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The age-herald., 1900-03-18
Rnherfs to Move Northward.

The Boerse themselves confess that their aggressive campaign is at an end. By su- ing for peace and for intervention they practically confess that the tide has turned, and that superiority of resources is asserting itself despite great distances and great natural obstacles. Lord Roberts is maintaining his old-time reputation for celerity, and now that the railroad line to Capetown is re-opened, he will more doubtless push rapidly northward. The dis tance from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, 1t should be remembered, Is 90 miles, but no do the work that oxen did up to the capture of the Free State capitol.
 It, is impossible to foresee where the Boers will make their next stand; but as the country is chiefly open. they wiM scarcely expect to stop Lord Roberts heavy force short of the Vaal river, which is all most within cannon sound of Pretoria, and Johannesburg. They may delay the north ward march of the British forces, but they cannot stop it. They may wreck the rail- road line as they retire, but as there are no large streams between Bloemfontein and the Vaa1 river they cannot in that way gain much time. The indications now are that serious stand will not be made short of the Vaal river thus handing over to the British the whole of the Free State.
 The past week has made plain two im- portant political facts, namely, President Kruger cannot hope for aid from any oth- CT country; and secondly, England intends once for all to settle the supremacy ques- tion in South Africa. Under these political conditions the Boer cause is really hope cerned. The Boer can have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but it will be .un- der British auspices This Is gallng to Dutch pride, but the motherland knows how 1t is herself, and the Afrikanders will have to accept it. If President Kruger pos- sesses the wisdom he Is widely credited with, he will not much longer needlessly waste life. He must begin to see that prolongation of the struggle means further loss on his side. and harder terms at the end, for in one form or another every cent of the cost of the war will be placed on the shoulders of the unfortunate Boers. Ibis is the story of modern wars, and the Boers will not escape the customary penal fly. To the defeated belongs the cost.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

By Rev. Dr. Robert s. MacArthur editor
 New York Evening Journal.
 The Rev Charles Sheldon, author of "Tn His Steps" is today in charge of the Ti- peka Capital, editing it as he believes Jesus Christ would edit it.
 The volume published by MT. Sheldon has given hdm unique reputation, not only in America, but throughout the world. A number of imitators, both as writers and preachers have sprung up in different parts of the country.
 Men have gravely asked Would Jesus join a political club?" Would He be a member of the republican or democratic party?" It is possible greatly to multiply questions of this character. It is easy also to border on the ridiculous, the irreverent, even the blasphemous, in asking and am swering questions of this character.
 The fact is, that all the circumstances of our material life differ so widely from those of Christ's time and country that it is im- possible to say what He would do if He were here today. Indeed, It was impossible to anticipate what He would do in Judea when He was on the earth. He constantly did many things which were the very op- posite of those which He was expected to do.
 He accepted the invitation of the publican to dine at his house This act shocked the conservative relfgionists of that day. He had words of welcome encouragement and forgiveness for outcast men and women, to whom the respec table classes ct sAe time would not speak. He was a radical along many lines of social custom and of relig- ious reform. To undertake to say what He would do now. were He here In the midst of the stirring events of our material life, is to be guilty of a presumption that Is simply irreverent.
 The most that can be said is that man may suggest course of procedure on his part, growing out of our knowledge of His life as revealed In Holy Scripture; but when men undertake to describe in detail wdiat His course would be along all the lines of daily life. they are intruding into a sacred sphere, which Is equally presump- tuous and irreverent on their part
The age-herald., 1900-03-18
the aggressions and robberies of the book

the aggressions and robberies of the book
 trust.
 This is not a small matter by any means
 in a state that contains 100000 school child
 ren. At present these children, pay two
 prices for school books-that issto say, they
 pay twice as much for a given text book
 as a child in Indiana or in Tennessee or in any other wide-awake state pays. The l aggregate of extortion is hundreds of thousands of dollars. There is no reason
 why such extortion by the book trust | should be permitted to go on except that the people of Alabama are not alert
 enough to stop 1t. Colonel Tomlinson Is doing his best to bring the people to
 full knowledge of the robberies of the book trust, and he deserves a careful heapng
 wherever he speaks, for he goes loaded
 with facts and figures
 In this connection 1t would be well to re- member that the first step the book trust
 takes in a state is to corrupt "the promi-
 nent educators' therein. Through commis-
 sions, through gifts of books, through flat
 tery. through personal solicitation, the
 trust lays foundation for its work by first sending "the prominent educators" This was made manifest recently in Mississippi, and 1t is the history of the brust every
 where.
 The people of Alabama do not need ad-
 vice from their prominent educatiors."
 All they need is list of prices in Tennes- see, where the book trust was attacked a year ago and overtmown, and a list of prices in Alabama. Put the two side by side. That is all the argument that is need | ed The publishers who supply Tennessee school children are making satisfactory profits, and are very glad to get the trade | of that state. The trust Is working Ala bama as gold claim at Cape Nome is | worked. They are grabbing all they can, | knowing their opportunity will soon or late | be taken away. It is reflection upon the state that they have been left in possession of the state so long. They are exploiting 1t for all it is worth. They are robbing every household. They are assailing the defence less, for they are shutting out from the public schools thousands of children who
 cannot procure at their hold-up prices the
 books that "the prominent educators" say they must have.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18
roMLINsON FOR GOVERNOR

From the Athens Democrat.
 The Democrat is of the firm opinion that dn the gubernatorlal race in this state the man for the democratic nomination is a gentleman of north Alabama, a man who has shown himself devoted to the interests of the people and of the democratic party. He is a man of fine intellect lawyer by profession and a Chicago platform demo- crat of undisputed loyalty. The gentleman to whom we refer is the Hon. John w.. Tomlinson of Birmingham.
 In the past few years he has shown him self to be friend of the county of Lime stone by hard and earnest work for one of its most distinguished citizens. This fact, coupled with the further certainty that he IS the equal in every respect of any of his opponents, should certainly cause the peo- pie of this section to feel very kindly to- wards him.
 Mir. Tomlinson has many very admirable qualities to recommend him to the voters of Alabama. He is an earnest man, a believer in the rights of the people, and a warm ad- voeate of the policies of government de- clared for in the last national democratic platform, and so ably defended by Wil- liam J. Bryan.
 The Democrat feels certain that the peo- pie of Limestone county will make no mis- take In instructing their delegates to vote for Tomlinson.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Best Four Rooks.

The best-book issue was reopened by Am bassador Choate in an after-dinner speech before the Authors club. in the course of which he declared the best four books are ''Don Qulxote.' ''The Pilgrims Progress" Robinson Crusoe" and "The Compleat An gler." MT. Choate's short list has reopened a controversy that can never be settled that can never command in any of it's forms or propositions unanimity of opinion, or anything approaching 1t.
 Doubtless 'The Pilgrims Progress,' and 'Robinson Crusoe" would stand popular test, but assuredly neither 'Don Quixote" nor the quaint sentences and helpful philosophy of Izaak Walton will shut out several old favortes. There is scarcely an English reader, for example. who will not prefer 'aThe Vicar of Wakefeld' to either. The truth is, ninety-nine men out of every hundred that one meets have not read either, although nearly every man has read Robinson Crusoe" and John Bunyans immortal work.
 But MT. Choate went much farther in his speech at the Authors club. for he under took to name the -four writers who would be immortal among English-speaking peoples. This was a blow that nearly killed-in tn- tention-a host of great names. MT. Choate did not include in his survey such world im- mortals as Dante and Shakespeare; he was considering, it is to be presumed, single books of the next grade. But even then he struck at many cherished beliefs He struck at "Gulliver's Travels" at Tom Jones'" and at all the novellsts of the bright Victorian period, at David Copperfield. .' at "Vanity Fair,' at '"The Mill on the Floss" Some of these have not been fully seasoned and tested by time, but MT. Choate can find plenty of employment if he tries to make his list of four stand against them.
 But after all any list Is but an expression of ones own lildings, and as no two stomachs are alike, so no two heads will be found to think as one. MT. Choate is en- titled to his list of four immortals, and every other person in this liberty lowing age enjoys like privilege; and the chances are very good that no two lists will agree. It Is the Scotch verdict again, mot proven.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18
HE CHALLENaFD TIE PIG

From the South African News.
 Much amusement was created among the volunteers stationed on the railway line as well as among the public, through an in- cident that occurred on a recent night. While passing along the line one of the Highlanders was startled by black object which approached a culvert in the vicinity. Repeatedly he shouted to what he thought to be a Kaffir, "Who goes there?" but re- ceived no reply. Faithful to the regimental orders, he leveled his gun and capsized the "Kaffir." who was by that time few yards from the line. The next morning found MT. Gideon Hugo, Daljosophat, in bad humor in consequence of one of his fine pigs hay ing been shot during the night The volun- teer referred to acknowledged his guilt and offered to pay the damage, which, however, MT. Hugo refused to accept.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18
Race Conference in Montgomery.

Elsewhere will be found candid and req pi1Ga Record touching the negro problem The Age Herald bespeaks a careful reading of it. for it shows that the north is be- coming aware of its imcapaclty to handle the race question in an adequate and just manner, and it fairly calls upon the white men of the north to take up the moment GUS subject.
 There is no subject before the country so deep and so broad as this. There is not one that so deeply affects so many lives. In very truth it's solution concerns not simply the people of this section alone, but it touches ait many points the welfare of every person in this broad land. Look at it as we may, dts chief solution will rest at least upon the shoulders of the white men of the country, primarily upon the whites of the south. Perhaps it is too optimistic to speak of its solution at all at present Let us then say Its ameioration rests upon our consciences and efforts at this time.
 
 work and discussion and effort. Our Phila- delphfa contemporary definitely defines the issue when it says the southern people are Strenuously endeavoring ito establish a condition under which life may be toler- able without injustice to the negroes" |" That is the present aspect of the problem, and no one can better define it.
 Beginning on May in Montgomery a conference will be held that has this ob- ject in view. Ex+Secretary of the Navy Herbert has consented to preside over it, and such men as the Rev. George B. Eager and the Rev. Edgar G. Murphy are doing all they can to make fhe conference representative and valuable. They desire the attendance of representative men who the frapchise, to education, to religion, and to the social order, ineludlng of course, the lynching <question. IA fair and candid disc ,ssicn of the various aspects of the race problem is desired and anticipated.
 The Age-Heraad is confident this move ment has much good dn it. It is a begin ming of the light end It is movement by the dominant eorce fin the land. It is to be broad enough to embrace every aspect of serious opinion. While the con- ference will be chiefly attended by south- ern men, yet some men of northern birth will be invited, as will Presidents Councill and Booker Washington. There Is no mar rowness no sectGonal lism, in its programme. II seeks the truth, and the best practical methods based on the truth, and growing out of it.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18
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IS INDIANA DOUBTFUL7
rom the Boston Herald

From the Boston Herald.
 A development of the more recent days of our political history Is that Indiana is beginning to be regarded as a doubtful state in the coming presidential election. This Is an opinion not confined to demo- crats; republicans also are talking that way. It is interesting, therefore to inquire how Indiana has voted in her latest elections. The state gave 25.197 republican majority in 1896, and 17,561 in 1898. But Is it to be re- membered that Indiana is a large state in population. The total vote of the two lead ing parties there in 1898 was 6OS,317. and there was a scattering vote to be added to it. There was little less than per cent. difference in the vote of the republicans and democrats. This is not a great amount to change, and 1t would be rash to say that it is not among the possibilities that it will be changed this yAar>
The age-herald., 1900-03-18
THAT JOINT DEBATE

From Courtland Enterprise.
 From the newspaper accounts of the joint debate between Tomlinson and Stall ings at Huntsville last week, 1t must have been "a hot time in the old town" All though the weather was extremely inclem- ent, the courthouse would not hold the crowd, and each speaker received the great est consideration at the hands of the au- dience. Colonel Tomlinson more than held his own, and made many new friends fin Madison county. A prominent politician of Huntsville stated after hearing the debate, that if Tomlinson did not carry the county, he would not know the reason. Jess Our Jess, seems to be in a decline.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18
School Books in Alabama.

The keenness of interest In the race for the state. and some of khe issues thus thrown into the shade are of prime impor- tanee. Colonel Tomlinson Is bravely and tention to one of these issues. We refer to the price of school books. From every stump that he reaches in the course of his canvass for governor Colonel Tomlinson asks the people to take steps to overcome
The age-herald., 1900-03-18
REFLECTIONS OF BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Love-was once blind, maybe, but now adays it wears detective spectacIes.
 If man looks at a woman twice she thinks he admires her, and if he doesn't look at her twice she won't admire him.
 To talk about another woman behind her back and then kiss her before people is a womans idea of tempering justice with mercy.
 Adam probably agreed to take Eve be- cause he thought 1t would be his only chance to ever get his rib back if he wated 1t.
 A woman's letter that is punctuated de- gently is as rare as a picture of a college girls room that hasn't a banjo stuck up somewhere in sight.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18
roMLINsON AT wARRIoK

From the Warrior Breeze.
 Colonel John W. Tomlinson candidate for governor, delivered an able address at the Academy on last Saturday night. He advocated in unmeasured terms the en- actment of laws bettering the present con dition of affairs brought about by the school book trust. He denounced the trust His speech was interspersed with witty sayings and anecdotes which kept the audience in good humor.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

The dread rumor comes up out of the west that ex-Editor Sheldon proposes to lecture upon his weeks experience. This is worse than western blizzard
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

There is danger that the Haze Pingree and Tim Woodruff booms will collide in the reaches of the west
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

Philadelphia offers an I. o. U. for the balance of that convention fund, but Mark Hanna demands spot cash. Marks nature Is cold and heartiess
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

Editor Sheldon consumed a good deal of white paper without publishing a newspa- per. This was quite feat in itself
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

Editor de Rodays has thus far failed to make any arrangements with Paris hos pitai. His fear of Count Castellane does not seem to disturb his customary serenity
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

South Carolina puts too much politics in it's whiskey. and Kentucky too much whis- key in it's politics.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

United States senators are supplied by a paternal government with dandruff cures and quinine pills.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

This is the watermelon season in South Africa, and the Boer prisoners in CaPetown are enjoying them daily.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

Editor Sheldon's instructions 10 his circu- lat;on editor were suppressed.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

Now that Kalamazoo has rejected "Sapho," 1t will be difficult to win over the Sheldondan west.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

The Free State capital has been fitted to wheels, Aguinaldo pattern.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

Editer Sheldon did not have to contend with a single spring poem.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

The price of peace is marked up on Presi- dent Kruger every time he kills one of Our Bobs' men.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

"Sapho" in the public libraries is begin ming to look tired and worn.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

English is the popular tongue in Bloem- fontein this spring.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

] The former editor of the Topeka Capital will now proceed to live down the Sheldon week.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

The Free Staters and the British are fra ternizing in significant fashion.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

After all Kentuckys form of feuds is better than Montanas.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

The Chicago Grave Diggers' organiza- ton Is running unionism in the ground.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

General Funston is gaining in weight now that the swimming season is over.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

Lord Roberts is conquering the Free State while President Kruger Is annexing IL
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

The Haze Pingree boom for vice-president
 is not sweeping wildly over the country.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

St. Louis holds that the Chicago canal should be purified instead of fortified.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

AHere IS udHSef that tne Haze I1nBree and Tim Woodruff booms will collide in the reaches of the west.
 South Carolina puts too much politics in it's whiskey. and Kentucky too much whls- key in it's politics.
 United States senators are supplied by a paternal government with dandruff cures and quinne pills.
 Now that Kalamazoo has rejected "sapho," it will be difficult to win over the Sheldondan west.
 The price of peace is marked up on Presi- dent Kruger every time he kills one of Our Bobs' men.
 The former editor of the Topeka Capital will now proceed to live down the Sheldon week. + Lord Roberts is conquering the Free State while President Kruger is annexing 1t.
 The Haze Pingree boom for vice-president is not sweeping wildly over the country.
 The Chicago Grave Diggers' organiza- tion Is running unionism in the ground
 St. Louis holds that the Chicago canal should be purified instead of fortified. 
 General Funston is gaining in weight now that the swimming season is over. The Free Staters and the British are fra ternizing in significant fashion. 'Sapho" in the public libraries is begin ming to look tired and worn. The Free State capital has been fitted to wheels, Aguinaldo pattern.
 Editer Sheldon did not have to contend with single spring poem
 After all Kentucky's form of feuds is better than MOntana'S.
The age-herald., 1900-03-18

The beginning and the end Of the essen
The age-herald., 1900-12-24
GENERAL BIG TIME IN STOCK EXCHANGE Brokers Bought Stocks With a
 Holiday Abandon 1T WAS A WILD SCRAMBLE Gigantic Christmas Tree Was Placed On the Floor of the Exchange and : Everybody Seemed to Be
 Joyful.
1T WAS A WILD SCRAMBLE

New York, December 22.-Today's specu- lation in stocks took on something of the Saturnalian spirit that attaches to the Christmas holiday celebration by inheri- tRnce from ancient pagan customs. The days performance in the stock market cannot be adequately described otherwise than as speculative orgies.
 Individual considerations that might at tach to special stocks and affect their value were apparently taken no account or, and there was a wild scrambel to buy all stocks and conditions of stocks as though all Iu- trre hopes of wealth and prosperity de- pended on an ownership of stocks before Christmas. There was no news of import ance to put any new phase on the question of values, present or prospective.
 The buying seemed to represent the cumulative effect upon financial sentiment of the imposing rise in prices during the week and the apparently undiminiShed con- fidence manifested by large capitalists by their continued long absorption of securi- ties.
 At the fall of the hammer on the chair mans desk this morning 16,O0O shares of Northern Pacific were instantly bought in a single block. First transactions in 2 number of other important stocks ranged from 1000 up to 72O0 shares. With gigantic Christmas tree decked out with gntterne ornaments ad festoons of Christmas greens and bunting waving over the floor Of the exchange the brokers bought stocks With as much abandon as though there were a part of the Christmas celebration and the gaiety of the occasion depended upon 1t. The market apparently ran wild, and was only quieted by an accession of selling or ders invited by the extreme advanced at- tained by some stocks But the buying was resumed in the last half hour after the bank statement appeared, and a number of stocks were rushed to the top level of the day. The closing was animated and irregu- lar. Some of the extreme advances were; Sugar 55s, Brooklyn Rapid Transit As, Gen. eral Electric 4, St. Paul 2B, Peoples Gas 25s and a very extended list of stocks from 1 to 3 points.
 The railroad bond market has been actu- ated by sympathy with the stock market. The lower grade issues have been the fa- vorites and have moved strongly upward, with occasional reactions from speculative profit taking. United States refunding 2s advanced F, the old As and 5s A and the registered 1s per cent. The new As declined 4 below the ruling call prices of a week ago.
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