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The age-herald., 1898-11-22
NEGROES SOUTH AND NORTH +Ia yxyo frtvaaG

From the WaSnlngton slIHleS.
 In public letter, Governor Johnston, of Alabama, asserts that every attempt to subject southern people to negro domina- tion will end in revolution, "either peace- ful or bloody" that any federal interfer- ence, the expectation of which has already brought disaster to the colored people, can only excite resentment and increase dis cord; and that it would be quite as reason- able to consider whether the federal gov ernment should not interfere in Illinois as in the Carolinas
 This mention of Illinois suggests that the northern people are not so free from the same prejudice as to warrant the indigna- ton that some republican newspapers ex- press not about the killing of negroes, but their exclusion from the exercise of their constitutional rights. If we do not often hear of negroes refused entertainment at hotels, restaurants theaters and other puo- lie places in the north, it-is only because it is not often that the negroes offer op- portunities. It is only short time since there was a test applied in the city of New York A few well-dressed, well-behaved and intelligent colored men were turned away from Delmonico's and other fashion able places It was said that negro off, cial at Albany had melted them to tfls eff fort, and he was threatened with removal until he made denial. It is true that there are no separate cars for negroes in the north as in the south, but 1t is also true that as long as they concede the superior ity of the whites, the negroes are better liked by the whites and are admitted to closer relations with them in the south than in the north. The southern people like to have them about and prefer them to fIx<. .f- lal, they are more efficient, but because they are more amiable and because most south- erners have been reared by by negro nurses and among negro children. Except under the conditions that are well known-the political activity of the colored people and their assertion of social equality-the south ern whites are more sincerely friendly with the negroes than the northern whites. The comments of republican newspapers on the refusal of the New York restaurants and hotels to receive the colored guests were not in the nature of indignant protests against the institutions, but deprecatfon of the efforts of the colored men to stem !. the current of prejudice and to make iin- necessary trouble"
 There can be no just condemnation by the north of the southern opposition to negro donlina tion-however just may be the in- dfgnation over needless shedding of blood-until the north has some experience of southern conditions. When Massachu- setts, for example, has several hundred thor sand negro voters, grouped in such a way as to control the elections fin certain districts, and quietly submits to a free ex- ercise of their constitutional rights, then Massachusetts win be qualified to pass judgment on the people of the Carclinas.
 The determination of the southern whites not to submit to the domfnatiou of the negroes apears to be irrevoeabie. Certainly 1t will never be abandoned because of .any
The age-herald., 1898-11-22
Expansion in Mississippi.

Over in Mississippi they believe that the hope of the cotton states consists in wider and better markets for both the raw cotton and for manufactured cotton goods. They believe that such markets are to be found in the Pacific. and that the road to such markets lies through the Nicaragua canal They believe that we should control, either directly or indirectly, the Philippines with a view to securing such markets. Congress- man Catchlngs recently discussed this sub- 1ect. He does not mince matters. He says the best solution of the Philippine problem consists in a courageous control of the islands, with fixed determination to give them good government. He does not be- lieve in shirking plain responsibilities, no matter how unexpectedly or unsought they may come.
 The sentiment of the state Is further
The age-herald., 1898-11-22
WAS NEVER QUESTIONED.
ltaly's Right to the Port of Raheita Not
 Disputed by France.

Rome, November 21.-In the chamber of deputies today the minister of foreign af- fairs, Admiral Sanevaro, replying to ques- tion, said Italys right to the port of Ra- heita, on the west shore of the Straits of Bah-el-Mandob. had never been questioned by anybody. The recent visit of French warship there and the landing of French sailors there was only a momentary stay of the French in the neighborhood of the Italian posts. The matter had already been arranged between France and Italy in the most amicable manner, and Italy re- mains, as heretofore, in possession of the coast as far south as Ras Dumeira, south of which is French territory
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POINTED pARAGRAPns.

From the Chicago News
 The rainbow is always bent on disappear ing. Put your faith in the plodder rather than in the plotter.
 The person who has no will of his own has an incurable remedy.
 Complaint against fortune if oflen but an apology against laziness.
 No men have more shortcomings than those who are always behind time.
 Most men are as anxious to get rich as most women are to be beautiful
 Marrying a girl for her beauty is like eating canary for its singing.
 Father Time was the original wheelman. From the beginning he has gone on by cycles.
 The less money man has the stronger is his belief in the equal distribution of wealth.
 It's difficult to find a man who Is willing to hold the ladder of success while you ascend it
 It Is said that fool and his money is soon parted, and yet lots of fools keep right on accommodating wealth.
 Tears do not necessarily indicate a ten- der heart Lots of tears are shed for the purpose of softening other hearts.
The age-herald., 1898-11-22
THE TOUR GREATEST POETS

From the London News.
 Who are the four greatest poets of the world?? The question was one, we gather from Sir Edward Hamilton's monograph, which used to exercise MT. Gladstone. About the first three places, indeed he be- lieved that there could be no reasonable question. They must be assigned to Homer, Dante and Shakespeare. But about the fourth place MT. Gladstone found great difficulty: He considered that there were four ompetitors-Aeschylus Virgil, Milton and Goethe. We wonder how many of our readers would, at a first guess select MT. Gladstone's final choice?? It was Goethe Who, in recent days, have been the great est masters of English?? This was another question which MT. Gladstone was fond of considering. He decided in favor of two as greater than all others-Cardinal Newman and MT. Ruskin. It is interesting to recall the fact that MT. Morley, in a recent lec- ture, answered the same question. Accord ing to him, the great masters of English in our generation have been three-Carlyle, Macauley and MT. Ruskin. The last named alone appears, it will be seen In both lists
The age-herald., 1898-11-22
HaveLocni Patriotisr,

From the Leighton News.
 The citizens of Leighton should enlist under the banner of progress in upbuilding their town. Every man should seize the opportunity to do something to advance the interest of the town he makes his home in. There seems to be some men in Leighton too selfish and. near-sighted to do anything o aid the town, while there are others who don't care any more about the general prosperity of the city than fat swine. Wake up gentlemen and let us have a town which will be our pride.
The age-herald., 1898-11-22
The State Militia.

Adjutant-General Ligon, in his biennial | report, estimates the militia of the state at | 165 900 men. In other words, there are this number of men in the state subject to military duty. But this number Is not or ganized, or even enrolled, in an active sense.
 The active militia of the state should un- der the law, consist of four regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and a signal corps, the whole to be known as the Alabama National Guard. When the Span- ish war came on three regiments and one battalion of infantry had been organ ized, and one squadron of cavalry-in all, 2,4S1 men, commanded by General Louis V.
 Clark. the governor of the state being the commander-in-chief.
 In 1897 regimental or battalion encamp-
 ments were held, aided by details from
 the regular army; but in the present year
 none were held, because most of the men
 had enlisted for the war with Spain. The
 amount appropriated for that purpose,
 9tlJoU, feHdinS III lHe tIedSuiy' lhC oNJu-
 tant-general thinks encampments should be
 held every year, and that they should last ten, instead of six days, and he thinks one permanent camp site preferable to the plan thus far followed. Besides the state ap- propriation of $125 900 year national ap- propriation, amounting to s9,4SS, has been available. The latter can, however be ex-
 pended only for arms, clothing, camp
 equipage and the like all of which remains
 the property of the general government
 During the two years portions of the na- time against mob violence, and when the declaration of war against Spain came it was found that the size of the national guard very nicely made a framework for
 the filling of the states quotas. The
 quotas and the size of the national guard
 were nearly alike The adjutant-general
 reviews with pardonable pride the active
 and prompt work of the national guard in
 this respect, and he especially commends
 the First and the Second Alabama voun-
 teers, both of which sprang from the na-
 tienal guard. In some states officers and
 men who served in the volunteer service
 were discharged from the national guard,
 but in this state they were granted leaves
 of absence, and will, as they are mustered
 out of the volunteer service, resume their
 places in the national guard.
 
 When all the volunteers are mustered out the adjutant-general thinks reorganiza- tion of the national guard will become necessary. They will at any rate have to be reuniformed, rearmed and re-equipped. Colonel Ligon says, too that the military laws need revision, and he very properly says that the office of adjutant-general should be filled by salaried officer. The
 amount of work and importance of the
 office justify salary. It is a salaried po-
 sition in other states.
The age-herald., 1898-11-22
NEW YORK,s FOUR HUNDRED

New York Letter in the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The new Social Register for 1S99,'' how ever, shows that just 4S6 members of well known New York families have married in the past twelve months, an increase of 15 per cent. over the preceding year. The center of the fashionable population, ac- cording to the Register, is half way be- tween Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth streets, on Fifth avenue. The center is moving up town a block each year. Possibly the mat rimoniial boom was caused by the increase in hero worship due to the war.
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menaces Of violence. The southern negroes do not seem to be disposed to fight for their political righfs-to adopt the policy urged by a majority of the northern negroes at the Cooper Union meeting. There is no reason to think the latter would go down to aid them in such a course. Therefore, the northern people, white and black. who ad- vocate killing. will simply increase the bit- terness of the strife without securing the southern negroes in the safe or any exer- else of their political rights. It Is probable that the president foresees only disaster for the negroes from federal interference and will refrain from anything that would make their lot harder.
The age-herald., 1898-11-22

From the New York Journal
 It is said that the management of eight million half-civilized natives in the Philip pines would break the political backs of eighty million Americans, and that our gov ernment would collapse under the strain. Perhaps it would. Americans may be such tottering invalids fin matters of government that they would be crushed under respons- bilities that more virlle races would not mind at all. But before we decide that they are, let us see what some of these other peoples do.
 Holland covers 12,64S square miles-about the area of Maryland-and it has 4,S59, ,451 inhabitants-a little less than the present population of Illinois. Its colonies com prise an area of 7S3,000 square miles, or six ty-five times the area of the mother coun- try, and contain 34,OO0, 900 inhabitants, or about seven times the entire population of the kingdom itself. Practically all of this dominion is similar, both in situation and in the nature of it's population, to the Phil ppines.
 The Small Americans hold that while le ss than five million Dutchmen with a g Fl queen can manage seven times their nu.h- Der of Malays and blacks, nearly eighty million Americans would break down under the task of managing one-tenth their num- Der of the same sort of people.
 If we went into annexations on the same scale as the Dutch we should have to take in the greater part of Asia to acquire a proportionate population, and the entire globe, both land and sea, to acquire pro- portionate area We should reach only one- fourth of the Dutch standard of extent if we annexed the whole land surface of the earth.
 And yet Holland seems to be doing fairly well.
The age-herald., 1898-11-22
IT WAS NOT BROII.ED
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. F.
 Americans in Havana are telling this sto- ry at the expense of Gen. M., c. Butler, of South Carolina, one of the evacuation commissioners, who is an expert judge of game fowl and likes to own a bird that has particularly fine points. As is we'll known, the Havanese are great cockfght- CTS. Not long ago Cuban admirer, learn ing of General Buffers liking for game cocks, sent him one of the best in the city. It was beauty, and had a pedigree and a record to be proud of. Unfortunately the cock on the way to it's new owner fell into the hands of the Chinese cook at the Tro- cha hotel, who was going to serve it broil- ed for General Butlers breakfast. It was not broiled, but the stupid cook had killed 1t before he could be stopped.
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SENATOR MILLS OIL PROPERTY from tha New York Post

Senator Mills of Texas. when asked by friend the other day if he had yet be- come millionaire from the possession of his valuable oil property, answered with a laugh: T have been on the hunt some time for the fellow who got up that oil well story. It Is true that I found some oil on land that I own; but, as I haven't any money myself. I had to give almost all the possible profit to somebody else, who would furnish the capital to develop my resources. Whether there will be anything left for me when the profits are divided is yet uncertain. If can find a man who knows that possess so much wealth, I may be able to get him~to tell me where some of it is.'
The age-herald., 1898-11-22
TRUNDLE- BED TOWN

Norman c. Schlichter in Youths Con
 panion.
 Every man who's under seven Knows borough much like heaven, With four towers round and tall Just inside the nursery wall All it's streets are through and througL Paved with quiltings red and blue, And a boulevard of white Runs along it's bolster site. Mother Is the borough's queen, But the only ruling seen Is her taking tax of prayer Nightly from each resident there Flushed and still it is by day For the dreams are made that way; What save silence could devise All the night-time's sweet surprise. Innocence and sleep abide In this town at eventide, Only men devoid of sin Having right to enter in. Pillows soft and white and fair Help, to answer mothers prayer That her men rest snug and sound While the wheels of night go round. I went up there. years ago, Every night, I loved 1t so, And wish knew the way Up there still at close of day.
The age-herald., 1898-11-22
The silverware Trust

Trenton, N. J., November 21.-Articles of incorporation of the International Silver company, the silverware trust, was filed with the secretary of state today. T,le company has an authorized capital stock of $20,0000OO, of which $9,0O0,000 is preferred stock to draw per cent. cumulative divi- dends, and the remaining $11 100000 to be common stock The incorporators are: William Findlay, Hamilton H. Durand, Alexis P. Bartlett, of New York; Frederick Dwight Brooklyn and John J. Tracy, of Jersey City,
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ELECTRICITY FOR FnEIaHT TRAFFIC

From the Providence Journal.
 As the use of electricity for manufacture ing purposes may be expected to distribute industry over a broad expanse of territory, the application in Massachusetts for char ter of an electric freight company is an event of considerable importance. Even for traffic between the steam and water power industrial centers such a road as the one proposed will be a striking feature of New England progress. The project will no doubt attract considerable attention from the steam railway officials.
The age-herald., 1898-11-22
THE NEW YORK sENATOR

New Tory Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
 A rumor went the rounds of republican circles today that Governor-elect Roose- welt favors Elihu Root for the United States senatorship. This renewed the in- terest in the senatorial contest which has narrowed down to pr. Depew, MT. Root and Governor Black, with odds on "the Peach" Mr.~Root now ra1es in $5O00O year from his law practice
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Cullman Property

From the Cullman Gazette.
 Several pieces of Cullman property changed hands last week. Will B. Brown conveyed to William Carothers and Ms. Margaret Buchanan, two city lots and country property price S1,7O0. Mrs. Buch- mann bought the pr. Johnson property, and the Robertson cottage was sold by Carothers to MT D. A. Smith. These deals were all made in connection with MT. Browns purchase of the Carothers' resi- dence.
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Mercury's Curious Antics

St. Joseph, Mo-, November 21.-A remark able change in weather has taken place here during the last twenty-four hours Sunday 1t was too hot for overceats and wraps and the wind blew a gale. Last night rain began to fall, which turned into snow this morning, and there was a fall in temperature of 40 degrees. The weight of the sleet has broken down many telephone wires and railroad trains are running irreg- ulary.
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STRAY THOUGHTS
 OF STATE EDITORS
aIontgomery.s Turn Nest

From the Eufaula Times.
 It is a rather singular that both St. Ste vens, the first territorial capital, and Ca haba, the first state capitol of Alabama have passed from the face of the earth. Both were thriving cities once, and boastod handsome two and three-story brick build ings. Corn and cotton now grow where Cahaba once fourished. and the proud lit tie city of St. Stevens has been supplanted by forest of tall pine trees.
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The difference between the management of the navy department and the manage ment of the war department Is the difrer- ence between competency and incompe- tency.
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Chauncey de Pug finally has the oppor- tor. It will hardly be necessary for him to order a new supply of jokes for use in that staid old body.
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It is becoming plain that the regular army in Cuba after the Spanish army is with drawn. Current estimates have been large ly overestimated.
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Greater Birmingham

From the Alexander City Outlook.
 The Outlook man visited Birmingham some few days ago, and we must say that if those hustling Magic City people persist in their efforts to make it Greater Bir- mingham" in reality, then such as we must be tagged in order to get through the town in safety.
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In the iron market, production and con- sumption are both being carried to bigger figures, and 1t is still a question which will outwind the other.
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The unseating process Is to proceed by various routes. The organs are now de- manding the unseating of Congressman elect Roberts. because he has three wives. fined to Utah.
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The price of gas in Trenton, N. J., is 30 cents per one thousand feet, and gas coal is hundreds of miles away. In this city gas coal is found within the sound of a whis- tie, and yet the price of gas is s1.65.
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News comes from Kansas that William Alfred Peffer, U. s. S., retired is now wear ing his whiskers Cleo de Merode fashion But Bill always was several years behind the times
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Governor-elect Roosevelt has been in vited to appear before the war investiga- ton commission. In anticipation of the event, the Rough Rider colonel has ordered purposes.
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Sir John EOllorxar Daad

London, November 1-Sir John Follower, who was engineer-in-chief of the fourth brigade in the Zulu war, and who was cre- ated baronet in 1880, is dead. He was born in 1877.
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The Memphis Commercial-Appeal thinks the republicans of New York should erect monument to the memory of the late Lemuel Quigg.
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Games That Did Not Pay

From the Russellville Times.
 Of the twenty-one cases for crap shooting before the probate judge last Friday there were eleven pleas of guilty, fine and cost $3750 In each case, balance nolle pressed Pretty hard is the way of the transgressor
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The Anglo-American commission Is hin- dered. if not blocked. by the Dingley bill. The tarin robbers will not yield one bit of their hold-up powers.
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The second week of the legislative ses- sion promises to be one of hard and useful work. It is considered good working legislature
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The democrats in the next congress will at least miss such men as Sayres. of Tex as; Cookery. of Missouri, and McMllin. Of Tennessee.
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Natural Qu estion

From the Indianapolis Journal. Mrs. Grump-The church was just crowd. ed. Many people were turned away.
 Old Grump-What was the matter? Weren't their clothes good enough7
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The political doctors and the people met at Memphis and adopted a compromise. Let it be pushed through congress.
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Cervera's Spanish fleet has at last been given over to the merciless sea, and the equally merciless wreckers.
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In the light of the present time France will not be apt to enjoy the St. Louis Louisiana purchase fair of 190S
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MT. Andrew Carnegie has come over seas to remain few days for the purpose of settling all American public problems.
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All of the army is to be armed at once with Krag-Jorgensens The antiquated Springfield thus becomes relic.
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Washington society is beginning to con slider how 1t will deal with the three Mrs. Robertses, from Utah.
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The price of turkeys now overshadows the Philippine problem.
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The horses in New York were outclassed by the snakes in New York, and this made
 them enyious.
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The coming year is booked to be a rec ord breaking year in iron products.
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The Northside highwaymen do not re- spect the color line. sta+l
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Arkansas is Alabama's closest competi- tor in the matter of new railroad mileage.
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Although peace negotiations are broken of. 6ostiities need not be resumed All
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that will be necessary is to send Miss schley back to Spain to arrange matters.
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THE DUTCH EXAMPLE

The czar is still ordering new battleshi