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The age-herald., 1899-09-07
LIBRARY LOT SELLS FOR see 600

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Twenty-two thousand six hundred dol- lars was the price paid for the Young Mems Library property by J. Carroll Payne at public auction yesterday afternoon.
 The trustees of the library are somewhat disappointed at this low price, as they thought the property would bring much more. The general opinion in real estate circles is that the price is exceedingly low, it being a fraction less than $222 a front foot.
 It was evident from the start that the property was going to bring law price. because there were only three bidders, all of whom seemed unwilling to antagonize one another for the benefit of the library. Auctioneer Steve Johnston had hard work of it, therefore, and deserved a larger price for his effort
 The sale was advertised for o'clock, and at the appointed hour a large crowd was present in front of the library building. The auctioneer made a few preliminary re- marks before calling for bids, stating the property had a frontage of 102 feet with depth of 126; that the terms of sale would be one-third cash, the balance in six and twelve months with 6 per cent. interest; that the library association had paid $40- GOO for the property in 1893, and that nearly 5000 had been spent on it since.
 s. B. Turman was the first bidder, offer ing $200 a front foot. The auctioneer called for $300 but there was no response. He then called for $2JO with the same result, and finally graduated his request down to an increase of $l front foot. George W. Parrott then made tho bid of $201.
 MT. Thurman raised this to $202, and J. Carroll Payne raised this figure to $2O3 MT. Thurman raising MT. Payne to $204. The auctioneer then called the total amount, and after one or two smore bids between Messrs. Thurman and Payne, it was finally knocked down as stated.
 During the sale there was considerable discussion among the trustees present as to whether the sale should be called off in view of the prospects for low price. Several trustees were in favor of selling the property for not less than $25, 900, but It was finally decided to let it go at S22 6O0
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

bered that Judge Pelham was recently ap- pointed to succeed the late Judge Brewer, whose death in the flower of brilliant and noble young manhood caused such widespread sorrow. Judge Brewer was quite young when his legal accomplish ments won for him elevation to the bench; and his successor. Judge Pelham, is one of the youngest of al the circuit judges of the state. He is a man of strong intellee- tual force. learned in the law, and is oi;e of the best of all around good fellows be- tween the seas.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
THE CHEAT 1SsIN IRCN

From the St. Louis Globe-Demoerat.
 The current number of the Iron Age says that the demand for pig iron is in- creasing and very large sales have been made for delivery by Chicago, Pittsburg and Eastern Pennsylvania. Naturally this has caused a further advance Steel rails are said to be going higher and bi- lets will also rise more.
 This remarkable activity of the steel and iron market and the continued advance in values make the stories of the Wall street stock market sound tame. A gain of twenty or thirty points in a great bull movement in stocks is unusual, but pig iron has risen over 100 per cent. As an in stance, it may be mentioned that a Louis vile manufacturer bought 10000 tons of pig iron at Birmingham something over a year ago at S5.75 a ton. Counting interest and storage, the cost to him now does not exceed $G.5O a ton He could get Sl5 to Sl6 now, if he has not sold already, and he may be able to sell for $20, as there is constantly increasing evidence of scarcity, and "spot" iron commands a heavy pre- mium. In ether words he has more than doubled his investment in a commodity the least interesting to the average man that could be named.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
AN INDUsrKIous JUDGE
From the Utica Observer.

From the Utica Observer.
 T think it pity that Martin Grover is dead. for if he were living he would be able to point to Colonel Jeuaust as the latest convert to his theory of making judges work. Why, when Judge Grover was holding circuit court in Wyoming, he amused all the lawyers he didn't disgust by opening his court at o'clock in the morning, and running it. with only an hour off at noon, until s in the evening" :" Faint as long as farmers have to work. !" explained this wise old iurist. "and I'll tell you what it is if I had my way I'd open court al every day in the year.
 And what would you do before that time in the morning?" asked one of the attor- neys, who was standing by.
 I'd get up and dress, and eat my break fast, and saw wood until the time came for court to open,' responded the judge calmly.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
WHERE A MAN LOOKS FOOLISH

From the Atchison Globe
 Whenever there is a procession wedding you can always wager that the bridegroom is unwilling. It is the time when a man is always out-argued-at his own wedding. The affair couldn't go on without him, but he doesn't like to quarrel with the angel Who is about to marry him, so he consents and makes the long trip to the church look ing like man approaching the scaffold Indeed we have often wondered that ac- counts of weddings, don't say that the bridegroom was resigned and ate fried egg for breakfast with good appetite and asked his jailer to forgive him for the trouble he had caused and meet him in heaven.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
Etowah Crawls lin

Etowah county recently served notice by vote of her people, that she didn't desire good roads; but the back tax commissioner decides that the county valuations are in- creasing just the same. The Gadsden Times-News says:
 The total valuation of Etowah comfy property in 1898 was $402S-9O4. but after the back tax assessor got through last week 1t now amounts to $4,253,S30, an increase of s22i,926. In 1898 the poll tax amounted to s255.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

tlnctiveness. It would indeed be blessing as well as a surprise to have cruel con- spracy in which the army and the aris- toeraey at least are implicated, suddenly upset by the testimony of the military att taehes of 1894. Colonel sohwarzkoppen and Colonel Panizzardi are much needed at Rennes. and their appearance there will scatter the eonspiraters that General de Galllfet does not order away.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
WHITES AND y,1.A, K IN SOUTH ArR!cA

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
 The Springfield, Mass, Republican pub fishes letter from South Africa which goes to show that "colonies" are losing their attractiveness,
 The writer says: ,
 Ii is my intention to quit at the earliest possible opportunity, probably for Austra- lia. In my idea. South Africa will never be a white mans country. In the end 1t will be the "boss and the nigger." The brown and black population is increa sing by leaps and bounds. The difficulty to mako two ends meet to the ordinary white man increases instead of diminishes The disadvantage under which the labors is ap- parent when I tell you that he has to com pete with coiored mechanics and laborers of every grade of trade. and in such a small community as we are out here the colored man can out-compete him.
 The poor man should not go to South Africa expecting to grow up with the coun- try. The man of large means is there be- fore him. the syndicates are in possession. And where native labor can be obtained cheap the white man is not wanted.
 This applies to our colony" the Philip pines. with special force. Monopoly works with the cheapest labor and has nothing to offer the American workingman.
 This letter is suggestive. Does 1t not notify radical change in the economic policies of the colonizing nations?
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
APPLICATIONS OF 4 BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 l guess a dogs tail wags so much to con- vince folks that it isn't only stuck on
 After a man has seen a woman cry A. few times it doesn't hurt him. it only bores him.
 Job probably used to practice cutting out dresses with paper patterns by an open window
 When man falls in love with a woman who hasn't a pretty name he inyents A pretty name for her.
 The reason why so many girls are bow legged in rainy weather is because. when they put their stockings on, they get the ribs crooked.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
Tho Early E I'd Succe ads

Editor Jemison of the Tuscaloosa Times places the early bird question in a new light:
 In the early morning hour, at the Rev. F. r. Culver's residence the little blind god was in great evidence. The parson was not long in uniting the lives of Miss Dovey Hollis and Mr l.. F. Faulkner. Only lew friends Were present. This was a most sensible time for the nuptals in th.s oppressive warm weather, and we see no reason why in marriage as in other cases the proverb may not apply. viz.: "The early bird catches the worm,"
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
THE EDITORS
 AND THEIR TALK

The Eufaula Times thus refers to the congressman from the Third district:
 Hon. Henry D. Clayton is back from an energetic two weeks canvass in Kentucky for Goebel, the democratic nominee. Mir. Clayton won fresh laures as eampaigner on this trip, and his speeches were con- sidered among the most forcible delivered for the nominee. But then a man who has successfully campaigned in Barbour is competent for the most difficult work Of the kind anywhere in the union.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
Value of Farm Lands

Thirty-two dollars an acre is not bad price for Alabama farm lands. The Huns vile Mercury says:
 The farm of 100 acres, known as the old Hammond place, near Normal, was sold yesterday to Mrs. T. s. Clark of Bedford county, Tennessee, for s3,2Go. Two hundred acres of General Moore's farm. north of Meridianvile was sold to T. F. Clark of Bedford county.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
After the Offices

The Huntsville Mercury already contains the standing announcements of twenty ! four democratic candidates. for office in Madison county. Ths election will take place eleven months hence; but the point of real interest lies in the fact that the
 county democratic primary election will occur in the coming December.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN

From the Springfield Republican.
 MT. McIean's friends state that before he concluded to become a candidate for the democratic gubernatorial nomination in Ohio, he caused a canvass to be made of public sentiment in sixty-odd counties of the state. This was so favorable to the democracy that he at once decided to run
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
Hot Stnn in DeKalb

Editor Norwood of the Collnsvilie Clip per is in for hot time. He writes:
 Charles Harrelson. of Gotham, brought 10 this office Wednesday morning the largest pod of red pepper we ever saw. It meas ured six inches in length and eight inches in circumference. This pod was raised by Mrs. V. J. M. Roden at Luttrell.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
MIR. wILLErr BEEN POSTPONED

From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 Hon. J. J. Wilett has returned from the east, where he attempted to launch a Van Wyck boom. Had 1t been possible to put it in moving order Mr. Willett would have done so. but it soon ran against the insurmountable wall of Bryanism and the whole thing succumbed. MT. Willett is just four years ahead of the people. In 1901 the country will be anxious to take up his man.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
Four Free Ferries

The Gadsdem Times-News rejoices over a sensible act of the Etowah county com missioners:
 Four free ferries, two above the bridge and two below. The commissioners have made the people happy. People on the east side or Coosa river can now come to Gads- den free of charge. They are singing the praises of the commissioners
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
FILIPINO MONEY
T.,.s Recent Issue Amounts to $3, ,ooO,-
 Insurgents Demand Cattle

Manila. September (5:5O p. m)-The re- cent issue of Filipino paper money amounts to s3,0O0,000. The acceptance of this issue is made obligatory and the bills are made redeemable in three years.
 The insurgents have issued call upon property owners in this interior to supply to the insurgent army, carts, horses and cattle.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
His Ownesf. Own

Editor Graham of the Selma Journal knows thing or two about maidens fair to see
 It is said that it makes a girl feel sheep- ish to have her lover call her his little lamb in public-N. O. States. By the same token she would feel like a goose if he called her his duck and would blush if he called her his rosebud.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

Alger's canned roast beef is still explod- ing in the Philippines, and the trouble is it's force cannot be turned against or into the insurgents. If it could be landed in their midst it would soon end the war.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

Dom Paul of the Transvaal will event. ually eat humble pie but he will do a deal of bluffing before he does. He is an ex- pert hand at bluffs, but John Bull is not a come-on.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07
She Fell Dawn on Him

Senator Editor Nunnalee of the Selma Times tells of a most unromantie accident to fellow-citizen:
 MT. T. G. Burfett, while trying to bell a ,2ow Sunday morning, had the misfortune of breaking his left leg below the knee. It was caused by the COW falling on him.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

What prevents Greensboro from building a cotton mill? Why is not Camden nov ing? And opelika and Troy and at least score more of county centers in this state?
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

A man who is known in two counties Is a ''colonel'' in Georgia, and the Union Springs Herald says the fashion is spread ing over Alabama.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

Kansas soldiers are said to be re-enlist- ing because the Kansas girls have sworn to marry only men who were with Funston.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

The man with the hoe should go along every block in this city and he will have no time for philosophy. either.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

It cannot be said that we are without generals in the Philippines while we have there Joe Wheeler and Dato Mundi
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

The reinearnation of Ananias was, it Is believed, overworked for use at Rennes.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

The negro voter turns the scale in Ohfq, and all parties are seeking him, including Sam Jones. who hocks by himself.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

Huntsville is building sidewalks and cot ton mills all in one breath. That is the way to make a town.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

The St. Louis Globe Democrat admits that Aguinaldo won the substantial hon ors in the Eighth Missouri district.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

Senator Morgans praise of the Oregon and of it's builder will be widely read and as widely approved,
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

Labor day is rising in observance and importance throughout the south
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

General Jminez was considerately hell whipped out the other fellows.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

Goebel and Mclean cannot this fall be pushed or maneuvcred from the center of the stage.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

The Filipinos have exchanged their bows and arrows for Mausers and Krupp guns.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

Five new battleships headed by the Ala bama will be added to the navy within a year.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

It now looks as if the Dreyfus and the Carter decision would come together some time in the next century.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

Less politics and more broom corn or wheat would put more money in the pock- cts of the people.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

sam Jones' automobile campaign is a forerunner of election methods.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

A directory of Mobile newspapers will soon be needed.
The age-herald., 1899-09-07

Sheriff O'Brien is expected home iron Asbury Park a5out the 10th or 2oth of th! month. He is greatly enjoying his sta by t.he sea.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03
BETTER LINENS.

best OF Linens we can safely say. We
navel nave ieit the urgent demand for wears for
% oe'ter table damask than is kept anywhere
t IN, Frederick. Damask that is heayv--
o tnlck as board"-and the opportunity
came to us recently to put in line Of spner
quality at old tariff prices. = - p0'
D me Linens we refer to are known as
lou, Damasl goods that will stand alone
looK ricn and elegant on your table and re-
man a., as heavy after having been laundered
8 Inc patterns are entirely new, the borders
ladlng away into the center of the cloth
making aH a scene as pretty as nature itself
= Inc price ~ per yard for the hest 81 IN
ior second best, $1.25 for third best. 80
Napkins in full size to match ZACH not
tern. You say thigh COST when ~on r pa,1
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03
Special Excursions to P
delphia, Account NatioI
Export Exposition-Lov
Rates via Pennsyl.
vania Railroad.

The Pennsylvania Rail
Company has arranged for \
excursion rates to Philadj
on October 10 and %, NOvd
8 and %, account National
port Exposition. Roun(
tickets, good to return With
days, including day of issua
be sold on above dates lid
points on the Pittsburg Did
MOnOngahela Division,
Pennsylvania Division, Cad
and Clearfield Division, Al |
Division, Tyrone Division q
Lock HAVEN, Middle Div
Bedford Division, and Fred
Division Except York, III
and Wrightsville), and frOI
points on the Philadelphia
mingtOn and Baltimore Rail
at rate Of single fare for the !
trip, plus admission to the
sitiOn (no rate less than On'
lar). For special rates ap1
Ticket Agents.
The National Export h
ton has surpassed all ezl
tions in the extent and varI
its exhibits, and in its gener
cellence and attractiveneSs.
Implement Building, cOnta
a marvellous display of farm
chinery, is particularly lD'
ing to agriculturalists. Inc
concerts and diverting nj
furnish delightful entertall
for all, Oct.l;
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03

i isl! oman with =, y
his ha noe may ind des n|
the hoeing he can ~ st lne cd !
a as well as any man, 'tfioa '
equal of any man. I Rs be i
deed have a hard t ng MAJ 9al
down dow, the weeds on TASK 81 ie
S tnat he tills, but he il me ie q
IRA n;' enough also to a If sl'|
t thf vision of a free. S1,'a'i !
tnat occasionally grow 'n ne \
polite political fields. His so on Up n n
makes him quick to AL open % al
to perform: His ab iii ald
brings to the door ~ of y. @I
home all the news Of u" y, N'|
ana a. many of the great 'I H.
Sl 1ne great men that bs ,a' \
formed a world of sav aase \
one of constant as "seF
constant change becau So'l I,
slant ascent. O>e Of
Out upon us if We u
labor. To live, in t ie'l
sense, is to labor, and in 't H..
row ,e sense we labor ' y
Dull sloth will sooner d.. %
jaw and slant orr '' 80,
than will the hardest kind Luz y
is sanity and toll is Sr.' Y
ior dIter the toll comes ros,'
a well,earned rest is alway W.T. :,
The toiler in the open air 'i !
to despair indeed; he y !,
healthy for that. DesDai, i !,
the wrong doors and tba s,,'
such al unnatural thine a.
lence. The finest ra0trn
rapture of conquest, the \
edge of something accOmDr,
something done in the rsntn'
which the toiler is peve r''I
He grieves not, for WIN /
he? His hopes, his HEALTHY h h
are those of the leaves that |
to do all that is called for h
place in which he finds N
and then quietly, healthlr,
questioningly sink to M
tnat remains for those vi
what they can and ought
out ever dreaming wildly d
Ing everything that all tbel
ing men are called to do.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03

this notice, but you'll not say 50 o,
put your hands on the goods az
the exquisite designs of the l.'ai +
purchase they will cost you Du. . i !,
than for the lower grades, Du' :
they will save you money
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03
Bismarck's Iron Ner'

Was the result of his splendid
Indomitable will and tremela'
ergy are not found where 81
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are {,
order. Ifyou want these guam
the success they bring, use Dr,
New Life Pills. They deveiV9E
power of brain and body y
cents at A. l.. Pearre's Drug On
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03

When Max Nordau issued his
book on degeneration, proving to
his own satisfaction that most men
are fools or worse, the sweeping
/ way in which he wrote it carried
with it certain amount of con-
viction and many a good man and
true began examining himself to
see if in him were any signs of
the lunacy that Nordau seemed
to see everywhere. Those with
good sound sense in them soon
came to see that Nordau was
simply making problem-and a
very large one-out of compare
lively trifling circumstances.
1t reminds one of the gentleman
farmer who gave much study to
the subject of potato bugs and fl
nally decided that the potato bug
was not to be found on any other
than a potato plant. Consequent
ly when he crossed a ferry one
day and saw potato bug crawl
ing on mans coat, he made a
big problem out of this little
matter because it refuted his
theory. Happy was he, however,
that after all the mans name was
Murphy.
We are all, occasionally, apt to
take some little fact and so mag
nifty it that for the time being it
shuts out all the rest of the
world with its truths and it's
falsehoods, it's problems and it's
solutions. To this extent we be-
come mono-maniacs such as Nor
dau delights to discover, but if
given little time most of us
come back to a quiet recognition
Of the fact that one symptom
does not make disease and that
one pimple does not make a
plague.
One is lead into this train of
thought by the tremendous inter
est and sympathy that were ex-
pressed on first reading "The
Man With the Hoe" by Edward
Markham. This poem regarding
down trodden labor swept every
thing before it in the way of ar
gument from California to the
East. The description of the
man with the hoe Mortified us
and in our first horror we did not
stop to think whether the descrip.
ton was correct or not.
Bowed by the weight of centuries he
leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground.
The emptiness of ages in his face,
ana on his back the burden of the
world.
VINO made him dead to rapture and
A ming that grieves not and never
Stolld and stunned, a brother to the OK?
VINO 10 sened and let down this brutal
jaw? '-
Whose was the hand that slanted
back this brow.
Whose breath blew out the light with
in this brain?
Then as certainly as sunshine
follows shower so certainly did
hundreds and thousands, after
the first excitement was past, fall
to questioning themselves as to
whether in all their lives they
had met such man as he de.
scribed; or whether upon our
selves labor and lots of it had
anything like the effect Markham
said it had. If we had to admit
we had seen such creature, we
remembered that he had been
called feeble. minded by his fel-
lows, and that far from being the
product of modern day labor he
was more likely the product of
some modern day sin showing out
In the son the ignorance or neg
lect of the parents.
n n
A healthy revulsion has now set
In regarding Markham's sad poem
and ON all sides have there been
efforts in both prose and poetry
TO refute his statements. The
man with the hoe among us
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03
CHEAPER LINENS

No house can offer you a OeI ssd
few as good, as we show IN soe
"supers 81, s5c. roc, CSC oV ~
They were all bought with as u ..ood
thought as the higher priced sSst
control patterns and qualities 'il =.
good buyers and make ioi
friends.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03
''THE MODEL
TELEPHONE CALL, 3S.

we can't always drive the nail home with one blow Nor
oeg TO tell you of all the virtues of our Linen Depam
In one adj, but hit some numbers hard blow
to-day and hint at the Others
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03
JOHN HENDRICKSoN.

we can 60, Cheres Towel you need at any price, from ~
iull of these goods 0'
Foot 63ms
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03

A healthy revulsion has now set
In regarding Markham's sad poem
and ON all sides have there been
EFFORTS In both prose and poetry
TO refute his statements. The
man with the hoe among us
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03

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