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Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01
AT o,BRIEN,s.

Owing to threatening weather only a small audience greeted the Two Johns' company. Notwithstanding this fact the company put forth their best efforts and kept their audience In a high state of en- toyment The company Is a good one and deserves large. audiences wherever they appear, as they strive always to please.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01
THE MOB THWARTED

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 31.-The Case brothers, charged with the murder of Operator Addison, at Wesson, and who have been scoItlned in the penitentiary for the past few days to prevent the pos sibility of lynching, were carried today to Hazlehurst, where they will have a preliminary examination tomorrow. Cit izens of Wesson deny the reports that any effort was made to stop the cannon ball' at that point the evening they were brought here
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

Start off in the new year by paying every cent you possibly can on your in debtedness. By this means everything will be more or less relieved and in one day a S10 William can be made to settle over S100 of indebtedness if every man will agree to turn loose when called upon.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

There is not the slightest chance for a set-to between Spain and the United States. The pensioners don't want to fight, and the office seekers haven't the time to fight. With such a condition and not theory confronting us, in all candor we ask where is the American army to come from?
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01
,. SOCIAL.

Society has been in a state of pleas urable anticipation over the debut of one of Birmingham's fair daughters, and the following card announces the date of the event: 4a
 Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Earl,
 Miss Mary Gaines Earle,
 zSlss4 At Home Wednesday Evening, January sixth,
 at nine o'clock
 SlyS-~ q S%s &
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

This is the beginning of the new year and let's one and all go to work for the general upbuilding of this city. forget ting for a season all bickerings and de- precision and try the effect of downright InSh
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

with Gruber, Lauterbach and other spoilsmen of the republican machine to break down the civil service regulations of the police department. Parker was so much diseoncerted by the disclosure that he added to the completeness of It by say ing that he was not a republican. but a democrat. s'He thus showed" says the Evening Post, that In business of this kind there is no difference whatever be- tween spoilsmen of both parties and all parties. They have the common purpose of debauehing the public service in the interest of partisan and disreputable pol itfcs, and are ready to join hands at any moment if by so doing they can better ac- complish their ends" s.ts
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

It is much more difficult now for wo- man to turn over new leaf than it was in Eyes time.-Chicago Times Herald.
 It is all owing to whether she is on or off of the stage.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

Willie Waffle Astor has crossed the pond and says America is no place for a gentleman to live. The query is how can this affect Willie?
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

The butter makers want to put dairy editor in the cabinet. Is he baldheaded? The butter makers need no hair repre- sentative.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01
For the State Herald.
 THE OLD AND THE NEW YEAR.
By W. E. Horne. THE OLD.

A blush was allstha chaos knew When ray of light pierced darkness through; Then in the boundfess, vast unknown, From Infinite o'efafching zone Where n CT had angel, seraph sung, eAa The pendulum of Time was hungl That pendulum. has reach and swing
 With hands that mark upon it's face The birthaef stars, Times sweep of wing, Der lives of all the human race! He. then, is wise who will observe ., The warning hands that click with pause To give man time. that he conserve,
 The healing force of Natures laws! It has through all the aeons gone Told hour of birth, of death, decay Of all mankind, from. hut to throne,
 And record kept, when passed away! Twas mereffuI and clicked, to end
 The deadly wars, when passions rage, And wounded fall; that it might send
 some healing balm by nursing agei It's hands revolving, hour by hour,
 Was measure once of by-gone years That now entonb the ashen power
 ol Kings, alike, with peasants tears! And yet upon that dials face,
 There is 10 trace of age or hour, When first there swung out into space
 Its pendulum of sweep and poweri Through centuries of the darkest gloom
 Around it's face there still was gleam, In Times year-house there's always room
 For slumber and for peaceful dream. These hands could tell of men who thought White bird in flight was omen dire, When miracles were by men wrought, z,
 And angry gods would show their irei What care we for the legends old
 Bout dragons, mythS giants galore, Or ghoulS that in the grave yards hold, Their carnivals or human gore?
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01
wAUcH NIGHT SERVICE.

The watch service at the First Meth odist church last night was conducted by the pastor, Dr. Kelly, and the presid- ing elder, Dr. Newman. The new year was welcomed with music and appropri- ate service. Miss Mccoy was at the or ganA
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

The pains and aches of rheumatism have in many instances been cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01
DIRECTORS. MEETING.

The board of directors and officers of the United Charities is hereby called to meet in the Commercial club rooms at 10 o'clock Saturday, By order of the secre- tary. t1 tF
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

Tom Watson is now out of political life. but Tom is liable to bob up very live political corpse any time.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01
The pendulum of Time now swines

Then why not let us hail New Year.
 With shout of triumph, crown him OCT As our New King, and then with cheer, And song and dance libations pour?
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

The New Orleans Picayune suggests that bridge wreckers be abridged.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

And heres a happy and prosperous New Year to all our brethren of the press, and especially to those of the Bir- mingham dailies-to Brothers Rountree, Wilson and Greer, of the State Herald and to Brother Sparrow and his associ- ates, of the Ledger. May 1897 be the best year in Birmingham journalistic history. .-Evening News.
 The State Herald does not propose for any man or set of men to be more polite and social than we are. Here's to the Evening News, the Ledger, the Labor Advocate, the Independent, the Times, the Peoples Tribune. the Free Lance, the Christian Advocate. the Courier the Sun day Morning Star, and the entire print ing fraternity, and may the King of Prosperity perch upon your ban ner like the tomtit on the cherry, warming you with the wings of kindness, while the delicate beak mellows the savory fruit for a delicious pie.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01
BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD

Entered at the postofiee at Birmingham. Ala. as second-class matter.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01
THE NEW.

Times pendulum now marks the hour
 And clicks high noon to human thought The enginery of force and power,
 Born of the age and by 1t wrought These hands back on the dial turn
 To motioniess and shoreless sea Of Night and Death-sepuichered urn
 Of Silence and lninity! Back o'er. the yelled hypnotic past Of legend lore and mystic theme, The lamp of reason now at last
 Can sendits shadowgraphic beam The pendulum of Time now swings
 To mark improvement everywhere And every second, hour, it brings
 A. brighter, sweeter atmospherel Then why not let us hail New Year.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-01

''The society young ladies always take
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
Death of a Physician.

DR.. John W. Hooking, of Govans-
town. Md, died Monday afternoon at
that place after a brief illness of con-
gestion of the kidneys.
DR.. Hooking was born near this
place July 9, 1857, and was, therefore,
10 years old. He was son of the late
William Hooking. and is survived by
three sisters Mrs. Samuel Jeffries, of
this place, and Misses Mamie and
Jenifer, of his own household, and
three brothers William, of Mountain
Lake Park, Md, N. R., of Philadelphia,
Pa, and DR.. George H. Hooking,
of Mt. Savage, this county.
DR.. Hooking graduated in medicine
in 1854 from the University of Mary
land. after having become the presi-
dent of his class and winning the
Tiffany medal for that year. Thence
he accepted employment for several
months at the Bayview Asylum hos
pltal. In the fall of the same year he
located at Govanstown, where he es-
tablished large practice. He was an
excellent and successful physician.
The remains arrived here on a
special train Wednesday afternoon.
lnterment in Allegany cemetery, Rev.
A. c. Haverstick officiating at the
grave. Messrs. James Tibbetts, of
Barton W. w. Shultice, of Piedmont,
w. Va; DR.. M. G. Porter, of Iona
coming; H. 7. Bruck and F. S. Deck
ems, of Mt. Savage, and Howard
Hitchins, of this place, were the pail
bearers
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
Disappearance.

The friends of Miss Mollie Kern,
daughter of Mrs. Frank Conlon, and
domestic in the family of Michael
Rooney, C. and P. train dispatcher,
were much concerned late last week
over that lady's disappearance. She
left Mr.. Rooney's house Thursday
evening, saying she was going to see
her mother. Nothing was thought of
the matter, however, until Saturday
when each family discovered that she
was not with the other. 1t transpired
later that she went to Elk Garden, W.
Va, to visit relatives. 1t is stated
also that Miss Kern is slightly af-
ficted with mental trouble.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
mo Money Necdcdw

j. Semmes Devecmon, whilom demo-
Graf and now one of Cumberland's
most advanced economists, was in town
on a Saturday evening recently and
told the JOURNAL that "money is not
what is wanted; that society needs no
money" or words to that effect. Titus
A. Brick, standing near, overheard the
remark, went home and soon came to
the JOURNAL with a personal" written
in style all his own which does not
have to be copyrighted, because it has
successfully defed imitation in more
than several languages. If the reader
discredits this statement, let him OBJ
serve for himself:
do not know that Mr.. Boomer feIlowships
with Mr.. Sim, or aspires to be embamed in
prose by such a poet as him.
But this | know-for several years, perad-
venture something less, Sim has walk d
through this valley of tears in singular bless
edness
The uneven tenor of his life flows undis-
turbedly along; he lives in harmony with
himself, and populism makes him strong.
His step is firm, and so is his mind; he
stands bang-up for the state-the foe alike of
1.-THE streets of gold, and currency-mixed or
straight.
The pops will soon find it hard to raise in
the midst of their lavord crew a man who
gailops in wisdom's ways as Simmie is wont
to do.
A man, too, who howls for lower freight
raises higher moral flags, who takes his fill
ter'd Potomac straight and e'er antagonizes
jags.
No one so fully pop fads endorse-not cen
Boomer they prefer, though both are short on
rational force and lengthy on wheels that
whirr.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
Died

At her home near this place, Satur-
day, July "a, 1897, Mrs. Catharine
Engle, wife of John Engel. Deceased
was born in Ibach Hessen, Germany,
August 10, 1929, and married October
20, 1854. Her husband, sons, 5
daughters and 10 grandchildren sur
vive. At the funeral Monday Rev.
G. A. j. Cramer, of this place, con-
soled the bereaved family and relatives
by remarks in both German and Eng
lish. The choir of Zion's church sang
well selected hymns.
An infant son of Henry A. Engel, of
this place, died Thursday morning,
July 30, 1897. Funeral this (Satur-
day. afternoon at Zion's church, Rev.
G. A. }. Cramer, pastor, officiating.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31

Much criticism of the trustees of
Brown University is INDUCED because
they have practically compelled DR..
Andrews, the president of the in
stituton, to abdicate that office.
The trustees are right.
A teacher who announces the belief
that "the free coinage of silver will
raise the prices of all commodities IN
this country and at the same time
lower them sufficiently to enable us to
drive Great Britain out of the South
American markets" should look for
some other vocation.
Indeed, the teacher of even IL public
school who seriously entertains the
free coinage notion impeaches his
own capabilities as an Interpreter of
any rule in arithmetic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
A Dear MiSDlacement.

A few years ago misplaced comma in a
tariff bill cost the government many thous-
ands of dollars of revenue and deprived an
"infant' agricultural industry of the pro-
lection which its friends thought it needed.
Baltimore Sun
The JOURNAL quotes the above para
graph for the benefit of several Job
printers, newspaper sharps, Mayors,
Councilmen and printing committees
within the wide range of the great
papers tutelage who think there's no.
thing in punctuation"
They are mistaken. There are
several elements in correct punctua-
ton which municipality should de-
sire, among them responsibility, digni-
ty, satisfaction, and sometimes, as the
Sun recalls, dollars.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
Quite So.

'klondyke," writing from Fros,burg
to the Cumberland Times, says:
In reference to Mayor Bear, it is admitted
that he is a hustling and up-to-date officer,
and any act of the Council must be for the
benefit of all taxpayers or it will meet with
his objection. Mayor Bear has done more
for the town (gratis) than any officer who
has had the mayoralty honors and there is a
probability of his serving another term as our
chief executive.
Mainly true.
But that 5-year contract effaces all
the gratis that he can do in two
years.
another term ~
Impossible.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
Appeal for Fresh Air.

The Children's Fresh Air Society of
Baltimore asks for the cooperation of
kind hearted people in this section in
the work of providing an outing of
two weeks for the children of very
poor people who live in that great city.
The Society is composed of men and
women who are giving themselves and
their money to this cause. They
search out the children and have them
examined by physician, clothe them
suitably and pay all expenses of trans
portation, asking only of country
people to share their homes with the
little ones for two weeks free of charge.
Could any charity appeal more
directly to the hearts and sympathies
Of the people than this9 We who
breathe the pure atmosphere, fragrant
with the scent of fields, can scarcely
appreciate the sufferings of the poorer
people in such weather as the last
fortnight has brought to the cities.
In the close streets and alleys of
Baltimore where the air is so sitting
and the pavements so blisterlng under
the heat of the SUI thousands of little
children are gasping for breath of
fresh air and a small share of the
blessings which we out here 50 freely
and richly enjoy. There is no escape
from this furnace for them unless some
kindly hands come to their relief for
loves sake. This is the work the
Fresh Air Society is engaged in and
this is the work we are invited to share.
May it not be hoped that large
number of people here may interest
themselves in the work and provide
homes for at least 80 of these little
ones9
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
CORRESPONDENTS.
An Open Letter.

CUMBERLAND, Mn, July p, 1897.
Hon. DAVID f.. Dick
Dew jSir-Having announced your
self as a candidate for the republican
nomination for State Senator for Allie
gany county, it is entirely proper that
the people whose support you are seek
ing should be informed as to your
position on questions affecting their
material and political interests.
Will you, therefore, through the
medium of the public press, answer
the following questions p
First-Wlll you, IN the event of
your nomination and election. rein
troduce the Mining Bill passed by the
last Assembly of Maryland, and which
was subsequently vetoed by the Gov
ernorg
1econd-Will you use your influence
and vote for Governor Lowndes for L.
S. Senator?
Thud-How do you explain your
public denunciation of Governor
Lowndes, and your acceptance i'm
mediately thereafter of your present
position offered you upon the endorse
ment of the Governor INQUIRER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
Its Duty.

The following item was current
early this week:
Hon. John z. Poe. of Baltimore, has sent
the Cambridge council an opinion that the
State Board of Health has no authority to
supersede local authorities in sanitary matters.
The JOURNAL takes but little stock
in Mr.. Poe's advice, but if he should
happen to be correct in this instance,
the next Legislature ought to see to
it that criminally negligent COM
munities should be made to take care
of themselves.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
Political.

The free coinage people held their
primary so quietly Thursday evening
of last week that nobody knew there
was breath of politics on dit. How
it was determined the JOURNAL doesn't
know, but John Brady and several
others We're reported as having been
selected to represent No. II in the
county convention. At least, John
and his colleagues found it out Sin
some way to the jury unknown"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
True as Gospel.

Conrad f. Nickel, for one, threw
away the climacteric opportunity of
his life when he failed to carry his
fight against monopoly from the coun-
cil chamber to the arena of the Circuit
Court.
For few days he was applauded.
Had he met the last as we'll as the
first exaction of patriotism, his name
would have been great, not only in
Frostburg, but in the county.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Plenty Of(haunps

private citizen OF Colorado has under
taken to assert his title to 100 acres of land on
top of Pixies Peak, now held by the Govern
ment as timber reservation. Should he
fail in his attempt there is still a career open
for him. He might come East and accent
the presidency off surface traction company
or of gas company in one of our large cities.
New York World.
Or of an electric light company under
the oegt8 of town administration which
has no friends to reward nor enemies
to punish.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
Can't Retreat this Way

Mr.. Nickel authorizes the NeerS to say that
the proposition of the JOURNAL that he and
Councilman Shuckhart should enjoin the
mayor and council in the electric light con-
tract is neither wise nor courageous He and
his colleague did their duty in the council
chamber, and did it bravely, and they ought
not to be expected to carry their fight to an
other forum.-Frostburg Ne~s
Ii George Washington, who was a
delegate to the first and second Con.
tinental Congresses, had taken the
same course Of action that Mr.. Nickel
does, there would probably be to-day
no country known as the United States.
But Mr.. Nickel cannot get away
from his duty in this matter. Having
started, he should have continued.
Being in the right, he owed it to the
right to succeed. He is the elect of
the people-one of the two agents
to whom the people look, and have the
right to look to represent them even
in the last ditch. He has no right to
leave the performance of a public
duty to any private citizen. He
knows that what is everybody's bust
ness is nobody's business"
Does Mr.. Nickel lack the courage to
proceed in behalf of the people
If so, let the JOURNAL commend him
to the example of the officers of the
Electric Light company, who, aeiM the
people against them, never let up until
they had throttled the victims of their
rapacity. With the right and the peo-
pie on his side, could he not be as bold
and courageous as those VINO had
neither to back them?
The JOURNAL will not elaborate,
though the temptation is great.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31

The Cumberland Neocs gives a pa
thetlc account of incidents connected
with the suspension of Uncle ,Som.
Next ?
just as the Diugley Act has come in
to raise prices on the Homecoming
Rooieac it has lowered its subscription
rate to its subscribers. The action
comes nearer answering the JOURNALS
unanswerable question than anything
that has happened. What is lacking
The Reciew's price was not forced down
by Law.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
COUNTY NEWS.
Convention.


The free coinage people met in Cum
berand Saturday.
j. w. S. Cochrane, a good man.
presided. He made the point that his
faction doesn't cut much frozen water
IN the summer time of county affairs,
but in the winter of Annapolitan dis
content it is daisy.
AS indicated, the convention was
for free silver, but by some hocus
pocus it was silenced and disfranchised
on the only subject dear to the eman-
cipated argentiferous heart. Some
how it could not be noisily for silver
and silently for German.
When this state of affairs dev eloped
William Grimes, Carlos freeman,
arose, protested and bolted-a pro-
cedure fully and audibly endorsed at
once by the unterrifed J. Semmes
Devecmon. The conference between
Messrs. Grimes and Deyecmon was a
very cordial affair. Both are l6 to
l-ers, except that Mr.. Devecmon feels
sometimes that the country does not
need even that proportion of money.
But there they stood and often swore
Upon the floor with hands uprais'd-
That the gold standard nevermore
Should curse the land-the Lord be prais'd!
80, who wouldn't give to us the rens of
state,
And let us run the earth a spell?
We'd pay no fare and cut down freight,
And give the corporations fits.
Messrs. J. N. Wilson, A. P.
Laughlin, A. A. Mooney, J. w. Hum
bird, M. j. Malamphy and F. A.
Shober were then elected to represent
the county in the State convention
held in Baltimore Wednesday.
Looking at this list with critical,
not to say Emerald Isle eye, Patrick
O'Rourke, of Frostbnrg, suggested
that to make it dead sure thing the
convention better know that the al
ternates are Chicago platform men of
the William Grimes pattern.
The State convention was asked by
resolution to name five instead of three
State Central committeeman. it being
believed that the former is a safer free
coinage number than the latter.
The convention adjourned after
singing
So let us with the pops contrive
TO foster gloom and harder times
The pains of worry keep alive
And thus call back our brother Grimes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-31
Twin Eallacirs.

Everybody who believes that it is easier to
make dear living than cheap one, should
get out and shout for the DingIey bill
Cumberland Times
And incidentally whoop it up for the
free coinage of silver, that other notion
whose foundation is a Chinese wall.