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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
The statistical position as made UP by this morning

The Chronicle states It's weather report tina, the
weather has prevailed southwest and damage
shedding IS & at mas bnt at son points
1.-THE precipitation has been insulcient The special from
no rain in the state during the week and the cotton h
4Liverpool cable.-spot cotton dull sales, 1900 bales
speculation and export 900 bales American 1000 bales
FS5u opened barely iiss$E q "a ~ Partial sG
2esb JsRu9 a5- Fe'Tn ss!
%T2 Nav s2sas Mayiuns s2eb; guneJuy 2ss6
iober 82sEe October November s27ltb; November-De-
enient on Sat iTday business in flour became almost
Impossible except in purely J9bong way ana me mar
Spring patents g SIS S , wgsT tasr sh ssss 2 5 Extra
yn; sSt:s T9 Tlnts5 s 81 +' sS 81
Far g ESS & ess lo qa SaSlfe Kiln 'h cS
and yellow. $4,000 coarse 73a7sc FBEpos,eaGy
quoted spring bran bulk st 'OI 5S s?e coarse sG WIN
BRAN s55oasG5o latter white ns sia oogs lS
ssS6 s,s t SlSqS olR Se "a 5GGsS
GRAIN-WHEAT-LdqT,d h Gn mapkst on satur@
DAY breaSnE prces during the ocai I've below
4,reme hesvness in the market which was SS
reasons given a. most prominently connected Win
dG p o PSss were GSe ncadsd not only
tonaiy favorable weather but ntimatlons from Duul1
s oSI Il cSnd a4Se as e al any time fail Saturday.
arrivals 229 cars compared WIN o9 cars Compared
with asa cars The week previous and $3.50 cars CURING
same period year There was no appeian.,u,
rain In any part Of the spring wheat belt and
Remained normal except the Far NoThwest ~
were low excite some -,
frost Export trade seaboard points was rahe nsypo
About 10 loads were reported. with runloIs OF It's
fr Indie but bds were generally reported OUT OF ins
Liverpool futures closed AQ$d net lower anu - ,be
markets uartly points up 10 points d0wn L'i
day Australian shipments amounted 10 goo ~
short accounts during forenoon was n at
the idea that might result in an oversola ma No red
tscted about The only demand that appeared 80 ~
closed at 74c elevator 75e delivered ana III S ice 70
efoat On lie curb September ranged from - =,
75Hc closing az 75c I'D az ! o'clock cohN-r In
sympathy with the decline In wheat there VIZ nv
Responding shar1, break the Market eo,,
Considerable liquidation and selling for sso,' ,et lowe
last prices az the regular session were tu no ne. "a
crop news was 6f the most favorable character ana
export trade rather light al about 20 LOADS an onno
bulls dd MOI feel Justified making any partua ,ay
son declining tendency which eontn 10 s or elevator
tnt curb market No was quoed NJ ~ c,,rb
satc delivered and 39%c afoat on ,hS ,o,ooh
nas - vsotsd 8sc, closing at Soc ~ ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

Delightful Maritime Province Tour,
Sent 2 All travelling and hotel ex-
penses for 10 days: SIS; circulars on
application. ,,,,rco,,u
Tours and tickets everywhere.
Is UNION SQUARE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
SANDY Hook Ro'y7rE
Railroads.

nuIlIuWuo
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.
STATIONS foot OF West Twenty third Street and Des
brosses and Cortandt Streets
QTThe leaving time from Desbrosses anu
COrtIandt streets is five minutes later than
that given below for Twenty-third street
station. except where otherwise noted s o.,
Cars New York 10 Pittsburg Sleeping Car Pittsburg
SSS NJ AI Pn ENhfn41isL an Pullman
ton cars For Chicago Cleveland. Toledo. Cincinnati.
LIB F. H. cH tSax sN B 81 louis
Louisville via CincinnatD. Indianapolis Chicas' d.
5.5o p. NJ. WESTERN ExPREss.-FOr Chicago For
Tbs =. N.Y. soGTMwksTERN ExPREss.-TOr pitss-
burg. Cleveland, Nashville via cincnnatD' L"u'SV''e
7.5S r. N. Pacific EXPRESS For Pntsburg, and
Chicago For Knoxville daily via snnSsy 's"ey
s2s ssbro.es and cortsnd street: s $40 car
New York to Altoona, East Liberty fsbas. and
points West daily except Sunday. No coaches
WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH.
7j5, s25 925. 1910 (pesbrosses Street 1910 Corandt
2s 70 Discusses Street no cGfsapp at,os street rect
Dining Cars, 425 Dining carr ass Dining can %
Ear m 2sn' a5 S'Gsa S ss ESQ sSIs
Parior and Dining Cars, dining Car). 45o Din-
sd pE Ra = ass 2O .2O p 1910
NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILwAY.--FOr Memphis
and New Orleans. 255 y. daily. - $40,
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.--Express. - a. M ana 200
CHESAPEAKE 6 OHIO RAHwAY.-tO P. m daily
FOR OLD POINT COMFORT and NoRFoLK.-70o a. m.
week days and 1856 D m. daily. ,,
ATLANTIC CITY.-21O p. m weekdays lDeSplosses
Street 10 p M. Cortlandt Street 10 z M through
vestlbuled Train Buffet Paror Cars. Passenger Coach
and Combined Coach.
CAPE MAY-I2oo J. m week days ,a,,-o.a ,,-oro
West Twenty third Street ststion) sOo a. a.; ~ ~
iG 'sH s"nSsy 33q s M 4ss gso@
brosses Street 300 900 a. IL 20. l2O CSaturdays
only) 290. $40 3 10. 420 80. 100 y; m sundays
900 m. 70 90 1 % SATURDAYS only( 290. 3os 33s.
t23 us. 700 D. Sundays s1'. s4o A. me- olo D. H.
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
olo Desbrosses and Cortlandt Streets 800 I2. Io5.
s25, $50 925 OBS Penna Lmi,ed ioio tpesor99ssess
Dining Carr Los a. M l2e3 20 (pesoros %. s,reet
Carr 450 Dining carr 6b5 Dining Carr LOO S2o
p m. l2i0 night, sundsys 60 20 so UP sS 20
Dining carr. 255, s55, t2o Dining Carr 40 Dining
carr 555 dining Car, IDA. $50 D. M l2io night 10,
Ticket offices Nos. 461, p4. 1893 1854, III and Zoi
Broadway: Astor House West Twenty third street
Streets; Court Street Fulton street ss Broadway
and Pennsylvania Annex station Brooklyn; statloh;
Jersey City The New York Transfer Company VIII caiI
FOR and check baggage from hotels ana residences
Tespbone pis Eghteenth Street Pennsylvania Rail-
road Cab Service , 1yoon
J. y. HUTCHINSON. X WooD.
General Manager. General Psssr Agent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

COTTON-Consderable irregularty cropped out in the
or There first Of all in
terval Of decided frmness. during which prices took
higher evehigher 4Q3 points than the closing figures
@ day This largely due 10 the fact
hat the English cable accounts much better than
had they reported advance OF j 32d
t3n prices and Cad in futures which was more than
full the Improvement made yesterday IN our
narke unsatisfactory feature OF the English adVces
however the poor showing 20 spot sales: these
Reached only bales that private cables
planed the small business in actual cotton by stating that
1t the arbitrary OF holders not gen
orally accepted satisfactory. Following the opening
call the recedcd considerable part Of the
xary Improvement lost. for thing because the
ca reported that beneficial showers had
fallen Oklahoma, Arkansas Georgia and South Caro-
lna. portions Of the belt had been visited by
\ authority, however de-
cidedly bush respecting portions Of the cotton
soet the Of the traders became mixed and once
Anore the market made upturn. improving even on
THE opening being time 7a9 points above
khe closing Yesterday The final phases Of the
market reflected confusion Of ideas while the official
Vlose steady 5G7 points net advance
contract prices In the local market to-day
Nsas as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

Cash quotations y follows: Flour firm; winter
patents 81 50H So G0 straights SO qS3 3O spring
ca- 81 ~; spring patents 50 4Ods3 TO- sraghts 81 500
s. 70. bakers 81 yDd 81 60; No spring wheat ION
7il.c No red. 7s'.e; No corn s2lt6S2ts Ne ye-
No white 22h a23c; No 3rye, 64a55c clover, contract
grade. So: No naxseed. ~ iIgsi III. W. 81 lsq
81 1871 prime timothy seed 81 2dS2 40 pork.
Dbl 81 S5dss 30 lard 100 NJ 81 07it4t5 %; short
ribs sides loose 05as5 2o sailed shoulder boxed
80 G2iIat5 75 clear sides boxed, 3 5oas5 %:
whskey, drtiers' finished goods gallon. ~ 20;
sugars cut loaf - o. granuated - 80 on the Produce
Exchange to-day the butter market steady; cream
cries isg2Oc; diaries. i8ai7c. Cheese firm si.aiOc.
Eggs hrm; fresh. 12isc.
Cincinnati Aug 20-Flour quiet. Wheat easier No 2
red Tic Corn Arm; No mixed. 32hc. Oats hrner No
mixed 22hq22tc. Rye steady; No dc Butter easy
Sugar quiet Eggs firm. II Nc. Cheese nrm.
Milwaukee, Aug. 26.-Wheat, No Northern, 73ci No
Northern Icg,s hye weaser NO S4nuo'Hc
Minneapolis. Aug, 2a-close; Wheat In store. No ]
Northern, August. 6e4c; new, August. Csc September
87Hc: December. 6ssc. May, 7lisc on track; No !
hard 7ohc No Northern 69hc: No Northern. es.c.
Flour and bran un changed.
Philadelphia. Aug 26.-wheat isc lower; contract
grade August 7iG7ihc. Corn, itc lower; No mSsh
August 37d37hc Oats steady; No white clipped, "a y
G2sc: No do. 2ohg2ec; No mixed do. 2Shasoa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

..:. .oArs-rhe market ruled dull and heavy in sym
pathy with corn Exporters took $4,000 bush No oats
closed at 20ko; No oats 25iac: No white Csc; No
white. &c; track mixed 20q2sc track white 20hqsse;
Western &c snOsti No Western. %G q, s spot;
Market quiet Feeding 3sh d4o4o Buffaiol mailing,
4sG65c delivered New-York. Exporters bought 10000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

STEAMBOATS,
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND
VIA SOUND LINES
FALL RIVER LIME
For Fall River Boston. Marthas Vineyard Nantucket.
Cape Cod and all Eastern and Northern mounian Inland
PURITAN in commission. Orchestra on each. Leave
Pier TO- y. r.. foot of Warren st. week days and Sun
days at 800 p. n. Steamer from New York SUNDAYS day,
only. touches at Newport On other days OF the week
Providence Line eastward steamer stops at Newport
PROVIDENCE Lime
For Newport. Providence Boston. the North and East
Steamers PLYMOUTH and PILGRIM In commission.
Orchestra on zach Leave Pier r. foot OF murray
R. l. Monday morning. excepted. On Monday mornings
Fail River Line steamers touch = Newport
@J1@NlNG11SM Lime
For stoningtor. Narasansett Pier. Watch Hill Bo:ton
and all points East Steamers MAINE and NEW
HAMPSHIRE. Leave Pier 3e, N. r., foot Of Spring ST.
week days only Goo r. NJ.
NORWICH l0NIE
For New London Block Island. Norwich Worcester boe.
ton and the East. steamers CITY OF LOWELL ana
CITY OF WORCESTER. Leave Pier 80. n. r.. toot OF
Spring st. week days only at $50 r. NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
MANOBWR@-AM EROGMEl

TWIN SCREW EXPRESS LINE TO CfiERBoURo
(PARIS), SOUTHAMPTON (LONDON). HAMBURG.
4. Victoria: Sept. 10 AMF. bismarck. Sept n 10 AN
W Ss2 scrW 10 AN sRV 10 A"
TO PLYMOUTH GoNpoN cHERBoURG PARis).
AND HAMBURG. Also New York-Hamburg direct.
Pennsyiva. Sept. q 2sOPM Pretoria. Sept ie p
Palata Sept o. A. NJ Patria. Sept %, 1880 A. NJ
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LINE. 81 broadway. N. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
p A MEXICAN LINE.

A MEXICAN LINE.
"A FAST EXPRESS SERVICE.
NEW YORK-SoUTHAMPTO
CATJJNG WEsTBOUND AT CHERBOURG.
Sailing Wednesdays at 10 A. NJ
81, Louis ....Aug 80 ST. Louis. ........ sept ~
81 Paul Sept Q ST. Pau. .-.-.'...'sep.
New York ...... Sept IS New York .'''''''oct'
RED STAR LINE.
NEW YORK ANTWERP-PASlS
Every Wednesday, at IL noon
r-,..,o,, Aug go westernisae. Sept l3
ssonthwark .... Sept 6'Kensington ..'..'sept ~
.These carry caei" and third CLASS p@SSes
at low rates ,,.,,,o.rroN COMPANY
p,sr. il and is ~ H. Office. IS broadway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
CATsKILL MOUNTAINS

VIA CATSKILI.
No Summer outing complete without WISH 70 'h'
Mountains ,,~,., r.S
NERsvILLE RAILWAYS make direct connecuonns ~ AZ
paw Line and hight Line Steamboats, ana all tssitoans
srordng the SHORTEST Route to all points on the SUM
mii q The EaSIsTp Catsku'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

PED d LINE.
IL For T., Guayra Puerto cabeio. Curacao ana Mara
..uo via C,rssa0-Callng also at Porto Rico.
e"' " From Roberts Pier, Brooklyn, a,
e 8 PHiIADErPBiA. SATURDAY sept s,,, ~ =. .:
These steamers have superior accommodations LUZ
sehgera BouLroN BLISS a DALLErT.
General Managers, l33 Front b.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
Yester-

Rio-Coffee market weak: No Rio. 6S250: exchange
l82d: receipts. 1900 bags; cleared for the United
States 1900 bags cleared for Europe 1000 bags stock
B1SO0o bags.
The statistical position Of Brazil folows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

ICRENCH LINE. -
Il coup.cNrr oENERALE TRANsATLANTIoCE
DIRECT LINE TO HAvRE-PAkis FhANcE)'
D Sailing as follows 10 A. NJ a..
p., p.- No ~ North River. foot Morton street
La Touraine Sept ala Bre,agns' sep, 40
Ia C;ascogne 80. Sept. 10 La Nornandle; yc'
First-ciass passage to Hsyre seo pr and NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
ToJrR AROUND THE WORLD.

"A III ,a-,v "a now being organized 10 start In
oc,ober sccomraned by experienced oriental aVeies
A. axcantiona opportunity make tour uhaer n n
Taro-Hn rondtons Cruise TO the orient Feo ISL $9VV
80 30 = o. CLARK Ill broadway. New-fork
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

Receipts OF breadsufs interior points In thousand
as follows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

A. no LIVERPOOL. VIA QrEENsIOWN'
Irnn piers 81 and 50. North RIVER . =,
urana. Aug 60 noon seryis Sept s iS y a. noon M
uurlh , 80 q A. NJ I.ucania.. Sept ~, y A. NJ
VERNON H. BROWN & CO Gen Agents
ROWLING GREEN. NEW hoHh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

A. WHITE STAR LINE
"A. NEW EENsToWN-LlVERPoCnId. ,u
p.t,.,rtc aug 81 noon Oceanic sept ~ noon
1sm,nnn Sept 0. noon Majestic sept - noon
eutonG. So, n noon Teutonic Oct 4, noon
German'e' 20 n m iOermanc. Oct II. noon
- osssrger freight and general Information apply 10
for paA'h WHITE STAR LINE .
nj, 40 Nth River once Broadway. N. Y
The age-herald., 1899-11-25
THE HiLLMAN HOSPITAL

In Tuesdays issue of The Age-Herald there appeared short article in the col umn headed Tn Hotel Lobbies' calling at- tcntion to the destitute condition of MT. Clark Earl, an actor, who is now a patient at tine Hillman hospital, wIhich (uninten- tlonally, no doubt) does injustice to the charitable intent and management of an institution which has for many years done the only charity hospital work of this city The income of Hillman hospital is insufficient for more than five charity pa- tients at a time, though as matter of fact vastly more charity work than that indicates is done by the hospital all the time, in the Way of outside dressings, as well as what might be termed involuntary charity. Where a patient is admitted os- tensIbly as pay patient, but fails to pay all or part of the really small sum agreed upon, IS for instance, in the case Of a man Gan actor, by the way), who remained in the hospital six months without one penny being received by the hospital
 When admission for Mr. Earle was sought by the matron, by telephone she asked the usual question, If he was d pay patient?" and answer being in the affirma- tive, he was admitted, but without the payment in advance, required by all hos pitals. If his friends had requested his admission to one of the free beds, there would have been no difficulty in securing, it, as there was vacancy that day, though when the hospital is crowded it Is obvious that preference must be given lo- cal needs.
 Before long, with the aid of ehe good eitl- zens of Birmingham, which, indeed, is in- dispensable, We hope to see on the corner of Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street noble building dedicated to the care of suffering humanity, where no needy sick one shall knock in vain.
 Vita an apology for writing at such length, and begging you to make public correction of ule mistake referred to- I am very sincerely, MRS. T. O. SMIfH. Secretary Board of Managers of Hillman
 Hospital.
The age-herald., 1899-11-25
Some Huntsville Improvements

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 The workmen of the Nashville, Chatta- nooga and St. Louis railway will finish lay ing the long new side track the present week to accommodate the new Dyas & Jones brick plant and the new wood work ing factory mentioned in the Mercury yes terday morning. Steam is up on the plant of the Lewis Lumber company, and large amount of timber is on the ground ready for consumption. The fibre and veneering plant is running steadily and a large amount of lumber has arrived for the new brick plant. Work begins today removing fences from the entire plat and setting over the fence of the Southern railroad lands to conform to the line of the new alley do- mated by the Southern railway to the public in that vicinity.
 The entire five plants will work from 125 to 150 skilled laborers within the present year, which is a fine showing for a plat of ground which on July was a pasture. This shows something of the increase of diversi- fled industries in our city.
The age-herald., 1899-11-25

MT. Tom Reed left the house. and Mir Dingley died. There are Boutelie of Maine and Payne of New York. each of whom will be well placed by uhe new speaker, but beyond these two men 1t is difficult to recall any eastern names of national prominence. The east Is not sending the best men to congress. Such men are look ing after business enterprises, and in the meanwhile the west will attend to public affairs Never before has the east been so feebly represented in the lower house of congress, and never before has the west been so prominent.
 After all the success of western ideas in congress will largely depend upon the suc- cess of MT. Henderson in the speakership. Much is expected of him. He is expected to be an autocrat whenever the party de- nands autocratic action on his part, but he is not expected to be as brutal and as .dsagreeable as Mr. Reed was. He is ex- pected to be pleasant and fair, but auto- cratic. This is a difficult programme, and MT. Henderson may have some trouble in carrying it out He will, it is stated, en- force the Reed rules in Henderson man. ner. At any rate he cannot do worse than Mr. Reed did, and he may do much bet ter.
The age-herald., 1899-11-25
FEWER CIGAKE ryEs CONSERVED

From the New York Journal. t,t
 In 1897 the men and young men of this country smoked four billion eight hundred million paper cigarettes.
 The consumption of these poisonous con- trivances in 1899, according to reliable sta- tistics, was reduced by more than two bill lions, or nearly one-half.
 It is impossible to overestimate the impor- tance of these figures Two billion fewer cigarettes smoked means an army of boys and young men saved from disease nervous uin and hopeless mental deterioration.
 The great decrease in the consumption Of the national poison is not due. unfortunate ly. to the abandonment of smoking on a great scale, but to the substitution of cig- arettes made without paper for those with paper wrappers.
 None the less, the fact that the youth of the country has kept out of it's lungs the poisonous smoke of two billion paper wrappers during the last year is most welcome.
 We earnestly hope that the last year of the century which we are about to enter will show a further decrease in the con- sumption of cigarette poison. We urge upon boys who want to be men to leave cigarettes of every kind alone, There is nothing manly in the use of poisons,
The age-herald., 1899-11-25
Transfer of Power of Congress.

speaker-elect Henderson will be the first man from the states west of the Mssis- slppi to reach the chair of the house of representatives, and he lives on the banks of the great dividing line. But his election will be significant of change in the politi- cal control of the house. Men from the northwest have or soon will supplant men from the northeast, and northwestern ideas and influence will become increas- tngly prevalent in Washington.
 If MT. Henderson should prove strong and masterful in the speakers chair-and his friends say he will-he will promote the tendency toward northwestern control. He can call to his help such veterans as Can non, Hit, Hopkins and Grosvenor, all able and experienced members, and all from the west. There are many more. The list includes Deliver, Hepburn. Foss, Babcock, Tawney, Overstreet, Steele, and dozen more who are leaders in every sense of the word.
 The effete east lost its backbone when
The age-herald., 1899-11-25
THE OILY palLY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Sparinu the University.

MT John C. Pugh Is scarcely a more zeal ous friend of the university than Treasurer Fitts or Dr. Eugene A. Smith. He is eer- tainly not more judicious friend than they are They are trying to safeguard the balance of the university's land against hasty secret sale. They desire to retain 1t to be utilized in leases. The policy they ad- vocate was the declared policy of the trus- tees of the university up to the sudden slimy-attended meeting that led to the Soss-Shefield sale. This is the policy that The Age-Herald supports, and will continue to support through thick and thin wholly regardless of politics or politicians, of sem ators in office or of men trying to chamber into senatorial seats that do not fit them.
 The recent land deals were so secretly made it is best for all concerned that they should be thoroughly investigated. This may not be possible until the legislature meets, and yet in the meanwhile the whole truth can perhaps be brought out MT. Pughs suggestion of resort to the courts is not feasible. Public lands were secretly disposed of. and the people have a right to know every fact connected with the sales. They have right to seek the facts outside of the courts, or inside them for that mat ter, if they be so minded. Mir. Pugh cannot limit the investigation of sales of public lands or any other public property to any particular tribunal.
 The university has no better friend than The Age-Herald, unless it be Treasurer Fitts, who has served it faithfully for thirty years. The Age-Herald has no desire to drag it into politics, but does desire to con- serve it's land endowment. If the recent sale be not properly investigated and prop erly classed, other sales may take place. The mission of The Age-Herald in this mat ter is the prevention of more sales, and it believes 1t has the support in this matter of every judicious friend of the institution.
The age-herald., 1899-11-25
Two Methods Contrasted.

The University of Mississippi also owns is how it goes about 1t: The executive com mittee of the board of trustees met in open session, with full knowledge to all persons interested, and directed the chancellor of the university to advertise for cash bids for the sale of the pine timber on 23OOO acres mo bid for the timber to be consid- cred which is less than s6.5O per acre. and no timber to be cut which is less than 12 inches in diameter sixteen feet above the stump, and no turpentine rights to go with the timber.'' The chancellor was also di- rected to advertise for bids for the sale of both land and timber, the upset price to be 2 an acre. All bids are to be submitted by January 15, 1900, when the executive com- mttee will meet to open them. The conn., mittee reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
 This is the Mississippi way of conducting deals in university lands. It is not the modern Alabama way. Secrecy, instead of openness, is the rule of late in this state fin conducting deals of university and school Hands "From a disinterested standpoint" says the Talladega Mountain Home, fit seems that there was too much haste in the sale of these lands. As far as known no competitive bidding was invited, when the widest and most open publicity should have been given. The sale of the lands should have had no semblance of a private trans action the property belonged to the peo- ple, and should not have been sold at pri- vate sale. The lands should have been widely advertised, giving numbers, location, and whether valuable for coal, iron, timber, or agricultural purposes, and competitive bidding invited, and encouraged. But nothing of the kind was done. On the con- trary, the lands were sold privately with all the haste practicable-and that, too, in the full light of an era of prosperity, after many years of most fearful commercial depression, when capital was seeking just such investments after long period of idleness. The nasty private sale was indeed unfortunaten