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The age-herald., 1899-03-28
MAYOR SAM JONES OF TOLEDO

From the Washington Post
 'I don't suppose there is a town in the United States where as hot a mayoralty fight is waging as in Toledo" said Mr. B. G. Luckett, of that Buckeye city, at the Riggs.
 Mai. s. M. Jones, who Is running inde- pendently has acquired almost a national reputation by his advocacy of municipal socialism. He is a practical believer, too in profit-sharing, and divides the gains of his manufacturing establishment with his employees He is known as the golden rule mayor, as that is the only rule that he lays down for the guidance of his work men.
 ''The opposing republican candidate Charles D. Russell, is a good man, and is making his campaign a platform that promises strict enforcement of the liquor laws. Under Mayor Jones regime there has been little no effort to restrict the saloon-keepers, as the mayor Is great be- lieyer in the personal liberty principle. If elected again he cannot be expected to be any more stringent than in the past, and for that reason all the rum sellers and the element that likes a wide open town are heartily in his favor. It is pretty hard question to call the winner, but the guess is that MT. Jones will succeed himself He has such strong hold on the labor class that his support by the workingmen is as- isured, and the foreign voters who like their beer on Sunday will likewise rally to his aid On the whole I'd play him for a win ner."
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

sound of the unaccustomed music of Q brass band"
 Messrs. George R. Jones of Lauderdale. T. N. Jones of St. Clair and Daniel A. Col Her of Fayette. members of the state dem- ocratic committee came into town last night on their way to Montgomery.
 Hon. Ed Watkins, the distinguished mayor of Chattanooga, is in Birmingham
 Col William A. Gunter of Montgomery and his son, Capt. Gaston Gunter, late of the Third Alabama volunteers, are in the city.
 F M. Billing of Montgomery is in the city.
 Charles H. Greer of the Marion Standard is visiting Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
AN EASTER BONNET From Leslie's Popular Monthly.

Where lilies hid the Latin text, And smilax wreathed the altar, And every head was gravely bent Der sacred psalm and psalter, And all the font was pink and white With roses strewn upon 1t, He saw a little maid in gray,
 Who wore an Easter bonnet "r He walked behind her from the church, And viewed her girlish sraces, And breathed the vague, delicious scent Of dainty bows and laces A prayer-book was in her hand
 She kept her glances on It. Till came gust of frolic wind
 And whisked away her bonnet. Her eyes were full of April tears,
 Her scarlet lips were smiling; The sunny surls about her brow
 Were made for mans begulling. Her face was like a dewy rose
 He paused to gaze upon 1t, And found that he had lost his heart. As she had lost her bonnet. But now a spray of orange flowers Is wreathed about the Latin; The little maid is all in white
 A dream of lace and satin. And, as he takes her slender hand, And slips the ring upon 1t, He murmurs softly in her ear
 blessing on the bennett
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
SENATORIAL PRESIDING OFFICERS
Correspondence of the Louisville Courier JOurnal

Correspondence of the Louisville Courier
 Journal
 MT. Hobart is a good presiding officer quite as good as Morton, nearly as good as Stevenson The three great presidents of the senate-I mean the presiding officers were Burr, Calhoun and Breckinridge. Everybody loved to call Allen G. Thurman the "Old Roman" He was not half so much a Roman as his uncle Ben Allen. He was president pro tempore of the senate two years. and knew parliamentary law to an exactitude. But the one man who pre- sided over the senate, who reminded us of the profane Gau, the noble Roman senator struck dead with his curule chair, is John c. Calhoun. He was to his day and gen. eration what Cato was to his.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
BIG PRICES FOR ANIMALS

From Tit-Bits.
 The biggest price ever given for horse was $150, ,0OO, when Ormonde, once the prop erty of the Duke of Westminster, was bought for that sum by a California mill ionaire. The famous winner of the Derby, St. Leger and the Two Thousand Guineas, in one year, was recently sold for $1O5, ,OOO- Galtee More. The most valuable collie dog known is owned by MT Megson of Man chester, who gave $6,50O for him. He is the finest dog of his kind that has ever been reared, and has taken forty-eight prizes at various shows. Perhaps the most expensive fowl ever heard of is a game cock named Peter Jackson, belonging to a gentleman in Plymouth. This bird has been known to fight under a bet of $200,000 to a pinch of snuff. Needless to say he won it. His owner has refused $2,500 for him.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
THE TAX RATE
From the Eufaula Times.

From the Eufaula Times.
 With the tax rate higher than it has been in twenty-five years.-Ozark Free Press.
 We do not undertake to defend every act of the legislature. That would be too great requirement.. We might say here that the state tax rate was raised from six mills to seven and a half and every dollar of the increase, the whole mill and half can be accounted for in the single item public schools. The appropriation out of the general fund last year was sS5O, 900. This year it Is $450 900, and in addition to this, was put in mill special school tax or an appropriation of s75o,ooO this coming scholastic year against $350, 900 for the year before or over twice as much People with large families to school and small aggre- gate amounts of taxes to pay ought to shut their mouths very tight when a dis position comes on them to cuss the legisla- ture for extravaganza. The whole addi- tional tax burden, the whole m I and half raise in the tax rate will just about get together the additional sS75,OO0 for the public schools.
 The writer heard a gentleman making re- marks about the extravaganza of the leg Islature only a day or two ago. The gen. tleman was man of some means. He paid last year about $5 state tax and as much county tax. This year on the state tax he will pay % per cent. more, or s1.25. He will have five children In the public school and the fund for that school will be about 10 per cent. greater than last year. He pays 9 cents for each child in increased taxes and gets school of about three to four months longer. What he was kicking al have not been able to find out, unless he was exercising the great American right to let go his heels and his mouth.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
JUST WATCH FEM DO IT
rom the Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
 Most certainly it should be the duty of congress, in both branches of which the republicans have majority, to abolish or suspend the protective duty on the prod ucts of any industry which has been or ganized into a trust and which has arbi- trarily raised the prices of such products
 Wherever the protective tariff enhances the price of the product of trust to the American consumer it should be reduced or removed entirely. That is pretty safe proposition. Its adoption will remove the stigma of fostering trusts from the repub- lican party.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
GEN. wHEELER AND THE sCnooLBo,

From the Campbell (Ga) News.
 On one of his eleetioneering tours Gen. Joe Wheeler, who is quite small in stature, was called upon to address the pupils of a country school. Then the teacher remind ed the boys that when they grew up they, too, might be congressman. Me, too" in- quired lanky lad of some fourteen. Ger tainly," said the teacher. q reckon I'll have to grow down stead O up if I want to be a congressman like him. said the boy, pointing to the dimnutive statesman The teacher was much embarrassed and her visitor correspondingly delighted.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
World Control in the Next Century.

As the twentieth century approaches if becomes plainer that 1t will present but four really great powers. the United States, Great Britain, Russia and Ger many. The polyglot Austre-Hungarian em- pire will not long survive Frances Joseph's death, and in Its dislntesration Germany and Russia will profit. Italy and France are both decadent. There Is no hope of growth in Italy, France or Austria. Any one of. them may be valuable as an ally, but not one of them can alone defy one of the great powers
 Germany's power consists in the exten- sion of her commercial interests-really in her high intelligence. which shows the highest average in the world. That, to-
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

Private John Allen proposes to stand by the Mississippi river if he is elected to the senate. The opening of the rivers is the true senatorial issue in some states, not ably in Alabama.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

The most dangerous issue that has been raised in Porto Rico is the one connected with the clothing of the children. All that General Henry asks is a strip of cotton in the streets, put it is an innovation that borders on revolution.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
WHEN IT Is WORST

From the Boston Globe.
 "The cyclist cough is the very latest according to medical authority. The cy- clist feels 1t most when he coughs up s7; for chainless wheel.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

Very few of the government three per cents. remain in the hands of the people. The corr tions are gathering them in, paying as high as 10SA for them. The profit to date on them is $l6, ,5OO, 900.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

The court of inquiry finds the vindication of General Miles an easy task, but it sees no way to vindicate Alger and Eagan, and
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

English firms refuse to sell arms and am- intuition to Agoncillo. When tradesmen refuse to trade close relations are possible. John and Jonathan are coming along
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

It Is established that the packers pur- chased for army use any old stock without inspection. The infamy of the army beef supply seems to be fathomless.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
"a sERInus ISSuE

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
 The next democratic platform may speci- fy maximum price for plates at Jefferson Day banquets.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

The railroads of the country earned dur ing the last fiscal year one hundred and sixty-five millions more than they did in the preceding year.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

Wake island is accepted by the Spring. field Republican, because the consent of the governed lies in the future only. There is not a soul on 1t.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

Spain will not be permitted to ransom it's prisoners in the hands of Agunaldo, for that would be filling Aguinaldo's treasury
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

The northern cities will overlook the loss of Georgia peaches if the Georgia water melon comes along in satisfactory quanti- ties.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

Brother Abner Mckinley escaped the Windsor hotel fire. and he continues to manipulate government contracts.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

The anti-jingo papers are objecting to the proposed Dewey Day
The age-herald., 1899-03-28
WHEKE TnE nATs COME FRon

The country is temporarily rid of Algel He is junketing.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

The Afghanistan muskmelon, weighing bureau of the agricultural department.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

MT. Hanna has agreed to accept Mr. Ho- bart on the condition that no stronger man appears on the scene.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

General Horace Porter is believed t, have been selected as Algers successor.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

There are no French frills on the menu of the dollar-dinner.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

Governor Roosevelt Is too warlike to suit the Christian Endeavor people.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

Are you a dollar or a ten-dollar demo- crat? That's the question now.
The age-herald., 1899-03-28

From the Mobile Item.
 Easter bonnets usually come from the east
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-04-28
Growing Rhubarb.

Every garden should have a good
supply of rhubarb plants in it. If these
are properly cared for, they will furnish
sauce Of the best kind before anything
else is ready for use 10 the spring. They
have the regular fruit acid that makes
berries and fruits delicious and whole
some. and are so easily grown that any
one can succeed in having plenty.
The place where the rhubarb is to be
set should be deeply dug over and mixed
with an abundance Of 6ne manure.
Then get roots aud divide them to one
or two eyes aud set them with the tops
an inch below the surface. They will
not need to be reset for three or four
years, and all the care necessary is to
cover them with coarse manure in the
fall and rake this way from the crowns
in the spring.
Rhubarb may be grown from seed the
same as other plants. but it takes two
years for it to mature so as to furnish
sauce in early spring.
II seed is sown, il is best to select
Victoria, as it comes true from seed
while most varieties may or may not
come true. Drill the seed in a row, aud
as plauts come up thin them to four
inches apart, and as soon as these begin
to be be crowded, set where they are to
stand, giving each plant four feet of
space. Keep the weeds down 10 spring
until the leaves begin to shade the
ground. II the plants are not taken up
about once in four years they get root.
bound and do not produce as large
stalks as they will if the taken up and
divided so as to give each plant plenty
of room.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-04-28
Good filth a Prime Requisite.

With all crops thorough preparation
of the soil in good tilth is essential in
order to secure a good termination of
the seed and vigorous start Of the
plants to grow. With cultivated crops
there is still an additional advantage in
that it is possible to commence the cul-
tivatiOn early and this will help mate
rally in maintaining good thrifty
growth.
Plants, like animals, are readily stunt
ed when young, and, once stunted, no
after treatment will entirely overcome
the effect. Plants may be easily stunted
by failing to keep the weeds down aud
the soil in good filth after the plants
start up.
So far as conditions will admit the
first cultivation or working of the soil
should be given within ten days after
planting. and if the soil was in good
filth when the seed was planted this can
generally be most economically done
with good smoothing harrow.
Properly used this will not only de-
stroy the weeds that may have started
up, but will thoroughly fine the soil.
But il the soil has been left rough and
cloddy when the planting is done the
harrow cannot be used to a good advan-
tage until the weeds will have nude
such a start that effective work with the
harrow is not possible.
The good advantages in deep, thor
ough preparation of the soil is that soil
stirred deep and thorough will retain
moisture better during dry season, and
will afford large amount of available
plant food As deep thorough 6ning
of the soil helps materially to make plant
food in the soil available.
So that in majority of cases while it
is an advantage to plant early, it is
nearly always best to defer planting a
short time, so as to be able to work the
soil into good filth rather than to plant
with the soil rough or clOddy Farmers
Voice
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-04-28
agricultural.
w alter for Hogs.

Hogs frequently suffer from lack Of
water, because farmers do not remem-
Der that whatever comes in liquid form
is not a substitute for the clear and fresh
water which animals need. Put lit
tie rennet in skim milk or heat it, and
it soon turns into 9 curd which no one
would think of taking as a drink, says
American Cultivator. Yet both the
rennet and enough warmth to make it
effective are present in the stomach of
q pig or hog. Then rennet from pigs is
by some preferred to that from calves
Always the first process in digestion of
milk is to turn it into curd. Milk is re-
garded as constipating, especially after
it has been heated, which brings it more
nearly to the curd condition, and thus
absorbs the water in the stomach A
man needs a drink Of water after he has
eaten a bowl of bread and milk. Pos
sibly the milk dealers use this as an
argument for putting water and milk
together and selling it as milk, thus be-
coming, as an old milkman said he was,
like Pharoah's daughter, because he
took little prophet (pro6D out of the
water"
Most of the water that pigs get is as
bad for drinking as skim milk. 1t is
largely the water used for the washing
of dishes or the freshening Of sailed
pork. 10 this way the hogs get more
salt into their stomachs than they re-
quire, and this also makes the hogs
teverish and Injuries the quantity Of the
pork. This sometimes makes the west
ern pork, which is fattened in large
droves and gets little salt, better than
the pork made by the farmer who keeps
but two or three pigs. and feeds them
from the swill barrel filled with mix
ture of skim milk and salt water. II
fed as it should be, with only enough
corn at the close of the fattening, and
without an excess Of salt, the Eastern
pork is much the best. The water 10
which salt pork and beef are fresheneC
is highly nutritious, as u good deal OF
their strength goes out with the salt
when they are freshened for cooking
But the great majority of hogs would be
healthier if they had enough fresh water,
fruits and vegetables to offset the excesl
of salt that most Of their drink contains
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-04-28

Experiments with plant seeds SUBJ
jected to extreme cold" says the Cali.
fornia Fruit Grower, "have shown that
the power of termination is not destroy
ed, but merely suspended by cold By
the use Of liquid air, seeds Of barley
oats, squash, cucumber, peas, sunflower
and some other plants were recently
kept for ITO hours at a cold of 1873 to
1872 degrees Centigrsde. They were
then carefully aud slowly thawed for SO
hours They we're then planted, and
sprouted as well as If they had not been
frozen"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-04-28

Farmers who slaughter four or more
hogs each year should have lard press
A considerable number do use them,
but very many do not. A good press
will last life time or longer, and dur
ing this period it will greatly increase
the lard product. 10 many cases the
difference amounts to the lard product
Of Q single hog.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-04-28
| IMPROVED SOAP.

will sell the rights of each district 10 the
county also employ Agents to sell "Family
hlghts' In all parts Of the county, where
me districts have not been sold. will sell
trade.
~ 1t is the best soap made for removing
grease from anything. ! sell 1t at cents
cake
DAVID H. BOUIC,
aug 1911 Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1899-04-28
Real Estate Agents.

INHE undersigned having entered into the
L real estate business, 10 Gaithersburg IL
now prepared to make sales of some az ,ho
best farming lands in Montgomery COUNT
also OF houses and lots, both in and ont 81
town. We also have a number of bouses N
rent. Loans negotiated, &c. Correspond.
ence solicited. Respectfully,
Q. W. CRAWFORD L Co.
may zs-ly GAithersb1ra, Nd.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

What kind of men have we at the
head of our war department ? One
scandal treads upon anothers heels,
so fast they come. In the opinion
of The GAZETTE, Alger is the head
and front of the whole offending,
and apparently he is being sustained
in everything by the President.
General Eagan is merely cats
paw for Alger to be used in venting
his spite on General Miles. If
Miles has any rights as the COM
handing General of the army, now
is the time to assert them, In spite
of Ayers bad record in the civil
war, and his worse record in the
Spanish war, he is still retained in
position. by the President. He
must have a powerful pull some
where,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
Crop Diversification.

Schulenburg Sticker.
This vicinity will not be behind
the times in the matter of diversih-
cation of crops. Mr.. Chris. Baum
garten, sr., owner of the oil mill and
an extensive planter will take the
lead and SOW 40 acres in peoples.
The seed was imported from Ger
many. Mr.. Baumgarten is one of
those liberal-hearted old Germans
who does not require his renters to
make experiments but goes ahead
and does it himself, hence he will
try the poppy, and if he makes a
success he will agitate the question
end prevail upon his renters to en-
bark in the enterprise afterwards.
In a conversation Sucker man had
with Mr.. Ii he said: The class
of people who live in this section Of
the state are consumers OF Jne pro-
duct of the poppy and Schulenburg
alone handles from $500 to $400
worth every year. l have noticed
that the poppy plant does well in
flower gardens and so I thought |
would try it, If / have success and
the plant does well, / will put ma
chinery in my oil mill to render
the oil from the seed, which is a
valuable article of commerce. If
the plant does only half rs we'll as
I expect, I can at least realize $25
per acre, and ifnothing goes wrong.
$50 per acre can be realized with
out much trouble"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
aIN AND MILL Foa sane,

My entire plant Of 1 boiler, 1
engine, / grist mill, l saw mill,
3 gin stands with feeders and con
densers, l hydraulic press with 2
double acting pumps, cotton eleva-
tor and distributor, seed con veyor,
| 3 ton wagon scale and all nee.
essary buildings, with s acres of
land. Average ginning, 1000 bales
per season. For terms apply to,
P. FAHRENTHoLD,
Dreyer, Gonzales County, Texas.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

1t takes all kinds of people to
make world. There is a poverty
which is noble and digni6ed, con,
tented, helpful and godly. And
there is poverty mean and envi-
GUS and cringing. There are rich
people who are careless. luxurious,
lazy and useless. And there are
rich people who earned every dol
lar by honest means, who help
others, who live unassuming and
useful lives, regarding their riches
as a trust fund and knowing that
to whom much is given, of them
shall much be required Calves
ton News.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18
WE WILL HAVE A FAIR.
The San Antonio international Fair
Association is organiSod

The movement to organize fair
association in San Antonio has met
with so much encouragement that
a meeting was held here last Tues
day. the organization perfected and
directors elected. All the neces-
sary details were discussed and the
San Antonio international Fair AS
ISOLATION will open its gates on Oct,
IS, 1899, and continue for ten days,
The following directors were elect
ed and instructed to apply for suit
able charter.
G. ". Breckenridge, G. G. Frost,
Charles Hugo, Frank Grice, Ike 7.
Pryor, V. P. Brown, Homer Eads,
Jacob Strauss. F. A. Piper, Jesse
Oppenheimer, j. NJ. Bennett, John
w. Kokernot, J. M. Vance, Sol
West, A, NJ. Pyron, Frank Arnold,
August Brian, Jr., Otto Wahrmund,
H. d, Kampmann, Ed Lassiter and
others. These gentlemen are rep
resentative citizens and will be un-
firing in their efforts to further the
interests of the fair, and its ulti-
mate success is assured.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

1. j. GA1L1A, the leading merch
ant Of Engle, failed last week, bu
it is thought he has effected al
arrangement whereby he will cor
tinue in business.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

]. NJ. ROONEY, who has been in
Jail at San Antonio for the killing
Chas. Prayer, has been allowed bail
in the sum of $4,000 which he
readily gave.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

LATE advices from Manila, say
that Aguinaldo, the rebel leader has
10000 men massed about the city,
and defies the authority OF General
Otis.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

All parties indebted to the old
firm Of Seydler & Eschenburg are
hereby warned to settle during the
month of December and save
trouble and expense. Respect
fully, Gro. SEYDLER, Collector.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-01-18

THERE are rumors in Paris, that
Prince Victor Napolean, and his
followers may undertake revolu-
tion, and endeavor to overthrow the
existing government.