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to breaking up the nuisance but I im- agine it belongs to some city officer. It may bs the mayor or chief of police. don't care whose it is, but I do know that 1t is a d-d nuisance and ought to be broken up. This town is getting too large for dummy engines. anyhow. They were all right before electricity was 9n use. Electric railroads have been in use for more than fifteen years. Ths dummies ought to be thrown aside and pushed into the scrap pile Anyhow, smash the bell and escaping steam nuis- ance. It may b= said it can't be stopped. It can. The Pennsylvania railroad, the only first class road now in the world, years and years ago made rule that the engineer who permitted steam to escape from his engine while it was standing at station would be dis charged. From that day to this no es- caping of steam in a. Pennsylvania rail- road station has ever been heard. If one road can do it others can. It can be done on the dummy enginss if it is +ried. Simply because it has been allowed for years is no reason it cannot be stopped
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
American Women.

Dr. Cyrus Edison declares that a "per- fectiy healthy woman is quite a rarity" The doctor says ehat he found only one healthy women in seventeen of his lady acquaintances. That is no. bad show ing. One healthy man out of seven- teen men Itcked up at random would do very well.
 But MT. Edson is too exacting. He should remember 'dhat within the past two generations American men have gained an inch in hetght, and are larger linbed and stronger than their fathers were. This would not be the case if they were the sons of unhealthy mothers. During recent years athletics have been very populap among women. They ride horses and bicycles, take long walks, row and hunt and enjoy many out door sports and exercises. Naturally, tihey are growing stronger and healthier.
 Turn the average woman loose on a shopping trip, with a well-filled purse, and she will do more walking and talk ing than the average man.
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Western Cheap Fuel.

Last winter in one district out west the people consumed over 15,00O bushels of corn as fuel. These farmers had money, but they found it cheaper ito burn corn, which was selling for 20 cents per bushel, than to buy coal at $8 per ton.
 This winter it is probable that the western farmers will burn coal, because they will get better prices for their corn. It wiM be the same way for some years to come. The food consumption of the world is cH:chtng up with production, and from now on the people of ahe great west will have no very cheap food prod ucts. How they are to get cheap fuel is the question Any Interruption of the coal traffic will work serious inconveaa- ence to millions of people.
 Another thought is suggested by the situation. In view of the prospective high prices of grain. would it moi be wise for southern farmers to pay more attention to their food crops?
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
The Hobo Turns Back,

It is an i'll wind that blows nobody any good. From St. Louis, where ho- boes are kept moving, comes the report that they refuse to go farther south, fearing the yellow fever. These fellows who prefer to substitute for honest work mendicancy, interspersed with thefts and an occasional burglary, are almost as great an affiiction as the fever itself. So if the latter has relieved us of the former, we may be happy yet.
 The hobo has two lines of retreat as cold weather approaches-eitner to seek tie nearest large town where beer is abundant, or else to go southwards until a mild climate surrounds him. As the case stands now the big northern cities will probably have g double dose of hoboes this winter. Let the "Wandering Willies" be assured that there are sea- sons when there are no frosts in iils southern haunts, and he should there- fore keep away, for Yellow Jack has a liking for unacclimated fellows that know not cleanliness or any other rule of decency.
 The hobo comes from nearly every state. and not few countries are repre-
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
Concealed Weapons.

Nearly every state enforcers the laws in St. Louis the prosecuting officials use their own discretion in the matter.
 In that city peacsable and law-abid- ing citizens may carry pistols in their htcp pocket without fear of being pros- ecuted if they are discovered. It is contended by one of the local news papers that 1t would be g. good thing if all good citizens went armed, as they would not then bet at the mercy of law less toughs who always carry d=adly weapons.
 The law, says the St. Louis paper, Is intended to reach bad men. When they carry pistols it Is presumed they have evil intentions. It is different with good citizens. They carry pistols only when lection. This may be the rule in Mis- souri, but in eome states the model citi- zen who carries pistol is heavily fined, if case is made against hm.
 IUdl tutIS IS lOO Ulucn lOOSeneSS Ill the enforcement of the statutes against carrying concealed weapons will not b+ denied. Thousands of the so called best men" of every community in many of the southern states carry daily the faith full revolver in the pistol pocket. It is at rare intervals that men are prose- cuted for carrying concealed weapons. The law in this state is severe and if most rigidly enforced there will be a material falling off in the percentages of unwarranted killings. The law can be enforced and should be. There Is no reason why any man in this couty should go armed. This is civilized country or at least supposed to be, and weapons are only necessity when there is no law, and when the inhabitants belong to the criminal classes.
 Th+ man who carries concealed weap- on should not only be fined heavily but imprisoned for a long time. Maze the law so severe and the enforcement of it so rigid that men will not dare carry weapons without authority from the proper officials.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
TELEPHONE CALLS.
Facts Can Talk.
it is often said.

Money talks. it is often said.
 Facts, also. can talk to the purpose. When the government sends representa- tives aere to look into tine armor plate matter, it will be best to let the facts speak for themselves.
 The visitors will mean business. They will come here to see and judge for themselves. Get up all the facts bear- ing upon the question and have them ready to present in a concise, clear and convincing shape.
 Gush and rhetoric are not needed Facts are the things required. They are the best takers in the world But they need to be collected, properly nlassed and attractively dressed. When this is done it is half the battle, and business men will be better pleased than they would be with a feast without facts.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
Grammar Furnished Free,

The New York Tribune has the follow ing item of interest,"
 Apropos of recent order that brake men shall speak grammatically and dis tinctly, an official of the Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul railroad says: "We wish our men to use good language. It makes a great difference with us whether man uses good grammar or speaks as though he had never attended even a district school. In order that there may be no confusion, we have ordered conductors to tell brakemen to say, The next station is Chicago Our bralsemen do not make many mistakes in grammar but we cannot help 1t if a man is a foreigner and makes a mis- take in pronunciation. The. trainmen understand that their services are ap- preciated more when they know how to announce stations properly"
 Here is a provocation for strike. The big corporations have forced their employees to work for low wages. wear
The age-herald., 1897-10-10

sented in this eyer-moving army of sound, healthy men who prefer tramp ing to working. The civil war seemed to turn men into tfamps, and the great factories of protective tariff. with their strikes and locb-outs and lay-offs did the rest.
 The people hsre rejoice that the tramps will not visit the south this win ter. They will be missed, but not long, Like death and taxes they are sure to put in an appearance. Like officehold- CTS few die and none resign. The profess sion Is rather crowded, but there is always room where there is beer. Beer is the key of a tramp's campaign No beer, no tramps. Yellow fever may re- pei, but it is beer that attracts them.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
About the Water Supply.

The Age-Herald prints in another col umn card from MT. P. II. Earle, vice president of the Birmingham Water Works company. MT. Earle displays a bit of temper in his card. However, that is neither here nor there. The Age Herald is good natured and it's face is always turned toward the rising sun. It's mission is to built up.
 It has no hostility to the waiter works nor any one connected with it. It sim ply would have good, pure water for Birmingham.
 few weeks ago the water was un- questtonably bad. Eminent physicians advised against it's use. The editor of The Age-Herald took occasion to person. ally solicit the company to filter it or purify it. The Age-Herald advised the people to boil the water while there was any doubt of the purity of the streams from which it came.
 For two months complaints of the water supply have come to the Age- Herald. A reporter of the paper was sent to investigate the northside reser- voir and he reported the water in that reservoir was bad and was being pumped into the city mains.
 MT. Earle denounces the statements made by MT. George c. Kelley in an interview as untrue. MT. Kelley is a reputable citizen. The Age Herald printed his statement on vital ques- tion in quotation marks, as it would that of any other responsible citizen on matter of news
 The Age-Herald insists that pure water is a sanitary necessity. If the water works supply Is perfectly pure The Age-Herald has been misinformed by eminent physicians and many others. The Age-Herald would only have pure water for Birmingham. It has no in- terest> in any company It wants only good water, and 1t is the duty of the present company to supply it. In this connection The Age-Herald would say that every city should own it's water supply. Pure water and water at reasonable price is necessity to the present and future of every city.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
A Church Movement.

Of a growing movement on the part of the laymen in the Methodist church, the Chicago Chronicle says:
 The struggle of the laity within the Methodist church for full representation in the government thereof must neces- sari1y succeed. The laity hold a weapon which, used offensfvely has defeated ab- Solutism the world over, whether an au- tocracy in the state or an antocracy in the church, whether an aristocracy or an oligarchy, whether civil or sacerdotal. The layman in the Methodist church, as in all other churches, holds the purse, and it is this power of the purse that has won for popular government against the struggle of kingcraft to retain abso- lute power. It has been proved time and again that the power of the purse is greater than the power of the sword.
 Where the state has set up religion it has demanded, in imitation of the hier- archal government of the Jews. tithes in support of religion. There is gradual abolition of these for they have not been paid willingly. dn the days anterior to the French revolution a bishop in coun- cil spoke about those willing offerings of the Christians, the tathes that support religion, and radical, albeit noble man, responded with sheer: "Yes, those free-will- ll-offerings of the Christian that have resulted in 40,000 lawsuits now on the calendars of the courts in France" Disestablishment of the church In Ireland has occurred within living time and where tithes are still exacted, as in Wales, they are grudging- ly paid and substantially neglected.
 Happily, any church in America must be supported if at all by the free will of it's membership, and, inasmuch as the latty are the producers of the church, the expense thereof must be borne by them. If, then, Methodists are thoroughly in earnest in demanding full lay representation in the councils of the church they must succeed because, while they may be opposed by the ministry of the church looking upon the demand of laymen as an encroachment upon spiritual field which is the sole property of priesthood in their opinion, they cannot continue to exist unless they have material support, and such support can come only from the layman.
 There never was a time in the history of the world when the power of the purse was so potent as it is now.
 The Chicago paper describes the situa- tion very correctly. Whether the move ment is for the best interests of the church or not, 1t is plain that the lay men bear the purse and control it. They will have to be conciliated and even should they make an unreasonable de- mand the church will be under pres sure so strong that it will have to yield in the end.
 The laymen are very powerful in the church organizations of today, and when they ask for full representation it is not easy to see how they can long be re- fused. Perhaps the new movement is for the best. but some of the older min isters will not usually regard it with doubt. Invocations are not favored by the older element and they should be watched with care.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
SACRILEGE.

By Agnes D. Mitchell -~- Close by the roadside in country town A little prairie town not far away Copper snd Ga gold rfs 5 Tsf fifty yesas yesa anG
 day.
 Beneath its spreading branches children And swung thro' heavenly years of in And came to manhood in it's blessed shade, Heart-strong and pure with its great
 purity.
 mighty castle with a thousand doors, It stands wide open to its winter foes, Nor ever trembles when the tempest roars,
 weight of snows. And, oh, the summer grace. the green of The orioles flashing fire, the soft blue Where in the lonely hush of afternoon The tender mother sits and dreams and
 sings;
 Where leaf tones, high and sweet and fine Touch dreamily the hymns of long ago, As of Wpen the Strngs of violin
 bow.
 Around the gnarled old oak grow violets, These royal royal favorttes ere the red sun sets
  Yet one day comes greater visigoth: Unknown his face or fame, unknown his
 creed.
 But every soul in the town is shocked and
 wroth
 At the doing of the dark and monsrous
 deed.
 For, when night falls. the grand old tree
 lies low
 As Tuscaloosa lay upon the plain, His crown a rainbow heap, broken his bow His splendid plumage drabbled in the rain Never again the children laugh and swing No broad branch beckons from tropic
 shore The fluttering heralds of a western spring It's hickeiing greenness folds them never
 more.
 Today by the roadside ie lonely space; The northwest sky is dark and ominous
 blue; The oriole-he has no hiding place, And, oh. what will the little vtolets do? Think not that earth will ever be the same After wars wreckage covers up the sod blade, ball. rudely lettered name. k Who sins 'eainst nature sins against his
 God.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
Don't Try to Do What You Can't Do

From the Chicago Record.
 Don't try to be college educated when you are not oommon-school edu- cated.
 Don't try to be public reformer when you are not good business citizen.
 Don't moon over problems of finance when you cannot calculate whether you are making or losing money in your own business.
 Don't study the "essential clements of beauty in poetry" when you cannot write a grammatical letter.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
Equal to the Occasion.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Hullo George. Back from the sea- side?''
 "Yep."
 "Come back engaged?" "Yep."
 "How many?"
 "An of them. I was the only man there"
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
Doubt.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 What color would you call the new boarder's hair?'' asked the fat boarder after the lady had left the dining room. "Is it Titan red?
 T hardly know" said Asbury Peppers, "whether to call it Titan or imi-Titian."
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
The Latest From the Diggings

From the Salida Mail.
 The latest story from Klondike is that man was caught in 8 windstorm. The ground was dry and dusty. When the man got home he coughed up S7315 in gold dust.
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Only to Preach,

From the Somerville Journal.
 A minister who used tc preach in Som- erville had little boy. A few days be- fore his father left the city to go to his new parish one of his neighbors said to the little boy:
 'So your father is going to work in New Bedford is he?"
 The little boy looked up wonderingly.
 "Oh, no,'' he said. "Only preach"
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
A Reformer

From the Chicago Record.
 You know that saying Let me make the songs of a nation and care not who makes It's laws?'"
 "Yes; what of it?''
 "It ought to be amended to read: Let me make the laws of nation and I'll put in jail half the people who make its songs.'"
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
Might Have Done Worse.

From the Chicago Record.
 'It was brutal of Nero to fiddle while Rome was burning"
 q don't know about that; suppose he had played an accordion?"
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The American people might stand Grover Cleveland for term in the sen- ate, but his fool worshippers are a nui- sance ito fair-minded people. If they could be purchased at the peoples price and sold at their own value of them selves the syndicate making the bargain would 'ba rich enough ito purchase the entire world and all there is in it. If there are any persons who ought to be suppressed 1t is the Cleveland idoLitors.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
Tbat UuiycrsaI Legend.

From the Chicago Record.
 There Is one story which every wo man has told so often that she believes it herself"
 "What is that?"
 ''The story about some rich man whom she could have maTried''
The age-herald., 1897-10-10

Gen. Ramon Blanco the successor of Butcher Weyler does not have the repu- tatlon of being a great soldier, though he is not known as a murderer of women and children, by which his predecessor has won fame and distinction.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
Woes Compared;

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 Perry Patettio-Well, what luck?
 Wayworn Watson-Worse in the world He gimme a meal ticket.
 "Oh, it might O been worse. I struck a, guy yesterday that gimme a ordeA on a bath house.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
One of the First.

From the Detroit Journal.
 "Oh, I wanted to ask you about that society novel you were reading. Did he marry her, after all?"
 "No; he was one of the first to marry hnt
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No Soft Drinks,

From the Indianapolis Journal.
 Cant give you nothing but straight whisky, friend" said the barleeper to the Klondiker. "All the soft drinks is froze hard"
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
A Change in the Presidency.

From the Chicago Record.
 You have recerganized your board of officers?" "We had to; our typewriter girl and the president quarreled about which should sit facing the window"
The age-herald., 1897-10-10
Gave Him His Choice.

From Tit-Bits.
 Mother-Johnny, I see your little brother has the smaller apple. Did you give him his choices as I suggested?
 Johnny-Yes'm I told him he could have his choice, the little one or none, and he took the little one.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10

No doubt Joseph Pulitzer will j,in in the pursuit of Miss Cisneros.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10

President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern railway, in his annual report to the stockholders alluded to the grati- flying fact that there had been 151 in- dustries located upon the line of the Southern in the twelve months just passed. It is pleasing to the people to know that goodly percentage of those industries were located in Alabama, ard especially that two of the largest, the Avondale mills, of Birmingham, and h. dian Head mills, at Cordova, found the Birmingham district to offer the most profitable field for operating.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10

Thomas Collier Platt may be forced to declare his man Tracey democrat before the vote is taken in the mayor ality contest.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10

There is no doubt but what Weyler will take his Typewriter with flim-the ma chime, not the operator.
The age-herald., 1897-10-10

The alleged ultimatum to Spain was only another sample of McKinrsy's s bunko policy
The age-herald., 1897-10-10

The yanking of Weyler may deprive him of the opportunity of murdering Miss Cisnerus,
The age-herald., 1897-10-10

There was doubt as to thtre having been a Suanish victory w. Weyier went down.
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Mark Hanna may claim the credit be fore the Ohio people of being responsibl for the downfall of Weyler.
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Mark Hanna is now cutting bait and doing all kinds of fishing.
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Henry George is not the tail holt can dilate for the mayorality.
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By Agnes D. Mitchell -~- Close by the roadside in a country town A little prairie town not far away Grew great oak tree with royal crown Copper and gold, full fifty years and
 day
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The morning times., 1897-02-02

ful little miss, Won the house in several
songs and novel dances THE Hiatts pre-
scented a clever musical sketch cOIupris-
ing all OF the latest song suCcesses; Frank
ID. Bryan did refined " bite face aCt that
won the favor OF the house and he WAS
called back again and again
Eddie Giguere. ii diminmiye and Cccen-
trio warbler, with voice far above his
height, did a laughable comedy skit = ith
Rl2 pche Boyer, d graceful little dancer.
Mile. Ami, q muscular gymuast, gyFateCl in
nlidair, performing some remaTkahl. reats.
John Z. Drew won the house with lis
songs and various 1t yles Of dances. Con
way and Leonard did a laughabIe ;urn as
a double-headed policeman mounted ON a
bicycle; their acTObatc work was "a feature
Murphy and Mccoy. pair OF Emerald
wits, caught the gallery with their special
ty, and the Deaves closed the show with
their potpourri OF Merry Manikins
Despite the fact that there were unusually
good bills at all Of the playhouses last
evening the audience present at Willard
Hall 10 view the wonderful and interesting
productions OF the Biueraph was an un-
usually large one. Manager Allen had
prepared list Of viewSthat Were especially
realistic. and the pictures We're recalled
many times during the evening