davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
Russia's Peace Note.

Until the full text of the not from Russia is made known by the State Department no one will be able to say how valuable it's assurances are. As A rule Russian diplomatic assurances are not very valuable, and in the Man churian case she is hurrying troops forward while asserting her desire for peace and peaceful cooperation. It is stated that she will soon have SoO,- 900 troops in Manchuria, and it will take several deplomatic notes to over come this.
 The fact that the administration withholds the Russian note is evidence alone that is not very assuring or very important. It may have created "a. profoundly favorable impression" at the State Department, but it certainly will not create such an impression outside of the State Department until it's contents are made known.
 If Japan would pour into Korea just as many troops as Russia sends into Manchuria the rest of the world would have the best assurance of peace that the case admits of. Russian notes are yalueless while Russian troops are pushed forward to Manchuria. The truth is. Russia is fighting for time in which to finish her Siberian railroad. She wants some excuse for staying in Manchuria until the last rail is laid down, and then she will be ready to announce her reasons for staying there indefinitely. A dozen diplomatic notes cannot change facts that are in plain view, whose meaning is unmistakable. The State Department at Washington is trying to get out of the Chinese souabble in a somewhat creditable manner, and it desires the country to believe that it has induced Russia to leave Manchuria, and that it is striv- ing with the other powers for "the open door," But Russia does not want .the open door," and it does want Manchuria.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
A MarrIaas of State Interest.

With full and frank apology to the so- ciety editor this invitation, received yes- terday, Is printed in this place:
 'Mr. and Mrs. William Shaw invite you to be present at the marriage of their daughter, Sarah Inge, to MT. William Henry Knight, Wednesday evening, April seventeenth, nineteen hundred and one, at half past eight o'clock. Methodist Episcopal Church, Greensboro, Ala"
 A little bird long ago told very pret- ty story of this coming brides first party, given her at one of her family homes when she was a schoolgirl of some four teen or fifteen years. not so long ago, in good sooth, except that in a young girls life every day Is an age of joy Yet, upon second thought, the story may not be told further than to say that 1t proves her noble worth by relating her frank fidelity in friendship to a humble boy who had served her and her distinguished father in some trifing way and was neighbor to them, which was quite enough to pre- vent him from being overlooked by those who were socially his superiors; very pretty story of which we may hear more in the aftertime when those who are now young shall come to distinction.
 Hon. William Shaw, the father of this April bride, is one of the best and truest and noblest characters that ever served Alabama. Take him as we may, he iS every inch a strong and manly man. Moreover. he is good man in the widest significance of that proud title, a man whom every man may love and trust and honor at the same time Higher tribute could not be paid the best man in Ala bama. In other years, whilst 1t pleased him to serve In the Legislature, he did great good work for his State, and 1t has been regretful that he has so far de- clined further official service to the peo- pie. Every public man In Alabama hon. ors him as very. very few men are hon. ored amongst any people of any land.
 Therefore, the marriage of William Smaw's fair and charming daughter, beautiful flower of historic races that have served their country from the be- ginning. is of pleasing interest to all Alabamians, and the people in congratu- lating her will congratulate her father upon ner happiness, TUT u is .io Diioo parents always who are most profoundly concerned in her marriage!
 MT. Knight, the abundantly fortunate bridegroom, is also the bearer of name honored throughout the State and worthy of all honor, and for himself as well as for his ancestry he merits full share of the public esteem. Certainly he Is a most fortunate young man, however great his individual merits!
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
DARING TRICK.

N. Y. Special to Chicago Chronicle.
 Hill and Silviany. man and wife, are performing nightly in vaudeville house a most daring trick on a single bicycle wheel Hill takes the wheel with nothing to guide it, but pedals and goes forward and backward and does figure aeights and finally concludes the single work with a spin. Then. taking his wife on his shoul- ders, he executes the same movements. while the woman does a series of contor- tions and poses. This is followed by HiTl riding down twenty-foot set of steps on the one wheel, making an abrupt turn at the bottom and coming down to the foot lights, reversing the pedals when on the very edge of the stage and going back ward to his finishing spin. Then he re- peats the feat with his wife on his shoul- -ders.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
SWALLOWED DYNAMITE.

Jerseyshore .Spe. Philadelphia Inquirer.
 The 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heinbaugh today swallowed dyn- amite cartridge two inches long, and while he apparently feels no i'll effects from his strange meal, he will be handled with care for a few days. After the lad had swallowed the cartridge his mother took half dozen others, which he had found, from him. and, not knowing what they were, to get them out of his way. threw them in the stove. An explosion followed, wrecking the stove and badly injuripg Mrs. Heinbaugh
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
Montgomery Politics.

One of the warmest municipal cam paizns Montgomery has experienced will be closed with the primary election which takes place today.
 There are two candidates for the may oralty, the Hon. E. B. Joseph, the pres- ent Mayor, who is serving his first term, and Capt. John H. Clisby who was twice Mayor of the city and who was defeated for third term by MT. Joseph by less than 200 majority. MT. Pat McGauley. who Is a candidate for alderman-at-large. and who appealed to the voters of Montgomery through the columns of the Age-Herald yesterday, has been an active worker in the Demo- cratic party for years and Is known to and esteemed by all the public men of the State as a strong young man of the highest character.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
ToLsToPs DOCTRINE.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 While Tolstoi's criticism of modern Christianity will evoke an indignant pro- test from millions of sincere men and women thoughtful people generally will concur in what he has to say about the evils of militarism. There has been a sad recrudescence of the military spirit in the past few years and the world Is more than ever an. armed camp. We see the growth of this spirit among the English speaking peoples as we'll as among the nations of Continental Flu rope. Abolish the immense standing ar- mics and, as the Russian humanitarian well says, the world will be vastly better, because when there are no armies the oppresssions to which the nations are sub- jected will disappear of themselves
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
A VISION.
George Mcdonald.

Methought that in a solemn church
 stood,
 Its marble acres, worn with knees and
 feet
 Lay spread from door to door, from
 street to street. Midway the form hung high upon the
 rood Of Him who gave His life to be our good; Beyond priests fitted, bowed and mur-i
 mured meet y {. Among the candles shining still and
 sweet. Men came and went and worshipped as
 they could; rs And still their dust a woman with her
 broom,
 Bowed to her work. kept sweeping to
 the door. Then saw slow through all the pillared
 gloom
 Across the church silent figure come. Daughter it said, thou sweepest well IT my doorl' xs a ;p;ezss,r :. Tt is the Lord" cried, and saw no
 mOre.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
Navies of the World.

Battles will be fought hereafter more and more on the sea, and the power that is strongest at sea will be more and more influential in ihterna- tional affairs. The relative powers of the nayies of the world thus becomes important and interesting.
 The naval intelligence office at Washington presents this table of rank:
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
About Persons,

Mir. F. M. Holley of Centreville, one of Bibb County's strongest citizens, is in town.
 Judge B. M. Hays of Jasper is in Bir- mingham.
 Hon. John V. Smith, chairman of the State Democratic Campaign Committee, spent Sunday in the country, and Col. Francis Gordon Caffey. his able assistant, went to his home in Montgomery to vote in the municipal primary there today.
 H. Yeatman of Blossburg Is in town
 Hon. Frank P. O'Brien continues to suf- fer with the grippe. which has seriously afflicted him for three months.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

But this table is considered mislead- ing, because it makes no allowance for depreciation by age, but reckons all alike. The British admiralty report of last summer takes into consideration the age of ships, and it's final table is perhaps more trustworthy. The rela- tive standing of the leading navies is thus given:
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
FIGHT WITH ROOSTER.

From the New York Herald
 Muriel Osborn, the 4-year-old daughter of Chairman Frank Osborn of the Board of Education of Belleville. N. J., was at- tackled and severely cut and scratched by rooster near her fathers residence yes- terday morning.
 It was while the little girl was playing in the field that the bird flew at her face. She attempted to run away but fell. The rooster immediately flew at her again and this time easily spurred and scratched her face. Her screams brought her parents to her help.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
HAS NO SUBMERGED TENTH.

From Harper's Magazine.
 The peculiar features of the wealth and prosperity of Berlin lie in the broad sub division of small incomes, upon which people manage to live respectfully. In the comparative simplicity of life. the cheap ness of amusements and education. and above all, in the remarkable absence of the Submerged element" The small amount of human waste which this liv- ing factory gets through it's work is it's most remarkable characteristic
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

not shine when brought into actual
 conflict. Nor has the French navy
 been very successful. The German navy will give a good account of itself when the, strain of battle comes, and so will that of Japan. The English are seadogs by birth and breeding, and the United States has inherited their seagoing trait and quality.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day, Monday. April 8. 1901:
 Doubtful all day"
 Thou wilt. have an expensive year in thy house or family, and thy business will progress slowly, this being thy birth day Those in employ must be careful or they will lose It."
 "A child born on this day will want everything of the very best, and will spend its money on ornamental and use less articles; 1t will not be fortunate in business
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

The king business has troubles of it's own. Some of its members are targets, and scme are setting over vol canoes. and some are on the edges of social discord, ard all are unhappy and uneasy.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
Natural OH In Wilcox.

From the Wilcox Progressive Era.
 At the railroad celebration every refer ence to water works. electric lights. etc., was heartily applauded, but not one of the speakers made allusion to the fact that within 100 yards of where they stood, oil is so plentiful that it is bursting through the earth, and that within a mile coal Is cropping out from the mountain side. Camden will some day furnish cheaper fuel than any city in the State.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
Vote for Fifty-five.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Mobile Register has at the head of it's columns. under the caption, Demo- ocratic nominees etc., the names of Messrs. Oates, Knox. White and Lowe, nominated from the State at large, Messrs. Glover and Morrissett from the First Congressional district and MT. G. L. Smith from the Thirty-third Sen- atorial district, and the county nominees, Messrs. Brooks. Pillans and Boone. That may be misleading as to the state at large nominees. Those to be voted for on the general ticket throughout the State are the four above named, and the eighteen from the nine Congressional and the thir- ty-three from the Senatorial districts, making fifty-five in all to be voted for at every polling place in Alabama. The fifty-five, to all intents and purposes, are nominees from the State at large.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Funston did very well when it is considered that he became a soldier without taking a course of tobasco sauce.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Teddy may be able to outride Freddy, but Freddy can outswim Teddy, and as a man who did he can exceed him every time.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Carnegie denies the theatre endow- ment story. He says the theatres will have to elevate themselves.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
iNoRATFrUDa.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 Venezuela appears to be making e poor return for keeping the claws of the Brit ish Hon off her territory. ~
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Tom Johnson and Sam Jones are single taxers, but they will have enough of other affairs to keep them busy without bothering with more theories.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
eeIIed Buxzard.

From the Ashville Southern Aegis-
 ]. H. Kitchens of Partlow called this morning to see about his subscription. While here he reported the descent of four buzzards in Jim Sanders Beaver Mountain field, one of the birds of which was belled with bright bell. apparently about inches in diameter at the lower end and shone like a bright star. The sight was witnessed by himself, Jim Sam ders and Mrs. Julia Sanders. The birds were in shotgun reach of the observers.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Zouaves, one mountain and two field bat teries. battalion of line infantry and battalion of marine infantry. At the capital are stationed one battalion of the Seventeenth and two battalions of the Eighteenth Marine Infantry, a de- tachment of Chasseurs d Afriaue. two mountain batteries and a field battery. Tien Tsin holds six companies of French line Infantry @ mountain battery, a field battery, two battalions of the Sixteenth Marine Infantry Regiment and com pany of engineers.
 At Yang Tsun are a battalion of Zouaves, a squadron of Chasseurs d. Afrique and two field batteries.
 The lines of communication between Pekin, Tien Tsin and Pao Ting Flu are guarded by marine and line infantry zouaves and chasseurs. It has at Pekin a battalion of marines and of infantry and a company of each at Shan Hai Kwan and a marine detachment and company of infantry at Tien Tsin.
 Japan has her force divided principally between Pekin and Tien Tsin. Two squadrons of Japanese cavalry, two bat teries of artillery and the Twenty-first Infantry Regiment are at the Chinese capital and at Tien Tsin are three bat talions of the Forty-first Infantry and a troop of cavalry, while other attachments of the "wiry little Japanese" are strung along the railroads throughout the pro- vince. The Czar Is represented at the cap ital by a company of infantry, a squadron of cavalry and detachment of Russian artillery to man four machine guns and two light Chinese cannon. Russia has . company of infantry at Tong Ku, at Tien Tsin and at Pei Tang, while at Shanghai Kwang four companies of infantry are stationed. two souadrons of cavalry and a light battery.
 Austrias representation Is composed of marines-250 at Pekin, 50 at Tien Tsin and 40 at Shan Hai Kwan.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
DESTROYED ON FACE OF m.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
 An Iowa editor is trying to prove the power of silence. This might do in Ne braska. but not in Iowa
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
smokehouse and Pocketbook.

From the Livingston Southern Home.
 The farmer that always has a full smoke house as a general thing has & full pocket book. The farmer that has his smoke house in the West has a lean pocket book and big mortgage on him, 4y
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
"Tom" Paine to Marry.

Invitations were received in Birm- ingham yesterday to the wedding of MT. Thomas B. Paine to Miss Douglas Gay of Atlanta, which is to take place fort night hence MT. Paine, who formerly resided here. has great many friends in Birmingham society who will wish for him all manner. of happiness. Indeed, he has a large number of friends all over the South, and in New York, where he spends much of his. time with his brother. J. Overton Paine, the noted Wall street stock broker, and Southern CTS generally will feel pleased concern in his marriage. Mir. Paine is one of the best known young business men and financiers in the South, and is a man of charming qualities of mind and heart.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Sampson draws the line at fine so- ciety manners. but others think the three R's is the better line.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
EpIsoN's FINAL SHOCK,

From the Baltimore American.
 Thomas Edison intimates that he can give the billion-dolla trust the aspect of 30 cents whenever he feels like 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Lawyer Knox has been deposited in the cabinet. but the steel trust keeps a string tied to him.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Sixto Lopez refuses to come in from Boston and be pacified.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

J. Pierpont Morgan is the boss iron master of the period.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Sixto Lopez threatens to fight Uncle Sam to the last. He fights with his tongue only.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

quantity of remarkably rich vestmsnts and some of the sacred vessels. There was not time to replace the altar before the beginning of Holy Week. during which all mechanical work inside Cath olic church Is forbidden by canonical law. The altar which cost a thousand dollars, was insured. and the insurance agent. MT. W. J. .Dangaix,, received in- structions from the company insuring to make good all damage. Meantime the nuns of the adjacent convent draped the ruined altar so that probably the hun dreds of outside visitors to the church yesterday did not know that twelve or fifteen feet of what is collectively called the altar had been destroyed
 Father OReilly is now carefully consid- ering plans and designs for replacing the altar It has been urged upon him to haveIa white marble altar and reredos erected, but the expense would run into many thousands of dollars. and unless members of the congregation and friends of the church raise the money, marble Is out of the question, for the church has no fund to draw upon. all of its receipts being expended in church work and gen. eral charity as they are received. With Mrs. Mares noble memorial gift, there will be about fifteen hundred dollars for the new altar.
 With Mrs. Marre's gift for St. Vincent s Hospital there will be put up in the hos pital grounds in front of the building two splendid memorial lamps
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Carter Harrison and Tom Johnson now consider themselves in the presi- dential class.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Aguinaldo has heard of American junkets, and he wants one himself to this country.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
Holding Her Own.

From the, Prattville Progress.
 While much talk is being indulged in about tho growth and prosperity of other towns around us, our town is easily hold ing her own and pushing away to the front. We arc not trying to do 1t all in one day nor are ws trying to gst the
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Many man is buffaloed to that ex- tent that he cannot locate his own key hole.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Aguinaldo can write free to his old companions-on postal cards.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
FORGED BY OUR HERoEs.

From the New Haven Register.
 We cannot condemn General Eunston and immortalize Nathan Hale
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Mrs. Nation was not vindicated at Wichita, her home city, which went wet"
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Tolstoi has been banished, but his ideas have not been and cannot be.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Marcus Aurelius Hanna should issue an edict banishing Al. Johnson from the realm.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

Marcus Aurelius I. is not recognized as the ruling sovereign in his own town.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

The Czar probably wishes himself in Tolstoi's shoes.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
"Dead-Head's" Delight.

Newspapers, railroads and theatres, in the order named, are almost the only great sufferers from "dead-heads in this country, and the tax of the undeserving upon these three public utilities and the extent to which they are beat" and at tempted to be "beat" is beyond the com prehension of any person not engaged In one. Or sanother of the businesses
 When H. L. Leavitt. long one of the best known theatrical managers in the West, was engaged in that business he prepared an answer to all would-be "dead-heads' that deserves to be perpetu- ated. Mir. Leavitt, who is now in Bir- mingham as general manager of the forthcoming Elks' street fair, has left one of his old-time personal cards in this smoky corner of toll, one of the cards he used to give applicants for "dead-head" tickets to his theatres. The card is in engraved script:
 H. L. LEAVITT,
 Manager.
 On the back of the bit of pasteboard is the following:
 "A Complimentary Ticket-I tender you this little tribute hoping 1t will explain what my modesty prevents me from do- ing. It costs good hard money to run theatrical company; the actors sal- aries. the hotel bills, the railroad fare, baggage bill, printers account, bill post ing and other incidental expenses cannot be paid in passes If no one pays admis- sion to a theatre how are these expenses to be paid? You would not go into clothing store and ask for free suit of clothes; then why ask for free pass to the theatre? Our bills must be paid as well as theirs. By giving away passes one might be termed good fellow but that wouldn't feed the babies Knowing that you wiH agree with me on this sub ject, and hoping you will come and see our excellent performance, the prices be- ing reasonable, am respectfully yours
 "H. L. LEAVITT,
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

DeWet has no guns, but he has plenty of legs.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

The boomers are attracted to the Panama canal project because there will be so much water in it.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08
-. Fortunes of Hon. W. p. Pinckard.

Hon. William Peyton Pinckard, the great developer, of restless energy and far-seeing financial wisdom, not content with his present opening of immense new coal mines in Tuscaloosa County, Is now having manufactured on an enormous scale the remarkable device. the patent of which he owns, for regulating the current that supplies electric lights, by which the flame of an ordinary incandes- cent light can be regulated as easily as gas lights are With this device attached an incandescent light can be reduced to any grade, from the full glow to a mere flicker precisely as one may raise or lower the flame from gas jet.
 Large orders are being placed for this device from all over the United States, to be filled as speedily as the goods can be manufactured, and the invention Is making yet another fortune for Mir Pinckard; and assuredly if there be any men who deserve three fortunes, he is one of them.
The age-herald., 1901-04-08

the county are in better shape than they have been in some time and this neces- sarily reflects it's influence on the town. There have been several real estate trans fers within the past few weeks which means much to the prosperity of the town Some of these purchasers intend building comfortable residences and per Inanent homes on lots they have pur- chased, and the homebuilders are said to be the backbone and mainstay of prosperous community.