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The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Asphalt War in Venezuela.

The esteemed organs of the admins tration inspired doubtless by the asphalt trust are engaged in working up pub lie sentiment that will justify action by this government against the govern ment of Venezuela and favorable to the asphalt trust of this country, one of MT. Hanna's best contributors
 The trouble relates to the possession of lake in the province of Bermudez, Venezuela. The lake is known as Lake Felicidad. The New York and Bermu- dez Company, a part of the asphalt trust, claims possession of the lake un- der it's concession and survey. Vene- znela says the grant to that company does not approach the lake by several miles, and a new concession has there fore been granted to syndicate known as La Felicidad," headed by c. M. War her, of Syracuse, N. Y, P. R. Quinlan of Philadelphia and other Americans. Gen. Francis V. Greene, the manager of the asphalt trust, was recently chair man of the New York County Republi- can Committee, and there is a great deal of home politics in the entire busi- ness.
 The mater is not one that calls for outside interference. The sovereignty of Venezuela should be just as good in Venezuela as the sovereignty of this country is within it's own bounds. If President Cipriano Castro does an act that is illegal, an appeal should be taken to the courts of Venezuela instead of Mark Hanna.
 The Venezuelan consuls in this coun- try say that the asphalt trust is arming it's large force of employees with a view Of gaining by force what it should gain through the courts. The courts are open, and it does not appear that they are at all inclined to be unjust or even unfair. The trust is simply overwork- ing it's pull" and intervention on the part of this country would be a wrong to a sister Republic, and possibly a wrong to other American citzens who may have less pull" but better legal rights.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
As to Public and Private Conduct.

The "Growler' last night left in this smoky-tobacco-p pipe e-smoky-eorner of this newspaper workshop an itemized list or some things he'd like to know were abol- ished. Lest there be misunderstanding it is needful to say that the "Growler'' is d married man with grown offspring, and that he is one who has held high honors direct from the voters. He demands the abolition of these things or condition Of things:
 ''The habit of taking off hats at burials of the dead Too hot in summer; too cold in winter. Adds business to the grave digger.
 'sermons by ministers of over half hours duration. unless something new or inspiring.
 Failure of choir members to stand or bow their heads during prayer
 "The use of the toothpick in the presence of refined company
 Policemen engaging in ordinary conver- saton while on watchfu duty.
 "Bicyclists turning corners hurriedly or without the use of whistles.
 Men and women interfering with other folks business.
 Unjust criticism, lying and tale-bearing Singing by men and women who cannot sing.
 Failure on the part of grown people to remember that children are but children.
 "Short weights; false accounts.
 Narrow minded expressions of religious views.
 Failure to allow men and women to think and do according to the dictates of their own consciences; or religious and po- litical intolerance.
 ''The staying of innocent sparrows or any other birds.
 Rejoicing at the conviction or punish- ment of criminals.
 "Back-bting and sneering.
 Expressions of thoughtless or, baseless opinions as to guilt innocence.
 Mean expressions regarding men and women which prove hurtful.
 Ignorant criticisms of the acts of pub lie officials
 "Unmanly expressions of husbands to- ward helpless and innocent wives.
 ''The act of stabbing in the back
 Fathers and mothers considering their crying kids the only pebbles on the beach. "Men offering drinks to drinking men.
 Poets who are not nor ever can be poets
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Gaston Robbins and MT. Mountjoy

MT. c. A Mountjoy, formerly of the Birmingham bar, and former Congress man Gaston A Robbins of Selma, have formed a professional co-partnership in the practice of the law in New York with offices at 54 William street, styled the Flaw offices of Gaston A. Rob- bins and c. A. Mountjoy which is presum- ably the style of the new firm.
 It was stated in this place several weeks ago that MT. Robbins would open law office in New York, and that meantime he and MT. Mountjoy were living to- gether in the same house. Hence the for mation of the firm will not be surprising to the friends of the two Alabamians.
 MT. Mountjoy was unusually successful in the law here, and by the bar was &C., counted a lawyer of rare attainments- After earning and saving competency in Birmingham MT. Mountjoy removed few years ago to New York; greatly to the regret of a great number of personal friends and the general public. In New York he has continued to prosper.
 MT. Robbins, who formerly represented the Selma district in Congress, is known and esteemed all over Alabama, and Ala bamians very generally will wish him the greatest success in his new place of resi- the Southerners, he and some generations of his ancestors having been born in North Carolina.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

ceeded to look through medical journals heaped upon it. for such amusement as I might find in the reported cases, always skipping with my eye technical terms that were beyond my knowledge.
 Buried in this professional lore, was Robert Louis Stevenson's Christmas Ser mon Turning the pages. I found many sentiments of permanent interest, among them this one: If your neighbor prefers to go the devil instead of going to glory. that is his right. I deny the existence of any such personal right. If a member of society, man for instance, may live to himself and prepare himself in privacy and secrecy to go to the devil in preference of the other way of progression, possibly his example might be passed as unworthy of notice. But the conditions are impossible. Privacy and secrecy are not in the case. The influence of man on his way to the devil is general for those who are travellers and sojourners here. A man so progress ing, like a snow ball, gathers as he goes. There is no right in any man to go lower. The right of life consists in the upward progress, and except this there is no right n
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Teddy Slew Mountain Lion With His
 Knife.

Meeker Col, January 24.-News direct from the Keystone Ranch, at which place the Roosevelt hunting party is stopping, shows that between the 18th and the f22nd of January twelve grown mountain lions, three kittens and eight lynx cats were killed.
 On Saturday last the party had quite an exciting adventure with lon The lion was held captive by and Lighting with the whole pack of hounds. The hunters were trying to get near enough to the. anl- mal to kill it with their knives when it seized one of the dogs by tn jaw. Govrnor Roosevelt showed the breech of the gun into the lions month, holding the gun by one hand, with the other striking the lion death blow with his knife. His gun shows the marks of the lions teeth. All the grown lions were killed with the knife.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Senator Morgan's Amendment.

Senator Morgan has given notice that he proposes to offer an amendment to the subsidy steal that would impose a tax of 1 per cent. upon all incomes in excess of $4000. He thus proposes to make good the demands made by the rich shipowners and something besides He proposes to restore for use in an emergency power of taxation that the government held at least in reserve down to the time that Justice Shiras reversed himself and the court at the same time.
 Senator Morgan proposes in fact to re-enact the five sections of the Wilson tariff that Justice Shiras and his asso- ciates knocked out; and such an re- enactment would of course involve a rehearing of a case that was decided by one majority in divided court.
 The plutocracy that dominates, owns and carries in the pocket the Republi- can party will not permit the adoption of the Morgan amendment; but such a refusal will but make plainer the need of it, and after while day will come when the many will rule instead of the few, and when that day comes the rob Der tariff and the subsidy steal will be voted down, and the Morgan amend ment will be voted up.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Presidential Nominations.

Washington, January A.-The President has sent the following nominations to the Senate:
 War = Forteth Volunteer Infantry pro- motions: First Lieutenant c. c. Pulls to be captain; Second Lieutenant B. J. Mitch ell to be first lieutenant.
 Navy - Ensign Edward E. Hayden, re- tired, to be lieutenant on the active list; Lieutenant J. H. Glennon to be lieutenant commander; Past Assistant Surgeon W. F. Arnold to be a surgeon; Past Assistant Paymaster H. E. Briscoe to be a paymas- ter.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
FAITH IN DEWET.
Dutch CoIonists Would Not Resist His
 Gall to Arms.

Capetown, January 24.-General Kitch- ener is dsposing of great forces semicircu. larly. his extreme left resting on the sea to circumvent the Boers The columns move simult taneously, in touch with each other.
 The greatest danger of the situation is the possibility of General Dewet's appear ance in Cape Colony. It is believed that none of the Dutch would resist his personal call to arms. They think the fame of Napoleon and Wellington surpassed in the presence of his military genius.
 A number of captured letters is one from General Herzog to President Steyn asking for 1000 unmarried men to enter Cape Col oney and beat up recruits.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Father O'Reilly's Health.

Rev. Father OReilly returned yesterday from St. Vincent's Hospital to the priests house. St. Pauls Church, after having been ill nearly fortnight. At one time Father O'Reillys condition caused grave anxiety, but happily he took sudden turn for the better and his progress to recovery has been comparatively rapid, though he is as vet by no means strong. At the out set he was said to have pneumonia, but it seems that his ailment was the grippe Fortunately he had at St. Vincent's Hos pital the benefit of the most highly skilled nursing under the direct personal super vision of the Sisters of Charity. Of the fifteen Sisters now at St Vincents four teen are expert hospital nurses by long and scientific training.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
New Sign at the Jail.

An exact representation of the gibbet or gallows used for the hanging of criminals in olden times has been erected by the side of the alley approaching the Jefferson Coun- ty jail, and murderers on their way to jail can look at the new timbers and reflect upon what may be in store for them. Truly if every murderer who passes that sign could be hanged from it, what great good it would do to this feasting place of mur- der,
 But the new sign new set up is not only not gibbet, but it is very different from the gallows which the sheriff keeps for the rare occasions when it's use is re- quired; this gibbet-looking erection having been placed there for the swinging of a large incandescent electric light. Such a light has been long needed there, and the wonder is that it was not put in place years ago.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

From the Washington Star
 A very small pile of coal lay on the side walk in front of a house in A street, South east. correspondingly small son of Ham was sauntering along, and, seeing it, scent ed a job. He rang the door bell.
 Am dat you all s coal?' he asked the lady who appeared at the door. Yes
 Want it toted in?'
 Yes
 ''Kaint I git de job?"
 Why, you are pretty small, and then you might charge too much. You might ask more than 1 could pay
 How much is yo' got?" ased the small man of business. "kin yo' raise dollar?' Oh, my goodness, mo-
 'Seventy-five cents?'
 No; run along, and don't bother me, - and she started to close the door ''Mebbe so yo'n glib 50 cents.'
 No, no; run along.
 q reekons yo' all ain't g0t CT qua 'tah?' No"
 ''Ner a dime?"
 'No, not even a dime" replied the wom- an, beginning to laugh.
 Well, how much is you got?" questioned Ham, showing his worries. 'I sut'nly does wanter git de job.'
 I've got just a nickel"
 Well, I'm jus a-lookin fer nickel jobs" :" and he straightway began.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
ANNABEL LEE.
By Edgar Allan Poe.

By Edgar Allan Poe. It was many and many year ago, In kingdom by the sea, That maiden lived, whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other
 thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child, and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea: But we loved with love that was more
 than love, I and my Annabel Lee With a love that the winged seraphs of
 heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that long ago, In this kingdom by the sea: So that her high-born kinsmen came, And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sopulchre, In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me Yes! that was the reason Gas all men knew) In this kingdom by the sea, That the wind came out of the cloud by
 night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than
 the love Of those who were older than we, And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever discover my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee For the noon never beams without bringing
 me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee, And the stars never rise but feel th0
 bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. And so. all the night-tids I lie down by
 f1ks side Of my darling, my darling. my life and mx
 bride, In her sepulchre there by the ssa, In her tomb by the sounding sAa,
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Going to the Devil,

Il walked up the steep stairs to the office or an eminent doctor yesterday" said A citizen, mot for medical or surgical treat ment but to cultivate a certain sense of ennobling manhood that hovers around the gentleman, and which his friends enjoy more and more as the years pass. The doc ter was out among his patients. the fire was cheery, the room inviting in it's orderly pre- cision of arrangement, with easy chairs and ample light: so I betook ni$sei. to a seat near the little table in ;,le cei..er and pro-
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Remains Identified.

Paris January 24.-The remains of a young man of refined features which have been in the Morgue since January 12, when they were floating in the Seine have been identified as those of Langrel Harys, an artist we'll known in the American colony. The United States Consulate officials are attempting to locate his relatives His father is supposed to be Henry Harys of 3225 Lydia avenue, Kansas City. He lived here at the Hotel De France and made a precarious living by the brush It is be- 1ievad Encouragement led to his suicide.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press. A woman is so constituted that whenever she doesn't smile she has to make faces The second week her husband is sick a woman leoks over all her old black dresses Cook books were written to make young women think their mothers didn't know how to cook.
  Probably the average mouse thinks wo- men are the most dreadfully immodest creatures it eyer saw
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Chinese Horse Breeder.

San Francisco, January 24.-The Examiner says: HI O. Yoawa chief Chinese consul at this port, is going in the business of rais- ing trottng horses for profit and pleasure. He has completed negotiations for a farm near San Jose, which will be operated prac- tically exclusively by Chinese. His horses will be entered on therace circuit this year will be entered on the race circuit this year sent to Kentucky"
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for this day, Friday, January 25 1901: ternoon, then ask favors, travel and visit. :"
 Thou wilt have an active year for thy business. and it will increase and prosper, but in thy domestic affairs expect grief and sorrow"
 Young women will be courted, but 1t will end in disappointment
 "A child born on this day will be for tunate, whether in employ or in business for itself, and will rise in life"
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Bad Man Caught.

Phoenix, Ariz., January 24.-At Naco
 Ariz, Scott White has arrested Cornelius Pesequera, who has been sought after for many months. He is wanted for the killing of three Mexicans in the Dragoon noun tains recently. Posequera, it is said, has the record of having killed a score of men.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
PASSING OF HAMA.

From the Washington Times.
 While the Republican leaders in the Sem ate of whom Hon. Matthew s. Quay is now understood to be the bell wether, did not call out the Marine Band or give an un- usual collation. to mark the event, it is a matter of general belief that at their party caucus on Friday they did decide to bury the light of MT. Hanna's subsidy job under the bushel of appropriation bills and cog
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Jamaica Will Investigate.

Kingston, Jamaica, January A-The Gov ernor of Jamaica has appointed a commis- sion to proceed to Ecuador for the purpose of inquiring into the shooting of Jamaica railway laborers by American overseers.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
P. o. R. K
THINGS MAY CHANGE.

From the New York World.
 After Victoria but actually ruling queen remains-Wilhelmina of Holland Of seventy-four rulers on the earth twenty-two are presidents, fifteen are kings and six are emperors. This is one of the things which will not be the same in 100 years.n 4
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
Montreal's Loss.

Montreal, January A.-The fire which started here last evening was completely un- der control at o'clock this morning, but the engines are still playing on the ruins. The losses are variously estimated at from two to four million dollars
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
A BAR TO CLEVELAND.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 David B. Hall has been accepted in the regular Democratic faith, but Grover Cleve- land could hardly be reinstated. He would never be able to pay up the enormous &C., sruru;ation of back Democratic dues
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
POOLING THE ADMINISTRATION.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 Justices Harlan and McKenna might fool em' by deciding against the admin istration just to show that they were not influenced Ax tAA sDnOSa.xnGM4 es tassss so1G to lucrative positions.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

Another Nicely has been discovered in the Cuban postal service but he found less that was portable.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

Chief Justice Lore, after an experience of forty years on the bench in Delaware, says the whipping post keeps the State from being overrun with criminals.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

The Dowager Empress Frederick who is considered the cleverest woman in Europe, was to her mother simply Vicky, loved and loving daughter of a noble mother.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

A good many politicians look like Lincoln, but none of them act like him.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

From the Wilmington Every Evening. "Addicks or nobody is the defiant cry of the Addicks cohorts at Dover Well, rather nobody than Addicks.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

Kansas is prohibition State, and if the law were observed Mrs Nations occupation would be gone.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

Editor Bryan has not reached the cord wood stage of journalism
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

Messrs. Teller, Allen, Butler and Petit grew are standing shoulder to shoulder in fighting the ship subsidy bill, and if 1t Is passed it will be over their dead bodies.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

President Mckinley has finished his in augural address, and Is now pronounced sound and we'll again.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

The Richard Olney 1904 boom is one of the smallest in the history of booms.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

Mrs Lease has relied her petition for di- yorce She does not propose to let Mrs. Ma ton win all the glory in Kansas.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

The patient bachelor button is regarded as the first step in mans emancipation.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

No anarchist has yet arrived with orders to suppress for once and for all the inevit- able Gas Addieks. The trouble all along with the anarchists has been that they are not discriminating enough.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

The Bermuda asphalt lake is an issue more defiling than even ordinary politics.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
About Persons.

Hon. Phares Coleman of Montgomery, reporter of the Alabama Supreme Court, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Representative James S. Fuller of Mont gomery was in town yesterday.
 R. P Dexter of Montgomery is in Birmingham
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

Pope Leo XIII. lives on regardless of the fact that he will be 91 years old on March 2 next
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

The weather is mild from one end of the country to the other, and no one but the coal man regrets the prevailing mildness.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

Gas Addicks has requisitioned the admin istration to his support He knows why.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
WILLING TO ADAPT HIMSELF.

Capt J. M Elliott of Gadsden was i Birmingham yesterday.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

The St. Louis Post Dispatch thinks King Cotton in Alabama at least has an iror crown.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

Mrs. Nation will soon be a star in the lecture field.
The age-herald., 1901-01-25

The malefactor in Atlanta who took ad- vantage of the enterprise of other male factors committed a new crime against the latter
The age-herald., 1901-01-25
THE CHICAGO VIEW
the Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago Times-Herald. It is easy to spell the motive behind the Burleigh reappointment with only four let ters, to wit:
 P. O. R. K.
 It means that in order to retain four congressional districts in the State of Maine the United States will have to provide Pork for thirty more Congressman. i
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

When Mr.. Charles DENLY was minis
ter to China a publisher wrote to him
asking him to procure a Photograph Of
the emperor OF China. His replv.
printed in a New York exchange.
shows that the pictures published as
hkenesses Of the emperor cannot Be
trusted. Mr.. DENLY wrote as follows.
It would afford me great pleasure TO
send you a photograph OF the emperor
II one could be procured. After making
inquiries ! hnd that his photograph or
portrait Of any kind. has never been
taken. The Son Of Heaven Is not vis-
ible to any eye except when foreign
ministers are received IN audience. on
ueh occasions an cameras or sketch
books are absolutely forbidden. When
the emperor goes out I'm his sedan chair
all the cross streets are barricaded with
mats, and every door and window by
which he passes is closed Should
any one Be caught spying. death fol-
lows Immediately.