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A TRIP IB IRE TROPICS
The State Herald Describes Key
West.
THE GIBRALTAR OF THE GULF
After a Voyage of Seventeen Days He Finally,
Reached the Island of St. Chris
topher. _
T* Si
Masse Terre St. Christopher, Oct. 6.—
(Special. Correspondence.)—So many peo
ple say they prefer seeing their own
country first before seeing a foreign
country. For myself, I bellevje in seeing
any country I can and when I can. But
how many people really know their own
country? Take Key West, for instance.
We all know that there Is an excellent ci
gar comes from Key West, but how
many of us know where Key West is or
anything about it. I, for one, didn’t un
til recently, and presuming that you are
just as ignorant as I was I am going to.
enlighten you.
That Key West is in Florida we all
know', that is we are so taught in our ge
ography. but in reality it is situated on
a coral reef of the same name seven
miles long, about two miles wide and only
11 feet above the sea. It is about sixty
miles south of Cape Sable, the most
southerly point of the mainland of Flor
ida. The town of Key West covers about
half of the reef and is inhabited mostly
by Cubans and Bahamans, who speak a
Spanish patois. You rarely hear English
Bpuken. Its climate is mild and attracts
many northern Invalids annually.
Its streets are broad and Its houses
surrounded by tropical plants and shrubs.
Key West is to the gulf what Glbralta
is to the Mediterranean, and is one of the
ci-lef naval stations of the United States.
Its principal and only manufacture is
that of cigars.
Previous to 1874 30,000 bushels of salt
were produced by evaporation, but a hur
ricane swept over the island and the
works went where the woodbine twlneth.
Some of the inhabitants subsist by fish
ing, sponge gathering and turtle catch
_ ing. Many others are engaged in
"wrecking,” that is, plundering unfortu
nate vessels that are wrecked on these
dangerous reefs.
After leaving Key West we sailed
through the Strait of Florida past Salt
Key and into Santarem channel, where I
got my first sight of Cuba. We were
about opposite Sagua la Grande, and at
least forty miles from shore, but the
Cuban mountains could be plainly seen
lying low along the horizon like a blue
cloud.
We were in a dangerous place in case
of bad weather. There are thousands of
reefs and keys between Cuba and Flori
da, some above water and some hidden
beneath its surface. It takes a skilled
navigator to steer clear of the treacher
ous keys, and even under the best man
agement many vessels are annually
wrtekea. "" r i
It Is interesting to take a large map of
the Bahama Islands and of the West In
dies and see how thickly studded the
■waters are with islands, reefs and banks.
My impression was that there were
only about seven or eight West India is
lands, but I know better now. The num
ber runs up Into the hundreds, islands
thickly Inhabited that I never heard of
before. Get out your map and study It
and lell Dr. Phillips to point them out to
his pupils from a good map Instead of
from the miserable maps founds In
geographies.
We sailed along the Cuban coast for
several days, with the mountains con
stantly In view. At times we would pass
close In shore and with marine glasses
could see villages and the beautiful green
fields of cane and bananas. 9o deceptive
is distance that at times we appeared to
be within two miles of Bhore, when in
reality we were fully ten miles off shore.
We could see steamers cruising along
nearer the shore, evidently Spanish men
of-war, looking for filibusters.
I had always thought that Cuba was
a low, flat, sickly country, but imagine
my surprise to find that it Is mountain
ous and beautiful and quit© healthy in
the interior, so I am told. Some of the
mountains are 6000 feet high and rise
right from the water's edge to the clouds
above. They can be seen about ninety
miles on a clear day.
As the island Is 700 miles long we didn’t
pass it In a day, you may be sure. We
had the gulf stream with us, which was
some help, but the wind wasn’t exactly
fair, being a little ahead, which necessi
tated our making many tacks.
Now, if I should stop to explain what
“tacking’’ and "beating” and “luffing”
nnd “laying to” and “jibbing” and "run
ning” you would become as good a sea
dog as I am, so you must Just swallow
what I tell you and ask no questions.
Of couse you know what the gulf
stream is. Every child knows that it is
a warm river that flows through the Gulf
of Mexico and Atlantic ocean at the rate
of about three miles an hour and helps to
keep England warm. It is used for othert
purposes, but that Is its principal use.
The gulf stream is a great help to ves
sels running with it, but woe be unto
vessels going against It. There is another
element that helps or retards sailing ves
sels, and that is the trade wind, which
has its origin somewhere near the Cape
Verde Islands and blows in a southwest
erly direction with unvarying constan
cy the year round, except when prevented
by a tornado during the hurricane season.
It is the trade wind that tempers the cli
mate of the tropical countries and makes
Ihem inhabitable, and I may aay com
fortable.
Loiummissirunune iraue winu ana naa
easy sailing coming over, but he had a
tough time getting home with those lit
tle tubs of his. The wonder Is that he
ever got home at all. The voyage can be
made this way In a row boat with per
fect safety, but it is going the other way
that is hard work.
While sailing through the Florida strait
we passed every kind of vessel Imagina
ble, from a small fishing schooner to big
ocean steamships and men of war. One
Spanish steamship passed quite close to
us, loaded with soldiers bound for Ha
vana. No doubt some of the small vessels
we saw were Cuban filibusters.
I think I would have Joined a filibuster
ing expedition if I had not struck my
present berth. I was just in the humor
for doing anything rash at that time,
but I am cured now. I came to the con
clusion that there were just as good fish
In the sea. But I digress.
We passed close under the lee of Great
Inagua, a British island about seventy
five miles from Cuba, then for two days
we were out of sight of land. The next
land we sighted was Cape Isabelique, on
the north side of Hayti. We kept this
negro republic In sight for three days
and then passed between it and Porto
Pico, another Spanish island, which is
pn the verge of a revolution. Porto Rico
Is nearly as large as Alabama and has
1,500,000 population, and from the sea It
looks like the garden spot of earth. We
kept close to the Island, which gave us a
smoother sea and enabled us to make
better headway.
The next island we sighted, after losing
sight of Porto Rico, was Santa Crux, a
small Danish island, with 20,000 Inhabi
tants, and the day following. Just sev
enteen days after leaving Mobile, we en
te.cd the harbor of Bosse Terre. Island of
\
St. Christopher, or St. Kltt, as It ts more
commonly called.
Feeling our way Into the harbor we
east anchor"St"dark in the roadstead,
Just too late tor the custom house officers
to board ua. I was crazy to set foot
again on terra ftrma and wanted to steal
ashore that night, but the captain gave
me positive orders to do nothing of the
ktrrd, as it would likely cause his boat
tfl fes siffiefl. (tlid i.would more than likely
go to Jail lfctiught:
X sat cm deetCtrntil quite late meditat
ing awljtle anS'singlng awhlle,_The-eoho
from my voice and gultar*reverberated
■ftbross the trenqnil harbor and sounded
perfectly beautiful (to myself.)
From the bottom of my heart X felt sor
ry-for every ntie-who was not within hear
tng of my vstcer for I can’t recall the
time when I ever sang with more melody
and sweetness than I did that night.
Bo anxious was I to get ashore and
YMte of the trofcftSiI fruits and vegetables
and.all.the tropical growth that I scarce-*
iy slept a*wlnk. Nature finally asserted
Itself, go I crept to my virtuous couch
and Slumbered until dawn.
' - A SURE THING.
How You Can Get Rid* of That Catarrh That
Bothers You ?
Have you- got catarrh? If you have
not, you are’h lucky man. At least every
third man hsJs it. If you have got ca
tarrh, what are you going to do about It?
Are you going to continue and hawk,
and spit,., and snuff, and choke, and
sneehe, and eough, and. do all the other
disagreeable things that catarrh patients
are obliged to do? There is no use of
this. . You can get cured If you want to.
This is the way:
The first thing you want to do is to get
a botjle of Fe-ru-na, take a teaspoonful
before each meal and at bedtime. Grad
ually Increase this dose so at the end of
one month you are taking a tablespoonful
at each dose. If you are not well at the
end of that time sit down and write Dr.
Hartman of Columbus, O., a letter, just
give the facts, and you will receive a
prompt answer, which will tell you ex
actly what to do further. Be sure to
write Dr. Hartman before quitting the
treatment.
Every family ought to have a copy of
the Pe-ru-na Almanac. Ask your drug
gist for one.
SERIOUS THOUGHTS,
A Steadfast Mind.
Nay, never falter! No deed Is done
By falterers who ask for certainty.
No good Is certain, but the steadfast mind,
The undivided will to seek the Rood;
'Tls that compels the elements and wrings
A human music from the indifferent air.
The greatest gift a hero leaves his race
Is to have been a hero.
—GEORGE ELIOT.
Reasons for Being Thankful.
He who sees in the heavens and the
earth the loving power of Almighty God
Is never in want of reasons for being
thankful. The light of the sun by day,
the moon and stars by night are evi
dences of the sustaining strength of our
God. Knowing these things, how can
we fail to be thankful? For food and
health, for home and its comforts, for
garments and shelter, for liberty and
friends, our sense of obligation ought to
be great.
The Hands of Our Father.
"The firm persuatlon that all things
which concern us are completely, every
moment; In the hands of our Father above
infinitely wise and merciful, that He dis
poses all these events In the best possible
manner, and that we shall one day bless
Him for even His most distressing visita
tions, such a sublime persuasion will
make the heart and the character sub
lime. It will enable us to assemble our
Interests together, our wishes, our pros
pects, our sorrows, and the circumstances
of the persons that are dear to us and
present them in one devout offering to the
best Father, the greatest friend; and It
will assure us of being in every scene of
life the object of His kind, perpetual
care.”—John FoBter.
Divine Help.
The strength, the force which is ap
pointed to live your burdens, to run your
raoe, to find your truth, to hold the
canopy of faithfulness over your head 1b
not you. It is you and God. For you to
try and do It alone Is natural. It is al
Inost as if the engine tried to carve with
out the artist. It is engine and steam
that are to make the running power. It
is artist and power that are to carve a
statue. It is God and you that live your
life. For you to try to live all alone is
fo try to do all the work with one part of
the power. God is not a crlitch coming
in to help your strength. The stronger
you are the more thoroughly you are
yourself.—Rev. D. S. Hamilton.
The Soriptural Idea.
“Any unperverted mind will conceive
of the scriptural idea of prayer as that
of one of the most downright, sturdy re
alities in the universe. Right in the heart
of God’s plan of government it is lodged
as a power. Amidst the conflicts which
are going on in the evolution of that plan
it stands as a power. Into all the intrica
cies of divine working and the mysteries
of divine decree it reaches out silently
as a power. In the mind of God, we may
be assured, the conception of prayer Is
po fiction, whatever many may think of
it. ’More things are wrought by prayer
than this world dreams of.' ”—Austin
Phelps.
Evil Companions.
The company that man keeps deter
mines his character. No man does un
dertake the religious life with honesty
and earnestness without separating from
evil associations. He draws off to the
good, and the evil as naturally draws
away from him. If evil associates of the
past are near to him they are no longer
In sympathy with him; not because of
his sanctimoniousness, but because there
Is something In the man on account of
•which they do not longer enjoy his society
as they once did. The more earnestly he
devotes himself to his God the more they
draw away from him.—Rev. J. L. With
row.
Whatever You Do.
"Whatever task is set you to do, do it
cheerfully, that your memory of It may
be sweet. For If a thing must be done we
shall like to remember that we did it
with a whole heart and ungrudgingly,
since that which is done grudgingly
avalleth little, and is not the deed of the
inner man at all, and that which is done
heartily groweth light in the doing.”
It Never Fails.
“There is only one stimulant that never
falls and yet never Intoxicates—duty.
Duty puts a black sky over every man
—up in his heart, maybe—Into which the
skylark, happiness, always goes singing.”
—Lamartine.
Heroism.
The heroes of today are the men and
the women who do their duty faithfully,
as they find it laid out for them, caring
for family and home and doing what they
cam for their neighbors. We have our op
portunities in the daily walks cf life. Men
are growing better every day; more chi
valrous than before. The race is "falling
up” and thousands of unsung heroes all
around us are enlisted in the work —Rev.
George L. Perrin.
From God.
"Get the pattern of your life from God,
and then go about your work and be your
self."—Phillip Brooks.
HERBART CLUB.
Fruitful Discussions of Psycology and Kindred
TopicT
The meeting of the Herbart club at
the high school building Tuesday night
was well attended by enthusiastic stu-.
dents of psycology. The meeting was de
voted a general presentation of the life
and doctrines of Herbert. The president,
Prof. A. C. Moore, outlined tTie plan and.
purposes of the club. Psycology, he
stated, would form the basis of the work;
not so much the psycology of text
books as current psycology—the psycol
ogy which 1b brought to our attention
through, discussions In the current mag
azines. PBycology underilea many other
sciences, and a proper solution of many
of the .pressing problems of today de
pends largely upon a correct understand
ing of psycologioal principles. The name
Herbart was chosen because Herbart’s
philosophy Is revolutionizing educational
thoughts. Membership In the club does
not carry with It art Indorsement of Her
bartlan principles. The object of the club
Is an honest search after truth. No the
ory Is to be blindly adopted. While edu
cational topics will form a part of the
work of the club, other lines will be pur
sued, and all who are intereated In phil
osophical study are Invited to become
members, whether teachers or not. The
local club will maintain a general connec
tion with the National Herbart society,
recently organized, for the scientific
study of education. This society has at
Its head some of the leading educators of
the day.
Miss Mary A. Cahalan read a biograph
ical sketch of Herbart. Johann Freld
rlch Herbart was born at Oldenburg
May 4, 1778, and died August 11, 1841, at
Gottingen. His early life was spent as a
tutor, soon after which he came under
the Influence of Pestalozzi. His work as
a teacher suggested the study of philos
ophy and he Is dtelngulshed as having
occupied the chairs of philosophy In sev
eral of the great universities of Germany.
The height of his ambition was reached
when he was placed In the chair made va
cant by Kant.
A resume of Herbart s philosophy was
presented by Dr. J. H. Phillips. His fun
damental doctrines were set forth in a
clear cut and forcible manner. A review
of a system of philosophy Is no small task
when ample time is allowed, but It is ren
dered much-more difficult when only a
few minutes can be devoted to it. Her
bart’s philosophy has its starting point,
its center, in education. Thus it differs
from all other previously existing sys
tems. His inspiration was drawn from
the school room. He stands with Hegel
as the greatest of the post-Kanti&n phi
losophers. His philosophy was the out
growth of his pedagogy. His works are
embraced in his logic, ethics, ontology,
asthetics, psycology and pedagogy. His
psycology distinguishes him from all oth
er philosophers since he discarded the
traditional division or the human mind
Into separate faculties. He regarded the
mind as a simple essence, with the power
to look out, as It were, through the win
dows of the soul upon the external world
and receive Impressions. These impres
sions entering the soul through the sense
constitute so many ideas or presenta
tions, which by mutual attraction may
become united as an organized mass or
body of experience. By the action and
interaction of these presentations other
ideas and states of the soul are origi
nated. as Isolated idea seeking entrance
into the mind is either attracted or re
pelled by the apperceiving mass. If at
traction prevails the feeling of pleasure
ensues; if repulsion, pain. Thus he ac
counts for the development of feeling,
emotion and even volition. Feeling in
general is the product of ideas in motion.
Feeling In motion, that is, progressing to
wards an attainable object, becomes de
Blre; and desire, when accompanied by
the hope of attainment, culminates th
volition. Thus Herbart accounts for the
development of the sensibilities and the
will. In this, be It understood, he is at
variance with the accepted psycology of
his predecessors.
Morality Is the dominating idea of his
system of pedagogy; character the first
word in his science of education. It is
the proud claim of Herbartians that the
subjects of the common school curricu
lum, when properly selected and present
ed, tend to develop character. In the old
systems culture was placed first, knowl
edge afterwards; in Herbart’s system
culture, through knowledge properly pre
sented, constitutes the central idea.
Principal F. M. Roof then followed with
a concise presentation of the leading rep
resentatives of Herbartian pedagogy In
Germany and the United States. The
two leading representatives in Germany,
he said, were Professors Stoy and Ziller,
each founding a separate school based
on the teachings of Herbart. The differ- 1
ence between these schools consisted
chiefly in the application of the Herbart
ian doctrine of correlation of studies.
These eminent interpreters of Herbart
were followed by Dr. Frick and Dr. Rein,
the latter succeeding Dr. Stoy in the chair
of pedagogy at the University of Jena.
This school has become Justly famous as
the resort for educators from all parts of
the world. In the United Btates, he said,
the leading interpreters of Herbart
are Dr. DeGarmo, president of Swarth
more college, and also president of the
National Herbart society; also Dr. M. C.
Murray and Colonel Parker of Illinois
and Drs. Butler and McMurray of New
York.
In discussion of the objects of the club
President Samuel Ullman of the board of
education emphasized the Importance of
the study of psycology as the means
through which the teacher may be led to
understand and properly guide his pupils.
Even children of the same family, he
said, however much the family resem
blance may be, and however similar their
treatment in rearing may have
been, yet all differ in important points.
The wise parent must understand these
differences if he is to guide and direct the
child. To the teacher psycology means
much more. In every child the teacher
must see before him the future man or
woman. Every child presents to the
teacher a skeleton which must be clothed
with living tissues.
Principal J. B. Cunningham then briefly
discussed the philosophy of Herbart and
emphasized Its reforming tendency upon
the Individual, Society and the state. He
said that if the pedagogy of Herbart were
applied criminology In Alabama would be
your child
You note the difference in
children. Some have nearly
every ailment, even with
the best of care. Others far
more exposed pass through
unharmed. Weak children
will have continuous colds
in winter, poor digestion in
summer. They are with
out power to resist disease,
they have no reserve
strength. Scott’s Emulsion
of cod-liver oil, withnypo
phosphites, is cod-liver oil
partly digested and adapted
to the weaker digestions of
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revolutionized; that we would no longer
see youth of tender age subjected to the
allurements of the streets or exposed by
law to degrading Influences of the state
prison and the coal mines.
il|?8 S'-1!!16 A1!£l? asked whether It
la not an error tS attribute to Herbart
the distinctive principle of fiMrailef
building through education; w-hetherthis
, had not beeri a familiar Idea with the
long- line of philosophers and teachers
who had preceded jilm.
£r. Phll|lp5 fnfeply stated that the en
ichlsement of the human mind and
the elevation of the race by means pfl
knowledge is not the new Idea claimed
for Herbart by his followers, but that
character building may be secured
through the Instruction In the common
branches when presented In oonformity
to the lawB of mtad. and not solely In
direct ethical Instruction; that all In
struction has an ethical value when prop
erly Incorporated In the child’s experi
ence.
Prof. 8. L. Robertson In a ten min
utes- address of unusual strength empha
sized the Importance of a Study from a
strictly scientific standpoint. Whatever
the tendencies of the leaching of Her
bart may prove to be, the members of this
club, laying aside prejudices, must strive
for the attainment of truth. Skepticism
and Infidelity were rampant In the days
of Herbart. Blind materialism closed
the eyes of eminent philosophers to the
highest truths of nature and of holy writ.
With the great lights of history before
us we have unprecedented advantages
over even Herbart and hts contempora
ries In our search for knowledge and
truth.
The first meeting of the club was re
garded as a brilliant success, from which
all present derived pleasure and profit.
The next meeting of the club will be held
at the same place Tuesday night, Novem
ber 19, to which all who are Interested are
cordially Invited.
Useless Forebodings.
"What a vast proportion of our lives is
spent in anxious and useless forebodings
concerning the future—either our own or
that of our dear ones! Present Joys,
present blessings slip by, and we miss
half their sweet flavor, and all for want
of faith in Him who provides for the
tiniest insect in the sunbeam. Oh! when
shall we learn the sweet truBt in God
that our children teach us—we. who are
po mutable, so faulty, so irritable, so un
just, and He, who is bo. watchful, so piti
ful, so loving, so forgiving? Why can
not we, slipping our hand into His each
day, walk trustingly over that day’s ap
pointed path, thorny or flowery, crooked
or straight, knowing that evening will
bring us sleep, peace and home?"—Phil
lips Brooks.
Kindness.
You may pulverize ice, but it is ice still;
but let a Bunbeam fall on it and it Is soon
dissolved. Abuse, however severe and
humiliating, never softens men; but kind
ness will melt the most obdurate.
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The Berney National Bank,
Birm.lng'liam, -A.la'bam.a,.
Chartered January 28, 1886.
Capital Stock, $200,000.00. Surplus and Profits, $28,000.00.
Successors to City Natiooal Bank of Birmingham Jannary 8, 1895.
Special Attention to Industrial and Cotton Accounts
J. B. COBBS, PreB’t. W. F. ALDRICH, Vice-Pres’t. W. P. G. HARDING, Cashier.
J. H. BARR, Assistant Cashier.
DIRECTORS—B. B. Comer, T. H. Aldrich, Robert Jemison, W. F. Aldrich, Walker
Percy, Robert Stephens. Charles Wbeelock, James A. Going, J. B. Cobbs.
H. E. Barker, President. w. j. Cameron, Cashier.
W. A. Walker, Vice-President. Tom. O. Smith, Asa’t Cashier.
T. M. Bradley. 2d Ass’t Cashier.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA
Capital Stock, - - $250,000
Designated Depository of the United States.
Chartered May IS, 1884.
F1BECT0BP—J. A. Btrstton.F. D. Nabers, W. A. Walker, T. O. Thompson, W, 5.
f icvtn, T. H. Melton W. J. Cameron, N. E. Barker, Geo. L. Morris.
R. M. NELSON, President. W. A. PORTER. Cashier.
A. T. JONES, Vice-President. H. L. BADHAM, Assistant Cashier.
ALABAMA NATIONAL BANK,
CAPITAL $500,000.00.
8. E. Cor. First Avenue and Twentieth S reet, Birmingham, Ala.
BUVS and sells exchange on all principal eltics in the United Staten, Europe, Astn-, Africa,
A ustralia, South America and Mexico. Solicits accounts of manufacturers, merchants,
banks and individuals. 8 28 tf
STEINER BROS., Bankers,
Birmingham, Alabama.
Negotiate loans on real estate and collateral.
Buy county and city bon is.
Sell steamship tickets over all lines.
Issue interest-bearing certificates on savings deposits.
Promote and financier enterprises.
Sell exchange on all parts of Europe.
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^dam$ Drug Co,
S. E. Cor. 2d Ave. ami 19th St.
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
•®“We can now be found at
the Co:ner of Second avenue
and Nineteenth street.
Most Convenient Apothecary
Shop in Town.
Our new store will be a beauty
when the decorations are finished.
Our stock is almost entirely new aud
prescriptions are our specialty. Our
store is open from 6 in the morning
until 12 at night.
The Metropolitan Hotel and Restaurant
Nos. 8 and 10 North 20th Street, Corner Morris Avenue.
NEXT TO THE UNION DEPOT.
REGULAR MEALS; 25 CENTS.
Birmingham Paint and Glass Company
LARGEST STOCK. LOWEST PRICES.
Taints, Tils. Varnish, Glass, Sash, Doors and Blinds.
1613 Third Avenue.Birmingham, Ala.
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