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The age-herald., 1900-11-05
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From the Engineering Magazine
 The most remarkable Russian engine in the Paris exposition is the gigantic twelve wheeled double-six- coupled duplex com- pound on modifcati of the Mallet sys- tenn. and bearing the number H. S1O. This is by far the biggest and heaviest engine In the whole Exposition weighing as it does SC tons and having a vast Acton tender ap- pended; the total weight of the tender and engine being therefore no less than 132 tons, while the top of the chimney stands 19 feet inches above the rail-level This mighty locomotive is constructed on the D articulated plan, the 4-foot driving wheels being coupled into two groups of six each, one being practically a steam bogie, while each group is driven by one high-pressure and one low-pressure cylinder, the respect i've diameters being 14& inches and 2S inches. In the case of this particular en- zine, more may be said on behalf of the complex system of articulation employed than in the case of the smaller but sim liar locomotive.
 The Russian twelve-wheeler Is intended for the haulage of immense loads and the ascent of steep grades. It is essential to the development of it's full usefulness that it should be able to utilize its entire sdne- s;ve weight for traction, and that this possible upon the rails without such distri- button involving an undue length of rigid wheelbase.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05
Last Day of the Campaign.

The din of the quadrennial contest will be ended today, and after all the fuss and feathers neither side knows which Is to win Both distrust the silent vote. as it has come to be called. It was once called the independent vote. but the word silent" wood and says nothing.
 The immense registrations go to show that the silent vote this year is to be very large. In New York City 10000 more voters are registered than were registered in the clamcrous campaign of 1896. This means that out of 66O, 900 voters who are registered by personal request in New York City, 100,- 900 at least will vote silently without con- sultation of anybody. This silent vote is dreaded by the politicians. It is annual ly increasing, and it is wholly beyond the the silent voter holds the politician in con- tempt, and he aims as rule, to discon- cert any one of that class who approaches him. For this reason it comes to pass that the hSep away llOill tlc silent voter They gaze upon 1t from afar and wonder what it is about to do.
 The silent voter will control, tomorrow, New York, Indiana and all the other con- tested states. It will be particularly prom inent in New York-perhaps we should say dominant for 1t is an unobtrusive and hidden vote. If that vote, which is intelli- gent as a rule, thinks large standing army and colonial system and trusts and robber tariff duties and Mark Hanna are good adjuncts of the republic, then 1t will re-elect William Mckinley, but if it be- leves in fair opportunities for all and in a government by the people, of the people, for the people. then it will place William Jennings Bryan in the White House. There is no mistaking the fact that the silent vote will decide the contest, and the Age Herald is loath to believe that thoughtful men are ready to set up an oligarchy in the place of the Republic that the fathers founded so wisely and so well.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05
LoNDON's NEW LORD MAYOR

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
 Alderman Frank Green the new Lord Mayor of London, is the head of the great paper firm of Frank Green and Company He has been a merchant of London for 40 years. In 1878 he was elected member of council, and since then he has held various offices in the corporation of London, among them, of course, that of sheriff, which he filled in 1S97-'9S, under the Mayoralty of Sir H. Davies. It was Mir. Green who as all derman, prepared and carried through the council the report authorizing the con- struction of the famous Tower bridge over the Thames, the picture of which is famil- far to almost every school child in the world. MT. Green is widower, and hence there will be no lady Mayoress during his administration The duties of lady Mayor ess, however, will be undertaken by his elder daughter Miss Kathleen Hayden Green, a most charming woman whose talent a poet has won her considerable praise from competent critics. Miss Green is a regular contributor for the I1kntch. MT. Astor's Pail Mall Magazine the Id.- erary World and other current puhEca- tions.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05
CHINA THE BEGGAR's PARADISE

From the London Express.
 Begging pays very well in China, and, consequently the large towns are over run with mendicants. This is not due to the fact that the Celestial nature is par ticularly generous or eharitably disposed toward the needy, but that the begging fra ternity is a very powerful one, uniting themselves into guilds for the purpose of helping one another in their profession. The result is if any one is foolish enough to refuse aims to a supplicant, it is more than likely that he will be immediately set upon by the whole community in his town, who harass and worry him to such an extent that his life is a burden to him. A shop keeper, for instance, will rarely refuse a beggar, for the attentions of his brethren would be a great hindrance to his trade.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05
NEW LEADER OF FRANCE

From the Chicago Times-Herald
 Pierre Waldeck. Rousseau, whose ideas will dominate the coming session of the French Legislature, is said to be the most unapproa chable man in France. His poll- tical career is limited to his service in the chamber, his cabinet positions under Gam betta and Ferry, and his present term as premier. But at all times he has sur rounded himself with an icy wall of re- serve which has bidden all men, big and little, to keep their distance. Even Ferry himself did not dare be familiar with Waldeck- Rousseau when the latter was his Minister of the nterior The premier is 56, tall, spare, hatchet-faced, has piercing blue eyes and long, thin nose. As a lawyer he bows before no man in France, and he even considers 1t a great bit of patriotism for him to forego his private work for the public good. Politically he may be described in one word-republicsn.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05
China Must Pay for Damages.

It seems to be conceded that the powers will unitedly demand $2OO, 100000 in gold from China in payment of all damages done to foreigners by Chinese of all sorts. Not that that much damage was done to the legations, to societies and to individ- uals, but as warning in the future ex- emplary damages are to be assessed. The real damages are to be paid for, and the powers will retain punitive damages.
 China has not, however the sum named, and there is question as to her ability to pay such a sum, as her custom houses are already mortgaged to foreign bondholders Ii Hung Chang thinks the bills of the for elgners should not exceed $100. 100000 and even then present duties must be increas- ed, or new ones levied, and the whole busi- ness placed in the hands of a foreign agent until the idemnity is paid. Those who dance about legations must pay the piper and China is about to do that.
 The negotiations have not advanced far enough to ascertain how the indemnity will religious organizations are concerned. That task will be even more difficult than the task of securing an aggregate from China. If trouble should arise over the latter it Is proposed to refer the matter to The Hague court. As China was an active par ticipant in The Hague conference, this seems to be the proper thing to do. There is nothing arbitrators can not settle when nations are willing.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05
COMFORT IN COLLEGE NOT SINFUL

rom fidTptf g WttkIy.
 As rule the college boys who have fine rooms and luxurious club houses are the sons of well-to-do people, and live, if any thing, less luxuriantly in college than they do at home. Large rooms, good furniture and porcelain bath tubs do not in them selves constitute sinful eXcesses,. and if col lege boys can afford such things there is no very grievous harm in having them. Out side of West Point and Annapolis it is inn possible to constrain young men to any thing like an equality of expenditure, and it is not certain it would be profitable to do it even if it could be done. A university, which is a microcosm and reflects in con- siderable measure the unequal conditions of life which obtain in the world outside of it, Is all the more instructive on some ac- counts because it is a microcosm.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

ism, for the boys are ''too swift" for them. Not only that, but frequently these boys use rude language towards the conductors If one of the offenders could be taken by a policeman, and sentenced by Judge Fea- gin to six months Imprisonment much good would be accomplished.
 
 This day is the 295th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot; and in the belief of some millions of Americans the day will mark a stage in a political plot to destroy the Republic which is a great development of and from the country whose parliament Guy Hawkes., sought to destroy. "Imper- ialism' hath it's terrors for many good pa triots, amongst the most outspoken lead CTS of whom are some New Englanders who were apostles of the abolitionists after New England had grown rich from the profits of slavery. The "anti-imperial- ists" of Boston were and are anti-South- erners; and it seems odd enough that an Alabamian, MT. E. Spencer Pratt, the son of a slave-owner, should lend himself to George $. Boutwell, and Edward Atkinson. It may be right and proper; this is not to say that it isn't in the highest degree commendable; but the oddness of it is strik- ing. And when MT Pratt took the oath of office as Consul General of the United States he by implication and with perfect understanding pledged himself not to di- Vuge any governmental secrets which should come to his knowledge by reason of his office as q sworn servant of the gov ernment. According to MT. Boutwell, S statement MT. Pratt has been giving pri- ia al Inf tO nf precious humbugs-Boutwell and Atkinson. That not only seems odd-it is odd; and this much is said without any sort of ref erence to the merits of imperialism as political issue
 As for moral questions, morals in poli- tics, wherever found, are generally inn moral
 It will please all of former State Senator Lon w. Grants friends throughout Ala bama to know that he has returned to newspaper work. MT Grant has joined the working force of the Anniston Hot Blast, and thereby that newspaper secures the services of one of the most capable men in this State. Apart from his ability, MT. Grant is a man of most admirable and lovable character He has been farming for several years, and he writes:
 How long it will take me to recover from the effects of my late idylic life amid green fields and babbling brooks and learn to think and write as of old these columns must reveal"
 Fancy philosopher quitting green fields and babbling brooks for the toll and worry of a newspaper editorial room! Yet, who of us wouldn't do as dear old Grant is do- ing?
 MT. D. H. Cahanniss, who has been very i'll for several days, was greatly improved last night, and he hopes to be strong enough to come down town within a day or two.
 Hon. Charles W. Ferguson, one. of the learned judges of the forthcoming baby show spent yesterday in town, having come home from Jasper, where he has been attending to his duties as solicitor of the Circuit Court He returned to Jasper last night.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05
AT REST
By Louise Chandler Moulton

By Louise Chandler Moulton. Shall lie down to sleep, and see no more The splendid pageantry of earth and sky The proud procession of the stars sweep
 by; The white moon sway the Sea and woo the
 shore; The morning lark to the far heaven soar; The nightingale with the soft dusk draw
 nigh;
 The summer roses bud, and bloom, and
 die Will life and nfes delight for me be o'eri Nav, I shall be- in my low silent home, Of all earth's gracious ministries aware Glad with the gladness of the risen day, Or gently sad with sadness of the gloom, Yet done with striving and foreclosed Of
 care
 At rest-at rest! What better things to
 say? s-
The age-herald., 1900-11-05
THE SCOTT OBJECT LESSON

From the St. Louis Republic.
 The grasp of the trust must be broken An administration pledged to an effective regulation of monopoly must be elected Senator Scott's bluntness tells observant men nothing they did not know before about Republican magnates. But it will be timely in convincing persons who have not been able to see the evils of trusts and their alliance with the Republican party.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

would seem as if Jefferson County. con taining O,42O inhabitants. should have one Representative.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

From the Kansas City Journal4
 Colonel Roosevelt has lodged no ques- ton in this campaign. but he has found 1t convenient to dodge an occasional turnip.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Jay Gould tried to make a will that would prevent the squandering of his money, but no will is equal to that task when Frencn count appears on the scene.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

The silent voter grows more and more silent as the day of action approaches. He is saving wood and saying nothing.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

There are only four persons to the square mile in Nevada, and this number will be reduced when the acquisitions that are outstanding are honored.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

The difference between Sir Thomas Lip ton and Joe Letter in the matter of cor ners amounts to several millions in cash.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Rockefeller is stin prancing along with William Shakespeare following after. The former holds the Twiggs medal.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Count Boni de castellane does not be- lieve times are as prosperous as they are cracked u9 to be.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Dowie is coming back to look after de linquent contributions.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Emperor William continues to court the goodwill of his subjects by the lese ma peste route.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

If Nevada, with 42,Ssi people. is entitled to two senators and d Representative. it
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

No revision of campaign estimates need be made until Tuesday night.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

John Alexander Dowie has declared in favor of Mckinley Carry the news to Mansfield o.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

No one is now considered apathetic in the contested states.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05
SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE WORRIES

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
 The Pamunky Indian school is again without a teacher because the braves of the village insist in proposing marriage to the school marms The latest teacher left after enduring the attentions as long as she could The State Board of Education is in quandary over the matter.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

The campaign is winding up with a great beating of gongs, all meaningless, or mis- leading.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

New York pays the freight in the case of the Roosevelt Wild West show.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Grover Cleveland's temper has been tried severely in these closing days of the cam paign.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

The Gould family's white elephant is called Boni de Castellane. He Is French.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Neither party knows whether there will be roses or rue for it on Wednesday morn ing.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Both parties are making last appeals and endorsing the Declaration of Independ-
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porting Mckinley, but the non-members are not
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

All Democratic issues will be paramount on Tuesday.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05
THINGS HE HAS DoDGED

Lucy Parsons, anarchist. is stumping for
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Representative.
 Rockefeller is still praneing along with William Shakespeare following after. The former holds the Twiggs medal. Count Boni de Castellane does not be- leve times are as prosperous as they are cracked u3 to be.
 Emperor William continues to court the goodwill of his subjects by the lese ma peste route.
 John Alexander Dowie has declared in favor of Mckinley. Carry the news to Mansfield o.
 The campaign is winding up with great beating of gongs, all meaningless. or mis- leading. The stock exchange members are sup porting Mckinley. but the non-members are not.
 Grover Cleveland's temper has been tried severely in these closing days of the cam paign.
 Both parties are making last appeals and endorsing the Declaration of Independ- ence
 Neither party knows whether there will be roses or rue for it on Wednesday morn ing.
 The Gould family's white elephant is called Boni de Castellane. He Is French. 
 New York pays the freight in the case of the Roosevelt Wild West show.
 No revision of campaign estimates need be made until Tuesday night  Dowie is coming back to look after de- linquent contributions.
 No one is now considered apathetic in the contested states
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 All Democratic issues will be paramount on Tuesday.
 Lucy Parsons, anarchist, is stumping for Mckinley.
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Numerous small boys habitually conduct themselves in a manner to add incidents to the never-ending chapter of damage suits in the Birmingham courts; their fancy leading them to jump off and on trolley cars in motion, or to steal rides the distance of block or more. One is all most tempted to suspect that some of these boys have damage suits in their minds, after the manner of the man who made small fortune by frequently break ing his legs, one at time, at railway sta tions and then "suing the coEsTdhy' on ac- count of personal injuries!
 The recklessness of he little rufians Is amazing. and the wonder Is that there is not still greater increase in ever-nereas- ing damage suit litigation In the local courts. The conductors are practically helpless against the juvenile blackguard-
The age-herald., 1900-11-05

Hon. Charles W. Ferguson, one. of the learned judges of the forthcoming baby show, spent yesterday In town, having come home from Jasper, where he has been attending to his duties as solicitor of the Circuit Court. He returned to Jasper last night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-05

Knowledge of the Bible will refine.
enlarge aud elevate the vocabulary Of
ssy one. and the girl who studies ber
Bible daily and reads Shakespeare.
Scott, Macsulay and Ruskin will be q
better .alkcr than she who limits her
reading to the daily newspaper or the
latest agreeable book. Dickens,
Thsokeray. William Black, Blaskmore.
Barrie, Crockett, Mrs Olipbant and
George Eliot ace all helpful to those
Who would be good. bright. varied and
entertaining takers. because in all these
authors you coosiuually ind wholesome
:bougb.s expressed 10 forceful and
strenuous English. and bit by bi. 6uo
.eceive Of the wealth these masters Of
English have SO carefully bestowed
upon their work.-Sepsember Ladies
Home Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-05
Death of Capt r. 8. Cathcart

Capt Robert S. Cathcart. q promi
neut and popular citizen of Charles
ton, died at his residence in that city
on Aug 80 The News and Courier,
speaking of him, says
He was oative of Winnsboro and
worthy type of the sterling people
of Fairfield district. He was a stu
dent at the Rev DR. O'Connell's col
lege, Columbia; also at the Hillsboro
Military Academy, N 9. In 1856
he came to Charleston, bright aud
brainy youth, and from that time
until sickness compelled him to re-
liDquish business he had been active.
ly identified with the best interests
of his adopted home. Capt Cathcart
held a responsible position in the
large grocery house offs S. Farcar d
Bro until the breaking out of the war
between the states. when be en-.
tered the military service of South
Carolina. doing patriotic duty
throughout the contest After the
close of hostilities be accepted q
clerkship with the we'll known firm
of Messrs George W. Williams &
Co. His valuable services were re
cogn;zed and he was admitted to
partnership lie subsequently con-
duc.ed business on his own account.
During the reconstruction period he
rendered faithful service in the aid cf
home rule and in 1876 was one of
foremost of the energetic workers
that rescued South Carolina from
radical rule and placed Wade Hamp
ton in the gubernatorisl CHAIR
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-05
NEWS FROM CHINA.
DECEPTION AND CRUEL
TY OF CHINA
denomination and Lootlng oy
Foreigners

Taku, Aug %, via Shanghai, Aug
50 An intercepted letter written
bv the viceroy at Paotipg Flu, WHO
commanded at Tien Tsin during the
fighting there, complains that the
Boxers are overrunning the country
southwest of Tiep Tsin, particularly
the cities on the grand canal, depis
ing the officials who at first counter
anced them, and lootiDg and
killing enemies Of their organiza
sion, and fighting the imperial
troops
The gates of Paoting Flu are kept
closed and the people inside are sui
fering, the Boxers practically besleg
ing the place
The viceroy reports that the taotal
Of the city of Tsapg CHOW, on the
canal, invited 1000 Boxers to feast
and that while the Boxers were
eating and their weapons were
STACKED the imperial soldiers by his
orders fell upon them and slaughter
ca all of them
There is much recriminatiop be-
tween the foreigners besieged IN re
kin and the members of the relivipg
force. Officers say that the besieg
ed sent out alarmist reports
and that the condition OF
foreigners was never one OF such
extremities as the official dispatches
reported. The foreigners, they as
sert, could have resisted indefinitely
The besieged accused the rellevers
of timidity and of e1aggerat'ng the
Chinese opposition They think a
much smaller army might have made
the march and relieved them months
sooner
The looting at Pek,n proceeds, in
dustriously and openly. The officers
of every nation except the Americans
ignore the repressive order and
all the allies ridicule the Americans
for their abstention
Missionary Green of the China in-
land mission, his sister, wife and
their two children. who were for
some time neld as prisoners by the
Boxers at Hsing Han Siep, near
Paoting Flu, were we'll treated A
company of Chinese Catholics have
held q town near Paotiug Fu for three
months against the Boxers aud i'm
perial troops The officials have
offered large sums for their capture
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-05

L seems almost impossible to con
vince the average citizen that the
:nexorable commercial law IS that a
man will get just what he pays for
chat cheap things are cheap things IN
fact as we'll as in name The craze
for cheapness is responsible for
large per cent of the iniquitous sys.
tenn of adulteration which permeates
80 maoy of our manufactured pro-
ducts If the people would not buy
these fraudulent goods and did not
think that they were getting more
than their moneys worth when they
did buy them, such things would not
be made.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-05
Col. John B. Patrick Dead.

Aodsssao, Aug 80 -Col 5oha B
Passios, a prouiaeot educator OF this
CITY. died this uurniug at 6 50 O'CLOCK
6 spopiexy He vas appa'eo;iy ID
good health. aud up to the day Of bis
ova,b. actively engaged 10 work con
oected With Patrick Military Institute,
Of wh,en ae was the foucdsT abc bead
His death is loss 60 the community,
to the educational ;p,eres.s OF the State
and 20 his church. He leaves w,do".
two sons AID three daughters.