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The age-herald., 1898-06-07
From the Selma Times.

From the Selma Times.
 Put an army of 10000 together. half whites and half blacks, with plenty of ammunition and mean whisky and it wouldn't be a week before there would be a bloody riot between the two. The negro as a race has been barred from a military education at Annapolis and West Point and he is jump ing at this opportunity for military recog- milton. But for fear of these racial con- fiicts and the influence 1t would leave on the race that did not enlist it would be possible to use them as soldiers.
 Let us illustrate these facts by our own county We have 5000 negro voters in Dai- las If 1000 of them should enlist the other 1000 would be in a state of demorali- zatfon until they returned And after they did return as majors. colonels and cap- tains they would expect to live the balance of their days on their military reputa- lions, just as their white brothers have done and will continue to do.
 The result would be chaos and conflicts here at home. The dark and terrible days of reconstruction would come back upon us in an aggravated form and social and economic questions would arise, besides which ownership-of the Philippines and the establishment of colonial policy for this government would fall into fnsignifcance.
 The Times calls upon Governor Johnston to go slow It is better by far that Ala bama's quota of troops should go unraised than the bringing up of issues that will take years of care and statesmanship to overcome. There are breakers ahead.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
PlssIMIsTIC PHILOSOPHY.

From the Atchison Globe.
 Times are so hard that the price of a compliment has been reduced from fifty cents to a quarter.
 If you want to borrow money don't work your friend for few cents; work bank president for lot.
 After a woman has had experience she knows that man is just as mean before marriage as after.
 About all girl does for her little bro h T Is to jerk his clothes and say, "Dehave yourself!"
 After a woman knows man thoroughly she Is content with the compliment-if he asks for a second piece of pie and d)eSh't praise her cooking.
 The society editress of a newspaper sell m lasts more than a year.. at the en1 of year all the women hate her
 If there is any important news from the seat of war a man can always hear 1t with out neglecting h's work to run to the bulle- tin boards Itis like losing hat in the wind the other fellow always chases 1t.
 When a woman gets up to take her leave her hostess feels that she Is falling short of her duty unless she spends the next fifteen minutes in sweeping away her guests ex- cuses for not staying longer.
 Instead of teaching a little plano-playing, how to dab in paints, dancing, etc, to make a girl fitted for a wife, she should be given a drill in developing her patience. Any married woman will admit that she has more need of patience than she mas or the tWo-step.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
HIS OPINION.
Tom Morgan, in Puck.

Tom Morgan, in Puck
 "After all," remarked the Kohack phi losopher progressively, "and in spite of all the assertions to the contrary, it is easy enough to be happy, though married.
 "The matter has been discussed and de- bated and thrashed over ad infinitibus. as you might say, in public meetin's and pri- vate jangles, and in columns and columns of print by long-haired men and short haired women, on the rostrum and every where else that you can thnk of, even in monologue in the sancity of the bed cham Der while the nominal sheik of the family kept his weary head buried beneath The coverlids. and yet, despite all the good breath and costly ink that ha 'e been eN- pended on the subject, 1t Is, to most minds, still a debatable point.
 "Bnt. after havin given the matter iny attenticr for about three mi 1utes, l Gis- coNI, cd that there was n 1th 1g in it < debate about no two sides to it. If a wo- man gifts all she wants to wear and a man gifts all he wants to eat, thayll be happy in this life, married or not married. If they don't they won't; and that's all there is tc itr'
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
WHY THERE ARE
 so MANY ..MORROS,
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 Many people who noted with surprice that Read Admiral Sampson had encoun- tered a second Moro castle at San Juan de Porto Rico have wondered at the repe- tition of the name on an island so near to Cuba and the famous Moro" at Havana. But the apparent strangeness of thls eir- constance disappears when 1t is under stood that ''morro' is not a proper name at all, but merely a word to denote q cer- tain type of fertilization. The Spanish definition of the word expresses its mean ing quaintly, but fully as follows: "cual- quier eosa redonda, cuya fgura sea serne. jante la de la cabezt" (Anything which is round, the form of which resembles a head) From this startling point moro" came to mean any hill or small, round promontory
 In a compilation of "the laws of tho T:1- dies the following direction is g.ren: +s' The alcaldes qmilitary governors) shall place sentinels, who shall stand guard in the ordir ary manner upon the highest part of each fortified place--upon the morro, if there be one, or upon tie tower of the fortress-anI in all ether rlaces whence both the sea and land may be best observed'
 In the development of the worlds mean ing it came also to indicate any scarped hill or cliff which should serve as a guide to navigators on the coast. A "morro" which came into pubic notice few years ego is that of Africa, chiJi. It is pro- mon.ry situated at the southern extremity of the hsrbor of Ari q. The towering mass of rocks rises almost perpendcraIIy 10 6. height of about 800 feet above the sea. Its summit forms a beautiful plateau, upon which stands a strong battery of heavy cliber guns. Upon the "morro" on June T. 1880, the Peruvian army, or garrison under Colonel Bolognesi, made desperate att tempt to resist the Chilian forces under Colonel Don Pedro Lagos But the latter troop were victorious and succeeded in talk ing by main force not only the fortfca- tions of the "morro," but also the city of Africa. The attack was so we'll conducted that 1t required only forty-five minutes to gain possession of the "morro."
 The term "morro" is also applied to a part of the distrct of Africa near the pro- montory. Among other localities which bear the name of "morro" are canal and village on the coast of Ecuador munich pality in Venezuela, the Morro Ingles, a point on the bay of Guaymas, Mexico, and the Morro Velho, one of the richest gold mines in Brazil.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
The Santiaqo Campaiqn.

Lieut. Richmond Pierson Hobson ended first stage of the Santiago seize. The blocking up of the channel was preliminary to a movement of the troops, who will, aided by General Garcia's insurgents, at- tempt to carry the heights that dominate the forts at the narrow entrance of San tiago harbor The excellent maps~in The Age-Herald afford all needful information. except the altitude of the surrounding hills Moro Is pretty high, but back of it are still higher hills, and so there are back of Socapa. The landing of troops at Point Cabrera indicates that Socapa Is to be car ried first Socapa is on the left side of the entrance as a ship goes in, and Cabrera lies back of socapa, and on the shore about six miles towards the west. Morro. it should be remembered, is on the right bank of the narrow entrance channel. Santiago city is about seven miles north of Moro castle. These facts should be kept in mind as the campaign progresses; for the central and chief interest of the war Is at once transferred to Santiago. San Juan and Havana, and even the Philippines, are tenn porarlly eclipsed.
 Ts the public there are three unknown e,nantities-the strength of General Lin- ares army the strength of General Gar cia's army, now on the spot; and the strength of the American force recently landed to assist the insurgents in the in- vestment and capture of Santiago. We may all be sure that the government is not act ing in the dark-that It knows very closely what 1t has to contend with, and that a sufficient force has been, or soon will be. landed to do the work in hand. The size of the Spanish army Is variously estimated at from 10000 to 25,OOO men. the difference arising from the mastering In of new levies. The regulars probably do not exceed 10000 men.
 It should be kept in mind that General g.inares has all the men that he can ex- pect to receive No railroad or ship can bring him aid of any kind. There Is a gap of at least 200 miles between Blanco and Linares. and that gap lies in mountain- ous country filled with Cubans. There Is not a Spaniard in all that stretch of country scarcely one in the three eastern prov
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
ON THE MARCH.

Herbert M. Hopkins in the Bookman. Down the canon of the street, Hear the muffied marching feet! Hear the thousand-throated hum, As the soldiers nearer comel Eagerly the people crowd; Faintly now. and now more loud, While we listen, breathless, dumb, Comes the droning of the dru,u; Rika tick, rika-tek, rilxa-tek tek tek, Rika-tek, rika-tek rika-tek tek tek, Rika-tek tek tek,
 Rika-tek tek tek,
 Rika-tek, rika-tek, rilSa-tek tclx tek. Now the marching men have passed; We have watched them to the last, Till the column disappears In a mist of sudden tears. Loves and hates before unguessed Tremble in the troubled breast; Loves and hates and hopes and fears, Waking from the sleep of years, At our country's calling come, To the rolling of the drum. So the night comes on apace. Settles on each solemn face: While we pray with hearts of fire, While . wistfnl. wild, desire Follows where the dangers are. Where the battles blaze afar- Till our heroes homeward come, And we hear the victor drum
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
KING OF SIAM INsTRUCTs HIS SUBJECTS

From the London Daily News.
 There is another thing whereof l must warn you Whatever may be our mutual good will for increasing the prosperity ot our country and our mutual love of justice, we may be quite certain that we shall not at once, nor in as short time as we might wish, eradicate all abuses. nor do as much good as we are aspiring for. Even in Europe and in the most prosperous ooIh- tries I never met with people who were perfectly and unanimously satisfied with the government and the state of things in their own country. Therefore, let us all make rue not to complain premature'y. because, notwithstanding our good will and our endeavors, everything is not going on according to our desire. In other words, let us be satisfied with what is pos ible, and only dream of what is perfect.
 Finally, let us not exei1si yeiy edI1 ire what is foreign and despise what is Siam ese nor exclusively admire what is S:amese and despise what is foreign, There is in every country, as in every human beiug mixture of good and evil, and We mast try tc initiate what is good elsewhere, e,.i at tj.' same time not only 10 keer eu. 10 develop what is god and worthy of respect in our own national character and i1sti- tutons.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
THE EIGHT HEROES
 OF THE MERRIM AC
Tho Merrimac,s Forlorn Hope
Inc Chicago Inter-Ocean.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 The Merrimac episode at Santiago illus trates the highest type of patriotism in war. It was an instnce of the forlorn hope carried forward in the spirit of complete self-sacrifice on the altar of country There are many cases in which few must take great risks for the salvation Of cause or for the safety of the many. In all such cases orders are suspended and volunteers called for. So it has happened that the most daring exploits in military and naval history have been the work of men who, having choice between compara- tive safety and almost certain death, chose the latter.
 In October, 1884, the Confederate ion-clad ram. the Albemarle, had successfully re- sisted whole fleet of United States gun boats There was no federal warship able to cope with her. and until she was de- stroyed army and navy were imperiled by her. Lieutenant W. B. Cushing volunteered to destroy her. With a steam launch and a volunteer crew he ran up the Roanoke river towing an armed cutter. lie proke through the Confederate picket line. drove his launch straight at the Albemarle, and in spite of the furious firing from her men attacneu ana eAplOueu eb eoi PSoO which sunk the vessel.
 Cushing and his men jumped from the sinking launch and swan down stream
 Two were drowned, and the rest, except Cushing and one other, were captured. Gushing reached the bank half mile be- low, waded through a swamp, and the following night was taken up by United States gunboat at the mouth of the river.
 The torpedo-boat in the present Cuban blockade calls for much such service as Cushing performed in 1864, and as the men on the Merrimac rendered when they went into Santiago harbor with their lives in their hands. It Is and always has been the willingness to do and dare in any emergency, even to the point of certain death, that has made the history of our navy an untarnished record of herolsm.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
Heroism in Our Navy
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
 Naval Constructor Hobson and his seven associates have added new and brilliant exploit to those that are familiar in the annals of our navy. Above everything, and it will stir the country tc proud ad- rairation Of Its sailors, Is the fact that no less than tc0 men cn OUT slips stepped forward to take the place oI the eight vG!- unteers invited to perform service of ex- treme risk. There is nothing to match this in the long narrative of warfare on the ocean. Volunteers for work of pecu- liar danger have always been found amorg our blue jackets, but in this case almost the entire fleet was ready to be included in forlorn hope of extraordinary peril Such a body of men is necessarily invin- cble. They can be destroyed, but not conquered. They will fight to the utter most, and go. down with their colors rath- CT than strike them.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07

gnces-santiago. Santa Clara and Puerto Prineipe-outslde of the city of Santiago Itself. How much aid General Garcia can bring to the American forces is not known. but 1t will doubtless prove to be very con- siderable. The city of Santiago, city of about 7O,OOO people, is full of Cuban sym pathizers. large share of its population consists of blacks, and the number of span- iards in it probably does not exceed 2O,0OO
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
AN l EXCELLENT JUDGE.

From the Cleveland Leader.
 There Is a judge down in Maryland who ought to have a lofty monument some day, and if the people who ride bicycles fail to remember him handsomely they will simply prove that they are ungrateful and richly deserve all the troubles that the sprinkling cart men scatter before them.
 This jurist has decided that a person should not be fined for riding on a sidewalk where the roadway is impossible, no mat ter whether town ordinances forbid 1t or not. More than that, he holds that riders of bicycles have the right of passage on highways, and that they are even justified in trespassing upon private property when the condition of the roads makes wheeling dangerous.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
The Sanest of the Brave

From the New York Press.
 Audacity and nationality running in such a perfect and measured parallel as this present a type of courage entirely modern, of which the tales of ancient wars furnish no examples, and, we think, essentially American. For it is almost utilitarian in it's characteristics. It wll dare anything. It will dare almost more than men ever dared before in similar expeditions. For all prior enterprises of this order-torpedo- ing, powder-boat attacks as in Tripoli, cut ting out jobs and the like-invariably have been done in black night and with incon- spicuous means These men worked at dawn breaking into daylight, their vehicle being large merchant steamer one select ed for it's size to block a warship channel. But this courage will dare nothing that is not necessary to the accomplishment of it's purpose. It never passes into desperation. It has no sympathy with the blood-drunk- en courage of the Scot, who at Badajoz, when the breach was found too narrow for the entrance of his body, stuck his head through and let the French beat 1t to pieces with their musket butts. It is ready to die but that is a detail; it sets and keeps all it's steady, busy wits working to do. If Somers and Gushing deserved-as un- doubtedly they did-to have tornedo boats named in their honor, so does Lieutenant Hobson. And the new destroyer which wears his name should surely be the most efficient, the least tender and Cranky" of that fickle feet For the hero whose name she will wear may well be called the sanest of the brave.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
What the American People Think

From the New York Journal.
 Like the splendid suicide of Somers in the harbor Of Tr.poli, like the self-regard,ess devotion with which Cushing drove his launch over the boom around the Abe marie, was the dash of the Merrimac into the harbor of death at Santiago. It was an exploit that will take its place among the eternal glories of the American navy.
 And. best of all, the heroes on board did not die. They are suffering the discom- forts of a Spanish prison now, but that will not last long, and when they come home they will find out what the American people think of deeds like theirs.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 It's a poor writer that escapes criticism. Pawnbroker's signs are worth more than Spanish ss. A woman's idea of making a name for herself is to marry well.
 Time advances at a snairs pace, but it retreats like scorcher. gff
 Avoid the law by acting in a way that will cause the law to avoid you. 9t Life may be one grand sweet song, but the majority of us are unable to sing. A girl always thinks a mans heart is in the right place when she possesses it.
 Nature may be a success as a country artist, but it takes a man to paint the town.
 When wives and widows speak of their late husbands, their meaning is quite diff ferent.
 Bronze is all the rage now, but some people continue to exhibit a good deal of brass
 When a mother tells a bachelor of cute thing her baby did, he never says just what he thinks.
 Women are naturally of a clinging na- ture, but they not in it with a man when it comes to hanging on to a dollar.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
The Heroes of Santiago

From the New York World
 Never anywhere was there braver deed done than that at Santiago.
 When Sampson called for volunteers to enter the harbor and sink the Merrima c there he told the men of the fleet that ev- cry such volunteer would go to almost certain death. And the men knew that without telling
 Yet four thousand heroic fellows offered themselves for the service and the sacrifice.
 Happily the lieutenant and seven men selected rendered the service and escaped the sacrifice as by miracle, whereat their 75000,000 countrymen nightly rejoice.
 They are prisoners now, but honored pris- oners. Admiral Cervera himself has sent by flag of truce to express his admiration of their heroism,
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
The Daring Peat of the srerrimao

From tho Chicago o-Times-H Herald.
 While our naval history from the days of John Paul Jones to the days of Admiral Dewey gleams with the brilliant and in- trepid achievements of our gallant sailors, it is doubtful if any greater exploit was ever performed than that of sinking the Merrimae in the channel of Santiago har- bor. This was feat that demanded abso- lutely cold-blooded courage without even the prospect of a fight to stir the blood.
 All honor to Richmond P. Hobson and the hero crew of the Merrimac!
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
Heroes of Mankind
From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
 The magnificent exploit of Lieutenant Hobson and seven men who took the Mer- rimac into Santiago Harbor and there sent her to the bottom. all the while under the fire of the Spanish batteries, will cause a thrill of pride to run through the veins of every American.
 Knowing that the Merrin1s,c'e crew woyld face almost certain death 4000 men volun- teered for the post of danger.
 Deeds like this add to the stature of man. They augment the riches of civilization and
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
sEwERLEss MOBILE.
From the Mobile Register.

From the MOb1Ie Reg1ster.
 The editor of the Russell Register sees the volunteers camp at Mobile through spectacles somewhat obscured by either distance or the fog of transformation. Among other things he says the boys bathe in the bay where the sewers of Mobile empty. land we are forced to conclude that bathing there will certainly produce sickness" This is a forced statement as well as a forced conclusion. The sewers of Mobile do not empty into the bay.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
The Heroes of the Merrimac
n the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Stay-at-home faultfnders with the con- duct of the war will probably be shamed into silence by the thrilling herosm dis played by our men at the front. The gall lant four thousand who volunteered their services when Admiral Sampson called for eight men to lead a forlorn hope at Santiago showed the stuff of which Amer ica's ships companies are made. To carry out the design of the commander of the fleet to sink the collier Merrimac in the neck of that Cuban harbor and thus to spring the trap wherein the Spanish fleet is confined, required a degree of courage such as has been exhibited only in the fam ous deeds which have become the topics of song and story, like the charge of the Light Brigade and the self-sacrifice of Leonidas and his Spartan band in the Pass of Thermopylae.
 The brave fellows who manned the Mer- rimac, ran over the mines and through the galling fire of the batteries at Santiago, anchored their shot-riddled ship, and after letting her swing into the required position blew up the vessel with internal tor pedo, were heroes in the true sense of the word. Even Admiral Cervera was com pelled to express his admiration of their valor, notwithstanding the fact that by their act his last hope of escape from his prison had been blasted. Praise from a defeated enemy is praise indeed.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07

Messrs. Bayard and Hay consider them ing friendFiness of Uncle Sam and Mir. J. Bull. They are reveling in sea of vim dfcation
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
THE AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS.

From the Alexander City Outlook.
 We note that some of the agricultural schools may increase their fees-in order to keep clear of debt, we suppose. These are the schools that offer free tuition and that are kept up by special tax upon the farmers of the state.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07
A SHARP BLOW TO END IT.
!e Chicago Tribune.

From the ChIcago Trlbune.
 It Is time for action. time to strike qrick. sharp, decisive blows and end the. war. The attack on Santiago should be followed promptly by the assualt upon and capture of Havana and San Juan de Puerto Rico. If the administration wants Spain to sue for peace there Is nothing which will make e it sue more quickly or ciamorousIy than a good thrashing.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07

humanize the race. They strengthen the belief in the best and highest part in hu- man nature and make 1t the object of love and reverence The heroes of the Msr- rimac are benefactors of all mankind, for they sho wed what men and will do when sacrifice and suffering are required in the performance of duty.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07

"Dewey and Hobson" Is the very latest 1900 ticket in sight. However our Alabama hero is not quite up to the age require ment of presidential candidates, and it Is future admiral of the fleet.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07

General Merritt is selecting additional volunteer regiments for service In the Phil ippines. He has already called for the Sec ond Tennessee. and the lightning may strike the First Alabama.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07

Let the patriotic people of Birmingham contribute to raising the mortgage from the home of Hero Lieutenant Hobson's mother in Greensboro, of this state.
The age-herald., 1898-06-07

San Francisco's adoption of the initiative and referendum will afford other cities an opportunity to watch the operation of the reform. It has not had fair trial in this country