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Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-01
BUY CORONA COAL. John K. Warren, Manager.
 Telephone 1920. eEtf

Music at East Lake for dances five nights a week by Montano's string band.
 b-2-tf
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Have you tried the 50 cents meals at the Opera House Hotel? 7-24-T
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Children Cry for
 Pitchers Castoflas

Mothers, we would advise you to take advantage of our 20 per cent discount sale on boys and children's clothing. Louis Saks.
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FOR SAIL

FOR SALE. $300042-story residence on 11th avenue, south between 16th and 17th streets; terms half cash, balance easy at per cent. 100-+S0x140 0wo lots), on 21st street, be- tween Sth and 9th avenues. $25007 72-story, frame, S-room house, modern, l bath, gas.
 $2250-6-room residence and 4-room servants house, lot 5dx190 on 7th avenue, between 18th and 17th streets.
 ssl WILSON & DUNLAP 7-7-1m 1921 First Avenue.
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loo round trip on Bessemer and Birmingham Railroad every Sunday.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-01

EAST LAKE. Boating, bathing and fishing at East Lake. 4-26-H
Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-01
KEEP COOL.

Go to East Lake on electric cars. They run every twelve minutes night and day. Fare 5c each way at all hours.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-01
KEEP COOL.

KEEP COOL. Go to East Lake on electric cars. They run every twelve minutes night and day. Fare 5c each way at all hours. T.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-01
Children Cry for
 Pitchers Castoria.

Shoes! Any kind you wish lower than anywhere else at Louis SakS'.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-01

Hon. J. H. Bankhead will address the people on the issues of the day at
 Russellville, Franklin county, Satur- day August 1, il a. m.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-01

Hon. W. c. Fitts, democratic nominee for attorney general. will speak at
 Ozark, Dale county, Saturday, August 1, at il "a. m
Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-01

Hons John D. McCluskey and Walter Nesmith will address the citizens of La- mar county on the political issues of the day at the following times and places:
 Town, August l.
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LOANs.

MONEY TO LOAN-On furniture, without removal, from $10 up. s. R. Searle, 17tI street, between 1st and 2d avenues. my2-3m
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Judge William Richardson will ad- dress the people at the following times and places:
 Trinity. Morgan county Saturday. Au- gust l.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.

Hon. Joseph F. Johnston. democratic nominee for governor, will address the people at the following times and places:
 Double Springs, Winston county, Au- gust 1. Il d. f1.
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FOR SALE.
MISCELLANEOUS.

EXCHANGE-A good piano for a good horse and light wagon or buggy. Address Redington, 1914 2nd avenue. 7-31-2t
 GET RICH QUICKLY-Send for "10O In yentions Wanted" Edgar Tate & Co, 245 Broadway New York. 6-2S-tf
 EXCEL LSIOR STEAM LAUNDRY-George A. Blinn 6 Son, Proprietors, 1907 2nd ave nue. Telephone 222. Birmingham. L-29-tf
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Gov. William C. Oates will address the people upon the issues of the day at the following times and places:
 Dothan, Henry county, Saturday, Au gust 1, Il a. m.
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Opinions of
 Prominent Men.

Hon. Carroll D. Wright, United States commissioner, in the national report on Building and Loan Associations for 1893, says: "Investment in Building and Loan Association is as nearly absolutely safe as 1t can be-" sil5~
 Hon. Charles M. Preston, Superintend- eIlt of the New York State Banking De- pertinent, in his annual report for 1892 relative to Building and Loan Associa- tions, says: "A legitimate Building and Loan Association, conducted on lines laid down in the law and within it's intent, is an undoubted benefit to any community"
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Col. s. w. John will address the people on the issues of the campaign at the fol- lowing times and places:
 Cleveland, Blount county, Saturday, August l. il a. nl
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05

time color. II was discovered after The
storm was over that the negro boy Tom
had run away just before it, and IN that
way only was ha Oh hand to aid in l.u-
cic's and Iawrences rescue. SO with
out consideration for tho succor he rcn-
dcred, the overseor tied him up and
gave him a severe ilogging. Of course
Tom begged and hcwled and said that
he would never run away again, but the
conscientious oyersecr aba; Cd not one
lash or all the allotted number. Tom
was an Old offender, one that the phleG-
matte functionary had maried down to
be made memorable example OF for the
bene It of tho other negroes.
But we are slipping away from cur
story. Let us get back to the thread
OF it. -,
When Lucie was sufficiently recover
ed to bear the fatigue Of travel, CO.. de
Virnny chartered q small vessel by
which he transported his daughter and
his household saves to New orl5 ans.
Tho plantation hands he sent through
nv land in the care OF the ovcrscer.
lawrence vas permitted to ship himself
and Star as part OF the vc5scI's cargo,
Int I've saw that Col. de Vigny was not
over hearty in a: cording him that favor
The saddle bag OF money had been duly
,nrncd over to him, and the Colonel
ccnmed mo:c than vii ing to make this
consummaton The end OF their fanll4-
iarity, if not of their friendship.
Immediately Oh reaching New Or
loan. Lawrence and the dc |ignys
sn|ora;ed, and no quicker wSas she oat
Of sight than the feeling stole into Law
,rnre,s Heart that he had lost her again.
, 10 fred 10 chat ut himself Tor giving
| ronm TO such an idle fancy. but some
h 3 If would not be pulled away. So
unreal, in fact, seemed the cSper: ences
nj the past few weeks, so out OF the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05

lain almost like one dead. He was
bruised and cut from head to foot; but
lie had saved Lucie, whose courage and
self-forgettulncss under all the terrible
circumstances were wonderful. She
had seen her mother buried after being
rescued in a dying condition from the
wreck OF tho mansion, and had gone On
without falterins in the caro- of her
lover, with the thought of her father all
the time in hec mind
Lawrence convalcscei very fast, but
no sooner was he out OF danger than
lucie's strength gavc way and she fell
i'll.
Meantime ono evening UP role Col. de
Vigny, with Star still in lair condition,
though & tcitie lame The Colonel had
made the journey to New Orleans and
lack. &c was indescrihably srieved
and broken up b. the calamity that had
befallen his household. Such pain as
he must have suffered is best lett un-
told, even if words could do it justice.
When he arrived he carried q small
leathe:r sad ;!ebag at thc horl CT his
sadd'c-Iawrences saddle, in fact:
and in this he had broJSht gold and
scrip to pay tho Phi!adelphia claim.
He found Lawrence. pale ana hagSard,
watching by Luc:cs bedside, and busi-
ness was forgotten in the awful grief of
the hour.
1t wos the ovarsccr who thought Of
SHINING tie panther and dressing its
hide to be kept as proof positive that
the Teclo Terror was no longer to bc
dreaded. The rug made OF this Skin
may be scen to-day in q certain princely
home on Rampant street in New Orleans.
Meantime, something had come TO
pass that must make a disagreeable
srot in the surface Of our story. It must
he told, however, with but one value at
taching to it, tho value OF truth. 1t
comes in as a touch OF genuine old
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A Man WHO Ate Fire.

From the following account, taken
from Evyln's diary, where it appears
under date Of "l0th mo, 8th, 1872,
it appears that 1lrc-eating freaks are
not altogether modern Innovations:
II took leave Of my lady Sunderland,
who was going to Paris to my Lord,
now Ambassador there She made
me stay to dinner at Leicester House.;
and afterward sent for Richardson,
the famous fire eater Before us he
devoured birthstone on glowing. Goals,
chewing and swallowing them. He
then melted q beeSsgIass and ate it
quite up; then k.taking a live coal on
his tongue, h9sput On it a raw oyster:
the coal ,,'s'as (thenQ blown with a
and-beaiows until it famed and
sparkicd in his mouth, and so re-
manned until the oyster was done.
Then he melted pitch with sulphur
and drank it while it flowed. / saw
it flaming in his mouth. "-Philadel.
Diia Press.
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He glanced at the window again, only

lie glanced at the window again. only
to be motioned away by Lucie.
Nothing was left to him but to jump
into his carriage and order the driver to
take him back to the hotel. He tore the
note open With some in1patience and
read in French:
DEAR MARTIN: Do not berash. My
father is not guilty. He is an honorable
man; but his brother has drawn him in
to this thing unawares. Father fancics
that you nave special desire to impli-
cate and ruin him. Since the panther's
death he seems to have shifted his
memoranda to the subject Of being i'm
prisoned, and he imagines that you are
working to incarcerate him. If could
see you could tell you a great deal
which cannot put upon paper; but they
Will not let me SEQ you, and have
foolishly thought to eva!e you by their
silly story Of our flight to Europe. Be
patient and prudent, and ever believe
me your loving LUc1E."
1t did not take Lawrence long to ar
rive at the meaning of this. nor was no
slow in setting Col. de Vigoy's mind
right, as nearly as that could be done,
on the subject Of arrest and imprison-
ment. Two or three stolen interviews
with Lucio gave him the fullest
knowledge OF tho situation, and showed
him how to steer her father out Of the
complication.
Descendants of the Lawrence family
but, of course, that is not the real
name-still 1--we in New Orleans, where
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Tic First Coaches

In tho Fifteenth Century coaches
appear to have been used iu process
sions or other public ceremoni,s, more
as an ornament than anything else, If
we may judge from the CLUMSY form
of tho vehicle. The entrance of tho
Ambassador Trevasi into Mantua in
carriage is noticed as early as the !
year 1883; and that of frederic III.
into Frankfort, in CO.. ,red coach, in
the year l475. It is q curious contrast
to the rapidity with which new inven-
tions are now adopted, that nearly .
century elapsed before the covered
carriage was introduced into Eng
land. Stow, in his "Chronicle," un-
der the year 1865, mentions tic intro
ductlon in these terms: "rhis yeare
Walter Ripon made a coach for the
Earle of Rutland, which was the first
coach (seith he) that ever was made in
England. Since-to wit, in ammo 1864
the said Waiter Ripon made the
first hollow turning coach. with pill
lers and arches, for her Majestic, be.
ins then her servant. Also, in ammo
1854, chariot throne, with fonre pill
lars behind to bearo canopie with .
crowne imperial on tho toppe, and
before two lower piIlers, whereon
stood q lion and dragon tho sup
porters OF the armes of England"
The snilors of the time OF Good Queen
Bess must have found it a difficult
natter to obtain berths Oh coach for
their cruise on shore. Even her Maj
esty, though she herself dvove to St.
Paul's Cathedral to return thanks for
the delivery OF her kingdom from the
Spanish Armada, was accompanied by
the PrivJ Council ard her attendants
who rode on horseback. But by the
end Of tbe reign coaches and carriages
became suddenly popular. -.Flresids
magazine. -
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normal limit of life as it usually comes
to men. that he scarcely felt that he
could expect the final outcome to be
anything but unusual. No doubt ths
condition of his health had much to do
with the state Of his imagination; more
over. a man in love is apt to take u dis
tortcd view Of small matters when they
co meet themselves with the subject
affecting his heart.
Lawrence toilcd patiently through
some intricate notarial affairs, and
when everything necessary had been
signed, sealed, and delivered" he
heaveu a sigh of relief, went to his room,
dressed himself with care, and calling q
carriage ordered himself driven to the
number given him hy Lucie.
1t was a solid and stately looking resi-
dence before which the carriage drew
up. He thumrad the door with its
rondcrous brass hnoakcr. tribe nor
vously, il must be said, and stood wait
ing. Strange that 4 mans heart should
be so hard to control at such & time!
Stranger still that his fancy should
weave in spite Of him web of fantastic
expectations!
A servant opened tho door. Was
Nile. de Nicny in?
NO, She was not in.
Where was she?
The servant did not know. She and
her father had gone away, it was on a
long lourney-on a ship-to France,
probably. The servant loosed inlif-
1erent, his voice was inhospitablc, but
Lawrence pushed past him and went in.
Tel your mistress" he said, that l
wish to SEQ her."
a minute later a tall, serene looking
lady met him gracious y, and informed
him that Mile. de Vigny and her father
had sailed for france that very morn.
Ing,
Lawrence caught a ray Of subtle ma
Lightly darling frcm the narrow, placid
eyes which were scanning him between
their straight, moveless lashcs.
Madame" said he. arc you quite
sure that they are gomez"
She lifted her brows irifle, made
some movement with her lips Indicative
OF surprise mingled with polite con-
tempt. When she spoke the effect Of
1inal.ty was perfectly conveyed by her
voice.
Il am quito sure, monsieur; good
day."
The young man stood alone for q mo-
ment before going. Hat in hand, he
looked down at tho carpet and around
the silent 1o1m, while his thoughts
crushed themselves like q confused
blur. A delicate waft Of heliotrope
touched his nos,ri!s as it had on that
day at the mountain hotel in Switzer-
land, and he felt as one might who
should suddenly find himself left the
sole inhabitant OF the earth. A sense
OF enci.antmcnt, so to speak, gave alb
solute strangencss to the cxper.cnce.
He turned and walked past the tidy,
formal nan servant out into the street,
where his carriage was waiting. At the
pc Mt CT noun ing into the Vehicle he
turned an>! cast his eyes over the ST ate
~ facade OF the house. At an upper
window something white cleaned 1t
was q Wis on Of beauty that followed,
an apraritiOn seen as II
Through leagues Of shimne1ins water like
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HOW CYRUS LAID THE CABLE

HOW CYRUS LAID THE CABLE
Come listen unto my song;
1t is n silly fable;
Ills all about the mighty cord
They Call the Atlantic cable
Bold Cyrus Field. he said says no
81 have pretty notion,
That can lay telegraph
Across the Atlantic Ocean.n
Then all the people laughed and said
They'd like to see him do it;
He might get h. lf-scas-over, but
10 never could 60 through 1t. ="
To carry out his foolish plan
He neEer would be able;
He might is we'll 60 hang himself
With his A,lanti: cable.
But Cyrus was valiant man,
A fellow of dec s.sh;
And needed not .Veir knocking wordA
Their laughter and derision.
Twice did'his lravcst efforts fail,
And yet hi; mind was stable;
Ho wa mt the man to break his heart
Because lie broke his cable.
"Once moro, my gallant boys!" he cried;
"Three times know TIE fable'-
("I'il make it thirty" muttered he,
"But will lay the cableD
Oncc more they trio l-hurrah! hurrah!
What mems this great cOmmotion?
The Lord &c praised! tho cables laid
Across the Atlantic Ocean!
Loud rang the beils-for flashing through
SIX bundled leagues OF water,
Cd Mother En-lands benson
Salute; her Oldest daughter.
Der I'LL tho land the tidings speed,
And soon in every nation
They'll herr about the cable with
PrCfuundest admiration!
Now long 1.-Two James and long live Vic,
And long 1--we gallant Cyrus;
And may his courage. faith and zeal
With emulation fire U.s.
And may we hon'r cvermore
The manly. bold and able,
And tell cur SONS, to make them brave,
How Cyrus laid tho cabe.
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THROUGH A TORNADO.
A Tale of Adventure On q Lo,,;s;an,
Plantation
BY MAURICE THOMPSON
Plantation

not move. Then, with 1hc activity Of a
slu, ,:r' ana the Muscularforce OF a siaut,
ne lifted the biudgeon once more and
,c"ped forward. The blow that he de-
llVercd echoed heavily around, and was
followed by many more.
rake Dat. yo' Ole villyan! Take dat
10 what yo' ben or dom all dis tine!"
lie aid not stop pounding away till
every trace of life had lett tho huge
beast.
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was7an ordinary one I would inter1
polate few words as I read it, just ia
see him hume himself.

was7an ordinary one I would inter1
polate few words as I read il, Just "a
see him plume himself.
''Fhe part Of the brain which con.
trolled his playing seemed to be dis
tinct. His mind never seemed to be-
on his work at all. As an instance OF
this remember once wo had q date in
Buffalo, and while We were travelling
through Canada to reach that city
We had long, tiresome wait in
q little railroad station. TherH
was the usual crying bab,nN nd irascf
BILE old man. The babyysould yell
'Yah-yaE-yah' and then the old man
would growl, oh, kill the brat.|
There it goes again. etc., while the
harassed mother would be saying:
Hush, hush, hush: there. there,
there" and some sympathetic ladies
near us would murmur, poor thing,
POOR little baby, too bad. too bad,,i
etc.
"That night I had seat in the
wings, as usual, close to the piano.
Tom was doing one of his most diff
cult feats. playing two distinct COM
positions selected by the audience, with
variations and the a,companiments At
one and the same time, and doing it
exquisitely. Noticing that his lips
were moving all of the time, I got q
little nearer so that l could hear what
he was saying, and this was it: Yah.
yah-yah; oh, kill the brat; hush, hush,
hush; there it goes again; too bad,
too bad; oh, heavens! poor thing,
poor little baby, there, there, there,
and go on through all Of the melanga
Of talk we had heard during the day.
One part of his mind was away of in
that little Canadian railroad station,
while the musical part was executing
those delicate harmonies.
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CHAPTER III.

When Lawrence returned to con-
seriousness he was resting on low bed
IN one OF the cabins Of the negro quar-
ter, and Lucie was bending over him.
Many days had passed since the hurri-
cane and meantime the young man had
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05

up to about the beginning of the war of
the rebellion Martin Lawrence was a
distinguished lawyer and politician,
and where IN the city's famous cemetery
a noble tomb MARKS the resting place Of
him and his always lovely and loving
wife,
TIE END.
Copyright by the Authors Alliance: all
rights reseryed)
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The Reason Why.

A man living in suburban hamlet
recently went to the general store to
buy some potatoes.
"How is this?' he asked the store
keeper. you're asking almost double
the regularpricc for potatoes. Haven't
you made. a mistaken"
con, no." chcerfullX replied the
storekeeper. "You see, l bought them
potatoes when they WAS much dearer
than they is now, and of conrse.I
can't afford to sell them at the pres
ent price.
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A Sard.storm Of the American Desert.

"A S0EU"StVIW VI INC AWoIlCIU UcSerlo
That the "Great American Desert,
still exists, in spite of strenuous et.:
forts on the part of certain politicians.
railroad corporations, and other inter!
ested parties to obliterate it from the
maps, is fact only too we'll known to-
many thousands of disappointed set
tiers, army people, prospeotors, and.
travellers over several lines of railways
Most especially is it in evidence on
the route of the Southern Pacific road,
which traverses its desolation for hun.
dreds Of miles, and whose tank cars
for the transportation of water form
On important item of equipment. II ID
true that portions OF it's nnproductivei
lands are irrigable (at q vast expense),
and may thus, in 80 distant future,
be reclaimed tot1e uses of agriculture.
At the sams!{me, it is equally true
that wi1e areas lie SO remote from re-.
vivlfSing influences that, unless sub!
ieoted to radical climatic changes,
they must always remain desolate,
wind'blowp wastes, exhibiting II
characteristics and phenomepa of
deserts existing under similar condl
tions.
With thunderous roar the sand.
storm hurls itself upon it's victims,
driving them before it with irresisti.
BILE fury. No animate form may op.
pose it and live, but man or beast 90 ]
ill fated as to be caught within ito
dread radius must submit to be driven
forward like on autumn Leaf, blinded,
choked, and sorely dashed, until some
sheltering lee is reached or the fury
of the storm is. exhausted. II he
stumbles and falls or sinks through
weakness, he is lost, and the skeletons
of former victims ere stripped of their
heaped covering to furnish him 4
sepu]chre. y
Although the sandstone is gener.
ally Of short duration, it sometimes
lasts for hours, and has been known
to rage for days with undated fury.
While thus exercising its evil powers
it destroys life and changes the. whole
aspect OF the country over which it
sweeps, moving hills and valleys to-
new positions, filing dry watercouraes,
bnrying the little GASES nourished by
infrequent springs, md obliteratiDg
trails. In the old days of slow moving
wagon trans it was menace and q
calamity, while even in this era Of
railroads it brings distress and peril
to the traveller. It fills the most
carefully protected cars with its
sitting dust, blocks the track with
heavy drifts cuts down telegraph poles
with its rasp OF fintY particles, grinds
clean glass into opnqueness, and in q
thousand ways renders life miserable
and burden. -Harper's Weekly.
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How Cyrus Laid the Cable,

In Harper'S Weekly Of Sept II,
1858, there appeared the following
capital ballad from the pen Of John
G. SAKE, the Green Mountain poet,
and it is worthy of reproduction at
this slime: