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The age-herald., 1901-08-20
Lost Ills Hand In Thrasher.

From the Jasper Mountain Eagle.
 Babe Key, a good respected citizen of near Parrish, happened to the misfortune of losing his right hand one day last week. It was torn off by his threshing machine while he was engaged in thresh- ing oats at MT. Dolp Odom's. He made an effort to catch a stick or splinter that was going into the machine and his hand was caught and terribly managled. The physicians were forced to take the hand off just above the wrist.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
HE DID HIS DUTY.

From the Memphis valanche.
 Compliments are being showered upon Sheriff Kyle, of Tuscaloosa. Ala. who stood of mob all by his lone self. He deserves all the praise he Is getting; and yet he did no more than any sheriff could do In like circumstances. if he has the will and the pluck to do his sworn duty The mob is always cowardly, whether the individuals who compose 1t are or not.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
Delegates Greer and Palmer.

Hon. L. F. Greer of Calhoun, a leading delegate in the constitutional convention and one of the most zealous and inf1uen- tial of all the delegates. is at the Florence. and will proceed to Montgomery this morning. MT. Greer Is one of the youngest members of that great body of lawmakers, and is one of the most con scientious and capable He is a man of convictions and has the courage to abide by his convictions.
 Accompanying MT. Greer is the Hon. Dabney Palmer of Washington county who also Is a leading delegate in the con vention. As was stated in Sundays Age Herald, Mir Palmer went to Anniston on Saturday as the guest of MT. Greer. It is hardly necessary to say he was charmed by beautiful and prosperous Anniston. In Mr. Greer he had an ideal host, in an ideal town, which has as many good men to the square as any town in America MT. Palmer is an old Blackbelt man, former citizen of Will cox county, who went down to the Gulf coast to dwell just three years ago. The people down there fell in love with him. and so they sent him to represent them in the constitutional convention. MT. Palmer. by the way, is the honored father of that honored master in the Uni versity of Alabama. Professor T. w. Palmer, who enjoyed the rare distinc- tion of being chosen a professor in the same year he was graduated from the University. That occurred dozen or so years ago. and every boy who has studied fin the University since then holds him in especially high esteem.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
A Stump Story.

From the Alabama Courier.
 A correspondent from Sheffield tells of a sycamore stump in that county that has forty-five stalks of corn growing in 1t and forty-two of them bears well grown ears of corn. The stump is sixteen feet in diameter. Bring in another stump.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
News From HuIIegan.

From the Hullegan Herald.
 Remember the editor went to Bunaio. Please call around and square up.
 Sprintly spraddle is visiting his wife's people in Georgia this week.
 Hullegan has no negroes. but the grandfather clause played the devil with our Georgia inhabitants.
 The big meeting closed out one night this week with showing of three new members. six on probation and ten scratched of the book. This is incourag- ing.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

modern Nimrod and an Isaac Walton) "and hurry to higher ground.
 'eThe old and historic Battle House which next to the old Exchange in Mont gomery Is the most historic hotel in Ala bama, suggested itself to me as place of safety. it being five or six streets up from the river I sought refuge in the diningroom of the Battle House, my gun In my hand. The tide continued to rise, but I stood my ground as best I could, and, remarkable to relate, whilst stood there huge alligator fioated in upon the tide. knew at what point to shoot him, and I did shoot and kill him, there in the diningroom of the Battle House.
 "But ailigators do not frequent salt wa ter" bystander said.
 Certainly not said MT. Moore. ''but that alligator, like myself. got caught by the tidal wAvel''
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
Good Times Coming.
10 creensboro Beacon.

From the Greensboro Beacon.
 Cotton picking time is almost here. Generally by August 15 there is consider able cotton ready for the picker. but the season is late. Soon, however, the gins will hum and Uncle Pompey will sell all his cotton seed and money will circulate once more in the land.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
ruscaIoosa Dispensers Salary.

From the Tuscaloosa Times.
 A question of considerable interest on the streets is that of the salary which is to be paid the dispenser. This as yet. has not been fixed. It lies with the Board of Mayor and Aldermen as to the amount the dispenser shall receive and it is thought by some that it should be fixed before the candidates are nominated Then they would or would not make applications for the position, according to the reward the dispenser receives for his services.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
WITH THE EDITORS OF
 THE STATE PRESS
BrIdae Work Progressing.

From the Selma Journal.
 Work is progressing rapidly on putting down the outside lining around the cofer- dam at the L. and N. bridge AS soon as the lining is completed concrete will be put in and the dam will then be water tight.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
A Town That Objected to Railroad.

Tn these days of wild desire for new railroads, wish that is not likely, in most instances, to be granted for many years to come, because capital in the East says we have railroads enough, it is interesting to note that there is one community in all America that never wished a railroad" said Hon. William l.. Clay of Huntsville yesterday.
 When the Memphis and Charleston Railroad was planned for, the proposition was that the line be built through Moores- vile. an aristocratic community of Madi- son county that is known to all Ala bamians, in a way.
 The people of Mooresville. the select and exclusive few of the old Southern aristocracy objected most strenuously to the railroad.
 'They-those aristocratic families-de- clared that they were willing to pay money to keep the railroad from being built through Mooresyille. saying that the railroad would bring tramps and mos- quitoes to that Arcadian village.
 Never, in the memory of the oldest in- habitant, had a mosquito been heard or a tramp seen In that calm, peaceful and sweet villege of Madison, the county the Walkers and the Clays come from. and the gentle folk there were of opinion that the proposed railroad would bring both nuisances. So, holding to this view, they gave s20 900 to the Memphis and Charles ton Railroad Company not to run the line through their community. Tn con- sequence of this money. paid in cold cash, that railroad passes Mooresville mile awayi
 Now there are no tramps and no mos quitos in Mooresville-aristocra Mooresville. where the Moores have dwelt for generations"
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The attention of the Sultan of Jolo- our own dear Sultan-is respectfully called to the divorce laws of Florida, which can be amended to suit any case.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Tickets over the Panama Railroad now include views of South American revolution, which is as harmless as a French duel
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Chicago's Chatfield- -Chatfield Taylor has rival of no mean proportions in General Uribe- Uribe of South America. Chicago's laurels are fading.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
ORNAMENTAL,

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Teiegraph
 Rare Admiral Bob Evans is not saying anything, but it is reasonable to suppose that he is doing lot of ornamental thinking.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The mountains of Colorado and the mountaineers are resuming business at the old stand now that Roosevelt has departed.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Son Ridgely is billed for the place that Controller Dawes holds. He Is Senator Cullom's son by marriage. Any kind of son goes" in this admin istration.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The Dingley vandals are cheering each other up in the face of an Euro pean alliance. They tell each other it Is not much of shower.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The board of strategy is bestirring itself in Washington. It will fight its last battle before the court of inquiry.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
Important Meeting at Huntsville.

From the Florence Herald.
 The annual meeting of the Tennessee River Improvement Association will be held in Huntsville during the first part of October: This will be perhaps the most
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The mills started by non-union labor in the steel strike are not started enough to hurt the cause of the strfk-
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Rural mail carriers are to distribute forecasts and reap indignation along their routes.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The more the talent look at sham rock II the less inclined are they to bet against her.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Two German warships in the Carib- bean sea do not mean war or a repeal of the Monroe doctrine.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The dead Crispi Is honored where the living Crispi got not a word of sym pathy or respect.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

important meeting yet held by the asso- citation. Congressman Bankhead, a mem Der of the rivers and harbors committee of the house. has been invited to be present and has indicated that he will come if possible. Major Knight, who is in charge of the government works on the river, has commenced an appropria- tion of nearly million dollars for the improvement of Colbert Shoals canal. and the river association will bring all the influences at its command to bear up- on Congress for the favorable reception of Major Knights report.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The South --as surplus rains that she would like to bargain away or at least to evade.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Sampson will not be present at the court of inquiry. The habit of absence from trouble is chronic in his case.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

over large numbers of government troops. Once when a few of the men under his command mutined Uribe shot the leader with his own hand and re- duced the others to submission In a few minutes.
 Finally he was captured and thrown into prison When he was brought to trial his defence was so logical and eloquent that he was acquitted without a moments hesitation.
 In the latter part of 1899 another insur- rection broke out, at the head of which Uribe promptly placed himself. During this struggle, which has been almost con- tinuous ever since. Uribe performed many feats of daring and heroism. On one oc- casion the rebel army lay on one side of a stream facing a greater force of the enemy. A narrow bridge formed the only passageway over the deep river, Uribe finally announced that at a certain hour he personally, with the first ten volun- teers would cross that bridge and lead q charge on the unsuspecting enemy. The first volunteer was a negro sergeant, whom Uribe took by the hand, and, lead ing him out before his army, cried out: Soldiers, this is Sergeant Zuleta, who will cross the bridge, hand in hand, with me. I now name him captain for his bravery"
 Forthwith the whole rebel army volun- teered. and when the time came the gem eral and the negro sergeant led what proved to be successful charge.
 During his stay in the United States General Uribe-Uribe was anxious to ex- plain what led him to take up arms against the government of his native land. He declared that personal ambi- ton had nothing to do with 1t. On the contrary. he declared he was fighting for the oppressed people of Colombia.
 The present government, he declareds has so mismanaged the finances of the republic that 1t takes $22 in Colombia cur rency to buy a s1 United States bill He is fighting, too, the Roman Catholic church, or at least it's methods of admin istration in Colombia.
 He declares that the church collects in taxes more than the national govern ment itself and that 1t Is so oppressive in It's demands that in the last fifteen years 1t has forced 13O,0OO people to leave Colombia and seek homes elsewhere. It has suppressed free speech and free press, forces the courts to decide in its favor in every case and refuses to es- tablish secular schools. It discourages the building of railroads or the opening of mines, and has no idea of keeping any of the many promises of reform which 1t has been forced to make. It is corrupt. vicious, oppressive, and tyranical. It isi managed in the interest of a few greedy politicians and priests.
 In answer the friends of the present government enter general denial They say that the frequent revolutions have been the cause of the depreciation of the currency and they declare Uribe to be fraud and an ally of Dictator Castro, of Venezuela, whose idea 1t is to combine Equador, Venezuela, and C, )ombia into one government, with himself at the head as Emperor
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The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Chicago is trying to explain away it's freak professors.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The Schley loop was better than the Sampson sneak at any rate.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
MT. TomIinson Returns.

Hon. John w. Tomlinson returned to Birmingham yesterday after his summer vacation. MT Tomlinson and Mrs Tom linson visited friends In Newport and Mar ragansett Pier. and Hooked in'' upon the fair at Buffalo. after which they pro- ceeded to Tate Springs the famous re- sort owned by MT. Tomlinson's father.
 Mrs. Tomlinson and her children will remain at Tate until September. During the absence of the family, the residence at Highland avenue and Twentieth street hos been kept by MT. James Belden, the immediate representative of MT. Don H. Bacon of the Tennessee company.
 MT. Tomlinson was asked to state his views of national politics of the moment. and he declined, saying: There is no na- tionol politics of the moment"
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Mark and Teddy are nursing their respective Dooms.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The mosquito is py no means an ex- tinct species.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
About Persons.

M. G. Field of Baltimore is at the Nor ris.
 NJ M. Avery of Greensboro Is at the Florence.
 W. S. Lawless of Memphis Is at the Metropolitan.
 z, w W. 1,ss,s Iysy and Mrs. Ivey of Marion are J. D. Elliott of Hickory, N. C., is at the Metropolitan.
 Colonel B. M billiard of Tupelo. Miss, Is at the Florence.
 D. W. Matthews of Hot Springs, Ark, is at the Metropolitan
 L. A. Carter, noted business man of Nashville. is at the Florence.
 Henry Ullman and Morris M Hagedorn of Cincinnati are at the Morris.
 B. M. Settle, representative man of Owensboro. Ky, is at the Florence
 
 Mrs William Lancaster, the wife of Judge Lancaster of Wetumpka. is at the Metropolitan.
 Governor William Dorsey Je1ks passed through Birmingham yesterday on his way from Blount Springs to Montgomery. Col. w. R. Hilliard, a universally popu- lar travelling salesman of Knoxville, whom everybody knows as Bob" Hfl- Hard, is at the Morris.
 Eugene Northington of New Orleans, second son of Hon. William T. Northing- ton of Prattville. and young man of conspicuous business. ability and charm of manner. is at the Morris.
 Former Congressman William A. Hand- ley of Roanoke. delegate in the Consti- tutional Convention. Is at the Metropoli- tan. which he owns, and therefore he owns one of the most valuable properties in Alabama.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

The voice of the asphalt trust is for war in Venezuela.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Web. Davis and the book critics will soon meet, but Web. will hold his loot.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Our hurricane was but a mosquito disturber.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Professor Triggs attacks the dead only.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20
IHr ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA

Some lnnooents 'soape not the thunder. bolt.
 Antony and Cleopatra.
The age-herald., 1901-08-20

Two German warshipa in the Carib- bean sea do not mean war or a repeal of the Monroe doctrine.
 
 The dead Crispl Is honored where the living Crispi got not word of sym pathy or respect.
 Rural mail carriers are to distribute forecasts and reap indignation along their routes.
 The more the talent look at sham rock II the less inclined are they to bet against her.
 The South --as surplus rains that she would like to bargain away or at least to evade.
 Web. Davis and the book critics will soon meet, but Web. will hold his loot.
  The Schley loop was better than the Sampson sneak at any rate. The voice of the asphalt trust is for war in Venezuela. Mark and Teddy are nursing their respective Dooms. Chicago is trying to explain away it's freak professors.
 -----~---- The mosquito is uy no means an ex. tinct species. Our hurricane was but a mosquito disturber.
 Professor Triggs attacks the dead only.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-08
Fashion would sufrer.

The leading idea of reform in wom-
ans dress is that every garment ought
to fit according to the natural lines Of
the figure without any impeachment,
without pinching or exclusion Of free
air that is supposed to penetrate as
freely as possible through the clothing.
am afraid that elegance will be the
sufferer for some time to come, for the
medical celebrities, who are thinking
only of the practical side and wishing
10 give relief to their patients suffer.
ing through their mode Of dressing,
leave it to those whose profession it is
to think how to introduce their planned
reforms into practical use. Yet this
form Of suffering of elegance viii only
wear so long as fashion ignores those
reformatory views If the leaders of
fashion would take the reform of wom-
ans dress in hand and go in boldly for
ii, breaking with the traditions of high
collars and pinched waists, Louis
Quinze heels, wells, etc, the dawn of
the reformed woman's dress would
quickly come, the scale would turn in
accordance, and the fashion of today
would be scorned by those who are
now its warmest followers and ador-
ers.-Princess Ysenburg in North Amer
lean Review.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-08
MEMoRYs FRANKS.
why Do We Remember Certain
Things and Forget Otherss

why Do We Remember Certain
Things and Forget Otherss
The vagaries of memory are some of
the most interesting of those connected
with the human mind and body. Why
do we forget certain things and re-
member others? Myriads of these IT.
regularities are as yet unaccounted
for. Perhaps not even the cleverest
metaphysician will ever account for
them.
Professor James reminds us how
something which we have tried in vain
to recall will afterward, when we have
given up the attempt 'saunter into
the mind" as Emerson says, as limo
Gently as IL it had never been sum.
moned.
Again, bygone experiences will revive
after years of oblivion, often as the
result of some cerebral disease or acct
dent
Such case is the one quoted by
Coleridge of a young woman in Ger
many who could neither read nor write,
but who was said to be possessed of a
devil because, in fever, she was heard
raying in Latin, Greek and in an OBJ
scure rabbinical dialect Of Hebrew.
Whole pages of her talk were written
down and were found to consist of
sentences ineligible in themselves, but
not having the slightest connection
with one another. To say that she was
possessed of devil was the easiest
way of accounting for the matter.
At last the mystery was cleared up
by a physician, who traced back the
girls history until he learned that at
the age of nine she was taken to live
at the house of an old pastor, great
Hebrew scholar, and that she remain
ed there until the pastors death. 1t
had been for years the old mans Gus
tom to walk up and down passage
near the kitchen and read to himself
in loud voice.
His books were examined, and among
them many of the passages taken down
at the young woman's bedside were
identified. The theory Of demoniacal
possession was abandoned. Youths
Companion.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-08
inst Eishin,.
von fishino for nlaasura

"Are you fishing for pleasure, SON
N.Y."
NAV I'm a-fishin ter see if dere's
any fish in dis pondr' = New York
World
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-08
FOOTBALL AND EDUCATION.

The Wild young man Of Borneo has come back 70
He isn't keen culture; ne isn't stuck onlknowl-
edge.
Book .ologies' and '1snsT are built, he knows,
to cramp us.
So elects the football course and takes it on the
campus.
He isn't long on intellect; he's rather short in
But he's perfect wonder on tackles kicks and
passes.
For Grecian roots in musty tones he doesn't go
a-hunting,
He doesn't like professors, mere bookworms and
He has special trainer and gets his lore from
coaches;
He takes that coach's word for law and even beeds
conjeetures
And when the coach yells "Hold the balllg it's
Just as good as lectures.
His cap and gown are on the wall, his books be-
meath the table;
To serve football and learning the wild man isn't
able.
Shin pads, nose guards, spiked shoes and such
like gearing,
These are his academicals, in aspect far from
cheering.
With him the pallid cast Of thought is not the
proper fashion;
Black eyes and broken noses and hair a la Cir
cassian
A FIJI, chrysanthemum a bogy man, savage
And the earth looks on and trembles when he be-
gins to ravage.
For midnight oil he has, fear, most ignomini-
A balm for kicks and cuffs and knocks, a lniment
for bruises,
He knows thing or two about reducing luxa-
ton,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-08

A law recently put into effect In Nor
way compels the young lady before
she marries to present certificate to
the authorities showing that she can
cook, sew, knit and embroider. This
ought to insure the getting OF good
housekeeper when a fellow marries In
that country, but it Is an unfair ar
rangement in that nothing is required
In the man.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-08
PIoNEER HospITALrrY.

Pioneer days were essentially the
days Of a most generous and unpre-
tentious hospitality among all the
country folk Complaint is now made
that with better homes. more wealth,
more independence and more style,
this old fashioned hospitality has most
ly disappeared. We recall with pleas
ure the social customs of forty years
ago on the frontier The visit to the
neighbours lasted two or three days;
bedding was taken along and a good
supply of good things to eat, so that the
burden of entertainment should be
There were good fellow
ship and kind neighborly feeling in
those days which we think are mostly
gone, and their decadence was marked
by the getting of horse team and an
sld buggy by one Of the neighbors
While we all used nothing but oxen for
work GU the farms and for travel.