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The age-herald., 1900-03-02

New York. tHe saw Mir. M8ton HSirke Moore Wednesday afternoon. Mir. Moore was not doing quite So well as he had been. His attack of appendicitis has been ex- tremely severe.
 Hon. J. Craig Smith of Dallas is in town.
 Former Attorney General William Coch- rane F'itts of Tuscaloosa was in town yes t'erday.
 William A. Davis of Anniston spent yes- terday in Birmingham.
 pr. I. D. Morgan of Entaw, one of the most honored of the citizens of west Ala bama is at the Morris.
 Colonel John c. Haskell of South Caro- lima is visiting his son, MT. Preston Has ke1l in this city.
 Former Representative Tom Long or Walker is in town. In the recent primary MT. Long, a stout John T. Morgan sup porter, as a candidate for representative, received nearly all the votes cast, and he will be elected next August.
 President Milton H. Smith of the Louis vi1e & Nashville railroad was in Birming- ham yesterday.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
INSECTS AS FOOD
In Australia the Bugong Moth is Quite a
 DelicacY, the Natives Think

Professor Riley's experiments with the | edibilfty of the western grasshopper and Of
 the so-called seventeen-year locust must 1 not be forgotten i'm this connection. nor yet
 the experiments frequently made by school
 boys in the preparation of a fair article of lemonade by crushing the bodies of ants, diluting with water, and sweetening with | sugar. An interesting mote, long overlooked,
 i1as just come ito the writer's attention through brief reference in the Agricul-
 tural Gazette, of New South Wales, for
 December, 1899. There is, in Australia. a cutwoTun which frequently does much dam
 age to wheat crops, and the adult moth
 which is known popularly as the Bug
 ong" moth, from the fact of its occurrence
 in great numbers in the Bugong mountains.
 The natives of the Tumut district used to send to these mountains and collect the
 moths in thousands among the openings in the granite rocks.
 In January and March of 1865, MT. Robert Vyner visited the Bugong mountains, &C., companied by "a black fellow known to the whites as 'tOld Wellington" The tops of the Bugong mountains are composed of granite, and present series of lofty peaks. Up one of these peak called by the na- tlves "Numoiadongo' MT. Vyner and his companion climbed, the path being so steep and rugged that even wild cattle never at | tempted it. The moths were found in great masses, sheltered between the rocks in deep hsures. On both sides or the chasms the lace of the stone was literally covered with | the insects, packed closely side by side and overlapping. Six bushels of living specf- mems could easily have been gathered, and | so abundant were the remains of former | moths that a stick was thrust into the de- | bris to a depth of four feet.
 Old Wellington cooked about a quart of | the moths for Mr. Vyner, who found them l exceedingly nice and sweet, with a flavor l Of walnut. The "black fellows" collect the | moths, according to MT. Vyner, by spread | ing blanket or sheet of bark beneath | them. The moths on being disturbed with | a stick, fall down, and are gathered up be- | fore they have time to crawl or fly away and are thrust into a bag. Then hole is made in the sand and fire made in it until | the sand is thoroughly heated, when the coalS are removed for fear of scorching the bodies of the insects Gas, in such case, a | violent storm would arise, according to a | superstition of the natives). The moths are
 now poured out of the bag, stirred about in l the hot ashes for time and placed upon l a sheet of bark until cold.
 l They are then sifted in a net to get rid of l the heads, the wings and the legs having | previously been singed off They are gen l erally eaten in this condition, but some | times they are ground into paste and made
 into cakes. The species is said by w. w. F'roggart. the government entomologist of | New South Wales, to be Agrotis infusa l Botsduvai, and the account of Mr. Vyners l observations is published in paper by A. l w. Scott, M. A., in the rare transactions of the Chronological society of New South ] Wales, vol. IL, for 1867-73
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
Swallowed the Bullet

Now that the Roentgen rays are being employed with satisfactory results in our field hospitals, it is improbable that any officer will have such experience as be- fell Kitchener relates the London Daily Mail During the skirmish near Sualzin, Major Kitchener was hit in the side of the face by stray bullet. The missile made a clean wound, which soon healed, but the bullet itself could not be found
 In those days, of course the X-rays had not been discovered, and the doctors had not the aid of the wonderful apparatus in their search for the missing bullet. Event ually they came ito the conclusion that, un- known to the patient. it had worked itself out and been lost. A member of the med ical staff corps, Sergeant Bilton, was in at tendance the injured officer, whom he one day induced to eat beefsteak.
 In the midst of the meal Major Kitch- ener stopped suddenly.
 ''Bilton," he said, 'if there was no bone in that steak I've swallowed that bullet"
 And so he had
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
MARK TWAIN ON CECIL RHODES

The character of Cecil Rhodes has al- ways been a facinating subject not only to the more serious writers, but to fictionals well. Several years ago Anthony Hope embodied him in his God in the Car a masterful being who drove his way over obstacles with as much regard for human life as the wheels of a juggernaut. A still more recent clever book of fiction, 1.-The Colossus" by Morley Roberts, gives yet another conception of him, a gigantic fig- ure, part seer, part the aggressive, un- scrupulous man of every day affairs, in- triguing, scheming and dreaming his dreams of empire building, a very child of destiny. Since the outbreak of the Trans. vaal war, character sketches, stories, first hand impressions of the most remarkable man of the day, have appeared by the dog en. No writer today who attempts to deal with the Boer and South African matters in general omits his page chapter on Cecil Rhodes. But it is doubtful if any have given a more satisfactory and mem- orable picture of him than occurs in Mark Twain's "Following the Equator" The passage quoted below shows both the keen observer and the sly humorist:
 "I know quite well that whether MT. Rhodes is the lofty and worshipped patriot and statesman that multitudes believe him to be. or Satan come again, as the rest of the world account him, he is still the most imposing figure in the British empire out side of England. Whom he stands on the Cape of Good Hope his shadow falls on the Zambesi. He is the only colonial in the British dominions whose gongs and com- ings are chroncled end discussed under all the globe's meridians and whose speeches, unclipped, are cabed from the ends of tho earth, and he is the only unroyal outsider whose arrival in London can compete for attention with an eclipse
 "He has done everything he could think of to pull himself down to the ground he has done more than enough to pull sixteen common-run great men down; yet there he stands. to this day. upon his dizzy summit, the marvel of the time, the mystery of the age, en archangel with wings to half the world, Satan with tail to the other half T admire him. I frankly confess it; and when his time comes I shall buy a piece of the rope for keensake."
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
From the Jasper Mountain Eagle.

IOIIf JFl-sf'Sl
 All eyes are on Jefferson county politics. The executive committee met, "Wednesday last and held a heated session It developed that the committee was 25 to 22 in favor of Governor Johnston, and the governor op- posed direct vote of the people by bal lot for United States senator. This shows to the whole people of the state that the governor is afraid to risk the people of his own county expressing their will fairly and squarely as to who they want for sen- ator. The governor and his friends had rather risk his chance 10 lthe manipulation of tine machine, knowing that Senator Nor gan Us net much of "a politician, and the governor ds one of the shrewdest in the state. A direct vote, however, was or dered for governor and county officers
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
Our Province of Porto Rico.

The passage of the Porto Rican bill in the house indicates its passage in the sen-I ate. There are sugar and other odd sort of democrats there. and 1t will doubtless be pushed through the senate, although the amended bill is fully as objectionable on constitutional grounds, as the original Payne bill.
 Under this bill as it left the house every householder in the poverty-stricken island is to be taxed, first by the shipowner, and then by the government, upon every sack of flour. every bushel of potatoes, every pound of butter. every foot of lumber. every piece of iron or steel, every bag of corn, meal or oats he consumes. Freight charges to twenty per cent. to every one of these articles. and thousand more, beyond what his fellow citizens on the mainland will have to pay. He can, however, import ice and Chicago sausages, and skeletons with out mourning government taxes. For this let him be duly thankful His condition might be worse. He is at least better off than the people of Ladysmith are, for eggs are s9 dozen fin that city.
 It should be observed that the Payne crowd have not lost sight for a moment of the main fact In their Porto Rican bill they did not make the rate on United States goods 15 per cent. and give the Porto Riean the henefi. Of free trade as 10 other goods. Not a bit of 1t. Thc bill is first and ai- ways a bill for the protection 0: Dinsley
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
The Client Was Not So squeamish

certain lawyer was candidate for mu- nicipal hofrous recently, says the Cardiff Western Mail. While out canvassing he knocked at cottage door. The door was opened by a woman.
 'Is your husband in, Mrs. -?' in- quired the lawyer.
 No, sir,' was the reply, "but know what you want. My husband is sure to vote for you, because you got him off for steal ing that ham last week.
 ''No, no; alleged stealing of the ham," corrected the lawyer.
 Alleged, be blowed!' was the womans S smiling reply. We've got a bit of it left still. Lemme give you a sandwich out of it, sir"
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
.BoBsn AS KIpPLING SAW HIM

When Lord Roberts, known throughou ne British army as '4Bobs," gave up tn in India, in 1893, to return to Eng md these verses under the title of "'Bobs, ppeared in the Pail Mall Gazette: There's a little red-faced man,
 Which is Bobs, Rides the taliest orse e can
 Our Bobs. If it bucks or kicks or rears E can sit for twenty years, With a smile round both is ears
 Cant yer, tBoios? Then 'ere's to Bobs 'Bahadur--
 Little Bobs, Bobs, Bobs! IFS our pukka Kandahader-
 Eighth Bobs, Bolbs, Bobs! IFS the dock of Aggy Chel*, 'E's the man that done us we'll An we'll follow i'm to 'ell-
 Won't we, Bobs? If limber's slipped trace,
 'Ook on iBobs, If a markers lost is place,
 Dress by Bobs. For 'e's eyes all up is coat, An a lbugle in lis throat, An you will not play the goat
 Under Bobs. 'Es little down on drink
 Chaplain Bobs;
 But it keeps us outer Clink- Don't it, Bobs? So we will not complain Though 'e's water on the brain, If e leads us straight again
 Blue-light Bobs. If you stood i'm on Is head,
 Father Bobs, You could spill quart O lead
 Outer Bobs. IFS been at 1t thirty years An amassin' souvenirs In the way O slugs an spears
 Ain't yer, Bo'bs? What e does not know O war,
 Gen'ral Bobs, You can arst the shop next door Can't they, Bobs? Oh, 'es little. but e's wise; IFS terror for is size, An'-'e-does-not-a
 Do yer, Bobs?
 Outer Bobs, Which was but is fair reward
 Weren't e, Bebs? An 'e'll wear a coronet Where is 'elmet used to set; But we know you won't forget
 Will yer, Bobs? Then 'ere's to IBobs lBahadur-
 Little Bobs, Bobs Rrhs! Pocket Wellin'ton an arder* Fightin' Bobs, Bobs, Bobs! This ain't no bloomin' ode, But you've 'elped the soldiers load, An for benefits bestowed,
 Bless yer. iBobs eco ahead. sAnd a half.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
PACIFIC

From the St. Louis Post-Dlspatch.
 Count Boni Gould Castellane's fine self restraint in preparing to begin libel suit instead of destroying De Rodays at once. as he seemed about to do was perhaps not unexpected by the Parisians.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
REFLECrIONs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Every manly man is boyish one.
 Nothing helps a man sometimes so much as hindrance.
 When a woman cries, it relieves her; when a man cries, it shocks him.
 A man may manage to get a woman with out lying, but he can't keep her long with out it.
 No man can entirely fill a womans life. The average man hasn't been married six months before his wife gets to taking candy to bed with her.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE

From the Athens Courier.
 Governor Johnston was afraid of the re- suit in Jefferson and was not willing for the people of his home county to say at the ballot box whom they favored for the senate His friends were in the majority dn the committee, and so they refused to allow the people to make show down. Machine politics ought to be smothered in Alabama. v
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

are the largest in the world, comprising 10000 peach and plum trees. They planted 1sl,Ooo trees the past year. and cleared for planting 1,735 acres of timber land The first season their orchards came into bear Ing they shHpped 100 carloads of peaches and plums.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

The Hon. Timothy Woodruff Is easily ahead of any westerner in waistcoats un- less he encounters in his travels Bath House John, of Chicago, and then 1t will be difficult ito decide which is the better of the two:
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

New York's longitudinal cellar Is con- sidered assured. When it is built the New Yorker will emerge from his hole on Gam dlemas and every other old day.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
LAPPING OVER

From the Camden Progress.
 The gubernaitorial race is growing in warmth. Each candidate is gaining ground and if it should last to June some of them would evidently have ito lay claim to territory in our neighboring states.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

Private John Aliens political misfortunes have not deadened his wits. His present surroundings may have induced his ap- parent loss of scintillating or anecdotal power.
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Our esteemed friend de Castellane has come down from annahilation at sight to a libel suit in the courts. A libel suit is the last refuge of jays.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

People are beginning to conclude in the Nethersole business that if purification be- gan at home, the stage could be left with out risk to elevate itself.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
STILL DOING WE'LL

From the Troy Messenger. e
 Birmingham is building a theater which will be one of the finest in the United States. Bfrmdn g'ham holds her own under all circumstances.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Encouraged the Familiarity

An ex-congressman told many a reminis- cenoe of his visits to tine departments in line olden times. says the New York Tele- graph. On one occasion he went to the navy department. It was while Commodore John G. Walker, now @ rear admiral on the retired list, was chief of the bureau of navigation. A young ensign fresh from his cadetship, and anlbued with a due sense of his importance, entered the bureau Meet ang man in a business suft who was crossing the apartment, he said:
 ''I want to see Walker"
 The gentleman replied: what Walker?"
 The ensign replied: 'Why, Walker, the chief of the bureau"
 'T am Commodore Walker, chief of the bureau" was the reply.
 At thls the modification of the young off, f1cer was apparent. He colored, stuttered, and when he recovered his speech was pro- fuse in his apologies.
 Commodore, he stammered, q beg your pardon"
 The commodore beseedlringly replied: Don't call me commodore; call me John."
 The ensign is now a lieutenant, and did his duty in the engagement at San Juan. No man is more strict to observing naval discipline and etiquette.
 Age Did Not Improve the Cheese
 A few years ago. said Harry Cunning ham of Montana, to a writer of the Wash fngton Post, 1.-the late Charles Breadwaiter of our state gave a banquet to about a score of his personal friends. It was an elaborate spread, and one of the chief items was some twenty -year-old brandy that cost MT. Broadlwater a fabulous price, and regarding which he spoke with much enthusiasm.
 Alt the wind-up of the feast coffee and Roquefort cheese were brought in, though the 1atter was not commonly down on Mon tana menus at that period. Sitting near the host was one of his special friends, who after eyeing the Roquefort a trifie sus- pdcdous, tasted it, made wry face, and showed his plate to one side.
 You don't seem to like that remarked Mir. Broadwaiter
 Indeed do not, Charlie. Your twenty year-old brandy is all right, but I'll be hanged if I like your twenty-year- cheese'"
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

The free advertising of the Nethersole drama is we'll maintained. The chief maiden of the play must have high priced manager
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

Nethersoleis press agent is first-class, sure enough He not only procured her arrest, but he also procured secret triad. thus heightening public curiosity.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

President McIlinley's position on the Porto Raean problem is unusually, even for him, spineless
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

The Kansas City climate on July is said to be a warm namnher even for low coun- try people.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

Commissioner Peck, of the Paris exposi- tion, has crossed the ocean so much he has confused the rollers and mixed the seas all
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

Zach Moaineux juror drew SIP. and each one felt he had earned the money several times over.
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The matrimonial felicity question has got far beyond Professor Sumner, who desire. to recall 1t.
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Daily and Clark are pulling together in the movement to secure the election of senators by direct vote.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02
NO THOROcGaFARE

From the London Judy.
 The road to hell ss paved witlh good in- tentions: the road back Is closed for re- pairs.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

Montan is the land of fairy tales, except that its tales deceive no one, not even children.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

The only man that Clark could not buy is known as Marcus Daily.
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Uncle Sam's standing is still first-class except in the new possessions.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

The running mate contest is all there Is left of tine presidential race.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

General Cronje has put himself in Ceci Rhodes place.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

The people of Porto Rico are beginning to long for the good old days of Spanish taxation.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

The D. A. R. has adjourned, and peace reigns again in Washington.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

Mrs. K-uger's cooking is losing its popu larity.
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

LARGEST ORCHARDS IN THE WORLD From the Baltimore News.
 Views have been taken of the orchards of the Messrs. Miller and Pancake. in the vi- cinity of Romncy, w. Va, for exhibition at the Paris exposition. These orchards
The age-herald., 1900-03-02

 out risk to elevate itself. Our esteemed friend de Castellane has come down from annahilatien at sight to a libel suit in the courts. A libel suit is the last refuge of jays.
 The free advertising of the Nethersole drama is we'll maintained. The chief maiden of the play must have a high priced manager.
 Commissioner Peck, of the Paris exposi- tion, has crossed the ocean so much he has confused the rollers and mixed the seas all up. Daily and Clark are pulling together in the movement to secure the election of senators by direct vote.
  President Mcfinley's position on the Porto Raean problem is unusually. even for him, spineless. The Kansas City climate on July is said to be warm naarnber, even for low coun- try people.
 Each Moaincux juror drew s112 and each one felt he had earned the money several times over.
 The matrimonial felicity question has got far beyond Professor Sumner, who desires to recall it.
 
 Mont ana is the land of fairy tales, except that its tales deceive no one, not even children. The people of Porto Rico are beginning to long for the good old days of Spanish taxation.
 Uncle sam's standing is still first-class except in the new possessions. The cunning mate contest is all there Is left of the presidential race The D. A. R. has adjourned. and peace reigns again in Washington. The only man that Clark could not buy is known as Marcus Daily.
  General Cronje has put himself in Cecil Rhodes place.
 Mrs. Kruger's cooking is losing its popu- larity.
 LARGEST ORCHARDS IN THE WORLD From the Baltimore News. Views have been taken of the orchards of the Messrs. Miller and Pancake. in the yi- cinity of Romncy, w. Va. for exhibition at the Paris exposition. These orchards
The age-herald., 1900-12-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE
 MAGNATES AT WORK
Baseball Players Submit De- mandS Which Will be
 Considered Today

New York, December 12-After trying for two days the National League magnates finally got into session at the Fifth Avenue Hotel tonight The committee which had been appointed to hear the grievances of the players acceded to the demads of the players committee that the meeting be open and the room was crowded.
 At the conclusion ofthe hearing MT. Tay- Tor submitted draft of the contract the players wanted put in vogue. The commit tee promised the players to consider the matter at once and give them decision tomorrow
 The players claim that the present con- tract is too much one-sided as against them and demand that they be given rights which they now say are denied them.
 In subs tance the demands and contentious of the players are:
 First-Club-owners do not have the right to reserve players at salary less than that provided for the ensuing year, nor for more than three years.
 Second-Not to buy sell, assign, trade, loan, accept, select or claim service of any player for any period in any way without his written consent.
 Third-Club-owner to pay physicians fees for injuries received in actual play.
 Fourth-No player to be suspended with out pay more than three times a season, or two weeks at a time.
 Fifth-Committee of arbitration, one member to be chosen by owners, one by the players and a third by these two, such com- mttee to pass on all differences between players and owners. a.---.
The age-herald., 1900-12-13
PERSONAL.

Arrivals at Metropolitan Hotel: D. O.. Moseley, Centreville, Ala; M. D. Her ring, Charlotte; W. N. Curtis, Baltimore; B. F. McCorvey, Tuscaloosa; T. T. Harris, Blocton J. T. Ellison, Centreville; George M. Wise Selma; J. K Graham, Selma
 George Williams and wife, Florence; s. K. Stewart, Selma; Miss Garner, Washing ton; W. W. Alston, city; W. T. Dozier
 wife and daughter, Ensley; F. Peller, New York; James Daugherty, St. Louis; w. H. Burrett and wife, Huntsvillej J. B. Tenn mons, Lawrenceville, H.; J. N. Rasbor- ough, Lawrenceville, H.; W. A. Winburn, M Fleming, Henry Ellen, Ala; P. H.. Montgomery, Henry Ellen, Ala; James Tineshaw, Bell Ellen; D. A. Johnson, Bloc ton; R. s. Porter, J. Allison. Russellville; T. Reilly V. o. Rosser, Kansas City; E. H. McNath, Russellville; J. A. Bowen and son, Tufelo, Miss; T. c. Haney, Chatta- nooga; W. L. Hunt, Blosburg; T. E. Van- dergrift and wife, city; Frank S. Moody, Tuscaloosa; c. H. Casey, U. s. Navy; Mrs. w. M. Peek, Lake Providence, La; fs5dls P Lelaine, West Point, Miss; W J.. Oliver and wife, W. s. Epes, New fork; Tee Teslie, K. Caham, Frank Byrne. Ed ward Hoff, Col R. Fisher, Edward Ryder, Theo. Dancette, Ben L. Hope, F. M. White land, Cincinnati; Miss Julia Hanchett New York; T. W. Farmer, Chicago; B. F. Me Crory, Tuscaloosa; T. T. Harris, Blocton; J. B. Vandergrift and wife, Cincinnati; w. w. Newman, Huntsville; J. R. Kenamer, Aldrich: George T. Monroe, Dogwood; G.. M. Agee, Memphis; John Davis, Savannah; W. L. Henderson, Mobile; o. R. Fairley,