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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-05
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-05

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The age-herald., 1899-11-15
OUT WITH IT
From the Sheffield Reaper.

From the Sheffield Reaper.
 Those papers making the charges that a certain state educationa institution is fur nishing teachers certificates for 8 should name the school. If it is true that Repre- sentative Green, of Morgan county, has the evidence of the fact and will furnish it to the Reaper this paper will do nothing less than to give it publicity. The way to down rascals is to down 'em in the bud. Morally, the men engaged in the nefarious traffic of teachers certificates are not better than thieves. Right here we want to remark in behalf of State Superintendent Abercrom- bic that he is doing all in his power to elevate the profession and give the children the best educators possible. The Reaper knows this to be true, and knows, further, that he is causing some disgruntlement among the incompetents.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

left to itself would perhaps use it again. Why should not Alabama iron be turned into armor plate on the spot, instead of carrying it to Pennsylvania to be raised in value from about ST a ton, Birmingham rate, to $545 a ton, Pennsylvania rate? The Pennsylvania adr may be very braeing and very fine but it does not enter into armor plate. Just as good arInor plate can be made by the government in Alabama as the combine can make in Pennsylvania.
 In government mill any degree of hard ness can be had. Any time of delivery can be provided against Any quality can be provided. A government that makes its own guns, rifles, smokeless powder and thorite, if not ships. can certainly com mand all needful skill and engineering abil- ity. It is idle to say otherwise. The way to get the best, when it is needed, and in quantities needed, is to make it in gov ernment mill. instead of trusting to the convenience and avariee of a combine.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

state solicitor for the Second judicial cir cult, are at the Morris.
 Hon. John M. Caldwell and Judge G. B. Randolph, of Anniston, are in town.
 Dr. W. II. Sanders. of Mobile, state health officer, is in Birmingham.
 A s. Lacey, of Owensboro, Ky, repre- senting Green River whiskey, without a headaehe.'' is in town.
 Col. J. NJ Fallfneir, of Montgomery, and Lee NJ. Otis, of Greensboro, are at the MOT ris.
 H. L. Daugherty, of Philadelphia, is at the Morris.
 Hon. John B. Knox, of Anniston, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
ANYTHING TO PLEASE

From Golfers Weekly.
 She sailed into the telegraph office and rapped on the counter. The clerk remem- ibered that she had been there about ten minutes before as he came forward to meet her He wondered what she wanted this time.
 ''Oh," she said, "let me have that tele- gram wrote just now. forgot something very important. I wanted to underscore the words perfectly lovely in acknowiedg- ing the receipt of that bracelet. Will it cost anything extra?'
 ''No, ma am," said the clerk, as he hand ed her the message.
 The young lady drew two heavy lines beneath the words and said:
 'It's awfully good of you to let me do that. It will please Charley so much.
 "Don't mention it." said the clerk. Eff vou would like I will drop few drops of nice violet extract on the telegram at the same rates"
 ''Oh, thank you, sir! You don't know how much I would appreciate it. Pm going to send all my telegrams through this of- flee, you are so obliging.'
 And the smile she gave him would have done anyone good, with the possible ex- ception of Charley.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
Panuo Panqo as a Harbor.

Tutuila. the Samoan island that seems destined under the new treaty to become the exclusive property of the United States, consists of fifty-four square miles of land on which there are about seven thousand yellow-skinned Malays. These Malays are mot nearly so desirable es is the harbor of the island, Pango Pango. The bay of Pan- go-Pango is thus described by e govern ment official:
 "The capacity of this harbor is sufficient for the accommodation of large fleets. Land locked, it is safe from hurricanes and storms and could easily be defended from land or sea attack at small expense. In a naval point of view it is the key position to the Samoan group and likewise to central Polynesia and is especially well located TOT all American commerce. The Samoan arcn- ipelago is by reason of its geographical sit nation in Central Polynesia, lying In the course of vessels from San franclsco 10 Auckland, from Panama to Sydney, ana from Valparaiso to China and Japan, and from being outside the hurricane track, the most valuable group in the south Pacific. Situated half way between Honolulu and Auckland, Pango-Pango would be most convenient stopping place or coaling station for vessels or steamers either for supplies or the exchange of commodities. With the Pacific mail ste mers making it port for coaling. it would necessarily become the controlling commercial place in that part or Polynesia"
 The interest of this country in Pango pango began in 1872. when treaty with the chief of Tutuila was signed. This treaty was stubbornly resisted on anti-im- neriaHstic grounds, but a final treaty was signed and ratified in 1878, under which Pango Pango was handed over to the 1rrited States. but a coaling station was not established there until last year. The ex- tension of United States Jurisdiction 10 the entire island renders our hold upon the valuable harbor all the safer and more sat ssfactory The new treaty does not yield to Germany anything we want, and there IS no reason why it should not be promptly ratified by the senate.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
Gates Testimony

Washington. November 14-In giving his testimony before the industrial commission today, MT. John w. Gates, managing di- rector of the American Steel and Wire com pany, gave an interesting account of his efforts to effect a consolidation of all the wire-producing countries. including all the European nations. He said he had visited Great Britain, France, Germany and Bel gium for this purpose. Germany he found to be the principal competitor,
 He had represented the possibility of in- creasing prices s10 a ton in case of the pro- posed amalgamation, but found that the Germans had in view an increase of about $20 ton. The amalgamation failed because of a disagreement over the production to be allotted the United States. In Germany the one source of fear in manufacturing circles was competition with the United States and bounties and subsidies
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Durban is General Buffers Base.

The Interrogation of transports at Cape town and their dispatch direct to Durban indicates that the plan of General Butler, whatever it may have been, has been changed to an overwhelming advance in a single column over the ground in the Neck of Natal that has been rendered familiar by the aggressive action of the Boers. So far as is known, every transport, as it ap- breaches Capetown. is ordered to Durban, and in less than two weeks a great force will advance from there under the direct command of Sir Redvers Butler.
 It will first relieve Ladysmith, which is now closely invested. The job of compell- ing any town containing a good-sized force well provisioned to surrender is very seri- ous one at the best. There is but one way Ladysmith can be taken by the oBers, and that is by assault, plan that would in volve fighting in the open, against a well intrenched foe It means for the Boers a great loss of life. They do not like fighting of that nature, preferring to turn a rock into fortress, and letting an enemy pepper the rock. General White, in Ladysmith, can not be starved or bombarded out of it. He can only be driven out of it by assault, and it is safe to say that the Boers will not accept that end of it.
 They cannot build works close to Lady smith in which to place siege guns. They arc not scientific soldiers, and their artil- Jts han ic even worse. A siege advances step by step | to final assault. Anything of that kind is impossible in the few days that will elapse before General Butler drives them back to Lang's Nek and Van Reenan's Pass.
 But the Boers have at least selected tne battle grounds. They are to be in the rocky and mountainous Neck of Natal This will give them opportunities for the fighting they are best capable of. As a rule they are mounted, and they can quickly move from one point to another, thus occupying every place of advantage in front of the British advance. In the passes they can fortify and delay the passage of the troops. They can destroy the railroads as they fall back. They can burn all bridges and fill all tunnels. While it is not unreasonable to General White to hold out. it is not unrea- sonable to expect the British to march through the Neck of Natal to Pretoria without encountering heavy losses although the Boers, like the Filipinos, will be apt to decline a pitched battle.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
KRUGhfi IN 1885

From the London Chronicle.
 Tn following story of President Kruger is published in a recent issue of the Paris Figaro: The president visiting Holland n 1885, and. according to this journal, divid- ing his attenton between the old Dutch churches and young Dutch women. who sang songs in his honor, when a correspon- dent met him and suggested that every thing was settled between England and the Transvaal. "There you mistaken said MT Kruger. "I cannot, naturally, discount events. I have great confidence in the queen of England, in many English people, and even in their chief statesmen. But the scheme for Austral Africa, ex- cusively British, haunts too many minds and too many interests for me to be with out disquietude. They always keep up mis- chief around us to disturb the situation, until the propitious time comes."
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
THE PUBLIC ROADS
From the Gadsden Times News.

From the Gadsden Times News.
 Some of our public roads are a disgrace to the county and they ought to be put in good condition and made passable or abol- ished, so that the traveling public will mot have to carry along with them repair out fits to mend broken wheels and axles of out of mud holes The country folks need some help in putting in good condition the prblIc roads of the county, and We say they ought to have all tine help necessary in order to keep the roads in passable fix all 1he year. The farmers have trouble enough without having to contend with bad roads in the fall of the year when they have to carry their cotton and produce to the different markets.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
THREE CURRENT EPIGRAMs

From the Philistine.
 Shakespeare uses the word politician" five times, and each time it is synonymous with knave.
 One mild form of coercion these rogues resort to is to call us unpatriotic when we speak the truth about them. Not long ago they would have cut off our heads The world moves.
 Europe is divided up between eight great governments, and in time of peace over 100000 men are taken from the ranks of industry and are under arms, not to protect the people, but to protect one government from another.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
Nothinu But the Best.

The P!ttsaurg Dispatch is eminently cor rect when it says Inc government wants only the best when it seeks armor plate for the new ships. Those ships must be made as strong as the best armor can make them, and the men behind the guns must be rendered as secure against shot and she'll as arraor plate can render them- No one appreciates this more than the people of the south do.
 the production of the best is confined to one mill near Pittsburg, and one mill at Bethlehem, both in Pennsylvania One of these mills at least has used Alabama iron in the manufacture of armor plate, and if
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
MY MASTERS

Louise Chandler Moulton. The first of all my masters was Delight l bent my knee to worship him. and
 sought
 His ministers. and all the bliss they
 wrought, In Days large splendor and the peace of
 night, In song and. mirth and every goodly sight; Until fair Love another lesson taught, And bitter pain dearer than pleasure
 brought, And my whole soul was subject to his
 might; Brief while I strove for Fame-his laurel
 wreath Seemed good to wear and dear the f1eeting
 breath With which men praise the idol of an hour; But one drew nigh me clothed upon with
 power, And looking in the awful eyes of Death I knew the master at whose touch we
 cower>
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
WHY THE SOUTH LcyEs MORGAN

From the TuSkegee News.
 Some time ago northern journalist was interviewed by The Age-Herald He said among other t[afngs that he was glad that Senator Morgan would be opposed in his race for the United States senate that the northern people regarded him as always being on tine wrong side of every ques- ton. Our blood boiled when we read that statement and then remembered how John T. Morgan had, during the darkest days Wlioh ever threw their shadow over the south, stood by his beloved section. It was in defense elf a down-trodden south. The north thought lhim on the wrong side when he plead the cause Of the people he loved, and denounced as only a brave man could do the coWardly oppression being heaped upon tine south But the northern people came in time to respect this man of cour- age, character and ability, and, respecting him, they learned ito respect and then to love his section.
 The south loves Morgan because he never from any consideration personal to Tlim- self shirked duty. We love him because his work helped to drive from about the polling places the bayonets of federal off, cers It was his vigilance and tact which finally killed forever the infamous force bill. We beg the men of this county to think of these things When some brazen politician or Inis tools would endeavor to cast contempt upon the noblest Roman of them all.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
HOW ENGLAND SECURES HORSES

From the London Mail
 A number of the agents of the govern ment have been engaged travelling through Ireland inspecting hunting horses entered in the stud books with a view to securing them for the army. The stud books and the books of fine Royal Dublin Society were placed at their disposal Many owners have been notified to hold themselves ready to part with their horses at a short notice, and to inform the authorities, through the police, of any sale or change in the loca- tion of each hunter now in their possession.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
wIRELEss rnLEGKAPHY
m fine New York Sun.

From the New AOIh Sual.
 The imagination revels in the wide field for speculation regarding Hae applications Which seem likely to be made of the Mar conf system of wireless telegraphy.
 It is probable now that by reason of the uninterrupted plane of the oceans surface, the more immediate utilization will be made in connection with tine various phases of life at sea and upon the sea- coast. Its value in commercial, naval and life-saying directions seems well nigh in- calculable. and the world is indeed fast becoming the whispering gallery predicted by clever prophet. Soon will ships bring in report of other ships which passed un- seen in the night, murmu11ng name and heme port through the waste of waters. War fleets will make combinations which heretofore have been impracticable, and war itself will be strangely modified by the ever-present unexpected, rendered pos sible by the capacity to communicate at a distance of fifty miles. Tn tlne mamoeuver the comprehension of the intentions of the commander will be infinitely more prompt. A change of intention heretofore impossi- ble in inc slow methods of yesterday Wall now become commonplace. A ship in dan ger at sea may now sound her cry for help over a circle of 100 miles in diameter. Along the shore the life-saving stations will set their automatic warning signal on Ware Shoal" and these will sound through gale or snow cloud, mist or fog bank, pushing back the unwary mariner Who has ventured too near the dreaded shore nne
 And the principle by which energy Is transriuted without wires is in dts infancy.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
From the Sheffield Reaper.

From the Sheffield Reaper.
 The Sunday or fair edition of The Bir- mingham Age-Herald was whopper. con- taining forty pages of matter, or 24O columns. The paper had something to say about everything in the city worth news notice. From now on The Age-Herald will be strictly a daily paper-seven papers a week. There is much to admire and com mend in each issue of Birmnghams great morning paper, and the Reaper sends wishes for its success in its new venture.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
Waichinq the Mefeors.

The meteorle shower may fall tonight, or tomorrow night, or the night following. or it may not fall at all within the range of vision of this section. The crossing of the orbits cannot at present be accurately cal sulated and there is no reason why fifty thousand people in this community should lose sleep on account of swarm of me- teors. There is no reason why they should if every locomotive engineer and every engineer of stationary plant on duty at night will "blow" as he never blew before when the stars begin to fall. That will be warning enough. The engineers on duty in this town can wake everybody but the dead, and they may josle them little.
 As the stars have given no offense of any kind no boycott has been declared against them, and The Age-Herald confidently ap- peals to every man who can pull whistle open to give 1t vent when the stars begin to act in A peculiar manner. This will save to many a person hours of valuable sleep. It will keen the school children in bed and it will be a comfort to all to know that they are not to miss what may prove a rare spectacle. Blow them, engineer, until you wake the sleeping and fill Jones valley with echoes and amateur astronomers.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
RESTRICTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Men will be men as long as they're boys the rat.
 The girl that sews sachet bags all around the top of her corset ought to be made to marry tho. man that puts brillian- tine on his moustacte.
 When woman has once fallen in love with great big brute, an angel from heaven couldn't convince her that he hasn't little endearing ways"
 When girl feels intimate enough with a man to tell him he ought to put porous plaster on his chest she ought not to think anything of proposing ta him
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
WHAT THE SOUTH DEMANDS

From the Richmond Times.
 Imperialism or no imperialism, our trade must be protected, and our Chinese trade is of too much importance to this nation for it to allow any other nation to forcibly oust us of one dollars worth of it. That is what the people of the cotton states de- mand, if We may infer from the action of the cotton spinners of the south and recent editorial articles in leading southern news papers.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
THE FAIR EDITION

From the Pratt City Herald.
 The Sunday edition of The Age-Herald contained forty pages of matter and was the product of one weeks work. The edi- ton is a credit not only to The Age-Herald company but to Birmingham and the state as we'll
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
MARYLAND. MY MARYLANp

From tine 'sit. Louis Republic.
 The spoilsmen's heel is off thy neck, Maryland. my Maryland. Old Lowndes was johted in the neck, Maryland, my Maryland! The demwocrats have made a coupe; re- publieans are fin the soup. Throw out your chest and give a whoop Maryland, my MarYlandi
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
EATERS BAIrED

From the Boston Globe.
 An attempted bull fight at Puebla resulted fin the bulls turning upon the whole show and driving the spectators out Of the place. The bulls seem to be getting on'' to the game. There will be no more of it at Puebla.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

LID in Duluth they are always awaiting the coming of or recovery from snow storm. The snow business is trifie mo- notonous in that latitude.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 The suddenness and completeness with which Captain Dreyfus has dropped out of sight demonstrates that fame is usually ev- anescent.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

Thorite is Uncle Sans new agent, war ranted to fill an enemy full of blow-holes- Poor little Filipinos, take yonr thorite ana say nothing.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

The ghost of Mergenthaler comes back to vex the scrfbblers of the Memphis com mercial-Appeal, and when the entire case is considered it is found that the ghost walks in many towns. He visits Birmlns- ham freouently. mixing up letters and words, and even sentences, in the most perpeXing manner.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

Marcus Alonzo Hanna may be an orator and a Websterian statesman, but he Will never wear those clothes again as a polltl- cal boss. He is passing while you walt.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

The New York republicans are trying to unload Quigg, the Pennsylvania repuoli- cans Quay, and the national republicans know that Hanna must be thrown over hoard. A man who is third in his own city must be dropped.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

They have also been asked not to part with any of the registered horses to any pnr- chaser in circumstances which may lead to their leaving the three kingdoms
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

The battle of 1896 is to be repeated, but without Hanna. Mark can sell HIS oollar- mark clothes.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

President Kruger has one child by hls first wife, and sixteen oy the second. It Is facts like these that account for the size or inc Boer army around Ladysmith.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
MERE HAGATELLE

From the Washington Star A man in Admiral Dewey's position could scarcely be expected to care much about a small prosaic matter like the presidency.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

The Selma Times contention can be set fled by counting the names of examined of ficials and classifying them on senatorial lineS.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

The radiant point tonight is the constei- 1ation of Leo The meteors are expected to radiata from it in swarms. Hence they are called Leonid meteors.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

The French say that 2o,0eO men could cap ture London So they might, but they would then proceed to languish in English prisons.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

Jones and Brown were showed under in Ohio and Kentucky, but John Smith in Maryland came through in fine form.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

Mayor Sam Jones has no intention Of lin- ing up with David Bennett Hill ln the mas been class.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

Vice President Hobart and Ex-Senator German are rapidly recuperatlhg. Iohlcs are all either needed.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

The lesson of the Ohio election can be manipulated and shaped to suit any case.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

Tarlac as a capital has been swapped for some town up in the hills With an unpro- nounceable name.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

Jones did not pay the freight in Ohio, but he scared the bosses.
The age-herald., 1899-11-15

Was there ever in any land such a high average of fall weather as Birmingham has enjoyed this season?
The age-herald., 1899-11-15
DREYFUS

South Africa is now indulging in ominous silences.