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Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25
Articles Opening lHIghest lLowest Closing

Cash quotations: Flour, steady; No 2 spring wheat, 7O%@71c; No. spring wheat, 63@71c; No red, 75ls @S01ac: No. ? corn, 25@251sc; No. oats, 1Slsc; No; 2 white, f. O. b., 22@23c; No white, 2Dts @22Ac; No. rye, 34c; No.s2 barley, noni- 79c; prime timothy seed, s2,75; mess pork $7. .5O@7. .55; lard, $3.S71a shoaf rib sides, $490@4 SO; dry salted shoulderssa4ss @5c; short clear sides, 45sQ4A;;s whisky s119; sugans, cut loaf, s559; granufated, $4:97; No. 3 yellow corn, 25i4c. s4ss -
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25

Music for dancing at East Lake five nights a week by Montano'S Band. 4-28-tf
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25

Chace's City Band, East Lake, Sunday. Phil Memoli, Director. 4-iS-tf
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25
MONEY LOANED

On Diamonds, Watches, Jewclry, Musical Instruments, and most anything of value. Liberal. con fidential. responsible. Old gold and silver bought. STANDARD :. LOAN .. COMPANY.
 2o1o FIRST AVENUE. jan Io-tf
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25

 IF AND IF.
FOR SALE.

Some choice residence lots on North and South Side; also two cottages on 9th ave-, north. within "easy walk'' of court house and Union depot. Bargains.
 F* A. R. DEARBORN & CO,
 1921 First Ave.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT Possession at once, residences: No. 1920 7th avenue, north S35 No. 731 North Fist st., $25; No 2514 5th ave, north, $35. All large, elegant houses with all modern Improvements.
 w E. LEEDY & CO,
 No. ll4la N. Fist Street. Telephone No. 42. 6-1-tf FOR RENT--A comfortably furnished front room on South Highlands. with without board; private family. Address "C,'' care State Herald. 4T-tf.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25
FOR SALE.

$650-$150 cash, balance $10 per mouth, for Not 4Ox1O0 feet with good 4-room house now renting for sS per month; 14th st., near 7th avenue
 SMITH & STILLMAN,
 120h 18th St.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25
M aur 0rIaana

New Orleans
 New Orleans. June 24--Cotton futures quiet and steady. salss E, 400 bales Jun, TAO bid; July. 7.40@7.41 asked; August, 7.10@711; September, 6.73@674; Novem- Der, 6.55@6.56 December, 6.57G6 5s: Ja uary, 6.62@6.64; February, 6.65@5.67; March, 66S@6.70.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25
COt.f,OO T,attar

New York. June 24-The cotton market was quiet. Liverpool cablsd us rath er encouraging report this morning, that market advancing slightly and the spot sales there again being, very large, stim- ulated by this dispatch our market bp@ ened quite firm and to points higher The advarlce was short-lived, however, the weather In the south sti2l most favor7 able, our local bears sold freely. The rise was lost in short order and then the mar ket became exceedingly dull sand re- mained practically stationary for the rest of the day. August opened at 7.30, ad- vanced to 7.34, declined to 7.27 and clos ed at 7.27 to FPS, with the tone of the mar oet steady. The temper of a large ma- jorfty of the traders here is still bulleh, but we fear their hopes will all o realiz- ation. RIORDAN & co.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25

10 cents round trip Sunday on Bessemer Division of the Birmingham Railway an d Electric Go. Tickets al; this rare sold for all trains up to
 S1. 5-I4-u
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25
Chicago ,Ghanpe.

Chicago, June 24.-F'ear of July cor ner hung like a storm tloud over the wheat market today and drove the shorts to cover The results of the days trad ing was an advance of 1@1Ac in July optiorL
 Corn and oats were strong. gaining about 1sc and Ac respectively.
 Provisions were rather easy, closing 21a higher to Dc lower.
 Leading futures ranged as follows:
Birmingham state herald., 1897-06-25
The Alabama Home Building and
 Loan Association.

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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
The Eve In Old Age.

DR.. Chevallereau is one Of the fore
most eye specialists in Paris and the
medical world. His opinion was there
fore sought upon the effect upon eye
sight in these times of omnivorous read
ing, which is such a characteristic Of
the age.
Speaking to a Herald correspondent,
he said it was very difficult, in fact, al
most impossible, to lay down any gen.
eral rule OH the matter. A frequent
malady of the eye, as old age comes on,
is cataract. This is gradual, so much so
that it is often advanced far before it is
noticed.
!. 1t is not probable, however, that the
eyesight will suddenly fail. unless there
is some extraneous cause, such as hem
orrhage of the retina, which sometimes
is to be feared when the patient is ad-
yanced in age.
DR.. Abadie of 8 Rue Voiney gave
practically the same opinion, pointing
out that it was hardly likely that any
7one who hsd enjoyed normal eyesight
would at an advanced age suffer from
the sudden failure of the sight unless il
were caused by some shock or great
emotion. Paris Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
The Bedouin,s House.

The Bedouin's house is round and
surrounded by round wall in which
the fiocks are penned at night. 1t is fat
rooted and covered with soil, and inside
it is as destitute of interest as il is pos
sible to conceive-a few mats ON which
the family sleep, few jars in which
they store their butter, and a skin cburn
in which they make the same. In one
house into which penetrated bundle
was hanging from the ceiling, which K
found to be baby by the exposure Of
one of it's little feet.
Everything is poor and pastoral He
has hardly any clothes to cover himself
with, nothing to keep him warm when
the weather is damp save his home
spun sheet, and he has not soul above
his flocks The closest intimacy exists
between the Bedouin and his goats and
his cows. The animals understand and
obey certain calls with absolute ac-
curacy, and you generally see Socotran
shepherdess walking before her Gcck,
and not after it, and they stroke and,
caress their little cows until they are as.
tame as dogs. Nineteenth Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
Captain Out of Step.

"At every large parade" said an old
soldier, "you are sure to see some cap
tain of company marching with the
right foot down at the heavy tap of the
drum instead of the left, the company
marching along all right, but the most
conspicuous man of all, the man ahead
with shoulder straps on, out of step.
Don't for goodness sake think that
say this to find fault with commission
ed officers, which is the very last thing
in my mind.
There are some men who seem to
have no idea of time-there were some
men in the army who never learned to
keep step. But commissioned officer
ought to know how and to keep it.
What brings this to my mind now is
the police parade. saw at least one
police captain marching out OF step,
men behind him plugging along all
right, but the captain putting his right
foot down ut the heavy tap.
"This distresses me always. One OF
the first things that a soldier learns Is:
Left Lett Lett And it distresses mo
to see the most conspicuous man in the
company go wrong. New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
Teak.

In an article in Timber (London) OH.
the value of teak for structural and me-
,hanical purposes the claim is put forth
that such wood is really the most dura-
BILE timber known and of special impor-
lance to shipbuilders, being very hard,
get light, easily worked, and, though
porous, strong and lasting It is soon
seasoned, shrinks but little, and on ac
count of its oily nature does not injure
iron. In southeastern Asia it is not only
considered the best material for ship
construction, but for house carpentry
and other work where strength and 9th
er lasting qualities are required. 1t Is
rarely attacked by ants of the white
species, and its rare durability renders
it specially valuable in climate like
that of India, where the elements caus-
ing decay are 80 numerous and power
full, where dampness brings OH rapid
decomposition, and where the white
ant devours without scruple. In the
operation of cutting this wood Is fire.
quently girdled one or two years before
it is felled, and, thus exposed to the
wind, the action of the sun and TO ths
pumping capacity Of the leaves, il sea-
sons rapidly and is drier and lighter
than timber felled green.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
Tommy Wac q strategist.

A little boy dropped his drumstick
into we'll. In vain he entreated his
parents, the gardener, the footman, the
coachman, the cook, the housemaids to
go down into the we'll to recover his
drumstick. In his distress a brilliant
expedient occurred to Master Tommy
he secretly carried off all the plate from
the sideboard and threw it into the
we'll Great was the CONSERVATION when
the plate was missed, and an active
search for the robbers took place. In the
midst of the alarm and the confusion
Master Tommy ran with the news that
he had found the plate. "Where?" was
the cry. Down the WE'LL" replied
Tommy. II saw it quite plain shining
at the bottom-spoons, ladies, bread
baskets, salvers and ALL" The house
maid hurried to the well, at the bottom
of which, sure enough, the plate was
seen. A ladder was procured, servant
descended and the plate was brought
up. Just before the last article was
fished up Master Tommy whispered to
him, John, please bring up my drum
stick when you go down for the soup
ladle. st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
Speed Ia Torpedo Boats.

The development of speed in torpedo
boats is study of special interest. and
the effect of the rapid increase of speed
in this class of vessel is by no means
confined to it. as a basis is thus formed
for the introduction of many improve
ments. and consequent higher speed, in
vessels of large size.
The question is often asked, What is
the probable increase in speed to be in
the future and in what direction are we
10 look for improvements with view
10 obtain it? One evident mode of in
,reasing speed is by augmenting the
size of the vessel and its machinery, as,
# the proportion of weight allotted to
the machinery is the same greater
speed will be obtained. To secure speed
by this means, however, does not in
volve any special skill or anything in
the nature Of improvement. All that is
necessary is simply to reproduce the
same description Of hull and engines,
but of larger size.
Greater skill is shown where an ex-
ceptional speed is obtained within
small dimensions, and in this respect
the results obtained by M. Normand of
Havre in his latest achievements are
specially creditable. No doubt material
of greater strength than generally
| adopted would admit Of lighter scant-
lings for the hulls. Probably the en-
gines themselves may be driven at a
higher number of revolutions and pos
sibly improvements in water tube boil
ers may enable reduction of weight
to be secured without loss of efficiency.
Aluminium may also be introduced as
substitute for heavier metals. 1t is in
the saving Of weight for power that ad.
vance may be looked for in the imme-
diate future, and the shipbuilder can
now see his way to obtain from 80 to
"a knots. A. f. Yarrow in Casters
\ MaUa1iua
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
An Ingenious Experiment.

Mr.. Clarence Alva of ST. Louis has
thought of little scheme which gives
a very good idea Of the manner i'll
which the earth is kept in space Mr..
Alva says a person may get the right
idea if he secures a couple OF magnets
and places them directly opposite each
other SO that the currents shall flow in
opposite directions They should be an
inch or so from each other. The mag
nets should be rather strong and should
be of the same size and strength. Then
the experimenter should make little
sphere of paper or some light substance
and fasten two pieces of steel or similar
metal to the ball, the metals being al
most exactly opposite. Then comes the
work of placing the sphere in the ex-
act center of the space between the two
magnets. If the experimenter can do
this, he will have the sphere remaining
in the air without any visible means OF
support. 1t is quite trick to get the
thing in correct operation, but Mr.. Alva
saws it can be done.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
Eel Blood For Snake Bite.

Some years ago the naturalist Mosse
found that the blood of cells, particular
ly that Of sea cells, contained a poison
which acted, when transferred into the
human system, similar TO the venom of
vipers, although weaker. inasmuch as
the eel poison brought about similar
reduction Of the temperature of the
blood as the snake poison
Based upon this fact, Professor c.
Phisalix made very interesting re-
searches. which be presented recently
TO the Academy of Sciences at Paris.
He concluded that the blood of cells pos
sessed immunifying agencies upon snake
poison. He succeeded by heating solu-
ton of eel poison to 5S degrees G. to
destroy its virulence, so that it was pos
sible to inoculate guinea pig with
the fluid, the only effect being the
raising Of the temperature by few de-
gIees This reaction of the organism
was followed by perfect capability to
resist the poison of the vipers, which
was administered in deadly dose Is
to 20 hours after the incubation with
eel blood, but it absolutely failed to kill
the animal. Even very small quanti-
~ of the heated eel serum was sufficient
to produce immunity from snake poison.
This discovery is most important, since
it can be cd ployed for immunifying
human beings against snake bites, and,
if not too far progressed, it will even
insure more rapid recovery from snake
bite of victims who had not previously
been immunified with the serum. -
Philadelphia Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
His Flowers.

II heard in my YOUTH" says Sir
Charles Murray. lone of many curious,
stories of this Sir John Shaw. He was,
most eccentric in his appearance and
dress and cared nothing for tidiness III
the grounds Immediately surrounding
his house. One day he invited two gen.
tlemen from Edinburgh TO dine with
him at Carnock As was the custom or
the time, they appeared before dinner
in knee breecbos, silk stockings ana
thin shoes. The weather being fine, Sir
John invited them to take turn In the
garden Civilly and thoughtlessly they
followed their host and soon found
themselves skipping among nettles and
thistles, to the great discomfort OF their
unfortunate calves. Sir John, who was
clad, as usual, III corduroy breeches and
top boots, said to them, with polite
gravity, Step cot. step cot, gentlemen,
veil no hurt my flowers. '"-CornhiU
Magazine.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
The Yellow Fever Microbe.

DR.. Sanarelli, discoverer of the bacil-
lus of yellow fever, in the course OF a
lecture recently delivered in Monte
video, declared the dread disease to
be due to microbe, which had been
named by him icteroid, and that 1t
was rarely found either in the blood
of yellow fever patients or in their
bodies after death, as it easily disap-
peared. Furthermore, the isolation OF
the microbe was difficult, but bacteria
logical diagnosis was possible. Twenty
four hours cultures in gelatin were
recognizable without microscope. The
microbe was very deadly for animals,
producing, when experiments were
made, q cyclic malady, with symptoms
and LESSONS identical with those pro-
duced in men-namely, astro-enteritis,
hemorrhage, nephritis, ur@mia and
fatty degeneration of the liver, destroy.
ing the hepatio cell-like phosphorus and
thus suppressing the natural defense OF
the organism.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
The Glorious Redwood.

The redwood, says John Muir in The
Atlantic, is the glory of TIE coast range.
it extends along the western slope, in
a nearly continuous belt ten miles wide,
from beyond the Oregon boundary to
the south OF Santa Cruz, a distance of
nearly 400 miles, and in massive, sus-
tanned grandeur and closeness of growth
surpasses all the other timber woods of
the world. Trees from 10 to 8 feet in
diameter ael 800 feet high are not I'M
common, and few attain a height Of
800 feet, or even 400, with a diameter
at the base Of 10 to 20 feet or more,
while the ground beneath them is a
garden OF fresh, exuberant ferns, lilies.
gaultheria, and rhododendron.
AS timber the redwood is too good to
live. The largest sawmills ever built
are busy along its seaward border,
with all the modern improvements, I"
but so immense is the yield per acre it
Will be long ere the supply is exhausted
The big tree is also TO some extent being
made into lumber Though far less
abundant it is, fortunately, less accessi-
bic, extending along the western flank
OF the Sierra in partially interrupted
belt about $50 miles long, at height
OF from 1000 to 5000 feet above the
sea. The enormous logs, too heavy to
handle, are blasted into manageable d.
mansions with gunpowder. A large por-
ton of the best timber is thus shattered
and destroyed, and, with the huge, knot
ty tops, is left III ruins for tremendous
fires that kill every tree within their
range, great and small.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
The NEWS IN RRlEE

Joseph Hayes, a tall soldier,v ,oo,.
ing man. who was arrested al New yor,,
Tor drunkenness, is said nv the 1t
~ pe brlgadier General Joseph HAYES
Win brilliant war record. He was on
Grants staff during the war.
what Is probably the most venerable
piece OF furniture in existence is now
IN the British museum. 1t Is the threw
Vi queen Hatasu, who reignad IN ,bs
Christ. osiore
Henry Mckinney. alias Henry Brown
was arrested on a farm near paris ms
lie had escaped from q iail NJ Cree,
field, Ind. 'eei-
Durlhs the parade at Buffalo. n. Y
IN honor Of the G.. A. r. veterans Miss
Lipole Murphy was crowded off her hi
cycle ana thrcWn under the wheels Of
trolley car and instantly killed.
a %'=Oo farm in Tennessee has been
paiu Tor wholly in hens eggs, the in
staliihehts being RENTED daily. some
tifhes az the rate of cents a dozen for
the eggs, delivered in four-dozen lots
C. e. Willard, young married man.
'N' N''Nd At lue FAIRBANKS Morse ShODS
at Beloit, Wis, by being caught in a
revolving shaft.
The police at Barcelona, Spain. have
discovered a number Of dynamite
bombs at Gracia, just north of BARGE
Iona.
swarms Of grasshoppers, looking like
sure AXIS Of silver in the air, have passed
In northeasterly direction over Will
bur- Wash.
The business portion of Catawba.
twelve miles east Of Springfield. O.,
was destroyed by fire. The loss
amounts to $4,000, and insurance TO
half as much.
Harry r. Mitchell, an old newspaper
man OF Springfield, Ills, is dead of par
alysis Of the brain.
Jacob Striba, aged so, committed sui
eide at his home in Rogers City, Mich,
by hanging.
John w. Snyder, while going on an
excursion to Ironton, O., fell under the
trucks of the rear car and was killed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
Two Poor Ones.

The Boston Transcript recalls story
of Edwin Forrest during one of his Bos-
ton engagements. A poor artist called
several times to see him at the old Win
throp House. Each time he brought Il
picture which he bad painted. He final
ly left it with note stating that he
was in needy circumstances Forrest
read the note and took the wrapping
from the picture It proved to be n
painting of himself as Spartacus kor-
rest gazed upon it moment and then
calculated TO the clerk: Give him = Ia
II he is rs poor as his picture. he must
be On the point Of starvation.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
a pread of Death.

"nae i.st concerns us, writes
I 1ourpaI So ~ ,dy in The Ladies, lone
'ou'hai' is relation which Christ's
resurrection mas our death and future
iiie' 30 many p'ple live in fearful
dread OF death and ne grave, believe.
Just because they do OF study this doc
trine They speak 0 death and the
judgment with a shu der. and their
vision seems to be unabk 10 pierce be-
yond.
Il well remember how j. NV native,
village in New England it Ted to be
customary, as funeral procession left
the church, for the bell in the b.rying
ground TO toll as many times as tn, de-
ceased was years old. How anxiously 1
would count those strokes of the bell to
sec how long might reckon ON living.
Sometimes there would be 20 or so
tolls, and / would give sch of relief
to think l had so many ~ rs TO live.
But at other times there ,..uld be only
few years tolled, and then horror
would seize me as / thought that l, too.
might soon be claimed as a victim by
that dread monster, death. Death and
Judgment were a constant source of fear
to me till realized the fact that neither
shall ever have any hold on child of
God.
In his letter to the Romans the Apes
tie Paul has shown, in most direct
language. that there is no condemnation
for child of God, but he is passed from
under the power of law, and in the
epistle to the Corinthians he tells us
there is natural body, and there is q
spiritual body, and as we have borne
the image of the earthly we shall also
bear the image of the heavenly"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
Education.

According to the order of nature, men
being equal, their common vocation is
the profession Of humanity, and who
ever is we'll educated to discharge the
duty of man cannot be badly prepared
to fill any of those offices that have a
relation to him. 1t matters little to me
whether my pupil be designed for the
army. the pulpit or the bar. Nature mas
destined us to the offices OF human llie'
antecedent to our destination concern
ing society. To live is the profession l
would teach him. When | have done
with him, it is true he will be neither a
soldier, lawyer nor divine. Let him
first be a man. Fortune may remove
him from one rank to another as she
pleases. de will always be found In his
place. Rousseau.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25

The debasing effect of Scott's lords
and ladies is nowhere stronger than in
young ladies' colleges in the United
States. Girls there imagine that per-
sons who live in old castles and sleep in
rooms hung for hundreds of years with
tapestry must be far above the ordinary
level. Their dream is to become, through
dollars and feminine charm, mistresses
of these imposing abodes and bear the
titles connected with them. An Ameri-
can lady married to a prosaic British
nobleman with euphonious title had
filled her imagination with thoughts of
Kenilworth. She was more than disap-
pointed to find that earls were not belt
ed and that Howard could be matter
of fact burly person, fond Of plain food
and plain in all his ways. London
World.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
Premier Meline Warned.

Paris, Aug. 25.-The Figaro, discuss
ing the increase in the price of bread
in France. says: THE Political side Of
the question dominates the economic
side. There are two possible solutions Of
the question, the state to fix a maximum
price for bread, or the government to re-
duce the custom duties" Continuing,
The Figaro warns Premier Meline that
ii is inadmissable for him to allow him.
self to be entitled the Dear Bread Min
ister."
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
Murder nt a Picnic.

Gallipolis, o., Aug. 25.-Without prov
ocation gang of West Virginia desper-
ADDE'S swooped own on a picnic party at
Glenwood. eighteen miles below here
and broke up the party by their orgies.
Revolvers, knives, names, singletrees
and clubs were used. The women tainted
and others fled to the hills. Lew Hol-
ley was killed outright and William Por-
ter and Van Linkfeld, two members Of
the picnicking party, were fatally
stabbed. Alonzo Porter had his skull
fractured and half his face cut off. John
Wallace had part Of his hand cut off,
an eye gouged out, and an ear removed.
The ruffians were the members Of the
Holley band Of outlaws and they have
killed at least a dozen men.