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The age-herald., 1902-03-12
NOT ENOUGH.

From the Boston Herald.
 The 20 per cent reduction in the duty on Cuban sugar made in the Payne bill, by which name the measure hoped for from the House committee of ways and means may be designated, is clearly not enough. It would be queer, indeed. if, after the fight between that rate and the no change insisted upon by the beet sugar people had been fought and won, there should be no relief in it for Cuba. We are much inclined to think this would be found to be the case if the House bill were left alone. It would bring grief to beet sugar, without helping Cuba. But 1t is always to be remembered in this con- nection that the House is not the potent power in the government The constitu- tior requires that the bill shall be passed in the House before it can be acted upon by the Senate, or that seems to be the in- depreciation of the constitution now, as 1t clearly is the proper one when original revenue is to be raised. Thus it must go through the former body in some shape; but. when the Senate gets it. change in the percentage can be made which will, in truth, bring relief to the Cuban people, and, unless he House changes it's at titude from it's accustomed subserviency, it will acquiesce.
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
Maintaininq Prices.

"The Birmingham district Is in a stronger position today than it ever was and its future Is better assured than ever," said a corporation man yesterday
 "The United States Steel Corporation Is doing a great thing for this district by it's conservative policy in keeping prices at living figures and in discouraging any thing like a run away market. Say what you please about trusts and about the soulless character of corporations, but the steel trust Is one of the most helpful institutions in this country; not helpful in sentimental way but in broad, busi- ness way. It regulates the entire indus trial world and helps make it possible for all mechanics and other wage work CTS employed in the iron and steel trades to keep agoing.
 "The United States Supreme Courts decision against antitrust laws will unloose capital more than ever and will stimulate industrial development in states that have been handicapped. This sort of talk will not be approved by politicians who have been fighting corporations, but what I say is true. The steel corpora tion, instead of being a menace to the country, proves a boon, and the decision of the United States Court will prove one of the greatest boons that has ever come to the South''
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
Judoe Parker of New York.

The battlefield next fall is to be New York and the States of the cen tral West, particularly Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. New York will be the controlling State, however, and the Republicans are troubled not little over the situation in that State. Gov ernor Odell is to run again, and at 1 the suggestion of the Mississippi Leg l islature 1t is said that Allon B. Par l1er, chief judge of the highest court of the State, has been selected to run against him. If Judge Parker car ries New York he becomes at once the biggest piece of timber in the Demo cratic forest, and will beyond much question lead the party in 1904. This is business. The man the Democrats want is a man who can carry his own State, especially if that State be New York Judge Parker may be the man. He was elected chief judge in 1892, and no Democrat has since been elect ed to a State office in his State.
 His best points consist in his high character land admitted capacity, and hls power to combine all the factions of his party. The property interests will support him as cordially as the rank and file. He has no enemies within the party, and he has many friends outside of the Democratic party.
 It is a singular fact that the first mention of Judge Parker's name in connection with the Presidency came from the Mississippi Legislature. It's resolutions have gone over the coun- try, and the Republicans dislike the proposition much more than any that has appeared. They are said to be strengthening their fences in New York against a Parker raid, whicn is now anticipated on both sides.
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
SAID HE WAS PRESIDENT.
from the Baltimore News

From the Baltimore News.
 Quentin Roosevelt, aged 5. announced himself President of the United States a few days ago and demanded a preroga- tive of the executive.
 His nurse took him to the Convent of the Visitation, on Connecticut avenue, where she has some friends. The order Is cloistered, and the sisters talked to the nurse, and incidentally to the small boy, through the grating. This was not satis- factory to the young man and he de- n anded admission. The sisters explained that no one can enter the cloister without permission from the head of the order. If you were President, instead of the Presidents son." said a sister, you could come in"
 On Saturday the nurse went again to the convent to see her friends. Quentin went along He walked up to the cloister door and rang the bell. When a sister answered he announced:
 I'm President of the United States. Anyway, I'm dest the same, cause by papa is so busy he can't come. Please let me in
 The sister realized the force of the ar gument and let the young man in, and she gave him jolly visit to the various rooms
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
M ai1riiV for k;carauua,

The proposition to buy the Panama route is confessedly dead. The Senate committee has reported against it, and a vote in the Senate would probably result in like manner. The Senate should and doubtless will report and accept the Hepburn bill, which passed the House almost unanimously, and which has three-fourths of the Ameri- can people behind it. The statements of the people are well expressed by the New York Herald, when it says:
 The American people want an isthmian canal. and the experience of the Oregon showed it to be a strategic as well as commercial necessity. But they want national, an American canal-one that can be constructed at once and one orig mating with themselves, built and con trolled by themselves. It is common be- lief that the Nicaraguan canal would be in existence today but for the obstructive devices of the trans-continental railroad lobby in Washington. The conduct Of the Senate committee in pottering wit the Panama proposition as q pretext for hanging up the Nicaragua bill, which passed the House lastsDecember, smacks of the old tactics for the prevention of any effective legislation.
 It is unfortunate that this situation has given rise to sinister suspicious that not only is the familiar railway lobby assisted in diverting attention from the Nicaragua canal to the Panama scheme but that there are now in Washington working on the same lines gentlemen warmly interested in the Suez canal and who would naturally dislike to see traffic now enjoyed by that route diverted to an American waterway. The Senate committee in view of the facts now brought to light about the Panama
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
HETTY GREENS ExTRAvAeANcE

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 Tn giving a dinner to some friends in Boston on Friday evening Mrs. Hetty Green, the well known philanthropist and financier, gave an exhibition of ex- travagance and bad business manage ment that is calculated to have a demor- alizing effect upon her sex. Such an ex- ample of wastefulness at this time when woman is bravely struggling for "inde- pendence" and emancipation" Is to be deplored.
 The function took place at boarding house on Ashburton Place, and the guests numbered eight, covers being laid for a party of nine. After the various courses had been disposed of and the conviviality of the occasion had reached a climax of effervescent mirth and wit Mrs. Green paid the % cents apiece that is charged transients at the boarding house and was going away happy and contented when her eyes fell upon sign which read: "Twenty-one meal tickets, $3.50."
 She suddenly realized that she had been bunkoed out of 75 cents by Yankee boarding house trick. If she had pur- chased a ticket the meals would have stood her 16 2-3 cents each, amounting to s1 .5O instead of 2.25, and she would have had twelve meals coming to her. which would have provided for another merry Junction..
 But it was too late The sagacious boarding house landlady refused to rec tify the error after the change had been passed over the counter, and Mrs. Green was consigned to the humillating refec- ton that she had been outmaneuvered by a shrewd woman.
 The lesson in extravaganza and gas- tronomic recklessness could be condoned on the ground of innate and uncurbed hospitality. But Mrs. Hetty Green has been advertised as Americas shrewdest .'business woman." A few more flukes like this and the genial bon-vivant will have to look to her laurels
The age-herald., 1902-03-12

scheme. should promptly report the Hep burn bill. Let us have the Nicaragua canal.
 It is believed the Senate committee will report the bill by a vote of to 4. Messrs. Hanna and Kittredge will continue to fight the Hepburn bill or any other canal bill for that matter. They really represent the old Repub1- can campaign subscribers, and they may protest otherwise until the COWS come home and no one will believe them. It is not believed. however, that the Hanna opposition will kill the Hepburn bill. It is believed that will become law before final adjournment next summer.
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
Technical Training.

My Idea Is that Birmingham should have large high school with a depart ment of technology as a supplemental feature, but not to have this technologi- cal branch take the place of a college or university" said Dr. J. H. Phillips. su- perintendent of public schools.
 with a technelogical school here in connection with our high school work we could fit such boys as desired to go to Auburn or other technological col leges much better than they are fitted now. When Q boy in the public schools showed bent for any trade or calling that required technical training he would be educated accordingly. When he reached college age he would have a good start on technological lines.
 But the few, not the many, go to col lege. The object in a technological high school should be to fit the great majority of boys to enter intelligently the indus trial world. We should train boys who are going to be artisans so that they may become thinking, and not merely mechanical, men,"
The age-herald., 1902-03-12

possible, indeed easy and agreeable. to love not merely two women at the same time, but as many as will let him.
 Tt is entirely matter of tempera- ment," declared one Eclectic lady, speak ing to the question.
 Quite so, but that sort of temperament is not precious possession to a woman who thinks it desirable any more to be a wife and mother
 It may be possible for woman to love two men at the same time. but then no man whose love is worth having can love a woman of that kind,
 The Journal submits that rather con- elusive practical consideration to the ad- vanced ladies of the Eclectic.
 Also this question:
 When a woman finds herself inclined to love two men at the same time. wouldn't a days honest work-at the washtub, say-helo to bring her round?
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
About Persons.

Mir. W. E. Leake is out after a week s illness. He will leave today for Rich mond.
 MT. R. c. Hicks. commercial agent of the Seaboard Air Line. is in Atlanta. H. T. Bell of Columbus, Miss. is at the Metropolitan.
 J. c. Orr of Hartselle. Ala. is at the Metropolitan. Metropolitan.
 A. H. Sharp of Gadsden is at the Met ropolitan.
 The Rogers Bros. Company was regis tered at the Metropolitan.
 F. D. Lee Taylor of Auburn is at the Metropolitan.
 S. S. Sellers and c. S. Sellers of Selma are at the Metropolitan.
 S. O. Houston of Opelika Is at the Met ropolitan.
 Justin c. Jackson of Vincent, Ala, Is at the Metropolitan.
 A. B. Hamlet of Empire. Ala, Is at the Metropolitan.
 c. G. Mungan and Charles L. Spencer of Hartford, Conn.,, are at the Hillman. George L. Green of Baltimore Is at the Hillman.
 R. H. Blake of New York is at the Hillman.
 William H. Dyer of Providence, R. l., is at the Hillman.
 A. T. Lowry of Chicago Is at the Hill man.
 A. R. Barrett of New York Is at the Hillman.
 A. M. Stevens of New York is at the Hillman.
 MT. John Griffiths of Chicago, contract or for the construction of the Woodward building, has returned home. He was well satisfied with the progress of the work. MT. Griffith has contract for $2,5OO,0 GOO street frame building in Philadelphia
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
BLlNDFOLDED AND ALONE |
 STAND,
By Helen Hunt Jackscn.

By Helen Hunt Jackscn. Blindfolded and alone I stand With unknown thresholds on each handl The darkness deepens as I gropc. Afraid of fear, afraid to hope; Yet this enc thing I learn to know Each day more surely as I go. That doors are opened, ways are made, Burdens are lifted or are laid, By some great law unseen and still Unfathomed purpose to fulfill
 Not as l will" Blindfolded and alone I wait; Loss seems too bitter, gain too late Too heavy burdens in the load And too few helpers on the road; And joy is weak and grief is stronE. And years and days so long, so long; Yet this one thing I learn 70 Know Each day more surely as go. That 1 am glad the good and i'll By changeless laws are ordered still.
 Not as I will" Not as l will" the soautp grows sweet Each time my lips tfe words repeat. Not as l will" the darkness feels More safe than light when this though
 steals
 Like whispered voice to calm and bless All unrest and all loneliness. Not as l will" because the One Who loved us first and best is gone Before us on the road and still For us must al, His love fulfill
 Not as we will"
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
Was Not Hired as a Valet.

The following story Is told by the Louisville Post on Colonel Henry Waiter son of the Louisville Courier Journal and the possible candidate for the Presiden- tial nomination. It happened as he was on his way from Louisville to his resi- dence at Jeffersontown. When the South ern train reached Jeffersontown the Col oneA got off, and walking to the baggage car, pointed to a market basket, and said to one of the brakeHnen
 Here. pick up that basket and bring 1t over to me-
 The brakeman at that time was busily engaged and paid no attention to MT. Watterson.
 That gentleman again commanded the brakeman to pick up the basket and re- marked
 of you don't bring that basket over here immediately I will see that you are removed from this run"
 The brakeman looked at MT. Waiter son moment and replied: "Mr. Waiter son, I was not hired by the road to be your valet"
 Somebody else moved the basket for the Colonel
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
PAYING FOR CARRIES CRUSADE,

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The city authorities of Topeka have set tied with the saloonkeepers of that place by paying them 5000 for the damage in- fiicted upon their property by Carrie Ma tion, and after all the other municipali- ties have footed the bills resulting from her crusade it will be found that there has been a considerable outlay because of the misdirected zeal of would-be re- former. So far as can be learned little if any good resulted from Mrs. Nations vio- lent methods, while there has been much harm. The woman has lost her husband, the towns that tolerated her unlawful ac- tions have been mulcted for damages, the cause of temperance has gained nothing whatever from her ill-advised crusade and she has become an object of derision.
The age-herald., 1902-03-12

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
 At the close of humorous speech to the New York Press Club. MT. Wm. J. Bryan told the newspaper men that the greatest service the newspapers can render is the impartial publication of all the news and of both sides of all public controversies.
 This is a self evident truth. If the people get all the news and both sides of every controversy. they can be trusted to arrive at fair judgments on all public questions. They are at least thoroughly informed.
 This is the kind of service that an inde- pendent newspaper, not bound to any par ty organization or pledged to any plat form. renders the people. It gives all the facts to the people.
 The partisan journal which suppresses or distorts the. facts is valueless as a newspaper or a sound molder of public opinion. It misleads the people.
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
JalI Guards.

'I read the resolution printed in The Age Herald the other day that was in- troduced by Commissioner Wilson, de- manding the return of all moneys paid to present Sheriff Burgin and former Sherlffs OBrien and Morrow for guards where such guards were used as jailers and not as guards" said an ex-deputy sheriff yesterday.
 'I am not informed as to how the present sheriff conducts the jail, but l do know that under Sheriff O'Brien's ad- ministration the night man was required to visit three stations on the inside or the jail yard every hour. At those sta tions there were keys firmly spiked to the walls and the watchman carried an improved watchman's clock with him to the stations and inserted the key In the clock and recorded the precise sec ond at which he arrived at either sta tion. If for any reason he was delayed going from one station to another he was required to make written report and leave 1t with his clock when he de- livered it at the sheriff's office when he went OH uuly III tlle HUI hiH6'
 "A daily record was kept of the service of the guard and the paper diais were marked and registered as they were taken out of the clock every morning and new ones put in. If the guard failed to register every hour the clock indicated the precise hour and he was fined 50 cents for the failure to perform his duty. Nrrrn furnished adjoining the sheriff's office in which two deputies were required to sleep every night Those rooms were connected py electric bells placed at the head Of each deputy and under the control of the night guard at the jail.
 where the presence or assistance of one or both deputies was desired, the guard would press one or both buttons and ln- stantly obtain the assistance of the men kept in the two rooms. In addition to those two men Deputy Sheriff Hillhouse slept in the room over the jail office un- til he married and then Deputy Tom Jones supplied his place for several months. Those two men were under con- trol of the night guard also. When ever an occasion required Sheriff O'Brien to send one or more deputies out after crimi- nals, his orders were always to spare no money if necessary to spend it to accom- plish the object for which we were sent.
 "I have often wired him that it was necessary to pay out more money than I had taken with me in order to faithfully and successfully carry out my mission, he would always wire back, draw on me for what will be necessary to aid you in ac- complish your purpose. don't fail to do what you were sent to do if money will aid you He seemed to believe that 1t was his duty to spend money to make his office what 1t should be, terror to evil doers."
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Emperor Emerses From Retirement,

Emperor Emeraes From Retirement,
 The Mikado is the first Japanese sov- ereign to emerge from the dignified re- tlrement in which his predecessors lived. This step has only increased the passion ate loyalty of his subjects toward him, and people are already comparing him with the Kaiser as regards the promin- ent public role he seems disposed to play.
 During the army maneuvers, says a Yokohama correspondent of the London Daily Mail, His Majestey, who followed events with the greatest interest and en- thusiasm, ordered two privates to be brought before him and questioned them through the medium of his chief aide de-camp. His questions were of the pa ternal kind, such as the following:
 How did they get on with the hard ships of barrack life? Did they long to go home whenever they thought of their nearest relatives? Did they not think their lot a hard one each time their thoughts wandered back to the ease and joys of their home? Were they not feel ing the effects of their daily exertions in the maneuvers? Did not the exactions of the military service sometimes make them cry in secret?
 The young soldiers answered that they were quite happy in the army and that their only desire was to do their duty toward their beloved sovereign.
 few days before the Mikado, while travelling by rail, was cheered by a num- Der of very old people at Shiraishi sta tion. He sent them all presents through the local governor, an act of kindness which moved the old people to tears of gratitude.
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
Cornell UphoIds Ills Faith.

Representative William Cornell of Pennsylvania. who owns a score of coal mines, besides banks, newspapers, street car lines, railroads and lot of other things. began life as miner with a pick and shovel. He is Methodist. and Is deeply interested in church work. A day or two ago, says the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore News. an irreverent young man scoffed at re- ligion in MT. Councils presence, and said he wondered wAy a man of Mir. Councils wealth and power should pay so much attention to the church.
 Young man." said Mir. Cornell, se- verely. it Is a pretty poor sort of man who has no respect for religion. The AL mighty God gave me health and hands and brain to make myself what am and if I do not show a sense of gratitude for what He has done for me I am worse than any savage that walks naked through an African jungle"
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
Josef Hofmann.

Musical Birmingham will have an op- portunity to redeem itself next Friday night when Josef Hofmann, the famous pianist, will give recital at the Jeffer- son." remarked music lover last night.
 Not since Maurice Grau's grand opera was here last October has Birmingham turned out a large audience to hear a musical attraction. Hofmann has been as great a fad as Paderewski but he is much more than a fad He was a great box-office proposition several years ago when he was only a boy in short pants. He is a man now, and his playing is at once brilliant and mature. From the
The age-herald., 1902-03-12
OUTBREAK EXPECTED.
Armed Men Leave Bristol for the Vir.
 ainia Coal Fields.

Bristol, Tenn, March u.-A party of men armed with Winchesters left Bristol this afternoon for the Southwest Virginia coal fields where an outbreak is feared on account of the demands of union labor agitators. The prospects for a general strike have been on the. increase for ten days and the mine operators have been curtailing orders for com missary supplies on account of the situation
 Mine officials believe the presence of armed men may prevent an outbreak.
 The general manager of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company states that only about 100 out of 800 are dissatisfied over the result of an effort to have their labor union recognized It is believed that peace will be maintained.