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The age-herald., 1900-07-09
MISS RUTH BRYAN
Spent a Happy Fourth at the Kansas City
 Convention
William
Correspondent New York World.

Correspondent New York World
 Kansas City, July 4.-The most interest
 ed, and by far the most interesting specta-
 tor at the convention was Ruth Bryan. the
 15-year-old daughter of the candidate
 She was not the only member of William
 J. Bryans family who attended the con
 vention. His brother and sister were both
 here. While almost a child in years, Ruth
 Bryan is far advanced in her knowledge of
 the momentous questions of the day. She
 following with undagging interest every
 event, every action, every demonstration of
 the thousands of people around her, A World correspondent sat near her. On
 several occasions she was caught up and swept along by the enthusiasm of the
 of the strong. Several times she rose to her feet and with sparkling eyes and flush ing cheeks threw back her head in hearty Western manner and cried out "Hurrah!
 Then, seeming to remember herself, she laughingly resumed her seat, saying, Il wonder what father would say" In the height of the enthusiasm for Hill,
 amid the widest cheering, stamping of feet and the beating of drums, Ruth Bryan rose to her feet in an effort to get one glimpse of the center of attraction 'Why don't they make him stand up?"
 she said, then with something of her fath-
 CTS own determination and perseverance
 she added: "I want to see him and I am going to see him."
 Accompanying this decided statement,
 she gracefully lifted her dress and stood upon her chair. Then clapping her hands in an unconscious enthusiasm, she ex- claimed:
 There he is! There he is-that man with
 the bald head. No, that's the wrong bald head"
 Then, catching a glimpse of David B. Hill, as he sat surrounded by the New York delegation, she said to me: Isn't it splendid to listen to all of the men cheer ing and yelling Hill! Hill! Hill! Hill! Hin.' keeping time with the even beat of drums ?'' Perhaps the most charming characteristic of this interesting young girl is her ab- solute lack of self-consciousness. Although hundreds of eyes were turned toward her and many cameras were focused at her this
 morning, she as devoid of embarrassment
 and did not seem to realize that any one was thinking about her.
 She is a tall, gracefully formed girl for her age. She bears a striking likeness to
 her distinguished father. The mouth, which
 reveals an inherited strength and determin- ation, is that of delicate and refined wo- man. Her eyes are large and bright and | the gray coloring is almost concealed by | the dark shadows cast by her long black l lashes. Her complexion and hair are of the blond type, and in any crowd she would be noticed for her beauty and graceful car riage.
 Miss Ruth Bryan has all the accomplish ments of western girl. She Is fond of horses, rides well and handles the ribbons with dexterity. The free outdoor life she has led has lent to her an easy grace which | is in perfect harmony with her whole souled, gracious manner.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
SIDNEY J. BOWIE

From the Anniston Hot Blast
 Syd Bowie's splendid work for Senator Morgan gave him a prominece possessed by but few men in the state. And the peo- pie seem very desirous of honoring him both in recognition of his ability and this effective work for our venerable Senator.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

this country has had it's massacres--one of Chinese ct Seattle and one of Italians at New Orleans.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

Alas alas: cold drinks are heating and hot drinks are cooling, and nothing fits such q spell of weather as this
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

The world is now engaged in twisting the pig-tai1 instead of the British Hons tail.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

The Chinese, as did the Boers, have shocked the powers by buying plenty of Mausers and Maxims
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

Minister Wu still clings to the hope that 1t was a mob that did it, and not his home government.
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Khaki uniforms are to be the wear o1 marching clubs this year.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09
NOT IN THE POET, CORNEI

From the Philadelphia Press.
 The more poetry we read of MT. Austin's the more we are convinced that he ought to be put into Westminster Abbey-at oncel
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

Webster Davis is now the target of ad minstration Billingsgate.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

A rough rider who rides hobbies is not the ideal of the plains
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The former is much the safer especially when a combine exists.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

The front porch will now take high place in politics.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

The former is much the safer especially when a combine exists.
 The Chinese, as did the Boers, have shocked the powers by buying plenty of Mausers and Maxims
 Minister Wu still clings to the hope that 1t was mob that did it, and not his home government
 Adlai Stevenson is an old campaigner, and he cannot be rattled by rough-rider nonsense.
 Prices went up in Wall street when the news of Mr Bryan's nomination was re- ceived
 The ancient empire will have no powder to put into frecrackers if this cruel war goes on.
 Adlai Stevensons old-time Democracy is matched against Theodore Roosevelt's hob bies.
 
 With ten Presidential tickets in the field, every crank can find something to his lik ing.
 James Ham Lewis yellow spots did not hypnotize the Kansas City convention. 
 Brother Webster Davis is the best ad- vertised man out of the show business. Teddy grows bigger and bigger each day, and his colleague smaller and smaller.
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 The shirt-sleeve habit has been forbidden in the departments at Washington.
 The Filipino junta in Hong Kong is To- cated out of the Boxer district.
 Prince Yuan comes forward as the chief foe of western civilization.
 Webster Davis is now the target of ad- mnistration Billingsgate.
 Khaki uniforms are to be the wear of marching clubs this year.
 A rough rider who rides hobbies is not the ideal of the plains.
 The front porch will now take a high
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

Adlai Stevenson is an old campaigner, nonsense.
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Prince Tuan comes forward as the chiei foe of western civilization.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

Prices went up in Wall street when the news of MT. Bryan's nomination was re- peiVed
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

The ancient empire will have no powder to put into frecrackers if this cruel war goes on.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

The Filipino junta in Hong Kong is To- cated out of the Boxer district.
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

Adlai Stevenson's old-time Democracy is matched against Theodore Roosevelt's hob bies.
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 Senator Tillman: "All the bitterness, if there is any, has passed away, I think. I think there was more earnestness than bitterness in the debate Wednesday night, though there was some vitriol in the lan- guage used by some of the speakers. We have given eur affirmation friends a bridge on which to cross all the ditches as they come along Mark Hanna and Mckinley must look out. Complete harmony now prevails and everybody is happy"
 Augustus Van Wyck: Although we were beaten regarding the 16 to l plank I am much gratified at the concession made to the conservative members of the Commit tee on Resolutions The fact that we de- clared imperialism the paramount issue of the approaching campaign and announced that the Democracy was not opposed to territorial expansion was especially grati- flying. I was particularly interested in having the distinction drawn between inn perialism and expansion. The platform in this regard is so very good that the finan- cal plank might be overlooked by those not in sympathy with it. as the silver ques- ton cannot be made an issue and is only an academic topic for more than four years to come"
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

Richard Croker: "The platform is all right It is splendid. have not studied it carefully, but heard every word of it as Senator Tillman read 1t. It suits me; it is big enough and broad enough for all Democrats, and I believe it will suit all Democrats. It is good enough for all to stand upon. I could not say more if I tried. AS for our candidate, Bryan, he is going to win. We will carry New York state for him surely, and predict now that he will be elected President of the United States"
The age-herald., 1900-07-09

John P. Altgeld: 'I regard the platform as the strongest ever adopted in this coun- try. We have started a tidal wave of Americanism which will sweep from ocean to ocean, With the ides of November mill itarism, imperialism, McKinleyism and Hannaism will pass from America forev- er."
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
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Young Farmer Found Hanged.

Houston, Tex. Hermann Winkel-
mann, prominent young farmer Of
Washington county, was found hanging
by his neck in his own barn Saturday.
Deceased had been q resident of that
neighborhood since his arrival from
the fatherland, some six years ago
By hard work and industry he accum.
ulated a small competency, which he
invested in q farm. He was to come
into possession Of the property Satur-
day, and had a sufficient amount OF
money on hand to stock the place.
There is absolutely no known cause fol-
suicide, end there had been nothing in
his pravious conduct to indicate that
te contemplated se'f-destruction. HI
was young man, not yet 80 years old
and with every prospect OF success HI
leaves wife and two small children
Much mystery surrounds the mattel
and officers are pluckily trying to probe
! it, but have nothing to work on.
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
SLOT GAS METERS.

Eho Penny Machines Have Proved q
Success In England.
The penny-in-ths-slot gas meter in
troduced from Liverpool by the South
Metropolitan Gas company three or
four years ago has been an astonishing
success, at any rate, 80 far as the at
tainment Of a wide popularity may be
considered to constitute success,
though 1t Is understood that the Gas
Light and Coke company does not find
It pay. On the other side Of the water
it pays very we'll, and they have nearly
10000 customers and are adding to
them at the rate Of 300 or 400 week.
These are all penny customers, and
they bring into the company's ex-
cheouer somewhere about 100000 q
year 30 that this development has
done much to neutralize any injury
the electric light may have inflicted
90 satisfied is the company with the
result OF It's new departure that 1t ia
now getting out Shilling In the slot
and "half-crown In the slot" meters
for customers a cut or two above the
penny people. One great advantage
the company has in this system Is, Of
course, that there Is no trouble and nc
difficulty In getting in money. INC
penny, no gas" is the principle, and II
will be the same with the shillings and
half-crowns, though these at present
are only In the experimental stage
London News.
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
Matrological Reform.

In his presidential address before the
Society for the Promotion Of Engineer
Ing Education, Dr.. Mendenhall adVo-
Gated the adoption Of the metric sys-
tenn Of weights and measures. He said
that there Is a certain class Of object
ors who see something sacred in the
ward and the pound because they are
relics Of antiquity, and something In
herently wicked In the meter and the
kilogram because they originated with
the French during the revolution al
the close of the last century. He quot
ed the words of Charles Sumner in th'
senate, uttered more than thirty years
ago: "a system Of weights and meas
ures born OF philosophy rather thar
chance Is what we now seek. To thl
and old systems must be abandoned"
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
The Bold Work Of q Swindler.

Birmingham, Ala. - Hood, Yielding
and Co., one Of the largest mercantile
firms in Birmingham, have learned
that an unknown swindler has been
using the firms credit in New York to
get worthless drafts cashed. The
stranger represented himself as Mr..
Yielding, and bought goods for cash,
paying for them in drafts, which were
drawn for amounts il excess of the
bills, the difference being paid him in
money. The fraud was discovered
when one of the firm, becoming suspi.
clous, telegraphed Hood, Yielding and
Co., inqulring il member Of that
firm was in New York. The extent ol
the swindler's operations are moi
known yet, but it is known that be
bought about 1000 worth Of goods
some of which have already arrived
here, consigned to Hood, Yielding ant
| Co., and have been refused. The New
| York firms that suffered as far as ha
been learned, are: R. E. Bonner an(
Co., Lewisohn and Block and Powell
Bros. Shos company.
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
PRAYER IN A HORSE CASE.
y was Diplomatic and cosent' but II
lacked Emcacy.

y was Diplomatic and Cosent, but II
lacked Efficacy.
A ten-minute prayer in a Pennsyl-
1ania court in q horse case created
quite q sensation recently. Robert F.
Thomas had brought suit to recover
he part payment he had made on
1orse. He bought the animal from
Peter German of Heidelberg Township
.or $50; paid $50 on him, and the ball
apce, $50, was to be paid in sixty days
rhe horse was guaranteed SOUND.
Later Thomas returned the horse and
wanted his $50, saying the horse was
aot as represented; that the amman
'knuckled." German denied this and
refused to give back the money.
Thomas then brought suit. The case
.ame up before Judge Albright. Thom-
IS took the stand, took the oath, ana
before answering the first question as
20 where he lived, turned to the
learned Judge and asked whether ne
:oulo esfAr prayer. Certainly" SAID
Judge Albright, with a quiet nod, -
while on the witness stand Thomas
prayed aloud. 20 Lord, Thou VINO
rulest over all and art willing that all
shall have justice, we appeal to Thee,
lin this our trouble, to lend ear ana
give Thy presence. Guide us and all
If us to tell the truth to this honor
,ble court and to this jury that l
bought that dark bay horse from Ger
man for $50; that German said ne was
solid and sound; that I paid $50 on
him: that the horse was not solid ana
sound, as represented, and that Dy
right and Justice this court and jury
should compel German to give me my
money back and receive his horse back
again, as the horse is now just as
Ibousht him. o Lord, we hold no
rudge against German, and we don't
want him to have any enmity against
lus: but we want our money back De-
,ause we are entitled to 1t. Thou
hast said that brethren should dwell
together in unity, and it is our desire
to do SO, but we can't do 1t II German
doesn't take his horse back and re-
.urn my $50. Soften his heart TOWARD
J as: forgive our enemies; give me
safe deliverance In this trial, and bless
this good democratic Judge who has
, lust been Endorsed by the solid re-
publican party OF Lehigh county
Thomas went on in his prayer for tel
minutes, and at Its conclusion the
trial gravely proceeded. The jury pa
.iently listened to all the evidence
The parties were farmers near Stating
, ION. but German deals in horses. Tn
! Jury brought in verdict for the oe
! ,endant, and apparently Thomas
prayer had not been answered as n
: desired, German, the defendant, nav
ing shown that the horse was no
i 'knuckled" but was big-boned AM
sound. as represented-Green Bag.
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13

on the Texas and Pacific side track, in
the northern portion of the town, own
ed by VIM. Polk, being totally destroy
ed, and small frame building, owned
by julius Levin, was also burned The
warehouse was used by NJ. Bloom and
Co. and A. Bauer to store heavy goods,
of which it contained large quantity,
and all OF which was destroyed. The
Hawkeys Rice Mills of Fenton, La,
had a lot of rice stored in the building.
The building was insured through the
agency of Swayze and Baynard in the
Phoenix of Brooklyn for $1,000 and in
the Hamburg Bremen for So, 900. The
groceries of A. Bauer were insured
through the same agency in the Home
Insurance company of New Orleans for
50, 500. The Hswkeye Rice Mills car
ried insurance on their stock of rice for
$1,000 in the Merchants Insurance
company Of New Jersey, through the
agency of We'll and Boatner. The stock
OF groceries Of M. Bloom and Go. were
valued at $4,000 and insured for 50, SOC
through the Alexander agency. The
Armour Packing company OF Chicago
also had large quantity Of goods stor'
ed in the building upon which they
carried an insurance of $4,000. The
origin of the fire Is unknown.
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
Uifo wICnOfJ iHugutug Is


blank. -Thackeray.
Wisdom and goodness to the vile
seem vile. Shakespeare.
Nature never hurries; atom by atom,
little by little, she achieves her works.
Emerson.
In most things success depends on
knowing how long it takes to succeed
--Montesquieu.
Words are but laekeys to sense, and
will dance attendance without wages
or compulsion. Swift
The world may be divided into peo'
ole that read; people that write; pee
pie that think, and fox-hunters. -Shen'
stone.
The talent of success is nothing
more than doing what you caa do well
without a thought Of fame. Long
fellow.
Let us hope that science, commerce
and labor will flourish; for the she'd
ding of blood is o thankless business.
Bismarck.
It can not be denied that outward
accidents conduce much to fortunes
favor opportunity, death of others,
occasion fitting virtue, but chiefly the
molding of mans fortune is in his
own hands. Bacon.
There are two modes of establishing
our reputation; to be praised by honest
men and to be abused by roguss. j
is best, however, to secure the forher,
because it will invariably be accom-
panied by the latter. Cotton.
Man was born to be rich, or grow.
rich by the use of his faculties, by
the union Of thought with nature
Property is an intellectual production
The game requires coolness, righ
reasoning, promptness and patienct
in the players. Cultivated labor drives
out brute labor. Emerson.
| TO be entirely just in our estimate
Of other ages is not only difficult, bu
| is impossible. Even what is passing
in our presence we see through glas
darkiy. In historical inquiries th'
most instructed thinkers have but
limi ed advantage over the most illit
crate. Those who know the most ap
proach least to argument. -Froude.
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
PRESERVATION OF FOOD.
The Method Now in Vogue Was Invented
Sixty Years Ago.

The Method Now in Vogue Was Invented
Sixty Years Ago.
In early times the only methods Of
saving perishable pabulum for any
considerable length of time was by
drying it in the sun or at fire, or by
smoking or sailing it. The Indians
jerked their venison; they dried the
flesh of buffaloes, reduced it to pow"
der, mixed it with meal and then
baked it for keeping. The Peruyians
gave Us the word "jerked" lin this
meaning) from their word "charqui
which signifies prepared dried meat.
The buccaneers derived their name
from a peculiar method of curing beef
which was termed "buchanning. {"
There was regular trade between the
native coast tribes of America and
those of the interior in tlessicated
oysters, clans and other she'll fish.
Savages and barbarians of all coun-
tries had similar customs, and some
still maintain them. The general
fashion in our rural regions of drying
apples, peaches and other fruits is fa-
miIiar, as we'll as the smoking of
bacon and hams, the picking OF
meats and the sailing and smoking OF
fish. A method of preserving vege.
tables that has long been extensively
used in America is by boiling them
for a proper time and transferring
them to cans or bottles and sealing
Immediately.
But the method Of sealing cooked
provisions in alright me allie cases,
which is now SO largely in vogue, is
of comparatively recent invention, and
has been brought into use only dur
ing the present century. In 1910 Aug
ustus de Heine took out patent il
Great Britain for preserving food il
tin and other metal cases by simply
exhausting the air by means Of an all
pump, but it was unsuccessful. I
was followed by a number OF othel
efforts by various persons, all o
which were more or less failures un
til Werthenner's patents, which wer'
three in number, from 1889 to 1s41
By his plan the provisions of what
ever kind are put into metal cases ON.
closely packed, and the interstice
filled in with water or other appro
pirate liquid, such as gravy in tn
case of flesh food. The lids are the
soldered on very securely; two small
perforations are made in each lid, an
the cases set in water bath in whicI
muriate Of lime is dissolved; the,
heat is applied until the whole boil
and the air is expelled through til
small openings in the lids of til
cases. When this, is complete til
small holes are quickly soldered up. =
Self Culture.
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
A Novel Suit.

New Orleans.-A novel suit WAS
filed today that is a sequel of the deU-
perate duel fought in October in the
newspaper row, between Col. 9. Har-
rison Parker, state tax collector, and
Dominick O'Malley, editor of the
Item, in which both men were despor.
ately wounded. During the shooting
Jacob Rohhbacher, a newspaper boy
who was standing in the vicinity OF
the time the duel began, WAS sho!
twice, once in the foot and once in
the head, the shots apparently coming
from O'Malley's pistol. To-day the
mother of the boy filed suit for $l5,'
It's damages against Parker and
O'Malley. 1t is the first suit of the
kind ever fled in this city.
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13

be 15O years old, which fact German
authors and book printers have just
anniversarized. An interesting detail
Is that Goethe's life was one Of unin-
terrupted prosperity, and that In 1925
Motta Of Stuttgart paid 100000 for his
copyrights. That would not be large
sum nowadays for men much less i'm
portant than Goethe to receive; neither
is 1t a small sum to pay for copyrights
moon books some Of which have been
in nrint over fiftv wears
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
Shot Himself Accide htally.

Plaquemine.-A young man named
Delon Templet, residing about five
miles above here, accidentally shot
himself in the abdomen Friday after
noon. The wound will no doubt re-
suit fatally. he was married about
three weeks ago to young lady from
Sardine Point.
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
Barn and Contents Burned

AbbevilIe.-Friday night lire de-
stroyed the barn owned by Mr. r. q.
Mills, whose place is two miles west
of this town. The contents of the
barn, including farming implements
and harvesting machinery, seed rioe,
and pair of fine mules were lost,
Total loss, $2500; no insurance. This
barn was on one of Mr.. Mills rice
farms, on the canal.
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
NORTH CAROLINA NEGROES.
Dread Prop osed Constitutional Amend
ment,


ment,
Raleigh, N. C.-The negroes cele-
brated the thirty-seventh anniversary
of the signing Of the emancipation
proclamation here Monday. One OF
the features of the day was the reading
and adoption of an address to the white
people Of the state.
In the course Of the address they
said: We cannot resist the conviction
that the proposed amendment to oul
state constitution is the initial step il
the direction Of multiplying the procla
nation of emancipation and abrogat
Ing, as far as possible the results Of tn,
war for freedom. It is already urget
by an influential portion of the news
papers of the south and by some Of it,
leading men that these amendments te
the state constitution are temporary
expedients. That the thirteenth, four
teenth and fifteenth amendments to th'
constitution OF the United States mus
be repealed. These are the guarantees
Of our freedom and citizenship in thi
land. Repeal them and slavery AGAR
becomes lawful.
After discussing the nsgro problem
and the causes that LED the negro int
the republican party, the address goes
on to say:
"Should you reject this appeal an(
turn deaf ear to our entreaty; shoult
you determine to do that we 50 mucl
dread, we have no power to prevent it
For us there will be hut one remedy
We shall be compelled to seek home
in some other land-a better count1v. ,
The true Democrat., 1900-01-13
WALNUT STREET THEATER.

Vicksburg's Opera House Coming Attrac
tions.
Vicksburg, Miss. Manager Searles,
of the Walnut Street Theatre, an
nounces that the "Mabel Paige" Dra-
matte Company will occupy the boards
at his popular Theater the entire week
commencing January IS and ending
Jnauary goth. The people Of the Chill
City" ard all visitors can safely count
on a solid week of good entertain
ments. "