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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-08-13

luchaSe con un enemige 1nVlSlDle -
Y lanza gritos, i'm precaeioneS; deS-
pues cae al suelo y es presa de con-
vulsiones que duran cast una nora,
hasta que queda como muerta y es
precise echarla en- Ia CANA.
Pero no debe darse cuenta, por-
que cuando Sc despierta no pregun-
ia, no recuerda NADIA.
Editta iuut6 las manos espan-
tada.
Rs horrible, 6pero que quiere
decir este:
mo Sc nada; pero es IN hecho
que mi pobre sonora eSta muy en-
ferma - y convendria eonsu tar
aalgdn medico. Pe:o, dcomo de-
cfrseloY
Editta, callaba pensando en- 10
que habfa dido.
La extraf1esa de aquella enfer-
medad Ia espantaba y le prcducia
al mismo tempo una especie de
peFplejidad.
Pensaha en- Ell cambio espontaneo
de la condesa, en- squellas palabras
inesDeradas de c6lera, de las que
la pobre joyen no comprendfa Ell
motive.
Ed!tta sacudfa la linda cabscfta
como para desvierla de las nubes
Que la velaban y una ligeva erruga
attaves6 Sc candida frente, como
Ell rayo atrsviesa de improviso Ell
cielo serene.
La pobre muchacha amaba a la
condesa ST fuera verdaderamente
su madTe; y crefa en- ell afecto de
ella, en- aquellos besos delcfsimos
que Lydia la prodigaba.
Privada de Edmundo no encon-
trsba otro consuelo que las pala-
brss de Lydia, y sufrfa con aque-
las tristes miradas que la condesa
la dirigfa.
5Acaso Lydia estaba cansada de
ella, querfa separarse?
No no podfa ser. Ella la en-
contraba, como su buen genio la
cabeza de todas sus alegrfas, de
todas sus tristezas, de sus DISCUS
tos.
sPerc, por que la condess ha.
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
Vulelarity and Profanity

Suffer me to offer my protest against loud and profane talking shop and all kinds of that class of conversation in pub lie resorts," said a busy man yesterday.
 To-day | was taking 8 simple and nasty lunch in a we'll known resort of the best people, men, women and children alike. At the table next to mine were two young men, One of them was the strenuous, fervid, loud-talking kind and he talked shop, so loudly as to be heard all over the room rattlng it off with the volubility of street faker, interspersing his violent intemperance of speech with frightful oaths, repeating what r wrote, what we'll do, what was done verbally, mean ing orally and so on. This strenuous per- sons companion was a well-bred young man who answered in monosyllables, and appeared to be ashamed of the profane and otherwise objectionable shop of the gab bier.
 Similarly, I sat the other day at a large table where several gentlewomen and men were eating. Suddenly there came rushing in, as if the house were afire, fat man, who, without further ado, proceeded to tell everybody about his private business, going into the details of everybody he sold meaning the men to whom he had sold merchandise, and the sum total of his sales Singularly enough, nobody called for the pOlice'
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
TIE ONLY DAIlY REWsPAPER IN AlABAMA
Rates from Pittsburq to the Sea.

The loading of three vessels last sum- a bluff, or an object lesson, to the rail roads, and it begins to look as if the much-talked-of tube plant on Lake Erie is off the same piece. At any rate the railroads centered in Pittsburg have seen the point and have reduced rates as the Pittsburg concern demanded not so much of course as those concerns desired for that would be inconsist- ent with railroad profits. But Pittsburg gets a rate of 13 cents per 100 pounds to New York, 12 cents to Philadelphia, 111s cents to Baltimore, 15 cents to Chicago or Cincinnati, and 16 cents to Boston. This practically hands over all the Northern States to Pittsburg, for the rate from Birmingham to Gin cinnati is $275 a ton, and to St. Louis $3.25 ton.
 The Carnegie company charters boat, and by loading at Baltimore it secures rate to the sea nearly as low as the rate from Birmingham to New Orleans, and the voyage across the sea is much shorter. All in all PiICsburg has won a great victory, and 1t is now in position to extend it's export trade and to contest with all corners the home market. It has water connections with the Mississippi valley, low rates to the ports and other interior points, and an outlet at Baltimore that glves it good grip upon the export trade.
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
David B. HiII's Candidacy.

Comptroller Bird Coler may herald a thousand times the candidacy of David B. Hill in 1904, and Mr. Hill may ad- dress the Texas Senate as many times, and yet MT. Hill may not be the nomi- nee of the party. The party wants and must have in 1904, if success be deemed essential, nominee who can carry his own State. Neither MT. Hills past ser- vices nor Mr. Whitneys financial career in promotion circles will avail them un- less they first demonstrate that they can carry their own State-present New York, instead of New York of a dozen years ago. If either expects 10 be a Presidential nominee in 1904 let him first tackle the gubernatorial nom- ination in his own State, and if he carry the State his higher claims will be con- sidered-otherwise, they will not be.
 MT. Bryan is in like situation. He lost his own State last November, and he cannot be and should not be the nominee for the Presidency again until he demonstrates that he can again cary his own State. This he can do hy
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
Rivers and Harbors in the House.

When Chairman Burton of the rivers and harbors committee first called up the bill reported by him, he explained it's chief provisions and underlying prin- ciples. He was ready to answer ques- tions, and he seems to be as full of in formation as a nut of meat As to rivers feet was not desirable in any thickly settled portions of the country. Rail- roads are preferable to less depth of water in such cases.
 He stated in the course of his intro ductory speech that the bill made pro- vision of $360,00O, and an authorization of $400,000 for the improvement of the Black Warrior, Warrior and Tombigbee rivers. This project has been under way for a long time. 1t affords great possibilities in the way of carrying sup plies of coal from above Tuscaloosa to Mobile and the Gulf, where coal must he obtained by shipment for a long dis
 
 tance. It also affords the possibility of carrying, at cheaper rates, iron from Birmingham, which has already become an important factor in the export trade of the United States"
 There need be no fear that Senator Frye or any one else will cut down the appropriations for the Warrior, for that stream has won through the persistent efforts of Messrs. Underwood and Bank head, national standing. The opening of that stream is now considered matter of national importance, because the products it would then bear to the sea would enter into the list of exports. thus swelling our side of the foreign trade, and helping to keep lis a cred- itor nation. This fact is now generally known and accepted, and this is why the Warrior will soon have slackwater navigation. Messrs. Underwood and Bankhead have fought their great bat tie, and won-a battle that means more to Alabama than even the most san- guine now foresee.
The age-herald., 1901-01-15

selves! Let us, the now educated, come to you the degradedl Trusts take from your people the manhood of free competition in business; your doctrine of equality of all men before the law Is lost to yourselves, ], Why kick against the pricks7 I, Touis- sant with you. Bryan, united make the measure of force and energy needed to save both; but. Touissant and Bryan divided and pickering between themselves, leave the country to competition and anarchy. Come, let us pull together for the once at least
 Where is the unlikelihood of such an alliance?
 Morgan and Wheeler say Congress must enlarge the army. That done, the trusts will enlarge spontaneously.
 West Point and Annapolis are advance guards of the industrial aristocracy. So is the University of Chicago.
 If Alabama be bent on making new constitution let us see who makes it.
 If Alabama is to enter upon reformed organism, let us be quite sure that we un- derstand what ought to be done"
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
NO wlLL-o'THE.wlsP PROSPERITY

From the Baltimore Herald.
 One of the signs of the times in relation to the prosperity of the South Is contained in the news that the iron manufacturers of Alabama have entered the steel rail field. There seems to be no doubt that the Ala bama iron men are to compete in lively fashion both in this country and the mar kets of Europe. It may be that Birming- ham will yet prove a dangerous rival, not only to Pittsburg, but also to the English and German manufacturers, in the produe- ton of the best steel rails at the cheapest prices. It is such information as this which goesto show that there is no will-'o-the- wisp about the dawning of the new era of industry and prosperity in the South
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
Next Electoral College.


 The passage of the Burleigh appor- tionment bill changes future President ial contests, for the electoral college will hereafter contain 476 members, in- stead of AT. and 239 votes will be nee essary to a choice, instead of 224. Where does this leave the control?
 The former slave-holding States, in- cluding Maryland, West Virginia, Ken lucky, Missouri and Delaware, will cast hereafter 169 electoral votes, and 70 in order to carry an election. New York and Indiana might contribute 54 votes, and New Jersey and Connecticut 19 more, making all told three votes more than majority or just enough to make good the loss of Delaware which Mr. Addicks seems to carry in hls vest pocket.
 There are of course other possibili- ties. There is Colorado with electoral votes, and Illinois with 27 votes, and Ohio with B votes, and Nebraska with 8 votes, and California with 10 votes, and Washington and Oregon with g votes between them.
 In Tildens time New York and h. diana when added to the solid South made majority; now they are It votes short of a majority. This is the extent and scope of the change. Delaware and West Virginia, too, are controlled by to Democratic principles. Perhaps it may be said that the changes since Til den's time have made Illinois also piv- otal, for Illinois, Indiana and New York are each and all needed in order to win a Democratic victory Upon Illinois much hereafter depends, and in Illinois much turns upon the increasing vote of Chicago. If this became fxedly and strongly Democratic che State may be- come Democratic, so ,lar in the last analysis Chicago itself becomes Pres identiaI pivot. Rural Illinois is not strongly Republican. Southern Illinois is inclined to be Democratic, and q heavy Democratic majority in Chicago would be decisive.
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
This Man is Welcome.

Mr G. H. Aubrey, special commissioner of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, which is to be opened at Charleston next December, is at the Morris Hotel, and will remain in Birming- ham two or three days for the purpose of comforting with the Commercial Club the Board of Trade, and the head officials of the great corporations, together with bank CTS and leading men generally, respecting a proposed Alabama exhibit at the great Charleston fair.
 MT. Aubrey is personally a most gracious and charming gentleman, and he is certain to make a favorable impression upon all men he meets here or elsewhere. He is d man of rare culture and many gifts that please. He is himself South Carolinian, a Southerner of the Southerners; and, by the way, he is a son-in-law of the immor tai Bill Arp.
 There is every promise that our expo sition will be monumental success, MT. Aubrey said last night. '"The location of it is the most beautiful that ever graced great fair. It is along the incomporably beautiful bay of Charleston, and just off the seawall of the grounds there is water forty feet deep The grounds are wooded, otoNSPeipiC the highest work of the landscape garden CT. The site is close in to the city, and is therefore most easy of access.
 There is now thirty feet of water the Charleston bar, condition which will be startling to most people who suppose the most famous harbor in America to be shallow
 Every Southerner longs to Charles ton because he is a Southerner; and every Northerner longs to see Charleston because it is Charleston. Hence we shall have world of visitors next winter and every visitor will receive a real South Carolina welcome and be properly cared for. There is great interest in our exposition mani fested in Boston, the Charleston of the North, or shall I say Charleston is the Boston of the South? It doesn't matter. Old Fenneuil Hall will call to old Ss. Michael's church-cradle of liberty to cradle of secesson--and great will be the joy! The Charleston exposition means vast good to the South Thus the necessi- ty that Alabama, Jefferson County, and Birmingham have worthy exhibit there."
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
AIabama's Duty.

''We are about to make a new constitu- tion for Alabama. Governor Oates, Gov ernor Jones and other wise men do, from ppal.sh to our advantage theG opinions in ths premises.
 Il am not going to argue the metaphys- ics of the dogma, whatever is, is right. am forced to see that the educated negro is increasing in numbers. educated as he is more by the example and utterances of Booker Washington and w. H. Council than by books. I am content to see also that aggregations of capital under a single direction is normal relation of capital to labor in many respects and, to well-regu- lated extent, is the safety of society Put ting these two facts of our present condi- tion together, I do not find any great diff ficulty in prognosticating an unexpected turn in the. relation of the negro to our future politics here in Alabama and all oyer the country. Human nature is the great sinner and corporations abuse public confi- dence
 Booker Washington and his peers teach industry saving, peace and dependence on the friendship of the whites to their race Now, coal barons, sugar dukes, rail- road princes rise up and overcome the Americanism of equality of all men in the privileges of society,
 ''Will the time ever arrive when some Touissant will come forward from the ranks of educated negroes in the South and say frankly to soYe Bryan: See our
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
A COUNTRY ROAD.

Mary M. Mccarthy, in Boston Transcript A dusty, stony way, whose bord ring sod Is thick with blackberries and goldenrod; Abrupt, bare hills on one side looking down, And from the other you can see the town Follow the rivers course through meadows
 green, Der which thick woods and marble ledges
 lean. A little further, where the road descends, A brooks soft tinkle with some bird song
 blends, (Gone from its edge the dear old danes
 small cot Half hidden by quaint fiowers) lush berga-
 mot Makes sweet its banks, it's depths the boys
 still swim, Or watch the minnows from some willow
 limb. Upon Its bridge how often have stood, Watching the west, whose glory seemed to
 flood With tenderest light the poorhouse and ths
 graves Beside it-turn to gold the brooklets
 waves Till from the hill. oh. dearest sight of all I saw my father and heard him call. He came with sturdy stride and swinging
 pail My hand in his-told my days whole tale Of joys, that meath his bright smile seemed
 to glow, While lessened was my every childish woe As his sweet words fell on my soul like
 balm, While we walked honseward through the
 fragrant calm.
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
Reforming Political Parties.

In the lobby a cotton planter of two regimes demanded
 Upon what issues shall political parties in the United States be formed in the ap. preaching day of reformation? What is the future political attitude of the negro in the revolution of expansion? What will the educated negro do, or, more plainly, what is to be done with him, for him and by him?
 Senator Morgan says, disfranchise all negroes; General Oates says, apply the test of suffrage alike to both races. It is too late to oppose equal education of the races, because it is too late to oppose tue ends for which education stands.
 But, here is condition of society into which the negro may enter, to the amaze ment of our statesmen. Our news is that the Standard Oil Company has ordered its product marketed at two cents a gallon below the market price of new competitor in the market. No one cares to inquire whether the new oil company is controlled or owned, in part or in whole, by any one race or by men of any degree of education The situation of commerce in the case com prises the whole public interest in it. Here is a parallel case, in which education is assumed to exist in the persons involved without power to affect their business vel fare A number of Western railroads are said to be about to cut off five millions of dollars or more from their annual operat- ing expense account by such consolidation among themselves as will discharge from service 10000 clerks. Now, when political parties come to be considered what is to be the action of these 10000 voters and many scores of thousands likewise related to the processes of great corporations? Whither are they to flee from the tyrant want? How are they to stand and fight when they reach the last dftch?'
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
THE CLEVELAND PROPAGANDA.
rom the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 The Atlanta Journal seems determined to resurrect Cleveland and the Cleveland de- mocracy," if such thing be possible. In it's semi-weekly of January 1 it printed letter from Rev Sam Jones in indorsement of Clevelandsm and in eulogy of Cleve- land, and it now transpires that page of the Journal containing the letter is being sent broadcast over the South to help along the reorganization plan and make the Stuffed Prophet a political power again. Rev Sam should stick to saving souls the democratic party needs no salvation at his and Clevelands hands. It has been no time since Parson Jones was roundly de- nouncing both the old parties and the de- mocracy doesn't want an ''unbelieyer" for its saviour
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running for Governor, and there is no better way in which a demonstration can be rendered unanswerable.
 Aside from these men, a Democrat may arise in Ohio, Indiana or Illinois, who by carrying his own State would become available Presidential timber. At any rate it may be set down that a man who cannot by actual and present demonstration swing his own State, must stand back, no matter how impor. tant he may consider himself, or how high he may stand in the 400 or how strong he may be in Wall street.
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
Father O'ReiIIy Better.

It will be pleasing to the Birmingham public to know that the Rev. Father O'Reilly is greatly better in health. It was stated yesterday morning in this place that the father was suffering with pneumonia, and. as matter of fact, his immediate personal friends were alarmed by his con- dition, the physician having declared the priests affliction to be pneumonia, and 1t being known that he was extremely ill. Early yesterday morning he took extra ordinary turn for the better, and last night it was given out that he would be strong enough in few days to leave his apart ments at St. Vincents Hospital
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
THE FoRTY-sIxTH STATE.

From the Youths Companion.
 During the next session Congress will probably be asked to grant statehood to Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. There has been talk of making them into two States, but the present feeling seems to be that the two should be united in one strong State, which will be about as large as Mis- souri will have not far from ], 1000, GOO inhabi- tants, and will contain wealth valued for taxation at more than a hundred million dollars.
 The growth of Oklahoma which was mainly carved out of the territory set aside for the Indians in 1884, has been phenome- nal. even for the West. The movement to open the Territory's public lands to settle ment began about 1S79 Then arose the Oklahoma boomers - would-b settlers who, when arrested and expelled, only waited until the troops were out of sight, and then calmly moved back into the coveted country
 The boomers campaign lasted ten years The central portion of what is now Okla homa was finally opened in April, 1SS9 At the blast of bugle at noon on a beautiful spring day began a stampede which hard
 
 50000 persons entered the new Territory that day, and before nightfall a number of town sites had been laid out for several thousand persons each
 Another tract opened in 1891, and the Cherokee strip of outlet in 1S93 The cen sus of 1890 showed a population of not quite 62,0OO. The current census fixes the present population at about 400, ,000 year ago there were still nearly 1000, OOOe acres of government land open to homestead en- try, but that is being rapidly taken up The Indian word Oklahoma means Beau full Land" and the region has been peopled by persons worthy of just such country Of the white inhabitants only 35 in 1000 are illiterate. More than 1900 students are en- rolled in the local colleges and normal schools, and the public schools pupils num- Der S0,000 There 1000 mics of railroad in the Territory. The banks have a paid up capital of more than million dollars Considering its extent population, wealth and resources, few Territories have made a stronger claim for statehood.
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
SENT A LETTER TEN FEET LONG.

From the Kansas City Star.
 A peculiar letter and an interesting one is that received a short time ago by G. A. Hensey, 1735 Locust street, from his broth CT, w. E. Hensey. private in Company K, Fourteenth United States Infantry, now on duty in China The letter, which needs only two inches to make it 10 feet long, Is attached at one end to a bit of pasteboard two inches wide by about five inches long and folds up like pocket map. When fold ed, the letter, an inch in thickness, slips into pasteboard case similar to that used for a deck of cards, and the address is put on a paper wrapper. When stamps are not to be had the letter comes along just the same; at least Hensey's letter was paid for in the Kansas City postoffice, hav- ing come from Pekin without stamps.
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
Sorrow for Charlie Greer.

Disease and death have brought grief to the household of MT. Charles H. Greer, formerly of Birmingham, now editor of the Marion Standard. Information received in Birmingham is to the effect that MT. Greer's three-year-old son, Autry Greer, has died of scarlet fever, and that other members of the family are afflicted with that maady. MT. Greer had six little sons, and this is the first one death has claimed. MT. Greer and Mrs Greer have a great many friends in Birmingham who will sor- row with them in their great affiction.
The age-herald., 1901-01-15
DRESS PADS OF coNGREssMEN.

From a Washington Letter.
 MT. McCumber contracted the froek-ceat habit as soon as he was elected Senator. Now he never appears in the Senate un- less he is wearing a long Prince Albert coat, which he generally keeps buttoned up to his chin. There are a. few other Senators who are invariably attired in the same fashion. For instace, Senator Fair banks looks like a minister in his long black coat, but then no one could ever imagine Mir. Fairbanks appearing in light sack suit, striped shirt, tan shoes, and other gay and fashionable attire. Senator Beveridge is another frock-coat Senator, and his trim figure is admirably displayed in the dignifed garment.