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The age-herald., 1898-08-07
THE BACHELOR AND
 HIS UNHAPPY LOT
BY LULU HUDSON.

It Is great wonder when 1t became | necessary to raise funds for the war, a tax
 was not laid upon bachelors. This is a | measure which has been threatening for ! some time It crops out in all parts of the country like the measles, the source of the i suggestion usually being found in one or more public-spirited women with the good of the country at heart. It does look as l though if there were one subject the wo- | men suffragists and such people might let l alone it is the marriage question. It is a
 matter that won't bear legislation There
 may be sporadic cases where matrimony
 may be forced upon the young and inexpe-
 rienced, but the marriageable public as a , whole won't stand it. Even the old bach elors. patient and long-suffering as they are, will rebel.
 However, when a woman's ideas become so advanced that she can persuade herself she wants to vote, nothing she says or does can surprise us very much. A woman who
 really longs to help run the government is possessed of unlimited capabilities along
 radical lines. The strange part of it is that most of these enthusiastic seekers for
 what they call their rights" are married
 
 run one man. What more does she want?
 The trouble they do put themselves to! There are the conventions to which they have to travel from all parts of the coun- try, with never man to carry the valise, hand satchel, band-box, umbrella, lunch box and the few other little things with which every woman travels. No, indeed; there are no men along, because men are not allowed. Then when the poor things finally get there they have to talk and talk and talk. and read long, uninterestng papers on subjects which they do not un- derstand and get very warm and very much excited over things which do not matter in the least, and in the meantime the newspapers while apparently treating them with the greatest respect are cov- erty pokirH fun at them The road the woman suffragist has to travel is a hard and thorny path.
 The pathetic part of it is-for there is always pathetic, as we'll as funny side all so unnecessary. If the government is not what it should be- by all means let women make 1t better, but, shades of our graSdx1others! not by voting or trying to vote. The government will be good if the men who run 1t are. Let every woman in the world make one man good This makes the problem very simple. She can
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lawn of the Calhoun building and netted a large sum for the church fund.
 A mite meeting was given Friday night by the Epworth League at the home of MT. James w. Dep.
 Mrs. Marion Hefflefinger and Mrs. W. D. Allen are visiting relatives in Tennes- see.
 Miss Fannie Simmons, of Olive Grove, Miss, is visiting Mrs. Claude Penny.
 Miss Carolina Banks, of Chattanooga, is visiting Mrs. Sam Garner.
 Miss May Erskine is at home after a visit to Florence.
 Miss Bessie Thach, of Auburn, is visit ing Miss Verdot Coleman.
 Mrs. C. N. Vaught has returned after short visit to Nashville.
 Miss Maude Markle, of Iuka, is visit ing Miss Kate Grayson.
 Mrs. Floy Westmoreland, of Athens, and Miss Clayton Sayre, of Monte Sano, are the guests of Miss Mabel Humphrey.
 Misses Rossie and Gertrude Marshall, of Fayetteville, are visiting relatives here.
 Mrs. J. M Nix and son have returned to their nome in San Antonio.
 Mrs. Robert Newman nas returned to her home in Birmingham.
 Mrs. Robert Humphrey, of Knoxville, is visiting Miss Julia Hawk.
 MT. and Mrs. I. Vorenberg have gone to Indiana to spend the summer.
 Miss Carrie Pointer, of Hillsboro, is visit ing Mrs. Claude Panney.
 Mrs. w. F.. Everett and Miss Jessie Smith have returned from Nashville
 Miss Edna Greenleaf is at home after a visit to Decatur.
 Miss Ellen Robinson has returned from Hillsboro. .1,.
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CARROLLTON.

Carrollton, Aug. 6.-Mrs. M. E. Muslin and grandson, Eugene Muslin, of Colum- bus, Miss, are visiting relatives here.
 Miss Salle Horton. of Perkinsville, is the guest of Mrs. J. A. Horton.
 Miss Eula Jennings. after a months vis- 1t in the lower part of the county, has returned home.
 Misses Bessie Brown and Fannie Toomer, of Auburn, who have for several weeks been the guests of Mrs. F. A. Fulgham, accompanied by their hostess, left a few days since for Tuscaloosa. where they will remain some time at. the home of Mrs. Alonzo Hill.
 Mrs. T. O. Burns and children, Mrs. w. B. Ussery and children. Mrs A. J. Story And Mrs. Seila Gordon, all of Columbus, Miss, and MT and Mrs. S. E. wier and children, of ClebpPne. Texas, are visiting their aunt Mrs. C. M. willett.
 The Misses Donoho, and Miss Abbie Scar cy, of Tuscaloosa, will be in Carrollton at the Phenix Hotel for the remainder of the summer as the guests of their kins- woman, Mrs. w. P. Owing.
 L. V. Rosser, principal of the Carroll ton Academy, has been here few days, but will return next week to Tuscaloosa. where he will remain the rest of the sum- mer.
 Mrs William M. Owen. of Jonesboro,
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IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
Continued from Twelfth Page.)


 Kemps, of Knoxville, Tenn, Rev G. H. Steen, officiating.
 Immediately after the ceremony the hap py pair were driven to the depot where they took the train for Knoxville, their future home, followed by the good wishes of host of friends.
 Miss Kathleen is one of Marion's most beautiful girls and possessed of a graceful manner, amiable disposition, and a voice like bird. She has for the past two years been in Knoxville, where she sung in the First Baptist church at that place. Dr. Kemp is one of Knoxville's young rising physicians and in every way worthy of the prize he has won.
 Mrs. Estelle Loveace is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Richardson, in Gadsden. MT. Richardson will enter the evangelstic field and will be located in Dallas, Texas, and they will leave soon for their new home. On Wednesday evening a reception was rendered pr. and Mrs. J. B. Hatchett in the Judson Parlors by Dr. and Mrs. Robert Patrick
 Mrs. Tomlnson and little son, of Birm- ingham, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. A Frazier.
 Mr. Van Mason, of Birmingham, is vis- iting his parents here. He was so unfor- tunate as to have his foot badly crushed in an elevator last week, but his foot is improving.
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Jefferson county, after a months stay with her son, Thomas M. Owen Esq, has re- turned home.
 Mrs. H. B. Upchurch. after a months visit to friends in Chattanooga, is again at home.
 Charles Corwin, who has been visiting his brother Paul Corwan and also the fami ly of H. B. Latham, left yesterday for Eutaw.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Methodist church on Thursday gave an entertainment at the residence of MT. and Mrs. Thomas M. Owen. Although the weather was un- favorable, the attendance was good. and neat sum was realized
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TRAINING TO BE SOCIETY BEAUTIES

There is a woman in this town and she is wondrous wisel
 She is possessed of a million dollars and her husband is the proprietor of at least two millions morei
 Having lived her life of beledom and having enjoyed all the tribute which the world pays to youth, beauty and wealth this wise woman is getting ready to live
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compliments.
 And how Is she getting her daughters ready for this enviable position of society beauty. Oh, by wise ways that any mother rich or poor would do we'll to initiate. Baeuty is never a glut the market and the handsomest woman will tell you that she never saw the day when she regretted her gift. The homliest will tell you how
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picturesque with a stiff white cap of Nor mandy and by her side are charming por- drink.
 The children, though in the country do not run wild" They are kept scrupu- lously clean and the dirt is carefully washed out of their shapely little hands before it has had chance to harden them.
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ten she has lamented its lack.

often she has Iamented It's lack.
 This woman is giving her children the easily bestowed gifts of fine complexions, rosy cheeks, good hair and well propor- toned figure. She takes them out in the morning to the barnyard which she has stocked with goats. These animals, in the afternoon, draw a goat carriage and afford sport for their little mistresses, but morn- ings they give milk to make them healthy. The girl who milks the goats is made very
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| do it by just staying at home and being a | woman-a nice, sweet, loving, lovable wo- | man, thoroughly feminine in looks and | deeds Such bit of femininity has more influence over men than an acre of women suffragists.
 | After all, the best thing about universal | suffrage is that there are so few women | who believe in 1t.
 | But speaking of bachelors, they have | hard enough time without singlng them out for a special tax all to themselves. The life of the average old bachelor ought to touch the hardest heart. There seems to be the same doubt in the public mind gardng the age at which man may prop erly be called an "old bachelor" that there is regarding the exact dateWn a womans existence when she shall be termed an old maid. Lillian Bell, the bright young Chi cago writer, declares a man does not begin to be intersting until he is 8, but probably that depends on the age of the woman judging him. Certain 1t is that many men of B or 40, smooth-shaven, ell-groomed, and full of the vitality of this athletic age, seem very much younger than they are. On the other hand, we frequently meet men of 25 or 30 who are undoubtedly old bach elors. Whatever the old bachelors age may be we recognize him when we meet him.
  fact, we know that he does. From pillar to post he goes, with no home to call his own. Hotels and boarding houses are his abiding places-useful and necessary in- stitutions for the transients who for ore reason or another fit to and fro over the face of the earth, but while sustaining the life of the physical man, they do not satis- fly the heart of him who has reached that time of life when he wants a home of his own and fond little wife to tell him how much handsomer and nobler and brighter he is than any other man in the world. Remarks of this kind have quite a stimu- lating effect and there comes a time to every man when he needs such stimu lant. If the bachelor is taken i'll he may remain in his room all day sick and neg or a kind word or drink of water, just because he is "Old Brown" or "Old Smith," as the case may be, and doesn't belong to any one And thisis the unhap- py mortal to whose troubles we would add the burden of a tax.
 %t
 They tax them with a vengeance in the Argentine Republic. An old bachelors life in this land is bed of roses and dream of bliss compared to his fate in that coun- try. After a young man reaches the age of twenty he is expected ito marry. To make the situation all the more embar- rassing it Is considered quite the proper thing for young women to propose. which they do with great ardor and persistence. The young man may refuse. but if he does he is made to suffer dreadfully for it. To the young women he must pay an in demnity of one hundred pounds. To the government he must pay fine and he Is not allowed to marry thereafter without the permission of the government. When he reaches the age of twenty eight if he Is still abdurant and clings to a single life, he is heavily taxed. It is safe to presume that most people in the Argentine Republic are married. It would be interesting to
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her glorious young life over again, in the shape of her little daughters whom she Is bringing up to reign as she reigned.
 This wise woman is unse1fish as all wise women are, for to the unselfsh person is given, while from the selfish one even that which he covets is taken away. This wo- man knows that, in being the mother of two reigning society queens, she will enjoy life as well as ever she enjoyed it in the days when all the world was paying her
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Their hair is left undisturbed as much possible for nothing kills hair as much as attention. It is brushed and lightly combed twice day, but is untortured by curling tongs or braids The smallest rib bon confines it.
 The little figures are kept 1.-the by chas- ing the butterflies over the hills and the wise mother is positive that some day they will have her own svelte figure.
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Go to Ensley, see the great steel plant in course of erec- tion. Take Ensley electric cars. If
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jDe!ink about or live for or love but oneAS' self? Of course, they get little "set' in
 their ways and little intolerant of the opinions of other people which differ from
 their own. But all of this should only touch our sympa thes. We should not laugh nor point the finger of scorn. And, instead of taxing them, any fair-minded person must see that really what we should do Is to form a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Bachelors.
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We should be kind to the old bachelors. They have a hard time Of course. they grow cranky s6n >Sihsh as tune
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-19
AUSTRIA AND SPAIN.
BLANCO PAYING MARKED ATTEN-
TION TO CONSUL BERNER.
Anxious to Create the Impression
that Alliance Has Been Formed.
Coming Banquet.

New York, March ia dispatch to the
Herald from Havana Gays:
1t is the evident intention of General
Blanco to make it appear that an alliance
has been formed between Austria and
Spain. With or without the sanction OF
his government, the Austrian consul,
Frederick Berner, is lending himself to
this idea.
lei Lucha and Ell Diario de la Martina
continue to comment upon the Austrian
gift OF 100 centimes to the fund being
raised by Havana merchants for the pur-
chase OF warship for Spain. Following
the first announcement OF that gift, Gen
eral Blanco, with Mr.. Berner in his car
riage. rode up and down the Prado, where
they were saluted by hundreds OF ON
GERS now stationed in Havana.
In order that there may be no mlsun-
Outstanding of the close friendship exist
ing between these two as representatives
OF their governments, General Blanco has
announced banquet at the palace, nj
which function the Austrian consul VIII
be the guest of honor. Leading military
and civil officials of the city Will be pres
emit and the gathering Is to be an impor
tant affair.
Officials within the palace ara authority
for tho statement that toasts at the dinner
will be significant and their meaning can
not be misinterpreted regarding interna-
tional affairs The same officials intimate
that there ia little likelihood of Austria +
dsavowal of any of the toasts,
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The I1nccf Of Nynr.
81. Louis Globe.pemocrat lRen.A.

St Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep).
These questions are often asked; ''What
effect would war have, II war should take
Place within the next few months on the
chances of the two great parties in III .
congressional elections in November next ?
Would not war give the republicans an
easy victory at that timer" II Is difficult
to answer these questions with any con-
iidenee Much would depend on the for-
tune Of the country in the conflict. Ii IL
gained an easy victory ana gave Cuba in
dependence or annexed il the replbli aus,
as the party in power, would PROBABLY be
should be under way at the time OF the
election, and the Americans had met with
a few defeats, no matter what the chances
OF ultimate triumph for the country might
be. The democrats would be likely TO win
Several elections occurred in the Uniiei
states during war time. but the conditions
were different then from now.
In the election which occurred half a
year after the beginning OF the war u
1872, the democracy. which was the party
in power. won by a smaller margin than
i lad In any other presidential election
from 1860 onward during the remainder Of
the life OF the federalist party. The feier-
aiists, the minority party, had a far larger
proportionate vote In the electoral college
In lsls than in 1904, 1908 or 1876, aud they
made gain OF seats in the house Of rep
rexentativcs. Polk'B party, the democracy,
controlled both branches OF congress at
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-19
THE REVOLUTION OF '48
GERMAN SOCIALISTS AND RADICALS
COMMEMORATE THE EVENT.
Come When the People VIII Make
Clean sweep.

Berlin, March 1S.--In all some thirty
socialists and radical meetings were held
here today for the purpose OF commemorate
ing the revolution OF 1913. Herr Liebknecht,
the socialist leader, who today finished a
term in Jail, addressed a meeting at which
he Was hailed with enthusiasm. He also
issued revolutionary pamphlet.
In the reichstag during the debate on
the bill providing for the reform OF cour,
martials Herr Bebel the socialist leader,
started discussion ON the subject of the
fftieth anniversary abiding TO the privil-
eyes enjoyed by military officers. He re-
minded his hearers of the revolution O..
March IS, lS4S, when the people fought for
their liberty and rights"
The minister of war, General Gressler
and Herr Munkel, peoples iarty, followed
while the president OF the house. Baron
Won Buel- Brenberg interviewed and declar-
ed that he did not wish to deny the sig.
piticanoe of the day; but at the request OF
subsequent speakers he could not allow il
10 become the chief point of discussion.
Baron Won Stumm, conservative, de-
clared the Prussian constitution was the
free gift OF the king
Herr Bebel, amid an uproai, said the bat
ties OF 1878 were described as "rabhle"
which he asserted was infamous
lie said: III the promises made had been
fulfilled no Bismarck would have been ri :
CURED. But the king was betrayed
The president Of the reoichstag here in
tervened and called the speaker to order.
Herr Bebei said; THE men of the old
national union are now silent The king
OF Prussia by the grace OF God made d
clean sweep in ls4S. The people will also
lave the right to make clean sweep some
day"
DR.. Benningsen, leader OF the liberal
party said royalty. Ind certainly suffered
severe reverse on March is, ls4s. But
he added that day had little Significance in
the development OF German affairs. lie then
referred to the part the future Empseor
William played then and the fact that IL
was Junketer Bismarck who helped to
found Germany.
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A SUMMARY OF ToDAYs IMPORTANT NEWS.
THE AFFAIR WITH SPAIN.


Administration has decided TO arbitratc
the Maine diHaster and to force the Cubans
to accept autonomy, as proposed by Spain.
The policy is roundiy denounced in wash
ington.
Members OF the court Of inquiry con
time their work on board tho Iowa and
have no idea when thoy will make their
report
An Austrian paper expresses the belief
that Spain could raise II revolt In tho
Southern States.
The cruiser Amazonas. purchased from
Prnsil, formally turned over to tho United
} States at Grnvescnd, England.
Ex'Secretary Foster says Spain must nc
, oept Intervention or fight.
Blanco creating the Impression that
, there is an understanding between Spain
and Austria.
, Bitter feeling against Americans In Porto
Rico so intense that warship lnny be
sent there.
IL the reports on tbs Maine disaster DIFF
J fer Spain would arbitrato the matter.
In case of war, Spain Gould raise an
Wmy OF otoO0o ucn 1900 have bccn kill
cd or wounded In Cuba.
Pull report from the court OF inquiry
not expected sor some days yet, may not
I've made public at onco.
All the crew of the administering steamer
Dauntless have Joined tho navy.
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SENATOR s0ALLINGERs STATEMENT.
The Story of Utter Wretchedness Destitution and
HeIlishness in Cuba Can Not Be Overdrawn.

Washington, March Ex-senator CAL
IInger was at the capitol today for the
first time since his return from Cuba.
When requested to make statement as
10 his observations on the condition OF az
fairs on that island he responded: You
can sign my name to any picture you may
draw Of utter Indebtedness. restitution
and heilishness in that country. The con-
di.ion OF affairs, 90 far as l had oppor-
tunity to observe II, and l WIS only In
Havana and Matanzas, Is simply inde-
scribabe had not expected to find it
half as bad as It is. and don't believe any
one who simply reads the accounts and
does not see for himself can form an ade-
quate idea OF the situation. The recon-
centrados are wedged into all available
places in thole cities and are pcrlshlng
by thousands for want OF the commonest
neccssarics OF life. THE BEST lNFoR-
NATION OBTAINABLE LEADS TO THE
CONCLUSION THAT THERE HAVE
BEEN BEYOND A DOUBT 100000
DEATHS AS A RESULT OF SPANS
BRUTAL POLICY, AND THE TRAGEDY
GOES ON FROM DAY TO DAY. The 30
ciety of tho Red Cross is furnishing some
relief by It's efforts, but the most of those
people are beyond the reach OF aid.
whether through medicine or food. The
mortality in Matanzas for the last four
months previous to our visit has been
equal to ten times the ordinary death
rate.
with reference to the military ASPECT
Of affairs in Cuba, saw nothing which
impressed me with the idea that Spain
knows much about modern warfare. The
soldiers l saw are not drilled as our SOL
diers are. Indeed. they lack every ele-
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ment OF soldiorly bearing. whatever may
be said OF their merits as fighters The
drills we're a parody on modern drills.
while they were undergoing their eyolu-
tions the soldiers were talking to each
others and smoking as freely and uncon-
cernedly as they would do in their mess
rooms. From my observation of them 1
sbopld mt consider them very formidable
antagonists on the field Of battle.
Naturally. there was much talk about
the Maine disaster, and. so far as could
ascertain from my conversation with Amer
leans and with those not entirely under the
influence OF the Splniards the opinion was
universal that the Maine had been destroyed
by an external agency and almost every
person with whom discussed the subject
In Cuba expects that the findings of the
American court of inquiry will substantiate
this view.
There is divergence of opinion as to
the probability OF war between Spain and
the United States. ana ] ain sure | am
within the bounds of truth when say that
almost the entire native population would
welcome any turn OF events, however
tragic that would wrest Cuba from Span
ish dominion. This is true not only OF
those who are ayowedly favorable to a war
OF independence, but of many of those who
are ranked as Spanish syInpalhi6ers who
arc at heart advocates of Cuban independ-
snce. The fact is that oven in Havana tho
allegiance to Spain is of Il very weak and
doubtful character ana ii war should come
it win be found that there will be an up
rising IN that city against the mother
country which would be most important
factor in shortening the contest and decid
ing against Spain"
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FOREIGN.

Russia still determined To make China
Yield to her demands,
German socialists and radicals conf
memorated the revolution of 1as.
Russian spy discovered Mt Hatfield. tho
Marquis of salisorry's residence.
ES-iromier crlspl os Italy TO be CEN
sured for his connection With tho Bank OF
Naples scandals and for selling deeora-
tons.
France has threatened China with a
grab unless "gift' OF valuable oonces-
nions is made.
Gotta Rican minister to Washington
says his country Is fully prepared Tor war
with Nicaragua II II is necessary.
London Times says Russia has pract-
chilly been forced by Japan to withdraw
nom Corca.
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DOMESTIC.

All the spot cotton markets remain I'M
changed.
Liverpool cotton futures about ts-64 up.
New York unchanged 10 points up and
New Orleans to higher
In Chicago May wheat closed V and
July kGS up and corn and oats u
higher.
Stocks nuctuated over wide range and
closed slightly higher.
Bradstrcet's and Dun both report bust
ness as being brisk, particularly in tho
West and Northwest.
Hester's report makes the worlds WIS.,
ible supply Of cotton ii7o,27s SO tar
9.eIt0oo bales have como into sight this
season, while the total crop OF iss4-95 was
s.aoi.Oo0.
Silver republicans IN Arrarsas TO or
gnnizo clubs In every county tn tho State.