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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
The Ocean Trip.

With the first hot wave of spring the
men and women of Birmingham who
love the sea begin to long for a trip to
New York by way of the Savannah Line.
They dream of cooling breezes and the
general toning up that they get on the
Atlantic. The Savannah Line has had a
magnificent fleet all the while, but on the
first Of next month 1t will add the steam
ship City of Memphis, the handsomest
and fastest vessel ever built for the
coastwise trade.
The Central Of Georgia Railway Com
pany which connects with the steamships
at Savannah, will distribute new litera-
ture about the ocean route that will be
of especial interest to people who take
summer outings or who make business
trips TO New York. The Central has al
ways been popular with Birmingham
merchants, and 1t will be more popular
than ever this season.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
Rivers and Harbors Improvement.

The Senate passed without debate
the rivers and harbors bill, but 1t
went through without debate because
every Senator had loaded it up with
additions and amendments. These
additions and amendments carry the
aggregate of the bill up to $70,000,000
There is little merit in most of these
additions, and now that the bill is
back in Chairman Burton's hands
these amendments will be well sifted,
and the bill will doubtless go to
conference committee.
The additions of the Senate foot
up $9,6O9,172, bringing the total
amount of the bill up to $70,297 500.
There Is scarcely one of these addi-
tons that Chairman Burton will not
assail, and he is loaded with facts and
river and harbor knowledge. No one
in the country knows the country,
present and prospective, better than
he does, and as for its rivers and
harbors, he knows them better than
the people do who live on them.
The bill passed In the House was
a very reasonable bill, because it car
ried appropriations Of two Congresses
the Tom Carter Congress and the
present one. 1t covers four years,
giving about $15,0O0,OOO year to
river and harbor improvements. which
is not a bit too much. Let us hope
mpromise between the two bills
will be readily reached, for a failure
of the bill, either by clash between
the two Houses or by veto, would
be a public calamity The hope Of
the speedy opening of the Warrior
hangs upon this bill.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

In fourteen days. tho second in thirteen,
the third in eleven and a half, the fourth
in eleven and a half and the fifth trip in
fifteen days. Another contract was made
for carrying the mail with reindeer dur
ing the winter of 1860 ana 1901 between
Eaton and Kotzebue, distance of $50
miles, two round trips to be made during
the winter.
Up to January l. 1902 the reindeer mail
service in Alaska covered routes aggre-
eating 1000 miles. and in a recent report
the superintendent of malls boasts of the
great success of the service, due, he
modestly explains, to the capability of the
reindeer, the close attention given by the
assistant superintendent of mails and the
experiences of the drivers. At all events.
such progress has been made in 1901 as to
give Nome a semi-monthly service.
There are now in Alaska 1929 reindeer,
as against 143 in 1892. HOO in 1896 and 2S37
in 1899. Many of the first expeditions at.
tempted with the reindeer were unsuc-
cessful In 1897 1870 deer were killed at
Point Barrow for food and 60 were lost
or killed en- route. In 1898 1S5 were lost
and 299 in 1893, but 1t is now claimed that
the fawns born in Alaska greatly excel
In quality those born either in Lapland
or Siberia and that the reindeer in Alaska
are developing into larger and stronger
animals than the Siberian deer
The use of reindeer by the Postoffice
Department led to their use in carrying
express packages between mining camps
and this experiment, so far as the deer
were concerned, was a success, but there
was not business enough to make II
profitable. The deer have been used to q
limited extent In carrying freight, but
their most notable success has beer
achieved in carrying to the Isolated COM
munities in northern Alaska some of the
letters that go out from Chicago every
day in our ninety-seven mail trains.
Until the opening of the railway from
Valdez on Cooks inlet to Eagle City In
the Klondike country the reindeer drivers
will monopolize the mail service In the
interior of Alaska. But as the railroad
is completed the reindeer sledges will re-
tire, as did the old stage coaches of the
West, to find new business in the wilder
ness.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
MISS cAYvAN's LIFE WRECKED.

N. Y. Telegram 10 the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Miss Georgia Cayvan, the famous ac-
tress, who has been lowering between life
and death for almost a year is expected
to die within a few days. Her health and
her beauty wasted, she is waiting pa
tiently for the end in the Sanford Hall
sanitarium al Flushing. L. I. When Miss
Cayvan was in the zenith of her fame
Mrs Teall, in a suit for divorce against
her husband Ollie Teall. named the ac-
tress as the correspondent Miss Cayvan
fought the accusation and proved her in
nocence. The strain of 1t all. however,
was more than she could stand. Her
health began to break and she was forced
to leave the stage. Beginning as an elocu-
ZIONIST, Miss Cayvan became one of the
foremost actresses OF this country, Her
best work was as leading woman of the
Lyceum Theatre Stock Company. OF
which Henry Miller, Herbert Kelley and
many other stars were also members.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

For these fine results the South is
greatly indebted to its railway sys-
tens. These railways have the best
of motive power, heavy rails, slight
curvatures, low gradients and fine bal
last. AS a rule grades run with the
mighty Mississippi towards the Gulf,
and this fact Is telling heavily in
Southern exports. This enables the
Southern railroads to bring this way
more and more of the products of the
great central valley of the country.
Between the natural resources of
the South and its Gulf ports, this
section of the country Is bounding
forward rapidly. 1t Is becoming the
favorite field for the investment of
capital, the scene Of the highest activi-
ties and energies of the nation. The
census tables of this decade will pre-
sent a glowing and gratifying story.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
MOST PERSISTENT LISTENER.

Washington correspondent Chicago Trib-
une.
Senator Dryden of New Jersey is the
most loyal and persistent listener in the
Senate. He seems to have nothing to
do but sit at the feet of his older COL
leagues and learn wisdom. His desire
for knowledge has been particularly no.
ticeable during the pending debate on the
Chinese exclusion bill. When a Senator
arises to speak, Mr.. Dryden plants HIM
self in front of him, rests his head on
his hands, and strains his ear to catch
every word that falls from the orator.
lips. Nearly all Of the speeches are cut
and dried affairs, written out and read In
the Senate for home consumption, but
the New Jersey Senator is not critical.
He treats all speakers, Republicans and
Democrats, alike. and moves from one
side of the chamber to another as the
oratorical flights shift. One of his col
leagues said today that II Mr.. Dryden
could retain all the Information that has
been pumped into him since he has been
a Senator ne would know less about mere
subjects than any man In Congress
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
THREE MAILS A YEAR.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Ninety-seven railway mail trains leave
Chicago every day. Twelve Of these are
fast trains, speeding over the country al
almost a mile a minute. Kotzebue, In
Alaska, has three malls per year, carried
by reindeer. In the winter of 1899 and
1900. when the reindeer route to Kotzebus
was FIRST established. the Postoffice De.
partment achieved what is regarded as
great triumph. Mr.. Johan Peter Johan.
nesen with his reindeer made three round
trips over this route, each trip being 124t
miles through n wilderness without 6
road.
The success of this experiment led tc
the establishment of q regular route be.
tween Eaton and Nome. Five consecu-
five successful trips were made with rein
deer. The first trip Of $50 miles was made
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
The Grau Opera.

"As the Maurice Grau Opera Company
made money on its southern and western
tour last fall, I was in hopes it would
come this way again next season, but II
will not" said well-known musician.
'Mr. Grau has announced his plans. and
the only performances he will give outside
of New York will be in Philadelphia,
Boston and Chicago. His season will last
only five months.
Grand opera does not pay in New York
on the Grau scale, but there are enough
rich men there who affect Wagner and
the other great composers to make good
the deficit. And that is the way it is
DONE"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
PRIMARY ELECTION PLAN.
From the Sheffield Standard.

From the Shefneld standard.
Opposition to a State primary election
is manifesting itself. 1t comes chiefly
from office-seekers and politicians. Some
of it's opponents offer the silly objection
that the primary is one of Governor
Johnstons devices, which is on a par
with the negros reason for voting the
Republican ticket-that he did 1t because
the white people voted the other way.
The politicians who oppose the primary
thereby confess a lack of confidence in
the people. If, as they claim, 1t Is I'M
possible to have an honest primary, then
the new constitution, which was framed
with a view to securing honest elections,
is defective and the sooner 1t is amended
the better. They fail to enlighten US as
to the superiority of the convention over
the primary plan, and they avoid the fur
Their fact that conventions as rule, are
manipulated by few shrewd politicians.
who are usually as INSCRIPTIONS as they
are shrewd. One slick wire-pulling poll
tician can pull the wool over the eyes of
whole regiment of we plain farmers
by sharp parliamentary legerdemain. The
primary election Is the surest, simplest
and fairest means of ascertaining the
will Of the people. 1t puts the wool-hat
patroit on level with the slick aleck
from town and Is more in accord with
Democratic theory than Is the convention.
with all its loophopes for fraud and In
justice. The plan has been adopted in
Mississippi and Georgia and gives per-
fart aatfafanttnn n Madison 10
week the people, through a primary, were
able to register their WILL for the first
time In years. and the result is hailed
as deliverance from ring rule and boss
ism. The man who is unwilling to trust
the people 10 not fit to be trusted.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
FERN MINUS.

By Ralph Waldo Emerson.
1t is time to be old.
To take In sail
The god of bounds,
Who sets to seas shore
Came to me in his fatal rounds
And said, mo more!
No farther shoot
Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy
root.
Fancy departs; no more invent;
Contract thy armament
To compass of tent.
There's not enough for this and that,
Make thy option which OF two;
Economic the falling river,
Not the less revere thy Oliver,
Leave the many and hold the few.
Timely wise accept the terms
Soften the fall with wary foot;
A little while still plan and SMILE
And-fault of novel germs
Mature the unfallen fruit.
Curse If thou wilt thy sires.
Bad husbands of their fires,
Who, when they gave thee breath,
Failed to bequeath
The needful sinew stark at once, &,
Tho Baresark marrow to thy bones,
But left legacy OF ebbing veins.
Inconstant heat and nerveiess reins,
Amid the muses.. left thee deaf and dumb.
Amid the gladiators, halt and numb.
As the bird trims her to tho gale.
/ trim myself to the storms Of time,
/ man the rudder, reef and SAIL Z
Obey the voice at eve oSeyed at prime;
"Lowiy faithful. Danish fear.
Right onward drive unframed; 4
The port, well worth the'cruise. is near.
And every wave Ii charmed
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
LODGE AND ROOSEVELT.
washington Telegram to the New Yor

washington Telegram to the New York
World.
The presence of Senator Lodge at every
presidential function has attracted much
attention. 1t is stat ed in society on good
authority that the Attorney General de-
sired to have Senator Quay at his dinner
to the President, but when the list came
back from the White House, where, ac-
cording to custom, it had been sent before
the invitations were issued, the name of
Quay was found to have been stricken
out and that of Lodge substituted by the
President himself.
Secretary and Mrs. Hay Tuesday en-
tertained the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt at dinner. Senator and Mrs. Lodge
were present, and there is said to have
been a REPETITION of the Attorney General
incident, other names having been strick-
en- out and those of the Lodges inserted
by the President himself.
They were invited to the small family
dinner to meet Prince Henry, although
every member of the Cabinet was ignored.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
A Roof Garden.

II do not know whether or not Mr..
Woodward or his agents ever thought of
1t, but in my opinion a roof garden on
the Woodward sky-scraper would be a
good investment, remarked a restaurant
man.
Birmingham is just the sort of city
that would support well-conducted roof
garden. With our long summers and the
large number of prosperous business men
who cannot get away from town gar
den high up in the air would be crowded
every fair night. A cafe with music
would make money, and the owner of the
building would have no trouble in getting
good rent for his roof
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
PITHY POINTS.
From the Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore News
Is Santos-Dumont paying us a flying
visit?''
Socially. the material counts more than
the mold
Women's eyes and the use Of them were
known long before wireless telegraphy
was heard Of
Human credulity seems synonymous
with time from the fact that there Is no
bounds to It,
Even the stingy man is extraordinarily
liberal in giving advice.
Greatness is merely the ability to sue
coed with eouanimity.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
FIRE IN cARRoLLToN.
Business Portion of Mississippi Town
Partially Destroyed.

Carrollton, Miss, April 22.-Fire broke
out in the stcrehouse Of Fox Bros. at 3
o'clock this morning. F. N. Fox and
Clarence Sledge, two young men sleeping
in the store, barely escaped alive. The
business portion OF North CarrolltorN ~ 8
almost completely destroyed by the
flames. One dwelling house, two hotels
and twelve stcr ehouses were burned to
the ground. The Peoples Bank was bad
ly damaged but was finally saved by hard
work on the part of the citizens.
The entire less Is estimated at between
$50, 900 and $780, 900. Insurance covers above
half of that amount.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
CHILD STEALING IN MEXICO.
Revelations Have Caused Great Elk
cltement Among Common People.

Mexico City, April 22.-Continued revel-
atoms in the matter of child stealing for
Yucatan have greatly excited the COM
mon people, from among whom large
number of children have been lured away
by band of professional kidnapers who
have sent their victims to Yucatan, some
to work on the henquin plantation, others
to enter families as servants.
Enrique Iglesias, one OF the alleged
leaders of the lddnapers, has delivered
himself up to the police and is in Belem
prison in Communicate.
great number of women of the poor
er classes are inquiring for their missing
children.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
Snow storm In April.

Jam eston, N. D.. April 22-The fiercest
April snow storm ever known in this
section of the state began this morning
about $50 o'clock and steadily increased
in fury. Over a foot of snow has fall
len. Snow is drifting and railroad traffic
is at standstill with the exception of
through passenger trains on the North
ern Pacific
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
Kniuhts of Columbus.

Great preparations are being made for
the pilgrimage of the Knights of Column
bus of Birmingham to Mobile next Sat-
urday night" said member of the Or
der. I'VE will have forty or more in the
party and a special sleeper has been en-
gagged for the trip.
The Birmingham Council will have an
initiation in June and that will attract
several hundred knights from the sur
rounding country. Every man who has
been initiated is eager to see how the
other fellow takes it,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
FRANCE HAS 100000 DOGS.

Paris Cable to Chicago Record-Herald.
The census of dogs just taken fixes the
number in France at 100000, 100000 of
these being aristocrats and the rest ours
of low degree. The dog tax produced
about 5000 900 francs last year, an average
of three francs per dog. The average is
seven dogs to every 100 of population.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
Market Street.

1.-THE line of market shops on the east
side of Twentieth street, between Fourth
and Fifth avenues, transforms the ap-
pearance of that part of the city, and
the change marks the progress of mer-
camille business northward," said an old
citizen.
But trade must skip Twentieth street
beyond Fifth avenue. The elegant South
ern Club on one side and the Church of
the Advent and rectory on the other will
keep stores and Cheap houses at a prop
er distance"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
LEOPOLD NoN-coMMITTAL.
Answers Petition for His Intervention
In Belgium Labor Trouble.

Brussels, April 22.-King Leopold has
responded to the petition Of the Chamber
of Commerce asking for his Intervention
in the present crisis in conciliatory but
non-committal manner, intimating that
the government is carefully considering
the situation and can be depended upon
to Loyalty maintain the execution and full
fill its duty by adopting the policy which
1t deems most useful for the well-beins
and tranquility of the country.
There was a general resumption of
work in the factories and coal mines of
LieRe.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
WE WANT CLEAN POLITICS.

From the Hartford Times
The Times heartily endorses the action
of the press of the state in advocating a
white primary instead Of beat meetings
as heretofore for the coming November
election with the new constitution and
primaries no state in the Union will or
can have cleaner politics. Put the pri-
mary to usl
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
Texas Cotton crop.

Houston, Tex, April 22.-The Post to-
morrow issues its report on the cotton
crop of Texas, the same acreage as last
year being shown. Last year there was
q heavy increase over the preceding sea-
son. Planting has progressed rapidly and
will be completed May 10. There Is q fine
season in the ground and the outlook
is very good
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

From the Decatur News.
BY all means, let us have state
primary. The convention o1rers too many
chances for manipulation and fraud. The
primary is the safest and best means of
expressing the will of the people.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
Better Than Love.

From the Davenport Republican.
A sentimental editor out in Kansas asks:
Are there any sweeter words In the
English language than these: I love
you? Perhaps not: but the words,
Here's that dollar 1 borrowed" are not
lacking In eloquent and delightful enun-
citation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
Killed Her Husband.

Walnut Springs Tex, April 22-B. A.
Backson was killed today by his wife
who split his head open with an axe. The
woman is insane.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
Foreiun Trade at Southern Ports.

The Gulf export and import trade
is increasing very rapidly-so rapidly
that it's tonnage either in or out now
exceeds that of the Pacific district,
and is nearly as large as that of the
great lakes. We add table showing
the growth of foreign commerce at
Southern ports:
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

The farmers and stock raisers in
the West are not saying a word
against the meat trust. They are
looking for division of spoils.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

From the Admission Star.
The demand for state and county Dem
ocratlc primaries Is growing instead OF
diminishing.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

The Missouri mule keeps his ears
turned towards South Africa in the
hope that peace news will come be-.
fore he Is exiled from his country.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

It has not been definitely ascertained
whether or no John w. Gates bit of
more than he could chew. 1t is one
of the mysteries of Wall street.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

Santos Dumont, prince Of the upper
air, is the biggest man in the coun-
try. He has supplanted Marconi, Miss
Stone and even ]. P. Morgan.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

Kitchener will be bigger man than
Our Bobs If the war is settled soon.
He had the heavier task, and he
handled it we'll despite the critics.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

Let the trusts go on, for the more
rapid their work the sooner will come
the downfall of the protecting robber
tariff,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

King Edward Is working might and
main to bring Lord Kitchener home
to his coronation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

The farmer who eats his own beef
is not only practicing true economy,
hut he is flanking the beef trust.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

The high tariffites should not say a
word against the protected meat trust.
They did 1t.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

Tariff duties and railroad rebates
enable the meat trust to work the
people for millions in profits.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

There are more Filipino generals
in the Philippines than there are poll
tlcians at home.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

The trust business is spreading
Southwark rapidly. It is cycling our
cotton mills.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23

Pensions and poetry constitute u
new and up.to-date issue
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
All things that are going up are now
charged to the meat trust.

No news from South Africa is now
good news.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-23
AN ISSUE THAT GROWS.

John W. Gates knew when to let go
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-09-12
Americans Attacked by Moros.

Washington, Sept. 9.-The war de-
partment has received cable dispatch
from General Chaffee dated Manila,
Sept. 6, stating that an attack was
made on the United States troops at
Mailing Falls seven miles from camp
Vivars by Moros Sept. 1. First Lieu
tenant William NJ. Parker One Hun
dred and Tenth infantry and two
soldiers were wounded and one soldier
killed. General Chaffee also says:
Have authorized Brigadier General
Samuel S. Sumner to move troops into
Maciu country and exact promise Of
good behavior in future from Datos
and followers. Troops have been at
tackled twelve times since May 2, with
loss to us of four killed and twelve
wounded. We have remained all the
time quiet seeking friendship; in ac-
ton, self-defense only"