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The age-herald., 1900-02-22
Climate and Early Truck.

The truck crop of the Gulf coast dis tricts was destroyed by the late spell of severe weather, and the damage is in the aggregate heavy and burdensome The truckers of Texas suffered as much loss as did their brother toilers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. All early vege- tables have been destroyed, and a new crop must be started from the seed before prosperity will come again among the grow CTS of vegetables.
 The frost was destructive as far south as Tampa, where a temperature of thirty degrees was registered, and Miami, where a fall to twenty-seven degrees occurred. Only the extreme end of Florida escaped injury. '"The crop of early vegetables, ,' says an official of the Southern Express company, twas just about ready to move Already shipments had begun, and 1t was expected that they would daily become greater. The farmers confidently expected good prices and a ready market for all their produce which was we'll In advance of all up the coast. It was believed the en- tire crop would be easily marketed. The Southern Express company had made spe- cial arrangements for handling the crop. 1t was recognized that there was more of the business in prospect than usual, and the officials were put to it to provide fla cilities for its removal. Plans had all been aaid, though, and it is believed the system determined upon would have been worked advantageously for the company and the truckers. The freeze has put the plan out of joint, for there will now be scarcely vegetables enough to occasion the slightest concern for their movement until the far mers have recovered their lost ground and got the crop in readiness again."
 It is not known that the truckers will put in another crop. Their crops were de- stroyed last year. and the destruction of this year may dishearten many of them. The orange trees in southern Florida were not, however, injured. Reports from the pineapple sections have not been received, but no great injury has probably befallen this crop. From Georgia come reports that the peach crop is unin5ured, but further reports are looked for with interest. as several days must elapse before the effects of the freeze upon the peaches can be as- certained.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

board of directors may prescribe The sal- aries of his assistants are to be determined by the board of directors. and inc Is for- hidden to employ relatives. The state dls- pensary Is forbidden in its sales to county dispensaries to exact a greater profit thaif 10 per cent.
 In each county there is to be board of control, appointed by the state board of directors and the legislature. The county board selects county dispensers, but the board cannot appoint kinsfodk ito such places. Otherwise the act remains in full force. The size of the packages has not been reduced, nor alas the provision that makes dispensary the most cheerless place in the county, the jail only excepted, been repealed. No packages can be broken in or near a ddspensary. No drinking can take place there It is the d1spensany of the days of Governor Tdllman, with better provisions for dts supervision and control. The law has been broadened and strengthened. not weakened dn amy respect, ad there is no SnrOny ptbDI1C SepllIneinL UIldI ueHfeurOS a ~ peal of the Tillman system.
 It should be noted, too, thlat the "spy" constable has been legislated out of ex- dstence. Hereafter consHables must give bond, and their names must be reported to the general assembly. There was no pro- vision of the old law more unpopular than the detective clause, and this has been re- pealed. and we'll known conStables will take the places of the secret and sudden missions of tine old law.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
QUEEN vIUToRIA's FsRTIErH WAR

From Matfn of Paris.
 The present war in South Africa is the fortieth war England has indulged in during the reign of the "peace-lovlng Vic toria" Tme paragraph says: 'No other state in the world has been so often at war, or shed so much human blood. Be- hold the proud record! One war against Russia 1854 Three wars against Afghan istan, 1888, 1Si9, >1S7s. Four wars against China, 1S41, 1879. 1856, 1S6O Two wars against the Slkhs, 1S45, 1S4S. Three wars against the Kaffirs, 1916. 1851, 1877. Three wars against Burmah. 1850, 1852, 1885. Nine wars in India, 1857, 1860, 1863, 1861, 1S6S 1869, 1890, 1895 Three wars against the Ashanti 1864. 1873, 1896. One war with Abyssinia, 1S67 One war with Persia, 1852 One war against the Zulus, 1878. One war against the Basutos, 1879. One war in Egypt, 1882 Three wars in the Soudan, 1894, 1896, 1899. One war in Zanzibar, 1S90 One war against the Matabele, 1894 Two wars with Transvaal, 1881, 1899. And all these bloody wars are due to s.ie greed of this nation of shopkeepers;"
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

''The English and the Americans of Eng fish descent are cousins of the Germans, and we have many traits in common,' said a prominent German-American "But in the the social drinking habit the German and the people of English stock are far apart. It is a well known fact that Germans in the fatherland and Germans scattered throughout the world enjoy their beer and wine and never drink to excess. The French, unlike the Teutons in most respects, are like them in this matter of temperance. The English and the Americans, as rule, do not seem to be able to indulge in stimu- lants with impunity. In Germany and France drunkenness is unknown. Such questions as prohibition and the dispen- sary system cannot be comprehended by the citizens of Germany. Why any one should drink to drunkenness is something the Germans cannot understand at all"
 
 ''Between 2,5OO and 3,OO0 buggies were sold in the Birmingham market last year." said a prominent carriage and harness dealer yesterday. And there will be no falling off in sales this year. The majority of the ve- hicles sold here are of the cheap sort-S4O to $50-but good many of the two-hundred and two-fifty dollar class are disposed of. Cincinnati manufactures most of the cheap buggies handled in this market There Is no reason why Birmingham shouldn't man. ufacture this class of goods. It Is great industry and pays well.'
 James Young, the actor, and Thomas Lawrence, his leading man, are both prom inent in Masonic circles. MT. Young Is 8 member of Boumi Temple in Baltimore, while Mir. Lawrence is past oriental guide of New York's famous Mecca Temple. In several cities along the route of the com pany the Shriners have turned out to greet the celebrated actors and have attended the performances wearing the regulation dress suit and quickish fez characteristic of this illustrious order.
 'Tn most cities barrooms are scattered through the business section, but Newport News, Va, has a peculiar Jaw, and a good one, I think" saad a commercial traveaer. 'In Newport News aal the liquor saloons are crowded into one block No saloon can be opened in any street outside of what is known as the whisky district. In other words, the six or seven saloons in Newport News are located side by side. within the limits of a block"
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
GOLD IN THE TRANsvAAL
Washington Ti1nes.

FTom the WaSnlnSton IImeS.
 ''The tigures for the gold output of the mines on the Witwatersrand during the last three months of the year 1899 will probably never be definitely known said George E. Roberts, director of the mint, the other day.
 There are many reasons for this uncer- tainty. There is no reliable information obtainable as to how many mines are being worked, nor Is 1t known whether any ore is being raised whether ore already at uhe surface is being milled or taiings cynanided. Estimates of yield are dhere- fore impossible, and all that can be relied upon are such figures as the Transvaal government may care to give out.
 The figures as given are 199O6 ounces, 1.7SO ounces, and 7S.67O ounces in October, November and December, respectively, bringing the total for the wilwatersrand in 1899 to 4,069,166 ounces crude, as com pared with 4,295,6o2 crude ounces In 1898.
 The production of the mines of the Transvaal outside the Witwatersrand dur ing the last three months of the year is quite unknown and it is doubtful whether any of them have been worked at all. Under the circumstances the output for the first nine months, 1S7 6S1 ounces crude, can be taken as nearly representing the years production.
 This would bring the total production of the Transvaal mines in 1899 up to 4,256,- 797 crude or bullion ounces. At the usual valuation Of Witwatersrand gold this would be equal to s.4sO,57s ounces, or 1OS.- 5u kilograms, fine gold, or SIP 150,144 in "A a c SIS 761, this shows a decrease for 1899 of $5,92e,617. Had it not been for the war the increase would probably have been $2O, 900, 900 or over
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHE

H. c. Dodge, in Cardiff Western Mail Nobody knows of the work 1t makes To keep the home together; Nobody know of the steps 1t takes, Nobody knows-but mother. Nobody listens to childish woes,
 Which kisses only smother; Nobody's pained by naughty blows, Nobody-only mother. Nobody knows of the sleepless care Bestowed on baby brother; Nobody knows of the tender pray'r, Nobody-only mother. Nobody knows of the lessons taught Of loving one another; Nobody knows of the patience sought, Nobody-only mother. Nobody knows of the anxious fears - Lest darlings may not weather The storms of life in after years.
 Nobody knows-but mother. Nobody kneels in the throne above
 To thank the Heavenly Father For that sweetest gift-a mother's love; Nobody ean--hut mother.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
REED PKOsPERiNG IN NEW YORK KY, s,,;n ofon Cor in Rrooklyn Eagle


 Former Speaker Thomas B. Reed has been in Washington several times since talk ing up the practice of law in New York. but on each occasion he visited the capitol he contented himself with attending strictly to his legal business. Although he was in the supreme court room he dfd not wander over to his old stamping grounds in the house and was apparently satisfied to keep away from the scenes of his former victories. The friends of the Maine man say that as lawyer he is a great success and that his income is now eight or ten times as large as it was when he was a member of congress. Former Senator Kel- logg, who lives at the Shoreham, where MT. Reed resided for years. is authority for the statement that the ex-speaker is earning from s4O,OOO to $5O,0OO year.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
st. yinoent ErIsted In the Flssh

Who ever thought that St. Valentine once was really clothed in human flesh, any more than Santa Claus or Cupid? And yer the few votanies who are left him may stiii worship at his picturesque shrine in home' where once year the ceremony Is per- formed of bringing out his skull, crowned with roses. says writer in the Chicago Tribune These flowers are as unfading as the quality. over which the saint pre- sides-for they are made of pink tissue pa- per.
 Indeed. the blessings of this saint must be widespread, for another church in Italy has the precious relic of an arm; an abbey in Normandy, San Pietro in Milan, and tho Antwerp cathedral have each portion Of the martyred saint.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

From the Boston Transcript
 Mrs. Hetty Green, the millionaire busi- ness woman,-is in town arranging the pre- liminaries in lawsuit now pending. It Is the settlement of the property of Mrs. Greens aunt, Miss Sylvia A. Rowland, who died in 1865, leaving a large property. This was the aunt who had the early training of Mrs. Green, then Hetty Robinsonn, and her memory has ever been hefd in fordest affection. Mrs. Green claims that the trus- tees cannot show the accounts to be square It is over fifty years since Mrs. Green lived in Boston, on Otis Place, with a rela- tive of Danuel Webster. She attended Mrs. Lowell's school, which was then as high as girls wanted to go.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The arch -hypocrite is the human heart.
 No one would ever believe me if I wrote what I believe about what women pity bachelors for.
 The worse type of bachelor Is the one who goes about proclaiming that every man ought to marry young.
 The fewer things a man gives woman to love him for, the more certain she is to love him for those few things.
 The only woman who can make a success of chasing a man Is the one who can make him believe he is chasing her.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
Reciprocal Convention Approved

Kingston, Jamaica, February 21.-The re- ciprocal convention with the United States was approved by the legislature today. Only the official members were present. The peoples representatives refuse to take part in the deliberations until MT. Joseph Cham berlain, secretary of state for the colonies withdraws his obnoxious nominees.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

It now appears that G. W. Clark was elected senator against his will, because he had done so much-with his purse-to purify politics in his state As purifier Clark is simply great.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
Cruiser Detroit at uobitc

Mobile, Ala, February I.-The cruiser Detroit arrived at the Dauphin street wharf this afternoon from Key West. having been sent here by the secretary of the payy to pay honor to the Mobile carnival.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Members of the Montana legislature who were poor when they left home, went back to start banks, and yet Clark says he spent no money nlegitimately.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Porto Rico must begin to long for Span- ish rule again. The republican tariff policy is simply grab game, and the constitu- tion is to be pushed off the sidewalk.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Macrum has left Liverpool, Ohio. He is supposed to be in the neighborhood or Washington with view of securing that secret treaty between the United States and Great Britain, and of tearing 1t into pieces. Mac has 1t 'in'' for England.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
BEAT HIMSELF

From the Tuskadoosa Times.
 The Age Herald's cartoonist excelled himself in Sundays edition.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Out of s55. .OOO,O 900 donated last year to American colleges only $43S,OOO was given to colleges in thirteen southern states.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Men may by dying rich die disgraced, but the courts and the lawyers will speedily en- deavor to wipe out the disgrace.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Those Boer traps do not seem to fit Lord Roberts and Kitchener.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
INDl,Y OMIT FLOwH

Providence Journal t
 The Olney boom has ended in a sigh for what might have been.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
Iris Love That Moves the World

Margaret E. Sanglster states In Coliier's Weekly that Saint Valentine is peculiarly the patron of young people, and of young people in love. A young man or woman who is indifferent in love, or averse from it, Is somehow out of tune with nature. and out of touch with the world, which needs love as its saving salt amid the tumult of war, the strife of trade, the greed of commerce, and the modern trend to ma.teMarism. We sometimes smile at the familiar phrases, Love is enough" iris love that makes tine world go round,' but if the smile be cynical, if there be in it the faintest trace of skepticism, we show some fatal warp in our own minds, some singular lack of dis comment as to the true relations of things. Society has faults enough, ideals are often debased, objects are sought with ferceness of pursuit which are not worth honest ef- fort and palms, but, through all chances and changes, love aibides and reigns.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

By the way who and where is MT. Carri' Chapman Catt?
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Pretoria news, alas. Is censored, too. All the world is kin after all.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

MT. Quay's case stands too low on the docket. It will not be reached until after the November election.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt Is not at all kittenish. She is dignity itself.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
HETTY GREENS aUNT's ESTATE

The ship subsidy steal is not dead. It il biding its time.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

The world waits while DeRodays and Cas- tellane meet, and Web. Davis comes sailing home. a.--.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

MT. Carnegie's sympathies for the Fflipi- nos does not extend to his partners.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Cecil Rhodes should make an effort tc overcome the donkey steak habit
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

ASK HIS FRIEND WINSLOW From the Boston Globe. Does anybody known just where Aguinal- do Is?
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Carnegie's theories as to the blessings oi poverty are now we'll understood.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

The streets of Paris will soon be filled with gore or ink-it is difficult to say which.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22

Carnegie's infant industry is doing very well. It is fed with high-tariff pap.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
Dedicated to a Pagan God

Long before the year one of the Chris- tian era Roman youths and maidens bowed at the foot of an altar dedicated to god, so old that he has been called the child or Chaos. He has had many incarnations and traveled under many an alias. In reality St. Valentine is but a pagan god with a Christian halo. Unblinded from the daz- zling light of his halo, one finds a pair of horns; remove the stole and he sees pair of cloven hoofs, for St. Valentine Is no more nor less than the god Pan; like bishop presiding over his focks
 This spring festival in his honor, called the Lupercaha, Is probably the most an- cient celebrated in Rome and for countless ages sacrifices have been made to Pan on the 18th of February of each year. On these occasions it was the custom for the Roman youths to draw the names of maid ems from a marble vase. So popular was this with the holiday-loving Romans that they continued to celebrate their festival to Pan long after their conversion to Chris tianity, simply leaving out the sacrifice.
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
Was Popular in Old England


 The custom of drawing ones valentine by lot became exceedingly popular all over Europe, and continued as late as a century ago. But 1t grew to be such an extrava- gance that it wore itself out, for each "yalentine was expected to present his or her partner with costly gift. Even royalty took part in the festival.
 Princess Mary has this mention in the inventory of her jewels: "A brooch of gold, enameled black, with an agate of the story of Abraham, with iii. small rockt rubies," which is stated in the margin to have been given" to Sir Anthony Brown, drawing her Grace to his valentine"
 And Pope writes in his diary in 1860: My wife to Sir w. Batten3. and there sa. awhile, ale hatIng sent my wife a half dozen pair of gloves and a pair of silk stockings and garters for her Valentine" Times have changed since then, and so- ciety wenen no longer -:eee.ve such ''lo- kens of esteem" from shs.r admirers. for this is said to be too materialistic an age. Saint Valentine is neglected and out of fashion, and no wonder, when half the men and women in the world are too busy to faM in love; for as Bulwer says. '.Love is the business of the idle and the idcness of the busy'
The age-herald., 1900-02-22
The Festival Was Canonized.

Five hundred years after the beginning of the Christian era the pope, finding it impossible to change custom rooted in so many centuries, decided to give it canondcal form. The calendar of the saints was consulted, and conveniently enough there was a saints day ready made, which fell upon the eve of the other. Moreover, Valentines martyrdom took place on the Palatine Hill, near the spot where the altar to Pan had stood. So the Romans went on celebrating, drawing from the vase their lots. which from that time were call ed valentines"
 Nowadays, even in Rome, the old saint is sadly neglected, though there is one lit- tile chapel-strangely enough not at the saints shrine-where a few sentimental youths still drop their love billets, tied with green ribbons, and the Santuzzas and the Lucias come to claim them.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-06
A GIRL TRUSTED.

Philadelphia Record: BY the aid of q
woman who can keep a secret H. HI.
Rogers, h Standard Oil magnate, has
secured the property of the Atlas Tack
company, which Is located in Massachu-
sets n several other states.
n woman is Miss X. T. Harrison, Mr.,
Rogers private secretary, and she twice
bid in the property, the first sale having
been made vOid by a technical error, the
price both times being 5000. 900.
The property was sold in Boston UNI
der foreclosure proceedings 1t has been
in the hands OF a receiver for some time.
and the State Street Trust ompan held
the mortgage under which It was sold.
When the first sale was made, on De-
cember Is. 1889. the property was sold to
*. T.. Harrison of New York" and the
bidder was believed to be a man, acting
IF Mr.. Rogers. who is said to hold bonds
IN the corporation. But at Yesterdays
sale she was the only bidder, and it was
Iound that a secret had been kept ny a
m
Questions were practically u~nayailiug
when applied to her. n was exceed
ingly annoyed when she was told that
the transaction IA known, and at first
declined to admit that it had taken place,
suppose it has" she said finally.
Duy Ut. l was not acting as the Stand
ard Oirs agent. I am Mr.. Rogers pri-
waite secretary. I am annoyed that any
thing has been published about it. We
didn't want 1t knowM. I have nothing
further to say about it,"
And she hadn't. Mr.. Rogers business
secrets are fast locked within the mind
of the tail. brown haired young woman.
whom he trusts, and there they are safe.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-06
WHAT THE BOXERS BELIEVE.

line Following copy OF, a Boxers circu-
lar. such as We're posted up in TEN
Isln early in the uprising, is self-ex-
planatory:
SACRED Edict-Issued by the Lord OF
Wealth.
THE Catholic and Protestant religions
being insolent to the gods n sextin-
gushing sanctity, rendering no obedience
TO Buddhism and engaging both heaven
and earth. the rainclouds now no longer
visit us; but 5000 spirit soldiers will de-
scend from heaven and sweep the empire
etean of all foreigners. Then will the
gentle smoWers once more water our
lands and when the tread of soldiers
and the clash of steel are heard herald
ing woes to u people then the Budd-
(hists' League of Boxers will be able to
protect the empire and bring peace to all
its people.
Hasten then to spread this doctrine
far and wide; for, if you gain one ad-
herent to the faith eur own person will
be absolved from future misfortunes. If
you gain five adherents to the faith your
whole family will be absolved from all
evils; and if you gain 10 adherents to the
faith your whole village will be safe
from all calamity. If you gain no adher-
ents you shall be decapitattl, for until
will never visit us.
"Those who have drunk water from
wells poisoned by foreigners should at
once make use of the following divine
prescription, the ingredients OF which
are to be swallowed. when the poisoned
patients will recover:
Dried black plums, half an ounce.
..'S"a;.o uB JIeu 'sp!oulooIe g!MusoouH,
"Solanum de!calnarel, half an onnce.