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The age-herald., 1898-07-12
Girdled aUith c aeuist of iron And hemmed about aoith grim destruc- tion. HENRY TT.
The Hawaiian Commission.

Alabama and Illinois furnish the main land members of the commission who are to devise and report a scheme of govern ment for Hawaii. It came about through the determination of the president to select the members of the commission from the foreign affairs committees of congress, be- cause the members of those committees were already conversant with the difficult ties of the problem. Both Chairman Da wis of Minnesota and Senator Frye, of Maine, had pressing duties at home and could not serve, and Senator Cullom, of Illinois, the third member of the commit tee, was selected Senator Morgan, who is the ranking democrat on the foreign time to the subject than any one else, was selected as a matter or course. No one suggested his name, and he was not in any sense an applicant. His fitness for evitable. Congressman Hit is chairman of the house committee
 The annexation resolutions require the appointment of two Hawaians. Ex- President Dole, the son of a missionary, born in Honolulu, and in every sense a representative and capable man was se- lected, and the second representative of the islands was found in Judge Frear, one of the supreme court judges of Hawaii He is about 35 years old, and is considered an excellent lawyer. He was born in this country, but went to Honlulu when a child with his father, the Rev. Walter Frear. MT. Frear, the father, is now in hcarge of the congregational board of for eign missions in this country.
 The commission is made up of capable men, and every one of them has already an adequate, if not accurate, conception of the task at hand. It is understood that they will sail very soon to the islands, and will there study the problems involved, with a view of having report ready when con gross meets in December. The plan they adopt for the government of the mixed" population of Hawaii may serve as guide for the government of other islands which seem to be coming our way.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
The BattIeship Oregon.

If there are any more tests that can be applied to the Oregon, bring them on. She seems to be ready to accept any that comes along. She was asked to do bit of sail
 ing that batteships are not built to do.
 They are built to stand up and fight down all near them; but the Oregon was asked to make 1400O-mile voyage, and she did it in good time without, so it is said, the necessity at the end of the voyage of tight ening a crank-pin The mighty engine of war did not at any rate need any repairs
 her bottom has not even been cleaned; she went at once itno service.
 When battle time came, as it soon did she was sent by Commodore Schley in pursuit of the entire fleet including the Cristobal Colon, a cruiser built to run five
 knots faster, and yet after a four hours race. the Oregon overhauled the Colon, and pounded her to the beach and destruction. Shells were hurled at the Oregon but her efghteen-inch, double back action hide turned them aside as if they had been putty balls. Her 'armor has proven to be good her machinery. It is American armor well as American machinery. There is not thing in or about her, from keel to coming tower, that is not Ameri- can, unless it be a sailor or so from some odd country. Every gun and' shell on board was made in this country. She is a triumph of American skill, but the glory belongs primarily to the Pacific coast where the ship was built.
 It is believed the world will conclude that the people who built the Oregon can build more like her, and orders for American ships, American armor, and American guns will be hurried this way. Uncle Sams men are prepared to execute all orders, if not while you wait" yet with celerity and dispatch and every job will Y, guaranteed to line up with the incomparable Oregon. First come, first served.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
BUY THE ATERwoRKs.
Locker On Suggests a Way Out of the Wa
 ter Muddle.

To The Editor of The Age-Herald.
 Referring to the late action of the city council in regard ot the water works con tract. and to the non-action of said com pany in complying with the wishes or de- mands of the people, would 1t not be a propitious time for the city to take some steps looking towards the purchase of the works from the present company. It must come to this sooner or later the city must own it's own water works plant and when will there be a better time than the pres ent? True the city has no money, and yet the very money now paid out by the people yearly would more than buy the works. Not to pay an exorbitant price, by no means but some way could be arrived at. competent committee appointed by the city and company to agree upon the value of the works, so the city would get value paid for, and the company fair re- muneration. I simply make the sugges- ton, believing it to be a good way out of the present trouble, and settle a question now that must be settled in the near fu5 ture. LOOkER-ON.
 Birmingham, July Il, 1898.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
The Heroes of the Merrimac

The president had asked authority to transfer Lieutenant Hobson from the con- struction corps to the line, and the senate had promptly passed a resolution granting such authority. It was before the house, and although the house can and often does act summarily, yet no action was taken upon it. It was forgotten or dsregarded The house had time enough to get into free fight, and sing songs and act dis gracefully generally but 1t had no time to give to the hero of the Merrimack.
 The proposed promotion of Lieutenant Hobson to be a lieutenant-commander of the line would make him an admiral in twelve years, and there is violent opposl- ton to this in the navy, among the do- nothlngs who would be jumped. These men are influential in Washington, where they reside, going to sea and into valuable serv- fee only rarely; they constitute a ring, and they may have induced the committee son naval affairs to smother the resolution.
 IL is to be hoped that the president will not promote Lieutenant Hobson in the con strucuion corps. He is emnently fitted for command. and if he be transferred to the line, he will have a great opportunity, after a few years, for usefulness. He will be an honor to Alabama. Congress at the short session in December will attend to the matter, and the navy ring will be pow eress to nullify the will of the people. The matter will have prompt attention then, and men will be ready from distant states to see that the man who unfinchlngly an swered the call for duty, and coolly planned and carried out the sinking of the Merrimac in the teeth of a hundred guns, is pro- noted, and placed in line to become the head of the navy he has so greatly hon ored. It will come in time, and the indigna- tion now so freely expressed should be saved for use in December.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 The proof of the pudding is sometimes the post-mortem.
 Some architects can draw better houses than some actors
 When in doubt as to what to say. suppress your thoughts.
 Lots of young men look like animated clothing dummies.
 Intellectual women make better wives than they do sweethearts.
 Promises that are the hardest to obtain are the surest of fulillment.
 Some women are never so happy as when they can talk of their ailments.
 A man always thinks he's good enough when he doesn't act worse than usual.
 The girl whose ideal heroine is found iA cheap novels should never marry.
 A woman's idea of economy is buying things she doesn't need because they are cheap.
 The relations of a mans first wife nearly always rejoice in the troubles he was with his second.
 There is method in some peoples. mads ness, it Is said but method never yet sayeQ madness from disaster.
 When a man says that all women are alike he. has had an experience with ona of them. that is no credit to him.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
IS THIS SOUTHERN CHivALRY?

From the Tuscaloosa Chronicle.
 The south has long been famed for her chivalry and traditions of knighthood and self-abnegatfon have passed from sire to son until the whole world looks upon the polished southern gentleman as knight of old. And yet while General Joe Wheeler Is in Cuba making history for Old Glory and adding garlands to the brow of old confederate soldiers by his matchless patrr- otism, efforts are being made by politicians to oust him out of congress. Is this south- ern chivalry? While Colonel Foster and Major Brandon, like General Wheeler, afe at the front fighting for the flag their op- ponents for the legislature are securing the woods for votes. Is this southern chivalry Great God! how the mighty have fallen!
 With some men the greed for office is greater than their patriotism for country,
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CITY WITHOUT NEwsPApERs.

From the Chicago Chronicle
 The experience of the last week in Chi cago illustrates the fact that a great news paperless city is q scene of surpassing duness-dispirfted even on Independence Day, and while rumors of splendid victories in the war fill the air. It is demons trated that the newspapers of a vast commercial and industrial metropolis are almost as nec- essary to it's daily life as the food and water supply.
 The greatest inconvenience and loss from the suspension of the newspapers were felt by the popular stores which use the adver- Using columns of the press as the only medium of communication with their armies and throngs of GUS toners. The buy ing community felt the deprivation to as gfeat an extent. The effect was seen ill street car travel. The Monday morning crowds, inspired by the bfiEant Sunday advertisements, were conspicuously absent on all the lines of street travel.
 The special sales, or, for short. .'sales." Of classes of goods form an immense part of the retail trade of the great cities. This branch of business, perhaps more thkn any other, requires the stimulus of free and attractive advertising artistically Illus trated and displayed. These advertisements tell buyers what the merchants. have to sell, and they are informed as to the price ana quality of goods. The shopping classes are almost lost without the pages of ad- Vertisements which they find in the daily papers.
 While Chicago was without newspapers the crowds in the streets were evidently not on business errands. They were out hustllng for hints of war news-but for news Wnlch they regarded as of equal importance when the papers would be out again. It was the talk on every corner in every so- cial circle, at all the public resorts in every home. The daily newspaper is an essential part In daily city life, in every walk and way, and it's temporary loss was like the loss Of nearly all that city existence in- cludes.
 The attempt of publishers in other cities to supply the demand for news in Chicago was deserving enterprise, but was a fail- ure Newspaper publishers in other cities were unable to print and send here for sale enough papers to more than supply the demand at a few street corners where crowds were most numerous. They had only skeleton reports of war news and the perusal of their dispatches only whetted the appetite for full meal such as readers were accustomed to find in the papers of their own city. In all the country of the west contributory to Chicago the news paper famine was felt as severely as 1t was in Chicago
 If 1t had been possible the newspaper publishers of Chicago would have supplied the demand for news. But it could not be done without sacrifices which the reason- able population of this city, the surrounding country and the northwest could not in justice demand.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
VARIOUS KINDS OF HEROIsM,
From the Washington Times.

F IUilI tHt WdSHInStOn Times.
 There is going to be room for many kinds of heroism in this war. There is nothing romantic about seasickness, thirst, ague or prickly heat, but they can make life burden for any man not human pachyderm with an iron digestive sysemt So can the scorching heat or soaking rains of the Philippines and the multitudnous unnecessary insects to be found in these oriental islands. There are a great many people in this world who could be induced to face death much more easily than they could be persuaded to make themselves intensely uncomfortable.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
FILING OBLIGATIONS ON POsrERIry

From the WashingtOn Post.
 If 1t be true-as perhaps it is not in all cases-that governments derive their just powers only from the consent of the gov erned,' how would it be possible for a just government, national, state or municipal to exercise the power of taxing future generations? In all cases where that power is employed, consent is assumed or it's ab- sence disregarded. There are cities in the United States that are piling obliga tions on posterity unjustly. Much of the vast accumulation of debt has been an outrage on posterlty. And, if posterity is not scrupulously honest, it may rid itself of burden by the summary process of repu- diatioh.
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TO STRIKE WHERE IT WILL COUNT.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The idea. of making an American dem- onstration on the coast of Spain is said to have arisen from the seeming necessity of teaching the Spanish people where they stand. Carrying the war at once to the other side of the Atlantic is not a new mo- tion. It has been profundly considered for a long time by thoughtful men. During the administration of President Grant there was remote possibility of war with Spain, and Grants purpose is believed to have been to make an attack at the heart of the Spanish nation at once.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
HUMANITY EVEN IN WAR.
From the Louisville courier-Journal.

Nations still go to war and armies still kill and wound all that is possible of oppo- site forces, but mercy has kept equal pace with the advancement of military science. Step by step with the slayers march the doctors and nurses, intent to save where sthe others would destroy. The hospital is pitched with the camp, and even an in- vading fleet carries with 1t ships elaborate ly fitted up with medical and surgical ap- pliances, corps of surgeons and trained nurses and stores of delicate food and drink for fainting stomachs.
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great results in times of actual war.

While Uncle Sam understands that 1t is too late now to attempt to introduce dogs in this war, he realizes the importance. of the animal as factor in fighting It is therefore more than likely that as soon as the map Of Spain has been changed to suit our uncle he will attend to the matter of dogs. That there is every reason why he should have these animals attached to his hghting forces is proved by the fact that England Is al this time about to follow the example of her continental neighbors ana give each company oftroops two dogs to be trained
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
VIOLATING THE UNION RULES.

From the New York Journal.
 The walking delegates of the Millionaires' Mutual Protective Association may order a strike in wall street. Mrs. Hetty Green has lent the city $1OOo, 900 until October next at the rate of per cent. per annum. She is expected to lend another million at the same terms. The city would have had to pay per cent to anybody else.
 Obviously Mrs. Hetty Green Is a scab capitalist, and police protection will be necessary should union lenders put on their coats, pick up their dinner pails, and go out on the warpath.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
ARMY LEADERS WHO LEAD.
From the Minneapolis TimeA

ToIH tHe NlHheapOiS IlmeK
 The impressive feature of the recent fighting in the jungle near Santiago was the mortality among the officers. The off, cers not only command, they lead and they fight. They ask their men to confront no danger and incur no risk they do not share with them. They not only encourage the dash which is the price of victory, but they set the example for it. It Is the dofnmoA story of the 'soudah, the Afghan country and our own frontier.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
EQUALITY AMONG AMERICANS.
From the Louisville Dispatch.

The American soldier, whether he be the society exquisite or the cowboy of the plains, will display those qualities which have shed luster on American arms wherever the American sword has been drawn. The lesson of this is that there is after all but little difference in men. It dispels the contention of a set of theorists who maintain that classes are necessary and natural With equal opportunities, un- der similar conditions, there is after all an approximate natural equality.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12

If the war lasts until Christmas the cor ner grocery strategists will supplant the bulletin-board crowd, who are really a new set The old hands will take hold of the conduct of the war as soon as the weather becomes frosty.
The age-herald., 1898-07-12
ENGLISH CAPITAL IN THE SOUTH


 The English iron masters are awakening to the fact that American competition in iron and steel making is not the ephemsrai outburst that they at first believed it to be-; hence they are now casting about to find means of neutralizing its effects. English capitalists hsve been prospecting in the south, and the result has been that exten- sive coal mines have been purchased and new steel works projected.
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Spain has long known how to beach ships in the face of an enemy. She began the business on large scale in the days of the inyinclble Armada.
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The craftsmanship of Spanish gunners reminds the St. Louis Globe Democrat of a woman hurling missiles at a predatory hen in the flower bed.
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The McHenry epidemic is declared "off," :" but sanitation should not be, for stray germ from Cuba may come In at any time.
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Mrs. Domens will never Gnd the comfort she Is looking for in this emergency. short of Princeton, New Jersey.
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Yes, make both Schley and Sampson ad- mirals, but give schley the seniority that his rank in the navy and work at Santiago warrant.
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Spain is in trouble-bull fights have been suspended. This Is done only In the last extremity.
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camara's round-trip Suez canal ticket cost ss20,0O0 There is no reduction on the canal for excursion tickets.
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Ex-President Dole should now cut his wilisliers. The annexation resolutions do not mention populists.
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The Gloucester and Its commander is lining up almost with Hobson and the Mer- .rmac.
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Camara should drop anchor in the canal, and get out his fishing rods.
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THE SOUTH WILL MAKE STEEL
rom the American Manufactures

For years past the assertion has often been made that the south was about to be- gin the manufacture of steel. At first the
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tenslve. but his peace powers are limited to an execution of the will of congress. He is only High Sheriff in peace times.
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One feature of the work of the war dog is worthy of special mention. For instance, in Germany soldier Us dressed as a
 Frsnchman and put on bicycle. His legs are incased in strong leggings and the dog is set on him. All riders know that 1t does not require much urging to get g dog to attack a cyclist. The war dog is no ex- oeption &nd in a very few weeks he de- lights to be allowed Co pull cyclists from their wheels. Inasmtoh as the bicycle Is no small institution in the armies of Europe. the training of the dogs to attack the riders is important and Is expected to produce
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-27
Heads of Departments.

Literature. Mrs. Jake Brehm. History.
Mrs. A. L. Sponsler; Philanthropy ard
Reform Mrs. Chas. Youngheim; Home.
Mrs. b. W Ladd: Art and Architecture,
Mrs. Helen Justice: Education. Miss Stel-
la Myers; Music. Mrs. Frank Colloday.
After an opening number on the piano.
current events came thick and fast. so
much of interest having taken place dur
ing the vacation season.
The president then gave a carefully pre-
pared statement OF the work as outlined
1or the coming year. presenting the var
ious phrases of work for which our diff
ereut departments stand. urging the one
strong point which Is our chief aim, the
library. She also appointed the various
standing committees. When this 2re.in-
mary work was done. a recess was given
after which Mrs. Winans. who was so sCr-
tunste as 10 be able to attend the Rien-
NAL held at Denver. made a report of that
meeting.
The topic for the next meeting. "0cto-
her Beauties" was given and members
invited to give current events for that
day in items regarding authors and their
books. Thus ended the first meeting,
with the members feeling that the work
this year would not fall short OF any pre-
vious work if each did her best towards
tts success.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-27

prove the moral salvation Of the world
Maria Weed, Iowa.
We have established o1reau of ex-
change, which is giving a practical OBJ
ject lesson of the happiness that comes
| into club life from reciprocity.-Esther F.
Noble. Connecticut.
Our most valuable work is making the
best thought of Illinois the common
thought--Alice Bradford Wlles, Illinois.
The stimulating influence of the state
federation is especially noticeable among
clubs which have awaited themselves Of
federation reciprocity. This advancement
is directly traceable to wise and practi
cal interchange Of club benefts.-Anna
A Palmer, Michigan.
Every club woman of Missouri considers
herself a committee of one to further &C
quaintance among clubs, and aspires TO
future in which every school district
shall have it's study club and circulating
library.-Laura E. Scammon, Missouri.
The chief dangers to be guarded against
in our clubs are the apothesis of the non
essential and the snowy, the degeneration
into mutual admiration societies, devoid Of
earnest, honest effort to do the best that
lies IN us.-Louise Van Loon Lynch. New
York
Club unions are on the increase, and our
women are eager for all that makes life
brighter and better and fuller for ALL
Grace Julian Clarke Inc ana.
culture is the blossom of knowledge.
out 1t is fruit blosslpa the ornament of
the age, but the seed IA &c future" Co
operation Is found 20 be as important
FACTOR in club economy as it is a great
factor in social and political economy
Sbby1 B. Giddings