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The age-herald., 1901-02-18
Cotton Seed Oil.

This important product grown and made, if not refined, in the South, has become the subject of crusades at the hands of unfriendly legislators. The Grout oleomargarine bill strikes at cotton seed oil as well as other arti- cles. The oil from cotton seed Is both nutritious and health giving, and 1t enters into the composition of both lard and butter, as those terms are commercially understood. It goes into oleomargarine. The dairy farm CTS of the North are demanding u bill that will protect their products while it condemns the oil product of South ern farmers. This is the Grout bill. It has passed the House, but it is hung up in the Senate, and there it should stay.
 Next month, too, the reciprocity treaty with France will expire. and Congress has thus far taken no steps towards a renewal of it. If it is not renewed, the olive formers of France will demand tariff rate that will shut cotton seed oil out of that country. This would be heavy blow to cotton seed oil, for France takes large quan- titles of cotton seed oil, and turns it at once into olive oil.
 The fat is, the people who grow and make cotton seed oil do not ap. preciate its value It is both butter and olive oil It can be and should be refined SD that it would supplant in the South at least all animal fats. It is a pure healthy vegetable product, very nutritious, and if 1t were properly refined on the spot 1t would drive lard out of Southern markets. If the Yankee farmers and the French farm CTS conspire against 1t, perhaps this may lead to its proper treatment at home, and to its use instead of the un- healthy and uncertain fats from LAe Northwest.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18

emperor and even the empress dowa- ger would he powerless to prescribe another and shorter method for him. The foreign envoys would find the task a very heavy one; and it Is now said that they have suspended this sentence "until such time as it comes within the power of the court" to carry it out. This means that Gen. Tung Flu Hsiang will continue to be the head of the army, and the master spirit of Chinese movements.
 There is such a thing as overdoing the revenge side of the chinese trou- ble. China has been very severely punished by the looters, both national and individual, and the time has come for settlement that is fair and just. China has been more sinned against than shining. Her sins are great, but her wrongs are greater. Her territory has been remorselessly seized. rev enues and ports held for indemnities, her methods ignored, her capital loot ed, her government driven away, and her people slaughtered by the thous- ands. Her punishment has been very great. It should be succeeded now by a treaty that guarantees her integrity, and gives her chance to apply the lesson that has been forced upon her. A peace treaty is needed, and it is needed not only by China, but also by the nations that supply the wants of her people.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18

not acknowledge true and unmixed southern ancestry reaching to period ante-dating the middle of the seventeenth century; but if you put me on something southern that's good to eat, I'm very an- cient and very learned. Another some body has been talking to me about the cherished old backbone pie of every southerner raised on 8 farm. and thoughts of it as 1t used to be down in the Blackbelt of Alabama on a cotton plantation make my mouth to water We used to Jestlngly call 1t backbone chicken pie, and when the fresh backbone was served forth plain on the grandfatherless family table we called 1t simply back bone; but us chilluns loved 1t best in a pie.
 My gossip being so much of the south for the southerners friend in New York who marks me at random moments sends a clipping from the New York Sun head ed No Backbone in New York and sub headed An Ante Bellum Delicacy of the South Unknown to the Northern Cook The Sun that shines for everybody dis courses very learnedly on this dear old southern dish, declaring that backbone Is a winter delicacy in the south. Any southerner will tell you that backbone is hog meat. It Is not all meat, of course. There is a preponderance of bone and it comes from that part of the hog indicated by the name
 " The meat is tender provided the hog has not been permitted to outlive all tho other hogs on the plantation. Running through the links which compose the bone Is a filling of marrow. To the cul- tivated taste of the southerner this mar row is the most delicate substance of the porlxer. It is the sauce of the hog It gives the meat on the backbone flavor which makes backbone delicacy fin the south.
 Tn ante-bellum days in that part of the country when every planter put up his own hog meat for the winter, the backbone was always taken out in its entirety when the hog was killed and salted down. When taken out and prop erly cooked-there is only one way to cook backbone and that is by boiling It was highly esteemed dish on the southern gentlemen's table.
 Like all meats served in the south it WIS brought on not. UT course there WIS pone cornbread, hot from the oven, An invitation to such dinner caused the mouth of the invited guest to water more than the memory of the best applejack that ever gurgled past the palate.
 Perhaps 1t is as well that no New York caterer should ever try to introduce backbone It can be prepared only in the land where 1t originated 7"
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
POLITICAL GOSSIP AT
 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL

Congress. The natural effect of this Is to interrupt the plan for the gradual but steady development of the American navy.
 The United States is more modest in its naval programme than any other great power, but within the last few years each Congress has authorized several great war vessels, with the result that the United States is getting to be a for midable naval power All this costs mon- ey and the naval appropriations have reached an immense amount. The naval committee of the Senate seem to think that 1t is time to call halt on this na- val development If the Senate wins in It's plan of having plans made with the view to the authorization of these yes sells next Congress, 1t means that there will be at least a years delay in their construction and a precedent will have been made for skipping year every other year and thus cutting the develop ment of the navy by 60 per cnt.
 The House is not inclined to agree to this economy and there will be sharp fight In conference. A compromise may be agreed to WHICH VIII One battleshdp and one great cruiser. The Senate Naval Committee Is of the opin- ion that the country does not wish the navy to grow in the same proportion as heretofore, that it objects to the ex- pense
 There Is no doubt that the people re- gard the steady increase in Congressional appropriations with some apprehension, but when the question is asked whether the navy shall be crippled, whether the army shall be crippled, whether the pen sion appropriations shall be cut or whether the river and harbor improve ments shall cease, whether the splendid work of the agricultural department shall be injured by insufficient appropria- tions, whether public buildings shall not he constructed, whether the treasury or the interior departments or the depart ment of justice shall be hampered in their work by not keeping pace in pro viding for them with the growth of the country, the answer Is no in each in- stance. That being the case, appropria- tions cannot be materially cut, though in the aggregate they do seen enormous and certainly are.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
HE ONLY DAILY REwsPApER IN ALABAMA
Maxine Gomez, First President.

It is not definitely determined when the new Cuban constitution vii! be considereo operative, for it cannot well go into operation until General Wood s military government is withdrawn from the island; but when it does go into operation 1t is practically settled that General Maximo Gomez is to be the first president of the republic.
 He is supported by the radicals, and by ring who want offices, and also by a ring who bought at ten cents in the dollar Cuban bonds which they pro pose to foist upon the new govern ment. He was born in San Domingo, is an old man who hates all born in Spain. and who is full of prejudices and passions. He has had no exper- fence in civil administration, and start under him does not promise much good to the Cubans.
 GOn6Z IS uOt hlully uloPVoSu Io- wards the Americans. Not long ago he said that if the American troops did not soon leave Cuba 1t would be- come necessary to expedite their de- parture by force. This shows the na- ture of the man. He is violent. dema- gogical and intolerant. He has no sense of gratitude. He is a typical leader of the Spanish-American sort, and not good one at that.
 All in all, it is probably best to let the Cuban constitution simmer until next winter, when the new Congress will have plenty of time to consider it in, and when the Cubans may see clearer what they want, and this coun- try can see also what is best under all the complicated circumstances of the case
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
A SIGHT FOR THE GODS.
the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle,
 Of all the celebrations in honor of Abra- ham Lincoln the most impressive was that of the Republican Club of New York City. The spectacle of MT Hanna, with tears of manly emotion rolling down his nose, proclaiming his undying devotion to the horny-handed proletariat, while such altruists as MT. Whitelaw Reid. MT. De- pew and MT. John M. Thurston wildly ap- plauded the sentiment, was enough to recall the rail splitter from the great be- yond. If he did look down upon the scene however he must have been forced to admit that as an emancipator. and bene- factor of the race he was not deuce high with the tender-hearted philanthropist from Cuyahoga.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18

Washington, February 17.--(Special)- Age-Herald Bureau 14th Street, N. w, There is a possibility that the proposed extension of the East front of the capitol may begin almost immediately after Con gress adjourns. The intention of inc House appropriations committee In in- serting the S15O0 appropriation for plans for the extension was that the work should begin a year hence the first ap- propriation being made at the first ses- sion of the next Congress. But the Sen ate seems to be taken with the idea of the extension and 1t is now proposed, when the sundry civil bill reaches the Senate, tc substitute for the small appro- priation for plans and estimates for the Improvement an appropriation of several hundred thousand dollars to begin the work immediately or with the beginning of tho fiscal year in July.
 The idea is that if the improvement is desirable it should be started at the carl lest date. This idea gains force by req son of the fact that the plans are already, ana require no alteration. It would then be easy to secure estimates and let the contract for the work. This would save at least year in the completion of the project. It is doubtful if the House would object to having It's plan thus amended. The only possible objection Is that of increasing appropriations in a year when they are already heavy. But, on the other hand, there is no prospect that the appropria tions next year or in any year in the immediate future will de- crease.
 The probability is that they will steadily increase. Consequently there would seem to be no legitimate objection to starting the work now, particularly as 1t promises to give the Supreme Court much nedded anu better quarters and to provide the House and the Senate with the additional committee rooms that are so necessary
 Not Pleased With Amendment.
 The navy department is not in the least pleased with the amendment to the naval bill made in the Senate. That instead of authorizing two battleships and two cruisers as the House bill did, provides that the Secretary of the Navy shall cause plans and specifications for the battleships and cruisers to be drawn with the idea of referring them to the next
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
Should Have West Florida.

From the Lamar Democrat.
 Everybody comedies that West Flori- da ought to be a part of Alabama. The people of West Florida want to become Alabamians The only obstacle on earth is the natural state pride of the people who inhabt Florida east of the Appalach- icola river. Is that an insuperable ob- stacle?
 It ought not to be. Agitation, argu- ment, the offer of a fair price can accom- plish much. Continuous agitation among the West Floridians themselves will steadily win them friends in other por- tions of their State. They may even suc= ceed in creating a willingness to prefer their riddance to their company.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
EDWARD VII.

London Correspondence New York Trib-
 une.
 Another effect caused by the opening of a new reign will be the disappearance of the Prince of Wales from social life, where he has been the leader of the smartest sets, if not the most exclusive and conservative There may be, of course, another Prince of Wales, for the title may be conferred by patent upon the Duke of York, who does not obtain it through his fathers accession to the throne. Apparently this will not be done immediately. for the Prayer Book altera- tions authorized by order in council give the name, George, Duke of Cornwall and York; for use in the churches The title is not of special significance, for the Duke of York, or the Duke of Cornwall or the Duke of Rothesay would have the same social prestige, if not the same right of precedence at court functions which the Prince of Wales enjoyed. The Duke of York has not the temperament and tastes which have rendered his father the lead CT of English socity, the idolized favorite of the smart sets and the patron of rac- ing and sport. He is a quieter, more thoughtful and more domestic prince than his father, and takes more serious view of public responsibilities and the business of royalty. He can never hold his fathers place In what has come to be known as "the Princes of Wales set;' cares less for the recreations of country house life and the excitement of racing, and is more sedate in manners and more exclusive in tastes. A prince of stronger character and greater capacity than he is generally accounted, he offers promise of becoming in due time safe and pru- dent ruler
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
CONGRESSMAN ALIENS PAIR.

Washington Correspondent Chicago Trib-
 une.
 When the House voted to prohibit liquor selling in army canteens, John AL len of Mississippi was not recorded, re- lates correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Some good women of Mississippi noted the fact that he did not vote and called on him for an explana- tion knowing that MT. Allen had been at one time quite active in the Congression- al Temperance Society. MT. Allen replied that he was paired on the canteen ques- ton.
 You. see ladies'" he said, "the situa- tion was this: My wife thinks very much as you do about this legislation in regard to the canteen. I have some doubts as to whether Congress will really promote temperance among the soldiers in this way. So I paired my judgment with my wife's conscience and decided not to VOten
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
THINGS THAT NEVER DIE.

By Charles Dickens. The pure, the bright, the beautiful,
 When justice threatens nigh The impulses of worthless prayer,
 The dreams of love and truth; The longings after something lost
 The spirits yearning cry, The striving after better hopes
 These things can never die. The timid hand stretched forth to aid A brother in his need, A kindly word in grief's dark hour
 That proves a friend indeed; The plea for mercy, softly breathed, That make up loves first bliss; The sorrow of a contrite heart
 These things shall never die. The memory of a clasping hand,
 The pressure of kiss, And all the trifles, sweet and frai, z That makes up loves first bliss; 1T with firm, unchanging faith,
 And holy trust and high, These hands were clasped. those lips
 have met
 These things shall never die. The cruel and the bitter word.
 That wounded as 1t fell The chilling want of sympathy
 We feel, but never tell: The hard repulse that chills the heart Whose hopes were bounding high, In an unfading record kept
 These things shall never die. Let nothing pass, for every hand Must find some work to do: Lose not chance to waken love- Be firm and Just and true. So shall light that cannot fade Beam on thee from on high, And angel voices say to thee These things shall never die.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18

declared dividend of per cent, and made arrangements for the enlargement of the operating capacity of the mills. It is proposed to put in one additional spin ming frame and sixteen looms. No en- largement of the building will be required for this The additions to be made will re- quire an outlay of only about $2500, yet this will increase the productive capacity of the mills about 10 per cent.
 These mills are running night and day, making a fine grade of cloth, for which they find ready market The plant Is in fine shape is well managed and has bright outlook.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
Marvellous Activity.

''The streets of Birmingham are far buster than the streets of Louisville, al though the Kentucky city shows five times the population of Birmingham" said an enlightened locomotive engineer who formerly worked on the Illinois Central Railroad, and was frequently in Louisville, Chicago and St. Louis.
 Excepting Chicago I never saw any other streets as busy as Birmingham's s streets" he said. Downtown in Chi cago the crowds are dense, as presume the crowds are in Broadway; but with those exceptions Birmingham Is the busiest town I ever visited, came here to live three years ago, when Birming- ham was just beginning to take the up- ward turn after the worldwide depres- sion by which 1t suffered; and almost day by day the ever-increasing street traffic has been a source of mazement to me I can't get used to 1t.
 "The past week I spent in Memphis coming back to Birmingham Friday night. I went out to walk about the streets at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and the great and busy crowd gave me a new sensation. Compared with this ex- traordinary life of Birmingham. Mem phis Is as a rural Village, sleepy and drowsy. The smaller crowds one sees in the larger streets of Memphis seem indo- lent and purposeless compared to the rush and hustle observed in Birmingham every day.
 "Men who have travelled in Europe as well as America tell me that outside the first cities of the world, like London, Glasgow, Paris, Berlin, New York and Chicago, Birmingham Is the busiest and liveliest city they ever visited. Even the narrow streets of the big and rich Balti- more are not as full oflife as the busi- ness streets of Birmingham"
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
Postoffice Improvements.

From the Leighton News.
 Postmaster Wright has ordered hand some new cabinet for the postoffice, and hopes to have 1t in position In a few weeks The boxes are very handsome, and are of the keyless or combination pattern, which is a great improvement over the present style, as there can be no losing or forgetting keys. The new cabinet would be credit to town much more pretentious than Leighton, and MT Wright's enterprise is to be highly com mended The cost will be about $50.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
MapIesviIIe Wants the B. & B.

From the Chiffon Reflector.
 Parties who seem to be posted say that tho Brunswick and Birmingham Railway WI. come between Montevallo and this place. If they propose having the route that near us, it behooves our business men and property owners to offer the road inducements to come here. The in- tersection of the other two great lines here is already great inducement. and the right sort of work may bring us the road.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
CRUEL BLOW TO NEW JERSEY.

New York Letter in the Pittsburg Dis
 patch.
 Commuters living in New Jersey have always been in a class of their own, but 1t remains for the Board of Aldermen to make their presence in Greater New York misdemeanor. The following resolution presented at this afternoons session needs no comment: "Whereas, certain in habitants and denizens of the State of New Jersey have made it a practice for many years to do business in the city of New York, without permission of the municipal authorities, or going through the formality of a license; and, whereas the aforesaid inhabitants and denizens of New Jersey have drained the lifeblood of thousands of our people, particularly dur ing the summer months of the year, and have in. return given no recompense, therefore, be it resolved, that on and after May 1, 1901, each and every inhabi- tant and denizen of New Jersey known to natural history as the 'Mosquitibus Jerseyanicus, otherwise known as the mosquito, of whatever sex, size or prev ious condition of servitude shall. before being permitted to do business in any of the streets, avenues, thoroughfares, houses, vacant lots, stables, rooms, the atres, hotels or slaughter houses in the city of New York, as at present consti- tuted first obtain license. for which an annual fee of s10 shall be paid to the chief of the bureau licenses of said city; and be it further resolved, that each and every one of the so-described inhabitants and denizens of New Jersey who shall violate the provisions of this resolution shall be imprisoned alone in a room with the Aldermen representing the second as- sembly district of Kings County"
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
The Voice in the Organ.

A penitent weak with the burden of sin, knelt at the altar of God in prayer, As the organist old was about 10 begin The tender prelude to a sacred air, l knelt, and sorrowing, fervently plead For every sin of sinful past Prayed for the living and prayed for the
 dead,
 'Till felt my prayers were answered at
 last, By voice in the organ; ah, me! ah, mel One that was sweeter than music by
 far, Saying to the sinner, ''Thy soul Is free, And shneth now as the evening star" Sweet voice in the organ! My soul atone Ever and ever for the sins of thine; For thou hast heard as one alone, Both voice and music of the Choir Di-
 vine.
 M. M. BRANNAN. xTog g1f n
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
LENTEN SACRIFICES.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
 Many jokts will be cracked at the ex- pense of those fen young women of Binghamton who have agreed to do penance during Lent by not uttering a word for the entire forty yads. code of signals and the use of tablet and ren- cil will be permitted, but even at that the test will prove severe one, and if the proposed punishment fits the crime it would be interesting to know what awful wickedness these dear girls have been guilty of.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
Charcoal at POO Feet.

From the Lamar Democrat
 Perhaps the greatest curiosity in the history of Vernon was the finding char coal at a depth of 200 feet while boring the public well. Quite 0 lot of it was washed to the surface, and it appeared to be as perfect as any charcoal we ever looked at. At about 200 feet a rock two feet thick was struck and just beneath this rock the charcoal was found.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
Southern Backbone.

Somebody of gentle lineage writes me that if knew more of our southern families I'd be enabled to speak of more persons who had been honored with grandfathers, or words to that effect" said the Briar-Root Pipe, as it wheezed with the grip and trembled with rheu- matism.
 Perhaps somebody is right, as I can-
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Rrom the New York Press.
 A religious woman takes to a funeral like healthy man does to a fight
 The first year after she Is married a woman ought to be made to carry bit in her mouth
 Most girls sooner or later you have to kiss, but there are a few that you only have to let kiss you.
 When he Is getting married and .he minister asks if there is any one who knows any reason why the thing should not go on, the average man can hardly help lodging.
The age-herald., 1901-02-18
IN AND ABOUT THE
 STATE OF ALABAMA
New Cotton Mill Machinery.

From the Florence Herald.
 The Cherry Cotton Mills have received a carload of the latest improved picker room machinery. built by the Atherton Machine Company of Pawtucket, R. I. This machinery will be placed as soon as an expert arrives from Pswtucket.