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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

taken months ago. when prices were c'"'
everv day but the bids for new business d.
,,...-,., reduction In prices 90 far 10 pr
.h.t rranv concerns are nearing the emu =.
,hs,r contracts. II Is admitted that new oroe''
ora remarkably few and that most OF '"e
,,orLs u,,,, hive 10 shorten force or stop peIoio
,orv rp,.ss a marked change appears. ine
charva 1. not only hoped for. but conhdehtiy
ovnoctod nv many. who attribute the present
decline n realizing sales by those who bough.
for speculatlon on the advance. STRUCTURE
forms are weaker, though quotations DO ho'
alter and some contracts for plates have been
taken at Is to rs cents per 100 pounds beio" .ne
u.uaI quotations Yet II is reasoned that, with
ore scarce and advancing, with coke high an.
labor costing more prices cannot be expect,d
to recede. Many Of the shoe factories are CLOS
ing for want OF orders, which come the less
freely because weaker markets for hides anu
leather promise some decline. NO actuai ian
ia reported as yet In prices Of boots and SHOES
though hides have fallen SO.6 per cent anu '',e
now lower than since the middle OF April WINE
leather has fallen over per cent. ana Is io""'
than at any time since June D.
Money markets continue undisturped' anu
the break In cotton Is expected TO terminate
fears of gold exports. There Is also hole-
worthy decrease In the interior demand i"'
money. while the demand Cor commercial ioa"S
improves. Even the loudest silver advocates
admit that they can make no Roadway In con-
dition of Improvement. Stocks continue re-
narkably steady, having declined only ~ GEMS
nor share for railroads. In spite or consioer
able sales by London. but there Is reahy ho
market worth mentioning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

Ing actor In presentation Of Uncle Toms Cabin.
most prominent theatres Of the city" " wv
The schedule OF the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott.s sou,h-
ern lecture tour Is as follows: Augusta, Ca Octobs,
70: Birmingham. Ala, October %; Meridian. Miss on.
tober "a: Holly Springs. Miss, October Is: Hunt,r..
ton Tenn, October %: Nashville, Tenn, October ~
lexington KY, October 20; Shelbyvllc Ky 0cto
Der 80, and Huntington, W. Va, October g.
A writer In "The Chicago News" says tina, In Nj.
earlier life Lincoln had very primitive method AZ
keeping books. At the time his law partner the Hon
John r. Stuart. represented the Springfield district
IN Congress, Lincoln was forced. much against hs
will. to keep an account Of some kind. The plan
he adopted was somewhat remarkable; When he
,racsved a fee he divided IL In halves. His half h~
put in his pocket. Stuarts portion he put
IN an envelope and. labelling It "5tuarts haf'
washington.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21
THE MINE dT CALUMET

Excoos, BE you the dominee
That folks calls Parson Boone?
Wal-Jane an me hes called 10 see
Ell you'll ride Monday noon
To Calumet to bury Jim
lanes Baker-he Is dead
Death hill too strong a hand for MIN.
rs you hev often said.
"Perfess?" He didn't perfess. He he'd
One simple way all through.
He merely practised. an he said
That that would hev to do.
"Prayed?" Never-not es hev known
'Cept mebby with his hans,
An stead OF claspin' Of his own
He clasped his Teller mans.
"tynder conviction?" The idee!
He never done thing
To be convicted fer: why, ne
Wus straighter than a string.
O say, He wus nifty man.
o, he wus brave an square;
His mighty heart wus bigger than
That meetin' house out there.
Eth? "Jlned the church," You don't ketch ons
You couldn't a knowed i'm. pard.
To them as did, now he Is gone
Your questionin' sounds hard.
1 told 'em up TO town to-day
above the sections dirt
Let Parson say his little say:
He can't do any hurt"
Fire in the Osceola mine"
Jim heared the awful cry
That rose from Level ~
Els he wuS passing by,
An down the burnn shaft he went
To where the flames begun,
An up the half-dead miners sent
Els fast es skips could run.
Through other drifts he searched around
An lyin' stfed there
dozen helpless tmen ne found
An dragged to light and air
An my boy Timothy-my Tim
He found, too weak 10 crawl.
An got him in the skp-but jim
He didn't come up at all.
We waited fer him all night long
An watched an hill our breath,
A sufferin'. fearful, hopeless throng
Around that pit OF death;
An when the smoke blew out. my son
Crept down to learn his fate
He reached him. but the worst wus done
He found him-just too late
He died adoin'
What he could find to do
Did he perfess?" Wal
/ never knowed him 10.
Don't notice If my talk Is oroke
An If my eyes should leak o,,.
'Tain't Tim-nor mOther-Dut the shohe
Hes kinder made 'em weak
What? How about his soul?" Look 'ere'
Intendn no offence,
Your dumb-fool questions does appear
To show lack of sense
II I repeat 'em, like es not
When you come moseyin down
You'd find our place most awful hot-
They'll make. you jump the town.
Don't come. Hunt other souls to save!
His neighbors at the Green
VIII gather round Jim Bakers grave
An tell the things they've seen. .u,.
IF God don't know what's good and true
An wants to punish him,
WHY rather'n go to Heaven with you'
I'll go TO nell VII" jim" NV. A. CRoFFUT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

There is no balm like time to heal the bitter
ness which last years football game at Spring
field engendered. The feeling between Harvard
and Princeton half dozen years ago. wheh
their annual contests on the gridiron were
stopped was hostile to the point OF savageness'
Now all differences have been forgotten ana the
two universities have arranged to play together
once more SO 1t will doubtless be with Harvard
and Yale There is, then. some consolation Tor
the present arrangement Wien the compica-
tons Of to-day pass into the ancient history or
football and tempers now hot have cooled down.
we shall in all probability again have the Old
time contests between Yale and Harvard on
track field and river.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

Mayor Strong put pertinent question "heh lie
asked why man acting as vice-prihcipai Vi
public school should be PAID sZolo year, VIM
woman doing the same work receives oN'y 'i'-0'
Even granting that the former Is more capao'e VI
maintaining discipline. there cannot De any SUI"
difference as the difference Of salaries would IN
dictate The salary is either too large IN one case
or too small in the other.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

Good Government clubs and q nave 'o'heo
in coming out In favor OF the Fusion 'icke'' VIII"
the rest Of the alphabet still 10 DE hearu iio"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

BY the finding Of new indictments on Fri lay
the public is reminded that no steps have yet been
taken in the direction Of bringing to trial the four
men held responsible for the Orchard-st disaster
last March. 1t is characteristic of the present
management OF the Dstrict-Attorney's office that
eight months should pass and yet nothing be done
toward furnishing the men whose neglect ana
carelessness caused the loss OF eight hves IL may
perhaps be taken as an indication OF progress
that on the strength of additional evidence ne"
indictments have been found. The Ireland build
ing collapse Is now nearly three months passed,
and the community is still waiting for the Dis
r,ctAttorney TO move in that matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

Mayor Schieren's account or MS stewarosi'p'
as given Saturday night at the mash'hceh'
mass-meeting In Brooklyn. was comprehensive
and satisfactory. Fred erlck w. Wurster stands
for the continuance OF the reforms and improve
rents which his former chief recounted A vote
for him is q vote FOR them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

Further proof Of the diligence and usefulness
Of the Commissioners Of Accounts is furnished
by their report on the expenditures Of the Police
Department for supplies, repairs and alterations
from January ], 1893, TO February ID, 1885,
when the present treasurer took charge of the
books. A large part Of the outlay is for labor
and various things that cannot be identified, bat
after deducting all this the Commissioners
found many purchases which they were able TO
examine in the light Of what the same articles
might have been bought for. ln the making Of
'473 purchases the sum Of si2,033 was spent,
but the Commissioners learned by inviting bids
from responsible firms TINT the same things
could have been procured for S2o.634. That is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

The voters Of New-Jersey showed year ago
their opinion Of Democracy in general anu Vi i''
candidates in that State IN particular Ihey
have merely to reiterate that Judgment IN NO
yember to complete their work OF reform.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

The profits Of our middemen are excessive
The farmer gets low figures for his wheat, the
cattle-raiser has only narrow margin on MS
beef the fisherman can make but scanty Nv
ing the miners. the ice-workers, the employees or
the gas companies. all receive small wages. But
when the householder in this city has to buy his
-four. his coal, his gas. his ice, his beef. his FISH
and other things, the prices which he is compelled
TO pay are staggering. Take the man who raises
vegetables on Long Island, for instance. He can
get only the merest trihe for his potatoes. his
lettuce his cabbages, his beets, his onions. and
other vegetables. in comparison with the sums
which the householder is obliged to pay at the
retail markets The altogether unreasonable and
extreme profit of the middlemen is one of the
most dismal Affections of existence to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

The Good Government Club movement in
Rochester has been conducted with greater sa-
gaclty than the so-caed Good Government
movement in this city, with excellent prospects
that the outcome will be the breakup of the
political machine Of which George w. Aldridge
State Superintendent Of Public Works, Is the
chief stoker. This is a result which all friends
of municipal reform and genuine good govern
ment will regard with satisfaction. The Fusion
ticket in Rochester and the Good Government
ticket are one and the same as, Of course, they
ought to be here and easily might have been.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

There is not much encouragement for strikers
and the advocates Of strikes in the statistics
compiled by Colonel Carroll ID. Wright, the
United States Commissioner Of Labor. covering
the last seven and one-half years. The total
number of employees affected by strikes in that
period was 1891, 2O3. and the number Of estab-
lishments involved was 4G.SGo. The majority Of
the strikes occurred in twenty-siX manufacur-
Ing cities, in which the loss Of wages TO EN-
ploycs was $35000O00 and the loss 10 employ
ers S29,OOOO00. More than half Of the strikes
were unsuccessful. Commissioner Wright's re-
port appears 10 have covered the ground ex-
haustvely. II contains numerous facts Of pro-
found interest and importance TO all concerned
in the frequent conflicts between capital and
labor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

Chairman Hinkley will return to Poughkeeps'e
with a used-up ultimatum In his grip. senator
Faulkner has among his mementoes similar
article, which was badly dishgured year ago
by the warning Democratic factions IN TINS city
The ultimatum doesn't seem TO be the most
effective peacemalSer after ALL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

DEMONSTRATIONS Of the result in Kentucky
this year are necessarily largely based on guess
work Each side processes confidence, although
the Democrats make only moderate claims in
behalf Of their candidate. The only fair basis
for estimating the outcome, as pointed out in
our special dispatch to-day, is afforded by the
vote for Congressman last year, when the Re
publcans carried five OF the eleven districts.
showing plurality of 1000 or 5000. Colonel
Bradley, the Republican candidate, has been
bard at work stumping the State for weeks, and
makes most favorable impression on all who
hear him. For the last two weeks of the cam
paign he will travel by special train. and thus
bring himself into personal contact with many
thousands Of voters II the revolt against Har
din in his own party is anything Ike as great
as indicated, II would seem as IL there could be
little doubt Of his defeat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21

The new Navy IS certainly growing when two
such vessels az the Wilmington ana NashVllle
can be added to 1t in single day.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
PERSONAL.

Perkins Bros., dentists, 2107b First avenue. s2-24sun In
 Col. H. c. Tompkins of Montgomery was in the city last night.
 MT. H. L. Underwood left over the Southern yesterday afternoon for New York on business trip.
 Miss Lou Elgin of Piedmont returned home yesterday after pleasant visit to friends on the North Highlands.
 MT. Walter E. Gardner leaves tomorrow for Rome, Ga., where he goes to accept a position with the Standard Scale company.
 All ladies' high and low, shoes at cost aud 26 per cent reduction on all men's shoes, except Bannister's, until April at T. 0. Kings.
 Miss Agnes Church, one of Birming- ham s fair young damsels, who for several weeks past has been visiting her old homo, Mobile, where she has many friends who were glad 10 zee her, returned Wednesday much to the delight of those hers who claim her as friend.
 Mir. Joe Lanesten, a popular young man of this city, who for long time has been the travelling salesman for Shaver & Co. left yesterday for Nonrovia, Liberia, where he goes to take a position with an immigration agency. MT. Lanesten is a rising young man, and his many friends all over the state wish him every success in his new venture.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
DATE AND DISASTER.

An old Rhyming Prophecy Which Missed
 Its Mark Only once.
 The old rhyming prophecy tells us that In every future year of our Lord
 When the sum of tho figures is twenty-five Some warlike nation will draw the sword,
 But peaceful nations in peace will thrive.
 Ono thousand eight hundred and eighty eight was the fifth year of modern times in which the aggregate of the figures was 25, and it was tho first in the. series which extends over period of nearly 200 years in which the predictions of tho prophet wcrc not literally fulfilled.
 In 1909 Russia, Poland and Denmark formed the alliance against Sweden, which inaugurated the great war which ended in the disastrous defeat of Charles XII at Poltava
 The year 17s9 is one of the dark dates in the annals of time because of its being the year in which the French revolution broke out and ragged until after the reign of terror
 Tho year 179S witnessed the famous campaign of Napoleon into Egypt and the formation of the second European coali ton against France.
 The nextdatc upon which tho scm total of the figures in tho date aggregated 25 was 1879, and in that year Great Britain's troops invaded Afgbanistap, leaving be- hind them q monstrous trail of blood.
 Ono thousand eight hundred and eighty eight, tho fifth in this series of combina- tion dato oddities, did not witness any formal declaration of war; but it was one of the most disastrous of modern times as far as shipwrccks, mine accident, railway disasters and general ishnps are con ccrncd.
 Ono thousand eight hundred and ninety seven will Dc another da i'll which the combined figures aggrc2at> 25, and there cannot possibly Do but three others of tho same kind between that time md the opening of the 2599.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
So Interested.

The young lady who is unequal to con- versation is only safe when she confines herself to yes and mo- Thus far she may not be especially interesting, but she at least keeps out of trouble. One such girl, who seemed to be interested in nothing lin the heavens above or the earth be- neath," was one day left alone with a gentleman, who found the greatest diff culty in keeping up the conversation to what he considered desirable level.
 He thought helplessly of that other sus tainer of a forlorn conversational hope, who tried one subject after another, with no result. The other man could not talk, but after dozen topics had been vainly broached, he frightened, and said, GIT, me on leatherl" What, ill this present case, could the young lady's Heather" be: Where did her interests lie?
 At length the discouraged man had re course to nonsense A stuffed bird was set up in one corner of the rooin and h,- mentally clutched at it for inspiration.
 Do you know what kind of bird tha; isi" he asked.
 "iIo," she said.
 ''I fancy it's an albatrossl'
 Really"
 .tYcs, and very likely tho one that was shot by tho Ancient Mariner
 Tne young lady leaned forward with q pretty semblanco of interest.
 Ills it, truly?" she asked, with cnthusi asm. How very glad am to see iti''-- Youths Companion.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
FLORENCE HOTEL ARRIVALS.

M. J. WHEELER & CO.,. pRoPRIEToRs.
 Ell Adams, Chicago; A s Johnson, Bes. semer; k Crockett, Nashville; c E Guester, Greensboro; John B Tut, New York; H Kellogg, Denver, Col; Ben Watts, Rome, Ga; A E Hunzey, Atlanta; 1; Al N Greene, Atlanta; G A Paul, A G 5 k R; w H Kilian, Kising Pawn, Ga; A Crandall, Chicago; H W Oppenheim, At lanta; I Ruby, Cleveland, 0; B Wood side. Nashville, Tenn; W Alnutt, Chi. cago, III; W Il Millspaugb, Selma, Ala; Greenvuld, St Louis; C g Weber, Cleve- land, 0; A L Corson, New York; E NJ Car ter, boston; D c Edger, New York; A B Deshuse, St Louis; D B Standcliff and wife, Atlanta; w A Meyer, Chattanooga; M Els man, Louisville.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
Pasteur's Work.

{ Jean Martin Charcot hasa Q sketch of the { life and labors of Pastcur, the eminent bacteriologist, in Tho Cosmopolitan Mag aZine.
 B ''The natural sciences, he says, have largely benefited by Pasteur's discoveries, but it is, after all, medical science that has been most powerfully affected. A rev 2 olution, the scope of which cannot yet be measured, is taking place in medicine. By proving that the penetration and pullula- tion of living germs is the necessary cause of contagious diseases among human be- ings Pasteur at the same time pointed out thc remedy. Thanks to him, the physician can, by means of suitable antiseptics, fight micro organisms, arrest their develop ment, destroy them, and consequently euro the disease they had caused. If suc- cess does not always crown his efforts, the reason of this is not in the method, but in tho facts thnt for each microbe must Do found an antiscptic that most quickly and certainly destroys it; that it is not always
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
TERsELY TOLD.

Ben M. Jacobs & Bros. sell furniture. |.
 The George Passe company gave away unique souvenirs of St. Patrick's day to patrons yesterday.
 William Wilson and Miss Emma Grim were granted a license to marry yesterday by the probate judge.
 All ladies' high and low shoes at cost, ', shoeS, except Banister's, unti! April l at T. C. Kings
 The jury in the case of w. H. Hamilton vs. w. M. Drenn, n & Co. tried ir the first division of me city court, had not1 come to an agreement at a late hour last night.
 Genuine shamrock from the Emerald isle was distributed yesterday by ,he Bog- gan Grocery and Commission company iu honor Of St. Patrick 8 day.
 5. E. L,ird has bought the interest of K. A. Gilbert ih the Birmingham Harness company at 213 North Twentieth street and will give the business his personal atten- ton.
 ; A window smasher got in his work again at an early hour yesterday morning at the jewelry store or P. Ii. Li nehan, on Nine- teenth street, near Fourth avenue. The Bmasher got away with six pairs of opera glasses. mR
 The various wheels of fortune escape the law against gambling by always giving something when you take a chance. lt may only pc paper or pins worth nlckel, {, or it may be sl0 gold ring. Gambling Is defined to be ''gstting something for nothing.''
 Everybody on the South Highlands is asking: "Who is the beautiful slrapger?' Those who have caught a glimpse uf her say that she seems a combination of ali wumanly graces. Her eyes are dark as 8 southern midnight, her hair as glossy as the raven 8 wing and her bearing that of a goddess.
 Hermitage, the sign writer, has in formed the AGE- HERALD that on April 2, when the Alabama Commercial association meets in this city, he will tender his services to all exhibitors from Birmingham and paint their signs free of charge. Hermitage is progressive and anxious to see Alabama represented at the international exposi- tiOn.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
ALABAMA PREsBYTERY.

SELMA, March 16.-[Special Correspond ence. l-The Alabama presbytsry of the Cum berland Presbyterian church met in their new church, corner Selma and Green streets, this morning at Il o'clock. ser mon was preached by Rev. J. H. Zwingle, retiring moderator. After the sermon Rev. L. B. Cross was elected moderate and R. J. Goode stated clerk pro tenn. An ad- journment was had at 12:30, and the pres pytery reassembled at 8 o'clock for ths transaction of business. Delegates are present from all over the presbytery. Among those from distance are Dr. W. tendent of the Christian Endeavor work of the entire church, and Rev. Ira Landreth of Nashville, Tenn, one of the editors of the Cumberland Presbyterian, the church organ.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
THE DEMAND MADE KNOWN.

MADRID, March 16.-The minister of foreign affairs announced to congress today that the United States had addressed to Spain courteous remonstrance in the case of the Allianca, which was said to have been fired on by Spanish cruiser of the east end of Cuba. Deputies Villanueva Diaz aud Moru spoke at l.ngth concerning the American note. They insisted that as the Allianca was in Cuban waters the com mander of the Spanish cruiser acted within his rights. The minister eventually promised that full inquiry should be made into the incident, and that the government would not neglect to fulfill all the demands of justice. As yet, he said, the govern ment had received no official report of the affair.