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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
Mellow Candies.

Many people have a wrong idea about candies and how old confections should be when eaten" said J. R. McClelland travelling man for large Chicago candy house, last night at the Morris. "Choco- lates should be eaten only after they are several months old. By that time the fiavoring has had time to mellow. Age improves it. All manufacturers endeavor to make candy that will last and stand weather.
 People asking for fresh candies make a mistake. If they are buying stand ard brand they should get the candy which is older and mellowed. Another trouble with chocolates is that only a few of the dealers leave the oil of the cocoa leaf in the chocolate and leav- ing 1t out lessens the flavor of course.
 "Only five houses in the country dry their own leaves, and those that buy from other houses never know what they are getting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
TO AUTUMN.

By John Keats. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness! C4ose bosom friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and
 bless With fruit the vines that round the
 thatcheaves run; To bend with apples the mossd cottage And fill all fruit with ripeness to the
 core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel-
 shells With sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more. later flowers for the
 bees, Until they think worm days will never cease, For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells. Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may
 find Thee sitting careless on granary floor. Thy hair soft-lfted by the winnowing
 wind; Or on half-reaped furrow sound asleep, Drowsed with the fume of peoples. while
 thy hook Spares the next swath and all it's twined
 flowers: And sometimes like gleaner thou dost
 keep Steady thy head across a brook; Or by cider-press, with patient look, Thou watchest the last cozings. hours
 by hours Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them. thou hast thy music, too. While barred clouds bloom the soft dying day, And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
 Then in wailful choir the small gnats mourn
 Among the river shadows, borne aIoft Or sinking as the light wina lives or dies; And full grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn; Hedge-crickets sing; and now with tre- ble soft The red-breast whistles from garden croft.
 And gathering swallows twitter in the 1 skies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
Canadian Capitalists Coming.

President J. c. Maben of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company is in correspondence with members of the Toronto syndicate that has recently bought large blocks of Sheffield stock, concerning their projected visit to Birmingham.
 The party will travel In two private cars and will be headed by Mr. Cox, pres ioent of the Canadian Bank of Commerce one of the strongest institutions in the world. The coming of these capitalists will mean a good deal for this district. They are liberal investors and having become interested in Alabama through their big holdings in Sloss, they may take up other lines of investment here. The party will arrive in Birmingham about the middle of this month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
LETTERS TO EDITOR.

To the Editor of The Age-Heraid:
 In your issue of September 27 notice, under the heading A Correction" a statement that the Alabama Girls Indus trial School of Montevallo is the original school mentioned in a recent number of the United States Health Bulletin. have no debut that both the Central Female College and the Girls Industrial School have original articles from the United States Health Bulletin with the names of iheir schools mentioned. have an ''orig- inal article" also with the Roanoke Nor nal College inserted in the place for the school.
 In my opinion neither of these colleges need take much honor to themselves from this article, as I suppose 1t has been sent to many more colleges in the state, and is only method of securing advertising patronage for the Health Bulletin I don't question Dr. Wilkin- sons sincerity. but believe if he will look into 1t he will find that his is not the only school which has received the article. Very truly, R. c. LITTLE.
 President Roanoke Normal College.
 Roanoke, Ala, September 30. 1902.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 Chicago.-Armour & Co.'S September wheat deal went out today. It cleared the befogged atmosphere of the wheat pit after month or more of operations which have Kept the trade guessing and have stamped the deal as one of the few successful corners on the records of the local board of trade. During the month which ended today the price of September wheat has been steadily push ed up notch by notch from TOE cents till today it sold at 95 cents, the highest price paid for wheat since the Letter deal in 1898. Incidentally, the deal made for the big firm, which never does things by halves, whether in wheat or in hogs, profit between $2.0oO,0O0 and $3,2000O0. One short that was caught in the cor ner has appealed to the courts for re- lief. H. H. Wells. through Bowersock & Stillwell obtained temporary injunc- tion in the superior court against the
 board of trade, Armour & Co. and J. J. Townsend, broker. Wells alleges that he ordered Townsend to sell 25000 bushels of wheat in August for September deliv- cry, and that, owing to the corner in September wheat carried on by Armour & Co.,, and because the managers of the corner have or control all the wheat in Chicago and Milwaukee. and all the wheat contracted for delivery in Chicago in September, he was unable to purchase any to fill his contracts. He alleges that, owing to the corner the fictitious price of SS1k cents was maintained, and that he will be compelled to settle at that price unless the restraining order is issued.
 The deal began something over two
 months ago. Armour began to buy Sep tember wheat and sell December on
 mammoth scale the last of July, after
 the end of the previous deal. The price was then 691s cents. and the 2o,O0o'oOO
 bushels which the firm Is estimated to
 have taken through Valentine, the en-
 gineer of the deal, probably cost them
 between that price and 75 cents, or an average of about 72 cents bushel. The first of September the price was only 70h cents. Since then 1t has gone to
 price which probably means an average profit of 151k cents bushel. At the same time Armour sold December. which was 6s% cents a bushel the first of August, and has since dropped fractionally, leav- ing the big operator a snug little profit
 on paper Figuring the profits on that
 basis. the total reaches over the 5000, 900 | mark.
 The price performed strange antics in | the last hour. while the rumors and | counter rumors were current. September
 Der wheat sold from sS1s to 95 cents with
 out a trade from 9oA cents up. In all | probability 1t would have gone to S1 or
 over if Valentine had not stepped into
 the pit and sold all that was wanted 10000 bushels-at 95 cents. None dared
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
eadsden,s stronn Position.

"Gadsden supplies the country with Q great industrial object lesson," said an Etowah county man at the Florence.
 At Gadsden's suburb, Alabama City, we find the largest cotton mill plant in the south. with the single exception of the Pelzer mills in South Carolina. It works up 35000 bales year.
 "As I looked at train of loaded cars I was impressed with the fact ,lat the iron used in the running gear and in the cast pipes that made up part of the freight was produced at Gadsden; that the lumber used in the construction of the cars was sawed at Gadsden, that the car wheels were manufactured in Gadsden and that the cotton goods which filled several cars came from the mills at Ala bama City All our people should be proud of Gadsden."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
IN A NUTSHELL.

From the New York Times.
 Governor Cummins of Iowa is naturally annoyed at the manner in which MT. Henderson is talking as to the Iowa plat form. The public has little interest in the question of who is most to blame in the difference that has arisen between them or in whether MT. Henderson has ''stultified himself". But 1t is well for the public that the difference has drawn from the governor so plain and definite statement of what the platform means and what he means in his support of it as the following:
 What I have tried at various times to say is this: That a monopoly wheth- CT established by a trust partnership or individual, is not entitled to the ben eft of tariff duties, and that, if this were the law, it would have some effect in preventing the creation of monopo- lies.
 Tt is not necessary to the business of the country that monopolies shall exist. and ambitious men should be informed that they cannot have both monopolies and the tariff You can be sure they will choose the course most profitable to them"
 That is the whole question in a nut shell. and the people of the northwest are understanding 1t more and more clearly,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
At the White House Today.

Today at the Little White House will be held a conference that will make or mar the fortunes of Theodore Roosevelt. To that conference John Mitchell is bidden as well as Deacon Baer. The latter will go to the con ference supported by five other heads of .the great operating companies. MT. Mitchell will alone rEpresent the miners, but he is wholly capable of holding up his end of the problem.
 Practically speaking, President Roosevelt, with an eye single to the congressional elections and to 1904, will bring together the mine owners and the striking miners and beg them to settle their distressing differences. These differences, the President will urge, ''have become a vital concern to the whole nation" He will not say that they have become very vital to the republican party, but there will be  no misunderstanding as to that. All see the point, even Deacon Baer.
 It would be idle to attempt to fore cast the outcome of today's confer ence. The Associated Press will in a few hours shove aside all forecasters. But it is well known that the operat- ing railroads think that mistake was made in 1890, when they permitted politicians to dictate a settlement of strike. They hold that that settle ment led directly to the present Btrike. They of course hold that the miners are sufficiently paid and that lhey have no grievances which should rome before politicians at any rate. This is why Senator Hanna, Governor Stone, and Bosses Quay and Platt each and all failed when they attempted to secure an adjustment of the strike. They could not move the operating railroads in the least. Their disgust was great, and the last political card will be played today at the Little White House.
 The President will no doubt forcibly picture the distresses and dangers that will attend fuel panic, while admit ling his weakness in the premises. It Is said he will ask as a last resort a postponement of the strike to the spring season. The cabinet will not be present-just the President, Mr. Mitchell, and six representative coal operators, five of them being railroad presidents and the sixth nan a repre- sentative of the independent coal op- erators.
 Between some plan of arbitration hnd some plan of postponement oyer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
Annlston Men.

Quite a number of prominent people of Anniston were in Birmingham yes terday. Among the number were Ruth erford Lapsley. J. J. Willett, J. c. Green, A P. Agee, Frank Martin and Fred L. Blackmon, all able lawyers. MT. Lapsley is the son of the late James w. Lapsley, for many years judge of the Anniston city court Some of these gentlemen have a state reputation and MT. Willett is famous over the entire country hay ing delivered several speeches at ban quets in New York, given by the South ern society of that city. Mir Willett is also remembered as the man who started the well known vanWyck boom in New York several years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
THE HIP POCKET.

From the New York Sun.
 The Atlanta Constitution records with just satisfaction the progress of civil ization in the south and the gradual emptying of the hip pocket. A judge in Birmingham, Ala, has fined pistol car rier s1OO and given notice that here after in his court the man with the gun will have to pay $100 for the first offense and for the second will have to work for six months in the chain gang. A Mem phls judge has shown an almost equal disregard of the hallowed southern cus- tom; and in consequence the work of dis armament is becoming general among the Memphis braves. "Our criminal court judges from Virginia to Texas" says our elated friend in the Gate City. "as by common purpose carry on this fresh cru sade against the pistol toters.'
 In time the carrying of concealed weapons will come to be confined to the lowest and most desperate characters, and we shall no longer read that Judge So-and-So and Col. What s-His-N Name, both highly respected members of promi- nent southern families, have popped at each other in the corridor of the hotel or made incision into each others abdomen in the courthouse square.
 It is a curious theory that gentleman shows his chevalier instinct and main tains his honor by murder attempt to murder. The southern tailors might help the cause of progress by making trousers without the hip or arsenal pock- ct; or, if such a pocket must be re- tained, let it be furnished with a pocket pistol. such as is used by the members of the ancient and honorable artillery company in their daily target practice with small arms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Morgan to proceed to Nicaragua and in- veatigate the effect on the canal route of the recent seismic disturbance. is a Flor enoe man. He Is about 25 years of age and was attached to the Nicaraguan sur veying party. He was also employed for a time in Senator Morgan's office. c. D. woodruff of Anniston Is at the Morris.
 ". 4. Ellis of Florence Is registered at the Morris.
 L. D. Campbell of Memphis is at the Norris
 J. c. Hunter of Atlanta Is at the Norris
 
 2. J. Graham of Milwaukee Is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

the cold season of the year. an adjust ment of the trouble today is possible. But much depends, not upon the ap- peals of President Roosevelt. but upon the staying powers of the striking miners If the operators think the miners cannot much longer hold out, they wifi accept no compromise, and if the miners think the operators dare not much longer face public senti- ment they will stand firmly by their position. Herein is the rub and rub of the entire business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Municipal Politics.

We are going to have d warm munich pal campaign next year." remarked a To- cal politician at the city hall last night.
 The merchants of Birmingham expect to take an active interest in tho fight and will make an aggressive campaign. I am not familiar with all of the issues In the forthcoming canvass, but I hear that one of the blanks os the platform will be the passage of ar ordinance that will prevent the mayor or any member of the board of aldermen from selling goods to the city or making any con tract in which the city is a party. Such an ordinance works well in Mobile and many other cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
DISARMAMENT IN BIRMINGHAM

From the Selma Times.
 Dating from today Judge Feagin's s1OO fine and six months hard labor against all Birmingham pistol toters convicted in his court goes into effect. The judge is in earnest and will do what he says. He gave sufficient notice of his intention, and no doubt. there was a general dis armament of Birmingham's pistol toting population last night. Some cheap bar gains in secondhand pistols could proba- bly be had up there by those who wish to establish an arsenal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
RlrmInoham Cotton Market.

"In view of the fact that Birmingham has grown to be prominent cotton mar ket, receiving. as it does, over hundred thousand bales a year, it should be what is known in the trade as a counted town, ' said cotton buyer.
 ''The congresses and the warehouses should report daily to some duly ap- pointed statistician, so that the move ment of cotton could be tabulated and given to the press"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
OSCAR w. UNDERWOOD.

From the Uniontown Herald.
 The people should certainly uphold the hands of Congressman underwood. He is rapidly becoming one of the leading men in congress and his influence is increas- ing with each year of service. Genial, affable and without angularity. he is pop ular with all, even his opponents. The able man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 The garter has hanged more men than the halter.
 The only jewel a woman has no use for is consistency.
 Innocence quits 1t just as soon as it knows what innosence is.
 It costs more money to keep up your own family than 1t does to break up an other man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
About Persons.
A. A. Elliott of Cincinnati is at tn Hillman.

A. A. Elliott of Cincinnati is at the Hillman.
 J. L. Fitzgibbon, tfe artist, who has been in Kansas City for some time, will return to Birmingham within the next few days. He has executed an important commission in Missouri, that of paint ing a portrait of Willis Wood for the Wood theatre of Kansas City. It has been adjudged by competent critics a marked achievement in portraiture art.
 P O. Rudy of Boston is at the Hill man.
 Randolph Hogan of New York is at the Eillrlan.
 J. P. O'Donnell of New York is at the Hillman.
 James O. Jones, mentioned in the Asso- ciated Press dispatch from Washington in The Age-Herald yesterday as having been selected at the instance of Senator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
Keeplna a Secret.

From the Boston Transcript.
 Kitty-Carrie, I've got something to tell you; but can you keep a secret?
 Carrie-Of course l can-with the help of few of my friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

General Miles and Senator Alger will not become chums in Washington this winter at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

St. Paul girls refuse to marry men who cannot show working cards. Union men only need apply
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Duke Boris has fled to Paris for rest, and chorus ladies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Canned roast beef will hereafter sit in the Senate as big as any other can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

The formation of the shipping trust is a deathblow to the Payne-Hanna ship subsidy grab.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

New Orleans is enjoying in this pleasant October weather a boom in pedestrianism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Wall street was staggered by high priced money, but it is fast recovering under the Shaw treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Deacon Baer seems to think the rest of the east has no right to warmth except upon his own terms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Multi-millionaire Stratton really left his millions to the lawyers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Iowa is moving its crops wholly re- gardless of the tariff problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

The queen mother of Spain declined to marry an American, but impecuni- ous spaniards do not hesitate to ac. cept American heiresses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

The Decaturs and Birmingham should pull together in favor of 8 morning and an evening train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Today is big with fate to the admin istration, and President Roosevelt is fully awake to the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

There will soon be an opportunity to do some more registering in this state, and Leader J. Carter Cooke will have no raw material on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Zola became an Immortal by the asphyxiation route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

The state railroad commission is also considering the subject of grade crossings. They are deadly alike in town and country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Today is Friday. October 3. IT fl were Friday, October IS, even a strenuous President would have hesI- tated to call strike conference that Is almost critical In importance. There will soon be an opportunity to do some more registering in this state, and Leader J. Carter Cooke will have no raw material on hand. The queen mother of Spain declined to marry an American, but impecuni- ous spaniards do not hesitate to ac- cept American heiresses.
 
 The state railroad commission is also considering the subject of grade crossings. They are deadly alike in town and country.
 The Decaturs and Birmingham should pull together in favor of a morning and an evening train.
 
 Today is big with fate to the admin istration, and President Roosevelt is fully awake to the situation. Deacon Baer seems to think the rest of the east has no right to warmth except upon his own terms.  Wall street was staggered by high priced money, but 1t is fast recovering under the Shaw treatment.
 
 St. Paul girls refuse to marry men who cannot show working cards. Union men only need apply.
 ---------- General Miles and Senator Alger will not become chums in Washington this winter at any rate.
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 The formation of the shipping trust is a deathblow to the Payne-Hanna ship subsidy grab.
 New Orleans IS enjoying III Ihls pleasant October weather boom in pedestrianism.
 
 Multi-millionaire Stratton really left his millions to the lawyers. Iowa is moving its crops wholly re- gardless of the tariff problem. Duke Boris has fled to Paris for rest, and chorus ladies. Zola became an Immortal by the asphyxiation route.
 --s.------- All grade crossings in this town need protection.
 Wall streets jag is wearing off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

All grade crossings in this town need protection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03

Today Is Friday. October 3. IT 1t were Friday. October IS, even a strenuous President would have hesi- tated to call a strike conference that is almost critical In importance.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-02
NEW YORK's GREAT SUBWAY
AS Described

As Described by Mr.. BayIy Hipl1ins.
Mr.. Bailey Hopkins, formerly of Sa-
vannah, but for the last three years
division engineer of the New York
Rapid Transit Commission, has written
an interesting little book Of fifty-five
pages on the New York Rapid Transit
tunnel. The work, while not preten-
tious, is not only interesting as a de-
scription of the subway as an engin-
eertng feat, but it includes
the history of rapid transit IN
New York. 1t is profusely illustrated
with half and full-page illustrations
of the progress of the work under
New York, with maps and profiles of
the subway, and a complete descrip-
ton of it's construction. The book is
written for the Rand Drill Company
by which it is published.
Savannahians will be interested in
Mr.. Hopkins book Those who
have visited New York since the
building of the subway began have
been impressed with the magnitude of
the work. Mr. Hopkins description of
it and the illustrations in which he
shows how the great tunnel is cut
through miles of solid rock. are inter-
esting to everyone. Mr.. Hopkins was
formerly in the Office of the chief en-
gineer of the Central of Georgia Rail-
way.