Newspaper Analysis.ipynb

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    "import json\n",
    "\n",
    "#Read in the data from the json file\n",
    "data = None\n",
    "with open('issues.json') as json_file:\n",
    "    data = json.load(json_file)\n",
    "len(data['issues'])"
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      "16\n"
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    "issues = data['issues']\n",
    "print(len(issues[0]['text']))"
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    "Alright the data is all here so let's roll out the barrel so to speak. Let's try some sentiment analysis. Now I may have mentioned in the harvester notebook that due to the poor quality of some of the OCR output I may be unable to retreive sentiment. Which would normally be the case if I did something like tokenization of words. Fortunately a bit of research has led me to the Flair library and a character level LSTM classification of sentiment. Using LSTM should allow for misspellings. The other great bit is that there are pretrained models\\* that can be loaded in and used. \n",
    "\n",
    "https://medium.com/@b.terryjack/nlp-pre-trained-sentiment-analysis-1eb52a9d742c\n",
    "https://github.com/flairNLP/flair\n",
    "\n",
    "\\* I have my doubts that everything will transfer over given the state of the english language and venacular at the date of publication of most of these newspapers but I figure the data will be interesting and the approach is for sure interesting to me\n"
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      "2020-05-26 22:20:55,529 loading file /Users/chrismaness/.flair/models/sentiment-en-mix-distillbert.pt\n"
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    "import flair\n",
    "\n",
    "flair_sentiment = flair.models.TextClassifier.load('en-sentiment')"
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    "sentence = \"This text classifier works great\"\n",
    "s = flair.data.Sentence(sentence)\n",
    "flair_sentiment.predict(s)\n",
    "total_sentiment = s.labels\n",
    "print(total_sentiment[0].value)\n",
    "print(total_sentiment[0].score)"
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       "'OESEEi THE AGE-HERALD.\\n. J1 , _ . ...\\n, __\\'__ _ _ _ _ V ||\\nVOLUME 23_ BIRMINGHAM, ALA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1897.-SIXTEEN PAGES- NUMBER 167\\nGREAT BRITAIN\\nIS SATISFIED\\nAt the Prospective Settlement ol the\\nSeal Question.\\nSPAIN MUST RESORT TO WAR\\nIn the Event the United States Interleres\\nIn Cuban Altairs.\\nHER FINANCES AT A LOW EBB,\\nAr.d the Struggle Can Only Bp Kept lip While\\nHer Funds Lastâ\\x80\\x94Death Before Dishonor\\nIs the Castilian Sloganâ\\x80\\x94American\\nMonopolists Denounced.\\nLondon, July si.â\\x80\\x94Much satisfaction Is\\nexpressed in official and mercantile cir\\ncles at the prospective settlement of tiie\\nseal question by aid of the Washington\\nconference, especially a* such an strange\\nment will remove ihe cause of irritation\\nbetween the United States and Great\\nBritain. On the proposal of Mr. Foster\\';;\\nJourney diplomats ridiculed the idea that\\nthere was anything necessary to ho done.\\nAmbassador Hay and Mr. Foster have\\ncompletely changed this idea and Great\\nBritain is doing everything possible to\\nmeet the views of the United .States.\\nDoubtless tills; is partly owing to the\\nsupport Mr. Fosterâ\\x80\\x99s idea received from\\nRussia and Canada. Sir Wilfred Lau\\nrier and Mr. Davies have all along fa\\nvored a conciliatory attitude P ward the\\nproposals of the United States. The\\nconference will meet in Ihe third or\\nfourth week in October, the exact dale\\nbeing left to be determined by the arrival\\nof the British experts from the scaling\\ngrounds. Great Britain will be repr- -\\nKen ted by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the am\\nbassador. and Prof. Darcy Thompson,\\nthe United States will probably L>. rep\\nresented by John W. Foster, Japan by\\nthe Japanese minister at Washington,\\nand Russia by a commission headed by\\nDr. Martens, professor of international\\nlaw at the University of St. Petersbuig,\\nwho was delegated by Russia to hold the\\npour parleur with Mr. Foster. Canada\\nwill he represented by Sir Wilfred Lau\\nrlei and Mr. Davies.\\nThe conference will discuss the whole\\nquestion as raised by the United States;\\nwill draft a plan of protection for the\\nseals with details of the same, and will\\n\\' decide all open claims. Us report will\\nhe ad referendum, but Russia and Japan\\nare entirely favorable to the pie-lcn.-ions\\nof the United States and as Great Britain\\nis indifferent soâ\\x80\\x99 long as Canada is sat\\nisfied the conf rencB may be said to be\\na diplomatic triumph for the Unit d\\nSlates and a- pel.-ona 1 triumph for Mr, :\\nFoster. Unless it results in a divided\\nreport, which is not expected, the g v\\nernments concerned will embody the\\nstatement in a permanent agreement in\\nthe form of a convention or me., qrandum\\nso it can he executed in the srasua of\\n1S99.\\nA Spanish diplomatist who is in clo e\\ntouch with Senor Canovas d -1 Castillo,\\nth Spanish premier. Informs the corre\\nspondent of the As- elated Press t\\'haa it\\nis useless to longer disguise the fact that\\nthe Spanish ministry is in a very t giit j\\nplace.\\nHe says: \"We can keep up the wa in I\\nCuba onlyâ\\x80\\x99 so long as our funds lust and j\\nthe time when they will fdil is almm. in\\nsight. When it comes we must give up\\nthe struggle. Now we are too prouu a j\\nrace to do scat any oneâ\\x80\\x99s bidding, hut we ,\\ncan do so by p.eading force \"lintjuiv in\\na war with the United States. Such a re\\nsult qptuially would lo- very u-np.cas.uit\\nto us, but in order to ptvvciit a revolu\\ntion in Spain and th\\'- overthrow e>i ihe\\nmottatoay wdi is the only way out.\\nâ\\x80¢ ihe premier knows fiom 1 resident Mc\\nKinley direct thait the pr -s.deiit p r. onal\\nly does not want war. and w.sr.es lo wave\\nus from the cost and biixidwiied, but his\\ncabinet omy partly share his views, while\\nthe senate, the house of represei.\\'talives,\\nâ\\x96\\xa0the American press and Che people of ilie\\nUnited States favor a seu\\'tlemenl Willi big\\ngluts,\\n\"President McKinley, however, while at\\nfirst for peace, hae declare! htiueeil aw 1\\nnot shrinking from war if peace measure s\\nfail. This is his position and naturally i\\nlends strength to th. independent course |\\nwhich Gen. Woodford win pursue. Ills \\'\\nire iructions will be at \\'ihe outset lo a.t- j\\ntempt to secure for Cuba a peaceful\\nmeins of Cuban lnd. pendenoe. lie is |\\ndestined to be defeated in his proposal,\\nthe moment it is made, fur Spain w mid\\nindefinitely prefer war without the en- i\\ncouragemen, of other meltons to any sur\\nren. r on the Cuban question. This .s\\nth. facts and th\\' premier set s no way of .\\nremaining Impassive in the present stale j\\nof* Spanish polities. He will court war\\nthe momer.it the United States becomes\\nimperative in its d m..in.lw. Th. way of\\ngival emotion and p .til tlsm such as war\\nwould create in Spain would naturally\\nsink all threatening donr stki questions j\\nand disturbances. The. Carl Lots, r publi\\ncans and all others would unite for the\\nnation as they could be united by nothing\\nel.-e and when defeated, if Spain shap\\'d\\nbe defeat d, Cuba cou\\'d be surrendered\\nwithout imperilling all present political\\nan! monarchial institutions.â\\x80\\x9d\\nThe engineersâ\\x80\\x99 dispute lias apparently j\\nsettled down to a prolonged struggle. |\\nBoth masters and men are unyielding.\\nTha formerâ\\x80\\x99s position tins been strength\\nened by the fact that the Northampton ;\\nCycle employers havr l ined the Kmp\\'oy- .\\nersâ\\x80\\x99 Federation and Issued lockout no\\ntices to iifi per cent, nf their employ es. The\\nengineers have responded by calling out\\nthe other 75 per cent.. The masters held\\na meeting on Wednesday ard declared\\nthey were mere than ever determined to\\nresist the action of the engineer*. It is\\nalso announced, on the contrary, by trade,\\nunion statements, not signed, that a;\\nmember of the Kmployersâ\\x80\\x99 Federation\\nin ijhe ytjlhlty of London had yielded to\\nthe\\'dnqiaud for an eight hour day.\\nThe Spectator, in a gloomy article, en\\ntitled \"Aggre.sl ns of American Wealth,â\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99\\nreferB to the retirement of President An\\ndrews from Brown university and Prof.\\nBemls, from Chicago university, saying:\\n\"Wa cun scarcely escape Ihe coiiclu- 1\\nslon that a conspiracy exists among the\\nvarious trusts In America to interfere\\nwith the freedom of teaching In the\\nuniversities, so far as economic ques\\ntions are concerned. in order that nothing\\nshall be uttered which has not received\\nthe trade mark of monopolist approval.\"\\nThe paper pictures the Americans as\\nreduced almost to the situation of Rus\\nsia by the censorship of wealthy mag\\nnates ov-r the universities and says:\\n\"Capitalists have subsidized the pul\\npits. bought up the press, seated well\\npaid attorneys in the senate and finally\\nhave Stretched th tr hands out to the\\ncolleges which it is an easy thing to cap\\nture by such generosity as Mr. Rocke\\nfeller\\'s. Apnnrt-ntly it iÂ» their intention\\nto culvert til? Unit\\' il States ittin a pow\\nerful oligarchy and they will i xtend the\\nsway rf that oligarchy to other land*\\nwhen they can.\"\\nStephen Crane has announced that he\\nlikes England so well that h â\\x96\\xa0 will make\\n\\' London his home. Mr. Crane\\'s books\\nhave found their greatest vogue in this\\ncountry and he is receiving considera\\nble attention in literary clrcl s here.\\nDOINGSOF AN INSANE MAN,\\n\\'Interests Himself In Flanagan and Employs\\nCcunstI to Defend an Imaginary Criminal\\nAtlanta, Gaâ\\x80\\x9e July i!1.â\\x80\\x94J. L. Moyse,\\nrepro nting hlrne-lf to be of the Arm of\\nLloyd. Moyse & West, attorn ys, of New\\nYork, appeared here Monday and sp.-nt\\nthe morning as a spectator of the famous\\nFlanagan, murder case, in which the d -\\nfen.se was insanity. In the afternoon\\nMoyne approached Col. W. C. GI nil,\\nleading counsel for Fin agon, and intro\\nduced him*, if. saying h had come to em\\nploy Glenr.v to aid him in the defense of a\\nnotable murder case at Home, Ga. He\\nsaid he had then sent to Georgia by the\\nCrescent lire wing company to defend H.\\nL. Matthews, having been an. agent of the\\nbrewing company, the company had put\\nup unlimited money to defray the ex\\nporises of the defense. He went into the\\ndetails of the crime and the law in the\\ncase in a very intelligent manner ami\\nended by employing Col. Glenn for a fee\\nof SI,000 to aid in defending the pr soner.\\nSine - that time be has been a spectator\\nat the Flanagan trial, watching with ab\\nsorbed Interest the highly irttepesting de\\nft.,ns-j of Flanagan, which was based upon\\nthe defendantâ\\x80\\x99s affliction with paranoia.\\nOn the strength of -his h-avi g engag\\'d\\nCol. Glenn in the Mathews case Moyse\\nassisted in the-defers.\" of Flanagan and\\nmade a most valuable aid, showing him\\nBelf to be an expert in ail matter pertain\\ning to mental derangements. The case\\nof Flanagan was concluded today and\\nthis afternoon a conference was held at\\nCol. Glenn\\'s office .to consider the\\nMathews case. Drs. Pinckney and Nich\\nolson, two of the leading physicians of\\ntli\\'e stati. and experts In mental diseases,\\nwere sent for at Moyse\\'s suggestion and\\nemployed as experts to testify in the\\ncan of Math we Monday.\\nAfter a conference of two hours the\\nparty adjournsd to meet at Rome to\\ntake up the trial, no one dreaming that\\nthere was run\\'such case. In same way\\n\\'Moyse\\'s actions h r? had exc\\'ttd the sus\\npicions of the deteetiv-e d partment and\\nhe was placed tinder arrest tonight.\\nIt has developed that he is i.aane, being\\nuntil he was examined in the po\\'ice bur\\na paranoiac cf the. tame type of Fianagtn,\\nbut his condition was nev-r suspended\\nracks toiiigh\\'t. To tit. casual observer he\\nIs pcnfefctly sane, but it h ts detelo-pnl\\nthat the case of Mathews is a purely\\nimaginary one. iL-y.-e stated tonight\\nthat \\'he has tr - tie a specialty of th - s.u.y\\nof insanity \\'fee years. H: talks with i -\\nlimit\" knowledge of all the famous In\\nsanity case.-- that have been before the\\ncountry in recent years, particularly the\\nDuestrow case. He will be sent to his\\nhome tomorrow.\\nâ\\x80¢WHOLESALE DISCHARGES.\\nSan Francisco, Ju-ly rn.â\\x80\\x94Thirty-two em\\nployes of the mint received notice today\\nVha\\'t they need not r â\\x80\\x99 urn to work on\\nMonday next. Buperlnitenden\\'t Daggett\\nsays the whola sale- dlum iws.il was made\\nin, obedieivoe to Instruo.ions from Wash\\nington in ootweiiuencc of the stepping\\nof the coin,ag- of sliver, the appropriarion\\nfor which is already exhausted.\\n.\\n- --1>â\\x80\\x98V\\nFarmers Wot Selling Wheat.\\nAbillne, Kan., July 31.â\\x80\\x94Somewhat con\\ntra ry to exportations, farmers are not\\nru.-hing their wheat into market. Many\\nhave old stock yet on hand. The Hoi*\\nlir.grer farms sold 1,200 bu h 1? of o\\'J\\nwheat to make room for the new. The\\nfarmers look for better prices and are not\\ncompelled to sell. Many large yields are\\nreported. F\\\\ I,. Hall on u six acre field\\nhad forty-five and two-third bushels an\\nacre, which is the largest reported in lhe\\ncounty.\\nCurtailment Necessary to Rem\\nedy Existing Ills\\nIS THE CRY OF OPERATORS\\n%\\nMcKinley Prosperity Strikes the Factory\\nHands of Massachusetts With a\\nVengeanceâ\\x80\\x94Thousands of\\nIdle Men.\\nBoston. .Tuly 31.â\\x80\\x94The voluntary cur\\ntailment in production which is being\\nmade In the cotton manufacture at Fall\\nRiver includes the mills of nine corpor\\nations representing about 875.000 spindles\\nand 8,000 operatives. Many of the mills\\nin the movement began curtailing today\\nalthough several shut down a week.ago.\\nThe Fall River Cotton company mills\\nhave been stopped for three weeks\\'and\\nwill r.ot start up for at least another\\nweek. The Sagamore has also curtailed\\nproduction and will continue the move\\nment. The Wotomas, Wamponong. Staf\\nford, Reb son, Richard Borden, Mer\\nchants and Chace mills will stop today\\nfor at least one week and the Staffords\\nwill not start up for two weeks.\\nManagers of these mills are united In\\nthe opinion that curtailment is the best\\nremedy or present Ills and very hopeful\\nof beneficial results.\\nSuch of the mills as are not well\\nstocked with cott n may be fore d to\\nthis action. The mills which will be\\nstopped next week represent about one\\nthird of the total number of spindles\\nof the city and it is probable before the\\narrival of the n?w crop of cotton relieves\\nthe situation a much larger proportion\\nof the total will have been Hhut down\\nfor one or more- weeks.\\nMORE MINERS OUT.\\nCincinnati. O., July 31.â\\x80\\x94A special to the\\nCommerctal-Trrbune from Clark burg\\nW. Vaâ\\x80\\x9e says: AH the miners a: D t-pund\\nmines quit work today, about severity\\nmen. The miners at Klnnieinlek No. 3,\\nree lvod t\\'heir checks this evening, and â\\x96\\xa0\\nsay â\\x96\\xa0 hr<y will stay am. The United Mine !\\nWorkers of Atm erica are holding a meet- j\\ning tonight, atnd from talk with several\\nmembers one would infer.that the United\\nMine Workers would say out in a body.\\nT\\'h * meeting was ,-Â« oret. an 1 itothlng will\\nbe given oirt until â\\x96\\xa0 rmorrov.\\nHIATT\\'S DESTRUCTIVE WORK.\\n(Huron, S. D,, July 31.â\\x80\\x94Repairs received\\nhere l -day from the east rn portions of\\n\\'the state whitTi was vfcltied by the de\\nstructive hafletoi m of Thursday end Fri\\nday, rthctw severed, ss the crops between \\'\\nElrod and Hekland. The hail cut all\\ncrops In an area four to six miles wide\\nby tihlrty miles long, man..\\' farmers los\\ning tfhe\\'Ir who!\\' season\\'s labor. â\\x80\\x98Muah of\\nthe grain was rx-arty ready for harvest ,\\nÂ«end sr-ne 11<Â»)(1k wore being cut. Clark.\\nDay. Hanson, Brookings, Kingsbury. Mi\\nnor and Minnehaha counties-have all suf\\nfered crop lottes by Tuul duilng the past\\nRETD RETURNS HOME.\\nNew York, July 31.â\\x80\\x94Jubilee Ambassa\\ndor Whltelâ\\x80\\x99aw Rled and family wor1 pas\\nsengers on the steamer St. Paul, which\\narived from England tor1.ly. Air. Reid\\ntold all râ\\x80\\x99poiners who saw him that hÂ»\\nhad nothing to say for the press at pm\\nenr, and, even he ho J, hie first du.y was\\nto report to tSre secreta: y of state and\\nthe president. He pesstUvely refus\\'d to\\nb ; interview ted.\\nGffUm IN ANEW ROLE\\nGrants Amnesty to Sixteen Hun\\n\\'tired Exile:,\\nMONTALVO AMONG THEM\\nLarge Shipments of Sick and Disabled Soldiers\\nto Spainâ\\x80\\x94Insurgents Become Bolder\\nand Plunder Near Havana.\\nMadrid. July 31.â\\x80\\x94Capt.-Gcn. Weyier\\nhas potlfi J tiie government fmm Hava, a\\nthat\\'he lias decided to grant amnesty to i\\n1,600 exiles, including Dr. Montalvo, and\\ndenies the American dispatches in which\\nit is stated that Cubans are using artil\\nlery against the outposts of Havana.\\nWevler Grew. (Ifrerous\\nHavana, July 31.â\\x80\\x94Capt.-Gen. W\\'eylsr\\nhas feigned a pardon of Dr. Jose Rafael\\nMontalvo, a leader of the autonomist\\nparty; Antonio PlECobar, former editor of :\\n(he Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Cuisine; Thomas Alfor.se,\\nEnrique Carrillo and forty- ne persons\\ntailed to Chafferines and Fernando tie Po\\nsettlement.\\nThe Spanish mail steamer his r turned\\nto Spain witii Gen. Lotto, e.ghty-elght of\\nficers and eighty-seven sick and unavail\\nable soldiers.\\nInsurgents Grow T,ol\\',rr\\nHavoara, Ju?y 31.â\\x80\\x94Tb*1 insurgen s und r\\nJuan Delagado appeared on the outskirts\\nof Mariano, twelve miles from Havana,\\nand plundered s.nrral shops, killing the\\nowners of one and robbing several priv 1 e\\nl\\'tisJdences. It is officially denied that\\nany insurgent camp exists within many\\nmile\\'s, of the city.\\nTOO TH DOCTORS T HOU BLED\\nOv\\'r the Question of Preliminary Education\\nfor Dental Students,\\nFrit Monroe, Va., July 31.â\\x80\\x94Almost the\\nentire time of the dental examiners ar.d\\nthe association of dental faculties was\\ntaken up today In endeavoring to reach\\nan jgroement upon the qu stion of pre\\nliminary education for dental students.\\nThe Dental Examiners association fa\\nvonj maintaining the highest possible\\ning that only persons having at 1 ast\\na good common school education should\\nbe graduated from the dental colleges.\\nThe Association of Dental Faculties\\nshould be and hesitates to give its as\\nsent to thep reposition submitted by the\\ndental examiners.\\nA conference committee composed of\\nmembers of the two bodies held a ses\\nsion tonight, but dfclli .1 to make Its\\nrepqrt public. It will be submitted to\\nboth associations Monday.\\nDRUG MEN IN TROUBLE.\\n(Nashville, Tenn., July 31.â\\x80\\x94.The grand\\nJury \\'today returned indveumewts against\\nW. W. Berry, j, DenroviHe, 3. 3.\\n.Wharton, D, D. Phillips, E. M. Neal and\\nT. J. Webb, Ladling wholesale dtug men,\\ncharging -hem wit\\'ll violating the nnti\\ntruis. and corrtbire !sw, in yiieit It is al\\nlegfj they entered into an tig re cm ent n j\\nediitrol the pries of \\'certain drugs, and\\nmade contracts wilh manufacturers ac\\nccn\\'djSjfiy. k\\nt\\nl\\nMIDNIGHT BDAZE.\\nMontgomery, Ala.. July 31.â\\x80\\x94At midnight\\nfire broke out In the round house of the\\nWestern railroad in this city, and before it\\nwas extinguished the round house and ma\\nchine shops of the road were destroyed.\\nThere were sixteen lirst-eâ\\x80\\x99ajjs engines in\\nthe roundhouse and they were all disabled,\\nthe woodwork being all burned and the\\niron work badly warped and damaged. The\\ndamage cannot be estimated, but it will\\namount to thousands of dollars. The Â« n\\ngines were owned by the Western railroad\\nand the Montgomery and West Ponit i ail\\nroad jointly. _\\nLOSSES OF NEW YORK BANKS\\nIn the Pieseice of Enormous Totals Reported\\nAre Attracting Attention.\\nNew York, July 3,-r-The Financier says:\\nThe continuous increase in the loss of\\nNew York banks In the fact? of the pres\\nent enormous total reported Is a featu o\\nthat is beginning to attract attention in\\nthe clearing house statement. It was\\nsupposed that following the eleven mil\\nlion increase bet we \\'n June 26 and July 3.\\na decrease might be looked for as tthe\\nJuly s tllerr.ent per: d Is usually f dlotvt d\\nby a temporary contraction, but so far\\nfrom a, shrinkage the banks show a gain\\nof ton millions during the month ended\\nand If the movement of oth r heavy crop\\nyears are of any value In comparison\\nthe upward trend should continue for\\nk m thirty to sixty days yet.\\nThe business New York banks are do\\ning is not generally appreciated. Thtir >\\nreserve requirements are now *17,000,000 j\\nIn excess of all cash they reported on I\\nhand the corresponding we k one year\\nago. A deduction shows that while the\\nNational Union bank and Bank of Amer\\nica made Increases in loans of *18,503,030,\\nor a sum equivalent to the total loan\\nexpansion reported In the statement, the\\nlosses reported by others were made up\\nby gains in which no less than twenty\\nsix banks participated.\\nThe small increase In d posits In the\\nface of the olan expansion and the heavy\\nreceipts of Interior funds Is surprising,\\nbut it is perhaps a belated evidence of\\nheavy customs payments and withdraw\\nal of legal tender for gold export pur\\nposes last week. The banks have been\\nlosing heavily to the sub-treasury for\\nten days, the amount for the week Just\\nended having been In excess of *3,000,000.\\nThe decrease of *1,631,100 In legal tenders\\nIs thus accounted for.\\nA significant feature in connection\\nwith the flow of money to New York is\\nthe decliqe in domestic exchange at in\\nterior points. At Chicago, especially,\\nwhete the exchange has been ruling at\\nfrom 40 to 60 cents premium. New York |\\nfunds have fallen to 30 cent discount and\\na similar change is noted at other cen\\nters. This indicated a reflex movement\\nof money for crop purposes and means\\nals-. that the idle c ;sh in New York banks\\nwill be reduced either through demands\\nof interior banks or locally. At any\\nrate the Imm ns-; volume of money m -v\\ningto this center will be less from this\\ntime on.\\nMAHON HARD AT WORK.\\nPreparing for a More Active Campaign\\nIn We?-. Vl glma.\\nâ\\x80¢Chari, ston, IV. Vo., July 31.â\\x80\\x94W. D.\\n(Maibon, of the Amalgamated Association\\nÂ«f Street Railway Workers. Arrived to- ,\\nitfay, â\\x80\\x98his mission being to organise unÂ»\\nW e- Virginia miners. He will establish\\nheed quai\\'tere here, from which the strike\\nwill be direct d. He pnyp is-s ro place the\\nFalnnrount dhrrlet in charge of W. It.\\nlisa, of the Painters and Decorators.\\nRobert R. Askew goes to the Elkhorn\\nd\\'ltkrlcl, and- Chris Eva,ns, ex-;eoiC.Aiâ\\x80\\x98y j\\no-f he Federation of Tabor, ;o the Kan- |\\naurtia disirkit. \\'He says that lie strike .Â»\\ngrowing in Wist Virginia, and that every\\ntfC.wt V, HI be made bo bring tbe miners\\nourt. Over 100 organizers arc at work\\noml more arc exp id Monday.\\nAll the telegrams receiv\\'d by Mahon\\nqodiay were of am encouraging nature.\\nBREAD AND SALT\\nON SILVER DISHES\\nWill Bs Tendered the Emperor and Em\\npress of Germany\\nIN HONOR OF THEIR COMING\\nBy tfee Municipal Authorities of St.\\nPetersburg.\\nRUMOR OF SHERMANâ\\x80\\x99S RESIGNATION\\n-\\nA*rain Stirred Up at the German- ^-..talâ\\x80\\x94\\nBismarck in Excellent Health-7 *?,ient\\nâ\\x80¢ O\\nTutor Dies Suddenlyâ\\x80\\x94Â£ ^tF/\\'s\\nDeadly Bulle/\\n/ />\\nK-rll-n. July 31.*-(9paX\\' ^Cable Letter.)\\nâ\\x80\\x94Emperor William toaolfAl Kiel on Loird\\nthe imperial yacht Huhenzolier. yester\\nday. On Thursday 1. xt, aceompanl ci\\nby the empress ar J the (bet. under c.m\\nrrand of Prince Henry, of Prur-la, his\\nmajesty will s-tai\\'t for St. Petersbuig to\\nvisit th j czar. Prince H oh.-niche w 11\\njr. n th-; emperor at IV-terhof. The muni\\ncipal authorities of St. ^Petersburg will\\nsignalize the visit by presenting to their ,\\nmjjtsti..-.it. - of biead on u silver ii-h\\n3.1J salt in a silver salt < liar, both rich\\nly ornament d In the Russian style a d\\nengraved with the joint arms of St. Pe\\nt err burg and Germany. Upon the rim of\\nthe dishes will be the following Inscrip\\ntion: \"to. their maj\\' .-tky, the emperor\\nand empress of Germany.\"\\nTne grand autumn ml iiary mar.ouvr s\\nHan o-arg will begin on Sept. 2, and will\\ncontinue to the 10th. Tne Prince of\\nWales will bs among the guests of Hu\\nll.1 U . at the reviews. He has m jdlfifel\\nhi.- plans and will take a course of the\\nivat is next month ai Marienbad in-t ad\\nrf nt Hom\\'burg as hither.o.\\nDr. Arthur Kortagen, headmaster of\\ntilt celt-brat d school at Frankfort, died\\nsuddenly at Interlaken last Monday. He\\nwas 59 years of age and until within a\\nfew yeats \\\\vaÂ» h r.lmaster of the well\\nknown school at Horjr.i, whew- many\\nprominent Americans an-.i Ergl shmen\\nhave been educated. He was a leading\\nauthority on educaitlonal matters\\nthroughout Germany.\\nTh empress has varied the monotony\\nof her stay ait Tegrrnsee by a visit to\\nMunich. She was are mpanted by the\\nfive prince--, visited all sights and lunched\\nwith the prj.-.co regent, who proposed h r\\nmajestyâ\\x80\\x99s health.\\nPrlnci Oscar celebrated ihis ninth b r h\\nday Tuesday at Tegfrnsee, from which\\nplace her majesty an1 vchildren will r turn\\nt-e Berlin.\\nThe rumors in the London papers e -n\\nci mins the resignation of Secretiry Sher\\nman are cdhoed h r,- i 1 official and Amer\\nican cire.I. s, with thi- dlfftr.mce that Mr.\\nSherman I- to be succeeded, not by Mr.\\nReid, but by Ambassador White, \\'the\\ngissip even gees s . far as to attribute\\nMr. VWit-\\'s hesitation at leaving the\\nKaiiterhof h i 1 for i rm-anent quarters\\nt the possibility hf hi having roan to\\nre*- -n to WRF\\'hingtou.\\nThe comments of thâ\\x80\\x99 German press\\nupon \\'the Dlngley tariff are extremely\\nacrid, but; grta satis faction is expressed;\\nat the fact that. large quant!,tos of Ge\\nma-nt goods were smut to the United Staten\\niu amHeipatiion of Mr- event. While wish\\ning to rr.tfj.1i a\\'to- upon Vho Americans, the\\nmoist Chauvin\\'iet/ic journals are not blind\\nto t.hi- fact tide lvpribais up-n - lie pa t\\nof Germany would surely prove a boom\\nerang.\\n( vu.tilj Von Blum, nlhnl, the oMerit sur\\nviving general of Mi. war of 1870-71. com\\npk ted seventy years of sc. vice today.\\nPrince Bismarck is in excellent h-cc-th.\\nToday he received Prlrca Schonnt-lck\\nOarhitha, th in iw ooinxmand ;r of h- F::- i\\nl-a>):er cnirasters, of who h rogimeinit the\\npriimooto honorary co\\'cnel.\\nOwing lb the fir,on.â\\x96\\xa0\\' 11 fi: lure of the\\nHc-rKiti ex p edit Inn. \\'c,f 181*6 th- -â\\x80¢ -â\\x80¢trim.1\\' â\\x80¢ <-e\\ni cently am nn\\'c, 1 thiat the 50 pÂ»r o nt.\\ngua.Tani.tet- fund would have to be sacri\\nficed. This resulted in a. large meeting\\nof signteiu an Mtmll\\'aiy. The meeting de\\nceiT, il unairUmoutsly .\\'hint it did rot r c\\nognlze 1 he right, of the committee to\\nad .pt such -a measure, and a desperante\\noff â\\x80\\x9cft wi\\'ll be made to place he respon*\\nsibllitlcs upon the sh uiders of the com\\nmit t-e.\\nThe tmpposed fmferriail machira which\\nÂ»-xpl de\\'J in. a nr ,11 Bag during-the trans\\nfer of m.iflis ati tlhe Potsda.m -Hallway sta\\nll in early i.n. *:â\\x80\\x99hr* we? turned ou-t o be\\nonly a package of large \\'ro-rp, dc-es of the\\nkir 1 used by c.ycKr>tÂ» to fright n dogs.\\nThe whole lib. raj pi cs- is hi arms\\nagainst the o I: of a r nti ry who kil -d an\\nescaping soldier uwl. r p.culiarly a bro\\nok uis clrctrnrst â\\x80¢Â«Â© s. The m m Stremba,\\nhad overstepped the bnundh, its of hr\\nfort.iflca.t0o.ri3 at D-nltzig and wan b-irig\\ntaken to-this guard horse, when h? br ke\\nWray and ram The sentry fit 1 and the\\nbullet passedS \\'h\\'rougb Smunkiâ\\x80\\x99i bud\\n-and two w.-\\'i? of an Iran kiosk, burying\\nits. If i.r. a brick wadi. Th.i - certainly\\nproves the efficacy of be German cur s,\\nbut th-* trrlsie. rf .â\\x80\\x99.is fu-:VÂ» i o the flames\\nof r.nrVir r- u-tmrnt i g. if no t artillery\\nSi verity.\\nrnrltid PtH-nte : C nno\\'-G. nÂ»ra 1 Ch-v* s\\nDefray will return Uo New York til Si p\\ntem Imp.\\nDOOMED TO DIE.\\nEdward Flanagan, the Dual Murderer,\\nF und Guiltyâ\\x80\\x94To Hang August 25.\\nAM into, Gnâ\\x80\\x9e July 31.â\\x80\\x94Edward Flana\\ngan, who has be- it on trial a\\'l this week\\na t Decatur for the murder of .Mrs. Nariâ\\x80\\x99y\\nAlien and Mi r Ruth Stacy on he even\\ning of the 31st of last Dec mber, was Hi is\\nni -\\'lining found guilty by the jury an,l\\nimmtdla.tsly sÂ«*nt, n â\\x80¢ d by Judg â\\x80¢ Candler\\nto hang August 25.\\nTHE FIRM WENT BROKE.\\nAtlanta, Ga., July 31.â\\x80\\x94Application von\\nmade in the Untied States court here\\nt lay for a receiver for the Yorkville\\n\\'Mining company, organized In 1895 to de\\nvelop gold bearing properties In Spauld\\ning county. The application will b- heard\\nMonday. The petitioners are J. L. Ilud\\n9on pud -twelve associates, of Dc trlot. w)io\\nclaim ..that they have advanced $24.00(1.\\nwhich lias been expended in the purch iso\\nof land, anvil that no money Is left to d -\\nvet-.p the mln-fa.\\nFLAYFD HIS LAST ROLE.\\ntBatlucah. July 31.â\\x80\\x94AW.or Edgar Ci.\\nBorne, who was vertouBty burn-d In sha\\nCasino fire last Friday nighit a week, ago,\\ndied last t>vening of 1>!.> -d p.u,soningt\\nwikiuh Iliad a.t fp.-in tlba burn.:. ^'"
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     "execution_count": 10,
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   ],
   "source": [
    "#let's take a look a the text we have to see if we can break it apart into sentences\n",
    "issues[0]['text'][0]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Oh shoot that's some dirty text. And I'm running out of time to work on this so in the interest of keeping everything fair we'll do a dirty split of text using a regex and do a simple average of the sentiment in a document. Let's test it out\n",
    "\n",
    "https://regex101.com/r/nG1gU7/27"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 16,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "SPAIN MUST RESORT TO WAR\n",
      "In the Event the United States Interleres\n",
      "In Cuban Altairs.\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "import re\n",
    "\n",
    "print(re.split('(?<!\\w\\.\\w.)(?<![A-Z][a-z]\\.)(?<=\\.|\\?)\\s', issues[0]['text'][0])[5])"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 35,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "0.05966776119087506"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 35,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "#oh hey spanish american war neat!\n",
    "\n",
    "from statistics import mean \n",
    "\n",
    "def split_text_into_sentences(text):\n",
    "    return re.split('(?<!\\w\\.\\w.)(?<![A-Z][a-z]\\.)(?<=\\.|\\?)\\s', text)\n",
    "    \n",
    "def get_avg_sentiment_for_issue(issue):\n",
    "    \n",
    "    sentiment_scores = []\n",
    "    \n",
    "    for text in issue['text']:\n",
    "\n",
    "        sentences = split_text_into_sentences(text)\n",
    "        \n",
    "        for sentence in sentences:\n",
    "            s = flair.data.Sentence(sentence)\n",
    "            flair_sentiment.predict(s)\n",
    "            total_sentiment = s.labels\n",
    "            score = total_sentiment[0].score\n",
    "            \n",
    "            if total_sentiment[0].value == \"NEGATIVE\":\n",
    "                score *= -1\n",
    "                \n",
    "            sentiment_scores.append(score)\n",
    "            \n",
    "    return mean(sentiment_scores)\n",
    "\n",
    "get_avg_sentiment_for_issue(issues[0])"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Alright that's the average for the first issue and that took about a minute. Time to light the ole laptop up and let it run for a few minutes. Something interesting about that is that it's near 0 implying there's a balance of positive and negative but skews positive.\n",
    "\n",
    "Ways this could be improved:\n",
    "* Weighted average for words\n",
    "* Multi-threaded to see if we get some speed"
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 38,
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      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-01\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-03\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-04\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-05\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-06\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-07\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-08\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-10\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-11\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-12\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-13\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-14\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-15\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-17\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-18\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-19\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-20\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-21\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-22\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-24\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-25\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-26\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-27\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-28\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-29\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-31\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-01\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-02\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-03\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-04\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-05\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-07\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-08\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-09\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-10\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-11\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-12\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-14\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-15\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-16\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-17\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-18\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-19\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-21\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-22\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-23\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-24\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-25\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-26\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-28\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-29\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-09-30\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-01\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-02\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-03\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-05\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-06\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-07\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-08\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-09\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-10\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-12\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-13\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-14\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-15\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-16\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-17\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-19\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-20\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-21\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-22\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-23\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-24\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-26\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-27\n",
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      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-29\n",
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      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-10-31\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-02\n",
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      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-04\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-05\n",
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      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-07\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-09\n",
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      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-11\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-12\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-13\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-14\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-16\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-17\n",
      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-18\n",
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      "The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-11-25\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1864-03-09\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1864-03-23\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1864-04-06\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1866-01-10\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1866-01-24\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1866-06-13\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1866-08-08\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1866-12-15\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1867-01-12\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1867-01-26\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1867-02-09\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1867-02-23\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1867-03-09\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1867-04-06\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1867-04-20\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1867-05-04\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1867-06-01\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1867-09-21\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1868-01-04\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1868-01-11\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1868-02-08\n",
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      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1868-05-16\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1868-05-23\n",
      "Arizona miner. [volume] 1868-05-30\n"
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    "    for issue in issues:\n",
    "        print(issue['title'])\n",
    "        avg_sentiment = get_avg_sentiment_for_issue(issue)\n",
    "        issue['avg_sentiment'] = avg_sentiment\n",
    "        \n",
    "add_avg_sentiment(issues)"
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       "{'source': 'https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072192/1897-08-01/ed-1.json',\n",
       " 'title': 'The Age-herald. [volume] 1897-08-01',\n",
       " 'isPartOf': 'The Age-herald. [volume]',\n",
       " 'datePublished': '1897-08-01',\n",
       " 'volume': '23',\n",
       " 'number': '167',\n",
       " 'text': ['OESEEi THE AGE-HERALD.\\n. J1 , _ . ...\\n, __\\'__ _ _ _ _ V ||\\nVOLUME 23_ BIRMINGHAM, ALA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1897.-SIXTEEN PAGES- NUMBER 167\\nGREAT BRITAIN\\nIS SATISFIED\\nAt the Prospective Settlement ol the\\nSeal Question.\\nSPAIN MUST RESORT TO WAR\\nIn the Event the United States Interleres\\nIn Cuban Altairs.\\nHER FINANCES AT A LOW EBB,\\nAr.d the Struggle Can Only Bp Kept lip While\\nHer Funds Lastâ\\x80\\x94Death Before Dishonor\\nIs the Castilian Sloganâ\\x80\\x94American\\nMonopolists Denounced.\\nLondon, July si.â\\x80\\x94Much satisfaction Is\\nexpressed in official and mercantile cir\\ncles at the prospective settlement of tiie\\nseal question by aid of the Washington\\nconference, especially a* such an strange\\nment will remove ihe cause of irritation\\nbetween the United States and Great\\nBritain. On the proposal of Mr. Foster\\';;\\nJourney diplomats ridiculed the idea that\\nthere was anything necessary to ho done.\\nAmbassador Hay and Mr. Foster have\\ncompletely changed this idea and Great\\nBritain is doing everything possible to\\nmeet the views of the United .States.\\nDoubtless tills; is partly owing to the\\nsupport Mr. Fosterâ\\x80\\x99s idea received from\\nRussia and Canada. Sir Wilfred Lau\\nrier and Mr. Davies have all along fa\\nvored a conciliatory attitude P ward the\\nproposals of the United States. The\\nconference will meet in Ihe third or\\nfourth week in October, the exact dale\\nbeing left to be determined by the arrival\\nof the British experts from the scaling\\ngrounds. Great Britain will be repr- -\\nKen ted by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the am\\nbassador. and Prof. Darcy Thompson,\\nthe United States will probably L>. rep\\nresented by John W. Foster, Japan by\\nthe Japanese minister at Washington,\\nand Russia by a commission headed by\\nDr. Martens, professor of international\\nlaw at the University of St. Petersbuig,\\nwho was delegated by Russia to hold the\\npour parleur with Mr. Foster. Canada\\nwill he represented by Sir Wilfred Lau\\nrlei and Mr. Davies.\\nThe conference will discuss the whole\\nquestion as raised by the United States;\\nwill draft a plan of protection for the\\nseals with details of the same, and will\\n\\' decide all open claims. Us report will\\nhe ad referendum, but Russia and Japan\\nare entirely favorable to the pie-lcn.-ions\\nof the United States and as Great Britain\\nis indifferent soâ\\x80\\x99 long as Canada is sat\\nisfied the conf rencB may be said to be\\na diplomatic triumph for the Unit d\\nSlates and a- pel.-ona 1 triumph for Mr, :\\nFoster. Unless it results in a divided\\nreport, which is not expected, the g v\\nernments concerned will embody the\\nstatement in a permanent agreement in\\nthe form of a convention or me., qrandum\\nso it can he executed in the srasua of\\n1S99.\\nA Spanish diplomatist who is in clo e\\ntouch with Senor Canovas d -1 Castillo,\\nth Spanish premier. Informs the corre\\nspondent of the As- elated Press t\\'haa it\\nis useless to longer disguise the fact that\\nthe Spanish ministry is in a very t giit j\\nplace.\\nHe says: \"We can keep up the wa in I\\nCuba onlyâ\\x80\\x99 so long as our funds lust and j\\nthe time when they will fdil is almm. in\\nsight. When it comes we must give up\\nthe struggle. Now we are too prouu a j\\nrace to do scat any oneâ\\x80\\x99s bidding, hut we ,\\ncan do so by p.eading force \"lintjuiv in\\na war with the United States. Such a re\\nsult qptuially would lo- very u-np.cas.uit\\nto us, but in order to ptvvciit a revolu\\ntion in Spain and th\\'- overthrow e>i ihe\\nmottatoay wdi is the only way out.\\nâ\\x80¢ ihe premier knows fiom 1 resident Mc\\nKinley direct thait the pr -s.deiit p r. onal\\nly does not want war. and w.sr.es lo wave\\nus from the cost and biixidwiied, but his\\ncabinet omy partly share his views, while\\nthe senate, the house of represei.\\'talives,\\nâ\\x96\\xa0the American press and Che people of ilie\\nUnited States favor a seu\\'tlemenl Willi big\\ngluts,\\n\"President McKinley, however, while at\\nfirst for peace, hae declare! htiueeil aw 1\\nnot shrinking from war if peace measure s\\nfail. This is his position and naturally i\\nlends strength to th. independent course |\\nwhich Gen. Woodford win pursue. Ills \\'\\nire iructions will be at \\'ihe outset lo a.t- j\\ntempt to secure for Cuba a peaceful\\nmeins of Cuban lnd. pendenoe. lie is |\\ndestined to be defeated in his proposal,\\nthe moment it is made, fur Spain w mid\\nindefinitely prefer war without the en- i\\ncouragemen, of other meltons to any sur\\nren. r on the Cuban question. This .s\\nth. facts and th\\' premier set s no way of .\\nremaining Impassive in the present stale j\\nof* Spanish polities. He will court war\\nthe momer.it the United States becomes\\nimperative in its d m..in.lw. Th. way of\\ngival emotion and p .til tlsm such as war\\nwould create in Spain would naturally\\nsink all threatening donr stki questions j\\nand disturbances. The. Carl Lots, r publi\\ncans and all others would unite for the\\nnation as they could be united by nothing\\nel.-e and when defeated, if Spain shap\\'d\\nbe defeat d, Cuba cou\\'d be surrendered\\nwithout imperilling all present political\\nan! monarchial institutions.â\\x80\\x9d\\nThe engineersâ\\x80\\x99 dispute lias apparently j\\nsettled down to a prolonged struggle. |\\nBoth masters and men are unyielding.\\nTha formerâ\\x80\\x99s position tins been strength\\nened by the fact that the Northampton ;\\nCycle employers havr l ined the Kmp\\'oy- .\\nersâ\\x80\\x99 Federation and Issued lockout no\\ntices to iifi per cent, nf their employ es. The\\nengineers have responded by calling out\\nthe other 75 per cent.. The masters held\\na meeting on Wednesday ard declared\\nthey were mere than ever determined to\\nresist the action of the engineer*. It is\\nalso announced, on the contrary, by trade,\\nunion statements, not signed, that a;\\nmember of the Kmployersâ\\x80\\x99 Federation\\nin ijhe ytjlhlty of London had yielded to\\nthe\\'dnqiaud for an eight hour day.\\nThe Spectator, in a gloomy article, en\\ntitled \"Aggre.sl ns of American Wealth,â\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99\\nreferB to the retirement of President An\\ndrews from Brown university and Prof.\\nBemls, from Chicago university, saying:\\n\"Wa cun scarcely escape Ihe coiiclu- 1\\nslon that a conspiracy exists among the\\nvarious trusts In America to interfere\\nwith the freedom of teaching In the\\nuniversities, so far as economic ques\\ntions are concerned. in order that nothing\\nshall be uttered which has not received\\nthe trade mark of monopolist approval.\"\\nThe paper pictures the Americans as\\nreduced almost to the situation of Rus\\nsia by the censorship of wealthy mag\\nnates ov-r the universities and says:\\n\"Capitalists have subsidized the pul\\npits. bought up the press, seated well\\npaid attorneys in the senate and finally\\nhave Stretched th tr hands out to the\\ncolleges which it is an easy thing to cap\\nture by such generosity as Mr. Rocke\\nfeller\\'s. Apnnrt-ntly it iÂ» their intention\\nto culvert til? Unit\\' il States ittin a pow\\nerful oligarchy and they will i xtend the\\nsway rf that oligarchy to other land*\\nwhen they can.\"\\nStephen Crane has announced that he\\nlikes England so well that h â\\x96\\xa0 will make\\n\\' London his home. Mr. Crane\\'s books\\nhave found their greatest vogue in this\\ncountry and he is receiving considera\\nble attention in literary clrcl s here.\\nDOINGSOF AN INSANE MAN,\\n\\'Interests Himself In Flanagan and Employs\\nCcunstI to Defend an Imaginary Criminal\\nAtlanta, Gaâ\\x80\\x9e July i!1.â\\x80\\x94J. L. Moyse,\\nrepro nting hlrne-lf to be of the Arm of\\nLloyd. Moyse & West, attorn ys, of New\\nYork, appeared here Monday and sp.-nt\\nthe morning as a spectator of the famous\\nFlanagan, murder case, in which the d -\\nfen.se was insanity. In the afternoon\\nMoyne approached Col. W. C. GI nil,\\nleading counsel for Fin agon, and intro\\nduced him*, if. saying h had come to em\\nploy Glenr.v to aid him in the defense of a\\nnotable murder case at Home, Ga. He\\nsaid he had then sent to Georgia by the\\nCrescent lire wing company to defend H.\\nL. Matthews, having been an. agent of the\\nbrewing company, the company had put\\nup unlimited money to defray the ex\\nporises of the defense. He went into the\\ndetails of the crime and the law in the\\ncase in a very intelligent manner ami\\nended by employing Col. Glenn for a fee\\nof SI,000 to aid in defending the pr soner.\\nSine - that time be has been a spectator\\nat the Flanagan trial, watching with ab\\nsorbed Interest the highly irttepesting de\\nft.,ns-j of Flanagan, which was based upon\\nthe defendantâ\\x80\\x99s affliction with paranoia.\\nOn the strength of -his h-avi g engag\\'d\\nCol. Glenn in the Mathews case Moyse\\nassisted in the-defers.\" of Flanagan and\\nmade a most valuable aid, showing him\\nBelf to be an expert in ail matter pertain\\ning to mental derangements. The case\\nof Flanagan was concluded today and\\nthis afternoon a conference was held at\\nCol. Glenn\\'s office .to consider the\\nMathews case. Drs. Pinckney and Nich\\nolson, two of the leading physicians of\\ntli\\'e stati. and experts In mental diseases,\\nwere sent for at Moyse\\'s suggestion and\\nemployed as experts to testify in the\\ncan of Math we Monday.\\nAfter a conference of two hours the\\nparty adjournsd to meet at Rome to\\ntake up the trial, no one dreaming that\\nthere was run\\'such case. In same way\\n\\'Moyse\\'s actions h r? had exc\\'ttd the sus\\npicions of the deteetiv-e d partment and\\nhe was placed tinder arrest tonight.\\nIt has developed that he is i.aane, being\\nuntil he was examined in the po\\'ice bur\\na paranoiac cf the. tame type of Fianagtn,\\nbut his condition was nev-r suspended\\nracks toiiigh\\'t. To tit. casual observer he\\nIs pcnfefctly sane, but it h ts detelo-pnl\\nthat the case of Mathews is a purely\\nimaginary one. iL-y.-e stated tonight\\nthat \\'he has tr - tie a specialty of th - s.u.y\\nof insanity \\'fee years. H: talks with i -\\nlimit\" knowledge of all the famous In\\nsanity case.-- that have been before the\\ncountry in recent years, particularly the\\nDuestrow case. He will be sent to his\\nhome tomorrow.\\nâ\\x80¢WHOLESALE DISCHARGES.\\nSan Francisco, Ju-ly rn.â\\x80\\x94Thirty-two em\\nployes of the mint received notice today\\nVha\\'t they need not r â\\x80\\x99 urn to work on\\nMonday next. Buperlnitenden\\'t Daggett\\nsays the whola sale- dlum iws.il was made\\nin, obedieivoe to Instruo.ions from Wash\\nington in ootweiiuencc of the stepping\\nof the coin,ag- of sliver, the appropriarion\\nfor which is already exhausted.\\n.\\n- --1>â\\x80\\x98V\\nFarmers Wot Selling Wheat.\\nAbillne, Kan., July 31.â\\x80\\x94Somewhat con\\ntra ry to exportations, farmers are not\\nru.-hing their wheat into market. Many\\nhave old stock yet on hand. The Hoi*\\nlir.grer farms sold 1,200 bu h 1? of o\\'J\\nwheat to make room for the new. The\\nfarmers look for better prices and are not\\ncompelled to sell. Many large yields are\\nreported. F\\\\ I,. Hall on u six acre field\\nhad forty-five and two-third bushels an\\nacre, which is the largest reported in lhe\\ncounty.\\nCurtailment Necessary to Rem\\nedy Existing Ills\\nIS THE CRY OF OPERATORS\\n%\\nMcKinley Prosperity Strikes the Factory\\nHands of Massachusetts With a\\nVengeanceâ\\x80\\x94Thousands of\\nIdle Men.\\nBoston. .Tuly 31.â\\x80\\x94The voluntary cur\\ntailment in production which is being\\nmade In the cotton manufacture at Fall\\nRiver includes the mills of nine corpor\\nations representing about 875.000 spindles\\nand 8,000 operatives. Many of the mills\\nin the movement began curtailing today\\nalthough several shut down a week.ago.\\nThe Fall River Cotton company mills\\nhave been stopped for three weeks\\'and\\nwill r.ot start up for at least another\\nweek. The Sagamore has also curtailed\\nproduction and will continue the move\\nment. The Wotomas, Wamponong. Staf\\nford, Reb son, Richard Borden, Mer\\nchants and Chace mills will stop today\\nfor at least one week and the Staffords\\nwill not start up for two weeks.\\nManagers of these mills are united In\\nthe opinion that curtailment is the best\\nremedy or present Ills and very hopeful\\nof beneficial results.\\nSuch of the mills as are not well\\nstocked with cott n may be fore d to\\nthis action. The mills which will be\\nstopped next week represent about one\\nthird of the total number of spindles\\nof the city and it is probable before the\\narrival of the n?w crop of cotton relieves\\nthe situation a much larger proportion\\nof the total will have been Hhut down\\nfor one or more- weeks.\\nMORE MINERS OUT.\\nCincinnati. O., July 31.â\\x80\\x94A special to the\\nCommerctal-Trrbune from Clark burg\\nW. Vaâ\\x80\\x9e says: AH the miners a: D t-pund\\nmines quit work today, about severity\\nmen. The miners at Klnnieinlek No. 3,\\nree lvod t\\'heir checks this evening, and â\\x96\\xa0\\nsay â\\x96\\xa0 hr<y will stay am. The United Mine !\\nWorkers of Atm erica are holding a meet- j\\ning tonight, atnd from talk with several\\nmembers one would infer.that the United\\nMine Workers would say out in a body.\\nT\\'h * meeting was ,-Â« oret. an 1 itothlng will\\nbe given oirt until â\\x96\\xa0 rmorrov.\\nHIATT\\'S DESTRUCTIVE WORK.\\n(Huron, S. D,, July 31.â\\x80\\x94Repairs received\\nhere l -day from the east rn portions of\\n\\'the state whitTi was vfcltied by the de\\nstructive hafletoi m of Thursday end Fri\\nday, rthctw severed, ss the crops between \\'\\nElrod and Hekland. The hail cut all\\ncrops In an area four to six miles wide\\nby tihlrty miles long, man..\\' farmers los\\ning tfhe\\'Ir who!\\' season\\'s labor. â\\x80\\x98Muah of\\nthe grain was rx-arty ready for harvest ,\\nÂ«end sr-ne 11<Â»)(1k wore being cut. Clark.\\nDay. Hanson, Brookings, Kingsbury. Mi\\nnor and Minnehaha counties-have all suf\\nfered crop lottes by Tuul duilng the past\\nRETD RETURNS HOME.\\nNew York, July 31.â\\x80\\x94Jubilee Ambassa\\ndor Whltelâ\\x80\\x99aw Rled and family wor1 pas\\nsengers on the steamer St. Paul, which\\narived from England tor1.ly. Air. Reid\\ntold all râ\\x80\\x99poiners who saw him that hÂ»\\nhad nothing to say for the press at pm\\nenr, and, even he ho J, hie first du.y was\\nto report to tSre secreta: y of state and\\nthe president. He pesstUvely refus\\'d to\\nb ; interview ted.\\nGffUm IN ANEW ROLE\\nGrants Amnesty to Sixteen Hun\\n\\'tired Exile:,\\nMONTALVO AMONG THEM\\nLarge Shipments of Sick and Disabled Soldiers\\nto Spainâ\\x80\\x94Insurgents Become Bolder\\nand Plunder Near Havana.\\nMadrid. July 31.â\\x80\\x94Capt.-Gcn. Weyier\\nhas potlfi J tiie government fmm Hava, a\\nthat\\'he lias decided to grant amnesty to i\\n1,600 exiles, including Dr. Montalvo, and\\ndenies the American dispatches in which\\nit is stated that Cubans are using artil\\nlery against the outposts of Havana.\\nWevler Grew. (Ifrerous\\nHavana, July 31.â\\x80\\x94Capt.-Gen. W\\'eylsr\\nhas feigned a pardon of Dr. Jose Rafael\\nMontalvo, a leader of the autonomist\\nparty; Antonio PlECobar, former editor of :\\n(he Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Cuisine; Thomas Alfor.se,\\nEnrique Carrillo and forty- ne persons\\ntailed to Chafferines and Fernando tie Po\\nsettlement.\\nThe Spanish mail steamer his r turned\\nto Spain witii Gen. Lotto, e.ghty-elght of\\nficers and eighty-seven sick and unavail\\nable soldiers.\\nInsurgents Grow T,ol\\',rr\\nHavoara, Ju?y 31.â\\x80\\x94Tb*1 insurgen s und r\\nJuan Delagado appeared on the outskirts\\nof Mariano, twelve miles from Havana,\\nand plundered s.nrral shops, killing the\\nowners of one and robbing several priv 1 e\\nl\\'tisJdences. It is officially denied that\\nany insurgent camp exists within many\\nmile\\'s, of the city.\\nTOO TH DOCTORS T HOU BLED\\nOv\\'r the Question of Preliminary Education\\nfor Dental Students,\\nFrit Monroe, Va., July 31.â\\x80\\x94Almost the\\nentire time of the dental examiners ar.d\\nthe association of dental faculties was\\ntaken up today In endeavoring to reach\\nan jgroement upon the qu stion of pre\\nliminary education for dental students.\\nThe Dental Examiners association fa\\nvonj maintaining the highest possible\\ning that only persons having at 1 ast\\na good common school education should\\nbe graduated from the dental colleges.\\nThe Association of Dental Faculties\\nshould be and hesitates to give its as\\nsent to thep reposition submitted by the\\ndental examiners.\\nA conference committee composed of\\nmembers of the two bodies held a ses\\nsion tonight, but dfclli .1 to make Its\\nrepqrt public. It will be submitted to\\nboth associations Monday.\\nDRUG MEN IN TROUBLE.\\n(Nashville, Tenn., July 31.â\\x80\\x94.The grand\\nJury \\'today returned indveumewts against\\nW. W. Berry, j, DenroviHe, 3. 3.\\n.Wharton, D, D. Phillips, E. M. Neal and\\nT. J. Webb, Ladling wholesale dtug men,\\ncharging -hem wit\\'ll violating the nnti\\ntruis. and corrtbire !sw, in yiieit It is al\\nlegfj they entered into an tig re cm ent n j\\nediitrol the pries of \\'certain drugs, and\\nmade contracts wilh manufacturers ac\\nccn\\'djSjfiy. k\\nt\\nl\\nMIDNIGHT BDAZE.\\nMontgomery, Ala.. July 31.â\\x80\\x94At midnight\\nfire broke out In the round house of the\\nWestern railroad in this city, and before it\\nwas extinguished the round house and ma\\nchine shops of the road were destroyed.\\nThere were sixteen lirst-eâ\\x80\\x99ajjs engines in\\nthe roundhouse and they were all disabled,\\nthe woodwork being all burned and the\\niron work badly warped and damaged. The\\ndamage cannot be estimated, but it will\\namount to thousands of dollars. The Â« n\\ngines were owned by the Western railroad\\nand the Montgomery and West Ponit i ail\\nroad jointly. _\\nLOSSES OF NEW YORK BANKS\\nIn the Pieseice of Enormous Totals Reported\\nAre Attracting Attention.\\nNew York, July 3,-r-The Financier says:\\nThe continuous increase in the loss of\\nNew York banks In the fact? of the pres\\nent enormous total reported Is a featu o\\nthat is beginning to attract attention in\\nthe clearing house statement. It was\\nsupposed that following the eleven mil\\nlion increase bet we \\'n June 26 and July 3.\\na decrease might be looked for as tthe\\nJuly s tllerr.ent per: d Is usually f dlotvt d\\nby a temporary contraction, but so far\\nfrom a, shrinkage the banks show a gain\\nof ton millions during the month ended\\nand If the movement of oth r heavy crop\\nyears are of any value In comparison\\nthe upward trend should continue for\\nk m thirty to sixty days yet.\\nThe business New York banks are do\\ning is not generally appreciated. Thtir >\\nreserve requirements are now *17,000,000 j\\nIn excess of all cash they reported on I\\nhand the corresponding we k one year\\nago. A deduction shows that while the\\nNational Union bank and Bank of Amer\\nica made Increases in loans of *18,503,030,\\nor a sum equivalent to the total loan\\nexpansion reported In the statement, the\\nlosses reported by others were made up\\nby gains in which no less than twenty\\nsix banks participated.\\nThe small increase In d posits In the\\nface of the olan expansion and the heavy\\nreceipts of Interior funds Is surprising,\\nbut it is perhaps a belated evidence of\\nheavy customs payments and withdraw\\nal of legal tender for gold export pur\\nposes last week. The banks have been\\nlosing heavily to the sub-treasury for\\nten days, the amount for the week Just\\nended having been In excess of *3,000,000.\\nThe decrease of *1,631,100 In legal tenders\\nIs thus accounted for.\\nA significant feature in connection\\nwith the flow of money to New York is\\nthe decliqe in domestic exchange at in\\nterior points. At Chicago, especially,\\nwhete the exchange has been ruling at\\nfrom 40 to 60 cents premium. New York |\\nfunds have fallen to 30 cent discount and\\na similar change is noted at other cen\\nters. This indicated a reflex movement\\nof money for crop purposes and means\\nals-. that the idle c ;sh in New York banks\\nwill be reduced either through demands\\nof interior banks or locally. At any\\nrate the Imm ns-; volume of money m -v\\ningto this center will be less from this\\ntime on.\\nMAHON HARD AT WORK.\\nPreparing for a More Active Campaign\\nIn We?-. Vl glma.\\nâ\\x80¢Chari, ston, IV. Vo., July 31.â\\x80\\x94W. D.\\n(Maibon, of the Amalgamated Association\\nÂ«f Street Railway Workers. Arrived to- ,\\nitfay, â\\x80\\x98his mission being to organise unÂ»\\nW e- Virginia miners. He will establish\\nheed quai\\'tere here, from which the strike\\nwill be direct d. He pnyp is-s ro place the\\nFalnnrount dhrrlet in charge of W. It.\\nlisa, of the Painters and Decorators.\\nRobert R. Askew goes to the Elkhorn\\nd\\'ltkrlcl, and- Chris Eva,ns, ex-;eoiC.Aiâ\\x80\\x98y j\\no-f he Federation of Tabor, ;o the Kan- |\\naurtia disirkit. \\'He says that lie strike .Â»\\ngrowing in Wist Virginia, and that every\\ntfC.wt V, HI be made bo bring tbe miners\\nourt. Over 100 organizers arc at work\\noml more arc exp id Monday.\\nAll the telegrams receiv\\'d by Mahon\\nqodiay were of am encouraging nature.\\nBREAD AND SALT\\nON SILVER DISHES\\nWill Bs Tendered the Emperor and Em\\npress of Germany\\nIN HONOR OF THEIR COMING\\nBy tfee Municipal Authorities of St.\\nPetersburg.\\nRUMOR OF SHERMANâ\\x80\\x99S RESIGNATION\\n-\\nA*rain Stirred Up at the German- ^-..talâ\\x80\\x94\\nBismarck in Excellent Health-7 *?,ient\\nâ\\x80¢ O\\nTutor Dies Suddenlyâ\\x80\\x94Â£ ^tF/\\'s\\nDeadly Bulle/\\n/ />\\nK-rll-n. July 31.*-(9paX\\' ^Cable Letter.)\\nâ\\x80\\x94Emperor William toaolfAl Kiel on Loird\\nthe imperial yacht Huhenzolier. yester\\nday. On Thursday 1. xt, aceompanl ci\\nby the empress ar J the (bet. under c.m\\nrrand of Prince Henry, of Prur-la, his\\nmajesty will s-tai\\'t for St. Petersbuig to\\nvisit th j czar. Prince H oh.-niche w 11\\njr. n th-; emperor at IV-terhof. The muni\\ncipal authorities of St. ^Petersburg will\\nsignalize the visit by presenting to their ,\\nmjjtsti..-.it. - of biead on u silver ii-h\\n3.1J salt in a silver salt < liar, both rich\\nly ornament d In the Russian style a d\\nengraved with the joint arms of St. Pe\\nt err burg and Germany. Upon the rim of\\nthe dishes will be the following Inscrip\\ntion: \"to. their maj\\' .-tky, the emperor\\nand empress of Germany.\"\\nTne grand autumn ml iiary mar.ouvr s\\nHan o-arg will begin on Sept. 2, and will\\ncontinue to the 10th. Tne Prince of\\nWales will bs among the guests of Hu\\nll.1 U . at the reviews. He has m jdlfifel\\nhi.- plans and will take a course of the\\nivat is next month ai Marienbad in-t ad\\nrf nt Hom\\'burg as hither.o.\\nDr. Arthur Kortagen, headmaster of\\ntilt celt-brat d school at Frankfort, died\\nsuddenly at Interlaken last Monday. He\\nwas 59 years of age and until within a\\nfew yeats \\\\vaÂ» h r.lmaster of the well\\nknown school at Horjr.i, whew- many\\nprominent Americans an-.i Ergl shmen\\nhave been educated. He was a leading\\nauthority on educaitlonal matters\\nthroughout Germany.\\nTh empress has varied the monotony\\nof her stay ait Tegrrnsee by a visit to\\nMunich. She was are mpanted by the\\nfive prince--, visited all sights and lunched\\nwith the prj.-.co regent, who proposed h r\\nmajestyâ\\x80\\x99s health.\\nPrlnci Oscar celebrated ihis ninth b r h\\nday Tuesday at Tegfrnsee, from which\\nplace her majesty an1 vchildren will r turn\\nt-e Berlin.\\nThe rumors in the London papers e -n\\nci mins the resignation of Secretiry Sher\\nman are cdhoed h r,- i 1 official and Amer\\nican cire.I. s, with thi- dlfftr.mce that Mr.\\nSherman I- to be succeeded, not by Mr.\\nReid, but by Ambassador White, \\'the\\ngissip even gees s . far as to attribute\\nMr. VWit-\\'s hesitation at leaving the\\nKaiiterhof h i 1 for i rm-anent quarters\\nt the possibility hf hi having roan to\\nre*- -n to WRF\\'hingtou.\\nThe comments of thâ\\x80\\x99 German press\\nupon \\'the Dlngley tariff are extremely\\nacrid, but; grta satis faction is expressed;\\nat the fact that. large quant!,tos of Ge\\nma-nt goods were smut to the United Staten\\niu amHeipatiion of Mr- event. While wish\\ning to rr.tfj.1i a\\'to- upon Vho Americans, the\\nmoist Chauvin\\'iet/ic journals are not blind\\nto t.hi- fact tide lvpribais up-n - lie pa t\\nof Germany would surely prove a boom\\nerang.\\n( vu.tilj Von Blum, nlhnl, the oMerit sur\\nviving general of Mi. war of 1870-71. com\\npk ted seventy years of sc. vice today.\\nPrince Bismarck is in excellent h-cc-th.\\nToday he received Prlrca Schonnt-lck\\nOarhitha, th in iw ooinxmand ;r of h- F::- i\\nl-a>):er cnirasters, of who h rogimeinit the\\npriimooto honorary co\\'cnel.\\nOwing lb the fir,on.â\\x96\\xa0\\' 11 fi: lure of the\\nHc-rKiti ex p edit Inn. \\'c,f 181*6 th- -â\\x80¢ -â\\x80¢trim.1\\' â\\x80¢ <-e\\ni cently am nn\\'c, 1 thiat the 50 pÂ»r o nt.\\ngua.Tani.tet- fund would have to be sacri\\nficed. This resulted in a. large meeting\\nof signteiu an Mtmll\\'aiy. The meeting de\\nceiT, il unairUmoutsly .\\'hint it did rot r c\\nognlze 1 he right, of the committee to\\nad .pt such -a measure, and a desperante\\noff â\\x80\\x9cft wi\\'ll be made to place he respon*\\nsibllitlcs upon the sh uiders of the com\\nmit t-e.\\nThe tmpposed fmferriail machira which\\nÂ»-xpl de\\'J in. a nr ,11 Bag during-the trans\\nfer of m.iflis ati tlhe Potsda.m -Hallway sta\\nll in early i.n. *:â\\x80\\x99hr* we? turned ou-t o be\\nonly a package of large \\'ro-rp, dc-es of the\\nkir 1 used by c.ycKr>tÂ» to fright n dogs.\\nThe whole lib. raj pi cs- is hi arms\\nagainst the o I: of a r nti ry who kil -d an\\nescaping soldier uwl. r p.culiarly a bro\\nok uis clrctrnrst â\\x80¢Â«Â© s. The m m Stremba,\\nhad overstepped the bnundh, its of hr\\nfort.iflca.t0o.ri3 at D-nltzig and wan b-irig\\ntaken to-this guard horse, when h? br ke\\nWray and ram The sentry fit 1 and the\\nbullet passedS \\'h\\'rougb Smunkiâ\\x80\\x99i bud\\n-and two w.-\\'i? of an Iran kiosk, burying\\nits. If i.r. a brick wadi. Th.i - certainly\\nproves the efficacy of be German cur s,\\nbut th-* trrlsie. rf .â\\x80\\x99.is fu-:VÂ» i o the flames\\nof r.nrVir r- u-tmrnt i g. if no t artillery\\nSi verity.\\nrnrltid PtH-nte : C nno\\'-G. nÂ»ra 1 Ch-v* s\\nDefray will return Uo New York til Si p\\ntem Imp.\\nDOOMED TO DIE.\\nEdward Flanagan, the Dual Murderer,\\nF und Guiltyâ\\x80\\x94To Hang August 25.\\nAM into, Gnâ\\x80\\x9e July 31.â\\x80\\x94Edward Flana\\ngan, who has be- it on trial a\\'l this week\\na t Decatur for the murder of .Mrs. Nariâ\\x80\\x99y\\nAlien and Mi r Ruth Stacy on he even\\ning of the 31st of last Dec mber, was Hi is\\nni -\\'lining found guilty by the jury an,l\\nimmtdla.tsly sÂ«*nt, n â\\x80¢ d by Judg â\\x80¢ Candler\\nto hang August 25.\\nTHE FIRM WENT BROKE.\\nAtlanta, Ga., July 31.â\\x80\\x94Application von\\nmade in the Untied States court here\\nt lay for a receiver for the Yorkville\\n\\'Mining company, organized In 1895 to de\\nvelop gold bearing properties In Spauld\\ning county. The application will b- heard\\nMonday. The petitioners are J. L. Ilud\\n9on pud -twelve associates, of Dc trlot. w)io\\nclaim ..that they have advanced $24.00(1.\\nwhich lias been expended in the purch iso\\nof land, anvil that no money Is left to d -\\nvet-.p the mln-fa.\\nFLAYFD HIS LAST ROLE.\\ntBatlucah. July 31.â\\x80\\x94AW.or Edgar Ci.\\nBorne, who was vertouBty burn-d In sha\\nCasino fire last Friday nighit a week, ago,\\ndied last t>vening of 1>!.> -d p.u,soningt\\nwikiuh Iliad a.t fp.-in tlba burn.:. ^',\n",
       "  'SENATOR MORGAN\\nON DINGLEY BILL\\n________\\nHi Pays His Respects to One Thomas\\nB. Reed.\\nTHE MEANING OF THE BILL\\nCampaign Debts Paid by Additional Bur\\ndens on the People.\\nTHE PROFITS OF THE SUGAR TRUST\\nCan See Nolhing but Ruin in the Jugglery of\\nPolitical Hopes by the Republican\\nPartyâ\\x80\\x94Up-to-Date Subjects\\nVigorously Discussed.\\n(By Senator John T. Morgan.)\\nWashington, July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Sp= etal.)â\\x80\\x94 Willi\\nJS-u,000,900 of idle, surplus 111 :ney in the\\ntr.usury, oit the day the Dingley hill h.-\\'\\ncame a law. It is difficult for any just or\\nhurr one motive to be discovered for thy\\nIncrease of taxation upon the propie, to\\nraise more money to support the govern\\nment. This- pi dense Is a bold falsehood\\nthat can nut deceive any honest minded\\nman.\\nlnt> Wilson tariff of 1894 was so rapidly\\nresisting the great extravagance of ex\\npenditure that has grown int.) a habit,\\nwith both political parties, that these\\nwho demanded a protective tariff, for the.\\npurpose of forcing Lhe prople to pay th m -\\nbounties, for polJiical err vie s render: d inâ\\x80\\x9d\\nthe campaign of 1896, created greit pr s\\nsure upon the senate to have itheir\"\\nplan of robbery enacted into law. In the\\nhouse, Mr. Reed held autocratic power\\nand could do the work.\\nIt would not have answered the purpose\\nto wait until a regular session of coir\\ngres3. because, by that time, it would\\nhave been undeniable that the Wilson\\ntariff wou-.d, with its comparatively low\\nTates, supply the tr asury with all ttrr\\nmoney that Is needed. So, haste had to\\nbe made to save their pretext from belt g\\nlost. A falsehood was needed to cimip.1\\nquick work, and it was found.\\nTo be sure of rapid action, Mr. Reed\\nWas called into service to pass the bill\\nwithout debate and then to attempt to\\nterrify the senate Into sp edy action by\\nexhibiting himseff aa a great example of\\npatriotic zeal, and the senate Â«s an ob\\nstruction to \"prosperity.â\\x80\\x9d To do this\\nand alarm the world with the sp ctacie.\\nof the discipline of his janazaries in the\\nhouse, he bolted the doors of the â\\x80\\x9cpopu\\nlar branch\" and muzzifd debate, when\\nthey wire pryed open by the mar date of\\nthe constitution, for a few minutes twice\\na week, as Turkish mosques are opened on\\nFriday\\'s for prayers.\\nThis vulgar and shameless usurpation\\nof power, on the did lines of republican\\nTide, was only useful to show that the\\nspeaker of \\'the house still has the power\"\\nto force his party back into the old ,1\\'rac- t\\ndice of \"addition, division and sller.ee.\\nIt also shows that the democracy have\\nno representatives in the house who are\\nwilling to sacrifice comfort and desirable\\nplaces on committees for the sake of de\\n, cency In government and stern antagon\\nism to despotism. From beginning to\\nend the extra session of cor.igrss was d -\\n_ voted to pressure by the house for the\\npurpose of providirg a fund. by taxation,\\ncalled \"protection to American Industry,â\\x80\\x9d\\nwith which to pay campaign debt- and to\\nprovide funds for other political cam\\npaigns in the future. For this the ma\\njority is responsible, but it had assistance\\nfrom a minority weakened by divisinn.\\n. The entire plan of this proceeding was\\n^framed with the distinct and avowe 1\\n- purpose on the part of the repub leans .oi.\\nproviding bounties for party services, to\\nb- raised by special taxation levied upon\\nepecial subjects of importation, or by\\nputting on the free list such articles as\\nwould Increase the bounty to preferred\\nclasses and by refusing to tax the incomes\\n..of the great trustsâ\\x80\\x94banditsâ\\x80\\x94who were\\nlicensed arid \"puotectedâ\\x80\\x9d in the robbery\\nof thin people.\\nAre these the â\\x80\\x9cwords of truth and so\\n_Jbrlety,â\\x80\\x9d or are they unjust accusations,\\nas to the motives and â\\x80\\x9cxaggerated state\\nments as to the actual enactments of\\nthis â\\x80\\x9cDingley bill?\"\\nT-t ought to be enough on this question\\nto say that no answer or denial was aâ\\x80\\x98\\ntompted In the senate to the frequent,\\nopen and defiant accusation that such\\nwas the purpose of tilt bill, and such was\\nthe effect of many of its provisions.\\nThis is not a measure of â\\x80\\x9ctariff re\\nform,â\\x80\\x9d but of total revolution In the prin\\nciples and purposes of tariff taxation.\\nIt is a bill to create boun.lesâ\\x80\\x94called\\nâ\\x80\\x9cprotection\"â\\x80\\x94for a rtain limited classes,\\nand to compel all consumers to pay these\\nb untie?.\\nThat It is distinctly such a measure Is\\nshown by the fact that, in a great major\\nity of Its items of taxation, the duty is\\nno high as, generally, to reduce and often\\nto prevent importatione.\\nVs :(eveui.! can only come from im\\nports, \\'Jo check or co prevent importa\\ntion, 1s, necessarily, to reduce the income\\nof the government.\\nBut every article thus excluded makes\\na place for tb â\\x80¢ sale of that article, or one\\nTike it. in our home market, by the do\\n, mtwtlc manufac urer. an advanced\\nprice. The insult, of course, is \\'the do\\nmestic manufacturer can raise his prices\\nâ\\x96\\xa0 up to the cost of production, with the\\n\" tariff rate added, all of which gÂ»e into\\nhis awn pocket, and none of it into the\\n(treasury of the Uni\\'ied States. But this\\nIs knowledge that even the least Informed\\nPo-s.es. in this revolutionary enactment\\n\\'<rho r publicans openly avow that this is\\ntheir purpose. This new creed is, there\\nI fore, the open an<l avowed plunder of the\\nâ\\x80\\x99 consuming classes, for â\\x80\\x98the enriching of\\n*â\\x96\\xa0 the manufacturers ns a favored class.\\nThis is all plain enough, and it is -one\\naatisfactlou to kr.ow that the purpose\\nâ\\x80\\x99of it Is no longer concealed\\'.\\nHow does it operate? And how does it\\ndemonstrate the logic of that strange and\\nfalse doc.ilne, that the true way to make\\ntin- penpl nleli is to increase the bur\\ndens jjt taxation, at the same \\'.Ini? that\\nthe money to pay the taxes is kept out\\nof circulation ohd is locked up in the\\ntreasury, as is true of th\\' $?35.000.000. now\\nlying; imprisoned In the â\\x80¢, .its.\\nIbrperience r^a\\'y prow - that, .his mit-jele\\nof-fina-nce is possible. If it does, we must\\na j ./1If* oii-. \\' .\\nnot*attempt hereafter to walk in the H^ht\\nâ\\x80¢ Â»Lâ\\x80\\x98 reason and experience, but should fel\\nlow with blilW faith he necromancers\\nwho constructed this tariff.\\nT^n see nothing huÂ»t ruin of the people\\nm rttlr-jugglery of political hopes, into.id\\nefl?\\' \\'eqiisumina e the power of wealth\\nami f rivWoge In the overthrow of the ni\\ntlifitj hil flahses. who are consumers, that\\nâ\\x80¢must pay. all tariff tax s on imparts, an!\\nare thus made to Increase the wealth of\\nthe* protected classes in sums hot are al\\nmost . bvyopd compu\\'.attion.\\nMore than 50 per cent, of them are fa m\\ners.\\n_\"\\'h\"it \"protection\" does this tariff give\\ntfÂ£,m?\"\\'\\'Tlio\"answer is, Not one cent!\\nThirty r**r-cei:. . of the consumer* arc\\nminers. mechanics, foresters, fishermen,\\n\\' pKTttesional metn ami idlers. They get\\ns, mothing, bu\\'. very littb out of this\\ntariff, in the distribution of bounties, This\\n\\'rest are the \"protected,â\\x80\\x9d boun y-fed\\nclasses, and they get all in the natur? of\\nprofit that :he cithers produce and. in the\\nlong run, they get a large share of i h â\\x80¢\\ncapital, whe her it is land or personal\\nproperty, or skill, or labor, than the loil\\n< ia employ in earning bread. This is a\\nfair and true summary of the results of\\nthis new tariff law, this mighty evangel\\nof â\\x80\\x9cprotection.â\\x80\\x9d\\nlâ\\x80\\x99rophtsy is the demagogueâ\\x80\\x99s trick of\\n, deceiving his deluded followers. It\\n|s jusLlv discounted by the people, In\\nthese days of \"false prophets,â\\x80\\x9d which\\ncome, like the locusts, when a country\\nIs doomed to suffer famine. They sing\\n.. isith, strident joy, unconscious of the\\nruin they create.\\nâ\\x80\\x99They proptf sy a great boom of \"pros\\nperity,â\\x80\\x9d and try every breeze that comes,\\nto find a pressage of their viviflcation.\\nIt may be that tile country is strong\\nenough, in the vigor of Its wonderful\\ngrowth; \\' to outlive another legislative\\nMow, like this. It is the only growing\\ncountry In the wo: id, exc pt Mexico, Can\\nada and Argentina, but, as compared\\nwith them, its growth is phtnominak\\nIt out-ivied the civil war, and the de\\nstruction of silver money, and other vory\\ngrave calamities. It may even prosper\\nin spite of the Dingley bill, but the hope\\nof it is remote and feeble, with good lrg\\nislation on reognized basis of justice and\\nequality of privileges, we would, today,\\nâ\\x80¢ be leading\\' Dje world in commerce, and\\n.finance, aÂ« we lead old nations in domes\\ntic Industries. But legislation and in\\njustice have pievented this proper\\ngrowth.\\nI do not despair of the future of our\\ncountry, even in this war upon commerce\\nand this suicidal feasting upon the vital:*\\nof the earnings of our own people, but\\nI deplore the waste and poverty and\\n-suffering that this Dingley bill must\\nshoulder down upon the industrial\\nclasses.\\nIt Is not possible. In this letter, to do\\nmoreTthan illustrate\\' the spirit, purpc.se\\n-and effort jif th? entire scheme by point\\nIng.put a few of its leading features.\\n- If-revenrfb is what was needed, while\\nthe treasury grows with $236,000,000 of\\nIdle capital, a tax of 5 per cent, upon the\\n6,00^iartlel.s on the free list would have\\nproShced^Jt. More than half our im\\nport* come in free of duty. But this\\nIJpulJL have made the manufacturers pay\\na- very slight duty on their free raw ma\\nterial, and that was impossible, because\\nit would have been a little money, a very\\nlittle, out of their pockets. Revenue\\nwas riot what they wanted. They wanted\\nbounty to the manufacturing corpora\\ntions, with stock largely held in Europe,\\nand exemption from taxation of all bonds\\nand st.cks and th lr tr n fers, in favor of\\nthose classes who hide their vast for\\ntune\\'s In such securities for the purpose\\nof escaping taxation, state and federal.\\nOn this point the pioof is direct and\\npositive and it brand* the republican\\nparty and its leaders, Dingley and Reed,\\nespecially, as being the enemies of the\\nindustrial classes, and the guardians of\\nthe sugar trust and of ail the wealthy\\nmen and corporations, here and in Eu\\nrope, who hold the bonds and stocks of\\nincorporated capital. It Is a fearful ac\\ncusation. but It cannot be denied.\\nAfter the Dingley bill had been nearly\\ncompleted In the senate, Senator Lodge,\\nof Massachusetts, offered an amendment\\nto it. providing for a very light percent\\nage of revenue taxes on bonds and the\\ntransfers of stocks of incorporated com\\npanies. His leading purpose was to\\nreach the sugar trust with taxation.\\nThis amendment was approved by a re\\npublican caucus; was offered in the sen\\nate by Mr. Allison (republican), who had\\nehaige of the bill, and was voted, by the\\nsenate, unanimously as a feature of the\\nbill. It was prepared with great care\\nand was, for the most part, copied from\\na former statute of the United States.\\nWhen the blit went\\'to the committee of\\nconferepce, the . republican committee\\nmen, Trom the HoUfe, insisted on striking\\nout these taxes, the republican commit\\nteemen of the senate agreed to strike\\nthem-put, and U was dona, and the demft.\\nJimt 2\\',\\'f\\ncrats and populists were rot strong\\nenough to pass the amendment. It was\\ncru.-hed obt on the Anal vote on the bill.\\nThus, at least $9,000,000 of revenue was\\ngiven to the sugar trust in addition to\\nthe protectionâ\\x80\\x94called \\'\\'differential\"â\\x80\\x94\\ngiven that lordly monopoly ii this bill\\nas it passed both bodies.\\nWhile this tax was under dissmsion in\\nthe conference committee, the ris- in\\nsugar stocks was so rapid that the bulla\\nin Wall street made not less than $J0.\\nU00.000.\\nI charged, in the senate, that the aban\\ndonment of this just tax was caused by\\nthc direct influence of the sugar trust,\\nand no man disputed the fact.\\nThe price of sugar has gone up. as the\\nfirst immediate result of the protection\\ngiven to the sugar trust.\\nThis advance, and the whole mass of\\nthe stock boards, come out of the pedple\\nwho are ill prepared to sustain such op\\nprTSsfon.\\nThe conference committ e also struck\\nout of the bill the provision inserted on\\nthe motion of Senator Pettus, to put oot\\nton bagging and ties and jute bags, etc.,\\non the free list. JEhis was a dlr:et blow\\nat the â\\x80\\x98farmers ST the south and west,\\nintended to punish them for their votes\\nagainst .the enarmqtjs burdens of this\\nDingWy blit. *\\nThe democrats, who directly or ir.dl\\nrectlj?. agisted ffi the republican victory\\nof November, 1896, found themselves\\ntrodden under foot and despised by their\\nnew political associates, and so th-y\\nwill be to-theâ\\x80\\x98opd.- ^\\nTh, Dingley bill. In almost everj\\' Item\\nof \\'.he thousands of taxed articles, Is the\\nhighest, most ,-everc and moot unjust\\ntariff law that was ever tnaet\\' d by con\\ngress. and iâ\\x80\\x98. come upon (he people at a\\ntime when, of all othens in our history,\\ntk> y are least able to bear it.\\nThe na tonal banks may be willing to\\nforce a stimulated boom to aid this bill in\\nan apparent realization of the general\\nprosperity that has been predicted as its\\nresult, bui ifie relapse that is sure to fol\\nlow. as weakness follows excess in every\\ndebauch, will place the American people\\nin tlie power of the monopolists of truVt\\nbreednig taxation, and in the control of\\nfinance.\\nJu-Ua . equality and fair dealing have\\nbe n scouted a.nd abused, and such things\\ncannot be in our free, conr.huJiona 1 re\\npublic without exciting Indignation, and\\nwithout ertating a powerful reaction.\\nSome sound democrats preferred to suf\\nfer this great wrong to be don> quickly,\\nthat the relief from It might be hastened\\nby the votes of the people; but 1 preferred\\nto make battle against this great oppr s\\nsa ;; an every stage of its Insolent prog\\nress, believing that It is, in almost every\\nparagraph, an abuse of power that is ut\\nterly violative of the spirit of the^con^.i\\ntu; ion.\\nIt is, to me, an intolerable thought, that\\nthe power .to tax the people should, at the\\ndemand of monopoly-, and at the 1ns:!\\ngaitian of the wicked conspiracies that\\nLie tailed â\\x80\\x9ctrus.is,â\\x80\\x9d be used to destroy\\none gr at class of honest people, to enrich\\nthose who prey upon the producing\\nclasses. JOHN T. MORGAN.\\nRESULTS FIGURED OUT.\\nWhat the Recently Enacted Dingley Tar\\niff Bill Will Do to th : ,D>dar People.\\nWashington, July 31sâ\\x80\\x94The comparison\\nof the present tariff law wioh the Wilson\\nact aitâ\\x80\\x99.lhorized by congress has been com\\npleted, It was made by Charles H. Ev\\nans, who has been engaged In the prep\\naration of alii the tariff bill\\'s with which\\ncongn ss has d -.alt since 1872. The com\\nparison is made in rates expressly named\\nexpressed In ad. valorem terms between\\n\\'the presetn law and \\'the Wilson law.\\nThe statement places \\'the average duty\\nrate under the new law at 54.66 ad va\\nlorem, as against an average of 40.10 un\\nder the Wilson law, the average being\\nfigured upon the basis of values in 1896.\\nThe sahtduikB show the following in\\ncreases in perectnagos: Chemicals, from.\\n28.53 to 30.67; wools anid woolens, 47.62 to>\\n86.54; silkp, from 56.96 to 63.41; earthen\\nware ar t gLas.-\\'ware, 35 to 52.47; metals,\\n38.11 \\'to 49.24; sugar. 40.48\\'to 42.16; tobacco,\\n109.06 to 121.90; agricultural products, 22.44\\nto 38.42; spirtls, etc., 61.54 to 68.83; cotton\\nmanufatourtB, 42.75 to 52.33.\\nSome df the decreases expected In rev\\nenue are as follows:\\nChemicals, from $5,619,239 \\'to $8,423,084;\\nearthenware and glassware, from $8,006,\\n839 to $12,303,148; mdtafe, from $13,186,416 to\\n$17,487,482; woods, from $605,749 \\'Ut> $2,439,\\n536; sugar, from $29,910,703 to $54,217,642;\\nagricultural products; from $7,272,614-to\\n$14,587,600.\\nThese edtlmaucB are based upon the\\nsupceltioni that the value and volume of\\nImports will remain the same,\\nGILBERT THE CHAMPION.\\nDayton, <0â\\x80\\x9e July Â»Lâ\\x80\\x94Fred Gilbert of\\nSpirit Lake, Iowa, tVafawtwa Rollo O. Heiks,\\nOf Dayton, at FMrview {Mall, this after\\nnoon in at UB Mn* match forth* champion,\\n22*^Â«*Ag***Â°J afedTia WOlWkty the score\\n.\"*â\\x80¢ Cl â\\x96\\xa0 â\\x96\\xa0 !\\nA Ne.w Dollar for the Scu.h; or, Mark Hannaâ\\x80\\x99s Circulating Medium\\nAmong Southern Federal Offices,\\nSHERIFF LOWRY\\n\\' TAKES A HAND\\nDisperses a Gathering ol Miners in a\\nPublic Highway.\\nPEACE AND QUIETNESS\\nNow Reign in the Camps ol Dolan and\\nHis Band ol Marchers.\\nNON-UNION MINER SHOT TO DEATH\\nAnd Excitement Ran Hi?h for a Time Â®t\\nScottsdaleâ\\x80\\x94 Disparate Effort to Succeed\\nin West Virginiaâ\\x80\\x94Operators in Sym\\npathy With Strikers.\\nF t i t â\\x80\\x9cburg, Pa.. July 31.â\\x80\\x94Anxie-ty. ex\\npsci \\'atlon and suspense, which were the\\neorxlii Icons In the oy.iI mining 3i.ua ion\\nabout D armiit\\'l\\'u mir.es today, have given\\nplace to peace and quletntss ttonigh\\':.\\nâ\\x80¢AXer rurming cotuvtet to deputy sher\\niffs several times during the day the\\ns rikers peaceably wt.hdrew and are now\\na;leep In th-.ir camp. As the miners will\\nbk,.c work tontoriow, \\'the strikeus will\\ncake a rttx and no trouble Is expected be\\nfore Mcir.lday.\\n\\'1 he week closed with -the miners\\' offi\\ncia\\'ia satisfied Utot fhvy had made a\\nmarlt.d impression: on the diggers of \\'.he\\nNew York and Cleveland Gas Coal com\\npany. vdho 1 seems are wavering as to\\ntihelr purpose. All the men are out at\\nSandy Creek, alrii hut few w tre at w.n-k\\nat Tuiljie Creek \\'.icday. Plum Cre k was\\nin fu.\\'l opet\\'ntlcn and Uhe full force of\\nstrikers was centered at this point, but\\nwithoiui success. Then men at work ap\\npear determined t\\'o stand by thc-lr em\\nployers, but \\'.,h ;1.rikers still have hopes\\nol bringing them out.\\nLate \\'.his afternoon President Dolan\\nhook 150 strikers from \\'tlhe samp and\\nmarched Jl.em to Plum Creek, where a\\nmeeting was\\' organized. Speech-es w?r\\nmade by Pi e3ldei.it Dolan and Vice-Pres\\nident McKay and the men were cau\\ntion d to keep wi\\'.ihin \\'the law. While\\ntlhe meeting was tn progress Sheriff Lmv\\nl\\'y and Chief Deputy Richards, with an\\narmed force of deputies, appeared upon\\nthe scene. Sheriff Lowry read the in\\njunction procured by Di-ai-mJit and or\\ndered -he strikers to disperse. President\\nDc\\'lan replied t\\'hstt \\'they were on putdlc\\nground, and produced a ceiuifloat from\\nUhe read supervisor of the townsnip de\\nola rin g the p lace a public high way. She r\\niff Lowry again ordered diem to dis\\nperse. an 1 after a short parley rhe meet\\ning was closed amd the stri-rs marched\\nback to camp.\\nUpon .heir re.turn it was learned that\\n400 mcini from Uhe Panhandle district had\\nstarted tor Turtle Creek and would reach\\nvhere tomorrow morning. When the re\\nfn.\\'orcements arrlv. arrangements Will be\\nmade to march to Plum Creek about mid\\nday Sunday and guard the mine-, until\\nthe mem s\\'.an. to work, when another ef\\nfort will be made to induce them to come\\nout.\\nPresident Dolan, Secretary Warner and\\nCameron Miller are all at the Turtle\\nCreek camp tonight. The camp has been\\norganized on military lir.es. Guards and\\npickets are on duty and all strangers w 11\\nbe kept on the outside. Several wagon\\nloads of provisions were rtceived, and\\nenough rations are now on hand to feed\\n3,000 men.\\nAn Important persprage is to be on the\\ngrouul to do missionary work among the\\nforeigners tomorrow.\\nLast night a telegram wa. sent to V. F.\\nNowae\\'kl, of Uniontown, who is better\\nknown in mining circles as \"Whiskers.\"\\nHe is the master of seven languages and\\nis expected to visit a number of own rs.\\nHe sent word that he would arrive early\\ntomorrow morning and that he would re\\nmain for several days.\\nSheriff Lowry said this evening he\\nwould visit the camps in person \\'turr.o r jw\\nand after making a careful Investigation\\nwould probably decide to take some de\\ncisive action Monday.\\nCamp â\\x80\\x9cDesperation,\" at the McCreary\\nschool house, will be the headquarters\\nfor many of the strikers for the next few\\ndays. Committees and sum-committees\\nwill visit the offending miners at their\\nhomes tomorrow with the hope of Induc\\ning them to joint in the movement tomor\\nrow.\\nMuch Interest is \\'being felt In the big\\nlabor demonstration that is to be held in\\nPittsburg Thursday evening next. Debs\\nwld be present and deliver an address in\\nMonongahela on Monday evening Other\\nlabor leaders will address a meeting to\\nmorrow evening and it Is believed that it\\nwill be made one of the biggest labor\\ndemonstrations ever held in Pittsburg.\\nWheeling. W. Vaâ\\x80\\x9e July 31.â\\x80\\x94The mining\\nsituation in the Wheeling district today\\nwas as follows; About half of the force\\nwere at work in two mines and about\\nforty were at work at Elm Grove. Only\\ntwo men returned to work at Mounds\\nvllle and it is not likely the effort to re\\nsume there will be successful. Secre\\ntary Lewis, of the Ohio miners, addressed\\nthe Elm Grove strikers today. There\\nIs likely to be a clash between those who\\nreturned to work and those who stuck\\nto the strike. The Glendale company\\nposted notices that all who did not re\\nturn to work were discharged. This\\nbrought about half the force to terms.\\nThe situation at Dillonvale and Fair\\nmont remains practically the same as\\nyesterday. Judge Mason announced this\\nevening that the injunction granted at\\nthe solicitation of the operators was not\\npermanent. â\\x96\\xa0 The miners do not seem to\\ncare any-thlng about the injunction.\\nThe Ohio Valley Trades and Labor as\\nsembly has Issued a call for a mass meet\\ning of all citizens in sympathy- with the\\nstrikers for next Thursday- evening.\\nScottdale, Pa., July 31.â\\x80\\x94Scott Cum\\nmings. the leader of the non-union men,\\nbrought here by the Soottdale Iron and\\nSteel company to take the places of the\\nstrikers, was shot and Instantly killed\\ntonight In front of the Commercial hotel.\\nCummins and three companions, all non\\nunion men, encountered a number of\\nstrikers as they came out of the bar\\nroom, and a war of words ensued. Some\\none fired a revolver and a dozen shots\\nfollowed In quick succession. Cum\\nmings dropped dead with a bullet in his\\nright temple and his three companions\\nfled to the mill, hotly pursued by- an an\\ngry crowd. When the non-union men\\nreached the enolosure, the deputies on\\nguard surrounded thegi and the mob\\n: . * -G j . , â\\x80\\x98ri* ,6\\nV \\'* 4\\nwas forced to retreat. Word was at once\\nsent to Sheriff Zanor at Greensburg and\\nhe Is now on his way to Scottdale with\\nfifty armed deputies;\\nAt midnight everything was quiet, how\\never, and there waB no fear of af iiftheir\\noutkrtek .â\\x80¢* \\' 1 â\\x80¢ i;\\nReports as to how the â\\x80\\x9cshooting oc\\ncurred are conflicting\\'. Tames Dolf. onp\\nof the non-union men wn>- were with\\nCummings, was arres^d tonight and.Qtlf\\ner arrests will follow. r.,!\\nThe situation is very muen stra ned and\\nno one can predict the outcome.\\nOPERATORS SYMPATHIZE.\\nAnd Denounlce the Action of Sheriff Dow\\nryâ\\x80\\x94Some Hope\\' Held Out.\\nPittsburg. Pa.. July 31.â\\x80\\x94A number of\\ncoal operat- rs who congregated at the\\nMonongahela house during the day ex\\npressed themselves very forcibly over\\nthe strike situation. They were all in\\nfavor of the strike and hoped the strikers\\nwould win. They were all strong in de\\nnunciation of Sheiiff Dowry issuing the\\nproclamation ordering the miners at the\\nNew York and Cleveland mines to rtf\\nturn to their homes.\\nRobert Blythe, the coal operator, said:\\nâ\\x80\\x9c1 am more in sympathy with the min\\ners in this struggle than I have in any\\nstrike they have organized. I hope they\\nwill win. The proclamation of the [her ft\\nwas an outrage and I do not believe he\\ncan force the miners to leave th,e ground\\nthey are now â\\x96\\xa0â\\x80¢ccupying. with the per\\nmission of the owners. T do not think\\nhe has a right to interfere.â\\x80\\x9d\\nJames F. Shields, who operates the big\\nOsceola mine, |3 contributing- to the\\nstrikers dally and says he will continue\\nto do so until the strike teat an end. He\\ndenounces the action of thÂ» sheriff and\\nsays the miners should permit thepiselvf-s\\nt-- be arrested and fill -the jail, making\\nthe expenses so great on the county, that\\nthe tax payers would interfere and com\\npel the shrift to withdraw hiB procla\\nmation. (\\nThe â\\x80\\x9ctrue uniformity\" agreement is re\\nceiving fresh signatures daily. Operat\\nors who discourage the movement are\\ngradually coming into line and it Is be\\nlieved the required number of signatures\\ncan be secured. When that is done it is\\nbelieved the strike can easily be set\\ntled.\\nIn the county courts today ttie prelim\\ninary injunctions against the strikers,\\nrestraining them from interfeiing with\\nthe men at Bunnla and Ca-tie Shaunoh\\nmines were continued.\\nSTIDL SLINGING MUD\\nAre .he WbuM-Be Senators From the\\nPalmetto S1,ia.trâ\\x80\\x94Itâ\\x80\\x99s Give and Taka.\\nSor.-eca. S. C.. July 31.â\\x80\\x94The senatorial\\ncandidates were rather caustic towards*\\neach ether at Pickens today. Mr. May\\nfield said Senator McLvurln\\'- position\\non the dispensary was wrong, and wap\\ncriticising his views when the tait r\\na talced tbaâ\\x80\\x99t-if i-t. was itrue that he was no. \\'\\nin a combi nation Co fight him, why did\\nhe single him out for an attack on his\\ndispensary views, when Mr. Evans, the\\nfather of the dl-tpencary \"law, salt near\\nby.\\niLatcr Mr. Mayfield said he would say\\nnothing more abcra. Senator McLaurin,\\nats h- had oanrnri tiled political suicide a\\':\\nGreanvHle.\\nThe senator said \\'he supposed -Ur. May\\nfield made mo mention of Irby or Ev\\nans. as heregardod- them as being also\\ndead.\\niMr. Evans said some of t\\'he candidates\\nct it loused t\\'he di ip resa-i y because the la w\\nis unpopular here. As for himself, he\\nhad no regr-d s for his advocacy of the\\nâ\\x80¢Jaw, and still considered it the bes so\\nlnti\\' n of the liquor problem. Mr. Evans\\nclaimed tbait mat-teis were reaching a pe\\nculiar st-ag when Gov. Ellerbee said \\'he\\nWould use the machinery of his adminis\\ntration againyt Evans and Irby if t\\'hey\\nopposed -Moljaur in.\\nAs Gov. Bllctbee was -absent, Ser.u\\'tor\\n\\'McLaurin denied for him -.hi. he ever\\nmade such u statem-ent.\\nMr. Evans paid .hait Gov. Ellerbee told\\nhim so, and if he denied it he vvaa gkuitty\\nof a dilibtiate falsehood.\\niMr. Irby said he w\\'c-ukl prov by Smith\\nThomas, of Spartanburg, t\\'h\\'at Senator\\nMtiLaurin propotse-d to vote, for Butler for\\nn >r again;-. Tillman.\\nSenator McLaurin d.tried this, and said\\nThe alleged conference was cot on sena\\ntorlal, tiu\\'u on d. her matters.\\nRUCKER THE CAUSE OF IT.\\nAtlanta, Ga., July 31.â\\x80\\x94At a meeting of\\nthe republican executive committee of\\nPickens county, held at Jatpar today,\\nresolutions wens adopted denouncing the\\npartiality of the present administration\\ntor ii.gro republicans and declaring that\\nthe white members of the party in th\\nNinth congressional district would riot\\nBtand and be discriminated against (in\\nfavor of the negroes. The meeting was\\nheated and sensational, and the pa:sig-e\\nof resolutions denouncing the adml tetra\\ntion outright was only narrowly averted.\\nThe Ninth district curtains the bulk of\\nthe white republicans in Georgia, and\\nthriir indignation\\'has been aroused by the\\nappointment of HenTy Rucker as collec\\ntor of internal revenue.\\nHTS HONOR UNTARNISHED.\\nSt. Paul, Mir-n., July 31.â\\x80\\x94fcol. Albert\\nScheffer, president of the failed AUtnian a\\nbank, whose trial on an indictment charg\\ning him with -embezzlement because of an\\na\\'.leg d overdraft in tils accounts with the\\nbank, which has been on for several days,\\nwas -today acquitted. Judge Loomis di\\nrecting the jury to bring In such a verdict.\\nIt was shown that -the overdraft was- a\\nmatter of bookkeeping and that the\\nchecks in the matter were drawn to pay\\nthe debts c-f the band and rvere not per\\nsonal. The prosecution did net opp.se\\nthe motion to Instruct fur acquittal. Col.\\nScheffer is a well-known politician and\\nbanker, and his indictment was one of the\\nsensations growing out of the bad flurry\\nin St. Paul banks last winter.\\nFIGHTING IN SIMLA.\\nLondon, July 31.â\\x80\\x94The India office has re\\nceived a telegram from Simla saying wool\\nhas reached there that Chakdara was r\\nteked by the natives about 2 o\\'clock in\\nthe afternoon on Thursday and that fight\\ning occurred- until about S a. m. (Friday.)\\nTlic English lost five wounded. The native\\nlost is not known, but it is believed to have\\nbeen heavy. The government is ulso In\\nformed that the British foyce sent to re\\neonnolter in the direction of Chukdara,\\nwith a view of pushing thypugh If possi\\nble. was unable to effect Its purpose.\\nTEN EYCK GLADLY WELCOMED.\\nNew York, July 31.â\\x80\\x94Edward H. Ten\\nEyck, champion amateur oarsman of the\\nworld, and the winner of the diamond\\nsculls at lbs recer.it Henly rega tta, at- ;\\nrived on the Americar.\\' liner St. Paul to\\nday. He was accompanied by his father, i\\nJames Ten Eyck. They were given an\\n-enthusiastic reception.\\nSPALDING GETS IT AGAIN.\\n\\'Chicago, July 31.â\\x80\\x94The Jury in the third\\ntrial of Charles W. Spakling, treasurer of\\nthe Illinois State university, and presi\\nde:lt of the Globe -Saving; back, returned\\na verdict this afternoon of guilty. The\\npresent trial was on an indictment charg\\ning Spalding with hypothecating $25,000\\nMacoupin county bonds.\\nGOT FIVE YEARS.\\nRome, Ga.. July 31.â\\x80\\x94Ex-County School\\nCommissioner Wi -M. Bridges was found\\nguilty tonight of embezzling public funds\\nand sentenced to five years In the peni- i\\nItentiary. Bridges: Was school oommls\\nskojxor of Floyd ermnty for some years.\\nHe was a prompt ijet Baptist divine, Ma\\nson and politician, .\"...\\n& â\\x96\\xa0 \\\\\\n-*4 ,tK>. - i z.nGit * uc\\'.i;\\nIMPORTANT RAILROAD CASE,\\'\\nA Special Feature Before the\\nSupreme Court.\\nTHE DECREE SET ASIDE.\\nOn the Groirds Soma of the Judges Had No\\nInvestigated the Case-All the Roads\\nEntering Montgomery\\nInterested.\\nM-ntgomery, July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special.)â\\x80\\x94\\nThere are a f?w preferred cases m the\\ndocket of the supreme court, but In.all\\nlikelihood they will stand until the c\\'Vurt\\nmeets again in regular term on the sec\\nond Monday in November. These casus\\nare of no general interest.\\nThe special session of the court this\\nweek had to do with the most import\\nant features of the fight between the\\nI,\"UlsviIle and Nashvill? and the Plant\\nsystem and Mobile and Ohio railroad\\ncompanies, over local terminal facilities,\\nand the attention of all railroad officials\\nin this section was centered upon the\\nproceedings.\\nSeveral months ago the city of Mont\\ngomery abandoned a certain small paik\\non Tallapoosa stieet in favor of the Ala\\nbama Midland railway and the Belt Lina\\nrailway, the latLr reprts-ming the Mo\\nbile and Ohio, which is now building a\\nbranch line from Columbus, Miss., into\\nthis city. The park is situated directly\\nin front of the general offices of the Mid\\nland and near the site of the Mobile and\\nOhioâ\\x80\\x99s proposed freight depot.\\nThe use of the park for a line of tracks\\nwas absolutely necessary to the M b.Ie\\nand Ohio, if they were to carry out their\\nterminal plans in conjunction with the\\nMidland or Plant system and utilizr the\\nTallapoosa street property, the most\\nconvenient they could get for depot pur\\nposes.\\nAfter being impressed with the Idea\\nthat the immediate construction of the\\nMobile and Ohio depended upon the grant\\nof this park, among other concessions\\nthe council gave up the park.\\nTracks were laid over t\\'hi property, and\\nall went well lor a few days. Then Dr.\\nJames Dougiasa, an adjaoeni properoy\\nâ\\x96\\xa0owner, filed a bill in \\'the chancery count\\nenjoining the n.\\'.y from destroying tha\\npark, inis bill wais di-â\\x80\\x99m.s\\'se\\'d, ana tna\\noompiu JC\\'iiJj l. ok sin appeal to I\\'ha su\\npreme court.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0vv endtii-ay \\'.ibis \\'tribunal u-cidid that\\nthe M. & O. oind ihc PiiarJc system musi\\nremove tin-.r trajcas d\\'.\\'oni the park. Jus\\ntice lii\\'nison rta.idie.til the optuhon, wi.itU\\nailer Â£iuu,.g \\'jfle t\\'-tctS au.o clung me law,\\nciches as i\\'-dJO ,vs:\\nâ\\x96\\xa0But we find bo aitticu.\\'.y in LroJlrjg u.ha.o\\nâ\\x96\\xa0the oOtmp.u.uani. nn tm.- e-la- ,-n â\\x96\\xa0- u ,i,\\nâ\\x80¢and lor \\'cue purposes ot uJiS cast, an au\\njacei.lt px\\'-\\'pVietv to me stud pa. k, au oc\\ncupies sU\\'t.i a pctx.u.un as ut-itif.t-d .o\\nlLia-i-Jain UU3 uni. ne call icok out trout\\ndie iron, u cue ot ms l.jc-ta W.\\'tu ..a\\nlrnobsiruiâ\\x80\\x99toj view, on to ife paik, a dis\\n\\'ijinios: ot ar.\\'.y iiu teet from mm. â\\x80\\x99I\\'n-t\\ngive a him Uu, Uili.vtmio of an adjacent p o\\npneror. 1-1mil ais o.hfcaâ\\x80\\x99 -ml ne view ns\\nob-\\'itruij-t\\'d, Ijhciugh\\' iit fsonly 260 feet trout\\n, liie park. 1\\'oar cue lsurposts ot air and\\nrtcrtat.o-n, \\'he has c\\'Ij.issh n.; has a dii-ract\\nand special iutcrtst aga-\\'i.ia. its p.upw.\\'a\\nu\\'.su\\'itciton.\\nFw, I. the foregoing iit fellow\\'s thlait the\\ndeorte oi ith-e luttr.Ct\\'.\\'y cou..\\'i must be re\\nvel fed, *\\'Ui on. will b- lure rendered in\\nâ\\x96\\xa0accoi\\'uiaTJoa wren am piayer of toe bill.\\nIt is further odlered and decreurd, Moat\\nthe Aiâ\\x80\\x99ibalma iMid.and Han way compaipy,\\nar.li the BtU Line Hallway company, pro\\nceed ait once, and wiltbin twenty days\\nfrom tha reiAii\\'L.\\'on of â\\x80¢.ii a decree, nun.\\nmove from saJd park toe railway .rack.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0it â\\x80\\x98r.\\'.s laid dlown on and across the same,\\nair.\\'d \\'all oUher obsmicirons it may have\\nplaced thereon.\\n\\'Reveised amid ramden\\'ed.\\nnow. ver. the deeis.on d es not stand.\\nJustice Coleman, who has been away,\\noame in Thursday and Chief Just ce\\nBrickell announced that as he had had\\nno opportunity to examine the cause the\\ndecree r ndei-ed was set aside and the\\ncase returned to the docket.\\nIt now stands as though no action\\' had\\nbeen taken by the supreme curt. _\\nFor a day it was \\'believed that tha\\ntracks over the park would have to be\\ntorn up. and in consequence the Mobile\\nand Ohio would receive a serious -set\\nback in perfecting their terminals. Now,\\nhowever, they will go ahead in hops that\\nthe difficulties may be smoothed over be\\nfore the supreme court decides the care.\\niTb: second big case passed upon by the\\nsupreme court brought forth two de\\ncisions. One on Wednesday, and a. Â» c\\nond one on Thursday, modifying the de\\ncree of the day before.\\nThe question involved, and tha ln.t r st\\nat stake, was also of iromsldirable magni\\ntude and related to the same tern.uial\\nrights of the Louisville and NashvifTe as\\nagainst the oblle and Ohio, and Alabama\\nMidland on Plant syetam. Briefly the\\nhistory is this:\\nLast January the city cotmc.ll of Mont\\ngomery gave the Alabama Midland the\\nright to use and occupy river street,\\nwhich adjoins the park secured by the\\nMobile and OhJo and Mid land for ter\\nminal tracks. The Midland began lay\\ning tracks on River street one night and\\nthe Louisville and Nashville stopped\\nthem with an Injunction, contingent that\\nupon an abandonment of River street by\\nthe municipality the Louisville and Nq^h\\nviHe, as an abutting proprrty owner, was\\nentitled to one-half the street.\\nThe city court dissolved the injunction\\nof the Louisville and Nashville; an ap\\npeal was taken and on Wednesday the\\nsupreme court affirmed the opinion of\\nthe lower court.\\nThursday the deerpe was modified; the\\njudgment of affirmance was Fet aside and\\nnow the case goes back to the city court\\nfor trial on proof.\\nAnd so it will be seen that the big ter\\nminal war between three great railroad\\nsystems Is not yet endpd. The Deril\\nfight promises to be a long and s;ub\\nborn one.\\nOne other case was decided li f>â\\x80\\x98re the\\nsupreme court adjourned sine die.\\nThe First National bank of Gadsden vs.\\nIsabel Thompson, et al., appeal from\\nGadsden city court; affirmed.\\nMALARIAL FEVER\\nAnother Great Sufferer in New Orleans.\\nHEW ORLEANS, LA.â\\x80\\x94 ,:I was greatly\\ntroubled with malarial fever iu tho som\\nmer. I have been afflicted in this way for\\nsevers! years past. Last spring I took\\nthree bottles of Hoodâ\\x80\\x99s Sarsaparilla, which\\ngave me great relief. I recommend Hoodâ\\x80\\x99s\\nSarsaparilla to anyono as a spring medi\\ncine and blood purifier. It bnilfis up the\\nsystem and wards 08 disease.â\\x80\\x9d-. jOTto\\nliuKEB, 2002 Joiepbine Street.\\n*1 ,, run, are tasteless, mild, eff eo\\nHOOu S PiliS uT0> All druggists. 21a.\\nayi \\\\ .if â\\x80¢L-oU\\nâ\\x80¢ â\\x80¢3â\\x80\\x99 - \\\\ â\\x96\\xa0) . . .â\\x80\\x99it i\\'ll;L\\n. _ T I a..a. t\\\\ .XA V',\n",
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ROGAIS & CO.\\n8-1-sun-tnes 1911 1st Ave.\\nt Masseyâ\\x80\\x99s Business Colleges, cor\\n** ner 19th St. and 3d Ave., Birming\\nham. Telephone 612. Endorsed in\\nthe highest tot ms by bankers and\\nbusiness men.\\n$30,000 paid in capital is devoted\\nâ\\x96\\xa0r* to making the Massey Colleges\\nI the best Business Schools in tho\\nâ\\x80¢v- South. Send to: Catalogue.\\n~J>\\nFrosli bread and candy made\\ndaily at C. W. Codyâ\\x80\\x99s, 1820 to\\n1826 3d avenue. jes-tf\\n. i\\nNEVILLE ALSO CONVICTED\\nWill Hang With His Partner in\\nCrime.\\nAIRSHIP MOVING NORTH\\nI idree Bunk: Compliment ;i Bold Work of\\nBurpdf\\'sâ\\x80\\x94 Pc -â\\x80\\x98.office Removedâ\\x80\\x94M; ly\\nSocial r.-ite-:iinrnents- Ser\\nious Hunawav.\\nI * or tnr. Jt.ly 31.â\\x80\\x94(Sr* *IÂ»1 Cor.)â\\x80\\x94\\nT>\\' I of â\\x96\\xa0 he case of th? state against\\nI VVt \" >-r \\' â\\x96\\xa0 vll? â\\x96\\xa0 b-guo \\'.His in mu At\\n\\' I Â» tick in-jury ,.ook the .as , and alter\\n.* \\'me deiiboiuti. n a \\' >rdlci of guu\\'iy was\\nreturned ,nrt : i. p. Hmm fixed at\\n! deal\\'â\\x80\\x99. Jdi.--.Hh v , le .welv. Jurors\\nt\\'avoiv.. Iia.it \\'\"g, \\\\vh lie \\'e\\' light life\\nImprison mout s.-ifil . a. pwnViwru .vt, bun\\n! fiiviltj deoifu\\' i witn i.e major it.,.\\nBose Bui\\'cr . rhe woman charged with\\nthe tuise ofrer.ipe, >vll: \\'be put oni tnlul\\n\\' ftifi.\\'Thy. Thf.r1.* ia but little doubt til!11\\nshe will sb rv> fhersaimc fat., as Louis\\n| \\'ihdlipson :.nU Wa\\'Her Neville.\\nMrs*. W Malone met With quite a\\nF rionis ftcrid\\'-r .â\\x80\\x99In this evening. Her\\n\\' (horsfe bet- j lightened and ran a why.\\nthrowing ho. from â\\x96\\xa0 buggy, break 1 g\\nher leg \\\\alt two places. Drs. Conyngion\\nand Murray were oallods and at this\\nhour sâ\\x80\\x98ht is nets\\'.\\'ing well.\\n\\' A,iÂ» election was held in th? e.ly of\\nHarts lie today for t\\'he purpose of de\\nl <â\\x96\\xa0: iing wli\\'Uiier or not whUl:.. . ... 1.1 be\\nsold In that precinct. After the polls were\\nclosed Che vet? was counted and stood\\n60 for wee and 200 for dry.\\nQuite a crowd of p ople \\\\vi nessed to\\nnight what appeared to be an airship\\nâ\\x80¢moving northward. It was some 300 feet\\nâ\\x80¢from the earth and mloving seemingly at\\nthe rate of twenty-five miles an hour.\\nIt was of am obtorg shape arud carried a\\npowerful search-light.\\nCo] Little, post office inspector, was\\nhere this week Joking info the removal\\nof the positofflce. \\'Petitions are out ask\\ning for its remova! to \\'.he Bingham block\\nand for Us reteawion at the old stamd.\\nThe inspector recommends â\\x80\\x99.â\\x80\\x98he old Ex\\nchange Bank building, which is about\\nhalf way from Ms present location, and\\nthe Btotgb\\'ain, block.\\nThe ein\\'tetit\\'ai\\'.T.imemt given by Miss Hes\\nIfer Ciark\\'son cit th\\'â\\x96\\xa0 <>;si u house thin week\\nvvtr? enjoy d by afl lovers of vocal and in\\net.irumemtal music. A large crowd was\\npresent and enjoyed the evening.\\nJudge J. J. Banks, who is holding the\\nspecial \\'term of the circui\\'t court here for\\nthe trial of the negro rai is-ts. has the\\nfull confidence of the whole people. He\\nhas won admire B for h1s fair and impar\\ntial rulings.\\nThere seems to b? Â« band of burglars\\nin Detaltur. Tho homes of \\'Messrs. B.\\nW. MVlTac-, W. W. Callahan. W. J. Ed\\nwards and E. W. Coiiieir were vlstied by\\nbunglaTS last night. They secured val\\nuables from Mr. Callahan amounting to\\n$16, and from Mr. Wollaoe amounting to\\na.lhhi; $2f>. Messrs. Edwards and Collier\\nawoke Ito time Vo protect t/oomselvee.\\nâ\\x80¢Messrs. Collier and Edwards each fired\\nseveral Shots at t\\'he fieelr.ig thieves.\\nTHE CYLINDRICAL BALE.\\nHuntsville Is Striding; Forward in the Indus\\ntrial World.\\nHuntsville, Ala., July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special.)â\\x80\\x94\\nWork tans \\'begun on till\\'s erection of a large\\ngi\\'n anU cWH.ion oompiviE, -.toe dueiinguisih\\n$ng feature of which will be the round or\\ncyli\\'ndrtcuJ bale. It will be ready for tho\\npresent crop ainxl Its success is assured,\\nlira a few d\\'ays all prelliffiilnlairy arrange\\nments will have been perfect\\'d so as to\\nbegin work oov the conitraCtlom of a sys\\ntem of sewers for the entire cl\\' y, and\\nwhen ooirvple\\'rfd will give a guarantee of\\ntHuiniUsvillo conttnuiâ\\x80\\x99.ng lira the future, as\\nlit hats been In the pasvj. i(hÂ» healiihles; city\\nIn all the south. Following fats work,\\nwill \\'bie a sclan\\'.tflf system of reconslruc\\ntton and repair woirk of the streets and\\nBide walks of thi- ciity, placing tlatreby\\nthe public higtvwiRyB oif Die dltly In a con\\ndition equal 1to any On the country. A\\nrock onusher anti steaim roller will be\\npurohosei by \\'the eSty, amid \\'Jlius It can\\nBind wfll be able bo do this character of\\nwork I\\'ll aocordlaue\\'e wili.Qi the demands of\\nboa-uty, utility anil seteniL\\'lflc road cngl\\nmering.\\nThe great popularity of our noted\\nrnknin\\'laiin rev-out, iMomte \\'Sawo. and \\'tlha\\njremairka\\'btv large poitron\\'alge it Is receiv\\ning, is met omly highly gratifying, \\'but\\nis giving new evidence of the great de\\nmand for am eUeotrlc ear lime so als to em\\nlalblie Iranis pc\\'iâ\\x80\\x99taltlon forlt\\'he public equal \\'to\\nits ,1u-\\'t demand. Hotel Monte Sano Is\\norowd\\'etl als never before, aind every one\\n1st delighted with this most lovely atntf\\ncharming mount of health.\\nThe iMhdiiscini eouiruty Sunday school ia\\nin anmiual Convention1 in. \\'this ctly, and\\n0 large 0,11301.kjlamce of delegates is to be\\nseen. A highly tr.iteresiting programme Is\\nbeing cum led out tlo nlhe beneficent to\\nBtructlcm a.rud pleasure of all wh\\'o are\\nbo foi\\'tuinia.\\'te as to be presenir. The morn\\ning. aBHemioon and evening sessions al\\ntomratfa in meeting in til various pro\\'.eat\\naitt churches.\\nREDUCED TO ASHES\\nWas a Valuable Manufacturing Plant at\\nGreenv.lloâ\\x80\\x94Marriage in High Life\\nâ\\x80\\x94Other Social Gossip.\\nGreenville, Ala., July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special.)â\\x80\\x94\\nDr. J. C. Kendrick, mayor, and a prom\\ninent physician of this city, and Mrs.\\nMattie C. King, also of Greenville, were\\nquietly married at the home of the\\nbrideâ\\x80\\x99s father, (\\'apt. K. E. Corry, on the\\n27th Inst., Kiev. Henry Trewick, of the\\nM. E. church, officiating.\\nThe boiler house of tile Gulf Red Cedar\\ncompany burned about 4 oâ\\x80\\x99clook yester\\nday evening. The flames were kept\\nfrom the main building-, and hence the\\ni\"SS and damage to other portions.of the\\nplant will be comparatively light. The\\nfiremen, factory hands and citizens gen\\nerally did some good work, and are to\\nbe congratulated upon the result of their\\nefforts. The work of repairing has al\\nready begun, and things will be in run\\nning order very soon. The Iron w rks\\nwill lose little or no time by reason of\\nthe fire.\\nMrs. F. \\\\. Lee.and nieces, Mlsse-s Hen\\nry and Lucy \\\\Vil$t>n. of Bryan, Texas,\\nand Mrs. 3. M. Wilson and niece, Miss\\nGladys Taylor, of Savannah, Ga., are\\nvisiting relatives in the city.\\nThe preliminary trial of Lee, Burkett\\nand Seale, charged with the murder of\\n\\' Mack Blackman, beret* Justice H. B.\\n! Pilley, has been continued until next\\nweek, owing to the absence of some of\\nI the stateâ\\x80\\x99s witnesses.\\nMuch Interest is being taken in the\\nseries of meetings now in progress at\\nthe Baptist ehurch.\\nThe eruptive disease, about which the\\nphysician.\\' of the state so differ. Is a\\nthing of the past, so far as Greenville la\\nconcerned. There has not been a case\\nhere for several weeks, and we feel that\\nIt has been completely routed.\\nNO CURE-NO PAY.\\nThat Is the way all druggists sell\\nGROVE\\'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC\\nfor Chills and Malaria. It is simply\\' Tvon\\nand Quinine in a tasteless form. Children\\nlove It. Adults prefer It to bitter, nause\\nating tonics. Price, 50c.\\n5-23, sun-wed-fri . ,Al__.. .\\nDOING A GOOD BUSINESS\\nIs the Foundry anil Machine Shops at At\\ntalla Kiilion and Galloway Trial _ 1\\nâ\\x80\\x94 Bicycle Races.\\niAI a\\'.iÂ», Ate., July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special\\nCarr s\\'p indcmiae.)â\\x80\\x94O. A. Brot\\'he.s has jU3J\\nreturned from a vistS to his old homo\\nat Jiula, Alia,\\nMiiss Rosa White, of Chatl. nooga, is\\ntlhe gm\\'tt of heir ooutl\\'n, Mrs. White, an\\nan c ioe.\\n*| -â\\x96\\xa0 \\'a I\\'j.\\'ise TtmtieMe, of Montgomery,\\non.i Iâ\\x80\\x99alMi\\'l Hammond, of Jacksonville,\\nw. the gu ids of Mis. iHammond.\\nTim Bower, of Rome, Gaâ\\x80\\x9e Is vtei\\'tong Mho\\nfatally of J. M. Echols.\\n= 3 Arrlngto... of Birmingham, Is vis\\ni Â« her si-iw, li\\'\\n\\'>u! city fathers ore dTing snm, much\\nr> eiltd work m ouir Â»t re Chairman.\\nrv.â\\x80\\x99*t, of t\\'h- to . eel committee, deserves\\nfft -\\'a ci-1 lit far ibiis never tiring em-vigy\\nI tlhe yl-y.\\nItem aril Bon Kfll\\'ia.n w.â\\x80\\x99in part\\' oat\\nTom a. \\' Ron Killian, who are charged\\n\\'v** i hl.ving parifc\\'wated in the\\nbloody GalloIVI y-Kil an tight s .me\\nWmv ap\". wiâ\\x80\\x99\\' â\\x80¢ ..till for murd-i\\nM\\'-? â\\x80¢cyab\\'l de-,.-ee on -\\'erf mbtr 3. The\\nGalloways will be tried for assault with\\nintent to muu\\'Jer on Augift 37.\\n\\' .fillets of revival me*\\', ir.gs begin, on\\nSurJc\\'vy, August 1, ab tlhe Cumberland\\nchurch.\\nM uri Foreman. rnM Lam-\\' â\\x80¢ I., w*.\\nrectr.iliy teased the electric light and\\nwater works pliant from the city, are add\\ning muiny I\\'mprovt u. jr.i\\'.ri to I , a n i w. w II\\nsoon htave mine of the heat lighted \\'towna\\nin north Alabama. iT\\'bese gorj l1.mem de\\nserve great cr .ltd as business men. They\\nreoaiJ.liy puicihlnsed the At\\'lalla foundry\\nair.U nrmch\\'ln.a shop, which \\'had never been\\nru.n successfully up to tha\\'t time, and how\\nrimy are running it an a paying basis,\\nwi1 ih orders from all over the country.\\nOur town. it? tflbwly, but gradually build\\ning up. R. L. Walkerâ\\x80\\x99s handaom, â\\x80¢ resi\\nel)inc= is nearly completed. Cox & Ech\\nols\\' livery stable will soon be ready far\\n, occupancy. W. P. S\\'haw is improving\\nseveral of his houses.\\nI Ed Cox will leave IMonday week far\\nColorado Springs for his health. His\\nmamy frlemdls deslir- to see him return,\\nsoon much improved.\\nTlhe races? at ilhe bicycle park yesterday\\n. and today wore well attended. Stowers\\nbeat George Quinn easily In the protl a\\neCbn\\'al race. Gammon, trf Rome, ivon the\\n. amateur na\\'ces without any difficulty\\n. whatever.\\nStowers ran against time on thâ\\x80\\x9c ..rack\\narid towered the record of the track Severn\\nseconds.\\nTHE BUILDINGTEVER\\nStrikes Auburn With n Vengeanceâ\\x80\\x94Bur\\nglars Get in Their Workâ\\x80\\x94Bright\\nOutlook lor Crops.\\nAuburn, Ala., July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special. )-r\\nTliere is quite a good dial of building and\\ngeneral improvement going on In Auburn\\nat the preset,it time. Miss Alice Carr\\'s\\nhandsome new residence on Gay street is\\nreceiving the finishing touches; Mrs. M.\\nA. Hurt has moved lr.to her very attrac\\ntive six room cottage on Magnolia stre.-t;\\nâ\\x80\\x98 work is progressing rapidly on Prof. J. J.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0 Wilmore\\'s new residence on North Gay\\nstreet. This is to be one of the most at\\ntractive and conveniinit residences in\\nAuburn when finished.\\nDr. C. A. Cary has purchased and im\\nproved the Halla lay place and now has\\none of the prettiest homes In town.\\nAuburn now has the advantage cf a\\nlocal telephone system, which is connect\\ned with Opelika.\\nA burglar entered the residence ofOflpt.\\nCachet the other night and obtained $85\\nin money.\\nDr. C. H. Ross and Misses Dili and\\nKate Taylor and Master Ro s Taylor are\\nvisiting \\'the family of Judge and Mrs. J.\\nR. Dowdell, of LaFayette.\\nMrs. Sarah A. Fullilane, of Texas, is\\nvisiting the family of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.\\nDowdell.\\nMisses Little Dowdell an 1 Annie Laurie\\nDillard are visiting friends in Columbus,\\nGaâ\\x80\\x9e this week.\\nDr. and Miss Bessie Broun are spending\\nthe summer at Lake George, New York.\\nDr. George Petrie is in Philadelphia do\\ning some work In connection with his\\ndepartment of history. Mrs. Petrie\\'is\\nvisiting Dr. Petrieâ\\x80\\x99s father\\'s family at\\nCharlottesville, Va.\\nMrs. O. D. Smith Is in North Carolina\\nfor a few weeks.\\nMrs. R. W. Burton, in company witb\\nDr. amiil Mrs. P. H. Mell, will make a visit\\nto Liberty county, Pa., next w.ek, this\\ncounty being the home of the original an\\ncestors of the Mell and Burton families.\\nThe crops in the immediate neighbor\\nhood of Auburn were greatly benefited\\nby the recent rains, but rain is beginning\\nto be needed again now.\\nAuburn Is well supplied with water\\nmelons this season, very large and cf ex\\ncellent quality.\\nMr. P. /Cellars, of near Auburn, sold\\ntwenty bales of cotton this week at 8\\noer.its per pound.\\nProf, and Mrs. E. R. Miller are travel\\ning in Europe this summer.\\nThere Is some taik among the local\\npoliticians o.f Lee county as to whore\\ntime it is next.\\nProf. A. L. Bond\\'ll rant and his moth-r\\nleft Tuesday morning for a visit to rela\\ntives in Virginia.\\nTWINEâ\\x80\\x99MANUFACTORY\\nNow in Course of Construction at Annis\\nton-Thrilling Escape From a\\nBurning Building.\\nlArxrriston, July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special.â\\x80\\x94The Gold\\nMedal twice mill, recently established\\nhere by the American Net and Twine\\ncompany, of Boston, Is beginning opera\\ntions. Fifty people are employed now\\nand the force is being gradually in\\ncreased to 125. A fine quality of hard\\ntwine is being manufactured, the pro\\nduct to be sold for fishing cord or sent\\nto Massachusetts to be oonverted there\\nInto nets, selns, etc., In the company\\'s\\nmills there. This company is the largest\\nmanufacturer of this product In the\\nworld. The Gobi Medal twine mill occu\\npies a beautiful and convenient site In\\nthe northern portion of the city, between\\nthe main lines of the Southern and the\\nLouisville and Nashville railroads. The\\ncompany intend# Increasing and adding\\nto its plant here In the near future Irf all\\nconditions are pleasing and manufactur\\ning netsfand selns as well as twine at its\\nmills in this city.\\nThe main building of the Barber Mem\\norial school for negro girls, destroyed\\nby fire a few months since. Is being re\\nbuilt on the mountain side Just south\\neast of the city at a cost of $35,000. The\\nbuilding will be a hahdsome four-story\\nstructure of brick and stone.\\nMr. Wm. H. Zlnn brgan this morning\\nthe erection of a two-story brick building\\non Noble street, between Eleventh and\\nTwelfth streets, Just north of a hand\\nsome structure previously erected by\\nhim.\\nThe old postoffice building, corner of\\nQulntard avenue and Tenth street, was\\nbadly damaged by Are early Thursday\\nmorning. Mrs. McClellan lived In the\\nsecond story and she and her children\\njumped from the windows to mattresses\\non the sidewalk. Mrs. McClellan fell\\npartially on the pavement and was very\\npainfully Injured.\\nInvitations are out to the marriage of\\nMr. Robert Lee Wallis and Miss Augusta\\nJeffers on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 4.\\nChaceâ\\x80\\x99s City Band, East\\nLake, Sunday. Phil Memoli,\\ndirector j augltf\\nA GIGANTIC LAND SALE\\nRepresenting Three Millions ol Dollars to\\nTake Place in Florence.\\nThe Ladies of Florence Organize the Villace Im\\nprovement Association and Propose Show\\ning Hen How to Promote Prosperity.\\n| Florence, July 2!.â\\x80\\x94(Special.)â\\x80\\x94On Monday,\\nAugust ?, all of tiie property of the Flor\\n{ enco La&.l, MLniitg and Manufacturing\\ncompany and the Florence Educational and\\nDevelopment company will be lold at auc\\nWn- by oidcr of the courts, to,satisfy the\\nJm\\'ditors of the companies.. It will be a\\n| notable land sale, and many capitalists are\\nexpected- to attend it from neighboring cit\\nies. The Florence Land, â\\x80\\x98.Mining and Man\\n! ufacturing company is the pioneer land\\ncompany of Florence and was a leading\\nfactor In promoting\\' the tate boom. The\\nFlorence Educational, Land an 1 Develop\\nment company is an offshoot of that com\\npany. ,\\nThe property, to be solct Monday includes\\nnearly a thousand city lots, twenty-six\\nresidences, the famous Baptist university\\n, building, the Florence hotel, nearly twenty\\nI thousand acres of land near Florence, and\\nlive hundred shares of stock in the Nash\\nville, Florence and Sheffield railroad. The\\n; property is to be sold in parcels to suit\\n, purchasers. The two companies wore cap\\n\\' italized at $3,000,000, but they have both\\nbeen losing ground since the collapse of the\\nboom.\\nTwo unsuccessful attempts were made\\nduring the past week to burglarize the\\nMalone hotel in this city. In each instance\\nthe burglars were frightened off by the\\nofficers and were chased and shot at.\\nThey made good their escape, but the of\\nficers think they know\\' them, and an ar\\nrest or two may be made in a fewr days.\\n\\'M. J. Dillard, a prominent insurance man\\nof this city, has been appointed general\\nagent tor Alabama and Tennessee of the\\nWilliamsburg Insurance company, of New\\nYork. It is understood that Mr. Dillard\\'s\\nsalary will be $1,800 a year, and that the\\nwork will not interfere with his local in\\nsurance business.\\nA convention of all road apportioners\\nand overseers in the county is called to\\nmeet in this city on August 14. The ob\\nject of the convention is to formulate\\nsome practical plan for grading and other\\nwise improving the county roads. A great\\ndeal of work has been done on the county\\nroads tills year, and the people arc anx\\nious for the good work to continue.\\nA number of Florence ladies-on last\\nWednesday organized a \\'\\'Village Improve\\nment association,â\\x80\\x9d and will look afttr the.\\ninterests of the city. The ladies are in\\nearnest and propose to show the men that\\nthey can promote prosperity and observe\\nparliamentary rules in the most approved\\n| fashion.\\nNo matter how violent or excrutiating\\nthe pain the Rheumatic, Bedridden, Infirm,\\nCrippled, Nervous, Neuralgia, or prostrat\\ned wjth disease may suffer,\\nRADWAYâ\\x80\\x99S READY RELIEF\\nWILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE.\\nInstantly stops the most efccrutlatlng.pains,\\nallays Inflammation ami cures congestions,\\nwhether of the Lungs, Stomach, Bowels or\\nother glands or mucuous membranes,\\nHAD WAVS READY RELIEF\\nCURES AND PREVENTS Colds, Coughs,\\nSore Throat, Influenza* Bronchit s, Pmu\\nmonia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia,\\nHeadache, Toothache, Asthma,\\nDifficult Breathing.\\nMoberly, Mo., Jan. 21, 1896.\\nRadway & Co. :\\nDear Sirsâ\\x80\\x94I have been keeping in the\\nhouse your Radwayâ\\x80\\x99s Ready Relief for the\\nlast six years. I have used it in every way,\\nand found it to be the best on earth. Six\\nyears ago I was sick; 1 tried all kinds of\\nmedicines, but they did me no good. My\\n1 father saw the advertisement in the paper;\\nhe told me to try a bottle. 1 did so, and by\\nusing it three days I was able to be out. I\\nhave kept it on hand ever since, and have\\ntold my neighbors about it. My wife had\\nbeen troubled with toothache. I gave a\\ntrial of the medicine and it cured her pain\\ninstantly. I was gathering corn and got\\nmy hand caught between the wagon bed and\\nstandard, and mashed it badly. I ran to\\nthe house and poured on a lot of Radwayâ\\x80\\x99s\\nReady Relief and had no more pain. I tied\\nmy hand up with a piece of flancl, poured\\non more Radwayâ\\x80\\x99s Ready Relief, and in an\\nhour I was ready to take hold Of my work\\nagain. I cannot be thankful enough. I\\ncould write a great deal more, but this pa\\nper would not hold half of what I could\\nwrite. Yours truly,\\nJACOB J. KAPPLER.\\nApril 10. 1897.\\nDr. Radway & Co.: I have been a sufferer\\nfrom rheumatism for more than six months:\\nI could not raise my hands to my head nor\\nput my hands behind me. nor even take off\\nmy own shirt. Before I had finished three\\nfourths of a bottle of Radwayâ\\x80\\x99s Ready Re\\nlief I could use my arms as well as ever.\\nYou can see why I have such great faith in\\nyour Ready Relief. Yours truly,\\nW. C. BAKER.\\nEngineer at-A. Manteloneâ\\x80\\x99s Boot and Shoe\\nFactory, 939.Julia at.. New Orleans. La.\\nRADWAYâ\\x80\\x99S READY RELIEF USED AL\\nSO INTERNALLYâ\\x80\\x94A half to a teaspoonful\\nin half a tumbler of water will In a few min\\nutes cure Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach,\\nNausea. Vomiting, Heartburn. Sick Head\\nache, Diarrhoea, Colic, Flatulency and all\\ninternal pains.\\nMalaria in its various forms cured and\\nprevented.\\nThers lÂ» not a remedial agent in the world\\nthat wiM cure fever and ague and all other\\nfevers (aided by RADWAYâ\\x80\\x99S PILLS) so\\nquickly as RADWAYâ\\x80\\x99S READY RELIEF.\\nPrevention of chills and fever\\nHudson River Brâ\\x80\\x99k Mfg. Co ,\\nVerplanck Point N T\\nof trusting entirely to your Ready Relief\\nof trusting entirely in your Ready Relief\\nand Pills as our household medicine, lardy\\nrequiring any other remedial aid. I myself\\nfollow closely your directions In taking the\\nReady Relief as a preventive for Chills and\\nFever, say a teaspoonful In some water be.\\nfore my breakfast on an empty stomach\\nwhen I visit my yard, as I am accustomed\\nto do at that time. The result is a perfect\\nsuccess, as I never take the fever, although\\nI am located In a most malarious district\\nIn which few of the residents escape malu\\nrtous attacks, particularly of Chills and Fe\\nver.\\nMy men. and those who have come from\\nMr. Frost\\'s yard experience the same bene\\nficial effects by following a like practice s*\\nmyself. Very truly yours.\\nJOHN MORTON. Proprietor.\\nRadwayâ\\x80\\x99s Ready Relief\\nFor the cure of Pain. Congestions and In\\nHammation. Price 60 CENTS a bottle.\\nRADWAYâ\\x80\\x99S SAHSAPARILLIAN RESOLVENT\\nFor the Blood and ChronfQ Disease*.\\nPrice $1 a Bottle.\\nRADWAYâ\\x80\\x99S PILLS\\nPurely vegetable, \"mild and reliable. Price\\n25 CENTS a Box (at Druggists or by mall.)\\nSold by all Druggists.\\nBe sure to get â\\x80\\x9cRadway\\'s,â\\x80\\x9d and see Ui*t\\nthe name is on what you buy.\\nBook of advice sent ef| application to\\nRADWAY A CO.,\\n55 Â£lm Street, New York City\\nAN OPEN LETTER\\nTc MOTHERS.\\nWE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THB\\nEXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD â\\x80\\x9cCASTORIA,\\'â\\x80\\x99 AND..\\nâ\\x80\\x9cPITCHERâ\\x80\\x99S CASTORIA,â\\x80\\x9d AS OUR TRADE MARK.\\n7, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,\\nwas the originator of â\\x80\\x9cPITCHERâ\\x80\\x99S CASTORIA,â\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99 the same\\nthat has borne an? docs now on every\\nbear the facsimile signature of iw upper.\\nThis is the original â\\x80\\x9c f iTCHFRâ\\x80\\x99C CASTORIA,\\'â\\x80\\x99 which hoe been\\nused in the homes of the Mr,titers of America for ever thirty\\nyears. LOOK CARt \"ULLY at ike wrapper and sea that it is\\nthe hind you have ah ays bought â\\x80\\x940 \" 0!l the\\nand has the signature, of U, wrap\\nper. No one has authority from me to use tug none ex-,\\ncept The Centaur Company of which Chas. II. Fletcher is\\nPresident. , ... . . * ^ .\\nMarch 8, 1897.\\nBo Not Be Deceived.\\nDo not endanger the life of your child by accepting\\na cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you\\n(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in\\ngredients of which even he does not know.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThe Kind You Have Always Boughtâ\\x80\\x9d\\nBEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF\\n|\\nInsist cn Having\\nThe Kind That Never Failed You.\\nTHE CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY tTREtT. NEW VORiS CITY.\\nMGfN WAS wsi ww rxa Â«w mhh rx& ora wra mx wet wa we\\nj CORONA GOAL t COKE CO j\\nMiners and shippers of the cel- fg\\nB|| ebrated â\\x80\\x9cGold Medalâ\\x80\\x9d brand of ig\\n^ CORONA COAL; mines in Walker\\ncounty; only domestic coal given g|}\\nthe gold medal at the Atlanta Ex- Â§Â» â\\x80¢\\nÂ§Â§f position and the New Orleans g\\n^ Exposition. jg\\ngi J. R. COOK, Local Representative. jg\\ngg| General Offices at Coruna, Alabama.\\nbn\\nBoweltine\\nFor all Bowel Troubles; a medicinal preparation of\\nBlackberry Wine, Cognac Brandy and valuable astringents.\\nPrice 75c bottle. H. BARNARD, 3d Ave and 19tli St.\\nTELEPHONE Jrt7.\\nAccidents\\nWill Happen!\\nThe remarkably large line of accident in\\nsurance written by the United States Cas\\nualty company during the few months it\\nhas been actively represented In Birming\\nham Is due to tli,e unequalled liheraltv of\\nIts policies and to its prompt and libnal\\nsettlement of losses.\\nIt Is absolutely the only company which\\ngives double indemnity for death or Inju\\nries from bicycle accidents, public elevator,\\nburning hotels, cyclones and tornadoes, as\\nwell as from accidents of public travel. It\\ncovers many accidents not covered by any\\nother company, Including sun-stroke, freeÂ®\\nlug and somnambulism. It provides 104\\nweeks indemnity for disability, whilo most\\ncompanies limit the same to 2 weeks.\\nIt doer, not limit the Indemnity to cash\\nvalue of the time of the Insured nor pro\\nrate the loss in case of other insurance, as\\ndo other comiÂ«anles. It pays more than any\\nother company for permanent dleab\\'.Mty\\nand more than most companies for loss\\nof either foot. It pays all death claims Im\\nmediately on receipt of proof without\\nwaiting the usual ninety days (or submit\\nto discount).\\nThe absolute solvency of the company,\\nas well as its substantial and healthy\\ngrowth and skillful management, are In\\ndicated bv the following official figures\\ntaken fromthe latest reports of the com\\nmissioner of insurance.\\nRatioâ\\x80\\x94\\nAssets to liabilities, 208 per rent.\\nExpenditures to income, (X) per cent.\\nLosses to premiums, 40.5 per cent.\\nIncrease of insurance over previous year,\\n10.0? per cent ($28,000,000).\\nTin* above record Is not equalled In any\\none point by any other company, and wo\\nchallenge comparison.\\nObseive the personnel of its directors:\\nBoard of IXIreetorsâ\\x80\\x94Benjamin F. Tracy.\\nex-Secretary of the Navy of the Lfiiftod\\nStateÂ©; Frederick R. Coudert, Receiver Un\\nion Pacific Railway Company: J. Edward\\nSimmons, President Fourth National bank;\\nThomas Byrnes. ex-Superlntendcnt of Po\\nlice Richard T. Wilson, of U. T. Wilson\\nI Co., Bankers: Walter G. Oakman, Presi\\ndent Guaranty Trust Company; John 1*\\'.\\nDryden, President Prudential Insurance\\nCompany, Newark. N. .J.; J. B. M. Gros\\nvenor, retired merchant; Henry W. Poor,\\nof Poor & Greenough. Bankers; Perry Hr-\\'\\nmoot. ex-IT. S. Minister to Spain; Geo.\\nC. Kobbo, of Roosevelt & Kobbo Attor\\nneys! Chemical National Banlc; Oasimir\\nTag, retired merchant; John Green ough.\\nVice-President Motion Hallway; Georgelf.\\nFrazier, of Brown Bros. &, Oo., Bankers,\\nPhiladelphia: James W. Hlnkley, President\\nWalker Company. Cleveland. O.: John\\nFan*, Commission Merchant; Charles P..\\nFlint, of Flint. Eddy & Co.; Boswell p.\\nFlower. ex-Governor State of New York;\\nR. L. Edwards. President Bank of the\\nState of New\\' York; James W. Pringle, or\\nPringle 7 Gondran; James Brown Potter,\\nof Brown Bros. & Co., Bankers.\\nA. R. DKARROUN A OO.\\nGeneral Agents State cf Alabama.\\nAgents wanted throughout the state._\\nFDR $2 PER YEAR i ,\\nCROWDER & CO*, II DlO Y V-/L.C. g\\nFi st Fleer, Steiner Building Against Theft',\n",
       "  'THE AGE-HERALDl\\nEntered, at the postoffioo at Biyfnlngrham,\\nAla., as second-class matter* v\\nrz\\nEastern Business office , Th.4 Tribune ;\\nBuilding, New York City; Western Busi\\nness Office, \"The Rookery.â\\x80\\x9d Chicago; the i\\nS. C. Beckwith Special Agency Sole Agents\\nForeign -Advertising.\\nâ\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x94SUBSCRIPTION RATES. \\'\\nDaily Age-Herald, per month.$ DO\\nDaily .Age-Herald, per quarter. 1 DO\\nDaily Age-Herhkl. per anmim. H fÂ«i\\nSunday Age-Herald alone, per annum.. 2 On\\nDaily and Sunday Ago-Herald. 8 00\\n\"Weekly Age-Ht*rald, per annum. 1 00\\nAll subscriptions payable In advance.\\nRemittances can be made by express,\\npootoffice money order or drafts at current\\nrate of exchange. Address\\nTHE AGE-HERALD,\\nR| Birmingham, Ala.\\nTELEPHONE CALLS.\\nBusiness Office.230\\nEditorial Rooms.231\\nSUGGESTED BY THE OCCASION.\\nWith this issue the old paper raises\\nnew colors, spreads its folds to the\\nbreezes, and appears before all the\\npeople as the Age-Heraldâ\\x80\\x94a messen\\nger of good tidings.\\nThe Age-Herald is new, built upon\\nthe old ground, but with everything\\nnew and solid from foundation up.\\nIt is proposed to make che Age-Her\\nald the best newspaper in this region,\\nand neither labor nor expense will be\\nspared in perfecting its equipment and\\nextending its news service.\\nPrimarily it will bo a newspaper and\\nit will be as bright and enterprising as\\nLrains, money and hard work can\\nmake it.\\nIn politics it believes firmly in the\\ncardinal principles of democracy, and\\nwith that party, as that party speaks, i\\ncasts its lot.\\nShould it at any time differ with dem\\nocrats it will make its fight within party\\nlines. When the party speaks it will\\nbe with it as it is now with it.\\nIt will be democratic and independ\\nent; as independent as it is democratic;\\nas democratic as 11 is independent.\\nAt this time, however, it is unneces\\nsary to talk polities. The building np\\nof our great Industrial interests and the\\ndevelopment of the material resources\\nof the finest rogion on the continent\\nare matters of such â\\x80\\x9cpith and mo\\nmentâ\\x80\\x9d that they Bhould occupy the\\npresent place in all thoughts.\\nThe mission of the Age-Herald is to\\nbuild upâ\\x80\\x94never to pull down. It will\\nstrive with its might to develop Bir\\nmingham and Alabama industrial!}-; it\\nwill protect the industries we have and\\nendeavor to extend them.\\nIt starts on its mission wiih its face\\nâ\\x80\\x9e to the sunrise, with hope in its heart\\nnnd with the determination to make\\nitself a potential factor in everything\\nthat concerns the welfare of its people.\\nThe .South has suffered less than any\\nother section from the prolonged finan\\ncial depression, and Birmingham and\\nAlabama are again forging their way to\\nthe front, with brighter prospacts than\\never, in spite of the unfavorable con\\nditions.\\nNow, more than ever Birmingham\\nneeds a first-class daily newspaper de\\nvoted to her interests and thoso of Ala\\nbama and the adjoining states. The\\nAge-Herald will exert itself to tho ut\\nmost to satisfactorily meet the require\\nments of the situation. Its owners feel\\nassuiod that the busy city- and the\\ngreat commonwealth for whose up\\nbuilding they are woiking, are about\\nto enter an era of great prosperity.\\nThe management feels confident that\\nthe public-spirited people of this city\\nand section will heartily encourage its\\nefforts on the line indicated, and it\\npledges itself to respond to their call\\nwhenever it can be of service.\\nToo many promises in advance some\\ntimes excite distrust. The Age-Herald\\nprefers to lot its future course speak for\\nitself. It is enough for the present, to\\n6ay that it will, at all times, be demo\\ncratic and independent; a faithful ex\\nponent of public opinion; an industri\\nous news-gatherer, an active worker\\nfor its people and a bright, fearless\\nchampion of popular rights.\\nWatch us, Hiid see how we carry out\\nthese pledges.\\n_ E. Wr. BARRETT.\\nOUR INDUSTRIAL FUTURE.\\nIt is assured.\\nBy a simple transposition of the first\\ntwo words of the foregoing- sentence, we\\ncan open and argue -the ques\\'iion. but we\\nhave traveled too far on tha road, and the\\nday is too far advanced and the sun\\nshines too bnlghtly an# clearly upon the\\nIndustrial field In the Birmingham dist lot\\nto undertake to \\'.each aver again the\\nalphabet of our progress.\\niWe knowâ\\x80\\x94all the world knowsâ\\x80\\x94that\\nour coal, our ore and our limestone. have\\nft ttled the elementary ques Ions of econ\\nomy in iron manufacture.\\nCheap fuel and ofâ\\x80\\x99.the beat quality, as\\nsures cheap and UnitntiLed power for all\\nthe known forms of manufacture in iron,\\nsteel, wood and the textiles.\\nWe have .he fuel, without a question.\\nCheap iron, all the world knows we have,\\nond the unbroken and untouched foretu3\\nof our bottom lands and valleys, and hills\\nand rpouptain plateaus ta ar unquestioned\\nproof that we have the material at hard\\nfor all the forma of wood manufacture.\\nOur cotton wmChbuses, and neceip s\\nnearing 3 hundred thousand bales of cot\\nton by (hem, furnish the evidence of tin?\\nabundance of our resources in the raw\\nmaterials- for all forms of cotton manu\\nfacture*.\\nOur furnaces and rolling mills offer all\\nthe niw materials necessary for ally and\\nail kinds of cast a-nd wrought iron-manu\\nfactures, and, grea.i *r. of all our abund\\nance in resnureeh. the problem of an\\nabundant supply Of cheap steel has been\\nsolved, and the Birmingham district now\\nthrown w ide her gates to it-â\\x80\\x99 great world\\nof industry and Irtvitta tilts capitalist and\\nthe artisan alike to partake of the feast\\nof wealth-making and wag- -o-.-.atlng re\\nsources set before them in such profusion\\nas can be found in no other spot on\\n\"God\\'s\\' footstool.\"\\nl.essuhan 6 score of^\\'ars have passed\\nsince an the elementary questions which\\ndeterrfilhcd the value of our coal for\\nsteam and coke, and of Bed mountain\\nores awddimestoue for iron making were\\nunsolved. Progress at first was slow\\nand expensive and but for the high range\\nof values of coal, eke and iron, it is\\nain Open question whether with the slen\\nder resources at the command of the\\npioneers of the Birmingham district\\nwould have allowed of the consumma\\ntion of the splendid triumph which has\\ncrowned the work so ably inaugurated\\nand skillfully pursued by them.\\nThe o*\\'St of pig iron, for example, made\\nin the Birmingham furnaces a few jeers\\nago, was more than twice the price it\\nwill bring In the markets of the world\\ntoday. New furnaces and a new fur\\nnace practice has enabled this district to\\nsell,pig iron at $G without losing money.\\nWe register the prediction, without\\nbeing technically accurate, that stee) bil\\nlets which may cost $12 at the outset, will\\nbe made at $10 in less than two years,\\nat d that Birmingham steel, like Birining\\nâ\\x80¢fesm plg\\' it\\'on, will sell in competition in\\nthe markets of England and the con\\ntinent.\\nOnly a part of the book of industrial\\ngenesis has boon written. A new era\\nhas Just begun. We have ihat which\\nwill give life to genius and capital and\\nthis valley is the natural home for yet\\ngreater things.\\nA SaYYaSE.\\nJohn Tyler Cooper, who is now saving\\nn three months\\' Sentence in U10 Atlanta\"\\njail, reminds one of Judge Longstrcetâ\\x80\\x99s\\nhero. Master WJlliam Mitten, who was\\nruined bj- good luck.\\nCooper belongs to a leading family, and\\nis related to ex-Presldeni Tjler. He\\nis descended from fire old revolutionary\\nstock, and is a member of the Society of\\nCincinnati, an organization composed\\nof the mate descendants of Washingtonâ\\x80\\x99s\\nofficers.\\nHr came out of the late war with a\\ng. od confederate record, and the people\\nof Atlanta liked him so well that they\\nhave kept him ill office lâ\\x80\\x99or about thirty\\nyears. He has been clerk in tlie ordin\\nary\\'s office, mayor and cleric of the couu\\ntj\\' commissioners.\\nUnfortunately, Cooper began his official\\nlife at a time when careless methods\\nprevailed. He was a natural product of\\nhis sehO\"l, and when Atlanta became\\nmore sj-stemaiic he clung to his old ways.\\nVv\\'hj- should he account for public money\\nor make an entry on his books today,\\nhim. He used the countyâ\\x80\\x99s money\\nThis habit of procrastination ruined\\nruined him. He used the county\\'s money\\nat his pleasure, but always with the in\\ntention of replacing it.\\nWhen he went out of office he ad\\nmitted that he owed the county some\\nthing, and asked for time to straighten\\nhis accounts. Before he had paid the\\nmoney the grand jury indicted him for\\nembezzlement, and, though he made\\nthe payment later, he was tried, con\\nvicted, and sentenced to pay a fine of\\n$r,m> and stay in Jail thrte months. The\\ngovernor refused to knock off the Jail\\nsentence, and the former mayor of At\\nlanta will have to serve his term.\\nIt is a sad case. The man was guilty\\nof no intentional wrong. He\\'knew that he\\ncould replace the money he was using,\\nand he saw no harm in it. Everybody\\nseemed to like him, and the thought nev\\ner entered Ills head that anybody would\\ntr>\\' to disgrace \"Sod humiliate him.\\nOre morning he woke up to find that he\\nwas mistaken. He w&s singled out to\\nbe sacrificed on the altar of Justice. Sim\\nilar cases had been settled, but his was\\nto be made an exception. Even the gov\\nernor would not interfere. He had re\\nfunded every dollar, and was ready to\\npay his fine, but certain influential men\\ndemanded his humiliation, and he was\\nsent to jail.\\nThe case teaches more than one les\\nson. It should teach men never to\\nwrongfully use the money of others, and\\nnever to violate the law under the im\\npression that their political friends will\\nprotect them. A public official must\\nbe above suspicion if he would be safe.\\nSPAN IS H-A M*E RICAN TRADE.\\nBirmingham and Alabama should use\\ntheir best efforts to bring about the com\\npletion of tile proposed Nicaragua canal.\\nWith this -water route between the two\\noceans, many of the leading products of\\nAlabama would be shipped from Mobile\\nto every Spanish-American port on the\\nI Pacific, a* wsCl as the Atlantic, and they\\nwould also find ready sale In the Aelatio\\n, markets.\\nBut we need not wait fur the canal be\\n, fore we invite Spanish-American trade,\\ni It is not enough to send a few drummer*\\nV\\nInto the countries south cf us. We\\nshouM advertise in their local- papers,\\nfurnish the- goods that suit them, pack\\nthem properly so they may be transport\\ned on mule back, and we should give th-e\\nsame credit accommodation now givtn\\nby European, merchants.\\nJf we would reach out and re-cure the\\ntrade of the*\\' countries there wou\\'.d rot\\nbe r touch of hard times her? for a cen\\ntury to come. Our merchants, manu\\nfacturers and producers would be kept\\nbusy supplying the demand from this\\nnow quarter.\\nIt is hard to explain why we have so\\nlo. i.j neglected these profitable customers\\nat our doors. The only re ason that can be\\ngiven Is that our politicians concentrate\\nso much of their attent on upon seeking\\noffice ar.d hoi-ding It that they have no\\ntime to devote to our comm.rclal inter\\nests.\\nPROSPERITY.\\nOur republlnain wltempoirarits are\\nJubilant ovar the bui.-to ss situation. They\\nc\\'J.cfane tha-t pi -epeuity is already hi ire.\\nBind lih-eir columns are fl\\'M-bd with let.-ers\\naind imUervkws, to which their leading\\nytattte.micin are br.i.\\'husi-a.ptlc over th*a\\nbt-igh \\'i ir ou tlook.\\nThe Ag.-Herald is no calamity howler,\\nbut it embraces thie opportunity o say\\nthalt the people a,re not Indebted to the ;\\nrepublican party for th.Â® imp\\'rovem nit in\\ntradle airel industrial circles. The di pres\\ns-ton bias simply run Ita course; ,ihe re\\naction has come; the pendulum is begin- !\\nnimg to swing backward. The people l\\nhave economized more, wrorked harder j\\namd saved more than thi -y ever did before\\nin itlhete liveÂ®, am-d thie lfuneof conduc: hr j ,\\nbeen their salvation.\\niHert in Birmingham wo got through j\\nwith the- boom fever lorg ago, a.nd set-tkdl\\ndown to work under .hose healthy, nat\\nural conditions which promote a sure a-ml\\nsti od.v growtlh. With our matchless ami\\n\\'injeatlvauaUlbte resources t-h\\'e city Is bouiml\\nto ivecome wihhln a few yearÂ® p -chaps th.Â®\\nlarges-, souirhem metropolis\\'. Its growth\\nwill be rapid enough, and our in erests\\nwill neriuire no booming.\\nThie tilling to do rJC\\'-v is to plain aind,\\nbuild up for .\\'hi; future. Let us have no\\ntemporary make-shifts. Every public im\\nprove me mit should be so conisiruitcd as to\\nmake it answer the meeds of the genera\\ntion to come after us.\\nBirmingham will be a big twsintStth\\ncentaiiiy city, aind ft -Is n-c. too iarly for\\nIwr to try \\'twentieth cfim.uiry methods.\\nEugene V. Debs says that his mew .\\nBchieme is \"i\\'r.dut\\'irtal, social and politi\\ncal.â\\x80\\x9d It Ib trueiy refreshing ,o know that\\nafter the vast a.miount of idleness he ban\\nbei Â«i inetrumental fan enforcing, from time\\nto time, that he has at last (tJinm na-.eJ\\nind-usUry as one of the fundumen-al prin\\noipltis of his phiio.-0-phy. t\\nThe Jap an eise mf.\\'n inter at Was/hlc g ton\\nannounces! that ihlh govcrnimont hats de\\ncided to ace-pi arbitration In scttlem- at\\nof existing difficulties w\\'ijh the Utiijedi\\nSlates. The oourit.ty is doubtless reMeved\\nto feel that all danger of becoming,\\nthrough conquest, a dependl ncy of Japan\\nis, for the present, avet ted.\\nBishop Turner takes a gloomy view of\\nthe future of the negro race. He be\\nlieves that the recent epidemic of lynch\\ning is one of the Almightyâ\\x80\\x99s warnings to\\nthe blacks to leave this country and go\\nto Africa. If the bishop will exert all his\\nInfluence to make his people behave\\nthemselves they will get along very well\\nin their present home.\\nThe good people- of Geoigia are greatly\\nworried over the lynching business, but\\nit will all come right in the end. Lynch\\ning and the crime which provokes i\\'t can\\nnot last in a progressive and enlightened\\ncountry. The two evils will gradually\\ndie out and become ancient history.\\nThe smalFpox scare was greatly exag\\ngerated in some of the outside newspa\\npers. It never amour.t-d to anything.\\nEvery city in the country has an occa\\nsional touch of it, but it is speedily\\nstamped out.\\nMaJ. Moses P. Handy will make an\\nideal special commissioner to the Paris\\nexposition. He will captivate the\\nFrench in s*ven different languages, and\\nmake his whiskers the reigning style.\\nThe Alabama weeklies a e growii g bet\\nter and brighter every year. They\\nshow the unmistakable signs of first\\nclass newspaper taâ\\x80\\x99.fcnt.\\nGeorgia\\'s governor Is about to wrestle\\nwith the school book trust. He will\\nthink that he has tackled an octopus be\\nfore he gets through.\\nPostal savings banks have worked well\\nfn England. Why not try them in this\\ncountry?\\nPull for Birmingham, read The Age\\nHerald, and you will be happy and pros\\nperous.\\nPOINTS AEObT PEOPLE.\\nChristian K. Ross, father of the lost\\nCharlie Ross, left an estate valued at\\n$23,000. He bequeathed it all to his wife,\\nSarah Ann Ross.\\nThe empress of Japan has just present\\ned to Prof. Todd, of Amherst college, an\\n\"Imperial Sake Cup,â\\x80\\x9d In recognition of\\nthep rofessorâ\\x80\\x99s attainments and of his in\\nterest in the education progress of Japan.\\nThe cup is bowl-shaped and simple in\\ndesign.\\nThree young women in Germany have\\nbeen recently commended for their thor\\nough work in pharmacy, and Fraule-in\\nEva Bosse, a daughter of the German\\nminister of public worship, has been pro\\nnounced by Dr. Fraulich, president of\\nthe Imperial German Pharmaceutical so\\nciety, to be one of the most excellent and\\ngifted scholars he has ever met.\\nThe cross of the Legion of Honor is\\nasked for the Duchess Dâ\\x80\\x99Uzes by the cit\\nizens of Valence, where her monument\\nto Emile Augier has been set up. They\\nrecall the fact that one of her sons died\\nwhile on servloe In Africa and that the\\nother is also a soldier. The monument\\nis the one which the Jury refused to ad\\nmit to the Champs Elysee salon.\\nJuliette Atkinson, wl\\\\o is again the\\nchampion woman tennis player of this\\ncountry, was a chorus girl in a comic\\nopera last winter. She made this hum\\nble start with the! dea of advancing In\\nher profession, and she announces her\\nintention of continuing in the future to\\nplay tennis in the summer and stick to\\ncomic opera in the winter.\\nA. D. Bartlett, who died recently In\\nLondon, acquired International fame\\nthrough the fact that he was superin\\ntendent of the London zoological garden\\nwhen the well known elephant, Jumbo,\\nbecame so uncertain of temper that It\\nwas unsafe for children to go near him.\\nMr. Bartlett sold the brute to Barnum\\nfor $10,000 and the seorm of protests that\\nfollowed almost ousted Mr. Bartlett from\\nthe zoo.\\nAN ALABAMA MEDLEY\\nSweetheart Mistreas Margaret.\\n.(Sweetheart Mistress Margarelt, t\\nWere each star a jewel ret * \\'\\nIn the rich night\\'s coionet,\\nI would give them all for fhecâ\\x80\\x94\\nFor that gla-rce you gav; to me:\\nFor that glan-ce that you\\'fl forget.\\nSweetheart Mistress Margaret.\\nSweetheart Mistress \\'Margaret,\\n\\'Being taught In Love\\'s net,\\nEre Love\\'s golden sun Is sat\\nLet they lips, with roses rife.\\nKiss the lig\\'ht Into my life\\nWith that ltlss which you\\'ll forget.\\nSweetheart Mistress Margaret\\nAn Alabama citizen who gav? $500 to a\\ncharity doesn\\'t wish a word said about it.\\nHe forgets however, that money talks.\\nAn Italian professor has discovered\\nthat we are really living â\\x80\\x9con the inside\\nof the earth.\" The sky is. therefore, \\'the\\nroof, shingled wit\\'h stars,\\nThe Neiw York World has engaged\\nJoaquin Miller to dig gold for it. It\\ntakes a mint of money to run a New York\\nnewspaper.\\nOn a certain occasion an Alabama\\nsheriff wired the governor:\\n\"I\\'m afraid a mob will lynch my pris\\non lei. Can\\'t 1 har.-g him privately, by\\nlaw?â\\x80\\x9d\\nA eorrespc-r\\'lâ\\x80\\x99nt, writing to a Texas\\nnewspaper, concludes a long letter with\\nthis certificate of good character:\\n\"I was born In Alabama\\nIn 1861;\\nMy noble -father fit an\\' fout\\n, At Shiloh an\\' Bull Run.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cI never cut no capers\\nOut in the woolly weft:\\nI take the Texas papeis,\\nBut like Alabama best.â\\x80\\x9d\\nfit may be obj icted that \\'the above Is not\\npoetry but what\\'s poetry, compared with\\nthe plain, unvarnished truth?\\nbÂ°ma Nu^gÂ»ts,\\nBe of good cheer: Even if the wcrld\\nshould dry up, the politicians won\\'t.\\nWhen the cyeHone takes the house off\\nthe true philosopher thanks God that the\\nlandâ\\x80\\x99s left.\\nIt! doesn\\'t pay to be always looking\\nback. The world only turns round once\\nin a| -day.\\nHappiness comes by the pint measure;\\nmisery by the bushel, and the worldâ\\x80\\x99s un\\nhappy because itâ\\x80\\x99s In the wholesale bus-i\\nre-a.\\nL4ve lives in oastles, but heâ\\x80\\x99s frequently\\nabsent wheel the landlord calls for the\\nrent.\\n\"The longest lane has a turning.\" but\\nsometimes it turns so short that the wa\\ngon keels over.\\nAn Alabama darkey, observing the\\neclipse, of Thursday, was heard to re\\nmark:\\n\"Eh, eh! It musâ\\x80\\x99 be powerful hot up\\ndar when de sun take de moon fer a\\numbrella!\"\\nSome of the North rn periodicals are\\noffering prizes for poetry. It is to be\\nhoped they will b? successful in securing\\nit. They really ought to publish poetry\\noccasionally.\\nItâ\\x80\\x99s trouble would be brewing\\nFur hearts that lov- to roam,\\nIf Love should go a-wooing\\nAnd hearts were not at home!\\nThe stars your eyes are viewing\\nWould leave the darkened dome\\nIf Love should go a-wooing\\nAnd h arts were not at home.\\nO sweet! a dream pursuing,\\nAfar from Love you roam;\\nAnd Love Is weary wooing\\nThe heart that\\'s not at-home!\\nFRANK L. STANTON.\\nArmor Plate.\\nEngland and Geramny- pay $425 per ton\\nfor armor plate, yet it has been demon\\nstrated that t can he made profitably at\\n$300 per ton in tills country. At any rate,\\nthe smiate has decided that the government\\nwill not pay more than $300, and unless\\nthe armor manufacturers come down off\\ntheir high horse. Uncle Sam will start up\\nan armor plate manufactory of his own.\\nAnd he will be forced to put up a steel\\nplant in connection with it. This will en\\ntail an investment of several millions.\\nUncle Sam is notoriously extravagant in\\nconducting his business. Ex-Postmaster\\nGeneral says that there is an outlay of\\n$1,000,000 a year In the postoffice depart\\nment that Is entirely unnecessary. Uncle\\nSam\\'s armor plate will probably cost him\\n$400 per ton. But he can avoid this exor\\nbitant cost by locating his manufactory in\\nBirmingham. Here he can get iron and\\nsteel cheaper than anywhere else in the\\nworld. If he Is the shrewd fellow he is\\ncredited with being, he will not hesitate\\nfor a moment. He can ship his plates to\\nMobile and have his ships put together\\nwhere lumber is cheaper than anywhere\\nelse in the United States and where work\\nmen can live well and cheaply on fish and\\noysters.\\nCruel Hint at His Honesty.\\nOld â\\x80\\x9cJoeâ\\x80\\x9d Foster, who is a familiar fig\\nure around Conshohocken, was selected\\na few days ago to make a collection for\\nthe burial of a colored friend. It took\\nmuch perseverance on the part of oje to\\nraise the amount, but he finally succeed\\ned, and the funeral became an assured\\nfact.\\nThe gossips, however, could not allow\\nthe occasion to pass unheeded, and just\\nas the \"Id preacher was In the midst of\\nhis discourse Joe overheard the folio-w\\ning dialogue between two dusky dam\\nsels: \"I wondah what Mistah Fostah\\nam a-gwlna foh to do wlf de money dat\\nam left ov&h?â\\x80\\x9dâ\\x80\\x94Philadelphia Review.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0 An Ad â\\x80\\x9cFor Men Only.â\\x80\\x9d\\n(Molkieâ\\x80\\x94-I judt \\'th-ln-k Rubbers & Co. aTe\\nns horrid- as they cant be. They are -try\\ning to succeed under false pr- tenetB,\\nLucyâ\\x80\\x94How 1b tha\\'t?\\nMoll 1 aâ\\x80\\x94Yea.enla y they headed their ad\\nvertisement, â\\x80\\x98This BhouM be -read by -ha\\nmein anily,\" and -there It was all albo-ut\\ntheir bargain*! In shirt wafclta and sum\\nmer dlreas goods!â\\x80\\x94Cleveland Leader.\\nOne of BulTalo Bill\\'s periodical visits to\\nParis has given Rosa Bonneur, who Is\\nnow 75, and has for years done little\\nwork, an opportunity to study the bisom,\\nand the result was a large picture rep\\nresenting a herd browsing on a snowy\\nplain.\\nETCHINGS FROM\\nCURRENT TOPICS\\nThe effort being made* to â\\x80\\x9ccreate a public\\nsentiment\" in opposition tb lynch law la\\ncommendable, whether it cornea from tho\\npreps or from the pulpit.\\nOn last Sunday, in many of the most\\nprominent churches of the south, eloquent\\nministers endeavored to awaken the con- (\\nsciences of their congregations upon this j\\npresent all-absorbing topic, and tho daily\\njournals, north and south, have teemed |\\nwith columns of matter hi condemnation ]\\nor extenuation of lynch law. There have\\nbeen expressed by preachers and writers\\nthe most diverse views as to the cause of\\nthe trouble. Some of these views strike at\\nthe very root of the evil, others only at\\ntempt to lop off the obtrusive branches,\\nwhich in this night time of disord r have\\ncast their baneful shadow across this fair\\nland. Jt is useless to cut these branches\\nunless the roots whâ\\x80\\x99ch nourish and give\\nlife to the evil are destroyed. All the ap\\npeals of speech or pen, to the better na\\nture of Americans, will not avail to destroy\\nthis blot upon our civilization until that\\ninnate sense of Justice*â\\x80\\x94inherent in the\\nhearts of our peopleâ\\x80\\x94Is satisfied that an\\nhonest effort will be made to render the\\ncriminal laws of the country active and\\npositive.\\nAmericans, and especially southerners,\\ncan be trusted to abide by the laws, pro\\nvided those laws are executed promptly,\\nand without an effort to defeat the ends of\\njustice being made by lawyers of ability\\nand integrity, as well as by lawyers with\\nneither attribute. The quibbling pver mis\\nerable technicalities, and the granting of\\nendless \"new trials,\" have been the direct\\ncause of more mob violence than any\\nother trouble, save that crime upon de\\nfenseless women, which mankind, in every\\nclime, can be trusted to settle, without the\\naid of court or juries.\\nâ\\x80¢ mm\\nIt is worse than useless to write or preach\\ndawn at the people while the practice of\\nthe criminal law remains as it is. Give\\nthem .prompt and honest trials, prompt and\\nhonest verdicts, and a speedy execution of\\nthose verdicts, and there will be small need\\nto preach sermons, or write columns, to\\ncreate a â\\x80\\x9cproper public sentiment.\" There\\nwill never be a healthy condition of the\\npublic mind as long as there is a childish\\ntrifling with the great machinery of our\\ncourts.\\nThe interminable trials, of worthless\\ncriminals, concerning whose guilt there is\\nnot a shadow\\' of doubt, have exhausted\\nthe patience of the most conservative peo\\nple of all sections, besides costing the bur\\ndened tax payers vast sums of money. The\\nspecific cure for lawlessness is a better and\\nspeedier execution of the laws. The people\\ncan b* trusted to abide by those laws when\\nthere is no longer doubt a<s to the power\\nand intention of tho courts to protect the\\ncitizen-, and not the criminal.\\n* â\\x80¢ Â»\\nWhen the telegraphic wires flashed over\\nthe country, a short while ago, that Amelie\\nRivesâ\\x80\\x94now a princess with an unpronounc\\nablc Russdau nameâ\\x80\\x94had been stricken with\\nnervous prostration, at her desk, while she\\nwas writing her now book, the world sym\\npathized with her misfortune. But it also\\nwondered why she should have been Sud\\ndenly debilitated, after having passed\\nthrough such a varied and picturesque ca\\nreer. This is at last explained, by the\\nstatement of the plot and motive of her\\nlatest contribution to our literature* Her\\nnew novel, it is said, will advocate celi\\nbacy, and was inspired by the gifted au\\nthoressâ\\x80\\x99 admiration for Tolstoi\\'s \"Kreutzer\\nSonata.\"\\nAs Amelio Rives has shown such rei. k\\nable matrimonial proclivities, and has at\\npresent two living husbands, she has cer\\ntainly not practiced what she now sees\\nfit to preach. Such a wide difference of\\nprinciple and experience must necessarily\\nprostrate even a more vigorous woman\\nthan thet fair Virginian,who delights to live\\nwith the white light of notoriety beating\\nfiercely upon her. It is somewhat late for\\nthe â\\x80\\x9cpurpose\" of Amelie Rivesâ\\x80\\x99 book to\\nhave much effect upon the reading public.\\nHer matrimonial career is a matter of\\ncurrent history.\\nDr. Samuel Minturn Peck has been writ\\ning fiction, and thoroughly good fiction, at\\nthat, for more than a year. His first ro\\nmance appeared last summer in one of the\\npopular magazines. It is to be hop?d that\\nliis stories will be to Alabama what James\\nLane Allenâ\\x80\\x99s have been to Kentucky;\\nCharles Egbert Craddockâ\\x80\\x99s and Will Allen\\nDromgooleâ\\x80\\x99s to Tennessee Christian\\nReidâ\\x80\\x99s to North Carolina; Grace Kingâ\\x80\\x99s to\\nNew Orleans; Richard Malcolm Johnstonâ\\x80\\x99s\\nand Joel Chandler Harrisâ\\x80\\x99 to Georgia. Our\\nbeautiful hills and valleys teem with untold\\nromances, and the world eagerly awaits\\nthe telling.\\nâ\\x80¢ â\\x80¢ â\\x80¢\\nLieutenant and Mrs. Long arc a very\\nunfortunate couple, whose marital misfor\\ntunes have aroused the pity of newspa\\nper readers. And the saddest part of the\\nwhole matter is that the post, or town\\nwherein Lieutenant Long and his wife\\nlived did not boast of a â\\x80\\x9cBlue-Book.\" Had\\nsuch a publication been Issued by some en\\nterprising citizens of their town, perhaps\\nall their subsequent misery and woe might\\nhave been averted. As It wras, Lieutenant\\nLong did the natural, but, it appears, un\\npardonable thing of marrying the girl\\nwhom he loved, regardless of the appalling\\nfact that he was a full-fiedGred- lieutenant j\\nin the U. 8. army, while bis sweet young\\nwife was the only daughter of a sergeant\\ncommissary! For this grave offense, this\\nreckless young couple have been tabooed\\nby all the swelldom of military posts, and\\ntheir lives made- miserable by endless snubs\\nand slights. In despair they have decided\\nto separate for awhile, Mrs. Long return\\ning to the parental roof, while her young\\nhusband assumes his former social position j\\nin military circles.\\nPerhaps it was this pitiful 9tory of the\\nLongsâ\\x80\\x99 infelicities that has been the in\\nspiration of the Atlanta Blue Book, which\\nwill appear early in the autumn. The so\\ncial world of Georgia tremulously awaits\\nth>e coming of this arbiter of fate, which is\\nbeing so well advertised by its energetic\\npromoters This Blue Book proposes to\\ngive, not wily a list of Atlantaâ\\x80\\x99s â\\x80\\x9cfour hun\\ndred,\" but tho names of many respectable\\ncitizens who only flourish on the suburbs\\nof fashionable life, at Georgiaâ\\x80\\x99s capital.\\nIt is said- to be greatly meded in that\\nbustling town, where the social lines be\\ncome woefully mixed sometimes. With a\\nBlue Book Lieutenant and Mrs. Long\\nmight have avoided the indiscretion- of fall\\ning hopalesaly In love. Their dismal expe\\nrience is an argument in favor of Atlantaâ\\x80\\x99s\\nlatest enterprise. BALL.\\nNot Beady to Abolish the Napkin.\\nPractice which has b^n attem-pteU In\\nKngland, of doing away with the use of\\ntable napkins 4s no* likely to prevail heie\\nto any extent soon. The idea in not usi. g\\nnapkins is that table manners should be\\nso perfect that the fingers will be as\\ndaintily clean at the close of a mea.1 as at\\nthe beginning. But we still have here\\nthe woman who finds it necessary not\\nonly to dip her fingers in the finger bowl,\\nbut to moisten* her lips from it, and she\\n1a usually a lady in other respects. It is\\npractice only a shade more reprehensible ,\\nthan that of the woman who uses her\\ndrinking gl<aes for a finger bowl.New\\nYork Times.\\nBetter Than Some Husbands.\\n\"But I thought your husband was such i\\nan active man.\"\\n\"Active! If it weren\\'t for me, I don\\'t\\nbelieve heâ\\x80\\x99d get up in time to go to b*d.\"\\n\"Ah, well, thatâ\\x80\\x99s better than some hus\\nband*. you know, who scarcely go to bed\\niu time to get up.â\\x80\\x9dâ\\x80\\x94Harper\\'s Bazar.\\nÂ§ OME OLD STORIES\\nIN A NEW VEfo.\\nSome old stories. Yeg, T know lota r>t,\\nthem; some of them are chestnuts, m the\\nboys say.\\nBy the way. I was down In a little AlaW\\ntoama town a few years ago. The county *\\nfair was in progress. One of those old\\nfashioned one-ring circus?-**, with a clown\\nof the Johnny Lamlow variety, was show\\ning. I went to it with a crowd of young\\npeople. We all sat on the top bench, eat\\ning peanuts and having a merry time.\\nJu3t in front of us sai two women. One\\nof them was of the ordinary type from\\nthe low country. The other was a prim\\nitive old maid. She was perhaps 55; she\\nwas tail, angular and diign-itt-d She had\\nevidently no: been to town before for\\nmany years. The sight of a man was\\nstrange to her. and from her appe-aranco\\nShe yet had aspirations for the marital\\nstate. She was prim. Curls which had\\nevidently be on carefully rolled around o\\nreod .he night before dangled over her\\nforehead from beneath the folds of a pone\\nbonnet. Upon her hands she wore old\\nfashion d block mits. She sat erect and\\nlooked straight before her into the ring.\\nThe performance had been going on for\\nsome time when the clown ambled n.\\nHe bore in hisâ\\x80\\x98hand a newspaper, and he\\nannounced with many flourishes that he\\nwould read a poem wrlt.en to him by he\\nable editor. With those foolish motions\\nwhich a clown indulges in to amuse the\\nchildren he pretended to be fax-sight- d.\\nHe held the pap-rat -arm\\'s length to read,\\ntout apparently that was not far enough\\nto suit his vision. Then he rested it\\nagainst the center polo of the tent and\\nproceeded to tack off until he got to ho\\nedg1 of the ring. Still his point of vision\\nwas not satt.-fled. He thought a moment.\\nA bright idea seemed to 3trike him. Suit\\ning the idea to .\\'he moment he rushed to\\nthe paper, spread it upon the sawdust\\nand \\'then folded n gr at horse blanket\\nmany times over until it was fully a foot\\nin thickness. He laid this over the paper.\\nThen looking Into the \\'blan-ke\\', he pre\\ntended to be -able \";o read the print and\\nproceeded to recite his poem.\\nTh.? old maid, who sat in front of us,\\nlook-d upon the elew-n In perfect amaze\\nment. She then turned and looked at us\\nIn apparent horror. She blustered and\\ngathered herseif clos*? to her companion.\\nThen she stood up and, turning to her\\ncompandem said:\\nâ\\x80\\x9cMary, if that there clown can read\\nthat there paper through that there\\nblanket then these clothes Iâ\\x80\\x99ve got om\\nain\\'t no protection to me, and I think I\\nhad better goâ\\x80\\x9d\\nAnd with these remarks she scurried\\nover the seats holding h*T shawl and\\nother objects between hers-df and Iho\\nclown until She disappeared from the\\ntent.\\nÂ« * â\\x80¢\\nHam. Snollygoster Ham, the Georgia\\nhumorist, was here the other day ?n\\nroute! to Tennessee, where he went to\\nlecture.\\nHaln is a queer chap. He\\'s makirg a\\nmint of money out of lecturing. He\\nactually wears good clothes, he looks\\nsleek, fat and well fed. He has ills\\nclothes made\\'by a tailor now, and he pays\\nfull $50 for every suit.\\nAnd yet I well remember when Ham\\nused to come down to Atlanta in a Jim\\nSwingercoat, all slick at th*Â» backâ\\x80\\x94a coat\\nwhich his grandfather wore two genera\\ntions before his appearance.\\nHam\\'s first appearance outside of h\\'s\\ncountry bailiwick was in the Georgia\\nlegislature a half score of years ago,\\nwhere he made himself talked about by a\\nhumorous speech on the subject of terra\\npins. He had \\'Introduced a bill â\\x80\\x9cby re\\nquestâ\\x80\\x9d to protect the tamale terrapins on\\nthe Georgia coast.\\nHam had never seen the ocean, nor\\nhad he ever s-en a sea terrapin, but he\\nhad seen gophers and had been told that\\nterrapins were of that species.\\nLike ail people who donâ\\x80\\x99t know any\\nthing about the subject they are to talk\\nupon, he made a hit.\\nThough here but a few brief moments.\\nHam couldnâ\\x80\\x99t help telling a story. He\\nwas talking about the white menâ\\x80\\x94the\\nbusiness menâ\\x80\\x94who had voted the repub\\nlican ticket In the south last fall ant\\nespecially about those over In Gc rg\\'.a,\\nwhere Mark Hama and his man. McKin\\nley, have appointed n.groe-â\\x80\\x94blatk,\\nwoolly and woozy negr. esâ\\x80\\x94to high of\\nfices in the state.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cOh, they are sorry they did itâ\\x80\\x94th-se\\nfellers who voted the repub 4 i ticket,â\\x80\\x9d\\nsaid Ham. â\\x80\\x9cThey wonâ\\x80\\x99t do L any more.\\nIf they do there will be nobody so poor\\nas to do them honor. The people will\\nhave about as much use for them as did\\nthe widow of old John Stoneceypher, over\\nin Hal! county, Ga. John was no ac\\ncount, he wouldnâ\\x80\\x99t work, but layed\\naround the house and c nsumed what his\\nindustrious wife and his boys and girls\\nmud? on a little farm. John turned up\\nmlssinâ\\x80\\x99 one day. Search was mad? for\\nhim, supposing he was off dru\\' k. Fin\\nally in the course of a week some neigh\\nbor suggested he had possibly been\\ndrowned. -They dragged th ? c e\\'k under\\nthe foot log and there they found John\\'s\\nbody\\'. The remains were in a sad con\\ndition, identification depending princi\\npally upon his apparel. They brought\\nhim home and laid him out on the floor\\nof th? one small room of his late n s -\\ndence. The stricken widow set her arms\\nakimbo, and looking calmly down upon\\n-him, said: â\\x80\\x9cWell, heâ\\x80\\x99s pretty dead, a\\'nâ\\x80\\x99t\\nhe?â\\x80\\x9d Seeing something unusual about\\nbis mouth she stooped down, caught hold\\nof it and pulled out an eel. Th head\\nof another took it3 place and so on until\\nshe had a half doz* n squirming on the\\nfloor.\\n\"Well, what shall we do with him,â\\x80\\x9d\\nsympathizingly asked one of the party.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cI guess you had better take him Lack\\nand sot him again for eels,â\\x80\\x9d said the eld\\nlady. â\\x80\\x98\\'Itâ\\x80\\x99s the or.ly thing he over\\nbrought into this house.â\\x80\\x9d\\nHis Etaine Belay\\'*â\\x80\\x99.\\nHis ma. bequeathed him money,\\n\\'A -title cram (Him pa;\\nHis wardrobe cam e from Paris,\\nHis cane from iJHaloc-c-v.\\nFrom Persia came his cigaretteâ\\x80\\x94 1 .\\nHis liraliia have not arrived as yet.\\nâ\\x80\\x94Truth.\\nPrison Insanity.\\nHouston Post.\\nThe anti-oantraet prison law in New\\nYork, whioh practically leaves the con\\nvicts In that state in Idleness and gener\\nally in solitary confinement, continues to\\nproduce a startling dcvel- pment of in\\nsanity in the big prisons. In addition to\\nthe many cases of insanity and suicide\\nwhich this enforced idlen-es cans-s, the\\ncost of supporting the convicts Is m w be\\ncoming burdensome. This brief expe\\nrience is ufilclent to demonstrate that til >\\nbest way to handle state prisons, is not\\nin keeping thep risoners without some\\nuseful labor.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0 s',\n",
       "  'DIPT, BANKHEAD IN TOWN\\nHe Recites the Weaknesses of\\nthe Tariff Bill.\\nTALKS OF OUR WATERWAYS\\n. â\\x80\\x9cLittle Joeâ\\x80\\x9d Wheeler in the Seed Room\\nJudge Coleman in the Cityâ\\x80\\x94\\nGossip in Hotel\\nLobbies.\\n\"What do I know about Washington?\\nWhy. less than many p ople who haven\\'t\\nbeen there,\" said Congressman Bankhead\\nin answer to a query.\\nThe Joint representation from the Hix.h\\nwas in the city all day yesterday. He is\\njust back from Washington and l aveÂ® to\\nday for his home at Fayette, where he\\nwill spend the time until the regular ses\\nsion.\\nWhen found at the Morris late in the\\nafternoon he was surrounded by a bevy\\nof friends, all firing questions at him in\\nregard to the taiiff biM, wlrat d layed\\n\"th advance agent of prosperity,â\\x80\\x9d tard\\nother like topics.\\nCapt. Bankhead has a merry blue eye\\nand the slight head covering left him la\\nas b ack and curly as though crimped\\nevery night with curlers. His face be\\ntrays a jovial dlspos tion and his physique\\ncommands att ntion.\\nFriends? Why he must have them, for\\nâ\\x96\\xa0he ha= represented the constituency of\\nthe Sixth district for ten years and is en\\nter! g upon his sixth term.\\nCapt. Bankhead modestly professed\\nignorance of Washington doings at first,\\nbut when the gentleman did begin\\' talking\\non national issues, he unfolded a va uable\\nfund of information, which goes to prove\\nhe is in close touch with legislative af\\nfairs.\\n\"Youâ\\x80\\x99re a little late in returning gom\\nWashington,â\\x80\\x9d said the repoiter by way of\\nintiodueing the subject.\\n\"Yes, a .ittle late, but I had some un\\nfinished work and took a few days to\\nclear up before leaving Washington.\\n\"I am glad, now, that I stayed over,\\nfor it gave me a .splendid opportunity to\\nleamin what esteem the average\\nhunt.r holds the president since his re\\ncent civil service rules were promulgated.\\n\"Traitor, mugwump and fraud, are\\nsome of the epithts used to convey disap\\npointment and disgust. Many of those\\nwho expected places as soon as congress\\nadjourned, by the removal of demoorals,\\nhave folded their tents ar.d quietly\\nstolen away.\\n\"What do you think of the work of the\\nextra session?â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"It will prove a disappointment to the\\nrepublicans, in my opinion. The tariff bill\\nwill not prove a success, as a revenue\\nraiser. Importers have contemplated Its\\npassage and have stocked up to their\\nutmost capacity. This renders further\\nimportation useless for a long while.\\nMany of the schedules are prohibitory\\nand will yield no revenue because no\\ngoods of that class will be imported.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cDuties under the Wilson bill for the\\nsecond day after it went into effect ag\\ngregated $805,344.99. The receipts for the\\nseeond day under the Dingiey bill only\\namounted to $28,775.05. It will be ob\\nserved that the f rmer yielded more than\\nsix times the revenue of the latter on\\nthe second day of its enforcement.\\n\"Of course this disproportionment Is\\nnot expected to continue.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cI will not be astonished if the present\\nadministration is forced to issue bonds\\nto meet the ordinary expenses of the\\ngovernment before it is one year old. But\\nfor the surplus cow in the treasury I\\nam sure of it.\\n\"The bill was framed by the monop\\nolies and trusts and they, alone, will he\\nbenefited in its nature and disseminating\\nin its provisions.\\n\"To illustrate. Cotton bagging and\\nties are highly taxed ar.d binding twine\\nfor the western farmer. Is on the free\\nlist. Hides are taxed, but the shoe\\nmanufacturer Is allowed a drawback\\nequal to the duty when shoes are ex\\nported. The bill was framed to pay a\\ncampaign debt of the republican party.â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x9cWhat do you think of the confidence\\nrestoring feature of the bill?\"\\nâ\\x80\\x9cBusiness will improve in spite of the\\ntariff. We have been on the down\\ngrade for a long time and In the very na\\nture of things there must be an upward\\nstride.\\n\"I confidently expect a temporary re\\nvival of business and an advance in\\nprices until the effect of the tariff law\\nbrings things to a standstill, wh n an\\nother period of depression will follow.\\n\"The best crops for many years are\\npromâ\\x80\\x99sed and the xport demand is greaâ\\x80\\x98\\ner than ever known before. The result\\nIs price? are advancing and will con\\ntinue to rise until the present d-mand\\nIs met and supplied. The supply of e t\\nton is also nearly exhausted and\" we will\\nenter upon the next cotton year without\\na large surplus stock on hand, thereby\\ninsuring a good price for the growing\\ncrop. You will see that .a demand for\\nall of our agricultural products Is guar\\nanteed nt better prices than have been\\npaid for several years.\\n\"if our taiiff laws destroy our trade\\nand markets, w- will find ourselves\\nwithout customers to take what we make\\nard sell. if to make what people mint\\nbuy. dearer, and what they have to spII\\ncheaper, will bring prosperity, we ought\\nto have It in the highest degree.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThe bill creates no new market fir\\nany product, but closes many profitahâ\\x80\\x99e\\nmarkets that we now enjoy. Th re\\nerems t have been a successful effort to\\nconfine the producers of this country to\\nthe home markets, without the least re\\ngard as to where we will dispose of our\\nsurplus.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cWe carnot â\\x80\\x9coil profitably our c tton.\\nwheat, pork and other agricultural pro\\nDa PRICE\\'S\\nAbove represents the official Medal\\nawarded Dr. Price\\'s Cream Baking Powder by\\nWorld\\'s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, \\'93.\\n* The fame achieved at all the Great Fairs\\nrests solely on its merits as the strongest, t\\npurest and best of all the baking powders, j\\nand truly stamps Dr. P-Â«<-V* ar. s\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThe fort \" the werid.\" [\\ni w\\nducts to other cotriitrtes unless we buy\\nfrom them. \\' In-o|her words wem ust ex\\nchange our surplus tor their\\'s, and prices\\nwill follow.\"\\n\"What is your opinion of \\'MoKinleyâ\\x80\\x99s\\nrecommendation of a currency\" commis\\nsion?â\\x80\\x9d\\nCapt. Bankhead fn answering this re\\nferred to the point of order taken by\\nMr. Terry, of Arkansas, that the message\\nwas dilatory and therefore should not\\nbe considered.\\n\"I think,â\\x80\\x9d sontinued he, \"that it was\\nunfortunate and Ill-advised. The presi\\ndent knew that the resolution could not\\npass congres and it only gives another\\nexcuse for the delay of promised pros\\nperity.\"\\nCapt. Bankhead then drifted Into a vein\\nIntensely Interesting to citizens of Bir\\nmingham.\\n\"We will take up the question\\' of slack\\nwater navigation proposed between Bir\\nmingham ar.d the Warrior river when the\\nreport of the engineers Is received. I\\nshall devote my best energies to the im\\nprov ment of the Warrior and Tombâ\\x80\\x99gbee\\nrivers and the harbor at Mobt e. In our\\n\\' efforts to improve the rivers we cannot\\noverlook the harbor. It Is just as Im\\nportant to get away from Mobile as to\\nget to Mobile. The river and harbor\\nwork In Alabama ia a great one, and will\\nreceive my best efforts.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cA sub-committee of the rivers and\\nharbors committee will make a tour of\\nthe West,, extending to the Pacific coast,\\nduring August and September to inspect\\nwork already in progress. My present in\\ntention is to join the committee and put\\nmyself in close touch with its members\\nbefore ugusl. X Intend to make th> best\\neffort of my life for the lmprovemcr.it of\\nthe water ways in Alabama.â\\x80\\x9d\\nHe expressed himself as being against\\nthe annexation of Hawaii, and in regard\\n[ to state polities. Capt. Bankhead \\\\jouid\\nsay nothing, only that he firmly expected\\nthe re-election of Gov. Johnston.\\nThe presence of Capt. Bankhead stimu\\nlated congressional stories, and an Inci\\ndent In thecarrec of â\\x80\\x9cLittle Joeâ\\x80\\x9d Wh-el r,\\nthe representative from the Eighth dis\\ntrict, was relat\\'d.\\nOr? of his constituents on visiting\\nWashington, felt that he would not have\\ndischarg\\'d his full duty without calling\\non Gen. tyheeer. Accordingly he went\\n: to the congressional hall and inquired for\\nhis representative. The <1 or ke per look\\n1 ed puzzled and scratched his head several\\nseconds.\\nâ\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99â\\x96\\xa0Why, Gen. Joseph W\\'heeler, of Ala\\nbama. Donâ\\x80\\x99t you know him?\"\\nâ\\x80\\x9cOh,\" replied the dorr kreper, apologâ\\x80\\x99z\\ningi.v, \"heâ\\x80\\x99s around In the seed ro\\'â\\x80\\x99m.â\\x80\\x9d\\nOne who knows tire General and has foâ\\x80\\x99\\nlowed him in his campaigns can readily\\nappreciate the joke.\\nNOT MUCH DOING IN THE COURTS.\\nThree Suits for Damages Filed in City Court\\nTwo Permits to Wed Grantedâ\\x80\\x94\\nReally Transfers.\\nThe clerical forces in the several courts\\nare enjoying somewhat of a rest, none of\\nthem beâ\\x80\\x99ng in session\\nIn the city court suits were filed for dam\\nages as follows:\\nMattie Wooten vs. J. V. Whitson and\\nothers, for $1,000, for an alleged breach of\\nan official bond. It is claimed that Whit\\nson, who was a constable in beat 34, un\\nlawfully entered a private residence and\\ncarried away personal property belonging\\nto the plaintiff.\\nMattie Wooten vs. Lee E. Smith, $1,000\\ndamages for, as it is alleged, unlawfully\\nentering a private dwelling house and car\\nrying off personal property of the plaintiff.\\nEdgar Morris, pro ami, Alice Morris vs.\\nKansas City, Memphis and Birmingham\\nRailrpad company, $3,000 damages. It is\\nalleged that young Morris was forcibly\\nejected from a passenger train on the de\\nfendantâ\\x80\\x99s railroad after having presented\\nhis ticket to the conductor. The allegation\\nstates that this occurred about six milts\\nfrom Birmingham while the train was\\nbound for Amory, Miss.\\nIt has not been positively decided wheth\\ner circuit court will open in this city or\\nBessemer first. It is very likely that Bes\\nsemer will be disposed of before the ses\\nsion begins hero.\\nAs Jpdge Banks is engaged on the crim\\ninal assault case in Decatur, some slight\\ncomplications may arise unless Judge\\nSpeake consents to act in the formerâ\\x80\\x99s\\nplace.\\nOnly two permits to wed were grant d\\nto white applicants. They were A. L. Wil\\nson to Miss Etta Thayer, and Edgar\\nKeenan to Miss Hannah Fletcher.\\nThe deeds to the following realty trans\\nactions were filed for record in the probate\\ncourt:\\nJcs. F. Johnston and wife to C. A. Mount\\njoy, lot 5, block 768, city: $4,150.\\nJohp Payne, mortgagee, to John Payne,\\nsouthwest quarter of northeast quarter,\\nsection 25, township 18, south of range 3\\nwest ; $350.\\nJohn Payne to Frank Caneper, southwest\\nquarter of northeast quarter of section 25,\\ntownship 18, south of range 3 west;\\n$:E5.5ri.\\nBurrell Smith to M. J. Gurley, west half\\nof northeast quarter, section 17, township\\n14, range 2 west; $250 and other considera\\ntions.\\nA copy of the deed of assignment of the\\nKentucky Citizensâ\\x80\\x99 Building and Loan as\\nsociation to William K. Logan was filed for\\nprobate yesterday.\\nOwing to the recent decision of the su\\npreme court of Kentucky, building and lean\\nassociations are compelled t to go out of\\nbusiness, as the rate of interest allowed\\nby law is insufficient.\\nAssignments have been made by the sev\\neral associations to protect their creditors,\\nand it was th* copy of the dnd of such an\\nassignment that was filed yesterday.\\nMatiy who were weak, worn out and tired\\nall tin* time have been jmilt up by Hoodâ\\x80\\x99s\\nSarsaparilla.\\nJEALOU3-CRAZED NEGRO.\\nTook Morphine and Strychnine and Ended\\nHis Weary Life.\\nLove, jealous love, for his female com\\npanion. caused Prince Hargrove, a young\\nnegro man, to make a desperate atte mpt\\nat suicide shortly before 12 oâ\\x80\\x99clock last\\nnight in Davisâ\\x80\\x99 saloon, on Third avinue\\nand Twentieth street. The woman in the\\ncase is Pinkie Patton, a bright colored\\nyoung girl about 18 years of age.\\nThe couple, who are w II known to the\\npolice, had words early in the night. She j\\nseemed to have given him cause for jeal\\nousy, or, at least, to his morbid mind,\\nthe trifles were proof as strong as the\\nbonds cf holy writ.\\nTeg idler they visited the drug store of\\nBarber & Cosby, on Twentieth stre*â\\x80\\x98t,\\nwhere he purchased eight grains of mor\\nphine an I ten grains of strychnine. To\\ngether they left that place and walked\\ntoward Kate Coleâ\\x80\\x99s restnuran around the\\ncorner.\\nPinkie entered the rest a rant and Har\\ngrove went into the saloon, fhere he called\\nfor a glass of water. Into this he emptied\\nthe crrirnts clâ\\x80\\x99 the two small packages.\\nThe bartender watched him. but thought\\nhe was preparing a scldlitz powder mixture\\nand did net interfere.\\nHargrove drained the glars and walked\\nba *k into the restaurant.\\nIn a few minutes he was este;d with Con\\nvulsion?.\\nPhysicians were hastily summoned, and\\nDrs. Mason and Brown, the two prominent\\ncolored dnetevs, socn appeared on the\\nscene.\\nAlmost at the snm- t\\'mf Cant. Weir,\\nOfficers Eâ\\x80\\x99lnr\\'P and Phirl â\\x80¢â\\x80¢ walked in.\\nCant. Weir d-tallied the Patten woman\\nuntil he could make a thorough investiga\\ntion. Finding the fart? as given below,\\nho ordered her released.\\nKnnrrove v.-*Â»s - it.*d In a chair at the\\nrear of the colored restaurant ruffVrtng in\\ntense nnin fr^m his awful drink. Mo\\nrn: ntarily his freme *\\'\"â\\x96\\xa0>* shaken l>v .-mv-n*..\\n\\'Icoft, and Me gradually grew wraker. Hi*\\nfl\\'ifjr Â» V**\\' pp; i -\\'r i â\\x96\\xa0 n<*l*v *p e*-?1 â\\x96\\xa0\\nphvr-ic^ns oU v.r\"\\' f â\\x80¢ 1 ^\\nDr. Brown stated that, as an an*.hi do, \\'\\nthey had giveh ddiepsis, but that it failed to\\nhave any effect.\\nDrs. Brown and Mason stood beside the\\nsuffering man doing ail they could to alle\\nviate the gnawing sensations. They looked\\nupon It as a hopeless case.\\nHargrove and the Patton woman were\\narrested some time ago for adultery, but\\nsuc ceeded in-being acquitted at the trial.\\nSince that time tney have had occasional\\nquarrels, which grew more frequent of\\nlate.\\nAt 1 oâ\\x80\\x99clock this morning Hargrove was\\nstill alive, but gradually growing weaker.\\nShortly before 2 o\\'clock Hargrove began\\nto frantically tear at his stomach, as if\\nthere was a raging conflagration, and to\\nmoan piteously.\\nAs the clock tolled the hour of 2 death\\nmercifully came to his relief.\\nBy his side stood Drs. Brown and Ma\\nson, the Patton woman, who wept pitiful\\nly, and several Idle curiosity seekers.\\nOfficer Ellard appeared on the sc^ne in a\\nvery short time after life became fxtinct.\\nMiller & Co. took charge of the remains,\\nand will hold them until the arrival of the\\ni suicideâ\\x80\\x99s people today, when they will be\\nI prepared for shipment.\\n| It was stated that just before Hargrove\\ndrank the fatal draught, he wrote a few\\nlines on a piece of brown wrapping paper.\\n| This message, or whatever it might be, is\\nnow in the possession of the police, who\\nhave been unable to decipher it.\\nMONEY IN HIS POCKET.\\nNegro Car Cleaner Caught Wi\\'th the Evi\\ndence On Hia Person*.\\nAs the Louisville and Nashville Mont\\ngomery accommodation arrived in the pas\\nsenger station, a respectable looking old\\ngentleman stepped off and made for the\\nexit gate. In a few minutes, however, his\\ndemeanor changtd and he became frantic,\\ni as he searched unsuccessfully his every\\nj pocket.\\nThe gentleman was Mr. J. A. La Coste, of\\ni Montgomery, and he had discovered the\\n. loss of apocketbook containing $133.\\n1 In company with officers Pinkerton and\\nBurke, the Louisville and Nashâ\\x80\\x99rtlleâ\\x80\\x99s spe\\ncial officers, he returned to the passenger\\ncoach, which was being cleaned by two\\nnegroes. One was on the inside and the\\nother outside of the car.\\nThe negro on the inside said he knew\\nnothing of the money and had not seen it.\\nThe actions of the other one, Bob Hawkins,\\narour.ed suspicion, and the officers went\\nout and placed him under arrest.\\nUpon being searched the pockettoook,\\nwith its original contents, was found in\\none of his pockets.\\nHawkins was taken to the city jail and\\nlocked up on a charge df grand larceny.\\nMr. Le Coste was delighted at finding\\nhis supposedly lost wallet and is not in\\nclined to press the prosecution.\\nThe case will be tried tomorrow morning\\nin the inferior criminal court.\\nDEATH S RECORD.\\nMRS. E. J. SNYDER.\\nAt 2:15 oâ\\x80\\x99clock this morning Mrs. E. J.\\nSnider, a most estimable Christian lady,\\ndied at her residence, 509 South 22d street,\\nafter a lingering Illness of over ten yearsâ\\x80\\x99\\nduration. The direct cause of death was\\nappendicitis, from jwhich she was con\\nlined to her bed about four weeks.\\nMrs. Snider was the daughter of Mrs.\\nA. H. Lcath and the late Judge James II,\\nLeath, of Center, Cherokee county.\\nShe leaves fltfe little children, the. eldest\\nof whom Is only 15 years old; five brothers,\\nMessrs. Janpes H., A. S.. Will M., Joseph\\nand Walter, and three sisters. Misses Della\\nand Lena Leath and Mrs. Bond, of Savan\\nnah, Ga., and her mother to mourn her\\nloss, which, though not unexpected, proves\\na severe affliction.\\nMrs. Snider was a devoted and loving\\nmother, a consistent Christian, a true\\nfriend and a devoted daughter awl sister.\\nMany there art* who have received charity\\nand kindly actions who will shed a tear of\\ntrue sorrow when they learn of her death.\\nFuneral services will be held at the fam\\nily residence at 1 qâ\\x80\\x99clock this afternoon,\\nafter which the remains will be escorted to\\nCenter for Interment in the family burying\\nground.\\nHer last, long sleep will be in the bosom\\nof the mother earth amid the scenes of her\\nchildhood, where her girlhood companions\\nknew her best and loved her for her sweet,\\nChristian virtues.\\nA large circle of frâ\\x80\\x99ends of herself and\\nrelatives sympathise with those left behind\\nIn their hour of ^ad behe&vptnent. hut they\\nrecognize that it means another addition\\nto Godâ\\x80\\x99s holy circle: a rare gem has been\\nadded to the constellation.\\nTHE SMALLPOP SCARE.\\nNotwithstanding the Efforts of Jhe Doctors the\\nScare if Subsidingâ\\x80\\x94Base Ball\\nGames at Camp.\\nAccording to the county health officers\\nthe eruptive disease, called In Birming\\nham by the name of smallpox and in\\nMontgomery chicken pox, is gaining\\ngreater headway. The number of cases\\nin camp on Red mountain with the erup\\ntion is given as fifty-nin-, while the camp\\nof detention contains about twenty-three\\nmore.\\nEight new cases were sent out yester\\nday, all in a more or less state of erup\\ntion. They were all negroes.\\nOne case war discovered by Dr. Charles\\nWhelan, Jr., three miles on thâ\\x80\\x9c other\\nside of Village Creek in a family of nine.\\nJ bn E. Boone, white, is the name and he\\nis said to be a ected with the disease,\\nbut he has not hern sent to the camp.\\nA red flag and guards have been placed\\naround his house. Isolation is com\\nplete.\\nThe supply of vaccln - virus ran out\\nyesterday afternoon\\' shortly after 1\\no\\'clock and that work was interrupted.\\nAbout 5.000 points will arrive t iday.\\nThe latest from the camp is the fifty\\nthat some of the alleged patients escape\\nfrom the enclosure and visit friend:- and ,\\nrelatives in the city during the night.\\nThat this has been done Is a fact and ]\\nDr. Barclay issued an ord r yesterday ,\\nto try and put a stop to it.\\nAdditional guards are to b? employed\\nand the roll will be called every mornirg\\nand at 10 oâ\\x80\\x99clock at night. This is done\\nto make certain that none of the patients\\nhave \"run the lines.â\\x80\\x9d\\nIt is. also stated that th? patients In\\nthe camp have organized two base ball\\ncluhs and every afternoon they enjoy the\\nnational game. Some of them play w -11.\\nThe home runs arc made hr a \"scratch.â\\x80\\x9d\\nThey are all good catchers, having\\nâ\\x80\\x98â\\x80\\x98caughtâ\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99 the smallpox. The out- a:e\\nnumerous, ell having been \"put out\" of\\nthe city. The \"fliesâ\\x80\\x9d are bad.\\nThe Age-Herald w uld rep- 11 the game\\nbut for fear that its readers would\\nâ\\x80\\x9ccatch\" the disease.\\nChange of Management,\\nThe dawning of today marks a change\\nIn the manag.ment of the Bl\"ssbu:g\\nmines. Maj. E. M. Tutwllder has sur\\nrendered the remaining two years of his\\nten yrar leas? to the Floss Iron arid S.e 1\\ncompany. Th lease was cancellel by\\nmutual agreement and the company as\\nsumes control today. This is quitâ\\x80\\x9d an\\nextension in operations, placing an c n- .\\ntire new department under th corttrol\\ncf the cm par. y._l_\\nMost torturing and disfiguring of itching,\\nlinrni\" -. *c,\\'.y r.lf\\'.u ar. l snail) humors is f:i\\nÂ»taa:J>^. Sieved by a warm l ath v. â\\x80\\x99â\\x80¢ ti\\ncuw* COM\\', ft Magio application cf < 1 ua\\n(ointment\\', tkoc rat skill euro, and a full\\'.\" *0\\nof Cutici ha l;;:.-i>LVi;:cr, i reoic-t of blood\\npurifiers and bmnoacurtss, when all else laii3.\\nI\\n[\\nnon. poTTZBUtaniaaCsr-:.\\n*â\\x80¢ Mrcv mCtitri 8nltlThcr;mt\"Ucn*\\nâ\\x80¢ Â»â\\x80¢ * (rr \\'Mtr\\n^ PERSONAL,\\nJudge ThoÂ», Coleman, of Eutaw, one of\\nAlabama\\'s supreme Judges, was register\\ned at the Florems; last night. _____\\nMaJ. M. C. Burke, of Montgomery,\\nAlalm agent of the Louisville and Nash\\nville railroad, was In the city yesterday.\\nG. F. Peters, of Magnolia, was tegister\\ned at the Florence last night.\\nJames O. Butler and wife, of Riverside,\\nare In the city.\\nhotelTrrivals.\\nAmqng those to arrive at the Morris\\nyesterday were;\\nJ. Sistrunk, Jr., Columbus, Ga.; J. M.\\nFrierson.. Nashville, Tenn.; O. W. Hicks,\\nNashville, Tenn.; E. C. Attenburg. In\\ndianapolis; J. W. Mtasehungcr. St. Louis;\\nJ. E. Eussell, J. H. Bankhead, Fayette,\\nAla.; J. H. Bingham, Montgomery; Mrs.\\nH. Z. Johnson, Montgomery; Miss\\nLeonard, Montgomery; Jnb. L. Kau:, Hol\\nlins, Ala.; W. H. Blake, E. W. Booker,\\nSpelgma; S. B. Norton, St. Louis; Fred\\nDarling, Lansing, Mich.; Josephine\\nWright, Dickens, Miss.; Mrs. G. L. Smith,\\nBaird. Miss.; . J. Couburn. New Orleans;\\nPaul C. Edmunds, Jr., Virginia; J. A.\\nWoods, New York; Jno. W. Stull, Chica\\ngo. HI.: Darn C. Cad well. IioyPv lie, Ky.;\\nW. B. Strang, Jr., New York; J. R. Hum\\nrlchouse, Baltimo â\\x80¢ W. K. McNeill. Mo\\nbile; C. Hess, Mobile; F. E. H. Urnston,\\nChattanooga; E. J. Snow, Jr., Alabama;\\nWarrick McGuire, Louisville, Ky.: W.\\nM. Stein, Philadelphia: J. R.BHTogs,\\nChicago; M. Winstead. Nashville. Tenn.;\\nA. E. PaxtOTt Louisville; D. T. Hoorn,\\nAtlanta: Henry Levi, Cincinnati; Geo. L.\\nSohan, Cincinnati: J. J. Topper, Chicago;\\nA. Lawson Baxter, Chicago: E. 1W. Bar\\nrett: C. Kxum, Charleston, 9. C.; R lrdol\\nlar, Baltimore; R. L. Taylor, Loulsvite;\\nE. J. Dusel, New York; W. Botiche,\\nLouisville; W. W. Colquitt, Atlanta: J. H.\\nCarney, Baltimore; C. H. Pierce, Louis\\nville; E. H. Jones, Atlanta: Robert\\nAwdew, St. Louis: B. D. Mendelssohn,\\nNew York: Miss Elia Rowers, New York;\\nMrs. Calvlt, Greenville. Miss.; J. W.\\nWoolfolk, New York; W. C. Barrett,\\'\\nSale Creek, Tenn.\\nThe following were registered at the\\nFlorence hotel yesterday;\\nW. H. Hadowy, Troy\\'; Thos. W. Cole\\nman. Eutaw; J. C. Hc.ole, Indianapolis;\\nC. W. Terrell. Montgomery; T. H. VVhor\\ntor. Trenton, N. J.; W. R. Hilliard. Knox\\nville, Tenn.: J. D. Pitman. Hoffman: H.\\nE. Lewis. Havervllle. Mass.: A. F. Gray,\\nIndianapolis: R. A. Perryman. Atlanta.\\nGa.: W. J. Prowell, city: Jas. o. Butler\\nand wife. Riverside; R. Campb 11 Carson,\\ncity; T. T. Atkinson. Cincinnati; F. tl.\\nArmstrong, oltv: M. C. Purke. Montgom\\nery; III E. Gould, Memphis; J. A. Davis,\\nHamilton, O.; E. D. Frost: R. Mayer,\\nCincinnati: R. L. Murd-nck, Owensboro,\\nKy.: D. H. Smith, city; B. M. Moss, At\\nlanta.\\nBRUTAL WORK OF WILL KING.\\nWhips an Adopted Child With a Telephone\\nWire and Then Cruelly Chokes It.\\nWill King is a young negro, 21 years old.\\nHe has only one leg. yet the charge against\\nhim on the eounty Jail docket recites a\\nstory of terrible brutality.\\nKing is a married man. and resides with\\nills wife and fi-year-oki daughter ip Coal\\nburg, where he Is employed by the Sloes\\nIron attd Steel company to pull coke from\\nthe ovens. The little girl Is the daughter\\nof Kingâ\\x80\\x99s sister, but she was given to him\\nlast Christmas to raise.\\nLast Tuesday, so it is alleged, King\\nfound fault with the little girl and severely\\nchastised her. The weapon used was a\\npleee of telephone wire. lie bt-at the little\\nchild unmercifully. Not being satislied\\nwith this he then entwined the wire around\\nher peck and proceeded to choke her.\\nThe warrant was sworn out by Canstable\\nJ. W. Burton, who brought King to the\\ncounty jail from Justice J. B. Crowâ\\x80\\x99s\\ncourt.\\nKing denies that the charge Is as serious\\nas is claimed, but acknowledges chastising\\nthe girl with a hickory switch. He sahl\\nthere was no one present sav himself and\\nwife when he whipppd the disobedient girl.\\nKing Is confined in the quarantined de\\npartment of the county jail along with\\nseveral others of the same color.\\nA Convict Witness.\\nSam Barnes, a negro convict being\\nworkrd at Pratt mines, was taken to\\nMontgomery yesterday as a witness In\\na grand larceny case. He was in custody\\nof Clerk R. P. Huger, of the state pen\\nitentiary.\\nState Mine inspectorâ\\x80\\x99s Report.\\nThe board of inspectors finished their\\nregular monthly inspection of the minis\\nyesterday. They report only one death\\nat Pratt mines during thep ast month\\nand that from accident. The health of\\nthe convicts is better than for many\\nmonths past. Dr. Blake and Capt. Book\\ner were alone on the tour of Inspection,\\nMr. Trapp being engaged In other work.\\nRUN DOWN bY A BLOODhOUND.\\nWell Known Ne^ro Held for Burglary at Hartâ\\x80\\x99\\nselleâ\\x80\\x94Crops Improved.\\n%\\nHartFi lle, July 31.â\\x80\\x94fSpeci 1.)â\\x80\\x94Harlsel a\\n!.- being troubled with burglars, and de- |\\nspite the vigalent efforts of our night j\\npolice to apprehend them they succ eded I\\nin burglarizing the Jewelry .â\\x80\\x9ctore of J. T.\\nTarver and carried away eleven new\\nwatches that cost $100.\\nLast night at a late hour R. W. Pocket\\nfrightened some one out of the back yard\\nof his stona by tiring a pistol. A bâ\\x80\\x99.o\\'d\\nhourd was se t for and in I s- than two\\nhours the dog hod a well-known colored\\nman. George Speaks, 1 cated as the p\\'râ\\x80\\x99y.\\nWhen caught the thumb o the left han l\\nwas b! fJlng freely from a wound which\\nIk said he accidentally cut. He is awa t\\nIcg trial.\\nSince the recent rains crone have Im\\nproved greatly and th? outlook for g-> d\\ncrc-pr of both corn and cotton seems to be 1\\na - purred.\\nHon. John C. Orr and wife bav Just re\\nturned from a visit to r 1 tfvs a d !\\nfriends in Macon, M ss.\\nA full crow of carpenters are a! w It ;\\n<n the r.-w HartseP: c dleg? building. -\\nWhen corrplei: It will be a rragnlfe? nt I\\nstro-ture.\\nEld. F. M. Harm , of Xasbviâ\\x80\\x99l . Tom., !\\nis conducting a meellrg at the Chii tlan i\\nchurch.\\n\\'Mr. and Mrs. Abnor Pruitt, of Ween,\\nTex., are vl-iting TV . Hur\\'. ..,rii Mrs.\\nPruittâ\\x80\\x99s father.\\nKILLER HIS MAN AND ESCAPED.\\nTwo J\\'cinoo OountyiteH, Whilo Grim; to\\nâ\\x96\\xa0\\' Crropmoeting E\\'-gnpo in n R-w\\nNi ws r-ached this clty u r.xJay of a f ita!\\nGetting affray In the southern part of\\nJackson comnty Felix Conley and Tom\\nGreen were going to a camp meeting,\\nwhtn .hey bean..\".-- involved in a quar -.l\\nover v small d.bâ\\x80\\x99.. Without war: ng.\\nGr-vn at-tpp d behind Couley, threw him\\ndawn and Ix.-gan to stab wl.h a lt>rg\\nknife-. Leaving his companion mortally\\nwounded. Given went to a neighborâ\\x80\\x99s\\nhous a-r.d ii*fd him to go to th â\\x96\\xa0 wounded\\nmanâ\\x80\\x99s as-is or roe. Cor! y died shortly\\nif.tr aspis n.\\'ec arrived.\\nGra n escaped to die mountain*.\\nWO ....a to. O i.-Oii, I .â\\x80\\x94CTOJ.\\nB ck Tax Law AUo AcccpteCâ\\x80\\x94tulphur\\nWatsr Itcwa da W eilri using.\\nScctisb to. July SI.â\\x80\\x94fFncolai.)â\\x80\\x94 A pub\\nlic well has b. on drilled, striking a\\nstrong strTam of whit sulphur nut r at i\\nn depth of Fevcr.tj-ih.ee .feet.\\nThe prnp-rty of the Trl-Staie Normal\\nur.ivcirlty hos passed irt : new h n |\\na :.<! lire set -.1 will op i-.- in Scptcnttoar i\\nIjndfi must f\\'Vjrahâ\\x80\\x99e câ\\x80\\x99.rcums.antes.\\n-lw cc^Abiniicutrsâ\\x80\\x99 court has te.n n- Â»\\ntertaining a. number of tax payers this\\nweek, allowing them to show cause wrhy\\ntheir assessments should not be raised.\\nOver $100,000 of escapes haVfc been sus\\ntained up to date, with $75,000 to come.\\nA few who have appeared before the\\ncommissioner?â\\x80\\x99 court this week have pro\\ntested against a raise in their appraise\\nment, which is very natural, but as to\\na general kick, or anybody getting hot,\\nis a mistake. There are not ten citizens\\nin the county that wonâ\\x80\\x99t tell you that the\\nback tax law is the best revenue law the|\\nstate ever had. A prominent citizen\\nand a large tax payer made that remark\\nyesterday, and every man of good judg\\nment and unbiased sentiments say its\\ntrue. As to the coal oil lawi, out in. the\\ncountry districts, the people knowâ\\x80\\x99 and\\ncare but little about the law, and conse\\nquently have no kick to make.\\n/WHERE IS HOUGHTON?\\nToronto, Out., July 31.â\\x80\\x94 On Wednesday\\nlest an elderly gentleman registered at the\\nTremont Younges, as T. L. Houghton, of\\nBirmingham. Ala. The first day he told\\nthe clerk that ho was over on a little pleas\\nure trip from Pittsburg, where he resided,\\nhaving originally come from Birmingham,\\nAla. His wife, he said, had died a few\\nmonths ago at Pittsburg. He expressed\\na wish to have his body shipped to Pitts\\nburg if anything happened to him. He\\nseemed- toÂ» be in the best of spirits and had\\nplenty of money, ali of which, with the ex\\nception of a few dollars, he left with the\\nproprietor of the Tremont, who deposited it j\\nin the safe. Besides his money, he had a 1\\nfine- hunting case gold watch and a valua- ,\\nbio pin. As ho ha? not been seen around\\nthe hotel or baout the city since, it is\\nthought that something must have hap\\npened to him.\\nIT WAS NOT SO COED.\\nKansas Ci-ty. M*o.. July 31.â\\x80\\x94Report re\\nceived here indicate that 100 d grees and\\nover of heat was general today through\\nout Kansas and northern Missouri, and\\nâ\\x80¢than in many sections serious damage is\\nDo You Use It?\\nItâ\\x80\\x99s the best thing for the\\nhair under all circumstances.\\nJust as uo man by taking\\nthought can add an inch to\\nhis stature, so no preparation\\ncan make hair. The utmost\\nthat can be done is to pro\\nmote conditions favorable to\\ngrowth. This is done by\\nAyerâ\\x80\\x99s Hair Vigor. It re\\nmoves dandruff, cleanses the\\nscalp, nourishes the soil in\\nwhich the liair grows, and,\\njust as a desert will blossom\\nuuder rain, so bald heads grow\\nhair, when the roots are nour\\nished. But the roots must be\\nthere. If you wish your hair\\nto retain its normal color, or\\nif you â\\x80¢.vish to restore the lost\\ntint oi gray or faded hair use\\nAye/* Hair Vigor.\\nbplng (tone to the corn crop. From west\\nern and southern Kansas, where the hot\\nwind\\'s were blowing and rain has been\\nneeded for some \\'time, the news Is par\\nticularly gtlobmy, some coun\\'ties reporting\\nthe crops praoti\\'cally destroyed. In oth r\\nsection* of the soa\\'te no; th a,iHl east rain\\nhas fallen recently and the outlook Is\\nmore encouraging.\\nHOW\\'S THIS.\\nWe offer one hundred dollars reward for\\nany case of Catarrh that cannot be cured\\nby Hall\\'s Catarrh Cure.\\nF. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.,\\nToledo, O.\\nWe. the undersigned, have known F.\\nJ. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and\\nbelieve him perfectly honorable In all\\nbusiness transactions and financially\\nable to carry out any obligation made\\nby their firm.\\nWest & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To\\nledo, O.\\nWaldlng, Klnnan & Marvin. Wholesale\\ndruggists. Toledo, O.\\nHall\\'s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally\\nacting directly upon the blood and mu-^\\ncous surfaces of the system. Price 75o\\nper bottle. Sold by all druggtsts. Testi\\nmonials free.\\nQ Give your boy a chanceâ\\x80\\x94that Is,\\nput him In Massey\\'s Business Col\\nlege. Dot us send you our Catalo\\ngue. Telephone 512.\\nAn Ordinance.\\nTo Provide for tire Grading and Macad\\namizing of Certain Streets and Avenues.\\nWhereas, The Mayor and Aldermen of\\nBirmingham have, determined that it is\\nabsolutely necessary for the safety and\\nwell being of said city that the following\\nstreets and avenues be graded and macad\\namized, between the terminal points here\\ninafter named, therefore,\\nSection 1.â\\x80\\x94Be* it ordained by the Mayor\\nand Aldermen of Birmingham, that tin* fol\\nlowing streets and avenues be graded and\\nmacadamized, towit; Thirteenth avenue,\\nsouth, from Nineteenth to Twentieth\\nstreets; Fourteenth avenue* south, between\\nNineteenth and Twentieth streets: Nine\\nteenth street, between Thirteenth and\\nFiftenth avenues, south; and Seventeenth\\nstreet between Eighth and Ninth avenues,\\nnorth.\\nSee. 2.â\\x80\\x94Be it further ordained that said\\ngrading and macadamizing shall be done\\nin accordance with the profiles, maps,\\nplans and specifications now on file in the\\noffice of the City Engineer of the city of\\nBirmingham, to which reference hereby\\nmade\\nSee. 3.â\\x80\\x94Be it further ordained that lha\\ncost of the improvements authorized by\\nthis ordinance, which cost is estimated at\\nthe sum of two thousand (2,090) dollars,\\nshall be accessed and levied against The\\nproperty abutting on the aforesaid streets\\nand avenues improved and brnefUtid there\\nby as provided in the act of the General\\nAssembly of Alabama, approved Feb. J St h,\\n1S96. 1\\nSec. 4.â\\x80\\x94Be it further ordained that after\\nthe expiration of thirty days from the past\\nace of this ordinance, the improvements\\naforesaid shall be constructed and the cost\\nof such construction shall be assi sted and\\nlevied by the Mayor and Aldermen oÂ«*\\nBirmingham in accordance with the act of\\nthe General Assembly as aforesaid..\\nW. J. PEARCE,\\nA. J. CAMP. Mayor Pro Tern.\\nCity Clerk.\\n7-25-sun-3i.\\n~~ STANDARD LOAN CO.,\\n2010 FIRST A VEC.,\\nLoans money on watches, diamonds, jew\\nelry, pistols, guns, mechanical tools, rmo\\npical instruments. Old gold and silver\\nbought. Unredeemed pltdgoa for sale,\\nWm. B. PHILLIPS, Ph. D.f\\nâ\\x99¦0*0040*\\nConsulting demist and Engineer.\\nC-a\"Will examiuemining prorarty of all kinds\\nn\\'tul report on iudustriml enterprise*.\\n311 Chalifoux Building,\\nBirmingham, Ala.\\nP O Rnv U0.\\n*, -FALL IN\\nTHE GRAND PROCESSION\\n-BOUND FOB\\nJACOBSâ\\x80\\x99\\n-AT\\n2011 FIRST ME\\nFOR ACTUAL\\nFURNITURE AND MATTINGS\\nTalking about Furniture, that Splendid Oak ~r\\nBed Room Suit is a sure winner at . . . . J) j j / 0\\nThatâ\\x80\\x99s only a sample, however, of a hundred other bar\\ngams; beautiful and very low-priced. Make no mistake!\\nTHE PEOPLEâ\\x80\\x99S FAVORITE HOME-MAKERS.\\nben m. Jacobs & bros.,\\nmo â\\x84¢ . . , 2011 First Avenue\\nN. B.â\\x80\\x94We lake Periodloil Tickets,\\nEDUCATIONAL.\\nJUDSON INSTITUTE\\nFOR YOUNG LADIES\\nWith capacity for 200 boarders, offers\\nsuperior instruction in Literary Studies,\\nMusic including Pipo Organ, in Art and\\nElocution. Founded in 1839, rebuilt in\\n1889. Abundantly supplied with excell\\nent water on every noor and lighted\\nwith gas of best quality throughout.\\nAll modem equipments. Session opens\\nannually about October 1st. Address\\nPresident. D MARION, ALA.\\nThe\\nBirmingham Seminary.\\nOPENS SEPT. 8, 1897.\\nBoarding and l/ay School for girls and\\nyoung women. An institution of the high\\nest class.\\nFull English course, ancient and modern\\nlanguages, all departments of art; com\\nplete music school; business training; nor\\nmal course; kindergarten and training\\nclass. Full corps of professional teachers.\\nBoarding pupils always under chaperonage\\nof teachers. Comfortable, happy home*\\ndiligent, conscientious work. Send for\\nprospectus, examine carefully, and for in\\nformation please address\\nMISS LOULIE COMPTON,\\nPrincipal,\\n_ io . 2123 7th Ave., Birmingham, Ala.\\n7-18-sat-sun-20t\\nRANDOLPH-MACON WOMANâ\\x80\\x99S COLLEGE\\nLYNCHBURG, YA. Endowed foi^ higher\\nâ\\x96\\xa0education. Laboratories for Chemistry\\nPhysics, Biology and Psychology. Gymna\\nsium. All modern appliances. Endowment\\nreduces cost of course to J2.V. Address\\nWM. W. SMITH, A. Mâ\\x80\\x9e LL.D..\\nPresident.\\nState Normal Col\\nFLORENCE, ALABAMA.\\nEnrollment Last Year\\n-v?\\nOver 300 *Â£\\nTuition FREE. Board, $8.00 to $12.00\\nper month.\\nNecessary expenses from $85.00 to $125.00\\nGraduates secure good positions.\\nFall Term begins Tuesday, September\\n14, 1897.\\nSqnd for Catalogue to\\nM. C. WILSON,\\n7-13-tf. President.',\n",
       "  'Private Advices!\\nMusical by wire. Ambush, Lignam, Lid\\nUem Japan, Levy. Lclg\\'h buy Lltergy,\\nMimcfhed, Asthma since, Laved, Lava,\\nLevy certain stock\"?\\'Miry. \\'Morsel, Mouser,\\n\"Watch abstract certain Lived, Liver, Liz\\nat 1, Mouser.\\nOur client s and all those holding our\\ncod:- will underh and the above. Watch\\nthis and other papel.3 for further advices\\non certain stocks, wheat provisions and\\ncotton. We send free on request our priv\\nate telegraphic Cipher Code, al-j our\\nQkcitation Record, which is the most con\\ncise awl valuable statistical compilation\\npublish d. Write or call for them. Mem\\nbers of New York Cotnsolidlated Stock\\n.Kkdhdnge.\\nJ. I. HACCAFFIL Â« CO ,\\nâ\\x80¢ â\\x96\\xa0* i 53 Broadway, New Yoik City.\\nâ\\x80\\x94CORNERâ\\x80\\x94\\n4th Ave. & 10th St.\\nT-hey are the oldest grocery house In\\nthe city, having established the present\\n.... tfuafness on the 13th day of September,\\n1882. During their fifteen years of busi\\nness life they have made no failures, paid\\nall bills the day they were due and h ive\\nmade a great success.\\nTh y have the nicest, cleanest stock of\\ngroceries to be seen in the city and will\\ncompare favorably with Park & Tilford,\\nof New York city. Their prices are low.\\nCompart them with other houses and you\\nwill decide at one? to trade with the old\\nreliable gr -eery house of\\nJOHN FOXâ\\x80\\x99S SONS\\nCor. 4th Ave. & 19th St.\\nHOME\\nVERSUS\\nMOUSE\\n1)0 you not wish to move out of your\\nHouse into a Home?\\nMake no arrangements for the lease o{.\\nthe old House you are living in for the\\ncoming year as-the money that you will\\npay f\\' r rent will buy you a brand new\\nHome on Eleventh av nue south.\\nMr. E. N. Cullom this week will start\\non the erection of twenty Homes, beau\\ntifully finished, which he will offer for\\nsale upon terms that will enable any\\none to own his Home.\\nwor> made in REAL ESTATE during\\nHie F1RT PERIOD OF BIRMING\\nHAMâ\\x80\\x99S GROWTH.\\nThe Second Period\\nhas now been successfully inaugurated,\\nunder conditions more substantial than\\nhave ever before existed.\\nThe Prudent Man\\nis quick to see his OPPORTUNITY,\\nand grasps it before it passes.\\nCompare Prices\\nof REAL ESTATE in BIRMINGHAM\\ntoday with those in other cities of the\\nSouth, whose prospects for the future\\nCANNOT BE COMPARED to her*.\\nThe Opportunity Is Now.\\nThe SIGNS are so evident that â\\x80\\x9clie\\nwho runs may read.\"\\nDonâ\\x80\\x99t Wait\\nand â\\x80\\x9cforever after\" EXIST on VAIN\\nREGRETS, while the\\n__ Wide-Awake Fellow\\nwho has had the COURAGE TO ACT,\\nis reaping his REWARD.\\nWe are Selling Now:\\nMANUFACTURING SITES,\\nBUSINESS LOTS.\\nRESIDENCE LOTS\\nIn all pans of the city at HARD TIMES\\nprices.\\nElyton Co.\\n8-Vsu .â\\x80\\x98i -â\\x96\\xa0w od s_\\nEMPIRE\\nLAUNDRY,\\nIS 19 Second Avenue.\\nSl WTâ\\x80\\x99^E \\\\ ct >.\\nSIx-year-o3d MoTriayer, $:! per gallon;\\nfull quarts, T5 writs. Agents for Cali\\nfornia eJarjrt. a superb quality at She.\\nper gallon. Corner Morris avenue and\\nTwentieth street.\\nin THE WORLD OF SPORTS\\nBoston and Baltimore Continue\\nto Pile Up Victories.\\nREDS ON THE TOBOGGAN\\nNow in Third Placeâ\\x80\\x94St Walter at 5 to 1 Wins\\nthe Midium \"\\'â\\x96\\xa0 Hanticâ\\x80\\x99o-E n B. ,\\ntite Frv > ,t â\\x80¢, Fi.iishes\\nTid\\'d.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0 ysy ,vr. aTANmjfn.\\nctubrâ\\x80\\x94 , w r,. r.ct.\\nBote- â\\x80¢ .. ..-1 ..no\\nHalf]nlâ\\x80\\x98. .... ifi o ,7\\nCincinnati .:.() si .0,1\\nNow Turk- . .4 s 21 .808\\n(Jley.eland .\\'t 33 .837\\n1 hfiauriphia .. . . ,J 14 .476\\n.37 .47 .\\nChlyep.\" ... .37 46 .410\\nCi\\' -â\\x80\\x99YL .d A â\\x96\\xa0 -450\\nIc>Uitâ\\x80\\x9d\\'!)Je ..36 4* .424\\nWosh.irt\\'on .. 23 \\'Sil\\nSt.\\'lfeTifc. ..21 â\\x82¬2\\nUULLHT1N\\nN.w York, 4; 1.4:ook vn, 3.\\nFirst flameâ\\x80\\x94Lnub.viile, 11; St. r. m s, fi.\\nSecond Gameâ\\x80\\x94Louisville. 5: rff. Louis 7.\\nCleveland, fi; Cincinnati, 3.\\nPhiladelphia, 2; Baltimore, fi.\\nHost, n, 7; VVaf hinjrt.fi, fi.\\nPittsburg, 6; Chicago, 7.\\nAâ\\x80\\x98marked change will be noted in the\\npositions of the Orioles aid K ds, th\\n[ latter being now 17 points behind tee\\nCTttfffijSg\\'for second place. Th Indians\\nhav.e np-tyed up a little ai d if the Giants\\nare not careful {hey will lose their scalps\\nand go down the line a notch.\\nHALT] JlOIllC 2, PHILADELPHIA 2.\\nBaltimore; July 81.â\\x80\\x94Thi champ.n. s won\\nfrom tlf Phillies in a well played game.\\nThe scientific work of the home team at\\nthe bat and on bases was the feature.\\nAttendance. 4.S29. Score:\\nR. H. K.\\nHaltimore.1 2 4 0 0 9 1 0 *â\\x80\\x94S 12 1\\nPhi lad i phi* .. .,0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1â\\x80\\x942 9 2\\nPatti ileaâ\\x80\\x94Nop* and Clark- : Tayl >r and\\n.M Farland; Umpire, McDonald. Time,\\n.7:15.\\nNEW YORK 4. BROOKLYN, 3.\\nBrooklyn. July 31.â\\x80\\x94For eight innings in\\ntT.ftay\\'S came at Eastern Pnik.it app.ar\\ned as fhough\\' the New\\' Yorks would i -\\nc. ive their first whit wash of th. year.\\nKennedy, who pi-trlu 1 a superb gam-.\\' up\\nto that time, suddenly went up ito the\\nair and before he struck terra tirm.-i\\nJoyceâ\\x80\\x99s man had seer. I four runs, which\\nproved enough to win. Kennedy aim o t\\nhis temper in the ninth and this a the\\nhallâ\\x80\\x99at Uni pi re O\\'! lay. Th i latter, how\\n,â\\x80\\x99evor, did not see it. having his luack\\nâ\\x80¢turned to the pitcher. The art allow .1\\nDavis to score. Att-minx\\'- 11,197. Scare:\\nH. T6. E.\\nBatteriesâ\\x80\\x94Mft-kln and Warne:\\'; 1<- n\\nnedy anil Grim. Umpire, Oâ\\x80\\x99bav. Time,\\n2:02. .\\nCHICAGO 7, PITTSBURG fi.\\nChicago, July 31.â\\x80\\x94The Colts captured\\nthe filial game of the series today bj a\\nliett r hunching of bits. Divis pâ\\x80\\x99uy.d a\\nâ\\x80¢great game at first an 1 b.ntt .1 lik â\\x96\\xa0 a\\nfiend and Smith made a wonderful cat h\\nClVish to the eenterfi.\\'U fence, robbi g\\nliyar. of an almost sure four bagger. Ex\\nPitch r Tony Multan umpir d in Shri\\ndan-\\'s Hibsonco. Attendance, 4,800, Se r?:\\nR. H. E.\\nChicago .0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 7 11 2\\nPitWlvurg.1 0 0 1 0 13 0 0â\\x80\\x944 11 3\\nBatteriesâ\\x80\\x94Fri mi and Donahue; KPlen\\nanij Merritt. Umpire, Muilane. Time,\\n2:05.\\nAN EVEN SPLIT.\\nSi. Louis. July 31.â\\x80\\x94The Browns- and\\nLouisville.s split even in their double\\nhea>P-r today. Grimes In the first game\\nwas weak a nail cost the home team the\\ngame. In ah- second a abetting rally in\\nthe eighth with two tur: gave the logais\\nfour rune and the game. Av.ensJ.ance,\\n5,000. Score:\\nFirst ga.tnoâ\\x80\\x94 RUE\\nSt. Louis.01 1 01)0000â\\x80\\x94611 5\\nLouisville.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 - 11 9 2\\nBatteriesâ\\x80\\x94Grimes anl Murphy: McGhe-:\\nand Wilson. Umpire*, Hart and fun\\nnlngihaim. 2:25.\\nSecond gameâ\\x80\\x94 RHE\\nSt. Louts.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4â\\x80\\x94 7 13 1\\nLouisville.. .. ..00000200 3â\\x80\\x94 5 9 4\\nBfrit\\'-riesâ\\x80\\x94Ha.it arid Murphy; Frazer\\nami Wilson. Umpire, Pears. Time, 2:15.\\nBOSTON, 7: WASHINGTON, fi.\\n\\'Washiagron, July 31.â\\x80\\x94The Be tons won\\nthe game ini tilie ninth inning i od\\'ay. The\\nSen:,\\':\\'.W d\\'APat was due to wildrterrs on\\nthe pÂ«ut. of McJamcs and Tom Brown\\'s\\nerrors. Score:\\nR H E\\nWashington ....0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0â\\x80\\x94 6 11 5\\nBotittm.03301000 1â\\x80\\x94 7 9 0\\n\\'B, ttteriasâ\\x80\\x94AlcJa.mea amd McGu-ire;\\nNichols and Bergen. Umpire, Bmslle.\\nTime, 1:57. Attendance, 500.\\nCLEVELAN\\'t), 6; CINCINNATI. 3.\\nCiiK-innati. July 31.â\\x80\\x94The Indians won\\nfront the Reds today hy bun\\'ching bri *.\\nâ\\x80¢Dwyer was hi. fro iy after the third in\\nnitlg, while C.v Young held the locals\\ndown. Tlie playing of Corcoran and Jfe\\nPhee arid sensational catches by Hoy and\\nBure were the features. Attendance,\\n5,5tH>. Score:\\nâ\\x80¢ R H E\\nCl\\'liclninati.. ...0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0â\\x80\\x94 3 9 2\\nCleveland .. . .0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2â\\x80\\x94 6 13 2\\nBatter) Â»â\\x80\\x94Dwyer and Belts; Young ami\\nZimmer. Umpire, Hurst. Time, 1:30.\\nTurf\"\\nLast Day at Aqundact\\nNew York, July 3bâ\\x80\\x94This was the clos\\ning day ,.f the Aqueduct meeting and ft\\ncard ot seven races was provided for the\\nbig crowd of spectators. It was very\\nhot at the I rack but the course was In\\nthe best of condition and very fast.\\nFirst Raceâ\\x80\\x94About seven furlongs.\\nYankee Doodle, 4 to 1, won; Thomas Cat,\\n7 to 2, second; Alarum, lo t- 1, third.\\nTime. 1:2614.\\nSecond Race-One mileâ\\x80\\x94Rey Del Ti\\ner\\'\\'a, 1 t 2, won; Savarln, 1 to 2, second;\\nMohawk Prince, 4 to 1, third. Time,\\n1A1.\\nThird Raceâ\\x80\\x94Five furlongs. Miss T. n\\nney, 1 to 2, v,..n; Briar Hill, 4 lo 1. sec\\nond: Me. Petite, S to 1, third. Time,\\n3.02%. â\\x80¢\\nFourth Raceâ\\x80\\x94Mile and a sixteenth.\\nCarter handicap. Premier, 3 to 1, won;\\nStorm King. 10 lo l second; Sun Up. fi to\\n5. third. Time. 1:49.\\nFifth Raceâ\\x80\\x94Five- furlongs. Salust. 8\\nto 5, won; Reflde, fi to !. second; La Gi\\nta) a. S to 5, third. Tim,1. 1:03.\\nSixth Raceâ\\x80\\x94Or.e mile. Conns llor\\nHowe, 7 to 1, won; Lambeth, 1 i,o 1. sec\\nond; Purse Proud, 4 lo 1, third. Tiipe.\\n1:43%.\\nSeventh Raceâ\\x80\\x94Five furlongs. Stives.\\n4 to 1, won; Run Well, 5 to 1. second; The\\nDlpp-r, even, third. Time, 1:03b...\\nSaratoga ltessults\\nSaratoga. N. Y.. July 31.â\\x80\\x94The fourth\\nda> s racing of the Saratoga Racing as\\n1 soclatton were run on a greatly improved\\ntrack, with tine weather and with great\\nly Improved attendance. There was a\\nlively struggle in the mid-summer handi\\ni cap up to the last turn, when Sir Walter\\ncame through and won cleverly by half\\na length from Havoc, who was a length\\nin front of Ben B:ush, the favorite.\\nFirst Raceâ\\x80\\x94Hlghwelght handicap, six\\nfurl\\' ngs. Bernadlllo, 6 to 1, won; Orion,\\n4 to 1, second; Xmas, 3 to 1. third. Time,\"\\n1:17V2.\\nSecond Raceâ\\x80\\x94Five furlongs. Wood\\nford Filly, 3 to 5 won; San Antonio. 5 to i\\n2. second; Pet 4 to 1. third. Time,\\n1:05.\\nThird Ra Midsummer handicap, one\\nmile. Sir Walter. 5 to 1, won; Havoc,\\n7 t\" 1. second I Ben Biush, 7 to 5, third.\\ntime, 1:-!\\nFourth Ra.-- -Sow: furlongs. Knight\\nâ\\x96\\xa0j of tin- i;a>t-r. i to 1, won; Domitor. 3 to\\n1. nd; Hurlbut, 5 to 2. third. Tim ,\\nl:3(i. ,\\nFifth Rapeâ\\x80\\x94 Fr ratoon Green steeple\\nchar . an \\'Ut tv. \\' anil ah Â£ mil:*. Royal\\nScarlet, 3 to \\'2 won â\\x80¢ April Fool 3 to 5,\\nâ\\x80¢ i . . . T 4:32. K t g Michael, Lady\\nHighL: : n;.d Bob Mtrlcj fell.\\nsr louts fair grounds.\\nEh. Louis, Jjiiy 31.â\\x80\\x94Two fav Tit a. oâ\\x80\\x99e\\nI â\\x96\\xa0 ..; c. \\'r Ht\\'i two heav.ly pay d\\nJ ill i r a the win theToces at th â\\x96\\xa0 F.or\\nj Grounds i.:.. and tm crowd went away\\ni happy in rnin.i end in oo-k t Weathâ\\x80\\x99r\\nhot; tre.-k u. o-1 a Tendance v ry\\nla g\\\\\\nFir., i: â\\x80\\x94!â\\x80¢â\\x80¢â\\x80¢.. .I ngs. Farral, 15\\nto 1. wo34 Ju lio\\' its. 3 t<-. I, second? T&\\nWan.it, 10 |n 1 third. Tint , 1:02 \\'.c\\n.- \\' ad -ore ! ,\\' \\' â\\x80¢ â\\x96\\xa0 Tit\\'mile\\'.\\nSti oâ\\x80\\x99.or Morriâ\\x80\\x99 3 to i >â\\x96\\xa0 i â\\x96\\xa0; Xic 1 n\\', o t >\\n.\\' s ootid; Ai 1 s, 3 to 1, thiid. Time,\\n1:5714.\\nâ\\x80\\x99i .utd ilic*.\\'-\\'iâ\\x80\\x99i mile and twenty\\nyards. Any n, !l t 2. won; Can 1 S e\\n; Em, t > 2 sâ\\x80\\x99 1: Man mi * L.â\\x80\\x99s Si - i r, 4\\njl.it third. Tt.im 1.44â\\x80\\x99..\\ni F ui\\'.h U one an] ohe-rixteerth\\n; mih x. Gtevnic t, even, w->n\\'- Lind\". 7\\nj tc 1. s cored; Alalelin-*, 11 to 2, tâ\\x80\\x99.iird. Ti ..e,\\n1 1:43 <4.\\n| Fifth Raceâ\\x80\\x94Six furlongs. Dr. Walrr.s\\n1 y. 1 to 4, won; Bridg.., 5 to 1, second;\\nB 1â\\x80\\x98le Diablo. 13 to t. third. Time. 1:14â\\x80\\x99,1.\\nS vth Re â\\x80\\x94S i- n fu Inâ\\x80\\x99 gx Donatâ\\x80\\x99 â\\x80\\x9d,\\n4 tn 1, won; A. ninth. 3 ti 2, sec nd; Jar.e,\\neven, third. Time, 1:27\\',4.\\nMuch interest is being man\\'f stel in the\\n20-round gj \\'â\\x96\\xa0 iked f >r tomorrow nigh: nt\\nj Laic view, in which Holan and McGitr\\nsey will be the central figures. The lat\\nter ts a home liny, but knowing ores pr -\\ndiet that ere the twenty rounds Is calâ\\x80\\x99\" 1\\nh\" will not h able to com\" to the cent r\\nof the ring. B. vh men are in excellent\\ncondition and the event promises to b>\\nvery Interesting.\\nBIG FIND IN WINSTON COUNTY.\\nFiFteen Thousand Acres of the Finest Cannel\\nCoal in Alabama,\\nWinston county will furnish the first\\ncannel coal coming from Alabama.\\nCannel coal is very valuable and few\\nmin s in theâ\\x80\\x99south furnish it. it burns\\nwith a very bright light, similar to a\\ncandle and Is called th- king of gas\\nmakers.\\nThe yield of gas is from 8,000 to 15.000\\ncubic feet per ton and when distilled at\\na rdw led heat It makes paraffine oil.\\nIt i> reported that th land containing\\nthis valuable . deposit comprises 15,000\\nacris, which has already been disposed\\nof pfFfJttrbiy to a New Orleans syndi\\ni ate.\\nFuture developments of the Winston\\ncounty mines may mark an important\\nepoch in Alabama\\'s mineral history.\\nLast Official Report,\\n\\'Die last raid of a still to be reported to\\nMaj. R. O. Randall, who retired from the\\ninternal revenue collectorship yesterday,\\nwas Pom Deputy H. R. Allen. The re\\nport recites the details of capturing and\\ndestroying a plant with a capacity of\\nfive gallons dally, which Is valued at\\n$10. Its paraphernalia consisted \"f oho\\ncopper still cap, one iron still cap. two\\nfermenters containing about 300 gallons\\nof beer, and one flak-; stand.\\nBirmingham\\'s Steel.\\nBirmingham\\'s steel is a succeed beyond\\nany reason of doubt. The fact lias he n\\ndemonstrated by skilled workmen at the\\nplant of the Birmingham Rolling Mill\\ncompany. In a prominent place in one\\nof the show windows of Louis Saks, the\\nclothier. Is exhibited a pair of horseshoes\\nand nail-, three links welded lino a cha\\'n,\\nbars twisted in every conceivable shape\\nand drawn steel plates, together with a\\nbar of steel as it came from the cupola\\nof the steel plant of the Birmingham\\nRolling Mill company, from a pieceâ\\x80\\x99of\\nwhich the articles mentioned were made,\\nSulligen.t. Ala., July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special.)â\\x80\\x94\\n. The Southeast Express companyâ\\x80\\x99s safe\\n| was blown open aâ\\x80\\x98: thin place last night\\nI about 1:30 oâ\\x80\\x99clock and nobbed. There was\\n1 only obofit $45 in the safe. There is no\\nclue to the robbers. It was evidently flu\\nwork of experts.\\nOur long suit prescriptions\\nSloss Pharmacy.\\nIt is said that God doubtless could have\\nmade a belter )>erry than the strawberry,\\nbut doubtless God never did, and of the\\nSmith Premier it can be said that doubt\\nless man can invent a better machine, but\\nso far it has not appeared. Call and exam\\nine the No. 2 Srfiith and be satisfied that it\\nis unequalled by any other Typewriter*\\nA. R. DEARBORN A CO.,\\nAGSNTS.\\nA new No. 0 Remington for sale cheap.\\nConsolidated\\nElectric Light\\nCompany\\nOperating Lirgest. Light and Power\\nPlant in the South.\\nPOWELL AVENUE AND NINE\\nTEENTH STREET,\\nBirmingham, Ala.\\nKurnUhei Arc and lnmndosceut Lights\\nin meter or Hat rate). Alan gall by meter\\npower from 1-3 horse power motor to 100\\nhors> power motor. Cul[ and see them be\\nfore putting in steam.\\nThe Avondale\\nSteam Laundry,\\nAlways on tire alert, uses.tie\\nvery best fumigants known to\\nmedical science. Absolutely no\\ndanger fronv contageous, dis\\neases- oV ,V\\nOffite 108 19th St\\ni n* 1-sun-Â»on-\\'Jm Phone 1004\\nBy virtue of executions issued to me by\\nthe City Clerk of Birmingham, Ala.,\\n.whereby I am commanded to make the\\namount of city taxes for the\\nYEAR 1895.\\nwith costs added on the property therein,\\nnamed, I will sell at public outcry, to the\\nhighest bidder for cash, before the door\\nof th: City Hall of Birmingham, Ala,\\nWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25.1897,\\nbriweun the 1 gal hours of sale (10 a. m.\\naiiii p. m.). tile fallowing described prop\\n- rty, situat\\'d In the city \"f Birmingham,\\nAla., same being as.-esse-d as follows:\\n975â\\x80\\x94Al x Hartâ\\x80\\x94T. t 19. block 180, taxes\\na 1 costs, 510.10; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee, 90\\ncerts.\\n8420â\\x80\\x94Owner Th.knownâ\\x80\\x94Hot 9, blÂ«-ck 66,\\nti.xes and c . $4.50; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee,\\n00 c â\\x80\\x98 s.\\n3437â\\x80\\x94Own l\\' kr *vnâ\\x80\\x94Hot 14, block 90,\\ntaxes and ct . $7.00: printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee,\\n!i0 cents.\\nBy virtue of cx.-frâ\\x80\\x99i. â\\x80¢:? >sued to me by\\nthe City Clerk J krminghem. Ala.,\\nwh vcl\\'-y i am e<>n j.anded to make th *\\namount f -!tv taxÂ«for the\\nYEAR 1896.\\nwith st* adc d i . the property therein\\nnamed I will m-.l . public o f cry. to th â\\x80¢\\nhighest bidder for ertrh. before the door\\nof the City Hall Â« f Pi; mii gham, Ala.,\\nWEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25, IS97,\\nbrt-.v\\'cn the 1 gal hours of sal\" (to a. m.\\navcl 1 p. m.\\'. tee f ll wâ\\x80\\x99irg derc ib d prep\\nt. t>situat\\'d in the city.of Birmingham,\\nAla., same 1) ing assessed as f- Hews:\\n35â\\x80\\x94Alverson & Heasieltâ\\x80\\x94Ixit 7, block\\n184, taxes and coats, $9.50; printerâ\\x80\\x99s\\nfee. 90 cents.\\n91â\\x80\\x94Wm. P. Barkerâ\\x80\\x94Tgit on west side\\nHuntsville road, fronts 100 fe\\'t and\\nextends back west 320 feet, between\\n1â\\x80\\x9d. G. Shepherd < n north and Cobb\\nand Fell , n south, in southeast of\\nnortheast, section 26, township 17,\\nrange 3; lot 17, block 40; 1--t 16. block\\n226, taxes and costs, $12.75; printerâ\\x80\\x99s\\nfpp. $2.70.\\n173â\\x80\\x94Râ\\x80\\x99chatd B irekâ\\x80\\x94I/ I 38, B\\'-\\' reusâ\\x80\\x99 ad\\ndition. taxes and costs, $3.50: print\\nerâ\\x80\\x99s fee. SO cents.\\n184â\\x80\\x94Tnhn G. Bradleyâ\\x80\\x94Lots 15 and 16,\\nblock 51; 1 ts 25 to 48. Inclusive, Gur\\nleysvill-. taxes and costs, $25.88;\\nprinter\\'s fe:-, $1.20.\\n194â\\x80\\x94Bernaâ\\x80\\x99d Brtnnenâ\\x80\\x94Ona-hxâ\\x80\\x99f inter st\\nin lots 15 to 17, bl- ek 3. South Side\\nLard company, taxes and costs,\\n$2.38: print\\'r\\'s fee, $1.20.\\n213â\\x80\\x94 Cecil Brownâ\\x80\\x94L- t 14, block 120,\\ntaxes .and costs, $7.00; printer\\'s fee.\\n90 c- nts.\\n214â\\x80\\x94 C. G. and M. R. Brownâ\\x80\\x94115x420 feet\\nsouthwest earner Fountain avenue\\nand Lawn street, southeast of\\nsouthwest, section 26, towrshio 17.\\nrange 3. taxes and costs, $22.28;\\nprinterâ\\x80\\x99s fee. $1.80.\\n250â\\x80\\x94L. Burgerâ\\x80\\x94Lots 11 and 12. Jdoclt 177,\\ntaxes and casts. $7.00: printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee,\\n90 cents.\\n\" 286â\\x80\\x94T)r. 8 C. Carsonâ\\x80\\x94Lot 16, block 04.\\nlot 8. bl tek 413. tax sand costs, $7.C0:\\nprinter\\'s fee. 90 cents.\\n819â\\x80\\x94M s. 8. R. Clarkâ\\x80\\x94North half lot 1\\nand north half of east half lot 2.\\nbl clc 722. taxes ar.d costs, $24.50;\\nprintei\\'s fee. $1.20.\\n343â\\x80\\x94 A. A. Colemanâ\\x80\\x94Lots IS. 19 and 20,\\nblock 167. taxes and costs. $25.08;\\nprinter\\'s fee. 90 cents.\\n344â\\x80\\x94 A. A. Col, man. Guardi a nâ\\x80\\x94Lots I. 2\\nand 3. block 196, taxes and a sis,\\n$11.00; printer\\'s fee. 90 cents.\"\\n380â\\x80\\x94J. T. C mlbourn and J. D. Da bn yâ\\x80\\x94\\nLot southwest erner Twenty-first\\nstreet and Humboldt avenue, block\\n762; Lot 43. block 793; half Interest in\\neast half lot 5. block 85; part of lot\\n11, block Ha; parts of lots 8 and 9,\\nblock 78. taxes and cc$t.\\', *15.45;\\nprinteiâ\\x80\\x99s fee, $2.40.\\n387â\\x80\\x94John S. Coxâ\\x80\\x94Entire block, except\\nl-.\\'s 9 and 10. block 187, taxes and\\ncosts, $75.25; printer\\'s fee. 90 cents.\\n400â\\x80\\x94Mis. Mary E, Crumpâ\\x80\\x94Lots 3 to 24\\ninclusive, Ourleysville, taxes and\\ncosts, $15.25; printer\\'s fee, 90 cents.\\n447â\\x80\\x94George Dickersonâ\\x80\\x94Lot 21. South\\nSide Land company, block 1, taxes\\nand costs. $2.55; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee,\\n$1.20.\\n462â\\x80\\x94J. M. Donaldsonâ\\x80\\x94Lot ft, block 17,\\ntaxts and costs, $10.80; ihiinterâ\\x80\\x99s fee,\\n90 cents.\\n466â\\x80\\x94C. F. Douthitâ\\x80\\x94North end of lot 4.\\nblock 760; 90 feet off south ends lots\\n15, 16 and 17, block 175; lots 21 to 24,\\nblock 183, taxes and costs, $42.10;\\nprinterâ\\x80\\x99s fee. $1.50.\\n484â\\x80\\x94Mrs. Du Bois â\\x80\\x94Lot 3. block 80,\\ntaxes and costs, $6.00; printer\\'s fee,\\n90 cents.\\n492â\\x80\\x94A. H. Dunlapâ\\x80\\x94Lot 2. 11 n.y & Cope\\nland, block 6: Lot 9 and westhalâ\\x80\\x99 lot\\n10, block 284; lots 11, 12 and north\\nwest corner lot 13, block 265, taxes\\nand costs. $6.50; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee. $1.50.\\n530â\\x80\\x94C. F. Enslen, Administratorâ\\x80\\x94Lot 11,\\nblock 183. taxes and costs, $3.10;\\nprinterâ\\x80\\x99s fe:. 90 cents.\\n535â\\x80\\x94 E. Rrswellâ\\x80\\x94South half of west half\\nlots 3 and 4. block 758; lot 1 and 25\\nfeet off south side 1 ts 2 and 3, block\\n98. taxes and costs, $137.50; printer\\'s\\nfee. $1.50.\\n552â\\x80\\x94Mrs. F. 8. Fergusonâ\\x80\\x94Six200 feet\\nsoutheast corner Highland avenue\\nand Twenty-first street, block 850,\\ntaxes and costs, 27.58; printer\\'s fee.\\n$1.50.\\n569â\\x80\\x94J. A. Formanâ\\x80\\x94Beginrinsr 15 feet\\neast from northeast corner Louis\\nWhaley\\'s lot. th- n southwest 90 feet,\\nalong oast line of said lot, then east\\n100 feet to Bradley, then west to\\nbeginning. Jonesville, taxes and\\ncosts. $2.70: printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee, $2.19.\\n586â\\x80\\x94Mrs. C. Fraleighâ\\x80\\x94West half lots 11\\nand 12. block 36, taxes and costs,\\n$11.43; printer\\'s fee. 90 cents.\\n593â\\x80\\x94Charles Frantzâ\\x80\\x94Middle one-third\\nlot 27. Banfleld. taxes and costs.\\n$3.00; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee, 90 cents.\\n600â\\x80\\x94Robert Frewâ\\x80\\x94Lot 12 and west half\\nlat 11. block 284, taxes and costs.\\nSS.58; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee. 90 cents.\\n628â\\x80\\x94 R. W. Gayleâ\\x80\\x94100x330 feet, fronts\\n100 feet on old Huntsville road in\\nsoutheast quarter of northeast\\nquarter, section 20, township 17,\\nrang\" 3, taxes and costs. $13.51;\\nprinter\\'s fee. $1.80.\\n629â\\x80\\x94 Edwin H. Gayleyâ\\x80\\x94 Beginning 50\\nfeet iast of northwest corner Ave\\nnue K and Seventeenth street, then\\n100 feet along K avenue, then north\\n120 feet along alley, then east 100\\nfeet, then south 120 feet tu begin\\nning. block 786. taxes and costs,\\n$6.00: printer\\'s fee. $2.10.\\n642â\\x80\\x94Belton Gilreathâ\\x80\\x94One-half Interest\\nIn east half of lot 7. block 85. taxes\\nand costs, $17.00; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee,\\n$1.20.\\n657â\\x80\\x94Mary and Taylor Gordonâ\\x80\\x94Isit 19.\\nblock 206. taxes and costs, $6.00;\\nprinterâ\\x80\\x99s fee. 90 cents\\n677â\\x80\\x94Mrs. .!. M. Greenâ\\x80\\x94Lots 1. 2 and 3,\\nblock 69. taxes and costs, $29.70;\\nprinterâ\\x80\\x99s fee, 90 cents.\\n679â\\x80\\x94R. M. Greenâ\\x80\\x94Lot 14. block 122. taxes\\nand costs. $9.00: printerâ\\x80\\x99, fee, 90\\ncents.\\n695â\\x80\\x94C. K. Hailey. Trusteeâ\\x80\\x94West 34Kt\\nfeet of lot 16, block 54. taxes and\\ncosts. $7.00: printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee. 90 cents.\\n774â\\x80\\x94N. W. Henry. Administratorâ\\x80\\x941/Ots\\n1 to 8. Henry & Ware, block 2. taxes\\nand costs, $6.00; printer\\'s fee,\\n$1.20.\\n791â\\x80\\x94Mrs. Ella D. Hill-W. st half lot 11,\\nblock 167. taxes and costs, $4.50;\\nprinter\\'s fee. 90 cents.\\n815-r-J. H. Horneâ\\x80\\x94Lot 1. block 308, taxes\\nand costs, $3.80; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee.\\n90 cents.\\n834â\\x80\\x94Hugh Howardâ\\x80\\x94Lot 20. South Side\\nLand company, block 1, taxes and\\n\\'costs. $2.55: printer\\'s fee. 90 c*nts.\\n846â\\x80\\x94M re. M. A. Hughesâ\\x80\\x94Lot 1 and 23\\n\\' i feet of south side lot 2, bl--ek 31.\\ntaxes and costs, $10.98; printer\\'s fee,\\n$1.20.\\n865â\\x80\\x941{. L. Jackson-it. bir.ck 39.\\ntaxes and costs, $5.25; printer\\'s fee,\\n90 cents.\\nâ\\x80\\x94*â\\x96\\xa0\\n931â\\x80\\x94Mrs, J. M. Keefeâ\\x80\\x94North 110 feet of\\nnortheast quarter of southeast\\nquarter of southeast quarter of\\nnortheast quarter, section 26. town\\nship 17, range 3, ttyves and costs,\\n$13.25; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee. $1.80.\\n1026*4â\\x80\\x94â\\x80\\x98Mrs. Fannie W. Longâ\\x80\\x94100x100 feet\\nsouthwest corner of block 317, taxes\\nand costs, $3.00; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee,\\n$1.20.\\n1058â\\x80\\x94Maas ft S?ehwartzâ\\x80\\x94Lot 14 and 10 feet\\noff north ends lots 15 and 1C block\\n224. taxes and costs, $3.83; printerâ\\x80\\x99s\\nr e, $1.20.\\n1082â\\x80\\x94T. J. Martinâ\\x80\\x94Lot 7, bli ~k i 15. jokes\\nand costs, $4.50\\', prlntci fee, 90\\ncents.\\n1103â\\x80\\x94Harry Mercerâ\\x80\\x94Lots 1 to 4 inclusive\\nand lots 6. 7 and 9 and It, block\\n178; 1 t 17, block 148; lots Hi and 17,\\nblock 205; lots 17 anil 18. block 209,\\ntaxes and csts, $30.00; pri\". s fee,\\n$1.80.\\n1147â\\x80\\x94Felix Montgomery \\')n0 ird in\\nterest in lot? 21, 22-. IS, â\\x80¢ -,rl 24. block?\\n192. tax s and costs. 1 â\\x96\\xa0 id; printer\\'s\\nfee. $1.20.\\n1169-Mrs. Julio (\\'. M o-lâ\\x80\\x94East half of\\nlot 8. 11 ,-!i 721, taxes and costs,\\n$11.P5; printer\\'s fee, 99 cents,\\n1246â\\x80\\x94Mrs. II. cell â\\x96\\xa0 evrrâ\\x80\\x94O\\' â\\x96\\xa0 naif Inter\\nest 111 lots 15, 16 r- . â\\x80¢ V. blerk 3,\\nSoUi h Side Land *omp\\'. y, : \"x?s\\nand coil. . *2 38- pri\" teiâ\\x80\\x99s f\\n1287â\\x80\\x94 Miss Nellie Xt< nan- L-t 3 a;ul w. ?f.\\nhalf lot 1, block 303, taxes and toets,\\n$.1.00; printer\\'s fee. \\'id rents.\\n1389â\\x80\\x94C. Firkins, Agt.â\\x80\\x94Loto 8 to 1\" in\\nelusive, block 30. ta> ami costs,\\n$27.25; printer\\'s fee. ft) , -nts:\\n1438â\\x80\\x940<orge Rappsâ\\x80\\x94Lo s S block\\n169, tax-? and CO -1r.. $18.75, piU.tcr\\'s\\nfee, 60 cents. \" . ..\\n1475â\\x80\\x94Min. Kate Roachâ\\x80\\x94Lot 2 and\\'east\\nhalf lot 1. block 303, tajOes and Costs,\\n$3.25; printer\\'s fed,\\' Oil cents.\\n1491â\\x80\\x94\\'Wm. T. Robinsonâ\\x80\\x94West Half,Tot 6.\\nbb rk 10. taxes ami <}ast., $13.22;\\nprinterâ\\x80\\x99s fee, 90 cents.\\n1560â\\x80\\x94TV. W. Searcy. Jr.â\\x80\\x9442x100 feet on\\nsouth ast corner Fourth avontieand\\nTwenty-third street, fronts 12 fret\\non Twenty-third street, being north\\nfnds of lots 8 and 9. block 77. taxes\\nand costs. $9.50; printer\\'s fee. $LS0.\\n1569â\\x80\\x94J. D. 9\\'hacklef 1-dâ\\x80\\x94West hall\\' Kit l!1,\\nblock 93; lots 11. 12 and 13. ly ing be\\ntween Twelfth and .Thâ\\x80\\x99ll.Uqnth\\nstreets and Third (.\\'\".Y\\'fourth ave\\nnues south, block 245, taxes and\\ncosts, $9.75: printer\\'s fee. $1.89.\\n1721â\\x80\\x94iMrs. Lena E. Terryâ\\x80\\x94Lots 6 and 8,\\nblock 17, taxes and costs, $13.52;\\nprinter\\'s fee. 20 cents.\\n1723â\\x80\\x94 Percy W. Terryâ\\x80\\x94Ore-twelfth intef\\nc-st in west half lot 5, block 100: onÂ»\\nthlrd Interest ill lot 14.\\'block luB.\\ntaxes and costs, $7.05; printer\\'s fee.\\n$1.50.\\n1724â\\x80\\x94 W. K. Terryâ\\x80\\x94One-sixth Interest in\\nnorth half of lot 10, block 84; one\\n(ighth interest in west half lot 5,\\nblock 100: three-twelfthsr interest in\\nsouth half of south half of lot fi,\\nblock 100; or.e-third Interest in lot\\n14. block 105, taxes and costs, $15.35;\\nprinterâ\\x80\\x99s fee, $2.40.\\n1751â\\x80\\x94T. N. Talllaferro, Adminstratorâ\\x80\\x94\\nLot beginning at southeast corner\\nTenth avenue and Thirtieth street,\\nthen east along avenue\\'85 feet, theb\\nsouth at right angles 40 feet, than\\nlast at right angles 40 feet, then\\nsouth at right angles 132 feet, then\\nwest at right angles 125 feet to\\nThirtieth street, then west al- ng\\nsaid street 172 feet to beginning, -be\\ning parts of lots 3 and 4.-block\\'H01,\\ntaxes and costs, $5.00; printer\\'s f-e,\\n$3.90.\\n1780- Mrs. S. E. Turnerâ\\x80\\x94Lot 41. block 793,\\ntax- s and costs, $6.00; printer\\'s fee,\\n90 cents.\\n1821â\\x80\\x94Mrs. E. C. Wallâ\\x80\\x94West half lot IS.\\nblock 224, taxes arid â\\x80\\x98costs, $9.6^;\\nprinter\\'s fee, 90 cents.\\n1894â\\x80\\x94(Ico. F. Wheel.ickâ\\x80\\x94East half lots 9\\nand 10. block 768; lot 10, bEck 120.\\ntaxes and costs, 27.05; printer\\'s fee,\\n$1.20.\\n1956â\\x80\\x94F. W. Worralaâ\\x80\\x94Lot 17. Henry ft\\nCopeland, block 4. taxes and cost?,\\n$5.10; printer\\'s fee. 90 cents.\\n2038â\\x80\\x94Collins & Co.â\\x80\\x9450x11244 feet north\\nside lot 4. block 783. taxes and costs,\\n$4.50; printer\\'s fee. 90 cents.\\n2068â\\x80\\x94Hawkins Lumber companyâ\\x80\\x94Lot 12.\\nHenry & Copeland, block 4: lot J.\\nM. Ware, block 25, taxes and costs.\\n$5.00; printerâ\\x80\\x99s fee, $1.20.\\n2601â\\x80\\x94S. M. Hanbyâ\\x80\\x94lot 2 and 10 feet off\\nsouth side lot 3. block 629; lot 6,\\nblock 148. taxes and costs, $17.75;\\nprinter\\'s fee, $1.20.\\n3176â\\x80\\x94C. Humphriesâ\\x80\\x94Beginning at a point\\n. n e uth i idc Avenue I s uth.3D0 fe Â»t\\neast of center Twenty-fourth street,\\nthence south 230 feet at right an\\ngles for a beginning point; thence\\n50 feet south. 120 feet west, 50 feet\\nnorth, 120 feet east to beginning,\\nblock 741, taxes and costs, $4.50;\\nprinter\\'s fee, $2.70.\\nGEO. EUSTIS,\\nTax Collector.\\nIf You Were a Chemist\\n* . You would know that our\\nW Drugs are pure. BUT\\nA YOU ARE NOT, so we\\nâ\\x80\\x9c ask you to take our word\\nfor it. Just trust us as jou do\\nyour doctor.\\nAdams Drug Co\\nS- 1-04 it-rt-\\'-lt___\\nOur hot-water bags are so\\nwarm that the water donâ\\x80\\x99t\\nhave to be heated. Sloss\\nPharmacy.\\n-OF\\nOxford Ties\\n-ANDâ\\x80\\x94â\\x80\\x94\\nTan Shoes\\nWhich we advertised last month has\\nproved a tremendous success, and not*\\nI withstanding the bold move we made in\\ns uch a gigantic purchase at this late #eaÂ«\\na of the year, the results have already\\ndeni m-tran-d that when the proper styles\\nof choice shoes are off i\\\\d at tire1 right\\'\\nprices shrewd customers appreciate the\\nfact and avail themselves of the first\\npickings. We had a whirlwind of trade\\nthe past month regardless of the ln\\nclerm t t w.other, ard as we intend to\\nhave no let up this unparalleled sale will\\ncontinue to run tr/full Mist during tha\\ntwo month*. August and it ptember.\\nâ\\x80¢f 1909 First Avenue\\nâ\\x80¢ 1908 Morris Avenue\\nDuring These\\nBalmy Days\\nWhile we aie sitting in the shade of our\\nancestral halls, and sipping the sweets\\nof life, we should not be unmindful of\\nour public citizens who have sacri\\nficed their individual comfort to make\\nour life worth more than living. Among\\nBirmingham\\'s chief benefactors stands\\n(or rather) hustles, Tom Oâ\\x80\\x99Byrne, tha\\nagent of the Christian Moerlein Brewing\\ncompany, who, with shirt sleeves rolled\\nup and jocund face dripping with per\\nspiration, is laying himself liable to sun\\nstroke to supply the popular demand for\\nhis famous beer.\\nMeccaSaioon\\nâ\\x80\\x94BYâ\\x80\\x94\\nJ. H. HQUSMAN\\nWill Open at 1909 1st Ave\\nOCTOBER FIRST.\\nThe best arranged and the best furnish\\ned bar in the south. Fixtures made\\nspecially to order. Next door to Morris\\nhotel. I\\nbd-ssn-wed-im __\\nWilliams Drug and Chemical Co.\\nSecond Avenue Between\\n19 th and 20th Sts.\\nTESTIMONIAL.\\nTo M. M. Williams: \\'\\n1 have never given a testimonial for\\nany proprietary medicine in my forty\\none years\\' practice, but your Seltzer\\nPhosphate being one of the best remedies\\nof the kind I have ever used, I cannot\\nfail to indorse it.\\nJ. B. LUCKIE, M. D.\\nTESTIMONIAL.\\nNew Orleans. La., July 17, 1897.\\nDr. SI. M. Williams, Birmingham, Ala.\\nDÂ»ar Sirâ\\x80\\x94Some few months ago while\\nin Birmingham, you gave me a few bot\\ntles of jour preparation, Seltzer Phos\\nphate. My purpose was to try its effects\\non my wife, who is a sufferer of neu\\nralgia. It gives me great pleasure to\\nstate that she has found more relief from\\nthis combination of remedies in Seltzer\\nPhosphate than anything I have been\\nusing for tile past three years. As my\\nsupply is runring low, I will have to\\nask you to send me by express, one-half\\ndozen bottles with bill. 1 trust you are (}\\nmeeting with success with this prepara\\ntion. as its effects on sufferers with neu\\nralgia. headaches, etc., merits for it a.\\ngood sale. Thanking you sincerely for\\nthe first sample lot, and wishing you suc\\ncess, I am yours truly,\\nDR. ROBERT L. RILEY.\\nâ\\x80¢\\'Â» 237 Rcrmuda street.\\nHENRY B. GRAY, Prest. GEO. A. BLINN, V. Prest. JNO. D. ELLIOTT, Cashr.\\nNO. 1907 SECOND AVENUE.\\nr\\nEstablished 1388. Pays 4 per cent Interest on Savings Deposits\\n... â\\x96\\xa0 B)\\'B3WMywÂ£iÂ«>mÂ«iii)v neatn. r.a.Â£4\\n\" C. C. ELLIS, JR,\\nHas the Finest Line of <\\nWAGONS,\\n/ >; vy ^. -\\nAND O V milACi 1:58\\nâ\\x96\\xa0f â\\x96\\xa0\\'\\nIN THE CITY.\\nIBiS HARNESS, WHIPS I LflPROBES\\no- \\\\ t i\\nIn iact anything in the horse line usually kept in a first\\nclass repository. See me at \\\\.\\n2012 and 2014 THIRD AVE.\\nI S-i-un\\'-th :r-tf\\n(',\n",
       "  '^Markets â\\x80¢ by- Telegraph.\\nI V <\\nn H1 Cotton Letter\\n! ! \\'\\'a |New York, July 31.â\\x80\\x94Trading in the cot\\ntonr market this week has been practically\\nconfined to the local scalpers. The fluctua\\ntions have been narrow and the net change\\nin prices insignificant. Today, in the ab\\nsence of any Liverpool advices, the mar\\nket \\\\vas almost dead. The Chronicle\\'** re\\nport on the crop was rather good. In the\\nlast half* hour the execution of a lew buyâ\\x80\\x94<\\ning orders stiffened prices a little. Janu\\nary opened at 7.08, advanced to 7.12 and\\np Closed at 7.12 to 7.13. with the tono of the\\nmarket steady. Crop developments during *\\nthe week have been of a favorable charac\\nter. The bulls contend that a largo area\\ni In Texas still needs moisture, lait therev\\nhave boon some good rains in the state ,\\nâ\\x80¢d and they have been of undoubted benefit\\nwhore had. In spite of this, such advan\\nJM tago as there has been In the trading rests\\nupon the banners of the bulls. The result |\\nri Is duo to continued confidence in the gen- :\\neral outlook, to a notable improvement in !\\nV* the market for cotton goods, to the gooi !\\ndemand for spots, and lastly, to the j\\nb strength of August contracts. The latter\\n. feature occasioning such conjecture con\\ncerning the existence of a \"deal,.â\\x80\\x99 we hard\\nly .think the shorts are numerous to make\\nmake manipulation worth the while, but\\ni , the short interest may be larger than wo\\nthink, and if it is a big one, an upward\\nmovement of that month is almost certain.\\nWe think it unwise to trade in August\\n^ either way. Those who expect higher\\nprices are confident. They place great\\nhopes unon the knowledge that the south\\nwill be overrun with cotton buyers ready\\nb to rnap up early receipts at possibly fancy\\nprices. Wo think, howrever, that most\\n( . every seller is holding off until the critical\\nperiod of the new crop. If this demand is\\nat its best, we believe that those who want\\ncotton will then find themselves supplied\\nwithout any great upheaval In its price.\\nRIORDAN & CO.\\nChioaaro \\'Change\\nChicago, July 31.â\\x80\\x94The July deal fn wheat\\nexpired gently today at 75ftc. Liverpool\\nsent no quotations, and although the conti\\nnental market* were higher, September\\nclosed only ftc higher in this market.\\nCorn av^ragfd strong, but eased off with\\nwheat, gaining ftc.\\nOats were dull and unchanged.\\nProvisions opened active and higher, but\\nlost the advance, showing 2ft(b5c loss.\\nLeading rutures ranged as rollows.\\nArticle* Opening Highest Lowest Closing\\nWheat\\nJuly . 77 77 74 VS 75*ft\\nSeptem.. 7-1. 75ft 74 to 74%\\nDec . 78ft 77 75 to 70\\n; cornâ\\x80\\x94\\nâ\\x80\\x9e July. 27to 27% 27ft 27%\\n1 \\' Septem.. 28ft 28ft 27% 2?ty>\\nDee. 29 ft 29â\\x80\\x99to zb to 28 to\\nOatsâ\\x80\\x94\\nJuly. IBto 16% 1Â»)%I 16** ;\\nSeptem.. 17*8 17 s 17% 17%\\nM8y. 20% 20 ft 20% 20%\\nlorkâ\\x80\\x94\\nJuly. 7 85 7 k*â\\x80¢ 7 82ft 7 82ft\\nSeptem.. 8 <0 8(0 7 85 7 85\\nDec..\\nLardâ\\x80\\x94\\nSeptem.. 4 32ft 4 37ft 4 30 4 30\\nOct. 4 37ft 4 42ft 4 35 4 35\\nDec. .\\nHibsâ\\x80\\x94\\nSeptem.. 4 73ft 4 7 5ft 4 67ft 4 70\\nOct. 4 75 4 75 4 70_4_72ft\\nCash quotations: Flour firm; winter pat\\nen tÂ»$4tff-V 25; winter straights, $3.75%M.OO; 1\\nspring special, $4.50%4.6G; spring patents,\\n$4<Â£/4.I5; spring straights. $3.7(*b3.80; bakers\\'.\\n$2.9(>fr3.00; No. 2 spring wheat. 75ft; No. 3\\nspring wheat. 67% 69; No. 2 red, 75Wb76;\\nNo. 2 com, 27Mi2.8; No. 2 oats. 17ft%17ft;\\nt* d\\'Jo. 2 Wâ\\x80\\x99hite, 20%21ft; No. 3 white. lSft<hd9;\\nNo. 2 rye, 40ft; No. 3 barky. 29%33: No. 1\\nflax seed. 88(0:89; prime timotliy seed, $2.75;\\nmess pork, per bbl., $7.Sf>%7.90, lard. i>er 100\\nlbs., $4.25; short rib sid^s (loose),\\ndry salted shoulders (boxed). 4%(&5; short\\nclear sides (boxed) 4%%4%; whiskey, dis\\ntillersâ\\x80\\x99 finished goods, per gal.. $1.19; su\\ngars, cut loaf. 5.84; granulated, 5.21; stand\\nard A. 5.29; No. 2 yellow corn, 27ft%28.\\n1 In Wall Street. *s\\nNew York, July 31.â\\x80\\x94Trading was inclined\\nto be erratic in today\\'s stock market, open\\ning with some improvements, low prieed\\nstocks being in special demand, ft became\\nirregular, and standard securities eastd\\noff some on realizations, closing with irreg\\nular fractional changes either wav. The*\\nLondon stock exchange being closÂ« d today,\\nas well as Monday, arbitrage brokers did\\n. nothing in this market. Northern Pacific\\nsecurities continued in heavv demand, with\\nthe preferred rising 1%, it being largely\\n. bought by a house regarded as represent\\ning important speculative interests Sugar\\nwas quiet and the Grangers and Soutb\\nwosterns rather lagged. Kornâ\\x80¢? room traders\\nsold Grangers because of the slackened\\ndemand for those shares on vague stories\\nof damage. The total sales of stocks todav\\namounted to 162,690 shares, including Ches\\napeake and Ohio, 16,525; Northern Pacific,\\n13,804: Northern Pacific preferred, 87,655; St.\\n.Paul, 9,700; Chicago Gas, 5,200; Colorado\\nF. & l. preferred, 11,116; Quicksilver, 9,\\n0(>o; Chicago Great Western, 6.006.\\nTiie stock market had advanced sc long,\\npartly in anticipation of a sett foment of\\nthe tariff, that the enactment thereof had\\nno appreciable effect at the beginning of\\nthe w*â\\x80\\x98**k. Stocks were irregular, but many\\nadvances were made on a constant increase\\nin public interest, a rise of over 4c in the\\nprice of wheat and the enormous dailv\\nmovement, nearly 1.000,000, of wheat en\\ngaged for export, decreases in imports,\\nand commercial agenciesâ\\x80\\x99 reviews showing\\nincreased business with western Jobbers â\\x80\\x9c\\ncompared with last year, and that nearlv\\nevery northern city reported improvement\\nin business. The total transactions for the\\nweek were in bonds, the largest cf tlie past\\ntwo years at advancing prices. Unfavora\\nble features were the lagging of tlie iron\\nmark, t noted elsewhere, and the closing of\\nmany cotton mills, ami especially the ex\\nport of $4,000,000 in gold.\\nGovernment bonds reflected the public\\nconfidence in business, while stocks and\\nbbnds long neglected were active of higher\\nfeatures, notably those of southern and\\nwonthwestern railways, owing ic improved\\ncrop elements and increased traffic. Al\\ntogether tiie market was broad and ma.ny\\ntop prbv<s were noted. Railwav earnings\\nboth net.and gross, were generally pleas\\ning. regardless of the existence of the -\\ngreat bituminous coal strike.\\nThe scope of the market was appreciably\\nextended on Wednesday, and a brisk pur=_\\nftnajdtig movement, embracing an exten\\nsive variety of shares, ensued. Tiie prom\\ninence of certain shares gave rise to reports\\nthat u powerful interest was operating to\\nenhance values. This received some cre\\ndence and stimulated heavy covering by\\nthe shorts. Late crop advices were more\\nreassuring. Rumors of a possible resump\\ntion of dividends on certain internationally\\nlir-ted properties caused London to repur\\nchase heavily of foreign favorites and take\\nround amounts of speculative mortgagee. â\\x80\\x99\\nThe anthracitic coalers moved spasmodical\\nly, but displayed considerable strength on\\nrevived reports of impending deals and ex\\ncellent. trade prospects. Local gas shares\\nsharply advanced on oft-repeated rumor\\nns to tho impending consolidation of lend\\ning companies, which lacked verification\\nfrom official sources. The feature of the\\nsilver market was the fall of bar to 26 1-5\\nIn London on Wednesday and a corre\\nsponding fall to 57ft here, with Mexican\\ndollars down to 45c, all low-priced records\\nfor the white metal. On covering of short\\nin London there was a partial recovery in\\n, tjie silver market, which subsequently\\nslumped, dosing 57fto for bars and Infto for\\n.^Mexican dollars.\\nâ\\x80\\x98 Money on rail was loaned generally at 5\\ni per cent, with some few transactions at\\nt1:. .and small amounts at 2 per cent.\\nThe supply of time money exceeded the\\ndemand, but the transactions reported\\nwere at unchanged quotations. The ster\\nling exchange market was strong, and war\\nranted the shipment of_about $1,600,000 gold,\\na. portion of which was covered by sales\\nof bonds at the opening. There was an\\nexport of $100,000 of gold to Canada. The\\ncontinent continues disposed to import\\ngold, which goes largely into the Rank of\\nFrance. Actual business in bankersâ\\x80\\x99 bills\\nclosed at $i.v7% for demand, $4.86 for sixty\\nday*. The changes of 2 points and over\\nfor the week show 29 advances, compared\\nlet*ft eight stocks showing losses.\\nThe bond mark At during the week was\\ncharacterized by a wide expansion in deal\\nings. which include numerous of the usu\\nally dormant mortgages, which fluctuated\\nmaterially. The market generally display\\ned aggressive strength on the development\\nof a pronounced inquiry for speculative\\naccount, which embraced all efaeaes of\\npecurltlaÂ®. Purchases for continental ac\\ncount were oil a large scale, but somo of\\nJie> active issue*, were sold for foreign ac\\n*mt> The aggregate trailMfcllftti* were\\n8.600.0% *\\nTO principal aflvancae were: Missouri\\nPacific consols Gg, 7% per rent; do collat- \\\\\\n<ral, os, 7 percent; do. thirds, 4%; Flint\\nand Pure Marquett? 5s, Port Huron divi\\nsion. 5%; Kansas Pacific consols trust re\\nceipts. 6%.; do. â\\x99¦*Â» of â\\x80\\x9995, trust receipts, 3;\\n45t. Paul M. Â«& M.. Montana Central 6s,\\n6%; Peoria and Eastern incomes and Iron\\nMountain stamped os, 5; do. gen. 5s, 2%;\\nAtcfilsoh,\\' Cblorado and Pacific firsts, 4%;\\nLong Island and Ferry, 4%; Oregon Short\\nLine incomes, series A, 4; do. consois 5s,\\n2%; Atehlsoii adjustment 4s, 3%; Susqu -\\nIi.-hhki and. Western general and Union\\nPacific .sinking funds 8s, 3%; Standard\\nRope incomes, Colorado Coal and Iron 6b,\\nUnion Elevated firsts and Wabash seconds,\\n3; oo. debentures, series B, Kansas and\\nTexas 5s and Seaside and Brooklyn Bridge\\nfirsts, 2%; Southern Pacific of California\\n, firsts, 2%; international and Great North\\nern ,seconds, 2%; ajwl St. Paul firsts, South\\nern division, Brooklyn Elevated firsts trin t\\nreceipts and Dallas and Waco 5s, 2 per cent\\nNew York, July 31.â\\x80\\x94Money on call steady\\nat Kjt% per cent. Prime mercantile paper\\n3<yil per cent.\\nStarling rxchange firm, with actual bust\\nn.iB in bankers\\', bills it $1.57% for demand\\nand at SI.-WU for sixty days. Posted rates,\\n$4,87% and $4.88^4.88%. Commercial bills.\\n$4.85%.\\nSilver certificates, 58%c; bar silver, 57%c;\\nMexican dollars. rr>%c.\\nState bond* quiet.\\nRailroad bonds firm.\\nGovernment bonds firm.\\nClosing Stocks,\\nA c hison â\\x80\\x94 .\\nAtchison proferred. 28 J*\\nlalliiuorts scri . \"A\\nCali Â»t) ft Pad Be..\\nCentral Taeitic.-... *Â£\\n( l.t fcntieakc and Ohio...\\nChJrago ond Alton. \\'J4\\nChicago, Burlington and Quinov. â\\x80\\x9cJ11\"\\nDelaware, Lackawanna and Western... lo7\\nErie.\\nKriÂ» r*referred...\\nllJinotH Central..\\nLake Erie and Western preferred ...... 70*\\nLnke bhore. 117%\\nLouisville and Nashville.\\nManhattan ConsolidateÂ©.\\nMichigan Central.\\nMissouri Pacific. 25?*\\nMobile and Ohio.. -3%\\nLouisville. New Albany and Chicago.... Mt\\nNew Jersey Central...\\nNew York Central. 1011-.\\nNorthern PÂ»rifle. 15%\\nNonnern Pacific preferred. 45%\\nNorloik and Western preferred >4 . 3 1\\nReading. 24\\nRock island.*â\\x80¢ Â»1?*>\\n8t. Pam..\\n8t. Pam preferred. lllU\\n\\'lexns Pacific. 32\\nUnion Pacific..... 74i\\nWabash. 7%\\nWabash preferred. I7r1i\\nW beeiiug and Luke Erie. 3$te.\\nWheeling and Lake l.rle Â©referred...... 6\\nEXPRESS COMPANIES.\\nAdams Express. 152\\nAmerican Express.. 134%\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\nChicago Gas. 99%\\nConsolidated Gas..*. 179\\nFaclflO Mail.. ..\\nSugar. 138%\\nSugar preferred . 113%\\n\\'1 enneKgee Coal and Iron. 25%\\nWestern Union. 85%\\nNorthwestern. 317%\\nNorthwestern preferred .. 161%\\nBONDS.\\nUnited States 2s. 97%\\nUnited States new 4s, registered . 125Sr\\nUnited states new 4s, coupon. 126%\\nUnited States 5s, registered. 313%\\nUnited States 5s, c oupon . 114**\\nAlabama, class A. 306%\\nAlabama, class Bâ\\x80\\x94.. 305\\nAlabamn, class C. 98\\nLouisiana stamped 4a. 96\\nNorth Carolina 4a. Iu2\\nNorth Carolina 6s. 126\\nTennessee new settlement 3s. 82%\\nVirginia 6s deferred. . 4\\nVirginia Trust Receipts.\\nVirginia funded debt. 64%\\nLx-â\\x80\\x99divldend. tAsked.\\nNew* York Cotton Market.\\nNow York. July 31.â\\x80\\x94The cotton market\\nopened steady and unchanged. The first\\ncotton call passed without a single trans\\naction, as there were absolutely no orders\\nwithin working limits. A feature of the\\nsession was some buying for New Orleans\\naccount, which stiffened the market, and\\nclosed steady at a net ris*? of 3 to 5 points,\\nor the best prices of the session Sales,\\n29,000 bales. Crop news was not satisfacto\\nry, as it indicated generally dry weather\\nthroughout the cotton belt, while some\\nprivat? dispatches claim that the crop in\\nsome localities was suffering for want of\\nmoisture.\\nCotton quiet; middling 8c: net receipts\\nnone; gross receipts, 63: forwarded. 63;\\nsales, 1,412; spinners, 912: stock. 22,934.\\nTotal today: Net receipts, 1,380; exports\\nto Great Britain, 700; to the continent, 100;\\nstock, 95,270.\\nTotal since Sept. 1: Net receipts, 6,610,\\n572; exports tp Great Britain, 3,001.688; to\\n099,155; to the continent, 2,140,180;\\nto the channel, 5,481.\\nCJdtton futures opened dull. Sales: Jan\\nuary, 7.08; March. 7.13; April, 7.17; August,\\n7.58; September. 7.27; October, 7.08; Novem\\nber. 7; December, 7.01.\\nCotton futures closed steady; sales, 29.\\n000: January. 7.12; February, 7.15; March,\\n7.19; April, 7.22; August, 7.64; September,\\n7.3J; October, 7.15; November, 7.08; Decem\\nber. 7. OK.\\nSpot cloaed quiet; middling uplands, 8c;\\nmiddling Gulf, 8%c; sales, 1,412 bales.\\nLiverpool Cotton Market.\\nLiverpool, July SLâ\\x80\\x94The cotton*, grain and\\nprovisions exchanges are closed today.\\nNew Orleans\\nNew\" Orleans. July 31.â\\x80\\x94Cotton futures\\nsteady; sales, 4,800; August, 7.45 bid; Sep\\ntember, 6.96\\'f/6.98; October, 6.80(^6.81; No\\nvember, 6.82^1^.83; December, 6.84; January,\\n6.87<U6.S9;â\\x80\\x98 February, 6.90&6.92; March, 6.93@\\n,6.95. . _\\nDry Goods.\\nNew York, July 31.â\\x80\\x94The dry goods mar\\nls* t has gradually strengthened a31 through\\nthe week, until at the close it presents a\\nfirm front in both cotton and woolen\\ngoto*. The demand Is of a heavier tone,\\nand .without, being particularly speculative\\nis loss restrained in all cotton lines. Sta\\nple cotton ha Vie been advanced in many\\ngrades. Woolen goods arc id very good\\nform, with the demand sustained at the\\nincreased* prices prevailing. Print cloths\\nsituation is satisfactory. The demand at\\nFall River is brisk, bids for futures for 64s\\nuA 2%r- being, refused by sellers. Spots can\\nbe obtained at that figure.\\nr St. Louis.\\nSt. Louis. July 31.â\\x80\\x94Flour dull and un\\nchanged. Wheat, spot, dull but higher;\\nNo. 2 red, cash elevator, 787/b^i79c; track,\\n79^81: No. 2 hard cash, 77, track: July, 79;\\nAugust and September, 78%; December, 79.\\nCorn. ppot. lower: No. 2 cash, 25%c bid;\\nJuly 26%: September, 26% asked.\\nData, spot, lower with slow demand; No.\\n2 cash, 18c; December. 18*618%.\\nBran, firm and unchanged.\\nButter find eggs unchanged.\\nWhiskey. $1:19.\\nPork unchanged; standard mess jobs,\\n$7.5^8.30,\\nLard lower; primÂ© steam, $4.05; choice,\\n$4.12%.\\nBacon, boxed shoulders. $4.50; extra short\\n^clcar.and ribs, $4.75; shorts, $4.87%.\\n_ Dry salt meats, boxed shoulders, $4.90;\\nextra shorty clear, $5.12%: ribs, $5.37%;\\nshorts, $5.50.\\n1. P, Mucd & Co.â\\x80\\x99s Gram Letter.\\nBirmingham^ Ala.. July 1.â\\x80\\x94From the\\ncio^e Saturday September wheat has sold\\nUp ltbcuU S cents a 3>ushel this week, mar\\nket lifts Ueoft very nervous and times er\\nratic, but trade ,on whole has not been\\n\\'voiiimpous, althquMwi showing material in\\ncrease. Buying has been led chiefly by\\nsome large speculators, (both here, iSt.\\nLouis and in Now York. But when 75 cents\\nwas raoefeed holders displayed a marked\\ndisposition to*sell out. on the belief that\\nadvance has been a little too rapid, and\\nthat unless foreign buying and advices\\ncontinue of a nature to curtail heavy sell\\ning by bears. The chances for reaction\\nare more favorable than for continued ad\\nvance, especially as the country Is right\\nIn the midst of harvest. Both Liverpool\\nand ComincmtaiJ / markets have shown\\nmarked .strength, Â©specially the latter,\\nwith possible exception of today, when a\\ndoclinÂ© is noted in Paris, and good sales\\non Continental orders were made in New*\\nYork. Crop news from foreign countries\\nis very bullish, in some cases to extreme,\\nbut we believe estimated amage is very\\nmuch exaggerated, and that the European\\ncron will be-far from showing a shortage\\nof 225,0Â«0000 bushels.\\nThe statistical position of wheat, how\\never, is very strong; wtocks everywhere\\nseem light, and the world\\'s visible supply\\nis 50,000.000 less than last year. This is\\nreally, a bullish factor, as it tysÂ® created\\na demand wjthfiv tfife past tw* pr three\\ntvtcka Vnat to be dead ^roVtoua to\\nthaC time. The damage reports of ctfuli? j\\nmaking buyers all the more anxious. lt_is\\na qiu. .ttlon whether It he advance I above\\nshown can be sustained in face of proba\\nble large receipts, whitâ\\x80\\x99h will soon find\\ntheir way Into primary markets and make\\ntraders >>es Fish.\\nThe present price of cash wheat is c^r**\\ntainly an inducement for farmers to self.\\nThe market today was firm arly, ^\\'eak\\nlater. Around opening there was good\\nbuying by some large trader?., but\\' the\\nbreak in July and news that Armour had\\ndelivered out a large quantity, caused li\\nquidation, and the close was about the\\nsame as yesterday.\\nCorn has boon active, with a large local\\nand outside trade.\\nOats were featureless, as were also pro\\nvisions.* J. p. MUDD & GO.\\nJ. P. Mudd fit Co.â\\x80\\x99s Stock Letter.\\nBirrr.lnjrham, Ala.. July 31.â\\x80\\x94The stock\\nmarket curing the morning session was\\nrather dull but strong, with Northern Pa\\ncific preferred the feature, advancing to\\n4*5*4 on good commission houses buy\\ning at higher prices. There appear\\ned to he realizing by Philadelphia. Atch\\nison preferred continued in strength with\\nout any special nows. Ch* sgpeakc and\\nOhio was etrbng on reports of increased\\nearnings. Sugar and Grangers were neg\\nlected. hut rather I1**m. The trading ele\\nment bought stocks today, and there has\\nbeen little pressure throughout the day.\\nThe bond market has beer strong and act\\nive. with Northern Pacific issues the feat\\nure. Near the close a sudden selling move\\nment carried Reading Issues down sharp\\nly. thq declines being credited to liquida\\ntion. Part of losses were recovered before\\nthe close. J. P. MUDD & GO.\\nJ. P. Mudd & Co ?s Cotton Letter.\\nHirmingham, Ala.. July 31.â\\x80\\x94The statis\\ntical position as made up l>y this morn\\ning\\'s Chronicle is as follows:\\nVisible supply for week. 1,376.587 hales,\\nagainst 1,4.05.600 last week and 1.565.607 last\\nyear. American. t,JJ2,3S7 vs. 1.208,100 last\\nweek and 1.238.407\\'!/ist year.\\nCrop in sight. 8.3*54.706. against 8,34-5,516\\nlast work and 6.949.393 last year.\\nIn sight for wr k. 9,190, against 15,762 last\\nweek and 14.093 1-ant year.\\nPort receipts for week. 3,207, against 2,417\\nlast week and 5.390 last year\\nPort stocks. 106.638. against 116.400 last\\nweek and 165,50-1 last ye.ar.\\nAmount still on ship hoard, hut not\\ncleared. 5,642. leaving net port stocks 100,\\n996. agam?* 106.358 la^t week and 142.379 last\\nvear. Of above amount 61,846 are held in\\nNew York.\\nExports for w^ek 9.248, against 12,698 last\\nweek and 22.256 last year.\\nInterior stocks now 28.743. against 31,769\\nlast week a.nd 78,164 last year.\\nTn it? weather reports the Chronicle\\nstate? that the weather has in the ma\\'n\\nbeen favorable during the week. In Texas,\\nwhere rain has fallen, it has as a rule\\nbeen beneficial, hut in many localities rain\\nis said to he needed. From other portions\\nof the cotton belt reports are generally\\nquite satisfactory, although at a few points\\nmoisture would do good. Yesterd-ayâ\\x80\\x99s re\\nports from Fall River were rather better\\nthan for some time. Spinners are refusing\\nall bids for contract goods, and demanding\\nhigher prices for spot cloth.\\nTodayâ\\x80\\x99s market has been extremely dull\\nand without special feature. In the ab\\nsence of Liverpool advices, opening quota\\ntions were practically unchanged, hut in\\nasmuch as the question of supply and de\\nmand until the new crop begins to move\\ncontinues to attract attention, and as ru\\nmors of possible manipulation in AugnK\\nand F ptcmber options are causing some\\nnervouHiicTs on the part of the short in\\nterest, the market slowly improved frrm\\nthe onenâ\\x80\\x99ng till the close under local de\\nmand.. the net result being a gain for the\\nday of from 4 to 5 points. Reports from\\nFall River state that manufacturers are\\nr-fusing to accept bids on contracts and\\nare demanding higher prices for snot sale*.\\nOur Liverpool advices indicate the situa\\ntion. aÂ«s Manchester Is generally under\\nrated. and that the outlook is in the ma\\'n\\nencouraging* Weather conditions are still\\nbeing clp3cly watc.hed. and developments\\nduring the coming month will he found of\\nconsiderable imnortance. It will bo remem\\nbered that the hulk of damage to last sea\\nsonâ\\x80\\x99s crop was done during the month of\\nAugust, and that lowest prices of the sum\\nmer were touched about the 20th of July.\\nAny unfavorable developments on top of\\nstrong statistical situation would sharply\\nstimulate values. Meantime, it appears to\\nhe the intention of those In control of the\\nAugust situation to advance nrieÂ»Â»q further.\\nJ. P. MUDD & GO.\\nLivornpol. Julv 2i.-rLo.ndon and Liverpool\\nmarkets closed today.\\nMONEY LEANED\\nOn Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry,\\nMusical Instruments, and most\\nanj thing of valtle. Liberal, con\\nfidential, responsible. Old gold\\nand silver bought.\\n2010 FIRST AVENUE.\\njan xo-tf\\nMortgage Sale.\\nUnder and by virtue of a certain mort\\ngage execut d to the undersigned by C. E.\\nBerry, on the 11th day of November, 1889,\\nand recorded November 12, 1889, in Vol.\\n128, Mortgage Book, Jefferson county,\\npage 94, the undersign d will, on\\nMONDAY. AUGUST 30, 1897,\\nsell to the highest bidder for cash before\\nthe court house door of Jefferson county,\\nAlabama, .\\'he following real estate, to\\nwlt:\\nLot No. sixteen (16), block No. three (3),\\nIn th- plan of survey of Avondale Land\\ncompany\\'s tract, at Avondale, Jeffetaon\\nâ\\x96\\xa0county, Ala,, being 100 feet front on the\\nnorth side of Second avenue- between\\nFirst and Second avenues, Avondale, A\\'a.\\nThis 29t\\'h day of July, 1897.\\nAVONDALE LAND CO.,\\nMortgagee.\\nR. H. Pearson, Attorney.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0_7-30-fri-4>t\\nNotice to Curbing Contractors.\\nOffice of City Engineer.\\nBirmingham, Ala, July 27, 1897.\\nSealed proposals will be received at this\\noffice until 12 o\\'clock noon, Wednesday.\\nAugust 4. 1897. for all curbing the city may\\nuse during the remainder of this year.\\n$1,000 bond will be required. Certified\\ncheck for $150, made payable to mayor and\\naldermen must accompany each bid to se\\ncure making of bond and signing of con\\ntract. City reserves the right to reject any\\nand all bids.\\n(Signed) JULIAN KENDRICK,\\n7-27-td. City Engineer.\\n-\\nTO THE SEASHORE.\\nSpecial excursion tickets are now on\\nsale by the Plant system to St. Simons,\\nCumberland and Tybee Islands. No\\nfiner coast resorts are to be found. Surf\\nbathing unexcelled: good fishing, boat\\ning and hunting. Hotels supplied with\\nfirst class orchestra affording music arid\\namusement for all. For particulars, write\\nto W. V. Llfsey, Dlv. Pass. Agent, Mont\\ngomery, Ala.\\nNATIONAL REUNION OF THE BLUE\\nAND GRAY.\\nAt Springfield, Mo., August 9th to 14th,\\ninclusive. The Kansas City, Memphis and\\nBirmingham Railroad company will sell\\nround trip tickets to Springfield at rate of\\none cent per mile from principal stations\\non August 7th, 8th and 9th, limited to the\\n15th for return. Tickets will be sold on\\nAugust 9th, 10th and 11th from Blrmlng-.\\nham, Aberdeen. Tupelo, Holly Springs arn^,\\nMemphis at rate of one fare, with 15 days\\nreturn limit. J. E. Lockwood,\\nG. P. A. Memphis Route, Kansas City.\\n7-17-tf.\\nLAFAYETTE RY. SCHEDULE\\nBeginning Sunday. Jan. 10, 1897, the sched\\nule on Lafayette railway will be as follows:\\nLeave Lafayette .6:50 a. m.\\nArrive Opelika ..8:00 a. m.\\nLeavq Opelika ..9:30 a. m.\\nArrive Lafayette .,..11:00 a. m.\\nLeave Lafayette .1:00 p. m\\nArrive Opelika ..2:20 p. m.\\nLeave Opelika ..4:00 p. m.\\nArrive Lafayett* ..5:30 p. m.\\nQ. E. M\\'GEHEE, President.\\n! |\\nf.\\'vs.p \\' \\'4. eir \\' 1\\nJ >>CHEAP â\\x99¦ COLUMNS j\\n~ WANTED.\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94Carpenters wanted at Cordova,\\nAla. Flynt Building; & Construction Com\\npany. 7-27-St\\nWANTTODâ\\x80\\x94An Idea; who can think of some\\nsimple thing to patent? protect your ideas;\\nthey may bring you wealth; write John\\nWedderburn & Co., Dept. L., Patent At\\ni,Â°oA^ys\\' Washington. D. C., for their\\n$1,800 prize offer and list of 1,000 inventions\\nwanted.__2-14-97-ly |\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94A partner with about $300 to\\nengage in a paying business. Investigate, |\\nAddress C., care Statc_Herald. 7-10-rm |\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94Two young men to occupy* nice- 1\\nly furnished room, with or without board.\\n_ Apply to 313 23d st._7-l8-tf.\\n__FOR RENT.\\nFOR RENTâ\\x80\\x94Two unfurnished rooms at\\n630 22d st.. North.\\n7-21-wed-sat- Aug 1.\\n_ LOANS.\\nMONEY TO LOANâ\\x80\\x94On furniture, without\\nremoval, from $10 up. S. R. Searle. 17th\\nstreet, between 1st and 2d avenues.\\n_my 2-tf _\\n$10,060 TO LENDâ\\x80\\x94Hvo years, at 7% per\\nceÂ»it. A. R. Dearborn & Co., 1921 1st ave.\\n<-2o-tf\\nBO A11D E R S W A NTED.\\nBOARDERS WANTEDâ\\x80\\x94313 23d st 7-lTtf\\n_ ^TUATION WANTED.\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94A position as bookkeeper or\\ngeneral accountant preferred; have largo\\nexperience and well known in this city.\\nCan furnish oest of refei*ences. Address\\nB., P, Q. Lock Box 396. _7-22-1f\\n___ MALE HELP WANTED.\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94A first-class glass cutter and\\nglazier. Birmingham Paint and Glass Co.\\nFOR SALE.\\nFOR SALEâ\\x80\\x94A combination tandem, In\\ngood condition. Lucien Brown, Alabama\\nNational Bank.\\nFOR EXCHANGE.\\nFOR EXCHANGEâ\\x80\\x9410 acres, unimproved,\\nnear city, for\\' Improved city property;\\nwill pay some\" cash difference. Call or\\naddress Room 403, Che.lifoux, City.\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94To exchange a good horse for\\na good buggy. 210 18th st._\\nFEMALE HELP WANTED.\\nLAN DIESâ\\x80\\x94To sell complete line fall Milli\\nnery, tips, trimmed hats, ribbons; large\\nprofits; great opportunity. Write for cir\\ncular. J. L. Bright, North High St., Co\\nlumbus, O.\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94 Business women to travel*~for\\nold established firm; permanent; $40 per\\nmonth and expanses. Z., Box 82, Phiia\\ndelphia, Pa.__ 7-3-4t-su.\\nAGENTS WANTED.\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94Experienced agents for sale of\\nclothing from sample hook; prices and fa\\ncilities for giving perfect satisfaction are\\nbetter than any one else can offer; secure\\nterritory at once; corespondenee solicited\\nfrom agents already employed. Address\\nWarrington W & W. Mills, Dept. D 30,\\n_C h 1 cago,_111s._â\\x80¢ Jel-sun-4t.\\nAGENTSâ\\x80\\x94$50 weekly guaranteed selling to\\nstore\\'s and families our new Combined\\nScale and Scoop; brand new; just patent\\ned instantly gives the exact weight of\\nâ\\x80¢sccop\\'s contents, prevents mistakes in\\nbaking and cooking; a necessity to every\\nhousewife; write for sample and ttrms.\\nWillard Mfg Co., Cincinnati, ^O.\\nAGENTS WANTEDâ\\x80\\x94Greatest offer out;\\nwe furnish everything; no experience re\\nquired; liberal terms; write for full In\\nformation, showing actual results. Mu\\ntual Manufacturing Co., 126 Chambers\\nSt., New York._7-26-eosun-8t\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94ReHab^e agents ter- sell latest\\npatented Fire ,Fxtinguy*her; best machine\\nout and a good seller; something that\\neverybody needs. Address W. W., care\\nAge-Herald. _\\nAGENTS WANTEDâ\\x80\\x94To handle â\\x80\\x9cNojar\\nSpring Gripâ\\x80\\x9d and Safety Holder for Bicy\\ncles. Write Lay & Sidley, 335 Manhattan\\nBIdgr Chicago.__\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94Genera! agents for your sec\\ntion; exclusive territory given. Lyons\\nBros. & Co., Cincinnati, O.\\nBUSINESS OPPORTrxmE8~\\nFREE INFORMATION and how to make\\nprofitable â\\x80¢ investments; 20 yearsâ\\x80\\x99 experi\\nence on Chicago board of trade and New\\nYork and Chicago stock exchanges. Safe\\nana sure plan explained in our new book\\nlets, â\\x80\\x9cHow to Make Money\" and â\\x80\\x9cAll\\nAoout Stocks.â\\x80\\x9d Markets letters free. The\\ntime ror action Is now; never were better\\nopportunities offered; $25 to $100 of your In\\ncome may lay the foundation to a fortune.\\nAddress at once Lincoln & Co., Bankers\\nand Btokers, Department 1, 123-12:1 La\\nmSalle street, Chicago._10-20-sun-ly\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94Live men to open branch of\\nfices of our business in all cities over\\none thousand population; we will fur\\nnish goc-ds on consignment and pay com\\nmission or salary. Applicant must be\\nresident, give references and $500 bond,\\nand have means to furnish offices and\\npay expenses for thirty days. Address\\nwith stamp,The Wm. R. Marshall Co.,\\n9 W. 14th st.. N. Y.\\nDO YOU SPECULATE?â\\x80\\x94â\\x80\\x9cGuide to Suc\\ncessful Speculationâ\\x80\\x9d mailed free. Wheat,\\noroviaion, cotton and stock speculation on\\nlimited margin thoroughly explained; cor\\nrespondence solicited. Warren, Ford &\\nCo., 11 Wall street, New York. 5-3-lyr-sun\\nMISCELLANEOUS. ~\\nWANTEDâ\\x80\\x94100,000 men ana iaaies to buy\\nshoes of D. B. Luster, the fashionable\\nboot and shoemaker, and dealer in shoos,\\nleather and findings, 217 19th street.\\n4-5-sun-tf\\nSPECIAL LESIONS at. furniture ami in\\nterior finish, and sash, doors* and blinds\\nmade by Hawkins Lumber Company, 18th\\nstreet and Powell Avenue.4-5-tf-aun\\n^ Ft)Ft SALE.\\n$325â\\x80\\x944100 cash, balance $10 per month, for\\nlot 50x132 feet, cn Highland ave., near 30th\\nat.; in good condition.\\n900â\\x80\\x94Lot 50x140 feet, with new 5-room\\nhouse, and fence; now renting for ubout $10\\nper month. Avenue B, between 23d and\\n24 th stl.\\n$450â\\x80\\x94$75 cash, balance $10 per month, for\\nlot 50x180 feet, with an elegant bored well;\\n24th st., between 12th and 13th aves., North.\\nSMITH & STILLMAN,\\n120% t9th St.\\nFUR SALE.\\n5750-100x140, Avenue Q; a great bargain.\\nThis offer for a few days only; all modern\\nimprovements; cost $12,000.\\n$6500â\\x80\\x9480x 240 ; 8-room residence, outhouses\\nand stables; on Highland avenue, three\\nblocks from electric ca * line.\\n$6300â\\x80\\x94100x 210 ; 8-room house and outhouses,\\nfour blocks from electric line.\\n$3000 will buy the nicest little nlace on the\\nHighlands; one block from car fine.\\n$2000â\\x80\\x94Nice residence on 7th avenue.\\n$1600â\\x80\\x94100x140; Jlth avenue, South High\\nlands.\\n$1500-100x160; 19th St., South Highlands.\\n$350 will buy three njee lots.\\n$3,500â\\x80\\x94Elegant South Highlands residence,\\nmodern, 8-rooms and has fine cistern.\\n$350â\\x80\\x943 building lots, near College Hill.\\n$3,000â\\x80\\x94Residence on 6th avenue; cheap.\\nBrick stores on 2d avenue, $17,000, $14,000,\\n$15,000, $12,000 and $10,000. Call for informa\\ntion.\\n$5,500â\\x80\\x946 houses paying 18 per cent interest.\\n$6,000â\\x80\\x94 Residence on North 21st street.\\nMoney to loan on central, business and\\nresidence property.\\nWe have very desirable stores and house*\\nfor rent.\\nW. N. MALONE * CO..\\nReal Estate and Insurance, No. 2017 lst_ Ave.\\nBARGAINS FOR SALE.\\nResidence Eighth avenuue, North, $5,000.\\nVacant lot, 100x100 feet, $700.\\nVacant lot South 19th street, $1,200.\\nVacant lot Highland avenue. $2,500.\\nElegant South Highland residence, $15,\\n000.\\nElegant South Highland residence, $7,500.\\nResidence. North Side, 19 rooms. $5,250.\\nLovelv farm, close in, $3,500.\\nResidence, 5th avenue, North, $6,250.\\n25 foot lot, 2d avenue and 23d street, north,\\n$750.\\nTwo brick residences, North Side, $6,000.\\nBrick store. 2d avenue, $15,000.\\nBrick store, 2d avanue, $7,500.\\nBrick store, 1st avenue, $14,000.\\nHouse and lot, 4th avenue. $2,000.\\nBrick store, 20th street, $16,000.\\nW. B. LEEDYA CO,\\nTelephbne 42._ 114% N. 21st. St. _\\nSURE CURE for PILES\\nitching Â»cd Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pile* jlelg 4t oiri* â\\x80¢ â\\x80¢\\nOR. HO-SAN-KOâ\\x80\\x99Q PILE REMEDY. in\\n> â\\x80¢ *Â». t<t.i.er*. .* cure Circular * r-m Jfru. Knew\\nvsub. IttfOAMiO, I\\'ftl.\\'*, pd\\n> riAr **r\\n5hTHE first national bankls\\n;p OF BIRMfNGHAM, ALA.\\nCapital, ----- - $250,000.\\nCHARTERED MA.Y Ifi, 1884.\\nOFFICERS: DI RECTORS: â\\x80¢ ^ b\\nN. E. PARKKR, PtosJdent- , â\\x80¢ T. T. Hillman. F. D. Nabers, N. tE,- R*ap\\n.1. H. WOOD W A lib, Vice-President. kor. W. A. Walker, Robert Jomison, W,\\nW. P. G. 11A R DING, Second Vice-President S. Brown, B. F. Moore, E. M. Tutwfler,\\nTOM O. SMITH j Cashier.;. *. T. H. Molton, C. P. Perm.\\nM. BRADLEY, Ausfottant/Ctishlor.\\n_ DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNITED STATES. _\\nWPMPBBâ\\x80\\x94w-auBfc - ithtmitwemw\\nE. W. HUCKER, Ptosidetat. W. A. PORTE&, Cashier\\nA. T. JONES, Vice-President.\\nAlabama National Bank,\\nCAPITAL Â»:}no,ooo.oo. \", \\'\\nS. E. Cor. 1st Ave and 20th St, Birmingham, Alabama.\\nBuys and sells exchange on all principal cities in the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa,\\nAustralia, South America and Mexico. Solicits accounts of manufacturers, uaircnsnts,\\nbanks and individuals.\\nIrmwi;is bhothkISs,\\nj f ^ w\\nâ\\x80¢-=BAN K K RS=-**\\nBIRMINGHAM,.ALABAMA.\\n-:-n\\nNegotiates loans on real estate and coll literal. Buy countv nnd city bonds. Sell steamsht t\\ntickets over all lines, issue interest-bearing certificates on savings deposits. Pro\\ni) ote and financier enterprises. Sell exchange on all parts of Europe. . 8-1-tf\\nBERNEY NHTIONHL BHNK.\\nBIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.\\nCAPITAL $200,000.03. Surplus and Profits $25,000.00\\nâ\\x80\\x94--f\\nJ. B. COBBS, President. W. F. ALDRICH, Vice-Preat: J. H. BARB, Cashier\\nDIKEOTORS:\\nW, F. Aldrich, J:is. A. Going, Walker Percy, Robert Stevens, J. B. Adams, Charles\\nWheelock. T. H Aldrich. Jamjs Speaci. J B. Cobbs.\\nRAILROAD TIME TABLES.\\nSouthern Railway Co.,\\nThe Great Highway of Travel\\nNORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST\\nSAFETT, SPEED AND COMFORT.\\n(Notice this time.i\\nOnly 24 hours Birmingham to Washington\\nOnly 30 hours Birmingham to New York.\\nSchedule In effect May 2, 1897.\\nEASTBOUND.\\n, No. 38 No. 36\\nLv b.rminigham. 6:56 am 4:20 pm\\nLV Anniston. 8:10 am 6:40 pm\\nLv Tallapoosa. 9:35 am 8:21 pm\\nLv Austell.10:55 am 0:55 pm\\nAr Atlanta.11:40 am 10:15 pm\\nLv Atlanta.12:00 nâ\\x80\\x99n 11:40 pni\\nLv Charlotte. 8:20 pm 8:40 am\\nAr Danville.|12:00 nâ\\x80\\x99t, 1:30 pm\\nLv Danville.|12:00 nâ\\x80\\x99t 1:30 pm\\nAr Richmond.,..| 6:pp .am ,6:4(1,pm\\nAr Washington. 0:42 am 0:40 pm\\nLv Washington. 7)00 am 10:00 pm\\nLv Baltimore. 8:00 am 11:25 pm\\nLv Philadelphia.10:15 am 3:00 am\\nAr New York. 12:43 pm 6:20 am\\nAr Boston. 9:00 pm 3:00 pm\\nâ\\x80\\x99 . i No. 14.\\nLv Atlanta . 4:10 pm 8:30 pm\\nAr Macon . 7:30 pm 11:20 pm\\nAr Jessup . 4:40 am\\nAr Everett . 5:25 am\\nAr Brunswick . 6:30 am\\nAr Jacksonville, Fla. 9:00 am\\nWESTBOUND,\\nI \\' No. 35.\\'\\nLv Birmingham . 7;0u am\\nAr Corona . â\\x80¢...,.. 4:48 am\\nLv Fayette . ....West) am\\nAr Columbus . 12:30 pm\\nLv Columbus .12:50 pm\\nLv West Point ...\". 1:37 pm\\nLv Winona . 4:u5 pm\\nLv Greenwood .I 0.20 pm\\nAr Greenville .7;3U pm\\nâ\\x96\\xa0_ SOUTHBOUND\\'.\\n* \\' \\' |No. 19.\\nLv Birmingham . 6:45 am.\\nAr Bloeton . 8:00 am .\\nAr Gurnee Junction . 8:41 am .\\nAr Birmingham Junction.. 9:15 am.\\nLv Birmingham Junction.. 9:25 am ..\\nAr Selma . .11:20 am .\\n_TRAINS AHK1 VK BIRMINGHAM:\\nNo. 37 from Atlanta......10:10 pm\\nNo. 36 from Atlanta.12:20 pm\\nNo. 20 from Selma . 7:55 pm\\nNo. 38 from Greenvlllo . 8:00 am\\nNo. 36 from Blossburg . 8:40 am\\nPULLMAN CAR SERVICE.\\'\\nTrain No. 38. leaving Birmingham at 5 55\\na. mâ\\x80\\x9e carries Pullman Bullet Sleeping Cars\\nbetween Birmingham and Atlanta, uniting\\nat Atlanta with and forming a part of the\\nWashington and Southwestern Vestibule\\nLimited, running solid between Atlanta\\nand New York, thus making no change be\\ntween Birmingham and New York.\\nNos. 35 and 36 carry Pullman sleeping\\ncars between Atlanta and New York, cast\\nbotvnd.\\nAdditional information as to schedules\\nrates, sleeping car reservation, etc., cheer\\nfully furnished upon â\\x80\\x99application to ofTi-o\\nof traveling passenger agent. No. 7 North\\nTwentieth street. Birmingham, Ala.; tele\\nphone, 846.\\n^.1.JM. Culp, Traffic Manager, Washington,\\nW. H. Green, General Superintendent\\nWashington, D. C.\\nW. A. Turk, G. P. A., Washington. D. C\\nC. A. Bonscoter, A. G. P. A.. Chatta\\nnooga, Tenn.\\nJ. P. 3illups, T. P. A., Birmingham, Ala\\nL. AND N. NORTH.\\nArrive; Depart.\\nâ\\x80¢No. 2 FasL Line \"Tj\".12 0! pm 12 2f> pm\\nâ\\x80¢No. 4 Fast Mail.12 22 am 12 30 pm\\nINo, 8 Decatur ACcom. 4 10 pm\\n(No. 10 Montgomery â\\x80\\x9c .... 7 59 pm..\\nL. AND N. SOUTH.\\nArrive. Depart.\\nâ\\x80¢No. 1 L\\'mlted. 4 43 urn 4 5l am\\nâ\\x80¢No. 3 Fast Line \"P\". 3 40 pm 4 09 ran\\nINo. 7 Decatur Accom.... 8 55 am .\\nNo. 9 Montgomery Ac... 5 45 am\\nTrains are rur. hv Central Time.\\nEffectivo May 2, 1897.\\nRead Down.__Read-Cp.\\n\"Dally. Daily.\\nNo. 2. | __ _ ____ { No. 1.\\n-9:to arnjf.v _Birmingham _Arl 6:37 pm\\n11:30 am|Ar .Cilder^burg .Lv| 4:27 pm\\n11:52 pm Ar .SyTasauga .Lv 4:35 pm\\n12:62 pni;Ar ...Alexander City ...Lvi 3:23 pm j\\n1:26 pnuAr .Dadevllle ..Lvi 2:49 pm\\n1:26 pmlAr .Camp Hill .Lv 2:30 pit. I\\n2:30 pmjAr .Opelika .Lv\\' 1:40 pir, |\\n2:45 pm Ar .Columbus .Lv 12:15 pm :\\n6:30 pin|Ar .Fort Valley .Lv 8:35 am 1\\n7:30 ptaiAr ..Macon .I.vj 8:35 am\\n10:01 pmjAr ..Amerlcu*.lvi \\':1- am I\\n11:05 pm Ar .......Albany. Lv| 4:15 am\\n12:33 pm|Ar .Talladega .Lv; 2:50 pm\\n2:30 pmjAr .Anniston .I,v| 1:35 pm\\n4:00(pmiAr .Rome .Lvi 9:19 am\\nâ\\x80\\x986:35 amlAr .Augusts. I.vj 8:40 pm\\n6:00 amlAr .Savannah. Lvi 9:00 pin\\n\"\\'For further\"information as t.o schedules,\\nrates, etc., rail on, pr write to S Jacobs,\\nCommercial Agtnf. Jack IV. Johnson, U.\\n*r. a. Â».\\nil\\'lico. I). Kline. Genera! Snperiater.dcr.t.\\nI .Alt 1 title. \\'V n- .Â»Â«Â»Â»:.\\n, , . Sd\\'.fti! ,*h Go.\\'\\nâ\\x80¢ \\' (JOJ ..â\\x80¢ l-eSJ\\n; . â\\x80¢..\\'PI <â\\x80¢Â« â\\x80¢â\\x80¢â\\x80¢\\nAlabama Great Southern\\nEailroad Company.\\nShortest and quickest line to Cincinnati,\\nLoulsvill and tne North; also to Shreve\\nport, New Orleans and all points south\\nwest.\\nSchedule in effect July 4, 1897.\\nDOT;BLE DAILY SCHEDTJLE TO NEW\\nORLEANS AND DAILY SCHEDULE\\nTO JACKSON, VICKSBURG AND\\n_ SHREVEPORT.\\n_ j NO. 3. | No. 1.\"\\nLv Birmingham .| 5:00 pm 12:25 am\\nAr Meridian.j 10:30 pin 5:00 am\\nLv Meridian.11:00 pm 5:10 am\\nAr New Orleans.j 6:30 am 11:45 am\\nLv Meridian.| 6:00 am\\nAr Jackson .| 9:45 am\\nAr Vicksburg . 11:35 am\\nAr Monroe .\\'... 3.45 pm\\nArSsreveport . . . *_|_7 :20jprp\\nNo. 1 carries Pullman Sleeping Car Bir\\nmingham to New Orleans, and Pullman\\nUnion Sleeping Car Birmingham to\\nShreveport.\\nNo. 3 carries Pullman Union Sleeping Car\\nBirmingham to New Orleans.\\nDOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO CIN\\nCINNATI. LOUISVILLE AND\\n_LEXINGTON._\\n| No. 2. | No. 4.\\nLv Birmingham.3:35 anil 2:45 pm\\nAr Chattanooga . 7 40 ami 7 25 pm\\nLv Chattanooga . 8 00 am! 7 45 pm\\nAr. Lexington . 5:10 pirn 4 45 am\\nAr Cincinnati . .. 7 30 pm 7 30 am\\nLv Lexington . 5 10 pm 5 06 am\\nAr. Louisville .... 8 15 pm 7 55 am\\nNo. 2 carries Pullman Sleeping Cars Bir\\nmingham to Cincinnati and from Birming\\nham to New York without change.\\nNo. 4 carries Pullman Union Sleeping Car\\nBirmingham to Cincinnati and Pullman\\nSleeping Car Chattanooga to Louisville.\\nDJ JVI. Culp, Trafllc Manager, Washington,\\nF. K. GANNEW, General Manager, Wash\\nington, D. C.\\nC. W. Wlckersham, Superintendent, Bir\\nmingham.\\nW. A. Turk, G. P. A., Washington, D. C.\\nC. A. Benscoter, A. G. P. A., Chatta\\nnooga.\\nC. M. Billheimer, T. P. A., Birmingham,\\nAla.\\nPLANT SYSTEM.\\nTime Table Effective Dec. 20, 1896.\\nSouthbound\" j No.~3i>7\\nLv Montgomery . 7:4oâ\\x80\\x99~pm| 8dj6Tam\\nLv Troy . 9:21 pin 10:24, am\\nLv Ozark .10:38 pm 11:32 ani\\nLv Baiabridge . 1:17 ami 2:10 pm\\nLv Thomasville . 2:13 Â«m| 3:35 pm\\nAr Waycross . 6:00 am; 6:30 pm\\nAr^JacksonYille . 7:30 am| S:50 pm\\nLv Montgomery ...7:45 pm! 8:50 am\\nAr High Springs .I 9:15 am. 2:30 am\\nAr Tamna . 6:20 pm[ 9:05 pm\\nAr Port rani pa .I 6:38 pin) 9:4* pm\\nLv Montgomery .j 7:45 pm| 9:30 am\\nAr Way cross . 6:00 ami 5:40 pm\\nAr Brunswick .112:50 pm! 9:15 pm\\nNorthbound._!_No. 57.7 No. 33.\\nLv Jacksonville.j 7:0*) pml 8:20 ani\\nLv Waycross .| 9:40 pin110:05 am\\nLv ThomasvliJe. 1:05 nm 4:24 pm\\nAr Montgomery .I 8:10 ami 9:20 pm\\nLv Port Tampa . 6:15 am 7:1\" pm\\nLv Tampa ....j JjOO ami 7:5\" pm\\nLv IIlgh Springs .J 4:56 ;Â»m| 4:55 am\\nAr Dupont .j 8:01 pm 8:21 am\\nAr Montgomery . 8:10 am 9:20 pm\\nLv Savannah . 3:20 pm 8:26 am\\nLv Waycross . 9:40 pmllO:47 nm\\nAr Montgomery .1 8:1\" am! pill\\nLv I Inina*U k . 1:3\\' ; m 8:7 am\\nAr Montgoinery .{ 8:10 am| 9:20 pm\\nTrains Nos. 57 and 58 carry Pullman vesti\\nbule sleepers between St. Louis and Jack\\nsonville and Montgomery and Port Tampa.\\nTrains No5. .\\'13 and 36 carry Pullman vosti\\nbule sleepers between Cincinnati and Jack\\nsonville.\\nFree reclining chair cars between Mont\\ngomery arid Savannah on trains 57 and 58.\\nNo. 33 connects at Dupont with through\\nsleeper for Port Tampa.\\nTrain No. 5s, leaving Montgomery at 7:23\\np. m., connects aâ\\x80\\x98. Port Tampa wp riant\\nsteamship line for Key West and Jla^aifn\\nAny information regarding routes, iki^s\\nand schedules will be furnished upon appli\\ncation to\\nW. V. LIF8EY, D. P. A .\\nâ\\x80¢ Montgomery, Ala.\\nB. W. WREN N. P. V. M..\\nSavannah, GA.\\nH. C. McFADDEN. A. G. I*. / â\\x80\\x9e\\nSavannah. G?..\\nNORTHERN ALABAMA RAILROAD\\nCOMPANY.\\nTime table No. 3, in effect Monday, Jan. 4,\\n1897, at 5:00 a. in.\\nSouthâ\\x80\\x94Read down NoTTb-r-11<7vT*j\\\\\\nNo7i. i stations:_r>r7â\\x80\\x98*7\\n9:40 ani\\'il.v.Sheffield.Jr I 6:1S pm\\n9:52 ami.M. A C. Junction ....7 6:03 p n\\n10:04 am.Spring Valley 5:49 pm\\n16:06 am.Passing Place.i 5:45 pm\\n10:1.8 ami.TutUeville.j 5;;u pm\\n10:27 nm;.Good Springs... fi;3* p n\\n10:37 am.Ruracllville.! 5:1a iim\\n10:48 am)..Darlington.j 3:02. pm\\n11:04 am.-Spruce I Ino.. ....... .i;4: pm\\n11:14 am.1 Ml .umpbidl.., ./. J:3i4pÂ»,i\\n11:29 am.Ogxt Creek... v y\" 4:w\\n11:10 am.HalevHvlIlo. ,v!\\n11:56 ion. .....Dofmar.. j ?a3 pm\\n12 )3 pm.Natural bridge... 2:â\\x80\\x9c\", j.m\\n12:20 pint..ltynn.7.. 3:2.1 inn\\n12:42 |.m.Nauvoo;.r,-,x\\n12:57 pm.Oakland.| 2:,V. t,-n\\n1-..C, pmi.Saragossa. 2:t7 pm\\n1Â»I2 pin.Gamble., i pm\\n1:50 pmi. ija.prr.. J.yr, t m\\nltti pm ... JaÂ»per. K. O. Depot ...1 2:29 l).:i\\nvniJUIrm\\'Kh\\'nw 11.. t:. M: -et Hf 12.21 vra\\nSamuel Hunt. General Mujio&cr. \\'\\nK Cameron. M.irter of Trains,\\nN. F. I\\'drioiiee. Sdpt.\\ni lit',\n",
       "  'UNDER NEW KmEIT\\nOâ\\x80\\x99Brienâ\\x80\\x99s Will Be Opened to the\\nPublic,\\nGRAMBS, THEISS & HARRIS\\nThe New Lessees and All of Them Thorough\\nBusiness Menâ\\x80\\x94List of Attractions\\nSo Far Booked for the Sea\\nson of 1897-98.\\nThe operatic season of 18*7-8 will soon be\\nupon us. As has been previously announced\\nOâ\\x80\\x99Brienâ\\x80\\x99s opera house has passed into the\\nahnds of Messrs. Orambs, Theiss and Har\\nris, who, by the lease, have assumed man\\nagement of the well known pleasure house.\\nOf the gentlemen above nam*d, Mr. Ben\\nB. Thicss is the# more experienced In the\\ntheatrical business, having been assistant\\nto Manager Oâ\\x80\\x99Brien from the opening of\\nthe house until It passed into the hands of\\nDr. Charles Whelan. Mr. Theiss is widely\\nknown in the theatrical world. Jovial,\\nclever and evfcr ready to please, he has by\\nuniform kindness made every one in this\\ncity his friend. Mr. Theiss will have entire\\ncharge of the stage and manage the house\\nin thorough and competent style.\\nProf. FYvd LÂ». Gramhs. the president of\\nthe new company, is too well known in Blr- |\\nmingham, and Alabama too, for that mat- i\\nter, for comment. As a professor of music, 1\\nbe stands at the head of his profession in\\nthe state. The fame of his orchestra has\\ngone beyond the confines of the state, and\\nthe recent action of the Alabama Chautau\\nqua In tendering his orchestra a set of res\\nolutions fort he exquisite music rendered\\nat the assembly but recently adjourned,\\nspeaks volumes. Prof. G iambs has for\\nmany years furnished the music at Oâ\\x80\\x99Bri\\nenâ\\x80\\x99s, and Is now In New York securing\\nnew selections for the coming season. The\\nalready large reyertoire of music, and the\\norchestra itself, will bo greatly augmented\\nand the music for the coming season will\\nbe pleasant to hear.\\nMr. Will C. Harris, Jr., the secretary\\ntreasurer of the company, is the well\\nknown senior member of the firm of Har\\nris & Williamson, electricians. While a\\nnovice In theatricals, he is a thorough bus\\niness man. and will look after the front of\\nthe bouse. Mr. Harris is always pleasant\\nto meet, and to know\\' him is to like him.\\nHie lias entered into the venture of the\\natricals with a determination to aid his\\nassociates in making a success of the un\\ndertaking. and the Age-Herald predicts\\nsuch for the firm.\\nMr. John Perkins will be the head usher,\\nami under him will l>e a corps of thorough\\nly competent young nv-n.\\nThe house will In* thoroughly v overhauled\\nbefore the opening of the season, one In\\nnovation In particular being worthy of\\nspecial note. The parquet will be fittrd up\\nwith a number of electrical fans, to be used\\nwhen the weather requires.\\nThe season at Oâ\\x80\\x99Brien\\'s will open August\\n20 with th:Â» Woodward-Warren company\\nin repertoire for one week. On the opening\\nnight the house will be handsomely deco\\nrated and every attache in frtmt will be\\nin full dress.\\nIn the booking for the season, so far\\nfilled out, will be found some of the very\\nbest attractions, including farce comedy,\\nmusical comedy, tragedy, society drama,\\nmelo-drama, minstrelsy and grand and\\ncomic opern.\\nThe datings are as follows:\\nAugust 30â\\x80\\x94Woodward-Warren company:\\none week.\\nSeptember 8â\\x80\\x94Hoganâ\\x80\\x99s Alley.\\nSeptember ftâ\\x80\\x94Jas. B. Mackey.\\nSeptember 1ftâ\\x80\\x94Humanity.\\nSeptember 11â\\x80\\x94Devilâ\\x80\\x99s Auction (matinee).\\nSeptember 22â\\x80\\x94A1 G. Fieldâ\\x80\\x99s.\\nSeptember 2oâ\\x80\\x94The Widowâ\\x80\\x99 Goldstein.\\nSeptember 3ftâ\\x80\\x94â\\x80\\x981492.â\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99\\nOctober 6â\\x80\\x94R. E. Graham.\\nOctober 12â\\x80\\x94Thos. W. Keene.\\nOctober 13â\\x80\\x94The girl from Paris.\\nOctober 15-4-ae: Stroke.\\nOctober 16â\\x80\\x94Lillian Lewfc (matin?e).\\nOctoberÂ«iÂ£â\\x80\\x94Murray & Alack\\nOct0bÂ«M>-Black Shr.gJ\\nOctober 21â\\x80\\x94Richard & Cringleâ\\x80\\x99s Georgia\\nMJJistjPrts. * me x\\nOctober22-2â\\x80\\x94A Puritan Romance.\\nOctober 27â\\x80\\x94Secret Service.\\nOctober 28â\\x80\\x94Joe Hart.\\nOctober 28-2S-30â\\x80\\x94Jcc Hart.\\nNoverab<\\\\r 2â\\x80\\x94Charley A. Gardner.\\nNovember 3â\\x80\\x94 BeiM: Coote.\\nNovember 4â\\x80\\x94Kelly & Mason.\\nNovember 10â\\x80\\x94Ward* & Ypkvs.\\nNovember J.r>â\\x80\\x94Walker WJilu-sldes.\\nNovember 17â\\x80\\x94Fabfo Romani.\\nNovember 20â\\x80\\x94Wiltcn Lackeye.\\nNovember 2Â£â\\x80\\x94Baldtwin-Melville company;\\none week.\\nDecember 1â\\x80\\x94Sinbad.\\nDecember 2â\\x80\\x94Julia Marlowe.\\nDecember ti-7â\\x80\\x94 Eugenie Iiiair.\\nDecember 1Sjâ\\x80\\x94Tim Mlifpby.\\nDecember 10â\\x80\\x94De Wo*T Hopper.\\nDecember 18â\\x80\\x94 My Friend From India.\\nDecember 20â\\x80\\x94Arnold Welles; one week.\\nDecember 22â\\x80\\x94Lewis Morrison. â\\x80\\x9cFaust.\"\\nDecember 27â\\x80\\x94 Robert Downing in â\\x80\\x9cDa\\nvid.\"\\nDecember 28â\\x80\\x94Otla Skinner.\\nJanuary 1â\\x80\\x94A Jolly Night.\\nJanuary 4â\\x80\\x94tn Gay Nett\\'York.\\nJanuary 7â\\x80\\x94Rolan;] Reed.\\nJanuary 8â\\x80\\x94James Oâ\\x80\\x99Neill (matinee).\\nJanuary Jj3-The Duzzler.\\nJanuary 1?â\\x80\\x94Widow Jones.\\nJanuary 13â\\x80\\x94Under the Red Robe.\\nJanuary 14â\\x80\\x94Hcnshaw & Ten Broeck.\\nJanuary 17â\\x80\\x94Bostonians.\\nJanuary 27â\\x80\\x94A Milk White Flag.\\nFebruary 2â\\x80\\x94Primron? & West.\\nFebruary 2â\\x80\\x94Contented Woman.\\nFebruary 10-fcprisonar of Zenda.\\nFebruary 11â\\x80\\x94Cherry Pickles.\\nFebruary X4*-Denman Thompson.\\nFebruary 16â\\x80\\x94StuaiH Robson.\\nFebruary 23â\\x80\\x94Prodigal Father.\\nFebruary 24â\\x80\\x94The Girl I Left Behind Me.\\nMarch 1â\\x80\\x94E. S. Willard.\\nMarch 2-3-4â\\x80\\x94Jaiws Young.\\nIN M3LAZE0F GLORY\\nDid the Racing Carnival Close at Dothan â\\x80\\x94\\nArtesian Water a Good Fire\\nProtection.\\nDothan. Ala. July SI.â\\x80\\x94(Special.)â\\x80\\x94To\\nday is the closing day of the carnival.\\nThe crowds have constantly increased.\\nThe trotting races yesterday were won\\nby Mr. Geo. Ward, of Abbeville. Many\\nother races, such as wheel-barrow, sack,\\nP\\' tato, three-1,gged, etc., have furnished\\nfun for the crowds. This has been a\\ngreat success for the first carnival. Do\\nthan hope- to repeat this annually.\\nBishop Turner will be here and preach\\nSunday.\\nNew stores and warehouses are build\\ning, . prefciaratqfy to handling the fall\\nbusiness. We received here last s ason\\nabout 1.500 bales of cotton, and hope to\\nget even more tn. coming season. The\\ncropsâ\\x80\\x99In Dothan\\'s territory are in fine\\nconditiofl, but later than last yearâ\\x80\\x94donâ\\x80\\x99t\\nlook for any cottoii on this market be\\nfore the 15th of August, or perhaps later.\\nThe corn crop is noi a.s good as last year,\\nwith probably a smaller acreage.\\nThis being a year out of politics our\\nfarmers have given more attention bâ\\x96\\xa0\\ntheir crops, ami with the present out\\nlook, will be in better shape than they\\nhave been for some lime.\\n- Dothanâ\\x80\\x99s businerr, men ar= as pro. p-r\\nous, perhaps, as any in the country. She\\nneeds a few more manufacturing indus\\ntries; tn make her rank along with your\\nMagic City.\\nProf. Smith relumed to Lagrange. Ga.,\\nyesterday for a few days. Fr f. Smith\\nis a teacher in the Lagrange college, and\\nlie and his wife are spending their vaca\\ntion at Mr. Longâ\\x80\\x99s who is Mis. Smith\\'s\\nfather.\\nMr. Frank Bennett has a cep ted a posi\\ntion in [Columbia and will leave us next\\nweek.\\nHon. .T. B. Ward, of Abbeville, Is In the\\ncity.\\nThe air lift for the well machinery has\\narrived and as soon as the expert comes\\nwill he placed in position.\\nBINGHAM IS AT THE HELM\\nDuly Installed as Internal Rev\\nenue Collector,\\nBOOKS IN GOOD CONDITION\\nWednesday Will B; Dr. Hughes\\' fnitial Appear\\nance as Postmasterâ\\x80\\x94Identity\\nof His Assistant a\\nSecret.\\nâ\\x80¢Mr. Julian H. Bingham is collector of In\\nternal revenue.\\nMajor R. O Randall stepped UoÂ« n and\\nout yesterday afternoon\\nInternal Revenue Agent W. W. Colquitt,\\nof Atlanta, completed the work of exam\\nining and checking up the books of Major\\nRandall shortly before 1 oâ\\x80\\x99clock yester\\nday. He was well pleased with tii$ showing\\nmade, and found that the books balanced\\nto a nicety.\\nAt 4 oâ\\x80\\x99clock, after the business hour of\\nthe day, Mr. Bingham qualified and took\\nthe oath in Clerk Trimbleâ\\x80\\x99s office. He\\nthen repaired to the collector\\'s office,\\nwhere the formal transfer was of author\\nity was made. The transfer consisted\\nsimply of the receipting for the contents of\\nthe office by Mr. Bingham.\\nMajor R. O. Randall retires with a most\\nserviceable- record as collector. He has\\nproven an efficient and paintaking officer.\\nMr. Bingham is a young man of fine exec\\nutive ability and is well known* throughout\\nthe state.\\nNo changes havi? been announced, and,\\nfor the present, the office force wj.ll re\\nmain as under Major Randall. Messrs. R.\\nA. Randall, Z. T. Booth and W. A. Hooper\\nare the deputy collectors, besides whom\\nthere are eight field-officers. At present\\ntwo special men are employed in addition. 1\\nAlthough the formal transfer was made !\\nat 4 oâ\\x80\\x99clock yesterday afternoon, Mr. Bing- ]\\nham actually became collector at midnight ;\\nlast night.\\nHr. J. W. Hughes, the newly appointed\\npostmaster, will not assume charge of the\\noffice today, as was at first contemplated.\\nHo will take the reins about Wednesday.\\nHr. Hughesâ\\x80\\x99 bond was sent to Washing\\nton. as stated before, and was readily ap\\nproved. President McKinldy, however, left\\nWashington before\\' Uie paper was present\\ned to him, and it will have to be sent to\\nLak. Champlain.\\nHr. Hughes stated yesterday afternoon\\nthat he had selected-his assistant, but was\\nnot ready to divulge the name of the*\\nyoung man. He said, however, that he\\nwas an excellent republican, but that was\\nexpected.\\nThe assistant will not take charge with\\nthe doctor. Mr. Cruikshank will be re\\ntained until the now postmaster becomes\\nthoroughly acquainted with his duties.\\nMessrs. V. Lee Cowert and J. F. Glover\\ntendered their resignations as assistants to\\nthe district attorney, to take effect today.\\nDistrict (attorney Vaughan has not re\\nceived from the department notification of\\nthe appointm. nt of their successors. This\\nis expected daily, however, and the new\\nassistants will take charge as soon us their\\ncommissions arrive.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0â\\x96\\xa0â\\x96\\xa0â\\x96\\xa0â\\x96\\xa0.r ;â\\x96\\xa0Â« â\\x96\\xa0â\\x80\\x94 .\\nNotice to Shippers.\\nThe freight offlee of the Ensley and Besse\\nmer divisions of the Birmingham Railway\\nand Electric company has been moved from\\n204 19th street to 1819 4th ave. The tele\\nphone number remains unchanged, 603.\\nALBERT B. Câ\\x80\\x99CLARY, Agent.\\n^CAHEENâ\\x80\\x99S^\\nTHE OLD STAND.-*-^ jj ABOUT FIVE WEEKS YET\\nFor a Few Weeks Longer j Of: the : Great: Removal\\n. . ONLY . . j ; ^Â£pS3^SALEvs=s=^fÂ«\\nOUR GENUINE REMOVAL SALE *\\nIs astounding the community. We can only tell partly of its great success. If you have not\\nbeen to it ask your next door neighbor, or the one around the corner, who can no doubt tell you\\nmore about it than we can write of. We have just simply had each day more customers than we\\ncould attend to. We have added some extra help and can get everyone served more rapidly.\\nThe word has been given all aroun.lâ\\x80\\x94â\\x80\\x9cEverything must go before removal time.â\\x80\\x9d You make\\nthe price anu take the goods.\\nShirt Waists.\\nThis is the way they go. Price cow\\n59c, 79c, 89c, 98:, $148\\nFormer Priceâ\\x80\\x9485c, $1.00, $1,50, $1.75, $2.98\\nWhite Goods.\\n1000 yards Victor.a Lawns at\\n4 l-2c yard\\n1000 yards Checked NainBcok at\\n4 1-2c yard\\n24 pieces India Linens worth 1214c at\\n8c yard\\nExtra\\'wide French Organdy, theE9 cent\\nkine at\\n35c yard\\nExtra wide French Organdy, the 75 cents\\nkind at\\n49c yard\\nExtra fine and sheer India Linen, the 25\\ncent kind at\\n15c yard\\n1 SEp. Entire stock of 39 cents\\nFigured French Organdy\\nLadiesâ\\x80\\x99 Collars.\\nALL LINEN.\\nReduced to 12 1-2 cents\\nThe 20 and 25 cents kind.\\n<T *T â\\x80\\x9c - - - â\\x80\\x94\\nMenâ\\x80\\x99s Collars.\\nThe 20c kind reduced to iOc\\n4f 9<^n PÂ«rh 100 â\\x80\\x98-f00t Â°Pa<JUB\\nAT kCt ctll.ll. Window Shades,\\nrod tided from 75 cents.\\nÂ«*,) | >, $,<\\nAt 25c yard. French Challies.the\\nthe 65c yard kind. Handsome patterns.\\nesanoEXSOt\\nCotton Flannels\\nand Domestics\\n6 l-2c per Yardâ\\x80\\x94\\nbleached (Jetton Flannel, the lOo kind.\\n4 3-4c per Yard\\nunbleached Cott>n Flannel, the 8c kind.\\nlOc per Yardâ\\x80\\x94\\nbleached Cotton Flaunel, the 15c kind.\\n5c per Yardâ\\x80\\x94\\n4-4 Bleached, Boft-finished Mnslin,with\\nout st rch or lime; the 7\\'/jC quality.\\n4 3-4c per Yard\\nUnbleached Muslin, the 8c kind.\\n10c per Yardâ\\x80\\x94\\n4-4 genuine Lonsdale Cambric,12\\'/jc kind\\nReady-Made\\nSkirts and Suits.\\nBoth in Woolens, Linens and Ducks.\\nWe are supreme. Frices cut to suit the\\ndemands:\\nLinen Skirts, $1; formerly $1.75.\\nl.lueu Skirts, $1.48; formerly $2.50.\\nLinen Skirts, fancy Btyles, $1.40; for\\nmerly $2 75.\\nWoolen Skirts in black Brilliantines,\\nplaio aud fl ured, nnd checked Woolens,\\nat $1.39, $1.98, $2.48 and $2.98.\\nAt TO 25 Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Navy Blue\\nML t â\\x96\\xa0 â\\x80¢ a u fj muck all-wool\\nCloth Suits, former price $7.50.\\nBIG CUT ON ALL SUITS.\\'\\nI\\n-â\\x80\\x94 --â\\x80\\x94*â\\x80\\x94- â\\x96\\xa0 i. i\\nRug Bargains.\\nAT 98 CENTS.\\n25 Smyrna Hugs, the $1.98 quality.\\nAT $1.49.\\nBlack and white linod Goat Skin Hugs,\\nthe $3 50 quality. Abon. 150 ol them left,\\nMattings.\\nCHINA AND JAPANESE.\\nNow 10c, 1214c, 15c, 18o, 20c and 25c yard.\\nWere 15c, I80, 22%c, 25c, 35c, 50c yard.\\nLadiesâ\\x80\\x99 Gowns.\\nElegantly made. Extra widths and\\nlengths. Removal Sale pricnâ\\x80\\x94\\n59c, 69c, 89c, 98c. $1 lO\\nFormer price 98e, fl.2S, fl.5J, fl.G9, $2.25.\\nAll Paper Patterns 5c\\neach\\nt\\nMillinery.\\n25c for 50c Sailors.\\n50c for $1.00 Sailors.\\n75c for $1.50 Sailors.\\nAt $1.48, $1.98 and $2.48\\nEa!anc8 of Trimmed Pattern Hals, for*\\nmerly Bold al $4.50, $6.50 and )Q.\\nUmbrellas.\\nAT 98 CENTS.\\n26-Inch steel rod, close roller, Corolla\\nTwilled Silk, the fl.53 kind, ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 or\\nmen\\'s.\\nAT $1.49.\\n26-inch steel rod, close roller, genuino\\nTate.t* Bilk, the $3.59 kiud, ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 or men\\n-â\\x80\\x94â\\x96\\xa0 i, i ; r\\nLawn Baby Caps, lQc\\neach.\\ngLOVEMAN, JOSEPH & LOEB,g\\nQ THE BUSIEST STOKE IN BIRMINGHAM. O\\nâ\\x96¡ \\' IS USUALLY VERY INTERESTING HERE. W\\n1.1 Because it is the final opportunity to move goods that we don\\'t wish to carry over. Price sacrifices will reign supreme in every department. Attrac- LJ\\n#K t\\'wns abound for those who want the greatest values of the season in Wearing Apparel and general Dress Goods. jRK\\nQ THIS WEEKâ\\x80\\x99S SENSATION-HIGH CLASS NOVELTY SUITS (naie Vw.ES2.er ) FREE OF CHARGE. Q\\nfj FOR PARTICULARS READ THIS â\\x80\\x9cADâ\\x80\\x9d ELSEWHERE.__ Q\\nTlie Talk of the Town are\\nCur Celebrated\\nSun Burst\\nPleated Skirts\\nt\\nNew lot just receivod. Fit,\\nfinish and qualities unsur\\npassed at the following pric\\nes: $5.83, $9.93 and $11 8S.\\nTrunks\\nand Valises^sssg^*\\nFor going-.nvay time. The best\\nmakes for the\\nFinal Reduction in\\nLadiesâ\\x80\\x99 Separate\\nWash Skirts.\\npA Cents for a White Duck Skirt\\nv)t/ value $i.oo.\\nt*? Cents for a fancy colored, heavy\\n( O Duck Skirt, value Â£1.25.\\nAQ Cents for a Ai Linen Skirt, val\\nue Si.50.\\nOK For a heavy corded Pique\\n(dliitJ Skirt, value $2.00.\\nFinal Reduction in\\nShirt Waists\\nand Wrappers.\\nSecond Floor.\\nBroken lots. All this seasonâ\\x80\\x99s pur\\nchases. Every item a marvel of\\ncheapness, conststent with the high\\ncharacter of the goods.\\nM Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Silk Shirt Waists\\nâ\\x80¢ of printed China, light or\\ndark ground, detachable linen collar.\\nShoe Bargains.\\nYou are looking for this. The follow\\ning astonishing reduciions are made to\\neffect a quick, clean sweep.\\nHIGH SHO33â\\x80\\x94Mule by Utr * Dunn,\\nDodu\\'e Brother! anti the Bostoa Shoe Co.\\nAll high-class goods, Viol Kid, Patent\\nLeather tiopsd, wkre P, $3.50\\nand $1. Clearance Sals pr.oe\\nLadie <â\\x80\\x99 Oxterd Ties in tan and blank,\\nmade by tbe above manufacturers, were\\n$2.50, $3.00 and p 50. Cltoran- <M Cft\\nunco Sale price.(JlJb.vW\\n31jVâ\\x80\\x9cSob Case Display in Entrance.\\nf^SA MID-SUMMER SENSATION !8&J\\njfj MfinF Tfl flR[]FR - J ^ Â°Ur dressmaker, MRS. \\\\V. H. McELWAlN, Any of\\n^w\\'jUlIu iVinUL IU unutn â\\x96\\xa0\\'Tj-t our high-rdass Novelty Suits, this seasonâ\\x80\\x99s importation, inift\\n1 FREE OF CHARGE. .j_4^ latest weaves and colorings, including black, from $17.50 W?\\nhii and upwards. You buy one of the handsome Novelty Suits, S/j\\nfurnishing the findings, Mrs. McElwai.n will make the suit. Good for this week. 1$\\nClearance Sale of Our Entire\\nLine of\\nLadiesâ\\x80\\x99 Wash Suits.\\nIncluding the newest in Linen, Duck\\nand Pique Suits. Any particular\\nsuâ\\x80\\x99t you want is sure to by in stock,\\nprovided you come soon enough.\\nDepartment Second Floor, front.\\nT-, t A ORE AT\\ni arasols. markdown\\nYour choice of r.ny Purasol in stook at\\none-hull of w nt they nro marke-i.\\n(iO Cents. Your choice of 25 d if\\nt\\'Q ferent styles of beautifully fig\\nured Lawn Shirt Waists. They were\\nformerly $1.25 and $1.50.\\nL*A Cents. Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Home Wrap\\nUt/ pers of light Percale, lined\\nwaist, full width and length perfect\\nfitting.\\nAO Cents. Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Home Wrap\\nt/O pers of fine qaality Percale,\\nchoice designs, yoke rulile, tight fit\\nted linings.\\nBargains in every department\\n000000X30\\nSale of Corsets.\\nA Q Cpnts. An excellent ventilated\\nâ\\x80\\x9c1:0 Corset tor only 4S cents. Per\\nfect in shape, splendid wearing To\\nbe had in ail sizesâ\\x80\\x94worth 75 cents.\\nWind-up Sale of\\nTrimmed and\\nUntrimmed Millinery\\nAt prioe3 worth double in\\nevery instance- Second floor.\\nGOQOOCQO\\nA Bicycle Ecli pse\\nAll other Bicye\\'e values eclipsed bv our\\nFAMOUS â\\x80\\x9cCLIFTON.â\\x80\\x9d P ice fd9.98.\\nBeHt Morgau & Wright Tir -s.Oarford Sad\\nd cs, iully guaranteed lor 12 monlbs.\\nHousekeeping Linens\\nFOR MONDAY AND 1 OESDAY.\\nThc3e nro price reductions that count on\\narticles you constantly need.\\n/\\n12 All linen rtamrsk\\n1 UUI. Huck Tow-Is, hem\\nme?, ready for uso, fancy borders, 18.30.\\nl/tr1 All linen Huck Towels in\\n1 A Writ. <!â\\x80¢ attractive blue and red\\nborder , extra large, 22x42.\\nA31.. All linen bleached Table\\nJrcliu.. ne.,v patterns,\\n72 inches wide, excellent vuluo.\\nftQlr1 About fifty ixeellent\\nvvr,ite Bed Spreads, hem\\nmed ready for use, full 10-4 sire, attractive\\npatterns.\\nId,,.. 35 yards good soft-finished\\na ui ipi. i.ei a\\'nslin, unbleooh\\nod, good width, 30 yards for yi.\\nOf Interest to\\nMatting Buyers.\\nPrices of Japnase nud China MttVngs\\nare coing up. They hrve advanced from 5\\nto 10; yard. We oiler o ir entire line of\\n^aititfge at the former LOW PRICE.',\n",
       "  '. â\\x80\\x9d , r n\\nfffV T\\'TT T? *V\\n- -V\\nVOLUME 23 BIRMINGHAM, ALA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1837 -SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 167\\nDILEMMA OFM OLD MAN\\nWho Got Into the Toils of Prac\\ntical Jokers\\nAND A LOVELY YOUNG LADY\\nAn Alabamian Who Beat tho Groan Goods Men\\nbut Finally Was Bettered by Bul\\nlets from Ambush.\\nA secret service man, a fun-loving\\ndrummer and an old gentleman who has\\ngrown gray as a traveling man, were the\\nactors in an episyde the other night that\\nfurnished oodles of fun for the first two\\nand much embarrassment for the latter.\\nThe story opens with the old gentle\\nman walking down one of Birmingham\\'s\\nprincipal thoroughfares. Smiling into\\nâ\\x80¢his face was a bewitching little bru\\nnette.\\nThe old gentl;iman whispered those lit\\ntle witticisms, peculiar to th aged lover,\\nand everything was as promising as the\\ngold prospects in the Klondyke regions.\\nSuddenly the old gentleman was fill d\\nwith mysterious forebodings, the sweet!\\nsmile was no longer charming and the\\n\"chit chat\" was not so much like the\\nlover\\'s music of his halcyon days. The\\nsecret service man was his Nemesis, fol\\n1 v.ing close at his heels. In reality the\\nâ\\x80\\x9csecret serviceâ\\x80\\x9d man thought nothing\\nof the old chap, merely making a mental\\nobservation of the beauty of his com\\npanion.\\nWhen the government officer reached\\nthe hotel the first one to greet him was\\nthe aged lover. He nervously li tr due d\\nhims lf, flipper was taken together and\\nthe pair became better acquainted. S.^me\\nthing weighed on tho old manâ\\x80\\x99s mind\\nand he unbundled it with little cere\\nmony.\\n\"Are you a detective?â\\x80\\x9d he inquired.\\n\"Why, no,â\\x80\\x9d answered the gentleman,\\nwith a merry twinkle that showed fun\\nwas brewing.\\nThe old gentleman seemed relieved as\\nhe said: \"1 thought sure you were a de\\ntective in the employ of my wife, when\\nI saw you following me this afternoon.\\nShe is suspicious of me and I thought\\nthis was onetime 1 had been caught red\\nhanded.â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x9cWeil, sinceil have come to think about\\nIt,â\\x80\\x9d said the secret service man, â\\x80\\x9c1 be\\nlieve there is a detective stopping here.\\nThe old gentlemanâ\\x80\\x99s ease of mind was\\nshort-lived and to make the matter worse\\ntho fun-loving drummer came along and\\nwas introduced. The old gentleman\\nwas taken aside and told this was the\\nsupposed detective.\\nHe grew frantic and resolved to leave\\ntown at once. A train was due in a\\nshort while and he made preparations.\\nImagine his chagrin on reaching the de\\npot to find the fake detective on deck.\\nHe called tho secret service man aside\\nand offered him a reward to get Hie de\\ntective off flic scent. Further develop\\nments showed that his shadow was to\\nleave on the same trtiln.\\nIt was a. show to eee the old gentleman\\nsneaking around his supposed pursuer.\\nHa scrambled aboard on the wrong side\\nand five minutes later the full-loving\\ndrummer took a train going in the op\\nposite direction.\\n* * *\\n\"Tlvre is a cute citizen down in the\\nbackwoods of Mississippi, who surpasses\\nmany of the slick city crooks we have\\nto deal With,â\\x80\\x9d s:\\\\ l a postoffice inspector\\nwho was lounging Around (the hotel. For\\nyears he worked such firms as the Doug\\nlass Shoe company and other northern\\nes\\'aiMishments without being det cted.â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"What\\'s his game?â\\x80\\x9d someone asked.\\n.\"Well,\" continued the inspector, â\\x80\\x98Tie\\nmerely writes a letter to gone firm re\\nquesting them to send him a catalogue.\\nThe only thing out of the ordinary Is that\\nhe registers this letltcr. Nothing more\\ntranspires until several monklts go by.\\nThen the country crook stis down and\\nproceeds to wrlite the firm a very vvrathy\\nletter, citing tht fatit that he sent, them\\nu registered letter on a certain date, con\\ntaining a certain amount for a bill of\\ngoods, which, so far, had failed to ar\\nrive.\\n\"The proprietor looks up his records\\nand finds a regtsoered letter wa3 \\'re\\nceived on the date named. He suspects\\nsome crookedness on the part of his em\\nployes and the order Is shipped out. The\\ncountry crook disposes of the stuff at the\\nbest profit possible and is just that much\\nin.\\n\"The way Jhis fellow was first appre\\nhended was through his partner. He hit\\nupon a r.ew scheme that, so he told his\\npartner, inquired a small outlay of cash.\\nBoth put up $15 and the total of $30 had\\nto be sent away in a regis:ered letter,\\na.-~ the more unwary jay was made to be\\nlieve. The slick artist prepared two en\\nvelopes just alike. The victim put the\\nbank notes into one envelope. The other\\none then said he would mail he letter,\\nlleput\\'llt ini his pocket. Then he sudden\\nly dlianged Ids rmlr.id and asked his vic\\ntim to have the letter registered. The\\npoor old jay stalked into the pustoffieo\\nand registered a loiter without a cem: in\\nIt, to some imaginary parties.\"\\n\"Speaking of confidence games reminds\\nme of the thrilling experience of Jim\\nHatley, a man who was well known in\\nLimestone county, with the green goods\\nswindlers of New York,â\\x80\\x9d remarked a g n\\ntleman who had been listening to the\\nstory about the Mississippi jay.\\n\"It has been almost ten years since\\nJirn. with a pall, whose name I do not\\nremember, received some of the aceus\\ntomary typewritten letters from New\\nYork .green goods swindlers. Jim was\\njust daring and reckless enough to be\\nlieve he could outwit anyb dy. Ac\\ncordingly he and his pal arranged a dat<3\\nfor meeting the New Yorkers. Dr rs d 1\\nas typical settlers front the most intense\\nly rural districts, Jim and his partner\\nbought tickets for New York. Th-:y\"\\nwere armed with $500 fv.e which il, y 1\\n^vere promised $5,090 of kn article that\\ncould not be detected from that coining\\nfresh front the mint. They Were also\\nprepared for any kind of difficulty.\\n\"On arriving In N#w York, they were\\nI\\nmet ar.d piloted to the \"bossesâ\\x80\\x99 denâ\\x80\\x9d Just\\nas have been pictured in the 10-ccnt nov- â\\x96\\xa0\\nels. The $5,000 was put in a valise for\\nthem and they hinted that they were\\nready to depart. The game of the\\nswindlers was to exchange a worthless\\nvalise for the one containing the booty\\nand, of course, they protested against\\nsuch a hasty departure. Jim and his pal\\ninsist\\' d and a general row ensued, dar\\ning which Jim backed himself cut of the\\nroom with drawn revolver and b fore\\nmany hours was speeding back to Ala\\nbama.\\n\"The other fellowT fared worse and was\\ntaken in tow by the police on a charge !\\nof carrying concealed weapons. He got\\noff, however, and so n joined Jim. Short\\nly afterwards he was cut to pieces in a\\nfight at a country dance fr\"m the effects\\nof which he died.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cJim for several years before his end\\nlived a peaceful life, managing the farm\\naffairs of Hon. John M. Hundley, near\\nMooreâ\\x80\\x99s mill in Limestone county. In\\na race Mr. Hundley made for the legis- ;\\nlature, Jim managed the ballot boxes in\\nthe â\\x80\\x9cBlack Beltâ\\x80\\x9d portion of the county\\nand did it well.\\n\"He was finally brutally murdered by j\\nesveral of his enemies who were never\\npunished for the crime.â\\x80\\x9d\\nPM) ORDINARY PASSION.\\nBesides, He Had a Businesslike Way with Him\\nThat Was Sure to Win.\\nFor nearly an hour Horatio D.-xter had\\nJohnson, pouring out his love. His was\\nno ordinary passion. He had worshipped\\nth- beautiful girl from the moment that\\nhis eyes had, first locked into hers.\\n\"Flavia,â\\x80\\x9d he implored, \"have m rcy! I\\nCan\\'t you see that if you will not be\\ncome my wife there will be no iiope for\\nme?\"\\n\"fjp. don\\'t say that,\" she returned in \\'\\nlow, sweet accents; â\\x80\\x9cyou will get over it.\\nJ\\'hree years ago Titus Henderson told\\nme the same thing. Now he is married\\nto another, and the father of twins. 1\\nknow that he is happy. You will forget\\nme as he has forgotten me. You will\\nmeet some one else and love her, and\\nthen, in good time, be happy with your\\ntwiâ\\x80\\x94I mean your family, as he is.\"\\n\"Ah,\" he bitterly replied, \"oth.-rs may\\nb happy with their twins. I\\'donâ\\x80\\x99t care\\nfor them. Youâ\\x80\\x94you, Flavia, are what\\ni want. You are the pole star of my\\nexistence. Say that you can learn to\\nlove me. Say that-I may at least hope.\\nIJo not compel me to go away and de\\nstroy myself! Save me, Flavia, save j\\nme!â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"Poor boy!â\\x80\\x9d she said, stroking his !\\ncurls, \"I am sorry for you. 1 wish I j\\nwere not so lovely. It is terrible, this 1\\nthing of driving people mad for love of\\nme. I will give you a little lock of my\\nhair, which you can wear next to your ,\\nheart. Perhaps that will htip you to\\nget over it.\"\\n\"No! No!â\\x80\\x9d he sobbed, \"I donâ\\x80\\x99t think a 1\\nlock of hair on my heart would do a bit ;\\nof good. lit would only tickle me. I i\\nam very ticklish, Flavia. Keep your j\\nhair. You may need it some day. Now j\\nI\\'m going to give you Just one more i\\nchance. Will you or will you not be 1\\nmine?â\\x80\\x9d j\\nShe bent and pressed her rich, ripe lips !\\nagainst his forehead, and then replied:\\n\"Alas! I cannot; I am promised to an\\notii-v, who makes more money in a day\\nthan you am in a week. It .nearly\\nbreaks my heart to have to tell you this,\\nbut you nave forced me to do so. Were\\nthings arranged differently, I could be\\nhappy with you. for love is knocking-at\\nthe door of my heartâ\\x80\\x9d\\nHoratio Dexter got up, looked to see if\\nhis trousers wore badly begged at the\\nknees or not, and then, in -cc-id, harsh\\ntones said:\\nâ\\x80\\x98Well, Inasmuch as It seems to b^ a\\nmoney transaction with you, I suppose\\nI ought Ito pay you shmrithing for t\\'h- time\\nthat you have wast.1 in \\'hearing my\\nstory. How much do I owe you?â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"You inlsult me, sir! Go, before I cnll\\nmy fa tiler, who stands fi feet 2 in bis\\nâ\\x96\\xa0socks and weighs 197 pounds.â\\x80\\x9d\\nSo he departed, saying:\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThe d^y will cogg- when you will ba\\nsorry that you permitted the desire for\\nmoney to kill your love!â\\x80\\x9d\\n- That was five years ago. Today she is\\na. grass widow, living upon a miserable\\nalimony of $14 per week, while ;he has a\\npolitical job wSth a salary and fe a of $12,\\n000a year, and clerks hired at the exp rise\\nof the public, to do the work.\\nOften does the now miserable woman\\nsay to hers.. If:\\n\\'What a fool I was! T might have\\nknown from .the. businesslike proporitbn\\nbe made that rlcht that he couldnâ\\x80\\x99t lose.â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x94Cleveland Leader.\\nBETTER PAY FOR JUDGES\\nBut There Will Be Fewer Judges in the Old\\nDominion in Future.\\nRichmond, Vaâ\\x80\\x9e July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special.)â\\x80\\x94\\nThe Virginia State Bar association in the\\nsummer of 1894 appointed a committee of\\ndistinguished lawyers to Inquire what\\nreforms were needed In the judicial sys\\ntem of that commonwealth. The com\\nmittee delayed action for several years,\\nin the expectation that a constitutional\\nconvention would be held which could\\ndeal more satisfactorily with all ques\\ntions concerning the judiciary. The\\nproposition to have such a convention,\\nhowever, has been voted down by the\\npeople, and the committee has made a\\nreport prepared by Mr. J. C. Parker, rec\\nommending changes which he believes\\nwill secure speedier justice to litigants,\\ngreater efficiency in the courts, and a re\\nduction of the expenditure in the judi\\nciary branch of the state government,\\nit is proposed to provide better pay f r\\nthe Judges than they now receive, but\\nto decrease the number of Judges. Vir\\nginia now pays the judges and clerks of\\nher courts of record and her prosecuting\\nattorneys an aggregate of $248,500 per\\nannum. The changes advocated by Mr.\\nParker In his report would reduce these\\nfigures to $143,500. thus saving $105,000 a\\nyear, and giving the people, as he con\\ntends, a better service with better paid\\nofficers.\\nIN DIG NAN tTrO JAN S\\nIn Mass Meeting Assembled Adopt Resolu\\ntions Recommending Speedy Trial of\\nCriminals of the Higher Type.\\nTroy, Ala., July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Spec\\'.nl.)â\\x80\\x94\\'The\\npeople of Montlcello, inc n-ed at the re\\ncent crimes, held a mass meeting Thurs\\nday and adopted resolutions demanding\\nâ\\x80\\x9cof our courts, juries and lawyers the\\nawiti and specify punishment to the full\\ncxter.\\'t of the law of ati criminals, and es\\npecially of the higher type of crimes.\\n\"IVe-demand of our Inferior courts the\\nprompt quest and punishment of all va\\ngrants and other suspicions characters.\\'1\\nSOME mm STORIES,!\\nBushwhacker John Used Weap\\nons Carnal and Spiritual.\\nCASE OF LOVERSâ\\x80\\x99 BLINDNESS\\nA Peep Into the Plantation Negro Quartersâ\\x80\\x94A\\nWake Without a Tuneralâ\\x80\\x94Strange\\nSuperstition About\\nLightning.\\nSpeaking of thi grin-play in the colored\\nBaptist congress a\\': \\'Montgomery that re\\nsulted iln the death, \\'before \\'.he altar, of\\nthe li\\'firo, p. H. Putteitvon, Alderman I.\\nF. Aisfhiford said:\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThat reminds mie of the old fellow who\\nused ti> rourjl: up th \\' dinners of north Ala\\nbama during \\':hl. days of peeantsruo tlon.\\nBefore the war, as simple â\\x80\\x98Brother John\\nston,â\\x80\\x99 he was Bolted\\' far and wide feu- \\'the\\nenergy ha displayed when exhorting tire\\nwicked to repenrtainlce; and when hi- re\\nsponded to the call of his country and\\ntook up cti \\'nal weapons he fought as\\nhard a1- he had preached until at .he tur\\nren/der, his name had become si terrible\\n>im the . memy that he wag declared an out\\nlaw and bushwhacker, and a price was\\npint upon hfils head.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cNow, \\'the old man was nothing if m>t\\na soldier â\\x80¢and fighter; amid, as it was mot â\\x80\\x99\\nwithin tihe power of a. single man .b maim\\nItaim secular war against an enemy, he .\\nresolved tinea more to t3ke up the- banm er \\'\\nof the erong and march again t .\\'hie bait\\n\\'tallors of siLm. Cautiously at fust ha would (\\ncome ou: of hiding to meet with the hand\\nfull of friends tliat would timidly gather\\nin same sequestered cabin, under the cov\\ner of darkness, to hear him tell of the\\nlove of the Captain of Hi sts. Of oourBie,\\nThese meetings soon became known\\' to\\nthose wHo sought for .he price of his\\nblood, anal after one or two narrow es- !\\nâ\\x80\\x94o-?!!itdhm hm hm him \\'hm him hm hm ;\\noape from plots too entrap hi\\'im, he became, !\\nthrough desperation or inspiration, r ok- I\\nless of results, and buddy announced that |\\non a certain day â\\x80\\x98Brother Bushwhacker\\nJohnson,â\\x80\\x99 as he w\\'as now lovingly known.\\nWould come out o-f the mou\\'n1 airs, anid,\\nso long as his life wa? spared, would trav\\nel from chuur-h to church through the\\nTennessee valley, preaching â\\x80\\x98glad tidings\\nof gr at Joyâ\\x80\\x99 \\'to all who oared to hear j\\nhim. \\'But few had sufficient temerity to\\nâ\\x96\\xa0meet him In the broad Tight of day, and\\nhis first appoilnltimer.lt, and it was a mo\\nment of impressive solemnity wheat the\\nreverend gentleman marched into \\'the\\npulpit arid, opining hi la saddie-bage, took\\nthe blessed Bible from one pock.it and\\' a\\npair of inlavy revolvers from the othei*3\\nand. placing them side by side upon his\\ndesk, calmly began the service.\\n\"whether tin ugh admiration for the\\nsublime boldness of the man, or fear of\\nhis courage and defensive weapons, has\\nnever been known, but the fact remains\\nthat he was never molested, and no man\\ndid more for the cau=e of the Meet r in\\nthat part of the moral vineyard than !\\nâ\\x80\\x9cBrother Bushwackcr Julia.\" n â\\x80\\x99 through\\nout the y ;ars that he expounded the gos\\npel, with Ills pistols side by side with\\nhis Bible.\\nThere is nothing half so sweet in life as\\nloveâ\\x80\\x99s young dream, so the old song says,\\nbut there is a. very young couple in one\\nof our neighboring towns that found,\\nfor a bad half-hour the other day, that\\nDan Cupid is a mad fellow at best and\\napt to pay his voteries off with a scurry\\ntrick when once they look and sigh and.\\nincontinently rush into matrimony de\\nspite tlr> â\\x80\\x9cadverse worldly wisdom of their\\noppos ing elders.\\nLike the gay Lorlnzo ancT \\'his pr, tty\\nJessica, this youtlifuil, loving pair stole\\naway upon a moon-lit night and, in a\\nneighboring state, breathed the music of\\ntheir honey vows before a dull, prosaic\\njustice of the peace, who stumbled\\nthrough the unpoetic ritual of the code\\nwithout a thought of their triumphant\\nhappiness or how, too soon, as one, they\\nmust return to face their Irate sires.\\nUnlike the daughter of the wealthy Jew,\\nthe bride had fail\\'d to gild herself with\\nducats, and the groom, believing swift\\nforgiven sa was sure, had provided noth\\ning against an evil day. So when the mar\\nriage fee was paid, un th rift love was all\\ntheir riches.\\nOn reaching home the young min\\nproudly carried Ills darling to his fatherâ\\x80\\x99s\\nhouse, but found thp vr coldly closed\\nagainst them both. To girl tossed her\\npretty head an-d said that \"papaâ\\x80\\x9d would\\nbe glad to provide for â\\x80\\x9cCharleyâ\\x80\\x9d and her\\nself. Alas! â\\x80\\x9cPapaâ\\x80\\x9d was not In a. provid\\ning vein that day, and turned them sadly\\nInto the street\\nAgain the pretty head was tossed and\\ncarried with a queenly air as far as the\\ngate. Just then a canary, singing kn\\nhis cage suspended from the porch, burst\\nwildly into song. It was\\'the brideâ\\x80\\x99s own\\nbird, and had monopolized all the de\\nvotion of her longing heart until she\\ngave It in to Charlieâ\\x80\\x99s keeping. This\\nreminder oBuber careless girlhood was\\nmore than her wounded dignity could\\nwithstand, and the defiant madam was\\nInstantly transformed Into a Niobe, all\\ntears. Charlie must needs humble him\\nself and go and beg the bird, or she nev\\ner, never could be happy. In answer to\\nthis petition the old man took down the\\ncage and cast it watchfully at Charlieâ\\x80\\x99s\\nhead, and, In the wreck that followed,\\nthe bird escaped.\\nDan Cupid doubtless grinned to see\\nthe sorry show his victims made as wan\\ndered down the street with nothing in the\\nworld to call his own except the woeful\\nbride upon his arm, and the battered\\nbird cage that he carried In the other\\nhand.\\nA heartless friend whoâ\\x80\\x99 met them,\\nrushed to know If they expected to oc\\ncupy the cage, and were looking for a\\nvacant lot to put It on, but when he\\nfound how matters stood he provided for\\nthem a resting place, and interceded so\\nnobly with the old folk, that all is now\\nforgiven and the strain of human hap\\npiness once more glides smoothly on,\\n\"â\\x80\\x9cI have had some queer experience In\\nmy life,\\'â\\x80\\x99 remarked a gentleman at the\\nMor.ls the other night, \\'\\'but th mot\\nunique undertaking that has yet engaged\\nmy attention occurred last week.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cI was down at my plantation to see\\nabout the outlook for a crop and, inci\\ndentally, to do a little fishing. While\\n1 was there, a thunder cloud came up one\\nafternoon and a negro boy, who cut\\nacross the cotton field In haste to escape\\nthe coming shower, ran against a light\\nning bolt that s = nt hirn to kingdom come\\natong with one of the finest mules on the|\\nplace.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThat night the negroes gathered from\\nfar and near and held such a rousing\\nwake for the ber. fit of the sorrowing\\nfriends of the disceased, that I could\\nplainly hear the rumpus they kicked up\\nat the house, a mile away.\\nâ\\x80\\x9c1 expected, of course, there would be\\na big funeral the next day and my sur\\nprise, may be imagined when I found\\nout that the negroes positively refused to\\nhave anything to do with his burial,\\nother than to dig the grave; and the up\\nshot of the matter was, that my planta\\ntion manager, his son and myself had to\\nput the poor fellow In the ground as best,\\nwe could.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cFeelirg sure that there was some su\\nperstition connoted with a circum\\nstance so irregular, I sent that evening\\nfor an old preacher that lived in the\\nneighborhood, and whom the darkles re\\nvered as something of a â\\x80\\x98witch doctorâ\\x80\\x99\\nand attempted to bribe him with whisky\\nand .jibacco to ravel the matter out. I\\nfound, however, after talking with him\\na while thait the occurrence was simp, r\\nthan I thoug-ht, a.id had its foundation in\\na happi. g t .1 \\'the plantation that\\nchanced when I was a boy, and that had\\ne-eaped my memory;\\nâ\\x80\\x9cAt that ti\\'mie the negro s were, for the\\nmost part, tiled, with religious fervor,\\nand, up ,n the whole p!a-e, there was but\\none adult that was a â\\x80\\x98sinner.â\\x80\\x99 This man,\\nhowever, was so entirely given-over to the\\nwicked that he seemed to possess a\\nfiaeclr.atlon for his godly brethren, and\\nhis popularity was unbounded. One day\\nwhile chopping cotton, and he was, as\\nusual, entertaining his companions with\\nra41ery at all holy things and with stories\\nof his own delightful shortcomings, sud\\ndenly there came directly over him a\\ncloud not larger than the hand of a man,\\nthe negroes say, and out of the cloud a\\nlightning flash that killed him with a\\nribald jest upon bis lips.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThis, itself, was considered as a\\nwarning for the wicked direct from heav\\nen, and the next day, when they came to\\nlower his body into the grave, and there\\nwas again a bolt of lightning that tore\\nthe coffin to atoms and severely shocked\\nmany of the bystanders, the negroes\\nWere terrorized, and no power could in\\nduce them to finish the interment, or,\\nsince that time, to have anything to do\\nwith the burial of anyone, as they say,\\nthat â\\x80\\x99God kills.â\\x80\\x99 â\\x80\\x9d\\nLOOKS BRIGHT.\\nNashville, Tent*., July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special.)â\\x80\\x94\\nCol, Jerome Hill, of Hill, Fountain & Co.,\\nMemphis, was here yesterday on his re\\nturn from a trip through Alabama and\\nGeorgia. In an interview with the Ban\\nner he said:\\n\"In the coal and Iron dint riots of Ala\\nbama affair-- are Inking up, a id thor is\\nrenewed activity arid 1 believe firmly that\\nBirmingham will yet become the coal and\\niron center of Am-riea. The prcduc ion\\nof step! there settles the future of that\\ncity and will largely result in the rsÂ»\\nmoval of this great industry, at least in\\npart, \\'to the south, and it is the founda\\ntion of gr at .achievements and mate ial\\nwealth for Alabama. Take it all In ail,\\nthe future of the south looks bright to\\nmo and I found that the business men of\\nthe sections l visi\\'ted look upon the mat\\nter in the same light as I do.â\\x80\\x9d\\nShillingerâ\\x80\\x99s\\naft, â\\x96\\xa0<\\nHighest Grade *\\nBavarian Beer,\\nOF.^â\\x80\\x94\\nExtra Pale Pilsener.\\nThese Peers arc making Birmingham famous,\\nfold in kegs a id bottles.\\nFamilies supplied with bottled goods.\\nTelephone 1126. augl d&a f\\nÂ« B. F. RODEN J. X. DIDLAKE J. D. HARRIS N\\n{ B. F. RODEN <Â£ CO. $\\nff Wholesale Grocers, n\\n/? 1807 First Avenue and 1806 Morris Avenue, n\\nn rosToeficeBOX no BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. $\\n#7 -AGENTS FOR\\nJQ Su/ft tf Company, Meats, Lard, Etc., Kansas City, Mo. M\\n(a R. J. Reynoldâ\\x80\\x99s Tobacco Co. Celebrated Tobaccos: Jj\\nU \"If. J. If.,â\\x80\\x9d \"SCHNAPPS\\'â\\x80\\x99 AND OTHER BRANDS U\\n4 I $1.00. Â£ J $1.00. | 4\\n1 madras shirts#Â»- j\\nâ\\x99¦> TALK OF THE TOWN. X\\nV SEE WINDOW DISPLAY.-{>â\\x99¦ (?\\ni --- WElL & BRÂ°THER>\\n^ I I 1915 and 1917 1st Ave. I â\\x99¦\\nV | P -(POTTER BLOCK) 1_\\nIt Can Last Only |\\nTwo Weeks Longer \\\\\\n| Tljtll THE ISIS WILL HAVE ; ! I\\nN S\\na ofour^-^ n\\nft ___ a\\ni S0.99 - w S2.91)\\njjj Suit Sale Pants Sale\\n^ â\\x99¦Â©â\\x99¦Â©â\\x99¦((â\\x99¦C040*tOK)Â»0*0*0+0*0>0Â»0*0>0>Cf040Â»040*0^0*OKI+0+0*0+C*<HO*OKiÂ«)>OfO W\\nt They are A fterJJs j\\n# But they canâ\\x80\\x99t catch us with such jX\\ng elegant and well-made goods as we $\\ng are selling at this sale. You know J\\n| Louis Saks, die Leader: j\\n^ Jfe /t/ioh^ f/z/s sa/e /s mac/e up of this sea- $\\nC son\\'s productions, sry/e and quality in- Â§\\neluded. Donâ\\x80\\x99t forget the two leaders. ft\\nn P \"ft\\n| |$2.99 Pants $2.99 jj\\nI LOUIS SAKS, \\'â\\x80\\x981â\\x80\\x9c;,\\'\" I\\nU Corner kst Ave.and 19th St. Corner 1st Ave. and 19th St. i)\\nit',\n",
       "  'm PROCESS OF\\n| STEEL MAKING.\\n:5: _\\n*__ r ^\\n\\' Hot It Is and Hov Converted From\\n*-â\\x96\\xa0 â\\x96º\\nPig Iron\\nâ\\x96\\xa0 â\\x96\\xa0 â\\x80\\x94\\nr P IWJ) BY HR. JAMES BOVRON\\nÂ®l (Arresting Article On a Subject Which All\\n| * Alabama and the South Is\\nInterested In.\\nilsrteel? . h-â\\x80\\x94iâ\\x80\\x94râ\\x80\\x94 i\\n4ft of people -witnessed the first\\nBteel In Birmingham last week I\\ni StraWâ\\x80\\x99 enthusiastic over It. Yet few\\n-ft* understand the processor making,\\naft eg* making, what steel really Is.\\nâ\\x80¢WHial Is eteel?â\\x80\\x9d was asked of Mr.\\n*â\\x80¢ BowTOn, of the Tennessee Coal\\nIron company, a gentleman thor\\nwwveiwavt with all products of\\ni sShea and productions therefromâ\\x80\\x94an\\nH*Marttys. __\\nM*tre)sp2\\'^ ^.ft^hcBtlon, Mr. Bawron\\n..-Jnnbrfbutert this:\\nL ^*l^nare Is no subject that has so deeply\\npifcAested the dtlzena of Birmingham\\nthe present month as the pro\\nas -.\\nâ\\x80¢o -*- - XT\\'TOOW \\'_v\\nISnotton of steel, and It ha# occurred to the\\nwriter that a short statement In popular\\nlanguage divested of abstruse technical i\\nâ\\x96\\xa0npresslans might be interesting to many\\nreaders of the State Herald.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cTo give the technical answer to the\\nquestion of the caption, steel is refined\\nIron reeeirbu.rls.ed. To give a popular\\nâ\\x80¢nswer to the question., it Is a combina\\ntion artificially produced of pure iron\\nwith carbon.\\n\"Common pig iron made every day ip\\nthis district Is r.ot, as most people may\\nsuppose, pure iron or even approximately\\npure. It contains, as a rule, 7 to g tier\\ncent, of metalloids or Impurâ\\x80\\x99ti s; tamely,\\ncarbon, silicon, â\\x80\\x99manganese, phosphorus,\\nand sulphur. All th se elements exc.pt\\nthe carbon are Injurious to steel and their !\\npresence in the steel would make it\\nworthless by reason of brittleness. It\\nis therefore necessary to remove them\\nfrom the iron. This can be done sub\\nstantially in the ordinary process of pud\\ndling or in the old-fashioned bloomery.\\nIn such cases the approximately pure\\nwrought iron produced either from the\\nFIRST RUN OF STEEL IN BIRMINGHAM.\\n\"puddling furnace or from the bloomery.\\n- could be and used to be manufactur-rd\\n- into steel by bars of the iron being Sand\\nr_wlched with charcoal and heated to\\ngether, during which process the iron ab\\nâ\\x80¢ sorbed rair!><>n from the intermediate lay\\ners of charcoal and was t\\'hus converted\\ninto stet?. As an interesting method of\\nhow â\\x80\\x98history- repeats Itself, I may draw\\nattention to the fact that tills early pro- j\\n\"... cess is that one now used for the Harvey- j\\nâ\\x96\\xa0*â\\x80\\x94ising or hardening the face of the armor\\n_plates made for the government battlr\\nships, the niokelM rl bring produced suf\\nâ\\x80¢ ftei-tuly low in carbon to admit of its be-\\'\\nâ\\x80\\x98\"\\'Ing rolled and otherwise treated for the\\nT -*haq>e3 Anally required, and the face of\\nâ\\x96\\xa0 the plate being afterwards harden .1 by\\n-v-rdieing raised to a high heat and left to\\nÂ«>1 in contact with a mass of charcoal,\\nV - which parts with ids carbon Into tb? plate,\\nâ\\x80¢ thus giving the face of the plate a glassy\\nhardness to break up the shot, and the\\n-â\\x96\\xa0* â\\x96\\xa0Jack c*f the plate toughness to hold it to\\njT gether and prevent the impact of th? can\\nT,. \"Jpon baJ? from making a crack right\\n- through the piate.\\nâ\\x80¢- -\"phe process of manufacturing steel by\\nthe cymentatlon m â\\x80\\x9cbod was obviously\\nTtoo slow and expensive, and the produc\\ntion and use of steel remained greatly\\nT restricted until the invention of Sir\\nHenry Bessemer, which made him a roar*\\nâ\\x80\\x98..-â\\x80¢f scientific reputation, of politic A.f me.\\nof personal wealth, and saved mu Id\\nmillions of dollars to the world at large\\nby enabling steel rails to he produced\\n,dÂ«o cheaply ds to supers â\\x80\\x9cd- iron rdils, and\\ntr> lead to a great reduction in the cost\\nof |ion struct lug and maintaining rall\\n\\' â\\x80\\x9cIroads and transporting passengers and\\nâ\\x80\\x9c freight. Bessemerâ\\x80\\x99s groat invention waÂ»\\nâ\\x80\\x9cT\" that of purifying melted inn by blowing\\nâ\\x80¢ â\\x80¢ ;â\\x80¢Â£\\nair through it and thus bringing parti\\ncles of oxygen in contact with every\\npart of the metalfoTds or impurities drat\\nmentioned and tpi burning them up. Ox\\nygen is performing the same invaluable\\nsi nice in the animal or min ral world,\\nh\\'rofci to jo 100 times per minute we are\\nbreathing out the air which we nave in\\nhaKd in .a ptfre \"c ndition, laden at its\\njijelt with carbonio acid, the .\\' suit of the\\ncontact qjf Oklfc P ]h our Iuces v.ith the\\npsyt laliy carbonized blood met there.\\nIn the same way this ben. fie nt agent\\nis purifying ev ry room in our house\\n\\\\vh n w- open the windows for ventila\\ntion; is purifying the streams from the\\nresult of sewerage pollution which after\\ntraveling twelve or fift in mil s along\\nthe shallow, brawling stream, bubbling\\nov* r grav 1 and obs, ructions and becom\\ning exposed to the air in spray will have\\nlost all their hurtful contents. So in\\nlike manner (the injctlon of oxygen Into\\nmolten Iron v.ill remove every impurity\\nand. hurtful cl meet. It act\\'s :;a a gr^ut\\ndivorce court, pronouncing the decrees\\nof instant separation between iron and\\nIts associated silicon or carbon, or man\\nganese or phosphorus. The Bessemer\\ninv-ntion ndfltlcd iron to be ]iurilied\\nfroth its metalloids in quantities vary\\ningiwith the sfze of the converter from 10\\ntfins or less up to thirty tons in a period\\nof 25 to 30 minutes, and this moth 1\\nbecome, and continued for years, the\\nprincipal. onefcn For the past_ljir.ee or\\nfour dirAre^-\\'iuovâ\\x80\\x94e\\'nâ\\x80\\x9dthe open hearth\\nâ\\x96\\xa0process has been overtaking the Besse\\nmer fqr two reasons:\\n1st. The superior quality of its pro\\nduct. . i I\\n2d. TbÂ» gradual disappearance in the\\ndiffer nee of the cost of the\\'two meth\\nods. . Tfie open hearth process consists\\nIff mMtlng the iron in a large, shallow\\nfurnace or dish, the size of which may\\nvary .from five tons to 100 tons content.\\nThe oxidation- of the metalloids is ef\\nfected In the open hearth process not\\nby blowing the oxygen through the mass\\nas in Bessemeripractioâ\\x80\\x99, but by introdu\\ncing oxide of iron in the shape of iron\\nqre. The metallic part of the iron ore\\nadds hitself to the molten iron in the\\nbatli .and the oxygen goes to work in its\\nusual energetic way in capturing what\\never stray carbon, silicon or phosphorus\\nIt may find lying around loose and car\\nrying the same\\'to l hi- surface by reason\\nof the lower specific gravity which the\\noxidized method possesses. It is this pro\\ncess that has been adopted by the Bir\\nmingham Rolling Mill company, with\\nsuch important results to the present\\nand future business interests of Phis\\ngrowing and Important city.\\n\"The iron manufactured at the other\\nside of the railroad track at the Alice\\nfurnace-ds\\'-pdled into the open hearth fur\\nnace and melted there. A sufficient\\nafmbunit of oxide of iron is fed into the\\nfurnace to cut loose the Impurities and a\\nsufficient amount of free or loose lime is\\nalso enlarged, the purooae of which is to\\nafford a safe house or retreat for those\\nenemies when driven out of the\\niron. The proverb recommend* the bu.\\'d\\ning of a golden bridge for the fleeing\\nâ\\x96\\xa0enemy. There is no fear of the carbon\\ncoining buck when it is expelled from the\\nIron, as it is turned kilo gas and passes\\n-off by combustion., but the silicon and\\nphosphorus which are dislodged by the\\noxygen would .fust as easiliy in the ebulli\\ntion of tlhe boiling roe La\" recombine with\\nparticles of iron but for .the safe home\\nwhich is afforded to thorn by the lime\\nfloating on top: the combinations of silb\\ncafe of lime and of phosphate of lime be\\ning sufficiently stable to neshtt the effects\\nof the boiling and bubbling in the fur\\nnace. Arad so the process goes ori, until\\nat \\'the end of a .sufficient period of time\\nthe experienced eye of the meltcr, judg\\ning by the granulation of a small sam\\nple of Steel as drawn by a ladle from the\\nfurnace, quenched in water, and broken\\n~x~-tt--1â\\x80\\x94- â\\x96\\xa0 â\\x96\\xa0\\' *\\' \\'â\\x96\\xa0 . ~-s~â\\x80\\x94... -g i J\\nwith a hammer, decides that the metal\\nhas beien thoroughly purified, and he-has\\nthen at his command a large quantity of\\npure soft steel ready to be tapped out\\nthrough the trough into the ladle and\\npotlred ini to Ingots or slabs ready to be\\nconveyed away Into the rolling mill for\\nthe production of plates, oottoti ties, wire\\nor other Shapes as required by the mar\\nket. If It should be desired to make toll\\n-or tool steel out of this soft steel, it le ac\\ncomplish eat by adding in the ladle, before\\nadmitting the steel, an exact quantity of\\nrarbon so weighed ar.d calculated as to\\ntv.arbonlse the metal and bring back\\nagain just (he degree of hardness that\\nmay have been itaslred\\nJAMES BOWRON.\\nTWELVE HOURS SUFFICIENT,\\nIt is a reasonable regulation of a nail\\nroad company to keep Its station op n\\nonly from 7 oâ\\x80\\x99eloek In the morning to 7\\no\\'clock a.t night In a village In which\\nthere are but fifty Inhabitants? This\\nquestion has just been answered tin the\\naffirmative in th courts of ludiana\\'at\\ncircuit and upon, appeal!. A passenger\\nhad bought a return ticket, which he was\\nrequired to have stamped at such a sta\\ntion\\' before It would be receivable for his\\nhomeward trip. He neglected to apply at\\nthe station for this purpose until after 7\\np. in.. When t)he office had been closed for\\nthe day, and bp Insisted that under these\\ncircumstances the conductor wrs bound\\nto accept his ticket unstamped, as it was\\nunreasonable mot to keep the s aflon open,\\nlonger. The counts, however, v.-ere\\nunanimous at the opinion that twelve\\nhours a day afforded the passenger an\\niinude opportunity to present h4s ticket,\\nand that the railroad could pot be requir\\ned . to keep Vlb station at auoh a. village\\nopen day and nightâ\\x80\\x94Now, York Sun.\\n, v~-.. t. -v -v-ilaâ\\x80\\x99ift\\nIN THE RAILROAD WORLD\\nSouthern Roads Are Hauling\"\\nMore Freight, but\\nEARNINGS NOT SO GREAT\\nCondition of Alabama Railroads-Matters of\\nInterest to Stockholders and shipcersâ\\x80\\x94\\nAre Rates Too High cr Too Low?\\nBy FBA.NK WELDON.\\nFrom a railroad point of view there arc*\\ntraffic signs of a business revival. They\\ndo not point to a free, unlimited ar.d in\\ndependent prosperity, but simply to betttr\\ntimeer. Every one who predicts, give3 as\\nthe reason for the faith that is in him\\nthe fact that-the farmers have fine crops\\nthis year. lrr the v/rrt, the wheat and\\ncorn fields have yielded their full one hun\\ndred fold. In th* touth, the cotton crop\\nwill be enormous.\\nBasing their, hope on these conditions,\\nthe interior merchants have ordered more\\ngoods than ever before of the merchants\\nat the jobbing centers, and these mer\\nchants have, in turn, bought heavily, or\\narc preparing to buy heavily, of the eant\\nfT-fy ^talers and manufacture\". \\'\\nRailway managers keep their fingers on\\nthe commercial pulse all the time. They\\narc not like a doctor, who comes cnce a\\nday and f ete his patientâ\\x80\\x99s pulse and looks\\nat his tongue, and then go off and\\ncharge him two dollars. Your railway\\nmanager keeps his fingers cm th?- public\\nwrist and looks Into its trade mouth every\\nhour of the day every day In the year. The\\nfingers of a railroad management are the\\nsoliciting and commercial agents. These\\nfingers are always outstretched, ready to\\nclose around any business which they can\\nhold. These fingers and eyes tel! the\\nbrains up at the general officer that the\\nj countryâ\\x80\\x99s commercial system is toning up.\\nHealth and strength are coming back. Tho\\nbody has had a long spell of sickness. It\\nwas very feeble for three or four years\\nand a. general collapse was imminent. It\\nhad many doctors of various schools. All\\nof them prescribed and the victimâ\\x80\\x94I mean\\nthe patientâ\\x80\\x94steadily grew worse. But now\\ncongress lias adjourned, and the sick man\\nhas decided to get well himself.\\nTh-crc is no interest in this country which\\nneeds a business revival more than our\\nrailroads. The lines in the south have\\njust about .held their own the past year.\\nThey economized in every way, and in\\nspite of decreased revenue, most of them\\nshow a small increase in net earnings.\\nThis, however, was too often made at the\\nexpenev* of the physical condition of tho\\nproperties, and where one dollar Is saved\\nin that way now. two will have to be ex\\npended eventually.\\nThe Gross Earnings\\nThe Southern railwayâ\\x80\\x99s gross earnings\\nfor the year ending June 30, 1897, were\\n$167,000 lc-ss than in the previous year, but\\nthe expense* were cut down so that the\\nsystem showed a net ga. 1 of $188,000 for\\nthe last year over 1896. I have not the\\nLouisville and Nashvilleâ\\x80\\x99s figures at hand,\\nbut my impression is that tliere was a\\ngain in the gross as well as in the net\\nThe Central of Georgia, which is partly an\\nAlabama system, made a small increase\\nin its not, although the gross earnings\\n| were off from the previous year. The Ala\\nbama Great Southern lost $28,546 in gross\\ni earnings for the year, but gained $1,624 in\\nits net.\\nSo\" the statistics show that the trans\\nportation companies just about held their\\nown. So far as I have seen, no southern\\nrail line either made or lost much money\\nduring the past fiscal year. Now the man\\nagers are feeling better over the prospect\\nof a year coming in which they can partly\\nrecoup their past losses. The Indications\\nare that they will get an Increased vol\\nume of traffic. But will they make any\\nmore money out of It? That depends part\\nly on the roads themselves and partly on\\nthe rttte-making powers over which they\\nhave n-o control. In Georgia and the Caro\\nlines agitators are trying to have the\\nrates reduced by the commissions. It Is\\nsignificant that these movements against\\nthe earnings spring from politicians and\\nj others who have an income contingent\\nupon a warfare against the roads. In\\nNorth .Carolina, the fight recently made\\nwas notoriously prompted by the politi\\ncians. In South Carolina, there is po4i- j\\ntics behind much of the agitation, and in\\nGeorgia there is some politics and some\\nother things. The Georgia commission will\\ntake up next Wednesday an application\\nfor a reduction of 25 per cent in cotton\\nrates. The head pushers in the agitation\\nare neither farmers nor consumers. They j\\nare not gven shippers of cotton, and so far !\\nas I know they never were. The middle\\nmen are giving the movement what hack\\ning it has. Lost spring an application\\nwas. made for a general reduction of all\\nrates in Georgia, and the hostility which\\ndeveloped broke off a deal which was o<n\\nfor the purchase of a railroad by Nc*w\\nYork capitalists who had plans for invest\\ning a large sum of money in the state.\\nThey looked into the situation and became\\nalarmed. Later the state railroad com\\nmission declined to grant the petition, but\\nIt was then too late to save the deal, which\\nhad been called off.\\nThe New Alabama Railroad\\nW. M. Mitchell is trying to raise sub\\nscriptions for a rpad to extend from At\\nlanta to Selma, with the hope of continuing\\nit on to New Orleans some day. Every\\nwhere he goes he is met with the objection\\nthat the commissions or the legisla\\ntures are liable to do something which\\nwill hurt a railroad investment. This has\\nnot been the disposition of the commis\\nsionsâ\\x80\\x94certainly not of lateâ\\x80\\x94but the con\\ntinual warfare on the roads deters local\\ninvestments, and if the home people will\\nnot subscribe for a new line through vir\\ngin territory, it cannot be expected that\\nNew York or foreign capital will take hold\\nof such a project. The people as a mass\\nare not hostile to tlw roads, but there are\\nalways some individuals who hope to profit\\nby the agitation for lower rates or greater\\nrestrictions on transportation lines.\\nMore Tonnage, Less Profits.\\nThey do no* take into account the fact\\nthat natural competition is steadily bring\\ning rates down. It is a fact .that while\\nthe railroads of tho United States are\\nhandling a larger tonnage than â\\x80\\x99they did a\\nfew years ago, they are making less money.\\nThey are in the position of a I merchant\\nwho does one-third more business, but\\nmakes less money on it year after y^ar.\\nIn 1895 the income of all the railroads in\\nthe United States fell \\'off $50,000,000 fi^om\\nthe year before. In 1896 they lost $50,601000\\nmore. There was a decrease of $l00,0o),000\\nin .two years. In 1S88 the railroads of the\\ncountry averaged 1 cent per ton for mile\\nfor freight. A drayman would charge from\\n50 cents to $1 for hauling a ton a mile. In\\nUP) the roods received only 8 2-5 mills for\\nhauling a ton a mile. For the past year\\nthe rates ha.ve averaged scarcely more\\nthan 8 mills. There has been a fall of 20\\nper cent in rates in \\'the last nine yea^s and\\nof 50 per cent in the last 20 years. This\\nis not guess work, but is clearly shewn by\\nthe statistics of the interstate commerce\\ncommission.\\nWhile the price of about everything ex\\ncept gold has shrunk, the price of transpor\\ntation bos declined factor than the aver\\nage commodity. One pound of cotton will\\nf ay for hauling a bale1 of cotton os far as\\nt ever would, if not a greater distance.\\nWhile 4t .takes two bales of cotton to pay\\nthe debts which one would have paid a\\nfew years book, the railroads have to haul\\nthree bates to make a* much not revenue\\n\"t v. - J &Jf\\': â\\x96\\xa0â\\x96\\xa0â\\x96\\xa0tM-V\\n.as they obtafnci from hauling one bale\\n-ten cr fifteen yt iraagc. The coat of haul\\nfag hr.. r.*ot fatten*\\'p.t the came-relative\\n.pace with tKc dc-din.* in ratts. While the\\nâ\\x80¢ntcreet which the .railroads ljgv<vIQpay\\nHas btcn decreased iby refunding their\\n-dt|bts. they have lest thirty dollars in reve\\nnue where thfy have Laved oue dollar In\\ninterest charge. It would taka three times\\naa much buVIner-* now to pay off these\\nmortgages as would have been required in\\nl&i).\\nTax Valuations\\nWith the exception of the mines, fur\\nnaces and cotton factories, Alabamaâ\\x80\\x99s rall\\nrc ads have mad? a greater percentage on\\nincrease In their tax valuations than any\\nother important Interest in the state. Ala\\nbamaâ\\x80\\x99s raâ\\x80\\x99lroacls were returned this year\\nfor taxation at $15.iei,C0O. Twenty years\\nago they we re probably returned at $lo,00;>,\\nOR Georgiaâ\\x80\\x99s railroads were returned for\\n^9,00*3,COC1 in 1870, and now they arc returned\\nat $43,1190.000. There his bren a gain of\\n$34,OCQ,OCO in elghtc<n years, or 475 per cent.\\nGeorgiaâ\\x80\\x99s farms were taxed at $90,000,000\\nin P79, and thi3 year they will be taxed at\\n$120,000,000. They i how an Increase of only\\n33 1-3 per cfnt In valuation The railroads\\nhave increased in value- fourteen times\\nfuster than the agricultural landÂ©. Geor\\ngiaâ\\x80\\x99s railroads are pf-ying about cne-tenth\\nof the total tax. The roads In other south\\nern states pay in about the same propor\\ntion.\\nCl os 3 to the Wind.\\nAll the railroads in the south are sailing\\nclose to th wind. They are just making\\na bare living and that is allâ\\x80\\x94just paying\\nfixed charge, (and operating expenses.\\nThere la nothing left over to be distributed\\namong the stockholders. And yet the\\nreads In the Gi-orgla-Alabama group are\\nmxt\\'to the lowest in point of capitalization\\nper mile In the United States. Our group\\nof states includes Alabama, Georgia, Flor\\nida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.\\nThis is the classification of the interstate\\necmir.eree comini&sicn. Taking everything,\\nbond\", itnu tâ\\x80\\x99cauTig nVu^ -d^oKs. the\\ncapitalization of cur road9 averages $45.\\n76H per mile, and 86 per cent of these paid\\nno dividend on their stock in 18H5. The\\nstatistics hdvc not been compiled olTicially\\nfer the last i< wo years, but it is safe to ray\\nthat the non dividend-paying roads in the\\nsouth have not decreased in number. The\\nrailroadn in New York, Pennsylvania, New\\nJersey, Delaware and Maryland are capi\\ntalized at *120,192 per mile, and fifty per\\ncent of them pay dividends. On a basic of\\n$45,COO a mile, there would be dividends for\\nall the roads up there, but if our roads\\nwere capitalized at $120,000 a mile, there\\nwould be no dividends for any, and not\\neven all the bonds would pay interest.\\nWe hear aj great deal about our railroads\\nbeing ov*r capitalized. If this were true,\\nit could not 1>Â© charged that they were\\npaying dividends on watered stock. This\\ncharge is often made, but It is erroneous.\\nThe roads are nc-t doing it. They arf not\\npaying intcnfpt on $20,000 a mile as a rule.\\nAs a matter of fact, the railroads in the\\nscuth could not be replaced for $15,000 a\\nmile, with their valuable terminals, rights\\nof way into and through the towns and\\ncities, with tbcdr Iron and steel bridges,\\nheavy stc ?I rails, large and powerful en\\ngines and elegant cars. We have railroads\\nwhich are really worth 25 per cent more\\nthan the Â«tock and bonds outstanding\\nagainst them.\\nAbout Watered Btcck.\\nLet us examine the charge that the peo\\nple are being taxed to pay interest on wa\\ntered stock. One of the railroads against\\nwhich this charge is made is the Central\\nRailway of Georgia, which penetrates Ala\\nbama. This system is capitalized at $33,\\n333 per mile in round numbers. Of this,\\nper mile is a funded debt, on which\\nit has lo pay interest or go Into a receiver\\nship. Well, it Is just making that interest,\\nand neither the Income* bonds nor the com\\nmon stock is paying a cent. Could the\\nCentral be replaced for $50,000,000? Well,\\nhaia.y. 1 heaid Jay Gould say once, after\\nlooking over the system, that its wharves\\nalone at Savannah were worth $7,000,000.\\nThen figure in the terminals at Birming\\nham, Columbus, Atlanta, Macon, Augusta\\nand the other cities which it touches, and\\ncount the tracks, equipment and fran\\nchises.\\nTake the Southern railway, and we find\\nthat its average bonded debt is about $19,\\n000 per mile in Georgia and Alabama. The\\naverage bonded debt of all reads in the\\nUnited States is $31,048 per mile, and the\\naverage in the Alabama group is $23,153\\nper mile. Certainly no on? will maintain\\nthat the Southernâ\\x80\\x99s lines in Alabahia, with\\ntheir terminals, rights of way, franchises\\nand equipment could be replaced for $19,\\n000 per mile or for anything like that sum.\\nThe same mileage now- operated by the\\nSouthern svsteni earned $290,000 more in\\nV.m than in IS.%- This was a loss of 11 per\\ncent in gross earnings, despite the fact\\nthat the system handled 3 per cent more\\nbusiness in 189Â© than in 1891. There was a\\nloss of 15 per cent in net earnings between\\n1891 and 1890, and the percentage of loss\\nwas greater for the year ending June 30,\\n1897. The average rate per ton per mile\\non the Southern railway system In 1891 was\\n1U cents, or 11G mills. In 1896 it was one\\nmill and a half lower, or a decline of 13.G\\nper cent in five years. The Southern is. not\\npaying a cent of interest on its stock, but\\nthe stockholders have paid an assessment\\nof $10 a share out of their own pockets into\\nthe treasury.\\nRates are falling all the time through\\nthe forces of natural competition, and they\\nare falling so rapidly that the time is com\\ning when all the roads will be in receiver\\nships again unless this downward ten\\ndency can be* arrested.\\nLast year the Southern railway paid\\n$584,061 taxes in eight states. That was an\\ninen-ase of $93,000 in five years. This is on\\npractically the same mileage, tod. So while\\nâ\\x99¦ he earning power Is decreasing, the ex\\npenses are gro-wing.\\nThe Plant system is another which runs\\nthrough l>oth Alabama and Georgia. Its\\nbonded debt in Georgia is $15,663 per mile,\\nand the property cost $25,000 per mile. This\\nsystem actually lost $86,000 !<ast year by\\noperating Its Georgia lines, and my recol\\nlection is that the Alabama division did\\nnot make much more than operating ex\\npenses\\nThe Georgia and Alabama had a deficit\\nin 1896 of $02,196 in Its interest account, to\\nsay nothing of its stock.\\nThe gross earnings of the Alabama Great\\nSouthern for the year ending June 30 hist\\nâ\\x80¢were $28,546.85 less than In the previous\\nyear.\\nCannot Stand Reduced Rates.\\nThe Southern roads cannot stand reduc\\ntions in rates. They are just making ex\\npenses and interest on their bonds. They\\nhave the lowest rates now in the world,\\nconsidering the population along their line.\\nThe North Carolina commission refused to\\nreduce cotton rates because the roads\\ncould not stand a loss in revenue. No\\nmore can the roads in Georgia stand a re\\nduction in rates on cotton. And It happens\\nthat the North Carolina rates are almost\\nidentically the same as the Georgia rates.\\nIf the commissions protect the roads,\\nâ\\x80¢they will be able to get along very well\\nthe coming year, If they do not get to\\nfighting among themselves. Every road Is\\na free lance now. There are no agree\\nments to maintain rates, and if one road\\ngoes to cutting the others have to follow\\nsuit in self defense. They have a situation\\nto face among themselves. The managers\\nrealize its gravity and are trying to Im\\npress upon each other the necessity for\\nconservative methods. General demoraliza\\ntion would be as ruinous as an order from\\nthe commissions to reduce rates. In a\\nwar. the small or weak lines usually got\\nthe bos* of it for a time, at least. If the\\ncutting gets deep, the little fellows cannot\\nstand a loss so long as the larger systems\\ncan stand it, but they manage to pick up\\na good many dollars in one way or another\\nwhich otherwise they would never get their\\nhands on.\\nThe leading managers of southern rail\\nroad properties Fay that rates will b? sta\\nble. and that if the commissions will not\\noppress them, they will be able to pull\\nthrough another year in satisfactory shape.\\nAll thev aÂ»k is to be allowed to shareâ\\x80\\x99in th.*\\nhotter times along with the farmers, mer\\nchants and manufacturers. â\\x80\\x98\\nTheir prayer to the commissions is like\\nthe one* put up by the man who was fight\\ning the bear â\\x80\\x9cOh. Lord, if you arÂ° noâ\\x80\\x98t\\ngoing to help me in this fight, pleas donâ\\x80\\x99t\\nturn agin me.â\\x80\\x9d\\nIf the roads are left free-handed they\\nwill work out of the financial depression\\nalong with other IndustrieÂ®, and when the\\nfarmers and the railroads are prosperous,\\ntimes are good all over the country.\\nKINDNESS REMEMBERED.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cJohn,â\\x80\\x9d she said thoughtfully, â\\x80\\x9ctomor\\n,row ts the birthday of that little Jones\\nboy next door.â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"What of It?â\\x80\\x9d he demanded.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cOh, nothing much,\" she replied; â\\x80\\x9con\\nly I happen d to recall that Mr. Jones\\ngave our Willie a drum on his birthday.\"\\n\"Well, do you think I feel under any\\nobligations to him for that?â\\x80\\x9d he aslted\\nIrritably. â\\x80\\x9cIf you do you are mistaken.\\nIf I owe him anything It\\'s a grudge.\"\\nâ\\x80\\x9cOf course,\" she answered sweetly.\\n\"Thatâ\\x80\\x99s why I thought that perhaps you\\nmight want to give the Jones boy a big\\nbrass trumpet\"â\\x80\\x94Chicago Post\\nrr\\nTHE ALABAMA_GOLD MINES\\nSeveral Now in Operation and\\nNew Ones Opening.\\nAN EXPERT-ON THE SUBJECT\\nâ\\x80\\x99 he Yellow Veins and Pockets Which Are Being\\nI\\nDeveloped in the Stateâ\\x80\\x94Some Inter\\nesting Gossip Bboirt Mines.\\nAlaska has gold. * \\'i uâ\\x80\\x99 i\\' â\\x80\\x99\"Cf\\nAlabama has gold, too.\\nAlaska is loe bound nine months In\\nthe year.\\nAlabamians never suffer from cold, the\\nfruits grow and the\\'flowers blossom from\\nJanuary to December.\\nIâ\\x80\\x99e\"ple are flocking to Alaska, many\\nto starve, others to grow rich. In no\\nother country in the world could gold be |\\nsaved under similar climatic conditions,\\nbut experts say the mines of the Klon\\ndyke regions will yield millions.\\nKlondyke is said to have originated\\nfrom the old Indian word Trondak, which\\nis inteipreted \"A land of flsh.â\\x80\\x9d\\nAlabama\\'s wealth does not lay in one\\nsource. She is a state of minerals. Gold,\\niron, coal and copper abound in her ap\\nparently worthless vermilKon hills. Her\\niron and coal have been developed and\\nas far back as 1845 mines were operated\\nprofitably in Cleburne, Clay. Tallapoosa\\nand other counties.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cGold is still being mined, but we can\\nnot hope to rival the west with her vast\\nfields of ore, on account of the dlsadvan- I\\ntagcs we must overcome In saving the\\nmetal.\"\\nThis statement was made by Mr. J,\\nWinston Smith, whose blood quickens\\nnt th/e mention of a gold mine, Just as the\\nBportsmaJn starts at the yelp of the hound\\nwhen ha hits the itnali.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cGold mines were operated in Alabama\\nat a profit betw en he years 1845 and 1849.\\nMany of these mines are being operated\\nnow. Probably the most valuable prop\\nerly in the state is the Stone Hill cot: m\\ncopper mine, which saw Its palmy days\\nbetween the yearstl873 and 1876. During\\nthese years large quantities of black\\noxide was shipped to the Pope-Cole com\\npany, Baltimore, Mdâ\\x80\\x9e at a big profit.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cAfterwards It was undertaken to smelt\\nthe copper arid furnaoets wefle ererited, hut\\non eocoumt of tlhe Inaccessibility to coke\\nand limerock foir a flux, smelting proved\\na failure, and alt this time copper also\\nbegan: to decline In value.\\nWhen/ Mr. Smi\\'ilh was found a>t his office\\nho was explaining some specimens of or at\\njviore Exp-nÂ» ve\\nâ\\x80\\x9cYou can readily comprehend our dis\\nadvantages,\" continued the geirtlemaint\\nâ\\x80\\x9cwhem I explain further. Thb gold of this\\nwest iÂ« not mixed in with Iron pyrites, ad\\nIt la In this section. The gold of the west\\nis saved by tlhe free milling process, while\\nwe are forced1 to a moire expansive pnooias\\nâ\\x80\\x98â\\x80\\x99About threw yeans ago \\'Mr. W. D. Det\\nniek, of Heflin, secured a lease and option\\non the property, and has been, operating\\nit since, chipping title ore to Newark, N.\\nJ.. for treatment, which .ha claUnjs.ls done\\nait coinsIdicna\\'ble proflit, not withstanding It\\ncqpts him $4 p ir ton Bo gdt it to the near\\nest railroad station. He gets a reburn of\\ngold, copper ainid silver, the ore carrying\\nall these nuetials in considerable quaÂ®ti\\ntles. When R. J. Wood shipped are be\\ntween 1873 aired 1876 he got a return foir\\nonly tifie copper contained In, the ora,\\'*\\nMills Now in Operation.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cDo tlhe mills yet run at a profit? Yes,\\nseveral mines are now in operation that\\nyield a profit. A mill is running at Pime\\ntuqky, ir.i Randolph county. The Ivey\\nmine in Clay county is turning out ihs\\nprecious metal, and the Idaho mine, be\\ning operated by the Huntington mills, is\\nin operatic,lit, The Piinletucky ore is in a\\nBinall vein, but of a vory high grade. In\\nClay county \\'tlhe ore iB found to large\\nquantities, but is of a Ibw grade.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cAre lands yielding a large quanJttty\\nof ore, even though cf a low grade, pre\\nferable to investors?\" inquired the re\\nporter.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThis is always the cast.\\'\\' answered Mr.\\nSmith. â\\x80\\x9cA low grad* ore containing\\ngold regularly is the most profitable.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cIn the summer of 1895 much enthusi\\nasm was created by the finding of 510.QOO\\nin two packets at â\\x80\\x98the Arbacooehe* mines\\nin Cleburne county. These rich pockets\\nhave been found at Intervals since 1849,\\nbut the mine is doing little for its owners\\nnow.â\\x80\\x9d\\nSuspended for Improvements.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThere is a fifteen stamp and on eight\\nstamp mill In operation a\\'t Susanna,\\nmines In Tallapoosa county. Operation*\\nhave, however, been suspended until! con\\ncentrators can \\'be put in. This will be\\ndone in order to save what is termed re\\nbellious gold.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cDevelopments are also being made on\\nthe Houston-Wise property in Cleburne\\ncounty. The shaft has been run down\\n135 feet and the operators report that\\nthey are satisfied with results so Par, al\\nthough sn machinery boa been, put in\\nfor reducing the gold.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cWhait do I think about Alaska?\\nThere is big money in Alaska for some\\nbody and lots of disappointments in s.oro\\nfor otb- rs. There will \\'hardly he- a whale\\nsale influx of gold hunters to Alaska, but\\nit is safe to say mills wtil be c per,it d to\\nadvantage for many years.\"\\nRUSSIAâ\\x80\\x99S BIG PIPE LINE,\\nThe hundred-mile pipe line of the Na\\ntural Gas company, of Pittsburg, Is at\\npresent the longest in the world, but a\\nline is building in the Caucasus from\\nMichailove to Ratoum. which is 214 Rus\\nsian verst, or almost 150 miles long. It\\nwill be finished within a few weeks, and\\nits estimated cost will exceed 5,000.000\\nrubles (53,000,000.)\\nENDORSED BY PHY\\nSICIANS.\\nFor medicinal purposes try\\na bottle of Win. Wiseâ\\x80\\x99s famous\\nJ. Morton Rye, six years old;\\nfull quarts for 75c; quality\\nguaranted. 2Q9-21I 19th St.\\nPhone 544.\\n*8 \\' ~ >\\nEXTREMES\\nPresented by the Grades of Two North Carolina i\\nRailroads.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0 - 1\\n\"For Its length the champion railroad lra\\nthis country for tunnels, s eep giades,\\nlofty trestles and sharp curves,\" -aid m\\nrailroad builder, \"is tbs Cranberry rail\\nroad, which extends from Johnson City.\\nTerm., to the Cranberry iron mines im\\nNorth Carolina, a distance of thlr\\'.y-fivo\\nmiles. It runs through a region of m >un\\ntains, ravines and swift, crooked streams. 1\\nThere are six long tunnels, cut througr*!\\nsolid rock, and a score or mor^of trcstba\\nspanning deep, wide gorges, some of th> rrt;\\nat a height of nearly 200 feet above tin*\\nbol.itoms of (the chasms. Grades of 150 feet\\nto the mile ar- common. The road waa\\nâ\\x80¢begun as a standard gauge road, bu 1ft\\'\\nwas found Impossible to build it of that\\ngauge owing to the heavy grades and tha\\nsharp curves, some of which ilnTJsa\\ndouble on themselves, and it was change-!*\\nto a narrow gauge. Even then it cosh\\nover Ji.0,000 a mil to build.\\n\"While the Cranberry railroad is per\\nhaps the crooked.s, and steepest railroad\\nof its kind in the country, another Nor Lh\\nCarolina road is the straigh-test and ino^t\\nâ\\x80\\x98Pvel. This is .the Carolina Central, part\\no\\' the Seaboard Air Litre system, which\\nfor 125 miles has not the sltgh est curve\\nnor as much as a foot of cutting, with na\\ngtade as much as a footâ\\x80\\x98to the mile.â\\x80\\x94New)\\nYork Sun.__\\nGladness Comes\\nWith a better understanding of the\\ntransient nature of the many phys\\nical ills, which vanish before proper ef\\nfortsâ\\x80\\x94gentle effortsâ\\x80\\x94pleasant effortsâ\\x80\\x94\\nrightly directed- There is comfort in\\nthe knowledge, that so many forms of\\nsickness are not due to any actual dis\\nease, but simply to a constipated condi\\ntion of the system, which the pleasnnt\\nfamily laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt\\nly removes. That is why it is the only\\nremedy with millionsef families, andia\\neverywhere esteemed so highly by all\\nwho value good,health. Its bejiencial\\neffects are due to the fact, that it is the\\none remedy whloh promotes internal\\ncleanliness without debilitating the\\norgans on which it acts. It is therefore\\nall important, in order to get its bene\\nficial effects, to note when you pur\\nchase, that you have the genuine arti\\ncle, which is manufactured by the Cali\\nfornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by\\nall reputable druggists.\\nIf in the enjoyment of good health,\\nand the system Is regular, laxatives oi\\nother remedies are then not needed. II\\nafflicted with any actual disease, one\\nmay be commended to the most skillful\\nphysicians, but if In need of a laxative,\\none should have the befit, ana with the\\nwell-lnforined everywhere, Syrup ol\\nFigs stands highest dud to most largely\\nused and gives mest gerftvrsd eatisfaoua&\\nHRMINGHMRJHDUSTHE&\\nPatronize Home Industries am}\\nBuild Up Birmingham, 1\\nBaskets and Butter Trays.\\nBates manufacturing co.. monol\\nfactum split baskets, wire end buttS\\ntrays, 1702 First avenue. \\'Phone 212.\\n__ Boiler Works, y jJ\\nBIRMI t^IAlT^OTLER^OnK8?,rnai2^\\nufacturers or all klnd9 of boilers, furtfl\\nacep and. sheet-iron Work. Get their prtoaf\\nbefore plAo\\'.ng yopr order. Office aria\\nworks, 24th st., avenue- A and Powell awr\\nenue. â\\x80\\x99Phone 1132. Repair work promplla t\\nattended to. j\\nBridge and Boiler Works. Jsj\\n~~ â\\x80\\x99~l â\\x80\\x94 i â\\x80\\x94 â\\x80\\x94 â\\x80\\x94 â\\x80\\x94 â\\x80\\x94 ~ ~ ~ â\\x80\\x94 â\\x80\\x94 â\\x80\\x94 i - - - - i~i â\\x80\\x94> ruraM\\nAlabama bridge and boiler\\nWORKS, W. M. Nalls, J. H. McCune.\\nproprietors. Avenue A and Twenty-second\\nstreet Structural work, furnaces, boileri\\nbridges. ^\\nBrass and Bronze Foundry.\\nTHE O. L. ANDERSON CO., (limited),\\nbrass and brcmse foundry, corner Twen\\nty-fourth street and First avenue. Bolling\\nmill and blast furnace work a specialty.\\n\\'Phone, 882.\\nBridge and Structural Work,\\nC OUTHERN BRIDGE CO., B. H. Harda\\nO way Prest.; B. O. Watkins, Vlce-Prest.i\\nW. R. Btarbuck, Seeâ\\x80\\x99y and Treas,: manu\\nfacturers and builders iron and steel struct\\nural work. Highway bridges a specialty.\\nBrooms and Alabama Rolled Oats.\\nMâ\\x80\\x99MILLAN-LEE CO., manufacturers of\\nbrooms and packers of Alabama rolled\\noats. 2106-7 Morris avenue.\\nCotton-Seed Mill. *\\nPERRYMAN & CO., manufacturers of the\\nEnterprise cot\\'on seed mill, dealers in\\npulleys, belting^ and mill supplies. 172S\\nFirst avenue.\\nEngines and Foundry Work,\\nHARDIE-TYMES FOUNDRY AND MA\\nCHINE CO., manufacturers of engines,\\nboilers and mining machinery, furnace\\nwork, all kinds castings and repair work.\\nFirst avenue and Twenty-sixth street.\\nFounders and Machinists.\\nHOOD MACHINE CO., founders and ma\\nchinists, repairers of machinery. Heavy\\ni forgings, car wheels and axles of all kinds.\\nI Builders of electric locomotives. First\\navenue and Fifteenth street. â\\x80\\x99Phone.^OD.\\nWILLIAMSON IRON CO., foundry, ma,\\nchine and boiler shop. First avenue and\\nFifteenth street. â\\x80\\x99Phone, 208.\\n:___\"-tL-:_a\\nHarness and Saddlery Maker.\\nAC. RECKLING, manufacturer of HaÂ»\\n. ness and Saddlery. Buggy trimming\\ndone to order. 215 19th St. â\\x80\\x99Phone 206.\\nA> CHOIlXiiM\\nUuttod States Mall Steamships\\nBail from New York Evory Saturday lot\\nGlasgow via Londonderry.\\nR.Mes lor Saloon Peas n.geâ\\x80\\x94City of Hornet\\n$7.Â»; other steamers, $5(Â». Second Cabin-*\\nHome, $12.50; Fttrnesbia, *57.80; other\\nFÂ»tf limits, $35. Steerage Passageâ\\x80\\x94 Roraei\\n$25.80; ruinesala, $24;50; other ateattef^\\n$23.50. l or new illustrated Book of Tour*\\nand inrtlier Inâ\\x80\\x99orwatlon. apply to\\nHKNDIIVON BROTHERS,,\\n( moral Agent*. 7 Bowling Green, N. x;; 0#\\nCK v. JO:â\\x80¢ NSTON,Agent, JJnion Depot, off\\n!? k \\\\ u v H \\'UPi , 18 J4 First Avenue, Btrmln^.\\n4 i t *: \\\\ia- inly',\n",
       "  '1N THE SOCIAL WORM). j\\nâ\\x80\\x98 ^mwuuwwwvjuwuuvvuj,\\nÂ«a By MBS. GEORGE C. BALD. |\\nX/VAAA/lA/lAAAAAAAAAAAfVu\\n(There Is but little transpiring In the\\nsocial worM, now that the summer sol\\nstice is upon us, with its enervating ten\\nderness.\\nEverybody Is intent upon keeping as\\ncool, and serene as possible, and awaits\\nthe coming of the health-giving Autumn\\nbreezes, before indulging in any pursuit,\\nâ\\x80¢or pleasure, that requires an especial\\nexpenditure of physical or mental en\\nergy.\\nMany people are out of town, at the\\nvarious resorts, amid the mountains, or\\non the seashoreâ\\x80\\x94but the great majority\\nof our citizens ars making themselves\\ncomfortable in their own homes, situated\\non the wide streets, or upon the pic\\nturesque Highlands.\\nThe summer girl is in her glory just\\nat present, in her jaunty bicycle suit, her\\ntrim shirt walst-costume, and her dainty\\norgandies, which seem to have caught,\\nthe spirit of summer, in its airy meshes.\\nBut there is something for the summer\\ngirl to do, besides the wearing of pretty\\n- and becoming toilettes. She has her\\nmission in life just as has all of her\\nwoman kind, and that mission need not\\nlessen one c f her pleasures, nor curtail\\none of her privileges.\\nWhether she remains at home, or jour\\nneys away to the seashore, or mountain,\\nor crosses the broad Atlantic, to combine\\ntftudy wQth \\'travel, she con carry about\\nwith: iter the sweetness of noble woman\\nhood, and with an elevated femininity\\nmake every sphere that she enters,\\nbrighter and happier for her presence.\\nBy her sunny nature she can carry itno\\nmany darkened lives sweetness and\\nlight, and, with her gentle consideration\\nand regard for others, she can show the\\nworld the value of good breeding. She\\ncan elevate and improve the tone of so\\nciety, and make of it what it should be,\\nthe aggregation of well-bred, cultured\\npe> pie.\\nShe can ride a wheel, play tennis and\\ngolf, learn to swim like a mermaid, and\\nstill retain those exquisite attributes that\\nhave always made the southern girl the\\nideal of creation of the universe.\\nTh ine are summer girls, and summer\\ngirls, as you and I know full well, but\\nthere are now two in New York who are\\nmaking for themseles both fame and fdr\\ntmne in a very unusual way. These brave\\ngirls. Mites Ganuhl and Micas Walker, are\\noriginally from Augusta, Ga... and are\\nboth repiv.M ntatives of prominent and at\\none time wealthy families. They are im\\nbued wi\\'Jh the latter-day spirit which\\nurges women on to independence, and\\ncreates a desire wi him them to b.-coma\\n\\'sett-supporting. Mies Ganuhl achieved\\nsome reputation upon the stage, but aft\\nerwards decided to form a eo-partrs rship\\nwith \\'Mi.-s Walker in New York City foe\\nÂ«;he designing and making of pre-fry\\ngowns, sulfa idâ\\x80\\x99 for north . u women who\\nspend their wlners in the south. No\\nmatter hew accomplished a modiste may\\nbe who lives north of Matron and Dixon\\'s\\nline, She simply eanr:o: \"create\" a muslin\\ndross that has the inde cidbuble charm\\nthat) belongs to-â\\x80\\x99be most Inexpi raslve sum\\nmeg tell)\\' rbe oif a sou hern woman. So\\niMiss Walker and Miss Ganuhl saw their\\nopportunity and grasiped it just at the\\nright moment. They are patronized by\\nthe very worldly women of the not4.h.\\nwho go t>o expensive Florida, hotels in this\\nwinter. and for them they furnl-h lovely\\nâ\\x80¢ organdies, which arc lace-wlmmed and\\nbe ribboned with the latest touch of fash.- :\\nion. Yet, above all. are just such gowns\\nart delight â\\x80\\x99.Ilie hea.lt of \\'the southern wo\\nman, and trarr\\'form hd tailor-made wo\\nmen of Mu\\'- north Into semi-tropical belies\\nand beauties.\\nÂ» * â\\x80¢\\nWomen arc learning very rapidly that\\nvery helpful lessons, that occupation\\nbringâ\\x80\\x99* InOepei donee of the galling Mnoita\\ntiore of poverty, and eleva\\'.ion of body\\nand mim\\'d, belt.Mr h- tltlv. and. as a natural\\ne-nsequ act-, gr. rter happ iness. The ma\\njority of womanâ\\x80\\x99s failings, of her indis\\ncretions and even of many of hler sin:*,\\nHiavo come from i(1) r;-ss. anti a lack of\\nInterest in the better thirgs of lift-, and.\\nas wai* said tang a go. this larger num\\nber of invalid\\'s have been women, who\\nhave had leisure and money.\\nOccupation and ,-elf-forge.fulness bring\\nto a woman- bd.1i ir htalih than any drug\\nknown to â\\x96\\xa0!he physicaln or pharmacist.\\nAnd women are rapidly- finding out this\\nf act.\\n* * *\\n(Mrs. Mildred Jones Clarkâ\\x80\\x94Into my\\n3k>me-coming-, which has bterx so full of\\ntfcpplness and hope, there has come a\\ndeep and abiding sorrow, because there\\nis one dear friend less to greet me, one\\nless to welcome me with smiles ai d\\nkindly words. There 1s one less friend\\nhere, but heaven has gained another\\ntinge], now -that Mrs. Clark hfl-s fallen*\\nasleep, in the fulln* ss of her splendid\\n\\'Womanhood. As the dawn crept over the\\nmountains last Sunday morning, July 2f>,\\ngently, but fear! ssly, she wen\\'t forth to\\nmeet her God,leaving the record of a\\nblameless and beautiful life. For more\\nthan fight weeks, she had patiently borne\\nIncuts illnessâ\\x80\\x94which came from a compli\\ncation of physical troublesâ\\x80\\x94and had made\\na brave battle for life.\\nMrs. Clarkâ\\x80\\x99s strong and lovable charac\\nter drew around her frit nds wherever\\nshe lived, while h r charm of manner and\\nher refinement and cultivation made her n\\nconspicuous factor in the social circles\\nof Alabama. She was a gifted artist, and\\nher love of the beautiful things of life was\\nmade manifest in the cnltlvatl n of\\nflowers, and of everything that brighten\\ned and beautified her home. Shi; was a\\nwoman of strong domestic tastes, and\\npermitted no pleasure to interfere with\\n1i.pi duties towards her family. Mrs.\\nClark was a devoted wife, mother and\\ndaughter, a consistent member of St.\\nHary\\'e-on-the-Highlard?. and an active\\nworker in the Ladfesâ\\x80\\x99 Aid society of lhatt\\nchurch.\\nHer influence was always thrown on\\nthe right side.\\nMrs. Clark was born Feb. 2. 18C9. at\\nSelma, A!a., and w s the daughter of Dr.\\nand Mrs. Alexander W. Jones. Dr.\\nJones, ber father, was originally from\\nWest Tennesseeâ\\x80\\x94Somervilleâ\\x80\\x94but upon\\nhis marriage to Miss Augusta Car lie\\'s, of\\nMarion, Ala., he moved to our state, and\\nbecame a member of the firm of Car! sle,\\nJnn\\'-s & Co., which soon was widely\\nknown because of Its large cotton and\\nml load dealings. Dr. Jones was a gal\\nlant confederate officer, having been sur\\ngeon on Gen. Forrest\\'s staff during the\\nmost trying days of the civil war.\\nMia. Clark was confirmed In St. Mll\\nfredâ\\x80\\x99s Episcopal church. Marlon, Ala, by\\nBIsSsop Wilmer, Feb. 7, 1884, Rev. Stewart\\n(McQuoen being rector at the time Mrs. I\\nClark enjoyed the highest oducattoi al ad- 1\\nvantages, and was a graduate of Mrs. [,e\\nIVborex\\'s famous school aft Baltimore\\nabout 1888. J\\nAs Miss Mildred .Tones. Mrs. Clark\\nvisited Washington City In 1887, and thel\\'ie 1\\nmet (Ten. Louis V. Clark, whom she af\\nterwards married. They were both (hen 1\\nguests of Gen. and Mrs. Charles M 8hÂ»l- I\\nley. at Washington. After completing\\nher school course, Miss Jones married\\nGen. Clark on the evening of Dec. 20.\\n-1898, at Selma, Ala,, Rev. Mr. Barnw 11\\nperforming the ceremony. Tt was a bril\\nliant wedding, two such conspicuous and\\npouJar young people, naturally drew\\nabout them at the time a notableâ\\x80\\x99\\ngathering of prominent Alabamians.\\nAfter a bridal trip to New York and\\nother points, Gen. and Mre. Clark came\\nto Birminghamâ\\x80\\x94Gen. Clarkâ\\x80\\x99s homeâ\\x80\\x94and\\nsince then they have been identified with\\nall that was for the up-ltfting of our peo*\\npie, and the up-buildlng of our town.\\nMrs. Clark leaves an only child, Augusta\\nCarMsle, now two years of age. In the\\nold cemetery, at Selma, Ala., Mrs. Clark\\nrests, beside her grandfather, Mr. Ed\\nward K. Carlisle, Sr. Her parents, Dr.\\nand Mrs. A. W. Jones, her grandmother,\\nMrs. E. K. Carlisle; her sisters, Misses\\nLucy, Augusta and Parmelia, and her\\nbrothers, (Messrs. Carlisle, Calvin, Alex\\nander and Monroe survive her and still\\nreside In the beautiful oM home at Selma.\\nTo these relatives, and to her husband\\nand child, the tender, st sympathy of very\\nmany frit nds, g< es out In this season of\\nunspeakable sorrow.\\n/X * *\\nIMrs. McQueen, of Eulaw, who has been\\n\\'tIMe guest of hi ir Eon)3, Messrs. Wllliâ\\x80\\x99am\\nSind John iMcQueâ\\x84¢, for several weeks,\\nwill leave tomorrow for Blount Springs.\\nMrs. George R. Ward Is still absent\\nfitom the city. (Afiter completing her vista\\nto Mrs. W. J. Cameron, at Montgom ry,\\nsh? will pdcbably go to Blount Sprmgs for\\na short Â©lay.\\n* * Â«\\nMrs. W. P. G. Hurdling ami her sistlm,\\nMiss O.laimle Moore, are spending bo me\\n\\'time in New York City.\\nIMir. an!d, IMrs. B. F. Moore and chi 1*1:00\\nare now Â«\\'t Knoxville, Teiur.; vielting the\\nparents of Mrs. Mootc, Mr. and Mts. Lut\\nitrell.\\nâ\\x80¢ * â\\x80¢\\nMiss Eloise John\\'s ton. has gone to Sara\\ntoga, N. Y., with her grandfother,-C\\')!.\\nJohnston, and ihr.r couelin, Miss Anita\\nBeil, of Columbus, Mies.\\n\\'Miss Ad-a Johir.eto-n, Miss Janie Vau\\niHoobo amid \\'the otWer members of the Bir\\nin Ingham party, which went to California\\nseveral] weeks ago, are Â©till enjoying the\\nfcighns and pleasures ofn\\'he Pacific slope.\\nIMrs. \"William Pickett has r,\\'turned from\\na visit ho \\'Montgomery relatives, and is\\nnow thlegucEt of her daughter, Mrs. J. M.\\nDavidson, on Neath Nineteenth stirejt.\\nMr. and IMrs. J. Rruoe Mnram and Mas\\nter Tom Sc! Ion Marsoln left yes-erday for\\nAlabama Will to Sulphur Springs, where\\nthey will remain for a month,\\nMis. Joseph F. J.dmâ\\x96\\xa0 \\'ton entertain\\'d thie\\nDuplicate Whist club on Iae.t Thursday\\nafternoon n\\'t her home an Twelfth avenue,\\nSouth HighlandÂ©.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0* * ?\\nMr. and Mrs. P. Fowlkes and child\\nren wiH spend the next few weeks at\\nsome pleasant resort.\\nâ\\x80¢ * *\\nCapt. and Mrs. W. II. Graves and Miss\\nMary Virginia Graves arc now at Blount\\nSprings. Miss Florrie\\' Graves will not\\nreturn soutli until the autumn.\\n* * *\\nDr. and Mrs. T. M. Allen and Master\\nFred Allen are now at Old Point Com\\nfort.\\n* * *\\nMr. M. V. Joseph returned yesterday\\nfrom a visit to New\\'York.\\nÂ« * *\\nNewport is having a gay time just now\\nentertaining Vice-President and Mrs. Ho\\nbart. who arc the guests of Mrs. Lispe\\nward Stewart. A number of dinners\\narc being given Mr. and Mrs. Hobart by\\nsuch social swells as. Hon. Calvin Brice,\\nMr. James Van Alen, Mrs. Stuyvesant\\nFisk and Mr. Llspeward Stewart.\\n...\\nMadame Reinhardt has accepted a\\nnew play from the pen of Julian Field,\\nan English literateur, who Is making a\\nname for himself as a dramatist. Bern\\nhardt will open the Renaissance with this\\nnew paly In the autumn. Field has writ\\nten several successful one-act plays,\\namong them being â\\x80\\x9cIt Was a Dream.â\\x80\\x9d\\nand \"When a Manâ\\x80\\x99s Married.\" Mr.\\nlideid is also the author of a startling\\nnovel, â\\x80\\x9cThe Limb,â\\x80\\x9d which has been\\nwarmly commended by Dean Farrar,\\nGladstone, Lord Rosebery and the Prince\\nof Wales.\\n...\\n-\\nV I\\nSO ECONOMICAL\\nShe (sen timen tally (â\\x80\\x94They say mar\\nriages ar? made in â\\x80\\x98heaven.\\nHe (absently) ~T wish engagement rings\\nwere,\\nâ\\x80¢ * â\\x80¢\\nMr. Duncan Trimble is enjoying a s*>- I\\njourn in Europe at this time.\\n* * * *\\nMr. John Trimble will soon go to Chi\\ncago to engage in business.\\nÂ« * Â«\\nMrs. A. O. Lane, Mrs. Scott and Mrs.\\nFrank White are at Ocean Springs for\\nseveral weeks.\\nMrs. Elizabeth Whiting, mother of Mis.\\nW. H. Graves, is at Kogersville, Term.,\\nthe guest of her daughter, Mrs. Virginia\\nHilliard.\\n* * *\\nMr. Robert Johnston has returned from\\nPri iiveton and will leave shortly for\\nWashington City, where he will accept a\\nhandsome business position. Both Mr.\\nJohnston anid Mr. John Tillable wUi carry\\nwith them to tliiir new homes the best\\nwishes of many friends for all possible\\nfuture success.\\n* * *\\nThe Tuesday Afternoon Whist club was\\nentertained at the inÂ»t meeting by Mrs.\\nH. R. Johnston at her home on Seven\\nteenth street, South Highlands. The\\nprize, a handÂ«some cut glass bottle, was\\nwon by Mrs. B. L. Wyman. The club\\nwifi meet next Tuesday with Mrs. Frank\\nFowlkes.\\n...\\nMiss Susie Howacleft Wednesday night\\nfor a visit to friends.\\n* * *\\niMiss Mary Ceorge Lir.m is the .guest of\\nfriends at Auburn.\\n* * *\\nThe approaching marriage of Miss Ger\\nitrude Muslim and Dr. William Elias B.\\nDavis will be the unioin of two of Bir\\nmingham\\'s meet popular young people.\\nMiss Must In has won the affecfiionjibe re\\ngard and Interest of a large circle of\\nfriends becausp of her lovely character,\\nher charm of manner aind her many ac\\naom pi teh mentis, while our entire com\\nni\\'iiiHy fli\\'ejB a peculiar pride in \\';â\\x80\\x99h^ re\\nmnykahle italeihte and aohtevemcints of\\nDr. Davis, which have given him a ma\\nnorial reputation.\\nThle marriage will occur fhe 12th of Au\\ngUEit, at the Dirts Baptist church.\\nf s â\\x80¢\\nAt a meeting of the board of directors\\nof the United Charities Friday, Mrs.\\nHisted was appointed as assistant to\\nMiss Belle Dangalx. the efficient secre\\ntary. Miss Dangalx has had charge\\nof the office and the practical workings\\nof the charities for several months, and\\nwill take a mueh needd rest by visiting\\nfriends in Atlanta and Chattanooga. She\\nhas \\'devoted hovel* uHeggiingly to thii\\nftybje gyrft. and there Is ?*U. estimating\\nthe Jooashehas done. Hurâ\\x80\\x98*rÂ£fJ8 af\\nthe poor of the city rise up and cat. hex\\nblessed.\\nâ\\x80¢ â\\x80¢ â\\x80¢\\nMrs. C. E. Smith and daughter, Clara,\\nof Chattanooga, Tenir)., are visiting at tha\\nresidence of Mr. John Jager, Eleventh\\navenue, South Highlands.\\nâ\\x80¢ * * â\\x80¢\\nMr. and Mrs. Thos. S. Jones left for\\nGeorgia and the mountains of Carolina\\nhoping to benefit Mr, Jones, who has b en\\nin poor health.\\nâ\\x80¢ * *\\nMiss Annie Lunsford returned yester\\nday after spending some time with her\\nsister at Little Rock, Ark.\\nM * Â»\\nMiss Rachel Denning, one of Georgiaâ\\x80\\x99s\\ncharming daughters, returned yeste day\\nafter a delightful visit The numerous\\nfriends hope she will return ere long\\nand make a more It â\\x96\\xa0 gihy visit.\\nâ\\x80¢ *\\nMisses Ruby Whiting an 1 Roberta\\nFennell ore visiting relativ s in Gunttrr\\nvil.\\'e.\\nâ\\x80¢ * *\\nMr. and Mrs. J. F. Graham end family\\nleave\\'thls morning for Mt. Pinson, where\\n(hey will camp during the rerraird r of\\nthe heated term.\\nâ\\x80¢ *\\n(Miss Mary Altar \\'Barbour, of Kentucky,\\nwill leach Birmingham this wenk, and\\nwii.l spend sn-me\\'ttime wtlth her uncle. R v.\\nDr. John Barbour, on th\\'o South High\\nlands.\\nâ\\x80¢ * *\\nThe frd.irds of Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Wood\\n\\' on. nil I â\\x80¢Â». d to Darn iho. ih ir Â»!â\\x80¢\\ntie daughter, who has been quit sick with\\nfever, its :niow rapidly recovering.\\nMr. and Mrs. II. H. Sinnige will go\\nnorth v. ry s .on, and spend several weeks\\nin New York city.\\n* * â\\x80¢\\nMrs. Geo. C. Whatley and children and\\nMrs. Sarah Taylor left yesterday after\\nnoon for Cookâ\\x80\\x99s Springs, wlure they will\\nspend a month.\\n* â\\x80¢ â\\x80¢\\nMrs. R. L. Houston returned last night\\nfrom a visit to friends at Uniontown.\\n8 * 8\\nMiss Ethel Sharpe, who is visiting her\\nsister, Mrs. Will Jordan, In. California,\\nwill bs absent probably a year.\\nMiss Rosa Sloss went up to Blount\\nSprings yesterday to remain a short\\nwhit*.\\n.\" o\\nIn Far A wav faflan.\\nMrs. Paul Fitzsimmons, a. beautiful\\nGeorgia womanâ\\x80\\x94who as Miss Russell, of\\n\\'Augusta, was one of the belles of tha\\'t\\nlovely old townâ\\x80\\x94has spent six years in\\nâ\\x80¢China and Japan, and has written charm\\ning let ers from that faraway land to her\\nrelatives in this country. Her \\'husband,\\nDr. Paul Fitzsimmons, is full surgeon\\nin the United SVates navy, and has had\\nchange of the marine hospitals in China\\nand Japan, on two different cruises. He\\nis a brother of Rev. Owen P. Fitzsim\\nmons, of our city, and is now one of the\\nmost prominent officers in the navy. Ex\\ntracts from some of Mis. Fitzsimmonsâ\\x80\\x99\\nletters, lam sure, will be of in\\'.crest. She\\nwrites of the e lebration of the Fourth of\\nJuly at Yokohama: \"We cel\\'brated the\\nFourth here, on Monday, the 5th. There\\nwere games on th- cricket grounds in the\\nmorning; a reception, on the Olympic In\\nehe afterpoon, and night from the haibor\\ntha most beautiful fireworks that were\\never dreamed of. The heavens were\\nablaze with â\\x80\\x98.hem; there were set pieces\\nof the Am., rican eagle, the date of the\\ndeclaration of independence, and Niagara\\nPal is, while all the men-of-war in the bar\\nbor were outlined with colored eleo.-rlc\\nlights, and all the campaus (native boat\\'--)\\nwar. hurg with \\'brilliant lanterns. Thw\\nGrand hovel and all American, homes on\\nthe Bund were beautifully illuminated,\\nand the night was like one out of Fairy\\nland. A crowd of us went down and sat\\non he hoi el verandah, the admiral Join\\ning up. As there were two bands, .one\\npi .yii is all the time, we had a charming\\nmusical evening. Afterwards we wound\\nup with a little supper at Mrs. Strough\\nton\\'s. Count Orfini was down, from To*,\\nkio, and has invited us to spend a day at\\nthe legation when we go up to call on our\\nnew minister, which will b** very soon\\nnow. All the diplomats reside at Tokio.\\nWe are receiving already many farewell\\ninvitations for dinner, tiffin and country\\ntrips.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cWell, we went up to Tokio yesterday\\nearly in the morning and returned home\\na little after ti oâ\\x80\\x99clock, just In time to\\nrest and dress for dinner. Tokio Is an\\nimmense place, with about one million\\ninhabitants. I saw more beautiful\\nthings than T couM tell you of in a week.\\nAll the lovely lacquer, Ivory, bronze and\\nembroidered things are kept in small\\nstores, one can scarcely stand upright\\nin, without striking oneâ\\x80\\x99s head. The\\npeople all sit on the floors, which are\\ncovered with padded matting, and they\\neat In that position, and elevn on a rug\\nwith a small woo i,n seat for a support\\nfor the head. We consumed an hour\\ngetting there, the road lying through the\\nmost beautiful country. The ditches < r\\ntenches on the sides of the railway were\\nfull of lotus blossoms, pink and white,\\nand as huge as a soup plate, while the\\nleaves are the size of a large parasol. We\\ntook jinrikeshas, upon arriving and kept\\nthem all day. first going to one of the\\nmost beautiful parks. After visiting\\nthe museum, geological garden, end the\\nShogine\\'s tomb, we took lunco at a res\\ntaurant there, and a good one It was too.\\nWe then did the town, and curio shops.\\nThe temple is gorgeous; rill the wood\\nand me\\'.al work about It Is lacquered in\\ngold, and brilliant colors, while leading\\ntip to it Is a long avenue of very ni i trees,\\nand Inside the rows of tree3. on either\\nside of you, are lines of tall lanterns. In\\nstone and bronze. These lanterns stand\\ntaller than a man. To the right, and\\nhalf way up the avenue, stands a tail,\\nred pag .la, one of the prettiest things\\nI saw. Before entering the temple. I had\\nto remove my shoes, that one always\\nhas to do. I made several purchases\\nwhile in Tokio. with all of which 1 am\\ndelighted.\"\\nâ\\x80¢ * *\\nOne of Birminghamâ\\x80\\x99s promising young\\ngentlemen, Mr. Jackson iialsted, has\\nwritten the following parody on Bud\\nyard Kippling\\'s famous poem. â\\x80\\x9cThe\\nVampire.â\\x80\\x9d It is the result of a disap\\npointing rain storm, whien lnlerfervtd\\nwith a long-anticipated bicycle iide with\\na fascinating girl:\\n\"A tool inert; wan and his plans he made\\n(Even as you and I.)\\nTo ride a bike with a lovely maid.\\n(But that plan by the heels the weather\\nlaid)\\nAnd youâ\\x80\\x99d be shocked at the things he said,\\n(Even as you and I.)\\nOh, the tears we waste, and the words we\\nwaste,\\nAnd the work of our head and hand\\nBelong to the schemes that never did go,\\n(And now we know that they never did go)\\nBut wo didn\\'t understand.\\nA fool (here was and he made Ids bet,\\n(Even as you ami I)\\nHe chuckled in glee at the chips he would\\nget,\\n(But his hand didnâ\\x80\\x99t \"All,\" and he lived to\\nregret)\\nFor a food will expect the things he\\'ean\\'t\\nget,\\n(Even as you and. I.)\\nOh, the chips we tossed and the chip* we\\nlost,\\nAnd the â\\x80\\x9cpotâ\\x80\\x9d we wanted so,\\nBelonged to the man with the hand that\\nwon,\\n(And now we know that we couldnâ\\x80\\x99t have\\nwon)\\nAnd never had a show.\\nSo the fool was bereft of hi* foolish toy*,\\n(Even as you and I\\nAn escape from *uch vanity might make\\nhim rejoice,\\n(But it isnâ\\x80\\x99t on record *udt feeling* found\\nvoice)\\nFor a fool must follow his natural choice,\\n(Even as you and L)\\nAmi li isnâ\\x80\\x99t Hie rain and It Isn\\'t the gams\\nThat lengthen? our countenance;\\nThls ^wn of ours Is busy and hustling,\\nnotwithstanding it Is August, end the\\n\\'health officers will talk epidemics, as a\\neh or it trip through the shopping district\\nconvinced me yesterday. !\\nSMITH & MONTGOMERYâ\\x80\\x99S.\\nIn this large store there were the latest\\nbooks and f-eriodioals, besides a variety\\nof at11aotiv^?â\\x80\\x98a,nimer goods. Of their en\\ntire stock I wV^nost impressed with that\\nvery handsomfK, -\\'Jomblnaltion Self-Pro\\nnouncing Sunday, -hool Teachersâ\\x80\\x99 Bi\\nble,â\\x80\\x9d printed in, )a\\\\ type, on, linen pa\\nper, bound In calf and silk sewn. It is\\ngotâ\\x80\\x98en up In the b;st Oxford style and Is\\ninc\\'\\'table tv Sunday school teachers and\\nlUb.Uta! students. Tliere are maps, notes,\\ntables and explanations t. hlch leave noth\\ning â\\x96\\xa0 be described. Smith & Monfgom\\ne, y sell this splendid bonk for $1.50, while\\noutside agents charge $6. for it.\\nADAMS\\' DRUG STORE.\\nAt this popular drug store, corner of\\nSecond avenue andâ\\x80\\x99 Nineteenth street,\\nthere was a steady stream of p- opl. go\\ning in to er.joiy tin delicious soda, mt.r\\n\\'rom ths 1 , ds>ms marble and onyx\\nfountain. There is no better soda water\\nthan Adams\\', as I can testify.\\nSBOS3 PHARMACY.\\nThe new and artistic pharmacy of\\nMessrs. Bundle and Baxter Sluss on\\nTwentieth street, was another place\\nwhere shoppers Hngend to enjny Its\\nbeauty and purchase the wares. There\\nthe soda fount was in full blast and de\\nlightful drinks were served to the thirsty\\ncrowd.\\nW. C. REESE & CO.\\nUp First avenue 1 stopped at the mil\\nlinery of W. C. Reese & Co., and was sur\\nprised at the pretty hats, lovely flowers\\nand handsome ribbons, which filled the\\nstore. There were beautiful airy hats in\\npink, in green, in heliotrope and every\\nfashionable shade, while those of darker,\\nricher coloring that fiâ\\x80\\x99ggrsted the coming\\nautumn, were side by side with sailors\\nand walking hats, and Miss Bide and\\nMrs. Fant to show them.\\nBYMAN AND STONES.\\nJust beyond Rees:\\'s is Byman & Stor e\\'s\\nflourishing book store, where the people\\nwere eagerly buying the latesp publica\\ntions. On the counters wer>Â» â\\x80\\x9cThe Mar\\ntian,â\\x80\\x9d Du Maurierâ\\x80\\x99s latest novel, bonu.i\\nfully illustrated by himself; â\\x80\\x9cThe Pur\\nsuit of the House Boat,\" Bang\\'s latest\\nwork, written in his best style; â\\x80\\x9cTwo\\nBodies,â\\x80\\x9d that wonderful historical novel\\nby Henryk Sienklewick, which has set\\nthe world talking; \"The Choir Invisible,â\\x80\\x9d\\nthe latest creation of Jam.s Ban? Allen\\'s\\ngenius; â\\x80\\x9cA Fiance on Trial.â\\x80\\x9d a bright\\nstory by Francis Tilloo Buck, ar.d last\\nbut not least, â\\x80\\x9cGeorgia Scenes,\\'\\' a new\\nedition, new plates, from the original il\\nlustratiou, but the same delightful old\\nbook. THE SHOPPER.\\nSOCIETY IN HUNTSVILLE.\\nHuntsville. Ala., July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special Cor\\nrespondence.)â\\x80\\x94<At \\'their elegant home on\\nAdams avenue, Thursday evening, Air.\\nand Mr*. Frazer L. Adams entertained ac\\nprogressive euchre in compliment*!.Â»t\\'o their\\ngu.Gt, Miss Pauline Adams, of Mont\\ngomery. During the euchre games a.\\nstring band played soft music. Prizes\\nwere captured by Aliss Susie Clay and Mr.\\nJohn R. Wallace, Jr. After refreshments\\nwere served, tiie remainder of the everting\\nwas spent in dancing.\\nMrs. Tpadore Wind entertained the La\\ndies\\' Euchre club Friday night in turn >r\\nof her guests, Mrs. G. Rogen, of Albany,\\nand Mi*. Dora Cohen, of Rome.\\nTwenty-four couples participated in a\\nprogressive euchre party at Hot! 1 Monte\\nSana last night.\\nAn entertainment will he given in the\\nopera house next Tuesday might under\\nthe auspices of the Ladles\\' Hebrew Aid\\nsociety. Misp Manniheimer, principal of\\ni.Jie Cincinnati School of Expression, will\\ngive a reading, and some of the best talent\\nin the city will assist In making \\'the pro\\ngramme a most interesting one.\\nMiss Norma Banks and Nellie Harris,\\nof Decatur, arc visiting Miss Dora Brad\\nfc 11.\\nMiss Eliza Elliott has returned *to Bell\"\\nAlina, after a vi.d, to Miss Eileen O\\'Neel,\\nAliss Annie Richardson is visiting Miss\\nLouise Rlson at Monte Sano.\\niMiss Minnie Lou Woods, of Fayette\\nville. is the guts* of her cousin, Mrs. W. A.\\nMcNeely.\\ndie* Marie Louise Allen, of Pulaikl,\\nTL nn., is the guest of Miss Aline Carter.\\nMr. Ewt. g Echols has returned from an*\\nextended visit to Red Boiling Springs,\\nTerm.\\nMu-, and Airs. T. A. Thurston liavp re\\nturned from a visit to relatives at Fay\\netteville.\\nMisses Ella Ware and Besde Dolp have\\narrived hum. from Nashville, where they\\nstopped over on their return from the\\nEpworth league convention at Toronto.\\nMisses Jessie Gilehrict, of Courtllar.\\'d,\\nâ\\x96\\xa0and Jar tie Shrg agg. of Columbia., are\\nvisiting tihe Misses DuBose at their sum\\nmer home on Monte Sano.\\n\\'Mesdames Thos. B. Trotman. of Dallas,\\nTex., and W. G. Green, of San Antonio,\\nare visiting their mother, Mrs, John W.\\nCooper.\\nE. H. Foster, Esq., has returned from a\\nvisit to \\'Montgomery and Courtlftrd.\\nHorn an\\'d Mrs. Magnane Coxe. Who vis\\nited Col. R. E. Coxe last week, have gone\\nto Nashville to visit friends.\\nSenator and Mrs. Walthal, of Grenada,\\nMiss., are among \\'the recent arrival\\'s at\\nHotel Monte Santa. Senator Walthal\\ncame here directly from Washington in\\nsearch of rest and quiet.\\nIMiss Maude Holt has returned to her\\nhome in Guntersville. after a visit to\\nfriends.\\n\\'Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis, Jr., have re\\nturned from Nashville.\\nGreat reductions in Lisle\\nand Balbrig^an Underwear,\\nNegilee Sbirts and others, at\\nSimon Klotz, the only Hatter\\nand Haberdasher, 113 N. 20th\\nStreet.\\nWE MUST HAVE ROOM!\\nA sweeping reduction in all\\nlines at Klotz, the Haber\\ndasher _\\n1,500 pairs Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Oxford\\nTies at 40 per cent cut. Malone\\nBoot & Shoe Co.\\nWe will receive on tomor\\nrow another lot of those fine\\nPreserving Pears. We sell\\nGroceries cheap. R E Orr &\\nCo:, 220 N. 20th st.\\nSacred Concert at East Lake\\nSunday by Chaceâ\\x80\\x99s band, Phil\\nMemoli, director. augltf\\nRight now you can get prices\\nto suit you on anything you\\nneed in our line. Stowers\\nFurniture Co.\\nFor a stylish Hat go to Klotz,\\nthe Haberdasher.\\nAmend\\nHirschâ\\x80\\x99s\\nBargain Sale\\nB in Silk Hosiery\\nCents a pair.\\nI 100 pair La\\nsâ\\x80\\x99 dii sâ\\x80\\x99 colored Silk\\n1 Hosej good quali\\n9 ty; worth $1.50 a\\nI Paâ\\x80\\x98r*\\nâ\\x80¢A 2020 1st avenue.\\nAttend\\nHirschâ\\x80\\x99s\\nRibbon Sale\\nfor Sashes.\\n> Cents a yard.\\n4c; Fancy all-silk\\nimported Sash\\nRibbons, 7 and 8\\ninches wide, worth\\n$1.50 to $2.00.\\n1 Cert â\\x80¢: Silk aud\\n-Ld fancy figured\\nRibbons, throe inches\\nwide, in white and\\ncolors.\\nCIO Cautsi All-Silk\\nTibeti Ribbons,\\n3 and 3 1.2 inches\\nwide.\\nCl^\\'1 Cents: All-Silk\\nivl 2 Moire Ribbons.\\n4 and 4 1-2 inches\\nwide.\\nâ\\x80\\x94 .â\\x80\\x94 - â\\x80\\x94... ,\\nâ\\x80¢*\\' X\\nAttend\\nHirschâ\\x80\\x99s J\\nSacrifice Sale\\nof Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Hats I\\nAt $1.50 I\\nYour choic of 25 chil- B\\ndrenâ\\x80\\x99s and missesâ\\x80\\x99\\ntrimmed flats.\\nAt89CtS |\\nPure Y\\\\ hito Tape I\\nSailors, 3 velvet I\\nbands, bell shape, |\\nsold early in the I\\nseason at $ 1.50 .\\neach. Wi bought\\nthem at half price. â\\x96\\xa0\\nI AT HIRSCHâ\\x80\\x99S, 2020 First Avenue.\\nFRFJ ^ All\\'Hats Trimmed to Order without S\\nQp Â® any charge. All Ribbon Stock |j\\nFH ADFP â\\x82¬Â£ Collars and all Ribbon Sashes, ar- jij\\nvnAl\\\\VJC,Â« tistically made without any charge.!\\nAt Hirschâ\\x80\\x99s\\nBargain Sale\\nin Ready-Made\\nSuits and Skirts\\n85 Cents.\\nWhite Duck Skirt 4 yards\\nwide. Good hem.\\n98 Cents.\\nLinen Crash Skirt, deep\\nhem, 4 yards wide.\\n$2.25.\\nWhite Duck Suit, nobby\\ncoat, Skirt 4 yards wide\\n$6.75. Brocaded Silk\\nSkirt, large designs.\\n$7.98.\\nBrocaded Satin Skirt,\\nlarge and newest design\\nAt Hirschâ\\x80\\x99s\\nBargain Sale in\\nCORSETS\\nL Cents each.\\nSplendid\\nCOREETS\\n5 hooks.\\nSummer Corsets\\nSateen Corsets,\\nin white and\\ndrab. All siz\\nes.\\nAt Hirschâ\\x80\\x99a\\nC Cents a yard. I\\nioo pieces of a\\n1â\\x80\\x98ANCY Laces ; I\\nall to go at 5c a f\\nyard, at Ilirschâ\\x80\\x99s\\nDry Goods anti\\nMillinery Co.\\nBargain Sale\\nLadiesâ\\x80\\x99 Ve3t3\\n15c. Puiple and blue\\nLisle vests, worth 23c\\n25c. Pink, blue and\\nlilac Lisle Vests, H\\nwor.h 50c each.\\nH. C. ABBOTT & BROTHER,\\nEWELE RS^E\\n121 North 20th Street, - - - BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.\\nLargest Stock of Wedding Presents to bo found in the city. Watches, Diamonds, Fine\\nJewelry, Clocks aud Sterling Silverware. Watch Repa.rim given special attention. In\\nspectorsol Watches forL. & INI. It. R. and Bâ\\x80\\x99ham Râ\\x80\\x99y & iSl. Co. 8-1-leuu\\n-M mil -nil iwnirr iiiiib 1 â\\x80\\x94 1 mini mi i imb,.-â\\x80\\x94__\\nCOSTS MONEY TO DIE IN OFFICE.\\nA Washington Undertakerâ\\x80\\x99s Eill Held Up by the\\nCommittee on Accounts.\\nChairman. Odell, of the committee on\\naccounts of the house, is greatly di--saL\\nisfied with the bill submitted by the un\\ndertaker Who had charge of t\\'he funeral\\nof the late Congressman, Cook, of Illi\\nnois. This undertaker asks the house of\\nrepresentatives to pay him $1,250.\\nMr. Odell claims that many of the\\nItems of the bill are oxhoibitant, and al\\ntogether out of proportion to the value\\ncf the services rendered and the material\\nfurnished. He particularly objects to\\nthe charge of $50 for embalming the re\\nmains, which he declares is thro? itlmes\\nas much as undertakers usually aek In\\nNew York. The charge of $350 for the\\ncasket anid cases Is another which he\\nthinks altogether too great. Then, itoo,\\nthe funeral director asks $15 for tb\\' throe\\ndays he was engaged In traveling be\\ntween here and Chicago, which Mr. Odell\\nsays is more than his own salary as a\\ncongressman for \\'the same time, and he\\ndoes not believe that the services of an\\nundertaker are more valuable than\\nthose of a representative. He wants the\\nbill cut at least $200 before he will con\\nsent to recommend Its payment. But\\nthe undertaker Is unwilling to cut it at\\nall. \\'\\nMr. Odell points out that his commit\\ntee has Just authorized the payment of\\nthe funeral expenses of one of the\\' em\\nployes of the house, who died about \\'the\\nsame time, the cost of whose funeral\\nwas only about $148. He fails to see\\nwhy there should be a difference of $1000\\nbetween the expense of hurying a repre\\nsentative and an employe of the house.\\nâ\\x80\\x94Washington Post. _\\nA CONGRESS OF YOUNG BLOOD.\\nNever in the history of the country have\\nthen been iso many young men ehe.s m as\\nrepresentatives of \\'.he people in congress\\nos were elected to the present house. .It is\\nemphatically a congress of young men,\\nas ehe most casual observer from the gal\\nlet Its will readily note. That these m n\\nhad to contend for their nomination amt\\nelection against voteran politicians of abil\\nity and experience is pleasing proof that\\nthe people realize talent and statesman\\nlike qualities wherever found an.l that it\\nis no longer necessary for cite to have\\nwrinkles and hoary locks before being\\ndeemed qualified to comp-te for politcal\\nhonors.--Washington Post.\\nCUaceâ\\x80\\x99s City Band, East\\nLake, Sunday. Phil Memoli,\\ndirector.augltf\\nMANTELS ,\\nVERY CHEAP.\\nMAYBERRY 4 WATSON CO, SJ\\\\V,\\nHardware, Sash, Paints, Limo, Sand, liricfc\\n- *â\\x96\\xa0\\nExcelsior Steam Laundry\\nDO X \" until\\nEXQUISITE WORK.\\nGeorge A. Biinn <Â£ Son,\\n160? Second Avenue. Phono 222,\\naugld&s\\nwÂ®._HsssnssHsffiras\\n1 BURGER DRY GOODS CO., |\\ng| 1915 SECOND AVENUE. gg\\nÂ§f Leading Low Priced House in Birmingham. |Â§j\\nU AUR Bugle Call is LOW PRICES. We believe ^\\n\\' \\' that goods must have merit, style and quality, Pig\\nESS and then the prices must be right. This store is gsj\\nfiH? doing business that way with very gratifying re- jIsS\\n|p| â\\x99¦0*C*CVC*OVO^Â©V-C+0*0Â«>0*0*040V-0*C*0*0*C!*CÂ»*C>*CJ |pÂ§\\ng|g 6 Unequaled Value in Ribbons. x B\\nJgg 0 240 pieces all colors and shades of best Silk Taffeta and S\\nggf o Moire Taffeta ribbons at almost half the 1 g3g\\nEgst p early spring price. f >gg$\\nfipS p No- 9. > â\\x80\\x99-2 inches wide, all colors, IOC a yard. t fea\\ngp * No. 12, 2 inches wide, all colors, at 12 l-2c a yard. â\\x99¦ gp*\\nX No. j6, 2 1-2 inches wide, all colors, at 15c a yard, 9 S3\\ng||j 2 No. 22, 3 inches wtde, all colors, at 20c a yard. O\\n^ 9 No. 40, 3 1-2 inches wide, all colors, at 2oC a yard. S\\ngÂ§| S No. 80, 4 1-2 inches wide, all colors, at 30c a yard. X\\ngH ? A Special Bargain in Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Hose. 2 jflg\\njSj|| * 50 dozen very fine sijk finished Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Black Hose, 2 IflSj\\njSg $ Hermsdorff dye, warranted absolutely stainless, two- O\\nlÂ»| thread double sole and high-spliced heels, for $1.50 a S\\npgj 2 BOX Of six pairs, actual value 12.50. J gg\\ng I Extra Value in French Val. Laces. | j||\\nSJ 9 1000 pieces of French Valenciene Laces just re- X\\nS*g p ceived, from 20c a piece up to extra superfine at $ 1.50 a â\\x99¦ jpg\\ng-Bf ? piece. They are value for nearly double the price. p\\n|SÂ§1 â\\x99¦0*04040404040404CK040*0*aÂ»040^0*0*0^040*0Â»Â°\\'\\'>* Ha',\n",
       "  'I BOOKS THAT A RETREAD . . . i\\n1T ... QUO VADIS^ 1\\nPublishers have been unusually busy\\nthis summer, and have given to the eager\\nreading public a varied, choice number\\nof new books.\\nMoeit of the names of authors on each\\nBide of the Atlantic most prominently\\nknown to lovers of books are found in\\nthe list. A London book seller facetlou-dy\\nexclaims, \"The number of r.ew books and\\nnew editions is as great as ever. What\\na trade would be done If each one Justifi d\\nIts existence! Some one has suggested\\na tax upon new books for keeping down\\nthe number.\"\\nMiscellaneous subjects are ab;ut equal\\nly divided as to lb? number of titles, but\\nthe sales of the former far exceed those of\\nthe latter. It is possibly Just what we\\nmight expect that fiction should be in\\ngreater favor during the sultry summer\\ndays, when the utmost one can demand\\nof his energies is to lie In a hammock,\\nswunk in some shady nook, with a book\\n-which will only require a small expendi\\nture of grey-matter for its perusal. In\\nshort, amusement, entertainment, is all\\nthat even the most persistent and strenu\\nous stud-erJt can claim at this time of\\nyear. However, onte can inquire with the\\ncritic\\'s usual anxious supervision in such\\nmatters, what \\'kind\\' of fiction does he\\nread? There are two sides to this per\\ntir.er.it question of the reading of fiction.\\nIn the July number of the Homiletic\\nReview th: editor enters into a d squbl\\ntion on moJern degt : eracy and cornea\\nvery treat- declaring that the supposed\\ncorruption of the body politic Is du â\\x80¢ to\\ninordinate navel reading, helped along by\\nÂ©eneatlonal journalism. He said Ine\\nexclusive attention to fletio-n seemÂ® ud\\nhave deadened, if not almost destroyed,\\nth public sense of fact, of reality, of\\ntruth. This appears in. a/. 1 departmtn.s\\nof thought and life. The demand for\\neemational reports in place of actual\\nâ\\x96\\xa0news h\\'is almost revolutionized journal\\nism. The wildest arrt most baseless Ac\\ntion is> palmea off and ace pted as frt a<Â»\\nscience; * * * the wo Aid has a,â\\x80\\x99roo.it\\nlost all\\'sense of truth and right, and of\\nideal character aid conduct sikd all\\nsense of responsibility as we\\'d.\"\\nOf court*-, this is laying a great many\\nof the ills of life to the efTeet of novel\\nreading, but an infinite amount can be\\nwritten on the -Ublect pro and cm*.\\nA* the sales Indicate, the tendency of\\nIV- times is n > doubt -toward the light\\nform of readlrg. Yet in defense of pure,\\ngood works of flet\\'on n-o lea* an authority\\nthuii F.ntevson can bp quoted as saying in\\nthis :ss>ty on * Books,\" -that â\\x80\\x9cWhilst ho\\nprudent al and economical ton? of s v.\\n<t s\\'.rtrv s the imagination, affronted nÂ«\\ntin ? g.-ts such indemnity ats she may.\\nq bi- novel is tl.at allowance ar.d frolic titÂ©\\nInmgin.t Ion finds, Everything els*- plus\\nIt down, and tn-en flee for redress to Bv â\\x96\\xa0\\nroti. Scott. Dinaeli. Dumas. Solid, R-tl\\ni;a- J>;c?n=, TKickeray and Read,â\\x80\\x9d and\\nagain. T!.-- imagination Infuses a cer\\ntain v-dobilUy and Ir.-toxicatlon. It has\\n-a flute which . i;ttÂ«- the atom-- of * ur -frame\\n!n rt d.tr.ee, l\\'.he planets; and so liboro\\' -d,\\nthe w!k>1*> man reeling drunk to\\'the mu\\nei-, they r.ev*r qui e subside -to their old\\nreor.y state.â\\x80\\x9d\\nHere, you st?. is quite a strong plea ly\\non etnincâ\\x80\\x99.t authority for occasional he\\nroic Irauftl ts of fiction; hut notice he\\nciuantitv a *1 tre quality. Herein app-ytra\\n< he coTnhtiojui.\\nWe have such beautiful novels in the\\nveal.I mat s in ly the most inveterate\\nSiovel â\\x80¢â\\x80¢ ndf-r night ever make a selection\\nvliili. \\\\*h> futniching this full quota\\nof enti r.amtuftit, will yet Irrsen lbl.v up\\nlif: and purify tips i-n n-a--e fitness of\\n1 l r ps.\\nEven hls.nrltea! fiction, it is sold is\\nf. rgit-g i s v ay into that proper sphere\\nof thu; m ire prtraie. and po.-tdbly mare\\ntedious relation of fae.*. known as g-n\\nttin - â\\x80\\x9chistory.\" Yet much has been sold\\nin 1-f n?e of tnc- historical novel.\\nUÂ»-t:*-tr obtain a. g nera-I, yet clear cut\\nknowledge of :iti ear or a country thro itch\\nthe medium of fa- inn itan not o acquire\\nIt -alt. And :f or.* is in the least wls â\\x96\\xa0 and\\ndlscrl.-\\'tâ\\x80\\x99rnling in his or her choice ?f\\nhistorical no\\\\ ?ls. there JÂ© no surer way to\\nin press n-de\\'.,l lv upon th- reader\\'s mind\\nand ire-agination the occurrences anil due\\nproporti-.ns c-f Mst-ory. It is easier by np\\nI cal in g sun* v. l-.al -no the imaglna-tion of\\n\\'the reader, v.-ibcut his being aware of it,\\nto verify In lie mind the everyday life\\nof tl--- peopin and events of the period,\\nwhich after all make up the real life of\\nth* country pierented.\\nBut it Is more than probable that the\\neditor of the Homiletic Review has not\\nIn his mind the historical novel when he\\nargues with something of convincing\\nforce, that the Int llect is weakened by\\nthe constant excitement of such perni\\ncious stimulants, and hence is render- d\\nIncapable of grappling with truth. Such\\neffects must, petferre, arise front the\\nâ\\x80¢weakening and disintegrating absorption\\nof ail those recent novels, by eminent\\nwriters too, which we have become ac\\ncustomed to class as â\\x80\\x9cRealistic,â\\x80\\x9d and\\nâ\\x80¢\\'Naturalistic,â\\x80\\x9d and Zola\\'s misnamed\\nâ\\x80\\x9cExperimental Novel.\"\\nThis ts the class of books among which\\nwe find \"I.ess.â\\x80\\x9d and \"Esthtr Waters,\"\\nand â\\x80\\x9cTit Man Who Did,\" and \"The\\nWoman Wito Didnâ\\x80\\x99t.â\\x80\\x9d â\\x80\\x98\"Arnlnta,â\\x80\\x9d and all\\nthe relations of th? sexes and in the end\\ncan serve no earthly purpose, but to be\\nfuddl - ant* \"â\\x80\\x9cweaken our conception of\\nright and duty.\\nBooks bought at Inordinately high\\nprices and when read and laid aside\\nth? question must arise In the readerâ\\x80\\x99s\\nmind \"Where Is my money\\'s worirtr- If\\nvc look at the list which gives th? most\\npopular silling books at a>l the lea-ling\\nbooksellers in the large cities, we will not\\nfind one of these; -instead, we find such\\nnames as F. Marion Crawford. Richard\\nl-tarding Davis, James Lane Allen, An\\nâ\\x80¢ th ny Hope. Coran Doyle. John K- ml rick\\nHangs, Frank Stockton, and others, each\\nof whose books are pure arid healthy ar.d\\nemln ntly justify the time bestowed upon\\nthem ir. the reading.\\nQuo Vadis. <\\nâ\\x96\\xa0Writers are -needed who can be de\\npended on for clever, original work, f--r\\nBtories full of wit, good humor and en\\ntertainment. If we examine the lists\\nclosely we find, though, that the book\\nwhich leads a]! others in popularity and\\npublic favor is \"Quo Vadis,â\\x80\\x9d and Its\\n(popularity is still Increasing. In an\\nswer to many inquiries as to the signifi\\ncance of the title \"the Bookmanâ\\x80\\x9d quotes\\nthe following legend. \"The ia Ardeatina\\nmow diverges to the right; and on the\\nleft stands the small church of IJomine\\nQuo Vadis, so named from the legend\\nthat St. Peter, fleeing from the death of\\na martyr, here met his Master and In\\nquired of him, â\\x80\\x9cDomine quo vati!*-?\" to\\n[which he received the reply, \"Venio\\niterum cruciflgi;\" whereupon the apostle,\\nashamed of his weakness, returned. A\\ncopy of the footprint which Christ 1* sa d\\nto have impressed on the marble s shown\\nhere (original at S. Ltbastlano.)\\nHenry K. Llenkiewicz (pronounc d\\nSen-kay-vlch), the author of \"Quo Yt\\ndls,â\\x80\\x9d is a Polish novelist. Hi? latest\\n(work was published originally in the\\nI leading daily paper of Poland; we are in\\ndebted to the translator. Jer-urtiah Cue\\ntin, for introducing us to to great and\\ndramatic writer. \"With Fire and\\nSword,â\\x80\\x9d â\\x80\\x9cThe Deluge,â\\x80\\x9d and â\\x80\\x9cPan Mi\\nchael\" are other well known works by\\nthis popular author.\\nIt Is rai-d that Lienki. wiez wiltvs ami\\nâ\\x96\\xa0peaks English, ami that he spent so.t e\\n| time In California many years ago, and\\n| thait he has paid his respects to the\\nAmerican girl and \\'has written a number\\n| of short stories with the American girl\\n: as heroine. Ino Vadls *is an historical\\'\\nj novel of strength and dramatic beauty.\\nIt deals with the time of Nero, and it is\\nI no surprise to the readers to learn that\\nSienktewicz always visits the localities\\nmentioned in. his works, for here he seems\\nalmost as familiar as was Nero himself\\nwith the scenes he describes in the book.\\nIn the first place, in Ino Vadls the author\\nhas a story to tell, this fact impresses\\nitself upon the reader from thu very\\nI opening page. In addition to this tirst\\nj essential of the successful novelist, it fol\\nlows that the relation of this Btory in\\n| eludes many interesting events, and the\\nportrayal of widely diverge It personag s\\nand scenes. He dreams with equal! skill\\nthe greatest and th* least. Proud, con\\nceited, self-willed Nero, luxurious and\\nflattered amidst thu pomp and withering\\ngayety and licentiousness of his imperial\\ncourt his nobles, the Augusta Poppaa,\\nor.d women are drawn with accuracy and\\npresented to the mind of the readier with,\\nsuch broad, local coloring that they ap\\npear to be flesh ard blood and the ener\\nvating mists of such feasts and luxury\\nseems to issue from every page entering\\nthe mind and heart Of the reader. Then\\nwith the sura touch of genius for charac\\nter delineation he turns to present the\\ncrafty Chiioâ\\x80\\x94the superstitious and in\\ntriguing mendicantâ\\x80\\x94ore of the finest\\ndream characters of the book. In the\\nhomes of tlv nobles we seem to learn asi\\nif by actual personal contact \\'the state\\nand abject servitude of the tCaves, whose\\n; sole ambition in life was his master\\'s\\nI whirrs and wishes. The local traits are\\nI painted with such sure knowledge of nr n\\nj ar d Scones that we watch many glimpse*\\n: of beautiful, luxurious. Imperial Rome,\\n! breathe the perfume of dainty flower\\n| laden marble bath trieHnim.\\nIn strong, truthful con trast is drawn\\n! th ;en\"e. rugged, tempos;uous life of \\'he\\nearly Christ In ns. When the mighty Peter\\n| ard bold Paul rtsiered the see nos of their\\n: earlier rr.nvt\\'r* < rs and labors to exhort\\n*he brethren to steadfastness* end faith.\\nOf court- the book Is a lengthy one. con\\ntaining something over 600 pages. It is a.\\nhistory of the heroic conflict between\\n1 paganism and Christianity, and especial\\nly the conflict between the insufficient\\npagan belief In the heart of the nobla\\nyoung V\\'lniclus, and the life-giving, puri\\nfying religion ofOhr\\'st. A beautiful spir\\nitual climax is reached in the story when\\nthis noble young heart surrenders the pa\\ngan beliefs, luxuries 3nd disspa\\'tlons of\\nNiora\\'s count and in simplicity and bumble\\nbeauty of faith is led by the great apos ie\\nPeter to the feet of the Hasten\\nLygln is th1-\\' most beautiful creation of\\nthe book, noble, true, pure young woman\\nhood. She will ever Stand out in the\\nreaderâ\\x80\\x99s memory as an ideal creation,\\nwad ihy ti> take her pla.ee a mong the noble\\ncharacters of womanhood, the dbvelop\\nment of which in fiction seems to charac\\nterize what w-\" may not inaptly call the\\nVictorian woman. There a\\'*e niamy scene.*\\ndescribed in ho hook which The mind of\\nthe reader will love to Huger upon: many\\nthat ore dramatic and powerfully de\\npleted. a.? in th vivid descriptions of the\\nburning of Rome, a ml the suffering and\\npersecutions caused the Christians In\\nwrongfully bearing the blame therefor.\\nThe threads of \"he s cry and loosâ\\x80\\x9c ends\\nare caught up with wondrous skill and\\npow**r in .r chapter where Lydia, as a\\ncondemned Christian, is borne into the\\narena before Nero and his assembled\\ncourt on the head of the German an\\n\\'ilochs! Tf any finer niece of dramafr ,1 --\\nscrlptiive work can b edited, I would like\\n| to know where it rap be found.\\nThem iis qo a \\'tedious page in the book.\\nThe setting of the story is wonderful Pn\\nIts strength ami picturesqueness. and pre\\nsents the sustain,- d powÂ«r and sweep of\\nnarrative only po*--sess>ed by the greatest\\nt~\\' \": \\'\\'T In * V\" di*Â» r-\\'iH nr*â\\x80\\x99v hive been\\nwritten by he hand of a master.\\nPAUL PRY.\\nMRS, WINSLOWâ\\x80\\x99S SOOTH\\'Nf: SVRUP\\nHas been used for over FIFTY YEARS\\nby .MILLIONS nf MOTHERS for th* ir\\nCHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with\\nPERFECT SUCCESS. IT SOOTHES\\nthe CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS. AL\\nLAYS all PAIN: CURES WIND COLIC,\\nard is the best remedy far DIARRHOEA.\\nSold by druggists In every part of the\\nwor d. Be sure and ask for \\'\\'Mrs. Wins\\nlow\\'s Southing Syrup.\" and take no oth r\\nkEr.d. Twenty-five cents a bottle.\\nQUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE.\\nShortest and Quickest Line New Or\\nleansâ\\x80\\x94Solid Cesiibule Trains.\\nThe Alabama Great Southern Railroad\\nwith its connections, furmerly the Queen\\n& Crescent Route, is the shortest and\\nquickest lire from Birmingham to New\\nOrleans. A solid vestibule train leav-s\\nBirmingham at 12:25 night, arriving New\\nOrleans 11:45 next morning. This train\\ncarries Pullmanâ\\x80\\x99s handsom st draw ng\\nroom Buffet Sleeping Cars, day coaches,\\nb.aggage and express cars through with\\nout change.\\nTil evening train leaving Birmingham\\nat 5 p. mâ\\x80\\x9e carries elegant Pullman Union\\nSleeping Cars from Birmingham to\\nNew Orleans without change, arriving at\\nNew Orleans at 6::i0 next morning, m.k\\ning connection with Southern Pacific for\\nthe west.\\nFur comfort and sp ed, travel via the\\nQueen & Crescent Route.\\nC. M. BILLHEIMER,\\nTraveling Passenger Agent Alahuna\\nGreat Southern Railway, No. 7 N rth\\nTwentieth St. Telephone 846.\\nSacred Concert at East Lake\\nSunday by Chaeeâ\\x80\\x99s band. Phil\\nMemoli, director. augltf\\nOur experience as pharma\\ncists, and facilities for serving\\nthe public with the best goods\\nobtainable, should commend\\nus to both physician and pa\\ntient. Ellis Drug Co,\\nMEDICINAL\\nBest full-quart Whiskey ou\\nly 75 cents. Ellis Drug Co.\\nWe will receive on tomor\\nrow another lot of tho-e flue\\nPreserving Pear3 We sell\\nGroceries cheap R. E Orr &\\nCo., 220 N 20th st.\\nDELIGHTFUL AND CHEAP TRIP\\nTo\\'Ncw York. Boston, PhiladUph rt, Bal\\ntimore and the East.\\nVia Central of Georgia ra.l.va.v to Sa\\nvannah, thence th â\\x96\\xa0 eagani st. an: rs f\\nthe Ocean Steairrlt.u company ti New\\nYork. Boston and Phlad Iphi . ai d Mer\\nchants\\' ard Miners\\' line to Ba\\'llinire\\nExcursion tickets. Including meals ard\\nberth, on Ehip at very low rates till ing\\nsummer months The :*a a,r a great\\ntonic\\nSteamer appointments equal to fin st\\nhotels.\\nT r ra\\'tos. reservations, salâ\\x80\\x99ing d it\"**,\\netc., apply to any age. t of the c in any\\nor t o\\nSOLON JACOBS. C mmercJul Ag-nt.\\nJACK w. JOHNSON. Uni n T ,*â\\x80¢ et\\nAgent, B rut rgiisin, Ait.\\nJ. C. HAILE. n**rr-rj4 fine ng r\\nAg*i:t. Savannah. Gâ\\x80\\x99.\\nHurry! Hurry up!! Eargii.ia\\nin Mitiâ\\x80\\x99g; and C\\'-rpits at\\nStowers luraiLure Co.\\nIll THE HILLMAN HOSPITAL\\nGoes â\\x80\\x98â\\x80\\x98Rose Caxtonâ\\x80\\x9d and Writes\\nUp Its Workings.\\nA NOBLE WORK OF CHARITY\\nIncidents of a Man Who Was So Well Pleased\\nthat He Refused to Return Home\\nWhen Dismissed.\\nIf one has never felt the pangs of hun\\nger he would have no conception of the\\nfueling; neither does the always healthy\\nhave the remotest idea of the keen suf\\nfering and disconsolate condition, of\\nthose who have been robbed of their vital\\npower. To be sound in body and mind\\nis the greatest boon that can be bestow\\ned upon the human family. Any other\\ncondition makes life a burden and not\\nworth living. No wealth that this world\\ncan off-r will compensate for the loes of\\nhealth. There are those with their mil\\nlions who would gladly give it all away\\nin order to enjoy once more the happi\\nness that health alone can give. But,\\nalas! they are beyond the power of hu\\nman skillâ\\x80\\x94their wealth is as a millstone\\naround itheir necks.\\nScarcely a day passes, in a large city\\nlike this, that one or more sad specta\\nTHE OPERATING ROOM.\\ncl slof this kind does not come under our\\nâ\\x80¢eyes.\\nSome such thoughts as these filled my\\nmind, and caused\\'an aching in my heart,\\nfrom which a fervent prayer for the re\\nlief of such unfortunates was reverently\\noff red up, as U ntered the Hillman hos\\npital and asked to be shown through\\nthe building.\\n1 was met at the door by the matron,\\nwho, after seeing my card and learning\\nmy mission, abruptly left the room and\\nturned me over to the day nurse, Mrs.\\nLula Cl. Aby. Very paill-ntly and cour\\nteously did this lady pilot me around,\\ndescribing minutely every detail of In\\nterest.\\nThe present hospital is not a larg- or\\npretentious building, but its fame should\\nbe h ra\\'ldod from every housetop; for a\\nmore scientific and up-to-date institu\\ntion does not exist in any cllv. Coder\\nth direction of Dr. \\'B. G. Copeland, the\\nsurgeon in charge, /operations of th?\\nmost delicate nature ar- skillfully and\\nsuccessfully performed.\\nA fact that Dr. Cop land, and. Indeed,\\nthat the whole board of lady managers\\nwishes brought before the public and\\nemphasized, is that th amount of char\\nity work done in the Hillman hospital Is\\nmuch greater in proportion to the funds\\nof the institution than that done in any\\nsimilar hospital in any city, be It wh re\\nIt may.\\nAbsolutely the only means of defray\\ning th\" exp nse of caring for the char\\nily patients, Is the Hillman fund of .\\n2(XH-$SM each month.\\nIn oMer to increase the usafqlnea* of\\nthe work d*>nÂ» here, there la a provtaton\\nfor as many as sixteen pay patient*.\\nA fact pointed out to me by Mrs. Hum\\nphreys, the nurse In charge of operation*,\\nla that charity patients are as well if\\nnot better cared for than those In the\\npay ward. Patients themselves reiter\\nate this Important fact, and seem so\\ndeeply to appreciate the kindly treat\\nment accorded them, that at the expira\\ntion of their convalescence, they are re\\nluctant to leave such pleasant quarters.\\nTo illustrate the foregoing, a story was\\ntold me by the nurse of a gentleman who\\nhas recently recovered from a severe sur\\ngical operation. He had been discharged\\nby Dr. Copeland and his wife sent for\\nhim yesterday. However, she simply\\nsent her carriage in charge of the driver.\\nHe soon returned as he went- -minus the\\npatient. The lady finally decided to go\\nherself for her reluctant lord and master.\\nArriving at the hospital, it was only by\\nstrategy that her husband was finally\\ninduced to go home. He wept copiously.\\nAs he went down the steps and left Ills\\ntemporary abode, he was heard to declare\\nmost earnestly, that he would be glad to\\nhave some accident happen to him, so\\nthat he should be compelled to return to\\nthe Hillman hospital for treatment.\\nSpecial mention should-be made of tlie\\nefficient and brave services in the oper\\nating room, of the two assistants, Miss\\nOtto, the matron, and Mrs. Humphreys,\\nthe nurse In charge of the operating\\nroom.\\nDr. Copeland personally performs ail\\noperations in a neat and skillful man\\nner. His assistants are Dr. R. A. Berry,\\nhis professional ass\"ciate; Dr. J. T.\\nBrown, resident hospital physician; Rax\\nter Rittenberry, a second course nitdical\\nstudent, and the two nurses above m n\\ntioned. Mrs. Aby, the day nurse, and\\nMiss Allen, the night nurse, are compe\\ntent and always cordially agreeable.\\n(Birmingham should be, and no doubt is,\\nproud of this r.Dble institution, so largely\\ndevoted to charity. Our citizens should\\ns\\'-i to it that every assistance and en\\ncouragement be given this earnest bind\\nof workers.\\nThe business interests of the Iliilman\\nhospital are controlled by a b a id of\\nlady managers, whose president Is Mrs.\\nA. Cl. Smith. This beard has in charge\\nâ\\x96\\xa0the Hillman oharity furd, arid they a one\\nare authoriz d to spir.\\'d same.\\nIt is truly astnni hlng. -vh n you st p\\nto think about It, how many re pie even\\nin our own city ate dally giving their\\ntirm and attention to the ali-vitim of\\nthe sufferings of t\\'heir fellow-crcafu: s,\\narid ail for the Christian love they bear\\nhuma; ?;y. The thought of a rcdmprâ\\x80\\x99ns?\\nnever enters th irmlndi .h yaieactu_t d\\nby motives purely uns Ifbh. Their mis\\nsion ie to do the most good porslbie to\\nthe greatest number.\\nSuch a Iran is Dr. Copeland; such is the\\nnoble work being so ft ly and willingly\\ndone under his able direction at the H li\\nman hospital.\\n\\'May the good work go on, a d return\\nto him golden fruit. We bid him and his\\nassociates God speed.\\n__ROSi-l CAXTON_*\\nâ\\x80¢33MILBURN WAGON COK\\nMORRIS AVE. AND 22d STREET,\\nBIRMINGHAM, - - - ALABAMA\\nTHE BEST WAGON ON EARTH!\\nPrices to Suit the Hard Times.\\ni WRITS FOB rlxILES TO\\n; FRANK F. ELLIS & CO.,\\nI Gct.o.\\'.il Southern Agents.\\nGREATER DAN I CAN BEAR,\\nDen â\\x80\\x99E Groan anâ\\x80\\x99 â\\x80\\x99Ide de Face\\nEen de â\\x80\\x99Ands.\\nJOSEPHINEâ\\x80\\x99S TALE OF WOE.\\nIn Her Own Peculiar Prairie Dialect She Re\\nviews the Last Days of Her Â£\\nBeloved Husbandâ\\x80\\x94A\\nClever Story.\\nydt\"\\n\\' Ah, yes, do Inkâ\\x80\\x99 sparkle no look \\'appy\\neen de sue, but dat water don\\' know, eet\\ndonâ\\x80\\x99 un\\'orstan. -h;\\nI tell you \\'ow de story â\\x80\\x99appen. \\'â\\x80¢*\\'\\nOne day Philippe, lay â\\x80\\x99usban, say at\\nme, â\\x80\\x9cJosephine, takâ\\x80\\x99 dc egg an de butter\\nan sell dam on do AnglismeD dat live\\nrounâ\\x80\\x99 de Inkâ\\x80\\x99.â\\x80\\x9d\\nDose man comâ\\x80\\x99 off Aiiglnn an tlnk dey\\nmnkâ\\x80\\x99 de farm, but dey slioot an fish nn\\ndrive on do prairie au lot deir crop grow\\nas â\\x80\\x99e please.\\nMy â\\x80\\x99ouse wns seex mile off, an dore was\\nde Ion\\' drive roun\\' de lakâ\\x80\\x99.\\nWâ\\x80\\x99en I com iienr dees pise, I see ono\\ntent, an I tlnk I fluâ\\x80\\x99 som\\' Injun. But\\npraysonly I see on de grass one wâ\\x80\\x99ite wo\\nman, an she nf da lofely face, an dc long\\nbatr fall roun\\' â\\x80\\x99er an eblne een de sun.\\nWâ\\x80\\x99en she \\'ear de wagon, she sit up an\\nlook at me. Den sbo lean by one tree an\\nory an cry.\\nI zhump from my wagon an say, â\\x80\\x9cWâ\\x80\\x99at\\nees de troblâ\\x80\\x99 of yon?â\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99\\nDon sho cry: â\\x80\\x9cI so glad, so glad for see\\nyou. I tâ\\x80\\x99ink I never see one woman somâ\\x80\\x99\\nmore. I tâ\\x80\\x99ink my â\\x80\\x99enrt brakâ\\x80\\x99 w\\'en I lie\\n\\'ere all de day so lonâ\\x80\\x99somâ\\x80\\x99.â\\x80\\x9d\\nI look rounâ\\x80\\x99 an I say: â\\x80\\x9c Were cae gome\\nbody? Wâ\\x80\\x99y dey leave yon so lon\\'sein\\'?â\\x80\\x9d\\nDen sho say, â\\x80\\x9cMy â\\x80\\x99usban go way for\\nslioot on for fish all day, nn â\\x80\\x99e don\\' tiuâ\\x80\\x99er\\nstnn dat I\\'ll be frighten an lon\\'eomâ\\x80\\x99.â\\x80\\x9d\\nAfter wâ\\x80\\x99ilo she tell me do story of â\\x80\\x99ersev.\\nHhedld livo on Angland wld fader, mod\\nder, sister, brodder, nn muuy people comâ\\x80\\x99\\neen deir \\'ome.\\nBlmeby sho promiso for marry wid one\\nyoung raoD, nn flrsâ\\x80\\x99 \\'o com\\' on Canada\\nwid â\\x80\\x99eomsev, an \\'e write pinny letter of do\\nlofely prairio an â\\x80\\x99ow she be \\'appy in dis\\nplas wid \\'ecm.\\nDen \\'e comâ\\x80\\x99 bnck on Anglnnd nn ranrry\\nwid â\\x80\\x99or, nn sbo leave \\'or people. Sho miss\\ndem, hut sho try for bo â\\x80\\x99uppy wid \\'com.\\nWâ\\x80\\x99en dey arrife on Caundu an go by de\\ncity an do town an do farm, she tâ\\x80\\x99ink sbr\\nliko de coâ\\x80\\x99utry. But dey comâ\\x80\\x99 far nn more\\nfar an go tâ\\x80\\x99rough de prnirio wâ\\x80\\x99ero dcre\\'s\\nno tree, no wnter, an her eye grow tire\\'.\\nAfter w\\'ilo deroâ\\x80\\x99s no moro train, no more\\ncar, an dey drive oen do wagon fnr nn\\nmoro fnr, an she see no \\'ouse, no people.\\nDen â\\x80\\x99er â\\x80\\x99enrt fool lonâ\\x80\\x99somâ\\x80\\x99, but she try for\\nseem \\'appy.\\nAt Insâ\\x80\\x99 dey arrlfo by dis plasâ\\x80\\x99, an she\\nsen somâ\\x80\\x99 tree nu do lofely inkâ\\x80\\x99, bnt deroâ\\x80\\x99s\\nno â\\x80\\x99ouso, deroâ\\x80\\x99s nodding but dc tent, on\\nono man stnn near by nil smoke.\\nDen â\\x80\\x99er â\\x80\\x99usban say, â\\x80\\x9cWc stop â\\x80\\x99ore.â\\x80\\x9d\\nSho sny, â\\x80\\x9cW\\'ero ees da â\\x80\\x99ouse?â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x99E sny: â\\x80\\x9cDat tont ocs my \\'ouso, au you\\n\\'ave no trohl1 for â\\x80\\x99ousekeep. Sometime\\nTom, dat man, \\'elp you wâ\\x80\\x99en \\'eâ\\x80\\x99B not j\\nbusy.â\\x80\\x9d\\nSho sny, â\\x80\\x9cWâ\\x80\\x99ero ees do woman for â\\x80\\x99elp\\nme?â\\x80\\x9d\\n\\'E say: â\\x80\\x9cNo woman livo ncer dis pinsâ\\x80\\x99.\\nDoso lady dat comâ\\x80\\x99 from Anglnnd nu live\\non do prairie bo giud for work an â\\x80\\x99elp del:- I\\nâ\\x80\\x99uslmn.â\\x80\\x9d\\nSiio spik not, but go eon do tont. Dat\\ntent was dirty, so dirty, bucos do ronn,\\nTom, donâ\\x80\\x99 troblâ\\x80\\x99 for waEh tâ\\x80\\x99lngs, nil do\\npot aud pan, de blanket an do cout, lio nil\\nroun.\\nShe wns tiro, for dey (lrivo fnr; slio wan\\nool, for do frosâ\\x80\\x99 wns yet ecu do groun; sho\\nwns hungry, bnt slio know sho oat not\\nwâ\\x80\\x99on tâ\\x80\\x99ings look liko dot. So do tear comâ\\x80\\x99\\neen \\'or eye.\\nDat mnkâ\\x80\\x99 \\'er â\\x80\\x99nsbnn nngry, nn \\'esay:\\nâ\\x80\\x9cI nover tâ\\x80\\x99ink you wus dot kin of woman.\\nOdder men \\'nf do bravo wife dot Vlpdeiu.â\\x80\\x9d\\nDen slio sit on do groun un cry liko â\\x80\\x99cr\\nâ\\x80\\x99eart brnkâ\\x80\\x99.\\nDen \\'o grow more angry un go way off\\non do praiiie.\\nDo man, Tom, fool sorry, an \\'c ask â\\x80\\x99or\\necf slio not know sho innsâ\\x80\\x99 livo een ono\\ntent. An sho say sho nover know dat. She\\ntâ\\x80\\x99ink slio livo ccn ono \\'ouso w\\'ero odder\\npooplo livo nour.\\nDen Tom makâ\\x80\\x99 do flro, on fry do pork\\nnn do potntes, nn innk\\' como ten, an â\\x80\\x99o\\nsny, â\\x80\\x9cYou foci belter wâ\\x80\\x99en you cat som\\nding.â\\x80\\x9d\\nSho try for oat, but do pork was fat, nn\\ndo potntes swim een do grease, so she\\nthink com, but sny sho feel too seek for\\neut. But she drink do ton an feel hotter.\\nI)c m xâ\\x80\\x99 day sho ache nil over. Slio eat\\nnodding, she walk nor, for do groun etÂ«\\ndamp, do tent cor. damp. An at do firsâ\\x80\\x99 \\'or\\n\\'usbiin ecs sorry, but blmeby \\'o grow tiro\\nfor Ink\\' caro of â\\x80\\x99er, no â\\x80\\x99o my, â\\x80\\x9cIX reâ\\x80\\x99s no\\ngood een life ccf one man mils\\' stay by do\\ntent all day.\" An wâ\\x80\\x99en slio grow not\\nstrong â\\x80\\x99o lenvo \\'or day by day alone wid\\nâ\\x80\\x99ersev.\\nBefore I go from \\'er dot day I cook for\\n\\'er do poasli egg an do tons\\', an slio cat\\nlike sbo bo starve, an rJio sny, â\\x80\\x9cI)at oes\\nlike dey cook by my â\\x80\\x99ome,\"\\nAfter dot 1 drive \\'roun do lakâ\\x80\\x99 an nrrife\\non do little cottnrho wâ\\x80\\x99cto livo do t\\'roo\\nAnglismen. An I spik wid otic of dom\\n.thou\\' dat woman, un \\'o guy, â\\x80\\x9câ\\x80\\x99Er \\'usban\\ncon one selfish brute.â\\x80\\x9d\\nI liko Out Anglisiunn, an I t\\'ink, â\\x80\\x9cWâ\\x80\\x99y\\nshe not seo you before sho marry wid\\ncom?â\\x80\\x9d For dat. man wns so â\\x80\\x99undsoine, so\\nbrnv\\' an so strong.\\nAfter dat I drive every day by \\'er tent\\nan wash do tâ\\x80\\x99inea un cook somding dat\\nsho may oat. An slio grow moro strong,\\ni sn biir.eby slio laugh un suy sho donâ\\x80\\x99 feel\\nfo ion\\'som\\'.\\nAfter w\\'ilo deir \\'ouso arriCe. Een de\\nprairie, w\\'ero dcro\\'s not wood for bullâ\\x80\\x99 do\\n\\'OIK1, dry buy do â\\x80\\x99ouso eon de city, un \\'o\\njrrtfo nil puck up. ready for pnt togedder.\\nDo big Anglisman dat 1 lit:\\' coni\\' \\'roun\\ndo odder side u da Inkâ\\x80\\x99, nn \\'o â\\x80\\x99tip cr wâ\\x80\\x99on\\nshe put do furuizliur een do \\'ouso, an w on\\nslio laugh au so- n plcaso o watch \\'or, an\\nJo oyc of com grow sofâ\\x80\\x99, nn de sigh nils\\'\\nfrom ec.q \\'cart. Bnt she donâ\\x80\\x99 know dat.\\nMany time â\\x80\\x99c comâ\\x80\\x99 nn \\'o rend for h r an\\nsing for â\\x80\\x99or, nn somtime dev sing toged\\ndcr. .in do cclar eom\\' ecu or check, an she\\nlook \\'appy, au \\'u smile wid do sweet smile,\\nun I t\\'ink: â\\x80\\x98Ah, you would bu de kinâ\\x80\\x99\\n\\'ushnnd. You would bo strong, you would\\nbo zticntll. But dnt ees too latn now.\"\\nOne day w\\'en I nrrife she look w\\'lte nod\\nsiraii/.ii. An after w\\'ilo she put\\'er arm\\nrounâ\\x80\\x99 mo an cry: â\\x80\\x9cOb, Jusephe, Josephs,\\nI never t lnk dorc wu3 nny wrong w\\'en â\\x80\\x99o\\ncomâ\\x80\\x99 for see no, nil I tolâ\\x80\\x99 my â\\x80\\x99usban every\\ni time \\'o-com\\', un \\'o nover sny I do wrong\\n! for slug wid cam an read wld ecm. But\\nInsâ\\x80\\x99 night wâ\\x80\\x99en my â\\x80\\x99usbanâ\\x80\\x99 errifo from do\\nvillnziic, \\'e say dat do peoplâ\\x80\\x99 dero gosscop\\nboios do Anglisman comâ\\x80\\x99 by dis \\'ouso so\\nmany tlmo, nn my \\'usban say, â\\x80\\x9cWon dat\\nman nrrife â\\x80\\x99ore, you tell â\\x80\\x99com *e never\\ndarken dis door again.â\\x80\\x9d\\nDen abe lay \\'sr \\'eed by roe as tplk fto\\nmore won), but I feet de meesetry een my\\n\\'eart for \\'er,\\nBimeby *lie say: â\\x80\\x9cJosephe, I want my\\nrnodder. Eef ray raodder was by me an I\\neplk wld â\\x80\\x996r eet \\'elp me beer all dat.\"\\nX\\'raysouly I se de Angltsman com\\' ufi 1\\nfrom de Inkâ\\x80\\x99.\\nDen dey gptk togedder, an de face of eem\\ngrow w\\'lte, an de black comâ\\x80\\x99 een eea ej t,\\nan de voice of eem trainâ\\x80\\x99!â\\x80\\x99, but I know\\nnot wâ\\x80\\x99at \\'e say.\\nPraysonly sbe say: â\\x80\\x9cGoodby, goodby\\nforever. I tâ\\x80\\x99ank you from my \\'eart for all\\nyou \\'at done. 1 know you are good. I\\nknow you aro noble. I pray you may be\\nâ\\x80\\x99nppy.\"\\nI \\'ear not de word \\'e say, but de face of\\neera look like de face of de dead.\\nDen be go fast a way by do lak, an she\\nkeep \\'or eye on dat little canoe dat enrry\\neem over de lak, for she know \\'e comâ\\x80\\x99\\nback no more.\\nDe nexâ\\x80\\x99 day I go by de oottazhe of de\\nAnglisiuan for soli ray egg and butter, an\\ndose odder two men tell me dat â\\x80\\x99e leave\\ndem an go far, far away.\\nWon many week go past, she say to me,\\nâ\\x80\\x9cBimeby, Josephe, w\\'en I â\\x80\\x99old do little\\none een my arm, an â\\x80\\x99e learn for cull me\\nmodder, Iâ\\x80\\x99ll be not so lonâ\\x80\\x99somâ\\x80\\x99.â\\x80\\x9d\\nBut, nb, me, wâ\\x80\\x99en de day arrife, I know\\nshoâ\\x80\\x99ll never enrry eom een \\'er arm, an \\'e\\'ll\\nnever call \\'er modder.\\n1 \\'ear â\\x80\\x99er say to mo een do weak voice:\\nâ\\x80\\x9cJosephe, good Josephe, bring my baby\\nby mo. I want for see do dear little face.â\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99\\nDen I t\\'lnk my â\\x80\\x99eart brakâ\\x80\\x99.\\nPraysonly de doctor, do doctor from de\\nvillazhe, go beside â\\x80\\x99er, an de tear ees een\\nVs eye, for \\'e tell â\\x80\\x99er very zhentil dat de\\nlife lie gone out from dat little baby.\\nAfter dat she remember nodding for\\nmnnyday.\\nWâ\\x80\\x99en \\'er sense comâ\\x80\\x99 to \\'cr once more,\\nshe any: â\\x80\\x9cJosephe, I cannot bear cet long.\\nI go, I inusâ\\x80\\x99 go wld my baby.â\\x80\\x9d\\nDen I kiss \\'er face an tell â\\x80\\x99er, â\\x80\\x9cOh, yon\\nbe better, you be better soon,â\\x80\\x9d ah I leave\\nâ\\x80\\x99er wid de woman dat com\\'from de vil\\nlnzhe for takâ\\x80\\x99 care of â\\x80\\x99er.\\nNexâ\\x80\\x99 day, w\\'en I comâ\\x80\\x99 by de â\\x80\\x99ouse an\\nput ray â\\x80\\x99and on de door, somding inakâ\\x80\\x99\\nme feci cold nn shake.\\nAn w\\'en I walk eon she cry not, â\\x80\\x9cJo\\nsephe, good Josephe,â\\x80\\x9d for she lie wâ\\x80\\x99lte nn\\nstill on de bed, an I know she cos wld \\'er\\nbaby.\\nBut X go not by de bed, for â\\x80\\x99er â\\x80\\x99usban\\nstan dere wâ\\x80\\x99lte nn still as ees de dead\\nwoman.\\nDo man, Tom, sit con kltzhon, nn â\\x80\\x99e cry\\nlike do child, but \\'e tell mo de story.\\nDe nurse woman sleep een de night, nn\\ndo lamp burn low. Wen sho wake, sho\\nlook on de bed, an nodding lio dere, nod\\nding dat live ees een do room wid â\\x80\\x99er.\\nSho wako every oue, on dey senrsli de\\n\\'ouse, dey senrsli de groun. At de las\\' dey\\nfin do footpilnt to do Ink\\', an een dut\\nwater she lie dead.\\nAn I suy wid raysev, â\\x80\\x9cGod know dat\\nall â\\x80\\x99or trouble, all \\'er lon som\\'ness, de\\nstroy â\\x80\\x99er min, so sbo no longer uuâ\\x80\\x99erstau\\ndat eet bo sin for tako â\\x80\\x99er lifo so sho go by\\n\\'er baby, an I know een my \\'cart God\\nnever punish \\'er for dut, bncos he uu\\'er\\nBtnn. â\\x80\\x9d\\nDen I make do prayer for \\'cr soul.\\nI go ecu de room w\\'ere â\\x80\\x99cr \\'nsbau stan,\\nan I remember dat \\'e spoil \\'er life, de life\\nof dat woman I lofo, of dnt woman dat lie\\ndead, an I caro not eef my word be â\\x80\\x99ard,\\neef my word be cruel. I want for \\'urt, eem\\neef I can.\\n\\'E draw eemsev back liko do knife go\\ntâ\\x80\\x99rough oem an look een my eye like \\'a\\nstan dere for let me pierco do â\\x80\\x99eart of eem.\\nBut praysonly \\'o cry : â\\x80\\x9cSpik on, spik wâ\\x80\\x99at\\nyou will. Nodding you say \\'urt mo more\\nasde tâ\\x80\\x99ing I say at mysev. I know at Insâ\\x80\\x99\\nwâ\\x80\\x99at she suffor. I know at lasâ\\x80\\x99 wâ\\x80\\x99ut I â\\x80\\x99avo\\ndone. Eef I could bring \\'or back, I give\\nmy life for make \\'er \\'uppy. But, oh, my\\nGod, eet ees too latoj too late!â\\x80\\x9d\\nDen â\\x80\\x99e groan an \\'ide de fuco een do\\n\\'ands, nn \\'e say, â\\x80\\x9cDe punishment ecs\\ngreater dan X can bear.â\\x80\\x9dâ\\x80\\x94Now York\\nTribune.\\nI\\nMado from tho Purest, Ripest and SwoeteAt leaf\\ngrown In the Golden Belt of North C-irollna.\\n\\' Cigarette Book goco with each 2-oz. pouch.\\nALT FOR lO CENTS.\\n^ A Pleasant, Coo! and Delightful Smoke.\\nÂ»^Lyon t Co. Tooacco Works, Durham, n. c.\\nttNNYfiOYAL PILLS\\nOrI;_lnnl nnÂ«l Only Genuine. /L\\nga?c, always triable. ladies *-k\\n!)niri?i \\' for Chichester9 Dm 4>Â».>\\\\\\nniâ\\x80\\x99ind Jlmnd in Ked wn>1 Hnid m*Â»iif;lÂ«V%r>Sr\\nihnt**. s n-iâ\\x80\\x99b bin â\\x80¢ riUvi. Take\\n>Ja:> other. Refute dangerima ruhtiau\\' V\\n?tiuti* Â»d imitation*. At l>ni<2i-Â«iH. ncnii 4e.\\nin rtaÂ» ips for i/articuiiir*. 1 stiuuiuiH.- huJ\\nâ\\x80¢â\\x80\\x98Iteli-f foe I.adlem** Â»\\'* tetter, br return\\n_ Ma!1. Jtyr.M) T- iimm . A- .ir /â\\x80\\x98â\\x96\\xa0ipcr.\\ntâ\\x80\\x99Ki\" 1 e-f rrCiic7.lor. 1 < Â«â\\x96º., AjiiiI Ixhi Â»**â\\x80¢ um, o,\\n\\'â\\x96\\xa0 â\\x80¢â\\x80¢ w r , -â\\x80¢ â\\x80¢ â\\x80¢ I\\'hflt.ibj.\\n27-we-*at-su-wkY-#ow-ly\\nGI VESTAWAY-~\\nwith every purchase,\\na beautiful souvenir.\\nHarry Mercer, 2020\\n_ First avenue. Wed\\nding and other presents at\\ngreatly reduced prices. 7-31-12*\\nWe teach Pit manic Short\\nhandâ\\x80\\x94the standard system o\\'\\nthe world. Masseyâ\\x80\\x99s Business\\nCollege.\\nMalone Boot & Shoe Co. are\\nselling Oxford Ties and Gent sâ\\x80\\x99\\nLow-cut fchoes cheaper than\\nany house in the city.\\nWhat! Furniture? We have\\nthe best, more of it, lowest\\npriced, latest styles. Why not\\ncuy from ue? Stowers Furni\\nture Co.\\nShoes! Shoes!! Shoes!!! Cut\\n40 per cent, at Malone Boot &\\nShoe Co., 2007 Second ave.\\nSacre 1 Concert at East Lake\\nSunday by Chacoâ\\x80\\x99s band, P ii\\nMemoli, director. au_ lL',\n",
       "  'THE POOR ARE\\n! WITH DS ALWAYS\\ni _\\nFlorence and Naples Have Their Supply\\nol Mendicants.\\nBIRMINGHAM ALSO IN LINE\\nSome Are Stationary While Others, Like\\nthe Winds, Come and Go.\\nHERE AND THERE WE MEET THEM\\nSome Are Blind, Others Deformed, but the\\nVeteran of Them All Is He Who\\n\"Cannot Kickâ\\x80\\x9d Because\\nof Dull Times.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cWell, I see you still have them.â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"What. thj smallpox?â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x9cNo, the mendicants.â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x9dY-s, like bad luck, they still cling to\\nusâ\\x80\\x9e ad it looks like we will never get rid\\nof them.â\\x80\\x9d\\nThese words were heard by an Age\\nHerald r-porter In front of tâ\\x80\\x99he Florence\\nTHE LEGI.ES8 FI D DI.ER.\\nhotel yesterday. The truth of the state\\nment of the stay-at-home In answer to\\nthe queries of the frequent visitor sug\\ngested a first-class opportunity for a bit\\nof Insight into the unfortunate element\\nwhich pervades the streets and avenues\\nof the city daily.\\nNaples is celebrat-d for its thousands\\nof mendicants. Florence, her sister city,\\nIs by no means lacking in them. Jto\\nfairer cities adorn the Eastern conti\\nnent, yet the presrnce of hundreds and\\n\\'thousands of vagabonds, beggars and\\nunforturates on the principal thorough\\nfares of the cities but serve to dim the\\nâ\\x96\\xa0lustre, and the blot grows instead of di\\nminishing the more one sees of them.\\nBirmingham has her share of mendi\\ncants, and they are here to stay. There\\nare all kinds of mendicants, old and\\nyoung, male and female, white and\\nblack, some of \\'them unsightly while oth\\ners of the unfortunatesare not uncom-iy\\nto look upon. There was a time when\\nthere were to be seen on the streets and\\navenues of this city d form d persons l\\nwhose very presence would cause men to\\nshudder, and women to fall ill, and yet\\nthey were allowed to roam without mo\\nlestation. Thes-, fortunately, have dis\\nappeared. Now for a word or two about\\nthose to be seen daily in shis city.\\nThe Legles* Fiddler.\\nFirst, is the legless fiddler. His name\\nIs Hiram Weidman. A few years ago\\nhe was an able-bodi d man and made a\\ngood living for his family. An evil day\\ncame and he was picked up at the rail\\nroad crossing a maimed and crippled\\nman. After the physicians and surgeons\\nhad finished with him he was minus\\nboth legs and a erippl for life.\\nHe- disapp ared from the streets of the\\ncity for >a time, and reappeared in an\\nInvalid\\'s chair with a fiddle and bow in\\nhand. He had been transformed from a\\nworkman fco a Iflddler. I While minus\\nboth lower limbs, he was not unsightly,\\nand when he would tune up his lidtlle,\\nrosin his bow and with his best ablltty\\ndraw from the strings old, familiar\\ntunes the nickels would rattle in Ills\\nlittle tin box. No matter if he did a\\nland office business or made a water\\nhaul, he never was seen to change eoun\\nleninoe. *\\n\"Howâ\\x80\\x99s business, Mr. Weidman?â\\x80\\x9d asked\\nthe reporter, as the legless llddier was\\nsawing away aft the tuna the cow evl- |\\ndently must have died on.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cI canâ\\x80\\x99t kick,â\\x80\\x9d he said and continued\\nhis sawing.\\nThe Blind Fiddler.\\nThe blind fiddlier is a recent Importa\\ntion, having come to Birmingham only a\\ncouple of years ago. His name is Robert\\nA. Jtackson, as he will politely Inform you\\nshould yon ask him. He 1Â® a native Ala- 1\\nbamian, was born in â\\x80\\x9cHighâ\\x80\\x9d Jackson\\ncounty fifty years ago. He Is by no\\nmerits a grumbler at his hard lot, being\\nof a philosophical turn of mind. Should\\nyou ask him he will tell you tha t he was\\nonly 9 mon ths old when by an unfortun\\nate accident he lost the sight of both\\nt-yes. He fell In a fire and when taken\\nout had lost his sight. In later years he\\nwas taught the ant of making music with\\na fid-lie ami bow, and soon became an |\\nadept. When he had reached the age of\\nmattiI\\'M;,- he attempted to earn a liveli\\nhood at beaching vlollni lessons, bub his\\ninfirmity was a bar and he was forced to\\ntake hie fiddle and go upon the highways\\nand earn a living.\\nWhie on a tour of Hhe Lone Star state\\nhe s\\'-1tied down in Texarkana and tlmre\\nmarried. The result of his marital lifâ\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x96\\xa0was a. bright little girl. The mother died\\nand the child is now in kindly hands at\\nPratt City. Ask the blind m I net r el how\\nhis lllitie daughter is and his face becomes\\nbright and he 9\\'cnis to forget for the time\\nhis lrlflrmity and he speaks oheerlngly of\\nher. Ilia-address betokens good breeding,\\nn.nd he is not at all disagreeable to cun\\nverse with.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cHow is business with you today. Mr.\\nJackson?â\\x80\\x9d naked the reporter.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cOut of sight,â\\x80\\x9d replied he arid he con\\ntinned his rnedly.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cDo you know my tin box Is a chrono\\nmoteft quhrled he of the reporter.\\n\"Well, no, I don\\'t see how it is,\" reput\\'d\\nthe reporter.\\n\"I\\'ll tell you,â\\x80\\x9d he said, \"when the\\nriokUa fall regularly I know the people\\na,re doing well, but when they come f w\\nand far between 1 kno-w times are hard.â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"Quite philosophical,â\\x80\\x9d thought \\'the re\\nporter as he moved away.\\nThe Armless fiddler.\\nThe latest acquisition to the mendicant\\nranks is a man with only one arm. He,\\ntoo. is a fiddler. You will ask him how he\\nmbnflgos to make music with a fiddle and\\nbow, having only one arm. I will tell you.\\nHe places the how under his knee joint,\\ngrasps the fiddle wi|h the single hand\\nand by a swinging motion of til â\\x96\\xa0 body\\nforces the strains from the Instrument.\\nThe musi\\'o is by no means melodious, yet\\nIt is the best he can do and he deserves\\nail the nickels ho receives during the day.\\nThere is rot a day laborer In the city who\\nworks as faithfully or bard as he doeÂ»,\\nStill he never has anything to say, but\\ncontinues his sawirrg. Where he camâ\\x80\\x9c\\nfrom tiiÂ° reporter could rot learn, as the\\nman was too busy for InterruptUm.\\nT ti n n ;\\nThere is a lonely looking remalo. blind,\\nâ\\x96\\xa0too. who sits patiently all day in one spot,\\na placard on her breasit and without a\\nword to say to any on . She really ex\\ncites one\\'s pity. A: times when the nick\\nels do not come fast enough she consoles\\nherself by humming an almost inaudible\\ntuneâ\\x80\\x94a song without words.\\n\"By the way, this reminds me of an oc\\ncurrence I witnessed a day or two ago,\\nIn Which â\\x80¢this lain- woman and the blind\\nfiddler were the principal figures. ! say\\nthe principal figures because the tnan\\ngot rhe money and rhe woman got left.\\nThree elegantly dressed women past! d\\n\\'the comer where 1 was standing The\\nlone woman was seat\\'d at the corner of\\nt.h*e Florence an-d th-o blind musician sat\\nB few steps away up the street. As the\\nI trio of b-nutos parsed tie- â\\x96\\xa0 â\\x80¢.â\\x96\\xa0rnr hÂ»\\n: dross of one of â\\x80¢them s wept th bedraggle,!\\n; skirts of the unfortunate\\'woman. Not a\\nj look of sympathy did she go: from hirer\\n1 of them. But look, they aouoally s.opp d\\nand -tw â\\x80¢ of them gave the blind runs rain\\na nickel each. I thought Woman, lovely\\nwranajt, how lncorislatertt thou art. I\\nasked myself why they did not divide\\ntheir charity and give the woman one\\nnickel and the man the other. I guess\\nthey had a right to do wfth their money\\nas itoey saw At.\"\\nThe Blind Miller.\\nThe Blind Miller Is another periodical\\nvisitor to\\'the streets and aver.iues of the\\ncity. Some people say he has amassed\\na large sum of money by grinding out\\nmanufactured music from a hand organ,\\nbut the correctness of \\'.the assertion I\\nwould not dare to at-empt to verify. He\\nhas all of the latest tunes, and some of\\nthe oldest, too, for that ma\\'tter. All Is\\ngrist that comes to his mill, and be con\\ntinues to grind.\\n* * *\\nAll of the above are White. There are\\na number of black mendicants In ittoe\\ncity, however. One in particular I recall\\nto mind, for many a time and oft In tha\\nearly morn has he made my life miser\\nable by locating himself underneath my\\nwindow, and despite all my efforts to\\ndrive him away, would, with his hand\\nInstrument ofâ\\x80\\x99coiture, grind out \"Where\\nIs My Wandering Boy Tonight?â\\x80\\x9d Oh.\\nhow I wish some kindly person would\\ncome along and give him the d sired in\\nformation in order that be might go arid\\nAnd him and set his troubled mind at\\nrest. But the friend for whom I longed\\nnever came.\\nA long time ago the ci\\'ty was accursed\\nby the presence of a blind negro who had\\nfor a companion a lad. also of a dark\\ncolor, Who had a voice wi h a screech in\\nIt like an old rusty door. The grindokit\\nthey used was paralytic and the boy\\'s\\nvoice was perfectly attuned to ft. The\\nStone of sorgs in \\'their repertoire was lim\\nited to twoâ\\x80\\x94\\'the song and the chorus.\\nThe blind bard had a good voiceâ\\x80\\x94butt the\\nboyâ\\x80\\x94heaven Porfpnd. rt was worse than\\na month in DryTortugas. You could n<n\\ndrive them off. It was folly to try. The\\nbard, fortunately, was addicted jo gam\\nblingâ\\x80\\x94he could sa excellently well at\\nnight, bu\\'t was blind as a bat by day.\\nOne eve while gambling with another of\\nhis race he was caught working \"horsesâ\\x80\\x9d\\nand a \"razooâ\\x80\\x9d was soon Aourishing in he\\nair. A light, the police court the next\\nday, and. \"Bless the Judge,â\\x80\\x9d Jhe bard\\nwas order-d to leave town on pain of do\\ning time on the rock pile. He left.\\nGo to your doctor for\\nadvice; he is the best man\\nto tell you what medicine\\nyou need. Go to your drug\\ngist for your medicines; he\\nknows more about druiis\\nthan a dry goods man.\\nStick to your doctor and\\nto your druggist if you are\\na sick man, but don t go to your\\ndruggist for advice. If your\\ndoctor tells you to get Scottâ\\x80\\x99s\\nEmulsion it is because he\\nknows it to be the remedy\\nin all conditions of wasting,\\nthe one reliable, permanent\\npreparation.\\nGet what you ask for.\\nscHnni of Mil ir and thfiiry.\\nWe wish to coll a.t\\' nttion \\'do an in-t.l\\ntutiorl of which Birmingham and. Indeed,\\nall Alabama should be proud.\\niMIsb Daisy Woodruff Rowley, last year\\nestablished thi- School of Music and The\\nory. Sixty-five pupils were enrolled the\\nA list term, and tihe memto rship has con\\ntinued \\'no gro w un\\'111 tWeschool now ranks\\nwith tihe best music coll-ges in this or\\nany city.\\nWe have rtci lived cave of Miss Rowl>\\'titâ\\x80\\x99s\\ncorcu\\'i u\\'.s. sv.i.r.fliig lkyi\\'t\\'h the music course\\nwhich will be pursue d.\\nThis ai\\'.alcgue gives evidence of care\\nful compilalUm, and even a cursory\\ngl\\'anee will show that the methods em\\nploy\\'d by Mlea Rowley are equal in p IrJt\\nof thioriaugih and eysitems.tlc training to\\na ny music school\\'in America or Kurt \\\\\\nThis is ri t ovciri\\'a\\'tlng \\'.h 1 School of\\nMusic and Theory, for th- principal. Mhv\\nRowley, ha-1 mad \\'theStudy of music and:\\ntheory her life work. a,nd r.c\\'m.ly spant\\nthree years at the Royal Conservatory\\nIn Du pden. G-rnma.ny.\\nMiss Rowley has added -a vocal de\\npart men):, which will to? in charge of\\nMaddlm Emi 11 ? Von N\\'.va-rr. of Vl\\'.-nâ\\x80\\x94i.\\nAustria, with a \\'.leciht\\'iieal course of study\\next-imdiirg through four years.\\nIn Jairiuary. 189S. -Ilfs scbool will be in\\ncorpora .\".-d. and d trees will he given\\nupon completion of rp cified work.\\nFORT PAYNE.\\nAn Attempt to Hob Post offlce-Stcre En\\ntered by Burglarsâ\\x80\\x94Circuit Court Con\\nvenes-Foundry Besumes Work.\\nPort Payne. Ala., July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Sp ciil.)â\\x80\\x94\\nProf. J. â\\x80\\x98J. Jacovvay and Hu>hell Taylor,\\nof Trenton, tia., aiv visiting r- datives\\nhere.\\nCircuit court converts next M nday,\\nAug. 2. Docket light.\\nDr. P. P. Gale has go e north, where h?\\nwill Icca\\'be and continue the practice of\\nmedicine.\\nAn attempt to rob the po-toffle â\\x80¢ at this\\npine.- was nta le Thursday right by\\nbreaking one of (he poatoffiro boxi s. The\\nsime night â\\x80\\x9come on-\\' hr-ke into the rtor*\\nof Wmc Tibbs and tc>k a pair of sho s. i\\nNo clue to the guilty partv can he f urd.\\nThe Fort Paytre stnv\\' foundry will re\\nsume work next Me rday.\\nThe Alabama pottery works are now\\nIn full lila-1 an! m doubt a profllab â\\x80\\x9d\\nbusiness will result from en-â\\x80\\x99gles of\\nMt cars. H. T. Pop\\' and B F. Kidd r.\\nYOUNG LADIES 1\\nwho suffer from Profuse,\\nPainftrt, Suppressed or Ir\\nregular Menstruation aro\\n^soon restored to health by\\nEradrlcldâ\\x80\\x99s\\nFemale Regulator.\\n< It has been used with\\n, Vrreat miecoso for more\\n^thttu 30 yearn and known\\n\\\\ to act on the organs cf\\nMenstruation. It never\\nâ\\x80\\x99faile to give relief and j\\n..restore health to tho si if- j\\nferiog-woman. It should\\nbo token by tho girl just |\\nbudding i nto uom un hood .when Mount ru- i\\nat.ion in Scant. Supprcnced, jrrogularor\\nPainful, c.ml all clolicr-to voiaon siiouhl\\nuse it, ao it boa r, woudorfui influence in\\ntoniug up and Blrongi hening li< rsyutc i\\nby driving through the propor chauucJo\\nnil impurities.\\nTmc srao-ield rcoulator co., atuv ita, \\'a.\\nOCi.3 OV ALL Cr.OCCISTJ AT 01 rctl COTTI.S. ,\\nEACH ESCAPED\\nTHE OTHER\\nPeculiar Eod of a Pawneeâ\\x80\\x99s Fight With\\na Sioux.\\nTHE CLIMAX OF A BLOODY BATTLE\\nAfter a Desperate Conflict Each Found Himself\\nDisgraced and Hurried to\\nDrown Himself.\\n\"Bee that old cottonwood back of .he\\nround-house?â\\x80\\x9d asked the superintend\\nent, as I be car crash\\'d by a small etaititwi\\nfar ouit on the plains. I taw the tree.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cKeep that in mind,â\\x80\\x9d said my friend,\\n\"and 111 tell you a storyâ\\x80\\x94H. ends at that\\ntree.â\\x80\\x9d\\nThe tight train was now swinging\\naround ithe long curves by t\\'he banks of\\na slowly running,river, Ithe official lighted\\nÂ« frtsh cigar, put bis feet up in a chiair\\nand fold \\'.he story:\\n\"A band of\\'trad Indians, under the fero\\ncious Bear Foot, had been threatening us\\nfor three days. The seouts had scarcely\\nslept for as many night\\'s, and at dawn of\\nttho fourth morning trouble commenced.\\nThe Pawnees, who were on picket duty\\nunder government pay, were as wily as the\\nÂ£L\\'oux, who were planning the capture\\nc\\'f our little station\\'. When, the enemy\\nhad crept up, almost Into our camp, k ep\\ning under the bank or the river, they were\\ndetected by the trained ear of the red\\nBJouts. The captain in command of the\\ngovernment forces was slow to b- lieve\\nthat the river which ran past \\'he round\\nhouse was literally alive with Sioux, but\\nhe knew the scout was too sly To advise\\nan attack that was unnecessary.\\n\"If the Sioux were actually creeping up\\n1n the dtarkn ss, under he bank of tho\\nstream, at was easy to guest the object.\\nWhen they were there in sufficient num\\nbers they would swarm out on us like\\nâ\\x96\\xa0red antts, \\'before the drowsy soldiers could\\ng-\\'t to their feet\\n\"The scout and -be captain crept close\\nto the river and lay upon the ground\\nlistening for any sound ttask might be\\nma\\'de by the crawling Sioux. Occasionally\\nthey could hear a shuttling, scuffling\\nsound, and now and .hen a low â\\x80\\x98ker\\nplunkâ\\x80\\x99 as a pebble rolled down the bank\\nand fell in-to the water. In a little while\\n.Vie daptaiin had become convinced that\\nthere were Indians in the river. How\\nmany, he could not tell, but he knew thaS\\nBear Float would not come alolie.\\n\"The scouts were now awak ned and\\nlined up near the round-house, betv.\\'vii\\nthe track and the riv r. We had fifty\\nmen, mostly Pawnees, and \\'hey * re\\nnow plan d ten feet apart, so that we\\ncovered about SOO feet of the river. The\\ncaptato passed along the line and ap\\nprised the mein of the danger. At the\\nflash of a bullseye lamp in the round\\nhouse th men were t> fail down and\\nerawi up to within ten yards of ihe\\nstream and lie quiet unt.il dawn, unless\\nthe \\'Sioux cam - out before than time.\\nThey had not been waiting ten minutes\\nWhen a ruff o*f feashers show d up along\\nthe bank. In vanity everyone of the\\nscout\\'s levelled Mis gun at the Sioux, who,\\nunable ta see the s Idlers, poised upon the\\nhank tb listen. Th captain knew that\\nhis men had their fingers upon the rig\\ng\\' in. an! the first warning ih> Sioux bad\\'\\nwas the officer\\'s comma nd to fire. Before\\nthe Sioux could gain their feet, or even\\ndrop behind th bank, the scouts blazed\\naway. A dazen or mere Indians roll\\'d\\nd\\'own into the river, but Bear Foot knew\\nthat we \\'had but a \\'handful of men, while\\nhe Wad hundreds. The sound of our rifles\\nwas Still â\\x80¢ dicing in the grove down :he\\nriver when the bank bristled again with\\nredskins. There was no need for the cap\\ntain to order his mem to fire nowâ\\x80\\x94the\\nrtiwnee scouts were b -duff. Th v\\nha ed th Sioux as bitterly as It is possi\\nble for one human being to bait- another,\\npresuming, of course, that Indians are\\nhuman, and Instantly they let go again.\\nThe line of heads above thâ\\x84¢ bank seem\\' l\\nto waver, bt\"t a mom nt later they re\\nappeared ten times as ma ny as before.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cTh captain of he scouts saiw at a\\ngiant? i.-it\\'- at tire rat\\' thev w-rv i- tv\\ncoming from thâ\\x84¢ riv :â\\x96\\xa0 the Sioux won\\'t]\\nsoon outnumber hie foreâ\\x84¢ ten to onâ\\x84¢. The\\ns-ooutts st the beet nine had hell a rl -\\ncid-rd advantage pvar the attacking par\\nty. ard tlie officer dtt rmin tl to hold it.\\nâ\\x80\\x98Thev didn\\'t fight Indians with urns\\nand charts, and the officers comandine\\ntheswu\\'ts rar ly ev r ha 1 the nleasur â\\x96\\xa0 < f\\noverlooking a baft! > through a fle\\'difjSH\\nfrom the summit . f a far-off hill. A\\nmanâ\\x80\\x99s head had to work rapidly, and h\\'s\\nhands as w 11. and sometimes his f. et.\\nThe Bloux fought rinse in. as the Ro\\nmans fought, and the conflict was us\\nua\\'lv short and decisive.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cSeeing the Sioux determined and des\\nperate thâ\\x84¢ captain ordered his men to\\ncharge, and. leaping to thoir f et. the\\nft\" uts advanced at a run, firing as they\\nwent. Many of the warriors were -wept\\nback by th\" charge, hut others camâ\\x84¢\\nun out of the dark river t? take tl â\\x96\\xa0 \\'â\\x80¢â\\x96\\xa0\\nplaces. Our men rushed rjvht upon 1 js\\nhank of the stream, firing the lead in â\\x96\\xa0>\\nthe Rioux as th-\\'y came swarming up\\nfrom the river.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cWhen th\" scouts bad emptied their\\n: \\'fles and r\\'stals they clubbed their guns?\\nMary of the Rioux were now gf.\\'ning\\nthe level ground above the bank wh re\\nthe fight was raging. Onlv the great\\nadvantage our men heldâ\\x80\\x94being able to\\nengage the S!\"UX before thÂ»y r tild get\\nto their feet or use theLr gunsâ\\x80\\x94gave us\\nltope. But. as the enemy grew still\\nmore numerous with each passing mo\\nment. rile scouts realized that th > strug\\ngle must h- short and bloody, and they\\nfought with the rlrsp ratio]- of men mak\\ning a last stand at the door of death.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cDay was dawning raplrthv new. and\\nthe sc uts, observing that th -tr an, of\\nRioux was pouring into th\" c-nler of out\\nline, and thÂ°t the extreme right and 1 â\\x96\\xa0 t\\nhad little to do, b:gan to cine â\\x96\\xa0 up. They\\nhad been !â\\x80¢ so many close fights that th?\\nmen segmed. wln-n oree ret to^-ork. t>\\nknow just what to do. and the-- m ve 1\\nlike dancers wh go through the differ.\" t\\nfigures rvf a quadrille without prompt\\ning. â\\x80¢*\\nâ\\x80\\x9cA half circle thrown out 10f> fret from\\nthe bank of the stream would now in\\nclose the combatrnts. so clcs\" and des\\nperate was the fighting. [n .fitfie\\nwhile the scouts had form d a solid line\\nalong the hank, while those not engaged\\nthere fought and usually finished toe\\nRioux who suecseded in gaining the level\\nplain. Rome wm-? slaughtered and\\nothers were forced to leap the l ank and\\nrejoin their coturjdss, sc ing which th\"\\nwarriors hurrying up the riv r beean-e\\nrlio-.-niireged and h-y-ii to retreat. 11\\nthls time it was so tight that we eett\\'d\\nsee the desperate faces â\\x80¢ f the savag Â«.\\nTt was a new end V vel sight to lu . i. r\\nI did \\'-ot hel eg at the front. I had\\nonly arrived th day hefo- e w.i\\'h e trrin\\nlo-d nf mat ri .1. and had uâ\\x80\\x9ci-uÂ«d\\'d the\\ncaptain, whom I knew very well, to al\\nlow ve to remain near him during th -\\npvr-.-v.-\\'\".\\'. never,dr-am\\'rÂ» that T mi:- it\\nb erfied unen to fight fee mv I\\'fe. T\\nfo 1 net r- â\\x80¢ h frari\\'eaiâ\\x80\\x99y \\'ntia the fiercest\\nof the fight, rn \\' di\\'l I rur w y. I had\\nask\\'d to he allow d to t-\\'- - na-*. and\\ns \\'food oiy ground an\\'1 d\\'l a hd T\\nc\\'-â\\x80\\x99d aa.\\'t n nv. affr thâ\\x80\\x9c \"hl\\'l â\\x96\\xa0 til\\nfirst friyht had passed r. way, I begin\\nI to study the face* of these desperate\\nred men who, having ceased yelling, were\\nworking with wonderful coolnes* to wipe\\neach other from the face of the earth!\\nDespite the fact that it was awfully in\\nteresting, there was something ^ouehirg\\nly sad In the spectacle of these red des\\nperadoes, who were bom brothers, and\\nwho ought to have been fighting shoulder\\nto shoulder, if there was fighting to do,\\nclosing tn upon one an ther in a desper\\nate struggle that could end only Iri death.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cAs I stood watching a big Sioux, who\\nwas fighting uhree scouts single-handed,\\nand who. upt.o this point, Beamed not only\\nto hold hfe own, but who had kilted on a\\nof his assailants, 1 observed a Dawn e\\ndart past me. Turning to look where he\\nran, I t-u* that he was engaging a Sioux\\nâ\\x96\\xa0who must have been s.ejllng up behind\\narse. As the men tome together they ap\\npear d, by mutual agreement, to drop\\ntheir guns and pielJols and agree upon\\nknives as the proper weapons with wtoich\\nto settle their differences. They came at\\neach \\'half crouched, but When no. more\\nthan six feet separated them they paused\\nand glared a t each other like \"Wild beasts.\\nThen I hey flew tut each Other, their knives\\nclashed, and .hey bounded back as if\\nthey had been rubber balls. Without tak\\ning ,lme to tor athe, tlh \"j were a; it again,\\nand mixed up so that I could not .-ay\\nwhich was which. Very natui-odly, I\\nwan ed to \\'help\\'.ho Pawnee,whose bravery\\ntoad saved my life, btl 1 dared r:a; fire, or\\neven strike with myC\\'lubibed rifle, for far\\nof hitting the seouit. P shape the most\\nd had ever done for him was to give ihim\\na cigar or some \\'very bad .obaoco, tout\\nhe had heroically taken my place in a\\nhot engagement, in which 1 would not\\nhave net las: longer than a snowflake\\nwould In the firebox ct the 49. When th- .-e\\nsavage souls had been leaping and Mash\\ning at each other for forty or firry sec\\nonds, they were-tooth covered with blood,\\ntout so far as fierceness w -nt, they were\\nstill undaumed. The Ms\\', of the invading\\narmy had been driven back to t\\'he river.\\nThe scouts were running along the bank\\nfiring at the dark forms of the Sioux who\\nwore swimming down stream to g t out\\nof the range of the deadly rifles of the\\ni Pawnees.\\n1 â\\x80\\x9cDon\\'t si land so close,\" said a voice\\nfrom behind me. and at the same time\\nthe captain took hold of my arm and\\npulled m- back. A half doxen scouts now\\n,1o!nod us, but no one offered to -help the\\nP\\'awnee, who*- tsce ajul arms were\\nreeking with blood. As they fought the\\nmen kcj.1 working away from the river\\nand toward the roundhouse. It seemed\\nto me that the Sioux had tho hew. of the\\nfight, and 1 said so to the captain, but\\ntoe refused to tmerfew or to believe that\\nany Jiving Indian could kill this Pawnee\\n1n a single-banded engagement.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cHow m n could lose so much blood and\\ns 111 fight so fiercely wan a mystery to\\nme. for - they -- t m d to get strong\\' r rather\\nthan, weaker as the battle progressed.\\n\"Without not.-.jig w nejv i went, J had\\nbeen walking backward since the fight\\nbegan, ani of a sudden, finding It nee\\ness, try to step quickly to keep clear of the\\nknives, my back \\'truck against the cot\\ntonwood tree. Before I had time to slip\\naway the Sioux, to escape the Pawnee,\\nleaped back against me. The moment he\\nfelt himself come in con-\\'act with me -he\\ndug back with his bloody knife, which\\npass\\'d between my right arm and my\\nbody and stuck faBt in the tree. The\\nPawnee was quick to take advantage of\\nIhe situation and leaped upon his an\\ntagonbt, but the wily Sluux had not\\ntaken his eye from the s mut, and now,\\ntwisting h1s knife from the cottonwood\\nhe mode a last desp- -rate effort too slay\\nhim. For a moment t\\'h-e men were so\\nmix d up that it was utterly impossible\\nto tell one from the other. They were on,\\nthe ground, up again, now rolling over\\neach oth- r and then leaping high into\\nthe air. Fnr a m in nt they seer.*e<l to be\\nkneeling, carped in each otherâ\\x80\\x99s arms.\\nNow the left hand of the Sioux went to\\nthe Pawreeâ\\x80\\x99r hair and at the sam - In\\nstant the scout reached for the scalp of\\nhis foe. There was a swift flash of steel\\nand the two men baped to their fret.\\nThey glared at each other; each at the\\nI bloody trophy the other \\'held, and a\\nmighty change came over the hid-ous\\nfeatures of the-panting ravages.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThe look of ferocious hatred disap\\n! pearrd at once, and in. its place there\\nI came an expression of utter hopelr.-s\\nj r.t-ss and indescribable despair.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cOf course, they could fighti no more.\\n1 for, in the eyes of these Indians, to lose\\nj oneâ\\x80\\x99s .oca-ip was to lose one\\'s life. As If\\ni mow:d by a single impulse they each\\n! dropped their scalps and weapons, put\\n; their held.- down, and started for the\\n| river. Each coined bent upon reaching\\n| the hank 1 fore his dreadful oompar.ioii\\nj could throw his hideous form into th â\\x80¢\\n| stream, tout they were not less equally\\ni matched 1n death than they had been In\\n! life, ard so it came out, at the end of it\\n! all. that th- sy leaped from the high bank\\n! together and went down ir.ho the dark\\ni water.â\\x80\\x9dâ\\x80\\x94Oy. Warm an, in New York Sun.\\n----\\nDancing at East Lake five\\nn i gilts a week. Music by Mon\\ntanoâ\\x80\\x99s band. augltf\\nGARDENERS!\\nLandrethâ\\x80\\x99snew-crop Turnip\\nSeed just received Ellis Drug\\nCompany. â\\x80¢\\nSacred Concert at East Lake\\nSunday by Ckaceâ\\x80\\x99s band, Pliil\\nlemo!i, director. augltf\\nPANTS~\\nAbsolutely Necessary if This Postmaster Con\\ntinued in Cffice.\\nThe following is undoubtedly a true\\nbill, as it was written by the editor of ihe\\nWashington Times, who was private\\nsecretary of Wane.maker when the latter\\nwas p\\'-slmost- r general:\\nâ\\x80\\x9cNo man in public office over received\\na great-1\\' number of or.ginal letter* than\\n3 in Wanamaker; also, hereceiv-. d more\\nbegging letters from self-appoint d\\nChth-Mans, who had h >ard of his phil\\nanthropy. The following letter is from\\na postmaster living in a small town in\\nSouth Carolina:\\n\"T understand that you are a philan\\nthropist. as well as a shrewd business\\nman. I am postmaster here, ard went,\\nto be reappointed. I can\\'t, however, fill\\nthe place unless you send me a pair of\\npants. The pair I have â\\x80¢ n have b en\\nhall\\'--oled so Often they canâ\\x80\\x99t be r- soled\\nany more.\\n\" â\\x80\\x99In my intervals of leisure (which Is\\nabout all the time) 1 sit in a-out of 11.\\noffice oi top of a flour barrel, and wh n\\nladles inquire for mail 1 treat them\\nwith the utmost deference, retreating\\nbackward before th m.\\n\"â\\x80\\x99There is another man here looking\\nf- r the place. 11c don\\'t knew a ti\\nthing. but he has a good pair ofbre ch s,\\nand if you can\\'t send me a pair, you can\\ntreat this letur ns my resignation, m-.d\\ngive Ihe office to him.\\' â\\x80\\x9dâ\\x80\\x94Pittsburg Dis\\npatch._\\nWSMKESS GF fa\\nQuickly, Thoroughly, Forever Cored\\nby r. Ti *w perfe^ied acienti fle\\nBifUion that cannot fail\\nmiles* tho c*Â»*j i* boyoud\\nhpin.m aid. You fee! im\\nproved tho flrat day. feel a\\nbeneht rvory day, soon know\\nyourftÂ«*!f a king mining men\\nin body, mind and heart,\\ni Drain* and Icsact enHetl.\\nEvery obstacle to happy\\nmarried life removed. Nerve\\nforce, will, energy, when\\nfailing or lost, are restored by this treatment. All\\nxvriiff portion* i.f the body cnitreed and atrengtdi\\nenrj. Writo for our book, with evdatiations and\\nproofs Sent aralod, free. O/er 2.100 referancoe.\\nEf:.E LEDiCAL CQâ\\x80\\x9e\\nA GREAT ENGLISH STRIKE j.\\n..\\nWhen All Kinds of Industries Were Nearly at a j\\nStandstill for Six Weeks.\\nThomas Grundy, the well-known labor J*\\nlender of this city, was a participaai\\'t In j\\nsome ct the famous strike* which oecur\\nrad In England forty or more years ago,\\nand his recollections of the maiuer in\\nwhich th;y were condtlctttd and his cora\\nI mend upon* th good which they acoom\\ni plished are interesting just now, when\\nstrikes and rnmora of strikes are engag\\nj ir*< the attention of nearly everybody.\\nI Mr. Grundy Is row upivaiJ of 60 years of\\n: ug\\' â\\x96\\xa0, and has been a haul worker in the\\n! labour movement nearly all his life.He\\nI drew his first inspiraitlon from a mob of\\nstriking weavers who. when Mr. Glumly\\n! wa- seven years old, called at the sohoo\\'i\\n1 house where he was b ginning his educa\\ntion and compelled the teacher to g.ve\\nI the scholars a vacation. This was a\\n! unique form of enforced sympathy strike,\\nwhich Mr. Grundy \\'has never since seen,\\n, duplicat\\'d. He had sometimes would ed\\nj at the; tameness of labor struggles which\\nhe has since wi\\'trJtws cl compare id with\\nj what he saw in his boyhood\\'s days, but\\ni as he remembers his feeling on Uie gi\\'eat\\noccasion it was simply on * of eailsfacth n\\nthat the strlk rs should icll ve him of the\\nnecessity of going to school\\nAccording to Mr. Grundy\\'s description!\\nelf this strike it must have been one of the\\ngi\\'-\\'atest labor struggles that ever occur\\nt d. In 1842 the condition of the oott< n\\nI workers in Lancashire, I Yorkshire\\nCheshire had become ro had, owing to\\nthe ir.i.\\'i\\'odutSt\\'iinn of machinery, that a\\nI p-ticral strike movement was brought\\n! about without an,y organization and at\\n1 first without leadership.\\nI On Its spontaneous character it seems to\\nI have much resembled the present min\\n! ers\\' ptrlke now on In half a dozen states,\\nthough Mr.Grundy Insists that th- mine s\\nhave possessed groat advantages for tha\\nInauguration of a general str ke com\\npared with wha. the weavers liad on â\\x80\\x98.hat\\noccasion, as the latter were absolutely\\nwithout any organization whatever. Lur\\ning the six weeks industry of every kind\\nwas entirely susp nded in the district\\naffected, i\\'. being estimated tha: in the\\nneighborhood of 3.600.000 people w-re idle.\\nTh.s included the weavers themselv s and\\np rsons of every other occupation whom\\nthey obliged to leave work. The small\\ntrad .-men and manufacturers were oblig\\ned to close their places, the teachers In\\nthe schools had to send their pupils home\\nand .he strikers even prevented tbe pa*Â«\\n, ing of vehicles upon the highways by\\nmas-lug themselves in compact bodl-s\\nthrough which no h\\'orse onuld be driven.\\nBlr. Grundy bavirg been very young\\n! Â«t \\'the time this strike occurred, most r.f\\nhis Information about \\' has been gath\\nered from reading. The incidents which\\n\\'he remembered are principally the forcing\\nof ills teacher to dismiss school and the\\n| obliging . f his father to suspend husl\\nne.-s. llr. Grundy\\'s father was a hatt-r,\\nhaving a shop of his own and employing\\na few hands in the town of Ashton, near\\no inc.ii si o\\'. Th\" strikers came i-- a\\nlarge body, and It was only necessary\\nj for one of them to say: \"Put out that fire,\\nI Grundy,â\\x80\\x9d and the \\'hatter immediately\\n: suspended ail work in his lit\\'tlo place and\\nsent his men home to wait for the strike\\nto be over.\\nMr. Grundy remembers seeing bodies\\nof the strikers marching along the high\\nways thickly massed \\'togeth r and fill\\ning the roads from, side to side as far as\\nthey could bÂ° s en. They were always\\narmed with clubs, and when marching\\nwould line up together, each grasping\\nthe club of the man on either side of\\nhint, and so weaving themselves Into a\\nsolid mass. In tills way It was rend r d\\nimpossible for anything or anybody to\\noccupy the road bu\\'t the strikers, and\\ntheir object of forcing a general suspen\\nsion of business in the district was ob\\ntained. This wa.s only for a little while,\\nhowever, as large bodl-s of troops of\\nthe empire were ordered into the dis\\ntrict held by the strikers, and soon\\nobliged them to pres rvr the peace and\\ndesist from interfering with the affairs\\nof those who desired to carry on busi\\nness.\\nMr. Grundyâ\\x80\\x99s recollection of the m tier\\nis that much sympathy was displayed\\nfor th- strik-rs by th- troops, and \\'that\\nthe latter were of very little use so far\\nas breaking the strike of the weavers\\nwas concerned. The strike was lost,\\nâ\\x80\\x99tow v-r, the weavers going back to\\ntheir work a\\'t llie end of six weeks with\\nout having obtained any increase of\\nwages or ary shortening of th It- hours\\nof labor. It was not long, however, un\\ntil parliament, as a result of this strike,\\nb-gan to pay tom\" att-ntion to the con\\ndition of the weavets. an\\'d laws which\\nserved very effectually to ameliorate\\ntheir condition were passed.\\nO\\'bden, Bright and other great English\\nstatesmen took up their cause, and inves\\ntigations and discussions resulted, the\\ngood effects of which are still frit. The\\nrepeahof the corn laws, by which English\\nworkingmen were enaheld to obtain\\ncheaper food, Mr. Grundy thinks, was\\nlargely due to this trike, though It had\\nbeen advocated before the strike took\\nplace. Another law which was of great\\nbenefit forbade women and children un\\nd r 18 years of ago to be employed in the\\netton mills longer than ten hours a day.\\nThis law was not only a good thing in it\\ns, If. but it caused the work rs gener\\nally to think and agitate for a general\\nter.-hour day. and sonic ten years aft\"r\\nthe gr at strike of 1842 there was a gen\\neral strike for t n hours, which resulted\\nsuccessfully, and which was the begin\\nning of better times In the matter of\\n1; til\\'s if labor In early all English in\\ndustries.\\nvt:-. Grundy was employed In a cotton\\nmil! 1 n-self at the time this last strike\\ntook place. The workingmen simply\\nquit work nipn they hail worked ten\\n, hours one day, and so Inaugurated a\\nmo\\'-i ment which was successful. Mr.\\nGian iy says that at that time there was .\\na. little gen.ral education that many\\npersons could not tell the time of day\\nby a click, and so in passing around the\\nword f. i the inauguration of the strike\\neverybody wa.s instructed to stop work\\nvriv r. the clock pointed straight up and\\ndown, this being a method of souring a\\nâ\\x96\\xa0more general understHruling than to say\\n6 o\\'clock In the evening.\\n\\' In the mill where Mr. Grundy worked\\nthe clock was watched all aft rnoin, and\\nwh\\'-n the time cam- there was a general\\nrush for the uts de of the mill. Th- fio e\\n,man hid the gates locked and â\\x80\\x9cproceeded\\nâ\\x80¢to\\'harangue\\'.he workmen, but It was to\\nm purpose. Several were notified that\\nthey were discharged, but this produced\\nn.i â\\x80\\x99off. ct upon them or th\" others. Mr.\\nGrundy, thinks limit among ignorant\\nworkm n, that is, \\'among \\'.hni-e who are\\nIgnore re in the minster of education ob\\ntained from honks, there 1ms b\"0r. nn\\na j-ei more lov-fiy to each e.â\\x80\\x98Un[â\\x80¢ dis\\nplayed than by those who are fairly edu\\ncated. At any rate, \\'.Jiey stuck together\\nupon this occasion, and won th\"ir strlk*\\nso â\\x80¢thoroughly that there was never after\\nwards a genual return to \\'the old prac\\ntice of working twelve to fifteen h airs\\nâ\\x96\\xa0a day. In the mill where Mr. Grundy\\nwar. â\\x80¢ mT\\'l\\'iyed. ton. tile manager, after\\nthe ten-hour sysiena had be*n in force for\\nmm\" time, called the morkni-r tocrih-r\\nend expressed his en\\'isfaetl n with it,\\nroving that th\" results obtained were\\nmuch more satisfactory from ille â\\x96\\xa0\\'r.n l\\npoint of the proprietors than under Uie\\nold way.\\nA CHANCE TO SAVE.\\n\"I can save you $3,000. Mr. Money\\nbags.\"\\n\"How si?\"\\n\"Well, then., say you give your daugh\\nter $30,000 as marriage portion.\"\\ntv H?\"\\n\"Well. I\\'ll take her for forty-five.\"â\\x80\\x94\\nHarper\\'s Bazar.\\nMalone Boot & Slice Co. i3\\nthe place to buy your Shoes.',\n",
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Everything in Bicycle supplies.\\nBuilders\\' Hardware a Specialty.\\nWo Carry tho Largest Stock\\nof Cutlery in the\\naug) d& s __\\n__HOTELS.\\nMabsonâ\\x80\\x99s Hotels\\nEL ROMAN PLAN, a AMERICAN PLAN\\nâ\\x80\\x9cTRFTmfKX\" ^ . Formerly\\nTHPi ANNLX, Kj Merchant,â\\x80\\x99* Hotel.\\nCor. Commerce indH Corner\\n]>ibb Streets, H Bibb and Coosa\\nF.nest Sample f fctroets.\\nRooms in the City. / Montgomery, Ala.\\nT. II. MA11SON. Proprietr.\\nP/M}JIE5 F/WHJE5\\nDesiring to leave city for the summer\\nmonths will find excellent board ami ac\\ncommodations at the DARDEN HOTEL\\nIn Oneonta. Board from $12.00 to $15.00\\nper month. For particulars write\\nG. W. DARDEN,\\nâ\\x80¢ â\\x80¢ <Oneonta. Alabama.\\nCures Brightâ\\x80\\x99s Disease. Diabetis. Cysti\\ntis, Dyspepsia. Insomnia, Constipation.\\nMalaria. Rheumatism, Calculi. Nervous\\nProstration and Female Complaints.\\nThere are four springs. Water shipped\\nIn cases, carboys and barrels. Hotel open\\nthe year round.\\nThe most wonderful testimonials from\\npeople who have used this water are being\\nreceived daily. Write for pamphlet of in\\nformation and testimonials to\\nDONALD MINERAL SPRINGS CO..\\nWeems, Miss.\\nOn N. O. & N. E. R. TL\\n8-29-sun-thur-lm.\\nâ\\x96\\xa0LglH-SLiUEJf.HSfl .â\\x80\\x98â\\x96\\xa0ii .... \\'â\\x96\\xa0 â\\x80\\x94â\\x96\\xa0\\nStockholdersâ\\x80\\x99 Meeting.\\nA meeting of tho stockholders of the\\nVirginia and Alabama Coal company is\\nhereby called to be held at the office of the\\ncompany, ill the city of Birmingham. Ala\\nbama. on the 1-th day of August, 1S97. at\\n10 o\\'clock a. m.. for the purpose of consid\\nering a proposition to approve, ratify and\\nconfirm all arts ar.d proceedings of all\\nmeetings of the directors of said company\\nheretofore held outside of the state of Ala\\nbama: and all acts and proceedings of all\\nmeetings of the stockholders of said com\\n?>any held pursuant to the call of any meel\\nng of the directors held outside of the\\netate of Alabama; and any and all elec\\ntions of directors and officers of said com\\npany at any meeting of the stockholders\\nor directors held as aforesaid; and all acts\\nof anv officer of said company elected or\\nappointed by or In pursuance of meetings\\nheld outside of the state of Alabama: aid\\nespecially to approve, ratify and confirm\\nthe execution and disposition of the tirst\\nmortgage bonds of the company now out\\nstanding. Issued on the 1st day of May.\\n1893. and tho mortgage executed bv said\\ncompany to the Virginia Safe Deposit and\\nFidelity Company ori the property of said\\ncompany to secure such issue of bonds\\nbearing even dale- therewith; and to trans\\nact all other business of said company\\nthat may properly come before said meet\\ning. JAS. It PACK.\\nPresident.\\nBirmingham. Ala., July 10th. 1897.\\n7-10-tJ\\nJOHNSON TALKS STEEL,\\n4 â\\x80¢ f*V\\'\\nAlabamaâ\\x80\\x99s Governor Grows En\\n-r.\\nthusiastic on the Subject.\\nGREAT WILL BE BIRMINGHAM\\nAn Interesting\\' Chat on a Subject Which Is of\\nthe Utmost Importance to This Sec\\ntion at the Present Time.\\nOov. Joseph F. Johnoitxvn came up fh>m\\nMoatgoanery yesterday to spend Sunday.\\n(Always fcnt/eresltild tin dtevetopmemlts In\\nAWbnitn*, he .talked erJihuslasWeallly on\\nuhe subject of tho new steel etta of Bir\\nmingham.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThat our pfrg lem avi Birmingham\\ncould be converted inlfo Btelel and made a\\ncommercial auiecess, with sufitc.->nit capi\\ntal, hue ttiolf bow. doubted by thÂ© imn\\nmaeters of this district for many yeans,â\\x80\\x9d\\nsaid the governor. â\\x80\\x9cBut for the panic of\\n1SD3 a 1 trgp plan/., would\\'Wave been erected\\nhere sÂ«Tettal yeans since. Arrant semen ts\\nhad beo.â\\x80\\x99t made to thaJt end by gentlemen\\nwho \\'had mastered \\'\\'lira EiibJ vV.\\n\"The pr. t ,nt plant, ereoixd by the Bir\\nmingham rolling mlill, is In no B irate an\\ncxperlnaeinU X. was ocmt\\'t\\'iucted after a\\nmoist lW/Uient o:nd t\\'h!( dough examUtnia\\'ldon\\nof dthetr stiael plainttii, nlnld in the light of\\neuecefvsful experience flm the conversion\\nof similar lion initio at tell. \\'Had there been\\na neasorialble doubt so uo the outcome,\\ndie \\'in.teiligen/t manage merit directing that\\ncompany could have done all the expepi\\nrn, duing required at a, fraction! of tho\\ncoBt they aire iincrinilng. They have\\neiuct/ed and fitlilshied one furnace, Which is\\nnow In successful opeiraiJkm, and turning\\n, out on a single shift Viweroty-five tons of\\nsire (1 per day, Vhait hlas stood the severest\\nphysical nir.,.l any illieal teste. Their Bec\\noaid furnace will be Completed by sflie\\n1st of September; cunjd Vive two will tyave a\\noapaoSty, ruin on full time, of 125 to 150\\ntorp per d\\'ay. Their rolling mill to now\\nbeing overhaul,3, stuck Via ken, and being\\nput in, complete repair, and new and im\\nproved machinery baling put In to handle\\niJh\\'e pnod\\'uctof th1.ilr s\\' eel furnaces. /When\\nin full blast the steel furnaci ,s and rolling\\nmill will employ aiboult 1,300 skilled me\\ncthan/Ics, whose wages will average about\\n$3 per d\\'ay. The milling mill will pmuae\\noperaliiotys jn abou\\'c tan clays.\\nâ\\x80\\x9c1 do n-vt think that any One need ap\\npr \\'JrcirugL Vlhiat there will be any failure to\\nmoke, good m rclian\\'table steel at a cost\\nthat will leave a comfoiViable margin of\\nprofit to the manufacturers.\\n\"There ate many who can remember\\nthut when the attempt was first\\nmade to convert our Red mountain ore\\nIntolpig with coke from this district, that\\nit was proclaimed, at home and abroad,\\nthat it could not be done. It was said\\nthat the ore mutt have a large mixture\\nof the -brown or soft ore, and that It\\nwould otherwise be unmerchantable, and\\nthat financial disaster was inevitable.\\n\"After the iron was successfully made,\\nit was then said that \\\\0 Held of useful\\nness was so circumscribed that only a\\nlimited market could be found. In spite\\nof thtse prophesies furtcice after furnace\\nwas erected, our iion met the Pennsyl\\nvania and Ohio pig in many markets and\\ndrove them from the Held, and is now\\nfinding markets in England, Germany,\\nItaly, Spain and other foreign eountri. s.\\nIt has met the distrust and disaster pre\\ndicted in its beginnings and has estab\\nlished the fact that for general mill and\\nfoundry purposes it is as good as any in\\nthe world and produced at a less cost\\nthan at any other point in the world.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cI am satisfied that our experience in\\nthe manufacture of steel will follow\\ntho same lines and attain like results;\\ndistrust, and prejudice will have their\\nbrief day of opposition, obstacles will\\nbe overcome, the cost of production di\\nminished, and the market will in the end\\nonly be limited by freight charges.\\n\"It is quite likely flint within a de\\ncade the enttre product of our furnaces\\nwill be converted Into steel or manufac\\ntured here at home.\\n\"It Is the law of evolution and the law\\nof business that has evolved the steel\\nplant.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThis law will continue in operation:\\nThe production of steel will be \\'the prolific\\nparent of many small industries. Ev.ry\\narticle of general use and consumption\\nInto which steel and iron and wood enters,\\nwill find here the point of lowest cost fjr\\ntheir raw mate,rials and the cheapest fuel\\nanywhere in tho United States; agricul\\ntural Implements, wagons, buggi s, car\\nriages, birycl e, toclE, nails, cli tins, tacks,\\nhorseshoes and numberless other artic es\\nwill here be manufactured. In these days\\nwhen the fraction of a cent often deter\\nmines the market capital will root be slow\\n\\'to find Ilia point where the raw materials\\nare cheapest.\\nThe same laws that are bringing the\\ncotton mills t> th* cotton fields will br\\'ng\\ntht se other manufacturing estaibli ti\\nmonth to the Birmingham district.\\nThe effect on the values oif coal an I iron\\nlands and city ar.i:l suburban ptoperly c n\\nbe calculated by others as accurately as\\nby myself. I believe, however, that tho\\nindications named will secure a healthy\\nand steady and per.-lsten\\'t growth both In\\npoulation and values, and will create an\\never increasing demand for the produc s\\nof our gardens and orchards and fields.\\nâ\\x80\\x9c DE LITE ON\\nTEXAS HILL.â\\x80\\x9d\\nFor the Age-Herald.\\n\"Yas. suh, mats ter d tv\\'s bin er he p\\ner funny things d...\\'s hapen\\'d t.v dat o e\\nhouse yer see up dur aâ\\x80\\x9e\\'_ou his 1kji\\\\,i\\'\\nplantashun,\" repli d the \"old man who\\ngave us water at the well by the road\\nsid , in answer to our question. \"1 dis\\nremember dis now mos\\' all dot dry has\\nbin. but 1 spec- ef yer hain t in er .hurry\\ni kit., toll j r er tale de likes er whicn\\nyer nebtr tv-tyrd befo\\'; an\\' hit\\'s de\\n1 Bold\\'s iruf i brj woid of It t.\\nj \"Yer f - we ail\\'s quality folks, we Is;\\nan\\' (lore Ivaln\\'t ti. ber bin, fus\\'t an\\' lasâ\\x80\\x99,\\n] but two stranger nlgg ts on dis place.\\n\" Bong bout de fust fall art r d â\\x80¢ svar\\n| (Here wus en pow\\'ful likely yoller boy\\n| name Bum cum by cr. day tin\\' , I â\\x80¢ m.Â»r\\ni ster hired â\\x80\\x99im fo wuek er bout d â\\x96\\xa0 house,\\nt sued h- was er pu\\' wii.t.-V n.gg r a:..â\\x80\\x99\\ndidn\\'t teck n,, st rk in \\'itn fiu.v. d s;.. t,\\nj uldo he had â\\x80\\x99is manners wid \\'itn anâ\\x80\\x99\\nâ\\x80\\x99liav hisvelf ebery whar.\\n\"Well, suit; dat nlgjr. r sab i eb.y c ivt\\ndat ole master paid him. Wages \\'us it gh\\nin dem days an\\' gin Phrismu.; cum h\\nhab money \\'nuff to buy or nuilo, an\\' dâ\\x80\\x99tt\\nhe i-â\\x80\\x99.t sum Ian\\' tetti down on d - pi. ce\\nj ter lib des lack h bin \"barn .h ayr. lie\\n! m *k < r good cr.:;, dat year anâ\\x80\\x99 Ti â\\x80¢ sake\\n| dot. a \\' twivs des ie ram - ,le i. x\\' ye. r,\\nan\\' ik- fust thing yer kilo\" he hab moâ\\x80\\x99\\nI n m ( dan er.uy n.ggi r in ..!i d , u ty.\\n! Pi t he up a:d fell in lot. \\\\v! 1 r gal.;,a v ,\\ni Sally, what Honged or, d - t lÂ«e . a \\' a. : r\\n; ho h_d â\\x80\\x99or, wc-ole niggers gin t,, feâ\\x80\\x99.J\\n| lick h â\\x80\\x99us .gKtint â\\x96\\xa0â\\x96\\xa0 :â\\x96\\xa0 hÂ» i â\\x80\\x99miff fi ls\\nj la \\' â\\x80\\x94\\'\\ni Foâ\\x80\\x99 Bum had Pa ly sh Trwâ\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99 V â\\x80\\x94 eat\\nâ\\x80\\x99im out dam stl; gy weya an\\' m.ck â\\x80\\x99lm\\neperi sum1 Wat wtotniey dat he had or gltltinâ\\x80\\x99\\nrusty; hub he had foiolâ\\x80\\x99 er, sho. When jaa\\ntuc â\\x80\\x99er home ter Ms cabin tie dldrnâ\\x80\\x99 ebtn\\nhab er bed ti r Bleep on, hm ter \\'comer\\ndata \\'er hie tuck anâ\\x80\\x99 move de punckilrs ter\\ndn? side an\\' druve sujn forks ini de groun\\'\\nBin/ laid sum rails in da forks an/ sum\\n\\'bo\\'ds on de rails, anâ\\x80\\x99 don sprâ\\x80\\x99d cfe straw\\nlUOc, wtalt â\\x80\\x99tr mammy gin â\\x80\\x99er, on dem,\\naw J,ar dey WU8( amâ\\x80\\x99 dâ\\x80\\x99af dey stepâ\\x80\\x99 anâ\\x80\\x99 ehd\\nc\\'u\\'dm\\' help heise/f. i\\nâ\\x80\\x9cWhâ\\x80\\x99en de bahy cum, Sally waunt er\\ncradle, but Lum des went In de woods an*\\nout down a holler \\'tin e anâ\\x80\\x99 split it half in\\ntwo, an\\' dait\\'s what, dey lockâ\\x80\\x99d da baby\\nin. an/ de nine er ton what folleied â\\x80\\x99im.\\nDaitâ\\x80\\x99s de way dey lib fer years an/ years,\\nLum still sa\\'biivâ\\x80\\x99 i-hery cent, â\\x80\\x99twell de fust\\nâ\\x96\\xa0thing yer knioâ\\x80\\x99 ho hab Â«r two-hose wagon,\\nÂ«hi\\' half er dozen mule\\'s an/ meat in de\\nsmoke house, an\\' corn in dis crib, anâ\\x80\\x99\\nmoney to die bank, an/ don hi* got blg\\nerty,\\n\"â\\x80\\x99All dis lVapen/ â\\x80\\x99Jong \\'bout de time Mars\\nTom go1; grown, and tuck d\\'e place in Wanâ\\x80\\x99,\\nanâ\\x80\\x99 de fus: thing Lum up anâ\\x80\\x99 tole â\\x80\\x99im\\n\\'\\'bouit er sister dart We hab â\\x80\\x99way ober in de\\nim*>u:-,!;â\\x80\\x99fns sumâ\\x80\\x99era, tin\\' axed â\\x80\\x99is â\\x80\\x99nuteeSiun\\ntb go artâ\\x80\\x99 bri/ng \\'i-r down to lib so he câ\\x80\\x99u\\'d\\ntoe k care Ob â\\x80\\x99er, cart? Blue bin good ter â\\x80\\x99hn\\nwhen he us Ieetle. Mains Tom foie â\\x80\\x99im ter\\ngâ\\x80\\x99loitig, so hi? tuck â\\x80\\x99is wagon an\\' â\\x80\\x99way he\\nwen\\'ll anâ\\x80\\x99 hit \\'us m-o\\'n cr week fo\\' heayr\\nhe cuim poffinâ\\x80\\x99 back, de â\\x80\\x99onâ\\x80\\x99l ie â\\x80\\x99Oman wld\\n\\'im amâ\\x80\\x99 d\\'e ashâ\\x80\\x99es\\' lot er ehiluti dat eber\\nwe all see. De \\'Oman \\'us bfaek an\\' nasty\\nBinâ\\x80\\x99 stab-sidled lack er cow, ain\\' de ehilun\\nâ\\x80\\x99us dcis dat ragâ\\x80\\x99d dalt yitrâ\\x80\\x99d or thought\\nt/hle buzzard)* pick\\'d â\\x80\\x99em. \\'\\nâ\\x96\\xa0\\'Lum \\'us dad Thame ob die lay-out da\\'S\\nhe buy aomi* clo.th tbr \\'hide â\\x80\\x99em, but de\\nfines diresostnâ\\x80\\x99 im all de worlâ\\x80\\x99 wonâ\\x80\\x99t meek\\nwithinâ\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99outâ\\x80\\x99nâ\\x80\\x99 sich trash es dat. But when\\nwe cum tor finâ\\x80\\x99 out de looks \\'us dl; bos\\'\\nt\\'h\\'lnig erbout â\\x80\\x99em. Laucr, dot â\\x80\\x99us de\\nâ\\x80\\x99(.man\\'s naimte, â\\x80\\x99us so mean an/ prl frlnâ\\x80\\x99\\ndat yen câ\\x80\\x99ucfnâ\\x80\\x99 keep nuthim\\' â\\x80\\x99bout \\'er.\\nShi? mosâ\\x80\\x99 stole Lum out er house anâ\\x80\\x99 home\\nainâ\\x80\\x99 plum nigh broke \\'iim payin\\' folks fur\\nwhat dlie tuck from â\\x80\\x99em, \\'twill fus\\' tiling\\nyer kiloâ\\x80\\x99 ht- jesâ\\x80\\x99 câ\\x80\\x99uâ\\x80\\x99d\\'nâ\\x80\\x99 st\\'an/ er no how,\\nÂ« Â» he go â\\x80¢toMâ\\x80\\x99airs TomlUe-r build â\\x80\\x99er a little\\ncabin â\\x80\\x99way off on on? corner er de plica\\nwhere her rackets ariâ\\x80\\x99 erâ\\x80\\x99 stnaUinâ\\x80\\x99 câ\\x80\\x99uâ\\x80\\x99dâ\\x80\\x99n\\nboithter nobody â\\x80\\x99cepinâ\\x80\\x99 de owls anâ\\x80\\x99 de Jay\\nbit Idis.\\n\\'Laurer â\\x80\\x99us mighty mad when she hab\\nto lebe de quarter, anâ\\x80\\x99 she low she git\\nebon wid sum anâ\\x80\\x99 ail de resâ\\x80\\x99, ef she hab\\nter die ter do hit. Dis set de niggers\\nter studyin,â\\x80\\x99 â\\x80\\x99case she kinder foolish ev\\nery way, anâ\\x80\\x99 dey dun no but what she\\nâ\\x80\\x99us er witch anâ\\x80\\x99 \\'us put sum spell on â\\x80\\x99em;\\nso dey watch er miâ\\x80\\x99ty close.\\n\"One night sum on â\\x80\\x99em heayrd er powâ\\x80\\x99\\nful racket when dey passlnâ\\x80\\x99 by â\\x80\\x99er cabin,\\nanâ\\x80\\x99 dey cum anâ\\x80\\x99 tole mars Jim dat sumâ\\x80\\x99un\\nâ\\x80\\x99us tryinâ\\x80\\x99 ter kill â\\x80\\x99er, â\\x80\\x99er she â\\x80\\x99us cunjrinâ\\x80\\x99\\nwM de debel, dey dunno which.\\nMars Jim tuck me wid â\\x80\\x99im, anâ\\x80\\x99 dar we\\nwent ter find out what de matter â\\x80\\x99us.\\nLong foâ\\x80\\x99 we gits dar we heayrd sick er\\ntusâ\\x80\\x99linâ\\x80\\x99, anâ\\x80\\x99 er stompin\\' dat I \\'us skeert\\ndat de deb.el hab er sho, anâ\\x80\\x99 nuthinâ\\x80\\x99 but\\nshame kepâ\\x80\\x99 me frum turninâ\\x80\\x99 tale ter run.\\nWe hurried down dar fasâ\\x80\\x99 er we c\\'uâ\\x80\\x99d,\\nanâ\\x80\\x99 Mars Tom bust in de do\\', anâ\\x80\\x99 dar \\'us\\ndat fool nigger run\\'inâ\\x80\\x99 roun\\' de room des\\nes hard es she c\\'uâ\\x80\\x99d, anâ\\x80\\x99 er Ieetle boy\\nâ\\x80\\x99us right behin\\' \\'er wid \\'er bâ\\x80\\x99ode, anâ\\x80\\x99\\nebry time he Cotch â\\x80\\x99er heâ\\x80\\x99d lam â\\x80\\x99er fit\\nto kil. Sh:â\\x80\\x99d run anâ\\x80\\x99 sheâ\\x80\\x99d holler; â\\x80\\x99run me,\\nBobby, run; hit me. Bobby, hit!â\\x80\\x99\\n\"I thought Mars Jim â\\x80\\x99ud kill hissef laf\\nfinâ\\x80\\x99 but .d a es soon es he câ\\x80\\x99uâ\\x80\\x99d talk he\\nax â\\x80\\x99er what de matter.\\nâ\\x80\\x9c â\\x80\\x98E-n, Ise got tber colic; run me Bob\\nby.: hit me Bobby, hit!â\\x80\\x99\\n\" â\\x80\\x99Dat haint no way to chore de colic,\\nLaurer,â\\x80\\x99 Mars Tom say. â\\x80\\x98Stop dat! yer\\nkill yÂ» fool sef.â\\x80\\x99\\nâ\\x80\\x9c â\\x80\\x99Datâ\\x80\\x99s de way dey doctor mules whar\\nI.cum frum! Run me, Bobby, run; hit\\nme, Bobby, hit! Mars Tom meek me\\nketch er den anâ\\x80\\x99 tie â\\x80\\x99er on de bed, anâ\\x80\\x99 den\\nhe tole er dat ef nufllnâ\\x80\\x99 tall gwine ter do\\nâ\\x80\\x99exâ\\x80\\x99cefi ffr be doefered lack er mule, heâ\\x80\\x99d\\ngo ter de house anâ\\x80\\x99 git er bottle anâ\\x80\\x99 sum\\nsoda anâ\\x80\\x99 â\\x80\\x99lasses anâ\\x80\\x99 drench â\\x80\\x99er anâ\\x80\\x99 den he\\ndid hit in spite er all â\\x80\\x99er howls anâ\\x80\\x99 kicks.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cAfter dat Laurer. des laid dar in â\\x80\\x99die\\nbed in wouâ\\x80\\x99dâ\\x80\\x99nâ\\x80\\x99 git up; she say she sâ\\x80\\x99.fck.\\nMars Tom\\'S lit far d? doc ter anâ\\x80\\x99 h cum\\nanâ\\x80\\x99 1-ookâ\\x80\\x99er all ob r anâ\\x80\\x99 thump\\'erlnd side,\\na:-./ finger with â\\x80\\x99er wrlsâ\\x80\\x99, anâ\\x80\\x99 den he looks\\nober \\'is glasses anâ\\x80\\x99 say d-at she playin\\'\\npossumâ\\x80\\x94dat dar bain\\'t nuffin talil de\\nmatter wid \\'er. Still she law dar fur\\nâ\\x80\\x99nuther mont, anâ\\x80\\x99 Mars Tom sent fur er\\nway off doctor dat dey say â\\x80\\x99us shoâ\\x80\\x99 num\\nber\\'d, anâ\\x80\\x99 be cum anâ\\x80\\x99 do Jos\\' lack de fusâ\\x80\\x99\\n\\'um. an\\' say de same thing \\'bout â\\x80\\x99er. anâ\\x80\\x99\\nbless Gcd, dsit r.ight she up anâ\\x80\\x99 die. â\\x80\\x99Foâ\\x80\\x99\\nshe die do. she cussâ\\x80\\x99d Lum lack all pos\\nsessâ\\x80\\x99d. arf tole \\'im she sho gwire ter\\ncum back an\\' bant \\'im plum till he die.\\n\"Lum \\'us dat skeert da.t he spent ten\\ndollars ter git er ole witcli-docter ter\\ncum ter the w.ike anâ\\x80\\x99 say er spell obr â\\x80\\x99er\\nter keep â\\x80\\x99er in â\\x80\\x99er grabe. Do witch-doc\\ntor say she bin er miâ\\x80\\x99-ty wicked â\\x80\\x99oman,\\nanâ\\x80\\x99 dat da onl\\'os way ter kepp â\\x80\\x99er from\\ncorninâ\\x80\\x99 back \\'us ter turn â\\x80\\x99er â\\x80\\x99roun\\' In \\'cr\\ncofin an\\' burry â\\x80\\x99er wid â\\x80\\x99er feet ter de\\nwasâ\\x80\\x99.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cMats Tom he ayr â\\x80\\x99bout dis. anâ\\x80\\x99 dee put\\nâ\\x80\\x99is foot slap down on hit, an\\' say dar want\\n-or gwine ter be no sieh sinful dmin/nâ\\x80\\x99s on\\n\\'is place, so he bab â\\x80\\x99er put up dar in de\\ngraUe-yard or) Texas Hill d-.-s lack all de\\nresâ\\x80\\x99 what die on de place.\\n\"Wall. sub. hit wanâ\\x80\\x99l mo\\'n er w ek foâ\\x80\\x99\\nLum\\'s boys \\'us out runnlnâ\\x80\\x99 rabits. anâ\\x80\\x99 de\\ndorgs tree one in a hole up dar in de\\ngrabe-y-ard, anâ\\x80\\x99 whilst dey â\\x80\\x99us twisâ\\x80\\x99inâ\\x80\\x99 â\\x80\\x99im\\nout. all at once dey see er blue lite burn\\ninâ\\x80\\x99 on Laurerâ\\x80\\x99? grabe. â\\x80\\x99Cose deyrun er\\nway des es hard es dey c\\'uâ\\x80\\x99d. but foâ\\x80\\x99 ley\\ng )t ter de quarhus one on â\\x80\\x99em drap\\'d down\\ndo-d Ip \\'is tracks.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cT urn si\\'-rvre o],-. T/nurer kl\\'t â\\x80\\x99im. anâ\\x80\\x99\\nbeg Mars Tom \\'ter lot â\\x80\\x99im dig her up a/nâ\\x80\\x99\\nturn â\\x80\\x99er â\\x80\\x99rounâ\\x80\\x99 in â\\x80\\x99er grab?. Mars Tom\\ndifa eus-\\'d Mm fun- idgtlj anâ\\x80\\x99 :oie Mm iter\\ngâ\\x80\\x99long an/ liaâ\\x80\\x99be hisseâ\\x80\\x99f. â\\x80\\x99Bunt er yurtbvr\\nneont. Jim. dat Mis Sally\\'s hoy whait she\\nhab \\'fo\\' Lu.m hab â\\x80\\x99cr. \\'us lodklhâ\\x80\\x99 fur d?\\ncow on? ebeninâ\\x80\\x99 -an\\' founâ\\x80\\x99 Dr on dr Texas\\nHUH. He seed d- light burninâ\\x80\\x99 blue d a\\nlack hit â\\x80\\x99u? befoâ\\x80\\x99. anâ\\x80\\x99 in nr week he dun\\ntuck dl? feber, a;nâ\\x80\\x99 â\\x80\\x99foâ\\x80\\x99 er yuther week h\\ndie too. Dis mosâ\\x80\\x99 run Lum â\\x80\\x99stracted, fur\\nda t â\\x80\\x99us dl? be*\\' beinâ\\x80\\x99 ho hob. anâ\\x80\\x99 d-n b\\' beg\\nMars Tom ter lot Hm \\'tack L-nu-ra back\\nwhfiir sh* cum frum. anâ\\x80\\x99 sec if da\" wonâ\\x80\\x99t\\nTay d? gh-osâ\\x80\\x99. Mars Tom â\\x80\\x99u* will\\'n\\' t?r\\ndlait. iso dey drag \\'er up ah\\' Lum starved\\nwid \\'er back t?r d\\'e moumtâ\\x80\\x99lns whar she\\ncum frum.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cWh\\'at IW?dun wlen lia got d\\'ir. I du.rlco.\\nBut frum dial day to dis do light-* sto-o\\'d\\nburninâ\\x80\\x99. T.tint\\'s hab all de luck, an.â\\x80\\x99 dâ\\x80\\x99at oh?\\nwitch-d-oetcr. wHak T â\\x80\\x98.ole yer â\\x80\\x99bout, n her\\nWertâ\\x80\\x99s fur grrri - er meat ?s lbngâ\\x80\\x99s da--.*\\ner cabbige in H-allvâ\\x80\\x99r* gardm an\" er s; d\\ner bacon in de smok-hâ\\x80\\x99ouB?.\"\\ntorjavmeaitsbm hm hm hm- hm hm hmhm\\nFOR SALE!\\nMineral, Timber and Farming Lands.\\nDesirable City and Suburban Res d iic\\ncs, or exchange for Birmingham business\\nproperty.\\nCtTLVERHOUSE & SIMS,\\nRooms 5 and C, Office Buiidiljg.\\ni\\nWANTED!\\nActive, capable and reliable AGENTS\\nin every district to solicit LIFE INSUE\\nANCE. Most lib .al aril proyrersiv pol\\nicics. BEST RETURNS far money in\\nverted. LIBERAL COMMISSIONS paid\\nright m n. Apply in* p r=on or by letter,\\nwith references, to\\nCULVER H OUSE & SIMS,\\nGenCra! Agents Covenant Mutual L fe\\nIusurar-c Co., of St. Louis.\\n\"df i 1 t-i .â\\x96\\xa0 \\\\ â\\x80¢tiUi.i..timtiâ\\x80\\x9e.\\n\\' ,..i 1 â\\x80¢ . to nr i.I.â\\x80\\x94rat.* ,\\n- â\\x80¢ t < t â\\x80¢ i>; .;i i.cuil^ liil i.-. l-r Ui* 9.\\ni\\'siiuiRUt. tin.) i:pi utli u\\n, x . iiCiiEM * 4,1 I oâ\\x80\\x99.aoUi.iiK.\\n1â\\x80\\x9c HUT: J hr\\nâ\\x80¢. â\\x80¢\\'*. v. yte1 Hi in\\nCONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY]\\nTo Be Placed in a Splendid New\\nBuilding.\\nWHITE HOUSE RENOVATION\\nForeigners Criticise the Presidential Home and\\nFail to Appreciate the Love of the\\nAmericans for Re\\'lc and\\nSimplicity.\\nWashington, July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special Cor.)â\\x80\\x94\\nThe great library of congress, 750,000\\nvoum-es strung, will probably be started\\non Us way to the splendid bu.ldlng op\\nposite the capital sometime next week.\\nTo the credit of those responsible for\\nthe construction of the new building,\\nbe it said, no library In the worid is so\\nmagnificently, so beautifully, and so ade\\nquately housed as the congressional li\\nbrary will be when It snail have been\\nplaced In Its new quarters.\\nThe work attendant upon the transfer\\nof this gigantic library from its recent\\ncramped quarters to those spacious\\nrooms which have been ptCjiared for it\\nwill be great.\\nA laige force of men will be employed\\nfor the work, and at least eight, if not\\nten weeks will be required for them to\\nperform the task.\\nIt Is not as If there were merely so\\nmuch bulk to be transferred. To be sure\\na vepy lai go number of the books are not)\\nexpensive and not difficult to duplicate.\\nBut a big portion of them are volumes\\nvery rare and vauable, volumes which\\nneither love nor money nor yet great In\\ngenuity could duplicate, for they are\\nunique.\\nTake, ftr imytance, t\\'lua far-famed Tener\\nCoilleoMon. Its llke\\'alo.a nof exiet. Guards\\nwatch It flight and d\\'ay. People are per\\nmitted to examine and copy from ft, but\\nfhiey tto so Under ohe eyes of book-lovilng\\nwatchmen.\\nThe two giteak enemies to books are\\ndamp and dust. The new quarters are\\ndump ai.JJ dust-proof In so far as quar\\nâ\\x96\\xa0teiis rmy b; mudo damp and dust-proof.\\nTo prevent any dust of book worms being\\nconveyed to the new quarter\\'s, every vol\\nume will be subjedtitG Ulo a. \\'.borough wind\\nâ\\x80¢bath. TlhU will be done by \\'turning a hose\\nnozzlcd by a piece of strel four inches by\\nor.e-aixiteeint\\'h of an Inch onto eveiy book.\\nThrough this hose and nozzle will run a\\nstream of dried air swift enough to drive\\nevery speck of dust from the volume,\\nwhile at \\'the saimie time albsorb every\\npanicle of molid.iure.\\nThis baith wiill be glvein. \\'Jhe boota? as\\nthey are \\'tiaken from the boxes Into which\\nthey will be packed air.d conveyed to the\\nmew building.\\nThe removal will be under the direct su- ;\\npenvislbni of Mr. Ppoffotd, under whose j\\nfnsteiling Cairo thie library bias grown to\\n\\'tis pres emit excellence. He besUows upun\\na rare volume .Ihe afCec\\'ttan of a parent\\nfor a child and 1th re con be mo doubt\\nthat every possible precaution will be\\ntaken to preserve their grout wealth of\\nliterature frdm harm.\\nThe white house Is to be put in thor\\nough repairs while the preside\\':t and his\\nwife are away. There has been no op\\nportunity to clean and.garnish the execu\\ntive mansion for nearly five years, or-even\\nlonger than that. During Mrs. Har\\nrison\\'s illness and after .her death noth\\ning was done inside the building orb r\\nthan put soni hideous wall paper about\\nand lay a few carpet?. ..Mr. Cleveland\\nhad little done to it while he was there,\\na d there was no chance to make repairs\\nbetween the time the Clevelands vacated\\nit and that when the McKinleys as*sumt d\\nthe occupancy. Mrs. McKinley is so\\nnervous that nothing has been done at \\'\\nall since - he entered it as first lady. Any\\nnoise at all was very annoying to her.\\nThe cabinet room, for Instance, has not\\nbeen done over since the\\'administration\\nof Grant. The floors on the second story\\narc being taken up and th y are found\\nto be In a very bad condition. In fact,\\nmany of them are decaying and would\\nsoon have been the couse of sickness.\\nAt best the white house is the most un\\ninhabitable place in Washington1. No\\namount of money could make it present\\nan appearance otherwise than that of an\\nold-tir-e uncomfortable colonial home in\\nVirginia. But the people of Washington\\nlove Has they do r.o other public build mgs\\nhereâ\\x80\\x99 and every suggestion to add to it or\\nt-ar It down has met with a storm of\\ncriticism and derision from the 0\"C*1 pa\\npers. i\\nForeigners cannot understand how this\\ncountry, with th? wealth It possesses,\\nall oys its president to live and cnteitaln\\nin such a. place. They forget that Amer\\nicans cling to It as a relic of the sim\\nplicity with which this republic was\\nfounded and that to them it represents\\nthe corner stone of the government.\\nThe exterior Is still on? of the most\\nbeautiful pieces of architectlre In the\\ncity and once every few years it is given\\na coat of white lead. It Is not gener\\nally known that the walls were originally\\nof dark brown stone, the same as the\\nwalls of the older portion of the capi\\ntal which have also been painted white\\nto correspond with the wings. The orig\\ninal cause for painting both th? whl a\\nhouse and capital was the burning of\\nthem by the English in ISIS.\\nThe great dome \"C the capital is now\\nundeigolng a coat of painting for the\\nfirst time in many years. There are a\\nhundred men on the whit house so as to\\ncompute the renovation by the time the\\nMcKinleys want to return. Two weeks\\nonly will be taken in repairing and\\npainting the old mansion.\\nMONROEVILLE.\\nRegular Rains Make Improved Crop Pros\\npectsâ\\x80\\x94 Special Term of Court to Try\\nRichard Remblayâ\\x80\\x99s Murderer.\\nMonroeville, July 31â\\x80\\x94(Special.)â\\x80\\x94Crop !\\nprospect* fei th e-section are more favora- j\\nble, to we have h\\'ail regular rain* dur- ;\\nins the past five or six wo ks; and. white\\nI crops on some of lhe river lands will ba 1\\na filial fall tore,\\'.he estimate placed on the \\'\\nC1\\\\\\'P of the entire county is about uvu\\nth: :1s.\\nIluaj. S. N. Van Pmag, who has been In\\nMonroeville for sov ral months in The In\\ntercut of the Peir.rtacolu and Northwestern\\nrailroad, of which ho is prcsldem , left a\\nfew days ago for Montgomery to attend a\\n\\'bustntii* m* cuing \\'of tiJ officers of his\\nrood.\\nSpecial term of circuit court will con\\nvene on Mur.1.lay, August 9. The main\\npurr \\'se of the tarn is to jiydiot and try ,\\nG urge Bra\\'diy, who Is <:.: r.god vâ\\x80\\x99.\\'ih the\\nasoasa\\'rsa\\'.\\'an- of Mr. Tlic.\\':i?l\\'d Rorrr bly,\\ns me wtekn sin\\':?. Capital and jail cases\\nwill a Do be t vi, J â\\x96\\xa0. : th! . term.\\nMr. Hob:i\\' J. \\'Mil\\'..:, repriSen\\'rlng tlhe\\nC.T.\\'nfrllcut lndemniy u.. (xlarlon, Is in\\nthe city.\\nFor Ueut-Cotla c, 122 I7fci\\nsireei; vossession given mi\\nmedia*ely. Apply toA. Hirgcla\\n2 122 First avenue, or Mr. J. i\\nO Peoples, 8th avenue and j\\n17 th street.\\nMilone Bool & Shoe Co are i\\nsoiling the best ; hoo.s in the\\ncity for the least mo ley.\\nB\\'liius mode to order at1\\nK o\\'-z, the iiaberda lur.\\n.. ^\\nv \\'|\\ni |\\nÂ« \\'REMOVAL\\nI Monday\\nTuesday\\nONLY!\\nWe will sell best grade all-wool I\\n52s Cents\\nper yard; made, laid and lined.\\nPHOENIX CARPET GO,\\nCor. 2d Avenue and 21st Street. SI\\nOnly Exclusive Carpet House in Alabama\\nâ\\x96\\xa0.\"* * â\\x80\\x9c *\\n1 II II I Bill III II IIM â\\x96\\xa0lir1 1 Mil II\\n!(â\\x99¦\\n^UrnACC Succeeds in everything. X\\nO LlwCCoO The successful man, the *)\\n(â\\x99¦\\nsuccessful novel, these all appeal to us. We instinct- X\\nively turn away from the unsuccessful. The thing the (+\\npeople want is what we want if we can get it. ZINS- /\\nZERâ\\x80\\x99S FURNITURE is a success, and it has been a +S\\nsuccess. We will continue to succeed because we try <*\\nto give the people what they want, and the people 4\\n4 know what they want when they start to purchase X\\nx Furniture, Matting, Carpet, Â£\\n(Just received new Velvet, Brussels and Ingrain lihe\\nof the newest patterns. ) O\\n4 OIL CLOTH, STOVES, X\\nX SHADES, %* TRUNKS, 4\\n4 LACE CURTAINS, BABY BUGGIES. â\\x99¦)\\nâ\\x99¦> <â\\x99¦\\n<â\\x99¦ -^:: ^PRICHS THE LOWEST>^> V\\nI â\\x80\\x98\"peter # ZINSZERâ\\x80\\x99Sâ\\x80\\x9d I\\nZ -MAMMOTH- X\\n| FURNITURE * HOUSE, $\\n(â\\x99¦ 2115, 2117 and 2119 Second Avenue, â\\x99¦)\\nBetween Twenty-first and Twenty-second Streets. C*\\nI DISCOUNT! |\\nI? On account of removal to our new store on 20th street we\\nZ will offer our entire stock at a liberal discount. â\\x99¦\\nif).\\no\\nn\\na r*~\\nâ\\x96¼ r.f Â«i VM7',\n",
       "  'MIW\\nHOPELESS HOPES.\\nThe chappies love the August girl;\\nAnd send her tons of fol-de-rol!\\nBu< the only men she lilois at all.\\nAre Neptune and Old i*>l!\\nâ\\x80\\x94Tom Wren. ,\\nWELL-DIRECTED BENEVOLENCE.\\nAmateur Artistâ\\x80\\x94I should like to present this picture to some charlt ilde institution. Which one would you recom\\nâ\\x96\\xa0\\' mend?\\nCandid Friendâ\\x80\\x94The Asylum for the Blind.\\n; iV- â\\x80¢\\' .\\nBAGGEDD THE WRGNG ARTICLE.\\nI\" CboTlyâ\\x80\\x94Tom proposed on hts knees to the heireea last evening. â\\x80¢__\\nTommyâ\\x80\\x94Did he bag her? Â« â\\x80\\x99 IT\\'\" V .\\n| OboUyâ\\x80\\x94No; only his trousers. / - â\\x96\\xa0\\nWOULDNâ\\x80\\x99T â\\x80\\x9cFIXâ\\x80\\x9d FITZ,\\nFirst Jokerâ\\x80\\x94T h^ard a fellow say hr\\'d make Fitzsimmons look like a stiff\\nwhen he got hold of him.\\nKecond Jokerâ\\x80\\x94who was he?\\nFirst Jokerâ\\x80\\x94An undertaker.\\nif\\nSURE TO WIN.\\nSpadelyâ\\x80\\x94What did Jack marry Miss Fulhand for?\\nHeartlyâ\\x80\\x94She was a better player than he was.\\nTl/ \\\\\\\\\\nOBJECTED TO THE WORD â\\x80\\x9cWORK,â\\x80\\x9d\\nOne-Legged Hagglesâ\\x80\\x94I hear that Ragsde had trouble with Scragsy. Wot\\nwas de matter?\\nTwo-Legged Ragglesâ\\x80\\x94Why, Scragsy said dat man was de noblest work of\\nGod, and Ragsie knocked him down.\\nMANâ\\x80\\x99S VIEW OF THINGS.\\nMrs. Newwlfe fsobMng)â\\x80\\x94Foo-you said you\\'d always try to ple<**e mo. when\\nwe were married; â\\x80\\x98\\nMr. New\\\\ved-WÂ«l, I try to please myself; and you and l are one.\\nETCHINGS FROM THE LOCAL FIELD.\\n(During the eons true Hon of the present!\\ncourt house, several yeaca ago, while\\nthe circuit court held its sesufocs In ; be\\nHood\\'building, on Twentieth str et, Cir\\ncuit Clerk Feigua Modi thy, hta deputy.\\n(Mr. W. L. (Howard, and A\\'.\\'torneyMjtL Ai.\\nand Ed Powell, who at that tim-tLifcii/1\\noffices lm the H\\'ood building, theug\\'if ft\\nmeet amid proper to Jointly oeltibratlstiolr\\narintivetruuirlos, Whvdh, they discover ifl; oc\\nc-ute, oddly cmiough, on the same. i|pte.\\nâ\\x80\\x98Last Thursday, \\'.the 29tâ\\x80\\x99ii of July, was\\nagain at hand. Clerk McCa\\'i thy and the\\nAttorneys PowelJ, who, by the way, are\\ntwin brc*.\\'he:a, are 39 yeans old, with Mr.\\niH\\'nwmJ eeveiu years their Junior. Tho\\nman er of a b. fitting- celebration conf\\'. \\'VJ^.\\n<J \\'.he genetiemen. It Is said Al\\'t^pneyi\\nCharles Powell would have likod to v n\\ndur a banquet, and it Is kn1 ,vn .hat the\\nothers would have liked to a.tend. How\\never, the feast didn\\'t materialize. la\\nstead, the. quat\\'o.te met in the evening\\nar.d f- hcl.-ated themaettvev wit\\'ll bloevlrg\\nputty at the mokon.\\n\"I s.m agin\\' \\'.\\'he democratic party andl\\neverybody coavneoU\\'d with It,â\\x80\\x9d said (,ha\\nmam with the red nuiiitache and hick, .y\\nshirt ,, ,.i\\n\"80?\" ! i. : . . :\\nâ\\x80\\x9cYep.\\'\\' 1 i i \\' 1 U\\nâ\\x80\\x9cAmd why?â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"Ain\\'t square a\\'bou\\'t vclinâ\\x80\\x99. Always\\non .he b at, specially Black Bolt or. a\\nThat\\'s me. Thatâ\\x80\\x99s H.H Roger , \\'.hr â\\x96\\xa0 igh\\nand \\'through. Lord. the way they do pile\\nup maj .lit.ti. e in the black belt, votin\\',\\na feller lls me, dead mu!Â«*s when d\\' id\\nniggers is scarce. A \\'black belt man\\'ll do\\nary thing in politics ifâ\\x80\\x94â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80¢\\'A moment,\" said\\' I, I tit erupting. â\\x80\\x9cSea\\nthe gentleman eveningâ\\x80\\x94-the tali, hai..d\\nse.rne man?â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"Yep. Peart lookin\\' filler,\"\\n\"Heâ\\x80\\x99s a lawyer and a pt ht.tclan, an d lia\\nwill switag himself up several rour.ilis-of\\nthe ladder yet, mark me. Iâ\\x80\\x99ll .ir trodti\\'ca\\nyou as h. pusses directly. Xow. (Mr.\\nMcQueen, \\'this is Mr. Rogers.â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"Glad to know, I\\'m sure. Mr. Rcge is;\\nUhls is warm row diari\\'t tihlnâ\\x80\\x94â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x9cMr. Rc.gers and I,â\\x80\\x9d said I. moving\\naway, â\\x80\\x9cwere just discussing ihe black\\n! belt.â\\x80\\x9d\\n\\'\\'Indeed. Oh, well, mow th-\\'ai\\'ts g â\\x96\\xa0 ..I,\\ndon\\'t you Mhitik, Mr. Rogers? You know,\\nMr. Rogers, -ihe black blit ie my old\\nhome. I was raised d\\'urn there, gr w tup\\nthere, studied (.here.â\\x80\\x9d\\nShould a client always seek and r.It\\non the advice of counsel?\\nAttorney D. A. Green might eri\\'.ght n\\nthe public on that query, for unlock Â»d\\nfor results befell a client during the past\\nweek who h d acted on thâ\\x80\\x9c bright young\\nlawyerâ\\x80\\x99s suggestions,\\nâ\\x80\\x9cNow, Iâ\\x80\\x99m sent for,â\\x80\\x9d said the client, \"by\\nthe enemy. Shall I go?â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x9cI see no reason why you shouldn\\'t.\\nBy all means go.â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x9cBut,â\\x80\\x9d h sitated the client, â\\x80\\x9cth re\\'s\\nmore than one of the enemy. ThorÂ®\\nmight be a row.â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x9cPshaw,\" laughed Attorney Gren,\\npushing the huge bulk of the litigant from\\nhis office. \"Go along with you. You\\'re\\nbig enough to take care of yourself!â\\x80\\x9d\\nA few minutes later loud noises on the\\nstairway announced the rapid aseensi n\\nof a very large man., and in an\\' In start a\\neudly altered countenance with a batt r\\ned nrÂ»? and bloody shirt front thr-w op n\\nLawyer Greenâ\\x80\\x99s door and rhou ed,\\n\"Didn\\'t I tell you so? There was u ro m\\nfull of the enemy. Attorney Greer, I\\nshall have to discharge you on th spot!â\\x80\\x9d\\nâ\\x80\\x9cW-h-e-w!â\\x80\\x9d exclaims Hon. S. W. J bn,\\nwith supreme and expres ive denuncia\\ntion, not of the weather, but of th- propo\\nsition to eliminate-r.ia.tion il Issues from\\nthe state platform. \"Indeed,â\\x80\\x9d he aids,\\nwith emphatic confidence, \"such an idea\\nis only advanced by namby-pardy p e\\nâ\\x80\\x98luinli.-rs and republicans!\"\\nHe\\'s an expert wheelman and k cp3\\nabreast of ail new things pertaining to\\nthe bik*. He is Ed Warren, Jrâ\\x80\\x9e an 1 he\\nsays that tho dhainless wheel will not be\\na success.\\nAppropos of dog-days and dog-, fhura\\nare (logs and dog fanciers in Birming\\nham. Prominent among those who de\\nvote attention to the dog family is Mr.\\nTom Ashford. At his home on Pork\\navenue (here are fift-eem full ^pedlgrea\\npointers. He has four .lingo pups, one\\nout of Hester D., and a litter of .eight out\\nof his famous field queen, Ralsora. Th so\\nare sired l>y a dug whes lineage runs in\\na clear unbroken line back through the\\nbest English-bred hunters. This Is A\\' i>\\nGull, a wlnsier h* thirty fle4d trials, arid\\nfour times a bench winnerâ\\x80\\x94once in Cana\\nda and once in (Manitoba.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cNickâ\\x80\\x9d and â\\x80\\x9cChappieâ\\x80\\x9d belong to Mr. J.\\nJ. Garrett. With the character!* tio\\nshepherd d\\'.g\\'s trait they can do every\\nthing hut talk. They are as fond of\\nsweetmeats as children, and enjoy a feast\\nof goobers like the proverbial G o gÂ£an.\\n\"Billy\" Moughnn on Eighth avenue,\\nturns to the ungainly and ferocious bull\\ndog. â\\x80\\x9cSlie-weeâ\\x80\\x9d is the night guardian,\\nof his premises. It is currently believed\\nby ail who have had a horrifying glimpso\\nof the beast, that she could amputate a.\\nlimb as a hobo would amputate a sau\\nj sage.\\nThere is a late and interesting arrival\\nfrom Washingtonâ\\x80\\x94clean, n at, rnrufted.\\nand comfortable in a plain suit of llnrri\\ncrash. He does not permanently re- de\\nat the capital. Ho is there as reprerv.it\\nativ- of (he Ninth congressional Gir-1\":e-1\\nof Alabama, and, says C\\'ngre.sman Un\\ndervvood: \"The principal is.-u.s before\\nthe next congress, in my opinion. vvIT lie\\nthe bankruptcy bill ai d the immigra\\ntion bill. The money question Is vir\\ntually put aside through the appointment\\nof the monetary commission, which 1 :.p\\nprehend, will fail to make a r* port dur\\ning the next congressional session.â\\x80\\x9d _\\nNOTICEâ\\x80\\x94NEW TK1.EPHONE SUB\\nSCRIBERS.\\n813â\\x80\\x94Cullom, E. N.: residence.\\n615â\\x80\\x94Alabama Abstract company and\\nAlabama Trust and Savings company.\\n74â\\x80\\x94Prowell Hardware company.\\n64â\\x80\\x94Talley, Dr. I). F.: office.\\n20â\\x80\\x94Gt-\\'-nn, L. J. * Co., whole sale pro\\nduce and commission merchants.\\n904â\\x80\\x94Newman Drug company, drug\\ngists.\\n906â\\x80\\x94Smith Bros & Co.. J. W\\\\ Clay, mam.\\nager. cigars and tobaccos.\\nCHANGE OF NUMBER. j\\n802â\\x80\\x94Davis. Rev. IT. O-: residence.\\n320â\\x80\\x94Davis. J. E., grocer. i\\n495â\\x80\\x94Darglr, Mrs. L.; residence. 1 i\\nS65â\\x80\\x94Mullen. J. T.: residence.\\n270â\\x80\\x94The Daily Hedger.\\n1337â\\x80\\x94Union Transfer company; Toll',\n",
       "  '1 unipsâ\\x80\\x99 Mootpy si iTPXKtnvr, ww mf\\nI m iiiii/i iiÂ«J llU\\'^lUU 1 Lk L \\\\ U k Sj Ui*i i Vii ll| VA \" *w<U V/l/W KjkkAJ U UU\\n| -AT- \\' ||\\'\\nI LOVEMAJV, JAROS Â£ CO., 1\\n:| -THE-- j|\\nI TRADE Â» PALACE!\\nSECOND AVENUE. |\\nFOR this week, in addition to our regular bargain u\\nsales all through the house, we shall offer special U\\n( low things in Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99, Childrenâ\\x80\\x99s and Menâ\\x80\\x99s Hosiery, u\\nÂ«| S^â\\x80\\x98100 DOZEN LADIESâ\\x80\\x99 VESTSl^S ~~ |\\n>>. Just received ioo dozen Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Vests, duplicates ol \\'!!!,\\n; what we sold during the season at 39c. We closed out\\nall there was at a price that we can. sell them at )*,\\'\\n1 n CTKTVrlâ\\x80\\x99!S EACIl \\\\{\\n1 They are excellent yarn, silk taped and silk embroid* i\\nlii ered in white and ecru. I\\n100 LADIESâ\\x80\\x99 CRASH SKIRTS. I\\n1 Just received 100 Ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 Crash Linen Skirts,lull sweep V| ,\\nI : **> ;\\nI j LOVEMAN, JAROS & CO., jl\\nTHE TRADE PALACE 1921 & 1923 2nd Ave.\\nrepresenting\\' Crowder & Co.\\n( LEADING FOREIGN\\nAMERICAN EIRE Birmingham, Ala.\\n/INSURANCE COMPANIES.\\nFirst Floor Steiner Building.\\nAlabama Gas Fixture\\nH Plumbing Company\\nÂ°ASstovesRES \\\\ San,tary Goods.\\nPLUMBING GOODS. f l820 and 1822 Second Avenue.\\nSOUTHERN FARM LANDS.\\nSecretary of Agriculture Wilson\\nTalks of Them.\\nCLOVER MUST BE PLANTED,\\nSome Valuable Advice to Southern Planters\\nfrom the New Secretary of Agricul\\ntureâ\\x80\\x94He Is Coming South.\\nWashington, July 31.â\\x80\\x94(Special.)â\\x80\\x94Sec\\nretary Wilson, of the agricultural d par t\\nment, is directing special efforts toward\\nthe ptomotlon of farming Interests in\\nthe south. â\\x80\\x9cThe south has never had\\nthe proper attention paid to it by the ag\\nricultural department,â\\x80\\x99â\\x80\\x99 said Secretary\\nWilsoti to me today when I asked him\\nabout his determination to make a south\\n. ern tour.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cThis department can be of great ser\\nvice to the farmers of the S\\' uth and l\\npropose to give them the benefits of any\\nvaluable data I may have collected about\\ntheir sol! and lands. In the first place\\nI do not know the south as I do the west\\nand few of my predecessors have. My\\ntrip to Tennessee has whetted my appe\\ntite for this southern country ant in Oc\\ntober I expect to make an extended tour\\nthroughout the southern states. I am\\ngoing to the Nashville exposition again\\nin the fail, and on my way down 1 shall\\nStop in Kentucky and after visiting the\\nexposition I shall push on to Louisiana,\\nand Alabama and return to Washington\\nby way of Georgia and the Carolfnas.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cI shall then lie in a position to make\\nthis department of actual use to that\\npart of the country. One may know\\nall about the north and yet be absolutely\\nignorant as to the requirements for farm\\ning in the south.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cSouthern conditions differ very much\\nfrom northern conditions as regards the\\nsoil of the two sections. In the south\\nyou have more heat and moisture, and\\nheat and moisture always tend to de\\ncomposition of organic matter In culti\\nvated soil. This tendency can only be\\nprevented by a system of rotation in\\nwhich there are periods of grazing for\\nthe purpose of building up the soil with\\nroots.\\n\"It must be remembered that southern\\nsoil has been und lr cultivation for a\\nlong time and the organic matter has\\nbeen largely oxidized or burnt out. leav\\ning the sol! without roots that would\\nprevent it from washing. This de\\nstruction of the organic matter in th~\\nsoil liberat-\\'S the nitrogen ai d lets It\\nreturn to the general storehouse in the\\natmosphere. This nitrog n can only be\\nhi ought back by growing leguminous\\nplants; pod-bearing plants, such as clo\\nver. near and beans.\\n\"The southern people must learn that\\nthey must plant clover. If the soil Is not\\ngood for clover, then, they must plant\\npeas and b uns in order to put the nitro\\ngen back into vhe sol). To buy nitrogen\\nin the shape of saltpetre cwÂ».Â« 19 cents\\na pound, amid it is much cheaper -and the\\neffect ts more lasting o give over the field,\\noccasionally to pasture.\"\\nHem the secrcitaiily brought out a lot\\nof tiny booties with\\'the roots of a nuniber\\nof leguminous or pod plants preserved ill\\nalcohol. He pointed out certain little \\'ar\\nticles looking like homeopathic pills,\\nâ\\x80\\x99 ainh li\\' sn i wee c .\"tlmi \\'lly g\\'^w.ng\\nthere and which Stored up tin nitrogen.\\n\"Ah the p\\'.nrit tipnm,\" We said1 \"tWe nC\\'.lro- ^\\ngel cr-ieps u.p tn\\'io the s.alk an1* la loft\\n#athe a tit; r. ph. i . 9 > that Q: is r.?CtG ary\\ni.h.â\\x80\\x99t the plat i.n heu id be cut and up1 .tunned\\nftâ\\x80\\x99 . gs\\'.^s-f â\\x80¢<*\\nI 1 inienu 10 piepaie a p.pt\" w.m liiUS- i\\ntiâ\\x80\\x99aB&zr.rs, showin-g; th.? n\\\\:o?it:ity qf b ln.gr- \\'\\nin*; the Â©>uâ\\x80\\x99.W?nn K&i.id back to i s former\\nfertility. Tb? food that a plant rrcecJb Is\\na. hiir.Jda^l: In the south wâ\\x80\\x99lith tb- exception\\noi\\' nitrogen.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cfcn l\\'Â£T.:ne*;i5:i?, for in**1 Lattice, there ha*\\nreo\\'tr.i 1y bo *n dâ\\x80\\x98J covered Immn^ qu\\'irti\\nj \\'Xea of sUi i? rich in ph* i*i>hate^. Til * j\\nf uith is peculiarly rich in plant mevi\\nj dr.\\'. 4, Eind they can all be utilized v:ry \\\\\\neasily and with j\\'JLtlie ^xponldiitiire. Tht-re 1\\ni\\'.\\' tfcÂ»3 <â\\x80\\x99 I L\\'OttJ Ci2\\'td\\', f.Â« i â\\x80¢ xa\\'mplc. ricl\\'-r i\\nwith ntlknogemEc bi-product (han any seed I\\nkn/iwn to comm.?rce.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cBut, Mr. Seortâ\\x80\\x99Jary*â\\x80\\x9d I said, â\\x80\\x9cthe co*t- j\\nton f.;od is largely meed up in \\'t/hi? prepara- j\\n.(ton of dU.\"\\n\"It is just ns valuable after the oil has I\\n1> .cm ejUluiated als before,â\\x80\\x9d he replied, I\\n\\'land every bin of tih.e waske should be re\\nturned to .tike giljUCKl. And whore the\\nseed is no\\': soli for oil it should bo scat\\ntered over rh â\\x96\\xa0 del is. It will be found to\\nb. a splendid f- \\'tiliÂ»er. There are many\\nthings about tire southern soil which I\\nhave yit u learn, tim\\'d which I tv\\'ll taka\\nkeen, intcire.-\\'t in studying when I go\\nthrough the son1.Si.â\\x80\\x9d\\nThe secretary will be popular in the\\nsouth. He is almost southern in his\\nmanner. He has none\\' of the charac\\nteristics of the conventional westerner,\\nand none of the ear-marks of the bitter\\npolitical partisan. He possesses a good\\nhonest crop of whiskers, not of the Pef\\nferlne style, but more on the order of\\n\"Hillyâ\\x80\\x9d Morrison\\'s. He is over six feet\\nand walks in an easy farmer-like way,\\nâ\\x80¢his head tilted a little over his chest and)\\nhis hands swinging.\\nHis eyes are deep set and over them\\nhangs heavy eyebrows. His face is\\nnigged, yet soft. His Ideal of farm\\nlife he finds in the stories of southern\\n\\' plantation life before the war. II: looks\\nupon farming as one of the high arts,\\ncertainly not lower in the scale of hu\\nman occupations than a profession.\\nHe holds to the opinion that it takÂ«s\\nmore brains to farm than it does to write\\nbooks. He is especially delighted when\\never he hears of the old southern repie\\nscntatlves returning to the plow. Instead\\nof the ignorant remaining on the farm\\nand the intellectual prodigy going to\\nthe city, he thinks that the fool should\\nseek city life ar.d the brother with\\nbrains remain on the farm.\\nWilson is less of a politician than Gage.\\nHe is essential?}â\\x80\\x99 a student. When not\\nat the department one will find him at\\nhis room at the Portland deep in some\\nwok that gives him some new facts re\\ngarding his profession, as he calls it,\\nand certainly being at the head of agri\\nculture in this country, lie has a right\\nto name it.\\n\"Secietary Wilson ls very unassuming,\\nbut the farmers of the soutli and\\nthroughout the whole country, will f.e.l\\nthat they all know him before he leaves\\nthe cabinet. He is not constantly play\\ning to the galleries as did old Jerry Itu=k,\\nand if he knows less about the finan\\ncial question, he knows more about farm\\ning than Secretary Morton, his immedi\\nate predecessor.\\nNOTICE TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS.\\nOn the 12th day of August, 18W, at Tus\\ncaloosa, Alabama, we will let all of the\\nmasonry and superstructure\\'for tho con\\nstruction of the Alabama river bridge, on\\nthe lino of the Montgomery division of the\\nMobile and Ohio railroad, near the city of\\nMontgomery. Contractors can bid sep\\narately for the masonry If they so desire.\\nMasonry to be of bard burned brick, with\\none outer course of paving brick of Chat\\ntanooga, Birmingham or other manufac\\nture. We will also let superstructure War\\nrior river bridge on same day.\\nPlans and specifications can be seen in\\nthe office of the chief engineer, at Tusca\\nloosa, on and after August tith.\\nTHE HANOVER CONSTRUCTION CQ.\\n8-l-10t\\n5 A Dinner Set to Suit %\\nI The Size of Your Family. Â£\\nWhits Dinner Sets, semi-granite.$3 48 A,\\nWhite Porcelain Dinner Sets, handsome shapes. $4.85\\nElegantly Decoroted Porcelain Dinner Sets, the Z\\nnewest shapes and decorotioas, Set.. $5.95, 7.50, 8 50 X\\nGood white set Handled Cups and Saucers. .25 cents\\nSet Breakfast Plates.25 cents\\nLarge Dinner Plates, each. 5 cents Z\\nFull-sized finished Tumblers, dozen.15 cents X\\nBanded Tumblers, dozen.20 cents\\nThin-blown Tumblers, best lead glass.35 cents\\nBurgo assortment or pressed end Blown Tumblers and Uoblets, /\\nPlain, Banded and J^ngravcd. ^\\nSurprise Egg Heater. e\\n\\\\V ire Potato Masher.... 3\\nio-cent large Howl Strainer. 5\\nExira wide 15-cent Hioiler.10 A,\\nGenuine 25-cenl Hauten Sifter... 10\\n5-cent Nuirneg Grater..3 /\\nVegetable Grater. 3 ^\\nLarge assortâ\\x80\\x99t handled xoe Graters 5\\n5-quart Milk Pans .. 5\\n10 and 12-quart Milk Pans.10\\nGood-sized Dish Pan..10\\n10-quart Dish Pans.14\\n14-quart Dish Pans.17\\n17-quart Dish Pans.19\\nA largo lino of Granite Ware at.5 and 10 cents\\nGrruite Dish Pans, worth tiuui.le, at ..40, 50, U5 an i 75 cents\\nGranite Preserving Kettle -, $>. >Â»u size.5*i cents\\n\\'Granite Preserving Kettles, $1.50 uizo .G5 coats\\n\\' 16-quart, $2.00 size.,,....95 cents\\nMOORE <t: 1MM Mil CP.\\n2022 SECâ\\x80\\x98OND A VENU E,\\nThe Busiest Toy anti Hull House in Birmingham.\\nCHACEâ\\x80\\x99S BAND\\nIn Grand Concert at East I ake This After\\nnoon-Will Begin One Hour\\nLater Hereafter.\\nChacoâ\\x80\\x99s Great City Band will play ht\\nEast Lake this afternoon, 4:30 to 7 oâ\\x80\\x99clock.\\nThis arrangement gives people from the\\ncity an opportunity to hear the conceit\\nin the -coolest part of the afternoon. The\\nband formerly played 3:30 to G oâ\\x80\\x99clock.\\nWe will receive on tomor\\nrow onother lot of those fine\\nPreserving Pear3. We sell\\nGroceries cheap. R. E. Orr &\\nCo., 220 N. 20th st\\nBirmingham at St, Petersburg.\\nItouldlcttewhim him lim hm lim hm kmhm\\nBirmingham will lx- represented at the\\ngreat initeirna/lionul etec-irloal i xhihltrm\\nwhich will be held In Ht. Peersburg,\\nRussia, in the summer of 1899. Harris &\\nWilliamson, the electricians of this city,\\nhave just received advices \\';ha: their tip\\nUca Hun for Â«p-d:ce ha.s been g:\\'anted.\\nKlotz, the Haberdasher, is\\nheadquarters for the latest\\nnovelties in Neckwear.\\nDancing at East Lake five\\nnights a week. Music by Mon\\ntanoâ\\x80\\x99s band. augltf\\nCalled Meeting.\\nAn important meeting of Division No.\\n2, Ancient Order Hibernians, is called\\nfor this afternoon at 3 \\'clock in their\\nhhll on Nineteenth stre-t.\\nIt will pay you to examine\\nMalone Boot & Shoe Co.â\\x80\\x99s\\nstock of Shoes before buying\\nelsewhere.\\n* _._\\nManâ\\x80\\x99s Inconsistency.\\nâ\\x80\\x9cYou know how you grumble when you\\nwait for me to do a little shopping?\\'\\'\\nâ\\x80\\x9cYep.â\\x80\\x9d\\n\"Well, I watched you yesterday and\\nyou stood three hours on a corner wait\\ning for base ball returns.â\\x80\\x9dâ\\x80\\x94Chicago Rec\\nord.\\nChacoâ\\x80\\x99s City Bind, East\\nLake, Sunday. Phil Memoli,\\ndirector. augltf\\nfTfifcn TÂ»ock tvÂ»p TCinrr\\nHeâ\\x80\\x94Winkle isnâ\\x80\\x99t even friends with the\\ngirl who broke off her e-ngagem.n\\'t wi lt\\nhim, is he?\\nSheâ\\x80\\x94Oh, no. When\\' she sent back his\\nring by express, she labeled it \"Glass,\\nwith care.\"â\\x80\\x94Truth.\\nI\\nkHMAM\\nÂ«*\\nSAMPLE PRICES:\\nl l\\n* 2.\" dozen ladies* and childrenâ\\x80\\x99s unirim*\\nmed Hats, this season\\'s goods, worth 50\\n50c and 75c, for this week only 25c.\\n25 dozen ladies\\' and childrenâ\\x80\\x99s un-rim\\nmed Hats, worth $1 anu $1.25; this week,\\n50 cents\\n25 dozen ladiesâ\\x80\\x99 untrimmed Hats, latest\\ndesigns, wort $2 and $2.25; this week only\\n$1.00.\\nLadiesâ\\x80\\x99 and childrenâ\\x80\\x99s Hats, trimmed,\\nfrom 25c up to $5. Come early and get\\nfirst choice.\\n50 dozen colored laundried Negligee\\nShirts, worth 50c; to go this week at 30c.\\n25 dozen colored bosom laundrled shirts,\\nmade to sell at 75r, only 39c.\\n25 dozen ladies\\' Shirt Waists, were made\\nto selt at $1 aintd- $1.25, to close out at 49c.\\n50 dozen four-ply linen collars, regular\\nprice 15c, this week only 5c each.\\n50 more pf those trimmed hats, which\\nwe will close out at less than cost of ma\\nterial.\\n26 dozen Baileyâ\\x80\\x99s Triple Toilet Water,\\nworth 5tâ\\x80\\x98c bottle, this week only 25c.\\n100 dozen ladies\\' Fast Black and Seam\\nless Hose, only 10c a pair.\\n50 pounds of Nails for $1. ^\\'\\n8-ball Croquet set, $1; worth $1.50.\\n\\'\\n50 dozen Torrey Razors, worth $1.50, only\\n50 cents.\\n50 dozen Shaving Brushes, Worth 25c,\\nonly oc.\\nDlston Hand Saws, worth $1.60, only $1.\\nBuggy Whips, only 5c.\\nMinersâ\\x80\\x99 Shovels, Nos â\\x80¢ and 2, only Soc.\\nMinersâ\\x80\\x99 Picks, only 30c.\\n2-quart lec cream freezers, only $1.15.\\nWe carry a full line of Buggie.s, Buggy\\nHarness, Saddles and Bridles, etc., which\\nwe can save you money on.\\nWe SefI Everything\\nWe Se// the Best of Everything\\nWe Sell the Best of Everything the Cheapest\\nOur New System of Merdhandising is\\nAnd notwithstanding the more or less demor\\nalization of business on account of the talk of\\nsmallpox (so-called) we are puehing out the\\nmost satisfying bargains this city has ever\\nknown. We vaccinate your pocket-book\\nagainst the inroads of the old style, high-priced\\nsingle-line dealers, whose extortianate deal\\nings have hovered-over this fair city like a\\ndreadful plague.\\nWe cannot pretend to quote prices, but ask you to examine\\nthe few sample prices we give in this space.\\nSAMPLE PRICES:\\n21 pounds granulated Sugar, \\'\\'\\nBoston Baked Brans, 1-pound cans, 7,/fe\\ncebts.\\nBartlett Pears, 3-pound cans, 10c.\\nPineappues, 2-pound cans, 11c.\\nKingan Potted Ham, 4c.\\nBest preserves, in cans, 10c.\\nApples, 3-pound cans, 7 cents.\\nP< pper, Ginger, Spice, reduced from 5c\\nto 2c.\\nCrescent Coffee, per package, 12â\\x80\\x994c.\\nMocha and Java Coffee, 2-pound can, 70c.\\nGreen Coffee, 10 pounds for $1.\\nBest Gunpowder Tea, 25c. i,\\nBest Green Tea. 25c.\\n14 Bars Tiger Soap, 25 cents.\\n12 boxes Armourâ\\x80\\x99s Washing Powder, 25c.\\n8 bars Freedom Soap, 25c.\\nPostum Cereal reduced from 25c to 10c.\\nUnited States Matches, per dozen, 10c.\\nBustrabo Polish, reduced from 10c to 5c.\\nBlue Babel Catsup, pint bottles, 20c.\\nClive Oil, pint bottles, reduced from 50c\\nto 25c.\\nCalifornia Almonds, 1S0G crop, per pound,\\n12fec.\\nFrench Blacking, reduced from 10c to 5c.\\nMarket Baskets, per dozen, Sue.\\nWilburâ\\x80\\x99s Chocolate, per pound, 33c.\\nPure White Honey in comb, per pound,\\n10 cents.\\n14 Bars Tiger Soap, 25c.\\nFresh Bggs on Ijc, ?.â\\x96\\xa0& cents per dozen.\\nÂ°â\\x84¢rr DRENNEN & COMPANY, 1\\nS83Â®6SgSKSSS83aS3SSÂ®ffiSSSOTSÂ®KSS3Â®3SSSS8SB8iÂ®Â®8Â®a3Mi'],\n",
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    "And with that I'm afraid that's all the time I have. I would've really enjoyed plotting the sentiment over time to see if it changed over the course of the 200 documents. But having the data is half the battle. I will close up by writing this out to the filesystem so I don't have to calculate sentiment again if I need it."
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