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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
Affairs in Samoa,

The sending of Admiral Kautz to Apia.
without notice to Germany, while friendly
negotiations were progressing, was alike
unnecessary and unusual. The utmost
frankness would have been better, for Ger
many had shown no intention of doing any,
a stand that in any manner contravenes
the treaty of Berlin.
Beyond the fact that Herr Rose, German
consul at Apia, sympa thizes with the cause
OF Mataafa, one of the rival kings, and
that the American and English consuls are
partisans of Malietoa Tanus, the other
king, not much is known. Mataafa was
once exiled for rebelling against the king
who died last year. That kings death pre-
cipitated struggle for the succession.
Mataafa, who is popular among the Samo-
ans as well as among the Germans. had
returned, and in the election for a new
king, he received majority of votes CHER
Justice Chambers declared him Ineligible.
because of some of his former acts. DR..
the decision Of the chief justice, and Ma
taafa was permitted to organize q pro-
vissional government.
At this point accurate Information is
ended. Just why the Philadelphia and Por-
poise bombarded and burned some native
villages-why they began hostiIities at all
docs not clearly appear. Doubtless they
were dissatisfied with some acts of the mo-
visional government. Later and fuller add
vices are needed before the situation can
be definitely understood.
But no serious trouble will arise over the
matter. The matter In dispute Is small in
every sense, and the three Teutonic ma
tons have too much sense to quarrel over
1t. 1t will be amlcably settled In due time.
The chances are that division of the
islands among the three powers will be the
best settlement that can be made. Three
Jealous consuls shut up in a small town
are sure to breed trouble. There are only
thirty-three thousand Samoans on the thir-
teen Islands of the group, and Apla is the
headquarters of the German element. 1t Is
the chief town OF the group, but 1t is by
no means the best harbor. The Americans
prefer Pago-Pago on an adjoining island.
The harbor is excellent. and a coaling sta
zion Is all we need in that quarter of the
world.
In this connection 1t should be stated that
Germany was formerly opposed to Ma
taafa's pretensions. He was bred In
France. He returned to Samoa and began
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
AMERICAS OPPORTUNITY
From the New York Commercial. !,

FROM the NOW York commercial.
A naval attache to the French embassy
at Washington has already arrived, and it
to be sent here as naval attache to the
German embassy. The reason for the COM
ing of these officers Is found in the events
of the late war. Foreign governments
have not in the past considered the Ameri-
can navy of enough Importance to make it
desirable for them to have naval attaches
United States. 1t is possible, too, that the
sending of this additional attache is due
not only to the brilliant achievements of
the American navy, but also to the general
recognition of the United States as world
power. The American people have hardly
become accustomed as yet to the fact that
the United States has now taken a position
both politically and commercially, which
makes it one of the factors to be reckoned
with in every problem presented in the
worlds affairs.
But this phase OF the situation must be
Its true part In the world. The situation
is one of which we can take advantage.
American products will be examined with
q care and an interest never before accord
ed TO them; American ideas will receive
consideration such they have never be-
fore received. The present may be con-
sidered this nations worldwide oppor-
tunity.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
The Mississippi Intelligence Clause.

A correspondent sent the Mississippi in
tellgence clause to the Selma Times, urg-
ing it's adoption in this state. The Times
says cit is opposed to any such clause.
The ability to read section of the consti-
tuition as qualification for voting is per-
haps well enough, but when it comes to
constituting it, deliver us! Constituting
section Of the constitution to the reason
able satisfaction of the inspectors" would
be such a sweeping Acknowledgement that
there would hardly be enough competent
inspectors. Even the author of the above
clause would, perhaps, have hard row to
hoe in constituting a section selected hap
hazard by an inspector ito the reasonable
satisfaction of the inspectors" Constru-
ing sections of the constitution is for men
better learned in law and literature than
the average voter Better let the con-
STRUNG alone. 1t might act contrary"
The point made by the Times pre-sup-
poses that the clause is to be honestly en-
forced; when in point of fact there is no
such intention whatever. The "construing"
is to be dishonesty conducted. All whites
are to be declared competent "construers,"
and all blacks incompetent. This is what
Alabama suffers from at present, and the
substitution Of the Mississippi form of ball
lot box dishonesty for the prevailing form
would not cast out corruption, and the
Generalization that goes with it. Ala
bama needs suffrage qualifications that can
be applied in straightforward, open and
plain manner. With this object in view,
The Age-Herald again presents the plan
proposed last Sunday:
l. Adopt alternative educational and
property qualifications. That is to say, all
who can read and write can vote; also
those who can not read and write but who
pay taxes upon property assessed at $500.
g. All soldiers of all wars can vote.
g. All can vote upon whom the next sue
ceeding legislature specifically and individ-
ually confers the right Of suffrage
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
In the matter of usefulness women rank
men somewhere along with doormats.
No matter what the season is 1t ALWAYS
seems to man that women are dressed at
the wrong end.
II women were Independent in money
matters men would be a lot less conceited
about how highly their devotion is valued.
No woman has the courage to buy an
Easter hat and then not wear it on Easter
sunday because 1t looks like it would rain.
When woman wants to find out how
much she likes a man she thinks of him as
married to her best friend, and if that
makes her hate her friend she knows she
loves him.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
Jim"

"JIM'
Edmund Day in Detroit Tribune.
Jest an orn'ry yaller pup,
Thout no breed nor kin.
Eats a heap O. vittles up,
Yet he's allus thin,
'Taint the sleekest kinder skin
Hides the kindest heart;
Take a costly dog ter win
Me and Jim apart.
Tell yer what the critter done.
He jest saved my life,
That time old Marin Robinson.
Visited my wife.
Shes Sues mother, don't yer see;
Best she over had,
But we never could agree
Cause / made her mad.
Marin staid with us jest a week.
Seemed an awful spell; -
Wife an me- we didn't speak, II =
Home was jest fike-well III liss
weren't Jest as nice place
AS 1t was before,
.Frowns and scowls ON ev'ry face.
An heap o. jaw.
Then found this yaller pup.
Comm home one night;
Picked the orn'ry critter UP,
i was kinder tight.
Fetched him home like he is now,
Got marm's dander up,
Made her raise an awful row,
Swore she'd kill the pup.
Jim next day got prowlin' round,
While marin took her nap,
An when she were sleepin' sound,
Ate her Sunday cap,
iChewed her knittin' all ter bits,
Chased her Maltese cat,
Scared the critter inter fits
Wise young pup. Sir, that.
Marin she swore she wouldn't stay
In the house with him,
Packed her buds an moved next day,
All along o. Jim.
AN when I come home that night,
.Spectin' frowns an strife,
Jim he wore that collar bright
Put thar by my wife.
Now you see why we love Jim;
Yes. my wife an me,
Think a mighty heap o. him,
Saved us both yer see.
Marin writes that shell visit us,
When Jim goes away.
Wife an me no longer fuss
Jim, you bet, will stav-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
STRONG MES HAVE BEES SELECTED

The delegates to the constitutional con-
vention that have been selected all over
the state gives a guarantee that should
convention be called, the framing of our
organic law will be in safe hands. The
most able, prominent and honest men in the
state will make up its personnel. They
will constitute a body worth going to see
and hear. This is as it should be.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

Compton. OF the Louisville and Nashville,
Is In town. He formerly resided here, and
was one of the most popular and highly es-
teemed residents of Birmingham
City Solicitor Wiley C. Tunstall, of Annis-
ton, is In town.
Former Representative Ed deGraffenreid,
of Hale, Is in town.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
ALL THE CORN HARVESTED

From the Sheffield Reaper.
The newspapers have not recorded the
loss of any corn in the south on account of
being left unharvested in the fields. Not q
record.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

France admits that CONSUMPTION has
reached 1t limit, and that her army cannot
be farther Increased. But Germany goes on
increasing her army. and Russia and Eng
land their respective navies:
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

DR.. James Ormsbee Murray dean of
Princeton university, whose death ell the
country mourns, was South Carolinian.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

The Springfield Republican is recuperat-
ing slowly. It finds some comfort in
Aguinaldo's stubbornness,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
PERRY COUNTY DIVIDED

From the Marion Standard.
Shelley, Stallings and Cunningham, all
three, have a following in Perry to succeed
Governor Johnston.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

Alger's boat might have missed the island
of Cuba altogether. and gone to the South
Pole, to the great satisfaction of science
and the country.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

The innate yiciousness of republicanism
begins to show itself in attacks upon Cen
eral Miles military record. Even the bath
tub, long in disuse, does not escape.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

The real Philippine commissioners are the
men who carry bayonets and know how
to use them.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

The Cuban assembly hesitates to dissolve,
to work or starve.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

New Jersey. the home of the trusts.
should organize one other monopoly
mosquito trust.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

While Alger is junketing, our troops in
Cuba are going Into the rainy season with
out floors in their tents.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

Aguinaldo has an idea by this time that
when the Americans set out to reach
given point, they are pretty sure to go
there.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

Aguinaldo has troubles of his own. but he
is not embarrassed by Jeffersonlan dinner
complications
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

The New York democrats should learn
that it is not wise to quarrel with their
yictuals.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

man who is very dnatory in selecting his
banquet.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

From the Brewton News.
Who knows but that Kolb may yet be
governor?
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

Home rule waits in the Philippines while
Agutnaldo keeps the field.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

The Cuban assembly touched low water
mark when Alger snubbed it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

The Tagals under Aguinaldo are not at
present taking their customary siesta.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

Humorist Bob Burdette took a wife and a
pulpit at one leap.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

Mr.. Bailey, of Texas. is another states
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

General Eagan now carries an embalmed
temper.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

The Ms are in majority in Manila land.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

The battle of the banquets still RACES.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

hhdn WIN - Nof2 uhdtoiy IN sefeclIuB MS
banquet.
New Jersey. the home of the trusts,
should organize one other monopoly a
mosquito trust.
The real Philippine commissioners are the
men who carry bayonets and know how
to use them.
Aguinaldo has troubles of his own. but he
is not embarrassed by Jeffersonlan dinner
complications.
The New York democrats should learn
that it is not wise to quarrel with their
victuals.
The Tagals under Aguinaldo are not at
present taking their customary siesta.
The Cuban assembly touched low water
mark when Alger snubbed it.
Home rule waits in the Philippines while
Aguinaldo keeps the field.
Humorist Bob Burdette took a wife and
pulpit at one leap.
General Eagan now carries an embalmed
temper.
The Ms are in majority in Manila land.
The battle of the banquets still RACES.
And this Is April.
QUERY FROM THE PINE BELT
From the Brewton News.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
a QUERY FROM THE PINE BEL.

And this Is April.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01

These words hold good of our treatment
during the present epidemic; the experience
of over nine years since the above was
written has simply corroborated DR.. Pea
cocks statements. Complications must. OF
course, be treated as they arise, but the
most difficult to control are probably the
form of pneumonia occurring In connection
with influenza, which Is usually of par
ticularly virulent character, and the nerv-
GUS symptoms. which are also singularly
rebellious to all therapeutic measures.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-13
Ffretraps in Cities.

Greater than the danger from fire in
places of public resort is the danger
to the small lodging houses and over
crowded apartments and tenements.
Many of these are located over cellars
used for bakeries, and the upsetting
of a pot of hot fat or the kindling of
a spark in the finder wood in these
cellars means ar instant confiagration,
with imminent danger of ~suffocation
to the people in the crowded lodgings
above. A number of appalling disas-
tiers have occurred under precisely
these circumstances, and yet we IN
derstand that tenement-house bake
shops continue in business, and that
no additional safeguards have been
provided for the poor families resid-
ing in them in New York and in all
other large cities.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-13
Cnnlhn,t He Divided.

In Felix Moscheles' fragments OF
an Autobiography ecu the follow
ing: Madame Schumann vas wanted
to play at a little musical reunion, but
she did not respond. Mr.. Moscheles
was deputed to approach her. Was
she inclined to play?" Particularly
disinclined," was the d~iscouraging re-
sponse The envoy mentioned her hus-
bands's "Carnaval.'' One part l par
ticularly love, the March of the Da-
vidsbundler.' If l could only hear you
play just that page or two!" This
reused her. Page or two, indeed!"
she cried. "Wenn man den 'Carnaval'
spielt, spielt man ihn ganz." when
one plays the "Carnaval" n must
play it all.) And she played the whole.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-13

wear. The mayors brother, DR.. Per-
cival Pearce, was elected to be mar
ried in 1895. The summer had scarce
ly passed when he led to the altar
Miss Jessie Cooke, daughter of Homer
Cooke, one of Chicago's leading attor-
neys. He met the young lady while
r~usticating at the clubs summer re-
treat at Third Lake, in his own coun-
ty. Last year r. P. Bidinger, a leading
shoe dealer of the city and township
assessor, was the chosen one of the
club, and he married before the end
of the year. Another election in re-
cent years was William ]. Lyon, who
found a lovely bride in Poughkeepsie,
New York. He is the son Of Hon. G.
r. Lyon, a leading member of the II
linois legislature.
No club is more patriotic than the
Bachelors. When war broke out with
Spain the patriotic spirit of every
member was aroused to the highest
pitch. Most of them were prosper
Gus men with business on hand that
they could not leave, yet all recognize
ed the fact that they should be repre-
sented in the conflict for Cuban free
dom. Accordingly the ballot box vas
resorted to, and a representative was
elected to serve in the ranks Of the
United States army. w. G. Parker
was the choice. He joined the Illinois
cavalry, Troop M.
-
The preseSt officers of the Bache-
lors' Club are Cyrus Blodgett, presi-
dent; Arthur Smith, vice president;
Theodore burst, secretary and treas
urer; DR.. Percival Pearce, chaplain.
The headquarters of the club are at
Third Lake, in Lake County, Ill, where
their summer house and beautiful
grounds are situated. The "Old Maid"
is their famous sailboat, known as the
champion all over the string of lakes
in that vicinity.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-13
Counterfeit k

A lot of counterfeit nickels made
their appearance Monday at the Unit
ed States sub-treasury at the custom
house. From the number received it
would indicate that these counterfeit
pieces are in general circulation in
Baltimore city, and are said by treas
ury experts to be the best executed i'm
itatien of the genuine which has ever
made it's appearance. The c~ounterfeits
bear different dates, one mold being
1884 and the other 1898. The 1884
specimen is particularly good, the only
noticeable defect, and that only dis
cernible after close scrutiny. is the
figure l in the date. In color it is
a shade lighter than the original of
the same date. The nickel of 1898 also
closely resembles the genuine. In
weight both nickels are a fraction
lighter than a genuine coin, and to
the touch they are somewhat oily
Baltimore Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-13
GUARDING BANKS.
Extraordinary Precautions to Make
watchmen vIeiIant.

Watchmen ViGiIant.
New York Sun: Some people think
that time locks, burglar alarms and
steel-barred windows, with a watch
man awake or asleep inside, and the
police outside, might afford protection
in plenty for a bank. A visitor in a
district messenger Office the other day
found that bank authorities do NOT
hold to this opinion. The visitor
noticed when he entered the Office that
the manager seemed to be watching
the clock with great solicitude. With
out any warning the young man
jumped up from his desk, grabbed his
hat and dashed out. The strangers
curiosity was aroused, and he waited
until the manager came back. What
vas the natter" he asked. "The
bank Waterman vas testing me-" he
said, and then wen on to explain the
system. At every hour and half hour
the Waterman inside the bank pushed
a button that rang a bell in the mes
senger Office. This button was at the
rear of the bank. At a quarter before
and a quarter after the hour he
touched a button in the front of the
bank hat rang a bell in an entirely
ager of the telegraph Office took down
the time to the minute when the bell
rang. If the bell at the back OF the
bank failed to ring within five minutes
of the hour or half hour, it was the
duty of the manager of the Office to
make all speed to the bank. When he
got there he must actually see the
Waterman and speak to him. II
within five minutes after reaching the
bank he did not see the watchman, he
was to call the police. If the manager
failed to go to the bank promptly
when it was his duty to do so, the
Waterman must report him, receiving
a reward therefor. The object of hav-
ing the bank connected with two mes
senger offices was to lessen the posi-
bility of collision between the watch
men and the managers. But this was
not all. An outside Waterman was
also employed. He was the regular
special Waterman who was employed
by the property owners of the neigh
borhood. 1t was his duty to meet the
inside Waterman at the front door
every hour and her to go to the back
door and meet the inside man. Then
there were burglar alarms on every
window, door and vault door. The
stranger went to a bank officer and
asked him whether all these precau-
tons were necessary for the detection
of robbery. Not for detection" he
said, but for prevention. The burglar
who tries to break into this bank a
night is insane. He has not the
slightest chance in the world, and hi
knows it. Then, too, we are sure NJ
fire can gain any Roadway in the build
ing while the watchmen are kept Sc
thoroughly awake. OF course we are
ffreproof, theoretically, but we do not
even trust that"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-07-13
BIG FEES.
Physicians Who Received Fortunes for
Simple Services.

Simple Services.
Several European physicians have
made fortunes by single operations.
DR.. Thomas Dimsdale, a Hertfordshire
specialist, who was summoned to ST.
Petersburg in 1852 to vaccinate EN-
press Catherine H., received $50, 900
and a pension of $500 a year. A Ger
tain DR.. Butler, who had obtained a
worldwide reputation for his opera
tions in lithotomy, received a lakh of
rupees (then worth $50, 0OO) from each
of six Indian rajahs for relieving
them from their pains. The late car
of Russia paid Prof. Zacherine, a noted
specialist of Moscow, SITS, 900 for two
days attendance. DR.. Gale of Bristol
received a check for $3.50, 900 for cur
ing a certain prominent nobleman of a
diseased knee. DR.. Gale Yowski, who
travelled all the way to Teheran to at
tend the son of the late shah, received
$4,000 and his expenses. Sir William
Jenner received a baronetcy and $780,
600 for four weeks attendance at the
bedside of the prince of Wales. Sir
Morell Mackenzie received $160, 600 for
attending the Emperor Frederick. Per-
haps the most extravagant fee of all,
however, is that of an English army
surgeon who charged an Indian rajah
$685. 900 for one prescription in a simple
case of rheumatism.