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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-13
AFFAIRS IN LEXINGTON.
Tho OLD Blue Hotel Has Changed Its
Color.

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LEXINGTON. VA. August lZ-siecl1l.
In recognition az his Ions services as SUE
neriutcudeat. The members Of Trinity
Methodist sunday school have presented
t0 Professor sidney u. Moreiand, beau-
uful black cuamelled chime clock The
Board OF Stewards adopted suitable rcs0-
lutl0ns AZ the loss of Professor More
land. Tie has been an officer of the
church and sunday school since 1853. Tie
ioft this morning 10 take charge as prIn-
c.pal Of a school near baltimore
The examination of teachers Tor the
public white schools Of Iock1ridse c.0s-
cl yesterday. Eighty-nlne teachers took
The cXtmin1tlus-seFe evenly -lAIoe ladies'
and sixteen gentlemen.
AIR. James st. Braug1man died NJ COM
sumption at his home near Mlr1t. about
e.eht miles from Lexington. saturday.
aged about soventy-hve years. Tie is SURF
yived by hls wife and one daughter Mrs
Graham Zalman
Mayor Thomas T. McCork'e had a
slight stroke 0f paralysis Monday at.or-
noon. To is greatly improved bow and
s able Oh Doe af bis office.
Twcuty-one of The tnirtr-oro days Of
july were rainy days. This mr. bob August
moro inches ot rain have fallen than fell
il July. Some days We have as many as
three or -FOUR heavy rain-s'ogms.
SIR. D. d. hamilton. prominent Rcpuh-
Hcau of C0llersf0wn. 200 One time resi-
dent NJ ths place. and formerly county
superintendent. pf public Instruction. has
accepted o. position 200 the Lexington posl-
office.
Tho old Tue Hotel a,1a'.i on the
college campus BIAS undergone wonder
f.l change Many d. student off former
times would fn to recognize tne old
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-13
THE ORANGE COLT SHOW.
The Fourth Regiment Of immuncs 10
Move Camp.

FREDERICKSBURG VA, Aug 2-
special.-The two days horse and colt
show al Orange which closed yesterday
was a success Notwithstanding The rainy
weather on the first day. Messrs. Iiur-
kamp and Green. of this city. We're
among the prize winners
News has been received here of tho
death from dypthefla ol Mis- ELISE and
1f9rraret Mensnc. young laucntere ot
ROY w. y. Mehanc. OF Fredericksburg
College AZ Wvthevlle where the family
is spending the summer.
The third battalion of the Fourth Regi-
ment. Major Parker. went on a practice
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-13

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-13
Links Between the yirr,nias

LEETOWN ". VA. Aug. l9.-Spe-
cial-The Teachers Institute Of Jeffer-
son county Is IN session this week in
CAarlestown. Rev. Mr.. Neal. superln-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-13
a FRIENDS ADVICE

OF Value 10 n South Carolina Lacy
CHARLESTON, S. C.-"I had that
tired feeling and suffered with general
debility. took different kinds OF medi-
cine without much benefit Finally upon
the advice OF friend / began taking
Hoods sarsaparila which gave me good
appetite and cured that tired feeling
MRS. +. +. HoIsT. 81 Drake Street.
floods Sarsaparilla
Is the best-in fact the one True Blood Purifier.
NH are tho only pills 10 take
E1OOu > fiIiS with Hood s ssrsapaulla.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-13

EPwORTU NJ r.. CHURCH. CORNER
Washington and Windcr sireetsl kev. D..
0.15 \. NJ Preaching al n 4. NJ. aud at
nLght by fho pastor Wednesday night
class af q h.. N. Young mons prayer
meeting Saturday nishl a H. a. a corr
DIM M..Lumn ID al
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 We'll men forget sick mems promises.
 When a fool opens his mouth his head is soon emptied.
 A woman sometimes prefers mans presents to his company.
 Even a dumb clock can make itself un- derstood with its hands.
 Opportunities make brief calls, and if you are out they seldom return.
 Sailors are hard workers; they're often compelled to serve three-masters.
 After a woman passes her 10th birthday she delights in telling her age.
 After leaving college it would be a good idea for some men to go to school.
 Some people tell the truth more for the sake of convenience than for the truths sake.
 Women may be the weaker vessel but she manages to make many knots on the matrimonial sea as the other .one
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
THOSE ALABAMA NEGROES
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post
 Governor Tanner attempted to defend his course in driving the Alabama negroes out of Illinois by the claim that they belonged to .'the criminal classes and the scalawag clement" This claim was based upon the assumption that "these southern miners especially those who were seeking work outside of their own state, as a rule, had learned their trade while doing time for the state in the penitentiary, as at present the contract-labor system is still in vogue in those states;" that ''the best class" of miners in those states were employed at home, and would not go elsewhere to better their condition; and that those who would come were undesirable citizens,' whom it was a service to the state for him to keep out Leaving out of view the absurdity of denying man the right to work because he was an undesirable citizen, or had served a term in the penitentiary, 1t has been es- tablished that Governor Tanner had no justification whatever for calling these Ala bama negroes "scalawags, who had no rights which the state of Illinois was bound to respect. After these poor men had been run out' of Illinois, and had wandered about the streets of St. Louis for some days, they were rescued from their dis 2 tress by a contractor from Memphis, who hired the gang al $150 day, each to work on the extension of a railroad for some months, and said of them: When I read of the presence of the negroes in St. Louis and their condition, lost no time in getting of the kind that make good workmen. To- day I find many of the men are old em- ployes of mine, delighted at chance to get back south."
The age-herald., 1898-11-08

sees at once what the chances are. secree committee. puts the case in this way: So far as the thirty-two ciosely-balanced dis tricts are concerned, in each district there is an average of 254 postoffices. For each postoffice there was an average of four applicants. Three of the applicants did not reach the pie counter. alone making 762 disgrunt1ed republicans in each district. every one of whom 'knows' that great wrong has been done him by the republi- can party. Every one of them knows that the republic has been ungrateful to him. and his bottommost feelings have been hurt. He remembers. not the Maine so much, as that once-promising postohlce contest. As a change of 40 votes is all that is needed in any one of the thirty two districts, it must be plain to every one that the usual result of midway elections lm- pends.
 Will the democrats lose any seats? It is certainly difficult to see where they will encounter losses. In New England, out of twenty-six seats, they hold but one. In the middle states. and the middle west the republicans have 152 mem bers, and the democrats but lfty-one. The south sent up in 1896 twenty-five re- publicans. There will be no losses in these sections of the country. and in every one of them there will be democratic gains.
 The people by military record in one state, or by demagogery in another, may be misled, but all the people In all the breadth of great country will not be fooled this year. Algerism is on trial in every state, and so is Hannaism, and so is bossism, and so are such mountebanks as Pingree. and it will be passing strange if a verdict is not recorded tomorrow night that will put an end to the vicious methods of the republican party. and that will insure a just and thorough investiga- tion of its chief iniquities.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
Vote early, but not often. today.
ZANGWIi.L WISDOM

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 In his lecture in Chicago Israel Zangwill flashed out wit and wisdom on all sub jects, but nothing truer than the epigram "A spiritual country is unassailabe by ma terial might"
 This has always been true; so true that it may be accepted as the law of national growth.
 The naturalistic science and gloomy ma terialism of Egypt were set at naught by the word of the spirit of right spoken by Moses in behalf of the Children of Israel The Persian hordes melted like wax In the presence of the flame of Greek fire, while the Roman Empire, from which the spirit had departed, leaving it a mere mass of matter, was hammered to pieces by the peoples of the north not yet corrupted by material success. The successes of Eng land have been gained by virtue of this law and America must rely upon it if she is to realize her dreams.
 MT. Zangwill belongs to race which has produced many types of both kinds. A reading of it's history is the best confirma- ton of the maxim. It is timely to empha- size it now, when commercialisim has ab- sorbed so much of the best brain of the world.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
THE ELECTIONS AND THE WAR

From the New York Journal.
 Here are some of the questions the peo- pie will decide next Tuesday:
 Shall Roosevelt, the spectacular perform CT on the tight-rope of mems rights. be given a license to exhibit in the capitol at Albany?
 Are we to indorse an administration that starved our soldiers?
 Or an administration that went to the aid of stricken people only after being compelled by patriotic democrats?
 Are we going to indorse fraudulent war contracts?
 Have the presidents relatives and friends a vested right to profit by the soldiers ne- cessties?
 Did Brother Abner Mckinley get com- mission on important war contracts?
 Was General Incompetent Shafter sent to Cuba because of his business associa- ton with Alger?
 Did General Shafter refuse to transport medicines, surgeons and ambulances to Cuba because he did not regard these things as necessary?
 Were our men killed in Cuba because Me- Kinley, Alger and Shafter did not provide medical attention and obvious remedies?
 These are some of the queries, but there are many more.
 How will the people vote about them next Tuesday?
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
IN THE LITERARY WORLD.
Taylor,s ..lenglish constltutlons

TRslor's s'Eng1ish Constitution.
 The two-volumed work of Dr. Hannis Taylor on the origin and growth of the English constitution has quickly become standard. It has been adopted either as a textbook or as a book of reference by Harvard university, Boston university, Tulane university, of Louisiana, and by a dozen other leading institutions, including the university of Alabama.
 MT. Taylor has brought into two octave volumes the entire historic development of the English constitution, and the growth out of it of the American constitution. He shows that the two are one continuous evolution. As he tells it. 1t is one grand story of constitutional freedom
 The Boston Advertiser pronounces the volumes "the most thorough, the most scientific and most readable work upon the origin of our constitution which has yet appeared, or Is likely to appear" And the Review of Reviews for November ex- presses the opinion that "the completion Of the second volume of MT. Taylor's book rounds out one of the most important achievements of American scholarship
 The people of Alabama have a just pride in the publication by native Alabamian of a work that has by it's acceptability In every respect replaced all former works In the most conservative and critical institu- tions in the land. It would be well 1T 1t could be placed in every school library, and every other library in the state; for 1t presents within reasonable limits the entire history of the wonderful constitution under which America has become great coun-
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
New County Projects.

The Bessemer Weekly discusses in can- did manner the new county projects It says to Avondale and WoodIawn, "Hands off; you are not in it," words to that effect Even if the constitution were changed as to the area required in new counties, the Weekly goes on to talk the people of Avondale and Woodlawn out of the ring in this fashion: 'They are virtual ly part of Birmingham, and will eventual ly be brought into that municipality. The idea of transferring them to new or sep- arate county Is an absurdity, and all talk is mere talk, without substance or sincere purpose"
 This may be called the first round of the fight; and 1t must be conceded that the Avondales and woodlawners go to their corners in rather groggy condition but The Age-Herald does not desire to antici- pate too much. It does not pretend to say how the ambitious towns up the valley will come to the scratch in the second round. They may have good blows in them yet, AHu tHe TeIeTee, oI course, W1tnn0lQS ms decision until the fight is ended.
 The Weekly also places the Warrior or upper section of the county on the shelf because Warrior Is a mining town, having no mills or other smoke producing con- cerns. The Weekly evidently thinks there can not be much fire or energy where there is no smoke.
 But in Bessemer--there 1t is, if we take the Weekly's word for It. that one finds all the new-county conditions fully ripe, patiently waiting to be plucked. But 1t is conceded by the Weekly that the plucking cannot go on until the state has a new constitution. and 1t is also plain that the towns to the north of us must be given an- other opportunity. Their position needs vindication. And The Age-Herald sees no way out of it except to call time, and let the second round proceed. The referee must, of course, even though be he self appointed, act impartially, within the rules of new-county combats.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
The Work in Paris.

The exact words of the protocol show that the Spanish commissioners have no grounds to stand upon. The protocol declares that the United States is to occupy and hold Ma nila pending the conclusion of treaty Of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philip pines." The word disposition is the basis of the Spanish contention. In the original document the word was possession" and it was changed to disposition at pain to Spanish sensitiveness. But as the protocol reads, it is plain that the dis position of the Philippines is to be determ- ined by the commission. The word .dispo- sition'' is as broad as the word ''posses- sion," although not quite as definite
 The Spanish contention is really conten- ton only. They know, as all other inteli- gent men know, that the Filipinos are not to be recondemned to Spanish rule. We en- couraged them to revolt; we promised to stand by them, and we must proceed with the task that Providence has so suddenly put upon us.
 Spain will not seriously or stubbornly ob- ject. She wants more compensation. When the elections are over the administration may be willing to say what it will pay. It will pay any sum that it thinks the sen- ate and the people later on will endorse. Whether this sum will be more or less than $40, 900 900 cannot now be foreseen.
 The determination of the sum to be paid is all that stands in the way of a quick conclusion of the work at Paris. There is not across the water any under-apprecia- ton of the value of the Philippines. The National Zeitung says the islands in Amer ican hands would become not only of i'm mense commercial, but of paramount po- litical importance. French and German papers alike regret the change, appreciatng its importance; and the Gauois speaks for all when it practically comedies that the islands are to be transferred to America, and that the negotiations are at length re- duced to simple financial discussion"
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
Today's Work.

The duty of Alabamians today does not lie in New York, or even in North Caro- lima; its proper field is right at home. Be- cause the election in this state is confined to members of congress, there is a feeling of indifference throughout the state. Gen. eral apathy is here in a dangerous form. The masses of the people feel that the elec- ton will result "all right" anyway, and so there Is a general disposition to disregard ones public duty.
 This is very dangerous and very foolish, and really very selfisb. Fyhe man who will not perform the sinr1e duty of voting for a representative in congress does not de- serve representation there at all. And the democrat who thinks he can, without detri- ment to the state stay away from the polls today, simply does not comprehend the sit- uation Nearly every district in the state has man who is watching for an oppor- tunity to get up a case on which to base contest. Such action depends, of course, upon republican control of the house; but
 
 from the polls on the part of democrat is simply furthering the plans of a con- testant. A full democrat vote, especially in the white counties, destroys all hope of contestants, professional or otherwise.
 It is not the seat alone, so much as the fair fmae of the state. that Is at stake. The case of contestant is necessarily first, last and all the time-a islander upon the white people-the democrats-of the state A contestant customarily charges the white voters of the state with all the sins and crimes of the decalogue and any additional ones he can lug by the ears Into his case. It is against such examples of national islander that we appeal to voters this morning. Your plain. simple duty is to vote. and to use your influence towards inducing other democrats to go to the polls. If every democrat in Alabama goes to the polls, there will be no contests from this state. The republicans have some re- spect for public opinion, and they will not institute contests when a full vote stands recorded against them.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
MATRIMONIAL.

From the Atchison Globe.
 If man wants his wife to notice that a button is off his coat, let him put wo- mans hair where the button should be.
 When married woman goes away on a visit and comes earlier than she intended 1t Is usually a sign that she loves her hus- band, though sometimes she comes back to see if sie can catch him at anything.
 Every day the telegraph relates how some old husband was poisoned by his young wife, and every day old men continue to get in front of the engine by falling in love w4.h young girls.
 A sweet young bride of fifteen days rang up her butchers store and ordered up some cat meat, about a pound or more. Well. who's il forY' the butcher said. She an- swered straight and flat, "Sir, when pur- chase cat meat am buying for the cat"
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
The Congressional Elections.

The republican spellbinders from Maine no, from New Hampshire-to Oregon have told their hearers that vote for a demo- cratic nominee is vote for Weyler-that Spain is watching intently for comfort country refuses to be convinced and good information Is to the effect that republican loses in the house of representatives are alymost inevitable. The republicans now have 2os members out of s57 A gain of twenty-six seats win destroy their power.
 When we consider that the republicans carried in the barrel campaign conducted by the esteemed NIT. Hanna. thirty-two districts by an average majority of S3. one
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
sTREET OAR MANNERS

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 Even Mrs. Trollope and Charles Dickens who could see nothing else to commend in this country, noted with admiration that in our public conveyances no man sat while a woman was standing. How is it today? How many men surrender their seats to women in the street cars or the suburban trains? It is no answer-it is indeed a cowardly lie-to say that men have ceased to show this courtesy to women because women did not acknowledge 1t with a word of thanks. Not one woman in hun dred will accept a mans seat without thanking him for it. If we are going to b. boors, let us not lie about it.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08

nominee for congress. The congressman Is now taking the keenest interest in the de- velepment Of Fort Payne, in which he is largely interested. The industrial outlook for that town is understood ro be most promising.
 City Court Solicitor ]. Manley Foster, of Tuscaloosa, was in the city yesterday.
 State Superintendent of Education Turner spent yesterday in Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
NOT FOR BOOKINGS SAKE

Fannie Fullerton in What to Eat. Our Matte is a lady, But she never learned to bake: She never cared for cooking Just alone for cooking's sake.
 So she never cooked at all,
 Lest bit of butter fall On her dainty garments white, Or her shoes so high and tight; For she never cared to bake,
 Just alone for cooking's sake. Our Mattie had lover, And she fell in love, you see;
 She thought his face as handsome As a face could ever be.
 But he chanced one sunny day, Just in idle mood to say (When her finger she had burned, And the fact he some way learned, Though she had not tried to bake, For her own or others sake) That she in baking burned it; And he kissed the finger twice. And Matte thought she never - Knew a remedy so nice.
 But the cunning fellow said: You've been baking cake or bread, And there's naught love to eat Like homemade cake, my sweet" But she had not cared to bake, Just alone for cooking's sake. "Of course, I am not hinting, Just to try your tempting cake; But like the homemade cooking, Cooked especially for my sake. I have heard my mother say
 That there was no other way For a home to be complete, And know you think so. sweet" But alas! she would not bake, Even for loyer's sake.
 Our Hattie is a lady, But she sweeps sometimes alone. And grisves that little wrinkles From her eyes have outward grown; For she did not know, you see, That wife cook must be, And the man has wed girl, Though with less of frill and curl, Than can fry and boil and bake . Loves to cook for cooHlux's sake.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08

The bank clearings of Greater Birming- ham for the first ten months of the present year foot up SIS .7Ss, as against s16,5l47 7s3 in the corresponding months of last year. Birmingham is constantly expanding, and must have more territory to grow in.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
oLD-FAsHIONED ORAToRY
From the Chicago Chronicle.

FfOm tne Cn!cagO ChfOhic1e.
 For genuine impromptu oratory we must look to the stump speaker-and not to the big gun, either. We are likely to hear more real eloquence from the rough-and- ready stumper than from the distinguish ed statesman" and better speeches-judg ing by effectiveness-are delivered at ward mass meetings than are fired off in na- tional conventions.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08

The roorbacks and bossisms and ne- gro domina tion and all the other ills of the campaign will be dismissed today to the satisfaction of all, if every man does his duty at the polls.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08
POOR CUBAi

From the New York Herald.
 One Spanish officer who arrived in Cuba two years ago with only uniform is now returning to Spain with $250, ,O00-and his salary is in arrears, too. Poor Cuba!
The age-herald., 1898-11-08

Mir George Dewey is attending to busi- ness. He is not coming home to receive swords, be dined, and wined, and all that He is not built that way.
The age-herald., 1898-11-08

There are no speeches to be made. but there are votes to be cast today for Ala bama representatives, See that you cast one for good democrat, friend and fellow ira yeler.