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The age-herald., 1901-07-13
THE CIVIL WAR IN FICTION.

From the Boston Herald.
 The Springfield Republican thinks that the reading public Is likely to tire of novels the scene of which is laid in the Civil war. The success of MT Winston Churchill's "The Crisis doesn't look like it. That appears to be the most popular novel of the day, and we are inclined to think that It's favor comes from its theme as much as from It's treatment. for 1t is a clever rather than a great story. The Civil war, In connection with the condi- tions that led up to it, and perhaps, also, those that immediately followed it, is as inspiring a theme as any novel writer could desire, and the long hoped for great American novel; will grow out of 1t, if it comes at all in this generation. In the mean time good novel which places It's plot here will have a decided ad- vantage over one that dwells upon a period more remote or less dramatic.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
Desolation In Kansas.

"Kansas, like Western Texas, is burning up," continued MT. Browne. 'The corn crop is practically destroyed. All through that State the corn has turned yellow and is actually being parched crisp in the fields, and the grass, like Western Texas grass, is dead and brown and dry, parched by the fierce heat of the sun.
 "The press dispatches scarcely give the public an adequate conception of the ter rible heat of the sun and the frightful hot winds sweeping over Kansas and killing vegetation, making an apparently endless scene of desolation where a few weeks ago there were immense territories of dark-green, rich and promising crops. The black dust everywhere Is indiscrib- ably horrible.
 "No amount of rain or cooling of the terrible heat could now save the Kansas corn crop. The crop is utterly destroyed"
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
AT NIGHT.

By John Greenleaf Whittier. Ton mountains side is black with night. While, broad-orbed, OCT it's gleaming
 crown,
 The moon, slow-rounding into sight, On the hushed inland sea looks down. How start to light the clustering isles, Each silver-hemmed! How sharply
 show
 The shadows of their rocky piles. And tree-tops in the waves below How far and strange the mountains seem, Dim-looming through the pale, still
 light,
 The vague. vast grouping of dream. They stretch into the solemn night. Beneath, lake, wood and peopled vale. Flushed by the presence grand and grave Are silent, save the cricket's wail And low response of leaf and wave.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
Marriage at Meridian.

Meridian, July 12-(Special.)-M Fan ny Winston of Ramsey, Sumter county, Ala, ard MT J. M. Steele of Versailles, Mrs R. w. Harris, PHO Eighth street last night alt 10:30 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. E. Jones of the First Presbyterian church and witnessed by only a small number of relatives and friends The bride is the eldest daughter of Captain J. M Winston of Ramsey, where she has been a favorite in the cir cle in which she moved. The groom is a leading business man of Versailles, where he has resided for a number of years.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
Wi.l Landseekers at Fl Reno.

"I came south direct from Fl Reno, Oklahoma, on the border of the Indian lands just opened for settlement and was there on the day the Presidents proclama- tion was read" MT. Browne proceeded to say.
 'I never saw such wild excitement as prevailed amongst the landseekers, miscalled, in most instances, by the newspapers, homeseekers; for great majority of theose people are prob- ably mere spectators. There were about 300 men in Fl Reno waiting for the Presidents proclamation and when I left there were perhaps 900 men in line at the land office awaiting their turn to draw land; and, by the way. I don't think very well of that land-drawing scheme.
 Those men in line were waiting as pa- tiently as they could, each keeping his place in line for days together, as no man dare get out of line, for he would lose his place and have to go to the rear The men had their food and water brought to them. It was a common experience for 'man to pay 25 cents for one drink of water.
 ''The territory being opened up is the
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
REFLECTIONS OF 4 BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 God help the man with logical mind who gets married.
 Some women would rather have you love 'em and beat lem than not do either.
 You can almost always tell when a wo- man isn't interested in a man by the way she works so hard to try to make him think she Is.
 After a man has passed thirty-fve he contemplates matrimony with about ss much romance as he looks around for a safe 4 per cent investment.
 A little girl takes it for granted she Is going to get married and have seven or eight children. just the way a little boy takes 1t for granted he isn't
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

most fertile in this country and a large population is certain to collect there im- mediately. Lawton Is a new town al- ready laid out within this territory, and 1t promises to rival Guthrie and the other large towns of Oklahoma. It Is to be a county seat, and 1t will undoubtedly be- come an important trade center, though there will be a boom which will keep prices of lots up for a time. It Is my present intention to sell my cattle in Texas and remove to Lawton."
 MT. Browne is a former Birmingham boy and is an elder brother of "Dick" Browne, the druggist, whom he is visit ing
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
WITHDRAWING FROM GEORGIA.
Atlanta Letter in Savannah News.

Atlanta Letter in Savannah News.
 The American Fire Insurance Company of New York today notified Controller General W. A. Wright that 1t would withdraw from Georgia. and that It's poli-t cy holders had been reinsured in the Hartford. A large number of fire com panies are withdrawing from Georgia and the Southern states. This makes the fourth or fifth that has stopped doing business in Georgia during the present year It Is said that this is caused by the heavy losses the companies have sus- tained. and in some instances by adverse legislation and court decisions.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for this day, Saturday, July 1S, 19o1
 Ask favors, seek work, and deal care fully before o'clock in the afternoon"
 Thou wilt experience changeab1e and unsettled year, and thy business will fall and cause thee much anxiety"
 Very active, but restless. unsettled, and continually changing will be the child born on this day If female, she will marry a drunkard"
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
Rev. Redheffer and the shlrtwalst.

Since next Sunday is likely to be very hot in Birmingham, it is interesting to note that a New Jersey preacher has followed the example of his St. Louis brother in the shirt-waist fad" said church man last night as he vainly sought to keep cool sitting in a chair on a sidewalk.
 "Rev. William Redheffer, pastor of the Lafayette Methodist church, Jersey City, publishes church paper called the Pas tors Assistant, in the last issue of which he says:
 During the heated term the pastor will try so to regulate the services that there' will be no reason why all should not be as comfortable as the circum- stances may permit. He would exhort all to exercise common sense. dress for com fort
 Let the women, if they so elect, at tend the services without their hats and the men in the sensible shirt-waist. Keep cool in mind and body, but warm in love to God '
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
A CHANGE TO PROVE IT.

From the Belton Evening News
 John D. Rockefeller says, 1t is easier to become rich now than 1t was years ago." He ought to try running the Bel ton Evening News while; he would then change his mind.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

A Scranton girl dropped dime down young mans pack at the theatre, and he turned around and married her. .his is the latest development of the slot-machine
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

While the bulls are trying to corner the matadors and toreadors in Omaha, Mir P. Grove watches no doubt the entertainments and keeps one eye on those who are trying to corner him.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The charge against Commissioner of Pensions Evans IS not that he Is dis honest or wasteful, but that he is not judgmatical politically speaking.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The Obscure clerk" in the Navy Department declines to shoulder the word commence"
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The Kings coronation oath and his title are two subjects that do not greatly move the American people in hot weather.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The dead locomotive builder does not care much aDout the contest over his will He Wal not come back as Ham let's father diu, anu be interviewed.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The object of holding convention | is to get as far from home as possible when one wants to do a mean thing.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The Castellane family has bagged another heiress. They do understand wedlock possibilities to a dot.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

Whoever wrote that Dewey dispatch will have. to plead guilty to the charge of slovenliness in word slinging.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

England is building at the present time 154 warships in all, and yet she wants more.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The bulls killed in the Omaha bull fights are transferred at once to the cold storage houses, and sent South.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

Barker, who shot Keller in a New York city suburb, has really consented to go to work In the penitentiary.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

Canada insists that the North Pole is part of her dominion, although she has no label on 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

Secretary Longs sense of elegance in the use of the English language stands vlndicated. He never uses the word commence" for begin" neither does any one else who writes English
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

There are 1889 Senator Scott's promise letters outstanding that have not been heard from.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The battleship Alabama is drilling off Nantucket, and catching perhaps bluefish as it goes along.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The silence of Colonel Roosevelt is unexplained. So also is the like arti- c1e In NeL. Davis.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

A trolley car is the safest place in a thunder storm, so statistics would say if they could talk.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

Queen Wilhelmina expects to have an heir by Christmas, and she also expects it will be a boy.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
Give Us Honest Registration.

T think the Age-Herald has been right all the time on the suffrage question, !" said Capt. w. H. Graves yesterday.
 T. Let us have a good registration law.
 "2 Before the voter can register, he shall have resided within the State one year, in the county six months, in the beat three months this will eliminate a large floating vote.
 B. He must pay a poll tax of $250, be over 21 years of age. not an idiot, lunatic. or convict, before he can register; this tax to be paid six months before he un- dertakes to register.
 "A Make 1t penal offense for any one to furnish the money to pay the poll tax with view of controlling the voter.
 "5 Let the poll tax go to the school fund.
 T have talked with a number of in- telligent persons on this question, and they all agree that there would not be ten thousand negroes in the State who would pay the poll tax in time to regis ter.
 This plan would solve the suffrage question, be fair to all. easily carried out, and would not, in anywise conflict with the constitution of the United States.
 Some persons will say that 1t would not be ratified by the people. This is mistaken idea. Let the press and the stump speakers explain the object of the law to the people, and if needs be- make 1t an open race issue the white man against the black, and 1t would be rati- fled by an overwhelming majority"
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The per capita wealth of the country is now s1,200. All who have not got that much should begin to ask the req son why.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The headquarters of the New York City Democracy is at Wautauga, Eng land.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
Disastrous Conditions in Texas.


 Farming and stock-raising are in very bad way in Texas this year." said William R. Browne, of Tunnels county. Texas, who is visiting Birmingham after an absence of sixteen years.
 The green bug has destroyed the corn and wheat in Central and Eastern Texas. and the grasshopper Is destroying the corn and cotton In Western Texas Added to this calamity in Western Texas, in which section Is Tunnels county there has been no rain since last February The drouth is appalling Sandstorms are or daily occurrence. Looking away to- wards the plains proper, there suddenly appears dense black cloud. That Is a sandstorm, and at sight of 1t the people hurry into their dug-out storm houses Every family has a storm house.
 Water Is extremely scarce and so Is grass. l am now paying fifteen cents a month for grazing and water for each head of my cattle. The lease price of grazing is twenty cents an acre a year, and it takes ten acres for each head of cattle. Small cattle-growers are being driven out of business by the syndicates, and much of the grazing land is being put into cultivation.
 "As for tn grasshoppers, they are ter rible in Western Texas, especially in the great county of Tom Green, which Is larger than some of the important states of the Union. Grasshoppers have become so numerous that recently they have stopped trains on steep grades, being so thick on the rails that they would stop the wheels of the cars. used to doubt the stories of many years ago about grasshoppers stopping trains in Kansas and Nebraska, but I have recently seen with my own eyes trains so stopped in Western Texas. A farmer whom I knew we'll had seventy-five acres of as fine cotton as ever I saw. He told me the day before I left home that only three acres of it was left standing. Grasshop- pers had destroyed the rest. And I saw many fields of corn completely destroyed. Water is a serious problem. In my district we have to bore 300 to 300 feet to reach water, and that is expensive.
 "There has been a phenomenal change In atmospheric conditions in Western, Central and Eastern Texas In the past few years. Formerly there were frequent and abundant rains; but latterly rain is rare and never abundant. AS said, there hasn't been any rain in Western Texas since last February. The result is great suffering of stock, and the terrible dust storms No scientific explanation of the lack of rain in recent years has been of fered.
 Thus as you may well understand, the outlook this year for farmers and stock growers in Texas is the gloomiest imaginable"
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

The weather this summer is of the vaudeville variety.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
From the Camp Hill Times.

From the Camp Hill Times.
 A delegate to the constitutional conven- tion will hereafter only have ten minutes times in which to tell all he knows of any one subject. Some of these delegates could tell all they know and throw in some hearsay evidence besides In a much shorter space of time.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
From the Centreville Press.

From the Centreville Press.
 The grandfather clause as reported by majority of the committee is being widely discussed. It has strong opposi- ton from a good many who do not think the law constitutional. Then again they claim that the law will only shift the ballot box corruption from one source and place 1t on others. The convention did not frame the bill we would like them to have done, but if the one they have will do the work it is well.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
From the Eufaula Times.

The Montgomery Journal arises to re- mark that ''the constitutional convention threatens to make and unmake men," It should have said that 1t is attempting to make and unmake voters,
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
NEW YoRk's FOOLISH WOMEN.

From the New York Press.
 It is one of the singularities of the New York woman's fashion that she will appear in midwinter with her head un- covered and pass from the theatre to her carriage without any qualms. But as soon as the warm weather sets in upon us her hat is as essential to her peace of mind as is one of those won derful creations with which the East end 'Arriets of London require for bank holiday wear. To go about with ones head uncovered is the sign of the pro- vincial And no matter how lovely or sensible fashion is. so long as it is not accepted here it is to be cast into the outer darkness-which is the provinces.
The age-herald., 1901-07-13
From the Ashville Aegis.

From the Ashville Aegis.
 The Aegis is unalterably opposed to class privileges in the exercise of the elective franchise, and does not approve of that part of the majority report on suffrage It believes the only work done by the majority of the committee on suf- frage that commends itself to acceptance by the people is the first section and the disqualifying sections. It believes these sections cover the whole ground and get rid of the ignorant negro vote, and that
The age-herald., 1901-07-13

United States Senator Edmund W. Pet tus arrived in Birmingham from Selma last night and is at the Morris.
The Florida star., 1901-11-29
IAE ISLE OF Jersey.

ws.rs me IaadI. vsry Rich and the
Farmer IL Poor.

wssrs ths Laad IL Very Rich and sh.
Farmer IL Poor.
Special correspondence Of The Florida Star
81. HELIER's, Isle Of Jersey. Nov. H.
November In the old channel isle OF
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one spot Of earth TO loaf through au-
tumn days till he regains them.
The land Of the island is mostly de
voted TO spasturage and potato fields.
The dazzling. living green Of Its pas
The Florida star., 1901-11-29
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The Florida star., 1901-11-29

Aside from the salutary and helpful
effect his lifelong business policy Of
keeping people at work at the highest
possible wages" has had upon the con-
ditions of his own employees and Incl
dentally those of his competitors. Mr..
Borden has done much for philan-
thropic enterprises. though disclaiming
the title of philanthropist. An instance
was the building of magnificent
structure for the Fall River Boys club.
designed to keep boys off the street,
To this club he gave an endowment OF
100000. FREDERICK RoCKwooD.
The Florida star., 1901-11-29
Cures Eczema, Itching Hu,nors,

Through the blood by taking Botanic
Blood Balm (B B B. J, which makes the
blood pure and rich, heals every sore,
scab, scale, boil or eruption, and stops
the itching of eczema. B. b. B. cures es-
pecially the worst and most deep seated
cases B. b. kills the humors in the
blood. Druggists 81. Describe trouble
and trial bottle sent free 10y writing Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Florida star., 1901-11-29

THE JERSEY RARMER's DAUGHTER.
tnres Ia never seen In America except
on the Pacific coast In Oregon. Wash
ington and British America. Autumn
Fingers till January. Roses bloom out
doors until Christmas. not luxuriantly.
but here and there one. fair and sweet
as the lingering image Of happy
dream after you have awakened. He
liotropes and fuchsias keep the rOses
company. while the glory OF Jersey
chrysanthemums In November Is one
Of the pictures that mere pen can
not paint. Pen 10 poetic license for
typewriterJ
Great heaps OF apples dot the or
chards. waiting to be crushed into ci
der. and the pleasant, aromatic smell
Of the pomace fiIls the air. the bees
buzzing all about TO suck honey from
erich juice Black and white magpies,
large as half grown chickens and near
iy as tame. hop and feed In the pas.
lures and gardens.
The soil throughout the island Is as
rich as that Of the best New Jersey
market gardens. Here Is the native
home OF the unrivaled Jersey cow. here
are the best apples In Britain. albeit
not nearly SO good as those Of the
United States and Canada. The eli
mate Is so mild that farm work may
be carried on outdoors the year round.
Jersey furnishes early potatoes to the
whole United Kingdom and gets top
prices for them
An unlimited supply OF fertiliZing
material Is cast up by the sea without
money and without price. and now as
write the beautiful rosZs are fra
grant with the trailing '.elp and salt
water weed spilled ;<-<le highway or
dumped In rows alongside the fields
Jersey farmsfS get their potatoes out
OF the ground the middle Of May: then
the rich soil invariably returns them
another bounteous crop of turnips. bar
ley, caulifiower. etc.
Why doesn't every farmer in Great
Britain. then. migrate TO Jersey and
get rich? Listen. The farmers of this
generous and beautiful isle are all In
debt. struggling hopelessly. toillng like
slaves-yes. and living like slaves too.
Why? Because of the awful rents the
landowners wiring from the tillers or
the soil. Fifty dollars an acre Is the
annual rent-rent. mind you. not pur-
chase price-of good Jersey farm. 1
have a friend who is one Of the officers
of the Jersey Horticultural society. an
expert farmer. gardener and dairy
man. | called on him at his home be-
fore writing this letter. met his eld-
est daughter driving to town upon
milk wagon. taking the mornings milk
ing to customers in St Helier's. When
! arrived at the house. ! found a sec
ond daughter feeding the calves and
attending to live stock ] fingered In
the orchard and garden till noon. for
did not wish to interfere with the
girls labor At II o'clock ] saw my
farmer friend. his wife and the chill
dren whom ! had not already met re-
turning from the field, where every
one OF them, wife and all. had been
digging. hoeing. hauling and working
at this, that and the other back break
ing field labor
My friend. know. would have In
vited me to their farm dinner If he and
his goodwife had not been ashamed TO.
If had caught glimpse OF that farm
table. ] would have seen board with
out cloth or serviettes, a bowl Of soup