Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-10
SANCTUM GOSSIP.


 The custom prevalent in Buda Pest among the pupils of kissing the hands of the teachers has been enjoined by the authorities as unsanitary. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 The practice was not only unsanitary but nonsensical. Imagine the feeling of disgust entertained by a sweet young thing with rosebud mouth when, the larger boys kissed her hand!-Boston Traveller
 There is no occasion to worry about that part of it. Such little matters all ways adjust themselves, especially if the sweet young thing" knows her busi- ness, and it iis to be presumed she does.
 One beauty about the woman's edi- tions of the Georgia papers is that no one is like the other. There is no servile inn itation. Each is as distinctively unique and unlike all the rest as though it were the first to be issued.-SaVannah Press.
 That is because each woman has got a mind of her own, and as she never ex- poets to run for office is not afraid to speak it. Consequently, that variety which spices life in their newspaper ventures.
 None of us is going to refuse silver change, but we don't all want a change to silVer.-Macon Telegraph.
 No, for the country is not ready to be turned over to the bow-wows yet.
 If MT. Crisp is in earnest about having the democrats nominate some Western man with a military record, how would MT. Debs do? It will be recalled that upon one rather exciting occasion Gen. eral Debs ordered his men to save their and
 The Daily State reserves for itself the right to name Presidential possibilities. Crisp. Allison, Mckinley ct als., take, notice.
 It would be dark day for the country if all the match manufactories were to go on a strike at once.-Rome Tribune
 That is where the lovers have the ad- vantage. Just turn on the moon and leave them to themselves, and it doesn't make any difference how the industries languish.
 Senator Allison is still a 16 to 1 silver man in the West, and very much Of a gold bug when in the East-Washington News.
 But in whatever section you find him, his contracts, mortgages, etc, will read payable ia gold" Scratch silver mon ometallist and you will find a hedger ; or, better still, scratch a mortgage and you'll find gold clause. Judge Crisp, so the Constitution says. told its correspondent at Americus that he was for the free coinage of silver In | Washington, says the News and Courier he told that papers correspondent that | the financial question was an important ha Far,tS d.1..,,s1 e.. | The Constitution of yesterday reiterated | that Crisp was solid for silver. We ageft | call upon MT. sp to interview hms,s l and tell the cC.Intry where "he is at"--- | Augusta Herald.
 Maybe he would be as glad as anybody l if some one would tell him. The new Kentucky woman will be sure r. to have hip pockets and a gun.-Wash- l ington Post.
 She would never find the one and never
 load the other. so what good would they 1 do her?
 Nine tailors are said to make man;
 the nine judges wrestling with the in-
 come tax may make a decision, but they
 won't make satisfaction to everybody.
 There will be a kickers' bee, no matter
 what the result.
 l How about that razoo-bazoo editorial
 combination that failed to combine, Brer Rabbit? Walk up like a little man, or l forever after hold your peace. | Q
 The city of New Orleans presents an
 object lesson to calamity howlers The | official report of that city's board of as-
 sesors shows taxable wealth to the amount of S140,654,475. This is a gain of | $1 ,S64, ,333 over the assessments of 1894. 1 and the increase is chiefly, first, in real | estate, improvements, etc, and in fran | chises, etc. There is also an increase in 1 the amount of money loaned in the total | value of shares of stock, in the increased railway traclage and in bonds But there were losses in horses. carriages, the cash value of merchandise. money on de- l post, in furniture, works of art, jewelry.
 in steam boat property and in raachin-