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New-York tribune., 1899-07-14

I'VE must regard entirely unfounded the
complaint which our correspondent says the
Cubans are making that this country is not
loyal TO It's declaration Of April 10, 1898. and
equally unreasonable the demand that the
United States should withdraw its control Of the
island before a stable insular government is or
ganized. This Nation did not intervene in Cuba
for the purpose Of abandoning the island to
archy. and that is what it would mean TO leave
il to the tender mercies Of the Military Assem-
bly," or OF any native authority that has yet
been developed there. AS 10 our correspondents
confident declaration that the people Of Cuba
are not favorable 10 annexation" We are by no
means satisfied Of it's correctness. We are. on
the contrary assured that many influential
Cubans are decidedly in favor Of annexation
That however. is not a matter Of supreme i'm
portance The essential fact is that the United
States cannot in justice and decency relinquish
its control OF Cuba until the Cubans make some
far more satisfactory showing Of readiness for
self government than we have yet been able TO
perceive.-Ed.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-14
PRINTED MATTER ETC c-Gernan steamers sailing o

sPRfNTED MATTER. Fl -'IeFI0lH s!7dHI.Is sa1s "a
Tuesdays ake Printed Matter etc. for Germany ana
Specially Addressed Printed Matter, etc, for otner
narts az Europe. American and White star steamers
ppn wadnssdays German steamers Thursdays. ana
Cunard French and German steamers on aiurpsys ass
Printed Matter etc, FOR All countries i"' ""'~'
thev are advertised 10 carry mall -.,--.,-
A,er he closing Of the Supplementary lransatiahto
raed above additional supplementary mails are
onened on the piers Of the American Engisn Frensn
Cernan ard remain open until "unin
Tar Minute, of the hour Of sailing OF steamer
New-York tribune., 1899-07-14
DIED.

Bevare ~ the twins Indigestion ana Dyspepsia Tns
prompt cure Is Johnsons Digestive Tablets
New-York tribune., 1899-07-14
Postomce Notice.

Should be read DAILY by ali interested. as changes
NE aSo-eSsn mails Tor hc ending July IS 1899 VIII
dss ,nroupty II all cases) the General POST NEE as
Parcels Mails close hour earlier tnan
closing time shown below.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-14
LOCKJAW BATTLES SKILL.
BOYS DIE IN AGONY IN SPITE OF THE
SERUM TREATMENT.

DOCTORS CANNOT COPE WITH THE TERRIBLE DIS
EAsE-THE DEATH ABOUT THE MOST
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Rico. Dep6sito general y sucursal de Ia gran
manufacture de tabacos establecida en- Cayey
Dor don Carlos Lopez. En- este establecinien-
20 hay siemrre IN surtido constante de todas
las vitolas conocidas, tan bien presentadss como
las mejores de la Habana. Rama legftima De
Aas Vegas del PLAZA. Sofcitense c.tAlcgos.
R>prssensants. ALBERTO PEDREIRA ?
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-09-15

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& usto Dersoko). IN tome Do 4ss p&sinas =
ptesoeo de den nieaaor Bolet Peraza, - PaPsa
a4siaado superior, - 7s.ds { peso 80 cecta,
- q ejsnplar q las Hbrsrfas l. los s,a>ree
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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
AihNI,O,s OUTLANDERs

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
1ne Mextan Herald, a journal that re-
fleets to d large degree the views of out
tanders ouaer taan Americans in the
aeislhborng republic, and more especially
the opinions of that class of outlanders
which caused the present war in the
Transvaal, makes the following predictions
as to future annexations by this country
19Oo-st Thomas, Jamaica, Hayti and San
Domingo
1910-Martiniqne Saniaa Lucia, 1sthmus of
Panama and Central America.
1912-MeXico.
1915-Colonlloia, Venezuela, Ecuador.
1929-Cnfle, Peru and Bolivia.
1g4O-Argentine Republic, Uruguay Para
quay and Brazil.
The immense strides made by Americans
in Mexico during the present decade, to the
letrment of European interests, have Gre
ated and unfriendly and envious feeling
against This nation among the ''outlanders"
referred to. No means of checking our
commercial progress in Mexico and the
Central and South American republics is
deemed by these people likely to prove more
effective than THAT cf convincing the ma
tiVes that the United States is bent upon
policy of conquest.
1t so happens unat the rising generation
OF well-te-Go MeXicGns include among 't,nedr
ether accomplishments q pretty general ac-
quaintarce with the English language. Con-
sequently young Mexico is somewhat ad-
dicted to the persual of American news
papers.
If Mexico ever becomes annexed to the
IT,,ila ,.-,l1
will. There is no question that sentiment
an this direction exists south of the Rio
Gnande. But whether That sentiment Shall
expand or diminish in the future will de-
pend altogether upon the evenits following
the death of The present ruler of the re-
pubhc-a man whose patriotism and wis
dom nave accomplished results that fall lit
tie sihont of the miraculous.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
A New High Explosive.

Lyddite is not new in the British army.
General Kitchener used it in the Soudan,
and experts in all countries consider it the
best explosive in shells that has yet been
compounded. Lyddite goes by various
names in the different countries, but it is
one and the same thing. In this country
it 4. called thorite; in France, melinite,
and in some countries it is called emmen-
site. Under whatever name it goes it is
simply a variety of picric acid. Picric acid
is the base of this new class of explosives.
1t was first discovered as long ago as 17n
and it was used as dye long time, no
one suspecting its explosive power. At
length a fire occurred in chemical estab-
lshment in Manchester, England. Behind
the establishment was a shed room well
filled with picric acid. It melted and flowed
until it reached quantity of letharge, and
then the city was shaken to it's various
picric acid under certain conditions is
powerful explosive In making picric acid
pure phenol or carbolic acid is placed in
a vessel with an equal amount of strong
sulphurc acid, and the temperature is rails
ed to the boiling point of water. Strong
nitric acid is then allowed to flow into the
mixture, after which the whole is cooled,
leaving a solid mass of yellow crystals in
the vessel. These are filtered and drained
and afterward are washed with cold water.
The residue is pure picric acid. These yell
low crystals are frequently used in Europe
in the adulteration of beer.
Pure picric acid can not easily be ex-
ploded. 1t must be combined with the OK
ide of some metal, as it accidentally was at
Manchester. When a shell is filed with 1t
the. shell is lined with tin, to prevent rust,
and decorating charge of lead pecrate is
added 1t is not placed in the shell until
just before firing. The shock of the de-
tonating charge causes an explosion in the
solid mass of lyddite in the She'll
Its very safety renders 1t very valuable
and desirable. 1t is safe from beginning to
end When exploded it's destructive power
is enormous. 1t is six times as powerful as
nitroglycerin. Safe and terrible are IT'S
characteristics. The new shells are appal-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16

approaches baked possum that has been
fattened in a cellar on young chickens and
cooked wsth sweet potatoes"
Col. William L. Selden, one of the leading
and most representative citizens of Maren-
go and planters of the Backbelt, is a visi-
tor to the State Fair. Colonel Selden is a
first cousin of William II. Selden, of the
Metropolitan hotel at Washington, who is
personally known to and esteemed by every
conspicuous public man in the south. Col
onel Selden is one of the strong men of Ma
rengo, one of the best and most enlightened
of all the Alabama counties.
James X. Glennon, one of the leading in
surance and real estate men of Mobile, is in
town.
State Senator Mccain, of Clay county, is
in town. Senator Mccain is one of the
hold-over senators and will have vote for
United States senator next November.
John T. Gay, Harry E. Stringfellow and
Louis c. Cardinal of Montgomery are in
town.
Judge Dan Gordon of Henry, who is
visitor in Birmingham, is the son of General
Gordon of Henry, and in politics is one of
the most influential men in southeast Ala
bama.
Robert Newman, s. p. Bradley and J. b.
Miles of Abbeville are in town.
Editor Percy Clark of the Selma Saturday
Telegram is in Birmingham.
Horace Hood, Jr., the popular messenger
to the governor; ]. Kirkman jackson, for
mer secretary of state; Robert Patton Me-
David, present secretary of state; Thomas
ID. McGough, and Fred Crosby of Mont
gomery are in the city.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
1T WAS A HUMMER

From the Union Springs Herald. q
The Age-Herald is now a seven-day paper,
that is, it issues a paper each day in the
Week. Ever since Mr.. L. w. Barrett took
charge of 1t. there has been hustling in that
office. and every day marked improvements
in the paper Its 40-page edition on Sunday,
the 9Th, was a hummer. 1t was without
question the best exponent of the mineral
district of Alabama that ever came from
press. The editorial page of The Age-Her-
aid is the only up-to-date editorial page In
the state. Other papers of course present
strong editorials and fine writings in the
space devoted to such, but advertising
mars, to a great extent, a goodly portion
of the page. This page of The Age-Herald
is devoted exclusively to matter becoming
such a page-and it is always interesting.
The people of southeast Alabama would
appreciate the paper more if they could re-
ceive it in the forenoon.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
SMALL SPECIMENS
From the Chattanooga Times.

From the Chattanooga Times
Mr.. Tomlinson, one of the candidates for
governor of Alabama, had the good luck,
very early in mis- career, to be born in Ten
nessee:\ and one of his competitors taunts
him with being "only Tennessean" Well,
will the same broad-minded statesman who
EMPLOYS such taunt as that, now tell us
where Senator Morgan came from? He
has shed more 1ustre on Alabama than any
of her natives, in spite of his erraticsms
and some wild theories. He was born in
McMinn county, Tennessee The old farm
house that Sheltered his father and mother
and his young boyhood still stands back of
the pretty town of Athens.
CHANGING back across our memory we re-
call that Tennessee gives congressman to
Arkansas, one to Colorado one to Kansas,
one to mississippi; senator to North Caro-
lima and a member to Missouri. A few
years ago no less than twenty-five Tennes-
scans sat in the two national houses, from
other states. We then had representatives
from Illinois, California, Kansas, Texas and
so on. Reagan of Texas is a Tennessean,
and he is one of our least. One Tennessean,
who went to Illinois as fresh college grad
uate, in the forties, became a brigadier gen.
eral during the civil war, and represented
an Illinois district in congress for eighteen
years, General Henderson.
Joe Wheeler far and away the most
noted, the most picturesque public man
Alabama has. she got from Georgia. And
her one able stateman now in politics, Nor
gan, Tennessee gave her.
We pity the state that is in danger of
having for governor a man so small that
ne would seek to prejudice one of his rivals
by pointing to him as one who was born in
"a sister state; and We think the people of
Alabama will so pity him, that they will
mot impose the labers of a high Office on
him. They ought not to burden a mind SO
marrow and weak, or promote man with
"a heart SO mean. If they do they will wish
they hadn't, long before they will be done
with him.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
CAREER OF j. e. HUNTOON
The Man Reported to Have Carried 81 .0O0,-
900 Life Insurance

New York, November 15.-James e. Hun
toon, who died in the Old Dominion hos
pital at Richmond on Thursday last, and
who was said to have had his life insured
for more than $1,000,000, was a grain and
stock broker in Newark from 1881 to 1885.
He opened an office at 1856 Broad street with
Charles S. Morton as partner in 1882 and
a year or two later was at III Broad street
as a grain and provision merchant, without
any partner. His wife was buried in Mt
Pleasant cemetery. He then gave up ms
house in Park street and lived at the Park
house for several years. In 1886 he gave up
business in Newark and came to this city,
where he continued business as a STOCK
broker for several years.
He weighed nearly 800 pounds, and as
consequence the few people who were Until
mate with him in Newark doubt that he
could have obtained such a large amount
of insurance. He was convivial and uni
formly good-natured, and made friends
with a large number of kindred spirits,
most of whom have left Newark since he
did business there.
He must have been a least GO years old
when he died. The body, so far as can be
learned, had not been received in Newark
up to the evening of the 18th.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
soHLEY's REGARD FoR SAMPSON

Washington Letter to Chicago Post
Washington and Baltimore newspaper
men who went to Atlanta with Rear-Ad-
miral Schley bring back a pleasant story
illustrative of the generosity and diplom-
acy of the man. He had noticed q dispo-
sition on the part of friendly newspa-
pers on his route to make his visits the
time for indulgence in filings at Rear-Ad-
miral Sampson, and he did not like the as
sociation of his visits of courtesy with
these newspaper pleasantries. He there
fore determined to put stop to the prac-
tice, if it were in his power, and as his
train approached the Georgia metropolis he
took Correspondent Louis Garthe, of the
Baltimore American, into his confidence.
To Mr.. Garthe he explained that some of
his well-meaning friends were putting him
in false and intolerable position, and that
if they did not stop making his presence
among them the occasion for assaults on
Rear Admiral Sampson it might give rise
to a suspicion that he was inspiring them.
He further explained that he had no quar-
rel with Admiral Sampson, and that neither
in public nor private had he ever mentioned
or alluded to his felow-officer except in the
employ in referring to another. On no sin
gle occasion had he deviated from that rule,
and it was therefore unjust ito him and
to Rear Admiral Sampson to time unkind
references to the latter as they had fallen
into the habit of doing. Now, Garthe," he
said in conclusion, 81 want you to ask the
newspaper boys of Atlanta a special and
personal favor to me to avoid unpleasant
mention of Rear Admiral Sampson. You
can tell them in order to make it strong
that a failure to observe this request will
work me great injury. The practice must
stop; that's all there is to it
Mr.. Garthe did requested He called
the boys" together and told them the sit
uation. The result was a scrupulous OBJ
servance of the wishes of the distinguished
guest, although lot of anti-Sampson am
munition had been laid in.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
She ..Sassed" Her Wei

From the New York Evening Sun.
Some visitors to East Gloucester last
summer paid special call upon The woman
said to be the original of Mrs. Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps Wards famous story, "A
Madonna of the Tubs Mrs. Phelps Ward $
summer home, be 1T known, is in East
Gloucester. The visitors found a typical
New Highlander with a self-evident capac-
ity for taking care of herself.
$50 you are the Madonna of the Tubs?'
said the visitors.
IL am said the New Englander.
"And Mrs. Phelps Ward wrote a beauti-
fu story about YOU"
''she did,
ibid you ever meet Mrs. Ward?"
81 have. After she'd wrote that story
she came round here one day and hunted
me up. She said as how She wanted to see
me for herself"
How Interestingly" murmured the visit
ors. And what did you do?"
"Do?" repeated the Madonna of the Tubs,
what did 1 do? 1 sassed her well for
writin' such a story as that about me. Such
a pack o. lies / never read. Why, there
wasn't one-haff of it true. An she had
the face to come and see me afterward!
oh, sassed her we'll, did,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
Patriotism His Guiding Star

He is the descendant of Hugusnot FAM
lily, who emigrated to South Africa to wor-
ship. the God of their choice in freedom
Even in the early days of the Boer seces-
sion from English dominion, Joubert played
a prominent role in the councils of the
burghers. He had begun as an obscure ira
der, and successfully attained a stock farm,
prosperity and a seat in the volksraad. He
has always been more or less Krugers
right-hand man. When that pertinacious
patriot, then as now president went to
London as an envoy to seek his eountrys
release from British bondage and to have
it re-established on its former basis of indie
pendence, he was accompanied by Joubert.
The mission to England having failed, Jou-
bert took the field in command of the
burghers. Krugersdorp and Majuba Hill are
names that reflect success upon the militia
ry tactics a la Joubert. His negotiations
with England have proved that statecraft
is quite in General Joubert's line of bust
ness
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16

ling in their effects. so much so that the
Boer commander not long ago demonstrated
against their use in the present war, as
is held that the more terrible war becomes
the less frequently it will occur, and the
sooner over 1t will be when 1t does occur.
At any rate the shells named after Lydd
of the British ordnance department will be
used IN South Africa, and the Beers will
have to aecustom themselves to them as
best they. can.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER m ALABAMA
Price of Wheat.

Wheat has fallen to about the price 1t
The rise to the neighborhood of so cents
has thus been lost, and the tendency IS
still downward despite war in the Philip
pines and in South Africa, in both of which
places great armies are employed.
The truth is two successive crops of large
dimensions have restocked the world. The
crop of 1898 was very large, and the crop of
1899 abundant, although somewhat less in
size. Visible stocks are now said to be as
large as they were in 1886, and not much
below the great reserves of 1885, when
wheat sold at about so cents a bushel.
Down in Argentina it is early summer.
The birds are singing blithely, and new
crop is having an effect upon the market.
1t is said to be very promisng-so promis-
ing that old wheat is coming out of that
country in great quantities. Thus far 81
$4,000 bushels have been shipped from Ar
gentna. The clearing away of the old
grain and the near approach of an unpre-
cedented new crop are both depressing the
price of wheat in this country. Cheap
bread, or at least cheaper bread, seems now
to be assured. If the Argentine crop should
prove to be all that is now expected wheat
will be apt to go off few more points. The
size of the Argentine crop will be deter
mined in the next two or three weeks.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
Observation-Disclosures School Lands.

From the cloud of charges and counter
charges, denials, cards, explanations and
what not, one fact plainly appears-the
school lands granted by congress to the
two schools were privately disposed of.
The lands should have been offered at pub
lie sale-not necessarily at auction, but bids
should have been invited, the right of re-
jecting any or all of them being reserved.
These lands were offered at the beginning
of an era of prosperity in the iron industry,
and prudence should perhaps have dictated
an awaiting of the culminat ton of move
ment that many at least thought even at
the beginning would have good staying
qualities. Events have shown that the top
of the wave is not even yet in sight, and
perhaps will not be in 1900. In the mean.
while prices of ore lands are going up. 1t
is regrettable that the school lands were
not held.
But the question of judgment as to the
time of selling is not so much open to erti-
cism as is the manner in which the lands
were disposed of. So far as can he seen,
competitive bids were not formally invited.
The entire scandal which has arisen in
connection with the school lands seems to
be due to an attempt to dispose of the
lands "as result of a private transac-
ton" Whether the lands were to be sold
by the commissioners or by the trustees of
the two schools, bids should have been in
vited. In any view of the sale it
public matter, and in all sales of property
belonging to the people, or in which the
people are interested, private transactions
should be barred. The widest and most
open publicity is needed.
AS to the controversy that Captain Rey-
nolds has started, The Age-Herald has no
opinion at present to express. The facts
are not fully before the people. The option
of Mr.. DeBardeleben has never been pub
lished. Its terms are unknown. The steps
that led up to it are unknown. The trans
action was transacted with altogether too
much secresy, and this seems to be the
bottom trouble of the entire muddle.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
Meteors and Comets.

Astronomers lack as yet proof of any
relation between meteors and comets, but
all believe a relationship of some kind does
exist, and they are hunting for the miss
ing links of THE Chain of evidence. 1t is
evidently believed that metecric showers
are due to the disintegraitlon OF comets,
which goes on, it is Thought, gradually.
There is not muclh evidence to rest this
theory on. 1t is only conjecture, but 1T
is as good as other conjeotures concerning
comets and meteors, for as to either the
world knows very little.
1t is known. however that The meteoric
shower of 1866 occurred at about the time
of the discovery of Temples comet, and
the shower of 1872 followed in the track of
Bielas comet. Meteors and comets have
long come in close conjunction. Sometimes
the shower precedes the comet, burt gen.
orally the shower follows tho comet more
or less closely. Such facts as these induce
astronomers of high rank, such as Schiap-
erelh of Milan and Kirl1weod of uls coun-
Try, to declare that some connection prob
ably exists between meteors and comets.
Both have orbits, but both are erratic and
spectacular in appearance and improbable
DIN action. If the Leonides put in an APP
pearanee tonight they will be closely
studied by astronomers with a view in part
to-s discovery of their relation to comet.
The discovery of a comet bhis wear would
DE very convincing.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-16
HE MIGHT TRY AGAIN

NtWb
Mr.. Carnegie is an example of how pref
udice and crankism will upset the levelest-
headed of men. He thinks our attempt to
establish our rights in the Philippines and
England's ATTEMPT to establish hers in
South Africa are disgrace to both
branches of our race. How would it do for
Mr.. Carnegie to ally himself with the
Fren0ln? He could then be in a republic
and be like the ancient Roman who re-
garded banishmert as being "set free from
contact with things he daily loathed."