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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
HAD HOPES OF HIM


Mr.. Boppleton, the postmaster of W.
has four sons who inherit their fathers
amiable disposition, but are wanting in
other characteristics that make for sue
cess.
what are your sons doing. Mr.. Bopple-
ton?" inquired former resident of W
who had not seen the postmaster for
twelve years.
well" was the answer, Jack, my ell
dest boy. he's a minister without a pulpit
Fred. the next one, he's lawyer without
client and William the third one he's a
teacher without a school,
But I've got some hopes for Sam, the
youngest of the lot" said the head of the
Boppleton family with commendable cheer
fulness. Hes set out to be a farmer with
out any land but he's rented a field and
worked it himself. and we ate vegetables
off it all summer
81 paid him for supplying our family. and
when he'd settled his bill for what he
put into the ground to start with he had
within shilling of what he owed the boy
that had helped him hoe and so on all the
summer
"And / handed him over that shilling
with real light heart. and told him he
needn't ever think of 1t again. Yes. his
mother and feel encouraged about Sam
we think in the course of time, he'll make
a likely farmer"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
The Guerin Incident.

Jules Guerin is the president of an anti
Semitic club, an editor, and an agitator who
desires to upset the republic of the peasant
president. When the government ascer-
tanned that he was endeavoring to stir up
street demonstrations, IL sought to arrest
him, as we'll as Paul Deroulede and Others
He shut himself in the club building, and
defied the police. The police decided to lay
siege to the building. They cut off the
water supply and light connections. and
the siege is progressing. Thus far no
demonstrations have occurred at the spot
favorable to the anti-Dreyfusards that M.
Guerin represents.
The rioting of last Sunday at the Church
of ST. Joseph was started and carried on by
the anarchists, who are to man Dreyfus-
ties. The anarchists and the church are
natural enemies. for the church in France
is allied with ant!-republicanism, which
may assume royalist or army or anti
Semeite form. Dreyfus had no hand in the
Sunday riots. He was as innocent of them
riot, as we'll as the ridiculous siege in
the "affaire Guerin" will be used against
him. He has all along, in fact, been the
victim of vicious politics. and it seems to
be his fate to continue to bear the ills of
a rotten state. The siege of the clubhouse
in which Guerin is staying, and the sack
ing of the church. each wholly independent
4 the other and having no9-relation to
each other, are both utilized to create a
sentiment against ainvDreyfus-a SEN
timent that will reach the courtmartial at
Rennes, ana have an influence over the
verdict. The trial and all it's incidents are
in truth politics, and the verdict depends
more upon politics than upon the evidence
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
Clique Rule or Popular Rule.

sit is known says the Union Springs
Herald, that the state committee will
meet sometime, and, after consultation
with each county. will name the day for
beat meetings and county conventions"
The Herald seems to think that beat
meetings and conventions are foregone
results anyway. 1t seems to think that
primaries are hobgoplin affairs, or at least
some new-fansled devices that should not
be countenaneed in any eveat.
The Herald tells us the state committee
will consult leach county" Now, rhere
arc different ways of consulting a county.
The way that the Herald plainly has IN
mind is to consider court house clique
the county, and consult TIE members OF
that clique by consulting the particular
member of il that has been deputed to rep
resent the close corporation at the meet
ing of the state committee. The clique
and its representatives are not the county
and rarely, if ever. represent It, in tte
fullest sense There can IN fact be nc
proper consultation of a county. except in
primaries
The Herald should set forth its ooiec'
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
COMPLIMENTS OUR SOLDIERS
What the Tokyo Daily Herald Says OF
Them.

United States Minister Buck. of Tokyo,
Japan. has sent to the department of state
the following clipping from the Tokyo, ia
pan, Daily Herald of July 5, which says
just compliment to the American soldiers,
which will be gratefully read by millions
of our people. and in whose estimation the
Japanese will be elevated because of their
appreciation of the elements that go to
make up the splendid character of our SOL
diers:
"For the last few days we have had in
Yokohama nearly three thousand Ameri-
can volunteers, who have completed their
term of service in the Philippines and are
now homeward bound. They are the Me-
braska and Utah regiments on board the
Hancock, and the Pennsylvania regiments
on board the Senator. Many remarks have
been made about the general appearance
of these men, who, coming as they do from
hard fighting against the Filipinos-and the
Nebraska and Utah regiments have done
some of the severest Nightingale not al
ways present the spotiess purity of appear
ance usual in soldiers on parade. They
are nearly all big men, some, in fact most
of whom. showing clear traces of the cam
paigning and mental worry to which they
have been subjected, in their sunburnt
skins and somewhat cadaverous cheeks.
But one thing is apparent to everybody,
and that is the exemplary behavior of this
large number of men on shore leave
few thousand soldiers are a small army,
and pobO1V who cau
fail to remark as they roam over the
town, their quiet and friendly demeaor to-
ward the Japanese and foreigners alike
and the entire absence of drunkenness
among their ranks. The police, on whom
the brunt of keeping order devolves in the
first instance report both in Nagaski and
here-that they have not had a single case
of refractory behavior or intoxlcation to
deal with. Large numbers of these yolun-
teers have made the Grand hotel their
headquarters, and there they can be seen
at leisure. All of them seem to have money
to burn, for they have bought curios and
souvenirs of Yokohama in large quantities.
And this is not to be wondered at: aside
from the fact that the American soldier
is the best paid soldier in the world. we
find that their. ranks are not made up of
vagabonds who were out of job in the
first place and took the chance to get en-
ployment, but of intelligent men. among
whom are bankers. lawyers, merchants,
farmers, mechanics. ETC., who left their
homes when the country called for volun-
teers to fight for its cause. And these men
have done honor to their country and to
their flag. They have shown that gentle
men can be fighters. and are proving now
that fighters can be gentlemen"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
The Suspended Carter Verdict.

| The case of Captain Carter is one of the
mysteries of government. He was con-
victed over a year ago by a courtmartial
composed of fourteen officers. and the vote
of that court was unanimous. Not man
dissented About sl,6O00OO had been stolen
in connection with the work in Savannah
harbor. Carter had charge of the work as
an engineer officer of the army. To this
day Captain Carter holds his rank and
draws full pay.
The contractors in the Savannah harbor
city. Both of them are active politicians.
Both are under the wing of Thomas c.
Platt. Senator Plat is beyond a doubt the
power behind the throne in the Carter
case. and he is working to save Carter from
punishment and disgrace.
1t is not believed however. that Mr..
Platt's warm interest in his case is all there
is behind it. Other strong names and high
regulations are believed to be involved. and
all concerned are trying to save Carter
from confinement in the pententiary at
hard labor 1t is possible that the Hanna
campaign fund is involved in the transact
ton.
But the strongest feature is the suspen-
sion of the case in the department of jus
tice. Attorney -General Griggs has the
findings of the courtmarti.., and he snaps
his fingers at the people who want to know
why the verdict is not acted upon. 1t Is
said another court of inquiry is to be or
dered. Anything would be more seemly
than the present pigeon-hole process. The
case has been chung up over a~year; it
will soon be two years; but If it were five
years the people would not forget it. I'm
less the case is soon disposed of an appeal
will be taken either to congress or to the
| people in the next presidential election, and
| justice will in some way assert itself. If
| army officer can steal s1,600.000 and go
| scot free through the operation of pull"
| the people desire to know it. and their re-
marks afterwards may be more emphatic
/ than elegant.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
Had to Rouse The Doctor

One night not long ago a New York man
reached the apartment house in which he
lived about 2 o'clock. search of all his
pockets failed to bring forth his keys. He
rang the bell repeatedly for the janitor, but
could get no response. There were family
reasons why 1T was inadvisable for him to
spend the rest of the night away from
home. The sight of a physicians night
bell gave him an idea. He pushed the but
ton hard for thirty seconds or more. In
due season the physician came to tbs deer
and opened it. what is your fee for nis,,a
calls?" asked the locked-out Individual.
-Four dollars" was the surprised reply.
"All right, here you are. 1 was locked out
and couldn't get in. Sorry to trouble
you," and the man of expedients began z..a
weary march upstairs.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
AN OLD NEGRO TOWN

From the Charleston News and Courier.
special dispatch to the Birmingham
Age-Herald from Admission some days ago
spoke of Hobson City, in that state, as
"the most unique city in the United
States, in that it will be the only eXclu-
sive negro town in the country" This
is altogether a mistake. The first exclu-
sive negro town in this country that We
know of is the town of Ljncolnville, about
two miles south of Summerville, in this
state. 1t was established more than
twenty years ago by Daddy" Cain. q
prominent preacher and politician in the
days when the negroes ruled South Car
DINA, and it has been an exclusively ne
gro town ever since. When it comes to
Exclusively negro affairs, South Caro-
line takes the cake always.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24

by Professor Atwater all important after
that of proper nutrition, and much Of lbs
report is devoted to IT, He says:
From the economic standpoint. the
waste of food in American households and
institutions is serious matter, and 1t Is
desirable that exact statistics should be
obtained and published. In the families
of fourteen professional men in different
parts of the United States 1t was found
that per cent. of the total nutriments OF
the food purchased found its way into the
garbage. In fourteen families Of meohan-
les the waste averaged a little over per
cent, while in dietary studies of college
boarding clubs it was larger and in some
cases amounted to the throwing away of
one-fifth of the food brought into the
house"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
INGERSOLL DIED POOR

New York, August 21.-Mrs Eva Inger-
soil, widow of Colonel Robert Ingersoil, has
filed bond as Administrative of the es-
tate of her husband. Mrs. Ingersoil swears
that she made diligent search for the will
of her husband, but that to the best of her
knowledge and belief he died intestate.
The valre of his personal property is esti-
mated by her to be about $4,000. At the
time of his death he held no real property
The heirs to the estate are Mrs. Ingersoil
the widow; Mrs. Eva r. I. Brown, wife of
Walston II. Brown, and Miss Maude In
gersol.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
RUsKiN IS NEARING THE END

From a London Gable.
Ruskin is growing frail. About II O'Clock
each day he is taken out in his bath chair
by his valet. This takes the place of the
morning walk which he used to enjoy so
much, and which was only abandoned
about year ago. 1.-THE MASTER" as 50
many still love to think him. is spending
the evening of his days in his beloved
Brentwood, on the shores of Coniston lake
His strength is fast failing. He has passed
his eightieuh birthday, and 1.-THE professor"
as the good people of Coniston call him, Is
rarely seen outside the lodge gates, except
when his valet takes him for his morning
outing in bath chair.
Ruskin enjoys fairly good health. but Is
approaching the end. He does not read
much, but likes listening to others. Neither
does he write. He has given his last mes
sage to the world
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
AMERICANS EAT TOO MUCH
A Food Expert Says the Appetite is Not a
Safe Guide

Albany, N Y, August 21.--Professor W.
o. Atwate,c. government food expert. gives
in an official report, his reasons for be-
leving that Americans eat too much. He
says:
Experience in Europe, where people are
We'll nourished With much less, confirms
the belief that We. as a people, eat to ex-
cess. The excess appears to be chiefly in
fats and carbohydrates. Among ordinary
people who are not limited in their Choice
of food there is a common practice of over
eating, which is believed to be, in many
cases, seriously injurious to health. We
need to observe our diet and its effects
more carefully and regulate appetite Dy
reason. Different people have dinerenr
needs for nourishment."
He lays down the general rule .nSt r--7Se
in good health with good digestion should
eat only the things that experience has
shown will agree with them, and use such
kinds and amounts of food will supply
all bodily needs without burdening the sys-
tenn With superfluous material that must
be disposed of at the cost of health and
strength On the subject of a proper diet
Professor Atwater says:
The most that can be SAID with certain
ty, is that in general the food that is best
fitted to supply the physical needs and to
keep the body in sound condition is best
for mental and nervous exercise
He gives warning that the appetite can
not always be taken as a safe guide to the
amount of food that should properly be
eaten, ana points out that with most peo-
pie the amount eaten is influenced largely
by the taste of the food and the habits of
the eater" Professor Atwater adds that
"the standard of living is higher in this
couRry than in Europe. People with us
are better housed. clothed and fed than
there have more of the comforts and OPP
portunities of life and make more of them
selves. Many persons work harder accom-
pilsh more and earn more money to pay
for the better living. To do this they need
Eourishing food
TIE subject of food waste Is considered
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
REELECTED vIJE-PREsiDENrs

From the Cincinnati CONGRATULATIONS
1t has been many years since a vice-pres-
ident was renominated. John C. Calhoun.
who served from 1925 to 1888, was the last,
and. altogether, the only vice-presldents
who were reelected were John Adams,
George Clinton. Daniel d. Tompkins and
John G. Calhoun. If Mr.. Hobart consents
to run, and he will be again elected. his
name will be added to a short list contain
ing some of the most eminent men in Amer
lean history
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
Looking Over the Resorts

Boston man and his wife have been
making a tour of all the favorite resorts
this summer, not remaining long in either.
but merely looking them over, as the
pair say, before making a long trip to
Europe. 81 had never been to Niagara"
said the lady, land SO we went to the
Falls first. for. you see. wouldn't leave
my country without visiting that fount
of all our watering places. AS my hus-
band had Travelled across the continent
and been pretty much everywhere In the
south, 1 think our geographical informa-
ton, as well as our patriotic topography,
will pass muster, and we can stay on the
other side a couple of years with an easy
conscience" The "Cha tterer" of the Bos-
ton Herald wonders how many Americans
would make this pilgrimage through their
native land just ito prepare for leaving
1t! But the idea appeals to ones senti-
ment for "home." In these days of travel,
when everybody goes everywhere, people
do not think much about making duty
trips. They go because 1t pleases them.
or from business or necessity, and there's
an end of the matter.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
Sadly Misunderstood

AT one of the best-equipped country
houses of the north of England, the home
of Mr. Straightshoot, there lis a visitors
book and there was guest. He was lcav-
ing, and as he wrote his name his hostess.
in that embarrassing manner that hos
tesses have. asked him to add some little
observation. IT can think of nothing" he
murmured sadly. THE last time I wrote
anything of the kind was at Killarney, and
l said: Everything very clean and COM
Portable. But 1 can't write that of your
house. Mrs. Straightshoot." 1t was we'll
meant, of course. but it was sadly misun-
derstood.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
REFLECriONs or A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press

From the New York Press.
We mostly repent only when we have to.
Children are the links that hold many a
weak marriage chain together.
If a man could take a wife every
time he wanted a divorce probably he
would never want to do either.
To fall in love with woman you can't
marry is safe enough, hut. it's even more
uncomfortable than being married TO a
woman you cant love.
1t is a saying that IL girls saw more of
men before getting engaged there would be
more happy marriages., but probably there
wouldn't be any marriages at all.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
THE JACKSON PLAN


From the Eufaula Times.
This primary will dispose of the whole
business. It will give every democratic
citizen a chance to do his part and have
his say, and the majority will decide.
Leaving out of question the time set which
might not suit other counties. that plan of
letting the voters say themselves who they
want for governor and senator is good
one. 1t certainly has tendency to knock
out combina lions, and anything that will
do that Is desirable.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
SHORT STORES
OF THE DAY
,vorshlppIne at a New Shrine


England's future king is worshfpping at
new shrine. and the Countess of Warwick
has ceased to exercise the jealousy of the
Princess. of Wales. and has gone to join all
that cohort of fair ladies who in time gone
by have been the object of the Princes
admiration but who are now merely his
very good friends. The beauty of the hour
is Mrs. Geo. Keppei, whose husband is a
young brother of Derek Keppel. the equer-
ry of the Duke of York. and likewise broth
er of that Earl of Albemarle who was SO
badly besmirched in the Hooiey scandal
last year. George Keppel was formerly ap
officer in a Highland regiment, but is now
in the wine business, the junior partner of
a Pail Mall retail firm. and in spite of the
assistance of the Prince in helping him to
push the wines of his house, everybody is
wondering how on earth Mr.. and Mrs. KEEP
pen arc able to make both ends meet at
the pace they are going. For their income
Independent of the business is not more
than $1,000 all told, while it is doubtful
whether George Keppel is able to make as
much again by ''touting" for wine among
the Princes friends. Yet they go every
where, and the Prince throughout the past
season has newer failed to add their name
to the Est of guests of every entertainment
organized in his honor. They were at Can
mes with him last spring, they were at
West Dean park last week for the Good
wood races, and they are going to spend
August at Marienbad in the same hotel as
the Prince of Wales.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
Only Jar OF Its Kind

Horance Walpole tells lively story of
an old porcelain vender, who had an ex-
eeedingly rare and valuable jar on which
ne set an almost fabulous price. One hot
summer a slight volcanic shock. such as
the British isles occasionally experience,
logged his house about mis- ears and spill:
his precious vase. To an ordinary mind
but the China seller rose superior to for
tune. He doubled the price of the article
Immediately, and advertised 1t as 1.-THE
oaly jar in the world which had been
cracked by an earthquake Nothing
very slow about that Whether he got
his money is not added, but he certainly
deserved it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
kINSMEN STRONG


aries G. D. Roberts in the Pail Mail
Magazine.
This is the song
OF kinsmen strong,
Standing at guard
In the gates of earth
Side by side
Our flags flung wide
Proclaim the pride
OF our kindred birth.
"All ye of the brood,
OF an alien blood
Take count of our folk
No longer twain.
Not twain, but one,
BY the tides that run
With the new warmth won
In each kindred vein.
'fBe eounseled each
OF the alien speech,
From polar barren
To isle empearled:
This shout you hear
So near and clear
Is the marching cheer
OF the lords of the world.
''Stout heart by heart
We work our part. -
That light may broaden -
And law command.
This LIS our place
BY right of race, -
BY God > good grace 81
And the strength of our hand.
"The strength of our hand
On every land =
Till the master-work
Z OF the world be done;
il For the slaves feleaap, -
For the bond of peace. Il
That wars may cease
From under the sum-"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
RELATIVE RANK OF ALABAMA Town,
From the Huntsville Mercury.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
Our esteemed contemporaries in Annis-
ton deny that Huntsville is entitled u
fourth place in the list of Alabama cities.
If the Admission, newspaper men will visit
Huntsville they will readily concede all
we claim. Really Huntsville will soon be
ready to leave the contest for fourth place
between Admission and Montgomery.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24

Pussy Otis is to be superseded in the field,
as Wheeler and Lawton TO the front. 1t is
possible to retain Otis without serious
detriment to the campaign.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
ANOTHER SECRET DOssIER

From the Mobile Item.
Mr.. Willett carried bundle of informa-
ton to New York When he opened 1t
New Workers learned that Augustus Van
Wyck Is the great New York democrat
who Is beloved all over the south"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
MAYOR WOODwARD,s FATE

From the ST. Louis Republic.
The mayor of Atlanta has suffered the
fate of baseball inexpert. He had been
called down on account of high balls.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24

1t is Private Citizen Reed now. From
none the less acceptable to the public, and
probably to the brainy individual most con-
cerned
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24

When we come to think of 1t. the suspen-
sion of Captain Carter's sentence is just
about as curious and mysterious as the
conviction of Captain Dreyfus. Armies are
queer things.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24

The best thing about Admiral Dewey is
the fact he cannot make a speech, and he
knows it. Many other men cannot make
speeches, but they do not know it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
THE PEOPLE AND MIR. BRYAN

From the Admission Republic.
The people are for Bryan for PRESIDENT
and every boom will burst which antagon-
ICES Bryan.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24

Attorney-General Griggs is rapidly ac-
curing the place in public opinion formerly
held by General Alger, and he seems to
deserve it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24

Admission is now taking hand in national
politics. Its statesmen so abroad any fine
day. and upset or set up things to the
queens taste.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24

The Davis automobile trip from New
York to San Francisco was abandoned
after the machine had been completely re-
built