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The age-herald., 1900-10-14
PROTEST FROM FRUIrnURsr

To the Editor of the Age-Herald
 In yesterdays issue of your paper occurs an editorial headed, What Is the Reme- dy?' This article is misleading, and an n- just to every citizen of one of the most pleasant and thriving towns in Alabama. Why such an article should appear in such worthy paper as your own, I cannot un- derstand.
 Only one family has left the town recent ly. and that was for private reasons, while several new families have joined our happy home circle and are now enjoying the hos pitable people in this or any other State We have wine in our cellars, it is true, and good wine, too. and if you doubt it, come over and see us and we will convince you.
 Fruithurst is not withering Our magnfi- cent hotel, the Fruithurst Inn, is full of de- lighted guests who will spend the winter with us, and no one ever visits the town but will come again. It's beautiful women, seen cry and healthy location goes to disprove the idea implied in your article.
 Please publish this to let the world knew that Fruthurst is live wire, In contact with which some people who seek to de- fame us will be obliterated. oYurs,
 J. w. ASSELDINE, Fruishurst, Ala, October 13, 1900.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14
THE MURMUR OF THE WORLD.

ishness shelters every sin that affronts heaven.
 Good manners mean well-nigh everything good in human association and that so- oiety which suffers i'll manners to be Haunted in it's places of pleasure cannot be altogether good The boor in the draw ingroom is as offensive to good taste as bad manners are in the places of prayer. If you receive iil-mannered persons in your own homes, the blame is upon you. If the ill-mannered force themselves upon you in public places, the social offenses they commit are offensive as of themselves alone
 Your guest is of your own choosing The character of your own visitors you alone determine but in public places vulgarism is a betrayal of your general trust and is a disagreeable condition from which you do not always have means of escape.
 Bad manners are never excusable on the plea of ignorance or otherwise. Bad man ners constitute sin against society that is entirely unpa ardonable.
 In the essential particulars the manners of my lady's reception chamber are the manners for the street. In the evening coat of fashion or in jacket of fustian the man may be always the gentle man. In court gown or in the robes of her private apartments the woman may be always the gentle woman.
 In the houses builded by man for the worship of God according to the dictates of conscience 1t is and ever has been de- creed that every man shall be gentle man and every woman gentle woman. Every person shall for the moment be good hammered, without regard to what he or she may be elsewhere. Good manners, gcod taste, deceney civilization, all demand that babbling and gabbling and gossiping shall be silenced on the threshold of the houses builded for divine worship.
 Whatever be the moving cause which leads you into d church, you owe it to even the shadow of responsibility that you keep silent save when you join in the service which be in celebration. It may be a christening, it may be marriage, it may be funeral or the simple service of simp- ly worShipir Eff you do not hold your tongue you have no right there. You may deny respect for God but society has it's own way of compelling you to respect its plain law of good manners. And of all the offensive forms of bad manners the most offensive in the eyes of society at large Is the dissertation of the places of prayer by continued breaking of silence save ill pray CT.
 The most binding and most sacred VOW taught of Holy Writ is the marriage vow Yet we sometimes see the marriage feast the bridal sacrament of the church, dis | turbed by chatterers even chosen ones al the feast Bad manners could not much 1 further go and in such times is time tc | send for the police Self-respectng per- | sons are entitled to the jaws protection against that sort of bad manners.
 
 The first law of good manners is con | sideration for all persons. Ill manners to- wards an equal or superior mark the | snob; i'll manners towards an inferior mark the cad
 1 He is unworthy to uncover to the great
The age-herald., 1900-10-14
A CiYlc Leader Wanted.

Already citizens considering the nayoralty election, which does not occur until next April. It is none too early, how ever, to consider the succession, for Bir- Jningham wants a Mayor equal to it's op- portunities and assured greatness.
 office who has force and skill enough to consolidate the city's real population. At riesent the city stands before the world belittled by it's cramped confines. Even Mo- bile outranks it in the census tables, and towns outside the State that have really less population disregard it, and steal with unblushing assurance it's trade. The dis trlct Is hurt by the apparent insignifeance of it's central city, and the city itself is Eumbled beyond expression. True, the story ol the counties will tell a different attention to that story There are the tataI fgures-3s 4l5--and we must wear them len years.
 The city needs a man in it's chief office Nho has that peculiar talent which moves lnen to do what should be done, whether he works in the county or in the capital. Let us have man who can pull Greater Birmingham together on just and proper bass-on u basis that will benefit all di- Iectly concerned, while the result brings benefits to the district and State. That is the kind of man that is wanted, and it is none too early to begin looking for him.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14
Give her princely training, that she may

"Give her princely training, that she may Hammered as she is born"
 Since days of cid it has been held that manners make the man. That is truth everywhere accepted; and so also is the still clearer truth that manners make the wo- man!
 Good manners come mainly from good hearts. And whilst it be fatally true that there is total human depravity, which
 comes of heredity, of childhood's surround
 ings and associations, and of the general environments of sin and misfortune, hu-
 manty is more widely speaking born with
 goodness of heart; and the retention of that saving grace is easily within reach of hu-
 man endedvor. The child born in squalor, wretchedness,- ignorance or vice Is wofully burdened at the outset of lifes career. About its feet there are leaden weights; in its soul there is evil; before its eyes there is darkness. The immeasurable conse- quences of wickedness and the baffling mys- teries of sin encompass the child which weeps in moral and physical darkness and laughs not at all
 That is the saddest, mournfulest, most pitiable of all the mere human conditions the child-life of sin and degraded poverty The little children so clrcumstanced, first open their feeble eyes upon vice, and their first cry is lost in blasphemy. Their first plaything is nameless, their first toy some cup emphed of its curse to lend deeper
 damnaton to parental depravity. For them the condition is kicking and cuffing, and 1,pcp l. Corniop ipt tn he | in moral darkness, they grow up in the ways of sinfulness, untaught of prayer, unacquainted with purity.
 But with the you and me of the world
 goodness of heart is easier than perverse- | ness to attain, my beloved. It is better to
 believe that with most of us was born that quality, and it's tender teachings we re- ceived by those blessed sources from which | flowed the clear streams of unselfish love, by the softly murmuring music of which l we learned likewise to pray. But if not so,
 or we have forgotten the tender teachings | of childhoods days of joy and nights of sweetly dreamful sleep. then shall it be with us to come in this day to realize some | thing of the truth that of all the treasures | of this world the most precious and the
 most blissful is goodness of heart. The pos session of thf is as the password to
 heaven. Lack C. it is the curse of selfish | ness.
 | Selfishness, That has caused every heart l ache ever felt since man came to inhabit l the earth. Every wrong, every outrage | every sin of every sort; all the wars and | all the woes, all the vices and all the I wretchedness the heart-burnings, the
 shames, regrets, despairs and desperate
 deeds of wickedness-all this, with more | that is beyond naming, has come and con- | tinues to come of selfshness
 The ragged scarlet winding-sheet of self
The age-herald., 1900-10-14
CONCESSION s GRANTED
Nicaragua Will Give Liberal Rebate on
 Import Tax

Washington, October 13--Vice Consul Scott at San Juan Del Norte, has informed the Stat Department of a material rebate in the Nicaraguan import tariff on twenty six specified varieties of provisions, such as lard meats, vegetables, fruits fish, flour, etc, as we'll as on brogans for laborers.
 Ry the new decree not more than three fourths of the former duty collected on ar ticles mentioned shall hereafter be charged. This rebate, however, is in force only at the custom house at Cape Gracias-a-Dios, and the bluff and the articles will not be per- mitted to enter any other part of Nica- rapua without paying p per cent additional duty or the original rate levied.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

In the mists of industry we may, If we will, show streets that are full of beauty-the beauties of nature-the glories of the land scape-the freedom of the country even. All this is possible when the backwoods fences are removed Hasten the day. Both sides of the town are pulling them down, and the rivalry between them serves a good purpose.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The plans and estimates for the new Hilman Hotel have been completed and the architect and officers are prepared to let the contract for the construction of the building. It is to be hoped that they will be able to find a Birmingham contractor to do the work
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The population of Delaware cannot be greatly increased because there is not much room left in the state. Standing room only'' will soon be hung up there.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOk
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 After a girls first love affair is over, Tor about two weeks her heart is as cold as q dogs nose.
 When a woman writes story II most al ways has an t"Ah, God. must tell nm all!'' in 1t somewhere.
 Eve was probably dreadfully scandallzed when Adam asked her to marry him when there wasn't any minister.
 A woman is most interesting to other women when she has just fallen In love, and most interesting to men when she has just fallen out of it.
 A woman's idea of happiness is being rich enough so she can buy a new hat without having her old dress made over, or new dress without having to get along with the plumes of her old hat.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

In Massachusetts the marriage of a schoolmistress operates a resignation of her position, and few of them take the risk involved.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The Rice millions and the man from New Jersey who played pr. Jekyll and Mir Hyde are in the center of the stage now.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The producers in this district would be glad to see Sir Thomas Liptons corner, or any other old thing, put up the price of Dig.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

If the mosquito carries malaria about her person, it is to be hoped she will ac- cumulate some chills also
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The official ballot in some states is as big as a newspaper page, but it is printed on one side only.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

Statistics are instructive but there are other figures mere interesting.
 It is said truthfulness means nothing to a Chiuaman. Most men seem to have had Chinese tutors. If elections were decided by oratory in- stead of votes we would have President and Vice-President belonging to different parties.
 A man with the toothache makes more noise than baby with colic
 Men will ask for criticism of their work, but it is flattery they want.
 The man with the hoe should not gamble with the green.
 A divorced man is not necessarily hay maker.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

Airships are coming into use gradually without any revolution in methods or even in transportation.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

Times are dull in Mansfield. O.. because the police steer Dowie elders to the belt line outside the town
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

Times are dull in Mansfield. O., because the police steer Dowie elders to the belt line outside the town
 
 Roekerfeller Is reckoned a billionaire in France. because their reckonings are in francs. J. The navy bills have been trebled since this administration came into power It is now claimed that the pitchecanthro- pus erectus is not a missing link The gold democrats have returned to the fold except Grover Cleveland. Street fairs are very fashionable this fall Almost every town wants one.
 The Empress Dowager's collie will not up- set the plans of the world.
 The bayonet and the sword went out as weapons of war together
 Both sides in this campaign are over stocked with confidence.
 The dead and gone bosses got no votes for the Hall of Fame.
 New York millionaires at least are not heroes to their valets.
 The railroads have struck for $22 rails.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The navy bills have been trebled since this administration came into power.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

MT. Hay is trying to hold his nozzle steady again both the allies and the Elm press Dowager.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

Roekerfeller Is reckened a billionaire in France, because their reckonings are in francs. !.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

Sir Thomas Upton has better grip up- on the American hog than he has upon the America's cup.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

They are colored and fixed up to suit any taste.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

It is now claimed that the pitchecanthro- pus erectus is not a missing link.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

Andrew Carnegie will never achieve 'poy. erty if he insists upon $26 as the price of a ton of rails
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

There is apathy in the colleges be- cause the football season is in full blast
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

Street fairs are very fashionable this fall. Almost every town wants one.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The gold democrats have returned to the
 I fold except Grover Cleveland.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The bayonet and the sword went out as weapons of war together
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The Empress Dowager's collie will not up set the plans of the world.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

Both sides in this campaign are over stocked with confidence.
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The dead and gone bosses got no vote for the Hall of Fame.
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The age-herald., 1900-10-14
A GOVERNORS MANSION

The railroads have struck for s22 rail
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

All forecasts will be revised November
The age-herald., 1900-10-14

The first law of good manners is con sideration for all persons. Ill manners to- wards an equal or a superior mark the snob; i'll manners towards an inferior mark the cad
 He is unworthy to uncover to the great
The age-herald., 1900-12-04
70 CZEKzA s
 ITGH $ TORTURE.

Eczema is caused by an acid humor in the blood coming in contact with the skin and producing great redness and in- fammation little pustular eruptions form and discharge thin, sticky fluid, which dries and scales off sometimes the skin is hard, dry and Assured. Eczema in any form is torrnenting, stubborn disease, and the itching and burning at times are almost unbeatable; the acid burning .humor seems to ooze out and set the skin on fire. Salves, washes nor other exter- nal applications do any real good, for as long as the poison remains in the blood it will keep the skin irritated.
The age-herald., 1900-12-04

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The age-herald., 1900-12-04
LONG LEGAL BATTLE.
Dr. Michael Regent and Mrs. Della Mo-
 honey Sentenced.

Chicago December 3-After five months of bitter legal battle, Dr. Michael N. Re- gent and Mrs. Della Mahoney convicted of conspiracy in connected with the sue cessful effort to swindle the Knights and Ladies of Security out of 5000 life insur- ance, were today sentenced to indetermi- nate terms in the penitentary by Judge Bentane. Their accomplice, James O'Brien, was placed in the county jail in default of 5000 fine. The insurance money was se- cured upon fraudulent proofs of the death of Robert O'Grady, who is still living, the corpse of a pauper being substituted for that of the proper risk pr. Regent and Mrs. Mahoney will be placed on trial to- morrow on another similar charge. Be- sides the penitentiary sentences, fines of $100O and $500 respectively, were Imposed.
The age-herald., 1900-12-04
BESSIE M FER.
comittee Goes to Montgomery in Inter-
 est of New County.

Bessemer Dec. 3.-(Special. "A large dele gation of citizens of this section left on the afternoon train for Montgomery in the interest of the new county of Bessemer. Among others who went were Chambers McAdory, James Trotter, Capt. T. I. Corn well, Mayor Thomas T. Huey and others expected to go down, but was detained by a professional call.
 MT. Charles A. Sapp of the firm of Randle & Sapp will be quietly married on Wednes- day evening to Miss Bessie Thompson, a charming young lady of Jonesboro.
 MT. c. l.. Odell a prominent attorney and the Mayor of SummerWlle, Ga, arrived Sat urday night, and will permanently locate in Bessemer in the practice of his profess ion. MT. Odel is a young attorney of un- usual ability and promise, and will no doubt take a high rank at the bar in this county Mrs. Odell had preceded MT Oden some weeks, taking an elegant residence on Fifth avenue.
 The Rev Mr. Buck filled the pulpit at the First Methodist Episcopal Church yes terday morning, preaching a most interest," ing and instructive sermon There was an excellent attendance at the service.
 In the evening the church was the scene of a missionary rally, presided over by Mrs. w. J. Long.
 There is general satisfaction expressed at the return of the Rev. G. w. Read to this charge Dr. Read is regarded as one of the ablest and most logical preachers in the North Alabama Conference, and one of the most tireless workers. He is excep- tionally popular and is doing magnificent work in this field
 Mr. B. C. Jones left this morning for Mo- bile He will return tomorrow night. 
 Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved sure
The age-herald., 1900-12-04

the Guatemalan government has been set- tied by arbitration, Nir George F. B. Jen- ner. British Minister at Guatemala, who was chosen as sole arbitrator, having awarded S143O5O.73 in gold to the claimank
 Various American claims against Hayti have been or are being advanced to thS report of arbitration.
 As the result of negotiations with the government of Honduras in regard to the indemnity demanded for the murdcr of Frank H. Pears in Honduras, that govern ment has paid $lo,000 in settlement of the claims of the heirs.
The age-herald., 1900-12-04
BAD FORM OF LETTER.

:" For three years l had T etter on my hands, which caused them to swell to twice their natural size. Part of the time the disease was in the form of run ming sores, very pain ful, a nd causing me much discomfort. Four doctors said the T'etter had progressed too far to be cured, and they could do nothing for inc. took only three bottles of s. s. s. and was completely cured. This was fifteen years ago. and I have never
The age-herald., 1900-12-04
A Gentleman's Smoke Texie Cigars! TeXie Cigars

Go where the crowd goes, to Dunker's Saloon, 2O8 and 2lO North goth Street, between 2d and Sd avenues.
The age-herald., 1900-12-04

Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved sure cure for rheumatism. Be sure to get Hoods.
The age-herald., 1900-12-04

Texie cigars! Texie cigars
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-14
Anti-Alcoholic Serum.

DR.. Crovally, of Sydney, New South
Wales. has had an experience with
anti-alcoholic serum that throws doubt
on the efficacy of the serum discovered
by the Paris doctors, Sapellier, The
bault and BrOca. DR.. Crevally began
his experiments over two years ago
at the Sydney Institute of Bacterial
ogy. He subjected a calf to a long
term of enforced drunkenness, OBJ
tanned a serum from it and injected
it into several confirmed drunkards.
After two or three injections they
gave up drinking, and the doctor
thought that his discovery was estab-
lished He found, however. that after
a week his subjects took to drink as
hard as ever. and came to the cOnclu-
sion that their temporary cure was due
to the imagination. His opinion was
confirmed when they returned to him
and after he had injected clear water
into them instead of the intoxicated
calf serum. they declared their re-
pugnance for alcohol and kept sober
for a few weeks.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-14
General state News.

Michael Shuppert. OF Indianapolis.
taken to Richmond to answer the
charge of causing the death of Joanna
FOllett of Cambridge City while try
ing to cure her epilepsy. has been
placed under bonds for grand jury
action.
The jefferson county commissioners
have voted in favor of making all the
toll roads in the county free. and viii
ask the county council for an appropri-
alton of $4,000 to be used for that
purpose.
Burglars used dynamite in opening
the safe in Geomer's bottling works NJ
Decatur. but only realized s. There
was an attempt at the same time to
rob Charles Geimer's home.
An old-fashioned camp meeting. I'M
der the direction of the Rev. l. c.
Wade. presiding elder of the Muncis
district, NJ Z. church. is under way at
Perkinsville.
The family horse owned by J. d.
BabcOck of Anderson attacked his lit
tie son, and when Mrs. Babcock ran
TO the rescue she was also badly in
iured
An old feud led to a fight at Emer-
son between William Savoree and VIII
liam Crawford. in which Crawford was
struck with an AK and very badly in
iured.
Hamilton Mercer Of the Marion News
has resigned his editorial position 10
engage in the newspaper business In
Virginia.
Elias Knoy OF Ashland township.
Morgan county, is dead. He was GO
years old, and long a resident of that
county.
Albert Mcdaniel. thirteen years old.
son Of Thos. Mcdaniel OF Martinsville.
was drowned while bathing in White
river.
Mrs. Zelpha Boone, colored, whose
death recently occurred, is said 10 have
been the oldest person in Owen county.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-14
Priest 4, with the Fighters.

Notre Dame Post, C.. a r.. 10. 569,
has mustered in another member. The
new comrade IS Rev. p. H. Brennan,
Of the Society of Jesus Mr. Brennan
is chaplain of all the public institu-
tions of tie City of Boston. and is a
man of marked attachments even
among the Jesuits. He was a member
OF the one Hundred and Thirty fourth
Pennsylvania volunteers during he
civil war. and saw most Of his service
IN the army Of the Potomac. He IS a
graduate Of medical college, and for
time was attached 10 Tie medical de-
partment After the war he took holy
orders. ana recently determined to ap-
ply for admission TO the N0tre Dame
G. \. R. Post, the only post composed
entirely of Catholic religi0nists III the
country He was elected TO member
ship and was recently mustered h here
at Notre Dame. The N0tre Dame post
was organized in 1897. with eleven
members. Two have since died. in
Guiding the first commander. Rev. VIII
liam COrly. c. 5. c.. chaplain Of the
Irish brigade Gen William \. Ohm
sted is now commander.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-14

Word was received at the postoffice
yesterday says the Chicago Inter-Ocean
that Hawaii, as a territory of the
United States, has become subject to
the postal laws and regulations of this
country. The same postal conditions
governing domestic mails now prevail
in Hawaii, and between the territory
of Hawaii and the United States. This
includes the use of United States
stamps for the payment of postage
Hereafter there will be no parcels post
with Hawaii, the limit of weight in
packages of merchandise to be sent
through the mails now being reduced
from twelve to four pounds. The in
ternational domestic order system is
superseded by the domestic.