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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
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DRoPosALS FOR THE ANNUAL SUPPLY OF Sealed proposals indorsed proposals for fuel for the United States navy, to be open ed July 30, 1S95,' will be received at the bureau of supplies and accounts, navy de-
 partment WsGhington, D. C., until l. o'clock noon; July 30 1885, and publicly opened immediately thereafter, to furnish the annual supply of coal, coke, wood and charcoal at the navy yards: Portsmouth, N. H.; Boston, Mass; New York; League Island, Pa.; Washington, D. C.; Norfolk Va; Pensacola, F'la.i Mare Island, Cal; 1; London, Conn; Port Royal, S. G.; Puget Sound, Washington, and the naval aead- emy, Annapolis. Md; the annual supply of coal at the naval hospitals, dispensares, etc.: Widows Island, Me; Portsmouth, N. H., Chelsea, Mass; Brooklyn, N. Y; Phila- delphia, Pa; League Island, Pa. Washing ton, D. C.; Norfolk, Va. Pensacola, Fla, and Mare Island, Cal; also quantity of crude oil for burning for the navy yard, Mare Island Cal Blank forms of pro- posals will be furnished upon application to- the bureau, to the commandants of the different navy yards, or to the navy pay offices. The fuel must in all cases conform to the navy standard and pass the usual naval inspection. Tie bids, all other things being equal, decided by lot. The depart mcnt reserves the right to waive defects or to reject any or all bids not deemed ad- vantageouS to the government.
 t2 EDWIN STEWART,
 Paymaster General, U. s. N.
 7-9-4t-tues&fri
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09

was a wounded northern soldier, calling frantcally for water. A Confederate soldier stepped from behind his shelter leaving his gun. and held up his hands as signal to cease firing. The union troops stopped when they saw his signal and he ran forward and gave the wound ed Yankee his canteen of water, raised his head on his arm until he had drained the contents of the canteen, then re- storing him tenderly to his reclining po- sition on the ground, ran back behind his rocks where he had been, and re- sumed the battle. The enemy's line re- stunned firing at the same time, and this simple act of mercy passed amid the greater incidents of that terrible day, and doubtless of the hundreds who wit messed it but few live to remember or re- late the occurrence
 "The bravest and best men with whom l came in contact during two great con flicts were Christian men, and I believe the better Christian man is, the braVer truer and nebler he is in private and public life. I do not see how a man can be brave or useful unless he is Q Chris tian."
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
TWO ATTEMPTS
By Bold ncendaries to Burn a Two-Story Dweling-FoiIed Both
 Times.

At 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning box No. 31, corner of Eighth avenue and Sev- enteenth street, was pulled, and the fire department promptly responded. It was found that the two-story dwelling No. 700 North Seventeenth street had been fired, and as soon as located was extin- gushed.
 The fire was located in peculiar place, away from either fireplace or stove, and at the time, to the fire laddies, had pe- cular tinge to it, though nothing posi- tive was ascertained.
 At o'clock last evening the same box was pulled and on arriving the firemen found the fire in the same building, this time however in an altogether different location, the first being on the ground floor on the southwest side or the pulld- ing and the last in the northwest corner on the upper floor in a closet, also remote from fireplace or stove.
 The only damage by either blaze was by water and chemicals and necessary removal of timber to locate the flame.
 The fact that the house had been ilred a second time within one day caused a close examination, and 1t was 1ound that kerosene or other iniiammapie OH had been used by the would-be incen- diary, and that copiously.
 Acting Chief Bennett and an Age Herald reporter questioned Mrs. R. w. SluTulNdDl dIlu MI NULL SHN pants, and from them learned that neither had a dollar of insurance on their household goods. MT. Norris had in- surance up to a few days ago, but the policy had expired, and at the time of the first blaze had not renewed same, but after the morning experience had invested in fire protection by having his policy again revived.
 These facts naturally threw closer veil over the mysterious fires, as no right thinking person for a moment would connect the occupants of the house with the attempted burnings, as they would clearly be losers thereby.
 There is firebug somewhere, and if not very careful will yet be landed within the clutches of the law.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
Children Cry for Pitchers CastoYia.
LoNGsTREET TELLS TWO WAR STORIES.
An Instance of Great Courage and of Still
 Greater Mercy

Oie6ici WclI1'
 From an Interview in the Ram S Horn:
 On being asked to recall an instance of martial courage. General Longstreet said: About one of the most remarkable ex- hibitions of courage which ever came to my personal observation occurred during the Mexican war at the battle of Resaca de la Palma. 1 was then with General Taylor on the 9th day of May, 1Si6, when he ordered his dragoons. under Capt. Charlie May, to charge the enemy's bat teries.
 Randolph Ridgely, who commanded our battery, as May was about to charge, called to him, Hold on, Charlie, until I draw their fire do not know any more interesting case of courage and gallantry than that of Ridgely, when he called on me to give him the privilege of drawing the fire that was ready for May upon himself May made the charge success fully and got the batteries of the enemy. and as a result we were victorious that day. I do not know of anything which was so fraught with true nobility and absolute fearltfsnrsE as tfris act of Ridgeleys. Both of these men were beautiful characters.
 Can l give you as good an instance of mercy? Yes, hundreds On one occasion at the battle of Gettysburg. as our Con- federate lines were advancing, they met with a temporary check. Our troops were firing from behind rocks and the enemy were advancing behind rocks, also, and firing upon us. Just a little in front of our line where my men stood
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
Notice of Application to Con-
 demn Right of Way.

Birmingham Mineral Railroad Company vs. Mrs. l.. E. observation-disclosures Court, Jefferson County, Alabama.-June 22, 1855.
 This day came the Birmingham Mineral Railroad Company, a body corporate. by it's attorney, and filed its application in due form, and under oath praying for an or der condemning the right of way for the construction, maintenance and operation of a railroad over and across the lands of defendant, to-wit: A strip of land 30 feet each way from the center of the proposed railway as now located and surveyed, all situated in the south half of northwest quarter of section five, and in the south west quarter of the northeast quarter of section five, township seventeen. south, range two, west.
 It is therefore ordered that the 17th day of July 1895, be appointed day for hear ing such application, at which time all parties interested can appear and contest the same if they think proper. eff It is further ordered that notice of said application. and of the time above set for the hearing thereof, be given once a week for three successive weeks before the said day of hearing by publication in the Age Herald, newspaper published in Jeffer- son county, Alabama.
 M. T. PORTER, 6-25-3t-tu Judge of Probate. n
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
"Hands to Bathe !" Harper Weekly,

Nothing is more insisted upon on board a man-of-war than absolute clean lineSs in everything, animate and mani mate, and as much water, soap. sand and paint are used day in and day out as would keep an ordinary house bright as brass pinnacle for year. Did any one ever see a dirty man-of-war's man at least in our service?
 Opportunities to indulge in plunge overheard and a royal good time in the water are frequently furnished to the crews of warships when at anchor and the sight of hundred or two stalwart fellows f1ounderng and splashing about in the water. as full of pranks and tricks as so many school boys, is one not soon to be forgotten by anyone privileged to witness 1t.
 With few exceptions. sailors of the navy, both officers and men. arc expert swimmers, although there are some among them, old "shell-barks" princi- pally, who, thoroughly at home on the water, would be helpless as cats in it--a fact that calls to mind the old saying as to the exception and the rule. Be that as it may, Jack dearly loves swim, and will sometimes resort to the most reckless eXpedients for a few moments plunge in the water on a hot day. when general permission to bathe has not been given. An amusing story in this connection is told of pretext for a swim on the part of three middies one Sultry evening during practice cruise, when, although the ship lay al anchor the privilege of a swim had been de- nied them by the officer of the deck for reasons best known to himself
 Baffied in their attempts to secure a bath in the regular way, the three young sters resolved that one of their number should fall overheard, and that the two others should spring to his rescue. The scheme was no sooner concocted than ex- ecuted, and MT. Jones promptly fell out of a convenient gun port, and had hardly touched the water when Messrs. Brown and Robinson were alongside of him. The startling cry. Man over board!' rang out from the quartermaster of the watch. the life-boat was called away, the three midshipmen were picked up, and duly appeared in their dripping clothes on the deck before their com manding officer.
 Very careless of you, Mr. Jones'; a very gallant rescue, young gentlemen .' said the officer. Then pointing to the deck, with its white planking outlined by
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
ON BOARD SHIP.
The Housekeeping Arrangements on Man-of-
 Something About the Messes Entertaining Visitors.

To you of the land who have plenty of room for all the various departments of your housekeeping affairs it may be in- teresting 10 know how the several hun dred people crowded beneath the decks of a big man-of-war manage to exist com fortably in the contracted space. Gener- ally we'll forward on the gun deck there is the galley. on which all the cooking for the officers and men is done. The galley is a large range. fastened down to the deck with iron straps, and from early morning until sundown it is sur rounded by the cooks, preparing and cooking the food for the various mess es or different tables aboard the ship. If it be a flagship, that is, one bearing an admiral, in command of fleet or station, the first mess in importance is that of the admiral, who has all to himself a stew ard. cook and boy. He may eat alone in his cabin or have the captain and members of his staff with him; then comes the captains mess in his separate Cabin with the same complement of ser wants. Next we go down into the ward room. where the fifteen or twenty watch officers, engineer officers, parmasters. doctors, chaplain and marine officer are all together in a big mess, with stew ard, a cook and five or six servants or ward room boys, as they are called aboard ship.
 In htis mess one of the officers is elected caterer, and has general super vision of everything pertaining to 1.-the general direction of the steward and boys and of the menu, and the grum- bings of the discontented members are directed against this official
 Contrary to the general idea of the civilian who visits the ship, the officers are not furnished everything by the government, but must pay for all their food from their monthly pay, and the caterer becomes the treasurer of these payments from all the officers. Of course the stwards, cooks and boys are regularly enlisted in the service, and all hold minor fighting stations at which they regularly drill but every mouthful of food is bought by the officers them selves.
 The steward is entrusted with the duty of buying the daily provisions for the mess and seeing that the cook pre- pares them properly and that the boys serve them well. The duties of the boys, besides serving the officers at meals consist in keeping all the state rooms in order, as well as the mess rooms Ships on the China station generally have Chinese or Japanese boys, as they are quick to learn, generally honest and quite amenable to strict discipline Those on the home station have Japs, when they can be procured and other wise, white or colored servants, the former being of an insubordinate ten dency in such lowly positions. while the chief fault of the negroes is laziness.
 Next in importance after the ward room officers mess is the junior officers mess, made up of the junior line and staff commissioned officers and the naval ca dets, and, perhaps, of all the officers aboard ship. The members of this mess
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
Was After 6 Scoop.
Chicag go Tribune.

A
 There was a loud, persistent knocking heard at the front door of house on the northside. The hour was late, and it took sometime to rouse the inmates, but second story window was opened at last, a nght-capped head was thrust out, and a querulous voice inquired:
 Who's there?"
 "Is this where Mrs. Gagsby lives?"
 "Yes. What do you want?"
 'I want to ask you"
 Who are you?"
 I'm a reporter for the Daily Bread"
 This is pretty time of night to go around disturbing people that are trying to sleep"
 'I beg your pardon, madam, but We have to do this sort of thing sometimes. I've got to make my living. I won't de- tain you long. I'm on track of scoop, and"
 Whose scoop?"
 "A scoop on the other papers. learned by accident a few hours ago. in course of a conversation with a friend, that you had an exciting adventure with a burglar who broke into your house.
 See here. young man"
 "Beg pardon, Mrs. Gagsby,. but if an account of the affair gets into the papers you would rather it got in correctly, wouldn't you?"
 "Yes, but"
 And you can't keep a thing of that kind out of the papers. They'll get hold of it somehow. They always do. I was told that you were walked out of a sound sleep by hearing window raised softly, that you saw a man put his hand in and grasp the window sill as if to draw him self inside, and that you picked up a hatchet and slipped along the wall to the window; is that right?"
 "Yes, but"
 T understand your natural dislike of newspaper notoriety, Mrs. Gagsby, but you cant suppress an adventure of this kind. You raised the hatchet and brought it down on his fingers with all your force, completely severing three of them from the hand. With a howl of pain and .dismay the baffled villain fled. You picked np the fingers? Is that correct?"
 Tt is. but
 Beg pardon madam. but time presses. May l ask you to let me have those sev- cred fingers They will be of the ut most importance, you understand, in fur nishing a clew--"
 'The fingers! threw them away long ago,"
 You did?"
 ''Yes. Do you suppose l wanted to keep them forever?"
 Why. when was it this thing hap pened?"
 Eleven years ago."
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
Mortgage Sale.

In pursuance of the powers vested in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com pany by certain deed of mortgage ex- ecuted to it by w.. M Wooden and wife, Mary A. Wooden, on the 10th day of March, IS90 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company will expose for sale at public out cry for. cash, to the highest bidder at the bama, on the 18th day of July, 1895, within the legal hours of sale, the following de- scribed tract or parcel of land, towit:
 Southeast quarter of northwest quarter of section 23, in township 16. south. and range west, situated in Jefferson county, Alabama. for the purpose of satisfying the debt secured by said mortgage. tf
 Dated this, 3rd day of June, 1895. THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY.
 By J. D. Willoughby,
 It's Attorney in Fact.
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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
Mortgage Sale.

In pursuance of the powers vested in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com pany by a certain deed of mortgage ex- ecuted to it by w. R. Jones and wife. Gen nie Jones, on the 29th day June, 1S93 the will expose for sale at public outcry for cash, to the highest bidder at the court house door in Birmingham, Ala, on the 18th day of July, 1895, within the legal hours of sale, the following described tract or par eel of land, towit:
 of section 15, in township 16, south, and range west, situated in Jefferson county, Alabama. for the purpose of satisfying the debt secured by said mortgage.
 Dated this 3rd day of sJune 1895. THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
 RAILROAD COMPANY.
 By J. E. Willcughby,
 It's Attorney in Fact
 ji-dtj15
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
Stockholders Meeting.

DURSUANT to a resolution of the Board of l Directors and the Executive Con mittee, special meeting of the stockholders of the Eyton Land Company will be held at the off ce of the company, in the city of Birmingham, on Thursday, the list day of August, 1895, at a deed to the Maryland Trust Company con- firming the title conveyed to that company by the Elyton Company. L. P. WORL,
 2 tue At Secretary.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09

the long straight black lines of pitched seams: Do you see that seam? Toe it. all three of you-toe itl You must be un- comfortable in your wet clothes; let em dry" You may be sure that the boys were not kept standing there long enough to do them any harm, but no more at- tempts of similar nature were made to outwit the officers during that cruise.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
IN THE COURTS.

The probate judge yesterday issued a marriage license to Irby Ledyard and Miss Leonora T. Mcfarland
 Real Estate Transfers.
 John G., David J. and William T. Fox to the Berney National bank, lots 1 to 5 and 16 to 20 inclusive, in block 331, and to 15, inclusive, in block 320 Birming- ham: S375
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
STOCKTON HOTEL,
CAPE MAY. N. I

CAPE MAY, N. J. Tie rrandesl hotel and loc ition on the Att inntic coast (fhe old home of the southern ioer st.) Completely reorganized. Every m ,.ein corvenience. Single rooms and suites with rrivate baths. Unobstructed ocean Vi W. delightful surroundings. Cuisine and org n'zltiol as near perfection as 1t is possi- Iii" to a tain Every effort will be made by Inc li' prietor 10 furnish enjoyable entertain ment for old and new guests.
 H. NJ. CAKE, Proprietor.
 iso Hotel Normandie, Wash, D. c. 7-7-26t-eod
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
COLD WEATHER.

Wards coal yard is prepared to furnish you with Carbon Hill or Galloway coal on short notice. Buy your coal from them once and you will have reason 10 become a regular customer. Supply of stove and kindling ood on hand. Telephone 4S7.
 11-29 tf
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS An Old and Well-Tried Remedy,

trs been used for over fifty years by millions Cimothers for their children while teethlng With perfect success. It soothes the child, toftens the gums. allays all pain. cures wind collie, and is tte best remedy for diarrhoea. Fe suie and ask for MRS. WlNSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP and take no other kind. l5c bottle. sep2O Iyd&wk
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-09
LADIES WAISTS /

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 We find ourselves overstocked in these, and rather than run the chances of selling them during the next two months,. we have decided to elose them at actual loss to ourselves. FIVE HUNDRED DOZEN to sell before Au- gust ]. See our window display-really startling!
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 Remember the0are all stylish hats in browns and blacks.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-12-12

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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-12-12

Baltimore Sun.
November, often melancholy and
sombre, but this year brighter and
balmier than usual, says farewell to
us today to make way for his JOlller
brother, December, frosty but kindly,
and suggestive of hearty winter
pleasures and solid indoor comforts.
Thanksgiving Day, the forerunner OF
better things, puts us In the MOOD
for the enjoyment of the holidays
and merrymakings with which
December is associated, and from the
first day of the twelfth month of our
calendar we feel Christmas In the air,
hear in the minds ear the music OF
Christmas horns aud see pleasant
visions of the cedar and the pine,
with their fruitage of loving gifts and
their tender and beautiful associa-
lions. And as December marches
bravely and merrily on the spell of
the season grows stronger and
stronger, until we reach the fairy
land OF the year where the old find
the elixir of youth and become
children again in heart for a few
happy DAYS. This is the sort OF
second childhood which we all well
come and which 1T could be wished
might last all the year round, for it
marks the predominance OF our
nobler and purer feelings and the
reign of all that Is best in human
nature. The supreme virtue that
gives the Christmas season it's magic
power is the desire to make Others
happy, the virtue which, If it could
be made TO bloom with equal vigoI
in every other month, would quickly
usher in the long-expected millennium
of peace and goodwill.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-12-12

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