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The age-herald., 1898-06-11
The Iron Trade.

Pig iron, steel and finished products arc still going to Great Britain and the Conti- nent in considerable and increasing quanti- ties. The reported exports in 1897 have been verified, as this paragraph taken from the report of the board of management of the British iron trade association for the year 1897, shows: "Reference was made in the last annual report of the board to the prog ress that had been made in the competi- ton of the United States. This competition has continued throughout the whole of the past year, and has led to the importation Into our home market of nearly 0,0OO tons of pig iron, and about 2S,OoO tons of blooms, bfllets, or finished steel in various forms"
 That shipments are well maintained this year Is confirmed by the Iron and Coal Trades Review, which says: 'It is reported that another American steel maker (not Carnegie) has offered to supply ship plates on the Clyde alt $50 per ton under the price of Scotch make. The first consignment of American ship plates to be offered at the new rates Is expected to arrive in the Clyde next week.
 These statements frfom the most trust worthy sources are sufficient to show that America Is slowly but steadily conqerlng the great English market. As ores from Spain become higher-prlced and coal at home has to be drawn from greater depths, the cost price of iron and steel must be increased and Americas opportunity Is therefore becoming steadily better. And what is true as to England Is also true as to every other country in Europe. Not one of them can make iron and steel at prices that will meet American competi- tfon. The battle Is not to be won in day. but 1t is to be won in the long run. and long before the first quarter of the new century Is finished this country will be rec ognized as the great Iron country of the world, a position long held by England. In point of production this country now heads the list. followed by England and Germany; but soon this country will walk
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
Georgia Primaries Again.

The figures of the Georgia primaries are astonishing and gratifying. The wide awake state has taken a step in political progress that will certainly be demanded in other southern states-a step that has long been sadly needed in all states that practically have but one white mans party. The rule of the court house cliques is nearly ended. A study of the Georgia fig ures shows at glance their doom. In our sister state there were three aspirants for governor, two for secretary of state, two for commissioner of agriculture and three for prison commissioner. Heretofore such contests have been decided. none too satis- factorily, by the court house "fixers," av- to the county. The figures of last Mondays primaries are not complete, but table in the Constitution shows, for example, that 61,S11 citizens voted for Colonel Candler, Atkinson-a total of 94.652. When the full figures are received it will doubtless ap- pear that fully 100000 citizens came out and expressed their choices for candidates Compare the magnificent expression with the customary clique nominations of the past, and you have the cause of some at least of the bolts and factions and dssen- sions and troubles of the south in recent times. The result in Georgia is eminently satisfactory, and is accepted throughout the state, and no ticket can be put up by the populists or republicans that can success fully stand against 1t. The people have come to their own at last. It Is 90 case In Georgia of ticket made by 100. .0O0 honest citizens against licked licked into shape by deals and secret combinations among about 1000 politicians under the discarded and thoroughly worn-out convention sys- tenn. It is plain that Georgia wants no more of the old system.
 The Georgia state executive committee retains semblance of the electoral college planned by the worthy but mistaken fath- CTS of the constitution. The county execu- tive committees are required to appoint delegates in sympathy with the vote of
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
GOODBYE, MY SON.

Goodbye, my soldier. goodbye; Give mother parting kiss, Lean your head on my aching, throbbina
 breast,
 While I tell you how I shall miss The welcome footsteps. the cheery voice Of my boy brave and true; How I shall await anxious heart A message soon from you. You know not as yet the horrors of war What a soldier must dare and do, But I would have you be brave and stroni And stand by the red, white and blue. But oh 'twould break my heart, my boy, Should you be among the slain. And no more could see your face Or hear your voice again. God pity the mothers and fathers all. Whose sons have gone to war;, For well we know that some must fall, And not a loved one near To catch the last faint whispered word, The lingering and farewell That trembles on the dying lips Of their sons who bravely fell. God grant that peace may be restored Without further loss of life; May the stars and stripes victorious be And end the bitter strife. May Spain be humbled in the dust For the wrongs that she has done. And the Maine disaster be avenged, Is the prayer of every one.
 l.. B. M.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
A Family Greatly Blessed

Many years ago, when oneness Of in- terest characterized the relations between employers and house servants, the cook at the Virginia home of the historic Har- risons was a negro named George. Mas ter of his craft, George was stately and even pompous in manner and speech, and an incident which illustrates the mingled dignity and conceit of his character has a place in the family records. A family festival in honor of anniversary had filled the Harrison house with guests for several days and tested the abundant larder to what seemed to be it's utmost possibilities. On the very day that saw the departure of the company communi- cation was received by Mrs. Harrison, informing her that the presidential party might be expected on the morrow. She summoned George and imparted the startling news. He met it like an ebony Gibraltar. Every well, madam, your or- ders shall be obeyed.''
 There will be about thirty persons, in- cluding the president of the United States and his cabinet"
 Gibraltar relaxed measurably. The lady's apprehensons appealed to his chivalrio heart. It was his duty to allay them.
 'Very true, madam. But we must bear in mind that we are greatly blessed in our cook"
 It is unnecessary to add, says Marion Harland, who tells this story in her recent book, Some Colonial Homesteads,' that George nobly sustained the sublime vaunt.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 An awkward man is always getting on a woman's trail.
 It's pity that some men can't even hope to have brain fever
 More work would be done for posterity If 1t wasn't such slow pay.
 A man looks once at a girls face; wo- man looks twice at her dress.
 It's harder for a musician to compose a squalling baby than popular song.
 It Is an indsputable fact that tall man lives longer than a short one.
 A great many financiers have their loose change tied up in old stockings.
 The value of a golden opportunity de- bends upon the amount of gold there is in it.
 When @ man is in trouble he believes a good many things that he would doubt at any other time.
 There can be no harm in the assertion that some paintings are works of art and that great many women paint.
 It's surprising how ignorant girls can be at times. They all know what a kiss means, but they always insist on having it re- peated.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
The war tax hits the cigarette fiend.
WE TAKE THEM ALL,

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 In response to queries from representa- lives of the powers as to peace decrees fo, Spain the state department has quietly re- piled that Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil ippines will be held by this government In addition the powers were notified that a number of individual claims exist which must be adjusted at the final settlement This sounds like an American reply. Il will chill the very marrow in the bones of continental Europe and will enhance the growth of pin feathers on the wings of the American eagle. Hurrah for the admins tration!
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

What is that band playing?"
 The officer listened intently to the strains that came faintly to his ears over the dark water.
 Sir" he said, it Is a long distance away, but I recognize that music It Is the Washington Post March,"
 "Crowd on more steaml' shouted the Spanish captain, his eyes starting from their sockets.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
The Generals Typewriter

From the Baltimore News. The typewriter stood on the generals desk, Hience all but 1t had fled; The fleet they had bottled was all but a
 wreck,
 The last lone mule was dead; But the general sprang to the typewriter s
 side
 And he banked each -rattling key With his daily message across the tide Of another great victory.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
OUR SCHOOL LAWS,

Governor Joseph F. Johnston in Montgom-
 cry convention.
 Our school laws must be reformed and appropriations for the cause of education steadily increased until opportunity shall be given every child in Alabama to acquire the one thing that can never be taken away from him. A capital that will make him better and more productive citizen, and that will pay increasing dividends un- to the third and fourth generations.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
ADMIRAL CERVERA.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
 Admiral Cervera passed over year In London about twelve months since, when he resided with his daughter in Kensing- ton. He is a man of about forty-eight years of age, and has a remarkably re- fined cast of countenance not usually asso- ciated with a seafaring life. He did not go much into society while in London, but those few who had the pleasure of his ac- auaintance retain a very grateful remem- brance of him and of his handsome daugh- ter.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
The Battle

From the Detroit Journal.
 The air is rent with hail of lead But sec!
 Our colors fiutter from the ramparts of the enemy!
 For an instant the intrepid co.or-bearer stands alone upon the parapet, but only for an instant!
 Now the reporters have sprung to his sde and are interviewing him!
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
NORTH ALABAMA WILL BE FAIR.

From the Camden Progress.
 Some of the politicians of the Black Belt are opposed to a constitutional convention because they fear that North Alabama and the Pine Belt counties will attempt to change the present county representa- tion in the state and congressional con- ventions. We believe that North Ala bama will act fair in this n notter and will make no effort to change the present basis.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
Pap on His Good Behavior

From the San Francisco Wave.
 The late Bill Nye was fond of telling this story of his smaller daughter: At a dinner table one day there was party of guests for whom MT. Nye was doing his best in the way of entertainment. A lady turned to the little girl.
 Your father is very funny man," said she.
 "Yes," responded the child, when we have company"
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
COlnfOrtefI

From the Washington Star.
 "It seems impossible to tell anything about what our navy is doing," remarked one Spanish official.
 "That's true" replied the other. But if they mslead even us, think how they must be mystifying the Americans"
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
Al o In D )rtant

From the Washington Star.
 "Remember" said the timorous citizen, while discussing the Philippine Islands, "that we are not g. nation of conquest"
 "By all means. But let us likewise re- member that we are not a nation of quit ters."
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
What He Wa, Charged With

The fame of former Governor Peck as longer expect him to have the temerity to appear at a dinner or to make an ad- dress without a series of incidents and pithy personal experiences at his conn mand, says the Milwaukee Evening Wis., consin. The funny part of it is that he does not in the least consider himself 8 story teller and really very seldom repeats a funny story. What he tells are things that really happen to him, and which his inimitable fashion of seeing and telling make irresistibly funny. There is one story, however, which he has liked to re- peat outside of his own experience. And l have told it,, he says. frankly, until the family says, For heavens sake don't ever tell that story again; but it has struck me as one of the funniest that I ever heard. I know everybody has heard it by this time, so l don't dare tell it any more, much as l would like to-" The story is thus:
 There was a man on trial once whose name was Smith, and who stammered most terribly. The first thing the judge did was to ask him his name. The man did his best
 'S-sss-s-ssss-ss-' he began obediently.
 Why, stop making a noise like that. said the judge. We cant allow that. Give me your name.
 earnestly.
 Heavensr said the judge. Sir he continued, turning appealingly to an Irish policeman who had brought the man in, What is the man charged with?'
 I should think, yer Honor,' returned the officer soberly, that he is charged with soda water"
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
Nemesis
Flo the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Thick black clouds streamed from the smokestack of the Spanish steamer.
 "Caramba!" muttered the captain of the vessel, looking anxlously at the pursuing ship. "They are gaining on us. Corfu celli!"
 ''Yes, sir.'' answered the officer standing near him. touching his hat.
 "You are familiar with Yankee music.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Under the primary system and direct voting for state and other candidates the white people turned out in Georgia last Monday almost to a man. In Carroll coun- ty, on the Alabama line. 2Oi2 citizens voted in the democratic primaries, and in Floyd county, another county on the Alabama line, 3,147 voted. In every county hundreds of people had a voice in saying who tl;eir candidates should be-a piece of business heretofore transacted by a few "hxers."
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
Of Ephemeral Value
From Puck.

From Puck.
 MI Porkchops-What did young Smithers give you, Arabella?
 Arabela-A book of quotations, papa Mir. Porkchops-Well, can't see no use in that, when the markets changing every day.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

The Pail Mall Gazette is for once right when it says ''The seizure of Porto Rico and the Philippines will place America in po- siton to dictate the only terms she could possibly accept"
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
Our Lesson

From the New York Journal.
 Teacher-What are We learning from our war with Spain Willie?
 Willie-That the Atlantic ocean is very large body of water.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

The Florence people are eagerly awaiting Governor Johnston's Fourth of July oration in that city. They propose to give him a rousing welcome. A patriotic address is anticipated.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

It seems that George French and Colonel Joe Letter were simply working for the farmers good, and they are now trying to determine which shall be elected goyer- nor of Illinois by the farmer vote.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

wheat, and they propose to put 100, OG0 bushels beyond winds and rains by the end of next week. What a country!
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

The people are becoming very tired of the delay in conducting the war. The troops would be safer from disease on the wlnd-swept hills of Cuba than they are pen- ned up in sewerless towns in this country
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Cape Haytien is in Hayti, and the great American censor does not exalt himself in that country. The blue pencil is not mace in that island.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

As General shafter closes in on Santiago he should remember that he Is drawing near the scene of the Virglnlus butcheries of the ten years war. In that port the cred
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

The spook ships have left the neighbor- hood of Boston, and are sailing in the Flori- da Straights. Mir. Mckinley has found an- other excuse for staying the on-to-Cuba movement
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

away from the other countries. because It will soon be supplying both England and Germany with a very considerable portion of their annual consumption. The iron ore and the skilled labor, too; an increase of one dollar ton in price would push pro- duction to 2O,0Oo.OOO tons year. Alabama could furnish ten per cent of that amount without serious effort. An increase of g a ton would mean a season of new fur naces and unexampled prosperity through out this district, Such an increase is not improbable, as things are going.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

The removal of the capital of China from Pekin to Slan-fu is another indication that the empire is in hot water, and is perhaps breaking up.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
The Doubtful Apology the Late Captain Grid
 ley Once Made.

The Doubtful Apology the Late Captain Grid
 ley Once Made. Captain Charles Gridley, the com. mander of the United States steamship Olympia, whose death has just been an- nounced. spent his boyhood in Hillsdale. Mich. He is remembered with affection by Detroit men, who were his playmates. and enjoyed his acquaintance after he had attained to mans estate, says the Journal of that city.
 Among those who were most intimate with him, as boy and as man, was Char lie Hastings, manager of a manufacturing company. The man Gridley, he says, was but more complete edition of the Gridley boy. Though studious lad, he was no means insipid or even quiet but took time from his studies and ambitions to be a mischievous daredevil.
 MT. Hastings recalls the occasion of a notable apology, perhaps the only one the gallant youth ever found it necessary to make. One MT. Morass, an eccentric character of Hillsdale, several decades ago, used to drive a pony which had a long. curly, white coat that made it re- semble an overgrown sheep. The boyish minds found delight in plaguing the old man by bleating in imitation of a sheep when the old mat swept past in his turn- out.
 The old gentleman regarded this as a nuisance, and complained of Charlie Grid ley to his father, who permitted Charles to choose between an apology to the old man and chastisement. It took the young some time to make up his mind, but he eventually decided to deliver the apol- ogy.
 He made his way one evening to the Mo- rass residence, where he found the family discussing the evening meal. Being con- siderate he decided not to interrupt the family by knocking at the door, so he just cbn nxrad md on in hfc xuu
 "Mr. Morass. I'm sorry I bleated. Baa-a-a!"
 Mr. Morass was so pleased with the .apology' that he hastened over to the Gridley residence, where he gave most graphic description of it. Charlie was given no choice in the matter then, but submitted to a painful interview with his father in the woodshed.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

The Galveston News thinks Lieutenant Hobson has knocked some of fame's finest persimmons from the tree
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

It is difficult to say which the country has the less use for-its board of strategy or its porcelain bath tub.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

From the Atchison Globe.
 Every mother of pretty girl is board of strategy.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

The people are commencing to feel the effects of war It comes home to every man in the form of taxation.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
A JOB FOR GEN. BOOTH.
AN ABLE ONE, TOO.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 Only the Salvation Army can save Spain.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Santiago is about to fall and Cervera Is about to pull down his flag. This is a good time to run up a few more flags in Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Montejo's fleet was destroyed in May Ceverats will be this month. and Camara's case is caendared for July
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Sewanee river Is supposed to run right through the camps at Tampa, and the girls see many beauties in the old song.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

The Santiago bottle served it's purpose will finish the business by smashing 1t.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

General Shafter will soon be at the scene of war. He has no bath tub. ,.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Mir Platt and the esteemed Quay have been heard from recently but the scholarly Hanna seems to have been lost altogether
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Fighting Bob" Evans is not thus far liv. ing close up to his name.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Every citizen of Birmingham should sub scribe to the charity hospital fund.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

The schooner of beer will soon be sawed off half way down.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Florence should not be permitted 10 mo- nopolize the Fourth of July in the broad state of Alabama
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

The banks seem to be the greatest suffer- CTS under the war tax measure.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11
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The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Tho Washington Post says the prune has become the luxury of the pllftocrat in Ha- vana.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Squire Wheat should suggest to Major Flour that it is time to come down.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

Almost every days wheat market shows how heartless was the Letter conspiracy.
The age-herald., 1898-06-11

This country has coal to burn and tc sink also.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-13

"The greatest bane of modern civili-
zation." said Mr.. S. J. Nimmons, of st.
Louis, at the Raleigh, to a washington
Post reporter, ais the servant problem.
suppose the worry Of 1t is as acute and
unendIng in Washington. where, I un-
derstand, q majority Of the help IS coll
ored, as In northern cities, where white
domestics predominant.
'tThe ever-recurrlng preparation Of
breakfast, lunch and dinner involves
more torment than all the other Ills OF
life combined, chiefly because somebody
has to be hired to do the cooking for US,
and in that lies the alpha and omega Of
our woes, To begin with. competent
servants are scarce; the supply of good
ones Is entirely inadequate to the de-
mand, and. as matter of course,
wealthy people who can afford to pay
top wages, secure the efficient ones,
leaving the medIocres and incapables to
the ordinary citizen whose bank roll
does not allow him to pay high class
help.As a consequence he gets nn infe-
rlor servant, one Of the sort that pro-
fesseS to general housework,' but whose
long suit is her ability to spoil good raw
material for which her employer has
paid the best market prices.
IT think there must in time come q
remedy. Surely mankind is too intelli-
gent 10 always go ON suffering. But 1t Is
idle to look for relief In some distant fu-
ture when all the incompetents that vec
us by the failures in the kitchen to-day
shall be superseded by an army Of
bright and skillfCl employees who will
set before us each day daintily prepared
and palatable food.
ut seems to me that the cure must be
found by a change in the methods. A
central, cooperative kitchen, where a
chef Of ability and experienced srbordt-
mates can turn out tempting dishes for
a dozen or more families at time,
ought to be vast Improvement on the
plant OF to-day, whereby each family
has cook Of its own, with one satlRfac-
tory one, perhaps, in every fifty. do
not believe the percentage is exagger-
ated. on other grounds the cooperative
system ought to have vast advantages,
for It would mean q tremendous saving
over the individual household scheme.
The fire that serves to get the dinner Of
six people would do the same service for
thirty. All along the line the saving
ought to be at least twenty-five per
cent, and the saving Of annoyance and
trouble should be incalculable"