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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28
Presbyterian Negroes.

The convention of colored Presbyteri-
ans now being held In this city is one Of
the hopeful signs of the times. The
overwhelming mass of negroes is Bap-
fist and Methodist. But there are some
80 1000 Presbyt terrain negroes of all sonts
in the United States, and they are in
creasing yearly. Before the war the
Presby terians in the south had gathered
about 1900 slaves dnto their churches,
and taught them faithfully out of their
Bibles and catechismS When this
church split i'm 1861. the southern sec
ton magnified Its duty to the slaves,
and endeavored to do what they could
to teach them. After the war the COL
ored people naturally sought union with
the northern branch, which now has
$4,000 colored members.
In the midst of changing conditions
the southern church had to try several
plans of work. Plan after plan failed
when tested by practice. Finally seeing
that the colored people, when left to
themselves, asserted and maintained
their own ecclesiastical independence,
the southern general assembly declared
that the only practical plan for them to
aid in the establishment and maInte-
nance of am independent colored Pres
byterian church. For twenty-one years
they have maintained an excellent In
stitute for Training Colored Ministers
at Tuscaloosa, and have given aid to
struggling evangerists and pastors. They
have now six colored presbyteries, four
of which are Independent bodies-1, 500
members, in fifty-eigfTt churches, served
by fifty-five ministers. They have two
well trained colored missionaries in the
Congo Free State.
The purpose of the convention now in
session here Is to sondify all the ele-
ments into a self governing denomina-
ton. This contamination is viewed with
deep interest by all Presbyterians in the
south, and by very many in the north.
That these colored people, trained to
Presbyterian self-oontrol and intelll-
gence, can manage their own affairs, no
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28
A Sensible Northerner.

Mr.. N. f. Thompson. of Youngstown,
Pa has written number of letters in
the Philadelphia Times, calling attention
to the attractions which the south offers
n rthern sat Fers. He Whites und =rsta and
ingly, and has evidently studied the
south and hsr people. In a recent letter
he says:
The people of the south are by nature
and tradition open-heared and generous
TO a fault. They are as quick to forgive
injury as any people on the face of the
globe, and they are equally as quick to
resent an insult or avenge a wrong But
they will welcome with all the warmth of
their southern nature any oBs Who comes
among them to make that land their
home. and they VIII neither ask nor care
for his political opinions or religion. II
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Never To Be Finished.

The New York Commercial Advertiser
strikes popular chord when 1t says:
A countryman in town says that the
most characteristic thing he saw in New
York was a parcel of fools tearing down
eig'ht-story buildings to put up eighteen
story buildings in their place. Indeed, 1T
is bit fAtigulng to see THE restless for
ever at work making over New York
One wonders if the town will ever be
finished. You rarely meet a block which
the builders will long admit to be DONE
line pulling crane Is at Woik Every where
All over town there are stretches where
the sidewalks are transformed into tun-
nefs. Everywhere are dirt, Ilstle, giant
iron beams dangling in the abr, sidewalks
partly or wholly impossible.
Them they are reconstructing the
sbreefs Happy is THE block where there
IS not parcel of men tearing up the
paving stones and upraising a mound
winnie they do something or other to the
pipes.
Ths same thing is true of every city on
the continent. The American people mo
sooner build a fine city with apparently
a pelfect system of modern convenfences,
than they go to work and tear
down or tear up the whole business. The
rage at present is for tall buildings, but
will 1T continue? In the near future,
when many of these structures tumble,
or inclease the destructive ravages Of
great fires, we may see millionafres make
an ositentatious display of their wealth by
purchasing large lots and erecting two
and three-story buildings
There is MO telling. Then new sanitary
systems, new discoveries In lighting and
in motive power, may revolutionize many
street Improvements and cause THE
stress ito be practically reconstructed.
Mo city will ever be finished. It will re-
duire almost as much work to keep a
large city in repair and make the changes
desired in every generation as lit would
to build 1t brand new.
A wise dispense tton of Providence has
caused this state OF affairs. It is good
for producers and wage-workers. A fin
ished city in which there was not anothan
nail to be driven would be a thing of
beauty, perhaps, but Ut would be pub
lie calamity.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28
The Warrior Canal.

The Meeting of congress is near at
hand, and the flends of THE Warrior ca
nal Should not b. idle. The friends of
the scheme for joining the great lakes
and the sea are not idle or in the least
diSmayed, although the project viii cost
hundred millions or more. They say a
great dredge. equipped with sand pumps.
such ais is employed on Ire Chicago
drainage canal, removes 10000 cubic feet
of dirt a day, and that the Brown oan.i
lever crane, also in use on the Chicago
CANAL makes canal building compare
lively cheap. So they argue that the
country can afford Ito link the 1akas-and
the sea tosether.
There are some things in this eonnec-
ton tlhat should not be forgotten. In the
first place, all the money saving apph-
ances can be used on the Warrior canal
as wen as they can be ON the one between
the la5es and the sea; and the cheaper
ing process will proceed as actively in
the former case as in the latter. Sec
ondly, The Warrior canal is to be small
canal, about thcity milss long, for
barges; and If country can afford to
build "a canal for the benefit of the north
west, 1t can we'll afford to build a COM
paratively small outlet for he benefit of
the south. And. lastly, If the south Is to
pay share of the expensive lake-and-
sea canal, the northwest should be will
ing to pay a SHARE of THE cost of a canal
between the Inc 2haustihle mineral de-
posts of THE south and the warrior river.
1t will not occur TO the northwest or 20
New York city that they should do this
unless THE people here press the equity of
their case upon .fTeEn. Let this people go
to congress we'll equipped with facts and
ffgures-fgures reba ting to coal and iron,
as well as figures covering the cost of the
canal. Let every southern member be put
in a way to appreciate the value to the
country of the Warrior canal If the
Chicago and Cleveland iron mills are to
have a waterway to the sea, why should
the great southern iron fields be lett
cooped up at the mercy of combined rail-
roads? Let the psople have faith in the
Warrior canal, and let thcm work united
Iy and effectively towards it. lit is not a
dream. 1t is work they can secure III
they go about it ARMED with hope, cour-
age, grit and the facts.
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THE EMERALD.
Entered at the postOaiee at Birmingham,
Ala. as seeond-class matter.
Five Cents a Day.

The other day an old man seventy-six
years old was found dead in his room
in New York. The cause of his death is
mot stated, but the newspapers stated
that he had succeeded in reducing the
cost of his food ito five cents a day. The
old man had money in his pocket and a
balance in bank, and was by no means
a pauper. Economy was one of his fads,
and he had experimental in his own case
to see how low he could reduce the cost
of living. He had succeeded I'm making
his relations SO thoroughly uncomforta-
BILE that he found 1t necessary TO rent
a room and live by himself.
The gold standard men should raise a
monument TO this noble martyr to the
cause of economy. They have been urg-
ing the people to reduce their living ex-
penses SO as to mech the requirements
of the present financial system, and this
man was attempting DO follow their
teachings. Unfortunately his expert
ment was interrupted by death when he
had reduced his bill of fare to few
crackers a day. The gold standard peo-
pie will say that he should have lived
longer. Their stock argument is that
when money is scarce and wages are
low, all that a man has to do is to live
on half rations and wear rags.
How this suggestion will suit the ma
Jorfty of American citizens remains to
be seen, but the chances are that they
will make vigorous kick.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

of a gambling room. 1t has freduent-
ly been said that the most unhappy
women on eartih are those whose hus-
bands are gamblers. The gambler 8
wife, though innocent, has sma1h
place in the good oplnfom of reputable
people. The so-ca1led respectable man
who CANDLES is perhaps the worst eie-
ment in the community. Where a
man claims to be respectable, and asks
for the good opinion of the community.
whose chief occupation is that of play
ing cards for 81 living, is, in the opinion
of honest, honorable men, a disgrace ito
society. The man who would rather
play cards than work for an honest liv-
ing should be driven out of the neigh
borhOod
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

he comes to help build UP th.lr was e
paa ces he will be welcome, and just as
free to exercise the rights of citizenship
Ahere as here. If he goes there, however
foa purposs of fomentlng race ad5agen-
dsns, or agftatsng the issues of she re-
construction period, I will say very
frankly that the south would not be a
VERY healthy place for such one to I'VE
IN. The great trouble Is that there are
some on both sides WHO for purposes or
political effect are seeking to keep alive
the prejudices eugsndered by the war,
and these are doing ipoalculable injury
to The country ait large, for It Is to the
best interests Of all that these old ISSUES
should be buried forever, and as one
people we should meet the issues of the
present, working together for our whole
country.
The rapid growth of the south will
soon place THAT section IN the front rank
of prosperity. and they will be then in
position to reward those who have shown
then frierdship or extended the fraternaf
hand of aid But for those who have
constantly mnligned them, who have
sought to impede their progress, 1T will
scarcely be Within the bounds of human
mature to expect that they will receive
the Same consideration either in trade
or po'tltital affiliaticn that might other
wise be accorded them.
1t is therefore best for both sections
THAT all the issues of the war shall be
buried with The psst, and as ONE people
heneeforth look only to the good of all.
The south has a world Of wealth waiting
for Development Tt will enrich the north
equally with the south in its accomplish
ment, and the question of the hour Is
fer patriots to rise above politics ON both
sides and work for the development Of
the south as a means of blessing the en-
tire country.
Nothing could be truer than these
statements. In every southern city some
of the most popular men in society and
business circles are nor ,herners. A man
from Maine may ssttle in any community
in the SOUTH and as soon as his neigh
bors find that he is a. good citizen, in
earnest about Identifying his interests
with theirs and anxious to make friends
among them, he will soon be surrounded
by the best people, and they will stand
by him from start to finish.
There is not spark of sensational
prejudice in the south of that violent and
aggressive nature which prosc;dbes or
persecultes strangers. Southerners have
a good deal of state and local pride, but
NJ never takes AN aggressive shape to-
ward people of genuine virtue, talent and
enterprise from other quarters of the
union. OF course itbe stranger Who goes
south to find fault, scold, crftictse and
Islander the people or stir up strife VIII
have hard road to travel
This is right. Such undesirable vtsi-
tors should be made to feel that they are
not wanted, and the wonder lis THAT they
have not been more harshly treated.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

Contemplate If possible, the amount
of oratoricaa music which will be in the
air for almost two years after the popu-
lists nominate their presidential canol-
date. There win be Coxey, Tom wat
son and Cyclone Davis all at once and
at the same time.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

one will doubt who have heard their
discussions. Perhaps this movement may
gather strength as it advances by the
addition OF all coIored Presbyterians IN
the United STATES.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

In view of the fact that Mark Hanna
is now on the Florida coast, III Is SAFE
to speculate that he is not any warmer
than he has been since the Ohio cleo
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

When Mark Twain was of the number
removed from the government house in
Vienna, he was no doubt equal to the
occasion and saw the humor of the situ-
alton.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28
limited Charities.

An important meeting of the board of
directors of the United Charities will be
he'd Monday morning ait 10 O'clock at
thu i adquarters i'm the Thompson build
ing. e, cry member is earnestly request
ed 10 be present.
MRS. MARGUERITE ,LAURESS,
President.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

If the populists should nominate their
nresidential candida tie next spring. there
is great danger of his having both legs
made much longer than they ought ITO
be before the final touchdown in 1900.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

When J. Pierpont Morgan is able to
consolidate all the wire and nail mills
in the country he is carrying into execu-
t1lon the chief issue upon which the re-
publican parity last went into power.
No man stands more as the champion
of trusts and combinations than does
President Mckinley.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

Tt would seem that the man, for so
long at Wolfort's Roost will remain
undlsturbed and can continue to do
business ait the old stand.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

When Emperor William gets possess
sion of a portion of Japan Russia Will be
nrepared to take a slice out OF Ger
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

The man who does not want cheaper
gas in this city is not a friend OF the
people, but the champion of grasping
monopoly.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

Tom Watson appears to have been
conspicuously abs.st and not with the
bows in the trenches last week in st.
T o,Iis
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

Mark Hanna no doubt took his trip TO
Florida to get away from the noise made
by the Foraker crowd i'm Washington
and Ohio.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

The city authorities have given the
gas grabbeTS chance TO tell pupEsiy
how and where they got 1T.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

Dick Croker has host no time in put
ting the knife into ex-senator Hill.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

Bill Bynum, when last heard from
was using all his strength in upbudldlne
national honor.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

Mr.. Croker perhaps feels 1T incumbent
upon himself to make the next GEM
ocratic candidate for the presidency. =
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

The time is coming when the gas
,,o+er will show a less earning power
for the same amount of work.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

1t might be a good idea to have the
hose pipe turned on the Vienna congress.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28

David Bennett Hill no doubt stayed
too long in retirement.
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new styla of Dressing tho Hair.


 Whiting on dressing tho hair, Isabei 4. Mallon, in Ladies Home Journal. says that "a pretty and absolutely new Coiffure is the one that, while it rather gives the blouse effect, really consists of three deep Waves that turn back and which are of course made by tho iron At the back the hair is arranged in 2 double eight twist that shows well at the sides, but does rot rise above the top of the head. Women who have very h.yio hair can tic 1t close to the head. fasten the switeh on by string drawn through it's loop, which is tie best way, and then, pinaing down their own hair oloso to the head, arrange tho switch to form the double eight Elderly ladies, especially those whose hair has grown entirely white, wear it oftenost in . ponpadour roll, which requires a small pad under it, and then in tho back have q plaited switch carefully pinned to tho hair in Iooplike fashion. Many ladies who have reached middle age or passed it adhere 10 the ooiffure selected as be. coming when they were young, and it must Do confessed that thero isa certain dignity about this 7
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Mr. Ward l.. Smith, of Frederieks- town, Mo-, was troubled with chronic diarrh9a for over thirty wears. He had fully satisfied that 1t was only q question of a short lime until he woul have to give up. He had been treated hy some of the hest physicians ia Europe and America but got no permanent re lief One day he picked up news paper and chaneed to read an adyer- tisement of Chamberlain's Gplic Cholera and Diarrh9a Remedy. ue got n bottle ef it. the first dose helped him and it's continued use cured him. For sale by ". l.. De- woody X Co.
 u I & sW Inn
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4 tfOI Y E<t. CORN Efa.
How the Sacred. if EoneI3, Precinct Raa
 Invaded l3y an American.

How the Sacred if Lonely, Precinct TRaa
 Invaded 1y an American.
 All American attending q wedding Te. oeption in q great house jn London con graduated bride and bridegroom and passed tho usual compliments with tIo host and hostess.
 There was a great throng of guests, and he could not finger at the entrance of the drawing room when there woro many behind him anxious to offer theis greotinga.
 Peroeiying quiet corner to the right of the bride where gentleman and Q lady were standing apart from the other gueats he vent directly to it, unwit@ tingly coming to stop between two royal peEsoaagea.
 The American was not aware of the fact that he was face to face with ono of tho queen $ daughters and had turned his back upon ano5h8r member of the royal family Ee stood quietly locking about, hoping to sec some acquaintance in tho company with whom ho might have chat, and soon became uncom. fortably conscious that he was attracting attention and that tAo hostess and bride Woro casting uneagy glances in the di. sectIon Of the eornoe wbero he had taken shelter While the drawing feGm was crowded the company of guests with one consent ayoi3od the secluded corner where he G' 'd his two royal companions were stationed
 An aeQuaintanco in the background perceived h5s mistake, and coming with in hailing distance motianed to him. He left kia tg5o ccr p8niona in exclusive occupation q the corner, turning. his back upon both es ho edged his way through ti3a tbroug, while everybody stared at him When ho reached tho spot Whefe his aeQaaintaaoo Was wait ing for him, the stage whisper was bfeathed into his car
 You hav1 been poaching on royal preserves. You gre 9 privileged charae- ter because you mo an American, but no Englishnlan ventures to turn his back upon prince CT 3 princess. People were staring you cut of oountenanco because they took i5 for granted that you must bo a royal parsonage, yet they were un. ablo to identify you.
 The answer might havo been made that every American is q sovereign by tho divine right of equality of free cit. izenship, but this would hago been a meaningless pleasantly in all English drawing room, where social etiquette has sanotity superior to loyalty te democratic principle,
 The American thankea his friend for roseuing hiln from an ep barrassing DO. sition, and then stood by and watched tho corner where royalty was isolated from too close contact with the world of wealth and fashion.
 No guest approached the royal pair Their presence was an act of condcscen. sion to tho host and hostess, and they remained on exhibition as tho patrons of this social function without having their corner invaded. Everybody was careful net to approach them too close ly, and there WIS q general sense Of re- lief when they departed and the ncoea- sity for backing awag from them on sida tracks WAS removed. " outh' 6 Gelnpan- ion
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A few months ago, Mir. Byron Avery, of Woodstock, Mich, was badly afflicted with rheumatism. His right leg was swollen full length, causing him great suffering, He was advised to try Chamherlain's Pain Balm. The first bottle of it helped him considerably and the second bottle effected q cure. The 25 and 90 cent sizes are for salo hy ". l.. De woody, X Co. 1s1 q < sW I'm
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A Household Neeesslty

Cascarets Candy Cathartie. the most wonderful medical discovery of the age, pIeasant and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, elells- ing the entire system, dispel colds. cure headache, fever. habitual consti- patton and hilionsness. Please buy and try q box of c. c. C. to-day: 10. 9. 30 cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists. 12-30eod
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petter. ealt-Eshessra and tsezen1a

The intense itching and s1narGing incl. dent to these diseases is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain 8 Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases have been permanently cured by it. 1t is equally efficient for itching piles and Q favorite remedy for sore nipples i; chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites and chronic sore eyes. 20 cts. per box.
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Dr. Cady's Condition Powders, are just what a horse needs when in bad condition. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but medicine and the best in use to put | horse in prime condition. Price % cents per package.
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eThe Merry World will be the at- traction at the opera house next Monday night Ii is a high elas- at traetion and Manager Rosenberg had 10 give the company guafah. tee to come here.
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zack Daniels, colored, who has been confined in tho county iail for two years on the charge of murder. and Joe Allen, colored. charged with assault with intent 10 kill. were e. ried to Dumas this morning fer trial
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THe great scenic production, Lin eoln J. Carter's esFast Mail Com pany, which at the opera house te= night has plryed all over the United States for the past three years. Itis unnecessary to dwell upon it's merits suffice to say that for this season it has new scepery and mechanical effects that snrpassea all previous efforts. The present season Mr. Carter has six companies-four in this country and two fin England
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MT. Gnstaye Thalberg. of New York. representing Miss Ellen Beach law, the great singer, was in the city yesterday.
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saturday, Feb.. 6, ends Katzen- stein's shoe sale All in need Of shoes should attend this great bargain sale.
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Mir. Ed. Hant returned home from Hot Springs this morning, and we are pleased to state Chat his health is much improved.
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Rheumatism is foe which gives no quarter It tOlments its ietins day and night Hood K Saesap pafill8 nnrifies the blood and cures tho aches and pains ag rheuHatisH.
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If you want good neal try the Valley Restaurant, l5c. l2 dtf.
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Just try Il l0c box of Cascarets. the finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. l2 20 cod ii.