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The age-herald., 1900-01-08
At Home and Abroad.

The old year was not a bad year at all. either at home or abroad. It was year, in the first place. of commercial and indus trial prosperity, in almost every country of the globe. The countries are now so closely in touch with each other that what effects one is apt to effect all the rest, and all were prosperous in 1899 to a remarka ble degree.
 In this country the war with Spain was brought to a close. Notifications were ex- changed in April and Spain's colonial sys- fem practically passed to the United State Germany taking the fragments.
 colonial ystem the world has ever known to itself, while the United States stepped forward as a world power. recog- nized as such, and loaded with the respon- |, .sibilities of such a place. This alone will render the year memorable in this country. And the fact that three-quarters of the 3 American army is actively employed on the other side of the globe in hunting a yellow skinned race that scarcely know where America is located, is evidence that the republic of today is not the republic of fifty years ago.
 In the Old World the old year brought in The Hague conference, which presented proposals of peace and arbitration and , brotherhood that may in the long run b. come effective. At present they are not. America has been fighting in Luzon ever since the conference met, and England has been at war in the Soudan or in South Af- rica. France has been on the verge of civil war, and the powers are willing to dismember China. Russia has lost none of her aggressiveness. The Czar's proposition. sanctioned at The Hague, has not thus far found favor, but perhaps it will when the greed of the nations is satisfied. It is very
The age-herald., 1900-01-08
A Difference and a Distinction.

Dr. Temple, the Archbishop of Canter- bury, who has reached the age of IS, is notable personality about whom many good stories are related, says the Chicago News. Some years ago a young curate, seeking to be licensed, was bidden by Dr. Temple to read a few verses of the Bible, in order that his fitness for conducting public wor- ship might be judged. Mot loud enough" was the criticism of the bishop when the young man had finished. "Oh! Pm sorry to hear that, my lord,' replied the curate; Ca lady in the church yesterday told me I could be heard most plainly all over" "Ah! are you engaged?" suddenly asked Dr. Temple "Yes, my lord" The bishop smiled grimly and said: "Now. listen to me, young man. While you are engaged don't believe everything the lady tells you; but" he added, with deep chuckle. after you are married believe every word she says"
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free thought and all the rest of 1t, the prim- tive idea of small supernatural beings who pass their lives in playing practical jokes on mankind still survives. Berlin paper publishes a story of farmers wife in Slesia, whose COW was tormented by a fairy. She therefore went to the wise man of the district and asked him how she was to exercise the spirit The wise man told her to hang a great bowl of fresh milk high up in the chimney, then the fairy would come to drink the milk, and would be so disgusted at finding itself all over soot that it would never return again. The farmers wife did so, and kept watch on the chimney. Shortly afterward she heard a great noise over the fireplace. to her great content, but she nearly died of terror when suddenly an awful figure as big as man came down the chimney. It was jet black all over, except it's. head and shoulders. which were white. It turned out to be the sweep, who had been told by her husband to sweep the chimney, and had knocked the spell was broken, for the wise man said that the fairy had been so appalled, at the appearance of the sweep that it had left the farm and would not return to torment the COW. In the Welsh mountains the wise woman still gives advice on cows possessed by fairies, but the spells used are less eccen- tric if not less eff1cacious. They, however, equally tend to prove that fairies must be very simple-minded and easily taken in-
The age-herald., 1900-01-08
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
American Men are Up in Politics.


 The prominent part taken by Lady Ram dolph Churchill in the interesting move- ment in London known as the American Ladies War Aid Society" brings her ca- reer into general notice. She was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. She possessed remarkable beauty talents and accomplishments. Her father, Leonard Jerome, was a popular Wall street magnate and the leader of a brilliant social circle, relates the Saturday Evening Post.
 Miss Jessie Jerome was the recipient, of great admiration, and prior to her depart ure for England was rumored to be en- gagged to many Americans of wealth. It was al the Isle of Wight that she met Lord Randolph Churchill, then young man known only by name in British society. They were married in January, 1874. at the British embassy in Paris The marriage was a turning point in the careers of both Lady Churchill and her husband She be- came the political and literary partner of her husband, and they worked together with astonishing zeal. His rise was phe- nomenaq, and most of it. according to his own statement was due to her matchless energy. Her greatest feat in British social life was the services sine rendered to the
 Z.UU chapters or branches of this powerful or gani2ation, 800 are said to have been started by her unaided efforts She is at the present time vice president of the Grand Council of the Primrose League
 Lady Churchill has inherited the wit of her father, as she demonstrated upon one occasion to eminent English politician. 'iie was somewhat annoyed at the cam- paign she had made. and said:
 Il really don't understand Lady Churchill, why or how it is that American aadres refuse to enter political life in their own country, but overwhem us here in England"
 That is because you have never trav- eied In the states. The men there are 50 intelligent and patriotic that they do no, require the services of our sex as an edu. eating force"
The age-herald., 1900-01-08
CAsrELLANE OUT OF YACHTING.

Paris Cable to New York World
 Due Decazes has finally succeeded in ob- taining the withdrawal of Count Boni de Casitellane, and is now the recognized chaI- denger for the cup of France, so ludicrous- ly lost last spring at Cowes py Castellane's S yacht Anna. The dukes yacht is named after Sarah Bernhardt's famous motto, "Quand Meme' (All the Same).
 Baron Edouard Rothschild has loaned his yacht Esterel, so that Decaze's crew may be given the necessary practice in Mediter- ranean work till the Quand Meme is ready.
 C. Oliver Iselin, owner of the Columbia, is expected in Paris, when a committee of French yachtsmen will banquet him and try to persuade the American to enter the Riviera races.
The age-herald., 1900-01-08
Goyernor-Made Senators.

It is coming to be thought that governor made senators are even less representative than legislative-made senators, and the lat ter are oftentimes the product of deals and dickers in which the mass of the people are not at all considered The appointment of Quay by Governor Stonet etafter he had been rejected by his own party and by the legis- lature was a gross violation of the prin- oiples of this government. If Quay should be seated the governors of Utah, Delaware and California will proceed to pay their debts or lay a basis for personal advance ment in the selection of men wholly regard less of popular will. Governor made sena- tors are notoriously misfft, and this is in- ducing the senate itself to favor the elec- ton of the man who, after given length of time, has the highest vote. instead of majority of all. This would prevent dead locks in the legislature, but would not pre- vent recess appointments.
 The true method consists in direct election by the people; and as the senate is deter minded to prevent the adoption of consti- tutional amendment the people will be com- pelled to resort to a method similar to that by which the absurd electoral college device of the constitution was side-tracked all though not repealed. Each party can se- feet its candidate for senator, just as they now select candidates for governor, and the people will thus be rid of senatorial deals and dickers. South Carolina has adopted this plan. In primaries held throughout the state on one day she selects a candidate for United States senator Georgia is preparing to adopt this plan and dit is reasonable to expect that it will spread until the legislatures become in this respect merely registering bodies. as the electoral colleges are.
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THE FINE ART OF CONFIRMATION.

From the London Saturday Review.
 Conversation is a means not only of com municating our ideas and feelings to oth- CTS. It is-a means also of iufpressing our own personalities upon them, and 1t is it's employment to this end that is especially stimulated by women. 4 man talks to men in order to commend his 'deas to them He talks to women in order. to com mend himself. Misogynisss often declare that women spoil conversatlon-tha they tend to reduce it to what is contenptu orsly described as "small talk" But small talk is far from being so trifiing as many people think 1t. The actual observations ot which it is made up, regarded as mere statements. may be hardly worth making. What gives them importance Is the way vehicles, saturated with the elusive spirit of character and temperament, just as pieces of cotton n-wool may be saturated with spirits of wine; and character and temperament exhale from chem as they are spoken and interchanged Everything depends not on what these sayings are, but on how they are said; and it is the presence of women that gives to the man. ner of conversation this special quality which makes it more important than the matter.
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Hopa for the LHrie se.

When all nations agree, as now seems probable, to maintain an open door in Chi ma, which may be construed to mean that the integrity of tine Chinese empire will be preserved outside of a few port districts when tais is done the Chinese people will have a good opportunity to demonstrate their usefulness, adaptability and capacity. They may surprise the world. In all the east there is not such a trader, such d financier, such a persistent toiler, as the Chinese.
 A recent writer of close observation, who has lived among them, thus describes them:
 ''The most local of peasants of his at tachments, and the most cosmopolitan and successful of emigrants-sober industrious thrifty, orderly, peaceable, indifferent to personal comfort, possessing great physical vitality, cheerful, contented, persevering- his filial piety, tenacity, resourcefulness, and literature place him in the van of Asi- attic nations
 Contact with foreigners will help the Chi naman. It will aid him fin getting rid of his ridiculous superstitions, of which he has ridiculous lot, and when he is freed from them he will be apt to prove very considerable industrial and commercial ri- val. He succeeds in business and in agri- in fact without a serious rival in the far east; and when Europeans encounter him on his own ground they will find themselves up against very serious proposition. And 1t will be all the better if he is able to hold his ground. as many believe he will, after he is brought in daily contact throughout the vast empire with Europeans. Trade and commerce is his speciality, and the na- tons that expect Ito exploit him as they would like number in Central Africa are leaving out of the case the very qualities that John Chinaman possesses in a high degree, and that may easily be developed ito a degree that will render European ri valry very harmless and very ineffective China has not kept step with modern inn provements, but whoever considers the Chi nese a morbbund people does not under stand the situation. John will be apt to stay and to prosper in China long after his swarming enemies have been starved out.
The age-herald., 1900-01-08
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Senatorial Seats for Sale.

The Springfield Republican has carefully studied the 5judicially ascertained facts in the pending Clark case in the senate of the United States It finds that the supreme court of his state, Montana, passed upon these unquestioned facts in the case of Lawyer Welcome, who was debarred by that court:
 1. That State Senator Clark. according to his sworn and uncontradicted statement, received $10.OOO from Attorney Welcome to vote for William A. Clark for United States senator
 2. That Fred Whiteside, also a state sen- ator, was paid $1OOOO for his vote for Clark. 3. That in order to expose the bribery, Whiteside pretended to fall in with the plans of the Clark men and became a sub agent in the purchase of Clark votes; and while thus acting he received $10000 from Welcome, which was paid to State Senator Meyer at the Helena hotel on a given date The money received by Clark and Meyer was turned over by them to Whiteside, and together with the $1O,OOO received by White side to the legislative Investigating com mittee.
 A. That other members of the legislature were tempered with, according to the sworn statements of Clark and Whiteside, and their stories are supported. in the view of the court, by the fact that when the election of United States senator did final ly take place many democrats and repubi- cans who had heretofore opposed w. A. Clark shifted over and voted for him with out apparent cause. The court adds:
 The accused CWellcome) was not sworn as a witness, but was present throughout tine hearing At the time appointed by this court for the accused to +hn charges he did not appear in p,
 answer was made under the oatt
 formation and belief of one of h
 Thus the charges themselves are
 lenged by any direct denial by
 statements of Clark and Whitesi6
 contradicted by any one.
 If such facts, judicially ascertained ant reviewed by the highest court of the ptate do not constitute case of bribery that thu senate will recognize, then indeed are tho bars down as far as the purchase of seats IS concerned The case Is before the com mittee on privileges and elections; and ii that committee expects any one to believe that. the multi-millionaire himself did not furnish the money that was unques tionably expended in the purchase of votes, then 1t expects more credulity than the case justi- fies. Clark may have had good friends, but he had rone who had money to burn. Ht had none who were ready to face the pen tentiary for his sake. The long and shor of the matter is this-if Clark is confirmed in his seat any one can hereafter buy witt impunity a senatorial seat. It will be no tice to all milionaires who want a yelov jacket and a peacock feather to pick out { seat and pay the price, as Clark did Hi seat came pretty high It is said he pait $i06, 000 all told. for it
The age-herald., 1900-01-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOE
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 The average politician is a lot like a corkscrew' the crookeder he is the more pull he's got.
 If babies discussed their mothers as much as mothers discussed their babies the wo- men would quit having them.
 The average man flas got too much sense to be a good actor when le is pretending to a girl that he is sorry he kissed her.
 The only thing that a girl thinks fs worse. when she is with a man, than to have her garter break . to have the nose bleed. h.
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plain that there are many conditions that cannot be arbitrated. and it Is feared that none of moment will be. The Hague idea tions. and slow progress towards it is per- haps all that can reasonably be expected.
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Steamer Wrecked

Tampa, Fla, January 7-Word has been received here that the schooner Gazelle was wrecked last Wednesday night during s Sels on a sardhar pear Anna Marie Ra you. A passing steamer rescued the crew. The vessel sank soon after.
The age-herald., 1900-01-08

A German. mail steamer has just been seized in this, the nineteenth century, and no remedy is in sight because the emperor is living out of touch in the twentieth century
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RULES FOR HANDWRITING EXPERTS. INrnra tlaa Maxx :

From the New York Mall and Express.
 Perhaps if old Lyman Beecher's daugb- ter were still alive she would be called as a handwriting expert in the Molineaux case. She used to say that she had three rules to guide her in deciphering her fath- er's manuscript. These were:
 l. 1T letter was crossed it was sure not to be "t' zst
 ?. If letter was dotted it was sure not to be 'i.'' ee
 g. If letter was capitalized the chances were that 1t didn't begin a sentence. n-
The age-herald., 1900-01-08

All the vessels that Admiral Dewey in-. duced the administration to send to the Philippines have arrived there, including the Oregon and the Brooklyn.
The age-herald., 1900-01-08
SENATOR MYLE,s FONDNEss FOR BOY

From a Washington Letter
 Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, the tall est man in the senate, is very fond of small boys, and by some strange affinity. he likes the shortest page in that body. The senator, who is just now quandary to politicians as to whether he is more a re- publican than democrat, sometimes in- vites the youngster to lunch with him at the senate restaurant The senator seats himself at one side of the tah,e and tbe page at the other side The contrast ,s like Gulliver and the Lilfpuusas.
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from France for ten years, and this prob ably means ten lecture tours in this coun- try Secretary Hay should remonstrat,.
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to fight March 15. and already they are expressing great thoughts on the subject for publication.
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FAIRIES STILL IN EUROpr

From the London Globe.
 It is curious how the belief in fairies ar ists even now In the out-of-the-way cor ners of Europe. In spite of the advance of
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have sent leIes.--- #sal- .. HHaaH states asking that the matter be industri- ously agitated. The persistence of the nifying a growing disposition on their part to ignore some of the wishes of Colonel Bryan. It has never been denied that Colonel Bryan has expressed a preference for Senator Jones as chairman of tfps com mittee to choose the campaign manager. It follows, therefore that opposition to the election of Senator Jones is opposition to Colonel Bryan. The inference is being drawn that if the Nebraskan were not los ing strength in Texas, Texans at Wash ington would not act counter ito his desires mother construction put on the case is that the lively boom started for Senator Culber- son Is really meant to discount whatever prestige former Governor Hogg may ac- quire by reason of the fact that he is the chosen champion of Colonel Bryan on the approaching invasion of "the enemy's coun- try and may, therefore, be the Nebras- kan's second choice for chairman of the National committee. This. in turn, is said to have a purely Texas bearing. There is a warm contest in Texas over the senator ship between Senator Chiffon and the Hon. Joseph Weldon Bailey Hogg is known to be Senator Chi1ton's strongest and most resourceful supporter. Hence. if Hogg should be sprung by Bryan as Chairman Jones' successor, the senatorial stock of MT. Chilton would go up as that of young Mir Bailey went down.
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Governor Leary is unconstitutionally en- gagged in augurating the mllenium in an island patch of the great republic. It should be general in order to be legal
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Out of 75 conspirators arrested only three-Deroulede, Guerfn and Bunst-were convicted, and as these belong to different
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The New York Sun opened the new cen tury with a six-eolmun editorial. This so discouraged it that it postponed it's coming a full year.
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schools of political thought they were no. co-eonspirators.
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island patch of the great republic It should be general in order to be legal  All the vessels that Admiral Dewey in- duced the administration to send to the Philippines have arrived there, including the Oregon and the Brooklyn. Pugilist Corbett and Pugilist Jeffries are to fight March 15. and already they are expressing great thoughts on the subject for publication.
 The New York Sun opened the new cen- tury with a six-colmun editorial This so discouraged it that it postponed its coming a full year.
 Alaska cannot reasonably be asked to accept statehood and hold primary elec- lions until the spring that lets down the bars.
 Paul Dereloude, the French poet, has been banished for ten years, but the de-
   The water of Chicago is becoming so thin ard unreal that many Of the people are resorting to other bevera ges. So deadly is the plague in Honolulu that not single person attacked by it has escaped death
 The Fenian invasion Of Canada Is either lost in the snowdrifts or greatly delayed by them.
 'The oldest Mason" should not die sim ultaneously in so many parts of the coun- try.
 St. Louis has not thus far discovered any change in its daily sediment.
 
 The blizzard business has encountered a hackset in all parts of the country.  Quay and Roberts are the two conspicu- ous men of the country a present.
 --- Congress has resumed the talking habit
 NATIONAL CHAIss1v A NSuvp
The age-herald., 1900-01-08

Alaska cannot reasonably be asked to accept statehood and hold primary elec- tlons until the spring that lets down the bars.
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NATIONAL. CRAFTSMANSHIP. From the Washington Times . Tlhe Culberson boom for chairman of the Democratic National committee continues to rumble through the land. When spoken
 nt,-77s->e- writers Senator Culberson
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Paul Dereloude, the French poet, has been banished for ten years, but the de- cree of the court cannot banish his poetry.
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The water of Chicago is becoming so thin 1 ard unreal that many Of the people are resorting to other beverag
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Quay and Roberts are the two conspicu- ous men of the country a present.
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So deadly is the plague in Honolulu that not single person attacked by 1t has escaped death
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Congress has resumed the talking habit.
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The blizzard business has encountered a hackset in all parts of the country.
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St. Louis has not thus far discovered any change in its daily sediment
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"The oldest Mason" should not die sim ultaneously in so many parts of the coun- try.