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The age-herald., 1898-08-19
Deadlock Improbable at Paris.

The two sovereign countries at Paris will, of course, have one vote apiece, no matter how many how few commits sioners each sends to Paris. The two na- tions may. it is true disagree. If they do, such propositions stand rejected. for no provision is made for arbitration of any kind Spain would be glad to have, no doubt settlement of differences by arbitration, but President Mckinley would not listen to such suggestion.
 In case of a deadlock at Paris over the Cuban debt question or the Philippines or any other matter, new commissioners could be appointed. or hostilities could be resumed. The two countries must agree before any conclusion can be reached, and peace become final and accepted fact.
 This is the theory of the situation. The naked facts scarcely admit however, of a deadlock. Spain has no ships worth men, tioning, and every stronghold really in- volved in the contest would be securely held by the United States. A deadlock would, therefore, be an Indefinite extension of the existing situation, which would be a transfer to the United States of all of Spain's colonies except the Canaries, and they are counted as part of Spain itself. A deadlock would perhaps be the best set tlement of the case from the American point of view, and it is therefore improba- ble that there will be deadlock.
 A I that a long discussion of the features of the situation will take place at the Paris sittings. The commissioners of the United States and Great Britain, at the close of the war of 1872, sat more than four months at Ghent, Nand the result of their sittings
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
FITZHUGH LEE FOR SENATOR

From the Chicago Record.
 The report comes from Washington that Major General Fitzhugh Lee intends to be a candidate for United States senator from his state. It is to the people of Virginia, of course, that General Lee must look for his election, but the people of the nation will wish him success in his ambition It was as United States consul at Havana during the troublous times preceding the war that MT. Lee distinguished himself and won his way to popular favor. When the war broke out he was made a major-gen- eral. Though he was given no opportunity for distinguished service, it cannot be doubt ' that he would have acquitted him. self creditably had he been given a chance to face Spanish troops. General Lee as a member of the national senate would be an honor to his state.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
The Conquest of the Philippines.

The terms of equalization made by Gen eral Merritt on the American side and by General Jandenez of the Spanish army do not relate simply to Manila; they cover the Philippines. All the group, be the number of islands one thousand or two thousand, were surrendered, and the American forces now hold them by virtue of conquest. It was further agreed that the Spanish regu- lars should be disarmed, but that no parole should be exacted. The Spanish troops are to be supplied with needful tions by this country, and the question of deportation to Spain is remitted to Wash ington, and the question of the return of the Spanish arms is left to the kindness and discretion of General Merritt.
 The equalization covers the entire group. Instead of the bay of Manila We now hold problem Is simplfed to that extent Spain is in every respect eliminated; and If Agui- naldo and his associates and his army are willing to accept military rule under Gen. Merritt as the best and surest means of getting rid of Spanish misrule and Spanish robbery and Spanish oppression, there are no pressing or serious problems in the case
 It should be remembered that Aguinaldo and his friends are not Spaniards, nor do they speak Spanish as a rule. They are Malays, speaking the language of that widespread people Besides Malays, there are many Chinese in the Philippines. The Spanish language and Spanish traditions are not complications at all in the Philip pinues, as they are in Cuba and Porto Rico. The F'ilippinos have no more in com- mon with Spain than they have with Eng land or this country, although Spain has possessed the islands from time out of mind.
 Deweys guns and Merritt's intrepid sol- diers have wonderfully cleared up the sit uation, and there can be no claim set at Paris that we have not co-c.1n P Philippines, but are simEI
 shores of Manila. Jf ''s ooA' - :. .s,. o.n., an act without parallel ,n alleiy. Heretofore whatever we
 |lfve gained by conquest, we have held.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
WHEN PADDY COMES HOME

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Whin Paddy comes mar-r-chin' home az n-4
 Hurray! Hurray! He's wan Q Gin'ril Shafter's min
 Hurray! Hurray!
 We'll open up keg O nails. We'll pass tn stuff around in pails, An dhrfnk an dhrink til mim'ry fails, Whin Paddy comes mar-r-chin' home. Whin Paddy comes mar-r-chin' home agin,-s
 Hurray! Hurray! Ye bet there1l be some music thin I
 Hurray! Hurray! Tn harp'll twang, tn fiddle scrapes T Tn hornsll blow, tn organ wape, There's sure t be no wan aslape, Whin Paddy comes mar-r-chin' home. Whin Paddy comes mar-r-chin' home agin-<
 Hurray! Hurray! Tn bist O twinty thousand min
 Hurray! Hurray!
 We'll fill him up wid ham an steak. An give him iv'ryt'ing he'll take Arrange fur him we will, a wake, Whin Paddy comes mar-r-chin' home. I5
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
IRONICAL IFS
encourage

From the Chicago News
 If you want money bad, invest in green goods.
 If you reside in a stone house, don't throw glasses.
 If mirrors portrayed us as others see us, we wouldn't use them. ' If the wind does whistle occasionally 1t never tackles popular airs.
 If misfortune spells man. good fortune would have made fool of him.
 If a girls father objects to a young xnan's suit, he should change tailors.
 If there are any Spanish knights left they evidently fear the light of day.
 If you have a hair-raisng story to tell. always spring it on a bald-headed man.
 If you lend a man grass seed he's sure to come round later and borrow your lawn1 mower.
 If the lion and the lamb ever lie down together the lamb will probably be missing when the lion gets up.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
Pull Down the Fences.

The Union Springs Herald practically en- dorses The Age-Heralds suggestion that in the interest of beauty in the residence streets of Alabama towns, the front ana line fences should be pulled down. Union Springs it respectfully adds, must go many years before it will discard front fences, but there is one great improvement that could easily be effected, and that IS to have front yard gates open inwardly thus forever relieving people who walk of side- walk Instructions.
 The Herald's suggestion is a good one, so far as it goes but it really does not go far enough If the town COW and the town hog have been relegated to the back districts in Union Springs-and. The Age Herald assumes that in so pretty and pros- porous a town they have been-then there is no reason why many years should elapse before front and line fences are taken down. Not even one year need go by without step in that direction.
 Let one single block in Union Springs
 
 fence that projects beyond the line of houses, and then let days work be spent on each lot in making 1t trim and neat and clean, and in giving it a neghborly or connected appearance, and Union Sprigs will soon see the contagion spreading far and near in its best streets. An object les son is all that is needed in town like Un- ion Springs What Union Springs does, les ser towns will do.
 ! the front-gate nuisance is radically cured, and the entire town begins to take on beauty and attractiveness by the whole | sale. People first admire and then move | in to share the change Prosperity Is | inaugurated, and all because the love of | beauty is inborn, and the removal of the | front fences splendidly promotes what all | desire. There is not a town In Alabama l that can afford to retain front and line | fences. And there will be precious few | that will keep them after they see one | ar two towns like Union Springs as they will appear after the hideous and always out-of-repaE front fence is removed, and l the entire residence portion of the town converted into a park, and all the people made neighborly in an air of beauty and peace and prosperity. For that's what the | fence movement means.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
SHORTEST TERM IN CONGRESS

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Charles F. Booher, a democratic candi- date for attorney general of Missouri in 1900, enjoys the distinction of having served shorter term in congress than any other man, and of being the only man ever seated in the house without a certif- cate of election. It is the theory of the house that when member is chosen at a regular election he is entitled to pay for a full term. whether he lives through it or not It is fiction of the house, also, that a member elected to fill an unexpired term serves from the moment of his prede- cessor's death MT. Booher profited by this arrangement and drew more than $1 300 for the week he held down his seat in the house.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
ONE TALL AMERICAN
From the Chicago Journal.

FrOm the ChIcaBO JOurnaI
 Ex-Senator Reagan, of Texas, the only surviving member of Jefferson Davis cab inet, is engaged in laudable effort to keep the democratic party from making a great mistake and opposing the growth of the country. MT. Reagan is for keeping every inch of territory taken from Spain, and he rightly says if that is imperialism, then Jefferson was an imperialist There is no necessity for any American possessed of mind larger than quarter of a dol lar to get befogged on the expansion ques- ton, and there is no necessity for either of the great parties to waste q. campaign making an issue of it.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
Hdue IS houe, hotoerer men do catch.
 KING JOHN.
Cotton Mills as Town Builders.

Colonel Orr, in his address on the occa- sion of the laying of the corner stone of the textile school at Clemson, in South Carolina, presented in plain facts and fig ures the advantages of cotton mills to a community. bale of raw cotton, he said. is worth, $90. if it weigh 800 pounds, and the cotton is worth cents. This sum of $3O is eventually distributed to the owner of the land, to labor, to the fertil- izer factory, to the agricultural implement maker, etc.. until in the end not much is left in the hands of the cotton grower him. self, in the community and district in which it was grown.
 But if the bale be turned into sheeting, no matter how coarse the weave may be, it becomes 1880 yards of cloth, for which S1s cents will be paid today, or $56.S0. The cotton grower gets $So, labor residing in the community, $2625, and the mill stock holders s2.25. These are actual practical results. If the goods are manufactured without profit, the gain to the community is only reduced to the extent of $255 per bale|leaving s56.25, as against $50, the price of the raw cotton. In round figures, the value of bale of cotton to the com munity is doubled by turning it into yard wide sheeting Turned into finer goods 1t could be quadrupled. But doubling will do.
 The Charleston News and Courier ex- plains the methods adopted in South Car olina for securing the full advantages of the cotton crop. It does not do this in a theoretical way; it. holds up the town of McCoH, in Marlboro county. Thirteen years ago there was not a house at McColl; now it is larger than the county town It. self. It is the result of the building of cotton mill. The people of the neighbor- hood got together $32,000, and built mill. It has earned dividends, and a portion Qf1 those dividends has been expended
 tensions, and today it has a 1ai1r 1n ex- valued at $25O, ,OoO. ap6G mil property months that~ lS in the last twelve
 mill cleared nine dollars on every bale it used. One of the stockhold-
  dience would not believe him if he should tell how much the factory had cleared during the last two quarters.
 Not only is there nothing in the county that pays half so we'll" but it has cre- ated town larger and more prosperous than Bennettsville, the county seat, and now Bennettsville in pure self-defense is preparing to build cotton mill also. And the McColl plan is to be followed. It is a good plan Build only what can bepaid for, no matter if it be small. Spin if you cannot weave. Let a portion of all dividends go to extensions. That is the best plan, and there is not a town in Alabama that can not build a mill as McColl built its mill; and there is scarcely town in Alabama today as prosperous and contented and stable and sound as McColl is today. A cotton mill did it, for there was not house in McColl when the cotton mill company was organized.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Augustus sneak on German war ves- sel was wholly uncalled for. It will do neither August nor Germany any good. and it will do the United States no harm whatever. We simply gain Augustus feed until he could have been paroled and sent home.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
STRENGTH LIES IN THE MASSES

From Gunton's Magazine for August.
 These three things are really worth some thing to have discovered: ItMis worth a the ~10hy to Europe, but to -. -. to know that poverty is weak mess and wealth is strength; that strength does not consist in the unrelenting orders of a kaiser, but in the patriotic impulse and characterful determination of we'll fed citizens. This is worth something to our own country. Our millionaires and em- ployers have not sufficiently realized that their safety and ultimate prosperity de- pend on the welfare of the mass of our people. In fact as lesson of this war, every American millionaire, every employ CT, great or small. ought to learn that not only his personal safety and safety of his property, but the safety of the nation, the respect of the republic, the honor of our institutions, depend not on his wealth but on the social status and industrial condi- tion of the great mass of the laborers
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
THE SOUTH IS CONTENT
From the Memphis Scimetar.

From the Memphis Sc1metar
 Lieutenant Brumby of Georgia, flag officer to Admiral Dewey, raised the stars and stripes over Manila. With Wheeler, Schley Hobson, Blue and Brumby to represent her in the list of war heroes, the south may be fairly content, even though no southern regiment could get to the front
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Nothing less than the resignation of AL ger will restore peace in this country. His appointment was a political scandal, and his retention is a military blunder
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Two great battles are now to be fought out on American soil-the size of the standing army and the retention of the Philippines
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

The restriction of the Immortal Georges. farewell address to its own time and cir cumstances should be counted among the valuable results of the war.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

The slaughter that General Fred Grant would have created has been headed off by news of the signing of the protocol
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Three secretaries of state in a years time is pretty good record. Sherman, Day and Hay are pretty good trio, as re- publicans go.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
STILL FORWARDING

From the Washington Star.
 The friends of Mr. Sampson and those of MT. Schley have not got so far along as protocol yet
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

The protocol officially ended the war last ritt were loaded and they had to go off.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
IS AN IMPERIALIsT

From the Athens (Ga-) Banner.
 There is no doubt that the president is an imperfalst, but he doesn't care to break it to the country too suddenly.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

pr. Andrew Wilson, the London scient- ist, says tomatoes have no more to do with. the creation of cancers than cabbages have.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Day and Hay and Whitelaw Reid are all Ohio men. Nothing less than the earth will satisfy that crowd.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

The New York Sun hits the nail on the head when it says Spain should appoint her own commissioners.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
NOT IN ANYBODY's WAY

From the Syracuse Standard.
 It Is strange, Is 1t not, that nobody on the way to the front encountered Tom Watson in the middle of the road?
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

lect no peace commissioner who could be SO well trusted to protect the interests of the United States
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Secretary Alger's proposed vacation should be extended to life term.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

When Hobson returns to the country he will be compelled to wear the base ball catchers entire outfit.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS

From the Indianapolis Journal.
 In order to sustain his reputation as ln inquisitive man, u Hung Chang should be- gin to inquire into the cause of Great Brit aims demand for his dismissal.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Hon. Richard Croker considers the pro- tocol prosperity's real and only original advance agent.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

The unhealthfulness of the horsepond at Montauk is fast becoming national issue.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Davis arrives there. He is almost as good an American as John Tyler Morgan.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Little Brooches in the state department will surely be man who will do his duty when he sees it.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Augusti seems to have run before he fought. r
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

The boasted war records of the Spanish war will not, as a rule, be stained with blood.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

America will have at least one American commissioner in Paris when Cushman K.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Johnnie is packing his canteen and haversack for the homeward trip.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19

Admiral Cervera is doing very we'll in the country that has adopted him as a lone orphan.
The age-herald., 1898-08-19
MORE THAN EDUCATION

The best cooks are those who cannot al- ways pronounce correctly the names of the fancy dishes they cook.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-02
VAN WYCK'S BRIDGE SCHEMES.
MONEY FOR PRELIMINARY SURVEYS FOR
TWO GIVEN BY THE BOARD
OF ESTIMATE

The Board Of Estimate yesterday authorized the
transfer Of $4,000 from unexpended balances IN
the hands of the Commissioner Of Charities TOT
improvements in the Infants Hospital and around
Bellevue Hospital OF the items allowed. $4,000
was for repairs to the Infants Hospital Sl4'"oo TOT
asphalting the roads ard walks at Bellevue HOS
pital 81 900 for changing the old morgue INTO a
stable and the remainder for changing the OLD
stable into a drug shop.
Bridge Commissioner Shea got 100000 Tor the
making Of preliminary surveys and borings TOT the
two new bridges across the East River proposed
by Mayor Van Wyck within tho last week. one
Of these bridges IT is proposed TO build at black
wells Island and the other somewhere between
Crand-st and the present Brooklyn Bridge
Engineers Martin and Probasco. OF the brooklyn
Bridge were present. and asserted that S5o.oF was
needed for making the preliminary surveys ana
borings for each bridge. The Mayor said that the
work on these two bridges. well as the work on
the new East River Bridge under process or
construction would be pushed quickly as pos
sible He declared that the way to relieve the
borouehs OF Manhattan and The Bronx from the
burdens OF taxation which they carry was by con-.
Meeting Manhattan with Queens and BROOKLYN ny
means of bridges and increasing the value OF real
estate in those borOuGhs -
An application from the East River Brldge ON
mission for the issue OF bonds 10 the amount OF
81 500 900 was referred to the Controller Tor ex-
animation. A..
The Board authorized the issue Of bonds TO- the
amount Of $40 Gao co for school site IN sixty
6fth-st between the Boulevard and Amsterdam
ave. Bonds to pay for school site IN Avenue -
between Eighth and Ninth SITS, were also author
zad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-02
DR. THOMSEN WILL CONTEST SETTLED.

LAWYERS DECLINE TO TALK OF THE TERMS
OF SETTLEMENT.
The contest over the will OF the late Baron Chris
tian de Thomson has been settled out or court ana
the will has been admitted 10 probate. This an
nouncement was made In the Surrogate's court
Yesterday where the hearing to be continued
before Surrogate Arnold. As soon as the matter
was called for hearing counsel for the contestants
said that he had no further evidence TO oHer. he
then announced that the matter had been Win
drawn and upon this statement Surrogate Arno'u
ordered the will admitted TO probate.
Baron de Thomson died several months ago. IeaV-
Ing an estate estimated al half million dol
lars BY the terms Of his will he practically dlslr-
herited his foster daughter Mrs. Sylvia Won Beck
He left her only the income Of $4,000 The remain
der of his estate he left his widow and two chill
dren Mrs. Won Beck contested the Will.
When asked for the terms Of settlement yester-
dav counsel on both sides refused to make any
c.ot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-02
Peeps at
People

Passages from the Writings Of Anne War
rngton Witherup, Journalist. BY JOHN
KENDRIcK BANGS. Illustrated by EDWARD
PENFIElD. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental,
81 %.
In Peeps at People" the clever author OF
"A House Boat on the Styx" makes decidedly
novel Departure and INDUCES in what might he
termed satire in duplicate. first at the expense
OF Miss Wtherup. typical woman inter
viewer" and secondly at that OF the celebrities
who fall prey to her prying persistency.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-02
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS CONVENTION.

The nineteenth annual meeting OF the American
Society OF Mechanical Engineers was continued
yesterday al the New-York societys house. No
y West Thirty-nrst-st The programme yesterday
morning included the following papers: Theory Of
the Moment OF Inertia" by Professor c. v Kerr
Of Chicago. Improvement in Steam Boilers" by
w b. lie Van, Of Philadelphia Generation and
Utilization of Steam by the Lykens Valley Coal
Company" by, K Van A Norris Of Wikesbarre
Svenson. Hartford. Methods Of Testing lndica-
tors" by Professor ID. S. Jacobus. Of Hoboken;
variation Of Belt Tensions With Power Trans
mitted." by Professor W. S Adrich. Morgantcwn.
W. Va. There were also TWO general discussions.
one on the query. what Constitutes n Seamless
Tube the other. ION How Small Tool Does II
Pay to Put an Individual Electric Motor?'
delegation. numbering about one hundred mem
bers Of the society. many Of whom Were accom-.
panied by ladies, visited the General Postoff1co
about o'clock In the afternoon. and after In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-02
COMMERCE. COMMISSION'S HEARING.
PRESIDENT CRAM. COMMISSIONER MEYER AND
CHIEF ENGINEER BENSEI- OF THE DOCK
DEPARTMENT. TESTIFY.


CHIEF ENGINEER RENsEI. OF THE DOCK
DEPARTMENT. TESTIFY.
The State Commerce Commission met again yes
,erday I'm the Governors Room Of the city Hall FOR
the purpose Of taking testimony regarding the
falling off Of commerce from the port OF New
York upon which to report to the Legislature
means by which the diversion Of trade is 10 be
prevented in the future.
j. Sergeant Cram. president Of the Dock Depart
mcnt testified that II the scheme of dock Improve
ment between Charles and West Twenty-third SITS.
were carried out. and docks built with slips at
least hrty-two feet deep. would be Of great ad-
vantage to the city. He said also that the wharves
along South-st on the East River should be set
apart for the use Of small freight vessels.
Dock Commissioner Peter +. Meyer said tho city
ought to have more open piers, at which ships not
having the of piers could dock. Mr.; Meyer
said the first consideration was the making or
provision for freight steamers, and the widening
and deepening Of the channel. for which provision
should be made by the United States Government.
Chief Engineer John A. Bensel Of the DOCK De-
partmenf told the Commission about the loss OF
the grain traffic TO this port. which Is now sent TO
Newport News. The railroad companies. he thought
were in part blame. because they made no effort
bring the grain To New York
Frank Beadle and Melvin Dupuy, TWO prominent
canal boatmen Of Buffalo. regarding the diversion
Of the canal terminals in this city TO the uses OF
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