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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-02

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-02
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-02

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to live like lords. On September Is
we Will remove To our new store. at
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-10-14
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-10-14
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The age-herald., 1898-12-31
DEAD FURNACES MAY REVIVE

Richmond telegram to Chicago Inter-Ocean
 Great interest is taken here in an ex- tensive scheme to buy up the iron furnaces along the Norfolk and Western railroad Agents for a syndicate, whose identity is not revealed, have secured either options on or a controlling interest in the Bristol iron furnace the Salem furnace, the two Crozer furnaces at Roanoke, the Buena Vista furnaces and others. Most of these furnaces were built during the boom period, and have not been in blast for years. The ore of that region is rather low grade, but with the great demand now for iron, these furnaces are expected to do a good business They have been purchased far below their cost. The Salem furnace is a fair sample of these transactions. This furnace cost S250000, and was run eighteen months at a loss of $90,000. The new syndicate pays the Salem Improvement company $20,000 for 4S per cent. of the stock.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
The Streets and Sidewalks.

The difference betcween clean, well-kept smooth streets and sidewalks, and slovenly streets and sidewalks, is the difference be- tween good government and bad govern- ment-between a desirable town to live in, and town to be summed by orderly citi- and dirt of all other kinds and descriptions is an almost certain index of something undesirable, if not rotten. within the circle of government, and, therefore, of citizen ship, for the government is what the citi- zens desire If they did not desire what they have, they would combine to upset 1t. The stream of government never rises high CT than it's source. It may temporarily fall below it, but it can never rise above it.
 Commissioner John McCartin is endeavor- ing to demonstrate in the city's streets and sidewalks the superiority of Birmingham He is inaugurating many reforms. He IS filling up Impressions, and smoothing rough places; he is following close after the treas ure-hunting plumbers, and he is causing the Belgian blocks to be raised to grade. Best of all, he is pursuing the property owners who permit trash to be swept from the sidewalks into the gutters instead of boxes. This practice is to be abolished, because the garbage wagons now remore the street sweepings before daylight. Trash that is now swept in the early morn- ing hours into the gutters would disgrace the street all through the day and Com missioner McCartin proposes to end the practice. The ordinance which requires such sweepings to be placed in a box will be rigidly enforced, and so will the provis- ion which requires every sidewalk in the business district to be swept each morning.
 Every citizen should aid Commissioner McCartin in his efforts to keep clean, beau- tify and render pleasant the streets of the city The efforts he is making should not be underrated, ethically or physically. They appeal to every one of the senses, but es- pecially to those of the eye and nose. Give the new commissioner hearty support, and encourage him to deal rigidly with all offenders. If he keeps on as he has begun the streets of Birmingham will soon be an object-lesson to all the rest of the state.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
COOKING DOWN SOUTH

From the New York Press.
 thoughtful Virginian of mature years undertook yesterday to explain to me why southern people living in the north revert so often to the old-fashioned cooking: "The beauty of the southern family dinner lay in the seasoning of the food to suit the taste of all the members of the household, individually and collectively. Old Aunt Dinah, or Aunt Sarah, or Aunt Chloe, the cook, knew exactly, from years of practice, what each of the children liked, what the father submitted to and what the mistress demanded, and she could please all. Take. for example, a rice pudding, one of the familiar stand-bys. In the mixing of the ingredients, Aunt Chloe would mutter to herself Mars Willie e like plenty O cin- namon; I'll jes put in 'nuther little piece O cinnamon for Mars Willie. Miss Tavy she like allspice; I'll jes put in little mo all- spice for Miss Tavy; Mars Habersham e like plenty O cloves; l must pleace Mars Habby wid little mo cloves. Miss Julia she fond O nutmeg; dar's little mo nut meg for Miss Julia. Marster e all right if dey's plenty O rice, and old Missus eat all de egg an milk. Dey all found O reesins and dey all likes sugar plenty, so dar dey goes an de puddin's ready for de uben.' She has been stirring all the time for dear life, and having looked out for each mem- Der of the family the dish is bound to be a succesSn
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
The Festive Cubans.

It seems harsh at first sight to shut the Cubans out of Havana during the the first week of occupation, but it is plainly a policy in the interest of public order, and the fair treatment of the retiring Spaniards. It should be remembered, however, that only organized Cubans and organized ac- ton are barred out; individual Cubans will be permitted to come and go and to enjoy the situation to their hearts content. The military authorities, acting no doubt in ac- cord with the authorities at Washington, have put over the first week the programme of the Cuban leaders.
 The Cuban leaders for reasons of their own perhaps, proposed to send one thousand picked men in new uniforms, through the streets of the city, and then to indulge in five days of public demonstra- tions. Those demonstrations would proba- bly have been at the expense of the Spanish shopkeepers, not to mention the killed and wounded that would have been left in street fights. General Brooke has nipped the in cipient riots in .the bud, and his action should be and doubtless will be sustained at Washington.
 The Cuban leaders are disgrunted, but as the government Is preparing, it seems, to pay the rank and file of the Cuban army $1OO head in the way of back pay, no se- rious results will be apt to flow from the well-considered action of General Brooke. The Cuban soldiers will await the money promised them, and by the time the money Is at hand the crisis will have been passed; the Spanish soldiers will have been with drawn, and MT. McKinleys little scare will have been dissipated.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
The Auqusta Mills Strike.

The cotton operatives strike in Augusta is very stubborn. very determined; and it seems to be almost beyond settlement or compromise. The millowners say they cam not pay higher wages than the mills in the rural districts of South Carolina and Geor- gia do. and earn dividends. They have been paying higher wages by about six per cent. This extra cost for labor they, by concerted action, cut off. Then came the strike.
 The operatives say they cannot support life on lower wages than they have been re- celving. It should be remembered that Augusta was a comparatively small town when the mills were established; it now contains about fifty thousand people, and various supplies have to be drawn from Tennessee and still farther markets in the north. The farmers wagons are no longer equal to the task of supplying the popula- ticn, and the result is that several mid dlemen's profits are added to the prices of various articles that the people costume ito the prices, for example, of eggs, chick ems, meats, vegetables, and butter, and house rent. The cost of rail, and even ex- press transportation is added to the prices of the goods consumed It is wholly within bounds to say that the growth of Augusta has added 10 per cent to the living expen- ses of cotton operatives in that city.
 There you have the case-the cost of lv- ing has been advanced 10 per cent, and the manufacturers say the wage scale must be brought down to that of rural mills. This would simply render the support of Au- gusta operatives 10 per cent more meagre than that of their brothers and sisters in the country. As the latter are working on narrow margin-the difference between income and outcome being almost nil-it is plain that the case is a difficult one.
 There is but one chance for settlement the improved and improving condition of the cotton industry. The nils are now making money, and while they are doing their distressed operatives People in the south do not generally know how meagre wages are in cotton mills. They are down to the bare cost of very bare living, and in some cases are almost below the line The Augusta case is very interesting, and its outcome will be closely studied.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
SEWERS FOR HAVANA

Havana gable to St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 The council of the city of Havana has adopted the resolution introduced into that body providing for the construction of a new and elaborate sewerage system for the city. The contract has been let to the American firm of Dady & Co.,, and the cost is to be $12,00O,OO0.
 This will be the last great act of the Span- ish authorities in the Cuban capital, and provides for the issuance of large bonded indebtedness, which they will leave as a legacy for the Cubans to pay.
 The Cubans are generally opposed to this improvement, for the reason that the cost will be too great for them to bear at this time, although they recognize the need of a new sewerage system.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
FAMOUS BUUKsPORT CAPTAIN

From the Lewiston (Me) Jornal.
 'sTom Nick" or "Cap'n Tom," is said to have made S2O,000 at least, clear profit, this year out of his fishing fleet. So say the wisest of the Bucksporters, and they refer to Captain Thomas Nicholson of that town, and to his business prosperity. Cap'n Tom is one of the few men in Bucksport, Me-, who are worth more than s1OO, 900, and when he started in life he hadn't cent or a soul to give him helping hand.
 The story of Cap'n Toms life is story of thrift, tireless industry and rapid money making. All along the eastern coast from Maine to Boston he Is known as a remark able man. When he was 13 years of age he made his first trip to sea-went fishing on the Grand Banks in a Bucksport schooner, and for some years he continued to catch codfish on shares, as one of the crew. The shares were liberal in those days, however, and the men were willing to work extra hours, stealing the time from their watch below, used to make good deal of money by cutting out the cod's tongues and sounds and picking them for the home market, those parts of the fishes being, by custom, s.thrown in" to fiat up'' the mems wages.
 Cap'n Tom Is baoheloS. aged about 40 years. Often he may be seen at work in his little office at o'clock in the morning. He talks and apparently thinks of nothing but his fishing vessels.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
CHEAP CURE FOR APPENDICITIS

Dr Hutton, in the Medical Record.
 This paper is a protest against the cur rent surgical theory and practice that all cases of appendicitis must be split open. This protest Is based on twenty-sevcn years experience as physician and surgeon. including services in three hospitals, one western fort, five years in mining surgery, five years in railroad surgery, twelve years in general practice on the central western plateau of Minnesota and four years in this great city, which-unique in the speed of its rise, unique in the snap of its people, unique in vast tributary territory and population is decreed by the fates to be the hub of the earth in the nearby future.
 My experience is that appendicitis and all other bellyaches for which men now oper- ate are promptly amenable to proper medi- cal treatment. I can recall one hundred cases treated with symptoms of the malady -or of typhlitis or of perityphlitis, as it was formerly called-but I have never yet met case of it in which I felt it was my duty to cut or which terminated fatally. Influenced by the prevailing craze to cut, time and again in coming to new cases of this kind I have thought: "Now, sir, your time has come; in this case you must cut" But, presto! simple medical treatment again availed Later on l shall cite other unim- peachable practitioners who share my views that medical treatment avails in this mal- ady, one showing forty-nine out of tifty-one cases successfully treated-being more than 96 per cent.
 My treatment for appendicitis is free calo- mel-and-soda purgation, supplemented by hot applications to be followed by saline if action is too slow.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
Education in the Convention.

The Age-Herald's excellent evening con- temporary, the News, prints communica- tion urging the selection of some well-in- formed partizans of the public school sys- tenn as delegates to the Constitutional con- vention-Qf men like Dr. J. H. Phillips and Prof. J. B. Cunningham, and others named in the communication. And the News says in connection with the suggestion that pub lie education should be represented in the convention:
 ''rhe suggestion is an excellent one and meets with the hearty endorsement of the News. The needs of Alabama In the matter of a better system of public education is one of the most vital questions of the hour, and 1t is of greatest importance that the proposed constitutional convention should contain men who are well informed on this subject. Practical and progressive educators best know what reforms are needed, and enough of these should be sent to the con- vention to assure the proper handling of this subject. The names suggested above iuIulSu SplSlulu nldleTidl TOT ueleSateS to represent the educational interests The News would like to see the newspapers of the state press this feature to the front. Let's have a convention in which every lm- portant interest, and especially education, is fully and ably represented"
 No better suggestion has been, or can be- made; but in selecting delegates for the especial purpose care should be taken to select men who have an eye at least part of the time to the ITO 900 children who must attend the public common schools of the state If they attend any at all. The BO,0OO children of the state that attend spe- cial schools of one sort or another do not need any particular care, comparatively speaking Their natural guardians are quito sufficient. It is the 77o.OOO children who cry aloud for help, and thus far very little have they received. A few fully-informed men in the convention-msn who have studied not only the public school systems of the other forty-four states, but the schools of other nations than this, would be particularly helpful; and II Jefferson county would send Dr. Phillips and Pro- lessor Cunningham to the convention 1t would bring to the aid of the state very
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
PROTEST AGAINST ARMY INCREASE

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 It is not MT. Carnegie alone who has gone daft. Representative Hay of Virginia, and other minority members of the house mili- ts,ry committee need to be locked up in padded cells where they cannot hurt them- selves or other people. The proof of their insanity is contained in minority report which they have filed opposing the Hull bill for the increase of the regular army to 100- 900 men. President Mckinley has recom- mended this increase in the standing army, and anybody who opposes anything recom- mended by MT. Mckinley is out of his head as a matter of course. Or, if he isn't out of his head, he is traitorous kicker, which is worse. The president says we are going to need a standing army of 100000 men from now on, and what he says is final. Anybody who has the audacity to suggest a doubt about 1t is a traitor or a maniac. Mr. Hay and the minority of his commit tee bluntly say that a standing army of 100 900 men is not necessary in this country. They say that such an army in time of peace would be a menace to the liberty of citizens, while in time of war it would not be large enough. They estimate that such an army would cost the country $150, ,0O0,- 900 a year. Adding the pension charge, we would have total charge Of $295, 900 a year for the military establishment, to say nothing of the navy.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION

From the Centrevile Press.
 It is generally conceded by the press and politicians of the state that Hon. John W. Tomlinson, of Birmingham, will be ap- pointed a railroad commissioner. The gov- ernor could make no more suitable ap- pointment, as he is in every way qualified to fill the position Tomlinson would make good commissioner, and we believe the governor appreciates his fitness and will appoint him. We also hope that Chap. Cory will be appointed one of the commits sioners
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

Ing to be moro and more the marvel of the country. Its dominant influence in the industrial world and it's wealth are well assured. The Greater Birmingham will double it's population in ten years. It should be regarded as a positive blessing, there fore, that the public-splrited people of this place have taken an interest in music of the best class and have done so much to foster it. Every citizen, whether musical or not, undoubtedly displays wisdom when he en- courages the cultivation of music, for there is nothing in the way of art more humaniz- ing, nothing more spiritualizing than this art of harmony. And spiritualizing forces are much needed in this day world; more needed now than ever in this high pressure, sordid material age. If musical enthusiasm continues to increase in Bir- mingham. it will not be long before hall, with a seating capacity of two or three thousand, will be provided for the annual Messiah festival. And with a large hall. a moderate price of admission, such as was asked Thursday, would yield more than enough revenue to pay for an orchestra of thirty-hve or forty pieces The organ ac- compartment Thursday was good-certainly
 
 organist acquitted herself with excellent credit. But first-class orchestra, such as might be found in Cincinnati or New Or leans, would, of course, greatly enhance the artistic beauty of the performance. With out the orchestral accompaniment the sub- tie tone color which helps to refine if net quicken the imagination, Is lost Ask Pro- lessor Guckenberger, the masterful leader of oratorio work, and he will tell you SO" The health of the venerable former gov- ernor, w. H. Smith, is very unsatisfactory at present. He is quite feeble, fact that causes regret all over the state.
 Former Senator Cecil Browne, of Talla- dega, probable delegate to the constitu- tional constitution, was in town yesterday. MT. Browne was one of the hardest work CTS in favor of a convention. His legisla- tive experience covers period of a dozen years. he having served from time to time in each house of the general assembly.
 Representative Seymour of Sumter, and Former Representative Tom L. Long, of Walker, were in town yesterday.
 
 Hon. A. T. Goodwin, of Elmore, spent yesterday in Birmingham
 State Solicitor Oliver, of Tuscaloosa, was in town yesterday.
 State Senator Frank S. Moody, of Tusca- loosa, spent yesterday in the city.
 Frank w. Gist editor of the Columbiana Chronicle, and chairman of the democratic executive committee of the Fourth con gressional district, is in town.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
PENSIONS FOR CONFEDERArEs

From the Chattanooga News.
 No well-balanced, intelligent Southerner will seriously contend that the United States shall pension the confederate sol diers. They cannot afford to accept the magnanimous offer that the government as- sist in caring for the graves of their fallen comrades, and some of them night enter the old soldiers homes, but 1t would lower their dignity to accept pensions, even if these bounties could be secured without a scramble.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
REFLECTIONs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The guillotine of love is a sharp tongue.
 A woman's consolation about death is that she will know what her neighbors said about her.
 There are so many dupes because there is so much vanity; weak men and all women arc Gupes.
 fhc saddest. thing is to expect nothing, then to hope. and then to find you were right the first time.
 No honest infldel ever watched woman seeking another light without praying that she might return to her God.
 A shallow woman pursues pleasure, a vain woman irrational advancement, q womanly woman motherhood.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
A GOOD TIM TO BEGIN

From the Baltimore American.
 It may be just as we'll to begin those New Year resolutions today. Look not upon the eggnog when it is yellow, the apple toddy when it is purple. the wine when it is red, of the milk punch when it is white. Stick to boiled water and carry your grip medi- cine In your vest pockets.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
HE REM < lMsEgED rnE MAINE

From Boyce's Monthly. He arose to depart as the clock sounded
 eight,
 And getting h's hat and his cane, His wife sweetly murmured, Now dont
 stay out late.
 Dear Charlie. Remember the Maiae.'" With that somewhat startling injunction in
 view,
 He was back before ten with his pet. For should he stay later, he very well knew,
 What great blowing up he would get.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

thorough knowledge when the educational question Is taken up Jefferson county has seven delegates to select. If education be awarded two, and the industries two, there would still be three left to the politicians and lawyers. which is certainly more than their share.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

General Eagans sauciness is due to the and not of General Miles. All staff depart ments are independent of the commanding general.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

Congrcssman-elect Roberts syndicated wives will accompany him to Washington, and the broad issue will be fought out socially as well as politically.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

The decollete maidens of the tropics will have chance very soon to work offstheir patriotic enthusiasm by the osculatory route.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

Hanna's snores in the white house bid fair to drive out the departed spirits of American presidents who have been fre- quenting the place.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

The czar's peace conference Is to be held in St. Petersburg in May, and the nations are requested to remain at peace until 1t can be pulled off.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31
THE PROPER PLAN

From the Detroit Journal. We bow to the inevitable. In a way that doesn't let The inevitable consider Itself in our set.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

Boss Quay's great battle day has been set for Tuesday of next week. If he fall in the republican caucus, he falls never to rise again. The sports are betting that he will be oYerthrOWn.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

Mrs. Payne Moore, who formerly lived in Anniston, is to be tried again. and no bach elors need apply next time.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

The Cubans who are drawing Uncle Sam's rations will not probably object to a sight now and then of Uncle Sam's flag.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

Thus far there has been no outbreak of violence against the government in Spring field, Mass.
The age-herald., 1898-12-31

The two milch cows in Dawson City place their owner at the very top of the civic and social ladder.