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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
The County School Lax Bill.

1t is indeed difficult to see what reason
anble objection there can be to a bill based
on the action of the peoples representa-
ers, which in turn is based on the will of
the people. True, a minimum rate is
named, but that minimum rate is so low
that no county can reasonably object to
it--one-twentieth of one per cent, or 90
cents on an assessed valuation of $1,000
But eyen this rate is strictly optional in
each county. The bill is of an optional ma
ture. 1t simply gives the people of county
the privilege of aiding their own pubic
schools il they desire to do so, through
their duly elected county commissioners. 1t
would be impossible to draw bill more
in consonance with American principles or
American progress; and yet there were all
sorts of objections raised against it. 1t
was entangled with outside questions, and
in the end was indefinitely postponed
Representative Seymour really declared
that the larger and richer counties should
be taxed to pay for the education OF the
cnllQfen IN the Smaller anu pOOlNi NONt
ties-that jefferson should be taxed for the
benefit of the children in st. Clair, and so
to the end of the chapter. Mr. Spears
aroused the circle of representatives from
towns that contain special schools, and Mr.
Tunstall foresaw in the optional bill grave
disasters in the way of taxation, and espe-
cially in the matter of floating county
bonds. If other objections were raised in
the house they were not reported by The
Age Herald's special correspondents, who
are proverbially lynx-eyed.
Mr.. Tunstalls objection was based on
distrust of the people, and Mr.. Seymour's
point will not commend itself to those who
consider county the political unit of our
system of government In New England
and the middle states the township is the
unit but in the south the county holds that
position. Units as general proposition
should stand on their own feet. There is
really no reason why one unit should be
taxed for the benefit OF another unit. Let
each tote its own skillet-to some extent
at least. In state taxation this is not done
is not perhaps feasible; but that fact is all
the more reason why county taxation
should be permitted. Let us hope that the
house will see its way in the long run to
pass house bill No. 100 1t is in every re-
spect good bill, and no sound objection
can be brought against it, because it is
measure Of optional county taxation. Have
faith, gentlemen of the general assembly,
In the people you represent.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
THE DEMAND FoR vARNIsH
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
1.-THE Hon. Joseph Wasingham Bailey.
Texas, says that If the Hon. Benton M
Millin, of Tennessee, spoke of him as re.
ported he uttered AN unvarnished lie.'"
oh Benton, what a chump you are
To lie like that on Bailey;
You know just what he is, because
For years you've seen him daily.
He says if you say what they say
You say, as has been stated
1t Is plain, "unvarnished lie"
And need not be debated.
Now, Benton, you know well enough
That Bailey, meath whose banner
His party in the house is camped,
Should have your sweetest manner.
The pious white ncclstie effect
He always carries with him
Should have such influence on your speech
That ii would flow in rhythm.
The polished. graceful Texas style
That beautfies his spirit,
Your very finest brand of words
Should surely always merit.
Now learn from this sad tale of Joe,
Whose name and fame you've furnished,
That ere you use lie on him
It must be nicely vanished.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
Schools in Four States.

1.-THE state of Georgia. says the Sayan-
nah News, twill spend in the current year
s1,e5O,oOO for public schools, $1,OOOOOO Of
which is to be raised by direct taxation"
This is a very handsome sum- although
Georgia's taxable values exceed $4,000 900.
But ON account of material decrease in
taxable values, the Georgia Legislature has
decided by narrow majority to decrease
her school appropriations to the extent of
5000 0OO The debate in the Legislature shows
that this decrease is to be of a temporary
nature, and that it will at least be restored
as soon as the states revenue will justify
an Increase Georgia is thoroughly COM
mitted to the policy of educating the COM
mon people; she is thoroughly ambitious to
cut down her percentage of iliteracy, but
circumstances compel a reduction of the
expenditures all told, in that direction to
about 81 100000.
Tennessee does much better than this.
however. for she raises, practically says
the Chattanooga Times, by direct taxation,
$2,275,OOO yearly for school purposes. Some
of it is expended for school buildings, ap-
paratus and the like, but the amount ex-
pended for the conduct of the public
schools was $l,69O,74S in 1896.
Mississippi, however, is the most progress
sive state of the cotton belt in the respect
of public schools, Texas alone excepted.
The taxabla values of Mississinni are ono
third less than those of Alabama, and yet
that state levies a tax of a million, in round
numbers, for the benefit of the children of
her plain, everyday people All in all,
Mississippi deserves more credit than great
Texas, or rich Tennessee, or richer Georgia.
In the all-important matter of public edu-
cation Georgia is not "the empire state of
the SOUTH and yet Georgia is doing we'll
in the task of handling her percentage of
illiteracy. 1t has been handsomely reduced
already, and there is a fixed determination
in the state to reduce 1t still farther
The debate in the house on Thursday at
Montgomery afforded plain evidence that
Alabama does not propose to wrestle much
longer with North Carolina and New
Mexico for the tail-end position This state
only asks now for little time to turn her.
self in. The money needed, let US hope,
will be forthcoming, but about three years
are needed in which to show results in
official figures. AS long, however, as the
states policy is right and Interchangeable, no
one will grumble, and all will await results
patiently, hopefully and confidently.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
THE CASE OF CITIZEN sAMno BowLEs

From the New York Sun.
The case of Citizen Sambo Bowles, Of
Agawam, Mass, is little strange. His
successive states of excitement may be cat
alogued as follows:
1. Wild against the war.
II. Wilder against annexation.
III. Widest against Mr.. Mckinley.
All the ,wickedness of war, all the devil
try of the Malay when the arrack gets in
it's best work, have become merged, to the
ccntorted intellectuals of Citizen Sambo
Bowles of Agawam in the exceeding greater
wickedness of William Mckinley. What
the Hon. William Lloyd Garrison of Bos-
ton thinks of football, that does Citizen
Sambo Bowles of Agawam think of Mr..
Mckinley.
AS Mr.. Mckinley never did anything to
Citizen Sambo Bowles and probably never
even heard of him, the supreme rage of
Sanbo is the more remarkable:
'First he got mad,
And then he got madden;
Was 1t his head or
Just his gall-bladder?"
When George Dewey sailed into Manila
bay, who could foresee that Citizen Eambo
Bowles, once an innocent little pastoral
poet in the meads of Agawam, would never
know another happy day?
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
UNITED STATES now AN EMPIRE

From the New Orleans Picayune.
1t is now an established fact that the
United States has suddenly developed into
an empire, extending to several different
and distant portions of the globe. With
Alaska the Hawaiian islands, Cuba, Porto
Rico, Guam and the Philippines added to
our territory, we have suddenly developed
great colonial appendage. The addition
of Is, 900 900 people to our population is ire
mendous expansion as a result of war
lasting barely ninety days. 1t would be
folly to disguise the fact that the great
mass of American people sympathize with
the policy of expansion but many public
men fear the reaction which must inevita-
bly, follow this sudden and abnormal ener-
gy, and are justly apprehensive of the in
ternational complications which are sure to
arise sooner or later as a result of our COM
ing into closer contact with the powers of
Europe in that prolific field of dispute in
the far east.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
AN EARNEST ADVOCATE

From the Tuscumbia Dispatch.
We doubt if there is a more earnest advo-
cate of education and a constitutional COLI
vention than The Age-Herald of Birming-
ham. This paper has done more toward
a convention than any other daily paper in
the state and it's editorials along this line
during the last month are very instructive
and we feel that It's ideas will not be dread
cast upon the water"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
Grover Cleveland and Thomas Jefferson

The ponderous mind of ex-President
this time the great brain finds expression
in two or three brief and Ineligible sem
fences dictated to an interviewer, instead
of a letter made up of long sentences con-
tanning his customary number of unrelated
phrases.
1T am opposed" he says, ito all this an
nexation from Hawaii to the Philippines"
AS the Philippines have not been annexed,
and may never be annexed-Spain merely
terminating her own sovereignty-they
must be left out of the case. Mr.. Cleve-
land has logged them in prematurely. But
he covers the ground when he says. 81 am
opposed to every feature of this annexation
and expansion policy" Just when Profess
sor Charles Eliot Norton and the Boston
berson, of Texas. that farther opposition
was useless, because We've done expand
ed" the Princeton seer snatches up mop
portunely, as is his want, the fallen and
out-of-date banner, waving 1t frantically.
The trouble with Mr.. Grover Clevelands
policy is, it demands too much. To be
consistent we must give Hawaii back to
Queen ILL.,. and Alaska to the czar. Lii Is
no doubt willing, because she wants to cut
a few obnoxious heads off, but II the czar
should be unwilling to take back a district
that he cannot defend against England, we
may be compelled to go to war to compel
him to take it back, demanding, Of course,
with interest the money that Mr. Seward
paid his esteemed ancestor.
Then, too, Mr.. Thomas Jefferson, the
country's greatest land-grabber. must be
repudiated and severely condemned and his
ill-gotten acquisitions must be returned to
France; Spain must be forced to take back
Florida, including the port of Mobile, and
to avoid isolation and to keep our record ON
straight. Mexico must be begged to take
back the California orange groves, sea
lions, big redwood trees and washed-out
placsrs.
This annexation and expansion policy, in
the words of the Princeton ex-statesman,
must be stopped He is agin' It, He and
Mr.. Paramount Bount point with pride to
their Hawaiian record. Old Tom Jefferson
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
UP-TO-DAIE WEDDINGS
From the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.
If the guests are to have their moneys
worth every wedding must be on the pro-
cession order, and flower girls, pages,
bridesmaids and maids of honor must be
thrown in by the wholesale to make good
measure to the man who puts up $40 for a
wedding gift to see the show. No high
priced opera with an orchestra of fifty
pieces costs more. If there is no process
sion, but only little old bride and little
old bridegroom to look at the man who
bought wedding present has been bum
coed.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
GOULD IN MS NEW HOME

From a New York Dispatch.
Howard Gould gave up his rooms in the
Holland house Thursday and moved into
a home on Fifth avenue, which place he has
leased for the season. Mr.. Gould spent the
dast few years of his bachelerhood at the
Holland house, and when he returned from
his honeymoon, after his marriage to Miss
Katherine Clemmons, he took his bride to
the hotel until the house on Fifth avenue
could be made ready for their occupancy.
The house is a handsome one. The Gouids
have made only a few trifling changes in
the interior decorations and furnishings.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
ALWAYS HITS 1T

From the Chicago Tribune.
"What does the weather man mean when
he says it will be partly cloudy?'"
'Well, If it's cloudy part of the day and
clear the rest of the day. or If it is not ex-
actly cloudy, but merely hazy or if 1t is
cloudy in one part of the country and clear
in other parts, he hits it-dont you see?'
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
No girl over twenty can give any good
excuse for falling in love.
No woman ever made home happy for her
husband and kept parrot.
Life to a woman is series of SURPRISES,
to man it is series of shocks.
Probably it never had occurred to the king
that Daniel might eat the lions.
During the first five years of his mr""'-z-
life aman works hardest keeping
away from his wife During the mex
his wife works hardest keeping
away from the neighbors.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
KITCHENER's CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS
From the London Weekly.


General Kitchener is a martinez in the
observance of rules, and is severe in pun
ishments. He comes down rather heavily
on drunkenness, and for this reason has
made himself to a certain extent unpopular
with some of his soldiers. Rogers, his body
servant, is a teetotalleri which is an eX-
ceedingly rare thing to find in the ranks
of Tommy Atkins. "Kitchener's Cure for
Drunkenness" is a bywod among his men.
Once taken it is never forgotten. The Gull
prit is logged out in full marching equip
ment, which is a matter of sixty pounds,
and is then compelled to carry in each hand
a bag of shot weighing fifty pounds.
sergeant and guard are put over the vic
tim to see that he does not stop walking
or drop the shot A man is sometimes kept
at this "shot drill for six hours.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Surgeon General Sternberg fairly placed
the blame for the lack of medical supplies
upon Secretary Alger, although he, in his
testimony, and the whitewash board in the
form of their questions, tried to shield the
head of the department.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

must be toppled down from his PEDESTAL;
all democratic history and precedent must
be reversed; for down to date not foot
of territory has been added to this country
except at the hands of democratic presi-
dents-not foot. and the country is four
times larger than it was when George
Washington was inaugurated in New York
city. almost within sight of Princeton it.
self
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
FAMILY REPRESENTATION

From the New York Journel.
Toadies to wealth, sycophants to power,
whether they call themselves republicans
or democrats, naturally look with favor
upon the intention of the Vanderbilts TO
send their man Depew to the senate of the
United States Livery is the proper wear
of these lackeys of the press, who have
lost their sense of American manhood, If
they ever possessed 1t. Depew will repre-
sent them we'll.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
COULD NOT STAND ALONE

From the st. Louis Republic.
The Dingley bill is getting behind the war
tax measure and Boosting what a revenue
raiser it is. When the war tax measure is
repealed-if it ever is-the Dingley bill will
be amended so hard and much that 1t will
be compelled to take on another name for
Identification purposes.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
KNEW IT

From the Atlanta Constitution.
"Marse Tom" said the old family serv-
ant, 81 wish you'd please, sub, gimme my
Christmas gif.'
"Why, Christmas is a month off yet!'
1T knows dat, sub, but den L knows you,
too; mos inginrully, when Christmas
come, yous too drunk ter know whut day
it iSr'
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
STILL ANOTHER oBJEUrIoN

From the St. Louis Republic
In days to come no Philippine representa-
tive should be permitted to enter the house
Of our fathers at Washington unless he
shall first eschew the fashion of his con-
stituents Of wearing only a napkin on full
dress occasions.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

The map-makers do not know when to
get their new maps ready, now that the
United States of Central America has gone
to pieces and the Mad Mullah is moving.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
IT'S GRAND DUTY

From the Admission Republican.
Tossay the least of 1t, the present general
assembly cannot perform its duty to i1u.
mainly, to free labor or to the democratic
party without making an effort to get the
convicts out of the mines.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
THE RIGHT THING ALL AROUND

From the Providence Journal
Nothing could be more appropriate than
that congress should vote a gold medal for
Miss Helen Gould for her patriotic munifi-
cence. She has deserved honor at the hands
of her countrymen, and it adds to the fit.
ness of the proposed tribute that General
Joe Wheeler should stand sponsor to it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
LEGALIZED PRIMARIES

From the Admission Index.
The time of general adoption of primaries
in Alabama will be greatly FASTENED by
passing the primary election bill introduced
in the senate by Senator Abercrombie; and
it or some bill of like character should be
passed during the present session.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Governor Roosevelt will endeavor, 1t Is
thought. to show that he is the strong man
that the country needs on the banks of the
Potomac.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

The effort to except counties from the
operation of an optional bill but demon
strates the eccentricity of legislators.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Three men were taken from the lower
house of congress for gubernatorial service,
and the upper house continues to be a re-
treat for ex-governors
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

epochal; but 1t has yet to deal with the ter
ribIe subject of illiteracy, and this surely
will not be stumbling block to its histor-
ieal prominence.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

The esteemed Congressional Record has
resumed. and its smiling and familiar face
greets us, so to speak. each morning.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Author Carnegie is losing his grip on the
ink bottle. He is becoming fabby, but then
his pet subject is built that way.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

This country cannot consistently and with
straight face send delegates to the czar' IS
peace conference while 1t is organizing a
bigger army and bigger navy.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Birmingham may be below the snow line,
but 1t is not far enough below it to feel
altogether comfortable at getting-up time.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Treaties signed under protest are just as
binding and effective as any other kind.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

The school debate in the house cleared
the atmosphere and disclosed the situation,
although 1t advanced no legislation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
His First step in Crime

From the Chicago Tribune.
SIS this your first robbery" asked the
magistrate.
mo, your honor" answered the prison.
er, bent on making clean breast of II. ST
used to sell opera librettos."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

A constitutional convention in August Is
assured, If the people of the state so desire.
and they certainly do.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Two more ambassadors are probable in
close the Enthusiastically list.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

The production of coal in West Virginia
is rapidly rising. and the production in
Alabama should follow suit.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
NOT ONE,

From the Admission Hot Blast.
We do not know Of a single democratic
paper in the state opposed to the holding
of constitutional convention.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10
1T WILL BE MORE

From the Sheffield Reaper.
A bill to increase the public school ex-
penditure 10 cents per child has been IN
troduced in the legislature. Ten cents is
some more liberality.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

To keep Off malaria, keep the mouth shut
say the doctors. This prescription ii
good for other than physical ills.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Alabama is enjoying this winter legsla-
ture that is really and truly representative.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Spain protests she did not blow up the
Maine, but she has taken no steps towards
showing who did.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

The Oregon and Iowa are steaming along,
and they are not headed towards Cadiz
this time.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

Mr.. Plat has decided to let the president
appoint Constituent Choate to the English
ambassadorship.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

While the present cold spell lasts, the
open-door policy should be rejected.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

A Cyrano nose is not needed in the city
prison in order to ascertain the nature
of its plumbing
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

The legislative proceedings become more
interesting as the time for the long recess
draws near.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

The Cyrano craze is In the afternoon
tea stage of development.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

The legislature of 1898 promises to be
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-10

demands hot drink, said the proprietor
of a place of public resort, as he dropped
into lobby chair and looked lazy. .Hot
Tom and Jerry is in fashion again. If it
ever did go out of fashion, and that bev-
erage requires time to prepare. And more
and more every day men require mixed
drinks. Ten years ago a skillful bartefl-
der could serve three times as many Gus
toners in a given length of time as he can
serve today. Then more men took theirs
straight. Now 1t is the rarest thing that
customer calls for his straight. He runs
to mixed and fancy drinks. Men have
fallen into the habit of calling for Man
haitian cocktails in the afternoon, an abom-
Unable habit, to be sure. These fads and
fancies on the part of the drinking public
treble the work of bartenders. And the
business is not what it used to be. There
are not half as many men buying drinks
now as there used to be. 1t is good bar
that can take in $50 or SIS day. Receipts
of such a bar formerly ran into the hun
dreds of dollars"
''The death of John G. ,Lugenbeel deprives
Montgomery of one of Its most accom-
plished young men," said visitor from the
state capital last night. "Lugenbeel had
been sick for a month. suffering from some
liver trouble, and his funeral services took
place this afternoon. He entered West
Point in 1s77, and remained in that military
school for year or two giving much prom
Use of brilliant career in the armyi but
he was forced to resign on account Of fall
ing eyssight. His father was q colonel tn
the regular army and his grandfather was
an army officer.