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The age-herald., 1901-01-02
BEWlTCHiNG BOER GIRLS.

Paris Letter to London Truth
 I have had more than glance at the Boer ladies of tine Kruger party. They are nice, and enjoy a constant flow of high spirits. One has to go east to see such tit- tering and giggling as they keep upgwhen they see how they attract the other sex. There is a French word that Is applicable to the Boer ladies have seen here-agui- chantes It means that they attract the other sex as sugar does flies. Were it not for their principles they would be the ideal companions of French students on Sunday excursions. The feet the tiniest I ever saw on grown-up persons, the figures are flexible, plump and graceful, and the faces really captivating, but more winsome and bonnie than beautiful. A French journalist who fell in with them in the restaurant car this side of Dion left the train daft about them. He could not decide with which he should be the most in love. They must pay great attention to dress and spend a good deal of money on it.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

ing that the year will be one of activity in railroad construction.
 The high price of cotton has been great boon to this section; and the promised early settlement. of the Chin ese trouble is also assuring. The drills and sheetings of Southern mills are needed in China, and if treaty is speedily signed and peace declared, and Pekin reoccupied by the Chinese En- peror, a great demand from that teem- ing land will spring up, and all staple lines of cotton goods will feel the change. This in turn will lead to moro mill building in the South.
 The condition of the coal trade is highly satisfactory. What the furnaces and home trade do not want can be readily placed in New Lrleans. There has been in fact a coal famine in this district of two years duration, and it begins to look as if the condition would become chronic railroad from Par rish to Gadsden is much needed, be- cause it would open up some of the best coal territory in the district.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
Cash for Mob Action.

William Jenkins was one of the five men who were killed by mob in Sep tember, 1851, in Ripley County, Indiana. The case arose over t.-e stealing of q horse. After the men had been taken from the county jail and brutally beaten to death with musket stock, Mrs. Jen- kins moved to Chicago, and as resi- dent of Chicago she brought suit in the Federal Court against the people of Ripley County, the sheriff and his bondsmen for the killing of her husband. The bondsmen of the sheriff settled the case by the payment to Mrs. Jen- kins of $4OO0.
 The Attorney-General of the State considers this remey against lynching ample. Suits may be filed by widows or children, and a residence of one hour gives the Federal Courts jurisdiction. The Indiana Legislature proposes, how. ever, to go one step further by making lynching ipso facto vacation of the sheriff's office.
 The remedies against mob law are numerous, and when they are thor oughly tested it will be found that mobs can be brought home to somebody in a very effective manner. The sheriff who permits mob seems to be the one that should first feel the penalty, and the county in which the murder occurs should be punished also. The people of Indiana propose to show that all this is feasible by utilizing the Federal Courts. The home courts will not bring in verdicts, but the Federal Courts will.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
GENERAL MILES
May Ignore the Aleer ArticIe-Besies-
 ed With Interviewers.

Washington, January 1.-General Miles is beset by newspaper men seeking to secure from him some expression of opinion as to recently published article by former Secre- tary of War Alger relative to the beef sup ply of the United States army during the Spanish-American war. The general had nothing of substance to add to what he had said Sunday night upon this subject. He was still undecided as to whether he should make any answer to the criticism passed upon his course or whether he should ig- nore what he denominated as the false statements contained in the article on the ground that the American public had al- ready passed upon the controversy, which had mo new features as the result of this resurrection.
 The general was dn consultation during the day with some of his close adherents and friends in the army and civil life.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
Chief of Police Race.

The value of direct>action by the peo- pie was finely illustrated in the contest over the head of the police force In this town. Instead of dozen or so men, none fully representative, dickering over the selection, 328O citizens took a hand in the matter, by expressing their free choice. It was big conven- tion of the people, and every Demo cratic voter was invited. More than that, he was urged to be present; and the fact that 32SO actually attended the peoples caucus is evidence of civic pride and citizenship. It shows that the people appreciated and welcomed the opportunity to directly participate in the selection of their own officers.
 There can be no grumbling, no dis satisfaction, over the result, for when all were invited negligence on the part of citizens shuts off all reasonable com- plaints. No one can cry out ring" clique, combine and the like. Popular
 
 selection puts an end, not only to deals and dickers, but to all complaints on that score. It identifies the citizen with the party; it brings them in touch again, with no politicians coming in between.
 There is no nomination that should be above popular action. When the electoral idiocy is abolished, as MT. Cleveland urges, there is no reason why nominations for the country's high sheriff should not be made as chief of police was selected in this town on Monday. On the contrary, every good reason points to a selection in that manner. The people everywhere are tiring of delegates who chiefly repre- sent themselves and their own or con- federates' schemes. In such Doss-rid- den States as New York and fennsyl- vania the people are helpless, but in the free States of the South and West the days of the convention and caucus are numbered, anu the people are con- ing into their own.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
Hale the Hero.

.I have not seen the play of Nathan Hale, and can say nothing of its merits. though the average latter-day play is ex- ceedingly unclean and objectionable; but if the appearance of this particular play will induce general public reading of the story of Nathan Hale's life it will serve an admir- able purpose for Hale was one of the most daring of all the heroes of the Revolution, albeit he was hanged for being a spy" said a man weary of plays.
 Nathan Hale was a Yale man. and was a schoolmaster when at Lexington in IT'S the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world. He then enlisted in the colonial cause, and subsequently, was the hero of many daring exploits, amongst which was the capture of British sloop in Boston harbor.
 Later he volunteeredto act as a spy, and disguised as a Tory schoolmaster he en- tered the British lines. His deception was discovered, and on September 22, 1776, he was hanged in New York. Nathan Hale's last words were: I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. There is an ecellent statue of him dn City Hall Park, New York, as millions of Americans have seen."
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
uNATHLETIc SOUTHERN GIRL.

From the Atlanta Journal. 'i
 In the East, North and the West the proportion of athletic women is far above the proportion here. Just why the South ern woman has never picked up physical culture is a mystery. Society women of the North and East are, speaking in 8 general sense, sturdier stronger and have broader shoulders than the society woman of the South. This is due to swimming, tennis golf, horseback riding and wheeling, carried to the extent which would surprise most fomen here. Innate modesty of the Southern woman may have something to do with her persistent refusal to place herself on a footing with her brother in sports and atheletics, but that seems inn probable. There is no good reason to give, but the fact remains. In Atlanta there are possibly not more than four or five who play tennis moderately well-and tennis promises to be the fad this summer; there are not more than half a dozen who play golf, very few who wheel and still fewer who join in other outdoor amusements In Southern summer resorts these things are largely unheard of; in Eastern resorts Newport, Saratoga Narragansett, Lenox and such places, the women spend nearly all their time outdoors. That seems to be one of the inbred differences between the Southern and Eastern women.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Cuba and the EIaQ.

General Lees remarks before the St. Louis Merchants Exchange created a deep sensation in this country. Per haps it would be best to give his exact words:
 And now the stars and stripes float over Matanzas, they float over Fl Caney, over Morro, over Havana, and I tell you on the quiet that the flag is going to stay there"
 Afterwards General Lee gave this ex- planation of his meaning:
 "The meaning I intended to convey was that the American flag would float over Cuba until stable government was formed that will be capable of protecting life and property and giving confidence to capital The United States has promised the Cubans self-government, and will carry out its promise. Upon the Cubans will rest the re- sponsibility of determining whether that government shall be permanent or other wise."
 This closed the incident so far as 1CnCidi LSO Woo SOhSCihOu, but tnSI0 is very considerable number of people who think the promise of independence to Cuba was mistake both for the Cubans and for the United States. There are many who think Cuba will never be an independent country. There are many who think it never should be.
 The constitutional convention now in session behind closed doors is con- trolled by radicals, and it's work will be open to criticism beyond doubt. Until that work is accepted by Congress next winter Cuba must remain as it is un- der military rule. Cu~a may never be able to form government that the United States will consider stable and trustworthy. Until such a government is formed it is safe to say that Cuba will remain in it's present anomalous condition. It is now neither Cuban nor American. It is purely military, and it promises to remain in the hands of the soldiers at least two years longer
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
Trade in the Old Year.

year, first and last. It was not a boom year, but there were or.ers enough to keep the day shifts of all factories busy. The downward course of some prices was but the natural reaction from the boom of the previous year. A level of healthful activity in reasonable prices became necessary, and the year just ended brought that in, and buying was
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
A STRANGERS VIEWS.
the Age-Herald.

lQ.
 I am stranger in Birmingham A stranger sees and hears much more than any resident citizen. He is ex necessitate an observer.
 A moderately good citizen told me this: That Birmingham was splendid city; had every sort of natural advantage; was the Pittsburg of the South was growing faster than any city in al 1.-the Southern States, but. that it was cursed with too much religion. too many churches, and too much municipal law"
 Thereupon I proceeded to mako a person. al investigation of the city so dreadfully cursed, and here is what I have discover ed.
 That for so heterogeneous a population it is city of marvellous morality. I have been from ocean to ocean, from New York to San Francisco, from British Columbia to the Isthmus of Panama, and it is the only city in America where the Sunday law is absolutely enforced. I know what l am talking about, because I have tested it. Then they told me that they would put an end to all such blue laws and all such puritanical stuff and nonsense at the re- cent election. But 1t seems they did mi It appears that Chief Austin and the law abiding citizens are predominant and tse conclusion of the stranger is that it is very well to live in community that is so awfully cursed with ''too much religion too many churches, and too much munici- pal law" WALTER GREGORY
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
EMPEROR NICHOLAS
Toasts His Troops on Their Return
 from China.

St. Petersburg, January 1.-At Lividia the Czar reviewed the Russian troops that have returned from China. His majesty passed in front of the attachments and then ordered a march past. As each company passed the Czar he thanked them for their services. Dinner was served to the soldiers in their barracks, where the Czar passed from one table to another addressing remarks to in- dividual soldiers. Subsequently holding aloft glass of brandy, his majesty addressed the troops as follows:
 Brothers, I rejoice to see you assembled here, gallant heroes that you are, return ing from so far a country after such an arduous campaign. drink to your health.'
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

William J. Hampton in Pearsons Magazir I am the New Time, Risen like a god From what is representative Since Earth began, And Man,
 Six thousand years ago. l am the Twentieth Century, So called The latest and the best Of sixty gone before. And in me live and grow The Great Creators Purpose and His principle; Mans progress And his opportunity. I move upon the waters Of Creations sea, And looking back upon Six thousand years, I say farewell to them, And turn to face 1nfinity. The dead years give their best to me, And what Is strong in them I gird about my Joins For strength to do the work Appointed unto me. What was is not. What is to be is what I am the herald of. I cry Aloud to earth and sky. To God and Man, and I proclaim The nobler aim Of thought and action. What man has done Is nothing. I shall lead Him to a greatness
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
The Height of Now and Then.

Said a sojourner here:
 Tt depends upon the standpoint of view when judgment is pronounced upon the height of now and then, 1891 and 1901. My grandfathers were perhaps twenty-one years old at this date one hundred years ago. They have no posterity of corres- bonding age today who contain within themselves the feature of indivdualism of character and prospects young men of ed ucation and good breeding then boasted.
 "In that earlier time the individual was the controlling influence in society. If the individual was insulted or aggreved or oppressed, he sent a challenge to the of fender, like Andrew Jackson to Dickson because Dickson said Jackson had married the grass widow before she had divorce, like Cummings of Georgia to McDuffie of South Carolina because McDuffie had hinted that Cummings had been easy to satisfy in previous meeting between the two men. Not so now. The trust and the corporation do not fear individuals but tools. It was, even as late as half cen tury ago, the proudest boast of the weekly newspaper that the editor owned the prop erty and would fight a duel any day to satisfy any other editor who desired sat isfacton.' Not so nowl No body owns any newspaper in the sense of personal accountability on the field of honor. So the field of honor becomes a reminiscence with the rise and development of the cor poration or trust.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
PEA SOUP FOG
Covers London District-FIoods in the
 Country Districts.

London, January 1.-Dense fog of what is called the pea soup variety and the worst in several years covers the whole of the London district, seriously interfering with traffic of all kinds. Even pedestrians have difficulty in finding their destinations.
 The floods continue in the country. The water in the lower part ofg Bath is fourteen feet deep and the tops of cottages are just appearing above the waste. Boats have been kept busy rescuing the inhabitants of the place from the water. Four deaths from drowning are reported.
 Thousands have been rendered idle by the closing of inundated works. In some dis tricts train were held up all night out of reach of assistance.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
TOWN PRIDE.
ImpeIs the Citizens of Seattle to Aid
 LccaI Firm.

Seattle, Wash, January 1.-During the past twenty-four hours committee from the Chamber of Commerce from Seattle, by appealing to the business men of the city, have raised $32900 of the fund for Moran Bros., of this city, so that their bid for a battleship to be built at their yards may be scaled down to the limit of cost set down by Congress for the appropriations.
 The matter is being taken up by the busi- ness men of Seattle and the necessary sum of $10O 900 is expected to be raised before the end of the week.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
A SAM MY RACE.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 We continue ito get enlightenment from the West Point hazing investigation. A Sammy race we are now told ds a perfor- nance where two cadets are placed face to face, blindfolded, each being required ito fed the other molasses dipped from al bowl with a spoon. TJhe result is that each is smeared with the sticky stuff from head to foot. The performance looks simple enough, but the etymology of its name is somewhat obscure
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
MISS RRYAN's SUCCESSFUL RUN.

From the Atchison Globe
 A story is told of Miss Ruth Bryan, daughter of the erstwhie great William Jennings Bryan. She started to school one morning not long ago, and after desperate run for street car finally sue ceeded in catching it. As she took her seat she gasped, Well, I am glad one of the family can run for something and get it."
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
Booker Washington's Manners.

Booker Washington reminds me some- what of John s. Wise in his personal ap- pearance, though he is more dignified and at the same time of more counly grace than the former Virginia Congressman who is said to be now making money by practicing law in New York;" said for mer Washington correspondent.
 'I do not remember to have met any public man who was more personally agreeable, or more considerate and grace full in his manners than Booker Washing ton He has quick, keen perception, ad- 'mirable accent, and that pleasing deference of movement which a man must study long to acquire, unless he be born to it. Yetthis great negro was, I believe, born in
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for Wednesday, January ?, 1901:
 Buy, speculate and ask favors in the evening""
 Success will attend thy endeavors and thy business and money will increase "A child born on this day will be fortu- nate.''
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

The great and good MT. Quay proposes to inaugurate the century by recapturlng Pennsylvania, and the equally great and good MT. Addicks proposes to complete his purchase of Delaware.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

The delay in Governor Roosevelts moun- tain lion hunt is caused by the necessity of first buying the lions and placing them where they can be duly killed by the New York Ajax,
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

Goat carts and fire apparatus can no longer collide in the fire district. wherever else they may clash.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

Editor Harmsworth's edition of the New York World is not very seductive to Amer lean readers.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

Senator Vest says the Democrats will win in 1912. So they will, but Democracy will have become chronic in the White House by that time. The Missouri Senator needs a tonic.'
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

Blast furnaces continue to seek Jones Val ley either by removal or in new construc- tion.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

Religious papers for negroes propose to reject in this century all hair and skin ad- vertisements which hold out inducements of straight hair and white skin.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

The mileage bills of Congressional dele- gates from the Philippines will bankrupt the treasury if each island sends one
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

Boni Castellane starving on ten thousand dollars a month is a spectacle for the gods.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

The Chicago University need not worry over snake bites Every man is his own doctor in such cases and the great snake- bite remedy is ever at hand.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

It is rule in Chicago University that some professor in Its faculty must jar the world at least once a month. Rockefeller gift months not included.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

Pat Grove is wanted in Omaha, where he is considered as black as he's painted
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

The Bellevue Hospital nurses are alto gether too strenuous.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

One vote does count. In the Third ward D. R. Copeland was nominated by one ma- jority, and Chief Austin carried the Second ward by one vote.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

The Empress Dowager proposes that Kwang Hsu first try the Pekin situation, and report how he finds it.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

The question before the century is, can a mother kidnap her own Child?
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

New York begins to think it should send it's criminals to Bellevue Hospital
The age-herald., 1901-01-02
Publisher Dead.

Jamestown, N. r., January 1.-Ebenezer P. Upham, former publisher of the Jamestown Journal. the Dubuque Qa)
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

Mir. Paderewskrs esteemed press agent Is working on old lines. but he should remem- Der that no one Is ever killed in a French duei.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

Governor Pingree has slipped back into private life to stay.
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

hat on; and there were lady stenographers present, toon
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

-NsX York society proposes to mark it's
The age-herald., 1901-01-02

The wolves in Chicago wear sheeps cloth- ing
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-14

from the marshars oHce regarding the
three men;
No About 5 5reet1oincheS square shoul
ders weisht about l6o; hair dark brown:
smooth faced. a scar or mark Of some
previous cut or hurt on his upper lip or
cheek. blue eyes. perhaps dsrk; rather
cool and determined. talked little. and
had the appearance Of a gambler. wore
o dark colored haud-me-down suit. high
heeicd cowboy boots. rather a pointed
nose, face quite regular. age. about =
rode Q bay mare.
No. About I'VE feet eleven inches tall.
g little stopped shouldered. about s. or
90 wears old. black hair dark moustachc.
sallow complexion. rather lew and mall
low voice, nose Inclined 10 be sharp. dark
clothes. boots shabby aud habhy hands;
had on dark pants. long dark thin
coat. had a hlue-handled revolver. rode
a bay sorrel horse and had the appear
ance of a shop man. or one who had been
confined In prison
No 3-About axe feet nine inches taH.
inclined 70 be heavy. rather square
shouldered. evsa features. dark sandy
n.oustacho. rather long and heavy had
on vest tut 20 coat; voice rather high
and rarsh. brown hat. face inclined %
be red ish. energetic, and rode an iron
sray for;e. was probably accustomei &c
the saddle