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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-07

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Am. Spirits 49,. 9
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Am. Tobacco :. 1925
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Peoples Gas go. 92h
Cons. Gas ...... 1854
Com. Gable Co. $50
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Illinois Steel -. As
La Clede Gas :. AZ
Lead ............. 305s
do pref ........ 102
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Pullman Palace 10
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The age-herald., 1898-02-24
Wool Hats Knocked Out.

Dngleyism has hit the wool hat industry in it's solar plexus It is knocked out In and near the city of Reading. Pa, there were a dozen wool hat factories, employing 2.Oo0 hands, who turned out S5,000 hats q day. These hats were largely worn on the plains, in frontier towns, and in the mining camps To more limited extent they were worn throughout the country. The wool hat is the soft hat, as distin- guished from the hard or Derby hat.
 Dingleyism has taken away the raw ma- terial of the wool hat factories, by placing imported wool beyond reach in this indus try. The wool hat men protested but the strong interests who had been promised high duties on wool won out, and now the wool hat factories are either dropping out, or else are changing their machinery to that required in the manufacture of fur hats With the exception of one grade they can get the imported fur free of duty. Six of Readings hat factories will turn out fur hats very soon, and the other six are con- sidering the mattetr. The revolution prom ises to be complete
 The picturesque wool hat will be dis placed by the equally picturesque fur hat, but the fur will not come from the backs of American sheep. MT. Dingley will have to issue another explanation of the man. ner in which his tariff works. He is ac- customed to say that it is not working quite up to expectations just now. but that it will soon exceed even the brightest dreams. There are people in Reading, and out on the plains, and in the sheep grow ing states, who will be apt this fall to de- campaign fund tariff upon the wool hat in- dustry.
The age-herald., 1898-02-24
sTORYETTEs.

Judge Wladdy. Q. C., of England. while on
 a circuit would sometimes occupy a local
 Wesleyan pulpit. On one occasion the late
 Sir Frank Lockwood arranged with few
 kindred souls to attend a local chapel
 where friend Waddy'' was to lead the ser
 vice. They entered and occupied a front
 seat under the very nose of the lawyer
 preacher. who. eyeing them askance, sol-
 ennly gave out a hymn and concluded by announcing, after which Brother Lock-
 wood will offer prayer" During the sing ing, however, the learned junior recollected that he had an important engagement else where which, doubtless saved both the con-
 gregation and himself a. trying quarter of an hour
 Mime. K, a once noted Russian beauty,
 was lavish of her smiles. One evening at
 some reception Mrs. Crawford, London Truths Paris correspondent was gazing
 at her when the late Dr. Evans came up.
 What do you think of her teeth?" 'It
 was who provided them." said the doctor;
 mo. I'm not joking" "Btrt surely, they
 are too transparent to be of scomposttion7'' 7''
 "They are not of artificial stun. I chose teeth from the mouths of twelve Brittany girls to make the set" "Why from
 twelver Because the twelve had the proper number of faultless teeth Besides
 Mime. K. is superstitiously orthodox. She wanted her teeth to be reminder of the twelve apostles. To please hsr, I inserted a bit of the true cross in the gold setting." story is told of a small boy who was in the habit of getting up in the morning wrong side to, as his older brother ex pressed it. and beginning the day by f1nd- ing fault with everything and fretting
 over whatever came in his way. One morning, after he had been unusually ag- grayating, his rrother sent him to his
 room, with orders to remove every article of his clothing, turn 1t wrong side out.
 put 1t on and come downstairs. She waited
 reasonable length of time and as her son did not make his appearance she went up to see what was the matter. She found him standing before the mirror, picture of despair and disgust. His clothes were wrong side out and there were seams and raye,ings, raw edges and frizzles and incon- gririties galore In a voice, pitched between tears and temper, he exclaimed: "Oh, mother, it is dreadful. Can't put them on rfgl1t?" "Yss,' was the reply: eff you will put your temper on right side out and promise to wear it that way; but, remen- ber, if you forget and turn your temper wrong side out, you must wear your clothes to match" The youngster quickly restored the normal condition of his wardrobe, and left his room a wiser lad than when he entered it.
The age-herald., 1898-02-24

work and influence of the noble men and women who have consecrated their lives to the welfare of our children, and whose voice is always for progress. but 1t regrets that they are so far outnumbered by those whose conservatism will never permit them to look beyond the loaves and fishes. Ped agogical ideas and new methods of school keeping may gradually and slowly perco- late from the top down to the lower strata. but professional restrictions and require ments, never. An efficient school system in Alabama can be secured only through rep resentatives who are true to their trusts and who appreciate the popular needs; lawmakers who have an eye single to the glory of the state. no matter who may be shelved or retired in consequence. In education, as in every other line. he who cannot keep step, must drop out of ranks The army of progress waits for no man. Better supervision. better teaching. better houses, better equipment, will come in Ala bama, if they come at all, in response to the demand of the people whose children are to profit or suffer by the service rem dered.
The age-herald., 1898-02-24
llIiteracy and the School System.

The Age-Herald does not desire to be un- kind or to stir up strife; but there is such a difference between the Montgomery Ad- yertiser's professed faith and it's works that 1t cannot refrain from calling atten- tion to one point.
 The Advertiser says The Age-Herald should not say there is startling per- centage of illiteracy in the state. and yet tho same Advertiser in the same article says. with respect to the present educa- tional system of Alabama there has been no general expression of dissatisfaction with it."
 Does the Advertiser mean to say that H. literacy in the state can be reduced with out improving it's educational system?
 If there be no general dissatisfaction with that system, how can illiteracy be reduced except by holding it up as the fruit, the inevitable result, of that system? ? There are two things that the Advertiser overlooks-the unanimity of the press of the state upon the subject. and the further | fact that the Advertiser itself has done nothing to create dissatisfaction as to the present educational system of the state. | The esteemed Advertiser seems to think 1 that there can be mo general expression of dissatisfaction" in the state unless 1t Is in 1t. This is mistake.
The age-herald., 1898-02-24
School Reforms and the Teachers.

It has been suggested in some quarters that the way to reform the school system of Alabama Is to put the job in the hands of the teachers. It has been suggested that the teachers and county superintend- ents should select the state superintendent, prescribe qualifications for teachers and school officials, and introduce other needed reforms.
 It is scarcely necessary to say that such talk is worse than nonsense. Who has ever heard of a set of men in office who would deliberately go to work to iegislate thenseives out? It is absurd to suppose that the county superintendents of Ala bama are today anxious to subscribe to conditions and qualifications which might shelve 90 per cent. of them. He is dan to expect the mass of the common school teachers of Alabama to seek the enactment of law requiring the uniform examina- tion of teachers by competent state board, when 75 per cent. of them may there- by be retired. True, there are progressive teachers and competent county superin- tendents, who will suggest improvements and champion the cause of reform unset. fshly But unfortunately the odds are against them; the incompetents out-nem- Der the competent and are ever jealous of change lest it may mean progress, and re- suit in shelving somebody who has found a {oh oo c;ly opd hol1s If aa cily Vot, co nuot travel very far in Alabama without run- ming up against these spirits of ignorance and darkness. whose name is legion. No. Alabama cannot hope for educational pro- gress from this source; we shall look in vain to our teachers and county superin- tendents for an up-to-date school system The history of the school system of other states demonstrates the fact that progress and reform were inaugurated, not by the concensus of the teachers, but in response to the demands of the people. and often in face of protest and in spite of opposition from the majority of the teachers
 If the school system of Alabama is to be brought up to the level of moderate efficiency, it must be by the people through their representatives. If restrictive quali- flcatIons are imposed to protect the office of county superintendent, 1t will not be done by the county superintendents now in office. but by the people whom they are supposed to serve. If the standard of school teaching is to be raised by tests adequate to insure efficient service, it will never be done with the aid and consent of the majority of the teachers. but by the people whose dearest interest are at stake
The age-herald., 1898-02-24
Intervention.


 In very truth the sinking of the Maine
 and the loss of her noble crew will not ma-
 terially change the Cuban situation, unless
 indeed the pending inquiry should show that the Spanish authorities had a hand in it.
 Intervention in Cuba need not be based | on the loss of the Mainc-probably can not be- It should be based on the fact that the Cubans have to contend with foe that does not know what civilized war fare is. and that this country is tired of
 doing police duty on the seas in promotion
 of such a warfare. The people of this
 country are tired of aiding a war waged against a people struggling for common rights; they are tired of a war that de- stroys their commerce; that opens the door to pestilence; that is an outrage upon all humanity and upon all civilization These
 wars-two in number---have gone on over thirteen years, and a result in favor Of Spain is no nearer than it was when the first gun was fired.
 It is upon such facts that intervention should be based. This country has, under | international law, a right to protect it's | commerce, to keep off pestilence, to put an | end to the destruction of American prop l erty and American lives There are abund- | ant grounds for intervention. and in fact the administration has asserted that right in the Woodford note.
 But these facts, plain as they are, and
 urgent as they are, will not be the deter
 mining factors in this grave matter. There
 are two interests, both strong, in the re-
 publican party that will determine the mat
 ter, and nothing else will. The men whose pockets are bulging with stocks and bonds | fear the effect of a war upon the prices of
 such securities and they are against in- | tervention. They are very powerful In re- 1 publican councils. They would be in this l matter, as in all others, all powerful were it not for the fact that something must be done to pull the party through the fall elec- tions without encountering the worst de- feat in it's history That something is intervention. It has nothing else to re- sort to. Dingleyism and national bankism stand condemned before the people. Noth- ing less than intervention can prevent an adverse verdict at the polls.
 The stockholders and bondholders and national bank interests desire the contin- uance in power of the republican party. They know thing or two. They know which party will stand by them, and which by the people. Will not these people be
 apt to say-''let furry in the stock mar
 ket come; it will be temporary and we can stand it, especially if we see that thereby the party we put in power and can control | can be saved from shipwreck" It is, in 1 other words, what the Morgans and Rock i fellows want or rather will permit to occur, that will determin the course of the present administration, and not the loss of the Maine, or the we'll known and admitted circumstances of an endless and cruel war.
The age-herald., 1898-02-24
AROUND THE TEA TABLE.

The lamp had new green globe, which cast a wierd and doleful light upon the room; the girls mouth was sombre and there was pathos in the droop of her mouth. There were also pesterish creatures clam berlng over the covers of the book she was reading.
 "It means-?" quered Howell Van Rensselaer, Gibbon, he halted and sur veyed the scene. drawing his gloves through his hands.
 ''Did you ever think" began the girl in an intense voice, "when you were in church or at the theater, and looked out over the sea of heads, that in a hundred years from now every person in the audience would be dead and buried?"
 "Well. not exactly" said Howell, as he carefully seated himself. ''I have moro often been concerned in getting out alive,
The age-herald., 1898-02-24
VARIOUS HAPPENINGS
 -uua..->IN ALABAMAA
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From the Mobile News.

From the Mobile News.
 A lonely grave in the woods far from human habitation is the sole reminder of the most horrible death that man can die. News of this most horrible affair has just reached the city from camp of the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City railroad on Big Dog river. Several days ago white man, apparently about 45 years of age, ap- preached Contractor Smith and applied for work. After questioning him a little the contractor gave him a job and the stranger was to enter upon his duties next morning. At night he asked for covering and two blankets were furnished him. The man then repaired to a spot about one hundred yards distant from the other workmen, built fire, wrapped himself in the blank cts and retired for the night. Nothing fur- ther was thought of the man until the time arrived next morning for the gang to go to work. The stranger was seen by sew eral of the men lying about ten feet from the fire, and as they supposed still asleep. One of the men was dispatched to wake the man and inform him to get up and make ready for the days work. When the man reached the spot where the strang- CT was lying fearful sight met his gaze. Instead of finding the man asleep he was burned to a crisp, every vestige of cloth ing was burned from the body and only 0 few scraps of the blankets remained. An inspection disclosed the fact that the man had battled heroically for life, but withous avail. It was impossible to identify the unfortunate man he had not given in his name and all the papers on his per son were consumed in the fire. The dead man was buried a short distance from where he met his untimely end and his thousands that bear the legend, ''Un- known"
The age-herald., 1898-02-24

particularly If the comedian were poor. I fear I have no soul"
 "You may develop one" she said. hope fully. You know very aged people along in the e0's have been known to cut third set of teeth when thy didn't expect it at all. But this burying business Is such a gruesome mistake-ff they don't cremate me shall haunt theml''
 I'll tell you better scheme than that" said Howell, meditatively. When you die I'll have you electropIated and stand you up in the hall"
 For an umbrella rackp' broke in the girl, delightedly. With my right arm curved this way for canes and things to rest against. Howell you are such com fortl I wish, now, I'd put on my pink dress''
 ''As though mere outward garb could change ones spritl" Howell said, in shocked tone. You are sad and gloomy tonight. and no amount of pink is going to cheer you. I forbid dt--I must have the dramatic unitfes preserved. Proceed with your mourning"
 tear trickled down the girls cheek. but just at this instant Jack Kirbystone blew in.
 ..Got a fine lot of songs to try he said in a loud and jarring tone. which failed to harmonize with the pale, iurid atmos- phere of the room ,"Come oni"
 And in five minutes Howell Van Rennse- laer Gibbon, with a creased brow, was sit- ting beside the book posterish covers. which was tossed upside down, while at the pi- ano the girl was vigorously singing. "Oh. Honey, Youse Nah Lady" as though she had not care in the world, while Jack Kirbystone persistently kept his foot on the loud pedal.
 'sThis is awful" groaned Howell, and set his teeth. "This is what comes of attempt ing to sympathlze with a girls mood Next time I'll try a Sedgehammer,'
 And then he reluctantly joined in the chorus.
The age-herald., 1898-02-24
WISDOM OF CHILDREN.

Fediviilt-nfflaktrd ee taoin hrdlu rdlu n
 Whose little man are your? asked the physician of a bright-looking youngster aged 4, who was playing on the steps, of a patients residence. 'Tse mammals re- piled the little fellow; ..whose big man is 'ou?'
 Lets play hockey from school today" said the little Chicago boy. "Oh. no,' re- piled his cousin, who had recently removed from Boston, its improper to willfully absent ourselves from the institution of learning without the cognizance of the preceptor."
 "Johnnie,'' said the teacher to one of the juvenile class, fin your composition on George Washington you say he cut down a cherry tree with a saw Don't you know he chopped it down with a hatchet?" "Yes'm," replied Johnnie. "but I couldn't spell hatchet."
 Mamma, have I any children?" asked little 5-year-old Ella upon her return home from Sunday school "Why no, of course noti What put that idea into you head?" replied the surprised mother. Because" answered the little lady. "our lesson today was about peoples children and their cllildrens children"
 A clergyman was in his library one day preparing his Sabbath discourse. He paused frequently to review what he had written and would often erase word or sentence and substitute another, and his 5-year-old son, who was watching him, asked: Papa, does God tell you what to preach?" Certainly my son. was the reply. "Then why do you scratch 1t out?" queried the little observer.
 Toc,c,,y ,oad bod haop taken xuifI, a slight attack of prevarication, and his father wishing to impress upon his infan- tile mind the sin he had committed, related the story of George Washington and the cherry treee, concluding with the remark that little George was a good boy and never told a lie. Tommy sat in deep thought for few minutes, and then said: Say pa toodnt little George talk?''
The age-herald., 1898-02-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 wear full beard.
 No matter what you say to chemist he always has 8 retort.
 It's trying time for woman when she visits her dressmaker.
 One frecracker does not make summer but 1t often makes one spring. Warships should never be built with money taken from the sinking fund.
 A poets words are often sent to the paper mill to be ground over again.
 The man who doesn't advertise gets morQ dust on his goods than in his cash draWen
 A cynical lady says most men are like colds-easily caught, but hard to get rid oA
 Although Shakespeare was not . brokee he furnished a great many stock auotaA tions. 13I
 No matter what mans opinion may be, if he violates the law he is open to convics tion. 5ll .1 I
 Japanese women wear neither cor- sets nor stays of any description Thsdp costumes are doubtless worn with real Japan-ease. n Ln
 Too much of good thing often provea fatal G. w. kept on adding to his coilec. tion of birthdays until they finally knocked him out. a
The age-herald., 1898-02-24
Barks Less Now
From the sulligent Lightning.

From the Sulligent Lightning.
 Dr. Hollis once had a dog, but alas! that dog has gone to his reward. It had an idea that the trains were going to hurt his master, so at every train that passed the dog would rush and bark. One day last week doggy rushed once too often. The cars hit him in an unguarded moment, and as a consequence there is a dogs grave in Lamar. A cracker box lid thereat contains this inscription:
 "Hic Jacet dog,
 Jerked hence by train
 Praise his courage, but not his wisdom"
The age-herald., 1898-02-24

The killing of negro postmaster in South Carolina on Tuesday reflects only dis- grace upon those who participated in it.
 From the accounts so far detailed of the affair, 1t was one of the most brutal and unwarranted of the thousands and thous- ands of unproyoked murders that have taken place in that state Those who en- gagged in it have TO place in the society of civilized and respectable people. The chances are the perpetrators will be found. if found at all, to belong to members of