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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
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be Christians, but too few that want to be imitators Of the God man. It is our duty to walk as closely as possible in the footsteps of the master. In other words, to be another Christ we must show forth in our daily lives the vir- tues of Christianity. When we come in contact in the world we must be Chris tians in every deed, and not in word only.
 Here the reverend father said that the God man had another title beside Savior of the world. He is called the Prince of Peace. We should all be fol- lowers of the Prince of Peace. Let us all pray and sigh for a union and for peace among all Christians. This state of things will be foretaste of heaven. It is a great scandal to the unbelieying world to see Christians abusing and scandalizing each other. The lesson to be learned from the selection of todays gospel is hope. Let us live and hope to receive the promises of our blessed Lord.i He promised to send his holy spirit to quiet and counsel the apostles. He will do the same for us. Let us ask with con- fidence. We will not ''e disappointed.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
THE AGE-HERALD READING ROOM.

The Age Herald has fitted up a neat reading room adjoining it's business office, where daily papers from all east ern, southern, western and northern points will be kept on file for the benefit and information of the public. Papers from the following cities can always be found there: Boston, New York, Phila- delphia. Baltimore, Richmond Charles ton, Savannah. Augusta, Atlanta, Cln- cinnati, Louisville. St. Louis. Nashville, Chattanooga, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston, Houston, Dallas and many other cities not named.
 Citizens of either of the cities above named or any party desiring to read are welcome to call at any and all times, night or day. as the reading room will always be open.
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mitted at the time or any other time since. All that was done in 1873 was to withdraw silver coinage and limit, the legal tender quality of sub sidiary coin. No contraction of the currency followed that act, for at that time the per capita circulation was S1S.O4. It is vital to the argument that the fact be borne in mind, and further to know that the entire legislation of 1873 was repealed in 1878, and from that time till 1893 the currency increase was from $1S.04 to S24.27 per capita and the silver increase was $143 0000 900 in 1873 to $625,- 335. .629 in 1893, nearly five times the amount Bear in mind another fact, that in 1873 the price of silver was $102, when with the closing of the hints of other countries it began to decline, and not wthstanding the rapid increase by the United States of her silver currency the decline continued until at the closing of the hints of India in 1893 it dropped to 50 cents an ounce. These are simple facts, but they tell the whole story of the panic
 of 1893 So rapidly was the United States going toward a silver basis that American creditors became convinced we could not maintain a parity of the two metals, and so would have a depre- clateu currency, that they relufheu our securities for realization on them and stopped their investments in this country. The panic followed as natural and ire sistible consequence at a time when this country has about five times more sil- yer than ever before. To seek to resume silver coinage independent of other na- tions means this; the people of the world could take a commodity worth only 50 cents and bring it to America and make the American people give them 100 cents for it with out any equivalent If there is any business sense or even honesty in such transaction it is difficult to find it. This would enrich silver mine owners
 but it would be repudiation of honest debts and a silver basis of currency from which may the good Lord deliver us.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13

he also stated that every attempt to bring the church and state together was simply an emphasis of Render unto Caesar what is Caesars, and unto God what is Gods"
 He referred to the laws and founda- ton of civil government being based upon Gods work. He asserted that God had designed that not monarchial but civil government should exist.
 His next point was that of the tax payer obeying the laws governing such and said that 1t was a mans duty to pay whatever tax his state saw fit to levy, no matter if his conscience be just opposite to such.
 The next point was upon mob law, which he said must be stopped in Ala bama, for lynch law in no wise was jus tifiable.
 Tn closing he said the day had come when patriotism had become Christian grace.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
MEMPHIS CONVENTION.
Sound Money Men to Send De,eeat,

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 In accordance with a motion made at the meeting at the opera house on the 9th instant, hereby call a meeting of the citizens of Jefferson county who are in sympathy with the purposes of the convention to be held at Memphis on the 23d instant, in the interest of sound money, to be held in the city court room, at o'clock p. m., Tuesday, the 14th in stant At this meeting delegates will be selected to said convention.
 JAMES H. LITTLE, Chairman.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
southside Baptist Church.

OOutnSlde BaptlSb Cnufcn.
 The pews of the Southside Baptist church were comfortably filled yester- day morning to hear Rev Thomas Arm strong deliver an able sermon, he occu- pying the pulpit for Rev. P. T. Hale, who is absent, attending the Baptist conven- ton at Washington.
 The services were opened by the entire congregation singing the beautiful hymn, No. POS, Come. Thou Almighty King"
 Dr. Armstrong took for his text, Jer- emiah, xviii, and 1, and xix, 1, 2, 10 and Il. Dr.. Armstrong said: Jeremiah was a prophet of God, and therefore an instrument of God. God can do Without prophets but He uses them as an instru- ment of good through human agency The Jews were a peculiar people and of ten rebelled against God, although He showed them all manner of favors and repeatedly urged them to repent of their sins and come to Him. He, therefore, sent Jeremiah to the people, and, as il- lustrated in the text, told him to tell the Jews that they were like the clay in the potter's hands. The potter took the clay and fashioned it for master piece of genius but as the work was nearly com pleted the clay marred and the master piece was spoiled. The potter did not throw the clay away. but working it over again, said: I cannot make what l in- tended to out of this piece of clay, but I will make a handsome vessel out of it, Thus it is with us. We are the clay and we are marred in the potters hands by sin. but while God will not make the beautiful master piece that He at first in- tended out of the clay, he will still make a handsome vessel out of us if we will bear the reworking of the marred clay
 Dr. Armstrong gave a splendid illus tration of the power of man over nature provided man conformed to nature. Then only can he control it.
 He asked the young men and ladies to beware of marring by sin in the hands of the potter, and if possible permitting the potter to make the master piece of genius out of the clay.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13

was born at Florida. Mo-. November 50. 1885, At the age of 13 he was appren- ticed to a printer and worked at his trade in all of the larger cities of the United States.
 In 1855 he was a pilot on the Missis- sippi river. In 1861 he was private sec retary for his brother, who was then sec retary of state for Nevada. MT. Clemens spent a short time in the Hawaiian Islands in 1864, and then returned to California, where he delivered a series of humorous lectures returning to the east. In 1872 he was married in Buffalo. N. r.. to lady of great wealth. In 1874 he visited England on featuring tour. and was very successful. MT. Clemens is the author of many works. Among them are "The Gilded Age" 'Innocents Abroad "Roughing It" and Life on the Mississippi.
 In 1884 he established the publishing house of c. L. Webster & Co.,. who pub lished "Huckleberry Finn" and Gen eral Grants Memoirs
 Mir. Clemens has of late suffered se- were financial reverses and has just signed a contract for a course of lec- lures to be given throughout the world.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
WITH THE WORSH|PPERS. Christian EndeavorS Swell the
 Church Attendance. THE RITE OF CONFIRMATION And Holy Communion at St. Mary's by Bishop Iackson-Rif1es at the First Methodist
 The Other Churches.

The large number of delegates to the state Christian Endeavor convention greatly augmented the attendance at the several churches of the city yester- day and last night At St. Mary son the Highlands Bishop Jackson admins tered the rite of confirmation and held communion services. At night at the First Methodist church Rev. J. H. Me Coy preached the annual sermon to the Birmingham Rifles. At the other churches able ministers occupied the pulpits, and the worshippers heard excel lent sermons. The song service at all the churches was very fine.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
St. Paups Catholic Church.


 Father H. O'Grady, missionary priest for the diocese of Mobile. officiated and preached at the last mass at St. Pauls yesterday. Before reading the lesson of the day Father O'Grady stated the object of his visit to Birmingham, which, he said, was to give an entertainment for the benefit of the mission over which he has charge. These missions are situated around Mobile in three counties. The people are not able to assist the rever- end father much in his work, so with the permission of the bishop and the cooper ation of the reverend clergy the father i'd trying to raise the desired amount to keep up the good work by giving an H. luStrated lecture, entitled "A Trip Around the World in Eighty Minutes"
 After reading the lesson of the day, the fourth Sunday after Easter, Father OGrady spoke as follows: Every mo- ment of the Savior's life. from. His birth in the humble stable until He died for us on the cross. is intended for our edif- cation and instruction. Sunday after Sunday, with great regularity, the church presents for our consideration and med itation the principal events of the Mas ter's life. Today the church chooses her lesson from the letter of St. James and this selection contains some very prac- tical lessons for us. l would call your at tention to two of them: And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak ana SLOW 10 anger, TOT the anger oL inaIi worketh not the justice of God "
 The reverend father then went on to say that if Christians would only follow the advice of St. James how many sins would be avoided. How many sins are committed in moments of anger. How many things said that are afterwards re- gretted.
 Father OGrady then spoke in general of the duties of a Christian life, and said there were too many protesting to
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
Jefersonian.


 Was Jefferson "Jeffersonian? We fear not, on the subject of silver and cheap money, though one of the strong
 est recommendations of bimetallism and the sacred ratio Is that it is Jeffersonian. Jefferson himself, however when he drew up his notes on the establishment of money unit and of coinage for the United States" wrote deplorably like the most rabid anti-J Jeffersonian of the pres ent day. He declared that "the propor- tion between the values of gold and sil- yer is a mercantile problem altogether" Looking the field over he concluded that the correct probortion at the time, based Oh market values, was about 15 to 1. Afterwards, however, he learned from Robert Morris that this would be high CT than the market would justify" and therefore weakly remarked, q recede from that idea" Clearly Jefferson would now be 82 to man. That ratio is the only one entitled to the glorious name Jeffefsonian, for he distinctly said: Just principles will lead us to disregard legal proportions altogether; to inquire into the market price of gold in the sev- eral countries with which we shall be principally connected in commerce, and to take an average from them" We greatly fear that Jefferson was no better than a gold bug.-New York Post
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
THE USE OF CHECKS.

Careful estimates show that in whole sale trade over 90 per cent of the trans actions are by check, and in the retail rency increases the circulating medium considerably more than double. If more currency is needed it is only necessary to encourage the check system. This coun- try uses checks more than any other, and this is so largely because of the great number of savings banks. These banks receive small deposits, and honor checks land require depositors to observe the limit of $25, and will not cash a check for a less sum. The example of France is often held up as a model, and we are told that it has a circulating medium of about $30 per capita, while the United States has only SPA The analogy does not hold good, for in France only the wealthy keep commercial transactions is carried on in cash. It is estimated that the checks drawn in this country aggregate $1,S00,- 900, 900 in year, and that as much more currency is used. Thus the checks played the part of money as much as thA currency. An expansion of the volume of checks is the same as the expansion of the volume of currency. The volume of checks expand with trade and contracts with it's contraction. The check currency needs no extra session of Congress to sustain 1t, nor unlimited coinage of sil- yer to take it's place.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13

Silver dollars are passing current all over the country. and are legal tender for the payment of debts. The stoppage of the coinage of silver did not demonetize it. No such act was passed in 1873 as in 1853. In 1853 the silver in minor coin wa 1 reduced and their legal tender quality taken away. This was characterization No such act was passed in 1875 To stop the coinage of either silver or gold dol lars does not demonetize it. Jefferson stopped the coinage of the silver dollar. but that did not demonetize it. The act of 1890 suspended the coinage of the gold dollar. but that did not cause it's demone- tization.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
South Highlands Presbyterian.

Rev. J. A. Rondthaler, D. D., of Indian apoliS, preached in the morning from the text in II Corinthians, iii, 16: For the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life" He said the spirit of a thing is the heart of it. His illustrations were drawn liberally from the Bible. The washing of the disciples feet should not be taken literally. The spirit of it should be con- sidered, which is subjecting ourselves to those we love. It is laying aside our preferences and deferring to others Our Savior came not to set aside the law, but to fulfill the law-fill it full of meaning The scribeS had whittled it down to definitions and distinctions Meanwhile they had forgotten the love and the kindness and the truth in the law. The speaker showed with felicity how Christ had illustrated the Ten Commandments by His life. In that one name, Father" |" which He gave to God, He gave us the spirit of the first four commandments. It is no burden for a child to love his father to honor his name and to keep sacred the day of communion with him. Christ, when lad at Nazareth lived so beautifully toward His parents that the fifth commandment is made attractive and thus through all the commandments There was no murder, lust nor covet- ousness in Christ's life. In Christ's life is shown how God wins us to Himself He might have sent into the world a devil incarnate to show us the repulsiVe- ness of sin. He rather chose to put be- fore us the most perfect, the most lov- able and the most lovely of all beings that thus we might learn to love the right. The law had said: Thou shalt not do wrong" The gospel in Christ says thou mayst, and thou canst do the right.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
PRESS OPINIONS.
The Great Obstacle.

The Great ObstacIe.
 Undoubtedly there is a growing senti- ment in Europe and in this country in favor of an international agreement, but the free silver idea once enacted into law in the United States, international bi- metallism would remain but an rides cent dream and the United States be- come once more the pack-horse of the world as regards silver The free silver notions now being so widely dissemi- mated are the greatest obstacle to inter national bimetallism.-Ch Tribune.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
First Methodist,

Last night the Birmingham Rifles an- nual sermon was preached at the First Methodist church, which was attended by that company in a body and in fatigue uniform. Rev. J. H. Mccoy oc- cupied the pulpit. The text was: And He said unto them: How is it ye sought me? List me not, for I must be about my Fathers business"
 The life of the Saviour the speaker said, looked at from the human stand point, was like that of man. He said that at the early age of 12 Christ became aware of the solemnity of life and had come to feel that He was Gods son as well as that of Mary. At this age the fact had dawned upon His mind that He was held with higher obligations than that of his fellow man. He went about asking and answering questions that men of much older age than He could not It was His solemn duty and He was performing it. He stated that it would be well for to settle their rela- tionship with God, and that forever. He stated also that every mans work in this world was intended to be divine work and that the individuality of every man was simply the expression of a di- vine idea.
 He next touched upon mans duty to the state. which was solemn one, and
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13

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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13

Governor Oates spent a few hours in Birmingham yesterday on his return from Hot Springs, where he has been SOL journing for fortnight The Governor is much improved in health, is quite cheerful and hopeful for the future of the country.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
Fun for a Small Roy.

It was fun for the small boy yesterday to see the January breezes take the May straw hats off the heads of the fashions able pedestrian. and gave him. race for his cranium crowning piece.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13

Travel towards Europe has begun in earnest, 1900 Americans having sailed from New York in one day. If these spend 5000 each it will prove a pretty heavy drain on this country, and dollars to doughnuts not one-half of these Amer jeans have ever seen the sights, the scenes, the grandeur of their own coun- try
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
To Visit Texas and Memphis. Tenn.

To Visit Texas and Memphis, Tenn. The Kansas City, Memphis and Bir- mingham railroad will sell round trip tickets to Dallas, Tex, at one fare. 18th to 18th May inclusive, limit to return June Sd, on account of Presbyterian general assembly.
 To Memphis, Tenn. To Memphis, Tenn. round trip for one fare, Sth to 18th May inclusive, limit to return May 27. On account interstate drill. Rate open to all.
 CHARLES JONES, Southern Passenger Agent. 1914 Morris avenue.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13

The people of Birmingham, who favor the purpose of the Memphis convention, should attend the meeting called at the court house tomorrow night and select a strong delegation to go to Memphis. No more important meeting than this Mem phis convention was ever held in the SOuth.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
Brought a Large Crowd.

The 10-cent excursion rate over the Birmingham, Powderly and Bessemer railroad brought large number of Bes- semerites into the city yesterday. who took advantage of the beautiful day and cheap rates.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13

Pure blood makes strong nerves Hoods Sarsaparila makes pure blood The moral is plain.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13

Senator Jones of ArkaIsas. who is to attend the monetary conference. if one i'd held, is of the opinion that such a confer ence will be held during the present year.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
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The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-03-22
Mr.. ID. b. BrddCfsid
Blocher. Arkansas,

The poisons with which the system is
permeated in typhoid, malarial and
scarlet fevers, and other wasting dis
eases, are not easily gotten rid Of.
When the patient gets I" on his feet"
once more, the uncertain step and feel
ing Of intense weakness remind him of
the severe struggle he has been through.
Often the poisonous accumulations
in the blood break out in dreadful
sores, and then what misery must be
endured no one can tell
The inestimablc value Of Hoods Sar-
saparilla in all such cases, to thoroughly
purify the blood and drive out the last
vcstigc of deadly poison, is well indi-
Gated in the following letter from Mr..
Bradfcld:
"Blocher, Ark, Sept. 8, 1894.
&C. /. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
"Dear Sirs: Up to the 25th Of Deem
Der, 1893, had enjoyed good health.
had not had spell Of fever since 1859 and
but little sickness of any kind. On the
above date I was taken down with sick
ness, which developed into slow fever and
confined me to my room for six weeks.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-03-22
MORE ABOUT THE NEW WOMAN.
What May Occur IL She Remains in
Permanent Rivalry Of Man.

Permanent Rivalry of Man.
III the human race is to endur.
and il civilization is to advance tn.
relations between the sexes mustio
permanently b., relations of riva rs.
Men and women were not made to
struggle with one another for the
advantages of life, but mutually to
aid one another in reaping those ad-
vantages. That Sweet love" OF
which the poet speaks is given AS
the reward Of right relations be
tween man and woman; and, where
other guidance is lacking, we may
proftably ask whether any given
line of conduct tends to the gaining
or the sacrificing OF that reward. II
to the former, then it may safely he
said to be right conduct; IL to the
latter, wrong.
What it is clear that man has to
do in these later days is to frame to
himself higher and completer ideal
Of manhood than he has hitherto on
the whole entertained, and try to
live up to IL, says the Popular
Science Monthly. The awakened
womanhood OF the age-when allow
ance has been made for all that is
hystericsl and morbid and heartless
in contemporary feminine utter
nces-summons him most clearly
and distinctly to walk henceforth on
higher levels in the strength OF a
nobler self-control. Then he has to
recognize in the fullest sense, with
out . particle of reservation, that he
has in q woman not weaker sha-
dow OF himself, not reflection OF
his glory nor a minister to bis pleas
ures, but a divinely bestowed help
meet, to whom special powers aud
faculties have been impaired for the
Interpretation OF truth and the
beautifying OF life.
The ancient Germans, Tacitus tells
up, used to recognize certain divine
power OF intuition in their women,
and if they did it was probably not
without cause. The phenomenon is
not an extinct one in our own day,
and we venture to say that its fire..
quency will wax or wane according
to the respect paid not by man only,
but by woman herself, to all in her
nature that is most distinctive of
womanhood. II is far from certain
that woman always recognizes what
her own best gifts are; and there is,
in our opinion, a specific danger lest,
in her ew.born zeal for masculine
equipment OF knowledge, she rele-
gate to an inferior place that native
truth OF perception which is OF
more Importance, We may almost
say, than all former knowledge.