Marion County AlArchives News.....GAZETTE APPEAL December 31, 1897 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Veneta McKinney http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003775 June 4, 2010, 8:48 pm Microfilm From AL Dept Of Archives And History December 31, 1897 Microfilm Ref Call #559 Microfilm Order #M1992.0966 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE GAZETTE-APPEAL Vol. II GUIN, ALA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1897 NO. 7 PAGE 1 The consumption of mutton in the United States is increasing at the rate of about fifteen percent per year. English papers admit that the United States is the cheapest steel-producing country in the world and is destined to remain so. Henry M. Stanley’s first journey through the heart of Africa was a marvelous performance. Equally so, though in a far different way, is his latest effected in a palace car on the railroad to Buluwayo. In West Virginia a brutal murder was committed in the morning, the murderer was indicted before noon, the trial commenced at 1 o’clock, and at 5 the prisoner was started for the penitentiary under a life sentence. It is such promptness as that that will make lynching unfashionable and unnecessary. A system of school savings banks imported from Europe in 1885 is now in operation in eleven states notes the New York Observer. About twenty-eight thousand pupils are depositors, with $140,000 to their credit…………………….. Rapidly as the American bison has diminished in numbers since white men pointed with the Indians in the work of reckless destruction, a few of the great creatures still survive, in freedom as well as in captivity, and the day of their complete extinction may not come for decades, perhaps not for a century, observes the New York Times. The wild or passenger pigeon has been less fortunate, or rather, more unfortunate, than the buffalo. Within the memory of men still young these birds existed all over the country in literally unnumbered millions. Single flocks were seen so large that, even when moving at express-train speed, they covered the whole sky for hours as with a dense cloud. Lighting in a forest, their weight often worked more havoc with the trees than the severest of winter’s storms, and in a say they could sweep broad fields as clean as though a prairie fire had traversed them. Yet the Smithsonian Institution announces that urgent appeals sent to may stats and the active personal efforts of agents spurred to industry by the offer of a large reward have failed to bring in a single specimen of a bird which, only a few years ago, could be – and unfortunately was – killed by the wagonload with no better weapons than stick. This result of their efforts has convinced the Smithsonian naturalists that the pigeons have gone to join the great auk, and they morn the carelessness that has left the United States without even the poor solace to be found in a museum case full of well assorted and arranged specimens of the departed birds. HOUSE OF GOLD Not in America, not even in the Klondike, but in the far-off East, at Rangon, the capital of Burman, is situated the famous golden pagods of a Buddhist temple, the whole of the exterior of which is one mass of shimmering gold. This generous coating of the metal is the result of years and years of votive offerings to Buddha, for devotees from all parts of the world come to Rangoon and bring packets of gold leaf, which they place on the pagods. During the last century, Tshewbye-Yen, the King of Burmah, gave his (literal) weight in gold to the walls of the pagods, an offering worth 2000 sterling. SPECTACLES FOR HORSES Spectacles for horses have been patented by an inventor, and are being used with considerable success. Their object is not so much to magnify objects as to make the ground in front of the horse appear nearer to his head than it really is. The result is continual high stepping. STATE FINANCIAL REPORT MISS HERBERT COMMITS SUICIDE Miss Leila Herbert, daughter of ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert, of Alabama, died at her home in Washington last week as the result of a fall from the third story of her home on New Hampshire Avenue, in the most fashionable part of the city. Her death was traceable indirectly to an accident while horseback riding in Virginia last spring. She always had been enthusiastically fond of riding, and while paying a visit to her relatives, started out one day on a horse that had not been well broken. It stumbled and she was thrown violently to the ground, sustaining severe injuries to her back. The death was reported to police headquarters as a case of suicide due to melancholia and temporary aberration of mind as the result of a long illness. The remains were interred at Montgomery. BARKER WANTS FORCE P. D. Barker, recently appointed by President McKinley as postmaster at Mobile, and who failed to secure possession of the office by reason of the refusal of the present democratic incumbent to retire, is in Washington. Before the post office officials he declares that Rapier has violated the postal laws and should be arrested and removed, if it takes all the arms in the United States to do it. The post office officials are reticent as to what course they will pursue and will probably await Mr. Barker’s confirmation by the senate before action is taken. NEW POSTMASTERS ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BIRMINGHAM T. T. Ashford, a member of the city council of Birmingham, shot and probably fatally wounded Felix T. Brown, a traveling salesman, Thursday. The two men met on the street. Ashford fired three shots, the first taking effect in the face, the second in the back, passing through Brown’s right lung and the third in the left arm. The difficulty was a sequel to an old family feud, Brown having killed a brother of Ashford about a year ago. NEW DEVELOPMENT COMPANY The Florence Land, Mining, and Manufacturing Company, organized during the days of the Florence boom, and which has been in the hands of a receiver for several years, has been reorganized as the Florence Land Company by the creditors, who some months ago bought the assets at a sale ordered by the court. The assets consist of valuable city property, factory sites, ore and timber lands in the city and vicinity, and amount to more than $30,000. About $8,000 of the capitalization of $70,000 is in treasurer’s stocks. They will make it a development company in every sense of the word, and will push the interests of Florence. GOVERNMENT WHISKEY WAREHOUSE BURNED The government bounded warehouse at Dadeville was destroyed by fire Thursday night. It is suspected that the warehouse, which contained over 1,0000 gallons of whiskey, was set on fire for the purpose of destroying evidence that some of the casks had been tampered with. The loss to the government is about $1500 as the building belonged to private parties. MINER’S WAGES TO BE ADVANCED – The Corona Coal Company and the Virginia and Alabama Coal Company, of Walker County, have posted notices that the wages of the miners will be advanced 10 cents per ton on January 1 BRIEFLY MENTIONED -------------- A dozen families from Michigan have settled in DeKalb County. They came in large covered wagons with stove pipes projecting from the tops. AUTONOMY A FAILURE – Weyler Says Much and Declare that the Rebellion will Continue General Weyler, at Madrid, in an interview just published is quoted as declaring formally that there is no hope of the success of autonomy…………. NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK --------------------- There is prospect of a strike at Fall River The Gilmer Hotel at Columbus, Miss. was partially destroyed by fire last week. A whipping post bill has been introduced in the Virginia legislature, which will likely give rise to a great deal of discussion. There has been a renewal of conflicts between the Mussulmans and Christians in Crete. The former attacked a caravan near Armiroa and killed twelve Christians. In Arizona the fiercest snowstorm of the season has been raging, followed by a cold wave, and the mercury dropped to 5 degrees below zero, being as low as ever recorded. INDEBTED TO ENGLAND – For Seizure of British Ships in the Bering Sea The find of the British-American commission chosen to assess the damages for seizures of British ships in the Bering Sea, have been received by the state department and the British embassy…………… LABOR IN POLITICS – President Gompers Outlines the Political Plans of the Federation LEFT LIFE TOGETHER – Man And Wife Die Within Forty-Five Minutes Of Each Other Charles R. and Mary Charlotte Chapman, husband and wife, died at South Bend, Ind., he first and she forty-five minutes later. Apoplexy caused his death. Mrs. Chapman died from pneumonia, ignorant of the death of her husband a short time before. An instance of a similar character was the almost simultaneous death of the paternal grandparents of President McKinley many years ago at their home a few miles east of the city. Mr. and Mrs. McKinley were buried side by side in the cemetery in that city. THE BRITISH WILL DEMONSTRATE According to a special dispatch from Shanghai, the British squadron will make a demonstration at Che Foo, on the north coast of the Shan Tun promontory, as a warning, it is supposed that Great Britain intends opposing the division of China without consulting her. It is understood that Russia has offered China a loan to pay off the indemnity of the war with Japan, and it is believed that Great Britain and Japan are acting in concert to preserve China from disintegration, favoring the idea of a protectorate over Central China, with a capital at Nanking. LAW MAKING IN ILLINOIS Amid scenes of riotous disorder and intense excitement the Illinois House of Representatives passed the Republican senatorial apportionment bill by a vote of………………….. STORY CONFIRMED The Cuban junta at New York gave official confirmation to a story that General Blanco has sent to the city from Cuba a man whose mission is to join one of the filibustering expeditions to the east coast of Cuba and secure the assassination of General Gomez. THE RAILROADS WON Judge Clark, of the US Circuit Court, at Nashville Tenn. has decided the case of the railroads versus the state board of equalizers in favor of the former. The new railroad commission, in making out a tax list, assessed the railroad and telegraph companies in the state about $30,000,000 higher than the assessment of the previous year. The railroad companies thereupon enjoined the board of equalizers from certifying to the comptroller the approved assessments. The court grants the temporary injunction, but with the proviso that the railroads pay taxes to the state on the basis of taxation for 1896 – 97. -----(CALENDAR FOR 1898 WITH FESTIVALS AND FASTS DAYS LISTED as well as Morning and Evening stars, and Eclipses for the year)--------- UNIVERISTY OF ALABAMA – Furloughs for the Holidays – Dec 23 – Jan 2 On requests from parents or guardians, students will receive leaves of absence from Thursday afternoon December 23 though January 2 following. This will enable all who so desire to spend both Christmas and New Year at their homes. January 3 will be a good time for new students to enter, as in many departments new subjects begin on that day. Such will receive a cordial welcome to the University. For announcement with further particulars, apply to JAMES K. POWERS, President, University Alabama ALABAMA’S PRIDE – The Girls Industrial School at Montevallo Doing a Great Work The Girl’s Industrial School at Montevallo, under the guidance of Capt. H. C. Reynolds, is doing the greatest work of any school in the South. Pupils in the dress-making department are actually making money, besides carrying on their studies. Over 325 pupils are enrolled and there is still room for a few more. We learn fifty-eight dollars pays all expenses from the 1st of January. This is one of the few state institutions where the people get the direct benefit from appropriations. the rich, the poor, the high and the low, all patronize it and are satisfied. Captain Reynolds has just returned from Washington, where he has been for some time working in the interest of a land appropriation for the school. BANKRUPTCY BILL WILL PASS There is a very favorable outlook for the passage of the bankruptcy bill and even the opponents of the measure concede the conviction that it will pass both houses. The majority of democrats in the house, in all probability will vote against it. The opposition, however, has felt that it was useless to organize to defeat the measure and they will simply put themselves on record. The bill has been reported to the house, and will be taken up very soon. PAGE 2 THE GAZETTE-APPEAL – Published Weekly WILDES AND JONES, EDITORS E. L. JONES, Manager and Publisher Entered at post office at Guin, Ala – A second-class matter Subscription rates One year $1 Six months 50 c Three months 25 c Guin, Ala. Dec. 31, 1897 ANNOUNCEMENTS Announcements for County officer will be made for $5 in advance PROBATE JUDGE I am a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate of Marion County, subject to the action of the Democratic Party. T. J. FARIS REPRESENTATIVE We are authorized to announce JOHN W. INGLE as a candidate to represent Marion County in the Lower House of the next general assembly, subject to the action of the Democratic Party. Don’t forget to put it ’98. Congress will resume its duties on the 5th. Induce others to do good by doing good yourself. Take your home paper and keep posted on all the local topics. Resolve to work harder for the up building of your town the coming year than you have in the past. It is said that the total number of soldiers enlisted in the late war was 2,000,000 and at present, (thirty-two years after the close of the war), there are 1,573,000 old soldiers on the pension list to be supported by the Government. And they are not all privates either the most of them are Colonels, Generals and Captains. A NEW YEAR’S APPEAL Tomorrow will be the first day of the New Year 1898 and while we have been among the people of Guin and Marion County only a short time, we have learned to love then; and we feel that we are fully prepared to appreciate every kindness shown us. And as we look back upon the three short months we have spent with you, viewing the bright side of the picture, our soul is gratified within us, our heart is full of exhilaration at the thought of being so pleasantly located, among a people so devoted to the higher virtues of life. While our deportment may not be up to the standard, yet we feel fully competent to enjoy the highest make of true virtue portrayed in the lives of our fellowmen. And it shall be our determination as we enter the new year to more closely discriminate between good and evil, upholding and advancing as much as possible the more perfect way; giving out columns entirely to the betterment of the people. Now we come to the closing chapter or chapter thirteen, in other words a view of the dark side of the picture, from a business standpoint; and indeed it’s a sad picture, mingled with delusion and disappointments. Yes real business disappointments. We have not received the support that we expected, and we’ll assume to say, not what we deserved, considering our environments. Possibly some of you think our efforts have not been as efficient as they should have been and that you would have done better, but first consider the circumstance under which we have labored and then you will be less ready to censure us. We appeal to you, not the other fellow, a deep earnest appeal to your liberality for support. If you are a business man, if you are liberal, if you are enterprising, last, but by no means least, if you are awake to your own interests you will not hesitate to come to our support. For without a paper a town is known only to those who live in it, with it, it’s virtues are carried abroad and it’s every interests built up. We assure you that your interests are closely identified with yours, and that our aim is to build up the town and surrounding country. With many wishes for a prosperous New Year we are yours to serve. WASHINGTON LETTER – Washington, Dec. 24, 1897 ONE PRICE TO ALL Geo. Fox’s Gloss Starch 4 c Ladies Fast Black Cassimere Gloves 15 c Oil finish cloth window shades each 45 c Silk Handkerchiefs 35 c Amber Tipped dress, stays doz 5 c Gents working gloves, per pair 20 c Padlocks 5 c Good shoe blacking, 3 boxes for 5 c David’s black ink, 2 bottles for 5 c Best lead pencils, per doz 10 and 20 c Com note paper, 120 sheets for 10 c Large size com note, 120 sheets 20 c Fancy box paper, per box 8, 9 and 10 c Nice pen holders, each 1 c Hook and Eyes, 2 doz for 1 c Ladies and men’s silk ties 15 c Ladies and men’s handkerchiefs 5 c Large bath towels, per pair 30 c Spool thread 200 yards, on spool, 2 for 5 c Toilet soap 3 c a cake or 2 cakes for 5 c Ladies leather belts 10 c Corsets, good quality 37 to 65 c Turkey Red Embroidery 3 spools for 5 c Nice Pillow shams, per pair 25 to 30 c Kid hair curlers, per doz 5 c Suspenders per pair 5 to 35 c Sewing Machine Oil 6 oz, bottle for 5 c All the above goods are first class, no shoddy articles among them. W. T. SLOAN, Guin, Ala. E. L. JONES, Attorney-at-Law, Guin, Ala. Will practice in all the courts of Marion and adjoining counties. Collections a specialty W. C. DAVIS Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ala. will practice in all the courts of Alabama and Mississippi T. J. SPRINGFIELD, MD., Physician and Surgeon, Guin, Ala. Offers his professional services to the citizens of Guin and surrounding country. Special attention given to diseases of women. All calls promptly attended day or night. Men of Good Judgment are taking advantage of our good goods at the low prices we offer them. We don’t claim to sell the cheapest in the city, but I do sell as cheap. Quality of goods considered. E. W. BROCK New model Crandall typewriter (picture of typewriter) – only 28 key characters. Writing in plain sight alignment can’t change. Most simple, durable and perfect Typewriter extant. Lowest Factory price $50. STATE NORMAL COLLEGE, Florence, Ala. A training school for teachers. Enrollment last year over 300. Tuition Free, Board, $8.00 to $12.00 per month. Necessary expenses from $35.00 to $125.00. Graduate secure good position. Fall Term begins Tuesday September 14, 1897. Send for catalogue to A. C. Wilson, President P. B. PETERMAN, Guin, Ala. Dealer in watches, clocks, jewelry, spectacles and silverware, watches and jewelry repaired on short notice. J. M. SPRINGFIELD & Co. Livery Feed and Sale Stable. Good Teams, Good Buggies, and Hacks. Careful Drivers. Guin, Ala. (picture of Livery Stable- (wood cut) THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, JAS. K. POWERS, L. L. D. President. New courses of Study, Classical, Scientific, Engineering. Professional Departments: law, Medicine. For announcement with details information, address the President at University P. O., Tuscaloosa County Ad for Birmingham Business College Ad for Parry Mfg Co – (picture of buggy) Ad for McElree’s Wine of Cardui PAGE 3 TIME TABLE. Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham R. R. No. 1 East 12:38 p.m. No. 2 West 8:20 p.m. No. 3 East 2:44 a.m. No. 4 West 1:48 a.m. DIRECTORY MASONIC LODGE No. 478 – T. J. SPRINGFIELD, W. M., JOHN W. INGLE, S. W.; J. D. WESTBROOK, JW; M. T. AKERS, Treas.; J. H. RILEY, Secy. Regular meeting 7 p.m. Saturday before 3rd Sunday in each month. CITY COUCILMEN Mayor – J. T. CARPENTER Marshal – J. T. WHITE Aldermen – S. J. BAIRD, J. W. WILDES, J. J. POPE, E. W. BROCK, J. D. WESTBROOK. CHURCHES METHODIST – Services every third Sunday at night, fourth Sunday at 11 am Rev. D. W. WARD, Pastor. Sunday School every Sunday at 3 ½ p.m. Prof. J. T. HUFFATUTTLER, Superintendent BAPTIST – Services first and third Sundays. Sunday School every Sunday morning. CHRISTIAN – Services every second Sunday 11 a.m. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Hon. T. J. FARIS, of Bexar, the popular candidate for Probate Judge was circulating among his many friends here yesterday and paid our sanctum a substantial call. Mr. J. G. WILLIAMS of Twin who has been attending college at Florence was a pleasant business caller at our office yesterday. Squire J. B. LOWE, one of Glen Allen’s prominent business callers at our office yesterday. Mr. J. T. WHITE and family were called to Hamilton last Sunday by the death of Mr. WHITE’S mother, who had been sick with slow fever for some time. Presiding Elder R. W. ANDERSON, and Judge SHEPARD, of Jasper, J. F. ANDERSON, of Carbon Hill, and J. R. OWENS, of Pine Springs were in attendance at the Methodist Stewards meeting of the Jasper District held here yesterday. J. A. SMITH was in Hamilton and Barnesville this week on business. Up-to-date Cabinet Size Photographs can be had for the next 30 days for only $1.50 per dozen at the Art Gallery, Guin. Rev. FULMER, the new Methodist pastor preached two able sermons here last Sunday to attentive audiences. Rev. Mr. RAWLS the new pastor in charge at Hamilton, passed through town this week. Prof. A. W. TATE, of Sulligent, passed through the city this week, en route to and from Hamilton. H. H. HAMMOND, of near Fayette, was in the city this week on business. Misses MAMIE and CLOE BROWN and MAUD HUGHEY visited Beaverton during the vacation. Mr. S. J. BAIRD and family visited relatives near Hamilton this week. Miss TULLIA TATE spent vacation at Sulligent. Hon. W. H. MATTHEWS attended justice court at Glen Allen yesterday. Miss LUTITIA SMITH returned Wednesday from a visit to Sulligent. A. C. SPRINGFIELD spent Xmas holidays at Beaverton. Elder R. W. ANDERSON, of Jasper, was in town this week. Mr. L. D. LITTLETON went to Sulligent Tuesday. Mr. ED MOLLOY of Sulligent was in the city this week on special business. Misses MAY CRENSHAW and MARY GUIN, of Greenwood Springs, Miss. were the guests of friends in the city several days this week. Dr. JNO. JOHNSON, of Glen Allen was on our streets Wednesday Miss LOU CRENSHAW of Greenwood Springs, Miss. was the guest of her cousin, Mrs. W. T. SLOAN, during Xmas. MACK PEARCE of near Hamilton was in town this week. Mr. L. L. WHITE, of Birmingham spent Xmas here with Hon. W. H. MATTHEWS’ family. Hon. DAN COLLIER, of Fayette spent Tuesday night in the city. Mr. WM. COBB, of Sulligent was in the city this week. Dr. GUYTON and J. H. GUIN made a business trip to Hamilton Tuesday Squire JOHN A. SHAW was in Hamilton on business Monday. SAMUEL KELLY of Lawrenceburg, Tenn. arrived here Tuesday and will attend Guin school the balance of the session. Miss MAUD MORROW, after spending Christmas here with relatives and friends returned yesterday to Montevallo where she is attending school. J. L. CLARK of near Hamilton was visiting relatives and ___ here this week. CLIFF JACKSON, of Henson Springs has been visiting near here this week. Mr. M. T. AKERS visited relatives at Amory, Miss this week. “Uncle” BOB BOLAN returned Tuesday from a visit to his children at Sulligent. W. T. COLBURN’S shoe shop will open only on Fridays and Saturdays LATE EDITORIALS Keep your cow stalls well sheltered and repaired. The mild winter days may be well spent in repairing about the yard, the stables and the barn. Resolve to do better work on the farm this year, and avoid going in debt. Less cotton should be the watch word with farmers. Regularity in feeding, both as to time and quantity is one of the points to be observed in stock raising. “Producing eggs is a profitable business,” says the Guin Gazette-Appeal. But you haven’t heard the hen’s side of the question. Wait till you’ve heard her lay. – [Montgomery Advertiser] It’s funny that the little jabbering idiot, Montgomery advertiser, never heard a hen lay. We have, but we never served as a target for a political rooster. We advise our self-esteemed contemporary to take a day off and watch old speck. Ad for Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root HARD TIMES In these latter days people cry hard times and eat three good square meals a day with pie on the side, and pap thought white bread was high life in his time and pie was out of the question. They cry hard times while their children are sent to school well shod and well clothed, and pap trudged three miles through the snow to school when he was a boy, and never knew what it was to own a pair of boots until he was old enough to spark the girls. They cry hard times when thy ride in buggies and carriages and an ox team and a bob sled was a bonanza to pap. They cry hard times while they ride a bicycle to town, and a bicycle in pap’s time would have turned grand dad’s hair gray and made pap look for tall timber. They cry hard times and use a riding plough, the binder and the separator, and great snakes, pap used to plough around stumps with a one horse plough, bark his shins on the sprouts, average losing one toe nail a week on the stones, cradle his wheat and thresh it on the barn floor with a short stick tied onto a long one. They cry hard times while toasting their skins round a base burner, and in our time we can remember of scooting over the Kansas prairies with a sack picking up buffalo chips and we are still cutting teeth. They cry hard times and all take a day off show day and attend the three ringed aggregation of world-wide wonders, buy each kid a red lemonade and a blue balloon, and pap when a boy wouldn’t have known a balloon from a band wagon – [Wanderer, in Sheffield Reaper] Ad for E. F. Forbes Ad for Hick’s Almanac and Paper GUIN PRODUCE MARKET – Corrected Weekly by JOHN P. RILEY Cotton 4 7-8c Wool 25 c Dry Hides 7 to 9 c Hens 16c Fry Chickens 10 to 15 c Eggs 13 c Corn 6 c Molasses (new) 25 c Pelts 50 to 75 c Peanuts per lb 2 c Chestnuts per qt 5 c Potatoes 40 c If time were money tramps would be rolling in wealth. If kisses were intoxicating lovers would never favor prohibition. If it is true that poetry runs in the blood it must be the poetical vein. If delusions would make a man happy, what a jolly world this would be for married men. Ad for Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root REGISTER’S SALE The State of Alabama, Marion County JOHN A. SHAW, Complainant vs A. B. BLACK and MARTHA A. BLACK, defendants, In Chancery at Hamilton, Alabama, 12th District, Northern Chancery Division By virtue of a decree rendered at the fall term, 1897 of the Chancery Court at Hamilton, Marion County Alabama in said cause, I shall proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for cash, at public auction, at the Court House door in the town of Hamilton, within the legal hours of sale, on Monday, the 27th day of December 1897, the following described property to wit: The N. E. ¼ of S W ¼ and S. E. ¼ of N W ¼ Section 13, Township 14, Range 13 West in Fayette County, Alabama. And S. E. ¼ of NW ¼ of Section ----Township 13 Range 13 West in Marion County, Alabama. Also Lot 2 in Block 57 and the undivided half interest of Lots 3 and 4 in Block 57 in the town of Guin, Marion County, Alabama to satisfy said decree. This December 3, 1897 B. R. FITE, Register MARION ACADEMY Located at Guin, Marion County, on the K. C. M. & B Railroad. All things combine to make this a location well suited to school work,. Are you going off to school? Are you going to send your children off to school? Guin is the place. Look at the cost! Board $5; Tuition $1 to $2.50. Free Tuition is sometimes very dear. Things usually cost what they are worth. A class in Pedagogy will be maintained for the benefit of teachers and those who contemplate teaching. For particulars, call on or address ROBERT JONES, Principal Subscribe for the Gazette-Appeal. Only $1 a year. Here’s a sly chance. Everybody come. Traders, Farmers and everybody are invited to come to the Celebrated Trader’s Day at Guin, Alabama, on Saturday before the 4th Sunday in each month. Come and bring your old oxen, fortified mule and one-eyed horse. The Jockey will be here. Special inducements will be offered in the mercantile line on these days. Come, swap horses and get bargains that will tickle you as long as you live. You are benefited all around. See? “Small profits” is our motto. We are Headquarters for Dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, & Groceries. We carry a complete line of men’s and boy’s secondhand clothing. See. No cutting below best on one or two articles and doubling up on a dozen others to make up. Our stock is complete. Country produce taken in exchange. Call and get our prices before buying elsewhere. S. J. BAIRD, Guin, Ala. BRADLEY’S is the place for what? Bargains in everything we handle. Please call and get our prices and be convinced that we will sell you honest goods for less money than any other house in town. Come on, come all, we mean business. W. R. BRADLEY, Guin, Ala. Ad for A Piano Sent on Trial Ad for Confederate Veteran, Nashville, Tenn. PAGE 4 Ad for Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ad for Potash CHILD SENT BY POST A novel parcel for delivery by express post was recently handed in at a Birmingham post office. A workingman who had been out of town with his 3-year old child, arrived at Birmingham in time to reach his place of business, but not insufficient time to take his child home. He therefore walked into the nearest post office and tendered the youngster as an express parcel. The authorities, under the rule regulating the delivery of live animals, accepted the child and delivered it at a charge of nine-pence – [St. James Gazette] BOWLDER MARKS HIS GRAVE – (General Mortimer D. Leggett, Cleveland, O) HONEST SWEDEN In Sweden a crime is an event. Theft particularly is very rare. Honesty is the fundamental quality of the race, is naturally recognized and officially counted upon. In this regard the Stockholmers show a confident carelessness which is always a surprise to strangers and causes them some uneasiness. In the theaters and concert halls there are large cloak rooms, where hats and furs are left without the smallest safeguard; the performance over, each one again takes possession of his effects, and an accident never occurs. The inhabitants are accustomed to expect a reciprocal probity in the transactions of everyday life. Upon most of the tramways in Stockholm conductors have been dispense with. T Eh passenger himself deposits his ten ore in a little till placed at the end of the vehicle, behind the driver. It is patriarchal – and economical - [Parisian] A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT A Detroit philosopher says that absolute confidence and trust between man and wife is the most beautiful thing in the world to observe………………………. NOTES AND COMMENTS ----------------- At the moment when government relief for the freezing and starving gold-seekers in the Klondike region is being urgently demanded, hundreds of more infatuated adventurers are trying to make their way to that land of desolation and death. The spectacle would be irresistibly farcical if it were not so grimly tragic. The problem of how to utilize the vast quantities of mesquite beans that grow on the prairies of Western Texas has it is believed been solved. Numerous experiments at converting the bean into a marketable commodity have been made in recent years but have been productive of no permanent results. A. J. Coleny, manager of a cotton oil mill, believes he has solved the problem. He had gathered a ton of mesquite beans and treated them in the same manner as cotton seed oil from the ton of beans he secured sixteen and a half gallons of clear, amber-colored oil, very rich, and with a very pleasant, aromatic smell. The cake is dark brown, quite oil, and is eaten greedily by stock. It is a well-known fact that stock fatten rapidly on the beans and that the year when the crop is a heavy one is always a prosperous one for stockmen. This year the beans are very plentiful, thousands of tons of them falling from the trees and rotting. If they could be saved in the shape of oil cake, there would be almost enough to carry stock through the winter. Congress……. Appropriated money for the introduction of reindeer into Alaska and the establishment of a herd for the benefit of the native tribes……………….. A POISON AND ITS ANTIDOTE The tendency to form at the same time a poison and its antidote was mention by dr. T. Lander Brunton in his address at the Moscow International Medical Congress as one of the most curious points in the chemistry ………………… A DANGEROUS CLEANSER It is surprising says a physician how many people persist in cleaning bottlers with shot after the frequent cautions that have been given. Nothing cleans bottles so easily as a handful of shot, which can be shaken into every corner until the glass fairly shines with cleanliness, but the danger of lead poisoning is great, even when the bottle is rinsed out with clean water, and it is doubly dangerous when there is no rinsing out at all, as is usually the case. Clean sand is a convenient and thorough bottle cleanser, especially as the particles of sand adhere must be afterward washed out, to complete the process. When time is not an object, a bottle can be well cleansed by the aid of potato parings. MRS. MACKAY’S EXTRAVAGANCE Mrs. Mackay, wife of the Bonanza King, spends more on floral decorations when giving a dinner party or reception than any other member of the fashionable world. She has been known to have chariots, drawn by swans, filled with roses, from which her guests could help themselves. Her dinner tables are a wealth of flowers. When the blossoms are expensive and out of season, the bill for flowers at a reception often amount to $2,500. SHE RUNS THE ELEVATOR The Custom House elevator in San Francisco is run by a woman. Mrs. Caroline Morse. She is a widow of a sailor, and by means of her work supports her family. Appointed under ex-President Harrison’s administration, she was deposed during Cleveland’s second term, but San Francisco demanded her reinstatement at once. PRESERVED PUMPKINS Pumpkins are preserved for making pies by a newly patented process, which consists of cooking or steaming them and mixing with starch, and reducing to a powder, which quickly dissolves into a jelly when mixed with milk, and is then ready for use. THE HORSE OF THE CENTURY Ormone, ”the horse of the century”………………. THE KING’S MISTAKE Evidently the king of Siam is still a good deal of a barbarian. If he had profited as much by European instruction as we have been told, he never would have given such an absurd excuse as he has for deferring his visit to the United States. It would take, he says, six months at least to get an intelligent idea of American and Americans, and, as he has only a few weeks more to spare from affairs of state, he is going to wait until he has more leisure. This well disgrace Chulelongkorn all over Europe, and ruin his laboriously acquired popularity. Any British, French, or German traveler would have told him that from there to six weeks here would enable a man of ordinary intelligence to know us inside and out and set down the conclusion of the whole matter in a big book. Haven’t they done it time and again, and aren’t they men of ordinary, very ordinary intelligence? – [New York Times] TRAVELS LIKE A REAL HORSE People are still at work inventing queer devices. A Detroit man has inverted and patented a mechanical horse which he designed to be propelled by a pedal chain arrangement. This extends back to the carriage, which the horse draws after it, covering the ground with a lifelike motion of the legs. The gait is said to be very natural and true to life. – (drawing of “A Machine Steed” – what we call a rocking horse today) AROUND THE WORLD ON A WHEEL Miss Annie Londonderry, the American woman who has made a tour of the world on her bicycle, is now writing an account of her experiences. She was unattended, and it required two years and two months for her to make the trip. Ad for Montgomery Ward & Co Catalogue Ad for J. Blach & Sons Ad for Dr. O. T. Dozier Ad for Looseley Cycle Co File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/marion/newspapers/gazettea1723gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 36.8 Kb