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The age-herald., 1902-01-29
HOW MORRIS "cASHED IN"
A Far Western Tragedy Described In
 Far Western ,Vernacular.

From the New Denver (B. C) Claim.
 In 1897 there were flush times in the Slocan. The overflow of the Rossland boom swished through the silver camps and coated them with gold. The wash struck Sandon the hardest and for months the town had its Cairo-like streets litersny paved with dollars and playing cards. Sandon is built in a gulch between high mountains over which the sun occa- sionally peeps at the burg. In those days it was hot locality. All night long the pianos were thumped "below the dead line," while above 1t the booze factories had no keys and the clinking of glasses kept time to the rattle of chips and the cries of That's good!' I'm patl" Put in with you!" etc. These were the days when it often cost many a plunk to look at your hole card, and chubbers were un- der the table, Gamblers were thicker than coons at cake walk, and flash of sunlight made the lower end of the camp look like a railroad switch yard with all danger signals turned on. The town never closed up; it was one long carnival of wine, women and cards. When one shift went f1ewey another took its place, and Canada's Monte Carlo never blink ed an eye
 About this time Morris Butterman hail. ed the camp. Morris had no yellow in him, and packed more than sixty years on his broad back. He had been gambler for nearly half a century in New Or leans, dealt on the old Mississippi, and peeped from behind fours in many a draw game. So when he hit the camp he was not afraid of anything in sight. He dealt faro in the Bucket of Blood saloon and kept his shirt bosom ever white For long time his meal ticket had figures on 1t, and then the strike, soon made San don look like dirty duce in a new deck, and the old gambler went up the hill to cook for a while, but he did not suit, and wandered back to town again. broke but sad, silent and proud. Several of the boys noticed that he did not eat reg ularly and proffered him aid, but he shook his head and stood pat. One day, about in the afternoon. he passed through the Bucket of Blood to the stair way at the rear on the way to his room. AS ne mounteu the steps ne turned ana took long look at the bar and Hand- some Jack. Late the next afternoon Jack went up stairs to the old mans room and found him dead. He had put on his best clothes, got under the blankets, took swallow of poison, and closed in.
 And thus Morris quit the game--a phil osopher.
 Old, broke and nothing behind the deal. he preferred to pass up rather than bur- den his friends. Just a dash of tragedy in the fever of mining-camp life
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

ingham Monday night left yesterday for Nashville. He was accompanied by the Rev. Father Shaw. secretary and cham cellor of the district
 Alex Nelson of Biossburg is at the Metropolitan.
 ". G. Day of New York is at the Hill man.
 F. M. Springer of Toledo is at the Florence.
 ". F. Trogdon of Philadelphia is at the Hiilman.
 J. Lee Long Of Greenville is at the Hill- man.
 Walter c. Bouche of Louisville is at the Eillman.
 A. N. simon of New Orleans is at the Hillman.
 J. E. Mintree Of Washington is at the Hillman
 J. E. Dean of Memphis is at the Hill- man.
 G. w. Ely of Atlanta is at the Metro politan.
 W. H. Tinsley of Louisville is at tho Metropolitan.
 B. W. Brewer of Littleton. Ala. is at the Metropolitan.
 P. Geiss of Cleveland is at the Metro- politan.
 s. Bragg and Thomas Bradford of Mont gomery are at the Metropolitan.
 Thomas H. Moon of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan. J. A. Limbach of Chicago is at the Nor ris.
 John Diamond of Philadelphia is at the Morris.
 Charles Lenoir of Selma is at the Nor ris.
 A. S. Lynch of New York is at the Morris.
 S. T. Walker of Selma is at the Flor ence.
 L. c. Paschall of Iynchburg, Va, is at the Florence.
 Herbert Minor of New York is at the Florence.
 
 L. A. Fealy of Cullman Is at the Flor ence.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
Kina Coal's Centennial.

In an old log tavern, near the scene of the Wyoming massacre, then fresh in the minds of the early settlers, up in the heart of Pennsylvania, some "black rock" that had been found at an outcropping in the neighborhood. was placed in grate, and it wag then and there burned to ashes, ere ating heat and even light in the depths of a severe Pennsylvania winter. This grate IS still preserved. It was the first American coal placed in a grato. It was the coming of King Coal. It was King Ccal himself.
 This is why King Goals centennial will be celebrated at Wilkesbarre, Pa. at least. It may be celebrated else where. It should be.
 From that humble grate in a log tavern the use of coal as fuel has
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
Foundries in the United States.

All told, there are 5490 brass and iron foundries in the country. The brass foundries number 875, and the iron foundrfes 4615. Included in the latter are 107 malleable iron foundries, not one of which is found in this dis trict. There is, however, one in Chat tanooga, and the Southern Car and Foundry Company is about to estab- fish one in this county. Of steel foundries there are now 72 Although soft steel is made in this district. yet no foundry exists bere that can mould 1t to the uses of n an. There are 269 stove foundries.
 The chief foundry States are Penn sylvapia. which has 721; New York, which has 521; Ohio, 436; Illinois, 333; Michigan, 25S; Indiana, 214, and wisconsin. 1855. These seven States hold over half of the foundries of the country. and every one of them has water transportation.
 Alabama cannot become a foundry State until the Warrior is opened. Cheap fuel and cheap iron and steel will not make this foundry State un- less water-borne transportation be added. This is what we need, and it is all we need. It is all that keeps us from being a foundry State. Con- gress can turn Alabama into foundry State by opening the Warrior, but Congress has it's Carters and other schemers, and it hesitates.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
SOME PiTHY SAVINGS.

Here, says the Washington Post, are some pithy sayings by Champ Clark, of Missouri:
 l will never vote cent to pay any mans expenses to go to England, or elsewhere, to help crown a King. We went out of the coronation business on the 4th of July, 1776.
 The man "who would rather work than eat" is a figment of the imagination. He is myth as much as Jupiter or Min erva, Hercules or Venus, Vulcan or Aph- rodite. Cyclops or the sirens with their dulcet songs.
 If John D. Rockefeller, who is gener- ally taken and accepted as the richest man in America were to conduct his bus iness as recklessly as the governments business is run he would go into bank ruptcy in less than ten years.
 The Louisiana purchase was the great est transaction in real estate buited upon est transaction in real estate bruited upon to the top of high mountain and offer ed him the dominion of the world.
 Thomas Jefferson divides with King Solomon and Lord Bacon the honor of being the wisest man in the world
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
Wild Crop Estimates.

The cotton bulls and bears are still at odds over the size of the current crop. The movement thus far exceeds that of last year by about 340,000 bales, and last years crop was 10,- 100000 bales. Some say the difference between the crops will be enlarged, and some say it will be lessened until it goes the other way. Expert Nell is the big bear of the year, for he puts the crop at 11,25O,OO0 bales. Ex- pert Price represents the bulls, for he estimates the crop at 9,5OO,00O bales. There is mental divergence between them, covering 750,000 bales, that is the subject of dispute at pres ent.
 The truth is, there are no trust worthy statistics that show what per centage of the crop will come in after February 1. Seven months of the cot ton year remain, and the percentage of cotton that comes in sight in the closing seven months of the year has in the past varied materially. "The whole history of crop estimating" says the New Orleans Picayune. lis a record of dismal failures. Success for a few consecutive years in some cases only leads to the greatest errors when fortune changes. Crop estimates are only guesses pure and simple, and should be so considered" This is just the size of it. The fact that MT. Nell and MT. Price are 750,000 bales apart on February 1 does of itself show that estimates are but guesses.
 All that can be said is that what ever the out turn may be it will be needed. The exports have exceeded those of last year by 1000 bales, aud the. stocks held in this country arc no heavier than those of last year al the corresponding time in the season A greater amount of cotton will be absorbed this year than was taker last year, and this of itself should keer prices steady, and no one need there
 fore be disturbed by a large croI movement.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
The State Fair.

Every stockholder in the State Fair Association is being urged to attend the meeting of the association next Friday in the Board of Trade rooms and I ex- pect to see a full turnout" said Sec retary O'Neill.
 We expect not only to have fair this year but a better fair than has ever been held We will work to have an exhibition of Alabama's resources that will reflect credit upon the state, and all the side at- sociation should have a complete organiz- ation by the middle of next month. With an early start on advertising the financial success of the fair will be assured.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
The Collectors.

''The suburbanites who are now opposed to the Greater Birmingham movement will come around all right when they give the question further consideration and look at it in all It's bearings" said public-spirited citizen.
 Suburban towns are not able to keep up pAimprovements and maintain them- selves in anything like city style at tax rate lower than 1 per cent. If these towns become a part of Birmingham their property owners will not be taxed more than 1 per cent. This being the case, the suburban people, as Mayor Drennen says. will not be any worse off. On the contrary, they will get fire and police protection and better schools and those who borrow money will get it at lower interest rates. In short. they have everything to gain and nothing to lose by annexatiop.'
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
ROBSON AND AMERICAN EAGLE.

From the Boston Transcript.
 Employing Capt. Hobson as a medium at Fremont temple last night the Ameri- can eagle delivered himself of one of his shrillest and most defiant screams If this country is to take the role which his strenuous and soaring imagination has assigned to it. we shall need such a navy and such an army as the world has never yet seen; and, of course, we shall have to pay for 1t. For what Is to be our task according to this naval seer? ''The Monroe doctrine should be sent far and wide, until it has reached the golden wall of China. We are more fit ted than any other nation for this work as we are a peace-loving nation." This looks like 1t certainly. Then, again: Ut isn't wild dream to think of a great Slav wave of conquest over central and western Europe. It may be the United States will find 1t a duty to prevent this By what means can this country do so. except by great navy?' We have all we can do to handle the Monroe doctrine and make us respected on our own hem isphere, and as for pushing back 'Slav wave of conquest" in Europe. should it start out, that is not and should never become any of our business The Slav has as strong faith in his own destiny as we have in ours and that faith rests on very solid foundations. We may need a large navy, but not for the purpose of cracking giants castles and rescuing en- chanted princesses
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
HALE MILLION FOR BOSTON.

From a Boston Dispatch.
 At Saturdays meeting of the Twentieth Century Club the announcement was made that the Boston public library Is to benefit to the amount of half mill lion dollars from the residuary fund of the estate of Robert c. Billings.
 After MT. Billingss death, about three years ago, it was found that, after mak ing certain private bequests. he gave about $6OO00O to charities. His trustees were then to have charge of residuary fund, which since the estate proved to be far larger and richer than had been supposed. has made 1t possible for them. under the terms imposed upon their trust, to apportion to the library this generous sum, It is to be used for the purpose of purchasing books as a mem orial to MT. Billings.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
Harmony in House Caucus.

The caucus of the Democrats of the House held last Friday night was in teresting to say the least. The ma jority resolutions were non-committal, their object being the union of all Democrats. These resolutions simply declared that the Representatives were without power to promulgate a platform of principles for the party, owing to the binding character of the party platform heretofore regularly made at a national convention. MT. Henry of Texas, presented, however, minority report, as followsi
 'It is not within the province of Defn- ocratic caucus to promulgate or reverse a Democratic platform. IL Is the duty of every Democratic representative to ad- here to the national Democratic platform until the succeeding convention adopts another platform"
 When MT. Henry moved to recom- init the majority report he was met by an adverse vote of IT to 81. The seventeen were Messrs. Little of Ar kansas; Henry, Stephens, Ball, Bur gess, Burleson, Shepard and Kleberg, all of Texas; Cochran, Clark and Ben  ton, of Missouri; Henry, of Missis- sippi; Wheeler, of Kentucky; Shallen- berger and Robinson, of Nebraska; Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina, and McDermott, of New Jersey-three from the North and fourteen from the South.
 This vote cannot be considered an out-and-out repudiation of the Kansas City platform, for the majority resolu- tions call for the support of Demo cratic policies and the defeat of un, democratic policies. The most that can be said is that the Democrats of the House will do nothing to estrange any Democrats, but that they will on the other hand do all they can to bring the party together. Out of 156 Demo cratic members in the House 139 were present at the caucus. and a fair judg- ment of their action is that they pre- fer an united party to torn, dis tracted and defeated party. Their action went no farther than this. There is no reason why Democrats should not begin to get together. There are blanks upon which all Dem. ocrats can stand. There is the rob Der tariff to be fought down, and the trusts to be regulated out, and an in come tax to be brought in. There are issues enough that all Democrats can accept, and the time has come when the party should again be consoli- dated and got ready for battle.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
POSSIBILITIES IN A BOY.
Development of Great Qualities Not
 Originally Apparent.
From the Philistine.

From the Philistine.
 | have a. profound respect for boys. Grimy, ragged, tousled boys in the street often attract me strangely. A boy is man in the cocoon; you do not know what 1t Is going to become; his life is big with possibilities. He may make or unmake kings. change boundary lines between states, write books that will mold char acters. or invent machines Every man was boy; 1t seems strange, but it is real ly so. Wouldn't you like to turn back ward and see Abraham Lincoln at 12, when he had never worn a pair of boots? the lank, lean. yellow hungry boy, hun gry for love, hungry for learning, tramp ing off through the woods twenty miles to borrow a book and spelling it out crouehing before the glare of the burning logs?
 Then there was that Corsican boy. one of goodly brood who weighed only fifty pounds when 10 years old, who was thin, and pale, and perverse, and had tantrums, and had to be sent supperiess to bed, or locked in a dark closet because he wouldn't "mind!' Who would have thought he would have mastered every phase of warfare at 26, and when the ex- cheqkr of France was in dire confusion would say: "The finances? I will ar- range them.
 Distinctly and vividly I remember squat, freckled boy who was born in the. "Patch," and used to pick up coal along railroad tracks in Buffalo. A few months ago I had a motion to make before the Court of Appeals at Rochester. That boy from the Patch was the judge who wrote the opinion granting my petition.
 Be patient with the boys. You are deaf- ing with soul-stuff. Destiny waits just around the corner.
 Be patient with the boysi
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
A.rALE OF TWO CITIES.

From the Atchison Globe
 The Atchison men know that dry goods bills break them up, in spite of the low prices that prevail here. But how would the Atchison men like to live in Chicago? A Chicago firm advertises night gowns at $75 worth double; chemises at $S5, worth $4e, drawers at s25, worth s36. It will be remembered that in a dry goods adver- tisement lately appearing in the Globe, ia- dies muslin drawers, with three tucks, were advertised for 13 cents.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
Next Seasons Cotton.

'"rhe cotton planters of Alabama and Mississippi are buying fertilizers pretty freely, but I do. not believe we will do the volume of business that we did last year, ," said a fertilizer man last night.
 'The last planting was unusually large, and while the acreage will be large again this spring, 1t Is not going to be over done. Our shipping will continue brisk until March,"
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
Will Not Invite Him.

"As much as Birmingham might enjoy a visit from Prince Henry I have no idea of sending him an invitation in the name of the Commercial Club" said Presi- dent Culpeprer Exum yesterday.
 Such an invitation would not be ac- cepted. The Princes itinerary is made out and his time being limited he would hardly strain point to come to Birming- ham. However. if the Prince should change his schedule and drop down this way he would be meet with hospitable reception."
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
DESTRUCTION OF sENNAcHERIs.

By Lord Byron.
 on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple
 and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like
 stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep
 Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when sum
 mer is green, That host with their banners at sunset
 were seen Like the leaves of the forest when au-
 tumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered
 and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his
 wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as
 he passed; -e's And the eyes of the sleepers waxed dead
 ly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and
 forever grew still! And there lay the steed with his nos- But through it there rolled not the breath
 of his pride; i And the foam of his gasping lay white
 the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beat-
 ing surf. M And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust
 on his mail; And the tents were all silent, the banners
 alone, The lances unified, the trumpet unblown. And the widows of Ashur are loud in
 their vail, And the idols are broken in the temple of
 Baal; And the might of the Gentle, unsmoto
 by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of @ tha I.nf-z1l
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From fine New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A man of strong will can make any wo- man do anything that she wants to do.
 A little bit of sweetness comes out of a kiss every time you take if off the same lips
 The same woman who has money enough to have her red hair called gold . en tresses can steal and have 1t called kleptomania.
 Nine men out of 10 who start at the top reach the bottom, but nine men out of ten who start at the bottom stay there.
 If some preacher was only smart enough to put side door in his church he would have it filled with men who would go in from force of habit.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
Musical Artists.

"One of the attractions at every fash ionable hotel is the music and the two musicians who play In the lobby of the Hillman are affording great pleasure to the guests and the local people who drop in during thc evening" said one of the regular boarders yesterday
 'I have listened to the music in the Waldorf-Astorla and in many other fine hotels of the East, but to my ear the Hillman music is quite as sweet and ar tistic as that produced by the larger bands and orchestras. These musicians of whom I speak belong to the concert class and are therefore real artists. Louis Columbo. with the improved mandolin, and Joseph Bistolfi with the bass guitar, in connection with the whistling act in imitation of the flute make orchestral effects that are little short of marvellous. This bass guitar, or harp guitar as 1t is called, Is a rare instrument, rare in this country at least and is difficult in man ipulation but in the hands of a master like Bistolf 1t seems easy enough"
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

The Danish job lot of islands are to be absorbed, and Denmark is glad to get them off her hands, and We are glad to take them out of the market.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
About Persons.

MT. D. o. Hopkins. president of the sloss-shefficld Steel and Iron Company returned yesterday from the East.
 G. G. Guild of New York Is at the Hill man.
 J. c. Jones of Huntsville is at the Flor ence.
 Edward R. Singleton of Cincinnati is at the Hillman.
 The Right Rev. Edward P. Allen. bishop of Mobile, who arrived in Birm-
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

Paper made from seaweed is coming into use. It is of acceptable quality. There are beaches that have the weed to burn.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

The Indian must undergo a haircut unless he can prove that he plays football.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

Prince Henry's popularity is so great he could enter politics in this country to great advantage.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

Still another archipelago is to be annexed, that is to say, if three islands make an archipelago.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29
The Trust President Abroad.

Those persons who only knew of Charles M Schwab. as the president of the United States Steel Corporation, had an idea that he was an unimaginative sort of fellow. who took little or no in- terest in things outside of business, but the cables from Europe reveal the fact that he is a man of the world in the quick to adapt himself to his surround ings. sam
 At Monte Carlo Schwab did as all other lively tourists do-plunged into the fascinating game of roulette. In Austria he enters court society and dances at the royal ball. In Hungary he wins favor by his large-handedness. He rides in a spe- cial train and bestows gifts right and left. The Huns or Hungarians marvel at his princely style.
 ''The steel president was well adver- tised in this country before he went abroad, but now he has a reputation that is international. He will doubtless get a bid to Edwards coronation. Chauncey Depew was the only American outside the diplomatic representatives who stood in with royalty but Schwab Is easily getting ahead of him. Depew is a genial man but Schwab is genius, and if the United States Steel Corporation does not double his salary when he returns to his desk 1t will be because the directors do not appreciate the value of a chief who can go all the gaits.'
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

Miss Stone's captors are about to pocket the cold cash while they pass into history
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

We take the Danish isles, but the flag of Denmark still flies in Green land, which is American territory.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

Our new islands are chiefly peopled by negroes, who are not Danes in any respect.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

Between King Edward and Prince Henry royalty may be said to be above par, with rising tendency.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

The British peers who sell their names to promoters are coming one by one to grief.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

They are now trying to shape the proposed department of commerce so that it will please everybody.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

There was nothing chilly in Chi cago's welcome to Admiral Schley ex- cept the cold wave.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

Mrs. Mckinley can send letters free. but she could not undertake to receive letters on like terms.
The age-herald., 1902-01-29

The brigands are about to accept $72,500, and let Miss Stone take to the lecture field.