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Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-30
Dear Atkins:
IMMIGRATION BILL.

Washington, Dec 29.-Senator William D. Chandler, of New Hampshire. has given to the public the following letter:
 ''The new immigration law, if it passes, will require foreigners coming to live in this country to read and write as test five lines of the United States constitu- ton. There are certain five lines which eminent Spanfsh-American lawyers ought to read.
 dSection s, after enumerating in sev- enteen clauses the powers. of congress, adds another as follows:
 "1S. To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
 "A study of the above clause may lead some of the defiant advocates of an arr rogant personal government at the ex- ecutive mansion to revise their asser- tions. It Is not contended that the above clause IS gives congress power by law passed over a veto by a two-thirds vote to interfere with any power made exclusive in the President by express words or necessary implication. What are the powers expressly given to the President?
 ''First-To command the army and navy.
 "Second-To grant pardons.
 "Third-To make treaties (with the con- sent of the senate).
 "Fourth-To appoint officers of the United States.
 "Fifth-To convene congress, and to adjourn it when the two houses dis agree.
 ixth-To receive ambassadors and other public ministers. .
 "Seventh-To take care that the laws be faithfully executed
 "Eighth-To commission officers of the United States.
 "The above are all the powers granted. Compare them with the long list of pow CTS given to congress, including that to declare war and to provide for the com mon defense and general welfare, and ending with the power given in the above clause IS to make all laws necessary and proper to carry into execution all the powers vested in the government Or any department or officer thereof.'"
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ment Its evident object is to reassure and pacify Spain.-W'aterbury American.
 Unless all present indica tions fail, sev- eral distinguished gentlemen who have been prominently mentioned-by them selves-for cabinet positions will be mighty lucky If they ultimately slide in to clerkships.- Chicago Times-Herald, Rep.
 Gen. Mark Hanna estimates that fully 5000 Ohio men have already applied for offices under the new administration. The returns, however, are not all in yet, and the Buckeye state will make a better showing after a while.-New York Mail and Express, Rep.
 The tremendous announcement is made from Washington that Speaker Reed wants no war" Why, we had supposed that the speaker Is a man who hits his paunch with his fist and fairly pants for war. Consequently, the aforesaid an- nouncement comes as a Christmas gift, for which many thankS.-Atanta Consti- tuition, Dem.
 What we ought to do right away is to send Bayard to Spain. He has the British lion in such an amicable mood now that kitten could play with it. Give him a lit- tie time to study Spanish, and he would soon have the little king of Spain eating red, white and blue mint-sticks and play ing Yankee Doodle on the jewsharp.- Pittsburg Times.
 It IS Stdleu tIldl lHe ueluHCt odlly UT gan of the A. P. A. in Boston is to be re- vived as a weekly paper. large sum was sunk in the concern, and some of the small stockholders have not yet found out what became of their money. New ertheless new gudgeons seem to have been caught, and a fresh appeal is to be made to the spirit of bigotry and pro- ription.-Providence Journal, Ind.
 The executive department of the gov- ernment is better informed regarding the situation in Cuba than are the bel ligerent senators who favor headlong and ill-considered action. Nothing has occur red which changes in the least the situ- ton of affairs described at length in the Presidents message and the report of MT. Olney. Our sympathies in this mat ter should not blind us to the facts.- Boston Journal Rep.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-30
FOOT BALL AS WE SAW IT.

As there may be some of our readers who may not understand the foot ball game we append the following definitions of the phrases commonly seen in the newspapers. with the proper explanation as gathered from real life in the game between Yale and Alabama in this city yesterday:
 A touch down" is when the competi- tive teams rush against each other with all the muscular power at their cammand break noses, pull hair, kick and wind up with a call for water and physician to see who is dead and how many injured.
 'Kicking the goap' is almost repeti- ton of the touch down." only the foot may be more dexterously used in case of a tight game, and the arms and hands may also be brought into play la John Sullivan in his palmy days.
 Bunting is a variation of the Spanish bull fight. Heads are kept close to the ground, nose guards must be carefully adjusted, and water must be close at hand and several physicians on the alert with ambulances ready. While 1t Is not essential that some one must be killed in bunting" yet 1t Is a miracle If bone is not broken and strictly providential if no blood is drawn.
 "Bucking the center." Welt we've all
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GIVE HIM RELIEF, QUICK.

Senator Smith, of New Jersey. has been heard from. After spending Christmas holiday at his home in Newark, the New Jersey senator before leaving for Wash ington, talked to reporter for the New York World at some length on the Gu ban and other questions. Among other things the senator is quoted as saying:
 "For my part I cannot understand what the people at Washington are think ing of. l think we have much at home that needs attention, without going abroad to seek matter for discussion. It seems to me that the members of con- gress do not fully appreciate the situa- tion commercially and financially in this country. To any one familiar with 1t, as any manufacturer must be, it is de- plorable. There has been no improve ment, and I cannot see any prospect of improvement in the immediate future."
 Evidently MT. Smith has not been read ing the Mobile Register. Our contem- porary by the gulf will please write a rousing article on restored confidence" and returned prosperity" and mail a marked copy of the paper to the New Jersey senator, quick, or he will develop into a calamity howler.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-30
AN UGLY BLAZE.

Rectory of the Church of the Advent
 Badly Damaged by Fire.
 At 9:S0 o'clock yesterday morning firs was discovered in the rectory of the Church of the Advent, occupied by Rev.. Murray, pastor of Chat church. Box 12i on the near by corner, was pulled and the North Side department responded with their usual rapidity.
 Two streams of water were soon poured into the upper part of the building, where the flames were eating their way to the roof. The blaze was extinguished after hard fight, as at one time the whole building seemed doomed.
 The origin was from a defective f1ue. The damage to building and contents will reach $1,000.
 Rev Murray was absent from the city and his family will temporarily reside with Miss Hall, on West Twentieth street, until the house is repaired.
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pany. Since the muse of the drama lured young Griffith to the footlights' glare, he has had one supreme ambition to which all else was secondary-to portray the crooked-back Duke of Gloster, whose dominating love of ambition, and the love of show and power give the actor un- equalled opportunity for the display of dramatic genius and technical training in the legitimate school
 Colley Cibber's version, which MT. Griffith presents, was first brought out in 1700, over a century after the writing of the original, and has ever since held the stage as the most popular version. It shows the distresses and death of King Henry VI. the artful acquisition of the crown by King Richard; the cruel murder of King Edward ", and his brother in the tower; the landing of the Earl of Richmond and the death of King Richard in the memorable battle of Bos- worth Field, being the last fought be- tween the houses of York and Lancaster
 The production is claimed to be the finest from a scenic standpoint ever wit messed in this city The company in- cludes such prominent people as Anna Boyle Moore, Eugene Moore, Robert D. Leland, Jessie Stevens, Will H. Stevens, Edward Wonn, Celia Francis and Clem- entine Keagy. His engagement here commences on New Years Day-Jan. 1.
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seen or heard of bucl1ing Texas pony. This pony with an expert rider is not in it if you want to see real dangerous, damaging "bucking." The goat has even lost his reputation. To describe this "come-at-i-bus" the pen is inadequate it must be seen to be appreciated in it's real cannibalistic purity
 Run Round the End" is where the applause comes in lively. The ball is picked up by one player followed closely by his s-competitors-round the end they go like race horses until a tackle" strikes the leader when the ground takes the place of the rope in the effort to try the strength of full grown neck
 The tackle" needs no explanation. The word explains itself. It is simply tackle" tackle" anything from a straight drink of red-eye to the engine on the bridge-a feather weight or Corbett, a father-in-law and a mother-in- law combined; a whole band of train rob bers and desperadoes; a civilized army o2 Spanish soldiers commanded by Weyler- just any old thing that can stand hemp, lead, machettes, bowie knives or Indian clubs
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DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local application as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deaf- ness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is infiamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deaf ness is the result and unless the infiam- nation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine eases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free.
 J. F. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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STRICTLY IN TT.
That Is What Governor Joe Johnston |
 Says About Dallas.

That Is What Governor Joe Johnston
 Says About Dallas Selma Times. , -A
 Capt. " B. Atkins wrote to Governor Johnston asking him to appoint Col Jim Moore on his staff Here is his reply, and it makes good reading: Dec. 16th, 1896. Dear Atkins:
 Your recommendation and request to appoint Col James w. Moore received. I made the appointment on Monday and the only request I had was from my friend Nelson. You see, I did not leave Dallas out. The fact is Dallas now has Two senators,
 One governor,
 One judge.
 One treasurer,
 The judge-advocate general. The Selma Times,
 One brigadier-general, and some 4,000 democrats. She Is strict- ly in it this year. Your friend
 JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-30
PuRLIC OPINION.

It is terrible to think of the bangs of conscience felt by the unfortunate arinor. plate producers who now discover that Sam Is defective and quite worthless Chicago Record, Ind.
 Secretary Olney's f1at-footed statement that the Cuban question Is a matter for Executive disposition only, and that any atter6pt onithe part of congress to in terfere with It's dIsp6sitfQh will be ig- nored as unconstitutfonaf, is simply a clever e1pedient to side-track the dis QussioH tt a purely academic question which 9ahA0t De decided in time to have any practical bearing of Immediate no-
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The democrats whose votes for sound money made Mr. McKinley's el:ction possible and actual did not vote for tariff ripping and the industrial depression that tariff tripping necessarily involves. They will surely resent at the polls such false interpretation of the result last November.--New York World.
 If the peculiar species of democrats the world speaks of did not vote for "tariff-ripping and the industrial depres- sion that "tariff-ripping" necessarily in- wolves, then pray tell us what they did vote for. The republicans in their plat form pledged to maintain the existing gold standard until international bime tal- lism could be had and they also prom ised to restore prosperity to the country and proposed to accomplish that much- ly desired object by tariff ripping. " "Open the mills and not the mines,' ex- claimed Mckinley, and the World threw up it's hat and kept the expression stand ing during the campaign in big black type How win you open the mills, MT. AIcKinley?" was asked a thousand times. during the campaign, and the reply al- ways came by "tariff-ripping" and the World chimed in. All MT. Pulitzer's pa- per had to ask or demand of Mckinley was "are you opposed to trusts?" Mir Me- Kinley, Hanna's man, never answered, and has not yet answered. The World is Mckinley either directly or indirectly, voted for "tariff-ripping, pure, plain and simple. @
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.

A meeting of the state executive com- mlttee of the democratic party of Ala bama is hereby called to meet at Mont gomery, Ala, Jan 20. 1897. to consider and determine, if the committee decides it has iuridsdiction for that purpose, cer- tain complications that have arisen af- fecting the interests of the party in Mo- bile county, having relation mainly to the approaching municipal election in the city of Mobile. The particular ques- tion that will be submitted for the de- cson of the committee, it is understood, will be the determination of the qualifca- ton of the voters in the future primaries of the party. JOHN B. KNOX.
 Chairman.
 NATHAN L. MILLER SecretarY.
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The following is respectfully referred to the Mobile Register, which paper, it ap- pears has taken the contract to make its readers believe that black is in reality white. We are sure the Register will be astounded to learn that even the New York World admits that "the year is about to end in dullness and depression."
 "The year is about to end in dullness and depression. It might have ended in great activity and abounding prosperity. The reason 1t does not Is simply that MT. Mckinley and his partisans have decid- ed to treat his election as popular decision in favor of high tariffs, and to hold a tariff-ripping, business-d disturbing extra session in the spring, lest by fall there should be no excuse for reward ing the campaign contributors"
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The wage-earner who feared his wages would be cut half in too by a rise in the price of the necessaries of life in case Bryan was elected and because of this fear helped to elect Mckinley, and who is now confronted with another first of January without the hope of a job. should find contentment in the knowledge Of the fact that he helped to preserve the honor and credit of his country
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men of Birmingham which settles the fact that capitalists of the Magic City are seriously considering this place as a place of location. Vernon needs a first class drug store, and any one contem- plating establishing one anywhere should consider the many advantages available in Vernon. H
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It is given out that all the contributors to the Hanna campaign corruption fund who are manufacturers are to be settled off with by an increase of the tariff tax almost or quite to the extent of prohibit tion on the goods manufactured by them end that the contributors who are bond holders, bond grabbers and treasury raiders, are to be paid off in bonds. The people who did the voting will be pro- vded for later. They are to be extended the priceless privilege of paying the in- terest on the bonds and the Increased price charged by the manufacturers be- cause of the tariff both in ''sound money" money good anywhere in the world money so good that it requires twice as much of the products of labor to buy a dollar of it now as.I required to-buy dollar of 1t few years ago,
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Yesterdays foot ball game was attend- ed more generously by the sports than the members of the Young Mems Chris tian Association, under whose sanction the game was played. After seeing the game quite a number of sports suggested bull fight or prize fight instead in deference to humanity. This is question for Christian philosophers to discuss, but for once we are in strict sym pathy with the sports in their decision.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-30
BITS OF WIT.

Dombey-"When your wife gets angry won't she speak to you?' Capt Cuttle- "She won't do anything else. Tit Bits
 Karl baby has been squalling fear fully all day Isguess I'll sing something perhaps that will keep it quiet" Don't sing! Don't singl Let the kid scuall."- Fliegende Bleatter.
 Tommie Tompkins-"Pa, was Sena- tor Ducksworth, who died the other day, 8 politician or statesman?" Tomp- kins-" Nobody knows yet, my son; his estate hasn't been appraised. Truth.
 Gaffer-"Queer never could stand pros perity." Bland-'Why?" Gaffer-"Just as soon as he began to make money the | police swooped down and arrested him | for counterfeiting." Philadelphia North | American.
 How many men did we kill in that last battle?" asked Weyler. You said 5000" replied his secretary. The general thought moment; then he said "Well, that's a good round number. Let it go at thatp'-Atlanta Constitution
 Tommie-"I've got $S in my bank" Mr. Freshman-'Indeed! Where did you get It all?' Tommie-"Every time sister Lii gets new beau he gives me 10 cents to stay out of the parlor." Now Tommie has'$S in his bank.-Cleveland Leader
 ''No, there is one thing, my daughter IS not being married for her money. I have made inquiries and find that her Intended is not only free from debt, but that he's had excellent expectation what on earth is he marrying her for, then %'-Judge.
 Johnson Crushing into pr. Currents of- fee)-Say, doctah, what dat med 'cln you don give me for de baby las nj?
 pr Curem pompously-Oh. that was just little tinct. Opii.
 Johnson-Tink opey, eye? That mus ben tink shutey eye. He ain't opey eye since. He deadi-New York Herald.
 His Poignant Grief: What on earth are you blowing so hard about Freddy"
 Daddy whipped me-"
 Well, what if he did? You've been whipped before, and the occasion doesn't call for such heartrending grief"
 But he w-w-w-hipped me with s-s-switch cut from the Christmas t-tree." Truth.
 Housewlfe-It is dreadful to think what whisky will bring a man to. Tramp That's so, mum. Afore I took t de road I never thought I would hev t eat sich things ez are bein' handed out to me every day.-Judge.
 Mother-Charle you said you had been to Sunday school Chalie (with a far y-look)-Yes7m Mother-How does it happen that your hands smell fishy? Chalie-I carried home the Sunday school paper, an tn outside is all about Jonah and the whale.-London Tit-Bits.
 The Feminine Instinct: q admit that as yet woman is not absolutely certain of her sphere,' said the high -browed lady. q thought as much said the base man. eff she felt it was really and truly her own she would already have had 1t dec- orated with pink ribbons. s."-Indianapolis Journal
 well Teddy have you been a good boy today?" asked his mother. upon her return home late in the afternoon. NO, ma 'am." replied the truthful Ted. T hope you have not been a bad boy?" No, ma am; not very bad boy and not very good boy-just comfortable. "- Harper's Round Table
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With the exception of one or two Ala bama newspapers, the story that the prosperity promised by the republicans and their allies before the election, has actually come, does not go any longer. Will the Mobile Register please inform us why it is that the New York Press, republican paper prints a hree-column cartoon, entitled "Why Better Times Do Not Come" with the following legend underneath it: "Silver Senator-Ah, Good News! The longer I can block rev. enue legislation, the more the failures"
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Everything seems to be quiet in Tur- key, but not among the turkeys.-Florida Times-Union. .;zs .+e
 What about the ducks since Growers outing? E
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The practical application of McKinley's epigram, "open the mills and not the mints," appears to have the effect of closing the banks.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-30

Queen Lii is said to be getting sensi- tive about the newspapers continually coupling her name with that of the Pres ident.
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EYE ON VERNON.

The last issue of the Lamar Democrat contains the following:
 Capitalists of Birmingham have an eye on Vernon as a place of location. Some of our prominent business men have re- ceived letters of inquiry from business
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to the battleship Texas to keep her right side up.
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AT THE THEATRE.

Tonight the theater-going public will
 be given the chance of seeing that prince
 of all fat comedians, J. c. Stewart, in his
 famous sparkling comedy. "The Two
 Johns." Both play and player have wide
 and favorable reputation, and the name
 of Stewart Is never mentioned unless the
 1.-Two Johns' is simultaneously sug-
 gested
 Years ago this play and player delight
 ed thousands, and tonight will be repe-
 tition of success of days gone by, for an
 appreciative public and the Birmingham
 play-going public Is nothing if not appre- ciative, never forgets good thing. Fatty Stewart, as he is known among his friends, has revised, remod-
 eled and rejuvenated the Two Johns" until it is better, brighter, grander, fun nier and more interesting than ever be- fore In fact, the people of Birming- ham have never seen this play to the advantage that they will tonight. New specialtes and beautiful scenery is presented in each act. The specialties, and they are all new. are exceedingly strong, being the very best that the pres ent stage affords Pretty girls and entic- ing music play prominent part, while the most popular songs of the day will be introduced by MT. Stewart and a full company of eighteen artists. & The Two Johns'' has been packing houses everywhere this season, and no | doubt the opera house will be well filled l tonight.
 | JOHN GRIFFITH AS RICHARD III l The early appearance in this city of Mr. John Griffith in a pictorial production | of Shakespeare's Richard Ill.," will serve to introduce this admirable player in new guise, and one in which he has been warmly received in several of the larger cities during his present tour. The task of presenting this tragic idyl in the provincial cities reflects credit l upon the management. for the reason of scenery and other theatrical parapher- nalia at great expense. besides the ena- ployment of large and superior com