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The morning times., 1895-12-27
PLANET INHABITANTS.
Curious IDEAS bout Possible People
on Other Planets.
ST. Louis R.puhnc. q


II is-eommon to hear people speak Of the
possibility of the PLANETS being iniIa bited,
and the discussion Of the question often
brings out some curious ideas concerning
the supposed planetary beings. The
ma !ority of people never imagine that ii
is possible that the great worlds which
we know only as shining points of light
can be pcopled by other than creatures
resembling the highest type OF animal life
on this globe. =.
Such persons. although they may be able
TO tell you the exact weight OF the earth
In tons, pounds and ounces: the minimum
and maximum temperature OF the surface
of the sun at different seasons. and the
exact day upon which the moon becomes
an arid waste, never stop to think what
would be the effect On stature OF persons
living on such gigantic worlds as some of
the stars are known to be. The dark planet
which accompanies the giant star Algai is
Known to be more than ! 100000 times
larger than this earth. but its density is
so slight that it is only about so 600 times
heavier than our globe You are enow think
ing that the Inhabitants OF this monster
planet must be at least 8. .O0O 900 feet I'm
height-if they are constructed upon such
plan as the world upon which they reside,
but such is probably not the case. The
density of the planet would have a great
deal to do when it came to a question
OF size ana WelSnt- Figuring Will density
and size both as ba sis. Vogel came to the
conclusion that the average man on Algal's
companion world would he FL "a feet in
height and weigh between 700 and 500
pounds. Arnold and Metterich both fig
ured from the same data, adding that OF
the intensity OF gravity, and gave a string
of corrected calculations in proof of the
assertion that man on that planet could
never grow to exceed fifteen inches in
height, but would spread out over quarter
of an acre of ground!
The morning times., 1895-12-27
Appeal of Patsy Harris Case.

Exceptions filed by counsel in the case
of Patsy Harris, who was convicted OF
the murder of Matthew Spruell in July
last were approved by Justice Cole yes
terday, it being a preliminary to carrying
the matter to the court of appeals. Harris
is under sentence OF death, January 81
having been fixed as the date of his exc
CutioD,
The morning times., 1895-12-27
TWO HOUSE CIerkshins Filled

Hery G. Rask Of Ire wesburg, N. Y, was
appointed clerk to the Committee on Riv-
ers and Harbors.
Charles A. Gibson, for the past two years
private secretary, to Representative Wads.
worth, has been made clerk to the COM
mittee on Agriculture.
The morning times., 1895-12-27
LUMBER Firm suspepds.

Albany, N. Y, Dec. 26..PattOn & Co., q
big lumber firm in this city. has been forced
to the wall, temporarily, at least The firm
has suspended payment, but no assignment
has been made as yet.
The morning times., 1895-12-27
In and out OF Comm tssiou.

The Navy Department has been informed
that the Ranger has been placed out Of COM
mission at the Mare Island Navy Yard, and
that the Adams has been placed in COM
mission there.
The morning times., 1895-12-27
Raltimore Markets..

Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 26.-Flour dull, un.
changed-Receipts, 36,315 barrels; ship
ments, 654 barrels. Wheat firmer; spot
and month, 64 1-4a64 1-2; May, 67 LA
The morning times., 1895-12-27
How to Prepare city water.

The recent ra infall has turned the course Of
the ma jestic Chica go river lakeward and the
water in the vicinity OF the several cribs is
said to be contaminated with sewage. To
make human life safe we suggest any one Of
the following recipes for the Decentralization
of the city water:
The morning times., 1895-12-27
Boil 1t.
Stab II.
Bake It.
Chop 1t.
Fry 1t.
Pitchfork IL.
Haeb H..

Some eminent bacteriologists say that the
city water should be served in a chatting dish;
other say II is safer made up In patties or
broiled on a charcoal fire. This, however, is
only matter of detail, dependingsolelyu yupon
the tastes of the user. DR.. Billy Kerr is the
authority for the aboverecipes and we advise
all who are careful of their health to follow
some one Of them.-Chicago News.
The morning times., 1895-12-27
FINANCIAL And COMMERCIAL

New York Stock Market.
Furnished bv Frank Wilson Brown. broker.
M. l335 street
The morning times., 1895-12-27

Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, he an
Dounced that after $780,
600 copies had been sold
at the regular price,
81 90 per copy, the profit
on which wouldrepayhi
for the great amount of
labor and money expend-
ed in producing il, he
would distribute the next
half million free. As
this number of copies
has already been sold,
distributing absolute
The morning times., 1895-12-27
interesting
compl 9 { Q,
and valua
mon sense
work ever
Dl q c o M
m g d 1 G al
published

the recipient only being required to mail
to him, at the above address, this little
coupon number with twenty-one (21) one
cent stamps to cover cost of mailing only,
and the book will be sent postpaid. 1t is
a veritable medical library, complete in
one great volume. 1t contains over 900
pages and more than 900 Illustrations. The
Free Edition is precisely the same as those
heretofore sold at S1.5O except only that
the books are bound in strong MANILA paper
covers instead of cloth. II French cloth
covered, embossed and gold stamped covers
are desired, send ten cents extra-thirty-
one cents in all, to cover only the postage
and the extra cost of that more durable
and beautiful style of binding. Send now
before all are given away. They are going
off rapidly.
Abendblatt., 1895-02-15
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6er ben 8oritB fiibrte, metnte, baB Der Musz
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f1br er fort: Sin Mann, tpel3er Gatten
fdngt, liebt bic Staten, Elm Mann, tpel6et
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Snotbibuums oOer g~e1pifIer &rei1e barunter
81 eriteben feten.
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3et4nete einen &reu38ug gegen ~etn3eIne per
1onen als Elm unmoraltf6es @orgeben, Or.
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tormer reformiren unb bas 1et I9perer, als
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areu5fabren als 3erit0rer Der bGu8lt9en
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Abendblatt., 1895-02-15
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9erabe 10 gut ME neu limb. g8tr oheriren bieIe Snftrus
meute gu BEN ~fol9enben ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
out fe9r lei9te Nb3obluu9en nm NIT %benieIben ioiort
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BON elmer 8dderet g%eliefert purbe.
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Observation-Disclosures

tpurSen 9eitern an fOI9enbe gerTOnen aus,
geitelt:
Sam, 8ropn, ir., 8tpei 2fDdioe Sad
ltetnzg8o9nRduier nit Grbgef8oB, Sos. 21O
big IA Poltppnne 9lace, berani 6laot quf
$SS33O0o; 70. Wenbt, 3it0dtges Bad tein<
gBo9nb9uS NIT @r0geT3oB, go. 1880 8olz
laceltraBe, $1,000; sc. MaifaI, 2t0diocg
neutrality-suspicious. NIT @rbqeT6oB unO
9aoen, gto. 1915 60, @traBe, $4,000; So5n
9uoerpoRn, 3it0diges 8aditeinzM o6nbouS
NIT 9aOen unb @rbgeI8oB, SO. 418 an 26,
StraBe, $4,000; CHARLES @rane, 2ft6dioes
Observation-Disclosures nit Qaben unb @rh1p@
l4OB, Jf0, 113 @eit 48, @traBe, 5000.
Abendblatt., 1895-02-15

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Wun6erbar.
Abendblatt., 1895-02-15

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erf4eint, gratis eeIiefert.

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faen, fran3offden uno itaItenifben S9uIe.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08
Sca.hing Remarks of Counsel Err
 win of the Defense.
GRAND JURY REBUKEp
3 State Will Move Innme diate Sentence if Defendant
 Is Convicted.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 7.-Mr. Erwin resumed his address for the defense in the Hayward trial this morning. He began:
 "What will you do with Blxt's incredi- ble, unreliable testimony? You will place no credence in it. Ifyour minds have be- come morbid the time has come to throw it off and judge this case in common and conrageously. l want to call your attention to matters of importance which the county attorney passed over with simple wave of his hand. am now endeavorng to aid you in demanding whether the testimony of Blixt is Incredible or not. Claus Bjixt not only contradictsd himself and has been contradicted by others, but has given on the stand testimony of an utterly care less character.''
 Again the attorney turned to the irst statement, showing the contradictions of several points, scoring Blixt again and again. ''I go over these things not to spur you to act; do not doubt as to what your action will be,'' declared the attor- ney, "but read them before these people that they may see why you render such @ verdict, so that they may see why you can not accept this testimony. This is case where it is admitted that Claus Blixt alone committed that murder or Claus Blixt, with an unknown, did the crime. Cannot you see the danger of permitting Adry and Blixt to take you, or me, or Harry Hayward, at their own sweet will and make us the mover or originator of acts of murder. These two men, who have attempted to put on to Harry Hayward tue authorship oi this crime, must be corrob- orated or you must not believe them.
 ''In defiance of the principles of the grand jury Adry and Blixt have entered into cullusion to place this crime upon Harry Hayward, and the grand jury has violated its principles and said 10 these men that If you by your testimony can con- vict Harry Hayward you shall receive clemency and an in nocent man shall hang.
 Do not let this self-con fessed murderer and the self .confe fessed accessory of the crime before the fact shift the responsi- bility of their guilt until they carry cred ibility by their witnesses.
 Then he reviewed the testimony of Sergeant Getchell as to the position in which the murdered woman's body must have lain, judging from the wheel tracks of the patrol wagon and the buggy after the body had been taken away.
 Next producing the bundle of clothes MT. Erwin attempted to spring ghastly humor by remarkine: ''I feel that in se- lecting this sealokin sack that have be- trayed my miniBe instincts.'
 The point, however, was wholly nnap- preciated by the spectators, who rather looked mortified at such an attempt at wit amidst such solemn surroundings and cir cumstances. Mrs. Naegel's testimony as was characterized as but the slight evi- dence of delicate, sensitive, refined woman.
 It developed this morning that in case of a verdict convicting Harry Hayward the state will move an immediate sentence.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08
CHURCH TROUBLES.
The Committee Was Forced to Re- quest the Resignation of
 Two Officers.

NEW YORK, March 7.-Gen. Wagner Swayne, president of the American Protes- tant Episcopal Church Missionary society, made the following official statement this afternoon concerning the dispensing by that society with the services of He nry A. Oakley as treasurer and the Rev. William A. Newbold as assistant treasurer and sec retary: ''I was present at the meeting of the executive committee March 5, 1885, and voted in favor of the resolution terminating the relations of the treasurer, MT. Oakley, and of the general secretary. Mir. New wbold, with the society. The action of the com mittee was unanimous. With quite full Knowledge of the facts deem IL to have been, as to each of the persons referred to, just and mild aud necessary.
 "1he ground of the committees action was, as to each of them, separate &C., countability for moneys with which the other was not involved. Action was taken only after repeated and solicitous confer ence with each of them, extending over considerable period, and with every op- portunity and invitation to each of them to relieve himself and the committee from the sorrowful conclusion to which the commit tee might be otherwise driven by the facts. After the report of the committee on finance had been read a written attempt at exculpation on the part of Mir. Newbold was also read to the mmittee, and the fact was disclosed that MT. Oakley had al- ready made partial restitution. Enough renamed as to each of them to make the action taken, in the judgment of those present. unavoidable, D
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08
A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE.

THE DOUGLASS BOYS BRAND AS UNTRUE
 STATEMENT.
 WAsHINGToN, March 7.-The sons of the late Frederick Douglass authorize the pub- lication of the following statement:
 "The statement telegraphed from Rochester, N, Y., 10 the morning papers of the country that there is or has been any antagonism between us and our father's wife or his widow at any time is utterly false. That there has been any consultation with any one at any time or any place in regard to any will of Fred erick Douglass, our father, we have no knowledge. We are absolutely unable to account for the statement made from Rochester. The man Lee, who says he is bound to secrecy by all parties, tells an un- truth if he includes the undersigned in 'all parties.'
 s.We have had no conversation with him at any time in regard to our father's af- fairs. His statement is wholly unwar- ranted. 'LEwIs H. DOUGLASS,
 "CHARLEs R. DOUGLASS.
 Mrs. Douglass, who continues to reside in the cottage occupied by her late hus- band with Mrs. Sprague, the married daughter of Mir. Douglass first marriage, dec1sred the statement of undue influence as absolutely groundless. The estate of the negro liberator, it is estimated, will real- ize from $100 ,000 to. $200 ,000, mostly in realty in Rochester, N. Y., and in this city. No will has yet been offered for probate.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08

aggregate S1 ,012, ,009, while the liabiiiti s amount to $1 TO, C0o. In the items chased as assets, however, there is little of real value, and the statement was made by some of the creditors that it did not teem possible that the company could pay five cents on the dollar.
 The receiver stated that all the assets had been swelled on the books and were in reality very small. The available assets consist largely of old sewing machines, fixtures and remnants, pot worth S25 ,0C0, out of which must be paid preferred claims, rent, etc. The outlook is very barren, and he had thought that thete was practically nothing for the creditors. Today he had been approached by person who made an offer that might pay the creditors about 5 per cent. He had found that the concern had not only put In orders for clo, bing as en asset on the books, but also the value of the stock out of which to make the clothes ordered.
 A representative of New York and other creditors stated that he proposed 10 have the matter probed 10 the bottom. He in- tended to find out if the stockholders of the concern could be held responsible.
 1t was fually voted 10 appoint an ad- visory committee to act with the receiver.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08
BONDS ISSUED.
A Batch Of S25, ,000,OOO Delivered to the
 Treasury Department.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-The bureau of engraving and printing has printed and delivered at the treasury department S15,- 900, 1000 of the coupon bonds and S10 ,000, GOO Of the registered bonds sold to the Morgan Belmont syndicate. The synd icate has paid in about s3S, ,00O 1000 in gold and re- ceived receipts for the same, but as-yet has not expressed any desire for the delivery of the bonds. The receipts, of course, carry interest from their date, and to all intents and purposes can be negotiated and passed from hand to hand the same as the bonds could be.
 Comptroller Eckels has ordered Bank Ex- aminer iohnson to take charge of the First National bank of Texarkana, Tex. which closed it's doors last night. The capital of the bank is $50, GOO and on it's last report held S60, GOO ln loans and discounts, and owed depositors and other debts amount ing to S45, ,000.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08
DEATH RECORD.
A. C. STOLEN WRECK.

MT. A. G. Stollenwerck, well-known citizen and stock broker of this city, died yesterday morning at o'clock at his resi- dence, No. 513 Twenty third street. The deceased had been troubled no little for the past year with cancer in his throat, which caused death.
 He was 62 years old and was born in Greensboro, Hale county. While young he located in Selma and lived there until about four years ago, when he moved to this city aud opened up stock and bond brokerage business.
 The deceased leaves a widow, three daughters and seven sons, one of whom is MT. E. c. Stollenwerck, the weli-known master of trains of the Birmingham Mineral railroad.
 His family have the deepest sympathy during their hours of bereavement.
 The funeral will take place this morning at 10 o'clock and the int.rment at Oak Hill cemetery.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08

into a barrel of water and thrust his arm up and down several times and then con. tinue to walk around among the tiers of cotton. Witness suspicious were aroused from the mans peculiar actions, and he consequently kept a close eye on his every movement. Oaks was seen 70 stop by bale of cotton and fiuger with it's end, and a few moments later walked away by way of the down town railroad track.
 Vanmanean further l lated that he im- mediaely vert 10 the particular bale Of cotton which Oaks had been seen about aud examined i.. He found package of stuff wrapped up that was supposed 10 l @ combustible material. He at once began search for the man and met Oaks on the railroad track and asked him 10 return to the offics. Oaks tffered no resistance, but did not ask what was wauted with him until sometime later. He was put under arrest after reaching the office. Several more Mitnesses are 10 be examined.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08
NAMED THEIR OFFICERS.

PHILADELPHIA, March 7.--The annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' association, which began in the Continental hotel yesterday, ended today. The association has a mem bership of over 200, and 140 representatives were in attend- ance. The following officers were elected: President, John w. Robinson of North Tonawanda, N. Y.; first vice. president, Col. Charles M. Betts, Philadelphia; sec ond vice president, William Olston, AL bany, N. Y.; treasurer, H. 0. Tuxberry, North Tonawanda, N. Y..; trustees, Charles H. Carleton, Cleveland, O.; Charles H. Bond, Oswego, N. Y.; Alfred Haines, Buff ialo, N. Y.; 5. R. Mclaren, Toledo, O., and John c. Hubbell, New York. Presi- dent Robinson was reelected.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08
MANY WERE SHELVED.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-During the last session of congress there were referred to the senate committee on finance total of IFS measures and documents of various kinds pertaining 10 the financial affairs of the government. Action of some kind was taken with regard to forty seven, leaving 131 still stand ing on the calendar. Most important among the measures upon which the com mittee failed to act may be classed the propositions 10 prohibit the future issue Of bonds of any kind, to repeal the state bank tax and to provide for the temporary deficiency of the revenue bill and free coinage of silver.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08
A LONG TIME CASHIER
ENDS HIS EXISTENCE IN A BARN BY THE

ENDS HIS EXISTENCE IN BARN BY THE
 PISTOL ROUTE.
 WORCESTER, Mass, March 7.-Henry F. Wing, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Grafton, committed suicide by shooting some time between 'clock last night and 1:30 o'clock this morning. His body was found in box stall in his barn lying on his back, with a bullet hole over the right temple.
 MT. Wing was for thirty eight years cashier of the Grafton National bank, for thirty years treasurer of the savings bank, and for q quarter of a century had been town treasurer. A meeting of the directors of the bank was held Wednesday evening and lights were seen in the bank at 10 o'clock, a most unusual hour, and no such meeting was ever known to be held before. Those who were present refuse to say whether Mir. Wing was present or not and decline to discuss the suicide or it's probable cause.
 He has for years been administrator of various large estates, and lately several large suits have been brought against him. On one suit his property was attached by Deputy Sheriff Brennan for $50, 900 in an action of contract brought by N iIliam T. Forbes on probate. The case was entered in the supreme judicial court in December and has not yet been heard.
 Samuel H. Wing, the brother, says he can assign no motive for the suicide.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08
A IApANEsE YICTORY.

LONDON, March "A dispatch to tss Central News from Tokio says Gene 2, Yamaji rep 'ris from Kaiping, under da..s Yang Kao marched to Teping Shan on the morning of March 4, his line extending from Lao Yamiao to Shichilam. The en- emy was upwards of 10, GOO strong and he'd nine guns. The left wing, commanded by General Ma, began to retire before noon under the fire of our artillery, and the right wing, un Ter Generals L:u and Sung Ching, soon afterwards gave way. Later the enemy's whole force, unGer General Bung, retired to PehmiatotZ. It was an artillery duel only. There was no Japan ese loss. .''
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-08
STRONG ASS URANCES.

WASHINGTON, March 7.-The state de- partment has instructed Minister Hannis Taylor at Madrid 10 convey assurances to the Spanish government that the United States is taking extraordinary precautions to prevent the organization of an expedi- tion from this country to Cuba, and that contra band articles might be shipped to insurrectionists have been ordered to be particularly careful in permitting doubt ful vessels to leave the port. These assur- ances are intended to indicate the very cordial attitude of the United States to the goverpment at Madrid.