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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
Tariff Reform in Massachusetts.

"The Iowa idea" has not only spread to Wisconsin and Minnesota, but it has been carried in the air across lots and has broken out in Massachusetts in all its original western strength. In three Massachusetts districts it has been accepted. Mir Gardner in the Sixth congressional district saw it coming and accepted it, and won a great victory. Both aspirants in the Twelfth district are out-and-out tariff reYisionists of the Iowa or Cummins sort.
 But it was in the Eleventh district in Boston itself-that the greatest tariff reform battle was fought out. Melvin o. Adams, a pure and popular man, who did not want congressional honors, was induced to stand as the candidate for the Sacred Dingleyites, and Mr Foss took the field as the rep resentative of the Iowa idea. Mir. Foss shocked the tariffites by the complete ness of his victory in Boston in the party itself. The Boston Herald thus explains the lesson:
 It is that the people are interested in tariff reform. In saying this we mean the republican people. The democrats have long been identified with 1t, though sometimes. we are compelled to believe, in a perfunctory way. Thoughtful peo- pie independent in politics have been logically forced to the conviction that the interest of the few is favored by high protection at the sacrifice of that of the many. The republican party, which has stood out against any modification of the tariff. has been In a Bourbon attitude in so doing. Events have at last been too strong for it. The experience of the peo- pie has overcome the purposes of It's leaders. A stage has been reached where the uprising of a republican to say that tariff reform is needed meets instant re- sponse from the rank and file of his party. The evidence of this has been some time seen in the west. The experi- ence we have now had in Boston shows that the movement has spread into this l locality.
 And yet the lily whites say the sacred tariff must not be touched. As the good Mr. Hanna says, not sched- ule must be diminished. Either the lily whites are out of date, and out of line and touch, or else the people of Iowa and the old Bay State don't know the nature of the issue and can't size up the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

be a success. Ills most wonderful work, however, was when he was 12 years old. about the age of many school children in Birmingham. He started training the same troupe of ponies he is nov using and two years later went on the stage alone. Since that time he has been one of the most successful trainers of anil mals.
 ..He has the only pair of wrestling ponies in the world. Banner and Madison. The former is the champion of the two and Is really scientific. He litfs the negro assistant In Q scientific manner and throws him clean Morris worked four ; teaching the ponies to wrestle. izan was put Into training when only a month old and 1t required four years to get him near enough perfect to appear before an audience"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
HANNA's NEW PHRASE.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch (rep.).

From the Pittsburg Dispatch (rep.).
 Senator Hanna has pondered and pro- duced a new campaign phrase. Those who have observed a pause in the Ohio senator's ambition to settle strikes out of hand perceive the explanation now. The senator was thinking up a keynote, and has finally got 1t. At the opening meet ing of the Ohio campaign he recalled the fact that two years ago he said, Let well enough alone" Now he says, Stand patl"
 We are not certain that the senator's second thought is as good as his first. His campaign cry of 1900 was clear in it's meaning to all and appealed to all. But there is large and eminently respect able class who may not comprehend the full meaning of the phrase to stand pat" And when they learn that 1t is process in a game not wholly countenanced in church society and intended to haul in the pot, they may conclude that neither the illustration nor the purpose Is to their liking.
 Moreover, there are more sophisticated persons who may intimate that standing pat has been known to conceal a large- sized bluff When anthracite coal com binations disregard the senator's requests to arbitrate, when western republicans are adopting tariff revision platforms, re- publicans in all states are denying the trusts and the full dinner and coal buck cts bid fair to necessitate empty savings bank accounts, the senator's phrase sug- gests standing pat on four-iush.
 Others than the senator take different views. It is entirely possible to hold that the course of drawing to expert tariff re- vision on an antitrust constitutional amendment contains much more hope of neftinn a full hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
MRS. ROOSEVELT SELECTS
 CHINA FOR WHITE HOUSE

E NEW china service will soon be
 A instilled in the White House,
 says an Albany. N. r., special to the New York Tribune to take place of the one secured by direction of Mrs Rutherford B. Hayes in June, 1880. The manufacture of the present one is due to the belief of Mrs. Theodore Roose- welt that a new china service is needed
 Mrs. Roosevelt about six months ago sent word to Charles M. Van Heusen of the Van Heusen-Charies company, of this city that she would like to com mission him to procure a new china serv- ice for the White House. Mir. Van Heu- sen visited Washington, had talk with Mrs. Roosevelt on the subject concern ing which she had written him, and re- ceived a commission to visit noted china factories or correspond with their pro- prietors, for the purpose of securing samples of china with their prices, for Mrs. Roosevelts inspection. Mrs. Roose- welt said the china ought to be marked with some national emblem and the face of the Great Seal of the United States was chosen.
 MT. Van Heusen entered into corre- spondence with the Wedgwood company the Cauldon company, the Royal Wor- cester company, the Minton company and the Doulton company, all manufacturers of china in England, in relation to the making of the china desired, and these firms through MT. Van Heusen recently submitted to Mrs. Roosevelt seventy eight designs for the service. For sev- eral months the designing of these sam pies was the thought of some of the leading china decorators in England The sample plates are beautifully deco- rated, the co1ors including deep red, blue, yellow and shades of green, with gold decoration slightly or profusely applied. MT. Van Heusen estimates that the sam pies cost the firms that made them s7ooo.
 Some of the designs were for very cost ly plates. These were not selected by Mrs. Roosevelt, although the designs were of great beauty. For the number of pieces desired, one of the designs, if ac- cepted, would involve an expenditure of $36,00o Mrs. Roosevelt selected a much simpler pattern one that certainly will be far less costly when carried out. The plate selected by her has a simple CO., lonial pattern in gold, with the obverse or face of the great seal of the United States enameled In color as the decorative feature. It was made by Wedgewood and covers the requirements possibly bet ter than any of the others. In the new china service thus selected there will be 1296 pieces. divided as follows: Fifteen dozen dinner plates, ten dozen breakfast plates, ten dozen tea plates, five dozen bread and butter plates, ten dozen soup plates, eight dozen after-dinner cups and saucers, ten dozen tea cups and saucers,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
Naval Academy RulIdInas.

Visitors to Annapolis are much in terested in the new buildings that the government is erecting there" said a Baltimore man at the Metropolitan.
 ''The naval academy Is being practical ly rebuilt. During six months two of the structures have been completed and others are gradually rising. The com pleted buildings are the armory and the boat house. There buildings are In real ity wings of the midshipmen's quarters, the main building, and in exterior ap- pearance are exactly alike.
 ''The armory is an immense hall, with out any partitions from end to end or from roof to floor The door rests on cement foundation and consists of oak slats. 2x12 inches. which are laid, planed and polished. making it handsome and most sustantial affair. As there are about S5.OOO square feet within Its wall inclosures, 1t required somewhat over 100000 of these slats to lay the floor. When this Is polished and the furniture and fixtures, consisting of armory racks chairs for the gallery, etc., are put in place, the building will be complete.
 saThe boathouse will be used to house all of the small launches, catboats, etc. Through its center its it's entire length is an excavation in which tracks will be laid to run the boats on to their respec- tive places.
 .sThese tracks extend to the waters edge, so that 1t will an easy matter to hoist a boat from the water to the track and run 1t into the house.
 'grhe structure which is now occupying the most attention is the midshipmen's quarters. Up to the present time the basement walls have not been quite fin- ished and 1t will be some time before the first story is begun. The academy has long been pride of Americans, and with the handsome new buildings will attract more visitors than ever before"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
About Persons.

Miss Fife and Miss Margaret Moffat, who have been to Montgomery on visit to relatives for three months. were in Birmingham yesterday. They left last night for visit to relatives at Vine mont.
 s. P. Kennedy of Anniston Is at the Metropolitan. MT. Kennedy is secretary of the Commercial club in Anniston.
 ". B. Tanner of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
 J. W. Hooks of Washington, D. C., is registered at the Morris.
 A. W. Jones of Selma is at the Morris.
 D. P. Lovelace of Tuscaloosa is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 L. c. Fletcher of Atlanta is at the Hillman.
 J. w. Hooks of Washington, D. C., is at the Morris.
 Edward Edward of Hoboken, N. J., is a guest at the Metropolitan.
 Fred H. Parsons of New Orleans is at the Metropolitan.
 W. P. Acker and W. M. Brewer of An niston were in Birmingham yesterday.
 John B. Knox of Anniston Is in the city. He came to Birmingham on legal business and he expects to return home today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
SONNET.
SONNET. By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. How do I love thee? Let me count

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. How do I love thee? Let me count the
 ways. I love thee to the depth, and breadth.
 and height My soul can reach. when feeling out of
 sight For the ends of Being and Ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every days Most quiet need. by sun an candlelight- l love thee freely, as men strive for
 Right; love thee purely. as they turn from
 Praise. love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's 8
 faith. I love thee with a love seemed to lose With my lost saints-I love thee with
 the breadth, Smiles tears. of all my life!-and, if God
 choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
Supply of Texas OH.

The supply of Texas oil is not delug- Ing the world, not even the immediate world. "The supply" says recent dispatch, "is not keeping up to the demand that exists close at home, D and there is no oil for shipment to distant points. The wells are flooded with salty water, and all have to be pumped. The establishment of pump ing plants as well as the installation of shipping facilities is progressing slowly, with the fear before all of lessening supply.
 The day of gushing oil that would supply the world and close all coal mines, has been passed, and it is now question of supplying Texas alone with oil for fuel purposes. This may be said to be the limit of the field. Togther with the Sour Lake country the oil field may be equal to the de- mandS or Texas upon IL, put IL Will not go beyond that. Texas is an empire in itself, and if it manages its oil supply wisely. it may secure cheap fuel through a period of ten or pos sibly twenty years. But this will be all. The prices of oil have already been advanced, and they will be pushed still higher, and export oil will soon become impossible, simply be- cause Texas needs all the oil the new field can produce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
REASON OF UNHAPPINEss.

From "The Things that Are Ceasar's."
 Shall tell you the reason of all unhapT piness? It Is because we focus our hopes. We focus our telescopes upon one star and that goes out and we are left II darkness. Though all the myriads cs heaven blaze, they can blaze then nd for us. Do not focus upon any one staY| to the exclusion of the rest. Sweep tllI whole heavens and so, though thoi,I sand stars will go out there will still for you, be delight in hundred tho sand. Be as provident with your horl as you are with your gold. The WI man distributes his savings among ma banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Hats In Elevators.


 T have read much and heard much talk about elevator etiquette, especially about the propriety of men keeping on their hats regardless of the presence of ladies, and I have come to the conclusion that the proper thing is to keep the head gear on; meaning no disrespect to the fair sex; remarked m accountant, of southern birth.
 T have been in the habit of taking off my hat, but when I got settled in the Woodward building I made up my mind to change my custom. Men Tn the south do not take off their hats in street cars when women are riding. Why then should we be expected to take off our hats in elevator cars?
 ''I can remember when men uncovered their heads at the grave but at the sug- gestion of the clergy the old habit has been discontinued. I believe.
 Men are as apt to catch cold by talk ing off their hats in elevator cars as they are by taking them off in street cars or in cemeteries. But aside from the health question I am in favor of wearing hats in elevators and I will challenge any man to be more careful of decorum in the presence of ladies than am.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
The Pony Trainer.

"Leon Morris. who owns the educated ponies at the Bijou. started on the stage probably younger than any man now in charge of an act of this kind" said a drummer at the Hillman hotel last night.
 ''When he was only four years old he went on with his father and assisted in training a number of ponies. When he was years old he trained ponies him. self and it was at once seen he would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Most friendship wouldn't keep even if you embalmed it.
 It's unlucly for a boy who needs spank ing to have a mother with big feet.
 A woman can gain an awful lot of flesh without anbody discovering 1t except her corset maker.
 Marrying woman who knows her own mind means marrying a woman with a wildcat temper.
 In rainstorm a woman would much rather get her stockings wet all the way up than the narrowest hem of her skirt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

From the Atchison Globe.
 On the way back from the cemetery. after a woman's funeral, some one in every carriage says: T wonder if she will ever marry again." and all the rest looked shocked, though the same thought had been in their minds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

President Roosevelt's honorary colo nelcy in British regiment is up against a clause in the home consti- tuition,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

The Boers are not so poorly off after all. It is the glad springtime in their country, and they have plenty of coal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

Commander Mclean at the isthmus is as brave and outspoken as Mary herself, and he is not related.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
will feed ranch cattle as follows:


 Now why should not the south take a hand at this cattle business, espe- cially when it has plenty of range space, and also the best fattening ma terial in the world? There is no req son why it should not. Climate and every opportunity are open to the men who will study closely the cattle busi- ness, to the benefit of themselves and their section. Every pound of cotton seed and meal should be fed in the south, thus doubling its value to this section, and settling the fertilizer question. The south should become the cattle section of the country, and now that the value of the cotton seed meal is becoming known and appre- ciated there are indications that cattle capitalists are beginning to look this way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

Slices of heat from Pelee and Sou friere would be welcomed in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

Secretary Shaw and Wall street seem to be in partnership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

In eighty days we can cable to our fellow-citizens in Hawaii.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

These be days when water is shaken out, and things are presented in more nearly proper proportions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

The question arises, Who will cap ture spain's new navy?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

The trusts are still and defiant, knowing that a republican senate is still on guard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

The bubbles in Wall street are be- ing prieked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

New York believes the departed dol lars will come home again. bringing others along with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

Today there VIII be held primary in Atlanta for mayor, but the sun re- fuses to stand still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

The resignation habit has not spread in Iowa among the office-holders be- yond Dubuque.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

Tom L. Johnson and Bill Devery should form another circus trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

The more liquidation in Wall street the more money for honest business elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

MT. Schwab came, it now appears, from swabia instead of Schwabville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

New York believes the departed dol lars will come home again. bringing others along with them.
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 Today there will be held a primary in Atlanta for mayor, but the sun re- fuses to stand still.
 The trusts are still and defiant, knowing that a republican senate is still on guard.
 The resignation habit has not spread in Iowa among the office-holders be- yond Dubuque.
 The more liquidation in Wall street the more money for honest business elsewhere.
 The battleship Georgia is now build ing at Bath. Me. Why not in Bruns- wick, Ga.?
 New England begins to think Thanksgiving Day dinner will go un- cooked.
 Instead of releasing gold J. P. Nor gan should release a few million tons of coal.
 
 This is today a dollar-gas town, and it will begin to pity it's esteemed col leagues.
 MT. Schwab came, it now appears, from Swabia instead of Schwabville. Tom L. Johnson and Bill Devery should form another circus trust. Secretary Shaw and Wall street seem to be in partnership.
 The question arises, Who will cap ture Spain's new navy?
 In eighty days we can cable to our fellow-citizens in Hawaii.
 The bubbles in Wall street are be- ing pricked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

The battleship Georgia is now build ing at Bath, Me. Why not in Bruns- wick, Ga.?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01
Cattle Feeding Here and Elsewhere

Cattle are fed, it should be remem- bered, in feed lots about ninety days before they are sent to market. They are brought in from the ranches weighing about 1000 pounds each and costing the farmers who have full corn cribs about four cents pound, or $40 each. They are fed ninety days, when they are expected to weigh from two hundred to five hundred more, and to be worth from five to seven cents a pound. In this way one can readily see what profit there is in feeding cattle, even where the cotton seed meal of the last ten or twenty days of the feeding period is drawn from the south.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

New England begins to think Thanksgiving Day dinner will go un- cooked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

This is today dollar-gas town, and it will begin to pity it's esteemed col leagues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-01

Instead of releasing gold J. P. Nor gan should release a few million tons of coal.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-01-02
INSURGENTS NEAR MANILA
Lieutenant Rhodes Attacks and
Burns Barracks.

Lieutenant Rhodes Attacks and
Burns Barracks.
MANILA. Jan. o.-Lieutenant Charles
D. Rhodes of the Sixth cavalry, accom-
panied by two orderles, when within
six miles of Manila yesterday came
across twenty armed insurgents in q
cuartel OF barracks.
The insurgents shouted, America
nos" and Lieutenant Rhodes feigned a
retreat, but in reality he took the Guar,
tel in flank and drove ont the insur-
gents. capturing two rifles. three re.
volvers and some ammunition. Rhodes
then burned the barracks and proceed.
ed to Manila.
General Wheaton's report from the
island of Samar indicates that little
has been accomplished there. The atti-
tude of the natives is more unfriendly
than ever before.
General Chaffee probably will visit
the island in order to personally inves.
tigate the state Of affairs prevailing
there.
On the other hand, in Batangas PROV
ince the organized campaign against
the insurgents Is progressing favora.
bly,, and speedy results are expected.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-01-02
yirRinia O@cials Inaug gurated.

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 2.-Before
the constitutional convention and Il
committee of the general assembly in
the hall of the house Of delegates yes
terday at noon Governor Andrew J.
Montague, Lieutenant Governor Will
lard and Attorney General Anderson
We're inducted into office, the 0aths be-
ing administered by President Keith
Of the supreme court. The address of
the governor occupied only twenty
minutes in lis delivery. II was mainly
devoted to a comparison of the work
of the present constitutional conven.
ton with that of 1850, showing the
magnitude of the task before the for
mer, for which he pleaded patience
and due consideration Oh the part Of
the public The governor took an opti-
mistic view Of conditions in Virginia.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-01-02

somewhat impatiently for an Opportu-
nifty to greet the new mayor.
80 great was the crowd that Mayor
Low had TO defer swearing in the men
appointed to Office by him until later
In the afternoon. The mayor was in
the best of good spirits and seemed
greatly pleased ut the reception he was
receiving. Before he left the city hall
to return to his home Mayor Low re-
ceived many kilograms Of congratula-
liOn.
Inside and out the city hall present
cd II holiday appearance. Above the
dome the nations flag was waving, and
the official flags of the municipality
hung In festoons on each side. A
wealth OF beautiful floral offerings for
lngong and outgoing officials were dis
played in the building.
William &. Deyery. protesting to the
end. was promptly removed from his
position as deputy police commission
er. 1t was one Of the first official acts
Of John n. Partridge. the new head of
the police department.
During protest which Mr.. Devery
made against his removal his voice
was broken, and his entire frame trem-
bled violently. He was all but over
come by his emotions. and tears came
to his eyes and rolled down his cheeks.
After being deprived Of his position
h. at once offered his services to Colo.
DGl Partridge for amy police work that