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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05
ATHENS.
Commencement Exercises of the Athens Fe.
 male College,

commencement Exercises of the Athens Fe-
 maie College,
 Athens, June 4.-(Special Correspoad- ence.l 1.-The old time honored custom of annual commencement exercises of the Athens Female college was kept up last Sunday as usual. Dr. Alison West preached the comfnencement sermon in the Methodist Episcopal church at II a. m. Many distinguished divines, includ- ing bishops, doctors of divinity and oth- CTS have filled the position in the past, but none more acceptably than Dr. West
 At night pr. Sullivan filled the pulpit before an overwhelming audience Mon- day pr. Glenn of Elyton delivered an ad- dress in the chapel of the college and fully sustained his high reputation as one of the most scholarly ministers of the North Alabama conference.
 Tuesday night Miss Hams, the gifted and cultured elocutionist. and her class gave an entertainment in the opera house to the satisfaction and great de- light of the vast assembly.
 Dr. Thomas Armstrong. the able edi- tor of the Alabama Christian Advocate, delivered the address to the graduating class today in his usual polished and classic style The doctor is a favorite with the female college He is one of her noble sons, having received the de- gree of D. D. at the hands of her board of trustees, an honor bestowed by the mother of schools on an honored son.
 Miss Katie Kings concert will come off tonight in the opera house, and from the programme will be the crowning event of the occasion.
 Dr. Drennen of your city is here, the guest of Dr. Hawkins.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05
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 . regular customer. Supply of stove and kindling wood on hand. Telephone 4S7.
 11-29t tf
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05
HARD NUTS TO CRACK.

These are nuts for the free silver az itators to crack:
 The Cambria Iron Company of Johns- town. Pa. has increased wages 10 per cent amounting to an increase of the pay rolls of $20.000 per month.
 My trade today made me think of Christmas eve" said a prominent mer- chant on Saturday. That sounds as cheerful as a dinner bell.
 The Carnegie Steel Company has vol untarily increased the wages of its 10000 employees 10 per cent. That is material proof of better times.
 In seventy-five cities east of the Rocky mountains 227 manufacturing concerns have started up since April 1, and over 53. GOO men have secured employment.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05
Notice to Savannah and Western Bond
 holders.

New York, June 3.-The Savannah and Western bondholders' committee, Simon Borg. chairman, announce that they now have on deposit with the Central Trust company $4,400,000 in bonds and that all holders of bonds or certificates for bonds issued by the Mercantile Trust company are requested to deposit them on or be- fore June 10, after which time penalty of S1O per bond will be imposed.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

Congressman Bankhead voted for the bill to coin the seigniorage. This seign- forage is silver bullion charged by the government for, ,mintage. It is lying idle in the treasury. No silver certificates are issued on it. It amounts to about 5O,O00,000 ounces. Yet MT, Bankhead says there are not 2OO0O.000 ounces of uncoined silver in the world.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05
New Y ork Cotton Exchange Officers.

New York, June 3.-At an election held today at the New York Cotton exchange the following were elected officers for the ensuing year: President, Reinhard Siegenburg: vice-president, Gustavus C.. Hopkins; treasurer. Walter T. Miller.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

man in St. Paul is reported to have a free silver family-sixteen boys and one girl.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

man can mail a letter in the Bir- mingham postoflice and it it is properly directed and stamped it will be carried to any part of the civilized world. This is done by the postal union, embracing the leading nations of the world. But for this postal union the sender of let ter would have to put on that letter the stamp of every country through which his letter had to pass and the stamp of the country to which it was directed. As the leading nations have agreed on pos tai facili ties. so they can agree on inter- national bimetallism.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

Palmer Cox did not see fit to include a woman among his brownies, His excuse may be that the brownies only go out after nightfaIl
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

The election of a Democratic ticket in Wilmington. Del, the other day was the first victory won by the party in that city in long years. Addicks is charged by the Republicans with being responsi-
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

The dollars of our daddies" were few and far between. They suggest what 0. country preacher once said: "Breth- ren, you all expect to be carried to Heav- en on fiowery beds of ease: but I'll tell you. brethren. my bed has no flowers and but few feathers" The dollars of our daddies" are as scarce as feathers in this preachers bed. So scarce are they that collectors of old coins now of fer large premiums for them. Ii will be many long years before the 600 0000n0 silver dollars now current become so rare as to be sought after by numismat- iStS
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

Government finances are improving and there is fair prospect now that the deficit for the year will fall somewhat below $50,000,0O0. The improvement be- comes clear when the eleven months just passed are compared with the eleven months of the fiscal year of 1894. In that year the deficit for eleven months was 10000, ,000; for the eleven months just ended it was about $47 100000.
 Judge Gildersleeve of the New York Superior Court is not to betrified with. even by corporations. He gave judg- ment against the Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company for s45,GO0. The con- pany neglected to pay the judgment. but got the Supreme Court to fix the value of the property in dispute at ESQ., 250 Thereupon Judge Gildersleeve fined the company the difference, $14,750, for contempt His honor has a sense of hu- nor as well as a sense of justice.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05
ONLY ONE ROUND.
But It Was Beauty-An Episode in Atlan-
 ta's Council Chamber.

But It Was a BeautyAn Episode in Atlan-
 ta's Council Chamber.
 Atlanta, Ga., June 3.-The city council meeting this afternoon was enlivened by a rattling one round fight between All dermen Howell and Colvin. An election was on The council dropped a local char acter Jumbo" Hunter, city warden, and was voting for his successor. Alderman John Colyin exclaimed:
 '"There's a trader
 That's a d. lie"
 Whack went Colvin's hand against Howell's jaw.
 The next instant both men were on their feet and doing some infghting which would do credit to any pair of pugilists. Colvin weighs 275 pounds, but was very active. Howell, who won the title of colonel fighting around Atlanta in the war, is a hard hitter. Every mem- Der of the council except the chairman ran to the fighters It was hard to sep arate them, for they were in earnest. Howell had the. best of it when they quit.
 We are agents for the largest and best wine producers in California. We are prepared to fill your orders for Clarets from 30 cents to S1. .25 per gallon. Port and sherry wines from 70 cents to $1.50 per gallon. These wines are guaranteed to be strictly pure, having been tested by the medical fraternity and recommended as a fine tonic for inyalids. Speclai 1n- dllcements to parties buying by the bar rel. delivered free of charge in any part of the city. We are prepared to bottle these wines at small expense. We also keep on hand the best brands of old Cognac brandy and whisky and general line of fine liquors at reaSonaDle prices. Give us call.
 Corner Morris Avenue and Twentieth
 Street. u-5-tf 2p
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

A 16 to 1 advocate asks us to imagine Jefferson county shut in by a wall from the world. and only $l4O,000 in the coun- ty-then all property would be meas ured by that amount of money. But why resort 10 an imaginary condition when the same can be found set forth in : a popular book? Robinson Crusoe was shut off from the world and left alone on a desert island. He went to work and built hut and raised a goat and taught a parrot to talk. He probably had S in his pocket when he was ship wrecked. Was his property measured by that $5? Suppose he had had $10O in his pocket. would his property have been worth more? No. for there was no one to buy. If Jefferson county was shut off from the world there would be no purchasers for our coal and iron. We are dependent on the outside world for a market. and we must have 8 sound and stable currency or the world won't trade with us
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

Speaking of fine corn, hows this? The Abbevile Times says: MT. Vann has the finest field of corn we have seen, about twenty acres, that will average from shoulder to head high. Every stalk comes the nearest of being the same size and height of any corn we ever saw. It is a fine field of corn.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

This country is now praeticing bimet- allism. It must be remembered that bi- metallism does not necessarily mean free coinage. This country was on a bimc- tallic basis during Jefferson's adminis- tration, yet no silver dollars were being coined. Bimetallism means that both gold and silver dollars are of equal value. are full legal tender. and the government reserves the right to pay in either metal. Such is now the case in this country. /. France is on the same basis as the United States. It uses both gold and sil- yer, although it has suspended the coin age of silver. 9
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

Such flowers as the hollyhock, sun flower and princess feather are never used in decorating a church. Why are these flowers outcasts among their fel- low flowers and placed beyond the pale of Christianity? In the country they are much esteemed. Is it true that the spirit of Christianity has become so narrow and bigoted as to cast certain flowers into outer darkness? Are lilies and roses among the elect?
 Alas for he rarity of Christian charity under the sun
 Oflove for all flowers there reems to be uone. Yet he prayeth best who loveth best. all things. both great and small, for the good God who made us. made them all.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

Eufaula's pet hobby. the canning fac- tory, is assured, as will be seen from the following taken from the. Times: The machinery for the canning factory ar rived yesterday as was expected, and will be put in position next week. meet ing of the directors was held yesterday evening and an order was placed for cans, labels. etc. The plant will soon be ready to begin operation.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05
An Vol. Vol. 2s AeE-HERALD. Vol. ?

Entered at the postofice at Birmingham Ala. as second-elass matter
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

The Mobile Register thinks Judge Gib- bons had no right to release several pris- oners convicted of carrying concealed weapons because Governor Mitchell par doned a banker convicted of the same off fense. The judge took the law in his own hands and exercised the pardoning power to which he has no claim. The law takes no cognizance of what is called the equities If a judge may set aside sem tence of law in one instance, he may do it in all cases. This is sound reasoning. A judge can never justify his wrong ac- tion by pleading as excuse that others have done the same. But the Register departs from sound reasoning in another editorial. Il. refers to the action of mob in Illinois that hung a murderer because it was thought Governor Altgeld would pardon him. and to similar case in Maryland. Because of the leniency of executives the actions of mobs are jus tifed." Is the action of a mob ever jus tified?
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-05

Corner Morris Avenue and Twentietl Street. 11-3-tf 2p
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-20
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU.
Some Interesting aud Instructive Obser-
vAtions About the Objects it Seeks
and the Work it Does,
BY CLARENCE ]. NORTON.
PART III.


In our meteorological studies we
should, first of all, take note of the
fact that the weather is governed by
laws that are fixed and definite, just
the same as are the forces that sway
the planets in their movements.
Amid all the variability and ap-
parent lawlessness in the movements
of the elements, the close student may
discover the operation of inherent
forces of matter in it's varied forms.
There is nU element of chance or hap
hazard in any part of natures realm.
The principles of philosophy are suf-
ficient to explain all the varied pben-
omena of the atmosphere. This
gives starting point in our investi
cations. Despite the vari ability of the
elements, rs observed from a local
stand point, wider range of obser-
walton will disclose certain physical
constants, which are the principal
factors in the production of weather
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-20
The lola Racket.

gone out OF the business the past
year and ii is surely good time to
begin right when everybody else lie
leaving off. Use discretion in mat
ing your mares being careful to
select family noted for beauty of
conformation and size. Ii they have
speed too, it is no serious draw back,
but be careful to have the first and
your first crop of colts will make you
as pleasant surprise as when you
received your first drum as boy.
NOTES.
Black Bishop by Riley Medium is
the coming sire of the country. 1896
will see several of his colts in the
list.
Col. Bruce has left fair sprinkling
of colts in the county that promises
well. His three year old daughter,
ABSORB b., now receiving her educst-
ion at the hands of the veteran S. G..
Irving is especially promising. She
is the property OF ii. SHAPED.
Lizzie b., by Col. Bruce. Irving's
chestnut mare will be a prominent
feature In the sid heel brigade of
1896.
A. E. Wright owns fine bay gel d.
ed by Bruce that is great PROSPECT.
Otto Krsuger has Bruce that he
uses on the road and says he can go
fast enough to make the telegraph
poles look as thick as tombstones in a
churchyard.
w. NJ. Haney has two. twoyear olds
by Black Bishop that are worth going
q trip to see. One of them has al.
ready shown an eight at a ten clip.
Black Bishop, Harry Grubbs, Dia
vlo, Jimmie d., MOllie L., Irving
Ross and others of Bishops are in
the stable of the writer at the fail
grounds. A. K. Ross.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-20
SOME HORSE TALK.
Some Observations That will be Worth
Reading IL you are In the Horse
Business

Nine tenths Of the horse breeding
farmers of to-day will tell you when
asked that there is no money in the
business and it is q difficult matter to
get rid of horse now at any price.
While this is in the main true little
sober reflection would show them the
mistake they have been making in
the past, and convince them thor
oughly that so far from being uupro-
fable it IL, aud will always be the
best means for farmer to insure him
self little ready money each year.
1t is pure nonsense to say that the
fad for bicycles has caused the fall in
horses, when everyone knows that
not one mar in one thousand who
rides q achine even owned or cared
TO own a horse. The trouble has been
with the breeders themselvs who with
false notions If economy have contin-
ued 10 breed to the cross roads stall
lion year by year until he markets
everyW here have been gluttered with
the kind of horse classes as chunks"
for whom there is little or no sale.
This horse has nothing 10 RECON-
mend him but his five dollar fee aud
is always called general purpose
horse when in point of fact he is only
a worthless, weedy colt with a low
order of intelligence, suited tc his
worthless frame. He can only beget
his like and when the breeder puts
his colts on the market and finds no
sale he joins in with other calamity
howIers in the cry the bottom Is out
of he horse market.
The only class of horses in demand
Is the light harness horse and for
these the market was never better.
European agents have been here for
several years buying up and ship
ped thousands of them this year and
are here still willing to buy and ship
thousands more. 1t follows then
that this class of horses is the
best one to praise. His size and
spirit enables him to perform all or
binary farm work with such ease and
despatch as to put his plebeian
brothers to shame, he takes as nat
uralIy to all the saddle gaits as a
duck to water. Everybody knows he
is q road horse. He is equally at home
In the hearse or the pillow. The only
true general purpose horse, he is the
hardest, the earliest raised, the long
est lived, the most intelligent and
the only saIeable horse farmer can
raise.
H. Longshore, of Carlyle breeds
these kind and it is q well known
fact that ne has always got better
pricas 'or his stock than any man in
the county and there is nothing 10
hinder every breeder in making The
same success he has. And now fin
al word: Seventy per cent of the
breeders of the United States have
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-20

conditions. wi here note sume U'
these essential factors, which are 10
be. taken into account in the solutions
of these weather problems:
l. The heat OF the sun is constant;
that is to say, the earth as a whole
receives substantially the same
amount of heat force from the SUI
year by year. Laplsce, the great
French astronomer, stated that thu
mean temperature OF the mass of tn
earth cannnt have changed i'm an.
tpprecisbl degree within the enIir
period embraced by astronomical ga
culations, and that no change can
occur while he planetary mo, eInen, <
cmain " hat they are. This impli'
nat all The varied operations of nai
Ir dependent upon soar heat vii
tinut 80 hr win ssrd s0 long
uhexhtusIlb',. source "i Iift !,
.I.iu- la place.
=. Evap"rs I"u ant pT.cipitst
practically IuvnrIah'e and -
,"t =, eGu'l ~" ". 'ha
lifted from the surface of the ocean in
form of vapOr, must return ~ Tie Be-
To m tlutaIn uaInIc .qIIiIhI IL.
body of atmosphere surrounding a.
earth is taking mp vapnr ut all tim,
and is as constantly parting with il
in the form 81 IaIL, shaw, uew, InI>, &.
etc. 1t is by this increasing process
that the cunU.uvmte are nIiSa.,u aid
made productive and habltable.
8. The eneIS ihat I'rUnuc+s I. g
Storms:"f All kinds IL aIs"a physic
{ instant. NAtute's f"Ic-s are n-ve,
dormant, though tor time hey ma.
assume latent form. And it is
iemonstrAble fact that storms at
raging at all times over some por
lions of the earth's surface. Storms
are TN result "a ueaL euvISy u,eraL-
ing through the expansive force or air
and vapor. thy are natures pun
fiers and renovators, and even the
.''st viuIent sIorns-uaiI, IIghInI.
nd wind-are products of the benig.
dement's whereby the Earth is made
fit dwelling place for animate Great
ures.
here is constancy in the force o.
allure, and absolute unity in the OF
Grafton of its laws. Aud now, with
nese points in mind. we may find q
fairly satisfactory solution of the vex-
ug problem of various seasOns-th,
attenuation of wet aud dry summers
snd of mild and severe winters. These
extremes are local, not geuera Sew
ere and stormy winters do not begirt
the earth at the same time. Excess
lively dry; or extremely wet seasons
do not presail all the way round the
globe the same year. Every summer
is dr"uthv-snmewhere. Every sum-
mer brings excessive mosture-some-
Where. Every day brings its quota
OF storms and sunshine in some por-
tons of the country. Happily, all
drOuths are confined relatively mar
r Nv limits, and the same is true of ex-
cessive storms and floods. There
must be general counter balance for
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-20
FACTS ABOUT ALLEN COUNTY AND
KANSAS

KANSAS.
Allen county is in the second tier
of counties from the east line of the
State and in the third tier from the
south line. 1t is therefore safely
within the rainbeit and crops are just
as certain here as they are in any of
the central or eastern States. There
has never been a total failure here,
and taking one year with another the
returns from the farms have been
such that the men who own and Oc-
cupy them, although coming here
poor almost without exception, are
now in comfortable circumstances,
with good houses and barn, plenty
of stock and All assured competence.
OF late years the orchards of Allen
county have been the source of very
considerable income, as this has pro-
ven to he one of the finest of fruit
countries. Allen county apples took
the gold medal at the New Orleans
Exposition in 1855 and our fruit grow
ers have taken innumerable premiums
at Kansas and Missouri fairs. Small
fruits are no less successful than the
larger varieties. One truck farmer
near lola cleared over S2O0 from all
acre of strawberries. This year we
have fine crops OF peaches and apples,
and large evaporation at lola has
furnished a market for the surplus.
Allen county is within easy reach
of all the great western markets.
five hours from Kansas City, sixteen
hours from st. Louis, twenty four
hours from Chicago. Three compet-
ing lines of railroad, the Santa Fe,
the Mo. Pac., and the NJ. X. and T ,,
run frequent trains to each of these
points aud bring daily mails to every
post-office IN the rounty.
Since my last price list was printed
additional wells of natural gas have
been opened at lola, and the town
now has a daily production of twenty
million cubic feet Of gas, equivalent
in heating powor to 1900 tons of coal.
TIL is gas is piped all over the town
and is used to heat and light business
houses and dwellings. thus furnishing
the people with the most convenient
and the cheapest fuel in the world
The town is delightful place of resi-
dence, having splendid schools, pros
porous churches, enterprising busi-
ness men, and cultivated and pro-
gressive people. As a place to en-
gage in a manufacturing enterprise of
any kind, lola offers an inducement
of a prosperous surrounding county
competing railroads and practically
free fuel, while as place to live and
bring up family it is unexcelled.
The following are only a few of the
many pieces of property that We have
on our list for sale or exchange. The
most satisfactory way TO trade, of
course is by personal inspection, and
so we are always glad TO receive visi-
tors and show them the property
they are thinking of buying. But
correspondence is solicited and all
letters of inquiry about the county
generally or about any particular
piece of property will be promptly
answered. Address as above.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-20

Average Price of Provisions, Building
Material, Implements, etc.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-20
every local deficiency or excess.

every lOcdl ueHclenCy VI eACesS.
So, if we would understand the
philosophy of local weather cCndit-
ions we must take note of what is GO
ing on in the distant regions. The
GIBBS and flows of the great atmos-
phere's curraDts are continental in
their scope and effects. And the sea-
sonabIe rainfall of this midland
region is sometimes determined by
influences upon the air currents thOus-
ands of miles distant, and possibly
on the other side of the globe.
ITO be cOntinued.)
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-20
WHAT KANSAS DID LAST YEAR

The official report of the Score.
tary of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, just issued, shows that the ag.
gregafe value of the agricultural pro-
duet of Kansas for the year 1895 was
SIPS, SOB. 79l =, an increase of IL per cent
over last year. The following sum-
mary of the crops grown and The value
of each will show how varied are the
resources of our State:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-12-20
Defined.

Mrs. Polticks-Tom, what is the dis
tinction between ''gerrymander' and
an ''apportionment of political dis
tricts?''
Mr.. Polticks-The gerrymander is
always made by the party you don't
belong to.-Chicago Record.