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Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-29

of our ranks that holds a position in the county or city. But with your 2,500 votes you could elect or defeat any man for any office in the city or county; but the people know your strength as well as your weakness. We are persuaded sometimes that Henry Clews, when he said that workingmen had the ballot and did not know what to do with it, was more of prophet than fool. Your council is not held in the esteem it should be. The people look on us more as debating society than anything else. They don't consider we have any strength, therefore they give themselves no concern about us.
 Your committee would be derellct in it's duty if it failed to call the attention of the council to a great evil that exists among. us That is of arresting indis- criminately every man that is found passing through the city that happens to stop at the furnaces or coke ovens to warm, and if he has no money he Is set down tramp and put to work on the chain gang. This your committee con- siders a hardship. A poor, unfortunate man is brought here by the published reports of prosperity and when he ar rives in the Magic City if he happens to be broke he is arrested by our blue coat gentry, and without any questions being asked him, where he is from or where he is going, he has ball and chain put on him and put to work on the streets with a gang of negroes with no other charge except he is poor. His poverty forces him to leave home and forces him on the chain gang if the finest in the south happen to get their hands on him when he arrives in the Magic City. Is it not burning shame that a man for no other reason than being poor is forced to work side by side with negro with ball and chain? It is worse than a shame, 1t is sin crying to heaven for vengeance if all men who have no money are to be branded as criminals or pow erty is to be made a crime. Your com mittee would earnestly recommend that the fair grounds be rented and roofed for their accommodation.
 Respectfully submitted
 w. H. STANLEY.
 1se'it'Ml s. .sUMBENIIAUER.
 Relative to the check system the com mittee on investigation reported that 1t would not be advisable to take up the sys- tenn at present. 24 Fssft
 An open meeting of the council will be held Tuesday evening, Jan. g. and J. s. Acton and w. H. tSanley have been se- lected as orators for the occasion.
 Nominations of officers will take place at the next regular meeting and unions in arrears for dues will not be allowed to participate.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-29
- sfF7 777l7i77'77 -HI EDUCATIONAL. .as

This institution ,is the oldest. largest and best of it's lHqd In the state of Alabama. tons. Unexce1led systems of Shorthand and Bookkeeping ctical methods. Cata- logue and full fnformation free. Be sure to visit or address this College before going elsewhere. 6essions day and night.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-29
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Consider the Water Works and Electric Lights Account in Extra Ses-
 sion-Petitions Acted On.

A special meeting of the mayor and board of aldermen was held yesterday afternoon at o'clock. On the call of the roll ten aldermen answered to their names.
 Mayor Evans stated that the extra meeting was called at the instance of the finance committee to consider the payment of the amount due the Electric Light company and the Water Works company.
 Alderman Kerr on behalf of the finance committee, in the absence of Chairman Gray, stated that his committee had held a meeting to consider the payment of the accounts, and recommended that they be paid in full if the treasury was in condition to do so.
 After some discussion relative to the condition of the treasury, Alderman Williams moved that the matter be re- ferred back to the committee for further Investigation, and to report at the next meeting of the board
 Alderman McCartin, member of the finance committed. said he was not pres- ent at the meeting of his committee re- ferred to by Alderman Kerr, but was in favor of paying in full the accounts as stated.
 The mayor stated that he met with three members of the committee .Satur- day, and 1t was decided at that meeting that 1t would be best to make partial payments to these companies That both the Electric Light company and Water Works company have interest coupons that fall due on January 1, and ask that the city make them a payment.
 The city treasurer was present and in response to inquiry as to the condi- ton of the treasury. stated that he has now in the treasury $23,0O0, accounts payable December l, $16.0O0; bills paya- ble December 1, 1000; payroll, esti- mated, $7.000; water and electric lights December l, $500: interest due January 15. $15.000.
 The treasurer stated that the amount
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-29
Highest temperalure 5o; Iowest, 34; aVer- BEN M. JACOBS Local Observer.

Reports received at Birmingham, Ala. on Dec. 2S. 1893.
 Observations taken at all stations at a. meridian lime
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-29
THE EAGLE

Not only represents the liberty of the greatest nation on earth, but also the purest and best brand of
 WHITE LEAD Ever sold the Ameri- can people. It is made by the old fashioned Dutch Process" and excells any brand of Lead on the market to- day for whiteness, fine ness of grinding and du- rabiiity.
 It costs 25 cents per hundred more than oth- CT brands, but what's a quarter to a man who MY Nrr,cy nIIE DEcT,o
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-29
SUITS FILED.

In the city court clerks office yesterday suits were filed as follows:
 J. o. Diffey, administrator of Russell White, vs. Louisville and Nashville rail- road. s Birmingham Cotton Manufacturing com pany gk1 q
 Sidney Williams vs. Southern railway.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-29
THE WEATHER.

Washington Dec. 2S.-The following is the weather forecast for Alabama: Part ly cloudy and slightly warmer; southerly winds.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-29
DAILY BULLETIN.

U. 8. Department Of Agriculture.
 Weather Bureau.
 Office of Station Agent. Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 2s. 1s96. Local observation during twenty-tour hours ending at p. m.. central tune:
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12

or torpedo equipment except that they
are certainly stronger than people of
this country know anything Of or even
realize.
At the war department 1t was said
that whether there were any serious con-
sequences growing out of the Venezuelan
affair or not. the presidents message
and the spirit Of congress would unques-
tionably lead to larger appropriations in
future for coast defenses. Brigadier
General Craighill, chief of engineers,
said that he could not enter into details
as to our ability 10 defend the coast
cities, but that the war department had
not been idle in the last dozen years,
even with comparative small provisions
for this purpose. "You may be sure,
he said, that despite inadequate funds
from congress the authorities charged
with coast defenses construction have
done as we'll as could be expected. There
was not an officer. however, who was
not willing to admit that very small
fleet of vessels could do vast amount
of harm to coastwise cities, but they as
serted that no foreign troops could ever
land ON American soil.
Recently the war department has OBJ
tanned some information that it has been
seeking in vain for several years. All
efforts to secure the nature of the de-
fenses along the Canadian border have
been defeated by announcements that
army officers have been detailed for this
purpose, so that when it became known
that they were in Canada ON such work
1t was necessary to at once recall them
to prevent serious embarrassment. Three
officers last spring and summer were
separately sent ON this mission and
failed, but fourth has recently re-
turned here with complete maps, draw
ings and data of the actual fortifications
and strength of the British. This knowl-
edge has been stored away in the bureau
of military information.
1t is curious to observe the offers
which come to the war department when
there is slight difference between this
government and any other country.
Military organizations in number Of
large cities have telegraphed the secre-
tary, placing their services at the disposal
of the department and expressing de-
sire to take the field at once. One or two
naval reserve organizations have sent
similar proffers of service to the navy
department, but all are treated as jokes
and receive little notice. New York
Sun,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
AN INTERESTING CAVERN.

Immense Subterranean Cave Found Near
San Diego.
A big cave has been discovered on
the ocean side of Point Iona, near San
Diego, Cal So far as explored it does
not seem quite as large as the Mann
moth cave of Kentucky, but 1t is as in
teresting.
The discovery was made by Horace
Metcalf and Vernon g. Matthews, who
live ON Point Iona. They started out
ON sort of exploring expedition, and
at point about a mile and half north
Of the lighthouse saw big hole just
above the surface of low tide which
seemed to be the entrance to cave.
They tried to get down, but the cliffs at
that point were too steep, and they gave
1t up.
Going farther north, they found an
easier place of descent, where they let
themselves down with rope. Near the
place of descent they ran across small
er hole, which they entered, finding
that it connected with the larger and
led into the bowels of the earth.
Metcalf and Matthews made their
way in with some fear, finally reaching
a point $50 feet from the entrance,
where the passageway widened out in
to an immense chamber big enough to
hold the largest building in San Diego
They did not fully explore the cave, but
thought it ended at the big chamber.
They describe the interior as grand.
The entrance is only open at low tide,
but it is probable that other passages
will be found admitting explorers at
any time. The tide fills part of the pass
ageway to the grand chamber.
Richard Henry Dana, in "Two Years
Before the Mast, mentions a cave un-
der or near Point Iona, and it is be-
lieved that this is the one referred to-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
STRANGE NOISE.
Many Persons Terrified In Little Ken
tucky Village.

Many Persons Terrified In n Little Ken
tucky Village.
The little village of Stark, KY, and
all the people for miles around are dis
cussing one of the strangest occurrences
that ever agitated that community.
On Tuesday last, beautiful day with
not much wind, horrible noise, indie
scribably fierce, assaulted the air. 1t
was between scream and howl and
had in it such terror that people were
almost paralyzed with fear. Horses and
cattle shrank to the earth and uttered
the most pitiful cries. Pigs and sheep
were frantic to hide, and fowls acted as
if crazy.
The sound lasted fully minute, and
many women tainted. No one is sure
whether it came from the air or earth,
or what caused it, but The Carter County
Bugle says nothing like it was ever
heard of.
1t was confined to a space five miles
square. Beyond that no one heard it.
Scores of people yet feel the effects
New York Recorder.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
SHE LOVES POLITICS.
Mr.. Reeds Daughter Often Helps Her IL
lustriOus Father.


lustriOus Father.
Miss Kitty, the speakers 19year ar-old
daughter, is the best politician in the
Reed family. She abhors society, par
ticularly the hollow sham official So
ciety of the national capital, and loves
politics. She has made a study of poll
tics and most of the public men.
Her father has blind faith i'll her
Judgment and often consults her as to
what he shall do. Kitty writes many of
his letters for him and does not hesi-
tate to give her advice, because she
knows it is always welcome.
Mrs. Reed does not care for political
life and would be quite as we'll salts
fled to settle down in her beautiful home
OH the hills of Portland. Miss Kitty,
ON the other hand, is intensely ambi-
tious, and, as the speaker himself says,
1.-THE keenest and best politician in the
family. Walter Wellman in Chicago
Times Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
HOW TO SECURE PEACE.
An Unfinching Readiness For War Offers
Certain Guarantee of Peace.


Certain Guarantee of Peace.
No politician and no financier should
imagine that he can hoodwink any one
as to the character of the motives that
may impel him to try to trammel or
thwart the president when he gives ut
terance to the noblest traditions and the
highest obligations of a mighty COM
monwealth.
The advocates of peace at any price
might as we'll butt their heads against
q rock as seek to divorce the nation
from programme which vindicates its
majesty and honor and proclaims it's
duty and it's destiny. He who would
have us halt or swerve in the upward
path on which we have now entered is
guilty of egregious folly as we'll as of a
mean disloyalty.
In the worlds history there was never
conjuncture at which an unfiinching
readiness for war offered more certain
guarantee of peace. New York Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12

Five heirs Of Peter Cassidy at Prince
ton, Ills, have sued for the site of South
Omaha. The litigation involves nearly
100000. They base their claim on a
technicality in the original transfers of
the land years ago when it was of little
value.
The claim involves 23S acres. Part of
this belongs now, or formerly belonged,
to the South Omaha Land company and
is plated into blocks and lots.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
The Pope's Book Not In 1t.

Mgr. Merry del Val, the Pope's pri-
vate chamberlain, denies that n book
of Pope Leo's is in the Index Ex-
purgatorius. The author of the book
on the sanctification of the blood of
the Virgin was not Cardinal Pecci, but
n canon of the cathedral of Perugia
when the Pope was Archbishop, who
wrote the book while insane. 1t was
published without authority, and the
Archbishop did his best to suppress
It even before 1t was put in the Index.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12

law, and from the beginning achieved
success, the proceeds of his practice
affording him IA start In life. He is
splendid orator-a good voice, classic
features and splendid figure eontrlbut-
Ing to his success in this direction. He
first became II member of the govern
ment In 1892, when he was chosen by
the federal assembly to succeed Numa
retary of the department of the ex-
terror. He is radical in politics.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
Sensible Farmers.

The reports from the corn districts in
dicate that the farmers propose to hold
n large portion of the crop for higher
prices. 1t was expected that the market
would be flooded as soon as the fields
were gathered, but SO far the shipments
have been comparatively small, and the
product is being cribped in great quanti
ties by those who are not willing to let
1t go until they can realize fair profit
on it.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
The Use of Water in Forging.

The forging Of round steel bars under
the steam hammer has been perfected
to such a degree that even thin bars of
tool steel may be forged without trou-
BILE. To give a polished surface to the
steel a new procedure Is being applied
In some German foundries. By direct
ing a thin stream of water upon the
surface of the steel Immediately ex-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12

William Edwards, an attorney of AL
exandria, Ind, has gone to New York
to lay claim to an estate that is valued
at $50, 600, 900. 1t lies in the central
part of the city and is covered by 80
year lease, in many respects like that of
the famous Harlem estate claim. He
says it is by no means myth and that
he has it already worked out and ready
to present John r. Houdst of Muncie.
he says, is one of the heirs.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
TO PREVENT EXPLOSIONS.
methinn New for Effective Use In
Blast Furnaces.

To prevent damage to blast furnaces
by the explosions that frequently occur
In the top of the stack, from the ignition
Of accumulated gases, the improved bell
represented In the accompanying Illus
tratlon has been devised and patented.
The bell, seated in the hopper, has a
perpendicular cylindrical extension at
the top of which Is an outwardly open
Ing pivoted door valve, which is adapt
ed to be opened automatically by the
force of accumulated gases or explo-
sions.
The bell extends approximately half
Its length above the top of the hopper
when the bell is In closed position, and
when the bell is In the lowermost posi-
tion its upper cylindrical portion pro
jects above the upper surface Of the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12

First Tramp-It makes me nervous to
sleep in one of deze lodgin' houses. Sup
posin' fire wuz to break out in de
night? Second Tramp-Dat's so. Dem
firemen would turn hose on you in II
minute!-San Francisco Hotel Gazette.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
M. ADRIAN lACHENAL.
The Newly Elected President of the
Swiss Republic.

NJ Adrian Laehenal, the new presl-
dent of the Swiss republic, was born in
Geneva, In 1S41. He was educated In
the gymnasium, and afterward gradu-
ated from the university with high
honors. He entered the profession Of
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
Perfume Manufacture.

England manufactures perfumes on
q very large scale, importing many Of
the materials from other countries, but
also making large use of homegrown
herbs and flowers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12
Profit in the sucz Canal.

The Suez Canal represents at present
a clear profit income of over Fl, 600, 900
a year, and this, too means saving to
the commerce between east and west
of over 100000 year. Its political
and military value is somewhat prob
lematical, since the sinking of single
ship or dredger would render 1t i'm
passa hlp
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12

hopper, and all danger of the valves
being clogged or affected by the con-
tents of the hopper is avoided, the valve
being thus free to operate at all times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-02-12

posed to the blow
oxide forming on
the action of the -.seo4 on,
and the burning in of the oxide is there
by prevented. The surface Of steel thus
forged presents the appearance of finely
polished tool steel
The Press., 1896-11-12
COouuresusd A,r Transmissioua.

It remains to be ascertained whether or not the pressures of from several hundreds to several thousands, all things considered in compressing and in us- ing, are possible and practicable in the face of heat and refrigeration, with the assistance of compromising, tripling, quadrupling and what not-that is, whether it will pay to employ this ve- hiole for transporting power developed at a convenient. and economical point and distribute the accumulated energy for use through 8 system of street cars.
 Capitalists who invest money for 8 return upon the outlay are very careful in considering the enthusiastic although sincere views of inventors; and even if 1t is reasonable to believe that compress ed air will eventually take important place in the worlds work the invest Ors who take the responsibility are very much in the position of the man who wanted to know how to tell toadstoOls from mushrooms and was advised to eat them and if he did not die they were mushrooms. Obtaining, say, 10 per cent or less of the heat value of coal in the form of power for available use is sure thing, we'll known, and, from the standpoint of facts, cheap. But put ting Professor Tyndall's "mode of mo- tion" into some other medium of trans- portation and paying toll at both ends of the line appeals to the man who pays the bills with force not easily appre- oiated by the scientists. The losses met with in transforming mechanical energy into electrical energy and sending it in this form over the trolley wire and into the car motor, or in investing the me- chanical energy in the pull of a cable. are more than counterbalaneedb by many cOnveniences and economies, and now the hope that some incidental advan- tages in sight may be realized, and still 8 litGle better economy be obtained, is attracting attention toward compressed air.-Charles A. Hague in Cassier's MaQaZine
The Press., 1896-11-12
RkrnGk Tn1a EnncH.

The golf stocking has met with aston ishing success in this country, and the gentleman who introduced it is regarded as public benefactor by those young men who cannot boast of much develop ment of the calf. But the rage for golf stockings in civilized communities is not circumstance to what occurred in Chicago the other day among party of 20 full blooded Sioux who stopped off in that city for few hours. All of Ohi- cago's most boasted sights were regarded by them with phlegmatio indifference,
 but when these untutored children of the forest and prairie beheld job lot of golf stockings they indulged in war dance and exhibited their joy in various other waya-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Press., 1896-11-12
CarlHle's Doggednesa.

Carlyle's dogged Scotch unsympa- thetio persistency in measuring every thing by his own ideas was sensibly deepened by a story which Huxley told me of their mutual relations. Carlyle and he were for long good friends, but had a serious difference on the evolution question in the early stages of the con- troversy. Their personal intercourse ceased in consequence. After an inter- val of many years Huxley happened to see the Scotchman crossing the street in London, and, thinking that bygones might be bygones, went up to him and spoke to him.
 Carlyle did not at first recognize him, but when he had made out who it was he at once said with his Scotch twang as though he were continuing the last conversation of years ago: You're Hux- ley, are you2 You're the man that's trying to persuade us all that we're the children of apes, while am saying that the great thing we've really got to do is to make ourselves as much unlike apes as possible. Huxley, who had hop ed that the weather or politics might have been admitted for the sake of peace, soon found that the best thing he could do was to retreat and return to their tacit agreement to differ. "-Nine- teenth Century,
The Press., 1896-11-12
AYERS LEADS ALL OTHER SARSAPARILLAS.
Petroleum for tbe Cutt0$.

Germs cause lung and throat diseases. Some germs are vegetable fungi"
 Some are animal -" bacilli."
 Neither kind can flourish if the syste m is in perfect health.
 Healthy tissues resist disease germs.
 Unfortunately few people are perfectly healthy all the time. The days that find us a little out of health are the days that disease germs obtain lodgment,
 Nature kAen needs HeLb.
 Anglers Petroleum Emulsion is that help. It is an antiseptic-a purifier of dis eased parts, an expeller of disease germs. It makes the tissues inhospitable and uninhabitable; the germs abandon their feeding ground, die, pass out of the system. That is one thing that Anglers Petro- leum Emulsion does.
 The other thing is that it re6~ilds Hose injected and diseased tiSS~eS.
 It soothes and heals the inhamed mucous membranes. It clcanses the congested parts of poisonous matter.
 It is unequal cd in the treatment of chronic coughs, consumption, bronchitis, and all weaknesses of the lungs.
 It aids the enfeebled digestion. Itcorrects the perverted bowel action. It feeds the exhausted nerves. It makes new, sound flesh, revitalized and nourishing blood.s It fattens.
 N does aU EAese khim9H.
 Thousands of physicians prescribe it as a welcome substitute for Cod-Liver Oil. Nts Perfectly agreeable 10 take.
 It disturbs no function; A is as well adapted for the feeble invalid or delicate child as for the more robust.
 It is wonderful remedy.
 It is medicine it is food.
 Druggists soc. and LOO. Pamphlet free. Angler Chemical Com 2any, Boston.