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The age-herald., 1901-09-13
ATTEMPT ON JAcKsoN's LIFE.

From the New York Herald
 Only the failure of two pistol caps to explode saved President Jackson from assassination in the Capitol on January 30, 1885. It was an attempt growing out of the bitter discussions of the times and the fiery antagonistic temperament of President Jackson. s.ts'7 F-t.'.-
 President Jackson and his Cabinet had assembled to attend the funeral of mem Der of Congress. As the President and his party were leaving the Capitol lu- natic who gave his name as Lawrence pushed forward and tried to discharge a pistol point blank at MT. Jackson.
 It was one of the old-style, percussion cap weapons, and for some reason tho cap did not explode. Quickly drawing an- other weapon, the man pulled the trigger Again the cap did not explode, and Presi- dent Jackson, rushing forward. disarmed the man. tt 'f fr.
 When locked up the man gave his name as Lawrence, but would say no more, and nothing could be learned asAo nis iden- tity. His reasons for attempting to kill the President were the same as those given by Guiteau--his refusal to give him an office and desire to rid the country of a man he considered dangerous to the good of his party.
 His behavior in prison was uch the
 His behavior in prison was much the same as that of Guiteau, but after long legal and medical examination he was de- lufn. .' f.i |,
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
FRANK HARVEY MILLER.

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
 The Age-Herald of Sunday contained an excellent likeness of the dignified and genial face of Frank Harvey Miller, it's convention correspondent. It would not have been immodest had 1t gone further and justly said his work was faithful, &C., curate and highly appreciated by the pub lie. He displayed tact and power in con- densing his reports. without losing any thing of importance either in the proceed ings or the speeches delivered in the con vention. His face at the reporters table became almost as familiar as that of the president in the chair. Personally Frank Harvey Miller is a most genial and com panionable gentleman. Intellectual and modest, with kindly greeting and genial smile, he became in quiet way exceed ingiy popular with the delegates. With the excellent record already made for one of his years. his friends confidently ex- pect him to rise to great distinction lin the field of journalism.
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
CAREER OF VoN MIGUEL.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Few men in modern times have had cn- reers as picturesque that of Dr. von Miquel, the former Prussan minister If finance, whose death is just announced. Tn the first place 1t is sufficiently re- markable that the son of a poor French family should rise to the leading place in the cabinet of the German Emperor. in. that Is only the beginning. Won. .Miquel began life as radical Socialist and rev. olutionist. He was one of the Baden rebels of 1s4S and was banished by. the government, only to seel, refuge 1n France and become practically profcs- sional eenspirator., That after such al, experience he should become minister OF finance and the chief agent in putting i,i> to effect the measures directed toward the suppression of the German Socialists is sufficient proof of his wonderful abi- ity In his youth Miquel was rank atheist. He closed his life as member or the Evangelical church. For years he stood next to Bismarck as the most influ- ential man in Germany ana one of thc most powerful in Europe. He fell from the favor of the Kaiser only last May, and his death follows closely his retire ment from public life.
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
THE PRESIDENTS PHYSIQUE.
Erom the Rnston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 There will be general congratulation in the public mind, in view of the danger that has come to the President, from tho reflection that the nation has in him a man who has lived sane life, and has realized from a sound body. He has been temperate in his eating and his drinking, and has done nothing to impair liis phy- sical vigor by eXcesses in either direction Fortunately, also, he has not been a man given to nervous excitement. MciAlnGy Is always thought of as q calm, rational personage, who has not been prone to yield unduly either to irritation or to mental disturpance in any other direc- tiom These traits in his character are much in his favor in the test that Is upon him. He is somewhat past the age or the fullest physical yigor Ii We remember his existence in years. but the tempera- ment and the temperate life that has been it's concomitant render him better adapt ed to resist the effect Of his wounds than many men who are his juniors
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
Who Got the Credit?

q notice," said an Irishman of Syra- cuse, N. Y., yesterday, that the colored brethren are laying claim to much credit for the fact that one of their people took prompt measures to disable the would-be assassin of the President. And think too much emphasis cannot be laid on the value of his services If by his Quickness he prevented Q third shot being fired. But it must be remembered that It was an Irish American, Detective Gallagher, who snatched the pistol from the anarchist and thus effectually prevented further harm Indeed, 1t Is but natural that these two races should jealously guard the ex- ecutive of this great republic. for their joint blood was among the first sacrifices at its birth. When the smoke of the Brit ish rifles cleared away at the Boston mas sacre an Irishman and a negro lay among the Americans slain, and today among the nine immortals of that event whose names are perpotuated In monument on Boston Common are those of Patrick Carr and Crispus Attucks."
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
WIseasset,s oualnt 1.olI. cathsrsr.

Wlscasset's quaint Toll catherer.
 John Budd of wiscasset the oldest and quaintest toll-gatherer in Maine. now has n more singular tale to relate than the story of his life, and just one little chap ter in hls life is strange enough for most people, writes an Auburn (Me.) cor, respondent of the New York Tribune.
 Budd was one of twin brothers. His parents died when he was an infant, and the two little shavers were taken in hand by charitable people. No one family de- sired both of the twins, and so the boys were separated. John Budd was adopted by a French-Canad family and was taken to Canada, and there reared. His brother Thomas was taken into Scotch family in the provinces. and there ar- rived at manhood After they had be- come men the brothers traced. each other out and met, but they required an intef- preter before they could converse. John had lived among French-Canadians all his life and had not then learned to speak English; the brother had a broad Scotch accent that might bother even Yankee ear,
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
Let conuress Act.

newspapers of appear mpractcbe connection with the assassination at Buffalo behind the these Wellington his there bitter factonal touching lacking in humanity Marylands representatives Senate and action of the Maryland Legi and State sovereignty involved
 question: Maryland should be left to consider It. Senator expelled backeyed Senators be expelled and a
 and the Republican general demanding suppression They Republicans day is
 
 trusts themselves of They blame They should while instead The obnoxious 
 all line with Kings President this will but not before The President should meet the people Mckinley has and the should protect him.
 with the to gratify tho such punished them guilty within the the and these miscellaneous anarchists should not be public eye associates of her arrest is arrant non persons the of evidence.
 attack the head the nation exceptional really of czo the nation itself person Make exceptional exceptional the vanity in public trial federal subject The should equipoise now that the life gress should dc it's duty winter.
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
E ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Unnatural Deeds Do breed unnatural troubles.
 --Hamlet.
Cotton Mills North and South.

The Springfield Republican con- ming in the South, although the spin dles in the North are three times more numerous, and were increased in the cotton year just completed to the ex' tent of 100000.
 No doubt, as the Republican shows, we need larger and wider outside mar kets We need freer trade, and if this must come by the reciprocity route, well and good. What we really need is a revenue taril. that will break down the Dingley wal. The other nations are in arms against us, and the idea that we can sell where we do not buy is breaking down. Chinese walls are at sad discount in the world of trade
 Instead of telling the South that it should stop mill building. the Republi- $ can sould urge both sections to build all the mills they can. Both sections should serve notice upon a naked world that in the course of another decade or two all American cotton for export must be taken in the form of yarns-that the entire crop is to be spun at home. The two sections can accomplish this big task inside of twenty years if they will pull togther.
 There is no reason why they should not drive the foreign spinner out of the business. Foreign mills would continue to weave yarns. There is no danger of serious competition in the production of cotton from any source The greater portion of the crop will be raised where it has been grown nearly a century. A pull together, then, will make this country as great in spindles as it is in the production of the raw material. This condition involves the stoppage of foreign spindles, and we are in position to do that very thing provided the North will cooperate with us. Already We spin one-third of the crop All cotton grown west of the Mississippi will by 1910 be consumed at home, and there is no reason why the crop west of the Father of Waters should not also be spun at home, even if it must be woven or otherwise con- sumed abroad. This Is the proper American ambition, and all will soon see that it is feasible. Texas alone proposes to do a share of the work. That great State may yet be full of cotton mills, for a good start was made before cheap fuel was secured.
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
School App propriation Cut Down.

The census of 1890 showed 722,333 children of school age in the State between the ages of 5 and 20. The school census of the State, just com pleted, shows 674,S50 between the ages of and 21. The discrepancy Is not large, and the State school census is perhaps reasonably correct. In two years the number of school children has increased to the extent of 41,304.
 The children of the State between the ages of and 21 number 378,726, and the negro children number 301,- 124. The gains of the two classes run along in nearly even proportions, and each bear proper proportion to the federal population figures.
 The entire State appropriation for schools is this year $966,767, against $955,4 last year. The increase is but S11 300, and there are fl BOA more scholars needing an education than there were two years ago. III other words, the per capita appropriation for public education has been reduced. Each scholar will suffer to the extent of about cents. and this loss will be felt.
 When we add to the State appro- priation the poll taxes amounting to about s155,000. we have a total fund available for public education amount ing to about s1.121,767. When this is apportioned to 674,S50 children, each will receive not quite s1.65. Such an appropriation is manifestly made quate, but still it must be made to do until local taxation can be added, and the care of the schools placed in the hands of the people in each district respectively. instead of the hands of incompetent county superintendents.
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
Tiuht Money Aqain.

Chiefly because the government is in the banking business when no other country is, the people feel the with drawal of money and the locking up of it from month to month. Although taxes have been cut down to the ex. tent of $40,000,000, the government re- ceived last month $6,O00,000 more than it disbursed. This amount was locked up in the government vaults, and this process Is severely felt when money Is needed to move the great crops of the county-to move cotton and wheat.
 The demand on this account Is very large, reaching $16,00O,O00 in the two previous weeks, indicating total need for crop purposes from New York alone of about $100,000,000 This has raised the rate of interest in New York to per cent, and as sterling exchange has gone down, there Is at least a prospect of gold imports.
 
 Secretary Gage recognizes the em. barrassments that grow out of an in flexible and clumsy banking system and he has ordered that about s5,000, 900 more of internal revenue receipts shall be placed in the banks that are Repositories, and yesterday he received bids for the sale to the government of S20,0O0,000 of its own bonds, only the new 2's being excluded. The pur chase at high rates for the sinking fund of its own bonds is not very good policy, but when country has clumsy banking system nothing else is available in pinch of tight money in crop moving times.
 The Treasury Department hopes s25,000,000 will ease the money mar. ket until gold imports come to the rescue. It may do so. The surplus reserve of the New York banks is, however. low. and the crop movement promises to be exceptionally heavy.
 M the country needs is less taxa
 1uA,a alastic banking
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
Cotton In Far East.

A well known politician who has recent ly returned from Washington says
 "A clear-cut and intehigent-loolSln Japanese. MT. A. Yamada, who has been in this country several months buying cotton for big firm of Osaka, Japan, Is now in Washington. MT. Yamada Is now touring the East, but makes his headquarters in Texas, and expects to remain over here two or three years in the interest of his firm.
 Five years ago., declared MT. Yam ada, we were taking but little cotton from the United States, but now we are buying in larger quantities than ever be- cause the cotton we have been getting from India is fit chiefly for coarse yarns. which are exported largely to China and there woven into coarse cloth by the hand looms of that kingdom. We are now weaving some cloth which makes neces- sary a finer staple. and for that reason are buying a great dead of Texas cot ton. We make most of our purchases In that state because the stable Is well suit ed for our purposes and because we can get better freight rates from there than we can from Louisiana, Mississippi, or other Southern states.
 "'Our manufactures do not come into competition at all with the cotton manu- factures of this country, because we make but little cloth, as I have said, and that is of coarse quality. This year our cot ton mills are prospering well. but last year times were rather dull because of the troubles in China, where we dispose of much of our product. Some of the Japanese mills ceased running at night. and some of them stopped a portion of their machinery. Most of them now are running at their full capacity.
 "It is wrong to suppose, as some peo- pie this way seem to do. that Japan is very desirous of war and blood. The truth is that the Japanese want peace. They are very proud of their friendship with the American people and are well aware that Americans opened Japan to commerce. We have now some $500 miles of railroad but mistake was made at the beginning in building much of this as narrow guage. It will cost quite as much to change 1t to standard guage as to build an entirely new road "
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
Stories of f7UIAste Homsc Cy0nks
 .4ud Dulses of Me Doorkee6ey

a great many better men had been taken out of the way. 1 decided to give my own detective work up as bad job, and so re- ported the next morning to the nr,va,.. secretary. who replied that he was mt satisfied to let the matter drop, and would acquaint the secret service with it. This was done.
 "A few days later the secret service man reported that he had investigated the man, had lived several days at his boarding house, and that he had found this mans record and reputation blame- less. He could not be led into a conver- salon, even with the secret service eruis- sary, and had never aired his troubles to the other boarders. In fact, the secret service man brought back q report In his favor that would have admitted him to the St. John's church, which Is the test here of excellent standing. All I could say when this report came in was that I had been giving an accurate account of what he had said to me. cut his &C., quaintance after that long evening, and soon he stopped coming to the White House He did not get back into office, but gradually drlfted away into some other line of work. have always been curious. not only in regard to his f'resi- dent Hayes story, but, also, whether he ever even remotely thought of attacking President Cleveland. Either he did think of 1t, or he was giving me one of the most persistent of bluffs but which 1t was have never been able to make out.
 Nor are such characters very unusual at the White House. The ofT1ce-seeking season always brings to the surface a very considerable number of cranks who have to be disappointed and they do not always take their disappointment with the best of grace. Garfield's assas- sination by a disappointed of1ce-seeRer naturally aroused suspicion in this quar- ter, so that the White House guards have ever since been as cautious as they could be. 1 recall one man, now in an insane asylum, by the way, who address, ed letter to the President under several seals, an envelope within an envelope, each marked personal and for the Pres- ident's eye alone Of course. we opened 1t In the outer rooms, and found that the intense secret which he desired to con vey to the chief executive and to nobody else was that he had discovered a dis position on the part of the secretaries, doorkeepers. etc., to prevent his seeing the President I have come to the con- clusion,' he wrote, after many frustrat- ed efforts, that your doorkecper, Mr. Charles Loeffler. is trying to keep me away from you, and thought you ought to know what was going on in your ante-room.'
 His charge was true, but the Presi- dent sent no response. Incidentally he never saw the letter"
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
Refused to Part With Spoons.

Daunted by the glare In the eyes of the old man. the boys apoioglzed for their nasty words. Then the older said: "Sir my father will pay any price for those old spoons. don't know just how much money I have with me, but will give it to you, every cent. if you will give me those memorials of my grandfather. They can be worth nothing more to you now"
 Let me tell you" replied Budd, that you couldn't bring money enough in a two-horse wagon ito buy one of them. I'm not thief; I'm not trying to make money by stealing. took those spoons as plunder of war, and I'm going to keep 'em You can't buy 'ern and you can tease 'em away No use to try. And If you want to save your spoons that you've got now down there don't you ever de- clare war against the North again. These spoons staying up here In Maine will be a jog to your memory
 And, in spite of all their arguments and protests, the young men were obliged to trudge away without the spoons that belonged to their grandfather,
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
coLLEcE-BRED NEGROES.

From the Boston Globe.
 Tn the course of study of the college bred negro by the fifth Atlantic confer> ence. 1t appears that out of 1872 persons reporting, one-half are teachers, one> sixth preachers. another sixth students and professional men, per cent farmers, artisans, and merchants. and per cent in government service.
 IL seems somewhat regretful that 3i ne- gro colleges should produce so few farm CTS, artisans, merchants and students. That kind Of professional life" takes a bigger hold on the broad concerns of trade. commerce and agriculture, and looks far Into the future
 The scope of the professions is no long, CT confined to preaching and teaching, but covers wide field of technical pursuits which count mere and more for social prominence.
 Some people say that almost anybody can preach and teach school but to be proficient In the great technical arts is far more worth striving for.
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
oriaInaI of ..Mr. pooIey" LII.

While discussing some of the sayings of
 'Mr Doolev' Chicago newspaper man | said yesterday;
 James McGarry, veteran Chicago sa- loon keeper, and one of the best known of
 the city's many quaint characters, Is seri- ously Ill at the county hospital, and the I physicians in attendance are doubtful cf 1 his recovery
 Tt has been several years since Me- Garry was the proprietor of resort in the down town district, and his friends
 had not known of his whereabouts for
 months, but the tidings of his illness l brought scores of sollcitous inquiries to the hospital. Many of his former asso- | ciates visited the institution to offer hlrn 1 aid, which he always has sturdily refused. "The philosophic utterances and epi- | grams of McGarry have made him
 famous throughout the country, and ac- l tors, travelling men, and others who have listened to his witty comments have attempted to repeat his sallies The philosophy of 'Dooley of Archey | road" and his dialogues with his friend "Hennessey," which have made Finley | Peter Dunne noted, were inspired largely | by the criticisms of saloonkeeper Me | Garry on passing local and national events, interlarded with conversations
 with his old time friend John McKenha,
 now deputy sheriff.
 'McGarry was born in Ireland seventy 1 three years ago and came to Chicago
 shortly after attaining his majorlt< He l then started saloon at 12t South Clark street, where he remained until burned out by the fire of 1871. In a few months he resumed business in small base
 ment resort in Dearborn street near
 Madison, where he remained until few years ago.
 Although the saloon was the head quarters of scores of politicians and busi-
 ness men who spent money prodigally.
 MeGarry never attempted to renovate or
 improve the place. The greater part of
 the receipts were quietly bestowed on a
 score of charities and pensioners. Mixed
 drinks were barred while the proprietor
 maintained the night vigil-straight whis-
 ky, ale and beer were the liquids served
 to patrons.
 ''McGarry's wife died nine years ago,
 and for a time after that he lived with
 a relative at Thirty-fifth street and Mich
 igan avenue The saloon was abandoned,
 but resumed again after few years.
 Then McGarry announced his intention of
 quitting the business permanently, and
 soon disappeared from tho old haunts in
 which he was a familiar figure. Until his
 illness he had roomed at 3216 Wabash avenue, from which place he was removed to the County Hospital last week. He has no relatives, and apparently is with
 out funds, but still remains persistent in
 refusing to accept what he considers
 aims from the friends who seek to as- sist him."
The age-herald., 1901-09-13
How the Story Came to Light.

For years John Budd has been the toll satherer at the end of the Wiscasset bridge, the longest in the State of Maine. It is built on trestles and is something over mile long. Whenever Chief Justice Peters, now retired, held court at Wiscas- set each April and October he never ale lowed a day to pass without calling on John Budd at the toll office. The chat of the old man amused the justice very much, for, as the most noted wit and raconteur in Maine, he loves picturesque ness of character more than any other at- tribute He knows intimately every quaint old chap in the State. ,...
 A few days ago Budd was sitting In the sun at the door of hls little booth smok- ing his pipe. Two young men, evidently city boys on pedestrian tour, came across the bridge and stopped to pay their toll. They eased their knapsacks off their shoulders and sat down on bench at the side of the booth for a moments rest. Budd naturally asked them whence they came and whither they were going
 "Our home is in New Orleans" said the older of the young men. we are up here in Maine for the summer"
 II stopped in New Orleans at one time," said Budd.
 When was that7"
 ''when was with General Butler