The age-herald., 1900-06-24

In that long gone age when the temporal power of old Rome ruled the world, and when the proudest temple of the Romans was that which was dedicated to Janus, it was the custom of the proud to proudly boast of the virtue of their women. In this day the virtue of our women is too precious and is held too sacred for boast or discussion, and even reference to it is made with uncovered heads, as become honorable men! And of him who trif1es with it the supreme penalty may be ex- acted. Virtue of our women is the price, less heritage of our race. and we worship it as of God. And there are other quali- ties, less in degree, the individual posses sion of which men may not personally boast such as honesty, truthfulness, char ity patriotism, courage and devotion to duty. Trust no man who proclaims in the highway and the market-place that he is honest Beware of him who boasts of duty done! Put no faith in him who sings or shouts or mumbles of his own truth, charity or bravery! He is most likely traitor ct heart who breaches his own patriotism! The most graceless thief who ever went scourged to his dungeon declar- ed himself to be honest: the most arrant knave who ever fled from the field swore himself to be brave; the most rascally rogue who ever occupied a place of trust prated of his devotion to duty. There is something wrong of every man who per
 
 ample of private or public virtues. The self-righteous thieves who stood in the way of the Prince of Peace thanked God in loud voices that they were not as other men were! Pecksniff named his daughters for two of the cardinal graces and hoped the names were not unholy. It is well to remember all these everyday facts of everyday life now when self-righteous- ness yaunts itself, when power and pelf are for the pilferer, when rascals robed ;u piety rob the widow and the orphan, and cheat the laborer of his hire,
 To the mock-monks of mendacity there may be little light of promise; but for them hope shines dimly, since they are given over to inherent depravity The heart of the Man of Sorrows bled that erring hu- manity might be brought to righteous ways, and even to the thief who was dying there was promise of paradise Pharisaical men are menace to all virtue; but for even them there is light still holding out to burn. Neither do I condemn thee" is the blessedest benediction ever yet uttered upon the earth. "Go thy way and sin no more" is admonition of the Most High They bore unto Him u woman taken in sin '.--- ?. .- = - - !. = .- - city, which is said to have a purer water supply than any other town south. In MT. McKee's office is bottle of that water, which was placed there more than two of sediment or impurity observable. MT Mckee was many years ago one of the own CTS of the Selma Times, when it was easily the best Alabama newspaper He is a man of great energy and enterprise, and is an able and polished writer
 Colonel Jackson, the busy superintendent of county roads, says that the rainfall which began at o'clock yesterday morn- and it did much damage to public high ways The incessant rain in the mineral region and the Black Belt is almost disas- trous. MT. Smith, who is experimenting improvements at Woodward furnaces, says the rain has seriously interfered with his work as it has with all building in the city and district Vegetable gardens axe