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The age-herald., 1898-08-11
Cotton in a Critical Condition.

The excessive fall of moisture is creating great damage to the growing crop of cotton in a wide section of the cotton belt. In Georgia reports from every county, pulp lished yesterday, show that weeds are springing up causing root rot and imped shedding are freely reported in every sec tion of the state. The wet weather also interferes with fodder pulling and blowing, and altogether the prospects of two weeks ago have been lessened, and the outlook is one of anxiety instead of expectation.
 In this state the cotton crop, which stood in fine condition ten days ago, is now af- ficted with boil worms and with rust. Au- gust is the cotton-making month, and if the rains continue to fall almost daily, as they have fallen thus far this month the extent of the damage to the crop will be very se- rious. It is already considerable.
 Fortunatedy, the corn crop of this state is made" and it is an excellent crop perhaps the best the state has ever known on like number of acres. The pea crop is very promising, and the farmer that has a good pea crop is farmer who is fore handed and well-circumstanced. His stock will. not suffer. The rains are not detri- mental to potatoes of any sort, and a large crop of sweet potatoes will be raised in the state. The crop is beyond material dam age from dry weather.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
Peacock came back.
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MOBILE

From the Chicago Chronicle
 The Alger- Roosevelt unpleasantness now being ventilated through the press dates back to the weary and costly delay in sail ing of the Shafter expedition to Cuba. Roosevelt chafed over this delay, which was caused by a total lack of business quartermasters to handle and ship army supplies for this expedition. This condition of affairs was intensified on the arrival of the transports at Cuba, where the delay in promptly unloading the munitions of war and supplies caused disasters and un- speakable suffering to the army.
 Roosevelt is born soldier, as he is gentleman. His recent frank, honest com munication to Alger was designed as pri- yate and confidential; that Alger should thus give it publicity shows, to say the least. breach of faith and breeding.
 Secretary Alger has made serious blum ders in the management of his department none more notable than several of his camp sites. Take, for instance, his re- moyal of soldiers from healthy camp site at Mobile, Ala, to Miami, FOG weary miles by rail, during the warmest season of the year. when these same troops couio have been shipped from Mobile olrec. py water to Cuba It is sad to think of the noor fellows who have missed heroic deaths in battle tiius dumped at Miami to ....,4 and die of disease having its origin Tn the filth water and malaria of that bad camp Heaven knows the Atlantic anu Gulf states in this fair land offer abund- ant camp sites for health and comfort of troops. without placing them in pest-holes. even if controlled by business friends or Mir Alger,
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
SOUTHERN COUNTRY SENATOR'S

From the New York Sun.
 Many of the United States senators from southern states come from small towns, the policy in many parts of the south being to recognize country rather than city statesmen Neither of the representatives of Texas is from Galveston; neither Of the representatives from Georgia is from At lanta; neither of the senators from Ala bama is from Mobile; neither of the sena- tors from North Carolina is from Raleigh; neither of the senators from South Caro- lima is from Charleston; neither of the senators from Virginia is from Richmond; 1; neither of the senators from Kentucky IS from Louisville; neither of the senator's from West Virginia is from Wheeling, and neither of the senators from Missouri IS from St. Louis. Some of the towns repre- scented are Marietta, Ga.; Bennettsville, $. C.; Tyler Tex; Scottsville, Va. Mar shall N. C., and Marion, Ky. Tennessee is the only southern state whose two sena- toi represent the two chief cities
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
pEpEw FINDS HOW TO MAKE FRIEND

From the Sdi'
 Not long ago the editor of New York magazine called upon Chauncey M. Depew to contribute to his magazine.
 My magazine, Doctor Depew," he said, '.has three hundred thousand readers. By addressing them you will gain one hundred thousand friends, all of whom will some day vote for you for the presidency"
 twill they?" asked Depew, abruptly.
 q am convinced of it, said the editor.
 Depew took letter from one of the drawers of his desk and said: Well, just read this:"
 Honorable Chauncey M. Depew-Dear Sir: If you will stop cackling for awhile, and give the country rest on the thousand and one subjects that seem to be your speciality yours truly. will not only be very thankful to you, but will, of his own accord, blow your trumpet whenever the necessity for doing so arises. Yours re- spectfully, JOSHUA 5. R.--.
 Charleston, s. c.
 "Ths advice" said the learned doctor. "seemed to me sound, though at first trhe hard to digest. I have concluded to accustom my system to 1t.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
The Cotton, Mills Again.

The wreckers are at work up north" They assume that the .,"Rtton industry of New England is So, and they are trying to carry it of 4s-tbey can. in pieces If they mre-.| 1he BuffaAo paSss,s got into thAsesfd early, ahd they proceeded -t~---carryAen paper-all the mills of Fall River and Lowell and Lewiston and a cataract at Niagara, where all would be able ''to hold their trade against the in- roads made by the manufacturers of the south"
 This was considered pretty good offer despite high freight rates from the south to Niagara and from Niagara to the va rous parts of the country, until Pittsburg put in a bed for the entire New England outfit. Pittsburg wants all or none. Her bid includes cheap fuel, and free transpor- tation on empty coal barges of the raw material from the south, and also free transportation on the coal barges down the river. But barge transportation does not prove to be enticinL. and no mills have been removed to Pittsburg. However, Pittsburg's opportunity is fully as good as Niagara Falls; it is neck and neck be- tween them.
 After while they will come to see that neither turbines and electricity at Niagara Falls nor barges and cheap fuel at Pitts burg will win. They will see that cotton goods manufactured on the spot of it's growth without, if possible, the interven- tion of the bale, can undersell cotton goods made anywhere else in the worlds wide circuit. The advantages of manufacturing in the south, even without the) elimination of the bale, are so great that long-contin- ued competition elsewhere is impossible. The mills are steadily coming to the cot ton, and all the schemes of all the Niagara Falls and Pittsburgs in the land cannot change the course of events now well in- augurated and progressed In five more years all will see what experts have long seen The tendency of southern mills Is, however, to dispersion and not to concen- tratlon, and there may never be Fall River in the south.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
THE SQUASH MARKET FIRM
n, tho philadelnhia Herald.

From the Philadelphia Herald.
 This story is told on a countryman from Tennessee One day about o'clock a. m., he passed through the streets yelling at the top of his voice, and waking all late risers: "Squashes! Squashes Squashes for saler A gentleman went up to his wagon and, much to his surprise found only sixteen squashes.
 What will you take for them?' the gen tleman asked. "F'ive cents apiece" replied the huckster. "I'll give you 75 cents for all of them," said the gentleman ..stranger, I hev brought them air sixteen curshaws fur fo' teen mile," answered the man of squashes. "Pll hev to go fotecn mile back; the hull trip'1 take nigh onter two days; I'll hev to feed my or mar an eff I sell them air vegetables at 80 cents rll make 10 cents. No, 'tain't much, but I'd walk thet many mile for 10 cents; money ain't picked off trees."
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
THE sPELLIN' BEE AT ANGELS

By Bret Harte. "For instance take some simple word,"
 sez be- Hike 'separate;' Now who can spell it?" Dog my skin CT
 thar was one in eight! This set the boys all wild at once. The
 chairs was put in row, And at the head was Lanky Jim, and at
 the foot Was Joe And high upon the bar itself the schooi-
 master was raised. And the barkeep put his glasses oowh' anu
 sat and silent gazed. Oh. little kids, my pretty kids. twas touch-
 in to survey These bearded men, with Weppings on, Hke
 schoolboys at their play. They'd laugh with glee and shout to- see
 each other lead the van, And Bob sat up as monitor with cue TOT
 rattan, Till the chair gave out "incinerate," and
 Brown said he'd be durned If any such blamed word as that in school
 was ever learned. When "phthisis'' came they all sprang up
 and vowed the man who rung Another blamed Greek word on them be
 taken out and hung. As they sat down again I saw in Bilson's
 eye a flash, And Brown of Calayeras was a-twistin ms
 mustache.
 'gnciss'' and Bison took his chalr, He dropped some casual words about some
 folks who dyed their hair. An .--4 the chair grew very white, and
 the chair said he'd adjourn, But Poker Dick remarked that he would
 wait and get his turn; Then with tremblin' voice and hand,
 and with wandern eye. The chair next offered "eider-duck," and
 Dick began with q, Ant1 Ellison smdIed-then Biison shrieked!
 Just how the fight begun I never knowed, for Bilsoh dropped, and
 Dick. he moved up one.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

and chizel. She proceeded to open the boxes, and to each man she carried pair of pajamas. The worst of it was she had 10 show them how to put them on and In has done most effectual work. Miss Miles knows the story of every wounded man and has written them more than once for the invafids who were unable to write them- selves, to their wives and sometimes to their sweethearts. The men in the wounded ward call Miss Miles the angel of the hospital. and a few of the devout ones have named the mother, the Madonna.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
The Ieffersonian Sentiment.

The democrats of Wyoming and Texas publicans to steal the policy that had un- der democratic auspices quadrupled the size of the country. They decided that what Jefferson and Madison and Polk did was good enough for them, and they denounced in emphatic terms the policy of isolation. They did not make new proposition in any respect whatever when they advocted the annexation of the West Indian islands; they simply reaffirmed a policy that, in demo- cratic hands, has made this country great and glorious. The expansion policy is dem- ocratic policy, and has been ever since it's bold inauguration by Thomas Jefferson in 1SO3
 The Missouri democrats, now in session at Springfield, will discuss the question: and The Age-Herald will be disappointed if the democrats of that state do not prefer the policy of the fathers of the party to the inane and pew fangled policy of MT. Bailey and Chairman Jones. The most potential democrat in the state, ex-Governor Stone unhesitatingly antagonizes the anti-annex- alton programme. He believes that the Bailey policy of Isolation invites defeat at the polls, and he asks the democrats of Missouri to stand by a poncy that is at once American and historically democratic, and strongly entrenched in the hearts of the people.
 It is very plain that those leaders who
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
COULD BEAT THEM ALL

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 General Wheeler's latest victory was achieved in his absence. It happened In Decatur yesterday when the democratic congressional committee of the Eighth dis trict ordered straight primary in every county of the district. That settles the question in advance and by large ma- iority. General Wheeler will continue to represent an Alabama district in congress If there was an at large district Tor the whole union he could beat any man In America for the position.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
A HANNA MONUMENT
From the Omaha world-Herald.

The Akron (O) Democrat proposes monument to Mark Hanna because his pa- triotism led him into selling the govern ment his private yacht at price about five times larger than it's original cost. We suggest that if the monument Is built it be constructed of brick from Hanna's gall. Such a monument would tower to the skies and last forever.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

The Humboldt, Kan, Herald thus an- nounces a home event: MT. F. A. Mc- Carty Chats us) and Miss Mamie Fisher Chats more of us) were united in mar riage Wednesday, July 27, at 10 a. m. The ceremony Was followed by sumptuous repast, which we have only faint recol- lection of.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

..Imbued with the spirit of true patriot ism," says the Colorado Herald, the girls of this town have decided to boycott French goods, and henceforth will wear only straight Ameriean-built socks." Such to the unfrequented prairies of the far west.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
The Mother

From the Chicago News.
 Mrs. Crowley-How does it feel to be the mother of a countess?
 Mrs. Scaddsleigh-H seems immense as long as you are in this country; but, some how, I can't help thinking that the old family servants are giving me an all-round iosh when I'm over visiting Sadie
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
Vague in His History

From the Detroit Free Press
 "What weapon did Samson use in slayR ing the Philistines?" asked the Sunday school superintendent during the general exercises.
 '1ae-he didn't use pone." puttered li> tie red-headed urchin on the back row o4 seats. "He didn't git into de scrap ttl dey was all sunk"
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

u Hung Chang is in office again. This is plain for no one but he knows how to keep the lion and bear at outs in China. While they quarrel, China governs.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

The course of the immune regiments is country An immune at home should be an immune away from home. It is so nom- mated in the bond.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

The censorship has been re-established at. Santiago. The war department. as at present conducted, cannot get along com fortably without it.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

Ex-President Harrison is mentioned as a peace commissioner He is an American who can neither be purchased nor over persuaded.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

Even wayfarer can see that the coun- try does not want ex-Senator Edmunds services as a peace commissioner.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
HIS STRONG POINT

From the Chicago Record.
 MT Bailey of Texas might offer his serv- ices as quarantine hospital and point to his splendid isolation as evidence of his qualification.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

Peacock, the toppy steed of which all Birmingham was proud, was forced to re- turn without the glories of the battlefield.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

Secretary Alger can round out his record by a defense of his favorite Springfield rifles and black powder
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

Expansion sentiment is steadily expand ing in the American breast.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

Spanish corks come to us with an Eng fish middlemans profits adbed to the price,
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

Teddy Roosevelt stands high both as a writer and as fighter.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says Hobson is a commander of smacks as well as of warshps.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

Secretary Alger should push his candi- dacy for retirement into private life.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

A comprehensive eealing station is all we want in the Philippines-the more com prehensive the better
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

Short as the Spanish whr has been, it has already lasted longeE than the Ital-
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

ian war of 1859 or the Prussian-Austrian war of 1866.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11
China is the worlds battlefield.

Colonel Roosevelt is a rough writer also
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

Spain has accepted the four original propositions of this country as a basis for the preparation of final treaty of peace. These four propositions are:
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

 ian war of 1859 or the Prussian-Austrian war of 1S66
 The censorship has been re-establshed at Santiago. The war department. as at present conducted, cannot get along com fortably without it.
 | Ex-President Harrison is mentioned as a peace commissioner. He is an American who can neither be purchased nor over persuaded.
 ---------- Peacock, the toppy steed of which all Birmingham was proud. was forced to re- turn without the glories of the battlefield.  Even wayfarer can see that the coun- try does not want ex-Senator Edmunds services as a peace commissioner. Secretary Alger can round out his record by defense of his favorite Springfield rifles and black powder.
  A comprehensive eealing station Is all we want in the Philippines-the more com prehensive the better. The St. Louis Post Dispatch says Hobson is a commander of smacks as well as of warships
 - Secretary Alger should push his candi- dacy for retirement into private life Teddy Roosevelt stands high both as a writer and as fighter. Expansion sentiment is steadily expand ing in the American breast. Colonel Roosevelt is a rough writer also.
  China is the worlds battlefield Peacock came back.
The age-herald., 1898-08-11

I recently spent day at Old Point, and was surprised to find the wife and daughter of General Miles, the head of the army, in- stalled as head nurses in the hospital. The doctors told me that they were doing most effectual work. They have very much the same method of proceeding as General Miles himself, as illustrated in Tampa, when he took a guard of men and broke open the cars without waiting for receipts and bills of lading.
 There is as much red tape about gov ernment hospital as there is about the war department. For instance, the good women of this country have for once happehed upoh a sensible craze, that of making pajamas for the wounded and sick. There were Ave or ten boxes of them stored away in the cellar of the hospital at Old Point, and 1t had never occurred to any one to go through the long routine required to get them out. So the sick cont1nued@fo @fo lie in blankets or wrapped in sheets. When Mrs. Miles heard of the pajamas she took mat ters in her own hands, likewise>a hammer
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30

Rumors which Il Is impossible 10
disregard are in circulation IN Pekin
10 the effect that the empress dowagcr
OF China has recovered her ascendency
over the emperor, who is now practf
cally in state of tntelae..
George 4. Steinway, sou OF the Late
William steinway, and a member OF
the piano firm OF Steinvay 4 Sons
died at sea on board the steamship
Statendam, on the 18th, aged 81 years
An elaborate programme has been
prepared for the celebration OF IN,
proposed peace jubilee IN Philadet
phia.
Gen. Miller. now in command al
San Francisco. will command the re-
Inducements ordered to Manila. Bat
teries 4 and ID, of the California artil'
lerv. will go with the expedition.
John Donnhue, San Francisco grip
man. found a purse containing s6l.oo,
in money and drafts, and returned II
TO the owner. George Mu.ligan, a re
turned klondiker.
over $1,000 head of cattle were re-
wards on the GOTTA local record
/ breaker.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30
ANDREW JUDsoN WHITE.
Death Of the Distin guishcd American In
London Yesterday Was Prominent
In Businesss Circles.

London, Sept. 24.-Andrew Judson
White. of New York. died of paralysis
yesterday in this city.
Andrew Judson White. who died IN
London. yesterday. had for many
years been identified with the whole
sale drug business. lie was also the
president and one of the founders OF
the Yost Typewriter Co. and a direc-
,or and large stakeholder in the Union
Typewriter Co. into which many OF
the leading typewriter companies were
merged several years ago. In 1924.
Mr.. White endowed a dormitory AZ
Yale university. which was named fol
him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30
YELLOW FEVER IN HAVANA.
Forty-Three Cases of the Most Dangerous
Type Among 5000 Patients In the
Havana Hospitals.

New York. Sept. 24.-A dispatch 70
the World from Havana says:
OF 5000 ps-ients in Havana hospit.
ais, 40 are SUFFERING from yellow fever
OF tie most dangerous type. the deaths
averaging three a day in the hospitals.
The number of eases outside of the
hospital is unknown. hut 1.263 persons
have died since September ]. 425 81
them from fcvcrs Of various kinds.
Twenty-Five deaths from yellow fever
have been officially reported.
The reports of cases Of yellow fever
among foreigners show that American,
British and French subjects have been
attacked. Two members of the crew
Of the French gunboat Fulton are
among the v;c:...s
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30
The Foreign mbassa doris.

Washington, Sept. 24.-With the de
parture of VI. Gambon. the ambassa
doris of France, Germany and Italy
will he abroad. leaving only Grea
Britain and Russia with their ambas
sailors in Washington. This exodus
toward Europe at the time Of the
meeting of the peace commission al
Paris has given reports that there wal
some significance in the trips. al.
though IL is said nj the several cmbas
sizes that no political considerations
are involved. Count Cassini. the Rus
sian ambassador, will return this weeh
from an extended summer vacation
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30
Plenty OF Natural Gas.

Kokomo, Ind. Sept. 25--State Nat
ursl Gas Supervisor J. G Leach. of this
city. says that the Indiana natural
gas field begins the winter in excellent
condition and that no shortage Is eN-
pected. His constant personal eN-
animation cf the gas territory leads
him to believe that the supply is
abundant and sufficient for all pur-
poses, and that If the production be
limited the cause can be found IN local
companies neglecting 20 keep their
plants in good condition
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30
Winnie Davis Funeral.

Richmond. Va. Sept 24.-Thc funer-
al train bearing the remains Of H'ss
Winnie Davis arrived here. and was
met at the depot by Lee Camp. Confed-
crate veterans. There was large
crowd at the depot. The remains Mere
escorted TO 81. Paurs church by the
camp. where the funeral took place ~
the afternoon. There is no change ~
the programme as announced th's
morning. The weather was fair. ana
there was general outpouring Of the
people. There are many distinguishes
visitors in the city TO attend the iun'
eral.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30

Munc.e. Ind. Sept. 23.-Mayor Tuhey
found Abe Peele guilty Of entering
Frank Sleeps barn and fined him so
and costs and sentenced him 10 jail
'or 100 days. Peele is well-known
horse jockey and was angry at shepp
over n horse trade. lie went TO Shepp ;
Darn and cut four sets of harness INTO
strings. cut buggy to pieces. then
attempted 10 burn the barn and Placed
poison in the feed boxes used by the
sour horses
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30

Washington. Sept. 24.-About SOC
applications for pensions. arising Out
of the war with Spain, have been filed
with the pension Office. They embrace
all classes. including widows claims,
for injuries, etc. IL is the purpose OF
Commissioner Evans to create new
division for the adjudication of thess
cases. when they will bc taken up ant
disposed Of as rapidly as possible.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-30

indianapolis. Ind. Sept. 23.-Speak-
ing for GOV. Mount, Charles f. Wilson.
the chief executives secretary, said
that the Corbett-McCoy prize fight
would not come of al Roby or any
where else in Indiana. Secretary Viii
son declared that any attempt 10 hold
he fight in Indiana would be stopped.
even if il became necessary 70 send
.oldicrs To Stop it,