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The age-herald., 1898-02-16
A Georgia Letter Writer.

The letter writers not confined to Washington or to diplomatic circles. Geor- git has one that even eclipses DeLome. His name is Allen D. Candler at present secretary of state. Before he contracted
 the habit of writing personal and confi-
 dential letters he was regarded as the
 unanimous choice of the people of the state for governor. Aspirant after aspr- ant fell down before him until not one was left. Men who had been candidates many
 years acknowledged the prowess of the
 "One-eyed ploughboy of Pigeon Roost," and took themselves out of the race. The organs tried to brace up first man and then another to stand against the deavors were labor lost, for no one dared
 to face him before the people. When the sailing was the smoothest and the skies the brightest, and the Candler goose hung the highest, there appeared in the Rome Tribune this tender and loving missve:
 "Without any solicitation on my part I find myself a candidate for the democratic nOnllUdUOn TOT BONoEIOT OI oeOTSld. lno men who are behind the movement are not the professional politicians, the men who control, but the rank and file of our par ty, the great middle class who pay the taxes and bear the burdens of government
 I have never seen such an uprising of the common people in my life. It is a re-
 bellion against the men and their methods
 who ravished the democratic party in 1894 and have dominated it ever since, the men
 who by methods peculiar to themselves deprived Gen. Evans of the nomination af- ter he had fairly won it. I was against them and their methods then and they are against me now. I therefore feel at lib- erty to call on those who stood with me by Gen. Evans in that contest to stand by me now. We fought them in the same
 phalanx for pure democracy and clean
 methods with Gen. Evans our leader.
 Now the same flag has been put into my hand and I am battling as he did for the same principles, I invoke that support for myself that we all gave the general at that time. Then by political trickery we lost; now by united action and honest methods we will win. We are right and the people are with us Many who were | with the tricksters and traders then, dis | gusted with their methods, are with us now. Let us therefore be vigilant and &C., tive, and we will in October bury them and their nefarious methods so deep that the
 hand of resurrection will never reach them"
 That changed the face of things at
 once. Opposition candidates began to bob up in every section of the state. There is
 MT. Garrard, of Columbus, and notably
 Judge Spencer B. Atkinson, railroad com missioner, not to mention several who re-
 gret their withdrawals from the race, and are preparing to withdraw their with drawals. Instead of unanimity, there is an overproduction of rivalry and competi- tion. Instead of a tame and spiritless nominating campaign. as one-sided as a jps-handle in Pigeon Roost, there is more
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fun to the acre than Georgia has ever known. The Evans-Atkinson contest of four years ago was placidity itself along side of the contest in sight now.
 The great letter writer may pull most plainly did when he dropped a billet through on account of the multiplicity of candidates, but whether he does or not, he will never again step on himself as he doux to his confidential friend in Rome. He will doubtless avoid Rome the re- mainder of his life. He has resigned his present office, and he proposes to fight 1t out the Rome line if 1t takes all summer. and most of the fall season.
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A Question of Profits.

In the case of New England versus the cotton states, the case of the plaintiff has collapsed. The wise men-those alledged experts who are always ready to be inter- viewed-those newspaper men who deal out solid chunks of business sense at a given rate per column-all these are shelved by reports laid before stockhold- CTS at annual meetings of corporations, held say, in Boston.
 The Massachusetts company, of Lowell, is a case in point It is very shrewdly managed It has two strings to its bow. It has a mill in Massachusetts. and a mill in Georgia. The two mills make similar grades and classes of goods. They work along side by side hitched rather widely apart. What is the net result? The stockholders voted that steps be taken to extend the Georgia mill. Nothing was said about an extension of the Massachusetts mill, because many of its products would not bring in the market the cost of pro- duction. This much is stated It is fur ther stated in the brief dispatch that the goods from the Georgia mill afforded dur ing the year "a fair profit owing to the lower cost of manufacture. due to cheaper wages. JnnsAr hd,,r-- ln--- t--atinn- and
The age-herald., 1898-02-16
A FraII Yyoman.s Disgrace
om the Tuscaloosa Times.

From the Tuscaloosa Times.
 Mrs. Kate Miller. sister of John Gaf- ford, the murdered of Barlow Lloyd, sinks herself into a gulf of infamy from which there is no resurrection To save he'd brothers neck from the grasp of the hangman's moose she declares herself de- nuded of all that a woman holds most dear-her honor In her confession she alleges that added to her lost honor and virtue is conspiracy to aid Lloyd in mur- dering her brother, htat she might with more safety continue her illicit relations with a libertine. Can a woman, who by her own confession is so steeped in the terrible crimes of debauchery and murder, be- believed on oath? There is no surprise at the fact tha Butler county is stirred from end to end over deeds so foul. It seems a pity that public jour- nal must mention the dreadful crimes that should be considered by the courts with closed doors against the idle, curi- ous public The time must yet come when such things will be shut out from the eyes and ears of the innocent ones of our households.
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FAMOUS PALACES.

The decision of Queen Victoria to add Kensington palace and Kew palace to the public show places of London has given much satisfaction. Tens of thousands will be deeply interested to enter the building in which her majesty was born, where her girlhood was passed with her devoted mo- ther, the Duchess of Kent, and where the great news came to her of her accession to the throne Part of Kensington palace will remain in the undisturbed occupation pf Princess Louise marchioness of Lorne, and her husband, to whom are allotted some fifty or sixty rooms. Had it not been for the death of Prince Henry of Battenberg, there is little doubt that by this time some forty or fifty other rooms-those that were formerly occupied by the queen and her mother-would have been allotted to Princess Henry of Battenberg and her family; but the fatality which robbed the princess of her husband put an end to this project The state rooms now to be opened to the public have got into very shabby condition and a great deal will have to be done to them. The rooms contain some very fine paintings and tapestry; the ceil- ings are beautifully painted and the pres ence chamber has a remarkably fine man telpiece carved by Grinling Gibbons.
 Old Kew palace, which, with the grounds of "Oueen's Cottage" is to be also thrown open to the public in the form of botan- ical museum, has, with the cottage grounds, more Georgian than Victorian associations, George III. liking to retire there and live a British farmer-like life simple and secluded, such as his soul loved dining frequently on hoiled mutton and turnips, and living in ouite yeoman fashion with his queen, the royal children being at the Dutch house" hard by, his sons being taught in the gardens of "Queen's Cottage" how to sow. cultivate and r@an corn and siihsAnnAntly
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Furnaces in Blast.

The American Manufacturer shows the progress of a month in the iron trade by showing the condition of the blast fur naces of the country on Jan 1, and Feb. l.
 At the latter date there was one less furnace in blast in Alabama. and one less bituminous furnace in Pennsylvania; but six more anthracite furnaces were put in operation, raising the total number of furnaces of all kinds in blast the first day of February to 194. against 190 on Jan. l. 229 1928 tons; the weekly capacity on the first day of January was 227 ,9I9 tons-show- ing net increase of 1,S4i tons in weekly capacity.
 advancing; not receding. More furnaces are in blast, and they are turning out more iron than ever before in the history of the country and the country seems to want the output. The largest steel con- cerns have been taking larger quantities of iron, thus showing confidence in the coming demand for finished products At no time in the history of the iron indus try has there been such an output in January as the mills have recently pro- duced, and rarely in the history of the business has there been in January a mare hopeful feeling or more activity than exist at present. The tendency is towards higher prices, although the output is heavy beyond precedent
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 Actors and barbers are men of many parts.
 A position of trust and an aching tooth are hard to fill.
 It always unmans woman when she obtains a decree of divorce.
 Trouble and mules should always be ap. preached from the front.
 A rose by any other name would be just as expensive in midwinter.
 A mans hide is too poor for utility wher it won't hold an opinion.
 Most of our troubles arise from trying te uphold the blunders we make.
 The happiest days in some mems lives is the day before their marriage.
 Many a girl who never had her ears pierced may have had them bored.
 The man who is always telling you how much he does for others needs watching Nearly all the knowledge in the world has been acquired at the expense of some body's burnt fingers
 The father of a large family of girls has decorated each of their rooms with the motto, "Learn to Say YES"
 One of the most inconsistent things ir this world is a keep-off-the,grass sign ir the middle of a snowdrift
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An Opening.

From the New York Press.
 While rabbit was away visiting friends rattlesnake called at his home, and, find- ing it deserted, sat down to wait his re- turn.
 'I hope" he observed, as the rabbit en- tered, that you will pardon this intrusion" "
 Don't mention it!' said the rabbit, con- siderably Tattled. Make yourself perfect ly at home!'
 "Oh, thank you,' exclaimed the rattle snake, with your permission I will take down my back hare"
 The moral of this tale teaches us that courtesy will often smooth over a difficult situation.
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WAY TO PREVENT KISSING.

Mrs. Joseph Kingsberry, the Atlanta woman who is so indignant about the kiss ing that is going on in her town, should adopt this suggestion. It is made flor the relief of those awful kissable Atlanta girls"
 Any man who was halfway ardent could soon have pass-key made from mammal s and then-but that would not suit the irate dame who started all this fuss. One is in-
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ABOUT WHALEBoNE.

Whaaebone Is scarcer now than it has been for some time. It was hard to get last season and this years supply is still smaller. There are eight vessels stuck in the ice up north today and if they do not get out the market will be decidedly short and ladies will have to put up with base limitations in their stays and bodices.
 Nearly all the whalebone used in the United States Is brought from the Arctic by Yankee whaNers though some comes from the south seas and Japan. The sup ply from all quarters is much less than formerly, but it is not of moment for dressmakers .are using celluloid, cork, rub Der, steel and other materials in its place. The high-grade bone goes into fine corsets and costly gowns, the demand for this 'shell" grade being so great 1t is used for nothing else, except surgical instru- ments.
 Most of the cutting of whalebone Is done in Paris and Bremen, some in London and the rest in this country, where there are seven establishments for this purpose-four in New York; two in Boston and one in San Francisco. Five years ago the sup ply of whalebone was as phenomenal large as 1t Is now small. It has to be carefully stored and as carefully watched, for 1t Is very inf1ammable. Rats are also 8 dreaded pest and at the western storehouses when the big doors are opened to give the whale- bone air tron gratings are let down to keep out the rodents. One whale will fur nish from 1000 to 5000 pounds of bone. At San Francisco the bone Is split, sorted as to color and tied in bundles These split pieces are called slabs and are thres to eight feet long and weigh from three to seven pounds.
 When the manufacturer gets these slabs they are fringed with strong glossy black hadr, which has a value of its own, as it Is mixed with horsehair in brushes. After 1t is removed the slabs are vigorously scrubbed, soaked dn water for a week, subjected to steam and then split up. Whalebone is out from tho teeth of the whale, which number AZ.
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DON'T.

Don't play cards with woman who has winning ways.
 Don't boast of your blood-you may need a purifier next spring.
 Don't go round looking for trouble un- less you really want to find it.
 Don't talk too much; stiff lower jaw is as useful as a stiff upper lip.
 Don't think because riches have wings that they're bound to fly your way.
 Don't believe that the kick of a COW is the most acceptable form of milk punch.
 Don't think because a man does you a favor that he's under everlasting obliga- tiOns to you.
The age-herald., 1898-02-16

It may appear to many people that if Minister Woodford had moved with more rapidity he might have placed the demands of this government for DeLome's removal at the Spanish throne before the famous letter writer had had the opportunity of resgning
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clined to wonder if Mrs. Kingsberry has forgotten the days when she was young Or is she becoming soured because so few kisses fall to her lot nowadays?
 She says she doesn't object to kissing when it is open and above board. Yet she is most angry over a case of a girl who was kissed on a piazza in the full glare of an electric light If this isn't open and above board they must have queer notions of frankness in Atlanta.
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Now that Gen. Cassius M. Clay is to sue his child wife for divorce, it will be well for Ignatius Donnelly the sage of Min nenger to make a thorough study of the Minnesota statutes bearing upon the law of marriage and divorce.
The age-herald., 1898-02-16

Hugh Hanna seems to be encountering no little difficulty in getting the people even to read his able efforts in behalf of monetary reform, let alone their being in- fuenced by his distributed circulars.
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Easy to See

From the Pensacola (Fla,) News.
 The Louisville and Nashville's pet export may be pig iron, as a pertinent exchange has it. And it's pet exporting point IS Pensacola-any one can see that.
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Richard Croker will do well to paste note in his hat that David Bennett Hill has not been permanently cured of the snap convention habit. fs.0 af
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It is just well. that the state conven- ton is to be held in Montgomery. If the democrats throughout the state were to come to Birmingham and see how dirty it is they might return home with unfavora- ble impressions about the Magic City.
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Senator Quay does not seem to be fa- forably impressed with the bargain-counter methods in politics.
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AIabama,s Junior Senator

From the Mobile Register.
 The Washington Post calls Gen. Pet tus, of Alabama. the Confucius or the senate which we may interpret to mean the Wise Old Man.
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Perhaps the executive committee became ians, and that was why the state conven- ton was sent to that clean and beauti- fIl city,
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The Aspiring pecaturs

From the New Decatur Advertiser.
 The Decaturs should have a "Village Im- proyement Society,"" Other towns have been greatly benefited thereby.
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Those Pennsylvania republicans seem in- cned to place the governorship in the hands of the highest bidder.
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Thomas B. Reed should not forget that the people no longer look to him as the guardian of their rights.
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WHITE KID DANCING SHOES.

From Cnlcago Taper.
 The newest dancing shoes are made of perfectly plain white kid. without so much as row of perforated stitching across the toe. Their toes are broader. too, and tho vamps not so long as formerly
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THE STATE EXCHAN GES.
The Improvement Movement

The Improvement Movement From the Scottsboro Age.
 Can we not organize Village Improve ,oent Society like our neighbor cities? The ladies should lead off in this.
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Reflections of n Bacnelor.

Spain should bear in mind Billy Mason is still fighting to free Cuba
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"Old Mol'' and her flock of geese were a constant source of annoyance to the smart set on the bench above. The geese wandered up the mountain road, overran the tennis court and the grounds of the city people. They made war the flock, and a battle one afternoon resulted in the total extermination of the geese For this "Old Mol' had the last one of her enemies arrested. In seeking means to retaliate they found that "Old MoP' was quietly running an illicit still in a cavern near the spring. "Old Mol" and Gabriel were arrested early one morning, and be- fore the sun had sank behind Tennessees blue sky that evening they were behind the bars in Nashville "Old Mol'' was convicted, served a short sentence and went back home. Singular it was, but since then she has been known as Betsy, the verb doctor,' and puttering with her fake remedies fills the ugly critters" days. Gabriel was declared mot guilty' in the trial, but he did not return home He played his fiddle in saloons aIsd stayed and went to waste, just as the weed when taken from its native soil and transplant ed to another foreign to it's nature Ga- briel has a sad part in his life, though his existence in panoramic view would resem- ble a rough-hewn log with many a crack and abrasion where the clever made a history. And so it is that Gabriel has grown cynical This rough, unfinished creature of the mountains
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But I began the tale of "Old Mol' and
 Gabriel. There was a brooklet not far
 from that little hut which sat on bench
 of Cumberland mountain amid a grove of
 tall trees. That brook trickled down from
 shelf above, where tiny spring oozed
 to that spring of cold, pure water except
 '.Old Mol" and it was this spring which
 brought trouble to the ugly critter."
 Smart folk had come and made a settle-
 ment on the bench of the mountain just
 above "Old Mol's" shanty. There were
 several pretty cottages, and the city people
 abided there where the cool breezes made life bearable, while in the crowded towns folk worked and sheltered their lives away. They ran a line of wire down to more than a hundred feet to furnish them water "Old Mor' did not sanction the coming of the smart set. She mumbled harsh words in backwoods lore over their balls and their society fads, which to her appeared all incongruous There is a story tune to a peasant boy. It was in a school reader and I read it when a boy. "Old MoP' had flock of geese and they did not bring her fortune, but bad luck. And now the few superstitious and real old set tiers who knew the ugly critter' regard a flock of geese as the negroes do hoodo bean.
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GABRIEL URP AND
 THE VERB DOCTOR

aThe women's growth powerful queer like." said old Gabriel Urp. Gabriel Is sorter queer-like himself. Gabriel has got sense. That is. considering his ad- vantage of catching on to the world with it's unseemly job-lot of whms and fancies
 Gabriel was thrown out into the world green country boy. "Old Mollie Urp'' was his mother At least no one ever knew her by any other name save that of "Old Mol" "Old Mol' was ugly critter,'' as her hardy mount-Sn critics always called her. She had a hut tn East Tennessee. Away up in the mo .t,hins, not so far from where the blood of Detective Davis, shed by the lawless moonshiner, still stains the rocks. They call them lawless set Yet when they like you, the last dust of meal and the best horse goes for your comfort. They only repel what they call an unwarranted invasion of their prem ises and what they consider an unjust sup pression of traffic they claim legitimate Small wonder that with only few acres, upon which a respectable fracas could not gain an inception, and with hundreds in the valley seeking to sell corn and apples at a song, they will buy and transform into whskey and brandy, which consti- tues "wild-catin. 4n
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Tradition has it that one rainy day was mana man of the world, dark haired girl, and a wee mite of a babe-a boy. Crisp bills were slipped into the ugly critters greedy palms and the dark -haired girl, with blue eyes and the baby boy re- mained there for days and weeks. The girl was pretty-all women are as was de- claradl in my presence by an Alabama Methodist preacher several years ago.
 "Ever since I sat. on the porch of the old tumbled down house. "said he," and my grandmother with wrinkles in her. face stroked my boyish curls I have looked upon all feminine creation as being pretty"
 Gabriel gave his rough, untutored affec- tions to this girl who was unused to mount ain ways and backwoods courtship. Love him she did not, for her heart belonged to the man who made the third of the occupants of the carriage. Gabriel loved, but he knew his chances of winning the hark-haired girl were as nothing. Still he loved her mad1y. One night the man of the world returned and with the dark haired girl sat upon a rock near the brook let Not returning, Gabriel went to sec what was the trouble. The dark-haired girl with a dagger sticking in her heart laying with her dresses washing in tho her. Now there is grave beside the brook her. Now there Is a grave beside the break with rock rudely shaped above it.
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1T never kin make up my mind to Nike women folks," continued Gabriel. "They's allus reformin. Clubs, sewing circles. all sorter meetins. They don't love no mora Them and the preachers spends ther time playin Nike they wuz doing of good They haint. Women, would be sight happiea at home Lord knows they would"
 It was in saloon and Gabriel was ad- dressing a gang of rounders TheI laughed in derision Gabriel played on hn worn fiddle a 'Hot Time" and there wera encouraging shouts. Then as thouga something entered his heart hs placed hi1 violin close to his neck and 'Hodn4 Swee4 Home," without notes burst forth. fllinN every recess of the apartmenh Not q laugh was heard Not a sneeA "A braxeo female came i'm for e pitcher nf beees Probably the first tear in years came q her eyes. As she waited for the ''barkeeYS to fill the vessel, Gabriel looked aA em ceiling. He took no notice od his sirrounn' inga I felt that could see in hds fac4 thoughts Of the grave by the brooklet ana Betsy, tho verb doctor.'' with her hickory staff going from door to door.
 SIDNEY YOUNG.