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The age-herald., 1900-06-07
TIE oaLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Jefferson's Possible Pre-eminence.

The basis of congressional apportionment has risen from 30, 900 to 173,9o1, and it will probably go up to about 100000 under the new census. This basis does not frighten Alabama. for her population will doubt less swing round the 1,S000O0 point, and the states reputation in congress will be maintained.
 But changes must occur in the nine dis tricts, and the next legislature will be call ed upon to make those changes if the short determine the basis of apportonment and the number of congressman that each state will be entitled to. We assume that it will do so, and that the next legislature will, by prolonging it's mid-session vacation, be enabled to re-district the state.
 One of the most interesting questions that will arise will relate to Jefferson coun- ty. Will it. in other words, be a district by and of itself? If there are, as has been freely stated 4O,00O men on the payrolls of the industries of the county, it's popula- tion cannot well be less than 10000. It may be 10000 more or 10000 less. But even in the latter case it would have 10000 more people than MT. Burnett represents, for the Seventh district contained aspopula- tion in 1890 of only 13O, 451, while the Fifth district had a population numbering 1S5,- 720. Even under a basis of 100000 there would therefore be nothing unprecedented or incongruous in a district containing but 10000 people, or even 140000, if that dis trict be known to be exceptionally pros porous and prolific. Another decade would be expected to bring it up to the ratio, and that expectation would doubtless be met. As no other county covets a congressional alliance with Jefferson, it seems reasona- bly certain that the time is near at hand when Jefferson will be congressional dis trict an honor that even New Orleans does not at present share, and that no other southern county is within hailing dis tance of.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
GIANT TURTLES SCARCE
Few of the Southern Pacific Big Reptiles
 Survive

From the New York Herald.
 The surviving giant turtles of the early tertiary period, the remnant of the huge beasts that roamed the earth ages before mammals were known, have almost disap- peared from the southern Pacific where they existed in great numbers early in the present century.
 "I have assisted in the capture of many of these great turtles" said Captain Walker w Baxter now in New York on his way from London to his New Zealand home, "on the Chatham Islands where they were once so plentiful, but they are now going the way of your buffalo and Indians. The Cha tham group belongs to our New Zealand colony, and l first knew it when I was quite young boy, away back in 1883, when the native Morioris were conquered by the Mao ris of New Zealand. The Morioris were a large tribe in those days, but were far out numbered by the giant turtles that occupied their islands and Were preyed upon by them. Now they are reduced to 100 souls or less all told, and the turtles are even less nu- merous; that is, the big fellows.
 At least 10,00o,00 of these great turtles have been destroyed in the last 100 years The natives have lived on them, sailors have carried them off by shiploads, and the wild black cats that live in the lava crevices have destroyed them. The old ones, the giant ones, the mighty ones that weighed from 800 to 1000 pounds each, have disap- peared, and their descedants, weighing from ten to twenty pounds, alone are left and soon they will be gone, and their place will mark another missing link.
 Sixty years ago there was no trouble in finding a turtle on the Chatham Islands weighing 800 pounds, and I have captured several that went over 500 pounds. A year ago l searched for several days and the largest one l saw weighed only thirty-two pounds. They live no telling how long if they are not killed by man or the black cats, and they apparently grow as long as they live. Now they have no opportunity to get any considerable growth, and soon will be known only in books and on the museum shelves
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

dollars are still lacking to complete the full amount of $300,O0O required to complete and furnish the building. This hotel means everything to Birmingham. Nothing is so much needed here as a perfectly appointed modern hotel, and assuredly the business men of the city will complete the neces- sary sum for it's construction and equip ment!
 Citizens of Birmingham showed more in- terest in registration yesterday than they have done heretofore; but there are still many hundreds of men who by failing to register manifest a disposition to disfran- chse themselves Saturday will be the last day on which citizens ofs Birmingham may register in order to have the right to vote in the coming August and November elec- tions. Citizens of beat 37 are urged to go today to Justice Benners' office, in Twen- tieth street, between First and Second ave- nues, and register Citizens of beat 21 are urged to go today to the county court house and register It is inconceivable that in- telligent citizens will disfranchise them- Selyesl
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
Provision Made For Fixing Things

Squaring himself around so that the da mond in his shirt front blazed like a searchlight on the reporters face, the Gas Man continued: Say, young feller, I've got my dazzler on you now, searching your countenance, and find you've got whole lot to learn. You're thinking that maybe the legislature won't be our way. Well, it won't-at first. It never is Nor more will the bosses.
 But that'll be all right. We've got to fix 'em We understand that, and we make provision accordingly. Fact is, we've ai- ready made some provision along that line. No, it don't make a dif-hic-a-dif-ric-a diff of-hic-rif of btterance which party is in power at Albany. It we have any po- ltical pref-hic-pref-erence and the Gas Man wiped off his chin, i've smother 'em. We're rich, but we cant afford to be partisans, except as we always stand up for the Gas ticket and the old flag. Hoo- rawi'
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
Roberts Swift March.

From Karee Siding, near Bloemfontein, the distance to Kroonstad is 1S7 miles, and this distance was covered by Lord Roberts in eleven days From kroonstad to Johan- nesburg the distance is 127 miles, and this was done in eight days, and thence to Pre- toria is 46 miles, and this was covered in four days. These are rapid marches, but as a continuous performance they do not equal the march from Cabul to Candahar, when Lord Roberts led his army Sl3 miles in twenty days, thereby relieving the gar 1ison, and holding Afghanistan under Brit ish influence as a buffer state.
 But the story of Candehar. important as it is in East Indian history, is more than matched in the campaign that will give England great South African empire. This campaign may be thus summed up:
 Kimberley relieved February 15.
 Cronje captured February 27.
 Ladysmith relieved March l.
 Bloemfontein taken March 12.
 Mafeking relieved May 1S
 Johannesburg entered May 51.
 Pretoria occupied June ,.
 The campaign of Lord Roberts is peculiar in two respects, namely, he has captured no guns or trains, and he has suffered no losses of men, The sweep of the British army through the two republics has been irresistible, and all the important commer- cial points in them are now in the hands of the British, but a stubborn foe is on the Hanks of the victorious army, ready to strike whenever and wherever an oppor- tunity is found. It has, however, no plan beyond the seeking of such opportunities, unprofitable and unpromising warfare, and one by one they will return to their farms Some may, however, organize another great trek.
 In considering the situation in the Trans vaal it should be remembered that it is the one district in South Africa in which the English-speakng people are in the major > ity. The Afrikanders are the more numer- ous in even Cape Colony. but in the Trans vaal they are not This fact of itself will go far towards rendering pacification pos sible in the Transvaal, for in that province the English will rule with the consent of the governed in the American sense of the phrase.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
A Warning to Newspapers

The gas man steadied himself in his chair with some effort, and expressed the fervent hope that nothing would happen to any of their political and official friends who held gas stock. Fixing a stony glare on the ice man. he said: "It was an un- peak-hc-unspeakabl outrage on the part of the newspapers to print their eX- posay about the mayor, brother Gus and the rest of the boys.
 Great Mammoth" he exclaimed; 'ff there is to be a turning inside out of pockets in this way it's going to be hard on struggling corporations and their friends at court. It will be a sad day, indeed, when the internal newspapers re- fuse to stand in awe of us multy-hic-- multy-mill-h -hic-multy -millionaires," and the gas mans chin dropped down on his breast, and 10! he was asleep.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
SWEET FLAG

Benjamin F. Leggett
 An upland fringed with orchard trees, meadow with it's droning bees; Between the two a mariSh wedge Of rushes green and angled sedge, Wherein a brook has lost its way Amid the tangled shadows play And by its dream of deep repose The bladed sweet-hags beauty grows. Across the pool the skaters pass, Nor ripple-print it's limpid glass; In zigzag lines moth millers sail, And dragon flies in purple mail; The watercresses fringe its side; And through it water beetles slide Fierce, hungry rovers black and grim, And peep-frogs pipe their evening hymn. Along the margin of the stream The fragrant water lilies dream; And arrow leaf and turtle head, And iris's banncred wings are spread, While over them the cat-tails dun, With brown clubs lifted in the sun, Stand straight and tall as If to show Where greener blades of calamus grow. Between the marsh and meadows bound The sweet flags hidden wealth is found; In blackest mold it has its birth The life-blood of it's honest worth; It's wrinkled roots, all fibrous grown, Have magic virtues of their own! A taste, and lo! there spring again These boyhood pictures in the brain!
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
THE PARIS SHOW

New York Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
 Robert B. Roosevelt the uncle of Gov ernor Roosevelt, fresh from the Paris ex- position, arrived home on the Holland line steamer Statendam today. II am not a cynic, and am usually easily pleased" said MT. Roosevelt when seen at his residence 57 Fifth avenue "but that exposition is the worst fake and fraud that was ever perpetrated on mankind.
 'iThe papers were right when Ihey said recently that the American building at the exposition was unsafe It Is unsafe. I don't care what is said to the contrary and I want to tell the people of New York that it is. I was there on the opening day, and know of my own personal knowledge that not half the people who wanted to go into it were allowed. The building was not more than half full at any one time and even then it was not safe. If all the people who were turned back had got in at once the building, in my opinion, would have fallen.
 'I do not blame Commissioner Peck. don't know who is responsible for the building being weak.
 Unless you have been to the exposition you can't understand how Americans are being robbed in Paris this summer Real ly, it is the duty of some one to warn Americans to keep away from the eXposi- tion, and l am going to take up that duty.
 Tn the first place, it is worse than a Bowery-not as interesting as the most un- interesting show on the Bowery. Every thing about it is a fake. 1 have read lots in the papers about the wonderful spy glass that showed the moon. I went to see this spyglass, and found it pointed to a magic lantern. I detected the fake at once, but I went on just as did all the oth- CTS and paid another franc to see the next fake
 Before I went to the exposition I calcu- lated that a person could see the whole show for 360 francs. I discovered before left that it cost just 1,500 francs to see ev- cry fake.
 "The art galleries are worth seeing, and the American exhibits are as good as any. In fact, I can say from an unprejudiced viewpoint that they are even better than those from any other country except France. Art critics to whom I talked say that America is improving in art, while France is deterioratng.''
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Just Cause For FelIcltation

The ice man and the gas man were hav- ing a little quiet celebration around a table in the cafe of the Waldorf-Astoria the other evening when our reporter drop ped in to ascertain what was going on in the world of finance and fzz, says the New York Commercial
 Say, we're not doing a blessed thing to em, are we?' spoke up the gas man, who seemed to be in particularly happy frame of mind as he swung off a bumper of champagne and pounded on the table for fresh magnum.
 How did you like that little consoli- dation trick of ours last week?" he went on. Took us some time to get hold of the Amsterdam, the Ramsterdam and the other outside gas companies, but we've got 'em all corralled at last, and the whole gas situation on Manhattan Island is now in our hands. My friend here, the ice man, can have his 6O-cent ice but you can tell the public that they can toll the bell for GO-cent gas. She goes up to a dollar, as a starter, and then to the legal limit, which is dollar five. After that we'll raise 1t to our own price,
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
MONEY IN A FAMOUS NAME

Chicago Chronocle. -a Iej
 It is estimated that the fame which at- taches to Stratford-on-Avon because of the fact that Shakespeare was born there is worth s5,O0O,0O0 to that town. The charges for admission to thepoet's house, to Anne Hatheway's cottage to the church, to the memorial and to the grammar school net yearly-a sum which is equivalent to an in- come of per cent. on the 5000, 900 capital. The circulation does not take in account the income to the railways from the pill grims to the Warwickshire mecca, and there is no estimate of the profits of the Stratford tradesmen.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

From the New York Press. Women live by convention, men in spite of it.
 Probably Adam and Eve began with pla- tonic friendship.
 Lots of women marry a mushroom lover and then find they have got a toadStool husband.
 Life is a struggle in which everybody tries to get what he wants and to forget what he deserves.
 At a certain age a girl is a lot prouder of being able to hang by her heels in gym nasium suit before lot of other women than of being able to bake a pan of good biscuits for the family.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
The Public to Pay the Expenses

It was more or less evident that the gas man felt that the blending of the gas com panies was a good and patriotic thing. He spoke lightly of the expense which the gas war had entailed upon them, and said when they got things moving their way once more they would make it up in a month. "Taint our expense, anyhow" he warbled on its the fool public's. We simply loaned 'em the money on call, and we'll jerk it out of 'em this winter in gas bils.'
 It was up to the ice man now, and he ordered up a fresh cool bottle and marked, with suggestion of sigh, that he hoped the gas deal would be able to withstand the impertinent scrutiny of the licen-hic-licentious press.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
Defining the Limit

The reporter did not know exactly what the Gas Man meant by saying that after the legal limit had been reached they would raise it to their own price, supposng in his innocence that the legal limit was the top notch.
 Well, say, you don't know the ropes a little bit exclaimed the Gas Man, wink ing to the Ice Man. '"rhe legal limit is what we want it to be, see? It doesn't suit us as it is, and we'll raise the limit, as we say around the merry card table.
 That is, we'll have the legislature raise it, you understand?" and he arched his eyebrows, and incidentally elbow, as did also the Ice Man, each murmering: Here's to our-hic-selvesr
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
Southern Missionaries Not in Danger

Atlanta, Ga, June 6.-Advices have been received here from Dr. R. J. Willingham, secretary of the Baptist Foreign Mission board at Nashville, and -Dr. w. R. Lam- burth of the Methodist foreign Mission board at the same place, to the effect that no missionaries in China under the direc- tion of these boards are in any danger from the present boxer" movement in that country.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
German Interests in China

Berlin, June 6.-In the reichstag today during the debate on the navy bill, Ad- mral Tirpitz alluded to the great devel- opment of German interests in China as being ligely to necessitate a further large increase in the navy.
 Later the reichstag, by a vote of 153 to 79, adopted the first paragraph of the navy bill which taxes the strength of the fleet.
 The socialists and members of the volks- partei voted with the minority.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
Fitzsimmons Can't Fight

New York, June 6.-Robert Fitzsimmons, the pugilist, was examined at Bellevue hospital today by Dr. J. H. Sullivan, who announced that Fitzsimmons is suffering from an abcess on his left knuckle This hand was injured in Fitzsimmon's recent bout with Dunkhorse, and has since pained him greatly
 jury, and said positively that he could not box with Ruhlin on June 15.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

Senator Depew's speeches by telephone should be encouraged. All one has to do is to let the receiver hang by its cord and leave the applause to the unfortunate and unsophisticated few who listen.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

A cash girl who took a $20 bill to get it changed in a Chicago store, did not return in the customary two hours. She is still staid for, as Mir Shakespeare would say
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

Bathhouse John will be arrayed in all his glory at the Kansas City convention. He should keep an eye on the sartorial achievements of the Hon. Tim Woodruff of New York
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
THINGS WILL GLITTER

From the Washington Evening Star.
 Some of the speeches at the Kansas City convention are expected to be so brilliant that the audience will have to listen through smoked ear trumpets.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The Boxers are really inviting foreign CTS to come in while apparently repelling them, and Russia is accepting their rude invitations with especial avidity.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The forensic Hanna had his hands full in the last hours of congress. Truth has a way of rising up now and then and bat ting it's crushers.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The no-treadle sewing machine factory in Huntsville should join hands with the Renewal coke ovens of Knoxville, and cam paign together.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

Heath and Rathbone are considered by the administration good enough scapegoats until after election day, when they will be vindicated.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The surgeons cut away the veriform ap- pendeX of Crown Prince Mana Vajira Vudh of Siam, but they left his name in tact.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The Porto Ricans are plainly incapable of self-government, for they are not able to show a single case of appendicitis.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

Mrs. Dom Paul sensiby preferred the protection of Lord Roberts to a vagrant life in the mountains.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The trusts that control iron and stee mills are now working them on the Jack in- n-the-Box plan.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

Nothing has been heard from Buffers cold Christmas dinner in Pretoria.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
&S5O,OOO in Gold

Sydney, N s. w., June 6.-The British steamer Moana today sailed for the United States with f15O, 900 (s75O,OOO) gold.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The American mule and the trek OK were Lord Roberts trusted aids to victory.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The Chinese in San Francisco are kick CTS instead of Boxers.
 The marines have kicked the door open and are marching in.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

As the Transvaal drops out of the public mind China steps into the aching void.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The date line at the foot of Alfred Aus tins poem, "Mafeking," is the best line of the production.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

Cotton is growing and congress has ad- journed. We have much to be thankful for.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

w. S. Taylor cannot well run for gover- nor of Kentucky by canvassing Indiana.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

Khaki is London's favorite color, and "Our Bobs'' is its fayorite herq.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

weyler and the other Spaniards are now considered examples of high integrity in Cuba.
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The trolley operators of St. Louis are fully as contrary minded as the trolley operatives
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

It is now General Joe Wheeler of the regular army, sah
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

St. Louis Is willing to forget the color line in its trolley cars if 1t can have the cars back
The age-herald., 1900-06-07

The hunt for Dom Paul will now pro- oaad
The age-herald., 1900-06-07
IN HOTEL LO8BIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for this day, Thursday, June T. 1900:
 Travel and remove before noon.'
 Success will attend thy endeavors and thy money and business will increase; thou wilt travel and remove, and with sue cess"
 "A child born on this day will have successful life, whether in employ, or in business for itself"
The Conway log cabin., 1900-08-21
---a----7---7---7777 His Brother Killed.

Tuesday evening the Rev. Q. F.. Goddard received telegram stat ing that his brother, Herbert, one of the deputy United States mar shals of the central district of h. dian territory, had been mortally wounded by an Indian whom he was seeking to arrest. The tele- gram stated that the deputy and his posse started out after an h. dian who had committed two lnrr ders. They went to Goodwater, l. T., and there ran up against the Indian, who, divining their pur- pose, at once opened fire, one ot the balls striking Goddard i'll the abdomen and lodging over the left hip. The Rev. Goddard was in formed that there was little chance of his brothers recovery and he made preparations to go to Good water this morning. As he was on his way to the depot he receiv- ed a telegram saying that his broth CT had died from the wound and would be buried today. As Good water is twenty or thirty miles from the railway, Rev. Goddard could not arrive there ill time, and he did not make the trip. Fort Smith News Record.
 Rev. o. E. Goddard is we'll known i'll Conway, having gradu- ated at Hendrix College.