Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-05
OVER THE STATE.

pr. 2. R. EldridRe of Troy lost'his resi- ldence by fire on the 2d instant.
 | T Greensboro received 6650 bales of cotton
 from September 1 to January l. sss pr. A. s. Andrews and family of Greens
 bofo will remove to Greenville.
 Alabama made 6, coo ,O1O more bushels of
 corn last year than the year before.
 Two hogs were killed in Hale county last
 week, each weighing over 4o0 pounds.
 New piines will be opened on the Warrior
 river about SIX miles above Tuskaloosa.
 Mir. W. B. Browne of Co,umbiana has
 returned from New York much improved
 in health.
 The Alabama papers are full of meat this wetk-,hey tell about the large pumber ot
 hogs killed during the cold snap.
 The Columb biana Chronicle pays q com pliment to Thomas J. Caldwell Of Btrming- ham, who spent Christmas in that town. Mrs. James Mclean Jones, nee Miss An nle Lewls of Birmingham, entertained on New Years aL her pleasant home in Greensboro.
 Gen. and Mrs. 5. b. Weakiey of Flor ence kept open house on New Eear's, and bevy or pretty girls received, assisted by Mrs. Annie l.. Anglin.
 The tditors of the Opelika Industrial News were invited by Il farmer friend to | partake oI a dinner consisting Of cracking bread a la chitter!lngs.
 Rev. J. w. McCuliom and wife, mis- sionaries to Japau, nave Ieeurned to Haie county. The brought oacS many rare ar | tlcles, tucn as embroidery, emma Ware and | two swords 40 years old. a- | The familiar faces of our weekly ex- | Changes agaiu appear after weeks holI- | day. Some of them looked blurred, but It 1 MAS not due to the holiday season. The | cold weather is hard on roiers. | Brother DuBose of the Colum bisna Chronicle displays an appreciation oi true Aftk t,tG .'Plaint of the Pesslmisy.'' We thought | II would strike sympathetic chord In the breast of our brethren. The Mobile Register gives au account of | the successful treatment ot a dlphtheria | patient with anti toxine serum, and says It was the first instance in the state. The Birmingham physlcians have used It, and with success. It costs Ill an injection. Major Price tells the Eutaula Hines now tougn he times were lu the early torlies, ana snaps hls fingers at AZ ceut cotton l and the present scarcity -oli money. lie thinks people fuss too much, and that they
 haven'L lived long enough to know any thing about hard times. The major Is SU,
 and AnoWs whereof he speaks. =tsst Mir. Mothershed, erstwhiie u populite N ho sat high up in the synagogue, but Who has sone tue way of all good pops that is, into the radical party-spenl day or two recently In Greensboro trying 10 get evidence that will provo of ben ent to Alorich, republican, in ms contest of Con- gressman Underwood's seat. He's on mighty cod trail.-GTeensboro Watch man.
 The Eufaula Times has this bit of phi. | losophy: 1.-The Times always did and always will say that it gets more than 1t deserves, and it knows that most of it's
 neighbors are enjoying the same blissful conuition.' This IS the true spirit of hu- miity and worthy of Uriah Heap. Most I editors seem to think they don't get what they deserve and that thelr work Is a labor of love. -.-.... .s..i... If planters did not have to get tad.
 vances'' of something to eat they could afford, perhaps, to raise cotton at.4 cents. Butthey can't do it and have to buy bread and meat for themselves and corn, fodder
 and hay for their stock. It's perfect folly to pursue such a course. That's what's the matter with the country right now. The sooner new leaf Is turned the better. We never farmed a day in our lives, but we know hawk from a handsaw just the same. e.-Greensboro Watchman.
 Tho Eutaw Mirror gives its readers some advice for the new year. It starts of by advising them to, read the Bible every day and go to church every, ,6un nday .p. This Sort of advice is only half hearted-it does not go to the root of the matter. man's heart should bo all ri ght, and then he will any urging. To make outward observance test of religion is not grasping the true inwardness of Christianity. A man may bs blind and can't see how to read his Bible and yet be good Christian. Christ did not come into the world 10 save sin. Ders, but 10 make their hearts all right. Salvation is merely incidental. The discussion as to why the ''seven stars" are so called, when there are only SIX stars to be seen, has been answered in
 several ways. Our classic contemporary, | the Greensboro Watchman, quotes from | Greek mythology. The Greeks said these stars were beautiful lnaidens, and all but l one married gods. l he recreant maiden married a mortal and was afterward over | come with remorse and hid herself. As I tronomy says that in ancient times seven | stars could be seen with the naked eye, but | now it takes the telescope to discover the
 seventh. In fact, the telescope shows l number of stars in this constellation, and strictly speaking it might as well be called | the ''ihousand stars.'
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