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The age-herald., 1901-08-04
A WINTER CAMPAIGN.

From the Selma Journal.
 The campaign for the adoption of the new constitution will probably be waged in the winter. Not much campaign will be necessary. only one of education for the masses of just what the new instru- ment means.
 The constitutional convention will prob ably adjourn by August 15, or not later than September 1. By October Governor Jelks will have his proclamation ready calling the election within sixty days, and the date upon which the vote will be taken will be about the first Monday in December.
 October and November are busy times in Alabama, and there will be difficulty In getting the people together, but there will be some speaking and much talking, and when the two instruments are conn pared, the new and the old. there is but little doubt of the ratification of the con- vention's work.
 About ls0 of the 155 delegates in the convention will be found earnestly advo- eating the adoption of the new funda- mental law and these men scattered all over the State will do much toward arousing interest in the campaign and securing the necessary majority to insure it's ratification.
 Jefferson and Mobile counties may give small majorities against ratification, but Montgomery. Dallas. Calhoun and Madi- son will send up large majorities. as will also vast majority of the lesser coun- ties of the State.
 ,1,a of xuil have to be done will depend largely upon the amount of organized opposition, if any, that Is developed. Who will lead the fight against ratification, if leader appears, is not yet apparent. We mean of course, from within the party The opposition from the outside win not be great unless some prominent Democrat appears as the new Moses to lead for lorn hope.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
The stone-Heflin Matter.

T was a member of the convention in 1886 that nominated Judge Stone as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and the con- troversies that seem to be going on through the press now, as to whether Judge Hefiin was nominated, have not given all the facts in reference to this matter" said Col. James L. Tanner of Birmingham.
 T recollect very distinctly that Hon. Frank w. Bowden, whose memory we all love, and who was near relative of Judge Hefiin approached a great many of the delegations in the convention, and particu- larly the one that I was a member of and asked the delegates to give Judge Heflln complimentary vote on the first ballot, and to which request great many of the delegations consented, forgetting the fact that, there would only be two can didates for Chief Justice before the con- vention, and 1t was more than probable that one would be nominated on the first ballot, under the majority rule.
 Before the clerk had finished the call of the counties, my recollection is very distinct that, Pike County, through its chairman, Judge Parks or Judge Hubbard, asked to change its vote from Hefiin to Stone, and immediately other counties took the same course.
 ''I believe that a great many men in the State will bear me out in this statement in reference to how near Judge Hefiin came to securing the nomination for Chief Justice, aRd there was no justification for the use of the word fraud in connec- tion with the names of either Stone or Hefin; for they were men without re- proach."
The age-herald., 1901-08-04

posed tariff will not be ratified by either the pundesrath or Reichstag The Bundesrath or Federal Council consists of 5s States selected by the States of the Empire, and the representatives Of each State must vote according to home in- structions. The Reichstag, consist ing of nearly 400 members, is elected by universal suffrage, and 1t votes without restraint or dictation. It is believed Dy some that the pub lished measure is designed to concili- ate the agrarians, and that the gov ernment does not expect it to be rati- fled.
 Be this as it may, this country can not protest, for our Dingley tariff IS much worse than the Yon Beulow doc ument, and surely what we do Ger many may in return do. If we roster trusts by roDDer tafln, anu eHSsS trusts attempt at once to underseh foreign manufacturers by overtaxing domestic consumers, how can we ob- feet to a similar scheme in Germany Our Hands are tied by our own selfish ness, rapacity and shortsightedness. We cannot exclude foreigners from our markets, and then from profits taken from home consumers expect to invade other marke;s and undersell home producers. The other nations will no longer stand one-sided scheme. Germany will not. Russia mas already shown that she will not, and we may expect to have the rest of the commercial world against us. Dingleyism is too selfishh and too one sided to stand, and it is tottering to a fall
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
Germany Resants pinaIeYlsm.

The new German tariff doubles the duty on cereals and meats, and also doubles, and even quadruples in some cases, duties on manufactured goods. This tariff is to go into effect when present commercial treaties expire, which they will do in the course of a year. The time named for the opera tion of the new tariff is said to be De- cember l, 1903.
 There is mucn time therefore in which to arrange reciprocity treaties Russia is hard hit in the proposed duty on wheat, which has heretofore stood at 3h marks per quarter, or about S5 cents per 8 bushels. Tn the future it will pay 51z to marks per quarter or about 20 cents bushel. Cattle and horses will be subjected to much heavier taxation. and it is difficult to say which one of these countries. Aus tpfa, Russia and the United States. will suffer the most from the new tariff that Count von Buelow has prepared and published.
 There are some who think the pro
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
SOME BIG GOLD NUGGETS.

From St. Nicholas.
 Among the historical big gold nuggets found in various parts of the world there have been some wonderful yellow Jumps. In Cabarrus County, North Carolina, one was found in 1910 which weighed 37 pounds troy. In 1924 the gold fields of Zlatoust, In the Ural, gave a nugget of 96 pounds troy The Victoria (Australia) nugget weighed 146 pounds and 3 penny weights, of which only ounces were foreign rock; and the Ballarat (Australia) nugget was 39 pounds heavier yet. The largest nugget ever found was also dug in Australia-the Sarah Sands" named for a far-off loved one. It reached the astonishing weight of 2S3 pounds and 1 ounces troy.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04

the angels voices calling. calling. call ing.
 Dids't ever hear the angels voice calling when the shadows fell deepest? D.ds't ever feel the touch of angels wing when the heart was bursting with joy or breaking and bleeding in nameless grief2 Dids't ever look upon the white pinions flashing in glorious brilliance and mark ing the way of hope and life against the blue vast vault of the upper deep? So? Ahi so? Then for you the shafts of in- gratitude hurtless break Then you are come to know in all it's divine fullness and restful effulgence the goodness of God. The angel guest still comes through the gates of suffering best
 
 The vanities of man are but evidences of the wide space that lies between him and righteousness Ingratitude is the most unshapely and hideous offspring of all the vanities. You strive to aid and encour- age a man in the acquisition of this worlds goods. Goodfellow turned to Goldbags loudly boasts that money are power and I Is got it," and he passess you by on the other side. He puts a diamond in his shirt front. paints a dul5e's crest upon his carriage door and buys a Senatorship. Then the angels weep There Is another whose interests you have gladly striyen for years to promote and right glad you have been In the doing of 1t: Suddenly the caucus lifts him above you and above himself, and dreams have become power. "The offices are mine." he thunders defiantly, and then it Is you come to know that with power gratitude is sense of favors to come The Jack" of yesterday is the Sir of today. and you may knock at the unopen- ing door of his favor till the crack of doom There are others to be taken care of" You might as well go hang your self.
 My king! My Jovei I speak to thee, my heart" was the salutation of him of dark trouble. The answer was: I know thee not, old man; fall to thy How III white hairs become a fool and
 jester
 Yestereen in the alehouse twas Hal Today in the palace 'tis your majesty. Tomorrow the fool and jester' shall pass away in penury babbling O green fields.
 But 1t Is in the goodness of God that these things do not constitute the stand
The age-herald., 1901-08-04

One fair woman. fair and sweet and good, who has recently suffered some lit- tie personal grief, referring to one who loved her in days that are gone, asked last night from far away that these words be today printed in this place. sending message that they would be com forting to her. So here they are:
 ''Who does the best his circumstance
 allows
 Does well, acts nobly: angels could do
 no more"
 This woman might have asked for the power to see ourselves as others some times see us; but that is a prayer that none of us ever does wish to pray.
 Most generally when we contemn something in another 1t is a fault of our selves that is reflected in the conduct of that other lonesome other one.
 Maybe every one in the world is un- grateful, my beloved.
 Men and women are given to forgetting kindnesses and services done them; to kicking down the ladder by which they have ascended to the full view and gaze of an admiring or astonished world. And thus individuals who rise to more or less elevated points of distinction, or the less admirable ele- ment of mere notoriety, perversely lose sight of the companions who cheered them in the shades and by the laughing waters of the cool, sequestered vale of obscurity long before their sober thoughts learned to stray to where the maddening crowds ignoble strife was hottest, foul condition of life does man appear so con temptibly small. Power or pelf either seems to freeze the genial current of a mans nature in its flood towards them that have known him longest and best and served him most The whim of a caucus of tricksters, ignorant or corrupt or both. hoists poor, erring creature up unable to hold converse of the gods, he mouths at space and looks as silly as a swineherd in the boudoir of princess
 When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools When we die, We cry that we arc to quit 1t In our youth. with light and loving hearts, we bind ourselves to the fortunes of oth- CTS. When the infirmities and the sor- rows of the years lower above us, like shadows of despair, we find that ingrati- tude and selflshness and the other vices born of purse-pride, or the corruption of the caucus, have cut the hooks of steel, and the ingrate has passed beyond even
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
THE MURMUR OF THE WORLD.

dard of mans morality. They are as few foul weeds forcing their way amongst the beautiful flowers blossoming. and bless ing in the great garden of human love. charity, benevolence, gratitude, friend ship and devotion. Whensoever there be one who shall deny, betray and forget there shall be a great company of f-hrave souls who shall lovingly and loyally wear the bonds of fidelity and be steadfast in the way of faith and truth and trust. Whensoever there shall be one causing doubt there shall be many whom we trust, and question not at all, even though years and oceans roll between. It is in this that silence is benediction, whilst heart reaches to heart, thought is joined ito thought through all distances. When love unites wide space divides in vain. and the word less becomes the voiceful. It matters not if the postt brings no message from An- drew; 1t matters not if it beau him none. Tn friendship, in the offices and affairs of love. messages are swift to touch the ten derer emotions, but are not essential The friends thou hast, and their adoption
 tried.
 Grapple them to thy soul with hooks or
 steel.
 And so comes
 This above alI,-To thine ownself be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
 A.
 It is not of material significance to you and me of current life that wealth accumulates, that power vaunts itself, and that some men decay in morals, and betray trusts that should be held sacred Very few of us have been betrayed; not many of us have suffered from the in gratitude of men we have served. My self all the years of my life and all the devotion of faithful purpose would be not sufficient for the payment of the debts l owe for friendship received. for kindness shown, for aid, comfort and advancement from those who have been good to me. And it would be well for all of us who feel that we have suffered from the un- gratefulness of others to search our own hearts and ascertain if we ourselves have been always faithful. In some instances the most ungrateful of men prate of in gratitude in the lives of others. Know thyself, was the injunction uttered of cid. Carlye bade us to know our work. Laertes was bidden to be true to himself, as the wisest of all things to. do, and be- ing faithful in that particular he could not be false to any man. sThe which brings us to the proposition that the man within the breast Is power which We cannot defy in safety. or outrage with out being cast Into that black sea of sor- row prepared for the accursed of all the ages. THE MURMURER.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
BE LOVING NOW.

By Julia Nicely Finch. Why not say today
 The word We are so quick to say; When death has sealed the sense That would so gladly hear Why not be the crutch To feebler feet than ours While yet they halt beside us here Nor wait until at quiet rest They lie with heaped above them flowers We scatter there with many-a tear? Why not by look reveal The love that in our hearts we feel2 For just a look will sometimes heal The hurt that silence sears and scars With lack of soft ming sympathy. Too late when those dear eyes are hid Beneath dull and dreamless lid To lean with streaming eyes above And hearts that ache with untold love And with loves long remembering. There Is 8 touch, a tender touch Of soul-to-soul, that can relieve Of half its weight, our load of cares If forth to ours that soul out-fares. But each intent upon the guest For what to each seems here the best We go and then too late, we grieve and
 grieve
 For each and ev'ry little thing That might have meant so much, so much,
 Not to other SOULS dloHo
 But to our own; our very own! We look beyond and wonder "where?" How far they've gone; and what the
 bara
 That hold so fast. so fast between This visioned life and that unseen? Beyond the signing and the laughter What cometh on? What follows after? No tongue may tell; for 'tis unknown. Is this a shadow lightly cast Of some new realm and region, vast? This much is ours: to feel and know, This futile living here below The mysteries of moon and stars. Shut in and hampered all about With gnailing question. quibbling doubt; Be good and kind and teacher, too, Be fair and fond and tried and true Speak softly with such sweet replies That anger's self may be disarmed. Let looks of love Hume your eyes That cold hearts looking, be enwarmed. Let In your close enclasping arms Some tempted one forget the charm That evil holds forever out. Be loving now, lest some tomorrow Hold for you everlasting sorrow.
 Birmingham, Ala.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
An Alabama MIssissippian.

Colonel Harvey L. Mckee, erstwhile of Alabama, now of Meridian, Miss. was at the Florence last night. Colonel Mckee did not venture far away from the Ala called an Alabamian. He is very en- thusiastic in his devotion to Meridian,
 and is only one among it's many good, wide-awake citizens, who believe 1t Is to become a greater city than 1t even is today; and it already leads all Mis- eissippi towns. boasting population of 1000 people, five railroads and two more
The age-herald., 1901-08-04

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day, Sunday August 4, 1901:
 "A very unfavorable day"
 Heavy losses will occur in thy business the coming year, this being thy birthday; see that thou dost not speculate or risk thy money; .-ly health will fail and there will be otherwise sickness and disap- pointment in thy domestic circle.''
 ''Very unlucky in business will be the child born on this day, and 1t will spend its money fast and foolishly."
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
Goodness Came at Dark,

Poets would say of yesterday after noon's sunset that it was sullen, gloomy and grand.
 black splendor, up to certain moment, about the hour of S. when the sun burst through the great bank of rainless cloud, and almost entirely changed the aspect of the scene.
 The black clouds reached to the ze- nth and darkened all the afternoon and evening, after o'clock. There was very little thunder or lightning. no wind and no rain. Later in the evening a stiff breeze arose, and Birmingham began to enjoy the coolest night since June '.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Women have as much use for logic as they have for muscles on their arms like a circus performer.
 The Lord made little babies weak and helpless so they couldn't hit the women who chatter women talk to them.
 A woman isn't half as afraid of light ming as she is afraid of having you think she doesn't need to be guarded from dan ger.
 When a woman exercises four ounces of weight ofr playing tennis she begins to talk about the time she was so stout none of her clothes would fit her.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
Will Pave the Center.

You may just inform the nonresident tax payer" said Mayor Drennen, that all of the sidewalks near the center of the city are to be paved as fast as legal formalities, men and money can accom- plish the work Just tell them to be pa- tient, and we will cover all objections" And a by-stander added: Birmingham is growing and the hills and valleys close about are budding for a full-grown, blooming. booming city; and so the work goes on"
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
Surpasses All.

From the Marion County Democrat
 The Age-Heralds anniversary edition, issued last Sunday, surpasses any effort yet in Alabama journalism. It consisted of forty pages, full of news and adver- tisements of the various enterprises In the Birmingham district. It was, in deed, a credit to the editorial and me chanical forces of the paper, as well as it's many patrons.
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Leading Journal.

From the Gadsden Tribune.
 The Age Herald came out Sunday with a forty-page edition. printed in colors. It was the only thing of its kind ever botten out in Alabama. This wac the celebration of the fourth anniversary of this great paper under the present man. agement, during which time 1t has forg- ed to the front and is now the leading Journal in Alabama.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
Deserves Liberal Support.

From the Greensboro Watchman.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald printed forty-page paper last Sunday in honor of it's fourth anniversary under it's present management. There Is no disputing the fact that Mir Barrett has made, and is still making. fine paper of the Age Her aid. He is a newspaper man in every par ticular, and deserves the liberal support his paper Is receiving.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
Appreciated by Readers.

From the Centreville Press.
 The fourth anniversary edition of The Age-Herald last Sunday was handsome paper and one that the management can afford to be proud of. The Age-Herald has made rapid strides in the last few years and it's enterprise is appreciated by it's numerous readers.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
A Splendid Effort.

From the Shelby Chronicle.
 The Age -Heralds big edition Sunday was a splendid effort. Now If the Age Herald will let up on its antagonism of the grandfather clause,' 1t can lay claim to being one of the best papers in the State, and won't have to eat crow when the grandfather clause is ratified.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
Reflects Credit.

From the Chiffon Reflector.
 Sundays AgelHerald was stupendous affair, containing forty pages which gave a years record of the marvellous growth of the great Birmingham district" The paper reflects great credit upon itself and its great district. We trust that the pa per may continue to grow in proportion with the rapid growth of the district.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
The VIcksburs and Birmingham.

Birmingham ought to lend every en- couragement to the enterprise of those Vicksburg men who are making an effort to build the yicksburg and Birmingham Railroad" said prominent citizen yes- terday. There is much in the proposi- tion for this city, for it is to open sec- ton of country rich in agriculture, min eral and timber lands, which will prove great feeders to Birmingham and then 1t will give us another outlet down the Mississippi. Railroads are great wealth producers and Birmingham is fast becom- ing the railroad center of the South. Let us, by all means secure this proposed thoroughfare."
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
A Mammoth Affair.

From the Coosa Argus.
 The anniversary edition of the Birming- ham Age-Herald last Sunday was mammoth affair, forty pages filled with handsomely arranged advertisements and much valuable information of the Bir- mingham district
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peservedIy Prosperous.

From the Opelika News.
 Last Sunday the Age-Herald celebrated a birthday It's fourth under the present management, by issuing a forty-page edf- ton. The Age-Herald is prosperous, de- servedly so, and is justly proud of it, It Is great newspapers credit to the state and to the South.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
Blrmlnoham's Greatness.

From the Columbia Breeze.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald last Sun day issued a special forty-page paper In honor of it's fourth anniversary under It's present management. Birmingham owes much of It's greatness to it's newspapers, and nor the least to the Age-Herald.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04

If W. W. Astor secures Osborne House. ex-Senator Clark may demand Buckingham palace, while Yerkes will not be content with anything less than Windsor castle.
The age-herald., 1901-08-04
Not a Jefferson County LynchInq.

Do not let the idea prevail that the lynching of Friday occurred in Jefferson county" said law-abiding citizen yes- terday. True 1t was very near the town of Leeds, and Leeds is in Jefferson, but the deed was committed in St. Clair, one and a half miles across the line. Jeff ferson county has enough sins to answer for of its own, but few lynchings have ever occurred here The last one of which have any recollection was the execution of Lewis Houston, young negro, who was taken from our county Jail, where he was in prison, under a charge of com hitting an assault upon a white woman; was Carried out by an infuriated mob to a point near the intersection of Twenty first street and Eighth avenue. North, and there hanged to a pine sapling. That was a gloomy Sunday morning, when hundreds of men, women and children gathered at that point in our beautiful city to behold the lifeless form of the poor devil there dangling between heaven and earth. This occurred in the early Soc. We want no more of that sort of thing in Jefferson"
 By the way" added this good citizen, "had you thought that there Is not nearly so great punishment in this hurried, un-
The age-herald., 1901-08-04

Much of the Western corn is roasted and the steel strike goes unsettled. But the administration is In out of the wet anyway, an t has but sentiment for Candidate Hanna.
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commendabIe Enterprise.

From the Montevallo Sentinel.
 That was a fine issue of the Age-Herald last Sunday morning-forty pages of val uable and interesting information regard ing the Birmingham district, too much to read at one sitting. The Age-Herald Is to be commended on its enterprise.