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The age-herald., 1901-08-10
CALIFORNIA; SEA LIONS.

From the San Francisco Call.
 The attempt to exterminate the sea liens should be watched with care. The life that nature placed on the earth should be curbed. The large land anil malls are rapidly going. and in a few generations will exist only in their re- mains in museums. Wantonness, uncon- neoted even with desire for gain, has destroyed the great sea COW of Alaskan waters an amphibious animal of such suitability that its capture was not even sport, yet it was hunted to extinction. The same fate is overtaking the walrus. Our sea lions are next in order. They are accused of eating too many fish, and as they will not substitute kelp for fish as food the demand Is made for their destruction
 When men came here and began keep ing tab on their partners in life of the lower orders there were thousands of sea lions where now are hundreds, and there were also millions of fish where now are tfSusands Of course, the sea lions then were eating fish as they do now, but now there is only one sea lion where ten were feeding. Invoking mathematics in behalf of the lions, only one fish is being eaten now where ten used to be con- sumed Where are the nine?
 Overfishing by men, and not by sea lions, Is responsible for any shortage in fish. Abuse of the close season, taking fish under size and other violations of the regulations designed to protect fish are responsible for the decline in the supply. Man Is to blame, and he diverts atten- ton by asking death warrant for the sea lion.
 We trust that not one of these fine and interesting marine animals will be con- demned and shot. That bit of life on the rocks adds interest to the view of the ocean. Those who sail blue water recall how like desert the far seas are, with scarcely ever sight of marine life. The coast waters are equally dreary, if no creature intended to inhabit the waters Is ever seen. If some vengeful. greedy and destructive people had their way, there would not be left a large animal in the water nor on the land. nor a bird in the air, and man would lord 1t over a world that he had stripped of it's living things other than himself
 San Francisco Is quite interested in preserving among her objects of interest the herd of sea lions which have so long inhabited the group of rocks which lie with in her borders. There are many things she could better spare.
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
Potatoes a Luxury.

Potatoes-plain Irish potatoes-are very scarce and high-priced this year They are advancing to the luxury or dessert class in restaurants. At any rate they are served in such places in lesser and still lessening quantities, with a prospect that they will become extras on bills of fare.
 The potato that formerly commanded in the larger cities of the country about $l.50 a barrel is now worth $4 to $5 a barrel. and the supply is very short even when such prices are offered. It is result of the drouth that Tapped over from Kansas and Missouri to the great potato growing districts in Mich igan and the Mlu-Ie West. The Middle West is ordinarily strong both in po- tatoes and in politics, but this year there is more politics there than po- tatoes, and the country is distressed over the change. It really wants a maximum of potatoes and a maximum of politics. especially from the section in question.
 The subject is by no means light one in very many homes. It means a lessened food supply Take away from many homes potatoes and corn meal, and many will go hungry. Both of these articles of food will be high and scarce this year in many populous States, and this no doubt means priva. tion to many poor people.
 In the south the drouth was scarce ly drouth at all. The corn crop and the potato crop wlil be of usual pro- portions. but the imported Irish DO tato will be missed, and every bushel of sweet potatoes will be wanted. They should be well placed this year for keeping and use next winter and next spring and even next summer, for they must fill during year to come their own accustomed places and the places formerly held by their Irish cousins.
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
HOLDING sHERIFFs TO ACCOUNT

l From the Washington Evening Star
 From an outside viewpoint the best thing yet done by the Alabama convention was the adoption the other day of an amendment to the state constitution em- towering tx Governor to remove sher- if who falls to do his duty In defending a prisoner against mob violence. And maybe the best speech made in support of the proposition was that by ex-Gov- ernor Jones, who treated the whole ques- ton of lynching In a most able and ag- gressive manner. Extracts from this speech appear in another column of to- days Star
 This amendment Is pitched In the right key, and 1t ought to accomplish good re- suits There is little doubt that In many instances sheriffs have surrendered their prisoners through fear of impairing their chances of reelection. They would not endanger their popularity by taking the side of the weak against the strong. De- pendent upon public favor for place, they had- come to look with indifference on the under dog. Surrounded by their neish- bors. whose votes they would presently again be soliciting. they were easily in- duced to neglect their plain duty. And thus electioneering, taking the place of conscience in the adage, made towards of them.
 The right thing, therefore, was to re- move this temptation. After the new con- stitution goes into effect, no Alabama sheriff will find 1t to his official advant- age to abandon, or lightly guard, his prisoner His office will be in peril then on the other side of the question. He must do his full duty by his prisoner, or forfeit his office. And 1t will be strange. indeed, If, with his interest and his pride both sustaining him, he does not show himself enough in earnest to make the work of mobs dangerous and exceedingly difficult
 Still another point gained is that a sheriff's constituents and neighbors will be likely to think twice before attempt Ing to overpower him in a spirit of mob violence when they know that their suc- cess will mean his disgrace and downfall. No sham battles will avail anything for him.
 The law will require him to resist to the utmost, and if he does, some of them are certain to pay the penalty If he does not. he Himself will pay the penalty at the hands of the Governor of the state
 As Governor Jones forcibly points out lynching Is both great and a growing evil; and not only is the law violated, But the youth of the land are being brought up in contempt of tho law Lynching in some states occur so fre- quently it has almost become a form ot public entertainment, and all ages and classes are familiar with. and growing callous to, the horrible details.
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
Coffee Countv's Horror.

It is reasonable to say that among the 500" of Coffee County that watched and enjoyed the destruction by fire of a human being, there were at least 100 under age, every one of whom was both brutalized by the scene and accustomed to disregard of the law. / They were told by the presence of their elders in substance that law, order and civilization are no longer supreme.
 And yet this appalling scene, wit messed by 800 citizens, will go unpun- ished. It was so awful in all respects the customary farce on the part of the Governor of the State should be omitted. Such an offer Is but an addi- tional wrong and insult to law and civilization. No one expects it to be needed. No one, least of all the Gov ernor, expects return from it. Let this particular farce be left out of the Coffee County case, which would have been a disgrace to the darkest people in the darkest age of the world. The constitutional convention is in session. It sees what law is in Coffee County. It sees all law there spit upon and defiled. It sees the officers of the law absolutely ignored. How far they were participants in crime that the Boxers in China could not have sur passed does not appeal. Is there no remedy? Is this brutalizing method of dealing with criminals to go on un- checked in this State?
 Give the Governor of the State power to employ detectives to ascertain the names of those who were active and foremost in this or like barbarisms, and there will soon be an end put to such demoralizing, law-defying prac- tlces. If the convention adjourns with out doing this, it adJourns with at least knowledge of work undone; it at least winks at cases of the Coffee County nature, and iowliness and brutality will proceed to run their 1 down-hill course in the State. Alabama l Is one of the four leading lynching 1 States
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
Education m Gbuttina States.

The Jackson-Clarion Ledger boasts that Mississippi leads all the Southern States in educatlona1 matters, and the boast is believed to be well founded. There has been," it adds, "a great awakening of interest along the line of education, and today the State has more public schools, longer terms, bet. ter educators. and spends more money in this direction than ever before in it's history. In many country districts where even five years ago the enroll ment was not over 25 or 30, with an average attendance of not over 15 or 20, today there is an enrolment of from 40 to 50, with an average attend
 ance of 30 to 40. The school terms are also longer, and will probably be fur ther heightened, extending in many cases to nine months in the year." [
 Mississippi spends annually on her public schools q, 900. 900 year. This
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would be equivalent to about $1.600. 900 in this State, the difference in taxable values being considered. The Clarion Ledger's pride over the school ex- penditure of it's State, which is freely voted and annually increased, Is very pardonable. It boasts the largest per capita school expenditure in the South, the best school houses and the best teachers in the South, and the best general sentiments touching public ed ucation, in all the Southern country. The public schools of the State are the pride of the State, and no politician dares to lay his dispoiling hand upon them.
 Nor is this all. The Clarion-Ledger goes on to show that as the schools are advanced in number and degree regard for law becomes greater. This i'm proved condition" it says, "is very noticeable in the decrease in the num- Der of lynchings in the State, and also in the rapid industrial development"
 All the States that surround Ala bama. even Cuba, are outstripping this State in public education. Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Mississippi are each anu all endeavoring to improve their public schools year by year. None of them have or would have a system that does not admit of growth. In Mississippi any county or separate school district may levy an additional school tax. In Florida there Is a com pulsory county school tax of not less than mills, and school districts may levy school taxes up to mills. In Tennessee there is compulsory coun- ty tax, and towns above 1000 people can levy additional taxes. Georgia makes large State appropriations, but counties may levy a school tax, and local taxation in towns and special school districts is promoted and en- couraged by the express terms of the school law of the State. These are not distant States; they are the States that he all about Alabama. Can Alabama afford to be the backward State of the union in public education?
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
WHY HIS BOY RUNo OFF.

Judge Reed, who is the junior member of the law firm that is counsel for the Carnegie system, Is a man who is used to getting what he wants, says the Sat- urday Evening Post. His determination is as great as his stature There was one occasion, however, when he didn't get what he wanted, after trying hard and spending much money. The failure was due to the entire indifference of his young heir. who is person of no small importance and power in the delightful Reed household in Pittsburg.
 Added to his position as legal advisor to the Carnegie concern, Judge Reed is president of the Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railway
 He was in New York on business for this road, and found himself cut off by the tremendous blizzard of two winters ago, that blocked trains. blew down wires and performed the usual antics of an American blizzard.
 Judge Reed knew that Mrs. Reed was in a nervous condition and not well, and that she would be very anxious and frightened in such storm if she couldn't hear from him, as she expected him home that day. He went into the tele- phone station at the hotel and tried to connect Plttsburg, but the operator could not manage 1t. He could not get tele- gram through, for the wires were not working. The land was ice-bound and wind-swept. and for that day at least all traffice was well-nigh suspended.
 He went to the railroad telephone, thinking he could use his influence to get some personal word through But this could not be done. The wires could not connect with his house. We'll, the judge tried every available thing for the next two or three hours in the city of New York. bringing his influence and power to bear in his attempt to get what he wanted.
 He became interested Tn the chase. He was not used to being thwarted. and he made up his mind that If he took the whole day to do it he would get a mes sage through to Mrs. Reed.
 Finally he got telephone connection.
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terests, afforded superior advantages for the establishment of a first-ciass college of medicine. There Is. perhaps, no city in the whole South which furnishes more abundant and varied clinical material. The college has prospered and increased in usefulness each year. and has been a phenomenal success since It's very in- ception."
 These remarks from Dr. B. L. wyman, the distinguished dean of the college, will serve to remind the general public of Bir- mlngham that one of the best medical col leges in the South has grown to be a great institution, almost without the knowledge of many persons outside of the medical profession. It is not too much to say that this medical college is a god send to young men of Alabama and ad- joining states who are unable to incur the expense of medical education in Bal timore, Philadelphia or New York.
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
AGUINALDO TELLS HOW
 HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER

Emilio Aguinaldo in Everybody's Maga-
 zine.
 After talking with Tal Placido and Se- sovia for fifteen or twenty minutes I gave orders that the newly arrived men be allowed to fall out and go to rest in the quarters which had been prepared for them. Captain segovia immediately ieft the house and returned to the place where his men were drawn up waiting for him. As he came up to them sagovia shouted, in loud voice, an order which we did not understand. Instantly his men began to shoot at the soldiers of my guard, taking them completely by sur prise.
 when the firing began, not suspecting any plan against myself, I thought it was salute with blank cartridges, and having this in mind ran to the window and cried out several times, Cease fir ing But seeing that the firing continued ana that the bullets from the rifles of the attacking party were directed against me as we'll as against the soldiers of my guard, l for the first time realized that the newcomers were enemies. hurriedly left the window and ran into another room in the hope of finding some means of escape, but saw at once that the house was already surrounded Then I seized A revolver, intending to defend myself, but pr. Barcelona threw both arms around me, crying out, Don't sacrifice yourself. Your country needs your life" Thus I was prevented from carrying out my in- tention. Colonel Villa ran from the house in an attempt to break through the lines of the enemy and rally our men, but he was shot three times and finally taken prisoner.
 When the firing commenced, Tal Pla- cido threw himself down on the floor to avoid the bullets but now he got up and told us that we were prisoners of the Americans who, he said, were on the other side of the river with 400 American soldiers, and would soon be here Just at this time several of Tal Placido's soldiers came into the house shouting "Hurrah for the Macabebesr and surrounded Bar celona and myself. A little later five Americans, all armed with carbines, came into the room where we were. They came up to us, and one of them asked, (Which of you is Aguinaldo?" As soon as had been identified by the Americans I was placed, with Dr. Barcelona and Colonel Villa. in one of the rooms of the house, and guards were posted at all the windows and doors. under command of one of the Americans. The other four Americans then began to search the house for whatever papers and documents might be there.
 We were thea informed that our cap tors were General Funston, Captains Newton and Hazard and Lieutenants Hazard and Mitchell.
 The next morning, March "A, I had a
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GENERAL FuNsToN's SISTER.
She Declares Her Famous Brother Will
 Not Resign From Army.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Miss Ella Funston. sister of Brigadier General Funston, was at the union depot this morning. She has been attending the Art Institute at Chicago Following her vacation which she expects to spend in lola, Kan, Miss Funston will go to Mon ticello, Ind, to teach art in one of the public schools. During her stay in Kan sas City Miss Funston is the guest of Mrs. Conner M. Thomas. 1444 West Pros pect place.
 Fred is not going to resign from the army said Miss Funston. "He has al- ways been enamored of an army exist ence, and I believe that he will stay where he is.''
 ''He might command the army some day." suggested some one.
 Miss Funston evaded reply to lAls suggestion with the remark that she had not been home since her brother was ap- pointed to the regular army.
 Do you know that I haven't had the opportunity to celebrate the event prop erly? You can't do anything like that make a demonstration when I heard the news in Chicago, but I didn't dare to. It was pretty anxious time after I read in the papers that Fred had gone after Aguinaldo until heard of the success of the expedition. Then one of the girls came in one day with the news that Fred had been appointed. It was then I wanted to celebrate Rut I,ll have a rond cha n aa when get back home. There is no place like Kansas. Coming in on the train I wanted to get up and tell everybody that l was from Kansas. but I kept still, and I guess nobody found 1t out"
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
RIrminaham Medical College.

The "eighth annual announcement" of the Birmingham Medical College has been issued, and very interesting pub lication 1t proves to be!
 The coming session of the college 1t is announced will open with an introduce tory address in the main lecture room of the college building on Tuesday. October 2, 1901, at 12 m. The session will con- tinue six months, closing on April 1, 1902. There will be Christmas vacation from December 21. p. m., to January g. a. m, and no lectures will be delivered on Thanksgiving Day
 "It is very essential that the student should be present on the first day of the session, as the loss of a few lectures and labratory exercises in the beginning of the course will retard the progress of the student throughout the remainder of tho session Students must, if they expect to obtain credit for full course of lectures, attend the full six months. The lectures, recitations and instruction in the several laboratories, the college dispensary and hospitals of the city will occupy all of the students time"
 It appeared to the founders of this re- markedly successful madical college that Birmingham being centrally located, the largest manufacturing and industrial center in the South, city whose location, climate, radidly increasing population. together with her large and increasing railroad, mining and manufacturing in
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
TABLESPOONS O: A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 Love Is like the crops-at the mercy of the weather.
 When a woman is chasing a man she can catch him only by running backward.
 When they were writing the Ten Con- mandments they knew better than to tell us to love our neighbors' children as our selves.
 If Noah had lived in these days he would have unloaded all the stock ip his ark company on the public and then there wouldn't have been any flood.
 One satisfaction a fat woman has is that if she is going down stairs too fast and sits down suddenly she won't break anything if she can keep from pumping her head. .,
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WHEN THE LAMP IS SHATTERED

By Percy Bysshe Shelley. When the lamp is shattered The light In the dust lies dead: When the cloud is scattered,
 The rainbow's glory is shed When the lute is broken,
 Sweet tones are remembered not: When the lips have spoken, Loved accents are soon forgot. As music and splendor
 Survive not the lamp and the lute The hearts echoes render
 No song when the spirit is mute No song but sad dirges,
 Like the wind through a ruined cell Or the mournful surges
 That ring the dead seamans knell. When hearts have once mingled Love first leaves the well-built nest; The weak one is singled
 To endure what 1t once possessed. Lovel who bewailest
 The frailty of all things here. Why choose you the frailest
 For your cradle. your home and your
 bier! Its passions will rock thee
 As the storms rock the ravens on high; Bright reason will mock thee
 Like the sun from wint'ry sky. From thy nest every rafter
 win rot, and thine eagle home Leave thee naked to laughter, When leaves fall and cold winds come
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
News From Oklahoma.

From the Baltimore American.
 Rough House, o. T., July 16LThe en- ragged citizens of this place lynched the weather man this morning. Any bright young man who is willing to make his pre- dictions conform more to the desire of the public and less to the cussedness of the weather will find this good opening.
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Clay county's New Railroad.

"Clay County, one of the richest nat urally of the 'sixty-six,' Is coming to the front after years of patient waiting, ' said G. P. Bondurant.
 You know, Clay has only few miles of railroad in its limits. The county lies way across the rugged hills and noun tains, but hidden there are millions of wealth-gold, silver, copper, marble, graphite, iron, asbestos, corundum, mica and other minerals Now these are to be touched and developed by railroad con- nection.
 "The Eastern Railway of Alabama is to be built at once. This road is to run frfom Talladega to Pyrites, distance of twenty-five miles. P. H. Smith is at the head of the enterprise and he is amply backed by eastern capital. All surveys have cen made, the money is ready and bids are now asked for the construction Of the oad
 By the way" added MT. Bondurant, 'if you will notice this twenty-five mile road runs in a direct air line between Birmingham and Brunswick. and this fact may be significant. At any rate, Clay County is sure to have new railroad 10 Talladega, and this makes Clay and Tal- ladega City very happy"
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astroioger Raphaeps prophecies for tbis day, Saturday. August 10. 1901:
 Travel fin the morning: sell In the afternoon"
 Heavy losses threaten thee in thy business; see that thou dost not specu- late or risk thy money; thy business will cause thee great anxlety-this being thy birthday"
 Careless over money will be the child born on this day, spending 1t fast and foolishly."
The age-herald., 1901-08-10
About Persons.

Assistant Circuit Solicitor Lavender of Centreville is at the Florence.
 MT. James A. Going is very i'll of fever at his residence in Fifth avenue. Major A A. Mabson of Montgomery was in Birmingham yesterday.
 William A. Averett of Talladega is at the Florence.
 E. E. Lomon of Louisville is at the Florence.
 E. s. George of Linden is at the Flor ence.
 James Tole and Horace Keen of New York are at the Morris.
 N. L. Green of Gadsden is at the Nor ris.
 Thomas W. Coleman, Jr.. of Anniston, is at the Morris.
 T. c. McConnelly and Mrs. McConnelly of Montgomery are at the Metropolitan. J. D. Mims of Greenyille, Miss, is at the Metropolitan.