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The age-herald., 1898-06-06
Morro castles are good targets.
THE SENATORIAL RACE

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 Congressman Bankhead and Governor Johnston should not rely too much upon the complimentary voc rendered them by the Alabama Press associa ion. In the first is sufficient proof that the expression was not representative, and in the second place the rcumstances unGer which the te was cast was prejudcal to Governor John stons interests and favorable to Congres = man Bankhead The voting members Lad just been the recipient of distingushe consideration at the hands of Congressman Bankhead. while Governor Johnston was a thousand miles away. Had the court ssio s been extended at Montgomery, by Cover nor Johnston, the result of the vote wou q probably have been as much in his favor as it was in Congressman Bankheads fa- vor at Washington. Human nature is the same the world over, whether the i'd vid- ua is an editor a blow boy, the latest favor is the one first in memory and a"pre- ation. The peo le of Alabama will re- member that tte senatorial coates st has not narrowed down to Governor Johnston and Congressman Fa khs ad. Sena.or Morgan still has a wonderful bod on the affe ct ons of the people. If his health is as good two years hence as it is at present he may be a candidate, and if he is the probabilities are that he will the req isite number of votes in the caucus to defeat his two opponents. If hs heal h docs net permit him to seek a re-elec ion, other candidates may enter the field with a following suffi- cient to win. Thus from any way the si . Ua ion Is v.ewe1 enc ca ha~dly surp SC the press vote was indicative of more than an appreciation of courtesi IS ex ended.
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ening of transportation and of every other stage of the process from vein to furnace would not give Mesaba a competitor of very considerable proportions.
 Some think steel mill at Mobile, draw ing it's ores from Cuba and it's coke from this district, could make steel rails and the like for the ports, while Birmingham made like articles for the interior towns. A mill in Mobile could undersen the world at Gal weston, Tampico. Vera Cruz, Havana, Car acas, and very many other ports
The age-herald., 1898-06-06
Cuban Cres.

If Cuba becomes American, or even Cu- han. and the Spaniard with his taxes and robberies and hindrances, is driven out. a great development of Cuban mining will surely follow. The deposits of Eon and manganese in the great hills near Santiago de Cuba, are very rich in quality. The ore is Bessemer hematite, nearly free from foreign substances. The plants at Bethle- hem, Steelton and Sparrow's Point had long used Cuban ores before the war rem company alone has shipped since 1894 over three millions of tons. Heavy invest ments have been made, and American capi- tai will pour into the province as soon as is fully equal in quality to the best ores in the world. Besides iron, the district con- tains a great deal of manganese, and sev- eral copper mines. Cuban copper is well known. The production in 1896 and 1897 was about four millions pounds.
 These figures should be taken as an indi- cation only of what is possible when Amer ican capital is rendered secure in the island, and American enterprise has fair chance to explore and delve in the great hils The result may be tight race between Mes aba ores and Cuban ores. Both are Bes- semer ores and both can be laid down at coast points at about a common figure.
 An abundance of Bessemer ores at east ern points would not materially change the situation in this district. Steel could not be made from such ores at prices that would even approximate the prices that basic steel could be made for in the Birmingham dis trict; but it is a close question whether an enlargement of Cuban mining and cheap-
The age-herald., 1898-06-06
Let contasion of one part, confrm The other's peace; tiH then, bloaUs, blood and deuth.n
 RTnn TnTrN
FERaE
America and China.
KING JOHN

The trade of this country with China has recently been made the subject of a ranor+ by the second secrtary of the British em- oassy in Washington to the home govern ment. The report shows that the United States has larger commercial interests in Chlna today than any her country ex- cept Great Britain. The trade of this country with China represents one-seventh Of the entire trade of the Celestial empire 1t is 50 per cent greater than the trade of Germany in China, and it is the growth of only ten years. For before that period of time the trade of this country with Ch. na was inconsderable. The increase in the last ten years has, however, been mar vicious, and it has been in manufactured goods, while the consumption of Chinese goods in this country has been decreasing
 Nothing better illustrates this remarkable change than tie trade in co ton g ods Out of total exports of American co ton g g3cds last year, amounting to SIP ,OOo, China took S7,4S6,0OO, or almost one-haf of the sales abroad American drills and sheet fngs are heavy, and are now preferred in China, although the trade is in it's infancy. When the interior provinces of the huge empire are opened to trade, the growth of the demand for American cotton goods will be marvellous, and the coarse cottons made in the south are the very goods wanted in China. As the British secretary says, the dense masses of the Chinese population, clad almost exclusively in cotton cloth, of- fer a practically unlimited market for cot ton goods. The Philippine problem assu mes an added importance when the magnitude of the Chinese trade in cotton goods is con- sidered, and it Is difficult to see how any southern man can object to the retention of a foothold near that magnificent trade op- portunity. The prosperity of the south is surely bound up in the settlement of the Philippine question.
 The remainder of the report relates to the American trade in kerosene ol, in flour, in iron, in steel and railroad materials. The sales of American oil exceed the sales of Russian oil, but the competition is very close and strong. American flour is con- sldered superior to any other flour, and the vast population will soon take, as it awakes in an industrial sense large quan- titles of iron, steel, steel rails, locomotives and other machinery. Here, too, are op- portunities A ship that takes out fl UT and cotton goods, will also take at low rates Alabama iron and steel. Not only the Pa cific states are deeply interested in the Philippine problem, which includes an open China. but the south and all the rest of the country for that matter have deep interest in it.
The age-herald., 1898-06-06
GEN. OATES GRATIFIED
The Fighting Confederate Given Southern
 Brigade.

From the Washington Times.
 Brigad er-General William c. Oates, of Alabama, is more than satisfied. Essen- tially a war soldier, nobody-not even Gem eral Joseph Wheeler-has been made hap pier by appointment to lead soldiers of the United States than General Oates Honored by the presid, mt without lis own s lic'- tation, General Oates pleased contempla- tion of the grace of the act was enharc d yesterday in the highest degree. He was assured of an assignment to command Ala bama, and Texas troops, the brigade at present being composed of the First Ala bama and First and econd Texas volun- teers. ell hopes to have included in his command the Second Alabama regiment, when his cup of martial ardor will be filed.
 Some of the officers of these regiments are EXC onfe6e- ates and many of them sons and re;atlves of V te ans who were with the general when, with two scant regiments, he held Hancock's corps in check at Darbytown Road, Va, August 1884, in one of the "Superb's' impetuous advances toward Richmond. It was on this field Oates, then colonel, lost his good right
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Flying machines are used by air-castle dwellers.
 The enthusiastic scorcher seems to have special bent.
 Worthless people are always more anus ing than worthy ones
 The actor who has summer engagement has no fear of frost"
 It's unnecessary to tell a boy to prac- tice economy in the use of soap
 The average man brides himself on the possessions his neighbor can't afford
 All the messages sent to the world through the medium of books are sent col lect.
 Some men try to make light of their troubles by burning their unreceipted bills Prohibitionists will no doubt repoice when Uncle Sam makes the Spaniards take water.
 average girl-and after marriage she wakes up and finds it was.
 About the greatest difficulty some peo- pie experience is in trying to keep appear ances up and expenses down.
 In the great Spanish-American ball game the Yankee gunners are making plenty of hits but are scoring no runs.
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THE MORAL OFlT

From the Baltimore American.
 General sympathy will probably be felt for the soldier in New York who was dis- missed from the camp in disgrace because he insisted responding to the appeals of his dying mother. Military discipline, and discipline of very rigid kind at that must be enforced, but all things can be carried to extremes, and the automaton out of whom all human feeling has been crushed, is not the best type of soldier for a nations defense. Men. not mere fighting machines, are needed when there is real work to do.
The age-herald., 1898-06-06
A FEMININE PATRIOT
From the Atchison Globe.

From the Atchison Globe.
 An Atchison woman who bought her spring millinery before the boycott was declared on French goods felt heart-brok- en that no opportunity was left her for showing her loyalty until an inspiration struck her this morning. She decided to buy another hat that hadn't a French arti- cle on it and came down town and spent ST for a second hat this spring! Atchison will not fall short when it comes to count ing noses of noble, patriotic women.
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Thrown Away on Him

From the Chicago News.
 Jackson-Well, what did your wife say to you when you got home so late last night? You know you were afraid she d scold.
 Fairleigh-My wife's jewel She didn't scold bit. In fact, she didn't even ask me where l had been or what had delayed me; but, late as it was, she sat down at the piano and began to play and sing. I tell you she's one in ten thousand.
 Jackson-What did she sing?
 Fairleigh-'"rell Me the Old, Old Story"
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Timely Advice

From the Richmond Dispatch.
 Hasty-You've been employed In news- naper work a. good many years, haven't you? Graves-Nearly all my life.
 Hasty-I think I'm cut out for that busi- ness myself. and mean to try it; what pa- per would you advise me to begin on?
 Graves-By all means, begin with piece of sandpaper. and rub down your bump of self-conceit.
The age-herald., 1898-06-06
Lieutenant Hobs son's Mission.

Lieutenant H0bSon'S Mission.
 The death-defying nature of the mission that Lieutenant Hobson and his gallant associates voluntarily undertook will be appreciated when it is considered that he did not enter the narrow fort-frowned channel in the early morning light in a floating fortress, but in merchant ship. The vessel formerly belonged to the Lone Star" line, plying between Galveston and New York. It had not a semblance of protection against projeetiles of any kind; and 1t is well known that the Notifications of the channel are of modern construc- tlon, containing modern guns Admiral Sampson wisely refuses to send his ar mored ships into the channel and yet Lieu tenant Hobson did not hesitate to go there in a thin-sknned vessel, with a protective deck of pine flooring, knowing that a sin gle shell well placed in the hull would send him to the bottom or render the ships ma chinery useless Every circumstance con- spired to render his adventure hazardous in the extreme. The narrow width of the pI,o fI,n the forts, the deadly fire of the cruisers in the harbor, the very nature of the Merri- mac itself, the unknown mines in the water. all seemed to say to the daring sailors that they took their hearts in their hands when they steamed up the channel. Nohing was in their favor that could be foreseen or estimated. They had no right to think that the gunnery of the Spaniards at short range would be so inaccurate, nor had they any reason to believe the mines in the harbor would be clumsily handled. Luck was with them, but it was luck be- yond provision.
 And the gallant Hobson's self-command. and intrepidity served him we'll All ac- counts agree that, despite the guns that were pouring projectiles all about him, he steamed to the exact spot he desired to reach, coolly dropped anchor, and when the fated ship had swung broadside to the channel, he deliberately tore a hole in her bow, thus accomplishing his task, and yet valuable lives entrusted to his care. He closed a harbor that contains the only ves- sels that are a menace to American cities and American commerce; and when all out the work he had undertaken to do. they may conclude that continued resist ance against country that has Hobsons and Deweys at its command is alike ex- pensve and foolish.
 Aside from the safety of Lieutenant Hob- son and his associates, the bright, happy feature of the affair was the quick recogni- tion by Admiral Cervera of American courage and skill. Ire Spanish admiral has won for himself and his men the best of treatment if the fortunes of war should place them where the Brave Eight are to- day.
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Hobson, of "Hobson's Choice" kept a liv- cry stable in an English town. He was so eccentrically impartial that he required each man who wanted horse to take the one nearest the door. "Hobson's choice" thus came to mean choice between one thing and nothing. Our Hobson's choice was his country.
The age-herald., 1898-06-06
Unrecgnized Genius

From the Detroit Free Press.
 q thought you told me, Bglyl, that you wrote a gerat deal for the magazines" s'So do."
 '.But I never see anything published of yours"
 q have nothing to do with that. l just furnish the stuff"
The age-herald., 1898-06-06

Six millions of American citizens thought William Jennings Bryan should be com mander-in- n-chief of the army and navy. but he is content to lead regiment of Ne braska troops, and he is working hard in the way of gathering the needful military information.
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Her Adyantage

From the Chicago News.
 Mrs. Hinks-Does your husband ever com- plain when he gets home and finds that the dinner is cold?
 Mrs Fuddy-No; he always goes to the ball games
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The government is in earnest now in send ing endorsements to Admiral Dewey. The monitor Monadnock and the gunboat Ben- nington are to go to Manila as well as the monitor Monterey. The Philippines will be held until Spain pays the cost of the war-that is forever.
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His Fourteenth Question

From Puck.
 Pa?
 MT. Callipers (wearilyD-Um?
 Little Clarence--Pa, don't you suppose that Spain feels now a good deal like those scoffers did who kept telling Noah that 1t wasn't gon' to rain?
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TWO KINDS OF INDI ANS

From the Cincinnati Commerclal-T Tribune.
 In Indian warfare it was regarded as a perfectly safe proposition to keep your In- dian under eternal suspicion. A Spanlard is merely an Indian uncivilzed
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Piscatorial Delights

From the Harlem Life.
 Mrs. 1nnocent-What did you enjoy most about your fishing trip, dear?
 MT. Innocent--I got most excited when I was reeling in, my love.
 Mrs. Innocent (bursting into tears)-And to-to-th-think you promised me y-you wouldn't d-drink a drop
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A Good Idea

From the Philadelphia North American.
 T never was in such a place." said the fair summer. 'Ten children crying and bawling after their mother, and nothing but an old box to sit on."
 Why didn't you sit on a couple of the children?" asked the unfeeling man.
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ALWAYS STRONG

From he Taladega News-Reporter.
 The Age-Herald is much improved under the late management and the hope of it's many friends is that 1t may be able to continue its excellent telegraphic news ser vice. Editorially it has always been
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WILL BE TRUE TO THEIR CALLING

Frlm the St. Louis Star.
 When Roosevelt reaches Cuba with his regiment it will be wild and woolly cow punchers against bedzened and inflated bull fighters. One hundred toN one the cowboys will clean out the bull fighters in the very first round.
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Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth, whose of the sea, is still living quietly and c m- ofortably in cottage under the shadow of the capitol at Washington.
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DISTRESSING CASE

From the Kansas City Star.
 It is exceedingly painful to hear of the drunkenness of Massachusetts company at Cincinnati. Several of the velunt CT, were so much intoxicated that they made use of the split infinitive.
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ANOTHER WOE OF WAR

From the Philadelphia North American.
 Jerry Simpson will not organize regi- ment. The governor of Kansas says the socIkless one is needed in congress. What soe cial information the governor of Kansas may have on the s, bject we do not know, b 1t this war Is teaching us many things.
The age-herald., 1898-06-06
THE EAGLE SCREAMS

From the Syracuse Herald.
 Hi gimme me room for my wings To flap,
 And, by jingo. I'll show the Spanish yap A feather or two. Whir-r-oo!
 Cant and cavil
 If you will,
 But can scratch gravel Still
 Hi! put cotton in your ears When I screech! I've held my yap these years And stayed on the beach! But now,
 I vow,
 By my bald-headed pate, I'm looking for trouble, fate, Blood, bones and gore! I've been there before, And, the great door-latch, But l can scratch I've quit monkeying now, And I'm in for a row Hi! Davy Jones, With your water-logged bones, Lie low for the Spanish galleon, I'm a regular battalionl I eat cannon balls for indigestion, Music to me Is groans. I fight at the merest suggestion; Nothing but blood atones! So, here's for the Dons. Pestiferous critter, Very much filter For the precincts of hades. Far, far from the ladies! Boys of the army and navy, I say, Follow me down to Havana bay. Into the caboose! Hell's loose For me and you! Whir-r-oo.
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Hale county has furnished the state with three governors, and now 1t is supplying the country with heroes. The heroic Hob- son is a good start.
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PosITIvE,COMPAKATIvE,sUPERLATIvE

From the London Judy.
 Before you go to war say prayer Be- fore voyaging on the seas say two prayers. Before you take unto yourself wife say three.
The age-herald., 1898-06-06
HAS THE WHIP HAND STILL

From the Boston Globe.
 A prvate in one of the companies of the Fifth Ohio is serving under a captain who was his coachman formerly. War levels all ranks, like love.
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IS STILL VIGOROUS

From the Eufaula Times.
 A Mobile paper speaks of Governor Oates age in connection with his recent appoint ment. The governor is as young as any person who will go to war. He is as vigor- ous as boy. The Dons will find 1t out.
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All the anto-bellum fears of tke timd and nervous have been dissipated. although weyIer stll threa ems to march across the country
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No Doubt

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 "It wasn't quite right to set those aristo- cratic rough riders to breaking bronchos?'
 "No 1t wasn't. understand they feel very sore over It."
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Enjoying His Vacation

From the Chicago Record.
 'aThompson's a fighter. isn't he? What did he do before he enlisted?"
 "He was one of those painless dentists"
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Devotion

From Harper's Bazar
 She-Why, he claims he couldn't live without his dear little wife.
 He-All of his property is in her name.
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There will be a warm time in Birmingham when the soldier boys come marching home. There is a warm welcome awaiting them.
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It is pretty hot in Santiago harbor where Cervera is. but there are men who ara plotting to make it still hotter in that par ticular place.
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After the war is over," says the Hous- ton Post, Heaven help the plain citizen with political aspirations thenr
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LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP

From the Sheffield Reaper
 Voters, make the legislative candidates de- clare their position upon the question of eiu ation.
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The position of General Niles porcelain bath tub in an advance movement upon Havana has not been determined.
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the destination of troops and fleets. as well as in suppressing intelligence. It is the great muddlng bureau of the country.
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AND A TERRIBLE RECKONING

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 Every life lost in the war will be justly charged to Spain's obstinacY.
The age-herald., 1898-06-06

The Oregon election and the Oregon bat tleship may divide public attention to- morrow
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that nature favors this country in war times
The age-herald., 1898-06-06

The fine work of a government cersor consists in confusing the public mind as to
The age-herald., 1898-06-06

General Miles took everything along ex- cept a photographer
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
TERMS. $1.OO per year, in advar e
Six Months so cents.

in a season of eight months. But it was
hard work, more especially in the fall
of the year, when the weather became
uncertain. What with pulling on
ropes that were frozen and trying to
furl sails that were like board, and
being called at all times OF the day and
night to extra duty these men had a
very hard time in the spring and fall
OF the year. Sometimes they would be
shut in by ice, other times wrecked and
slowly frozen to death in the rigging
of their ship. There were very few
life saving stations, and they were
scattered far apart, so these men had
to depend on their own exertions if
they were saved. 1t was rough, dan
gerous life in those days, far different
to the present time, but these men
were brave, reckless set with hearts
always ready to do brave or kind act,
Some time [ will tell you about the
boats of today. G.B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25

millionaires of today to that sentiment,
for in it lies the sure and only cure
against sOcialistic and anarchistic ten
dencles which soon gain the upper
hand with the man who sees his fam
lily starving because he is unable to get
work
Sutro has left magnificent donations
to the city of San Francisco in pub
lie library of 100000 we'll selected vol
umes, which it had taken almost a
lifetime to select and collect. The
Sutro baths are the most splendid of
modern times, and a god.send to
the poor. And last, the beautiful re.
sort OF the Cliff House and ocean
beach, a breathing place and pleasure
resort to the masses of San Francisco
Sutro was born in Germany but came
to this country at an early age, yet he
retained to the last that old world cour-
tesy which, in this country of disregard
OF manners is such scarce and there
fore charming thing.
1t is men like Sutro who redeem the
race from the charge of being alto
gether selfish and sordid What glo.
rious country this would be if many of
the rich were like Adolph Sutro,
American and man.