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The age-herald., 1901-09-10

promising a medical education. and other side marriage and social elevat,, ! The boy agreed, went through the medeal school, and duly announced his enedz z~e. ment. The girls father furnished hla office and living-rooms, paying the rent and promising support until theI voung mans practice should pay. Then, in order to call general attention to the value of their purchase, the family invited ai,out 200 guests to large hall, paying Sa E1 each for supper. The cost of this outiav will take probably every dollar of their savings, but they do not consider it ex- travagance. They have pushed their daughter rung higher up the social lad der; they shine with reflected glory. Henceforth their conversation will be peppered and salted with my son-in-iaw. Dr. So-and-So," and my .sou-in-law he's doctor, you know,'' while, should he be present when the reighbors call, his title will be hurled at their heads at least once a minute.
 Still more extraordinary Is the case of girl doing the purchasing of "a sdoctor quite without assistance. Some ambitious madens have negotiated the whole affair alone, either finding their parents lacking in social ambition or failing parents alto gether These cases are kept quiet, naturally, but the neighbors usually find out, and spread the news that 1speh a one "is buying a doctor"
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
Trade Matters Last Week.

The tragedy at Buffalo did depress the prices of stocks and even of bonds, but it did not lead to panicky feel ing or to any material disturbance. II Mir Mckinley should show signs of re- cuperation the recovery of security prices will be rapid, and all will go on as If the sad even had not happened. Monetary affairs are in such good condition that not even the death Of the President would seriously disturb them, and every day he lives will strengthen the hope that he will again stand at the head of the nation.
 The steel workers strike will drag on, but there is a prevalent feeling that settlement will be secured this week. The pig iron market needs
 omething to stiffen 1t, and settle ment of the strike would doubtless have that effect.
 Cotton is looking up in Liverpool, where there are signs of better de mand. The crops of Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma are confessedly short so short that even home spinners are beginning to accept bullish views. Fortunately for all producers, the early farmer is not accepting current bids. He Is holding his product for better prices, and in all probability he will get better prices. The Age-Her- nld still advises all farmers to consider 8 cents minimum price. There is a firm tone in both bleached and staple goods.
 Wh1 -is- exchanged in price. al though spring wheat is beginning to come in. Corn is about 1 cent higher, and provisions are higher. And yet the indications are that the corn crop will exceed 1,4OO. O.00O.Oo0 bushels, the accepted estimate of a month ago. Many now think it wth go to 1,6os,- 100000 bushels, which was the crop of 1894. The crop Of 1894 was cut down by drouths and hot winds that lasted until the third week of August, thus decreasing the crop t0 the worst hgures of recent years. Such crop would not mean cheap corn, but 1t would be better than was anticipated a month ago. A late frost would doubtless give lne country fair sup ply of corn.
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
Children in Cotton Mills.

Over in Georgia the owners of the textile mills have met and agreed that hereafter children under twelve years of age shall not be employed at night, and that they shall not be em- ployed in the daytime unless it be shown that their earnings are the de- pendence of widowed mother or of physically disabled parents and that they have attended school at least -four months in the year. The Geor gAa operators, following the example of operators in South Carolina, agreed to Carry out t..is programme if the Legislature would not undertake tc regulate child labor in the mills.
 The plan is good one, at least as a starter provided the mills will all stand up to it. The Savannah News urges the Legislature to embody the mill agreement in law. No honor able mill owner can object to this and, such a law would put an end to the agitation of the child labor ques tion, which will not otherwise be quieted.
 In this State there is no law and no agreement regulating the employ ment of children in the 62 cotton mills of the State. There should be law in the absence of an agreement, ant perhaps the best way to do would bt to enact into law the agreements O the mill owners of Georgia and Soutl Carolina. Such lsw would not op press the mills, and yet it would pro tect children of tender years agains inhuman employment.
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
Cherokee County Grows.

"Yes, Cherokee county Is going to vote for ratification of the new constitution, !" said a progressive farmer of that county who Is paying his annual visit to Birming- ham. "Our people. especially the old sol diers and the free school advocates, feared the State tax limit reduction. but the general progress of the State-the in- creasing tax values-are going to sup pllment the difference right straight Cherokee county shows tax valuations of $4S,965 increase over last year, and we confidently expect this to grow to s100 900 increase in 1902, and so the State is mov- ing forward"
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
Aftermath of Office.

Capt. c. T. Randall of Gadsden is in the city. where he has been spending some days attending United States Court. It will be remembered that Captain Ran, dall was the last Democratic revenue col lector of this district, which office he held so satisfactorily to the public and to the authorities at Washington. The ex- collector has attended every term of the United States Court held in Birmingham since his retirement as witness In sev- eraI cases connected with this department and his witness fees are only an after math of his successful administration. He is looking well and talks hopefully of Gadsdens prosperity.
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
FROM 1.-THE MEN OF oLp.n

By J. c. Whittier. ys frr,rv O faithful worthies! resting far bebin, In your dark ages, since ye fell asIeep Much has been done for truth and h,
 mankind Shadows are scattered wherein va prone,
 blind; Man claims his birthday, freer pulse
 leap ,S,~ ..l,N Through people driven in your day liks Yet like your own, our ages spt,eraA eos-
 light Though widening still. is walled aroune
 by night; ,,,,,.. l,,s.. ' r-r With slow, reluctant eye. the church has read, s i.s saS Se,sass sg377F Sceptic at heart. the lessons of it's head: Counting, too oft. its living members less Than the walls garnish and the puipit'S
 dress: X world-movins zeal with power to bless Life's faintins pilgrims. tosthetr utte- Instead of bread. holds out the stone os
 creed:
 Sect builds and worships where It's wealth
 and pride r And vanity stand shrined and deifieo. Careless that in the shadow of It's walls Gods living temple into ruin falls, We need methinks, the prophet here stfis Saints true of life, and martyrs strong
 of will, <T< 'ssf To tread the land, even now. as xavies
 trod The streets of Goa. barefoot, with his
 bell,
 Proclaimng freedom in the name of Goa And startling tyrants with the fear ck
 hell! t Soft words. smooth prophecies. are douh>>
 less well: T 4 But to rebuke the age's popular crime,
 that old time!
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
7he Naming of Race Hoxses
 Is Not e Uery Easy Task
From the New York Telegraph.

From the New York Telegraph.
 Why do horse owners burden their thoroughbreds with unpronounceable and manifestly inappropriate names?
 Why do they delve Into mythology?
 Why do they occasionally give to high class. helpless thoroughbreds names that are without the suggestion of distinction? These questions have often been asked by patrons of the turf
 But after all, how is a horse owner to tell whether he has a race horse or Q cart horse In his barn at the time he must register it's name?
 The registry book at the Jockey Club Headquarters shows that nearly 4OO0 g. year-oids were duly registered this sea- son Not one of them bears the name of another horse in training. It Is ob- vious. therefore. that the problem of se lecting appropriate names for race horses Is really serious one, for horses are not like pickaninnies, of whom there can be thousands named Sambo Nose or Eph, without confusion to the general public. A few years ago some owners delayed naming their horses until they had scored brackets Thus we had the Mag netizer flly.' the "Hoyden colt" etc, running in race after race. Some of'them failed to win during an entire season and some never did secure brackets.
 It was a wise rule that was adopted by the Jockey Club when 1t was officially declared that all owners must register the names of their 2-year-olds before the first of January each year.
 Some Appropriately Named.
 The vast majority of this seasons 2 year-olds are appropriately named. Here are few for instance:
 Jolify, by victory-Alice V. tI4 Liquidation, by pringfleld-Arbitration ? Cold Bottle, by Dry Monopole-Arro- gance.
 Chorus Girl, by Knight of Ellerslie- Ballot Queen.
 - Irish Leaf by Irish Pat-Barney Leaf. - Beirs Commoner. by The Commoner- Battle Bell.
 Founding, by Lazzarone-Bettie Pra- ther.
 Encounter by Hanover-Biack Eye.
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
BALpWIN's AGED PRESS,
From the Baldwin County Times.

From the Baldwin County Times.
 One of the oldest printing presses of the south, and on which, the Advocate was printed for some months, has jus, been resurrected from Daphne's news, paper graveyard and moved to another county, where 1t will again do service. The date of It's birth Is lost in antiquity. but there has never been any doubt in the minds of the editors who have manipulat- ed 1t that 1t was old enough to know bet ter It was a cross between the hand press invented by Washington and a ne- glected cornsheller and is curiously in- scribed with the hieroglyphics of ancient and long-suffering editors It's joints creaked, as with rheumatism, and when the paper went to press 1t had a way of falling down and so mixing the railroad schedules that the trains never knew when to leave. Blacksmiths without num- Der had exhausted their skill upon it, and 1t had been patched and prayed over until it was mere remnant of its former self Iris said that in the late civil war the Union soldiers used portions of 1t for battering rams, but when the com manding officer started to print few official orders on 1t, 1t proved it's loy> alty to a lost cause by falling down and distributing the type all over the room. It has been burned out number of times, and In the earthquake of 1886 1t was dismembered and thrown upon tho railroad track. where 1t wrecked can- nonball train few minutes later Many sherlffs have levied upon 1t, only to pay the editor to take 1t back, and from the perches it has occupied in the lowlands of South Alabama, 1t has overlooked the graves of many editors, and, old and ail- ing as It Is, 1t Is destined to go grumbling down the corridors of time as long as an editor needs groceries.
The age-herald., 1901-09-10

Grand Opera, by Wagner-Bonnie Bird.
 Highlyer, by His Highness-Butterfle
 Sincere, by Star Rdby-Candor.
 Atonement, by Requital-Carmen.
 Supporter, by Golden Garter-Carrie.
 Slipper, by Kingst on-Cinderella
 Columbian Knight, by Free Knight Columbia
 Hot Bird, by Dry Monopole-Dorcas.
 High Tariff, by Protectlon-Ethel B.
 Comfort, by Hanover-Reckon.
 There are many other instances which might be cited to prove that horse own CTS occasionally endeavor to suggest not both in naming horses.
 These Be Fierce cognomens.
 Then, again, there are dozens of sup posed race horses that have been sem fenced to carry through their racing ca> reers such names as Guilty Friend, Bill the Kid, Caughnawaga. Sour Grapes. Three Hot Days, Coal oil Johnny, Gov ington, Ky, Deadly Nightshade, From age de Brie, Foxey Curly Flossie's King, Limb of the Law, Twenty-Four, ,Mle Lobster, Full Dinner Pail, Horse Creek, Dogtown, St. Alfenses D., Don't, Ask Me, Eight Dollars M. M, My Sunny South. Lady Mag, Death, F'erny' Tickle, I Hope So, Papermaker, Smiths Reel, 0 Bob, Pat My Boy, Lawson Pink. Honey Dean. Twenty Cents and Hutsllopochtli The last named has won several races, too, mores the pity!
 Many have, no doubt, often wondered why so good race horse as the winner of last years Brooklyn and Suburban handcaps should be designated as Kin ley Mack
 Sounds like a foolish sort of compro- mise, doesn't it?
 Well, 1t is compromise, whether fool ish or not.
 When the name Mckinley was claimed for Kinley Mack 1t was found that the owner of a cheap skate had already registered his animal under that name
 The owner of Kinley Mack was a staunch Republican and wanted to. honor the President so he registered the future great horse under the name which ha still bears. crippled as he is. b<<<%%<N<<<-<<-t< is altogether in the hands of our men. We make laws that fail to protect them. It might be said the remedy is in our own hands, but that Is only half a truth. If 1t Is right for nation to fight for the honor of its flag 1t cannot be wrong for a locality to fight for the honor of its women. For all ether crimes we can wait on the delays of the law, but for this one. nothing is too cruel. The peo- pie of the South are natives of the land. We are racy of the roil, while the states North are populated by people from every part of Europe. and not of the best where they come from Their civilization is the result of centuries O. oppression In their old homes They have been kicked and cufred about SC much that their only appreciation of an insult or of an injury is, How much ls 1t worth? We lynch; they sue for dan. age; which do you prefer? They call their method civilization and call ours barbarous, but they kill our Presidents all the same. t-
 ROBERT CHISOLMy
The age-herald., 1901-09-10

white detective. whose duty seemed to be to preserve order and protect prop erty. This detective might have protect ed the property of others than himself. but seemed unselhshly oblivious to his own. First casualty was the loss of his watch and It's transfer to the pocket of one of the dusky excursionists. Next, sew erai yellow hound dogs were reported to be smuggled away on the train. Detective arose and went forth to seek out and re- move these from the coaches, and during his absence from his seat, some enter prising son or daughter of Ham stole his valise. At the hour of the trains arrival at the depot Mir. Detective had not been able to find watch, dogs, grip or thief; and at last accounts the police force os Birmingham were on the alert for all that was lost, save the yellow dogs.
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
1.-THE REBELS
JEFF DAVIS AT DANvILLE.
He Thinks the Fall of Richmond a Blessing in Disguise As It Leaves the Rebel Armies Free to Move
 From Point to Point

He vainly Promises to Hold Virginia
 at All Hazards
 Thus ran the New York Herald's special dispatches from Danville Va. dated Ap- Til 5, 1865. and appearing ten days later in New YorlS's greatest newspaper.
 The Heraid's editorial on the subject of the assassination extends to a third of a column and contains for the first time that story that the assassin ex- claimed. "Sic Semper Tyrannis." It Is now understood the assassin actually said. T am slck-send for Maglnnis"-a certain doctor of Washington.
 The Herald prints in its editorial col- umn-and-a-half an article headed "The Situation it being resume of the civil war news One statement of more than passing interest to Birmingham, and which notes occurrences that transpireo years before this city was founded runs thus:
 , General McCook's force is reported to have burned Red Mt. Iron Works and the village of Elyton, and to have tapped the telegraph lines in various places and sent dispatches (misleading) to rebel officers" What very faraway echo there is to that!
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
Whitney and the Presidency.

"A statement which read in one of the papers decently about William c. Whit ney as a Presidential possibility to the effect that there was time when Whit ney would have given all the money he possessed for the honor, recalls conver> satlon I had with Grover Cleveland in the spring of 1ss2,'" said former poli- tician who enjoyed Mir Cleveland's confi- dence.
 "I was MT. Cleveland's guest at Lake wood. N. J. The ex-President's nomina- ton seemed pretty well assured, tet there was still some talk about Whitney as possible candidate.
 "'Do you think Whitney is after tho Presidency? I asked. 'No,' was the prompt reply. He Is to be my manager Well, I am just little afraid that he Is scheming for it, but you know him bet ter than I do, and if you are satisfied suppose 1t is all right"
 "'Have no fear about whitney, MT. Cleveland said. He will be true to me. Moreover he Is one of the men who would not have the nomination, even if 1t came to him unsought.'
 "'Why do you say SO? I asked. Sim ply because he is man who likes his leisure said Mir. Cleveland. He knows too much about the exacting duties of the Presidential office. and he would not all low himself to be burdened with the work And after became we'll acquaint- ed with MT. Whitney. found there was a good deal in what MT. Cleveland said. VI. .t.oo Whitney proved himself a master of man euver, and he was as true as steel to his chief.
 "If the nomination should be forced on him in 1904, Whitney would probably not decline, but I do not believe he would turn his hand to secure the honor"
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
cuItIVatina Bables.

Talking about the oototn crop. big pumpkins and prolific. potatoes, you ought to come down to Blocton and see what we are doing there in the way ot cultivating babies,' remarked proud father from Blocton, who was in the city yesterday buying baby carriage for his fourth son.
 "Why, sir. Blocton has the finest crop of babies you ever saw, and I'll tell you they are the hope of this country he enthusiastically boasted.
 Tomorrow Tuesday, we are going to have a baby show. and the contest is going to be something worth seeing. Prizes are offered for the finest boy babies and prettiest girl babies of all ages-fat babies, cute babies, etc. The business men of West Blocton have raised the funds and will thus show their appreciation of the Bibb County baby crop"
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
l the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 The pin is scratchier than the sword.
 You can mend a broken heart, but never broken promise.
 It isn't the girl who blushes at an off, color story that you want to look out for. but the girl who doesn't.
 Not one girl in a thousand is ever half as much in doubt as to whether a man loves her as whether she loves him.
 It's mighty mean married man who sits down and figures out how many bll- Hard games. drinks, and cigars he could pay for with all the money he spent on flowers, theatres and suppers when he was engaged.
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
MONTGOMERY ORGAN KNOWS.
From the Selma Times.

From the Selma Times.
 The Advertiser says that the Times intimation that the sound CD money Dem ocrats shall humbly ask for party forgive ness 'is so impertinent as to be amusing" " That's so, because the editor of the Ad- vertiser is also post graduate in the im- pertinence art. We couldn't help putting that in for in imagination we saw him ko-towing before the committee like Prince Chun before Emperor William. forswearing his past disloyalty. and prom ising good conduct in the future, and we laughed until our sides ached, it was so amusing. Of course. being so amusing it was bound to be impertinent. The Ad- vertiser says so. and 1t knows.
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaels prophecies for this day. Tuesday. September 10. 1901: "CCourt, marry, ask, and deal with women."'
 Thou mayest expect money annoy ances with probable sickness: thou wilt also travel or change"
 'The young will court.
 "A chold born on this day will have a rather successful life. and it will be much respected and esteemed" Great News Story of Llncoln's Death IMPORTANT. ASSASSINATION PRESIDENT LINCOLN. THE PRESIDENT SHOT AT THE THE ATRE LAST EVENING. SECRETARY SEWARD DAGGERED IN HIS BED. But NOT NORMALLY WOUNDED. CLARENCE AND FREDERICK SEW
 ARD BADLY HURT.
 IOOAGE OF THE ACoA06INO. INTENSE EXCITEMENT IN WASH
 INGTON. SCENE AT THE DEATHBED OF MIR.
 LINCOLN. J. WILKES BOOTH, THE ACTOR. THE
 ALLEGED ASSASSIN OF THE
 PRESIDENT. &C. sc. &C. So ran the odd scare headlines of the New York Herald in its Extra" of S:i0 a. m., Saturday, April 15 1865, a copy of which is in the possession of Mrs. R. M. Bates of Fountain Heights, Birmingham, and which she kindly lent to the Age Herald yesterday. Mark the "&C., &C., sc"
 Accompanying the dispatches from Washington Is an admirable woodcut DOT trait of the President is the very latest news:
 Death of the President. Further De- tails of the Great Crime" and so on. The historic bulletin reads:
 War Department, Washington, April 15 7:30 a. m.
 Major General Dix, New York
 Abraham Lincoln died this morning at twenty-two minutes past o'clock. EDWIN M. STANTON,
 Secretary of War" The third "scarehead' on the Heraids g first page of six columns-there being four pages-was
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
Detective Who Did Not Detect.

A singular incident occurred on the Central of Georgia Railway yesterday. An excursion train with several cars of ne- groes came in about 1 p. m. They were a lively set of darkies. taken up along the line between Columbus and Birmingham
 and came to see the sights of the city. Accompanying these excursionists was a
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
If He Only Had,

From the Baltimore American.
 I've got a good notion to keep those mosquitoes off the ark" said Noah.
 Why. papa?" inquired little Ham. rub ping a recent bite. .,o, .
 Well, I've got my suspicion that they are carrying more than the regulation two germs apiece. That's whyr
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
The o'erIen's Are Well.

Former State Senator Oscar R. Hund- ley of Huntsville arrived in town yestsr- day from Asbury Park, where he and Mrs Hundiey have been spending the summer with Mrs. Hundiey's parents. Hon. Frank P. O'Brien and Mrs. o'Brien of Birmingham. who will shortly return to their home in this city. MT Hundiey is here attending the United States court. He has apartments at the Morris. MT. o'Brien is fully restored to health. and Mrs. o'Brien and Mrs. Hundiey likewise are in excellent health. MT. Hundley himself has taken on aIdermanic propor- tions.
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
The OH Problem In Alabama.

T am glad to notice." said one, last night, who is interested in all that per aains to the natural resources of Ala bama, that pr. Eugene Smith, our emil nent State geologist. is making a per sonal investigation of the alleged oil fields of Alabama. I believe this a proper step. Favorable reports from pr. Smith will induce timid capital to Invest. and look for early vigorous practical investigation to follow any favorable conclusion he may reach. do not believe this country can produce higher authori- ty upon geological formations than our own Dr. Smith,"
The age-herald., 1901-09-10
"uncle Dick Jones'"

The announcement of the death of MT. R. A. Jones yesterday caused universal regret here in Birmingham. where he was so we'll and favorably known. He was a native of Jefferson County and was for years a resident of the old town of Elyton. "I never heard a man speak aught against Uncle Dick Jones' said a prominent public official last night. 'I have known him all my life and he was an upright gentleman in every sense. Jonesyille. that now delightful and popu lous part of Birmingham's North Highlands, was first settled by Uncle Dick. hence the name: and around his homestead once thickiy wooded grove, has grown the third ward of Blr- mingham. He did much for schools, for churches and for the general public. Though the deceased had entered his seventieth year, he was ever deeply in- terested In Birmingham, and will be sadly missed by host of fond friends"
The age-herald., 1901-09-10

The finicky purists say that the word Assassination" involves the kill ing of human being. These purists should be sentenced to two terms at least In Prof. Triggs' classes.