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The age-herald., 1898-06-01
COMMENCEMENT AT AUBURN
Begins June l2-Many Interesting feeinres
 This Year.
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Special Dispatch to The Age-H Herald.
 Auburn, May 31.-Commencement exer- cises at Auburn promise to be as interest ing as heretofore. The commencement sermon will be preached Sunday Juae 12, by Bishop c. B. Galloway, M. D. church, South of Jackson, Miss.
 Sunday evening at 8 O clock there will be an address before the college Y. M C. A. by bishop Galloway.
 At 9 o'clock Monday morning there will be a meeting of the board of trustees, while in the afternoon at o'clock there will be both individual and company prize drills. The junior class oratorical contest will be the entertaining feature of the evening
 Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock J. T. Aschcraft, of Florence, Ala, will deliver the alumni address in Langdon hall, and in the afternoon from to o'clock the different laboratories will be opened for the inspection of the public In many of which the students will be seen at work. At 5 o'clock there will be an inspect on and review of the battalion by his excel- lency, Jos F. Johnston, governor of Ala bama
 Tuesday evening the address before the Wirt and Websterian Literary societies will be delivered by Hon. Chapel Cory, of Montgomery. Monday morning. the 18th, the graduating orations will be delivered by the speakers chosen from the senior class, followed by the commencement ad- dress, which will be delivered by Hon. Hannis Taylor. ex-minister to Spain; after which diplomas and degrees will be con- ferred by the president, Dr. Wm. LeRoy Brown. Wednesday night from o'clock on the commencement hop will entertain the dancers.
 The college numbers 345 matriculates this year, about twenty less than last year. and win graduate about forty-dve with the
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
MISSlSSIPPpS NEW SENATOR.
Some Odd Facts in Connection With w. V.
 SuIlivan's Appointment.
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 jackson, Miss, May 31.-The Illinois Central railroad enters the state of Missis- sippi at Michigan City and runs southward almost on an air line. Since the war, with the single exception of Blanche K. Bruce, every United States senator from this com monwealth has lived on the line of this railroad. This fact is made noticeable since the appointment yesterday of Con gressman w. V. Sullivan to the vacant seat in the senate occasioned by the death of General Walthall.
 L. e., c. Lamar lived at Oxford, Sullivans S present home, when he was elected sen ator nearly twenty years ago, having been the first democrat to go to the senate from Mississippi after the reconstruction period. Oxford is in Lafayette county. Skipping two counties, which lie directly south, is Carroll, the home of the late James z. George, who was Lamar's colleague. George succeeded Bruce. When MT. Lamar was made secretary of the interior by MT. Cleveland in 1885, he was succeeded by Gen. eral Walthall, who lived at Coffeeville, in Yalabousha county. Yallabousha adjoins Lafayette.
 Hernando de Soto Money, who succeeded George, lives at Winona, forty miles south of Oxford, directly on the line of the Illinois Central Sullivan was born within sight or the WlnOna Times OIHc6, d Weekly news paper that Money once edited. Carroll, Yallabousha, Lafayette and Montgomery, the county seats of each being located on the line of the Illinois Central, with the exception of Carroll, have been the only ones called upon to furnish senatorial tim- Der since the days of the carpet-bagger
 Likewise is 1t singular fact that there have been but three congressman within the last twenty years who have resided on this railroad. These were Van H. Man. ming, who lived at Holly Springs; W. V. Sullivan at Oxford and Colonel Charles D. Hooker at Jackson. Hooker has been re- tired, and Sullivan goes higher. Manning Is dead. Of the seven congressional dis tricts the Illinois Central goes into coun- ties belonging to five.
 Another interesting fact is that that part of Mississippi's territory lying west of the road, which comprises the biggest, richest and most populous part of the state. has since the war furnished but few state off, ficers. The governors and the other state officers have all come from that part of the country known as the 'piney woods sec- tion."
 Some months ago a kinsman of the pres- ent superintendent of public education, A. A. Kincannon, wrote pamphlet, in which he showed that all of Mississippi's office holders-that is, those occupying positions like congressmen, judges. cabinet offices and the lke-could show kinship for one another either by relationship of blood or through marriage.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01

al and hIs career there will form an inter- esting chapter In the history of Cuba.
 From Matanzas province he was sent to the eastward as a delegate to the assem- ply held in Puerto Principe last February, at which the new government was formed. From this assembly he was directed to come to this country as bearer of dis patches to the junta.
 The Red Cross relief steamer State of Texas, with provisions for the starving Cubans and which had been at anchor in the harbor of Key West for three weeks, sailed for Cuba on May 21. The ship flies the Red Cross flag and on each of her black sides is painted a large red cross.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
BEsSEMER.

Special Dispatch to The Age-Herald.
 Bessemer, May S1.-Owing to the action of the city board of education in reducing the salary of the superintendent of public schools from s125 to s10o month, Profes- sor G. M Lovejoy, who has held that po- sition for the last three years, bringing the schools to high standard of excellence, equalling any pi3lic schools in the state, declines reelection. Professor Love joy will remain a resident of Bessemer' and it is understood he will represent tns well-known publishers, D. Appleton & Co, in this state and throughout the state.
 D. R. P. Dimmick of Cincinnati Is in town on important business connected with the American Pipe and Foundry company.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
NEW MINISTER TO TURKEY.
Another Batch of Military Appointments Sent
 to the Senate.

Washington May 31.-The president to- day sent these nominations to the senate:
 Oscar Strauss of New York, to be minis ter to Turkey.
 James W. Davidson of Minnesota, to be consul at Tamsui, Formosa.
 Army-Fourth United States Infantry To be lieutenant, George L. Cole of Con- necticut.
 To be surgeon with rank of major, Jo- seph M. Henry of Pennsylvania.
 To be assistant surgeons, with rank of first lieutenants: Patrick J. McGrath of the District of Columbia and Benjamin Stark, Jr., of Connecticut.
 To be captain, Osman M. Latrobe Of Maryland.
 Fifth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry-To be surgeon, with rank of ma for, Sprague Winchester of Mississippi.
 TO be first lieutenants: Christian Bryand. o,a1.termaster-sergean Twenty-fifth United States Cavalry; J. w. Wright of Tennes- see.
 Sixth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry-To be lieutenant-colonel, First Lieutenant Andrew s. Rowan, Nineteenth United States infantry.
 TO be first lieutenant, Horace Vande- yenter of Tennessee; Garry F. Spence Of Tennessee
 Eighth Regiment, United States Volun- teer Infantry-To be surgeon. with rank of major: George T. Vaughan, of the marine hospital service.
 Ninth Regiment, United States Volun- teers-To be colonel: Captain Charles J. s Crane, Twenty-fourth United States in- fantry.
 Tenth Regiment, United State Volun- teer Infantry-To be colonel: Capta'n Jesse M. Lee, Ninth United States in fantry.
 First Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers-To be lieutenant-colonel: Cap tain George w. Goethels, corps of engin- eers United States army.
 To be Majors-First Lieutenant Jonn 5. sewell. corps of engineers United States army: Louis Duncan. of Maryland; James Dubose Ferguson, of District of Columbia.
 Second Regiment, United States Volun- teers-To be colonel: William Young, Of Utah. late captain of corps of engineers United States army.
 To he Majors-Richard H. Savage, of New York; Edward l.. Pinckard, of Ala
 To he division engineers of corps. with rank as major-Captain Joseph E. Kuhn, corns of engineers; First Lieutenant Flu cene w. Van Lucas. corps of engineers United States army.
 ID he commIssaries of subsistence, with rank of major-Robert Lee Longstreet. of Georgia: ElaIyn s. Garnett. of Arkansas.
 oscar Strauss. the new minister to Fur fs a sound money democrat and a business man of New York city.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
Marriage at Selma

Special Dispatch to The Age-Heraid-
 Selma. May 3l.--At 2 o'clock this after- noon at the home of the brides brother Miss Florence Jessamine Peter was mar ried to Dr. Charles Whitehall Root, Rev. B. w. Barnwell officiating The bride sister, Miss Blanche Peter, was maid or honor and MT. George r. Peter the best man. The wedding was a quiet home affair' witnessed only by. the interested friends of the family, but was none the less happy one.
 Miss Peter is a charmingly popular young lady, talented and accomplished, and car ries with her to her new home in Charles town. W. Va, the well wishes of q host of friends. Dr. Root is a young man, standing high in social and professional circles in Charleston. After the ceremony an informal reception was held, the couple leaving at s:3O for their home.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
ONLY 100 MEN
 AND OFFICERS Will be Received in New Compa- nies From Alabama REMAINDER OF THE QUOTA Will Be Used in Recruiting Those Companies Now in the Field Up to the Maxi
 mum of iO6 Officers
 and Men.
REMAINDER OF THE QUOTA
Special Dispatch to The Age-Herald.

Special Dispatch to The Age-Herald.
 Montgomery. May 31--The governor has received a communication from the war department to the effect that it is the wish of the president that the second call for the states quota shall be used first to increase the strength of each company now in the service to a maximum of 1os enlisted men. There being twenty-eight companies under the first call. this would require more than half of the states quota under the last call to fill the companies to the required strength and consequently there would be only about 700 men and officers that could be receive as new com- panies under the second call.
 Infantry or Calvary
 No designation has yet beer made as tc whether infantry or cavalry are desired, but it is presumed the call will be for in fantry and only about six companies in the whole state can be received and notice will er, ? fter be given as 10 these six com panies. It may be thought best under all the circumstances to increase the coored battalion to a regiment so that no ques- tion may arise as to having battaiions thrown together Officers have been rec ommended by the governor and will be Ceeailed by the war department to recruit ilic ] irst and Second regin ents each up to 1,2S6 officers and men.
 Colored Companies
 The indications are that no call will be made for additional companies until the companies of the First and Second regi- ments are increased to tho maximum stated. The governor was advised today for the first time by the United States mastering officer that he was ready to receive the other companies of the colored battalion and the companies from Hunts vile and Troy will go into camp tomorrow with full quotas and the company at Mo- bile will be promptly raised. It is probable that the colored company of the National Guard at Mobile will be disbanded.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01

q tions, and cannot praise your medicine enough for what it has done for me. Many thanks to you for your advice. Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has cured me, and will rccom- mend it to my friends FLORENCE R. HOFFMAN, 512 Roland St., Canton, o.
 The condition described by Mrs. Hoff- man will appeal to many women, yet lots of sick women struggle on with their daily tasks disregarding the urgent warnings until overtaken by actual collapse.
 The present Mrs. Pinkham's experi- ence in treating female ills is unparal- leled, for years nhe worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia B. Pinkham, and for sometimes past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great business, treating by letter as many as 8 hundred thousand ailing women during a single year.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
Tbe Jugdment Reversed.

Washington. May 31.-The supreme court court for Eastern Louisiana in the case of the city of New Orleans. appellant
 against the Texas Pacific Ra oad e me pany regarding a grant of right of way in and about New Orleans, the case being remanded for further proceedings.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01

Special Dispatch to The Age-Herald.
 Horse Creek, Ala, May s1--Mrs. Amanda Williamson died here tonight. She was the widow of the late James Williamson, and leaves q son and daughter, both married The interment will take place at Mayner- Vile Ala.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
A LIVING WITNESS.
Mrs. Hoffman Describes How She Wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for
 Advice, and Is Now Well.

DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-Before using your Vegetable Compound I was a great sufferer I have been sick for months, was troubled with severe pain in both sides of abdomen, sore feeling
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
crant and Gordon Ce n irmed

washington, May s1.-Among the nomina- lions confirmed by the senate today were the following:
 sordon. Georgia, to be brigadier generals, andsP. M. GrifHth, of Ohio. to be consul at Matamoras, Mex.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
Conplete Pack

From the New York Evening Journal. Wife--You told me pack of lies Husband-Are you sure it was just fifty two, my dear?
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
Democrats. register and make others register.
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Democrats. register and make others register.
The age-herald., 1898-06-01

yer part Of bow ], also suffered with dizziness, headache, and could not sleep. I wrote you a letter describ- ing my case and
 asking your i. advice. You Z replied tell ing me just
 what to do. |
The age-herald., 1898-06-01
Death of Mrs Wililnmson.

degree of B. g.. while about fifteen will take the degree Of M S.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-10
THE YUKON MOSQUITO.
Drives Moose and Caribou to the Snow
Line and Stings Bears Blind.

Drives Moose and Caribou to the Snow
Line and Stings Bears Blind.
Not only do the Yukon mosquitoes
attack men and overwhelm them, but
they drive the moose, deer and caribou
up the mountains to the snow line,
where these animals would prefer not
to be in berry time. They kill dogs,
and even the big brown bear, that is
often miscalled grizzly, has succumb-
ed to them. Bears come down to the
river from the hillside in the early fall
to get some of the salmon that are often
thrown upon the banks when the run
is heavy.
If bruin runs foul of a swarm of mos
quitoes aud has not his wits about him
his day has come. The insects will
alight all over him. His fur protects
his body, but his eyes, ears and nose
will soon be swollen up and bleeding,
and unless he gets into river or a
strong wind he will be driven mad and
blind, to wander about hopelessly until
he starves to death.
Although the Alaska summer is short,
WV DAOOuS VI AuOsq dIbOSs udtCu Uub 6dCH
year, and are ready for business from
one to ten seconds after they leave the
water. 1t rains a good deal along the
Yukon, and rain is welcomed, for it
drives the mosquitoes to cover. They
hide under leaves and branches until
the shower is over; then they come out
boiling with rage at the time they have
been forced to spend in idleness, and the
miner has a harder time than ever after
his respite.
Mosquitoes and snowfiakes are not
contemporaries in the States, but in
Alaska it is different. Snow does not
bother them so much as rain, and an
early snow may fall while they are still
on the wing. Fog does not choke them
either. They appear to like it, They
float about in it as in ambush and take
the unwary prospector by SURPRISE
Denver Times
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-10
DREW PAY, BUT DID NOlWORK
And When Discharged Wanted a Gertifi-
cate For Ability and Honestly

And When Discharged Wanted Gertifi-
cate For Ability and Honestly
''Fancy fellow picking your pocket
and asking for character, " said a
business man the other day. "That's
been my experience. hired young
man about a month ago to solicit orders
for me on commission, with $40 week
guarantee. AS he turned nothing in
after fortnight began to suspect that
he was working for another firm and
doing nothing to earn the $40, SO I told
him that if no order materialized by
the end of the week he must not expect
to continue in my employ.
81 made inquiries which convinced
me that he was doing what I suspected,
but got no legal proof that he was TAX
ing my money on false pretenses So
when the week was up was forced to
pay him third $40, making $50 in all,
which, l felt sure, he had done little or
nothing to earn. Before doing so I told
him of my suspicious, which was fool
ish, as met only with denials which
couldn't disprove, although in answer
to the questions of the cross examina-
ton l put him through he made state
ments which l knew to be lies.
''In spite of my accusations he SEEM
ed to think that my paying him the
final $40 was acknowledgment that be-
lieved his denials, and after receiving
the money he asked if 1 would give
certificate as to his ability and honesty
in case he found it necessary to call up
on me for one. ANSWERED that would
at least sign nothing against him, for
after paying him to no purpose money
/ could i'll afford l didn't want to make
an enemy Of him, but advised him not
to put me to the test. New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-10
Scientific Farming.

An agricultural editor of Chicago
made a trip into southern California
where he confidently expected to aston
ish the natives with his superior knowl-
edge of scientific and successful farm
ing He had stretched things consider
ably one evening with view to max.
ing stronger impression, when one of
the old residents, who spoke slowly and
had squirt in his right eye, took
charge of the conversation.
81 s'pose you hain't heerd o. my
peach brandy orchid, mister reckon
that's bout semitic as anything you
been tellin us bout. got a certain way
o. treatin them trees SO that tap 'em
in tn spring, jest same's you do a ma
Pile tree, an by bottlin up tn sap fur six
months | have tn fines peach brandy
you ever put down your swallow. That s
kerect, an | have neighbor as kinder
lays over me in farmin. He's 'speri-
mented an developed punkin pie
punkin. He tangled up milkweed, sug-
ar cane, eggplant. water cress an some
spice plants till he got tn thing to suit
tn taste, an now all you have ter do is
to bile tn fruit an make your crust. He's
got more boardin house orders than he
kin fill in 1000 years. Jest now I'm
turnin my 'tention to tn raisin O. APP
pie dumplin's, an l think by mex year
l kim
But here the agricultural editor gasp
ed for breath and the old resident called
another old resident to help get the Wis
itor to his hotel.-Detroit Free Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-10
English Women Smokers.

A New York society woman who has
a long line of social connections i'll Eng
land said i'll discussing the smoking
habit among women over there, about
which SO much has been printed lately;
"English women whom have received
in my homeland l receive many-al-
most without exception smoke. 1t is
not giggling matter with them, as it
still is with our women, to some extent
1t is matter of course" And the
cigarette habit is growing fast in femi-
nine circles here. If you don't believe
1t, inquire in the stores where Especial
ly made for women" articles are sold.
Smokers outfits for all sorts and condi-
lions of womankind are now on sale,
most of the high priced ones being i'm
ported from dear old London. New
York LETTER
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-10
rhe cake WALK Is French.

The cake walk properly had its origin
among the French negroes of Louisiana
more than century ago. There is little
doubt that it is an offshoot Of some of
the old French country dances. 1t rep
resents several of them in form. From
New Orleans it spread over the entire
south and thence north. 1t was found
of convenience to the plantation ne
groes They were not welded by license,
and it was seldom that the services of a
preacher were called in.
At cake walk man might legiti-
mately show his preference for wom-
an and thus publicly claim her for a
wife. In effect the cake walk was not
different from the old Scotch marriage,
which required only public acknowledge
ment from the contracting parties. So
this festival became in some sense a
wooiDg, an acceptance or rejection and
a ceremony. This explains it's popular
ity with the blacks outside of its beau
ties, with the accompaniment of music,
which is competent at all times to CON-
mand negro support.
Cake walking has improved, as do
most things that are constantly practic-
ed. 1t has lost its old significance in the
south. Negroes now get married, when
they marry at all, in the white folks
fashion. 1t has, moreover, become a
pantomime dance. Properly performed,
it is beautiful one. The cake is not
much of prize, though the negro has
sweet tooth New Orleans Times
Democrat