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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
Cotton Growing Elsewhere.

Here in America favored by alter
nate rain and sunshine, we are apt to
think we raise all, or nearly all, the
cotton consumed in the world, when
in fact we grow only a good half of
the worlds crop.
The East Indian crop alone ranges
from 100000 to 100000 bales of
400 pounds each. The crop of last
year was 1890, 900 bales, all of which
was spun in India or sent to China
and Japan, except $4,000 bales.
The Egyptian crop of last year was
1922 23 bales of 500 pounds each.
Europe absorbs two-thirds of the
crop, although it is shipped widely
On account of its superior quality-its
silky softness. This country imports
close up to 100000 bales of Egyptian
cotton.
Some cotton grown in Brazil and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
ABSTINENCE AND HEALTH.

From the Boston Herald.
A contributor to the London Daily
News, replying to another writer who
had asserted that abstinence from in
toxicating drinks was injurious to health
in many ways and a promoter of glut-
tony, present some interesting statistics
from the report of the Sons of Temper
ance Friendly society Qondon DISTRICT,
covering the five year period ending in
December, 1900. This is life and health
insurance society which has been in ex-
Rod covered it had 1864 members, all
teetotalers. The age of the members
varies from 1e to s. years. The mortality
rate over all these ages was less than
five in 1000, which Is lower than the gov
eminent return of 1897 for unoccupied
males of 20 years of age in London, that
being 5.07 in the thousand. The lex
pectancy" of deaths for the five years
was 1857, the actual number was go. This
favorable happening. IL not the result Of
total abstinence, certainly tends to show
that the risk of death IS not increased
thereby. So. also, in respect OF sickness:
the expectancy was 1862 weeks, while
the actual experience was but $500
weeks. The society has a surplus of more
than 100000, out OF which members are
now relieved from all further payments
after reaching the age of So, and are pro-
vided with an excellent convalescent
home. A like favorable showing, we are
Informed is made nv another London
company called the Sceptre Life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
"Hana the Cost His Motto.


New York Telegram to the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Colonel Ochiltree loved to do things on
large scale. Hang the costY was his
motto. He was at the opening of the
first Paris exposition. He happened to
be in the New York Herald bureau when
its account of the opening was about
to be cabled across the ocean.
LAS a special favor won't you dupli-
cate that cablegram to my paper. the
Houston Telegraph" asked Ochiltree off,
hand.
Certainly" replied Mr.. Bennett.
The Houston Telegraph had never been
heard of before outside of Houston. but
the next day 1t startled the entire South
west by its extensive report of the open
ing Of the fair. It made the paper, but
it almost broke the owner.
Some Of His Early Friends.
From the Washington Times.
At the close of the Civil war, in which
the Texan participated with ardor and
conspicuous bravery on the southern side,
he found himself suddenly transferred to
a world that had no time for dreaming
and no stomach for fustian. Withal,
Colonel Ochiltree strove desperately to
adapt himself to the conditions OF his
time His first move in this direction
was to turn republican in community
that was intensely democratic. and his
individuality was strong enough not only
TO win for him a seat in congress. but
also to enlist the affection OF SO prac-
tical and rugged a man as Ulysses s.
Grant. Then the sturdy and unsenti-
mental John w. Mackay saw in the
Texan qualities that pleased the fancy
and suited the business purposes of so
unromantic a business man as this bo-
nanza king and for years before he died
Mr.. Mackey carried Colonel Ochiltree on
his payroll, at an annual stipend that
many a man of steadier habits and less
bombastic banner cannot earn. North,
the great nitrate king of England, was
another patron of the Texan. and con-
tributed not a little to his financial sup
port and social progress In Europe. The
King of England, too knew Colonel
Ochiltree well, and liked him much.
In the Days of Youth.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Particular never to divulge his age, 1t
was said that he was born in Texas In
1870 He was a son Of Judge William P.
Ochiltree, a distinguished lawyer and
one of the founders of the Texas repub-
lie. When he was Is years old he volun-
teered as a private In the Texas rangers,
commanded by Capt. John G. Walker,
and served in the campaign against the
Apache and Comanche Indians In 1854
and 1855.
Before he was q he was editor of the
Jeffersonian and was a delegate to the
national democratic conventions at
Charleston and Baltimore. In the civil
war he was on the stats of Gen. Tom
Green and Gen. Dick Taylor on the con-
federate side. and won distinction as a
messenger for General Longstreet.
Wager Won Him Fame.
From the Chicago Tribune.
There are several explanssssus as to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
Canned Vegetables.

Corn will be a luxury before any more
can be canned and 1t is altogether prob
lematical to say how high the price will
advance before 1t is sold out" said a
Baltimore drummer. ut is practically
sold out now. There is SO little of 1t
offered in our market. and the same con-
ditions, 7 believe. exist everywhere.
THE same may be said of the best or
the early canned peas. The finest extra
sifted and petit pois are sold out. There
are very few standards AMI sifters; in
fact, the late pack of peas has been SELL
ing so freely that the stocks have been
reduced very rapidly.
II can go all through the line of canned
goods, and there is not a weak spot in
any direction. nor is there a surplus stock
of any line. This being the case, and an
active winter and spring Is before us, 1t
is the general consensus of opinion that
we are going to have a market from now
on that will advance the values of canned
goods not only here but throughout the
entire country"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
Army Officers.

"Adjutant General Corbin of the United
States army has raised the question Of
young officers marrying with only their
salaries to depend on" remarked a milf
tary man. Second lieutenants receive
$140O a year on entering the army This
salary is increased 10 per cent after the
first years. 20 per cent after 10 years. 80
per cent after 15 years and 40 per cent
after 20 years If the officer be grad
uate of West Point, his four years there
counts in the first five years.
"A lieutenant of quiet habits might sup
port a wife on his salary, although 1t
would be better If he waited until he had
accumulated a few thousands.
IAN unmarried officer can live very well
on 500 a year. That would give him $40
for board in barracks, $50 for laundry,
$500 for clothing and 800 for incidentals.
The trouble with the majority of officers
is they spend as much as the difference
between their salaries and 500 in liquor
and poker
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
CANNON FOR SPEAKER.
From the Commoner.


It seems that "Uncle Joe" Cannon is
to have an easy victory in the speaker
ship contest. Mr.. Babcock, who intended
to run on his tariff reform record, scarce
ly got started in the race. and Mr.. Little
field, who trusted to his antitrust record,
was entirely distanced.
Uncle joe is simply republican,: he
is perfectly satisfied with the republican
party; he has implicit faith that the
crops will be good when the republican
party is in power, that prices will be
high to those who want high prices, and
low to those who want low prices, pro-
vided republican rule is not disturbed.
There is nothing that he wants to reform.
and, therefore he does not have to worry
about platforms or promises. He is the
natural and logical candidate of those
who accept Mr. Hanna's doctrine Of 'let
well enough alone" If he is chosen
speaker, as now seems certain. we may
count on the republicans adopting a pol
icy of mastery inactivity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
CONFIDENCE RENEWED.

From the Washington Times.
The Hon. John Tyler Morgan the dis
tinguished senator from Alabama whose
democratic confreres on the congress
committee were made furious during the
recent campaign by his repeated express
sions Of hope that his party would not
win, is now jubilant over the prospects
of a sweeping democratic victory in 1904.
At least, this is fair inference from a
remark made by the senator several days
ago. what do you think Of the chances
OF your party in the next campaign
friend asked the senator. while the
President was hunting bears in Misslssip-
pi. II feel certain that we will make a
clean sweep In 1904" replied the Alabama
Observation-Disclosures" he added, by way
OF an after-thought, 1.-THE bears catch the
President and eat him up
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
THE PASSING OF PoPULIsM.

From the Buffalo Commercial.
Lost-the populist party: the finder may
keep 1t; it's of no consequence now. SIX
years ago 1t was different. Il then con-
trolled several states and elected It's rep
resentatives to the senate and house In
the next congress there will not be SIN
gle populist on the roll of either house,
and in no state in the union is the party
one to be longer reckoned with. 1t was
composed of republican and democratic
"come-outers" who have gone back to
their old camps There will be no more
"populists," no more "silverites." no
more "fusionists''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
RecIaiminn a Desert.

The report of the secretary of the
interior, just published. contains
much valuable information as to the
public scheme for retaining arid
lands in thirteen states and three ter
ritories. Secretary Hitchcock pro-
poses to make haste slowly, beset
though he be by clamorous interests.
He does not propose to organize a
separate bureau for reclamation pur-
poses, preferring to let the work de-
velope slowly.
He tells the western people plainly
that the entire business must pro-
coed on business basis, in the inter-
est, not of spectators, but of actual
settlers. He tells them that they
must themselves overcome legal diff
culties and other obstacles, if they
desire the government to bring about
a water supply TO a dry region. Vest
ed rights in wafer must be respected,
although the government will not hes
itate to condemn them if they stand
in the way of greater benefits.
Secretary Hitchcock plainly tells
the people that nothing is to be given
away under the arid lands bill
neither lands nor an assured water
supply. All are to be paid for at
cost without interest. The price of
an improvement is to be returned by
settlers to the reclamation fund for
use in making other improvements,
and the process is to go on indefinite
ly until all the arid lands are re-
claimed up to the available water sup
ply.
The task is a huge one calling for
a world of detailed information, and
Secretary Hitchcock is fully alive
alike to it's Importance and it's end
less difficulties. The preliminary
steps are especially full of knotty
questions, and undue haste would be
very unwise. This is in fact the one
thing the shrewd secretary of the in
terror proposes to avoid. At present
he desires local cooperation, while
he studies the problem. He has big
task in hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
HE WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED.

From the Albany Argus.
All the same Alton B. Parker would
have accepted the nomination for gov
ernor had 1t been presented to him as
the act and demand of the state eonven-
ton. And he would have been elected.
He did not want it to come to him, but
he at no time said that should it come
he would decline 1t. Hill was mighty
careful to see that 1t did not come to
him and to see that he did not have a
chance to decline II. Nominated and
elected, Parker would have outclassed
Hill as a national democratic quantity.
Not nominated, and the man who was
nominated defeated. Parker still out
classes HILL but the primacy of New
York state in democracy has been i'm
paired.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
State Uniformity AGAIN.

Tennessee led the way in the south
in passing a state textbook law, and
the law of that state, says Governor
McMillen, resulted in "a saving of
one-third to the students" He puts
the annual saving to the people of
his state at $250,O00. Louisiana next
adopted state uniformity, and she Sc
cured even better figures than Ten
nessee did, but Louisiana was out
done in this respect by Texas, when
she, too. adopted state uniformity.
Now comes North Carolina displaying
as low prices for school books as any
northern state can boast ola result
of the uniform system.
In Tennessee uniformity has been
in operation three years. 81 do not
hesitate to say" says Governor Nc
Millen, that it has worked admirably
and is so popular with the people
that it was put in our platform, and
its continuance became a platform
pledge, upon which we have just car
ried the state by a majority in the
neighborhood of 10000. This subject
was discussed by the speakers on the
stump and has not been torn down
nor weakened"
1t is difficult to see what Roadway
the book trust and it's agents can
make against this. especially when it
can be shown that school books are
from 80 to Az per cent cheaper in
Tennessee than they are in Alabama,
and are cheaper still in Louisiana,
Texas and North Carolina. The case
against the county uniformity delu-
sion is made up County uniformity
supply means trust rule, for the trust
mas never had any difficulty in con-
trolling county school officials, who
are as a rule incompetent even when
they are honest.
But let no one think because state
uniformity has worked so well in
! Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas and
North Carolina, 1t will be adopted
readily in Alabama. Concentrated
capital and concentrated skill are al
ready at work, and the book trust
proposes to retain the Alabama field
regardless of cost. Four years OF
book profits drawn from 100000 chill
dren is no small prize, and money
will be poured out freely at Mont
gomery next winter.
If the people of Alabama desire a
reduction in the price OF school
books, let them tell their respective
representatives what they expect,
and then let them watch their actions
after they come in contact with book
trust influences at Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

By Phoebe Cary.
Over and over again,
No matter which way I turn,
1 always find in the Book of Life
Some lessons I have to learn.
I must take my turn at the mill.
I must grind out the golden grain,
l must work at my task with a resolu a
WILL q
Over and over again. 4 n
We can not measure the need x
OF even the tiniest flower, q
Nor check the flow of the golden sands ,
That run through a single hour;
But the morning dew must fall
And the sun and the Summer rain
Must do their part and perform it all,
Over and over again.
Over and over again.
The brook through the meadow flows
And over and over again i
The ponderous mill-wheel goes;
Once doing will not suffice.
. Though doing be not in vain,
And. blessing failing us once or twice
May come II we try again.
The path that has once been tod
Is never so rough to our feet,
And a lesson we once have learned
Is never so hard to repeat;
Though sorrowful tears may fall,
And the heart to its depths be riven
with storm and tempest, we need them
I all
To render us meet for heaven.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
Popular Official.

Last night a whisky drummer in the
lobby said, in referring to ]. H Bing-
ham. who is today succeeded as Internal
revenue collector for Alabama by ]. o.
Thompson that he had been universally
popular with the whisky men. with whom
he had a great deal of business in an Of
fetal capacity. And" the gentleman
added, I'VE all think great deal of Mr..
Bingham. 1 have never met more
courteous official, and the distillers have
the very highest regard for him.
He has at all times been uniformly
courteous and agreeable in his business
dealings with us. and we appreciate 1t.
AS an official he has always been ready
to listen with patience when we discussed
business matters, and we regret to know
that he is to vacate the office tomorrow"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
Two Parties in CONGRESS.

When the fifty-eighth congress-
meets there will be house of repre-
sentatives consisting of straight DEM
ocrats and republicans only. This
has not occurred before in fourteen
years. The present house contains
eight populists and silver men, and
they go out of office on March 4 to
the last man.
In the fifty-sixth congress there
were five populists and three silver
men; in the fifty-fifth there were
twenty-seven populists and three sill
verites; in the fifty-fourth the irregu-
lars were eight in number, and in the
fifty-second congress eight members
represented the farmers alliance
The fifty-frst congress was the last
one in which there was a two-party
house.
The present division of members
between the two great parties will
not prove enduring, for the socialists
are preparing to break into congress
Freak political parties are coming
into vogue, but they are short-lived.
One reform" succeeds another, so
fast they follow. Public sentiment
4indc a ,,opIa NAV IN +bo tr,a c,roo+ 49,,
ties, and both of them have survived
all shocks, even that of civil war.
They seem destined to last as long as
the republic itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
Pig Iron.

November was probably a record
breaker in the iron output of this dis
trict" said a manufacturer yesterday.
Nearly all the furnaces are in operation
and two or three of the companies are
turning out more iron than at any time
In their history.
December will also be a good month.
but the holidays will cause falling off
toward the close of the month. The trou-
BILE is now the railroad companies cannot
haul the iron as fast as it is made and
thousands of tons are beng accumulated
on the yards at time when consumers
are clamoring for the metal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
steele Franc RulIdlna.

1.-The work on the nine-story steel
frame building. being erected by the
Guarantee Title. Loan and Trust COM
pany. at the corner of Third avenue and
Twenty-first street is progressing salts
factorily." said W. c. Weston, the arch
itect.
The frame is now up to the eighth
story and in a few days the roof will be
well under day. The brick masonry Will
go up rapidly. While the Woodward
has ten stories-one more than the steel
frame now in course of construction, the
latter will be about as high in the air
as the other, owing to the greater eleva-
ton at the corner of Twenty-tirst street
and Third avenue"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
SOME OF THE THINGS TOLD
OF COL. TOM OCHILTREE

how Tom Ochiltree attained fame, one,
generally accredited, being that a Wash
ington correspondent wagered with a
friend that he could make any member
of congress known from one end of the
country to the other within a year Ochil-
tree was then member of the house of
representatives from Texas. The corre-
spondent picked out Ochiltree, red-head-
ed, a good story teller and fond of noto-
riety, as his protege. Then he began to
send to his paper good stories. and it
was not long before Ochiltree became
parsonage to be quoted. Ochiltree did
much, however, to keep himself in the
public eye.
"The Red Headed Ranger"
From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Colonel Ochiltree became a national
character when he went to congress as a
representative from Texas. He rarely ap-
peared upon the floor of the forty-eighth
congress that he did not put the house
into Juror OF laughter. The country
members used to declare that he was
more fun than the minstrels. His bills
and appropriations were tested through
the jest always bearing a strong argu-
ment why Texas and Texas harbors
should be the especial care of the coun-
try. He called himself the .Red-Headed
Ranger from Texas" and the title was
enough to get him a hearing before the
business committee.
"ochiItree & Father, Attorneys"
Ochiltree was taken as a partner into
his fathers law office when barely ont
of his teens. The father went away from
town one day. and while he was gone the
how had fhe sign channad Co.,
awakened the next morning to laugh for
years at the strange name of the firm:
Thomas P. Ochiitree & Father, Attor-
neys."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01

on Wilson street, was compelled to use
his lathe all day on Friday, and his gas
engine was dismembered and undergoing
repairs. The work was IN great haste and
the engine could not be repaired for sew
eral days. so Schelling brought In his
automobile, choked the wheels with
blocks OF wood. detached the endless
chain which propels the wheels and
started the machinery TO going. belt
was run from the automobile to an over
head shaft. The automobile was kept
running constantly during the day, and
was an object of considerable interest
to those who witnessed 1t. The auto
mobile has a six horse power engine in
1t, which is capable of pulling all the
machinery in a first class machine shop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
About Persons.

Col. William A. Handley of Roanoke is
at the Metropolitan. He has been chosen
to represent Randolph county in the
lower house of the incoming legislature,
and his large majority vote shows the
popularity he enjoys at home. Colonel
Handley is a large property holder in
Birmingham, and his popularity here is
quite equal to that which he enjoys in
his native county.
f. f. Kuhn, NJ. T. Bryan and other
prominent citizens of Nashville who
came to Birmingham to participate In
the Knights of Columbus meeting, left
for home last night. Mr.. Bryan is one
of the leading lawyers of Tennessee and
is one OF the most eloquent orators in the
south.
The Rev. Father Sweeney assistant
priest at st. Pauls church, will be trans
ferred to st. Michaels. Pensacola, De-
cember 6. His place here will be filled
by a young priest from Mount Saint
Marys Emmitsburg. Md.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
A Satisfactory Borrower.

From the Los Angeles Herald.
Naggsby-I hate these slow debt pay
erS.
Waggsby--I don't I like the man who
owes you so long that you get used to do
ing without it. For then it's just like
finding money when he pays you
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01
CASEY Az The BAT.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
And 1t wouldn't be a bad thing for the
fleets of Great Britain and Germany to
bear in mind that Admiral Casey is still
at the BAT in South American waters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01

Richard Mansfield, pugilist, will
soon tour this section of the country,
but he is not so devastating down
this way as he is in Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01

President Roosevelt takes the guy
ing connected with the bearless bear
hunt philosophically and even good
naturally.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01

Kansas did not really need that
bull fight when 1t had football game
IN sight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01

Up north an old fashioned winter
is getting in it's work, and the rough
edge of it is felt even in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01

Speaker Henderson will emerge to-
morrow, and do a brief farewell en-
gagement with the gavel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-01

When Schwab comes home he may
also give Pittsburg an university, and
sites for them are becoming scarce. d