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The age-herald., 1898-10-27

Serious efforts have been made by the treasury to force gold into circulation by paying it over the counters of the sub- treasuries, but the yellow metal is not gen. erally acceptable among people long ac- customed to handling paper The treasury officials have determined, however, not to yield to the demand in New York that they issue gold certificates.
 The flow of gold into the treasury Is largely by means of assay office checks representing gold bullion from the mines deposited in the western hints for which coin can be obtained in New York. The proportion of gold paid for customs du- ties al New York touched high-water mark during the first twenty days of October. The proportion of gold in the customs re- ceipts began to grow last spring, when March showed a proportion of II per cent. and April 52 per cent. The months since then have shown a proportion ranging from 5S to 75 per cent. It remained for the first twenty days of October to raise the pro- portion of gold payments to 80 per cent, gold constituting $5,713,0 ,075 out of total cus- toms payments of 7,150 826
 The drafts upon the treasury on account of the war with Spain have continued to De heavy during the whole of October and have contributed toward a deficit of $10,- 492,44 for the month up to the close of busi- ness last week. The war department has drawn during October s4,93000O, which is more than was drawn during the same
 
 Of the new revenue law have fallen off somewhat since July and August, but will apparently be not less than $10,000.000 per month. The excess of collections during Juiy and August, with possibly gains later In the year, will probably carry the total proceeds of the law to $13O0OO,0O0 for the fiscal year. The addition of $2OO 900, ,OO0 from the per cent. loan will make a war fund of 3$S0, ,000, 900. The amount thus far spent in excess of the cost of the peace establish ment has been about $155, ,O00,0Oe. If the average cost of maintaining garrisons dur ing the remaining eight months of the pres ent fiscal year Is SIG, ,000, 900 per month the total cost of the war will be $23s, 100000. A special revenue of $330 100000 will afford a permanent excess of $95, 900 0O0 which is likely to be found in the treasury at the close of the fiscal year in June next
 If the new revenue law should be par tially repealed the excess of cash would be reduced and the cash balance might fall Tn June below $30O, ,000, 900. It will apparently be work of considerable dencaey, how ever, to adjust the revenue to new eondf- tions in the East and West Indies, and a complete scheme of revenue revision is likely to be considered before action fs taken on any single part. Wrapped up with the revenue problem, moreover, will be the suggested employment of a part of the gold reserve in retiring legal tender paper, in order that the gold may be released to be- come the basis of an enlarged and elastic note circulation.
The age-herald., 1898-10-27
A QUEER LITTLE HEN

From the New Orleans Picaylne. There was once little hen, A dear little queer little hen;
 Her work was to lay
 Just one egg every day, And she did, this good little hen. She'd fly up in tree, and right then, Seated high on branch, this queer hen, Her egg she would lay
 Her one egg every day, This good little, queer little hen. Twas strange thing to do, I must say, Lay an egg from tree every day, And what good was the egg Just tell that, beg That fell from the tree in that way? But some people do things just as queers I know it; I've seen it, my dear, They have good thought,
 But it just comes to naught; From the wrong place they drop it, my
 dear. There's a lesson for you and for me From the hen that laid eggs in tree. If we do right thing,
 If good thought we bring, Let's not choose a wrong place, you and
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per cent in many eases and have turned Tn packages of bonds of denominations of | $z0. $10O and s500 in large amounts. They have been willing to purchase at pre- mfum, however, because of the pressure put upon the money market by the with drawal of currency to pay for the bonds and the advantages of the bonds in secur- ing the deposit of public money with the banks. There was some difficulty at first in obtaining the requisite bonds to cover the deposits, but the banks are now so well supplied that more than fifty appli- cations for such deposits are awaiting ac- ton at the treasury. The new per cent bonds which have been deposited at the treasury by the banks amount to more than $55,OOe,OOO, or nearly 30 per cent of the total issues. The amount deposited to se- cure circulating notes is BPS. ,S20 and the amount to secure public deposits is ST. 066, ,62O.
 The bank note circulation has grown, as the result of the bond issue, but there has not been net gain equal to the per cent bonds deposited with the treasury. The new bonds have been substituted in many cases for the old As, of which the
 
 $147 3O4 100 on July 31 to $139, ,631 800 on Sat- urday last. There haas been, however. net increase in the circulation of nearly s12OOO,0OO since August 1. and more than $13.OOOOO0 in the circulation based upon bonds. The total bank note circulation now stands at $23S, AIS. of which s2CS. .754.- 37 is secured by bonds and $29.636 1O7 is In process of retirement by deposits of lawful money. The whole amount of bonds with the treasury to secure circulation is $233- S71, ,92O and the amount to secure public de- posits is $7O,26O,120
 The effect of the bond issue has been especially felt upon the gold reserve. This reserve, which stood on June 30 at $167 ,0O4,- 4e9, has risen above $40, ,080 900, and would have increased by 8 much larger amount if the proceeds of the bonds had been kept in the treasury instead of deposited in the banks The gold reserve has touched the highest limit in its history within the past few weeks, while the gold supply of the country has been increased by production and importations to a point which makes the gold currency nearly equal to that of Great Britain. The gold supply of the United States is now about $500 900 900, of which the treasury holds $240, 600 and the New York Clearing House over $1oO.ooOooo.
The age-herald., 1898-10-27
The Antitrust Cases.

The decisions in the cases of the Kansas City Live Stock associations in the supreme court of the United States, were in their favor, but it was distinctly stated that the associations partly in Kansas and partly in Missouri, were of a local nature. and were not engaged in interstate traffic within the meaning of the anti-trust law. The cattle handled came from various states, but these associations were local aids to interstate shipments, and were not actually engaged in interstate commerce.
 MT. Justice Harlan who can discern a monopoly in all its various guises. dis sented from the opinion of the court in this respect. He held that such eombina- tions, if permitted to exist could control the prices of goods, thus defeating the law of competition. Justice Harlan is un- doubtedly correct. and his views may serve to show wherein the Sherman law needs amendment.
 The decision of the court however, reaches all trusts actually engaged in Inter- state commerce. If the Kansas City asso- citations had been shippers they would have stifie competition fast and sure enough, but they work the mischief in a local way and not in the course of interstate com merce. This distinction should be kept in mind. The offender can be punished under the antitrust law only when he is engaged in preventing the operation of the law of competition in interstate transactions He may set up monopoly to his hearts con- tent if he confine his nefarious business within the bounds of single state.
 The Kansas City decisions really empha- size the points made in the railroad case, but the former make. plain the necessity on the part a complainant of showing that the offender has dealings in more than one state.
 The railroad case was started in January, 1896. The United States sought to restrain thirty-two railroads constituting the great east and west trunk lines of the northern states from pooling their interests under the direction of board of nine managers. The courts in New York readily upheld the contention of the railroad companies. They did this in the teeth of the trans-Missouri decision, and all the supreme court did was The eastern roads will now doubtless con- clude that there is such thing as consist ency in judicial decisions
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same opinion The man who is able to get a net profit of $1sS ,533.6 60 from the state con- victs in couple of years certainly shows wonderful executive and financial ability. Mr. Tapp has already been successful in his business undertakings. At Cuthbert, Ga. before locating in Anniston, he was a large farmer and his home was the pride of that section of the state, both for It's beauty and its hospitality. MT. Trapp, a citizen of Anniston, and as wholesale merchant, won the admiration and esteem of our people, both for his business acumen and his kind and courteous treatment
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"The natural, direct and immediate effect of competition Is to lower rates and to thereby increase the demand for com modities, the supply of which increases and direct effect Is to prevent this play of competition restraints instead of promoting trade and commerce." This fits the trusts much better than it does the railroads. The supreme court in fact says the trusts must go.
The age-herald., 1898-10-27

From the Chicago Tribune.
 prominent member of the chamber of commerce of Cincinnati Saturday received a letter from his son, who is cadet at West Point, in which an amusing story Is told. A brother of Naval Lieutenant Hob- son is cadet at the great military insti- tuition, and the cadets who are accustomed to haze the more timid cadets have this fall devoted their attention exclusively to young Hobson. Copies of papers contain ing accounts of Lieutenant Hobson's ex- ploits are furnished the younger brother, and he is compelled to memorize the ac- counts word for word. Then he is placed in the assembly hall before the other cadets and required to repeat the accounts. Whenever the name "Hobson' is uttered he Is required to point to his breast with the index finger of his right hand and say parenthetieally, "That is me-"
The age-herald., 1898-10-27

The Age-Herald's Atlanta correspondent attempted to beat it's Montgomery corre- spondent on Montgomery news yesterday before decision was rendered. No decis- ion has yet been rendered in the Gafford case, notwithstanding the dispatch yester- day which came via Atlanta and was pre- mature.
The age-herald., 1898-10-27
The Man for Governor

From the Anniston Hot-Blast.
 MT. S. B. Trapp. who is president of the board of convict inspectors, is a citizen of Anniston, and his many friends here were very much pleased at the exceedingly fattering report about the workings of his department of the administrator, as pub lished in the Hot Blast Sunday morning, and several were suggesting yesterday that he would be a worthy successor to Gov ernor Johnston. The Hot Blast Is of the
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Some of the profanity and brutality in the last session of the Alger board at An niston. The defense had seemingly rested, and the privates had fitful inning.
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Collections Good

From the Montgomery Journal.
 The wholesale merchants are expressing qualification over the fact that their col- lections this year have so far been remark ably good, and are holding up much better than was expected
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Contested Territory

From the Eufaula Times.
 The Plant people are surveying for railroad from Hartford ten miles north of Geneva, to Dothan. The Central folks are surveying from Columbia to Dothan. The Central surveying party have about finish ed their survey and the Plant people are hurrying on with theirs If the Plant peo- pie reach Abbeville thus from Hartford they may conclude to come on to Eufaula.
The age-herald., 1898-10-27

The latest reports from China state that the Prince of Heaven is down with about all the complaints Chimaman can have. The inference doubtless is that he will soon be dead.
The age-herald., 1898-10-27
HER DREAM OF BLISS
From the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.
 A woman who does all the cooking for a family dreams of no greater pleasure than for the entire family to be invited out to dinner on Sunday.
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The French can have a good deal of ''way-leave" and "enclave," but absolute and continuous sovereignty on the Nile Is impossible. MT. Bulls stock of concessions does not go that far.
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The decision of the supreme court in the Kansas City cases Is equivalent to saying that a commission merchant in this city who receives a consignment of eggs from commerce.
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4 Curious Custom
I the Troy Messenger.

From the Troy Messenger.
 We note in recent exchange that oyer 5000 negroes attended the funeral of aS- other negro. This reminds us of custom practiced by all negroes, unless it be a very few When a strange negro, no mat ter how decent he may look, is sick or wounded, etc., there is hardly any of them that will lend much aid or help the un- fortunate to a place where he may receive medical attention. But If one of them dies and there's prospect of gaudy funeral, to this they will swarm in from every imagin- able nook and corner. It is a custom-if not at heart, it is by practice. But ne- gro is negro, and you can't change him. He is just what he is and something else he doesn't want to nor will he be.
The age-herald., 1898-10-27
FROM THE sOUDAN
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springneld RepuDlcan.
 Civilization is but skin-deep, after all. Ut is nice," writes gallant young lancer who took part in the charge at Omdurman, ito put a sword or lance through a man. They are like old hens. They just say (when the weapon goes in) 'quah.' Ugh!
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STRAY THOUGHTS
 OF STATE EDITORS
A November Convention

From the Collinsville Clipper
 There will be a horseswappers' conven- tion at Claytons store, Crossville, on the first Saturday in November. All traders are cordially invited to be present.
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Helen Gould is now serving an arbitra- tor in a labor dispute This excellent lady cannot be mustered out from humanity's s army. She has plainly enlisted for life.
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MT. Mckinley very fairly committed him. self and his party to expansion of the widest sort in his western stumping tour. His remarks were hazy but broad
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The close connection between bullets and ballots in North Carolina is deplorabIe. and the men who brought It about should be reserved for punishment.
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The railroads propose now to push a pooling bill through congress What MT. Hanna's line of trusts proposes to do has not been told.
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Counting the Cubans and Filipinos, this country will. 1t is estimated. number s6,- O0o,OOO in the next national roundup.
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Invite Senator Morgan

From the Mobile Register.
 We must have the outer bar deepened to thirty feet and the ship channel deepened to approximately the same measurement; and our rivers must be made navigable all the year round, so that coal shall be cheap ly brought here and this port made the coal port of the south, the cheapest coal port in the world. These are all practica- ble schemes, and such as interest not alone the people of Mobile, but those of the in- terior country, the great city of Birming- ham, the growing city of Tuscaloosa and thriving Demopolis. These things are not unknown to the senator, for he has long kept them before him as objects of his care, but he has not been here in long time, and there are evidences of our progress that he ought to see with his own eyes and make report thereon to his asso- ciates in congress. Therefore, we ask that he be invited, and we hope he will see his way to accept the invitation.
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had to name himself, and that would have been irregular. a4j
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The forts and custom houses of Cuba will pass into the hands of the Americans on January 1, wholly regardless of the Spanish army.
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Secretary Alger gathers no cheers or boquets at peace jubilees.
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Fashoda has been lost sight of in the tur- moil of the boulevards.
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Both parties seem to be satisfied with the registration lists in the contested states.
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Mr. Bull is loading his ships with rapid fire guns, while France is quarreling over internal questions.
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Quay is a good shaker of plum trees, but u Hung Chang is a better one
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The western snow storm is headed to- wards Philadelphia's peace jubilee.
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France and England should put in an empire crossing at Fashoda
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Big Load

From the Union Springs Herald.
 For the first time in the history of Union Springs, so far as we could learn, last Wednesday forenoon, wagon carrying fourteen bales of cotton, drawn by three yoke of oxen, came down Prairie street. This wagon was loaded with cotton from the Fort Davis ginnery of MT. Leonard B. Roberts. It was a large, strong, long wa gon. capable of holding even more than fourteen bales; and MT. Roberts says if any one should bring in fifteen on one wagon he will bring twenty. That is the proper spirit. Don't be out done. This load of cotton attracted people for some- time. and was marveled at. The buyers tackled it immediately, but 1t was bought by MT. A. E. Singleton for the firm of w. E. Pierce, and sent to the Bullock warehouse. The price was 4.45, which was at the rate of 475 for middling cotton.
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Lieutenant Hobson is the star attraction at Philadelphia this week.
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The new possessions of Uncle Sam are all on a silver basis.
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Governor Russeil's proclamation should have specified the real mischief makers of
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BE MODERATE

From the Washington Capital.
 Take things as you find them, but don't take all the things yoa sns
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sPURGEON's CoURTsHIP

The people of Fashoda do not seem to be in it.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Remittances can De mace py express, postomce money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-06-22
SHOOTING AT SEA.
Il IL Difficult TO, shoot Enectiveiy
from a ships Deck-Rute Followed
by American Navy.

Necessarily the deck Of vessel at
sea offers much less satisfactory plat
form from which to shoot than the
solid foundation provided in land fort,
since even when the ocean is calmest
the vessels must constantly roll from
side to side. theoretically the best
time to Gre would be at the moment be-
tween the rolls, when the deck of the
ship is perfectly level, and in general
way it may be said that an attempt is
made TO do the shooting at that in
slant. It is practically impossible,
however, TO fire invariably when the
decks are horizontal. No matter how
careful the gunner, the piece is almost
always exploded just before or just
after the proper instant, says the New
York Press.
The American practice, both in the
army and navy, has always been to
shoot low and always save ammunition
until It was possible TO use II effective
ly. In the navy the tradition to shoot
low has crystaGzed into standing rule,
nnwritten, indeed. but none the less re-
ligiously observed. and its wisdom has
been proved on more than one occasion
of great Importance.
The precise form of this unwritten
naval rule is TO wait for the downward
roll" This is the converse of the maxim
obtaining in the British navy that II is
best 10 take advantage of the upward
ROLL" which has been observed almost
from the beginning of naval lighting by
the gunners on English ships.
This was rendered the more certain
from the fact that the spherical projec-
the surface of the waves If they struck
the water exactly as stone will skip
along the top OF pond when properly
thrown from the hand Of q small hny
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-06-22
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
TSs Throwing OF Rioe and Old shoes
10 . Relic Of Prsrnj-
uxS TR:E asr=,s.--

Until the middle of the sixteenth
century Christian marriage consisted
OF two distinct eeremonies--the be-
trothsl or espousals, which were fol-
lowed at ? considerable interval, soueI
times extending to two years, by the
beDediction or complete marriage.
Many modern marriage customs are
relics OF primitive times. For instance,
the throwing OF old shoes after The
newly married pair Is q reanspt. OF
marriage by capture, when the brides
relsdons threw stones and other mis-
Eles after the bridegroom as be rode
of with his captured bride. The honey
moon Is relic Of the enforced secluion
In which q captured bride and her cap
turer lived after the bridegroom had
secured his wife; and the traditional
hatred OF mothers-in-law is merely q
survival Of the old feud between the
bridegroom and the brides family.
Groomsmen are another remnant Of
marriage by capture. They were origi-
nAuy the brides bodyguard when
she was pursued by her bridegroom
and his friends. Then later they used
TO be attached TO the brides processio on,
and had nothing 70 do with the bride
groom. Because their Office was re-
iuced 10 sinecure, they were armed
With iaIces, ard carried Lighted torches
for these captures were generally at
| tempted at night.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-06-22
coMPLExITY OF 3ATTLEsHIps.
Almost Bvery Move Made by the Mod
erB Sea Fighter Il Controlled
by Machinery.

In the Iowa II may almost be said
that nothing is done by hand except the
opening and closing of throtues and
pressing of electric buttons. Her guns
are loaded trained and fired, Der am
munitioD hoisted, her turrets turned
her orpedoes-mechanis of them
selves-are tubed and elected, the ship
steered, her boats hoisted out and in,
the interior Lighted and ventilated, the
great searchlight operated and even or
ders transmitted from bridge or oop-
ming tower to all parts by mechanical
appliances. Surely no more striking
view than this of the development Of
35 years could be afforded, says Cas-
sier's Magazine
This growth of complexity and elab-
oration and this almost infinite multi
plication Of parts and devices have en-
tailed upon the naval architect and
constructor demands and difficulties
never dreamed of in the earlier days.
The staff required to design and con-
struct an Iowa is multiplied in number
and the complexity of It's organization
Is augmented as compared with that re-
quired for the design and construction
Of the New Ironsides aln stindefnitely.
Similar conditions apply to command
and management, no that while the
building Of modern battleship entails
enormous work and responsibility on
the naval architect constructor and
staff. the effective use of her as q tool
in the trade of war presents an equal
variety and intricacy of problems to
students of the art Of naval warfare.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-06-22
The Waste OF War.

shell thrown from a Eaton quick
firing gun rushes through the air at the
velocity Of 1900 feet per second, strik-
ing its object with force equal TO that
Of 1890 tons falling one foot. And
yet comparatively speaking, they are
very harmless. Thus during the one
Gay bombardment Of Alexandria by the
British feet of IL ships, lasting from
a m. TO 4:5o p. M, no less than s,1e5
shells were thrown .nto the town. yet
not more than 500 Egyptians were
killed-that Is. 1t took, roughly speak
Ing, six shells to kill one man.
Again, during the Franco-German
war, the Germans threw 100000 shells
into Belfort, only killing 60 French
men, or 800 shells to kill one French
man. At Strasburg, in the same war, il
took 1s shells to Kill every man. And
at the siege of Paris 1000 shells only
killed io7 End wounded 200.