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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
St. Paul's Catholic Church.

The choir of St. Paul's received an im- portant addition yesterday in the per- son of Signorina Moreska. It is proba- bly, the first time that church-goers in Birmingham have listened to such won derful voice. The congregation was very large and every one had a treat in the beautiful execution of Lazzi's Ave Ma ria" by this talented artist
 Father Murray preached sermon for which he took his text from the portion of the scriptures read in the service of the day, as follows: "He hath done all things well."-Mark vii, 37.
 In substance he said: Words are vain when we speak of the works of Christ; it is then only that we realize how far they are from fully corresponding to the ideas we would wish to show forth, and the very fruitfulness of Christ's work on our minds sometimes compels us to fall back on the simplest form of expression, and so it is that we find no more pleasure de- scription of His life and it's wonders than that given in the few words chosen from today's gospel.
 Truly hath He done all things we'll, and yet how different the lines of this life were formed from what we would have planned for Him on prior con- sideration of His life and its results.
 Which of us would have planned that a conquerer be born in a hovel, or in a noble cause would have taken for the
 
 the bare rock of Cavalry, where three rough hewn crosses stood out in bold relief against the increasing darkness of insulted nature, with Christ, the vic- tor, dying an ignominious death?
 Yet truly has He done all things well. The ages attest it, and this great work His masterpiece, stands today giving to the world indisputable evidence of the divinity of it's founder.
 The church of Christ was begun in a low and humble way. The master drew around him a few disciples, to whom he confided the lessons of his philosophy. It was not a strange sight for the time. Many a philosopher had done so before. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle had also drawn around them devoted bands of followers and scholars. These schools of philoso- phers have disappeared, however, while the little band that Christ drew around Him has continued to grow-from dog ems to hundreds and then to millions. It has grown not disjointly or disconnect- edly. but as unit, spreading in beautiful proportions from a real and visible cen ter. At first He lived within that circle Himself, the visible and tangible center, as well as the source of all power and grace Then He disappeared from view only to show more clearly the grand characteristics of His work.
 Another was appointed. to whom he delegated power to loose and to bind, to forgive and to retain to command obedi- ence even as He Himself had commanded it to speak the message of salvation as He Himself had spoken 1t, for in the very
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Housekeepers Want the Best Food.

Housekeepers Want the Best Food What Scientists say:
 Prof. Arnold of the University of New York: "I consider that each and every ingredient of oleomargarine but ter or butterine is perfectly pure and wholesome, that the oleomargarine butter differs in no essential manner from the butter made from cream. It is great discovery, blessing for the poor, in every way a perfectly pure, wholesome and palatable article.
 Silver Churn Butterine is prepared especially for fine table use. Every de- tail of it's manufacture is perfect. Re- cent chemical experiments show that in nutrisive and digestive properties Silver Churn Butterine is fully equal to the best creamery butter; while in keeping quality Silver Churn Butterine is much superior.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Electad. Rnt in Prison.

Rome, Aug. 1S.-Guizzepe de Felice- Guionroda, the well-known socialist who was sentenced to imprisonment for his connection with the socialist disturb ances in Sicily, was today elected mam- Der of the chamber of deputies at an elec- tion held in the Fourth district of Rome, defeating Prince Odescalchi. Though the election is null, owing to the success full candidate being in prison, it indicates the feeling that is entertained by many electors in favor of granting amnesty to him. Signor de Felice-Guionroda rep resented the Second district of Catana in the last chamber of deputies.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
THE JUSTICE SHOUTED, But the Shooting Went on-Four Men Wounded.
 Two Fatally,

Jacksonville, Fla, Aug. 1S.-A special to the Times-Union from Ne. gerry, Fla, says: A shooting affray occurred in the court room of a justice of the peace at this place yesterday, in which four men were wounded, two fatally. The wound ed are: Wiley T. Alley. shot in the mouth and back. will die: Jerry Harold, shot in the left lung, will probably die. Aman by the name of Williamson was shot in the right arm and James Bailey was shot in the hand The trouble was caused by law suit brought by the Baileys against the Harolds. Each fac tion attended court heavily armed, and when the Baileys won the suit the shoot ing began.
 The justice of the peace tried to stop the battle by shouting to the combatants that they were in contempt
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
AFTER THIRTY YEARS.
A Brother and Sister, Parted When Chil-
 dren, Were Reunited.

A Brother and Sister, Parted When Chill
 dren, Were Reunited.
 New York, Aug. 1S.-A brother and sis ter who had not seen each other for thirty years were reunited few days ago through an advertisement. The brother is Joseph Shaw of No. 14S Park avenue New York, and the sister is Mrs. Caroline Howarth of No 43 Congress street, Ne wark.
 They parted as children in Dublin, Ire land, their native city, where the sister was taken to raise by a family named Daly, who became so attached to her that when they removed to America they did so secretly, so that the child's mother should not know it. The latter, years after, came here to. try to get her child, but died before she succeeded, and it was only after persistent advertising that the child now a married woman, found her brother.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
BUFFALO WANTS THEM BOTH.

Movement on Foot to Secure Both National
 Conventions for That City.
 Nes York Aug. 1S.-Buffalo citizens are here securing inducements which, it is hoped will take both the republican and democratic national conventions to that city Buffalo people have already pledged $500, 900 if one of the conventions is sent there, $200000 to be used to build a hall capable of holding 25,000 persons, and the balance to be used for entertain nnrat
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Prepared Solely By ARMOUR PACKING CO, Kansas City. U. $. A.

9NSCAUTIoN-Be sure that the name "California', is on each package. There are many similar preparations for sale of more or less merit-some with out any merit at all. Insist on getting the California" There .is none as good.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

your dealer does not keep it, send 25 cents to us in stamps and we will mail you a package direct postpaid.
 Larger remittances should be made by postoffice money or der.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
CAMPBELL WILL NOT ACCEPT.
He Candidly Says His Only Reason Is His Fi-
 nanciaI Condition.

Cincinnati o. Aug 1S.-When the re- turns from the county conventions yes- terday showed such general indorse- ment of Ex-Gov. James E. Campbell for the nomination of governor correspond ent called on him at his home in Hamil- ton. He said emphatically he could not and would not accept the nomination. He said candidly that his only reason for declining, was his present financial condition.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Our entire stock of Ladies' Oxfords at cost.
 Birmingham Shoe Co.,,
 2l8 N. 18th street. |.
 Great Pilgrimage to Lourdes

Paris, Aug. 1S.-A great pilgrimage to Lourdes is now under way. Today twelve special trains left the terminus here for the Orleans railway with pill grims for that shrine. Many of the travellers were so ill or crippled that it was necessary to carry them to the trains on stretchers With accessions from the country the pilgrims will number 30, 900 persons. They will begin to arrive at Lourdes Monday.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE.

As especially recorded for the Age Herald on the standard thermometer at Hughes drug store, corner Nineteenth street and Second avenue. The figures given are in all instances for tempera- ture recorded in the shade and on northern sheltered exposure.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Music at East Lake.
BJAChBUhN Returns Show That He Captured Three Out
 of Four Primaries.

Frankfort, Ky, Aug. 1S.-Returns from four primaries, held in as many counties, show that Blackburn secured three out of four. In Bourbon county John T. Hin ton won, the sound money men being afraid to put up man against Black burn. In Muhlenburg J. M. Oates, a free silver Blackburn supporter, was nominated. and in Scott Hannon won without a contest. The only sound money men of the four nominated was o. H. Pollard of Lee county. This gives Black burn forty-seven votes on joint caucus. Only forty will have to be nominated, and as a greater number of them are silverites and populists it can be safely said that Blackburn will have fifty-five.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Alice Carpet Company.
SECOND EDITION.
THE WEATHER.

Washington, Aug. 18.-Forecast of the weather for Alabama: Generally fair; westerly winds
 For Mississippi Occasional showers; variable winds
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

way that the Father had sent Him, in the same way and with the same authority
 did He send forth His trusty messengers,
 the shepherds of His flock, the teachers of
 His children.
 Many years have rolled by since then
 and each century has but added new lusH
 ire to that divine institution, that society which is so often styled by sacred writers
 the kingdom of heaven and the spouse oA Christ. It has kept it's beauty undimmed, it's truth and purity unsulled, because it's plans were formulated by Him who doeth all things well. When He prayed to His Heavenly Father that His followers and the believers in His creed should be united by bond of unity similar to that which rendered Himself and the Father one His prayer was not in vain. That
 unity is as unimpaired today under Leo as it was after the ascension of Christ un- der Peter His followers are one in every article of faith. and they are thus united because He has placed among them an authority to which all may look for ad- vice and guidance, and of which He has
 said: "He who hears you hears Me, and he who despiseth you despiseth Me-
 The church of Christ is one the world
 over, because it needs that guide to which
 the Saviour sent the Paraciete to teach it all truth and abide with it forever.
 The commission confided to it by Christ
 Is still being carried out It's missionaries
 go forth to every land to preach Christ,
 and Christ crucified, and on the burning sands of Africa, or the prairies of our own country, as in our large cities; in the
 mission hut in the South Sea islands, as in the noblest churches of Europe, their
 doctrine is one and the same-not similar, but identical, because it is the one doc Urine, the one truth which Christ preached to His apostles and commanded them and their successors to preach to
 the faithful unto the end of time. "We, be- ing many, are one body-one body and
 one spirit" says St. Paul, and the unity of the church is as that of healthy or ganism which keeps all it's members in a strong and perfect condition by the flow ing of a vital principle through it's ar teries which can reject the diseased and unwholesome while it assimilates to it's own nature of truth all the good that
 comes to it; and today it's pulse throbs
 with a steady and healthful beat, while
 it's cheek is aglow with the expectancy of
 a wider range to it's unity by which all
 Christians will fight under one banner
 the cross-not as rivals and enemies, but
 as true and loyal brothers; as loving chill
 dren respecting our mother the church;
 as docile children, hearing the voice com
 missioned to teach us, and as dutiful chill
 dren obeying the authority which He
 placed on earth to succeed Himself.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

Fireworks at East Lake Thursday night, August 22, at 9 o'clock. Biggest display of the season. Thirty-six coaches will be in waiting to bring the crowd back. Seven through cannon ball trains and two lo- calls. See bill boards.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
7he Worlds Fair Tests showed no baking powder so pure or so great Tn Ieay- ening power as fhe Royal.
THE CORONER WAS BUSY.
Three Drowning Cases at Washington Yes
 terdav Afternoon.

Inree browning CaseS at WasuinBton es-
 terdav Afternoon.
 Washington, Aug 1S.-The district cor oner had a busy day with drowning cases, three accidents being reported this afternoon.
 Arthur Morris, IS years old, got beyond his depth at the bathing beach and was drowned in the sight of hundreds. His body was recovered.
 Robert s. Priddy, a clerk in the pen sion office, suffered similar fate. His body was recovered and turned over to Colonel Crook, disbursing agent at the White House, who conducted the re- mains to the young mans home on H street, northwest.
 George E. Brown, the third victim, fell from a canal boat on the Georgetown and Alexandria canal. He was 45 years old. His body was recovered.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Do you know what you are? Ask Prof. Fealy.
GENERAL MANAGER DUNHAM.
The Plant System Confers Additional Duties
 and Honors Upon Him.

Montgomery, Aug. 1S.-(SpeciaL)-The Plant system has announced that upon General Manager Durham has been con ferred, in addition to his present duties and honors, those of manager of con- struction and chief engineer of the sys- tenn.
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acter. It is clear and is addressed to each individual.
Southside Baptist.

Large congregations assembled yester- day at this church. At night the aisles were crowded with chairs Ten persons were received into the church. At the conclusion of the ordinance of baptism Deacon w. R. Sawyer arose and made a little talk about Pastor Hale being ab- sent for three months, and read a little poem, which he said expressed his feel nigs. Capt. w. c. Ward followed and moved that the verses which followed be adopted as the sentiment of the church regarding the pastor. Dr. Hale an- nounced that the pulpit would be ably filled during his absence, and that next Sunday the Rev John M. Thomas, pastor of tthe Tabernacle Baptist church of Pittsburg Pa would preach.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

SPECIAL FIREWORKS
 TRAINS ON THE 22d. From Ensley at 7:1O to East Lake; round trip, 25c.
 From Bessemer at ' o'clock through to lake; round trip, BOG.
 : Get tickets from conductor on train. 8-I8-5t
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
St. Mary's-on-the-Highlands.

The rector being absent on his sum mer vacation, Mr. J. A. VanHoose read the service and made very eloquent and instructive comment on the 10th Psalm. In this Psalm, the speaker said, David described good citizen The good man walked uprghtly, worketh righteousness, speaketh the truth, back bitheth not, doeth no evil to his neigh bor, honoreth them that fear the Lord, putteth not out his money at usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. Men often asked what they must do to con- form to the rules of right. What is it that the church would have them do It must be admitted that the theologianS have built up around the rules of right many unnecessary barriers. The straight and narrow path should be easily found and easily pursued. King David laid down the right rule of conduct He was a grand mana good all-around man. He was no dude, whose sole ambition is to wear pointed shoes and part his hair
 in the middle. He was an athlete. His victory over the bear, and the skill and strength with which he threw a stone straight at the only vulnerable spot in the armor of Goliath proved that he was a man of great physical prowess. No football player of today nor expert shot can do what David did He was also man of musical ability. He was man of deep piety as his Psalms prove. No 
 on the mount, display greater wisdom than those of the 18th Psalm. These words take the veneer off a man. "As layman and ecclesiastic," said the speak CT. q see both sides of life-its seany side as well as it's sunny side. I see men with the varnish on and with it off. I sometimes see preachers when the var nish is off. l go down to the city prison, which is the city's sieve, sitting the good from the bad, and I see people who nev- CT had any varnish. I would that I could prevail on all to follow the advice of David. Then we should have good citizens and Birmingham would be known for it's morality"
 The services closed with a duet by Mrs. Smith and MT. Randall.
 South Highlands Presbyterian Church.
 The sermon at the morning service was preached by w. P. Armstrong. Jr., of Selma son of the president of the First National bank, and nephew of Maj. Joseph Har6ie. MT. Armstrong is a theological student at Princeton, and will finish his studies at the end of two years He took as his text, Follow thou me- and proceeded to show that this invita- ton should be taken as the guiding prin- ciple of life It is a test of discipleship. It is not easy 1t requires sacrifices. In Christian life itself there is difficulty in following Christ. This command is revo- lutionary and goes to the roots of char
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

SPECIAL FIRE WORKS
 TRAINS ON THE 22d. From Ensley at 7:1O to East Lake; round trip, 25c.
 From Bessemer at 7 o'clock through to lake; round trip, BOG.
 Get tickets from conductor on train. 8-I8-5t Everybody invited to the big. auction Monday, Au- gustI9. J. M. Neill & Son.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-12-27
Old English New Years Customs.


There is one ceremony common to
England and Scotland which is some-
times observed in the United States on
New Years eve-that is the ringing Of
the bells to announce the death of the
old year and the birth Of the new. In
many churches an impressive service is
held at the hour Of midnight. Another
English custom is the one of sitting up
on the last night of the year till IL
o'clock, and as the hour strikes, the outer
door is opened and with great formality
they "let out the old and let in the
new" The hummer" or "guisers"
play an important part in the celebra-
tion of New Years in Scotland. All the
boys in the village who can sing prac-
tice songs for the occasion. and on the
important night they borrow old shirts
from their fathers and cut out brown
paper miters, from which hang masks
that conceal their faces. Each guiser is
accompanied by squire dressed as a
girl, who goes before him to open the
door when no sings. While the song Is
in progress she sweeps the floor with a
broomstick or plays some curious prank.
They receive in return small pieces OF
money.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-12-27
Juggling With Figures.

The popularity of the date Of 1896 is
its involved connection with the digit 3.
AS that number is regarded by those
who hold superstitious belief as pro-
verbally lucky one. from its association
with certain Biblical events, it is to be
hoped that the coming annual cycle may
prove this one particular theory to be
true, and that Jan. will usher in an
auspicious season of material and finan-
cial prosperity.
The number 1896 is equally divisible
by 8. So is the sum of its digits, plus
plus plus (and the reverse is nec-
essarily the same) equaling "a, which,
again united, 2 plus A, equals 6. Sepa-
rating its hundreds from the tens, 10
and SO or 81 and 90, they are still null
tiples of 3. The sum Of the first and
last digits, plus 6, equals z. Added to
the two middle figures they produce 90,
which is the last two units of tho date,
being equally divisible by 8, as is its
sum, 8 plus 9, equals Is.
The centuries 10 are divisible wholly
by 8, 6 and 3; the number reversed, 81,
by and by 3, by the product Of these
two numbers 60 multiplied by 81 81,
and the sum Of the digits, plus s,
equals 0. The sum Of tho first two fig
ures in the date, represented as digits,
equals the third. Eighteen plus 90
equals ia, and 90 minus IS equals 70,
over which the mystic has full con-
troll, as it docs over the sum of the digits
in these latter numbers, plus plus
equals 6, and z plus 8 equals Is.
And 8 minus G equals 0. while Is plus
equals 81, the sum Of whose digits,
plus 1, equals 3. The product of the
digits in the year, multiplied by by
by 6, equals 432, a multiple Of 8, and
the sum of the unit figures. plus 8
plus is 9. Eighteen minus 0 equals o.,
and 8 minus equals 8.
From this can be derived the infalli-
BILE rule that when the sum Of the digits
of any number is equally divisible by 8
the number itself is common multiple.
For instance the numbers 261 equals 81
and 3441 equals 12) must necessarily
be equally divisible by the mysterious
factor 3. ALBERT p. SoUTHwICK.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-12-27

New Years was not observed as
Christian festival until the year 4S7,
and there is little mention of it in the
records before the eleventh century. It
was not included in the liturgy until
1860 A. ID.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-12-27
reMpus FueIT.
A Few Paragraphs From the Pens OF News
paper Philosophers on the Flight of Time

A Few Paragraphs From the Pens OF News
paper Philosophers on the Flight of Time
In our boyhood time walks, in middle
life it ambles, and in old age it pants in
breathless haste to reach the goal and
have done with us. A day is q week to
the child, and week is but day to the
aged New York Herald.
The months may speed as they will.
The days may come and 60 like light
ming flashes. Age may creep ON apace
and youth hasten to middle life. No
vember blasts may chill and December
SHOWS cover the sod like a shroud. It
matters little. There will be other years
in other chimes, and tho work we leave
unfinished will be brought to completion
after the grass has grown on our graves.
Unidentified.
No time is SO short as that of the man
who has passed the three score mile
stone. The clock no longer ticks the
seconds away. but the days. The very
weeks flash by. Hardly do the flowers
of April bloom before the frosts of o.
tober set in, and hardly do the frosts
carve fantastic pictures ON the window
pane before the sun Of another spring
makes the meadow green once more. -
Exchange.
Time was when it was considered q
sure sign of death before the next New
Year to SEQ your own shadow in the
moonlight ON the 1st Of January.
January is still called by the old Col
tic name-Juis Genver, the cold month
in Cornwall, England. The Saxons
called it Wolf Monat, because the wolves
were unusually ravenous in January. By
the Saxon it was termed Aefer- Yule
Pins were invented in the sixteenth
century at Gloucester, England. They
straightway became popular New
Years present, but later money for their
purchase, called "pin money" was
given instead.
In tho days of our. European forbears
it was believed that unless misfortune
were courted no one should leave the
house ON New Years day till some one
had entered, and the visitor to bring o
fine brand of good luck should be "a dark
knired man.
Black cats, generally thought to be of
extremely evil omen by the supersti-
tious, are considered lucky visitors on
New Years day.
In Wales fires are frequently burned
on Jan. / to purify the house for the en-
trance Of the new year and the ashes Of
these fires are often kept most sacredly
from year to year. They are supposed to
possess special medicinal virtues, being
particularly efficacious against failing
sickness" or fits.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-12-27

p. a
only autumn ones. In the dells meadow
saffron and high ferns were growing be-
tween the autumn brushwood and bram-
bles.
Mary looked in vain for red apples
till all at once she noticed a tolerably
tall apple tree, and up ON the top branches
she saw few red apples.
Hasten to gather them, y cried Sep
tember
The young girl joyfully shook the
tree, and one apple fell She shook it
again, and second rolled to her feet.
You have enough" said the month.
Hurry home again.
The orphan picked up the apples, and
thanking the months hurried home.
Helen and her stepmother were aston
ished to see her return with the apples
and ran to open the door.