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The age-herald., 1897-11-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Pug noses and bad pennies are always sure to turn up.
 Blockheads are not the kind that pro- duce burning thoughts.
 A man always has cold in his chest after the iceman fills it.
 Whisky may improve with age, but age doesn't improve with whisky.
 It is always the self-unmade man that lays the blame on others.
 The postage stamp that carries love letters seldom sticks to cold facts.
 Nothing takes a man down so much as to have some woman blow him up.
 Misery likes company, but it is better to have rheumatism in one foot than in both.
 All the worlds a stage, and to the tramp is assigned the part of walking gentleman.
 The lower down a man gets in the world the nearer the roof you will find him.
 He who runs may read, but If he's rum ming for office, the less he has ito say the better.
 There is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, but there is only one be- tween a man and the sidewalk.
 Many a man who thinks his persuasive powers are sufficient to control the af- fairs of a nation wouldn't even make a successful book agent.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18
GHOSTS AND GHOST LORE.

Andrew Lang, who has written more books this year than amy other man of acknowledged ability in the English speaking world, has just added anoth r to the Dst, with the title Of "The Book of Dreams and Ghosts It is a large volume and the print Is small. As a. re- suit there is enough b.tween its covers to make the hair rise and the flesh creep several hundred times if any on7 had the patience and endurance to read it through from ome end to the other. Evsu,y possible soiit of visitation from every sort of spook finds mention in these pages from the plain ghost, which looks just as every ome knows a we'll regulated ghost should, to the dreadful complications which MT. Lang describes under the heading of Mixed Bogies."
 What dihe volume does not contain howev5T is an opinion about the facts behind these uncheerful happenings. MT. Lang is not only a good golf player. the writer of admiratIle verses, the teller of excellent stories, a notable historian in several directions, a careful Grsek scholar and translator and several things which would serve to gratify an ordinsry mans ambition, but he Is am expert mythologist, having published a volume controverting no 1sss an authorti- ty tllan Prof. Max MuTler @ few months ago. and knows enough about amthropod- egy to make lris opinion as a man of science of distinct value. But he seems to have the fear of the fate of Wallace or Lankester before his eyes and the best of his own views is not put upon the stl'ange things which others arava seen for him to sat down.
 .'This book does not pretend to be a convincing, but merely an illustrative collection of evidence" he says and then, later, after pointing out the difficulties which must be met in endeavoring to study the question at all exhaustively, he concludes: "In short, all studies have their perils, and these are among the dangers which beset the path of the in- quirer into things ghostly. He must adopt the stoical maxim, Be sober and do not beliewe'-in a hurry" But MT. Lang admits that science makes no de- uial of the fact of separations. Huxley
 laid particular stress upon the fact that ''seeing is not always believing. '' noting that the trained and educated eye Is alone competent to judge of all that falls within it's range of vision-an eye. which, Joy the way, seems to have seen few ghosts. But the world changes mightify in this respect, as MT. Lang shows. Ghosts used to be simply the spirits of those who had gone before. Then the evil one was thought to have a hand tn their appearance. Finally. from 1860 to 1850, or whereabouts as the editor affirms, no man was permitted to say he had seen a ghost and be regarded
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

as quite In his own mind. There is no douiht that the inexplicab1e knoclSinss in the house of Charles Wesley and the experience of Lord BronghaTn, two of the sanest men that ever breathed, would have subjected them to great trouble If they had become generally known dur ing their Hfetlmes. Since 1860 there is a doubt about the doubt and the Society for Psyehical Research has made 1t pos sible for a rational investigation to be conducted in respect of all manner Of supernatural visitors, at least so far as Great Br- tain and America are concerned, it's conclusions being convincing to mosi persons.
 Among the specific examples which are cited to be enumerated all kinds Of thought transferencs and telepafhy, mes sages from the dead, warnings, second sight, haupdngs, all manner of spooks, and sensations without actual things which could be ssen. Dreams and visions have each a chapter to themselves and wrafths are distinguished from ordinary ghosts. This is dne of the things which are not accounted fer: A women guest in a hotel rings for the elsvatcir and walks on down the hail. turning as she thinks sf,ls hears 1t approach. JHEt as she comes to the door intending to step aboard of it she sees a man standing there and, of course. draws back rather than run into him. Atthat moment the lighted elevator appears Ito show her that there was no man there at all, but, had she gene on as she meant to, she would have stepped into the shaft the door standing wide open.
 Again, a man went dcNsn to spend the night with beac each-comter named. .Bohsr After they had both gone to sleep the visitor was awakened by five or six big black dogs which werae playing about in the room, one of them having pusIhsd Its muzzie into ihis face. He got up and turned them out of doors, came back to bed and composed himself to sleep only to feel something pull the bedclothes down from his shoulders. dIe pulled the thing pulled, until at last he became frightened and tirfisd to wake Better, but could not The thing kept on pulling and Ut took all his strength to keep the blan- ket from being toun off fim altogether. At last he made a desperate grasp and caught a big, hairy, thHmbless fland- which was not attached to anything at all! He thlsew it away, naturally. When he told Bolter the next morning Bolter said he was lucky not ito have had the dogs also!
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

Governor Johnston has set an excellent example for those statesmen who aspire to write "state papers," in the brevity of his model thanksgiving proclama ton. He might have wirltten a proclamation of two thousand words in length, but he could have said no more. The gow- eunor who writes short proclamations and messages is the one who will please the people. His documents w.dl be read and remembered and that is what is most desired.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

higher court. knowing that 1t will be decided against him under the law and preeedents governing the matter. he is simply working for delay and ought to be disbarred. The people have lost all patience with the technicalities by which lawyers delay justice fin criminal cases, and If this evil is not checked 1t will make tlle legal profession unpopular.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

The people of Afabanah are thanazfna that yellow fever is fast disappearing from the state but they will never for give those alleged friends of the public health who have sought to build up po- atical positions on the graves of the dead
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

The board of aldermen will act. But boards of aldermen have no terrors for robber gas companies. Bi-product plants. however, have. A bi-product plant is to be erected at the Sloss furnaces. This bi-product plant may give 75-cent gas to the citizens of Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

If the conduct of some persons in Montgomery within the last few weeks will serve as an index to the future, it Is wathin reason to believe that the disap- pearance of yellow fewer from that city ifs viewed with alarm rather than pointed to with pride.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18
Hadn,tT Thought of That.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 'Td like to know" exclaimed the en- ragged client, why I ought to feel jubi- lant over the outcome of this case2"
 Didn't we obtain verdict for s10.- 000?" the lawyer asked.
 'Yes. but you got about all of 1t. What good does it do me?"
 My dear sir. the other fellow feels just as bad as If every cent of it were going into your pocketr
The age-herald., 1897-11-18
The American Article.
From the Kansas City Star.

Fuom the Kansas City Star.
 As the yellow fever Is disappearing from this country it is proposed that the government dispatch a corps of bacter- iologists to study the disease at Havana, where it may be said to always exist. This is no doubt a good idea, but the yellow fever we most desire information about is the American and not the Span dsh article, and the conditions which should be most diligently Investigated are those under which the fever gains a fboiId and spreads within our own terri tory. We shall be careless and remiss if from the field of tine late invasion of the fever we do not gain a vast amount of information available for future use.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

As the facts show that Weyler stole several hundred thousand dollars while in Cuba, the impression now prevails all his time was not spent in working the typewqiting machine
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

1t turns out that those numerous trips Weyler made from Havana into the in terior were for the purpose of stealing the dunds sent from Spain ao carry on the war, rather than to subdue the in- surgents. 4
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

The judicial robes have been trailed in the mud 50 many times in the past that soma have a strong resemblance to peliNi icians rsvs srsilSle coat.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

There is no danger of Jcn Corbett ever being a resident of Atlanta, should that city become the home of the real fighters of the country.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18
His Harvest Timo.

From the Chicago News. The chilling winds sweep through the
 sky; The winter season comes, And soon we'll see the plumber hie Him forth to gather plumbsI
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

Josiah Patterson and Bill Bynum are only alleged statesmen! But thsy are out of jobs just the same.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

If the Commercial club-would develop Birmingham it must have the courage and honesty to demand cheaper gas.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

This Is Henry " watterson's losing year. First, he lost the election in Kentucky, and in two weeks to day he lost his trunk in Georgia.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

Let the Commercial club demand dol lar gas. Birmingham can't get people here af they must pay $1.65 for gas.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

Judge Coleman is no doubt in a mucf different temperature from that suggest ed ady his name.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

Come home, Maj. Johnson and demand dollar gas. You can't do better woik for Birmingham at present.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

lsetsd It Is sad to contemplate what might have ben the result had inc been Narm and scattered.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

If $1.65 must be paid for gas the Con- mercial club must call in Maj. Johnson. That kills all the good work th's good anan can, de-
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

The falling of frost at the capital will, 1t is believed. have tendency to revive the canned salmon market in that To- caIity
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

The heavy frost at Montgomery has, it is hoped, silenced MT. Jones.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

Mark Hanna has got to do a great deal more digging before he secures that senatorial nugget.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

Ut is said that when MT. Thomas G. riots he wais at all times cool and col-
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

As long as Birmingham must pay $1.65 for gas the lie is given to all claims of cheap fuel here.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

MT. Thomas G. Jones can now take a long and much needed rest.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

The football brutes may in timle be forced to work for an honest living.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

In the opini5n of the Georgia qegisla- ture football playing is many times more brutal than lynching.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

The coil is gently but firmly tightening about the gas thieves.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

Senator Foraker bids fair to becom the Tom Jones of the Ohio situation.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

Tfls Canadian prsmfer was smart enough not to invest in a gold brick at Washington.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

The gas robbers may be glad to sell gas at any price before the public gets through with them.
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

put to shame the courtesy" of a band of pirates
The age-herald., 1897-11-18

terior were for the purpose of stealing the dunds sent, from Spain flo carry on the war; rather than to subdue the in surgents. A-.t As the facts show that weyler stole several hundred thousand dollars while in Cuba, the impression now prevails al his time was not spent in working the typewriting machine.
 
 This Is Henry " Watterson's losing year. First, he lost the election in Kentucky, and in two weeks to a day he lost his trunk, in Georgia.
 
 There is no danger of J'cn Corbett eyer being a resident of Atlsnta, should that city become the home of the real fighters of the country.
 The judicial robes have been trailed in the mud 50 many times in the past that soma have a strong resemblance to a politicians reversible coat.
  If $165 must be paid for gas the Com mercial club must call in Maj. Johnson. That kills all the good work ths good man can do.
 The falling of frost at the capital will, 1t is believed, have tendency to revive the canned salmon market in that To- caNty.
 Let the Commercial club demand dol lar gas. Birmingham can't get people here sf they must pay s1.65 for gas.  If the Commercial club would develop Birmingham it must have the courage and honesty to demand cheaper gas. Josiah Patterson and BilI Bynum are only alleged statesmen! But thsy are out of jobs just the same.
 Come home, Maj. Johnson. and demand dollar gas. You can't do better woik for Birmingham at present. Judge Coleman is no doubt in a much diff=rent temperature from that suggest ed aay his name.
 Mark Hanna has got to do a great deal more digging before he secures that senatorial nugget.
 ?
 As long as Birmingham must pay $1.65 for gas the lie is given to all claims of cheap fuel here.
 In the opini5u of the Georgia legtisla- ture football playing Is many times more brutal than lynching. 1 Tfls Canadian prsmfer was smart enough not to invest in a gold brick at Washington.
 The gas robbers may be glad to sell gas at any price before the public gets through with them.
 The insolence of the gas robbers would put to shame the courtesy" of a band of pirates.
  the Tom Jones of the Ohio situation. 
 The football brutes may in timle be forced to work for an honest living. The heavy frost at Montgomery has, it is hoped, silenced MT. Jones.
 MT. Thomas G. Jones can now take a long and much needed rest.
 The coil is gently but firmly tightening
The Lamar register., 1897-08-21
RepuelIcan STAGE conyentIen.

headquarters Republican State CentraI
Cosumitres. Rlstofice Drawer l54h
Denver. Colorssio, August 9. lsg7,
Pursuant to the aet5a1 q the executive
committee u the repu blScan STATE cgutraj
conmittae a. meeting hsii this dsy IN
the city q DenEeT, noitoe i hereby given
that oa1vention q the repli bi1can pssrty
gili De bod at the Broadway tsestsr 10
Denver. CAa5orstSo. At - s'elock a El., en-
Frfdsy. the ;izsi q Ssptelaber. lsy..
At sss3 coDVentiua there shall be ufsEu-
mated candidate for Jaglse cF the So
prenae Cosrt 70 b voted sar Al the -sner-
Al electsos - be be3d on the 2Dd day q
Novcuher. fssf7, ard said cnnEsEtion viii
tTz2sscf such other business as sahll
pr,eg@rly come hsfoae L.
The nunsber q delegates 10 said carrcz
tam IRON the several SadGntiss q the state
are tas~d upoz ths Vutss cast a. the last
Sezersl s,eet5sn tar vepublirAa slg-stn-s-
The several couzssts are cattle 70 she
to5Acwiac delegates. tD-ET1ts
EAroGerS ClountF : delegates
Eepnbliczus Hii Taxa ra1.iee helrrnf a-d
cau@e tisssr cguzty eo1veaf50ss 80 t,e igcld
= Es-s1rssznre hFTeuith. Tfss tslsgatss 10
The state aonxeat ti1u SAY ceaveae lUsticial
district epuVrutiaas Ehsu aeoesshrr- and
take All pu17-sr Sts4s 70 have nGndtdats
for district attorney aoaliz, Efssi Tor szch
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Senerzl sissotio1 and % transact s,seh ast.-
er buslnsss Ns zsay Frupusriy curas before
then Shou!3 1aE oouts~t Nrrse cuo0eru-
- the rsEh; q zuy cuu1ts dess.Etl1r. Or
any part thrrens- u ssats IN ru1vruftlz-
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Urisi1c ulzst b. : I'D p1th ths chairman
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q ssFtsaztlb-sr. ls91. and d ngtiee the-s1f
sszil te serrsd ufaaa the eFpss5a,, Fls-ts
which coutess ulil be tly ~, s-i.ziru' A. n,
ferred to a enGnHsiftse. wfsch shail 81 and
hsE- the sasas fa nsuver a. a. hcur sal
plzaoe * shtch due n1tlca s3ii b. ElBel,
oozlErzrsu oz szsti ..ld DAY q sSepsesBdrr,
the c51clussuz < szb3 czlz - i;tssa al -
e=rfl1ed - the Secretary x ssz1@ 1tsrssast-
,es. xho shall plaee TIE naulEs q thoae
thEs GNzrtiasi Se4-s 9Qu,a the teenFssrzry
rsli call - the cyya veufhaE- AL crezi=us5si i
Ezus- b ah-d With sscrxtAry co or t~fo-e
Septeaabsr = IsSs7, - as l. snahss hins to
cozplcts xni Frcr,arr q rsal x etelg eaet-
esi 9e,s-stss % Szii na1peuriaf- SAD
rusi stall be apprsred - ths enE5ruzEc
and sscrp.ars x the STATE es-lasfstss.
= L HODGES ClszizzzAz-
y. II BRISBANE SezrsfEry.
The Lamar register., 1897-08-21

~Tlae people would have little diaicaltsy
3l eomprehendine the silver qnesIfon Z
She newspapers would permit then - So
their ..=sa thinking tsaE little xhiie. r
Denver Times
And then the Times Processis in q
lsbored two column editorial on .-The
Living Issue TO try to do the think
ing for the people. 1t can't be COZ
sisfens even on the same page It's
amusing TO watch is frantic and ride
ulous sHorts 10 keep the silver qaes
tion before the people, when its own
telegraphic reports show that the
people are only thinking Of getting
their share Of the general prosperity
sweeping over the land
The Lamar register., 1897-08-21
Platform Of Senator Teller arc the
Denver Times

The New York Sua has arranged
IN brief and coasi~e hut expressive
form the true platform Of the Popo-
erzt5c pSTty 20 the following eject;
-Rssslved. ThSi Ne dsuouzee prosper
iry attained under the gobi Standard rs
a hyF-rc-Ssy ard fzise pretense and dal-
.ser 70 -the ta5llnE El&s-ss.
--E.sssu2 we'd. That slnce, ca Rocoszst q
the nacAizzriu1s q TIE Ea1sy p-1Eer
Bs sre oozspeIlsi to ehoose bstNseu
:, v,-nSs.sr5ry Eifh tie Ga22 s1HnsiAr8 and
ClzlEz.iry <ith the free and uElzzEtss3
coiuAze q slise- a. ne RATA d Is - L
~Rssolre5- GTre Us calamity &z5 free
ssiVe- every uze-
The Sans ides + that EiscsIIsne-
ous dsaunolafioa Of the rerUbEesn
perry + s-Easse of energy and a COZ
esztrzf5oa af their Sstssk upon Fro~-
p<rity is more 10 the p'o5af, since
prosperity : the grsaiess enemy Of
popoersry
The Lamar register., 1897-08-21

The Denver News and its local i'm
itztor have rnAnufartared denial Of
the Stewart interview puh.ished lHst
week The SenatoS has rot deuiei
the interview bat merely ssAies thai
any report that be has deserted the
silver e2zse i false, and 10 one ever
sisted or expected that TIE old man
wozla desert siIyer-As vsl expect
a dog to 20 back on its paks- The
SeaAsor IS bsekIng mp his interview
by investing thousands e dollars IN
the wAu street. stocks, and they never
make general rise eznspt Shsa the
nation Is eo5oying prosperity
The Lamar register., 1897-08-21

Most people are under the inPres
sion thas the populisss forced the
demoerztie party TO Sdopt tree coin
age. but the latter now claim to Be
the original silver men, Gnd insls;
taEt al Populists who refase 70 make
an uncOad9tioaAI Surrender to them
are .goldbug hirslings-
The Lamar register., 1897-08-21

Bryan has offered to make q few
speeches for the democrats IN Ohio
at $500 per speech, no Mexieaa dol-
lars accepted He reAli1es his time
Is short and wants to make The most
out OF il II the dsnoerAts can't
raise the boy orators pzios. Hanna
vii loan II 10 them
The Lamar register., 1897-08-21
Aave Tney Any cenneetien.

One Of the stock arguments of the
free silyerites is thai the price OF
farm products IS controlled by the
price Of SILVER. We ask our readers
10 study this table of grain and sill
yer prices for 1926 and 1927, taken
from the ST Louis market reports
and see If they can figure out any
eonneciiou between them:
The Lamar register., 1897-08-21

The Sparks this week announces
that the local democrats have once
more captured the popnlisss and vii
use them fo4 political purposes this
fish
The Lamar register., 1897-08-21

Il + significant political fact thst
in no state where they have held
state conventions this year have the
populIsss fused with the democrats.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-10-07
Oid People.

Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bit ters. This medicine does not stimu. late and contains no whiskey nor other iptoxicant. but acts as tonic and al- teraiive. It acts mildly on the stom- ach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aid- ing Nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an ex- cellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old people find it just exactly what they need Prize 50 cents and $I per bottle at Dr. D. J. Brannen's drug store.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-10-07
Places oi Interest.

Table of distances from Flaffstatf, Arizona to-
 Grand Canyon of rh. Colorado Riv.r-65 miles. S,en"r, indpscrib able.
 Casarac, Canv.n6j mil"s. The abode of ih. Snpai In.''tnS. Can bs entered Only on Ii,rs''iIsn'H
 Natural Bridgr-75 miles. Arch, 250 feet; width, 300 feet; height, 275 feet.
 Montezuma Wells and Castle-5O miles. Point of great interest.
 Walnut Canyon--8 miles. The home of the Cliff Dw.ll.rs. a prehistoric race of four hundred years ago. Walls of castles perfect.
 Sunset Monntain--l0 miles. An extinct volcano. supposed to have been active four hundred years ago.
 Cave Dwellings-8 miles The home of x prehistoric race.
 The Black Craier-l5 miles. In the center of the largest lava beds in the world.
 San Francisco Peaks--l3 miles. With an altitude of lI.000 feet. Snow capped most ot the year. From the top win a good glass, one can see al- most one-tbird of the Territory.
 The Moqui Villages--l00 miles. The home of the Snake Dance.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-10-07
Doing . Banking Business.

The man who boarded the train at Westfield and came into the smoker had such long neck that every body regarded him with curiosity and sur prise. Of course no one asked him any questions, but after getting com fortably seated the stranger caressed his elongated neck in loving way. and said:
 '.Gentlemen. the fact that No. 12 paper collar goes around my neck twice with half an inch to spare, generally excites more or less surprise. Per hapse l had better explain:"
 We were all attention. and after an- other caress he continued:
 Il opened the first bank in Dead