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BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
The Alabama Organization of the
Kansas City Road Perfected.
ilRpKo1AL TO TIE APPEAL.l

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, July 5.-Presi,
dent Nettleton and General Attorney
Pratt of the Kansas City, Fort Scott
and Gulf railroad, and Capt. G. B. NC
Afee, its attorney at Springfield, Mo-,
spent today here, and perfected their
Alabama organization, which bears
the name of Memphis and Birming.
ham Railway Company. They came
through in Mr.. Nettleton's private car.
A large addition was made today to
their outfits at work on their road,
and everything points to rapid cons
struction.
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Butler. the Governors of New York,
Indiapa, VirgiDis, Pennsylvania.
Florida, Mississippi, New jersey and
California, Secretary of War Endicott,
and large number of United States
Senators, Representatives and other
monument men.
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Another Walk over for COrInth.



CoRINTH, MISS, July ga large
crowd witnessed the game of ball
played today between Cointh and
iuka. 1t proved to be another Bull
Run for the home team, only the
Ccrinths were run harder around the
bases than Pope at Mana sas. Iuka
imported a celebrated battery from
Florence, Ala, Harrison and Hooke,
also, crack shoristop from Tuscum-
bia, Ala, Giles, and men from Bald
wyn. Mics, and Memphis. However,
the boys got on to II. and Fl, with
both feet and padded them all over
FroptowD, making sixteen runs.
Green and Bradley held the points for
Corinth, and it took the IuKs combi-
nation until the eighth inning to find
the ball. A wild throw to first and
five safe hits gave them 6, and one in
the ninth made it 7, where they rested.
Score-Corinth IS; Iuka, 7. Struck
out-By Green, 10; Harrison, z,
Umpire-J. W. Bo me of Corinth.
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Exhibition Games at A atlanta.
ESPECIAL TO THE APPEAL.I

ATLANTA, Ga, July 5.-The Macon
and Atlanta clubs played two exhibit
ton games, this morning aud after
noon. The morning gains resulted in
a tie, 10 to 10, taking ten innings.
Miller and Harter did the battery
work for Macon in the mornirg game,
while Conway aud Williams held the
points for atlanta Macon won the
aiterncon game by the score OF 8 to 8.
The batteries were Chamberlain and
Daniels for Macon, and Wells and
Williams for Atlanta. The same clubs
play an exhibition game here tomor-
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The attendance was about $500. The.

The attendance was about $500. The.
tcure:
St. Louis. ......... 00O1O00 OIL
Philadelphia..... 5000 3 0 0-6
Base hits-St. Louis, 4; Philsdel-
phias, 10. Errors-St. Louis, Z Phil
sdelphias, 5.
o24 AFTERNOON GAME.
Tne following is the score in detail:
st Louis........... DO l 0 0 0 o 0 1-2
Philadelphia Sc. 0 0 1901 l 0 0-S
Chicago, July 5.-The morning
game between the BosIonS and Chi
Cages was attended by fully 5000 PEG.
pie. The Chicsgoes out tielded and
out batted their opponents. Score:
Chicago. .........1 6 0 0 2 0 so
B ston mo 0 10 90 0 O.
Summary: Runs earned, Chicsgos,
2. Home run-SuttoD. Three base
hits-Anson, Su ton. Two base hit
VIII amson. Base on balls Chicago,
4; Boston 2. First tase on errors
Chicago, l Boston, l. Left on tases
Chicago, |; Boston, 3. Out on
strikes-Obicago, 4, Boston 8. UNI
pire-Curry.
AFTERNOON GAME.
In the afternoon 1000 people were
present.
Chics go ."...... .........0 0 l l 0 0 l. 3
Boston. ..,......1 l 0 0 2 D ?
DETROIT, MICH, July 5-The G: me
this morning was most exciting one
and abounded in good plays. The
home cub pouuced cut victory in
the last two innings. Both clubs were
on their mettle and worked well.
White won the game for Detroit by
bard and judicious batting, five runs
being due 10 his work with the willow.
After dance 1900 Score: Detroit, s;
New York, Z. Earned runs-Det1oit,
6; New York, 2. Bsse hits-Detroit,
49, New York, 10. Home runs
O'Rourke ana White. Two base hits
-Gauzeli, 0'Rourke, Ward and Ger
hsrdt. Left ON bsses-Detroit, Z; New
York, 5. UmpiIe-Gork.
AFTERNOON GAME.
DETROIT, MICH July 5.-This alter
Doen's game between the Giants and
the Slugge,s was something Of repe-
tition of the morning game. The Wis.,
Tors gained good lead early in the
game by heavy hitting but by the
came means the home team pulled cut
safely in last two innings, Score:
Detroit ............1 200 30O2 3-11
New York .....2 % OIL 90 Ito
CINCINNATI, o., July 5.-The contest
between the Athletics and Cincinnatis
this morning was dull and prolonged,
and was won by the home team
through heavy batting. The fielding
was loose on DO h sides. Attendance,
5000. Score:
Cincinnstis..5 0 0 6 c 80 0 IA
Athletics. 0 0 ! 2 O. Z
AFTERNOON GAME.
SIX thousand persons saw the A'h-
letic- Cincinnati game this afternoon.
Score:
Cincinrasis..0 0 l 0 90 90 OIL
Athletics. 40 0 0 90 90 90
AFTERNOON GAME.
Louisvilles, 2; Metropolitans, 3.
ST. LOUIS, NO., July 5.-St. Louis,
by hard hitting aud superb fielding,
defeated the Brooklyns this morning
before an audience Of 5000 people.
Bushong and Fou'z played iaultless
game until the ninth inning, when
the visitors, by bunching their hits
. and aided by several errors by the
home team, succeeded in knocking
r out three runs. The score:
s.. Louis. l 002 0 5 o.
Brooklyn........ % OF 5000 3-S
AFTERNOON GAME.
st. Louis..........0 8 90 0 0 0 o.
i, Brooklyn......... q 2 0 00002 SO
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 5.-The
home team punched their hits this
morning and won game from WASH
ington.
p. Kauses City...4 O02 900 l o.
e Washington 20 0 2 0 l 0 o.
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The CoIumbia.AthIetic Game.

TIE game yesterday between the
Columbia Reds and Memphis Athletics
drew fair attendance and was closely
contest d. The following is the score
by innings:
Columba....".,.0 2 8 90 90 IL
Memphis ....... Il 0 l 90 O 0 0-3
This same clubs will play again to-
day, and as there will be no game on
the Terrace large attendance may be
expeCted,
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Not Worth 1t.

While Judge Walton was at work in
his chamber at Portland one day many
years ago drawing an opinion in knotty
case a certain lawyer came in. This
lawyer Che is now deceased) was thin,
tooth pickish, dudish sort of man, whom
the Judge did not like very well. and
than whom he had rather seen Daniel
Pratt himself walking into his chamber.
"Well. Brother Lightweight, what
can T do for YOU this morning!' asked
Judge Walton, hoping to get rid of the
fellow.
"Nothlng," he replied; II only came
in to make you call"
After a dsagrceable silence the judge
looked up again and asked:
"Brother Lightweight, why don't you
get married?"
Because I can't affordit. How much
do you supposeit costs me to live now3"
The Judge said he wouldn't guess.
"Well, it costs me $4,000 year for
just my own living"
An expression of surprise came on the
judges face. "Lightweight," said he, 81
wouldn't pay it. It isn't worth it,
Lewiston (!Ne.) Journal.
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Locust InyaSiOns.

The records of locust-plagues in the
warm countries of the east, in modern as
we'll as in ancient times, almost surpass
belief. Kirby and Spence mention an
army of locusts which ravaged the Nah
rata country, extending in column five
hundred miles long, and so compact that
it obscured the sun like an eclipse.
Near the close of the last century, so
many perished in the sea on part of the
African coast that bank three or four
feet high, and about fifty miles long was
formed on the shore by their dead bodies,
and the stencil of them was carried one
hundred and fifty miles by tie wind. In
another part of Africa, early in the Chris
tian era, one plague of locusts is said to
have caused the death of 500, 900 per-
sons; and in 591 nearly as bad plague
occurred in Italy. Again, in 147s, more
than 10000 persons pcrishcd in the We
nctian territories from famine caused by
locusts.
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Two Appreciative Souls.

A distinguished Maine gentleman says
that some years ago he was making a
Journey down East when the train became
snowbound. It was then evening, and
there was no hope of progress until day
light. But near at hand was little vii
lage which boasted a public hall. 1t was
suggested that the passengers adjourn to
the hall and listen to an address by their
distinguished fcllow-traveler. He finally
consented to do his part; the hall was
warmed and lighted, and the lecture took
place. The next day the gentleman was
approached by sturdy young yoeman,
who said:
"You'rc the man who made the speech
last night, aint you?" The identity having
been duly established, he went on: II
want to thank you for it; don't know
when I've enjoyed myself more than did
while you were talking
The orator experienced the genial glow
whichunconventional and unsought praise
is wont to inspire, and he cordially took
the honest fellows hand.
EYES," the young man continued, cit
was a good thing; you see, my girl is on
the train, and while you were lecturing
she and 1 had the car to ourselves. -
Boston Record.
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Dangers of the Hanging Lamp.

The supremacy Of the toy pistol and
the rabid dog as agents of destruction is
being seriously threatened by powerful
rival. The rival is the modern hanging
lamp. A few months ago the use OF
these illuminators became again so gen.
erul as to constitute what might be
called hanging lamp renaissance, and
although the fashion is not yet worn out
the effect of wear seems to be discernible
upon the hangings of some OF those
which were earliest in use. At any rate
the lamps are beginning to fall. An ac-
cidcnt of this kind which occurred in
this village few days ago is not the
only one that has recently been reported
in the newspapers, and in some cases
they have caused serious results. Prob
ABLY no one who has had one OF these
lamps hung has not looked forward with
more OF less certainty of belief to time
when the lamp would come down by it.
self; and the instances in which such
accidents have occurred show the apprc-
hension to have been not entirely ncrv-
GUS one. The succession Of improve
mcnts which have been made IN the
lamps have aided to their appearance,
but have also added to their weight, and
they often seem provided with insufficient
means for safe suspension. When such
an amount of metal, earthcnwarc, and
glass as some of them are composed OF
comes down with a crash it is good
deal of loss and shock in itself, even
if no one or nothing else is injured.
But, of course, the principal danger is
that of fire being caused, and if this sort
of thing continues it may not be impos-
sible to find the cver-vigilant insurance
companies CHASING houses where these
articles arc in use in the 'extra hazard
Gus risk" Those who have advice to
give upon domestic affairs may turn their
attention TO this fresh subject.
Falls (N y 1ri6uae..
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Money Lenders and the BabylonianS

The greater part If the so-cal!ed Egibi
tablets are agreements for loans in which
the borrower binds himself to return the
amount together with the interest pre-
scribed in the contract. Some of these
contracts are really statements recording
a loan, which were drawn up when the
payment became due, in order to levy
execution on the borrower. When a
Babylonian wanted to begin business he
often borrowed upon his own property,
so as to get the necessary capital.
Several tablets record the agreements of
two parties mortgaging their houses
with the (stated) intention of creating a
capital and of starting business. The
system of taxation in Babylonia also made
money lenders indispensable, especially
to agriculturists, who had to pay their
taxes before harvest, and were therefore
obliged to borrow on their future crops.
Interest was generally, though not always,
paid by the month, and capital was paid
back by installments; the interest was
about one-sixtieth per month, or twenty
per cent. per annum. But what in
creased the profit of the money lender
was the system, which is still in use in
Asia Minor, of paying taxes in kind. The
agriculturist had to buy grain when the
price was high, and when the harvest
came to realize at a low price. Hence a
money lender was often also a corn and
grain lender; many contracts record loans
of corn and money, and the time mentioned
for repayment is generally harvest time.
Contemporary Rerieao.
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Like q Vast Prison.

Russia is like vast prison, writes an
Odessa correspondent OF the New York
World. The prisoner in dungeon can
walk within certain confines as freely as
the frcest. 1t is only when he would
90 further that he encounters the walls
and is stopped. So, in Russia, as long
as you remain within narrow limit, you
may possibly forget that you are in
prison. 1t is difficult to forget it,
though, when you would stir. The
walls, the officers, meet you at every turn.
On arriving at hotel the first thing de-
manded is your passport, which you must
carry to the police and have registered
and stamped, YOU, by the way, having
to foot tie bill f n the registration and
stamp. When y@u leave acity th" ro'!!'c
must again be notified, and from begin
ming to end it seemed as if every conner
is suspected of being a nihilist or dyna'
miter. It is dangerous to converse on
social or political topics. Each suspects
the other spying. 1t is SO easy to be de-
nounced and so easy to be waltzed off to
Siberia, that the truth of the proverb,
"Silence is golden" is appreciated in no
other part Of tie earth as it is in Russia.
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THE NATIONAL GAME.

THE baseball season Of 1856 is upon us.
FOUR leagues have been formed in Can
ada.
The National league championship pen
nant will be a very handsome affair.
GOLDSMITH, the once famous pitcher of the
Chicagoes, will pitch no more. He wants an
umpire position.
The Columbus (Gal club of the Gulf league
is looked upon as the coming champion of
that organization.
THE champion AtlantaS, of the Southern
league, twice defeated the Louisville Ameri-
can association nine recently.
THE cities of the new International league,
In matter of size, rank as follows: Buffalo,
Toronto, Rochester, Syracuse, Hamilton,
Utica, Osweso and Birmingham.
THE New York aid Boston teams inaugu-
rate the championship serson at New York
on April %. The New Yorks will be the
same as last year with probably one excep-
ton.
The Southern hague is just entering on its
second year, but it has gained considerable
notoriety in BASEBALL circles already There
are some very strong clubs connected with
the organization.
IT is the general opinion Of experts that
this will be the biggest baseball season ever
known in this country. Eight or ten leagues
associations are buSily preparing for the dia-
mond field. In their different organizations
there are over one thous aud men who receive
not less than 500 cash for several months
work.
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outside the gold hunting industry. Their

outside the gold hunting industry. Their
idea was to make the other fellows delve
for the gold, while they appropriated it
afterwald. Rollin Daggett, afterward
Ncvada's Con ngressman, established q
ferryboat on small creek, and named
the place ''Death's Ford" at the same
time inventing a musty legend to the ef-
feet that it was thus named Eecause so
many lives had been lost in an attempt to
cross it. The stream was not more than
dozen yards wide, and the water
nowhere more than two feet deep, but he
rugged up tiatboat and pulled it back
and forth by rope contrivance. When.
ever the prospectors crossed he regaled
them with horrible tales of the treachcry
of the stream, and the rcmorseless quick.
sands which had drawn so many men
and mules to terrible deaths.
In the night when he ferried people
over he would caution them not to get
too near the edge of the boat, as fall
overheard was certain death. BY letting
the dim old lantern 60 out, and making
slow time, he frequently impressed the
passengers with the idea that the stream
was half a mile wide. For night trips
he charged S., but if the wind was high
and the weather bad he struck sanguine
prospectors for much larger sums. In the
day time 81 was his modest charge. He
went along in this way for several
months, the men who rushed to the hills
looking upon him as benefactor to his
race by this conquering of so formidable
an obstacle to travel as ''Death's Ford. "
One day Charley Stoddard, the pro-
moter, appeared on the bank with mule
and boarded the fatboat to cross. In
the middle OF the stream, just when the
ferryman was telling how dangerous the
place was, the mule grew restive and
fell overheard. One leg caught on a
rope, and he got his head under water,
and, unable to extricate himself, was
drowned. When he was cut loose he
lay there in the middle of "Death's
Ford" half out OF the water, so that ali
who came along saw what a miserable
sham the ferry was. and that any four
footed animal could walk across. Dag
gett tried to get the mule away, but he
was too heavy to bulge, and so he lay
there in plain sight for weeks, until Dag
gets business as ferryman was ruined
Carson -4rpeal.
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Testing His Love.

The other evening as a Detroit Fitz-
noodles called on his girl he found he1
with tears in her eyes and her face tied
up. =,
"It's the awful, awful toothache!" she
sobbed as he asked for an explana-
ton.
"Try camphor."
s'But the dentist says Imust have two
of 'em ont! vii! you go with me5"
''Of course"
"And will you.-you also have tooth
pulled?"
'sCertainly."
'Two of 'em!"
eyes"
s'Before dof"
Eyes, darling"
Then she flung the handkerchief from
her face, brushed the tears from her
eyes, and gave him loag, lingering pro,
crastinating kiss on the left jaw. She had
simply been testing his love and devo-
ton. They will go to Niagara Falls on
their bridal tour.-Det1oit Free Press.
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Long-Lived.

zone of the curious traits about those
French Canadians" said q fly man yes
terday, "is the fact that they never de
of old age. Some seven years ago a
couple of us were working a Great West
ern train and we beat Frcnchman out
of $15 on the thrce-c card monte racket.
He was little, old, wilted-up specimen,
seeming to be all of seventy-fve years
old, and he didn't get the game through
his head before we jumped the train at a
small station. The other day I was COM
ing to Detroit from the East, and when
the train stopped at St. Thomas I got out
to stretch my legs. I had scarcely
touched the platform when somebody
grasped me and voice cried out;
"'He is da maan. lie bait me out of
feefteen dollairer
Il looked around to find that same old
Frcnchman hanging to my arm. l
couldn't see that he had changed par
ticle in looks or grown older by day.
II want me fccfteen dollaire!" he
shouted as he danced around. Dis man
he throw one c-two-thrcc card, and he
taakc me feeftrcn dollaire and keep
II tried to brass it out, but it was no
co. and the result was that had to fork
over the money. He stood there as the
train moved off, and shaking his fist at
me he shouted:
"'Ah! I forgotl You doan't pay me
no interes' on That feefteen dcllaire for
seventeen yaares! I see you again-meb-
be seventeen yaares more! "-Det10lt
Free Press.
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Directions for Lightning Rods.

AS the season of thunder storms is
at hand, few practical directions for
lightning rods may be found useful.
Quarter inch naked copper wire, such
as is used for street electric lights, will
do for the rods. Two Of such rods are
better than one, each rod to be contin-
uous, or if jointed, the joints to be SOL
dered.
Run the upper end Of rod around the
edges of the chimney, and the peaks
and edges of the roof; bend so as to
leave looped point at each corner;
points to be six inches high. Fasten the
rod directly to the exterior OF building
with staples, no insulators. The bottom
of each rod should be wound around the
metallic street water pipe (or gas pipe. If
there is no water pipe). Better solder
the rod to the pipe.
BY means of branch wires or rods con-
meet the lower ends of the water leaders,
also one end of each metallic gutter, also
all metals and metallic roofing, if any,
with the rod; solder the connections,
and run rod to ground and around the
water pipe, as before stated. Several
separate rods may be used. The more
the better, if properly grounded.
The essential rule of safety is to have
the rods we'll connected with the earth.
For this reason soldering to the under
ground water pipe is advised.
If no metallic water pipes or gas pipes
exist, then dig very narrow trench four
feet deep, cone-shaped bottom, and fill
into bottom a continuous layer of coal
dust and lay the rod therein. Any kind
of coal dust, charcoal, hard or soft coal
will do. The trench with coal dust layer
and rod therein should be, say 100 feet
long. Coal is an electrical conductor.
The object of placing the lower end of
the rod therein and extending the rod so
far is to secure good ground conduction
and connection for the rod.
The great majority OF rods now erected
a"e deficient in their ground connections,
and consequently are practically useless.
This is the reason we hear of so manv in
stances of damage, even when buildings
have rods. In general, the rod is simply
stuck down two or three feet deep into
dry earth, which is about the same as If
the lower end of the rod were inclosed in
a bottle; such rods are fatally defective.
Now is the time to look to your rods.
Correct the main defect by making a
frst-rate ground connection, as above de-
scribed, or take down your rod. The
only chance for safety is with a good
ground connection. The risk of damage
is less without rod than with. one badly
connected to the arth.-Scientifc Amert-
cHn
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Rational Change-Testing His
Loye-What He Forgot to Say
Not Worth 1.-two Apprc-
ciative Souls, etc.

"Arkansaw," exclaimed an ardent
man, "why, it is the best State in the
Union, a State above all others in re-
sources and the exactness with which the
criminal laws are enforced"
"I am astonishcd to hear you speak
so we'll of the State,' some one replied.
"Why so?"
"Because several years ago, during an
exciting campaign in Indiana, you avow-
ed that there was no such thing as justice
in Arkansaw, State where a man car
ried his life in hands,
"That is very true, my dear sir" but
I was politician then"
"And what are you now2"
"a land agent. ."--Arhansaso 7rareler.