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The age-herald., 1899-07-26
cHAUNCEY WAS so AWKWARD

From a New York Letter.
 It is just learned from tourists that De- pew was a social sensat ton abroad. With a number of other prominent Americans he attended the last state concert. This is a court function, and when Senator Hanna and other American guests arrived they were astounded to sec benevolent looking old gentleman prancing about in knee trousers silk stockings and full regu- lation court dress, also wearing a sword which caused him great embarrassment.
 ''Bless me, it's Chauncey!" exclaimed Hanna, grasping another senator's arm. Sure enough, it was the seuator-eiect Of New York, arrayed as he had never been before.
 The sensation he occasioned was intensi- fled by his getting his sword between his legs and nearly falling over it. In trying to preserve his balance he stepped upon the train of a lady's dress and nearly tore the garment off. She was young and beautiful duchess, aRd as she gathered up the injured train, she looked scornfully at the Senator~elect.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26

canal. and in fact all along the coast. sils would own Dyea. skagusy and Pyramid. and from these she could build railroad to Dawson in the heart of the great gold fields.
 As the matter stands Canada owns the gold fields. and the United States the coast or outlets, and the result Is, the United States monopolizes tho trade of the Yukon. levying duties upon wide variety of arti- .cles and dictating to some extent the pol icy to be pursued in Canadas gold fields.
 The trouble is difficult of settlement. Sec retary Hay declines to submit the matter to arbitra ton. and the Canadian conserva- tive leader says 1t is war or arbitration, when in fact it is probably neither. Can- ada threatens to build a railroad from Kiimat Arm in British Columbia to Daw- son, and she also threatens to issue mining licenses hereafter to British subjects only. To prevent any such measures this govern ton open until the bulk of the placer gold is taken out OF the Dawson district.
 We do not believe for one moment ehat the boundary disagreement will bring es- arrangement between the two countries. Reciprocity and the granting of free port privileges at some point on Lynn canal will basis of settlement or at least modus vivend, and order will be maintained in the Klondlke, and a railroad will be speed tween the two countries will stand unim- paired.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
PECK lUYS ERIN'S LAKE

New York Letter in Chicago Tribune.
 At last the lakes of Killarney have fallen into the hands of a citizen of America A. G. Peck, of Cohoes Falls. N. Y., has bought the Muckross estates on the lakes of Killarney, about which there has been so much talk. The price paid was G3T,O00, ap- proximately $lS5,O0O in the money which MT. Peck made as a manufacturer Of axes in this country. Americans with love for the Emerald Isle have of late showed a decided inclination-by rumor-to pur- chase these lovely and historic lakes.
 First it was Howard Gould. He took his bride, who was Katherine Ciemmons, to the winding bays and woodland dels." She was estranced, and asked for them of her husband. But the sale was not made.
 Then it was Richard Croker who longed for them. He did not purchase them how ever
 The fever for the possession of the lakes of Killarney spread. It seized tho blood of President James Coogan. of the borough of Manhattan; and of John F. Carroll, vice boss of Tammany; and of Senator George w. Piunkett. This syndicate concluded that it must have the lakes.
 But while the Erin-loving Americans were hesitating, the price of Killarney was not; so MT. Peck is considered lucky in getting them for $lS5 000.
 The Muckross estate is magnificent and beautiful. It includes about 400 acres of arable land and plantations, including Briken and Diris Islands, and the old abbey in the grounds overlooking the Lower Lake.
 There Is. besides the demesne Of Lord Brandon on the upper lake, with its fine residence, Glbe House. it's cottages, deer forests, and its thickly wooded plantations of Tonies, Purple Mountain, and one part Of Cabernabone and part of Mangerton and Tore This estate includes also about 2O, 600 acres in all, in which are the famous cas- cades known as O'Sullivans and Tore.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
Consolidation of Cotton Mills.

Fall River is agitated over a grand in-
 the-fashion combine of cotton mills north
 and south. It is claimed, however. that it is
 not be a trust, but that it will be in the na-
 ture of supervising control-some such con-
 trol as has long existed in Fall River in
 print cloths. These four regular styles in- clude all print cloths except three styles, which are known as narrow goods. com mittee of three and an advisory board of five people now control, and have con- troled for four years, the output of the four styles in Fall River, naming the price of the goods. and the amount that each mill in the combine shall make. Otherwise each mill is free to regulate and conduct it's affairs. Under this plan print cloths have been advanced steadily in price, and such prices have been steadily maintained.
 It is proposed to form similar combina- tions in other classes of cotton goods, and to include in such combinations southern mills Before southern mills join such com binations, it would be well to consider what effect 1t would have upon cotton milling as whole in the south. The control In all such combines would doubtless rest in New England, because there are more spindles in that section than there are in the south, and 1t may be an ill day for the south when its mills are controlled by it's New England rivals. The southern mills can stand on their own bottoms; and If a com bine be needful let it be exclusively south ern. mixed combine, in part New Eng land and in part southern would be un- wise, the Age-Herald is convinced, as things stand today. It would practically place the southern mills in the hands oi their rivals, who could limit production ol order shut-downs at their pleasure. If Fall River desires to put it's mills into combina- tions, no one need object. but let its com pines keep to themselves, and not attempt to tie up mills that are not similarly cir cumstanced. .-4.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
4 STATE FAIR

From the Bessemer Weekly.
 Birmingham, who seems to know no word now a days but progress, is determined to have a state fair. As the Commercial club, Board of Trade and Birmingham business men are all working together to this end, they will probably get what they want.
 We think the idea a good one. Not only is the value to the locality in which the fair is held inestimable, attracting as it does thousands of people and the eKpendi- ture of much money, but it has wide spread influence for good throughout the state, stimulating interest and encourag ging enterprise.
 By all means let us have the fair. If the people work together to this end and the Board of Revenue of this county and the governor can be prevailed upon to make fitting appropriations, which they should do, there is no reason why the movement now well inaugurated should not terminate successfully. Any movement is good that will attract people to this section just now, and we know of nothing which will do it more successfully than a state fair.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
WEATHER SUMMARY
Portions of Mississippi and Alabama
 Still Need Rain:

Washington, July 25.-Follow1ng is the weather bureaus summary of crop condi- tions:
 While drought continues over the western portion of the Carolinas, it has been who'll ly relieved by abundant rains in Tennessee and generally in the east and central gulf states, although portions of Mississippi and Alabama still need rain. Rain is also need ed in Southern Texas and the middle At lantic states, but upon the whole the gen. erai conditions have been favorable in tho states of the central valleys and on the middle Atlantic coast.
 In the great corn states of the central valleys the crop has made favorable pro- gress. Recent abundant rains have greatly improved late corn in those portions of Tennessee and Alabama and Georgia in which severe drought prevailed but came too late for early corn. which has been per manently injured in the states named, as well as over the western portion of the Caroiinas, where drought still continues
 The harvesting of spring wheat has be- gun over the southern portion of the spring wheat region.
 Oat harvest is nearly completed in the central valleys and middle Atlantic. and fair to good yields are expected in the cen- tral valleys. Over the greater part of the central and western portions of the cot ton belt the condition of cotton is some- what more favorable than at the close of the previous week, and the crop Is clean and generally fruiting well. Complaints O. shedding are received from Alabama Geor- gia and Florida and dry weather has checked growth in South Carolina, south western Georgia and portions of Louisiana and southeastern Texas. In Arkansas and Oklahoma cotton is in fine condition, grow ing rapidly and fruiting well Late rains have caused marked improvement in the condition of tobacco in Kentucky and Ten nessee, and the general condition of the crop in the~ Ohio valley, middle Atlantic states. is very promising except in portions of Virginia Curing continues in the south Atlantic states.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
Alaskan Boundary Controversy.

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 Below the body Of Alaska the United States took from Russia strip "uhirty marine leagues from the sea" wide. extend- ing down the coast about three hundred miles. The boundary question in dispute Between Canada and the United States re- lates to the construction to be placed upon the treaty of 1875, between Russia and Eng land. defining this strip of land. The United States claims that 1t is entitled to thirty leagues behind the shores Of the con- tinent itself, while England claims the thirty leagues should be described by lines running from headland to headland.
 The difference in construction is all- important, because Lynn canal and other bays and inlets are very deep, and if the boundary line is run from headland to headland Canada would have ports on Lynn
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
suRscRIPYIor rRATEs,
No Reaction in Iron.

No doubt iron for delivery in 1900 can be bought at prices below those now prevail ing. but the best opinion is that prices in the first half of the coming year cannot be adjusted below highly remunerative rates, chiefly because the whole world is iron hungry. and foreign furnaces, like Ameri- can furnaces, will have all they can do in attending to their own proper trade.
 The prosperity in the iron trade is un- precedented, and there are no signs of an been advanced more than 100 per cent. and our furnaces are turning out iron at the rate of nearly 13,O0O,oO0 tons year. The contract entered into by the Carnegie com pany to deliver about LOO tons day during the next ten years to the Pressed Steel Car company, is an indication that the railroad demand, just arising, will be of long con- tinuance. Unless some unforeseen trouble intervenes. 1t is the belief of the best-in- formed iron men that the present prosperity in the iron trade will last many years.
 The enormous demand in all parts of the world for steel, either for shipbulding or structural purposes is really the main spring that moves the market The price of pig iron goes with the demand for steel now-a-days. Rails, bars. structural forms and plates, nails. sheets and tin plates all move up in close correspondence with pig. There are no considerable differences. All prices are higher than they were a month ago, and it is believed they will be still higher one month hence. These prices may be remarkable but 1t is plain they are not temporary or fieeting. for all the world wants iron
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
NERVES OF STEEL
An Engineer Takes Nap on Arch 15O
 Feet from the Ground

From the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
 William Burns. an engineer, created con- siderable excitement Sunday afternoon by threatening to jump from the highest point of the South Twenty-second street bridge. Burns had been celebrating during the day, and about 3 o'clock in the afternoon he walked out on the bridge and climbed up through the network of structural iron to the top Of the arched span and lay down on the very top of the arch to sleep off his drunk.
 The man attracted large crowd by his peculiar actions. Women were excited lest he would lose his balance and dash out his life by falling to the asphalt floor of the bridge. Men yelled at him to come down and boys were amused at his performance. The matter was reported to Officer J. w. Charming. who went to the bridge and tried to induce Burns to descend from his exalted position. The policeman was no more successful than were the others who had made the same attempt. The man lay stretched at full length along .ae top of
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
CoNGKESaMAN WHEELER

From the Nashville Banner.
 It is hardly likely that Governor John- ston of Alabama will undertake to declare General Wheelers s seat in congress vacant, as it is reported he contemplates doing. While congress is not in session. and other congressman arc engaged in affairs of var ious kinds not connected with the duties of the office. OF seeking pleasure and re- creation in various ways, it would an un- worthy act to try and deprive one who Is fighting for his country of his seat in con gTess. Besides the governor of state is not clothed with power to remove con- gressman from office. The house is the judge of the qualifications of it's own menr- bers and alone has the power to eKpel member.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
----------- PINGREE NOT A SOCIALIST.
His Attactx the President Proves 1t,
 Mayor Jones Says.

Special to the New York Times.
 Toledo, O.-"Pingree is not true social ist," said Mayor Jones this morning, in answer to a question as to what he thou@ht Of Governor Pingree's attack on President Mckinley. He is socialistic. but ne 4 .ros socialist. or he would attack tho system and not the individual. The system makes the man. If Hanna were to die tomorrow another would spring up in his place. The same is true of Croker and Mclean and others. They are the products of the sys- tenn.
 T think Pfngree's attack will cause quite a ruotion in the party, but do not believe that it matters. The day of parties is pass ing. The people llave ceased to look to parties for aid. The party boss Is doomed lie wiM con tinue to hold on to 'nis- power as long as he can. but it is the last effort. For whatever Mckinley has done that is wrong bhe system is responsible"
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the arcfi apparently sound asleep and ut- teriy obiivious of all that was going o0 be- low him.
 Officer Chenring went to the house of en- zine company No. If and had truck c driven down to the bridge. the idea being to run ladder up to the top of the arch and bring Burns down. When the truck ar rived Burns raised up to sitting posture and, leaning over the edge of the arch, called to the men on the truck:
 What are you fellows up toT'
 Upon being told he cautioned them not to put themselves to so much trouble
 'If you run that thing up here I'll jump into the river That's what I'll do,' and. shaking his foreffnger at the men who were preparing to raise the ladder, he con- unued.
 Now, mind what I'm telling you; I'll do it sure."
 There was determination in the mans eye, and Officer Charming called to the men on the truck to wait awhile. The top of the arch is nearly 15O feet high, and the officer was convinced that jump meant sure death. Perhaps the man could be in- duced to come down himself. Aftep some more persuasion Burns said
 Well, I'll come down if you take that thing away, but I don't see why a fellow can't take sleep on free bridge without being bothered"
 So Burns crawIed down the way he went up, and when he reached the bottom he was cheered by the crowd. which by the time numbered several hundred. Officer Charming took Burns in charge and sent him to the police station on charge of drunkenness.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
ATKINALDo SMITH OF GEORGIA

From the Washington Times
 MT. Hoke Smith, who is popularity be- lieved to have been put into Mir. Cleveland's last cabinet by an interest very much op- posed to national expansion. whether in the direction of the Antilles, Hawaii, the Mica ragua canal, or the Philippines, is good enough to declare that there is not any in- surrection in Luzon. He says there is simply an invading army trying to con quer a spirited people," Hoke Smiths old master joined the Hoar and Atkinson out fit long ago. Since then tho attitude of his man has never been open to question. The views of neither are of the slightest importance or public interest.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
THE NEW SECRETARY OF WAR

From the New York World.
 If the war department is in need of 0 very able corporation lawyer, a defender and organizer of trusts, than the appoint ment of MT. Root is admirable, ideal" If a man fit to direct war affairs is needed. then the selection Is a bad one.
 MT. Root is just as unfit for the place as Alger was, though his unfitness is different in kind. The man wanted at this critical juncture at the head Of the war department is a great administrator or a man familiar with military affairs and requirements, or, better still man who combines both these qualifications.
 The appointment of Eiihu Root is con- spicuously unwise one, made for personal and political not for military or adminis- trative reasons.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
No Art in Jail

Art circles throughout the country are profoundly stirred over the abolshment by Warden Johnson of the Art school in Sing Sing prison. Though handicapped by the necessity of wearing their hair short the students of the school were doing some good work and they are enreged over it's sudden prohibition. MT. Johnson says the law requires that the prisoners be kept at hard labor, and he does not think walking about the prison grounds with campstool and easel, looking for something to sketch and talking 'jargon" with each other is work of sufficiently laborious kind to meet the statute.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
Weyler's Popularity

Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister to the United States, who recently made a tour of Spain, says WeyIeF is everywhere popular with and applauded by the people Despite the stories in this country of the Spanish generals corruption while in Gu ba, there seems to be no thought in Spain of any investigation or prosecution. His open hostility to anything like concessions to this country throughout the disputes which finally led to the war and his con- duct during the war appear to have endear- ed him to all Spaniards.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
Miners Want Ilelp

Washington, July S.-The cabinet today considered an appeal from Fort Wrangle, Alaska, for help for forty destitute miners arriving there over the Edmondton trail The government adyices reported that 100 more cases were to follow, and while there is no specific appropriation that will cover the case. the result of the discussion was that means will be provided by the govern ment to get them to their homes.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
Inecrsoil's Shade

At camp meeting of Spiritualists at Springfield, Mo-, the day after the death of Colonel Ingersoll, Mrs. Cora H. V. Rich- mond, of Chicago, stopped suddenly in an address she was making to declare that the shade of the great agnostio was present and desired to be heard. All that the shade wanted to say, however, according to Mrs. Richmond, was that he would deliver lecture on the following night, using her as a medium.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
DEWEY FOR M'KINLEY
Twico Declares Himself at Dinners in
 Trieste

A Trieste cable to the New York Journal says:
 TrieSte Admiral Dewey Saturday, form ally declared himself practically for Me- Kinley. The admiral gavea dinner on board the Olympia in honor of Minister Harris, and, while standing with a. glass of champagne, Dewey said:
 Heres to the health of the president oG the United States, William Mckinley, may he be reelected"
 Dewey is making it plain that he intends tc support McI<inley's candidacy with en- thusiasm.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 There is such thing as a heroic false- hood.
 The dead are the only friends we have al- ways with us.
 Before he moves every man ought to make up his mind to fall from grace
 Some people keep the Sabbath so holy that they don't work any for three days be- fore of three days after.
 The belief in a God is probably almost as instinctive to woman as the idea that she can't clean house properly unless she has a sunbonnet oR.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
Queens Eyrs Are Bad

London, July 25.-TruJh says today: '"The queen has been undergoing a course of treatment for ten weeks for her eyes, as advised by Professor Pasenstehre, Of Wiesbaden. and I am rejoiced to say with most successful result The queens eye sight is no longer in danger. and an opera ton will be successful. Her majestys pow erful glasses will soon be abandonad."
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
September Conventions Suqqested.

In the interest of business, and speaking chiefly for business men, the New York Times appeals to the managers of both parties to fix the dates for the respective national conventions at the latest possible days. "A presidential campaign" it goes on to say, hurts business immensely
 The Times says: September would be an excellent month for the democratic and republican conventions. October would be better yet-rather late in October There is absolutely nothing to be gained by an earlier presen tation of the candidates and platforms. Bryan's achievement at Chica- go where he exhibited great deal of skill as a politician and harmonizer, allaying discontents and adjusting difficulties and differences that were the only obstacles in his path to the nomination, will put an end the situation He is the man that a very great majority of the democratic party want, and they will have him. Now that Alger is out, President Mckinley is certain to pc fenomlnateu. It Is only In New ork that speculation has ventured to suggest possible rivalry, and that slender possibility will disappear if the president makes the use he is expected to make of the oppor- tunity to fill the vacancy in the war de- partment. Mckinley upon one side, Bryan on the other-these are the predestined candidates"
 In substance the Times says the candi- dates are already selected, and the people know what they stand for, and it, there- fore. thinks business should not be perplex- ed by spelbinders, and campaign literature, and torch-bearers, and brass bands, and bawlng fiends, until the fall season at least. And really when one thinks of it no real reason appears for stretching a presi- dential canvass next year over more than fall months. Conventions in September would result in very considerable econo- my in enepgy and business obstructions. When carefully computed such conventions would save the people millions of money and much waste of nerve force, and party managers should for once be considerate.
The age-herald., 1899-07-26
From Pail Mall Gazette.

fTOIH 1dll A1dH GdZSItC. Do not stay me; must go, My feet are swift and sort as snow; Corncrackers with their voices harsh
 Call my name: Where l have passed across the marsh
 Marigolds flame. Do not stay me; I must go; Peaches on the grass l strow, Holloyhocks l brim with honey
 For the bees: I send the heather up the sunny
 Slopes of the leas. Do not stay me; 1 must go. All the wells with water flow Lest my daughter burn with drought
 August strong Waiting to kiss her roister mouth
 My roses throng. Do not stay me, must go; A fairer mistress you shall know. My daughter August with deep eyes
 The harvest,r: The b1uest fire in wonder skies
 Is lit fo~ har,