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The age-herald., 1898-02-18
HOUSE AND SENATE PAGES.
How Times Have Changed Since Reed Has
 Been Speaker.

From the Washington Star
 A young man who served as page in the house of representatives for several years talked interestingly with a Star reporter recently.
 "Times have changed since I went into the house." he said. "They were much better then for the page than they are now in many different points of view. The pay of a page in both the house and the senate, as is pretty generally known, Is s25O per day. During the long sessions the boy has chance to make something extra or at least he used to. This mas been done away with, though, to certain extent. When the representatives had no private secretaries or when then had to pay for them out of their own pockets, the pages used to make considerable on the side by working for the representatives,, helping to mail their documents. writing for them and doing various kinds or work. Since the bill was passed granting the rep resentatives private secretaries, of course this has all changed.
 Nowadays the pages can't even listen to the debates and have chance to learn something that way, as was formerly the case Since MT. Reeds second term as speaker he was made great revolution in this respect. Now the pages are cooped up in quarters in the cloak rooms on either side of the house. It Is regular hotel Dell boy arrangement iHbtCou oA SioPPAi'o their hands, as they used to do the repre- sentatives when they want page simply touch button. This rings a bell in the pages rooms. There is an electric annun- ciator which is the same as used in hotels for the bell boys, so that it can be told directly where the boy is wanted. under stand they are going still further to make the arrangement savor of the bell boy po- sition, as there is talk of uniforming the boys.
 When I first went in they had two chief pages who got $1 600 salary, who were SUD- posed to look after the others. Now, as the boys sit on the long benches In the corners of the cloak room they are watched by an overseer, he is called, who re- ceives 8 salary of S900. He watches the annunciator and when bell rings sends a boy to the desk So it is getting more and more like the hotel system all the time.
 "In the senate they do not allow boys over sixteen years of age, but it makes no difference in the house. When was there some of them were twenty-four or twenty five years of age. A boy has to be twelve years or more to occupy position as page. There are thirty-three in the house and sixteen in the senate. The pages, be- lieve, In the supreme court chamber are required to wear knee brooches when they are on duty, but this is not enforced on the others.
 "The boys found were we'll posted on political affairs. and it Is not surprising that Senator German turned out as able a politician as he did when it is considered that he served as page in the senate. They
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know the pedigree, as it were, of every senator or representative, and generally have nick-names for them, which would prove very amusing if they did not fit so well in a number of cases. They can fore cast what is going to happen nearly as well as the senators or representatives themselves. Talk about messenger boys being up to snuff, why, they are not in 1t with the senate and house pages. In the first place they are generally of a higher order of intelligence, coming from excel- lent families, and the little schemes they work among themselves would do credit to a politician of an established reputation. If they find anything out to the dscredit of a member of congress they are not slow sometimes to take advantage of it for their own benefit in a most innocent manner They are high minded set of fellows however. and do credit to themselves end their country"
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Daniel Decatur Emmett
 And the S0nq, "Dixie"

Miss Virginia c. Clay, in the latest edi- tion of the Huntsville Democrat, makes this touching appeal in behalf of the au- thor and composer of "Dixie," that song of all songs, dear to the southern heart:
 The sad news has reached the south that the author and coposer of Dixie, Daniel Decatur Emmett, is i'll in Mt. Yer non, O., and dragging out his S3 years of life in poverty and want. This should never be allowed, as long as there are any veterans of the confederacy. or sons or daughters of those who loved the sacred cause for which their fathers fought, in existence Uncle Dan,' as he was famil- iarly called, has appealed to the south for aid, and his appeals made through the columns of the Confederate Veteran" must not be in vain, in Alabama.
 Emmett wrote the song that gave him an immortal name and fame in the south, in 1859, when he was member of Bry- ants minstrels in New York. He was asked by Jere Bryant one Saturday night to write a new turn around for the bows He did so before he retired, and the result was. "I wish I WAS in Dixie Land"-the original name. With the rumb- IIngs of war growing louder and nearer each day. and the loyalty of true south erners growing warmer, the song took like vildfire in the south, and was received
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tints, and the handsomely appointed ta- ble was an artistic picture, with silver candelabra in which burned crimson can dles; ropes of graceful smilax, with crim- son carnations, outlying the guests places; a cut-glass vase, filled with red carna- tions upon mirror in the center, and at every plate a bunch of crimson carnations, tied with crimson satin ribbon, upon which was the guests names in gold The menu was particularly elaborate, and was served in ten courses in which the color tone was reproduced with exquisite effect.
 During the dinner an unseen orchestra rendered a charming programme
 Mir. and Mrs. Bowman's dinner was one of the handsomest of the many elegant social functions of this very gay season. Their guests were: Dr. and Mrs. A. T, Henley, MT. and Mrs. A. Latady, MT. and Mrs. J. P. Ross, Miss Rosebud Lewis, Misses Lewis, Mrs Geo. c. Ball, MT. Lu-
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Groceries at cost at CASH GROCERY CO.
 1917 Fourth avenue.
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cien J. Walker, Mr. Jay F. Durham, MT. J. Bowman and MT. E. E. Wilkinson.
 
 Miss Annie Curry of Anniston, niece of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Frank s. White, on North Eighteenth street.
 Miss Ada Simpson of Montgomery is wis., iting Mrs. Rush Simpson, on Fourteenth avenue, South Highlands.
 This afternoon and evening MT. and Mrs. F. w. Dixon will give a reception in honor of their sister, Miss Holmes, of Rome, Ga., at their residence 412 Twenty-fifth street, North.
 Miss Georgia Moore of Huntsville is the guest of her sister, Mrs. F. w. Brandon, 2516 Seventh avenue.
 Miss Lizzie Benaugh will leave tomorrow for Mobile to assist in organizing a chapter of Calonial Danes in Alabama.
 Miss Renagh is a granddaughter of the late Gov Collier, one of the distinguished men of Alabama's early history. Mr. Clifford Lanier of Montgomery will lecture this evening before the Alumnae Association of the Pollock-Stephens 1nsti- tute and their friends.
 Miss Davis of Choccolocco is the guest of Mrs. J. c. Boles, eos North Twenty-first street.
 Miss Mary Clayton of Eufaula is visiting friends in the city. She will leave this afternoon for Tuscaloosa to spend few days. MT. and Mrs. J. Huston Bland have is- sued cards to the marriage of their daugh- ter Morgana, to MT. Frank B. Yielding, which will occur Wednesday afternoon, March 2, at 9 o'clock, at the Methodist Episcopal church, south, at Hanceville, Ala The bride and groom will be at home after March 10, on the North Highlands, Birmingham.
 Yeterday, at o'clock, Mrs. R. G. Lewis, president; Mrs. E. J. Dunn, vice-president, and Mrs. Charles Brown, secretary and treasurer of the Pelham Chapter of the Daughters of the confederacy, gave an elegant luncheon at the Morris hotel, in honor of the visiting delegates now in ses- sion in Birmingham. The table was hand somely appointed and decorated, and in many courses the delightful menu was served. The following ladies were the guests of Mesdames Lewis, Dunn and Brown: Mesdames w. Clanton, Emmett Seibels, J. Jefferson Thomas, J. D. Kirk patrick, Evelyn Fitzpatrick, Chappell Cory, M Craig, M. Williams, w. w. Screws, G. w. Craik, R. Snead Spurlein, Mitchell. w. A. Gayle, Dowdell, Alfred Bethea, Clifford Lanier, w. F. vandiver, Cawthorn, Mar garet Faunce, J. D. Beale, J. F. Wyly. c. A. vaught, Misses Jones. Arlington.
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In the Social Realm of
 Birmingham and Elsewhere

Mrs. Darlington semple of Montgomery corner of Twentieth street and Tenth ave- nue.
 Mrs Samuel Morgan of Blocton is visiting Mrs. Harry Jones, who will give luncheon in her honor today at 2 o'clock.
 Mrs. E. w. Barrett returned Wednesday night from visit to relatives at Danville, Va.
 Miss Kate Durr of Montgomery will visit Birmingham in few days, and will be the guest of Mrs B. L. Wyman, SIS North Nineteenth street.
 MT. and Mrs. John w. sibley, nurse and baby left few days ago for a visit to Pittsburg, Philadelphia and New York.
 The Little Jokers were entertained yes- terday afternoon by Miss Kate Earle The prize, silver-mounted bonnet brush, was won by Miss Zemma Webb. This is the last meeting of the Little Jokers until after Lent.
 Mrs. E. N Friedman of Chicago is the guest of Mrs. Loventhal, 1920 Sixth avenue.
 
 Miss Maynoe Holmes of Rome is visiting her sister, Mrs F. H. Dixon, 412 Twenty fifth street, North.
 Miss Avis McMurray of Texas is the guest of Mrs. c. H. Wissell, at West End.
 Miss Maud Jacob, of Columbus Miss, is visiting her uncle, MT. c. H. Hassell, at West End
 Saturday afternoon at o'clock at the Conservatory of Music, the young stu dents, from to 12 years of age, will give a recital, to which the public is invited.
 The Tuesday Whist club held it's final meeting of the series yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Thomas Ashford. The prize, a lovely Dresden jewel case, was won by Mrs. D. H. Cabaniss. After enjoying de- lightful refreshments, the club adjourned, not to meet again until after Easter. The final prize, for the highest score made during the series, was won by Mrs. B. L. Wyman.
 Mrs. c. N. Vaught, of Huntsville, is a guest of Miss Compton at the Seminary. while a delegate to the convention of the Daughters of the Confectionery now con- vened in Birmingham.
 Wednesday evening, at their home on the South Highlands, Mr. and Mrs Peyton G. Bowman gave beautiful and charrn- ing dinner to number of friends. The decorations were in crimson and green
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THE ALABAMA HOME BUILDING AND
 LOAN ASSOCIATION.
Capital Stock. ss,ooo, 900.

Receipts From Dee. l, 1eeg, to Dec. I, 1897,
 ss7s.31Ie3.
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Owing to the large number of tickets sold, the hall over the First National bank not being large enough, the third annual ball of the three well known gentlemen will be held at 2O2l4 Sd ave-, 2d floor.
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Excelsior Steam Laundry DOES~-..aAnnn0A
 EXQUISITE WORK. George A. BIinn G Son, 1907 Second Avenue. Phone 229. aug1d&s
MARDI GRAs,
New Orleans and Mobile, Feb. 22-Reduced
 Rates via Southern Railway

On account of the Mardi Gras Carnival at New Orleans and Mobile, February 22, 1898 the Southern railway will sell tickets from all points on it's line to these pointe at rate of one fare for the round trip Tickets will be sold February 16 to 21 inc elusive limited to return March 5, 1898.
 Call on any agent of the Southern rails vrav for further information; 1-2S-t1
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
 Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Table ts. All druggists refund the money if IL fails to cure. 25c. 0-23-S1t.
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ness is not a good business Is to admit that the members have not enough intelligence to make rules for their own benefit. If the investor is paid too much the borrower pays too high rate of interest. If the borrower pays too low rate, the investor gets too small return. Alabama Home" is satisfactory to all mem- bers The investor gets 10 per cent; per an mum accumulated interest. The borrower that the investor does, so that a payment of s12 dues on a $1,OOO loan the profit on 1he ne per cent. These are ideal figures and we have realized them and are settling th's way every day. Now is a good time to join the association. Apply to
 ". V. M. ROBERTSON,
 General Manager,
 a009 First Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. 2-10-1m
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-13
SLEPT LIKE: A Chill Il.
Gained TWenty.Seven Pounds in -Four Weeks.
The Story of a Soldier.
From the Transcript, Peoria, IN.

happiest hours l had known for years. That
night ] Went to sleep easily and slept soundly
us u c..ild, and awoke refreshed. Three or
four weeks after beginning the treatment, when
l had taken four boxes of the pills, | found I
had increased in weight, from 119 pounds TO
LAG pounds. This greatly surprised my friends,
who thought my case was n hopeless one.
began my work en- the road again, and have
continued it right along ever since in excel
lent health.
let mt tell you a remarkable thing that
was a side issue, but a valuable gain 10 me.
| found that while 1 was taking DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills, ! had been cured of the
smoking habit, which had been formed when
l was u boy. six years old, and which had
chung to me all these years. The craving for
tobacco left me, and | have never experienced
it since. l have recommended the pills to
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Chester S. Harrington, being duly sworn,
deposes and says, that the matters contained
i'll the above statement by him signed are
true. CHESTER s. HARRINGToN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, u notary
public, this 18th day of July, 1897.
LINCOLN NJ. Coy, Notary Public.
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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-13
oucerest Town In England.

The most curious town in England is
Northwich. There is not a straight
street nor, in fact, a straight house in
the place. Every part of it has the up.
pearance of having suffered from the
visitation Of an earthquake. Northwich
is the center of the salt industry in
Cheshire, England. On nearly all sides
of the town are big salt works, with
their engines pumping hundreds of thou
sands of gallons of brine every week.
At a depth of some 200 or 300 feet are
immense subterranean lakes of brine,
and as the contents of these are pumped
and pumped away the upper crust OF
earth is correspondingly weakened and
the result is an occasional subsistence.
These %subsidences have a ''pulling' eff
feet on the nearest buildings, and they
are drawn all ways. and give the town
an extremely d~issipated appearance
New York Sun.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-13
Lincoln and the Battery.

A story of Lincoln told me by the
man TO whom it happened (sinoe dead)
is as follows:
At the breaking out of the civil war
Captain Tompkins Of tho battery of ar
tillery, state of Rhode Island militia,
stationed at Providence enlisted with
his entire command and left at once for
Washington. Soon after his arrival his
battery, together with other troops, was
reviewed by the president in front of
tho White House, and Captain Temp
kins, proud of his battery, brought it
past the president in the very best shape
he was capable of doing and at once re-
turned to be presented to the president,
as was done with all the other officers.
When the captain was presented, Lin.
coin said loud enough for all near by to
hear, Captain, your battery is certain.
ly a very pretty hattery-in fact, the
prettiest battery I have ever SEEM and
then in so low Il tone that no one but
the captain heard him, "but 1 must
say, captain, l have seen very few bat.
teries. New York Times.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-13

No man is better Known and liked in that
rich tier of Illinois counties, of which Peoria
is the centre, than genial Chester S. Harring-
ton, of Princeville, III. For many years Mr..
Harrington has travelled through the country
on profitable journeys as an itinerant mcr-
hearty welcome by the people who depend
upon his visits for the purchase of the neces-
%saries, and some oft luXurics, of life.
Mr.. Harrington is Il veteran of the war,
and from this fact is made the remarkable
experience which he related at the Trans
the evils of which the Civil War was but
the beginning in his OWL and in thousands
of other cases, was us follows:
al served three years in the 12iti Illinois,
enlisting at kewanee, Ill. l was in Libby
Prison, and suffered, like many another North
ofthe Princeville Post, fthe GAR.
"The strain of army life did its work in
undermining my health, although the col
lapse did not come for years. For some time
1 suffered from general debility and nervous
ness, SO badly that I could not sleep. For
fifteen years my sleep was completely. broken
up. Indigestion, resulted and my misery in
creased. My eyes began to fail, and as my
body lost vitality my mind seemed to give
way also. / could scarcely remember events
that happened but a few weeks before.
"For two years was untitled for busi-
ness. I was just able to creep around during
the greater part of this time, and there were
times when ! could not get up at all. My
brother is a doctor, but all his efforts to help
me failed to give me any relief.
tried a number of remedies, without
avail. Finally, having read articles regard
1isms' Pink Pills for Pale People, ! decided
to try them. That was in 1896. l bought
Q box and took the pills according to in
structions. Just four days later I had the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-13
oELH1cns OBSERVATIONS

A.. Gillespie is now Il resident of
Lakeside, Neb.
Frank Long has about finished
%shearing his sheep.
Ed. Campbell will have Il general
auction Sale Saturday, May 81. 70 close
out before moving 10 Greeley, Colo.
The grasshoppers which were SO
thick i'll the Cheyenne bottom last year
don't seem to show up yet this summer.
The kenan boys are in training in
the Oelrichs drum corps and will head
the first company that starts out from
here to thrash the Spaniards.
III. G. Allen goes as a delegate for
Protection Lodge. /. o. O. t., and
Edith i'orney S a delegate from Re-
bekah lodge to grand lodge, which
meets in Sioux Falls May II.
The cool weather of this spring has
retarded the growth of the grass. but
the warm weather of this week is Civ
ing it q good start. Most cattle arc
starting in the summer in good shape.
Services were held Sunday by Father
iCastello. The Hanna store building
which was purchased and fitted up for
a church 10y the Catholic society. makes
a neat room and desirable location for
Il place of worship.
w. l.. Judkins who purchased the
VIM. LuXton ranch and also the Nc
Carly residence in town. moved his
family to Oelrichs this week. He will
now contine himself to his stock inter
ests i'll this section.
Mrs. Allen. who has been u cripple
for years. was much surprised to re-
ceive an invalid chair from her friends
and former neighbors in Iowa. This
kind act will never be forgotten by
Mrs. Allen. She takes solid comfort
with it.
The Indian trade at Oelrichs is good
this spring, and large numbers of the
Sioux o. make this point their prin-
cipal trading place. The Indians seem
to take quite an interest i'll the wal
with Spain, and are thoroughly patri-
otto and as anxious as the whites tic
have Spain whipped.
The railrord company is preparing tc
cut a channel on the east side of the
track. about one mile south of Oelrichs
to take off the surplus water. They
will also take out both bridges and fill
in with earth. G. r. Long, George
Scheitzer and ID. X. Snively are decid
eddy opposedto such improvement al
it would cut off their water supply o,
the west side of the track.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-13
NURE rheumatism by taking
~ Hoods arsaparilla, which by neu-
Trailing the acid in the blood perma-
nently relieves aches and PAINS.
Hired Webster For . w.eA.

OF course Webster was in demand by
those who could afford to pay for his
services. A sharp Nantucket man is
said to have got the better of the great
defender Of the constitution in an anus
ing way, however. He had a small case
which was to be tried at Nantucket
one week in June, and he posted to
Webster's Office in great haste. It was q
contest with a neighbor over a matter
Of considerable local interest, and his
pride as q litigant was at sake. He told
Webster the particulars and asked what
he would charge to conduct the case.
"Why," said Webster, "you can't
afford to hire me. l should have to stay
down there, he whole week, and my fee
would be more than the whole case is
worth. / couldn't go down there for
less than $1,000. l could try every case
Oh the docket as we'll as one, and it
wouldn't cost any more. for orc case
would take my time for the entire week
anyway"
Gail right, Mr.. WoAster," quickly
responded the N%autuyss,er. Here's
your $1,000. You come down. and III
fix it Sc you can try every case."
Webster VAS so amused over this
proposition that lie kept his word. He
spent the entire wecii III Nantucket and
appeared Oh orc siaa CT the other in
every case that caii.e up toy hearing.
The silrewd Nantuokoter hired Daniel
out to all his Intends who were ill liti-
CATION and received in return about ST.
S0n cn tl,rf t, ,,ot tAINI.t.r; u.-Ui,n.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-05-13
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