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The age-herald., 1898-10-22
TRUTH THAT WILL COME OUT

From the New York Journal.
 During the peace jubilee at Chicago Gen. eral Miles delivered a speech at the Colum- bla theater A manuscrfpt of his address had been furnished the press associations in advance The general omitted the first seven words of the. following paragraph, and ested the papers to strike them from his speech:
 ''Without apology for useless suffering and sacrificed the navy and army of the United States have written upon the pages of history a chapter that is gided with glory, and to which every American points with pride.'
 It may not have been the time nor the tiago campaign, but the written words which General Miles thought it wiser to suppress must eventually summarize the history of Shafter's work in Cuba.
 "Useless, suffering and sacrifice" That is the indictment against the commander who sent his soldiers into 8 death trap while he lolled in a hammock four miles from the fighting line. His incapacity, that near ly merged into cowardice, left stricken and wounded men in the trenches without food surgical attention. Santiago fell in4spite of Shafter's efforts to turn victory into a retreat.
 General Miles need only be patient. The truth that he so considerably side-tracked at Chicago will find full expression despite the efforts of a whitewashing committee to obliterate it and of a president to ignore it.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
Senator Morgan. Wanted.
Editor

The Mobile News. urges its commercial organizations to invite Senator Morgan to. come to Moblle-"not to talk about politics but to confer with the business men. Just at this time the senator's advice and CO., operation are needed. He would show the and give them practical shape and direc-. ton. It would be well to hear more from him, on the subject of a shipbuding plant; it would be well to say word or two to him in regard to further improvement of the channel. The senator is man with a. tremendous pull in those directions. He is a man of broad ideas. The business men would do well to tell him of their hopes and plans, and ask him to help them Nothing would please him better"
 All this is very well; but when the busi- ness men of Mobile gain the ear of Ala bama's distinguished senator, they should fill him with ideas relative to the opening of the water route between Mobile and the mineral district of the state There is
 
 for Mobiles good than cheap access to he iron and coal district of the state. If the, port of Mobile could secure the shipments of coal and iron and steel and manufac- tured goods of this district, its destiny as a great port would be assured. Slackwater navigation in the Warrior river to the Kansas City railroad bridge will give Mo- bile all the export products of this district, This is what Mobile should work for. This is what. the old town by the sea should talk over with Senator Morgan. He does not live on the Warrior, but hesknows what is in the Upper Warrior district and his utmost efforts in behalf of slackwater navigation in. that stream should be se- cured. By all means let Mobile send for Senator Morgan.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
WHEN CoCKRaLL WAS FLooaED,

Some amusing stories are told of Senator Cockrells acquaintance with the people.
 Senator Vest, after canvass of the state with him, said he was satisfied that Cock relrs brigade was larger than all the rest of the confederate army, and that there were enough of them in Missouri alone to keep him in the senate for life. It is told of the senior senator, recalls the Columbia Herald that there was just a bit of guile in his method of remembering peoples names. A number of years ago a large crowd had assembled to hear him speak. Before beginning his address and while the band was playing, he asked a prominent citizen of the place to cast his; eye over the multitude and see if he could find any members of the old Cockrell brigade. A few were pointd out to him. "Give me their first names," said the senator. They were given. (Which one is most active in poIi- tics?' he anxiously inquired A large fel- low whom we will call Jim Jones was desig- mated. After the senator had finished his speech he dropped down into the crowd and rushing up to Jones exclaimed: Why, how are you, Jim; God bless you, old fellow, you don't know how glad am to see you"
 Of course, Jim was amazed, but greatly flattered, and the next day was working for Coekrell like a beaver. Why. boys," he would say, ''the old general knew me as soon as he saw me. and oalld me Jipa
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Mrs. H. G. Petrie, of Elkton. has. in her possession a valuable relic in the shape of a letter from Abaraham Lincoln, given to her by a friend. The letter was written in President Lincoln's own handwriting and addressed to Hon. Sam Haycraft, of Eliza bethtown, who was for fifty years county court clerk of Hardin county. The letter bears date of May 2S, 1860, and was from MT. Lincolns home at Springfield, Ill. By permission the Elkton Progress prints the letter in full as follows:
 Springfield, Ill.,, May 2S 1S60.-Hon- Sam Haycraft-Dear Sir: Your recent letter, without date, is received, also the copy of your speech on the contemplated Daniel Boone monument which I have not yet had time to read In the main you are right about my history-My father was Thomas Lincoln, and Mrs. Sally Johnston was his second wife. You are mistaken about my mother-her maiden name was Nancy Hanks. was not born at Eliza bethtown, but my mothers first child daughter, two years older than myself, and now long since deceased, was. l was born February 12, 1909, near where Hog ginsville now is, then in Hardin county. I do not think I ever saw you, though I very well know who you are-so we'll that I recognized your handwriting on opening your letter, before I saw the signature. My recollection is that Ben Helm was first clerk, that you succeeded him, that Jack Thomas and William Farleigh graduated in the same office, and that your hand writing were all very similar. Am I right?
 My father has been dead ten years, but my stepmother (Mrs. Johnston is, still living. l-ss,--. .z-.- 4...s. | '.f am really very glad of your letter. and shall be pleased to receive another at any time. Yours very truly,
 "A. LINCOIIN.t
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
KING OFTHE KLoNDIKE

Tacoma Telegram to the St. Louis Gobe-
 Democrat.
 Alexander Mcdonald, the king of the Klondyke, who arrived here last night, Is worth over $2,000,000. He owns all or part of seventy-f1ve claims in the Klondyke dis trict. Four years ago he left Tacoma with just enough money to reach Juneau. Later he went to the Yukon, determined to se- cure gold enough to make his parents and himself comfortable. He reached Dawson from Forty Mile too late to locate a claim on the Fl Dorado or Bonanza, but invested his savings in one which proved very rich. Last spring he sold his Fl Dorado and Bonanza holdings for $1 ,500, 900, receiving half cash. This summer expert repre- senting- an English syndicate inspected McDonald's remaining claims, for which an offer of about $2,00O,0O0 has been made. Mcdonald is en route to London, but ap- pears unconcerned whether the deal is con- summated He is one of the most modest, unassuming men who has returned from the Klondyke. Before coming out he gave s1OO,000 to Catholic church hospital and other Dawson charities McDonald's ad- vice is that only healthy young men should go to the Yukon. They will succeed, he says, if determined.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
STRAY THOUGHTS
 OF STATE EDITORS
A National Quarantine Demanded

From the Greensboro Watchman.
 In the light of the facts developed by the quarantnes of local authorities this year and last, we do not see how any sensible man can be opposed to the United States government taking entire control of quar- antine regulations. It is an outrage and a shame that any one or two men in, say the village of Possum Trot, should have the power to order the trains on a great railroad system stopped because of report (unfounded thought 1t may bel, that an in- factious or contagious disease prevails in some other town. The quarantines, as now enforced and maintained. are worse than the diseases proposed to be kept from spreading. The system is barbarious in the extreme, as many poor fellow, who has been told to ''git,' can testify. People act like maniacs and seem to be totally incapa- be of dealing justly with their fellow man in times of epidemics. Put us down as heartily favoring the government taking charge of quarantine regulations.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
What Alabama is Doing.

The census tables show. what Alabama IS doing. to lessen poverty, crime, and the costs of courts and other forms of govern ment More strictly speaking, the census tables show how little she is doing; for the way to lessen these ills of the state is found in education of the children of the masses. Let us see what the state is doing in this direction.
 In the United Statets the amount sDen. on schools to each person over ten years of age Is s2.92; in the south central states it is SIPS; in Alabama 1t is 51 cents! On the basis of wealth the figures are equally distressing. Alabama spent slightly more than one-third of the proportionate amount spent in the south Atlantic states; and a little. more than one-half of that spent in the south central states.
 The result of small expenditure in this age length of school term in the nation is 1857 days in the south central states 95 days; in Alabama, 73 days. Each pupil gets in Alabama A days. of schooling. as against S7 days in the nation, and Ill days in many states.
 Alabama has, of course, approximately as many children as any other state, and they go to school, yet the average school term in this state is slightly more than third of that in the United States, about three-sevenths of that in the north ern states. and about three-fourths of that in the southern states. These figures and proportions relate to the year 1890, and many southern states have advanced since that time in educational affairs-notably Georgia and Missssippi-whe Alabama has stood still. Let no one hug the .delusion that Alabama is a state given over to pri- vate schools. It is mistake altogether. The percentage. of pupils in private schools in this state was in 1890 only 9.S while the percentage in the nation was IT, Scarcely state has fewer pupils in private schools than Alabama. Nine out of ten of Alabama's boys and gir.s attend the public schools. This state lacks but one-tenth of per cent. in send ing to the public schools percentage of pupils equal to the largest in any section of the United States. If public schools says Principal Cunningham, 'are a neces- sity anywhere, they are in Alabama"
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
before I could open my mouth."

before I could open my mouth"
 It Is told by him, however, that he once got badly caught He had been talking at country picnic with an admiring constitu- ent and after vainly trying to ascertain the mans name without exciting suspicion, and discovering that he was soon to be compelled to betray- his ignorance, he squarely asked the constituent: "See here, what is your name?"
 ''Why, smith. general; don't you know me?"
 "Oh, certainly" answered the general quickly. T know it is Smith, but which one of the boys are your"
 ''Why, general" answered Smith. in an injured tone, q thought yea AnsH my father had but oae cnil6Yf For the first time the general is said to have been hoored.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
COTTON MEN COMING SOUTH

Special to the New York Commercial-Ad7
 vertiser.
 Boston, October 19.-New England capital ists continue to look southward for a field to invest capital. Cotton manufacturers be- lieve that if the present conditions in that industry prevail many years there Is no doubt the number of northern spindles in the south will be increased greatly.
 The latest addition to be made to south ern industries owned by northern men is a large cotton mill in Alabama City district to be erected by the Dwight Manufacturing company, of Chieopee, this state. The Dwight company has decided to break ground at once for this plant. Charles Bixby and John Mccarthy, two experts in mill construction, will leave tomorrow for Alabama City to superintend the work.
 It is understood that the Massachusetts Cotton company will add to its big plant in the, south, and other companies will un- doubtedly follow suit if present experiments are encoura sdns.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
"UNTIL THE DAYBREAK"
The Westminster.

From The Westminster. A human soul went forth into the night, Shutting behind 1t Deaths mysterious door,
 The dust that once it wore. So swift it's flight, so suddenly 1t sped As when by skillful hands bow is bent The arrow fies-those watching round the
 Marked not the way it went. Heavy with grief, their aching, tear-dim- Saw but the shadow fall, and knew not when Or in what fair or unfamiliar guise
 It left the world of men. It broke from sickness, that with iron bands
 Had bound it fast for many grievous day; And love itself, with its restraining hands,
 Might not it's course delay. Space could not hold it back with lettering bars,
 Time lost its power. and ceased at last to be; It swept beyond the boundary of the stars,
 And touched eternity. Out from the house of mourning faintly lit It passed upon its journey all alone; So far that even thought could not fol-
 Into realms unknown. Through the clear silence of the moonless dark,
 Leaving no footprint of the road it trod; Straight as an arrow cleaving to its mark
 The soul went home to God. "Alas," they cried. i've never saw the morn, But feli asleep, outwearIed with the strife'- Nay, rather, he arose and met the
 Everlasting Life.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
All or None.

The proposed taking In of Gate City and East Lake calls also for the taking in of Pratt City and Ensley, for one is no farther away than the other. The means of com munication are in all four cases excellent. All are within thirty minutes of the court house and city hall. i,
 The symmetry of Greater Birmingham would be best preserved by annexing as much southward territory as northward
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
Schools for All
From the Fort Payne Journal.

From the Fort Payne Journal.
 The south must have better public schools not schools for the education of the favored few at the expense of all the tax payers. but schools for the education of all the children-the poor as well as the rich. The children of today must not grow up in ignorance-they must be educated. The legislator who votes the public money to few favored institutions may be uncon- sciously depriving his own children of an education by taking the revenues away from the schools where the children of the masses are educated.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
The Ethics of Annexation
From the Montgomery Chronicle.

From the Montgomery Chronicle.
 It may be stated as a general proposition that the suburban property of any city is under just obligation to contribute taxes to the support of the present city. Of course, exceptional cases might be stated. The ob- ligation arises from the fact CD that Juxta- positions to the city gives such property it's chief if not entire value. Lots selling at hundreds of dollars apiece in the suburbs of city, for residences, etc., would bring only a few dollars per acre for farming purposes. Again CD, the city is nearly always the workshop of suburban residents, filling the meal tub and buying the fuel; and (3) it must also furnish more or less costly and adequate police protection to outlying districts. This leaves out of con- sideration sewerage, water, lights, better streets and sidewalks, better protection, and other benefits that would accrue to the semi-rural folks by looming to town"
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

Of the sixty-one doubtful the chances favor the republicans in forty-one districts and the democrats in twenty. If 1t splits that way the next house would stand:
 Opposition ....... ...... ............1SI
 The conservative nature of the estimate is shown by the fact that in it the Seventh district of this state is considered doubt fulo MT. Burnett's election is, in fact, assured. The Journal claims but two of the seven districts in California, and yet it is almost certain that the democrats will carry four districts, and may secure five of them. Of the thirteen districts in h. diana the Journal assigns but four to the democrats but it places six in the "doubt- ful'' list. These are certainly conservative figures. In Iowa the democrats have a fighting chance in four districts, but the Journal does not credit the democrats with a district. Although complete fusion exists between the populists and democrats In Kansas, yet the Journal places but one district in the democratic column. In Maryland the Journal assigns but one dis trict to the democrats, but 1t places two districts in the doubtful list. There are nine districts in democratic New Jersey, but the Journals table only claims one of them; in New York only thirteen out of thirty-four, and in Pennsylvania, only seven Nout of thirty.
 The Journals summary must therefore be considered conservative. and when it claims a minimum democratic majority of seven- teen. we may be sure it is well within the truth, and well within the best estimates of the closest students of the situation
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

The eloquent speech of MT. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, is heartily commended by the Chicago press, as the happiest speech of the banquet. It was in line with Henry Grady's efforts to bring about a genuine reunion of the two sections of the country, and MT. Howell seconded in a manner acceptable to all and creditable to himself the patriotic move ment begun by the great Georgian.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
Scarcity of Farm Labor

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
 What has become of our farm labor" is getting to be a pertinent query in Ala bama. We do not remember the year, if one there was, when better crops were raised in this county, taken all in all, than the present, and we fail to recall when so much delay was experienced in getting them gathered and marketed. A drive of a few miles from town in any direction carries you by fields that look as though they had been showed on, and by fine stands of corn and millet, hay and potatoes with much of their yield yet ungathered. As to corn and potatoes, there is ample time yet, but the cotton, as it opens, and the hay should be harvested. We notice from our exchanges, however, that the same complaint is going up all over the state, and Talladega county does not stand like the bead on mountain dew'-solitary and alone.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
NOW OUR FRIEND AND BROTHER From the Toronto Mail and Empire.

From the Toronto Mail and Empire.
 There was once great uproar because Sir John Macdonald travelled in private car.
 Now the Ottawa ministers have five prt- vate cars allotted, as follows:
 The Cumberland-Israel Tarte.
 The Ottawa--Mr. Blair.
 The Montreal-Mr. Fielding. The Earnscliffe-
 The Victoria
 The last two are for general use. Messrs. sifton, Paterson and others having them in tnrnA
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

Colonel Rush Shipper Huidekoper, horse doctor to American soldiers. by the per- sonal appointment of President William Mckinley, has been honorably mustered out. He now passes into history, and so will his patron in 1900, if he does not stop his stream of flapdoodle.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

A few affirmative facts are now and then elicited before the Alger board For ex ample, Pastor Kent swore that the male nurses in the division hospitals in Jack sonville did not regard it as of conse- quence that flies were crawling in and out of sick mans mouth." This is the best definition of Algerism that has appeared.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

It took railway train of eight carriages to carry the Emperor William to carpet factory near sConstantinople. And he did not have his no trunks along, either.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

The president may have had Virden In mind when he said, 'We have gone from labor seeking employment to employment seeking labor" However in that case it was labor seeking labor with a shot gun.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
Light Needed
From the Mobile Item.

F
 Alex Rice, the well-known dry goods man of Montgomery, advertises in the Journal that he has for sale "1, 900 pairs of tan and black mems sox." Since reading the "ad. we have endeavored to discover what par ulcular kind of sox tan and black men are given to wearing, and in view of the diff culty of finding enlightenment, will the Journal please explain.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
InyincibIe
From the Grove Hill Democrat.

From the Grove Hill Democrat.
 Senator John T. Morgan is said to be candidate for reelection. Although in his 75th year, he is stout and in good health. Several of our prominent men had hoped to take his place two years hence, but this announcement causes their hopes to fade ''away like leaf on a tree" With good health he is inyincible.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

Ex-Senator David B. Hill defined Alger- ism and Mckinley fapdoodle in very ac- curate terms in his speech before the dem- ocrats of Brooklyn.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

Up north that sizzling sound is again heard as MT. Hanna proceeds in his fat frying campaign.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

Mayor Evans should have an eye to symmetrical bounds when he makes an outer tour of Greater Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
IT IS HOT IN NEW YORK
'om the Boston Herald.

From the Boston HerdId.
 When the Van Wycked7 cease from troubling and Roosevelt is at rest. the re- lief will be SO enormous that New York will just want to diel For it waxeth hotter and hotter in Plattville.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

The A1ger exculpatory board has discov- cred that there are privates in the volun- teer army, but 1t has not progressed to the point of summoning as witnesses any ex- nriYateS.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

The shoe-string plan is as applicable to Ensley and Pratt City as it is to East Lake and West End.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

It is the height of cruelty to summons privates who are still in the service before the Alger board.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
The Next Congress.

The New York Journal. after a careful canvass, submits the following summary of the house of the Fifty-sixth congress:
 Democrats..... ....... ....... ...........150 Silver republicans. ....... ............
 Total. .......... ......... ..............loi Doubtful .... ....... .............''.. ol Total...... .......... ...........'.'l@
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

pr. Andree and the emperor of China are still on the list of the missing
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

Expansion is becoming contagious An- niston proposes to annex Oxford and ox- anna.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

An Eve-zad certainly goes with every Adam-zad. and this fact calls for another high-priced poem.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

A Chicago paper has discovered that the base ball pennant will this year float from a bean pole.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

Only spook betters are now offering odds in favor of Colonel Roosevelt in New York.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

bagdag-mog-Bum-Bah surrenders the Pn- lager war may safely be considered at an end.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

France is not nearly so war-like. as she seems to be. The Fashoda storm will soon 'blow over."
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

The clements were at war during Chica- go's jubilee, even if the soldiers were not.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

The Cleveland Plain Dealers information Iaads it to believe that as soon as Abon-
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

Van Wyck stock is steadily rising. It is to be democratic year
The age-herald., 1898-10-22
BORN KENTUCKY

1he dust has been '1aid" in Greater Bir- mngham.
The age-herald., 1898-10-22

Governor Johnston and Senator Morgan are waking things up in the, Seventh con- gressonal district, and it is now believed to be certainty that John l.. Burnett will be the next congressman from that district. MT Burnett is a young lawyer of consid- erable ability and will make good con- gressman. He has made a magnificent con test and the people are already commencing to congratulate him on a race which is practically won.