The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-23

\ T IS pleasant news to those who love
 order to know that the mob of ruffans
 at Tonopah, Nev.. who attacked the | Chinese quarter in that town sed murder ed two of the Celestials will be prosecuted | for their crime. Citizens have raised fund to carry on the good work and have thereby greatly strengthened themselves in the estimation of people in all parts of the country who read of the outrage | In the first place the spirit of the assault was altogether wrong and outside the bounds of justice. Caucasian cooks and walters simply objected to the Chinamen | being better servants than themselves | and at less salary. Of all the people who | migrate to our shores from foreign lands | and there Is countless host during the passing years-none are more inoftensive | than the Chinese. It Is true that many are addicted to degrading vices but 1t can also be said that few thrust their wicked ness upon their white neighbors. As ser wants those who have tried them say they o-~ excellent and there are few Culinary artists" who can excel John when once | he learns his trade. Tfo main objection working classes have against the China | man in this country is his ability to live on nothing and work for less They are nearly all industrious and frugal, when l away from temptations and associations of the large "Chnatowns" that are char acteristic of our principal cities, especial ly New York and San Francisco. The class of Celestials attacked in the Nevada town were those desiring the greatest rrn onf. walters and laundrymen. From present indications the indignation in Tonopah will bring some decisive results Sever teen of the mob are held for murdering the two Chinamen. Among them is in- cluded the president and secretary of the local branch of the American Labor Union.
 The first shipments of Florida oranges went north Sunday night on the Clyde steamship Apache. There were only 150O boxes and the fruit consisted largely of
 'windfals." These are the oranges blown down by the wind and there were quite number strewing the ground as a result of the recent hurricane Most of the oranges now being shipped out of Florida are
 
 season will be in full swing in another week. It is reported that the fruit is ripening fast and Is of fine quality. As a result of the southern storm there will be smaller yield this year than was expected but even if this misfortune had not visited the growers the crop would not have been as large as the immense outputs prior to the great freeze. It will be a long time before the industry reccv. CTS from that blow. even if other cond- tions are propitious. One result of the freeze that has not been generally re- marked was the marked increase in the production of vegetables by Florida Be- fore that time every one had depended on oranges for support, but when the trees were all killed something else had to be done. It was then that the people turn ed their attention to truck farming, with the result that many have done exceed ingly we'll and the industry in certain parts of the state is a close rival of the orange growing industry.
 In spite of strenuous efforts made by the railroads to stamp them out ticket scalpers continue to do a remunerative business. It Is true their trials have great ly increased during the past few years and their numbers have also decreased but the fraternity is yet quite numerous. That the business has become much more difficult to conduct does not deter many from speculating in the pastboards. It Is one of the vagaries of human nature that nine people out of ten feel justified in swindling the railroads or the street cars. In fact there are men who will boast of beating their way between stations through the dishonesty or carelessness of a conductor. The same principle seems to inspire the ticket scalpers, although they also have the far more cogent in- centive of gain It is a queer class of people who patronize the gaudy little shops of the scalpers. Many of them are unfortunate others are wanderers who