The age-herald., 1899-08-20

Root Is determined to establish a record. He will close the Philippine campaign in | three months"
 So said a prominent republican politician standing outside the Fifth Avenue hotel the other evening at s o'clock, the hour when senators and minor politicians do congregate there to discuss possibilities. "He took the portfolio the first of Au- | gust. His first duty will be the appoint ment of general for the Philippines and | the sending of same with troops to the | islands This will take month. The sec ond month will be occupied in organizing
 the campaign in the islands and in march, | ing the troops to Aguinaldo's strongholds. The third month will see the Filipino chief routed and the white flag floating over the forts of the hostile islands Mark my words: in three months Root will do that which it has already taken the present leaders one year. without accomplishing anything"
 Roots record in New York, while bril- liant, is singlar in some respects. He is noted for his high fees, for his non-con- ViVial ways and for his ambition. A good setting surely for possibility" New York's Fair
 Speaking of the Worlds fair in 1902, or | thereabouts, which one-half of New York i is desirous of having, it has been decided that it would be absolutely necessary to hold the same either in the Borough of Bronx formerly the town of Bronx north 1 of old New York, or in the Borough of l Brooklyn If hold in the latter place it might tend to more closely united the two places, New York and Brooklyn, which, in spite of legislation are not as harmoni- ous in spirit as 1t was hoped they would be when connected and united into Great CT New York" The old rivalry between the cities Is still felt and the man who lives In New York still pokes fun at the man who lives in the Borough of Brooklyn. With the new East river bridge at Thir- ty-fourth street. and with the tunnels con- meeting New York with Brooklyn at the Battery, and at Twenty-third street. there could be no complaint of poor transporta- tion facilities for the crowds should the New York Worlds fair be carried through the next legislature at Albany
 New York Is preparing to be proud of tho new city hall which it hopes to have, and for which it is willing to set aside the sum of s25, 900 GOO. Of course there is an awful howl about it. for the giving of con tracts will necessarily lie more or less in the hands of the party now in control If the whole thing can be postponed until 1900, or Mayor Van Wycks term shall have ex- pired, then the spoil-gdving. the republi- cans hope, will fall into their hands. If decided upon now, the democratic adminis- tration being ''in," would have decidedly tho advantage And thouh the bids are public and the contracts awarded in the most public manner, still each feels as though the other should not even have the privilege and prestige of giving the s25.OoO- 900 to anybody. Such a plum cannot be picked twice in a century.
 Tho Rubber Age
 This is indeed the age of rubber. Rubber imports-and nearly all rubber comes from Para, BraZil-amounted to only fifteen or twenty million tons few years ago. Now they amount to 44,000 900, with pros- poets of double increase the coming year Last year this country paid out to the rub Der importers of Para $37, ,0000O0, and this year they will double the sum.
 And where does it all go? Well. into the automobiles for one place: into the thous- ands of rubber tired vehicles that peram-
 bulate the streets; into cabs, wagons and bicycles. Into the rubber coats which are now made so well that they look like silk;
 into the countless rubber pillows and rub
 Der beds. into the hot water bags, chair
 seats blankets. and other useful rubber
 articles which have come in so rapidly the
 past few years Into rubber toys and into
 the rubber roofs which spread upon
 summer tents, and into the rubber shoes
 which you wear. Rubber was formerly lt-
 tie understood It was crude. Your feet
 were pulled into a square rubber box which
 was heated until it shaped itself to your
 shoe. Now rubber is worked and made in-
 to materials that fine and comfortable;
 and in so doing there Is being opened up to
 the labor of this country course of in-
 dustry which within the next twelve
 months will yield many millions as can
 be made off eighty-eight million tons of
 pure rubber.
 Shamrock's Chances
 The most cheerful news of the week is
 that the two shippers of the Shamrock
 shores arn at ,11
 and in strife there is disagreement, and
 in disagreement there is success for the
 Columbia "It is all-important in sailing
 a yacht" says Hank Half to me the
 other day, Ito know who is boss and to
 obey the boss. Put confidence in your skip
 per and let him have the say. Iselin was
 always allowed to give the orders and every
 man on the old Defender obeyed him with
 out question and with the best results.
 Often after outlining the course accurately
 before the race, he would suddenly change
 his mind and call out fresh orders. But we
 knew there was good reason for 1t and
 obeyed him without questioning An in-
 stant's hesitation would have lost us the
 first race with the Valkyrie."
 The Shamrocks shippers disagree, it is
 said, about everything from stem to stern
 from salads to sails. Sir Henry Bloss, of
 British Columbia, one of the best yachts
 men of the country, is said to have de-
 c1ared that this difference will defeat the
 Shamrock; and he adds that, although the
 yachts much alike, the Columbia has
 the better chance because of the perfect
 harmony of the crew and its familiarity
 with this particular rig.
 Coumbia's Mascot
 The crew of the battleship Massachusetts
 feel immensely hattered to think that their
 mascot Billy Terror, has been accepted by
 c. Oliver Iselin to mascot the Columbia, in
 place of the yellow cur who occupied that
 position on the Defender four years ago.
 Billy Terror Is a speckled goat of large
 sides, long nose, curling horns and a fine
 appetite. He formerly the Moni-
 tor Terror, and would have kept the guns
 polished with his tongue. if permitted, voracious was his appetite in youth. Billy
 Torror Massachusetts. of the Columbia, will afford much entertainment, for he is a cheerful goat, never seasick and partic- ularly fond of clans which he manages to open in a unique way by throwing them violently on deck His habits will be much cleaner upon the spck and span Columbia.