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The times., 1897-12-11
Until Jan. ISt
S3 a Month

All patients o!.plving for treat
nteni aud all Ia tents renewing treat
ment before January /, 1898, will
he treated UNTIT. CURED at tn.
uniform rate of So a month, medi-
ciHes included. This applies TO all
patients and all discusses.
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for These:
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Hosiery.

A tremendous aSSort-
ment of Weig hts, colors,
fabrics, and styles. Posi-
lively any kind you may
imagine.
Price Per Pair z5c
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Neckwear.
The Best.

BY the hundreds OF dozens, every
color. every shape. every style, but
only one quality,
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HOME TREATMENT.

Patients living at distance treated
successfully 1T their tonnes, Write for
Doctor NcCoy's 5 yinptofu Bl7rk and Book
of Monographs. Sent free t. any address
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Hon. Claude A Swanson and wife are
established for the winter at the Riggs
House.
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Each tie in a separate fancy box.
We pride ourselves on this line.
Choice ..--.-....... s 5Oc
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Dress Shirts.

All the correct ST vles in white or
coiored Dress Shirts. Many grades
at any price suited 20 you. but we
recommend an exceptionally
good quality at.-..............T sc
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Mrs Philip a. Darneille has sent out
cards for tea December I6, on which oe-
casion her daughter, Miss Hariot Elise, will
make her debut.
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NJ. Iucilla Kidwpn has

M. aud Mrs. Fforelke will give 4 dancing
party Wednesday evening, December 28.
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Miss Cassie Knight. of No. 335 Thirtietl
street, has returned from an extended visi
TO Cincinnari, Ohio
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Suspenders.

One pair in q fancy box. Best
quality, we'll made. patent fiXings,
very pretty colors. sc value
al choice ..........-......... 39c
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- tAAaNN ~ ss%A
with her physical
being. All the
emotions of love
and marriage and
motherhood have
CORE s ponding G
physical attributes
in the delicate
| special organism
! of her sex. If
these intricate
functions are dis
turbed by weak
ness and disease
her whole nature
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Mr. aud MIS-. Clifford S. Walton enter
tanned at very elegant dinner, Thursday
evening, ia honor Of the German amhas-
sacor- Among the distinguished guests
Invited to insFt DR. Won Holleben were he
Peruvian minister. Don Victor Eguiguren.
and the secretary of the legation. Don
Manuel Eiglera, and wife. Scarlet poinsetta
blooms and white roses formed the decnra-
ton of the exquisitely appointed tahi-1
red Candles burned under red shades in
candeiabra of cut crystal. and the chande-
lier was drappd with asparagus sprays, tied
with LOUIS Quinze knots of wide red satin
:ibbon.
Mis-. Walton also gave luncheon to
ladies Yesterday, the guests heing Mrs.
Romtro. Mrs. Harry Radcliffe, Mrs Rich
ardsnL, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Dulin, Mrs
Moore. Mrs. Krogsfad, Mrs. johnson, Miss
Swami Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Beale Howard,
Mrs Miller, and Mrs. Charles Joy.
A massive candela bra occupied the place
Of honor in tie center of the table, on Il
web OF point lace over scarlet satin. It's
tase was circled by a wreath of ivy
leaves and crimson berries, and the candles
burned under caps OF red and silver. TIE
mantel was ina nked with the same vivid
berries and Christmas vines, and the
beautiful home which is reflex Of the
artistic tastes pr it's gracious mistress
and reminiscent OF her travels in this
and utheI lands, was exotic throughout
with rare flowers and palms.
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Slumber Robes.

HandSomely-trmm Shirts of
white muslin, also fancy-color Flan-
nelette, and the hleached, uwflled
Jeans. Price =. ........ SOC. Each
We VIII be open in the evenings
until Christmas, beginning Monday
night If night shopping is pref
cradle, you can come then. We
viii be ready for you.
Remember we viii lay aside any
article you may select now, and
keep IL until Christmas time.
We VIII box all presents for you
free OF charge. We VIII engrave in.
iuals on Silverware. Jewelry and
Umbrellas, and stamp names on
Pocketbooks and Bnbooks free OF
charge.
SSeMn4yMAs9,e SSM4y W.T.
420, 422. 474. 426 9TH St.
an
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Collars.

A half dozen Of the newest stylesof
4-piy linen collars. Other styles, too,
if you want them. Price. ~ sc
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Holiday Goods
For the Men Folks.

You may be puz-
zled what to give the
Men Folks this year.
Satisfy yourself that
wearing apparel can
never go amiss. Also
satisfy yourself that
you cannot go amiss
if you select these
from our stock of
Mems W earables.
Visit This Department and Call
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The harmony of a
woman's life depends
upon the perfect ac-
cordance of her mental
The age-herald., 1897-12-03
The Everlasting Problem.

Sometimes farneris resent advise from newspapers. but they cannot resent these words from the point of vlew of the old-time southern farmer. In the good old times, forty Cir more years ago, southern farmers lived on the fat of ths land, and had money to land.
 But they did not plant all cotton then. Not a bit of it. In those days a farmer was considsred a fool if he did not raise h's own supplies except a few neces- salry groceu'ies. Every farmer made it a rule to have his ouItgo smaller than his income. He diversified his crops, made the farm sustain its.If, and was determ- iDsd to have some clear money at the end economy, but with plenty of hog and hominy hs could not starve Most of hts clothing was made alt home He had all the substant1als of life, with fewer of spend much money on fine buggies and wagons.
 How differ snt it is nowl A small fairm- CT seems to think that cotton is the only thing of any consequence. He buys high priced fertilizers and supplies on time to help him make coitton at cost of seven cents fin order to sell it for five. Is this ruinous policy to be con- tinueid another year? If 1t is cotton may go stdn lower. What will the farmers do if they raise a 12,o00,000 bale crop and sell it for three cents a pound less than what it cost them? It is not too late to reurn Ito the old method. The farmer who first raises his supplies, and then makes cotton his surplus crop " Il keep out of dett, and in five years be thoroughly independent.
 The present. system places the farmer completely at the mercy of the creditors, combines and spectators. They cannot hold thefr cotton and are forced to sell it at lthe prices fixed by the sharks in Liverpool and New York. If they go on in this way a few years longer they will mortgage their lands, and the farm ing districts of the south will pass into the hands of alien landlords.
 This is a very serious matter and con- cerns the future welfare of every man, woman and child in the south. The all ccltton system must go, and the staple must be made surplus crop.
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Not Far Wronu.
ants

An able art;cls n tha Atlantic Month ly takes the position that ,n this country Rhere are too many legislatures, to) many sessions. too many lawmakers and too many laws
 Many thoughtful cltizsns have besn of this opinion for some time In addition to congress and the staue legislatures, county commiss, onea.s and city councils make local laws. Then, the rules of boards of education, police commission CTS, and the different departments of gov eGmment have the effect of laws. To make matters worze, a mob of judges, federal and state make 'bsnch laws all the year round.
 There never was a country under the sun so bedevlied and cursed with such a superabundance of laws as we have. Ths more laws, the more lawlees'nass. People see the tangled wilderness of laws and feel rsIstful and defiant. In the old days lawyers studied hard and becams learned in the lore of their profession before they obtained much practice. Now, it is so different. A youngstsr stems over few law books, gets ad- mittod to .he bar and realizing the utter hopelsssnsss of ever mast ring the law, he hires few clerks to do his reading, and he spends his time on the streets tnd about the hotels working up busi- nGs The idea with the average lawyer is to ggt cases, and jet the law take care of itself. Ut is all hit or miss anyhow, and ths chancss are that the young law yer will practice before a young judge who knows no more than he dosls.
 Th5 judges and lawyers are not to be blamed for their ignorance. Under the present system of grinding out statutes the greatest genius that ever liyed would be unable to become familiar with the thousandth part of them, and if he gave them his study he. would have no time left for business. The overproduc- tion of laws is serious evil, because 1t makes people have lslzs respect for the administration of justice. It is an ex-s pensive burden, and the wonder is that the tax payers of the country do not start a crusade for law rsform.
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ble them. but if they will go back tar enough they will find that they are like some of the members of the family in past generations or. centuries. Mental and moral traits skip generations, and then are reproduced like physical pecua- arfties.
 The son of criminal or a drlnlzard maybe a moral man, and also his grand son, but in the course of time there will be a descendant of the family who will be exactly like his wicked ancestor. The son of a great and good man may be weak and immoral. but that is be- cause he .nherits indirectly the quali- ties of some remote ancestor
 Heredjty is am interesting study but the only important lesson taught by it is that it is necessary to keep the family blood and morals pure for many genera tons 6n order to make 1t remarkably certain that 1t will have long and un- broken line of bright and sound descend nlta 2.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03
Parkhurst's Pessimism.

Dr. Parkhurst has returned from Eu- rope, and says that he finds New York in ths, hands of the same gang from whose clultchrLs 1t was wn.rsted three years ago. He takes very gloomy view of the future. The doctor is a crank, whose crusade in Nsw York did incalcu- liable damage to the cause of morality In order to collect evidence he went dIbo ( sreputable houses, paid for liquor to maka the inmates drunk, and witnessed many disgusting scenes.
 1t is the testimony of thousands of good people that he caused the metropo- lis to fairly boil and bubble with vice. Such results somstimes follow injudl- cious attempts to rstform the world be- fore it is ripe for reform. The gang so coniuemptously spoken of by Dr. Park hurst gave the city a better and a mere economical administration than the one wh' 'ch followed, and many of ths best citiz'ms are glad to see Tammany in con trol again.
 Parkhurst is net g. man of much abfli ty, and he generally adopts the wrong methods. He is nothing mere nor less than a sensational religious crank.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03
TIE EAGE-HERALD.
Entered at the nostofBce at Birmingham Ala. as second-c1ass matter.
A Very Thin varnish.

The disgraceful sc.nes in the Austrian reichsrath have besn panalleled by simi- lar occurrences in the past few years in tine British parliament, the American congress and the French chamber of deputies.
 All this shows how very thin is the vaanish of civilization. Scratch gentle man of culture, and you find that, aftsr all, he is only an animal. He may wear the toga of a statesman, but under cer- tain conditions he will soold and fight in the center of deliberative body SUD- posed to represent the civilz zation of the world. Men have done 1t in our con grsss, in parliament and in the French chamber, and they will do 1t again.
 Human nature is about the same in every circle of socisty, and all the re- strlctlons thrCwn around 1t by education and custom and law cannot keep it with in bounds It would be possible und,r some provocations and temptations to cause the leading nations of the world to plunge, into 8 warfare. as savage as the one which is now raging in Cuba After all, we aTsi not So very far in ad- vance of our ancestors centuries ago.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03
Something Wrong.

The Philadelphia Press is a strong gold standard paper. After gushing over Mc- Knley's prospenlaty for several months it now says:
 The great machine of industry was never turning out a bigger product in this country. The railroads were never carrying n1ore tens of freight. eYt capi- tal loanable capital, money instead of being fully employed and in active de- mand is piling up in New York. Instead of embarking this capital in new enltled- prises its owners aire loaning it only as they can instiantly recover it. The ue- suit is that ''calF' loans are' low when the volume of trade is unprecedented. The like never happened befors. A vast bal ance has befn created by the excess of exports over imports The lowest calcu- laton places thrs balance due the United States at $100,000,o00 Instead of bring ing gold ov-r hsne to thel same extent ths vast sum Is actually being loaned by New York i'm London and in other European centers.
 There is a cause for this. Is not that cause the fact that thsre is still distrust of the fu.ule of the currency? Confi- dence must b. creaIted. Men who have gone through the terrible peril of last year fear for it's repetition. Whstlher Ith'se fears ar+ right or wrong makes no difference They are, in fact un- founded. The currency is today on a gold basis, and from a gold basis it will never depart. But right or wrong, these fears must be removed Absolute unquestioned confidence in the currency must be created. Whatsoever is necessary to accomplish this must be dona and until it is dome tns' Hidden Cause of all these anomalies will not be removed
 All this sounds very fine, but the plain people who ara not in lthe habit of split ting hairs will not be satisfied with it. Thsy will not believe these statements. Every middle aged citizen can remem- Der that in our most prosperous period, from 1865 to 1873, there was neither gold nor silver in circulation, and yet the pso- pie were prosperous. Money was loaned then and invested right and left. The longest railway lines dn tle country were built at that time ,and there wals never such an era of material development seen before
 In those days capital was not timid There was no talk about the possible disappearance of gold, for it had already disappeared, and the prosperous farm ITS
  they ever saw 1t again. At that period this country had back of its greenbacks nomnally the double standard, but the popular faith in the government was so strong that nobody thought about tbs money of final redsmpton. The paper currency wats good enough for all prac- tical purposes.
 The Press is mistaken whsn it attrb- utes the Humidity of capital to the fear that ths gold standard may be abandon ed. Dt is due to the fact that the scarcity of money makes men hoard 1t in the, ex- pectatfon of seeing the purchasing pow CT of their dollars double m the course of a few years
 Restore bimstallism and swell the vol
The age-herald., 1897-12-03
THAT MINORITY REPORT.
Alderman Drennen Has Made Himself Famous
 in Day.

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
 That minority report by Alderman Drennen, published by you this morning, is the meatiest, most business -like-aye, the most statesmanlike argument and plea in the interests of the people that the municipal politics of Birmingham has ever produced.
 Aside from the evident honesty of pur- pose in guarding the interests of the people, and correct conception of his duty as public servant, Alderman Drennen has introduced into the discus sion of the subject a dignity, clearness of grasp and fearlessness tempered with fairness, which would do credit to many public men of ambitious pretensions to statesmarship
 This paper of Alderman Drennen au- gurs good for Birmingham. It gives promise of the infusion into our munici- pad affairs of higher order of practical business ability, accompanied by a sound conception of ithe duties of public officers and the courage to stand up against all odds for the just rights and interests of the people, Yours truly,
 w. M. BROCK, Birmingham, Dec. 2, 1897.
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A Growing Crime.

The Georgia le eglslature has passed a bill against adulterated flour. and the ehaiqman of the Atlanta board of health says that the board has long known that nearly every article of food and drink sold in that city is adulterahed.
 It is so everywhere in this country. It is the age of shoddy, shams, cheats and adulterat ons. No man can closely ex- anime the food he buys without having his fears sxcited This adulterated stuff ruins the digestion and kills people by degrees. Butter and milk ara not pure. Coffee and tea are tampersd with. Liquors are adulterated with various peisons. Medic nes have to bs cloaely examined. Other articl=s. suffer In the same way. Most of the cloth fabrics do not wear wall. Carpets, blankets and mabtings are not substantial Furniture soon falls to pieces. It is hard to find even so small thing as a paper of good pins. It is a hopsless task to get good pencil unless an expert buys it. Black ink is a rarity. Writing paper has many flaws. Hardware and tinware have to  be watched closely. Hundreds of articles might be mentioned in this :fectlve list, and every shopper will readily think of them.
 TlIe people should be protected against these oh ais and swindles and penal stat utss should be- framed under which the parties responsible for these frauds could be sent to the cha-n gang. It is a ncitice- abla fact that these wholesale frauds have kept pace with the progress of the gold standard. This expla inns the seem- ing chs apnesS of so many things, but when they are investigated it will be found that they are cheap simply bst- cause they are worthless. Really good and desirabla comforts and luxuriels ars about as high as they ever were.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03
A Study in HereditY.

Professor Peelman, of the University of Bonn, has made some remarkable dis coveries in heredity A scientific paper says:
 The case he investigated was that of Frau Ada Jurke, who for sixty years has been a confirmed prohigate, addict ed to all debasing wees, and frequently convicted of crime; was the mother of several children, and six generations of her posterity, numbering altogether S34 persons, can be traced. Prof. Peeknan located ard secured the biographies of 709 members of this remarkab family. One hundred and six were of fllegiumate birth, 162 were professional beggars and slxty-four of them died in almshouses; 1S1 women Eyed lives of open shame Seventy-six were convicted and impliS- oned for crime, and seven have been executed for murder. Professor Peel man calculates that it has cost the state an average of $12,000 a year. or a total of s1,200,000. to care for the paupers of Hhis remarkable family, to protect so- ciety against them, and ito punish their chimes for 100 years.
 A few years ago a similar record was published of notorious New York fami- ay. Undoubtedly, there is a great deal In heredity, but It's laws are not under stood. In England, where noble families have galleries of portraits reaching back for many centuries. the fact has been n0tsd that certain faces re-appear among their descendants every few generations "A child born today may be exactly Ike Some ancestor who lived five hundred ed because their children do not resem-
The age-herald., 1897-12-03
What Will Conuress Do?

The average citizen will waste h,s time, if he dnIterests himself in the com ing session of congress. It will do noth- ing that will help the country. McI<in- ley's policy will be carried out, and there is nothing in it that affords the slightest prospect of relief for the peo- pie.
 Cuba will be left to fight her own bat ties. and there will be a bitter fight against the annexation of Hawaii. The Nicaragua canal will be left in it's pres ent unsatisfactory and helpless shape. If currency reform is attempted, it will only make the situation worse. No re- form can be expected from the republi- can party.
 There is nothing for democrats to do but to buckle down to work. Their leis- ure time, when net engaged in earning money to pay MT McKfnleys heavy drains upon their pockets, should be em- ployed in reviewing, strengthening and solidifying the Jeffersonian democracy which holds out the only hope of re deemdng the country and saving the masses from financial serfdom. Never mind about congress. Let all genuine democrats get together and prepare for a. winning fight next year, and bigger victory two years later.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03
Birmingham, Dec. 2, 1S
CURRENT FUN.

Afraid Tor believe didn't give you naut.
 with me- said the regular patron.
 ''Oh, domit mention it," replied the waiter q notice that gents is always more ecendmfcal when they has their wives along. g."-Indianapolis Journal.
 Utterly Indifferent.-"You mean to tell me that you don't think football ought to be suppressed? Just look how many get maimed and killed in the game"
 Tt doesn't maim and kill anybody ex- cept football players. ."-Cfnonnati En- quirer.
 The General Not Annoyed-When a certain general was camping on the lower Mississippi his negro boy, Harry, was one day asked by a friend whether the general was not terribly annoyed by mosquitoes.
 NO, sah,' said Harry; "in the evenln' Mars George is so 'toxicated he don't mind the skeetens, and in the mornin' the skeetrs is so toxlcated they don't mind Mars George."-San Francisco Argo- naut."
The age-herald., 1897-12-03
WHERE THE SUN LIVES.
By Hamish Hendry.

By Hamish Hendry. The sun lives down behind the wood,
 Behind the wood at night he goes; All by myself found it out
 There's no one else that knows! All by myself I watched and watched,
 Whsn nurse danced baby on her knees I watched the sun slip down and down, Laughing behind the trees My father says that when I'm big
 I'll find the suns house in the sky; My mother says the sun lives up
 Higher than clouds Is high! So I'm the only one that knows
 What place the sun takes all the light; When he is tired he pops to bed
 Behind the wood at night.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03

Banker Spaldlng, of Chicago, who WAS sentenced to the penrentiary on Wedne5- day, should have thought of his honor before he robbed the Globe bank. MT. Spaldlng gave too much attention to his pretty typewriter, and not enough to his honor, and the interest of his de- posters. MT. Spalding lis the 119th bank CT in the United States who has been sent to the penitentaary within t!,e past fifteen monhs.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03

ume of currency, and fhs coud't'ons spoken of by the Press will at once dls- appear. It is a good sign to find the gold standard papens admitting that ths shtua tfctn is far from bring satisnactory
The age-herald., 1897-12-03

President Mckinley is still paying po- litical debts by assigning colored men to fat positions. His appointment of former Senator Blanch K. Bruce, of Mis- sissippi as regisitsraer of the treasury held the office under Harrison and made a good official
The age-herald., 1897-12-03

It swell to remark for the benefit of those southern voltsrs who aided in the election of MT. Mckinley under the promise of better prices for farm prod ucas that cotton is still selling at 5 cents. with no sign of better market.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03

After twenty-five years delay, Mobile is to have a sewerage system, and the premise is made the city will be cleaned up. When this is done it will mark the starting point of the right kind of pro- prreSS
The age-herald., 1897-12-03

There is no douba that President Me- Kinley can push the Monroe doctrine in the faces of the Germans on the Haytian trouble with as much force as did MT. Cleveland with the English in the Venezuelan matter.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03

Alderman Drennen talks like man who understands his business, and had acquired the habit of hitting the bulls eye the first shot.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03

While MT. Roden Is engaged in the manufacture of light. that is just what he does not wish the people to have-on the gas question.
The age-herald., 1897-12-03

The only cottoa planters who have made money from f7s staple this year are those whose farms butt up against the back doors of Wall street
The age-herald., 1897-12-03

The men who are afraid the city will suffer from having the truth told will bear watching.