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The age-herald., 1898-10-28
MILLIONS MADE AT FARMING

From the Louisville Post.
 Farming does pay, if you know how to conduct 1t, and a large capital is not es- sential to success, as is shown by the startling experience of David Rankin, millionaire farmer of Atchison county, Mo-, who has amassed an immense fortune in agriculture and stock raising. In these pursuits alone he accumulated an immense fortune before embarking in other ventures called forth by the desire to vary the in- vestments of capital of five millions.
 Likely the world contains no more suc- cessful farmer than Mr. Rankin. He now owns H,70O acres of land in Atchison county, around the pretty town of Tarkio. He has divided his land into fourteen ranches, varying in size from GAO to 5000 acres.
 This year MT. Rankin had 12,000 acres of com, 1000 in oats, 320 in wheat and the rest in pasture. He annually feeds about 10000 head of cattle. His shipment this year will be ,25O head, or 625 car loads.
 When twenty-one years old MT. Rankin started to make his fortune with a colt-a gift from his father-as his only capital outside of his mental and physical endow- ments. The colt was sold for s52 and the money invested in calves. He then bought an eighty-acre farm on credit and farmed it in a systematic manner, with judgment and close application. In four years after his start he owned his farm, clear of debt, and had eighty head of cattle, slightly en- cumbered.
 He was then married without dollar of cash to his name, but soon had bank &C., count, bought horses and began breaking prairie. He farmed in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska and finally settled on the prairies of Missouri, and made his home in Atchi- son. Here he purchased his extensive tracts of land, paying from $6 to $12 an acre.
 MT. Rankin Is president of the First Ma tional bank, of Tarkio; head of the bank 1 ing firm of Rankin, White & Lauer, of | Westboro; president of light and power company, and of the Rankin Auditorium | company
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
W WCHICKAMAUGA "RIvER OF DEATH"
 Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in the New York

m mCHICKAMAUGA .sRIvER OF DEATH" Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in the New York World. Oh, we marched down to the river of death, Seventy thousand strong! Fire in the veins, and delight in the breath, Joy at the start and hope in the heart; Burning to right a wrong. Red-blooded, firm-bodied, brave enough
 men We were-witness that!-then. Rank of us, file of us, did a foot lag? No-by God and the Flag! So we drank deep of the river of death- Pollution and fever and fate; The poison that flies on the wings of the
 breath, If a soldier ask bread, set a cross at his
 head,
 Or rot him in camp for the stateI Hush! They have marched to the River of
 Life
 Comrades we left behind; Who begged for the front, and who ached
 for the strife, To them it was given to crumble to Heaven, We wonder-what did they find? Slowly we crawl from the river of death. Try us-we're thousands weak. 6hrunken in spirit. and shortened in breath, Vail If you will. But the missing are still, And the slain refuse to speak. spent-bodied, taint-blooded, shades of the
 strong Cry: Who wrought the wrong? Right of 1t, wrong of it-did man lag? No! By God and the Flagl
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
The Congressional Elections.

The elections of next month are very important and every voter should go to the polls. Only congressman are to be elected, but a solid democratic delegation is greatly needed from this state. The democratic managers of the congressional elections anticipate gain of two seats in this state, and the democrats of the state should carry that anticipation into fact. It can be done by the polling of a full democratic vote.
 The two districts to be gained are the Seventh and the Fourth. In each the choice practically lies between repub- prefers the condition of affairs in Alabama to the condition now prevailing in North Carolina ought not to hesitate. Every white man should leave his work on elec- ton day and vote. The democratic can- didates in the two contested districts are men of known standing and capacity. They are we'll known, too. in their respec- tive districts. Their records are good throughout. MT. Burnett in the Seventh and MT. Robbins in the Fourth are each entitled to the solid support of the white men of their districts. They should have the support of every man who does not think the consumers of the south should be taxed under the Dingley bill to fill the pockets of northern manufacturers. They should have the support of every man who does not believe in single gold standard.
 A gain of two votes in Alabama will go far towards change in the control of the house of representatives, and the deposi- tion of Czar Reed. Twenty-six seats must be gained in order to change the control of the house, and Alabama Is asked to contribute two seats towards such a result-towards a result that will enabled the house to institute a real in- vestigation of Algerism, and to see that
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 You can't always judge a mans con- science by his appetite.
 A woman loves a man best who knows how to baffle her.
 A man must forget how to spell love be- fore he learns its name.
 Loves most beautiful feathers are the long ones 1t uses to fly away with.
 As soon as a girl begins to want a man to love her she begins to say she believes they must have known each other in some previous existence.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

the recent supreme court decision is car rted out in the case of the trusts. There is very much at stake. and the voters of the Seventh and the Fourth should act up to the demands of the hour and the possibilities involved. The control of the house means just and honest and fair government during the remainder of MT. McKinley's term, and 1t means full and unfiinching exposure of Algerism and Huidekoperism next winter.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
DoDGING OUT OF TIGHT PLACE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 'I learn," she said responsibility, "that you were devoted to no fewer than five girls before you finally proposed to me. How do I know that you didn't make des- perate love to all of them?"
 1T did," he replied promptly.
 "You dldv' she exclaimed. z
 Certainly" he returned. "You sdon't suppose for minute I would be fool hardy enough to try for such prize as you are without practicing little first, do yuu?"
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
PERPETUAL POLITICS

From the Philadelphia Record. The Akron Beacon furnishes the follow- ing new illustration of perpetual mos tion:''
 The duck eats the worm,
 The man eats the duck,
 The worm eats the man,
 The duck eats the worm. The illustration Is good. It may be aps piled in a political sense, as, for example, The boss gets the swag,
 The man serves the boss,
 The swag buys the man,
 The boss gets the swag.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
A Mammoth Cotton Stalk
Greenville Advocate.

From the Greenville Advocate.
 A stalk of cotton was grown on MT. Will liam Newton's place in this county which is probably the largest ever grown within its limits It measured 15h feet high, is 10 inches around the stalk near the ground is 12 feet across, weighed 45 pounds and contained 500 bolls and squares. Messrs William Newton, w. F. Rhodes and J. M Hawkins testify as to the size, weight and measurement, sand also as to the number of bolls. etc., on it, and they say that they will challenge any body in the state to prove that it is not the most remarkable stalk of cotton ever grown in Alabama. They also say that they have no seed for sale.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS IN EUROPE

From the Chicago Tribune.
 There has been no religious census in France since 1872. All religions are equal before the law, and the Roman Catholics, Protestants and Jews have allowances from the public treasury in proportion to their numbers, follows: Roman Catho- lies, Al ,126,923 francs; Protestant, 1,495, 100 francs; Jews, 2O6 ,53O francs. According to the latest census of Russia, the religious division in 1892 was as follows: Orthodox Greek Catholics, 100000; United Church and Armenians 550O0; Roman Catholics, $500 GOO; Protestants, 2,950, GOO; Jews, 3,000,- GOO; Mohammedans, 100000; Pagans, 26,- GOO.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
OF THE OHIO SORT
Galveston News,

From the Galveston NeWs.
 "Everybody likes me. have been in office twenty-seven years. My son is post master and my son-in-law is member of the legislature Some member of the fam fly has been In office from the first" This was the deathbed speech of an Ohio pa- triot. This is statesmanship.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
STRAY THOUGHTS
 OF STATE EDITORS
Getting Ready

From the Butler Alliance.
 No doubt the members of the legislature have begun to think of the bills they pro- pose introducing in the approaching ses- sion. They are getting their stiff bosom shirts in readiness.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

For pure election rot, this. clipped from the Chicago Inter-Ocean, takes the eake "spainl Is hoping that the election will go last hope. If you are an American citizen you are entitled to assist in deciding the question for or against spain."
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
Senator Morgan

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
 Many of our readers differ from Senator Morgan on political issues, "a few may dis sent from him on his expansion ideas, but all must concede that he is one of the worlds greatest living statesmen, and there can be hardly the ghost of doubt but that he will succeed himself in the United States senate.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

payfthem, the United States will notfguar- antee their payment; and if Spain shoui- ders them her bondhoiders would suffer. It would be at the expense of the last in other words, out in the cold.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

England has been doing the backing down of late, but it is France that must do the act now. And she is preparing to do it without undue delay.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

The request of Chairman Kennedy and Chairman Bedow should be needed. The city primaries should not be held until the bounds of the city are defined.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
A FOOLISH MAN

From the Chicago News. 'tGo!" she said, 'tand never dare
 To speak to me as long as you lNe!' He went-and that's what the madden fair Can never, no. never. forgiyA
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

The French republic has had thirty-ive cabinets in twenty-five years. The Brisson cabinet nearly served out the average term of eight months.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
Venerable Preachers
From the Talladega Mountain Hon

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
 Rev. Middleton Hudgens, venerable Hardshell minister of Beat 14, was in the city Saturday. MT. Hudgens is one of the oldest residents of the county, having set tied in 1t in middle age, lived in its limits for forty-ive years, from the days when venison and wild turkey were table fare in old Hilliby and the Talladega foothills, and when the folks beyond the mountain and over in Horns Valley occasionally re- galed themselves on bear steaks. MT. Hud- gems, though S1 years old is still vigorous and hale, rides a mule and expounds from the pulpit the good old Hardshell doctrines of serving God in all dealings with our fellowmen as well when hollering "Hal- lelujah" in the meeting house.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
By the Foot

From the Athens Courier.
 A potato of the sweet variety was dug In the yard of the Courier editor last week that measured forty-four inches long. It was left at Hendricks Brothers store as a curiosity.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

The holiday delicacies that are being for warded to Manila include more than one cask of Vermont maple sugar for Admiral George Dewey.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
From the Athens Courier.

pr. G. W. Mitchell one of the oldest, if not the oldest preacher in point of con- tinuous service in the church, covering a preaching period of sixty-two years, preached a powerful sermon at the Cum berland church in this place last Sunday. He has consented to preach for the congre- gation in this place on next Sunday morn ing and evening. His text was taken from the S3d Psalm las Sunday and was quite CO., incident, as he is now in his eighty-third year. He has yet the fire and vigor of a man of sixty, and his points are clear and well made and his years seem to have added new lustre to his preaching ability.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

Men of the Fourth, turn out on election day. Stop the pillagers.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

White wings are putting San Juan and Santiago in prime condition.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

The next congress will determine the na- ture of the governments in our new posses sions. See that solid delegation goes from Alabama
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

The Omaha World-Herald is trying to connect the Colt revolver with Doc Huide- Roper.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

The remaining Spanish ships have been scattered, and their crews reduced to a peace footing Boston should calm itself.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

Chaplain Mcintyre has re-entered the lecture field, but he keeps his tonics chained down on lecture nights.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

The republican pillagers of Alabama should be buried very deep on the eighth day of November.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

When France looks at the British channel fleet, she concludes that Marchand was, after all, an explorer instead of a con- queror.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

Send a solid democratic delegation to
 Washington from Alabama-a delegation that will investigate the war investigators.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

The cabinet crisis in Madrid has been averted. It related to internal questions only.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

| MT. David B. Hill, of the retired squad, 1 is enough alive to declare that the flag 1 once raised must not be hauled down.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

Grover Cleveland is now an annexatieni and imperialist. He is adding to his real estate holdings.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
played only makes his attempt to belittte a fellow admiral the more pitfful.

New York is getting up a dinner of a thousand covers in honor of General Miles. It Is inspired more as a rebuke to those who would have side-tracked him than in any other spirit. It is said here that Sec retary Alger will not be invited, but that the other cabinet officers will all be asked . to be present and to make speeches.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

General Kitchener is in London. He is England's Joe Wheeler.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

The holders of the Spanish-Cuban bonds are in a queer predicament. Cuba will not
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

The germ has indicated its power and malignity in Vienna. It's bad bug any where.
The age-herald., 1898-10-28
suBsCRIPTIoN RATES.
Editor

Kemittances can De made by express. postonice money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
 THE AGE-HERALDp
 Birmingham, Ala
The age-herald., 1898-10-28

It would be at the expense of the last named. The cuban-spanlsh bondholder is, in other words, out in the cold.
 ------ --------- For pure election rot, this. clipped from the Chicago Inter-ocean, takes the eake "spainl is hoping that the election will go against the republican party. It.is spaln's last hope. If you are an American citizen you are entitled to assist in deciding the question for or against Spain." The request of Chairman Kennedy and Chairman Bedow should be needed. The city primaries should not be held until the bounds of the city are defined.  England has been doing the backing down of late, but it is France that must do the act now. And she is preparing to do it without undue delay.
 
 The French republic has had thirty-fve cabinets in twenty-five years. The Brisson cabinet nearly served out the average term of eight months.
 The holiday delicacies that are being, for warded to Manila include more than one cask of Vermont maple sugar for Admiral George Dewey.
 The next congress will determine the na- ture of the governments in our new posses sions. See that solid delegation goes from Alabama
 a ha fleet, she concludes that Marchand was, after all, an explorer instead of a con- queror.
 Send solid democratic delegation to Washington from Alabama-a delegation , that will investigate the war Investigators.  MT. David B. aill of the retired squad, is enough alive to declare that the flag once raised must not be hauled down. The remaining Spanish ships have been scattered, and their crews reduced to a peace footing Boston should calm itself.
 
 Chaplain Mcintyre has re-entered the lecture field, but he keeps his tonics chained down on lecture nights
 
 The republican pillagers of Alabama should be buried very deep on the eighth day of November.
 Grover Cleveland is now an annexa tienist and imperialist. He is adding to his real estate holdings.
 The germ has indicated its power and malignity in Vienna. It's bad bug any where.
 The cabinet crisis in Madrid has been averted. It related to internal questions only.
 The Omaha World-Herald is trying to connect the Colt revolver with Doc Huide- Roper.
 White wings are putting San Juan and Santiago In prime condition.
  Men of the Fourth, turn out on election dau Ston fha pil1a gers
The age-herald., 1898-10-28


 more so during the coming season.
 
 The navy department, together with the report of Admiral Sampson, has finally fixed the position of the admiral in history, but it is doubtful whether he has not lost more than he has gained by the precipitate manner in which 1t was done. The report of Sampson, conclusively shows that Com- modore Schley did delay at Cienfuegus, and that every opportunity was given to Ad- miral Cervera to escape from Santiago had that officer been as alert as might have been expected. A great deal has been done to discredit Commodore Schey, possibly not as much to dscredit Schley as to give Sampson credit for the victory but 1t has not been shown that the Brooklyn was not in the thickest of the fight and that it was not hit oftener than any two oher ships in the squadron. No attempt was ever made to deny that Admiral Sampson was an able and fearless sailor and strate- gist. The only complaint being that he was narrow and showed a total lack of magnanimity of character. His report has not strengthened him here in Washington. The apparent effort he makes to prove that the victory did not only not belong to Schley, but that the commodore was neg ligent as well, is not received with good grace The original charge that he failed utterly to do justice to a man whom he superseded through favoritism still stands After the report no one can deny the ahil- ity of Sampson, however much they may deprecate the spirit in which 1t was pre- pared. It shows that he established one of the most effective blockades in the his- tory of naval warfare, and that nothing, not even the smallest detail, Nsoapd him in the management of 1t. His ability shown and his executive and tireless energy dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-31

revived; confidence restored; the gold
reserve overlooking; signs of prosperity
on every hand. The farmer, the labor
er, the merchant, all have felt the
change.
when you ask the cause for this
there can be but one answer-the sue
cess of the Republican party in the ma
ton.
This being true, what is the duty of
our commonwealth? To return to her
first love, restore the Republican party
in the state and regain in national af-
fairs the place she occupied in 1890. The
question is, how can the Republican
party be restored to power? There is
but one way: That is for the next state
convention to place in the field
strong, clean, unassailable ticket, die
tated by no faction and named by no
boss, planted upon platform which de-
cIares with no uncertain sound for true
Republicanism and boldly advocates
the adjustment of every useless board
and commission in the state.
with such z, ticket on such plat
form, the Republicans will forget old
scores, waive all petty scruples and
rout the enemy, fusion or no fusion As
sure as we are here tonight, the time
has come in Kansas for all who love
our state, to suspend their dissensions,
unite in common cause and thus rid
the state of the worst plague that has
ever visited 1.-THE Populist party"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-31
HEALER IS INDICTED.
Along With the Parents of a Child
That Died of Diphtheria.

Springfield, Ill, Jan. 91.-Dr. J. a.
Egan, secretary of the state board of
health. has received a communication
from States Attorney Jaslyn. of Elgin,
stating that he would prosecute Willett
McCracken, a Christian Scientist, for
violating the medical practice act, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Parce, of Batavia, for
criminal negligence in allowing their
child to die without summOning the aid
of a physician.
The circumstances of the case are
that the AcCraclzen woman attended
the Parce child at Batavia week ago.
The child was suffering with diphther-
ia, but no physician was summoned.
The woman insisted that she could cure
the infant with Christian Science meth
DDS and was paid for each visit to the
child.
When the child died no physician
could be found to sign the death certif-
icate, and the coroner was called. The
jury returned a verdict in accordance
with the facts, and later the mother
and father of the child and the Nc
Cracker woman We're indicted for Grim
inal negligence by a grand jury
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-31
KENTUCKY'S VIEW OF 1T.
How Miss Bradley's ChristeningPlana
Are Regarded.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 31.-When asked
about the proposed use of water instead
of champagne or whisky in christening
the battleship Kentucky, Governor Brad
ley said:
'+The proposed using of water from the
spring near Lincoln's birthplace in Larue
county, to christen the Kentucky. was
suggested by my daughter, as fitting
and appropriate change from the custom
of using champagne or whisky on such
occasions. I have left the matter entirely
with her, and if she prefers to use the
water as suggested it will meet with my
hearty approval
The public here is divided on the ques-
ton of the propriety of using water for
the christening, but majority is clearly
in favor of Miss Bradley's suggestion.
One of the anti-water men, who is
prominent politician, said: I suppose
the water christening. is the proper thing.
but it looks unfair to pour water on
ship when she has to float in the stuff
the remainder of her days. 1 don't like
innova lions.
Colonel Bunch once told a barkeeper
that he wanted some kind of a drink
something that he had never tasted be-
fore The barkeeper set out glass OF
water and was promptly shot for his
thoughtIessness.
The christening with water viii not be
such a decided innovation, because YOU
don't have to drink the water, and then,
if there is any proper thing to DO with
water in a bottle it is to pour it OUT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-31
ROCK ISLAND TO HELP.
Officials Confer With Wellington Par
ties Regarding the Erection of
Big Mill.
WnI1ir otnn

The Wellington Journal says:
Six Rock Island officials came in
from the north this morning in a spec
ial car attached to the Fort Worth
train and remained over two hours and
a half in consultation with the projec-
tors of the new 4O0-barrel mill now I'M
der consideration. The party was COM
posed of w. I. Allen of Chicago, general
manager of the Rock Island; w II.
ent: E. b. Boyd of Topeka, general
freight agent; A. r. Swift of Chicago,
superintendent of the Geographic ser
vice; George ThoTnberg of Beatrice,
Neb., commercial agent. and Joe Myers
of Wichita, commercial agent for this
territory.
They came here by invitation of the
men who are interested in the new
mill. The situation was discussed with
the Rock Island officials, and a PROPOSE
tracks, freight tariffs, etc. The Rock
Island road will lend every encourage
ment to the enterprise.