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The age-herald., 1899-09-13
NOTICE.

The Alabama Great Southern Railroad
 Company.
 Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Ala bama Great Southern Railroad company will be held at the office of the company in Birmingham, Ala, on Wednesday, October 1, 1S99 at 10 o'clock a m., for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the meeting. JOSIAH r. HILL,
 Secretary. September B. 1S99 9-5 to 10-6
The age-herald., 1899-09-13

The Dum-Dum's Press Agent "What do you consider the most import ant result of the peace conference?" "Well, it has given the dum-dum bullet a first-class advertisement"
The age-herald., 1899-09-13

Present your ticket for sou. venir today.
 StoWers Furniture Go.
The age-herald., 1899-09-13

Handsome, useful souvenirs; present your ticket; today is last opening day. 4.
 StoWers Furniture Go
The age-herald., 1899-09-13
LAKE ATHENEUM,

EAST LAKE........ ...... ..........ALA. The tenth session begins September 13. Lo- cation 900 feet above sea level, and unsur- passed for hea1thfulness. Grounds exten- sive and beautiful. Brick building, with modern conveniences. Thorough prepara- tory and collegiate courses. Music, Art. Elocution, Physical Culture. Terms mod crate. Send for catalogue.
 H. Y. MESSENGER, Pres. 9-2-2wks
The age-herald., 1899-09-13

Vancouver, B. C., September R.-The British Columbia government is being urged to notify the French authorities that 1t will not make an exhibit at the Paris exposition if the Dreyfus verdict is allowed to stand.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
THE ADMIRAL DEWEY ROSE,

or the many things named for Ad-
miral Dewey since the victory at Ma
Mia it is probable that none is more
worthy of the distinction than the new
rose which has lately appeared. 1t is
OF a light tea shade and is very fra
grant. Its principal characteristic, and
the one which has enhanced it's value
i'm the eyes of florists, Is it's lasting
quality. An Admiral Dewey rose will
retain it's freshness for as long as ten
days. The rose has been in the market
for little over three months but the
supply Is yet very scarce. 1t is grown
by florist at Bayisde, l.. L.. who. ii is
said, paid $4,000 for the original plant.
The rose I'm some respects closely re-
sembles the bridesmaid rose, although
OF a much richer color
Another new rose on the market is
the Liberty. II Is an importation from
England, $35, 900 being paid for six plants
by a florist, who saw chance for spec
ulation. Although no Liberty roses will
be sold till next year those already ex-
hibited have won the admiration OF
florists. many of whom are of the opin-
ion that it Is the finest rose on the Am
erican market. It's claim for such dis
tinction is in it's color, which is a genu-
Inc ruby red. Eyerey rose being an
almost exact match in color of the
finest gem. No other rose approaches
il In this respect, 1t is said. In size
the Liberty rose compares with the
Bridesmaid and has heavy thick
stem. One of the largest florists on
Broadway recently exhibited few
Liberty roses in his window. I'm another
part Of which were some of the famous
Lawson pinks. The exhibition drew an
enormous crowd, but the roses appar-
emily came in for greater share OF ad-
miration. IL will be some time. II is
said, before many can he purchased. as
only 500 roses will be propagated next
season.
The two roses, the Admiral Dewey
and the Liberty florists say, are the
finest yet produced in this country
New York Sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
SOME ERRATIC BUDS.


OF late years much has been learned
of the manner i'm which nature works;
but the amount OF secrets which nature
has carefully locked up is i'm vast pro-
portion greater than the little scraps of
knowledge we have been able to secure.
Bud variation Is one OF those mysteries
yet unsolved, according to a writer i'm
Meehan's Monthly. Vt is not an un-
common thing TO find plant or tree,
which for years has borne flowers or
fruit according TO rule, as one might
say. all of a sudden send out branches
OF character often widely different
from that of those which have pre-
ceded them. IL is more remarkable, as
a fact, that when these different
branches are cut from the parent tree
and rooted as cuttings or preserved by
grating, this wandering from the orig
inal form continues hereditary, and can
be reproduced innumerably, just as the
parent plant can. Many new roses
have ben raised i'm this way. Some of
them have been of the most distinct
character. In fact. those who watch
technically called, sports. can secure
as many new varieties as those do who
look for new variations from seed
lings.
Fruit trees are especially subject 10
these variations. Sometimes pear tree
Will have n branch with fruit which
look as IL they might be apples. and
again apple trees have been known TO
produce peer-like fruit. Not only Is
this difference in form but also I'm color.
Plum trees that for years will bear
nothing but the normal purple -fruited
plums, VIII send out branches occa-
sionally with yellow -colored plums. and
others may differ also i'm form---that is
TO say, we have round. yellow plums
instead OF egg-shape, purple ones. one
of the most striking instances OF this
is i'm the case of the nectarine. A we'll
informed biologist simply says he does
not know what causes these wild wan
derings from normal forms-he merely
tells the student there is q chance for
YOU here i'm original investigation which
may bring you fame IL you can work
out the cause.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
NOTES THAT WERE PAID.

T.. y. Augur, i'm the employ Of the
Union Trust company. has n very Curl
Gus note in his possession that was is
ued ana used in Iowa at one time. 1t
reads as follows:
zone year after date, for value re-
ceived : promise to pay Gruber x
Hardkass. or bearer. ---- dollars" and
then i'm small type: without relief
from appralsement. stay or exemption
laws, and in case suit is instituted for
its collection anything and everything
I'm my possession can be levied upon
and sold. including the last suit of
clothes. the schoolbooSs ana food OF the
children. with the coffin or collins any
OF the family may be buried i'm. and i'm
ease that after every article Is sold
there remains anything due on the
note. I agree that the services Of myself
and family shall Dc sold until the de-
mands OF the note are satisfied. And
further agree that. in case suit ia In
stitutcd FOR it's collection. 90 pay rca-
gonablo attorney fees together with
board bills hack hire saloon bills and
other miscellaneous expenses for him
~fl NllW iNtAi lf.laAANfH " NliF SUIT "
upndiup. And / further agree 20 live
ou corn bread and sorghum molasses
until the demands of this note arc salts
ncd. with interest at the rate of 40 pcr
cont. from date. payable annually.
signed ."
This note. says AR Augur was is-
sued by man named AcklCy Hub
bard oI pc Mars. la, 20 years ago. Iic
was a lawyer and editor combined
lie made 10 90 have some FUN with tho
boys. Whenever n man would strike
him for a small sum he would shove
the blank out fof the borrowcrpr 60
sirn The words in enc type nu one
would ever stop Co read. Then. nrtw
the victim had d-signcd. Hubbard Woul,L
hold him up ana read the whole thing
10 him 10 see him sguirm ANA porspirc.
VI De- alleged that Hubbard had lUt
of run ont OF the blank until the boys
learned the trick.--petroit Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
It'd BITS.

Land IN Tho city of London Is worth
over e2,0O0,00O an acre.
It IS estimated that there are 400 900, -
600 mummics in Egypt.
In London alone there are nearly $50
wholesale cOnfectionors.
Barirgs bank I'm London yields an
annual profit of 100000.
There are in round numbers 1000
cheese factories In Canada.
One-twelfth OF the people Of England
suffer more or less from gout.
Elephants are fond Of gin, but. It is
said Will not touch champagne.
Physicians carriages have the right
OF way i'm The streets OF Berlin.
Eight thousand carrier pigeons are
kept for use in the Germany army.
The biggest income I'm Germany Is
that OF Herr krup, the cannon maker.
The Victorian law authorizes divorce
ON the ground of habitual drunkenness.
I'm some London hotels the walters re-
ceive as much as $1,000 a year i'm tips.
Men at GO usually find that the their
digestion or memory or both have gone.
a physician declares that people who
sleep with their mouths shut live long
est
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
TAXED FOR SWEARING.

In 1923 IL was enacted that any who
cursed or swore should be fined IL
pence, or, on non-paymcnt, he set in the
stocks for II hours; or, IL under ~ years
of age. should be whipped. In 1894 an
ether act wax passed, says the Gentle
mans Magazine, fixing gradat'ons OF
punishment, and directing that young
Offenders up 60 10 should be whipped,
and this law was. up 10 1928 read pub
licly in parish churches, after morn-
ing prayer. four times a year.
In las there WAS a new statute by
which kind of swear-scale was estab-
llshed, whereupon day laborcr. "a
common soldier or sailor or seaman
M ght utter one oath for "A shilling;
person under the degree OF a gentle
man Tor two shillings; person OF or
above that degree for five shHlings, and
the penalties We're doubled after one
conviction and thereafter trcbled. Nor
were these enactments altogether idle.
Thus, in 1861 one John Mason Scott.
a mealman, OF WinsloW Bucks. "diu
profancly curse one profane curse I'm
given words twenty several times re-
peatcd, and IL cost him two and half
guineas; two sQVerei gns for the curse,
at ilorin apiece. and twelve and six
pence for the prosecutor. James King.
Moreover the conviction was held good
by Justices Wightman and Blackburn.
Sir John Strange reports a case
whence II appears that William Collier
came before the justices and complain
cd that James Sparling. leather
dresser. Of the parish OF st. James,
tlcrkenWell-a district not altogether
free from the offense today-had pro-
fanely sWore "a oaths. and profanely
cursed one hundred and sixty curses,
contra formam statuti, and the leather
dresser was adjudged guilty and to pay
u pounds s shillings. We regret, how
ever 20 add that this decision was re-
Versed, though only on technical
ground that the oaths and curses ought
10 have been set out.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09

surance companies are higher or lower
according to the rate OF interest pro-
durable on investments throughout the
future, which Is "A vastly important
factor TO be taken into account. \ life
company says in effect 10 each policy
holder: the money paid by You will be
invested and will earn interest, and
this interest viii. in part, pay your pol
icy when IL natures; consequently you
need not pay as much in premiums as
would be necessary otherwise" This
being the case. and as life assurance
contracts run so far into the future, IT.
Is absolutely necessary To compute the
future interest earnings on a basis
which viii be realized beyond all per-
adventure.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
A KlPLIge POEM.

Several years ago Fred ID. Under
wood, now general manager OF the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad. named two sta
tions in the upper peninsula OF Michi-
San "Rudyard" and "Kipllng" one be-
ing I'm an agricultural country and the
other IN an iron ore district Some
time later a mutual friend informed
Kipling OF Mr.. t-nderwood's action. and
the celebrated author sent Mr.. Under
wood his photograph with the follow
ing lines on the back:
"RUDYARD" AND "KIPLING."
wise is the child who knows his sire, -
The ancient proyerb ran.
But wiser far the man who knows
How, where and when his offspring
grows.
For who the mischief would suppose
I've sons in Michigan.
Yet am ! saved from midnight ills,
That warp the soul OF man;
They do not make me walk the floor
Nor hammer at the doctors door;
They deal I'm wheat and iron ore,
My sons I'm Michigan.
Oh. tourist in the Pullman car
O}y Cooks or Raymond's plan)
Forgive a parents partial view;
iiut, maybe, YOU have children too
80 let me introduce 10 you
My sons in Michigan.
RCpYARD KIPLING.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
TEAL FOR CROWNED HEADS.

Col Clark T.. Carr of Galesburg, H.,
was Minister TO Denmark under the
Harrison administration. The rotund-
ity of COL. Carr is like a makeup of
Falstaf and his voice is like the roar
of Hon. His favorite author is Shake
speare and he has made special study
of Hamlet" When Col Carr made
application for the Copenhagen post
one OF the reasons he assigned was that
he wanted To visit the old town of
Elsinore which is so closely associated
with the story of the Melancholy
Dane" Soon after Col. Carr arrived at
Copenhagen he made known To the
King his fondness for Hamlet" and
IL Is a fact not generally known that
col Carr appeared before the court of
Denmark one night and recited such
portions of the Danes saying as he had
studied with special care and under
Shakespearean tutors. The good Queen
was graciously interested. and IL is
said that she planned 10 have one Of
the royal house accompany Col. Carr
TO Elsinore and point out the path on
which the ghost walked for Horatio,
Marcellus and Bernardo.
I'm consideration of this. as we'll as
other royal favors, Col. Carr recipro-
Gated by inviting the court to break
fast at his expense. and had induced
the family 10 accept on the promise
The Colonel is somewhat OF farm
cr. and when he went abroad he took
in addition 10 his baggage and library.
several barrels of fine cornmeal. The
Corumeal mullins were served and the
King and Queen passed their plates
several times for the event was quite
democratic. As Col. Carr said TO a
friend. in describing it: There were
no crown or royal robes or toggcry
present
out OF this breakfast came Col. Cars
scheme FOR an Americana European
maize syndicate. As The sun reporter
was Informed by friend OF Col. Carr
the plan is for col. carr To furnish
American corn from Illinois principal
ly. 40 be dropped in European soil.
(which viii sprout Il. The King OF Den
mark Is understood 60 have expressed
his belief that the soil OF his kingdom
viii raise as good corn as that OF Him
ois
whether the maize syndicate Is
success or not. Col. Carr. sitting i'm his
home I'm Illinois. will be able 90 say as
he puts his feet on the mantel of his
parlor. on which there Is beautiful
inscription:
THE good Queen of Denmark sent
M, that" FOR 50 she did. And the colo
NJ may add "Cornmcal mullins did IT,"
The sun.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09

The plans for the army reorganiza-
tion are completed with the signature
OF the President and the rapid recruit
ing indicates that Il will not be long
before the military establishment
reaches itS fun strength OF $1,000 men,
or according TO the exact details OF the
reorganization. 63095. Of this number,
the fighting force will amount 20 57
$50. the balance being i'm the non-com-
missioned stan, bands, signal corps,
hospital corps and other departments.
Under the new arrangement n troop of
cavalry will have 100 men and 1900 to
the regiment; company of infantry
112 men and 1914 to the regiment; a
battery OF artillery, either light or
heavy, 120 men and regiment 1850
men. Ten regiments Of cavalry, seven
OF artillery and twenty-five OF infantry
are provided for. In the enlistment the
volunteers will be given first chance
and every inducement is offered to at
tract them TO the ranks OF the regu-
lars
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
PRESIDENTS GRADUATED.

On February L enjoyed hugely a
meeting with the Alumni OF Hamilton
College at their annual dinner in the
gorgeous Savoy Hotel says DR.. T. l..
Cuyler. very solid company they
were, too, with the Hon. Mr. Truax in
the chair and their brilliant President
Dr. Stryker beside him. Those who
measure Hamilton College by the num-
ber Of students In its catalogue, or the
length of its muster-roll Of graduates,
make very false estimate. Hamilton
ians are 10 be weighed, and no alumnus
need blush for his Alma Mater. Today
Hamilton sits in the United States
Senate in that chair inswhich Connect
icut has honored herself by placing
Joseph X. Hawley. No more graceful
pen adorns American literature in these
days than that OF Charles Dudley War
ner. My beloved old friend. Daniel
Huntington, still holds the sceptre of
American art. at 81, with a hand that
does not tremble; and a noble process
sion of ministers in that which includes
in its ranks DR.. Edward Robinson, AL
bert Barnes. Henry Kendall, DIR. Thom-
as ;. Hastings, Herrick Johnson and +.
+. Elinwood.
Df. Stryker has pithily said that IL is
better for small colleges TO turn out
great men than for large institutions to
turn out small men. 1t is a noteworthy
fact that OF all the great populous and
richly endowed universities in our land
only one-Harvard-has ever furnished
a President of the United States; the
two Adamses, father and son. were
Harvardians. Princeton is hardly an
exception; for when James Madison
graduated there. II was a small insti-
tuition. with only one building and a
hundred students. Nearly all ;he Pres
idents were from colleges that m.de
very small show In numbers Or IN en-
dowments. Old William and Mary's in
Virginia furnished Thomas jefferson,
James Monroe and John Tyler Hamp-
den. Sydney produced Gen. William
Henry Harrison; West Point Acad-
emy, Gen. Zachary Taylor and Ulysses
:. Grant: North Carolina College,
James X. Polk: Dickinson. James Bu-
chanan; Williams. James A. Garfield:
Bowdoin. Franklin Pierce: Union, Ches-
ter "A. Arthur; Kenyon, Rutherford y.
Hayes. and Miami, Benjamin Harrison.
The remaining Presidents never enter
ed any college. Let me add that while
/ have an opportunity OF observing the
moral atmosphere of many of our
leading institutions In this portion OF
our land, know OF none In which there
is a more wholesome religious influence
than at Hamilton
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09

Mr.. Frederick Roy Martin is a recent
arrival among the newspaper company
Of this town and he has already ac-
oomplished work on the Journal that
has commanded the respectful atten-
tion of his fellows in the profession.
Last evening he came out from behind
the curtain which partly, at least, con-
ceals the newspaper worker from the
public and demonstrated a manlness
and nerve at critical moment that
are decidedly winning. one may fancy
that it was healthy thing for the ruff
fans. who broke into the Eddy man
sion. that Mr.. Martin was stopped from
getting his two hands on them. And
ON the other hand we may rejoice at the
evidence that while the burglars were
good shots, they were not heavily arm
ed and so Mr. Martin escapes with only
inconsidorable damage considering the
number OF hits scored on him. We like
the sort OF fellow that Mr.. Martin
has shown himself to be and trust his
reputation viii continue to grow
without howtver. requiring a repeu-
tlon OF the sort OF incentive given it by
last evenings episode.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09

Secretary Gage of the Treasury. As
slstant Treasurer Jordan, Edward At
kinson. August Belmont, Cornelius y.
Bliss, r. Jefferson Coolidge. Chauncey
VI. Depew. Marshall Field. Brayton
Ives. ID. O. Mills and upwards Of half
hundred bank men give their opln-
ions as to the interest rate Of the fu-
ture. The concensus OF opinion H. that
from three 60 three and one half per
cent. is as high as can be counted upon
for the next twenty years although
some Of the authorities suggest that in
the promised development OF our coun-
try new openings for capital may offer
"A higher rate and still be within the
boundary between safe investment and
wildcat schemes. II is generally agreed
that the downward tendency of interest
rates is permanent and that on the
whole the restoration 10 the rates OF
score OF years ago is not TO be looked
for. 1t is TO be borne in mind however.
that this rate, three to three and one
half per cent. is suggested to the lifa
assurance business as a basis for call
culating their investments the security
of which must be OF the soundest.
Doubtless for ordinary business that
does not need To look so far ahead and
can venture a little more. rather
better rate can be counted up. And on
the whole the results OF the inquiry are
not calculated 10 bring further dis
TO holders of securities
who have been led TO fear that interest
rates were going TO the dogs. The rate
assured in these communications Is al
most invariably dwelt upon as "con-
"safe" and "gilt-edged."
We believe that the basis of the high
est class insurance business today Is
four per cent. and very likely this may
have to suffer a gradual reduction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09

There are approximately ten million
life assurance policies in force in the
United States for a total amount OF
over six billion dollars. This being the
case. Il is plain that this subject OF i'm
terest is one of great Importance not
only to this company or 10 the life as
surance companies generally, but TO
the community at large. The company
here referred TO addressed an inquiry
TO prominent hnanclers with purpose
to secure an estimate OF the interest
rate which will certainly be obtained
for some years 10 come beyond perad-
venture.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09
DIE D..

BRiGGS-In this city. eth inst, OF
whooping cough. Marion Laurens
youngest child of Bennett L.. and
Annie f.. Briggs, aged Ia months.
BURR--In Providence. sth inst, Ed
ward Everett Burr aged 80 years.
COOPER-In this city, Sth inst, ,Thom-
as w. Cooper, aged 40 years.
DORCHESTER--In this city. Sth inst.
Harriet Gray. wife OF 4. Norton
Dorchester. aged 81 years.
DEAN--In Enfield. Il. L.. eth inst,
Emeline Waterman. wife OF George
Dean.
GATELY-In this city, sth inst, Mary
Gately.
KENYON-In this city, Sth inst, That
cher Brown Kenyon. aged "a years.
KNOWLES~I this city Sth inst, Mary
Howlani Everett, widow of, Judge
John Il. Knowles, aged ~ years.
REYNOLDS-1n Apponaug. R. l.. Sth
inst. Sheffield Reynolds, aged 1S
years and ! months.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09

Martha Place, Of New York. who
murdered her step daughter and all but
killed her husband. is undergoing ex-
animation as to her sanity by order Of
Governor Roosevelt. If she is deemed
insane by expert authority she may es-
cape the death penalty which the gov
ernor has so far declined TO commute.
Meantime a bill has been introduced
into the legislature at Albany abolish
ing capital punishment. The bill has
been advanced TO n third reading, but IL
seems to be unlikely to pass the pres
ent legislature. Doubtless some day
capital punishment will be abolished in
New York state and elsewhere IL there
is anything in the teaching Of civiliza-
ticn and the hope for n decrease Of
crime as the world progresses. one OF
the opponents of the present measure
declared it his belief that the abolition
of capital punishment would make New
York the Mecca FOR murderers. but
Rhode Islands experience does not
justify such a fear. Here in Rhode Isl-
and there s. an occasional murder go
atrocious that arouses so much public
Indignation THAI we all feel some re-
gret that the law does not kill. too. But
as a general rule. we take it. Rhode ISL
anders are not disposed 20 revive the
moose or Introduce the electric chair.
And capital crimes are probably less
frequent In our State than almost Ia
any other in the country.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-09

Large as areN Nthe new opportunities
for government service the supply 10
likely to be greater than the demand.
There are said to be 10000 applicants
for second lleutenancies I'm the army, OF
which just 1O1 are required. From
such a list the examination ought 90
result in the selection of some particu-
larIy choice young soldiers.