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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16
 CUBAN pEcullARITleS.
Some of the Curious Customs That Con
 front a Visitor to Havana,

Some of the Curious Customs That Con
 front a Visitor to Havana,
 Ben Stern, New York theatrical man, tells some amusing incidents connected with visit he. made to Havana.
 ''Talk about yellow fcver," said MT. Stern, "you have it in Cuba. It is full of it. You have to be very careful how you live, what you drink, and then you are fortunate to escape In the hotels-such as they are-you find marble floors. In your room you will find little rug near your bed, and you are supposed to stand on this rug while dressing.
 You are warned to keep off the marble in your bare feet. You may catch yellow fever. Carpets you have not. They hold the germs. Ninety per cent of the houses are but single story high. Tho streets are just wide enough to allow two small vehicles to pass, and the sidewalks are about two feet in width.
 But what impressed me is the system of taxcs-bribe taking and tipping If you register at a hotel, you place a stamp op- posite your namo If you use sheet of paper, you stamp it, and if you go into public park somebody will ask you for 10 cents before you sit down. Then the stamps are only kept in limited quan- titles. I asked a hotel clerk why they did not keep better supply. He declared it was because the noxt Spanish steamer ar irving might bring new design, and the old ones would have to be destroyed at the cost of the holder of them. So you see Spains way of doing business with her Cuban subjects. They hate their mother country--I mean tho native Cubans Of +lo cfxif, l,, al-i, are moro loyal. Unfurl nn American flag in Cuba, and the people fairly go wild over the stars and stripes. Unfurl the emblem of Spain, and there is not much enthusi- asm
 ''The rules of the theater are queer: You pay so much to get in and then pay for your seat afterward. No difference if you had $20 box seat, you would have to pay an admission fec. The system is full of bother to tho patrons of the places of amusement. There are, believe, about 30 newspapers printed in Cuba, but only abopt ... attract much attention. All are printed in Spanish. About the only Amer jeans you sec are in one hotel, and when you leave there you are among the Cubaus entirely. The system of collecting duties is very lax-full of temptations for brib- cry, which, l am told, Is one of the worst evils of the island. The Spanish govern ment has every thing of an official character under its control which makes Spain hated all tho more. There is really but one city wherein theatrical attractions pay that is Havana. It takes as long to get 400 miles into the interior of the island sometimes as it does to go from here to Cuba It is great country in its way" Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16

imposed upon him us a mark of subjcc- tion. When the Tartars came over and set a ruler on our throne, they decreod that every Chinaman should wear Q cue such as they did Of course this was at first galling to them, for they could not see or touch their plaited hair without being TO- minded of their conquest. But time heals all wounds and it was not long before tho Chinamen began to cherish the mark of subjection as 0 good fashion or style. This was also about the style of dress the Gh:.cs. men now wear. It is in t,io cue that a Chinaman wears b.s padge of mourning. Pittsbn-s Dispatch.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16
A RAPID DRESSER.
This New York Society Man Can Do the
 Lightning Change Act.

This New York Society Man Can Do the
 Lightning Change Act.
 The man who thinks he is rapid dress CT was in cafe at Broadway and Twenty sixth street with half 'a dozen friends at 6 p. m. He wns in afternoon dress. Being invited to stroll down tho street, he an- swered that he was afraid he did not have time, as he had o'clock dinner engage mcnt and must go home in a few min utes to dress. "
 1T should think, ," said one of the party, sthat If you had far to go you would be late to your engagement as it is. !"
 "Oh, no, answered the other. Its true that shall have to go to Fifty ninth street to dinner, but have ample time. '
 We'll" said another, Eff 1 had 2 o'clock dinner engagement, certainly should not be sitting here at 6. I'd be home dressing"
 tI'll tell you what I'll do," said the rapid dresser. 1T live at Fifth avenue and Twenty seventh street I'll bet you that leave here now, go home and dress, come back here, takea drink with you all, walk to the nearest elevated stntion--threc blocks-go to Fifty eighth street, walk two blocks to the house where dine. all within ten minutes before o'clock.
 "I'l1 not take the bet was tho reply, "but 1 don't see how it can be done. Why, you twill need half an hour at the least to dress. I require nearer an hour.
 "I'n make you another proposition. then, said the lightning change" man. "Ill bet you that walk home from here. dress, como back here and join you before 25 minutes past 6 o'clock, and it's now eight minutes past the hour"
 "Donel'' cried the other and the rapid dresser immediately left the cafe.
 Il guess I've won that bet said the taker, glancing confidently at the clock. Il guess you haven't" said another one of the group. "Jack can dress in ten min utes on pinch. It will take him not more than four, possibly only three, min- utes for him to walk to his home and back here. Give him four for walking and II for dressing, and ho still has leeway of two minutes. Wait and see'
 At 28 minutes past 6 o'clock the fast dresser strolled into the cafe He was in full evening dress, his hair carefully and smoothly plastered. his tie fastened and set to perfection, and his whole appearance that of man who had a lot of time to kill.
 ''Guess won tho bet, he said coolly drawing a chair to tho table and removing his gloves.--New York Tribune.
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Fashions Laws About Mourning.

The laws laid down by fashion for the wearing of mourning at present stand tbuss For widow the duration Is IS months, for one year of which crape is worn, for three months silk and for the last three months half mourning; for Q father or mother or for father in law or mother-in-law, nine months crape, three months silk and three months half mourn ing; for child over 7, six months crape, three months silk and three months half mourning, while for grandparents, broth CTS, sisters, brothors-in law or sters-in- law three months crape, three months silk and three months half mourning are the allotted times.-Tit Bits
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16
Fish We Have Learned to Eat.

It is hard for the younger people to be- lievo that so good fish as tho halibut was considered unfit for eating not very many years ago, yet many old fishermen yet live who remem Der when it was first offered in the market, selling then at 4 or 6 cents pound. It was many years since that that the swordfisb first found its way to the frying pan and the table, and Rockland fisherman recalls the time when haddock were about as highly esteemed as sculpins are now.-Lewiston Journal
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16
Interrupted Service.

At small church in Maine the regular organist happened to be absent, and tho congregation, in which were a few sum. mer visitors, was obliged to sing tho hymns without instrumental aid and un. der the pastors leadership One hymn, apparently not familiar to many, came several times to a distressing halt and finally died out altogether.
 The minister, rather irritated, sat down as If determined not to continue tho sorv ice until the singing met his appreciation
 An oppressive silence fell upon the little company, broken at last by deacon's prayer
 70 Lord," he said, "touch the heart of our pastor, that he may be emovod to go on with the service.
 Not to bo outdone, the minister rose and prayed earnestly that tho congregation might have their eyes opened to their faults and be willing to do their part and not put all the labor on their spiritual shepherd.
 Another embarrassing pause followed, which seemed likely to last for tho re- mainder of tho day. Finally awoman rose in the rear pew and faintly petitioned that a spirit of harmony might rest upon pas tor and people and move them to union and peace. Then shrill voice struck up a familiar anthem, the ice was broken, 'all joined" in the singing and the serv- ice went forward.-Youth's Companion.
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A Miorobe That Is Hard to Kill.

Professor Renk, who is engaged in mak- ing some interesting experiments on the vitality of the comma bncilli, the so called
 'microbe of cholera, " has found that they will live for some time and exhibit all their usual liveliness in temperature 10 degrees colder than freezing. A single "culture" of those germs in a bowl of beef broth, reduced to a temperature of from , to 2 degrees below the zero of the centi- grade thermometer, which is about the same as 20 to 2B above the zero mark of the Fahrenheit instrument, were unusu- ally lively at the end of 100 hours expos sure. He found, however that as they were uniDterruptedly exposed to such degree of cold for a longer period than that men toned above they gradually lost vitality and at the end of five days were perfectly lifeless and utterly unable to do damage should they be taken into the human sys- tem.-St. Louis Republic
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16
CONTEMPT WORSE THAN CRIME.
An Australian Judge and How He Main
 tained the Dignity of His Court.

An Australian Judge and How He Main
 tained the Dignity of His Court.
 The stories of early Australian judges are numerous and incredible. The follow ing incident, which is vouched for as fact is of judge who had very lofty idea of his own legal capacity and was, at the same time, anxious to sustain the dig nity of bis court. A shooting case" came before him. There was no direct evidence as to the perpetrator of the murder, but the individual arrested was well known and indeed confessed the deed.
 When brought into court, the judge cautioned tho prisoner that he must re- member his rights as a free citizen. and that, above all things, he must not inter- rupt the proceedings of the court. After this friendly warning the judge proceeded to state that he (the prisoner) was accused of having on such a date shot the deceased.
 Upon this the prisoner broke in, Well, and so I did. ''
 s The judge was annoyed at the interrup- ,t tion.
 Hold your tongue, sirl'' ho exclaimed. Haven't told you not to commit your self nor interrupt mel shall commit you for contempt of court if you do so againl" he added sternly.
 He then repeated tho accusation, upon which the prisoner broke in:
 T have told ye aforo that killed"-
 The iudge's indignation was intense at this second interruption and he demand ed ''Mr. Sheriff, what is your evidcnco2"
 have nothing but circumstantial evi- dence, your honor, and the prisoners own confession.
 Then" said the judge, "I discharge tho prisoner on this accusation, but com init him for contempt of court. Pitts burg Dispatch
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16
Meaninr of the precious stonee.

The meanings attached to the different precious stones are as follows: The garnet is constancy; the amethyst, sincerity; the bloodstone, courage; the sapphire, inno- cence the emerald, success; the agate, long life; the carnelian, content; the pearl, tears; the diamond, purity; tho opal, sorrow; the turquoise, happiness; the malachite, prosperity. Home Mammal
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16
The Reason Why.

Dr. Brush--I wonder why Bargnet al ways speaks of his wife as dreamP
 Mrs. Brush-I suppose because she al ways goes by contraries. s.--Mount Vernon Echoes
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16

remedleS anu uOCIOrB with but little or no re-
 lief, l persuaded her to try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and 'Gold- en Medical Discovery She was so out of heart, she returned the answer
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16

Keokuk, an Indian chief, furnished tho name for an Iowa town. The word means sly fox.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16

The Boston brown bread is made Of rye and cornmcal in the proportion of one to two
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16

Railway was once Rahwack, the name of an Indian chief
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gSgg gsEaST3aE

Office. Atianta, Ga, writes: "For many years my wife has been a constant sufferer from indigestion, sick headache, nervous pros male sex is heir to, and, after trying many
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-16
A Sight at Night.

Smythe-Too bad Miss Browns so aw- fully nearsiahtcd, isn't it, Cbawlesi
 Chumley-Y-n-a me boy. Sz;SS tsezWhy, dye know, I've been
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-12
SERMON TOO MUCH FOR HER.
sorrowf full Incident Takes Place in a Church
i'm BROOKLYN,

New York. Sept. u.-There was a
sensational episode last evening at the
Simpson Methodist Episcopal church,
(which is one of the leading churches
in Brooklyn. The pastor. DIR. j. o. Will
son. was preaching upon the general
subject of Deborah, and led up by a
series of dramatic incidents and illus
trations, to the matter of death and the
Joy that was to be obtained by the
coming of the Lord.
AT this point in his sermon a young
woman was seized with hysterical fit
and shrieked loudly as she Sprang from
her seat. Her husband. who was by
her side did his best to soothe her. but
the woman was quite unnerved. There
was great commotion in the church for
"A Tirle. II was finally necessary for a
number of men to carry the woman
out. as she was thoroughly craZed.
The husband said, explaining his
wife'S actions, that two or three
months ago she had buried her two
little children within three days OF each
other, and the fervid words of the pas
tor had opened up the wound. which
had begun to neal. and completely I'M
nerved her. To allay the excitement
the pastor gave out a verse of the
hymn Nearer, My God. to Thee He
explained that very often preachers
and public speakers hurt their hearers
nnwitaingly, and proceeded with his
discourse.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-12
MARRIED ON THE MOMENT.
Two Young People Miss n Train and They
had 20 DO 1t.

New York. Sept. 1.-William F. Do
Ian. IS years old. Of No. 1905 German
town avenue, Philadelphia, and Miss
Annetta Womelsdorf, q years old. Of
No. 221 Miffiin street in the same city.
who had been betrothed for some time
came 10 New York yesterday To see the
yacht race. They were aboard one of
the excursion steamers, accompanied
by Mcclellan Gray and his wife Of Wis
ahicken Heights. When the party re-
turned to the city after the race they
went TO the theater and after that thsy
had supper
Upon reaching the Pennsylvania rail-
road station. in Jersey City, the party
learned that the last train for Philadel-
phia had gone Mr.. Gray and his wife
We're uneoneerned. but the other two
were very much petUrbed. After talk
ing over the situation IL was decided
that the best way out Of the difficulty
was for Mr.. DOlan and Miss Womels-
Gorf 10 get married. policeman at the
ferry was consulted. and he dIrec;1
them TO the office Of Justice OF the
Peace Geiger. in Gregory street The
party found the Office open and Justice
Gelger on hand ready for business. The
ceremony was performed quickly at
about l2:30 O'Clock. and the party re-
turned 20 Taylor's hotel. where they
spent the rest OF the night. They start
ed for Philadelphia on an early train
this morning
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-12
Churchill Downs Races.

Louisville, Ky, Sept. 11.-With prac-
tically no street car service owing to
the CT. \. Il. parade. the abundance at
Churchill BOWS was lighter today, there
being only about 2,e00 people present.
The bookies had all the best Of il. for
il was not the favOri.es day 10 win.
Dorette, red hot favorite. was unable
to show in the first, Lucilla II winning
handily. Morte Fonse. a second choice,
won the second. The best event of the
day was the mile and twenty yards
handicap in which Ingomar at to 8
was nipped at the wire by The IRON
master. The track was fast and the
weather good. Summaries:
First race-Four and a half furlongs:
Lucilla H. / to l. won; Willie Shannon,
c 10 1. second; Lottie, % 10 /. third.
Time 55&.
Second-SiX furlongs: Morte Fonse.
. TO !. Won; Pat. loo 10 l, second; Sister
lone. 10 /. third. Time 1853.
Third-Aiile and twenty yards. SELL
irg: The Ironmaster. s 20 ). won: lingo
mar. to .. second; Gascon, so 10 !, third
Time 49,
Fourth-Five and half furlongs;
Sauterne, TO l, won; Judge Denny. 3
II >. second, Duncan, 20 to l, third.
Time l:09s:
Fifth-Seven furlongs: Olive, : to 10,
won: Frank Rogers. 3is u /. second
Bob Martin, 80 10 I. third. Time Is.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-12
BEGINS TO GET INTERESTING.
Ourrant Prosecution is at Last Ready to
Prosecute Durrant.

San Francisco, Sept. lin the Dur
rant case today Mrs. c. G. Noble, aunt
of the murdered girl, was the most i'm
portant witness. She told of the tragic
end of Blanche Lamont. Piece after
piece of the clothing of the murdered
girl, all found in the rafters of the
church by the officers who had preced-
ed her on the stand, were identified by
the witness.
The district attorney claimed that he
had proved the death of Blanche La
mont and had established that the
body of the girl in the Emanuel church
was her corpse and that the clothing
hidden in the rafters of the church was
worn Y the girl on the day she disap-
pebared. The prosecution is now put
ting in evidence connecting the pris-
oner with the crime. The witnesses for
the people will be called in chronology
Cal oredr, the intention being to form a
chain, the links of which Will be testi-
mony showing the movements of the
murdered girl and the defendant on
the fatal night Of April g.
The district attorney today tried TO
ascertain the w1ight of Miss lamont
at the time of her death, the object be-
ing to show that she was not too heavy
to be carried by enc man into the
church belfry.
Mrs Noble, aunt OF Blanche Lamont.
on croSS-eXamination. said:
After Blanche disappeared. Durrant
came to my house with DR.. VOgel to
consult about her absence. He turned
10 me and said:
d" Blanche was such a good girl, she
believed everyone else was as good as
herself, and in that way she might
have been carried.
Maud Lamont identified the ring
with a chip diamond as hers. She had
exchanged with Blanche, each wearing
the others. This was one of the rings
returned to Mrs. Noble, wrapped up in
"a newspaper, on Uhe edge of which were
the names of George King, the church
organIst, and Professor SchernStein,
the elderly music teacher. This same
ring was positively identified at the
preliminary eXamna ton by g second
hand dealer as one offered him for sale
by Durrant after Blanche disappeared.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-12
First DAYS Cycle Races at Springfield

Sprin gfeld, Mass, Sept. 11.-ThiS was
the first day of racing at the Spring
field Bicycle club meeting and 800 peo-
pie were present. The weather could
not have been better, with no breeze
stirring.
A. w. Porter of Waltham, scratch
man, as neither Sanger nor Tyler
started, was the winner of the five mile
handicap i'm the remarkable time of
IL "a 2-5, breaking the professional rec
ord for that distance by sixteen sec
onds. In the one mile professional
class Sanger won easily from Tyler.
with Coleman and Baker close to the
second man.
Bald proved himself the fastest rid
er in the. country and captured the one
mile open in a burst of speed that left
the pacing team behind. He finished
three lengths away from Cooper and
Cabanne, who had passed Gardiner in
the stretch.
OF the class A men, c. r. Newton of
Stafford Springs, Conn. started in
three events and won all of them and
two broken worlds records. In the
mile open class A, w. S. Reynolds Of
Hyde Park broke the record for the
half and tilree-quarters, but Newton
passed him in the stretch. In the half
mile open Newton lowered Reynolds
mark for the half one-fifth OF second.
Summarizes:
Mile, class a: c. r. Newton, STAFF
ford Springs, Conn. first; F. l. Elmer,
Chicopee, Mass, second; w. E. Tens
ler Rockville, Conn.,, third. Time 2:13.
Half-miie open, class B: Bald won;
Cooper, second; Rigby, third. Time
1:O1 2-5.
Mile, international professional:
Sanger won; Tyler. second; Coleman,
third: Baker, fourth Time 2:03 2-5.
Mile open. class A: c. r. Newton
won; ". S. Reynolds, Hyde Park. sec
ond; A. T. Fuller, Boston, third; Fred
Loughead, Sarnia, Ont, fourth. Time
2:04 As.
Mile open, class B: Bald won: Cooper,
second: Cabanne, third. Time 2:01 So.
Half-miie. 1:15 class, class A: w. S.
Reynolds won; Ray Dawson, second /;
Phillip Pierce, Manchester, third. Time
1:O2 3-5
Five mile handicap. professional: A.
W. Porter (scratch), Waltham, won;
Con Baker $50 YARDS, second: A. T..
Crooks Q40 YARDS, third; n. X. Steen-
son Gao YARDS. fourth. Time IL: "a 2-5
Mile handicap, class A: c. r. New
ton tscratch). won; j. z. Walsh (60
YARDS. second: w. II. MIME GO YARDS,
third: A. II. Dayey (60 YARDS, fourth.
Time 2:10.
Mile handicap. class r: c.. I. Earl
Q20 yards. won; r. ]. Jenney 40
YARDS, second: l.. d. Cabanne
(scratch), third; F. j. Titus GO YARDS.
fourth. Time 2:09.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-12
AGAIN THEY MARCH
Continued from First Page.)

presented him with the keys 10 the city.
| Loud and long applause greeted Gen
eral LAWYER when he came forward. In
| the course of his response he said:
Comrades, ladies, children, every
! body here in Louisville: l want 70 say
| to you that / accept your welcome. Not
for myself alone but in the name OF
| 100000 Grand Army men. You have
given US a royal and loyal welcome and
/ want to tell you that we appreciate IL.
You are doing more than you promised,
and everyone of us fully appreciate IT.
/ have been ali over the country dur
ing the last year and everywhere l
went 1 met comrades who without ex-
ception were looking forward 10 coming
to this great gateway TO the south with
pleasure.
They want to let the boys of the
south know that they realize that there
is no longer any nDrtn or -s9utl; that
We are one and all for Old Glory.
"Our expectations have more than
been realized. The greetings you have
given us are far more elaborate than
we would have believed. We viii go
away feeling in our hearts that You
have entertained us royalty
When General Lawler had concluded
there were a number Of musical selec-
tiOns, recitations and songs, after which
there was a general round UP and the
camp fire was oyer
GRAND CAMP FIRE.
At the camp fire at Phoenix Hill park
tonight over 10000 people were pres
ent. Congressman Walter Evans pre-
sided. Speeches were made by Marina
duke Bowden, j. NJ. Thayer OF Nebras-
ka, ]. Z. Campbell of Ohio. and others.
after the main address of the evening
by General Simon Buckner. governor of
Kentucky and the commander of the
confederates at Fort DonelSon and
elsewhere. General Buckner's speech
was roundly cheered by the federal vet
Grams. General Buckner had been in
the parade during the day and deScrib-
ed his feelings in a most impressive
manner on living TO see the day for
such a confirmation of the re-uniting of
the people as well as for the states
He said there were no longer any sec
tional differences and this occa sion
would mark an historical era in Amer
lean citizenship.
Al the National Park camp fire the
crowd was equally large, the program
of music and regulations being elabar-
ate. John H. feathers presided. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Colonel An
drew Cowan, w. G. Adams, Senate J.
c. Burrows, General j. ". Burke and
others.
Camp fires were also held at Camps
Caldwell and Weisinger, New Albany
and Jacksonville. Receptions We're
given the lady officers and Mrs. Hirst,
also to General Lawler and others.
Most of the state department Of the w.
r. c. held receptions tonight.