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The age-herald., 1900-12-11
A STIRRUP-CUP.

Nancy Hazlipp in McClure's Magazine. December's beard is thin and white, His knotted fingers frore- He rides from Yesterdays fair land. To fens of Nevermore Yet fout him not with passing bells, For all his days are few; Till him. instead, a stirrup-cup
 Of wine, and myrrh, and rue. Rich wine, to warm his chilling heart With garnered summer gold; Fine myrrh, to heal his jagged wounds And keep his spirit bold; And rue-ah bitter herb of grace,
 Faint not the chalice rim, Though you must spice our stirrup cups Till all the worlds are dim. From Yesterday to Nevermore
 The road runs murk and drear- The wan old graybeard may not halt
 Where lights shine bright and clear. Yet fiout him not with passing bells,
 For all his days are few; Fill him, instead, stirrup-cup.
 With wine, and myrrh, and rue.
The age-herald., 1900-12-11
Over Ten Million Bales.

The United States Department of Agricul- ture published its estimate of the cotton crop yesterday and he result of it's tabula- ton should be and is accepted as relatively accurate. The government says our crop Of l9OO as ascertained by reports as of No- vember 30, Is 1O 10000 bales. This report is Of especial value, since the department ob- tained its statistical information direct from the gins instead of inaccurate sources as heretofore. The element of guess work nor bear will attempt to improve on the governments work
 There was a touch of humor in the wide divergence of the expert guesses in the cot ton markets last week. The estimates or guesses went all the way from 9,237, 900 bales, this being the "careful' figures of the New York Commercial, to 1O, ,25O, 900 of A. J. Buston the well-known English statisti- elan. Four weeks ago the range of guesses was even wider, running from 9,OOO,OOO to 10,5OO,OOO bales.
 The speculative bulls, of course, were sorry to see the government issue a report of ten million and over, but the commercial world at large is not sorry. The world needs 100000 from the United States to go round, Ten million one hundred thou sand will not do it comfortably, but We can make out with it on a pinch
 The English statisteans find that after leaving China out of the calculation alto gether, ten million and a quarter crop in the United States will leave the world absolutely bare of cotton next September
 The Alabama farmer who has cotton still on hand will get 10c for it if he waits awhile He may have to hold it unff1 spring. But with only 1O,11O,0OO bales, when a 100000 crop would not be too much to supply the demand 10c cotton is only a question of time
The age-herald., 1900-12-11
PASSING OF THE BELL.

From Atlantic Monthly.
 The solemn and impressive custom of an- rouncing death by the tolling of the church bell will soon be but a vague and distant memory. 1.-The passing bel1' has itself passed away, and its slow measured &C., cents no longer tell the story of the depart ure of one more soul The brief notice in the daily paper, while it conveys explicit information, fails to give something that the bells tolling carried with 1t. The sol emn rhythmic tones awakened a momen- tary vibration in the breast of every lsten- CT, and bade each pause for sympathy and mediation The bell admonished the sinner to repent, and warned the thoughtless ito take heed and mend his ways It spoke clearly and comprehensively, and bade all scattered and preoccupied inhabitants att tend it's story.
 The bells voice is identified with all the deepest and most sacred human emotions. It has bespoken the joys and sorrows of all mankind for centuries. Is it's voice to die away and have no part in the life of the future? The wedding bells ring out no more save in some song or story The Christmas chimes are seldom waited to our ears. The church bells ring but faintly now, and un- der constant protest. "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day" only in verse; a sun set gun today gives greater satisfaction. The Angelus sounds merely in pictorial form; the fire bells give place to still alarms; the dinner bell is silenced in po- lite society, and sleigh bells are discarded
 What is the future of the bell? That hap py silver tongue that has sung out the joys of all the world; that solemn tone, that has mourned for the nations dead, and voiced the nations woes, and summoned to their knees the nations worsnipers.
The age-herald., 1900-12-11
Children in Factories.

Far and wide the intelligence has been published that the Georgia Legislature has defeated the bill to prohibit the employ ment of children under 12 years of age in the cotton mills of the State. The truth isy the friends of the measure have decided not to press it to passage, because the cotton mill owners of the State had organized an association chiefly with a view to putting an end to the employment of babies in their mills. The mill owners have prom ised that before the Legislature meets again these things will be accomplished facts in Georgia. namely:
 First That no child under 12 years of age shall be allowed to work in the cotton mills of the State at night
 Second. That the mills will compell pa rents of children to alternate them in the mlIis; that is to say, where there are two children in a family one must be in school while the other is in the mill
 Third. That the mill owners require, so far as they are able, parents to send their children to school and to keep them out of the mills much as possible-except where peculiar circumstances make it nec- essary that these children shall earn a livelihood for themselves, as for instance, Aii 'HC NdS0 Ol oIptdn Cnluren or those whose mother is a widow and unable to entirely support them by her own efforts. They will refuse to employ children under l2 years who have fathers able to support them.
 The mill owners of South Carolina pre- vented legislation in a similar manner; and it is now up to the humanity of Ala bama to do likewise Shelfishness should be made to give way to humanity in this manner; and during the recess members should consult their constituents on this subject. Alabama cannot afford to be .ie only State in which tender and helpless children are ruthessly thrust into cotton mills before daylight, and kept there until after dark in order to earn a pittance so small that We are ashamed to mention it.
The age-herald., 1900-12-11
FARMER VANDERetLT's HOGS.

From lae Chicago Record.
 George vanderbilt's hogs from Bitmore, N. C., as blue blooded in their set as their multi millionaire owner is in his, occupied the center of the stage at the live stock exposition Tuesday. and were the matinee idols of the day. Attracted by the sign pitt more Farms the women found unusual in- terest In looking at S00-pound Ecrkshres longed to Farmer Vanderbilt. MT. Wander bilt himself is not attending the live stock show, but he has sent score or more of hogs of his own breeding, the butcherns of any one of which would insure the Van derbilt family against hunger during the aeng winter in the North Carolina inNua- tRins '-
The age-herald., 1900-12-11
WHERE DAILY TOOK HIS BRIDE.

From the Denver Republican.
 This is a photo of a cabin on Lion Hill, Tooele County, Utah, to which the late Marcus Daly took his bride when he was a poor prospector. He lived there nearly two years, working his mining claims with en- thusiasm until he went broke. Finding his grocery bill a decided embarrassment, for his prospects were not valued by others and credit was hard to get the young man accepted a foremanship from the Walker Brothers of Salt Lake. They car ried him to Montana and away from his little home forever, though he fully in- tended to return and develop his claims
The age-herald., 1900-12-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Figures are like hens-they never E7, Some women would dye rather than wear a wig. A well-flled cupboard is the bes. board of health.
 The female compositor is certainly girl of the period.
 Some people speak only to deceive and listen only to betray.
 All women are equally fair - when the lights are eXtinguished
 In the game of life clubs are always trumps in policeman's hand.
 Solomon's wisdom may have been due to his having talkative wives.
 Talk is cheap-especially if a man patron- izes a 5-cent barber shop.
 Virtue eventually manages to get the laugh on those who throw mud at her.
 The oftener a man is in the wrong the louder he crows when he happens to be right.
 The candidate who expresses himself is often beaten by another who pays the freight.
 Every time a mans wife looks happy he natters himself that he is the cause of it.
 An old toper says he envies acorns be- cause they always remain in their cups until they drop.
 A big fortune awaits the inventor of a sewing machine that will collect rents, re- pair family breaches and mend bad man. ners.
The age-herald., 1900-12-11
THE MURMURER.

From the Jacksonville Repubncan
 Lucen J. Walkers divine and asthetic "Murmuring of the World" in the Age Herald appeals to mans better nature, and makes one feel better after reading after this gifted writer.
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In message of only seventy-one words Queen Victoria asked for money. Parlia- ment should not haggle over an appropria- ton under such circumstances
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Young Vanderbilt's fortune of S44, coo 900 pales its intellectual figures before Rocke- fellers S4OO,00O,0OO, but the former is not trying to outshine Shakespeare
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The good Queen let her people off with seventy-one words when she last addressed Parliament. The effete monarchies have some good methods
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The indulgent MT. Zimmerman has &C., quired wide field for all the philanthropy he can muster. He should buy his bull pups in wholesale lots.
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Mir Lease is keeping as still as a mouse, while Mrs. Lease is prosecuting her suit for divorce. He is afraid she will change her mind
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Governor Plngree,s pardon of two con- victed State officials is further proof that his official days are ended.
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Poor England! America has unloaded Willie Waffle Astor on her. and now France proposes to add Count Boni to her load
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A woman in New Yor6s 400 is trying to rob Nero of his laurels by wearing a robe made of the skins of unborn lambs.
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Holland and Portugal will not fight for the lightweight championship.
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It will be ex-senator Towne anyway. and that is some comfort.
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Rathbone in Havana and Ferd Peck in Paris seem to have tried to see which could roll up the bigger bill for extras
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Get-rich-quick schemes are keeping pace with the population at least
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become accustomed to a large standing army. Republleanism and campaign sub scriptions demand 1t.
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The removal of the beer tax will not help the beer drinkers.
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Can the Senate, where "cold tea" is loved and consumed, conscentiously sit down on the army canteen.
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MT. Hanna has ordered Congress to get a hustle on itself.
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The only European who in the matter of
 l pay Is slower than Abdul Hamid is Count l Boni himself.
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General Merciers genius just fits the magazine field
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If Ferd Peck had bought the cabs he rode
 In it would have been money in Uncle Sam's pockets.
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Queen victoria's address to Parliament | of seventy-one words is a record-breaker.
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w. T. Stead is again pursuing the British government by firing pamphlets at 1t.
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I It was Bowersock who crushed the army | canseen. Poetry is dead in Congress.
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ment should not haggle over an appropria- ton under such circumstances.
 The good Queen let her people off with seventy-one words when she last addressed Parliament The effete monarchies have some good methods.
 The indulgent MT. Zimmerman has &C., he can muster. He should buy his bull pups in wholesale lots.
 Mir. Lease is keeping as still as mouse, while Mrs. Lease is prosecuting her suit for divorce. He is afraid she will change her mind.
 Poor England! America has unloaded Willie Waffle Astor on her, and now France proposes to add Count Boni to her load
 Rathbone in Havana and Ferd Peck in Paris seem to have tried to see which could roll up the bigger bill for extras
 A woman in New Yorks 400 is trying to TOD NerO OI HIS IdurelS py wearing rope made of the skins of unborn lambs.
 
 Can the Senate, where "cold tea" is loved and consumed. conscientiously sit down on the army canteen.
 The only European who in the matter of pay is slower than Abdul Hamid is Count Boni himself.
 If Ferd Peck had bought the cabs he rode in it would have been money in Uncle Sams pockets.
 Queen Victoria's address to Parliament of seventy-one words is a record-breaker. ---------- It was Bowersock who crushed the army canseen. Poetry is dead in Congress. W. T. Stead is again pursuing the British government by firing pamphlets at 1t. It Is proposed to transform Oklahoma into Jefferson when it becomes & State.
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It Is proposed to transform Oklahoma into Jefferson when it becomes & State.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-23

'If England wants to enlist few gen.
uine fighters think l could give her some
good advice said the fat man in the front
end of the street car, according to the
Omaha World Herald.
II have long been careful reader OF
the newspapers, and seldom let any item
of interest get by me. l read with great
interest the account of how that editor
in Northwestern Nebraska killed the man
who came in to whip him, and read with
equal interest the account of how the edi-
tor in Southwestern Nebraska played a
mallet solo upon the Uranium of the irate
gentleman who called to make trouble
about an article concerning him And
was greatly interested in reading about
how that Cortland schoolmaster caved in
the Stats Of a lot of boys who undertook
to throw him out of the schooIhouse win
dow.
'All these things set me to thinking.
Thinks l to myself, thinks l. IL England
wants some real fighters she should open
negotiations with view to enlisting the
services of a regiment of Nebraska ed
itors and school-tea cheers"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-23
BRYAN'S VISIT TO FLORIDA.

The visit of Mr.. Bryan to Florida ere
ated good deal of Democratic enthusiasm
in that state. 1t is probable that the
Democratic party needed a little stirring
up. II has been accustomed so long to
having everything its own way that it was
in danger of getting into ruts, losing its
interest in party principles and of letting
few politicians manage its affairs pretty
much as they pleased. The stirring words
uttered by Mr.. Bryan, in the speeches he
delivered, will awaken Democrats to the
necessity for attending the party con-
ventions keeping in close sympathy with
party principles and nominating the best
men for the offices.
There has been some speculation as TO
whether Mr.. Bryan's visit would have any
effect on state politics. There is no rsa-
son to think it will. Mr.. Bryan said moth
ing that would disturb public sentiment
in matters pertaining to party politics in
the state. He has had some experience in
meddling in local politics, and il was not
altogether pleasant He had something TO
say when there was difference between
Democratic factions in Chicago and he
the Democrats there In neither instance
did he help the national Democracy 1t
is hardly probable that he will again inter-
fere in local party matters
There is no condition of affairs in Flori-
da inviting interference from outsiders.
but there is a very interesting contest 60
ing on in the Democratic party there for
the nominations for the state Offices.
Nothing that Mr. Bryan said or did,
while in the state will have any effect
on this contest. His speeches will arouse
Democrats to more earnest efforts in be-
half of the Democracy, and that is all the
effect they were intended to have. The
talk that they will have any other effect
that they Will help one candidate for the
gubernatorial office more than another
may be dismissed without a second
thought.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-23
Concerning George.

PA" said Bobby, teacher told US In
school to-day that George Washington
didn't cut down his fathers cherry tree -
Didn't he?" said MIR. CausticlS, accord
ing to Harper Weekly. well, that
simply confirms my remark of the other
night, when l said that great men are
becoming celebrated for what they DOM
say or do. For instance, there's William
Tell The only thing that made him cell
ebra ted was shooting an apple off his SON S
head. That act endeared him to every
childish heart as a sort of medieval Buff
falo Bill or Old Hawkeye. Now they
tell US ne didn't shoot at any apple or
hide any arrows in his breast to kill thee,
tyrant, had l slain my boy Therefore
he is celebrated for not doing these things.
"Gen. Stark is famous because he didn' I
say anything about Molly Stark's being a
widow tonight. The Scotch GIRL for
get her name-is famous because she
didn't hear me pipes at Lucknow. And
now the great George didn't cut down any
cherry tree, or have any little Ratchet or
go to his fathers arms, noble boy or
perform any of those old hallowed feats
that used to make US want to kick him.
''Bul, pa" said Bobby, "he couldn't tell
lie, could he?"
Il don't know, my boy" said Mr.. Caus-
tick l never heard that sle did tell any
himself. But this fact seems to be as
sured-he has been the inspiration of some
very able efforts in that line"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-23
The Club wit outwitted.

when II. Rider Haggard, the novelist,
was enjoying his first great success said
Walton Snow, according to the New York
Tribune, ''he visited this country At that
time his works were read and discussed
by every one, and his latest novel was
one of the current topics for conversation
in clubland. A friend of his one day
brought him to a certain club and intro
duced him to cons family growing circle
OF friends, for as one after another the
members were introduced to him they
Joined and stayed with the party, anx-
1ous to hear what their famous guest
might say. To this club belonged thor
oushly good fellow, who had achieved
the reputation of being the club wit Aft
er the room was well filled up the Cub
wit entered, and was promptly introduced
to Mr.. John Smith, the wit of the A bnaki
Club, to Mr.. H. Rider Haggard, the nov
elist. Smith started around the outside of
the circle toward vacant chair, and on
the way whispered to a friend, It's
gag, isn't it?' 1T is unkindIy replied the
friend. Smith bided his time, but when il
came and there was a lull in the CONVEX
sation, he fixed Haggard with a glittering
eye and said: Mr.. Haggard. I have read
your works with pleasure and delight, but
there is a scene in one of them which
do not think could possibly have occur
red Several members tried to protest,
tilO tiOSN lOOrAtu puZZltu, ana MT. f1dSBdTQ
queried, Haow? IT is the place where
you make a boat-load of adventures float
on stream of boiling water through
cavern. 'Haow? protested Mr.. Haggard.
It's impossible They'd have been parooil-
ed rejoined Smith, while protest and ex-
PLANTATION from the other members flew
thick around him. Thinking it a part of
the game, Smith went more deeply INTO
the matter, and to an accompaniment of
'Haows' contributed by Haggard tore mer-
rily on to his DOOM AT length when IL
was finally forced upon him that it was
the simon pure, all wool and yard wide
Haggard he was up against, and not the
spurious article he had been led 10 be-
lieve, he made the amende honorable and
wound up by asking Haggard and the rest
of the party TO drown remembrance of the
episode in bowl of wassan. Mr. Hag~
gard agreed and the incident was closed
but. the members of the Abnaki lived in
clover for six months thereafter, for a
query of Smith as 10 whether he had met
Haggard or knew anything about boiling
water was invariably productive of free
drinks, while a threat to tell the story to
stranger was good for dinner
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-23
PER SONAL.

George Gould is said to be, with his
sister Helen. the most democratic member
of his family, thing which has consider
ably shocked the Castellanes.
The Queen of Greece is the only wo-
man admiral in the world She was ap-
pointed TO that position in the Russian
fleet by Car Alexander III.
Gen. d Exea Commerce, senior officer
of the French army, is "a years
old, and has served under three kings,
an Emperor and two republics.
George Everett, builder of postofices
and custom houses of the United States
government. worked as a day Iaborer and
stone-cutter less than twenty years ago.
Rev. DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst says
that II he were Protestant pope he would
have mis- cardinals construct a catecbism
on modern lines and require every child
to learn 1t.
-Boer soldiers are printing in camp a
paper, the Volksstern, its reporters and
printers having been gathered into the
same commando for the purpose of do
ing the newspaper work during leisure
hours.
Mrs. Newman, the widow of the late
Bishop John P. Newman, has offered to
pay $3o;oOe Of the $4,000 debt of the First
Methodist Church, of Omaha, if the name
of the church be changed to the New
man Memorial Church."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-23
BRIGHT BITS.

-Father-You seem to look at things in
different light since your marriage
His Newly Married Daughter-Well. I
ought to after receiving fourteen lamps
and nine candelabras for wedding pres
ents.-HaFlem Life
THE modern old maid.'" said the
boarder, lis good deal more progressive
than her predecessors" "Oh. 1 guess not.
The old maid of other days managed to
have the latest wrinkle as well as anv
one" said the Cheerful Idiot.-Indianap-
oils Press.
II must confess to a great deal of egg
otism," said Willie Washington. In
deed?" responded Miss Cayenne. Eyes. 7
think about myself entirely too much. -
"Oh, that isn't egotism. That's merely
the usual human tendency to worry over
trifies. Washington Star.
First Artist-Old Moneybags wouldn't
buy my pictures-wouIdnt even look at
them.
Second Artist-Never mind, old man. He
was more considerable of your feelings
than he was of mine" How is that ?''
ter he did look at them. brooklyn Life.
An Artist With Sense-Friend-Wha
on earth are you doing to that picture?
Artist am rubbing a piece of raw
meat over this rabbit in the foreground
Mrs. De Shoddie will be here this after
noon, and when she sees her pet dog
smell of that rabbit she'll buy it"--New
York Weekly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-23
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Solomon's Lodge No. /, F. &
A M; Palestine Commandery No. Z. X.
Il.
Special DISQUALIFICATION, Barrow &
Osborne; Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit,
A. NJ. & c. w West; Mantels, Thing and
Crates, Savannah Building Supply Com
pany; Doors, Sash, Blinds, Andrew Han
ley Company.
Business Notices-LeRoy Little Cigars,
Henry Solomon & Som
Le gal Notices-Notice of First Meeting
of Creditors in the Matter of j. A Mont
gopery, Bankrupt
Rats, Mice and Roaches-Stearns Elec-
trio Paste Company, Chicago.
neep Warm and Save Money-The Hub.
Aublion Sale-A Cottage Home Well Lo-
Gated, by c. H. Dorsett, Auctloneer.
Horse and Mule Shoes-Palmer Hard
ware Company.
Eiscuit-U media Biscuit.
Legal Notice-Application to Sell Real
Estate of George and Mamie 4. Walter
Steamship Schedule-Merchants and
Miners Transportation Company.
MedicaEQuaker Pain Balm; Munyon's
Kidney Cure; Horsford's Acid Phosphate;
Hoods Pills; Coke Dandruff Cure; DR..
Hathaway Company; DR.. Dexter
Cheap Column Advertisements-FIel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.