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The age-herald., 1899-10-11
Prosnerous Dale County.

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 The Ozark Southern Star says the farm FITS of Dale county did not plant for heavy crop of cotton, and therefore bought very little guano. The surplus acres were planted in corn and other food crops. The crop was made at small expense. Very little debt was incurred, because another year of four-cent cotton was anticipated. The Star thus describes the outcome:
 "A happy turn of Providence has made this section the most highly favored All over the cotton belt the cry of disaster af- ter disaster has come, while this section has been exempt First in Texas came the floods, which were succeeded by drought No rain fell at the proper time in Missis- sippi, Arkansas, the Indian Territory, Georgia and the Carolinas, and the crops were cut off, while we had rain. enough rain at least to make a good crop.
 The general shortness of the crop has raised four-cent cotton to seven cents, and our farmers find themselves with better than average crop, made with less expense for guano and otherwise, than ever before, and we repeat they are surrounded by for tunate conditions the like of which they have not seen for years before and may not again for years to come
 Now for the lesson to be learned. First of all is, that overproduction is what keeps the price down. Second, that when the people try they can live very economically, and have less debts to pay out of the years labor in the fall. Next year plant still less cotton, more corn and food crops, pay cash for what you buy, or if obliged to make a mortgage, trade just the least bit possible on it. and then work late and early. If you lay these things to heart and work on this plan another year, four-cent cotton, if it comes, will hurt you little, and if you should get seven or eight cents you will simply be in the band wagon"
 The Age-Herald has not a word to add to this story. It is complete in itself. The situation in Dale may be the situation in every other county in the state Whether it be or not, it is certain that other coun- ties can by adopting the Dale platform be as prosperous and happy as Dale is to- day. They, too, can get into the band wagon. ilb4GAiI
The age-herald., 1899-10-11
School Reforms in the Canvass.

It is the fashion among gubernatorial ani to the public school system; but some of them avoid any allusions to the very re- forms that the system demands-that it must have in order to be efficient or even a free school system at all The people be- fore whom they come should call for par ticulars in two respects at least.
 The first relates to county superintend- ents. Jefferson county has competent and efficient superintendent. and there may be five more like him in the state. There are about sixty incompetents in the state, eaeh of whom is heeler for some man higher placed, and each has formed ring to sup port him. These sixty prevented legisla- tfon last winter in line with that of the advanced states. They are a power-they and their pay teachers-and the children are their victims.
 4 county superintendent should be the best teacher in the county-the most ener- getfc and the most magnetic. His real work is to inspire the teachers to better work to reorganize the schools of his coun- ty district by district as Superintendent Fountain is doing in this county. He should hold, of course. first-class certif- cate. He should not be heeler.s He should have no ring" behind him. He should keep the people in view. and par ticularly the children. Ask the next cam didate that comes along if he is in favor of statutory qualifications for county su- perintend ndents-quaHfications up to those of the advanced states. Pin him down. Get from him a categorical reply.
 Then, too. the people in any district. any beat, any town that wants better schools, should possess the right of local taxation for school purposes. This is local self-gov
 ernment. This is the rule in Louisiana un- der the new constitution This is the rule in forty out of the forty-five states. This would do away with the vicious pay" sys- tenn in schools. This would make the schools of the state free schools They are
 not now-they are class schools, shutting l out the very children that most need edu-
 cation. The system is cruel and unjust l constitutional amendment permitting each district or township or town, not to | bond itself, but to tax itself, for school l purposes Is needed. Ask the next candi- 1 date who comes along If he is in favor of
 such an amendment. See that he replies | categoricsny before you tie to him.
 1 One candidate is going up and down the | state proclaiming his devotion to free l schools by declaring in favor of eompul- | sorry education. Is he in favor of eompell- l ing children to go to "pay" schools? He | should be compelled to answer as to wheth-
The age-herald., 1899-10-11
GyMsAsIUMINTHEBAsEMENr

New Cork Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
 Father A. V. Wittmeyers new edifice will combine all of the up-to-date features of a church, with a gymnasium in the base ment. Architects Brun and Hauser filed plans yesterday. The two-stery structure of brick and limestone will be built on 8 part of the Stephenson plat, 45 and fl East Twenty-seventh street. It will cost $5O,OO0. Father Wittmeyer's Church of St. Esprit is regarded as the most progressive French congregation in America. The basement of the new church will contain a complete gymnasium. There will be a sawdust track. baths, and bowling alleys. Assem- bly, and class rooms, billiards, recreation and living rooms will take up the first floor. There. too, Father Wittmeyer will find cozy apartments for his study.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11
REFLE IONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Most women's feet look better when you can't see them.
 It most always happens in real life that the under dog is on top of another Hitler one
 The honeymoon is considered over when the woman finds her husband has used a. lot of her hairpins to clean out his pipe.
 Life's two cruellest monsters are Time and Space. Space is vacuous, Time is in- tangible, yet there is no human sorrow where they do not stand laughing.
 The women have an idea a widower has to wait four years after his wife dies before he gets married again. If he doesn't, they say he has no sense of decency. If he does, ren.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11
THE PoPE,s HEALTH Is GOOD

From the Chicago Record.
 Leo XIII is in excellent health, all things considered, notwithstanding the intense heat of Rome. Dr. Lapponi has gone to the seaside on leave of absence and Dr. Mazzoni visits his holiness once a. week because the pope likes to have a chat every now and then with his favorite physician. The following conversation between the holy father and Dr. Mazzoni is reported in a local paper:
 They expect a conclave, the pope re- marked. 'I gave them a consistory, but you say, doctor?'
 Both pr. Lapponi and I are of tine opin- ion that your holiness has still some ten years before you, barring accidents. Your state of health is most reassurtng.''
 ~"At my age nothing is certain, but I feel strong and can work as I did when I was fifty or sixty. Some of my cardinals who have not reached my age are in a worse plight And he mentioned one or two names "I am truly thankful that I have been spared so long. My mission is not completed. There are many important questions which I would wish to settle, and to do so I must have at least another year"
 wish''
 "well. let us hope so; if not, His will be done. am always thinking, calmly and trustfully of my end, and my gratitude is immense for having been allowed to govern for so many years the Church of the Re- deemer and to look after the interests and welfare of his flock on earth.''
 I am assured that at the opening of the jubilee year, next Christmas Day, POO, ,oo9 pilgrims will come to Rome.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11
THE STORMY PErREL

Barry Cornwall - A thousand miles from land are we, Tossing about on the stormy sea From pillow to bounding pillow cast. Like ffeeey snow on the stormy blast, The sails are scattered abroad like weeds: The strong masts- shake like quivering
 reeds; The mighty cables and iron chains, The hull, which all earthly strength dis
 dainS- They strain and they crack; and hearts
 like stone, Their natural hard, proud strength dis
 own. Up and down-up and downi From the base of the wave to the bellows
 crown, And amidst the flashing and feathery foam The stormy petrel finds home A home, if such place may be For her who lives on the wide, wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and teach them to
 spring At once OCT the waves on their stormy
 wing! .-..- Ger the deep-o'er the deepl Where the whale and tAs shark and the
 swardfish sleep Outfiying the blast and the d-iving rain, The petrel teiIeth her tale-.3 vain: For the mariner curseth ths -arnng bird Which hringeth him news of ths storm un-
 heard! AhI thus does the prophet of gosd or i'll Meet hate from the creatures he serveth
 still: Yet he ne'er falters-so petrel spring Once more OCT the waves on thy stormy
 wings.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

CT or no he is in favor of making the schools free through local taxation. for they cannot well be made free in any other way. The state Is doing all It can well dos The states appropriation Is noble one. But communities that want better and actually free schools should be permitted to have them. The name of the candidate in question is MT. Jesse Stallings. ''our Jess should be questioned on this point.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

The confusion and confounding mentioned by the court journal has not yet appeared in this section of the state. The non arrival of the pair may be due to bad roads and wet weather.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

Kruger's backbone seems to be weaken ing. as it begins to size up the task of whipping the British empire. It is one thing to twist the lions tail. and quite an- other to face his open claws and jaws.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

Wheels have been adjusted to the na- tional administration, and 1t is now trying to fire the western heant in time for use in the November election.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

Nicaragua bill is almost sure to be passed in the coming congress. Tie sub- jeet has been ripening a long time, and all concerned now await the result.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

A Boer war would be expensive to Eng land, but money is no object when the South African empire is imperilled with threats of a Dutch federated republic.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

Thanksgiving will fall tElis year on tine last day of November. which should be late enough to admit of rejoicing and thankful ness over the completion of the yacht races.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

Messrs. Mckinley and Bryan have all ready taken to the stump.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

The bushwhacking period of the state campaign was ended yesterday.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

It seems to De settled that Admiral Dewey is to be the confidential adviser of the sec retary of the navy, and that he will not be retired in December.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

The gubernatorial appeal does not clear the political situation the least bit.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

EEuV1i5 Tree 'l4lIOu6n ioldA laA1ti1hsi AOA they cannot well be made free in any other way. The state is doing all t can well dos The states appropriation Is a noble one. But communities that want better and actually free schools should be permitted to have them. The name of the candidate in question is MT. Jesse stallings. ''our Jess,' should be questioned on this point. 
 Kr1ger's backbone seems to be weaken ing. as it begins to size up the task of whipping the British empire. It is one thing to twist the lions tail. and quite an- other to face his open claws and jaws.
 The confusion and confounding mentioned by the court journal has not yet appeared in this section of the state. The non- arrival of the pair may be due to bad roads and wet weather.
 Thanksgiving will fall this year on the last day of November. which should be late enough to admit of rejoicing and thankful ness over the completion of the yacht races.
 A Boer war would be expensive to Eng land, but money is no object when the South African empire is imperilled with threats of a Dutch federated republic. 
 A Nicaragua bill is almost sure to be passed in the coming congress. Tie sub- ject has been ripening a long time, and all concerned now await the result.
 
 Wheels have been adjusted to the na- tional administration, and it is now trying to fire the western heant in time for use in the November election.
 It seems to De settled that Admiral Dewey is to be the confidential adviser of the sec retary of the navy, and that he will not be retired in December.
 The owner of the Shamrock is in the gro- cery business, and he is a shrewd adver- tiser.- Possession of the cup would double his trade.
 Those who accept the directions of the state executive committee are democrats, and those who do not are not democrats.
 Edgar A. Poo has been dead fifty years, but 'sIne Raven is as fresh and full of beauty as on the day it was written.
 Wharton Barker denies that he is out of the running. He proposes to stay in the race as long as Donneny does.
 The generals of the army ring in France are now trying to drive De Gallifet out of the war office.
 The Wall street crowd that go out to the races are better manipulators of water than wind.
 The regulars are now in the field, and the guerrillas will have to come into the open.
 South Alabama begins to think it is to be neglected in the approaching state elec- ton.
 The American mule is in demand wher- ever hostihties are about to break loose.
 The Boers' swatboks are said to be more deadly than the machetes of the Cubans.
 The gubernatorial appeal does not clear the political situation the least bit.
 The bushwhacking period of the state campaign was ended yesterday.
 Messrs. Mckinley and Bryan nave al- ready taken to the stump.
 New York city still cherishes the old time horse car.
 General Otis victories are utterly mean ingless.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

New York city still cherishes the old time horse car.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

Wharton Barker denies that he is out of the running. He proposes to stay in the race as long as Donneny does.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11
THE MISSISSIPPI M'LAURINs

General Otis victories are utterly mean- ingless.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

The owner of the Shamrock is in the gro- cery business, and he is a shrewd adver-
 4iser.. Possession of the cup would double his trade
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

Those who accept the directions of the and those who do not are not democrats.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

The generals of the army ring in France are now trying to drive De Gallifet out of the war office
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

Edgar A. Poe has been dead fifty years, but 'sIne Raven" is as fresh and full of beauty as on the day it was written.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

The Boers' swatboks are said to be more deadly than the machetes of the Cubans.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

The regulars are now in the field, and the guerrillas will have to come into the open.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

The Wall street crowd that go out to the races are better manipulators of water than wind.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

The American mule is in demand wher- eyer hostihties are about to break loose.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

Other prominent democrats who were on-lookers at the meeting were State Sen- otor Stevens, of Tanapoosa; Judge A. D. Sayre and Colonel w. F. Vandiver, of Montgomery; Chancellor w. l.. Parks, of Troy; General George P. Harrison, of Ope- lika; Judge G. B. Mobley. B. B. Barnes, Senator Amos Horton and I. A. Levy, of Greene; w. D. Seed, Of Tuscaloosa; Editor c. H. Greer, of the Marion Standard; Sem ator J. R. Mccain, of Clay; Walter Me- Smith, of Lamar; Editor w. D. Sowell, of Brewten, and H. D. Merrill, of Cleburne
 KERSH.
The age-herald., 1899-10-11

South Alabama begins to think it is to be neglected in the approaching state cleo ton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-07-26
The Canadian porcuplne.

Under any and all circumstances he is
clumsy. Ungainlincss with him seems to
be virtue. He can walk, even TO gallop-
ing bit in painful, impotent cndeavor
TO escape insults, but it is merely an effort
to turn tail against his pursuer, and, this
accomplished, he is content to hunch up
and fall around and over himself and sigh
and moan like n very Falstatf because he
can get no farther. A northern porcupino
never seems to have any faith in his out
door surroundings. Catch one up tree,
and ten to one he begins To back down
right into your arms II you dare to receive
him In that fashion And what n back
down it isl Tail thrashing from side to
side as if it would cast its owner loose;
long claws deeply scratching the trco
trunk; snorts and pauscs and quill rails
ings as one foot OBVIOUSLY follows the 9TH
or, and as grand finale n tumble of two
or three feet TO the ground, where he
founders about like great ball Of quills.
If you catch one on the ground and his
den among the rocks be not near, he is
sure TO reverse proceedings and make for
a tree, perhaps the very one he seemed so
anxious to forsakc when you chanced to
find him in il. Cut him off, and, most
likely, he will put his head down and,
quills erect, charge for that special tree
with fixed bnyoncts 1t takes n sharp
whack on the nose to turn him under
such conditions. Tho groan which fol.
lows such rebuff is pitful in its human
like tone of hclplcssness. - Forest and
Stream
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-07-26
SPRUCE GUM HUNTING.
The Adventurous Maine woodsmen
Who Carry II On.

The Adventurous Maine Woodsmen
Who Carry II On.
Although chewing gum of various kinds
-pepsin and special digestion aids-can
be procured at every city corner from the
penny slot machines, nothing has ever
taken the place of the genuine spruce, and
it still sells at n high price. 1t cannot bo
initiated, nor is thoro any counterfeit
which is anything like it. Some of tho
druggists i'm eastern Maine have contracts
for spruce gum aggrcgating thousands OF
dollars. Some of them have "stakod' gum
hunters and sent them into tho woods.
Most of the Maine gum finds its way to
the city markets that demand for con-
sumption the round, rcd Jumps that glcam
with inner fires like the bloodStonc. This
choice gum is readily sold by the Maine
wholesalers at 81. 80 pound,
Gum hunting has many elements like
rubber cutting in the tropics, the men
burying themselves in the wilds for
months. Tho expenses of the hunter arc
almost nothing, and the receipts from his
quest arc likely To be in the nature OF u
small Klondiko find. Some tobacco, few
bushels of beans, somo coffee, flour and
fat meat, with the game he kills, furnish
him bodily fuel for the season, while he
will frequently in single day secure gum
that will net him $40 in tho market. He
is independent, too, with his canoe, his
snowshocs and his gun. His canoe will
be laid up during the winter, hut when
the rivers open he will bring down his win
tcr's finds He is not likely, however, to
work any too industriously In gum hunt
ing, but rather To make short days and
fish and hunt tho balance of tho time. A
few days hard work will furnish him u
cozy shack in the deep forest near the
bank of stream, and with wood unlmit-
cd and sharp ax ho Is not likely to suf-
fer, and when storm is ON he does not
leave his comfortable camp.
The solitude of the thing would drive
many men mad, but the northern woods
man is different from most men. He car
rics pack with him ut all times oven
when hunting, so that should he run
across an old gum scar he can take adj
vantage of it without making another
trip. When spring opens, ho returns to
civilization, tough, rugged and hard ms
seasoned oak, and he may havo pack OF
| gum to the value of several hundred dol
lars; but long, long before the next season
the money is all gone, and probably some
one will have to grub stake" him If he Is
to gofor gum again. New York Tribune
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-07-26
GREASY FLATLY
TURNED DOWN.
PrOhibitiOnists Reject the Demo.
cratic Nominee For State
Treasurer.
BLOCK A CLEVERLY PLANNED SCHEME
The Third Party Voters Repudiate Their
Leaders Who Have Been Working With
the Finn Martin Republican Combine.
Especial Correspondence)

Philadelphia, July 25.-A significant
PENNSYLVANIA, which will have far
reaching effect throughout the state,
was witnessed at the state convention
of that party in this city last Friday.
A scheme to place the name of the
Democratic nominee for state treas
urer, William T. Greasy, at the head
of the Prohibition ticket was turned
down unceremoniously. This action
was complete reputation of the little
coterie of so-called leaders who have
been making the Prohibition party an
annex to the Republican insurgent
machine. 1t is known that plans were
carefully laid to spring Creasy's name
upon the convention and put his nomi-
nation through with a hurrah. The
manipulators of the game counted
upon unsuspecting delegates promptly
taking up the suggestion and letting
the nomination go through without op-
position. But ii happened that a num-
Der of the old time Prohibition work.
ers, who have been relegated to the
rear by some of the recent accessions
to the ranks of the party, got an ink
| ling of what was going on. They at
once set to work and industriously ana
Systematically canvassed among the
delegates and ultimately thwarted the
schemers who had been so hopeful of
putting the Greasy project through
successfully. State Chairman Charles
r. Jones and Chairmen l.. L. Eaven-
| son and Homer l.. Castle. of the Phla-
delphia and Allegheny delegations, re-
! spectively, were put down, among
| others, as favoring Greasy Hiram DE
Walt. who is looked upon as one of
| the "Old Guard" of the Prohibition
party of Pennsylvania. was a determin-
ed opponent of this proposition to put
| the Democratic nominee at the top of
| the Prohibition state ticket There was
| not even a suggestion of fusion, but a
bold move to throw the entire Pro-
| hibition vote to the Democratic party,
without a single good argument to be
advanced for so doing. Mr.. De Walt
was not going to be a party to any
A diseased stomach surely undermines
/ health. 1t dulis the brain, kills energy
| destroys the nervous system, and pre-
| disposes 10 insanity and fatal diseases
I All dyspeptic troubles are quickly cured
| by Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. IL has cured
thousands of cases and is curing them
every day. Its ingredients are such thai
it can't help curing. Heath q Killmer.
az have used Chamberlains Cough
Remedy in my family for years and al
ways with good results" says Mr.. w. b
Cooper OF Ell Rio Cal. "For small chill
dren we find it especially effective" Fol
sale by all druggists.
DO you appreciate good laundry
work? if go patronize the Dunkirl
Steam Laundry. Miles & Armstrong
agents. II
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-07-26

Grandpa and are hoaus
Lillian has had hcrs over year,
And Harry has got one and calls her DEAR
And mamma has papa, goodness knows
So there wasn't any for him and me
Until he thought it out, you see
Little love, let us two be beaus,"
Says he.
Then in his arms he held me tight
While smoothed his hair, 50 fine and white,
And sang him little lullaby song,
And he thought and thought and thought so
long
Till patted his head
And softly said,
sYou mustn't be loncstom, now we belong
And then tear rolled down his nose.
But grandpa and are the dearest bcaus.
-O'Nein Latham in Brooklyn Life.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-07-26

Giggs-Smith the bank cashier, has
left town with his family Heard any
thing to explain their disappearance?
Gaggs-Ycs. Due to trying to keep
up appearances. s.-Philadelphia Catholic
Standard
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-07-26

The skin of the reindeer is so impervi-
GUS to the cold that any one clothed in
such dress. with the addition of n blanket
of the same material, may bear the in
tensest rigors of an arctic winters night.