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The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08

Clear on One Point-Sprockett- -"Do YOU
believe that the bicycle has seen its best
days.! Tyre-'I know mine has."-Phila.
delphia North American.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn7

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Ease,
powder for the feet II makes tightor New
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Callous, Sore, and Sweating
Feet. All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell
it, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08

When a boy comes home with string OF
Hsh, 1t ~ a mean trick TO asE him II he
caught them all.--Alchison Globe.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08

ln talking up a trade with u real horse
next dsy.--L, A. w, Bulletin,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08

A sallow skin acquires healthy clear.
ness by the use of Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, 80 cents.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08

I believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boys life last summer.-Mrs. Allie
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08

The only thing man can find around
house without assistance, is fault.-Atch.
ison Globe.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08

Brain-fag is largely the result of people
not wishing to admit that they eat too
much.-Detroit journal.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08
More Information

Tommy-Paw, what do they put water in
stock for?
Mr.. Figg-To soak the investors with, my
Journal
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08

Laziness travels so slow that poverty soon
overtakes it-Chicago Daily News.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08
Wllnt He Cot.

Ethel-He offered me an engagement
ring.
Edith-And Of course you gave him the
"glad hand!''-Puck.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-06-08

II Mrs. Plnkham's Compound will cure
such severe cases as this surely IL
must be Il great medicinc--is there
any sufferer foolish enough not 10
give IL U trial?
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
Upward Movement Of Prices.

Prices steadily, almost unanimously,
moved upward in September. Especially
was this the case in food products. All
breadstuffs were advanced in price, and so
were all live stock except sheep. All tex
tiles went up, and all metals also, except
silver and aluminium. 1.-THE list of in
creases,' says Bradstreet's, lis. in fact,
such a long one that 1t is easier by far to
enumerate the products which decreased
prominent among which we find coffee,
sugar and rice among groceries, lemons and
raisins in fruits, silk alone of all the raw
textiles, silver and copper as already noted
above, lime alone of building material.
opium and quinine among drugs, and hops
and hay among miscellaneous products. In
all ffty-eight products advanced thirty
three were unchanged, among which were
prominent, leather, many cotton manufac-
lures, brick and glass, coke resin and tar
and heavy chemicals and only fifteen, one
seventh of all prices enumerated, de-
creased
We add list of the fifteen articles that
were decreased in value in September
sheep. coffee sugar, rice, apples, lemons,
raisins, silk, silver, copper lime opium,
qeinine, hops and hay. These were the ex-
ceptions to the rule. No month of the
year has shown such a widespread and pro-
nounced upward tendency.
A like tendency exists across the water,
prices standing at the end of September in
England at higher level than at any pre-
ceding time in five years. In this country
prices are still 20 per cent. below prices
On October /, 1890. Compared with prices
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18

of one year ago there has been out Of log
staple articles increases in n or fully three
foun.hs, and decreases in only 10. while one
eleventh of all has remained unchanged.
Here again." says Bradstreets, "as in the
changes for the month of September, it is
found easier to enumerate the decreases
rather than the gains. Sheep and mutton
alone among meat products. coffee, sugar
and rice among groceries, flour among ce-
reals products, lemons among fruits, castor
and olive oil. some fed drugs, hops and to-
baeco are lower than a year ago, while
bacon, tea, bltuminous coal, paper and
few other products are unchanged Nearly
all the cereals are higher, as are live cattle,
hogs and most products of the same. and
leather and hides have also advanced. All
textiles are higher, as are, of course, their
manufactured products, and iron and
steel, coke. petroleum, naval stores, several
vegetable oils, all classes of building mater
ials except brick, and large number of
drugs and chemicals have also progressed
toward higher level"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
Net Deficiency in the Treasury.

Treasurer Ellis reports a net deficiency
on September 80 of $254,69s but the state is
accustomed to such deficiencies. They ex-
listed before Governor Johnston came into
office, and they will exist after his term is
ended. They are chronic.
The truth is, this reported deficiency is
not nearly SO bad as it appears. In SUBJ
stance the deficiency simply shows that the
state has been anticipating revenue. 1t Is
a matter of bookkeeping, in other words.
Take, for example, the item, 'penitentiary
fund, si2,3SO." This means nothing except
ITO the bookkeeper. 1t does not mean that
the state must pay the penitentiary depart
ment dollar for that department is earn
ing money for the state. 1t is simply book
Keeping jargon. The pension and school
monies will be paid from taxes now flowing
into the treasury.
What Treasurer Ellis means is, the state
has anticipated by appropriations $25i,699 of
this years taxes The deficiency ON Sep
TENDER 80, 1885, stood at $3.50, OF, thus show
ing that the state is gradually becoming
forehanded. If on September 80 $780, the
alleged deficiency is still farther reduced,
there will be no occasion for alarm or FOR
grumbling. The state is doing fairly well.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
WOMAN'S WAYS

From the Atchison Globe.
A grocer has the advantage of other men.
Wherever he wants to take the conceit out
of a woman he let's her pick out her own
cGntaloupeS.
There is nothing more discoura ging to a
girl than to return home from a big town
with a new wrinkle in style and find that
1t has preceded L1er.
When the daughter of rich man makes
a salad with two servants to prepare the
INGREDIENTS and to wash up afterward. she
gets credit for doing all the housekeeping
Every woman must spoil something
man, baby or dog. We have noticed it is
rarely man.
If the Lord sends only one boy in a
family of girls the mother and sisters drop
into Mne and begin to revolve around him.
Look at child and dts mother will i'm
mediately take out ner handkerchief and
go to polishing its face.
What has become of the old-fa shioned
woman VINO had tidy pinned on every
chair in THE house?
Accuse a woman of extravaganza and she
will remember that she saves all the strings
that come around parcels and feel that her
conscience is clear.
Women sometimes overestimate the power
pretty girl mas on a man. An Afcnison
woman, finding that she would DE late with
iler dinner, called to pretty neis.locr girl
to come over and talk to tier men folks
while she got it ready. The pretty girl
came and talked her best, but all the men
folks quarreled with her before dinner was
on the table, and haven't spoken ito her
since. m
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
Nh CuRE FOR HIM

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
"I'm convinced that seasickness is large
w q matter of imagination" said the cap
tain of a steamship in the Central American
trade. "Strong- minded, determined people
are very rarely affected, but those VINO pc
lieve in advance that they are going 10 De
i'll are never disappointed. Years ago, De-
fore I got my present berth, had a billet
on the Ocean Steamship line going out OF
Savannah, and our steward enjoyed great
reputation for his wonderful cures of sea-
sickness His scheme. which he eonfided to
me, was to mix up little salt and water IN
a vial and direct the patient to take tea
spoonful every fifteen minutes. This is a
very powerful drug he would say, i'm
pressively, and directly after taking the
fourth dose all traces of nausea will disap-
near In nine cases out of ten the treat
ment worked to a charm, and he raked in
numerous fat tips.
Last season one of our passengers Tor
Port Cortez was a gentleman who had
spraned ankle and who went directly to
his cabin without my seeing him. The first
day out he got deathly seasick, and con-
cluded to try the efficacy of the salt and
water treatment. I mixed up the dose and
found my patient lying in his berth groan-
ing with his face to the wall L nave
certain cure for your trouble, said l. CIV
ing him the usual preliminary talk. It's
very powerful drug, and after you take four
teaspoonfuls you may rest assured that
your nausea will instantly vanish he
turned as if he had been shot and glared
at me like a maniac. Good Lord! he
groaned, it's the same old gag! and with
that he grabbed the bottle and threw 1t
through the headlight The man had a
heavy black beard, but the moment heard
his voice 1 recognized him as our old stew
ard on the Savannah line. He couldn't be
cured He knew too much"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
NEW FORM OF STEEL CARS

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The success of the steel car is best Illus
trated by an order placed yesterday The
order is for a new type, in which steel
construction would seem to be of least adj
vantage, namely, fiat cars 1t is in nowise
difficult to understand the superiority of
steel cars in the gondola, hopper, or even
both forms. but when railroad managers
turn to them in the form of flats their
al-round usefulness must be taken for
granted The order is from the Michigan
Central and New York Central for $50 cars
each. The natural presumption is they are
to be of special length and intended for
carrying heavy logs, square timber and
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
Iefferson's Popular Choices.

The county executive committee meets
today The people of this county are very
busy, and they are not devoting much time
to politics, and they cannot be induced to
give time to public matters until such mat
tiers are fully ripe. There is no need of
calling any citizen from his work until that
day in April named by the state executive
committee, when primaries can be held
for candidates for county officers for state
officers, and for members of the legislature.
All can conveniently be attended to on one
day, and If the public alone are consulted
they will be.
It is claimed that primaries for members
of the legislature are Objectionable because
the county outside of the city would not
obtain due representation. This objection
is not really sound. The county is a politi-
cal unit, and every candidate selected by
the majority represents every part of the
county. But If a county convention shall
be held on account of the selection of dele
gates to the state convention, let every
member of it be selected in primaries. Let
there be no more clique-ruled beat meet
ings.
1t would be well, too, to let the people
express when they meet in primaries on
the fourteenth of April their choice for
governor and United States senator. This
Us what primaries mean in the coming CAM
paign. This would bring out a full vote.
This would be popular rule. 1t would, of
course, be better to directly select legs-
lative candidates, but either way would be
based on popular action, and popular ac-
tion will presumably select the man who
the assurance to say at this late day that
the people are incapable of selecting their
own representatives.
The action of the county executive COM
mlttee will assuredly be wise and eau
tious and conscientious. They do not rep
resent any politician, or any set of polti-
clans, CIR any corporations, but they do
represent the great body of the people, The
white people of the most populous county
of the state. The Age+Herald believes they
will act up to their high commission. They
stand for the people, and the people look
to them to secure for them liberty
of action in the selection of public servants
next year.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
ERUDITION IN THE HUT

From the Boston Transcript.
The songs which are to be sung for
Dewey by The public school children in
clude so many references to Columbia that
a teacher in certain South Bend public
school thought she woul find out how many
of her seventh grade pupils understood
what columbia" meant. She put the ques-
ton for written answers and received these
among the others:
"A ship"
1.-THE man Who came over from Spain
and discovered our country"
"a bisikkel.'
"A captain"
Then there were several totally unintel-
ligibe and unaccountable answers But
not one pupil in the class knew that, Column
bia was another name for the United
States of America!
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
BODY IN WAGON
Sensational Evidence Adduced in Jes-
tor Murder Trial

Paris Mo- October 1.-Sensational evil
dence was adduced today in the preliminary
trial of Alexander Jester for numbering Gill
bert Gates. The state has established the
fact that Gates had disappeared at some
point on the Hulen Lame, east of Middle
Grove, Mo. William MaXey, of Oklahoma,
today testified that on January q, 1871 he
met Jestor alone with two outfits at the
west end of the Hulen Lane.
He swore that in the rear wagon he saw
a body covered vita a blanket except the
feet. At this point the two outfits left the
lane and drove down private road leading
to the woods on Beebe ranch. AS he went
west on the Iulen Lane, the direction
from which Jestor came, witness said he
saw trail of blood in the snow and fol-
lowed it to where there was large pool
of blood.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18

the use to Old Keokuk. an Indian chief,
who is said to have signed treaties with his
initials, o. K"
Some years ago the editor of the Amerl-
can Magazine of History made a careful
investigation into the origin of 20. X" and
concluded that 1t came from the Choctaw
word oke, which has in Choctaw exactly
the same sound as the alphabetic pronun-
citation of the letters o. X. in English The
meaning of the word oke, nearly as it
can be conveyed in English is that is
true" or that is all 500
In the Rev, Cyrus Byington's Choctaw
New Testament the first sentence, Mat
thew ". 1s, Eye are the salt of the EARTH"
is "Gakni in huppi huchchia hoke," liter
ally, the earth it's salt ye, that IS So"
To General Jackson is attributed the in
PRODUCTION of the Choctaw word into our
speech Before the war of 1912 in voyages
up and down the Mississippi and in trad
ing expeditions overland from Nashville.
Tenn, to Natchez, Miss through the Choc-
taw nation, he was brought into frequent
communication with these Indians, General
Jackson was prone on the use of energetic
methods of assertion, and hearing that this
word "oke' so frequently used by the Choc-
taw people, he learned the meaning con-
veyed by it to the Choctaw mind and APP
propriated it to his own purposes.
General Jackson was no scholar, but he
was not so grosssl ignorant of English &C.
biography as to suppose that 20. X" were
the proper initials for "all correct" 1t is
quite likely that he Endorsed documents
with the letters 90 k as jocular SYM
boil of his favorite Choctaw expression.
That the abbreviation o. K. was coined by
jackson himself and used by him long
years before it passed into the urrent
slang finds confirmation in an extract from
the court records of Sumter county, Ten
nessee, as follows: "October 6, lI9O. An
drew Jackson, ESQ.,, proved Dill Oh saie
from Hugh McGary to Casper Mansker'
for a negro man, which was 20. X. II
is likely that the 90 K" of this entry was
suggested by Jackson himself as prief
way of saying, after the Choctaw fashon,
that the claim had been legally made out.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
AN UNIFORM PRIMARY

From the Thomasville Argus.
The Argus believes that a uniform pri-
mary is the very best means to secure an
honest expression of choice from the peo-
pie, and 1t is to be earnestly hoped the
Plan adopted by the executive committee
Tuesday will in the future stand as I'M
alterabe party law. 1t minimizes the op-
portunity for fraud as no other measure
possibly could, and candidates who desire
only election by fair means have nothing
to fear from it's opera ton.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
HOW snE FIGHTS IN COURTS

From the Boston Globe.
Hetty Green, the richest woman in Amer
lea, now calls herself Dewey. She says
Dewey's grandmother was a Storey, and
lots of her folks were Storeys, and the
Storeys married the Deweys, and there you
are. You see she says, when we
Deweys know we are right, a locomotive
and train of cars going down hill can't
stop us. That is the way with us Deweys,
| especially with me and my cousin, the ad-
miraL"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
WHERE PENNIES GO

From the Philadelphia Record.
What becomes of all the pennies? A
superficial answer might be that we spend
them, as in truth we do; but did YOU ever
stop to consider the enormous quantities
of the little copper coins turned out by the
Philadelphia mint every year? The figures
are really appalling in their magnitude.
There are at present about 10O0.000,O00 cents
in circulation, and yet the mint is compell-
ed to turn out nearly 100000 month to
keep up the supply.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
REFLE0r IONs OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Money talks, but unless you have plenty
of it, it shutters.
Every man feels more Zig and manly for
ten minutes after he has succeeded in
sneezing in a deep, base voice.
in the moon, but nobody ever claimed there
is a baby in the moon yet.
call on the average woman SHE would prob
ably begin by apoiosizing for not having
the winter curtains up yet.
No matter how long a man lives, he never
mas quite the same respect for great man
that he used to have for the boy next door
that could put whole apple In his mouth
without biting it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18

lumber. For lumber the old fats and
gondolas have done very we'll but their
shortcomings have often been felt BY tim
Der shippers There is no reason why the
steel fiat should not be as much of assgc-
cess in the timber trade as the steel hop
per is for carrying ore and coal. =
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
Columbia Wins in a High Wind.

A Yachting expert expressed last week the
opinion that Columbia would win because
she has more stability than Shamrock
The latter. he says, has been stripped down
SO far, so much ballast has been taken out,
and the water line has been so reduced
that it has become a light weather boat.
Columbias ballastng, on the other hand
is the result of two months test with the
Defender. He therefore predicted that In
a hard blow Shamrock would outsail CO.
lumbia.
This seems to be an explanation of Mon
days surprise. 1t was a 12-knot breeze-a
breeze strong enough to create white caps;
and from the outset Columbia outfooted
Shamrock At the finish Shamrock was
scarcely In sight She was beaten a mile
and a half.
The race not only vindicates the judg-
ment of Mr. Iselin and the seamanship of
Captain Barr and of MIR. Heweshoff, Who
was on board Columbia during Mondays
race; but 1T also practically renders the re-
tention of the cup secure. More races are
to be sailed, and Columbia must win one
more I'm order to keep the cup on this side
of the sea, having won yesterdays race
also. This she will easily be able to
it is anybody's race, but in a free wind
Columbia is easily queen of the sea. The
cup contest is therefore as good as won.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
Stabbed hx Drunken Man

Barbourville, KY, October I1.-f1on. WIZ
liam r. Black, ex-representative, mas just
received a message announcing that MS
brother, James Black, of Richmond, had
been fatally stabbed lin Clay county, where
young Black had gone on business From
reports it is learned that Black was stab
bed by drunken man., thinking young
Black was correspondent.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
PUBLIC EDUCATION

From the Florence Times.
Under the new school laws and the in
creased funds for public education the free
school system has taken long step for
ward. They mean better qualified teachers
and longer terms. Our local school au-
thorities in every beat should do all they
can to help the great cause along.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
GoLD-BRICKED

From the Boston Globe.
1t may possibly occur to the thoughtful
mind of Edward Atkinson that he has been
the condding victim of another bunco
steerer, one Emilio Aguinaldo, known as
very "sliek" operator.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
ORIGIN OF SO. K,o

From the Rochester Post Express.
The Century Dictionary says of 80. K.":
"origin obscure. The letters are usually
said to have been used originally by An
drew Jackson, seventh president of the
United States, as an abbreviation of 'all
correct spelled, whether through ignorance
or humorously oil korrect, but this is doubt
less an invention. Another statement refers
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
The herald bowed him down

BaQe MIN appear.
The herald bowed him down
Crying: 'iAllalh il Allah. Thou, o king,
Art mighty in thy victories and reign,
Thy fame has reached THY brother caliphs
ears,
Mustapha, who is mighty as thou art
And he has sent me, saying, Seek the
king
And ask of him one word Great is his
might,
steadfast in friendship, and in war as true.
Ask thou of him one word, and what he
says
Will We inviolate as War or Peace.
Trusting his honor SO 1 bid him choose,
And what he chooseth is and so will be-
Thus spike my master, Mustapha."
Alone
Within his garden walked the king. The
Sang merrHy. The wind played thro' the
leaves
And bore the flowers perfumes far and
wide,
AS walked the caliph, all absorbed in
prayer.
"Allah.' he prayed, make me to clearly
The right of this. Let not towards peace
Hold me my throne, nor let a tyrants
word
Bring desolation to fruitful land.
Send me some Sign.
And softly praying thus
He plucked his good sword from it's jew
eled sheath,
A blade so sharp that as he drew it forth
1t Topped a rosebud from the parent stem
With scarce a shock.
The tender rosebud fell
Upon the garden walk before the king,
Who picked it up and sighed, while loving
tears
Shone as the dew.
.
"And this is war;" unused ne,
''That when the sword is drawn the inno-
cent
Must suffer first and be the first to fall
~wj
Then dropped the sword upon the garden
path,
And turning in his steps the caliph sped
Back to the council chamber, and he spake
Unto the messenger the one word Peace"
And while the people greeted his glad word
They noted that he held within his hand
A rose half-blown, wiSle st his side no
sword
Hung N the jeweled sheath. Il,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18
The deficit still abides with us.
DISCRIMINATION

From the Atchison Globe.
A bridegroom has to be worth at least
$50, 900 to be of as much interest to the peo-
pie as his brides $50 gown.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18

When Funston and his men step off the
train at Kansas City, Mo-, they should at
once plunge into the Missouri, and swim to
Kansas City, Kan. 1t will be their last
opportunity.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18

The women of the land propose to test
their influence over congress. They have
tackled a very fractions tom-cat.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18

There is distress in hotel offices over the
disturbed condition of affairs at Kimberly.
Diamonds are going up.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-18

If Boer and Briton could be supplied with
harmless bullets as well as wireless
telegraphs, all would be well.