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The age-herald., 1898-08-23
The Alabama Schools.

Superintendent Turner's report in rela- tion to the state normal schools during the scholastic year 1s97-9S is a gratifying ex- hibit in many respects, and MT. Turner takes special pride in the work done by the Girls Industrial School at Montevallo. The eight normal schools of the state are reasonably prosperous and efficient. The enrolment in the five white schools was 164O, and 72 tachers were employed. In the three colored schools the enrolment was 2,S13, and the number of teachers employ ed was 14S. The excess of colored teachers is largely explained by the number in the Tuskegee school, who are largely main tained by donations from other sections of the country.
 Beyond all question the eight normal are doing good work, and MT. Turner's words of commendation are not unwar- ranted; but the entire enrolment of the seventeen schools is only 6,0)0. The 6,C0O young people of the state are well cared for in an educational sense; but what of the hundreds of thousands of children who are not included in the enrolment of the seventeen schools? What are their educa- tional opportunities? Are the greater number treated fairly and justly? Is the greater number of boys and girls in the state as she is caring for the 5000?
 MT. Turner's report shows that there is expended for the maintenance of the schools $1,050, ,S3108 and of this amount $651 561.64 goes to the public schools. In round figures the 6.OOO girls and boys get the benefit of $4OO O0O, and the hundreds of thousands of other bright-eyed boys and girls in the state get the benefit of only s6oo 900! There is vast disproportion of appropriation here, for which MT. Turner certainly is not at fault, and for which only the people and their legislative repre- sentatives should be held responsible
 The Age-Herald has no desire to appeal to demagogism of any sort; but it does desire to say in all frankness that the poorer boys and girls of the state-those who must be educated near their homes, If at all-are not treated in fair and juet manner. The appropriation for the public schools should be increased, not in small way, but in Q way that will give at least six months tuition in every locality, and the system should at the same time be reformed in accordance with the recom- mendations of the committee of thirty three, so that the money appropriated will not be wasted
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
GEN. LEES LITTLE JOKE

From the Boston Transcript.
 No on has heard that Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has been put in any dungeon at Washing ton for answering with a joke the war de- partment official notification to him that the war was over. Perhaps General Lee is the only man in the service who could safely jest with the United States govern- ment on so formal an occasion. General Lee has certainly earned the right to shy a small brick of satire at Washington. He was designated by common consent to be hero of the war, the avenger of the wrongs of Cuba, the humber of the naughty Castiian, the perfect Paladin of American chivaIry. So he was sent, first, to the Tampa Bay Hotel. to sit in the cen- ter of group of Cuban girls, and then he was packed off to another first-class-or nearly so-hotel in Jacksonville, to fan himself there through the sweet Floridian summer days. Meanwhile another south- erner, General Wheeler was distinguishing himself in actual campaigning in Cuba. General Lee was consoled with the implied promise of commanding a campaign which everybody knew was never coming off General Lee teIegraphed to Washington that his corps had ceased firing, and everybody smiled amiably. i
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MvsTERING OUT AT THE TOP

Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 The politics with which Secretary Alger has injected his plan of disbanding the volunteer army was of the characteristic Alger sort known as Algerism. He marked off to be sent home such troops as had a strong political pull" The president, however did not approve of this particular form of Algerism, and took the me tier into his own hands, going far as to revise the list of the secretary of war in accord ance w .eh economy and the best interests of the country as Ager would have had it, in harmony with the best interests of Alger and his political friends. The presi- dent properly directed that the independ- ent commands shall be first mustered out and after them the cavalry and artillery of the volunteers, as these latter are the most costly to maintain. Why does not the president improve upon this admirable policy by promptly mastering out the most incompetent inefficient and politically mis- chievous secretary of war that the country has ever known? The person who makes public private correspondence to gratify personal piuue is scarcely fit to hold post of honor among men of honor. The president should muster him out in respect of his own dignity, with regard for the welfare of the army and in recognition Of that indignant public sentiment which Sec retary Alger's sins of commission and omission has evoked from Maine to New Mexico.
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without being coupled with an adjective calculated to create the impression that he has been in this world an unreasonably long time "Old Joe Wheeler" "the old general" "the gallant old soldier"-these are all expressions of fondness, but they are also indications of advanced age, and. are calculated to produce the impression that the general is the oldest of leaders of the army of the United States. A
 The impression may have been conveyed in several ways. General Wheeler was lieutenant general a third of a century ago, and this would naturally lead one to believe that he ought to be very old man now. It is generally known that General Wheeler does what he ought to do, and it is natural to suppose that he is what he ought to be. Then General Wheeler's tree climbing proclivities seem to have inten- sifed the idea of his age instead of remov- ing 1t.
 However the impression may have origi- mated, it is not correct. No one refers to General Shafter "old General Shafter," and yet he was getting ready to learn how to walk when General Wheeler first saw the light. Generals Graham and Coppin- ger were toddling around, and unless back ward, were talking before General Wheeler was born Generals Staunton and Merritt are General Wheelers seniors, and yet no one feIerS 10 them as 'Old OeIeiai otauh ton "od General Merritt" General Lee-we will not tell about General Lee, for he is too near at hand, but would 1t not sound absurd to hear him called "old General Lee?'
 General Wheeler was a lieutenant gem eral third of a century ago, but then 1t must be remembered that he was lieu- tenant general before he was 28 years old Many men are almost at their prime at his age, and he seems to be one of them. He will yet climb many trees. whip many en- emies of his country, serve many years in the house or go higher, as the occasion may demand
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The Ladrones

Few men work.
 Discovered in 1521.
 Pure water abounds
 A chain of volcanic islands
 Spain took possession in 1868.
 Mountains range from LOGO to 5000 feet.
 Eight thousand five hundred inhabitants.
 Chief products cocoanut and bread-fruit
 The account given by Dampier of the remarkable bread-fruit tree follows: "A certain fruit called the bread-fruit, grow ing on a tree as big as our large apple trees, with dark leaves. The fruit is round and grows on the boughs, like apples of the bigness of a good penny loaf. When ripe it turns yellow, soft and sweet; but the natives take it green and bake 1t in an oven till the rind is black. This they scrape off and eat the inside which is soft and white, like the inside of new-baked bread, having neither seed nor stone; but if 1t is kept above twenty-four hours it is harsh. As this fruit is in season eight months in the year, the natives feed upon no other sort of bread during that time
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
GRAY HAIRS AND WISDOM
From the Anoka Union.


 Hardly a week passes over my shiny head, but what some one-and 1t isn't con- fined to the sterner sex, efther-approaches me and wants me to give somebody or something particular fits, but when ask them to do it themselves, and sign their names to the articles, they either leave my society or squeal. Perfectly willing that l should get into hot water, but not they. Perfectly willing that l shall make an en- emy, but not they. Perfectly willing that all the loss, all the disagreeable features, all the odium. shall be borne by me, so long as they do not figure in the mess. But I'm getting wise in my old age, and can't be caught -as easy as I once could.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
The War Lessons,

Two military lessons certainly are well taught in the war, both involving val uable lives as well as valuable interests; and if these two lessons are permanently impressed upon the republic in the con- duct of it's future wars no one can say this war has been without valuable results.
 The first relates to the procuring ham, ding, forwarding and distribution of SUD- plies. Rich as this nation was, and un- critical as the war was, and conducted as it was at home amid an abundance of supplies, yet there was suffering from the beginning of the war to the end of it's activities because of the manner in which supplies of various sorts were handled. We do not refer to actual robberies of public property, or to glaring frauds in will perhaps be investigated by congress. But we refer to the incompetency shown in the handling of supplies. The political commissaries and quartermasters were failures. They were almost to a man ob- structions. The lesson plainly is, all com HlSsarleS ana QuartefndSterS aDOVe the regimental size should be taken from the regular army. The regular army should know that the task will fall upon it, and the bosses should be told that hereafter no heeler need expect reward in duties that involve American lives. If this war shall teach this lesson. 1t will be worth all it has cost. If the political commissary and quartermaster shall be by it abolished, one-half the horrors of the present war will never be repeated.
 The other lesson relates to the head of the war department. It should no longer be a political appointment in the usual secse of that term The countrys war minister should be a man who knows how war should be conducted in its every branch. He should be taken from the regular army. He should be man whom the nation had trained for the dreadful task of making war. He should be man who knows not only how to make war effectively, but also one who knows to the utmost how to help and to save the lives of his own men. Secretary Alger is glar- ing example of what a war secretary should not be. Going into office by virtue
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A PRAYER

s. Weir Mitchell in Harper's Weekly
 And in the majesty ride prosperousy, because of truth and meekness and right- eousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.-Psaim xiv. Almighty God! eternal source
 Of every arm we dare to wieid, Be Thine the thanks, as Thine the force.
 On reeling deck or stricken field The thunder of the battle hour Is but the whisper of Thy power. i
 All hearts upon the vict<r deck, When high above the battles shroud i,
 The white flag futter OCT the wreck, And Thine the hand that checked the cheeA In that wild hour of death and fear. o Lord of Love! be Thine the grace
 To teach, amid the wrath of war, Sweet pity for a humbled race,
 Some thought of those in lands afar, Where sad-eyed women vainly yearn For those who never shall return. II Great Master of earth's might school
 Whose children are of every land, Inform with love our alien rule.
 And stay us with Thy warning hand If, tempted by imperial greed. s We in Thy watchful eyes exceed- That, in the days to come, O Lord!
 When we ourselves have passed away, And all are gone who drew the sword,
 The children of our breed may say, These were our sires who, doubly great Could strike yet spare the fallen state.
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In Manila
Many excellent bands.
 Six thousand Europeans.

Many excellent bands.
 Six thousand Europeans.
 Man-eaters will attack natives who ride down into the sea on horseback to bathe their animals and nip off leg if they have half chance. A a rule, though the na- tives meet the man-eaters half way, and will dive in and rip the flesh open with a knife.
 All women are brunettes.
 Nobody hurries or worries.
 Men wear white duck suits.
 The Cathedral cost S1 100000.
 Four hundred thousand Chinese.
 Natives have 129 holidays a year.
 The witch doctor is a demi-god among the Malays. Time is reckoned by the sun and moon, as in China. A man is allowed but one wife in some tribes, but in other tribes a man may have any number of wives he desires, and the women are look ed upon as mere chattels.
 Children in school an hour day.
 Clerks earn s2, 900 to s5,0C0 a year.
 The most expert tattooist in the world.
 Clerks work from daylight till noon, rest for two or three hours and then work till o'clock.
 By the law of the islands everybody is Catholic. No other church service of any kind are allowed.
 Morality is at low ebb among the Ka- nakas. Away from the towns the Ka- naka women wear nothing but the rings in their noses and the cowry shells hang ing from their ears. They do not know there Is such virtue as chastity
 It is good sport watching the natives from the tobacco factories bathing after the days work is over. Four or five thou sand of them in together-men, women and children-in the merriest confusion, play ing all sorts of pranks on one another and no end of games, all in their birthday suits.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
JOE wHmELER's GOOD SENSE

From the Troy Messenger.
 And they tried to boost Joe Wheeler into opposing Morgan for the senate But this grand little fellow, the hero of two wars and many conflicts, replied that Joe Wheeler would never oppose Morgan, the grandest man in the senate. Wheeler has more sense and respct than to let greed for office make him oppose Morgan, who Is probably Americas greatest statesman If Morgan retires then Wheeler will be made senator, but otherwise he does not desire the toga
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In the Philippines

No brooms.
 No hats worn.
 No knives or forks. Girls marry at fifteen. They sleep at midday. Horses are a curiosity. More women than men, Cattle as small as goats. Manila enjoys electricity. Rice is the chief product. Natives bathe thrice daily. Dewey had a rabbits foot Manila was founded in 1571 We buy half Manila's hemp. Manila has 100000 inhabitants. Cocoanut oil is an illuminant. The grasshopper is a delicacy. Orchids command $1.0OO apiece. Annual cigar output. TAO ,000 900. Laborers earn ten cents a day. Buffalos are used for blowing Cigarmakers earn s6 to $10 a month. Cigar factories employ 21 900 women Bellies smoke cigars and chew betels. Weyier was governor for four years. A yard of cloth is the robe of the poor Macadamized streets; tin-roofed houses
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Neiqhborhood News.

Two papers of this state invariably con- tain excellent reports of neighborhood news, namely, the Talladega Mountain Home and the Athens Democrat. Each "covers" every portion of its county. Other papers in the state gather in handsome style neighborhood news, but perhaps no other papers in the state make such news a prominent and leading feature of each weeks issue. When the Democrat or Mountain Home is published, the subscrib- CT for either has before him letter from every beat in the county. Every occur arranged and presented. The editor of either paper lets the world at large and the nation in particular, regulate itself, if he can thereby reserve space enough for the news of his county. He is not hap py unless when ''he goes to press," he has news from every beat in the county, and every detached and independent center or locality in the beat
 Once year the correspondents in each case are summoned to a picnic; and last week at Piney Chapel in Limestone county the correspondents of the Democrat and all their friends met to the number of TOO, at the invitation of the editor of the Demo- crat He welcomed them in a few timely words, and then there was a more formal address, and then there was spread near the old familiar church, and then the cor respondents, twenty-one in number came together in a group before a camera. and then 1t was voted that no paper in the state had a finer looking corps of corres- pondents. This concluded the formalities of the occasion, and the rest of the day was devoted to enjoyment and pleasure seeking and love making and the like. The fact came out during the day that a ma jority of the correspondents are of the gentler sex, all young and pretty, while among the male correspondents is one vet eran of sixty years, and even one of the tender age of ten. All went home happy, but none quite equalled in that respect the young man who cleverly conducts the Democrat week in and week out, through storm and sunshine, the editor himself.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
ALARAMA's SCHOOL LAWS

From the Piedmont InquiSer.
 The public school system ai Alabama is admitted on all hands to bs' inadequate to the demands of popular education. The new system that has been so carefully elaborated by the Alabama Set ool associa- ton will no doubt if adopted by the state, go very far toward bringing Alabama into line with the most advanced stal<s in edu- cational matters.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23
FACTS ABOUT OUR
 NEW POSSESSIONS
In Santisg go de Cuba

From the Philadelphia Record. One theater.
 Twenty lepers.
 Three hospitals.
 Founded in 1514.
 Fifty thousand inhabitants. Rich iron and copper mines. One-third of the inhabitants are white. The hours for transacting business in Santiago usually are before a. m and after D. m., on account of the heat of the middle of the day.
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Spain in thinking over it, should eongraE ulate herself that General Joe Wheeler and when they were in the thick of the fray. She got off comparatively easy.
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The people, irrespective of party, sup ported the president and the war is over, and no issue can be based on it in the com ing or any other election
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ALABAMA,s YOUNG GENERAL

From the JacksonVille Times Union
 In some way or other the newspaper correspondents with the army in Cuba have become impressed with the idea that General Wheeler is quite an old man. His name is never mentioned in the papers
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Private John Aliens war record is still good enough to return him steadily to con- gress. But in the capacity of ex-private-he has lonely experience now and then.
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When any one says the times are not getting better let him be asked to study the advancing prices of iron and billets. Iron and steel are true barometers.
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Uncle sam's new Pacific sea islands. The time and weather of the Philippines must, of course, have due attention. -a
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KEEP EVERY ONE oF THEW

From the Seattle Times.
 We say, Keep the whole shooting match'-Ladrones. Porto Rico Philippines and all-and not give up a single one
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THERE WAS NO HITCH

From the Washington Post.
 We infer from the result that Adsnira Dewey's soap reached him in time to bt of service.
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When the Hobsonized Miss Arnold goes on the stage all the cities Will await her coming except Chicago.
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General Blanco is using his expiring powers in shutting all newspaper men ou' of Havana.
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When Birminghams great peace festival is held Cuba will be in American hanus' part of the great republic.
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When Birmingham's peace festival is held country merchants will come to Aiabama's with pockets filled with cotton money will move on the city by divisions,
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Three consecutive secretaries of state from Ohio is pretty good record, even TOT Ohio.
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Senator Hanna has a great deal to say about the administrators war record, but he is significantly silent as to his own war record.
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Bidders are wanted for the Vesuvius. Her cough cannot in peace times be utilized.
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General Shafter is as good shot as he is a loag-dis -ance target.
The age-herald., 1898-08-23

The battle of Manila is history of the lafg- est proportions and consequences.
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Tte musterirg out process is more com plicated than the mastering in was
The age-herald., 1898-08-23

President McKinley's back bends under the strain of the Alger load. It may break
The age-herald., 1898-08-23

Among the grave problems of the day is the application of standard time to
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General Miles is in no hurry to leave Porto Rico.
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Montauk Point is the only shore resort we'll supplied with eligible young men.
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The boom in business begins to be appre- ciably felt in Greater Birmingham.
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Gomez and Mark Hanna are the lost twins.
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Alger is, after all, the political issue of this fall.
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of course. have due attention. spain in thinking over it. should eongrat- ulate herself that General Joe Wheeler and Captain Clark of the oregon were both-ill- when they were in the thick of the fray. She got off comparatively easy.
 Private John Aliens war record is still good enough to return him steadily to con- gress. But in the capacity of ex-private-h he has a lonely experience now and then. When any one says the times are not getting better, let him be asked to study the advancing prices of iron and billets. Iron and steel are true barometers.
 The people, irrespective of party, sup ported the president, and the war is over, and no issue can be based on it in the com ing or any other election.
 Senator Hanna has a great deal to say about the administrators war record, but he is significantly silent as to his own war record.
 When Birmingham's great peace festival | is held Cuba will be in American hands, | part of the great republic. When the Hobsonized Miss Arnold goes on the stage all the cities will await her coming except Chicago. General Blanco is using his expiring
 
 of Havana.
 Three consecutive secretaries of state from Ohio is pretty good record, even for Ohio.
 Bidders are wanted for the Vesuvius. Her cough cannot in peace times be utilized. Montauk Point is the only shore resort well supplied with eligible young men. President McKinleys back bends under the strain of the Alger load. It may break. The boom in business begins to be appre- ciably felt in Greater Birmingham.
 The battle of Manila is history of the larg- est proportions and consequences. Tte mastering out process is more com plicated than the mastering in was. 
 General Shafter is good shot as he is a loag-dis .ance target General Miles is in no hurry to leave Porto Rico. Gomez and Mark Hanna are the lost twins.
 Alger is, after all, the political issue of this fall.