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Evening star., 1896-07-04
SAVED LIFE AND MONEY.


The Bank President Fooled the Crank
Who Demanded 100000.
From the New York Times.
Mr.. Sol I. d. Bullion. president Of the
Twenty-eighth National Bank, was seated
at his desk In the office In the rear of the
bank building at the corner of Broadway
and South street yesterday afternoon, when
a stranger was announced
He proved to be tall, dark man. with
harsh features and coarse hair. his cloth
ing ard general appearance suggesting a
westerner. Coming directly up to Mr.. Bull
ions desk. the stranger said:
"Ars you the president of this bank8"
''Yes. sir" replied Mr Bullion.
Your name is BuIlionT'
THAT il my name"
'Mr. Bullion, 1 have here a loaded re-
volver The mazzle covers you Don't
suspect me, and then Ii would be awkward
Tor both of us. Don't change your posi-
ton or relax the muscles OF your face
By a remarkable effort Mr.. Bullion con-
trolled himself
What do you " antr' he Inquired.
one hundred thousand dollara"
Now
Immediately"
I'm cash?"
mo other way
Wont you take 81 ,OO0?"
NOT cent less than $1O0000'
Mr.. Bullion looked in the mans face II
was white and set A pair Of fierce eyes
that blazet like those of a hungry tiger
met his own. He sighed. You are rob-
bing me Of the savings of a lifetime" he
said. IF / give you this money my family
will suffer Let me think 1t over"
Look at me-" said the stranger In q
deep, determined tone. IF l have not got
that money In thirty seconds I'll blow the
top of your head on
hot 80
ther, President Bullion unlocked drawer
by his side. 1t filled to the top with
banknotes of high denominations.
"Will you have 1t in tens. hundreds or
thouss nds?' he asked.
Hundreds"
The president handed him two packages
each Of which contained 500 bills, each Of
500. The stranger put them in his pocket.
You must pfecede me out of the bank :"
he sad. Put on your hat
The presiden: arose, and with wonderful
nerve walked swiftly through the bank and
out on Bro adway. The stranger took him
to the elevated railway station and put
him on an uptown trsin, covering him
with his concealed weapon until the cars
had started. Then he hurried to a Water
street horse, where a sharp-faced little
man greeted him eagerly.
What luck!"
He gave up."
"All Of it?'
Il might as we'll have had a million"
why didn't your?
Il didn't want to take chances
And you've got S1o0.O0O?'
That's what 1 said
Where is the stuff?'
"Herer' said the big man. triumphantly
producing the bundles Of money. His COM
panion opered one Of them and stared.
Then he growled:
You dir gdonged Jerseyman, you've got
no business in Greater New York. This is
the last job I'll ever have you in
The big man fell back in evident dismay.
What's the matterg' he cried.
ANY kid could tell that that's queer"
WHAT" y
The little man fsirly danced as he
shouted:
HE saw the hayseed in your hair AMI
showed the queer on you. The stun is
worth cent and half pound
The big nan fell back in chair; his legs
quivered and his Jaw dropped.
And he played his distressed family on
me-" he walled. IF ever I meet that old
Bullion again Tll-tell him what think of
him."
Evening star., 1896-07-04
No Russian Free Speech.


Besides this direct influence on the press
the influence of brute force-the ministry
OF the interior -exeIcised during that period
another influence on the authors which
while Indirect, was even more fatal to Rus
sian literature, go far as its talent is con-
cerned. Being thwarted in every attempt
to tell the truth. having every manuscript
mutilated and sometimes entirely shorn of
even common sense by the red ink of the
censor, the authors began to change their
style, to write metaphorically, to clothe
their thoughts in all kinds of allegory in
order to deceive the censor and to let the
public read between the lines Straight
forward talk very soon became unknown.
In every article. especially in articles on
internal questions. the reading public had
to find out what the author meant by the
ailegories. what he intended to convey by
his mysterious, roundabout phrases; but
generally the authors. being more talented,
more acute in their use of language than
the censors. succeeded; the articles ap-
pearing in print we're understood, and the
ministry of the interior could only gnash
its teeth in powerless rage. But such a
course demoralizes the author; he gets
accustomed to it, and very soon ceases to
understand himself Many a great talent
was ruined. bereft of it's power and influ-
eEce, by this pernicious custom: yet there
was no other way, If one wished to ex-
PRESS himself.
Evening star., 1896-07-04
The Old Lawyer.
From Chauncey Depew's st. Louis Law Seht

From Chauncey Depew's St. Louis Law School
Speech.
know of no more charming member Of
the community than the old lawyer I
studied with judge who, as left his Of
flee, had completed the eighty-sixth year
of his life, and the sixty-fifth year Of his
practice. The old lawyer is the custodian
CT the secrets OF the community. If he
has been true to his profession. and to his
best instincts and teachings. he has been
the benefactor of the village, or the town
or the county in which he has spent his
life. He has settled family disputes. he
has reconciled heirs to the provisions of
wills. he has adjusted satisfactorily to all
and to the prevention of family feuds the
distribution of estates. he has prevented
neighborhood vendettas on boundary lines,
he has brought old-time enmities into cor
dial friendships, he has made clients and
money by being honest, faithful and true.
The secrets of his register. of his safe and
Of his memory are the skeletons of the
family closet Of the whole neighborhood
But the process Of modern cremation does
not more perfectly destroy the human
frame than does this lawyers fidelity to his
oath keep out Of sight these family skele-
tons.
Evening star., 1896-07-04
The Fish Were Fresh.
rom the Philadelphia Inuuirer.

Up in the eleventh ward a thrifty Ger
man makes good living peddling live
carp. The fish are hauled about the streets
in a small tank set upon wheels. the whole
outfit being propelled by the energy gen.
Grated from the Germans muscles If there
Is one thing more than another the pedIer
prides himself on 1t is that his wares. be-
Ing alive, are necessarily fresh
Yesterday morning the carp merchant
was stopped by a woman who, if the we'll
filled baskets which hung from her fat
arms were any indication, was on her way
home from market. The woman leaned
over the cart and sized up the swimming
fish carefully.
Are they fresh?" she finally asked.
The look of disgust that spread over the
Germans countenance would have fitted
we'll upon the features Of sound money
democrat who is being told that a free
coinage candidate Is sure to be nominated
at the Chicago convention. But he choke,I
down his IL dgnation.
Yah; dey ish fresh" he replied.
Then he reached down into the tank and
pulled out sample, which be held I'D for
the woman to see.
She gaZed upon 1t for a moment her nose
high In the air. She wasn't satisfied how
ever, and the next moment showed one of
bed carp by the gills. She yanked it up
in the air after the manner Of one who
doesn't propose to be fooled in so import
ant matter as buying a fish, and held it
out at aims length for inspection.
At least she started to hold 1t out I'm
fortunately she had picked up the biggest
fish in the cart. 1t was a carp that didn't
care much about " omen, anyway, and par
ticularly won an " ho considered herself
well enough acquainted to run her fingers
through his breathing apparatus He at
once began to go through contortion act
of the most intricate and vigorous descrip-
ton, his mouth wide open and his tail
marking out three-foot circles at the rate
OF forty q minute.
The suddenness with which the fish
started In on this program was too much
for the woman. In her hurry to let go of
the carp she forgot all about her baskets
and their contents. AS her arms few up
the baskets flew down. In the eleventh
ward the sidewalks are as hard, IL not
harder than in any of the other wards,
and eggs have very little show in con-
test with them. There were eggs in one
Of the baskets-two dozen of them.
Unless the rain has washed them away,
those eggs are down on the eleventh ward
sidewalk yet. They wouldn't have been of
very much use to the woman after they
struck the walk, except as scrambled eggs
In the otfer basket there were strawber-
ries and steak and roll of butter.
All of these were saved from the general
wreck hcv ever. with the exception of the
steak An enterprsing eleventh ward dog
feaSted upon that
The woman didn't stay to buy any fish,
Perhaps she had lost her appetite for CARP
Anyway, she gathered up the remnants of
her marketing and sailed majestically down
the street.
The fish pedler gazed after her a mo-
ment. Then he chuckled to imself:
Yah; dose carp ish fresh-but not so
fresh as dot vomans. py chmminyw
Evening star., 1896-07-04
Slips of the Tongue.
From Tit-Rits.

From Tit-Bits.
Some curious slips of speech. according to
a nonconformist contemporary, were made
at the annual meeting OF the London wes-
leyan Mission. in Exeter Hall. Thus. r. w
Jerks, NJ. p, the chairman. referred to the
work of the female sisters" while Mr.
Hughes invited young men and women OF
all ages to attend his meetings in st.
James Hall.
of a nervous curate: Young ladies' or per-
perhaps 1 should say young women for ]
wish to embrace you ALL
A Roman Catholic preacher was spea king
of the transformers of earthly things
Look at the great cities of antiquity he
exclaimed. Where are they now? Why
some of them have perished so utterly that
it is doubtful if they ever existed
Evening star., 1896-07-04
Culture In n Bcston Restaurnn

From the Boston Transcript.
Boston culture sometimes crops ont
where one wouldn't most expect it. In
popular restaurant the other day, where
the prices are moderate and the waiter
girls pretty, a middle-aged business man.
well dressed and Of genteel appearance.
beckoned to waitress. pointed to some
open windows. and said loudly:
ders?'
Whereupon the girl called to the head
waiter:
This gentleman wishes to know IL Won
went please close one Of those windows"
Evening star., 1896-07-04
Brilliant Red Star.

The Scorpion will be found at o'clock
tomorrow night exactly south. at about one
fourth of the distance from the horizon to
the zenith. The brilliant red star Antares
sometimes called the Scorpions Heart, is
at the center Of the constellation. On the
right Of this star may be seen the claws.
each marked by q line Of three stars Of the
Evening star., 1896-07-04
HEAVENS IN JULY
Chat About the Stars and How to
Find Them.
IN TIE FOOTSTEPS OF rYE ANCIENTS
Position of the Planets During the
Present Month.
AS TO I'll E No % N
IN TIE FOOTSTEPS OF rHE ANCIENTS
A s T o TIL E NJ O N
T 8 O'CLOCK TO

morrow night we
may see almost ex-
actly overhead a
pretty little half oval
formed by six stars,
of which the bright
est is of the second
magnitude. This Is
the Northern Crown,
the Gnossian Crown,
as 1t was styled by
Virgil, 1t being. ac-
cording to the old
Greek myth, the
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
All Consultations Are Free.

quick and perfect cure is guaranteed to unfortunaes
who are suffering with Sexual Debility, caused by early i'm
prudence errors Of youth sexual ezoesses resulting in
impaired vgor loss Of vitality loss Of manhood nervous
prosration failure Of memory etc. uniting the victim for
marriage society the pleasures Of life The treatment is
reliable, pleasant, permanent.
Those who have tried less experienced or less skilled
physicians and still have diseases private nature such
as Syphilis Gonorrh@a Geot Structure etc. which have
Pies, Bloohes, Eczema Soroa, Tumors, liberated Sore
Mouth and Throat, Rheumatism Womb Troubles leuchor
rhea any trouble whatever OF private nature of either
SEX need not despair many Of the ocalled ncur-
able cases arc successfully ard quickly cured.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
Cotton Letter.

New York, Dec. 24.-(special.) 1.-THE market
today as is usual on Christmas eve was
rather quiet. Much OF the business con-
sisting in the evening up of ventures until
after the holidays. In spite Of a rather dis
couraging Liverpool report prices showed
great stnbbornness at the opening and af-
forwards hardened, closing about the same
as yesterday. March opened at $50, ad-
vanced to 7.O4 and closed at 7a7.01 with the
tone quiet and steady. We would rather
buy than SELL The exchange will not re-
open until Monday. RIORDAN &C.,
Chicago Change.
Chicago Dec. 2f-The wheat market to-
day was in every respect typical holiday
one. Trading was light, news scarce and
confined % a few inveterate sealpers. Not
withdrawing the, apparent Indifference ex-
yesterday. May. wheat opened from Size
to Si9sds1Ac, sold between s17sc and S1Bc
closing at the top lsW7sc higher than yester-
day. Cash wheat was firm at 1ze higher
Corn was steady at and around the OPP
ening. bat soon afterwards went the way
OF wheat, declining, in sympathy with that ia.
grain. The market was lifeless, but FEW
scattered small lots being dealt in, The
close was. firm in sympathy with the ad;
at 25sso, sold between 255sc and 25Ac clos
ing at the outslde-a shade over yesterday.
Cash corn was easy, with prices unchanged
Extreme quiet reigned in the oat market.
No effort at trading took place and 10 news
was received. May oats opened at 1c, sold
at 1879, closing at 20c-a shade over yes
terday The narrowness of the range
speaks for the dullness of the trade, Cash
oats were steady to a@1zc per bushel lower.
Observation-Disclosures prevailed in the
product, the feeling being derived in the
hig market. The trade was moderate but
more frequently dull and inactive No feat
ure developed and prices changed bit lit
tie. At the close May pork and lard were
each a shade higher and May ribs shade
lower.
Leading futures ranged follows:
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
Proposals..

Proposals for coal forsthe naval station.
posals, Endorsed Proposals for Coal for the
Naval Station. Key West Fla, to be opened
Jan. s. 1885," viii be received at the bureau
Washington, d. c.. until 70 o'clock noon,
Jan. 5, 1897 and publicly opened immediate
ly thereafter, to furnish at the naval station,
Key West, Fla..a 1900 tons of anthracite
coal. The coal must conform to the navy
standard and pass the usual naval inspec-
ton. Blank proposals. will be furnished
upon applicatioIrfo the naval station, Key
West, Fla, or to- the bureau. The atten-
ton OF manufacturers and dealers is in
vited. Tie bids, all other things being equal,
decided by lot. The department reserves
the right to waive defects or to reject any or
all bids not deemed advantageous to the
government EDWIN STEWART,
12-26-2aW Paynaster General. Y. S. n. .
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
Mortgage Sale.


BY. virtue of the power vested in the I'M
dersigned, by two certain mortgages, one
executed on the 18th day of October 1888,
by John A.. Keife and~Lucy A. Keife, his
wife, recorded in vol. lis, page 66, in the
office of the probate judge for jefferson
county, .Alabama, and the other executed by
said John A. Keife and Lucy A. Keife,r his
wife, on the 10th day of July 1885, and record
ed In vol. ITO, .page225. in the probate judges
secure. certain indebtedness therein de-
scribed, the undersigned will, on the 10Th day
of January, 1897, i'll front of the court house
door, in Birmingham, Ala, within the legal
hours of SALE sell at auction to the highest
bidder for cash, the following described
property Lot 4, in block II, frontipes- 80 IT.
on the north side Of Third avenl,c, extending
back OF uniform width lhe Il. to an alley, ac-
cording to the plen and survey OF land in
section Il; township II, range west, at
Woe1.awn, Jefferson county, Alabama, as
aid off and plated by Eddy & Brown for
w. j. Vann d Bros, map Of which is on
record in the office of the probate judge Of
Jefferson county, Alabama and to which
reference is here made. Also lot No. s.
in block 500, according to the map of the
Elyton Land company, made by II. School
In the probate judges office of said county
and situated in the northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter, section "a, township H.
range 3 west, together forming rectang,e
IS feet by 100 feet, being a part of the prop
erty conveyed by the Elyton Land company
to Robt. Cain by deed recorded in vol. o.
page 48g, of the records of said county, and
situated and lying and being in said JEFF
ferson county, Alabama ~
II. L. HARRALSON, Guardian.
MOUNTJOY g. TOMLINSON,
Attorneys i2-19-oaN-4w
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
New Orleans Cotton Market.
New Orleans. Dee. 2.-Cotton steady; sales
SUMS Cotton.

New York, Dec, 24.-Spot cotton was I'M
changed with sales of 100 bales for ex-
port Middlng uplands, re, against 73sc
ta irang the ooon odag
The speculation, what there was Of it, was
OF an eveiiing-up character, and prices
mittee set aside all the rules FOR the dayq
and allowed smoking during business
hours. President Hopkins cabied the Liv-
erpool Cotton association as follows; Com
pnments of the season to officers and men,
bers of your association"
President Gel Richs cabled the follow
ing answer: I'VE all heartily reciprocate
your good Wishes.
The receipts at the ports today were con-
sidered liberal and the receipts next week
are expected to be full The port receipts
this week are estimated at 100000. against
33l coo last weel. and 100000 last year. The
interior receiupts for the week are estimated
at $4,000 against 1sS000 last week and 49,
00G last year. The quantity to come into
sight Is estimated at $4,000 to 100000.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
FOR SALE.

$f50-Will buy lovely broom house at
East Lake. Positively the house is worth
$500.
Sl00-Will buy 4 choice lots on corner in
East Lake. 4s.ss.sao.ss ,-4z
- S950-5-room house on corner Avenue II
and oath ST.. Your own ternns.e sas
: bS525-Cash and not enc cent less will buy
house and lot on LIST avenue, near oath ST.
This almost a gift.
$2,O0C--House No. 25OS 1st avenue. Just
half value.
sl2.0oO-Will buy S-story brick, No 1877
I'd avenue. Terms easy; improvements cost
more than price asked.
j. Z. p. LACY,
Room POI Chalifoux Building.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
GENERAL COTTON MARKETS.
Livsrpool Cotton Market.

,Liverpoolss Dec. M.-12:3O p. m.-Cotton-
a RTfss daY3s c6 puye Futures OPS
ened quiet, demand moderate. American
mlddling:
December, 61-64d; December and jan
uary, 3 T-6fd; January. and February,
9 57-6iG5 56-Sfd February and March, 3 57-6t
q3 85-64d March and April, 3 5S-6l4S 57-64d ;
April and May, May and June, June and
july, 8 60-64d; July and August, 61-GlQ
3 G0-64d. Futures quiet. Tenders 100 new
docI,ets.
y. .-Cotton-American middling, low
mi6dling clause: December, 360G3.6l; De-
cesnber and January, 3.5S, January and Feb
ruary, February and March, .S.57; March
end April. 3.57035S; April and May, 3.5S;
May and June, 1853; June and July. 3.59a3.6O;
July and August, 3.eG4361; August and
September, 3.5303.59. Futures closed quiet
but steady.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26

$1,75o-Lot 50x14O with good 9-room house,
newly painted and generally eyerhauled.
and Groom cottages.- VIII rentfor S25 per
month. This Is close in on North Side and
81. 250--Lot 56xl4O with e4-room Cottage on
Third avenue, west of Twenty-sixth st; u
cash, balance OH liberal terms.
$650o-A 2-story brick store on Twentieth
ST., north. Rents for $50 per month; 10
cash, balance l and years.
T50-Win buy improved lot close in on
South Side and renting for $40 per month
This is a nice, small Investment and can
be bought for part cash.
We have improved and vacant property
in the city, South Highlands and suburbs
all of which We will be pleased to show at
any time
BAILEY, MCCONNELL &c HOWARD
221 Twenty-first street.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
FOR SALE.

s995-For beautiful broom cottage. lot
5Ox134 close to electric cars ana~macsaam-
lied road at Woodlawn; q cozysaone.s7
$z,200-Lot 50xf40, Sd ave-, between 10th and
18th. SITS; 5-room house: easy terms. -
$1.5G0-Will buy "a acres of rich level land I;
miles from the court house frontss 500 feet
on macadam road; "a cash, balance3eas
/. $400-S100 cash. balance IS per month, will
buy lot 1002i40 with coed Groom house; good
well. of water, fruit trees, shade, fence and
out houses
SG5-s5 casht, balance S. per month, lot 50x
40 feet at Cain Station on East birmingham
dummy; these lots lie on a nice elevation;
have altogether; will sell separately or all
together. y
FOR RENT.
s25-Per month, store room, 1916 ID ave.
SlG-Per month, residence, 703 18th st.
$1,O00-to loan at s per cent -
B. a. THOMPSON & CO.,
217 21st st.
noV-15-tf
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
New Yorlg COTTON Marl,af.

ding, 7Isc; net receipts, 1,S2l gross 2,6o4:
exports 20 Great Britain, $3.50; continent
z2e; torwsrded. 3Ss; sales. 100; spinners, none;
stock, IS. OH. -
Total teslay: Net receipts, a, 74a; exports
to Grea tisritain, A. 0e5; France, g. 100; contl-
nent, 6.s79; stock. 1,2S4 gG5.
Total go far this week: Net receipts.
X2,7i3; exports to Great Brotain, 1H.IIs:
France, 40,72S: continent, So 165.
Total since Sept. /. Net receipts, &c.,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
DiJsINEss OI,poRTfTNTTnss.


HANDSOME profits will be made by buy
ing wheat provisions, cotton and stocks
at present prices. Write Immediately for
our new hook, Speculation" Mailed
free. Wheeler, Bird e. Co., 8 Wall street,
New York City. 9-12-12tsat
WANTED73-Men and women out Of employ
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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
Cures Are Guaranteed.

Dr. Holloway guarantees to you curo and his guar
antee is reliable one. After careful examination con-
sutation, personally by letter. you told exactly what
guaranteed will COST including medicines The
same written guarantee is given to patients who treated
by mail as to those who reside in the city, but if you wish
road fare and hotel bills and make charges for medicines
or services if I fail to permanently cure you
respectfully refer with permission to Steiner Bros.
bankers Jefferson County Savings Bank Alabama National
Herald, as to my responsibility for my contracts,
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
St. Louis.

Union Stock Yards. ILL.,, Dec. 2i.-Cattle-
Receipts, $500; market firm at 10Ql5c
higher.
Common to extra steers, $3.50l154O; stock
ers and feeders, S3lp3S5; cows and bulls, $1.50
$50; Texans, 81. 75d425
Hogs-Receipts, $1,000: market steady.
Heavy packing and shipping lots, 50 100
3.371h; common to choice mixed, 49, 40n3. 10 (;
choice assorted. s3.30q942h; light, $4,000
3.45; pigs, S29043.40.
Sheep-Receipts, 10000; market firm and 1Oc
inferior to choice, s2.5O@s.75; lambs, $3.50
@525.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-26
Stockholders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that there will be
meeting of the stockholders of the Peoples
banking house of said company in the city
Of Birmingham, at o'clock on the 18th day
0f j anuary, 1887, for the, purpose of electing
zee tors for the ensuing year, and for tho
{fRnaaction of all business that may legally
6o11e before said meeting.
JOHN ID. ELLIOTT, Cashier.
W12-12-oaN-4W s.t