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The age-herald., 1900-02-15

forced on any such basis. A federal in- come tax on that basis would be dead letter, and South carolina's law is largely imperative on that account. The state urges the next legislature to provide for a proper assessment of incomes by officials sworn to do their full duty-1by men who know very nearly the income of their nelghbors. If any injustice be done the injured party should be at liberty to show it's extent by competent evidence.
 In the long run, when plGtocratism has run it's foul course, the supreme court will probably be able to sustain its holdings covering nearly a century, and federal income tax will become a permanent feat ure of the governments revenue system, thus compelling plutocracy to bear it's part, and relieving the country from any excuse for the robberles committed by the few against the many In the name of tarin rate The pirates of the Mediterranean who gave the world the word 'tariff' never plundered half so mercilessly or so search ingly the many as the beneficiaries of Me Klnleyism are today plundering the con- sumers of this country.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
BRITTIsH OFFICERS

British Officer, in the London Chronicle.
 Some years ago I was instructed by a well-known military expert to collect ma- terial for refutation of the popular be- lief that sports and games as practiced in the public schools make a soldier, which belief is expressed in the saying that "Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton' The result was sufficiently start ling I took all the names recorded in Of colonel between 1900 and 1915, and only a small percentage had ever been at a pub- lie school; the majority had been educated in France, which was up to the beginning of the nineteenth century the nome of the army crammer. The result of this inquiry was published in military paper but at tracted no attention. There can, however, be no doubt that in the beginning of the nineteenth century the British officer was at the height of his profession, and a ma tch even for the consummate skill of the Ma poeonic school. Whether playing fields contributed to this or not does not affect my arguments. There can also be no doubt that the British officer at the end of the nineteenth century has fallen from his high estate-not in dash, bravery and en- thusiasm, but in knowledge, science and skill. The Boer war is a proof positive. The public schools furnish now the ma jority of our army candidates and per- daps a third of them receive a finishing touch at the hands of a crammer. Whence, then, this downfall of profession which stood once so high? My answer is that the class of society from which our officers are drawn is distinctly "degenerate."
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
Younq Men in Kentucky,

The Kentucky constitution contains a pe- culiar provision. It provides for the election If a lieutenant-governor, but in the case of
 vacancy in the office of governor it per- raits him to serve to the next general cleo lion only, when a governor must be chosen. f the courts of the state reject Claimant ieaylor's contendion, Governor Beckham will. nave only about six months of stormy ser- vice under his present title to the office.
 It is reasonably certain that the courts of the state will confidm Gov. Beckham's title ts the office. If they do not, Governor Tay- aor will be at the beginning of three years term. As no one can see how a case be carried to the federal courts, it is safe to assume that Governor Beckham will soon be seated at Frankfort in full pos session of the executive office of the state. It will then be his duty to order an election for governor and lieutenant-g governor.
 When Goebel died and Lieutenant-G Gov ernor Beckham became the governor of the state, at least to some extent Senator Car ter, who represents the Frankfort district. was made president pro tempore of the sem are thus becoming the acting lieutenant governor of the state It is believed the demooratic ticket next November will be headed by Beckham and Carter, both from central whisky counties, and both in the thqty-first year of their ages. State Chair man Young will soon call the democratic conventions; and while there will be some opposition to the nominations of the two youngsters, yet it is believed they will win the support of the people.
 Both come from old Kentucky families, Governor WyckMffe, famous in Kentucky history, was grandfather of young Beck ham, and his father, still living, is dis tinguisned jurist of the state. The young governor is holding his own well in the stress of Kentucky politics, and so, too, is President Carter of the senate, and both of them promise to carry tlTe convention. and be triumphantly elected to serve full terms. It will be a victory for young Amer lea.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15

The Age-Herald that he Is a candidate for election of the county board of revenue. In the letter MT. Powell says: "I ann one of the fortunate boys that reached home .sev- enty-five miles below Montgomery in 1865, with splendid grey suit on which I had ito utilize in visiting the girls. tili I could do better I have bullet scar on me, and the effects of the long privatlons have caused me many days and nights of suf fering with sciatic rheumatism
 Judge I1ackey, of Dadeville. was dn the city yesterday.
 Captain A. B. McSachin was in Birming- ham yesterday.
 P. c. Shepard, general freight agent Of the Louisville & Nashville, at Montgomery was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Hon. J. C. Eyster, attorney for the Lou1s- vile and Nashville railroad at Decatur and who is prominent in Alabama politics. is in the city.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
COLONEL CHINN's JOKE
How 1t Rid Him of Some Inquisitive News
 paper Neighbors
J. E. G..

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 There was little excitement in one sec tion of the Capitol hotel the other day that caused considerable amusement throughout the building. Colonel Jack Chinn has for several weeks been occupying room 54. A cotere of over-energetic newspaper men arrived here last Wednesday and succeeded in getting the room next to the colonel's, realizing no doubt that in case anJ.hing was coming off the colonel would surely be "in with it'' There was only thin door between Colonel Chinns room and that occupied by the newsgatherers. As the colonel is something of rounder himself and about as foolish as an old red FOX he got onto the game unusually early for a man who is not actively engaged as detective Then began season of string ing' the news men. Colonel Chinn con- cocted gigantic plots and had them run ming over town with their tongues hang ing out trying to confirm them. He got tired of the fun himself and thought of a scheme to rid himself of his neighbors. He proceeded to oil up fiream that closely resembles a cannon. After slipping up to the door and peeping through crack near the hinges he said loudly: "I'm going to shoot right through this door,"
 In an instant there was a scramble over the floor and big doings in general in that apartment. Colonel Chinn rushed to their entrance door and asked what was the matter Then he added that he invariably oiled his revolver once day and always turned the muzzle toward the dor, so that in case of an accident none of his family would get hurt. In a few minutes Colonel Chinn walked down to the clerks desk, explained what had happened and suggested that in case the alleged newspaper men were nervous about the incident he would move his room. That is entirely unnec- essary Colonel Chinn," remarked the clerk; ''the gentlemen themselves have asked for other apartments and have been accom- modated."
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Aconsent of the Goyerned.o 7

When the colonists of America were dis cussing the situation with King George and his people in Great Britain. they raised the consanguinity issue. We give the exact words of the famous clause: I've are equal in blood to our ancestors We, like which you have deprived us, and your gov ernment has been destructive of the ends for which governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
 Jefferson's generalities of over century ago do not fit all cases. They are too short others; but it is plain that a shareholder, man who had in one way oF another fought down the Indians, who brought about the doubling of the country by annexation of territory that France was glad to let go before England could seize it-it is plain that he, Sieant Anglo-Saxons only when he pcined the world-famous phrase "the consent of the governed" He cer- tainly did not include in the phrase slaves, half breeds or full Indians, any more than he did when he wrote, "all men are created free and equal"
 "The consent of the governed in 1776 was piece of business limited to Anglo Saxons.- by Ango-Saxons. for Anglo-Sax- ons. It has no more relation to Guam, Tuitula or Luzon than 1t had to the 135 slaves that Jefferson held or to the Indians that he had assisted in converting into good Indians. "We are equal in blood to our ancestors; therefore we must be consulted as to our own government That is what Jefferson really said Like detached pas- sages from the Bible, phrases or sentences from the immortal Declaration have been made to do strange duty; and the applica- tion of the consent clause to a lot of Ma lays on the China sea is perhaps the most far-fetched of the whole lot.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
ECHOES FROM
 THE MEGAPHONE

From the C1ogtown MegapH1one.
 We get from three to one letters every day asking us to come to the front on the Morgan-Johnston question. We run the Megaphone for what little money there is in it. and are not the boomers of either candidate until we hear from letters we haye sent each asking them how much they will give us to boost them for the office. We are for one of them, but cant say just which until We see who will pay us the most for our influence.
 The editor Is having a hard time this week acting as devil, editor, compositor, pressman, collector, scapegoat, hreman' wood chopper and housekeeper with his arm vaccinated, which is even worse than small pox itself. Next season we will take smallpox in preference.
 We are trying to sell the Megaphone to some one whom we can deiude into buying a hard piece of property We are willing to raffe it off. or will sell the entire plant and good will in exchange for a good milch COW. Our children can eat butter and bread with much more relish than is possible on a diet consisting of printers rollers and cornbread. Let us hear from you at once. There is a fortune in the Megaphone If you can only get 1t out.
 We have been trying to teach bicycle to stand up and roll while we are in the saddle. The bicycle which we have seems to be very hard to learn anything It is too fond of lying down when we mount, and Is not careful in selecting a soft place for us to fall upon at such times. We are out several dollars for salves, liniments, etc., to say nothing about the number of times we have been chagrined when we nave pitched over the head of the machine when big crowd was present.
 J.E G.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
South Carolina Income Tax.

Although statements to the contrary have been widely published, yet South Carolina has not repealed its income tax law. and certainly will not repeal it inside of two years The tax in question Is of graded nature beginning at 5000, and rising step by step until an income of sl0,0o0 would be taxed $50.
 The interests that procured temporary repeal of the federal income tax in the su preme court-in which Justice Shiras re- yersed himself-have been exulting over the repeal of graded income tax in South Carolina, when in fact the law stands, and will be fully enforced whenever the state provides adequate machinery for that pur- pose. The Columbia State considers the rate of taxation under 1t too low, instead of too high. It considers the law the only means of compelling personal property, and especially the rich. to bear a due share of the burdens of government.
 The trouble with the South Carolina law is It's voluntary feature. The returns of incomes are wholly of voluntary or vol unteer nature. No income tax can be en-
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
TOMBsF0NEs AND DEPARTMENT STORE IN.orn tho (fh hica eno Trihuna.

From Ule 1nlcd5Of
 Dealers in tombstones are coming before tsne public eye good deal more than usual this year. The other day those of Chicago were advocating d law that would enable them to remove the (headstones from ahe graves of the dead when those headstones had not been paid for by the heirs. Now fine Iowa dealers lhave a grievance. At the Iowa Granite and Marble Dealers assoeia- ton meeting in Des Moines there was protest against the sale of tombstones by the department stores. It was declared that one of the big stores in Chicago was selling tons5stones at cut rates. Acting upon the information the associa tion prac- 1icaqly decided to boycott the wholesale dealer who had sold them, for 1t has sent out circular to each marble dealer in the state naming the offending wholesaler and telling of his offense in selling tombstones ito department stores. The Iowa dealers should know that boycotts of the kind are seldom effective. If this particular whole saler, whose name the Tribune does not know, sells better tombssones at a lower price than anyone else the Iowa dealers will buy from htm even if he has sold tombstones to department store. But it does seem as if the department stores were carrying it a little far when they sell should sell them would seem to be be- cause they have been selling pretty much everything else.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
MIME. PADEREwSKI NOT BEAUTIFUL From the New York Sun.

Mime Paderewski has gone to Boston and is visiting her relatives there while her husband Is travelling through the west In his private car, playing nearly every day in a different city. Her presence in New York had not the slightest effect on her husbands popularity with the large audi ences that gathered at his matinee. The receipts of his New York concerts were in- deed greater than during any preceding season. and his usual audiences are made up chiefly of women. Mime. Paderewski Is not beautiful woman. and not in any way likely to attract attention. She Is merely a well-bred looking woman, whs would never be taken from her manner Of dress ing as the wife of a musician who makes more money than any other in the world. During her husbands stay in New York she was the figure in an interesting advent ire which had no more serious results than to give her husband an uneasy quarter of an hour while ignorant of her whereabouts. He was playing in Brooklyn one night and Mime. Paderewski. who was expecting friends in New York, decided to return home earlier, dismissed her cab, and as she had never travelled in the elevated road, decided to make the experiment. But in- stead of returning to New York as she in- tended she found herself on the outskirts Of Brooklyn at the remotest station of the ele- vated road. Her husband had in the mean time returned to his hotel In New York and with the expected guests was anxiously awaiting her. The supper was delayed that night from 12 o'clock until l, but when she finally arrived the enthusiasm over her safety was enough to make up for any delay.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
MonopoIies and Tarltfites Confused.

Protectionism is sorely puzzled by our new of the United States, why is not Porto Rico or Luzon. or Tuitula? Where is the line between Arizona and Porto Rico, for example, to be drawn? And after 1t IS drawn by hogglsh protectionism how is it to stay drawn while the courts are open? The question did not come up in an acute form until protecuonism was troubled Joy it, and then it became very acute on their side of the house. The constitution, that ancient and once highly-respected docu- ment, says that "all duties. imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States: and if Arizona-ean ship her ores and fruits to New Orleans duty free then Porto Rico can do likewise pro- vided Porto Rico. like Arizona, is a part of the United States.
 The supreme court fnas a cowardly way of shuf1ing out of dlsagreeable questions. by saying that they are political, and that congress is alone competent to decide 
 work in the case of duties when individ- uals come into court demanding their rights under tine constitution. The supreme court will speedily be asked to say whether or no Porto Rico is part of the United States, and 1t cannot dodge the issue.
 The 9 per cent. tariff bill now before congress is the most important bill that has come before the present congress, or that will come before it; for it declares ir. so many words that we have colony called Porto Rieo.' which may be gov erned wholly outside the terms of the con- stitution as congress may deem best. The thousand or so other islands that the re- cent war brought to us would fall of course into line, and colonial system would spring at once into full bloom Colonies mean of course imperialism in the home government It is not a question as to the consent of the governed, for we have never let that stand in the way in all our conquests from Jeffersons day down, but it is a question as to what is and what is not a pant of the United States. It is a purely legal or constitutional question.
 When the protectionites who are grab- bing all in sight make plain the difference between our title to Arizona and our title to Porto Rico, both of which we have ac- cepted in a thousand ways, then indeed they can make plain the right they have to establish one tariff rate for Arizona and another tariff rate for Porto Rico, and they cannot otherwise do il. They can temporarily rob Porto Rico, but unless they control the supreme court as fully as the income-shirkers did they cannot make their scheme stick.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
Where Water is Not Needed

Among the distinguished officials who will represent this country at the Paris exposi- tion next May is Prof. Elwood Mead, the state engineer of Wyoming, and an irrlga- ton expert of the department of agricul- ture, relates the Saturday Evening Post. He was speaking at a meeting upon a local water improvement, and after expadating upon the benefits which would be derived by the farmer, miner, and even the manu- facturer, he said: And this supply of wa ter is absolutely necessary to our dairy men,
 Before he could begin the next sentence a townsman called out:
 Stop right there They give us too much of it already"
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
EGYPTIAN COTTON
Ginned by a Roller Gin-Experience With
 This Cotton in Wilson County

Floresville, Tex, February 14.-Learning that the crop of Egyptian cotton raised in the vicinity of Floresvlle was being ginned by a roller gin, representative of the News called ct the oil mill last Saturday to witness the process and learn something of the enterprise. The gin was geared to the shafting of the gasoline engine at the oil mill and run with a three-inch 3elt The gin is a simple piece of machinery one stationary blade. one moving bar and one roller covered with leather. It is an imposslbility to get nurt while operating the gin. The roller grips the fibre, the moving bar pushes the seed up to the sta- tionary blade, while the roller pulls the fibre under the edge of the blade and de- posts it on the floor in front of the gin. The seed falls in the rear of the gin. The fibre comes from the roller unbroken cry fibre parallel, as though 1t had been combed, in a solid sheet the length of the roller. It will be but a short time, it is believed by some, when common cottons are ginned by this process, which will cer- tainly enhance its value. It is the opinion of some that the Egyptian cotton is des-. tined to. rank as the most valuable fibre. The length, strength and its peculiar soft, silky feeli: . to the couch. and dts adapta- hlity to the sodl and climate will push 1t. to the front with manufacturers. The inn ported is quoted In Boston at from IA to r cents per pound. This is the sixth crop from seed obtained in 1894, and shows no degeneration whatever. number of far mers in this vicinity planted this. cotton last year. Some were dissatisfied with the result, while others were pleased. It no doubt depends greatly upon soil. work adn seasons, as other cotton. The gin wtll be in operation several days longer.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
A SOLDIER, VALENTINE.
Minna Irving in Les.ies Weekly.

Minna Irving in Les1ie's Weekly. ''I am stck of kinky renglets
 And of chocolal,e-co.ored belles In these gay and festive islands
 Where the FAipino dwe,ls, There's a heavy, koqnes.ck feeling
 In this lonely Aeanl Of mine, And it seeks to find expression
 In a soldiers valentine.
 Though a regiment of comrades,
 Yankee heroes, march with me, I am lonesome for the sweetheart
 That left beyond the sea; So my cartridge belt is empty,
 And my buttons need a shine While write the blotted pages
 Of a soldiers valentine. "On a February morning
 When the birds begin to mate, You will see ithis way worn letter
 Lying by your breakfast plate. Though it smells of stale tobacco,
 And the pen is not my line, These are things that you must pardon
 In a soldiers valentine. ''It is best to put the question
 In manner plain and clear: WtH you leave Gods chosen country
 For a tattered volunteer? For a lean and ragged private 'Wdll you cross the rolling brine To tine Philippines in answer
 To a soldiers valentine? "Wihen the transport dropped her anchor In Maniaa's famous bay With the regulars and rockies"
 Came a vision clad in gray, Saying to the grizzled colonel,
 With a smile and blush divine. 'Wdfl you pass me through to Luzon? I'm soldiers valenltinA" :, |
The age-herald., 1900-02-15

From the Mobile Register.
 As waLs predicted, the failure of the Blr- nlnghsm state fair management to take care of the indebtedness to the country pa- pers, which advertised the fair, is reacting against the Mardi Gras enterprise of Bir- mingIham, the press being disposed to get even by making uncomplimenItary mention of Btrmingham's way of attending to busl- ness.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
REFLEC CrIONS OF A BACHELOR,
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A man never loves a woman till he is will ing to let her hurt him.
 A man is never in serious trouble till all his enemies are dead.
 After a woman has once loved one man. when she loves another she stops.
 The only type of man that woman may never love and yet never tire of is rhe one who has the genius of friendship.
 There is limit to the number of ex- cuses a woman will invent for a mans not telling her he loves her-f she loves him.
 When man claims he understands a woman he never really does he only hopes that she will believe him when he says he does.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15
FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT CANAL


 Washington Special Chicago Times Herald.
 Here are few interesting figures about the Nicaraguan canal, concerning which the British-Amerioan treaty was signed at the state department. The figures are gath- cred from various official reports and from private sources of information:
 Total cost of canal (estimajtedD, $125, 900 GOO; money already spent by Maritime Canal company, $5,136, ,42S; total distance from ocean to ocean, 1894 miles; length of pro- posed ditch, 27 miles; length of natural wa- terway, 142 miles; proposed width of canal, 300 feet; proposed depth of canal, 30 feet; quantity of earth to be excavated proper, 152, 7Sf 27O cubic yards; excavation proper, 2, ,907, 9s6 cubic yards; highest elevation of oanal from level of sea, 110 feet; distance saved for ships going from coast to coast, 5000 miles; time saved (aIt warship Oregon rate of sailing), 42 days increase in ocean traffic since 1881, 100000 tons; distance from New York. 2.0OO mSles; distance from San Francisco, 2.7O0 miles; distance from Philippine Islands. s,OOO miles; distance from Honolulu, APO miles; time required for construction, years.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15

The shoe is on the other foot at Cape Nome. The Canadians are the Uitianders there.
The age-herald., 1900-02-15

The witnesses in the Clark case should be sent back to Montana, for they swore to every crime and form of corruption known to mankind.