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The age-herald., 1901-08-18
Rents and Rent Payers.

When a man puts five-room cottage costing $1 ,000 on lot worth as much more he should be content to receive from such an investment SIS month. But he is not; he wants in this town from $25 to sS5 month. And so 1t Is as to some other properties worth more or less than that sum.
 This is not the case in other towns, and there are other towns. Boom val ues and boom rentals are not encour- aged in other towns-in Montgomery and Decatur, for example, and these two towns are attracting possibly an hundred locomotive engineers from this town-men that earn about $200 month, men, too, who could live here, but who prefer to be ordered away, be- cause of boom rents that have become features of this town.
 Such undue imitation of rents, based perhaps upon values that exist in own ers' minds only, win Tn the long run work it's own cure. Men will be drawn away until landlords begin to see that it pays best in the long run to be req sonable. It Is always best to accept a fair return upon an investment. Real estate holders in other cities are con tent when they receive 10 per cent gross year. Such demand would be legitimate in this town, but all above it is undue greed that will work it's own cure in way that property holders will not relish. Already there are plenty of signs of the natural and proper cure for such demands. Al ready families are going away who would stay if rentals were reasonable. They go because rentals are unreason- able, excessive, and far beyond values.
 Instead of driving people away, we should invite people to come here, thus serving all values, whether in real estate, merchandise or in raw material. Inc best policy consists in not being too greedy in such time as the pres ent. The prosperity of this town can be maintained and perhaps rendered enduring by good sense and reasonable demands on the part of it's house own CTS and real estate holders.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18
"LIttIe Old Fighting Joe"

In the Lexington. Ky, Morning Herald appear these lines of 'FWelcome to Gen eral Joseph Wheeler by Edgar La Roche Clarkson. which will be of interest to all of General Wheeler's fellow-Ala- bamians: Let lusty cheers be raised and banners
 wave!
 A doughty warrior and a statesman
 comes! We greet this modern knight, the true and
 brave, And give him welcome to our Blue Grass
 homes He manly strove for that he deemed his
 right
 field; And when he failed, at last-as like true
 knight He showed us how the brave could
 bravely yield. The flag once fought, with faith he then
 espoused. And gave to civic work his fertile brain; And when to arms, once more the people
 reused, To check the growing arrogance of
 Spain, We find our Wheeler. hero of the van Foremost of all, our valiant country
 man.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18
Pin Iron Production.

More furnaces were in blast on Au gust 1 than on July l, the numbers be ing, respectively, 257 and 24s, but the
 weather weekly capacity of the 25i was but 30s,s77 tons as against 910,95t tons on July 1. The loss of about 7,O0( tons may be attributed to the July weather. which was torrid to remark able degree.
 Consumption IS still going on at a great pace. It is fully up to 8 rate of lo.000,0 ,000 tons year, for furnace stocks were decreased about 5000 tons in July. The effect of the steel strike upon the furnace stocks cannot yet be measured. Some think the trust will soon stop buying from outside fur naces, and that this will lead to ac- cumulations, and that this in turn will lead to demoralization and lower prices. Much depends upon the course and duration of the strike. At this writing the indications point to long and stubborn contest.
 On August Alabama had 30 fur naces in blast, with a weekly capacity of 23,045 tons. Ten furnaces in Ten nessee were pouring out 6,240 tons a week: one in Georgia, 260 tons a week; one in Texas, l4U tons; three in Ken lucky, 1,544 tons, and sixteen In Vir- ginia were producing on August iron at the rate of 1859 tons. The entire Southern production, not including Maryland or the Wheeling district, was at the opening of the present month 39,090 tons week. Southern produc. ton is we'll maintained despite the weather and the strike.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18
Steel Trust in This District

If the steel trust absorbs the Repub' lie Iron and Steel Company, as reports affirm, the hand of tne steel trust will be felt m this district It is emphati- cally a mill-closing and mill-concentra- tion concern, and it is also emphati- cally Pittsburg enterprise. Its heart, soul and ambition are all in Pittsburg.
 There are reports current that a con- trol of the tennessee Company has also been purchased through the stock market. The strength of Tennessee securities seems to indicate such a movement. The purchase of shares at market rates may have been consid- cred cheaper method of gaining con- trol of the Dig Alabama company than of actual consolidation.
 If both of these rumors prove true, the situation in this district will be materially changed, but not bettered Our iron and steel interests would be subordinated to and conducted in the interest of Pittsburg and Chicago mills AS matters stand this district is at the mercy of the gigantic trust, and sc for that matter is the rest of the United States. The Dingiey tariff and Hanna machine have turned a nation of free men into a nation of serfs, ruled by g handful of moneyed bosses.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18
THINGS THAT SEEM STRANGE.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 To hear commonplace persons criticise the social standing of their associates.
 How many men assume look of wis dom. just for effect
 How many queer-looking women regard so many other women as queer looking.
 One can find so much fun out of such a small modicum of wit.
 To hear how oddly women size up a mans social standing from his talk.
 How many men think they are the acme of grace when compared with other men.
 How many women look upon themselves as the social equal of every other wo- man.
 Where all the lead pencils go which men crowd into their waistcoat pockets. E What becomes of the hundreds of hair pins a woman purchases each year.
 How many men regard themselves as possessed of superior mental attain ments.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18
Three-MilI School Tax.

As finally adopted, the section of the education article providing for three mill school tax, reads as follows:
 Sec. 5. The income arising from the sixteenth section trust fund, the surplus revenue fund. until 1t is called for by the United States government, and the funds enumerated in sections 3 and of thls article, together with the special annual tax of 3 cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in this State shall be applied to the support and main tenance of the public schools and 1t shall be the duty of the General Assembly to increase, from time to time, the public school fund as the necessity therefor and the condition of the treasury and the resources of the State may justify. Provided, that nothing herein contained General Assembly to levy in any one year a greater rate of taxation than 65 cents on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property. and providing further that nothing herein contained shall pre- vent the Legislature from first providing for the payment of the States bonded indebtedness and interest thereon out of all the revenues of the state.
 The final vote was 79 to 19. Messrs. Beddow, ferguson, Howze, Lowe and White of tl.o jefferson delegation voted in favor of the proposition; MT. Sel- heimer voted against it, and the re- mainder of the delegation either were not present or did not vote. None were paired. more important vote has not been recorded in the convention.
 The provisoes of the section are for Buncombe only. They are meaningless, and roundly and practically speaking this action establishes the State school fund at a million dollars year. This is generous sum, but all experience goes to show that a large State school fund alone does not make good schools. Local responsibility and local interest must be added. This the convention has refused, and the battle must go on until this is added in a constitutional amendment.
 A large State school fund has been abused and will be abused, and yet 1t is very valuable. It makes schools pos sible where they otherwise would be impossible, and when 1t is supplement- ed by a local taxation and local inter- est and local responsibility it will lead on to good schools. Every community that can be incorporated into town can add local taxation, and this is all the help that seems possible until pub nc sentiment demands a constitutional amendment granting to each com munity, no matter how small, control of it's school affairs. The battle for better schools must go on. Local taxa ton and better county superintendents and less politics must be secured to the end that the army of little folk may become good citizens.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18
Sincere and Earnest Work.

The work of the convention is prac- tically completed, and adjournment is near at hand. It is too early perhaps to sum up it's work--to go over the fea- lures of the instrument about to be submitted-to compare it with the con- stitutiou now in force-but 1t is not too early to say that there has been mani fest in the convention an earnestness and a devotion to the State that de serves high commenGation. The dema. gogue is there, but he is an minority, and the majority IS made up of men of rare singleness of purpose. These men have wrought and fought for the good of the State throughout trying sum- mer, and under hampering circum. stances that would have discouraged many legislators.
 Hampered by an almost adverse vote at the outset, by party pledges, by a public sentiment adverse to many changes, they have held to their con victions and history will say that they were worthy sons of the State and oi the republic. Even those who find in the instrument they have created much room for criticism-even those who have seen their ideals go down in in exorable votes. must and will say that honesty of heart permaated and ani' mated the convention.
 These men deserve we'll of the State They have worked early and late. they have striven faithfully, and this will be
The age-herald., 1901-08-18
BULL FIGHTING IN MOBILE.

From the Mobile Register.
 Bull fighting, introduced at a moments 8 notice to the attention of the people of Mobile, created. as might be supposed. very considerable excitement. Our peo- pie have read of bull fighting in spain but 1t is safe to say that they have but hazy notion of how the thing is done Yesterdays exhibition, which took place informally In the public streets, showed that the bull was well up in his part, but that the bull fighters were mere anna teurs. They started in all right to tire the bull out by running after him and yelling at him, but when the bull got into the game and proceeded to run after them, they had provided no barriers or other places of refuge and the bull had the best of 1t. One gentleman, who as- pired to the office of matador, attempted to transfix the bull with an umbrella. This innovation in bull fighting upset the bull and the bull upset the man, giving him vicious toss and injuring him very severely The horses in the show did bet ter They stood up to be gored just as the horses, in the Spanish arena; but, take it all in all, there was an absence of finesse in the way the bull was handled. Final ly, however. true American inventiveness came into play, and also the American weapon, the trusty pistol. A good deal of the lead seem wasted upon the bull. but rightly directed bullet at last brought about-a finish. Next time bull that mistakes Royal street for a plaza will find our people. with yesterdays ex- perience to guide them. ready for him.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18
THE SHERIFF AND HIS GUN.


 So much depends upon the sherlff
 The other day Georgia was the scene of what sheriff can do. He maintained the law of the land, and the courts came after and administered justice.
 The story from Tuscaloosa tells of an- other in Alabama. He had prisoner in charge The courts were in operation, with white men for grand and petit jurors There was no doubt as to what the courts would do.
 That did not restrain private individ- uals from, feeling that they knew more than the judge and were more to be re- lied upon than the jurors. They visited the jail at night. The sheriff had a gun. He knew what the gun was good for.
 The mob retired and the sherin was master of the situation.
 The recent lynching in Carrolton, Miss.' has brought out the statement that "the sheriff was an old man" Then. why did the people elect him to do young mans dutyf
 So much depends upon the sheriff.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18
NED BRACE SAYS THAT SARATOGA IS
 REGAINING HER OLD TIf1E STANDING

tractive road houses. where one may en- joy excellent fish dinners if desired.
 After o'clock dinner there are band concerts and dances at. all the big hotels. In the court of the Grand Union there is nearly ten acres of beautiful grove dot ted with fountains. upon the spray of which colored lights play in the evening. The hotel Is built in the form of a hol- low square, and has nearly two thous- and rooms. It accommodates comforta- bly more than three thousand people, and has nearly a thousand servants. It Is almost a city in itself. One may be as quiet or as gay as one pleases.
 For those men inclined to be sporty the Saratoga Club House furnishes all the excitement desired. Nothing in the world of the kind, except perhaps Monte Carlo, equals 1t. In connection with it is splendid ladies' restaurant-said to be the best in this country. Then there are read ing rooms. Cafes and everything belong ing to the best New York Club. The feature. however, is the roulette and faro room, where one may play for any size stakes desired. There Is no limit. Of course 1t differs from Monte Carlo in that ladies are not permitted in the gam bling section of the house. But all the men go- if not to play to see the sights Dress suits in the evening predominate, and no one ever speaks in other than a low tone of voice. The most perfect de- corum of the drawing room prevails There can be no bet less than a dollar. Many of them arc for n n hupdrad and not infrequently thousand dollars is waged on the turn of the card or upon whether the marble will drop in the red or black boxes of the roulette wheel. I saw a Baltimore lawyer of decided sporting pro- clivities, and said to be worth a million, betting on the roulette wheel the other evening. It was from two hundred to five hundred on the red or black every time and occasionally as much as fifty. dollars on a single number. To win the latter bet meant s1750 profit, and occasion ally he won. He was first several thous- and dollars ahead and then behind. Fin ally he grew tired of the game when be- hind $1O.00o and quit. A young fellow playing next him won S250o in a few bets, starting in with one hundred dollars. He quiet and went home with his profits So it goes; but the majority of those who play lose.
 The games are all open and fair, but the percentages of all are of course against those who play and in favor of the owner of the house. And by the way I happened to see the, owner of this great Uamhlanp ho,,sa uuhan ooarad fo
The age-herald., 1901-08-18

considered when their work comes ID \ for final review and ratification. AS a rule the demagogue was held down and back. The time is fast coming for 3 submission of their work to the people, and when that time comes the fact Will not be forgotten that men good and true fashioned as best they could an instrument to public sentiment as they found it.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18
AaaJ6,eazs-
THE MURMUR OF THE WORLD.

kindred. a laughing. dimpled. kicking, cooing cherub. who pulled her and fondled her as 1T she had been mother instead of maid who never dreamed of motherhood. The scene was entranctng. It were enough to make a man worshfpffuI. enough to make a woman pray for some thing like that She, that little maiden Madonna of goodness, had thrown her shoulders backward, and above her pure heart the kindred baby cooed. Behind her the black-green vines formed a screen against which her perfect figure. in blue and white. was limned, Hebe in hope and good cheer. a little goddess laughing and loving. She swayed there, rocking in those heavenly arms the little Kindred angel to sleep. a figure of youthfdizfnno- cence. hope. beauty. that may netlfn kor- got while any scene of this life rerdsins distinct 5xS.af Saw you ever one of these maiden Ma donnas of goodness and purity cooing an infant to sleep? Marked you ever a -fit- tie goddess with a cherub in her arms. arms that never yet caressed anyone save those of her own race in her own home? See that, and then praise God for the mo- blest human scene He has given the world to bless 1.-the maiden Madonna and the little child in her arms. It Is suggestive of God Himself, as all of us pray every day.
 Behold I dream a dream of good and mingle all the world with thee" That Is. a glorious love message from genius liv- ing to genius dead; and here is some other truth:
 Tn the dews of the morning cheery and
 sweet. A ruddy robin sang in a tree;
 And his warble seemed for the morning
 meet, . And a song that was full of hope to me So said to my heart, That song Is best Which faces the day with zeal and xest At sundown, out from the heart of the
 wood, z4 The spirit song of the hermit thrush : Came floating to me as silent stood, E And soothed my soul in the wide, warm
 hush.
 And said to my heart, That song is bests Which breathes on the spirit balm and
 rest"
 Behold, there is brought to you anew glad tidings of great joy. my beloved. It is the gospel of good cheer-the gospel of glee. of laughing, laughing. laughing!M
 THE MURMURER |, ---- used for no other purpose and in neigh borhoods where their presence was not partic ularly objectionable"
 Commissioner of Police Murphy said that the whole thing originated in politS tics and was aimed at Tammany Hail.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18

cash a check, a few evenings ago draw from hls pocket a roll of fifty one thou sand dollar bills.
 "A great many people whom we know to be good give checks when they lose.'' he said in apparent explanation, but when they win they want the cash, and we give 1t to them. Therefore we must do a regular banking business here. We never know how large the play will be. therefore must keep abundance of cash on hand"
 A few years ago when here happened to visit this club house in taking in the sights and witnessed the play of an United States Senator who won eleven thousand dollars on a few turns of the wheel of fortune. He took his money and went home with it-a sensible man.
 
 But there are thousands who come here neither for races nor the wheels of fortune. They come for the shealth-giying waters and the climate.
 Others come for the combination.
 The politicians of New York and many other states come. Mayor Van Wyck of New York Is here now. Congressman are as thick as the leaves of the trees And there is much national political talk Democrats apparently predomfnate, and there Is much gossip about the prosuee- tive nominee for 1904 William c. Whit ney's name is in the lead Whitney him. self says he is not in politics and wants nothing political. Yet I hear Missouri ans, Georgians, Virginians and hundreds or New Workers declaring him to be tha man for the Democrats to nominate next llme- They declare his record as Secre- tary Of the Navy, his business record and ms entire career has won for him the commence Of all the business interests or this country. They further declare that while he opposed Bryan's nomina- ton In 1896. and likewise the platform adopted at that time, that he took the medicine of defeat and stood to his rartv Many New York Democrats say he is the only man in the party who would be st,ra to carry New York and that he wouId likewise carry New Jersey, Connecticut and even Illinois. They say he can win. however the contest is a long time off. This is mere gossip. Whstney Is enjoying himself here. He owns a large racing stable. His horses are winning almost daily, and he is as enthusiastic over them as a 20-year-old boy. It does one good to See him when one of his crack youne. sters comes under the string a winner.
The age-herald., 1901-08-18

Saratoga, N. r. August 1T-(speclaI.)- J. Saratoga this season has regained It's old position as the most famous of American summer resorts. Always attractive it is more so this year than usual. The famous race track is in tine hands of William C. Whitney and associates. and all the best of American horses are here. Whitneys presence and leadership make the races the afternoon attraction, and everyone goes.
 The race track is within five minutes drive of all the large hotels. It Is one of the best tracks in the world, and being so easy of access thousands of the visitors for health and pleasure attend the events each afternoon.
 As a health resort. Saratoga is yet un- equalled The weather is so cool that ladies require wraps in the evening and light overcoats for men are comfortable. The bracing air and splendid waters are calculated to put new life into one who has been through seize of summer heat in the south.
 The Hathorn water, which one drinks from the spring here cures dyspepsia and indigestion in all forms quicker than any other known remedy. It brings color to the cheeks of the sallow in a short week.
 I like Saratoga because it's climate and waters are life giving and collaborating.
 One feels like a new person after week here. You almost feel like joining the horses and racing over the turf yourself You get action in your blood and muscles and even your bones
 Then there is something doing and to do here every hour in the day. More than fifty thousand visitors are here today. Nearly a thousand of them brought smart traps and equipages of all kinds with them. Several brought automobiles, but this is distinctly place of horses; and victorias, traps and all manner of showy wagons and horses predominate.
 One gets up In the morning and after a mineral bath goes to his or her favor fte spring to take two, three or more glasses of water. One then breakfasts and in half an hour thereafter goes for a drive or walk. At o'clock everyone lunches. At you drive to the races, for ten cents or a quarter. according to the style of vehicle you prefer. After the races, which end at 5, you drive to the Saratoga Lake, an exquisite body of clear water nestling down between and among grassy and wooded hills. the high shores of which are dotted with at-