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The age-herald., 1898-09-14
DEpEw WILL NAME ROOSEVELT

From the New York Mail and Express
 Maphattan Beach-Chauncey M Depew is to present the name of Theodore Roose- welt to the republican state convention as a gubernatorial candidate. He nominated Harrison at Minneapolis and Morton at St. Louis.
 "Why Depew?' I asked one of those down here to settle the work Of the state convention.
 "Well, you see, Chauncey is a veteran. He knows what to say and how to say 1t. The Lord only knows what Teddy will say on the stump, and as it is to be hot cam. paign we thought we would be sure of starting right at least So we've got De- pew to do it." Yet, unless all the signs are wrong, Depew never made speech in his life that was to mean so much to the republican party as the one for which he is scheduled before the coming convention.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
Pig Iron Production.

The production that had through several months been deceased, has taken on an upward turn. There are now 1Ss furnaces in blast-a gain of one over the previous month-and the weekly production is larger by 2,450 tons While three anthracite fur coke furnaces were started up. More coke furnaces will be put In operation this month, and the production of September will show considerably higher figures.
 The probabilities of production are very great. There were on September 1 of all kinds 1SS furnaces in blast, and 2SS furnaces not be utilized at profit unless the price be advanced at least dollar ton. If all grades of pig iron were advanced one dol lar a ton without manipulation of any kind, it is believed the production of the country would soon rise to twenty millions tons year. Such figures woiuld astonish the world, but they are possible.
 In Alabama one more furnace was put ill operation in September making the total number in blast 19, and carrying the weekly capacity up to 19,711 tons. A month ago the weekly capacity was 1S.O34 tons There are 21 stacks in the state out of blast, but many of them are of small capacity. The entire number out of blast could produce only 12,96O tons a week. Alabama is out ranked in weekly production by the Pitts burg district the Illinois district, and the eastern, central and northern Ohio dis trict. The Alabama district is, however, very close in production to all but the Pittsburg district, which turns out each week A, ,633 tons.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
Free Schools.

The board of education and Mayor Evans are to be commended for making arrange ments for free schools in the city during the coming scholastic year. When mu- nicipality or a state neglected to provide adequate educational facilities it neglected it's most sacred duty
 Without free schools in the city of Bir- mingham scores of children are turned into the streets The education of the street graduates the criminal and danger con- fronts the country.
 The city may be forced to borrow money to sustain the schools as they should be sustained but no one will censure the ad- ministration for pursuing this course when such a lofty purpose is in view Mayor Evans, the father of the Birmingham amendment and the man who perhaps was the last election has suggested a plan to meet the deficit which will occur since the payment of tuition has been abandoned.
 With the Birmingham amendment soon 10 become operdtiNe tue city VIII pe eii'oieu to borrow the necessary amount if the rev enue should fail to meet 1t, and in all prob ability it will. This can be paid back when the additional tax relieves the strain, and the city will have the blessing of free schools.
 It is hoped there will be no opposition in the city council to appropriatng money to the schools, for the indignation aroused by the tuition system at the beginning of the past session has not been forgotten and it might again be brought to life.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
HORSE RACING IN JAPAN
Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Horse racing is being introduced into Mikado This is striking evidence of the great changes taking place in that em- pire
 For many centuries the idea of the horse as an animal of speed did not enter the Japanese mind The island horse is a rough and hardy pony, used as a beast of burden or for the carrying of sedate and fat officials. Its only gait is walk It was probably originally imported from China.
 The trotting and running horse came with the modern army organization. It was necessary to import new breed of animals for the Japanese cavalry. This branch of the military service did effective work in the Chinese war, and the Japanese quickly got an idea on the subject of horse- flesh.
 The mikado, who Is reported to be an ardent admirer of the horse, has become the possessor of fine stable. He has en- couraged the importation and breeding of blooded animals for the officers of the army. Now he is interested in the devel- 7opment of a new sport for the people, pulp lie horse racing.
 The mikado, however, insists on in- novation at the race tracks of Japan. He will have no betting In this he has under taken a big job for the people of all ori- ental races are given to gambling.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
VALUE OF DENOMINATIONS

From the Concord Evening Monitor.
 Mississippi has renominated her entire delgation to congress. This has always been the rule in the south, to renominate men who have demonstrated their worth. The practice in most parts of the north is different, the attempt being made to divide out the offices, so as to let every man have his share. Hence, the comparative want of brilliancy on the part of most of the norhern delegations. We have no occasion to find fault with this bad practice. since it admits the south without contest to the political supremacy.
 It ought not to be necessary to say that the argument that a congressman has had his share of office, and that the office should be passed on to some other sup posedly standing in line and waiting for it, like a line of people at a theater box, is worth nothing. Public office is not mat ter of reward for faithful voters It is not a matter of division of spells of office. The citizen who looks at in the mercenary light is not merely unfitted for office, he is un- fitted for the suffrage. 2
 In order that the state may be served by her best men it Is necessary to regard expc- rience as we'll as fitness. Experience alone is not enough-neither is fitness alone enough, provided the two qualifications are shown to meet in one person.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

Upper Nile by virtue of conquest, but it is plain they did not gain it by virtue of a conquest of the Egyptian forces. A diplo- matic question may arise, but no military question will arise when General Kitchener marches to Fashoda, for neither France nor the Congo Free State has any consld- erable force there.
 The questions involved are very impor- tant to England The Cape-to-Cairo project would be cut into if the French should be allowed to establish their claims at Fash oda. The Fashoda district becomes, in oth- CT words, a question of far-reaching inn portance, and it is plain that France Will have to retire from the Nile or fight.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
e4e NEW PENSION CLAIMS
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 Up to date only 246 applications by sol diers who served in the late war with Spain have been filed at the pension office. Not less than 45 per cent of the number named are invalid claims. while the remaining 55 per cent. are the claims of dependents and minors.
 In discussing the subject, Commissioner of Pensions Evans said today that nothing had been done with the claims because of the fact that the records at this point are incomplete Most of the records are still in Cuba. This being the case, nothing can be done until the records are received and duly fled.
 Commissioner Evans expressed the opin- ion that only comparatively few pensions would be sought for some time to come. This was the experience of the pension of flee after the civl war closed. For several years after the war ended only a few thousand applications for pensions were filed. When the law of a2)0 was passed the floodgates were lifted and the pensions quickly increased to 40S, 900. Later acts in creased the number of applications filed and granted to 964, 900 in round numbers.
 The commissioner said that the physical examination blanks recently prepared un- der the direction of General Corbin would greatly ia ,ilitata the work of the pension office prevent fraud and enable the de- serving soldier to get his pension far more quickly than under the old system.
 Under the old system it was a compara- lively easy matter for a to substitute some one possessed of physical defects to him hafOra fha medical iners, and in a considerable number of cases the scheme worked. Sooner or later the fraud was discovered. but not always to the satisfaction of the government. The money had been squandered in most cases and imprisonment did not always prove a deterrent.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
The Fever Situation.

The Lafayette district in Mississippi. and Franklin, La.. still remain the foci of infection in this country. All else is at this writing, mere rumor. The disease is in- ciined to be virulent at Franklin and at Taylors. Both are low and swamp-sur- rounded. At Orwood, on the other hand, the cases are of a milder nature, due no doubt to the high and dry soil of that sec- tion of the county.
 The Jackson case still excites much com ment. The sole and only case, now dead, did stay in New Orleans four days previous to August 1, and the people of Jackson claim that he accumulated the fatal germ during his brief visit in the Crescent City. Possibly he did. His work and daily drink conduced to its development in his system. He was section boss of the Illinois Gen. tral railroad At the end of his section was an old tank that probably had not been cleaned "since the war;" and it is said he was in the habit of daily drinking water drawn from the decaying and foul tank.
 
 that takes the sewage of the town, and being a newcomer in the town, he did not take, perhaps, the usual and necessary precautions.
 Neither his wife nor his child, an infant three months old, has taken the fever. nor have the two young men who visited him before his death. Every precaution against a spread of the disease has been taken. The case involved black vomit. and was, in the judgment of all medical experts in Jackson. a case of yellow fever. As to that, there seems to be no doubt in Jackson. The busi- ness of the town is practically suspended, and there is little prospect that the people will return until a frost renders the city safe against an epidemic.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Two hearts are better than one-if they are trumps.
 When a man is brainless there's always room at the top.
 A fertile imagination often produces crop of rank thoughts.
 It takes wise man to pick fool whose money he can spend.
 Whenever two women begin to talk things over they are sure to overtalk
 It's wise man who doesn't let his wife know the full size of his income.
 The man who always counts on his friends seldom figures in their calculations. After a man begins to take whisky for medicinal purposes he is always sick
 It isn't always girls plain face that keeps her from marrying-sometimes it's her wisdom.
 More people are willing to help bury a dead man than there are to lend dollar to a living one.
 Give a man the little he says he wants here below and he'll kick himself because he didn't ask for more.
 Before marriage a man promises to his wife nothing after marriage that is about all the poor woman gets.
 The average small boy loses faith in his mothers veracity when she says It hurts her more to whip him than it hurts him.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
The Upner Mile.

Four hundred miles south of Khartoum is Fashoda, town of the Nile. The town and province were formerly a part of the Egyptian Soudan, but thirteen years ago the Mahdists drove the Egyptians out of all that region, Khartoum included. But Egypt, and of course England. have always steadfastly considered the Mahdist move- ment as an insurrection, to be overcome as soon as circumstances permitted. In other words, Egyptian sovereignty has never been relinqushed. It has been in abeyance by the force of circumstances. The sirdar, General Kitchener, is now overcoming both the obstacles of the desert and of the Nah dists, and he proposes to reconquer every inch of Egyptian territory.
 England is determined to hold the whole of the Nile The very life of Egypt de- bends upon it. Any diversion of the waters of the fruitful river would render the en- tire country valueless and untenantable. General Kitchener will march in good time upon Fashoda, and there he may find some French outposts, or possibly some troops of the Congo Free State. Either may claim that they have secured a foothold on the
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
THE FIJTURE OF MORMONIs M

Salt Lake City Letter to Baltimore Sun.
 Mormonsm shows no sign of disintegra- tion, yet it is affected by the incoming or the Gentle world. Parties no longer divide as Mormon and liberal, but as democrats, populists and republicans. Socially indus trially and in many other ways the Nor mon and Gentle are thrown together The railroad, the telegraph, the telephone and the electric cars are here. Mormon boys marry Gentle girls and Gentle boys marry Mormon girls.
 Mormonism is as earnestly devoted to polygamy today as it ever was. It can only advance as it is true to it's own doctrine. The religion that comes from God must enforce and practice what it teaches. Pol ygamy-if of God-cannot be laid aside, cannot be suspended. Will the Christian nations accept polygamy as a divtnely or dained institution and establish society on that basis? Heavenly" marriages can be performed only in the temple, we are told. Yet such marriages lie at the very core of Mormonism. Is it possible or likely that the world will see bands of converts push ing on to Salt Lake City, there to undergo this peculiar ceremony?
 Face to face with the civilization Of America, so practical, so democratic, so inuuisitive, in the light of the gospel his- tory accepted in it's great fundamental teachings alike by the judgment of the ages and the concensus of the nations of Europe and America. can we say otherwise than that Mormonism is incongruous with Christianity and America, and with the h1s- tory and customs of humanity, and may we not cherish the hope that not many years will elapse before its adherents shall share in, the blessings of the Gospel in common with their fellow-citZens and Mormonism be as "a tale that is told?"
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
The First Alabama.

An unfortunate typographical error oc- cured in the report of Dr. Fitzsimmon's sermon as printed in Tuesdays Age-Herald He was made to say that it was strange sensation, after four months of camp life, to preach again to a "civilized congrega- ton, when, of course, he said civilian" congregation. These errors of the type will creep into a newspaper causing it to ap pear that the newspaper is unfriendly to and would take an unfair advantage of an individual. Far be it from the Age-Herald, and particularly in the case of Dr. Fitz- simmons, gentleman and minister of one for whom the community no less than
 the Age-Herald entertains great respect 1 Dr. Fitzsimmons. not unlike all men of l thought and courage, has opinions, and ex- presses them.
 Because the Age-Herald may not have agreed with him in all his opinions is not to argue that it has not respect for them. Rather than entertain any spirit of ami mostly towards Dr. fttzsimmons, or any officer of the First Alabama, the Age Herald entertains the highest respect for them, and, like all the people of Birming- ham, will give them hearty welcome home.
 Life is too short for individuals or squads, whether they be soldiers or civilians, to spend it in unpleasant squabbles and filings at one another. The First Alabama regi- ment is coming to Birmingham presuma- | bly to be mustered out. Let every man of | it come with joyous heart as the friend | of every other man. The people of Bir- mingham will give them such hearty well come as to make them forget their past differences and cause every private in the regiment to give hearty cheer for every | officer whether he be colonel, captain, chaplain or lieutenant.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
HOBSON,s CHOICE

A correspondent has written to the New York Times, giving the following account of the origin of "Hobson's Choice: "Now that Lieutenant Hobson has proved himself such hero. the phrse 'TIobsons choice is heard on every side. and some of your readers may be interested to know its origin.
 During Shakespeare's and Milton's time it was the custom for gentlemen to ride home from the theater on horseback, hir- ing the horse, as we do cab, at a stand. Naturally, each one wished to have the best horse, and much confusion ensued, while some poor animals were never taken. A university keeper was the first keeper of a hackney stable at Cambridge England, named Thomas Cor Tobias) Hobson Q5H- 163D, conceived the plan of placing his horses in line and forcing his customers to take the one nearest the door of the theater. It then became no longer a mat ter of personal selection, but of 'Hobsons choice-that is, this or none.'
 Milton wrote two poems dedicated to Hobson, one of which I append:
 ION THE UNIVERSITY CARRIER. who sickened in the time of his vacancy being forbid to go to London by reason of the plague.
 "'Here lies old Hobson. Death hath broke
 
 And here, alas! hath laid him in the dirt; Or else, the ways being foul, twenty to
 one,
 He's here stuck in slough and over
 thrown.
 Twas such shelter that if truth were
 known,
 Death was half glad when he had got him
 down, For he had any time this ten years full Dodged with him between Cambridge and
 The Bull.' And surely death could never have pre-
 vailed, Had not his weekly course of carriage
 failed
 But lately, finding him so much at home, And thinking now his journeys end was
 come,
 And that he had ta'en up his latest inn, In kind of office of a chamberlain, Showed him his room where he must lodge
 that night, Pulled off his shoes, and took away the
 light
 If any ask for him it shall be said, Hobson' has supped. and's newly gone to
 bed,'"
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
INVESTIGATES INVESTIGATE

From the Holyoke (Mass.) Telegram.
 The boys who died at Camp Wikoff were murdered-officially murdered. We now know that an order had been issued early this month to supply the regiments with food costing 60 cents day. This order was pigeonholed in a desk in the war de- partment In consequence of this act of negligence the poor, sick soldiers were ob- liged to eat nauseating food, mostly moldy hardtack and slimy beef. Nearly 100 have since died of starvation. Their weak stom- achs refused the swill which the great United States government offered them. So we repeat, these boys were murdered, and some official in the war department was their murderer. The nation cries aloud: Investigate! Investigated Investi- gate!
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
THE HEROES OF THE WAR
From the Kansas City Star

From the Kansas City Star.
 The most picturesque figure of the war, Colonel Teddy Roosevelt the man who re- ceived neither eulogy nor censure Secre- tary Long of the navy; the hero of the songs, Lieutenant Hobson; the Chevalier Bayard of the war, General Joe Wheeler; famous through word, Captain He'll Evans; who loved his ship better than him. self, Captain Clark of the Oregon; the hero without a press agent, General Wood of the Rough Riders;" the hero of the school readers forever, Captain Philip of the Texas who acknowledged God; the hero of opportunities, Lieutenant Commander Wainwright; who said, They'll never get backl" Admiral Schley; ths general who hypnotzed an island, Miles, the man in the wrong place. Secretary Algerj the man who was mostly dubious, Shafterj the false alarms, the Cuban patriots, tie yr- known heroes, the reguIarsl without stain upon it's glory, without explanation in its lexicon of war; the Iiavyj whom we love the best and honor most, Admiral Dewey
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
RICH CHURCHES
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 E We were discussing the churches and their comparative wealth. A warden stated with assurance that the richest church in New York is the Fifth Avenue Baptist, where the Rev. Dr. William Horse Power Faunce holds forth. I met the pastor the day he arrived in New York-a rather red- dish man of great virility and good front. The Rockefellers, believe, have sittings in his church. Though the entire member ship is only about one-fourth that of Dr. MacArthur's meeting house, in Fifty seventh street, the Fifth Avenue raises twice as much money for church purposes. Last year it raised $111, ,OOo, as against $57 900 for Dr. MacAruthurs. While the latter
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Marriage may not be failure, but good many married people are.
 The more trust a good woman puts in a man the more she will generally find in him to trust.
 You can always tell from the outside of a house which is the spare bedroom by the way the window curtains are fixed up.
 The mission-school habit is probably the strongest while it lasts, but the sachet habit makes a girls family a lot more un- comfortable
 A woman has to have lot more patience to let the cat in and out than she has for her husband, because if she didn't it would leave her.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
A WAR ALL WILL ENJOY

From the Baltimore American
 The Arbuckle coffee trust is refining sugar, and the Havemeyer sugar trust has begun to roast coffee. Let he merry wag go on. If each will bust the other all will befwell. But if only one is to be busted, then may it be the sugar trust, the worst of them all Its failure would largely heln ito purify congress- .
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

The first number of the Southern Farm Register will be issued on the first day of October This Atlanta publication will be devoted to southern agricultural and in- dustrial interests. It will start with an assured circulation of 10000, and will be maintained as high-grade journal devoted to the resources, products and industries of the south
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

The Berlin correspondent of the Lon don Figaro recently telegraphed to his paper: "I regret to learn that the Em- peror William fell from his horse at Will helmshohe, but was not killed"
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

Senator Gray opposed the annexation of Hawaii He is wholly absorbed in an ef- fort to remember Washington's farewell address.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

Comrade William McKinely is not work ing up to the expectations of the pension seekers. They want more "liberality" in that department.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

Major Count Ferdinand Walsh Ester hazy, alias Jim the Penman, is missing, and the people, if not the police, are look ing for him.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

The dead empress of Austria never was quite herself after the death by his own hand of her only child, the Archduke Ru- dolph.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

The liquor question is "up' in Illinois, where the cranks are disputing over the contents of the bottle that is to be broken over the bows of the battleship Illinois. It is a great issue
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

MT. George Dewey is now acting consul of the port and mayor of the city. He is quite an office-holder for the time being.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

Queen wilhemina Is the one ruler of the world who commands the best wishes Of all other people. 4ga
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

There is one thing that can be depended upon-Birmingham will never quarantine against the soldier boys of the First. IT
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

Prepare to turn out as soon as the con- ing of the First is announced by bell and whistle.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14

The First will soon be here.
The age-herald., 1898-09-14
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The age-herald., 1898-09-14

Fighting an enemy is what volunteers volunteered to do. Police duty Is another thing.