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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26

LIFE WITHOUT cRUM- cicty. Indeed,
 PILED RosELEAF. amid the earnest strivings, the intellectual aspirings and the mechanical wonders of steam and electricity which environ us, a semi monster of the Lothair type would be as incongruous as faun on the avenue or pagan temple on mid-Broadway.
 Mere denunciations against extrava- gance do no good. From the time of Isaiah there has been m uninterrupted catena of denunciations. But the great fact remains that wherever wealth is in excess of culture, there also will be silly and selfish oxtravagance in dress and living. Only when the men, tai and moral qualities of the rich are in excess of their money do they spend wisely. Then they build colleges and homes, and libraries; then they do something to make the dreams of all well-wisllers of humanity come true. In this glorious capability lies all the poetry of wealth, all its great and gracious power, all its uncalculated blessings. As an evidence of this fact, take the one great idea that has per meated the religious world-Jew and -Ghyistian-for two thousand years, the restorStt1n. of the Jews to Palestine. When thil4 fact is accomplished we are led to hop9 for Il brighter day for all. and the accomplishment IS quite within
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whatever glory PLAYING WITH MONEY. the riotously rich take to themselves for their splendors and luxuries, and whatever glory they receive from those who flatter them, and those of their own kind who envy and emulate them; all reasonable and cultivated beings know that their sensual cxtravaganccs of every kind are but the freaks of big children tossing carelcssly around mon ey which, in some way or other, has been too easily acquired.
 AMELIA F. BARR
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26
MONSIEUR vIEs WITH

countries MONSIEUR NlES WITH it requires no MADAME. demonstration; an American household, even in the middle classes, being model school for throwing away the most money, for the least possible re- turns.
 American women have a reputation for lavish expenditure that is world wide, but they are not more extrava- gant than American men. If one spends money on beautiful toilets and splendidly dreary entertainments, the other filings it away on the turf, on cards, or billiards, or in masculine prodigalities still more objectionable. In most fashionable houses, the hus- band and the wife are equally extrava- gant, and the candle blazes away at both ends.
 To foreigners the most noticeable ex- travagance of Americans is in the mat ter of flowers. Winter or summer, women of very modest means must have flowers for their girdle. They will pay fifty cents for rose or two when half dollars are by no means plentiful, and it is such pretty womanly taste that no IIldll ndo bIlC uOttiu oO S uihO4S oo ~ only if the women themselves would add up the amount of money spent in this transitory luxury, say during three months, they would be aston ished at their own thoughtlessness. For of all pleasures, flower buying is the most evanescent; before the day is over the fading buds are cast into the refuse cart, and the money might just as well have been cast into the street.
 As for the amount spent in floral dis plays at weddings, funerals, theaters, balls and dinners it must be presumed that people who thus waste hundreds of dollars on articles that are useless in few hours have the hundreds of dollars to throw away, and that they enjoy the pastime of making floral ducks and dralses with their money.
 But if they do not enjoy it then why do they not initiate the economy of
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and women with u n d e vel ope d minds who hold
 society r ul g. nineteen t h s of which have noth- ing to say for tllemsc Ives in
 the court of req son-abovc nor al ald social ob- ligations, and a luxurio u S life higher h an a useful ono. For
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26
NOTICE.

Executions have been issued against all unpaid real and personal property, and com- mencing March l, 1895, the tax collector will proceed to advertise and sell same.
 Settlement at once will save advertising cost of $3.OO.
 February l5, 1895.
 a..es J. A. VANHOOSE,
 sa i6xat 5assss Mayor.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26
selves in charnel house of dying

selves in a charnel house of dying flowers.
 Our dressing and dining is done on the same immense scale. Lucullus might preside at our feasts, and queens envy the jewels and costumes of our women. Perhaps the size of the coun- try and its transcendent possibilities in every direction instinctively incite those who have the means to lavish ness of outlay. People who live under bright, high skies, and whose horizons are wide and far-reaching, imbibe largeness of expression which is not satisfied with mere words, and, if we look at our extravaganza in this way, we may regard it as a national trait, developed from our natural position and advantages.
 Wealth comes in at every port, and wealth, in spite of all our fine talk about the influence of birth, etc, wealth makes social equality. Consc- quently, as the world grows richer the area of society is much larger and includes all people rich enough to fulfill its requirements. But the size of the area has lowered the standard, and from the newly rich we can hardly expect those fine qualities which have hitherto appcrtained to the character of gentleman and gentlewoman, and which are the results of generations of culture. Profuse display will probably be the only social grace the newly rich can dispense. So. then, if wealth increases more rapidly than culture, it is sure, in the very nature of things, to be squan- dered ostentatiously, for the men, whose minds are in stuntcd state, be- ing fit for nothing else, will throw their money away on cards, or horses, or any other fashionable form of dissipation; and the women, in the same mental in- completeness, knowing nothing but how to dress and dance, when they have wealth thrust upon them, will be able to find no better use for it than to dress and dance all the more conspicu- ously.
 This senseless love for display, once inaugurated in city set, or in small
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lar, and gong to MONEY BAG.
 a great deal of trouble and expense. For, however extravagant the ma chinery of society is, it has tho enormous advantage of being there, and few people can afford to live against it. For to do as everyone else does, and to go with the stream, is so much easier than to set good ex- amples that no one wants to follow. Indeed it takes a tremendous exercise of pluck, thought, trouble, time and energy to reduce an establishment that has been an extravagant one to a more economical footing. ltis to every ones interest to be against it, relatives, friends and acquaintances all do some thing to force the would-bc reformer back into the regular way and groove, and he finds the social chains he has forged bind him and letter his efforts in every direction.
 The justification of private extrava- gant expenditure is found in the neces- sity of class who will have leisure to encourage the intellectual tastes and ambitions of the nation. And this end might be accomplished if only matters could be so arranged that shower of gold should descend on the right peo- pie, in the right place, at the right time. But wealth is no more to the worthy than the race is to the strong, and so it often finds outlets tor dls- persion, for which there is no justifi- cation, and whose sole object is that sensual life pictured in Lothair = fine houses, great retinues, costly clothing, clubs, yachts, conservatorics, etc., etc. in fact, an existence without crum- pied rose leaf, that would make man of mixture of the Sybarite and the Satyr Such specimens of humanity
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His Footing Sure.

He was not an adept in dancing, and he knew it, and whenever he made misstep he would ask his partner anxiously: Did step on your foot9' The young woman grew tired of his re- peated apologies at last and said; "You must think have as many feet as centipede. Cant you tell when you step on lady's foot3" Not in your case, he said gallantly, and there was such a world of meaning in his voice that she forgave his awkward ness on the spot.-Dctroit Free Press
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26
A GALLANT SOLDIER.
Mr. George E. shafer, of Scranton, Pa, Saw Service fn the Rebellton-A
 well-known G. A. R. COmradc.

WeiI-knOWn Gs A. 1ts COmraOc.
 (From the Scrcnton, Pa., Repubiican.)
 Mir. George E. Shafer, of 1859 Von Storch Avenue, Scranton, Pa., wears the honored brown button of the Grand Army of the Republic. He enlisted in Company A of the teer Infantry, at the outbreak of the war, and after year of service practiced his trade, that of a machinist with the army in Tennessee. He is now a member of Griffin Post, No. 139, of Scranton,
 Mir. Shafer was a mere boy in those days, and to-day he carries his 50 years lightly. He says he has had very little sickness dur ing his life, although for number of years past he has been troubled with dyspepsia- 2 disability that may be traced to his camp life and his constant work in the shops.
 Dyspepsia doesn't bother me much now, though" Mir. Shafer told a reporter. "Pain-Killer was recommended to me, and remembering its great efficacy in curing the pains of soldier life, tried it. Before that l suffered. untold agony with that lump of lead that you have undoubtedly heard about If you never experienced it. It is worse tkan the lead from the musket of foe. It used to attack me at all sorts of times, usually without warning. Before began tc use Pain Killer could find no relief ex- cept to let it wear itself out and then be careful about my diet. In fact, there was nothing that could eat and enjoy with. out the danger of bringing on an attack. But. now have no trouble at all" con- tinued Mir. Shafer. "I eat what please md when l please, and enjoy the best of health. If the lump of lead appears simply take two or three drops of Pain- Killer in e little water or milk and it dis appears instantly. The result is I am never vithout Pain-Killer, but always have it with me wherever go.n
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26
THINGS DRAMATIC.

John L. Sullivan, booked for O'Brien's opera house last night, failed to appear, and as result there was no performance. Sullivan closed the season Thursday night in Jacksonville by getting on one of his typical sprees. The company disbanded there and it's members are getting back to New York the best way they can. During this season he has gotten on at least half dozen drunks, and as result many dates had to be cancelled. At Jacksonville the entire company decided they had enough of Sullivan, and the result was as stated.
 .LAIER oN.''
 The opera house manage ment will pre- sent 10 local theater- goers Thursday night of this week one of the best drawing att fractions traveling, namely, Halian and Hart. Tbis is a firm of merrymakers which holds 6 high place in popular affec- tion. because they have kept faith with their patrons year af;er year in supplying a progressive and gingery performances. The bill which bore their name has never been a patchwork of stale nor stolen prop critics. ca the contrary, 1t has been scheme of pleat ure wrought out with mate rial of their own making, and usually magnetic. There has been variety of fresh details intfoduced by clever players, and never marred by vuigarity. Moet people are fond of tuneful songs and good natured nonsense. but the per sonal source upon which the expression of these depend must be apt and tasteful. Unlike tke gem erality of faice comedians who have ac- quir. d little fane, they have not under taken to absorb all mat was said and done in ih. ir performances. They have instead been in evidence only to the point of real enjoyment and surrounded themselves with the best specialty aids 10 be found. The st Qual has ueen an organ zatlon second 10 noue and a merit of performance exceed ingly attractive. 'Later On" is the name of tne attraction.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26

FLORAL DUCKS AND retre n ch m e
 DRAKEs. by curtailing the rosewater for his bath. Large floral outlays are just as fantastic an extrav- agance, for, though flowers in modera- tion are beautiful, in excess they are vulgar, and even disagreeable. The Greeks, who made no mistakes about beauty and fitness, contented them selves with garland and rose for their wine cup They would never have danced. feastcd and welded them
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shortened. It also promotes the secreton or an abundance of nourishment for the child.
 Mrs. DORA A. GUTHRIE, of OdkleD, Orert0n O., Tenu writes: "When l began taking your Favorite Prescription was not able to stand on my feet without suffering almost dcath Now do all my houscwork, washing cooking, sewing and everything for my family of eight. I am stouter now than l have been fn six years. Your Favorite Prescription sSe the best to take before confinement, or at least ss --:.f = SO with me. never suffered as little
 -haof my children as l did with my last, and she is the heathicst we've got. Have in- duced several to try Favorite Prescription,' and 1t has proved good for them."
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every day, as prcrogativc of its su- premacy. This trait is very early one, and the barbaric extravagance of "The Field of the Cloth of Gold" only typifed that passion of the race for splendid apparel and accessories, which in our day has reached a point of gen. eral and prodigal pomp and ostenta- tion.
 No other highly civilized nations have this taste for personal parade, and luxurious living, to the same ex- tent The French, who enjoy reputa- tion for all that is pretty and elegant, arc really parsimonious; and it is as natural for Frenchman to hoard his money as it is for dog to bury his bone; while Dutchman, or German, can grow rich on the salary which keeps an American always scrambling on the verge of bankruptcy.
 Some time ago Lord Derby said: "Englishmen are the most extrava-
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Children Cry for
 Pitchers Castoria.
 WANTED TO BUY.
 A stock of shoes at a bar gain. Address F. O. Box 584, AnnlStOn, Ala. IanIS T

ADDITIONAL PULLMAN SERVICE VIA
 SOUTHERN RAILWAY co.
 Beginning Sunday, January 27 instant, SouthernA Railway company will operate Pullman sleeping cars between Birming- ham and Winona. Miss, on trains 30 and 51. Passengers going west will be admit tt d io tleepers at Birmingham at 9 p. m., and passengers arriving at Birmingham will te allowed to remain in them until 2 nm. 1-81-tf
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may occasionally b e ou n d i n A m erica, but they are not yet a distinct class,
 D or a re t h e y likely to become one in our. push 1 n g, u D. n d. down, constant ly changing so-
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gant race in the " o rid, {, or, at
 least, only sur passed b y the A m CT i ca ns. :" And tn e ''sur- passing" in this direction, is so evident to any one ia mi far with tn e two
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town, is apt to take the lead; first, because all the snobs will cater to it.; sec- ond, because sen
 sible pee pl e know that they cannot start a r e f orm move m e n t without making t h e m- selves u n p opu-
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Beau Brummel,
 who, when com p d b y h i 8 debts to m a k e some sacrifice of l u X u r i e s, re- solved to begin
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M oT H HR. S

and those soon to be- come mothers, should know that Doctor Pierce's Favorite Pre- scription robs child birth of its tortures, 'terrors and dangers to both mother and child, by aiding nat ure in preparing tho system for par turition. Thereby
 "labor" |" and the period of confne-
 ment are greatly
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26

The finest of fine baking is secured with Dr. prcs's Cream Baking Powder. It is marvellous.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26
Both Sides of It.

Oldbach-Man is never too old to love.
 Miss Bud-Probably not, but he gets too old to be loved.-Detroit Free Press.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26

HE Anglo-Saxon
 race is inher- ently extrava- gant. The lord and leader of t h e civilized world, it clothes itself in purple and fine linen,
 a Il d Ii e 8 S Il m D t u ously
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26

Delicate and delicious are all food products into which Dr. Price's Baking Powder enters. The best leavening agent in the world.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26
PLAYING WITH MONEY.
Amelia D. Barr Discusses the Ez-
 travagance of Women.
But Men Are Just as Bad-I.Iko Big Chu- dren. All We Americans Pay Ball with the Money We Get
 So Easily.

lcoPYRrGHT, Iso5.l
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-26
AGENTS WANTED.

UlGGEST BARGAIN SOUTH-161-acre farm, D eleven head of Jerseys and two of the best paying minerals. Chemist test of values kaolin. $15 per lon; baryta, 50 to $19. 0O per ton. Write for informs ation, samples of mineral and price, A. H. 1ullis, Tampa Sta tion, Calhoun county, Ala. 124tf
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FOR SALE. x24o. Avenue H and 23d street, three

hOuSeS, xSUU caSH. "A DdTEHIn.
 FOR RENT.
 26l6 9th avenue, rooms, S10; 2629 7th avenue, 5 room 2, $S;' 22i3 5th avenue. t rooms, S10; handsome residence on south Highlands near goth street, $25. 40-acre farm, 20 cleared, on macadamized road, 3i3 miles from court house. well watered, under fence, good house and barn; rent s10 per month. W. B. LEEDY & CO.,, 2 31m 114l2 N. 21st street.
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MONEY TO LOAN-Best security required; M office 2d avenue and 18th street. over Hughes drug store. South West Jones.
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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26

HAVING been vanquished in an
open fight in the city primary the
republicans now assert that they
will put a straight ticket in the
field for municipal offices. This,
however, was their original plan.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26

UNDER the caption Of CRITICISM
Again" the New Mexico Collegian,
a magazine published at Las Cru.
ces under the direction of a man
aging committee of the Agricultu-
raj college, sends up a p~laintive
wall because the SOUTHWEST SEN
TINEL has Iepublished several ar
ticles recently which threw a few
"side lights upon the internal
workings of the college. The ar
ticle charges this paper with false
hood and a 'desire only to debase
this college and glorify the high
school in which it is interested"
All this is childish prattle. We
have not ventured an opinion in
regard to the college, but have
simply reprinted what the news
papers Of its own town have sale
about it. Regarding our having
published the minority report Of
the council committee sent to in.
vestigate hat institution, we vii
say that we did SO purely as a mat
ter of news, and since that maya.
zine has censured as for not tell
ing the WHOLE TRUTH in regard t.
the report Of the investigating
committee we will explain that i
we did tell the WHOLE TRUTH W.
would disclose the fact that th'
Influence brought to bear upol
the members Of the council com
mittee who made the maj ority re
port would furnish food for carp
ing critics. and raise the question
as 10 what that influence cost Thi0
paper has always been a frien'
Of the college and was one Of thI
first 10 recommend Mr.. McCrcI
for its president but recent devel
opmenis, coming from the source
which they 10, have a tendeuc,
! 10 awaken suspicion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26

Corporations Of al kinds must
make returns TO the income tax no
matter what their incomes may be,
and even ia The unfortunate event
chat they actually run behind The
law holds them to a stricter ac
couniability than it does individ-
uals who have nothing to do IL
their income falls below $500.
Failure 70 make return is attend
ed with a penalty Of 30 per cent
extra ON the proper tax for this
negligence, and also 100 per cent
for refusing. April Is is the last
day upon which returns can be
made.-New Mexican.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26

novel;. Atlanta Constitution; J Floyd
King ex member Of congress, OF LOAF
Eiana.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26

PHOENIX, Ariz., March 22-Amid
scenes of wild disorder the eight
eenth session Of the territorial as
sembly came to an abrupt termi-
nation at 2 o'clock this morning.
After a bitter fight the bill Great
ing Navajo county in the north
western part of the territory was
passed by both houses. The gem
eral appropriation bill was then
taken up in the house and every
scheme to delay its passage was
resorted to. The object of the
delay was to kill the chances for
the removal of the penitentiary
from Yuma to Prescott, for which
the Santa Fe railroad agents have
been making a fight, opposed by
the Southern Pacific company's
lobbyists. They prevented the
taking of q vote until after mid
night, when the session lapsed
through limitation. Speaker Car.
penter arbitrarily adjourned the
house. Nearly all the territorial
officers and institutions are thus
left without funds for the coming
two years. An extra session cal
be called only by congress at its
next session.
New Mexico IS now ready K
pass the Ounce capover to Arizona
Onr Legislature was at least wise
enough to allow liberal appropria
tions to our Territorial institu.
tons.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26
The u S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all Others.
Notice OF mortgage SnIe

w hercas, George Benton, m0rtgagor, did
w on the 18th OF February, 1892, execute
ana deliver % George W. ~. Carvll MS certain
mortgage on the real estate aud premises here
matter mentioned 10 secure the payment Of tile
sum Of Twelve Hundred Dollars as evidenced
by two promissory notes Of even date With said
mortgage each being OF the sum OF six hundred
dollars executed BY the said mOrtgagor aud
made payable 10 the said mOrtgagce or order,
six and twelve months after dale respectively,
both Of said notes hearing interest az ~ per
cent per annun until paid. And whereas SAID
mortgage provided, should default be made In
the payment Of said promissory notes, accofd.
ing To their tenor aud effect, It. should be lawful
fol- said mortgage 10 sell said m0rigaged prem
lses 40 public auction, for cash n hard, az the
front duor Of tho courthouse, m the town Of sill
yer City, IN the County Of Grant and Territory
OF New Mexico, after having hfst given public
notice Of the time. place ana terms Of such sale,
with 2 description of the property 70 be sold, Dy
publishing tile anne for three successive weeks
IN some weekly newspaper, published la said
County Of Grant. for the purpose OF satisfying
such indebtedness as might rewain due on SAID
prOmissory notes with Interest thereon, iOgeth-
er With the costs and charges OF the advertise
ment and sale OF said premises.
And whereas both OF said promissofy notes
are now past due. and there remains the sum
Of Right Hundred and Twenty nine Dollars and
blNtY-three cents f869. CD due ana unpaidt upon
said notes, the undersigned moftgAeee, here
By give notice that ON Saturday, the d0ul day Of
March, A. D.. 1875, 90 II O'clock a. ~, nc the front
door Of the court house Ia the town Of Silver
Ilty, b tie County Of Grant and Territory Of
highest bidder for cash Ia hand, the said mort.
gagged premises, the same being situated nl the
town OF silver City M She County Of Grant and
Territory Of New Mexico, aud more particularly
described as follows, i0-witf The norlhrO g hall
Of lots B, q. q. s. in block %. according 10 tho
survey OF John r. Frazier 81 the town Of eilfel
city, together with an buildings thereon, 10 sat
isiy said indebtedness.
GrouoEW ~. CARyir.
hortgaecc
Hi ncNFrT.
Attorney iOl Mortgage. iitr