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The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Alabama Democrats Should Unite.

Kentucky is today at the mercy of the federal government. Not that President
 Mckinley has a right to interfere in the States affairs until the legislature calls for help, but no one doubts his Willingness | to interfere if he could see a way to secure | the states electoral vote in November | This is what holds him back, and probably I nothing else does.
 The situation in democratic Kentucky is l a warming to every other southern state. | By democratic divisions the welfare and | prosperity of any southern state can be | put in Kentucky's position-can be paced | at the mercy of President Mckinley and l federal bayonets. To assume that the ad-
 ministradon would carefully keep within the limitations of the federal constitution,
 would be to assume altogether more than
 the history of the republican party war
 rants. Intervention would take place
 wherever that party could be served by 1t.
 It will not probably occur in Kentucky, simply because it would hurt the repubh- can party
 The only safe policy in the south consists
 in crushing out faction, and lining up solid-
 ly at the polls. The maintenance intact of
 the democratic party and party orSaiMza-
 tion is the only safe policy. That will
 keep off intervention and all other possible complaca tions. There is a belief that the day of intervention is passed, but that is a mistake. It hangs over every southern state just as much as it did during Presi- dent Grants term, when it was almost monthly occurrence. It hangs over Ken lucky today and 1t may hang over Ala | bama in November if divisions and fac tions are not squelched, and all democrats | fall into line under the party chiefs they have themselves selected. The Johnston
 campaign in this state is conducted in open hostility to the regular democratic organ
 ization. It is strictly and absolutely fac
 tional, and antagonistic to the party or the campaigns of the three other candi- dates. Three senatorial candidates are working within the party. and one without it. The Johnston campaign, if carried to its logical limit, would place this state in
 Kentucky's predicament, or worse. It would
 at any rate be apt to give others than dem-
 ocrats a voice in controlling ahe destinies
 Of the state.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

amount to s200. .000, 900, or more than the total surplus of cotton now raised by Us for ex- port. China lies largely in a zone of severe winters, and while it has the greatest de- posits of coal, the Chinese have never vet solved the problem of building heating stoves. The introduction of cheap Amerf- can heaters into 5O.O0O 900 Chinese homes is one of the possibilities which lie before our manufacturers.
 The Chinese are a nation living in brick houses in a land without a brick-making machine. Thousands of walled cities, mill lions of homes, all built of brick and every brick made by hand. These bricks are made by labor costing but 10 cents per day. still they cost more than our machine brick made with labor costing twenty-five times as much. Brick made by American machines with Chinese labor will command the market.
 China has long used large quantities Of our petroleum. It needs our medicines, chemicals and dsinfectants. It needs water works and sewers. It needs te,e- graphs, telephones and electric lights. When the sun sets night closes over that land, and its millions seek their beds in darkness It needs electric railways. Cities with pop but a few miles apart, are without any ulations in the hundred thousands, lying means of communication. Two cities only twelve miles apart, one with population of ,5OO 900, the other of 100000 the smaller city being the port of the larger, are still unconnected. American watches, clocks and sewing machines are finding a ready sale, and American spirits, wines and beers are taken in quantities. The Chinese are the Teutons of the Orient, as the Japanese are its Gauls, and when they become beer drinkers. as they will, think of the supply necessary to satisfy 400.0O0,O00 thirsty surplus cotton SOW raised by us for ex- threshing machines and separators. All the grain used in that country is rolled out on threshing floors and winnowed by hand fans or the vagrant winds.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Not n Comforta ble Place

From the Mobile Daily Item
 On board the schooner Maggie G. Hart, Captain Carlisle, that arrived here last night after a passage of thtrty-nine days from Freetown. South Africa, were fami- ly of four colored people. Green Williams, wife and two children, en route to their homes in north Alabama. which they left over year ago to settle in the republic of Liberia, Africa, to make a fortune and en- joy what they thought was more freedom than they could get anywhere else. They read the deluding pamphlets of the color ed land boomer and capper for steamship company and easily gave up wheat little money they possessed. Williams says L,- beria is not place for one who expects to be comfortable.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Russell and Winston.

The best features of last Saturdays pri- maries consists in the fact that the farm CTS of the state are not deceived by the rubbish that the court journals of the state are putting out. In Winston the Morgan campaign committee made no ef- fort-sent no speakers, trusting wholly to the intelligence of the voters. The usual crowd of state officials and Johnston as- pirants worked the county, but the voters disregarded them, voting almost soidly for Alabama's grand old senator
 Nor was the result in Russell greatly different. Outside of the tax-shirkers of Georgia temporarily domiciled in Girard beat, and troop of repeaters from Colum- bus, the county went as follows:
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Mckinley Will Not Intervene.

Nov that Alonzo Walker has been re- aeased. and the efforts of county judge to precipitate bioodst1ed averted. there is no reason why the questions involved should mot be settled in the courts in a peaceabIe and orderly manner. Whatever Taylor 5 and whatever excesses of power he com mits should be condemned by the courts and then rectified by force. All action Thereafter should be based on judicial de- cistons for that is what courts were or ganized and are malTstained for Thcir office is to settle disputes of whatever na- ture, whether they arise between indiv.d- uals in private transactions, or between officials engaged dn hand.lng public busd- mess.
 The chief danger apprehended at present Hs improper and unlawful intervention en sle part of President McKinley; but as the legislature is 5n session. Is supposed to be. and as MT. McKfnley has no desire to accumulate an unpopular issue in this par ticular year, 1t is probable that he VIII keep out of the :G'ouhCe. Says the Chicas , Tribune, a republican paper of high stand ing:
 "nhe fact that governor is to be de- frauded of his office, not by domestic
 violence but by due process of law
 dnlquitously ailnAnistered-does not jus
 tify intervention the part of the
 federal government. Whatever wrong
 may be done must be righted susequent-
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Bismarck and tha Oysters

John Booth, who was employed by Prince Bismarck to supervise his great planta- tions of frs and larches at Friedrichsruh' has published little book of Personal Recolections of Bismarck" The Ameri- can forester was a welcome guest at the great statesmans table in 1878 and 1873, and many of his stories relate to eating, drinking and smoking. Bismarck, as all the world knows, was a mighty man at all three. He told MT. Booth that on one occasion he had eaten 175 oysters at a single meal.
 .'It was 31 years ago." said he, "a few days after left England. I was at Liege, and ordered 25 oysters for dinner. They were so excellent that I ordered 50 more, and while I was devouring these 1 re- solved to make my meal of oysters, and nothing else. To the surprise and amuse- ment of everybody in the place, I then or dered another lot of 10O.''
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

From the New York Sun.
 A literary man is a bald-headed writer with long hair.
 A man Is said to have arrived at the age of discretion when he Is more of a fool than he looks.
 A mans wife Is probably called "the bet ter half" because she hasn't the nerve to advertise herself publicly the whole thing.
 After a woman begins to weigh over a hundred and thirty she always says she can't understand why the fashion plates print such absurd, unnatural women.
 When a woman has her picture taken she generally looks as If she was wonder ing how the photographer could ever af- ford to make such a beautiful thing so cheap.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Poverty's Day Dream

Richard Wlhiteing, whose remarkable stories of life in the East End of London have made so marked an impression upon the reading public. gained his knowledge of the subject by living among the workers as one of them, relates the Saturday Evening Post. Many of his experiences among the submerged tenth are even more interesting than those he has told in print.
 Once while talking with a grizzled old woman, who lived in the same tenement, he referred to the queen.
 "Oh, low I would like to be the queen!" said the ancient beldame.
 "Why?' asked MT. Whiteing.
 'It isn't because of her 'orses, because if I were queen I would have a donkey cart with red wheels; and it isn't because of her band of musicians on horseback, which goes ahead of the 'orse guards, for I'd much rather ave a Hitaiian with a land organ; but just think if she wakes up at o'clock in the morning and wants bite to eat she can touch bell and ave beef and boiled cabbage right away"
 A factory girl visited a collection of an- tiaue sculptures, and on her return MT. Whiting asked her:
 How did you like the statues?"
 "None too much at first, sir, because nearly all of them were shamelessly dress ed That made me mad, until I thought that they wuz awfully poor in them days and didn't ave money to buy clothes with. Then, do you know, felt real bad because there wasn't single ldy in the whole bloomin' lot of them what 'ad bonnet to her name"
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Assistant General Superintendent J. S. B. Thompson of the Southern Railway was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Charles E. Hailes of Montgomery is in Birmingham. He is the possessor of a won- derful invention for preventing the freez- ing of water pipes in houses. Tom Paine of New York is in town.
 J. B. Graham of Talladega, F. E. Wilson of Russellyiile, and John l.. McConnaushy of Monteval,o are in Birmingham
 Samuel Burgest of Canton, O., is at the Morris.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

From the Selma Journal
 The voice of the mule is heard in tne land He gqrds himself mp with fresh mortgage and goes forth conquerlng and to conquer.-Atlanta Journal.
 That's so, and the festive darkey who pulls the bell cord over thGs construction Hraln sargs cheer1ly his song, and draws dem wages and keeps hds eye on next Christmas.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Truckers Busy in Mobile County

From he C4ronelle Times.
 The farmers are busy planting onions, peas, cabbages and potatoes. The cold weather of the cast week has been very seasenaIbe and The truckers welcome it now rather than later rWhen so much dam age would result by the frosts to their gar den truck and fruit
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Organizln" Tor Il Cntton Mill

From the Peoples Advocate
 meeting of prominent citiens was held last week to discuss the probability of es- tablishing cotton factory in Columbiana. We are informed that several thousand dollars was promised to the new enter prise. The meeting was in every way a pleasant one, and enthusiasm for the fac tory was displayed by all in attendance.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
THE GIRL WITH THE HOSE

(No relation to the Man With the Hoe) D. D. Pierson in the New York Sun. Bowed with responsibility, she stands. Gripping the nozzle like some serpest dread Determination dwells on her fair face, And seriouswise her rosy lips are set. Who put that pipe pernicious in her paws! Once wont to rout the restful neighborhood Humping rag-time romanzas by the hour? It must have been the brother to an ass To trust that aqueous gun unto a girl, A gazebo of devilish intent.
 spout
 With wobbly hand and half averted eyel She aimeth at the garden bed, where bloom Old-fashioned flowers a-dying for drink. But the bithe iceman, beaming OCT his bill, Getteth 1t in the neck and grows profane, As he sprints sheterward And still The stream pursues its fearful game of tag It routs the dreamy watchdog from the
 stoop
 And swatteth passing infant on the pate! Now has the thing passed out of her com
 troi--
 A source of devastation and dismay! Fen the blithe Slmpkins swinging up the
 street
 (Whose arm is wont to go about her waist When lights are dim) is smitten sore, Loseth his silk hat and get 8 slap Back of the ear that sendeth him to grass All spraddled out. Whereat she swoons And is scant saved while speeding sewer
 ward
 From being washed out of a weary world! Oh, husbands, fathers, brothers, lovers all! Was this thing to trust to female hands? What shall you answer when the summons
 comes And victims soak you hard for damages!
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Political situation in Perry County
From the Canebrake Journal.

From the Canebrake Journal.
 Our people are not yet interested in poli- tics. The majority here strongly favor Morgan for the senate and are ready to do whae lies in their power to have him re- turned. Other than this there is very little politics abroad here. The people of Union- town are too busy to talk politics now Just before the election, however, the po- htical pot will begin to simmer, and will get boi5iEg hot by the time the primaries are held
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
In Blast This Week

From the Anniston Hot East.
 The Jenier furnace cannot be put in blast Tuesday, as was intended. there having been unforeseen delays in accommodating raw material. The furnace will probably be put in blast about the latter part of the week.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Getting Out Slaves

From the Livingston Home.
 We are informed that a couple of gentle men from northern Ohio are now engaged in getting out slaves in the northern por- tion of Sumter. Why don't some of our own citizens engage in this profitable busi- ness?
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Tho Effect Was the Same

John Riskin was fearless critic, and made many enemies by his radical views, says the Indianapolis News. He never considered the man or the friend in his criticisms It was the work itself that concerned him. He once criticised in his fearless way, the work of well known painter, who was much grieved at the ef- feet On hearing of the sorrow he had caused he wrote to the artist that he re- gretted he could not speak more favorably of the picture, but hoped it would make no difference in their friendship. It is said the artist wrote in reply:
 Dear Ruskin-Next time I meet you I shall knock you down, but I hope it will make no difference in our friendship
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
PITCHING A BIG CROP

From the Selma Journal.
 Seven hundred and fifty mortgages were Hled TOT record tn the Hale county court in January, Which the Watchman says breaks the record for mortgages in that county.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Building Isoo,n fin Selma

Erom the Selma Journal.
 Look out for beautiful modern nine room residence Alabama street, one block from the new court house, at an early date Keep your eye on Selma's building boom
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Methodist Enterprise
n the LaFayette Sun.

From the Lafayette Sun.
 A collection was taken up at the Methcd- islt church last Sunday morning by the pastor to pay off some old debts. About enough was raised in cash and subscrlp- ticns to meet tine demands.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
Public Library in DosIian
the Wire-Gra.ss sirtings.

From the Wire-Grass Siftings.
 The ladies of Dothan have undertaken the establishment of public library in Do- than. They can always be depeaded upon when a good cause needs attention, and the Siftings predicts success in the library movement.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Governor Taylor, says the Kansas City Star. was moved to tears when he was told that Goe5el had been shot, and the capital was moved to London.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
No Smallpox In st. Clair
om the Southern Aegis.

From the Southern Aegis.
 Hon. W. s. Forman, judge of probate, has had thorough investigation of all cases reported of smallpox, and informs the Aegis that up to date not a single case of that disease has been found in St Clair county, all rumors to the contrary not withstanding.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

The pictures of Web. Davis in South Af- rica laagers show that he has thick crop of hair on the top of his head. where he had none in this country Web may be tonic.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

One St. Louis scientist shows that the microbes in Chicago sewerage increase as they go down stream, thus proving that the Gulf of Mexico win soon be full of them. Great is science of the St. Louis sort.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

The Montana banks are losing their $1 GOO bills, and begin to fear financial stringency unless Clarks seat is vacated, and another election brought on.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
WITH THE EDITORS
 OF STATE PRESS
Cotton and Politics

From the Randolph Leader.
 From present indications there will be too large an acreage of cotton and politics in Alabama this year
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
lee Plant Ohanges Hands

From the Gadsden Times-News.
 The ice plant at Gadsden which has been operated for some years, has been pur- chased by the Wright cotton mills, and will be moved to Alabama City and put in operation.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
YANKEE CAPITAL IN CHINA
There is Seemingly No End to the Oppor-
 tunities for Investment

From Lesi;es Weekly.
 Ten years of railroad building ought to bring at least half of Ch.na's population wlthin reach of our cotton goods, and that. without any increase in the per capita use (only one dollaD of our cotton, would
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
HE ONLY DAnY nswspApza IN ALABAMA
"Decency and Good 0rder.

"Governor Johnston is conducting, mildly observes the court journal, "his campaign decently and in good order" In order to show how he conducted it in Rus sell county we clip some editorial para graphs from his organ in that county, the Scale Register:
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

London. Kentucky. is ineligible as state capital. It has not even one saloon, and has not had in many years. Common law makes it ineligible.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Senator Morgan is now outranked as a contributor to the esteemed Congressional Record by Pettigrew, Hoar, Mason, Tillman and Bacon.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

A rapid-fire gun from the Colt works in Connecticut is out-shooting the Maxims and GatMngs in South Africa.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Senator Cullom holds to the position that senators should be elected in Illinois, and appointed by the governor in Pennsylvania.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Eng,and,s 6eO ships of war cannot strike a blow in the South African war.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Zola is rapidly acquiring popularity in Paris courts and streets.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Editor Sheldon proposes to do in six days more than he is able to accomplish on six Sundays. This is a tribute in advance to the press.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

The Boers are great marksmen, and the Filipinos great sprinters.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

- Bob F.tzsimmons was whipp,d. it seems, because he drank water. fluid that he was not acquainted with.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

American mechanic skill is wanted in all parts of the wor,d--in Uruguay more particularly at present
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Dom Paul respectfully declines ''to vaca- ton. at present at St. Helena.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Three revolvers seems to be the mininum equipment of an up-to-date Kentucldan
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

General Kitchener Is not within public view. but no one should therefore think he is sitting idly by.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06
THE MOLE THING

Kop is Dutch for cup-a cup of sorrow for the motherland.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

The star-eyed goddess needs in these times a coat of mail, and also trousers to suit.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

The silver men cannot afford to sit still and let the gold men capture them. The gold men will do 1t if the silver men will let them.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Senator Morgan is lawfully opposed to ballot box stuffing, but he is no opposed to accepting office given him by such methods. He has done it more than once.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

The Richard Olney boom from Memphis, Tenn, is also lost, strayed or stolen.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

A vote for Senator Morgan is a vote Ito endorse McKinley's murderous war in the Philippines. Do Russell county democrats want to do that sort of thing?
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

These lovely paragraphs were in a meas ure from the court journal, which prints daily similar stuff. If this is conducting a campaign "decently and in good order" it would be interesting to know what campaign conducted indecently and in dis order would be. The ingenuity of men would scarcely be equal to anything more demagogical than the campaign that the court journals big and little, are conduct dng in this state against the greatest sen- ator the state ever sent to Washington.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

The heliograph is Ladysmith's daily news paper.
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

Did Senator Morgan, while a United States senator, leave Washington as a member of a bridal party and go to Ohio to attend the wedding of a negro? Did he or not?
The age-herald., 1900-02-06

As the president cannot make appoint nients except "by and with the consent of the senate,' when Senator Morgan voted to confirm the negro. Fred Doug lass, he voted as directly for 8 negro as if he had marched up to the polls at his old home in Selma, and voted for the blackest negro in the blackbelt of Alabama.