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The age-herald., 1899-05-31
WHERE TRUSTS HURT

From the Philadelphia North American
 Among the many trusts that have been formed in the past few months, very few have any other purpose than the sale of stock Most of them will have little or no influence over the enterprises they are advertised to control. There is far more reason to fear the consequences of the speculative mania they have stimulated than any increase in the prices of products or the restriction of production. The very lambs that are bleating in Wall street over the loss of their wool in the forms of gam bling, regard majority of the trusts as transparent schemes to entrap rural vic- tims. While great sums in the aggregate will be lost from the avidity of the peopie to invest in the shares of the trusts that are so vigorously denounced the worst ef- feet will be in promoting tho spirit of rash speculation.
 To experienced men this eagerness of small savers to make fortune in day is all so hopeless and pitiful that immoral as the enterprise undoubtedly is there is sentiment of sympathy for them. It calls for a peculiar talent, tremendous nerve, great foresight and a large experience for persons to make and keep a. fortune In speculation. The ordinary small saver has no more reason to believe he can estimate the purposes of the shreWd men who man ipulate stock enterprises and get on the winning side than any other lamb has to think he can escape the shearer The ex- asperating thing Is that all good advice is thrown away on persons who once make up their minds to become rich wits they do not possess.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

In Pennsylvania 1t has been officially as- certained that the chemical companies keep travelling agents who sell to butchers chemicals for preserving meats. Boracie acid is one of the chemicals. An official report from Connecticut establishes whole sale adulterations of food, in which Yan- kee ingenuity is combined with expert knowledge of chemistry Aniline dyes and salicylic acid were found in fruit jellies and of marmalades and jams only three Beer, too, contains salicylic acid. The an- alytical chemist of Wisconsin found dele- terious substances in the milk and butter from the farms of the state He also found sulphide of soda in Hamburger steak. Sulphide of soda is used in preserv- ing cadavers in dssecting rooms. The chemist of the national agricultural de- partment denounces the use of salieylic acid; it is very injurious to health; and yet the department found it in fifteen out of twenty samples of canned string beans; in ten out of twelve samples of baked beans, and in twenty out of forty-one eases of canned corn. As a rule all canned goods in this country are poisoned in this country with salicylic acid. In several European governments it's use is forbid den.
 The object of the use of such poisons Is not to destroy life, but to prevent losses through the spelling of goods by the weather. Dyspeptics and other people with weak digestive powers suffer severely from food poisoning of this nature. This fact has been abundantly established es- pecially in Paris. The salts of zinc or cop per that are put, for example, in canned peas in order to give them a fine green color, are very injurious. Cheap coal-tar extracts are used in confectionery, ice- cream and soda water, and the result is usually illness of some sort. Saccharine and glucose are used instead of sugar. And so on to the end.
 Two remedies are proposed. In the first place, all who use adulterants must be re- quired to plainly print upon the lapel or each package the exact contents of the package, and any untruth in the label is to be punished, not by fines, but by imprison- ment. The people of Munich tried fines in the matter of impure beer making, and no one made good beer, but when imprison- ment was substituted for fines the beer at once became pure, and Munich prosperous and happy.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
June Weather Past and to Come.

The month that we will begin to feel tomorrow is almost always a trying and an uncomfortable month. People have not become accustomed to heat by day and by night, and to the impertinences of insect life, and they fret under the annoyances and discomforts But June is not always a dsagreeable month The temperature should range between T degrees and 90 degrees, and if it goes above 90 degrees 1t is more than normal. In 1881 there was, however, a June day that showed cord in Alabama of 10s degrees. It was scorcher. But in 1889 there was a day when the temperature fell to 4s degrees, and people wanted overeoats. The coldest June within the Alabama records was that of 1881, and the warmest that of 1881.
 Ex-Observer Dunne has become Il fore caster, and he predicts June in the south that will be very comfortable indeed. Cool spells and frequent showers will char acterize it. Two hot spells will occur, but they will be of brief duration. The sue ccssion of weather will in his opinion be as follows: Opening warmer, followed by a storm and a cool period; then there will be four days of hot weather sizzling hot ; e storm period will follow the heat and cooler weather; two days of warm weather will occur, before another storm and cool period will be ushercd in; then hot spell covering two breathless days followed by cooler weather aud the close of the month.
 Professor Dunne invites study and crit icism of his forecasts of Alabama weather. He predicted tho cold wave of last Feb ruary, and altogether he has an envable record as a forecaster of that uncertain quantity the weather.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
HOME

James B. Stevens, in Boston Herald. long for sight of the dear old home, The mountains meeting the plain Beneath the blue of summers skies,
 And my heart grows young again As I think of upland meadows
 And the clover scented air, And the loving hands that guide me
 Nearer to God up there. long for the sound of the cattle,
 The low of the distant herds, Home coming with shadows of eve'2,
 The evening song of the birds Before going to rest with the darknesss The scent of the new mown hayi The peace and the rest and the quiet
 That comes with the dying day. My heart is heavy and weary, | Midst the hustle and push of fife I long to sleep by the wayside,
 Out of the hurry of strife, To walk in the dear old life once more
 Barefooted and wild and free, With naught but the petty childish wounds That were>Aealed at mothers knee. And most I long for mothers hand,
 Her touch on my fevered brow And the low spoke words of comfort;
 I can almost hear them now. After years have come and faded,
 And roam the world alone, For my heart Is heavy with longing For tha rest ee tlaet >~e p4sAe-homek
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
The New York Two-Year-0ld.

The Clark baby-little Marian clark, two years old, the daughter of poor people has suddenly become an object of a great peoples soncitude. seventy-five millions of people are hunting for the little child who was taken out for an airing by a nurse girl, both disappearing altogether, beyond all clues whatsoever. If the earth had opened and swallowed the little inno- cent and the nurse girl, their disappear ance would not have been more thorough and complete.
 The motive OF the erime-for a crime was necessarily committted-is a mystery. The parents are poor in this worlds goods at least, and this fact interferes with the the ory that ransom would be sought There remains only the theory of spite or revenge, and the theory that crazy man or woman was ct the bottom of the case. The nurse girl must have been involved in some way in the crime, but just how far and in what way no one seems to have an ineligible idea.
 The police and detectives are as much at sea as the rest of the people. They have their several theories, but none of them are very plausible. None of them have been found to be tenable The disappearance is even more profound than was that of Charlie Ross. for in that case there were some well-sustained theories. A ransom was doubtless sought in that case.
 A ransom could be secured in the case before the public, but the kidnappers had no reason for thinking that the disappear- ance of the little child would arouse the rich and powerful to action and to offers of considerable rewards for the recovery of the little one and the arrest of her ab- ductors. The geat city is intensely alert over the matter. The child-stealer, or child-stealers-for more than the nurs were doubtless concerned l. will be hunted down
 and large rewards can Ha## .fg. a result. The daily inq
 to the little Clark baby t Hs .'s presidential succession,
 homecoming of Admiral sympathy is actively aroused.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
Civil Service Condemned.

The long-expected blow has 5een deliv- cred. On the eve of presidential election, when good places are to be advantageously handled, four thousand have been taken from the operations of the civil service law, and handed over to the politicians. bear good salaries The politicians take the well-paid places freed from all exami- nations whatsoever and subject only to pull" and the ill-psid places are left to be contended for under the civil service rules. The more desirable places become the football of politics; the less desirable places are to be filled from the classified list.
 Thus passes away the resolutions and empty talk of the republicans in favor of civil service reform. For twenty years they have demanded civil service rules, and now they are engaged in undoing what the democrats accomplished while they were in power. Four thousand heeiers wlll now be placed in office without reference to anything except political endorsements.
 In the next republican platform the reso- htion In favor of civil service reform should be placed next to the resolution against trusts. The two should form section by themselves.
 Beyond d doubt, some confidential places should be taken out of the civil service  lists; but when all examiners, all Alaskan appointments, all inspectors of coal mines all statisticians all employees of the na- tional military parks, and all employed in the chief bureaus of the war department are taken from the competitive service. 1t and that politics has hand In 1T. The
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
ONCE MORE THE MICRoBE

From the London Daily News.
 What is the greatest foe of the British empire? MT. Chamberlain gave the correct answer in his eloquent and aggressive speech last night. It is malarial fever. This terrible enemy exacts the most ap- paling death tax in many portions of the empire, and prevents the colonization of vast regions over which the flag flies. The British empire is rich and populous. It's riches, its population, it's strength, would be increased many fold if fever in it's vari- ous forms could be defeated. At present the white mans portion of the earth is severely limited by malaria, and the late Dr. Pearson, In his celebrated book, in- dulged in many not very cheerful specula- tions based on the permanence and inviola- bility of this fever frontier. But is there any scientific Justification for treating the malarial properties of so large a portion of the. earths surface as an ultimate and ir- remediable fact? Is it not possible that science may yet discover some means of rendering the white man immune? Or, again, may not the malarial conditions be modified? The Roman Campagna, which is now the haunt of malaria, was once the seat of powerful and populous cities. If science should ever achieve such victories as we have suggested above, the whole future of the white races will be profound ly modified and the foundations of the British empire immensely strengthened. It is, therefore most proper that Great Britain, as a power so largely responsible for the control of the tropics, should make some serious, concentrated and prolonged attempt to solve this great of all African questions. The scheme for a school of tropical diseases, expounded by the col onial secretary last night, deserves the support of all sane imperialists."
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

of it has grown the wonderful web of ln- terests which may perpetuate his fame. Every improvement that went into Car negie mill meant that other mills had to adopt similar appliances soon after or fall behind in the race. In the end it was good thing for the American manufacturer, and his rlght-hand man, the American in- ventor. It is a matter of history that Andrew Carnegie by his quickness in using the best that came along skinned the cream in the use of mechanical appliances. His leadership in this field is unquestioned. In the end it resulted in lifting the entire body of the iron and steel business in this country to g. higher plane of operation, and this is one reason why we are now selling iron to every civilized country in the world, to the amazement of the Eng fish, the Germans and the French, who stand by in pained astonlshment.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
THE sNOBBIsH DINNER ro DEWEY

From the New York Journal.
 Every reference to that one hundred dol lar dinner to Dewey increases the dsfavor in which this attempt to patronize the great admiral is generally held. Rich men are said to be overwhelming the projectors of this snobbish affair with applications for tickets. This is very silly and unneces- sary function. It will annoy Dewey inn measurably when he realies how lot of millonaires, some of whom forget there was a war with Spain when men and money were needed, are advertising themselves at his expense. We hope and believe that Admiral Dewey will refuse to have any thing to do with this foolish one hundred dollar dinner.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
THE TRUSTS
From the Selma Journal.

From the Selma Journal.
 The newspapers are filled with accounts of the trusts. New and gigantic ones are being organized every day and they are fastening their grip tighter every moment on the throat of the body politic There is all sorts of talk as to the way to man age these gigantic monopolies. more or less nonsensieal and imprac cticable, but there is one truth that the American peo- pie may as we'll lay close to the heart There is only one way to manage tie trusts or to control them, and that is joy free trade and sailors rights, or by d tariff levied exclusively for revenue and just as low possible for an economi- cal adminstra ton of the government This is the good old democratic doctrine and this is the only way to prevent the organization of these gigantic monopolies in this country
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
REFLECTIONS OF ADACHELoR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 Society needs only one more protection the chaperons should be compelled to eat onions.
 Men who think their wives are too affec- tonate probably wouldn't if they got any less so.
 The main reason why the world is worth living in is because most people have to put Up with it just as it is.
 l wonder which a woman who loves her husband would choose-to have him despise her, or to have him despse himself.
 The thing that makes a woman most mis- erable and most happy at the same time is to be In love with man and to suspect that he suspects it.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
Poison in Food,

Senator Mason's pure-food inquiry com- mlttee proposes to sit all summer long and even up to the time, If need be, of the meeting of congress in December Very much more testimony is to be taken, and ar effort w{l be made to uncover much of the poisoning which has become dis of food. Ninety per cent. of the food of the people of this country is adulterated, .Nnd vary many of the deliberations are ,Niurlous to health.
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 Nampe, are made from putrid liver
 Sal, which are carefully deodorized.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
HOW CARNEGIE sEr THE PACE

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Those who knew Andrew Carnegie well in the days when he gave personal care to his interests tell of the quickness with which he adopted every mechanical appli- ance which came upon the market to cheapen production and improve quality; of the apparent wastefulness with which he discarded millions of dollars worth Of ma- chlnery in the course of his career to re- place it with something better; but this wastefulness was only apparent, for out
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

Age-Herald freely admits that quarantine attendants in the marine hospital service should be exempted from the requirements of examination. for emergencies arise at the gulf and South Atlantic which render. such examinations a dangerous obstacle, and there is no doubt that some of the changes look to more responsible adminls- tratlon, but the order of President McKln- ley covers four thousand cases, and many of them have none of the features that at tend emergencies or proper responsi- bility. a
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
SCHOPENlIAUER

Every child who has the use
 Of his senses knows a goose. See them un-der-neath the tree Gather round the goose girls knee, While she reads them by the hour From the works of Scho-pen-hau-er. How patiently the geese attend! But do they really comprehend What -pen-hau-ers driving at? Oh, not at all; but what of that? Neither do I; neither does she; And, for that matter, nor does he.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
roo HEAVY A DIET

From the Washington Star.
 The effort to establish a Sunday news- paper in London has been abandoned. After reading the ordinary London paper six days in the week the public is surely entitled to a rest.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
LIMITATIONS OF LANGUAGE

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
 Professor Garner finds that the monkey language has not more than twenty-five or thirty words. The monkeys are certain to find difficulty in fully expressing their views of the Darwinian theory.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

The want of foot-notes In the original Shakespeare has led to a duel in Paris. One duellist contended that Hamlet was lean and hungry, the other that he was very fat-and so they fought.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

Imports are increasing and exports are decreasing, but this became necessary in order to leave any gold at all among the effete monarchies of Europe.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
NOT MANY LEFT

From the St. Louis, Republic.
 Every time the Russian bear and the British lion have squeezing bout you can hear Chinas ribs crack.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

Chicago is becoming so learned it is to have a Stadium. A Chicago Stadium will shelter prize fighters, anarchists and the like. It is to be on the lake front, where selves Romans from Bonneville.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

New York still has a third senator-Sen- ator Clark, of Montana and New York. He lives in New York and claims the right to vote in Montana.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
REVERBATORY

From the Scranton Tribune.
 Many a man who imagines himself an orator is in reality only creating a demand for headache powders.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

MT. Stallings appeals to masonry to stand by MT. Richardson of Tennessee Times change, but all do not change with them
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

London is to get along without Sunday papers. The Mail and the Telegraph tried Sunday issues, but have at length aban- doned them.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

The late Rosa Bonheur mixed art with eecentricity. She often wore mans clothes, repudiating feminity as far as she could.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

Representative Bankhead is maintaining Alabama's prominence in statecraft. His prospects for the leadership are good.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

Remember, the harbor of Havana is still foul, and the new sewer system Is on paper only. Clean up.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

auction will go up to 13,50O,OOO tons. It is therefore safe estimate to put the min imum at F, ,5G0, ,OOO, and the maximum at 1S- 0,O00 tons.
 Consumption has been increased fully 35 per cent. over last years, and no fear is anywhere expressed that the estimated pro- duction will not be readily maketed. The vanishing stocks show that production cannot in these prosperous times quickly overtake consumption. New railroads, new ships, new bridges, new buildings are wanted ill all countries and a very con siderable period of activity in the iron mills is assured. Possible production is not a bugbear. The market will absorb all that ;he furnaces, present or prospective, can turn out this year.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

Admiral Kautz is coming back to talk it over with that relative of his, thus say ing postage money
The age-herald., 1899-05-31
A FEELEK FROM WILCOX

From the Camden Progress.
 How does Governor Cunningham sound?
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

It is mud that holds Funston back-not the Filipinos
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

Vermont oyerooks MT. Kipling's neglect in view of the homecoming of her own George Dewey.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

The swell coons swelled the carnival so- ciety's fund.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

Slick Jim of Tennessee? That's the ques- tion now.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

The free Kindergarten is winning it's way to a place in the public school sys- tenn of this city.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

The sitting of the conspiracy against Captain Dreyfus is proceeding daily and publicly.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

Admiral Dewey will need four months to tone his against that $10O-a-plate
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

Major Marchand promises to play on a small scale "The Man on Horsebaclz'' in Paris.
The age-herald., 1899-05-31

 the gulf and South Atlantic which render such examinations a dangerous obstacle, and there is no doubt that some of the changes look to more responsible adminis- tration, but the order of President McKln- ley covers four thousand cases, and many of them have none of the features that at tend emergencies or proper responsi- bility. A.. ,. Chicago is becoming so learned it Is to have a Stadium. A Chicago Stadium will shelter prize fighters, anarchists and the like. It is to be on the lake front, where 100000 people can sit and imagine them selves Romans from Bonneville.
 The want of foot-notes in the original Shakespeare has led to a duel in Paris. One duellist contended that Hamlet was lean and hungry, the other that he was very fat-and so they fought.
  Imports are increasing and exports are decreasing. but this became necessary in order to leave any gold at all among the effete monarchies of Europe.
  New York still has a third senator-Sen- ator Clark, of Montana and New York. He lives in New York and claims the right to vote in Montana.
 London is to get along without Sunday papers. The Mail and the Telegraph tried Sunday issues, but have at length aban- doned them.
 Mr. Stallings appeals to masonry to stand by MT. Richardson of Tennessee, Times change, but all do not change with them.
 The late Rosa Bonheur mixed art with eeoentricity. She often wore mans clothes, repudiating feminity as far as she could. Representative Bankhead is maintaining Alabama's prominence in statecraft. His prospects for the leadership are good. Remember, the harbor of Havana is still foul, and the new sewer system is on paper only. Clean up.
 Admiral Kautz is coming back to talk it ing postage money. Vermont overlooks MT. Kipling's neglect in view of the homecoming of her own George Dewey.
 Are all repealists expected to line up for Slick Jim of Tennessee? That's the ques- tion now. The free Kindergarten is winning it's way to a place in the public school sys- tenn of this city.
 The sitting of the conspiracy against Captain Dreyfus is proceeding daily and publicly.
 Major Marchand promises to play on a small scale "The Man on Horseback' in Paris.
 Admiral Dewey will need four months to tone hie against that $1OO-a-plate
 ins to wonder if France
 ing up a fair courtmartial. 
 #w Bawton is talked of as #H= azAl aer of Indiana.
 Tae las=s5 lad i= dry streak for bicycles 5H zaz Hiz--u streets.
 
 The swell coons swelled the carnival so- ciety's fund.
 It is mud that holds Funston back-not the Filipinos.
 A FEELER FROM WILCOX