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Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-27
AN ACT
H. 521.
No. 694.

To more effectively protect the people
 against combinations, conspira cies and
 agreements between insurers whereby
 rates of insurance are raised or fixed.
 Whereas, existing laws have proved in-
 adequate to protect the people against
 combinations, conspiracies and agree
 ments between insurers whereby rates
 of insurance are raised or fixed by such
 practices; therefore, in order to sup press such combinations, conspiraces
 and. agreements to the end that com
 petition in business shall alone make
 such rates.
 Section l. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Alabama, That every con- tract or policy of insurance made or is- sued after the passage of this act shall be construed to mean that in the event of loss or damage hereunder, the aS- sured or beneficiary hereunder may, in addition to the actual loss or damage suffered, recover twenty-five per cent. of the amount of such actual loss, any provision or stipulation in such contract or policy to the contrary notWithStand- ing provided, at the time of the making of such contract or policy of insurance, or subsequently, before the time of trial the insurer belonged tn. or was a mem- Der of or i'll any way connected with, any tariff association or such like thing by whatever name called or who had made any agreement or had any understand ing with any other person, corporation or association engaged in the business of insurance as agent or otherwise about any particular rate of premium which should be charged or fixed for any kind or class of insurance risk; and provided, further no stipulation or agreement in such contract or policy of insurance to arbitrate loss or damage nor to give mo- tice or make proofs of loss or damage shall in any such case be binding on the assured or beneficiary, but right of &C., tions accrues immediately upon loss or damage.
 Sec. 2 Be ii further enacted, That if 1t is shown TO the reasonable satisfaction of the jury by preponderance of the weight of the testimony that such as- surer at the time of the making of such agreement or policy of insurance or sub sequenty before the time of trial be- lunged to, or was a member of, or in any way connected with, any tariff associa- fion or such like thing by whatever name called, either in or out Of this state, or had made any agreement or had any understanding either in or out of this state with any other person. corpora tion or association engaged in the busi- ness of insurance as agent or otherwise about any particular rate of premium which should be charged or fixed for any risk of insu,a nee on any persou or prop erty or on any kind or class of insura nce risk they must. if they find for the as- sured or beneficiary, in addition to his actual da images assessed and add twenty five per cent Q. the amount of such act uai loss, and judg nerrt will be rendered accordingly. TIA o. a2s
 Sec 3. Be it further enacted. That this
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-27
TO FLORIDA.

Winter Tourist Excursion tickets now on sale by the Plant system i1 all points in South Georgia and Fioriia. Tickets good to return uniil May Slst Double daily trains and through sleeping cars 10 all principal places in Florida. For rates, schedules or any Information reia-. tive to the different to!rist points. also literature descriptive of the slate and is resources, write to ". V. Idisey division passenger agent, Montgomery. Ala.
 feb-2n-,d
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-27

aot shall be Hberally construed to accom-. plish it's object. Approved February IS, 1897 Oficial: J. K. JACKSON,
 Secretary of State.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-27

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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-07-30
THE LABOR WORLD.

Brooklyn has four painters unions
A Brooklyn z. of L. assembly ha:
l,200 members.
The Z. of L. have codified the labor
laws of New York.
A laundry girl is vice president of the
Cleveland Central Labor union.
1t is proposed to build a railroad on
the labor exchange plan from some
point on the Gulf of Mexico, in Texas.
to San Diego.
Atlanta Woman's club has promised
to make all purchases in the morning
if merchants will allow clerks a half
holiday on Saturday.
The United Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Joiners now covers 81 states,
one territory, the District of Columbia
and the Dominion of Canada.
Duluth walters have decided to pub
lish a semi-monthly paper. for the pur-
pose of promoting public sentiment
in favor of the patronage of union res
taurants.
The Railway Servants in the Anal
gamated society have placed proposals
with regard to wages and working
hours before the directors of all the
railway companies in the United King.
dom.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-07-30
DEAD LETTER OFFICE MUSEUM
A Collection of Strange Finds In the
Mails.

The museum of the dead letter office.
which was il tituted by Gen. Hazen
about Is years ago. contains motley
collection of articles. which have
passed through the United States mail
and have been sent to the dead letter
office as unavailable. misdirected, with
out any address or without name of
sender, or short of postage.
Among the most interesting speci-
mems in this little museum are the ami
mails whose diverse but illegal journeys
across country. by means of Uncle
Sans mail bags. were summary in
tercepted. and the travellers placed in
bondage here, after due execution and
preservation by the government tax
idermist.
Quite large section of the museum is
appropriated to the display of domestic
utensils, whose useful mission was for
one reason or another frustrated.
There seem enough-from lamp
chimney and a butchers knife to a
wash board, and including a well-filled
market baskct-to completely equip n
modern kitchen. Farm implements
whoever should have thought of at
tempting to send hatchets, pick AK. a
buck saw, hitching post, a pulley
horse shoes and harness, as well as 9
supply of corn on the ear through the
nail, but these are all in the museum
Beautiful jewelry, comprising every
possible article of adornment, is dis
played within the glass doors. and eX-
1uisite miniatures of old time beauties
make one covetous. There is displayed
a beautiful square of Mexican drawn
work, and there are delicate embroid-
cries representing the art of many
countries, while a finely wrought cruel
fix of solid gold stands for the loss of
some poor penitent. Among the curious
are a picture frame composed of the
lava from the lava beds of California
and a beautiful model of the Washing
ton monument made from the bark of
the redwood tree of California. A pair
of gigantic wooden sabots it is very
evident were seized for overweight, and
one wonders what thoughtless or malev-
olent offender tried to send by mail
a loaded revolver. which, relieved of its
charge. hangs against the back of one
of the cases. Books in almost every
tongue. some of them rare enough to
tempt the conscience of the bibliophile,
occupy case with various kinds of
musical instruments. = Washington
Home Magazine
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b. & o. Fast Freight Schedule.

The Baltimore & Ohio, in connection with
the Continental Line and Central States
Dispatch fast freight lines, has inaugurated
another fast freight schedule to the west,
to be known as Train 95. 1t will be made
up at Baltimore. and is put on especially to
accommodate import business by way OF
Locust Point, and at the same time gives
to Eastern manufacturers and wholesale
dealers a rapid service to the west. The
running time of the train is SO arranged that
it will make so hours to Chicago, 80 to Gin
cinnati, 80 to Cleveland. "a to Columbus, lis
to Dallas, Tex, so to Detroit, % to Duluth,
Mimi, 81 to Indianapolis, IS to Kansas City,
IS to Memphis, so to Louisville, "a to Mil
waukee, SO to Minneapolis, 81 to Peoria,
H., 20 to Pittsburgh SO to St. Louis, 81 to
st. Paul, SO to Sandusky. 23l to San Fran
cisco, A to Toledo, and correspondingly
quick time to other western and southern
points.
The Freight Department expects to make
90 as popular and reliable train as 81. which
makes the run from New York to Chicago
and St. Louis in 60 hours.
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fro BE CoNTINUED.1
Pats Password.

The Irish soldier seems to furnish the
story-teller with many an anecdote.
The following incident is said to have
occurred at the battle of Fontenoy.
when the great SAKE was the marshal
IN command.
"The password is SAKE" said the
officer of the guard, as he sent off an
Irish trooper with message; don't
forget the word"
"Sure I won't, sir" was the reply.
''Sacks-my father was miller"
When he came tothe sentinel and was
challenged, the Irishman looked wise.
and whispered:
Bags.' you spalpeen; let me
throughi"LHarper Round Table.
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Were seated By a ltttle fire.

asleep in freight car The mule was
lying IN the dirt, and snapped his head
stall when tried to raise him"
What became of him. Hedidn.t get
away, die he?" asked Close, in great
anxiety.
He didn't try to-" answered Lam
bert, in some amusement Like the
eminent head of the late unpleasant
ness, all he asked was to be let.alone. l
left him browsing in the public square, -
And the bride an saddle, tooS Great
Peter! That's bad. Some lousy mig
GERS got him by this time. or his trap
pins at least, an he'll swear the Freed
mans Bureau gave him the hull outfit,
and it'll be stopped against my pay.
Sergeant" he called; wish you'd go
right down town an catch up that mule
an
II can't go, SIR" promptly answered
Sergt- Burns, his hand going up in I'M
accustomed salute in Difference to the
presence OF dhe new officer. I'm busy
with them Iation returns. Here, Fin
ney, you go"
go wheres- said young soldier
squatting at his tent door and greasing
pair of shoes with bit of bacon-rind.
He hardly deigned to look up.
The captain wants You to 60 and get
that saddle mule he sent up last night.
Jake must have gone asleep and forgot
him.
would it be possible to send wagon
for my trunk?" interposed Lambert at
this juncture, appealing to his superior.
Close hesitated and made no immediate
reply. 1t was the sergeant who took
the responsibility:
I'll tend to it, if you please, sir The
wagons going up in ten minutes to
haul some grain. Be lively now, Fin
ney. Drop them shoes and start" And
Finney. conscious. possibly, of some
change in the military atmosphere,
gathered himself together and van
ished.
Meantime, in his anxiety about the
government property thus placed in
jeopardy. the captain seemed lost to all
thought of thenewcomer's comfort. It
was Sergt. Burns who came forward
with camp stoo! and prefer of further
hospitality.
III the lieutenant can put up with
such rations, I'll send something from
the cook-fire, sir" said he, doubtfully,
looking at his commander very much as
though he thought it high time for that
official to suggest something better.
Lambert said he should be most CRATE
tui II that could be done-and II there
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-07-30
A GREAT DISCOVERY.
Finding of Egyptian Papyri Contain.
ing Christ's Sayings.

| One of the largest and most impor-
;ant finds of papyri in Egypt has been
made during the last winter by Bernard
T. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt. of Queens
college, Oxford. working on behalf Of
The Egyptian exploration fund, at
Behnesa, the ancient Oxyrrhyncus.
The site of the old town, which is one
and one-fourth miles long by half
uiile broad, and is situated on the little
explored edge of the western desert,
between Fayun and Minya, had
! remained almost untouched by deal
ers and antiquity seekers, and Of
tered to the eXcavators what is in
upper Egypt now almost a thing of
the pasta practically virgin field.
Very few remains of buildings were dis
covered, the place having been long
used as a quarry, both for stone and
Dish mounds yielded a rich store of
papyri, while in three mounds the
quantity of rolls found together was
large enough to warrant the assump-
ton that part of the archives had been
thrown there at different periods.
The papyri range from the Roman
conquest to early Arab times, each CEN
fury being largely represented, and are
! for the most part written in Greek.
with sprinkling of Latin, Coptic and
Arabic. AS the excavators had not time
for deciphering, very little is yet known
Of their contents. but Mr.. Grenfelrs
tchief hope in digging the site of
Oxyrrhyncus-the prospect of finding
early Christian documents would
seem to have been to some extent real
lied. Among the papyri discovered at
the very beginning of the excavations
was leaf from a third century papyrus
book apparently containing collec-
ton of Logia, or sayings of Christ
Some of those found in the fragment
are not in the gospels, while others eN-
hibit several Emergencies from the text
of the parallel passages in the gospels.
The age, character and value of these
Logia are likely to be the subject of
considerable speculation, but there is
no foundation for the entirely unau-
thorized and inaccurate reports con-
Meeting this discovery with the Logia
which Papias states were collected by
St. Matthew. 1t is hoped that when the
papyri come to be examined in detail,
further discoveries of early Christian
records will be made. as we'll as of frag-
ments of lost classical literature since
in some of the mounds, notably the ear
lier ones, an unusually large proportion
of the papyri found were written in
uneials.
The cream of the collection, in point
of size and condition, consisting of $50
large and complete rolls in many cases
several feet long. has been retained by
the Gizeh museum; the rest of the col
lection. of which the bulk is, OF course.
in very fragmentary condition, is on
its way to England, where the sys-
iematic examination and publication of
it will be undertaken by Messrs. Gren-
fell and Hunt
Besides papyri the excavator found a
considerab BILE number of coins. about 200
inscribed ostraca, bronze and ivory or
naments, and other small objects of the
Roman and Byzantine periods--Lon-
don Times.
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Keeping n Pledge.

A Sharpsburg man who had been
drinking too much liquor for his OWE
good was induced to sign the pledge
the other day. His wife was delighted
She took the document and said:
You must let me have it. will keep
it for you"
So the paper was confided to her
custody. On the next day the man
was drinking as freely as before.
'How is this ?" asked friend. "You
signed the pledge yesterday, and now
you are guzzling whisky again"
''It's all right" replied the pledge
signer, in unsteady tones. Il don't
have to keep that pledge. My wife says
she'll keep it for me. That's the kind
of a wife to have, old fellow. Let's
take a drink. Pittsburgh Chronicle.
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.ly growled at the nearest group ''Get
into Your coats, there!" he swore at
another, while with menacing hand he
nlotioned to others still, whose costume
was even more primitive, to scramble
back to their tents. In ten seconds 81
lence reigned throughout the camp al
NEST as complete as that which was
maintained, for that time, at the tent
of the commanding officer. Lambert
actually did not know what to say in
response to his superior's announce
ment. It was full ten seconds, or more,
before he determined in what form to
tended 10 say: 81 have the honor 10
report for duty, SIR" but vague sus-
ricion possessed him that this might
be some game at his expense-seme
prank such as old cadets played upon
"plebes." He compromised, therefore,
between his preconcepticn of strict
" soldierly report and his sense of
what might be due his own dignity.
MY name is Lambert, said he "And
I am here for duty as second l1euten-
ant"
SlOWly Tic tnC
laid down his work, sticking the needle
into the flap of the tent and hanging
the thread upon it. Then he heaved up
cut of the chair, hung the damaged
trousers over it's back and came pom
derously forward. Not a ~estige of a
smile lightened his face Helooked the
Young gentleman earnestly In the eye
and slowly extended his big, brown,
hairy hand. Seeing that IT was meant
for him, Lambert shifted his hat into
the left, leaning his sword against the
tent-pole, and his dainty kid-a wild
extravaganza SO soon after the war
was for an instant clasped, then slow
ly released. Capt Close uuques tionably
had a powerful grip
How'd you Gomez" he asked. '3Kind
of expected you Monday fevenin'-out
from Quitmnn.7
'The general kept me over day
or two to let me see New'Orleans. He
| told me that you would benefited sir
l hope you got the letter2''
"Oh, yes That was albright. There
was no hurry. j didn't know as they
could get passes over the Northern.
s'pose the chief quartermaster fixed il
for you, thought" And the brown eyes
searched questioningiy the young
officers face.
PASSES? No, Sir; i bought my tick
eft through"
NO. Why, you needn't have done
that. The Quitman roads biddin' fol
all the government freight it can ge
now. They'd have given you pass in {
minute. l suppose you want to b.
quartermasterandc omm;ssary?" Ant
again the brown eyes looked almos
wistfully into the blue.
Il? No, indeed, sir. ] don't know
anything but a little tactics. What
most want'-w;th glance arouno
and an apologetical laugh-"is chance
to wash off the ,cinders-and something
to eat I'm hungry; as a wolf"
The captain locked troubled. ''I'vt
had my grub; sso've;the men, 'cept thos'
that come hack late in the night-beel
up to Buekatubbee with the marshal
Did You try over at Toog'loo?"
Every body was asleep over there.
left my trunk ;attherailway station ant
walked out
"Why, ] told THE sergeant to send
mule in last night on the chance of you
comm by the tOwl.' Didn't anybod,
meet youT'
There WIS a mule, !bnt no body,
laughed Lamhelt, ''sexcept a dark,
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eIFFLeeY GOES YACHTING.
The Only Outlay Was for n Bottle
of Tar.
A life on the ocean wave,
And a home on the rolling deer
Where the scattered waters rave,
And the winds their revel keep.


A life on the ocean wave,
And home on the rolling deep,
Where the scattered waters rave,
And the winds their revel keep.
"I don't know that l have the quota
ton exactly right" said Mr.. Biffieby, but
1T will serve as an introduction to what 1
want to say.
Il am very fond of yachting, but don't
60 as much as would like to on account of
the expense. But l am not without the en-
joyments of yachting; for when the desire
for the water comes over me, as it does every
summer, / manage to go yachting at home.
Every spring buy about pound of tar,
which | keep in bottle tightly corked.
When it comes along some drowsy summer
day, and feel that would like to be lying
on deck baking in the sun, with the yacht
nodding along lazily in the summer breeze,
then | take trip at home.
That night l eat fish for dinner, or clam
chowder, and l go to bed early. Before 60
ing to bed | start the water running in the
bathroom: the sound of it makes the waves,
tapping against the bow of the boat. clew
up the awnings only partly; the starting of
the awnings when the wind gets in their
folds does for the swaying sails. l bring
out the bottle of tar and uncork it, and set
it on chair up by the head of the bed
douse the glim and tumble into bed, Rocked
In the cradle of the deep N. Y. Sun.
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ArOuAe to Action

A dormant liver, or you will suffer all the
fortunes incident to a prolonged bilious at
tack. Constipation, headaches. dyspepsia,
furred tongue, sour BREATH pain in the
right side. will admonish you of neglect. Dis
ciplne the recalcitrant organ at once with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. and expect
prompt relief Malaria, rheumatism, kid
ney complaint nervousness and debility are
thoroughly removed by the Bitters.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-07-30
The Trials of Genius.

Friend-Why, what are you in such a fuss
about. Anything happened?
Artist-Oh, botheration, yes. Every
thing | was just getting some of my latest
pictures ready for framing. and that con-
founded housekeeper of mine has so mixed
them up I'll never in the wide world be able
to tell the top from the bottom again.-N.
y. Truth.
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| | l..


Newton lambert has than once
In the course of his years of service been
heard to say that of all the ode, sensa-
tions he ever experienced that which
possessed him on the occasion of his re-
porting for dNrtg with his first COM
pany was the oldest. Accustomed
during his four years of cadet life to be-
have with punetilious respect in the
presence of officers, young or old, andae-
customed also throsigh his two months
detail at the academy that summer to
be treated with eaaen the exaggerated
Difference which the old non-commis-
stoned officers seemed to delight in
showing TO young graduates Lambert
was unprepared for the hail'fellow- we'll
met nature of his reception by the en-
listed men and the absolute impassive-
Aress of his one brother officer. That it
was utterly different from the customs
obtaining elsewhere in the regular serv-
ice he knew very well. In visiting class
mates already on duty with their bat
teries among the New York and New
England forts, as well as during his
brief stay at the barracks, he had noted
tl1c dC1CICANC VI t1IC NStCld
fergeants when addressing their Off
GERS. He could understand awkward
ness and clumsiness among the recruits,
but the idea of corporal chatting him
on the ent of his clothes and-ike idea
of two months recruit being a cor
poral, anyhow! Never in the tales told
Of the Fine zouaves of '6I had he heard
OF anything much more free-and-easy
than the manners of this camp of regu-
lars Never in his widest dream had
he figured such a specimen Of The COM
missioned officer as ne found in Capt.
Close. In the contemplation of this
character the go-as-you-please style of
the enlisted men sank into insignifi-
cence. Long years afterwards Lambert
used to go over this meeting in his mind,
and for two years. often importuned,
he would convulse his brother officers
by vivid description of it. But there
came time when they no longer
laughed and he no longer told the story
save to those he loved and trusted ut
'terly.
Aroused by some unusual chatter
among the men, the first sergeant of
company G. smoking pipe while work
ing over a ration-return, stuck his head
out of his tent and saw a young gen.
tleman in light-colored suit, courte-
cusly raising a drab derby in his kid
gloved hand, while he stood erect with
soldierly ease before the company COM
mander. Sergt. Burns also noted that
some of the men were tittering and
all of them looking on. One glance
was enough. The sergeantdropped pen
and pipe and came out Of his den with
single bound, buttoning his blouse
and glazing about him as he did SO.
Hush your id CAB, you'll" he fierce
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Lawyer-Did you see the beginning Of this
trouble?
Witness-Ies, sir; | saw the very COM
mencement. 1t was about two years ago.
What do you mean?'
why, when the minister said viii you
take this man to be your lawful husband.'
and she said: L will. Up to- Date.
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Galen Clark. who has just resigned
the, post of guardian of the Yosemite
valley. went there about 40 years ago.
expecting to die in a-year or two of con-
sumption. He is now 80 years old and
hale and hearty.
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Clever Boy.

How in the world did you get Old Cur
mudgeOn's consent to wed his daughter"
''Finesse, me boy, fnessc. | told all
around that he caught II four pound bass
on that last fishing expedition of his De
| troit Free Press
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The Days Dragxed.

She-And once you said you would
love me forever and day.
He-It seems to me as II / had.-In-
dianapolis Journal
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We think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
Pinckard, Springfield, ILL.,, Oct l, 1894.