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The age-herald., 1901-11-28
The gift is good In those In whom 1t Is acute, and am thankful for It.
 --Love's Labor Lost.
War Under the Water.

The twentieth century is coming along nicely what with it's dirigible balloons and it's submarine boats which rest securely on the bottom of the sea all night along, or until the food and drink supply is exhausted. Neither may be very practicable or efficient, but all great changes have small be- ginnings, and the improvements of successive inventors bring them up to their limits of usefulness. So per haps it will be with the balloon and the submarine torpedo boat.
 The Fulton clearly demonstrated that it could remain in a storm under water an indefinite length of time without endangering the health or even the comfort of the men on board. She can sink herself. find her was un- der the water, and rise to the surface of the water at the will of her com mander. The new boat has noN how ever, been tested in rough weather. To be extremely efficient it must be sea- worthy alike at the surface and under it.
 If the submarine torpedo boat be- comes an efficient feature of the navies of tho world, it may be well to inquire whether it is worth while to build any more battleships, especially those that cost from s5,OOO,O0O to s6,oOo, ,OOO apiece. The deadliness of an efficient submarine torpedo boat cannot well be overestimated, and it may be that we are on the eve of another naval revolution. fully equal to the one that the Merrimac and Monitor started. A submarine torpedo boat would be even more deadly than a magazine rife be- hindsa rock or embankment.
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
BIG STEEL TRUSTS.

New York, November 26.-Fredericls Clarke. member of the law firm of Blymer, Hobbs & Stover. of this city. this evening gave out the following state ment in the Waldorf Astoria:
 "A new steel company is soon to be formed in this city. It will have capi- talization of s25O,OOO,OOO instead of s25,- 00O.000 as has been reported. During the past week many prominent steel and iron men from Pennsylvania and Ohio have been fin town. Among them were Myron c. Wick and George D.. Wick. from Youngstown. O., and lien ry c. Prick, of Pittsburg. Director coch- ran, the head of the Republic Steel and Iron Company; Willis King, of Jones and Laughlin Company Pittsburg. and many furnace men will Be in town at the Holland House and the Waldorf Astoria some time thisi week.
 Although I do not care to be quoted in this particular. it is probable that Senators Davis andf Stephen Elkins. of West Virginia. and Mir. Kerens, of St. Louis. who own (and control the West Virginia Centrs1 and Pittsburg railroad would come into the new company Their railroad Is Fight in the heart of the coal and on region. and "thsy have
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prom the New Yorl world.

Washington, November 25.-There never was a time when the theory of reciproci- ty was so generally commended-and never a time when it's practice seemed so remote.
 Reciprocity long has been a policy of the Republican party, and it was ex- tolled in the late national platform. Sec ton of the Dlngley tariff law gave au- thority for the appointment of a com missioner to negotiate reciprocity trea- ties, and President Mckinley appointed John A. Kasson, who negotiated twenty two treaties. These treaties were sent to the Senate, where they were allowed to die. Kasson resigned his place in dis gust and refused to accept the salary due.
 Mckinley made himself President by his advocacy of protection. He saw a year ago that the subject of tariff re- vision must soon come up. His plan was always to prepare the people" and with that idea in view he made his Buff falo speech.
 President Roosevelt came into office Wltn nazy ldeHS aDouI tarln and reel procity. He knew in general way that they were tenets of the Republican party. When he announced that he intended to put into action the policies of his pre- decessor, he, of course. included reel proeity in the list.
 He has made reciprocity special study. He has talked with every leader in Con gress, but has been met on every hand with a temporizing sentiment. Spooner, Aldrich, McMillan, Lodge. Allison. Platt of Connecticut, and the tariff students of the House all have said, in effect:
 Reciprocity is beautiful theory. We have promised it In our platforms and our speeches, but we fear it can never become an accomplished fact. Let us talk and let us agitate, but, for the peace, security and prosperity of the country, as we'll as for our own political hides, let us not enact"
 The influences in the Senate that held up the reciprocity treaties are just as potent now as they were during the late
The age-herald., 1901-11-28

gree of cultivation can read this yer sion. The newspapers of Athens use the language of the authorized or Ro- maic version. True, it retains the root forms and infexions of the old language, but it conforms enough to the speech of today in Greece to en- able any person who can read at all to gather the meaning.
 The best Greeks of today are fight ing for an idea. Their hearts go back to the glories of the Greece that fought the Persians, that excelled in philoso- phy, in sculpture. in oratory, as well as in war. They are opposed by the Slav element that came in after the Turks were expelled. Queen Olga, who was Russian princess, Is at the head of the Russian element, and the real question involved in the riots started by the students over transla- tion of the New Testament into the colloquial dialect of today, Is this Shall Greece be Russianized, or shall it be fired with the ambition and cul- ture of the Greece of old? The schol- ars of Greece desire to bring back the noble classical tongue; the new rabble from the four corners of Russia cares nothing at all about the Homeric days, and they even intimate that the Greek alphabet must give way to Roman let ters in writing and printing. They would introduce, If they could, their own jagged semi-barbaric tongue.
 This is what the recent outbreak means. Ancient Greek stands for a distinct national life with the highest ideals. New Greek means trade and dialects and in the long run Russian supremacy. The students dream of a return of glorious days again, while Queen Olga and the Slavs are plotting to bring in the barbarians who de- stroyed one civiiization and are ready to destroy the latest aspirations of an- other.
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
CALIFORNIA; RAISIN CROP.

San Francisco Telegram to New York
 Post.
 The raisin crop of California Is one of the principal fruit industries of the State and it is continually increasing in value and amount. This seasons crop is 5000 carloads of ten tons to the carload This is about two-thirds of the consumption of the United States. The Mediterranean countries supply the remainder. These competing countries ship raisins to New York at about s10 ton, while the freight rate to New York from Cali fornia is s25 ton. sometimes more.
 Adult raisin pickers in this State are paid H a day.: in the Mediterranean states they are paid 15 to 20 cents a day. Yet this industry has grown to be one of the most productive in the State, the crop this year being the largest of any within the last decade. More acreage has been planted and the principles of scientific culture applied with greater care. Horticulturists have also concluded within the past few years to grow only those particular fruits to which the cli- mate and soil of this State are especially adapted. s
 Chinese are entering the field as raisin growers. They save the outlay for pick CTS and lease the supposedly worn-out orchards of their employers By untiring industry they make good crops where the white man has failed. The practice of leasing ranches to them is becoming more common, especially as they are prompt to pay and always make at least a part of a crop, even in the most disas- trous years. Even large land-holders are dividing their immense tracts and renting to Chinese. Generally the Chinese rent these small tracts in 'colonies'' of five or twenty and work on an equal division of nrnfts
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
HE FELT RELIEVED.

From the Philadelphia North American. It was a long ride through a desolate and dangerous country, and the politi- clan sought to relieve the monotony by philosophic musings on his recent yic- tory and endorsements that even sue cess brings. Hold up your hands!' The stage coach gave Iurch and stop ped. The ray of light that shot into the vehicle turned the spattering rain into myrads of evanescent gems.
 What do you want?" asked the poli- tician with firmness that showed that he had faced danger before.
 Your money"
 Here it is."
 Your watch and diamond ring"
 'Theg are yours"
 T must say very good-natured, any, how.' said one of the highwaymen Not at all Are you sure that's all you desire?''
 What in thunder did you think we wanted?'
 ''I was afraid" and the politicians voice trembied little, you wanted an office"
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
COSTLY ENGLISH PLATE.
From Tit-Bits.

From Tit-Bits.
 Few people, at least in this country, possess plate worth such a fabulous sum as that owned by London's Lord Mayor during his term of office. It's face value has been computed to be slightly over slOo,OOo, though three times that amount would not buy it, owing to the historical interest attached to many of the articles.
 The two solid silver soup tureens. which are employed at the banquet to distribute 100 gallons of clear turtle to the guests. are valued at s25Oo apiece, and are said to have been in possession of the corporation for over a century.
 Moreover, there are a gloss of silver dinner plates worth s75oo 200 ice pails valued at nearly s50O0 200 entree dishes. the cost of which s1o.0OO would not cover: eighty solid silver meat dishes. worth an- cti,er $1o.0oo. and hundreds of other arti- cles. such as grape scissors. salt cellars. wine cups. walters trays, decanter labels, etc. all of solid gold or silver. and valued at ever $25,000.
 This collection of plate Is const antlv being increased. for every lord mayor, at the expiration o; bis term of office Is ex- pectcd to edd an item the cost of which must net be lower than $500.
 In ea'liticn, the Lord Mayors official regaiia is cnstiy in the extreme. The dia- m"nd pendant that hangs about his neck corle net le bought for s5OoO. and his col lar cost a quarter of that sum. while his pearl sword necessitated the corporation spending $500 when it was new.
 But the ether companies in the city possess riate of even greater value. The Goicsmithr, fer instance. own the most priceless collection. the worth of which it is impossible to estimate. It includes Queen El'zai~ths coronation cup. for which an c:er of s25.00o was refused some tine ngo. The Fishmonger's Companv boasts of. aricng other things, a silver chandelier. and estimates of its value have never fallen below s1s,25o.
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
This Day.

This is Thanksgiving much for which Heavenly Father for the happiness brought prosperity year. financially things happiness modest miserable world richest. blessings equally. The comfortable hospitals
  blessings sunshine The brightness of life much-to thanks thankfulness
  their family together should endeavo of this Thanksgiving blessed
 make The AgeHerald
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
Hdnued bv NeCrees.

Lynchings are becoming few and far between, although they are not by any means angelic. The latest one occur red in Louisiana, where a negro had murdered little boy on account of a small sum of money. The negroes of the neighborhood took the murderer from a deputy sheriff and proceeded to lynch him.
 There is nothing strange in this. The negro is initiative. and he cer- tainly has had many examples held up before him from time to time. What white men have done with impunity in the past, negroes now think they can do, and thus society takes another tumble towards anarchy.
 Lynchings are, let us hope, mem ory only in this State, as they are in Virginia, and are fast becoming in Georgia. They could be stopped even in Louisiana if that State had Gov ernor who would quickly see his duty and do IL. The responsibility for iynchings in the last analysis rests upon the chief executive of a State, for he can stiffen the backbones of sheriffs, and when that is done few lynchings will occur, and the few should be made very expensive at least to those who take part in them.
 Governor Candler is stopping lynch ings in Georgia, and Governor Jelks Is awaiting an outbreak of violence in this State in order to make it plain what he intends to do. There will be few or no lynchings in this State. AL ready some lynchers have been sent to the penItentiary-one of them for life-and more will join them if an- other case occurs in this State. This is the way to stop lynchings, and the Governor of Louisiana should try the plan before the Reorganization and demoralization resultant therefrom be- comes supreme in his State. All the States are moving against this form of anarchy except Louisiana, and no progress in this respect can be said to have been made in that State.
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
 AND ELSEWHERE
RIrminoham Water.

"All this talk about bad smelling and Impure water in Birmingham is unfortu- nate" said an old citizen yesterday. Tt Is true the water has had bad taste Tor two weeks or more past. Our water comes from the Cahaba river and at this season of the year that naturally slug gish stream is burdencd with leaves of all kinds. These leaves are dead and dy- ing and they will flavor the water. They siye 1t a decayed vegetable flavor That Is bad and to an extent unhealthy But there's no way to remedy it. The owners of the Water Works Company are pow erless. They must give the people the best they have They can do no more Birmingham Is unfortunate in not having better source from which to get its water supply.
 T have tried Altering this water through a Pasteur filter The filter makes the water clear. but that decayed vegetable odor is still there. The heavy rains recently will do much toward mak- Ing our water. better. In the meantime there is no use in kicking. It will do no good The water works people are pow erless. They can only give the public what nature has given them"
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
Congress WIsI E1t0l Reczp10eaty
 Bm Pyo6a6lv En0ct Wo Treaties

session. The man from Massachusetts doesn't care particularly whether a French reciprocity treaty is ratified. pro- vided that treaty affects the fruits and wines of Southern California only. But when lie learns that the shoes and knit goods and jewelry of Massachusetts arc affected he joins hands with his Califor- mia brother and refuses to vote aye.
 President Roosevelt realizes the diff- sculty of the subject. He cannot refrain from making some reference to reel procity in his message He must also call the attention of the Senate to the treaties pending. He will do this by comprehensive essay on reciprocity as whole and as a measure of the Republi- can party. Then he will make his recom- mendations-and he has already passed the word along to read between the lines.
 The temper of Congress can best be summed up in these three propositions:
 1. There can be no reciprocity that in- jures the home market.
 That bars the Kasson treaties for they were all jug-handled affairs. No nation would make a reciprocity convention giving the United States the best of it, and the United States will have no other kind.
 2. The cry that James G. Blaine was for reciprocity does not stand in the pres ent circumstance.
 He was for reciprocity for Central and South America and the West Indies. Europe complicates the scheme. Advan- tages could not be given to one country without a protest from other countries. They are all friendly to us. General re- ciprocity would amount to free trade about.
 3. The constitution says that all revenue measures shall originate in the House,
 There is a deep-seated protest against allowing the Senate to revise the tariff (for that is what reciprocity amounts to) by the treaty-making power. Many Senators feel that this protest is just. It will obtain.
 It can be said safely that so far aa this coming Congress is concerned reel procity movements will be all cry and little wool.
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
Bible Riots in Greece. .

Order has been restored at Athens. A new Cabinet has been formed headed by M. Zaimis. and no doubt a new met ropolitan will soon be appointed in the place of Procopius Occonimedes, who resigned, and doubtless. too. the wounded prefect of police will recover his strength, and the ancient city will be tranquil again.
 Tho trouble arose more over an idea than over mere translation. The New Testament version which the Greeks of today use is not written in the classical tongue of Plato and Euri- pides, but in a comparatively modern, but still scholarly Greek of perhaps 300 years ago., Any Greek of any de
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
PAYS s1s,ooo DUTY ON NECKLACE

N. Y. Letter in Chicago Record Herald.
 The largest contribution ever made to the conscience fund was reported from Washington today. It was SIS, 669 60 and represents duty paid by Harry S. Black, president of the George A. Fuller Con- struction Company, on jewels imported by his wife. The money was sent to the capital by the New York customs of- ficers.
 When Collector Bidwell was asked about the matter he was rather reticent. and led his questioner to believe there was some mystery in the case. MT. Black, however, said he had paid tho money several weeks ago to. Collector Bidwell. He said he had given the col lector more than the amount stated, and did not understand why, any mystery should be made of the matter. Mr. Black said:
 ''The papers were full of 1t at the time. l paid the duty in cash to Collector Bid we'll. as the government regulations re- quire. I presume that the receipt of the money in Washington only today was due to red tape" sff
 On October 29 there was turned over to the customs officers a big pearl neck lace valued. including the duty, at s64,- GOO, which Mrs. Black had brought from Europe. It was bought in Paris, and the pearls are perfectly white and matched. graduating in size and reaching in the middle to the size of large marbles. There were forty-eight of them and they cost in Paris a sum between $35.000 and s4oooo. MT Black offered to pay s24,0OO for the necklace The duty on pearls is GO per cent
 It was said at the timc that Mrs. Black had brought in the necklace without de- claring 1t, and that when MT. Black had heard of her action he went before Col- lector Bidwell and declared the neck lace. He turned the necklace over to the appraisers and tho latter did not imme- diateiy accept MT. Blacks. valuation of the jewels. The valuation. however. was finally accepted by tho Treasury De- pertinent at Washington.
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
The Birmingham Horse Show.

Birmingham is to have a horse show next spring and 1t will be good one, '' said lover of good horses yesterday. "A driving club association has just been or ganized and you will soon see in Birmingham some of the best horses in this country. There are today some of the most stylish teams here to be seen in any city in the South. Hunter Mayberry's pair of Ken lucky standard bred geldlngs are as beautiful as anything shown at the New York horse show last week. Major Frank Y. Anderson has one horse whicl would be a prize winner anywhere. And there are a score of others. There will be more here by next spring. The race track is to be improved and fitted up and by next spring we are going to have things humming here"
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 There is nothing to chill love like coll feet.
 The only way to explain to a girl what a kiss is Is to do it.
 Love never begins to suspect what fl loves till what 1t loves begins to sus- pect itself.
 Some women are so advanced nowa- days that they treat their own husbands like they were only chaperones.
 There is whole lot of difference be- tween gown looking pretty on a woman and woman looking prstty In gown.
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
Talks About Birmingham.
From the selma Tlmes

From the Selma Times
 We call the attention of the chairman of the committee on streets and the citi- zens of Selma that Birmingham and Pen sacola have tried oil as an allayer of dust and both pronounce it a wonderful success. Their only regret now is that they did not try 1t sooner It has been reported that when he got through rati- flying the new constitution it was the intention of the Hon. John r. Burns to try oil on the streets of Burnsville. But we ought not to wait on that. for the report mnx not he trua-
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
THREE LOVES.

By Lucy Hamilton Hooper.
 There were threc inaidens who loved .
 king; G They sat together by the sea; One cried. "I love him. ard would die. If. but for one day. he might love mel" The second whispered. And would die To gladden. his life of make him great" The third one spoke not. but gazed afar With dreamy eyes that were sad ss
 Fate.
 The king. he loved the first for day. The second his life with fond love blest; And yet the woman who never spoke Was the one of the three who loved
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Mrs. McKlnIey,s Pension.

"A pension of 5000 a year will be granted Mrs. Mckinley by this Con- gress," said an old Washington corre- spondent last night. Such has been the custom in the past and is sure to prevail in the instance of Mrs. Mckinley. would not be surprised to see the same act carry like pension for Mrs. Ben jamin Harrison. Congress is always lib- eral with widows of Presidents Of course Mrs. Harrison has not the same claim as that of Mrs. Mckinley. but in eases of this kind Congress is not strict"
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1a.ooo BLIND PEOPLE AT TEA.

From the London Express.
 Over 12,O 900 blind people and their guides assembled for tea at the Peoples Palace, Mile End road. at the invitation of the National Blind Relief Society. the first week in November.
 This society, which has now been in existence over ten years, assists all blind persons, irrespective of creed il helps the blind in their own homes, and grants pensions to observers otherwise unprovided for.
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PEST OF HORSES.

''There are thousands of wild horses roaming the ranges in the Boboquavari country. Arizona. and it looks as though the cowmen are going to be driven. out of business" said ex-sherifr Lyman Wakefield to the San Francisco Exami- ner correspondent upon his arrival from La osa ranch. near the border line, last week.
 ''rhey come down from the mountains in great banda" he continued. 'stamped-
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CONTRASTS IN KILLED,

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Since the Anglo-Boer war began, two years ago, about 64oo British officers and men have been killed in action and not quite 30000 wounded. In the two days fighting at Gettysburg in July. 1863, near ly as many men (56e2) were killed and nearly as many (27.2Os) wounded.
The age-herald., 1901-11-28
Ranlsln in Richmond.


 Leland Rankin, formerly Of Nashville, Is now the controlling spirit in the Rich mond Dispatch" said a Tennesscean last night Rankin is fine fellow. bright. business-llke and progressive. He Is worthy successor of the late c. OB. Cowardin who successfully steered the Richmond Dispatch in a career of great prosperity and influence in Virginia.
 Rankin has a bright mind, business ability and is checked full of wit and good spirits. He has a pleasant word for every one and a clever story to illus trate each of his best thoughts He is considerate of everyone and has all the instincts of the gentleman of the Old Virginia school. Leland Rankin will make himself the most popular man in Virginia within year, and he will like wise make the Dispatch a profitable newspaper.
The age-herald., 1901-11-28

From the Boston Journal
 King Edward is as broad of mind as a twentieth century statesman should be. First he commissioned an American to paint the coronation scene, and now he has approved a Germans design for the coronation medals.