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The age-herald., 1899-10-08
ODD CHARACTER IN
 TALLAPOOSA COUNTY
Strict Believer in the Mosaic Laws. Deeded Land to Jesus Christ,
 and Will Build Temple.

love the truth, men that hateth coveteous- ness (which is idolatry) and those that transgress and sin against their neighbof, let the judgment of God be executed spee4t fly upon them, whether unto death, confs. cation of goods, to punishment, or 10 iIa- prisonment, so that the will of God be dohe in earth as it Is done in heaven, for the law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul, and our school master to bring us to Christ"
 Results of Ungodliness
 In his petition the old man also suggests that many of the plaques have resulted from disobeyance of these laws of God. On this subject the petition contains the following:
 Thus in this manenr we have not ceas- ed to admonish our congress. Neither has the God of heaven ceased to visit this na. ton with His wonderful pestilences. viz: The blasting mildew, army worms, catA- pillars, His mighty whirlwind devastating nearly everything In its path, floods of rain and divers diseases upon man and beast And except this nation repent the God of heaven will multiply His plaques and make them wonderful Until 1t be consumed. Bel cause God hath sworn by himself He could swear by none greater, that every knee should bow to him and every tongue swear. For the kingdom that will not serve three shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted (Ss. 45 ch 23 vs., and 60 ch and 12 vs)."
 Andrew J. Burton Is now about 60 years of age, and Is in perfect health. He is a close student of the Bible and can quote from nearly every chapter. Though he Is considered crank he is a respected cti- zen of the community in which he lives.
 BOHEMIAN c. BULGER.
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What She Does

From the Chicago Record.
 First Lady Clerk-There goes the mean~ est woman in town. Second Lady Clerk-Who is she?
 First Lady Clerk-I don't know but she is always coming in here and wanting something we haven't got.
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Hoods Sarsaparila is a natural blood purifier and within the possibilities or every one. d
The age-herald., 1899-10-08

During nearly every year except the last two the last quarter of the public school money was not paid and remained charge against the cash aggregating about $5000.
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Bulb planting time. Ask Godden's.
The record-union., 1899-08-28

this proposition has never commended
itself to really sound judgment, but it
has been urged with vehemence, ana,
by some persons, accepted with conn
dence. After long period of depres-
sion the business of this country began
to improve when it's export trade began
enlargement; and at this moment pros
perity has come to us again, in some
measure, chiefly because last year we
sold 600,000,000 more than we bought.
The effect followed the cause, not sole
ly for the reason that we pocketed the
profits upon the excess transactions
but because the balance in our favor
was paid in gold, which came here IN
unusually large quantities, and by It's
mere presence strengthened the market,
inspired confidence, and put up prices.
Such quotations might be continued
quite indefinitely But sufficienth has been
given to show that the business jour
nalism takes a very different view OF
the conditions of the country to-day,
from that entertained by those who are
so pessimistic as to preach as fact
the untruth that the country is in dis
tress and it's people oppressed by un-
prosperous conditions.
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1t is said that in certain lines of bus
mess, such as harness and saddlery in
this State, alarm is felt for the trade
because of the expected introduction of
the automobile and corresponding de-
cline in the demand for harness and
saddlery. This fear need not be enter
tained in this State, nor in the larger
portion of the United States for very
many years, for two all-sufficient rea-
sons, namely, the cost of the automo-
bile carriage and the lack of roads
upon which it is capable of propulsion.
For hills-except very steep ones-and
for rocky roads the automobile has no
fear, but in mud and dust and oversoft
and ungraded roads it simply cannot
be run at all, no matter how great
the power applied. 1t follows that
the horse is not going to be displaced
generally for a very long time except
in cities with exceptionally good streets.
1t will take a decade, for instance, to
establish good road system for Cali
fornia and as yet we have not made a
beginning, save in two counties.
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The Point in the Case.

How a great trouble overshadoWs a
lesser was aptly illustrated in one of
the minor courts the other day. The
accused was big, strong, honest faced
German, greatly excited and disposed
to do more talking than is permissible
under such circumstances. The court
distinctly said that the big man was
charged with disturbing the peace and
asked him whether he was guilty or
not guilty.
Dot yos noting. shudge," came the
response. Der prew'ry he hired me
ter drive dot wagon. Tony Velters, he
say, Shake, it vos besser and you yoin
der union,' und den he say Why I dond t
Wait leetle and see how vos it. So /
vait
"Purdy gwick der boss he say,
Shake, you can get your money und
give up your DEAN. We vos a union
brewery. l say I would see Tony und
ask him vot der reason nit him dot he
advise me out of yob. When 1 find
Tony he say did I haf some sense, und
I told him he vost schmarder und l
vos und he didn't know notings.''
But they say that you argued with
a club and that Tonys strongest prop
osition was a brick
dot vos not der point, shudge. Vot
I want der find Quit is how do I slant
on der union labor question ?"-Detroit
Free Press.
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MOVES TO AMEND.
Rooseve1t's War Horse.

In days to come, when the memories
of the Spanish American war are mel
lowed by the hand of time and when
the men who participated in it have
each been given a niche in the hall of
fame, there will be statues erected to
perpetuate the deeds of bravery done,
and among them will undoubtedly be
an equestrian statue of Theodore
Roosevelt. This being So it may be
worth while now when the memory of
deeds done is still fresh in the minds
of men, TO record the kind of fiery un-
tanned war horse the Governor rode at
San Juan Hill
Just before the Rough Riders left
Tampa for the seat of war a friend Of
the Colonel sent him a horse that was
magnificent. He was finely proper
toned, he threw his head in the air,
his nostrils were distended, his tail and
name We're the most beautiful adorn-
ments ever beheld, and he was easily
worth $500. The Colonel looked the
animal over and gave a sigh as he real
lied that he must forego the pleasure
of using the animal that just fitted into
the story book idea of what war
charger should be and just the kind
that would disarrange a whole army
when a gun went off. He gave him to
one of the attendants and had him
carefully looked after at Tampa While
he was away Then he went out and
looked at his two old faithful steeds,
which were worth about SO each, and
which would have been fine ornaments
for the front end of a horse car, had
them put on board the vessel to take
to Cuba The Colonel understood the
value of true, steady friend, that even
shot and shell could not disturb. Only
one of these horses got to go where the
battle was fought, but he was of great
value, and now he is with his conf
panion out at Oyster Bay, doing quiet
service, carrying the little Roosevelt
children around on his back--a sort of
sword turned into plowshare.
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Had Horse Sense.

one reads so many stories about an
imal intelligence that it would be haz-
ardous for doubter to express his be-
lief in almost any gathering of men
at the present day." remarked a we'll
known Western physician to a star
writer recently. "A little instance
came within my own observation a
number of years ago, when I was
studying medicine, that convinced me
that the members of the horse family
should, at least, be credited with the
possession OF very considerable
amount of reasoning power.
1t was the custom for the students
at the medical institution at which l
pursued my studies to wear a small
badge upon their coats to distinguish
them from others at the college, A
horse belonging to the establishment
was used great deal about the med
ical department, and the animal seemed
to have special preference for the
embryo doctors Well, one day, while
number of us We're gathered in a lit
tie circle upon a lawn in the rear of
the college, the animal in question,
winch used to be turned loose to nip
the grass in the location. came toward
the group llmping very badly He came
20 stop dozen or more feet away
from the crowd, and, carefully survey
ing the lot of u.s. finally made up his
mind what he wanted to do, and with
out any hesitation limped directly to
my side, whinnied, stuck his nose
against my body and held up his left
foreleg.
Looking down, I discovered a large
nail imbedded in the frog of his boot
This had evidently caused the lame
ness, and l soon realized the interest
ing fact that the animal desired me 70
attend to his foot. | extracted the nail
with some difficulty and the horse
Whimpered with relief and walked
away. Being curious to know why the
beast had picked me out to attend to
his wound, 1 glanced at my FELLOWSHIP
dents, and found the solution to the
problem. Not one of the group had his
medical badge upon his coat but my
self. The horse had, therefore, plainly
recognized the insignia, and acted ac-
cordingly. y.'-Washington Star
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Maintenance OF Roads.

Without proper care the most expen-
Sive road may go to ruin IN two or
three years and the initial expense OF
constructing it be nearly lost. 1t is of
great Importance, therefore, that all
good roads should have daily care.
They not only wear out, but wash out
and freeze out Water is the greatest
road destroyer.
1t is necessary to the proper malnte-
nanca of a road that it should crown, =
or be higher in the middle than at the
sides If it is fiat in the center it soon
becomes concave ard it's middle be-
comes a pool or a mud hole if on a
level or a water course if on an in
cline.
A hollow. rut or puddle should never
be allowed to remain. but should be
evenly filled and tamped with the same
material of which the surface was or
iginally constructed rake should be
used freely, especially in removing
stones, humps or ridges
Ruts NAV be avoided by using wide
tires on all wagons which carry heavy
loads. If this is not always possible
the horses should be hitched so that
they will walk directly in front of the
wheels This can be accomplished by
making the double or whiff,e tree of
such length that the ends may be in
line with the wheels horse will not
walk in a rut unless compelled to 10 so,
and, consequently. if all horses were
hitched in this way ruts would eventu-
ally disappear from stone roads.
If stones are cracked on a road with
a hammer, a smooth surface is out of
the question Use stone slips for re-
pairing stone roads. and remember that
all foreign material and rubbish will
ruin the best road and that dust and
mud will double the cost of mainte-
nance.
Ordinarily the chief work done by
country people on highways is repair
ing the damage resulting from neglect.
Why this negligence? The adage "A
stitch in time saves nine" can never be
applied more appropriately to anything
than the maintenance or, repair of all
kinds of roads.
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the general government will do any
thing in the matter, and if anything is
to be done, it must be done by private
corporations or by the State. The enor-
nous expense involved before any re-
turns can be expected and the element
of uncertainty thal hovers around the
scheme would doubtless deter private.
capital from this field OF investment for
many years, so that the only chance for
any action in the near future is through
the State. The matter is of vast inn
portance and deserves a careful inves-
tigation at the hands of the press and
the public generally.
SCHOOL LAW.
Santa Rosa Republican: State SUI
perintendent Kirk has issued an order
declaring that the law requires School
Boards to meet and in open session
transact the business of their district.
He holds that school orders issued with
out such a meeting are worthless.
Doubtless he has stated the law as it
is and certainly as it should be. School
business should be transacted by the
Board of Trustees collectively and not
by it's individual members. IN fact
they have and should have no power
to act in their individual capacity. For
them to attempt to do so is contrary
to public policy. 1t gives book agents
and solicitors for school furniture and
apparatus orders undue advantage or
the people to be permitted to get the
signatures of first one Trustee and then
another in taking orders for such things
If all the members of the board meet
and together discuss such propositions
there will be less likelihood of extrava-
gance and the making of foolish con-
tracts. Mr.. Kirk has done the State
good service in promulgating the order,
and it's enforcement should be insisted
upon.
CORRECT INFERENCE.
Los Angeles Express The irresistible
inference from the methods of the
Dreyfus trial is that in France a de-
fendant who is able to secure the larg-
est number of influential witnesses to
stand up in court and proclaim that he
is innocent, irrespective of the legal
facts in the case stands the best show
of acquittal. 1t does not seem to be
SO much what witnesses know as what
they believe that counts.
MOVES TO AMEND.
Napa Register: We move to amend
the motion madef that charges preferred
in the public prints against the Agnews
Asylum and other State institutions be
thoroughly investigated, by adding the
provision that wherever charges prove
to be gross fabrications the writer re-
sponsible for them shall be prosecuted
and punished by the State for criminal
libel. There are too many people in
terested in the proper care of nnfortu-
mates to treat lightly well founded
charges or to excuse airly the most
cruelty conceived lies.
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In the last year or two the curtain
has been lifted just enough for us from
the system of procedure in criminal
civil and military cases in French tri-
bunals to make us, with all our growl-
ing at our courts, lawyers and juries,
a great deal more content with the
American way of doing things. 1t is
at least more merciful. We do not
presume men to be guilty who are
merely charged; we do not permit wit
nesses to testify to opinions; we do not
put the accused into a magistrates
sweat-box to be racked with inquisi-
torial questions before he even knows
with what he is charged; we do not
permit the law to be used to extort
from prisoners confessions for fear of
greater punishment if they deny; we
do not require the accused to stand
up in his own defense and make re-
sponse to his accusers regardless of his
ability to do so. In short, with all its
defects, its too great need of mercy
it's delays and uncertainties, give us
the American judicial tribunal system,
in preference to the French.
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"a BLACKMAILER AND A BANDIT"

Referring to Aguinaldo's appeal to the
powers for recognition of the independ-
ence of his so-called Government, the
Boston Journal well remarks. that it
is the rule to base all such appeals
upon military successes, as the Con-
federates did after the battles of Fred
ericksburg and Charlottesville, the
Peninsular campaign and the second
Bull Run. That is true To what
successes can Aguinaldo point over
American arms? What battle can he
name in which his troops have not fled?
Where has he won a single fight? In
what instance has his army dared to
engage US in open battle? His en-
tire contending has been of the guerrilla
order. His men have fought from
trenches but invariably have fallen
back and scampered and scattered
when our forces have located and ad
vanced upon them. In short, Aguinal-
do has administered no reverses to our
arms, he has been kept too busy dodg-
ing and running. The ignorance of Ag-
uinaldo is supreme. By what right does
he project the claim that his followers
are capable of taking their places
among the civilized states of earth,
when they commit the atrocity Of re-
tanning some thousands of the people
Of a now neutral state as prisoners of
war;? What possible shadow of ex
hn
recognized" make for holding Span
iaIds as prisoners when he is not at
war with Spain. He acts precisely as
do the brigands of the mountains. He
impudently tells Spain that he will re-
lease the captives for 81, 900 a head.
That is the method of the blackmailer
and the bandit as the Brooklyn Eagle"
well puts it. That paper sharply adds:
He wants this money for his own pur-
poses, and in order to obtain it he will
put to continued suffering some hun.
dreds of men with whom he has no
quarrel, with whom he is not at politi
cal odds. who are as neutral under
|present circumstances as are the French
and the Norwegians. His pretensions
are absurd, his course is criminal, and
his hopes are vain. For Spain to rec
ognize the independence of the Philip
pines would be a virtual declaration
of war against the United States, and
after its recent little difference with
this country we have a notion that
Spain is not anxious to renew hostili-
ties.
Aguinaldo might once have been re-
spected, but that time is past. He is
a nuisance, now. He will have
to suppress himself or be sup
pressed. He is not acting for
the people of the Philippines, but only
for a certain faction in Luzon. and
while he is in a position to make
trouble for a time longer by system
of guerrilla warfare, retiring into the
Jungle after every raid, it is a satisfac-
ton to know that the vigorous hand is
to be employed in his island. The new
Secretary of War, Mr.. Root, will not
continue the dilly daily policy. He will
not countenanee skirrnishing on the
fringes of the Filipino army, but will
send to the Philippines a force large
enough TO crush the insurrection and
restore peace 1t is only Luzon that
is involved, and this makes the task
one of reasonable certainty, if not ease.
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Another Leve1er.

'sThere's no -leveler like love- said
the sentimental Eastern visitor to the
Kansas farmer.
Guess you never tackled a real live
cyclone,' cackled the farmer behind his
lace curtain whiskers.
The record-union., 1899-08-28
Weekly


Is a t2-pagc family and business
newspaper issued every Friday
morning. Thus, for the very small
sum of 81 its subscribers receive no
less than GA pages of choice read
ing and news matter IN a year.
This reduction has been made
that we may afford the people IN
these times of stringency the fullest
opportunitY to have the Weekly
The record-union., 1899-08-28

Nothing contributes more toward a
sound digestion than the use of the
genuine Angostura Bitters of DR.. J. G..
B. Siegert & Sons. Ask your druggist.
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Strict Ideas of Etiquette.

We like to see people eat heartily at
supper when they go to a dance, but
would draw the line at carrying away
sandwiches in their pockets.-Windsor
(Wis.) Herald.
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Chance for Some Genius.

A fortune awaits the inventor of a
noiseless lawn mower or one that can
not be operated until after 6 a. m.-
Cleveland World.
The record-union., 1899-08-28

1t takes a strike to make laboring
men stand around.
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Its Effective Work.

1t reaches the sore spots-it heals the
raw places-it goes to the seat of disease
it penetrates obscure places where
drugs taken into the stomach cannot
reach-it acts as balm and tonic to
the whole system-it is only ST. at all
druggists, or will be sent by mail from
our Office
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MUNYON'S REMEDIES mean in the e fn%iis n0H7s

kept in health. Separate cure for each
disease. Munyon's Guide to Health"
plainly tells how to use them; every
symptom described.
Munyon guarantees that his Rheuma-
tism Cure will cure nearly all cases of
rheumatism IN a few days; that his Dys-
pepsia Cure will cure indigestion and all
stomach troubles: that his Kidney Cure
will cure 80 per cent. of all cases of kid
ney troubles. 81 separate remedies. Write
for free medical advice to Prof Munyon,
1906 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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STILL INCREASINGI W

been obliged to buy still another washing
machine to keep up with our growing bus
mess. Our patrons and the public a
large will understand this to mean that
our laundry work is giving perfect satis-
faction in every respect. UNION
LAUNDRY. Tenth and o streets. Both
phones
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WOOD AND COAL. GMeScAw

nave been awarded the contract to supply
the public schools of the city for one
year, being the lowest bidders 1t will ba
10 your interest TO see them about your
Cap. phone 53S
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Stockton Mail: The agitation for the
storage of water by the State for the
purpose of irrigation is arousing con-
siderable interest, and it is probable
that the convention to be held in San
Francisco in October will be largely at
tended.
The proposition is not a new one, even
in the United States. 1t has often been
urged that Congress ought to appro-
pirate money to experiment as to the
advisability of constructing reservoirs
to store water for the irrigation of arid
lands in the West, especially in the
Great Basin, but that body has hither-
to done nothing. and the only work that
has been done by the general govern
ment has been the issuing of reports
on the subject by the Department of
Agriculture and the United States
Geological Survey, and incidental ref
erence to 1t in the report of the Census
Bureau.
AT present it does not appear that
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Sacramento Dealers.
PACIFIC GROVE BAKERY

Ii you want bread as near homelike as
any baker can make it, buy our Domestic.
Also, all kinds of breads, pies and cakes.
For speciality, try our Sunshine" q
bright yellow cake. Both phones. RICE
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CHAS. STUDARUS. Dealer s in IN

coal of all kinds, coke and charcoal. hay
phones.
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SAC,TO COFFEE HOUSE

is the best place in town to go to: every
thing tirst-class. Remember the num-
Der, SIS X street. s. NIELSEN, Prop.
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cushions, tops, lazy backs, etc, made to
order. Repairing promptly done. Salts
faction guaranteed. ]. B. HEISLER. 1915
street
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HAMMERS PHARMACY

Dickinsons Witch Hazel is the best.
Just the thing for sore feet Only Csc a
bottle at Fourth and X streets.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-17
School Girl friendships.

'TVe often noticcd.' sJid the matron
"f a girls boarding school. that the
girls who really keep up their school
friendships are the ones Who make
Little uT nu fuss over each other When
vacation comes tits the funniest thing
70 hear the protcSt2tinns Of consistency.
not merely for 4 season but for life
that some girls make. Promises IN
write every week ana sometimes every
day during the summer are rccklessly
given between parting friends. and yet
it'srrrtty Ifr oroncludc thatncXt term
these same enthusiastic creatures
wont even care tp be roommates.
Then at graduation time such as
surances Of lifelong fidelity the girls
indulge in. I smile To myself when
ever they come to my car because
know perfectly Well that two-thirds Of
these avuWaIs will be used up in gush
ana the other third win dwindle away
naturally as broader interests come to
the fore.
When | keep track of the girls who
have been here | find that those whose
interest in each other grows rather
than dies out with time are girls who
have never been dpmonstrative, but
whose friendship is the outgrowth Of
genuine cnngeniality, not the result Of
schoolroom chumminess."