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The age-herald., 1900-08-27

cling in ancient chariots and wagons with retinues of servants: spending. in some instances, weeks on the road They re- mained here long enough to form strong friendships, ties which bind their great grandchildren, grandchildren, and children of today. Thus that which was best and most powerful in the life of the State was sweetened and made stronger here in the mountains of Blount. The process contin- ues, in smaller measure unhapiy, but it is much that 1t does continue"
 ''In 1866 there came suddenly upon the people of west Alabama an epidemic of malarial intermittent fever which at lacked everybody, but from which nobody died,' said pr. I. D. Morgan of Eutaw.- Tn Eutaw and the district every family was attacked. and in every house there were from one to seven cases. The doctors were worn out, but they lost no cases. That sort of fever need not be fatal at all if properly treated. In my practice l never visit such patient but once, unless my instructions are disobeyed. The epidemic this year is not so bad as that of 1866, but it is bad enough; everybody is ailing, and a great many of the people have the fever ir some form The six weeks of foods including the month of June, followed by the abnormal heat of the past seven weeks, has produced much sickness in the Black belt At Eutaw, which is ordinarily very healthy, have noted for many years that the malaria that disturbs us comes from the Bigbee river. After continuous north east wind prevails we have malaria"
 
 Mrs. Eubank and her daughter, Miss Jessie Eubank, have taken apartments in the Byars cottage, Blount Springs, for a week or two. Mrs H. A. Sharpe and her daughter, Mrs. William Mudd Jordan and the Misses Sharpe, who have been at Blount for a week or two, will return to Birmingham this week.
 Judge Anderson and Mrs. Anderson of Marengo, Judge Roberts of Eutaw, Judge Parks of Montgomery, Colonel Jefferson M. Falkner and family are amongst the visitors at Blount Springs.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27
FROM "ENDYMION,

by JOnn Keats. thing of beauty Is joy forever: It's ioveiiness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keen A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health and
 quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we
 wreathing A Towering band to bind us to the earth, Spite Of despondence, of the inhuman
 dearth Of noble natures. of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'erdarken'd
 ways Made for our searching; yes. in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the From our dark spirits Such the sun, the
 moon, Trees old and young, sprouting a shady
 boon
 For simple sheep; and such are daffodfIs With the green world they live in; and
 clear Fills That for themselves a cooling covert
 make 'Gainst the hot season; the mldforcst
 brake, Rich with sprinkling of fair musk rose And such, too is the grandeur of the
 dooms We have imagined for the mighty dead: All lovely tales that we have heard CT
 read; An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring onto us from the heavens brink Nor do we merely feel these essences For one short hour; no, even as the trees That whisper round a temple become soon Dear as the temples self, so does the
 moon, The passion poesy, glories infinite, Haunt us till they become a cheering light Unto our souls and bound to us fast, That, whether there be shine or gloom oercast, They always must be with us or we die.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27
SENATOR PETTUS
m the Huntsville Post.

From the Huntsville Post.
 No one who heard Senator Petus last night can fail to be impressed with the fact that advancing years have failed to impair in any way the bright intellect of Alabama's junior representative in the fed eral senate. His wonderful memory enabled him to readily recall the names of those illustrious families that have made Madison County a power In State politics.
 Senator Pettus Is Democrat of the old regime and is inbued with the principles of Democracy, as laid down by the found CTS of the party itself. He Is plain. blunt speaker. but his words are forceful be- cause they carry with them the convic- tions of patriot and statesman.
 Alabama is ably represented in the Sem ate. and will be In no hurry to make a chnnga-
The age-herald., 1900-08-27
LARGEST DAM IN THE WORLD

From Harper's Weekly.
 The new Croton dam at the Cornell site is built in an approximately north and south line across the bed of the Croton river, about three and quarter miles above it's junction with the Hudson. It will cost about $5,oOo0Oo, and be the Iarg- est and most expensive yet built on this continent, and in extreme dimensions and volume of masonry probably second to none in the world. Its height is certainly the greatest of any in the world, and the total amount of masonry of all kinds is about 67o,0o0 cubic ysrds-a volume ap- proximately one-fifth of that of the pyra- mid of Cheops, which, Herodotus states. was 764 feet square 4S0 feet high and re- quired the labor of 10OG0o men for 20 years to build it.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Love gets sick as easily as babies.
 It's pity people will decorate their love With so many hideous baubles.
 Nature intended men and women to live together. but Fate did all it knew how to make it impossible.
 When woman begins to change the color of her hair at 35 it's time for men to begin to change the color of their opin- ions about her. T1.ft
 The average woman doesn't know the difference-or care-between the attention of a thick-skulled idiot who makes love to her about the same way he brushes his teeth and the devotion of a big souled man who loves her with respect
The age-herald., 1900-08-27
Evolution in Nominations.


 The conventions are making places slow ly but steadily for primaries, and after awhile national primaries will be held, and all will have voice in the selection of Presidential tickets, instead of com hitting such selections to dealing cliques in overheated bodies that are readily car ried off their feet, so to speak. The evo1u- ton is working upwards from the beat or township. and in the course of twenty years it will assert itself at the top. The nominees acceptance letter or speech will { then constitute the platform of his party, and it will be easier to hold him responsi- ble than it now is to hold party respon- sible for its platform utterances The conventional platform is unknown in other countries. It is essentially American, and is as full of humbuggery as an egg is of meat.
 The convention and its platform is not an old institution At first Presidential tickets were selected by Congressional caucuses, which soon became as unpopular as conventions are now fast becoming. The last nominee of a Congressional cau- GUS was w. II. Crawford of Georgia who ran in 1924 for President, together with John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay. Crawford became the candi- date of the repudiated caucus. Jackson appeared before the people as the choice of mass meetings and local conventions. Adams and Clay were the nominees of Legislatures. This race which was ended in the choice of John Quincy Adams by the House of Representatives put an end to the rule of King Caucus.
 But it was not until 1882 that the con vention system came into full existence. The Democrats held a convention in that year putting General Jackson before the people for the third time, and the national Republicans held another, nominating Henry Clay. The anti-Masonic party had, however, held a convention in 1S90-the first ever assembled in this country-and in 1892 they put up William Wirt as Presidential candidate. John Floyd of Georgia "also ran' Jackson was elected on an address" which has since become known as platform
 The time is fast coming when the pri- mary will supplant the machines and bosses of the convention system. Already the Republicans of Wisconsin have de- clared war against the State convention, preferrng the State primary, and in sev- eral other States the convention Is retained for forms sake only, and as a means of recording the public will expressed in pri- maries. The Wisconsin Republicans pro- pose to make all nominations by direct popular voting at primaries, thereby abol- ishing conventions in the party in the State altogether, and providing for the consolidation and announcement of the votes in primaries. Such a change will be an immense stride towards popular rule
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

man near Chicago who Is 100 years old says he has not been angry in fifty years. man who does not become arI- gry at least once day in this world should be doomed to live in it forever
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

Pacific Railroad is opposed to the Nicara- qua canal. Why, of course. What else are third vice presidents good for?
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

Mrs. Maybrick has been in durance vile eleven years, and each year stories of her release have bobbed up sereneIy but dis appointingly
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

and away from the obnoxious party boss.
 A man near Chicago who is 100 years old says he has not been angry in fifty years. man who does not become an- gry at least once day in this world should be doomed to live in it forever Third Vice President Stubbs of the Union Pacific Railroad is opposed to the Nicara- qua canal. Why, of course. What else are third vice presidents good for?
 
 Mrs. Maybrick has been in durance vile eleven years, and each year stories of her release have bobbed up sereneIy but dis appointingly
 The brutes on the bleaching boards at Coney Island did not feel that they got their moneys worth in two rounds. The Allies begin to suspect each other They are watching each other more than they are the decrepet Chinese.
 
 Waldersee is to live in seven-roorn bombproof house in China, while Chaffee goes in shirt sleeves
  Minister Conger's supersedure is called by the administration "a long rest" ra may not accept it.
 Fitzsimmons and Sharkey fought not so much each other as they fought together for gate receipts.
 Mrs. Ii Hung Chang is packing her trunks preparatory to trip to the once sacred city.
 In the big Ocean Grove chapel Mark Hanna said, Don't lose a trick" Yes. he said it.
 Some of the new possessions begin to think the President meant benevolent dis stimulation
 The sidetracking of Minister Conger is attracting the attention of an astonished country
 The nation that does not tote fair in China should be put into chancery at once. Cohee prices are going down. but chick ory proportions are we'll maintained. Waldersees seven-room house seite eelispses Miles porcelain both tub. Population at least does not come to those cities that simply wait.
 Uncle Samuel and the Widow An are not hitching up to each other.
 Chicago is finding consolation in the gain per cent.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

The brutes on the bleaching boards at Coney Island did not feel that they got their moneys worth in two rounds
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

The Allies begin to suspect each other. They are watching each other more than they are the decrepet Chinese.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

and away from the obnoxious party boss.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

Waldersee is to live in a seven-roorn bombproof house in China, while Chaffee goes in shirt sleeves
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

Minister Conger's supersedure is called by the administration "a long rest" He may not accept it.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

Fitzsimmons and Sharkey fought not so much each other as they fought together for gate receipts.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

Mrs. Ii Hung Chang is packing her trunks preparatory to trip to the once sacred city.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

In the big Ocean Grove chapel Mark Hanna said, Don't lose a trick" Yes. he said it.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

Population at least does not come to those cities that simply wait.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

Waldersee's seven-room house suite eehspses Miles porcelain both tub.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

Some of the new possessions begin to think the President meant benevolent dis stimulation.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

Uncle Samuel and the Widow An are moi hitching up to each other.
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Coffee prices are going down. but chick ory proportions are we'll maintained.
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Chicago is finding consolation in ths gain per cent
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

The nation that does not tote fair in China should be put into chancery at once.
The age-herald., 1900-08-27

The sidetracking of Minister Conger is attracting the attention of an astonished country
The colored American., 1900-06-02

due to Mr.. PutleI's training that the
affair proved a success. He graduates
from the university this year and will
begreatly mIesOd by the sporting set
next season. This is the first event Of
these sports at the university, and In
So much az Mr.. Butler made the initial
step. 1t is hoped that some other coll ge
enthusiast will continue the same
annually.
An attempt was made by him this
year TO organize q golf club, but Cn
account Of the small numbsr Of applI'
eants, was dropped. The boys say
that Butler is a swell. He is Just as
popular among business classes as he
is amor eocial. He is known by the
students as Der Graf and is very
much of a sportsman. He will. after
visiting CinciDnsti, Philadelphia. and
a few other cities, go TO Annapolis.
where he will make his debut to the
financial world, as a buaine ss man.
His bull.woolly dog aud his frequent
change of English cut suits, is the
OF bis associates. He is trying
to form party to 60 to the Paris Ex-
position in August; several have
already Joined it. Sport.
The colored American., 1900-06-02
FIELD SPORTS AT AND AROUND
HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

The fisId sports held on Howard
University csmpus last Friday after
noon, May 25, under the sole direction
OF Mr.. 9. Augustus Butter, were q
great success. Despite the inclement
weather. fully 600 persons witnessed
the contest.
There were six events. Fitty-yaTd
dash. one hundred yard dash, three
hundred yard run, one half mile han
dloap, running high jump and running
broad jump.
Moseley, the little lightweight ath-
lete from st. Louis, captured the lions
share of the prizes. He won both the
running broad jump and the hundted-
gard dash. and finished second TO Hob
son, Of PhiIadelphis, IN the three
hundred yard run. Flippin, Of New
York, met an unexpected defeat in the
halfmile handicap. He very foolishlV
set the pace from she start and was
beaten out by j. w. Lawson OF New
York. La Wson's wind was remarkably
good for the heavy condition OF the
track Lawson started i0 the fifty
yard dash confident of pushing Graves
hard for the fret place, but the little
Vlrginlsn Tomped in winner by TWO
yards The biggest surprise Of the day
was q, u. Taylor, the robust repreSen
atiye from Alabama, who captured the
high jumU with leap OF 5 feet 81
Inches Chase tied with Harris asd
Roger for third place. Beason of
Washington, d. c., was second.
& WhlppeF started out for the three
& hundred yard run, but after going
sbOuc two-thirds Of the distance he
found himself in distress and was
obliged to quit. With WhippeE cut.
hobsOn, of Philadelphia. outclsssed
the field. He had lead of twenty five
yards at the finish. Chase set good
pace for the broad jump, but was soon
ou classed by the midget athlete,
Aosely, OF st. Louis, who jumped
seventeen and one half feet.
SUMMARIES
FIFTY yard dash, won by Graves; sec
Ond Lawson; third Mossly. One hun
Qied dash, won by MOeely; second,
Graves; thiEd, Lawson. Three hHn'
Sfed yard run, won by Hobsou; second,
aCseiy; third, Chase One half mile
G%aiadicsp, won by Lawson; second,
mhipper; third, Beason. Running
agh Jump: won by g. NJ Taylor; SEQ
sud' Besson; third, Chase, Harris and
SoPef' Running broad jump: won by
~GGsteIeyi second, Chase; third, Harris.
Ahe Boys did excellent snd ib was
The colored American., 1900-06-02
GREAT RACE BOOKS

1t is fact that j. T. Haley & Co.
$40 Court Square Nashville, Tenn
are the most extensive Race Book pub
fishers in the United States. They are
our friends and are giving employ
ment to hundreds of men and wemea
OF the race. They publish the AFRO
AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA COLLEGE
OF LIFE, UNCLE TONS CABIN, SP ARK
LING GEMS, LAMP OF VISION, ETC.,
These books sell at sight. Agents are
having a harvest Write Quick for
terms and Tsrritsry.
The colored American., 1900-06-02
WANTED HELP.

An active intelligent colorsd nsu
who wsats good paying position can
secure one If he means business. A we'll
established Insurance and Beneficial
Ascension desires just such man to
taRe charge or the work and the age nts.
"A good position for the righ1 man Ad.
dress Insurance" or call at 4ss o St.
a. W., for further Information.
The colored American., 1900-06-02

The Democratic party, welded to
its idols of intimida ton, fraud and dis
franchisement, is missing golden
opportunity to divide the Negro vote
in states where eysrybody's suffrage
counts, and where the electoral votes
must be picked up if Bryan ever hopes
to land IN the White House. Demo
cratic stupidity is keeping the Negro
vote solidly republican. whether the
Negro wishes to remain solid or not
The colored American., 1900-06-02

IoE CREAM SALOONS and parlors.
Bvmsps Ice Cream Salosa and pal lars
at 1918 I. b st., n. W., Is now open 10
the pubIie. Il Ia first class IN aii OF its
apartments. All flavors OF creams ana
ices constantly on hand. Choice can
dies, cakes and confectionaries. 6lVe
him q cali, 1918 Tth St. northwest.
The colored American., 1900-06-02

A young Atro'American walked
into the Capital Savings Bank few
days ago and planked down 800 to
be entered as deposit. This kind of
actien does more to establish confidence
in the business capacity of the race
than twenty eloquent speeches. We
must learn to trust those of as who are
trustworthy. The way to demonstrate
our faith is to place our money in the
hands of Negro bankers and business
men.
The colored American., 1900-06-02

An energetic eoIorsd woman who un-
derstands canvsssing can secure per.
manena employment with good paw by
undressing "Benevolenee" care 459 q
81 n. ".
The colored American., 1900-06-02
NOTICE !
REYNOLDS & REYNOLDS.
ARCHITECTs A
1910 y STREET. N. w

The only colored architects in the
city, since the death of G. 8. T. Brsat
Architects for churches and ohapels
anywhere in the United States.
The colored American., 1900-06-02

Boys If you want to get run for
your money JUST stop By the Delmo
KooDce cafe.
The colored American., 1900-06-02

THOMPSON. On Tuesday, May 29' lSOO' At
6:25 a. ul., Ella B., beloved vile OF Hlcha
wv Tbonnson. after two months illness,
aged thirty three years.
Funeral Thursday. May 81. at p. m.' froIn
Metropolitan A. Nj. K. Church, M stre DO
tween 18th snd 10th streets, Northwest
The colored American., 1900-06-02
DEATHS.

CAVALIER, Departed this lie SuhuaS.
May q, at a. M. MRS CaVaher' h''hoi Vi
Misses Ursie. Mollie and Mr.. Walter Cava'
ner, at Fall River, Mass Loweli, Ne" Dea
tard and Boston. Mass, papers please copy.
The colored American., 1900-06-02
II. Are stem winding and stem setting.
ases are nickel silver.

have a duplex movement.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-26
QUARANTINE.

Tt is not surprising that the people of
San Francisco through their newspapers
Chamber of Commerce, and other public
and semi-public methods, should fight
against the admission that plague exists
or has existed within their city. The
moment such an admission is made, the
health officers of forty-five states and
innumerable counties and cities, set
in motion the most veX1tious and OBJ
structive and frequently seuseless qua
rantine, regulations against the city
and the state. Commerce is paralysed
and every avocation is hindered. And
to what end? Usually only to the end
of veXatious obstruction of all the
duties of life throughout an extensive
domain and a little brief and tyranni-
cal authority to a large number of sets
of men who know no more about scien-
tific quarantine than the anthropiod
apes know of the quadratic equation.
Some months ago when it was declared
there was plague in San Francisco,
Texas, among other states and places
declared a quarantine against Callfor-
mia. The quarantine was against the
state, Inyo county included though the
only way plague or anything else could
get into Inyo county from San Francis
co was by going around through the
state of Nevada. But there was no
quarantine against Nevada. The fact
is that though sanitary science has
made rapid and phenomenal strides
during the last few decades, quarantine
regulations are almost as Anticipated
and barbarous, and unscientific as they
were hundreds of years ago when the
name for the thing was first invented.
1t is greatly to the dsCredit of the medi-
cal profession, in whose hands the MAX
ing and application of quarantine regu-
lations, or regulations designed to keep
out contagious and infectious diseases,
or to restrict them when once they en-
ter, that it has not grasped the princi-
pies of its own science when it comes to
quarantine regulations. Not that all
physicians are thus lacking in the spirit
of their own science, but that the pro-
fession as a whole is to a cry large ex-
tent.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-26
CHINESE CHAUvINIsM.

The Boxer movement seems as far
from being ended as ever, according to
the latest accounts from China. Nearly
all the commanders report encounters
with boxers and a general feeling of I'M
rest, and anti-foreign feeling. One
significant fact which appears in most
of the military reports, is that the box
ers are armed witt. modern rifles and in
some cases have modern artillery. 1t
seems quite evident that the anti-for-
eign feeling has thoroughly permeated
and saturated China. This is not alto
gether surprising but one aspect of it
is. 1t is not surprisin~ for it is a general
national failing. The French had it so
badly at one time that the term by
which is was described there became in
corporated into most of the languages
Of Europe to describe the same thing,
Chauvinism. France has not entirely
gotten overait yet There are traces of
1t in England, Germany and other coun-
tries, and even America is not free from
it. 1t is not altogether surprising there
fore that the Chinese suddenly coming
in contact with another civilization, and
feeling the effects of new conditions,
which jostle hard their old lifelong and
hereditary customs and methods should
at first regard the new conditions and
those who bring them as their enemies,
and become Chauvinists, just as a man
under the influence of opium or suffer-
ing the effects of extreme and prolonged
cold, resents the efforts of the friend
who would save him by compelling him
to keep awake.
But the one particular in which it is
surprising is this. According to Col
quohon, whose book, "China in Trans
formation" is such storehouse of va
luable information and suggestion re-
garding China and the Chinese, the
Chinese themselves from the earliest
periods up to the time of the Manchu
dynasty We're friendly to strangers, and
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-26

did not practice the policy Oh isolation,
popularity believed to be so peculiarly
Chinese. According to this author. the
policy OF isolation and OF non-inter-
course with foreigners was imposed on
the Chinese along with the fashion of
wearing the hair in a queue, and was a
part OF the Manchu policy of preserving
the fruits of their victory
1t certainly is a tribute to the genius
and forccfulness Of the Manchus that
they were able TO impose such customs
and such a policy on a conquered people
till that people came to regard them as
a part of its own ancestral heritage.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-12-26

tions of Christmas come to us from a
rigorous climate. where snow and blaz-
ing hearths, and jingling sleighbells are
an accompaniment of the season, we
seem to lose nothing in this sub tropi-
cal climate of the real spirit and es-
sence of Christmas. We may make a
very inartistic effect with our efforts to
adjust far-away customs to our own
environment, but we make Christmas
just the same.