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The age-herald., 1901-02-15
Mrs. Maybrick of Alabama.

There is great revival in the discus sion of the case of Mrs. Maybrick the Alabama woman who Is now serving a life sentence in an English prison.
 The late Mrs. Dcnck, wife of Prof. Jo- seph H. Denck, the Birmingham musi- elan, and whose sudden death by apo plexy in Atlanta produced sensation several days ago, was, as has been stat ed, formerly Mrs. Gordon Shepard of Mobile.
 Mrs Denck," says the New York Sun twas godmother to Mrs. Florence May brick, the American woman now serving life sentence In England for the alleged murder of her husband. Mrs. Denck al- ways consistently denied Mrs. May bricks guilt, and hcr efforts in behalf of the prisoner brought her into promi- hence, both at home and across the water"
 It is we'll known that Mrs. Maybrick came of an excellent family of Mobile and married a Liverpool cotton mer- chant named Maybrick. It was in Au- gust 1899, that she was found guilty of poisoning her husband by means of ar- senic. It was shown that MT Maybrick had been in the habit of taking arsenic for three CT four years previous to his death, and physicians pronounced his death as due rather to inflammation of the stomach than to poisoning. Mrs Maybrick's purchase of arsenicated fly paper was explained on the ground that she used the arsenic in the preparation of face washes.
 Shortly after the conclusion of the trial, which resulted in Mrs Maybrick being condemned to death sentence after ward commuted to Imprisonment for life, MT. Justice Stephens, who. far from pre- serving the impartiality required of an English judge, had practically taken up the case for the prosecution in his charge. went insaue. and 1t has been ar gued that his conduct of the case be- trayed evidences of failing intellect.
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The age-herald., 1901-02-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

All things come to him who makes other people wait
 The average woman has lot more in- inmates than she has friends.
 Women consider any brilliant man good-looking, and men consider any good looking woman brilliant.
 Whenever a woman who Is carrying a fat, baby meets man leading around a little dog, she always looks indignant at him.N
 When woman tells a man he ought to be ashamed of himself for doing some thing, Q1alf of the time 1t means that she would Rave been ashamed of him if he hadn't.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
coMMENDs THE EFFORTS.

From the Selma Times.
 The Times is glad to see that the ef- forts that Birmingham is making to re- habilitate herself as a good" city are taking effect. The title Bad Birming ham, will soon be eliminated, always provided that she does not slip cog in the moral progress now in full working order
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
THE EVER READY PISTOL.

From The Talladega Mountain Home.
 The pistol in Alabama has become so handy that even the judge of the Su- preme Court is not exempt from its ef- fleets in the hands of an infuriated citi- zen. Shame that our lawmakers, and those who are selected to enforce the laws, do not rise to the full responsibili- ties of their duty and put a stop to the pistol toting habit.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

isles during Mrs. Maybrlclx.s trial twelve years ago. and he gave the case very close and earnest attention, at tho outset mainly because the unhappy woman was from Alabama All the newspapers pub ilshed stenographic reports of the trial in fullest volume and closest detail, and to this printed evidence the man referred to devoted daily and nightly thought, reading every line of it with the purpose of determining in his own mind the guilt or innocence of the accused.
 The result was the Alabamian in Britain acquitted his fair compatriot ab- soluteiy. holding that the evidence proved her to be innocent. But the judge, Mir. James Fitz Stephens, prosecuted and prosecuted the woman from the bench, and following his charge to the jury which was so grossly and maliciously unjust that the words of 1t burned them selves upon the Alabamian's brain where they still remain distinct the jury was forced to bring in a verdict of guilty, the judge virtually directing such verdict
 Instantly there was a widespread movement to petition the crown to save Mrs Maybrick from the gallows, she having been sentenced to death by the judge in a minute after the verdict, ac- cordng to the English custom, and there being no appeal in murder cases except to royal clemency. The Alabamian se- cured blank petitions which he induced a dear old wife, who kept a little news and bookshop, to take charge of and place on her little counter, and to ad- vertise these petitions in the newspapers, the Alabamian paying all expenses. and at the same time making q contribution to the Mrs Maybrick fund.- for neces- sary expenses. In three days the peti- tions in the little bookshop bore twenty eight hundred names, and then they were sent post-haste to the Homo Secretary, who wrote the old wife an acknowledg- ment, which she kept In her window for years afterwards. The Alabamian was in an official position which forbade him to act in such a case in his own name.
 The total number of petitioners who prayed for Mrs. Maybricks life exceeded one million three hundred thousand, and their prayers were granted by the Home Secretary, the cabinet officer who corre- spends to the American Secretary ot the Interior, and not really by the Queen. When Victoria ascended the throne she was 0 young girl and it was deemed ad- yisable and 1t was agreed that she should not be burdened with the horrible duty of signing death warrants or considering pardons, and that duty was placed upon the Home Secretary. Therefore the great Queen never signed a death warrant and was no more responsible for executions, such as that of the so-called "Manches- ter Martyrs" than was dean of her church. But King Edward has resumed the royal prerogative, and for the first time in nearly sixty-four years the royal sign manual was the other day affixed to a death warrant.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
The Empire of Empire Mines

Bad weather has greatly retarded work on the new line of railroad in the Horse Creek district being built from the main line of the Kansas City road to the Empire Company's coal mines, distance of nine miles," said William Kennedy, brilliant and energetic young engineer, younger brother of the Rev. Father Ken nedy the distinguished young priest of Ensley and Birmingham.
 But it Is hoped that the delay will not be for more than month or so and that the whole work will be completed within a very few months. The contractors are the Smith Brothers; Charles D. Smith and Walter Smith of Birmingham and Memphis, but they have sublet the work to several other contractors, all of whom are putting forth every possible effort toward tho completion of the line. When finished it will at once begin to be one of the busiest and most important of all the short lines of mineral railroad in the south.
 Meantime the company is displaying extraordinary enterprise in opening the coal mines, and are getting out many tnOOSanuS or tons or COdl WHICH IS DelilS stored ready for transportation as soon as the railroad be opened. There will be ten or fifteen slopes opened, giving pay ing employment to a multitude of work CTS. The quality of this coal is very su- perior, and it Is believed that it can be as cheaply mined as any other coal in this country, if not more cheaply, for all the drainage of the mines will be natural, and there will be therefore no costly sys- tenn of pumping to keep the mines dry. Even persons entirely unacquainted with coal mining can understand that a great saving will be made by the absence of steam-power drainage machinery in great mines and the lack of necessity for such power in lifting the coal the output being conveyed to the railroad cars by gravitation.
 There will be a prosperous city at the Empire mines. The company have al- ready contracted for five hundred houses, which is fair beginning. Counting five persons to the house, there is a city of 25O0 population to begin with.'
 It is said that the John T. Milner es- tate is the principal owner of these new mines and is interested to the extent of S700 00O
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astroioger Raphaei's prophecies for this day, Friday. February II, 1901:
 "An unfortunate day. be careful"
 Take care of thy health, and thy year, this being thy birthday, will be success ful, thy money and business will increase rapidly, and thou wilt have very ac- tive year"
 'The child born on this day will make money fast. but will spend most of 1t; will be of n kind. free, and generous dis position, and much respected.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
A GOOD BILL.
rom the Ashland Standard.

From the Ashland Standard.
 A bill by Harry Gunnells of Calhoun, and which will give absolutely free schools in Alabama for five months in the year, has passed the House, and will no doubt pass the Senate and become a law. This is move in the right direc- ffon
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

made on this country to supply several armies in the past few years Is nov be- ing felt in this country. Thousands upon thousands of the best mules to bo se- cured have been exported, and the south ern planter is feeling the effects of 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

Even Princetoa has declared against hazing by forbidding a senior to sell to a freshman his old furniture for more than it cost when new. The hazers have few rights left.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
|. Stronq Mems Sleep.

"In my younger years I was accus- toned to working for days at a time on but one hours sleep in every twenty four hours said a conspicuous and suc- cessful railroad man of Birmingham who, like most men in that great work began at the beginning and toiled his way up.
 President At II. Smith of the Louis- vile and Nashville must have his eight clear, full hours of sleep in every twen- ty-four At 8 o'clock every night he IS sleepy; by O clock he is almost invaria- bly asleep, and the result is he is very early riser. Most ordinary men are like the great President Smith in the number of hours each demands for sleep. though off the farm ver5' few men are asleep when 9 o'clock strikes. What they want of so much sleep, how they can endure it, fail to understand. Half that amount will do me fine. though I was solider in the war between tho states. In my youth an hour anntched on bench or table was quito sa9acient for me; I'd rise as fresh as iS I had slept many hours. l recall that os, .tne occasion, under ex-
 
 as a poor yourg man I couldn't escape without losing a Job I couldn't afford to lose. went two months without one time completely undressing to go to bed, and during that period i wns so situated that I couldn't take sure enough bath
 "A few years ago I had under me in Birmingham q yolng man of high charac= ter and tho utmost reliability, who now holds an exceedingly important railroad position of money trust. He required a great amount of sleep. It was his duty to register off certain trains about mid night, and would be awakened, or rather aroused, for thhs important work. It was an amazing fact that he registered those trains in the book whilst he was asleep, and never made a mistake. In making these records he would hold his pen straight ur and down and his plain letters as he formed them were upright or vertical When he was awake he wrote in free and flowing running style of penmanship. Thus his book always proved when he was asleep; and the fact that he never made an error I consider remarkable"
 The remarks were addressed to a night worker on a newspaper who frequently sleeps until to 1 o'clock in the after noon, something the eminent railroad man could not understand.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
IN SOME CASES.

From the St Louis Star.
 It requires pluck to succeed in Wall street, and the most successful man is not particular as to whom he plucks.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

The Chicago public library is disinfect- ing it's books, but such a process should be applied to the dirt inside the print of the book as well as to the dirt out side of it
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

If Mrs. Nation had really wanted to talk to the saloon keepers of Chicago she would have asked for a special meet ing of the city councel.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

The billion dollar steel trust is now a star member of Monsieur Opper's ad- ministration minstrel troupe.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

Mrs Nations home is in Medicine Lodge, which is also the town of the sockless and homing Simpson.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
THE NEW PRESS.

From the Tuscaloosa Times.
 The reason of the Age-Herald's tardy appearance was explained last night, when it came in a new dress It seems that a magnificent new s25,0O0 press has been put in place, and was used yestsr- day for the first time. From the Age Herald's description and illustration the press is such as to enable that enterprise ing daily to issue a sheet that can com pete with the most attractive of metro politan journals. The Times congratu- lates it's bigger contemporary
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

New Jersey is the first State to pass law directed against hazing. It provides a fine, and also Imprisonment when bodi- lY injury is inflicted.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

King Edward rode in the coach of George III yesterday when he really pre- ferred an automobile.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

E. Benjamin Andrews should limit his speeches to the time he says a newspaper should be read in, namely five minutes.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

The good MT Hanna forgot to subsi- dize those sufficiently whom he expected to vote for his subsidy
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

The Roosevelt mountain lion syndicate is bringing home it's elastic conscience and an empty game bag.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

England refuses to release Mrs. May brick because the fear that she will take to featuring impends.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

Mrs Nation has found her way to the rear platform which shows that she has come to no good end.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
From the Anniston Star.

The Birmingham Age-Herald has in- stalled a new $25,0O0 press, which will en- able it to print in colors hereafter when ever it has any lurid stories to make pub lic The new press of the Age-Herald is said to be the finest in the South and is capable of printing 4S,O00 papers an hour. Here's hoping the AgeHerald may soon find it necessary to run the big press to its full capacity all the time.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

From the Troy Messenger.
 A person that gets a good mule in this section now has got to pay a good price, There is no doubt but that the demand
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
From the Mobile Item.

From the Mobile Item.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald has pur- chased a $25, ,000 press, and now is greatly improved in appearance. The paper has been enlarged to seven columns, and the management announces that new feat ures will be added which will prove pop ular. The Item congratulates the Age Herald on it's latest stroke of enterprise.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

MT. Woolley can inform Mrs. Nation that rear platform campaign brings small returns.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

Western towns are now started for the purpose of securing a Carnegie library.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
MULES ARE IN DEMAND.

Saloons should now-a-days be kept in bombproofs.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

The automobile in the Northern cities is up against snow banks.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

Mrs. Nation now thinks the hatchet is mightier than the lecture platform.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

The disjointlng of the Topeka joints proceeds apace.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

The sluggers have concluded that Gov ernor Nash is rot testing.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
AIabamIan and Alabamian.

An Alabamian who is now a resident of Birmingham was residing in the British
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

No settlement in China is possible while the loot holds out
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

Let us be glad the looters in China are ashamed of their booty
The age-herald., 1901-02-15

iiulV V tO ChC bSiCht OI CllC OIdIS. The members of the Country Club do not deserve blame in any respect. No social organization is conducted on a higher plane. It is commendable in- stitution in every respect, but the bill presented by it's. friends was much too large and liberal in it's scope, and it was open to constitutional objections.
 --------------:----------------- Even Princeton has declared against hazing by forbidding a senior to sell to freshman his old furniture for more than it cost when new. The hazers have few rights left.
 The Chicago public library is disinfect- ing it's books, but such process should be applied to the dirt inside the print side of it.
 If Mrs. Nation had really wanted to talk to the saloon keepers of Chicago she would have asked for a special meet ing of the city councel.
 New Jersey is the first State to pass law directed against hazing. It provides a fine and also Imprisonment when bodi- ly injury is inflicted.
 E. Benjamin Andrews should limit his speeches to the time he says a newspaper should be read in, namely, five minutes. Mrs Nations home is in Medicine Lodge, which is also the town of the sockless and homing Simpson. The billion dollar steel trust is now a star member of Monsieur Opper's ad- ministration minstrel troupe.
 The Roosevelt mountain lion syndicate is bringing home it's elastic conscience and an empty game bag. Mrs. Nation has found her way to the rear platform, which shows that she has come to no good end.
 SOoA dize those sufficiently whom he expected to vote for his subsidy
 King Edward rode in the coach of George III yesterday when he really pre- ferred an automobile.
 
 England refuses to release Mrs. May brick because the fear that she will take to featuring impends.
 MT. Woolley can inform Mrs. Nation that a rear platform campaign brings small returns.
 Western towns are now started for the purpose of securing a Carnegie library. Mrs. Nation now thinks the hatchet is mightier than the lecture platform. The automobile in the Northern cities is up against snow banks. The sluggers have concluded that Gov ernor Nash is rot testing.
 
 Let us be glad the looters in China are ashamed of their booty
  No settlement in China is possible while the loot holds out
 
 The disjointlng of the Topeka joints proceeds apace.
 Saloons should now-a-days be kept in bombproofs.
The age-herald., 1901-02-15
THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

February IA, 1901.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-26

SITUATION by girl for general Aod5
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-26

Causes Which Led to the Great Strug-
 gle Loyalty aud Devotion of the De-
 lenders of Both Fings-spiendid Audi
 ence Present.
 General John B. Gordon, one of the few surviving Confederate generals, de- livered a most interesting, instructive and entertaining lecture before the His torical society last night. His subject was "The First Days of the Confeder- acy." It was handled in a. masterly manner and from the time of his in- troduction by Hon. Lynde Harrison un- til the close he held the large audience assembled with flow of eloquence which has seldom been equalled in this city. The audience, which was com posed for the most part of many of the leading educators and prominent resi- dents, was unanimous in it's express sions of approval of the sentiments voiced, as evidenced by its generous outbursts of applause.
 After a short introductory talk on slavery General Gordon said that the white man was Gods chosen instru- ment to lift other races to civilization brings with it burden of responsibility which thus far has been splendidly borne. He said that the institution of slavery had been swept from this coun- try by decree of Jehovah, and that he thought he expressed the sentiments of all true southerners when he said that if it were possible with one sweep of his right hand to restore the institution of slavery he would not do so. Speak ing of the element of the civil war strife, he said that it was the deep re- ligious conviction of the south that the Union was formed by consent and pot by force. He said that nowhere in the constitution could be found even the slightest trace of the authority for the coercion of the several states to the claims of sovereignty of one man. The Union as formed under the constitution consisted of the thirteen states and, in the souths way of thinking, they each reserved the power to withdraw from the Union whenever their rights were thought to be threatened or invaded. Each state preserved it's own right, which could not be denied by any sov- ereign power. The belief in the north was that the Union was formed under the constitution and intended to be per- petual, and, whether power to invade was or was not expressly given, the power of self-preservation was the first law of the existence of human power. The power of sovereignty belonged to the head that represented the Union. This sovereignty belonged to the origi- nal thirteen states, and that it was not dvisible was the highest element of 
 American liberty was wrapped in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-26
WANrrn.

FAMILY or clergyman would like house | by board of owner Address ~Rl1NT9
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-26
Jurn ped on Ten Penny Nail.

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 To the Public.
 Allow me to say few words in praise of Chamberlain Cough Remedy. I had very severe cough and cold and feared I would get pneumonia, but af- ter taking the second dose of this med icine I felt better, three bottles of it cured by cold and the pains in my chest disappeared entirely. I am most respectfully yours for health, Ralph s. Meyers GA Thirty seventh St, Wheel ing, w. Va. For sale by all druggists,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-26
DEATHS.
MINIATURE ALMANAC

NOVEMBER 26

To the Board of County Commissioners for
 New Haven County:-
 hereby apply for d license to sell spiiituous and intoxicating liquors, ale, lager beer, Rhine wine and cider, at JD George Street, Town of New Haven. My place of business is not located within 200 feet In direct line Of a church edifce or pubnc schooi-house, or the premises per tanning tneret0 or any post office, public library or cemetery.
 Dated at New Haven, this 23rd day of November, A. D., 1901.
 JAMES ]. CLANCEY, Applicant
 We the undersigned, electors and tax payers. as defined by law. of the Town of New Haven, hereby endorse the applications of the above named for such license.
 Dated at New Haven. this 23rd day of November, A. D., 1901 Louis Kohn, Mantz kohn, John r. McCusker Isak Kohn, Louis Sigcnheimer.
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Patent Stove Brick Bake Best.

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-26

Last winter an infant child of mine had croup in violent form," says Elder John W. Rogers, a Christian Evangelist, of Filley, Mo. ''I gave her few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and in a short time all danger was past and the child recovered" This remedy not only cures croup, but when given as soon as the first symptom appears. will prevent the attack It contains no opium or other harmful substance and may be given as confi- dently to q baby as to an adult For sale by all druggists.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-26
1@an1s.

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-26

Fertilizer specially composted for top dressing lawns. Connecticut Concrete Company, 49 Church street