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The age-herald., 1901-01-13
lust Representation Demanded :.

In the approaching constitutional con- vention the delegates from Jefferson County should make an effort to secure just representation. There IS no req son in the world why county lines or any other lines should be permitted to work injustice in this State, whatever they may do in some other State. Force may attempt it, but force is not often justice.
 Let us illustrate, The Senatorial ra- tio in this State is, or rather would be if justice, equality and fair play pre- vailed, 55,415. And yet Jefferson Coun- ty has but one Senator to represent 140,- APO productive people. In Tuscaloosa a Senator goes with 36.147 people. One man in Tuscaloosa has as much voice in legislation as four men in Jefferson. To pursue the matter any further would but pile up testimony as to the injustice done the people of this county under the present wholly outgrown constitu- tion of the State.
 Nor Is this injustice confined to the State Senate. It crops out in the House of Representatives as well. The ratio of representative at present is 1S,2S6. This should give Jefferson eight mem- bers, because it has full ratios and
The age-herald., 1901-01-13
THE SINGEhS AlMS.
By Henry Abbey.

By Henry Abbey (An Incident in the Life of the Great Tenor,
 Mario.) In Lyons, on the mart of that French town. Years since, a woman, leading fair child Craved a small aims of one, who, walking down
 The thoroughfare, caught the childs glance and smiled To see behind its eyes, noble soul He paused, but found he had no coin to dole. His guardian angel warned him not to lose This chance of pearl to do another good; So. as he waited, sorry to refuse The aasked-for penny, there aside he stood, And with his hat held, as by limb the nest, He covered his kind face and sung his best. The sky was blue above, and all the lane Of commerce, where the singer stood, was filled, And many paused, and, listening, paused again
 To hear the voice that through and through them thrilled. I think the guardian angel helped along That cry for pity. woven in song. The hat of its stamped brood was emptied Into the woman's lap who wrenched with tears Her kiss upon the hand of held; twas noon, And noon in her glad heart drove forth her fears.
 The singer, pleased, passed apy and soft 1y thought,
 Men will know by whom this deed was wrought But when at night he came upon the stage, Cheer after cheer went up from that wide thrcng, And flowers rained on him. naught could assuage The tumult of the welcome save the song That he had sweetly sung, with covered face,
 For the two beggars in the market. place.
The age-herald., 1901-01-13
NED BRACE DISCUSSES NATIONAL POLITICS
 AND TALKS OF STATE AND LOCAL AFFAIRS

general political bulbs and blossoms.
 Why shouldn't Alabama's university be on the same high plane as the University of Virginia or Princeton? Select the right man as president, give him full control. and Alabama will have a university of which the State will be proud.
 I am delighted at the improvements sug- gested by the city officials and the Board of Aldermen toward making Birmingham better and cleaner city. Every one will likewise be pleased to know that the May or and Aldermen have determined to re- quire protection to the public at points where the railroads cross the city streets. of the tracks will be provided for and a severe penalty will be imposed upon ratl- roads which do not comply with the city law. Trains will also be required to slow up when crossing public streets and every other precaution fill be taken to prevent a continuance of the accidents which have mortified the people of Birmingham during the past few weeks. Stringent provisions will also be made requiring trolley cars to come to full stop before crossing railroad tracks.
 Within year it is likewise promised that we shall have miles of newly paved streets in Birmingham. The Mayor says the city will spend nearly million dollars during 1901 in street Improvements. This is in- deed good news. Let the streets then be kept clean and likewise give some atten- tion to the alleys.
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in denouncing the Southern people because of Southern political methods.
 Chandler is the man who characterized Senator Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky, on one occasion during the session of a Senate committee, as a slave driver" Senator Blackburn promptly caught the New Hamp- shire Senator by the ear. jerked him from his seat at the committee room table and was soundly spanking him when the other Senators interfered to rescue Candler.
 For several years Chandler was pes tiferous little fellow in the Seuate but dur ing the past several years he has been somewhat broader and more liberal in his views. He is a man of some ability, but has not made use of that ability in the broad sense of accomplishing any great legislation or of making a great name for himself. He has had opportunities but failed to take advantage of them. Some what like the late Senator Ingalls,, his fondness for invective deprived him of ac- complaining much good in his legislative career.
 The University of Alabama Alumni As sociation resoluted soundly when they ad- vised that the practical management of the university be placed absolutely within the presidency and faculty. The board of trustees should be merely advisory, sim ply selecting the president, who, with their approval, should select faculty. The pres ident and faculty should be wholly re- sponsible. In such case they would make a great university of it, rather than hot house for the growth of politicians and
The age-herald., 1901-01-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 No man ever gets a very good idea of how a woman is dressed till she stands up.
 There never was woman's note of con graduation to man that really meant any thing
 If everybody preached what he practiced, nobody in the world would consider any body else respectable.
 A man doesn't love a woman enough un- less he loves her enough to hurt her feel ings once in a while.
 Trying to fix up a quarrel between two women is like trying to sharpen lead pen cf1 with a can opener.
The age-herald., 1901-01-13
NAMES IN TEXAS.

From the Dallas News. ea Miss Vera Gee visited in Dallas
 Mrs Ellis Birdsong is in Galveston Miss Gala May is in Sulphur Springs. Mrs H. H. Rainbolt returned to Dallas. Miss Willie Flowers is visiting in Clarks- vile.
 Miss Lady Green has returned to Arka- delphia, Ark.
 Miss Nellie Monk of Moody has come here to reside.
 Miss Mary Dove Gregg has returned from Shreveport
The age-herald., 1901-01-13
PETTIGREW HOLDS UP HARLAN.

Washington Correspondent of the Chicago
 Tribune.
 Senator Pettigrew has held up the con firmation of James s. Harlan of Chicago, a son of Justice Harlan, to be attorney general. of Porto Rico. He served notice upon the Senate in executive session that he proposed to defer the confrmat tion of this nomination until he found out what the President means by flirting with the Supreme Court"
The age-herald., 1901-01-13

My old friend David Bennett Hill, of again. Hill wants the Democratic nomina- ton three years hence, and he already has his advance guard at work in Washington. Hill is an able man and would make a good President, but he is out too early. He will iniure rather than benefit himself by such an early campaign. The people are sorely tired of politics for a period Dem- oerats especially so Personal ambitions and antagonisms among would-be leaders have brought the party to several success sive defeats and the thoughtful element will have none of candidates their claims for leadership at the present time. ~ Hill, Bryan. Cleveland. Whitney, German and others are evidently figuring for the next Democratic nomination, but the peo- pie have no thoughts of them right now,
 Senator William E.. Chandler retires from the United States Senate on the 4th of March. He has been defeated by the New Hampshire Legislature. and a man prac- tically unknown to the country at large chosen to succeed him. Senator Chandler
 
 Navy under President Arthur and served from April, 1882 to March, 1885. Since 1887 he has been member of the United States Senate Senator Chandler perhaps has been the most vigorous and vicious opponent of Southern Democracy in the United States Senate. He was the man who pushed the Force Bill, and ke was the man who day in and day out for many years waved the bloody shirt in the Senate and made use of all manner of harsh and vicious language
The age-herald., 1901-01-13
NINETY CARLOADS OF sTATuARY

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 MT. Newcomb Cleveland, young travel ing man of Albany, N. Y, said at the Grand that the Pan-American Exposition has ninety car loads of statuary ready to adorn the exposition grounds at Buffalo when the spring time, gentle Annie" comes.
The age-herald., 1901-01-13
ATLANTA'S MAYOR.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Atlanta has new mayor ,an dthe old one will now be able to dispose of his time un- hampered by the cares of office. Mrs. Ma ton will not be unassisted in her work of smashing the saloons of the country
The age-herald., 1901-01-13

There is danger that the Martians will ex- plore through their telescopes both our to Denver thus scoopng the explorers who are headed towards them.
The age-herald., 1901-01-13

Editor Bryan is preparing to dash off a salutatory, together with a few timely ob- servations on the duty of subscribing now
The age-herald., 1901-01-13

The Chicago Times-Herald poet is ap- preaching the climax of his rhymed version of the life and services of John R. Tanner.
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The mountain lions specially prepared for start of at least ten paces.
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The story that Hetty Green has bought an automobile is considered evidence that they have been placed on the bargain coun- ter, marked $1.99.
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Let the bullies of West Point be sent to the Philippines with instructions to haze the Filipinos by the tobasco sauce method
The age-herald., 1901-01-13

The administration has not bad cold or the grip, for Mark Hanna is as lively as a cricket, and much more domineering.
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Heroic doses of tobasco sauce should be administered to Colonel Mills and the upper class bullies who are defending the treat ment
The age-herald., 1901-01-13

Mrs. Nation will be released from jail today, and the insurance companies are canceling their policies on glassware.
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Dom Pauls understudy at home is doing very well considering that he does not know what a base of supplies means.
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They are still boilin the water in Chicago. canal or no canal
The age-herald., 1901-01-13

Not even solution of salt, prepared by Professor Loeb on the spot, will save John R. Tanner now
The age-herald., 1901-01-13

Heroic doses of tobasco sauce should be administered to Colonel Mills and the upper class bullies who are defending the treat ment
 Let the bullies of West Point be sent to the Philippines with instructions to haze the Filipinos by the tobasco sauce method. The Chicago Times Herald poet is ap- preaching the climax of his rhymed version of the life and services of John R. Tanner. The administration has not a bad cold or the grip, for Mark Hanna is as lively as a cricket, and much more domineering Mrs Nation will be released from jail today, and the insurance companies are caneelling their policies on glassware. Dom Paul's understudy at home is doing very well considering that he does not know what a base of supplies means.
 
 Not even a solution of salt, prepared by Professor Loeb on the spot, will save John R. Tanner now.
 Instead of Kidnapping boys the senatorial aspirants in Omaha are engaged in kidnap- ing votes.
 General DeWet is confessedly a soldier, and yet he never experienced the tobaseo treatment.
 It would be sad indeed of the mountain lions should prefer to hunt rather than be hunted
 When the cards were reshufIied in South Dakata Senator-elect Gamble stepped to the front
 Boston has secured more culture in a clergyman, the Rev. Joras Boodoo Maloaf.  Jim Hill is demonstrating that populistic whiskers do not necessary imply defeat The Vice-President-e elect is camping on the trail of the well-trained mountain lion. Dom Lincoln Cullom is several laps ahead of the field in the Illinois Legislature. Mrs. Nation and the looking-glass trust are on the best of terms.
 Mans little toe is disappearing, as well as his vermiform appendix.
 Hero Mark Hanna says, Don't give up the ship''-subsidy.
 MT. Grove has gone to join Aguinaldo.
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Instead of Kidnapping boys the senatorial aspirants in Omaha are engaged in kidnap ing votes.
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lions should prefer to hunt rather than be hunted.
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SUGAR AND TOBACCO.

MT Grove has gone to join Aguinaldo.
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General DeWet is confessedly a soldier, and yet he never experienced the tobasco treatment.
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When the cards were reshufIled in South Dakata Senator-elect Gamble stepped to the
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Mrs. Nation and the looking-gl trust are on the best of terms.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-23
NEWYORK TRIBUNE ILLUsTRATED sUPPLEMENT.

some improvements, of the soldier of the fIfure
our author gives creat praise. He was a gem
efal and tactician in himself. He had a great
aeal OF dash ard courage. and much uncon-
sclous perception and natural intelligence He
u4o wonders in the Chinese campaign, and were
ne 10 possess stronger physique and a
heaIlhler constitution, both of which he does
al ne can TO run he would probably be the
best soldier in the world The line officers too
were perfect gentlemen and most businesslike
soldiers They knew and did their work in a
most sensible practical and excellent wsv
whenever, of course, superior orders permitted
them to do So" Mr. Landor admires the British
plneJackets and marines as magnificent" but
complains that the same degree of excellence is
hOt 1oond IN the army; the Were plucky
unnecessarily so, but seemed to lack that con-
hdenoe in their leaders which makes soldiers
ever certain Of victory" The few French
troops did their work We'll but their commits
sariat was not in good working order. The
Italian marines fought hravely; the infantry did
not arrive until the fighting was over. The
finely drilled German troops also did not arrive
in time TO join in the main operations. The
author makes the amusing comment that their
clothing and hats seemed more adapted for
suburban summer gardening in Germany than
for war purposes
These volumes are fun Of horrors. both of
incident and snapshot. There is a great deal
Of sameness in the photographs OF dead Boxers
and some OF them might have been omitted
The Chinese picture of a torture chamber is
almost too grotesque TO be horrible Though
Mr.. Landor only entered Picking with the relief
expedition. his account OF the siege of the leSa-
tions is admirable, quite the best we have seen.
Equally picturesque and detailed is his descrip-
ton OF the splendid defence Of the "Pe-tang,"
the Catholic Cathedral and mission, by Bishop
Favier and his converts. Ii is story of the
nobest heroism and unselfishness. The history
Of the Ming dynasty, which Mr.. Landor includes
in this work. is not out OF place, as il leads 10
a clearer understanding Of the Chinese situa-
ton; but fail to see why he should have
clumsily dragged in a long narrative Of his
visit 10 the Trappst monastery in China in
1891. IL adds OutragcOusly TO the size of the
work. which. without it, is difficult TO
handle.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-23

Mrs. Duane had some vivid recollections Of
her grandfather to impart To her little girl
Franklin was confined To his bed for many
months before he died. and the child Debby was
accustomed to study her lessons sitting on "A
little stool at his bedside. Suffering as he was
from great pain, he listened To her recitations
and trained her baby mind in the way it should
go. "Debby. is not that line Of spelling ready
yet?' hinted the philosopher when the child was
dilatory, and she found that there super
fetal studying to be done in that neighborhood
for the dictionary always came to the fore
when the old gentleman discovered that she did
not know the meaning of the words she was
spelling. Sweet the reward of diligence
spoonful OF currant jelly. dish of which
always beside the invalid. The good doctor
SHARED in this particular the taste of his brother
philosopher, hight Johnson. who. if may
trust Mr. Thackeray. absorbed in Mrs War
rington's drawing with sesquipedalian
enoomiums a considerable portion Of the Coun-
tess of CastlewoOd's hat mOudy benefac-
ton.
Debby Bache-"Beech" they pronounced the
name in her time-was trained in democratic
principles and maintained them consistently
with the aid Of dry sense of humor. Mrs.
Duane used to relate this characteristic Incl
dent of her childhood in Illustration of her
mothers uncompromising democracy:
When were children went to Mrs.
Pynes school; we were day boarders, and were
placed at the table with Nellie C6sts and Maria
Morris, apart from the other girls, because Mrs.
Pyne said. Young ladies of rank must take the
head of the table" Much elated at this dis
tinction, we told our mother of ii with glee.
when, TO dsmay, she said, Give my
pments To Mrs. Pyne and tell her there is
rank in this country but rank mutton'-so
ended our shortlived honors.
Many people thought that DIR. Whites jour
ney to England to be consecrated there as
Bishop of Pennsylvania was quite unnecessary,
and Franklin's daughter was Of the same opin-
New-York tribune., 1901-06-23

much. taught me much" says Gorki The first
work Of Gorkis that appeared in one of the
larger monthly magazines was "Tschelkasch' ;
il published by Korolenko in the periodical
"Russkoje Bogatstwo." This publication decided
Gorki's career, and he now is reckOned among
the foremost of Russian writers.
Gorki is at present in prison at Nixni-NOvgo-
rod as a political suspect The police having
searched his house, have been unable to obtain
evidence against him, however, and his friends
are hoping for his speedy release while all Rus
sia is said to be watching the proceedings in his
case with suspense. letter in The Frank
furter Zeitung" says that Cork is suffering
frcm rheumatism due TO the dampness of the
prison in which he is confined. His features
Iale and he las desire for work. He takes a
yard; his wife Ekaterina Pawlowna, has de-
manded a medical examination for him ON
count OF the failure of his health. The regard
in which he is held by his fellow prisoners who
have made him all manner Of little presents such
as could be prepared in prison, well as by the
under prison officials, is touching. The police
have made special efforts to find the latest
sketches by Gork Spring Melodies and THE
Author Who Become Arrogant" both of which
are said to deal with the most recent occur
rences in Russia. Cork himself is said to feel
uprisings there. The latest report is that the
chief of the Russion police. The Assistant Min
lister of the Interior, Count Swiatopolk- Mirsky,
has arrived at Mimi -Novgorod to investigate his
case
New-York tribune., 1901-06-23

munich beer seller. I soon exchanged this call
ing ior that of clerk in the office of Lanin a
lawyer OF Mimi Novgorod. That was a turning
point In my life. Lanin's influence on my de-
Nelopment was immeasurably great l owe this
cultivated and great hearted man more than to
any one else. But, however agreeable found
NE with Lanin, where my soul could at last
mo room to breathe, i was again impelled to
the life OF tramp. And 1 have tramped all
over Russia Where have 1 not been, what
have not seen and suffered. what kind of work
have not done!'
To the idea OF becoming writer Cork was
first brought by a friend, Alexander Mesodje-
witsch kaluschni, to whom also he is under
great indebtedness His first attempt was the
story, ''Makar Tschudra,'' which appeared in
October 1892 or 1893 in the "Kawkas" news
paper. Cork had then reached Tihis in his
wanderings. where he at work in a railroad
machine shop. He then returned to his home
and began to publish other sketches in the local
papers Of the Nolga cities. A happy chance
brought him to Vladimir Korolenko. in 1898
who introduced him to real literature "Koro-
lenko has done very much for me- showed me
New-York tribune., 1901-06-23

ROBERT ANNYS: POOR PRIEST. \ Tale of tho
Great Uprising. By Annie Nathan Meyer l2mo
PIP 5i7. The Macmillan Company
DAYS LIKE THESE \ Novel BY Edward W.
Townsend l2mo. pp. 4iS. Harper Brothers,
rAsTroRAI.s OF DORSET Ey NJ, T.. Francis
tMrs. Francis lundeD. Emo. Up. 3l6 Long
mans. Green " Co.
The story Of the "russet-priest." Robert An
nys. is set in the England of the fourteenth
century. 1t was time when churchly rule
was anything but holy, when ecclesiastical
abuses and vices We're urging Wycliffe and
| anSland To the utterance of doctrines that
were to prepare the way for the Reformation.
If, Wycliffe said. "friars wercn superfue," so
We're not the poor priests who. Bible in hand,
went about the countryside teaching Christian
ty pure and simple. Such priest is Robert
Annys. Wycliffes disciple. who goes forth at
the end of his stu>ent life to in his lot with
the oppressed and ignorant toilers of the field.
He has high enthusiasm peculiar aptitude
for moving men, and churchmen seek to draw
the eloquent preacher into their own prosperous
ranks. Preferment meaning the fulflment Of
many noble ambitions is offered him, and the
temptation to the scholarly and poetic nature
is great He resists however-but it is only to
fall a blind captive to beautiful and wilful
girl. We leave the reader To trace for himself
the effect upon the mans character of his
tional experiences and of his encounter with
the suffering Demos of his time. He is drawn
with much skil-with. it mast be confessed,
much feminine ideality The author has studied
the period with care. and. though sparing of
archaisms. she has managed to realize in some
measure the atmosphere of the England of the
Middle Ages.
Mr. Townsends story of modern New-York
brings together the types most familiar to the
casual observer and most susceptible of dra-
ion, the political boss and ward heeler, the
brilliant young man of affairs who is always
right, the barkeeps. thieves thugs rich con-
tractors, shopgirls and English tourists who
surge through the columns of the newspapers
from years end to the other. There IS
something of the journalist recognizable in Mr..
Townsend's selection and handling OF his char
acters He dferentiates them uncOmmonly Well
and develops their relations with q deftness
which obscures the faults of an improbable plot.
1t is hard to believe in the possibility of his