Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-12
TOPICAL TALKS.

Athlete-Next Monday the teams of the
 Montgomery and Birmingham Tennis
 clubs will do battle for the championship
 Of the state Birmingham has been de- feaied lay-Montgomery in a match that took !plfce.in that city a few weeks ago.
 Now, Monfgomery sends her chosen war
 riors to again wrest victory from Bir-
 minghamt sBut will she do it? In the
 language of the small boy, 'I don't
 think"s Birmingham will be at home
 with the eyes of her people upon her, and
 she will never consent to be downed
 second tifnss Messrs. Walker, Clopton and Jones will represent Montgomery in the coming-games. MT J. Van Walker l, IS very well known in thisecity, having Visited here before. He is q great tennis
 player and worthy to represent any team
 In the south. He was the champion of the Southern university at Sewanee and has never lost a match since he left col lege. Messrs. Clifford Clopton and Arthur lsJ9aes are both Auburn men, where they held ,the championship in doubles Tor | -four years srhey have been playing to- gether for number of years and under l. stand each others game thoroughly. They will be very hard to down. The Birmingham team has not been selected FAS vet The trials will take place on F'riday.and all friends of the game and of the Athletic club are cordially invited to3attend the same. MT. J. P Ross, our champion all round athlete, football, ten nis, boxer and gymnast, will in all prob ability play the singles. He was taken l. sick in Montgomery and was unable to finish his game with Walker so they will fight 1t out here. MesSrs. London and | Ferguson Vs. Baugh and Thatch will con tend for the honor of the doubles. Lon don and Ferguson went to Montgomery and are more than anxious for revenge, but Baugll and Thatch say they were un- worthy representatives of the club and sheuid give way to better pair. The | gane-between these two pairs on Friday 1. will no dqlbt be very close and interest ingf 4ghe-game will be called on Monday at o'clock sharp. An admission fee of 25, ,cepts-Will be charged. On Friday the events will be free and all are invited to @ceme and cheer our boys We will win on Monday for the simple reason that
 great is Birmingham"
 Colonel Wit is all stuff to talk about
 maintaining the parity of the two metals
 if we admit free and independent coin- age. The present amount of silver can
 be maintained on parity with gold, but no more. The amount of imports and |-eSperts regulates the maintaining of sill yer on a parity with gold. Our exports noW exceed our imports by just about
 the amount of silver dollars in circula- tioh These silver dollars are kept on a par wlth-gold because the foreign buyers
 can -take.-them and send them to this country and pay for what they have bought. If any more silver is issued this
 can not be done and silver will depre- ciate.
 Shoe Dealer. - Every kind of s leather used in making shoes has advanced in price. Womens
 shoes which were formerly made of
 pebble goat, prunella, etc., are now made
 of black or fancy colored kid which re-
 qures a much larger number of smaller
 skins, a, scarcity of which naturally
 causes .yan increase of prices. Sheep
 skins and calf skins have undergone a
 corresponding advance. Cow hide and
 sole leather, which are used in the manu-
 fracture of the cheaper grades .Qf boots and shoes, have advanced loo per cent. . The adtance has been mainly confined
 to shoes of the medium and lower grades.
 The advance mainly affects those who
 wear the heavier and coarser grades,
 which require in their manufa etureH
 thicker uppers and soles. Thin shoes
 of patent leather and similar material, !. with light shoes, have not yet been se-
 riously affected.