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The age-herald., 1899-10-13
HYMN TO THE NIGHT

Henry w. Longfellow. l heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls l saw her sable skirts all fringed with light ~ From the celectial walls I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop OCT me from above; The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love. I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight, The manifold, soft chimes, That fill the haunted chambers of the Night,
 Like some old poets rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows
 there
 From those deep cisterns flows.
 7, O holy Night! from thee I learn to hear What man has borne before! Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they complain no more. Peace, Peace! Orestes-lke I breathe this
 prayer! Descend with broad-winged fight .- The welcome. the thrice-prayei for, the
 most fair. 4 The best beloved Night! -f 'e'
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
ToMLlNsON's WORK FOR SILVER

From the Scottsboro Progressive Age.
 MT Tomlinson is well versed on all the issues of the day, and in his addresses deals largely with national as well as state issues. MT. Tomlinson was very prominent in the campaign of '96 as chairman of the state democratic bimetallic committee, and the great success eff the party in this state during that campaign was achieved under his untring management. At present he holds the high position of president of the National Silver League, to which he was elected after the death of Senator Isham e. Harris, of Tennessee.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY

Wichita. Kan. is taking a novel method to express its disapproval of the Rennes verdict against Captain Dreyfus In com mon with the world at large the people of Wichita were and are incensed at the trav- esty upon justice that was played by the military court since it's sessions began at Rennes. Everybody was most eager to ex- press this feeling in some tangible manner. but while other towns were passing reso- lutions to boycott the Paris exposition and going on record in other wave, Wichita could think of nothing practical. Suddenly 1t occurred to some one that if a Hebrew lady were selected to be queen of the fes- tival, to be held next month, the Hebrews everywhere would certainly consider this honor as notable expression of not only condemnations of the French idea of jus tice, but also as a high compliment to the race of which Dreyfus is a son.
 No sooner was the suggestion made than Miss Joseph's name was put in nomination as an addition to five or six young society belle whose friends had been active. The news spread rapidly, and soon all Wichita was in line with the plan.
 Miss Joseph is stenographer in the em- ploy of the Mccormick Harvesting com pany, and is one of the prettiest girls in the west or in the country for that matter. Her beauty is of the purest oriental type If arrayed in the garb of the east one might easily fancy her as just stepping out of the Arabian Nights" ,Ji-
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
Dewey's Modesty and Simplicity

The following incident, told by J. c. Hemment in Leslie's Weekly. reveals the modest and genial nature of Admiral Dewey:
 "One afternoon as an English transport was leaving the Bay of Naples it passed close by the Olympia. The admiral was told of its presence, came out on the gang way, and as the Engishman dipped her colors he took off his cap and waved her a goodby, much to the delight of all on board the transport. One morning as I was coming alongside the Olympia I was going around her stern to come up the port gang way. The admiral was on the quarter-deck and saw me. He at once said: oh, don't pull around there. Come up my gangway. It's more handy This is Admiral Dewey. Do you wonder why his men are so mag nifcently loyal? He is never too much en- gagged to greet an acquaintance. and always meets one with a winning smile. In the language of Henry Vigneaud of the Paris embassy, He has the heart of lion the eye of a hawk, and the hand and manner of d grande dame.'"
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
Interstate Commerce and Yellow Fever

Interstate commerce and yellow fever have come in collision down in Texas. That state prefers freedom from yellow fever to commerce with Louisiana, and 1t instituted and is now maintaining very rigid quar- antine against the city of New Orleans The attorney general of Louisiana now pro- poses to see whether an injunction from the supreme court of the United States cannot stop such interference with interstate com merce. The matter will be heard in Wash ington next Monday.
 The Texas quarantine was established September 1, and the people of that state would not object to an indefinite prolonga- tion of it. They say Texas people should trade at home. At any rate they do not propose to let fever germs enter their state As the protection of the public health is a matter within the police powers of the state it is indeed difficult to see how the supreme court can set up interstate commerce against it. The question, it will be seen, concerns this state quite as much as it does Texas.
 The Texas quarantine Is directed, not against the state of Louisiana, but against the city of New Orleans.It is dif- ficult to see how quarantine against the city of New Orleans gives the state of Lou isiana right to apply for an injunction, and yet if the state cannot come into court there would be no remedy, for the city can- not bring legal proceedings against state. It must be stAte against state.
 The lawyers are hastening to Washing ton, we'll loaded up with law points and law papers, and it is very probable that the ap- plication of Louisiana for an injunction will put on the books another historic case The powers of a state in the way of quaran- tine restrictions have never been defined, and the case from Louisiana will be apt to test the relative virtues of interstate com merce and protection of the public health. It is Yellow Jack versus the cotton trade, but the title of the case will not disclose the real parties.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
Emulated Hannibal

When Admiral George Dewey and his younger sister, now Mrs. Mary P. Greedy, were small children together in Montpelier. Vt, they read an account of Hannibal crossing the Alps According to Max Ben nett Tlhrasher, who relates the incident in Self Culture, the boy was strongly im- pressed with the story as, in fact, he seems to have been with almost anything per- taining to war Just back of the state house is a high and very steep hill, at that time probably bare of houses, since even now only a very few have been able to perch upon it's slopes. Fitting himself and his sister out with such impediments as he thought suitable one winter day, and nam ing the high hill the Alps, young Dewey started to cross them, he being Hannibal and his sister the army. It was cold, and the ground was covered with deep snow, but the endurance of the army did not give out until she had become so chilled that she was sick in bed for a week afterward a result.
 Bewteen Admiral Dewey and his sister existed a sympathy of the most intimate nature. In one of his letters to her after the battle of Manila he said Just a line to thank you for your kind letter, and also for your prayers for my safety. Perhaps they did help. Who knows?"
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
Ministered 10 the Sorrows of Others

An American girl who met in Paris the mother of Dreyfus does not believe that / her son could be guilty of the crime with which he has been charged The girl was staying alone in hgh-class apartments and was feeling desperately lonely, as her American friends had just departed Her knowledge of French was but slender, and she longed for companionship.
 Among the boarders at the pension was elderly woman who reminded her so strongly of her mother that she wanted to fall upon her neck and weep every time she looked at her. One day when the older woman saw her with tears in her eyes she put her arm around the girl and spoke to her so kindly and sympathe tically that she could no longer keep back the tears, but fell to crying heartily.
 "There there" said the motherly woman. 'You have no troubles, my child" After a few minutes she resumed, "A great trouble came to me a few years ago, since then I have known nothing but sorrow"
 No one suspected at the time that the elderly woman was the mother of Captain Dreyfus. She was known by the name of Mime. Dreyfus-Gauthier, having added her maiden name to escape notoriety.
 "She was a beautiful woman, said the American girl, with a sweet expression and tender, sympathetic manner. She always wore a black silk gown with a soft fishu-like arrangement about her neck and a lace scarf over her head, which was most becoming to her. I am so ashamed when I think how I troubled her with my little affairs when she had such grief to en- durev
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
The BuIuer Ten Mill Tax.

The Education Exchange. in discussing the Bulger tax, expresses surprise that it is not available in the present school year. IL says: That the money was not in hand October for apportionment at that time is easily seen, for only then did the collection of that fund begin. It is reasonable to suppose that most of this fund will be col- lected and in the state treasury by or be- fore January 1, 19OO and if so, must 1t by law, remain there idle for year? Are not contracts made upon apportionments which are based upon estimates so far the poll tax is concerned, and is there anything to prohibit contracts and apportionments based upon estimates of this special tax? We ask for information?'
 Chief Clerk Gunnels of the educational to the tax He says:
 "I am informed by the auditor that the one-mill tax will not be available until tine 1st of October, 1900. As you know, this tax was not due until the list of October, and on that day the law required the audi tor to certify to this department the amount of money available for school purposes so that it could be apportioned. As this tax lad not been collected on the 1st of Octo- ber, 1899, the auditor did not certify 1t, and of course, it is not considered in making the apportionment."
 This explanation simply shows what red tape can accomplish. Everybody knows the Bulger tax will produce $25O,OO0. Some of it has already been paid in, and more is coming in every day. By the first day of January it will practically be paid in. Why the apportionment for the schools could not have included this handsome appropriation, no one can understand. If the children could stop growing until next October, no harm would be done; but they cannot. and red tape has therefore marred tens of thousands of young and promising lives at least. The money must lie idle in the treas ury year, simply because an estimate Of its amount could not be made-an estimate two. Great is red tape.
 However, next October there will be Si50,O00 in the form of a direct appropria- tion; the one-mill tax, amounting to $25O,- 000 the sixteen-section fund.- about $15O0 0O0 and the poll tax, which is good for $150,300 more-making total of $1 0OO 900, as against $S60, ,7S5.69 this year. The gain in the next school year will not be to the full extent of the Bulger tax, because the present school year has the benefit of an unappro- priated balance from the last school year. This balance slightly exceeds one hundred thousand dollars. Red tape withheld this balance from the children a whole year. but it partially makes good the Bulger tax that red tape is now manipulating.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
HELP YOUR OWN TOWN

From the Nashville Banner. A leading Cincinnati business man offers this advice, flor the good of the town, and very good advice it is:
 Always register.
 Always attend primaries. Always vote.
 Talk well of your town. Spend your money with it's merchants. Clean the fronts of your buildings. Remember, encourage and reward good officials
 Remember the others, too.
 Merchants, watch your freight rates. Push your export trade.
 Reduce the disfigurement of your streets by posted ads.
 Stamp tax them and get revenue.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

sweltering in summer weather. Yesterday was a fair. bright day, and the heat was as oppressive as that of last April There was breeze blowing-breezes blow always in Jones valley-but the day was more than warm-it was hot.
 W. A. Henderson, of Washington, assist ant general attorney of the Southern Rail- way, is in Birmingham. It is understood that MT. Henderson's business here is to examine some land titles that are not of public interest.
 Sam Adler was down town yesterday for the first time in several weeks. he hay ing been very i'll with typhoid fever.
 Private information from Nashville is to the effect that Colonel A. M. Shook and Mrs. Shook, who suffered so painfully in a carriage accident last Sunday, are recov- ering very satisfactorily. Colonel Shook hopes to return to Birmingham and resume his duties at the great steel plant within a fortnight. In that gigantic enerprise he takes a strong and worthy pride, and ex poets to begin the active production of steel in large quantities about thirty days hence. Thus Colonel Shook will be the real pioneer of steel production in the south, which to him has been long dear ambi- ton.
 Walter Smith, of the widely-known Smith firm of contractors, is in Birmingham for short stay.
 Representative W. c. Davis, of Marion, who now resides at Jasper, is in town. MT. Davis is recovering from a long and dan gerous illness.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
Dewey and Brumby Coming South.

Flag Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby, a Georgian, is coming back to his home to re- ceive triumph" and a beautiful sword that his friends in Georgia are prepared to present him. He is to be accompanied by his superior in the naval service at Manila. Admiral George Dewey. This combination will constitute an event of very considera- ble interest.
 Mayor Woodward and his associates had
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

From the Greenville Advocate.
 MT. w. J. Nicholson, the tax assessor, head of one of Garland's billy goats, which were of unusual size. They measured 3212 inches from tip to tip, each horn being 20 inches in length. MT. Nicholson said that Buffers candidate for governor had the brains and the brass, and now if he wanted the horns to horn off the other candidates for governor he could have this pair. The goat from which these horns were taken was six years old.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
REFLECTIONS OF A RACHEL oR.s
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 Probably every woman wishes her nose was either bigger or Jttler.
 Every woman, no matter how homely she is, believes in her heart that she has an aristocratic air.
 You can always judge woman's talking speed by watching her in restaurant when she thinks no one is looking.
 The instince that makes a man fall in love probably is the same one that makes a child, when it can't think of anything else to do, want piece of bread and butter.
 There was once a big lookingglass In a department store. and one day a woman passed 1t W thout looking to see how she looked to other people when they looked at her. This is not a fairy story; the woman was blind.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
The Senatorial Financial Policy.

The financial policy of the senate repub- licans has been formulated. The gold standard is it's keynote it's predominant feature. The Chicago Tribune furnishes this outline of the policy agreed on by the leading republicans:
 First-Principal and interest of govern ment bonds to be paid in gold at option of holder.
 Second-The national debt to be refund- ed into bonds carrying not over per cent. interest.
 Third-Nationa banks to be permitted to issue notes to the par value of bonds de- posted.
 Fourth-Reducton of the minimum cap ital of national banks to $25,OOO in small towns.
 Fifth-Reduction of the tax on circula- ton at least to one-fourth and possibly to one-eighth per cent.
 Sixth-Making the treasury a gold de- pository by authorizing gold certificates of five, ten and twenty dollars, corresponding to the coins themselves.
 Seventh-Conversion of silver certificates into denominations of one two and five dollars.
 Administration of national bank notes to denominations of $20 and upwards.
 Ninth-Segregation of a limited gold re- serve, either coin or notes exchanged for com, 10 De exempt rom use TOT current expenses.
 Tenth-Low rate short time bonds or in- terest-bearing certificates of indebtedness to be authorized specifically to meet fu- ture deficits.
 Beyond a doubt the gold standard is to be proclaimed early in the coming session. It was promised to subscribers of the Hanna fund, and they demand the fulfill ment of the promise. No subscriptions will be forthcoming from the banks, trust companies and the like until the goods are delivered in the form of the gold standard.
 The refunding scheme will result. it is claimed, in an annual saving of s7,6OO 900 in interest. It will however, fasten upon the country an immense quantity of long term bonds. About 56o,OooOOO in {, bonds probably can be turned into long-t term threes on even terms, thus saving in in- terest the sum before named.
 Asset banking, or loans based on de- posits, will not be recognized, but the na- tional bank system will be extended and upheld. They will be permitted to issue notes up to the par value of bonds de- posited. The tax circulation will be reduced, and banks with $25 0OO capital will be authorized These provisions, coupled with an issue of long-term bonds, will, it is believed, render secure the national banks and enable them to increase their circulation.
 The object of the scheme may be said to be threefold-to establish the gold stand ard, to issue long-term bonds and to pro- tect the national banks. The people in the producing sections of the country are not interested in this threefold scheme. There Is no provision for state banks of issue, no relief of any kind where relief is most needed. The entire scheme is thoroughly eastern in it's objects and details. It was matched in Wall street, and a republican house and republican senate are to nurse it through MT William Mckinley will go to the country oif it. and the ballot boxes in November of next year will decide whether or no the people like 1t.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
KEEPING THEIR FENCES IN-REPAIR

Washington Letter to the Portland Ore
 gonian.
 A southern congressman told me the oeh- CT day that when a man once got In con gress from a southern state it was his own fault if he was not elected term after term. When we look back upon the records of congressman from the south and notice that even the most mediocre men remain long in congress and finally reach the top place on committees, the opinion of this southerner is endorsed.
 He told me that it was only question of getting around and seeing the people to secure renomination, and the renomina- tion meant reelection in almost every southern district. For his part, he takes an off year, like the present, and visits every election precinct in his district, spending some time in each, and renewing his acquaintance with leading men, while getting acquainted with others who are coming to the front. The next year, about the time the convention is to be held, he writes to each one of these men, saying he is sorry he cannot get around to see them again, but remembers with pleasure his visit to them the previous year; he there upon expresses the hope that they will take an interest in the primary elections and see that delegates Favorable to him are selected. -tfH
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
TWO RAGS BETTER

From the Washington Post.
 There's small boy uptown who judges things as he sees them The square adjoin- ing that on which he lives was roped off couple of weeks ago on account of the pres ence of diphtheria among some children in house on that square. The boy regarded the ropes and the white rags futtering therefrom with added interest because one of the boys down with the disease was a schoolmate of his. One morning last week the youngster noticed that two of the white rags out of the half-dozen that had been hanging from the rope nearest his house the night before were missing. They had probably fallen off or been mischievously cut off by some lad with a pocketknife. The little chap hustled into the house.
 ''Say, maw," he said, all out of breath, "Tommy Tadpole's two rags better.'
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
AND GO "WELL HEELED"

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal. Here is a quotation from the Boer's na- tional hymn:
 Waal hoog nou in ons heldre lug
 Transvaalse vrijheidsvlagl
 Ons vijande is weggeving,
 Ons blinkn blijer dag. If John Bull thinks he is going to have a walk-over in the Transvaal. he had bets ter wear extra-soled boots.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
annointcd Goyernor of Panama

Colon, Colombia October 12.-Via Calves ton, Tex, October 12-General Campo Her. rano has been appointed governor of the department of Panama, succeeding General Durban Colonel Shaler, superintendent of the Panama railroad, returned to the isth- mus yesterday from the United States.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

Great Britain and Venezuela are satisfied with the award, but Venezuelas satisfac- tion has not as yet extended far enough to raise and pay over to Ex-Presdent liar rison his fee of $250,0O0.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
Have Arrived in London

London, October 12.-The United States naval constructors, among them J. M. Pow ell, sent to England to enter upon course of special instruction, arrived in London to- day and reported at the United States em- baSSy.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

The warden of the Ludlow street jail in New York placed one of the popular "Wel- come Dewey signs over his door. The en- tire city was turned over to the hero.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

A memorial bust of the dead Poe has just been unveiled at the University of Vir- ginia. The living Poe was busted, too, but the fashion has changed In his case
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

The postponement of the congressional conventions will enable the defeated gu- bernatorial aspirants to shy their hats into the congressional rings
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

Sir Alfred Laurier, Canada's premier, did not take precautions in Chicago against Chicago girls He has been Hobsonized.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

While MT. Stallings Is stumping Jeffer- son county, MT. Tomlinson will doubtless reciprocate by stumping Butler. He has already spoken in Evergreen.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

The hero-worship business that the court journal decries is shot aimed at General Joe Wheeler, who is also shot at on the firing line in the Philippines.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

The Mckinley spellbihders are working with the energy of desperation in Ohio and throughout the west generally.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

Congressman Roberts can at least trek to sulu, one of our new possessions, where polygamy is an established institution.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

The baseball pennant is now owned by Brooklyn, a town that had the good sense to secure the old Baltimore combination.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

Dom Paul should know that it will never do to pull off the Transyaal war until Rich ard Harding Davis arrives on the spot.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

The cup races are all the more interesting because the outcome has become all the more doubtful.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

The republican barrel that will be opened in Ohio will make a new record. Mark in his dollar-mark clothes will preside at the bung.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

The New Workers will try day by day now to raise the wind.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

Vermont is mobilizing as rapidly as pos sfble She proposes to greet her great son unanimously.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

Dewey, Tom Brumby and Mayor Wood wand have tickets for seats in the Atlanta band wagon.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

Admiral Deweys boyhood friends exceed the population of his native state.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

'qMy Brother Boer" intimates that he will begin the staying himself.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

Sir Thomas Lipton still has the air of a confident and hopeful man.
The age-herald., 1899-10-13

Seven-cent cotton is showing in increased advertising,
The age-herald., 1899-10-13
HORNS FOR MIR. srALLINGs

Georgia anticipates the day when she can greet Admiral Brumby.