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The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Boston considers itself iceolated.
BICYCLE RIDER AT 80.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Former Judge J. c. F. Moore of York, Pa, claims distinction in several direc- tions, Perhaps his greatest Is that he is the oldest active bicycle rider in the state He is now in his S0th year, and for the last eight years he has ridden his wheel almost every day in pursit of his duties as reporter for the New York Daily. His second claim Is that he is the oldest active newspaper reporter on record. His newspaper career has been of thirty years duration, and 1t Is said of him that he knows every man, woman and child in York county by his or her first name. This week Judge and Mrs. Moore will celebrate the fifty-eighth an- niversary of their wedding day. By trade, Judge Moore is a tailor. He has also served as an auctioneer, clerk of the York town council and as judge of the York county court.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Bitter Cold Two Lents Aqo,

The coldest weather evar recorded in the south prevailed at the beginning of Lent just two years ago. In Birming- ham the official report of the weather bu- reau showed the mercury to be 10 de- grees below zero on top of a tall bulld- ing, and entirely reliable thermometers in private residences recorded 14 degrees below. This Birmingham record was 2 degrees below the lowest point reached in Boston during the same twenty-four hours and degrees below the record In New York for the same time, and that too during the national prevalence of a cold wave of extraordinary severity.
 Snow lay foot deep in this valley, temperature fell so low as to check the snow. Ice five inches thick covered East Lake. Thousands of water pipes inside of houses burst and the outside steam pipes at Alice furnace froze. Immense numbers of birds unaccustomed to such cold perished in the icy winds. The then rapidly reviving business of Birmingham was checked and for four days traffic was at a standstill
 But the greatest damage in any one di- rection was in the particulars of the Birmingham Mardi Gras preparations, the expenditure of many thousands of dollars in preparing for the carnival and the expected trade from 10000 visitors to ethe city having been entirely lost in con- sequence of the freeze. All the street parades and attractive features of the Mardi Gras were abandoned; it having been argued that the cold was so in- tense for this climate that men who had lived her for years would have been in danger of freezing to death had they donned costumes and attempted to ride to drive in a carnival procession.
 To fruit trees and the trees in the for ests the intense cold was disastrous all
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
DOMESTIC DOTS FROM KANSAS,
From the Atchison Globe

From the Atchison Globe.
 A man dislikes attention until it is about to be taken away from him.
 No difference how short woman's skirts are she will hold them up in going over a crossing.
 It is the easiest thing in the world for a man whose wife is fond of him to get whatever he wants to eat
 It can usually be depended upon that those who stay home after the marriage could have well afforded wedding trip.
 It is hard to tell these days if girl didn't take time to comb her hair, or took the time to comb it in the latest fashion.
 A man feels a strange pang when re- minded of an acquaintance who is dead, but the pang is not because he Is missed so much, but that he is missed so little.
 So many questions are referred to the Lancaster Literary Society that it is com pelled to hold meetings every night and secret sessions in the afternoon. It may, therefore. be some time in getting around to this: Should a home girl who has steady give up the parlor every evening to a visiting girl? An Atchison girl hasn't seen her lover alone since last November, because of a visitor at her house. and she is beginning to wonder if she has any rights.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

paymaster a position which he does not like as we'll as that of assistant quarter master, even If the pay and rank be higher, and position for which there is a greater demand making 1t harder to secure.
 Colonel Clayton may not be Demo- crat, in the sense in which the word is used by MT. Bryan, but he voted for Bryan In 1896 and 1900 and was elected to Congress as a Democrat He has not, and did not even before he had any idea of army preferment vote with his party on many important questions. He voted with five of the six Democrats from Long Island for the gold standard bill and he has consistently voted with the Republi- cans on all measures affecting the CO., lonial policy of the United States. The party that originally nominated him for Congress did not regard this as undemo- cratic, for he was unanimously renomi- mated, but was defeated because the Re- publican wave was too strong for even a gold Democrat to overcome
 By attacking Colonel Clayton, MT. Bry- an has not made 1t any easier for the harmonizing of the dlscordant elements of the Democracy, which Is necessary if any progress Is to be made against Re- publicanism in 1902 and 1904.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
WAS FROM KENTUCKY.

From the Washington Post.
 Speaking of the Southern girls reminds me of one who stopped off here for few days last week. on her way home to Louisville. Her name is Miss Texas Woodson, and she Is dramatic critic of the Louisville Commercial She is not at all of the Kentucky type which us ually shows decided English traits in the fair complexion and blonde hair of the Kentucky women, but she Is tall and slender and peachy of check and dark of eye, like the typical Southern girl of tho ante-bellum novel. Somebody asked her at a luncheon here if she were from
 the South.
 "Oh, no, indeed" said she.
 Why you don't talk like Northern er,' said somebody else. Are you from the North?"
 "Oh, no, indeed" said Miss Texas, again; "Im from Kentucky. We don't call Kentucky either North or South. It's just Kentucky. We're not Northern CTS nor Southerners. We're Bust Ken tuckians, and too proud of it to run the risk of being taken for denizens of any other state. Kentucky is an island sur rounded by other states, but not one of them is at all like Kentucky, and if you talk with the incest people in all of them you'll find they have some Kentucky blood. They may not know it, but they have. We're so proud of being Kentuck- fans that we don't want to be called any thing else. They actually do tell down in Lexington about women who went to London and met the Princess of Wales. The Princess said to her most kindly: Are you not an American?" Oh, no,' said the Lexington woman; I'm from Kentucky" "
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Iron. and Suuar iu Russia.

The trusts love protection with a big P, but they have no.love for reef procity even in lower case letters. This has resulted in friction with Russia, which promises to be very in- teresting.
 The case is briefly this: The sugar trust does not want to beitroubled by Russian beet sugar. It insists that the Russian government pays bounty of one cent a pound upon beet sugar grown by Russians in Russia, and the sugar trust demands the placing of an additional duty of one ,cent upon such sugar in accordance with the provisions of the robber tariff. Secre- tary Gage has, of course, conformed to the demands of the sugar trust, be- cause it and similar trusts elected the administration and really own it.
 As we import but $30O,000 of sugar from Russia and send to Russia each year goods to the value of $30,000,00O, it is plain we stand to lose under this new trade warfare. As the case stands Russia claims it does not pay a bounty upon beet sugar and she goes on practically to say that if Sec retary Gage collects an additional duty on hussian beet sugar he will get dose of tariff medicine in Russia that will not "set" well on his system or those of his supervising trusts.
 A cargo of Russian beet sugar is now held up in Philadelphia, and if the additional duty be collected from it Russian retaliation is feared, and this means great injury to promising trade with Russia, of which iron and steel and their products form no in considerable part. Russia ores are lean, and Russian fuel is far from the ores. Russia is not and never can be an iron-making country. She needs American iron, and she needs many other kinds of American goods. The clash in Russia under the terms of the robber tariff is but an example of what will follow when nation after nation begins to appreciate it's robber- like terms, and to fight it in it's own way and on it's own lines.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

over the south. as the aspect of every forest and every orchard today demon- strates. The Florida orange crop was almost totally destroyed, the loss being a million boxes; while in Alabama and the adjoining states there was in 1899 no fruit of any sort, the top branches of fruit trees not bearing leaves even.
 This unexampled cold occurred but two years ago just now, but It almost seems that 1t was ages ago that this valley of Birmingham shivered in cold many degrees below the cold of New England, which was itself intensely se- we're for that region. Perhaps no person now living will ever experience in this valley any cold to equal that which brought in the Lenten season two years
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
MIR. BAILEYs PURPLE TIE.
rom the Washington Post

From the Washington foSt.
 Representative Bailey of Texas, soon to be Senator, walked over from the House a few days ago to take look at the body of which he is to become a member. MT Bailey at once attracted attention. It was not because of his smooth and eherubic face; it was not on account of his long black coat nor his unbarbered hair, nor his wide expanse of shirt front. All of these things belong to Bailey every day of the week and Sum- day, too.
 All of Mir Bailey's personality was fo- cused in his brilliant necktie, a rick royal purple silk, figured with dots. It encir- cled his ample neck and fell down in shiny folds upon his white shirt front.
 Nobody could understand why MT Bailey had appeared in a purple necktie until some one recalled the fact that pur- pie is the co9lor prescribed for mourning at the court of King Edward VII.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Department of History.

There has been complaint of lack of State pride in Alabama. There is no proper monument in graite, mar ble or bronze to the memory of statesman, author, soldier or physi- clan, where such men aid adorn the times in which they lived. In the streets of Atlanta it is otherwise. The aspiring youth of this State sees no lesson in granite or bronze, and he is tempted too much to live for today only. But there is a change coming.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Poultry interests.
From the Columbia Breeze.

From the Columbia Breeze.
 Intere st in the poultry business contin- ues to increase. The movement is not especially for the purpose of making money from selling eggs and chickens, although there is money in both. The idea is to get breeds of fowls that are hardy and mature early, and are large. Some breeds are three times as large at the same age as others, and some hens will lay double or thribble the num- Der of eggs that others will.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
MISUNDERSTOOD.

By Joaquin Miller.
 An. there be souls none understand; Like clouds, they cannot touch the land, Drive as they may by field or town, Then we look wise at this and frown, And We cry Fool" and cry, Take hold or earth, and fashion gods of gold.'' Unanchor'd d ships, they blow and blow, Sail to and fro, and then go down Tn unknown seas that none shall know, Without one ripple of renown. Poor drifting dreamers sailing by, They seem to only live to die Call these not fools; the test of worth Is not the hold you have of earth. Lo! there be gentlest souls sea-blown That know not any harbor known. Now it may be the reason is They touch on fairer shores than this.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
The Sweet Lenten Season

And so we are come to another season of Lent. and everybody of thoughtful or pious mind will welcome it, whatever be his purely religious views" said churchman last night.
 While to Catholics it means more than to others in the spiritual sense, it yet appeals to the common sense of all men of all creeds or lack of creeds, for it has great worldly value. It means most to those of the ancient faith, but it means truly great things to all others, a fact which the fashionable and true pleasure-seekers of the world all over the earth have discovered and have utilized by decreeing that their rules of govern ment in the business of pleasure shall conform in most of the essentials to the laws of the church.
 Lent teaches us a sober lesson, very | happily says Richard F. Johnston, him. self a poet and practical man in one. It teaches men that there Is a limit to what men can do and that man and woman are incapable of being all that would satisfy the human longings. Hence this reaching out into the hereafter-this everlasting striving for the sight of the far-off star of hope which indicates something bet ter in the constantly lengthening horizon this unreality that yet seems to bur dened and suffering men the only real thing after all
 Men, therefore, take Lent upon them selves willingly They tire of the show, of mincing nymphs dancing in scant garments before the foot-lights, of coarse jokes cracked by coarser men, of adven- turesses who are made to seem better than prudes, of diatribes upon the relig- ious instinct, of brutal attacks upon the best men and women in the social scale and of miserable mifnicry of human mo- tives and human ambitions that make man and woman paltry caricature. Hu- manity every once in a while dives deep down into it's own heart and calls this stuff lie. And thus 1t is that ell nations have their Lents, all nations discard the tomfoolery of gewgaws once year and try to make themselves as good as it Is possible for man to be-
 " Welcome to Lent. It brings sober thought and reflection. It begets serious. consideration of many things which are for the remainder of the year hidden un- der pile of balderdash and sham. It re- it makes them all kinder to other men and women dependent upon them for kindness and consideration by disclosing their own follies and weaknesses. Hence, welcome Lent"
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Immense Freight Business.

From lhe Sheffield Reaper.
 The railroad traffic in this immediate section the past year was immense. The three towns of Florence, Mt. Pleasant and Sheffield required no less than 50,- GOO cars in and out to carry the commerce of the towns No other three towns with double the population In any section can make as good a showing.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Anniston Swallows Oxanna.

From the Anniston Hot Blast
 It is now almost certain that Oxanna will be annexd to Anniston.
 The bill In the Legislature to annex Ox- anna has passed the Senate and it seems certain that the House will also pass it.
 The annexation of Oxanna will increase the population of Anniston and also add considerably to her area.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Overdoinq the PaternaI Act.

Senator Wiley's glitterlng gener- alities, more fully reported, go to de- clare in substance that the book trust must be left free to demand double or treble prices in this State for school books because monopoly is something dreadful. As a matter of fact there is no monopoly. The State selects series of text books to be used, instead of odds and ends, in it's schools, and then it asks all the world to make bids for the furnishing of these books for given time. If that be monopoly then it is monopoly to buy stationery for the public offices from the lowest bidder Such talk is mere fustian.
 Colonel Wiley steps with great fa- cility from monopoly to. paternalism and back again. He says with rare solemnity, with even straight face, that it is not one of the legitimate functions of government to say what we shall eat or what school books shall be used in the public schools. In other words, each barefoot boy or girl must be permitted to bring whatever book is most convenient, and in the back districts this is what they are doing. The case is parallel to that of the farmer, says Colonel Wiley, who should not be confined to particular make of blow or other implement of husbandry. Such talk does not need or deserve an answer.
 Colonel Wiley then appeals to re- construction times and reconstruction ists for support They tried, he goes on to say, uniformity, and it did not prove beneficial. What else did that reconstruction devised? Why not turn to Tennessee, to Texas, to South Car olina, to North Carolina, all of which States have uniform text book laws, and have no desire to do without them. Why go back to reconstruction when Tennessee"s method is close at hand and more pertinent?
 Colonel Wiley asserted at the close of his speech that the pending bill is bill to loot the treasury. AS the bill carefully puts all the expense and responsibility upon sales, except only a small preliminary sum, the Mont gomery Senator should be asked to furnish bill of particulars. If the uniformity bill is a bill to loot the treasury, present details and specih- cations, showing wherein the treasury would be footed. The truth is, his three charges-of' monopoly, paternal- ism and looting-are the products of a vivid imagination and of case that has nothing substantial behind it. It seeks shadows, because the substance of a genuine and valuable opposition is wholly wanting. The whole matter is one of uniformity and price in the States own schools, and what is done in the public offices may be done to advantage in the pub.ic schools.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
License Swearing.

From the Cullman Tribune-Gazette.
 A Dallas representative has prepared bill licensing the carrying of pistols, the license to go to the public schools. Suppose We go a step further and allow men to swear in the presence of women for so much a swear, or carry on the business of public drunkenness for the benefit of public education.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

The parts can be assembled, and the ves- sel launched at Mobile. There is already some talk of establishing a s3,000000 plant here, and the probabilities are that this talk will result in something much more substantial.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Shipbullding Plant for Mobile.

From the Mobile Item.
 It has long been recognized by many people that Mobile possesses every ad- vantage for shipbuilding plant, and it is gratifying to know that Eastern capi- talists are realizing the fact. All the materials needed for ocean-going vessels can be secured in Alabama, the steel and iron from the Birmingham district; also the coal for steaming purposes. and the timber from the vast forests of Alabama.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Looks Like a City.
he sylacauga Enterprise.
From the

From the Sylacauga Enterprise.
 Sylacauga puts on the appearance of one of the larger manufacturing cities. Whistles sound in every direction in the morning and the smoke form the various industries almost keep out the sunlight from the interior of the city.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day, Wednesday, February 20, 1901:
 Travel and sign writings in the fore noon"
 ''Thon wilt change or travel, and thy affairs will require attention, this being thy birthday: run no risks with thy money"
 'The young will court"
 "A child born on this day will be very clever, active, fond of travel and on the whole successful. If a female, unhappy in marriage"
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Higher Price on Lumber.

Memphis, February 19-The National Cottonwood Lumber Association met here today and decided to advance prices of cottonwood lumber from g to $3 per thou- sand feet. The reason given for this &C., tion is that the stock on hand is lim- ited.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Annex West Florida.

From the Vernon Courier.
 We are in favor of expansion as a na-
 tion and also as a State. That part of West Florida which is knocking for ,.d- mittance into Alabama should be taken at once. They should be let sit down under the motto of Here We Rest" for in so doing valuable territory would be added to the State. Two millions is pret- ty steep to pay for a strip of land, but land is the safest investment that can be made
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
This Day Is Ash Wednesday.

This day IS Ash Wednesday, literally the day of ashes, the beginning of the forty days fasting, the first day of Lent, so called because of the ancient custom of penitents appearing at mass covered in sackcloth and ashes. In the Catholic church it is still the custom to sprinkle ashes on the heads of Denitents who are beginning the penance of Lent, and that ceremony will be observed at all Cath ollie churches this morning.
 At St. Pauls church in this city the ashes will be blessed at the o'clock mass this morning; and again, tonight at 7:3o o'clock, there will be @ sermon, together with the ceremony of sprinkling the ashes upon the heads of penitants.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
A Step Forward.

From the Hanceyille Hustler.
 The uniform text book bill is an ad- vance forward on educational lines, and will save the poor farmers thousands of dollars. and yet these friends and repre- sentatives of the dear people refuse to champion 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
Must Have the Best.
From the Tuscaloosa Sun.

From the Tuscaloosa Sun.
 Birmingham is not satisfied with con- tinually landing the "top-minnow" vari- ety of Eastern capitalists, and has baited her hook with "ile," pulled up the cork, and will 'lay-in-wait" for a Rockefeller.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
WITH THE EDITORS OF
 THE STATE PRESS
Lobby Gets Black Eye.
From the Hanceville Hustler.

From the IiaHceVIIIe IiuSlIer.
 If the lobby did not get a black eye in Montgomery from Governor Sanford, then it may be taking credit for being the brassiest lobby on the face of the earth
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

The Jefferson County Herald has been nurchased by the Ensley Publishing Con- pany and will hereafter be known as the Ensley Herald Charles H. Frye, form erly editor of the Pratt City Herald, will edit the Ensley Herald. The Herald will be increased to an eight-page, six column paper.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20
EXPIRE M Es,

From the Washington Star. The man who never stops to think
 Through haste is oft bereft The man who stops to think too ioag
 Stands round till he gets left.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

Science is useful. but it does not enable us to distinguish the germ carrying mos quito from the innocuous insect, nor can we identify the mischief-maker. Science has a long road to travel.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

The two men of the nineteenth cen tury-Darwin and Lincoln-whose work will reach the fartherest, were both born on February 12 1909.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

When that St. Louis millionaire marries his stenographer he of course knows that he must quit dictating to her.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

Theodore Roosevelt is now engaged in explaining his hunting exploits. He in sists that they have not been accurately reported in some respects.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

King Edward does a great deal of talk ing about 'my empire'' but as long as he keeps his hands off it no harm is done and Englishmen will stand it.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

Seven nations arrayed against unarmed, defenseless China is neither humane nor significant of a high civilization.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

King Edward wore a field marshals cnapeau when he opened Parliament. The crown is too awkard and weighty. 1t belongs on the stage only.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

Marks orders in Delaware stand disre- garded and disobeyed. He may conclude to annex the State to Pennsylvania.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

King Edward talks IS William does will enable him to maintain his grip.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

We are sending mules to South Africa, and yet we are at peace with all Afri- cans.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

Consumption cures are more numerous than Theodore Roosevelt's dead noun tain lions.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

Mir. Carnegie could never count his money if it were in cold cash.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

Colonel Watterson is not loyal to Mrs Nation, who was bred in old Kentucky.
The age-herald., 1901-02-20

The Senate takes up the subsidy steal to drop it again. It is loaded.