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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-17
In Wall Street.

%ew York Nov. 16.-The Wall street mar
kets today were dominated by the continued
circulation of rumors in regard to prospec-
tive differences with Spain over the Cupan
question. The street was Hooded with
5o5e nut souree to bear them
Nevertheless they had the effect OF de-
pressing the share list and on all the rallies
,ong stock was pressed for sale and there
was also more or less selling for snort &C,
COURT The fact that the foreigners sold
st raul, Louisville and Nashville and otner
;nts national stocks also exerted an unfa-
vorlble Influence. The future reaction IN
wi at tended in the same direction ion ana as ~
the case of st. Paul the decline was accei-
ere ei' ted by the belief that the report Of the
orlnpany for the second week of the current
month will show material falling on as as
ii9h rl'd movement e Of wheat. The volume of
business was much smaller than OF late am
this Is regarded as an no @ op snat
on the bear side of the account. me oS de-
cline in the general list was equal to 1sm,2iS
Ps er ee sod T GoRn fTom & @
and the preferred ran off from lus 70 ioi.
Sugar yielded rs and brokers ddentined Wild IN
principal sellers. The Changers, Louisville
and Nashville Western Union, Reading and
advanced s iced from from 2s to 2s4 on the talk about
a declaration of a dividend of per cent on
"wednesday next; Manhattan after G rtsing
Cordage guaranteed broke from 27N to 25zs
and Bay State Gas from 14A to 1873. Min
nesOta Iron fell "a TO 3D. "A nuIiper " StoonS
which forged ahead to the front in the boom
following the election were, practically ne
elected Speculation closed barely STEADY
lowest. Net changes show losses Of any,
where from u TO 1s per cent, ROCK Island i,S1
heading Pacific Mail was an exception ana
rIosed e-noint higher than on Saturday.
Bonds were quiet and weak today. The
sales footed up ST. 29, 900.
loan at 4 and closing offered at 4; prime
mercantile paper soc per cent.
Bar silver, CAS-.
Mexican dollars Soc. 49,,
Sterling exchange weak With act g! a., nusi-
ness in bankers bills at S:sl3Em s,.M ior
sixty DAYS and $4.S4a4M4S5 Tor demand.
Posted rates $4S215d4. S6.
commercial bills, $4.s0@4.Sl.
Goyernment bonds steady.
,1e eli |
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-17
PRIcEs-sl.oo, 75c, soc, Csc

Sale of Seats $500 Wednesday A. M.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-17

SPECULATIVE Matinee Thursday will
be Bargain Matinee, at IS and
so cents. Bring the children.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-17
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-One room cottage, with hail.
convenient to dummy, on 18th avenue, near
stairs, on Avenue A, very cheap. Jonas
Schwab & Co. 9-2O-tf
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-17

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$50 000-Foreign money. to lend three TO
five years. at per cent interest, in sums
of So 900 or more, on first-class central
real estate. A. r. Dearborn &c Co.. 1921
1st avenue. novlo-tI
MONEY TO LOAN-On furniture, without
removal from $40 UP. s.. r. Searle, 18th
street, between LIST and I'd avenues.
my 2-tf
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
Cardinal Nrsuuofanti.s nrsmnru.

Cardinal Mezzofanti had a memory
little short Of miraculous. Dr. Russell,
his biographer, says that the cardinal
spoke with the greatest ease 80 Ian
guages; that he spoke fairly we'll 8;
that he used occasionally, but not with
any fuency, l 1 more; that he spoke i'm.
perfectly 8, and that he could read
/ 1 more. Taking in addition the num-
Der Of dialects he used, some so diverse
from the mother tongue as to constitute
a different language, DR.. Russell says
that the cardinal was master of no less
than III different languages and dia-
lects.
His German was SO excellent that he
was taken for a native Of Germany,
while his French and English were
equally pure. DR.. Tholuck heard him
converse in German, Arabic, Spanish,
Flemish, English, Latin, Greek, Swe-
dish and Portuguese, at one of the
pOpe's receptions, and afterward Mezzo-
fanti gave him a poem in Persian and
left him TO take a lesson in Cornish. He
knew several of the American Indian
languages and nearly all the dialects
of India.
In spite of all these attainmehts, how
ever, he was very dull man, and him.
self said that he had 20 words for one
idea. He was remarkable only for the
number of languages he knew, but was
not distinguished as a grammarian, a
photographer, philosopher, a philolo.
gist or ethnologist, and added nothing tc
any department Of the study of language.
st. Louis be-Democrat.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
A SUNBEAM BROKE A BANK.
The Faro Dealer ThOughGIts End Was a
White Che3lx.

The Faro Dealer ThOughGIt End Was
White CheSk.
'That piece in your paper bout the
guy that cleaned up the faro banks out
in Seattle" unused Bettam High, the
Chicago gambler, as ha told the waiter
to "bring on three fer half, " "ain't
in it with my personal experience. This
was out in Cripple Creek when the
boom was way up an a good play
agin right bank, see, was wuth more
to the banker than split i'll the best
claim you could git if they broke even
Do you know Eaten Up Jake? That
wasn't his naRne of course, but the gang
give him the handle cause he could
chew so fast, see? Well, Eaten Up got
hold of piece of money in Chicago
he win out a roll off n short money, see,
an he goes off to Cripple Greek an starts
to dealin. De lay out was in q little
frame, pine board joint bouts big's a
dry goods box. Jake gets a good play,
you know-took a minute to settle after
every turn, see? But didn't tell you
bout the knothole. You see, there's a
nothole in a board right back of the
dealer. Jake, he's in the lookout chair,
see? Jake don't have no clock there,
see, so nobody minds the daylight, only
it makes the dealer little sleepy, an
Jake, he's kinda dopy.
"Well, there's a tin horn from over
II another 5oint-a plugger i'll the stud
game, see? He blows in an buys two
red checks, waits fer cases, fergits the
TN1a 70 NH
see-loses both bets. Then he buys half
a stack of whites an keeps the seat,
playing mostly cases. He keeps his
checks in his hal-ds, an Jake don't keep
cases on him. Well, he goes broke, but
Jake doesn't know it,
''The jacks a case, see. an the sun
lights coming through the knothole
over the dealers shoulder, hits the jack
right in the center, an it looks like a
white check. The jack wins. Dealer
pays a white check Oh the jack. Tin
horn pushes the sleeper over between
the queen an the king. an it wins
again, see? An, on the level the guy
win and win, an nOthin can stop him.
Five deals afterward he has the check
rack out, an Jack says:
" 1 can't deal fer you no more. Me
roll is gone
Next day l stake Jake in the poker
game an tell him how it happened, an
he says:
Well, watyetink of that? Wouldn't
that skin you? I've heerd of guys Win
ming out de bank roll off n eat money,
but never heard of winning out on a
shadder. '"--Elmira Telegram.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
He Wanted q Plumber,

"Man you sent to fix that range Of
our'n a poet?" asked a rural looking
customer of the proprietor Of a down
town plumbing establishment.
"I-I-really, 1 don't know" re-
sponded the startled proprietor, with a
look of sober inquiry.
Tain t as got anything particular
agin poets,' explained the customer
suavely as be took chair and cleared
his throat, "but I've hearn tell Of folks
missin their vocations-them as ought
to be hOein petaters and huskin corn
gittin into pulpits and lawyers offices,
for instance. Course I amt sayin as 1
reelly seen any of your young mans
poetry. jest sort of s'picioned leetle
that he mought be one of them kind,
cause that there range won't draw or
bake since he tinkered with 1t. Poets
may be all right enough in their place,
and reckon there's hicks in the world
for every sort. but when a cookin range
Is out of gear one wants a plumber. -
New York Sun.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
PERCENTAGE OF POOR EYES.
Only One Person In Fifteen Has Bot
Eyes In Good Condition.

Only One Person In Fifteen Has Both
Eyes In Good Condition.
Only one person in 10 has both eyes
in good condition, and in 2 cases out of
10 one eye, generally the right, is
stronger than the other. 1t is found
that just as people are right or left
handed so they are right or left sight
ed, and while apparently looking with
both eyes they often really use only one.
Out Of 20 persons whose eyes were test
ed by German doctor two only were
found to be left sighted.
The reason of the greater strength
generally possessed by the right eye is
not altogether understood, hut probably
the natural tendency to the greater ust
of the right side Of the body has some
thing to do with it. In using weapons,
for instance, mankind has been taught
to assume for ages attitudes in which
the right hand and side have most exer-
else, and this discipline has undoubted
ly had its effect on the eye.
Old sea captains after long use of the
telescope find their right eyes much
stronger than the left-the direct effect
of exercise. This law is confirmed by
the experience of aurists. If person
who has ears Of equal hearing power
has cause to use one ear more than the
other for long period, the ear brought
into requisition is found to be strength.
eqed and the ear not used loses its hear.
ing III a corresponding degree. Pitts.
burg Dispatch.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
FRANKS OF SCOTTISH FAIRIES.
A Firm Belief In the "Fair Folls' Still
TfnUars

Firm Belief In the "Fair Folls' Still
LingeTs,
There still Fingers a widespread belief
in the north Of Scotland that the ''fair
folk, or "gweed neebors, &" as the fairies
are called, still live in the hills, and
during the first days of conyalescence a
mother must be zealously guarded lest
one OF the "wee people" come and rob
the child of its nourishment. Some
times they succeed in carrying Off the
mother. Here is one of the superstitious
legends:
A north country fisher had a fine
child One evening beggar woman
entered the hut and went mn TO the
cradle to gaze into tho eyes of the babe
From that time good health left it. and
a strange look came into its face. and
the mother was troubled. An old man
begging fpr food passed that way. When
he caught sight Of the child. he cried:
That's nae BARN. It's an image.
and the gweed folk has stoun his
speerit.
Thereupon he set to work to recall
the fishers BARN. A peat fire was heaped
high ON the hearth and black hen held
oTes it at such distance that it was
singed and not killed. After some strug-
Cling the hen escaped up the lum, A
few moments elapsed, and then the par.
ents were gladdened by the sight Of a
happy expression once more ON the
child's face. 1t throve from that day
forward. --Scottisb Review.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
SWEET JASMINE.
How This Fragrant Flower Became the
Symbol of Marriage.

How This Fragrant Flower Became the
Symbol of Marriage.
Long before orange blossoms became
associated with weddings the fragrant
jasmine was commonly used for the
decoration of ii bride. A very pretty leg
end of ancient Tuscany tells how this
little blossom became the symbol of
love. a traveller, returning from the
warm countries of Asia, brought home
with him rare tropical plant-the jas
mine-which was unknown in Tuscany.
He gave a small slip to a certain duke,
who set it among his most treasured
plants, where it rooted and thrived un-
der the care Of the gardener and soon
grew to be good sized plant. The
duke was so proud Of his rare possession
that he gave strict orders to his garden
er to guard the plant carefully and ON
no account to give even a sljp-not a
fower-to any person
The gardener was good young man,
and he would have been faithful to his
charge had he nos happened to fall in
love with the sweetest peasant maid in
all Tuscany. The maid was poor and
her lover was not much licher, so they
were unable to marry. On the birthday
Of the peasant the gardener, having
nothing else 10 give the maid of his
choice, presented her with a bouquet Of
flowers, and among the other clippings
in the bunch there was one from the
duke S cherished jasmine bush, Nothing
could be too good for tho gardeners s
maiden, SO in this one instance he re-
laxed his care Of the shIub. The girl,
admiring the fresh buds of the sprig,
wished to preserve it, and so placed il
in the ground, where it rooted and re-
mained fresh and green ali winter, thus
symbolizing her love for the gardener,
and in the following spring it grew and
was covered with blossoms. The little
bush f1Ourished and the flowers multi
piled so under the maiden's care that
she was able to sell many Of the sprigs
for a considerable sum, thus spreading
the unknown flower abroad; and in a
short time, with spray of the precious
love token ON her breast she was we'd
ded TO the happy gardener.
To this day the Tuscan girls preserve
the remembrance of the gardener s gift
to his sweetheart by wearing a nosegay
Of sweet jasmine ON their wedding day,
and they have a proverb which says a
young girl wearing such a sprig is rich
enough to make the fortune of a poor
husband. d.-Philadelphia Press.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
The SMYRNA TIMES.
SmVrn0, DeI.,
AFTERNOON. FEB. 18th, 1896
CHURCH SERVICES,

AsPUR METHODS T EPIsCoPAL.-Sunday-P
ing at 1018 A. NJ and $50 P. NJ Sunday School
ppm Prayer Meeting-ThuTsdaysa ~ p N.
Rev. Adam Stengle, Pastor.
ST, PETERS PROTESTANT PIsCOPAL.-Sunday-
Preaching at 101& A. NJ. and IA P. NJ. Holy Day,
81 A. NJ. Sunday SchOOl-2 P. Prayer
Meeting at IA P. Rev. G. w.
Dame, Rector.
PRESBYTERIAN .-Sunday-Preaching at 10l& A. NJ.
and ~ P. NJ. Sunday SchOOl-1l% A. NJ. Prayer
Meetng-Fridays at s P. NJ. Rev J. L Estlin,
pastor.
ST. POLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-Servicese every
-ther Sunday, bye Father Connolly. Sunda
School Immediately after service.
SMYRNA CIRCUIT.-Preaching services, Friend
ship in the morning, SeversOns in the after
noon. Jerman's Chapel and Smyrna Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at 7.30. Rev. W.
r. MOwbray, pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL tCOlOred) -
Sunday-Preaching at IL A. N. and p. NJ.
Sunday School, P. NJ. Rev J, X. Adams,
Pastor.
A. NJ. E. -Sunday-Preaching at 1015
A. N. and P n. SUNDAY SchOOl-2% P. NJ.
Rev. Z. Byrd, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
sECRET soCJErIEs.

MORNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, /. 0. o F,-Meets
every Friday evening, at o'clock.
MCDONNELL ENcAMPMENT, No 2, 10. O. F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. at O'clock
HARMONY LODGE, No. 13, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month,
at o'clock.
SMYRNA LODGE, No. 5, l. o. G. T-Meets every
Wednesday evening, at o'clock
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, No As. ORDER OF HEPTAsCPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
UNION CASTLE No. II, X. G + Meets every Thurs
day evening in their hail in the Cooper Build
ing, at 7 o'clock.
MisPAH LODGE, No. l6, A. O. U. W.--Meets every
Monday evening at O'Clock in Odd Fellows
Hall.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
LITTLE KENTUCKY.
1t May Some Day Be Claimed as a Part of
Tennessee.

1t May Some Day BE Claimed as a Part of
Tennessee.
Little Kentucky, as it might be dub
bed very appropriately, is located oppo-
site Island No. 10, where Kentucky and
Tennessee meet. The river, by gradual
ly cutting out the Kentucky bank, had
worn off a narrow strip of land, until
one bright morning several people who
lived on this side of the line woke up
to find themselves on the other side. In
other words, the swift current had
washed away the neck Of earth which
made the extreme southwestern corner
of this state part Of the commonwealth
Of Kentucky. The section of territory
thus separated from its parent, as it
were, is ten miles long and five miles
wide-quite a good mOuthful to take in
at one bite, even for the greedy Missis-
sippi.
Every we'll posted river man and ev-
cry person who is acquaiSted with the
geography and topography of this state
will understand how such a thing could
happen. Right at the state line the river
forms a loop about ten miles long. The
loop extends up into Fulton county.
The swift stream has simply drawn this
moose tight and formed an island out of
what was formerly peninsula. Hick-
man is the closest town Of any size to
the place where all this landmaking oc-
CURED. Darnell, little hamlet over in
Obion county, Tenn, is quite near the
spot.
The boundary line between Kentucky
and Tennessee has always been rather
complicated down about Island No. 10,
owing to the peculiar bend in the Mis-
sissippi mentioned above The lakes,
bayous and sloughs which bisect that
corner Of Fulton county in all directions
also serve to mix matters. The biting
off Of such large strip Of soil will add
to the general confusion, and the ques-
tiOn may arise as to whether Little Ken
tucky will hereafter belong to the do
main of the Volunteer State or still be
part and parcel of the dark and
bloody ground. -Paducah News.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
A Little Enoonrnrement.

]. L. TOole was once entertained by a
party of Edinburgh gentlemen at din
ner. After the cloth was removed lit
tie sociability was INDUCED in, and Mr..
Toole was asked to give q recitation.
This the veteran comedian sternly de-
clined to do. A worthy baillie, whose
knowledge Of things theatrical was
somewhat primitive, approached Toole,
patted him on the back and said in a
fatherly ways Come ava, my man
dinna be bashfu'. We're no i'll to
please, "=-Household Words,
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
The Inquisitive Small Bow.

Father, p" said the little boy, looking
up from his picture book, "if 1 ask you
a question, will you answer it?'
Certainly" was the affable reply.
And not get angry9"
"Of course not. "
"Nor say it's time was in bed?"
Il won't do any of those things.
"Well, what ] want to know is wher
does a snake begin when it wags its
tail?'-WashingtQn Star,
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
THE WILD GEESE.

The wild geese, flying in the night, behold
Our sunken towns lie underneath a sea
Which buoys them on its pillows
Liberty
They have, but such as those frail barks Of old
That crossed unsOunded mains to search our
wold.
To them the night unspeakable is free;
They have the moon and stars for company /;
To them no foe but the remorseless cold,
And froth Of polar curro1ts darting past,
That have been nigh the worlds end lair Of
storms.
Enormous pillows float their fragile forms.
Yes, those frail beings, tossing on the vast
OF wild revolving winds, feel no dismayl
'Tfs we who dread the thunder, and not they
james H. Morse in Scribner's Magazine
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12

An amusing scene was witnessed by
many pedestrians one day at the corner
of Thirty seventh street and Broadway.
A fence, about 80 feet high, covered
with theatrical Autographs, incloses a
lot on that corner, where the founda-
tions Of new building are being laid.
It was the noon hour, and six brawny
sons Of Erin were seated on a slightly
raised platform, resting against the
fence. They were eating their luncheon
and were joking and laughing to their
hearts content Those who stopped to
look at the group could not withhold a
smile, for directly aboYs this jolly group
Of Irishmen, in bold, lurid letters,
we've the words The Gay Parisians. 4"
Here indeed was a pleasant satiye Rfhe
result Of accident No wohaar tibtfl
inglnen wondered why people srnA
them so much. New York Heral>
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12

A bright girl in Maine recently began
a composition thus: 1.-THE Paritans
found lunatic asylum in the wilds Of
America. " She had read in a book that
the Puritans found an asylum in this
country, and to mako the statement more
vivid she added the word Climatic. "
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12
MUNYON'S
Cold and Cough Cures
Promptly EhectuaI in Curing Grip, Colds
and Coughs and "A sure Preventive of
Pneumonia and all Lung Diseases.

Munyon's Cold Cure will positively break
up the grip or a cold in a few hours if taken
as soon as the cold appears. When the cold
reaches the lungs and there is cough and
oppressed breathing Munyon's Cough Cure
used in nalternation with the Cold Cure every
half hour, will effect an immediate cure.
When there is pain in the chest Munyon's
Plasters will give great relief and act as a
protection. These remedies are a sure pre-
ventative of pneumonia and lung troubles.
WHY POISON YOUR SYSTEM
with dangerous drugs? Why not try Mum
yon's New and Improved Homeopathic
Home Remedies? A separate specific for
each disease, Absolutely harmless. Pos
tive and permanent cures. At druggists,
25 cents bottle.
Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 1905
Arch street, Philadelphia, answered with
free medical advice for any disease.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12

Notwithstanding the very
low priCes-the rule is still
in force to pay Railroad
fare-On very moderate
purchases.
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12

Fever Fully one-sixth
OF all the deaths that occur in the world are
caused by consumption. And consumption
can be cured. Doctors used TO saw tiiat Il
was incurable, but the doctors were merely
mistakeni II would be strange If medical
science did not make some proQross MANY
things were once considered impossible
Inc ocean steamer, the locomotive the
telegraph and telephone, the phonograph,
the electric light-all these were once I'M.
possible, and once It was impossible to cure
consumption. That was before the time
ot Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
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Smyrna times., 1896-02-12

Daily. Daily except Sunday
"a Stops TO leave passengers from Wilmington
ana points north, or take passengers for points
south of Delmar.
'f' stops only on notice to conductor OF agent,
or on signal.
"h" Stops TO leave passengers from Wilmington
or points north
"i'' Stops 20 leave passengers from Miidletown
and points Juth.
- stops to let Off passengers from points south
OfHarringtOn.
Nel0 Cdstte Accommodation Trains Leave vii
mlugton l2.l0 a. IN and 95l D. m. daily ami
s. IL. IL 10 a. m, go 4.SO, 6 Is. and SIS p III.
week days. Leave New Castle 6 30 a. m and
lOl9 p, m daily. S.3l, 945, l.O7 a. m. lis 3 81.
ga and 7,22 p m. weekday
Rs-ExpreSs trains leaving Harrington s0j q
m, and arriving at 64 p. m, week days run
through solid to and from Baltimore ria POr-
ters and Newark
Smyrna times., 1896-02-12

The Apache, Navajo and Ute war be-
gan in lS49 and ended in 1855. The
total number of regular troops employed
during this war was / 800, while the
volunteers and militia numbered /, O6I,
the grand total being 2,5G1.