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The age-herald., 1901-01-17
GENERAL FITZHUGn LEE

From the New Orleans Picayune.
 The Senate has finally agreed to the amendment to the army reorganization bill for the transfer of Generals Fitzhugh Lee and Wilson to the regular army to be placed on the retired list, and for promoting Gen. eral Shafter, now a major general of volun- teers and brigadier general, retired, in the regular army to be major general, retired, in the regular army.
 The promotion of General Shafter cannot be expected to create any enthusiasm, as that officer has never gained much of a place in popular esteem. Generals Lee and Wilson have, however, merited transfer to the regular army, for retirement, by their services in Cuba. The South will be espe- cially gratified at the retention of General Lee in the army As the volunteer army ceases to exist in June next, General Lee would have been returned to civil life if the Senate had not adopted the amendment to the army bill. Although the amendment was rejected in the House, mainly owing to causes with which General Lee was not connected, it is not feared that the Senate amendment will now be antagonized
 Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was not only a Confed- crate soldier of rank, thereby giving him a strong hold on the sympathy of the South, but he endeared himself to the whole coun- try by his courageous course as the Ameri- can consul general at Havana during the stormy tines which immediately preceded the breaking out of the war with Spain During that war General Lee-was major general of volunteers, and after the war when the volunteer force was reorganized General Lee was given one of the brigadier generalshps.
 Should the Senate amendment become law, as seems practically assured, General Lee will be transferred to the regular army be- fore July next, and immediately after placed on the retired list sharing with Gen. eral Wheeler the honor of being the only Confederate officers of high rank to acquire rank as general officers in the regular army of the United States. It is not so very long ago since such an event would have been derded as impossible
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Nine Votes Stolen,

When the Burleigh bill is analysed it ss seen that the reason why it went through was because it affords a net gam of nine electoral votes to the Re- publicans. This is what brought Sena- tor Platt and other party bosses to it's support, although they all at first said the House was large enough. When they had studied the effects of the Bur- leigh bill, to a man they supported it, and it was the work done by Senatorial bosses that carried it through.
 It is as plain as the nose on your face. Nineteen additional Republican electors would last November have been chosen under it in the States of California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massa- chusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia and Wiscon- sin, while ten additional Democratic electors would have been chosen in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida --Leiiis- jana Miseisetppi, Missouri, North Caro- lima and Texas. Ten from nineteen leaves nine, as net gain of the Repub- lican party, either in the House of Rep resentatives or in the electoral college.
 The Hopkins was fair bill, notably so, leaving as it did the parties un- changed by tricks of legislation; but by increasing the number of districts the bosses found that they could score a material gain. and tAus it was that the Burleigh bill was substituted for the Hopkins bill, which was just and fair measure.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
LIEUTENANT ROBSON.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 Lieut. R. P Hobson is lying sick at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York city He seems to be almost forgotten by his felow-countrymen and entirely forgotten by his government. Yet in the Spanish American war he performed an5act of the finest heroism and won for himself name that will be written large a generation hence in American history.
 Hobson was given command of the Merri- mac at Santiago because he had all the requirements of the naval officer assigned to perilous duty. The story of the sinking of the Merrimac in the channel at the out look of Santiago harbor is one of the most thrilling in our naval history. Hobson and a few who went with him faced almost cer- tain death
 Hobson overcame every difficulty in the way of most difficult preparation for his great task. He sailed his vessel to the point designated. He carried out his in- structions in the face of the hottest fire from the Spaniards. And the world ap- plauded the exploit. After weeks in prison he was released and came to this country, to be received with most extraordinary en- thusiasm.
 Because, to the minds of some people, he seemed too susceptible to the blandish- ments of fatterers he was ridiculed and lampooned, but in the hearts of the Ameri- can people the Hobson now in hospital is the Hobson of the Merrimac, who braved death in his country's service. When ile needed them little the American people gave him thousands of kind words. Now that he needs them how many kind words are going to him?
 A grateful people made Dewey an admiral and Funston general, but Hobson of the Merrimao is still Liautanant Habaon-
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Evan Howell and Sleep.

T observe in a special dispatch from Washington to the New York World that Evan Howell of Georgia, who likes a dropth O tn crahtur, has been giving Sem ator Platt of Connecticut total abstainer, very ancient remedy for sleeplessness, though the World and the Senator seem to think it new said Georgian last night
 "The remedy and its tale are very old and familiar, and obnoxious to temper ance folk maybe, but you might quote it since it concerns a genial and happy South erner who long ago won enviable position as a leader of his people. Captain How ell said:
 Now, suh, I have a sure cure for in- somnia and it is as simple as it is sure. When You go to bed and can't sleep get up and take a drink. Go back to bed and wait half an hour If you do not go to sleep get up and take another drink. Re- peat this, suh, at intervals of half an hour. If you do not go to sleep Tor four times, making four drinks then, suh, if you are not asleep you will not care whether you sleep or not.''
The age-herald., 1901-01-17

tubs was a metal ring, to the ring was at taohed a long small chain, the lower end of which was attached to another ring, that ring was attached to collar from which many bells jingled and that collar was fastened about the neck of a dog. This dog was small, thin. tall, whitish yellow bob-tailed, and picturesquely nondescript, having bristling whiskers like unto a fierce tom cat, and white teeth that snapped
 The black woman in black and fat and the thin dog with jingling bells swept im- periously into fashionable drug store and made known that she was bent on an err rand of law, for in answer to clerks in- quiry she asked the whereabouts of cer- tain lawyer. Receiving answer civil, the oddly assorted and picturesque couple, the black of perfection in the full meridian of feminine style, swept out, and down the street, across, and down, and so on unto the second crossing, in the middle of which the dog calmly laid down ard refused to move, forcing the Juno of the washtubs to drag him along by the chain whilst she and he were the admired of all beholders in the busy ways of the city.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Lessons in Street Tidiness.

One very noticeable and altogether praiseworthy city improvement, and one which probably didn't cost the immediate property owner the value of a glass of soda water is observed and cordially com- mended by all passers-by, at Fourth ave- nue and Twenty-frst street.
 The front and side fence, which has so long detracted from the general appear ance of Mrs. Nixon's residence, on one of the most valuable and desirable corners in that district of Birmingham. has beoa re- moved within the past two days. and. far as appearances go, a thousand dollars have been added to the value of the prop erty.
 Everybody in Birmingham is familiar with the outside appearance of this cor ner house, for many years the residence of the late Dr. H. M. Caldwell, now the charming home of Mrs Nixon, and truly beautiful property and most conveniently situated. Now, if everybody who main- tains pretends to maintain a front fence will pass that way and observe the extra ordinary improvement in the appearance of Mrs. Nixon's house, brought about sole ly by the removal of that obnoxious fence,
  other front fences will be given away to any dealer in kindling wood who will un- dertake to remove them at once. Doubt less any owner of a front fence can get it removed without cost to himself, by sim ply giving 1t to anybody who will take 1t away Another way for tenants to get rid of unsghtly fences is to knock off a stick at a time for kindling wood. This would for time save the expense of buying kindling, and would at the same time do a great public service.
 Meantime all lovers of decency in the ap- pearance of the streets can point ito the southeast corner of Fifth avenue and Twentieth street and the northwest corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-frst street as most emphatic object lessons in the vir- tue of tidiness!
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Tom Hewlett Makes a Chance.

Thomas G. Hewlett today sold his inter- estsin the T. G. Hewlett Liquor Company, owners of the Peerless Saloon, at a hand some proft-practically doubling his orig inal investment of nine months ago." said an honored lawyer last night, one who is intimate with MT. Hewlett
 Unless MT. Hewlett should go to New York to reside, step he has in contempla- tion, he having received an exceedingly profitable business proposition to remove to that city, he will deal in real estate and labor for the promotion of public enter prises. MT. Hewlett is in comfortable cir cumstances and is known to be a business man of great shrewdness and the highest character. He is a good and useful citi- zen, and is one of the most charitable men. one of the most generous givers to charity in Birmingham. Should he remove from Birmingham there would be great regret amongst all classes of the people his per sonal friends feel assured"
The age-herald., 1901-01-17

overstrained, will demand a joint in- demnity of $500, 0,000.00O. This is at least two-thirds more than can conscien- tiously or wisely be demanded on ac- count of losses of property or on ae- count of costs of invasion. The demand of any sum above s2OO,OOO,OOO is simply force. It is of the highway robbery sort, It would be an international crime.
 When Secretary sHay asked that all international court in Washington or in Europe take up the question of in. .demnity, he knew what the feeling at Pekin was, and he was endeavoring to procure just settlement. But the in- dications are that he will be voted down by the other powers, especially by Germany.
 There is danger that the southern viceroys will oppose robber indemnity as an addition to the other heavy ex- actions of the powers; and if general uprising in China should occur the pow CTS might expend more than $600,000,- 900 and then not be able to restore peace to the vast country. Germany is too revengeful and too exacting. There is still need of sense in the treatment of the Chinese problem. The joint note is signed at last, but the details of the settlement are untouched
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Uniform and Low Priced Text Books.

The Bulger textbook bill no doubt | needs some amendments, and no one
 will probably be found readier to add
 to or take from it anything that will in-
 crease it's efficiency that the author of
 the bill himself. Very properly the
 responsible chief commission is to be
 made up from high officials who bear the endorsement of the people. The
 selection of the sub-commssion is equally important, and it is proposed to require from each of the five members
 of the sub-commission an individ-
 ual opinion. Every member of the sub
 commission should be teacher, and if county superintendents become eligible, politics will creep into matter that it should be rigidly excluded from. Let us at least save the children of the
 State from the blighting work of DO.
 litical schemers.
 Given capable and conscientious sub-commission, there is no reason to doubt that prices of school books can be brought down to the South Carolina level, which is one of the lowest in the
 country. In Texas similar legislation
 cut down prices from 20 to 30 per cent; and in Tennessee copy books fell from cents to and 3 cents; Wentworths Arithmetic from 65 cents to 42 cents, Cutters Physiology rom $1 to 75 cents,
 and Worcester's Dictionary from $15O to $1.20; and the binding in books fur nished to Tennessee was at the same time advanced from cloth to boards. The book trust should begin to mar
 shal it's leading educators of the State," for every one of them will be
 needed when Colonel Bulger explains
 it's extortions in this state. The trust
 now levies a tax upon nearly every
 family in the State beyond a reasonable
 profit, and it is scarcely reasonable to
 expect that this tax can remain even if Heading educators" advocate it. Ala bama is trifie backward in this mat ter, but Colonel Bulger proposes to pull the State up to the line in which South Carolina, Texas and Tennessee have placed themselves much to their own profit and satisfaction.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
The Black of Perfection.

The black of perfection in fashion and fad's furious follies, enticing or otherwise, swept along the down town streets of Bir- mingham yesterday afternoon, and all be- holders were dumb with amazement if no. unconditional admira tion. 1t was sight of sights, even for Birmingham, busy capi- tai city of all sorts and conditions of freaks, aristocratic, commonplace, and in- different
 A cullud lady of face of such ehony hue beguiling that a piece of charcoal would have made comparatively white mark upon the irregular features of that regular ly scornfu countenance, or lamp-black might have served the purpose of the im- palpable powder used by highborn maids and danes of society with an an inch long, did from some alley sally to astound the gaping multitude with her ong reggie. if that's the proper name for her get-up. She weighed two hundred, if a pound, was fat and sleek, and when she walked she waddled like unto goose tattened for Michaelmas. Black satin raiment she wore. and black gloves. and upon her great black head bobbed great black bonnet with high-reaching black plumes Upon her nose. which most singularly for negro was almost pure Roman, rested pair of gold-rimmed spectaoles over, rather than through which she looked almost ffercely. her head being thrown defiantly backward
 In the hand of this fat Juno of the wash
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Grippe" in Birmingham.

Whilst grippe has made it's appearance in Birmingham and numerous cases are re- ported by physicians, relatively the much dreaded malady is so far of little conse- quence as regards the general population Many doctors who have been questioned concerning the presence of the scourge de- ciared, with one exception, that it was well established in the community; but none of them feared any serious epidemic in the immediate future. All agree, however, that Birmingham will likely feel the full effect of the grippe" later on, towards spring time. It would be extraordinary if Bir- mingham should escape a widespread cpl demie, and it is doubtful if any well-in- formed physician believes it can escape.
 The grippe epidemic in the east and west more especially in New York and Chicago, is reported to be about the worst of its kind experienced since the first great epidemic of the Russian terror" in 1SSs The New York Tribune reports that every hospital in that city is overcrowded with grippe" patients. Thus grippe is cer- tain to make it's way this far south.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Indemnities From China.

As matter of fact the footing under the eyes and with the sanction of high military officers has fully offset the damages to the property of foreigners. The chances are that the balance is against the powers, for jewelry, rich clothing and other goods were indis- criminately seized both in Tien Tsin and Pekin, and in the adjacent country. Stores were rifed, homes ransacked, and everything of value carried away. The footing of Pekin will remain a dis grace and blot upon western civiliza- tion, and worst-of all it will be con- nected by the Chinese with Christian ity. For this footing Germany was chiefly responsible, but all the powers shared in it, the United States perhaps the least of all.
 It Is said the allies through their min isters at Pekin whose nerves are still
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Pitching the Crops.

A Montgomery correspondent thus ex- plains the new crop situation:
 That preparations for a big crop of cotton are being made there can be no question, if the purchase of mules, farming implements and supplies are evidences of such inten- ton. Preparat ton of the land for the next crop has already begun, and the high price of cotton now will cause much more to be planted this year than last The cotton planters are in much better condition fnan- cially than year ago, and they seem to think that they are able to hold their cot ton, if big crop is made, until the manu- facturer will be compelled to pay their price. The price of mules, they say, ranges very much higher this year than last, having To pay from $125 to $2O0 for mules suited for the heavy farming in the praries in this sec tion of the State.
 Wagons and agricultural implements are also advanced in prices over last year, while corn and meat, the standards for crop rais- ing. are far above prices for last year. La bor, it Is thought will be abundant. as the negroes have, as a rule, paid out of debt, and some of them have 8 good surplus on hand for the coming crop. Fertilizers will be used lavishly where the land is poor, and more than twice as much is expected to be used this year than last. Many farm- CTS who became tired of the country two years ago and came to the towns, having rented their farms, have taken on new life this year by the high price of cotton, and will move back to the farm and begin life anew What the organization of farmers will do to prevent a large acreage from be- ing planted is not known. but it Is believed 1O-cent cotton will break all the resolutions they can make.
 It is to be hoped that the ambition to plant cotton will not be at the expense of food crops in this State. The more cotton the merrier proviueu the pro- portion of food crops be maintained. Corn, sweet potatoes, wheat and forage crops should not be neglected, and after they are provided for, then let all the cotton be grown that readily can be, and no one need then mind the appeals for smaller cotton acreages. Grow all the cotton ycu can, always provided you grow your own supplies. There is at all times great deal of rubbish printed concerning cotton but no one need fear that he will grow too much cotton when his cribs and smokehouses are well dlled.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
 DEMOCRATS CONDEMNED
Pennsylvanians Who Voted for Quay
 Expelled from Party.

Harrisburg, Pa. January 16--A joint ca,l- GUS of the Senate and House Democrats was held this afternoon, at which resolu- tions were adopted expelling from the party those Democrats who aided the Quay Re- publicans in the organization of the House and w. J. Calvin, of Shendoah who also voted for MT. Quay for United States Senator. None of the Democrats against whom the resolutions are directed were present except Representative Samuel H. Rothrock,of Miffiin Senator ]. Henry Cochran, of Lycoming, presided.
 The resolutions were offered by Repre- sentative Palm, of Crawford, and originally did not name Messrs. Rothrock Shut Kane. and Carvin who voted for w. T. Marshall, the successful Quay candidate for speaker.
 Representative Colter moved that their names be inserted and the motion carried The resolutions were then unanimously adopted.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Viewing Their Possessions.

MT. Peter Rising of Lancaster, Ohio, an investor of fortune and owner of large properties in Birmingham and the district, arrived in the city yesterday accompanied by Mrs. Rising, and they are guests of Mrs Nixon, Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street. Mrs. Nixon having entertained them many years ago. MT Rising came to Bir- mingham in 1886 and invested largely in real estate on the crest of the famous "boom' wave Shortly afterwards he sold largely of his property, much of which re- verted to him after the disastrous collapse of fictitious values. This he has held, and he is now greatly pleased with the result and gratifed by Bifmingham's unparal- leled material certainties.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A man is generally said to be "hounded" by his creditors and just plain ''dogged" by his wife.
 You never see anything sadder in life than the husband of a woman who has a theory that man has to be managed"
 The older man grows the harder it is for his wife to get him to a church enter tainment where there isn't going to be any supper.
 A woman will always tell you that the way she has te put her hair up now on ac- count of the style isn't near so becoming to her as the way they used to fix It.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for this day. Thursday, January r. 1901:
 Very doubtful; be careful"
 Expect law, changes and quarreling, this being thy birthday; keep myself quiet and attend to thy health. Thy business will cause thee much anxiety"
 "A child born on this day will be very passionate headstrong and unruly, and very difficult to manage It will not be fortunate in business. If a female, un- happy in wedlock"
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
 LEAkY SENATORS.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 Senator Chandler was late one day in reaching the Capitol, and the Senate had just adjourned after an executive session. At the elevator he met a newspaper corre- spondent.
 What was done in secret session?' asked the Senator, as he greeted the newspa per man.
 "I really would like to let you know" was the reply, but you Senators are so leaky that I am afraid to tell you"
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
DOWN AT TUSKEEGEE.

From the Boston Herald.
 Hamilton w. Mabie put it neatly in say ing that it isn't millions nor buildings that make our colleges great. That lttle col lege down at Tuskegee, built from the mud of slavery, is key to American institu- tions. It represents the personality of the man at the head of it.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
HAZING MUST GO,

From the Brooklyn Times.
 The people will insist upon roofing the hazing system out of West Point, and if the army officers lack either the firmness or the self-respect required to accomplish this, Congress must be looked to for the adoption of a measure sufficiently drastic.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
YES INDEED.

From the Memphis Scimitar.
 If the State of Tennessee can't give S10,- GOO to the Forrest monument fund it should pass the hat around in Mississippi and Alabama. where the services of the great Tennessee soldier have not been forgotten.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
Will Include Salt Lands.

Washington, January 16.-The House com mitte on public lands today decided agains reconsdering the favorable action they hat previously taken to include salt lands un der the placer mining laws.
The age-herald., 1901-01-17
 NEW CENTURY CALAMiTIES.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 The new century has opend with terrific gales at sea, violent inland storms, severe earthquake shocks and forty legislature in session.