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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

1t thus appears that of these seven
classes OF manufactures we export to Eu-
rope alone goods to the value of s1s2, OOo-
900 a year, paying the ocean freight there
on and selling them at prices as low
certainly, probably lower than those of
foreign manufacturers In their home
markets. To North American, South
America, Asia, Africa and Oceania we
send these same classes of our manu-
featured goods in large quantities, pay
ing the ocean freight In many cases for
distances three times as long as the dis
tance from New York TO Liverpool Our
exports of iron and steel manufactures
alone to the other divisions of the world
were valued for 1901 at So, SOC, 403 not far
from double the value of our iron and
steel exports to Europe-and In some
markets protective duties as we'll as
ocean freights were overcome.
Plainly beyond all controversy, the du-
ties named in the table above are not
levied to protect our trusts in the home
market. They can serve but one pur-
pose-to make these American manufac-
lures dearer to Americans than to for
eigners. These are the duties which the
Iowa republicans say afford shelter TO
monopoly"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
EVENING SONG.

By Sidney Lanier.
Look off dear love- across the saIlow
sands
And mark yon meeting of the sun and
sea,
How long they kiss in sight of all the
lands.
All! longer, longer, we.
Now in the seas red vintage melts thu
sun,
As Egypt's pearl dissolved in rosy wine
And Cleopatra night drinks all IT'S done,
Love, lay thy hand in mine.
Come forth, sweet stars. and comfort
heavens heart;
Glimmer. we waves round else unlight-
ed sands.
y, night! divorce our sun and sky apart
NeYsr Hns- our hand<.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
A MisspeIled Word.

Few words are so often mispelled In
print, perhaps, as cantaloupe," said a
young lawyer. Nearly every hotel and
restaurant menu that 1 pick up has can
taloupe spelled with an in the second
syllable, and 1 frequently find this in
correct spelling in newspapers.
There never was but one dictionary
way of spelling in English the name of
our choice little melon. The French
spell the word cantaioup and the Ital-
ians spell 1t cantalupo, which is the name
of the old castle in Italy where the mel
ons were first grown in Europe"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
.om the Now York Press.

From the New York Press.
Handsome IS as the photographer does
When a womsn is pleasant 10 everybody
in the family, it is sign she has COM
pany visiting her.
The man who never has a word to say
about the, excise tax will go wild when
he gets his water-tax bill of S.
You can tell an engaged girl by the
grown-up clothes she is always making.
and a msrried enc by those that are not
grown up.
After woman has been engaged two
or three times she gets about as excited
over it as a man does over going to btsI-
ness every morning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
ST. Barnard's COLLEGE,

The Rev. Father Giles, O. S. B., secre-
tary of st. Demands college, spent yes
terday in Birmingham.
The next session OF the college opens
on Wednesday of this week and 1t is ex-
pected that larger number of students
than ever before will be in attendance.
st. Demands is located on high ground
near the town of Cullman and besides
its excellent course of instruction and
discipline It is one OF the healthiest places
In the world
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
NEWLANps, EPleRAM

From the Network Herald.
Representative Francis Griffith New
lands of Nevada, one of the champions of
the irrigation bill in the last congress
and who may make a fight for election to
the senate TO succeed Senator Jones. has
a very effective epigram for his slogan in
the coming campaign. He sprang 1t at
dinner Of Pacific coast representatives
and senators last winter. when, in the
course of his speech, he exclaimed:
This government had better pay atten-
ton to the irrigation of arid lands
rather than to the irrigation of foreign
lands"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
Mr.. London's Thanks.

Alex T. London. who was nominated
for the legislature last Monday sends the
following telegram from Asheville, N. c..
TO the Age-Herald:
Absence has prevented an earlier ac-
tnowledGement Of the very dsttering
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
DUTIES FOR ExToRTIoN ONLY.
rom the New York World.

From the New York World.
From treasury report just made pub
lie are taken the following figures show
ing the value of the exports for 1901 of
seven leading classes of American manu-
features. We add in the last column the
average advalorum duty ON imports of
the same class of manufactures:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
\ Oldest Alabama.

The Jacksonville Times Union exulst
on the fact that in the three impor-
tant appropriation bills of the long
session-and the public buildings
Florida readily outranked all the cot
ton states. as this table shows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
COZ. -Jelka, conaratuIatIons.

Governor Jelks was among the first
to extend hearty congratulations to Tom
Helm on his splendid victory in the pri-
mary" said a Montgomery man last
night.
"Hehin did effective campaign work
for the governor as well as for himself
and no one Is more grateful for kind
services than our worthy executive"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
THE PlsToL HABIT.

From the Bessemer Weekly.
The murder of brave officer J. ]. Flow
ers while in the discharge of his duty
is not only a hard blow upon his devoted
family. but is also blow to the city
OF Bessemer, for it removes a man uni
versally liked. honored and one who by
his kind and gentle demeanor made him
loved by all who knew him. The laws
of our state are entirely too lax for the
arrest and punishment of class of peo-
pie who hold life so cheap that they will
take 1t rather than be arrested for
minor offense. Practically ostracised by
the world they travel up and down the
country and when called upon to halt
they reply with a shot. The carrying of
pistols should be a felony and punishable
by fine and Imprisonment heavy enough
to make any man consider carefully be-
fore he conceals one about his person.
Not only is the pistol carrying habit
menance to law abiding citizens but 1t is
a danger to all. The youth of the land
want pistols and half the young men I'M
der q years of age must have a gun
stuck about his person or he is not safe,
and very frequently his own safety is
endangered more than any one else.
Make pistol selling and pistol carrying
both a felony with a heavy penalty and
then the danger to life will be reduced.
From the Centrevile Press.
The habit of pistol toting, from the
numerous crimes reported in the press
throughout the country. seems to be on
the increase. The practice is INDUCED in
by men and boys in the country as well
as in the towns and cities. When a
country boy goes to the city he puts a
30-cent pistol in his pocket, and runs
the risk of paying a 800 fine. We be-
lieve nothing but hard labor will de-
crease the practice, and we are of the
opinion it is about time our judges were
making the penalty more severe.
From the Talladega Mountain Home.
The pistol toting habit is becoming
more anu more deadly in its results.
Daily press reports sustain this state
ment Can't laws so sweeping and en-
phatic be passed that the grim harvest
will at least be cut down to extreme
cases? In some sections where the habit
is most prevalent no one is safe, as bull
lets do not always seek the man for
whom they are intended.
From the Eutaw Democrat.
Pistol totting'' is attracting more at
tention recently than is the custom my
gun" and hip pocket is and has been
very important factors in the make up
of men and boys wearing apparel, but
the law seems to be more rigidly en-
forced at the present time. and Offend
ers are being run in" for periods of six
months and year for carrying conceal
ed NO
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
Cost of Livinu.

The Massachusetts, bureau Of sta
tistics has recently investigated the
cost of living, and its report is an in
teresting document. It finds that
there has been an increase of 1854
per cent in the price of provisions
since 1897 One dollar In 1897 would
buy 6.S5 pounds of roasting beef; 1t
will now buy but 5.71 pounds. 1t
would buy at that time 10 pounds of
fresh pork; it will now buy only 7.79
pounds. And SO throughout the list
of meats.
Many groceries are also higher. The
Massachusetts man pays 80 per cent
more for dry Goldfish than he paid in
1897; 42S6 per cent more for beans;
1888 per cent more for tea; 12.45 per
cent more for loaf sugar; 1858 per
cent more for soap; I'LL per cent
more for starch, and 1929 per cent
more for cheese. Nearly all dry goods
are higher. Brown sheetings are
1894 per cent higher; bleached sheet
ing 64.10 per cent higher; ticking 22.73
per cent higher, and prints 1888 per
cent. higher. The advance in rents
ranges from 1857 to 1924 per cent.
The wage Garner who is getting no
more than he did in 1897 is not in
other words sharing in the prevailing
prosperity. He is worse of by nearly
20 per cent, and this is the reason
of much of the prevailing discomfort.
Accounts do not balance at the end of
the year, or al any tine n the year.
The outgo is greater than the income.
and in spite of industrial activity the
average wage Garner cannot make
ends meet.
The tables furnished by the Massa-
chusetts bureau do not deal with the
relative prices of labor, but it is sufi-
cient to say that wherever the pay of
the wage Garner has not been ad-
vanced since 1897 20 per cent that
wage Garner is not living in as easy
circumstances as he did five years
ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

Grand Duke Boris is going home.
He prefers country full of chorus
girls in which the newspapers are
closely censored.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt is the
only one who ever wiped out for an
entire evening the ticket spectators
at popular light opera.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

David B. Hill prefers to campaign in
gum shoes rather than with brass
bands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

Explorer Baldwin is now searching
for his own searcher, and when
ship sails to search for Baldwin the
searching business will become very
promiscuous.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

Baltimore is also up against the
soft coal problem. Soft coal is not so
bad after one becomes accustomed to
1t and cannot get the other kind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

England has conquered the Boer
generals by skillful negotiations, and
kind hospitality.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

The disappearing thirteen-inch gun
which comes out of a dugout along
the shore and hurls a shell halfway
across the sea, is considered the big
gest thing in warfare.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
CHICAGO SLIPPERS.

From the Los Angeles Times.
A Chicago woman had two painters
arrested for stealing 5000 from her, and
then found the money in an old slipper.
Knowing the size of the Chicago foot,
one can imagine what an exploring job
there was before that money was located.
Talk about exploring the Mammoth cavel
From the Peoria, ILL.,, Journal.
The Grand Duke Boris-the spelling is
a little lame, but the name sounds all
rights accused of drinking champagne
out of the slipper of a Chicago chorus
girl. Why didn't he take a bucket7 He
would have got Just as much to drink,
and 1t would have been cleaner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

The American theory has spread to
France, where they propose to impose
a tax upon bachelors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

vote I received in the primary. and for
which I desire to return my heartfelt
thanks to my friends and fellow citi-
GEMS"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

A circus trust is the latest, but the
price and quality of red lemonade will
not be affected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

The Florodora sixtet has swelled IN
til it has become the Florodora 800"
The empty seuttle In the eastern
states begins to plead for arbitration.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

Secretary Shaw should turn his at
tention to the gamblers of Wall
street. If he can give them a black
eye he will put himself in the list of
presidential possibilities
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

Consul General Bragg now censors
his own private letters, and the Gu
bans are giving him a further trial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

Attorney General Knox has sailed
for France, and the John barleycorn
plutocrats at Atlantic City are breath
ing freer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

Sandbaggers are reinforcing the
bookmakers at Saratoga, and between
them the crowds are worked to the
bottom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

The circus octopus that Expresses
Young America will accumulate all
the troubles it will be apt to covet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

President Roosevelt's sincerity in
the trust issue is not questioned, but
the practicability of his plan is.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

The millionaires are beginning to
try-"posted, keep or"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

All the children of Brigham H. Rob-
erts, the Mormon, are twins, and his
three families are fast becoming pop
ulouS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

King Edward will soon cut a cake
stuck full of candles, for he will be
81 years old in November.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

store has rightly earned the nal of the style shop of Omaha Nowhere else cans such fashion
nbpken Our swell suits; have tone and individuality that you will be unable to ind elsewhere
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

no. mdhs art We N%@ choicest Patterns @ M%G %w@e Suzanne nm Esther Meyer Mons Lewis and wtB Berthe who's
Tw@h m@~@ aEM" this opening event. shave prepared rare %a%mS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
WYORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.

generation after another is bound To succumb
Mr. Williams therefore. is sure to be read. and
he deserves to be read. We wish we could say
that he is sure to be remembered, but, consld-
cred as an historian. in the strict sense of that
word. he is of very light weight. This volume,
imposing as it is in all externals has hardly any
literary value. and as study of character is
almost worthless. On the other hand. it gives
a sufficiently comprehensive and individually
entertaining account of the facts of the Pom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

pallate. and there will never be lacking read
ers. and writer's. ready to protest against taking
her too amiably- But that she was almost as
brilliant as she was beautiful il would be foolish
to deny. and equally certain is it that the his
tory OF her career is a romance to which one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

Jams. With Sixteen Photographers QuartO.
PIP. xiv. i3l. Charles Scribner's Sons.
To write about the Marquise de Pompadour
Is to be sure of audience She was a wicked
woman whose sins it is useless to attempt to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

padour's life: it Is one OF those readable books
OF anecdote which may Iegitimately be enjoyed
despite the absence Of high authority or any
other qualities of literary permanence
The narrative begins with useful descrip-
ton OF the conditions which made the triurlpb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
A KINGS FAVORITE.

LIFE AT THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02

The illustrator who refuses to illustrate. but
provides for a new book pictures having no OBJ
yious reference to the text, has only himself to
blame when he is superseded by the camera.
Nevertheless his worst absurdtieS might fairly
claim TO be more satisfactory than the photo
graphs which it now seems to be the fashion to
introduce into new books, without regard TO the
limitations of photography. In Il new edition of
a Journey to Nature" by Mr. j. T. MOwbray
there are some reproductions of photographs of
landscape which, though having ut least the
virtue of providing Il sort OF humdrum cor
receive to the authors maWkiSh highfaultin'
possess no artistic quality. Among the other
plates there is one, serving rs froDtispiece,
which illustrates the faulty of this form of
illustration ut its lowest depth The legend I'M
der 1t runs thus: But, as looked at the hand
some maid, with her elbow on the old handrail
ana the western sun clarifying her bronze hair
The photograph in question is lifeless picture
dngy in tone Of young woman seated with
her elbow on the top of particularly hdeOus
piece of woodwork Her bronze hair might
be of almost any color so far as this photograph
informs us. 1t may be the western sun which
causes faint play of light upon the leaves
near which she is seated, but that there is any
sunshine at all cleaning upon her hair. or in
any way "glorifyins" it, is not even remotely
apparent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
HE THAT LOVES A ROSY CHEEK.

HE THAT LOVES A ROSY CHEEK.
BY THOMAS CAREw-
He that loves a rosy cheek,
or a coral lip admires,
or from starlike eyes doth seek
Fuel to maintain his fires;
As old Time makes these decay,
So his flames must waste away.
But a smooth and steadfast mind.
Gentle thoughts and calm desires,
Hearts with equal love combined
Kindle never-dying fires;
Where these are not, / despise
Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-05-17

midnight. The sea shrank back 80
yards, and hot rain began to fan,
while gravel the size of walnuts
poured down on the town. This last
ed about fifteen minutes.
The 45O survivors who were brought
here Saturday from the vicinity of st.
Pierre by the French cable repair
ship Pouyer Guertier, came from the
town of lie Precheur, where, sur
rounded ON all sides by flowing lava,
they were nearly roasted to death,
and expected momentarily to be en-
quilted.
The work of relief is progressing
here on the most extensive scale pos
sible, but, in anticipation Of disturb
ances, the treasury building and the
warehouses are guarded by troops.
The latest report received here
showed that lava continues to pour
SaowiA tire Slopes OF the mountain,
slowly engulfing the whole north side
of the island, while fresh crevasses
are continually opening.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-05-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The fve-mastediship Preussen, said
to be the largest sailing ship in the
world, was launched at Geestemunde,
Prussia, on the 7th. She is of 5000
tons dead weight capacity.
Fire in St. Edward, Neb, on the
7th, destroyed seven stores and one
residence, among them being three of
the largest buildings in the town. A
number of persons living in the Egan
block, which was partially burned,
had narrow escapes, being compelled
to climb down an electric light pole
to safety.
The Munising Paper Co., Limited,
which has just been organized with a
capital of $1,O0O,OOO, will build the
largest pulp and paper mills in the
United States at Munisihg, Mich, in
the upper peninsula.
Maj. E. A. Osborn, veteran of the
civil war, died in Chicago, on the 9TH,
at the home of his sister, Mrs. o. w.
Barrett His home was in Kansas.
Heavy snow fell at Abbeville and
Amiens, France, on the 9TH, and
frost was reported from many places
in the northeastern departments,
Paul Leicester Ford, 3f New York,
the novelist, was shot and killed, on
the sth, by his brother, Malcolm
Webster Ford, writer and athlete,
who Immediately sent bullet into
his own heart, dying instantly.
Miss Eleanor Matthews, who had
been general secretary of the Mil
wau1zee Y. w. C. A., state secretary of
the Missouri and general secretary of
the St. Joseph Y. w. C. A., died, on
the sth, in Kansas City, Mo.
President e. P. Ripley of the Santa
Fe Railroad Co. denies positively that
his road has been negotiating for the
Wiggins Ferry Co. of st. Louis, or for
the ST. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado
road.
1.-The democrats of the Fifth Missou-
ffscongressional district held pri-
maries on the sth. Congressman w.
E.eCoWherd was unopposed.
J. Adriance. Bush, assignee for Hen
ryr brot1efS itS- -CO3 OF New oFki Saiu,
on the sth, that the liabilities of that
Hrm amount to $2,163,s1f. He also
says the firm has enough assets to
cover all debts.
The cable repair ship Grappler, be-
longing TO the West India and Pana-
ma Telegraph Co., of London, was
lost with all hands during the erup-
ton Of Mont Pe1ee, at st. Pierre, Mar
Unique. The Grappler was one Of
the first ships to disappear.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-05-17
LATER DETAILS.
Mount PeIee Wore It's Warning
"smOLe Cap" for Many Days.

Mount PeIee Wore Its Warning
"smOke Cap" for Many Days.
Fort de France, Island of Marti-
nique, May 12.-Advices received here
yesterday from the vicinity of st.
Pierre (ten miles from here) give fur
ther details of the terrible volcanic
upheavel which resulted in the utter
destruction of that city and the death
of nearly all its inhabitants.
The crater of Mount Pelee has been
wearing its Smoke cap" since the
third of May; but there was nothing
until last Monday to indicate that
there was the slightest danger. On
that day stream of boiling lava
burst through the top of the crater
and plunged into the valley of the
River Blanche, overwhelming the
Guerin sugar works, and killing 23
work people and the son of the pro-
prietor.
A commission was appointed by the
governor to investigate the outbreak,
and it returned a reassuring report
on Wednesday evening. But about
eight o'clock on Thursday morning a
shower of fire rushed down on st.
Pierre, and the coast from lie Carbet,
which had a population of 5000, to LIE
Precheur, which had population of
1000, burning up everything in its
path.
Throughout Thursday the heat in
the vicinity of st. Pierre was go in
tense and the stream of flowing lava
was so unremitting that it was inn
possible to approach the town during
the early part of the day. AS evening
approached the French cruiser
Suchet, after heroic battle with the
heat, suffocation and sulphur fumes,
succeeded in making a dash toward
the shore, nearing the land close
enough to enable her to take off 80
survivors of the disaster, all of whom
were horribly burned and mutilated.
St. Pierre at that time was an abso-
lutte, smoking waste, concealing 9O,-
900 corpses, whose rapid decomposi-
ton necessitated, In some cases, in
stantly completing their cremation,
which was only partially accom-
phshed by the lava.
The inhabitants of Fort de France
were panic stricken, the morning of
the disaster, when the sky suddenly
blackened until it was as dark as