Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-15

and his merry friends, who are out on a midnight lark. A merry conceit strikes them. They take up the drunken cobbler and carry him to the Prince's bed. The next morning when Sly awakes and looks around bim at the royal magnificence of the appointments he Is astonished and thinks he is dreaming. Then attendants gratify his every want, and noblemen ad- dress him by royal title. He is then con- vinced that he is the Prince, and demurs to laying down the robes of royalty. After the merry Prince and his noblemen tire of the mock prince they send him off with a well filled purse. Not so well did the Astor tramp escape. The judge before whom he was tried has just sentenced him to the penitentiary for one year-a punish ment altogether too heavy to fit the crime.
 THE holiday season is almost upon us. The stores have laid in magnificent stocks of goods. The next ten days will witness a rush of buyers. It will be an accommo- dation to the merchants and convenience to purchasers if the city people will exer- else some system in their trading. After consultation with the merchants the AGE HERALD begs leave to advise the city peo- pie to ID ake their purchases as early in the forenoon as possible. The merchants and their clerks are more at leisure at this time than in the middle of the day and in the afternoon. The trains from the suburban towns reach the city from g o'clock until about noon, and the people who come in to make their purchases desire to get back home by night. If the city people trade at the same time with the visitors the rush is too great and dissatisfaction results. An other advantage the town people have in early morning trading is that they are more certain of having their pure hases de- livered on the same day. Especially is this true if they purchase at a store that does not deliver goods. h such case the bundles are often sent to the family grocer for delivery when his wagon makes its daily round, and the sooner the bundles are delivered to the grocer the more apt are they to be delivered promptly.
 ON the 2d day of last July Judge Woods issued an injunction restraining Debs from ordering his men out on a strike. The basis on which this injunction was issued was that strike was a conspiracy-that the men who went out on the strike in body were eonspiring against the welfare of the country. Several of the railroads centering in Chicago were in the hands of receivers and under the control of the Fed eral government. Therefore the Federal court took the position that it had juris- diction over the matter, for a strike inter- rupted the business of the government. In spite of the injunction issued from the court of Judge Woods Debs went ahead and ordered his men out. The grand jury afterward found an indictment against Debs, and yesterday Judge Woods sen. fenced him to prison for six months.
 THE recent success of the Commercial Club lin securing a reduced freight rate from New Orleans, and also the gaining of the milling in transit rate, goes to show what can be done to make Birmingham a jobbing center. Other cities have been built solely on their mercantile interests and distributing advantages. Birmingham has many other advantages, but it should not forget that it is great railroad point and enjoys splendid opportunities as dis tributing center. The wholesale interests must be pushed.