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The age-herald., 1897-11-07
TIE AGE HERALD.
Entered at the nostoniee at Birmingham, Ala. as second-class matter.
4 Natural Desire.

A prominent physician in Maysville, Wis, received a dynamite bomb the other day. and he rushes into print ask ing for the name of the man who sent it. Such curiosity is very reasonable, and should be gratified, but the doctor will have to wait. There is Q growing spirit of discourtesy among the people, and it is to be feared that it has reached Mayvlle. The chances are that the gem tleman who sent the bomb Will refuse to oblige the doctor by furnishing his name and addness, and 1t Is quite likely that he will take some trouble to conceal his identity.
 Of course, this is all wrong, when a citizen sends dynamite bomb to a ne.ghbor he should, by all means. tie his card to 1t, SD that the recipient may be able to acknowledge the present, if he lives long enough. But people are very disobliging these days.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
Coal on the Atlantic.

A great coaling station on Tybea island-why not? Why should a tramp steamer be compelled to tote English coal across wide seas, or g. coaster Penn sylvanla coal an almost equal distance, in order to have fuel for the return trip? and it Is mined within a reasonable dis tance from the coast. Let every steamer know that we wll place at Tybee an abundance of good c3al, as cheap in price as the cheapest. Let them come dn empty, knowing that a supply awaits them where it would be most convenient and economical to receive 1t.
 Trade-hungry England is much too pushing in the South Atlantic and gulf waters in many respects, and 1t is the duty as patriots and economists for the people of this country to force her back into her proper territory. She recognizes no limits but if the south does its duty, she will awake to the fact that it is as handy and effective in mining coal as it is in making pig iron or coarse cottons.
 Conquest in these times has become matter of trade aggression. Instead of armies the aggressive countries of the world despatch commercial agents, the one being as much an act of war upon important interests as the other. Eng land dare not send an army to Mexico, bue she sends men with grips instead of banners, who rob this country of its nat ural market. She absorbs all the com mercial good there is in Mexico, without expense of army or feret. The civilized world is engaged in trade wars, and there are thoss' who believe the other kind of wars is passing away. At any rate trade wars are the fashion of the times, and the voice of this countrys commercial warriors should also be for war. Gods! can am Alabama miner long debate which of the two to choose, Tybee or death?
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
Americans Elsewhere.

Bishop Galloway, in a recent letter from Brazil, says that the southern col onists who settled there after the war have not prospered. Americans succeed in speculation and business in other countries, but when trsy settle there with their families and engage in the or dinary industries of those lands they do not get along very we'll.
 Doubtless, the southerners in Brazil have never become thoroughly satisfied with the government of that country and ithe customs of its people. They are homesfck and dissatisfied, and work in a half-hearted fashion. It is a com mon thing to hear young men talk about going to Africa or Spanish America to seek tflisir fortunes, but they will make a great mistake If they do The truth is. this vast country, with its variety of soil, climate and resources, offers a field wide enough for even the most adventurous. Why go abroad to seek Arctic snows or tropical attractions when they can be found within our borders?
 One can find in the east towns which resemble those of old England; in New York he finds the typical American City; in Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and San Francisco he finds cosmopolitan communities, and heps in the south he finds cities and towns which represent a better element of native civilization. Then there are large areas of forest and plain in the west and south which would suit the most daring pioneer.
 The bright young American who is able to put brains into his work should re- main here. The opportunities of this great republic cannot be matched any where in the world.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
The Cuban Situation.

Gen. Weyler has departed, and Gen. Blanco is in command of the armies of Spain in Cuba. Otherwise it cannot truthfully be said that the situation has been substantially changed. The "autonomy' offered has too many holes in it. The legislature, so runs the plan of the Sagasta ministry, is to be purely elective, the franchise to be similar to that in Spain. Ex-Minister Hannis Tay- Tor describes in the current number of the North American Review the fran chise as 1t exists in Spain. AS in the South American republics, an election is so conducted by the executive as to predetermine the result, and if any stiff necked individual stands in the way he is jailed or shot. The national assem- plies, says MT. Taylor, are therefore simply dead bodies, into which the liv- ing spirit, of popular approval never en- ters. Both parties employ like meth ods.
 The plan, too, lacks the sanction of either chamber of the cortes, and the conservatives are known to be opposed ito it, together with some of the liberals. That the Cubans will accept mere proposition of the ministry is of course beyond reason.
 Like the concessions of the British government after the war of the revolu- tion had been we'll advanced. the prop osition comes too late. It will be ignored by the patriots, and the war will go on Indefinitely. to our great injury and to our peril each summer from epidemics, unless congress throws it's moral strength against it. We have a right to demand that the war be speedily brought to a conclusion. If the people reject the terms offered, and Spain cannot secure peace, then indeed she should withdraw. As MT. Taylor shows, the island has been devastated by war through fifteen of the last twenty-nine years, and surely fifteen years of waste and pestilence near our coast is as much as we should be expected to stand, especially when the well-recognized doctrine of interven- tion justifies action on our part.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
A Southern Boom.

Rooms are not wholly confined to the .Klondyke, the dollar wheat country, the copper mines, or the beet sugar districts; for Florida has a boom in active opera ton down near the Everglades. The metropolis of the district in question possesses a particularly lively boom.
 Eighteen months ago not a stick of timbsr had been cut where stands Miami, the proud city of frostless Flori- tFa--not all Florida by any mans. Now Miami, the future great, has five and a half miles of water mains. four and a half miles of paved streets. two miles of Tagging, several miles of sewers. and a hotel large enough to hold the dele gates and their intends of a democratic national convention. And all because a
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

up to almost million dollars, while the whole outfit Is assessed for taxation at only s2s,OOO. I did not blame MT. Roden for doing the people when they knew noahing about it, but now, that they are onto his game. l expect he will have to come in. The gas people are not the only persons who are charging consumers three or four times what a thing costs. The water monopoly 11as got to get into lime also. Its charges are on the robbery plan, TOO. Things are getting wann.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
Those Respectable" Murderers
From the Chattanooga Times.

From the Chatta nooga Times.
 Now that murder has been the out come of the quarrel between prominent nen of GaTlatin, is anybody b;ttered? How does the young man feed, sober and in jail? Does he reflect that he has done right? And will he enjoy the memory of the deed. through life? If he is nat urally good man, he will be the most wretched of Gods creatures; his remorse will probably drive him to drink or the uee of drugs. He has ruined his own life by taking another's. Of courss. he will not be punished Furnishing respectable" men for homicide long ago played out in Tennessee.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

If a perpetual quarantine could be es- tablished against small clique in Mont gomery, who seem incapable of recov- cry from being treated as ordinary citi- zens, about a million and a half of peo- pie in the state of Alabama will no doubt be supremly happy.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

The Age-Herald buys coal for its build ing in one ton lots for s1 per ton. Some body imposes upon the gas company in charging it $1.2O & ton in carload lots.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

After Henri Watterson and his sub- sidized party were able to poll but 1000 votes, there was method in his throw ing up the job as boss. The people. before
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Had those Maryland democrats trim med less on the financial issue they would have won a victory good for next half century
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Last year MT. Wstterson was in Eu- rope and Kentucky went against silver This year he was at home and the silver people caFried the state by big majogi- ty. Mars Henry is more powerful in Kentucky when away from it.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Gen. Weyler may find it more diffl- cult to pacifico Madrid than he encoun- tered in that line with the insurgents.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

MT. Watterson's candidate was named Hindman. He was indeed well named, as he was the l1ind-man.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

The people of Montgomery can truth fully say: MT. Johnston has turned us loose.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

. Those Kentucky gold democrats did l.. l not poll as many votes as the populists.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

The coal ninsrs a-e net tr,starg the in- n5osnt gas company night.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Thomas c. Platt can hide behind his senatorial toga.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

The gas company should read up on quotations of coal.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

There is danger of Joe Blackburn tramping the high grass down too early.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Mark Hanna will have to do business with a rope machine.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Dick Croker Is not In a position to be forced to tell where he got 1t.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

The water in the gas is used for the stock only.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Seth Low will never go there any more.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04
Exalting Her Idea of Him.

A State street jeweler was oonversing
with friend the other day when large,
stylishly dressed woman and her daugh
ter, of about 10 years, dropped In and
wanted to look at some diamonds.
The jeweler displayed tray full OF gilt
tering gems, and the elderly caller said:
Il want to get a stone to match this one.
1t Is for present for my other daughter,
and want to surprise the dear girl. "
Whereupon she slipped off u solitaire
ring which the younger caller wore and
handed 1t to the jewelor.
"Well, " he said, ~ can match the stone,
OF course, If you will give mo n little time
1t is finer grade than we usually carry in
stock"
what will one like that COST" inquired
tho woman.
About S400-approxim he re-
piled, and the customers, with ELUSIVE
thanks departed.
~ sold that stone week ago, " remark
ed the jeweler as he rejoined his friend
ut cost Sl75. Tho old lady is simply dy
ing with curiosity to find out what her
daughters engagement ring cost. All,
there are tricks In all trades but ours. -
Chicago Times Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04

house Of God by settin that way on the
women's side.
The seat mate was devout, but hu-
man, and she owed Mrs. Winfold day
in the social harvest Of disagreeable
speeches. Behind her fan she whispered
loudly in that lady's astounded ear:
"Why, q little while back it looked
like your brother would be sittin there,
too, an fer just the same reason-to be
by that vixen Of Rob McGregor.
The basket meeting with which the
"protracted effort" of Bethel church al
ways began was easily the leading social
event Of Walnut Greek summer. Still
Mrs. Winfold had not meant to be there,
certainly not after she knew that Alice
would be safe for the day in the bosom
Of the Talbot family. A dinner credit
able to her housewifery and her daugh.
tors meant the spending Of time and sub
stance for which she saw no use. But
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04
Origin of the Grange.

Andrew Messer Of the national grange
Gays that the grange originated in Wash
ington. Thirty years ago y. Ii. Kelly,
clerk in the interior department, was sent
out officially to look into the condition of
the southern farmers and see what means
could 10 taken for their relief. While
making his tour MIR. Kelly, who had once
been u farmer himself, conceived the idea
of great fraternal order of husbandmen
to be conducted on cooperative lines, like
the Masons This order, he purposed,
should bridge over the differences between
the farmers Of the north and the south
and should teach them that their interests
were identical. When he returned to
Washington, he told some friends Of his
idea, and the nucleus of the present organ
ization was then formed by seven men, all
of them with agricultural interests.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04
OUR NATIONAL WEALTH.
The Marrow Margin Which Separates the
World From Starvation.


"What We now call society in this coun.
try consists Of about 73, OOO, 900 human be-
iDgs Each one must be supplied every day
with 21a and pounds OF food material,
with fuel wherewith to cook it, and with
certain amount Of textile fabrics or furs
and with some boards to put over his head.
The world as u whole, is always within
about one year of starvation, within two
or three years Of becoming naked and
within very few years of becoming house
less. In this country nearly 1900, 900 HUI
man beings are added every year to our
population. That number would soon
crowd existing dwellings to death unless In
each year about 100000 men were occu-
pied In adding to the number Of dwellings
already existing.
We call ourselves very rich. We gloat
over the billions OF dollars worth Of prop
erty disclosed by the figures Of the census
In 1890 the computation reached the hugo
sum Of over $50, 900, 900, 900. Only think
Of It.! How rich we are! But what does 1t
all come tor About one third OF this val
uation is tho estimated value Of the land
on which capital has been placed Land is
our endowment, not our creation. If we
deduct reasonable sum for land valuation,
about $45 0O0, 900, 900. This is an csti-
mate in dollars of what we have saved and
put to purposes of enjoyment or future use
in more than century Of existence as
nation. Again. this is stupendous sum.
What does it amount toP If the value in
money Of all that we consumed-food, fuel,
shelter and clothing-in the census year,
figured at retail prices, was equal to 80
cents day per person, then the product Of
tho census year reached valuation in
terms of money, in round figures, Of $l1,-
500, 100000,
In other words, in little over a century
OF existence as u nation, and in less than
century OF union under q constitution, we
have succeeded in saving products Of hui
man labor In the form of public buildings,
warehouses, workshops, factories, railways,
vessels, dwellings tools, machinery and
goods and wares on the way from tho pro-
ducer to the actual consumer to the amount
of q little over 800 worth per head. We
consume every year nearly a third rs much
as this measure of all our savings. Ed
ward Atkinson in Engineering Magazine.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04
Sunlight and Pure Air.

Sunlight and pure air ought to be freely
admitted to our churches, our business Of
fees, our libraries, our schoolrooms, our
dwellings, to wherever we live and breathe
And yet how often are we compelled to sit
in halls dark, damp and dreary, from
which tho light of the sun is shut out and
the air Is neither pure nor pleasant! 1t
ought to be understood by all that every
apartment in which any one is expected to
remain for even short time ought to be
heated to a proper temperature, and not
above it, and should receive constant
supply of fresh air-United Presbyterian.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04
Washington Old Time Card Customs.

"There is hardly any observance now Of
what was a time honored custom once in
the matter OF congressional calls said an
old employee of the senate. ION the first
day Of every session every senator sent his
personal card to every other senator as we'll
as to the representatives OF his own state,
to the members of the cabinet, the supreme
court and the heads of the army and navy;
so also representatives sent their cards to
every other representative and to the sem
ators from their own state In this way
they indicated that they were ready to re-
ceive callers. The custom, as far us gen
eral observance is concerned, died out
about 10 or Is years ago, and probably
would have died out sooner had 1t not
been for the persistent efforts Of the late
Major Ben: Perley Poore, long connected
with the senate who did all he could to
have 1t kept up. After he passed away tho
custom died ont, though probably q half
dozen Of the older senators and representa-
tives remembered and observed 1t on Mon
day last "--Washington Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04

The Hebrew hand breadth was SO inch
es and equaled four digits
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04
CA9T07IA.
The TAO n
': -: ! &MAz73x ~; ~
UDAlEIL.
THE BIRD SCARER.

] saw her, like woodland nymph Of old,
That rested 'gainst gray syrinRa tree.
One arm Of nodded bronze stretched care.
lessly
Along bough; the little head. close rolled
With black lambs fleece leaned ont: the kif.
ties fold,
From rounded shoulder unto slender knee,
Fell, turquoise beaded; SO she turned on me
Wide. calm eyes, neither shy nor overbold.
The hot air quivered DER the ripening grain.
Ruddy as FURNISHED copper; blue and bright
The cloudless sphere Of drought above us hung.
Her lips curved dreamily the brooding light
Within her eyes did neither wax nor wane.
So smiled the maiden sphinx when she was
young.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04
khe ulnasisln quickly Cured.

After having been confined to the house
for eleven days and pa, ing out $25 in doctor
bits without benefit, Mr.. Frank D,lson of
8 uIt Ste. Marie, Mich, was cured by one
bottle of ChamDerlnin's Pain Balm costing
IS cents and has not since been troubled
with that complaint For sale by j. X.
w ,t,rs
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04

A minute OF heavy silence, ana tnen
everybody began talking at once and
verv fast. Under cover Of it Mr.. Top
mark shuffled away. AS he shook up the
bay trotter he gave low, contemptu-
ous whistle, saying to himself: I'm
glad spit it out But, Lord, how they
looked, like I'd said was er horse thle1'
An fer lest nothin at all. Poor Louisa
ia a. dead as ever she'll be. "
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04
Whitewash the Oven.

ton much more necessary than would APP
pear. There is distinctly different flavor
in bread and meats baked in tiled ovens
from those cooked In tho black, sooty
ovens Of the average range. A suggestion
Is to whitewash range ovens, after they
have been scrupulously cleaned, to add to
their light and wholesomcneSs.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04

@sn OF wd sGvF 'd avs SA ar re.pen
sible established house in Maryland. Salary
$3.50, payable SIS weekly and expenses.
Position permanent. Reference. Enclose
self addressed stamped envelope. The Ma
tional, Star Building, Chicago.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04
Awfully Slow.

He-Darling I have loved you ever
since first we met
She-Well, why didn't you say so long
agop Did you think was mind readers
Cleveland Leader
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04

Fire engines were invented by Ctesib-
ius $50 BIC. Pliny alludcs to machines
used to throw water on burning houses.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-03-04

The wood of the elm is tough because
Its fibers, instead of lying in straight lines
parallel to each other, arc interlaced and
crossed at every conceivable angle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
BULLET IN HIS TEMPLE
LEADER OF THE NONUNION IRON
WORKERS AT sCOTTDALE KILLED.
Result of War of Words with strfk-
ers in "A Hotel BarroOm-A
Dozen Shots Fired.

SCOTTDALE, Pa, July Civilian Cum
mings. the leader of the nonunion men
brought here by the Scottd-le Iron and
Steel Company to take the places of the
strikers, was shot and instantly killed to-
night in front of the Commercial Hotel.
Cummings and three companions, all nom
union men, encountered a number CT
strikers as they came out of the barroom
and war of words ensued. Some one fired
a revolver and a dozen shots followed in
quick succession. Cummings dropped dead
with bullet in his right temple and his
three companions fled to the mill, holly
pursued by an angry crowd. When the non
union men reached the Enclosure the depu-
ties on guard surrounded them and the mob
was forced to retreat. Word was sent at
once to Sheriff Seanor at Greensburg, and
he is now on his way to Scottdale with
nifty armed deputies. AT midnight every
thing was quiet, however and there was
no fear of further outbreak. Reports as
to how the shooting occurred are conflict
ing. James Dolf, one of the nonuniOn men
who We're with Cummings, was arrested to-
night and other arrests viii follow. The
situation Is very much strained and no one
can predict the outcome.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-01
TELEGRAPHIC BREVlTIES.

Walter S. Hobart, young millionaire,
prominent in California racing circles, is
suffering from appendicitis at his home, in
San Mateo He may not recover.
Jim Jeffries, the big boxer from Los An
gees, has been matched TO box twenty
rounds with Joe Choynski, the meeting to
take place in San Francisco in October.
Actor Edgar G. Borne who was seriously
burned in the Casino Theater fire, near
Paducah, Ky. a week ago last Friday, is
dead of blood poisoning, which had set in
from the burns.
Mayor Strong, of New York, has an
nounced the appointment of Col George
Moore Smith, of the SiXty-ninth Regiment,
to succeed Col. Fred ID. Grant as police
commissioner. The new commissioner will
be sworn in on Monday.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, William OBrien,
aged twenty-five. employed in the Biron
paper mill, on a wager jumped out OF the
mill widow a distance of thirty feet into
the Wisconsin river. He burst a blood YES
sci and died an hour later.
1t has been decided to postpone the field
and track championship contests of the
Central Association of the Amateur Ath-
to the fourth Saturday in September They
will then be held under the auspices of the
Chicago Athletic Association.
a Terre HaUte company which manu-
facturers a patent clothes wringer has en-
ployed lawyers to bring suits against u
number of towns where its agents have
been arrested for violation of town ordi-
nances against peddling. Suits have been
brought at Petersburg and Washington,
and half dozen more are to follow.
Two tramps who refuse to give their
names are under arrest at Niles, Mich.
charged with having murdered a tramp
at Kensngton Ill. The dead man was shot
during quarrel and the other two tramps
boarded a Michigan Central train. They
We're discovered when the train arrived at
Niles, and were taken back to Kensington.