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Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
Regents of the White Shield.

Washington Conclave No. held very interesting meeting in their rendezvous last night One volunteer was mustered in, three persons elected members and typ applications for membership re- ce1ved.
 MT. l.. K. McMiller. an enthusiastic member of Washington Conclave, was appointed to fill the vacancy in the of flee of second vidette of the spear.
 The Conclave, as soon as cool weather sets in, will hold open meetings at regular intervals for the entertainment of their friends
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
Fire in Bessemer.

News reached the city last night of fire in Bessemer. which resulted in store and dwelling house being burned to the ground. and the residence of Mir. Joe Burgin scorched. The houses were 1oca- ted on Ninth avenue and Nineteenth street. The houses belonged to a widow, and the insurance on them expired on the previous day and had not been renewed.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
ANEW LINE OF PULLMAN SLIPPERS, Via Southern Railway, Through from Birming-
 ham to New York, Without Change.

Beginning October 1, 1896, the greatest Southern Railway will improve their al- ready excellent service to New York and the east by operating new line of ele- gant Pullman Drawing sleepers through without change on their trains, Nos. 35 and S6 leaving Birmingham at APO p. m. and arriving from the east at 1920 noon.
 This improved service now affords two daily trains carrying superb Pullman sleeping cars from Birmingham to New York without change.
 J. P. BILLUPS, Tray. Pass. Agent.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
PULLMAN SAYS IT'S SETTLED. The Tom Watson Problem Has Worked It:
 Own Solution,

Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 9.-Senator Ben Till- man of South Carolina was here today on his way to Chicago to confer with Senator Jones. When asked to suggest a solution of the Watson-Sewall problem he said "I believe the problem has been already solved. In those states where the question was the most troublesome the problem was settled by fusion. In the other states I anticipate no trouble. It would be happy ending of the whole matter, however, if Mir. Watson would retire."
 Senator Tillman expressed confidence in Bryan's election.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
Headouarters for California Wine.

$3 per dozen quarts, a pure and whole some claret; $2 per dozen pints, a pure and wholesome claret.
 Southern wines. s4 per dozen quarts, S2.50 per dozen pints.
 We also keep full line of ports, sher- ries and best grades of California's growth, equal to imported wines, at req sonable prices. M. & A. WISE,
 No. 8, corner Morris ave. and 20th St.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
TUSCALOOSA.
Little Boy Smothered to Death in Cotton
 Roster of the Fire Company.


 Roster of the Fire Company.
 Tuskaloosa. Oct. 9.-(Special Core spondence.)-A few days ago the 7-year- old son of MT. H. l.. Norwood, while play ing in pile of cotton at Brookwood, was smothered to death At a late hour in the evening the little fellow was missed from home, and his father, remembering that he had seen him in the morning playing in the cotton not far distant from his home, repaired to the place and found the child cold and stark in death, stand ing on his head buried in the cotton to his arm pits. The supposition is that the lit tie fellow was playing in the cotton, and while standing on his head became unable to extricate himself, and in the absence of help the vital spark was eXtinguished. Following is list of those who consti- tute Tuslkaloosa Fire Company No. 1. More names will be added, but as the committee of membership has not yet completed it's labors, 1t cannot now be stated who the other members will be: J. F. Ryan, A. McGlll, H. c. Donoho, James Green, J. T. Searcy, w. D. Seed, R. P. Prowell, R. c. Rabitte, A. D. Med lin, J. Murphy, L. N. Ball, Alex Simpson, John Battle Jim Weatherford, w. A. Col Her. There will also be honorary and as- sociate members. In addition to fighting the flames the association will embrace benevolent and sick benefit features, which we believe will make it very popu- lar. The cost will be nominal. President Ryan and the other gentlemen co-operat- ing with him are giving much time to the work of organization, and will soon have all the details we'll in hand and every thing working smoothly.
 At the opening of the University of Ala bama about 150 students matriculated, which Is but little short of the number enrolled the first day last year. The law class will be unusually large, there being already twenty-seven students enrolled and more to come. The attendance will be largely augmented within the next few days, and 1t is thought the number will equal that of last year.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
TalIaho and Dance Party.

A party went out to East Lake in the Tallaho. last night and enjoyed a dance in the pavilion. In the party were Misses Nabb, Muslin, Moore, Sowall and Norris, and Messrs. Hughes, Shields, Sowall and Muslin. MT. and Mrs. Nabb acted as chaDeroneS,
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Birmingham is looking up. The whole of the upper part of the building, 200S and 2O10 Third avenue, occupied by the Bir- mingham Water Works company, has been leased to one party. It is being nicely fitted up. It contains thirty-two rooms, and will be let singly or in suits, furnished or unfurnished, to respecta- ble people of either sex. Mrs. M. D. Ryan, who is so well known to the people of Birmingham, is in full charge. 7-8-tf
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

As an indication of how deeply inter ested the people are in tfN approaching national election, attention is called to the action of the voters in St. Louis. The highest total registration ever reached in that city was S40o0. Only three days are allowed in which the voters may register.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and oregon have all gone democratic by larger majorities since the adoption of the Chicago platform and Maine and Vermont have gone republi- can by larger majorities. The gold bug papers say that the result in the six states that have gone democratic amounts to. nothing but that the result in Maine and Vermont indicate repub- lican landslide.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
"RUFUS SANDERS" WAS IN TOWN.

The Sage of Rocky Creek Says Old Butler Is
 All Right.
 Mir. Lloyd ("Rufus Sanders" the saga of Rocky Creek') was in the city yester- day, and paid the State Herald pleasant call. { MT. Lloyd Is a member of the legislatura from Butler county having defeated his
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

It is to be hoped that the report that Palmer and Buckner are to be withdrawn just before election day is not true. By all means let hem remain in the race. Here in Alabama it will be impossible to ever convince the bolters just how weak they are if those two old decoy duoks are withdrawn
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Instead of pushing the tariff issue to the front as Hanna promised to do he has pushed to the front the question shall the people or the money power name the nresident of the United States.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
ANNOUNCE ENT.

The State Herald Is authorized to an- nounce A. c. Lowrey as a candidate for the office of Mayor of the city of Birmingham, subject to the will of the people at the gen> eral election first Tuesday in December.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
NATIONAL TICKET.
 FOR PRESIDENT. William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. Arthur NJ. Sewall of Maine.

FOR STATE ELECTORS: At-LarSe-S. ". John and J. w. A. San ford.
 First Distrlct-E. l.. Russell of Mobile. Second District-John D. Burnett or Conecuh.
 Third District-T. M. Epsy of Henry. Fourth District--W. B. Browne of Shelby. Fifth District-T. l.. Bulger of Tallapoosa. Sixth District-J. M. Maylleld of Tuska- loosa
 Seventh District-M. D. Slbert of Etowah. Eighth District-E. B. Almon of Colbert. Ninth District-C. B. Powell of Jefferson.
 FOR CONGRESS. Hon. Oscar w. Underwood.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Having defeated the bolters. the popu- lites, the prohibitionists and the repubil- cans combined by S9,000, the Georgia de- moracy is now ready for the national contest.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

On last Wednesday the registration books were opened and S0,0OO voters reg istered on that day. It is thought the registration will reach 100000. Sixteen thousand more than the heaviest regis tration of the past.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

It will be remembered that vice roy Marcus Aurelius Hanna said in New York recently that those who wanted to see the fur fly should be in Illinois during the last ten days of the campaign. Lat est reports indicate that in this Hanna was eminently correct. Mir. Bryan has announced his determination to spend the last seven days of the contest on the stump in that state and wherever he goes republican flIr flies
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Every voter in Alabama should bear in mind that a vote for the Bryan and Watson electors is a half vote against Bryan.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

The several ecclesiastical mountebanks
 and clerical charlatans of New York who,
 each Sunday for the last few weeks, have
 disgraced themselves, defiled their pull
 pits, insulted their congregations and
 desecrated their sacred calling. by spew-
 ing out from their polluted lips streams
 of misrepresentation abuse, vituperation
 and billlngsgate at the democratic plat
 form and candidates, have played their
 game a trifie too far so far, indeed, that
 they have aroused the indignation and
 condemnation of the more decent and in-
 telligent element Of their audiences. This
 was notably the case last Sunday, when
 one, Dixon, characterized MT Bryan as an anarchist and denounced the Chicago platform as the essence of anarchism, so- cialism and repudiatlon. This Illumination of a Pharisaical hypocrit was greeted with hisses repeated again and again, and were queted only by the presence and activity of policemen on duty in the church. If the moral teachings of these clergymen lead no nearer to the light and
 truths of Christianity than do their finan- cial explorations to honesty and integri- ty in material matters, those who follow
 their lead are likely to land in perdition.
 Speaking of repudiation and repudia-
 tionsts, William Mckinley, Jr.. is clearly
 entitled to the championship belt as the
 greatest of them all. Six years ago he
 was an openly avowed advocate and ac- tive supporter of the free coinage of gold and silver, and up to the hour of his nom- ination he was believed to favor the same principles and doctrine that he had con- oA For ha xUhn nf Id In life. up to that date. So strong was the
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

The great crowds that are greeting Mir. Bryan in the middle western states in dicate that there is plenty of idle chriosi- ty in that section of the country. too.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

The American people are not going to await the pleasure of foreign powers be- fore proceeding to adopt a financial sys- tenn
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Bryan is just as certain to be elected president as Palmer and Buckner are not to carry a single county in the union
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

The official count of the election returns in Georgia give the democrats about &, GOO majority.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10
BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD
Entered at the postofice at Birmingham.

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 The State Herald will appreciate news from any community. If at a small piaee where 1t has regular correspondent news reports of neighborhood happenings from any friend will be gratefully recelVea' All communications. of whatever charac- ter or length, should be written on only one side of the sheet.
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Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Bryan will be the next president of the United States.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Ohio is lost to Mckinley.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Bryan grows stronger every day.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Mark Hanna Is on the run.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

Bynum Is talking too much to suit Hanna
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

The tide has set in. and it is flowing BrYanMard.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-10

The campaign of education goes on.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-13

tits said that these hardy pooge
sleep out Of doors ~ readily az uudor
cover Daughts have no terrors for
them. Their occupation consist
chiefly ia catching fish, aud they are
therefore obliged 20 spend much Of
their time on tho coast. where tho
weather is much more severe than in
the interior But even ON the coast
they have been known to lie down
absolutely without covering Of any
sort, aud sleep soundly through snow
and tempest, waking thoroughly re-
freahed in the morning
Such diseases as consumption, pleu-
risy, pneumonia, rheumatism, cold
in the head and bronchitis are un-
known. This would seem to prove
that the best way TO protect ones s2lf
from the rigors Of bad climate is 80
accustom the body 10 exposure.
The tribal organization is unknown
among the Yaghans, this being a step
beyond their condition in the scale Of
civilization. Each family circle lives
apart aud combines only in small
groups against some common enemy
They recognize no hereditary chiei, 81
even any temporary leader A few
daring missionaries who have braved
the unhospitable climate and the more
unacceptable people say that the Yag-
hans vocabulary, which they have
collected after prodigious labors, con
sists Of 10000 words. Yet in sonS
respects, it is rather limited. For
example, the same word is employed
for hand and finger, and their nu-
merals do not 60 any further than
five. New York World.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-13
A Chinese PrOYerh.

Arthur Fl. Smith, in his wonderful
ly bright, accurate, and yet somewhat
misleading book called "Chinese
characteristics, quotes the Chinese
proverb that lone man should not en-
ter temple, and two mer. should not
look together into a WE'LL" adding,
''And why, we inquire in surprise,
should not one man enter temple
alone? Because the priest may take
advantage OF the opportunity to make
away with himl Two men should not
gaze into a well, for if one of them is
in debt to the other, or has in his
possession something which the other
wants, that other may seize the occa-
sion to push his companion into the
well. Century.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-13
Locked In b. Love.

isthe Night o0ld2
Blows the northeast acrons tho naked moor9
have warm, warm room Como in
Come hal and Love shall look tho door.
Il tho night dark2
Dflit the dull clouds down dropping winter
damp
! have secret room Come In
Come Ia and Love shall light the lamp
Il the night dumb7
Save for the hoar.o winds cry Of death and
wrong2
have music room Come In
Come IN and Love shall make you song.
Give me your hands,
All now hold you, sweet, you shall not
Quick, love, and lock us Inland then
Swear that you've lost the useless key.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-13
A sllent Zone Around Doc ROrns.

Acoustic signals are excellent in the
open sea, and for indicating the APP
proach of vessels to the coastin fog,
but unfortunately they do not always
fulfil their duty; following some cele-
brated accidents, it has been proved
that there are around them zones
which the sound is not perceived at
the sea level. Ship-wrecked captains !
have affirmed that the sirens that
we're sounding on the coast have at
times ceased to blow, and they have
accused the keepers Of negligence; on
the other hand, after sufficient proof
that the siren was working properly,
the captains have been suspected of
trumping up an excuse to hide their
own shortcomings. The explanation
is that both sides we're quite right
In a communication to the Academy
of Sciences the phenomenon that
has so long deceived everybody is
duly set forth. 1t has been found that
sirens are surrounded by a neutral
zone in which the sound is not
heard at the seq level This zone is
more or less distant according to the
height of the siren on the coastl, and
il has a mean width of about $500
metres Is, 400 feet. On the nearer
side of the zone the sound is of course
heard perfectly, but when it is tray
ersed the sound weakens gradually till
it becomes scarcely perceptble; them
it increases again, and when the zone
is left behind the sound resumes Its
full intensity. Experiments have been
made on this subject with steam
vessel, by causing it to approach or
recede from light ship in different
directions and in a straight line. In
each course the sound was deadened
almost completely in zone whose
central line was about 5000 metres
| rs, 900 feet from the siren. It is
urgent that the phenomenon, so in
teresting to navigators, should be
studied with the greatest care. Cos
mos.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-13
A Veteran Farm Lnborer.

A farm laborer died recently at
Lyminister, near Arundel, England,
whose wages while he could work
were three dollars and sixty cents a
week, as he never rose above a work
ing bailiff and cowman. He was able
to work till he was seyenty-three, when
he had saved no less than one thou
sand dollars. On this he managed to
live for twelve years longer with a
little help from his former employer ;
then, as he outlived his savings, he had
to be relieved by the Poor Law Off
cials, dying a pauper at eigbty-seven.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-13
How a Pin Did It.

at Exmouth, in the middle of the
day, a hypnotized youth was brought
out of the public hall with bonnet
pin stuck through his cheek, and
placed in an open vehicle, in which he
was driven round the town to the edi-
fication of the populace, in company
with an individual smoking cigar.
According to the Devon Evening Ex-
press, the youth subsequently admit
ted that he was paid half sovereign
to go through this part of the per-
Torrance, and that the bonnet pin
hurt him so badly that he was unable
to appear as intended, at the evening
entertainment When exhibitions of
this sort have to be resorted to in
order to keep alive public interest in
this impudent form of imposture, il
really seems time for the police to in,
terfere. London Truth.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-03-13

II was a stormy night, mid-January,
with the snow-hakos whirling wildly
through the darkness, and q tumul-
tuous wind bowling in the treo-topa
He had been writing long aud stead
ily, and had leaned back in his chair
for moments rest Of hand aud brain,
when Harry came in, attirod in black
velvet dress which no had given her,
and wearing at her round white throat
a little cross Of diamonds
The husbands serious face bright
ened at the fair vision.
"Why,my potl" he exclaimed, capt
uriug the hand which was laid lightly
on his shoulder, "what is the meaning
Of this extraordinary brillianeo Of cos
tuner Is there to be a party or a cer-
emonious dinuer2"
Neither" Harry answered "But
it is my fete day. Do you remember
what anniversary this is Julian2 Ten
years ago today you we're married to
Evangeline Sedley."
II remember it, Harry" he said
sadly.
"Comel"
She took his hand with imperious
tenderness and led him to the little
drawing-room, where dollhouse flow
ers were arranged in all the vases,
and wax candles burned.
Above the mantle hung a orayon
picture of his dead wife, smiling at
him like a living face.
"Evangelinel" he cried. "Her
very facet Oh, Harry, where did
you get it?"
at Is my anniversary gift to You,
Julian" she said. al had taken it
from your little photograph. Is it
not sweet? Is it not holy in its ex-
preston ?"
"How can thank you for it ?" he
said, in broken accents.
"But you must let me keep the
photograph" pleaded Harry with
tears in her eyes. 81 have learned to
love it. 1t is my guardian angel-my
sweet companion and counselor. Oh,
I cannot part with it now"
Aud drawing it from her bosom, she
kissed it reverently.
Harry my Harry /" said the hus-
band. "What has brought thir
change in your hearth"
"Evangeline's face, she answered
IN a whisper.
He drew her very tenderly to hi
heart
Sweetheart" he said, ''this was al
that was lacking to complete my per
feet happiness.
"And do you love me now as dearl,
as you did her?" she asked.
With his arm still about her waist
he looked up at Evangeline's picture
II love you. both with the sam
love-" he answered, very impress
} sively.
And Harry was content. -Saturda,
Nioht.