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Evening star., 1899-01-04
Tide Table.

Today-I.ow tide. am. and 7:4O pm
high tide. 12:1S am. and 1851 pm.
TOmorrOw-Low tide, 1:49 am. and S:37
pm; high tide, 1:05 am. and Al pm.
Evening star., 1899-01-04

Condition of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water at
am--Great Falls, temperature, 81; con-
dltlon, :; receiving reservoir, temperature
81; condition at north connection, 5; con-
dition at south connection, 6; distributing
reservoir, temperature, 80: condition at in
fluent gate house, H. effiuent gate house,
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Evening star., 1899-01-04

OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
Company Of District " Columbia. NashinGt"Q
January l. 1s!J--Tbe annual meeting of the
Mutual Fi-e Insurance Company Of the District
of Columbia will be- held the THIRD MON
DAY in January. 1899 the 18th instant, at the
Office If the company 9u2 Pa. ave. NV, com
mcuciua at . o'cIcck
I}y the charter Of the company. the election
Of seven managers 10 conduct the affairs Of the
company is required to be held at the above
meeting
By tho sixth article of the bylaws Of the
company IT provided: AT the annual meeting
Of th, company the first business in order shall
IL. the appointment Of chairman. who shall
conduct the meeting and election. in accordance
with the act nf Incorporation. between the hours
of - o'clock am and O'Clock pm
Amount Of premium notes. 81, 62-l.9o6 90
Amount Of cash on hald. ...... 6.2l6 II
Securities ---.---.-..-..-..-- 265.96h 9b
Real estate. Observation-Disclosures. ~. 500 90
Oic, furniture and fixtures. ...... 500 90
Losses by TIRE. adjusted and paid. 16.213 OT
IT, annual statement will be ready for diStri-
button at the office Of the company about JAN
uary L.
By order Of the board of managers.
ja3 lit l. PIERCE BOTELER, Secretary.
GER AMER BUILDING ASSOCIATION. No. s.
Members Of the above ass hereby notified
that the ninth annual meeting will be held
TIT RSDAE EVENING. January 3. at O'Clock
at Witthaft's Hall. for the payment of dues
WM. WITTHAFT Pres.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

the results of the publication in question
has been to bring a shower of begging let
tiers down on the senators named as mil
lionaires." According to inside Information
some of the gentlemen named in the list as
mfIlionaires are quite the reverse.
ut is pleasant to be rated as worth s10,-
OO0,OOO," said Senator Jones. of Nevada. but
If any one will produce evidence that 1 am
worth one-tenth of that amount 1 will glad
ly make him present of one-half of the
sum. Newspaper estimates of a mans for
tune made during his lifetime are of no
value. The tendency is to exaggerate. 1t is
the exception for the state of the multi
millionaire to pan out to anything like its
estimated value after his death. As a gem
eral rule one would be safe in double-dis-
counting all published estimates of the for
tunes of public men,"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
Justice to the Children,

A sentiment is rapidly growing in the
state that is very encouraging. In every
part of the state people are beginning to
appreciate the office of public school teach
er. Formerly they did not. 1.-The selection
of teachers" says the wide-awake Hunts
Vile Post. has perhaps been done with
less regard for their qualification than any
other business mattes-and this Is busl-
ness matter-until the last school law was
passed But this Indifferent, lotse way of
selecting teachers was more or less the
case over the whole country. While great
change has taken place for the better there
Is still room for improvement The Post
makes bold to say that no public position
In life Is so responsible and requires so var
led and superior qualifications as that of
the person who Is to take charge of teach
ing the young mind and shaping the tender
impressionable character in its formative
~'sge. The alarming thing to US Is that
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
SENATORIAL RICHES

From the Washington Times.
A great metropolitan journal has UNDER
taken to give a list of the millionaires in
the senate, and to state the amount of their
respective fortunes. Mr.. Clark, of Mon
tana, is put down at $4,000 900; Mr.. Hanna,
81, 900 900; Mr.. Jones, of Nevada, $40, 900 900;
Mr.. Depew, $2,OOO,O 900; Mr.. Elkins, $1,000, 900;
Mr.. Proctor, 100000; Mr.. P1att of New
York s. 900 900; Mr.. Wetmore, S., 900 900; Mr..
Scott, s2,OOO. 900; Mr.. Stewart, 81, 900; Mr..
Aldrich, 81 900 900; Mr.. Foster, g. 500, 900; Mr..
Mcmillan, s. 900 900; Mr.. woicott, s., 900, 900;
Mr.. Lodge, 81, 900 900; Mr.. Fairbanks, $1,000
600; Mr.. Foraker, 81 ,OOO, 900; Mr.. Sewell, g.
OoO.OO0 Mr.. Quarles, $4,000; Mr.. Penrose,
81 100000; Mr.. Warren. s1,5OO.OOo; Mr.. Hale,
s1,OoooOot Mr.. Perkins, s5,ooo,ooo; Mr.. shoup.
81 100000, and Mr.. Simon, s1.OO0.000. One Of
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
THE PRESIDENT AND THE sULUs

From the New York Evening Post
He referred casually-one might almost
say, furtively-to the usual market value"
of slaves in our new gems and glories of
the tropic seas. These are our slaves now
of course, and 1t seems to us that reason
abe cash estimate of what they are worth
should be reckoned in when figuring I'D the
value of our Philippine booty But how
easy it would have been for the president
to point to the ruling price of slaves in the
Su1us-s1S to 500, we believe, for likely mig
gers-and then show what marked .ad-
vance this indicated in the money value of
flesh and blood since he bought the whole
population at regular bargain-counter
price of 50 a head. Here is clear gain of
900 per cent, and it is safe to say that If
Bryan had been elected president we should
never have seen such an astonishing evil
dence of prosperity. Mr.. Mckinley explains
that each slave is now happy in the knowi-
edge that he can buy his freedom-if he
can only find the money. Some carpers NAV
say that the United States ought to advance
it to him. But the president shows that
all our spare cash is paid to the sultan.
who now draws $3.50 month from o,Ir
treasury With a score or two of wives to
support, the wonder Is how the poor sultan
oan get on with so small sum.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
Excelled as a Wrestler

1t was natural that the man who had tho
courage to kick an earl should make bold
pioneer. Henderson, after many adven-
lures and hardshps, settled in the north
eastern part of Iowa and applied himself
to subduing the stubborn prairie. Hence
it happened that while the speaker was not
born in a log cabin, he passed his childhood
in one, thus preserving the traditions of
greatness. David was the youngest of the
sturdy brood. He had inherited his faith
er's gaunt Gaelic frame, and in the absence
of earls to practice on he tussled with his
big brothers and with the neighbors' boys
until he became the champion wrestler of
that region. In one of his wrestling bouts
David sustained broken arm and dis
located wrist. AS he could do no farming
for a long time his father sent him to coll
lege, and In due time he entered the Upper
Iowa university.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
GEN. EDMUND w. PETTUs

From the Selma Times.
The Times copies an editorial from the
Hot lBast elsewhere, in which prominent
populist of Calhoun is quoted as saying
that the people of his beat are for Morgan
over Johnston, but would favor Johnston
over Pettus two years hence Well, we are
glad to hear that some of the Calhoun pop
ulists are cool and level-headed enough not
to want to give up General Morgan for
Johnston. We are perfectly willing for him
to try to beat Pettus with Johnston two
years hence. No man in Alabama is more
beloved by the people than General Pettus
Joseph would have as tough time beating
him as he is having in trying to defeat
General Morgan. Besides, Johnston would
be private citizen then without the power
to make and unmake ofice-holders, and he
would be shorn of a considerable rart of his
glory. With Johnston defeated this time
as he surely will be, his only chance to ever
break into the senate will be the appointive
power in case of the death of one of our
distinguished senators. And that is a re-
mote possibility.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
Selecting a Senator.

The need of a change in the manner of
this state during the present warm contest.
"a century ago." says the Clanton Banner,
when transportation was slow and diff
cult, and the people could not well get to-
gether to elect senator's it was we'll enough
to let the legislature elect senator's, but the
people are so close together nowadays that
1t is simply an absurdity to continue the
old plan. Let us move with the times and
being out of date let us boldly acknowl-
edge the fact, and leaving tradition out of
the question, do what is right now, and let
the future take care of ITSELF"
Whatever impelled the writers of the con-
stitution to adopt the legislative plan of
selecting senators, it Is plain the people
want no more of it, AS thing stand, the peo-
pie cannot directly or solely select their
senatorial representative. They can select
a given number of men from all parties
) who will meet and deal and decker until
out of the shuttle choice appears 1t may
be one majority of the people approve and
1T may not be. 1t is lottery, and very
often the people draw worse than blank
The politicians manage the lottery.
: In the present instance populists and re-
publcans are expected to take hand in
the selection of a democratic senator to rep
resent a confessedly democratic state. This
is what the present system of legislative
selection means. This is what 1t invites.
If deals and dickers are to be avoided in
the present case it will come about through
the positive action of the people and not
through any merit or operation in the legis-
lative system of selection, that is as falla-
cious as the electoral college system of the
constitution, which broke down almost at
the beginning.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
the ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
MI. IayIor to be Sworn In.

Two of the three members of the Ken
lucky state board of election commission
ers have decided that the board cannot go
behind the face of the returns, and they
have therefore awarded certificates of cleo
ton to Mr.. Taylor, the republican candidate
for governor, and to his associates on that
ticket Mr. Taylor will become governor of
Kentucky tomorrow, and the other officers
elect will be sworn in on January l.
Mr. Goebel proposes, it is said. to contest
the result before the legislature when 1t
meets on January /; but although there
were many irregularities in the Kentucky
counties. yet it would be best for all con-
cerned if he would accept the returns as
they stand. The republican party is charged
with the larceny of the presidency in 1896,
and history wild undoubtedly convict them
of the crime. The democrats of Kentucky
should not incur, or even run the risk of
Ill sdly IL Shdl Be.
Mr. Gobel's true appeal lies to the people
at the next election for governor in 1902.
The legislature is easily democratic, and
Mr.. Taylor will be harmless and well-nigh
powerless in the executive Office.
The officers-elect below the lieutenant
governor could be summoned before con-
test board at once, but this, it seems, is not
to be done. The title to the offices of gov
ernor and lieutenant governor can be called
on question before the legislature only.
None of these contests would be beyond
dispute The faint of force or sharp prac-
tice would cling to them, and altogether all
should take an appeal to the people of
kentucky three years from now, and let it
go at that.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Pressj
A bad man can be just as foolish over a.
good woman as good woman over a bad
man.
The more men that are devoted to the
right sort of married women the better for
manhood.
The biggest bully is as afraid of a woman
as any other man, only he shouts so loud
nobody knows it.
No mater how much a woman thinks a
man Is she couldn't believe 1t IL she didn't
think the devil was in him somewhere.
The reason we so seldom take off the
masks we habitually wear is that when we
do and get look at our real selves in the
glass it startles us most as much as our
friends.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
GOING TO BED ~ INDIA

From the Scottish American. /
Going to bed in India is a very different
process from going to bed at home. To be-
gin with, it is a far less formal process
There is no shutting the door, no cutting
yourself off from the outer word no going
upstairs, and finally, no getting into bed
You merely lie down on your bed, which,
with its bedding is so simple as to be worth
describing. The bed is a wooden frame
with webbing laced across it, and each bed
has thin cotton mattress. Over this one
sheet is spread, and two pillows go to each
bed. That's all!
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

From the New York Post.
The fruit of the nutmeg tree is pearshap-
ed It consists of four parts fleshy outer
part, a red network within this, known
to commerce as mace, the shell covered by
the mace, and the kernel, or nutmeg proper.
The nutmeg groves, called nutmeg gard
ems" are singularly beautiful. The nutmeg
trees blossom and bear fruit continuously,
round.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
SHORT STORIES
OF TIE DAY

A Specimen of Scotch Independence
By kicking an earl out of doors a certain
lank Scotchman made his native land too
hot to hold him. That was in 1876. His
the deed; and this was the first important
step in the education which has fitted
David Bremen Henderson to step into
Thomas B. Reeds shoes and achieve a sta
the president himself relates the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch. The new speaker of the
house of representatives deems it no small
thing for an American citizen to cherish
a picture of his father kicking a nobleman
into the street.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
MAKE HIM DECLARE

From the Eutaw Wing and Observer.
The democrats of each county in the state
trre to declare for whom they will vote for
United States senator. The friends of SEN
ator Morgan should not vote for any legis-
lative candidate who declines to pledge him
self to vote for Morgan. Exact plain and
positive pledges to vote for Morgan for
United States senator.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
THAT HIGH SCHOOL TAX

From the Admission Home.
Thousands of good people-men with mus
cle brain and capital-want to come to Ala
bama, many to Birmingham. but the better
class will shun localities that are without
ample free schools for the education of
their children. What Alabama needs is
good free public schools for all classes
More important than who should be sena-
tor, or who should be governor.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

one of the most noted pig iron experts of
the United States, LETT for Louisville yes
terday, after spending the week in Rir-
bingham.
Walton Robertson, of New Orleans, is In
town.
]. H. Learned and V. L. Starr, of Boston,
are in Birmingham.
N. X. White, of Huntsville, is in Birming-
ham.
John Costello, of Cincinnati, is in town.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
TRIBUTE TO SENATOR MORGAN
a 10


Hon. John T. Morgan is statesman to
the manor born, and is one of the COM
with and among the "plain people," He is
one of the most influential characters in
American politics, and has national repu-
tation that carries with it tremendous
power, that can be made available in serv-
ing Alabama's interest in the highest law
making body in the union. He is travel
ing encyclopedia of information, especially
of American politics.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
TOO ENERGETIC
Editor the iMegaphone.

From the Columbana Chronicle
We have some very energetic candidates
for the senate. Johnston is going to dig the
Nicaragua canal the next day after his ad-
vent In that body, while Roquemore is going
to revolutionize the condition of the cotton
growers just as soon as his name goes on
the roll. We are afraid these two interests
will suffer If they wait on these two great
men to get there.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
IN HIGH JACKSON

From the Scottsboro Citizen.
The news is waited from "Bucksnort" to
Pisgah and from Carpenter to Paint Rock
that the people, the boys in the trenches,
and the rock-ribbed democracy of High
Jackson are for Morgan and Tomlinson
Shoot the anvil and let the rooster crow!
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
Refused the Rank of Captain

Much as he appreciated the advantage
of university training, young Henderson
was disturbed in mind when the Civil war
broke out, and communicated his misgiv-
ings to his intimate friends, who were fired
by his patriotic zeal. September Is, 1861,
just after morning prayers, he secured per-
mission to address the students on a serious
theme. Strange as the request was, the
faculty told him to go ahead. Then up
rose David b. Henderson and made his
first war speech. His speech led up to a
set of resolutions, which he read from a
paper. The concluding phrase was:
1--WE, therefore, drop our books to fight
our country's battles!'
To this declaration were appended the
names of % students; and David B. Hens
derson's name led all the rest. These %
had swelled to 1926 when the future
speaker went to the front. Sc impressed
were the battle chiefs that they offered
him the rank of captain. But the young
patriot was as modest as he was Jealous.
81 am not old enough to be captain"
he said, and contented himself with a
ueutenant'S commission.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
Back Again With a Wooden Leg

His regiment, the Twelfth Iowa in
fantry, Joined Grants command on the
march to Forts Henry and Donelson. In
the assault on the latter stronghold mus
ket ball tore a hole in his jaw, but he man.
aged to keep on his feet till the end of the
engagement. He had recovered sufficiently
to be with his company at Shiloh. Then,
in the second days fight at Corinth, his leg
was shot away. Henderson retired from
the war long enough to equip himself with
a wooden leg, on which he again marched
to the front, this time as colonel of tho
Forty-sixth Iowa.
After serving terms as collector of inter-
nal revenue and assistant United States
district attorney for the Northern district
of Iowa, he applied himself to the practice
of law in Dubuque. In 1892 he was elected
to congress and has since remained a MEM
Der of the house.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
ANINTIMATION

From the Boston Globe.
Chamberlain says it is not a good plan to
divide the skin before you have caught the
bear. That means that If the Beers are not
victorious they will have to bid good-by to
Independence in Africa.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
TAX THE DOGS

From the Gadsden Voice.
Alabama dogs should be taxed at the rate
of about two dollars year and the money
turned into the school fund. More schools
state
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
Sang Himself Into a Property

Henderson, the elder, was a man of
mighty lungs, who dwelt in the village of
Old Dear, on the Earl of Buchan's estate
in Aberdeenshire. Not only did he sing
the ballads of old, but, like true Celtic
minstrel, he improvised rhymes and clever
ly brought the songs of the soil up to date.
This accomplishment challenged the at
tention of the earl, jolly old bachelor, and
when there were company at the castle
Henderson would be summoned from the
village to sing to the guests.
One night, after an especially good song,
following an especially good dinner, his
lordship slapped his thigh and declared that
the singer and his descendants for three
generations should enjoy without rent the
use of generous slice of land on the main
street of the village.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11


The earl dropped dead one night, after
dining heartily, and the title and estates
passed to his brother. Henderson had never
thought of procuring from his patron any
written title to the land, and when the new
earl called and asked to see the papers by
virtue of which he held possession, the
ballad singer admitted that he hadn't a
particle of writing to show.
"Then,' said the earl, you must move
away inside of two days"
1t was then that the tuneful Scot arose
in his wrath and booted his lordship from
the premises. His wife, greatly alarmed
that night sought out the enraged noble
man and begged forgiveness for her hus-
band, engaging that there should be no dis
pute about the property The earl relented,
and two days later the entire family sailed
for America.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

Married women clerks are to be weeded
out of the postoffice department.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

Socialist Mayor Chase, of the shoe-mak-
ing city of Haverhill Massachusetts, has
10 trouble in securing a vindication when
ever his term of office is about to expire.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

Two ex-speakers, John G. Carlisle and
Thomas B. Reed, have been engaged by the
syndicate of plutocrats to fight in the SUI
preme court the war tax on inheritances.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11
sign office.

Morgan has carried democratic Lime
stone, democratic Colbert and the demo-
cratic beats of Marshall. Oates has earrleo
Coffee, and Johnston the populist beats of
Marshall.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

Mr.. Quay and Mr.. Roberts will hold the
center of the stage this week.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

Matt Quay is not bothering over argu-
ments-he looks after votes only.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease has concluded that
her true missionary field is New York in
stead of Kansas. She never did like to get
far away from tailor-made suits.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

The grand old man is billed to walk
away with democratic Morgan, democratic
Jackson and democratic Macon next satur-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

The resignation of Consul Macrum be-
comes the more mysterious as it becomes
plain that he is an Ohio man. Ohio men
seldom die and never it was supposed, re-
cip offiaa
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

Roasted monkey in our new possessions
is considered a dish fit for an epicure. The
bird should be young, and roasted to the
right turn.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

The difference between the methods Of
Get-Rich-Quick Miller and the customary
methods of Wall street is too small to quar-
rel over.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

Paderewski is again in this country, but
he is no longer divine, because he brought
Mrs. Pad. along.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

There are only 900 soldiers in the United
States, and there is no call for more.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

The sand-cure is the latest. Although
man is gizzardless, still he is expected to
eat sand every day for health's sake.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

Roberts hopes to arrive home frst-class
martyr, in which event he will expect to be
put in the senatorial vacancy If Quay Is
seated; and then we will have the whole
scene enacted over in the senate.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

The women are powerful enough to
change precedents and the constitution.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

Mr.. Quay should be permitted to fish all
cares of office.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-11

The Count de Castelane is saying little
and spending great deal of Jay Gould's
money.