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The age-herald., 1897-11-09
THE GERMAN-AM BARGAINS
Want a Share in the Spells of Office the
 Same as Other People.

From the Birmingham Courier (German).
 Warming was recently given by the general meeting of the German-AmeI ican union to the members of that organiza- tion, in so far that it required an obli galtiOn from each member not to bind himself individually by political prom ises. It is now as always, the old. old story Before the election the cand.d5lIe5 shake hands with everybody. They are everybody's friend and do not tire of giving taEsuriances how highly they value the good opinion of the respected voter, and they freely promise to do everything they are asked if only they are eleoteld. But eleclfon is hardly over before all thtse fine speeches are forgotten the promises made are pronounced impossi- ble of fulfillment. and if you are too per sistent your ante-electioa friend may be- come rude and possibly give you an urplea san'J reminder of his newly ac- quired authority.
 Thls GermanrA Amsrcans of Jefferson county are unquestionabfy the best or ganized political lfaetor, and in conse- quence of their great numerical strength they hold the balance of power as be- tween the several political factions. Without the united vote of the German Americans, of whom 1t is now known that they can and will vote solidly and as a whole, no party in this county can be successful. The organized German American vote has become factor.
 IherS Is no dioluDt that 1t Is gsneraily conceded that in the Hast election not only the majority of the legislative rep resentaltives, but also the sheriff, tax "a asssss'or, tax collector and county com mfssioners owe their election to the Ger man+Aimea!ican y9,e. and in our city cleo tion the success of the Evans ticket could not have been achieved but for the as- sstan nee of the German-American whose votes were cast solidly for that ticket.
 But, after all what have we accom- plished? What reward have VIZ to show for our services? The sheriff alone fourd a position for a German jan.tor in the court house. Tn the entire municipal ad- ministra tion not single opportunity has presentsd itself to show the Ger man-American element even the slight est recognition. For this reason the warming given by the general meeting Is proper and opportune. German- American voters, do not bind yourselves and do not deprive yourselves as indl viduals Of the, right to vote with your organization. Only united and as solid body can we show our strength and com pei the recognition to which we are en- titled. Remember thaIt only in union there is strength.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
Delicacy and Dollars.

In a trial at Sandusky. O., the other day there was hard struggle sn a young woman's mind between delicacy and dollars. but the former conquered Some time ago a young lady fell on a badly paved sidewalk and injured one limb just above and below the knee. She dressed the wound herself, and hence there was no physician to testify in her behalf.
 She brought suit against the city for 5000 damages, but when she was placed on the stand the counsel for the city raised a point as to the character of the injury, and insisted that in order to convince the jury the lady should ex- hibit her injured limb. The fair plain tiff almost exploded with wrath. She declared that the demand was mon strous, and natly refused to make the showing asked for.
 The prosecutor insisted and quoted au-
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
Some Sham Republics.

They have been having trouble lately in Venezuela, Salvador and Guatemala. In Spanish American republic when fifty determined citizens take a stand against the government, it is a revolu- nion.
 These disturbances are so common that they attract little attention. In this country the people look down upon their quarrelsome southern neighbors, and ex- press the opinion that their governments, after all, are only sham republics with dhctators for presidents and bayonets back of their ballots. It may be that this view is justified by the facts, but it is mortifying to reflect that outsiders do not think much better of this great republic
 An intelligent man in London ar any European capital who reads the American news in the daily papers for a year will come to the conclusion that corruption and Intimidation control our politics; that judges here are tyrants; that the militia and sheriffs posses are constantly shooting down strikers and mohs and that the power of the money kings makes it impossible for the people to control the government, even when they elect the men of their choice. A majority of the American people are op- posed to McKinleyism, Dingleyism and plutocracy. They favor the restoration of the principles and methods of the 1effersonjan democracy, and they de- mand bimetallism.
 The will of this majority has been defeated by corruption and intimida- tion. There is no doubt about it.. In the light of these cold facts it is doubtful whether the people are much better off politically than the Spanish American republics. Uncle Sam is something of sham himself.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
A North Carolina Idea.

The better classes of the North Car olina democrats are strongly in favor of an educational qualification for voters In that state they have had so much trouble with populists, republicans and demagogues that they see the necessity of a reform which will minimize the power of these political disturbers.
 The religious papers favor the idea, and it is growing stronger every day. It is very hard when universal suf age prevails to pass laws providing qualifi- cations which will limit suffrage, but un- der some conditions it is possible, and the old North State may make the at tempt and succeed.
 Those who complain of such a law are completely disarmed by the proposition to make it take effect at the end of year or two. This would give the. intel ligent and enterprising citizen time enough to learn how to read and write, and if they are not willing to do that much for the privilege of voting it would seem that they do not care much about it.
 In this age it is so absolutely neces- sary to be able to read and write that such a qualification should not meet with any very strong opposition anywhere. This is question Alabama has to set- tie and that at an early date.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
PERSONALITIES.

1t is not generally known that King Oscar. of Norway and Sweden, as well as being a scientist is a poet of great talent and also a dramatist. The kings writings have had wide circulation in his own dominions, where they are very popular
 Lovers of Wordsworth's poems-and they are many-will hear with interest that Rydal Mount, the favorite home for so many years of that sweetest Of Lakeland poets, is once more to be ten anted by a member of his family MT. and Mrs Fisher Wordsworth, of whom the latter is the daughter of Mir. Henry
 Curwen Wordsworth, the eldest grand son of the poet, are at present residing at Ambleside but they intend shortly to make Rydal Mount their home, when, in order to perpetuate the memory of bygone days, two or three of the rooms are to be restored, as far as possible, to their original appearance, and fitted up in the quaint Uld- fashioned style of fifty years ago.
 The great mutiny In India, forty years ago, was largely melted by the preaching of a fanatical priest the moulvie or Fyzabad. Another fanatical priest, the so-called mad mullah" or moulvie of Haddah, Is the most conspicuous leader in the present troubles on the north- western frontier of India. He exerts powerful influence over the Momand and other Mohammedan tribes, and the Brit ish agent at Cabul estimates his disci- ples at 100000. The home of the mullah, | who is otherwise known as Najamudin Ahkoond- d-zada-that is, disciple of the Ahkoond-is at Haddah, in the Jelala- had district. He was active in foment- ing the hostility to the English which was the cause of the Chitral expedition of 1895. Lately he has been preaching a holy war against them. and he led in person the tribesmen who attacked Mala-
 kand.
 F MT. Church, the American artist, is
 known to most people as the author son canvas of beautiful maidens who charm the beasts of the forest, and as
 a man who can draw a richly humorous
 picture of bears and other animals. To
 his friends he is known as a quaint story-teller and he often writes most original little sketches. He is so modest
 that he never likes to find notices about
 himself /in the newspapers. His mod
 esty was illustrated several years ago
 when he was invited by a colleague to
 dinner. At the dinner were some other
 guests, who were inclined to make a
 lion of MT. Church. He could not resent
 this, but after dinner he found some
 kittens in the hall, and, taking them to
 the drawing room, he sat on the floor
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
Rise In Cotton Predicted.

Tha New York Sun predicts that cot ton win go up at least cents a pound before the season is over. It says:
 Tt Is conceded generally that the min 1mum amount eff American cotton which the world will consume in the coming year is 9.300.O00 balese TO mset this con- sumption and to make up the deficiency in the world'a normal reserve stock of cotton will require, obviously, an Ameri- can crop this yest. of net less than 10,- O00,000 bales. Assuming that the crop reaches that figure, holders of cotton ought t9, consider whether the price at which cotton is now selling is not pretty low for a situation in which demand and supply will be evenly balanced, with the hazards of the new crop yet to en- counter. and with the we'll known law in operation of tfle strong influence of low prices toward an ino,eassd consumption of so commonly used a staple Indeeed the question may be raised most serious iy, wlhethsr the prevailing prDJe does net discount a. much larger crop than the figure nanfed.'
 It is easy to give convincing reasons why co!lton should rise. and yet the ex- penlence of the past show that it is inn possible to make r.liab8e predictions about the staple. Possibly the point 7las been reached when 1t is in the power of control the market. whether the crop be large or small.
 A cotton expert once declined to make prediction, saying that the opinion of the youngest man in. the business was worth as much as that of the oldest.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
SHRIFT.

From the Pal Mall Gazette. Unbind thine eyes. with thine own soul
 confer,
 Look on the sins that made thy life un- Behold how slight thy vaunttd virtues were, How weak thy faith, thy deeds how small
 and mean;
 How far from thy high dreams thy life
 hath been. How poor thy use of all thou hast received, How little of all Gods glory hast thou
 seen, How misconstrued that which thou hast
 perceived. Then when thou hast beheld thy own un-
 worth,
 The cup of shame drained to the bitter
 lees, When thou are humbled to the. least on
 earth,
 And in the dust makest common cause Kind arms shall fold about thee, bringing The. earth. thy mother, Shall assuase thy
 pain,
 Her woods and fields. her quiet streams Shall touch thy soul and make thee whole
 again. But if thy heart seals fast one hidden sin Or one vie script thy soul shrinks to
 erase, The mighty mother cannot bring thee in Unto the happy holy healing place, But thou shalt weep in darkness. out of
 grace, And miss the heaven of beauty undefiled; For he who would behold her face to face, Must be in spirit as . little child.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
Pension Robbery.

It is time that pensions were taken out of politics. Here 1t is thirty-one years after the war, yet our pension rolls have increased every year until now it has reached $139, 9,799,717. It has grown in the last year nearly two million dollars. Pensions are proper when paid to sol diers who fought for the nation. No southern man opposes them. The man who was injured on the field of battle is entitled to pension. But 1t is an out rage to give pensions to men who never heard a gun shot during the war. The pension roll at present is greater than the salares of all the men in the union army. The government is being syste- matically robbed.
 The pension fund as is now being paid out by the government is nothing less than fund for political bribery. Every needy union soldier should be pensioned 1berally, but the fund should not be distributed in such a way as to build up great class of people in this coun- try who are able to work but who live at the expense of the government with out rhyme or reason for the same. The pension department of the government needs overhauliug badly. H. Clay Evans has always been considered am honest, honorable man. He now has an excellent opportunity to clean the Augean stables.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
A Tennessee Colony.

The famous MT. Debs and his colonists have decided, so 1t is reported, to locate, far from the capitalists, on the Cum berland plateau, in Cumbs rland and FeDtris counties, where they have pur- chased, it is said $50, 900 acres, including some coal beds, granite, marble and other deposits, which go, of course, with the land. The well-known plateau lies between the Cumberland and Tennes- see rivers. we'll elevated above either, and not greatly blessed with steam boats, or railroads, or good roads. It is a remote. sequestersd district. When a Debsite is once landed there, he cannot easily escape. Nor will he perhaps try to go back while the moonlight indus try remains prosperous.
 The plateau lies about 2,000 feet above the sea- and is none too fertile. To make a living on such land is not an easy task; and just how they will go about it to earn Q, living and at the same time the interest on two millions of dollars does not yet appear. A Louisville trust company has. it is said. loaned that
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
Victims of Proqress.

In Atlanta last week an old woman hanged helrsesf, and her 90-year-old hus- band was locked up as a suspected mur- dsrer, and held until the coroners yer dict caused his release. The old couple owned nice lot with a little cottage, and they expected to have a comforta- ble home while they lived. It took only two or three dollars week to support them, and the husband was able to earn that much.
 But the city improved the streets around the property. and it was taxed fer paving, sidewalks. fsewerage, etc. The bill ran up to large amount and the old man fell into the tlands of Shy lock. He borrowed what money was needed and sign:d contract transfer upon the death of-his wife. whenever that event should occur.
 This destroyed the old mans credit. His employers turned him off because he was a little cranky and then came two or three years of slow starvation. His good wife suffered cold and famine, and nled to taks care of her poor. simple minded husband to the last. but the strain was too great, and in a moment of despair she took her own life. The wretcheld husband is now homeless. Progress has ruined him taxed him out of his prop arty; driven him crazy; killed his wife and he m1Jstt IlOw Starye or po to the poor house or the asylum.
 It is a sad fate for a toiler who has paid taxes in a city forty yeaf-s, when the taxing power of that city brlpngs such utter desolation and ruin upon him. The employers who contributed to this result, and the Shylock wllo is particeps criminis, deserve-well, the verdict of the average reader will hit it about right.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
lNDlh'S lDoLs.s

Great as the number of idols in India, for popular report puts the number down as 333, ,000. GOO. Every Indian village has it's especial adol sometimes more than one. None of these idols of clay. wood or stone is supposed to be fit for wor- ship tdl the ccnsscrating words have been spoken over it by priest
 Brahma is tine supreme god of India and appears in three forms-Brahna, the creator, Viahnu the preseryer and Silva tha destroyer. Each of the three is sup posed to be married and thus at once we have six deities which are supreme in India.
 Yishnu, the preserwer the most popu- lar and most worshiped. is shown black and likewise with four arms, and as in a struggle of the gods with the demons he killed a woman he was condemned to be born twenty-two times as fish, a tortoise a t,oar and Hon among other animals. His many manifestations .n animal form are likewise popular. His wife, Lakshms, is the goddess of pros- peTfty and good luck. She is represented as & lovely woman with gold-colored faee-gold being the Hindoos ideal tint
 Very different are SKa and his wife. He is the destroyer and is represented as a. man unclothed. but powdered over with ashes and having a tiger skin swathed about him. He has third eye fn the middle of his forehaed. A neck lace of human skulls decortes his throat, while he carries a club or trident sur mounted by human heads and bones. He is also armed with a bow and an ax. His wife has several forms. At first as Sati, the faithful one, her name is given to widows who are burned alive on their husbands funeral pyres. Secondly, she is Durga, the mother of the world, and is seated on @ lion and dressed in red. Again. as Kali, the goddess of cruelty, she is one of the most horrible of Hindoo deities, represented as black, adorned with human skulls and hands and danc- ing on the body of her husband. This is not because she hates him, but because, when, according to tradition, she had fin ished destroying her enemies she danced so violently the earth seemed about to be- shaken to pieces, and to stop her Siva lay down among the dead and she, seeing h.dn under her feet, became ashamed and put out her tongue, which is the Bengali manner of blushlng. These are the principal gods of India. selected from the reputed 333 900 900.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

amount taking the land as security for it's repayment. CT thi5 sum s1,65O.OOo goes to pay for the land. leaving ss50ooe as the working capital If the latter sum will keep the colonfsts in food and shel- ter until they can make their section of the plateau produce something. they may pull through but certainly no one will envy the colorlis.s the task they have assumed.
 Fruit growing and coal mining may, however. help them out. The experiment will be watched with interest. and no one will rejoice more over any success they may achieve than the people among whom they have located. ..a-,,
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News. most head-strong.
 A good -humored lawyer often makes a cross-examination.
 Whats bred in the bone is weighed out to us by the butcher.
 It is an easy matter for a man to love his neighbor as himself providing she is young and pretty.
 A woman laughs in her sleeve when a man begins talking through his hat.
 The campaign manager issues the dodgers and the candidates dodge the issues.
 The political party worker is the one who is the most successful in working the party.
 The barber always tells hair-raising story when he tries to sell bottle of his tonic.
 The further back a man can trace his descent the longer he has been on. the downward path.
 When a physician is on the scent of a disease he uses his diagnose.
 Poets must suffer before they can write, says a philosopher. After that the public has a monopoly on the suf- fering.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

and played with them until 1t was time to go home. meanwhile ignoring every thing esse.
 Queen Victoriass chief bodily ill now is the pain in the finger Eherson she wears the wedding and engagement rings given her by Prince Albert. Her hand has grown too fat for the rings and she will not have them cut. They canpot now be removed in any other way, and one correspondent said that it is now question whether her majesty will fore go her pretty sentiment or continue to suffer acute pain.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

thOrity. The judge left 1t to the ladyl and she was firm in her refusal. Then. the case went to the jury. and verdict was returned for the city. By declining
 to raise her skirts above her knee for d moment the plaintiff lost S5,000
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

If MT. Hannis Taylor had not been SO ultra-diploma tic-afraid to offend the better representative of the government at Madrid. By maintaining one thing while a minister and exactly the oppo- site when he becomes private citizen is not calculated to impress the people here or elsewhere that he was the right man in the right place.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

Those papers which are shouting at the defeat of Senator German upon the basis that it is an indication of purity in politics, go wild with praise at the cleo tion of Mark Hanna. It is indeed pe- culiar kind of a mind that finds con- demnaItion for German and publication for Hanna. German is gentleman while Hanna is of the lowest element in or out of politics.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

ginia. make the s1ats. in which there is no attse interest taken by Mr. Van Wyelk and the boys" who worked with the
 machine.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
The gas grabbers must be downed.

While Dick Cro1er is att Hot Springs Nhere will lbe more Tam,many braves seeking baths from those waters than have been taken by Tammany for many years. MT. Croker will, while in iVr-
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

If ex-Minister Taylor had told the truth about Spain as he knew it before he left Madrid there would have been some hope of a settlement of the Cuban question:
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

Mark Harla may have to fight harder within his own party than he did the common enemy before the election.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

It Is To be hoped that Mayor Van Wyck will do much toward changing the stripes of the Tiger.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

Former minister to Spain, Mr. Tay+ Tor, is doing now what he should have done two years ago.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

The gas grabbers stole few hundred thousand dollars when they watered the stock
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

Pure gas, pure water and pure milk are the legitimate rights of the people.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

The Spanish government has wsyfel at the far end of the limb.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

The gas grabbers will be made to know the meaning of the will of the people.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

Seth Low is impressed with the belief that he was not beaten by the chainless machine
The age-herald., 1897-11-09

If Mr. Croker is generous he will of fer MT. Pla,tt the best place at his dis posal.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
AnvERTISING RAVES.

Remittances can be made by express. postoffce money order or drafts at current rate C. exchange. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
The age-herald., 1897-11-09
TIE AGE HERALD.
Entered at the nostofHee at Birmingham. Ala. as second-class matter.

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-12-27
USED STR1C GIMME.

Bohemian Farmers Wife Kills Her Four
Children and Herself.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., Dec. 27.-A
case of wholesale poisoning is reported
from the western part of Walsh county,
and the entire family of Jacob Jerry
Payer, a we'll known Bohemian farmer.
consisting of his wife and four children,
the Oldest Z years and the youngest /
year old, are dead from poison admins.
tered by Mrs Payer.
Mr.. Payer left home with a load of
wheat to market at Park River, eighteen
miles distant. Before leaving his wife
insisted on his returning home the same
night, which he refusep to do, and they
q~uarreled over the matter.
In the morning Mr.. Payers father,
who lives a mile distant, went over to
look after the stock al his sons home.
Finding no signs of any of the family in
the house made ar investigation and
found Mrs. Payer and the four children
all dead in bed. A quantity of strych.
nine left on the table told the story.
Appearances indicated that Mrs. Payer
had given the children the fatal dose
and had afterwards arrayed the bodies
in their best clothes and attired them
for burial and then taken poison her.
self.