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The age-herald., 1900-01-23
HERO OF THE MERRIMAC

From the Baltimore News.
 Tie fact that Hobson, who sunk the Mer- rimac in the harbor of Santiago, has never been rwearded sfor his heroism will be surprise to many people. At the time or his exploit the president and congress were prepared to give him almost anything he wanted. The young officer was then un- decided as to whether he should ask for transfer to the line and let the opportunity go by He was ordered to Manila later to superlntend the raising of some of the Spanish vessels sunk by Dewey and as mo- body at Washington appears to have inter- ested himself in his behalf, nothing has been done toward promoting him. While there was some revulsion of feeling shortly after Hobson's release as prisoner, owing to the fact that the sinking of the Merri- mac did not accomplish the object intended and secondly by the young officers own rather foolish conduct on his visit to diff ferent cities in the country, no one will deny now that he deserves substantial recognition for his exhibition of nerve and heroism in an attempt to block the harbor, an attempt which failed through no fault of his,
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
Morgan-Johnston Correspondence.

A neat pamphlet of sixteen pages is at hand. containing the brotherly letters that have of late been passing via the newspa- pers- between the governor and the senior senator of the state. The Age-Herald is mot informed as to whom it is indebted for a copy of this pamphlet, but fair pre- sumption is, 1t did not come from the ex- ecutive office. Whatever the executive of flee may print for use in the pending sena- torial campaign, it will not be apt to print or distribute correspondence that was begun by one of the senatorial contestants and ended by the other. The disputant who penned the last words is very plainly the one who has caused the correspondence to be printed in a pamphlet.
 The pamphlet is very useful and enter taining campaign document There are no dull pages in it. Some of the pages almost hiss with heat as they are turned, and all are quite warm enough; and early all the leading subjects before the people are touched upon. If the alumni report had been added to the correspondence, the pamphlet would have been a complete epi- tome of the campaign as it stands at pres ent; and if there is to be a second. edition of the pamphlet. this omission may be supplied.
 The present campaign is essentially one of education, and the more literature it calls out and distributes the better 1t will be for the state. The pamphlet before us will prove very useful, but more pamphlets -re needed. There cannot be too many of
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
PRICES OF WILD BEASTS

Fl om the Scientific American.
 The importation of Hons has almost ceas- ed because it Is cheaper and easier to breed them in captivity. Formerly an im- porter of fine lions could calculate upon getting $5,000 for a good specimen, but to-
 day young lions bred in captivity are al- most a drug in the market. The only de-
 mand for imported lions is to keep up the
 stock of the breeding ones or for very
 large, powerful creatures, for 1t Is noticea-
 ble that the tendency in the cage breeding
 is for the animals to degenerate in size and
 ferocity Tigers do not take as kindly to
 cage life as the lions, and they do not breed
 so satisfactorily in captivity, and consider
 able numbers are imported every year.
 Elephants do not breed well in captivity,
 not more than two or three ever having
 been bred in this country; but the importa-
 tions of these animals are so large that the prices obtained for them have dropped from $1O,OGo to from 300 to $2 300 each
 Numerous mokneys are in this coun- | try they are not bred here, as they do not breed well in captivity. They are so easily obtained in the country south of us, how
 ever that prices obtained for them are
 merely nominal, and there is little danger | 1 tive countries they multiply so rapidly that l the supply always keeps well up to the de-
 mand. Among the hghest-priced animals l of today are the rhinoceroses. They are l quite scarce and they do not breed in cap | tivity. There are probably not more than | half dozen in number in this country; all
 were bought years ago at good round sums. | Thus the full grown one in Central Park
 cost the department s7OO0 and a similar 1 sum was paid for the fine African speci-
 men in the Philadelphia Zoo. The most | recent purchase of a rhinoceros was the
 full-grwon one for Barnums circus, which l cost the proprietors $7,25O.
 | The hippopotamus is another extremely rare and expensive creature, and sales of l these African products arc SC esw that 1t l is difficult to quote price for them It IS 1 seldom that dealers have a good specimen l ito sell and few private crcuses could af- | focd to give the prices that would be de-
 manded The hippopotamuJ born in Cen l tral Park is the only instance of these anil 1 mals breeding in this country. Had this | baby hippopotamus belonged to a private | show it would have made fortune for. it's | owners. q
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
AIdrlnh Will Be Saaied.

William F. Aldrich is to represent the Fourth congressional district in the Fifty sixth congress, as he did in two previous congresses. He will be readily seated here after whenever the republicans control the house The vote in the elections commlt- tee was strictly a party vote, and the vote in the house will be strictly party vote also.
 This sort of business is the natural out come. of the suffrage situation; and until the democrats of this state earnestly de- termine to reform the ballot, present methods will prevail, involving endless de- mcralization at home, and contests in con- gross. MT. Aldrich will probably be seated this week; the entire state will be slander- ed as an incident of the Fourth district contest, and the demoralzation in the beats and precincts will go on.
 There is no use of shutting our eyes to the situation. It will grow worse rather than better; and the men who for personal purposes conspired to defeat reform of the ballot should be held accountaDle. op- on them rests the responsibility of the stiu- ation. The seating of MT. Aldrich is but small feature of that situation. A change must come at some time, for suffrage mat ters have reached a point where they are a disgrace and a source of danger to the state. An honest ballot honestly counted can only come through constitutional revis- ion
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
INVADING THE EAST

From the Baltimore Sun.
 The south has invaded the east with its cotton cloth and pig iron, and now it is affirmed that the west, not content with putting end to eastern farming, is selling in New England manufactured articles that New England used to supply to the west ''The fact is" says the Chicago Record, '+that the south and west are after New England's ong-establshed manufacturing supremacy, and are capturing the prize" Among the New England products men, toned as displaced by western products are road wagons, stoves, clothes wringers, washing machines vials of pepperment hops and shoes. Western drummers now take if New England when looking for or ders for Yankee notions.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

fares, Montpelier to Rutland. SIT; S6 fares. Rutland to Troy. $ss.e4; special engine, Troy to Albany. $25; ss fares. Troy to Washington. $s474O; special engine, Wee hawken to Jersey City, s15; use of Pullman cars Hesperia and Humber, Washington to Montpelier and return. $500; commissary supplies, s7s.96.
 Certain representatives and senators have a hankering after funerals, which at their worst are not an unpleasant junket spe- cial cars, special engines, special food. spe- cial drinks and cigars at government ex- pense Special attention at hotels. Special undulation in carriages. Expenses at the Pavilion House in Montpelier. a two-dallor-N a-day American plan caravansary, were as follows: Breakfast for 29 persons, at 75 cents, s21.75 dinner for 31 persons, at 75 cents, $23.25 rooms, at 50 cents per room, $4; total. s4s Reasonable, to be sure. The decoration of the senate chamber cost $1OO.
 and a floral piece furnished, packed and shipped ito Montpelier, s25. There were purchased 15 yards of black crape for sS7.5O, yards of black ribbon for $1.20, 33715 dozen pairs of white silk gloves for s43, 36 funeral regalias for $1S0.
 Other small expenses were as follows: For rent of 292 chairs used in the senate chamber at the funeral, $29.S0; for adver- Using programme in the Washington papers, SIS; music by the choir of All Souls $40; three tickets New York to
 Washington. $4. Ralph Riddleberger re- ceived $49.92 for services, meals for six
 members of the Capitol police cost $4.S5, and three carriages were hired for $19. It may not be generally known that the United States senate insures tho lives of its members to the extent of at least one years salary of 5000 James s. Morrill,, only son of Senator Morrill,, received s5.OO0 last March from the upper house. The , heirs of Senator Harris, James E., Edward K, Charles H. and Isham G., Jr., received $500O exactly one year after their fathers death. There must have been some misun- derstandng about the heirs of Senator Bowden, of Virginia, for thirty five years were allowed to elapse before they, Martha E. Bowden and zenobia Porter, re- ceiyed their 5000 from the senate.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
THE POET

D. A. Mccarthy.
 The poet sees the tragedy that lies Concealed within the heart from other evas Behind the mask. behind the surface smile He sees the gnawing canker grief the while Beneath the word he sees the deener
 thought, And deeper still, the soul with sorrow
 fraught.
 All things reveal themselves unto his ken. His chart is human life; his books are men. And this the secret is of all his art He sees Life wholly, others but in part A godlike gift is this the gods bestow To see the truth. to feel 1t and to know And thus because he pierces the pretense Of shallow smiles and words disguising
 sense,
 The poet may not follow others lead And lightly write what some may lightly
 read. N- But true to life his lines some trace must
 bear
 Of .hfe's mysterious sorrow and despair. The sweetest music breathes minor strain, And life wosid not be perfect but for pain. And so the poet sings of grief and strife. And tears and fears, because of such is life,
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
SENATOR BUTLER ON THE SITUATION

From the Mobile Register.
 The following is an extract from letter written by ex-Senator NJ. c. Butler of South Carolina, to a friend in this city: "I am for Morgan against the field. He Is today the ablest man in the United States senate. I sat next to him for twelve years and would regard his defeat as a calamity, especially to the south. I do not know Governor Johnston, and therefore have no adverse criticism to make of him, but it would take him-whatever his quail dties-a dozen years to catch up to the position Morgan occupies today.'
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
SOUTH AFRICA's CLIMATE
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 War in South Africa, with the new year, entered upon the three hottest months of the year. In the Cape Colony region Jan uary, February and March show the high est temperatures and are almost rainless at Cape Town. January Is the hottest month, with maximum temperature of S7 degrees Fahrenheit, while July is the cold est month, with minimum of 3S degrees. The winters are bright and clear, with cold nights, and snow lies on the mountains for a good portion of the year. The eleva- tion of the northern section varies from 1000 to 6,0OO feet. The winter climate is very agreeable, being clear, sunny and bracing.
 Elevated plateaus, with bright climate, are the attractive features of the Trans vaal. Pretoria has m elevation of 4,500 feet above the sea level. while Johannes burg has altitude of 5000 feet, says the Army and Navy Journal. The summer heat in these places, notwithstanding their great altitude, is intense, and dust storms are frequent. Malaria and kindred diseases are common during the summer months. The climate is, nevertheless pronounced lstuulSl uedltuy lOI EuTOpSduS. Iut iitdH temperature of these portions of Africa is often higher than that of Europe.
 From these conditions it is clear that South Africa is almost entirely free from deadly diseases, and is one of the few places on the globe that has never been visited by yellow fever or cholera and many of the other pests of the western world. Low levers sometimes prevail and now and then there are local epidemics of smallpox and measles along the coast line, invariably imported by calling ships. Rheumatism, ophthalmia and similar con- plaints are common, but with ordinary care may be avoided. Armies are always sub- ject to certain maladies while in the field, which are difficult to escape, but If the sanitary conditions are well cared for, the prospects are encouraging for the soldiers to be exempted from most of the terrible diseases so common in most countries
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
The Emperor Apprehensive

Berlin, January 22-The Montag Zeituns asserts that when the emperor recently re- ceived the presidents of the diet he ax- pressed oeep regret at the neavy loss of siitis'ii oHlcers in South Africa and praised the boer generalship but his majesty feprenended the attitude of the German press toward Great Britain, which, he said. was rendering his task of avoiding friction "iun Great Britain doubly hard. He re- called Prince Bismarck's saying that the
 windows which our press smashes we have to pay for"
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
Baptists in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, January 22-In Covinpton Ky, today large number of Baptists ren- resenting all southern states met in tba First Baptist church to hold a five days, inisslohary conference Only preliminary "orh was done today. During the meeting addresses will be heard from prominent oiVlnes, including Rev. R. J, Willingham. of Richmond, Va.; Rev. E. V. Mulhns,, presi- dent of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary. of Louisville, Ky; Rev. |. Tich- nor, Atlanta, Ga; Rev. J. M. Frost, Nash vllle, Tenn, and others.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

From the Minneapolis Times.
 With the exception of few feeble squeaks for western men, it seems to be regarded as a part of the unwritten law of the land that the republican candidate for tile vice-presidency must hail from Mir Platt's state And, it may be remarked if, passing, the democrats are not in much better plight. Now this is a good, broad country, so why should New York be re- garded as the only source of republican vice-presidential timber? To be sure, it has more electoral votes than any other state more votes in the convention. and is the center of wealth, but parties have done very fell with vice presidential candidates from other states. With the presidential candidate from the east-for Ohio is as much an eastern state as Pennsylva nia-st would seem fair to choose vice-presiden-
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
DANIEL wEBsTER's PAPRE CUTTER

From the New YOrk Sun.
 Joseph M. Terry of Peconic, L. T., has presented a valuable relic of Daniel weD- ster to the Suffolk County Historical so- ciety. It is an ivory paper cutter which MT Webster used for number of years in his library at Marshfield, Mass. Webster gave it to Charles Taylor then a boy, whose father was at the time manager of MT Webster's farm Young Taylor pre- served the relic and several years ago while residing near MT. Tery's house gave it to him.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
BuKYING A SENATOR

From the New York Press.
 It cost the government s3,442 to Sury the venerable Senator Morrill,. A ''state casket with copper lining is one of the items, at s4O0. The engraved plato cost $1O; special red cedar shipping case. copperplate cor ner5 and handles, double size, $1O embalm- ing and services of undertaken at Wash inSton, S59,50: attendance of undertaken to Montpelier. s25; use of s1 carriages, s10s. 50: use or hcarse twice. s16; special train se,-- vice from Washingtoa to Springfield, s1S2 si fares, Springfield to Montpelier, s2S4; s6
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
KEFLEUrIoNs OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 Some people are too stingy to pay storage on their souls.
 Life is a bundle of conditions, and a wo. man is never happy unless she's untying a new bundle.
 Eve knew what she was about when she tried to get around Adam the first time with something to eat.
 A woman can win any man if she is wise and wicked enough and hold any men If she Is witty and weak enough. M
 Every photographer. krows that " men haven't got any conscience by the way they always have their pictures taken n each others clothes.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
TIT FOR TAT
From Golfers Weekly.

From Golfers Weekly.
 A former commodore-captain of a famous transatlantic line, while friendly and po- lite to his passengers when below, was very much the reverse if approached when on duty. As he happened to be on deck one fine afternoon lady, quite unaware of this peculiarfty. accosting him with some trifiing query as to the probable duration of the favorable weather, was both sur- prised and indignant to get curtly answer ed:
 Don't know, ma 'am-don't know Better go and ask the cook
 The lady, though taken somewhat aback, was quite equaN to the occasion, and re- joined:
 "Oh! I beg a thousand pardons. Excuse me. pray. I thought I was addressing the cookr'
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them. The state should be flooded with lit erature. Light is needed in every county, and in some counties a great deal of it is very much needed. The pamphlet IS carried by the star routes where few news papers go. spreading intellectual light in its wake.
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taal nominee from the central west. It would be refreshing to western votes to find that their republican guides and guar dians had declared their independence of Mir. Platt in the one ratter of the vice presidency at least
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

Spellbinder Webster Davis is detained, it seems, in South Africa by the fact that Ghe thinks he should run the interior de- partment instead of MT. Hitchcock Some do not view the matter as he does.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23
General stanton Dangerous,y III

Omaha, Neb., January 22.-Brig Gen. Stanton, retired, formerly paymaster gen. eral of the army, is dangerously i'll at his home in this city. There are small hopes entertained for his recovery.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

From the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
 General Wheeler goes and comes at will. He can fight or let it alone. He can be a member of congress or not, as he pleases. The general is a privileged character, and he deserves to Ibe.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

The San Francisco widow who has come into possession of $7,OOO.oOO estate will doubtless be invited to drop the widow busi- ness shortly.
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The esteemed MT. Hanna Is now engaged in realizing on Philadelphia's $1OO0OO check. tHe will not stand any foolishness in that quarter
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W WIiEELER

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 When General Wheeler reaches home he will find his future programme all mapped out for him.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

The whereabouts of Aguinaldo and David B. Hill still puzzle the detectives
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

It is now plain why Senator Morgan's opponent lost his temper in Clarke, let ting loose a school of epithets.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

It is now estimated that only one pe cent. of Chicagos typhoid fever will sur vive to thrive in St Louis.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

John H. Wallace brought back a scalI from Clarke county. He never fails tt bring down his game.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

Unfortunately a short olive crop and a short cotton-seed crop have come together. Dressed salads will be higher
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

Clarke's unanimous beats will be dupl cated in every democratic county in tht state.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

Early-bird counties are not, where well canvassed, any different than the common run of such political units.
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From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

There are suspicious that if it were pos- sible to induce General Wheeler to resign the motive that would fetch him would be to obtain full freedom to express his opin- ion of General Otis.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

Count Smash-the-R Republic Castellane has come over it is said, to refill purse that the Paris Bourse depleted
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General Butler Is not at present engaged in re-crossing the Tugela.
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Adjutant General Brandon did not bring the Johnstin Guards in Clarke county to @ thigh degree of efficiency.
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Chairman White should have the burning issues as well discussed in Marengo as they were in Clarke.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

Whenever the esteemed castellane goes broke he turns his steps towards Lake wood New Jersey.
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Public sentiment demands that Clark and Roberts be yoked together and treated to a hot bounce.
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Money is beginning to flow back from Montana to New York, and the rates are becoming easierf
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

Massachusetts is trying to tag her lobby ists, but the lobbyists do not take kindly to the project.
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The latest tidings from the Philippines would seem to indicate that General Joe Wheeler hadn't been benevolently as- simulated.
The age-herald., 1900-01-23

The esteemed paragraphists of the coun- try love General Wheeler. He is a gold mine to them.
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From the Union City (Tenn.) Courier.

From the Union City CTenn) Courier.
 When old Joe went to the Philippines he expected that his countrymen would hear from him, and they would, had he had his way. We will wager that when the truth is known. stinking little administration prejudice kept him in the background; and being unable to accomplish anything, he threw up rhis commission in disgust.
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Colonel Russelrs Statement of admitted facts" was rejected in Clarke county.
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When Roberts encountered the women of America he was straishtway overwhelmed.
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Count Castellane is about to go into the hands of a receiver.
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The congressional blow falls upon three women and twelve children, including the twins.
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W. A. Clark of Montana is not a demo- crat. No robber-tariff man can be demo- crat.
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From the Mobile Register.
 General Wheeler has resigned the office of general and will come home to resume his legislative duties. That is sure sign the was is over.
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Imbia (Tenn.) Herald.

From the Columbia CTenn.) Herald
 General Wheeler seems to be playing a, game of hide and seek with politics and fame.
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THE ylUE-pREsIDENCY
the NinnesnoIis Timas

Crenshaw is within the pale of populism