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The age-herald., 1898-09-06
HOBsoN's FUTURE WORK

Washington, D. C., September 5-Nayal Constructor HQbson will again be in charge of the course of naval architecture at the Annapolis Naval Academy. where the ca- dets have been pursuing their studies pre- paratory to being assigned at the end of three years to the construction corps. This course, which was the first established in this country, is the result of the navy de- partment's purpose to abandon the policy of fifteen years, whereby the leading cadet at Annapolis each year was sent abroad and educated at the royal school at Green wich or some of the famous technical insti- tutions at Glasgow or Paris in the science of naval warship building, and later ap- pointed as assistant naval constructor. The advanced rank in their classes taken by the Annapolis men aroused the jealousies of foreign students and the British govern ment concluding that the United States navy was securing advantages from the course, refused to permit the cadets to be entered at the Greenwich school. While no official objection was raised to their being sent to private institutions of learning, it was evident that the British naval authori- Hes preferred the American cadets to re- main at home.
 Last October the course was begun at
The age-herald., 1898-09-06

Memphis, Washington. Norfolk Knoxville, Birmingham, Jacksonville and chatta- nooga show n handsome increases. Rich monds increase is nearly fifty per cent The clearings of Birmingham were in- creased from sfl47S529 in August of last year to $i595.2 in the month just ended. In the eight months of the calendar year the bank ,clearings of this city were in- creased from s12774,OS4 last year to $lo'- 067 557, this year. No town in the south shows a larger relative gain, unless it be Richmond.
 The rising volume of business is reflected in the bank clearings, and the indications point to still larger totals during the re- maining months of the year. The eondi- ton of the iron and steel trade continues to be very satisfactory; the chief crop or the South is now beginning to. be freely moved, although there Is disposition to hold for better prices. There is feeling in the south that due allowance has not been made for the effects of continued rains. There is better tone in the print cloth markets.
 Trade is more active in New Orleans, and new-crop cotton is coming in. SThe sugar industry is promising. In Memphis collec- tions are reported good; in Knoxville the wholesale trade is better than it has been for several weeks past. Rains have been very heavy in Charleston, Savannah and Atlanta All in all there is a feeling of hopefulness throughout the south, and belief that the distributive business will soon become active, and that a prosperous season is at hand.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
PoPE's PHYSICIAN ON HIS HEALTH

Vienna Letter to the London Standard
 The Rome correspondent of the Neues Wiener Tagblatt has had an interview with the pope's physician. Dr. Lapponi, who has assured him that the health of his Holi- ness need not now cause anxiety. His Holi- ness has had violent abdominal pains again. as has been the case with him several times in recent years. They were, perhaps, caused by chill, and were most violent at the beginning of last week, particularly on Monday night In consequence of the medicines the doctor gave him on Tuesday, decided change for the better took place, and, after some days complete rest the pope has now quite recovered. His consti- tuition is an uncommonly strong one Mo- body can pledge himself for the future; but, as matters now are, it may be said that If no fresh disease appears his Holiness may live for many years. The doctor said that, even when the pains were most se- we're, the pope's good humor never deserted him, and that on one occasion he got out of bed to finish a Latin poem he had be- gun, and laughed at reproaches His Holi- ness is again attending to his duties regu- larly, grants audiences, takes walks as formerly, and reads the papers, particu- larly the Roman ones-all of them, and that, be it remarked, without glasses.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
The Peace Jubilee must be a rouser.
PECULIARITIEs OF POLITICS

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 The determination of Associate Railroad Commissioner Ross c. Smith not to apply to the governor for re-appointment on the commission, announced yesterday morn ing, created quite a sensation in political circles. While it is admitted on all sides that MT Smith has made a most active and excellent official and done good and useful service for the state, the logic of his position in retiring is not questioned from political standpoint, as it is well known as MT. Smith ihtimates, that he has not been political supporter of the gov ernor in either of his races for the nomina- tion. There were universal expressions of regret to be heard on all sides at the thought of MT. S...ith's retirement from the position at the end of his present term, but such are the pecularities of politics.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
TIE NEGRO TROOPS
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 .'It was matter of considerable doubt" an officer of the regular infantry says, "whether the colored troops would acquit themselves well. We of the army knew them to be good Indian fighters, but this Cuban business was no more like Indian fighting than game of marbles is like bil- lizards. Probably it was because I'm from the south that I didn't think much of the colored regiments, but having seen those fellows in action I've changed my mind completely. They were the best, the readi- est, the most cheerful, and, I believe, the deadliest fighters of the war. In the charge up the hill a volunteer who had got sepa- rated from his company and who looked pretty badly rattled got caught in the rush and carried along. A big fellow behind him kept spurring him on and trying to encour- age him, but the man was badly rattled and tried to get away That settled 'nim with the troopers, who began to guy him, asking his name and address for purposes of identifcati tion, and assuring him that he would be readily distinguished among the other dead on account of his color. Pres entlv a Mauser bullet clipped the sleeve Of the man next to him. The trooper turned to the volunteer:
 ".Honey. dat bullet was a-callin' youah name, shuah, he said.
 1Tbev fell me that the volunteer finally plucked up his spirits and fought so we'll that the negroes assured him that in the next battle he'd be an honor to any reg1- ment. One thing noticed about the negro trooners was that they evinced less inclina- ton to duck when the bullets whistled over them than the other soldiers showed. A sergeant explained it to me this way' When de bullet go along 1t say. "Pi- yi-yi! Pi-yi-yi!" Nobody ain goin to min dat But de shrapnel, dats different. Dat saw "Oo-oo. oo-oo; want yeb, want yeh. T want yeh. nah honey!" Oats wat makes a man't kindah shrink like between his shouldahs.'
 However, didn't see any shrinking that could be Identified as such among those men, There wasn't an instant during the fighting that they didn't look as if they were in the very place of all places on earth where they most wished to be-"
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
ENtsINFs FOR BOCAS
Frm the Mobile Item.

Frm the MopNe lleIi. t3
 The Snyder Banana company are up 10 date in everything. They loaded on the John Wilson yesterday two five ton en- zines. These engines were built by the H. K. Porter Company Locomotive builders of Pittsburg, Pa. The engines will be used on the road from their plantations about ten miles from Bocas, to haul bananas to the city for their line of steamers. Both of the engines are narrow guage, one thirty and the other thirty-six inches. They will also send down on the Wilson one hand fire engine to be used on their plantation in case of fire. These engines are num- bered 1 and 3. The road has already been laid and the power used is mules at pres- ent.
 MT. Snyder stated to a reporter yester- day morning that these were the first en- zines that has been sent to that place, and the people down there had never seen steam engine. He will take engineers from Mobile to run the engines.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
RebiIIinq Privileges.

The solar-plexus blows that the esteemed
 American. of Nashville, and the esteemed
 Constitution, of Atlanta, are infiicting upon
 each other over the rebilling privilege does not so much matter to people in Alabama,
 if heinz a matter outside of our sphere of influence. But Capt. w. P. Armstrong
 president of the City National bank of Selma puts the subject in light that
 makes it interesting. He says in the course of an interview in the Selma Journal: My attention has been called to an trti- cle in the Atlanta Constitution of Septem- ber 2d, stating that the Louisville and Nashville are decidedly discriminating against Atlanta and Chattanooga in favor of Nashville in the matter of rebilling, and that many brokers and wholesale mer-
 chants are in consequence moving to
 Nashville, under direct promise of the pres ident of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway of better facilities at Nashville.
 "A correspondent states that he can stand at the corner of Alabama and Pryor streets in Atltnta and can count twenty one vacant stores; also that the Chattanoo- ga wholesale trade has the dry rot " The Age-Herald is confident that Captain Armstrong is misinformed if he intends to say that Nashville is granted rebilling privileges that are refused for example, to Birmingham. Whatever advantages of that nature are granted to Nashville are, we are convinced, granted to Birmingham "a city that is highly considered by the Louisville and Nashville officials, and that | has never had reason to complain of un- just discriminations. There Is no more popular road in this section of the state than the Louisville and Nashville. It is largely interested in the development of the
 Birmingham district. It controls more
 miles of track in Jefferson county than any
 other company-more. perhaps, than all
 the rest. ., Until more evidence is furnished
 as to unjust discrimination in favor of
 Nashville and against Birmingham the
 Age-Herald declines to think that such dis
 criminations exist.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
August Bank Clearinqs.

The bank clearings in August are partic- ularly satisfactory, being 16 per cent. ago, and being nearly up to the record month of the present year. They were 9; per cent. larger than the clearings in Au. gust, 1892. year of large trade and ap- parent prosperity.
 Of the southern cities Baltimore, New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville and Augusta show less clearings in August than they showed in August of last year; but on the other hand Savannah. Richmond
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
SUBSCRIPTION BATES.
Gov. Johnston at Mobile.
Editor

-yl,.., The speech of Governor Johnston on La-
 Dor Day at the raising of a flag in Duncan 2s nt Square, Mobile, presents a platform broad S1''' enough to hold all patriots which includes,
 of course, all democrats. He urges the
 building of inter-oceanc canal an in- .snss crease of the merchant marine, the deepen- . 4 ling of channels from interior cities to the i-1r sea, and the securing of the utmost possible in'1 degree of trade He thinks that the war
 in all its various results and aspects has .1r-y given us great trade opportunities
 -.es. Governor Johnston desires to see peace sji'H established on the high plane of justice.
 ~ humanity and civilization; he even appeals --s' for generosity in the treatment of a fallen
 foe; but in the matter of trade he keeps 4sri step with the spirit and ambition of the age 1oga All the progressive nations are seeking '- trade, rather than territory, and Governor sn is Johnston expresses the hope that nothing
 will be done or left undone that will preju-- ~ dice American trade.
 Today the worlds eyes centered on 3f China, where one-half of the people of the r@n' world live. Four-fifths of this vast popiIs' hiA0 lation consumers of coarse cotton
 goods. The south not only grows the staple,
 but it turns that staple, to some extent, 9onsq into the class of goods that 400 00O0 900 of @2@- chinarnen wear. China, too, in the course ls3ns of its development, will need larger and larger quantities of iron and steel and s manufactured goods. The Chinese trade is
 in short, the great prize of the world to- '- day. and if The Age-Herald understands .A Governor Johnston alright, he wants this
 country to hold just much of the Philip
 pines as our interests, present and pros- e.li- pective, in China and the Pacific seas de- -' mand. No one can reasonably expect more sf than this. Governor Johnston and Senator H''' Morgan stand on platform. ''We have
 come. says the former, Tout of the late s.,v- conflict with honor; our navy has com j.. sn, manded the admiration of the world; our af' " soldiers have sustained the proud reputation
 of their fathers; We have the respect of the
 great nations of the earth: all these things '- conspire to give us the greatest op- siti rportunity to win still greater victories in 9l'H Dthe battles of commerce, in the contests
 for the trade of the world"
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
ATLANTA'S PREDICAMENT
n The Nashville American.


 The metropolis of the good old state of goobers and red hills having suddenly awakened to the fact that bluster, a peachtree street, and Grady's statue do not make city great nor prosperous, becomes for some incomprehensible reason angry at Nashville, and through the columns of the terrible Constitution lambasts poor Nash vile unmercifuliy. Now, Nashville has done no one any harm, as everybody knows, it does not say mean things, and has only gone along pursuing the even tenor of its way, gaining some fifty thous- and population in eight years time, ana doing the best it could.
 ..The people of Atlanta has got to do something to head off this village of Nash vile, or it will absorb Atlantas trade, and Atlanta will be left with no sustaining quality other than Peachtree street, Grady's statue and the aforesaid bluster. Thus moralizes Atlanta. There does not seem to be any fear even on the part Of the Constitution that the last-named quality will ever take its flight our wholesale trade is dying or the ory rot, says Atlanta; merchants are .. moving away; twenty-one vacant stores can pc viewed from one street, not Peachtree, however praise be to Allah ana provlncial Nashville is growing and thriving like corn after rain. They are getting new lnaus- tries in Nashville, four big enterprises with a combined capital of over million dollars have located there within the past few months, and they are reaching out for more. wholesale business is booming, and vacant stores are scarce as hen teeth; the Nashville exposition paid out dollar TOT dollar and made a statement for the whole world to see; where is our statement and how much is still owing on our show? We have not only got to take on a fresh squirt, but we have got to down Nashville" Thus solilouuized Atlanta, but Nashville spoKe naver a, word. and continued to flourish like the green bay tree.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
The OrWood Outbreak.

''' U The unexpected appearance of four cases of yellow fever at Orwood, a little town in Lafayette county, Miss, seven miles from road, remains unexplained The cases are of a mild type, and in the scattered district including no town of five hundred people, there are now about thirty-fve cases, every one of whom will probably recover
 There is very little chance of any far ,,,., ther spread of the disease Only one mixed train a day, carrying no passengers, is permitted to be run over the Illinois Gen. tral railroad, and that train does not stop at Taylor's, an infected point near Orwood lt The officials Of the marine hospital service are on the ground, and are the officers and agents of the Mississippi board of health. The district in which the fever has appeared is thinly populated. the houses be- o'Fp Ing one-half a mile apart 1t is hilly and weil-drained. There is every reason for be- lfeving that the plague will be speedily stamped out without affecting the nearby 7~ towns of Water Valley, Oxford, Holly Springs, Winona or Grenada.
 All of the present cases are directly a-' traceabe to the first four cases that arose rr4in Orwood. Where the four got the in- rs lection is wholly unknown. But all of the present cases very much isolated in detached and scattered dwellings, closely watched by both state and government off, cials, and any considerable extension of the disease is considered improbable. In point of fact it is impossible, for there are very few people in the infected district, and , none of them are permitted to come in contact with existing cases If the dis ease does not gain foot hold in Water .A Valley, the nearest considerable town, it Ss-.-s will be speedily crushed out as it was at 3s- McHenry in the lower part of the state
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
BOY THAT WENT WITH TEDDY
From the Denver Post. Only boy we ever had

from the Denver Post. Only boy we ever had, -. Him that went with Teddy, T. Tough and husky sort O lad, l.,
 Rough an always ready, Somewhat wildish in his way, IT Ruther swear, I guess, than pray, But as honest as the day,
 Always true an steady. Didn't like to see him go,
 Me an his ol' mother, lsf Both our hearts a-packin' woe, =, We could scarcely smother. Loved our boy almighty dear, I An it knocked us out O gear, | When he went an left us here
 Lone with one another. Used to set here every night,
 Me an my oI woman, Talkin' bout the way he'd fight,
 When he met the foeman. -Knowed he'd never finch a bit, 1 Knowed he wasn't built to quit, Knowed, fur sure, he'd never git,
 Back an inch fur no man. ' T Of'n fore we'd go to bed n
 could see her knee1in', An I knowed it was fur Ned l, That she was appealin', As fur me, never learned How to pray, an In me burned, Kind of an oneasy dtirned
 Guilty sort o'feelin'. When the Denver people come
 To the rench a-tellin' Bout the fight, made things hum
 Dancin' an a-yellin'! Whooped fur Teddy an the rest With the widest sort O zest, While the heart within me breast
 Was with pride a-swellin'! Rep a readin' on an on
 Whooped till mother hinted That acted like I'd gone Actually demented! Then cloud came OCT my eyes, An l, groaned In pained surprise
 On one name they'd printed. Nothin' that the neighbors said
 Could our sorrows Tighten. Every time they'd mention Ned
 Seemed the cinch'd tighten! A Only gleam O. sun that shot Through our souls with mis'r fraugh' That he died a-hghtfn'.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
BEST PAYING FURNACE ON RECORD.


 From the American Manufacturer T.
 An interesting piece of the history. of American pig iron manufacture was given a few days ago by a press writer, in giving an account of the charcoal iron industry in the Hanging Rock region. The pig iron maker of today, who has to be content with small profits, will on reading this account
 doubtless wish he had been in the, trade when a years run of the furnace meant a fortune. The records show that in Jackson county. Ohio, 22 furnaces were built tat a cost of $2 100000, and only four of these are now in operation. In the progress of trade the charcoal industry, once so large has dwindled to comparatively nothing. The furnace which has become historic was built by the Jefferson Furnace Company in 1854, and ran until 1897. For the first seven years it paid no dividends but it's subse- quent record is enough to make the modern furnace operator envious. The following. payments were made: In 1861, 10 per cent; 1862, 20 per cept; 1863, 30 per cent; 1864, 100 per cent; 1865, 150 per cent; 1866, 200 per cent; 1867, 100 per cent; 1868, 100 per cent; 1869, 100 per cent; 1870, 100 per cent; 1871, 100 per cent; 1872, 100 per cent; 1873, 100, per cent; 1874, no dividend; 165 no dividend; 1S76. no dividend; 1877, no dividend; 1878, no ;divi- | 1881, 100 per cent; 1882, 100 per cent; 1853, 70 per cent; 1884, 60 per cent; 1885, 50 per pent; 1886, 30 per cent; 1887, 20 per cent 1858, 20 per cent; 1889. 25 per cent For the last eight years, however, the furnace paid nothing e' 't-
 The furnace owner of today will seee in the foregoing record the good old days" when there was money the business. But by combination of circumstances the pig iron maker of that time seems to have been especially favored. The war made a great demand for his product as it is stated that the United States government several times offered to contract for the entire out- put of the famous Jefferson furnace. In the forty-three years of Its existence the furnace paid in dividends 1915 per cent on it's capital stock. But the introduction of the hot blast and the discovery Of the Bes- semer process practically killed the char coal iron industry. Even in it's best days the majority of the furnaces lost money for their proprietors. Hence it would seem that the average pig iron manufacturer of that time was not so much better off than the furnace owner of today, and the thoughtful reader in looking over the rec ord of the charcoal industry is apt to won der whether similar change will ever come over the trade as it is today. It looks very improbable, but this is an age when the greatest improbabiities become abso- lute facts.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06

It is not yet known whether or no that Chicago girl will meet General Merritt half way. It is most too bad to make the vet eran travel 1000 miles to get married.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06

The Hon. Thomas c. Piatt has declared for Colonel Teddy as a republican candidate for governor. Thomas knows a cyclone when he sees it coming straight out of the horizohg -qlr
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
DEWEY WILL Do THE DICTArINa

From the Baltimore News. l-A
 It Is apparently the intention of Admira Dewey to let Brer Aguinaldo whistle for il when he wants anything in Manila.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06

When the boys of the First come home their past troubles will be forgotten in the welcome they will receive.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
sPUNK NOT EVERYTHING

From the Detroit Journal.
 Castilians may boast of their spunk, But, now that their squadrons are sunk Proud Aragon's crown,
 They can't help but own, ., Is worth little. excepting for junk
The age-herald., 1898-09-06

It begins to look as if David B. Hill would carry the democratic banner in New York against Colonel Teddy. 1f
The age-herald., 1898-09-06

Marcus Aurelus Hanna was ag'in the war at the start, and now he says he likes the war as Alger waged it.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06

 Annapolis with three cadets. and construc- tor Hobson. who is regarded as theoreti- cally one of the most capable officers of his corps. became the first head One of his pupils was Cadet Powell who ran the little steam launch close under the bow of the Merrimac ur.il the big snip entered San tiago harbor on her dangerous mission. Powell is now an ensign, but he is to con tinue the course. beginning in October land when he has finished 1t he win resign his commission in the line and be. aftpbinted an assistant constructor.
 In addition to the class of three men now under orders to report at the academy in September will be three other cadets who were assigned today by the navy depart ment for the full course. These are: Cadet John Ha1ligan, Jr., of Massachusetts; Ca- det Henry Williams of Maryland and Ca- det William C.. Watts of Pennsylvania. These young men are to be required to take the full coiirse, covering three years, and each Is assured of a commission as assistant constructor on graduating finally. Naval Constructor Hobson will. probably have an , assistant to shep him instruct the class. The last cadets educated abroad returned home prior to the war and are 5noy con structors t.,-
The age-herald., 1898-09-06

The Hon. MT. Hanna says the war depart Inent did not do 1t. This is not verdict that ,,,1, sotisfv fba naonle
The age-herald., 1898-09-06

The blockhouses in Cuba can become the ploughshares of the period by filling them with school children.
The age-herald., 1898-09-06

The latest news from the Colon is un- favorable The tropical hurricanes have supplemented the work of Schley's guns
The age-herald., 1898-09-06
NO CHARITY FUNDS WANTED .nrn tha shafi1e1d Reaner

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 The flower strata" of Alabama has to< much self-respect to boast of the expendi turs of charity school funds!