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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
ALABAMA MEMBERS
WORKING HARD
Bankhead Will Remain on His
Old Committees,
MANY BILLS INTRODUCED
Mr.. Taylor Has Also Introduced Con-
current Resolution Looking Tc-
wards Cutting Channel Across
Bar Below Fort Morgan

Washington, December 9.-(Special.)-
Representative Taylor has introduced
bill to authorize the Montgomery, Haynes
vile and Camden railroad to construct and
maintain a bridge across the Tom Bigbee
river between the northern and southern
boundary lines.
Also bill to authorize the Montgomery,
Haynesville and Camden Railroad company
to construct and maintain a bridge across
Lower Peachtree in Alabama.
Mr. Taylor has also introduced a concur
rent resolution directing the. secretary of
war to make and submit an estimate of the
cost of erecting and dredging a channel
across the bar below Fort Morgan, at Mo-
bile han-bor.
The. other members of the delegation will
not introduce their bills and resolutions
until the committees are named and or
ganized.
nearly any committee in the house, but
wishes only to remain on those of which
he is now a member.
81 told my friends, he said, "when they
were making the fight for me for the speak
ership nomination that 1 would not accept
a place on the ways and means committee
if offered to me- and still hold to that
opinion 1 can best serve my state on pub
lie buildings and grounds and rivers and
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
TOMLINSON IN JACKSON
He Made Great Speech in Scottsboro
Winning Many Votes

Scottsboro, December ESPECIAL -Hon.'
John w. Tomlinson, candidate for govern
or, addressed the largest and most enthusi-
astic crowd of the campaign at the court
house here this morning. He was at his
best, and delivered one of the finest
speeches that has been heard in Jackson
county for several years.
The speaker handled Stallings without
gloves, and showed up his tricks in politics
and his proposed desertian of Bryan and
the Chicago platform
Mr.. Tomlinson made a fine impression,
and prominent men from all parts of the
county who had heretofore been undecided
came forword and shook his hand and
pledged him their support. The Tomlin-
son men are thoroughly organized, and 1t
is confidently predicted that he will sweep
the county in the primary, which takes
place on Saturday the 10th inst.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

of the Goebel state campaign committee,
issued a call tonight for meeting of the
committee here next Thursday, December
IA. Chairman Allie w. Young also issued a
call for a meeting of the state central and
state executive committee here the same
day.
The call does not state in either case what
the object Of the conference is, but 1t is
known that the purpose is ito give official
party Endorsement to contests which will be
demanded shall be made by Goebel and all
of the candidates ON the defeated democrat
ic ticket Goebel and Blackburn received
many kilograms from democrats over the
state urging contests, and it Is said mass
meetings will be held in various counties
next week for the purpose of working up
sentiment on the subject.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
DESERVES 1T
remarkable Success of New Treat
ment For Piles.

For many years 1t has been supposed that
the only absolutely sure cure for piles was
py surgical operation, but the danger to life
and the pain and expense has been SO great
that many thousands suffer for years
rather than submit to this last resort. or
they seek the temporary relief In the many
remedies claimed to relieve piles and rectal
troubles, saVes, ointments and similar
simple remedies which give only slight lf
any very temporary relief
A new preparation which is painless and
harmless, but which affords immediate re-
lief and in many cases a complete cure in
very short time, is sold by druggists I'M
der the name of Pyramid Pile Cure
1t Is in suppository form used at night
and its regular use has cured thousands of
obstinate long standing cases, and 1t
seems to be equally effective in all the yari-
Gus forms of piles, whether itching bleeding
or protruding.
The Pyramid Pile Cure allays the nfiam-
nation and intolerable itching, reduces the
tumors, and its astrngent properties cause
the enlarged blood vessels to contract to a
normal, healthy condition.
A Baltimore gentleman relates his expert
ence with the Pyramid Pile Cure in these
words:
at affords me unusual pleasure to add
my endorsement to those of others relative
to your really wonderful pile remedy.
was SUFFERER for many years until told by
a fellow salesman of the Pyramid Pile
Cure. 1t has entirely cured me and I
cheerfully send this for publication If you
wish to use 1t in that direction. l wish you
would send me one of your little books on
cause and cure of piles, desire to show it
to some friends"
Any pile sufferer may use the Pyramid
with certainty that 1t will give instant re-
lief and regular use permanent cure and
the still further certainty that 1t contains
no cocaine, morphine or metallic or mineral
poison.
All druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure, 80
cents for full sized treatment.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

sively and cured thousands of patients SUI.
fering with all manner of private trou c.,s
Sexual Weakness, Syphilis, Structure, ~ ~
cure. My charges are reasonable. I may
be stranger to you If SO, I refer you ,a
with permission to First National ballN,
Alabama National Bank, Jefferson Counas
Savings Bank and Steiner Bros, Bankets'
cure many patients by mail treatment.
Write for prices and terms. Address ~
Y. e. Holloway, Watts Bldg. Third Ave-.
and Twentieth street, Birmingham Ala.
Office corner Third avenue and Iwen-
tieth street. over Singer Sewing Machlne
company. Entrance on Third avenue neN'
door to Birmingham Water Works COM
pany
Office hours $3.50 a. m. to $50 p. m. sun
days, 10 a. m. to u m.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
Forty Thousand Acres Sold

Knoxville, Tenn, December 9.-Forty
thousand acres of timber land laying in the
mountainous portion of Monroe county
passed into the hands of eastern capitalists
today. Blazer Brothers OF New York are
Interested in the deal, also parties living at
Coudersport, Pa Several lumber dealers
are in this city from the north eagerly Sc
curing options of all timber lands they can
get hold of
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
DIR. Boards Engagements

Rev. Thomas j. Beard, general mission
airy of the Episcopal church, will fill the
following engagements today, being the
second Sunday in Advent: Christ Church
mission, Avondale, III. c., 930 a. M; Grace
Chruch mission, Woodlawn, NJ P, II a. m. !;
St Johns Church mission, Ensley City,
E. P, 8 p M. Tomorrow, Trinity church,
Holy communion, 10 80 a. m.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

First Church of Christ (scientisD, 117h
North Twenty-frst street. Services win be
held Sunday at IL a. m. and $3.50 p. m. Sub
ject: SACRAMENT" Wednesday evening
meeting at o'clock. All are welcome.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
LOST BOTH HANDS
Unfortunate Accident to Jessie Parker
in Railroad Shops

New Decaur, December 9.-CSpecial)-Jes
sic Porter, while handling steam hammer
in the Louisville and Nashville railroad
shops today had both hands mashed Of
and is In a critical condition.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
At His Word

From the Columbus co. State Journal.
Customer-You sell cracked eggs at half
price, do you not?
Clerk-Yes'm we always make a 50 per
cent. reduction on cracked goods. Any
thing else today?
Customer-Yes, you may give me dol
lars worth of cracked wheat. Here's 30
cents.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
DR.. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
SPECIALIST PRIVATE DISEASES

Most men fall In
business by trying
to do too many
things. To be sue
cessfuI every one
should select some
one special business,
and to that devote
his whole time and
attention. For the
past thirteen years ear
in the city of BIZ
mingham, Ala,
have treated exclu-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

Rev. I. D. Steele, pastor of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church, will preach to-
night to young people. His subject will be-
Choosing a Vocation"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

Bank clearances las week were $997 ,oS1
an increase of $50 per cent. over the cor
responding week last year.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

"Take up the loose ends" the little all
ments, to prevent sickness, by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
Christmas,

A set of Kiplings books. Nothing better.
Cut out the coupons and present at Age
Herald office.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10

Good luck grows not on bushes but
good health Is assured IL you take Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 4s
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-10
A. w. B.

harpors Those are the important commit.
tees for Alabama"
A. W. B.
The times., 1899-07-09
Retirement.

My gentle friend. hold no creed so false
As that which dares to teach that arc born
For battle only, and that in this life
The soul. il it would burn with starlike power,
Must needs forsooth be kindied by the sparks
Struck from the shock of elashing human hearts.
There is wisdom that grows up in strife,
And one-I like it best-that sits at home
And learns its lessons OF a thoughtful case
So, come, lonely house awaits thee--there
Nor praise nor blame shall reach us,-save what
OF knowledge for itself shall wake at times
In our own bosoms. Ccmel and we will build
wall of quiet thought, and gentle books,
Betwixt US and the hard and bitter world.
Sometimes-for we need not be anchorites-
a distant friend shall cheer through the Post,
Or some Gazette-of course. no PARTISAN
Shall bring us pleasant news Of pleasant things;
Then, twisted in graceful allumettes,
Each ancient joke shall blaze with genuine fame
To light our pipes and candles; but TO wars
Whether OF words or weapons, shall be
Deaf-so We twain shall pass away the time
Ev'n as pair of happy lovers. who.
Alone. within some quiet garden nook,
With clear night OF stars above their heads,
just hear, betwixt their kisses and their talk,
The tumult of a tempest rolling through
a chain of neighboring mountains; they awhile
Pause TO admire fash that only shows
The smile upon their faces. but. full soon.
Turn with quick. glad impulse, and perhaps
A conscious vile that brings them closer yet,
To daily with their own fond hearts, and play
With the sweet flowers that blossom at their
feet.
Henry Timrod.
The times., 1899-07-09

Cavalry, and he takes occasion to pay
some glowing tributes to the men under
his cemmsnd, and 70 explain some of the
incidents n which It Vas involved before
the campaign began. He says that while
the regiment was in Lakeland some troub-
lie arose from the fact that certain citizens
seemed to consider it necessary to make
offensive remarks to his men. such as, II
don't see what they put you condemned
niggers in the army for; you won't fight
and so on. To a regiment which had been
serving in Indian campaigns for a score
or more of years, such comments were
naturally displeasing, and curiously
enough, they seemed 10 feel about it just
as if they were white men. Captain Bige-
low also says that the people OF Lakeland
might have Disseminated against his meI
all they chose if they had done SO civilly,
but that instead of saying I'VE do not
deal with colored people, some of the
shopkeepers seemed to think it proper 10
say, I'VE don't sell anything to damned
niggers," and that his men, many of them
bred in the North. were unused to such
language and returned insult for insult
The story of the Santiago campaign Civ
en- in this book is necessarily somewhat
incomplete, since its author was wounded
early in the campaign and therefore was
not engaged in the later fighting He corro-
borates the accounts given by others of the
incompleteness of the hospital service and
the bad condition of the transports on
which the wounded were sent North. There
is little literary value in the hook. and it
is not. and does not pretend to be. COM
plete story of the campaign, but it should
not be left out of any collection of war
literature. New York: Harper & Bros.
$1.25)
The times., 1899-07-09
My sword Song.

Day in, day out, through the long campaign
march in my place in the ranks;
And whether it shine or whether it rain,
Ny good sword cheerily clanks
1t cianks and elanks in a knightly way,
Like the ring of an armored heel;
And this is the song which day by day
1t sings with its lips OF steel:
40, friend, from whom hundred times
! have felt the strenuous grip
OF the all-renouncing love that climbs
To the heights of fellowship;
Are you tired of all the weary miles7
Are you faint with your swooning limbs?
Do you hunger back for the olden smiles?
And the lit of olden hymns?
"Under the wall of the shuddering world
Amoan for its fallen sons;
Over the volleying thunders hurled
From the threats of the wrathful guns;
Above the roar of the plunging line
That rocks with the fury of hell,
Runs the absolute voice: %, Earth OF mine
Be patient, for all is well''
Thus sings my sword to my soul, and !.
Albeit the way is long,
As soiled clouds darken athwart the sky
Still keep my spirit strong;
Whether l live, or whether l lie
On the stained ground, ghastly and stark,
Beyond the carnage l shall descry
Gods love shine across the dark.
Richard Realf
The times., 1899-07-09
Over the Way.

Over the way of your dreams, my boy,
Are wondrous things for your eyes to see,
And wonderful paths 10 a world of Joy
And the marvellous land of the ought-to-Be.
There is gold in the dust that your feet win
tread,
And diamonds gleam on the wayside grass,
And wreaths of laurel to grace your head
Hang waiting to crown you you pass.
There are marble castles and broad estates,
And servants TO every wish fulfill.
And armored hosts at the castle gates
Stand ready and eager to DO your viii.
And dreamful shades for your least repose,
And breezes to fan you with love and truth
And gardens that blossom like the rose
There are wildwoods ringing with songs of birds,
There are sumptuous feasts where friends are
To greet you with tender and honest words,
And never theme that you might regret.
All! over the way of your dreams II lies
This land OF the ought-to-Be, so fair;
This paradise OF the cloudless skies
Where the Best and the Right are everywhere.
Your childhood lives in this happy land,
And the loved ones lost in the years ago
In the glow of its glorious sunlight stand
And tenderly beckon you there, l know.
What care If your present path is bleak
And the shadows clutch at your garments hem
It's over the way that your soul must seek
For the light that will ever Danish them.
Just over the wav of your dreams, my boy,
Are wondrous things for your eyes TO see,
And wonderful paths to a world of joy
And the marvellous land Of the Ought Be.
Chicago Record.
The times., 1899-07-09
Minor Fiction,

1.-THE Sixth Sense, and Other Stories, I"
is a small collection OF nine short stories
by Margaret Sutton Briscoe, one of the
cleverest of the magazine writers of to-
day. She will be remembered as the au-
thor of a similar book, "Jimty and 9th
ers,' which appeared some two years ago,
and many OF the tales in the present work
have been seen in the current magazines
'The Sixth Sense is not, as might be
inferred, contribution to the spook fiction
which has lately abounded, but is a love
story Of the civil war, constructed on de-
cidedly novel plan, and with some very
clever character-drawing in 1t. IAN l. o.
L 3" is a dainty little farce-comedy with
two characters in 1t. young girl and her
middle-aged guardian. The character OF
the girl is especially winsome and attrac-
tive, and both she and her guardian are
real people. The fault OF the sketch is its
lack of dramatic power but as 1t is evil
IDENTIFY intended TO be read and not acted
the psychological interest is enough. "Ap-
pies of Gold" is chiefly remarkable for
presenting a new ethical standard A
young wife discovers that her husband has
been deceiving her in morey matters and
In storm of wounded feeling determines
TO leave him. She is met by an old friend
OF the family, who kindly but firmly coun-
sells her 10 go back to her husband and
never let him know of her discovery This
suggestion is naturally repulsive to her at
first, but she finally yields. and tacitly
agrees TO take his advice. The words in
which this advice is given-mere scraps of
conyersation-are the real core and heart
of th~ story:
Where others love TO remember, you must learn
10 forget Where others unfold their hearts
secret, you must wrap yours away.
Train yourself 10 forgct-forgiyeness viii follow
You have come out from your people;
you have formed household Of your own You
Why not the Truth Of St Francis:
Better 10 withhold than to speak unkindly?''
Whether this ethical standard would be
proper one to adopt in other and less
trying cases is a question which the read
er must decide. AT any rate, the psyche
logical problem of the story is worth some
thought, involving as 1t does the most
subtle of human relations.
There is another thought, struck out in
"a Temple of Solomon" sketch of a
young art student in Paris, which is well
worth considering. The idea of this story
is. briefly, that the father who fails In the
attempt to be great may nevertheless be-
queath 10 his son the qualities which will
bring the latter success "Of Her Own
Household" and ''Matilda's Address Book"
are bits OF pure comedy, touched with ten
derness here and there.
But the two stories in the book which
are most clearly individual are Uncle
Eliiah's Corner Cupboard" and "a VIII
and Way" and the former is the better
This author has curious faculty of writ
ing In two or three different styles, which
The times., 1899-07-09
CURRENT VERSE.
The Homeeominr.

Admiral, Admiral, sailing homo
:, sailing home thro' the far, dim seas,
hnow you the sound that, over the foam,
hises and sinks in the sunset breczcg
hn9w you the thrill and know you the start
That pulses and runs thro' the wind and III,
spray.
Pulses and runs from a nations heart
10 meet you and greet you over the yayg
Not for the might of your s,,,s ,,o,e
Numbering doom by the Eastern gate.
Not for the bugle of victory blown
Not Tor these do we watch and wait.
Inc glory Is Sxeet-aye, sweet to the soul
OF people proud in the pride Of youth
But sweeter 10 know, as the seasons roll
Our men, as of old, are men in TRUTH
New York Sun
The times., 1899-07-09
THE TINES, WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, JULY ., 1899.

Raiders, THE Stickit Minister" and 9TH
er books of what has been called the
kailyard school OF fiction" This, how
ever, is more ambitious than any Of Mf.
srocketts previous work and 1t is said
that he has been iaboring over it for the
past ten years. Il deals with the fall of
the House of Douglas, in the fifteenth cen
tury, and gives strong and clear picture
of the life of thatrtime The hero, Sholto
Machlm, Is the son of blacksmith, who
rises eventually to high position in the
service OF one of the Black Douglases He
Is a typical soldier, simple-hearted, brave,
ready, and loyal. The heroine Maud Lind
esay, is charming Scotch coquette and
torments her faithful swain through the
length OF nearly 500 pages. in the manner
oil a maiden of the old romances. Several
OF the old superstitions and much of the
history of the time may be found inter-
woven in the plot and an especially dra-
matte effect is gained by the use of the
legend of the were wolf. The scene is
laid partly in France and partly in Scot
land, and the plot is full of stirring Incl
dents and good fighting. 1t is one of the
most carefully written and well wrought
out OF the medieval adventure stories
which have lately become plentiful. New
YORK: Doubleday & Mcclure Company.
S1.50)
"A Puritan Wooing,' by Frank Samuel
Chiid, purports to be story of old Puri-
tan life in Connecticut, but it must be
confessed that If this is intended as a
sketch of typical New England family
OF the olden time, there must be some-
thing the matter with the authors vision.
Surely so peculiar a collection of people
was never before gathered into a book.
The characters include a schoolmaster and
his thirteen children, one of whom is the
heroine, and OF these children every one
in time joins different church, while the
heroine develops peculiar mystical pow
ers, partly religious and partly hysterical
The author evidently knows a great deal
about the ways and customs of the early
colonists, but he does not know nearly as
much about novelwritng as about his
tory. (New York: The Baker G. Tay-
lor Company. Washington: w. H. Low
dermilk. S1.25.)
The times., 1899-07-09
Wearyin, for You.

Jes' n-wearyin' for YOU
All the time a-feelin blue
Wishin' for YOU, wonderin' when
You'll be comm home agen.
Restless-don't know what to do
Jes' a-wearyin for you.
Rooms so Lonesome with your chair
Empty by the fireplace there;
Jes' can't stand the sight OF it!
Go out doors an roam bit;
But the woods is lonesome, too
Jes a-wearyin' for you.
Comes the wind. with soft caress,
Like the rustlin' Of your dress;
Blossoms fsllin' to the ground
Softly, like your footsteps sound;
Violets like your eyes so blue
Jes' a-wearyin' for you.
Mornin' comes; the birds awake;
Use to sing 50 for your sake,
But there's sadness in the notes
That comes trillin' from their threats;
Seem TO feel your absence too
Jes' a-wearyin' for you.
Evenin' comes; l miss YOU more
When the dark glooms in the door;
Seems jes' like YOU Orter be
There to open it for me-,
Latch goes tinkin'; thrills me through
Sets me wearyin' for you.
Jes' a-wearyin for YOU
All the time a-feelin' blue;
Wishin' for you-wonderin' when
You'll be comm home agen.
Restless-don't know what 10 do
Jes' a-wearyin' for you.
Frank L. Stanton.
The times., 1899-07-09
Russian Lyrics by poushkin.

To the roar of the beast in the dim forest shade,
To the blast of the horn in the deep woodland
glade,
To the far-away song of the blithe village maid,
To every sound.
Thy answer is borne through the vibrating air
In quick rebound.
And thou nearest the voices of ocean and earth
Hearst the thunder rejoice at the hurricane 5
birth,
And ready response to all nature send'st FORTH
But findest none
o, Poet! midst men such, too, is thy share,
Apollo's son!
The times., 1899-07-09
The Thrush.

The thrush sings high on the topmost bough,
Low, tender, low again; and now
He has changed his tree-you know not how
For YOU saw, no fitting wing.
All the notes Of the forest throng,
Flute, reed, and string, in his song;
Never a fear knows he, nor wrong,
Nor doubt of anything.
Small room for care in that small breast;
All weather that comes is to him the best
While he sees his mate close on her nest,
And the woods are full Of spring.
edward r. sill
The times., 1899-07-09
NOTES AND QUERIES.

Is the Trans Siberian Railroad completed across
siberiA2 G. W.
Nc; the plan is to have it finished in
The times., 1899-07-09

"All is mine!" quoth the gold.
''All is mine!" quoth the steel.
81 can buy" quoth the gold
Il can takeI' quoth the steel
The independent.
The times., 1899-07-09

Can you give the distance from where the
| ark was picked up by the food TO the place
where it rested after the flood? j. sc
The times., 1899-07-09

Can you tell the number Of paupers in Eng
i'hiu' l. IL.
In 1898 there were in England and Wales
szS;SoV. rms does not include yagrants
and casual poor. But a small nronortion
were resident in poorhouses, most Of them
receiving outdoor relief