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The age-herald., 1901-05-05
THE MURMUR OF THE WORLD.

All places that the eye of heaven visits, Are to wise man ports and happy
 havens:
 Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity Think not the king did banish thee: But thou, the king. Woe doth the heav-
 fer sit,
 Go say--I sent thee forth to purchase And not-the king exiled thee; or sup
 pose
 Devouring pestilence hangs in our air, And thou art flying to a fresher cline, Look. what thy soul holds dear, imagine
 1t To lie that way thou gost not whence
 thou com'st:
 Suppose the singing birds. musicians; The grass whereon thou tread st the
 presence strew'd:
 The flowers, fair ladies; and thy steps no
 more
 Than a delightful measure of dance: For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
 The man that mocks at 1t, and sets 1t
 light
 It was the most beautiful thing in the wide world, my beloved.
 Youth was dancing in wide-eyed joy and in that glad abandon of superlative hap piness that waits upon the noble decorum of well-bred maidens and perfectly trained youngsters who with proud spirits make for manhood. It was the most beautiful dance that ever was danced or sung or said: it's measures were the most inspiritng that ever caused the jaded senses of a care- worn man to reel or gave to him hope of an afterwhile of his own and with his own.
 The most beautiful and most gracious little gentlewomen in the world were there, swinging and swaying and laugh ing through the dance with the manifest and most graceful of all youths that make for manhood upon the earth. Yet that which was most beautiful about 1t all was the radiant presence of three nobly beautiful mothers-even SO. the mothers of the Three Graces. the fair young creatures who were divine in the dance.
 The light of pride and joy in the glad eyes of those beautiful mothers of the most beautiful maidens who ever kissed their fingers to moon or stars was inspi- ration to happiness and noble purposes.
 For in the wide world there is nothing else quite so nobly beautiful as moth CTS joy and pride in her young daughter, respelndent recreation of herself. faring forward to be loved and in time to be welded arousing in the mothers heart a sense of jealousy that even her pride in the saintly child of her own bosom is not strong enough to subdue.
 So last night the Three Graces and many superlatively lovely maidens hur- ried through the measures of the most dreamful dance that ever giaddened this valley, and man tarrying there to adore and to bless thought the three mothers the most beautiful of all. No man can hold fire in his hand by thinking lon the frosty Caucasus" There is no wise man. none that accepts the de- crees of heaven, who may not find some measure of peace in the shadow of the
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
PAPERS SERVED IN A BOUQUET.

PAPERS SERVED IN A BOUQUET. New York Letter in the Chicago Inter
 Ocean. sa '
 A large bouquet of American beauty roses was thrown over the footlights of a Bowery theater last night and struck "vic" Brinkley, one of the Bohemian Burlesquers," full in the chest. The ac- tress bowed and smiled, and stage sleuth gave the flowers a gentle kick to- ward the orchestra. A man in the wings performers not to touch the roses. The roses were a gift the last one from Rob ert c. Brinkley to his wife. The paper wrapped around the stems was the type written complaint in an action for divorce against Mrs. Veturia H. Brinkley. The well-dressed stranger who threw the roses was a process server.
 This romance began fourteen years ago. when Brinkley met pretty veturia Harrison in Florence, Ala. Brinkley was from Memphis. He was of good family and was worth s20o.0O0. veturia was SIS years old, an only child, and the god- daughter of Gen. Joe Wheeler. Brinkley proposed marriage within a week. Her parents objected, and the young couple eloped to St. Louis. After the honey moon they went to California. Brinkley bought an orange grove and they lived happily for six years. Then Mrs Brink ley, with her three children, came to this city. Four years ago Mrs. Brinkley be- came a member of Manager Rice's "Evangeline'' company at Manhattan Beach, Brinkley objected, but to no pur- pose. A year later she went with "The Wirl of the Town" company, and then the final separation came. The two eldest children were sent to boarding school at Asbury Park. Mrs. Brinkley took the baby, Robert c. Jr., and went her way.
 Mrs. Brinkley eyed the flowers suspic- iously. What she said or did later when the curtain fell and the flowers were picked up and handed to her may be told in court
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
Simple Operation.
From the Mobile Herald.

From the Mobile Herald.
 Another man threatened with death by cancer of the stomach has had that i'm portant organ of he body removed and survived the operation, with fair pros poets of recovery. According to the de- scription in medical terms 1t was very simple. The separation was made at the bottom of the oesophagus and again at the top of the jejunum. The organ was then removed with the dueodenum, the jejunum drawn up and attached to the oesophagus and the cavity sewed up. All very neat and simple and must have been highly enjoyable.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
Wall street is too prosperous.
OIL ON JOE 1AlLEY,s FARM.

Gainesville CTex.) Telegram to the St.
 Louis Globe Democrat.
 On the farm of Senator Joseph w.. Bailey, situated three miles west of Gainesville traces of oil have been found. In fact, the oil is now oozing and forming a heavy scum on the creek. In dozens of places there are tiny rivulets of oil found, indicating that the immense field is in close, proximity and waiting for the drill to release 1t. Parties in this city tried to secure lease of either all or part of the land, but were refused.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
Must Show Its Good Things.
From the centerville Press.

From the Centerville Press.
 Alabama Is to be represented at the Buffalo Exposition. This is as 1t should be- state has got to get up and show the world what she has to offer the eapi- talist and home-seeker, as we'll as the merchant. Commissioner Pool is work ing with will to make the exhibit creditable one, and will be present In per son with several able assistants for the purpose of advertising the numerous good things in Alabama.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
Senator Pettus.
From the Marion Standard.

From the Marion Standard.
 Among the attendants upon Circuit Court this week is noticed the familiar figure of Senator E. W. Pettus. Senator Pettus has been practlcing at this bar for nearly a half century and Is person. ally known to all. He is in the best of health-in fact, 1t is common remark that he looks as well and his step is as elastic as twenty years ago. He Is a grand old man, typical American, a learned statesman, a true southerner and an unf1inching and unswerving Demo- crat None but Morgan can claim as warm a place in the hearts of this people as Pettus. and 1t is the wish of all that these two giant pillars of Alabama Democracy may live many years yet to lend honor and reputation not only to Alabama and the south, but to the entire country.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

MT. W. A. Given of Gurley, Ala, has announced himself candidate for Secretary of State MT. Given is a prominent druggist of Gurley, and is recognized as one of the. best men of North Alabama.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy has issued a bull against the germ theory of dis ease. The theory in question IS needed in her business.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

When Mr Mckinley said that max inns are not so important as markets, he should have added that one price for the foreign buyer and a different one for the domestic buyer is neither honest nor good policy.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
WITH THE EDITORS OF
 THE STATE PRESS
Twelve Acres of Wheat.

From the Shelby Chronicle.
 D. A. Saxon brought 10 our office fMon- day several stalks of blue-stem wheat of good height ana full headed He has 12 acres of 1t and this was an average sam pie. He holds the key to success and will. in future no doubt give more attention to grain and less to. cotton.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

David Bennett Hill and William Jen- nipgs Bryan are paired against 1904. The pair should remain good until one of them shows that he can carry his own State.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

The asphalt trust has decided to try moral suasion, and to excuse the ad- ministration at present from plunging the country into war.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Webster Davis has not yet selected the side he will vote for in 1904. His book has absorbed much of his time and his publishers capital.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

The kiss-less college professor Is try ing to shirk out of his original position. He should name the correspondent as a guarantee of his new position.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

The McLaurin Republican party should open recruiting office, for four men are not enough to make party.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Summer and the Ironmakers are like Chauncey Depew in one respect-all things are coming their way.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Strangely enough the military den- tist is to wear bar of silver, instead of gold or amalgam.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

The President escaped the Memphis train robbers, but he is still in the rob. Der belt.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Get health by getting out of doors in other words, join the rooters on the bleachers.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Slaves are 25 cents apiece in Beau mont, thus establishing it's place among boom towns.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Odell and hill propose to divide the Presidential nominations next time between them.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Professor Crook declines to break the deadlock by rushing out and kiss ing Chicago girl
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Secretary Root runs the machine and Philander Knox undoes the tangles in this Presidential interregnum.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Jim Callahan is now a national fig ure as we'll as MT. Grove.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Populist Funston practically ended the Philippine war after all
The age-herald., 1901-05-05
rHf onlY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
march to wakes and fairs and mar ket towns. Poor Tom, thy horn Is dry.
 s Leah.
Poll Taxes and Property Holdings.

There Is white majority. in this State, very considerable majority in the State as a whole, and the poll-tax plan by which Georgia controls and regulates her negro vote may be a practicable means here of suffrage reg ulation. If the prepayment of poll tax or of a property tax can be made to answer-can be utilized, in other words, to keep the voting within the better intelligence of the State, a very difficult problem will be solved with out involving doubtful constitutional questions, or without involving fric- tion on the part of anybody because of exclusion from the ballot. For man who contributes nothing to the support of the State. not even poll tax, should not have voice and vote in the man. agement and control of the State. There is nothing plutocratic in de- manding that voter shall be at least a poll-tax payer. A poll-tax Is the min smum of support of State, and the n;yQteE should belong to the supporters
 late, and not to it's drones. !
 n0Hlent of poll tax should
 . It should G6e paid
 as it is ip<f Mississippi in D'sss tsRss ass''s'S'sn sy sausss. sss'1' MT. Addicks does in Delaware, and as . is done in Pennsylvania and in other States. The prepayment is valuable feature of the poll-tax plan.
 The tax basis of voting is very valu- able in other respects, for it encour- ages all to become property holders, blacks as well as whites. Georgia finds the plan a good one, and she shows no { disposition to change to any other plan. ; As the plan is in force in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts no outcry against it could be raised, no friction invited, and no demand for less representation in Congress or in the electoral college carried out.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Nearly everybody will soon want to be put off at Buffalo.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

The Pan-American Exposition is only half open today.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

Suicide and smallpox now affect the country.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

D. A. Fitch and J. c. Little are the only authorised travelling representatives of The Ass-Herald in its circulating depart ment.
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

"Even as little child she sought to do good" said man who stood at the cross ing of the streets as a procession passed by on its way to the. resting place of the unanswering ones who have paid natures last obligation. It was a noble tribute to
The age-herald., 1901-05-05

No man can hold a fire in his hand by thinking lon the frosty Caucasus" There is no wise man. none that accepts the de- crees of heaven, who may not find some measure of peace in the 4shadow of the
The sun., 1901-08-29

apartment house whirl away to the
summer gardens for an ice and
breath of air. But the girl who owns
set of steps in fee simple or by lease
murmurs mo" to the invitation of
her caller, drops down on the steps
beside him when he has finished
squeezing the lemons and huns the
honeysuckle song while he is hunting
for the right quotation. After that it
depends on the size of his salary
whether they wait a month or a year.
Crafty bachelors who know of the
porch party seek the chairs on the
landing, for the man who takes to the
steps is lost. Bores and ineligibles
swallow their root beer in the maui
soleum of the back parlor. An invita-
tion to sit on the steps is equivalent
to a rating in the family Rradstreet,
and the young man who draws the
golf cushion ranks with the double
AS. Confirmed cynics rail at the
groups in the shadows, chanting
"Spoon, spoon. spoon" to certain
popular air as they drift down the
street. But both Romeo of Halsted
street and Romeo of Drexel boulevard
catch the same disease, and Minnie
O'Connor and Miss Vivian are one in
the knowledge that the porch party
wins a solitaire every time.
The sun., 1901-08-29


& storm or A mood or IandsIip may knock
your line all to bits just as you've got It
laid, YOU have to do your work carefully,
I can tell you. One morning woke up and
found that the river had washed away a
new embankment that I'd got nicely fin
ished only the evening before, and there
were the rails, sleepers and all, hanging
down over the bank into the water Just
like watch chain.
"But the workmen themselves were the
greatest bother of all. Like all native la
borers, they would do everything their own
way. talk as | might. Their only idea OF
moving the earth and stones was to carry
them in baskets upon their heads, and When
I served EN- out wheelbarrows instead, they
carried them on their heads, too.
"At last we came to bridging one of those
troublesome gullies, which are bone-dry
one month and 80 feet deep in water the
next. Building the bridge was quite match
against time, for the rains were close at
hand, and | and my overseer-a big
sGeordie' from Newcastleon-Tyne, who
was the only white man in the place except
myself-had our hands full, assure you.
"Now, should tell you that down IN the
hollow Of the gully just below where the
center span of the bridge was to be. there
Law a great fiat slab of black rock, with I
small pool of water in the middle OF it.
was standing there one day watching the
panp-my overseer and nine OF his men-at
work on the bridge above me, when all at
once | saw one of the girders begin to
shake!
II tried to shout out to them, but my
voice seemed choked, and in a moment all
was over One end tilted up, the other
dropped, and down came all the ten men
together, smash, upon the hard rock, close
to where was standing. Ugh! idont like
to think of it even now.
sFor a moment felt as if every limb
had was paralyzed, and then | sprang for
ward, shouting like madman.
II saw at the first glance that two of the
moor fellows were past help; they had been
killed stone.dead on the spot. Seven more
Law fearfully mangled, writhing and groan
inc piteously, but the overseer, to my utter
amazement, stirred suddenly, scrambled to
his feet and walked up the bank without
assistance!
"Whether il was the bodies of his com
rades or the pool of water that broke his
fan, it was the most wonderful escape ever
saw, for the height--as we measured it aft
erward-was over "a feet"
There was silence as Mr.. Knox ended
and then the skeptical lieutenant--who wa'
evidently as little inclined to accept thi'
story as the other-broke in, sneeringly:
III suppose that overseer is still alive ant
well. like Capt. Knighthead's fragmentary
sailor?"
"You can ask him, if you like, for here
he sits" answered Knox, dryly, as he point
ed to his neighbor, Mr. Naylor.
"Weel," said the latter. with a broad
grin, Tse warrant can do good day,
work yet, though yon tumble shook me
bit. Tell-ee what, young mon, thee munnot
ca things impossible cause thee Gamma dc
'em thysel', for if | could do a that thee
Gamma I'd be the cleverest mon aboovs
ground"
sIncredible as this story may sound, 1t Is
| perfectly true. The sailor belonged to an
English steamer In which l made my hrst
voyage to India.-D. *.
The sun., 1901-08-29
POPULAR IN CHICAGO.
Porch Parties of Two which Invar-
iabIy Lead to Loye-Mnking ana
Eventually to the Altar,
"Oh, Jack!"

"Oh, Jack!"
That is all the neighbors hear of
the porch party-Chicago's newest,
dearest summer fad. What they see
of it is what the moon chooses to re-
veal, plus the line of carriages and
the strip Of carpet to the curb.
From Gross Point to the Indiana
line the front porches of the city, SAYS
the Chicago American, are proving so
many approaches to the altar of Love.
Cushions, a rug or two, the tardy
moonlight streaming down over the
houses opposite-these are the set
ting and the properties of the comedy.
Maidens whose lot is cast in a fiat or
The sun., 1901-08-29
er-> $50 4ai-.-------
New York's Great Bridge.

New York expects that within six
years 100000 bridge will be COM
pleted across the North river for the
use of all railways centering at Jer-
sey City. II took 16 years to build
the first brooklyn bridge, but inn
mensely larger suspension bridges
can now be constructed in one-third
the time.
The sun., 1901-08-29
Rore Treat Tor HI. Nibs.

The Cannibal Ghief You say yo'
are going to give heN . batter puddin
to-day, for dinnelS
The Gambia Chez -Yet. your excel
lency. We found a NranSsd baseball
nine near by, yesteIfay. ynnkers
Statesman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-02-13
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The proprie-
tors of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
CONSUMPTION, Coughs and Colds have
given away over ten million trial bot
ties of this great medicine and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has abso-
lutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, bronchitis, hOarseness
aud all diseases of the throat, chest
and lungs are surely cured by it. Call
on Dawson Drug Co. and get a free
trial bottle. Regular size soc. and 81.
Every bottle guaranteed, or price re-
funded.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-02-13
This Father Doesn't Fear Kidnappers.

A st. Louis father the other day re-
ceived letter from a would-be-kid
napper warning him that unless he
planked down certain sum of money
his son, aged nineteen, would be kid
mapped and no one would never know
what ha6 become of him. The young
chap, the proposed victim, is some
thing of an athlete. When the father
read the letter he smiled. Then he
went out and bought "a "pistol and
handed it to his son with the letter.
and inserted notice in the papers
saying that not only did he refuse to
comply with the terms of the demand
upon him, but would give $500 to any
kidnapper who would attemp to lay
hands upon his son.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-02-13
To Be Prepared

for war is the surest way for this ma
ton to maintain peace. That is the
opinion of the wisest statesmen. 1t is
equally true that to be prepared for
spring is the best way to avoid the
peculiar dangers of the season. This
is lesson multitudes are learning,
and at this time, when the blood is
sure to be loaded with impurities and
to be weak and sluggish, the millions
begin to take Hoods Sarsaparilla
which purifies, enriches and vitalizes
the blood, expels all diseased germs,
creates a good appetite, gives strength
and energy and puts the whole system
In a healthy condition, preventing
pneumonia, fevers and other danger
Gus diseases which are liable to attack
a weakened system.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-02-13
A NOVEL PLEA.
4 Negro Murderer'S Attorneys
Saw Their Client Is Too Val
liable to Hang.

Wash Jones, big brawny negro,
was sentenced to be hanged in Missis-
sippi few days ago for numbering a
woman of his own race. His attorneys
have appealed the case, and, according
to Jackson dispatch, will advance
the following argument in the hope
of securing clemency: mississippi
should discourage the hanging OF
strong young negroes-they make
good farm hands. Jones is about thir-
ty years of age, and is good to live
twenty more. If sent to the penltentl-
airy he will be put to work on the state
farms ana will make ten bales of cot
ton a year, which atpresent prices,
would be worth about $500. In twenty
wears he would make the state $4,000
worth of cotton aesily." 1t will be in
teresting to learn the result OF this
novel objection to capital punishment
which might be fittingly termed the
commercial argument.-Macon Tel
egraph.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-02-13
BAD SCHOOL BOOKS BURNED
FORSYTH iClTIzENs MAKE BONDFlRE
OF A PARTISAN HISTORY.
After Appropriate Speeches a Connect
cut Man Furnished Match TO
Start the Blaze.

ON a nile of boxes ten feet high a
coffin was placed and the entlre plle
was burned last Wednesday night at
FORSYTH, Ca, in the presence OF sew
veral hundred leading citizens, lnclud-
ing ladies and gentlemen, old and
young.
In the coffin was a copy of the nisto-
nv Of the United States issued by the
Collier Company of New York, under
the authorship of of Edward S. Ellis.
Before the match was applied appro-
nriate addresses were made by Messrs.
Julian Williamson, w. D. Stone, Z. ..
Goodwin and T. NJ. Dorest.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman Hit in front of the Hotel
Marie. and Judge Williamson was In
PRODUCED as the speaker OF the occa-
sion. Around him on the street were
gathered the audience.
The speakers declared that the OBJ
iectionable feature of the history was
in the fact that it referred to the con-
faderate veterans as ''rebels, and to
the confederate cause as rebelnoh
and instruction. Each speaker took
the position that the cause for whlch
the confederate veterans fought need
ed no defense, but it was right for the
sons of confederates to show their in
dionation at such uncalled for terms
when applied to the south
Nothing was said against the people
OF the north, but all of the wrath OF
the occasion was directed against the
historian.
After the speaking confederate vet
Grams gathered around the coffin and
bore it to the funeral pile, where son
of a veteran, President Carl Thompson,
of the Banks-SteVens Institute, made
a few remarks, and taking from the
hands of Mr.. j, w. Ford of Connectl-
cnt a match, furnished by Mr.. Ford for
the occasion, applied the blaze that
consumed the book. and there II the
twilight all stood solemnly with barred
heads. There were.nO jests and no mer-
riment. The match that had been used
WAS preserved to be framed and KEPT
alonG with relics from Jefferson Davis
nome
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1901-02-13
Arrested the King,

The king is not above the law in
Belgium, it seems. King Leopold was
the other day arrested in Brussels for
speeding his automobile faster than
the law allows and knocking down an
old man. 1t chances that the victim
of the accident is possessed of money,
and has instituted a suit for damages
against the king. The king has got
the better of the courtn one respect, is
however; that is if h ! should be con-
victed he could pardon himself.