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failed, it, as another necessity. remains a city. -
 In Tennessee there Is a law known as the ''four-mile law which prohibits the sell ing of whisky within distance of four miles of a school house except in an ln- corporated town. That is why Midway exists Houston County is only twenty five or thirty miles from the borders of Kentucky, and the abhorrence of water is almost as great in that section as in tho Blue Grass State Men felt that they could not live without their morning toddy and an occasional bracer during the day Rid ing to Clarksyille twenty miles away, every time the thirst was aggravated was out of the question.
 The idea of municipality, designed sole ly to avoid the stringent terms of the school law, emanated from a conference between J. ". Roberts and H. c. Frost. pretty spot on the banks of a silYery brook was selected. A saloon was built and two or three families were induced to swell the popula ton until the city numbered seventy five inhabitants with the legal voters.
 No taxes were levied and the citizens were made as happy as possible. Thinks ran smoothly for some time, the saloon supplying drinks to the farmers for miles around and making plenty of money. But an evil day came at last. Dissensions and quarrels broke out in the City Council and a municipal scandal resulted. The women and better citizens of Houston County did not favor the existence of Midway. The Legislature was urged to pass an act eX- tending the 'tfour-mle law" to all towns under 2000 population. That was a death blow to Midway. The sale of whisky was stopped in Midway, which, however. con tinued to be an incorporated town, and as such still exists The population now num- bers about fifty
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habited a cave in the desert. He carries his big market basket to New York once or twice week and brings up his supplies on the train
 Johnston is 54 years old now, but there are few strands of gray in his sandy hair and stubby mustache. He is still careful and precise in his dress. although he has to care for his clothes himself.
 In the old prosperous days Bob" John ston was the pet of his brothers, who were much older than he and better business men. They liked to see Bob" enjoy life in his luxurious way. He was the beau of the family. He is the beau still
 Fair day or foul no one has ever seen him without a boutonniere. He used to be fond of rare roses and carnations and del- icate orchids. Now he often wears daisy or the blue blossom of the cornAower but DO matter how humble the boutonniere, he Is never without one.
The age-herald., 1900-10-07
ADDRESS TO LIGHT

John Milton.
 Hail. holy Light offspring of heaven first
 born!
 Or of the Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed? Since God is
 light,
 And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee. Bright effiuence of bright essence increase. Or hearst thou rather pure ethereal Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the
 sun,
 Before the heavens thou vert and at the
 voice
 Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and dsep, Won from the void and fornless infinite Thee l revisit now with bolder wing. Escaped the Stygian pool, though long de-
 tained
 In that obscure sojourn. while in ny flight Through utter and through middle dark
 ness borne,
 With other notes than to the Orphean Tyre, l sang of Chaos and eternal Night; Taught by the heavenly Muse to venture
 down
 The dark descent, and up to re-ascend Though hard and rare: thee l revisit safe, And feel thy Sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisitst not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick drop serene hath quenched their
 orbS, Or dim suffusion yelled. Yet not the more Cease I to wonder where the muses haunt Clear spring, shady grove, or sunny hill Shit with the love of sacred song, but chief Thee, Sion, and the fiowery brooks beneath That washed thy hallowed feet, and warb-
 ling flow,
 Nightly I visit: nor sometimes forget Those other two equaled with me in fate. So were l equaled with them in renown. Blind Thamryis and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias, and Phineas, prophets old i; L..en feed on thoughts, that voluntary
 move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird -ings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note. Thus with the
 year Seasons return; but not to me returns A-ay, or the sweet approach of even or
 morn,
 Or sight of vernal gloom, or summers rose Or fiocks or herds, or human face divine: 1: cloud instead and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair
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In the news from Lorenzo Marques Is pa- thetic. He is said to be feeble, takes little interest in military movements and remains in his railway carriage reading psalms. This man, with the weight of seventy-five years upon his shoulders, now in his old age driven from the land to which as boy he
 "trekked" and which he has seen reclaimed from the wilderness, is a figure that ap- peals to the respect, sympathy and even admiration of the world. He is an empire- builder, whose empire has been taken from him at a time when it is too late for hope again to spring in his breast. President Kruger Is a pathetic but at the same time imposing figure, who probably will loom large in African history as the years go bY
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Mutual Suspicion
n Francisco Argonaut.

From the San Francisco Argonaut.
 A plumber who sent to the house of a stockbroker to execute some repairs was taken by the butler into the dining room, and was beginning his work when the lady of the house entered. ''John," said she, with a suspicious glance toward the plumber, remove the silver from the side board and lock it up at once" But the man of lead was in no wise disconcerted. "Tom," said he to his apprentice, who ac- companied him, take my watch and chain and those coppers home to my missus at once There seems to be dishonest peo- pie about this house."
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The Smallest Incorporated City

From the Denver Post.
 When the twelfth census returns are all in they will probably show that Midway, in Houston County, Tenn, Is the smallest in- corporated city in the United States. There Is considerable rivalry among other cities as to which will show the largest number of residents, but little Midway, nestled among the sunny hills of Tennessee, has sat back and enjoyed her distinction un- disturbed and unopposed. Only a few years old, she has had a history that is seldom met with in the annals of municipal cor porations.
 Midway came into existence more as necessity than from any desire for munich pal improvement, and its object having
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ANNUAL REUNION
Of the Army of the Cumberland, and Con
 federate Veterans.

On account of the annual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland and Confederate Veterans, also account an- nual meeting of the Spanish War Veter- ans which will be held at Chattanooga, Tenn, October g to Il, 19O0 the Alabama Great Southern Railroad will sell tickets from all points on its line to Chattanooga and return at the rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold October and g, with final limit to return October 13 1900.
 For further information call on Ala bama Great Southern Railroad ticket agent, or passenger office, No 20l9 First avenue 10-4-7t
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REDUCED RATES TO TUSCALOOSA,
 ALA

Account Free Street Fair, to be held at Tuscaloosa, Ala, October S-13, inclus- i've, ticket agents of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Meridian to Birming ham. inclusive, will sell tickets to Tusca- loosa and return at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be on sale October S-1S, Inclusive, with final limit October IA, 1900.
 For further information apply to any ticket agent A. G. s. R. R., or R. M. Ellis. s' o. A., Birmingham, Ala 1G-s-et
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SOUTHERN INTERSTATE FAIR

Atlanta, Ga, October 10 to 27, 1900. The Southern Railway will sell round trip tick cts for this occasion, Birmingham to At lanta at the low rate of $50, or one fare, rlus 50 cents for admission to fair grounds. Tickets on sale October 12. 16, IS, g and 25 with final limit for return October 30. For further information call at passenger cffice, No. 2019 First avenue.
 c. E. JACKSON, T. P. A.
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Tennessee Boss is the highest grade of chewing candy known. Fully up-to-date. Healthy and invigorating. Will be found in front of the Florence Hotel, northwest cor ner of Nineteenth street and Second ave- nue. R. HARDENBROOK
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PLANT SYSTEM.

Effective February 1s. 1900. Pullman sleep. ing car service was inaugurated between Savannah, Ga., and Montgomery Ala. on the following schedule: Leave Sa-a-7ah B D. m; arrive Montgomery, s.10 m: leave Montgomery. 7:45 p. m.; arrive sa ,en. nah, le@ q m.
The age-herald., 1900-10-07

To Selma. Ala, Via Southern Railway October 7.-The Southern Railway will op- crate special excursion train to Selma, Ala, and return, leaving Birmingham 7:30 a. m October ', and returning, leave Selma D. m. same date. Only S1.50 for the round trip
 For further informa ton apply to No. 201S First avenue, or telephone 617.
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SPECIAL RATES BY SOUTHERN RAILWAY

Selma and return, $1.50-The Southern Railway will operate special excursion train to Selma, Ala, and return. leaving Birmingham Sunday morning 7:30 a. m. October ', returning, leave Selma 800 D. rn October T.
 For further information call at passenger office No. 2019 First avenue.
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REDUCED RATES.

Rate of fare and one-third on certificate plan via Central of Georgia Railway to Charleston, S C., account meeting of Ma tional Association of Fire Engineers Octo- ber Q tn 12 l900
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SOLON JACOBS,
 Commercial Agent, ". D. HAMMET, Travelling Passenger Agent, 1921 First Avenue, Birmingham, Ala.
Evening star., 1900-10-02
Tuan's .sSevere Penaltx.0

The official account OF the Chinese Impe-
rial edict degrading Prince Tuan, given to
the State Department by Minister WI. IA
interesting but not entirely satisfactory. It
states that Prince Tuan 'is deprived Of
office and is handed over to the fmperfal
clan court which shall consult and decide
upon severe penalty, and his salary Is to
be stopped" Does this mean that Prince
Tuan's salary Is to be stopped after he has
suffered the severe penalty" imposed by
the court? The general international i'm
preston is that the only adequate penalty
that can be meted out to Tuan Is death
The Chinese have peculiar ways of admin
istering justice, as was suggested editorially
by The Star yesterday. Sometimes rewards
are bestowed upon the dead, whose descend
ants are supposed to be honored by the titles
conferred upon the departed. Sometimes a
fugitive offender Is punished by proxy, by
the desecration Of the graves of his pro-
genitors. Or again. the malefactor may
hire a substitute to suffer the death penalty,
while he continues in this sphere as an
active agent. So 1t may be that the Chinese
process Will be to consider Prince Tuan as
adequately punished only II the resentment
OF the throne pursues him even after his
head has been removed. corporeally as we'll
as officially. The western world will expect
that the severe penalty shall be such as
to prevent the future offensive activity of
this reactionary prince, whose powers for
mischief are as yet unmeasured.
Evening star., 1900-10-02
The Rights of the Union.
From the Allentown (Pa) Leader.

Judge Stewart Of York held a striker
named Schott in $1,000 bail to keep the
peace for one year. The striker had threat
ened one Of the employees of Kerbs. Werth-
helm & Schiller. cigar manufacturers.
Referring to the right Of strikers to pre-
vent men from going to work, Judge Stew
art said:
The moment the union crosses the line
Of persuasion 1t becomes a transgressor of
the law. Anything that looks like threats
or intimidation or irritation is going be-
yond the bounds Of order and the law. A
man has right to work at any lawful oc-
cupation without interference from any
body. The union may send pickets there
and use any reasonable argument to get
non-union men to stop their labor. But
the moment they begin the foul epithets
and menaces they are guilty Of a breach of
the peace. and when the leader Of the
gang OF pickets calls on them to lineup
against non-union men. 1t II good ground
for bringing an action for surety Of the
peace. And when cases Of that kind come
into this court they will be dealt with Sc
verely. 1 want to say further that I will
consider the calling by Schott OF any nom
union workman 'scab' as q breach of
the peace within the meaning OF the bond"
Evening star., 1900-10-02
A New Tiger Hunt.

A church crusade against Tammany-pro-
tected vice in New York u just opening,
with every indication Of protracted actiy-
ity on both sides 1t comes at an interest
ing juncture,' with election day only I'VE
weeks away. The circumstances OF the
case preclude the likelihood Of q political
significance in the agitation. although 1t Is
possible that Tammany may lose some votes
as a result Of the insolent manner in which
the machine police officers have treated
clergymen who have had occasion 10 enter
complaints. The revelations thus far made
In this connection show that New York is
just as wide OPEN as ever. The saloons
seem 10 keep open all night and on Sum
day, and with one or two notable exceptions
for which Tammany Is distinctly not ac-
countable-the dives and notorious resorts
are In full blast as braxenly az before. The
gamblers hold sway In every quarter. Pool
rooms are said to exist In almost every
block In the middle section Of the city. The
palmy days before the Lexow investigation
appear to be the rule now. The natural tn
ference is that the governing machine has
secured the same grip on the svil iustitu-
tons - thaE which was shaken Iooss h1
Evening star., 1900-10-02

St. Louis in time and actual expense Of
providing unusual transportation thought
to amount to at least quarter of million
dollars a loss Of several hundred thousand
dollars to the municipality in the mainten-
ance Of a special c0nstabulary.
This summary does not take account OF
the lives lost and the injuries received by
people during the riots. 1t does not more
than suggest the check suffered by the city
in it's Industrial progress. 1t cannot reflect
the distress of mind caused the inhabitants
when rioters possessed the streets and the
patrons of street cars were subject to In
suits and even bodily harm. But it indi-
Gates the extent Of the bill rendered against
law and order and good citizenship by the
principle for which the workers fruit
lessly fought.
In Pennsylvania the hard-coal mine oper-
ators refuse to submit to the dictation
of an outside organization headed by di-
rect representative of the soft-coal miners.
They will lay themselves open to blame.
however. il they carry their opposition to
the union so far as to refuse to allow their
men to act in concert through their local
organizations. 1t should be possible. now
that there is spirit of compromise shown
on both sides, to shade the differences and
to permit the men to speak in unison In this
manner 1t would be far better for all
sides that this bargain be struck than that
the fight for a general principle be permit
ted to grow to the extent of paralyzing one
of the greatest Of the country's industries.
repeating on a vast scale the experience OF
st. Louis.
Evening star., 1900-10-02
The Union .PrinciDle.o

Despite the offers of the coal operators to
raise the price of wages in the anthracite
region 10 per cent despite the willingness Of
many OF them to submit other differences
70 arbitration, the strike continues. with
virtually paralyzed. The reason In that the
strikers are being held out by @ strong or
ganiZation. intent upon securing a recogni-
tion of the general union, in effect IL not in
precise terms. President Mitchell of the
general union denies that this Is the pres
ent purpose, but the situation admits Of no
doubt that the influences now restraining
the men from accepting the offers of the
operators are working in the interest OF the
acknowledgment of the union by the oper-
ators. Thus the strike has resolved itself
In Its chief aspects into struggle for wha
the agitators call principle"
In this connection II is interesting to re-
member that there was a similar, though
smaller. campaign for just such a principle
In st. Louis a few months ago, when the
street railway men. without material griey-
ances went on strike to force a recognition
OF their union by the corporation The
strike Is now thing of the past, with the
following net results: Loss Of wages of all
the strikers for over two months: total loss
OF employment by q majority of them to
this time: loss to the railway company in
traf1So and property estimated by experts
~ $500 900: loss IN current trade to the
0s1Enass interests Of st. Louis beyond accu-
Fake oa1ouA<1on. but believed to aggregate
Sewers rurnnos: q loss to the citizens of
Evening star., 1900-10-02

the disclosures of that investigation. With
Richard Croker calling loudly upon the
Tammany men for funds for his campaign
1t Is easy to imagine the industry with
which the dives are protected" The
churches are now preparing to battle the
evil. They have entered upon a hard road.
They will fight q compact organization.
trained to resist inquiry and exposure. They
will secure no aid from the city officials.
The police board is Inimical to all such en-
terprises. The public conscience can do
nothing when aroused unless the machinery
OF reform Is secured by a reversal of po-
litical power in the city. 1t is doubtful
whether a legislative committee would suc-
ceed now as did the Lexow committee.
There was another such in service few
months ago, but 1t accomplished nothing.
II the churches can present a united front,
however, there Is some chance for sue
cess, il the crusaders will be ready to meet
and endure indescribable affronts. It would
be blessing to the whole country II these
sink-holes could be cleansed and the cor
rupt relationship with the municipal gov
ernment prevented. Until this is done New
York will never enjoy good government,
save such as may be occasionally brought
into brief existence by a wave Of spasmodic
public Indignation.
Evening star., 1900-10-02
A High Regard.

I suppose you love your countryr
"Of course I do" said Senator Sorghum.
considering what my country has done for
me In the way Of salaries, not to mention
perQuisites. I'd be downright ungrateful If I
didn't feel some affection for it,
In the TorchIfght Procession.
1 have marched in the professions day by
day,
l start wheneer 1 hear the music play.
have worn out honest leather
In most every kind Of weather
Just to show that would vote the proper
way.
I've journeyed mile by mile, and / was
never known to fret,
But haven't gotten anywhere worth men,
tioning as yet.
have trudged the city over in such ener-
getic style
thought at least they'd make me letter
carrier after while.
But, somehow the positions
Go to people whose conditions
Are such that they sit still and gaze with
an approving smile.
1 have travelled many thousand miles in
sunshine or the wet,
But haven't gotten anywhere worth men
tioning as yet.
Evening star., 1900-10-02
General Harrison In the Campaign

Ex-PreSident Harrison prOnOunceS Tor
Mckinley and Roosevelt, and expresses the
opinion that they will be elected by sub
stantial majority. 1t is such a deliverance
as was to be expected from such q man.
General Harrison Is q republican through
and through. Sound money and protection.
the assertion and upholding Of the national
authority, and progress along all legMimat te
lines. have always appealed to him, and
during his term as President he threw the
full force Of his strong character and the
full power Of his great Office into the scale
for those policies. The result was an ad-
ministration as clean as pin, and as help
full to the country as any in the record.
few people. however. had persuaded
themselves that General Harrison was in
different as to this years contest, and
would sulk In his tent. The fact that he
did not approve of the Porto Rican tariff
provision and was frank enough to say so
was accepted in some quarters as indicating
that he was wholly out of touch with his
party. This opinion proves to be entirely
unfounded. General Harrison. like many
other republicans, thought 1t unwise to
erect even q slight and temporary barrier
between the trade of Porto Rico and the
United States, but. like the wisest Of those
men also. he would not permit one error
committed by his party to turn him against
the party in other matters of SO much
greater concern. with regard to which he
still remained in hearty sympathy with 1T.
And so he Is for the republican ticket, and
will probably speak for 1t.
The announcement is important in two
ways 1t brings into the field one Of the
most forcible speakers In the country, and
1t brings up afresh, with q wealth OF sug-
gestion and instruction. the memory OF one
of the greatest mistakes ever made by
American voters at the polls The defeat
Of General Harrison for second term as
President was not only an appalling calam-
ity to the country. but something mat to-
day appears as inexplicable. Many men
indeed tax their faculties in vain to solve
the riddle The country was most prosper
Ous. The occupant of the White House
enjoyed the respect of all the people He
had shown himself to be worthy OF his
place and strong man in 1t. Why make
change? Why interrupt an excellent or
der of things and retire to private life so
capable public servant?
But the change was made: and four years
OF turmoil and Distress ending in the dis
ruption of one OF the great parties, and that
revolutionary and wild-eyed Illumination at
Chicago in 1896. resulted. Would not a
change at this time usher In as bitter a
period for the people2 One bitterer even
than that. in all probability.
Evening star., 1900-10-02
The Union yeterans' Union.

No other city in the United States is quite
so appropriate as a meeting place for an
organization Of veterans of the civil war as
washington Here are centered all the
symbols Of the government which was pre-
served by that struggle Here are located
many monuments of the strife, memorials
OF the men who led the hosts of the Union
Within easy reach are some Of the most
historic battIefields of the four years cam
paign. Therefore, the Union Veterans
Union, now in session here finds itself in
an environment which will surely tend to
enhance the value of its meeting and revive
the spirit of patriotism which originally
sent its members into the ranks Washing
tons welcome TO such bodies is always
nearly and sincere. Today the formal cere-
monies OF the reception brought forth a
speech by Commissioner Macfarland which
ihust De recognized as the voice of the COM
munlty Such clear-spoken words of re-
assurance and praise cannot be otherwise
than satisfying TO the veterans of the six
Ties MI Macfarland today scored heavily
against the bogie of imperialism by sug-
gesting the absurdity of supposing, even
Tor political purposes, that a President who
Is himself q veteran of the grand army
that saved the republic would constitute
himself an emperor in name or Ia fact nv
the usurpation of a fragment of the power
"hich vests forever in the people and in
them alone. The occasion for this forcible
suggestion was happy one and the mem
pers OF the union must carry with them
from Washington. when their session has
ended, strengthened sense of the fidelity
10 the nation which their own organization
the capltal city and the federal administra-
tioh display toward the fundamental princi-
pies Of the government
Evening star., 1900-10-02

David B. Hill is expressing himself with
some pathos concerning the island DWELL
ers in the far Pacific. The Inhabitants OF
Manhattan Island also have Mr.. HilPs
sympathies when Richard Croker Is men
toned.
Evening star., 1900-10-02

Ex-senator Quay Is making speeches for
Mckinley and Roosevelt, and says he il
not eager for a return to congressional life.
This unselfishness will be a revelation to
Mr. Ouay's critics