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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-16

tons that have been tcreated in the negro
by special conditions, or special law. have
been his curse, and the sooner as a people,
whether north or south, they understand
these things, the better 1t will be for
them and the better it will be for their
white neighbors and their white friends.
In Alabama there is not one negro in
twenty who pays any tax whatever, in
Guiding poll tax. The poll taxes are de-
voted exclusively to schools OF the
negroes of Jefferson county, the largest
county In the state, and in which the
negro Is largely employed at good wages,
less than fifty pay poll taxes. Nineteen
twentleths of the tuition paid to sustain
the schools to which they send their chill
dren is paid by the whites; they pay a
very small part towards the support and
maintenance of the government. He Is
an exception to the race who deliberately
sets about to accumulate and make an in
dependent citizen. There are many farm
lands In Alabama in what is known as
the Black Belt meaning by that, that
section of the state where the negro con-
stitutes the larger bulk of the inhabi-
tants. These lands are comparatively
cheap The negro can best build up and
show himself worthy of respect. worthy
of citizenship, it, as either tenant or pur-
chaser, he would make those lands bear
fruit, as we'll worked lands will do any
where. I will call the negroes attention
to the fact that any section of this state
which Is turned over to them, is on the
retrograde; that any section where the
white man works Is on the advance. The
laws governing the two races certainly
have nothing to do with this condition-it
is because the negro has not taken adj
vantage of his opportunities and made the
best of them. As governor of this state,
If | can add one word of encouragement
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-16

are for them; we are taxing ourselves
to give them the protection and care OF
our government; we ask them to incul-
cate within themselves the absolute folly
OF securing from the laws, either federal
or state, an Misunderstanding of conditions
that their merits as people or race
will not sustain And we pray all. both
white and black, to cultivate forbearanee
and patience to practice a good DISPOSE
ton one to the other until the enllghten-
ing and softening processes of time have
exerted their powerful influences in estab-
fishing that kindly relation and without
friction which condition should exist with
two races living in the same state The
contrary of this will bring hurt to both.
destruction to one
The Confederate Soldier.
Our state In its poverty has not done a
very great deal to alleviate the condition
of the old soldiers. 1t IS more than two
score years since they laid down their
arms and commenced the struggles Of life.
Many of them are practically unable to
ca m a living and from the very nature
% the case unless the state holds out a.
helping hand and discharges its duty to
these old men, the last days OF many OF
them will be spent I'm poverty and want
The regular assessment for pensions last
wear was $3I3, pol O6. TO this was added
an extra appropriation of $4,000, and to
this will further he added $4,000, their
share of the increased tax valuation of
s3l 900 00O made last year, making total
OF S523. POI 08 | advise that you increase
this amount by an extra appropriation OF
$500 600 making $S2S. 20l .O6, and II the as
sessments increase s75.000,000, as | think
they should. it will further increase 1t TO
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Good Roads.

of uhA'-vAr kind Is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-16
The Militia.

1t is gratifying to note the high stand
ard of efficiency and splendid organiza-
ton of the Alabama National Guard.
This standard should be maintained l,
therefore, recommend that an adequate
appropriation be made to this end and
that every aid ad encouragement be
extended to our citizen soldiery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-16
Primary Elections.
Political Workers.

l recommend the enactment OF laws
prohibiting all persons who may De mere
after employed for political purposes
from engaging in the work of said em-
ployment until they shall first register
their names in book to be kept for
that purpose in the probate office Of the
county. or counties, I'm which they pro-
pose to work and state under oath by
whom they are employed, and the COM
pensation they are receiving or expect to
receive for such employment
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
BELL UNDER THE SEA
NOVEL WARNING TO SHIPS OF
APPROACHING PERIL.
Electricity Conveyed by Gable From
the Shore operates Mechanism
Sound Travels Five or Ten
Miles Through Water.

Washington-A novel method to
inform ship captains Of the approach
Of their vessels to the danger zone
has been perfected in connection with
the use of the system of. submarine
bell signals in places where the bell
cannot be placed on a light ship or
lighthouse.
The electric bell is hung from a
tripod set on the bottom of the sea
at the edge Of the shoal at the re-
quired point and this bell is struck
by a mechanism operated by a cur
rent of electricity conveyed through
a cable from the signal station on
shore. Such station at Point Aller-
ton, Mass, and another at the en-
trance to Halifax harbor are operated
with cables more than two miles long.
The bell strikes any code that is
desired and the sound travels through
the water, so that vessels from five to
ten miles away hear it, and get direc-
tons accurately in a fog or at night
when equipped with a receiving appa-
ratus
The lighthouse board has made ar
rangements to place these submarine
signals on all light ships not already
so equipped, including the five vessels
approaching completion at the yards
Of the New York Shipbuilding COM
pany and the four to be built at the
Fore River yards at Quincy, Mass.
The board also has arranged for cleo
tric shore stations at the Delaware
harbor refuge and at Detroit, the en-
trance of st. Mary's river and Lake
Superior.
The Canadian government is install
ing such bells at st. Johns, Louisburg
and Yarmouth, and when the work
now ordered by the two governments
is completed every important harbor
in North America will be protected.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03

Newport took part in the celebration,
for the people there are proud OF the
brave woman who has to her credit
the saving of Is lives from the sea.
Not few Of these rescues were made
under circumstances that called for
both daring and clever seamanship,
and as a result of her courage and
skill, under conditions that would have
tried the strongest heart, her fame be-
came worldwide.
Craft OF every description, laden
with admirers made their way out to
the light, where Miss Lewis kept open
house, cheerily receiving and enter
tanning her visitors. Those who had
not seen her for years were aston
ished at her mental and physical
Vigor and it was predicted that the
light would not soon lose it's famous
keeper.
Lime Rock lighthouse has had many
noted visitors, including Gen. Grant,
Vice President Colfax, Admiral Dewey
and Gen. Sherman.
In the interior of the house, which
is wonderfully neat, are many medals
and trophies.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
IN OFFICE FOR AZ YEARS.
Pennsylvania Postmaster Longest In
Continuous Service.

Wellsboro, Pat is said OF DaA-
forth K. Marsh, Of Gaines township,
Tioga county, that in point of contina-
Gus service he is the oldest postmas-
ter in the United States The village
of Marshfield, named after him, wa
made a post Office in 1860, and kE.
Marsh was appointed by President
Buchanan TO take charge of the Of
fee. He has held the position contin-
uously since, and is still discharging
the duties with all of his old-tims
force and vigor
Administrations have come and
gone, presidents and policies faded,
the great civil war waged, and The
hate engendered by the strife forgot
ten and three presidents assassinated
during Mr. Marsh's peaceful admins
tration. The country has been e.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
Napoleon" House In New Orleans.

drunk, appeared the fatal handwrit-
ing on the wall. News came of Ma
poleon's death.
As a mute reminder Of the plot,
there stands to-day the old Napoleon
house, much sought by visitors.
The Napoleon house was one of the
finest in the Vieux Care It was an
imposing mansion of three stories,
standing on a line with the street, as
do ali the other old houses in the
French quarter, and crowned with
a beIvedere that afforded a fine view
of the city and river The walls and
ceilings of the spacious apartments
were frescoed in the empire style, the
corner medalIions bearing the arms of
France of that period
The same courtyard separated the
main building from the scullery and
slave quarters, and in it was a pro-
fusion of tropical plants, such as
bananas, cactus, Spanish dagger and a
magnolia tree, at the foot of which
so tradition said, was buried a lady,
victim of husbands jealousy.
But this is not the Napoleon house
of today. The frescoes became dis
.colored, peeled and were painted over.
The rez-de-chausse bulges with show
cases. The wrought iron baIlustrades
have rusted. The plants have been
destroyed. The magnolia tree has
been cut down and no souvenirs of the
lady found; hence, that dear tradition
has been knocked in the head The
plastic ornaments and furniture have
vanished, and the Italian marble man
tells of the empire period have lost
their splendOr Even the old nocker
has disappeared-gone to satisfy the
lust OF some curio collector. From
one Of the most magnificent residences
Of the Vieux Carre the Napoleon man.
sion has degenerated 10 a liquor shop,
dangling a TO let" sign.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
NO SLEEP FOR 25 YEARS.
Man with Continual Grief Sits IN
Chair, Wide Awake.

Erie, Pa.-Joseph Root, a hermit
resident of Presque isle peninsula.
claims he has not slept in 25 years,
and those who have become interested
in the case believe his story.
A number Of well known physicians
examined him. They say he is in a
healthy condition and he was awake
all the time they observed him. His
close friends also vouch for his story.
Drugs have been administered. but
have no effect on Root. The man has
lived for long time on the peninsula
and tells an interesting story.
He says that about 25 years ago
two dear relatives were killed sudden
ly in a railroad accident. He suffered
so much from shock that he gave up
the idea of sleep. and now remains In
a chair all night with his eyes wide
open.
After his rest in the chair he feels
as much refreshed in the morning a.
if he had enjoyed good nights sleep.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
eRENADEs OF WAR OF 1912.
Ordnance Found at Fort MeHenry ls
Over c injury Old.

Baltimore, Md.-While examining
the contents of the ordnance store
house at Fort McHenry, Lieut.. J. L.
Holcombe, of the One Hundred and
Twenty coast artillery discov-
cred several boxes of old hand gren-
ades which are supposed TO be more
than 100 years old.
The missiles are of the earliest
make used by the United States gov
ernment, and were probably placed at
the historic old fort when it was first
erected in 1912. Owing to the way in
which they were packed the grenades
had only the slightest trace of rust
on them.
The discovery of the weapons re-
calls bit of the ancient history Of the
country. In explaining their use Lieut.
Holcombe said that the grenades were
handled only by the grenadiers of the
ship, who, walking out upon the yard
arms of the old-fashioned fighting yes
sells, threw them into the ranks of the
enemy. An explosion followed which
created havoc.
They weigh about four pounds and
are shaped after the fashion of the
bombs used by anarchists, and are
iron and loaded with gunpowder.
Several days after the discovery
one Of the new recruits at the fort
was found trying to dry the powder
in one of the missiles by roasting it
on the fire. A report was made to
Lieut.. Watson, in command of the
post, who said that he intended to
write to the authorities and ask per-
mission to dump them in the middle
OF the Chesapeake bay, as they were
so old-fashioned that they would be
of practically no use whatever in mod
ern warfare.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
LAND AND WATER MOTOR CAR.
Vehicle Which Travels on the Roads
or Takes TO the Water.

Paris.-M. Ravaillier, a civil en-
gineer, has invented a type of "am-
phibious" automobile and boat com
bined, which travels on the roads or
takes to water, according to whim or
necessity. NJ. Ravaillier calls it the
"canOt-voiture."
Spectators at the recent yacht port
Inauguration ceremonies at Suresnes
had an opportunity of inspecting and
trying the new craft. NJ Ravaiilier
conducted a series of parties from the
bank Of the Seine into the water and
back, among the passengers being
Nine Thomson, wife of the minister
of marine, and Nine BarthOu, wife of
the minister of public works. The
sensation of rolling" into the water,
gliding about and emerging high and
dry on land was pronounced to be de-
lightful
The "canOt-vOiture" passes bach and
forth between land and water with
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
BIG DOG ADOPTS CHICKENS.
Five Orphan Chicks Are Cared For by
Large Black Brute.

Des Moines, Ia.-Performing all the
functions of a mother to five orphaned
chickens, large black dog is attain.
ing wide nOtoriety on the east side.
The chickens lost their mother in
some unaccOuntable manner and five
little screaming fowls made the neigh
borhood miserable with their piteous
cries. The chickens belonged to NJ.
NJ. Friedman on East Fifth street,
where the dog also belongs. The
chickens huddled together after los
ing their mother and during the night
were taken in charge by the dog, who
protected them from the chilly night
air. Now the dog has come into con-
slant attendance on the five chickens
and watches over them all day long.
Ed Sunberg, constable of Lee town
ship, hearing Of the strange incident,
went to investigate and tried to take
one Of the chickens out Of the box
where they had huddled around !ae
dog. He received a bite on his hand
as a reward for his attep.pt to molest
the little chicks and the dog is now
left severely alone with his little fam.
ily
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
HOUSE HAS A HISTORY
WAS PLANNED TO BE THE HOME
OF NAPOLEON.
Structure Still Standing in New Or
Ieans-PIot to Rescue ExiIed EN-
peror from ST. Helena Only
FoiIed by His Death.

New Orleans.-Of all the romance
in history there is no episode more
startling than the Creole plot to res
cue Napoleon from his prison on st.
Helena-and hence, little is known
about it.
The seeds of the plot were sown
when Joseph Bonaparte left France
and bought an estate on the northern
edge of the Adirondacks. Thither
flOcked the Bonapartists. But it was
in New Orleans that the plot came to
a head. To the Creoles there was a
great appeal in the pathetic spectacle
of the prisoner Of Longwood," a
broken old man, "brutaIly imprisoned" /"
they said, on the bleak rocks of ST.
Helena
OF all the influential and rich Gre
oles who were interested in the plot,
the most ardent was Nicholas Girod,
millionaire, philanthropist, patriot,
mayor for several terms and veteran
of Chalmette.
The plan, in a few words, was to
equip a fast vessel. which was to slip
past the patrol ships and into the
cove some dark night; and a party Of
picked men were to scale the cliffs,
overpower the guard and lower the
emperor by means Of a block and
tackle. Then the speed of the vessel
was to show a clean pair Of heels to
the numbering old English frigates,
which couldn't make any better time
than so many bathtubs.
No hair-brained scheme was this,
impossible Of accomplishment The
plOtters were not Missionaries, but prac-
tical men of affairs, who knew the OBJ
stacles and knew how to meet them,
and whose hearts and souls were
bound up in the enterprise.
Three days before the Seraphine,
built for the purpose, was to weigh an
Choir, Nicholas GiTOd gave a banquet
in his splendid mansion to celebrate
the event 1t was a dramatic moment,
worthy of a masters canvas. The
cOnspiratOTs were flushed with as
sured success. But at this dramatic
moment, when enthusiasm was at its
height, and as toasts were being
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
CAPTURED BY RAISULI.
-..uANDER OF SULTAN's BODY
GUARD A PRISONER.
,,u,,, Moorish Bandit Chief Holding
c,fs Gen. Sir Harry MacLean, a
Eormer British Officer, Until
Demands Are Granted.

E.,gfer. Morocco. - That pietur-
..-na bandit Raisuh has made a cap
-. ~ Cafd Gen. Sir Harry MacLean,
1.-,,,ar5er of the sultan's body
80 who organized his army and
p, next to the sultan, is the most
.owerfuI parsonage in Morocco.
psisuF announces that he viii hold
yooTesn prisoner until the sultan
.-sDts these demands:
That Raisuli's house at Zinat be
rebuilt zo,..o
s,r-os about $2OO,OOO) be paid to
Q That he be reappointed governor
-, Tsngier and of Fahs and be made
oommandant Of police.
WscLean is now at Elkmes, in the
Mart Of a wild mountain district,
5raa DAYS march from Tangier. He
4 bsIug well treated and has been al
oVed TO write to the British minister
and send for his baggage.
MacLean has been urging Raisuli
rseently to acknowledge the sultan's
authority and to live peaceably.
The cunning bandit chief assumed
, willingness to submit. So to him
ths sultan sent Gen. MacLean with
dts Of horses and tents, hoping to
Spallv bring Raisuli to terms.
With seeming military courtesy
RsisuH sent IS Of his men to meet
Csid MscLean, and to be bodyguard,
sscorting him TO ROuina. There Raj
suH met him, accepting the sultan's
uesents and told MacLean he was a
bdsoner. Then Raisui sent TO the
suItan the terms on which he would
release MacLean.
MacLeau, a strong and brainy man,
was completely hoodwinked by Raj.
sui. It seems.
Cald MacLean was a British officer
for 80 years, and has lately been the
bower behind the throne in Morocco.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03

larged and developed, the telephone
arc and incandescent light, phonO-
graph and electric railway invented.
and in the meantime, far from the
maddening crowds ignoble strife he
kept the nOiseless tenor of his way
sorting the Marshfield mail and deliY-
ering the same to the patrons of the
Office and has been chief merchant oS
the village since 1867, when he estab-
lished the first store there
In addition to being a man OF tAs
highest integrity, he is of keenest IN
telligence and has not allowed the
times to get away from him by res
son of his somewhat isolated location
He has kept fully abreast Of them bw
omnivorous reading, and is one Of the
best informed men in the county.
Mr.. Marsh was born IN ColesYflha
Broome county, N. Y, June 80, 1S29
He attended school taught near his
home by F. w Martin. Martin aftes-
wards became sheriff of Broome counp
ty, on whom developed the task oS
hanging Ruloff, one Of the most noted
criminals of his time, a man with one
OF the greatest brains by actual
weight that medical science records.
Mr.. Marsh has always had pride Ia
his chirogTaphy, and that is pardon
able Even at the advanced age Of %
years he writes a bold, clean-cut, leg
ibIe hand He recalls with pleasure
when a mere lad at school in ths
primitive days when the master"
wrote the copy for the class IN writ
ing, how, on the second day Of the
term of a new teacher, no copy was
given him. and asking the reason, was
told that he could write so much bet
ter than the master" that no copy
would be furnished them.
Prior to attaining his majority, MR.
Marsh moved TO Tioga county, where
he numbered in summer and taught in
winter till on his birthday in 1851 he
married Sarah c. Watrons.
He was a delegate to the first Re-
publican convention ever held In
Tioga county, and has always afili-
ated with that party. He has run the
gamut of township offices, and. with
Capt. Phillips and Israel Stone, who
was the father of ex-Gov. William A
Stone, served as county auditor in
1869.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03

No uneasiness is felt about his per-
so1ai safety, but it is believed that
With SO powerful a parsonage as a
hostage Raisuli viii drive a hard bar
gain with the sultan.
NacLean's handsome daughter is
credited with having great influence
in the sultan's court In fact, she is
styled the Empress of Morocco
Sir Harry MacLean, as he is still
known in England, is the command
e-in-chief of the Moorish army, has a
Splendid palace in Fez, gets a salary
Of $4,000 a year with such perquisites
as have enabled him to accumulate a
large fortune. He became a Moham-
nadan many years ago and virtually
Moor.
His deeds of valOr have been nu-
nerous and although he has only one
eye he is a crack shot with a rifle.
Els greatest achievement was when
bis patron, Sultan Mulaj, died
Of fatigue during a campaign
against some turbulent tribes and
hacLean concealed the death, carry
l1g the corpse in a gorgeous golden
litter until he reached the capital,
smuggled the body in through a hole
in the wall, then met and proclaimed
the new sultan. MacLean knew that
news of the death of Mulaj would be
Che signal for a military revolt, which
would result in an enemy of his being
placed on the throne
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
Brick Lost with Body in 1t.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Friends of Herman
Unger, the musician who committed
suicide in Boston some time ago and
who directed that his body be Gre
mated and the ashes made into q
brick, are much alarmed over the
present whereabouts of the brick. Il
has disappeared and all efforts to lo-
cate it have been fruitless.
The brick was shipped from Bos-
ton more than a week ago by the
secretary of the Boston lodge of Odd
Fellows to Morris Nosokoff, Of this
city, the nearest friend of the dead
musician. Nosokoff has the price
less violins that Unger owned, but
be was very anxious to secure the
BRICK as well.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
Forty Million Yards of Ribbon.

Forty Million Yards of Ribbon.
Forty million yards of narrow rib
Don have been ordered by a western
brewery from a Philadelphia concern
70 be used for advertising purposes.
The ribbon viii be placed about the
aecEs Of the beer bottles, and it is
ssuma,ed that four inches will be re-
CURED for each bottle. Basing calcu-
aiions upon this, it is estimated that
$4,000 600 bottles of beer is to be
'IeFed, while the ribbon, stretched
olr would reach nearly $4,000 miles,
aud In the latitude of Philadelphia,
would encircle the globe.-Philadel
nl.a Record.
The Washington bee., 1907-08-03
The "canot-Volture."

practically no change in maneuvers. It
is about Il feet long, and the hull, of
steel, was constructed by NJ. Pitre, Of
Maisons-Laffitte NJ Boutaillier, of
Vincennes, accomplished the mechani-
cal construction. The wheels are of
sheet steel. disk pattern, and are fitted
with solid rubber tires.
When the vehicle is used as a boat
the power is shifted to a small pro
peller, this being done simply by NOV
ing a lever.
On the roads the automobile attains
a speed of about S5 kilometers an
hour, and in the water, where it is
boat, the speed is nine hlometers an
hour.