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The age-herald., 1900-09-20

names which inspire the people of the two States and which recall memories of the conflict between the States. in which con fet two ships and their commanders play ed an important part
 The first Alabama and the first Kear- sarge presented a different appearance from their namesakes which are today among the proudest battleships of any nation of the world The superiority of the new ships over the old represent the progress made along all lines of develop ment by the two States and the two sec tions of which they are a part.
 The new Alabama and the new Rear sarge will proudly sail the seas and will add lustre to the American name as did the old Alabama and the old Kearsarge.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
WO MAN O
n the Detroit Journal.

From the Detroit Journal
 We saw at once that the hideous practice of foot-binding had crushed all but the mere semblance of womanhood out of his Chinese person.
 For when we spoke of her shoes, how lt- tie they were, she merely smiled, sadly, and did not even intimate, let alone asseverate, that she could readily wear two @ sizes smaller.
 "But happily she is unconscious of her pitlable degradation"' we exclaimed, when we had left her, and in this thought we found some comfort.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
STRIKE IN TENNESSEE
Three Hundred Miners Lay Down Their
 Picks

Knoxville, Tenn, September 19- special to the Sentinel from Coal Creek says:
 About 300 miners and day laborers em- ployed by tho Coal Creek Coal Company went on a strike last night at o'clock The men demanded that the day laborers be given an increase in wages, which would make their pay equivalent to that of labor CTS employed by other companies in the Coal Creek and Jelco districts.
 The company refused to grant the in- crease further than general raise of 7sl per cent as agreed upon at the Jelico con- ference last week. It happened that the la borers In the Coal Creek Company's mines were paid trife less than laborers else where.
 ''The miners are satisfied with their scale, but are striking in the hope of gaining the raise for the day laborers. About ten men remained in the mines."
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
WHAT IS MILIrARIsM?

From the New York World.
 Militarism is this! In 1898 the regular army consisted of 25,000 men. It now con- sists of 65OO0, and there are 35,O0O volun- teers besides, making 100000 in all. Me Kinleyism is responsible for this increase in the numbers of the army. The army used to cost about s23. 3.0o0,OOO a year It is now costing $1S5.OOOOOo.
 But the present force of 100000 men Is not sufficient under Mci<inleyism. It is all most entirely absorbed by the needs of the Philippines and there is no immediate prospect that the force in the archipelago can be diminished. At least 100000 men, costing annually $10O,OO GOO, independent of the cost of transportation, will be needed in the islands. The care and management of the new guns in place and in process of manufacture for this country for which Congress has appropriated another $1Oo, ,0Oo.- GOO will require at least 15,00O additional artillerymen. Cuba requires 5000 troops and will require them as long as we are in power there. Porto Rico requires 1,500 Here are 122,500 soldiers, without counting the additional infantrymen and cavalrymen who will be required at home, in Alaska and in Hawaii.
 Let us say that McKinleyism has made necessary for immediate uses and for sev- eral years to come an army of 10000 Moreover, it's foreign and colonial policy will breed the military spirit and will transform this country into military power.
 When a country's military force Is sud denly increased six times and its cost nearly seven times, there is justified ton for saying that militarism is threatened.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
REFLE0TIoNs OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 No woman feels as much like Christian at an auction as she does at a funeral.
 A woman's idea of romance Is for a man to marry her on her deathbed and then for her to get well.
 The peculiar fun a man gets out of going fishing woman gets out of giving men chances to propose. AA
 When a woman Is in love with man she always likes to hear some other woman say something against him, so she can stand up for him. Q A4sHt
 It Is only in jokes that a man misSehaves when his wife is away from home. In real life he knows that all the women in town are watching him too close.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
Made Creditnble Display

Managua, Nicaragua, September 19.-A very creditable dress parade of the in- fantry cavalry and artillery was a feature of the celebration of the declaration of independence of Nicaragua. President Zelaya and members of Congress and large number of citizens listened to the oration and reading of the declaration of independence in the hall of Congress at Managua.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
WILL PAY DUTY
Officers of Hospital Ship Solace Must
 Come Across

San Francisco, September 19.-The officers of the Hospital Ship Solace will pay duty on the goods they brought over from China after all, but they will make their payments in the shape of fines equal to the customs duties. e
 Captain Winslow, in behalf of the su- bordinates, has made this agreement with the revenue officers who followed the ves- sel to the Mare Island Navy Yard.
 The goods consist of 135 packages of silk, Chinaware and other articles. The Solace brought over twenty Chinese without cer- tificates, who will not be permitted to land
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
Duke Is n Bankrupt

London, September 19.-The Duke of Man chester has concluded that it is useless to attempt to compound with his creditors and has signed consent to be adjudicated a bankrupt. In the course of his state- ment to the court the duke says the fam fly estates, of which he is life tenant are so heavily encountered that the receipts only suffice to pay the interest. He adds that since attaining his majority his rela- tves have allowed him f7O monthly, but that his expenditure has been from f15OO to f2000 a year.
 In addition to his known liabilities of f15,OO0, there are very many acceptances outstanding, the amount and whereabouts of which he has no knowledge.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
Killed in a Mine

Knoxville, Tenn. September 19--A spe- cial to the Sentinel from Bristol says:
 Edward Lewis and Lican Smith were killed last night in the coal mines at Dor chester, Va. They were about to leave the mine when a mass of slate fell, crushing both of them to death. They were well known in that section"
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
Temple ReoDencd

London, September 19.-The Metropolitan Tabernacle was reopened today by tho Rev. Thomas Sturgeon, a son of the late Charles H. Sturgeon Ira D. Sankey, the American evangelist, participated in the services, and in the course of his remarks said he was the bearer of congratulations from 10000 friends in the United States.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
NEILSPRUIT OCCUPIED
Lord Roberts Opens Communication
 With Butler

London, September 19.-Lord Roberts tel graphed from Neilspruit Vaal river colony under date of Tuesday, September IS, that the town was occupied on the previous day without opposition. He adds that he is in communication with General Butler and Is able to send him supplies.
 Lord Roberts further says that General Butler reports that the bulk of his oppo- nents now are mercenaries and Cape Colony rebels
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
Cincinnati Festival

Cincinnati, September 19-The Cincinnati Fall Festival opened today with a gorgeous street parade, in which all local organiza- tions and industries were represented It combines all the displays of the old Gin cinnati Exposition, together with other fea- lures from the German Village to the Mid way. The city was filled with exeursion- ists yesterday and today and the crowd was unusually large. Miss kolb was the festival queen.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
HELD BY TURKS
Efforts to Secure Release of Naturalized
 American Citizen

Constantinople, September 19.-Lloyd Griscom United States Charge D'Affaires, has made verbal representations to the Porte demanding the release of an Armen- ian who, it is claimed, is a naturalized American citizen and who was arrested upon the charge of belonging to the Ar- menian Revolutionary Committee.
 Investigation is to be made, and if the prisoner is found to be an American citi- zen he will be released.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

From the Atchison Globe
 Every wife should have so much faith in her husband that when he goes hunting she should not buy any meat for dinner, but make every preparation to cook ducks.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
JAMES A. WHITE DEAD
Last of the Survivors of the Charge of
 the Charge ofBalaklava

Upper Sandusky, O., September 19.-The last one of the Balaklava survivors, James A. White, is dead He had lived near this place since 1857. The battle was made famous by Lord Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and from all that is now known, Mir. White was the last of the twentyone survivors.
 Six hundred and twenty-five men made the charge, and more than 600 were killed.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
BABY'S RGSEBUDS

Algernon Charles Swinburne. A baby's hands, like rosebuds furled, Whence yet no leaf expands, Open if you touch, though close up curled,
 A baby's hands. Then, even as warriors grip their brands When battles bolt Is hurled They close, clenched hard like tightening bands,
 A baby's hands. No rosebuds yet by dawn impearled Match, even in loveliest lands, The sweetest flowers in all the world
 baby's hands.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
----------------- ALA SAM A-kERSARGE

From the Mobile Item.
 Today Alabama and New Hampshire reach out distance of two thousand miles and clasp hands in a fraternal spirit on an suspicious occason-the dedication of the battieships Alabama ard Kearsarge-
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

water and cleanliness are the price of i'm munity, and there can be no safety from the disease without the aid of these.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

In Washington they want cold winter in order to cool off.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

MT. Coler will remain in the comp troller's office in New York two years longer, and he will be thorn in the side of his party enemies.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

A fourth floor with an elevator attached is as good as any floor.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

The color line was drawn. it seems ,n the Cuban elections.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

A fourth floor in the new city hall would save the city the expense of a library building in the future
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

The footing habit in China is a vindica- ton of the Chinese.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

Any one who has a sure-cure remedy for apathy can dispose of it to the campaign managers.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

Alabama's Capital City looms up well in the percentage column.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

The world forgot Pekin and Pretoria and the Philippines when Galveston was sore stricken.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

New York little thought when it an- nexed Brooklyn that it was taking in the baseball championship. Annexation does pay unexpected dividends sometimes.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
THE WIPES SUBiI ME FAITH

Gov. Joseph D. Savers is earning his sal ary nowadays.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

The three chief cities of the State are each and all in the thirties.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

Carl Schurz is abused by the Republi- cans because he Topped the other way this time.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

A three-story building will look squat in the shadow of the siX-story Hotel Hill man.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20
Fire al the Fair Grounds.

The destruction of one building at the fair grounds will not be permitted to inter- fere with the holding of the fair in No- vember. It will throw more work on tine officers of the Fair Association. but they are men who are accustomed to work. Any one of them can do the work of two ordln- ary men, and they will see that everything is in readiness by the first day of Novem- Der.
 The exposition building will be restored, and much additional floor space provided; for the coming fair is to represent the farms, mines and factories of the State. If the fire of yesterday morning has any ef- feet at all, 1t will consist in awakening new energies in the management of the fair. They will now show that neither flames nor a Presidential election can abate their zeal or ambition towards the prepara- ton of a fair that will be a credit to the State
 All contracts for new buildings will be let In a few days, and a large force will be put at work on each one of them. All will be ready at the date determined upon, and all will be ample to hold the manifold at fractions that the officers of the Alabama Fair Association are engaged in securing.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

Spelbinder Hanna is a mud singer. He is both fervid and ungrammatical.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

Governor Roosevelt has also accepted in a letter so long that no one will read it.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

Ii Hung Chang is marching slowly on Pekin. He knows where the looters are.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

If we help the old Galveston, the new Galveston will take care of itself.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

The Guamites have been declared Ameri- can citizens by an United States court.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

An apathedc campaign cannot destroy interest in the noble game of football.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

Apathy is making the campaign mana ger round shouldered. It has struck in
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

Adlai Stevenson is sensible instead of strenuous, and the people like him.
The age-herald., 1900-09-20

The mosquito has quit his midnight ma rauding She has lost her appetite.
The Irish standard., 1900-10-06
Peaceful ireland.

Year by year the statistics Of serious
crime in Ireland become more en-
couraging. says the Dublin Freeman's
Journal. The report Of the prisons
board for 1899 is no exception to r'-
cent records in the evidence il affords
of satisfactory progress. The num-
Der of presons sent to convict prisons
last year was 80, the number discrarg-
ed 100, and the number in custody on
Jan. J., 1900, 332 Twenty years ago
the number was 1881 thirty years ago
1890, and forty years ago 1851. Even
more satisfactory than these figures
is the gradual disappearance of the
female convict. On Jan. 1, there were
only 10 women in convict prisons
in Ireland, as compared with 2l2 IN
1870.
The figures of juvenile crime are
quite as satisfactory. The Number Of
convicted juveniles was last year 1s.',
as compared with 222 in the previous
year. and 462 in 1891. Twenty-Five
were girls. The report states that
besides these, 6 boys and girl under
12 years of age, and 48 boys aN1 1s
girls from II to 16 years of age were
committed to prison as untried prison.
ers during 1890, but were not Coll
victed." The practice Of Irish maeis-
trates in sending untried prisoners to
jail has always been scandal. Irish
magistrates act in this respect as IT
every accused person were to be pre-
sumed guilty until he had proved his
innocence. The magisterial practice
is utterly irreconcilable with repeated
judicial decisions, but, unlike English
judges, Irish judges have never ell
deavored to improve 1t. 1t would be
a more proper subject for some of
their assize addresses than the po-
litical views they occasionally yenti-
late. When it comes to sending inno-
cent children to prison, 1t Is certain.
ly time that somebody should inter-
fere.
The Irish standard., 1900-10-06

"When in America" says Success,
.'thc Irish poet, Thomas Moore, was
presented to President Jefferson. He
was amazed to FIND the author Of the
Declaration of Independence sitting
in homely costume, comprising slip
pcrs and Connemara stockings So
gracious was Jefferson's manner
however, that Moore afterward spoke
of the short visit as AN event not tc
be forgotten.
The Irish standard., 1900-10-06

tiOn for the drink of sweet milk which
she plentifully gave them; seemed, in
fact, to be offended because it was Of
fered to her.
The contradictions embodied in the
relation Of the story were sufficient to
convince lis of the bias of the mar
rator, and before he left us he was
given to understand, both by our ill.,
attention and Indifference, that his
story fell wide of the mark.
AS we approached the gap of Dun
loe we We're surprised to see the num-
ber of people gathered on the road.
At first we were inclined to imagine
it might he an Irish fair, of which
we had heard SO much and which we
We're so anxious to see. AS we drew
nearer we could easily perceive the
people wandering about among the
horses, and wondered greatly why
such collection of horses in one
place. We were told before leaving
Killarney that we would have to ride
ponies through the gap, but we ex
pected to get our steeds from the sta
BILE; it never entered our head until
we reached this spot that the ponies
would all be on the road and that the
selection would be made then. All
takes place in front of Kate Kearney's
cottage.
1t is sacred custom that no one
passes Rates door without paying her
ii visit. Kate's daughters honor the
patrons by waiting on them. According
as each person is about To retire after
-partaking of refreshments ut the cOun-
ter, Kate personally approaches them,
one after the other, inviting them to
'have IL drop of the 'crntllure.
Having tasted of different kinds OF
drinks, but above all of "potheen'
and goats milk. we regretfully left the
cottage where we We're highly amused,
and proceeded to select ponies to carry
us through the gap Of DunlOe. The
ponies offered to select from are not
very prepossessing. They Craze on
the mountain sides with the goats;
the saddles and brides are not of the
best. and SO there is considerable sour
rying to select the most presentable
rig procurable.
The selection made, the question
was, would we be able to ride safely
through the gap. ODes'of us could
ride fairly well. another rather indjf-
ferently, n third nev,r was on a horses 8
back before. This latter wanted to
walk but finally consented, after much
persuasion from us and the owner Of
the pony. to venture to ride. The
owner of the pony assured him that
nothing would bcfall him; that he
would lead the horse himself and see
to his safety. Many who visit XII
larney are far from being expert rid
ers and dread to ride over the craggy
passes. and so proceed OH foot IL dis
tance of three miles. The prOprietOrs
of the ponies resort to every means to
1issuade them from so doing, repre-
senting to them the difficulties of the
walk, even Mt times going so far as
to strap them in the saddle, all in Or
der not to lose the hire of their ponies
or the tip which they at times expect
to amount to almost as much as the
hire. At length we were able to start
and leave the amusing spot in front Of
Kate Karney's cottage, where we had
so much enjoyment watching tn
mounts and listening to the screeche
and entreaties to "take me down be-
fore I fall"
The Irish standard., 1900-10-06

herself was tidy and clean, although
barefooted, and her feet We're dirty
She would not accept any compensa-
tion for the drink of sweet milk which
she plentifully gave them; seemed, in
The Irish standard., 1900-10-06

Lord Roberts Is now commander
in.chief Of the British army. The
laundering Butler will succeed him III
South Africa.
The Irish standard., 1900-10-06

A staff correspondent of the Chi.
cago Record who was with Roosevelt
at Victor, Col, says thar the Rough
Rider swore like cowboy ard wanted!
to fight the mob. "Col. Curtis Guild,
Jr.," he says, "tried to force Teddy
into the car door, but the latter re.
fused to bulge. He lost his temper
and swore in good set oaths that he
would not hide: His teeth showed as
with snarl. He wanted to fight,
and he showed it" He says the
trouble began by an attack on a won.
an bearing q Bryan banner. "An
overzealous Rough Rider accompany
ing Roosevelt through the streets
snatched the banner from her hands
and threw it down. Her husband, Il
gigantic man, then struck the uni
formed follower Of Roosevelt and q
brief fight followed" Tie American
people have but scant sympathy with
the swearing, clustering bully, who al
lows his attendants to attack a worn
an.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-19
4 JERICHO FAILURE,
THE ATTEMPT TO FORM A COMPANY
OF HOME GUARDS.

Pop Perkins, the Postmaster, Tells
How Bill Lapham Sprung His
Scheme ON the Meeting and How
Lish Billings Gave 1t Black Eye.
copyright. 1900, by c. B. Lewis.l
was gittin the mail ready to put
into the Tarrytown bag when Bill Lap
ham comes in. Bill runs a goose farm
just out of Jericho and has bin gittin
up in the world like a Eastwood tree.
I've known fur the last year that he
wanted to do sunthin smart to git his
self talked about, and when seen him
come in with his chin in the air s'pect-
ed he'd hit it.
"Look here, pap" he whispers, though
we was all alone, "I've struck the big
gest, broadcast, tallest, heftiest idea
ever thought out by mortal man, and
I'm hevin hard work to catch my
breath. I'll be hanged if my head don't
swim and my knees wabble over it."
els it how to grow geese feathers on
hensY says l, KNOWN he'd bin ex-
perimentin in that direction.
I'D tell you, pap, quicSer'n any 9TH
er man in the United States, but
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-19
Beau Brummel ana Hi. Boots.

In the "Reminiscences and Recollec-
lions of Captain Grownow" (who was
himself famous dandy occurs the
following annecdote of Beau Brum-
mel, the time being 1915.
The dandy's dress consisted Of blue
coat, with brass buttons, leather
breeches and top boots, and it was the
fashion to wear a deep, stiff white
cravat, which prevented you from
seeing your boots while standing.
All the world watched Brummel to
initiate him, and order their clothes o.
the tradesman who dressed that sub
lime dandy. One day a youthful beau
approached Brummel and said:
Permit me to ask you where you
geteyour blacking?'
"Ah!' replied Brummel. gazing com
placently at his boots, "my backing
positively ruins me. will tell you ir
, confidence. 1t is made with the finest
champagne!'
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-19
WHAT ARE VOLCANOES
They Are Not Burning Mountains az
We Understand That Term.
"what are volcanoesp

"What are volcanoes"
Nine out Of every ten persons would
Immediately have an answer Of some
sort to the question above, for have
they not lively remembrance of hav-
ing learned in their schoolbooks that
"a volcano is a burning mountain, from
the summit of which are sent out smoke
and flamesy This popular fancy has
been exploded by scientists, whose
work is to explode popular fancies.
In the first place, volcanoes are not
necessarily mountains. In reality they
are Just the reverse-that Is, holes In
the earth's crust. Out of these are
thrown the materials which, accumu-
lating, form the heaps which we popu-
larly call mountains.
These are, then. the result and not
the cause o. the action. Neither are
they burning" as we understand the
term. There is no combustion, nor any
action we might reasonably call 'burn-
ing"
The action need not necessarily take
place at the summit, for eruptions are
Just as frequent at the sides or even
at the base. The SO called "smoke" is
nothing more or less than the clouds
of condensing steam which are formed
on every OCCASION when an eruption oc
ours.
!, Lastly, the flames" so called, are
merely the reflection Of the mass OF
molten rocl, and material inside the
crater on the clouds Of steam above
thus appearing as glowing light. The
friction, too, set up by the motion OF
/ the materials causes electricity, anC
hence the lightning discharges which
/ add to the Illuminating effect.-Pear
sons MAGAZINE,