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Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
ELECTRIC POWER FOR BOATS.

A gentleman living In Gadsden has a scheme to operate boats running between this place and Rome by electricity. His plan is to get the power from a. storage battery. He owns 800 yards of river front at Lock Two. just below Gadsden. It has @ fall of eighteen feet, which will give something like 10000 horse power, ap immense forcet Experienced river men here say that it would greatly re- duce the cost of navigation. It is said that two men in buggy run by an cleo trio storage battery made a trip of fifty miles at a cost of thirty cents. It is probable that the idea will be taken up by entecprising parties and fully tested. -Gadsden Times-News.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
HOW HENRY COUNTY GROWS.

The estimated increase in assessed tax able property in Henry county, which will be placed upon the tax books and made to bear it's equal portion of the taxes Is placed ait half million dollars by those who have right, and are in position to krow sonnet thing about 1t. All brought about by the investigation of "Johnie's' tax commissioners. At this rate of discovery of property which has so long failed to bear it's proportfonate burden of tax, Henry county will not long be in debt. but on the other hand will have a full treasury to make neces- sary improvements and pay the cash for the same.-Eufaula Times.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

together satisfactory and operations in the east are curtailing the production of pig iron The freight reduction of 40 cents on southern pig iron to central and west ern points has been followed by corres- bonding low quotations on Alabama irons, though prices at furnaces remain practically unchanged. In the north and east this reduction has stimulated buy ing and the demand during the past few days has shown oonsidera ble increase
 In the Tennessee and Alabama coal districts there has been some trouble over reductions in wages, but matters have
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

been no response from the Executive to the demands that he should revoke the Ortder issued by MH. Cleveland during the last year of his term. greatly extending the range of the classified service The spoilsmen are growing discouraged. and they will be thrown into despair by the statement, which seems to be well found- ed, that all their efforts will prove fruit less as the President will not make any changes in the system, except perhaps in a few places which may properly be trsat- ed as confidential. and therefore be kept outside of the rules. So far as can be Judging from developments up to this time. MT. Mckinley will live up to his premise that there shall be no steps back ward in the matter ofcivil-service reform under him.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
SHAKE OFF THE LETHARGY.

Connrnis Culver is insisting that the people of the state should take a more active interest in the Alaba ma eX- hbit at the Tennessee Centennial and Interna tionals Exposition. The people of Ala ban1a can Fl afford not to heed the caH-7of the commissioner The eyes of the world have been turned on this par ticuiar secion for several years, and 1t has been due in a great measure to ehe indisposition >on tiret part of our people to direct attention to our resources and other advantages aha't immigration has been dilatory about coming here and capita drsfted elsewhere which we ought to have obtained.
 It is a fact already demonstrated that Alabama can and is competing with the world in the production, of iron and coal. and the operators neith=r seek nor ask protection air the hands of the law makers. Besides these minerals. the state is rich in gold, copper mica, ka- olin and the best fire-brick clay that has yet b=em discovered. The agricultural interest is unsurpassed and the cereals and ccirton staple can be successfully raised side by side. Our climate is all that one could ask for, while our clear. CrySnd StISdHlS are 6S HuuieTOuS dS Cle veins pha course the body, and are des- tined to furnish as great life to the various industries yet to be planted here as the coal in our mountains.
 Let the -peoplesefaahes come to the aid of Commissioner Culver and redeem ourselves from the fethargy that has allowed so many similar opportunities to pass by without taking advantage of them that would have placed our state in the. forefront, where it belongs, and caused ma ny sed.lons. now wrestling with poverty to be enjoying partial prosper ity even under the. depression which we labor.
 The time has passed when even state can keep-its Tight under a bushel with the hope that providence will send a stray raven to '1oca;e the needs and sup ply them; and ..uness an effort is made the tide wiH continue to flow from us, and our resources and advantages will be worth as little to us and the country as large as when the farmer plowed the surface over coal mines and iron beds. and the Blacksmith forged with charcoal and formed plows of Swede iron.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
WON'T SERVE.

The editor of the Herald must respect- fully decline the honor that the rest of the staff sought to force on him the othed day, that of being judge of a. ba by show. He has been a soldier and Ehas been wounded in battle; he has been a firenna n, and came near being killed at fire; but none of these dangers at all equal those of being one of the judges of a baby show. He won't be found within ten miles of it.-MobiIe Herald
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
ANNISTON HARNESS,

The high steppers attached to Mir John B. knox's newttrap are elegantly capar- isot5d in white sash cord harness with black leathers trimmings, saAnovel and handsome combination The harness are the handiwork of MT. Drayton Sproull, who also conceived the idea. The cord is from the Anhiston Cordage company and the leather is from Schroeders tannery. -Anniston Hot Blast ~"H'i" ~
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
HELP THE AIR LINE RoAD.

Mobile gave $25O,O0O to the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City road and it is now building. Selma should give $100,- 900 to the Air Line. It is worth far more to her than the Kansas City road is to Mobile. and I'll tell you if they don't se- cure this road they might as well shut up shop. The building of roads to the lortfl and south of us in addition to our a1- ready contracted trade territory is sim ply ruinous. and something has got to be done .4 .s There is lots of logic in thas and it should spur our people to action. Eve cry clerk. business man. property owner and capitalist, men and women, should subscribe something to their several
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
SHOULD BE STOPPED

The carrying of concealed pistols should be stopped. Many a homicide occurs in the heat of passion, which would not, if the party had time to reflect. Tn fit of rage man will fiirt out little old pop gun of pistol and usher a soul into eternity, and probably go to the gaEows himself-all brought about by the unpar- donable practice of carrying concealed weapons upon the person.-Covington Times.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

As was predicted, the discussion of the tariff bill is breeding dissension between the manufacturing east and agricultural west. The east wants free wool and free hides, because her clothing, carpet and shoe manufacturers naturally desire cheap raw material The west, the pro- dueer of wool and hides wants protec- tion against foreign producers. Then there is a conflict between the wool and the hide men. If either faction decide to defeat the bill it will be done. In the abstract the same arguments that can be brought in favor of duty on wool can be made to apply to hides.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
RAISE SMALL FRUITS.

Chattanooga is now shipping berries by the car load to northern and eastern cities If our cotton farmers would adopt the same tactics ito greater extent they would have more money during the sum mer season and would get better price for their other products.-HuntsvEile Mercury
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
TELEPHONE LINE COMPLETED

The Georgia and Alabama Dis tance Telephone company has just com pleted it's new line to Walnut Grove Mir. Adams, president of the company states that in a few weeks he will have a line to Ashville, Collinsvile Fort Payne, Oneonta, and points intermediate This work iso of great importance to Gadsden and her merchants should ap- prec]ate it.-GadSden Times News
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
TO BE CONGRATULATED.

The directors and the Baptist laymen generally are to be congra tulated upon their success in freeing the Judson Fe- male Institute from debt. Until quite re- gently this institution has been burdened with a debt of $25,000. but last Morelay morning every cent of 1t was paid The same stead,fastness of purpose has made the Judson one of the finest schools in the whole ountry.--Huntsville Mercury.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

The Advertiser having failed to raise any excitement over any of it's trumped- up charges against the administration, now calls attention to the fact that Gov. Johnston has mania for attending con- ventions. The governor might retaliate by saying that he is restricting himself to social. business and real democratic conventions. and if he is averse to asso- ciating with the Advertiser on the latter. it is simply a matter of political prefer ence, and not at all personal.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
ARRANGING FOR STOCK FARM

MT. R. w Wh5senant has just return ed from Ball Play, Etowah county. where he has about closed a deal for a large tract of timber and other lands which he proposes to turn into d stock farm. The lands adjoin property owned by the United States Car company.-Anniston Hot Blast
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

Twosmonths have passed since Presi- dent McKinleys inauguration. remarks the New York Evening Post, and noth- ing has been done towards oveuthrowing the reform system of making appoint ments to the minor places in the civil service. .. Occasionally some member of congress Introduces g new bill designed to injure the system. but the mater never goes any further. Meanwhile there has
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
1f.ls1- 4.-.- 7- -- ,e New Industries Reported in

The New Industries Reported in the
 ~ South in a Week.
 Chattanooga. Tenn. May f1.4Business generally throughout the south. as re- ported by the Trehessman's special cor respondents, shows a favorable increase tn vnaume. and building operations are especially active. piasi6 e i5st3
 The iron and Cteel situation is not all
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
WITH THE STATE EDITORS.
NEAR AT HAND.

The school commencement. period is near at hand, and we again congratulate the fair girl graduate that she no longer has to read long essays. Of course, we all liked to listen to them.-Mobile Her aid.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

What this Christian nation wants is that arbitration that covers the smalland weak nations as we'll as the large and great. A nation that Is always ready to fight little nations and arbitrate with her equals or superiors is not to be trusted
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

Bushnell and business. Hanna and harmcny!" shouts the Springfield, O., Republican. That's good. but how about this: Reed ard ruction, Dingley and damFation?"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

Ap Ohio man who voted for McKiney and who does not want office has been discovered in Cincinnati. He imagnes himself to be King George H.. and the in- sanity commission is looking into his case
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

MT. Mckinley, it is said is very anx- ious for an outing He has grown tired of appointing Ohio men to office, and is actually in need of a rest.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

One tax that the republicans are not counting on Is the tax they are laying up- on the patience Of the American people.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

The best dressed man in congress is said to be populist from the state of Washington The populists are recog- nized extremists. Jerry Simpson didn't even wear socks. -'
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

Milwaukee Is greatly excited over the tax on beer, and the reports come that the republican pan;y must choose be- tween letting the beer tax stand and losing Milwaukees vote.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

The Commandery will receive hearty welcome in Birmingham today.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

David Bennett Hill still clings to his last assertion that he "has nothing fur Hher to say"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

Hope fled, and the Greeks took to their heels.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

The king of Siam has given up his proposed trip to this country.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

abilities for all are vitally interested in the success of the enterprse.-Selma Times.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
COAL OIL INSPECTION.
Sheffield, Ala, May II, 1897.

OHt1IIeIu, ALL, Mdy IT, I6JI. Editor State Herald: a es1s----9 My attention has been called to the ems closed clipping from the Athens Courier: sss THE COAL OIL FARCE.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
OUR LETTER BOX.

No communications wi.l be published un- der this head unless signed by the author.- Editor. i
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
Special Notice to Subscribers to thu
 State-Ilerald.


 From and after this date, all subscriptions to the Daily State Herald are due and pay able monthly or quarterly in advance. Under no circum- stances will subscription ac- counts be carried in arrears longer than three months.
 Subscribers will please bear this fact in mind and govern themselves accordingly.
 All past due accounts must be paid at once.
 J. A. ROUNTREE, General Manager Daily State Herald.
 April 4, 1897
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12

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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
LET FAY INVESTIGATE

How wheat yielding and 10 bushels
per acre at 80 cents per bushel can be
so much more productive of general
prosperity than the same article yield.
ing 90 to Is bushels per acre at so cents
per bushel, is something that only EN-
thusiastic prosperity prophets are Ca
pable of figuring out. Yet this is the
only real difference between the last
twolseasons. The early return Of .lhs
hundreds of laborers from the western
grain fields tells a significant tale Of
short crops.-Milaca Times. .' "
Crops may be and are somewhat
shorter in yield than last year but moi
as short as the Times says. If the
Times will take its own county for ar
illustration and ask her farmers which
they had rather have, crop like last
years at last years prices or a crol
like this years with this years prices
they will with one accord prefer this
seasons condition.-Deloa,o Eagle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
PENNSYLvANIA'S recent labor di

sPENNSYLvANIA'S recent labor dis
turbances are due to the presence of
large numbers of foreign laborers, if
Congressman Stones conclusions are
correct II claim he says, s'that the
key to the labor trouble lies in re-
strirted immigration The Philadel-
phia Inquirer, says that Mr.. Stones
statements are based on careful study
of the situation and of labor statistics.
It seems that during the fiscal year
ending on the 5th of June last, 81 900
immigrants settled in the State Of
Pennsylvania. Nearly all these i'm
migrants came from the countries Of
southern and eastern Europe.s In MANY
cases the people who came from those
countries were the worst elements in
their population. In all the recent
strikes in the coal and coke regions
turbulence has been fostered by lust
such people.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
GOOD ADVICE.

There is no doubt that a merchant is
benefited every time his name is
printed in connection with his bust
ness, and while standing ad. will pay
the advertiser every cent that he in.
vests in it, he should not be satisfied
with less than the best returns that
his space can possibly yield. If he
talks to the public as ne would talk to
a customer over his counter, ne gets
the best returns for his investment.
When country dealers reach out in
this way for trade, they will ge; a good
share of the business that has of late
years been turning toward tie cata-
logue houses, and there will be less
complaint of the inroads that tlis class
is now making on the business that
should go to the home dealer. Benso,
Monitor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

JERRY SIMPSON has suffered from
another attack of nightmare but no
matter how often or how eloquently
he relates his dream he cannot disturb
the thoughts of a contented people.
He fears that the rapid rise in Ameri-
can securities will cause England to
dump her holdings on this country and
provoke a stock panic. On the con-
trary the rise in stocks has invited
English investments and instead of a
panic the rise has induced flow of Eng
hsh gold to this country. Jerry should
tahe something for his stomach and
his RSrrid visions will disappear.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

ANoKA county's grand jury in
structed it's county attorney to begin
suits to collect defaulted bonds. 1t is
a good idea. Frequently mon sign a
criminals bonds without considering
the responsibility taken and the
criminal is. given his liberty. Court
cOnvenes and the criminal is found
missing, the matter is dropped and the
county is out the expense of the arrest
and preliminary examination. If the
counties would collect on every de-
faulted bond, the indiscriminate prac.
tice of signing bonds would be stopped
and the machinery of the courts would
seldom be interfered with. Mile Laos
county might profitably follow Anoka's
example.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

EDITOR DANA's death deprives news
paperdom of one of it's brightest char
acters. Dana was powerful and fear
less writer, man of great capacity
and wonderful energy. Early political
reverses somewhat soured his DISPOSE
tion and gave his writings an eccentric
shade but his ability to edit and man.
age a great newspaper was not i'm
paired. Dana was postmaster in the
art OF ''roasting," being able to put
more sharp ridicule into sentence
than most editors can get into a col
umn.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

SCIENCE has done much for the hui
man race and the discovery of the yell
low fever microbe was not one OF its
least beneficial achievements. But the
incubation of five healthy men for an
experiment with the new discovery
was a rash step and the American HUI
name society is decidedly right in it's
protest against such practices. The
killing of these men was nothing less
than manslaugher. Other tests could
have been used to establish the iden-
tity of the germ.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

D. r. MCGINNIS in the St.. Paul DIS
patch: "The rapid recovery of the west
has produced a most favorable i'm
no question but that capital is far more
inclined to invest in western enter
prises than it was. The prompt re-
covery of the west without the inter-
vention of eastern capital, but derived
from it's producing capacity, has done
wonders in convincing the east of the
worth of the west as a place for invest
ments.'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
The third assistant pOstmaster-ge

THE third assistant postmaster-gen-
eral indorses the postal savings bank
idea in the following words: 1.-THE
people should be encouraged in habits
of thrift and economy, and no better
way of accomplishing that result can
be devised than by offering them a
perfectly secure and reliable savings
bank, where small deposits can be
placed at interest. The habit of econ.
omy once formed will rapidly grow and
spread, and postal savings banks will
prove a success from the day they are
established in this country.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

!. THE REASON WHY.

The Duluth, Herald, the lead hg Pop
ulist paper in the Sixth district, has
evidently commenced a vigorous cam
paign against the renominatioI Of Con-
gresham Morris next year. Prior to
the last campaign, it will be Iremem-
bered, the Herald was againa Judge
Morris nomination, because then it
was evidently afraid that b would
make a candidate who woull defeat
Towne. It's fears proved tolbe we'll
grounded, and it is against Jul ge Nor
ris' nomination the next time because
it now knows positively that he can
beat Towne. Wode,ea PioneeTJ Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

THE unseating Of Frank Day as senator by
the last Republican senate may have the effect
of invalidating the Anderson railroad land tax
alton law, and the Republican party will have
a lot of explaining to do during the next cam
paign. The senate's action was not only a most
unjust one but also a very foolish one from
political standpoint Herald
Viewed from any standpoint the SEN
ate's action in unseating Mr.. Day was
indefensible. But it should be remem-
bered that several of the ablest and
best Republican members Of the senate
championed the cause Of Mr.. Day.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

The htero0bdn, bright and respect
able little newspaper published at
Hamline, asserts that Paradis of the
Midway Neavs knows more about
"blind pigs" than he does about any
thing else. The editor of the hote1au'-
ban, by consulting one or two St. Paul
gentlemen, might discover that Para.
dis knows considerable about "capitol
SiteS''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
gMMMa;ma;8Mama
s SCISSORINGS. =
B CAN'T PAY SOON ENOUGH

Kansas is so precipitous. a few
months ago there came from that State
a succession Of walls and recrimina-
lions against the money lender who
would have his lucre back. To-day it
is another story. The farmers and
other persons. within the fair State are
frantic in their haste to force their
money upon those from whom they
borrowed it. One hayseed isreported
to have rendered 81, 600 to a bank cash
Ter in payment of a mortgage that was
not yet payable, whereupon the cash
Ter demurred and made the pointthat
the cash was not due till next Febru-
airy, and would not be received until
that time, and the interest would be
expected to accompany the principals:
and thereupon the mortgagor pre-
sented the muzzle of self-cocking six
shooter and further argument.wa dis
pensed with. Those Kansas mortgage
ors and mortgages can never, agree
nor keep their disputes out of the
newspapers and out of politics. When
the lender wants his money, the bor-
rover won't pay it, and when the bor-
rover would pay it, the lender. won't
take it. 1t beats the way some peo-
pie complain OF the weather and al
ways want to have things different
from what they are.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21

ONE of the best special editions of
this season was that issued by the St..
Cloud Times last week. It consisted of
twenty-eight seven-column pages filled
with matter descriptive of St. Cloud
and Stearns countY's resources and
possibilities. The number was excel.
lently Illustrated, splendid half-tone
cuts predominating. The issue was
credit to St. Cloud and Publisher Mac
donald.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-10-21
THE Wishy-w ashy Crookston Ihibua.

The wishy- washy Crookston Tribune
does not admire Congressman Eddy,
and the Journal Of that city tells the
reason why: "The Tribune intimates
that Congressman Eddy is unfit for the
discharge Of the duties of his office,
and kicks at him. The cause is not
hard to find. The Tribune can't con-
troll him-ergo Eddy is no good-for
the Tribune. The interests of the peo-
pie are carefully looked after by him.
however.