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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30
MOBILE AND BIRMINGHAM.

Particulars of the Sale of the Road Satur-
 day.
 The Mobile and Birmingham railway was sold at auction at noon yesterday Tn front of the court house of Mobile county by James K. Glennon, auctioneer, by or der of the chancery court, under two deeds of trust in favor of the central Trust company of New York, says the Mobile Register There was only one bid, and that was made by MT. T. C Bush, at present receiver of the road, who bid in the property for the holders of the first mortgage bonds The purchasing trus- tees were William F. Cunning, Richard Irwin and T. G. Bush, who represented Joseph Price, Cecil Braithwaite, Joshua King, Walter Smith, Richard White, w. F. Cunning and T. G. Bush, representa- lives of the first mortgage bondholderS. Mr. Bushs bid was $500,000 and before the bid was made he deposited two certi-i fled shocks, drawn by the Central Trust company of New York on the National Union bank of New York for $25,000 each.
 After the road was knocked down to him he stated in answer to questions that plans for the reorganization have been perfected, and that he as receiver expects to retire on the 1st of July. when he will turn the road over to the officers selected under the plan of reorganization. The plans already formulated include the re- placing of all the old iron with steel rails, and the making of other better ments to the road The question of the extension of the road from Marion Junc- tion to Birmingham has not yet been considered.
 Commenting on the foregoing editori- ally the Mobile Register says:
 "The sale yesterday of the Mobile and Birmingham railway to the bondholders of the company should mean not only
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30
At the County Jail.

Joe Bailey was sent to Pratt mines yesterday to serve his sentence of life imprisonment. It will be remembered that Bailey was sentenced to hang. but there seemed to be some eXtenuating circumstances and Governor Oates was prevailed upon to commute the sen tence to life Imprisonment
 George Morrow, Jack White and Lang Cherry, all colored, were sent to the mines at Coalburg yesterday
 J. Cash was brought in from Blossburg yesterday by Deputy Sheriff A. T. Wood on a charge of assault With intent to murder.
 G. w. Townsend, charged with refus- ing to pay railroad fare on the Southern road is in jail.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30

necessary to a decision of those cases but that these cases are overruled only so far as the opinions stated, that the assets of a corporation became trust fund for the benefit of creditors, and were placed beyond the power of disposition or control of the governing board, when ever and as soon as the corporation be- came insolvent. and that insolvency or the corporation alone gave court or equity Jurisdiction to administer the as sets as trust property. Such statements were dicta, and do not express the opin- ion of the court.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30
SOMETHING "FOR A RAINY
 DAV"

Umbrellas-neW lot. Today we offer bargains in these things which beats anything in our umbrella experience. Prices run from 25c to $3.5O.
 CHAMBLEE BROS.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30

the general overhauling of the road bed and rolling stock but an extension of the road to Birmingham Until this eX- tension is made the road will not have reached a position of full usefulness or of full earning power, and it seems to us that with reasonable expenditure this improvement could be made, and that 1t ought to be made. Its building would be of great good both to Mobile and Bir- mingham"
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30
RICH

NATURES BLOOD PURIFIER, composed of the extracts of roots and herbs growing in our own southern cline. It is strictly vegetable.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30
CHEAP COLUMN.

ITANTED-Boarders at 1920 Sixth avenue. " Front room up stairs; large room down stairs; hot and cold water. Mrs. Dryer.
 4-29-2t
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30
COLD WEATHER.

Wards coal yard is prepared to furnish you with Carbon Hill or Galloway coal on short notice. Buy your coal from them once and you will have reason to become a regular customer. Supply of stove and kindling wood on hand. Telephone 4S7.
 11-29tf
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30
BLOOD
AN INFANT GAN TAKE IT.

Contains: neither potashnor mer- cury, but theessential blood puri- flying and healthrestoring princi- pies of medicinalroots and herbs.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30

VJANTED-A small, well furnished house by w a couple for the summer. Moderate rent. Address D. T. w, care Age Herald
 4-2S-3t
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-30
The Worlds Fair Tests showed no baking powder so pure or so great in Ieav- ening power as fhe Royal.

The Daily Age-Herald (ex- cept Sunday six days in the week, delivered by carrier or by mail, at soc per month.
The advocate., 1895-03-06
Legal Tender Decisions.
NO, V.

AS has already been said in a former
article, the constitutionslity Of the
legsl.tender acts was first tested in a
Philadelphia court. They were
upheld then and again in May,
1864, by Judge Agnew at Disi
priuS in the case of Schollenber-
ger VS.. Brinton. On May "a, 1865, this
case and six others, involving the legal
tender acts, were decided by the su-
preme court of Pennsylvania. The
cOnstitutionslity of the acts was up
held, three judges asserting and two
dissenting. 1t was said: Congress
has the constitutional power to issue
treasury notes of the United States
and to make them lawful money and a
legal tender in the payment of debts.
The act of February %, 1852, is consti-
tutionsl." A debt payable in lawful
silver money of the United States" may
be satisfied, said the court, with such
notes. Also one payable in dollars,
lawful silver money Of the United
States, each dollar weighing 16 penny
weights, 6 grains at least" Likewise
one for "lswful money" or lawful
money of the United States" Also q
certificate of deposit of "gold payable
in like funds" and "S14, las in specie
which by bankers rules meant gold
and silver" Also a note for dollars
in gold" Counsel remarked that
leather was coined for money in the
days Of Seneca.
Judge Strong, ,afterward associate jus.
tice Of the United States supreme court
and now living In retirement at Wash.
The advocate., 1895-03-06

viii never suspect that the dancing
ripples conceal any skeletons.
Hers but to be humming-bird to
sip the sweets Of the honeysuckle. She
must not see the gardener who tends
the vine.
Her ancestor has said, ''the public
be damned" That settles the public.
She is sbsolved from all care Of the
public. Her ancestor has attended to
that.
She knows nothing of the struggles
of "business," and never will unless
her solicitors should steal all her
wealth, and she should lose caste in So
ciety and become an outcast.
Then the solicitors daughter would
take her place in the social world, and
after shedding few crocodile tears
over her misfortune, society would
open another bottle Of wine and forget
her existence.
Then either her skill or her beauty
would be thrown upon the market to
compete for the crust which capital
throws to the laborer or the mistress.
But let us not think Of such hor.
rible possibility. Such fate is re-
served only for the poor.
She is rich and beautiful. She will
marry to please her father, and never
have time to snalyze what kind of a
man she gets for husband.
She will have an establishment and
entertain the "Four Hundred" and
her husband will have a mistress and
spend his nights at the club.
The prattle Of children will never
disturb her sensitive ear.
She will spend the summer in Eu-
rope and the winter in dissipation, and
the people will pay the bills.
The estate will grow, as interest goes
on forever, and some day she will die
some other scion Of this noble family
will inherit the millions, contract with
a florist for $4,000 year to keep fresh
flowers on her grave, and then sail to
Europe to escape the comments OF
"Vulgsr sentimentalists" who pro-
claim that if man will not work, he
should not eat.
The advocate., 1895-03-06

In what brief and comprehensive terms
the constitution speaks, and how sem
sible its trainers must have been that
emergencies might arise when the pre-
ciOus metals might prove inadequate
to the wants of the government and
the needs of the people, when also it is
considered that paper money was al
most universally in use as a medium
of exchange, l cannot think it
q latitudinarisn construction of
the constitution to regard the
phrase coin money and regulate it's
value, as synonymous with making
money or supplying currency. If it
had been the design to confer the
power Of declaring what should be
money, in what language could it have
been conferred more sppropristelyEthsn
that which was usedP 1t was pur-
posely comprehensive"
stamping pieces Of metal does not
make them money. Coming money
and regulating the value means some
thing more than making coins out Of
metallic substances. And again, there
is no restriction to any particular met
ais. Congress may coin money, that
is, say the opponents of the constitu.
tiOnslity of this act, it may give the
characteristics of money to pieces of
metal. 1t has made money in copper
and declared it legal-tender for small
amounts. Its power to do this has not
been questioned. Nor is there any
provision that the pieces Of metal
which congress may coin as money,
shall have legal value at all CORE
spending to the intrinsic value of the
metal in the market. Upon this sub
ject the constitution is silent. The
regulation value may be changed from
time to time. 1t has been more than
once, without any denial of the power
of congress to change it. Our coins
have been debased. A smaller weight
Of pure gold or silver is now required
for q dollar than was formerly re-.
quired. 1t seems therefore to have
been left to congress to determine how
far the statutory value Of the coined
metal should correspond with the mar
ket value of the same metal as bullion.
1t is not claimed that the expression
''to coin money and regulate the value
thereof" expresses or implies any other
restraint than that the substance of
which it is coined shall be metallic.
But it is possible that gold or silver
be formed into leaf not thicker than
bank.note paper. If upon such a leaf
stamped in any way, value be affixed
by congress Of 800, why is it not
money even in the view Of those who
insist that coming money is applied on
| ly to metallic substancesH There is no
prescription of any form for pieces of
money that may be coined. Thus it
appears that the object of the power
was to enable congress to furnish a
currency. The nature and value of the
material of which it is to be consti-
tuted are certainly subordinate, if not
immaterial, things. Indeed the in
trinslc value of the material is left
wholly to congress. And it may be
added that a literal construction of the
clause "to coin money" ETC., so much
insisted upon in the argument against
The advocate., 1895-03-06

l cannot doubt the constitutional
power of congress to issue treasury
notes Of the United States and to make
them lawful money and a legal tender
for the payment of all debts, public
and private. When the con.
Stitution was adopted the great thing
sought in regard to currency was uni.
form value. This could not be secured
by local legislation. Hence the re-
striction on the states and the grant to
the federal legislature without any ex-
press restraint. The world had then
passed the point of an exclusively me-
tsllic currency. 1t had proved made
quste for time of war, and even for
rapidly extending commerce"
But there are skulls so thick that,
after the lapse of thirty years since the
above was written, they are impene
trable to any idea or notion that our
money volume must expand with the
increase in population and business.
Judge Read followed his colleague:
''I cannot doubt that congress had the
power to issue these notes as a ma
tionsl currency, and in order to give
them the highest possible value to
make them lawful money and a legal
tender. 1t would have been in vain to
attempt to meet this crisis (the rebel
llon) with a mere gold and silver cur
rency or with any of former ex-
pedients. The issue of legal tender
notes has alone enabled us to meet this
exigency without resorting to foreign
nations for loans, and to crush the re-
bellion."
Yet Grover Cleveland and his fellow
conspirators, enemies of the human
race, would not only destroy these
greenbacks which did so much for the
cause of freedom, but would gladly do
what the patriotic judge deprecates--
resort to foreign nations for money in
return for bonds. 1 say they would do
so. This means that L think in due
time the American people will place
little more value upon the obligations
which the traitors at Washington have
made in the past year to European
Shylocks than they place upon the
blank paper on which they were writ
ten. Some day not far distant, an ex-
ecutive and congress true to the peo-
pie will stop paying interest and offer
the robbers in Europe the choice be-
tween nothing and greenbacks in pay
ment Of the bonds at their face value,
Judge Agnew agreed with Judges
Strong and Read: standing upon the
basis of all taxable property of the
country for their credit, they green
backs) are superior as money to bank
issues. Don't tell that to Dsns's
stuffed prophet or the supporters of
the Baltimore plan.) Treasury notes
fill largely the channels of trade, per.
forming all the offices of bank notes
and are money or cash. Treasury notes
are a legitimate means of borrowing
money, paying debts, and of ,purchas'
ling supplies to carry on the war. Let
me ask what clause of the constitution
forbids the notes of the government
being made money effective in the pay
ment of debtsP The whole specie Of
the country has never been adequate to
its commerce and the ordinary bust
The advocate., 1895-03-06
now IT SEEMS
Io BE the Daughter Of a Millionaire and
Live In Palace.
BY GEO. A. PUCKETT.

things OF life without even the trouble Of
Wishing for them. This Is the gOodly heritage
az Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, the richest
debutante in America Her father, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Is the second richest man In the
United States He expended this enormous
sum Of money upon his fifth avenue palace so
that his idolized young daughter should have
she finest house in the world in which to make
her formal entrance into society. She is %
sweet as o may blossom, this fortunefavored
young girl, and as modest and unassuming as
any little country maid. She is Of medium
height, slender and graceful, with beautiful
brown hair, gray-blue eyes, and fresh, healthy
col0ring, etc.-Press Dispatch.
Yes; for this delicate, innocent and
beautiful young lily it must be pleas
ant sensation.
She can't help the feeling Of joy,
She knows nothing Of the vulgar peo-
pie who heaped up the treasure she in
herits.
She accepts the situation as a matter
Of course, and plays with the jewels Of
wealth as a happy child catches the
raindr0ps from the caves.
All is hers to enjoy, and with health
and freedom from care, she doubts not
tnat life is happiness and love is law.
Serene as the sunshine, her life is one
long dreamy reVerie.
No shadow interVenes - envy she
knows not, and want she cannot un-
derstand.
She may even be benevolent, sharing
her riches, as a child who has more toys
than he knows how to use.
She may be unseldsh in feeling-con-
fident that her resources are inexhsust-
ible, and never missing the little that
is bestowed upon others.
She loves her father as all happy chill
dren do, and never troubles her pretty
head about how or where he acquired
the millions which cause the world to
n bow at her feet.
She accepts the homage of the world
believes its fsttery all sincere, and
graciously smiles upon dukesand dudes
alike.
She can afford to be magnanimous
Why should she critiCise a social or
gRnization Of which she is queenP II
Is sll good because it never questions
her right or curtails her privileges.
She is all powerful, and sWeetly un-
conscious of her power, has no smbi-
tlous dreams or rivals. The rivalry is
al to gain her favor.
But she is young, and this is to be
her ''Hsrt season" in the society Of
swelldom.
She has much to learn. She may
svsn fall in love with an actual man
OF course, this will be carefully
guarded against by throwing her OK
clneively in the fashionable set.
But women are curious, and she
may accidentally see some Of the real
useful world.
Having never known anything but
freedom, she would see no impropri
s,y Ia doing as she pleases.
Fhen society would be shocked
and shocked at one to whom it haC
made obeisance.
This delicate blossom must not b'
allowed to breathe open air. 1t woult
int her aristocratic tendrils.
Her father will buy her duke or &
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-16
Christian Association DolnSs.

The Young Mems Christian asso-
citation and Ladies' auxiliary give a
public reception this evening in
honor of the new general secretary,
J. P. Bailey, and his wife.
"Are You Man?" is the title of
an attractive invitation being dis
tributed about the city for an infor-
NAL reception to non-members Tues
day evening. A hearty invitation is
extended to every man between the
ages of 16 and 100. There will be
music by the Metropolitan Mandolin
club, piano solos by Prof. Bowlby,
and basket ball.
About eighty men attended the
meeting yesterday afternoon, which
proved one of the most interesting of
the season. General Secretary Bal
ley made a stirring address on a
lively subject. The musical features
were violin solo by j. p. Hubbell
and selections by the male quartet
composed of Messrs. Will Lavender,
II. N. Hansen, Frank and Clyde
Eberhart. The attendance has out
grown the chapel and the meetings
Sunday afternoons will be held in
Association hall hereafter.
Much interest has been developed
in the game of basket ball. there be-
ing already two strong teams, and a
third is to be organized this week
The players composing the first team
are arranging for match games with
the Ottumwa and Burlington asso-
Citations. New suits have recently
been procured by the second tea
and match games will be played both
tonight and tomorrow night.
The educational department of the
association has taken decided adj
vance this season over last wears
work. Glasses in electricity, pen
manship and vocal music have re-
Gently been inaugurated, each class
being taught by professors from Au-
gustana college. There are also
four classes each week for the study
Of German besides eight irregular
classes in the gymnasium.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-16
The Historic Route

The Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis railway, the model railroad of
the south in equipment. roadway and
service. is also the greatest in his
torical interest, more than fifty
famous battlefields and five national
cemeteries being located on the vari-
Gus lines of this system. This is the
preferred route to Atlanta for the
Cotton States and International ex-
position, open from Sept. IS to Dec.
81. 1895, for which very low excur-
sion rates have been made. Through
sleeping car service from st. Louis
to Atlanta via Evansville, Nashville
and Chattanooga. This is the route
of the famous "Dixie Flyer" through
sleeping car line, which runs the
year round between Nashville and
Jacksonville. Fla. For further infor-
nation address Briard +. Hill. 1928
Marquette building, Chicago. H..
or r. G. Cowardin. western passeu-
ger agent, Railway Exchange build
ing. st. Louis. Mo-, or
w. l.. DANLEY. G. PCT. A.
Nashville, Tenn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-16
Clergy Permit. for 1896

An entirely new agreement with
respect to halt-fare permits for the
year 1896 has been adopted by all
lines in the Western Passenger asso-
citation territory, under which cler-
gymen and others entitled to half
fare privileges under the rules will
make but one application and re-
ceive a single permit which will be
good over all lines party to said gov
eminent.
As all permits for the entire terri
tory comprised in the Western Pas
senger association will be issued by
Chairman Caldwell at Chicago, it is
recommended that application be
made at once to the undersigned If it
is desired that permits be in the
hands Of applicants by the first Of the
year. r. SrocKHOUsE,
General Ticket Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-16
STRUCK BY AsTREET CAR.
Two Intoxicated R~v-Iers Have . Narrow
Escape.

Escspe-
There was a collision on Forty
fifth street between a buggy, contain
ing two drunken Molineites. and car
81 about o'clock last evening. The
men in the buggy were driving reck-
lessly along the avenue and sudden
Iy turned to cross the tracks in front
Of the car. which caught the rig and
overturned it and threw out the &C.
cupants. who escaped injury.
The Red Star Yeast company's
horse got gay in Moline Saturday
afternoon while Manager Bert Wies-
Ter was transacting business in q
1earby store, and started toward
Rock Island at reckless gait. The
animal was stopped after several
blocks run and only succeeded in
demolishing one of the wagon
shafts.
Saturday afternoon team belong
ing 10 William Johnston, who lives
south Of Milan, became frightened
while standing outside of Appel's
store in Sears and dashed across the
city bridges, colliding with two vehi-
Giles before being stopped. Fortu-
nately no one was injured, the dam
age amounting to wheel being
taken off buggy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-16
BRIEF MENTION.


When chaiks - good rs milS.
When men who've been to Davenport
- Are feeling 6ne ~ silE.
When Moline gels the upper bridge
And that yofll not allow.
Then other ad. may BE ss good
Drink. Carse & Ohweiler's ginger
ale and be healthy.
1t is easy to count the receipts in
the store that is not advertised.
Low rates to Atlanta and the south
via Il. l. & P. railway. Tourist
tickets now on sale to Florida points
Fastest time by this route.
Fire at Council Bluffs last Friday
night destroyed the Deere & Co.
branch house as well as the Weir
Shugart implement house, with total
loss of 1925, 900.
The Rock Island has decided to
run it's trains between Rock Island
and Davenport until s o'clock in the
evening, the last one leaving this
side at that hour.
The ARGUS has received with the
compliments of +. ID. Sweeney a neat
speeches of e. j. Searle. Z. d. Swee-
ney and Judge j. NJ. Gould on the
occasion of the court house corner
stone laying ceremonies.
Limited editions of Hugo, Scott.
Tennyson, Thackery. Bulwer, George
Elliot, Dumas. Irving. Robert Louis
Stevenson. Cooper, Duruy History
OF Rome and Greece, etc. The finest
and richest Xmas gifts shat can be
given in the way OF fine literature.
For particulars address Frank
Lasher. general delivery who
will call and show samples of same.
MIR. and Mrs. j. b. Stemmer, of
2412 Fifth avenue. have returned
from Chicago, whittier they went on
the sad mission of<sttending the
funeral Of MIR. Stemmer's sister-in-
law. Mrs. Harry Stemmer. who died
of Inflammation of the bowels, leav-
ing q husband and two small chill
dren. both boys, the younger of
which is bat IL months old. This
one MIR. and Mrs. Stemmer have
taken to raise. while the other little
Fellow has been taken by his grand
| mother. Mrs. j. H. Stemmer, of Ell
gin. Ill.
Ralph Haverstick made his part
ing address as president of the
Young Peoples society in connection
with last evenings services at the
Broadway Presbyterian church, be-
ing succeeded by A. d. Sperry, who
responded with some pleasant inaug-
ural remarks. There was an address
by w. H. Halsey. principal of the
High school, who gave some neat il
Illustrations of the advantage of or
ganization. There was likewise dan
ger in union. he said. especially from
those who enjoy the benefits of men,
bership and absorb the knowledge
and ideas presented by others and
doing nothing themselves but sit
| idly by,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-16
November Coal Market.


All hard coal carefully screened.
f. G. FRAZER.