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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-11
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 Do you want store, dwelling or oftce for next year? See us before you rent.
 Our office is central, our facilities second to none, We attend strictly to all business eiVek us.
 Fire insurance written in the strongest com panies in the business. Phone 300;
 BAILEY, MCCONNELL & HOWARD, a12 I'm 6p 20O9 First avenue.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-11

NEW YORK, Sept. 1O.-Money on call was easy at per cent last loan at Tper cent, and closing offered at per cent. Prime mercan- tile paper, 404l5 per cent. B.r sllYeTI 94ssc; sterling exchange was weak, witR actual business in bankers bills at $4.s5G4. .s5A for sixty days and $4 .s5A a4. s6 for demand; posted ratesi $4 s5l2a4.s7; commercial bills, $4. S4a4 S4l2.
 Treasury balances--Coin, S75, ASA ,o00; cur feney, S65, 0g1 ,000. ssStast. .gs
 Government bonds were steady.
 State bonds were dull.
 Railroad bonds were higher.
 Silver bullion at the board was dull.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-11
CHICAGO CHANCE.

CHICAGO 'CHANGE.
 CHICAGO, Sept. 1o.-The Notwithstanding the fact that this was holiday in Liverpool the wheat market here was fairly active, The market, after a good opening. preserved Hr ard th d Prees @ yp wired a new tip on the government report to the ef- feet that wheat and oats would be decidedly bearish and corn bulish' The market became more impressiyely weak on this news. The visible supply, with an increase of 2,2le, oOO bushels, was Snrprise ewe Wn9at anS sic, closing Ac under Satuday at 57lsc. Cash wheat was strong early, later ruiir easier with the options. Prices were about steady. Corn-The frosts in the northwest were on- sidere1 of sufficient importance to warra nt higher opening in GO corn; The N Washington were for frosts in portions ot the corn belt, and assisted an already firm tone Prices dropped backward later in the session in sym pathy with wheat. The visible supply in- creased 495, ,0UO bushels, and on ocean pas sage there was a decrease of 176 1000 bushels. May corn opened at 56Is to 5bl2c, sold 55ssc, closing at 557sc, net loss of lsc for the day Cash corn was in good demand. Prices opened A@I2c higher and closed with the ad- oats-What little trading there was in oats on the basis of the action in corn and wheat The opening was firm. prices ruling higher The visible supply increased 67l ,000 bushels. Cash were strong Prices were II to i2c higher.
 Provislons-At the opening some Of the packing concerns were in favor of higher prices for products, and finding scarcity of
 
 cause an advance. Values declinedd during the last hour in sympathy with grain. January pork closed 27l2c higher, January lard 2oc higher and January ribs 12l2c higher.
 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour was dull and demand limited; the feeling was steady. Wheat-No. spring. 54ls@55lsc; No. red, 54lsc. Corn-No. 2, 567sc. Oats No g., soh@eo.se,,o Mess pork, $l4;so9 Short rib sides, loose, ST. s7l2a 100. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, s6.s7l9a7 %. Short clear sides, boxed, $S.15dS. 30. Whisky, $1.33.
 ST. LOUIS.
 ST. LOUIS. Sept. 10.-Flour was steady patents, $2 45G2.6o; extra fancy ,$2. 20a2.25; fancy, S2.ooa2 10; choice, $I.75Q1. 90. Wheat closed same as Saturday; September, 51c; December, 53asc; May, 59ssc. Corn closed same Saturd ay; September, 55l2c; December, 51I3c; May, 52ssc. Oats closed same saturdayi september, ale; October, 31s.c; May, 36Ba36Ac. Pork-Standard mess, S15. .oo;on orders, $ls.25. Lard--Prime steam. $S. 9o;. .choice $9. Gu. Dry salted meats Loose shoulders, $6.75; longs, $s. 12l2; clear ribs, $s.12I2; shorts, $s. 40. Bacon Boxed shoulders, $7.7507.s .s7l2; longs, $ss712; clear ribs, 5000; shorts, $9.12l2 High wines were firm at $1. 33.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-11
Always on Top,

yet aOe neOey beat any0ne. 4 is q gyeat satf7atfsOn 10 be n he ead am0ng aH, gr0eers of cit. i0t in oyder 70 main- lain The b0sifion ace otfen saerifee Pr0f- ns, 6ut sailing laygeLy. Gf course 7Os tan seH more eheapD.
 Na compare Me toIloaoing brices viM Mose you ha0e 6eea paying ana khen come and see the goods: Best stove gasoline, 5 gals COG. Best fire proof oil, 5 gals COG. Best water white oil, 5 gals
 soc.
 New Orleans sugar house moIasses gal
 Ion 50c.
 Good New Orleans molasses gallon 40c. Cuba molasses, gallon BOG. Best patent flour per barrel S3.65. Best ratent flour per half barrel I.95. Thin pig meat per pound 1oc. Rib pig meat per pound 9c. Thin smoked m eat per pound lOc. Dove hams per pound 14c. Choice hams per pound 12hc. Picnic hams per pound 1Oc. Pest head rice per pound 6Ac. Cracked hominy or grits per pound 2hc. Fest leaf lard per pound l0c. Choice Jersey butter per pound 25c. Cleo butter 8 pounds for 50c. Arbuckle's 8 coffee per pound 25c, ? for 45c. lsN ose raisins ger pound 7Rc. Stem (London layers) 10c. Currants lbest quality) Dc. | Fresh eggs received daily, per dozen 171ac. Gran ulated sugar Dc pound or 20 pounds for $1. Charcoal 15c bushel, bushels 25c, by barrel 10c a bushel. Hay, oats, chops and feed of all kinds. Dr. Salmon ,s cattle, hog and chlcKen chol-
 era medicine, per package 25c. Specialties--Best gasoline and lamp oils. Free and prompt delivery. !. J. A. LAIRD.
 PHONE 666.
 Second Store from Market.)
 1919 FOURTH AVENUE. tis@f
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03

nd be willin' ter do do wuk fur de 10"
wages An so All don't blame de dim
mercrat party fur de hard times
nuther,
Somebody In de ordnance tole MN
Mckinley ter ak Mr.. Neidringhsus
why he shet down de tin plate mill iur'
He look e%roun', but Mr.. Neidringhaus'
who was err setin' neal me, diden' say
err word. All aspect if he'd done toll
de truff he'd er had ter say dat II wus
polertics All has come ter de 'clu-
sion dat some ur desc yer mill men
has dess dun dat er purpose ter mex
out lake dey CANT mex er Twin under
dat free traffic. Dat Is wrong. Er
man oughter ter hepp his fellow'men'
All is done 1t lots err times, An is Gun
'thout things mahsef when All seed
people as needed 'em wus den An dlo'
desc fellers what shets down fur
de sake OBJ polertics minds me oo er
man An knowed in Mississippi. He
wus er sort err ejut, sorter wrong in his
head. Someone glib him er par er
shoes as didn't fit him. Dey pinched
his foot, an ter git even he up wild er
ak an chop off his hull foot"
At this stage the Chief Eagles solil'
oouy was interrupted by the arrival OF
a delegation of influential citizens,
who wanted his influence in the inter-
est of a certain candidate In the COM
ing campaign, and, excusing himself
to the reporter, he went into execu-
tive session with the visitors. st
Louis Republic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03

POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Gould anything induce Mai. Nc
Kinley TO stop mourning long enough
to make q note of the boom In the hat
business and the increase of activity
in the glass trade2-N. Y. World.
The commercial agencies agree
that business is rapidly improving In
the west, Notwithstanding the fact
that Gov. Mckinley is on the stump
out there waving the calamity shirt
Boston Herald.
Russell Is. Harrison
that it is not likely that his father
would decline a presidential nomina-
ton if n is rendered. 1t is a wise
son who knows his own father as we'll
as Russell does--St. Louis Republic.
Maj. McKinley's present speeches
in exposition of the priceless benefits
of protection would have had a ne.
culiar interest could they have been
read on the morning after the cleo
tions in November Of 1s92.-Chicapo
Record.
Mr.. Mckinley is convinced that
the American market cannot be held
except by the help Of congress. He
and his friends seem unable to under.
stand that increased imports mean in.
creased exports, and so more work and
wages for American labor. Their
theory is that the harder you make II
for the American people to satisfy
their needs the better it will be for
them and the country. We believe
that that theory is losing its hold
upon our people, --Indianapolis News
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03
LABOR AND M'klNlEYlSM.
Reduced Wages and Idle Hands Under the
Protection Regime.

Reduced Wages and die Hands Under the
Protection Regime.
During the present campaign all tho
republican orators from Reed, Har-
rison and Mckinley down have assert
ed in every speech they have made and
are still asserting that the country
reached the lottiest height OF prosper
ity under the Mckinley law; that
under its benign operation wages rose
continually; that every man who
wished work had plenty to do and
plenty of pay for doing 1t, and that
this blissful state of things continued
to grow more blissful ever down to
February, 1898.
Then the people made the horrible
discovery that they had elected not
only Il democratic president and a
democratic house, but also a demo-
cratic senate, and thus removed the
last remaining obstacle in the way Of
accomplishing what they themselves
had ordered congress to do. Thereupon
all was changed in the twinkling of an
eye. Every enterprise stopped short,
wages began TO sink, w%orkingmen
could find nothing to do, impenetrable
gloom settled down upon the face Of
nature, and-for the rest see any rhet-
orical dead marches in the republican
papers.
Now, so much of this as relates to
labor under McKinleyism is pure hc-
ton. The Mckinley law went into
effect October 6, 1890. According to
Bradstreet's record the number OF
strikes and lockouts in that month
was fifteen, all of them in the protect
ed industries. There were strikes o!
piano makers, coal miners, boot and
shoe factory operatives, cigarmakers,
incandescent lamp makers, trunk
makers and saddlery workers against
reductions OF wages. Glassworkers
struck against boys doing the work of
men. Pail manufacturers reduced
wages ten per cent. The failure Of a
worsted mill in Philadelphia threw five
hundred persons out of employment,
and a shutdown Of nine collieries
near Pottsville, Pa, threw three thou
sand men and boys out of work.
A carefully compiled list of attack.
on labor by threatening to reduce
wages, by shutting down and in va
rious other ways, shows. that some
twelve hundred Of thess were made
during the two years commencing with
October, 1890, in the protected indus
tries. The number Of these events by
mon this was AS follows:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03

every time l make a gospel talk to the
boys on the other ranges III send my
~sombrero through the bunch an cut
ont all the cash l kin fur her benefit.
Wen l speak that magic word
mother" to EN- they a no more
keep their hands from flynn TO their
pockets than they can rope a steer
with SEWN thread.
Good-by, Charlie, Of boy, good-bv,
We ar about to lay you to your etar-
nal rest, an well do it with sore hearts
an leaky eyes Your Ears will not
hear the thumps of our bosses feet as
we gallop nea your grave, but Wen
always think Of you wen we see the
little mound beneath this spreadin'
tree. feel that you kin always see
us, an wen you look down from your
new station up yonder above the stars
an see the boys sending their love to
your OF mother along with their
monthly assessments you'll feel SO
dog-gon good an happy you'll have to
tell your chum angels all about it,
Boys, as you come up to take a last
look at this dear, dead face, and say
good-by to your old pardner, hope
You'll do some serious thinkin'. None
o you knows who'll be the mex. Even
now the pale rider o death may be
lookin' over you an takin' down his
rope for a final throw, an you don't
know over whose head the tug II fall.
I'm afeard none of you'd fare as
well as | believe Charlie has il you
war run afore the heavenly inspector
to-day. Some o you think no more o
breakin' the commandments o God
than you do o oreakin' a broncho, an
II You were punched now and started
on the last drive you'd leave the trail
to glory away off to the right, Per-
haps there isn't one o. you but thinks
he'll call a halt on sin some day, but
in most o your cases I'm afeard Ga
brielu git in his call ahead o. you.
Why can't you jar loose from your sins
now an not keep standin' the Lord off
from day to day? You'll break the
strands o his rope o forbearance after
while, an hit the bottomless bog O.
damnation with both feet an sink to
etarnal misery. The fences o sin amt
high, an you kin jump EN-. Let me
implore you to take a run at EN- an
drift over onto the pleasant ranges o
God. Think o this, boys, when you
stand over Charlie, here, an each one
o you make a promise to him that
you'll take the trail to Heaven to-day
foller it in spite O all allure
ments the devil sets up on the cross
trails along the route, Come up, now,
an shake this cold hand. an say
good-by to the boy you all loved
Jack Crawford, in London Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; etiectually cleansing the system,
Gispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gistsi in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co, only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03

loVuA E l,lU1
In this list, be it remembered, there
is not a single case of striking for
higher wages or of aggression of n
kind on the part of employees. In most
cases there was either resistance to re-
duction of wages or loss of employ
ment by shutdown or failure. Here
are some sample items:
October II, 1S90-The 1880 weavers IN
johnson, Cowdin & Co.'S silk mills in
Paterson, N, j., strike because of a 10
per cent. reduction of wages. October
l5-Ktttridge's wooden mills at Dali
ton, Mass, discontinue operations
after running steadily for nearly a
quarter ofa century. October 10, 1890
The Richland and Nelson miners at
Dayton, Tenn, to the number Of ZOO,
strike against a reduction of wages.
October II, 1So0-Leather workers In
Brooklyn, N, Y, on strike because
their wages had been reduced from S1a
to 80 per week.
And so 1t runs, only from bad to
worse, throughout the two years. The
recorded facts show reductions OF
wages, the shutting down of estab-
lishments, including silk, cotton and
wooden mills and iron works, on ac-
count Of business depression and other
things not indicative of the highest
degree of prosperity, or of the full EN-.
ployment at top wages of everybody
wishing to work.
These facts the republican cam
paigners find 1t convenient to ignore
as they sound the mighty chorus from
Chicago to the sea to the effect that
everybody was busy, fat and perfectly
happy until the people made the ter.
rorizing discovery that they were in
earnest when they voted McKinleyism
down in 1890 and again in 1s92.-Chi.
cago Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03
PERSONAL PARTICULARS.

THE will Of the late Jose De Lavega,
of Santa Cruz, Cal, contains a oequest
Of real estate in San Francisco valued
~ more than s600,00 0 as a sustaining
fund for an asylum for the blind dumb,
lame, paralytics and aged people OF
both sexes.
WrMYss REID, now Sir Wemyss keld'
the editor of the Speaker, who was for
n long time editor of the Leeds Mer-
curry, is one of the most conspicuous
men in the liberal party. HIS bog
raphies of Mr.. Forster AID OF r
Hourhton are finely done, and his n
novel, "Gladys Fame" has had a fair
success.
JAMES ANTHONY FRoUDE Is nearing
the end of his active life, writes a Lon
don correspondent. He was born in
1918, and has outlived his generation.
Tennyson, Carlyle, Newman, Dickens
Arnold, Kingsley, Maurice, all the
great men of the century, who were
his friends, are dead. RuslSin and Glad
stone are the only great men who
shared in the intellectual trlum PMS OF
the middle Of the century.
WIrH the possible exception OF young
Lionel Walter Rothschild, the eldest
son of Lord Rothschild, there is not a
single son of the male Barons Roths-
child who is competent to take the
place of his father in the firm. The
o n of the Paris Rothschilds are both
physically and mentally stunted, the
result of too close intermarriage--a
practice the object of which has been
to keep the money in the family and to
prevent the business secretsof the five
headed bank from leaking out. The
total fortune of this great house is es-
timated as being over { 1000, 600, o00.-
Philadelphia Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03

Did you ever notice that on the even
ms o. pay day he never j'ned you in
your songs an stories an fun maxim
at the ranch? He'd git up in a corner
an sit thar writin' page after page,
with a look on his face as tender as
ever sot on the face of an angel. He
seemed to never hear your hilarity.
but d sit thar an write. now an then
wipin' tears from his cheeks on the
back o. is hand. Mex mornin' he'd
jump a boss an ride into the post Of
tice-an' wat d he do thar? Jest an
even half o his months pay d 20 into
a money order, an that order d be put
into an envelope with all the sheets O.
writin' he'd writ the night afore. an
then 1--we seed i'm do it several times.
boys he'd kiss that letter fondly. drap
1t into the box an walk out with the
purtiest look on his face / ever saw.
Who war that letter addressed top
10 his oil wilder mother back in the
states. Would a bad man act that
away? tell you, boys, Charlie wasn't
a regularly branded an ear marked
church Christian, but / believe wen
the good Lord saw his soul a comm,
up the slope day afore yesterday he
throwed down the bars an let the bow
into the heavenly corral with a wei.
comm smile. | know lie did, an, |
.eii you right now If I found myself
ted to a church or sect rs didn't be.
,ieVe as white a boy as him d get into
heaven 'ithout the church brand ia
take a u on the rope an break it an,
get a bunch o Christians that could
look over the corral fence 'ithout 6rst
putin on the orthodox specs.
o my heart aches for tha, roor
OF mother, who is, as yet. unaware ~
her terrible loss. He war her only
staH 70 lean on, an you all know how
manfully an lovingly he stood m n
the work. May the Great Foreman
above soothe and comfort her I'm Ha
calls her up to join her bow AZ the
home ranch amid the celestial mas.
lures. heard wen l got here hi.
mornin' that you'd had a talk amon0
yourselves an each one agreed to chin
in every month to keep that dear al,
soul comfortable till she went wbnr,
Charlie could take keer Of her agin
Boys, God'l love Won fur that. II Won
do tug at the gospel rope and fight
shy Of Him III help all kin an,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03
The COFFEE MILL.

There are many sy-dawn fancies
That have oft been put in rhyme,
ot the merry matin music,
OF the birds in mating time;
ofthe pine trees r~ustline branches
Stirring one from happy dreams,
But dare TO tax your patience
While ! sing Of homelier themes.
Sing OF waking In the morning
When the house is very stil,
To hear the coffee grinding
In the good old-tashioned mill.
Oh, I think there nothing nicer
In the way Of commC8 sounds,
1t suggests the amber LIQUID
Flowing hot. and free from grounds,
In the cup, where cream and sugar
Know their separate lives are done.
And Tor evernore united
Mel; together into one,
1t suggests the pleasant potion
Which we dare 20 drink at will
This sound OF ro1ee grinding
In the good old-!aSAioRed mill.
1t suggests the cheerful meeting
o. the dear ones whom we prize,
And the thought ina God has spared them
Through another glad sunrise.
Then we hear their ringing voices
Answering 10 the morning call,
And 4 fragrant. smell comes stealing
Up the stairway. through the hail.
And we know hat We must hurry
II our waiting place we'd I'LL,
Tor the coffee IS oil ready
That was grinding in the mill,
Ella W Wilcox. in oDce q Week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03
The c%oNouERINa HERO.

See, the conQuering hero comes,
Sound the hewgsg, beat the drums
Preaching that our greatness waKea
by the increase II u taxes;
Holding we'd been long" on 'Stu6~
II our taxes were enough
Panaoea for every III
Is the great Mckinley bill
shame on US Can It be true
That only back IN "
Our Napoleon, tried and true,
Md loud hurrah and wild hulloo,
Met a disastrous Waterloo;
Now. regardless Of past pain,
Let's pick our fints and try again
Raise the taxes mountain high,
With firm resolve to do or die.
Sound the hcwgag, beat the drumsl
Haill The conQuering hero comes
Peoria Herald
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03

the funeral of Charlie Reed, who had
been killed by the falling of his horse
on the roundup two days before. The
coffin was placed beside the open
grave beneath a great cottonwood
tree, and, standing at the head of the
corpse, Pony Bill, "the Cowboy
Preacher said;
Boys, l hardly know wat kind of
a talk to give you on this sad occa-
sion. Fur several years have worked
with YOU on the ranges, and have
preached to you in my awk'ard way
every time could round up bunch of
you an hold you to listen to me, but |
war never afore called on to talk in
the presence o death.
Day afore yesterday this poor, dead
boy here throwed on his saddle an
rode out with you in joyous 5pirits,
singin' the songs O. the ranges. Little
did he then dream that he was ridin'
right into the bog OF eternity. While
cuttin' a steer ont O the bunch his boss
struck a prairie-dog hole an fell,
crushin' poor Charlie to the groun',
an wen you picked i'm up his i'm
mortal soul had crossed onto the great
ranges beyond, from which thar are
no back trails. Death loves a shinin'
mark an it never pitched a rope to a
brighter one than this boy.
He war my friend. I've knowed
i'm ever since he struck the country
three years ago, an you'll all bank
high on the truth of the statement
Wen l'say a squarer boy never swung
a rope. No one ever asked a favor O.
Charlie Reed 'ithout it bein' cheerfully
granted, lie war Dever known to
make n low-down play. He never
made a backset On duty wen the fore
man ordered a ride. True, he war
wild an reckless. but thar war no
devil-brand wickedness in his make
MP. His heart war a Twin spring,
from which the pure waters Of friend.
ship an generositv~t3o;wards his com
PaIuens 6 the saddle ever flowed. He
could laugh with you over your
joys, an cuss with you over your
sorrow. His soul seemed to be n blaz-
in fire o sympathy, to which all who
were chilled by the blasts O trouble
could come an warm up. He war as
brave as a lion, but his heart war as
tender as a Christian woman's. He
would fight like a riled steer fur him.
self or fur a friend, yet a little child
could take i'm by the hand an'lead i'm
out of a muss. He wasn't a bad man.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03

Nurse enters the door Of professors
study--'I an happy to tell You, professor, a
little son has Just arrived" Professor
docking up abstractedly from his bookl-
''Ehl Oh, Just ask him to wait In the ante
room a minute, please. - t-Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03

Lucy (single)-"Do you think II is wicked
to smoke, dearl' Fanny married NO,
dear, I'm sure it isn't" Lucy-"Why are
YOU so surel' Fanny-"Bccause my hus.
band doesn't smoke, and If it was wicked
Pm sure he would do 1t. n-Half-Holiday.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-11-03
and Express

AT First ght.-She--''Here ome
the bride and groom. Do you suppose
1t was u case Of love at first sight?"
He-"0h, yes. He caught a glimpse OF
the stub of her fathers check-book,"
Detroit Free Press.