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The age-herald., 1898-01-13
leqisIative Div0rces.

Delaware has a new constitution and when the legislature of the little state meets next week tt will lack the power to grant dlvorces. The old constitution did not anticipate that the legislature of the state would become a divorce mill. It was silent on the subject, and the leg islature assumed the power to grant divorces, as, of course, it had the right to do in the absence of constitutional restrictions. The courts of the state also grant dLvorees, but there was less delay, and Ness investigation, in 1egfs- lative ddvorces than in court divorces. The presentation of a bill in the legdsla- ture is an easy matter, so easy that some divorces were granted without the intervention of an attorney at all Di- vorces, att least for home parties, were cheap. Divorce bills, says one corre- spondent, would sometimes remain in the hands of the divorce committee sev eral weeks. The applicant would become uneasy over the delay, but a little pres sure would bring a report, and the re- port would be apt to cover all accumu- lations of business, all of which would be disposed of by the legislature in an hour. or even fn so short space of time as half an hour. Toward the close of the session of the last legisla- ture eight divcrce bills were passed in twelve minutes. That beat the record, even in Delaware, and the constitution al convention soon after concluded that such records were not a credit to the state, and it took the divorce power wholly away from the legislature. Here after evidence and cross-eXaminations and publicity and legal expenses will accompany divorce cases in Delaware as they do in other states.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
TELEPHONE CALLS.
Bank Reform Propositions.

Those good people who are trying to inject a little elasticity and helpfulness into the national banking system, desire a circulation based on commercial as- sets. The meaning of the phrase there fcre becomes Important.
 Commercial assets may be described as the quick assets of a book-the notes it holds that come due in a short time. These notes are given by merchants, manufacturers and othsr like active buan4 ss men. In the reports of banks the item "loans and discounts" substan- tially covers its commercial assets in the new sense of the term. Cash on hand or anything that calls for cash on de- mand is, however, included. As rule notes held by banks do not run longer than ninety days. A banks commer- cial assets, in othar words are daily turned into cash. In the average e'ght per cent. week of its outstanding dis counts, is paid in
 There can not be amy reasonable doubt of the security afforded to circulating notes by the plan of the monetary com mission. The total assets behind the circulating notes wsuId in fact be the entire resources of the banks, or fully seven times the face value of the notes. The loans and discounts alone would be four times the value of the notes. Repres sntative McCleary says that "the actual specie, legal tender notes and certificates of deposit in the hands of banks, with the fund of $10,021 ,689 in the hands of the United States treasurer for the current redemption of notes, not to speak of other cash items constitute a fund of about $S9S, 900, 900, or nearly four-fifths the value of the proposed notes"
 If indeed a congress will not concede to the people absolute free banking by the repeal of the ten per cent. tax upon circulation, then the plan of the mone- tary commission for currency based uIAon commercial assets, is the next best thing in sight Almost anything is better than the present plan-a plan that produces congestion in the great money centers, and scarcity of money everywhere else.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
Home Patriotism.

Don't croak; be a citizen; do your dutylTuscaIoosa is a-coming," says the Tuscaloosa Gazette. Now, that's the correct spirit the genuine thing. That is patriotism. Some people have an idea that patriotism is only found on the bat tlefleld or in the halls of congress. Home patriotism precedes, if it does not out rank, the distant and rather strained variety. The man that does not love alis own community and will not do all that lies in his power to advance its tnterest, surely cannot be trusted to Fove his country, which is his larger community. The croaker at home is not a patriot there or anywhere else. He is nuisance, a hindrance to better men, an obstacle, bump on log; and if he could see himself as others see him, he would see compound of con- celft, selfishness and short-sightedness.
 Really the first duty of a citizen is to defend his own town, to explain from a favorable point of view its advantages at every opportunity to make the most of its merits overlooking it's demerts i; to promote dts trade and magnify it's reputation. As the Gazette puts it, ''be citizen, do your duty" That calls for affirmative action When the Ga zette says, "don't croak," it simply says, don't be an idiot.
 And when you think of it, the town is the unit of the state. When a man stands up in all places and at all times for his own town, he is really serving sn the upIbuilding of the state, and through the state, of the American re- public. The unit is the town. Unless the units are prosperous and hopeful and philosophical, neither the state nor the country can have those quaT- tics. So real patriotism. not buncomb,
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
Cotton Mills Again.

The Macon Telegraph is altogether mistaken when it says "cotton mill should only be started when the demand is specific"-in other words, when there is a specific market for the goods it expects to make" This is error, pure and simple. A mill that makes coarse cotton goods or yarns does not need specific demand any more than a far mer does who has bale of cotton to sell. The Avondale mills intend to make print cloths. Its managers do rdt know and do not care to know when their goods win be sold. They know they can command the market price; they know print cloths are always salabie; they further know that a spe- cific demand would not give them more
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
WHY WE DO NOT LIVE LONGER.

Almost all persons die of disappointment, personal mental or bodily toll or accident. The passions kill men sometimes even sud- denly. The common expression, "choked with rage" has little exaggeration in it; for, even though not suddenly fatal, strong passions shorten life.
 > Strong bodied men often die young, weak men live longer than the strong, for the strong use their strength and the weak have none to use-the latter take care of themselves, the former do not. As it is with the body, so it is with the mind and the temper; the strong are apt to break, or like the candeI run; the weak burn out. The inferior animals, which live temperate lives, have generally their prescribed term of years. Thus, the horse lives 25 years, the OK 15 or 20, the hog 10 or 12, the rabbit 8, the guinea pig to 2. The numbers all bear proportion to the time the animal takes to grow to it's full size. But man, of all animals, is one that seldom comes up to the average He ought to live 100 years, according to the psychological law. for five times twenty are 100, but instead of that he scarcely reaches an average of four times the growing period. The reason Is obvious-man is not only the most irregular and most incorporate, but the most labor ious and hard-working of all animals. He is always the most irritable, and there is reason to believe, though we cannot tell what an animal secretly feels, that, moro than any other animal, man cherishes wrath to keep 1t warm, and consumes him. self with the fire of his own reflections
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES.

One cold morning 4-year-old Fannie's mamma began washing her hands in cold water, but she drew back, exclaiming: That waters too cold, mamma; please cook it some.''-s
 Little Edgar. aged 3, was very fond of lemon drops, and one day while he was out on the porch a sudden and violent hail. storm came up. "Oh oh!" he exclaimed, with delight, t.It's wainen' tandy."
 A 5-year-old city miss was visiting in the country for the first time, and she hap pened to notice the cattle enjoying their cud Say grandpa!" she exclaimed "does you have to buy gum for all the cows to chew?
 Little Mamie had heard her Sunday school teacher speak of backsliders, and one rainy Sunday morning, when her mother thought it best for her not to attend Sunday school. she said: "I've just got to go, for teacher says if we don't come every Sunday our backs will slide"
 "You may spell smallpox, Tommy" said the teacher to one of the juvenile class Tommy made several attempts, but failed. "Wen," said the teacher, 'what do you think boy ought to get who fails on a simple word like 'smalipox? " "He ought to get vaccinated," answered Tommy.
 Little Johnny was saying his prayers at his mothers knee. and she was helping him out with her suggestions. "Bess and take care of the little lambs of the flock" said mamma Johnnie knew that he was in- cluded among the lambs, and he reasoned that parents should not be forgotten. "Bless and take care of the little lambs of the flock" he repeated; then added: "And I guess you had better look after the old sheep. too"
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

than the market price, and so they have not sought it. and do not need it. So 1t is with any goods made at present n southern mills. Possibly If a mali were making novelties or goods so fine that only a limited quantity could be sold, it would be well to know the mar ket for such goods and "the chances of hold ng it.' Southern mills do not make such goods, and do not expect to make them very soon.
 If the Telegraph means to say that The Age-Herald would not have to travel far to find unproftable cotton mills, it is again mistaken There are no such mills in Alabama, big or little. A careful scrutiny cf the list does not show one that is En a had way. The Telegraph is invited to name one. There are two points of view-that of the mill owners who have a good thing and who do not desire too much competition, and that of the southern people, who desire to see all cotton man. QuIle diIllu Lue COllOAh ASAN'. The Telegraph prefers to consider the question from the mill owners point of view. The Age-TIerald prefers to has ten a movement that is plainly desira- ble and ine vitable, and that means very much to the whole southern country. The general good $ better than the good of few scattered mill owners Employment fer the many is better than fat dividends for the few. The Charleston News and Courier thus ex- pressed hast Monday the desire, the hope, the best amhit on of this section:
 'The duty and interest of the south is to push that development with all the money and means of it's own that 1t can command The mills we have are the results ma nly of such effort on our part in the past Like independent ana earnest effort will add to their number every year. It is a work in which ev- cry community can and should take part There is ample room in the south fer five times ths number of mills we have now, and it will have thsm, sooner or later. The oEly question is when and where they will be built. And that question every pri lgrasstve city and town and village Will decide in part for itself"
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
Birminuham Entitled to It.

The state democratic executive com nllttee has been called to meat on the 22d of next month to set a time and place for the holding eff the democratic state convention. It has been the cus- tom in the past to held all democratic state conventions at the capital. If Montgomery possessed superior advan- tagss over Birmingham there would be reasons why the next convention should be held in that city. Birmingham is in every way competent to take charge of the convention and render to the dele gates hospftable and competent enter tainment. Birmingham has very large hotel accommodations than enough to accommodate twice the num- Der of people who would attend state convention. There are more railroads centering in Birmingham than in any city in the state. In fact, there are nu- merous reasons why the convention should be held this year in this city. Because the conventions have heretofore been held in Montgomery establishes no reason that the convention cannot be held elsewhere this year or future years. Birmingham is easier of approach by rail from the n1aj jority of counties than any other city in the state. More than 75 per cent. elf the delegates can reach Birmingham with much greater ease and in less tfr1e than they can Mont gtomery.
 Why should Birmingham not have the convention? It is true Montgomery is amply able to take care of It in very good style That docs not argue that Birmingham cannot do the same thing. Why should the conve nfs3ons always be held in the same city? Especially when Birmingham is upon equality in every respect with Montgomery. In other states more than one city, both political par ties distribute their conventions through out the state. This is just and proper. No one city should have a monopoly on conventions. If Alabama had capital and it centrally located as against all other cities, then there would be some excuse for holding all conventions at that point
 It would be foolish to attempt to de- tract from Montgomery's facilities for entertaining state conventions. They are good, but not amy better than those of Birmingham. As Montgomery has so long had all the state conventions of the party it would be nothing more than proper that it should be given to Bir- mingham, at least once out of many years, and let this be the year. When the auditorium is completed, which will be in few weeks, it VIII be the largest building of the kind in the state, and one with sufficient capacity to hold the largest political convention that has ever assembled, or in all probability, ever will asss mible in the state of Alabama. The committee having in charge the matter should, out of a spirit of fairness, conoede to Birmingham the fight of the convention for 1S9S
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

but the real article begins like charity at home Don't eroak; be dtizen, do your uty-Tuscaloosa is a-coming." Substitute the respective name of the town, and every one then has perfect rule of action in all relations to com munfty, state or country.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
ACCIDENTALLY ON TIME.

Peculiar accident on your line this aft ernoon, wasn't it?" remarked the village postmaster to the station agent.
 "Accident!" exclaimed the agent; "why, there was no accident that I know of.'
 "It happened to the accommodation due here at 2:10 What time did it get in to- day?" asked the p. m.
 "At 2:10; exactly on time,' replied the representative of the soulless corporation.
 'So I understood" continued the village stamp-canceler, land, as remarked before, it vas a peculiar accident"
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News. t.
 The perfumer is always a man of scents. Millionaires are always capital fellows. The front-door mat is frequently crossed in love.
 All the pictures in the rogues gallery are not steal engravings.
 A father should always be known by the company his daughter keeps
 The wise farmer leaves no stone unturned especially the grindstone.
 Corn in the field is shocked, but when it is made into whisky it is shocking.
 The price a woman pays for complexion improver is always a handsome sum. mans door he is in a neighboring saloon. The counterfeiter may have been brought well, but he always turns out queer.
 An old man in his second childhood is never as idiotic as the young father in his first babyhoOd.
 The average man finds it difficult to live up to the salary he wants his friends to believe he is getting.
 There are heroes and heroes, but the Ohio man who recently eloped with his mother-in-law is in a class all by himself.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
THE SCENT OF ROSES

The scent of roses comes back to me yet From the dew-wet gardens of youth, Where I walked with Love through the
 summer time,
 With heart full of faith and truth. I quaffed the red wine from the lips of
 Love-
 And I fearlessly clasped his hand. As with rioting pulse he led me forth, Through the towering summer lana. o g,amorous days that my heart hath
 known, Ard hea IItif,Il shmmering moonlit nightSI To the springtime of life you belong Jro,. the roses of youth are withered now. And the pulse of Love beats slow; But the fragrant scent from their glowing sll. sweetens my life, know.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

Now that Bob Taylor is out of the sena- torlal race in Tennessee, the hope that the fiddle might be used in the senate for the accommodation of Senator Morgan's hula hula girls has gone glimmering.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

If Senator Chandler should be made member of the proposed new bi-metallic commission there will be at least one mem- Der who will be able to twist the lions tail with neatness and dispatch.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

The most astounding thing of all the trouble at Columbus was that the advice of Calvin S. Brice was needed by three democratic members of the legislature.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertising rates, daily and Sunday is sues, dollar per inch, first insertion; 70 cents per inch each insertion thereafter. Monthly contracts for display advertising of inches more daily, 60 cents per inch each insertion. Regular large display ad- vertisers running annual contracts will be given the minimum rate of 50 cents per inch for each insertion. Reading notices, 20 cents per line, nonpareil.
 Weekly issue-One dollar per inch each insertion. Reading notices, 25 cents per line.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

Perhaps Russell Sage lost his grip on Wall street by having acquired a case of humps, when no one else in that locality had anything like it. There is danger when a man tries to corner the market.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

When MT. Grosvenor announced that he would have nothing more to do with the man occupving the place of governor of Ohio he no doubt strengthened his pull at the White House, and will have access to a portion of MT. Hanna's barrel in the next canpaign.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

The theatrical trust will eventually have its back broken and the promoters may also go broke. If so then theatrical mat ters will be as they should be.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

Joaquin Miller, with one ear frozen oif and his nose and one cheek badly dam aged by the Klondike cold no doubt real izes that hunting gold under the snow and ice isfnot as pleasant as writing poetry from the mountain peaks in the Saharas.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
LOOKING FOR INFORMATION.

Customer-Is the cashier in? Clerk-Yes he's in. Customer-Where is he? Clerk-In Canada. Customer-Is the proprietor inf Clerk-No, he's out. Customer-How much?
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

King Croker, in attempting to name the next democratic candidate for president, may find many more men engaged in the same business.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

Bob Fitzsimons should accept Corbett' s challenge to fight to a finish. It could be quickly done, not requiring the half of fourteen rounds.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

The uprising of the Seminole Indians was nothing as compared to that which took place by the enemies of Mark Hanna one day last week.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

The most advice now being given to the democratic party is by those who in the past have tried to injure the party all they could.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

It is certain that Ignatius Donnelly never tried reading his cryptogram to his type writer. soon to become his bride before he was sure of the engagement. MT. Don nelly is a f-the-road populist and understands his business, though he does shave all of his face at least once week.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

The passing of Russell Sage from power in Well street may mean that other rob bers are to come to the front.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

Money from Mark Hanna's barrel has given the first sign of prosperity in Ohio since the election of his man Mckinley
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

There was an abundance of Reeds rules when the speaker applied the thumb screws to the debate on the anti-civil service bill
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

It might not be bad idea for those Ala bama republicans who want office at Washington to first adopt the Immigration process.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

Gas at one dollar is three times moro than it is worth.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

Henry Watterson has so far completely ture.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

Remittances can be made by express postoffice money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

David Bennett Hill seems to have made his silence at Wolfort's Roost perpetual.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

Bribery, poodle and bluff were MT Hanna's chief sinews of war.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13

Greater New York seems to be wickeder New York.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
A MODERN NOVEL.

Chapter I. Maid One. Chapter II. Man Too. Chapter III. Maid Won. Chapter ". Lovers Two. Chapter V. Made One.
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
BORN DIPLOMAT

He-True. darling; but that was simply for practice that I might not appear ridi- culous when I proposed to you'
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
THE MODERN VERSION.

From the Chicago News.
 He-"Miss Willing-Clara-I never loved any one but you. Will you be mine?"
 She-"But you have proposed to three other girls within week, I've been told"
The age-herald., 1898-01-13
srRsCRIpTIoN RATEs.

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The age-herald., 1898-01-13
Marks barrel proved friend in the right

place.
, 1898-05-18
GREAT NAVAL VICTORY
IN MANILA HARBOK.
IN. Y. Rsrold, 3rd Mdy.)

Manila, Monday, $50 A.M.-Commodoro
Dewey's squadron completely destroyed the
Spanish fleet in Manila Harhor 'arly yester-
day morning. Three of Admiral Montojo's
ships wore burned, one was sunk, aud the
rest OF the Spanish war ships rendered hors
de combat by the American guns.
Our feet entered Manila Bay yesterday
morning at five o'clock, and and anchoIing be-
fore C4vite, the ships t,ok up THEN positions
in line Of battle.
Cavite Forts Opened Fire.
The forts on shore at once opened fire on
our ships at long range, and the, Spanish
feet, anchored off C"vite, Immediately fol-
lowed with their heavy guns.
Commodore Dewey's f"gShip, the Olympia,
then signalled the rest of the American feet
10 draw closer to shore, and soon afterWard
our ships opened a terrific c"nnonade
After half an hours hot lighting Dewey's
, 1898-05-18
TRYING TO EXPLAIN DEFEAT AT
MANILA.

London. Monday.-The Madlid CORES
pondent of the London Standard says
"Considerable surprise and disappointment
has been caused by the destruction done by
the American fleet, as it had been officially
stated that the authorities at Manila had
received sixty torpedoe4 and heavy guns to
strengthen the coaSt defcncrs, particularly
he defences commading the two channels
on the right and left of COrregidOr Island,
Tie Madrid correspondent of the Daily
Mail says
at is suggested here that the half br reeds
at the Manila arsenal, who are rebels at heart
cut the cables connecting with the subma-
rine mines and thus enabled Commodore
Dewey to force the harbor in safety.
NO real bombardmeut will be necessary