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The age-herald., 1901-07-31
A GIFT FROM MRS. "JEFF" DAVIS.
She Returned the Dorsey Silver Years Ago Bequeath-~ to Her Husband.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Miss Mamie Dorsey a member of the we'll known Howard county family of that name, was surprised a short time ago to receive letter from Mrs. Jefferson Davis stating that she was sending to Miss Dorsey a gift of some family silver, formerly the property of MT. and Mrs. Samuel Worthington Dorsey of Beauyoir,: Miss, an uncle and aunt of Miss Dorsey.
 Soon after Mrs. Daviss letter whsire- ceived the gift. which comprised an old fashioned tea service, and a huber of odd pieces of silver besides, reached here.
 Miss Dorsey said that until she received Mrs. Davis's letter she had been unaware of the existence of the silver. She said she had never seen and had no acquaint- ance with either Mrs. Davis or Miss Win> nie Davis, to whom the silver would have belonged eventually if she had lived. The story, though, as Miss Dorsey told 1t, of the friendship of her uncle and aunt, MT. and Mrs. Dorsey, for Mir. and Mrs. Davis, gives a glimpse backward into chapter of the history of the days both before ana after the struggle between the North a1ld the South and of the loyal affection and unselfish devotion that were shown by the people of the Southland to the one whom they loved and revered as the president or the Confectionery
 MT. Samuel Worthington Dorsey was a native of Howard county Some years be- fore the war he removed to Mississippi and Natchez. Mrs. Dorsey and Mrs. Da- wis. who before her marriage was Miss Varina Howell also of NatcheZ, were schoolmates and close friends. For Mrs. Davis Mrs. Dorsey had feeling of pro- found affection and admiration. a feeling that was shared by her husband.
 Mrs. Dorsey died in 1879, leaving no di- rect heirs. Her husband at her death, some time previous, had left her abso- lutely without reservation his entire es- tate, comprising plantations in Louisiana and Mississippi and other property real and personal. After Mrs. Dorsey's death it was found that she had left MT. Davis the bulk of her property. Besides the main bequest there were, in fact, only q few minor legacies, which she asked MT. Davis to distribute, and one of these was the gift of portion of one of the Lousi- ana plantations to MT. Dorsey's neice, Miss Mamie Dorsey of Howard county. To make it practically impossible for MT. Davis to refuse to become the legatee of Mrs. Dorsey's estate, reyersion was made in case of his refusal to his youngest daughter.
 The fact that she was mentioned in the original will and was known to be a fa- vortte of the Mississippi Dorseys is gen. orally understood to be the reason that Mrs. Davis selected Miss Mamie Dorsey to be the recipient of the Dorsey silver. The service. Miss Dorsey said, is com- plete, and all the pieces in the collection are of the quaint shape and elaborate de- coration in vogue forty or fifty years ago.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
HE WON A BRILLIANT VICTORY.

From the New York Journal
 Solomon sa4d that there was nothing new under the sun. He was excusa.ble, for he lived 5000 years ago. If he had survived until the present day he would would have seen naval court appointed for the purpose of determining whether the commander of e victorious fleet should be disgraced, while his beaten an- tagonist had been honored and reward ed.
 Courts to inquire into the causes of dis aster have not been infrequent but courts to inquire into the possibility of picking flaws in victory are a novelty.
 The nearest approach to the Schley case that we recall at this moment oc- cured in Athens about 2sO0 years ago. After the disaster at Syracuse the Athe- nians desperately struggled against en- circling enemies for seven years. At last they won a brilliant victory of the A ginusae. But the Simpsons and Crown inshields at homo were not satisfied. They discovered that the victoriuos com manders had been in such haste to pursue In0 en6fuy tndt Lney fihQ HUt Whitto lO pick up the floating bodies of their dead sailors. The victors were brought to trial and executed, which is a little be- yond what the Sampson party hopes to accomplish in the case of Schley. The next year the demoralized Athenian was surprised at Aegospotami and total iy routed, and Athen was reduced to serfdom-
 Perhaps we are strong enough to play tricks with fortune that would bring a weaker people to destruction. Perhaps, we do not have to cherish the men who win our battles. Perhaps we do not have to equal in patriotism the British, who are about to give Lord Roberts 5oo0o0, In addition to an earldom, for enabling 200 600 men to make a showing against 10000. Perhaps we can reward the hero of victory as brilliant as that of Ira falgar with court of inquiry, secure in the knowledge that when the need comes again neither enemies in front nor assas- sins of character in the rear will keep brave men from leaping to our defense" "
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
Taxations for Schools.

For wea. or woe the grandfather clause devised by the committee on suffrage mas been adopted. The poli- ticians in the convention will doubtless ses that primaries are deprived of the sanction of the law, and that the cleo tion of United States Senators is con- fided permanently to themselves in- stead of the people.
 There remains, however, the hope that genuine local taxation for the schools will be permitted. The adop- lion of an educational test fairly de mauds better schools, and better schools cannot be had unless the small towns and the rural districts are per mitssd to have as good schools as they are wiling to pay for. No one asks for compulsory local taxation for schools. What is wanted is a three mill tax by the State, one-mill tax by each county, to be compulsory, and then local taxation in each community whenever and wherever the people de- sire it. This would give the State a flexible and sufficient system of school taxation. In many localities 1t would not increase taxation, but it would give all an opportunity to have as good schools as they are willing to pay for. ~ would break the school monopoly of the big town, and it would be of in- calculable value to host of the 722,. 333 children in the State.
 Who will say in this century that a community should be forbidden to spend money for schools? Who will say the new electorate will not be com. potent 10 pass upon the question of school taxation in given community
 This is the one great question left before the convention. Thus far the Black Belt has dictated the terms oi the new constitution. It should moi De reactionary in the matter of schools It should not stand for illiteracy ana backwardness in general. It should bt willing to give Alabama what at least nine-tenths of the States possess-the right in each community to establish ; and conduct just as good public schools as it is willing to pay for. This is home rule, and .pQ patriot np unselash
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
Pennsylvania and Gould.

New York, July so.-The Mail and Ex- press says:
 There have been several conferences during the last three weeks between rep resentatives of the Pennsylvania and Gould interests, which may result in some disposition of the new Wabash line into Pittsburg. and possibly the estab- lishment of a close working agreement between the several systems involved In this event probably the rival road will not be built.
 It is assumed that under the arrange ment the Missouri Pacific would have a suitable traffic arrangement for using the Pennsylvania system as an eastern outlet.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

great deal of sympathy is expressed for Pierre Lorillard's widow. Whatever Pierre Lorillards faults were. they were well known, but the crowning fault of all is one which has done him no honor. It was ungenerous, unchivalrous to spread on the records a slight to his widow and his sons, to impose so grievous a wound on family pride as he did in such sections or his will as related to the disposition of the Rancocas farm and his famous string of thoroughbreds.
 several years ago when Miss Emily LOT iHard was a young lady, Mrs Pierre Loril- lard entertained very splendidly. She was a beautiful woman, possessing a smile that was bewltching an dwinning. I re- member her well. How often have I seen mother and daughter enter opera box or ballroom looking like sisters; indeed, at a short distance the mother looking even younger than the daughter. The beauty of Mrs. Pierre Borillard, her personal charms her graciousness and gentleness did as much to win for the family social position as Pierre Lorillard's wealth and lavish expenditure
 Those were not the days of great show. Families like the Astors, Goelets. Bel monts and others of great wealth lived simply. Mir. Belmont and Mir. Gordon Hammersley had each a man servant. No men servants were employed in the houses of the Kanes. Iselins Astors or Rhine- flanders. Indeed in any other of the great houses. The William c. Whitneys, Van- derbilts. and scores of others had not bobbed up ait all on the social horizon.
 When Pierre Lorillard located his family at the corner of Thirty-seventh street and Fifth avenue, established his great racing stable, took to racing and yachting and began his career leading to a prominent place in society the exclusive old families began to shiver. The question was soon put, Ought we to visit them?"
 It was then Mrs. Lorillards s charms be- gan to tell. Young people visited their children. "The Breakers" their country seat at Ochre Point, Newport, was a de- sirable place to visit The Kernochan con- nection helped them greatly. James P. Kernochan. whose family connections were of the best, had married Pierre Lo- rillards sister The Kernochans were in the swim; the Lorilards were not. Miss Kittie Kernochan was a strikingly hand some girl and went everywhere. Her friends helped the Lorillards on when Miss Emily was introduced. We'll, to make a long tory short, the Lorillards became fashionable. Mir William Kent, grandson of the famous Chancellor Kent, married Miss Emily. The younger daughter, Miss Maud was a child. The mothers heart was centered in her two sons, Pierre and Griswold.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
PIERRE LORlLLARD'S
 INJURY TO HIS FAMILY

Young Pierre married a most charming ton. The young couple went to Texudo to live.
 Griswold went abroad to make the tour of the world. with Talboys, an American ized Englishman. On his tour he went tracted an illness which defied medical skill, and he returned to become it's vic- tim. The loss of her son broke the fond mothers heart 1t shattered her cherished dreams. Society became dull and vain and proftless, and she retired in her grief to mourn.
 During this period of distress, Mir. LOT illard, a man who loved the bright things of this world, who hated the clouds that hung depressingly over his home, turned to other fields for the pleasures and gaye- ties he craved.
 Mrs Lorillard said recently: 'It is said Mir Lorillard and parted because of this woman CMrs Lillie Barnes Allien). That is another wicked lie. I withdrew from society because of the death of my son. This woman had nothing to do with It. She met him several years after I had ceased to occupy MT. Lorillard's home.
 The trouble in the Lorillard home anti dated this meeting of Perre Lorillard and Miss Lillie Barnes. And the wife, in her seclusion of mourning, kept the secret Of the arrangement.
 The division of the estate between the says: "Can anybody imagine the feeling Mrs. Lillie Barnes Alien on the other, certainly surprised and startled Perre Lorillards intimate friends. Especially as 1t gave to Mrs Alien that portion of the estate which was to the family of Lorillard what title is to family in England. Rancocas Farm and the Loril- lard stable has been the emblem of the family. It has carried their colors and their name before the English-speakins world. It has marked them, it has sep arated the Perre Lorillards from all oth- ers As Mrs. Lorillard says: There is every sentiment to me and mine there. The name of Lorillard has always been associated with Rancocas. I pray that 1t always may be so." And again the moth. CT. proud in her family, in her dignity, says: Gan anybody imagine the feeling of myself and daughter at these disclos- ures made in this will. We are over- whelmed"
 Such is the pitiful condition. Perre Lorillard, the gallant sportsman, the man with a proud record, has made an awful error He should have arranged these matters in such way as not to have left to gossip mongers public record of his acts, and placed in a legal document 1xo fnr nl time an insult to his posterity.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
MEET OF FAST AUTOMOBILES.

New York Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
 William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.. has plans on foot for meet at Newport of the fast est gasoline machines in this country. He proposes that the distance shall be forty miles, to give ample opportunity to the owners of speedy motor wagons to test them. There is no race track there with facilities for such a race, and he intends to make an effort to induce the city coun- cil to permit the use of the Ocean drive for this purpose This would give a ten mile stretch of excellent road, requiring a circuit of four times. The only obstacle to this plan is the city ordinance regulat- ing the speed of automobiles. Under the present ordinance the limit is six miles, and this restriction was brought about by the summer residents, who objected to the clip at which motor carriages were driven through the streets, and particu- larly the pleasure drives.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
A JAPANESE DiRGE.

From Black and White. Here she lies where all must come After days grown wearisome- She that was Chrysanthemum Tulips falter in the wind, With blown leaves her eyes are blind And her singing mouth is dumb, Here she lies where all must come Eyes as dark as indigo
 Now deeper darknes know; Hair that mocked the ravens wing Feels its lotus whitening After days grown wearisome. Lotus flower between her breasts Rests as deeply as she rests; Milky veil about her rolled Feels seeds quicken in it's fold; Heat she fears not, nor the cold Here she lies where all must come. Little feet that moved so light Music will not stir tonight, Though the strongest love of men Lifted on the samisen. Little hands mems hearts /that led Into snares that she had Spread After days grown wearis Pme. Little hands shall hold nd more Closing door or opening )door: Keys of pleasure or of grief; To! they hold a wfthered( leaf. World, and where is thy distress One chrysanthemum the laxss? World what sayest thou? tShe Is dumb; She that was Chrysanthenfum.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
ACCEPTING MAJORITY REPORT

From the Anniston f1ot BIaet.
 It is not what all of the people wished in the matter. but it is decided improve ment upon the present plan of voting, and if the convention in It's wisdom adopts the majority report, 1t will be the part of wisdom on the part of the people gem erally to accept the decision as being the best solution of the difficulty under exist ing circumstances. There are many who are willing to accept the proposed suf- frage clause. but under a slight protest. There are many who think the clause could be improved upon very materially, but 1t is for the convention to do that which 1t considers best in the premises and the action of the convention should be accepted by the people,
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
FoREHANDED WOMEN.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Fargen--I hear your wife was overcome by the heat.
 Bargen-Yes. and she's not over 1t yet Fargen-How did 1t happen?
 Bargen-She was out shopping for next years Christmas presents,
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
THE OBJECTION.

From the Washington Evening Star.
 ..No." said MT. Holtite. q don't object to the time man takes for reasonable vacation"
 ITO what Is it that you object. then?"
 ''The long rest he invariably needs after he 9ets back"
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
A STUDENT OF MANKIND.
he New York Weekly.

From the New York Weekly.
 Mrs Minks = There! There is another torn silk handkerchief that my husband has stuffed into the rag bag. That is the last of the half-dozen he bought last year, or year before and he put them all in the rag bag himself. Now wait. ss
 Sister-What for?
 Mrs. Minks-In about a week you'll hear him raving around wanting to know what has become of that half-dozen new silk handkerchiefs he bought only a few months ago.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
Souihern Bond Sneculaiors.

X syndicate of rich New Workers, represented by Martin H. Vogel, 27 William street, is engaged in picking up in tnls country and in Europe stray lots of repudiated Southern State bonds. The amount of these bonds is shown in this table:
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
Damaae in ihe Corn Belt.

The damage to the corn crop has been stayed by abundant rains, par ticularly in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, linnois and Indiana. These are the six great corn States, yielding about six-tenths of the entire crop, as the following figures show:
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

The Vanderbilt automobile, known as the "Red Devil" has record of "A miles an hour and several hairbreadth escapes of innocent and honest people.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

Sir Bindon Blood's appointment is used to frighten the little Beers. It is a terrible name. but no one seems to know much about the record behind ;@
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

The Danish dicker over some little islands in the West Indies is coming along. It is becoming popular in Den mark, and there is nothing rotten about
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
inmates the cost of the strike up to the

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 It must be evident to the least in1- tiated that the only figures in this estimate entitled to credence are those that give the losses of the men. Here the data is definitely known. So many men idle at $3 a day for twelve days and so many for twenty-four days is easily calculated. The result, $2,7OO- 900, therefore approx:mates the loss to the strikers.
 But tnere is no such positive data by which to estimate the losses of the companies. Here all is self-evident guesswork. All the companies have lost Is the profits they might have made during the time their works are shut down. They have saved the wages not paid to the strikers. and when they resume work they can catch up to their orders.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

The Chicago minister who thinks there will be few men in heaven, be- cause few of them attend his church, seems to nave caught the idea from the summer resorts.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

Admiral Dewey is now face to face with the most trying problem of his life. Instead of making history he is now engaged in writing it.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

Some passengers are put off at Can ton, Ohio, and some at Buffalo, the former being as political as the latter are expositional.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

Schley's loop at Santiago is endorsed by Captain Eulate of the Viscaya. He says 1t was the best movement that could have been made, and he ought to know
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

Captain Lemley, judge advocate of the Schley court of inquiry. is an all- around legal sailor. He Is now the legal head of the navy department.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

the chinneys stiIl standing at my old home. s2 feet high. Some of the fanaIlie. had the handsomest mantels ever saw This marble will stand heat equal to the best fire clay. if put in edgeways
 "Dr. Can't was a man of wealth. He left a will which wrote, as dictated by him. He left his estate to his only child Louise"
 Captain Darby's statement recalls the old story about the Alabama marble in the Washington monument in Washing ton. Shortly after 1s40 the Governor of Alabama sent a stone to be placed in the Washington monument.
 When the stone was received-the en- gineers who were responsible for the building of the monument wrote to tl.H Governor of Alabama saying that, accord ing ito the law of Congress. it was meant that only native American stone should be placed in the Washington monument.
 "Clearly, the so-called Alabama stone Is Carara marble" wrote the Secretary of War
 It should be borne in mind that every State of the Union was invited to send ''native'' stone for the Washington mon- ument.
 The Alabama stone was of such supe- rior quality that it was supposed to be Italian marble of Carara.
 Colonel Bondurant and Tobacco.
 Col. A. J. Bondurant who filled the chair of agriculture at Auburn for three years, was in Birmingham yesterday and the day before as the guest of his son, MT. George P. Bondurant, the lawyer. He has just returned from Australia. where he had been for five years filling the important and lucrative position of Instructor in agriculture and tobacco ex- pert under the colonial government.
 Colonel Bondurant was one of the 1arg- est and most successful tobacco planters in Virginia, and when the Australian col onies began turning their attention to to- bacco growing on wide scale few years ago application was made through the State Department at Washington for a man well versed in scientific agriculture and especially in the cultivation of to- bacco, who would accept the position of SAPOAt HI thO iihO AtioiSdiCo. SOlOHGi DUH durant was recommended and his ap- pointment promptly made.
 The result of his work in Australia was highly satisfactory, and when he tenderei his resignation strong pressure was drought to bear on him by the farmers and tobacconists of Australia to continue in the office that had been created for him.
 Colonel Bondurant gives a. charming ac- count of his so1ourn in Australia. The peo- pie there showed him exceptional consid- eration. he says. and he became much at tached to them. Australia is becoming a large producer of tobacco and is already exporting to England. Colonel Bonduran, was present by invitation at the opening of the new Federal Parliament by Ills Royal Highness the Duke of York last spring.
 After a short stay in Alabama Colone Bondurant will join his wife in Bucking. ham County, Va. where he owns a fine estate. He expects to remain permanent. ly in Virginia
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

Mir. Bryan will find as he goes along that the tariff disease is much more deeply seated than case of stomach ache
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

The new Maine, now afioat, has all ner career before her. The old Maine rests peacefully in the harbor of Ha- vana. By the way. who sank the old Maine?
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

Comic opera will receive great i'm pulse and fresh suggestions from the coronation ceremonies of King Edward.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
BOOK BUYER.

From London Tit-Bits.
 Bookbinder-will you have this book bound in Turkty or Morocco?
 Purchaser-O, mercy, no! What is the use of sending 1t away? Have it bound in London.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

George Kennan. formerly of Russia, is about to publish another book, and knows thing or two about free ad- yertising.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

John l.. Sullivan has been put of at Buffalo, where he proposes to open a saloon.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

The erfete East has a surplus of Rob ert Treat Paines. Men with middle names are always surplus.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31
IN HOTEL LOBBIES AND ELSEWHERE

Astroioser Raphaers prophecies for this day. Wednesday, July si 1901:
 Travel. remove, seek work, ask favors. and deal with women after il o'clock in the forenoon"
 Beware ye, who are in employ-this being thy birthday"
 "Ye who are in business will have an active and cheouered career"
 Rather successful in business, but very unsettled in disposition, will be the child born on this day."
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

The pictures of Mrs. Kruger printed in American papers do not Consist"
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

The earthquake at Death, Nevada, was a slight affair that did no honor to the town.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

The South has at present a very small temperate zone, located in Jones Valley.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

There are said to be thirty-f1ve eccle- siastics who have papal bees in their bonnets.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

The engineer of the Brooklyn bridge says it has ten years of life in it yet.
The age-herald., 1901-07-31

London bridge may be falling down falling down, but Brooklyn bridge il not