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The age-herald., 1900-03-20
BLoEMT0NTnIN AND wINBURG

From the Chiago Times-Herald.
 Here are some facts about Bloemfontein, late capital of the Orange Free State: Distance from Pretoria..... .... ..260 miles Distance from Kimberley. =. .. 90 miles Distance from Ladysmith..... .... .220 miles Distance from Malfeking.... ......215 miles
 Character of The country west of Bloem- ontein-level plain.
 BloemfonteiRs principal defense is an antiquated fort on a ridge cost of the town.
 Defenses on the west-trenches recently constructed by the Boers
 Principal building is the state capitol which has imposing tower.
 Population in time of peace, 1000.
 Winburg the new capital of the Orange Free State, to which the Boers have re- treated from Bloemfontein, is almost in the center of that republic. It lies sixty miles to the north and east of Bloemfon- tein. and is chiefly distinguished for being the birthplace of President Steyn. When Lord Roberts determined to mass his forces in the west and march northward to the relief of Kimberley and Ms,feking With Johannesburg and Pretoria as his principal objectives it Was stated that the Orange Free State Boers at once removed the seat of their government to WinIburg me latter town iS some miles farther from Kimberley and the border than is Bloemfontein and is only about 19O miles from the Boer's main army in northern Natal. in addition to these advantages 1t mas the further desideratum of being in the middle of a hil1y country. which makes it more difficult of approach from any side
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

lot of few young ladies. She was the eld- est daughter of ex-Secretary of the Navy. Herbert, and as the head of her fathers house in Washington while he was d mem ber of the cabinet and also a member of the house of representatives had to learn and practice an exaeting social routine. That she intended to work seriously at literature Miss SeaweIl says there can be no doubt. She had youth, beauty. posi- ton highly gratifying to her pride, and perhaps thought there was time enough for work. Besides this book she left fragments of another. How earnest woman Miss HeEbert was may be inferred from entry in a diary which she kept. When her father was appointed secretary of the navy in MT. Cleveland's cabinet and she was elevated to a conspicuous social position she wrote: "I knelt down and prayed that his success would not bring me the hardness of heart and selffshness that I had seen it bring to so many of the wives and daughters of sue cessful men in Washington" In Septem- ber 1S97 Miss Herbert was thrown from her horse and received injuries which caused her death in the following December.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
TIE oHlY ualLy NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
curfew on Race Lines.

[ Port Tampa City has adopted Curfew law that recognizes the color line After no o'clock p. m.- all male negroes must be at home and in bed, or at least out of the streets, unless they can show pass from Mayor Dempsey If they are not the pat tero1e will gather them In. The pass of the mayor corresponds to the pass of the mas ter in the old days, but it is rarely used. The object of the law is not race oppres- sion, but 1t was designed in order to put an end to the offenses and crimes that dark ness promotes and renders feasible. As all good negroes and all negroes who have might employment can readily procure passes from the mayor, no real oppression exists; but as a matter of fact, few passes are needed.
 Thus far the ordinance has given satis- faction in Port Tampa City. Fewer arrests are made; fewer offenses are committed ut is conceded that the law is desirable. Its constitutionalty has not, however, been tested The more outspoken and aggres- sive negroes are bitterly opposed to the new ordinance, and soon or late a case will be carried into the courts for the purpose of testing its constitutionality. The ne- groes claim it is an abridgement of their rights on account of race and color, if not on account of the previous condition of servitude San Francisco has an ordinance that applies to the Chinese alone, and this has withstood all attacks, but the fifteenth amendment is more closely construed when the African race is involved. The Port Tampa law may be swamped on constftu tional grounds, but otherwise it is consid- cred feasible and helpful
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
Armor Plate in the House.

The Carnegie-Bethlehem combine is not satisfied with the decision of the naval af- fairs committee, fixing the price of armor plate at $545 a ton, thus swelling the profits of the combine to still higher figures. The combine is not satisfied with the proposi- ton to buy at $5i5 ton armor for the bat tleships Maine, Ohio and Missouri This is known emergency armor." The com bine insists that $545 a ton shall be offered for all armor in ships authorized by past congresses or to be authorized by the pres ent congress. While both houses and the executive are republican the combine pro- poses to secure all it's demands.
 The entire subject will doubtless be car ried into the house, for the action of the naval affairs committee will not be unani- mous, and even if it were consideration of the subject by the house would not be pre- cluded. When the mater comes up in the house the bill that MT. Prick filed should be read. If the republicans think the prof Its of the Pfttsburg branch of the com Dine should be carried beyond $40,0OO 900 year, they will vote. To a wayfarng man it would seem that s4o,000,Oo0 ought to suffice, and that the government should not swell it by paying an exorbitant price for armor plate The truth Is, a great rich government should not longer be at the mercy of combine, and it would not sub init to its demands for one moment if 1t were not a Pennsylvania matter behind which stand a swarm of influential ma chine republicans. Mir Hanna's campaign list is the secret of the combines grip upon the government in this matter of armor plate.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
ANNIE LAURIE
m the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 A cable dispatch from the Trbunes Lon don correspondent brings the news of the death of Lady John Scott Spottiswoode, whose name is so intimately connected with the favorite lyric, Annie Laurie" The dispatch, however, slightly errs in leaving the impression that Lady Scott wrote both the words and music of the song. The music unquestionably is hers, but the words are a modernization of an old song with the same title, written originally about the close of the seventeenth century by William Douglas of Fingland, Scotland, who was killed in battle in Flanders. Tradition re- lates that he died with a lock of hair in his hand, murmuring the name of the object of his fervent devotion, who shortly after, alas, married another and "lived happily ever afterwards" One Findlater, also, in the eighteenth century, wrote a version of the ballad, but Lady Scott's is the one now generally accepted.
 The heroine of the pretty ballad was real flesh and blood. Annie Laurie was of the four daughters of Sir Robert Laurie, first Baronet of Maxwelton /and married Sir Alexander Ferguson in 1709. Her eldest son was the hero of Burns song, "The Whistle" and the author of the ballad was also the hero of another "Willie has a 
 1t is just as well that Annie was never mar ried to him.
 A citation of the first stanzas of the two ballads will show the difference of treat ment. The original is as follows: Marvellous banks are bonnie, They're a clad owre wi dew,
 Where I an Annie Laurie Made up the bargain true. Made up the bargain true,
 Which ne'er forget shall be, An for bonnie Annie Laurie I'd lay me down an dee.
 Lady Scott's version is as follows!
 Marvellous braes are bonnie
 Where early fas the dew,
 And it's there that Annie Laurie
 Gave me her promise true.
 Gave me her promise true,
 Which ne'er forgot will be;
 And for bonnie Annie Laurie
 I'd lay me down and dee.
 But, after all, 1t is Lady Scott's version which, set to her touchingly sweet and sim- pie melody, has won its way to the popular heart and become one of the most favorita of modern lyrics. Both in the Indian wars and in the trenches at Sebastopol the British soldiers sang 1t as they thought ot the Annie Lauries at home. 'TIach heart repeats a different name, but all sing Annie Laurie.'" It was no slight achi eVemeof 'n life to have given the world song el has brought and will continue to bring nap piness to thousands
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
The ground hog won out.
PRIVATE LIFE OF WASHINGTON

From the Baltimore Sun.
 '"The First American; His Homes and His Households" By Leila Herbert. liar per & Bros, New York. Cushing & Co.
 Here Is a book which so competent a judge as Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, declares to be worthy of "a permanent place in the Washington literature" It is not a history of Washington as states man or soldier, but of Washington as the man, in his private and domestic life. It is a mass of personal details skilfully treated and wrought into charming story.
 Miss Herbert was % years old when she wrote the book. From her eighteenth year, so Miss Molly Elliott Seawell states in a preface. she had borne upon her shoulders labors and responsibilities that fali to the
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
V No More Prizes

Washington, March 19.-The commission CT of internal revenue has notified all col lectors of internal revenue that the provis- ions of section 10 of the tariff act prohib- iting the placing of any article other than the manufacturers labels and wrappers in packages of smoking tobacco, fine cut chewing and cigarettes must be strictly complied with, and that all tobacco of these classes containing these prohibited articles would be seized where the stamps were cancelled on or after April 20 next. This order is an extension of the time of seizure from April 1 to April 20.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
GEN. JOE WHEELER

Washington Correspondence of the Chicago
 Tribune.
 After all the resignation of General Joe Wheeler may not be accepted by the presi- dent, as he is being prevailed upon by mem bers of the administration not to Insist upon its acceptance. General Wheeler may be placed upon the retired list of the reg ular army, as it is the intention of the pres ident to ask congress for special legislation giving him authority to retire General Wheeler. General Fitzhugh Lee and Gen eral Wilson with the rank of brigadier- general. This will be done, it is said, as a reward for the excellent services of these three officers, and in General Wheelers s case because of the friendship existing be- tween the president and the gallant little warrior.
 General Wheeler is now uncertain as to what course he will pursue in regard to presenting himself at the bar of the house and asking to be sworn in. Yesterday, and in fact a number of times since leaving Manila, General Wheeler said he had re- signed because there was no further use for his services in the army, and he would return here and take his seat in congress. It is believed the offer held out to General Wheeler has had the effect of making him change his mind and he would be per fectly willing to go upon the retired list of the army if congress will grant the nec- essary authority. It Is quite certain no ob- jection would be made to administering the oath to General Wheeler as a member of the house, but it is not certain that the democrats would not ask for an investiga- ton to determine the right of General Wheeler to his seat
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
Another Trek Possible.

The acceptance by the Free staters of British occupation and rule rather goes to show that the Boers will not trek again. Of the three states-the Transvaal, the Orange Free State and Cape Colony-the Free State alone contains a majority of persons of Dutch descent. A majority of the Transvaal consists of outlanders and so it is in Cape celonX, Apparently a con- siderable proportion of the Free Staters are accepting the situation as Lord Roberts has created it for them This is probably an indication of what will occur to some ex- tent in the Transvaal after Lord Roberts has occupied Pretoria.
 But so stubborn and determined are some probable Some will stay beyond question in the state in which they were born, while others will follow restless leaders into the wilderness of Portuguese or German East for the Germans themselves are not hasten ing to German East Africa. There is in Portuguese East Africa high table lands that are not unlike the lands of the Trans vaal and a trek to them of some propor- tions is highly probable. It would be in accordance with Boer history throughout. If such a movement should take place, 1t would place a population near the Lake Nyassa section of the Cape and Cairo rail- road, thus promoting its building and profitable operation. It would help to open up Central Africa. There are great possi- bilities in the Boer, even if he must accept defeat and annexation in the Transvaal.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
Not Entitled to Back Pay

Washington, March 19.-Chief Justice Fuller of the United States supreme court today handed down an opinion in the claim of Commander John w. Quickenbush, of the United States navy, to recover pay for services from 1883 to 1897. The case involves complicated story of efforts at dismissal and at reinstatement to rank in the navy. The court held that Quickenbush was not entitled to back pay and the United States could not recover money paid him. Quick enbush was succeeded as commander in 1874 by admiral Schley.
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accompanied by his private secretary, Por- ter Mckay.
 Hon. Dan Collier of Tuscaloosa was in town yesterday on his way from Jasper to Fayette. Colonel Golfers legal business claims all his time nowadays.
 At P o'clock last night there was bril- liant display of lightning in the north There is an old southern superstition that lightning in the north lbetokens dry weather" It would be a blessing If the saying prove true in this instance. Morris.
 Editor F. F. Conway of the bright Hunts vile Daily Republican is at the Florence.
 L. P. DeGroot of Portland Me. is in Birmingham.
 Amongst the visiting railroad officials in town are Superintendent J. H. Sullivan of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birming ham railroad and Messrs. c. s. Hayden and M. L.. Connolly of the Southern rail- way of Selma. Messrsf Hayden and Con- nelly are accompanied by Mesdames Hay den and Connolly.
 c. E. Wilson of Russellville, one of -Franklins best citizens, is in Birmlng- ham.
 Frank P. Goebel of St. Louis is in the city
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
ECHOES FROM
 THE MEGAPHONE

From the Clogtown Megaphone.
 The Megaphone man has been so busy hauling fertilizer for his garden for the past two weeks that it has been impossible to give the paper any attention. Our readers will not blame us, however since we are more dependent upon our garden for support than we are upon the re- celpts from the Megaphone. Our children seem to thrive better on vegetables than they do on the promises of our sub scribers.
 We have had a good deal of weather in these diggings since our last issue. Part of the time we were confined to our room because our garments permitted too much wind to sough around the corners of our anatomy. Then 1t became so warm that we thought 1t would be all right to ven ture out on the streets, and the mayor had us arrested for appearing on the streets dressed as we were, and had it not been for the kindness of a friend whom We owe, and Who was anxious that we go to work, in loaning us suit, there is telling what we would have done.
 A large number of our subscribers are ding -donging after us to take stand in the political contest. We have not got single political bug about us that we are aware of. Our columns are ready to sup port the first man who comes in and offers Us the biggest amount of the root of evil" That will determine our status quicker than any other proceeding and we are now anxiously waiting for the can didates to begin to rush in to us with open and full purses so that we can take some kind of political position and satisfy our readers We must have something to back up our stand"
 Clogtown will soon have a brass band The board of aldermen have already granted a license to the participants to dis turb the peace of the village all they de- sire while practicing. A large number of the oldest residents are moving out of town The whole population is aroused and the state militia has been asked to come here and suppress the attempt to create the band. We hope to announce peace within the next two weeks.
 
 Miss Katherine Phillips has been en- gagged to conduct the society column of the Megaphone. This is in response to a 'c,amor from our readers that we maintain such a department, and We think we have a lulu" in Miss Katherine, as we have seen her at gatherings of swelldom talk ing all the afternoon without saying anything. She seems to be @ born social leader The editor has ordered a dress suit from the leading tailor of New York and will hereafter take a social position himself. This suit alone cost us %.4S and We must request that our read CTS pay up as promptly as possible and We also trust to have the liberal patron- age of the town result of the social department which we have inaugurated in the Megaphone. This is a great expense to the paper, as we have contracted to pay Miss Phillips 'the fabulous salary of s per month. J. E. C.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

This operates to make the system very safe. Failures do occur among national banks, but as @ whole the system has un- doubted merits. But whether we like Ut or not 1t has come to stay. and it should be worked in Alabama up to its full capacity of circulation and usefulness.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
;ENATOK MORGAN,S REELECTION

From the Boston Journal.
 Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is having hard fight for reelection. This seems very strange to the rest of the country, for Mr. Morgan is reckoned by the nation at large as the broadest and ablest man on the democratic side of his house of congress. He is intensely patriotic, and while a thor oughly loyal democrat, he knows how to put country above party where great, vital national politics are concerned.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
RESTRICTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The women that wear the big, loose box coats probably haven't got any shape to their backs, anyway.
 If you look at the unsuccessful mans shoes you will generally find that he hasn't bothered to black his heels.
 A man with no love affair is as uninter- esting to the women as magazine with no corset advertisements is to the men.
 About four women, when their husbands come home at night, meet them with kiss for every one that does 1t with a hot din- ner.
 When a man stares admiringly at girl in a crowd, if he is good-looking she is so tickled that she has hard work to look in dignant
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
American Locomotives in Bavaria

Berlin, March 19.-The verdict of the Prussian minister of railroads upon the American locomotives that were tried In Bavaria is that notwithstanding their faultless construction they cost considera- bly, less than locomotives of a similar style of Prussian make"
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
ONE OF sHELDoN,s RULES

From a Topeka D1spatCh.
 A curious rule which Editor Sheldon has made is that all copy, typewriter or hand written, shall be prepared with the lines close together, in order that he may read two lines at a time He declares that he always reads a book or newspaper in this way, and has done so since childhood
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
LORD KITCHENER,s LATEST
From Mainly About People.

From Mainly About People.
 The following perfectly true story writes a well-informed correspondent, has just reached home by the last Cape mail: Lord Kitchener was lunching with a prominent civilian at Cape Town. His host inquired Well, Lord Kitchener, how do you pro- pose to reorganize the transport?" "Reor- ganize 1t? l shall organize it!" was the startling reply, given with Kitchener's pe- culiarly sardonic smile
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
THEY MAY SAVE HIM

From the Indianapolis Journal.
 If all those in the senate who call them- selves democrats vote against un- seating Senator Clark of Montana, it can not be done, since two-thirds vote is re- quired, and the democrats themselves are considerably more than a third of the senate
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

Our own Web Davis is on the bounding ocean loaded of course with a mission. All who go to Pretoria accumulate a mission and a request for mediation. Web is, how ever, a little out of date.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

Mrs Emmons Blaine is applying the eight-hour rule to her domestic servants. This throws the entertainment of kitchen guests on one shift.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
OFT OF TT

From the Chicago Times-Herald
 Aguinaldo will not be able to vun any body's paper for week at this time He is too busy running himself
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

The esteemed Albany Argus is hereafter to be edited as David B. Hill would edit 1t. The people of Albany have ransacked the grave even if they have left the cradle alone.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

The parson-editor succeeded in making a newspaper that was not newspaper. This was, however, not an uncommon feat. All states have 'em.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

France can be trusted not to smash Eng gland until her exposition has run it's course, when England will be ready to do a little smashing herself
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

The empress dowager of China is standing dete7minedly in the open door, It may be ungallant to say so, but the old lady will have to be moved
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

The Standard Oil, as well as Carnegie, is trying to bring the blessings of poverty to the many. Its recent dividend was $2O,- 600 OOO.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

Dr. Leyds and Montagu White are the greatest campaigners of the period. What one cannot predict the other can
The age-herald., 1900-03-20
A DAILY THOUGHT
Josh Billings.

Josh Billings. It is dreadful easy to be a phool-a man kan be one and not know it.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

Republican statesmen are between two fires in their effort to maintain the tariff made trusts and do justice to Porto Rico.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

Topeka breathes easier, now that the cross between a tract and newspaper is ended. It was a nondescript of the first water.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

Lord Salisbury stepped on Senator Billy lMason's toes when he so curtly declined peace intermeddling.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

Alas, it is too true-the parson-editor is to take to the lecture platform. Woe is us. Woe of the biggest size, too.
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but his trouble consists in inducing others to do likewise.
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the Albany Argus. He is about to mount the tripod.
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Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett marries with as much facility as an up-todate actress.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

Either ammunition Is low in Kentucky, or else the saloons have been closed.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

The late E. J. Phelps was a cor2oration lawyer who did not die disgraced.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

Aguinaldo's case Is fully made out by the republicans in the Porto Rico business.
The age-herald., 1900-03-20

MT. Prick considers Mr. Carnegie lone of these literary fellows
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Candidates for the Hall of Fame should study history
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The Boers are hunting for their last ditch near Pretoria.