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The age-herald., 1898-06-08
MRS. ATKINSON
 AGAIN ON TRIAL

wheeling W. Va, June 1.-The case oi p. Owens indicted jointly with Mrs. At kinson. wife of Governor Atkinson on the charge of complicity in alleged forgery wen. to the jury this evening. verdict of not guilty was returned. A demurrer was eh- tered to the eecond indictment against Mrs- Atkinson and argument has oeguh iei friends are confident of her acdui'a.
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The HObsOn Residence
 Saved Without Subscription

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Elegant Service to the East via The Southern
 Railway.

The Southern railway has recently inau- gurated a through sleeping car line be- tween Birmingham and Csarlotte, N. C., which is handled on their trains Nos. 35 and 36. The eastbound schedule of this car is as follows: Leave Birmingham AIS p. m., arrive Atlanta 10:45 p. m., leave At lanta 11:50 p. m. arrive Charlotte 800 a. m., at which points passengers can secure a through sleeping car to Washington, Phila- delphia and New York. This, in addition to the through sleeping car which is now operated Birmingham to New York and on train No. 3S affords excellent accommoda- tion for passengers en route east.
 Call on Southern railway agent for fur ther information.
The age-herald., 1898-06-08
CHEAP RATES
To Chattanooga and Return Account Military
 Encampment.

On account of encampment of military at Chickamauga Park, the Alabama Great Southern railroad will sell tickets Birming- ham to Chattanooga and return at a rate of one fare. tickets to be sold each Satur- day and Sunday until further notice, with limit Monday following date of sale. For further information apply to
 E. M. ELLIS, .
 Travelling Passenger Agent. Telephone 617.
 5-15-tf
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A Kind Remembrance

Victor Cudgen, the popular clerk at the Metropolitan, was the recipient last night of a very pretty remembrance of MT. and Mrs. Phil Peters. It was the shape or a watch charm beautifully woven into the insignia of the order of Elks. It was en- tirely unexpected on the part of MT. Cud- gen, which made 1t doubly appreciated.
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NO TROOPS
YET LANDED
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ernment, but which have not been met. They are that the Ship must be turned over in good condition as to hull and machinery. The ordnance will be supplied by the Unit ed States in the shape of ten six inch rapid fire guns now ready to put in the ship. The machinery of the Buffalo Is known to be in bad shape. but just to what extent Is not known here. The ship will be in- spected by naval board when she is ready for delivery to the government. Meanwhile the work of putting her in condition will go on at once at Newport News.
The age-herald., 1898-06-08
MORE CONGRATULATIONS
 FOR ADMIRAL GENERA

Madrid, June 7-10 p. m.-In the cham Der of deputies Captain Aunon, minister of marine, read Admiral Cervera's dispatch, and dispatch from Blanco to the effect that General Lnares has repulsed an Amer can attempt to effect a. landing of troops at Aguadores.
 The senate, after hearing Admiral Ger veras dispatch, unanimously resolved to congratulate the army and navy.
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service, and their efforts, if continued, he sad. could result only in the destfuciion of the entire system. t
 Without passing upon the measure the senate, at 5:05 p. m.. adjourned.
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Thorn's Conviction Confirmed

Saratoga, N. Y, June 7.-The court of appeals today affirmed the conviction of murder in the first degree in the case of Martin Thorn, whom the Queens county criminal court found guilty of the murder of William Guldensuppe, bath rubber, in Woodside, Long Island, in June last
The age-herald., 1898-06-08
New Sleeping CarIine
SPECIALIST. Southern Medical

The Southern Railway company are now operating Pullman sleeping cars between Birmingham and Charlotte, N. C., on trains 35 and 36, leaving Birmingham, east bound, 4:15 p. m., arriving Birmingham, re- turning, u:40 a. m., thus affording passen- gers from this territory destined to points in North Carolina, Virginia and the east to secure immediate sleeping car accommoda- tionsn this train. For furtAr information apply Union depot or
 J. P. BILLUPS,
 Travelling Passenger Agent.
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ADMIRAL CERNERA'S
 OFFICIAL DESPATCH

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IN THE SENATE

Washington, June 7.-Amost immediately after the senate convened today considera- ton was resumed of the bill for the pro- tection of the people of the Indian Terrl tory
 The discussion of the measure occupied three hours, after which it was passed. It provides for the allotment in seyeralty of certain lands of the territory, the payment of interests claims to the Chickasaw h. dians and the ratification of the amount affected with the Indians by the Dawes commission. During the consideration of the measure several committee amendments were adopted. At the suggestion of Mr. Pettigrew, section 26 was provided for the segregation of 157 600 acres of the land pur- chased by the Delawares from the Chero- kees, 1G0 acres of the land to be allotted to each registered Delaware and the re- mainder reserved to the descendants of de- ceased registered Delawares, was stricken from the bill. One amendment to the meas ure ratlfes the agreement made by the Dawes commission, with the five civilized tribes.
 Amendment Concurred In
 The reading of the Indian bill was inter- rupted at this point, and the senate con- cured in the amendments made by the house to the war and navy urgent deflcien- cy bill passed yesterday.
 At o'clock the unfinished business, the census bill, was temporarily laid aside in order that the Indian bill might be com pleted.
 Mir. Quay presented the report of the con- ferees on the post office bill, and it was agreed to.
 The Indian bill was then passed
 Consideration was resumed of the meas ure providing for the taking of the twelfth census. MT Carter vigorously opposed the pending amendment, and MT. Wilson made q vigorous attack upon the present admin. istraton of the civil service.
 Mir Chandler took occasion to warn the civil service commission, and it's friends that in extending the system they were constituting themselves the foe of true civil
The age-herald., 1898-06-08
win Sail in Fortnight

London, June "A dispatch to tue Daily Chronicle from Gibraltar. says that Ad- miral Camara, with the Cadiz reserve squadron, will sail for Cuba in a fortnight.
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When in doubt take Hoods Sarsaparilla. Americas Greatest Medicine. It Is the peoples favorite.
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MONTEREY
 AND BRUTUS  Leave San Francisco on Their Long Journey to the
 Philippines.

San Francisco, June 7IThe principal event in the war situation today was the departure of the monitor Monterey and collier Brutus, for Manila. Every steam whistle blew a farewell the two vessels moved down the harbor toward the Golden Gate
 The second expedition to the. Philippines will hardly be able to leave here before next Saturday. High rates of charter and the scarcity of ships Is preventing the war de- partment from getting the third expedition under way. The three ships engaged will constitute the second expedition. -
 Ship owners are demanding extravagant prices for steamers and they will not be met by the war department. Unless some of them make more reasonable propositions it is a. foregone conclusion that a number of steamers will be seized and drafted into service
The age-herald., 1898-06-08
Question of Constitutionality

MT. Bailey, of Texas, and MT. Williams. (dem.) of Mississippi, raised the question of the constitutionality of the provision, declaring the requirements of the state laws as to the registration shall not apply to the electors"
 They questioned 1t on the ground that registration was a feature of qualification and was exclusively within the province of state powers and not a matter of time. place or manner" contemplated in the con- sttution.
 The further consideration of the measure precpitated a prolonged colloquy in which many members joined. It was apparent that the bill involved fine questions of con- stitutional construction. A desire to post pone consideration was manifest and MT Lacey's request that the bill be made the continuing special order for tomorrow was granted. It was stated by the speaker. however, that the sundry civil conference report would take precedence. At 5:02 p. m. the house adjourned.
The age-herald., 1898-06-08
Years Suspension Waved

The senate resolution was passed au- thorizing the president to waive the one years suspension from promotion and or der re-examination in the army in certain cases during the existing war.
 MT. Cannon, from the committete on ap- propriations, presented a conference report of partial agreement upon the sundry civil bill, which was agreed to.
 separate vote was then had upon some of the amendments. One increasing the limit cost to $250,OO0 to the public build- ing at St. Paul was agreed to.
 Providing for a quarantine station at Astoria, Ore, carrying sS0,0O0; agreed to-.
 Pending the vote upon amendments, MT. Gaines (dem., of Tenn.) secured the floor to present a newspaper criticism upon the agents of the government who had pur- chased the Merrimac at an alleged cost of $l50 900 in excess of the boats cost of con- struction.
 Consideration of the amendments was not completed, MT. Cannon asking postpone ment until tomorrow. The bill providing for the participation of volunteer soldiers in congressional elections during the exist ence of the present war was then taken up, 1t having been made yesterday the spe- cial order for today. MT. Lacy said the bill found constitutional warrant in the section giving congress power to mae or alter regulations prescribed by the state legislature affecting the times, places and manner of holding elections for representa- tiVes.
The age-herald., 1898-06-08
THE URGENT WAR
 DEFICIENCY BILL Passed With Amendments by the Senate
 Disposed of in House. BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT The Volunteer Suffrage Measure Mill
 Be Considered Today. FINE CONSTITUTIONAL POINTS Are Involved and Will Be Debated at Length Bill Passed Directing Ager to Re-
 tura Flags Carried by Ohio
 Regiments in Civil War.
FINE CONSTITUTIONAL POINTS

Washington, June 7.-After disposing of the urgent war deficiency bill as passed with amendments by the senate, the house today considered the finance report up n the sundry civil bill. The report, so far as 1t embodied agreements, was adopted, and the house then began voting severally up- on the senate amendments upon which no There are forty-five of these The house considered today eight of these acting fa- vorably upon three and rejecting the te- mainder. Consideration will begin tomor- row on the bill to permit volunteer soldiers to vote at the coming elections The m as- and must be considered at length By unanimous consent it will be taken up to- morrow following the sundry civil confe = ence report. After the morning hour the house passed bill directing the secretary of war to return to the state of Ohio the flags carried in the civil war by the Twen- ty-first, Fifty-eighth and Sixt eth regi- ments of Ohio infantry and Seventh heavy artil cry.
 MT. Cannon of Illinois called up the ur- gent war deficiency bill with amendments as passed by the senate, and moved to con cur in the senate amendments, and adopted two house amendments providing $7O,OOO for additional printing In the navy depart- ment and for work in the bureau of en- craving and printing. The motion pre- vailed
Evening star., 1898-11-03
An Amateur shop Litter.


my first experience as a shoplifter oc-
CURED recently" said young profess
sioDal man of this city. The scene of my
crime was a large retail store on Canal
street. / walked in. stole about So worth
of small articles and escaped unietected
1t was absurdly easy. I'm surprised that
more people don't go into 1t. No. 1t wasn't
a bet or a joke: it was entirely little
affair of my own, and happened this way:
1 went into the store to get two or three
trifies for the house and was very much
preOccupied at the time over a case in
court. The store was one of those estab-
lishments that display vast number of
different things on counters accessible to
anybody, and l picked up what l wanted
without the trouble of calling a clerk. /
put the plunder into my packet. still. think
ing about the case. and sauntered out, for
getting entirely to settle. Nobody paid the
slightest attention to me. and it was not
until reached home that l happened to
remember about the money. Aftsrward
dropped in and handed 1t over, telling them
to credit 1t to the conscience fund At
the same time asked the manager wheth-
er an Immense quantity of goods was not
lost from the exposed counters. and was
surprised to learn that such thing was
almost unknown. He said that not one
person in ten thousand had sufficient cheek
to attempt 1t. What carried me through
was my unconscious sang froid. Had /
been really stealing / would probably haya
bean betrayed by my trepidation."
Evening star., 1898-11-03
BLIND FARMER IN VERMONT.
Successfully TfIls the Soil Though
Sightless for Years,
From the New York Time

From the New York Times.
Lafayette Stearns of Rutland, Vt. is a
man who has mastered one of the most
trying of physical infirmit,es and made his
life useful when others would have given
way in despair. Mr.. Stearns is a farmer
seventy years old, who, though blind for
eighteen years, has during all but two
of those years carried on the cultivation
of ten acres of land. For two years after
he became blind Mr.. Stearns was Obliged
to lay aside all labor. though brawny and
physically as able and anxious to work
as ever.
During this period he tried many times to
plant portions of his garden by kneel-
ing and trying to perfect measurements
with his implements. One morning the
idea came to him that he would take two
stakes and string, and suspendins the
latter from the stakes could construc, n
satisfactory guide.
Mrs. Stearns set the stakes for the first
row to be planted across the garden. With
this assistance ne planted his first acre
setting the stakes over for each new row
obtaining measurements with the short hoe
handle which he carried while on his bend
ed knees he opened the hill, planted the
seed and covered IL over.
Before he could do much gardening he
earned money churning for neighbors In
This way he carr ed enough to purcasse
covering for the addition to his house and
afterward built the staging himself and
laid half the covering.
Mr.. StearnS mOws rakes and prepares
enough hay to keep three cows and a
horse. For moving the stakes are set at
the outer edge of the field by Mrs Stearns,
with the string suspended at such q height
that with each swing of the scythe the
blind mans forearm just touches it, When
he has moved a swath across the field he
sets the stakes over the width of a swath.
which he measures with his scythe; then,
guided by the string, he makes his way
back across the field. In this way. when
once started. he mows an entire meadow.
and the neighbors allege that even at sew.
enty years of age he is a brisk man to
follow with scythe
Working entirely on this principle. the
blind farmer plants, hoes, weeds and har-
vests all kinds Of farm products.
Evening star., 1898-11-03
Manual Trainings Tenchings.

From the Ladies' Home Journal.
Manual training teaches no specific trades,
but aims to give knowledge of the pr1n-
ciples underlying all trades. Literally, II
means hand training. 1t teaches the young
men the principles and practice of car
pentry, pattern making, wood carving.
blacksmithing, wise work and machine con-
struction, and 1t does il more thoroughly
and in far less time than It is possible to
do 1t in the manufactures themselves. The
models are not finished articles, but are
simply practice pieces intended TO embody
general principles in both wood and metal
working.
| am led to believe that manual train
ing, by enlarging a boys interests and out
look, not only helps him more surely to
find his right vocation, but also tends to
make that vocation one of nobleness and
worth. And not only are these young fell
lows occupied. but they are also success
full. As students, teachers, Journalists
architects, engineers. electricians, draughts-
men, physicians and lawyers they are
steadily making their way to the front.
which is encouraging to those of us Who
believe in learning by doing.
Evening star., 1898-11-03
A BULLET IN HIS HEAD.
1t Stayed There for Thfrty-FOur
Years and Was Then Removed.

II stayed There for Th1Fty-FOur
Years and Was Then Removed.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
A peculiar surgical operation was per-
formed in Monroe, La, recently. Captain
Myatt of that place-was member of the
3lst Louisiana Regiment, and was in Vicks-
burg at the time5dI5f thy siege. where he re-
ceived federal dminies ball in his right eye
during the month of Jhne. 1864. From that
manned in his held, dsspite the efforts of
physicians to removeIt He was standing
behind the breastworks when hit. The bull
let came through the earthworks before
hitting him, and thus great deal of it's
force was lost. RE was sent to the hospi-
tai, where he remained until July Is, when
While an Inmate of rhe hospital, after the
surrender he was tended by some of the
best surgeons naahe Ifederal army. all of
whom asserted that THE ball had gone too
far into the back of'ithe head to be got
out: While the captain has suffered much,
ne mas attended gs.ps mercantile and plant
The manner innwhich the bullet was To-
Gated was purely accidental. Captain Ny
att was suffering from toothache, and
called on DR.. c. b. Johnston to have him
pun the tooth, which was giving him con-
siderable pain. On closer examination Dr.
Johnston found 1t was not tooth, but a
leaden bullet that was causing all the trou-
BILE. He called in Drs. Brewers and Faulk,
physicians, who made the same diagnosis
of the case as he himself had made. Cap
tain Myatt refused to be put under the In
iuence OF Snesthetics and the dentist un-
dertook to drill the ball out, and after
several sittings succeeded in extracting the
bullet. The bullet after entering had turn
ed down at right angles and came under the
eye. whence it had gradually worked its
way down to the jaw.
Evening star., 1898-11-03
The Papers of the World.
From the London Tit-Bits.

rom the London Ttt-Bits
A statistician has learned that the an
nual aggregate circulation of the papers
of the world is calculated to be II 900. .0oO =
900 copies. To grasp any idea Of this mag
nitude we may state that 1t would cover
no fewer than 10 $50 square miles of sur
face; that it is printed on ISL. 30 tons of
paper. and. further, that il the number, H.
00o,0o0.0o0, represented, instead of copies.
seconds. 1t would take over 333 years for
them to elapse.
In lieu of this arrangement we might
press and pile them vertically upward till
gradually reaching our highest mountains
Topping all these, and even the highest
Alps, the pile would reach the magnifi-
cent altitude of 400 miles, or, in round
numbers. 800 miles.
Calculating that the average man spends
five minutes reading his paper in the day
(this is a very low estimate), We find that
the people OF the world altogether occupy
time equivalent to 100000 years reading
the papers.
Evening star., 1898-11-03

HICKORY. BY Everett T. TomlIls,n. arthor
of The Boy OiRcers Of 1912" .'WaShiagtun's
Young Aides, Ward HIN at Weston etc
Boston: Lee & shepard. Washingtol: WILL
lam Ballantyne Sons.
THE BIyoUAC OF THE DEAD AND ITS Az
THOR. by George w. Ranck. author Of His
tory of Lexington. Ky" .'1iirty the Whit.
lndiSn, etc Illustrated. Cnrianau: The
Robert Clarke Company.
tion By Stanley Waterloo. Huthpr OF The
Story Of Ab.' "A Man and Wsman - An
odd situation" etc. Chicago: :sand. Nc
Nally Company.
FATHER AND son. By Arthur Paterson. u, thor
Of "A Man Of His Word For Fresdum's
sake. etc. New York Il. p. Fcnap a Com
Pany. Washington: Woodward 4 I1nthc,p
THE CASINO GIRL IN LONDON. ny Herself.
l.ditee Ly Curtis Durham. Illustrated New
Woodward Lothrop.
ENoCH THE PHn.ISTINE; n Traditional Re-
mlhce Of Philistia, Egypt and tho Great Pyru-
hcNaliy Company.
JoEI; HARFo.iD; Story for Boys BY James
Saved the Barn etc New York: Thomas Y
Crowell Company.
STORIES OF THE AMERICAN RE,-lL;TI1N-
PART II. BY Everett T. Tomlnsnn. Rosi,n:
Lee shepard Washington: William Bal.
lantyne d Sons.
THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER: Romance of IN.
Stuarts. By Charles 5. Bentley and r Kimhall
Scribner. Chicago: Rand, McNaliy a Com
pany.
THE LARK CLASSICS -BARRACK- ROOM RAJ
LADS, THE RECESSIONAI. ET'. BY Eud-
yard kipling. San Francisco: William Doxey
Evening star., 1898-11-03
If you want work read the want columns
of The Star.

When Brown University opened last year
but one student elected to study Spanish.
and he was induced to substitute some
other language. After the explosion of the
Maine, when the spring term began, four
students presented themselves to the pro-
fessor of Spanish, and the study was re-
spmed. This fall. after the war the pro-
fessor found his room crowded with young
men who wanted to study the language and
Uteraturs of our late adversaries.
Evening star., 1898-11-03
Formation off, the United States of
oonhd America.
PREVIOUS FE1IRll'loN GIVES WAY
Election Of the PRESIDENT by Pop
uillar ill Vote.
CONSTITUTIONAL FEATURES

A complets transformation of the geogra-
ply Of Central America occurred November
l by he birth of a new republic, the United
States of Central America, and the disap-
pearance of the republics of Nicaragua.
Salvador auI Honduras, except as states of
the Lew union.
Senor Coraa. charge d. 'affaires of these re
publics during their transition stage has
received detailed information of the
changes effected and the form of govern
rrent of the new republic. AS indicating
the dignity and Importance of the United
States of Central America, Mr. Corea
points out that it has a population OF about
100000, an area of about 10000 square
miles. grea stretch of sea coast On the
Atlantic and Pacific. and the site of the
Nicaragua canal through which commerce
will ultimately pass from ocean to ocean,
The movement to form the new republic
began June 20, 1895, when the three pres
idents Zelaya Of Nicaragua, Gutierrez of
Salvador ant, Bonila of Honduras formed
the treaty OF Amapaia. This provided for
a union on the foreign affairs of the three
countries, and creat ted a diet which direct.
ed these foreign affairs. 1t did not amount
to a national union. however and in the
opinion Of the State Department here it
was not a gov ernment having the attribute.
of sovereignty, but merely a confedet a ion
OF separate governments for the purpose of
&C ctnducting their foreign affairs in common
The diet therefore recommended the forma
ton of general assembly, with twenty
delegates from each of the three countries
to draw up complete constitutional union
The assembly met June ~ last, the an
niversary of the treaty of Amapala
General Features Of the Constitution.
August u last constitution for the new
republic was finally drawn up and sign
with due formaiity. The general character
OF the new government is shown in n COM
mun.cation received by Senor Corea f.on
the secretary of the assembly 1t statea
that the new order of things was to go
into force November l, the name of the
republic being the United States of Centra,
America, formed CT Nicaragua Salvador
and Honduras. Provision is made for the
admission of Guatemala and Costa Rfca if
they elect to enter new union A fed
efal form of government is adopted the
boundary lines of athe states being con-
tihued as heretofore. except as changed
by each ceding ene department TO form a
federal district. similar to the District of
Columbia. where the seat of federal gov
ernment is to be located. This ceded dis
tttct surrounds the Gulf of Fonsica on the
Pacific side, and the capital IS located tenn
rorarily al Amapala on the rigre Island
lying III the Gulf of Fonsca The capitaI
will remain here hnth The congress of the
new republic selects "a permanent site for