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The age-herald., 1898-03-18
Missouri Wants a
Matrimonial Commission
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Ohio having proposed to regulate matri- monial alliances within the borders or her commonwealth, has proven an inspiration to other states.
 Now Missouri is discussing the question seriously and it is considered probaple that a bill will be introduced into the legislature of that state similar to the one proposed in Ohio. The medical fraternity of Missouri will endorse this measure and will lend the weight of its influence toward making it a law The concern of the eiti- zens of Missouri is due to the following unfortunate family history which has re- gently been brought to public attention.
 The head of this afflicted family is Mrs. Nancy Ferrill, 65 years old, and widow. Her children and grandchildren i've ln the same house with her She owns the 1arm, consisting of forty acres, but she ana her sons are incapable of managing the place. She has been in feeble health for number of years, and is suffering from derangement that is hereditary in her fami- ly.
 It was stated to the court that her ten children and nearly all her grandchildren are also weak-minded, and all unable to provide the ordinary necessities of life. In the hard winter months the imbeciles were without food and until their neighbors learned of their plight and took measures among themselves to provide for them.
 ADpuCaIlOn was Illeu III Ille pTODdte Coui for the appointment of guardian for Mrs. Nancy Ferrill, in order that the farm on which she lives may be leased or sold for her benefit What will become of her nu- merous progeny when this small resource is exhausted is impossible to say, but they will probably be placed on the regular roll of county pensioners, as there seems to be no hope of any escaping the legacy that has become the common inheritance. None of Mrs. Ferrills children is violently insane, but all are so weak mentally as to be absolutely disqualified from taking care of themselves They inherit this weakness from their mother one of whose parents was almost idiot.
 Mrs. Ferrill has been resident of Buch- anan county Missouri, for twenty years, and she and her husband were in rather comfortable circumstances financially. Her children are weaker mentally than she is, and her grandchildren are helpless imbe- ciles. There are great number of them.
 This remarkable illustration of the hered- itary tendency of mental disease was dis cussed in one of the medical colleges of St. Joseph. The bill which is before the Ohio legislature prohibiting the marriage of imbeciles, lunatics and drunkards, was produced and read, and the measure was warmly indorsed by the leading members of the faculty.
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noon at a:so o'clock with Miss Mary sholl.

noon at 3:S0 o'clock with Miss Mary Sholl.
 Mrs. c. s. Simmons returned Wednesday night from an extended trip to Baltimore.
 Olive Schreiner is one of the most con eistent advocates for the emancipation of women. She throws the responsibility on the shoulders of the women themselves, and thinks 1t beside the mark to demand the franchise from men, Mrs. Sarah A. Tooley asserts that the author of "The Story of an African Farm ''hates personal sketches like poison, and that as much as we honor her earnestness of character, 1t becomes at times a little morbid" She lacks humor and the capacity to see more than one side to an argument, which may be the cause of her strength as a teacher of lofty morality. Oliver Schreiner has no idea of building up a fortune by her liter ary efforts. She has always been poor woman, and ds likely to die one. The hoard Ing of money and the accumulation Of dn- terest is against her socalistic ideas. Her views of life may in measure account for the fact that so little has come from her pen since her first brilliant success. When she has published it has been in the hope of conveying some message that will aid others to do good. Writing with her is a religion, and it is only now and again that
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IN THE SOCIAL REALM.
BY MRS. oEoRoE Q. sALL-----..vysv


flap cut off square or one so pointed that the extreme point comes almost to the bot tom of the envelope
 A silk skirt Is one of the things that can be made successfully at home, so there is no reason why it should be lacking in the wardrobe of woman. Nothing looks worse than white petticoat on the street. It stamps the wearer at once as being badly dressed. The silk skirt is cleanly light and is the only garment of it's kind which adjusts itself properly to the outer skirt. In the long run it is also the most eoonomi- cal
 Eight yards of taffeta will make a pretty skirt, with ruffies, and for 75 cents yard a very desirable quality can be purchased. Of course, these are only sample skirts, with two or more narrow ruffles, but they serve admirably for all purposes to which the average woman wdll put them.
 An umbrella, to be considered chic must have a Louis XIV. or Louis XVI. cane handle of colored enamel or tortoiseshell. Steel Is used for round knobs. Crutch knobs are studded with diamonds, pearls, an dother precious stones An original handle represents a swans head of silver, with beak of solid gold, whilst the neck is encircled with damor70s.
 Another amendment recently added to the constitution governing the costuming of brides, etc., the great importance of trim ming the hair with a lofty garniture of snowy ostrich plumes. All the pre-Lenten brides had their heads dressed almost pre- cisely as for a presentation at the court of St. James. Enormous feathers were used and the veil of tulle or lace flowed back in a short drapery on to the train. Another novelty in nuptial attire is the brides chatelaine and the new custom is for the mother to fasten it at her daugh- ter's waist the moment before she leaves
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
HOW CHILDREN SHOULD STUDY.
Berlin Pedagogue Thinks Holidays Should Be
 ThickIY Distributed.

From the New York Times.
 So much time has been devoted to the dis cussion Of what should be studied by chil- dren and how 1t should be taught that comparatively little has been employed in solving the problem perhaps almost inn portant as either of the other two-the problem of when the studying and teach ing should be done. A Berlin pedagogue has taken up this neglected branch of the great subject and his investigations have had interesting and suggestive results. 4
 The best working days, he says, are Mon- days and Tuesdays or amy two that come directly after a holiday. The obvious de- tluction is that the insertion of full holi- day in the middle of the week would tend to the keeping up of mental activity among school children and so add to the amount of read work accomplished. Those hours of the day. as well as those of the week, which follow rest are most valuable, and it is advised that the first two hours of the morning be reserved for the tasks which children find most fatiguing. Re- garding vacations, this authority asserts that they are at present needaessly long, but far from sufficiently frequent. The re- freShing effect o4 each vacation is demon- strated in every schoolroom It is no greater, however, after two months of play than after one, and it lasts no longer.
 In this connection the value of impetus must also be taken into account, and it would hardly do to alternate months Of idleness with months of work, but the fact remains that the periods of activity are now too prolonged. The Berlin man says that the studies most fatiguing to child minds are, in order mathematics, foreign languages. gymnastics ana. TOT many singing and drawing, while the nat ural sciences and history cause little strain. He is surprisingly emphatic fin opposing gymnase;c exercises for the young, and as serts that they are no substitute for sleep, baths and walks
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
GIANTS OF PATAGONIA.
The Tehuelches Average but Little Under Six
 Feet.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript
 The tribes to the east of the Cordilleras, in southern Patagonia, belong to Araucani- an stock, and are superior race. The Te- huelches-as they call themselves-of south- ern and eastern Patagonia are the people whose unusual stature gave rise to the fa- bies Of early days to the effect that the natives of this region were giants, averag- ing or 10 feet in height. It is a fact that they are the tallest human beings in the world, the men averaging but slightly less than feet, while individuals of four to six inches above that mark are not un- common. They are in reality by no means savages, but somewhat civilized barbara
The age-herald., 1898-03-18

club were the guests of Mrs. John Sibley on Yesterday afternoon. The following programme was rendered:
 "Frederick William ". of Prussia," Mrs. E. J. McCrossin.
 "The Hungarian Revolutlon," Kossuth; Mrs. H. D. Merrill.
 "The suabian Group of Poets," Mrs. c. P. Orr.
 Reading from Uhland, Mrs. Newbert.
 The club will meet on next Thursday af- ternoon with Mrs. Merrill.
 Mir and Mrs. Morris Berke will soon leave for New York city, which they con- template making their future home. They will carry with them the good wishes of Q large circle of Birmingham friends.
 At the rehearsal of "Judas Maccabaeus" on Wednesday evening at Temple Emanuel, handsome baton by MT. Sidney Ullman, in behalf of the chors. The baton is of ebony, mounted with silver on which is the inscrp- tion: Benjamin Guckenburger, The Lead CT Brave and Bold, Judas Maccabaeus, March IT, 1S9S"
 Miss Blanch Selden has returned to her home at Faunsdale.
 Mrs. John J. Kennedy and two daughters, Ethel and Louise, of Tuscaloosa, are wis., iting the family of A. G. Edwards on the South Highlands.
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ans. They are almost unacquainted with the use of firearms, notwithstanding some contact with the whites, but they have plenty of horses and dogs.
 Unsurpassed hunters, they capture the guanaco and the rhea, or South American ostrich, and from the skins of these and other animals they make clothes and cov- erngs for their tents. They make beauti- full "capes,' or mantels, of fur and feath- CTS, which are highly prized by Europeans and find a ready market, most of tke pro- ceeds being spent for bad whiskey, which is brought into the country in quantities by traders.
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
SEE HI XII. Half man, half gorilla; on exhibition at 2OO3 Secor d ave. Admission 10 cents.
RUSSIAN CRIMINAL SOCIETY.
Its Aim Is to Cause Outbreaks Between Peas
 ants and Mobiles.

From the New York Journal.
 It is reported from Russia that gigantic criminal association is surreptitiously at work with the avowed object of causing outbreaks between the peasants and the nobles, ultimately resulting in a reign of terror. The association is in reality a so- ciety for perpetrating crime, but it is more fierce and more terrible in Its purpose than the usual societies of anarchists. The ring leaders hope to make law and order futile by filling the land with criminals
 The doctrine is said to be spreading with
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
HOUSED THE lRlSHMAk'S IRE.
Jealousy of His Own ProwesS Loses Him His
 Case.

From the Washington Star.
 A group of congressman were telling stories in the cloakroom of the house the other day. One of them, a lawyer, told this experience:
 'In the town where l first began the practice of law there was an 1rishman, Patrick McDonald whom everyone called Pat Now Pat was a good-hearted fellow,
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
For Probate Judge,

We are authorized to announce J. P. Stiles as a candidate for Probate Judge subject to the nomination of the Demo- cratic party.
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
MRS. WINsLoWs SOOTHING syPllp.

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS. IT SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, AIc LAYS all PAIN: CURES WIND COLO. and is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists In every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins lows Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
The age-herald., 1898-03-18

Caheen Bros' Spring Open ing takes place next Monday and Tuesday. Easter Millin- cry display.
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
Circuit Clerk.

Walter L. Howard announces himself 6 candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court o1 Jefferson county, subject to the action oi the democratic party. d&w If
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
JAMES A. MITCHELL.

We are authorized to announce James A. Mitchell as a candidate for the democratic nomination for the office of Associate Judge of the City Court of Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
For Circuit Court Clerk.

The undersigned respectfully asks the support of the voters of Jefferson county for the nomination for the office of clerk of the circuit court of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic party.
 WALTER K MADORY.
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
.Judre ". ". Wilkersou

Announces himself a candidate for Senior Judge of the City Court of Birmingham, subject to the action of the Denooratio primary. '
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
For Circuit Court Clerk.

Fergus W. Mccarthy asks your sup- port for reelection to the office of clerk of the circuit court for Jefferson county, Alabama. Subject to tine action of the democratic party.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
q. R. HARSH

is a canida te for nomination by the dem. ocratic party, for the office of senior judge of the city court of Birming ham.
 10-10-tf.
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
THE ALABAMA HOME BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. Receipts From Dec. l, 1 1s96, to Dec. 1, 1897,
 @278,311.23.

1EE6ssTs
 The 72-months settlement plan of "The Alabama Home" Is satisfactory to all mem bers The investor gets 10 per cent. per an mum accumulated interest. The borrower gets the same rate of profit on his stock that the investor does, so that payment of SIP dues on a $1, 900 loan the profit on the stock reduces the rate of interest to 7.S0 per cent. These are ideal figures and we have realized them and are settling th's way every day. Now is a good time to join the association. Apply to
 W. Y. M. ROBERTSON
 General Manager,
 2OO9 First Avenue. Birmingham, Ala.
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For Associate Judge of the City Court of Bir-
 mingham.

We are authorized to announce Char es B Powell as candidate for the above named office, subject 10 the action of the party u-10-tf
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
Mr. Charles A. Senn

Announces as a candidate for Associate Judge of the City Court of Birmingham 4 subject to the action of the Democrat . party.
The age-herald., 1898-03-18
NO, FOR vANM BROS.'
 SECONDHAND STORE,

rlFSb avenue, near P. o., Pratt Citu.
 We carry a variety of new and secondhand goods, furniture. stoves, mattresses, springs, etc. Stove repairing speciality, Can furnish lowest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-20
CADET STEINHAGEN.
A Bright, PIucIxy and Industrious Boy
Who Is on the Way to Success.

''Ihere is no chance for any but the IA
vored few" said the chronic grumbler;
there is less and less for the poor man."
he continued. The same day an experience
was heard which seems not to sustain the
judgment of the street-corner pessimist and
to show that perseverance, integrity and
brains command opportunities.
Something more than a year ago Repre-
sentative Overstreet was notified by the au-
thorities at Washington that an appoint
ment of a cadet to the Naval Academy be-
longed to this district. He ascertained that
the requirements are exacting not to say
rigorous and came to the conclusion that
an effort should be made to find a young
man who could not only enter the naval
academy, but whose ability and record
should afford reasonable ground to believe
that he could complete the course. His
first thought was to open the position to
a competitive examination of such high
school graduates as the principals and other
teachers believed to be best fitted. Instead
of recommending several graduates. Profess
sor Emerich and others presented the name
of VIII Steinhagen, d graduate of the
Manual Training School, and Representa-
tive Overstreet sent his name TO the sec
rotary of the navy.
The appointee, or rather, candidate. for
appointment is well known to many people
His parents live on the South Side His
father is journeyman harness maker. The
young man has shown the most commenda-
bic perseverance while attending school
For three years he was at the Journal Of
flee TO assist in mailing the papers, after
which he carried a route. He is esteemed
about the office as one of the most trust
worthy boys who ever helped about the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-20
Notes of the stare.

Nat Goodwin will shortly produce rich
ard Savage" a tragedy by Madeline Lucette
Ryley.
1t is a high step from "Hoodman Blind to
'"Phe Sign of the Cross" yet Wilson Barrett
wrote both plays.
Next season w. H. Crane will appear in
Treasure Troye, play by Louis Parker,
Bettina Girard is said to be rapidly recov-
ering from her supposed fatal illness and
may soon be seen in New York again.
The period of Modjeska's new play is the
first empire" and some of the characters
ale prominent Americans of those stirring
times.
Joseph Arthur's salt of the Earth" even
with Annie Russell in the cast has not
been the success expected and will prob
ally be shelved.
Beatrice Cameron, who in private life is
Mrs. Richard Mansfield, is too i'll to take
her part in Mansfelds company and may
not act again this season.
Eastern critics have shown that Paul Pot
ter's THE Conquerors," recently produced
in New York, is largely taken from Sardous
La Haine,' and no credit was given the
great French playwright
1.-THE Ward of France" company, which is
playing at the Grand Opera House. New
York, will be disbanded at the end of next
week, and a new company will be organized
to play the piece in the popular-price thea
tiers.
In England during the holidays Gin
derella" was the attraction at nineteen thea
ters, and Dick Wilmington" was the bill
at nineteen houses There were fifteen
''Aladdins' and thirteen Robinson Cru
soes.''
Next season Mr. Willard is coming over
again, opening with a repertory including
several new plays. Irving has decided to
stay at home. So has Charles Wyndham
Season afer next the Kendals, Charles Haw-
tray and George Alexander will tour Amer
lea.
When. in the first frenzy of her grief and
terror at the murder of her old friend,
William Terriss, Jessie Milward stood be-
side the body where it lay in the dressing
room at the Adelphi and declared that she
would never appear upon the stage again,
she was making no vow born of hysteria,
for the latest news from London is that
Miss Milward has gone into permanent re-
tirement.
That the recent affront offered Miss
Crane, of the "A Stranger in New York
company, at Charleston, S. c., does not rep
resent Southern feeling is shown in the fact
that upon her arrival in New Orleans last
week Miss Crane was entertained extensive
ly by the most ultra fashionable set among
others Mrs Dr. Joseph Jones, the Blake and
Huger families, all daughters OF the late
Bishop Leonidas Polk, and among the rep
resentative families of Louisiana. 1t was
not only a high tribute to Miss Crane, but a
example that sincere and cordial hospitality
is still dominant in the South.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-20
MERRY EXPECTS TO HANG.
Smith, His Accomplish, However.
Hopes to BE Acquitted of Murder.

CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-To-day the alleged
wife murderer, Chris Merry, even before his
defense could be presented to the jury, gave
up. apparently, all hope of escaping the gall
lows. Before court opened he broke into
one of his fearful cursing spells. In the lit
tie room just off the court, Merry acted like
a wild man. Pratt" shouted Merry to his
attorney will you go with me to the gal
lows2 No, no priest, no minister for me.
me to the scaffold than any holy hypocrite."
Counsel for James Smith, who is on trial
with Merry for completely in the murder
sprang a surprise to-day by moving that
Smiths case be taken from the jury on the
ground that no eviderce connecting Smith
with the murder had been introduced. The
motion was overruled after considerable ar
gument The defense put witnesses on the
stand to-day to attempt to prove Merry in
sane. Merry himself fatty refused to go en-
the stand. Both cases will go to the jury
tomorrow. Merry expects no mercy. Smith
does. THE jury will hang me" Merry re-
peated many times to-day. He made prac-
tically no defense. Merry was deaf to all
the arguments of his attorneys. He feared
the REORGANIZATION He said repeatedly:
II don't know who killed Polly. l did not
and oclock on Friday afternoon, Nov. 8. =
why not go on the witness stand and
tell your story to the jury" urged Colonel
Davidson, his counsel. You cannot hurt
your case and you may benefit yourself.
Merry shook his head and declared it was
useless for him to say a word. The argu-
ments will be finished by noon tomorrow,
and the case will go to the jury by o'clock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-20
ALLEGED CATTLE THIEVES.
Two Men Cacght by Detectives Asche
and Dugan.

William Patterson and Frank Wagner, al
legged cattle thieves, were arrested yester-
day by Detectives Asche and Dugan. The
detectives were given information by
Charles Walters, living at Twenty-fifth
street and Hillside avenue. Yesterday morn
ing about o'clock Walters was visited by
a man who said he lived in Brightwood and
had a cow to sell. Walters needed a COW
and said he would drive out to the suburb
and see the animal. When the man pro-
tested that this would be useless, as he
could easily drive the COW to the city, the
latter suspected something wrong ard tele-
phoned the police. When the Brightwood
man appeared at noon with the COW the
detectives were at Walters home waiting to
see what would develop. The man gave
the name of William Patterson and while
he was talking with Walters about the
price, the detectives arrested him. The de-
tectives suspected there was some one else
in the deal and as they We're about starting
for the station house, Asche discovered a
suspicious fellow a short distance away.
When the man saw the detective. he start
through Jackson Park. Once the detective
lost sight of the fugitive, but found him
later hiding in box in an old shed. This
man gave the name of Frank Wagner He
declared he was not guilty of theft but
said Patterson had promised him so cents
to assist him in driving the COW. The men
were slated on the charge Of cattle steal
ing. The police think this is not their first
Offense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-20
DRIFTING "TO'BoSS RULE.
Lucius b. Swift's Comments on In
dianapOlis.

Lucius B. Swift delivered lecture be-
fore the McCulloch Club last night on
BOSS Government in Cities" Before the
lecture, Miss Isabel Mecher gave a solo
and Miss Jacobs contributed piano Sc
lection. Mr.. Swift applied a part of his talk
locally. He said Indianapolis was drifting
toward boss rule" 1t is becoming a city
over which one man is the boss. AS an in
stance of this he asserted that not police
man or a fireman can be appointed without
the sanction of Mayor Taggart He spoke
of the dismissal of Bart Parker, clerk of
the Board of Works, from the service of
the city. He further referred to Richard
Herrick who, he understood, would have
to go because ne declined to join the Bryan
Silver Club last national campaign. Mr..
Parker, the lecturer said, was removed be-
cause he is a "gold-bug." Mr.. Swift said
he did not like to see these things. Both
Parker and Herrck are good men and, ac-
easily be filed. He is in favor of appointing
men on the competitive plan. He does not
believe one man should say who shall and
who shall not be appointed. Mr.. Swift also
referred to the removal of DR.. Ferguson
from the City Hospital in the face of a
mighty protest Mr.. Swift said he learned
something yesterday about how this city
government is being run at present which
is very startling. He did not, however,
delphia was cited as typical "boss-rule"
city, where the mayor and the Council re-
Gently sold the gas plant to a syndicate at
a low price.