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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
The Usual Result of Their Coming
 Together.

From the New York Tribune.
 The spunky and stubborn bull moose has again been defying the locomotive in Maine, with the usual disastrous re- sults-to the moose. This time a whole moosee family was wiped out in about ten seconds. making a great waste of big game and a lot of work for the section men.
 It was only recently that the engineer of freight train on the Bangor and Ar oostook road, as his locomotive rounded a sharp curve on the down grade, saw on the track a COW and calf He sound- ed the whistle, expecting to see the whole family make a break to the woods; but they stood their ground, and the bull with a snort of defiance praced himself for the combat, swinging his great ant lered head as though he expected to toss the locomotive slkyhigh.
 The shriek of the whistle sent men scurrying over the tops of the cars, set ting brakes, while the engineer had the brakes on locomotives and tender clsmped up so tightly that the wheels
 
 The speed of the train and its momentum were too great, however. to be overcome in the short distance, and down swept the fast freight upon the heroic moose family. There was a crash and a crunch ing under the wheels, while blood spat- tered over the boiler head and frag- ments of moose went wnirling through the air.
 When, few rods further on, the train was brought to a stop it was found that all three of the moose had been Killed, the carcasses of the COW and the calf being thrown some distance from the track, while the carcass or the bull had been grounds under the wheels. At the next station the section boss was in- foimed, and a crew was sent back to bury the moose family, The men said that the bull was a monster-one of the largest ever seen along the line of the Aroostool1 road
 A few days ago train OF the Inter colonial railway ran a race with big moose, which was promenading the track rear the Dalhousie Junction. The moose ran for half a mile or more at surpris- ing speed, and then, finding that the footing was bad on the ties, left the track and ran along the ditcn. Here the animal tried to jump high wire fence. but stuck half way over and hung there while the train came up. One of the pas sengers says that the moose looked pug zled and ashamed when the train passed him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

along must take to the brake or give up the game.
 Imagine. if you can. wheat field miles in extent. each straw rising to height of from twenty-five to sixty feet, and standing close ranked as wheat itself. much of the gigantic growth fallen and lodged at all sorts of angles. among thorny vines that drop from the many hoary trees that dot the thicket. and some Idea may be had of what taking to the brakes means in Mississippi bear hunt. Usually the bear will tree in some tree Of the kinds that find room to grow In those barely assessible depths usually a cypress, before he goes a great way into the brake-perhaps a mile. The hun- ters must crawl laboriously through that frlghtful maze, like the abundant reptiles that live in 1t, and the progress is so slow that 1t will often take hours for them to put mile or so of the hamper ing brakes and entangling vines behind them and come to the spot where the dogs have brought the bear to bay. Some times the dogs will overtake the bear be- fore it has gone far into the brake, and then there is apt to be a running fight be- tween the pack and the bear, the tumult frequently keeping along the edge of the brake so near that the swaying of the great canes made by the struggling bear and it's foes may be seen by the hunters who are following the face of the brake, but neither dogs nor bear are visible. In instances of this kind the bear sometimes at last makes a dash for the open forest again. if the dogs are pressing him too hard, and this is the moment the hunters outside the brake are waiting for. A rife shot may bring the hunt to a success full close
 ''Or the bear may back up against a cypress tree and engage the dogs in combat in the dense canebrake. The dogs never hesitate to accept Bruins challenge and if from one to half a dozen dogs are not stretched mangled and lifeless about the bear where they have fallen beneath the terrific blows of his sweeping fore paws before the hunters can force their way to the scene it will be an ex- ception to all Mississippi bear hunts
 Sometimes a huge bear will be entirely hidden from sight beneath an avalanche of dogs, when the pack is large, but 1t will be but a moment before he has sent enough of them flying through the air to uncover himself as a target for the hun ters guns, and it requires more than one bullet to end the fight. A Mississippi bear in combat with a pack of dogs pays no attention to the hunters that come upon the scene, nor to the missiles they are pouring into his tough body. He fights the dogs until his last gasp. and the bears last gasp frequently brings the last gasp to some overconhdent dog.
 "The bears of the Mississippi forests and canebrakes grow to an immense size. Five hundred pounds Is common weight for one in the fall. They do not hibernate and are always ready, if not eager, for a fight. A twelve-mile chase before bear trees or is brought to bay by the dogs through the trying covers and fastnesses where the hunt must necessarily be, Is nothing uncommon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

Paris Correspondence of the Courier
 Journal.
 There seems to have been more in the affair of Miss Gladys Deacon and the German Crown Prince than the world has led to believe after the official and other denials. for 1t has just leaked out that Mrs Deacon paid 10000 francs black mall to the Paris paper exploiting the story. Mrs. Deacon, it Is asserted, parted with the blackmail money after the sec ond article had appeared and to forestall the publication of a third and others. What this third was to contain no one save Mrs Deacon and the editor knows, but its significance may be guessed from the fact that Mrs. Deacon, after receiv- ing the blackmailer's visit, and after giv- ing him the money, went to Prince Rad olin, German ambassador in Paris, and sought his protection.
 The Prince, who Is on very intimate terms with the Kaiser, appears to have told Mrs. Deacon that she had done quite right in paying blackmail and thus saw ing his imperial master and her own daughter further annoyance. At the same time he advised her. in accordance with diplomatic custom, that he was not in a position to interfere officially, seeing that Mrs. Deacon and her daughter were not German subjects. If she desired protec- ton against further blackmail, she must address herself to the American ambassa- dor.
 t,aA v1A dQnarfad from the embassy when her tormentor walked in on Prince Radolph and suggest ed thta his German majesty would doubt less be glad to part with 5oo0o francs in order to have the Crown Prince incident closed This statement he backed up by n number of affidavits said to be signed bv certain Englishmen servants and maid servants. Radolin Is said to have bought these documents at the price demand ed. whereupon the blaclkmailer agreed to say no more about 1t. And he didn't-for three months.
 A few days ago Mrs. Deacon received a second visit from him. He coolly inform ed her tha. he had deceived Randolph with bogus affidavits and that the real articles were still in his possession-price 50,0O0 francs.
 of 5o,OOOo francs are not paid at once.' said the man, "the campaign will be re- opened and all the documentary evidence will be submitted to a scandal-hungry public This time Mrs. Deacon put off the rogue by pretending that she must consuit with her banker about securing the nee essary funds-the blackmailer would take gold only But instead of going to the man of finance, she rushed to Prince Ra- dolin. The ambassador and Mrs. Deacon talked the matter over and concluded that the only way to stop furthel-- demands upon their pocketbooks-for Radolin shrewdly surmised that the biackmailer wou,d nay him another visit--was to ap- nlv to the French authorities.
 | While Mrs. Deacon took cab for the Palace of Justice the prince rode straight way to the minister of foreign affairs. The states attorney, uIon Mrs. Deacon's sufgestiaon, took immediate steps to stop | further annoyance of Mrs. Deacon by the blacknailers. At the same time he | announced his intention to bring fle | blackmailers to justice--if such can be done without raising international com. l As to Prince RadoIin. he is said to havs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
Coal Mining by the Siaie.

stThe state," says the Memphis Com mercial-Appeal, ''is operating mines at Brushy Mountain and elsewhere in a desultory way, and the coal is being sent to Cincinnati, where it is sold very cheap. It would be well if other mines were opened so that the people would be always assured of the supply of fuel The coal famine caused by the prolonged strike of the miners in the anthracite regions is sure to make itself felt, and as long as there is an abundance of coal in this state await ing to be dug it should be taken out and put on the market. The coal lands of Tennessee are worthless for any thing excepting for mining purposes. Opening up the mines will give these lands a value which they do not now possess. We have been indulging a trife in state socialism in the matter of mining coal but it has worked not unsuccessfully. The convicts are well employed and they are easily guarded and taken care of. More of them could be used to advantage in the same work"
 No doubt Governor Jelks has studied the mines at Brushy Mountain, where the state of Tennessee has long con ducted coal mines, and as the Com mercial-Appeal says, mot unsuccess- fully" The mere fact that more mines owned and operated by the state are desired is evidence that state convicts can be proftably em- ployed in coal mining even when the state conducts the entire business.
 But such an extension of state work is not probable in this state. No doubt contracts can be made based upon the mined ton,- thus leaving all of the con victs in the hands of the state. Con victs in the hands of lessees involves in some cases more or less of brutal ity, even when high death rates are avoided. It is to be hoped that noth- ing of this sort will exist when the state resumes charge of its convicts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
Real Revision and Mr. Cannon.

Congressman Babcock has with drawn from the speakership race. and the Wisconsin republican delegation has pledged it's votes to Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois. This action is practically decisive. The aggressive and arbitrary MT. Cannon will be the speaker of the next house, and there is to be no long-drawn-out contest. It is settled.
 But it is not settled how MT. Can non stands as to tariff revision. He has heretofore spoken of tariff revision as "tariff tinkering." and all the trusts seem to look upon his candidacy with favor. These are, however, shifting times. Wall street is in disturbed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
ArmY canfaen PrnhIem-

A problem cannot always be solved on theoretical lines. Strong drink is evil, but if circumstances are such In the army that strong drink is un- avoidable, then indeed compromise seems the better course. Of two evils choose the lesser. This is the present status of the vexed canteen problem
 A recent correspondent. writing from Fort Riley, Kansas, says:
 4'The enlisted man is homeless during his three-year term; he cannot lie on his bunk in the squadroom all off-duty hours; the troop or battery or company billiard or barber shop can hardly ae- commodate him; so he seesSs socia1 recre- ation and excitement elsewhere; he can have no sisters or sweetheart or wife in the post-a few old sergeants' wives in miserable Studs Row penind the stables there may be, wearing tneir fingers out with laundry work; the great gulf of ar- bitrary rank separates him from his or f1cers who, with their women, treat him as though he were a parish and contact were Contamination. Under these cir cumstances (and the sociofogist will grant that it doesn't spring from pure depravity) he will drink, village Ideas to the contrary notwithstanding He goes where his comrades gather, wherever that may be, no matter what may nave been his home training UT nis natural preferences"
 This is not, it is plain, a picture oyerdrawn. The enlisted soldier will as a rule drink, and if the garrison beer bar, well supervised and regu. lated, be lacking, he will seek the dives nearest the camp. Of the two the canteen is plainly the better.
 No one desires to promote intem perance in the army. No one desires an unnecessary national endorsement of beer drinking. But the practical question is this, which is the better for the soldier, the canteen or the saloons that at present are located close to every army post? The choice lies between the two systems, for the saloons cannot be abolished by con. gross. The restoration of the canteen would starve out the saloons, and the gain in discipnne, in sobriety, and in the preservation of peace and order, especially on pay-days, would be con siderable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
LETTERS TO EDITOR
carrylna coneeaIed Weapons.

Carrying Concealed Weapons. To the Editor of the Age-Heraid;
 I have just read in your issue of yes terday the proposed bill to regulate the carrying of concealed weapons.
 While I am fully aware of the great need of some very stringent Legislation on that subject, I think can see some defects in the bill as published.
 Tn the first place, no one would de- rive any benefit. and in fact, there is nothing gained by taking out such license, as there would be no difference in carrying a concealed weapon with a piacard announcing the fact than carry ing the weapon where 1t could be seen Then. again, the bill provides that no person can sell cartridges or other hm- intuition to any person not in possession of such a license, although such person may desire to carry a pistol openly or to keep pistol in his home.
 Another defect--and very serious one is that the penalty is not sufficient. If one desires to kin bad and worthless dog, the best way is to shoot him dead at once.
 Just pass a little short bill that means something like an end to the horrible evil of pistol ''tottln''
 I think this little prescription might cure the worst case;
 "A bill to be entitled an act to regu- late tho carrying of concealed weapons In this state
 '.section | Be 1t enacted by the gem erai assembly of Alabama, that from and after the passage of this act. that any person (except sheriffa. cuustnoies, town marshals policemen. railroad conduc- tors. fasnen and engireers1 wno carries concealed weapon shall on conviction be punished by Imprisonment in the peni- tentlary for not less than six months nor more than twelve months, and also be fined not more than s5OO at the discre- ton of the jury or court trying the case"
 S. C. DAVIDSON. Warrior, November IT, 1902.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
The Morgan Hoey.

Under the caption, The Morgan Bogy,' the New York Commercial ridicules the comments of London paper" remarked a Birmingham banker.
 Tt says: It will be news here in this country, that J. Pierpont Morgans oper- ations have been carried out with such a degree of reclxlessness that they seem almost to have succeeded in achieving the impossible, and shaking the credit of the United tSates." But that is the way the London Daily Mail looks upon them.
 Here, however, it has uniformly been the understanding of the intelligent, dis eliminating public that only the very soundest propositions can succeed in get ting any recognition whatever from the Morgan interests, and that these stand in large measure as a barrier between an army of interruptions promoters ex- ploiters and adventurers and the public that they would rob.
 "The concerns f1oated by Morgan" con- tinues the lugubrious Mail. "are in- evitably bound sooner or later to end, ns Hooley's companies have ended; and a vast amount of money. most of which had been entrusted to the banks and the trust companies by the Amer.can public, is locked.'
 ""rhere you have iti MT. Hooley, MT. Morgan! A precious pair of swindlers, of the same piece!'' We cannot refrain from commenting to thoughtful Ameri- cas this rather remarkable exhibition of analytical discernment on the part of our London contemporary It will serve to prepare them somewhat for this, which follows in the Mails critique of our af- fairs and persons financial: "The effects of these unsound operations are being felt throughout the whole civilized world, so that London Is suffering as we'll as the United States. It is an unfortunate fact that, though they excel in many things, the Americans never seem to have grasp ed the principles of sound banking' i Great Britain should give us time. Meanwhile, if the editor of the Mail really l cares to learn somewhat of the character, the capabilities and the financial opin- | fans of the men most closely identified with American banking. we would sug- gest that he read carefully the published reports of the proceedings of the Ameri. | can Bankers association lately in annual session at New Orleans. The thoughtful addresses of most of these men nowhere suggest the setting up of warning signal: bearing the legend Beware of Morgan!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
FAREWELL TO NANCY.

By Robert Burns.
 Ae fond kiss. and then we sever! Ae farweel. alas, foreverl Deep in the heart-wrung years I'll pledga
 thee;
 Warning sighs and groans I'll wage thee. Who shall say that fortune grieves him. While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy Naething could resist my Nancy But to see her was to love her, Love but her. and love forever Had we never loved sac kindly, Had we never loved sac DIindly, Never meteor never parted, We had ne'er been brohen-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairesti Fare thee weel tAou best and dearest! Thine be ilka joy and treasure, Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure! Ae fond kiss and then we sever; Ae farewell, alas, forever. Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, warning sighs and groans I'll wage theeI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
BOOTH TARkINeToN's DEFEAT.
From the New York Tribune.

rIoIn tHe NeW 1orh IriDune.
 Success in writing fiction IS not q recommendation to the voters of Indiana. Booth Tarkington, who was a candidate for the legislature in that state. not only failed of election, but the official returns show that he ran behind his ticket, only one other candidate on 1t receiving fewer votes than were cast for him. This may be explained in part by the fact that he seemed to take little interest in his suc- cess on the day of election. as 1t is re- ported that when some of his political managers hunted him up for a consuita- tion late in the forenoon of election day they found him still in bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
The Blshop-EIect.

The standing committee of the Episco- pal diocese of Alabama will meet at the rectory of the Church of the Advent to- day and will pass on and transmit to the representative or assessor of the pre- siding bishop of the United States the evidences of consent of majority of the committees for the conservation of Charles M. Beckwith.
 The consecration of Dr. Beckwith will probably take place in St. John's church. Montgomery about the third Sunday in Advent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From tho New York Press.
 Nowadays fathers are blocks of the young chip.
 Some men seem to think that. women are nothing but pincushions. I A girl who has a round. jolly laugh has something to make the world happy. | Men learn to swear fixing the furnace. and they keep in practice stoking it.
 To read old love letters makes wom- an blush with pleasure ana man with shame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
MRS. DEACON PAYS 10000
 FRANCS TO STOP SCANDAL

come to a thorough understanding with the minister of foreign affairs. The two statesmen have agreed that the German ambassador never was blackmatled and never did pay blackmail He parted with the 10000 francs for "hygienic purposes"- to aid some grave philanthropic undertake ing. And they said in London last Sat- urday that the Kaiser was not in business for his healthi"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
LIVE FOR PIE.

From the Boston Herald.
 I he lily white party down south has got terrible stab from President Roose- velt If it can't have the offices 1t is pretty sure to die. They are its only means of subsistence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
INpoMlTABLE PINK WHISPERS.
he Nebraska State Journal.

From the Nebraska State Journal.
 The Hon. Jim Ham Lewis, who was running for congress in Chicago before most of his friends knew that he had Jeff the coast, comes out or the wreck. if ia said, looking fresher than any of his conferes that encountered the thrcshing machine last Tuesday. Nothing can discourage a real western man with pir,k whiskers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18
cannon wIII Not Disturb Things.

Washington. November T.-(Special)- It is not believed here that Cannon of Illinois will make any important changes in the house committees. No stock is taken in the story that Babcock is to succeed Payne at the head of the Ways and Means in return for the Wisconf ! delegation's action in indorsing Cannonh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

M. Dupuy of the Petit Parisien is coming over to study American news paper methods, and whilo he is doing that he should be asked to explain his own circulation methods. His paper has a sworn and copper rivited circu- lation of 1,117,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

Lord Kelvin says the worlds stock of coal will be consumed in 400 years, but it is difficult to see how this con cerns any of us. We will not need coal at that time. Ice may be more in, demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

The bears that President Roosevelt has not met in Mississippi will soon hold a convention to discuss the situa- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

Count Bonl has been excluded from the chamber of deputies, but not from the privilege of contributing to the campaign fund of the nationalists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

Public sentiment is wholly favorable to the elder .Molineaux. but non-com- initial as to the son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

Reed Shoot has received enough free advertising already to last him a lifetime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

MT. German and MT. Olney are still just as large politically as they were before the election. which is more than can be said of some other aspirants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

All crops are good this year exeep. the car and locomotive crops. which are unusually short.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

When one jury found Molineaux guilty and the next one found him innocent, the wayfarer very properly takes a position on the fence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

The trouble at present is, says the Washington Times, the trusts press the button, and the people have to do the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

Uncle Joe Cannon can no longer be depended upon to veto appropriations that have votes and long memories behind them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

Italy is coming to the relief of her peerless composer, who is stranded in a foreign land full of his own coun. trymen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

Gates and the bears in Wall street collided and the former got the worse of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

Alexander City is rising from it's ashes in fine shape. It's new post office is complete, and is modern in every respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

The Albany Argus editorial, Over board with Jonah" has eclipsed even the watterson raids upon the smart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

The bears of wal street are as az. gressive as the bears of Mississippi are elusive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

The prevailing wet weather is a blessing to the Mississippi bears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-18

The Landes brothers in congress will star together, or at least stump