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The age-herald., 1897-11-13
4 Stranqe Case.

It Is rather remarkable that more has not been said about ex-senator Clingman since his death. A writer in the New York Press says of him:
 Ex-U United States Senator Thomas Clingman, of North Carolina, has just died in an asylum in abject poverty. He had lived for years a proud bene- f1ciary of the state. Clingman was a and scholarly gentleman. The chip was always on his shoulder. He resented the slightest insult. He had been in congress only week when he had an encounter with Henry 4. Wise, of Vir- ginla. A little later he fought a duel with William l.. Yancey, of Alabama. Being a surveyor and mathematician, he was employed fin 1855 by the Smith S0nian institution to measure the high est peak of the Black mountains, and it has ever since been known as Cling mans peak. Next he measured Smoky mountain, and that is known to this day as Clingman's dome.
 Senator Clingman first made known the existence of diamonds. rubies, cor undum and other valuable minerals in his native hills, and was a successful miner. I once met him on the train go- ing from Salisbury to Asheville, and he engaged me for hours in scientific ex- position of the subject of tobacco as a. cure for all diseases of the skin. He de- clared that tobacco in the leaf, fresh from the kiln, would cure any chronic sore, even cancer; and that 8 decoction made by boiling the leaves would be equally efficacious He gave me small bottle of the liquid. and the label read "Clingman's Tobacco Cure.'' It had a popular run in North Carolina for sev- eral years.
 What was the matter with him? Cling man never had wife and children to support, and his modest personal ex- penses should not have eaten up the earnings of long and busy life. He was brainy. highly educated, states man, scholar and scientist. Surely he must have been able during about sixty years of an active career in a state wh re he was prominent and popular to make money and accumulate seme property.
 It has never been intimated that he was a spendthrift or that he had any expensive vices. If he made bad in- vestments and lost his fortune, the fact has not been mentioned. With no light whatever upon the case, it puzzles many people to account for the sad and desti- tute ending of this mans life.
 Evidently he did not belong to the new school of statesmen. Since the war there have been many notable examples of men who accumulated vast fortunes in public life, though their salaries were not large. Clingman was one of the old-timers. and he probably had lord ly contempt for money. This is the only way to explain the mystery.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

 and furnish gas there will be an oyer whelming demand for cheaper article. Gas companies enjoy some important privileges, and it Is but fair that they should contribute to the public welfare by furnishing their product for reason able price.
 Municipal ownership is winning favor, and many communities will be tempted to try the experiment in the gas and electric light matter. unless the private corporations engaged in these lines of business become more moderate In their decna nds. Light is a necs sssity and the poor, as we'll as the rich, are compelled to have it. Like water, it is indispensa- Tble, and the people living in cities should not be forced to unreasonable exaclions in such a matter.
 The gas companies will have to be sat isfied with fair profit, or the Eunici- palities will go into the business them- solves for the protection of the people. The thing for Birmingham to do is to build gas plant of it's own. Unless the tax robbery is stopped this will more than likely be done. -4-.--sa.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
THE GAS TRUST AND ITS ROBBERY

The fight being made for cheaper gsz is the populst fight of the hour. Around every fa ax3s. iE the city the matter a being ventilated by every member of thai the family fl m the gray-haired grandY father to the bright young child who is learning an arithmetic lesson as he en4 deayoHs to R.akc the figures of outsidersl and those Of h.. gals officials tally. IE' has been decided by children of all ages that this cannot be accomplished So, say the people of meturer years and they[ are living up on the side of justice an6' right, which In this case means emphafttll cally the side of The Az Herald. sd
 41 It is worse than folly to use all manneHi of arguments to induce notrthern, eastern or western people to locate in Birming< ham, telling them of the wonderful nait< ural resources of this region; of its cheap everything that they wish. and then force the citizens of Birmingham to pay more for such @ necessity as gas, than iss charged in any other city in the ur1ion.
 Theh'e can be but one end to a battle which Is made for the saghts of a people. Success will surely result from @ strug- gle against a monopoly whaioh has been for years growing uich at the expense of the citizens of Birmingham. The people are indignant at the long cen- tinued imposition and are claanorous for an official investigation.
 
 The city council stands as the guardian of the peoples rights in this matter and the citizens are depending upon it fer a redress of the great gas wrong. The price of gas is away and beyond all | git- mate profit. Figures prove this, and the people demand that it shah be reduced and reduced quickly. There is a right eous public clamor being made for cheaper gas which will cease only with an honest price for this necessity Of fife.
 .s A CONSUMER.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

CHICAGO NEWS WISDOM.

Politeness will often lose man his seat in a crowded car.
 The man who is entirely satisfied with himsslf wants but Ettle here below.
 The man who votes one way and bets the other is bound to be on the winning side.
 A great many people make their mark in this world owing to their inability to write.
 Some wrbters never disturb the truth that lies at the bottom of an ink we'll
 A fool may have brains enough but lack the sense required to make use of them. -
 It is hard to convince the father of bowling twins that perpetual motion is an impossibiity.
 Bread may be the staff of life, but that does not justify a man in making his existence one continuous loaf.
 You can hardly expect young man to make any progress with his first mous- tache when everybody takes delight in calling it down. If some self-Styled actors who tread the boards were made to walk the plank it would go long way toward elevating the stage
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
Ex-MinIster Taylor.

Many newspapers are crihcis,ng ex- Minister Taylor because he tias given the public a plain statement of the Spanish situation, but the Chicago Tribune does not s.de with its republican contempor- aries. This is the sensible way in which it speaks of the matter:
 The question whether ex-Minister Tay- Tor ws.'s guilty of betraying crust when he told the truth about Clba, a question aDoGt WhiCn c rtain newspapers are greatly exercised, is almost too absurd for dis eussion. The people who are csn- surinS h.m seem 10 think the dbploanadc sei-Nfc9 Cf Lhs Un.ted States is for the presidents sol benefit and itne citizens who support it must be dtabarred from knowing anything that goes on, even tn regard to matter in which they are vitally interested. These ars the same supe1or souls who are always talking about ''t responsible public opinion" and the mcb.' As a matter Of fact, the ambass bdors as1I nliInis te IFS to foreign countfles are responsibf; to the people, and the people have right To full in- forma ton as to their actions MT. Taylor performed a p3diotic and useful duty when he revealed the true state of af- fairs in Spain 1nd those who attack him on that ground are ridiculous and con- temptihle.
 If the truth hurts Spain, so much the worse for her. She is entitled to no signal co@Sd. ration at the hands of the -An6 ieln people, and it goes without saying that the sx-minister has not treated the SpamaaIs any worse than De Lone. their minister at Washington, has treated teis nation all along.
 Tn re is no sense in claiming that red tape diplomatic usage should keep Mr Taylor mum the rest of his life.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
A BOYS KING.

B. E. Riser in Cleveland Leader. My papa, he's the bestest man
 What ever lived, l bet, And I adIft never seen no one
 As smart as he is yet. Why, he knows everything almost,
 But mamma says that he Amt never been the president
 And that surprises me. And often papa talks about
 How he must work away. He's got to todl for other folks, And that's a thing what bothers mes When he's so good and great, He ought. think, at least to be
 The gov'nor of the state! He knows the names of lots of starss3 And And b he n sn1ws a he an tns derenf kinds
 Of all the birds he sees. And he cam multiply and add
 And figure in his head Ax They might have been some smarter men But bet you they are dead. once when he thought I wasn't near He talked to mamma then, ;-. And told her bow he hates to be
 The slave of other men, ns And how he wished that be was Hcfks pon't rGt R9ow Rsr S'a what made he do it. but I had to cry! And so when sat on his knee T, | ast him: 'Ts 1t true That you're e slave and have to toA When otherS tell you to? You are go big a5t and g go2a % and wiset Tire president, instead of just X A slave, 1t seems to me" And then the tears came in his eyee
 And he amgged mo tight and saadt "Why, no. my dear. I'm not a slave What put that in your headf I am @ l1Ang-the happiest king
 That ever yet held sway, And only God can take my throne
 And my iittle realm awayW
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
Bonaparte and Wellington.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 MT. Charles J. Bonaparte. of Baiti- mire is mentioned as candidate for the seat now occupied by MT. Arthur P. German in the United States ssnate. MT. Wellington, of Maryland, having recent ly been superseded in the leadership of the republican organization thsre, MT. Bonaparte's campaign may result differ ently from the campaign in which has great-uncle experienced defeat at the hands of the Iron Duke.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
Not For Twice the Sum

Fifty years ago IA. B. was a merchant in New York, a man of very cour.ly man. ners, which did not prevent him from falling and paying nothing on the dol- lar. He met one day in Washington MT. c. D., creditor to whom he owed $10.- 900, a large sum alt that time. and bowed as he passed him i'm his sweetest manner, Hitting his hat high from his head. - iC. D. stopped sholI. ''Mr. B.. do not bow to me again, sir. I do not want any man ito bow to me who owes me S1o,OOO."
 T would not forego the pleasure, sir. for twice the amount"
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
Value Of Local Tradition

A writer in Cornell says: ''The value of local tradition was well illustrated this morning by speech of my neighbor, old John Brown. I was showing visitor what few traces are left us of antiquity, and especially a field called England s piece which have no doubl, from it's neighborfood to an old camp called - Castle, was the scene of some battle or skirmish between the English and Danes. Old Brown was leaning over the fence at the time, and I asked him if he had heard of any battle fought here. Tt was Fhe battle of Waterloo, sir" said he; so they say. 'wever, and I thinks they're right, becos ye can see the bullet marks in the fence
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

The police commission has it in dts power to rendar the city of Birmingham a great good by performing many things in an intelligent manner which are oth- erw1se not done alt all, and if done are badly done
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

cry way superior to tax on rentals. The poor devil who pays rent has suf- fered enough without having an extra item added to It
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

If one or two persons of Montgomery should come here and turn their surplus gas on the oIty mains the price would go down to less than 10 cents per ten mill lion cubic feet.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
CURRENT FUN.
A CONSUMER.

She Could-"Cau I change hsr for Bristol? said the old lady for the if- teenth time on the journey to tn guatd.
 You can if you like. Ma'am,' shiI the official cheerilg, 'fbut you'd better not if you want to get there. ."-LoniC 1T Tit Bits
 An Adyantage.-"Cu1iivate your n nd, my 'bcV," salld the elder gentleman who gives advice. Struggle to d.vciop N hat intellect nature may have bss.owcl on you"
 people happy"
 No, but 1t enables a lot of t,,ein, who would otherwise be known as il -ra tired uranks to pose as 'cynics.' "-Wastsi3e ton Star.
 At 1:3O P. M.-Tire SIangy Ytup.- Everything goes.
 The Sleepy Girl-Yes; everything esq. -SonaeryiH. Journal.
 Deep Gaielf-"I never saw man so cut up as old Rox is over the death of his book-keepep And yet you have always said that he had no heart and regard=d his employees as mere machines"
 "I'll tell you something on the quiet. The bool-keeper we.s about $3.0O0 behind in lpis accounts, and old Rox was k.ep- ing him on and making him work ih out"-Csncinnat Enquirer
 A Tip-"You want to be careful of Geezer He don't pay his debts"
 'Thanlzs for lthe tip. You see, I owe him money y"-Philadelphia North Ameri- can.
 Impossible ln His Case.-Hungry Hig- glns-I s.le the paper says we oushtnt to newer begin a journey before break- fast
 Weer.y Watlxins-Does it have amy ad- vice for us blokes that has to make a journey to finl the breakfast ?-dnofan- apolis Journal
 Something Wrong-"This coffse does not seem quite right. dear" said young MT. Hunnimoon to the best little bride in the world. q know it doesn't" replied his fnex- periencdd littla wife, with tears in her voice. And I can't imagine what is the matter with it. either. It is the first time I ever made coffee, dear, and I'm allra1d I've done something wrong. The seeds nave been bolllng qulue nalI an hcur, but they just won't get soft What | do you suppose is the matter?"-Pftts- burg Chronic1e-Telegraph. pensaion-"Farewellr he scbbed. | The beautiful Miranda the Night of his lfe, was, aIas another's However the sladne thing was true of | the umbrella he managed to grab i'm ths | hall ais ale left her fcrever.-Detroit Jour nal
 An Extended Busfness-"Warat you l beggirg here, too? I saw you only a lit l tae wlil,. ago begging on Schiller place" "Yes, I have a branch establishment | thaerei'-F1iegende Blaetter
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
No Doubt True.

Bfggs-I wonder who originated the joke about the difficulty of finding wo- mans pocket?
 Diggs-Must ilave been some poor feI- tow who married an thsfress.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

If Thomas G. Jones had been in the New York campaign, there would have been no telling when the talking and writing would have ended. Bourloe Cochran was bad enough, but with
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
Randoiph's Way

John Randolph met in the street a po- iitical enemy, who wished to drive him inso duel. This gentleman stepped d. rectly au front of Randolph and said: "I never got out of the way for a d--d scounfrel''
 q always tfo," said Randolph, lowing. and passing on one side.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
The witch's Strange Remark

The late Thomas Meal, of England, made a splendid witch in the Lyceum ''Madbe'tlh." but he had habit of saying ''dragoon's blood" instead of ''baboons blood" Requested to correct this read ing. he walked about the dressing- one evening unuittering Season 1t with a drag-no, 'bab-season it with bag-no. baboon's blood" When the line came in xhe scene his voice rolled round the the ater this astonishing piece of Shake speare: Season it with @ dragoons blood-said it again, by G-i"
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

The little country of Hayti may be ta uglht that its poAce hoodlEms are not as great as 8 German warsfip.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

Governor Pingree, of Michigan. has done more than any fifty men in the counIbry to set the gas thieves to run ming. When malyor of Detroit, he ing soma of thsm to the penitentiary. He succeeded in reducing the price, of gas in Detroit, and had it not been for him millions of dollars would nave been lost to the pecpla by dishonest bankers
 who were spscula!ting in stocks and margins with depositors' money No person in the country knows more about the science of municipal government in
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

It will net be surprising if the new jury in the Thorn-Naclk case is not taken sick from the horrible details of ttLa story
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

But education doesn't alw-;s make people happy"
 No, but it ena bles a lot of thein, who would otherwise be known as il ra tired uranlss to pose as 'cynics.' ''-Wast,i ae ton Star.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

It is rot at all difficult to see when the gas robbers get it.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

It is very hard to convince political corpse that there is no resurrection of the dead.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

LA killing frost at Montgomery would not only put a stop to the yellow fever. but at the same t,ane have material effect upon an oyer-worked typewriter.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

Germany proposes doirg what this country has never done-prolts ing it's citizens when in foreign counties.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
And Well They Might

When Lyman Law was member of con- gress for Connecticut he was wal1ing on Pennsylvania avenue with some southern colleagues. They met drove of mules.
 ''Hailo! Law" said a gentleman from Charleston, "there come lot of your constituents. Where are they going?" 'STo South Carolina to teach school"
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

The gas metres only lie, while the gas grabbers stead.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

Mark Hanpas toga will fit Bushnell fairly we'll.
 The days of the gas robbers are num- hared
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

H. Clay Evans may find it more diffi- cult to get office in Pennsylvania ijhan he did in Tennessee, though should he be elected governor of the Keystone State out as he was in Tennessee.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

If Philadelphia and other cities reap handsome revenues from their gas plants, the same thing can be done in Birmingham, and when that is accom- pli<shed gas robbTng will be thing of the past
The age-herald., 1897-11-13
A Hobby Horse

From the Chicago News.
 She-Are you lover of horsesf He-Yes; hhaips my hobby.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

Murderer -Durrant is unlike line mur- derers in Birmingham, as he is in prison and has been senterlced to be hanged, while those in this city are at liberty and in TO immediate danger of coming in corItact with the business end of a rope.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

The Bryan family will keep Ito the point no matter to which political party they belong. The appointment of Chrales Page Bryan of Illinois by President lMc- Kiniey minister to China shows that all the good men Of the same name are not in The same political party.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

At 11:30 P. M.-The SIangy Ylutt- Everything goes.
 The Sleepy Girl-Yes; everything esq. -SomeryiI. Journal.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

An Cultivate your n n1, my 'bcV," said the elder gentleman wso gives advice. Struggle to d;vciop w hat intellect nature may have bestowed on you"
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

America than does Governor Pingrse
 fIe is the friend of the people and the enemy of thieves. whether thsy be en- gagged in the manufacture of gas. the supplying of water. the running of street railroads CT amy of the other enterprises in which the people are interested and of which they are the absolue masters.
 If the judiciary could be kept as free from politics. as some candidates are fmpreszlng the people with the idea 1t should be- it would have wholesome eff feet upon the public good. The trouble is, the judges are not over vfrtuous po- htically when it best serves their pur- pose to be otherwise. Here is where con- sitsency will be jewel indeed. The ju- dietary usually opposes those whom it does not want elected and favors those 1t desires elected In no silent manner.
The age-herald., 1897-11-13

She Could-"Can I change her for Br.istol?"said the old lady for the fif- teenth time on the journey to tn guatd.
 You can if you like. Ma a'am,' :AiI the official cheerilg, 'ibut you'd better not if you want to get there. ."-Loricn 1T Tit Bits
The news & observer., 1897-02-06
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

New York, Feb. 5-rhe Lexow com
mittec of the New York Legislature to
investigate trusts was the shadow upon
the market in the dealings to-day. The
days trading was for the most part in
the industrial stocks, with sugar occupy
ing the overwhelming proportion of at
tention, with the market thus restricted
the effect ON prices was i'm sympathy
with the course OF sugar and the other
industrials, which was markedly down
ward, with q rally at the close, due to
covering by shorts. The days proceedings
in stocks gave little evidence of much,
il any, but professional dealings though
the bond market showed evidences Of well
maintained strength and an investment
movement
This wholesale onslaught ON the in
dustrials had it's effect on the railway
shares and they declined in sympathy,
liquidation also being an influence in these
stocks. Burlington sold off X and the
general Railway list also responded frac-
tionaly. London selling had its effect
in this department., the market there hay
ing ben stirred by alarmist rumors re-
garding the health OF the Gar and the
South African situation. There were
periods of dullnesS after the first hour
vi IINNhuE IuObApl9 uCfObtu W hIbllb
for developments in the trust inyestiga-
ton and during which the changes were
very narrow. The dealings in the low
priced shares assumed somewhat un-
wonted Importance, but the fluctuations
were small. In the final hour, however,
there was a revival in the market and
prices advanced generally under q cover
ing movement by the shorts.
The bond market maintained decided
strength, and although the movement
was irregular at intervals, owing TO ex
tensive realizing the main tendency was
toward a higher basis with large
blocks being taken for European account.
Government bonds were made under
pressure and yielded fractionally ON sales
of $95, 900.
State bonds were strong, with Tennes-
see settlement 3's touching 70. The deal
ings aggregated $4,000.
The news & observer., 1897-02-06
FREE CURE FOR MEN.
a Michigan Man OF RS to Send H's
Discovery Free.
Claims to be a Benefactor to w eak
ened Mankind.

There is always more or less SUSPICION
.ttached to anything that is onered Tree
os;tv cus that he cannot rest until his
ssaanrary Ia known TO the world, in order
eas. his fellow men may profit by what
- has discovered. 1t is upon this prin-
s,naI that a resident of Kalamazoo
Mich desires to send free to mankind
nroscrintion which will cure them or any
form of ,ervous debility; relieves them
of all the doubt and uncertainty whicn
snch men are peculiarly liable to ana
restores the organs to natural sAe ahu
igor AS 1t costs nothing TO try the
.vnar;ment it would seem that any man,
.uffereng with the nervous troubles tna'
rsuelIv attack men who never stopped 10
-oaIize what might be the hnal result
ougbt to be deeply interested IN remedy
vhicb will restore them TO health,
strength and vigor, without which they
~ontinue TO live and existence or untolu
rniserv. AS the remedy in question was
kbe result of many years research as 70
what combination would be peculiarly
sTectiye i'm restoring TO men the strength
thev need, il would seem that all men
suffering with any form Of nervous weak
ness ought TO write for such remedy
.f once. A request to III. @. Olds, BOX
1922 Kalamazoo, Mich, stating that yo0
are not sending for the prescription out
Of idle curiosity, but that You wish te
make use Of the medicine by giving II
. trial. will be answered promptly and
without evidence as to where informa-
ton came from.
The prescription is sent free aud ST.
though some may wonder how Mr.. Odds
can afford to give away his discovery,
there in no doubt about the offer being
genuine. Cut this out and send to Mr..
Olds so that he may knew how you came
20 write him
The news & observer., 1897-02-06
u. B. CuTHBERT & 90
NEW YORh.

NEW YORK. February 5.-Futures opened
dull but steady: sales $500 bales.
Futures closed quiet and steady; sales $500
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