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sent to the Editorial Rooms.
Go out to church today; you will be
benefited.
The free gold in the Treasury dimin
ished yesterday to $91,044,000.
The throng of people on the streets yes
terday reminded one of old times.
Yesterday w»ae a lively day in. Bir
mingham for the retail merchants.
Cotton took a tumble yesterday, but
the bulls are confident it will go higher.
A day's labor done represents money,
and the man who performs the labor
should be paid his money.
Why should a man who deposits his
labor not be given the same considera
tion as the man who deposits his money.
The S 'n Francisco, Cal., Bulletin of
October 8 rounds out the fortieth year of
its existence, having been founded in
1S55.
The Governor of Arizona says that the
output of gold of Arizona, "for the cur
rent year, will be more than $10,000,000.
Last year it was $1,000,000.
Joe Blackburn's campaign goes -on
swimmingly. Both he and Harden will
be elected by thfe unterrified Democracy
of the dark and bloody ground.
In 189.1 3S06 women voted In Connecti
cut for school committees; In 1S94 3211
voted, pm! in 1S85 1006 voted. There are
173.000 women of voting age in Connecti
cut. __
If every father and mother in Birming
ham who could would go to church today
it would open the eyes of the young peo
ple, and the city would be better tomor
row. ___
Queen Victoria has made the widow of
Owen Meredith Countess of Lytton, a
lady of the bedchamber in waiting. The
many friends of the poet-writer are de
lighted, as he died almost penniless.
The city of Cleveland, O., Is having a
great dispute with the railroads as to the
ownership of the lake front. The other
morning the city authorities, with a force
of police, took forcible possession of the
property. _ *
"When I was a young man," said Can
didate Campbell to one of his Ohio audi
ences the other night, "I was a Republi
can; but I married a Democratic girl, and
you see the result." "Yes. bald headed,"
said the small boy In the gallery.—Low
ell News. _
The Hartford Times says: “Curious
features at the Danbury fair included a
monkey who dodged rubber balls thrown
at him, three for 5 cents. Humane Agent
Thrall interfered In behalf of the monkey
and a colored youth took his place." Is
a colored youth of less account in Con
necticut than a monkey?
You cannot bet unmarried In South
Carolina, and she declines to recognize
divorces granted to her citizens in other
States. There has never been a divorce
law In the state, and there does not seem
likely to be. The constitutional conven
tion, after a considerable debate, adopted
a section forbidding divorce for any cause
by a vote of 8fi to 41).
A sham battle Is to take place in Lower
City park. New Orleans, for the purpose
of raisin;? funds for a monument to Gen
eral Beauregard. New Orleans has
erected monuments to bee, Johnston and
other Confederate lenders and it is rath
er singular that city has waited so long
to pay a tribute of tills kind to one of
the greatest of her sons and one of the
most distinguished of Southern soldiers.
If a bank should Issue to a customer a
deposit slip showing that he had money
on deposit i nthe bank, does any one sup
pose that the hank would charge that
customer a discount on his surrender of
the deposit slip with a request for his
ononey? The man who holds time checks
is simply a depositor of the concern
which issued the checks, and should be
paid his money on a surrender of the
same. _
The New York World has the following
from Washington: The Spanish govern
ment has acceded to the request of Sec
retary OIney, it is stuted by a very hjgh
authority, and has restored diplomatic
functions to Consul-General Williams at
Havana. A favorbale answer from Spain
came recently. The Spanish government
explains that the order was Issued from
the Governor-General's office at Havana
through misapprehension.
The Mobile Register holds that the
proper expression Is "The house Is bund
ling,” and not "The house is being built.”
Wrong again! What is the house bund
ling? The house is doing nothing. Again
it appears to be shocked at the following
expression in the State Herald: "He
happened to an accident." This expres
sion Is entirely correct. It Is the same as
"he met with an accident.” See Web
ster's Dictionary. Word “happen."
A* merchant deposits a hundred dollars
with his bank, is given a certificate of de
posit. He properly transfers his certifi
cate to his attorney and the attorney
calls at the bank, surrenders the certifi
cate and is paid the money. A day la
borer deposits fifteen days labor with a
mining corporation, is given certificates
to this effect. He can't transfer his cer
tificate to his groceryman and pay for
his supplies. Why? Because his banker
see3 proper to decline to pay the certifi
cate only in goods.
THE VENEZUELAN QUESTION.
The telegraph brings us a good many
surmises and possible questions of inter
national importance growing out of the
dispute between Venezuela and Great
Britain, all of which must be taken with
many grains . of "allowance. No doubt
Great Britain will press her contention
for sovereignty over the disputed terri
tory. She never takes her grip from land
that she once seizes, unless it is shaken
loose as our. colonies shook it loose by
revolution, Ot when it is relaxed as in
the case of Mexico before the threats of
this country,. It Is very probable that
the dispute will be brought to a crisis by
the demand for reparation for injuries
inflicted upon the British Sergeant Beh
rens. If Great Britain makes the de
mand, hs she seems to have done, it looks
as if Venezuela must acquiesce. She can
not afford to have her seaports bom
barded) The loss of those seaports, es
pecially Laguayra, would be a blow from
which Venezuela could not easily re
cover. ■
Venezuela has no power to resist the
force that Great Britain can bring
against her. She must yield at once un
less the United States stands firm to our
contention that the boundary of the dis
puted territory should be left to arbitra
tion. The note of Mr. Olney to Lord
Salisbury appears to be one of advice
Vnerely. It is not a demand for arbitra
rtion. In reply to that note we have the
opinion of the British government as
"'given In the following language of the
London Times:
"It is begging the question to assume
that the British claim is for fresh terri
tory. Tha British case rests wholly upon
the vindication of our original right. The
British contention is that as British
Gplana became British by right of con
quest from the Dutch, the British terri
tory extends over the whole area pos
sessed by Holland.. Every year adds to
the value of a settlement in the colony
within the Sehomburgk line.
"It Is no longer possible to admit any
question of a curtailment of British ju
risdiction beyond that line. We are now
willing to submit (he frontier question
to arbitration, but a few years hence it
may be equally impossible to admit such
a question anywhere within the limits
which we believe to be rightfully ours.
"It Is inevitable that a note such as
the United States Ambassador. Mr. Bay
ard. presented to the Marquis of Salis
bury on this question some weeks ago
shorl 1 be drawn almost exclusively from
Venezuelan! sources. It therefore re
quires the fullest consideration before re
plying.
i iil* loiera i urn wmcn » sinjun power
is bound to display in dealing with weak
er neighbors must have Its limit, and as
far as American representations may as
sist in Inducing a settlement without re
course to unfriendly measures, they will
not. we imagine, be unwelcome.”
Tlie Prhnmburgk line was run In 1M0
by an Rngllsh Commissioner named Sir
Robert Schomburgk. sent to Venezuela
for the purpose without Venezuela’s
knowledge,
The British government lias rejected
the overtures of this country and treated
with profound contempt Mr. Olney's dis
quisition upon the Monroe doctrine.
Now, what will Mr. Cleveland do about
it? What would Great Britain have done
to the Turkish government if the Sultan
had informed Lord Salisbury that the
conduct of the Kurds towards the Ar
menians was a matter with which a for
eign country had nothing to do? Why,
the British fleet would have at once
sailed up the Dardanelles and brought
the sublime*Porte to terms.
Our own right to interfere with our
advice and even to demand arbitration in
a case involving the Monroe doctrine
stands on higher ground than the British
right to demand Investigation in dis
putes between subjects of a foreign
power. But Great Britain is Great Brit
ain. She la lord of the sea She inter
feres when She pleases and she forbids
ethers to interfere with her just as she
pleases.
It Is in order now to hear from Mr. Ol
ney.
MB. ST. JOHN’S ADDBESS.
The address of Mr. W. P. St. John be
fore the bankers’ convention at Atlanta
was a very strong paper. Mr. St. John
Is a native Alabamian, his father hav
ing been a banker at Mobile before the
war. lie is an ardent bimetallist and
lias furnished to the committees of Con
gress and various other bodies some of
the strongest arguments ever yet ad
vanced In support of free coinage of sil
ver. The Atlanta Constitution says of
his recent address:
“Mr. St. John deals entirely with facts
that are open to all students of finance,
and with deductions that must prove
irresistible to any impartial mind.
"The Association of American Bankers
did well to accord Mr. St. John a hear
ing. He is one of the most successful
bankers in New York, being president
of the Mercantile National. He lias made
a thorough study of both the historical
and practical aspects of the monetary
question and as the result of that study
which he began as a gold monometallist,
ho believes that the United States can
safely open their mints to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
In permitting Mr. St. John to deliver
Ills address the bankers have shown a
decided disposition to deal fairly with
the public, and that is a point gained.
TJio Constitution of Friday printed Mr.
St. John's address in full, and we com
mend il to the careful attention of those
who have been told that Only cranks,
fanatics and Democrats are in favor of
the independent restoration of silver.
Those who compare Mr. St. John's
arguments with those of the monometal
list? will have no difficulty In perceiving
thnt he has ail (he facts at his command,
Innd that they all point to the restoration
of stiver ns the one and only remedy for
the present dislocation of our currency
system and the distressful condition of
the producers of the country.”
MB. ADDISON.
It now looks as if Senator Allison Is
the coming man for the Republican nom
ination. The advantage Allison has over
Harrison and the other prominent men
mentioned for the Presidency by their
party is that his views have been remark
ably conservative on the currency ques
tion. leaning to the largest use of silver
coin, and so conservative on the tariff
question as to place him in the ranks, of
tarllT revenue reformers. Chairman II.
Cl. McMillan of the Republican Central
Commitlee of Iowa, who has an especial
interest in Allison's presidential prospects,
is beginning to dp some claiming. He
says Allison will go into the convention
with a strong following from the North
west, and possibly with the whole West
behind him. Iowa, Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Nebraska and New Mex
ico are counted on for certain, with a pos
sibility of Wisconsin and an asstirahee
of strong support lh Pennsylvania and
New York, which a “powefflil comblna*
tion In the Eftst" Is worlring ub for bibb
Mat Quay, Tom Platt, Joe Mantel, Ret
Clarkson, Senator Davis and Frank Pet
tlgrew are In favor of a Western man,
McMillan claims, jnd are working far
Allison.' "
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PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTH.
It 1s now evident says the New Orleans
Tlmes-Democrat, that the coming winter
Is going to" be a prosperous one for the
South/with nearly aR of its products WMl
advfirtced . In value. We quoted some
time ago ■from tho Northern papers their
testimony.to the stability of this section,
whiijh had weathered'the financial crisis
so muoh. better than..the West. Then
came a perid of stagnation, during which
pricgsiwere so depreciated that there was
necessarily i5very little business done.
From this stagnation there has been, a
reviJaV witlv bettcr.prices for cotton, su
gar nnd other Southern products! and it
is beginning ,to,.attract attention in the
North as well ashore.
The .Boston. .. Herald is particularly
struclf by the., condition of prosperity
prevailing of promised in the South,
whl£h it, attributes.to the advance In the
price of cotton and- Ute general revival
of business In other directions, and it be
lieves that the coming winter will be one
of the best eVef teeefi ini this section. The
Southern people have been realizing this
for some .time,‘and we.are glad to see that
the North is finally appreciating it.
. -777—77---— i)
SKETCHINGS BY AN ARTIST.
A White Plains, N. Y., special of Satur
day saysr "Edward Baunon, a well
known crook.. was today sentenced to
fourteen years in Sing Sing for robbing
th,e house of Artist Kemble in New Ro
ckelle on August 12 last. Bannon, when
he committed the robbery, was in his
bare feet. When the artist got tip in the
morning ho noticed the footprint on his
front piazza, and he decided to make a
sketch of tho foot. This he did, and under
the drawing put the inscription: ‘Impres
sion of a fleeting visitor, druwn by E.
W. Iiempfe.’ He sent a copy of the foot
print to all the police stations in the
country and New York City. He alBO de
scribed the silverware stolen. Bannon
was caught trying to pawn the silver
ware. At first he denied all knowledge
of tho robbery, huLliis shoe was taken off
and with the tell tale foot in evidence he
broke down and confessed. Two years
ago the safne artist’s house was broken
into by a burglar. The thief entered the
room of, the artist and at the point of a
revolver ■ made him give up his gold
watch, a roll of bills and some keep
sakes. The ttrt 1st drew a sketch of his
visitor from meniofy, and the thief was
subsequently captured. The likeness was
a very distinct one, and he could not go
back on it. He is now in prison serving
his sentence."
MR. SINGERLY.
“Gath" says ot the habits of Mr. Sing-;
erly the editor of the Philadelphia Kce-i
ord: ----- .-< ><
t‘Do you divide your time between- this
newspaper and various other things?” ■'
"No. I may be sttVd to give all my time
to my newspaper. I come here aboui 8:90
in the morning, and stay until 10:39-;
Then I go to my bank and remain there
until say 1 o’clock. I then return to this
office and stay here until 5 or G. 1 then
go to my house aad get my dinner and
return to the Office, and I spend an'hbuj
at the theaters near at hand, but, gener
ally .speaking, may be said to stay about
the office till late at night.”
The London Graphic is out with a plea
that riders bei compelled to have brakes
on their machines. In elaborating -the
idea It brings out a piteous description
of how. when a machine gets beyond con
trol by back pedaling on a hill and there
is ail obstacle - or short comer In the
way. the experienced rider looks around
for the pleasantest" place to fall off In,
and the inexperienced promptly runs
Into a tree. While this may hold true
in regard to the newest of cyclers, It
is rather fantastic concerning an old one,
who lias long since learned that he al
ways carries one brake with him—his
foot.
It ta said Clarice Terry, the physically
perfect woman, gives the best representa
tions of classical statuary ever seen on
the American stage. Miss Terry is well
able to produce the work of famous sculp
tors. having the physique and beautiful
outline necessary, she being the winner
of a $1000 prize offered for the handsomest
formed woman on the American stage.
When Miss Terry poses for a living pic
ture there is no mystery about her make
up. _
AN INTERESTING AND VALUABLE BOOK.
Col. Thomas C. McCarvey, the popular
and learned professor of history and
philosophy in the University of Alabama,
has just published a book that should re
ceive a .warm welcome. It is entitled
"The Government of the People of the
State of Alabama.” In its brief, but forci
bly written preface we read: “The grow
ing demand for Instruction In civics was
emphasized by the recommendation of
the governor of Alabama In his special
message .on. educational matters to the
general assembly, at its last session, that
‘the constitution—state and federal—be
mode a branch of study In our public
schools,' This little volume lias been
prepared as a text-book for this instruc
tion, as far as the civil government of
Alabama Is. concerned, and its aim is to
give briefly and dearly the leading facts
in the civil history of the state, as well
as the present workings of the govern
mental machinery."
Willie it is a book of only 128 pages, it
presents much matter that is scattered
in many, books and pamphlets, someiof
which are very- scarce. Beginning with
the French. Knglish and Spanish govern
ment, in. what, Is now Alabama, it traces
the development of a territory iutoi-the
great and growing state of whiehnyp are
just ly pmud. . .. :
The stylo.of the book is so clear gnd.its
arrangement so good that no one,can
rf?b from its perusal without Jiaying
gained much familiarity with matitera of
vast* importance to the citizen of a .be
loved commonwealth. It will be, added
as a book of valuable reference t;j many
libraries. !f
-To the work proper are added the -con
stitution of tlie state, of Alabama ,and an
appendix containing a list of the (gov
ernors of the •Mississippi territory, of
the Alabama territory and of the state
of Alabama: a oaraparative view of the
population of the sevpral counties of Ala
bama. according td the census of 1880 and
the census of 1890, and a list of cities and.
towns In Alabama having a population
of 1000. according' to the census of 1890.
The volume ajso contains a number of
well-executed and valuable Illustrations,
the flag of Alabama, the great Seal of
Alabama, the capltni building at Mont
gomery and portraits of some of the
great builders of the state.
Fine paper, cle&r type and good press
work make It attractive tt> the eyes of
readers.
Truly all the publfd and private schools
of the state ought to give th4 book a
place In their curriculum, ft Is to be
hoped that UUb la but tne first of many
books frtuw the graceful and vigorous
pen of Its BUthor, who has for years been
w
a contributor to the periodical literature
of the country.
n bKnjamin f. meek.
University of Alabama.
PUBLIC OPINION,
The republicans could talk With a good
deal more assurance of the beauties of
protection If McKIntey were not such an
embarrassing fact.—Indianapolis News.
A dispatch from Atlanta to the World
speaks admiringly of the display of
southern timber at the exposition. To
many builders in the north the showing
in this respect will be a revelation, and it
may prove as useful as it is timely, for
the supply of many species of northern
timber, as is well /knbwn, tias for many
years been on the wane.—Philadelphia
Record.
It is hinted from pretty authoritative
sources that the next republican con
gress proposes to do.nothing but the reg
ular routine businCsfi, and that it has no
comprehensive policy In view. The re
publican party. In. this state at leant, i3
more or less permeated With bnownolh
lnglsm, and wc are1 pained to see that
there is danger of the national organiza
tion becoming permeated with donoth
ingism.—Boston Globe.
General Alger of Michigan thinks the
silver question shrtuid bo taken out of
politics and his fellow! partisans in New
York feel the same way about the excise
question. Whenever the grand old party
comes up against a particularly hard
stump it is Instantly impressed with the.
idea that the stump has no business there
and that high moraffty demands that it
shall be got rid of by Whipping the devil
round it.—Philadelphia Record.
It is edifying to see TJiomas Brackett
Reed, the former czar of the house, and
the man who usurped the powers of con
gress. trying to pose before the people
of the United States as an economist.
The idea of Reed pretending to be a
watch dog of the treasury is 83 ridiculous
as it would be for Rockefeller to plead
poverty. It only goes to show (hat he is
willing to fight under false colors for a
preidential nomination.—Detroit Free
Press, Dem.
Republican leaders in Ohio are begin
ning to look blue around the mouth.
Campbell is one of the most popular men
in the state, and as a stumper he can give
McKinley half a dozen laps and then dis
tance him. With some of the best demo
cratic workers in the country rallying to
his standard the ex-governor is setting a
pace that is decidedly discouraging to the
little Napoleon, who cannot but doubt
the sincerity of men like Bushnell and
Forakcr.—Detroit Free Press. Dem.
It is stated in New York that such a
bitter feeling is developing against Cross
man & Bro. for their persistent exporta
tion of gold that they now find it diffi
cult to sell bills against their shipments.
Why shouldn’t there be such a feeling
against a firm which persists in tearing
down a reserve that nearly every other
prominent house is trying to build up?
Pride in the safety of our institutions
ought to have put a slop to gold ship
ments long before commercial reasons be
came operative.—Louisville Courier-Jour
nal, Dem.
A CARP.
To the State Herald:
For some weeks past the People's Tri
bune, a weekly newspaper published at
Birmingham, Ala., by Capt. R. F. Kolb
and Ills son, has been warning the peo
ple of Alabama that there is great dan-,
gcr to them, if my friends should induce
the “conference'' which Is to assemble at
Birmingham on- the 13th proximo, to
nominate me ais a candidate for governor,
in the election to be held in August, 1S90.
Prior to July last several newspapers in
the state had referred to me as a probable
candidate for that high ofllce. In conse
quence whereof on the 24th of last July,
I went before the state executive commit
tee of the people's party, which was then
in session in the city of Birmingham, and
announced to that committee, Captain
Kolb, his son, Mr. Ruben Kolb, and Mr.
J. W. Dubose, editor People’s Tribune,
and a number of other gentlemen being
present at the time, that I would not be a
candidate for . the oifice of governor of
Alabama, but would endeavor to obtain
the seat In the .Fifty-fourth congress of
the United States, to which the populists
and republicans of the-,Fourth Congres
sional district of Alabama had elected
me.
I now and here desire to reiterate the
statement made to said people's party
committee. T am not now, have never
been and will not be a candidate for
governor of Alabama in the ensuing state
election. I trust the People's Tribune
will do me the kindness to reproduce this
card—which is final and should be con
clusive. Very truly yours,
W. F. ALDRICH.
Central America.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
As fuller details about the so-called
"union” of Salvador, Honduras and Nic
aragua. as the Greater Republic of Cen
tral America reach this country, the com
pact is seen to be of the nature of a loose
federation. In fact, aside from the cus
toms union that has been arranged,
whereby all three states levy the same
duties on outsiders while allowing free
•trade among themselves, the federation is
of the simplest character. Each state
is independent, but a federal board of
commissioners, on which are delegates
from the three republics, acts as a sort of
clearing house In matters that pertain
to the republics in their relations to
each other and with foreign governments.
This federal board is merely a magnified
arbitration committee. Its functions may
take on an aggressive character as far
as states outside the federation go, but
in mutual interests its duties are of a
more /soothing nature. The Central
American federation is not unlike that
that is the basis of organization of labor
unions of this country. The American
Federation pf Labor is bound together by
Identity of interests and each Independent
union Is under the influence of the execu
tive committee elected at the annua! con
ventions. There is little centralization,
and concerted action is not always suc
cessful. The weak federations of Central
America are likely to llnd that only a
complete union will endure. Their pres
ent movement seems on the whole tenta
tive, although if persisted in for years it
may so allay the national jealousies that
a real republic can be builded on its
foundations.
ONE HOUR WITH THEE,
One hour ^ ith thee, ■when Hi the dell
The twilight's tawny shadows fell,
Checkered with "bars of silver sheen
That fell from purpling Skies serene.
Where, in the sunset's fading light,
Queen regent of the summer night.
In splendor shone the maiden moon:
And crickets chirped a pleasant tune,
And katydids low vespers hummed,
And In the darkling branches drummed
The drone of some belated bee;
I spent the last sweet ‘hour with thee.
One hour with thee! So Silent then.
With 'thoughts too deep for mortal ken;
Involved in that delicious trance,
Our hearts too full for utterance.
Our spirits blended into one.
Our pulse beats timed in unison;
We watched the day’s departing glow
And caught the cadence sw eet and low,
Of summer winds that swept the woods,
Pilling the scented solitudes
With strains of music wild and free—
One hour with theft, one hour with thee!
One hour With thee! Can I forget
Though by the cares of life beset,
The Warm hand clasp, the soft caress,
The looking* of melting tenderness;
The greeting smile, the parting sigh.
And then at last the fond “goodby!**
And after we such joys hare known,
In sadness each must walk alone* '—
And hide beneath each placid brow
A heavy heart that's aching now;
Oh I now I long, ahd long to be
If but an hour-one hour—with thee!
—Montgomery M. Folsom In Rome Tribune.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov’t Report
STATE NEWS.
Brundidge News: We have heard a
rumor of a bank to be established in
Brundldge.
Gadsden Times-News: A swarm of
bees has been discovered in the oourt
house tower.
Wiregrass Siftings: Dothan Ls full of
stock, mules and horses. They are high,
but selling rapidly.
Demopolis Express: Mr. C. E. Michael
killed a mad dog yesterday in the north
ern portion of town.
Troy Democrat: Poverty is no disgrace
to a man. but Ignorance and illiteraoy is
in this day of newspapers, schools and
books.
Gadsden Times-News: The wagons
loaded with hay and fodder which come
into town every day are one of the good
signs of the times.
Eutaw Whig and Observer: The ne
groes who returned from Mexico are
overjoyed that they are once more safe
In their native land.
Brundidge News: Excavations for the
new Webb building have been going on
rapidly this week and mountains of dirt
now adorn the corners of Washington
and Strawberry streets.
Demopolis Express: Our Methodist
friends, having laid the corner stone of
their new church, will push the enter
prise to an early completion.
Cherokee Sentinel: It is said the farm
ers. after selling their cottort for a good
price this fall, are paying off their old
debts and buying but very few goods.
Cherokee Sentinel: Two colored citi
zens hailing from Rome, Ga., are before
the medical boaj-d of examiners tills week
asking for license to practice medicine.
Baldwin Times-News: Mr. W. R.
Hughes ,a stockman from Texas, will
leave here this week with near on to 1000
head of beef cattle. Hurrah for Baldwin!
Baldwin Times-News: Mr. R. L. Tag
liabue, who has resided here for the past
three years, leflt last week for Newcastle,
Pa., where he expects to engage in the
mining business.
Randolph Toiler: It was developed at
the East Liberty association last week
that the Roanoke Baptist church during
the past year led the association in the
amount contributed to missions.
Troy Democrat: The farmers have a
great deal of faith in Hector D. Lane.
They have followed his advice this year
and are realizing a good price for their
cotton. They are loud In singing his
praises.
Gadsden Times-News: D A. Dillon, af
ter spending several days looking over
the farm lands near Gadsden, returned to
his home in Catlin, O., last Tuesday. Mr.
Dillon was well pleased with what he saw
and was of the opinion that he would
make Etowah county his future home.
Wlregrass Siftings: The first bale of
Sea Island cotton ever brought to Do
than was sold here last Saturday to
Blount, Nicholson & Co. for $74.10. It
was raised by Mr. M. Murphy, four and
a half miles south of Dothan, and was
stored in the Farmers' Home warehouse.
V -
Eutaw Whig and Observer: Hay, corn
and other country products sell at re
markably low figures, and those who
have to buy such things should do so be
fore the winter comes on and there will
be a scarcity of the same. There's noth
ing so comforting as well filled barns
and smoke houses in the dead of winter,
or any other time as for that matter.
Brundidge News: A little negro, the
step-daughter of Bob Bean, a tenant on
“Uncle" Dick Copeland's place, was
burned to death this morning. She was
standing in front of the fireplace when
her clothing Ignited. She ran screaming
into the yard, fanning the flames to a
furious blaze, which had done its deadly
work before aid could reach the helpless
victim. After an hour and a half of un
told agony, death came to relieve her of
her sufferings.
Kutaw Whig and Observer: There
seems to be good feeling existing among
our people and more contentment gener
ally. The good price now being paid for
cotton, the fine cereal and tuber crops
and the religious meetings that have
been held throughout the county have
all had a tendency to bring the people
closer together and they seem more con
tented and happy than before. If our
.elections would not come so frequently
we would soon forget past differences and
we would all “dwell together in unity.”
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Wire Grass Siftings: A negro made
quite a bold attempt to hold up S. M.
Sharp and N. E. Harrold on Thursday
of last week about three miles from this
city. They were coming from Newton
and had a negro driving for them,
and he was pretty badly “scart,” so the
boys say. The would-be highwayman
first ordered them to “hold up.” The or
der was not obeyed, and he attempted to
get up into the hack, but the driver put
whip to the horses and his efforts were
thwarted. This makes several attempts
at “holding up” that have occurred near
this city within the past year by mean,
worthless negroes. Some of these days
they’ll tackle some one that’s loaded,
and will bite .the dust for their meanness.
A doctor out in the Transvaal pro
pounds b new method of curing diseases
which he terms "lacteopathy,” says the
English mechanic. It struck him, he
says, that as milk absorbs poisonous
gems from a bucket it also might be
used to absorb poisonous germs and
gases from the body. He put his idea to
the test and now claims to have cured
people of smallpox, fevers, insanity, diph
theria. spinal disease and many other
maladies by simply wrapping the patient
In milk sheets. He lays his patient on a
mattress covered with blankets, takes a
sheet just large enough to envelop the
body, warms it, saturates It with about
a pint and a half of warm milk, opens it
without ringing it and packs his patient
In it for an hour, subsequently sponging
him with warm water or putting him
in a warm batli. He declares that in one
bad case of smallpox, where the erup
tion was well out. the milk sheet drew
the poison so entirely from the skin that
the next day the eruption disappeared
and the man was convalescent.
COMMITTEE MEETING.
There will he a meeting of the execu
tive committee of the Alabama Demo
cratic Silver club on Monday evening
next, at 4 o’clock, in the offloe of Car
michael & Thach, Potter building. A
flhe attendance is desired.
F. H. ARMSTRONG, President.
10-19-sat&sun
THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
Something About the Greatest Institution
of Its Kind in the World.
Paris Register.
On the 27th of last Julj' the Bank of
England reached its 200th birthday. It
Is the greatest bank in the world. In
its early days the bank employed fifty
four clerks, and the yearly salary list
amounted to but little over $20,000, the
chief accountant receiving $1225 a year.
At the present time the number of em
ployes is 1500. No note of the 60,000 or
so Issued daily Is ever issued again. Each
note as It is paid in is canceled and an
account kept of its filing. One of the
curiosities of the bank is a £25 note which
was paid in after being out 111 years. In
the bank album for large notes and other
curiosities is a £1,000,000 bank note which
was once issued for convenience in a
transaction Involving a large amount of
money. Whether lost or stolen, the
bank’s notes will always be paid. Once
a clerk ran away with about $100,000
worth of notes. For six months the theft
and number of notes were advertised,
and at the end of that time a Jew ap
peared with them and demanded that
they be paid. On being refused he went
to the exchange and raised such1 an out*
cry, saying that as the hank refused to
pay Its own 'notes it must bo insolvent,
that the bank called him back and paid
him the full amount of the stolen notes.
Another time one of the directors de
posited $150,000 and took a single note.
He put the piece of paper on the mantel
piece and fell asleep. On waking he
found the note gone. He thought It had
fallen into the fire and got another note,
giving a guaranty that if the first note
ever turned up he would be responsible
for It. Thirty years later, the man hav
ing died in the meantime, the first note
was presented for payment at the bank
and the bank stood the loss. The man’s
estate had been divided, and nothing
could be recovered. Clerks of standing
and character are soleoted to remain at
the bank every night of the year and on
Sundays and bank holidays. A guard of
soldiers Is on duty evppy night, and
they are assisted by a body of watch
men consisting of porters and workmen
fully trained how to act in case of an
emergency.
HA TS/
Dunlap Latest.
Rogan Latest.
$5 oo—$4.00—$3.00.
Are high grade goods.
L. ROGAN & CO.,
1911 First Avenue.
Not the Only Guilty One.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Governor McKinley should get rid of
the odium attached to the late high pro
tective tariff law that bears his name.
Ex-Speaker Iteed and Ex-President Har
rison should be held- largely responsible
for the success of the measure. Messrs.
Reed and Harrison knew that the bill
reported from the ways and means com
mittee was not McKinley’s bill. It was
the crazy 'quilt affair made up by a gang"
of lobbyists in the interests of the manu
facturers of the country, who had sub
scribed large sums of money to tho re
publican presidential corruption fund.
Mr. Reed helped to force the bill through
congress and Mr. Harrison signed It.
Notice.
We have just received a carload of
choice California wines, such as Clarets.
Port, Sherry and White Wine. They are
equal in quality to any Imported wines;
prices are within reach of everybody.
Special inducements to parties buying by
the barrel. Samples free of charge. Give
us a call.
M. & A. WISE.
Corner Morris Ave. and 20th St.
Always at Hand.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Husband (rummaging through a draw
er)—Well, it's very strange; I can never
find anything.
Wife—You can always find fault, It
seems to me.
Catarrh Is a constitutional disease and
requires a constitutional remedy like
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Cold Weather done.
Ward’s coal yard can furnish coal and
wood on short notice. They have the
best coal for summer use in the market.
Buy from them and you will not com
plain. Will also put coal In for winter.
Telephone 487. 7-19-tf
“What kept you out?" said the thin
man to the fat man at the jammed en
trance.
"Corporation influence,” was the stout
response.
FREE !—$5.00—FREE!
To the customer purchasing the largest
bill of groceries from my store (for cash)
on Saturday, October 19. will be given a
large and handsome parlor lamp worth
$5.00. a. b. McKinney,
10-lC-4t 2008 Second avenue.
Hired to Mind Children.
New Nurse—Now, children, you must
be good and mind me.
Little Ethel—Why. nurse, I thought
you were hired to mind us!
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Fair.
DR
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