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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26
DOTHAN.
Death of Joseph w. Guilford, an Estimable
 Citizen-Personal " Notes


 Dothan, June 24.-(Special Correspond ence)-Mr. Joseph w. Guilford, one of Dothan's oldest and most highly respect ed citizens, died yesterday afternoon at o'clock, and was buried at the city cem- etery this morning at II o'clock MT Guilford was one of the first to settle here, having located with us when we had less than 100 inhabitants He was an active, progressive, public-spirited man, loved and held in high esteem by all who knew him. He was generous and liberal and has probably done as much or more for the advancement of Dothan than any other man. He has been member of the Methodist church for over forty years, a devout Christian, and influential with all whom he came in contact. He leaves wife, a son, and host of sorrowing friends to mourn his death. A large crowd left a few days ago for Tampa and other points in Florida on the excursion. Some of them returned today. They report a big time, an en- joyable trip, and speak very favorably of the efficient service and splendid connec- tions of the Plant system.
 Miss Ida Miller, a popular young lady of Eufaula, who has been visiting Mrs. George Cotton on Rose Hill, will return home tomorrow.
 Col. P. A. McDaniel of Abbeville paid us a short visit yesterday on legal busi- ness.
 Rev L. P. Lathram of Newton preached a fine sermon to a large and ap- preciative audience at the First Baptist church last night.
 T. M. Espy, Esq, returned from Mont gomery yesterday where he had been for several days looking after some import ant cases before the supreme court
 Miss Carrie Kirkland. a beautiful belle of Abbevile, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A. Peterman, on North Foster street. Our merchants all report business ex- F,.o, oINy nr nf 10 Fruit is getting very>.plentiful. Sew eral wagon loads of large. ripe, juicy press peaches sold readily Saturday at 75 cents to $1 per bushel |
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

The Mobile and Ohio railroad has given to Mobile firm the contract for supplying steel rails for thirty-fiye miles of the road. As steel is not made in Mo- bile the Mobile firm will doubtless sub let the contract to the Birmingham Roll ing Mill. which is now preparing for the making of steel and the manufacture of steel rails.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26
HOTEL ST. STEVENS,

46 to 52 East Eleventh Street, New York. quiet, home-like hotel, most centrally located Prices very reasonable. Special inducements to tourists during summer months. Correspondence invited. New management
 LOUIS FRENKEL. | e-2-eod-50t
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

The Americans at the opening of the Kiel canal must have wished that their government had been as progressive to- ward the Nicaragua canal as Germany was toward the canal just completed.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

AgThe present management or the A ERALD has no claim aoairast advertisers or SubScrib- CTS prior to February llta, lo9o. Under decree of court accounts up to that date have been sold and transferred, hence cancelled as between the debtor and this paper.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

The enthusiastic fisherman is an angle maniac.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

The free coinage advocates never have any brilliant flashes of silence.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

The large number of fires must be due to the friction caused by the free silver discussion.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26
Brigade Encampment, Alabama State
 Troops, Mobile, Ale.

On account of the emcampment of state troops at Mobile the Louisville and Nashville railroad will sell round trip tickets to Mobile at rate of one fare.
 Tickets on sale June 24-30 inclusive, good to return until and including July l.
 R. F. BEASLEY,- 6-25-6t Passenger Agent. Young gentlemen having ambition play orchestral or band instruments o| any kind should consult Professor Weber at the Birmingham College of Music.l Splendid opportunity. 6-23-tf d
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

n9 EXCLUSIVE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATED PRESS. UNITED PRESS, NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK Asso- GATED PRESS, CABLE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD AND A SURERB SPE- cIAI STATE SERVICE.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

A monologist is as disagreeable IS a monometallist.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

Puck has a full page cartoon repre- senting a hyhra-headed monster ap- preaching the United States treasury. The monster is painted like silver, and his scales are of silver. He is the free silver dragon. His heads are Bland. Stewart, Jones. Bryan ct al. President Cleveland stands at the door of the treas ury with the sword of sound money in his hand, and beats back the monster.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

It is hard to suppress the truth. Like hidden fire, it will burst all bounds anf flash up. free coinage organ keeps at the head of its editorial columns several misstatements. and, among others, the misstatement that no prosperous coun- try has the gold standard. In the same column, little further down, is an edi- torial paragraph concerning the long reign of Queen Victoria, and it is stated that during her reign England has sur passed all other countries in her devel- opment and progress. Now, when it is remembered that England has achieved this wonderful degree of prosperity on the gold standard the contradictory na- ture of the two paragraphs will at once be seen.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

Since a debate of the money question between Congressman R. H. Clarke of Mobile and Capt Joseph F. Johnston has been suggested a great many people have expressed a desire to hear It. Should these two champions of sound money and silver respectively. meet in public discussion they would no doubt draw an immense crowd of hearers.
 With the coming of the summer solstice has come the social lubricator. Tn social entertainments the guests at first feel a natural timidity. The conversational wheels are clogged To use a bucolic nhrase. they pull under cola collar ["
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Scratching Bees.-The Huntsville Tri- bune occasionally strikes a humorous vein. This is the latest: The chiggers and ticks are most assiduous in their att tentions at this season, and the girls on the mountain are having regular scratch ing bees.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

Chestnut Trees Dying.-The Huntsville Tribune says: Luscious peaches are in the market in abundance and the crop in this section is unprecedentedly large. Something has played sad havoc with the fine chestnut trees on the mountain, and manylof them are dead or dying.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

In Full Blast.-A Huntsville enterprise is noted as follows in the Tribune: The National Manufacturing company will soon be in full blast. employing at least thirty skilled laborers. Their speciality will be the celebrated Lownes wrenches. but in addition they will be prepared to take of any manner of iron or foundry work. The gentleman in charge, Mir. C. R. Switzer, has created most favor able impression on our citizens as a number one business man and as a gen tleman. Mir. Lownes is too well known as a master mechanic to need commenda- tion at our hands.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26
AGE-HERALD.
AGE, Vol. 21 AeE-uERAI,p. Vol. 2 HERALD Vol.

Entered at the postonice at Birmingham Ala, as seeond-class matter.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-26

Accident to an AeronRut.-The Mobile Herald prints the following: A large crowd was at Monroe park yesterday afternoon to witness a balloon aseen- sion All went well until the balloon came down, when the parachute failed to work and the aeronaut came down on a house near Fraseat and sustained some severe, though not very dangerous injuries.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
JUDGE CALDWELL ouxspoxEs.

Judge Henry G. Caldwell, senior
United States Judge OF the Eighth
Judicial Circuit, has recently written
letter in which he says:
THE country.s about entering upon
another struggle for the protection OF
the rights and the promotion OF the in
terests OF the lAborer and producer.
which is in my Judgment, OF even more
moment than the fret. have been
surprised that the issue has been so long
delayed. The fight ought to have been
forced years ago on the line of absolute
and unqualified free coinage OF gold
and silver at the ratio Of 10 TO 1, withx
out regard to the action of England or
any other foreign power.
IF we are to be subserviens to Eng
land In our financial policy, why not in
in other mhtterss The financial policv
OF nation determines Its strength and
prosperity, and the nation which con-
sents that another and competing nation
may requisite its financial policy Will
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
THE CONDITION OF TRADE.

R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review Of
trade says: From all parts OF the United
States the best advlces obtainable tell
OF rising tide OF trade and industry
which threatens here and there to
mount too far and too fast. The volume
Of all business Is by no means equal to
that Of 1892 IS yet, though In some
branches improvement is greater than
that OF other years. Influences Of
tremendous power contributed to the
rise among them, encouraging crop
news and replenishing Of stocks which
have been for two years depleted to the
utmost.
Excepting too heavy rains in Texas,
crop reports this week have been highly
encouraging. Future injury to cotton
cannot be predicted, but "a yet nothing
indicates yield below 100000 bales
Receipts continue small and consump-
ton close to the maximum here and
abroad, though the marketing OF Brit
ish goods is not entirely encouraging.
Liberal purchases Of all products by the
South do not indicate belief that any
serious misfortune impends.
The strong trade in wheat growing
States also accords with brighter crop
prospects. Reports from spring wheat
States and from the Pacific coast ere SO
cheering that although the loas OF win
ter wheat was large, those whose esti-
mates have been most accurate in recent
years now vary from 100000. OoO
to 40, 0OO,0 1000 bushels. Atlantic exports
for three weeks, -four included, have
been only 5,75s.71s bushels, against g.
o06,232 last year, indicating no urgent
demand at current prices. There has
b cen fall Of six cents in wheat with
heavier sales than for three weeks past.
The rush for supplies in iron and steel
resembles the "bear panic" in the stock
market.
Eastern and Southern furnaces have
both raised prices again so cents per
ton and structural beams are Sls5 and
angles S1.25. It Is undeniable that
works in operation are crowded with
orders and others that have been idle
for years are preparing to resume. Fail
urea for the week have been 22s in the
United States against 214 last year and
81 In Canada against Is last year.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
Richmond college Sensation.

The Richmond correspondent OF ,hs
Petersburg 1ndex-Appeal has the fol-
lowing in that paper yesterday; There
Is another sensation at Richmond Coll
lege. To day the trustees turned down
Prof. Emund Harrison, who has been
instructor Of Latin there for thirty
years. Prof. Harrison WAS a sympa-
thizar with the anti Boatwright fac
tion, and 1t ia understood that this WAS
why the trustees took the action they
did. The way In which his services
were dispensed with was to declare the
chair of Latin vacant. It 10, OF course,
expected to fill 1t later on. Profet sors
Harris and Puryear, two OF the in
structors who were most pronounced in
their opposition to the new president,
resigned their chairs. Prof. Harrison
ss very popular with the students and
most OF them are highly indignant at
what WAS done to day. There Is talk
OF indignation meetings and Of hang
Ing the trustees in eff1gy. The trustees
themselves tried to keep their action
quiet, and the information as to what
was done did no. come from the board
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
The Mills Registration Case.

WASHINGTON. June 21.-Mr. IL. N.
O'Bear, of the firm of O'Bear & DOUG
lass. attorneys for the Republican State
committee Of South Carolina In the
Mills registration case, said to-day that
the case would be promptly appealed to
the Supreme Court of the United States,
and that the papers were now in course
of preparation. Referring to the news
paper comments made upon Judge Goff's
decision and the judges card recently
published concerning the case, Mr.
O'Bear said that the newspaper criti-
cism produced confusion due to the
fact that there were two separate cases
before Judge Golf at the same time, one
of them seeking to unfetter the ap-
preaching election, while. in tho other,
the effort was. to prevent the holding Of
the election itself. The injunction wac
granted in the former case. but not in
the latter. Mr.. O'Bear thinks the criti.
cism does Judge Golf an injustice.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22


SOME OF the negroes of New York city
are making the most of the privileges
granted them by the recent civil rights
act OF the legislature OF shat State by
visiting hotels, restaurants and other
places Of fashionable resort. and de-
msnding the same accommodations acs
corded to white people. AS failure to
do this would subject the proprietors Of
such establishments TO heavy penalties,
they are compelled to submit to the
intrusion of these unwelcome guests
with the best grace possible. They
have the consolation, however, of know.
ing, when the novelty has worn off and
the cost counted up, that these obtru-
sive individuals Of color will cease their
visits and settle down to their level. for
such has been the experience OF WASH
ington and other places where civil
rights laws are in force. Social ECU atty
cannot be brought by legislation, and
sensible and selfrespec ting colored
people have long since discovered this.
People, white and black, always select
their associates, and unwarranted in
trusions Of any kind are resented in
such way that they ultimately fall in
their object
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22

mouth Star, which WAS published on
June 90 for the benefit of the city hos
pital fund, reflects great credit upon
those who got 1t out. 1t was twelve
page issue and in addition to the cur
rent topics Of the day contained a num-
Der Of special articles of great interest.
The matter was we'll edited and the
editorials were crisp and to the point.
Mrs. John Wendell CAST was the editor
in-chief end she was assited by a
numerous STAFF.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22

THE monetary question Is the allah.
sorbing question Of the day in national
politics. Whether we are to have gold
alone as the primary money of this
country or gold and silver is question
OF momentous Importance and vitality
concerns all classes of people. The
people OF Virginia will soon be called
upon to face the Issue and render their
verdict. To be true to ourselves should
be our aim. To render just verdict
will require deep study. THE TIMES has
arranged for the publication of a series
Of most interesting articles on this Inn
portant question by United States Sena-
tor John P. Jones. Senator Jones was
q member of the monetary commission
that represented this government at the
international monetary convention held
in Europe in 1898, and is q recognized
authority on the subject with which he
deals. The first article of the series
appears in THE TIMES to-day, and
whether the reader be Democrat,
Republican or Populist he will find
the article we'll worth his careful st-
tention.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22

SECRETARY OLNEY's demand on Spain
for prompt settlement OF the Mora
claim, amounting to million and a
half dollars, is very gratifying to the
friends of Cuba in this country. The
Secretary Of State seems determined
that this government shall not be &C.
cused of partiality IN the conflict now
going on between Spain and her subjects
in Cuba. He 10 doing all he can to pre-
vent the latter from receiving arms and
men from the United States, and at the
same time making call for cash on the
mother country that can not but prove
very embarrassing in the present strain
on her finances.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
Likely to be a Oeiebratsd Case.

NIAGARA FALLS. N. ". June 21.--
There Is now every prospects thst the
case Of Jacob s. Kerngood, OF Balti-
more, whose body was found in the
whirlpool, is destined to become cele-
brated one on account OF the action OF
the insurance companies. Moses Kern
good stated yesterday that, so far as he
knew, his brother had only Sl0.O in
surance. but this morning insurance
men claim that jacob Kerngood carried
no less than $4,000 insurance. The
insurance men asked that the body
remain at Lewiston until after the in
quest. To this Moses Kerngood would
not consent.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
A Convenient Basket.

Some one has lately planned for tho use
of her own housemaid basket divided
into compartments that seems to be u most
excellent device for keeping together every
thing needed for cleaning and polishing
and busting. There is space for the soft
chcesccloth buster, and opposite one for
soilcd busters, pocket for the whisk
brooms for the stairs and other places, ono
for heavier dustcloths, place for every
thing required in window cleaning, the
bottle of ammonia, tho cloths, sponge and
channels, the wooden skewcrs of different
sizes for corners, the soaps, pnstcs for
brasses and all the brushes used in house
cleaning, for putting lamps in order, etc,
canton flannel cloths for washing floors
and paint and all the other tools needed
The whole stock of such things Is not kept
In the basket, but tho receptacles arc kept
supplied.
The things used arc to be kept MS clean,
by washing and drying as soon as used, us
are the dish towels in daily use. BY the
use OF this or similar continuance no time
Is consumed in hunting for articles needed
In mornings work. In large house
such convenience for the first and one for
the second floor would be n good idea. The
basket must be strong, yet light.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
A VEGETABLE PYTHON.
The Wild Fig Vine Which wrcaaheu
Around and Kills Big TreeR.

Woe betide the forest giant when he
falls into the clutches of the clusia or fie.
Its seeds, provided with pulp which is
very pleasant to tho taste of q great num-
Der of birds, are carried from tree to tree
and deposited ON the branches. Here they
germinatc, the leafy stem rising upward
and tho roots flowing, as it were. down
the trunk until they reach the soil. AT
first these aerial roots are soft and delicate,
with apparently no moro power for evil
than so many streams of pitch, which
they resemble in their slowly flowing mo-
ton downward. Hero and there they
branch, especially If an obstruction is met
with, when the stream either changes its
course or divides to right and left.
Meanwhile lcafy branches have been de-
veloped, which push themselves through
the canopy above and get into the light,
where their growth is enormously acceler-
ated AS this takes place the roots have
generally reached the ground and begun
TO draw sustenance from below to strength
en- the whole plant. Then comes q won
derful development The hitherto soft
aerial roots begin to harden and spread
wider and wider, throwing out side
branches which flow into and amalgalnate
with each other until the whole tree trunk
is bound in u series of irregular living
hoops
The stranger is now ready for it's dead
ly work. The forest giant, like oil e4o-
gems, must have room to increase in girth,
and here he is bound by cords which arc
stronger than iron bands. Like On ath-
lete, he tries to expand and burst his fet-
tiers, and If they wero rigid he might sue
coed. The bark bulgcs between interlac-
ing-bulges out and even tries to overlap
but the monster Inns taken every precau-
tlOn nU0inCt thfS hyy ire re hor a
numerous and wide.
AS the tree becomes weaker its leaves
begin to fall and this gives moro room for
its foe. Soon the stranger expands itself
into great bush almost as large as the
mass of branches and foliage it hos effaced
If we look carefully around us, we see
examples of entire obliteratlon-a clusia,
OF fig, standing on it's reticulated hollow
pillar, with only heap of brown humus
ut its base to show what has become of the
trunk which stood up in oil its majesty on
that spot.-Guiana Forest
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
Ouestion OF Law Repreaanfation.

BALTIMORE. Md, June 21.-An inn
portant convention OF laymen at the
Methodist Episcopal Church was held
here tonight to consider the question
OF Icy representation in the conference
of the church. There were 800 dele
gates from all parts of the Baltimore
conference. which embraces the State
of Maryland, the District OF Columbia
and parts OF Virginia, West Virginia
and Pennsylvania. The resolutions
advocate the principle of lay represent
tatives. but offer no plan and request
the laym en- Of the various conferences
throughout the church 20 sgitste the
subject,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
THE ARCTIC MUSK OK.
One Big Animal Which Is Not Likely to
Become Extinct

There is one large bovine animal on
our continent which is not destined to be
snu1fcd out of existence like the unfortu-
nate bison, and that is the musk OK. He
is under tho protection of the frost king
whose game pastures arc seldom penetrat-
ed by White poachers. On the map of
arctic America you can put your finger
down almost anywhere, so that 1t be on
land north of the Great Slave lake and
east of the Mackenzie river, and say,
There lives the musk OK, without fear
Of successful contradiction
Just beyond the limit of trees and
bushes, even tho smallest and scantiest,
on the silent, desolate and awful barren
grounds northeast of Great Slave lake, at
81 degrees north latitude, the musk OK
draws the line marking his farthest south
A man who can endure cold like an Es-
kimo, travel like u caribou, live for weeks
on frozen caribou meat, starve as cheer
fully Us Yellow Knife Indian and en-
dure tho companionship of vernin covered
natives con reach the southern border land
OF the musk OK and possibly get back alive
with two or three skins. Mr.. Warburton
Pike, Englishman, can do and did do all
those things no longer ago than 1890, and
his book on "The Barren Grounds Of
Northern Canada" is q most interesting
dbo OOAIIfOoNAOQ W our kuOWl-
edge of that very desolate country.
The musk OK is perhaps the rarest and
to white men the most difficult to secure
OF all our land quadrupeds. Robes are by
no means uncommon and often sell for as
little rs S15 each, but of mounted skins
there are in our country exactly seven.
Three OF these constitute group in the
National museum, two are at the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History in New
York, and the museums of Philadelphia
and Cambridge have one each. Although
during their long sojourns in high ATTITUDES
General Greedy and the members of his
expedition party killed many musk oxen
you will notice that they were unable to
bring back even so much as single horn.
w Il. Hornaday in st. Nicholas.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
Negro Murderer Hanged.

ELkToN, Md. June 2l.-Horace
Cooper, colored, was hanged here to-
day. The drop fell at LEA and he was
pronounced dead Is minutes later from
stranguletion. Cooper murdered his
sweetheart, Maggie PITTS, last Novem-
Der 18th at Cokesbury, near Port De-
posit. He shot the girl three times with
revolver. she dying a few minutes
afterwsrd. The cause OF the shooting
was Cooper's jealously of another ne gro,
for whom he thought the girl was giving
him up.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22

fn' It's produoera impoverished and Its
II idustries destroyed. and the nation
itself will soon be little moro than .
: mere dependency of the power to which
1t surrendered the most vital function
Of government"