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The age-herald., 1901-10-28
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported in. tho
 South in a Week.

Chattanooga October 29.-Among the more important of the new industries re- ported by the Tradesman for the week ended October 26, are s200.0oo boiler works at Louisville, Ky; a buggy and carriage factory at Henderson, Tenn: a $25,O00 canal company at Bay City, Tex: $5O'OOo company to manufacture camels hair press cloth at Houston, Tex; a canning factory at Decatur, Ga a chair factory at Decatur. Ga.; a churrs factory at Bowling Green, Ky; a $50O0OO coal mining company at Hartford, Ark !; coal mines at Salem, Va.; a $42,0o0 cotton com press company in Atlanta, Ga. a cotton gin at Sayersville. Tex; an electric light and power plant at Rosebud Tex; a plant for the manufacture of emery wheels at Ganney, S. C.; feed and fuel company at Dallas, Tex; Touring mills at Bardwell, Ky, Manchester, Tenn, and Culpeper Va; $40.oO0 flour and grist mill company at Memphis. Tenn; $50000 flour spar mining and manufacturing company at Smithland. Ky; s25,000 gin and machine works at Memphis. Tenn; a s50.0OO glass factory at Huntington, w. Va; a grist mill at Edenton, N. C.. a s30,O00 ice and cold storage plant at Cameron, Tex a s100,- 0OOO iron, phosphate and railroad com- pany at Louisville. Ky; a s500O0 kaolin company at Aiken. s. C.; $100,0O0 land and cattle company at Fort Worth, Tex: a $3O,0oO lumber company at Bonneville, Ark; $1O0,000 lumber company at Will mington, N. C.; a $25,000 lumber mill at Poplarville, Miss; lumber mill at Lake Comfort, N. C.; s1O0.0OO machine shop at Childress Tex; s1OO,O0O manufacturing company at Cheraw, s. C.. s6OO, 900 iron and mining company at Ashland, Ky; an oil company at Shebyville, Tenn: a $l10.0OO oil company at Welsh, La; an oil company at Beaumont, Tex. a s10o,O00 oil company at Sisterville. w. Va; a $25.0Oo power company at Elba, Alas; $50, ,ooo rubber tire company at Knoxville, Tenn: saw mills at Elamville, Ala. and Jack son. Tenn; a saw, shingle and blaming mill at Neptune, Fla; stave and head ing factory at Memphis. Tenn; a s1o,oOo telephone company at Piedmont, w. Va; a $l0,000 telephone company at Piedmont w. Va; a $10,00O telephone and telegraph company at Nashville, Tenn; wagon factory at Waverly, Ala, and a s20,0O0 wagon factory at Ridgeland. Miss.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
$25, ,ooo TO s2o,ooo.
Horse Owner Bets Bookmaker That
 Shepard Win Win.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
 New York, October 24.zFrank Farrell's horse Blues won the Ramapo Handicap at Morris Park yesterday afternoon. The poolroom king and his friends and the Tammany contingent including Squire" Croker himself, had got down heavily on the horse and it was said tonight that their winnings are s100,0O0. The odds on Blues were to l. and better, and the Tammanyites took a pot of money from the bookies.
 After Blues victory Square" Croker and Frank Farrell and his friends were Jubilant Farrell walked into the bet ting ring and met George wheelock, one of the wisest boohmakers in the coun- try.
 Say, wheelock." said Farrell. T hear you want to bet on Low"
 That's right" said the bookmaker.
 Well, I've got all the way from $1OO to s100,00o to bet that Shepard wins" said Farrell.
 ''I haven't got that much money with me now" replied Wheelock, '.and don't care to bet that much just now, although may later; but I will bet 1000 that Low Is elected. What odds will you give me?'
 T will give you to 4" said Farrell, and bet you s25,ooO to s2o.o0O that Shep- ard is the next mayor"
 ''Fll take you.' said wheeIook.
 All right; you're on," said Farrell
 At the Broadway hotels it was said last night that Square" Croker was In partnership with Farrell on the bet. The Square" and Farrell were together in the paddock at the race track this after noon.
 Geroge Wheeiock has the reputation of being one of the shrewdest betters in the field. He won heavily both times on Mc- Kinley.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
Compulsory Arbitration.

In New Zealand, that land of re- forms and ideal methods, compulsory arbitration Is working rather too well. The two courts provided for the set tlement of disputes between capital and labor are overcrowded, and much delay in decisions has become inevita- bic. This proves nothing except that the machinery of the plan needs en. largement. If two courts cannot do the work, two more should be organ ized. The mere fact that the dockets are cloged proves the wisdom and feasibility of the plan.
 The plan permits either party in a labor controversy to carry the dispute before court of conciliation. The workmen must however be a member of union. The case is heard in that court, and an appeal may be taken by either side tc the court of arbitra- tion, and the decision of the latter Is
 
 final. Both courts have power to en. force their decrees. Both are courts in the ordinary meaning of the word.
 There are no strikes in New Zea. land. and the island is and long has been exceptionally prosperous. Wages are satisfactory, hours of labor reas- enable, and conditions of living easily borne. Employers can enter into con- tracts with no fears of strikes on the part of employees before them. Work ingmen know their rights will be res pected.
 No one desires a repeal of the law. but at present the two courts provided for it's execution are clogged with cases. There are too many cases. No doubt many trivial cases are made up-many that should not have been carried outside of the mill affected. but all this but goes to show that com pulsory arbitration Is feasible-that 1t is vastly preferable to strikes and the troubles and dangers that attend them. This is not the first problem that has been satisfactorily solved in New Zealand, which has become as much advanced in government as 1t is in happiness and general prosperity. It is the Switzerland of the great seas.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
WAKING AFTER fl YEARS.
The stockbridge Sleeping Girl Bids
 Fair to Regain Health.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer. One of the most remarkable cases on record is that of May White of Stock bridge, Mich, who for more than ten years had battled against sleep and has won. This case has been the study of medical men through the length and breadth of the land. The newspapers at the time were filled with the story of the "Stockbridge Sleeping Girl" As the years passed on people forgot about 1t and only occasionally one would ask about her. But Miss White still slept, not peaceful sleep, but on the contrary. sleep that sapped her life and wasted her flesh.
 While attending a business college at Ypsilanti; in 1890, Miss White, at that time 22 years old, sustained injuries to her spine by fall upon the icy pave ment, which caused an abscess in her side. She was removed to her home, ten miles from Stockbridge, and placed un- der the care of Dr. Herman E. Brown. Her case soon developed into hysteric epilepsy, and she has had from one to fifty convulsions In a day. Then began her long sleep, anC IOT twenty udyS Sue slept, while the doctor worked for hours trying to awaken her, and only for few moments would she remain awake, when she would relapse Into a deep slumber. For years no one was able to awaken her but the doctor, although many tried thus to do.
 She is now so far recovered as to be easily awakened by any one.
 Dr. Brown found the ride of ten miles, through all kinds of weather, too much for him. and so he had her removed to his residence in town, where for the past ten years she has been. All this time her faithful sister Carrie, has been her constant attendant.
 During her long illness she lost the use of her limbs, but the doctor thinks she will regain it in time. For the past few years she has occupied a wheel chair. At one time during her sickness she was re- duced to 65 pounds, but now tips the beam at 120 pounds.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
HE oHlY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Fruit Stands and the Sidewalks.

It is fast becoming a question whether the fruit stands are first in this town or the pedestrians. Limited as they are by ordinance to three feet, they proceed to take at times the entire walk. Their encroachments are, it is true, spasmodic, but any en- encroachment is hindering to people hurrying here and there There are corners in this town that are choked by friut stand encroachments, and it is fast becoming a question as to their existence along the sidewalks at any point.
 There is sanitary question in- volved in this subject. The fruit stands are open to the street night and day. Their goods are exposed when the street sweepers make the air thick with dust and disease germs, and they are exposed to all the dust that the traff1c of daylight hours creates. These articles thus exposed are articles of food, and when they are eaten the germs that are inseper- able from street aust are swallowed. Street dust is unmistakably loaded with many disease germs. This is a fact that Is well established, and arti- cles of food should not be exposed to II when such exposure can be avoided.
 The subject needs revision. Fruit stands along the sidewalks should not be encouraged, especially those that are open to the streets all night and all day. They are not only obstruc- tive where congestion occurs at times anyway, and they do not promote health, although fruit is healthful. Street dust is not, however.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28

and Curtis MeAllister of Phoenix City are at the Metropolitan. Hon. Lawrence Breckenridge Nusgrove Is in Birmingham.
 J. B. McMillain of Thomasville. Ca, is at the Metropolitan.
 
 J, R. Atkins and s. H. Stiles of Chicago are at the Hillman.
 Judge George s. Livingston of Pratt vile is at the Florence. A. c. Asbury and Mrs Asbury of Gin cinnati are at the Hillman. R. IL Walker. editor of the Tuscaloosa Gazette. is at the Florence. A, A shuihofer and A. E. Prinkle of Atlanta are at the Hlllman. Hon. Ed deGraffenreid of Greensboro was in Birmingham last night.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
RELIGIOUS CENSUS IN NEW YORK

From the Independent.
 The Federation of Churches in New York City has completed a census of the Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth As- sembly districts in this city. This in- cludes the region lying between Lexing- ton avenue and the East River and ex- tending from Thirty-seventh to Fifty sixth streets. making canvass of 15o,- 900 people.
 About 2.0o0 families, or 10000 individuals were found without church attachment and were referred to the churches with which they were most likely to be affi- lated. The Catholic population which was 63 per cent in the Twenty-fourth district. were nearly all attendants on their local churches. But this was found not to be true of the Protestants. There are three Baptist churches, for example, but Baptist families attend twenty-six other churches throughout the city, and the same Is true of other denominations. The Reformed Dutch had the largest propor- ton of families that were in attendance upon their church home, being s5 per cent. The Catholics register 90 per cent. the Episcopalians s6. the Methodist S1, the Presbyterians 76. the Baptsts and Lutherans n. while of the Hebrews only 70 per cent. had synagogue connection.
 A multitude of other denominations were found in small numbers, but it is surprising that there were only two fam files of spiritualists and two of Christian Scientists Every block or so had its Ger man Socialists and It's agnostics but not an avowed Anarchist was discovered.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
A Local Irish Story.

A man who had prospered met in the street one day poor Irishman whom he had known when he too was poor. The meeting was very cordial, and so pleased was the rich man that he forthwith asked the poor one to dine with him in a fashionable cafe.
 Bullion was served, and the Irishman not liking 1t on account of it's thin and watery look ate 1t with manifest reluct ance. Then great bunch of celery was served. and the host fell to eating it with evident enjoyment. The Irishman, not knowing what the stun was, did as he had done with the bullion, of which he was ignorant, and made show of eating the celery with his rich friend
 Finally soft shell crabs were placed on the table, and the host was proceeding to pass two or three to the Irishman. but the Irishman could stand 1t no longer.
 ''See here. Jan. I'll not have ut" he said emphatically. This Is goin' too furl took yez dishwather, and took yez howkay. but domned if I'll eat veg spidersr'
 The story belongs to that versatile master of music and many things, MT. Cyrus F. Orr.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
Dl10vee, Marriage and M0roks.
eY THEODORE FULTON.

in these days, everybody knows the chances of marriage turning out badly are greater than of turning out well. Young men and maidens fancy they love each other, and that they are adapted to each other Life brings pressures they did not anticipate. They change as they develop they regard conditions from A different standpoint. They learn to loathe, to hate. Is 1t reasonable to hold two persons in condition of life from which they both desire to escape? Can children born under these conditions be other than the fruits of sin?
 During the past twenty years the senti- ment of all communities Is that divorce la the proper remedy for an ill-mated pair. Before that the divorced man or woman labored under a social ban. Today, after the first ten days gossip, the divorced couple go their respective ways and es- tablish themselves in more favorable en- vironments. Is 1t not more moral after all?
 To be practical to get out of the clouds of a spiritual atmosphere and to be on earth surrounded with moral safeguards 1t would seem that the cause of family
 
 be best served by making entrace into matrimony more difficult. Considering how young people having little or no knowledge of each other plunge into mat rimony 1t Is surprising how few end in divorce How often temperaments as widely different as the poles as hostile as oil and vinegar. characterize those in- dividuals a priest declares 'are of one flesh and shall not be put asunder." It Is ridiculous at the outset, 1t is sheer nom sense and must have one natural end the divorce court.
 Marriage and divorce Is truly a matter of state. of domestic relations. and happy marriages would be best effected by com pliance to prescribed conditions. Temper aments may be beyond the province of anti-nuptial contracts, but requisites of health, of family history, of good con- duct, of habits of reputation are not. Marriages wisely made do not land in the divorce court. It Is not the question of divorce but of marriage itself that needs discussion and action.
 <<><><<<<<<<<->-> the way from $50, 900 to s10o, 900. MT. Walker and his colleagues of the com mission have impressed upon M. Hutin the absolute uselessness of asking a large sum, as the probabilities are that Congress will give but scant considera- ton to the Panama project even under the most favorable circumstances There Is a belief that the Panama company has submitted a proposition designed to Induce Congress to hesitate before going ahead with the Nicaraguan project.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Good cooks make cheerful husbands.
 The best way for man to get married is to try not to.
 The rule which women have about se- crets Is always to keep those that are not worth telling.
 When you speak of catching things men think of fish, colds, and scoldings: women of husbands.
 Men who have married sisters seem to have a great deal of genuine sympathy for each other.
 A woman can always be happy without a man to rule her, but she can be han pier with one to do 1t.
 Generally the woman who knows how to cook dislikes to do 1t as much as the woman who doesn't know how likes to do 1t.
 One thing that takes away a good deal of the pleasure for women in camping out where you sleep on the ground is that there is no chance to look for a man under the bed.
 What woman can't understand is how a man will stay up every night for six weeks running all over town trying to make notes for candidate he doesn't know. but get hopping mad if he has to run across the street to get some pare goric for his own baby
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
MIME. cALvE AND HER DOG.

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
 MT. Maurice Grau came near losing his Carmen" willie the company was play ing It's Louisville engagement, and had 1t not been for the local superintendent of the Pullman Company the Southern cities might have had 10 forcgo the pleas ure of hearing the opera
 Mime. Calve owns a collie. She wants it by her side on all occasions.
 The day after Carmen was sung here. Mime. Calve decided to go to Nashville. where she was to sing next. She ordered a drawing-room in Louisville and Nash vile Pullman, and, of course, thought that her dog could share 1t with her. The Pullman porter said that the company could not stand for dogs in a drawing room. The singer did not understand what the porter said, but she saw by his manner that her dog was not well ccme. Then 1t was that she issued her ultimatum. If the dog, didn't go she didn't go. and, furthermore, she would quit the company forthwith. The porter tried to make her understand that the dog could ride in the baggage car. J
 'In the drawing-room or not at all" Madame Calve is alleged to have said
 Things began to look serious. It was almost time for the train to pull out, and it was realized that if Mime. Calve did not take that train she would sever her connection with the opera company. Somebody happened to think that Supt. Hilton had the power to issue a permit allowing dogs to occupy drawing rooms. He was called upon and when the situation was explained he signed the necessary paper and Mime. Calve de- parted happy in knowing that she had won victory over great corporation.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
PANAMA AGAIN.

Washington Correspondent of Chicago
 Record Herald.
 Today M. Hutin, president of the Pan anna Canal Company orally made a pro- posal to the United States government, through Admiral Walker, president of the lsthmian canal commission. for the sale of the property of that corporation to the United States government. At the re- quest of Admiral Walker M. Hutin has undertaken to submit his offer in writing. He hopes to have it ready by Saturday Both Admiral Walker and M. Hutin de- cline to. give any information concerning the price asked, and conjecture runs all
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
PICTURES OF MEMORY.
By Alice Cary.

oJ AhSC Sdf Among the beautiful pictures That hang on memorys wall, Is one of a dim old forest
 That seemeth best of all: Not for it's gnarled oaks olden,
 Dark with the mistletoe; Not for the violets golden
 That sprinkle the vale below: Not for the milk-white lilies
 That lean from the fragrant hedge, Coquetting all day with the sunbeams, And stealing their shining edge: Not for the vines on the upland
 Where the bright red berries be,
 cowslip,
 It seemeth the best to me. I once had little brother
 With eyes that were dark and deep In the lap of that old dim forest
 He lieth in peace asleep: Light as the down of the thistle.
 Free as the winds that blow, We roved there, the beautiful summers, The summers of long ago, But his feet on the hills grew weary, And, one of the autumn eyes, made for my little brother
 A bed of the yellow leaves. Sweetly his pale arnis folded Y My neck in a meek embrace, f As the light of immortal beauty,
 Silently coverd his face; And when the arrows of sunset Lodged in the tree-tops bright s He fell. in his saint-lilxe beauty,
 Asleep by the gates of light. Therefore. of ell the pictures
 That hang on mer~Sry's wall, The one of the old d: foest stss< Seemeth the best of all.
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
Permanent Census Bureau.

The New Orleans Times-Democrat warmly endorses the proposition to establish a permanent census bureau, and so do papers in other sections of the country. Thus far no expression has been printed to the contrary. It comments itself both on account of it's economy and Its efficiency.
 To such bureau could be trans ferred to the advantage of all much of the statistical work that is now done in . haphazzard way by the various departments in Washington. Such a bureau. too, could gather without much expense annual figures of indus
The age-herald., 1901-10-28
N 0 oRE than the usual interest in
 lMIl church conventions was felt JN/Jl by PrOtestants of all the var ~ - ES ious secfs in the nSroceedings

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 | IkNHI church conventions was felt JNIII by Protestants of all the var ious sects in the proceedings of the general convention of the Bpisco- pal church. recently held in San Francis co. It was occasioned by the discussions on the amendment to the now existing cannons affecting the marital relations | and the ecclesiastical law of divorce. All men regard public opinion. It is supposed that the convention made up of delegates throughout the United States would re- fleet the opinions of the several locali- ties and by their action establish moral principle that would be binding upon all, even though the cannon itself would not affect those outside of the Episcopal church.
 The convention failed to amend the ec- clesiastical law making marriage indis- soluble or of refusing those who were the injured parties to a dissolved mar riage the right to marry again within the Jurisdiction of the church. It may be in- ferred from this that delegates believe the present rule to be to the best inter- ests of the spiritual welfare of their 1ocks.
 If adultry Is a recognized cause of di- vorce within the church, 1t is also cause before the law of all the states But states go further and grant divorces for various other reasons. The church, 1t is assumed, looks only to the welfare of the souli the state to the welfare of the temporal creatures who pay taxes, vote and rear families. The church proceeds upon a theory, the state upon a consid- eration of facts. The church may be right, but 1t is hardly justified by reason ing on the facts.
 A man and a woman united by a mar riage contract find that they are vic tims of their own faulty judgment in each other. The home instead oH being a paradise is hell. Misery aoides with in 1t, and the bonds chafe. It is not the misery that chastens the soul; but that which causes 1t to shrink It is produc- tive of sin and shining. Is 1t to be be- lieved for moment that a man and a woman miserably married are going to advance spiritually?
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The age-herald., 1901-10-28
An Aet to Promote Matrlmony.

When. the Legislature of Alabama as- sembles under the new constitution next year. the following bill framed by the New York Tribune will be offered:
 "Be 1t enacted by the House of Rep resentatives of the state of Alabama, the Senate concurring:
 Section l. Every bachelor more than twenty-five years old shall be guilty of a misdeameanor and shall be confined at hard labor until he shall produce evidence of bona fide marriage engagement and shall declare his intention of fulfilling the same forthwith.
 Section ?. Any spinster who shall de- cline any offer of marriage shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and shall be subject to the same punishment at provided for the bachelor in Section l.
 Section 3. In order that the criminal classes shall have opportunities for re- form. any prisoner convicted under this act shall be permitted to attend any so- cial gathering. accompanied by deputy sheriff. Social assemblies shall also be held in every prison or jail, under the direction of the warden, at least three tithes week, ana at these all prisoners shall be. present, and the warden shall invite such spinsters from outside the prison or jail as he shall see fit Any spinster who shall receive such an invi- tation and shall fail to be present shall be guilty of contempt of court.
 Section 4 To offset any prejudice against marrying a convict the state treasurer shall pay from the funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to every couple contracting marriage, eith- CT one of whom shall be a convict, the sum of s4 and to every couple both of whom shall be convicts the sum of q.
 Section 5. The prison commissioners shall have power to condemn and use as jails any or all hotels and private dwell- ing houses"
The age-herald., 1901-10-28

Senator Mark Hanna is said to be very angry over the appointment of Governor Jones to the district judg- ship, but he is not saying much about it