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The age-herald., 1899-09-20
School Book Prices in Alabama.

In these days of opening schools the price of school books is not without general in- terest Up in Tennessee they have an Uni form Text Book commission, and this con- mission went to the bottom of the subject in all directions. The first reader in that state now costs 16 cents, and the primer IS cents. Supplementary readers are furnish ed at from S6 cents to 72 cents. Elemen- tary arithmetcs cost p cents. Elemen- vanced arithmetics 42 cents. The two geog raphies adopted cost respectively 40 cents and so cents. These books are sold in In diana at S5 cents and D cents. The spoilers adopted by Tennessee cost II cents apiece. The three physiologies vary in price from 25 cents to 75 cents. Elementary algebra costs 5i cents, and the advanced book 75 cents. The two histories cost respectively 50 cents and 75 cents; the two bookkeeping books 72 cents and 45 cents, and the writ ing books, containing twenty-four pages, vary in price from 3 cents to cents. The three grammars now in use cost Sl.2j.
 The price of text books is inordinatey, outrageously high in this state. Such books are controlled by a trust, and when it is not stcrnly met as it has been in Tennes- see 1t robs without measure. In this state there Is no state law or state protection covering text books. The school book trust therefore finds here a rich field Each county superintendent makes the best terms he can. but in no case are they very good The entire subject should be taken up by the next legislature. and reductions as large as those of Tennessee secured. They readily can be secured by concerted action.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Boers Block Afr;c m Progress.

No doubt there are people in Ens!aad who desire to see Majuba i'm revensed, but revenges after a period Of twenty years has elapsed are out of date. If such long windcd reveuges were admissible, the world never would know peace and rest for old grudses would serve as basis for wer when new ones gave out
 Tho whole truth is, 1t is necessary for the civilization of interior Africa that Eng land should have a free hand-that she should be the paramount power in South Africa. stupeadous task is beiore her. II Is a task so large that no other nation would undertake it. or could successfully carry it through England proposes to build a railroad. and to build up q system of civilized government, from the Cape 70 Cairo. and the Boers of the 1r1nsvaal are a stumbling block to this great scheme of progress and humanity ana advancement.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20

 The security and success of the plan are necessarily centered in South Africa. and the stubborn Boers render the status of South Africa insecure and uncertain. In this is to be found the real, the underlying, issue Of the TransvaaL The Boers are brave and deserving. but they are neither just nor progressive. They stand in the way of the worlds progress. They are de- flying civiAzation's chief agent Great Britain, and it is this fact that renders war wel1-ngh inevitable.
 There is little doubt about the necessity of force in South Africa. MT. Chamber lain is striving to gain time for larger preparations If possible the valuable mining interests at Kimberly and Johannes berg must be protected; a force 15,000 strong must be landed and preparations made for a very trying and stubborn con- test. When the preparations are well ad- Vanced, war will come. The Boers have not sense or tact enough to avoid it. They are essentially fanatieal as the Arabs were who fought under the Mahdi, and they will be apt to be rounded up in like fashion,
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
HOW DOES IT SEEM TO YOU .

It seems to me I'd like to go Where bells don't ring, nor whistles blow, Nor clocks don't strike, nor gongs don't
 sound,
 And I'd have stiffness all around. Not real stiffness, but just the trees Low-whisperings, or the hum of bees, Or brooks faint babbling over stones In strangely, softly tangled tones. Or maybe cricket or katydid Or the songs of birds in the hedges hid. Or just some such sweet sounds as these To fill tired heart with ease. If 'tweren't for sight, and sound and smell, I'd like d city pretty well; But when it comes to getting rest I like the country lots the best. Sometimes 1t seems to me I must Just quit the citys din and dust, And get out where the sky is blue, And say, now, how does 1t seem to you?
 Eugene Field
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
RAsOOoN vERsUs BEETLES

From the Columbia (S. O State.
 Saturday night quite commoHon was heard on the roof of the negro building at the state hospital for the insane. Dr. Bab- cock summoned some trusted attendants and mounted to the roof to ascertain the cause, When the Investigating party reached the roof they found not far from an electric arc light. hanging on tall pole a fat raceoon The raccoon had gotten among a swarm of electric-light bugs, and he was having all kinds of fight with the vicious insects. The raccoon was mad, and so were the bugs, and they were having a hot time. There was no way to put stop to the remarkable performance but to shoot into the gladlators and when this had been done the raceoons remains were brought down and the dead insects were left on the field of battle.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
MAY BECOME SERIOUS
Dispute Among Iron, Steel and Tin
 Workers of Pittsburs

Pittsburg, Pa, September 19.-There is row in the ranks of the Amalgamated As sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers which seriously threatens a division of its membership. The announcement that the bi-monthly wage settlement of the puddler and bar iron scale provided no advance for the workmen has stirred up the men af- fected to a degree that promises trouble for the officials of the organization in hold ing their forces together
 At least two of the local lodges have passed resolutions condemning the confer- ence committee which went to Youngstown last week to meet Secretary James Mutt, of the Republic Iron company, for the action taken.
 The movement has progressed to a point where a mass meeting of puddlers has been called and the proposition made to revive the old union of iron workers, the Sons of Vulcan.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
THE STANDARDS ANSWER
Rockefeller's Company Contends That
 It is Not Trust

Omaha Neb., September 19.-The Stand ard Oil company has filed it's answer to the petition of the attorney-general of the state in the case brought under the antitrust law to restrain the company from trans acting business in Nebraska. The company in it's answer denies that it is in any way a trust. It further answers that under the Nebraska statute, which makes the en- tering of a trust a misdemeanor, punishable by forfeiture of right to do business in the state, the company or It's agents must first be convicted of the misdemeanor be- fore the penalty can be enforced by civil action.
 The defendant alleges in conclusion tha- the act of the legislature of April 15, 1884, in passing the aforesaid "anti-trust stat utes is illegal, because it violates the state constitutional provisions by depriving per- sons of liberty and property without due process of law, and compels persons in a criminal case to give evidence against themselves. It has the effect to injure per sons in their lands, goods, persons and rep utarons, and does not provide remedy therefor by due course of law; it takes and damages for public use the property of citi- zens of said state and of the United States without just compensation therefor in that the penalty to be suffered by the defendant is disproportionate to the nature of the of fense charged against it, and it's conviction in this case will work a forfeiture of it's estate; in that it impairs to tend to deny rights reserved to the people and this de- fendant, which are retained by the people and have not been delegated to either the legislative, executive or judicial powers of this state"
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
WHY AMERICANS HONOR DEWEY

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Americans hold Dewey in high esteem because he has given abundant evidence that he is more than sea commander. During his long stay at Manila he shone as a diplomatist and a manager of men. He maintained his own dignity and that of his country. He got his government into no disagreeable complications. He curbed the bumptiousness of the German admiral without disturbing the amicable relations of the two nations. He won the respect and confidence of other foreign officers, naval and civil. He did not com init himself with the Flipinos, and he did nothing to estrange them. He displayed during long and trying months those qual- ities of caution, prudence and adaptabil- ity to men and to circums tances which one does not expect to find, as a rule, in the blunt sailor.
 Dewey endeared himself to his country men. again, by insisting on staying in the
 Philippines long after he had won his
 fight and Manila surrendered and was occupied by American soldiers. He could have come home. without impropriety, to
 wear his laurels while they were green. He urged to return and enjoy the plaudits of his admiring countrymen. 9th CTS would have done so, but he refused.
 He was willing to let his subordinates go home when he saw their health demand ed it. But. though in i'll health. he would not go himself He endured patiently the intolerable climate of Philippine sum- mer. He swe!tered in Manila Bay when he could have been enjoying the refresh ing breezes of the Green Mountains, or giving advice to the peace negotiators and enjoying the hospitalites of French officials. His tarrying at Manila might have cost him his life. He knew that, and that it is counted less glorious to die of malaria or liver disease than to die like Nelson and Trafalgar: and yet he eTemain- ed because duty bid him. That has been his motto, and it Is for his devotion to duty displayed in days of peace as we'll as in the clash of battle, that Americans hon. or him. His victory is nearly year and a half old. The battle flags have long been furled. A welcome on account of that vic tory would be little beated. But he is welcomed rather for what he has done since he sank the Spanish fleet than for sinking it. Peace for him has had it's vic tories no less renowned than those of war.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Southern Cotton Mills.

The high water mark of consumption in northern mills was reached last year, when the total reached 1000 bales, but this was only 5000 bales more than was consumed in 1892. In other words, con- sumption in northern mills has practically become stationary.
 The record of the southern mills is wholly different. There is nothing of a stationary nature in their story. We give below the gains of the southern mills in each period of five years since the civil war:
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
CAT AND COO. FRIENDS

"One of the strangest cases of animal friendship I ever laid eyes on,' said a Baronne street business man to New Or leans Times-D Democrat reporter may be seen at big machine shop out on Bayou St. John A few weeks ago the engineer caught good-sized coon-I mean coon of the four-legged varety-prowling about the loft. How the beast got there nobody knows, and at first he showed fight ana plenty of it. However, the engineer is one of those men who seem to have myster- ious natural power over wild animals, and in few days his prisoner was eating out of his hand, coming at his call and going around loose, as tame as a dog. That would be sufficiently wonderful of itself, but it was nothing to the friendship that soon developed between the newcomer and Tom, the pet cat of the establishment. Tom Is a monstrous black and white feline, and such a talented scrapper that he has ire quently licked full grown dogs. The first time he met the coon there was battle royal. which impartial spectators declare was a draw. At any rate, it must have given the pair a mutual respect for one an- other, for they immediately agreed to protocol, and have since entered into full treaty of peace, including an offensive and defensive alliance against all other cats or coons found on the premises. At present they sleep curled up in one furry ball, eat out of the same dish and play together like a couple of kittens. One of the coon's fa- Vorite tricks is to throw his paws around the cats neck and make the latter drag him around the yard. It is strange sight, and I could hardly believe my eyes when first saw them. I pity any quadruped that attempts to tackle that combination"
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
mzGo1NG TO THE PHILIPPINES
The 2oth Infantry Will Leave Fort Me.
 Pherson as Soon as Cars Arrive

Atlanta. Ga, September 19-The Twenty ninth infantry, U. S. V., Colonel F. E.. Hardin, will leave Fort McPherson for San Francisco en route to the. Philippines as soon as the necessary cars can be obtained for transportation, which will probably be on Saturday. Six companies will go over the Southern via Vlcksburg. Miss, and Shreveport, La, and the other six will go over the Atlanta and West Point via Merd- ian, Miss.
 Lieutenant Albert Dillon has been dis charged from the regiment orders from the secretary of war. He was recently ar rested for being absent without leave and released to go before the examining board before which he was ordered, to determine his fitness for the service. He is from Jacksonville, Fla.
 Lieutenant Holmes Condad of Waynes- vile, N. C., has resigned, and his resigna- ton was accepted.
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whole worldr' concluded Colonel Mckee with enthusiasm.

whole worldr' concluded Colonel Mckee with enthusiasm.
 Rev. Samuel Jordan, of Highland Home. Ala, was in Birmingham yesterday. He is the guest of his kinsman, George W. Sherling, at Coalburg. MT. Jordan is the principal of the widely known school at Highland Home which for more than twenty-five years has done a great work toward educating young men and women of Lowndes, Butler, Crenshaw, Montgom- cry and adjoining counties. The school was established by MT. Jordan and Rev. J. M. Barnes, both of whom are noted preaeh- CTS of the Christian church. MT. Jordan is a native of Lowndes county, and is one of the best and most useful of Alabama's s citizens: the worthy son of a noble and pious father, whose daily walk was an in- spiration to all men.
 Judge James W. Lapsley, of Anniston, was in town yesterday.
 General Shelley has returned from Ft. Payne.
 Hon. Robert J. Lowe returned yesterday from Montgomery
 
 Editor Garner, of the Tuscaloosa Ga zette, spent yesterday in Birmingham. President James K. Powers, of the State University, is in town.
 State Auditor W. S. White and Secretary of State Robert P. McDavid. of Nontgom- cry, and William A. Davis. of Auniston. are at the Morris.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
IN GREAT DEMAND
Fractional Silver Coins Made Scarce
 by Business Revival

New York, September 19.-A special from Washington says:
 Fractional silver coins are in almost as great demand as the treasury as are small bills The revival of business all oyer the country has absorbed the supply of dimes quarters and half dollars so rapidly that the treasury will soon be entirely out of coins of these denominations.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20

The last named period is not completed, but it is estimated that it will carry the figures to 1,640OOO bales, thus showing a gain in five years of 9249 per cent.
 Another period of five years will enable the southern mills to manufacture more than one-half of the country's product. As the gains of the south are accelerating rather than otherwise. it is not unreasona- ble to expect that the south will in ten years manufacture more cotton than the entire country does now. In the course of twenty years the cotton manufacturing of the world should be centered and con- troled in the south.
 Many of the southern mills says a correspondent of the New York Evening Post, "are already large exporters and their rapid increase in number or capacity will soon make this county heavy ex- porter of cotton goods Exports are al- ready gaining rapidly on imports. The eX- ports of cotton goods from the United States have grown from 900 in value in 1890 to $2o,O00,0cO In lS9@, While imports have increased only $S,OO0,OOO in value. They exceeded exports in value in 1890 to the extent of nearly S2O OO0,O00, while for 1899 their excess of value was less than $9 900 900, and, in three or four years more, exports of cotton goods will probably eX- ceed imports in value and have cash bal ance in this line in favor of the united States"
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Railroad Building in Covington

Andalusia is soon to be served by the Central Railroad of Georgia as well as the Louisville and Nashville. The Exposi- tor says:
 The Central has been pushing things live ly for the past three weeks and will get here at least five days ahead of the time specified. They are working faithfully to carry out their agreement ito have trains into Andalusa by the first day of October, 1S99.' and our citizens are anxiously wait ing to pay the 5000 promised.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
REFLECrIONs OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Love without jealousy is like a fruit cake without any raisins in it.
 No woman is near as easy to shock when she has got her shoes off.
 There probably never was woman who believed in womans rights whose hair curled naturally.
 If you could demonstrate love mathemat- ifally only about half as many people would believe in 1t.
 A woman will go down town and stay all day with a shirt waist on with nothing over it and then act awfully insulted if a man takes off his coast in the restaurant and eats in his shirt sleeves.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
GETTING READY FIRST

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 It is evident that England is not going to repeat our policy in the war with Spain, of declaring war first and getting ready for it afterward. She is making all prepara- tions for war in South Africa, while still negotiating with view to settling the diff dculty without it. tl.-
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Railroad to Carrollton

The West Alabamian states that the charming old county seat of Piekens is at last to have a railroad connection !:
 The required donations to the Carrollton Short Line railroad have all been made and 1t is confidently expected that work will soon begin on the road bed. The a<)- pie of Carrollton and of the surrounding country who generously donated to this project are to be commended for their lib- erality and enterprise.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Little Vile steI,Eh hel

Describing an elopement Editor Mills, of the Fort Payne Times, says:
 On Thursday Ethel went out walking with her sister-in-law. When they reached a point some distance from her home, Hill overlook them with a buggy, and despite the remonstrance of the sister-n-law, he induced Ethel to get in the buggy with him. when he applied the whip and soon dis appeared
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
St. Luke, I-I4

Editor Timmons, of the LaFayette Sun, reioices greatly and is glad of heart:
 We have an extra edition this week-and it's boy, and the nome of this editor is now made lively with the lusty cooings of the bright hopeful.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Hog and Hominy in Etowah

Thus pleasantly warbes Editor Meek of the Gadsden Times-News:
 Living ought to be Cheap this winter The potato crop is bountIful, while peas and ground peas are away above the aver age. More hogs than usual sre being raised and there is an abundance of corn with which to put them in good ed ting con dition. There will be no scarcity of food in these parts.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Girls. Bear. Monkey. Mnle. Raboon

Editor Stevenson, of the Roanoke Leader, has been having good time
 Steve Gilt, Cuban patriot just from Havana. with some pretty girls, bear, monkey. blind mule and a big baboon arrived in our city Tuesday evening last For two rights in succession his tent was crowded to the utmost with our people Methodists, Baptsts and "HardshelIs" alike attending.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Home Made Biscuits

The Columbiana Advocate sees signs that promise biscuit of homemade flour:
 We have noticed several new flour bolts' pass through the city this season for par ties in the country. The farmers are evi- dently going to try the practicability f consuming their own biscuits
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
TangiefooT Down South

The Andalusia Expositor incidentally re- fers to the effect of pinetop liquor:
 On Tuesday morning when Wash Waller who Was convicted of drunkenness was brought out by the marshal to go to work he refused to have the shackles put on his legs on the ground that to work on the streets with a chain on would dominic his oharrackter."
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
The Fire Fiend's Flaming Fury

This is how disaster was averted at oak4 man. according to the News:
 Fire! Fire! was the alarm given from the residence of Mr. W. w. Wethington, Tues- day, and everybody in hearing it rushed in 10 help extinguish the flames, which were curling out from the kitchen hue.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Fifteen Ratties and a Button

The Andalusa Expositor says:
 The Expositor has for several weeks con- tained a statement about snake killings. This time the news comes from Wiggins that MT. Luke Urquhart of that place killed large rattle snake a short while back at Sassers mill which had fifteen rattles and button. While this is the last report we have we feel sure of another before we go to press next week.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Young America, get an education and get into a bank! Make your own way, how ever wealthy your relatives may be! Con- serve the fortune that is left you. add to it, live temperately and religiously and some day you will be deadl
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Oh. Rother the Rars

Editor Hunter, of the Wetumpka Herald keeps an eye on the family meal barrel:
 Many of our fellow newspaper men ap- pear to be worried over the prospect of let ting down or not letting down the bars of the party next year. while we over here are worried because we can't collect what is due us from our good democratic and populist friends. The party may suit itself about the bars if our subscribers will keep meal in the barrel at the home of ''ye editor"
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
COLONEL WILEY DEAD
Formerly Inspector General of Volup
 teers at Manila

Washington, September 1a-Iieutenant- Colonel John D. Miiey, inspector-ge of volunteers, died today at Manila.
 The information reached the war de- partment in a cablegram from General Otis. His death was due to cerebral men, ingitis, attendant on typhoid fever.
 Colonel MiIey's rank in the regular army was first lieutenant, Second artillery,
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
Birmingham Iron for the Antirodes

The Mobile News prints the following:
 large amount of pig iron for shipment by the Catania has arrived here and is destined for Melbourne. Australia. The iron will be taken to New York by the steamer and then reshipped.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20

The approaching Gadsden convention is called to ask congress to overcome to the point of navigation the shoals that exist between Gadsden and Wetumpka when fifty miles of shoals are made navigable there will be navigation from Rome Ga, to the sea.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
THE EDITORS
 AND THEIR TALK
--E AtHrAsi

Editor Robert NJ. Rawls. of the Athens Courier, has been i'll for several weeks. The Courier says:
 MT. R. M. Rawls Is still sick with fever and We beg our readers to excuse our shortcomings.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
JCb forsCDli Nick

The Boaz Signal makes political prop oSition:
 Every fellow for himself and the devil take the hndmost.' Let's apply this old saw to the elections for county officers next year.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
WHICH NOBODY GAN DISPUTE

From the Philadelphia Times.
 Those who let a window on the Dewey parade route say if people are willing to give $590 for it, that's their lookout.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20

In the Klondike the Rampant City Whirl- pool is published by an American woman and her daughter on typewriter. It Is well filled with live advertising and sells for one dollar a copy.
The age-herald., 1899-09-20
THE FRENCH IDEA

From the Sioux City Journal.
 According to the French idea of crime. the fact that some other fellow did it is merely an "extenuating circumstance"