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The age-herald., 1900-06-02
WHY NEW YORK MEN MARRY

From the New York World.
 Two young men were captured the other evening by the wisdom and eloquence of two young women who are sisters. The young men were said to be conscientious bachelors, devoted to their solitary pro- fession and insisting on the motto, "No partners for us" But they listened to two sisters arguing before debating so- ciety the negative side of the question, "Is marriage a failure?" They heard these maidens philosophize on mysteries hidden from them, portraying perhaps the homely virtues of good wives. They threw bachelorhood to the winds and espoused matrimony.
 This is the kind of thing that is con stantly happening in New York Is Bos- ton listening? Here men and women are governed by reason and touched and moved by eloquence. Here young men are not to be entrapped by millions or by mere beauty, but by learning, wit and wisdom. II may safely be set down to the credit of the metropolis that no other city has a record like this. In no other known city in the world" as the snowman says, do young women consistently convert bach elors by displaying before them their skill in intellectual encounters.
 The only point of the tale open to doubt is the assertion that bachelorhood can be conscientious.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
AGAINST EXPRESS COMPANY
Georgia Railroad Commissions Revenue
 Stamp Ruling Holds Good

Atlanta Ga, June 1.-The circuit court of appeals at New Orleans today decided the case of the Southern Express company vs. the railroad commission of Georgia in the matter of war tax express receipts in Georgia. The Southern Express company applied two years ago in the federal>eourt of the Southern district of Georgia for an injunction preventing the railroad commits sion of Georgia from enforcing it's order compelling the express company to affix the stamp on its receipts. This injunction was granted by Judge Emory Speer. To- days decision by the circuit court of ap- peals reverses the federal court and sus- tains the power of the Georgia railroad commission to limit rates in intra-state business and it's ruling in the matter of the revenue stamp holds good.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
POLITICAL GOSSIP FROM
 NATIONAL CAPITAL

Washington, June 1-lspecial) )--senator Hanna denies the story sent broadcast re- gently that he will retire from the chair manship of the republican national con- mittee. He simply says that the question of the national chairmanship has not been decided yet As matter of fact the Ohio senator would be glad to be rid of the re. sponsibility His health is not good, and he has important business demanding his attention this summer. But whether he be chosen national chairman again or not he will necessarily take an important part in the campaign.
 The decision of the republican congress- ional committee to make Chicago its head quarters for the campaign this year natur- ally created the impression that as the bat tlefield will be in the centralwest and west, the democrats would also go to Chicago. Representative Richardson of Tennessee, the chairman of the democratic congress- ional committee, states that the commit tee will have its headquarters in Washing ton. Perhaps a sub-headquarters may be located at Chicago, but that is matter for future determination.
 While nothing can be known as to the in- tentons of the democratic national com mittee regarding headquarters until after the Kansas City convention, the fact re- mains that there is a decided sentiment in favor of establishing them in Washington, a city that for many reasons offers especial advantages for such political work. 5lstI ElK ltIkiH
 Considerable indignation was aroused among the old soldiers because the repub- lican house insisted in holding a session on Declaration Day. This feeling cropped out noticeably early in the session. It pre- vented the consideration of the trust bill and an early adjournment The effort was made to break the force of the objections to sitting on Decoration Day by consider ing pension bills, but not very effectively.
 One old soldier, who is really most pro- nounced republican, speaks very bitterly about the folly of the house leaders, in holding the house in session on May S0 He says: "They are utterly stupid. I'd be glad if it hurt them in the campaign. 1 remember one president who went fishing on Decorat ton Day and I have always felt that that action contributed largely to his
 
 defeat when he ran again." Reference was made to MT. Cleveland and his defeat in 1SSS
 Republican leaders in the house are calcu- lating upon the possibilities of their losing the house this autumn. They are apprecia- tive of the dangers and propose to make an energetic campaign to overcome what they called apathy, but what is really consider able dissatisfaction in the party because of the Porto Rico legislation and the Cuban scandal Naturally they will not admit any anxiety but some of them would pre- fer to lose the presidency than the house. As a matter of fact if the republicans lose one and not the other, they will lose the house, because it is easier to defeat enough republicans to give the democrats a majority than it is to defeat president ial candidate whose party has been in the majority.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
PAID SesO,ooo FOR TWO wARDROBEs

From the New York Journal.
 Paris-All Paris is talking about the latest extravaganza of the Countess Boni de Castellane, who was Miss Anna Gould of New York, for she has just paid 1,40O,- GOO francs (S2SO,00O for pair of wardrobes for her bedroom in the Castellane palace in the Bois de Boulogne.-
 For cupboard to hang clothes in $780,, 900 seems a large price, but these ward robes are not of the Grand Rapids, Mich, variety. They are declared by M. Arnoux, the famous expert, to be worth the money.
 They were made by Charles Cressant, cabinet maker of the regency during the boyhood of Louis XIV. They were made for the youthful king by order of the regent
 Cabinet making and brass work cannot well go beyond this creatlon," says M. Ar noux. "The decorations in brass, which almost cover the tortoise shell veneer of the woodwork, are the most marvellous in existence. There are Cupids, garlands flowers and nude figures of many kinds wrought in the highest designs of the ex- Quisite art of the period.
 ''The making of brass decorative work like this is a lost art Modern efforts to reproduce it have been in vain.
 '"The vardrobes are truly regal in sze in fact. they are the largest known even to k.ngs.'
 These marvellous wardrobes came from the Talieyrand collection, and were bought privately by the Castellanes They are now on show in the Petit Palais Ges Beaux Arts. where ilisv will remain until the ex- hibition enGs, when they will be taken to the Castellane palace in the Bois de Boulosne.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

Dallas, the only Alabamian ever elected to the vice-presidency of the United States. Mrs. Lathrop was Miss Annie King of Dal- las, descendant of the vice-president. Mr King was one of the first two sena- tors for Alabama; he having been elected in 1919, when the state was admitted to the Union. He was a senator until 1S44, when he was elected vice-president. His col league elected at the same time as himself was John Williams Walker of Madison, who served until 1892
 The funeral of Gordon King Lathrop will take place at Riverside this morning.
 
 Look! there is the head that is on the silver dollar" called a man somewhat ex- citedly at Twentieth street and Second avenue yesterday afternoon. He drew at tention to a superbly handsome woman, who was apparently waiting for a car, and as he did so he held out a silver dol lar.
 ''Lookn' he said. "It is she-it is she!'
 The man was not wrong. The woman was a perfect type of the goddess head on the coin. The fact was startlingly evil dent
 ''Who is she?" was asked of the man with the dollar.
 'I don't know" he answered. ''Ths is the second time I have seen her at this corner. That is all I am able to tell you. Perhaps I'll never be able to tell you more, but as long as I've got a silver dollar I'll have her picture. I'd swear that the die of the goddess head was modelled from her There can be TO mistake. Isn't she superb? isn't she regal?"
 As he asked the question, the goddess of the dollar boarded a Twentieth street trolley car and was seen no more, Who is she? Is she really the model for the goddess head?
 Foster Stockton of the Anniston Star, one of the brightest and best afternoon papers in the state, was in Birmingham yesterday. William A. Davis of Anniston was also in town.
 George M. Morrow Jr., son of former Sheriff George M Morrow, has returned home from Ashville, N. C., where he re- gently completed his studies at a noted school winning first honors in his class. Next autumn he will enter Princeton for the purpose of taking the full four years university course, after which, as 1t is contemplated, he will study medicine.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
ChIli Congress Opened

Santiago de Chili, June 1.-The president opened congress today. In his address he said Chili was at peace with all the world and expressed the hope of an early set clement of the questions pending between Peru and Bolivia.
 The president announced a budget sur- plus of $16,OO0,00O, and said the financial condition was fiourishing and that new railroads and public works were being pushed. >
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
GODS MESSAGE TO MEN

By Ralph Waldo Emerson. God said: I am tired of kings;
 I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings
 The outrage of the poor. Think ye I have made this ball
 A field of havoc and of war. Where tyrants great and tyrants small Might harry the weak and poor? My angel-his name is Freedom Choose him to be your king. He shall cut pathways east and west And fend you with his wing. I will never have @ noble;
 No lineage counted great, Fishers and choppers and ploughmen
 Shall constitute state. And ye shall succor man.
 Iris nobleness to serve: Help them who cannot help again;
 Beware from right to swerye.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS

From the Kansas City Star.
 The adverse report by the senate com- mttee on privileges and elections upon the house joint resolution providing for the election of United States senators by popu- lar vote was not wholly unexpected. It is because the senate has come to be ir- responsive to public opinion that it is pro- posed to change the method of electing the members of that body, and this indif- ference to the will of the people has been manifested in the vote of the senate com mittee on the house resolution.
 It is not at all certain that the senate can hold out against the country on this ques-
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
JEFF HARRISON
Will Soon be Released from Prison
 Life Sentence Commuted

Washington, June 1.-(Special. .)-The pres ident today commuted to ten years the life sentence of Jefferson Harrison for robbing a mail car in 1892 and threaten ing to kill the mail clerk. In view of the fact that there was no actual violence to the clerk, the attorney general recom- mended communication because he thought a life sentence was excessive. Allowances for good conduct will soon release liar rison.
 Postoffices have been established at Bell wood, Geneva county, and Estille, Coosa county. A. II.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
kEFLECTIoNs OT A BACHELoR

From the New York Press.
 When a man says he can never be happy without a woman, it is a sign that he never tries
 A womans greatest horror Is to be found dead in some strange place with her old petticoat on.
 When a man first kisses a widow he never enjoys it much, because he always feel sort of apologetic. 4 A cucumber man will marry an ice cream woman and then expect to get along with her like a prayer-meeting.
 A man describes a woman by her face and a man by his clothes; a woman de- scribes man by his face and a woman by her colthes
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
STAFFORD KNOWN HERE
Bicycle Rider Killed at Waltham Rode
 in Birmingham

Corinth, Miss. June .-tspeciaLt-Wsu- jam Stafford, who was killed at Waltham, Mass, Wednesday in a motor cycle race, was on the Pickens team which rode in Birmingham last October. He was engin- eer on the Eaton-Stafford team, which rode the fastest mile. Stafford was considered the best motor cycle engineer in the bus- ness, and was a crack pace follower. Miles, who was killed, was well known eastern amateur last season. This is the first mo- tor cycle accident that has proved fatal,
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
JOHN A. BOYD
Will Probably be Successor to Col. o.
 F. Atmore

Louisville, June 1.-The Times says to- day that John A. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville at Louisville, is the probable successor of the late Colonel c. F. At more, as general passenger agent. Next to Mr. Boyd, John Kilkenny, now district passenger agent at New Orleans, is near est the position. The Appointment is ex- pected in a few days.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
NoIsE-PRoOF HOUSE IN CHICAGO

A NOISE-PROOF HOUSE IN CHICAGO Chicago Dispatch to the New York World.
 A noise-proof house has been provided by Dr. Samuel J. Jones as a protection to himself and his family against street dins.
 The house is pointed to by the anti-noise agitators as a possible solace to persons suffering from midnight cat cries, dog barks and railroad whistle screenings, and daybreak growing of roosters, banging of delivery wagons and rattling of coal shovellers.
 The plan is the filling of all cracks and apertures in the house which might ad- init sound with a material so constructed as to afford access to air while shutting out noise. The material which Dr. Jones says discrimnates between noise and air is in the form of strips of rubber, per forated with zigzag holes.
 Through this the air is admitted, while the noise is softened or completely deaden- ed, the sound waves dying out in repeated reflections in the crooked passages. These strips of rubber Dr. Jones has placed over all cracks around the doors and windows of his house, and two months experience with the plan has convinced him, he says, of it's practicabilty.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
Explosion on steamship

Key West, Fla, June 1.-As the steam- ship Boliva was preparing to sail from this port an explosion occurred in the boil CT room, that almost lifted the vessel out of the water. Chief Engineer John Thomp- son, Pablo Feal, a fireman, and a boy named Willie Hancock were horribly scalded and died shortly afterward.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
ADDRESSES ON WEBSTER DAVIS MAIL

From the Cleveland Press.
 It certainly does look suspicious, the way Webster Davis mail. which comes to him from abroad is addressed. Some of his letters are addressed to Hon. Webster Davis, secretary of state, Washington" others to 'Hon. Webster Davis, secretary of the interior" etc, but a great many reach him which are addressed simply to Hon. Webster Davis, white house, United States of America'
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
New York Acts on tuesday.

On Tuesday next the democrats of New city, at the headquarters of Tammany Hall. It is now known that fully two-thirds of the up-country delegates have been in- structed to vote for the renomination of William J. Bryan. They will vote for in- structions to the delegates selected by the convention. It is further known that the 105 delegates of Manhattan will vote like wise, and now it is stated that the dele- gates from Brooklyn, about seventy in number, will vote with Tammany Hall and a majority of the rural delegates.
 The convention will practically be an unit and Bryan resolutions will be put through with scarcely a shade of opDosi- tion. Opposition is melting away. Ex- Senator Hill is still striving to secure an uninstructed delegation, not that he ex- Bryan, but he hopes through an uninstruct- ed and suspended delegation to modify the platform to suit his own notions. The scheme is too foxy to succeed in a spon- taneous convention, as that at Kansas City will be- New York will assuredly send an instructed delegation, and when she does that on Tuesday next all opposition to MT. Bryan's renomination will speedily dsap- pear. Even Anniston will bow to the in- avitahla
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

1t in British provinces, but it is none the less the rule of political action The brave Boers can win peace and prosperity for themselves by individually accepting the results of the war. Their leaders should born in all probability to act as other men would act in their shoes.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
Tell the truth today to the census-taker.
ANOTHER LIE NAILED

From the Minneapolis Journal.
 The claim that Mark Hanna caused the eclipse of the sun is classed by MT. Hanna as a campaign lie.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

tion. Under a government where the peo- pie are supreme it is not impossible to even overturn precedents which have been crys- talized by time. The argument that the framers of the constitution desired to pre- serve the entity of the states in providing for the choice of United States senators by the legislatures Is weakened by the fact that conditions in this country have changed radically since the formation of the gov- ernment. This change also involves a la mentable deterioration in the personnel of the senate itself, due largely to the venal influences brought to bear on the state leg islatures.
 The senate, which was once regarded as the safeguard of the law-making power in the nation, is now greatly inferior to the house, which has been preserved against similar degeneracy through it's direct re- sponsbility to the people: What has act ed as a preventive in the house would, it is believed, serve as a remedy in the sem ate, and the people, in spite of the oppo- sition of the senate, will find a way to ap- ply the cure.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
Dr. Thomas Appointed

New. Orleans, June 1.-Governor Heard has appointed Dr. J. N. Thomas state quar- antine physician in charge of the Missis- sippi river quarantine station vice Dr. c. F. Wilkinson.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02
VERY QUIET

From the Carrollton West Alabamian.
 The colitcal situation is as quiet as if it were an off year in politics. In fact we seldom hear politics mentioned these days.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

The esteemed Rathbone decorated his grounds with Chinese lanterns at the ex- pense of the Cuban investors in postage stamps. There is nothing paltry about Rathbone
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

The Boxers" in China now have an op- portunity to look down the barrels of Mau- sers and Krag-Jorgensens.
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The French deputies who shouted "check books" at the noble Castellane were not only impolite, but they were guilty of re- calling Jay Gould's ghost.
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Count Castellane may conclude to let the French republic live until the exposition visitors have departed.
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If every Boxer in China talks as much for publication as every pugilist in America does, China must be in an uproarious state.
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Abdul Hamid politely asks all bill col letcors to call again.
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The blackberry crop and frying-size chick ems now outrank political issues and the peach supply
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The Boer envoys will not know their own capitals when they arrive home.
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Butler may have to back out of Lang's Mex, unless Lord Roberts sends him pass to Johannesburg.
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Julia Ward Howe is four days younger than Queen Victoria, and two nations hope they will both live to celebrate their Tooth
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When David Bennett Hill got up against Tammany he found a stone wall.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

The walkers of St. Louis are. still walk ing. There is no better exercise.
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It may be Bryan and Hill, or it may be Bryan and Dewey. Either way victory is in sight
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Count de Gould Castellane is still smash ing republics.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

No French counts as sons-in-law for Hetty Green. She indignantly denies the al- legation
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Every census-ta -taker should carry the ninth commandment inscribed on glowing placard.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

The Methodist church, north, is more than a neck ahead of its quadriennial confer ences.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

The St. Louis walkers think Sheridan should have ridden whether he did or not.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

The official who is loaded with twenty-six questions walks up and down the land to- day.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

The Chinese Boxers" have won a world wide fame even if they lose their own capital.
The age-herald., 1900-06-02

eu ana suspended ueleSatlon tO mouliy tHe platform to suit his own notions. The scheme is too foxy to succeed in spon- taneous convention, as that at Kansas City will be- New York will assuredly send an instructed delegation, and when she does that on Tuesday next all opposition to Mir Bryan's renomination will speedily disap- pear. Even Anniston will bow to the in- evitable.
 The esteemed Rathbone decorated his grounds with Chinese lanterns at the ex- pense of the Cuban investors in postage stamps. There is nothing paltry about Rathbone.
 The French deputies who shouted "check books at the noble Castellane were not only impolite, but they were guilty of re- calling Jay Gould's ghost.
 -
 Julia Ward Howe is four days younger than Queen Victoria, and two nations hope they will both live to celebrate their Tooth year.
 If every Boxer" in China talks as much for publication as every pugilist in America does, China must be in an uproarious state. The Boxers in China now have an op- portunity to look down the barrels of Mau- sers and Krag -Jorgensens. Count Castellane may conclude to let the
 
 visitors have departed.
 Butler may have to back out of Lang's Mex, unless Lord Roberts sends him pass to Johannesburg.
 The blackberry crop and frying-size chick ems now outrank political issues and the peach supply.
 It may be Bryan and Hill, or it may be Bryan and Dewey. Either way victory is in sight.
 Every census -taker should carry the ninth commandment inscribed on a glowing placard.
 No French counts as sons-in-law for Hetty Green. She indignantly denies the al- legation.
 The Chinese Boxers have won world wide fame even if they lose their own capital
 The Methodist church, north, is more than a neck ahead of it's quadriennial confer ences
 The official who is loaded with twenty-six questions walks up and down the land to- day.
 The St. Louis walkers think Sheridan should have ridden whether he did or not When David Bennett Hill got up against Tammany, he found a stone wall. The walkers of St. Louis are still walk ing. There is no better exercise The Boer envoys will not know their own capitals when they arrive home. Abdul Hamid politely asks all bill col letcors to call again.
 Count de Gould Castellane is still smash ing republics.
 Tell the truth today to the census-taker.
 ANOTHER LIE NAILED