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The age-herald., 1902-02-19
THE oLEoMAReARINE BILL.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. have at last succeeded in the passage of a bill the object of which is to strike a blow at cotton seed oil products. They have long demanded that the country should be taxed for tlieir support and benefit. As Republicans they are logical and consistent because Republcanism Is essentially the doctrine of selfishness and 1t is held together by this cohesive pow er The Republican doctrine of protection is based upon the idea that the country at large should be taxed for the benefit of a few particular interests and the dairymen have as much right to reap the rewards of this philosophy as any other class of people.
 The growth of the cotton seed oil pro- ducts of the south and the multiplying methods by which it is manipulated have long aroused the jealousy of the northern dairymen who have been beseeching con- gress year after year demanding legisla- tion which would discriminate against this great southern industry. The oleo- margarine plll IS a purely sectonal meas ure designed and intended to benefit one section and to injure another section. The alluring details and sophistries about in specting food products and protecting the public health are so many tubs thrown out to amuse the popular whale. The real object of the measure Is to im- pose burden upon a southern product and confer a benefit 1pon the northern product.
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tation that has been going on nearly fifty years.
 The three Danish islands lie next east of Porto Rico, and they give us, together with Porto Rico and naval stations in Cuba, control of about three-fourths of the Caribbean sea. The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea are no longer controlled by other nations-by Spain, Great Britain and France. They are now American waters guarded by a long chain of islands, all the way from a point about 200 miles from British Honduras to the Lesser Antilles. The key to the Caribbean Is in our hands, for the passages just east of Porto Rico have been traversed by vessels sailing to and from the Caribbean sea from time out of mind. All of these passages are now dominated by our flag, which flies on either side of them.
 
 Not only do we acquire at St. Thomas fine naval station, but we will hereafter hold the line that sep arates the Atlantic from the Caribbean sea, and it should not be forgotten that an isthmian canal will open into the Caribbean sea whether it be built on the Nicaragua or Panama line.
 The importance of the new purchase does not consist in extent of terri tory acquired or number of people added, but to the control of the sea that washes South America and will hold the eastern terminal of an isth- milan canal. In this view, the pur- chase is wise one The West Indies are now fairly ours, only one large island remaining outside, and that island is free from foreign control. The Dominican island will never be- come the property of any European power, and it, like Cuba, will doubt less gravitate in the long run this way. It will fall at last into our hands, and we need not be in haste to gather it in.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
AMAZING, IF TRUE.
'om the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 We hate to say 1t, but 1t must be said. There is an amazing rumor that the Hon. Champ Clark, M. C., a tribune of the peo- pie from Pike County, Mo-, has become ping-pongist or ping-ponger and is swat ting the celluloid ball with all the might of his herculean arm. If the rumor be true as we can not believe, what win be the emotions of Pike County, what the surprise and wrath of Bowling Green? Shall Pike County statesman, whose heart beats ever true to 16 to 1 and Jack sonian- Bryanian Democracy, devote to ping-pong. that imported London dissi- patton of plutocrats, the hours that should be given to deep musings upon the wrongs of the people and the slipperness of Gum Shoe Bill? What Is rhe country coming to? How long will it be before Joe Baileys legs, the pillars of the constitu- tion, will be draped in golf stockings?
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
MT. underwood's Tariff Plan.

Mild and conservative as MT. Un- derwood's tariff reform plan is, yet it Will be rejected by the party that psasses the hat once in four years at least along the line of tariff beneficiaries. Our Congressman does not ask for general tariff revision, but he asks that we make concessions to nations that in return will make con sessions to us. The amendment that he offered on Monday is as follows:
 That for the purpose of readjusting the present duties on importations into the United States, so as to raise sufficient revenues to support the government eco- nomically administered and at the same time to encourage the export trade of this country, the President of the United States is authorized and empowered to negotiate trade contracts with foreign nations wherein mutual concessions are made, looking to the expansion of our foreign trade, provided that such trade contracts becoming operative shall be | States for ratification, amendment or re- jection."
 This plan is the height of common sense. It is business" in the fullest sense of the word, but it will be re- jected by the Republican party, be- cause the big purses that control that party demand that the tariff stand untouched. They desire more years in which to plunder home consumers.
 Under MT Underwood's plan trade from our Southern ports could be vastly extended. There is not a na- tion to the South of us that does not stand ready to sign a reasonable reel procity treaty. Over twenty of such treaties are now pending in the Sen ate, held up by the strong interests whose influence is ever felt in that body
 Mir. Underwood's plan is eminently wise and conservative, but the House controlled by Republicans will not listen to it. The majority in the House preferred the repeal of the in- heritance tax and like taxes under an iron rule that would have cut off both debate and amendment, and tariff rob. bery will go on, the audacious trusts having one price-a high one-for home consumers, and another price a low one-for foreign consumers.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
Shakespeare-Bacon.

Said a member of the Cadmean Circle: Echoes of the recent violent revival of the Shakespeare controversy still re- verberate in the air, but the storm seems to have passed. Dr. Eduard Engel, the distinguished German student of English literature, writes of the folly in the Ber- liner-Tageblatt, uttering words of wisdom which, however, have often been uttered before. It is surprising to men and wo- men who have merely a working knowl- edge of Shakespearean research and scholarship, to note how small an &C., quaintance with this vast subject is pos sessed in other walks. As a matter of fact, the only phase of Shapespeare's life which can be called mysterious is Its last phase. He is the only threatre manager of prominence on record who retired from his calling with competency at so early an age as forty-seven years The silent burgher of Stratford who signed his name with an unaccountably shaky hand, and is reputed to have written the doggerel epitaph, Is identified only with difficulty with the greatest of poets. But even that mystery has been cleared up for the few who ever read dthat one of the scattered papers of the late J. F. Nesbit, a schol- arly and trustworthy critic and investiga- tor, in which he advanced the theory that before his retirement Shapespeare had suffered slight stroke of paralysis which impaired his mental faculties Merely a plasible theory. of course, but so very plausible that MT. Nesbl, s essay is we'll worth reprinting, as indeed, are others among his uncollected papers.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
Captain Hobson's Retirement.

All Alabamians were glad to read yesterday that President Roosevelt ] had in a special message recommended { the retirement of Captain Hobson, chiefly on the condition of his eye sight, but partly on account of the heroic service rendered by him at Santiago, where he sailed into the har- bor under Spanish guns that could have blown him and his boat to pieces. Fortunately, they were dazed by the heroism of the act, and he and his companions were saved to become prisoners.
 Since then he has been engaged as a naval constructor, chiefly at Hong Kong, where the Spanish ships that Admiral Dewey sunk were taken, and in the glare of the sun in Southern China his eyesight became impaired. On that account Captain Hobson asked to be placed on the retired list for disabilities incurred in the line of duty. But a retiring board decided that his incapacity was not such as to justify retirement.
 At this point President Roosevelt comes into the case. He does not dispute the findings of the retiring board, but in view of Captain Hob- sons gallant services he asks Con- gress to pass a special bill putting him on the retired list, and Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire has all ready introduced a bill to retire Cap tain Hobson "on account of incapacity from long and faithful service" The chief constructor and the Secretary of the Navy both favor the passage of the bill. Both believe that a re- turn to duty in the glare of ship yards would endanger Captain Hob- sons eyesight, and both think Con- gress should pass a relief bill
 Undoubtedly Congress will do so, and Captain Hobson will no longer feel that his country has been un- grateful. His services in the harbor of Santiago were strikingly heroic, and great country will not hesitate to reward one of it's heroes in the modest manner Dronosed in the Gal finger bill The bill is to become law beyond doubt, and Alabama will welcome back her heroic son to the duties of private life.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
THE POPULARITY OF PING-PoNe.

From the Boston Transcript
 At first we said that If "ping-pong" had been given a name carrying on the face of 1t something more either of rhyme or of reason we should phophesy fairly long life for it, since 1t has certain at fractions that appeal to those who like an indoor sport that is not sedentary. But in spite of a name that might have been a handicap the game lives and pros pers and has, we believe, now an organ" That possession always settles for the time being at least the status of a thing of joy or of utility. It will probably con duce to its longevity, too, that it has furnished the setting for number of short stories, all of the love order so far; and there are many more plots yet to be conceived that may hinge upon ping pong; but story writers must be quick about digging them out. The game will hold it's own through this season probably, but by next fall 1t will be put on the retired list.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
UNCLE sAM's FORESTS.
| the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 ngton.-According to the twenty first annual report of the United States geological survey, the areas of all the forest reserves amount to 70,647 square miles. These-thirty-seven in number-lie in Washington, Oregon, California, Mon tana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho and South Da- kota. The geological survey estimates the approximate amount of forest ma terial left in the pine region of Minnesota at 16, 009, ,000 900 feet board measurement of white and Norway pine, as compared with over 20, 666 900, 900 feet board measurement of the same timber estimated by the Minnesota chief fire warden in the year 1896
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Demand for Coal.

Sugar planters in the Bayou Teehe dis trict of Louisiana are experimenting with fuel oil, and so far as heard from the oil is giving satisfaction, but the coal market is not seriously affected by the 'revolution;' indeed, the coal market is not feeling the change in the use of oil at all, for the simple reason that the de- mand for coal is greater than the sup ply" said a prominent coal operator yes- terday.
 "Even If fuel oil should be used gen. erally in the Texas territory there will still be market enough for all the coal that Alabama can mine The South is developing so rapidly that new fields of trade are getting to be practically un- limited.
 "The domestic coal market is coming more and more to the front. The hard winter through which we are passing has stimulated the demand for domestic coal and trade never was so brisk in this line as it is right now"
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
William Halls Comlnu.

MT. William Halls, vice president of and vice president of the Birmingham Realty Company. will arrive in Birming- ham next Friday. Mir. Halls is not only a great friend of Birmingham in a busi- ness way but when he was here last fall he dropped 5000 in the collection box of the Y. M. c. A, $500 in the collection box of the Mercy Home, and $500 in the collection box of the Hillman Hospital. MT. Hall did not publish these facts. He gives unostentatiously, but the recipients of Mr. Halls bounty could not keep it in.
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Younu Lawyers.

Birmingham affords a good school of experience for the young lawyer, and while our local bar, with over 200 prac- ticing attorneys, may seem somewhat crowded, there is room for any new conner of ability and pluck" said mem- Der of the law mote who has already es- tabllshed a high reputation in corpora ton business.
 "The profession of law always did re- quire and always will require, on the part of it's followers, a great amount of education. And the sharper competition becomes the more exacting will the re- quirements for the lawyer be. Every lawyer, in order to succeed, must know law; he must know the books. The shyster never did make much headway, and to- day he finds less business than ever.
 "One disadvantage that young law yer labors under is that he usually has to work for a contingent fee. If he loses his case he not only loses his fee but he gets 'cussed by his client because his client has to pay the costs. But the young man must not allow himself to be dis couraged. He must keep at 1t; learn more and more of his books; more and more of human nature. If he applies himself he will rise to a commanding position soon or late. Mastery is the thing. The man who masters any science, profession, business or trade will certainly succeed.
 Take B. M. Allen as an example. He is conceded, I believe, to be the most successful criminal lawyer in the South. How did he get the lead? Why, he went to work and equipped hmself-that's all. Allen knows every technicality in crim- inal practice. He is an absolute master of criminal procedure. When Allen catches a big retainer his client has the satisfaction of knowing that he has not only secured talent but the services of an expert who will stick faithfully to him to the end. I once heard a judge say that if Allen lost a case no other lawyer could have done better; that no man in criminal practice could, indeed, measure up to him in watching his points and arguing his points. It was a high tribute but it was deserved. All this goes to show what study and concentration will do. When Allen started out he was as green as any other young lawyer. But he was studious and ambitious and he got to the top. Any fellow may do the same if he has the stuff in him.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
THE oLEoMAReARINE OUTRAGE.

From the Kansas City Star.
 It Is not expected that the half baked oleomargarine bill which went through the House yesterday. will pass muster in the Senate. It is not conceivable that men of mature statesmanship would think of countenancing such an outrageous form of discrimination. A bill which contem- plates the destruction by taxation of an industry which furnishes it's patrons with a cheap, wholesome and desirable com modity, and all at the behest of another industry which is able to stand on Its own merits ought to be turned down without ceremony in a body laying claim to the far Judgment and conservation professed by the Senate.
 While there are frequent complaints about the arbitrary methods of procedure in the Senate, the requirements of sena- torial courtesy, etc., it is made frequently apparent that the people still continue to rely on the upper branch of Congress to impose a check upon random and ill-considered enactments by the House. Whenever a bill of a particularly absurd and senseless character is passed in the House, the usual comm ent is that it will be killed in the Senate.
 The fate of the oleomargarine bill ought to be clearly indicated by it's harmful and mischievous purpose. It is the product of demagogism pure and simple. It seeks tc overthrow a useful and beneficial indus try, and. what is worse, it attempts to interfere with the exercise of a legitimate privilege by the people. As plain tribute to the excellence and desirability of ole- omargarine as could be asked for is the effort that has been carried into Congress to prevent its sale.
 It Is not necessary to enter into any discussion of the merits of oleomargarine. These have been fully attested by it's ex- tensive use and sale. The plea that it should be taxed out of existence to pro- tect the dairy interests is dishonest and sophistical. That is the most abhorent feature of the bill This meddling with the rights of the people to purchase where they will, and on the most attractive terms offered to them strikes at the very basic principle of free government.
 If the dairy interest cannot maintain itself against the competition of oleo- margarine-which it can-then 1t would be far better that 1t should perish and go to the wall than that Congress should interpose to compel the public to sustain it
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
LIFE BY TIME TABLE.
the London Spectator.

From the London Spectator.
 Probably since the world began there was never period when men wasted their time as little as they do now. Whether they use it we'll or i'll, they at least do not let it slip away empty. Never was the fascination of work so pot ent as at the present moment, and never be- fore were the same keenness and concen- tration displayed in the pursuit of dis traction. Energy is the dominant quality or the Anglo-Saxon race, the quality they love to exercise, the quality they can mot choose but admire. Work is no longer regarded as necessary evil or even
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because they were present but because they were absent" said a lover of classic music.
 Bauer is perhaps the greatest virtuoso in the United States today. He is certain ly an attraction in New York and Bos- ton. The announcement of one of his recitals in the east is sufficient to draw full house. But in musical Birmingham Bauer played to a small house.
 "The reason of the small business here is explained in part at least by the fact that Birmingham observes Lent Guckeh- berger, Bowron and many other patrons of musical art, are keeping the rules or the church."
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A CITY SWEET AND CLEAN.

From the New York Tribune.
 Havana is much better off than New York and many other American cities, and better than London and a large num- Der of foreign capitals, with respect to smallpox Cuba's foremost community has not had a single case of this disease for many weeks, and it is also free from yellow fever. This metropolis has had as many as sixty smallpox patients in single month, and London has been com pelled to care for much larger companies of the effiicted.
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Danish West Indies.

Tn brief time and almost without objection the Senate ratified the treaty with Denmark, under which We are to acquire the islands of St. John, St. Thomas and St. Croix for the sum of five million dollars. This is prac- tcally the termination of mild agi-
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WHAT MORGAN MADE IN 1901.

From the New York Press.
 Two well-informed Wall street men were discussing J. Pierpont Morgan. Said one: q have had a long talk with a mem- Der of his firm, and while he let fall no secrets, yet from what I could gather MT. Morgan made last year about $42, O00, 000." The other agreed that the estimate was practically correct from what he could learn.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A switch in time saves the child from the cat-o mine.
 To be noble is to know how to forgive ignoble things in others.
 Great men marvel at their successes small men at their failures.
 A man takes advice from another mans wife; he gives it to his own.
 A few people know more than they let on; but most people let on more than they know.
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Green and Gaynors Demur.

Savannah, February 1S.-In the case of Green and the Gaynors before the Uni ted States district court today the de- fendants filed a demurrer to the indict- ment alleging its insufficiency and illegal ity. The demurrer is in general denial and three specifications Arguments were begun on the demurrer by defendants counsel and will be continued tomorrow
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Patrons of Art.

''The Woman's Club with its musical department. the Turn-Verein with it's musical section, and the First Methodist church with it's musical contingent were conspicuous at the Harold Bauer recital at the Jefferson theater-conspicuous not
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Robert Milroy Dead.

San Francisco, February 1s . Robert Milroy, well-known horseman and sec- retary of the California Jockey Club, died today from injuries received in street car accident two weeks ago.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

China adopted civil service rules and held competitive examinations as far back as 200 B. c.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

There is nothing of a figurative or poetical nature about Chicago salt horse" It is absolutely realistic.
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The Chinese have burned another German mission, and the late war may have to be repeated, footing and all.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19
"cET THERE" GATES.

From the New York Press.
 MT. John w. Gates press agent now leads MT. Thomas w. Lawson's by one railroad deal and a $10O, 900 art purchase
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

Congressman Wheeler started in too late to stop the reception of Prince Henry, who is really kinsman of most Americans.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

Commodore Perry opened Japan to the world, and now she has become one of the worlds masters.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

Booker T. Washington gathers in the donations at Tuskegee, but there is always room for one more donor.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

4 suspension of public opinion IS asked in the Miss Stone case. She may actually be released.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

No salt water bath can take away the courage that fills the breast of M. Santos-Dumont He says he will try again.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

The Soudan, that land of mystery, now holds twenty-seven postoffices to and from which mails are regularly sent.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

Women have the right to vote in Utah, and some Mormons can swing their beat without leaving home.
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wholly as a means to an end; it is valued for its own sake. The richest men in America work as hard as the poorest or at least pretend to do so-lest the so- ciety in which they move should suppose them men of leisure. a suppostion which would be- we understan against an American whatever his position in life,
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Japan is now one of the recognized powers of the world, for the new treaty puts her in the charmed circle.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

Col. Jack Chinn still stands by poker and refuses to accept ping pong as a substitute.
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Easter will occur this year in March, and the weather may not conclude to be mild and pleasant.
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The Marquis Ito is the tallest diplo- mat in the world at present.
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All houses are to be built hereafter to suit the demands of ping-pong.
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It is spring, balmy spring, in the shop windows-and nowhere else.
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A THINK.

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
 We think the Democratic ticket for 1904 is likely to be Schley for President and David B. Hill for vice president.
The age-herald., 1902-02-19

Payne's penny postage is now before the country alliteratively speaking.
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Prince Henry Is billed to arrive in New York next Saturday, and sassiety is in 8 flutter.
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The narrow escapes of Santos-Du- mont will soon fill a volume.