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The age-herald., 1899-12-17
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Grandfathers Before Congress.

The grandfather clause of Louisiana is before the people of North Carolina. At their next general election they will vote upon the clause in connection with an amendment of an educatioal nature The gradfather clause before the people of North Carolina reads as follows
 ''No male person who in January, 1867, was entitled to vote under the laws of any sates where he resided and no hneal de- scendant of the persons in question shall be denied the right to register and vote at any election by reason of his failure to possess the educational qualifications pre- seribed in the preceding section, provided he has registered prior to December 1, 19oS'
 Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina. republican, asks the republican senate to declare that the adoption of the proposed clause would be in eontravention to the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, and declares also that any state adopting such provision would not possess a re- publican form of government. Senator Pritchard's resolution also goes on to de- clare that the caluse undertakes to con- fer the right of suffrage upon one class of citizens, and to exclude from the en- joyment of the privilege another class.
 Senator Pritchard may be simply en- gagged in procuring campaign material and campaign thunder; but whatever he wants in that direction he can undoubtedly se cure from the presnt senate and the present house: and the adoption of the pending resolutions would almost certainly involve some action looking to a partial loss at least of representation.
 The grandfather clause recently defeated in Georgia, deserves defeat everywhere. 1t is attempt to relieve ignorance. It is a premium upon ignorance. It invites white men to walow in ignorance from generation to generation. No one need waste any sympathy over the grandfather clause, for 1t is as unsound and tricky as it is unjust and unnecessary. When a state gets ready for ballot reform it should bravely base it on education or property or both, and not on any such devices as the grandfather clause.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

thority in all matters pertaining to the state
 To claim that a legislator is a county off, cer is absurda A reresentative in the upper house is certainly not county officer: and a if he is not representative in the lower house is not for their office is essentially identical Both make laws, not for the county but for the state. Both are state officers.
 The state executive committe directed that legislative nominees be selected in April, but movement has been put on foot to break down the discipline and authority of the party. In Marengo and Russell at least this movement has been bitterly de- nounced, but the two county committees are obdurate, and the schemes are doubt less to be carried out
 In three of the four counties primaries are to be held, and this is the saving clause. The people can be trusted. They have no axes to grind. Whatever the people of Ma rengo, Russell and Dade do, will stand, de- spite the irregularity of their respective three counties should take hold of the ques- tions before them, and settle them to the common good, eliminating all schemes of personal. ambition, and keping in mind all ways the state and the states best inter- ests at home and away from home.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 man who can tell a woman a pa- thetic baby story can get money out of her
 woman is just about as sure to cry at the right time as she is to laugh at the wrong one.
 The main reason why woman can't tell a good fish story is because she can't tell any kind of a story at all
 It would probably make most men lot less conceited if they knew the amount of praying their wives do for them.
 The average girl is brought up to be a fisherman. She chops love up fine for bait, pounds an engagement ring into hook and lands man with marriage as a dip-net, /
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Lands for School Purposes.

A bill has been introduced in congress that is very broad and very. important in some of it's bearings, and very just and very valuable in other directions. It is a bill that aims to equalize among the states gifts of public land for school purposes. If the bill becomes a law Alabama will receive scrip for 9O1 ,725 acres: Mississippi for S3S,- BPS acres, and Tennessee for 1,621, ,333 acres. The scrip con templated by the bill can be used by an assignee thereof in locating lands whrever public lands are subject to entry at $l.25 or less per acre. There are not 901 ,725 acres of public lands in Alabama, but the bill does not confine the use of scrip to a states bounds
 There seems to be two good objects behind the bill In the first place it gives a share of public lands, not to class schools, but public schools. In the next place it seeks to equalize such gifts among the states. The public domain should be equally di- vided. Alabama has received very little of it comparatively speaking So have some other states. The new bill proposes to cor rect to some extent past favoritism and present injustice.
 There is really no reason why the bill should not become law; but it would be we'll to dedicate in express terms the scrip to the public schools so that rings of class schools cannot grab it, or in any manner di- vert it from the schools that greatly need help.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17
POLYGAMOUs APPOINTMENT

From the Boston Herald
 The resolutions offered in the United States senate to inquire into the subject of the appointment by the president of polyg- amists to office in Utah are likely to de- velop the fact that such appointments have been made. The Salt Lake Herald states that the postmaster at Lagon in its state was a man notoriously with plural wives at the time he received that office. In ans wer to the excuse made, that the president did not know such to be the fact, it is also said that protest against the appointment was made on this ground, and that re- .monstrance numerously signed which em- bodied it was sent on to Washington The truth is that there is a chronic state of hostilties between the Mormons and the Mormons in Utah which made it cer- tain that a poyGamous appointment there could not go unchallenged; but it appears to have been the policy of the administra- ton to make friends with both sides. There are influential republicans in the Mormon church. and, as an Illustration of the power of that church in politics, information from Utah is to the effect that it came very near procuring the election of republican United States senator by democratic legis- lature last winter, and a polygamist repub- lican at that. The excitement that has at tended this Roberts affair in the nation is a surprise to politicians in both parties, and it is not probable that, previous to it's break ing out, the president regarded the prac- Using of polygamy after the manner of Mir. Roberts as a bar to the appointment to office under the general government in TTtah.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17
Build Refuge for the Destitute Sick.

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TOO GREAT CHANGE
the Selma Journal.

From the Selma JournaI.
 The Journal wants to insist that some step be taken and taken at once to secure in this state an organization of the friends of Sena- tor Morgan that there can be DO possible doubt of his reelection to the United States senate, In truth Alabama does not want a tallow candle where for twenty-three years has stoood an arc light.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17
IF A B,.DY MEET A BODY

From the Philadelphia North American. If a body meet body
 In room that's dim If body kiss body
 That means war for him. For luxury is kissing,
 And a man is stood In court for breach of promise If He fails to make it good. If body meet body
 And makes good the kiss; If a body kiss body
 And he weds the miss; Then again is trouble brewing,
 For the man is stood Up for all he has in cash and
 Still must make it good.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17
NEARLY UNANIMOUS

From the Roanoke Leader
 The prediction is being freely made by careful observers that Senator Morgan will carry three-fourths of the counties in Ala bama-and we may add that he will carry nearly all the counties outside of Alabama.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

The British are ascertaining that General Shermans definition of war was not in- accurate. Sherman knew for he had been up against the real article.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

The populists of Crenshaw county have called primary meetings for the nomina- tion of county officers. They are not en- gagged in ulling anyone's chestnuts out of the fire.
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News gathered away from home has at least the element of novelty, as witness this bit from the Scale Register: "It is now thought that Governor Johnston will have no trouble in carrying Jefferson county for the senate"
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

Over eighteen hundred voters expressed their choices in the Colbert county pri- maries. In the old beat-meeting system, eighteen would have been nearer the num- Der that would have had voice in selecting nominees
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

If General Butler eats his Christmas din- ner in Pretoria he will have to travel the route that two thousand of his countrymen have already travelled.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

The discrepancies between sales of coal lands in Walker county and returns for taxes are attracting the attention of many sarcastic persons.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

We dislike to approach the subject of the quarrel between MT. Prick and MT. Carne- gie on account of the temptation to use the word F'rickton.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

Editor Hitchcock of t,se Omaha World Herald has his opinion ct populism, but he is too polite to express it at present.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

Major General Wood is undoubtedly an efficient officer, but he is a pet of the white house. being. too. the court physician.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

The printers and the paper makers will welcome MT. Allen, of Nebraska, back to the senate, whether the candle-stick makers do or not.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

A big junket is budding in the Roberts case. It will soon be held that testimony can only be gathered on the spot.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

Senator Mason's sympathy will not reach be in need of it.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

Dom Paul has not cabled any thanks to his great and bfushing friend, Senator Will liam Mason.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

The joy of Paris over Boer victories will be duly noted and recalled in British cireles, official and unofficial.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

Education says the Gadsden Voice. is the only salvation of the common people of the country.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

The plum-puddng train billed to Lady smith should be protected with at least Krupp armor
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

The ami-Morgan campaign in Jackson county enriched hotels and livery stables.
The age-herald., 1899-12-17

The most beautiful moment in womans life comes when sne stands in the regal splendor of romances glorious majesty and tells her lover she loves him; when she impulsively throws out her hands to him and bends her brow for the seal-kiss of a masterful passion; when virgin mod esty crjmsons, the pure heart is riotous, the clean soul exultant, and love and laugh ter wait upon the brimming tear of infinite vanderness! Oh, gods of Olympus! the man who has nor lived through joy like that has been denied the one immeasureable joy of the world. THE MURMURER.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-08

religion, never going to church, have
been reclaimed and are now good
church members. We have not set
methods of obtaining converts; in fact,
we don't care how it is done as long as
it is done in legitimate manner. If
we are only able to attract the atten-
ton of a Goddess man to the church we
are reasonably sure Of winning him
from his ways. Our services now con-
sist of the singing of hymns, prayer,
confession, the reading of a chapter
from the Bible and then a collection,
which is our only means Of sustenance
outside of private collections We base
much faith also upon the public testi-
mony Of a men at a meeting. When
some reclaimed drunkard arises and
tells of his conversion it always carries
much greater weight with it to his au-
ditors than any sermon we can preach,
no matter how powerful. We do our
utmost to save souls and l am happy
to think that our efforts are not for
naught."
At the close Of the meeting many Of
the clergymen present stayed to tea,
which was served by the women of the
parish, and in the evening listened to
ST. .Paups choir sing from Gounods
Church Mass.
The next convocation will be held in
Christ church, in this city, In April
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CLOVER LEAF CLUB.
Charming Reception in Harmonic Hall
Last Night.

Charming Reception in Harmonic Hall
Last Night.
The reception given by the Glover
Leaf club In Harmonic hall last night
was one of the most charming affairs of
the season. 1t was attended by about
fifty couples of the elite Jewish young
people of the city. Visitors were also
present from several other cities. Yes
terday was the fourth anniversary of
the organization of the club and last
nights reception was in the nature of
celebration of the event. Some very
beautiful gowns were worn by the
young ladies. There were twenty
dances on the programme. Tho patron
esses were Mrs. Mendel Mrs. Freedman,
Mrs. Lyons, Mrs. Goldstein, Mrs. Wurtz-
burg, Mrs. Lichtenstein and Mrs. Su-
genheimer. Among those present were:
Miss Rosenthal of New York. Miss
Schultz, Miss Fisher of Hartford, Miss
Edna Rothchild the Misses Lichten-
stein, Miss Reta Mann. the Misses
Kleiner Miss Kaiser, Miss Lewinson,
Miss Gabriel, Miss Goldbaum, Miss
Leichter, Miss Lyons Miss Harris, Miss
Asher, the Misses Katz, Miss Statner,
Miss Schulafer, Miss Strauss, Miss
Schoenberger, Miss Folf of this city,
Messrs. Kempner, Samuels, Tausig,
Bacharack, Birch, Mincke, Atkins. Hut
ter Of Hartford, A. N. Soloman of New
Britain, Leichter, A. Williams, Rogow-
ski, Kahn, Weiss, Besser, Bretzfelder
Wurtzburg, Levy Moses, Strouse and
William and Henry Schoenberger of
this city An excellent dinner was serv-
ed at intermission.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-08
NOTICE.

TO the Holders Of the Bonds of the South
ern New England Telephone Company,
Issue Of March 1, 1891.
Notice is hereby given to the holders of
the Mortgage Bonds Of The Southern New
dated March /, 1891, and due March /, 1905,
that the Treasurer Of The Southern New
England Telephone Company will pay all
such bonds, and accrued interest thereon,
at the office of the Company In New Haven,
Connecticut, on the First Day of March,
1899, paying for the same at the rate Of
one hundred and two per cent. o. the face
value Of said bonds, In accordance with the
terms Of said bonds In which the said The
Southern New England Telephone Company
reserves the right at the maturity of any
said bonds to redeem the whole or any por-
ton of such issue at one hundred and two
per cent. and accrued interest upon giving
three months notice in writing to the reg
istered holders of such bonds and by adver-
tisement for not less than ,lree months in
a daily newspaper published in New Haven,
Connecticut. And notice is hereby further
given to the holders of said bonds that in
terest on the same will cease upon said first
day of March, 1899
Company farther gives notice to the hold
ers Of the above described bonds that they
can, at any time between December 1895
and February 1, 1899. exchange their pres
ent bonds for bonds of the new issue, at
the office Of the company
The company in such exchange will nav
one hundred and two ana interest for the
bonds, and will charge ono
hundred and nine and interest for the bonds
of the new issue
BY vote ef Sf The sos Board of Directors passed
a. Fl. EMBLER. Treasurer
New Haven, November 49, 1893.
ja25 WIN to Mil, incl
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BUTCHERS TO DINE.

AT meeting of the New Haven
Butchers association, held in the In
surance building last night, it was de-
cided to hold the annual banquet on the
evening of February 2S. A committee
on arrangements was appointed as fol-
lows: Conrad Weiss, Arthur Tenant
and Philip Frederick. The banquet will
be held in room 10 of the Insurance
building. No other business of impor-
lance was transacted. AS yet none of
the grocers have made application to be
made members, which was rendered
possible by change of the constitution
at the national convention held in this
city last summer.
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HARD PROBLEMS OF RURAL LIFE
Continued from Sixth Page.)

1T is a question Of pressing import
ance-what is to be done with these
worthy people? 1t is a hard question
and one for which I can see no solu-
ton. or course we may say that the
great law Of the survival Of the fittest
must prevail here, as everywhere else,
and that the farmer who cannot con-
quer in the struggle must go to the wal
But this law however universal and
however perfect in it's ultimate results,
is nevertheless worked out only with
the greatest hardship to the individual,
and any one must regret to see it ap-
piled to class of people. 1t is equally
hopeless to look for any panacea from
government or from any other of the
various economic vagaries, which never
lack for enthusiastic followers. And SO
to me, at least, the question remains
unanswered yet it is one which con-
fronts every agricultural community
which is so unfortunate as to be re-
mote from market or the lines of trans
portation or who are trying to raise
the standard crops on sterile SOIL
For these lands under present condi-
lions there remains one or two possible
uses-either that they revert to the
forest and grow lumber (Which on
lands, once denuded and consequently
robbed of large part Of their fertility
is very slow process); or else be pas
tured in large tracts. But neither of
these solve the real problem namely,
what is to become of the people. who
by these changes are being forced from
their homes and from the only occupa-
ton with which they are familiar?-
Jared Van Wagenen in Country Gentle
man.
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HARMONY LODGE ENTER7A ms.
Splendid Banquet Given by Them to
Twelve ofTheir Orange Members Last
Evening.

Splendid banquet Given by Them to
Twelve ofTheir Orange Members Last
Evening.
showed itself worthy of it's name last
evening, when as a return courtesy to
twelve of the members who reside in
Orange, it gave in their honor one Of
the finest banquets given by any New
Haven lodge in some time The ban
quet was the outcome of the good time
given to the club by these members on
January, 1898.
The lodge was invited as body to
visit them in Orange, and seventy-five
of the members accepted the invitation.
Arrived at the station in Orange they
were greeted by their friends and the
Orange drum corps; who escorted them
to the town hall, where a magnificent
spread awaited them. Speeches were
made and an enjoyable time was ex-
perienced by all, the party returning
to New Haven in special train at 2
o'clock in the morning.
The banquet last evening was a fit
ting return for the enjoyable time. Pre-
steal entertainment was given in the
lodge room as follows:
Address -Past Grand William H. Spock.
Song-Temple quartet.
War pictures, under the direction of
George w. Lowndes of West Ha-
ven Conn.
Spanish Cruelty,
Spaniard-Maste Arthur Savage.
Cuban--Mss Florence Bradley.
Liberty-Miss Florence Pfaff.
Recitation-Miss Reynolds.
Soldiers Farewell
Miss Irene Savage,
Master William Lucey,
Miss May Bradley.
The Battle
Duel
Spanish Soldier-John Gerety.
Union Soldier-John Suttleworth.
Song-Miss Smith.
Mayfower Drum Corps of Orange.
Fl. M. s. Trio
After the Battle
Red Cross Nurses represented by Miss
Savage and Miss Lucey.
H. M. S. Trio.
On its conclusion the friends of the
Orange members, together with the 9TH
err invited guests, numbering in all
about 200, repaired to the banquetng
hall, where they enjoyed the hospitality
of their entertainers. The arrange
ments last evening were made by
committee of five under the able chair
Of f. L. Meade.
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SARSFIELDS' ANNUAL MEETING.


y
The Sarsfield Guard held it's annual
meeting at the armory last evening,
full quota of members being present
The reports Of the different officers and
committees were read and received.
Captain J. f. Donovan as treasurer
submitted his report of the finances of
the company, showing a good balance
in the treasury. The ball committees
report on the arrangements made for
the coming ball of the company to be
given at the armory on Easter Monday
evening was received with a great deal
of enthusiasm and on the distribution
of the tickets over 500 We're given out.
A history of the company for the year
was given by Corporal Kenna as his
torian, and was greatly enjoyed. This
office is a new one, having been formed
since the election to the captaincy of
Captain Donovan, who caused an
amendment Of the bylaws being made
whereby the history of the company is
to be delivered annually by the histo-
rian, each one to be preserved and
bound as a record of the company.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: Treasurer, Captain J. p. Dom
ovan; financial secretary, j. ]. Flana-
gan, and recording secretary. f. V.
Williams. The following committees
for the year were appointed: Recruit
ing, Sergeant Higgins, Corporal Spen-
GER Privates Duffy, McHugh and
Downes. House committee-Sergean
Rafter Privates Laudy and Mccarthy.
Court martial ommittee-Lieutenant
Laf1and, Sergeant Maker, Corporal Gill
huly, and Privates Kane and ]. ].
Flanagan. Auditing and finance COM
mittee-Lieutenant Fahand, Sergeant
Donoghue and Priyates McCleary
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FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.

OF st. Cecelia's T. A. B. Society Cele-
brated Last Night.
The fifth anniversary of St. Cecilia
7. A. B. society was celebrated in proper
style in Academy hall last night. There
was a very large attendance, at least
200 people being present, some of whom
We're from out of the city. The first
part of the evening was devoted to the
rendition Of a programme, as follows:
Address by president-Miss Noonan.
Voca! solo-Miss Marie Moran.
History-Misa Mamie Doyle.
Prophecy-Miss Margaret McGarty.
Vocal selections-The Misses McNer-
nv.