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The age-herald., 1901-12-30
Steel Frame Buildings.

Tt is a noteworthy and gratifying fact that first class mechanics are multiplying in Birmingham" said a prominent con- tractor.
 ''Worlmen skilled in various branches of construction are finding their way here from Eastern cities. A large number of mechanics will be brought to Birmingham from the East to put up the steel frame of the Woodward sky-scraper. There are few men already here who have had experience in this line of work and it is probable that many of the Woodward force will see fit to locate here In the spring another lot of steel frame work men will be needed for the Title Guaran- tee, Loan and Trust Company office building at the corner of Third avenue and Twenty-first street It is safe to say then that by the time the steel frame hotel is started on the Mcdonald site Birmingham will be able to supply the mechanics without drawing on outside men,"
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
PAYNE's TARIFF.

From the New York JourDaL
 The Taft commission has seen fit, for very good reasons, to impose an export tax upon Philippine sugar and tobacco It Is not high tax-only 45.45 cents a ton on sugar and 34 to 6.S cents a pound on tobacco. But the Payne bill, on all Philippine sugar and tobacco sent to this country. adds to these export taxes our Dingley tariff rates. The result is the following arrangement:
 Tobacco growers in any foreign land can paying a duty of 35 cents to s1.s5 per pound, according to quality. But the Philippine grower, living upon what the Supreme Court has solemnly declared to be American soil. must pay from 3s.4 cents to sl.s2 per pound. Foreign cigars can enter our markets at a duty of s45o per pound and 25 per cent ad valorem But Philippine cigars must pay s4.57 per pound and 25 per cent ad valorem
 Brazil, Egypt. or any other foreign land which does not pay sugar bounties can send its sugar here by paying a duty of s19 ton on raw and s39 on refined. But Philippine raw sugar must pay $19.4 a ton and refined s39.4 a ton. Forty-five cents a ton may not seem much. but 1t is a discrimination against an American product against a foreign product
 Nor do the beauties of the Payne tariff seem to end here. While we compel the islands to pay these taxes in order to sell their products to us. our raw sugar when sent to them, pays but $14.T3 a ton and our refined but $27. 2 a ton. Our leaf to- bacco, to enter their markets, pays only 22.7 cents a pound and our cigars only 90.9 cents a pound. In other words, we put low taxes on our products entering the Philippines and high taxes on their chief products coming here. We compel the Filipinos. in order to trade with us, both to take and to pay prices fixed by us
 Against this precise policy on the part of the British government our forefa- l..ers took up arms. We have not hither- to given the Filipinos any reasonable ex- cuse for rebellion. The Payne tariff. If 1t becomes a law, will provide that excuse poverty and incite rebellion in the Phil ippines''
 If we want a Tonquin on our hands, this is the way to get 1t. If we wish to have Spain's experience with Cuba this is the way to get 1t.
 The Payne tariff is a scandal on the face of it. We stiii await evidence that it is anything else in essence and intent.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

at the Morris. He Is brother of Mir. John Raul of Birmingham.
 ". ". Crawford of rrussviile Is at the Florence.
 r. ". Rosomond of Jasper is at the Morris.
 Judge John A. Steele of Huntsville Is registered at the Florence.
 s. R. Cotton of Athens is at the Flor ence.
 II. 0. Sargent of Blountsville is stopping at the Florence.
 W. H. skaggs of Chicago is at the Morris
 F.M Billings of Montgomery is at the Morris
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
Delayed Christmas Packaqes

The best managed postofices and express offices become muddled when they encounter a flood of packages that dilatory senders had dispatched. And all postoffices and express offices are not we'll managed even in normal periods, and when the abnormal ar riyes they are simply clogged beyond hope.
 Packages by mail or express should be disposited long before Christmas, ten days before if possible, leaving these facilities at the last moment to those who could not buy earlier. Tn
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
THE WHIP-PooR-WILL

By John B. Tabb. From wonder wooded hill
 I hear the whip-poor-will, Whose mate on wandering echo an-
 swers him Athwart the lowlands dim He calls not through the day; But when the shadow gray Across the sunset draw their lenstb.n-
 ing veil.
 He tells his twilight tale. E What unforgotten wrong Haunts the ill-omened sonep What soourge of Fate has left it's loatfed
 mark Upon the cringing darkf Whip! Whip-poor- -will!' o sobbing voice, be still! Tell not again. O melancholy bird, The legend thou hast heardl
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
GOVERNOR CRANES REFERENCE
From the Pittsfield Journal.

From the PittsfIeId J0urnaI.
 Governor Crane usually acts quietly and accomplishes his purposes before pub licity is given to them. We'll bet he was annoyed by that leakage at Washing ton, which set the country to talking about him. His style would be to have the appointment announced by the Pres ident, If there was to be one. and to have absolutely nothing said in case of de- clination.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
The seaboard Ar Line.

'The year 1901 has passed without the Seaboard Air Line reaching Birmingham but 1t is reasonable to predict that it will be in sight before 1903" said a prominent raidroad official.
 ''The Seaboard Air Line has been ex- banding steadily under its present own CTS and 1t will not fall to enter this city. It must come here on general principles, but since Birmingham has a line to the Pacific in the Frisco System all that is needed to make a new continuous route from ocean to ocean is for the seabord Air Line to fill up the gap between this place and Atlanta"
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
Short Cotton Crops Not Desirable.

The New York Times discusses at length the proposed cotton planters trust. If trust for the purpose of restricting production and maintain ing prices were possible. it would be full of dangers to the South. The Times presents a paragraph culled from a recent Liverpool dispatch, as follows:
 There are only few cargoes on the way and supplies for a fortnight on hand. It is almost inevitable that part of the machinery will be stopped and that there will be repetition of the famine of year ago, with possibly a strained situation lasting even longer than on that occasion. The increasing tendency of American producers to combine for the maint enance of values is regarded as a very serious factor because of the appar- ent impossibility of obtaining substitutes for the American staple in anything like sufficient quantities to free the world from the domination of the Southern States of the American Union.
 The truth is, the South did not this year grow enough cotton to meet the consumption requirements of the worlds markets, and thus an oppor- tunity is afforded to other countries to attempt to grow a supplementary supply. Russia, Germany, England and even France, all have ambitions of that nature. The Southern States" adds the Times, "can count upon a practical monopoly of the cot ton growing industry only so long as they do all that can be done to meet the worlds requirements In the mat ter of quantity, and keep the price below a figure at which other coun- tries are tempted to raise all the cot ton they can grow. There are vast areas of possible cotton lands which have not yet been brought under cul- tivation, and their capacity is still un- known. Some of them may in the future become formidable competi- tors of the Southern States, especially if English consumers deem it to their interest to offer substantial encour- agement to experiments in cotton growing"
 The Times concludes that short cot ton crops would prove calamitous to the South, because such crops would destroy the monopoly now held by the South. "To double" 1t says, "the present cotton crop and cheapen it's cost per bale to the lowest possible figure should be the objective point in all Southern effort. It would not only increase the wealth of the South more rapidly than 1t can be increased in any other way, but 1t would stimu. late development all along the line."
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
THOSE NEW ADVISERS.

From the Selma Times.
 Those Alabama Democrats who hasten ed to advise Roosevelt as to the distri- button of patronage in Alabama must feel like crawling in a hole and pulling the hole in after them. At least that is the way a great many of us think they ought to feel.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
cHIcAeo's WELCOME TO GAGE

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 We are pleased to learn that our val ued fellow-townsman. Lyman J. Gage, is expected to return home soon, and that he will resume his duties as a conspicu- ous citizen at or near the old stand.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
WHEN GHOST" FAILS TO WALK.

From the Denver Republican.
 One hundred and forty theatrical com panies have given up the ghost so far this season. And still there are dozens of "boom " novels going through the process of dramatization.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

The Crimpacker fad bids fair to dwindle into a Payne representation at the next Republican national con. vention.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Nicely is to be tried, 1t seems, after all. They say the administration in- tends to bring on his trial next year, but that cannot we'll be, for Cuba will then be handed over to the Cubans.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Secretary Long cannot find chance between rumors to write letter Of resignation.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

General Miles is now expected to confine his opinions and utterances to the weather.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Maclay was bounced because he would neither revise himself nor his history.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

The senatorial objections to Presi- dent Roosevelt relates to his voice. He does not whisper enough.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Old and worn isthmian canals are not in demand even at bargain coun- ter rates.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
About Persons.

W. B. Reynolds of Montevallo is reg istered at the Metropolitan.
 D. L. Rosman of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan.
 J. E. Cahfl of Dadeville Is at the Me tropolitan.
 J. D, Wallis of sulligent is at the Me- tropoiitan.
 J. J. Raul of Rollins, Ala. is registered
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Iowa proposes to legislate against child labor on the farms, drawing the line at six years.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Historian Maclay stirred up a trou- ble that finally came home to roost.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

The man who says President Roose- welt it not playing politics for all it is worth does not understand him.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Mrs. Carrie Nation is to marry an Iowa man, who may yet be cabinet officer.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Democrats cannot afford to become advisers of an anti-Schley Republican administration.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Few can afford to set down In the stock exchange where seats now com- mand $S2,OOO apiece.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

The absence of Chauncey Depew and the silence of Bishop Potter gives New York lonely feeling.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

The etheric waves are peculiarly subject to tapping, although they can not be cut.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Let us all be thankful the Chauncey Depew wedding has at last been pull ed off.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

The Philippine assimilation is of the kind that does not assimilate rap idly.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Belgium has more saloons to the acre than any other country in the world.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Russell Sage keeps the average good despite Andrew Carnegie's mag nificent outbursts.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

General Funston has boy baby, who may have a prolonged attack of collie to deal with.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

King Edwards gift bill next June will exceed 8 half million dollars.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
Secret Societies.

"There Is no country in the world where secret orders flourish as they do in the United States" remarked a prominent fraternities.
 "The fact is the American field is over worked. Orders like the Free Masons, the odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men, the Foresters, the Woodmen and few others strongly established continue to increase, but there are scores of fraternal organizations that do not hold their own. They will continue to wane until they become defunct.>
 . ''The day of the general joiner is pass ing Most men who join now select one, two or three and let the others go. The Masonic order, which by the way is the only one of those named that is without the beneficial system, is as every one is supposed to know much the oldest It boasts of high antiquity. Next in point of age is the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, founded in England In the eigh- teenth century and established in the United States in 1S19 The Improved Or der of Red Men was started in the sec ond quarter of the last century. All the others are comparatively young.
 'In England the only orders which amount to anything are the Masonic the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows and the Foresters. Englishmen marvel at the American fashion of maintaining so many secret fraternities. English Masons have not even taken kindly to the Shrine, which is such popular adjunct of Ma sorry in the United States. Our friends across the sea do not seem to appreciate the American craze. so to speak. for starting societies. It is due to the soil. It is characteristic of the enterprising spirit of a modern and vigorous nation. But as said the day of the general joiner is pass- ing. Our people will soon outgrow the habit of encouraging the secret order promoter.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Get ready to swear off day after tomorrow.
The age-herald., 1901-12-30
New York's Opera Rival.

Grand opera draws better in San Francisco than in any city in the United States after New York;" said a man who keeps up with music.
 "Grau took in s23O,O0O in San Francisco in four weeks engagement in November The attendance was larger in proportion to population than it has been in Boston or Chicago. Even in New York there is always big deficit at the end of the season, which is met by the the guar antors. In San Francisco there was no deficit this year.
 Opera on the Grau scale is very ex- pensive luxury. It is almost impossible to make 1t pay. In Germany the govern ment subsidies opera and symphony or chestras and consequently the people hear the best music for very little money. In this country the grand opera inn presario must depend upon the public for his support, or more strictly speaking upon the guarantors for without the guar antee fund of $2500O0 which the rich men of New York make up, there would be no New York season. And this of course would mean no great opera any where in the country"
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27
Persons, Places
and Things
PERlLs OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN.

PERilS OF The GOOD SAMAhl ! AIN.
The sad case of Frank Luzincki
ought to be a lesson to all other anil
able persons. says the Chicago Trl-
bune. Mr. Luzincki, at the suggestion
of two strangers who met him one
night recently agreed to perform the
pious office of watching beside
corpse till the strangers could bring
the police. Mr.. Luzinckis confidence
in strangers was then put to a severe
test. for shortly after his lonely vigil
began the corpse drew revolver and
despoiled him of his watch and his
money. From this story one may get
two morals. In the first place, it is
well to read the criminal news in the
daily papers. If Mr.. LuZincki had fol-
lowed this rule he would have known
that only few days ago a sick man
played in another little incident the
part which was taken this time by
corpse" He would then have been
on his guard and might still be in pos
session of his valuables. The papers
give the public immediate notice of
every new device that is employed by
the rogues of this town. If the public
would carefully note the character of
each of these devices the rogues would
be Obliged continually to invent new
ones and would soon exhaust their
stock of ideas. AS it is. they are able
to play the same old games year after
year. But this is not the fault of the
papers. The second moral to which
Mr.. Luzincki has given point is that
under certain circumstances one ought
to repress ones instinct to be obliging.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

THOMAS A. EDlSON.
The rhole history of civilization. Ths
average layman who secs the streets OF
the modern city and its stores made as
light as day has little conception OF
the amazing growth of the industry
that has arched the highways of hui
man progress with millions upon mil
lions of incandescent bulbs and now is
invading the rural districts of the
greatest nation upon which the sun
shines.
(The Inventor of the Electric Light)
The electric light was exhibited for
the first time in the United States at
the Centennial Exposition, but those
who saw it were skeptical regarding
the possibility of using it upon any
scale that would be of practical benefit
to mankind. While arc lighting was
produced upon n commercial scale in
1877. the real history of the art as re-
CARDS its modern aspects dates from
the opening of the Pearl street station
in New York city by Thomas A. Edi-
son on Sept. 4. 1882. in which the Edi-
son incandescent lamp was used
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27
Forward Under spur.

The more intelligent colored men in
Alabama are not as much disturbed
over the franchise clause of the new
constitution as the mossbacks think
they ought to be. 1t appears that there
are now about 10000 colored voters in
Alabama with qualifications to meet
the educational clause of the constitu
ton, and it is believed that in three
years the great majority of colored
men will be able to meet the limita-
tions as to education and property.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

N si 9 g i ,be ssss 3 is.mf s4o~n nves @ rights
ha foolish the beats begin ter shout
m qs5 e9 fer ,e s s s ter adsR T m "s eui ew
Ar through the amt much s e ter dew
Beet ee a gfowins rsh, fer sum-
Ass; ssssi pss ADMIT he's Ssf
III f e ss essts o1s % e ~R | sS ss
a. Why should ssIs Ps pI FvE'
/ bu s s "s sny bee IsS ds n
,s ns seg ges sS ssn; aGs 5e lacks
f his & ter sep m tibet n Dsosst tax
The il5ms5 5s s s s s g they 'ss ss n
Fhs Fh usaf s"s's ss s-ap n
Take off an the price will i'll quickly % fall
To To- I s @ s "ga i1a Se BY ae a in thar reach
en- % millions million u Of S our sni M susas sspsn aGw eff @
sa s.. SLIM
But buy heap-thets whar he an III cum in
Mhsn NHw SnaS on feasaf ss's
r. fsy s5s sa hss faa ssaF
ALL the SPR} boa @ s ea ss% FE~ s
Thus ter ter help an fiji Wha dew an n7
ouda ii. hm an Of ti hs hes s mo fears
Fer Fer preserve it-at proht-he needs sugara price,
ss fPses e 9 % @ ss5s 9ss you'll
M M the h sugar ,~ esm F dew n
An, swalr all the arguments they shout
Thet the farmers must bar out
Cn,ron sense howin' that the people in the land
Want raw future-an its freedom will demand
T;s no longer needed-hateful TO the public
T,y;no millions Of fourpe enrich a favored few.
longer with the foolish they
Uhle makn moneywhar dew and come in?
I'm apoin ter keep huin' akn, peadn with frend-
ettin others gain thar selfish ends
En- Tse; s sfa s5s IL
utmost-wheher bees not
To can but improve your lott
Cheaper sugar pocket greater blessings
When we We granyedthats wha an in
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27
Prod FROM the EdItor.

Western Kansas editors, says the
Kansas City Journal, have n unique
way of prodding up delinquent sub
scribers, as this will Indicate: "If you
have frequent headaches, dizziness,
fainting spells, accompanied by chills,
cramps. corns. bunions. chillblains, ep-
ilepsy and jaundice, it is n sign you
are not well. but are liable to die any
minute. Pay your subscription year
in advance, and thus make yourself
solid for good obituary notice"
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27
Harrison Monument.

Inc hen1anin HARRISON Mohumeht MS
ly 1000. and 1t is believed that the plans
now agreed on. which will be put into
active operation at once. will swell the
amount, easily to 100000. and $4,000 may
ha
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27
New Fuel for Locomotives. .

One of our largest railroads has decided
to substitute oil in place of coal as fuel
for its locomotives. and while there may
be some doubt as to its success. there is
none concerning the value of Hostetter $
Stomach Bitters. 1t has been given a
thorough trial during the past nifty years
and has never disappointed any sufferer
from dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation
or fiatulenCy who have given 1t fair
trial. Be sure to get the genuine.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

"Our home is perfectly. lovely"' ex
claimed the young wife who had moved
into a fiat, with enthusiasm. "onls
think! n spare bedroom built right into
the walls. like stationary tubs. yot
know!"
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27
GROWTH OF ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Beyond any question the most mar
velous development of the century in
the field of applied science may be
seen in the electric lighting industry.
There is nothing comparable to it in
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27
mAYoR-ELEcT scHMITz.

The accompanying is portrait of
Mayor-elect Schmitz of San Francisco.
He was chosen at the recent elections
paign. All those who did not like this
idea, including the Americans. sup
ported the labor unions candidate. Mr.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

There is no trick in dyeing. You can
do it just as well as any one if you use
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Boiling
the goods for half an hour is all there
is to it. Sold by druggists, 10c. package.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

Bess-So you are going to marry young
Hardup. are your Nell-Mercy, no! I'm
only engaged TO him. I'm going to marry
his rich uncle
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

FITS Permanently Cured 7,onts CT rncrvousncss aftc
hrst days OF DIR. Kline Great Nerve Restorer
send for FREE 5000 trial oottle and Treatise
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27
Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
axative Bromo Quinino Tablets. Price 25c

Mr.. T Totalcr-Aiy dear. do not thinl
It is very appropriate for you TO wea.
that wine-colOred silk to the w. c. 7. u
convention. Mrs. r Totsler-oh. but it i
Wateed SIX. You know.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

FOR weakness, stiffness and soreness
in aged people use Wizard Oil. Your
druggist knows this and sells the oil.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

Names sometimes go by contraries. For
instance, when Miss Blackman is "A
blonde girl and SNOWFALL White is as
black as the ace of spades.
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

When Johnnie said that he never
could get the knack of popping corn"
Jennie quickly added, Nor anything
else" When convinced of her mistake
she snId, "Ask pOpper."
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

1t will entirely the worst forms Of Female Complaints al Ova
liberation, Falling and spacement
Womb Spinal Weakness, and peculiarly
adapted to the Change of Life. .
of Backache and IeucorrGa than any
is almost nalble
the early
Of humors
Weakness of the
Stomach Indigestion Boang Foodng Nervous Prostrao HEAD
General Debility quickly yields to
Womb troubles causing PAIN and backache instantly
all
the that the female SYSTEM and is as
harmless water
quickly that Bearingdown Feeling extreme assl-
feeling,
irraby Dizziness Fainncss sepessness
of the Uterus which this
medicine always
Kidney and Backache of either the Vegetable
Compound always
No world has received such
unqualified endorsement No other medicine
l,assri n arccord of cure O. troubles.
refuse to accept anything else are re-
a what they
Sold Druggists everywhere Refuse all substitutes
The Lamar register., 1901-11-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syruT.
For children tecthng softens the gums, reduces In
iAmm ation allays pain cures wind collie. 2c bottle