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The age-herald., 1900-08-15
THE EXILED PRINCE
Chief Clarence Asked by Delegates to
 Return Home

Kingston, Jamaica, August A. - Three delegates from the Mosquito territory of Nicaragua have arrived here to request the exiled prince, or Chief Clarence, pen sioner of the British government to return to "his country" They complain of op- pression and injustice on the part of the Nicaraguan government The chief has, it Is said, communicated with Lord Sails bury on the subject.
 Chief Clarance, the former ruler of the Mosquito territory of Nicaragua is a col ored man, now about 26 years of age. About six years ago, as hereditary chief of the Mosquito territory, he ruled more or less over some 10000 subjects But he clashed with the Niearaguans and was eventually compelled to flee from the terri tory He sought refuge on the United States cruiser Marblehead, and subse- quently landed at Kingston in August 1894 He has since lived there as a pen sioner of Great Britain.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
$8,162,OOO
Largest Consignment of Gold Eye'
 Shipped from New York

New York, August H.-The largest con signment of gold bullion ever exported from this city in a single day will be ship ped by the steamers Teutonic and St. Paul tomorrow. The shipments will be as follows:
 Barring Morgan and Company, $7662, 900; Heidefbach, Ichelheimer and Company, $500,000. Total sS162,OO0
 Of the Barring, Morgan and Company shipment, s2,5G0,00o was engaged today, the balance having been sent to the steam CTS yesterday. The Teutonic will take out SS,912,000 and the St. Paul 8, 100000. All the gold will go in the form of bars. Tomor- rows shipment by the syndicate bankers, with the $2,500000 sent a week ago, make up the full amount of the first payment requirements called for by the British eXchequer's circular. The point was made however, that tomorrow's remittances represented, in addition to the 20 per cent installment, payments in full by subscrib- CTS anxious to get the rebate allowed for advance settlements. Syndicate bankers today saw little lil6lihood of further gold shipments this week on account of the war loan transactions
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
SHIFTING THEIR 20 ,IrIoN

From the Baltimore Sun
 The facility with which the imperialists can shift their position challenges and commands admiration. Last week the CO., horts were eXhorted to rally to the sup port of the gold standard. If Bryan should be elected the Senate, as we'll as the House, will inevitably be Democratic, and away will go the gold standard. Now that MT. Bryan has said that If elected he would call Congress together and recom- mend the concession of independence to the Philippine Islands, the situation has changed It has suddenly been discovered that the Senate, even if MT. Bryan is elected, will be inevitably Republican, and would not heed the advice of an auti-irn- perial President. Senator Hoar says that Mir. Bryan is too intelligent not to know very well that this talk about calling Com gress together is the idlest and most ri diculous nonsense. and concludes that the destruction of the Republican majority in the Senate must be beyond his widest hopes.
 In that event, at least. we suppose the gold standard is safe, even if Bryan is elected, and the sound nosey people need not disquiet themselves upon that s;..s,s,ee et They are free to give their undivided at tention to the paramount issue of imperiaf- ism and vote to sustain the repuhia with out any fear of distrubing our curecncy. That much now seems to be inadvertently conceded by the Republican press and by MT. Hoar.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
All Canal Concessions Forfeited

The Nicaragua government forfeited the cause it did not build a Nicaragua ship canal In ten years. At the end of twelve years it very properly declared all its rights forfeited. The Eyre-Cragin Syndi- cate, of which John D. Crunmins of new York seems to be the chief mouthpiece, next appeared on the scene holding aloft q concession of the republic of Nicaragua, but it. too has gone down because it did not pay money it had agreed to pay.
 The decks are now cleared, so to speak, and if the Nicaragua government really wants a canal from ocean to ocean in it's neighborhood it will keep them in that de- sirable and promising condition until Uncle Sam is ready to act. No middlemen. no scheming Wall street concerns, should be permitted to come between the people who pay for canal and the canal itself. The States are the only parties properly in the proposed deal, and it is now reasonably eliminated, and that all such schemes will be kept out in the future. The United States is to pay for the canal, is to build it, is to own and control it, and there is no room in the enterprise for any special interests
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
NO "swEET sixrEEN'' IN CHINA

From the London Mail.
 In China there is nothing of the sweet girIheod which is enjoyed in thls country lin fact, one rarely sees girls in China.
 They marry young that they appear to spring from childhood to maturity with out any intermediate stage of girlhood. There is no blusl1ing fifteen or sweet sixteen" no flirtations. no balls, no plcnics, The child has not ceased to play with her doll before she has a baby to handle
 The only joy of a woman's life is in dress ing her hair. This is done with an elabor- ate artistic science curious to see. Their hair is invariably black, and very long. It is drawn tightly from the face and stiffened with gum. It is then piled upon coils and wings and loops that stand alone without the air of pads, roulets, pugs or hairpns.
 There are no spiusters in China except the nuns, who dedicate their virginity to Bud aha. These ladies shave their heads like priests, and thus deprive themselves of the only Chimes sign of gender-the hair dressed la teapot.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
Pekin But a First Step.

A Berlin dispatch states that the Elm press Dowager of China has declared her Intention to transfer her court to another city before the allied forces reach the pres ent capital Removable capitals are a feat ure of the times. and the Empress has abundant precedent for her proposed &C., ton.
 It means, however, a long and difficult war. The march to Pekin must be dupli- cated, ever under most disadvantageous circumstances and winter campaign in ausurated. This in turn means an almost endless war, the cost of which may stag ger American taxpayers. The adminstra- ton has imposed terms that are scarcely possible to the Chinese government in it's present condition, and the mission of Lii Hung Chang is thereby rendered impracti- cable, and the war must go on To call it an expeditionary or relief force is a mere trick of words. It is downright war and on the part of the Russians 1t is war with out quarter. for in Northeastern Manchu- ria, at Aingun, 1t is stated that no prison- CTS were taken. ~WhoIesaie massacre
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
AGKrAr sCorrrsH nCUsE

From the Architects and Builders Maga-
 zine.
 Lord Butte has been twenty years at the construction of princely seat in the Island of Bute but not until the chapel, now all most completed, is ready will Mt Stuart be truly finished for all future generations. The entrance hall of the house has alone cost $500,000 AIonolith columns of rare and beautiful marbles support the arcaded gal lery. which, in it's turn, is rich in marble and bronze, and blazes with blue and fawn color and gold. The floor is like that of the Colonna Palace in Rome-huge blocks of purple porphyry and marbles of infinite variety and hues and markings.
 Marble has been used lavishly throughout the whole house. Only ono room, says a recent visitor there-the pleasant garden parlor''-is without it, and here the wood- work and white paint are a charming change from the somewhat oppressive stateliness of the rest of the great build ing. Not one Ifbvary contents the Marquis of Bute. He has three, the white, red and blue libraries, opening out of one another,
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
TEE oalr pastY Eswspapss u AlAsamA
Armer Plate Problem.

While the Germans are endeaYoring to secure more competition in the bids for amor plates, Secretary Long has not seen fit to welcome the Mdvale Company to the field. In the long run the Carnegf- Bethlehem combine will secure the con- tract. Germany is very restive under prices that are confeSsedly one-haf profit, and it is considering a Government plant or some scheme for securing more bid ders and lower prices. Secretary Long shows, on the other hand, determine ton to hand over the pending contract to the old combine Ut is noer encoura cement" says the Philadelphia Record. ito an hon. est and thoroughly capable and respon- sibIe competitor to learn that in it's ef- forts to secure government work at fair prices it is merely cutting into the profits of a foreordained monopoly, which under all circumstances is to retain possession of the field, and which evidently proposes to make of the public necessity an occasion for corporate eXtortion to the full extent Administration. It Is generally understood that when the Carnegie combine reduces its bid to Sii5, it will secure the mammoth contract. How far Mark Hanna will be able to anticipate the award is not of course known
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
THE ROSARY or YEARS
Father Ryan.

 Some reckon their age by years, Some reckon their life by art; But some tell their days by the flow of their tears,
 And their life by the means of their
 heart. The dials of earth may show The length, not the depth, of years; Few or many they come, few many they But our time is best measured by tears. Ah not by the silver gray That creeps through the sunny hair, And not by the scenes that we pass on our
 way,
 And not by the furrows the fnger-of care On the forehead and face have made; Not so do we count our years. Not by the sun of the earth, but the shade Of our souls and the fall of our tears. For the young are sometimes old, Though their brow be bright and fair While their blood beats warm their hearts
 lie cold,
 Der them the Sprlngtime-but Winter is
 there. And the old are ofttfmeS young, When the hair is thin and white; And they sing In age as in youth they
 sung,
 And they laugh, for their cross was light. A thousand joys may foam e On the pillows of all the years. But never the foam brings the brave bark
 home
 1t reaches the heaven through tsar&
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

says the London Daily Mails St. Peters burg correspondent, twas the order of the day, and when the battle was over the Cossacxs rode over the field, killing all the wounded with the butt ends of their mus kets" Russia is our ally, and what she does in this war we constructively do, and it would seem to be wise before this mo quarter" war goes much further to consult Congress. If Congress is not consulted af- ter the legatfoners are released, then in deed blue pencil should be prepared, and these words formally marked out of the constitution: Congress shall have power to declare war"
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
CONTRIBUTES TO ANARCHY
From Harper's Weekly.


 Far be it from us to intimate that any American citizen worthy of the name holds the crime of Bressi in anything but utter abhorrence. Far be it from us even to sug- gest that for this crime there is any po- litcal responsibility in this country: but we do invite our readers to consider in this connection the fact that d contributing fac tor to the forces of anarchy are the poli- ticians who preach the gospel of discontent. The man who travels about the land stir ring up a feeling of unrest among the peo- pie contributes in some proportion, slight CT considerable, to the anarchistic cause. He may not mean to do so, but that he does so is as clear to the logical mind as that two and two make four. The An archist has no use for law, and he hates those who administer it. His constant ef- fort is to discredit those who protect so- cety against his infractions of the prn- ciples by which all civilized communities must be governed. A court of justice in bis mind is the outward and visible sign of the tyranny which he claims to exist; he objects to the interference of the judi c1ary between the rights of his fellow-eiti- zens and his own designs upon them.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
Ex.ress P,c.sav. at Loci.po,t

Lockport, N Y., August 14.-A package addressed to 'C. W. Caylor, Lockport, N. Y.,'' lies in the safe of the American Ex- press office in this city awaiting a claim ant It is supposed to be the package ex- pressed by Ferroll, the Ohio express rob Der, who murdered Messenger Lane and then sent the way bills to fictitious ad- dress in Lockport The package will be held until claimed by the eonsignee who is not known here or by the Adams Express Company.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
THE GROWTH or AN AUTHORIZES

From the Indianapolis Press.
 Exhibit A-"The Doings of Doris,'' by Mrs. George Prunes.
 Exhibit B-"The Story of Gladys" by Mrs. Henrietta L. Prunes, author of "The Doings of Doris'
 Exhibit C-"Just Two in All the World" :" by Henrietta Lemon Prunes, author of '"The Doings of Doris," etc.
 Exhibit D-"A Woman of Resource" by Henrietta Lemon, author of "The Doings of Doris,' "The Story of Gladys" Just Two in All the World etc.
 Poor George!
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
SETTING OF THE HRIrIsH LEGATION

From Leslie's Weekly.
 All of the legation compounds in Pekin are surrounded by high brick walls that effectuaIIy cut off the sights, and most of the sounds and smells, from without, but there are numerous back gates and mar row passages, and no other city in the ground" means of communication. The British legation is adjoined on the west by the imperial carriage yards and on both north and south by the compounds of gates opens into native market. So it is unlikely, if it were besieged, that there would be any difficulty in smuggling in ample supplies and provisions and it could hardly lack for water, since there are no less than six or eight wells within the legation grounds. There are in the British legation not only the establishment of the minister and separate establish ments for the first and second secretaries, but extensive quarters and barracks for consular students and military escorts, the minister's private stables and general stables for the rest of the legation. The legation, in fact, is such a large establish ment that it has its own doctor and hospi tai, and it's own chapel and chaplain. The other legations, except the American, are all maintained on the same general plan, though not on so elaborate a scale.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

From the New York Press

From the New York Press.
 The world will forgive woman for every thing except what she can't help.
 After all, love is nothing but game of solitaire between you and yourself
 When d man leaves his heart in the hands of a woman he always finds it again with callous spots it.
 When q girl lends a book to man to read she always marks the things in it that she thinks look the deepest.
 Tell a man a woman loves him and the first question he asks is Who?' Tell a. wo-- man man loves her and the first question she asks is ''Whfch?''
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
Doodle is now called "beans."
CLEBURNE FOR BOWIE
m the Anntston Hot Blast.

From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 Yesterday Cleburne County acted and it, too, dropped gracefully over into the Bowie column Chiffon, Shelby, Talladega, Cleburne and Calhoun, five out of the six counties in the district, have gone solid for Syd Bowie. That is q record of which any man may we'll feel proud. Such a thing as one man carrying five of the six counties in the district never happened before. It is record of which MT. Bowie and friends are justly proud
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
Ccurage the Chief Attribute

Montenegro can scarcely offer pasturage for a goat, yet has produced generations of heroes who for five centuries have been dis tinguished for courage stature, beauty and a fine sense of inbred morality, the small est among peoples" in numbers, the most active and courageous of all the peoples of Europe, whose traditions" to quote Glad stone, "exceed in glory those of Marathon and Thermopylae and all the war traditions of the world. Surely the infusion of such blood into the veins of future line of Ital- ian royalty must count for much.
 Among the tribes and people of the Dal- matian mountains some are at enmity, but let the Prince call for aid and every man makes common cause against the enemy. Once a man 80 years old presented himself before Prince Nil1olas.
 My friend said the prince, kindly, you are too old to fight
 'Then let me die at thy feet, as soldier should" and, drawing his sword, he broke 1t in halves, and fell dead with the effort.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
Alleged Post. fii.e Robbers Arrested

Washington, Aug. H-A telegram from the division postoffice inspector at Chat tanooga, Tenn, announces the arrest, place not stated of Robert Leonard and Perry Gaines, in connection with the recent att tack on the postoffice at 3lulat,t Fla. The men have been held in S3,000 bond.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
MEETS wIrH APPROVAL

From the Huntsville Post.
 The selection of Hon. Sidney J. Bowie to represent the Fourth District in Congress is meeting with approval throughout the State. It will be remembered that MT. Bowie is the man who drew up the cele- brated complaint against Governor John ston for the university land sale, which figured so largely in the overthrow of Johnston's political power.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
Her Country isii.r Pride

Russia has always been friendly to AIon- tenegro. Perhaps because with this little kingdom she must keep her distance and may not assume either a dictatorial or ag- gressive attitude. The new Queen is fa- vorite of the nations. She has been the guest of the Czar; Victoria adnlfres her and is her friend. The house of Petrovitch has a wider scope than the roekbound little capital of Tzetinyn. Helena's royal father, Prince Nikolas, has been the guest of the Queen at Windsor. Grand dukes and princes are numerously related, but the fair young Queen brides herself more on her country-its folklore and folk-songs; she is a writer of poetry herself-on the fealty of her people and the sword of Montenegro than on any new access of royalty.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

and they bear evidence of his eclectic taste, not only as regards the contents of the shelves, but the schemes of decoration and the few priceless pictures which find place on their walls. The dining room is chiefly remarkable for an exquisitely carved antique mantlepiece. in purest Parian mar ble, and for the graceful crystal shields to the electric lights
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

General von Waldersee, in bidding fare we'll to an army corps. intfmated that every German soldier is expected to do his duty when new entansIemsnts'' come from the Chinese problem.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
THAT sAIsr WAIST MAN

From the Boston Herald
 The shirt waist man Is not yet visible in first class hotels and swell clubs, nor on the fashionable promenade. If you want to see him, you must go where men are at work. rahing hay, digging ditches or laying brick.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

The Boers deny that they have money to burn or to send to Brother Webster Davis. They did not send him $125,000. Brother Davis is now a patriot of purest ray serene.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

Mark Hanna has decided that the Joan Jewett movement is not party matter" and he therefore declines to put himself in his dollar-mark suit on the firing line.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

The Russians in Manehuna have joined the mo quarter" movement, which now em- braces about one-half of the forces oper- ating in China.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

The esteemed MT Ruhlin is an Ohio man, and his fate is regarded as significant. It Is not Ohio's year. All years are not hers.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

The Shah of Persia has left Paris, and the Parsians are considering a fumigation scheme as broad in scope as the city itself.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

The administra ton Is exposing this coun- try to what Commander-in-Chief Waldersee calls new entanglenlents' without consult ing Congress.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Patriotism A Product of the Soil


 The new Queen of Italy comes of a race of mighty mountaineers, renowned for their physical beauty, their purity of char acter and their love of country, which is illustrated by an answer given to trav- eler who asked Montenegrin how many soldiers were in service to the govern ment
 We are all soldiers when our country has need of us"
 No more remarkable country exists on the face of the earth. The towering Black mountains, which surround and dominate that region, are smiled upon and illumi- mated by a sky of tenderest blue, which is opalescent with the harmonies of purple sunsets and the changing hues of the imestsone hills. And no words paint the atmosphere effervescing with the wine draughts of the Adriatic.
 When the people of Italy heard that their future king, the young Prince of Ma ples, had proposed marriage to the prin- cess of a country with only 100000 inhabi- tants, less than half the number of popu- laton of their own city of Rome, they were at first displeased But the attitude taken by their beloved King Humbert soon reconciled them to the marriage, when they swung the pendulum of feeling so far to the other extreme that they assembled to the number of 30O,0o0 to do the Princess Helena honor on the day of her marriage.
 Eaptivated the People
 The tide of favor overwhelmed the bride at the door of the Quirinal, when the os- tentatious and splendid street pageant nearly turned the head of the simple Prin- cess from Montenegro and made her hys- terical The King himself rode in attend ance upon the young couple, and the mil- itary d-splay was a superb concession to the social and political union of the two countries. The Italian papers even went so far as to comment upon the physical attractions of the bride to the disadvantage of the young Prince. The translation of the wedding description read:
 "She is large, fine woman; he is trim, little chap"
 King Humbert often spoke of her in those te nder diminutives that all Italians love as "govenetta belssima"-a most beautiful young lady.
 Queen Helena is tall and finely formed, with much black hair with that blue-black luster which indicates superb health, and dark eyes, full of tender feeling She fin ished her education at St. Petersburg, where she was sent at 1S Prince Victor first saw her at the art exposition at Venice and fell desperately in love with her. Again he met her under the most fa- vorable circumstances at the coronation of the Czar.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

Pony steaks in Pekin are the best hope of the legationers. Pony steaks are much preferred to auto steaks
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

Mr Ruhlin, of Ohio, made only one mis- take, and that consisted in fighting the Hon. Robert F'itzsimmons.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

Weather is not permitted to interfere with office hunting in Ohio.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

Russia has grabbed New Chang, and Eng land Shanghai. The Chinese problem is de- veloping rapidly.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

The 10-cent lunch counters decline to well come the shirt-waist nan.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

Keep away from the mometer for 1t may explode.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

NJ de GIers, the Russian minister at Pe- kin, hesitates to jump from the frying pan into the fire.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

The Jewett emente is strictly matter of advertising both sides
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

Count Lamsdorff, Russia's new minister for foreign affairs, is probably an aggres- sve person.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

America is pulling chesnuts out of the fire for the effete monarchies.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

The difference between d shirt waist and ders.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

Dr. Dozier and the Goebel jury are now the chief targets of the inspired epistoary idiots.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

General Joseph Wheeler is man of many parts.
The age-herald., 1900-08-15

Presidential candidates are outranked just at present by professional pugilists.