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Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
GROWING OLD.

The following beautiful poem by an un- known writer Is sent by S. P. A, of Au- burn N. r., to a New York paper: Softly, o softly, the years have swept by Touching thee lightly with tenderest Sorrow and, death they have often brought nigh thee. Yet they have left thee but beauty to wear
 Growing old gracefully, Gracefully fair Far from the storms that are flashing the Nearer each day to the pleasant home light: Far from the waves that are big with com Under full sail and the harbor in sight,
 Growing old gracefully.
 Cheerful and bright Past all the winds that were adverse and Past all the islands that lured thee to Past all the currents that lured thee un- willing Far from any course to the land of the bfest.
 Growing old gracefully,
 Peaceful and biest. Never feeling of envy or sorrow, When the bright faces of children are Never year from the young wouldst thou borrow Thou dost remember what lieth between:
 Growing old willing,
 Thankful, serene. Rich in experience that angels might covet, Rich in faith that hath grown with the years. Rich in love that grew from and above 1t,
 Soothing thy sorrows and hushing thy fears.
 Growing old wealthiiy,
 Loving and dear. Hearts at the sound of thy coming are frightened, Ready and willing thy hand to relieve; Manya face at thy kind words has bright ened,
 "It is more blessed to give than receive"
 fs Growing old happily,
 Ceasing to grieve. Eyes that grow dim to earth and its glory Have a sweet recompense youth cannot es know; Ears that grow dull to the world and it's story
 Drink in the songs that from Paradise flow. Growing old sraciously, Purer~ than snow.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
CHRISTIAN ETHICS
The Topic of Discussion at the chautau- qua Monday-Marager West
 Congra tulated.

Talladega, Ala, July 13, 1S97.-(Chau- ternoon Rev. E.. P. Davis, of Montgom- cry lectured at the Chautauqua assem- bly hall on Christian Ethics" The sue cess of this session of the Chautauqua is due to a considerable extent to Alabama talent and in this splendid array the city of Montgomery has been well represent ed. Yesterday afternoon Rev. MT. Da- wis largely increased the pleasant obli- gation. A brief synopsis of his excellent discourse on Christian Ethics" is as fol- lows: "The science of ethics refers not Iigent, free agent. Two fundamental truths lie at the basis of Christian ethics, the duty of thinking and the duty of thinking about right things. Meditation is the life of the soul; 1t distinguishes us from the lower animals. No broad foun- dation for ethical culture can be Qaid without thinking. Thinking develops the mind and enables us to appropriate and use truth; it underlies and moids life and makes stable cha racter. However. it is not only our duty to think, but it is our duty to think about the right things true, honest pure, lovely. praise-worthy things. The character of the objects of our thoughts determine our own charac- ter. God never gave any man the right to think of untrue, dishonest, impure and unlovely things. All the articles of any code of morals worthy of the name are Christian and proceed from faith in God and love to fellow-men. A man cannot be moral in Gods sight without being a Christian The morals of Eplctetus. Cice-
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
CROP REPORTS.

The reports we are hearing every day from the crops in Bullock county are the most encouraging. The farmers antici- pate most bountiful harvest, and if the price of their produce will be good. then we shall have another year of good feel irg.-Union Springs Herald
 The Western railway took fifty opera tives of the Mathews Cotton mills to At lanta on Sunday. where they have se- cured employment in the Fulton Cotton Bag company's establishment.-Selm Times
 The corn crop is clean played out In many places in this county Cotton is looking well and in most places growing and fruiting splendidly.-Eutaw Mirror
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
SELMA.
Resolutions Adapted by the Dallas Bar Association in Memory of John 9''f M. Jeffries.

Selma, July 4.-(Special)- l)-Whereas It has pleased the judge of all the earth to call to His court our brother attorney, John NJ. Jeffries, who for seven years was an honored member of the Dallas bar, and while we bow in humble sub mission to His rulings, for we know they are right.
 Resolved, That in the death of our brother attorney, John M Jeffries, the Dallas bar has lost one ef it's best mem bers. Clear brained. prompt, punotual. courteous to his opponents, deferent to the court, true to the interests of his clients, just in all his dealings, loyal to his friends, genial and generous in his nature, his life was bright with the glow ing promise of a wider influence Cut down in the vigor of a strong young manhood, his earnest ambitions quench- ed in death, we recognize his deeease as one of these mysterious decrees of the all merciful ruler of the universe that seem sad afflictions to bereaved human hearts
 We would preserve his memory and emulate his strength of character and purity of life -~.l Resolved further, That to his sorrow ing brother, his relatives and other friends we give our earnest sympathy. Resolved further That a delegation of this bar attend his funeral
 A. L. M LEOD.
 A. D. PITTS,
 E. c. JONES'
 Committed
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

gang. and he cannot pay the fine and has no friends who are able to secure it, must he be decorated with badge Of ey erlasting infamy and doomed to a life of disgrace? Let him spend thirty days ia the ehairgang, arH aaas, lhow f5W there be Wao will conhda in him thereafter. give him employment. or even take him by the hand and waispar in his ear a word of kindness. And how many there be who frown upon ard scorn him. and take every opportunity to kick him and thrust him into ower depths. H is ban lshed from Christian homes anll even from Christian churches He is trtated as a moral lerer forever and forever, for whom there is neither hope nor sympa- thy.
 Very truthfully dees' the Savannah News say on this subject: The. boy who is sent to the chairgaRg is doomed to moral destruction. Whatever desire he may have had t. become an honest man and a. respectable citizen is crushed out of him there Being thrown into as- sociation with. nsn who gre old in crime and who glory in their immoralfty he is certain to sink lcwer into the depths of degredatfon and to enter upon crimi- raj career when he has obtained his free dom. We agree with the Knoxville Journal that if the teachings of the Christian religicI be correct ard of any force, grave responsibility rssts uoon communities in this resnect Every time a boy is permitted to go to the work hnuse without any sort of an effort to reclaim him. the community that Dsrmits it is guilty of something for which it carrot be held t'ameless. It is a shame to our stfte ar1 to other states, to our country and to other countries. that 'n-ore refornl- atories are net four5 ]. u~idsr the shelter of which cordial. earnest zealous sffcrts are put forth to save hoys and girls from Becoming confirmed c~im nals What are Rome and Floyd counties go- ing to do abpIIH
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
BE CONSISTENT

"The Birmingham State Herald. after predicting fsw days ago that the HGe Blast would change it's position wi,hin the next few months on political issues, it seems was only preparing the way for a suddsa change in the policy of the State Herald.
 ''It is' well known hat the Seate Herald during the las g. ssion of the legislatuse led the fight in Alabama for constitu- ti011l convention. It has also made this question a prominent one since then. Bus in this mornings issue t takes one of it's periodical changes and goes on record as opposed to constl ntional convention.
 'Whlt change. How sudden, and we llk to have said unexpected. but we be- heNe no one is surprised al any change on the part of our Birmingham contem- pcrafy. Hot Blast.
 The Sta,e Herald is as strong an ad- Voc2te of a new constitution today as when it sought and obtained an exp.es- sion fromthe people on this subject and laid the sam before the legislature. But how can the State Herald go before ',hess people and in ore breath ask them to support a measure one of the main pur- poses of which is to increase taxation, and ir another til them 1t has been de- termined to eliminate luhe issue which promises 10 allow them more money. to pay these eaxss? If we are to advocate 9. contracted currency. contracted prices and contrae!ad wages, either directly or implied. to be consistent. we should ad- vocate contracted tax3fion and contract ed official salaries If he organized democrats of Ala hama shall say by their action that they shall prefer unity with the handful of Palmerite boG.ers rfthe., than free coinage (which would be in effect the elimination asked for, re- gardlees of the argument hat it is not state issue), the issue is forever shelved in Alabama. and none know this better than tha bolters.
 And when the majority of the demo- controlled by zhe minority at the sacrl- fee of principle, then the democratic party will have outliyed it's usefulness. Th5 SC are plain and simple trulns, which net even the athletic editor of she Hot Blas- can evade.
 The State Herald Is perfectly willing to stand onfthe Hot Blasts first proposi- ton, that all who vote in 'she party pri- marias pledge tn n1selves to abide the action of said primaries, and then if the state convention shall declare for the gold standard and high taxes or free coinage and progress, the State Herald will accept the situation without a mur- mur. In othsr words. we want demo- era S and not bolters to decide what con- stitutes party principles and how ito ob- tain party harmony.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
PRESS COMMENT.

Where there is will there is always a way, and if the republican party is so disposed ir will find no difficulty in fnd- ing a way to subdue by legislation the evils that depend upon favorable laws for the success of their schemes and hinations.-Albany Times Union.
 Platt's plan of campaign on last years issues having eolla psed before mid July; ample time remains 70 form the democratic line and close up ranks for a
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
WITH THE STATE EDITORS.
ENUMERATED AND LIBERAL.

A-iD -AAf - '~i i'1<A A<.
 Editors, as rule. are kindhearted and liberal. An exchange tells of a subscriber to certain paper who died and left four teen years subscription unpaid The ed- itor appeared at the grave and, as the lid was being serewsd down fcr the last time, he put in a linen duster, a. thermome- ter, a palm leaf fan and a receipt for making ice.-Huntsville Democrat.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

Ex-Governor Oates, while en route to Saratoga where he and his family are spending the summer was interviewed by a newspaper mansof Charlotte, N. (. whom he told that the Bryan democracy If Alabama was stronger today than ever before. The silver sentiment, he also said, is growing daily, and the people vii n yer bs atisfied untl s.lve. is again given all the rights of it's comps titor. gold. The ex-governor has doubtless been benefited by the statement of the immortal John Burns, If Burnsyille, who recently stated that Colonel Oates was always successful when he followed his own Judgment and lost when he yielded to the dictates of his friends
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
SPURIOUS CLAIMS.

To the State Herald.
 The Advertiser did all in it's power last year to keep the division out of state pol itics, but it is question whether it will be able to keep up this effort much longer in the face of the apparent spirit of the in the situation, or there will be serious in the situation, or there will be seriousi trouble ahead.-Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Advertisers stage mantle is flimsy stuff. The nakedness of it's mind is in
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
DOOMED TO MORAL DESTRUCTION.

DO'C8iED lO MURAL DES SlhOCllON.
 The following able editorial on the question of a reformatory for young criminals is taken from the Rome. Ga, Tribune. During the last sitting of the Alabama legislature the press of the state was almost a unit in asking that a law bs enacted requiring that these re- forna tories be established throughout the state, but these pleadings were of no avail. But let not this failure deter the advocates of such a measure from keep Ing alive the coals until such men are elected to make laws who will dare to heed the demand of their constituents that to uphold good morals and good governmsnt Christian philanthropy must be exercised to correct crime in it's in cipiency and not wait for the hangman's moose or the cold prison walls to mete out justice and protect society:
 What is the state of Geossia going to do about a reforma tory for juvenile criminals? Will it continue to allow them to be sent to the chaingang? The Tribune has often raised its voice in favor of refor1natory, and we are led to refer to the subject again from hay ing seen boy in the Floyd county chain gang the other day. When a boy is sent to the changang, fthe workhouse or the penitentia be his offense trivial or heinous. it is equivalent to telling him to ''go to the devil, it is not worth while to try to save you. Forever hereafter you are an outcast, moral leper. and you should not reform if you would" says the Knoxville Journal. That is the plain English of it. Can Christian people afford to be placed in such an atttu4e?
 When a boy commits an act for which the law says he must pay a fine of five dcllaTs. or serve thirty days in the chain
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

Under the name of Sebastian Melnotte, Oscar Wilde is now living in Paris, en- gagged in elaborating the synopsis of a play which he wrote while in prison The play has not yet been named. It was written on the margins and wrong side of the sheets of a scrap book which the 'authoritiss allowed Wilde to keep in prs oli. where he was denied writing imple- ments. It is rumored that Wilde intends to write the story of his prison experi- ences for immediate publication.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says; "The growth of the protection sentiment in the south is a certain indication that the indu tries If that region are multiply irg. If the Globe-Democrat will send a special reporter south it will be surprised to find just the opposite sentiment has grown like mushroom within the past two years
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
CRAWFORD ACQUITTED.

Richmond, Va, July 14.-George Craw- ford, a prominent real estate agent, was acquitted today of a charge of larceny of 2,50O from Mrs. Catherine Peyrounet. Crawford's arrest caused a sensation here several months ago. Mrs. Peyrounet loarred him money and alleged that he had handled it improperly. .la-
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

"The best money for the best people" Mobile Register. Now, one step fur ther and you have told the secret: Who compose the best people?-Blrmingha State Herald These questions can never be settled by pc. pie who do not abide by the majonty's decision.-Rome (Ga) Tribune.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
YOU ARE RIGHT.

The Montgomery Journal is furnis shing some real interesting reading matter on the question of what the next state plat form shall and shall not contain. The following from that journal gees stra ght to the mark:
 If the suggestion of the Hot Blast S carried out and the figkjt is mads in the primaries to prevent the e2dors 9meI t of the Chicago Platform, re-af1irming or the principles of the party as declared by the highest tribunal of the party, 1t should be known in advance what WILL he the result if success attends the sug- gestion of the Hot Blast If the same convention can be controlled by those oppoa5d to free coinage of god and silver at Is to l. it would set aside democratic traditions and precedents and defeat Johnston for a second term defeat all advocates of the white metal and nOmi- nate Geo. P. Harrison for gov;rn9r, and gOl5bugs for the minor offices. It would install the Montgomery morning paper in power and control the state machinery of the party, and that paper would, as has been its custom, take advantage of it's position in the party to maiign, tra- dUcs and blackguard every democrat who differed with it in its arrogance, maleVo- lence and intolerance.
 Now that the fight is to be clear cut the Hct Blast should not attempt to be- guile the unsuspecting into voting in the primaries for thoss who are opposed to free silver at 16 to 1. It should not d. cs.iVe itself or any one else. It must knew what would he the result if the Montgomery morning paper gets control of the. statei convention.
 Ut is well enough to have these little things understood in advance that all loya'} democrats may vote intelligantly in the primaries when they select delegates to county and state conventions
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
A MEDAI. OF HONOR

Washington, July 14,-A medal of honor has been awarded to Joseph Tay- lor, of Lowell, Mass, for gallant service at Weldon Railroad. Va, August IS, 1864, while with the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

Col. Charles H. Jones is able % prove that the free coinage of silver would bring prosperity. The mera advocacy of 1t caused Brer Pulitzer to pay handsome ly for ehe Post Dispatch so that he could make ft a gold organ.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

The LaGrange Reporter is complaining about the smallness of the governors sal ary Is the LaGrange editor trying to fix up a fat take for future day?-Augusta (Ga) Chronicle.
 Perhaps the private secretary has the gubernatorlal bee in his bonnet in whom the Reporter is more or less interested.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

Alabama needs new constitution and should have il, but a new wagon with out any team is an expensive luxury. Higher taxes and less money to pay it with will defeat any candidate and any party that adopts that principle, whether directly or implied.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

The Rome Tribune says: Tt is now MT Man and Colonel Woman" Boss and "colonel," while not exactly synony nous, there is not very much difference in the euphony of authority.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

The Washington Star editorially in forms us that molasses will catch flies, and the inference is plain that it takes sugar to ca.eh some of our nat tional law makers.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

known as shorty" in St. Louis and has been working on steamboats He has been away from hams thirteen years and has not been heard from for five years. The lawyer states that if nothirg is heard from him before September the property will be sold and divided among the other heirs who ara anxious that the wandering brother shall have his share.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

Pie" remarks an exchange, lis dys- pepsia's right bower" There are plenty Of republicans in Alabama about now who would give up the joker for that right bower and risk dyspepsia, con .s1,nantinn snallpnX and leprosy.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

'The gold bugs" remarks an exchange, 'are beginning to regard Bryan's boom as a kind of a eat with nine lives If he lives he will become president, and the days of old Hickory will come again."
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

The greatest restoration of confidence 3et record d is that of Senator Wolcott, who is confident that England will be foolish enough to let go of snap mere ly to be real kind ard polite toward the ITniIed States
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

Is Secretary Gage sure that the com motion up the road is caused by the ar rival of the show? There is a lurking suspicion abroad that it is merely the ap- pr0a oh of advertising car No. 4
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

As preeaution against accid ntal poisoning the German government has passed a law requiring all drugs int. nd- ed for internd' use to be put in round hot- tlss, and those which are only used ex- ternaly to be placed in fleXagcnai b1t-
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

c. l.. Roberts, an attorney of Evans vile, Ind. is asked or information con cerr5ing John Hamins, who. he says is an heir to fortune-his fathers estate in that city. The writer says Helning is
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

An Illinois widow thus nourns one of her departed husbands: What grief must evermore be mine
 No poets harp can ever tel: How many more must I resign?
 My seventh husband. fare you well.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

John L. Sullivan is so patriotic that he will drink nothing but domestic liquors, and all of them that he can get hold of.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

Japan Is talking big a bout Hawaii with all the seriousness of man backing into a big jack pot wi h a pair of four spots.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

girl in New Haven is said to be turn ing to stone She is in a position now to give the boys the marble heart.-Chi- cago Times-Herald.
 Nevertheless. as lorg as she's got the .'roeks" suitors will be plentiful.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

It is pro-trust, not anti-tru t. ] gi ii that we are having a Washington this session.-Boston Herald
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

The sultan is so well pleased wlh the concert of the powers that he is thinking about demanding an encore.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

The proposed tax on stock dealings is said to be the invention of the resource ful Senator Lodge. Such is one of the uses of the scholar in politics .--Sprine- field Republican
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15
OUR LETTER BOX.

No communications will be published un- der this head unless signed by the author Editor.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

It seems to be a fact that the n " tar- if bill is loaded at both en1s. That is the reason some of the republicans mt to take 1t to the W0ods.-Atl tlanta Gems i- tuition.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

The brilliancy with which MT Hanra will continue to shine depends great deal upon how we'll the offices that can bs diverted to Ohio wi@ hold out.-Clevs- land Recorder
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

In enumerating the superior advant- ages of the English army, Gen. Mics should not overlook the fact that it's commanders don't go about the world stopping over on ths alleged virtues oi the armies of other shingtol Pos.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

winning battle on the issues of 1S97.- Albany Argus.
 The announcement of vast strikes in connection with the approaching pdssags of the new tariff monstrosity remind one very forcibly of the vents accompanying the passage of the Mckinley bill-In- danapolis Sentinel.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-15

makers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-26
FIGHTING.
corbott will Not rlrh. Mitchell.

Boston, June 25.-James ]. Corbett SCOTS at
tho idea of his fighting Charley Mitchell. A
that know about the challenge from MITCHELL"
said Corbett tonight, lis what l have seen in
the papers. am certain IL there was anything
in 1t l should have heard from Brady before
now.
II am on record as having said that IL I ever
enter the ring again it must be with Bob Fitz-
simmons or his conqueror. l will meet no man
unless 1t is for the championship Of the world.
There arc any number of men Mitchell can get
to Hight with him without trying to sign mo.
Choynski. no doubt, would consider q PROPOSE
or Sharkcy IL they had not already been signed,
- think that the experience OF Mitchell at
JacksonTiilc should prove conclusively that he
has seen his best day as a puRilist, and should
remain in retirement. I have heard that
Mitchell is coming to this country with $25, 600
backing to fight me-. He knows my feelings in
the matter, and would not challenge me unless
he was looking for some Advertising"