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The age-herald., 1900-01-04
THE SULZER RESOLUTION
The Committee Will Probably Report
 Back to House at Once

Washington, January 3.-Chairman Payne and some of his associates of the ways and means committee had an informal talk af ter the adjournment of the house today relative to the Sulzer resolution, calling on the secretary of the treasury for informa- tion, which had been referred to the com mittee
 A meeting of the committee will be held tomorrow and a pretty thorough under standing was arrived at today, that at to- morrow's meeting the resolution will be considered and probably reported at once to the house.
 Some changes are likely to be made in the resolution, however, by the omission of the two banks specifically named, thus making the inquiry relate generally to all banks. It is understood also that presiden- tial differences are likely to be avoided in the amended resolutions.
 In the form thus reported back to the house, it is expected that the resolution will pass without objection, and that any de- bate on the question involved will be de- ferred until the secretary of the treasury has an opportunity to comply with the re- quest for information.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
AMERICAN SILVER

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The mint directors estimate of the pro- duction of silver in the United States in 1893 is 57, 100000 ounces, against 54,590,000 in 1898 and 53,S60 900 in 1897. This increase may seem surprising in view of the fact that there has been no advance in the price of silver to stimulate production. It is ex- plained by the fact that there has been an active and profitable demand for copper and lead, and most of the silver produced in the United States is produced in connec- tion with those two metals. Silver has be- come a by-product It is estimated that the lead ores furnish about 59 per cent. of American silver, and the copper ores about '34 per cent, leaving only about per cent ito be furnished by 'straight' silver ores. Since 1893 it has been unprofibable, except where there are ores of exceptional rich ness, to work mine for silver alone. But where silver is associated with copper or lead the mining business becomes proffta- ole. The baser metals support the more precious metal.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
NEW WEAPON OF WAR

From the St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
 Ba1loed wire as an engine of war reached considerable prominence in the Cuban war, but the Boers have gone the Cubans one better bv laying it along their river beds, where it is likely to remain a source of trouble for a good while. Even if peace should be declared in the near future, it would be all but impossible to clear the river bottoms of the wicked stuff. and it is likely that the Beers, when they come to ford their own streams again, may regret their fertility of resource.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
Open Door Assurances.

1 Ilhe trade of the United States with China is rapidly increasing. It went from +, 40 ,SO2 teals in 1897 to 17,16SS12 teals in aS9S a gain of about forty per cent, al- though the total imports of the empire showed a gain of less than per cent AS a teal Is nearly 72 cents. our trade with China exceeds ua.rteen million dollars. The trade of Japan slightly exceeds that of this country and the trade of Great Britain and hei colonies is of course at the head of the st. Tie trade of the United States exceed that of all other countries, and if the poll of the "open door" is established and ma. ltained, there-Is no reason to doubt its rapi,i extension.
 But Il much-talked-of assurances that the state department is securing are very aliusory. They are too indefinite, too verbal, 100 little in black and white The. French minister of foreign affairs simply refers Secretary Hay to a public speech made bv himself urging the open-door policy Russia's assurance consists in a call by the Russian minister at Washing ton upon Secretary Hay. in the course of which he expressed Russia's desire for an open-door. Such assurances are not of much value, for they can be readily dis owned distorted at any time Great Britaan's answer is explicit, straightfor- ward and categorical Unless similar re- plies can be obtained from the other pow CTS the assurances received by Secretary Hay do not account for much. Germany's answer IS not published, but it is described as vague" This term really applies to all of them, Great Britain's alone ex- cepied. Something more definite and last ing is needed than these assurances of the state department Aided by Great Britain and Japan it ought not to be difficult to settle matter on permanent -oasis--on
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
Porto Rico's Tariff.

The republicans are between the two fires. There are interests that do not like free trade between Porto Rico and the United States, for example. the tobacco growers in many states, and the fruit and truck grow CTS of Florida and other states. These peo- pie want small duty placed upon Porto Rican products, although the constitution forbids: but among the benefeiaries of the tariff the constitution is not considered any more than equity or justice is.
 It is thought that whatever measure is brought in by the ways and means commit tee will have to be made a party measure in a caucus called for that purpose, be- cause there are votes enough to defeat any measure that does not bind the party. President Mckinley favors policy in line with the constitution, but there are some republicans who do not, and Porto Ricos tariff problem promises to consume no little attention until it is settled.
 It is felt that as Poro Rico is treated so will all the other new possessions be treat ed, including Cuba, for everybody knows that Cuba has come to stay indefinitely at least. The child who lives to see foot of territory alienated will not only live long time, but he will live to witness an act ab- solutely unique in American history.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
ECHOES FROM
 THE MEGAPE1ONE

From the Clogtown Megaphone.
 It is with unspeakable sorrow that We announce the death of Colonel Jonathan J. Arnold which occurred yesterday morn- ing while he was endeavoring to whip poor man who owed the colonel fifty cents and was unable to pay it. The colonel stepped a bullet from the poor mans gun with his cupola of thought. This way peo- pie have of killing a noted colonel who tries to enforce the payment of honest debts must be stopped. The community sympa thizes with the bereaved family The re- mains of the colonel will lie in state in a shroud in a coffin in Jones' drug store. where they will be visited by all Clog town, Who never before saw q man lie in state-in fact, never saw man lie any where except when talking.
 The fight between Governor Johnston and Senator Morgan over a little 24x25-lnch desk and a big salary with little work is getting warmer than an August day. The people of Clogtown are going to run she Megaphone editor as a dark horse and from letters received from such prominent politicians as Colonel Buzzard Roost, Gen. eral Pig Wallow, Dr. Hen Coopt and others it is apparent that We will have no trouble in breaking into the United States senate ourselves and -gobb!.ng up the salary for a dozen or so years.
 
 Among the many New Years resolutions which we have made is one to take all the good liquor subscriptions we can get. We do not drink ourselves-when any one is looking-but we have discovered that the drunker man is the more readily can We 'guif' him into paying for the Mega phone year in advance We want the liquor for our friends It is difficult to get a sober man to read the Megarhone. and when one does it makes lim drunk. and the habit grows upon him then.
 
 We wish that next door neiehbor would tie their baby at night, because we can't sleep for its cries. We do not think the aforesaid neighbor feeds the little one as the lord of the house is too "all-fred'' lazy to go out and work for his daily bread.
 During this new year of 1900, we urge that everybody read their Bible and the Mega phone more carefully than ever. By so do- ing you will make better citizen and come nearer getting your true deserts when YOU are ready to be planted beneath the sod
 J. B. G.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
THE WORD OF GOD

By Edwin Markham I hear the Babel an alarm of tongues And a wild whisper on the lips of Fear; Say, will the ancient Refuge of the Soul Be broken down by rude, irreverent
 hands?' Nay, fear not, for the Gods Truth is se-
 cure
 The Truth, the High Truth of Humanity. It is the Light behind our broken light, The fire whereat men warm their winter
 heart.
 After the tug and roar of centuries, The word will still endure, immutable- Still through the shadow of the letter
 shone.
 As fire in ashes, as star through cloud, As soul behind the body-Rest in peace. It will endure; No power can break or bind Its inaccessible majesty and might. It was anterior to Aldebaran; And will endure, impeccable and strong. And seraphs will climb onward in its light. When Earth has faded as whirl of smoke, And the last sun withers in the wrinkling
 skies.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

by his friends. Mir. Moore suffered with acute pneumonia.
 Solicitor Alexander M Garber, of the Talladega city court, was in town yester- day, returning home from Sumter county whither he went for the purpose of dealing death to the birds, MT. Garber reports great sport and two inches of snow.
 Henry Long. of Walker county, is in town.
 Hon. William A Gunter, of Montgomery, is in the city.
 The Senator Morgan campaign committee have secured rooms at the Morris hotel, and will begin work today. though it is not ex- pected that the full list of the committee will be named before some time tomorrow. or the next day Robert E. L. Neil came to town Tuesday and was all day yesterday busily engaged making the needful prepara- tions for the committee. It is now well known that MT Neil was elected secretary of the committee. He will spend nearly all his time at the headquarters in the Morris. The committee desires to receive all the state papers while the canvass continues. and if editors will cause the papers to be sent to the committee, they will confer favor that will cause great pleasure to friends of Senator Morgan.
 J. S. Pinckard. c. c. Stevens and A. c. Stern, of Montgomery, are in town.
 Hon. L. l.. Herzberg mayor of Gadsden and Banker w G. BrockWay, of Gadsden are in town.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
HAWAIIAN QUESTION DISCUSSED
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
 lations in Session

Washington, January 3.-The senate com- mittee on foreign relations today considered a number of pending questions. The bill of Senator Cullom providing a territorial gov ernment for Hawaii was discussed but the subcommittee which has the subject under consideration not being ready to report, 1t was announced that another meeting would be held soon, when the bill would be re- ported to the full committee.
 There was also some talk about the French reciprocity treaty, and it was de- cided to hear John A. Kasson who con- ducted the negotiations, and members of the finance committee at the regular meet ing next week.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
HousE-w IN nIs MAusoLEUM

New York Telegram to Chicago Tribune
 Gottfried KruegeT, rich brewer of New ark, had a house-warming for his new tomb Thursday. and, with his fiends in- spected and admired the mausoieum he has just erected in Fairmount county at a cost of $25.000. The scene of the festivities has been built of gray granite. It resembles a cathedral in general appearance. Huge bronze doors guard the portals. Ionic carv- ed stone pillars support the roof, and on either side are stone cells with massive carved shelves and crypt below for those who preferred to be laid away in a more retired spot.
 Two enormous stone collins, cut from
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHELdi
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Every woman gives more Christmas pres- ents than she gets. and every man gets less than he gives.
 When man gets the doctors bill for his first baby it is always a lot bigger than his wife told him they always charge.
 If the average man was really in love every time he thought he was the whole country would have to turn Mormon to be respectable.
 As soon as an old bachelor begins to know enough for his own good all the mar ried women begin to insinuate that he knows more than he has any business to.
 When girl that a man thinks he has all right turns him down he feels most as in- jured as though he had had to stop to be polite right in the middle of a long drink of water.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

basis, too. that will give all nations access on equal terms to the Chinese market. If the administration will stiffen its backbone the important negotiation can be carried to a satisfactory termination. but the assur- ances that Secretary Hay has thus far re- ceived are of Httle value, except as a basis for future negotiations
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
THE CHECK HAS NOT COME

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 A northern exchange. brings the infor- nation that Andrew Carnegie has just giv- en a quarter of million dollars to the Birmingham University of Alabama. Where is that institution?
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
The shoeless Boers still fight on.
CANNY AS EVER

From the Kansas City Times.
 The bubonic plague has invaded New Caledonia, but no Scotchman has yet ta- ken it. There is no money in the puoomc plague.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
WORK FOR THE CENSUS MAN

From the Denver Post
 MT. Zweipigglesteinstoppe is the name of a new resident of Joliet, H. The name will add new interest to future issues Of the city directory.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
IN HARMONY

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 It Is believed that Grover Cleveland and Mark Hanna are in as complete harmony on the question of rheumatism as they are on the money issue.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
PERTINENT
From the

From the New York World.
 If flour is contraband of war. might not President Kruger feel constrained to with hold it from the British soldiers who are his prisoners? ts
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

A kopje is an old stone wall fitted to barbed wire. Itis not a pleasant thing to assail, especially when it is emitting Mauser and machine balls.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

No one in England proposes to buy a home for General Buller
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

The Boers declare in their constitution that all Catholics and Jews are unfit Tor political rights. And yet they claim to have a republic.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

Germany increases its navy and upholds its army, and 1t is peaceaby picking up colonies in every quarter of the globe
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

If General Kitchener repeats his Soudan thoroughness in the other end of Africa, he can go home and call for whatever he wants.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

When there are enough British troops in South Africa to flank every Boer army then the beginning of the end will be at hand
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

President Mckinley is walking daily now but next fall he will run.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

Scientists have determined that pedes- trian snail that sticks closely to business can make a mile in fourteen days
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

Shoes and flannel cakes have disappeared from Boerdom together.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

A total eclipse of the sun is due in the nineteenth century in May.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04
ALLEN WILL INCREASE ITS SIZE

From the St. Paul Dispatch. a7
 Just as Windy Bill Allen goes bs ok to the senate the price of white pape- goes up and the country gets soaked double on the cost of the Congressional Record.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

The twentieth-century crowd should at least write it '1900' without a skip.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

The study of English goes on apace in Cuba. There is significance in this.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

Please, friends and fellow citizens swear off on the twentieth century discussion.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

Aguinaldos Christmas stocking did not stop long enough to gather even Jack knife.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

The cold did strengthen as the days began to lengthen.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

Dom Paul has much spare time on his hands because he does Qot pose Ter pictures
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

" rananese oysters foot long have been nlanted on he raaeifie- coast oyster outlets will soon be ready.
The age-herald., 1900-01-04

The attempt to reduce the aineteenth cen tury to ninety-nine years is not iogleAl ss.7loass s.'i' sasai so atit t < $ tastszs
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-17
Onion SpRees Tn Bern.

An annual 'zwiebel market" or onion market is held in Bern, and once year the peasants come from far and near to purchase stock of onions for the twelvemonth and, in fact, it has grown to be custom on zwiebel mar ket day for everybody, rich and poor. to buy onions if not for use, then for the custom of the thing.
 On Saturday night the onions ar- rive. Great boxes, baskets and barrels of onions line one side of the longest main street of the city, from the station directly through the long arcaded ave nue as far as the arcades extend-about a mile. All day Sunday the onions re- main in the street, covered with cloths of every description, and early Monday morning the sale begins. For two days every one you meet has at least string of onions, and one walks the entire length of the market and weeps.
 A few days later come the dances Every saloon and hall is decorated, and the young peasants, girls and lads, come to town and make merry. Every "wirt- schaft' is crowded with pushing, jostling throng of plump and ruddy faced peasants, drinking, dancing and "hiring out. There are no brawls, only perhaps parties of merry pumpkins walking through the streets at 1 and 3 o'clock in the morning and yodeling without melody, at the top of their strong voices Chicago Record.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-17
Judging Q Mule,s Speed.

"When was a young man," quoth Officer Fayette Jones, "from stand point of years, used to trade mules oc- casionally. One day had a dispute with man to whom had sold an ami nal about it's speed. We were unable to agree between ourselves, so we called in an old codger who talked with a drawl and used almost as much tobacco as he raised. We stated the question to him, Which is the faster of the mules2' He asked to be taken to the stable and stood there watching the mules eat He chawed and looked, and looked and chawed. We wondered what he could tell about their speed simply by looking at them, but finally he pointed out the mule I had sold and said. That air the fastest of them mules.
 How do you knowf' we asked in one breath
 Well, he replied, that younder one takes two chaws to t'other's one an eff one mule chaws faster than t'other it's natural that he's faster critter.
 "It was philosophy that I've never forgotten, and now whenever I want to know the relative speed of horses or mules judge em by the way they chew "-Paducah Sun.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-17
A Sleepy Deputy.

Under a former administration the United States marshal of western Penn sylvania sent warrant to one of his deputies, who was stationed in back county, for the arrest of a counterfeit CT. The deputy knew the man and treated him considerably. When they reached Pittsburg, the necessary papers were not at hand to commit the prison CT to jail. The deputy would not take him to hotel, because he would have to pay the bill out of his own pocket. So he took him to the marshal's office to pass the night there. The deputy was sleepy and the counterfeiter said he was. So the deputy handcuffed his pris- oner to himself and lay down on the floor beside the steam register As soon as the deputy was asleep the counter feiter took his keys from his pocket, unlocked the manacle and fastered the loose end to the register. Then he took the deputy's watch and what money he had and departed.
 "Where is your prisonerf" asked the marshal the next morning, awakening the deputy.
 Doesn't that beat all''' he replied as he tugged at his handcuff and bruised his wrist. "Darned if Idon't believe he's gi' me the slip "-PittsburR Newa
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-17
PLANNING A DEPARTURE.
Would Write n Novel of Army Tiff
 on New Lines.

Would Write n Novel of Army Life on New Lines.
 "What we want, said the publisher, "is good realistic story of army life, something that will show just how events move among the soldiers. "
 ''I see. said the author ''I was in the army myself. I know exactly how things are conducted. 7"
 Something that will thrill the read CT to the marrow and make his hair stand on end ''
 "I thought you said you wanted something out of the ordinaryf"
 That's what am after.
 Well, in that case, we won't have any thrill in it. Of course it's there, but it comes so suddenly and is so soon over that you hardly have time to know what thrilled you. If you want to get tight down to hardpan realism and sound the keynote of the soldiers gen. eral experience. you want to leave out most of this description of hero rush. ing headlong through struggling men and over fallen horses, waving a gun with one hand and the star spangled banner with the other. while singing My Country, 'Tis of Thee, at the top of his voice. We'll get out of the beaten track of fiction and relate how many hours day he spent currying his horse and polishing his weapons, and how many miles day he travelled, and how often he wanted to talk back and didn't dare, and how he would have been willing to give $4 square inch for beefsteak, and all the rest of the little details which play so important g part and which writers of fiction have hitherto go strangely neglected. "- Washington Star
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-05-17
\ NATURAL SOLDIER.
Lieutenant Colonel Forrest, to Whom
 War Meant Killing.


 Soldier by nature. from earliest boy. hood at home on horseback with firm, erect and easy seat rode at the head of the column an ideal of the beau sabreur From beneath the wide and slightly up turned brim of the soft felt hat, which bore no tawdry plumes the large, deep set blue eyes were peering with more than usual alertness The look of kind Illness which came in moments of repose or gentler mood was gone, and some- thing hard and almost savage had re- placed it. The broad, high forehead the shaggy brows, prominent cheek bones and bold assertive nose told not only the story of his Gaelic origin. but the bulldog tenacity of the man
 About the ears and neck heavy half curling tufts of deep black hair hung so stiffiy and stubbornly that they were scarcely swayed by the strong, cold wind which swept the snowfakes in minia ture clouds from the tree tops and sent them scurrying to the ground. The dark mustache and heavy short chin beard were gray with frozen moisture of the expired air. The massive, firm set jaw told of the strength of will which mas tered all. The compressed lip and deep flush of the face bespoke the bloody business of the hour. Six feet and two inches in stature, broad shouldered and of athletic frame. we'll might one say there was in him
 combination and form indeed
 Where every god did seem to set his seal
 To give the world assurance of a man.
 A plain capped overcoat of coarse, heavy homemade gray, close buttoned to the throat, reached amply beyond the knees. About the waist, and buckled on the outside for quick and ready use, there was broad black belt in which two ''navy sixes" showed and from which hung that famous saber. heavy and long and, against all military rules, ground to razor edge. and swinging from the right side of the cavalier Noregulation saber or school drilled swordsman, this left handed scion of the American pio- neer, but in all our war there was none other that did such bloody work. To his crude and earnest mind "war means fighting and fighting means killing" He could cut or thrust deeper with sharp than with dull sword and if in the melee he should happen to hit one of his own, it was all intended for the good of the cause. e.-"Lieutenant Colo nel Forrest at Fort Donelson." by John A. Wyeth. M. D.. in Harper's Maga- zine