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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
THE LANDING OF STARTERS
 ARMY

ARMY,
 The war-ships kept up their fierce search for hidden batteries, tearing off the tin roofs of the huts, dismantling the block-houses, and sending the matched shacks into bon fires of flame. The men in the boats pulled harder at the oars, the steam launches rolled and pltched, tugging at the weight behind them and the first convoy of five hun dred men were soon punched together racing bow by bow for the shore. A launch turned suddenly and steered for long pier under the ore docks, and the waves lifted it to the level of the pier, and half-dozen men leaped through the air. and landed on the pier head, waving their muskets above them At the same moment two of the other boats were driven through the surf to the beach itself, and the men tumbled out and scrambled to their rect upon the shore of Cuba. In an in- stant a cheer rose faintly from the shore, and more loudly from the war ships. It was caught up by every ship in the transport fleet, and was carried Tor miles over the ocean. Men waved their hats, and jumped up and down, and shrieked as though they them selves had been the first to land, and the combined cheering seemed as though it must surely reach to the walls of Santiago and tell the enemy that the end was near But the cheers were whispers to what came later, when, outlined against the sky, we saw four tiny figures scaling the sheer face of the mountain up the narrow trail to the highest block -house-they were punched together there for 8 moment at the side, of the Spanish fort, and then thousands of feet above the shore the American flag was thrown out against the sky, and the sailors on the men-of-war, the Cuhans, and our own soldiers in the village, the soldiers in the long-boats, and those still hanging to the sides and ratlines of the troop ships, shouted and cheered again, and every steam whistle on the ocean for miles about shrieked and footed and roared in pandemonium of delight and pride and triumph.-Richard Harding Davis in Scribner's.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
SAN JUANs FoRT1FIcATIoNs.

Morro Castle dates from Ponce de Leon's time, but the Moro as it stands to-day was completed in 15S4. The faro stands here with a first-elass light and within the Morro's walls are the buildings of a small military town quarters for troops, chapel, bake house and guard-room, with dungeons down by the sea and underneath. This is the citadel the initial point of the line of circumvallation, composed of connected positions, castles, and fortal- ezas, running from west to east, to the Castle San Cristobal thence north to the ocean.
 The oldest portion of the line is at the southwest angle, and is called the "Fortaleza," the platform of which supports the captain-g generals palace, and was built in 1540. The sea-wall to the north is pierced by the gateway of San Juan, which affords entrance to the glacis of San Felipe del Moro, be- tween the palace and the semi-bastion of San Augustine. Turning south wardly from the Fortaleza, we note the bastion of La Palma, and the semi bastion of San Justo, in the curtain be- tween which two is the arched en- trance from the Marina, or outside ward, to the intramural city, and known as the Puerta de Espana. Be- yond it, to the east, are the bastions of San Pedro and Santiago. the latter in the eastern wall, the middle part of which is pierced by the landward gate called the Puerta de Santiago, protect ed by a raVelin of the anne name. The fortress San Cristobai, though some times called castle in in reality an amplification of the Notifications fac ing east, or landward, and extends from the bay on the south northward to the ocean.
 These Qualifications in their present shape were projected in 1880, and virtu- ally finished between 1885 and 1641 but San Cristobal and the outworks were not completed until the comparatively modern date of 1771 The eastern ad- vanced works consist of two lines of batteries, protected by a deep moat; of the small fort at San Antonio at the bridge of that name; and at the ex- treme eastern end of the islet a still smaller fort San Geronimo, which de- fends the bridge of Boqueron.-Centu-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
TESTING A BIG GUN.

All the guns that make up the arma- ment of a United States man-of-war
 must be tested before they are placed on board, from the small rapidfire gun, which stands on the upper deck, to the monster thirteen-inch that is mounted in the steel-armored turrets of a battle ship, so that Uncle Sam may know that they are safe, and will not burst and so endanger the lives of his officers and sailors, as well as fail in the su- preme moment of battle, when they are called upon to defend the Stars and Stripes. This test is called the ''proof," :"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
PROSPERITY.

No wonder the owners of cotton mills in New England are grooming and that there is depression in Fall River and other mill towns.' The stockholders of a cotton mill in Yorkville, South Car olina, have just received a dividend for the last fiscal year of 121a per cent. The report of the secretary showed that the concern had made a net profit of over twenty-five per cent. during the year, so that the dividend absorbed only one-half of the earnings. The balance was set aside for betterments. The seven years ago. During that time it has annually made costly improve expended being paid out of the earn ings Notwithstanding this great out mill has paid back to it's stockholders, in dividends alone, more money than the Stoch they .Hold coSl tHeiH' lHe plant has nearly doubled it's original value, and there is now in the treasury a sum which will go far towards doub- ling the present capacity of the mill, a step which the management intends to take soon.
 With the raw material at their doors and the latest machinery inside their doors it is clear that the southern cot ton mills have great advantages over the northern ones.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

found, extremely elegant in shape and apparently of Greek origin. It is thought probable that before the exca- Vations are finished other tombs of a similar nature will be discovered, as some years back a group of tombs of the Roman epoch was brought to light at Genoa, not far from the spot where the present discovery has been made.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements One Gent Word each in- sertion. Five Gents Word for full week (seven times)
 Display advertisements, per inch one n. sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion. 4o cents; one week, $320; one month, Slo ; one year, $40 -
 Obituary Notices, In prose or verse. lo cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar riages, Deaths and Funerals, 30 cents eacn. Local Notices, 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter to be unobJectionable), and their contracts do nor Include Wants, To Let. For Sale etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

An ancient tomb has just been found
 under one of the streets of Genoa. In- side a large vase of the form known as crater vases was found, trough, unfor-
 tunately, broken into several pieces. It seems to have served as funeral urn, and was about sixty centimetres in height and magnificently decorated. Numbers of pearls of great. value are set on the edge of the vase, and around tbe sides are drawn in red on black many figures of priests and warriors. The date assigned to the vase is the third century before Christ. In the same tomb a bronze water vase was
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

"what are the graves of Adams and Otis marked by big rocks for?" asked the visitor to the Granary burying- ground.
 Because they were bolder men than most of their contemporaries, said the Bostonian, proudly.-Boston Commer- cial Bulletin.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

An incident that is reported to have occurred in Milwaukee court room will throw some light on legal decisions of liquor questions, says Wisconsin Bench and Bar. A German saloon- keeper was on trial and had been sworn. One of the attorneys began to question him: ''Mr. S., where is your place of business?' What for you ask such foolish dings? You drinks at my place more as hundred times" s"That has nothing to do with the case, MT. s.. State to the jury where your place of business is.'' "De shury! de shury! Oh, shiminy! Every shen- tleman on dis shury has shtring of marks on my cellar door like a rail fencet' His honor here interceded in behalf of the counsel, and in a calm dignified manner requested the witness to state the place of his business. "Oh, excuse me, your honor; you drinks at my place so many dimes, I dinks you knows fiery well were I keeps mine place."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

The naval officer sent over by the Norwegian government to watch the war in Cuba has gone home to recom- mend that contracts for two new war ships be given to some American firm. He says no other nation can build the equal of the Oregon
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

More enterprise Some Chicago men have announced their intention to open a big department store in Havana just as soon as the Stars and Stripes wave of the Cuban Trading and Improve ment Company, and their project in- cludes the establishment of real es- tate business and a bank.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

The emperor of China figures very unfavorably in the estimation of Eu- gene Wolff, the noted German traveller, present at several audiences. That ruler over millions sat on a chair be- hind table, on a raised estrade, in the "Hall of the Flowers of Literature" Upon the table was a staff of jasper. his lucky scepter box with his seal and variety of brush writing pencils In appearance he exceeded his age and, judging from his eyes, he is addicted to opium smoking or taking morphine The prevailing expression on his face was cold and vacant and, looking half dead, he did not seem to understand what was passing around him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

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 15c. 1Sc, zoe, 25c. soc yd, Just pieces Silver Bleach all linen Damask 42c yd. 25 pieces lovely Lace Lawns 6Ac yd. Dainty White Pique &
 fOc, t5c. 200, 25c yd. Sturdy Mountain Cloth for bicycle suit ings. 1Oc yd. Superior Turkish Towels, bleach and brown, 9c, 11c, 15c, f9c yd. Crochet Quilts-the balance of 5000 sold here since April 19th-
 55c, 79csa csc Here is Flannel chance
 worth looking into: Sc Comets for 4 1-2c yd. IS patterns of all-wool French Flannels,
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 A pair oflIo-4 Grey and White Blankets and there is comfort in them, too for 3Sc a pair HAMMOCKS MUST COL There is no "next Sunmer' for this stock. Must sell them! Will you s,ote this price
 Mexican Grass, full size, 39c Palmer's Woven, with pillow, spreader and valance S1.OO Just compare this with $i.5o else
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

Three French officers propose to car ry out Jules Verne's idea, and explore the Sahara in balloon. Their plan is to go up at the Gulf of Gabes, on the Mediterranean, to be carried along by the regular northeast trade winds, and to land somewhere in the Niger basin. They have asked the Paris municipal council for grant of s3OOO for their enterprise.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

The new pendulum chronoscope is said to be the most wonderful timing instrument in the world. It measures accurately down to the one -thousandth part of second. It can be used with neither electrician nor mathematician is needed to operate the instrument, which is mechanical, with simple elec- trical attachments. The speed of a cannon ball can be determined by the new timer, and it will tell the lapse of time between the firing of a revolver and the starting of a runner, or de- termine how long it takes boxer to deliver blow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

M. Ybes Guyot, French writer who knows Spain pretty thoroughly, says that many intelligent Spaniards whom he meets look upon the war as a pos- sible means of their country's regener- ation. Deprived of it's colonies, Spain would also be deprived of one of the chief causes of political corruption. With popular attention centered on home problems, a new and better era of public life might begin.
The age-herald., 1898-12-04

of the south fought to perpetuate slavery, rather than for constitutional liberty The Daughters of the Confederacy have suc- ceeded in substituting true histories of the south. Mrs. Plane also spoke touchingly of the hundreds of unmarked graves in the north of confederate soldiers. The placing of head stones at these graves has been the loving work of the Daughters of the Con- federacy.
 Mrs. Plane spoke eloquently of preserving the relics of the confederacy, and urged the Daughters to work for an increased mem- bership. the Daughters of the Confed- eracy was the grandest of all organizations At the convention, she said, the Daughters decided to bestow bronze cross of honor on every confederate soldier of any dis tinction and also on members of the fami- lies of deceased confederate soldiers.
 Like foreign governments, which bestow the Legion of Honor upon their soldiers, thus will the United Daughters of the Con federacy honor their valiant heroes. One of the most beautiful references made by Mrs. Plane was in recalling the Grand Army of the Republic meeting in Atlanta.
 Mrs. Plane presented, on behalf of the Atlanta chapter, a magnificent floral offer ing to General Mack. Within the heart of the bouquet was a tiny confederate flag
 Above Mrs. Plane hoated the flag of the United States Pointing upward, she said to General Mack: That Is the flag of my country, and this" withdrawing the con- federate flag from the bouquet, "this is the flag of my heart!"
 And" replied General Mack, 'may the flag of your heart never again be unfured against the flag of my country"
The age-herald., 1898-12-04
Mt. Vernon Barracks Offered
 The Reiormatory Committee

The refromatory committee of the State lature in regard to their charter, are con- ate in regard to their charter, are con sdering the best location for the Industrial school The committee has been offered by the state the Mount Vernon barracks, which in some respects recommends itself as a suitable location. The remoteness of the barracks, however, would be matter of such inconvenience, and the cost of transportation would be so great, that the committee, governed by its own discretion and the advice of others interested, will hardly decide in favor of the barracks if better locality can be secured tract of land near Wetumpka can also be secured, but the ladies are anxious to establish their Industrial school for youthful criminals and wayward boys as far as possible from prison environment, which would be the case at Wetumpka
 Public sentiment favors the establishing of the school in this locality that of Anniston. The climate, the accessibility to railroads have influenced sentiment in this direction, and if tract of one hundred or one hundred and fifty acres of land in Jefferson county or Calhoun county could be secured, at once, the hopes of Alabama women would begin to materialize. The committee is ope nto bids on land, or do- nations, and the question will probably be brought before the Commercial club.
The age-herald., 1898-12-04
Literary Societies of the High School

On last Tuesday, at the Birmingham High School, was held a joint meeting of the Yancey club and the Clio society. the two literary clubs of the High school. The pro- gram consisted of:
 Vocal solo-Miss Erlne Crittenden.
 Debate, Resolved, That the annexation of the Philippine Islands would be condu- .cive to the general welfare of the United States" Miss Estelle McGehee argued in favor of the Filipinos, showing deep thought and careful study. She was ably assisted by MT. Clarence B. Ballard. Ar rayed against these two were Miss Rosa Mayer and MT. Jesse H. Shearer. These
The age-herald., 1898-12-04
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
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 fully pefect lines of head and shoulders She should wear soft draperies that would fall in with the lines of her figure There is also intellectually in her face, which cannot be said of all beautiful women. IL is delight to look at so beautiful girl
 William A. Beard: "She Is very pretty, 1t is true; but l would rather call her by another name than yretty. She is sweet That means far more to me. Her face is full of innocence, tenderness and purity She does not know that she is pretty. She is entirely unconscious of her own sweet loveliness. That accounts for the dreamy sweetness of her face. If she has been told that she is pretty she has forgotten all about it. This little maiden has other thoughts than of herself-and many dreams, too. They finger in her eyes and about her mouth and give her a pensive expression. I like the full face best. It shows sweet, lovable girl who has not lost the exquisite purity and innocence of her childhood. In my opinion she will probably go through life unconscious of her own beauty, and that will add tenfold to her loveliness. l don't think I ever saw face with so little thought of self in it. She looks as if she had too much strength of character, too strong a mentality to be spoiled by compliments In other words, as l said at first, she is sweet-too sweet, I trust, to have her pretty head turned by praise of her beauty. I once painted pic- ture called "The Meeting of the Innocents" " A young girl, in all the freshness and charm of her youth, emerges from a green wood Just at the edge of the forest she meets a young lawn. This girl whose pho- tograph l am looking at could have posed for that picture.
The age-herald., 1898-12-04
Mrs. Planes Talk Before the
 Daughters Of the Coniederacy

The recent convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at Hot Springs, Ark, bringing together such a large body ot earnest and brilliant women, that the returning delegates have naturally brought with them the enthusiasm that characterized the distinguished ass emblage. Among the notable women present was Mrs. Helen Plane of Georgia, who is at present visiting Birmingham
 Mrs. Plane was invited the past week to speak before the Birmingham chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The la dies who were fortunate enough to meet Mrs. Plane and hear her talk realized that the success of the Atlanta chapter, of which she is president, must be largely due to her unusual power for creating enthusi- asm and claiming the attention of public gathering.
 She spoke on this occasion in the most informal and delightful way. She Is an 'un- reconstructed rebel,' and is never quite so charming as when acknowledging this statement. If there were any women of the younger generation present at Mrs. Planes talk, they must have longed to have exchanged places with the women of the old south. While there is left only the tra- ditions for the younger women and mem- ories for the older, such traditions and memories have been sufficient inspiration for all the efforts made to preserve the sa- cred memories of the confederacy
 Mrs. Plane, in speaking of the various confederate chapters, referred to the form ing of the Atlanta chapter.
 Previous to the opening of the exposition there was so much interest in regard to the colonial relics that were to be exhib- ited that a few Atlanta women decided that relics of the confederacy were quite as important as those of the colonial pe- riod, and went to work and organized confederate chapter, with Mrs. Plane as president. They built a beautiful confed- crate hall, filled it with confederate relics, and 1t was opened to the public just two weeks after the opening Of the exposition. The chapter now numbers 5J0 members, and also has children's auxiliary. Mrs. Plane suggested the organization of a childrens auxiliary in Birmingham.
 The work of the state chapters Is now af- fecting educational matters in Georgia. The annex to the Normal school at Milledge vile, for the purpose of educating the poor children of the state, Is the result of the work of the confederate chapters in Geor- gia.
 Mrs. Plane spoke of other work that is being accomplished by the Daughters of the Confederacy. She referred to the in- correct histories that have been used in the schoos-histories that taught that the men
The age-herald., 1898-12-04
, TN SOCIETY 2

Miss Stafford, of Chattanooga, who has been the guest of Mrs. Allen has returned home.
 Mr. and Mrs. George L. Haven will be with Mrs. Rose G. Lewis for the winter.
 
 Mrs Benjamin Grigsby Copeland has is sued cards for a reception at the Morris on the afternoon of December IA, from to , o'clock, in honor of Mrs. Robert Watkins Newman and Miss Turner.
 Mrs. Ned McDavid entertained at beau- tiful dinner party on Friday evening at her home at Hillman.
 Mrs. Robert H. Pearson has returned from Hot Springs, Ark.
 Miss ate Hopkins has returned from Livings\
 Mrs. Warrington, Mrs. Nance and Miss Carrie Nance will leave tomorrow for Florida where they will spend the winter. pr. and Mrs M. H. Wells. of Gunters- vile are visiting MT. and Mrs. Samuel Blake.
 Mrs. Helen Plane who is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Robert Jemison will return to Atlanta tomorrow
 
 Miss Mary Leigh Broadnax will spend a part of the winter in New Orleans and Augusta.
 The Clique of 's5 will meet with Miss Edith Snow on Wednesday.
 At the meeting of the Little Jokers with Mrs Henry Gray, the prize, an exquisite umbrella. was won by Miss Mary Claire Tba oIifb will he week by Miss Miner.
 Mrs. zele Solomon is visiting in Green vile.
 The following invitation has been re- ceived from Montgomery; "Dr. and Mrs Shirleyy Bragg, Miss Norvelle Bragg, Fri day evening, December 9, from until Il o'clock, 116 Grove street,
 Society is thus bdden to meet Dr. and Mrs. Bragg's gifted and lovely daughter the descendant of a race of gifted men and beautiful women, and the occasion will be a notable event in the social life of the state capital.
 The Southern club will hold meeting for the election of officers and the transaction of other important business on December 10.
 MISS Emma Ieeuy ISlulltu SeolSiuoy from Huntsville. Mrs. Peyton G. Bowman has issued cards for a reception on the afternoon of Decem- Der 8 from to in honor of her guest, Mrs. w. E. Richardson.
 
 The General Sumter chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will meet with Mrs. L. J. Haley next Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
 Dr. Reginald Smith of the battleshp Baltimore is in Birmingham.
 Miss Kate Rogan will spend a part of December in Nashville.
 Mrs. Frank Fowlkes Is visiting in Mem phis.
 The Jewish Woman's Council will give an opening meeting Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the vestry rooms. An interesting meeting will be held, and all interested are invited to attend.
 The Birmingham Seminary has issued in