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The age-herald., 1901-02-11
Mobile Jealous of Pensacola.

This is queer world. All of us want to monopolize it, or at least to conduct it to suit our own little schemes. Even the attempt to round out the States boundary lines, giving the common wealth the coast line it should have had at the outset-giving her natural bounds of river and sea-eyen this encounters opposition at home. Says the Mobile Reister:
 Alabama legislators are said to be per fectly willing to accept West Florida as a gift, but there is little possibility that 1t will come in that shape. Already there is talk of sending delegation to the Florida Legislature to find out upon what terms Alabama can acquire the pan handle of the State. That means that 1t is recog nized in advance that Florida will not give up a part of itself for nothing;. and we may be reasonably sure that even if the proposition is entertained at all, the price asked will be up in the millions. It fol- lows that we must calculate how we shall be able to pay it. There is a deficit in the State treasury, and the tax rate is high as the people seem inclined to pay. Unless the citizens of West Florida ready 10 buy themselves out of Florida, there really seems no prospect of deal being closed. In truth, West Florida is merely flirting with us, and are lowing and smirking and returning her compliments. It cannot be regarded a very creditable perform ance, however for either party.
 In other words, Mobile does not want an Alabama rival port. It proposes to be the whole thing, whether the State gain or lose by it. This view of the matter is altogether too narrow, and be- sides a State line has not changed and will not change the course of trade. Whatever trade Pensacola can secure it will get without reference to State line And so as to Mobile. Trade is no respecter of State lines. Mobile really has no grounds whatever for opposing the annexation of the West Florida counties. It should in fact endeavor to gather them in and then endeavor to gain trade from them 1.
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
MANCHESTER MARKET.
Sellers Have Difficulty in Keeping Pace
 With the Producers.

Manchester, February 10.-There was no marked activity in any section of the Man chester market last week, sellers having difficulty in keeping pace with producers. The close, however, showed rather more animation and in some lines there was fair turnover. The greater part of the eastern inquiry was for lightweight goods, but there was no appreciable increase in the business done Important offers were fre- quently found to be unavoidable owing to the limit.
 There was little more inquiry for China, but without special results. The manu- lecturers being so well engaged, took d firm stand. There was more inquiry for Japan; small parcels were purchased for South America and the demand for the Le- want was more healthy.
 Yarns were firm, although they showed lit tie animation. The production is being we'll taken up, and the producers are not press ing for buyers except at full prices.
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
Ills crutches His Decoration.

Tt is doubtful if Governor Sanford could make any appointment more pleasing to the people at large than the naming of Capt Harvey E. Jones of Mobile as tax commits sioner of the State, information from the various counties being that the public is greatly pleased by Captain Jones recent ele- vation to that oflice, said a man who has long known and honored the gallant and popular Mobilian.
 Captain Jones was one of the bravest of Confederate soldiers, and lost one of his legs in battle, walking these six and thirty years on his crutches his decoration for hero!sm and honor. And since the civil war he mas been as true in peace as he was wien he offered his life in the cause of his homefo~S The State has no better citizen, no worthier man, and when he was not renamed for the railroad commission, of which he was all able member, a few years ago, nearly all the old Confederates and sons of Confed- crates in the State were sorry. Not only is
The age-herald., 1901-02-11

towns in six provinces, with 191, ,O00 peo- pie. The secular clergy had charge of about s67. .O0O people. Each order. under the superior or general, who resides in Rome, is little republic governed by officers elected by the members.
 President Taft of the Philippine com mission thinks there must be an adjust ment of affairs connected with these religious orders before civil government can be established in Luzon It is at any rate very certain that the friars will prove great obstacle to reoranization of civil institutions in that island. It is one of many, however, but as it relates to land it may prove the most difficult of all The friars are not popular, and there will be little disposition to accept civil rule if 1t protects them in their ancient rights. The friars are an impor- tant factor in the situation as it stands today.
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
HER INAUGURAL GOWN.

From a Washington Letter.
 By the advice of his physician the Presi- dent has decided to abandon all evening re- captions for the winter, which is a great disappointment to the social population of Washington Neither the President nor Mrs Mckinley has fully recovered from the grip While the President is transacting all the necessary public business, he is still weak and depressed, and Dr. Rixey insists that he shall not expose himself or be sub jected to unnecessary fatigue until he is fully restored It is probable that two state dinners will be given, one to the diplo- matic corps and one to the justices of the Supreme Court as the President considers them necessary, and the invitations will be issued at once, now that the official period of mourning for Queen Victoria has expired.
 The dress which Mrs. Mckinley expects to wear at the inauguration ball has been received from her modiste in New York, and is cream-coored moire, covered with a rare and dainty pattern of Venetian lace.
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
BERLIN BOERSE.
Coal and iron Shares Were Firm Despite
 Unfavorable Report.

Berlin, February l0.-Not for months past has the Berlin Bourse experienced such ex cellent conditions as obtained last week. The upward movement in domestic govern ment funds gained considerable momen- tum, particularly Saxon 3s, which rose dur ing the week no pfennigs; imperials, which rose 130; Prussians, which rose 120; and treasury Is, which rose 70 pfennigs. All other German funds were in strong de- mand.
 Foreign buying was the feature of the week. the market showing an increasing interest for foreign rates, particularly Ar gentnes. In foreign railroad shares the chief advance was in Transvaals, which rose 201s pfenngs.
 Coal and iron shares, in spite of the un- favorable market report, were firm The general firmness of the market is variously explained. The Vossische Zeitung sees the chief cause is the two great finance oper- aJions involving the Union Pacific Railroad and the steel combination. America" it says, has gradually seized the leadership of the worlds financial affairs and Flu rope has grown accustomed to receiving its chief impulses from the business move ment beyond the Atantic
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 For Princess Henry of Battenberg every daughter in the land should have an abid- ing sympathy. Her grief will not be easily assuaged. She was the youngest of Victo- ria's brood, and her mothers inseparable companion from the day the Duchesss of Sutherland carried her, a little child scarce ly four years old, and put her In the arms of that bereaved wife, who could not be comforted. Nobody in all that regal room dared pacify the queen in that terrible hour. She lay on her bed, a from of mar ble but with the true instinct of a wo- man, the mistress of the robes, and friend of her sovereign, rushed away and brought from the nursery little Bee" Prince AL berts darling, and, with that warm little heart beating against her own, the moth CTS nature overcame this anguish of her bereavement, and the queen was saved. From that day Princess Beatrice scarcely left her mothers side. Today, of the sor- rowing children, her lot Is most to be- pitied, for her sorrow is tlie greatest. The home she has known so long is hers no longer, and she must retire to Osborne, spot filled with the saddest associations, or live in seclusion in some tnLretenSous royal residence elsewhere. It Is repo'ted that the queen had liberaIiy provided for Princess Henry and her children, but in these days of immense fortunes there will be no more regal state for this youngest sister of the king. = >s,a
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
Queen in Short Skirts.

"The little Queen was in short skirts at the period of my visit, being then about fifteen years old, and she was accustomed to driving out before the public every day, usually unattended except by her governess, and escorted by lone mounted policeman who rode some thirty paces in front ac- cording to the custom pertaining to royalty in its everyday clothes the world over. Whenever the royal carriage passed the loyal Dutchmen would remove their pipes from their mouths and their hats from their heads and bow tremendously, as be- came civilized and loyal men ,and every wo- man, whether princess in state or market woman with wooden shoes would gently Queen was smiling and bobbing her head, vainly trying to look dignitied. IL was ali very beautiful, very touching the simplicity of the relations between the girl-sovereign and her subjects
 ''N ilhe lmina was very short in those days, and still is so; was very chunky as we southerners say, with a round face and round merry eyes, smiling and laughing all the tme and apparently the most amiable and happy-hearted of girls And she was pretty, too and giving promise then Of the beauty which is said to have come to her in these four or five years
 But every girl is pretty at fifteen, and every blessed one of them is Queen royal in many things that are glorious.'
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
Fair City of a Queen.
id the Briar-Root Pipe:

Said the Briar-Root Pipe:
 ''The other year I was beealmed for a fortnight in the little Queen-bride's beau tiful and romantic capital, The Hague with it's canals for streets, it's quaint wynds its wide avenues, beautiful parks. priceless gallery of pictures, and it's incompatible and alluring cleanliness. tidiness and order liness. The bent of my mind. that which passes for my tastes. kept me most of the while in the noble and far-e.ttending park, wherein the little Queen dwells in her an- cent and famous palace called the House in the Wood, and amongst the pictures in the great gallery of the nation, accounted one of the most splendid of all art collec- tions in the world. Those were days of calm peace for me. The pictures told the story of religion, most supreme of all great gifts to mankind, and the story of civiliza- tion from Calvary to the dikes that keep back the sea- and in the wood the mighty trees, centuries old, told of the rise and fall of many generations of Kings who had ridden beneath their shade in the chase and on the way to battle. Those trees are the mightiest in Europe, not excepting the best ones in the ancient park of the French Kings at Versailles.
 "The main roadway between the House in the Wood and the city of The Hague proper a distance of three four miles, passes in and out amongst the greatest of all the trees, and it was along that way, and in the winding by-ways leading off, that the little Queen has been listening to the love-making of her lover, much as the b,,, ne nt lass of her Kingdom listens to her boatman sweetheart. To Queen and maidservant alike love is the same, love is love.
 And that wonderful old palace in the wood It would require many hours of pencil-slavery to tell of it as 1t is I spent an hour in one room of 1.-the little Queens unpretentious sittingroom ad- joining the bedchamber in which many Kings and Queens had been born during the ages. This sittingroom had double at traction for me because it had been, in the beginning of the nineteenth century, the favorite room of Hortense, sometime Queen of Holland, only daughter of Jose phine, the beautiful West Indian colonial maiden who became the ill-starred wife of the first Napoleon and so Empress of the French. Hortense became the wife of Ma poleon's brother, Louis Bonaparte, whom the tyrant made King of Holland and was the mother of Louis Napoleon the Elm peror of the French, who fell with Sedan In the adjoining bedchamber the infant future Emperor slept and played, and still there one may see the bed upon which Hortense slept The two rooms had a pro- found interest for me, and they now have a new interest for the world. for they are the private apartments of the little bride; and as she sits with her wom- en sewing, with her back to the window and to the forest, she will see upon the wall by the sbedroom door the noble features of John Lathrop Motley, the American.
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
HISTORY AS SHE IS TAUGHT.

From the Washington Times.
 "Pickings From Puck or Judges Year ly'' are nothing compared to the compressed humor in one of the sightseeing crowds that are piloted every hour in the day through the historic halls of the Capitol. Following one of the parties and listening to the comments they make and the inform alton they add 10 that so volubly poured out by the guide, are not likely to lead to an increased reverence for history as taught in public schools and private seminaries Older people say nothing and hide their ignorance, but the youngsters of tine crowd bubble on to each other and show the boundless amount they have not learned from their textbooks A party from some- where outside the classic and erudte bounds of Boston, a few days ago, were gathered around the railing at the top of the stair way leading to the Senate gallery, looking at the picture of Commodore Perry leaving fls flagship during the battle of Lake Erie. The guid was pointing out this and that feature of the painting, dwelling on the realism of the bloody bandages over the foreheads of the rowers of the boat and the fearless commanding presence of the com modore himself when one little miss ehirp ped in with the informa ton, That's where he said, Don't give up the ship"
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
Some Walkers of Birmingham.

During the past four or five Sunday af- ternoons, with one exception, six or eight well-known young clubmen of Birmingham have accompanied one another on prolonged walks. traversing in one or two instances fully three miles of the excellent public roads of the county which a majority of the Board of Revenue seem to be not un- willing to see deteriorate," said a man last night
 ''The high place these walkers hold in society and in the general esteem of the community lends more than ordinary in terest to their sudden zeal in the most healthful pastime of walking. It being known that they are good men, it will be pleasing to society and the public to know that they are likewise good walkers. To be accounted a good walker is ever true praise, whilst some beautiful walkers are living poetry of grace.
 '"These new walkers of Birmingham, who this afternoon gave an especially fine ex- hibition of pedestrianism, toiling the length of Elyton, are headed by Mir I. F. cMur phy) Young, who might be called Before, and Hon. Charles Wesley Ferguson, prop erly designated as After. Col. Robert c. Jelks and Hon. Basil Manly Allen are themselves somewhat Before, and MT. Frank Foster is considerably After. with MT. William Mudd Martin the same. Dr. Wyatt Hefin would be All the Time, if he had the time, precisely as Alderman George Ward actually is from Sunday to Sun day. Other society men of the best stand ing are invited as guests from time to time, and the large and sinewy band of athletes make the long reaches and breast the hills with energy persistent as that displayed by the most devoted golfer in the presence of the fairest women who bright en the links down Powderly way. Thus these several of the best young men of Bir- mingham set good example to the gene ration which they are at least willing to encourage as best bachelors may
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
THE PASSING OF VICTORIA.

 Copyright applied for by the West Side
 Branch, Young Mems Christian Asso-
 citation of New York City) Homage and hush of heart belong to Death When at the door the Dread One entereth, The courteous departure of the soul To seek it's high, imperishabe goal, The still withdrawal of that inward Thing That gives the shapen clay the aureole, Sends on all hearts the ancient wondering. And so a stiffness falls across the day. Now that the Queen has pushed aside the
 crown And, with no heralds telling her renoWn, Has gone the august, unattended way Gone down the way where all of earth
 recedes, Leaving behind a fragrance of good deeds A wreath of memories forever green Above her name, mother and friend and
 Queen. Whatever fortune comes to shape event She carried in her heart the Good Intent, And surely, too, since that far fragrant
 hour, When first the boughs of Eden broke to
 flower, Nothing has shined more l1ingly than kind
 deeds. Lo, out of these the Golden Heaven pro-
 ceedSi The memory of good deeds will ever stay A lamp to light on the darkened way, A music to the ear on clamoring street, A cooling well amid the monday heat, A scent of green boughs blown through
 narrow walls A feel of rest when quiet evening falls. The kindly deed will live in memory When London, in far centuries, shall be As still Babylon and both dream When London dead shall be some poets
 theme When all her tombs and towers shall be
 flight Of ghostly arches in the noiseless night. Then as some bard on legends borne along Shall build her faded glories into song, Some Homer sing her darings and defeats, Filling with crowds again the grass grown
 streets, Placing dead kings back on their crumbled There suddenly will sweep into his rhyme Victoria S name long lavendered by Time; And all the poet heart of him will stir At some small heart-warm chronicle of
 hel, The obscure whisper of some kindly deed Of this dead Queen, her quick reply to
 need: And, low his song will brighten and will
 shine As though a star should break along the
 line! Greater than any king with wolfsh hordes That ever climbed the pathway of the
 swords Was this Queen-mother, gracious, gentle
 and good white fair flower of Christian woman-
 hood. Her banners felt the wind of every sea, And yet she held q wider realm in fee The pure. high kingdom of the womanly. Peace to her spirit as the years increase Peace, for her last great passion was for
 peac, O God of Nations. on the dark of things Send down the white fire of the Kings of
 Kings. Until all rulers shall be lifted up To drink with common man the equal
 cup. Send wisdom upon nations and send down On kings the deeper meaning of the crown. Come, God of kings and peoples, breathe on
 men Till Loves heroic ages flower again!
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
Flowers and Boilers.

Another very attractive calendar worthy of all commendation is one representing a basket of beautiful flowers in white and colors. The bowed handle is in white and the mass of flowers are roses Of various hues. The calendar is attached to the side of the baskets base. Oddly enough these dainty and exquisite flowers come from a boiler factory-the Birmingham Boiler Works-which displays the best of good taste in appreciation UI the beautiful as 1t does skill in material utilities.
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
HE OILY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Alabama History.

Through the patriotic and untiring labors of Thomas M. Owen and of his associates, attention has been called to the condition of the historical material of the State, and the need of gathering and preserving it. The Alabama histor- ical society has in this way served the State well, and it's recent report has been laid before the legislature by Gov ernor Sanford, who recommends in the most positive terms the taking of steps that will prevent further waste of his torical material. A bill has been intro duced in accordance with Governor Sam lords timely recommendations.
 Governor Sanford urges the appoint ment of director who shall have charge of the State archieves, and he urges that two or three rooms in the basement of the capitol be devoted to these erchieves, and that an appropriation of s2500 a year be made for this purpose. These recommendations are certainly reasonable, and it is difficult to see how a State containing nearly two millions of people can afford to let the facts con- nected with it's early history be scat tered and lost, when a small appropria- tion in tho hands of cc@petent director would gather and preserve them.
The age-herald., 1901-02-11

hs a strong and resolute man. but he Is what is much rarer, a genuine gentle man; a polished and cultured citizen. a charming companion, lovable comrade. faithful friend.
 Captain Jones married many years ago the lovely and gifted daughter of the late Rt. Rev. R. H. Wilmer. Episcopal Bishop of Alabama, personally one of the best-loved men who ever dwelt in this State.
 "As tax commissioner, Captain Jones sal ary will be $24OO year. That item was left out of the general appropriation bill under the impression that the back tax law would be repealed; but no repeating act will pass, and a special bill has been introduced to pay the commissioner his salary"
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
Baptism al St. PauI's.

The three-weeks-old son of MT. Fred Le- vert and Mrs. Levert, formerly Miss Molle Jordan, was baptised by name John Bertols Levert in St. Pauls Church yesterday af- ternoon. The sacrament of baptism was administered by the Rev. Father Bertols, Jesuit priest of New Orleans who Is now discharsing mission duty in Selma, and who was a classmate of Mir Levert at school. MT. J. B. Levert of New Orleans, the father of MT. Fred Levert, was in Birmingham to witness the baptism. Members of the im- mediate Levert and Jordan families and many relatives of the Jordans were pres ent in the church on the happy occasion. Otherwise the ceremony was private, ac- oording to custom.
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day. Monday, February Il, 19Ol
 Be very careful; ask no favors."
 Beware of accident, law, and quarreling, this being thy birthday. Those in employ must be careful. Thy business will cause thee much trouble"
 "A child born on this day will be very quick and clever but will not always turn it to the best account If a female, not happy in wedlock."
The age-herald., 1901-02-11
Fiuhts Stopped in Illinois.

Metropolis, H., February Ex-Governor Yates action regarding prize fights has put stop to the sport here. A fight be- tween Jack Smith of Paducah, Ky, and Tom Walsh of Chicago, which was to have taken place here last night was stopped by the sheriff. The managers immediately se- cured boat and went across the Ohio river to Kentucky, where the fight was Dulled off,