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The age-herald., 1901-01-09
The Fall and the Faith.

Beauty, honors glories, riches of this earth all fade and pass-man is small pota- toes few in a hill and mighty stringy at best" unused the philosopher
 Just twenty-seven years ago, but the other day of time. the last emperor ot 'he French died in exile. old and beaten ana broken before his time. In a quiet street of the west end of London there is a plain house of four floors, which I have passed many time and on the front of which l have read inscribed upon an iron tablet the words: Louis Napoleon lived in this house.. He who had lodings there and was poor came to be the emperor of the French and the most powerful and dreaded mon- arch in the world, enjoying the plaudits of mankind and havng countless millions of money to spend, and millions of men to back up his decrees.
 Louis Napoleon fell as few men have fallen in the world, gave up his sword to the Prussian King-Not having been per mitted to die at the head of my brave troops, it remains for me to place my sword in the hands of your majesty he wrote old royal William, who was soon to be hailed German Emperor in the ancient palace of the French Kings at Versailles! January g, 1873, Napoleon died at Chisel- hurst, little way out of London. few years later his only was murdered by savages in Zululand, and now his empress, Eugenie, once of renowned beauty, is a lonely old woman racked with rheumatism and helpless But this illustrous woman, daughter of the church, is calm and spirit ually glorified as sine awaits the end in the holy refuge of her faith, the only refuge for the troubled children of earth. flight and low are alike to the church. it blesses all
The age-herald., 1901-01-09

in San Domingo. and who is booked for the Presidency. He is to serve six years, and cannot be reelected.
 The Cabinet will have legal existence and recognition under the proposed con stitution. It is to pay all debts, but no debts are considered obligatory except those contracted in the interest of the revolution of 1895.
 There is no reference in the instru- ment to trade relations with the United States-no recognition of the help given by this country towards securing vic tory in the war with Spain-no grati- tude for help when it was sorely needed, when it was in fact all essential. This document will be thoroughly sifted and analysed in Congress next winter, and unless it be materially changed in the course of it's open consideration in the convention, it will be rejected The chances are twenty to one that this scheme to bring Gomez and his rabble following into power will miscarry.
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
FIvE-sroRY LINE OF DEPoslToRs
With Pockets Full of Money to Deposit. Maybe There Was Some on Roof

From the New York Sun.
 Boatman Billy Quigley recently withdrew some of his money from a Brooklyn bank and took it up to the Seaman's Savings h. stitution. An attendant at the door told Billy to take the elevator and go up to the fifth floor which is right under the roof. There he found the end of the line of de- positors It took him two and one-half hours to get to the receiving teller He said:
 Talk about prosperity! I never saw any thing like it. After l got in line there were d few hundred astern of me and they were then opening the scuttle of the roof. I don't know how far the line ran over the roofs Nearly everybody was put ting in more than $l00. It was the last day to begin the accounts drawing interest from January 1, and that may have had something to do with it. I never saw such a rush. Hundreds who didn't want to take the elevator to get in line went away with their dough in their pockets
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
THE CUDAHY kIDNAPPER.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 If a big reward will achieve anything it would seem that the child stealer of Ne braska must be arrested. If he is not we are inclined to think that this large sum offered for his apprehe hension will act as a de terrent to similar crimes, for, if it is the luck of this wretch to go free, others who follow in his footsteps will be likely to fare worse. Yet there is still search out for the present criminal in both hemispheres, ard, with the incentive offered for his de- lection, it may reasonably be supposed to have just begun. The man Grove, who IS suspected in the case, has singularly van- ished from sight, fact in itself tending to strengthen belief. in his guilt. He can hardly remain concealed permanently. It Is always to be feared that the system of ter TOT set on foot will be employed towards the Cudahy family to prevent his identifica- ton as the guilty person. This is an ele- ment to be taken into account and provided against, if possible.
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
Must Wait a Year.

Let no one longer think that the Mic aragua bill is to be passed this session, for it is not. It goes over to next win ter. How many more winters it will go over no one can say, but it will go over just as many as the joint lobby of the Panama scheme and of the transconti- mental railroads can put it over.
 The joint lobby puts it's work into amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, and so cunningly was their work done that no one saw their hand or can prove it was there at the present mo- ment. And yet it was there, and the friends of a Nicaragua canal were com- pelled to accept their terms.
 As the amended instrument takes from England it's rights under the Clay ton-Bulwer treaty, giving that nation nothing in return, assent to it's terms will presumably be slow. It will prob ably wait upon settlement of the Alas kan boundary question. At any rate it will be postponed until it is too late to act upon the Nicaragua bill in the pres ent session of Congress.
 The bill goes oyer whole year. As the canal will consume ten years in construction, the lobbyists are securing a good long term of profits in any event, deal to the men who sent the lobbyists to Washington.
The age-herald., 1901-01-09

line he proposes. We do mot take kindly to catalogue which omits such men as Sterling Morton of the Nebraska Conservative; Hon. w ". Screws of the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser; Col MacGowan of the Chatta- nooga Times; William J. Bryan, about to start newspaper in the roaring west; Fe 1ix Agnus of the Baltimore American; Charles Emory Smith of the Philadelphia Press, and-but we pause for breath. Their name is legion, their genius immessurable, and even after listing them all we should still be overwhelmed by the staff corre- spondents" and the special commission ers"-James Creelman, Richard Harding Davis Henry Loomis Nelson, etc., etc, etc. whose intimacy with the potentates and princes of the effete monarchies of Europe. Asia and Africa and whose influence upon the destinies of the human race defy ap- praisement' "
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
Fling at MT. Bryan and Others.

"A fling at some newspaper editors and MT. Bryan, which is causeess and needless and which will be bitterly resented by the newspaper subscribers before nightfall at every postoffice in the country is made by the Washington Post, generally account ed one of the best of all newspapers" re- marked wayfarer.
 '"The Post, like less reputable journals, has been giving some space to the great ones who are still with us, and whom the Englishman Harmswcrth accounts masters of American journalism, naming names in an easy, off-hand way, much as an or derly sergeant calls the roll of company of soldiers. After recfting MT. Harmsworth's heroes of the howlers with graphite pencils the Post thus howls about MT. Bryan, and other simple great ones not yet gone by:
 As a matter of fact, MT. Harmsworth doesn't seem to be aware of more than a fraction of our really good things in the
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
THE MONTH OF LEGISLATURES.

From the Saturday Evening Post
 This is the month of the State Legislature. More than thirty of them will begin their sessions between the first and the middle of January In size they range from the 9 Senators and 21 Representatives in Dela- ware to New Hampshire's unequaled body of nearly 400 members in both branches. Our Legislatures, like some other American institutions, vary with the States. For in- stance New Hampshire has representa- tive to every 1140 of population, but the ratio in New York is only one member to every 46 700 of population The variety is not confined to the ratio of representation. Rhode Island pays its Legislators only S1 a day, but California and Nevada pay SS a day. Maine gives only $50 year, but New York and Pennsylvania pay $l5OO year. All the States except Delaware and New Jersey pay mileage to the members, which generally means so much additional for them personally, as most of them travel on passes
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
Forfeited the Ballot

From the Mobile Daily News.
 We have heard of white men selling their ballots, and putting very small price on them and concluded that such men were wholly unworthy of what better citizens regard as their dearest right of citizenship. Men who make merchandise of the ballot are careful in other respects not to lose the privilige Our opinon is that this class of citizens, aside from the criminality of casting their ballots they are paid, are not much less subject to blame than that other class which forfeit the privilege rather than comply with the requirements of the law. Some men are so indifferent that they will not undergo the inconvenience or suffer the loss of time necessary to regis ter But the worst cases We have heard oi are those white men in Louisiana, who for. feitsd the privilege of voting rather than pay the poll tax of S2; and thousands did so. One-third of the voters in New Orlsani failed to register, and in some other part of Louisiana the proportion was quite as great.
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
Free Rural Delivery.

The Age-HeraId congratulates the people of Jefferson County on the spler- rural delivery system has been extended to the entire county. The Age-Herald and Congressman underwood have urged this action upon the Department at Washington for the past several months, and the success which has at tended their efforts means much to the people of the county.
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
RECORD IN bOOZ CASE,
Received at the Department But is Not
 Yet Made Public.

Washington, January S.-The record of the proceedings and findings of the mil- tary court of inquiry appointed to investi- gate the case of ax-Cadet Oscar l.. Booz. whose recent death was attributed by his family and friends 10 injuries received from haziDg at the West Point Military Academy, was received at the War De- partment today. The record comprises four large volumes each of seventeen type written pages, and constitutes verbatim report of the proceedings of the whole court including all testimony and con- clusions of the board thereon
 In accordance with the established rules of the War Department, no official paper of this character or statement concerning the report will be given out before the secretary'e action upon 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
HOnors Of the Bench.

The appointment of James M. Harlan, son of Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme Court, to be attorney general of our province of Porto Rico, elicting no little speculation and dis cussion. The appointment was sur prise; it was not urged by any member of Congress of Illinois-by anybody in fact. It seems to have suggested itself to the Presidential mind just when it's audacious colonial policy is pending be- fore the Supreme Court, of which Jus. tice Harlan is member.
 Justice Harlan is Republican from Kentucky, a personal friend of ex-Presi- dent Harrison; and there is feeling abroad that the administration was en- deavoring in the appointment in ques- tion to cut the ground from under the unfriendly and very critical Indiana statesman. Justice Harlan is regarded, however, as very upright man, but man well supplied with passion and prejudice, and the scheme of the admin istration may not be carried out.
 The case is at any rate very interest ing, and it would be we'll to keep an eye on it, more because of the evident in tention of the administration than be. cause of any lack of confidence in Jus tice Harlan.
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
IE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Guam a Penal Colony.

Imperialism is marching on. In the Supreme Court it is advocating the right to set up colonies outside of the union, the country, and the Republic as the fathers constructed it; and in the Philip pines the imperial general Macarthur, has ordered the deportation of a con- siderable number of American citizens, civil as well as military, without trial, to the Island of Guam, another subject colony, there to be held until the war IS really and truly over. This means of course for life.
 When did General Macarthur and Secretary of War Root or President Will liam Mckinley acquire the power to turn the peaceful island of Guam into a penal colony? This is the island that Captain General Leary first exploited through astonishing proclamations. Al though it was peopleu by eminently peaceful persons, and there was not a war cloud in sight, yet the great and only Leary proceeded to rule it in the Russian fashion. By ukases he regll- lated private and family relations as we'll as public affairs. There was no department of life in our province of Guam that he did not enter. This fam ous viceroy has been translated to other sections of the empire, and now Gen eral Macarthur proposes to re-people the island with the Filipinos he does not want in the Philippines.
 We are coming on bravely in the im- perial line, and if the Supreme Court will kindly lend hand, President Will liam Mckinley will endeavor to teach William of Germany a few tricks worth knowing. Our province of Guam may be developed into a colony for all guilty of lese majeste, and Stanford and Chicago Universities well know where to send objectionable professors. This country is well started on the imperial highway.
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
A Good Citizen.

From the Monroe Journal
 The Journal has passed another mile- stone in It's career, and with the New Year enters it's thirty fourth volume. While there can be no grand achievements of which it can boast, yet a retrospect of the past af lords the gratifying reflection that 1t has ever stood for good government, pure nor als and material development, and en- deavored to contribute in some degree to educational and religious advancement. Errors it has made, but for the most part they have been chartably regarded and shall serve as lessons for future improve ment
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
Making Heavier Cars.

From the Annston Evening Star.
 An order for five hundred box cars for the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad has been received by the Southern Car and Foundry Company, and the entire order will be filled at the Anniston plant of the company.
 The cars comprising the order are to be of an unusually heavy grade, making them much more expensive than the ordinary box cars and requiring much more work and material than is usually the case with box cars. On this account the order is equivalent to a larger one for ordinary box cars.
 The order will probably require several months to fill and will add greatly to the activity at the big car plant in this city.
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
A DastardIy Deed.

From the Eufaula Daily Times
 Saturday night when the water was turned out of the tank into which Profes- sor Thompson and wife made the Thigh dive" each day during the street fair. a walking cane was found, the hand knob embedded in the earth and the sharp end standing straight up near the middle of the tank. It was evidently placed there by some one with the diabolical desire to harm either Professor Thompson or his wife. and 1t seems that only an interposition of prov idence prevented them from striking against it, and being seriously harmed. The impres- sion is that some one belonging to the car nival shows was the party, for none in this city could possibly have had any desire to injure the divers. Hereafter he will take every precaution and have the tank thor oughy dragegd before every dive
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
Vast Lake of Ducks.

''It doesn't make johnbrowned bit O difference to me whether you believe me, but I'll tell you straight that wild ducks are so plentiful at Reelfoot Lake as to hide the water over large areas" said Hon. Frank P. OBrien. .'The number of ducks is nconceivably immense. During every cold spell further north they flock to this lake in millions, and there is really no sport in shooting them: it is simply slaughter. In sense the enormous focks are awful, for they darken the air and simply cover wide spaces of the water like mle-long blankets of feathers floating upon the un- seen surface
 -Four canvasback ducks were shot while I was there the other day, a remarkable occurrence, since those rarest and most prized of all wild fowl are almost unknown so far south Whether those wanderers from the Chesapeake were carried to Reel foot by the momentum of some vast flock of the ordinary wild duck, or whether stress of weather drove them to seek a milder climate, the ornithologist can best speculate"
 Does the presence of the great number of gunners who go there and shoot tend to gradually decrease the number of ducks?" was asked.
 Not at all," answered Captain O'Brien. "The constant popping away of shotguns has about as much effect upon the great mass of fowl as would raindrops upon full-leaved oak. You know, Reefoot Lake is upwards of forty miles long and is, in places, more than nine miles wide, thus covering a great area of land and the immediate district of the great lake is but thinly populated.
 ''The man who attempted to drain the lake, and against whom the courts issued the other day a perpetual injunction, there by permanently preserving that paradise of the sportsman, has been trying to work his mischief for many years. It is well that he has been finally stopped"
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
RODDY NOR THE ROVER.

From Blackwood's Magazine. Of all the roamin' jacks that vet to Far
 ranfore kem over As paramount I'd surely count ould Roddy
 Mor the Rover, Wild SteeIte hat and c.rava. and nate nan-
 keen knee-breeches, And his back a pedlar's pack just row
 lin OCT wid riches. For so it was, when OCT '.he hill his coat
 tails they'd-ceme fyin; The sharpest tongue of all was still, the
 crossest child quit cryin'; Ould women even left their tay, ould men
 their glass of toddy, Am, spoon e hand, a welcome srand would
 wave and wave to Roddy. An when his treasures, he | unlade in view
 of all the village, In from her mfkin' ran the maid, the boy
 from out the tillage: The while the rogue in each new vogue the
 lasses he'd go drapin', Until their lads his ribbons, plaids and
 rings and no escapin'. 'Now whsht your prate. and take your
 toys,'' cried he, my darltn' childer. Or my new ballads wid your noise com
 plately you'l bewilder.' Then his Come-All-Ye he'd advance wid
 such quare comether That you might say he tux away our since
 and p!nce together. But there! of all the roamin' jacks that
 trass the counthry over, For paramount I'd ever count ould Roddy
 Nor the Rover: For deed an believe that wben his spirit
 parts his body, If ne's allowed. heNl draw crowd in heaven itself will Roddy!
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
Printing Under Difficulties.

From the Falkville Chronicle.
 If our paper should come short of expec- tations, and be a little late in making it's appearance, we think we are excusable It is accounted for from the fact that in the first place our lease on the plant at this point having expired we were forced to go over to Courtland and pack and ship an outfit from there that belonged to us; in the next place we had to get the outfit we had been using in shape to turn back to the owner, and then our plant shipped over from Courtland had to be gotten up and in shape to work on, and no help to be had for love or money, and under all these diff faculties we think we did well to get out any paper at all. We are now in good shape, in the Karter building, up stairs. where we will always be glad to see our friends and patrons
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day Wednesday, January 9. 1901:
 Sell in the afternoon, and keep myself quiet"
 This being thy birthday, great activity is denoted in thy business, which, with care. will progress. but be careful of quar- reling and do not journey or remove
 Young women will have attentions from men and will court or marry"
 "A child born on this day will be very clever, and fit for anything requiring brains As a manager or lawyer it would make a mark for itself"
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
Cuba's Constitution.

The Cuban constitution" is out of committee, and its twenty-four sections are to be discussed in open session here after. It provides for Republic of six provinces. It confines citizenship TO Cubans and to strangers" who resided on the island four months prior to the war with Spain and who lent their ser vices to the cause of the revolution. This cuts out all Americans, or very nearly all. It robs even Nicely and Rathbone of citizenship rights. It sets up an ex. clusively Cuban or Latin Republic, in the control of which Anglo-Saxons arc to have neither voice nor vote
 Four Senators are to be chosen for each of the six departments, but these are to be selected by the ayuntaimenas or municipalities-the Mayors and Councils-and they must be Cubans. The members of the lower house are to be elected. but they, too, must be Gu bans.
 The President must be a Cuban by birth or naturalization, and in the latter case be must have served in the Cuban wars ten years. This latter provision lets in General Gomez, who was born
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
LAST OFFICIAL ACT.
Governor Thomas Pardons Convict Who
 Had Eaten Human Flesh.

Denver, Col, January S.-The last official act of Charles s. Thomas, who retired as Governor of the State today, was to grant a parole to Alfred Packer. Packer has been in prison over seventeen years. He was sen- tenced to 40-year term in 1883.
 Packers alleged crime was the murder of party of five prospectors in the wilds of Colorado. He admitted he killed one of the men, who, he said, was insane and had as- saulted him after murdering the other four with a hatchet. Packer was 100 miles from civilization at that time, and was com peiled, he said. to eat the flesh of the mur- dered man to keep himself from starving
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
Cars Should be Run.

From the Gadsden Times-News.
 The city fathers did not pass the fender ordinance to run the car line out of the city or to ruin the business. It is a law and should be compiled with Suppose every citizen should select and defy some particular law he did rot like, tine city gov ernment would be a farce. At a small cost the lenders could be put on the cars and the law complied with cars run and the line management could fight the or dinance in the courts. The shutting down of the cars will not cause the ordinance to ba repealed.
The age-herald., 1901-01-09
LARGE INCREASE.
Comparative Statement of Issue of Post
 age for Five Cities.

Washington, January S-The Postoffice Department has issued the following com parative statement of the issue of stamped paper to the five largest offices for the quarter ending December 3l, 1899 and 1900:
 New York, 1899, $1,991, ,237; 1900, $2, S53929. Chicago; 1899, $1,344 225; 1900, S1,S5O,522.
 Philadelphia, 1S99 SS27, ,747; 1900, $99O 56O.
 Boston, 1899, $7l4S02; 1900, S4S,O3O.
 St. Louis, 1899, $243,671; 1900, $4S2 S64.
 This shows a total of s6,295,90S for 1900, as compared with $5, 5,121, 6s4 for 1899, an in crease of $1S04, 223.