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The age-herald., 1902-02-06
French Ambassador in Havana.

Havana. February Ex-Governor General Wood has formally received at the palace M. Cambon French ambassador to the United States; M. DArmond, naval at tache, and Captain West, of the French training ship Duguay Trouin, which is now in port, says the correspondent here of the New York Herald in a dispatch to his paper. As the party entered the palace a salute of twenty-one guns was fired from the Cabanas fortress. The visit lasted less than half an hour The ambassador was escorted today to Ma tanzas by Adjutant General Scott and other officers of General Woods staff. He will be given a state dinner Wednes- day night by General Wood. which will be returned aboard the Duguay Trouin. NM. Cambon and D'Armond will return to Washington via Florida.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Postoffice Stations.

Announcement is made that the post offices at Elyton. West End, Woodlawn and Avondale will be discontinued on February IS. when they will become sta tions of the Birmingham postoffiee, and 1t will be only question of time when the offices at Thomas. Pratt City, Ensley, Wylam, Bessemer, Gate City and East Lake will become stations of the great central office" remarked a member of the Greater Birmingham committee last night.
 Merging of the smaller Into the lar ger is the rule of the day. The post office department is authorized by law to abolish any and all postoffices near metropolitan offices and establish the station system. Some of the old post offices 15 miles from the Boston postoffice and some IS miles from the Chicago office have been abolished. Ensley, whether 1t is annexed to Birmingham or not, Will be known in Washington only as Station c or H of Birmingham. The town name will remain for local convenience, but technically and officially the old name VIII De wiped out One or the e&ceptiois to the modern policy of the postoffiee de- partment is Brooklyn. Notwithstanding the fact that Brooklyn is part of New York City the Brooklyn postoffice con- tinues; but it is certain that the depart ment at Washington will before great while issue an order abolishing it. Con- solidation is strictly in the line of econ ;- hot ba ment will save nearly quarter of mill lion a year when it makes the Brooklyn office a branch of the New York office.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
President of Southern Express.

Mir. M. J. O'Brien, president of the Southern Express Company, spent a few hours in Birmingham Monday and left for New Orleans. He was entertained here by Captain and Mrs. Frank P. O'Brien, old and dear friends.
 MT. O'Brien had not visited Birming- ham for a year or more, and he mar veled greatly at the strides the city had taken. The headquarters of the president of the Southern Express are in New York. MT. O'Brien succeeded the late MT Plant as president, and he is regarded as an executive chief of exceptionable ability.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
UNCLE RUSSELL HAS A 6oUNcER

New York Letter in the Pittsburg Dis-
 patch.
 Russell Sage employs a bouncer now adays. He is a big, red-haired, blue-eyed giant who stands within reach of every visitor who enters Mir. Sage's private sanctum. The other day he stood behind the chair of a man who was talking to the aged financier. The visitor suddenly reached for his hip pocket and in an in- stant the viselike grip enclosed his wrist and he was lifted completely out of his chair. The bouncers hand then pulled from the strangers pocket handker- chief In this grip weather men who have colds are steering clear of MT. Sagt
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
LONDON TAKES NO RAeTlME.

London Cable to the Chicago Record
 Herald:
 invasion whose popularity Is unquestionA ed. There may be tobacco wars and strifes over electric railways, but for the "coon' song and the cake walk there is an open field. London has Caught on" to syncopated time amazingly. Go where you will one hears nothing but rag-time melodies whistled and sung.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
TACT.
Bv Ralph Waldo Emerson.

By Ralph Waldo Emerson. What boots it, thy virtue,
 What profit thy parts, While one thing thou lackest.- The art of all arts? The only credentials,
 Passport to success Opens castle and parlor-
 Address, man, Address. The maiden in danger
 Was saved by the swain; His stout arm restored her
 To Broadway again. The maid would reward him.
 Gay company come.- They laugh, she laughs with them; He is moonstruck and dumb. This clinches the bargain;
 Sails out of the bay; Gets the vote in the senate.
 Spite of Webster and Clay. Has for genius no mercy,
 For speeches no heed; It turks in the eyebeam.
 It leaps to it's deed. Church, market. and tavern,
 Bed and board. it will sways It has not tomorrow,
 It ends with today.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 After the honeymoon it is mostly bees wax.
 Little children know more than they say, and grown-up people say more than they know.
 Either people know how to do thing but don't want to do it, or they want to do it but don't know how.
 Some women are so unselfish they make themselves presents of bottles of whisky and boxes of cigars.
 Spindle-shanked women don't believe in rainy-day skirts any more than the fat chested ones approve of low-cut gowns.
 A woman's idea of making another wo- man feel comfortable is to tell her not to mind because the men don't pay her any attention. because all men care about anyway Is a pretty woman.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
A DOZEN YEARS HENCE

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald resents the suggestion that while Birmingham ing sky-scrapers. the Atlanta real estate men are building them right along. The Age-Herald should not yet nervous. A dozen years from now Birmingham will have more handsome buildings than At lanta- Go on with the talk about sky scrapers; it is perfectly proper.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
ANARCHISTS REAL NAME.

From What to Eat
 Marquise di Castrone "Marcehsi' is sim- ply the Italian word for marquise. but this lady is so well known by 1t that few in America, at least, know her real name. Her husband Is a picturesque type of the old-school nobleman. He is greatly lik- ed by all that know him. his manners are so affable and pleasing.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
Cotton Mills in Every Town.

Let no town of 2000 population in Alabama say it cannot build cotton factory. Let them not say this while Talladega stands witness to the contrary. That enterprising town now holds 5200 people; ten years ago it had but 2240. What wrought the change? Cotton factories. Who built the mills? The people of Talladega | themselves without any outside aid, and they have three cotton mills, and the town is bursting with prosperity. Betsy Hamilton" explains in the At lanta Constitution how Talladega did it, as follows:
 Let the Mayor or citizens committee call mass meeting of the citizens at some commodious hall at night when everybody can attend-wiyes, daughters, sweethearts and all. Select the chairman and two secretaries, one male and one female Let a good talker state the ob- ject. To build a S51OO0 cotton factory with home capital on the installment plan of 21s per cent monthly, subscriber of one share to pay s2.5O per month, or subscriber of ten shares to pay s25 per month and so on After you have re- solved to build the factory call for sub scriptions. You should easily get:
 Fifteen men to subscribe 5000 each, s15.0O0. paying s25 each
 Twenty men to subscribe $500 each. s1o,- 900. paying s12.5 each.
 Thirty men to subscribe $500 each 5000. paying S7.50 each.
 Fifty men to subscribe s20O each, s10,o0o. paying S5 each.
 Sixty men to subscribe s1oo each, s6ooo, paying s2.50 each.
 Making a total of 175 men subscribing $50OOO.
 If YOU fail to get the subscriptions ap- Soint a committee of ten to see every | body in town and have them report to i a mass meeting in four days. Then pro- ceed to organize as the laws of the state require.
 Elect seven directors, not on account of their popularity. but because they are successful business men. Provide in your l bylaws that no officer is to receive a salary until the mill is in operation. The subscription to stock should be by note, drawn as strong and binding as possible, and should provide for attorneys fee if suit is brought to enforce collection. Designate the banks in your town as 1 your collecting agents. They will gladly serve. After the organization, let the contract for the building. It should not cost over s10OOO. Your money receipts i from subscriptions will meet payments on building.
 | Have as many of your stockholders as possible discount their stock allowing them per cent average time This ought to give you s10,OOO to start with.
 Talladega did this. and it has three mills. The stock of the first factory is worth 150 today, and it pays per cent in dividends. All three mills were built on the installment plan. What Talladega has done every other town of 200O people in the State can do and should do. A mill that costs s50,000 will hold 5000 spindles, and these spindles will consume 2500 bales of cotton, giving employment to seyenty-fve operatives. Such mill will put life and backbone into a morfbund town. It will strengthen the growing of the staple in Alabama when Texas threatens to rule the mar
 
 the State: Try it Secure, if need be, the services of Betsy Hamilton. She is an Alabama woman and a good | talker.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
An Active Stock.

"The local security market Is not partic- ularly active, except in Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power Company stock, which fluctuates between 55 and CO., said a prominent broker.
 Bank stocks are always in demand and land improvement stocks promise to be active in the spring, but the Railway Light and Power securities are being traded in very actively, not only here but in New Orleans
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

From the marriage notices of last Saturday in Chicago We select the names of Thomas Kyanowsh and Stanislawa Izedoyek, Frank Wis zowaty and Jozefa Hoinowska, and John Wisneiski and Julijanna Wich- lenska-all Americans by adoption, any one of whose children may be- come President.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

The South might be sunnier than it is at present, but it is several laps ahead of the North in that respect.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

Elijah Dowie will have to leave his chariot long enough to hand over his lace works to a non-sympathetic re- ceiyer.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

The New Workers now see that they should have built a royal box in the opera house. They built it too Amer ican,
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

Charles M. Schwab will sail for home February IT, but he will not write a book on what he did not break in Yurrup.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

The groundhog saw his shadow in most places and has gone back to win ter quarters to stay six weeks.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

Professor Pearson does not say what he does believe, although he freely tells us what he does not be- lieye,
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

The Hitchcock box affair cannot be magnified into anything more than a New York incident.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

Nothing but dynamite will open that Hitchcock box to a prince from turin parts.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

No one is opposed to a change in the date of Presidential inaugurations, but no one is doing anything to bring it about.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

We have not had leap year since 1896, and this is not one.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

There are to be no frills on 'Lige Dowie hereafter if a receiver can pre- vent them.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

The deceased wife's sisters bill is to lie fallow this year.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06
The Fairbanks boom is snow-bound.

Federal officials are warned to lie low and say nothin'.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

A heresy trial invites the humor and waggery of the nation.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

The seat of war has been. transfer. red to the Senate chamber
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

The conscript fathers. rich and poor alike, seem to have contracted dis temper of irritability.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

Kaff1rs and consols are talking peace even if the envoys and minis ters are not.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

Uncle Sam once had 2S8 bicycle factories, but he had last year but twenty-four.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06

thing at home is falling into the habit of drinking sherry down town. While many liquor vendors continue to handle only cheap stuff labeled sherry. several whom I happen to know have supply of rare, dry brands. which should be good enough for the club man of New York or Boston,
 About Persons.
 John M March of Nashville Is at the Hillman.
 L. G. MeKain of Atlanta is at the Flor ence.
 W. S. Mcfarland of Chattanooga is at the Hillman.
 Garnett S. zorn of Louisville is at the Hillman.
 J. A. Davis of Baltimore is at the Hill man.
 MT. Edward Taylor of New York is at the Hillman.
 W. H. Moore of Jasper is at the Flor ence.
 L. L. Runyon of Cincinnati is at the Florence.
 A. T. Miller of Richmond, Va, is at the Morris.
 MT. w A. Miller of Chattanooga is at the Morris.
 E. J. Newey of New York is at the Morris.
 F. H. Rahm of Richmond. Va, is at the Metropolitan.
 J. c. Harrison of New York is at the Metropolitan.
 Charles H. Moore of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan.
 Mir. F. Lesser leaves today for New Or leans, where he will remain until after Mardi Gras.
The age-herald., 1902-02-06


 without friction. Compared with 1t an automatic sewing machine is obsolete. Without it, indeed, aside from appropri- ations and revenue bills and other privi- legged business, there can be no legisla- tion in the House, except the considera- tion of few unimportant measures" In view of these facts, the lovers of the old play apart from appropriations will have to wait till the next Congress elects former rebel" as speaker, be-. fore they can secure legislation to pro- tect the play from dissertation.
 They are coming not in single file, but in whole battalions-the dear good women who are to be delegates in the National Congress of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution which is to assemble in what country newspapers call the Grand Opera House." in Washington, February IT.
 There is no opera house of any kind in Washington, and no theatre that is in any sense grand. Neither of the two lead ing theatres equals the Jefferson in Bir- min gham in interior finish or exterior ap- pearance, though each is larger than the Birmingham playhouse; and there is no public hall in Washington comparable in capacity, comfort. or appearance to the Birmingham Auditorium.
 There is vaudeville house here which is locally called "The Grand" because when it was completed 1t was named Al baugh's Grand Opera House." The prin-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-25
THE LESSON FOR US.

The people of the entire state have
learned with profound regret Of the in
ability of President Roosevelt to fulfill
his Minnesota engagements. The re-
gret is enhanced by the cause which
prevents his appearance among U.S.
There is no suspicion of party division
in the expression of the hope that
President Roosevelt may soon be re-
stored to his ordinarily perfect health
and that he may be able at an early
day to pay the visit which has been
so unfortunately prevented.
The people Of st. Paul have been
saved very disagreeable experience.
The obligation which would have been
imposed upon the president to speak to
the public from the veranda Of a local
hotel is one which would reflect infinite
discredit upon the community. The
published announcements OF such an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-25
MEN TEACHERS NEEDED
IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Mothers Do Not Take Interest Enough In
the Discipline of Their Children.

There is an agitation in Chicago over
the question of men teachers in the pub
lie schools and it is argued that children.
especially boys, need something more than
feminine influence during their formative
years, and that they do not get it. This
is probably true, but it will take some
thing more than change in the public
In the first place, school teaching In
this country is not, as 1t is in England,
an honored profession, which commands
the services of men with many degrees
trailing after their names, and wide gem
eral culture. 1t Is, to put 1t plainly,
mainly drudgery, and that Of very I'M
congenial and trivial kind. The average
that kind than the average man; hence
the immense majority Of women in the
schools.
Again, the life Of schoolmaster Is In
this country hedged about with so many
petty restrictions that most men of or
binary spirit would find it intolerable.
The exceptions are men Of strong, con-
scientious feeling and real love for chill
dren, and the combination is a rare one.
may not drink even wine or beer; he may
not indulge in any Of the ordinary sports
of mankind, for fear that his influence
over the boys will be bad. Women, hav
ing no temptation to play poker, go to the
races. or smoke, get along better inside
this fence.
The trouble with the whole business
Of the right kind Of interest in the edu
cation of their children. If they did,
there would be a strong masculine infu-
ence at home, at all events, and this in
fuence would probably come to be felt
in the schools.-Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-25
AN OLD SCHEME.

President Roosevelt was right when
he declared in his I.ogansport speech:
"What we really need in this country
is to treat the tariff as a business
proposition, and not from the stand
point of the temporary needs of any
political party"
That is not only present need, but
it has been a pressing need since tariffs
were first established in this country.
1t is a need which has been steadily
and shamefully ignored by the Repub-
lican party during its entire existence
while in control Of our national govern
ment. The tariff has not been treated
as a business proposition by those who
now seek it's perpetuation. 1t is, and
has been, the chief agency maintained
under our federal system for the es-
tablishment of special privileges in
favor Of special classes of American
society.
Every effort which the Democratic
party has made, in or out of power, to
have ldIllL II SchlCu q
business proposition has been effec-
lively defeated by the combination
represented today by the trusts and
Republican politicians.
The first essay made by the present
administration in the direction OF
treating the tariff as a business
proposition has resulted in the repu-
diation of President Roosevelt by his
own party in the legislative branch
of the national government. Even the
scheme for the establishment Of Cuban
reciprocity has been defeated by that
combination, and according to the ad-
mission of the president and his imme-
date adherents within the Republican
party, that defeat has been due to the
influence of the tariff protected trusts
It is not as a business proposition
but as partisan agency that the tariff
( has been treated by those who choose
to call themselves its friends. Under
it's operation vast commercial aggre-
cations have been able to defy foreign
competition, to undersell foreign COM
petitors in their home markets and to
establish monopolies in the domestic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-25
THE CENTRAL VALLEY.

There's heritage of gold
IN the pralrfeS vast and old,
And the glory Of the coming year is there;
AS the nations yield to peace
These shall hold the glad increase
OF mighty nations prowess free and fair.
Winds go roaming where they will,
Suns dispel the winters chill.
Seasons with their magic harvests here
are blest;
Oh, there's time for laughter, dear,
Time for love and loving cheer,
In the fruitful central valley Of the West.
Many are the hands that toll,
Generous is the yielding soil,
Swift the traffic as it plies from state to
state;
Low the. song OF gentle stream,
Bright the city arc lights CLEAN,
their fate.
On the hill and in the vale,
Progress fingers huge and hale,
And the secrets of the future none have
guessed
While the placid countryside
WONDERS at the swelling tide
In the growing central valley Of the West.
IT'S land Of golden grain,
This WIDE undulating plain,
And there's liberty in every wind that
blows.
Worship takes the sweep of sky,
Wisdom unto truth draws nigh.
Warm is culture as the stream that south
ward flows
There are homes for many more,
And for all a plenteous store,
But the welcome Of the people-that is
best.
For the man that hateth wrong
Sings the helpful labor song
In the joyous central valley of the West.
Charles w. Stevenson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-25
HOW ABOUT RECIPROCITY?

1t may be true, as the Republican
party and its national administration,
through the leading spokesman for
both, are now trying to convince the
people, that any serious interference
with the tariff on trust made goods
would seriously unsettle the business
interests of the country. Whether it
be true or not, however, that adminis-
tration and party are committed to it.
and the result of the coming con-
gressional election will largely deter
mine whether the people will consent
to accept the view of national policies
which it involves.
It may be assumed, for all present
purposes, that the tariff and the trusts
must remain untouched for fear Of the
resulting injury to the welfare of
American business society. It may
also be assumed that the people will
sanction that view in casting their
ballotsiin November. But is 1t also to
be ASSUMED that correspondingly great
injury5will be wrought to the business
interests of the country should the pol
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-25
II
GARDENING IN ALASKA.

Wonderful stories continue to come
in from Alaska as to the agricultural
possibilities, Of that country. The latest
of these--by the way, an official re-
port by the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that
gardening dcan be successfully done
north Of the Arctic circle. Members of
the International Polar expedition at
Point Barrow dug and raked ground
200 feet from the ocean water line to
the depth of four inches and planted
the seed of lettuce, radishes and other
vegetables. In spite of the fact that
nine inches down the ground was SOL
idly frozen the plants sprang up and
grew with. such vigor that nineteen
days after seeding harvesting began.
The lettuce leaves were from one to
two inches in width and from thrhe
to four inches in length. The radishes,
spherical in form, were from half an
inch to one inch in diameter. 1t is an
nounced that the condition Of these
vegetables was perfect; in fact, Of a
quality which could not be eXcelled by
any grown anywhere in lower lati-
tudes. zen @>"s.-
During all the time of the germina-
ton Of these plants the temperature
ranged from 80 to SO degrees, the
weather was cloudy and foggy and
there were frequent snow f1urries. The
governments experts are unable to ac
count for the rapidity with which the
vegetables grew and matured except
on the theory that the quantity of at
mospheric electricity in the Arctic
region is much greater than in the
temperate zones.
In this connection it is stated that
the vast tundras Of northern Alaska
are the most productive of any on the
American continent. Every summer
continuous beds of flowers on the level,
treeless plains extend north from the
Arctic circle to the shores of the ocean.
The growths are not pitiful, FROST
pinched ones, either. The flowers are
masses of Icolor-red, yellow, purple
and blue-and are so bright that they
can be seen surprisingly long distances.
Berries, too, grow with great luxuri-
ance.
Stewards purchase looks decidedly
like a bonanza no matter from what
point one views 1t.