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The age-herald., 1900-06-29

and Tien Tsin. and by August an army to Peking From Tien Tsin 1t is a week s march to Peking the distance being about 80 miles, but land transport must be or ganized unless indeed men enough are fur nished to open and keep open the railroad line To do that 5O,OOO more men may be needed.
 The United States is sending to China practically a brigade. This is done on the ground that they are needed in order to protect American lives and property. So far so good. But if it turns out today or tomorrow or the day after that China has given the legations their passports and de- clared war against the rest of the world. then indeed Congress must be convened, for President Mckinley has no power to declare war or even to accept war. His powers are confined to the protection of American lives and American property, and to stretch protection to actual war cond tions would be an invasion of the functions
 
 and that even MT. Hanna will not attempt at the outset of a Presidential campaign.
 At present Japan has the most foreign troops in China, and it is very probable that she intends to keep the most there. Russas available force is not accurately known. Altogether prudence seems to die tate the converting of Congress. The prob lem grows greater rather than less. Its possible complications can scarcely be over estimated. The crisis that all thought would go over to the new century has been precpitated and no one can see the end of it. Lives and vast trade, and new maps are all involved in it. The world has never known a crisis that directly involved more lives
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
Poor Black Hawk Winged

Troy Standard: On the McLane place, three or four miles northwest of Brundidge, last Monday, one little negro shot another. They were children of tenant named Giles and were engaged in playing hawk" One had a gun, and when the other ran by him, representing the hawk, he fired. The victims arm was torn off and part of the load entered his side. Dr. J. A. Me- Eachern was, called, gave the sufferer sur gical attention and amputated the stump of the arm. At first it was thought the wounds would prove fatal, but the patient was alive Friday and he may possibly re- cover.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
Chinese Army is Underrated.

Today promises to bring definite and full. CT news relative to Admiral Seymour's re- lieving column of 2,300 men, and it may bring intelligence from the legations who are supposed to be somewhere north of the purple city.
 Not until the ministers have been fully heard from will we know the real situa- tion. At present it is well-nigh impos- sible to avoid the belief that the govern ment of China has either been overwhelmed by the mob, or else Is drifting with it. The allied forces certainly fought Chinese reg ulars at Tien Tsin, and these regulars were well armed with Mausers, Maxims. and with Krupp guns. The task of reaching Picking and controlling the influences di- rected against all foreigners is task that beyond reasonable doubt involves the de- feat of the Chinese army. How strong that army is in men and in armament is not known.
 The powers are hurrying men to Taku
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
Roo,EvELT's DEBT TO ATHLETICS

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Theodore Roosevelt is five feet nine inches in height, and weighs 165 pounds. He ex- ercises daily, if it be only series of move- ments without apparatus, executed in his bedroom before his morning bath. He is of full-blooded habit-the kind of man who grows very stout-but through exercise he keeps his chest measure eight inches great CT than that of his waist, and has no superf1ous flesh He can chin 16 times and dip Il. To chin is to hang at arms length from a horizontal bar and draw the body up until the chin is above the bar To dip is to take a position on parallel bars with the arms rigid, lower the body until the arms are bent to their limit, and then to rise slowly again until the arms are once more straight. These exercises are violent, and most men of Roosevelt's age would find it hard to do either of them more than three times.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
1.-THE LATE ENTERTAINERS,

From the Mobile Register.
 The Confederate veterans in their an- nual convention in Louisville, decided that the war of 1S61-65 should be known as the war between the states" This is the name that Alexander H. Stephens favored and it is the one generally used by the people of the south in speaking of that war, the northern people calling it the rebellion. Strange as is that neither name is correct definition of the event All know that there was no rebellion. States that had sovereignty could not be guilty of rebellion. ..either was it war between the states, but actually war between two governments made up of states. Some writers call it civil war; yet it was not a war between citizens in their civil capaci- ty, but, as before said, a war between regularly organized governments. There is in fact, no concise way of naming the conflict; hence these misnomers. Possibly the best title would be the simple one of calling it by the years of it's beginning and close, namely, the war of 1S61-65.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
American Wins at Paris.

The exposition authorities at Paris have administered an useful and desirable lesson in excluding from competition and display all American wines bearing on their la bels the names of we'll known European vintages. There is nothing unfriend1y or audacious in this action. It is simply an attempt to put American wines on their wines should be sold as such, and not as limitations of some foreign wines.
 Wines made in South Africa or in Aus tralia or in Hungary or in Spain, do not bear French names. They are offered for what they are intrinsically worth. They bear names of the country in which they were made; and there is no reason why a different rule should be adopted in Califor- mia. It is in fact a waste of time to build up reputation for California wine that bears a French name, and that cannot be distinguished readily from the original ar ticle
 The action of the exposition officials was taken in all friendship. There was and is a desire to treat all wines from this or any other country fairly, but the author ities of the exposition want all to bear their own national names. If there is any thing in this action that is at all unfair or unjust, no one has discovered it. Common honesty is called for, and that should be at hand.
 The Dingley tariff contains a similar pro- vision. No article," it says, of imported merchandise which shall copy or simulate the name or trade mark of any domestic manufacture, or which shall employ a name or mark which is calculated to in- duce the public to believe that the article is manufactured in the United States, shall be admitted to entry at any custom house of the United States" This of itself con- demns the California practice of using such names as Chateau Yquem,'' and the like on California made wines. The exposition authorities should stand by their ruling disregarding any outcry that may be in stigated by the producers who have been detected and uncovered.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
HE ONIY piHY HENsPAPEa A AtAsAnA
Nicaraqua Canal Was Not Endorsed.

It now appears that the canal plank was monkeyed with, rather driveled out, to use phrase of Mr Grosvenor, at the Phil adelphia Convention As drawn and agreed upon the paragraph recited the action of the St. Louis Convention in 1896, and of numerous State Conventions held since that time, and it was rounded up with an un- equivocal endorsement of the Nicaragua Canal. The word 'isthmian" was after wards substituted for the word Mica ragua," and in that form the reported reso- lution went through. The Chicago Times Herald. a Republican paper that holds the confidence of President Mckinley, pub lshed statement to the effect that fee of 5000 paid to a member of the platform committee secured the change.
 It need not concern any one to how the change was made, for it is well known that MT. Mark Hanna and his entire clique have been lukewarm towards the Nicaragua bill, opposing it's progress at every step. The secret may be campaign subscriptions from the trans-continental railroads or the Pan anna scheme, or more likely from both The canal plank as it stands represents the ruling interests of the Republican party. It represents the delay policy of the East and of the trans-continental railroads and of the Panama schemes. It is what all of them wanted under the circumstances and they knew how to get it. If the inside facts were known, it would probably be seen that MT Mark Hanna's hand was in the change. The ruling forces of the Republican party do not want canal on the Nicaragua route, if they want one at all. Some of them do not want one, and if they dared to fight a canal openly they would so declare. But they dare not do that, and so they skulk behind a paragraph that endorses in a general and indefinite way canal on some sthmian route Any old route would satisfy them, provided all possible delay occurs in its construction.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
Friars in the Philippines.

General McArthurs amnesty proclama- tion has fallen fiat chiefly because a set | clement is not possible while the friars remain in possession of nearly all the ara ble land on the island, and are possessed of other rights under Spanish concessions that bear heavily upon the people They not only demand tithes of various sorts, but they can be cited be- fore ecclesiastical courts only of their own creation. The Filipinos demand. first and imperative condition the expulsion of
 the friars and the return of the property
 they have appropriated to themselves, and no settlement is possible until this is done.
 The administration is supporting the friars because the treaty of Paris provides that ''the inhabitants of the territories over which Spain reinquishes or cedes her sovereignty shall be secured to the free exercise of their religion" The treaty also contains this provision;
 And it is hereby declared that the re- linquishment or cession, IS the case may be can not in any respect impair the property or rights which by law be- long to' the peaceful possession of property of all kinds of provinces, municipalities, public or private establishments, ecclesas- tical civic bodies, any other asso- citations having legal capacity to acquire and possess property in the aforesaid ter ritories renourced or ceded, or of private individuals, of whatsoever nationality such individuals may be-
 Monsgnor Chappelle and the administra- tion are agreed that this provision protects the friars in all of their ancient rights, some of which bear very heavily upon the people-so heavily that they will not sur render while they are maintained.
 The friar problem promises to be the most difficult one that Judge Tafts civil commission will have to deal with Forti- fled the friars are by ancient conces- sions and the treaty of Paris, it is difficult to see how they can be brought within the terms of a new system. As things stand they are responsible to courts only of their own creation. They are not amenable to the ordinary law court. This entire sub ject cuts very deep among millions of people, who would under ordinary crcum- stances be Catholics in good standing. If the friars have been protected against change by the treaty of Paris, as seems probable it is time to inquire in what manner such protection was secured, what it's extent is. and what the real nature of the Filipino complaints against the friars are. Comparatively little is known about a subject that has become uppermost m both Luzon and Panay.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
VOCATION

Katharine Tynan in the Spectator If l might choose my simple lot Far from the town and quite forget, All in a sheltered nook and warm, Iris l would have a violet farm. No daffodils should me entice, Nor hyacinths with their breath of spice, The tulip with her painted hood For me should wither where she stood. Instead of sheep upon the sward, The modest violet 1 should herd Instead of golden heads arrow, Should see my violet harvest blow. Under an arch of wild, wild cloud, Below an opal mountain bowed, All in humid world and cool With winds and water beautiful. What airs across my farm should fare! Iris sweet where pinks and roses are: But pinks and roses hide the face Before d violet-peopled place. No shortest day of all the year Should fade without volet's cheer, Invisible sweetness hid within And folded up in swathes of green. Though white and purple babes be born When daffodil his flaming horn Der quiet hills and wales shall sound And stir the sleepers underground. What country bliss can equal mine, With violets for my fiocks and kline, With vioets for my corn and store? What could mortal wish for more?
  Under a mountain pansy-dark, Loved of the eagle and the lark. And set too low for fear or harm, Iris I would have violet farm.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
WITH THE EDITORS
 OF THE STATE PRESS
Now Is the Time to subscriI,e

Gadsden Times-News: Once in a great while we receive letter in answer to our request for renewal in which the sub scriber says: We never subscribed for your paper" It is a very lame excuse for anyone to offer. Any time you are not sat isfied with the Times-News and think it is not worth the small sum of $1, say so, but for heavens sake be man enough to say so and not sneak out of it by saying you never subscribed. We want all the sub scribers we have to stay with us, and as many new ones as we get. but we positively do not want any to pay for it unless they can see their S1 worth. We are not objects of charity, and do not in- tend to bulldoze anyone; so any time you feel like discontinuing, do so but do it like a man and not like a sneak.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
HANNA'S NEW HANDSHAKE
The Ohio Senator Has Invented Labor
 Saving Method
Iladelphia Correspondence Rochester

Philadelphia Correspondence Rochester
 Herald.
 Mark Hanna seldom appears on the lower floor of the Walton. Then 1t is gen. orally when he is on his way to the dining room. The minute he steps from the ele- vator there is a football rush in his direc- ton and d scrimmage to get sight of him and a fight among those nearest him to grab his hand. The senator is very spar ing of that hand.
 There is a tremendous amount of hand shaving to be done by a party leader at a convention, and he has invented a labor saving method.
 He pnches his elbow hard against his side, fixes his forearm in an immovable horizontal position and holds out his two first fingers, then he smiles. The hand shaker has the satisfaction of wggling two of the statesman's fingers and the statesman has to endure none of the suf fering attendant on the cordial grasp of the man who is after something.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29

bar. and he feels the need of rest and
 change
 1 Captain L. E. Brooks of Gadsden, whom everybody in Birmingham pleasantly re-
 members is spending a few days in the
 city.
 l Amongst the visiting educators to the
 city Is County Superintendent Thompson
 of Montgomery, young man who has
 made an enviable record since his appoint
 ment by Governor Johnston two years ago.
 The people of his county are so well
 pleased with his work that they have
 nominated him for the regular election
 next August.
 | The State Democratic campaign will be | opened today at Calera by Colonel w. J. 1 Sanford, the nominee for Governor. There | will be other speakers. The Democratic 1 Executive Committee of the Fourth Dis I trict will also meet at Calera today, and
 take such action as may be necessary on
 account of the recent decision of the State 1 Committee setting aside the order for a
 primary election in that district. There l will be a barbecue and basket dinner, and l a great gathering of the people is expected | The railroads will sell round trip tickets
 at one and one-third of the regular fare. Hon. Frank H. Lathrop has returned to the city after an absence of a fortnight | during which time he attended the Ma | tional Republican Convention at Phila- delphia.
 MT R. P Dexter and Mrs. Dexter of 1 Montgomery will remain at the Morris Hotel until tomorrow, when they will re- 1 turn home. Their visit is one of rest and | plea sure, and they are greatly enjoying | Birmingham, as do all visitors. l MT Justice H. A. Sharpe of the Alabama | Supreme Court has arrived at his home in | Fifth avenue for the long vacation the l Supreme Court at Montgomery having ad- | journed for the summer. The law requires | that the court shall reassemble within six 1 ty days after adjournment, which in this | instance would mean the last week of Au- | gust but the reassembling would be for | only day or two. Unfortunately the va | cation will not be a period of rest for the Judges: they will each have many impor- tant and laborious cases to consider and prepare decisions upon, and they will therefore have almost as much work to do during their vacation" they would if the court were in session. The last time Judge Sharpe had a vacation he received papers in one case alone that weighed fifty pounds. It would be an interesting calcu- | lation to figure out what proportion of that weight was legal rubbish Judge Sharpe is entitled to rest and recreation, as his as-
 sociates are, and the public will heartily wish for him much peace of mind as pos sible during his misnamed "vacation." Ala bama has had no better justice upon its Supreme bench than he; one more conscien- tions, panstaking, capable, or devoted to
 duty; and the state never had a better citizen.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
A MODERN WEDDING
From the New York Journal. Everything was in readiness.

From the New York Journal.
 Everything was in readiness.
 The church was beautifully decorated thousands of dollars having been spent on flowers alone.
 The magnificent costumes of the wedding party dazzled the eyes of onlookers and made the heads of the less fortunate burst with envy.
 The ushers appeared, each wearing a dia- mond scarfpin, the gift of the brides father.
 Then were seen the bridesmaids, beauti- fully gowned and carrying huge bouquets of roses.
 Last came the bride. gorgeously grace ful beatifcaly beaming, loveliy luscious leaning on the arm of her proud father.
 The peals of the organ burst out in the grand notes of the aWedding March,
 But, stay.
 Where was the bridegroom?
 Oh, yes; that's sol He's so paguey in- significant and unimportant on such occa- sions, nowadays that you must pardon us for forgetting to mention him. He showed up all right, however.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNIQUE POST

From Roosevelts "The Vice-Presidency in
 1S96."
 The Vice President is an officer unique in his character and functions, or, to speak more properly, in his want of functions while he remains Vice President and in his possibility of at any moment ceasng to be a functionless official and becoming the head of the whole nation. There is no corresponding position in any constitution al government. Perhaps the nearest ana logue is the heir apparent in monarchy.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
ESSENCE OF COLONIAL IMPERIALISM

From the NeW 4Ork W ord.
 The Philippine question is passed over with very brief and familiar generalities It is held to be the high duty of our gov- ernment to ''confer the blessings of liberty and civilization upon all the rescued peo- ples' -'liberty" being the substitution of the rule for that of Spain without the con sent of the rescued people," This is the essence of colonial imperialism as prac- ticed by all land-grabbng monarchies, but never yet adopted by republic and wholly incompatible with the republican system. Cpon the live issues of imperialism, mili- tarism and monoply the Democrats could not ask to have the lines more plainly drawn.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
Reiff brothers ron Every thing

London, June 2S.-The Reiff brothers, at the Brighton June meeting today won all the races in which they participated. The Shoreham plate was won by Eleroy with J. Reiff in the saddle.
 The Ditchling plate of 200 sovereigns was won by Lady Derry, ridden by l.. Reiff.
 The Portsmaid plate at a selling welter handicap of 100 sovereigns was won by Leather Stocking, with l.. Reiff up. Chun, ridden by J. s. Martin, was second
 The Brighton handicap was won by h. timidator, ridden by L. Reiff.
 The Southwick plate was won by Fairy F., ridden by L. Reif. One pound sterling ($5) invested in L. Reiffs first mount would accumulated f113S for the day, parlayed
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
Beats Dan Rogan

Mobile Herald A party of four were seen the other morning with not less than two hundred pounds of trout and red fish, They said they caught them in Fowl river This place is about one hours sail from here.
 John Speekby of Dallas, Tex, caught in Portersvlle Bay on Wednesday a tarpon five feet long, and it was a sight to see him trying to land this monsteT.7 There used to be lots of tarpon in these waters, but I've seen only a few of them in late years. In days gone by I've caught three or four of them
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The first step toward getting a divorce is to get married
 The only kind of women that make good wives are the kind that make good hus- bands
 A woman makes as much fuss over her first baby as if it was against the law for her to have any more. If woman made the same face when she kisses as she does when she tries to whistle the men would all get divorces.
 The woman who falls in love with a man and is too proud and modest to let him know, would be too foolish to live any where outside of books.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
 PRISONERS RETURNED
One of Them Said He Just Wanted to
 See His Wife

Jasper, June 2S.-(Special.) )--Jasper Mus grove, charged with murder, and Charley Haines, charged with rape, returned last night and surrendered to the sheriff. They were among the prisoners who escaped Tuesday night.
 Haines states that he decided to go and see his wife after the cell was opened by the other prisoners, and that he persuaded Musgrove to go with him. Both state that Musgrove did not want to go, and would not go until the agreement was made to come back the next day. None of the other escapes have been caught. Sheriff O'Rear has been out on the search since yesterday morning and has not been heard from
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
HAPPY MEXICO

From the Mexican Herald.
 Mexico sits apart from all international squabbles and complications. She has no ambitious imperialistic dreams; it has been a bad climate here for Emperors all ways She has fat surplus and good gov ernment, and every man may sit under his own vine and fig tree after the days work is done, and clip coupons.
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
PRoBABLY WRITTEN BY PEoKsNIFF

From the Boston Post
 As for the main issue of the campaign, that of the of conquest and the estab- lishment of imperialism in the place of republicanism, the immortal Pecksniff, or Mckinley himself, might have written the resolution which describes the Republican administration as engaged in the Philip pines in "conferring the blessings of liberty and civilization upon rescued peoples
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
Facts for the Ignorant

Mobile Herald: We of this country have for years been expressing pity for the 'downtrodden' masses of Europe, who are forced to labor to support large standing armies. It were well if we confined our pity to the taxpayers at home. Neither Russia, England, Germany nor France spends as much money annually on her vast military establishment, except when a great war is to be provided for, as the United States spends on her present military es- tablishment
The age-herald., 1900-06-29
Poor Wee Batrns

Anniston Hot Blast: An exchange tells of a man in the town who was blessed with twins-both boys. He christened them Peter and Repeater Another bless ing of a like nature occurred something over a year later-both girls, and he named them Kate and Duplicate. But the next case of twins was puzzle to him for time, as one was a boy and the other girl But the difficulty was over come by calling the boy Max and the girl Climax.