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HOW IT WAS.
tile boy are your"

'Whose little boy are your"
Mammals"
'.But aren't you papa's little boy, too?"
Nom; mamma got divorce"
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SURE TO WIN.

! No shock of defeat may drag him low
+, No dread of misfortune bars
| The apostle of joy, on victory bent,
| Who travels the road to the stars.
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The chuckles you hear are supposed
ly from the Joe Cannon district IN
Illinois.
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lsJGs1xs-

cat and threw sand in the babys eyes?'
I II feel smarting yet"
"Well that's what / would recon-
| mendn ,
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Business has the field and its chance
to pick up is gilt-edged.
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LIVING IN TRUST.

He hoped for the best in veal and woe
And smiled through a mist of tears;
And he sought for the paths where the
roses blow
And the gold of the sunshine cheers.
He had no fault to find with the world,
Though little 1t yielded him,
And he strove for the right till his nag
was furled
And he slept in the shadows dim.
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"IIisgen says he will show us some
thing in 1872
Lets hope it won't be Hisgen.'
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Pass the prosperity around even
the proletariat.
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WASTING TIME.
One thing Is sure
There's no use petting
A woman when
She's suffragetting.
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The bankers as well as the citizens of
Birmingham want to build up There is
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THE AGE HERALD
E. W. BARRETT .............E Editor.

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala
postoffiee as second-class matter under
act of Congress March s, 1879.
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L. H Russ and 2. f. Morgan are the
only authorized travelling representa-
tives of The Age-Herald in its circula-
ton department.
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No communication will be published
withou its authors name. Rejected
manuscript win not be returned unless
stamps are inclosed for that purpose.
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md the gold Of the sunshine cheers.
NO DOUBT.

And he slept in the shadows dim.
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THE MONEY WIZARD.

"wen. I'm conventional person"
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the bark to separate, injure and dis
locate the wood and do other kinds
Of damage, with much loss of sap.
The men who gather bark bleed the
trees with a hatchet stroke to facili-
tate the outflow Of the sap before its
decomposition. The tool must be
kept in a perfect state Of cleanness
to avoid possible contamination"
In specifying sources Of injury to
the trees, the writer goes on to men,
ton various diseases due to parasitic
fungi, some of them aided by INSULT
cient nourishment. Further:
Without desiring to close a ques-
ton whose investigation can hardly
be said to be compile as yet, Mr.. Du-
comet advises rational methods Of
treatment, including absolute suppress
sion of any use of the ground about
the trees for farming or pasturage,
the maintenance of the underground,
moderation in the height to which the
removal Of bark extends, and reduc-
ton of the number Of cuts, drainage
of accumulation of liquid, destruc-
ton Of the maritime pine, and the
keeping of the tree within its natural
limits Of territory, without any at
tempt at extension toward the forest
of resinous trees.
1.-The uses OF cork are very numer-
Gus: and after the. most valuable part
of the bark has been utilized, all the
debris and residues may be employed.
In one French factory these are
transformed into protecting covers
for glass vessels polishers for glass"
ETC., etc.-Literary Digest.
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Miseetlaueuus 8radin9.
Mr.. STEWART AND WINTHROP.
Facts About Candidates Sacrifice of
His Home.

Facts About Candidates Sacrifice of
His Home.
| The following communication ad-
dressed to the Editor Of the Rock
Hill Record is taken from the last is
sue Of that paper:
To the Editor Of The Record:
In the published report in the
Yorkville Enquirer of the York coun-
ty campaign meeting held at Ogden
on August 7th. Mr.. w. H. Stewart,
candidate for the senate. Is quoted as
| follows:
I'm Rock. Hill the other day people
had said that they would not support
him because he was an enemy Of
Winthrop college. AS evidence of his
friendship for that institution he told
OF sacrifices he had made to secure its
location In Rock Hill. During the
contest over the matter Of site, 1t ap-
peared that one site in Rock Hill was
all that could be desired except for
private property that occupied ground
that was absolutely necessary for the
college. That property was my own
home. Black Wilson, who was active
in this contest, asked me If / would
thing 1 could for Rock Hill and the
college, I told him yes. We appointed
board OF appraisers, / one, they one
and the two another, and the board
fixed the price at $4,000. I took it
without word"
If this means anything IL means
that Mr.. Stewart sacrificed his home
to secure the location Of Winthrop
college at Rock Hill 1t makes a right
pretty story and, if true, might prove
that Mr.. Stewart was friendly 10 Win
throp college some fifteen years ago.
But is it true? Here are the facts:
The board Of trustees Of Winthrop
college decided to accept Rock Hills
bid for the college. as many citizens
of Rock Hill will remember, at a
meeting held in Spartanburg, S. c.,
April 81. 1893, and afterwards at a
meeting held in Rock HILL May 81,
1898. The bonds voted for the col
lege by Rock Hill and the land do
mated for a site were turned over to
the Winthrop board at this last meet
ing.
Mr.. w. H. Stewards home, Of which
he speaks, was not part Of the site
donated to the college, as he states,
and 1t had rot been secured for the
site by Mr.. Black Wilson, as he claims
Mr.. Stewards home was bought by
Winthrop college trustees seven
months after the college was located
in Rock HILL on December 30th. 1893,
at the good stiff price of $4,000 fifteen
years ago, instead Of $4,000, as he
claims. Any one can verify this
statement by reference to the books
Of the county register of Mesne Con-
veyances, where the deed Of sale was
recorded on Feb. II. 1894. Mr.. Stew
sacrifice his home to secure the loca-
ton Of Winthrop college here, and as
a matter Of fact never sacrificed it.
He got good stiff price for his home.
and was glad to get it. Instead of
being a benefactor Of Winthrop col
lege in this matter, as he attempts to
make it appear, he was benefited by
the transaction.
Mr.. Stewards friendship for Win
throp college in this transaction Is
somewhat like that shown by him
when he gave his services to the col
lege as superintendent Of construction.
at good salary.
ONE OF THE APPRAISERS.
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF CRIME.
The Effect of Race Prejudice and So
cial Prejudice Upon II.

cial Prejudice Upon It.
Far be 1t from the Observer to en-
courage the negroes to kill one an
other. Really they do not seem to
need any encouragement in this line
anyhow. But 1t Is a fact. out Of which
some satisfaction or compensation
rather, may be drawn that the more
the negroes kill one another the less
the whites resort to homicide.
The philosophy Of 1t is that homi-
eide is coming fast to be a negro Gus
tom, and race prejudice, as we'll as a
feeling Of social superiority, makes a
different from the behavior OF ne
groes. If petty thievery should be a
crime-we don't say 1t is-of the ne
gro race a white man, even without
regard to the moral sense, would have
a great contempt for petty thief,
and would consider himself everlast-
ingly disgraced IL caught stealing an
article Of small value, while he might
hold up his head and defy public
opinion" If he should manage to steal
thousands. or might look with much
indulgence on another who had done
So The negro does not often steal
thousands.
This Is based on race prejudice. But
there is social prejudice also. One
higher up in society does not want
70 be considered like one lower down,
and will, therefore. avoid the habits
and customs, including the vices. OF
the inferior classes, while indulging
in others perhaps a great deal more
harmful to himself and to society
Greek fathers, it Is said, used to make
their servants get drunk and show of
in the presence Of their sons. so that
the sons would refrain from drunk
enness as a custom belonging to the
lower classes. A Greek youth Of So
cial standing and pride Of position
would have felt greatly mortified to be
caught behaving like a servant, so he
kept sober.
To return to the beginning and
comment on matters nearer home: II
is noticeable that the more the ne
groes kill each other in Newberry
county the fewer homicides there
are among the whites: Of course there
are other and better reasons why the
whites do not kill as much as former
ly-the advance Of civilization, the
influence Of churches and schools and
better influences and environments
generally, resulting in higher pub
lie opinion: but it cannot be doubted
that the increase of the homicidal
mania among the negroes has tended
to lessen 1t among the whites.
Now, let us hope that the negroes,
who are disposed to initiate the
whites, will follow their better exam
pie in this. It is said, though, that II
IS the worse traits Of the whites that
the negroes are most inclined to imi-
tate. But good example and a strict
administration Of the law will have
their influence on the inferior race
whose disregard Of human life has
reached a point in this state and coun-
tv that Is fearful to contemplate
Newberry Observer.
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FRIEND OF PLANT LIFE.
John RandoIph's Rebuke Of a Youth
Who Had Felled a Young Hickory.

WHO
An old, weather beaten, one-room
building standing in the courtyard at
Kenbridge. Lunenburg county, Va, is
the office in which John Randolph Of
Roanoke practised law. 1t was the
custom Of the times to build these
little Offices on the courtyard green,
and many a famous lawyer has work
ed up his case in such an odd little
shelter. No building Of the kind,
however, was ever occupied by a
lawyer of more interesting and unique
character than this little Office at Ken
bridge. One Of Randolph's peculiar
tiles dwelt upon by Powhatan
Bouldin and illustrated by an Incl
dent which proves that the stern and
eccentric man formed a society, all
by himself, for the prevention of
cruelty to plants. The story is told
by a friend Of Randolph's nephew:
When I was boy I visited at
Roanoke. The house was completely
environed by trees and underwood
and seemed to be in a dense virgin
forest Mr.. Randolph would not
permit even a switch to be cut near
the house.
Without being aware Of this one
day I committed serious trespass.
My friend Tudor and I were rowing
about when I, perceiving a straight
young hickory about an inch thick,
felled It,
Tudor said his uncle would be very
angry, so l Immediately went and in
formed him what I had ignorantly
done and expressed my regret.
Mr.. Randolph took the stick and
looked pensively at 1t as II comniser-
ating it's fate. Then gazing at me he
said:
II would not have had this done
for fifty Spanish milled dollars!"
had IS cents and had entertained
some idea of Offering 1t, but when I
heard about the fifty dollars was
afraid Of insulting him by such mea-
gre compensation.
Did you want this for a cane?"
asked Mr. Randolph.
mo, SIR"
mo. you are not old enough to
need a cane. Did you want 1t for any
particular purpose?"
mo, sir. I only saw that II was a
pretty stick and thought I'd cut it."
1--WE can be justified in taking ami
NAL life only to furnish food or to re-
move a hurtful object. We cannot be
justified in taking even vegetable life
without some useful object in view.
Now God Almighty planted this thing
and you have killed 1t without any
adequate object. 1t would have grown
into a large nut tree and furnished
food for many squirrels. I hope and
believe you will never do so again."
Never, sir. never!" cried.
He put the stick into a corner and
escaped to Tudor. It was some time
before could cut a switch or fishing
rod without feeling was doing some
sort Of violence to the vegetable king
dom.-Youth's Companion.
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CHAPTER XXI.
Hume.

The last day of the year had died
out in storm and thick darkness. A
bitter north wind was whirling the
snow and sleet through the city streets,
and into the eyes and ears Of all luck
less pedestrians. Over the high roofs
and steepes hung a sky, starless and
pall-like.
AT the door of a fashionable South
End hotel several carriages were stand
ing on this closing night Of the year,
and the luggage of newly arrived
guests blocked the entrance. A little
company of elegant people-an opera
party. evidently-was just descending
the main staircase, talking gayly to
each other.
INV dear Edith" said a brunette in
yellow, "do you remember that night
of state opera at COvent Garden, when
Marie RuZe sang the aria from car
men, and Nordica tried to outdo her
with something from 'Traviata" Can
not YOU still see that crimson -carpeted
interior. and the entrance lobby. iined
with YeOman of the Guard-the color
ed lights, the box and stalls, filled with
all the swell Of London
Edith FaSsel, the person addressed
ceased to listen to the speaker, and lei
her eyes wander suddenly to two por-
ters. who were hurryng to remove the
luggage near the door One, hercu-
lean fellow. seized huge Saratoga
with an air which proclaimed his per-
feet ability to wrestle with the monster
The other. no less willing, but fal
weaker physically, with difficulty hoist
ed a smaller trunk to his shoulder. AS
he staggered under the load, he, by
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CORK OUTPUT IS DECREASING.
Disease Among Cork Oaks Threatens
Supply.

That the output of cork is rapidly
decreasing, owing to disease among
the cork oaks and lack of knowledge
regarding their treatment and the
proper methods of gathering the bark,
is asserted by P. Santolyne in The
Paris Cosmos. 1t may be that in fu-
ture years we shall have to depend
entirely on substitutes for the many
uses to which this substance is now
put. The writer quotes especially the
observations Of DR.. Ducomet, who
has been studying the subject for two
years past and who advises certain
methods for preserving the growth of
the trees. He says:
1.-The cork trees are perishing
throughout certain regions. those Of
Mezen and Lavadec, for instance.
Stunted trees with the ends of their
branches dead are sometimes attack
ed by parasites. mostly fungi. In
these conditions the bark forms a
thicker crust with more numerous
holes, it has no longer the flexible
ness. the fine texture or even the col
or that have given it its value. This
diseased state of the tree makes 1t
difficult, In dry years, to remove the
bark without injuring the tree
A third of the product must be reject
ed on account of its small thickness,
which scarce reaches fifteen millime-
ters (three-fifths Of an inchl instead
of at least an inch.
THE slowness Of growth of the in
ner bark does not, as has been
thought, cause finer grain and great
er elasticity; besides, If these advan-
tages strictly existed, they would be
offset by increase in the number and
size Of the cavities. On the other
hand, by delaying the time of gather
ing the bark, which is done normal
ly once in ten years, the thickness is
not sensbly increased. The annual
layers, in fact, diminish In size from
the outer bark inward. Besides, the
barking becomes necessary every ten
years to restore the tree to it's nor
NAL activity. 'Surfeited' cork. older
than the usual ten years. is also sub
ject to attack by ants. The principal
defect is the formation of the canals,
simple or branched. that traverse the
entire thickness Of the cork and final
ly become filled with dusty brown
ish powder.
'The state of decreptitude OF the
cork oaks is noticed especially IN
places where the maritime pine -four
ishes, in dry regions, in an under
growth formed almost entirely OF
heath, moss and lichens instead OF
the vegetation encountered In richer
and moister soils. But the elimina-
ton of the pine, whose injurious ac-
ton is not clearly understood, does
not benefit the cork trees, which, thus
isolated, become stunted or die. IL
has been observed that the young cork
oaks flourish best in places where the
| underground impoverishes the SOIL
removes its fertilizing principles and
facilitates the rapid disappearance Oh
the organic matter. Cultivated groves
are always inferior to wild ones.
Besides these general causes OF
deterioration we should mention cold
and caterpillars. Heavy frosts cause
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Tribute to Or. Gill WyIie.

The friends Of DR.. ". Gill Wylie of
New York will be interested in the
following which appears in the August
issue Of The Broadway Magazine un-
der the heading, "The Originator Of
Hospital Sanitation"
Thirty years ago when physicians
first talked Of martial law for the
government of public hospitals, the
usual coterie of scoffers that every in
novation brings forth found a conspic-
uous victim in young doctor who
was advocating startlingly systematic
and arbitrary regulation Of hospitals.
The young physician who fought for
his ideas on sanitation at that time
was DR.. Walter Gin Wylie. the New
York specialist on abdominal surgery.
His fight has been successful. too.
Today If you have occasion to visit
the hospitals of our larger cities, you
cannot help but feel that you are in
the grip Of a system, as arbitrary as
it is comprehensive, which is no re-
spector Of persons. 1t Is the system
of sanitation. The phenomenal de-
crease in hospital deaths is the result
Of its rigid enforcement. DR.. Wylie Is
an expert in the science Of sanitary
engineering, and evidences Of his pc
culiar talent can be seen In almost
has devised hospital systems, and his
essays on the subject Of hospital or
ganization have been read by hospital
superintendents all over the world.
AS an important part Of his system
Of sanitation, DR.. Wylie has built up
a chain Of training schools for nurses.
In New York DR.. Wylie took a lead
ing part in organizing the Bellevue
Training schools, and ever since its
establishment in 1873 has been its
leading spirit. Abdominal surgery
has been successfully practised only
during the last generation, yet DR..
Wylie has taken cases rejected by
other surgeons as impossible Of cure
and turned out sound men In 96 out
of 100 cases. OF course, such prac-
tice has netted him a handsome for
tune. He is said to be worth close to
a million dollars, while his income
per year is estimated to be not less
than $4,000.
"Dr. Wylie is a Southerner AS
boy he attended a village school In
Chester county, South Carolina, until
his 18th year, when he entered the
army of the Confederacy with the
rank of lieutenant He has been es-
tablished in New York since practical
ly the close of the war"
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THE NORMAN FARMER.
He Carries His Top Soil With Him
When He Moves.

The modern farmer was applying
electrical massage to a cart horse
sprained knee. During the Intervals
of rest he talked farm talk.
"There are tenants" he said, who,
when they move, carry their farms
with them as the tortoise does his
house. These people are the Norman
French, the worlds best farmers.
Where YOU or / would require twen-
ty or thirty acres of land to keep one
family, the French farmer will keep
his family on a quarter of an acre. II
he chose to cultivate twenty or thirty
acres he would become a millionaire.
His secret lies in the perfection to
which he brings his top soil. what
with fertilizing and watering and
clearing, his topsoil is the blackest.
finest, richest soil on earth. His top
soil Is to the French farmer what her
voice Is to a prima donna. And when
he rents he contracts that on the ter
mination Of his lease he may carry
off eighteen inches of the top soil with
him.
when you see French farmer
moving, one small cart carries his
household goods, and In seven or
eight enormous drays his top soil
lumbers on behind."-New York
Press.
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SHARK FISHING OFF HONOLULU
Either Hook or Harpoon Used-Mon-
sters Often Caught Near the Shore.


zone of Honolulu's most exciting
pastimes Is shark fishing" said Geo.
r. Wilson, a planter Of Honolulu.
Large sharks abound off Honolulu
harbor, and fishermen may usually
count on bringing back one or two sea
monsters from eight to fourteen feet
long by going three or four miles
from shore. The fish may either De
harpooned or hooked, the latter meth
cd being the easier. The harpoon-
ing is more dangerous and more diff
ficult.
THE shark fishers need a small
launch, a dead horse, some harpoons
or hooks and some large calibre RI
f1es. The horse is sometimes killed d
day or two before the expedition, as
sharks are supposed to like their morse
meat high The horse Is tied at the
end of a rope and left to float about
sixty feet away from the launch, ana
then the wait for the sharks begins
"A shark will usually show up In
very short time At distance or SIX
ty feet he is a long green object or IN
definite outlines. He approaches the
dead horse slowly until few 1eet
away and then veers off to one sioe
and DISAPPEARS. But he always re-
turns. over and over again, some
times for an hour. he will circle ABOUT
the dead animal, seeming to be as
suspicious as any fox. While the shark
is making these repeated investiga,,
tions the bait is slowly drawn toward
the boat. When harpooning Is to De
done the bait Is drawn gradually closer
until the shark come right up 70
the boat. Then the harpoon Is plung-
ed into him and the battle begins. he
gets exhausted by and by and tnen
the rifles come into play. ~
THE sharks are more easily NOOK
ed than harpooned. Many tourists
who come to Honolulu get up shark
fishing parties. There are lannches
and assistants for hire. The sharK
usually goes to the fishermen VINO
help, and a small sum Is to be real
lied from the oil its liver AFFORDS