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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

have no political ambitions. An ironmonger
ann, an ironmonger I shall remain, and
have to work hard for my living.
Emile must keep to the rules of order
and economy which have brought him to
his high position, or ne will soon be ruined.
doubt II he can spend much money In
excess of his official income. He has son
and daughter. The former is his private
secretary, the latter is Marguerite, aged
q. wife of NJ. Soubeyran st. Pierre,
magistrate of Marseilles.'
The presidents mother, seen at her farm,
exclaimed: 20, my poor Emile. As 1t was,
l saw but little of him. Now that he has
gone higher still 1 shall not see him at
ALL"
She is a typical old peasant woman, with
a sunburnt face of the texture of parch-
ment, but with a fine expression withal-
bright CLEAN in her eyes is noticeable, as
also in her sons.
you must be happy, madame"
Nine. Loubet raises her eyes to the SKY
with an expression denoting she is not SO
happy as might be imagined. Then she
asked did l know her husband, continuing.
HE was bien brave homme. nave nap
pinesS thinking my son resembles MN.
am we'll aware l shall no longer see Emile.
1t is like that in life. We bring up our
children and when they are grown up
they cease to occupy themselves with US.
She was evidently worried, and every
fresh attempt to get her to talk about
Emile only produced rhapsodies ABOUT
her husband.
The presidents wife is more retiring even
than himself She was content with ms
position as president of the senate, because
it entailed no public parade and they could
live quite as they liked. She has sent Tor
her daughter from Marseilles to help her
in taking up her new station. She Is STOUT
and grey-haired, dresses richly, but Win
out an attempt to follow the fashion. o,ie
is mothery, with the soft manner oh me
south sneaking ANYTHING but the best
French. Under her sway the Elysee palace
will revert to the bourgeois style oil Gre
vy's. which will be more appropriate imam
tine nickel state affected by Felix Faure.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

From Self-Culture.
At the time of his death he was supposed
to be the largest landholder in the country,
being possessed of 81 1886 acres, exclusive Of
the Mount Vernon estate, his town prop
critics and the real estate of his wife. The
value of his property at his death, again
excluding the Mount Vernon estate and the
property of his wife, was estimated at
$530,0OO The estate at Mount Vernon in
cluded 5000 acres. In Ford's washington"
an account is given of the stock on the
Mount Vernon property.
1t appears that in 1898 Washington had
81 draught horses on the estate, 317 head
of cattle, 634 sheep, and many hogs. The
live stock was valued at his death at $50, :
900. In addition to the draught horses al
ready mentioned he had in 1893 "2 cover
ing jacks and young ones, 10 she asses,
AZ working mules and 81 younger ones"
Mount Vernon was a community In itself.
including some 300 persons. Washington
had his own blacksmith shop, his own
brickmaker and masons, his carpenters,
shoemaker and weavers We can readily
understand how 1t was that while he was
president he was continually thinking of
Mount Vernon. a4.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02
ONE OF THE BEST

From the Collinsville Clipper.
The Bulger bill increasing the tax rate
one mill for the common schools of our
state is now law. This is one of the best
LAWS passed by the legislature. and will be
the means of greater good for the state
than any other bill.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The most yirile of writer's, the brightest
and best of jingoes, has been lying for
days within the shadow, but, thanks to a
vigorous constitution and the best of medi-
cal skill, the valuable life that belongs to
served, let us hope, uninjured by the stress
of disease
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The rottenest legislature in the union,
that of California, has very naturally
passed an anti-cartoon bill, and a republic
can governor has, just as naturally, signed
1t. 1t will prove to be Ineffective in every
reSnaot
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The Due d'Orleans and all the other
ducks of France have a healthy opinion of
the will power of the new French presi-
dent. The peasants son is not a good
man to trifle with.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Eight years ago the great Goethe foresaw
the building by this country of an inter
oceanic canal, and the springing up of a
mighty trade in the Pacific countries
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Mr. Grover Cleveland, of New Jersey,
will dine with Mr. Carl schurz, of Ger
many, tonight. The foreign element is
strong in either case.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The white mans burden in this country
is the administration attempt to reward
Sampson, regardless of words
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The Malay incendiaries will think some-
thing has hit them when General Lawton
and six thousand troops arrive on the
spot next Wednesday.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The canned roast beef seems to have been
reserved for the privates, as very few Off
GERS made its acquaintance.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Secretary Alger recently gave a state din
ner, but he did not introduce his favorite
dish, canned roast meat.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Admiral Dewey has declined to serve or
Mr.. Watterson's slate.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Colonel Gillespie, of the beef court of
inquiry, seems to be a partisan of the AL
gerian ring of beef contractors.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Won Diedrichs surrenders German inter-
ests into the hands of his friend, George
Dewey, in whom he has great confidence.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

1t is billion and half congress this
time. The limit of republicanism is I'M
known.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Samoa Is too small to stand tridomin-
ium, whatever that may be.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The American hen has, it Is thought
formed trust. -
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

California corruptionsts cannot legislate
out the cartoonists, who present the truth
with the pencil.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The Cubans and Porto Ricans are happy
under the new flag, and the Filipinos will
be soon after reinforcements arrive. Ag.
will then need a new capital far up in the
mountains s..f e.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02
Cost of Cotton Production.

Mr.. James L. Watkins of the division of
statistics, department of agriculture, has
prepared a pamphlet of 80 pages, relating to
the cost of cotton. Although the pamphlet
has just been published, It relates, not to
the crop of 1898, but to the crop of 1896. The
tables in the pamphlet were obtained from
facts furnishd alike by growers, renters
and troopers. Returns were received from
3,446 growers, and these have been tabu-
lated and footed up and fearfully analysed.
On 1886 upland plantations the average
cost of cultivation was s1542 per acre. the
average total return $19.OS-leaving a net
profit per acre of 1851. The average cost of
picking was "A cents per 100 pounds, and
the average cost of producing lint cotton
was 5.H cents pound.
The average cost of cotton produced in
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Aguinaldo's reign of terror and of the
torch is nearly ended, and the boss looter
and bribe-taker will soon be rounded, if he
stays on the island.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Maryland holds Admiral Schley in high
honor, without consulting Mr.. Mckinley or
Mr.. Hanna.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Quay, the jury packer, is still in the thir-
teen-hole, and Gas Addicks is in the neigh
borhood.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The true non-expansionists can counten-
ance centennial celebration of Mr.. JEFF
ferson's annexation of the Louisiana en-
pire
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The men at Santiago fought on empty
stomachs, and after the battles were ended
they went to pieces. The Algerian diet
did it,. -a.",s-s' artt".fts
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The Jefferson primaries are not to be held
under the Pettus law.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The Samoan dreibund needs reconstruct
ton. 2
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02
wAsHINGToN's LANDED ESTATE

Aguinaldo is getting ready to be bough
out.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Total .......... ......... $5O 90
The pamphlet contains great many
comparative tables and great deal of in
formation concerning od-time cotton
growing, but none of it is of much value.
Those who desire to read such matter can
procure the pamphlet, known as Bulletin
No. 16, by application to the department
of agriculture.
The final tables show the total cost and
total returns by counties. The cost in Au-
tauga per acre is stated to have been
$685. while in Jefferson it was $25.23, and
in Washington s24.SO. The total return per
acre was only $12.64 in Autauga. while in
Washington it was sS4.SS. The actual profit
per acre ranged from $1245 in Winston to
$1.H in Pike.
The more one studies the figures and the
elaborate analysis of them the less he
knows. The pamphlet certainly demon
strates that figures can mislead the unsus-
pecting, or at least confuse the wayfarer.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

The total return per acre was $1S.0S, thus
leaving profit of $3.15 acre. The av-
erage yield was 242 pounds of cotton, which
bushels of seed, which was sold at 12.6
cents bushel. These Alabama figures
were obtained from $50 reports sent up from
sixty-four counties eighty farmers re-
ported a loss and 270 profit.
The cost per bale of 500 pounds in Ala
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

A private telegram received in Birmng
ham from Huntsville yesterday was to the
effect that Hon. Richard II. Lowe, stricken
two weeks ago by paralysis was sufficient
ly strong to go. down town. His physicians
are confident Of his perfect recovery. This
will be pleasing information to thousands
of Alabamians.
DR.. Blake, the physician inspector of the
board of convict inspectors, who has just
been reappointed, is in the city.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Such methods gave the Ledger an i'm.
mense circulation and its owner accumu-.
lated fortune of millions of dollars.
Every successful business man in Amer
lea makes 1t a point to put brains and work
and money into his advertising.
Hack work in this line is no longer toll
Grated. Our merchant princes and man.
ayers of great enterprises give the branch.
of their business their personal supervi-
sion and employ first-class writer's.
Here In Atlanta there are dozens of
business houses, big and little, which have
been built up by their attractive advertise
ing.
A writer of genius who can take his pen
and scatter word pictures on the page be-
fore him can persuade his readers to dor
anything. He can start an exodus from
the city to the suburbs; draw the country
people to town; popularize book, play or
a fashion; organize an exposition, or cause
his fellow citizens to make mad rush for
a new patent medicine. There is no limit
to what a perfect advertisement can do.
Half tone and other engravings and cuts
are now so cheap that they are literally
used by shrewd advertisers. They brighten
and adorn what would otherwise be a dull,
dry, strictly business column, and some-
times the ingenuity of the artist causes his
pictorial work to make an advertiser fam
Gus. Already, we have reached the point
where the advertising pages of our big
dailies and periodicals are picturesque dis
plays of art, beauty and utility.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-02

Down at Mobile they have already
brought out candidate to defeat the Hon
G. Washington Taylor for congress next
year The candidate is State Senator Sid
ney j. LYONS
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03
CASToRTA.
Bear, tn. ahIha Kind You Have Always Bought
signature ss &zzzZu

The storm in Kansas: West OF
Dodge City Monday, the storm was
very mild. The temperature drop.
ped from q above to above at Tope-
ka in few hours. :. Fort Scott
reports high wind and huge snow
drifts, sufficient to stop street Car
traffic. Six inches of snow fell at
Newton, and the thermometer regis
tered 3 degrees below zero at night
fall. =. AT Larned, the wind was SO
strong and cold, with a binding snow
storm, that great fears were expressed
for the safety of stock. AT Abilene,
the temperature dropped to 6 below
Monday afternoon, with high winds
and snow. The skies were clearing
early in the evening. e. AT Wichita,
the wind ratified the street cars until
they were abandoned by the motor
men 10 disgust. The attractions at
the theaters were cancelled. =. AT
Kinsley, much damage to stock is re-
ported.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03
Winning a Royal Father. Low.

When Wilhelmina, who is soon 10 be
crowned queen of the Netherlands
was a little child, she was hardly ever
seen by her father, owing to his re.
sentiment that a son had not been piv-
en- him. Her mother, the queen plan
ned a ruse to win King Williams fay.
or for his little girl. One morning. at
breakfast, as he bent over to inbaie
the fragrance from a great bank of
roses, which filled the center of the
table, a baby face peeped out and
two baby arms crept around his neck,
while tiny voice cried out: "Oh.
papa, take me out of the flowers, they
prick me So" From that minute. so
runs the tale, the kings heart soft
ened, and the little Wilhelmina be-
came great favorite with her father.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03
The Heroine o, a Popular Poem.

1t is said that woman near Wor'
sester. Miss Mary E. Sawyer, was the
heroine of the poem, Mary Had .
Little Lamb" When Mary was a lit
tie girl she found a newborn lamb
nearly dead with hunger and cold.
She tenderly nursed it back to life
and became devotedly attached to her
gentle charge. The lamb was her
constant companion and playmate,
and was TO her what doll is to most
children. For hours Mary would
dress her lamb and make believe"
1t was her baby. One day her brother
suggested that she take the lamb to
school with her. The thought so de.
lighted Mary that she started earlier
than usual for the school house,
reached there before the other schol.
ars and put the lamb under her seat
where it lay contentedly. When
Mary's turn came for her recitation
the lamb ran down the aisle after her,
to the intense delight Of the schol.
ars and the surprise Of the teacher.
The lamb was put outside and 1t wait
ed on the doorstep for Mary and fol.
lowed her home. A young man named
John Roulston CHANGED to be a visi.
tor at the school, and the pathetic
incident led him to compose the STAN
zas, which he presented to Mary.
Some years after this Mary was mar.
ried to Columbus Tyler. When the
lamb was old enough to shear Mary's
mother knit her two pairs of stock.
ings OF the wool and Mrs. Tyler kept
these stockings until she was eighty
years old. When the Old South Church
OF Boston was raising monty she UNI
travelled a pair of the stockings and
wound the yarn on small cards upon
which she wrote her autograph, and
these cards were sold for upward Of
800. Mrs. Tyler died in December,
1889.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03

a warm artlcie ludU he answers tue
purpose of base burner in the house.
Brewer brought the zebra collar fad
TO Wellington and has set a fashion
that is being followed by the fast sci
among the whites. At the wedding
that afternoon, Brewer wore zebra
collar ADD puff tie that would make a
haberdasher's window ashamed OF
Itself.
L. b. Adricb is exhibiting a strange
bird today, which he says was sent t.
him from Manila by Admiral Dewey,
and is Philippine parrot. Accord
ing to Aldrich, the bird perched him.
self on one OF the Olympia's II inch
guns during the battle OF Manila, ann
at every shot from the American feet,
yelled: Remember the Maine; Give
the Spaniards HI" There is anoth.
er story going the rounds that th,
bird is Mexican parrot, similar /.
the ones A. d. Speed used to have
and that it was found 10 40 upstail,
room al Aldrlch'S home yesterday
where it flew IN through a broken
window glass. The Missouriaus are
telling the latter story.-JOurnal,
Thursday.
Are our readers aware we have
secured for them this year a very
advantageous clubbing arrangement,
which includes The Kansas City Live
Stock Indicator, its Special Farmers
Institute editions, The Poultry
Farmer, The Farmers Mutual In
surance Journal and The Humane
Alliance, together with our own paper,
all for the surprisingly low figure of
Sl.45. Nothing like this has ever be
fore been offered to our farmer readers
The Indicator with Its special institute
edition for January contains fifty-two
pages of practical farm information,
and reading the paper and its special
institute editions for year practically
amounts TO a liberal AGRICULTURAL
education. The Special Farmers 10
stItute edition for the present month
considers four interesting, practical
topics relating to farm prosperity.
sheep busbandry, winters work, ETC.,
and on them more than zoo practical
farmers and farmers wives in the
west contribute their views and
experience. making it remarkable
collection Of the best thought on
western farms. The Poultry Farmer.
The Mutual Insurance Journal and
The Humane Alliance, the best OF
their class, should he in every farm
home. Take advantage of this great
offer
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03
A Bartering Prince.

Little Prince Alexander, the eldest
son of the dead Prince Henry, hus-
hand OF Princess Beatrice OF Eng
land, has always been noted, from
his earliest childhood, for bartering
proclivities. He lends marbles and
tops at interest to his cousins, the
little Connoughts, and, on one occa'
sion, got up quite little corner in
dolls. which he succeeded in purchas-
ing at a great reduction from his
small Albany cousins. The other day
he received present of Ell (s5) from
his mother and, having quickly spent
IL, applied for the second. He was
gently chided Tor his extravagances,
but, unabashed, wrote 10 his grand
mamma. The queen had been warned
of the financial embarrassment and
she replied in the same strain Of re-
monstrance, whereupon the prince rec
sponded:
Dearest Grandmamma: received
your letter and hope you will not
think / was disappointed because 70"
could not send me any money. It
was very kind of you to give me good
advice. sold your letter for GA los"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03
Grips Ravages Doomed.

So much misery and so many deaths
have been caused by the grip, that
every one should know what wonder.
full remedy for this malady is found
10 DR.. Kings New Discovery. That
distressing stubborn cough, that in
flames your throat, rObs you of sleep,
weakens your system and payes the
way for consumption isQuickly stopped
by this matches cure. II you bave
chills and fever, pain in the back Of
the head, soreness 10 bones and
muscles, sore throat and that cough
that grips your throat like a vice, you
need DR.. Kings New Discovery TO
cure your grip, land prevent pneumonia
or consumption. Price 80 cts. and 81.
Money back If not cured. A trial
bottle free at F. B. Snyder's drug
store,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03
Gladstone and the ShipoWner.

A good example OF Gladstone's au-
thority over his hearers is given BY
George W. Smalley in his paper on
Mr.. Gladstone in the August Harper's.
Mr.. Smalley drove down town from
London to Woolwich with the late
Ashton Dixie, a man OF much force
OF character, to hear Mr.. Gladstone
speak to his constituents. As they
left the hall, Mr.. Smalley asked Mr..
Dixie what he thought of the speech.
You know" he answered, that l am
no friend of Mr.. Gladstone, and am
out of all political sympathy with
him. But so long as he spoke I was
his disciple. If he had told MS to 90
out and set fire to the town, I should
have gone" Another anecdote OF a
different nature took place in the an
te-room of Schaw Lindsay's office.
when Mr.. Gladstone, who had Just be.
come chancellor of the excheuuer.
was waiting till the ship owner was
at liberty. Selling some paper. he be.
came absorbed in the preparation Of
a public document, unconscious that
ne was being closely watched by an.
other person in the room. This other
person was a rough Northumbrian
ship owner. Suddenly he addressed
Mr.. Gladstone, in the rude Doric of
the north: Young man, are you In
want of employment? If you are. I
could just do with the likes of Won
IN my office at North Shields. I have
been watching You this half hour.
and L never saw a man get through
so much work in the same time be.
fore. Come to me. and you shall have
q place in my office"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03
though Mr.. Nudge promised to invest
igate some things which some Of them
brought to his attention.

Sedgwick county is unable to secure
admission to the asylum for an insane
patient, because all the asylums are so
crowded. A good many of the cOun-
ties in Kansas will have TO lake care
of their own insane until the new
asylum at Wellington is built.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03
Fire DRAWINGS.

Make a solution of saltpeter in wa
ter and with splinter of wood draw
designs, ETC., on unglazed paper.
When dry, touch it with a glowing
coal or Chinese match. 1t will burn
with a good deal of smoke, but no
fame will appear, and the fire will
trace the design marked on he pa
per, not burning any other part I'M
touched by the saltpeter. The design
should not be interrupted, but must
be in continuous lines.-Samuel Kut-
cher, in New York Herald.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03
Notice to Farmers and Planters,

We have 10000 acres OF choice rice
land to rent, under irrigation. You
can make more money raising rice in
one year than you can wheat in ten
Write to us or come down on the next
X. G. P. and G., excursion.
6 S. A. ROBERTSON & Co.
Westlake, La.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03

Charles Whitney, a Fort Worth
cattleman who has been attending
the cattlemen's convention at Denver
broke the bank in a Denver gambling
house yesterday. He started in with
$500 and before he quit he was ahead
of the game just $1,000.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-02-03

AS nearly as can be estimated by
the ways and means committee of the
house it will require 81, 759, $50 annual
ly to run the state government here
after. To raise this sum, a five mill
levy will be necessary.