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A bond of air, strong as the axle-tree
On which heaven rides.
-Troilus and Cresslda.
Paonane and the Constitution.

Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for
a crime whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted, shall exist within
the United States, or any place sub
ject to their jurisdiction. Congress
shall have power to enforce this
article by appropriate legislation
Thus runs the Thirteenth amendment,
which is the sole support of the anti
peonage act.
The latter is before the supreme
court for review and determination,
and the lawyers who desire to upset
the act plead that voluntary servitude
or peonage is not within the scope of
the national authority.
1t is difficult to say what voluntary
servitude is, for what was voluntary
at the outset might become inyolun-
ry in the twinkling of an eye. The
white or black, may sign a contract
lvolying peonage, and that that con-
-act is good, however distasteful It
Jay have become to the signer.
This doctrine will never do If peon.
age is to be abolished. Voluntary
poems who are warranted to stay in a
voluntary state of mind can no doubt
stay poems as long as serf and master
get on well together; but to say that
such contract is good when they fall
O. is to say that slavery and involun-
tary servitude can be established in
individual cases for life, or for a
period, by contract, when the Thir-
teenth amendment forbids its exist.
ence altogether in this country.
1t is safe to say the United States
supreme court will not uphold peonage
under any circumstances. 1t is GER
tain also that the south wants no sys-
tenn OF peonage Mexico may desire
to collect debts in that way, but Amer
lea wants none of it, and the supreme
court will doubtless make this very
clear and definite. man may VIC
late the terms of a labor contract; he
Is at liberty to co so at any time. and
his goods and chattels may be seized
to make good any loss that he has Gre
ated, but his body cannot be seized
He cannot be transformed into serf,
in other words, either by voluntary
contract by debt or by any other de.
vice whatsoever while the Thirteenth
amendment stands a part of the fed
eral constitution
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Immiurants for the South.

Commissioner of Labor Sargent is
working with the southern railroads
to secure through legislation the es-
Establishment of a government informa-
ton bureau at New York, or perhaps
several bureaus at the more important
ports. The proposed bureau will col
lect all available information relative
to the south, and will then endeavor
by moral suasion to turn immigrants
to those sections that most need them.
The propose bureaus will work with
the railroads, the employers of labor,
and with boards of trade and local i'm
migration organizations. The chief OBJ
ject of the movement is to relieve the
slums of cities from further conges-
tion, while agricultural sections that
need labor will be filed up.
Many interests are interested in
Commissioner Sargent's plan, and no
doubt the needful legislation can be
readily secured. This would not OBJ
viate the usefulness of local organiza-
tons. Local organizations will be
needed to keep the proposed govern
ment bureaus we'll informed, and to
see that the particular section is not
overlooked in the distribution of i'm
migrants.
Except one Italian society, no or
ganization exists to protect and to
steer immigrants. The Sargent plan
is greatly needed. 1t will help the i'm.
migrants. 1t will relieve the cities.
1t will benefit the south. 1t should.
therefore, be established. There is
no reason why it should not be, and
Commissioner Sargent has an oppor-
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Catholic Church Music.

While number of bishops have put
into effect Pope Plus KS decree against
mixed choirs and florid music and calling
for the Gregorian chants in the church.
the majority of them have taken no ae-
ticn,' said lay musician. THE bishops.
as rule, are waiting until they can
train boy and men singers to take the
place of the mixed choirs. It will be sew
eral years probably before the Gregorian
music is heard in all the churches. In
some of the southern dioceses bishops
who have not found 1t feasible to dis
pense with sopranos. have removed from
the shelves of the cathedral libraries all
operate masses and are permitting only
works of the Gounod class.
'At St. Paurs, in Birmingham, Bril-
liant choir music is still heard every Sun
day, Bishop Allen having issued no order
relative to change in conformity to
the pope's decree. On Christmas Sunday
Lajaels' mass No. G. with lull orchestral
accompaniment will be sung at St.
Pauls"
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From the New York Mall.

From the New YORK MAIL
- and by precious stones ought
IN to be ase plenty in reality as
~ they are in fairy tales. Thus one
is apt to infer from the government re-
mort on the iewel-mining industry. Nearly
every country nowadays makes some con-
tribution to the general stock. sourn
Africa produces s2sO0OOOO worth of dia-
monds every years; from every 4OOo,oOo
tons of blue rock excavated at Kimberley
ton of diamonds is obtained. Pearls are
found in various parts of North and South
America, emerals In Colombia, rubies ana
opals in Australia, and sapphires, emer-
aids, cat's-eyes, garnets, topazes, anne
thysts, tourmalines and a dozen other
precious stones in dozens of other places.
Our own country paid sS1, ATS, 22S last year
for jewel imports.
Other products of the earth's surface
or sub-surface are used up in a year, or a
generation-coal altogether. iron to de-
gree, the grain crops, the fruits one can
never get very far ahead with them.
Since the dentists art was elaborated a
considerable portion of the gold supply-is
being returned 10 the earth with the
burial of each generation. But precious
stone is not an article of consumption,
Cleopatras sacrifice of a pearl in
Mark Anthonys glass to the contrary
notwithstanding. Properly used, jewel
is an immortal thing Society women are
wearing stones that graced the tiaras OF
the expresses of old time, that blazed In
the sockets of the idols of forgotten relig-
ions. Each generation uses the precious
stones Of its predecessor, ADDS 10 the
stock and hands it on to 1t successor.
Why are there no more Jewels than there
seem to be?
The question is like the old one, What
becomes of the pins?'' And In part the
same answer must be made People
lose pins and they lose jewels; the earth
seems to have a limbo to which these
little lost articles betake themselves An
almost incalculable sum Is believed to be
represented by the adjournment of the
shrines and holy images of the Russian
church. 1.-THE treasures of Ind" have
been drawn into Buddhist temples. The
CROWN JeHtlS Oh various uyIdStltS cain
portion of the worlds increase. An
other portion goes into museums. Still
another becomes family heirlooms'' and
only tardily and reluctantly returns to
use.
Once jewels were buried with the dead.
For archaeological. commercial or vandal
reasons succeeding generations have I'M
earthem them. AT the coronation of King
Edward two years ago It was found that
many of the precious stones In tine Eng
fish crown had been removed and replaced
with gems of only nominal value. Sooner
or later images, idols and churches are
despoiled The gold and ivory and gems
in the Phidian statue of zeus at Olympia
disappeared long before the marble into
which they were wrought and the Greeks
waged a sacred war to punish the de-
spoilers of Apollo's temple at Delphi.
Whatever the association, sacred or per-
sonal, which any generation attaches TO
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The gain of these advanced reform
ers was greater in Illinois than in any
other state. In Massachusetts their
vote fell off, and the gain in New York
was not remarkable, and possibly a
subsistence of the socialist wave NAV
occur in Illinois in 1908 The story of
Massachusetts, may repeat itself.
AS a rule the third or lesser parties
have risen and prospered for a season
to decline later on, and finally to die
out. Thus far the socialist party has
not followed the rule, but it can never
hope to poll even a million votes I'M
less 1t overcome its own differences so
that 1t can vote together. 1t had two
tickets for presidential election of last
month, and at present there are al
most countless opinions in their ranks.
Possibly they may at some time con-
stitute a compact and effective politi-
cal party, but at present they are at
loose ends, and no man or set of men
can control the socialist vote.
No doubt socialistic sentiment is
springing up in all parties as an Offset
to the undue and unjust efforts of cap
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DEPEw ON THE sPELLBlNDER.
Sheridan Was One of the Best STUMP
Speakers.

Senator Depew In Leslie's Weekly.
The campaign orator who is a good
speaker is handicapped when billed with
him the stage 1t takes this statesman
usually from an hour and half to two
hours and a half to develop his ideas, and
when the orator comes on he finds a
tired audience which will not laugh at
his jokes and wants to shut up his elo-
quence The worst experience the spell
binder can have is to be sent out to fill
the appointment of some famous person.
The local committee will treat him with
insult and inhospitality. In my younger
days / suffered keenly from this expert
ence. The drawing card in 1863, when
ran for secretary of state, was Cover
nor Andrew, the governor Of Massachu-
sets Something happened to Andrew
and 1 was sent to fill his place. My first
appointment was at Deposit at a mass
meeting of four counties. l had been six
weeks on the stump and looked like a
tramp. An angry and badged committee
pranced up and down the platform look
ing forGovernor Andrew. / stood there
with a bandless hat and a shawl over my
shoulders, and finally said to a commit
teeman: Governor Andrew could not
come and they have sent me-" He looked
me over, threw up his hands and shouted :
"Fooled again by the state committee
Governor Andrew can't come and they
have sent us this: II did not tell them
that 1 was running at the head of the
ticket, and when they were so informed
by Daniel S. Dickinson, who arrived
later, it did not relieve their groans nor
did their enthusiasm and compliments
after l had spoken relieve mine.
George A. Sheridan was one of the best
stumpers. He was to speak one night in
Cleveland. lie was singularly gifted in
argument and illustration, and especially
in anecdote After he had been talking
about ten minutes the blind orator, Pro-
fessor West, came upon the. platform
The chairman interrupted Sheridan and
said: THE blind orator has come out
of the sick-room and wants to say just
a few sentences and go back to bed"
Sheridan said. Certainly" and sat down.
The sick man talked three hours. When
Sheridan resumed, he said: Fellow citi-
zens. | hope you brought your night
keys with you, for [ feel very Ill myself"
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a Pointed Rebuke.

Il have had the virtue and value of q
life of abstinence and probity presented
by lecturers writers and divines," said
Temperance advocates have set forth in
mellifluous speech. and with pregnant
logic, the folly of the young man who
looks upon the wine, when 1t Is red
how In the end it will turn as the pro-
verbal serpent and strike with Its fangs
of poison and destruction, at the core of
the noblest and most admirable qualities
man possesses. And then l have had the
skull and crossbones,' and an immagi-
native likeness of the CHEERING idiot
wildly brought in my thoughts, all the
Inheritance of a man who woos lady MIC
otine, or the youth who swerves from the
moralists path of correct living a wee
bit, after the pleasures hot blood Graves
but the most remarkable lecture that ever
came under my notice. was delivered
by an innocent youth, native of a region
about 81 miles distant from a locomotive
whistle.
II was detained several hours in the
little mountain settlement. While stand
Ing in front of the one store 1 observed
several half grown boys, clad In home
spun, barefooted and hands in pockets,
cycling me curiously. l glanced at them
askance as l drew my tobacco pouch
from its place and proceeded to make a
cigarette. l noticed one of the group
seemed to grow nervous as 1 rolled the
Smoke, and as l placed it between my
lips and proceeded to strike light, you
perhaps can imagine something of my
surprise when he stepped to the fore and
said excitedly: Say, mister do you know
dem things is plzen?'n
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italism and Dingleyism If the Ding
ley tariff were adequately revised and
trusts reasonably controlled, there
would be small room in this country
for a socialist party. The growth Of
the trusts and of Dingleyism will do
more to promote the socialist party
than anything that the socialists can
themselves accomplish. AS things
stand we must have a great deal of
socialism before this country is hand
ed hopelessly over to the trusts and
the beneiciaries of Dingleyism.
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Superintendent /. W. Hill.

Prof. l. w Hill state superintendent Oh
education, stopped in Birmingham few
hours yesterday enroute to Fayette
where he goes to attend teachers con-
vention.
The department of education said
Professor Hill, lis having some trouble
on account of the local deRositors for
text books throughput the state not keep
ing a full stock of books on hand.
'one reason l assigned for this" con-
tlnued Professor Hill. rs that local
agents are only allowed 10 per cent profit
on the books and must bear the expense
incurred in shipping the books from the
state depositors"
Mr.. Hill says the educational condi-
tions in the state are most satisfactory.
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( SNoWFLAkES.

BY Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Out of the bosom of the air,
Out of the cloud folds of her garments
shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare
Over the Harvest fields forsaken'
Silent, and soft, and slow
Descends the snow.
Even as our cloudy fancies take
Suddenly shape in some divine ex-
preston,
Even as the troubled heart doth make
In the white countenance confession,
The troubled sky reveals
The grief it feels.
This is the poem of the air,
Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
This is the secret of despair
Long in its cloudy bosom boarded
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and field.
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ANOTHER PETTUs STORY.

From the Baltimore Herald.
Senator Pettus of Alabama was writing
with a noisy, spluttering pen, says an
exchange Laying the pen down he
smiled and said
"Once l was spending the evening with
a friend of mine in Selma. He sat In the
dining room, and from the kitchen came
a dreadful scratching sound
Martha, said my friend to the maid,
what is that scratching In the kitchen ?
1t must be the dog trying to get It,.
'Hughr said Martha, OATS no dawg
scratchin' de do. OATS de cook writin'
a love letter to her honeysuckle. F."
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sLoss.sHEFFIELp STEEL & IRON.
Earnings Reflect Result Of Strike and
Low Prices.
From the Wall street Record.

From the Wall Street Record.
The statement of Sloss-Sheffield Steel
and Iron for the quarter ended November
80 showed decrease in profits Of "a per
cent as compared with the corresponding
quarter in 1903. This was largely due to
the fact that the company was hampered
by the coal strike and the contracts filled
during the quarter were made at low
prices earlier in the year.
The company is now working on iron
contracts made at higher prices than
those which prevailed in the past quar-
ter, and earnings for the current quarter
should be helped as a result.
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About Persons.

e. E. Robinson of Gadsden is at the
Morris.
Charles A. Hurst of Meridian, Miss, is
registered at the Morris.
j. Herzfield OF Baltimore is at the
Norris
j. II. Pierce of Columbus. Ohio, is at
the Morris.
j. F. Maley of New York is at the St.
Nicholas.
]. C. Craig of Ashland, is at the Met
ropolitan.
s. Y. Loche of Mobile is at the Met
ropoltan.
j. E. Corker of Atlanta is at the Hill
man.
A. H. Whiteside of Atlanta is at the
Hillman.
A. S. C. Hilton of Boston is at the
Hillman.
C. W. Bacon and W. G. Hollis of Gin
cinnati are at the Colonial.
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THE EDITORS APPETITE.

From the Miami (Mo.) News.
A country editor who had just finished
a remarkably good meal at the farm home
of a subscriber remarked to the farmer:
IF this is a fair sample of your meals
1 think III come here to board" The
farmer, who had noticed the editor s
ferocious appetite with some dismay,
replied: IF that is a sample of your
appetite I'll be gol burned eff 1 want ye"
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tunity to win a hign reputation by Sc
curing the bureaus and by seeing that
they work up to his ideals. He has
a chance to win the gratitude of the
south. He has a chance to serve the
immigrants and the country as a
whole, and the indications are good
that he has started and will carry to
fruition a very interesting and yalu-
able movement.
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Enlisted for Life.

From the Houston Chronicle
Can't yer do a little sometnin' fer an
old soldierT' whined Tirea Tiffns.
well, / don't know replied the portly
citizen. IF you can show your discharge
papers, l may do something for YOU
II haint been discharged yet, boss" re-
piled the hobo. tits a soldier Of fortune
am
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ALABAMA PRESS.
conecuh Satisfied.
Conecnh Record

From the Conecuh Record.
Conecuh county has passed the 'tallow
dips and brown sugar" period. &c cotton
don't rattle us in the least. Our people
are well out of debt and they are prepared
to hold their cotton till doom's day or 1Oc,
though 1t looks now like one may come
about as soon as the other.
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Is Worth While.

From the Coumbiana Sentinel.
Already candidates are bobbing up for
sheriff of jefferson county. Well. as the
office pays in fees at least five figures
a year, 1t is worth the effort.
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DISAPPEARANCE OF THE
WORLDS PRECIOUS GEMS

the jewels 1t withdraws from use, a
later generation finds excuses for bring
ing them forth again. So the question re-
ours, why are there not more precious
stones?"
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corteIyou Helped.

From the Prattville Progress.
In declaring that the recent election
was the Lords work. does DIR. Park
hurst mean to deliberately hurt the feel
ings of Mr.. Corteyou?
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New Wrinkle.

From the Marshall Banner
New York is to have an all night bank
Night business is a new wrinkle in bank
ing-except the faro brand.
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Hard on port Arthur.

From the Montgomery Advertiser
The indications are that there will not
be enough of Port Arthur left to make
an echo when 1t falls.
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Utah and plural marriages are ap-
parently inseparable. The people out
there have acquired the habit, and 1t
is difficult to choke them off.
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Woman,s Preronatlve.

From the Marion County News.
Several Denver women have been ar
rested for forging election returns. Their
defense Is that it is the right of women
to pad the figures.
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Easy to See.

From the Gadsden Journal.
With eggs at 30 cents a dozen. any one
can see the beauties of a poultry farm.
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1t is the small people who are
squeezed by the Mrs. Chadwicks, and
the Tom Lawsons, and the Bill Greenes
of high feenance.
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Miss Ida Tarbell should next write
the story of the spectacular Mrs
Chadwick, who belongs in her chosen
list of character-subjects
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Judge Parker has robbed poor old
Horace Greeley of the distinction OF
being the worst beaten candidate OF a
big party.
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Birmingham theatre-goers are saving
Santa Claus money by not having any
shows to see.
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Mrs. Chadwick was one who took
advantage of all opportunities.
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The Lawson revelations are to be
dramatized under the title, THE Pit
and the Standard Oil crowd will stand
where the flames are the hottest.
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Col. Bill Greene's visit to Boston to
speak to Brother Lawson will be worth
going miles to see.
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There is a woman in New Jersey
who is 80 years old and still eats pie.
Here is a new tip to seekers after
longevity
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The department store raid next
week will make that little affair at
Port Arthur look perfectly harmless.
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It is rumored that Fairbanks will
ride the Masonic goat during the holt
days. If he is upset it will be the first
time In his life.
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Boston Is the ghost that rises up to
alright poor innocent Wall street.
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A New York woman claims that she
does not know a cocktail by sight.
Somebody ought to tell her that there
is a cherry in it.
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The diamond-backed terrapin of the
canned sort is, alas, muskrat, but can
ned muskrat is not to be despised by
a hungry man.
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What with First Apostle Dowie, Mrs.
Chadwick, plll Greene and Tom Law
son the country Is kept in a constant
ferment.
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Stocks are still one by one taking q
trip down the helter-skelter. The
lambs have no fleece.
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One vote was cast for Tom Watson
in South Carolina, and the newspapers
of that state are trying to unearth him.
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Mrs. Chadwick continues to promise
statement. 1t appears that about
everything has been told.
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EASY.


From the Dallas News
Miss Gushing-Wonder how Ethel got
such beautiful complexion?
Miss Caustic-Thats easy. She bought
l..
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The Smoot case Is up again. 1t is
becoming a familiar subject to pa
tent people.
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The copper trust has met in Lawson
a man who knows its crooked devices,
and who knows how to tell the story.
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Tariff revision by the republicans is
strictly academic, full of moral suasion
only.