Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-29
CURRENT COM MENT.

Farmers Of Polk county, Florida, are
now digging sweet potatoes, and the eau
tious chronicler says that many of them
weigh as much as eighteen pounds"
How many it takes to weigh eighteen
pounds is not stated.-Hartford Post.
A six years presidential term and no
reelection may be talked about as de-
sirable reform under present conditions;
but 1t occasionally happens that dem
ocrat is elected, and then the country
finds four years term much too long,
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
For paying his respects to the 'dowager
empress before calling on the emperor, on
returning to China, Lii Hung Chang has
been fined years salary. Now if he
were only here, We could ask him wheth-
er 1t was this years salary or last years.
Chicago Record
The excuse of the German officer who
killed a civilian who accidentally brushed
against him, that "he thought his uni
form had been furnished" is really no
excuse at all. Why didn't he wait to
see if tailor couldn't do something with
it?-Chicago Post.
A contemporary says that William X.
Vanderbilt is likely to be appointed am
bassador to the court of ST. James. When
this Is done, we shall expect to see Eng
land send Thomas F. Bayard to Wash
ington as ambassador to the United
States.-Chicago Times Herald.
Moses Thatcher Is to be disciplined by
the Mormon church on account of his eff
fort to break into the United States sem
ate. When we consider what has hap
pened this doesn't seem to have been a
good year for the Thatcher and Thatcher
Washington Post.
Accepting as true Mr.. Hanna's account
of what he did with Mr.. McKinley's hon.
or, which, he says. was committed to his
care something like two years ago, the
great campaigner does not appear to be
such q desperate man as he has been
panted.-Detroit Free Press.
Emperor Williams effort to inspire his
subjects with deep and personal awe Is
not universally successful, as witness
Herr Bebels caustic comment in the
reichstag on Tuesday. The keiser's re-
cent utterances, declared Bebel, border
on madness, and are calculated to strain
the allegiance of the people.-Providence
Journal.
1t is said that President Cleveland's
reference to Christ In his last Thanks
giving proclamation is the first instance
of such a reference in what may be called
an official declaration by President of
tne SldleS. we are lHCllueQ 10
regard it, however as mere inadvertence
mot originality.-New York Advertiser.
King Menelek is willing to leave 1t to
Italy's sense of equity to fix the indem-
nifty he shall receive for the board and
lodging of the prisoners he captured some
months ago. The Italian sense of equity
would better be keen, or the next batch OF
prisoners will not be permitted to put tho
Abyssinian government to eny such ex-
pense.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Chicago needs a Wash, that is to
say, Wash" Hesing as her next mayor.
It's "buster'' of campaign cry. and Mr..
Hesing's present ambition to step from
the postoffice into the city hall next
spring may be realized. The buttons are
! out, and the issue of the winter will be
whether the town needs cleansing
Springfield Republican.
Herr Most anarchist, admits that the
anarchists tried and hanged in Chicago
were legally murdered" and yet he is
not satisfied with the courts or with any
law that prevents his red-handed crowd
from rioting, rebbing and destroying the
lives of innocent people with dynamite.
Herr Most and gang should spend the
most of their time in Russia. This Is a
free country: but 1t is not yet free enough
to permit anarchists to run it.-New Or
leans Picayune.