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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20
POLARIZATION SCHEME.

The autbo of 'An peal to Pharaoh" contended that the South would not be prosperous until the negro was deported. This con tention is not borne out by facts, for the South is making grander strides in development than any other section of the country, and the negro Is still with us. The white man does not want the negro to go, and the negro does not want to go. But still there Is constant talk of colonization schemes, and Senator Morgan is one of the latest speakers. At the time "An Appeal to Pharaoh" was written Senator Morgan was accused of being the author. This was found out to be an error, yet he seems to hold similar views. At the session of the American Colonization Society in Washington on the evening of the 18th Senator Morgan outlined a plan for the re- turn of the negroes to Africa and the intro- duction In their stead of the persecuted Armenians of Turkey.
 The Senator's project is to incorporate stock company, whose shares should be $5 each and whose members would be, as nearly as possible, of the colored race. With the money raised from the sale of this stock he advocated the building of a line of trading vessels, manned exclusively Dy negroes. lTedUleS COulQ D6 uaQe W1tQ the Congo Free State and the Republic of Liberia, permitting goods carried on such vessels to be introduced into the countries so interested free of duty.
 Africa, he said, was the natural home of the race. Not only are the climatic condi- tions exactly suited to the negro, but the products are to his liking, and not u ntil he is on African soil will he be the equal of his AngloSaxon brother. In this country his color is a barrier to his practical equal ity, and no matter how educated or refined he may become he can never hope to asso- ciate with those of the white race.
 He cited the almost miraculous rise of the Congo Free State as proof of his statement, and showed that it rests on a hundred treaties as we'll founded as any of the Eu- ropean nations. The President of the Congo Free State has never been out of his own country, but his official utterances stamp him as man of unusual attain ments.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20
The U. s. Govt Reports show Royal Baking Powder superior to aU others.
THE NEWS FROM OREGON.

A canvass for the adoption of text books for the public schools of Oregon for the period of six years from October 1, 1895, has just been completed, and the result of education January 8, 1895. The plan of adoption provided by the Oregon law is thoroughly democratic and peculiarly adapted to obtain fair expression of the popular mind. The officers entitled to vote on the schoolbook selection are the board of examiners (nine), composed of leading teachers and college professors. The book campaign has been active for several months, and each officer was re- quired to record his vote with the state board in writing some time during the ,months of November and December. No more careful and deliberate examination and decision of schoolbook question by those most intimately connected with the use of the books would have been possible.
 The result aaannounced has been a com- plete victory for the publicatiohsoi the whose books had been thoroughly tested in the Oregon schools.
 The Oregonian says, sditorially: "The American Book company gotevefything."
 This selection is notable as Adjudication of the American Book cohpany, and an in . for two reasons, It has taken place, in the face of the 1ercest and most determined agency compstition, and (2) in the midst of deluge of unprecedented islander and islsehood, ion fomSentsd al, and Id, spread anony- aSasy hfsnsh sas ss s the attempt by our business rivals to assassi- nate our character and reputation.
 In few days tbe American Book com- pRny will present their answet addressed to Virgtaiahs, in reply to the mountain of falseh36d being daily brought forth by the
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

temperance people any more than the orig inal report, for he acknowledges that he suggested change in the laws to permit them to open on Sundays between the hours named. It is not unlikely that the break thus brought about between Mayor Strong and his supporters will become too wide to be bridged, for incorporate language is be- ing used in the discussion, as is common in such cases, and the Mayor, in self-defense, may be forced to antagonize the reformers who nominated him.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

THE Boston Herald contends that were the coal duty removed the New England factories would be able to get coal from Nova Scotia, laid down at Boston, cheaper than it is at most Southern factories. This will be "newso to those who know some-
 thing about the facts, says the Chattanooga Times. In the first place the Nova Scotian mines produce a mean quality of coal. In the next place their capacity is decidedly limited. Hundreds of thousands of tons of American coal are sold in Canada, within a few hundred miles of the Nova Scotia mines, the American coal paying 60 cents a ton duty. The value of the Nova Scotia coal and the amount of the stuff have both been ludicrously overestimated. The duty is now but 40 cents a ton, and New Eng flanders who have used it say that one ton of our good bituminous coal is worth a ton and half of that. Free coal would be no benefit 10 the New England 'ceiton mill, |, and those who run them know this- to be true.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

THE Selma man who kept tally of the vote by dropping acorns in his pockets, hit upon an original scheme. No doubt he dropped an acorn in his right pocket when Democrat voted, and one in his left pocket when Republican voted. His plan suggests that adopted by the Athenians, who wrote the name of their candidate on a sea shell. Ever since then the successful candidate had to shell out.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

SPEAKER CRISP, by order of his physi- clans. will be compelled to leave Washing ton within day or two for about two wesks' stay at Asheville, N. c. He is suf- fering from some trouble of the muscles in the vicinity of his heart and the doctors have urged him to absent himself for the remainder of the session. This he will not do unless the trouble becomes worse, though his friends are advising him to do so since there is little of importance likely to be done this session.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

MRS. BENJAMIN HELM, who held the position of postmistress at Elizabethtown, Ky, through three administrations, has at last been relieved. Her husband was commander of the "Orphans' Brigadeo in the Confederate army and fell at the battle of ChicKamauga. She was sister of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, who was Miss Mary Todd. She has relatives living in Selma, this State
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

A BOSTON paper says: "It is a solemn fact that not one of the young men whom Harvard will pit against Yale in the inter- collegiate debate this week is New Eng lander. They hail from the sunny south aud the robust West.' The South is strictly in it when it comes 10 literature or
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

THE great need of the State is good teach- CTS. We can't have good schools without competent teachers. The Normal schools are doing good work, but there are not enough Of them. There should be Nor nal college in Birmingham This is rap idly becoming the educational center of the State, and demands a Normal college. It can easily be established here, with the aid of the State and the Peabody fund.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

THE Jackson, Miss, Clarion Ledger hes discovered a Mississippi farmer who produced 300 bales of cotton on 300 acres of land, at cost of 2A cents per pound, which shows that in some sections there is even a profit in 5 cent cotton. People are discovering they can do lots of things these hard times.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

THE net earnings of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company for the month of December are estimated at sSl ,00o; fixed charges, s59, 700; surplus, S2l 300, against S11 300 last year.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20
A CARD.

In view of the general outlook indicating an early revival of business in this section sufficient to cause the movement of reai estate have opened an office in this city at 2l1 Twenty first street, and will deal in city real estate, farm, timber and mineral lands, giving special attention to both sell ing and renting, collecting rents and re- mittinG promptly; also deal in stocks, bonds and other securities.
 Any business intrusted to my care will have my personal and careful attention, and is respectfully solicited.
 Please call and examine the list of real estate offered, em bracing most desirable residence property and truck farms.
 c. BERNEY, 1.20.6t 211 Twenty first Street.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

THE AGE.H HERALD has revolutionized public sentiment on the book bill before the Legislature. All admit that while something should be done, the bill before the Legislature is not the proper remedy.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20
THE REDUCTION.

THE REDUCTION. To the Age Herald:
 Observing with degree of interest your defense of the present city administration I have taken the trouble to delve deeper than you did into the subject for the pur- pose of informing myself, as well as the taxpaying public, on the change in the municipal salary schedule brought about so suddenly. I ask that you publish the following comparative figures, touching the offices under discussion:
 RATE 1894. Clerk and treasurer received. .,..,....S1 soc Tax collector
 IA per cent colts (esti.) .$1 ,000 Fees (estimated) ............'.' I,ooo-Z,ooo Total cost lS91......... ,ooo
 RATE 1895. Consoli dated offices
 Clerk and auditor license efees.........$l, 100 Tax collector and treasurer l2
 per cent collections on real
 and personal tax.............$ 400 Fees. s....................t..- -. ], 1,4UO-1 800 Total cost 1895; ';........,;:.....;; $2, 300 Saving $31oO. based on making all collec- tions due city.
 Now, 1t seems to ms that these figures ought to prove satisfactory to 'Tax Payer' and "A Reformer.' The cut is surely as uraof oo anu raoaonahla man oupht to
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

man Catt Saturday, January 26. Tickets for safe at Seals Bros., United Charities headquarters, Hirsch Dry Goods company, Mims Stone's, George Wnton's, Norton's drug store. 1-lo St
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20
A MEDICAL AUTHOR.
Dr. Hartman Writes on Chronic Catarrh, Coughs, Colds, La Grippe and Consumption,
 as Follows.

Chronic catarrh is the bane of American civilization. There is no organ of the human body that it cannot destroy, nor disease it does not initiate. Catarrh pre- vails in all seasons, and spares no calling or vocation. No locality is entirely free from its ravages; no amount of vitality can withstand its attack. Neither child hood or old age is exempt from it's pres- ence, and it does not respect sex, color, or nationality. Summer and winter, spring and autumn, chIonic catarrh ceases not to a aff1 jet large per cent of the fnhabi- tants of this country. But it is especially during the winter season that catarrh does it's most deadly work. Every cold wave, every wintry blizzard, every storm of sleet, snow or rain adds thousands to the an nnal list of victims of chronic catarrh. tafrh is liable to attack any organ of pan body.
 Unfortunately, however, catarrh pst of the organs is not called cataT Ind many people are led astray as, Pthe real nature of their disease. the catarrb happens to be located the head or throat it is then scAeralIy called catarrh; but if it is located in the bronchial tubes it is called bronchitis; If in the lungs, consumption; if in the stomach it is called dyspepsia; catarrh of the kid neys is called Bright's disease, while catarrh of the pelvic organs is called fe- male weakness and various other names. Catarrh medicines are of two classes those that cure and those that relieve. Those that cure are called specifies, those that only relieve are called pal ;iatives. The effect of catarrh pal liatives is often immediate, bnt al- ways temporary. They never cure. This kind of catarrh medicines includes sprays, snuffs, inhalants, gargles and local apph. cations of all kinds. They seem to cure for awhile, but the disease is sure to return.
 Peru na belongs to the class of catarrh medicines called specifics. Pe-ru-na does not pailiate the symptoms, but cures the disease. It is sometimes slow in it's action in old cases of chronic eatarrh, but 1t is sure and its effects are perma- nent. Thousands of cures are reported every year. It is also an unfailing remedy for coughs, colds, bronchitis, la grippe, consumption in it's carly stages, and ali the chronic diseases ofwinter. An excellent treatment on catarrh will be sent free to any address by the Pe-ru-n na Drug Manufacturing company of Columbus, o.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

doubtless will come from natural reasons, but to secure the others we must do some hustling and put up some funds.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

THE Northwestern States anticipate a great demand for their lumber when the Russian railway reaches the Pacific.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

THE circular being issued to induce ne- groes to emigrate to Mexico contains sev- eral incongruities. In holding forth the profits that can be made by farming in Mexico it says that corn is selling at $1 a bushel. Then to show how cheap living is it states that "provisions are worth about half what they are in the United States.'' The circular appeals directly to the negro's heart-or stomach-by saying that 'possums are plentiful; but it neglects to state that Mexico is full of greasers. What good is 'possum without greasef
 MAYOR STRONG of New York is n hot water already. The papers report that he suggested to some liquor dealers who called upon him that they should try tbe effect on public opinion of opening at 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoons and closing at Ii o'clock. Mayor Strong denies the correct ness of the report, but the liquor dealers seem to have understood him that way, though they could scarcely believe their ears. Mayor Strong's correction of his speech does not please the ministers and
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

IN the war between the States there were enlisted in both the Union and Confeder- ate armies 7243 Jewish soldiers, of whom 316 were killed in battle, 336 wounded, 53 taken prisoners and F died in prisons.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20
Social and Otherwise.

lAll items of social interest will be gladly noted in this column if sent to Mrs. George c. Ball, 21s1 Highland avenue.l
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

pr. T. M. Allen. dentist, 2023 and 2025 First avenue. Btrminghams Ala. e'2-4m
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

THE General Assembly of Alabama re- convenes on Tuesday next, 22d instant. Much important work is to come before it.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

Atlanta has joined the general clamor go- ing up from southern cities for the loca- tion in her midst of some of the New Eng land cotton mills that are coming South. Like every other claim put forth in her in- terest by her citizens, she surpasses all other places in the South for this class of industry-if the arguments of the Consti- tuition and her citizens generally are to de- eide it.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-20

These citizens act like they had no inter- est in common with their fellows, and yet none in reality needs that influence which follows union of effort more than they do. The city cannot get out of the rut without the help of all, and the greater the inter- ests at stake the heavier is the obligation to stand by tbe wheels and clap shoulders to them when the word is given.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-02
STANTON SPECTATOR AND.
A Sam Jones Incident.

An amusing incident occurred at the
close of Sam Jones' sermon at Pulaski,
(Tenn.,) the other day. Stepping down
from the pulpit, folding his hands across
his breast and looking solemnly over
the audience. the great revivalist said:
81 want all the women in this crowd
who have not spoken a harsh word or
harbored an unkind thought toward
their husbands for month past to
stand up" One old woman apparent
ly on the shady side of sixty stood up.
Come forward and give ME your
hand" said the preacher. The woman
did so, whereupon Jones said: Now
turn around and let this audience see
the best looking woman in the coun-
try" After taking her seat, the re-
vivalst addressed the men: Now l
want all the men in this crowd who
have not spoken harsh word or har-
bored an unkind thought toward their
wives for a month past, to stand up"
Twenty-seven great, big, strapping fell
lows hoped out of the audience with
all the alacrity of champagne corks.
Come forward and give Inc your
hands, my dear boys Jones gave each
one vigorous shake after which he
ranged all of them side by side in front
of the pulpit and facing the audience.
He looked them over carefully and
solemnly, and then turning around to
the audience, he said: 81 want you all
to take good look at the twenty seven
biggest liars IN the State of Tennessee.
-HaTtlUeW (G0.) SlJn.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-02

drew Douglass, the respective owners
of two merchant ships loaded with pro-
visions, prevailed on Kirke to furnish
them frigate of thirty-six guns com
manded by Capt. John Leake as an
escort. Amidst calling fire in which
Browning was killed these vessels
broke the boom and forced their way
into the city. So ended what Macaulay
calls great siege, the most memora,
BILE in the annals of the British Isles u
During these one hundred and five
days the effective fighting men had
been reduced from 1000 to 5000.
Well may we Scotch Irish glory in
the noble fight made there by our an
cestors.
Their brave resistance there made,
helped in no small degree to give to
England its protestant succession, and
deserved far richer reward than the
cruel persecution which the Scotch
Irish suffered at the hands of the Eng
fish church, first in Ireland and after
wards in Virginia.
J. II. MCALLISTER.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-02
The UnpardOnable Sin in France.

The court martial that tried Cap
tain Dreyfus, of the French army, for
selling secrets of the Ministry of War
to foreign Power has made quick
work of his case. He was found guilty
and sentenced to the severest penalty
provided for such an offence in time of
peace-imprisonment for life and deg
radiation from all military rank and
honors. The last person on whom
such sentence was imposed was
Marshal Bazaine, for surrendering
Metz to the Germans, but in his case
it was a communication from sentence
of death.
AS the trial was conducted with
closed doors not even the acts COM
mitted by Dreyfus are known. but, as
NJ. Jacques St. Cere points out in a
Commercial Gable despatch from
Paris, no question can exist as to his
guilt, since the verdict was unanimous
ly found by tribunal composed of
officers of all ages and ranks. What
ever may be the faults of the French
people as a whole, lack of patriotism
has never been one of them, and no
where, as this case proves, is treason
made so odious.-N. Y. Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-02
A Long, Long Sigh.

Pope talks about waiting a sigh from
Indies to the Pole. A long, long sigh
that would be. Talk about signing,
why, if all the signs OF the women of
the world, for just one day. could be
gathered in one sigh, it would be long
enough to reach from here to the
farthest fixed star. But thousands of
women suffer and sigh because the
victims of disease. Others would suf-
fer as sorely and sigh as often if they
had not been wise enough to use Dr.
Pierces Favorite Prescription. This
is wonderful recuperator of wasted
strength and of sovereign efficacy in
all those arrangements and maladies
peculiar to their sex. by which the
vitality is Slapped and the seeds of
death are sown
DIR. R. V. PIERCE: Dear Sir-I
have taken the "Favorite Prescrip-
ton" and l can recommend it to any
body that suffers with any female dis
ease. l have tried several doctors pre-
scriptions but none did me the good
that yours did.
Yours respectfully,
MATTE TERRY.
Post Mistress, Sherrer Hill, Dallas
Co Ala.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-02
Are you ever ANNOYED

by buzzing or roaring sound in your
head? Have you difficulty in hearing
distinctly? Are you troubled with a
continual dropping of mucus, irritating
the throat and causing you to cough !
Is your breath unpleasantIy affected
and accompanied with bad taste? Is
your hearing less acute? If SO, you
have catarrh and should at once pro
cure a bottle of Ely's Cream Balm, the
best known remedy. The Balm, vii
give instant relief.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-02
House Cleaning

is considered and acknowledged to be
a necessity. The nature of man is OPP
posed to filth. If, however. the cleans
ing of the house is necessary to health,
how much more necessary to health,
should we consider it to keep the
Temple of God-the human body-free
from the faint of impurity. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is
like the thrifty house wife, going
through every nook and corner, search
ing out the accumulated filth, purify
ing the system and restoring perfect
health.
It's the only blood purifier, liver and
lung invigorator, SO sure and certain
in its curative action that it can be
sold through dealers, on trial, being
guaranteed to cure or money returned.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-02
To Test the IneOme-taX.
First Case brought by John G. Moore, of
New York City.

First Case brought by John G. Moore, of
New York City.
WASHINGTON. December 22.-The
first case to test the constitutionality
of the income tax law has been brought
in the District Supreme Court. The
petitioner is Mr.. John q. Moore, of the
firm of Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broad
way, New York. The complainant is
a prominent director of the Manhattan
Railroad Company, Western Union,
etcs, and proposes to fight the case
through to the Supreme Court of the
United States. His attorneys are ex-
Senator George F. Edmunds and
Messrs. Shellabarger and Wilson. The
petition is for an injunction to restrain
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
from collecting the tax.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-02
/. SHE SPOILED 1T ALL.
JOSEPHINE POLLARD.

JOSEPHINE POLLARD.
She was pretty,
Quite beauty;
That she knew it was so plain:
Many eying
Her, said, signing:
"'Tls pity she's so vain ~
Always smiling,
And beguiling,
With her rosy lips apart;
Silken lashes
Yelling flashes
With most captivating art.
Though her roses
And her poses
An attractive picture made,
@i Every gesture
81 Like her vesture,
! ,..u of artificial aid.
Very graceful,
Very tasteful,
Was the maiden much admired,
By the many:
But not any
Or lhef' scarf or hand aspired.
AZ For each motion
Showed devotion
To the mirror on the wall;
She was pretty.
Quite beauty,
But so vain she spoilt it all
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-02

They talk about woman's sphere,
AS though it had a limit
There's not place in earth or Heaven,
There's not task to mankind given,
There's not blessing or woe,
There's not whisper, yes or no,
There's not a life, or death, or birth,
That has feathers weight Of worth,
Without woman in it.
Exchange.