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The age-herald., 1900-04-24
REDUCED RATES TO NEW YORK.

REDUCED RATES TO NEW YORK For Meeting of General Society of the
 Daughters of the Revolution. April 2S-27,
 1900
 A rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip on the certificate plan has been authorized via Central of Georgia railway and Ocean Steamship company to this meeting. and all who wish to attend should avail themselves of this delightful route with its elegant accommodations and rnequalled service.
 For particulars in regard to certificate plan. reservation in sleeper and steamer, etc., call on or address. Solon Jacobs, Commercial Agent, 2O15 First Ave. g 4-6-to-4-H
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
RICH PLACER GROUND
Discovered in Victoria, According to
 Reports

Victoria, E. C., April 23.-Australian ad- vices chonicle the discovery of rich placer ground at Wedderburn, Victoria. John Rovd inc first man to stalks, unearthed a sixty-one ounce nugget at two feet depth.
 Considerable alarm is expressed in Au- stralia lest the bubonic plague spread by rabbits, and a commission has been ap- pointed to investigate the possibility of rabbits. like rats carrying the dread dis ease. A report that rabbits had introduced the plague in northern Victoria, caused a panic in that colony.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
S5OO REWARD.

A reward of $5OO is hereby offered for the arrest and con- viction of any person unlaw- fully tampering with or in- terfering with the telegraph wires of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company. CHAS. A. WICKERSHAM,
 Superintendent.
 Birmingha, m Ala
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
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Notice to Builders

Notice to Builders Sealed proposals will be received until noon April 30 for the erection of an Infirm- ary Building and Annex to Dormitory for the Industrial Institute and College of Mississippi, at Columbus.
 Plans and specifications can be seen at , office of undersigned at office of R. H. Hunt, Architect, Chattanooga, Tennessee. A $500 certified check must accompany each bid and approved bond will be re- quired of party to whom contract is award ed.
 The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. T. B. FRANKLIN,
 Chairman Executive Committee. 4-21-3t
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Wanted-To buy a coal mine in operation by practical op- orator, who is desirous of working in the Birmingham district Address, with full particulars, Operator" care Age-Herald.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
Report Denied

Winnipeg, Man., April 23.-Exaggerated reports of heavy loss of life by forest fires in the southeastern portion of the province are denied A special train from the scene of tho conflagration brings news that much valuable wood and timber has been de- stroyed, but there has been no loss of life. About 60, 900 ties, have been destroyed.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILL DREN WHILE TEETHING. with PER- FECT SUCCESS. It SOOTIIES tho CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS ALLAYS all PAIN; CURE WIND COLO, and Is the best rem edy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure ard ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind Twenty-Five cents q bottle
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
cApoN SPRINGS AND BATHS

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 w. H. SALE, Capon Springs, W. Va.
 4-24-45t
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
Another : tlry

From tho New York Wor'6.
 Kiping will have to add a verse to .sBobs" He has begun to advertise, "'avent yer, Bobs?
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

"It's out of the ordinary" That's what they say about the Delicatessen, 2l23 End Ave.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

Mrs. A. M. Ebrenz has returned home from Atlanta, where she was called to see her mother, who was seriously i'll, but Is now convalescing
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

The Nineteenth Century club will meet tomorrow afternoon with Miss Annie Walker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
DROMEDARIES FOR SPEED.
Rudyard KiplfnE's "OOnt'' the Fastest
Thing on Four Legs.

From the London Express.
The horse is a noble animal" as all
the world knows. and perhaps we never
feel him nobler than when he is associated
with the pomp and circumstance of glori-
Gus war. But when it comes to speed and
staying power he Is not In 1t with the
camel-or. rather. to speak quite correctly,
the dromedary. since 1t Is the dromedary
which Is bred for swiftness, the true camel
being the beast of burden. In most I'M
civilized and open countries the bearer of
important communications who Is denied
the aid of the railway might with advan-
tage to himself exchange his horse for
dromedary. The thoroughbred dromedary
in the pink of condition can do his twenty
miles an hour for surprising number of
hours: a f4OO blood horse would be hard
put to 1t to exceed, on a long distance gal
lop, some fourteen miles an hour, and the
fifth hour would almost infallibly find him
played out to the point of exhaustion.
With half dozen hours rest per day,
not necessarily including food and water,
the crack dromedary can be pressed to
its utmost speed for a week on end.
Famous as the Tartars are for their
small, swift horses, they yet reserve their
greatest enthusiasm for their camel races,
In which there compete some Of the purest-
blooded animals in all Asia. Bad though
the character of the average "oont' is,
there are among his aristocratic repre-
any that ever wore hoof. Every school boy
has by heart the dromedary's wonderful
capacity for storing both nutriment in its
hump and water in its species of cellular
stomach.
Add to this the fact, not too well known,
of its almost incredible speed when highly
bred and trained and we are left wonder
ing that Europeans. and especially Euro
pean war officials. have not paid more at
tention 70 its marvellous qualities as
means of rapid communication
1t is useless, of course, for civilized coun-
tries with paved roads, its feet being too
soft to stand the hard, monotonous level
OF modern highways. But on suitable
ground there Is nothing that can compare
with it for speed and bottom except per
haps the dog. which. however, cannot carry
rider.
The elephant. though, can outstay the
horse. and at its numbering trot of eight
miles an hour can hold on for half a day
at stretch, and keep this its greatest de-
gree of speed. going for many days
horse. pressed to its limit of swiftness,
must rest on alternate days. or it will col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
New Old Jokes.
rom the Youths Companion.


rs there any new joke under the sum-"
asks George Augustus Sala, an English
journalist and special correspondent, who
died few years ago.
Il doubt there being one," very gravely
he answers, and tells two anecdotes to sup
port this skepticlsm.
An intelligent Greek, who acted as Mr.
Sala's guide while visiting Athens, related
to him as a modern Greek Joe Millerism
the story of a lawsuit. A deaf plaintiff
sued a dealer defendant before the DEAREST
judge in all Greece. The plaintiff claimed
so many hundred drachmas for rent that
was due The defendant pleaded that he
never ground his corn at night. The Judge,
in giving judgment. observed: "Well, she's
your mother. after all; you must keep her
between you"
When 1 got home I found" writes Mr.
Sala, this apparently up-to-date triad Of
ludicrous non sequiturs in a collection Of
ancient Greek epigrams."
There used to be told a story of Sheridan
Knowles, the dramatist. who was a first
rate hand at Irish bulls meeting one Of
twin brothers. and asking him: which of
ye is the other?"
Mr. Sala compares this with the story Of
that very ancient Jester. Hierocles:
''Of twins. one died: Skolastikos, meeting
the survivor. asked him: Was 1t you who
died. or your brother?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
Trolley for New York Harbor.
rom the London Daily Fxpress

New York harbor, the entrance to which
Is exceedingly intricate and impossible
when the weather is in the least degree
foggy, will have no further terrors for in
coming or outgoing vessels. thanks to the
trolley cables which are about to be laid
down from point near the Battery at the
foot of Manhattan Island through the
channel, the Narrows and to the Scotland
and the Sandy Hook lightships, where the
sea is some sixty feet deep. The outer
end of the cables will be connected with
each of one of the lightships. The incom-
ing vessel will take the trolley on astern
and the ship will then proceed under Its
own steam at safe rate, dragging its
trolley along the submerged main cable
AS long as the pull IS fair astern the ship
will have the assurance of being on her
right course. Outgoing vessels will re-
ceive the trolleys at the Battery and hand
them over to the lightship at the outer
end, and in this way there would be no diff
hculty of entering or leaving the port of
New York, no matter how dense the fog
or black the night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
The Fireman Ahead,
From Golfers Weekly.

Two Englishmen in New York inspected
certain fire engine station. One of them
remarked to the chief engineer: do you
know in London we use a nine-inch hose,
not paltry three-inch, such as you have"
oh" was the reply. that's for watering
the station. This"-holding up a twelve
inch suction hose-"is what We use at fires.
Besides. 1t saves the use Of fire escapes, for
when we want to send a man to the top
% the building we just place him on the
top OF the hose, turn on the water. and he
Is up in no timeH'
Yes" said one of the visitors, ''but how
does he come down again?'
We'll" replied the engineer. "he simply
places his arms round the jet Of water and
slides down"
The Englishmen looked at each other q
| moment and then walked away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
All Languages Spoken.

Visitors to the Paris exposition may have
noticed over one Of the restaurants the in
scription: "Ict on parle toutes les langues"
Those who are familiar with the results OBJ
glais' is spoken will naturally be rather
skeptical about this comprehensive claim TO
speak all the languages under the sun. A
visitor recently remarked to the manager:
You must have great many Interpreters
here" Not one. was the reply who,
then speaks all the languages?" ."The Gus
toners, monsieur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21

Henry" che said. you don't know wha
a soothing influence you have on me-"
MY darling" he whispered softly, Will,
a glad light came into his eyes. "can it b
SOP
''Yes." she said, when you are here
always feel inclined to sleep."-Nt-Rits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
Electric Power in the Navy.
From the New York Sun.

The cautious experiment Of electrically
driven turretlturning machinery on the
Brooklyn. Of Chain ammunition hoists on
the Puritan, the system of blowers and ex-
hausters, on the Wilmington have all been
grouped son the, Kearsarge and Kentucky.
These two battle ships have more of their
auxiliary machinery driven by electric
power than any other warships afioat,
These battle ships represent the interme-
diate stage between steam and electrically
driven aaxiitacf machinery, and show re-
suits in economy of coal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
The Jute Mills of India.
From the Baltimore American.

Nearly all Of the Jute mills in India are
now lighted with electric lights. 1t was
found that the working people could work
overtime under much better conditions with
increased pay in the electric-lighted mill;
the consequence was that the workmen
f1ocked to the well-lighted mills SO that
those mills which opposed the Introduction
OF electric lights wsrs forced to provide II,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
Governments Nerve.

If Sir Richard had the Hartford blood in
his veins 1t manifested itself only in his
love for art for his life seems to have been
free from reproach. He must have been a
fine old gentleman. as any one who ex-
amines his portrait, now to be seen at Hert-
ford House, may judge for himself Al
though he spent much of his time in Paris,
he added much to the collection of pictures
that had been left to him. and he built new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
His Last Words.

His Last Words.
From Puck.
Father-"Have you anything to say before
/ whip you, Bobby"
Bobby-"Yes, sir; it's going to hurt mo
worse than II does you"
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05

and the devoted friars from Spain and
Mexico had taught them little about
the religion of those far-away lands;
of the Virgin Mary, the holy father
San Jose, and the blessed child, Jesus,
some of their hearts were softened by
the wonderful story that, properly
told by gentle-hearted Christian men,
has never failed to win it's way into
the savage heart. And so, by and by,
they were easily induced to build a
church which the good priest conse-
Grated to the worship of the child
Jesus,
And what a church that is. 1t
stands to this day, built 70 years be-
fore the declaration of independence
was signed. On the summit of the
mesa, its timbers brought 40 miles
away from the mountains and
dragged by willing or unwilling hu-
man beings all that way over the
sandy desert, and then hauled by
sheer physical strength up the 300 or
400 foot high precipices, its church
yard filled to depth of 40 feet in some
places with earth carried upon the
sturdy backs of women from the val
ley below, it is memorial of the
power, spiritual, mental or physical,
exercised by the priests of those days
over these wild and hitherto untamed
people.
When the church was built the news
was sent to the king of Spain, and, to
show his pleasure at the event, he
forwarded to the people of Acoma for
their new and sacred editice painting
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05

Acoma was doubtless a city with an
ancient history when the Romans stole
the Sabine women for wives, or Helen
and Paris set an example of dissolute-
ness to the generations of the future.
These are the people of the sun, the
peerless Acomans, never subjugated
by wild and warlike Apaches, Com
manches or Navajos; never enslaved un-
til the hated Spaniard came with the
man-eating animal (as they believed
the horse to be) and sticks that shot
forth death accompanied by thunder
and lightning, at the will of those who
held them. And yet even against these
dreadful enemies they fought with a
desperate valor and reckless bravery
that demonstrated them to be patriots
of the highest order, for against
a1mored men, defended with sword,
matchbox and pike, they pitted naked
bodies welding battle-ax, stone ham,
mer and bow and arrow, and for three
days and nights fought valorously for
''home affairs and firesides."
But they were defeated and finally
brought into something like subjuga-
ton, and, when they had settled down
again to their peaceful occupations,
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05

there is probably no city in the land
which has such educational advantages
for young men as may be found here,
the ambitious students should not
make office holding prerequisite.
Their parents and friends should urge
them to take no government office, un-
der any circumstances, but stick to
their studies and get into actual prac-
tice as soon as possible after having
been graduated.
The great congressional library alone
would be boon. to every real student.
1t is now open by night as we'll as by
day, and all classes of students have
free access to it's volumes. There is
no necessity for buying books and &C.
cumulating a library at an expense
which might fall heavily upon those
who are not blessed with good incomes
from their homes. But, in addition to
that splendid temple of information
and education, there are private Ii
braries, college libraries and univer-
sity libraries, all accessible to those
who desire to use them.
AS stated above, the colleges afford
superior facilities because they have
day sessions and night sessions, so that
students have opportunities such as
are not elsewhere afforded. More
over, the students of law can
learn practical lessons by attend
ing the sessions of the congress;
lessons, which, of course, cannot
be learned anywhere else. It is be-
cause of these exceptional opportuni-
ties that fond fathers, having political
influence, have sent their boys to Wash
ington and secured government en-
ployment for them in order that they
might secure education-only to be-
come Sundowners.
OF course, here and there in the land
there may be a Henry Clay, or an
Abraham Lincoln, or Garfield seeking
education, who might be advantaged
by government employment during his
educational period. But such excep-
tions to the rule are so rare that every
father should be absolutely certain
that his son is of that class before he
permits him to be buried in a govern
ment office, only to waste his life away.
Probably no class of educated people
on earth have a more complete appre-
citation of the fact that youth is blum
der, mature manhood a struggle, and
old age regret than these Sundown-
ers. SMITH n ERv
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
ENGLAND's FAMOUS SAILOR.
How Nelson Fell i'm LOve-Happiest
Day Of His Life Was When
He Married,

Nelson at Trafalgar and Dewey at
Manila frequently have been COM
pared to show that each possessed
many of the same qualities and many
Of the same ideas in regard to naval
warfare. It would now seem that in
tone they also possessed in common
many traits.
Nelson was fully as impetuous lover
AZ Dewey has proved himself to be,
though less determined, it would ap-
pear, upon the feminine heart he
coveted. When Nelson commanded
the Albemarle he had narrow es-
cape from matrimony. The ship was
about to leave Quebec, and had gone
down the river to the place OF anchor
age. Next morning, as Alexander
Davis, friend of Nelson, was walk
ing on the beach, he saw, to his aston
ishment, Nelson landing from his
boat. Nelson took Davis by the arm
to walk toward the town and ex-
planned he had found it impossible to
leave Quebec without again seeing the
woman whose society had contributed
so much to his happiness there, and
offering her his hand.
IF you do," said his friend, "your
utter ruin must inevitably follow"
'Then let it follow" said Nelson,
'for am resolved to do it,
"And IT, said Davis, IAN resolved
you shall not.''
Nelson, however, upon this occasion
was less resolute than his friend and
allowed himself to be led back to the
boat.
The second attachment which Mel
son formed was with Miss Andrews,
the daughter of an English clergy.
man, when he was on half pay and
staying at St. Omer. 1t was less ar.
dent than the first, and he got over it
when he left France. Getting another
ship called the Boreas, he sailed to the
West Indies. At Antigua the woman's
sympathy and adulation, which were
almost necessity to Nelson, were
supplied by Mrs. Montroy. IF il
were not for her." he wrote, II should
almost hang myself in this inferna
hole"
Mrs. Mo2t~oy left for England and
the gallant sailor consoled himsel1
with Mrs. Nisbet, the young widow o1
physician. Her manners were milo
and winning, completely capturing
Nelson. They were married March II
1857. For many years they were hap
py. Each retained to death their love
for the other, although the notorious
Lady Hamilton did exert an undue in
fuence over him and caused Nelson:
wife, who was not of strong character
to BECOME passionately jealous an6
eventually to leave him, although sht
cherished his memory to the last ant
to her grandchildren told in loving
terms of her sailor husband. Nelson
too, was ever devoted, though apar
from her. Shortly after the battle O.
the Nile, when a friend said to hin
that no doubt he considered the da,
OF that victory as the happiest of hi
life, he answered: "No; the happies
day was that on which I married Lad,
Nelson.'-Chicago Evening News.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
THE LOVES OF SAILORS:
Ideal Life OF Lord Hawke-Story OF
Lord CollinEwood, Hero of
Trafalgar.

Instances of domestic felicity among
sailors of high rank are not uncommon
in fact, famous sailors ever have
seemed to possess that profound admi-
ration and respect for womanhood and
those gentle qualities of heart that in
sure such felicity. Among these in
stances is the ideal life of Admiral Lord
Hawke, of the British navy, and his
beloved wife Kitty. Although monu-
ments do not always tell the truth, the
inscription on theirs is said to be alb
solutely correct, that "the beauty of her
person was excelled only by the accom-
plished elegance of her mind," and that
in their conjugal duties they were
equaled by few, excelled by none."
An admiral who, in the midst of dan
gerous and difficult work, thought
much about his family and domestic
ties, was Lord Collingwood, one of the
heroes of Trafalgar, who was married
to the daughter of an alderman of New
castle. While conducting an arduous
campaign he wrote the following to his
wife regarding their daughters:
II beseech you, dearest Sarah. be-
seech you, keep them constantly en-
ployed; make them read to you, not
trifles, but history, in the manner we
used to do in the evenings; blessed
evenings, indeed! The human mind
will improve itself if it be kept in ac-
tion, but grows dull and torpid when
left to slumber. I believe even stupidi-
ty itself may be cultivated" Writing
to his daughters, he said:
my darlings, little Sarah and Mary,
I was delighted with your last letters,
my blessings, and desire you to write
me very often and tell me all the news
of the city of Newcastle. I hope we
shall have many happy days and many
good laugh together yet" In other
letters he gives to his daughters ad-
vice about the management of temper,
letter writing and other practical mat
ters.
No day passed in which Lady Colling-
wood had not her husbands blessing
and his paryers for her happiness. nor
was he unmindful of such anniversaries
as her birthday or her wedding day.
Thus in a letter with the address:
"Ocean," and the date June 16, 1906,
he writes: "This day, my love, is the
of our marriage, and wish
for many returns of it. If ever we have
peace, I hope to spend my latter days
amid my family, which is the only sort
Of happiness I enjoy."-Chicago Even
ing Journal.
The Worthington advance., 1900-01-05
WOMAN REDEEMS A RACE.
Drives Horse to Victory in Two Final
Heats After a Mans FAIL
ure in First.

There is a new racing genius on the
Highland Park track, a new toast for
New Brunswick IN. J.) men, and all
because of the way Pine Knot won the
race.
ut was all through the love of wom-
an, Driver Jessie, they say. Pine Knot
could tell you all about It if he would.
His eloquent eyes and soft nose that
rubbed Driver Jessie's cheek at the end
of the final heat, when the whole field
was in tumult of enthusiasm, told it's
appreciation of her aid.
Pine Knot is horse. He was en-
tered in one of the trotting races. lie
had been beaten in the first heat be-
cause his driver did not know how to
handle him and ill-treated him. The
second heat was about to begin, when
Mrs. Jessie Prindle, who had driven
over with her husband, saw the dis
tress of the horse, and declared she
could drive him to victory. The owner
of the horse overheard her remark and
told her to 60 ahead and win. Mrs.
Prindle threw aside her hat. had her
skirts pinned up around her, and took
her seat on the sulky. The horse seemed
to feel the kind touch of the woman on
the lines and responded gamely. He
won the next two heats handily, and
Mrs. Prindle was heroine.