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The age-herald., 1901-09-14
HAPPENINGS ON THE STAGE.
Things Outside of the Usual Line of
 Histrionic Occurrences.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
 Things frequently happen on the stage that are not down on the programme" said a well known theatrical man, "and sometimes the least thing in the world will disconcert the most finished artist. At West End a few evenings ago saw an electric bug fighten one of the sing, CTS until she forgot her lines and rushed off the stage. The bug just settled on the ruffle of her skirt, and was doing no harm whatever, but 1t so disconcerted the young lady and made her so nervous that she had to leave the stage until she could rid herself of the bug. Little things of this sort affect women more than they do men, unless the men arc of that peculiar and highly tensured ner- vous temperament which we sometimes find on the stage.
 'I recall a curious thing in Memphis some years ago, while Bernhardt was there, and 1t convinced me that the inn mortal Sarah was just a little different from the common run of women. She was playing at the old Lyceum Theater, which has since burned, and the place was crowded, as Is usual when this spen did artist appears in any of her favorite roles. Bernhardt had reached one of the climaxes. and had gotten well to the cen ter of the stage. Her eyes fell to the stage floor just as mouse scampered out from the wings and rushed across the stage right by her. and almost brushing the ruffle of her skirt. Other women might have leaped up into the nearest chair with pierceing screams. But not so with Bernhardt She stood her ground unf1inchingly, and rolled out her sen. tences in French without even the slight est change in the information of her voice, and without twitch of the muscles to indicate that she was at all alarmed by the sudden appearance of the mouse.
 But one of the cleverest things ever saw was out West some years ago, while the leading woman In some comic opera was singing her most fetching song A cat appeared on the stage. The feline member was in a playful mood, and in- sisted on dividing honors with the star singer. The young woman took in the situation at glance. The audience had begun to litter. She quietly reached down, picked the cat up, and sang her song while brushing the purring pusses fur back with her pretty white hand. and 1t is not likely that she ever received more applause than she did on that occa- sion. It was really the hit of the en- gagement"
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
pooLEY SEES THE BROKERS.
pr. Pittsburg Dispatch.

New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Finley Peter Dunne, who is better known to readers as MT Dooley," is in town, and this afternoon he visited the stock exchange. After watching the struggling mass of humanity on the floor for some time he delivered himself of the following: "I can't help being impressed with the warm-blooded emotionalism of the professionals on the exchange. They never take their eyes from the sick bed at Buffalo or from the bulletin boards, giving the reports of the attending sur geons on the temperature of their distin- guished patient. They go right along. as before, selling on the rallies Gin tempera- ture) and buying on the breaks You can't beat 'em"
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
THE PASSING oF suMMER.
Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald
 The parting reminder of summer that almost never fails us in the early days of September has put in It's appearance with the present week. It came after an interim of the absence of heat that oc- cupled the whole month of August. Taere was a brief period of faint appearance in the skies on later Thursday afternoon that brought a reminder of what occurred just twenty years ago. Then was the period of the not easily forgotten yellow day. Tn Boston at that time the sun was obscured by the complete cloudins that pervaded the heavens. There was vel Jewish hue over everything. Artificial light was found necessary at monday, and when it appeared in the form of gas combustion 1t took on the white tone that we now find in electricity It was thought that the appearance of the sky was sim liar to that which preoedes a hurricane in the tropics. There was an uncanny as> pect over everything, and the fears of the timid were considerably awakened Noth- ing dread came from it, however. The phenomenon has never been clearly ex- plained in its causes but 1t was perhaps most often attributed to an extraordinary amount of smoke from wood burning, oc- casioned by forest fires to the north.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
THE sleHoP,s APPEAL.
rom the Boston Journal

From the Boston Journal.
 The late Bishop Williams of Connecti- cut was a truly pious man, but was some- times placed in a position where he en- vied the privileges of those not of the cloth. At recent conclave at the Gen. eral Theological Seminary they told this tale of the, good bishops wit:
 One summer day the bishop went out fishing with a friend, and, as they was warm, they swung q bottle of rare old Burgundy over the side of the rowboat. When luncheon time came the bishop es- saved to pull the wine aboard, already tasting in anticipation the cool. delicious beverage. Through mishap the string slipped from his fingers, and the bottle sank to the bottom of the river. Bishop Williams sat up with sigh, and said, with his eyes sparkling:
 You say 1t. Jones; you're layman.'
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

The Richmond Times thus dogma tizes in relation to the Vice-Presi- dency:
 We would emphasize the fact that in selecting a candidate for the Vice Pres- ddency the great political parties of this country should always keep in view the fact that human life is uncertain; that the Vice President may in a most critical period of the nations history suddenly become the President, and that in select ing a candidate for "second place., they should be as careful asout his fit- ness and his general qualification as in selecting a candidate for the Presidency If the President lives throughout his term the Vice Pro sldent has very little to do and his position Is one of minor ini- portance But when the President of the nation is stricken down and when his life is in jeopardy. the position of Vice Pres ident becomes position of profound im- portance. In selecting candidate for the Vice Presidency, therefore, this contin- gency, however remote It may be, should always be kept in view. and never should any man be nominated who is not thor oughly qualified to preside over the des- tinies of this nation.
 This is good enough doctrine while . Xice-President must be elected. but 1t will never be carried out. After a party has selected a standard-bearer, it proceeds to sling the Vice-Pres- f4 o1aki prize, thus consolidating a disgruntled faction or State. This has invariably resulted in the election of a man to the Vice-Presidency who does not keep step with the President-who proceeds to change the latter's policy as soon as he comes into the Presidency. The true policy consists in a change of the constitution. The ice-Presidency of the constitution is, like its electoral college and Its method of electing Sen ators, a blunder. It invites assassina- tion by holding out a promise of trouble, change of policy and discon- tent. This is its history. No Vice President is needed. He is laughing stock out of the White House, and in it he becomes a source of turmoil and unnecessary changes. Let the Senate elect its own presiding officer, as it naturally would. and then let the Pres idential succession rest in the Cabi- net, beginning with the Secretary of State, as 1t does now. This would rem
 ssange of policy in the course of
 nmnuonIu ;ppossible; it
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
Facks A6oM Ae AssosSsU,
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From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

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The age-herald., 1901-09-14
American Pronunciation.

..rhe American" says Julian Ralph in ..IIarpers." "who believes. as thousands do, that to betray ones nationality is to invite overcharging and extortion in the West End shops of London is not only hard pressed to choose the peculiar words the English employ, but he has quite as many and as deep pitfalls to avoid in the methods of pronunciation I will not refer to the false or ignorant methods of illiterate persons. but will confine attention to some eccentricities of pronunciation of men and women of edu- cation. rank and breeding. They say im-N mqitly. injin for engine. mility. fgger
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
AFFECTED THEM DIFFERENTLY From the London Telesranh

Recently the German Crown Prince called the Kaiser's attention to the fact that the teachers in certain colleges gave their pupils some extraordinary subjects on which to write essays. Whatever the subjects were, 1t is known that the Kat ser was displeased, while his heir could see only the comic side of the matter. It leaked out that a teacher in a col lege for girls of 12 to 13 years of age gave the following as a subject for an essay, What Was the Idea of the Egyptian King Amasis About God, and What Do We Christians Think About It?" This h. cident explains both the Grown Prince s hilarity and the Emperor's annoyance.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
What WIIl RooseveIt pof

Said a prominent Republican last night 'T wonder what Roosevelt will do. Will he antagonize Hanna, or will he ignore him, and manage affairs in his own pe- culiar way? It occurs to me that Hanna already has the Southern delegations pledged to him for the nomination of 1904 I also understand that the trusts are bitterly opposed to Roosevelt, and our newly made President has always demonstrated much self-assertion. It is doubtful to my mind if Hanna can in any way influence Roosevelt-and look for a general re-shuffiing of the political cards"
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Some women aren't as sway-backed as they are laced.
 First you down the drinks and then the drinks down you.
 You may make a mistake if you try to kiss a girl but you may make bigger one if you don't.
 When he Is asking girl to marry him the suffering man has just as good a chance to make her understand him as anybody else.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
The Rain Welcomed.

'-Thls is a much needed shower" said Jefferson County truck-gardner who was standing In the streets yesterday en- toying the refreshing rain. You town folk don't appreciate 1t as we do. You merely wanted 1t to lay the dust, but we needed 1t to make grow the early fall veg etables with which to supply your mar ket and this rain will surely do the work. We had begun to get discouraged out my way''
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
ALWAYS IN LINE.

From the Choctaw Advertiser.
 The esteemed Age-Herald at Birming- ham is one of the first papers in Ala bama to urge the ratification of the new constitution, notwithstanding 1t was charged that 1t would not do so The Age- Herald can always be counted on to do the graceful thing at the right time.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

''Whie Congressman Cornell and oth- CTS are suggesting the enactment of laws to prevent the immigration of anarchists to this country, nothing seems to be said about the expulsion of those who are al- ready here" remarked a citizen last night. "Why, there are hordes of them all over America; they have sown the seed here and we only catch one occa- sionally. Am afraid they are like nut grass and English sparrows on American soIl-uneradicable.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
AdvI,ed to pip Into the Future.

Louis E. vass Normal tells an amusing incident in connection with the serial pub- rcation of ''Quo vadis'' in a Polish jour nal, says the Chicago News. When the installment describing the captivity of Lygia appeared g deputation of sensitive young girls calico upon sienkiewicz to
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
coReETT RUN SALOON IN PARIS

New York Letter in the Pittsburg Ds-
 patch.
 Because he loves Americans so well, James J Corbett erstwhile pugilist' has decided that those who visit Paris in fu- ture shall not suffer. So Corbett has ar- ranged to open an American saloon there which will be the wonder of the Parisans. Of course Corbett Is not after the money particularly. He merely wants to De the friend of suffering mankind. -e--fs sEs se
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
A RECRUITING STATION.

Fron: the Nashville American. ersf ,
 Every time a pardon Is granted to c prisoner of prominence, Judge Lynch gains recruits
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

If William Mckinley had overcome the shots of the assassin, he might have been elected third time by a grateful people.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

The woman Goldman was full grown when she came to this country, full of Russian hate and Russian wrongs.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

Christian Science saves at least money in township usually expended for medicine, and it is reasonably eff cacious after all.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

Dowie, the new Elijah, has fioated a good many securities, but he has not yet tried the market with fiery chariot stock,
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

Minister Wu says an assassin of the Czolgosz type would have been expe- ditiously cut into a thousand pieces in China
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
A Sure Remedy.

From the Chicago News.
 Ehe (romantic)-At times my whole life ssAuaAto be filled with unsatisfed de-
 naf)r-Well, why don't you try th2 want columns;
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

Alfred Austin and Rudyard Kipiing are striving to see which shall stand at the head of England's doggerel fac tory.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
cHAuNCEY NOT THE PEACH"

From the Memphis Commerciai-Appeai.
 Aunt Carrie Nation says she will never marry again. This looks like a personal stab at Chauncey Depew.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

It should be made treason, punish able with death, to attempt even the death of the head of the State.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

Anarchists who desire to leave this country should be assisted even with a vigorous boot.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

Some of Emma Goldman's pupils and dupes accept her words, not wisely, but too well.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

Dowie will now claim no doubt that he and he alone could have made the President whole.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

If the Standard Oil Company kills the mosquitoes even Prof. Triggs will be forgiven and endured.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

Anarchy leads to more government rather than less.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

The unforeseen has happened, and the wretched assassin is victorious.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

answer. God will avenge this outrage
 My fellow jurymen weye fully con- vinced that Guiteau was conscious of what he was doing when he fired the fatal shot. Our average ages at the tims was 50 years. Eight of us are still living in this district Gates, think, was the youngest, and Hobbs, wAo was the sec ond of our number to de, was the old est, If I mistake not. NIT. Prather died only few days ago. Thomas Hefnlein and Fred Brandenberg have passed away. Poor Sherman Is in the insane asylum. His misfortune, I am sure, is not from anything that has to do with the Guiteau trial and conviction. Stewart, I believe, has retired from busineis. Gates is em- ployed at the navy yard Brawner Is in the district service. Wormley Is also em- ployed by the district government Lang ley has been employed ior a long time in the Treasury Department.
 ''I often meet my fellov jurymen and I can't detect that there is anything wrong with any of them yet Like my self, they are growing old and in a few years only memory of uI will be left"
 MT. Hamlin said, in regard to his be- ing selected as a juror: "Cf the hundred men in the panel was the first one that would answer for a juror olt of thirteen calls; hence I was made foreman. The confinement was long and arduous-over two months in the National Hotel, close ly guarded by United States marshals. When Judge Cox gave us his charge and we retired. I don't think that we were out more than an hour. BraNner read the indictment. We voted only twice. Eleven were for conviction, with one blank We soon found the trouble, which was explained away. The next vote seal- ed Guiteaus fate"
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

The doctor that blundered will be excused, for he did his best.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
As to Anarchists.

and figgers, clark for clerk, paytent.
 naytional-and so on through long list"
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

The ice man Is waning and the coal man is waking up.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

The repentance of the anarchists is more transparent than trustworthy.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

Mir. Carnegie's bank book outranki all other books in many libraries.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

The battle of Santiago Is suspended again.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

The nation will have a sad Thanks giving Day this year.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

The word assassin" is now applica. ble to it's fullest extent.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

Czolgosz is utilizing Adams plea the woman did it.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

The doctors won no glory at Buff falo.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Farming Is Hard on Good Looks.

Irving Bacheller has always been very fond of his old home in St. Lawrence county, the land of "Eben Holden" He never misses going home to Canton to visit at least twice year, relates the New York Times. The farming country of St Lawrence county has deteriorated since the day when Uncle ED made his journey" said he the other day
 .The price of dairy products, which were about the only things the farmers exported began to go down some years after the war, and sank to point where there was no money to be made off the farm. The boys began to turn to the cities to make money. Often the old folks found 1t lonely living alone, and they sold and followed. The farms were taken by immigrants and class of men inferior to the old stock. One day drove back to my old home, David Brewers s farm in the book, The place looked deso- late. The clrpboards were loose and the paint was peeling off sorrowful speci- men of humanity stood In the door and chewed and spat. He said:
 "'Glad to see you; heard ye done noble down to New York Then he told me tale of woe about hard times on the farm. asked him why he didn't move to town.
 Can't said he; I'm mortgaged. Cant do anything
 |" You look as if you might die pretty easy said I.
 "'Can't do that neither said he. mos
 he. pointed to the children all about.
 Just then the man drove up who held the mortgage on that farm and most or the others in that neighborhood.
 " Irving said he. If your father had stayed on the place and kept you here this farm would have looked better than it does now
 ''The tenant spat and smiled sardonic- ally.
 "'Yes.' he drawled the farm would "a looked better, but he'd "a looked O darn sight worse.'"
 MT. Bacheller is an excellent reconteur and told this story with mingled humor and sympathy.
 .IIe had wit, If he was mortgaged'
  remnant of a noble race"
 Actor Has Fun With Mir. Drew.
 John Drew, 1t Is we'll known, Is most particular regarding his dress both on and off the stage He was playing in s'The Liars" two seasons ago on the roac' and his itinerary included nearly two weeks of successive one night stands His man attendant always looked arter the clothing he wore at the theater, bring ing 1t to the actors dressing room snort ly before MT. Drew appeared to dress.
 In one of the smaller cities the valet had sent MT .Drew's linen to laundry and the actor found when about to oon if that the bosom of his dress shirt cons tained a polish which disgusted him. lie said things. But there was nothing 10 oc but to wear it. polish and all. MT. Drew had long speech in scene with Ar thur Byron. The latter at once observed the unusual polish on MT. Drew's dress shirt. and while he was delivering the lengthy dialogue MT. Byron, though II was not noticed by the audience, began to adjust his hair, straighten his tie. ana otherwise complete his toilet by the ala of the polish on MT. Drew's shirt.
 A roar went up from behind the scenes, and MT. Byron's joke nearly spoiled the scene
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

would take away fifth-wheel force, and 1t would lessen the probability of assassination. This subject well illus trates the insufficiency of written con StitutiOnS.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14

beg him not to let his heroine die in prison.
 ''It is a simple matter, this letting her escape" naiveiy declared one of these young ladies; ''Lygia has only to write letter to her fiance and he will see to it."
 Sienkiewicz smiled and requested his fair petitioner to compose such letter to him. A few days later. however, he received the following missive:
 My Dear Lygia-M seems that you ought to write to Vinicius. but illness has probably enfeebled your epistolary pow CTS. Address, instead, the simplest, most unpretentious letter to a certain M. Hen ryk Sienkiewicz, who lives in Warsaw several centuries hence. I have every reason to believe that, if you ask him prettily, he will arrange the matter with out the useless complications of further correspondence. embrace you affection ately.'
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
Marvels of Scottish Pronunciation.

A gentleman inquired of a carter in Maryhill the other day how far 1t was to Mlngavie (pronounclng the name of the place exactly as 1t is spelleD. relates the Scottish American. There's no place O that name hereabouts," replied the carter. "Oh. yes, it's out this way, but I would like to know how many miles" 'Milingavee,' ye cad it?" Yes" Let me see. moo. There's Can niesburn. Bearsden, Stra' blanc. Mullguy. Ma, I never heard O that place you want" How far is 1t to Mullguy?' asked the gentleman. 'Mullguy's jist oot aooot six mile. if that'll dae as weel," respond ed the carter.
The age-herald., 1901-09-14
Abolish the Vice Presidency.

The Richmond Times thus dogma tizes in relation to the Vice-Presi-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-20
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.

IIondon-The earl and countess of Aber-
deem took party of Strathcona's horse
to visit the house of commons this even
ing.
Hamburg-Empress Augusta Victoria,
who has been staying at Cronburg, where
the Dawager Empress Frederick is lying
i'll, has returned to Berlin.
London-SIgmund Hertz, of New York,
who has been under arrest here for some
time past charged with forgery, was COM
nlitted for eXtradition to the United
States.
Potsdam-The young duke of SAKE Co
burg-Gotha has passed his examination
for the rank of military ensign His
work was qualified as good by the ex-
aminers.
Londcn-King Edward will start for
Germany on board the royal yacht Vic
toria and Albert, to, visit his sister, the
Dowager Empress Frederick, Saturday
evering. His majesty's stay in Germany
will probably be very brief.
I.ondon-The Rotterdam correspondent
the national present for Queen Wilhel-
nina, which has hitherto been kept a
secret, will take the form of q new
crown, and $4,000 has heen subscribed.
Adelaide, South Australia-The Regis
ter, in it's annual estimate Of the colony's
wheat crop, says it averages eight anu a
quarter bushels per acre; that the crop
covers 1000, 900 acres, and that the ex-
portable surplus will be 265,17S tons.
London-The Archduke Franz Ferdi-
nand of Austria and the crown prince
of Sweden and Norway have been ap-
pointed shonorary grand crosses of the
Bath The king of Portugal has been
gazetted a colonel in the Oxford infan-
try.
Queenstown-Arriving steamers con-
tinue to report having encountered storms
on the Atlantic. The British steamer
Lord Kelvin, from New Orleans, Jan. IL,
via Norfolk, Jan "a, for Hamburg, has
put into Queenstown and reports having
had fearful voyage.