1t is given out that the industrial commission which has been n- vestigating our industries for some time past will report to Congress that the United States Steel Corporation has one- third water in its capital, or over $500, 0O0,- 900. The prospect for demagogic denunci- ations of all industrial combinations, good and bad, when the next Congress meets, is therefore most excellent.
 The political parties will of course be drawn into the struggle and President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association is already demanding that the Republican leaders interfere in behalf of the strikers while the sensational declarations on the trust question in the Ohio Democratic platform show which way the wind is blowing in that direction. It may be set down as a safe prediction that if MT Morgan yields to the demands of the Amal- gamated Association the United States Steel Corporation will eventually revert to that shrewd and canny Scotchman. MT. Carnegie, who was wise enough to take a first mortgage on the concern in the shape of over $500, 900, 900 in bonds and not to load up his strong box with the conn mon or preferred stock.
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
RULE FOR
 HIS WEES CONDUCT

The Brooklyn Eagle publishes the fol- lowing:
 Prof. Sebastian Fabian D. de Velasco of the chair of languages in the Adelphi Academy and head of the Velasco School of Languages, at 2SS Schermernorn street. Is suing his wife for a separation, but has filed no coARlalnt. Mrs. de velasco, who was Aimee Kinney, through her att torney, James T. o'Neil, has set up what amounts to cross bill in her petition which was filed yesterday, in which she asks sSO week alimony and $500 counsel fee, pending the decision of her husbands suit.
 Mrs. de Velasco includes in her petition the following remarkable contract and code of rules, which she declares the pro- lessor endeavored to force her to sign as condition to her returning to his house after he had thrown her out of doors on or about February 15 1901. She says that when she refused to sign this contract her husband elected her from the prem ises after striking her. The couple have been married seven years and have two children, and the woman will try to ob- tain possession of them by writs of ha- beas corpus. At present she is living with her mother at 264 Fifteenth street.
 The professor Is of Mexican birth and acknowledges allegiance to Spain because he says he is heir to the titles and honors of the ancient family of Velasco.
 'I can only say" the professor de clared today, that I am ready to faint from the shame and sorrow at the charges madam has brought against me. I do not blame her for 1t all. I think she is ill-advised. The document was mass of lies and prevarications as I will prove She is to be pitied. Once only struck her, under stress of very great provocation. I tried to atone. I still love her, but cannot commit to her the care of her children'
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
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From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 The owners of Southern sawmills and turpentine stills are discussing the plan of an agreement to cut down the average wages of the negroes employed in their industries. This action is proposed, not because the state of the market for lum- Der and naval stores is such as to de- mand a reduction of producing costs. but because 1t Is deemed necessary for the medication of habits of industry and thrift on the part of the negro that he shall have to do more work than now for less pay. The argument advanced In support of this proposition is substan- tially as follows: The negro Is shiftless
 and without the ambition which prompts the white man to earn more than he re- quires for his immediate support and to accumulate the surplus for future use and enjoyment In consequence of the volun- tary increase In the wage scales made during the past year, the negro can now earn as much in five days as he formerly earned in six. Consequently. instead of working six days and having something to put in the savings bank at the end of the week, he only works an average of five days, seeing no advantage in industry when its earnings exceed his immediate needs. Ergo, if he received six times as much wages per day as now, he would then work only one day week. The in convenience and loss resulting to the em- ployer from the readiness of the negro to remain away from his work if not thereby deprived of necessary support are so se- rious that to discourage voluntary idle ness the plan is proposed of cutting his daily wage down to point so low that he must work six days in the week to live. The thesis is that as the unit of wage is increased the negro will reduce the amount of work he does to keep his earnings practically constant at the point at which he has learned from experience
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
A DREAM.
Y EsteIle Spencer.

By EStelle Spencer. A dream came floating from the skies; It came in a beam of early moon rise It wore all forms and faces had known, And ere I had spoken, away it had flown. Yet in that moment I saw with surprise What all those forms in one thought were
 comprised. Many misty faces in that moment I saw, Some unlovely, some without flaw. In one I beheld a friend long dead Another whose name from memory has
 fled;
 And one who had known neither reverence
 nor The golden rule Gods supreme law. They fioated an instant, and seemed to
 say, Though we are dead. and have passed
 away, We are living still, unfettered by form, And have only paused in our flight to
 warn
 Poor mortals below, for we cannot stay Even now the sky glows, 'tis almost day. The purgatory that all the spirits of air Who have sinned alike, on earth so fair Must endure for age, is an indissolvable
 band E Formed by His unbreakable wand Which binds together pair by pair His rebellious subjects in one fell lair "No peace have we," breathed the frown-
 ing face
 Of hi m who had led even Satan pace While he walked on earth in the guise of
 man,
 Known for his evil throughout the land !. The fact at his side made grimace It's gentleness gone, every evil In It's
 place.
 A second more and away they had gone Carried afar on the wings of morn. And as they sped in aerial flight They seemed to be waging an eternal
 fight
 Never at peace while the ages roll. A terrible fate for an undifciplined soul Bessemer, August 2, 1901.
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
AIways Fed the fiunqry.

.Ex-Governor Pingree," says a writer in the Detroit Free Press. twas never cold to the call of aid. no matter from what source 1t came. I remember one bitter winters night he was standing at a street corner with group of poii- ticians, when a typical-looking bum slouched up to the crowd and made an appeal for assistance. He had all the earmarks of a professional mendicant, and his appeal met with a grufr rebufr from most of those in the group. He was about to shamble off into the darkness when the governor, who had been too interested in the conversation to notice him at first, called him back.
 Don't give him anything said one of the bystanders; he's regular panhan- dler.
 But perhaps the poor fellows hun gry, insisted the man of the people, and I don't care who he is or what he is, m not going to see anyone suffer Tor the lack of food so long as I've got the price
 "Whereat, notwithstanding the protests of friends, he put his hand into his pock- ct and fished out a dollar, which he handed co the beggar Then he accom- panied him to a restaurant.
 Here he said in his brusque way, give this fellow all he can eat; fill him up and send the bill to me. Now he added turning to the grateful mendiccant, you get something into you, and then get a good nights rest. And keep away from booze.'
 ''Yes. Pingree was charitable in quiet unostentatious way, and many such incl dents could be told of his big-hearted- ness"
The age-herald., 1901-08-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
 AND ELSEWHERE
Better BulIdInqs for Birmingham.


 ''The ten-story sky-scraper to be erect ed on the Boddie corner is only con- tinuation of the real building boom that Birmingham has been enjoying for the past twelve months or more." said an observer yesterday. You will notice that the class of buildings now going up here are far more substantial. massive and attractive than those heretofore built iF this city; and, mark my prediction, the little one, two and three-story houses must come down and make room for buildings commensurate with the growth and importance of Great Birmingham These recent purchases of central build Ing lots mean many magnificent struct- ures of stone marble, brick and glass; and when central business property Is purchased now, the houses are not taken into valuable consideration. It's the To- cation that's bought-the real Birming- ham dirt, which was intended by the Almighty for metropolitan structures. The fellow who can't keep up with the procession will have to give way to the fellow who can"