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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-17
THE PARIS
LETTER

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will describe week by
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inal points in dress.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-17
! THE NEW YORK
LETTER

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will describe the FASH
ions of New York, and
at the same time offer
many valuable and
timely suggestions.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-17
CUT PAPER PATTERNS

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-17

Is a simple and comprehensive descr
HARpER'S BAZAR by many OF its co
in advance Of the season what Is to be
those of moderate price.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
The ciiY's Guest.

Alabama welcomes warm friend in Aex- ander K. Mcclure, the editor of the Phila- delphia Times. Alabama welcomes him as her early friend and advocate He early saw the importance of development or the resources of this state-its wealth of iron and coal and in the columns of the Times and on his feet, and wherever op- portunity presented itself, he faithfully proclaimed the possibilities of this section Southern development has been feature of the Philadelphia Times for at least a quarter of a century. His pen and tongue have never tired. He foresaw all that has been accomplished, and, Pennsylvanian though he be, he has faith in the still greater victories that await industrial Ala bama.
 Let him during his brief visit see what he has helped to accomplish. There are the pipe works and the great Sloss ore mines at Bessemer, the furnaces and bi- produce coke ovens at Ensley, the coal mines of Pratt City, and last but not least, the rolling mills and the budding steel plant of this city. Let him see what he has wrought, so far as lay in his power.
 But above all let this true friend and supporter of southern possibilities have a warm welcome in Alabama His independ- ence of party control, his fearlessness In fighting the battles of the south, as well as his personal worth and force, should all have recognition during his visit in this state He is Alabamas friend, and all Alabamians are Danes in their welcome of him,
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
The stock gamblers are in action.
AN INsOLUABLE SITUATION.

Senator Caffery in the New York World.
 It looks to me as if the president were shaping his course to intervene in the con- fict between Cuba and Spain. I do not see how he can avoid it longer. I have never believed in Cuban independence, nor in the recognition of beligerency. We could not recognize Cuba as an independent state because there is no government there. There Is nothing about Cuba upon which the United States could predicate an &C., knowledgement of beligerency.
 All that is left to the United States, If she does anything, is to intervene. Inter- vention means war; and there Is no ground in international law which would justify intervention by the United States. This policy, while it might eventually, if suc- cessfu, mitigate the suffering in Cuba would most assuredly mean suffering and death to our people,
 If we should have war with Spain over Cuba what would we do with Cuba? My opinion is that the Cubans are unfit for self-government, and that the United States would be forced either to assume a protectorate over the island or annex it, and in either event it would mean endless trouble for us.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24

profits that are not exploited in Tennessee towns. The distributive trade in Alabama
 is well worth looking after. It has been too much neglected in this city, but it has
 here firm doothold, knows its field and
 the difficulties in the way. the nature or its rivals, and victory will soon come to it's efforts. Alabama trade for Alabamians. This trade can be readily attracted to Ala bama towns, if proper efforts are put forth. The Alabama merchants must not only keep the goods needed, but they must be at least as energetic and wide-awake as. their adversaries are. They must, to use the words of a successful Huntsville mer- chant, seek 1t ''in person, by representative and by advertising" They must find ways and means to preserve Alabama to Ala bamians. The carpet-baggers from Nash- vile and Atlanta and Chattanooga must be driven back to their own states, and distributive trade firmly established in each of the five chief cities of the state.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
BAILEY TALKS AaoUT WAR.

Washington. March Eff the republi- can party declares war they will undoubt- edly beat us fin the next political cam- padgn," said Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, today. 'If they do not declare war there will not be enough republicans left in tfis country to make a showing When the matter of the $50, 000 600 war appropriation came up the democrats in the house real ize1 the truth of the statement I have just made They deliberately sank party feel ing and voted for it, though they knew that If voted would result in party de- feat. The people of this country are deep- ly exasperated They demand immediate and decisive action, and the party which give such action or is responsible for it will win the next campaign. would rather see the Cuban flag than old Glory floating over Havana and the entire island. l am against the annexation of more terri- tory. No thinking man can find anything to fear in the idea of war between this country and Spain. We would win so quickly and decisively that the war would be over before we fairly realized that 1t had begun This talk of foreign complications and hostility on the part of other foreign powers in such an event Is all bosh. The United States is too good buyer in for eign markets and too great a producer of products which Europe must buy to per- init of such a thing"
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
HALF THE S5O,OOO,OOO SPENT.
Of This Sum the Navy Department Has Had Three-Fourths-How It Has Gone.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 New York March 20.-A Washington dis patch to the Herald says that half of the $50, ,OOO, 900 for the national defense has all ready been spent or appropriated in con- tracts entered into by the war and navy departments.
 Of this half the navy department has spent nearly 75 per cent. The bureau of ordnance and the bureau of equipment of the navy have received the largest amounts. The bureau of ordnance has received about $7 100000 in all thus far. This money is be- ing expended in the manufacture and pur- chase of large quantities of shells of va rious calibres, brown prismatic and smoke less powder. torpedo tubes and guns, and in meeting the expenses of operating the big gun factory at the Washington navy yard.
 The bureau of equipment has expended about s2t00,000 in contracts for coal and coal storage houses at various points. and for miscellaneous equipment and stores for ships and naval stations. These figures in
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Tt only takes two crabs to make a pair of pinchers.
 Whenever the counterfefter needs money bad he makes it. otler fellow.
 The bunco man never puts off until to- morrow those he can do today.
 The stories of talkative barbers are often illustrated with original cuts
 The man who patronizes fire sale is very apt to get some red-hot bargains.
 Some men never play cards for money simply because the other fellow gets it.
 We never saw it rain cats and dogs but have often seen people hail street cars.
 The bachelor who builds air castles usually lives in fiat after he gets mar ried.
 The theater-hat joke is rather ancient but no man has ever been able to see through 1t.
 It makes quibe a difference to the actor whether hts name appears on billboard or a board bill.
 By the time man reaches the age when he really knows something he has reached the age of discretion and doesn't braG of if
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
The Wholesale Trade.

The Age-Herald is in hearty sympathy with the movement that aims to make Huntsville a distributive center-a place where the country merchant can find the goods he needs at the lowest possible prices. It Is a reflection upon the towns of the state-upon Huntsville, Birmingham, Mont gomery, Selma, Eufaula and Mobile-that the merchants of Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta, are finding profits and golden opportunities in this sate. They pay no taxes here. They invest no money here. They do nothing towards the development of the state They seek solely Alabama money, and they are very careful to let none of it return to this state.
 An end can be put to all this by build ing up of the wholesale trade in the chief Alabama towns. Huntsville should be the northern outpost, holding firmly the Ten nessee valleyI Birmingham will hold the trade of the mineral district of the state, and will soon endeavor to supply a much wider section with dry goods, shoes, hats and caps and similar articles; Montgomery, Selma, Eufaula and Mobile should hold against all corners the trade of the rich counties of the Black Belt, and the camps of the Pine Belt.
 The merchants of Huntsville have per- haps the harder task; but to favorable rail- road rates is added the still greater ad- vantage of river navigation. and they should be able to keep fin Alabama the
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
HOW TO AVOID YELLOW JACK.
Professor Kick Says It Is Easy to Avoid the
 Germs,

Germs.
 Chicago March 23.-Uncle Sam has only to issue an order to his troops to "cook your food and boil your drinking water" to render the whole American army inn mune from yellow fever, according to Prof. Edwin Kick, of Rush Medical college, an account of whose discovery of yellow fever germs was published a fortnight ago.
 The Spanish soldiers in Cuba, among whom the mortality from yellow fever has been great, have eaten and drunk cooked and uncooked food and water indiscrimi- nately. It is Professor Kicks theory that if the simple precaution of boiling and cooking had been followed the army would have been practically immune from the disease.
 In the event of war with Spain the AmeTi- can troops sent to Cuba would be forced to depend largely on food canned in the United States, which would lessen the dan ger considerably. It is Professor Kicks belief that the familiar injunction of the Chicago health department to "boil the water would complete the safety of the troops from the disease, whose ravages are more to be dreaded than Spanish bull lets.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
N ONE LIFETIME.

From the Springfield Republican.
 The oldest iron master in Pennsylvania Gottlieb Mover, died few days before SIT Henry Bessemer, at the age of 9A He operated forges in that state seventy years ago, and it is noted by the bulletin Of the American Iron and Steel association that he sold his iron then at $10O a ton. Within the time of his life at the business the iron production of the United States has increased from some 5O,0OO tons year 10 q 652 e30 tons in 1S97 and the price has fallen from S10O a ton to $10 and even $6 in some of the iron-producing sections of the south. What this wonderful record of progress in mans command over the powers Of nature means for the material benefit and comfort of the human race is simply beyond cal culation.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
NO LOVE FOR SPAIN IN MEXICO.

From the Kansas City Star:
 The report that all classes of Mexican citizens sympathze with the United States in it's controversy with Spain is undoubted- ly true, if for no other reason than that Mexicans know, remember and hate Spain. The revolution which freed Mexico from Spain occurred within the present century, and, in fact did not entirely end until 1921. The grandfathers of the present generation of Mexico remember the dreadful cruelt'es attending the intellectual attempt to sup press the revolution. Spain always drives her colonies to revolt, is unable to induce them to subjection through treachery and murder, and leaves behind legacy of un dying hatred.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
ACCOMMODATING THUNDERSTORM

From the Yale Record: "You may not kiss me, Jack" said she, While dimples dotted saucly Her cheeks of blushlng red; "You may not kiss me, Jack, until'- I felt my heart with rapture thrilll- "It grows quite dark" she said. But there (confound my luck) on high The sun amid the azure sky Poured forth it's golden light. But IT wished each piercing ray Would, fading, put an end to day And hasten on the night. From wonder west, where ocean rolls Her foaming waves on sandy shoals A dark'ning storm cloud blew, The bright sun faded soon away. While blacker grew the autumn day Still there I sat with Sue Alas! I knew the storm full well Would drive us from the cozy dell Where oft the hours we whiled. But Sue, she sighed and bent her head: Then looking up, Why, Jack," she said, 'How dark 1t grows" and smiled.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Probaly love was given wings so ne wouldn't get killed riding on street cars.
 The only quarrel the devil ever had with his wife was because she wouldn't color her hair.
 It's a lucky girl whose mouth is big enough to kiss and say "Don't!' at the same time.
 Every man knows other men who would be just as good as he Is if they hadn't had the same advantages.
 Difference Is giving another person the center of the stage when every one else knows it belongs to you.
 The reason why it takes a woman so long to make up her mind is because she wants to think up all the ways she can possibly change it.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
It is most meet we arm us 'gainst the foe. Henry V.
The South Carolina Plan.

The Louisiana constitutional convention based on the suffrage system of South Carolina. The vote was close-fifty-nine to fifty-five-but, it is to be hoped it was sufi- cient, and that it will stand. The proposi- tion may come up again, as it is a favorite plan of the professional politicians, but the sentiment of the honest people of the state is becoming every day stronger and more influential.
 The South Carolina plan in substance is a politicians scheme to hand over the en- tire problem to the registrars, who are ex- pected to prepare a permanent registration list. To their discretion is committed the basic problem of the state. After the list has been prepared-wholly, of course, of whites-no addition shall be made to it ex- cept through high educational, or educa- tional and property test-one so high that scarcely a negro could qualify under it.
 The scheme is even worse than the un- derstanding clause of Mississippi, for it comprehends that clause, and any other fraudulent device that the registrars may see fit to adopt. "No one,' says the Times Democrat, disputes the fact that 1t is a trick, or a subterfuge, and that the registrar who does what is expected of him must have very tough conscience"
 On the other hand, one of the despotic registrars in a negro parish might for sell 1 ,aI do fn plo on the permanent registration roll thou sand or so negroes, and there would be no remedy against such action.
 And how about the whites who come of age before, say the year 1900? The test for additions to the permanent roll is to be very high. Whether or no it will include the learning of ancient Greece is not stated. It is, however, to be very high Over 13,OOO white males will be seeking at the next state election admission to the electorate, and wanting to know the reason why they can not be permitted to vote Either more fraud must be practised, or else the state must go on accommodating a dangerous class of non-voting whites. At the second state election 1t Is estimated that there would be in the state 5000 dis franchised whites, and SO,OOO voting, not a few would be grossly ignorant and incom- petent. In the end the situation would be- come either strained and dangerous, or else the registration would become simply the result and embodiment of fraudulent practises. The registrars would as a rule be the ward or parish bosses, and the con- dition of affairs can be better imagined than described.
 Bad and indefensible as the understand ing clause is, the South Carolina plan is worse-much the worse of the two. Ala bama wants nothing of either. A plain, straight forward alternative educational and property qualification is all this state needs, with a kindly and gracious and harmless concession in favor of the vet ] erans of the civil war during the few years they will remain where voting is a neces- sorv mart of government
The age-herald., 1898-03-24

clude the sums to be spent in the exten- sive dredging operations now under way at Port Royal and Key West.
 The purchase from the Brazilian govern ment of two armored cruisers has cost $3,- GOO GOO, including incidental expenses. The bureau of construction and repairs will use about $1 ,O00, 900 of the appropriation in con- pletIng repairs to warships.
 Up to the present time $s.375 900 has been allotted to the war department. Nearly this entire sum has already been used In contracts now in course of fulfillment.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
In Thirty Days.

Gen. Miles and Admiral Sicard agree In saying that the country is ready to settle by force any issue that may arlse This total of really gigantic efforts on the part of the government in the last thirty days The world has rarely witnessed such change The nation that was so peaceful, so ill-prepared, a month ago, is today power that no nation could afford to dis pise. It is country on a war footing, al- though the troops actually mustered in are but handful
 The Maine was blown up in Havana har- bor at about g o'clock, Feb. 15. On the next day preparations for putting the coun- try on a war basis were begun. An emer- gency resolution appropriating $2OO,OOO, In order to ascertain the causes of the dis aster, was quickly passed. The naval court of inquiry began it's work. The war and navy departments did not, however, stay the work of preparing the country for the worst.
 Upon Secretary Long, perhaps, fell the heavier burden. The work at all the navy wards was rushed. contractors were quick ened and emergency orders were rapidly placed. great fleet was quickly assem- bled under command of Admiral Sicard The Asiatic squadron was concentrated not far from the Philippine islands. The old monitors and reserve cruisers were pre- pared for coast defense; every warshlp has been, or soon will be, made available, either for defense or offense. Two Brazil ian cruisers were purchased, and also two other vessels of lesser size. The fleet was ordered home, and so were the vessels on the South American coast, and in the Pa cific ocean. The organization of fleet of auxiliary cruisers was at once begun-a fleet to be made up of the greyhounds Of the Atlantic.
 Then came the emergency appropriation of $50 000 ,OOO-a magnificent sum from the purse of an united people. Not vote was cast against it in either house.
 The work in the army has been only less than that of the navy. Two regiments Of artillery were authorized by congress; the Department of the Gulf was organized. Forts along the coast have been garri- soned. and many emplacements completed. Troops have been drawn in from the west ern frontier, and hurried to the fortifca- lions of the coast The Dry Tortugas be- comes once more the country's southern optnost. The militia is alert, and the great reserve behind it, has been studied, and it's needs in case of mobilization considered. Mines and torpedoes are ready for use in every harbor; the arsenals, gun factories and powder works are full of government orders. and they are turning out the im- plements of war by night as well as by day.
 The entire country, seventy-five million strong, is, in short, on war basis; and all this has been accomplished in about thirty days. No wonder the world looks on as- tonished! And the best of it all is, the very preparedness and quickness of re- sources makes for peace; for those nations best prepared for war are the very nations that war does not as a rule affilct.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24

America-a broad-minded. clear-headed man of affairs. He is emphatically an American. who has unbounded faith in the high destiny of this country. and in the wisdom and patriotism of the people. He teens liberty and popular rights as highly as Jefferson did. Equipped as he is for public service, he would in a grave crisis, if official responsibility rested upon him. conduct affairs with a cool courage and clearness of reason that would both sur prise and delight his opponents.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
THE STATE EXCHANGES.

From the Eufaula Times: Several fam lilies have recently moved to this city from Ozark for the purpose of working in the cotton mills
 From the Selma Times: Now for a con stitutional convention. Alabama should not be behind. Let's get rid of the mig ger'' voter who can't read and write.
 From the Sheffield Reaper: The common school system of Alabama is so far behind that of sister states that 1t amounts to no system at all.
 From the Anniston Hot Blast: The dem ocratic party of Alabama must have the moral courage to come out boldly and de- clare in it's platform this year for consti- tutional convention, better schools and bet ter roads.
 From the Troy Journal: Seven signifies completion. The Sheffield Reaper is seven years old. Complete in typographical ap- pearance, editorial snap and brain elec- tricity. May the next seven years draw it nearer to perfection.
 From the Huntsville Mercury It is only a question of time until the laws of Ala bama will help these negro readers to en- force their views An educational qualifi- cation will compel them to remain away from the polls until they have attained a sufficient knowledge of affairs to enable them to act intelligently all matters submitted to them for consideration.
 From the Jasper Mountain Eagle: The Eagle is in favor of sending all the de- feated candidates after the Ninth to the front as Walker county's quoto to fight the Spaniards. hTey will be toughened and ac- customed to the hardships and 1t will af- T. patriotism they now claim to possess for the welfare of the country.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
REFORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.

From the Sioux City Tribune.
 John Wanamaker has at last come out and announced himself as the knight rant who stands ready to restore fair Pennsylvania from the clutches of Quay. Somehow that $40O, ,0O0 Harrison campaign fund. about the disbursement of which no questions are asked, seems to contribute discordant note to the music of political virtue as it marches forward to give battle to sin, cupidity and bribery.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
HOPELESS CASE.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 'Why do you allow your wife to rule you as If you were a baby?" indignantly asked MT. Meelzer's brother. 'You ought to have voice once in awhile in the man. agement of the household. Assert your in- dependence"
 s.Independence!" echoed MT. Meeker bit terly "She won't even grant me auton- omy"
The age-herald., 1898-03-24
HE HAD BEEN THERE.

From the Chicago News.
 "Were you ever caught in sudden suuall?" asked a passenger of the steam boat captain.
 ''Well. I rather guess sor' replied the captain. 'Im the father of three pairs of twinsv'
The age-herald., 1898-03-24

The people of Louisiana are so deeply interested in finding a satisfactory solu- tion of their suffrage problem that they alone in the country forget the prevailing war scare. They are more scared of the modern Hannatic negro than of the crafty Spaniard.
The age-herald., 1898-03-24

The dollar sixty-fiye cents gas company goes right along charging the old rate and is preparing to put in new pipe about the city, regardless of the board of aldermen ice in this town