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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-16

Hon. Oscar w. Underwood-Your Sun day issue was grand, I was delighted with it. Am pleased at the general inn provement of the paper.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-16
MAKE US VISIT

We gladly invite all citi- zens for an hours stroll over the store. Not only are they welcome without being buyers, but so also sare their friends. All sightseeing and informa- tion is freely at their serv- ice. Here you will find honest merchandise at hon. est prices. Our ever-in- creasing sales show the appreciation with which you greet our methods of doing business.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-16
Ladies' Swiss Vests.
TABLE LINENS.

Best goods and lowest prices. Five pieces O. inch German Table Linen, worth 5oc, special price tomorrow 3oc.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-16
LADIES' HOSE.
MISSES HOSE.

so dozen Hermsdorf dye, full, regular made. We are sure you can't match them for less than Ioc our price nc.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-16

Spring is the season of hope and promise. Take Hoods Sarsaparilla now and good health will follow.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-16
LACE CURTAINS.

25o Lace Curtains, bought at sacrifice, the cheapest worth at least $I pair, but we start them at 4oc. HAHnAATe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06

ciub between two rival coterles OF MEM
pers OF that exclusive organization over
tht- possession OF "a series Of pictures OF
the beautiful women of New York
which once adorned the walls o. that
prlncely structure in which 10 Is
housed. According TO one side Of
the story rather foolish younS
cluhman secured a photograph OF
d certain fair dame and engaged a painter
70 reproduce IL In color on canvas. He
then hung the painting in his room.
where DO was seen by a number Of his
fellow chappies. The fellow chappies
were Informed that the object was "a gift
from The fair original Ia due time the
husband heard OF all this and knowing
the claim Of the chappie 10 be- an uumiti-
gated lie, visited him. 10 happened that
ne was al that very moment holding up
TIE plctrre TO the admiring coutempla-
uou of number OF his friends. The huS-
band proceeded 10 thrash the clubman--
nay, ii L. asserted that the husband ac-
tualiy spanked him-and ripped up the
picture with a knife There has resulted
quite commotion among the Union
ciubmen who are aware Of the Incident
Both men belong 10 the club
The little daughter just born TO Mrs
Beeroohm Tree. is the second she has
presented her husband with. Her drst
Is named Viola. d dainty little maiden or
ten years and who has already made her
debut on the stage. The occasion. how
ever. was special one. az 90 was at Bal
moral Castle last September. when Mr.
and Mrs. Beerbohm Tree were com
mauded' To Balmoral to play before the
Queen. Little Viola. who appeared as the
page In The Ballad Nlonger' was pre-
scented TO her Majesty. who was much I'M
terested In the graceful little debutantc
and took grea, deal 81 notice OF her
Miss Viola will. when her time comes
make her social debut under exceptional
lN favorable auspices as her gcdmother IS
the Marchioness OF CRANKY. and viii one
day be the Duchess Of Rutland. She IL
Mrs. Trees most intimate friend and will
therefore be a social gas well as a spir-
itual guide 10 her godchild.
David Wcchsler.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06
II WAS 4 GREEN MOON.
Indianians See Strange Things and Pro-
coed to Investigate.
From the New York Times.


Greensburg, Ind. Dec. 26-For some
time past a large green moon has peen
visible to the citizens Of Greensburg. It
can be seen between the hours of 10 and
l. al night, and is the cause of no little
excitement. u brings back to the mem
DRY OF the citizens a huge green moon
several years ago similar in appearance.
which could be seen about midnight hang
ing. apparently. over the johnson saw
mill in the south part of the city. The
strange phenomenon kept dangling back
and forth high in the sky, and seemed to
be anchored to the mill shed by large
Illuminated rope. 1t was a horror TO all
who saw It, and none dared to go near it.
Finally two boys, John Thompson and
Willie Turner, who were known for their
daring, decided 10 inves tgate the matter.
They went together, climbed upon the
shed and at the same time they both laid
hold Of the rope. They fell directly, as If
paralyzed and were found on the roof UNI
conscious the next morning. When they
gained consciousness " was discovered
that the hair on the right side of Tur-
ncr's head which was naturally black,
had turned green, and that on the left side
of Thompson head had turned fiery rcd.
was hot and sparks would fly from II when
the hair would change. being vice versa
first Turner's red, Thompson green. then
Thompsons red and Turner's green. The
boys became wonder to everybody.
Scientists from indianapolis. Cincinnati.
and several other largs cities came here
and examined the boys and pronounced
the strange occurrence as phenomenal and
something which had never occurred be-
fore.
But one night an angel Of light ap-
peared unto the boys and bade them to
again go to the mill shed and touch the
rope They both arose from their beds,
and at the same time, in their sleep, went
to the mill, climbed the shed together,
and at exactly the same time they both
took hold OF The rope. They instantly
awoke and felt very curious and foolish
at finding where they were. Upon touch
ing the rope their hair Immediately
changed to its natural color and they
went home sound in both mind and body.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06
Laughed at an lnopportune Time.
Frnn1 tho PHILADELPHIA Recnrd

A remarkable Incident occurred at Fiji
teenth and Chestnut streets Sunday, in
which two young men narrowly escaped
injury because they were so nearly con-
vulsed with laughter as TO be unable to
help themselves. They We're driving down
Fifteenth street behind a rather spirited
horse but were carelessly Jogging along.
when a Chestnut street trolley car shot
into sight. The startled driver made q des-
peratc effort 10 pun in his horse, but so
sudden was his effort that his feet went
clear through the leather dasher, and he
could scarcely pun q pound on the bit
Fortunately. the motorman on the car was
able tc whrl the brake around IA time to
let the carriage pass. for the other man
was laughing so heartily at his compau-
IONS predicament that he had not the
strength to take the reins
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06

OF Iny tent seemed TO ampl!fy sound. so
lhar The scorpions crawling upon ne walls
81 my tent made a noise which. IL not
loud. was startling enough to wake me
l always slept with lighted candle and
an army fork on The table by the side OF
my bunk. You VIII agree with me that
the only SCORPION In my tent not 10 be
feared was dead SCORPION. 1 found that
the easiest way 10 kill them was TO Jab
them with fork, then toast them over
the candle flame. The least number Of
times / was awakened during my detail
There hy crawling scorpions was four OF
i've times during the night. ! became an
expert az killing scorpions. ana as I al
ways fastened the victim 20 the wall OF
m! Rent with q pin. / soon had IL very
uniquely decorated.
'Rattlesnakes were Just as plentiful
as scorpions. To find two or three sport
ing about your tent al nigh. was no amuse
ment. as YOU may judge. I had one man
i'm my company by the name Of Cassidy.
he was d devil-may-care sort Of fell
lu|, feared nothing, ana vas never happy
out Of adventure. He amused himself
about camp BY catching Tattlesnakes in
clever manner back OF The head, then
extracting their fangs and letting them
go
n professor of an eastern college VS.
tied the camp. and hearing of rattlesRakes
beins so numerous ne asked me II !
could NOT get one OF my men To gel him
Two or three young ones. as he wanted 10
use Them Tor some scientific purpose.
, knew Of no one better fitted FOR the
work ehan Cassidy, and. as he seemed 20
take delight iu il. l told him TO md three
young snakes foc he professor, who was
stopping at the post. l thought nothing
more of the matter. Several nights after
this l was lying in my bunk sleeping
when ] was suddenly aroused from my
dreams by an unearthly rattle and some
thing heavy being thrown upon me. I
opened my eyes 90 find three rattlesDakes
making all sorts Of evolut;ons over my
blanket and saw the flaps fan as a voice
said. Here, captain, are your SNAKES
I didn't wait 20 take an extra snooze,
but jumping out Of bedd, made after the
fellow Who was Cassidy. and II / had
caught him ] am sure he would have
nursed some broken bones or bruises. But
he escaped. and after thinking over the
incident, my anger left me. l knew Cas-
sidy thought no more of a ratJlesnake
than I did OF an angleworm. He had
taken the fangs from those he had thrown
upon my bunk when he captured them,
and, without thinking of the fright he
would cause, had pitched them into me.
in what was 10 him perfectly natural
manner. He came around in the morning
70 explain and apologize. but il was
weeks before my nerves regained their
Lenore
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06
RATTLESylEES AND SCORPIONS.
A Good Place to Find Both Was in the
Beaver River Region in Utah.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
MANY years ago. while stationed at a
post on the Beaver river in Utah said an
army officer the other day, Il had an ex-
perience with rattlesnakes and scorpions,
two things dreaded so much by man, that
was so thrilling that 1t VIII be difficult TO
make people accept it as true. Yet 1t is
true, and as l look back upon the Incl
dents of those few weeks in camp I can
not understand how either my men or my
self had the courage 10 remain in the
place. Within two miles of the post was
mountain over which it was necessary
to nave q road built, in order to facilitate
travel between our own post and town
some miles distant. When such work was
reouired was always given charge Of it.
&C. received orders to command d de-
+scbr,ant OF sixty men who were detailed
"a tu;ld this road along the mountain
side We had heard many WILD stories
about the deadly scorpions and rattle
snakas that infested the region IN which
we were to work, but had put them down
a. a,-aaeerated 'snaHe stories. But when
-. ,,r;,-ed on the scene we found that the
t,5tsst snake story was Out-done by the
cots we found that the entire mountain
LIE seemed to be one large rattiesnake
raet and for variety thousands Of scor-
,lions were thrown in. We selected the
position FOR our camp in the most de-
sira HE situation and hoped that the pres
- 81 % many men and horses would
soon soon dr,ve the deadly things into the wiids
of the mountains. But they did not seem
- he disturbed by our presence, and made
nightly visits to us. Were we AFRAID?
Wen. there was some fear among tne
ha.i nd from the effects Of bites.
eBu. after this incident was erased from
their memories they took things as ma
Ter of course, went about their work XII
ing anv scorpion or rattesnake laat
might make its appearance 0ul olher W -
- - much put out by their presence
T re- ,,ener.enced the greatest fear at night.
NV sIea9 was interrupted at regular IN
.a.,.,is nv strange sounds, the cause Of
which l readily discovered. The canvas
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06
The Negro and Life Insurance.
From the New York Times.

ono OF the odd street incidents Of
Christmas day was a healthy-looking ne
gro complaining to a crowd from the
stems Of the new criminal court building
that he could not get his life insured in
this city. No one seemed to understand
exactly what he was talking about, but IL
was assumed that he had a grievance, and
he found lots Of sympathy He attributed
his rejection 10 race prejudice Without
knowing anything about the circum-
stances in this case, q prominent officer
Ia an insurance company said that it was
probably nothing OF the kind. Almost all
life insurance companies have rules de-
barring negroes and Cinnamon The lat
ter are never accepted, because nine
tenths OF them smoke opium. Negroes
are Usually rejected because they cannot
answer necessary questions about their
parents. A healthy negro who can salts
factorily answer all the questions in his
application papers, stands just a. good a
chance of insurance as u healthy white
man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06
THE COMING OF WORDS.
Lezicons Owe Debt to the Mistakes Of
Children.
Fron the spectator.


Children often use long words without
understanding their meaning, and some
times coin words OF their own. The
small son of a friend of mine, London
boy, was recently staying at the seaside.
and was taken by his father for country
walk. He was soon busy picking flowers.
and ran to the father with one exclain1-
ing: How passionately smellful it isl
"Passiopately" was a misapplication,
and was used without a proper sense Of
its meaning, but ''smellful" was an excel
lent hit worthy of being recorded I
have never met with it before, and
cannot ind it in any dictionary. It is,
however, quite as good a word as help
full" painful "hurtful' and other an
alogous compounds. and it expresses
tersely a quality that can only be ex-
planned in ordinary language by using at
least three words, full OF smell"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06
TOLD By An ASPIRATION.
He Walked Through the Snow Half Glad
and Found His Aunt Dying.
From the New York Times

Derby, drn t, DNc., a5.-John connors.
a wealthy citizen, left home at Il O'Clock
last night clad only in his underclothos.
and walked seven miles through foot Of
snow in a binding storm to the home Of
his uncle. Michael McEnerney, in Orange
where he was found to-day by search
ing party. He is in q critical condition.
Connors said an apparition appeared as
he was retiring, and told him his aunt,
Mrs .McEnerney, was i'll. and he left for
her house Immediately. One hour before
he left his home Mrs. MeEnerney had a
severe stroke OF paralysis and is fatally
ILL., Connors IS subject to temporary alb
Grafton Of the mind.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06

Col. Strong, rayor-elect OF New York,
amused the Brooklynites the other even
ing bv telling them that he had gone over
to sleep Ia Brooklyn once, about forty
live years ago but the chickens nade'so
eteQ resi-
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-26
ONLYA HOME WEDDING
An Event Which Promised to Equal the
whitney, and Vanderbilt HymsnlaIs.
ILLNESS OF THE GROOM THE CAUSE.
'thc Friends of the ROckcEeIIcrs and
McCornicks are Greatly Disup-
poinacd-Ehc Bride mud Groom-
Elect Express Regret ut the Turn OF
Ahairs-Wiii Not be Postponed.

New York, Nov. 25.-On Thursday
last Mr.. Harold +. Mccormick was
taken with severe cold. resulting in
an attack OF pleurisy. 1t was fully eX-
pected that he would sufficiently re-
cover 10 be married to Miss Rockefeller
IN the church tomorrow. as announced
But late this afternoon Il consultation
was hcld with his physicians and they
uecided that he would be mourning se-
fl"uS FISK OF pneumonia in leaving his
room. tor this reason IL becomes nee
essary to announce that the ceremony
canfot take place III the church, hut
VIII be performed ut the appointed hour
~ Ml. McCormicE's apartments. the
immediate members of the family only
being present. The wedding reception
and Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller No. 4
West Fifty fourth street. at 12:3O
o'clock as previously announced.
Among tho friends of the Rookie
feil"rs and McCormcks there was
great disappointment and much sym
pathy expressed Tonight when the i'll
ness OF the young man became known
ijl2h0rate preparations had been
inadc tor the wedding. which promised
10 rank in brilliancy with the Paget-
whitney and Vanderbilt
hyElcucalS.
The marriage was To have been SOL
emnizcd Ut noon tomorrow in the Fifth
AVcnuc BAPTIST Church. and the beau
tifui cdi!icc had been magnificcntly dec
Grated Tor the ceremony. Over Il thou
sand invitations had been issued and
tlinScthci a great social function was
looked forward to.
y Eundrd or more invited guests had
arrived from Chicago. and there wcrc
scores from Cleveland. Baltimore, Buff
ralo and other cities
This evening the members Of both
families We're kept busy notifying
friends of the change In programme
IN" bride and grGom-clect expressed
regret IT being compelled to eiisap-
point their friends, but they said there
was no other course to pursue. as nei-
thei ol them would consent TO n post
ponencnt OF the ccrcinony
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-26
TIE COLT FAMILY SCANDAL.
Rae Principals in the Case Agreed
ipon nan .tn fcubIc Settlement

Providence. Il. l.. Nov. e5.-Mrs.
Samuel y. Colt. who charged her hu<-
hand, President Colt. of the Industrial
trust Company, with adultery. is 10
have an absolute divorce. This has
been agreed 10 by those who represent
td the different interests at the CON
ference brought after the collapse of the
adultery charges at the Jackson, y. H.,
hearing.
The divorce has been amicably agreed
TO and will be sought from the Rhode
Island courts upon the ground of re-
tuSal 10 provide. or something of that
sort. Nothing seriously inimical 10 the
respondent will be alleged. The ncgo-
tiaiions of the past few days have re-
suited in complete settlement of the
whole Colt family scandal including
an agreement To the withdrawing OF
the S2G00Oo suit against Millionaire
James j. Van Alien for alternating the
affections Of Mrs. Colt Colonel Colt
will retain the family mansion in Bris-
tol and the money payment to his
wife viii he n sum OF money to be paid
in fun settlement at once Both sides
express satisfaction at the result. MIR.
van Allen Is said to have agreed TO the
payment Of "a liberal sum largely to
escape being dragged into court.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-26
wrecked ON Enginmd's Coasts.

London. Nov 25.-The high northeast I
gale which set in on Saturday continues
and Il larS. number of vessels on the
eastern and southern coasts of England
and the French coast have been wreck
ed. In most cases. however, no lives
were lost.
The Norwegian ship Sebasicn. strand
cd near Yarmouth yesterday ana broke
up before Al lifeboat could reach her.
An attempt was made 10 get IL line To
her by means of rockets. but this failed
and her crew. about n dozen in number,
perished.
a number of Torbay travellers were
caught in the gale and made for home
While running into the harbor three OF
them were dashed upon the rocks and
one of them sunk. Twenty men were
seriously injured.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-26
L!.rE lrnGE JACKSON Er,.oG,xEn
ChicrJu*tice Fuller Makes Touching
HC,narIxs COnccrning the Dcccnscd.

Washington, Nov. 25.--ln accordance
with the request of the meeting of
the bar OF the Supreme Court held
last week, Attorney General Harmon
to-day presented To the Court the rvso-
lutious adopted by the meeting in re-
jackson and asked that they be placed
upon the minutes:
Chief Justice Fuller in responding
said
There is little in the performance
OF judicial duty TO attract popular at
tention or to win popular applause. but
The influence of faithful service such as;
his.--of labors 50 abundant. OF II life.
shortened by effort In the public in
terest. cut like the diamond with it's
OWL duSt-can scarcely be ovcr-eSii-
mated, and sooner or later will receive
its need OF recognition.
The pathetic incident at the close OF
Mir. Justice JacESsons career, referred
TO by the Attorney General, his com
Ing from Il sick room TO attend the re-
hcaring of tie income tax cases. was
characteristic of the man. Devotion to
duty had marked his course throu,:h-
out. and he found III it's Inspiration the
strength to overcome the weakness of
the outward man, as. weary and Ian
guild. he appeared in his seat for the
last time In obedience 10 the demand
OF public eXigency. The response to the
roll call under such circumstances
gives complete aSsurance-thuu6h. in
deed. il was not nceded--that when,
a few weeks later. he ca ame TO the pass
age of the river. Good Conscience, to
whom in his lifetime he had spoken.
met him there. lent him his hand. and
so helped him over The resolutions
and remarks will be entered upon our
records, and the court will now ad-
journ to Monday next"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-26
<:3t,,.,icr. M WAR.

There is said 10 be- biz fight now
going on III this city between the So
called gamblers, and unless ii is soon
brought To a close every game Of chance
In the city will be broken up. Ii Is op-
emily asserted that the Information on
which two policy shops were pulled"
last week was given ny IL person in
the same line OF business. and that. as
Il rct2liatory measure, a nip" was
given on the walking policy writer ar
rested later in the week. As the ,s;ory
goes, this last policy arrest was the
wind which tanned the little spark into
Il blaze and led to the raiding OF the
two gambling houses Saturday night
Last night rum"rs were flying thick
and fast and If other raids should
shortly follow no one on the inside
would be surprised.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-26
THIE nErAmrEHG MiNlsrEns.
Thc Methodist Preachers Adopt Reso
IuiioiiS Of Rc6rcr.

The meeting or nlethodist ministers
Yesterday was an impressive ono. ma
iori,y of those in this section ha, Ing
been ordered to other fields. Rev. j. B.
Merritt and T.. II. Rawlings submitted
the following resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas our brethren, Revs w. V.
Tudor. George n. Wray. A. Coke Smith
J. 7. Mastin. T. Men. Simpson and w.
b. Bcauchanlp. nave been removed from
us by the late Conference: and whereas
Rcvs. q. w. Carter and r. w. Webb
have located; therefore he ii
Resolved. That we part with these
brethren with regret. aud pray that
the blessings Of God may rest on thei,
lahors In their new fields
~ the Baptist ministers meeting tho
following rcp"rta were rrade Rev. Dr.
Wharton. OF fram'ason street, received
one member by letter At Berkeley
Avenue Rev. II y. Quis.nl,crrv had
one by letter and baptized two. At
Fourth Street. Portsmouth, Tour were
baptized. Al South Norfolk four were
received by letter. The South Street
Church, Portsmouth will be dedicated
on December Sth proxiMo