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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
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Locks for the Ohio River.

The Ohio legislature, now in session, has memorialized congress to provide the Ohio and Mississippi rivers with locks so that they may become navi- gable at all seasons of the year. No doubt this will be done, as the states most deeply interested usually cast repuDncan majorities, ana the central west has an unequalled "pulI' when that party is in power.
 4nis would e an extension to the big rivers of the Mississippi valley of the lock-and-dam system that the government is slowly instanng in the warrior. The central west will not stand such appropriations as congress grants for us in the Warrior. It is q section that will demand and secure millions when we receive hundreds of thousands. However, small favors are thankfully received down this way.
 The Ohio movement is not so much a movement to float agricultural prod- ucts to the sea as it is a movement to keep the coal and iron trade of the central cotton states in northern hands. It is a movement to render Pittsburg coal and Ohio iron and steel rivals of the products of this district in the gulf states. This is, however. natural and proper, and this district has no objections to offer. All that we ask is speedier opening of the
 ..rrior all-the-year round to six-foot navigation. This will place the prod ucts of this district at the sea, and our manufacturers can be trusted to find a market for them when they are at tide with no heavy inland trans portation charges attached. This is an we ask, and we are entitled to an occling of the ,.arrior at least as soon as the Ohio and Mississippi are opened at all seasons to barges and towhoats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
LETTERS TO EDITOR
wants eOvernment ownershIp.


 To the Editor of the Age-Herald.
 President Roosevelt has spoken brave and timely words on the strike, but noth- ing will result from them but a long drawing-out of the misery in the coal fields. The only way to put an end to this misery is for the government to ac- quire these coal fields. and all the other natural monopolies of the country, and operate them for the good of the whole people, as the postoffice Is operated; as the army and navy are operated and as the department of justice Is operated As the republican party Is so rooted and grounded in monopoly and special privi- lege that 1t does not know a trust when it sees or smells one; as 1t has become the sworn ally of an aristocracy based on money; as it's political crimes are so rank that some of it's most faithful CO., horts (note those of Iowa) are kicking over the traces; and as its doom will be sealed as soon as the people come to their senses, it behooves the masses of the people to get together, ana to assert their manhood by proving to the world (which now has serious and well-founded doubts of it), that this is still a govern ment "of the people. for the people and by the people," Or will the people stand supinely by ana see 1t perish from the earth?" J. A. MCKNIGHT.
 Birmingham October g. 1902
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
EMIL ZOLA'S GRADUAL
 RISE FROM POVERTY

he devoted tho best years of his literary activity the series of studies known collectively as the "Rougon- -AIaeqnart'' stories. The first of these. entitled La Fortune des Rougon." at once attracted general attention to the young author. The a4her stories in the series dealt more or less Realistically and pessi- mistica1ly with social conditions and characters during the corrupt period of the Second Empire.
 On the termination of the "Rougon. Macquarts books. on which rests his best claim to fame, zola wrote three stories. collected under the title of Les Trois Villes," and treating of religious oues. tions in Lourdes. Rome and Paris. In Rome" he published remarkable study of Pope Leo VIII. The freedom and anti Catholicism of his views led to their con. demnation by the congregation of ths Index. Casting about for new themea he next began series which he was moi destined to complete, entitled Les Qua. Ire Evangiles," and including "Fecon. dite." "Travial," 'everite'' ohe last Q, which is now being issued in Paris as seriaD.
 Besides writing his novels or studies and his critical essays, zola occasionally experimented-not over successfully-as a dramatist. His "Therese Raouin.n grim, powerful drama, is perhaps the most noteworthy of his plays His com edy. 'Le Bouton de Rose" was produced at the Palais Royal, where it failed.
 Of late years Zola was known through. out the civilized world by his gallant and unselhsh advocacy of the cause of the Martyr of Devils Island" the unhappy Dreyfus. With M. Labori, NJ Clemen- ceau. Colo. Picquart and others he clam ored bravely for a revision of the inioui- tous sentence which had defraded Drey- fus and sent hmi to living death. His article, beginning with the memorable words ''J'accuse'' made a sensation. and perhaps more than anything, caused the tremendous unheavel of conscience which compelled the French authorities to order a new trial of the much perseeuted off, cer. For his heroic exertions on behalf oi Captain Dreyfus he was rewarded by be- ing for time exiled and held to public ignominy by the anti-Semitic fanatics His life was at one moment probably i'm perilled through his courage. On the clos ing of the affair and the moral con demnation of the anti-Dreyfus party he returned to France, where until his death yesterday. at his home in the Rue de Brusselles, he had been engaged in literature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
Insects Scatter Diseases.

The latest bulletin of the Marine Hospital Service boldly declares that the history of twenty years in New York does not disclose a single case of yellow fever that arose from the shipment of wearing apparel, bedding and the like to that town from Vera Cruz, Havana, Santiago de Cuba and other fever-infected cities. Enormous quantities of such freight or baggage are landed every year in New Yorh at all seasons, and yet no cases oi yellow fever arise from it. Troops by tens of thousands came both tC this country and Spain, but no yellow fever cases resulted.
 The medical scientists assert, in other words, that all such diseases as yellow fever are conveyed simply
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
AeriaI Nay,oation in New York,

The sailing of the Stevens airship on the day. in New York, when the first trip of the Santos-Dumont airship in this country was made, has awak- ened public interest in dirigible bal looms, and the aerial problem generally speaking The experiments in New York serve to prove that balloon can be driven by motor and steered by a rudder both against as well as with the wind-that it can be steered read fly anywhere when a strong wind is not blowing. This much seems to be established.
 But is big gas bag valuable except as a toy or a diversion, even if it be steerable? This is the real problem. Lord Kelvin says "a bag of wind with a paddle" will never have commercial value, and yet we all know the steam engine and later the telephone were regarded in that light. The scientists hold that air navigation will never be practicable until some better method of overcoming the attraction of gravi- tation is discovered-that as efforts are tied to gas bag they are not commercially promising.
 The present experiments serve to make men study the problem, and no one can say what the outcome will be. It is now essentially and fully a twentieth century problem, and no doubt this century will settle it one way or the other. If man is hope lessly tied to this earth, it will be so decided, but if he may fly through the air even as birds do, no doubt some one in this wide-awake century will strike the keynote.
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within the next few days. He has sew eral tempting business offers h that city, and 1t is not improbable that Bir1ning- ham will lose him.
 Al. Campbell, who was the popular manager of the Metropolitan hotel cafe has accepted the position of steward of the Southern club. A cafe is to De one of the features of the club, but i- will. not be opened until about November 1.
 Henry F Wyly of Mobile Is at the Alor- ris. He is travelling agent of the Mallory steamship line.
 R. 0. Cunningham of Danviile Ky, who represents the Spots .ood Novelty com pany is in the city.
 R. D. Bruce of Danville, Ky is in the city on business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
From the New Yorl, Time.

From the New York Times.
 z MILE Edouard Charles Edourd
 =~ zola, usually called Emile zola,
 was born on April 2. 1s4o. in Paris. of an Italian father. Francesca zola, and a Provencal mother. He was only ' when his father dled virtually a bankrupt. At the college to which fafter receiving a primary education). he was sent. at Ak. in Province. he did not particularly distinguish himself, except in composition. Nor, when later on. he continued his studies at the Lycee Louis- le-Grand in Paris. did he give marked evidence of extraordinary talents. Indeed he failed to win a degree as bachelor.
 On leaving college to earn a living for himself, like Alphonse Daudet. who was his close friend through a great part of his career, he had to endure great hard ships. Often, with his. mother. he came near starvation, and at one time he &C., counted himself fortunate if he could pay for foul room in a disreputable little hotel meuble in the Latin Quarter and a crust of bread with an occasional slice of meat as an accompaniment. For short time he subsisted on a trifiing clerkship. His literary aspirations were, however, from the outset of his career, foremost among his preoccupations. Af- ter composing a poem. which he entitled "L'Amoureux Comedie." he was engaged virtually as hack, by Hachettes. the great firm of Paris publishers. Some time after he took to journalism. con- tributing to "Le Petit Journal" which, thirty of forty years later, he was to prosecute, and La Vie Parisienne."
 In 1864 he produced a series of delicate stories, published as "Contes a Ninon." and in 1866 he completed his confession de Claude" At the invitation of M de Villemessant, then rising into notoriety as an editor, he became a book reviewer and reporter on LEvenement, with a salary of 800 francs (S100) a month. His subsequent articles on the Paris Salon caused considerable excitement, owing to the unconventionality of the realistic views which they expressed. When M. de Villemessant assumed the authorship of the Figaro, Zola contributed for a time to that paper, leaving it. however, ere long for the more congenial paths of literature proper Cor, as some thought it, literature improper). In turn he pub lished s'Therese Raquin'' (afterward dramatized and played in English by Mrs. Potter and MT. Kyrle Bellew), Les Mysteres de Marseille'' and Made leine Ferat."
 It was in 1871 that he began the pub lication of the immense work to which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
IN HOTEL LoBBTEs.
TrIaIs of Show mananers.


 Curious changes are taking place in the show business all the time" said an old theatrical mat ager. land the man who attempts to keep up with the process sion has to be on the lookout all the time One difficulty which onfronts the manager. and the difficulty is fundamen- tal is the fact that there is never any way of telling just exactly what the peo- pie want. Men and newspapers have talked rather glibly about tae fads of the stage, and all that sort of thing, but the stage is really further from this sort of thing than any institution which con- tributes to the comfort and well being of society. It is true. in a measure, that little waves occasionally force this thing or that to the front, but the run is never persistent enough to make the particular thing what might be called a fad What pleases today will not please tomorrow, and a show that is well received by one audience will be hooted by another The public pulse runs a wide range when it comes to matters theatrical. Here we find a reason for the popularity of vaudeville entertainments. The patron simply pays his money and takes his choice to use a little bit of slang. There is variety enough to suit all tastes. In this connec- ton, and as an illustration of the point, I may cite the fact that within very re- cent times an innovation on the vaude- vile stage is the idea of presenting just a sldt from some classic.
 ''You can readily see the force and wisdom of this sort of thing. It ap- peals to persons who would not be reach ed by the comical juggler. or the dialec- tician, or the singing and dancing come dienne, or by the quips and quibbles of a long list of other lighter performers. They want something more serious, a glimpse culled from a favorite play, scene in some heavy opera, or something oI that sort Vaudeville has made this l concession to classical taste, and am inclined to believe that it is one of the most hea1tn1ul indications seen for some time on the stage. Indeed, it seems to me to forebode much good It is a good thing in more ways than one. By com parison these more strong glimpses of life brighten up the lighter things which come in between. They give one rest
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 the face a chance to put on its calmer and more placid aspect, and prevent 1t, perhaps, from comforting into a perpet- ual grin. But this is speculative. The point I wanted to make was that this method of varying the things on the stage, shifting the scenes and appealing to that mysterious and many-sided rid de, the public, from many standpoints, pleasing one element with this and anoth- CT with that, has gone far toward simpli- flying the work of the men and women who have to think these things out in ad- vance. It is intended to ma.e the per formers in vaudeville entertainments more artistic, and has brought higher class of entertainers into this branch of the profession"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
Beaumont oil.

"The oil production of Beaumont Is steadily increasing" J. s. Cullinan, a resident of Beaumont said last night. "I can't say how much more was pro- duced in September than in August or how much more in August than in July, but there has been an increase right along. This has been particularly so in the export business. Vessels are being loaded with oil at Port Arthur every day now. Most of this goes to England.
 "The Beaumont fire had no material effect on the general field. The only losers were the persons whose property actu- ally burned, and 1t will not take more than thirty days for then to recover en- tirely"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
A MATCH.

By Algernon Charles Swinburne. If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf, Our lives would grow together In sad or singing weather, Blown fields or flowers closes, Green pleasure or gray grief; And I were like the leaf If you were thrall tc sorrow, And I were page to joy, We'd play for lives and seasons With loving looks and treasons And tears of night and morrow And laughs of maid and boy; If you were thrall to sorrow, And I were page to joy. If you were ApriTs lady, And were lord in May. We'd throw with leaves for hours And draw for days with flowers. Till day, like night, were shady, And night were bright like day; If you were Aprils lady. And were lord of May. If you were queen of pleasure, And were king of pain,
 Wed hunt down love together. Pluck out his flying feather. And teach his feet measure. And find his mouth a rein; If you were queen of pleasure, / And were king of pain> ii
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
From Tit Bits.

From Tit Bits.
 It is not generally known that Capt Alfred Dreyfus is living quiet and re- tired life in a cosey little suburban house in Paris. Every day he may be seen on the streets of Paris in the Louvre and the great libraries, yet no one recognizes him because they do not know him. He has frequently brushed elbows with his great est enemies. Not many days ago, for in- stance, an officer. who gave evidence against him at the famous Rennes trial begged his pardon when stepping out of a tram car unconscious of the personality he was addressing.
 These facts were told to a writer by a gentleman, great personal friend of the much condemned man. who pointed out the house occupied by the famous prison CT of Devils Island as we passed down a quiet suburban thoroughfare of cfe worlds gayest city. He had had an inter view with Dreyfus that very week. He found him writing at his desk as uncon- oernedly as a retired banker, determined to take life easy.
 He explained that he accepted the par don," which many declare he should not have done. at the sole advice of his friends and on the understanding that he could appeal against the decision This chance has. gone. now that the President has proclaimed amnesty for all concerned
 "Dreyfus," continued my friend lis not a sympathetic man at first sight rather the other way; but the more you see of him-and have chatted with him some seven or eight times during the present year-the more you like him. Af- ter each conversation your opinion of him improves. You quickly discover this fact,
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and solely by mosquitoes, flies and other insects. The esteemed mosquito inserts the germs directly in the veins, while the flies and like insects carry them on their feet and plant them in the food of their victims. The flies do this unconsciously, and so for that matter do the mosquitoes, but the work of each is equally deadly. The common house fly is beyond all doubt a disseminator of typhoid germs, and the careless nurse is the fy's working partner in this business. There will be plenty of typhoid until every stool of a typhoid patient is speedily placed beyond the range of the house fly.
 Another year should witness marked advances in the prevention of con- tagious disease. The period of investi- gation is fairly passed. The old the ories that contact of one sort or an- other creates such diseases are we'll nigh exploded, and the transmission of such diseases by insects is equally well established. War upon insect life is now in order, together with a war against that carelessness which gives insects opportunity to accumu- late deadly disease germs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
PHRASES OF zoLA.

q have lived in the broad daylight"
 Have I not reason to shrug my shoul- ders?"
 My children--over a thousand in num- ber-cover page after page. world Of persons and deeds.''
 Have I not sufficiently proved my ability as a creator of men?"
 T have had only one love in life, Truth; and one aim. to represent things as truly as possible
 Anything that tends to present Truth is entitled to respect
 Great God! I, who despise money! l. who have never walked in life, except toward the ideals of my youthl'
 'Ah. poor sufferer that I am, shiverins and ailing at the slightest breath of air only sitting down each morning to hi daily task of agony only succeeding 1T completing his work by the continual combat of his will with his weakness!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
A Metropolitan Siaht.

There is no more metropolitan sight in Birmingham, perhaps. than the Wood- ward building at nightfau when it is lighted up from the ground floor to the top," said a man who, until recently, lived in Chicago.
 From until 6:30 or T every office is lighted and the illumination makes a great show In some of the offices lights are burned until 10 or II o'clock. The ele- vators run, believe, until nearly mid night to accommodate late workers. This is a busy time, and many men who chase the dollar put in fifteen hours of work day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHELor

From the New York Press.
 A fond parent makes foolish men, tor.
 There's many slip 'twix the moustache and lip.
 Women preserve scandal in the acid of malice.
 It is almost as hard to keep friend as it is to lose an enemy. A boy who chooses rich parents takes the first step to success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-04
CAPTAIN DREYFUS LIVING
 QUIETLY NEAR PARIS

that he views with Nsoad humanity the motives and acts of the men who made him curse the hour of his birth a thou sand times. He acknowledged to me one day that his natural. inborn reserve had made him many enemies
 Until met my wife, he once said to me, I never cared for the society of any body. It was wrong. but never knew 1t until it was too late. I sought no friends and acquaintances because I had not the inclination and because my ambition to succeed made me careful of my time. The hours devoted to friendly intercourse would be better spent in study, I thought When I joined the general staff for in- stance, made not a single call = just sent my card to superiors and comrades alike. It madc bad blood; they thought me uncivil.'"
 Dreyfus admits, without a shadow of hesitation, that many features of his case are unexplained to this day. He has many sincere friends who visit him frequently. zola is a regular visitor to his house. Thus the ex-prisoner of Devils island spends his time happy in the confidence and love of his wife and children. With the exception of the police and few special friends no one knows of his whereabouts.
 If Paris knew that the author of that historical and startling book Five Years of My Life,' in which the writer tells of his sufferings during his five years punishment, was walking its streets like an ordinary citizen it would go into convulsions. But Dreyfus-nor his most intimate friends for that mat ter-is not likely to satisfy its curiosity l,x, y,oalxin0 birnce1f lxnoUn
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Gates at grade crossings and an early morning train to the Decaturs are the burning issues in this town at present.
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The lily whites may not be firing the Alabama heart, but they are filling with indignation the hearts of the old guard up north.
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The coal strike has a political side as big as a mountain, and it is this side that is receiving so much atten- tion in political circles.
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The middle third of the anterior libial region of the strenuous Presi dential leg is coming on well, in spite of the coal strike.
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From the Louisville Post.

Big Bill Devery was turned out of the saratoga convention by David B. Hill. but Big Bill refuses to ''be good.' and. backed by large portion of New York S democracy, announces his intention of proving that David B. Hill is no better than he ought to be.
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From the Chattanooga News.

It is to be hoped that the Hon. "Bil' Deyery will not support the Hon. Bird s. Coler too hard. We want to see Coler elected, and are satisfied that he cannot be if he is made to carry Devery about over the state That would sink any candidate the party could put forward.
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If soft coal Is burned much longer in New York the city will soon be as sooty as London, and it's skyscrapers will be in mourning. .....
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The political limelight is focused at present on the little cabins of the miners in the hard coal district.
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The advances in soft coal in the south must be sympathetic in their nature, or else selfish.
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Secretary Shaw has also concluded to add twelve stump speeches to his relief of the money market.
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Zola left an unpublished novel called Truth" A man rarely reaches that point before the end of life.
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Joseph Jefferson, aged 73, thinks he is good for another season on the southern circuit.
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ABOUT BILL DEVERY.

From the Mobile Item.
 Boss Devery got tangled in live wire yesterday and went down with all hands on board-his last words were said to be, Hill is he'll"
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Even embalmed roast beef would not stay politically dead.
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The word ..huswives" has been re- vived and reinstalled by the esteemed New York Sun.
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The Sunday papers of New York are now it's chief fuel.
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General Alger refuses to define his tariff attitude. He knows hot article when he sees 1t.