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The age-herald., 1899-01-10
THE PROFESSORS EXPERIMENT

Not long ago an instructor of youth tried an experiment. He wanted to find out how much or how little the average American college student of these days knows about the Bible. To ninety-six such students he gave nine simple questions, to be answered off-hand and in writing. He explained to them his object and promised not to show their answers to anybody. This was the question paper:
 l. What is the Pentateuch?
 2. What is the higher criticism of the Scriptures?
 3. Does the Book of Judge belong to the New Testament or to the Old?
 4. Name one of the patriarchs of the Old Testament.
 D. Name one of the judges of the Old Testament
 6. Name three of the kings of Israel.
 z. Name three prophets.
 8. Give one of the beatitudes.
 9. Quote a cerSe from the letter to the Romans.
 In a letter to the Christian Advocate he reports the result of the experiment Eight Of the ninety-six students answered all the questions correctly, thirteen answered eight of them, eleven answered seven, five answered four, eleven three, thirteen answered two, eleven answered one and three ''funked' completely.
 Most of these persons, I have no doubt were brought up in Christian homes," re- marked the experimenter, "and had en- joyed such instruction as the average Sun day school and pulpit of our day afford
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ary action. It means additional trouble and embarrassment in every way we may look at it. Quick ratification is now need ed, and when that is accomplished a com- plete understanding with the people of Cuba and the Philippines becomes possible. At present it is not. All things are hung up, out of courtesy to the senate. In this interim the president laid down this rule for General Otis guidance:
 Finally, it should be the earnest and paramount aim of the military administra- ton to win the confidence, respect and affection of the inhabitants of the Philip pines, by assuring to them in every possl- be way that full measure of individual rights and liberties which Is the heritage of free peoples, and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbi- trary rule.
 If the anti-ratifcatonists do not like this rule, let them call off Messrs. Hoar, Hale and Caffery, thus rendering immediate rati- fieation practicable, and affordlng an early, or at least earlier, opportunity to settle all problems on an exclusively American basis.
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Ratification Should Be immediate.

When the president declared the mission of the United States in the Philippines to be "one of benevolent assimilation" he woke up all the Boston crowd, and the Springfield Republican, and the anti-rati- fcationists generally, and they have ever since been searching the depths of their \ learning in order to find new terms of denunciation.
 They claim that his instructions are pre- mature-that the Philippines remain Span ish possessions until the treaty is ratified. They say that the senate may decide to amend the treaty, or even to reject it; and that any assertion of authority before final action by the senate upon the treaty is un- authorized, illegal and presumptious.
 If this kind of talk has any meaning at all 1t means that the senate should speedi- ly ratify the peace treaty, thus putting Spain out of the case, and giving this country a clear right to proceed in the work of establishing law and order and good government. Opposition to ratifea-
 
 ratify the treaty. We are in actual pos- session, and our rights in the new posses sions should be confirmed and placed be- yond question.
 Ratification, it should be remembered, does not determine the permanent control of Cuba or the Philippines. It would sim ply put Spain forever out of the case, and put this country in position to study and determine the problems involved These problems may need a great deal of study and consideration, and it Is our first duty to get into a position where we can give them all the time and all the gray matter they may need.
 Let ratification be accomplished, the sooner the better, and then let all hands. if they like, take up the governmental oues- tions that pertain to the new possessions. Every day of delay in the senate renders the situation in the Philippines more con- fused. It delays a clear definition of our relations with the Filipinos. It affords the administration more scope for discretion-
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The JacksOnian Orators.

On Jackson Day three public leaders talked to the democratic party-Mr. Bryan, at Chicago, Congressman Sulzer at Omaha, and Governor-elect Thomas at Denver. Two came out of the vest and the con- gressman out of New York city. All three defended the Chicago platform in it's en- tirety, but three chosen and popular lead- CTS differed in the degree of emphasis placed upon current issues.
 MT. Bryan defended every feature of the much as any one, but, he said, Eff we at- tempt to center the fight upon the trusts the republicans would adopt as strong anti trust plank as we, because no party would dare defend the trusts In such fight the trust magnates would be found supporting both parties and contributing literally to both campaign funds, provided the trusts were guaranteed the privilege of naming the attorney-general and the judges" MT. Bryan should have added that they hold that privilege now, and they may be ad verse lO lHe TlShS u d ClidllSt III istration The distinguished Nebraskan then held up the dangers of miitarism. He proposes to add to the Chicago platform plank based on opposition to all militarism implies.
 MT. Sulzer, on the other hand, while standing squarely on the Chicago platform, bo hot of ba ri to he fttha trusts must go." But while he would make the trust issue prominent, yet he, too, is in favor of a stubborn fight against a large standing army.
 Governor Thomas was true to Colorado. He is thes governor-elect of that state. He is opposed to any compromise of the cur rency question as laid down in the Chicago platform-to any concession of principle, and particularly to any transfer of leader ship. "The purple of authority and the feast of the fatted calf" says Governor democracy. When works, meet for repent ance, have been performed, and due atone- ment in the ranks have been made, the deserters of 1896 may again aspire to the seats of the prophet and the lawgiver. Until then the faithful only should be re- warded with authority"
 These three democrats certainly speak for more democrats than MT. Henry Watterson does, and their three speeches on Jackson Day, essentially in agreement may safely be considered the voice of the democratic party MT. Watterson's poster editorial was the discordant note
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THE PRESIDENTS MACON BADt E

From the Washington Post
 There has been a msapprehension, said Senator Bacon. of Georgia, yesterday "as to the character of the badge which confederate veteran pinned on the presi- dents coat in Macon during his recent southern tour. If it had been an ordinary confederate badge the act might, under the circumstances, have been considered a breach of hospitality.
 "The badge was, however, gotton up es- pecially in honor of the president. On the top of it were the national co,ors Then, in large letters was the word Welcome. with the presidents picture, and an extract from his Atlanta speech relative to federal care of confederate graves. Underneath was simply the name of the confederate camp which prepared the badge, several hundred of the members of which were present as an organization to receive and welcome President Mckinley.
 'There can be no legitimate criticism of the presentation or acceptance of such a badge. If the president expressed any doubt at the time of the propriety of his receiving it, there Is dubtless in his mind the thought that there might be a personal embarrassment in his wearing a badge upon which his own picture was the most conspicuous feature. There could have been no other suggestion of impropriety. It may be proper to add that I did not hear the remark attributed to the president in the published reports. although I was with in few feet of him at the time.''
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LEAVE IT TO DEWEY

From the New York Journal.
 In view of the condition of unrest and dis satisfaction that prevails in the Philippines just now would it not be an excellent scene to utilize the sagacty and experience of Admiral Dewey to restore order and con tentment?
 Admiral Dewey won the Philippines for He knows the islands and has upon several occasions demonstrated his ability to handle their inhabitants. In addition to all of which he has splendid fund of common sense and intellectual ballast, and is not addicted to blundering.
 Today he is in command of the naval force in Philippine waters under the di- rection of the secretary of the navy. The land forces, while working in cooperation with Admiral Dewey, take ther orders di- rectly from the secretary of war. Much energy and personal force is necessarily lost by such an arrangement.
 The Journal therefore makes this sugges- tion to the president
 Appoint Dewey provisional governor of the Philippines, with full power over the land and naval forces, and say to him:
 George, straighten out this affair in the way you think best and your Uncle Sam will stand by you"
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Four Steel Plant Points.

MT. C. F. Huntington has denied the re- port that a large steel plant is to be es- tabished at Newport News, where no blast furnaces have been or will be established, unless indeed they are built to smelt cu- ban ore or other ores brought over the high seas. Modern steel plants are located near enough to blast furnaces to take the metal from the latter in a liquid condition. This is the present condition of economic steel making, and this condition practically for bids the construction and operation of great steel plants except in pig iron d!stricts-at Cleveland, Chicago, Pittsburg and Birming- ham.
 There are steel plants in other localities, making special articles, but in the course of time and sharp competition the four dis tricts named will secure all the great steel works of the country. And only one of the four named contains the raw material needed in the manufacture of iron and steel Pittsburg has plenty of coal but its ore is brought from fully thousand miles away
 
 One is brought from West Verginia or from the Connelsville district in Pennsylvania. and the other from the Lake Superior re- zion. Cleveland's ore is brought about 500 miles, and its coke from Connellsville, a distance of about 200 miles. Birmingham alone of the four great iron districts has ore, coking coal and fiux together. Abso- lutely huddled close together. The coal in one hill touches the flux that extends under the valley to the in the opposite hill The one hill mods to the other across a two-hundred-foot-ve vein of hux A furnace in this district is located on a bed of excellent huX, and pony engine draws ore from one hill, and coking coal from the other all within easy reach of the furnaces whistles.
 The big centers of the iron and steel in- dustry are practically determined, and they are Pittsburg, Chicago, Cleveland and Bir- mingham. By Cleveland should be under stood the Lake Erie district, Youngstown and sharon and Newcastle and the Mahon- ing district may be counted as part of the Pittsburg district, or of the Cleveland district, as one may prefer. There is no central point in the Mahoning district, and the control is as a rule in either Pittsburg or Cleveland There will be no more great steel plants erected outside of the four dis tricts named, because the metal must now go hot from the primary furnace to the one in which the hardening process is carried on.
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THE wHEELER-GoULD INCIDENT

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 It is hardly courtly on the part of General Joseph Wheeler, nor is it Complimentary upon the part of Miss Helen Gould, that both of them, when questioned concerning the report of a matrimonial engagement, should characterize it as absurd and un- true" The denial Is exceedingly. vigorous. General Wheeler is distinguished veteran of two wars and a statesman of wide repu- tation. Is it fitting that Miss Gould should denosince as absurd her engagement to such a man? On the other hand, Miss Gould is a young woman whose amiabe character and good woks have won for her public esteem and approbation Why should Gen. eral Wheelr grow indignant at the sugges- tion that he is to marry such a lady? Is it true that the disparity In age would perhaps render such an alliance of doubt full advisability? General Wheeler has chill dren older than Miss Gould. But aside from this consideration there is no reason why either party to the rumored engage ment should not deem the suggestion an honor rather than an absurdity to be repudiated with more or less scorn and indignation.
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In Mir. MorriII's Seat.

Governor Smith, of Vermont, has large he has appointed MT. Fifeld to the seat vacated by MT, Morrills death Mr. Fiield is a lawyer-a railroad lawyer-who man. aged the chief railroad of the state so well or so i'll, that he soon became the railroad lord of the state, for he is now the receiver of the Vermont Central railroad, con- cern that has long dominated politics in the Green Mountain state.
 The appointment is quite in accord with the tendencies and history of the republi- can party. If there is one distinctive thing that party consistently stands by it is that the senate is reserved for millionaires and railroad lawyers-for men, in other words, who can on occasion, procure campaign subscriptions, national state or local. Campaign subscriptions are what the re- publican party of the period thrives on, what it's grip upon patronage and legisla- ton is based upon. The appointment is strictly in line with the precedents of the party.
 MT. Fifeid will be at home in body that contains MT. Stephen P. Elkins and MT. Thurston and that will soon include MT. Vanderbilt Depew. There are twenty more of the same sort at least but those we have named are quite enough. The list will be nicely rounded out when Mr. Gas Ad- dicks goes up to Washington to take MT. Gray's seat as he will do if the republicans can handle the Delaware legislature,
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press. Still women fish deep.

From the New York Press.
 Still women fish deep.
 Cupid uses baby ribbon for the string of his bow.
 woman likes to year gold garter buck les for the same reason that she runs rib bons in where nobody can see shem.
 II man is blue because he is losing money in Wall street his wife is sure he is not wearing heavy enough underclothes.
 woman can't get half so mad with the man who deserves a scolding but won't take 1t, as with the man who takes it but doesn't deserve it.
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BUILT MOGUL IN "A HOURS

Altoona, Pa.-Another and most peculiar worlds record has just been broken, this time in the railroad shops at this place. For some time there has been considerable rivalry among two gangs of workmen about the rapidity with which locomotive could be constructed, but it was thought the matter was settled when, two weeks ago, the gang in the Junita shop built an engine from the ground up complete in forty hours, establishing a worlds record. On Thursday, Davis. the foreman, and the men of the Altoona shop started in to beat that record. They worked like beavers, not stopping for refreshment, and built a big mogul complete in twenty-one hours and thirty minutes.
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HAVE NO sOFT-sNAP CHAIRMANsHIP

Washington telegram to St. Louis Republic.
 Every republican senator, save Hanna, Penrose, Deboe and Simon, the four latest acquisitions, has a committee chairman ship. One of the unwritten rules of the senate is that each member of the major ity shall be provided with a chairmanship. The only reason these four men are not chairmen is because the party in power has not time to make places for them.
 It is quite a ''soft snap to be chairman of a committee which never meets, and not more than one-third of the senate com- mittees are ever called together. Chairmen are given a handsomely furnished room where they spend their leisure moments.
 Senator Platt, of New York, is chairman of that most important committee, trans portation routes to the seaboard. It has not met since he becams chairman. |
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WHEELER'S REWARD

Correspondence Nashville American.
 Washington-When the army reorganiza- tion bill is passed General Joe Wheeler will be made a major-general in the regular army. He will accept the place and retire permanently from civil office. The passage of bill creating an additional major generalship in the present army has been discussed, but congress will not be asked to take that extraordinary step. The reor- ganization measure will be awaited.
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arrange basket of fruit how to touch flowers, how to smile and how to hold her tongue. Astonished at the prodigy. the sovereign at Pelkin. One day the Son of Heaven noticed her The slave became favorite, and. becoming a mother, became also a secondary wife. There, one might suppose, that had she ambitions they would have rested. It was there they began. Though that is thirty-seyen years ago, they have been increasing ever since.
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THE WOMAN WONDERFUL OF CHINA

Edgar Saltus in Golfers Weekly.
 The empress dowager is by birth Tartar. The fact is worth noting. Tartars do not mutilate their daughters feet. The girl had free use of hers. At the age of Il she was sold to a mandarin. In and about his household her feet her where her superiors could not go. A Chinese girl who marries passes from one prison to another. Of the
 outer world her slaves know all. It was outef world her slaves know all. It was this way with little Tsi An. What she did not know she guessed and what she could not guess she learned. She learned to dance. On the tip of her tongue were a hundred stories, each more diverting than the other. On the tom-tom she learned to strum. The three notes that are dear to the Orient she repeated surprisingly. She learned more difiiSult things, too-how to
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LINES TO THE NEW YEAR

Hobart, in Ba. .-more American. O Niney Nine, Fine Was thy first day! Say! Keep it up that way, Won't you? Break all records, do, Make the years that have gone hence Look like the proverbial thirty cents. When it comes right Down to bright Weather and sich! Switch Off the storm-centers and make A record that will break All other records and take The cake And the whole bake Shop, too. o Ninety Nine, So fine And new! What are you Going to Do
 With us ere you Get through? Whats up you sleeve? Shall we achieve Mere victories by land and sea? Or shall you prove to be A peaceful, easy-going chap With no desire to scrap And tear The air And pull hair? Shall you sit quietly at home Or shall you roam Abroad and yank Another Spain up and spank It, eh? Say! Whats in your inside pocket for us? Fuss Or plain peace and quiet? Shall the sword run riot. Or shall it collaborate In an up-to-date Manner with a reaping-hook? What's in your book, o Ninety Nine? You decline To answer, eh? Very well, werll wait; and say! If you don't treat Us right you'll beat A frosty retreat In about fifty-two weeks time! Your finish will be a sublime Cold wave If you don't behave! If you don't do the square thing We'll ring In 1900 with frenzied degree Of glee That will be The supcrlative of hot That's what! And you'll daily with the frappe- Good dayi
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RAILROAD ooMMIssIcNER

From the Leighton News.
 Hon. J. w. Tomlinson is being very gen. erally endorsed by the newspapers of this state for railroad commissioner, and we heartily endorse him as a true democrat, as man of distingu' shed ability, and in ev- cry way worthy of the honor to which he aspires. May a success commensurate with his merits attend his efforts.
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The Gordon Memorial college at Khar toum will not attempt to anglicize the Sou- danese. Its instruction is to be in the Arabic language, and the Arabs of the desert can continue to be Arabs in the college. This Is Old Horse Sense on the Nile.
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The commissary officers who are swearing so freely in favor of the excellence of the beef furnished to the army, do not stop to think that they are putting their heads against almost every field officer who was at the front.
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The phrase, benevolent assimilaton,' re- minds one of MT. Cleveand's "inocuous desuetude." The Fil.pinos will have to sit down in order to digest MT. McKinleys two pet words
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The waring fund. s1OO.OOO strong. has been completed. The income of it goes to the wife and daughter of the dead engineer and then it becomes the endowment of the War ing municipal chair in Columbia university.
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THERE ARE OTHERS
From the Mobile Herald.

FTOm the MODlIe f1efaIu.
 There are hundreds of men in Alabama who do not hold office who are fully as competent to give advice and counsel as those who do. Officeholding is neither the test of merit, or the unfailing evidence of ability.
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While the people of Cuba are learning English, the people of the gulf states should learn Spanish. It will be very handy after a while.
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The decadent nations are said to be Spain, Italy. Austria, China and Turkey; but all South America, except chili. are asleep, and Persia is on the brink, and Portugal is not much better off.
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consistent with American institutions. The Pullman serfs are to become American freemen.
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Admiral Dewey will soon have a fleet of twenty-six vessels, and not even the fleet of the esteemed Mir. Bull in that quarter of the globe will outrank it.
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Nobody is uneasy over what the Tagales George Dewey is on the spot, with guns enough to blow the recalcitrants off the earth
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MORE SHOULD TAKE HOLD

From the Sheffield Reaper
 Ihe Age-Herald is keeping up it's fight against enforced ignorance We wish more papers would take up the fight against this extravagant luxury.
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The road to fame at least is found through the possession of three wives. Two might answer but one certainly would not
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Washington is the first negro city in the people than either St. Louis or Baltimore.
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The reelection of Senator Burrows may prove to be Pingree's Waterloo.
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The excess of male babies in 1898 is &C., counted for. They were wanted to carry a name, George Dewey.
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If man owed you $500 would you ac- cept 1899 dollars in full payment?
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Mr. Belmont's Verdict will tighten his long purse if he becomes persistent.
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The republicans are overwhelming the present bull campaign.
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MT. Quay seems to be long on votes and short on reputation.
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Pullman town Is to be pulled in, so far as business calls for serfs that are scarcely
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Circulate the petitions for longer school terms and better schools in every town ship this week.
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Governor Pingrees message contained 25,- 900 words. It was expansion beyond req son.
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In Boston editors are jailed until they apologize, and all Americanism is expelled at sight.
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The presidents Philippine proclamation simply asked the Filipinos not to get too gay
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Nemlttances can DC mhoe by express, pos'omce money order drafts at current rate or excnanRe. Address
 THE AGE-HERALDs
 Birmingham, Ala