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A Famous Southern Editor.

Tho greatest war editor elf the south was undoubtedly John M. Daniel, of ihe Richmond Examiner. In the last num- Der of the Southern Methodist Review Where is an appreciative sketch of him by Prof. George F. MeIllen, of the Un.ve, sity of Tennessee, which deserves more than @ passing mersdicn
 Like some of llhe greatest writers and orators, MT. Daniel never went to col- lege. He did not even go to school but was educated at home. Thtls was 'uhe case with uhe Duke Of Argyll, William Vert Gfd not ihave university eduea- tion. Lord Erskine and John Bright were masters of style, and yet they had TO classical tlta1Lrng. Senator Morgan, Flis old teacher, says Daniel went to school brla one year.
 All of these men acquired culture, in- feLmai.ion and style by their omniveious habit eff reading, and Daniel followed the sante road to knowledge and power. Judge Robert w. Hughes thus describes hlm as he appeared Then he first mat Km:
 I was struck by hfs strongly marked Jewish features wh Nh, however, we:'e antique alrid classical. His raven-black spaIir was then, and for many years after wards, worth long. His werl-sihapen nose was excep ilGnahy but plealstantfy prom Snert. His mouth was large, with well developed and, "a lady would say. be- whtohingly expressive Tips. His daik-
 brown eyes were ibriliJanl, and piercing llls complexion scmlbre; his visage tfin 1; and his handsome, classical countenance capable elf expressing the most winning l0indlinelss or the most repeslent scom.
 He wals of rnedium height and astenu- aIted figure; weighing never moue than one hundred and twenl.y pounds His constitution was feeble, with constant tsiHdency to pulmonary disease, of which indeed he even.ually dBad-
 Another picture of MT. Daniel at this time by John Esten Cooke, novelist and historian, in 'Mchun," will prove inter-
 esting:
 At the first glance l felt that was in the IAaelsjence of an original cffara oter. HSs 1albors on the Examiner had just commenced. He was seated, half re- cIirEng, dn an arm-ohlalir, surrounded by exchanges, from which he clipped par- = agiaphs, throwing the papers, as soon as he had done 70, in pile upon the fiokn. Ills Black eyes, long black hair, brushed beflad the cars, arld thin, sal- lclw checks, were not agreeable; but they made up striking physiognomy. The blalck eyes gllttered with a sullen fire; the ihin lips were wreathed with a sar- d5ffc smile: and was informed that Hhe you tn Hved the life elf a soligaire, vol untaEs>y absentfng qhimself from society Ito give his days and nghrs to exhaus,ting study.
 Mir. Daniel made a fblglI1snt record in jounralism before 'he war, and Prof. Me1len says by his ccrludt of the Ex- aminer during the days of the confed- eracy:
 MT. Daniels frank and opep opposi-
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used over and over again. It is very volatile, however, and a supply Is often replenished-
 Tar is by no means the least of the product of the new process. Tar for roofing purposes is worth about eight dollars ton, and the bl-prduet oven will afford about one hundred pounds of 1t for every ton of coke produced Oven tar is considered a superior article and is largely used outside of roofing purposes.
 We do not know what else ths bi-pro- duct system is capable of producing, as it takes all the elements as thay arise, and separates and makes the most of them; and if the coal In our hills con- tain anything else of value, it win be utilized and added to our resources. No wonder then the Philadelphia Record demands that the beehive ovens be abolished. They are n.t only wssteful, but they are pernicious. The new sys- tenn does not leave much material that will poison air or water or soil. It turns the poisons of the beehive plan into commercial products that prosper & people instead of destroying them.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
Hang the Murderers.

If Alabama expects to take place in a strict enforcement of the laws against murder. It is becoming so common that little, if any, notice is taken of it. A few judicial hangings will do this state mora good than the influx of a million settlers. If the law of capital punishment is obso- lete then let the state open wide it's prison doors and place the murderers there where they can do no more harm. The too frequent killings in Alabama is disgrace to the fair name of the state.
 If the judges are derelict in their duty they should be hurled from power. The law to punish murderer is one of the most wholesome to society upon the staute books. Without it's strict enforce ment terror reigns supreme.
 The disgrace to the state and defiance to law has gone far enough. The mur- derer stalks the highways of the com monwealth with the same freedom as that of the law-respecting citizen. Many have not even had preliminary hearings. Men who may belong to so-called "best families' have been known to commit unwarranted murder have never been brought before the bar of justice in any manner. If man who commits murder, unless in self-defense, though he may belong to "one of the best fami- lies" should be hung just the same as the man who comes from the lower or lowest walks of life.
 The reckless use of the shotgun and revolver has kept Alabama back in it's growth and progress more than half a century; since it was admitted into the union of states.
 Let the courts administer the laws rigidly and impartially, and it will not be long until the pistol pocket will be empty and the shotgun will hang upon the peg to be used only when the privacy of the home is invaded by the burglar or assassin.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
An Interesting Discussion.

If you want to learn al1 about the yell low fevea, you should read what the Atlanta doctors say on the subjec.. Up ito date they alave expressed the fo1low- ing opinions: e .at4-
 fThe fever cannot spread fin AtFahn.a Dt can spread in .thlat city. It ca mot spread 1000 feet above the sea.
 illt has been known to spread 1000 feet above 'uhe sea- IL cannot spread so far north. f5 a
 It iias spread eis far north as Bogton and Quebec. It is not a contagious dis ease. Tt is con dagious. Atfantla its in no danger. Altlanta is in great danger.
 These op1noins are from physicians of thigh standing. You can pay your money alrld take your choice 4 siss
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
New Coal Products.

The bi-product coke oven at Ensley will lend variety at least to the produc- tion of our mines, for it will turn out not only coke but it will for each ton of coke produced supply 40OO feet of fuel gas. even if need be Illuminating gas. From each ton of coke 5000 cubic feet of gas are thrown off, but about half of this amount is consumed on the spot, leaving 4,oOO feet per ton of coke for utilization in other ways.
 Then. too, ammonia, that widely used product, will be caught and imprisoned to the extent of twenty pounds for each ton or coke produced. The demand for ammonia is constantly increasing, and no fear of overproduction is anticipated. There are many industries, including that of ice-making, which need it in large quantities, although it is often
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SOME MEXICAN WAYS.
They Would Seem Hardly the Proper Thing 'o a
 Yankee Housewife.

From the Chicago Journal
 An American woman would grow gray headed in a month if she attempted to keep house in Mexico on the same plan pursued by the native houss sWi-yes. Tha-e are no water mains in the average town, and water for domestic purposes IS drawn f om the public foun ains and sold from door to door by leather-aproned vendors who carry it in pictures sque yes sells of hide or pottery. Pulque and milk are brought to market in skins of sheep pigs ard goats. which are stripped off the carcass by cutting only the neck and legs and tlumed inside out, all the open ings but one leg being tied up securely. The natives do not object to the flavor of goat hide and swine skin in the milk, bu. visitors do.
 The washerwomein have no faith fn modern methods. They get 25 cents a day ard are satisfied. This sounds tnr- possible to the Chicagoan, who is being "done up' by the 1oundTess and has to endure it. The washIeWomen all do their work beside an open stream of water in a trough of siaone or wood, a piece of home -smasde soap and their strong lHsnids No hol watsr is used. The scene at the public waShhouses is interesting. The method breaks buttons. bends buckles, and tears goods with l.he same ease as does a steam laundry in the States.
 The average Mexican cook Is as prinf- tive as lha WaSherWomen. No matter low many times the use of a modern cook stove were explained to her. tt is probable tilat she would build the fire in tns oven and put The bread to bake in the fire box. What she would use as call cd the brassro. Among the poop this is an urn-xl1ped affair of pottery with a
 low faSe. where a tiny charcoal fire e. ,,e kept aEve by cons tant Tanning, the GS9Sfe being not much larger Thlan comm,- flower pot. In the hcmss of the upper classes the blasero is built of buick mortar and piles, its surface as high as an American cook stove, with holes a foot square. under each of which a char coal fire is kept burning. Some of these stoves have tweTt five or thirty ovens and tiie operation of cooking is so la bortous that the cook has a relay of as- sistantts to p9epare the egetables, wash the dishes and attend the fires
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
THE FACE AGAINST THE PANE.

From Four O'Clock. Out through the gloom of the early night I strain my eyes till I think 1 see The f1ickering gleam Of a distant light Coming across the bay to me. Another fiickers and gleams afar, And another yet, till they seem to make A golden chain from the harbor's bar To the long gray beach where the bile
 lows break. The stars peep out in the eastern sky And the west is losing it's tinge of red, A purple flush is the last to die, It fades away, and the day is dead. But not the glories of natures crown, Nor the infinite beacons of space see. Only the lights of a distant town Coming across the bay to me. Coming across from the further shore Dancing and glinting from crest to crest, Till they Hash from the blade of my
 lifted oar,
 And fall, like a shower of gems. to rest And hope grows stronger each length I
 gain,
 And my heart is light as it needs must be When think of the face that against the
 pane, Watches across the bay for me.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
The Warrior Canal.

Let no one think the Warrior canal will not be built, for it certainly will be in the long run. Whether it will be built in five years or fifty years we do not l0now, but that thIsne will in time be a water way from the ore beds and coal veins to the gulf is as certain as the rising of the sun tomorrow morning. The great interests at either end demand its building. and aGl history of shipping and of great mineral deposits shows it will be built.
 And there are other canals before the public. There is the scheme for ship canal from tine great lakes to New York city, now in the hands of the deep wa- ter ways commission appointed by Pres ident Mckinley. At present. it is pro- posed to connect Lake Erie with Lake Ontario and the eastern end of the lat ter with Oneidal lake, and the little lake with the Mohawk river, which must, too, be made deep aIl1 the way to the Hudson. Does amy one think such an immense work will be undertaken by the stovern- ment, while the little thirty-mils Warrior canal remains neglected and forgotten? No, indeed. That would be neither fair nor just.
 Then, again, Pittsburg wants walter way to Lake Erie. Win the government butd up the iron industry in one district at the expense of a like industry in an- other? Surely not This government was not founded on Injustice and sectional ism, however much it may Hook that way at times.
 Let us have faith in our own canal, and proceed to secure what we need and are fairly entitled to. The commerce of the gulf and evsn the navy itself nesd our cca1, and the wcrli needs our iron and steel and manufactured products. Nome of theeie can be supplied at a minimum cost unless the Warrior route to tlhis sea is opened. It is not matter that so much concerns Birmingham as it dces the floating world in the gulf of Mexico. But all interests combined can secure it if they seek it earnestly, full of the hope and enthusiasm that pres ages victory.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26

a few years They want to revolution lze the world by editing a country news paper. Get a shirt tail full of type and then proceed to call themselves we" Makes a great difference when a fellow gets to be editor. Satisfied in calling himself .l'' when he lives in the eoun- try. As soon as he gets in an editors chair then he thinks he is more than one and has to say i've" when speaking of himself. That's fogyism with ven geance. The editorial we went out of use many years ago. Can't write to suit everybody These young men should not be criticised; ought to be piled more than censured. Perhaps they Ssye never had a chance to get out of their own county and know little of the world. But still want to regulate 1t. If I see an official thief sticking his head up I believe in hitting it. l don't care who it strikes. Trouble is. too many people growng fat on compliments. The most insignificant county judge cannot go from one county to another without being referred to in the country paper as the "eminet and distinguished jurist,' when, in fact, he was only a jackleg lawyer before he was placed upon the bench. Everybody wants to be compi- mented. Want papers to say something about them that's not true, but is com plimentary. Want an editor to lie about them all the time. Want papers to say they are honest, when they are robbing the people. If there is a class of men who should be honest it is those who are in the service of the people.
 There is ona old fogy paper in ths state that wouldn't have been regarded as newspaper one hundred years ago. It's always giving advice how other papers should be run. What they should print on their editorial pages, when in fact, it hasn't anything in it's own editorial page but trivial little quarrels with country editors. Want to carry on Arguments" with them. That style of journalism was out of date fifty years ago. Want to argue about the smallest matters. What does it all amount to? Readers of newspapers want the opportunity of reading on various subjects. Every thing that happens. No matter whether it happens an Birmingham, London, Constantinople or Tallapoosa. I agree with Percy Clark of the Selma Telegram. Put more hot stuff in the newspapers and they will be more val uable and more entertaining. Don't make newspapers gift horses for every body to ride. Another trouble is that the people of most towns who subscribe for a paper think they ought to edit dt Actually think that they should pass judgment upon everything that goes in and is left out. The only way to run a. newspaper is to run it to suit your self. Be honest. Be fair. Give every body fair showing. Print all the news. No matter who it hurts. If the son of prominent man becomes burglar print it. Just the same as you would anything else. If these little fellows will attend to their business, I'll attend to mine. iThey are doing the best they can. This is a progressive age. They have had opportunities to learn some thing. If they have not done it, l can't heln it
The age-herald., 1897-09-26
MIR. JACOBS TURNED IT LOOSE.
That Cold Wave Has Escaped and the Weather
 Prophet Is Sad

Weather Prophet Jacobs will celebrate the Jewish New Year sadly, for he has been unable to keep the temperature down. Yesterday mornig he tried to cool the air by bringing some rain but as a rainmaker he was a failure. The day was clear throughout.
 Having read that goldseekers cannot get into the Klondyke district, and judg- ing therefrom that his grapevine tele- graph line must be frozen, he tried to order cold wave by carrier pigeons but his winged messengers were all shot by quarntine officers who wished to find out where they were from.
 He says he has no excuse to offer for the following report.
The age-herald., 1897-09-26

The present. administration may dis grace itself with the re-introduc,don of the green hostage stamps if it desires, just ais Postma sterLGAeneral Villas brought shame and humiliation ito Mir. Cleveland's firet tenn by .phe stamp of bhe emerald hue, but there should be mo change in the color of those whose duty 1t is to handle them
The age-herald., 1897-09-26

Alton, TIl,, placed policemen at the ertrance of it's public schools bo prevent the attendance of nego children. If tids had happened in Indiana Coy. Mount would have called the gramd jury irl Q special ses1son. If eihfs had lbeen in the south a great howl would have been raised. lAs fIt wais dn IEanofs however, William Penn Nixon only looked the other Way
The age-herald., 1897-09-26

Citizens of Mobile would scarcely know that yellow fever existed there were it mot for the fact tl1at the New Or ieans papers devoted so much space to it. On the other lllanid, ithe Mobile pa- pers give lIhe fever st.uation in New Orleans most of their scare heads.
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When lthe head of n dishonest office holder, mo matter what may be his poll ftfes, is placed above the surface it should be cluHbad beyond recognition. Public thieves, like private ones, sfould be sent to the peniterltiary
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertising rates. daily and Sunday is sues one dollar per inch, first insertion; 75 cents per inch each insertion thereafter Monthly contracts for display adyertis- ing of f inches or more daily, 60 cents per inch each Insertion Regular large dis play advertisers running annual contracts will be given the minimum rate of 90 cents per inch for each insertion Read ing notices 20 cents per line, nonpareil.
 Weekly issue-One dollar per inch each insertion. Reading notices % cents per line.
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Those extreme protecitTonists fn thfs country are willing lo pull off fight with Canada because ghat country has adopted a tariff measule on the Dingley plan against the United States. They want protection for America, but admit IlhaIt free trade is 9 5'ood tning for all other nsallnfyses
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The New York World has discovered a horribls pIdt. President NIcKfnley will engage Spaan in war with tthe United States. and thus disrtract the attenJb,Un of the people while Mark Halrna makes a flank movement on the sera.e.
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It would seem that the mayor of New Orleans would not be satisfied with any- timing shou't of placing his chief of police and many of the force in the penHten- cfary. Mayor Flower anas them on aIhe uMn early in line game. -
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The parties who stole a church and re- moved it ten miles into the woods, att Spikes Prai1de, Mo-, the other day, gave as an excuse for ltheir action &hat they wished ito be able ito worship in peace.
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Mark Twain charges that Sir Waiter Scott is responisabel for the civil war. Perhaps he is also ahe man tthIat struck RGlly Patterson
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The charge that colbeIts is a coward ds silanced by the faat Jhat he has gone to playing base ball.
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The New otaeains police force is alap- idly arriving alt the opfnJfn that it does nol1 own the town, as it thought it did.
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Seth Low is becoming anxious to know whether or pat Tom Plaht will consent to adt as his best man.
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Remittances can be made by express, postoffice money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala.
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All communities wBA be much beltter off with ilhe designing ard dishonest stsurers bainfshad.
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DAILY BULLETIN.

Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 2s, 1897 Local observation during twenty-four hours ending at D. m.. central time:
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Highest temperature 94; lowest, 65; aver- HEN N. JAcoBS Local obseryer.
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lDirect'nl Rain
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Eastern Business office The Tribune Building, New York City; Western busi- ness Office, "The Rookery," chicago' tne $. c. Beckwith Special Agency Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
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Since I have been away read that some of the papers in the state have been jumping all over me. I don't care for that That cuts no icsywfth me. If an editor believes in suppressing the truth and telling lies. that's his business, not mine. Too many fellows in this country editing newspapers who ought to be out picking cotton. Go to school
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-12
ANNUAL nEETING.
The Building and Loan Association In
Splendid Condition.

The annual meeting of stockholders
of the MankatO Building and Loan
Association was held Saturday night,
and the following officers and direct
Ors were elected:
President-Geo. Pass.
Vice President James Wilson.
Treasurer, Geo. B. Owen.
SeCretary-JameS B. Swan.
Directors-Geo. t. Boynton, M. O..
Sundt, j. B. Ford. G. A. Richardson,
John r. Thomas, Thos. Coughlan,
ThOs. Hughes, L. n Holmes, P. b.
Sparrow, s. Nelson. A M. Smith.
The semi-annual statement Of the
association for the six months ending
Feb. 1st was made, showing most
prosperous condition. The business
OF the association has increased very
largely during the past year or two,
and the paid up stock now out is
Si36,880, and common stock 2S,614.97.
During the six months, the cash re-
ceipts have been $45, S65S3, of which
SIG, 261. so has been from dues on stock
and SIG, 594.66 from dues and interest
on loans.
A semi-annual dividend of four per
cent will be declared. There is no
safer or more remunerative invest
ment today than this stock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-12
TO TRY CASES.
The municipal Court Jury List
Selected.

The aldermen handed in the lists of
names of those chosen for jury duty
in the municipal court Monday
as follows:
First ward--Patrick Madigan, Louis
Diamond, Jno. Butter, A. A. Brooks,
Joseph Baumgartner, Herman Bish-
man, Ernst Koetting, Daniel Caugh-
Ian, Frank Day, Louis Graf, Lorenz
Henlein Geo. Nigg.
Second ward-Herman Albert. w.
Bienapfl, VIM. Bierbauer, E. Consan-
dier, Ed. Enfield, Fred Kruse, Frank
Leonard, Frank Lamm, Paul Lehman,
Oscar Miller, Martin Nelson, Albert
Rnmer.
Fourth ward-T. III. Williams, w.
81. Ward, A. M. Grout, Geo. Sugden,
G. L. Kennedy, A. Impey, A. G. Rob-
bins, D. Richards, Nathaniel Meyer,
Ed. Brett, Frank Hotaling, R. F.
Jones.
Fifth ward-C. II. Austin, A, III.
Beebe, G. N. Boynton, III. G. Burgess,
j. f. Chenewith, f. M. Currier, w.
W. Davis Jr., G. Danielson, f. w.
Force, F. w. Hunt, Il. w. Hart,
Frank Jones.
Sixth ward-D. Baker, w. 81.
Glenn, W. G.. Briggs, E. P. Rutan, A.
F. Covell, W. f. Randolph, G. D.
Seely, A. L. Loomis, E. A. Gibbons,
Ed. M. Cahill. ]. S. Burwell, Aaron
Bates.