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The evening times., 1899-06-05
Pertinent Question.

(From the Detroit Free Press,)
Such occurrences as this are inevitable
The father is a veteran of the civil war.
and the son helped settle things in Cuba.
You don't know what war is" said the
old gentleman at dinner the other day
It's nothing to go over and clean out a
lot OF half-breeds and heather. We fought
as brave a lot Of men as ever strapped on
a knapsack or pulled a trigger. and We
didn't come back kicking because our bill
of fare wasn't up to that Of s. day
hotel
"Oh. guess you did your share of kick
ing. from what read. And / guess you
didn't strike anything much hotter than it
was going up that hill at Santiago
Papa" said little Johnny. from near
the foot of the table, do you mean that a
man that was wounded or killed in your
war was any more woundeder or killdeder
than they was in Brother Ike's war;"
The old veteran simply hoisted his nap
kin on his fork. and the Cuban hero smil-
ingly acknowledged the surrender.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
Puritans in Texas

irroHl tie new ofieanS
The States" has on more than one oc-
casion remarked that while the people of
New England are becoming more broad
minded and liberal, those of the South are
becoming more narrow minded and bgot-
ed. An evidence of this is supplied by a
special despatch to the "Times-Democrat'
to the effect that Henry Bunch. of Alvin.
Tex, a railroad section hand, receiving
s1.50 day. did the cooking, and on Sun
day the washing and ironing, for the fam
lily on account Of his wife's illness. But,
worse than that, this hardened criminal
was detected in the act of working his lit
tie vegetable garden on the Lords day
He was arrested, tried, convicted, and Jail
ed for this heinous offence against the
peace and dignity Of the great State Of
Texas, on his refusal to pay fine Of
1856 and costs, as 1t would have taken
the bread out of the mouths of his sick
wife and child. We would suggest to the
enlightened members of the Texas Legis-
lature that they send on to Connecticut for
a copy of her famous Blue Laws and adopt
them from kiver to kiver.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
RUN OVER BY THE ROYAL BLUE.
CHASTITY Fragments of Two Men
Found the Track.

Parkersburg. W. Va. June 5.-Royal
Blue train on the Baltimore and Ohio. due
here at midnight Friday night. ran over
the bodies OF two men at Cherry Camp.
east of here.
The engineer did not see anyone on the
track, but the passengers felt a queer jar
of the coaches. as il they were running
over something, and upon investigation
found portions of human bodies. four feet
and three hands. The supposition is gen.
eral that the men. one of whom was large
and the other quite small, judging from
the fragments found. were murdered and
their bodies carried TO the scene of the ac-
cident and placed upon the track.
The men were last night identified as
Robert Swiger and Charles Herbert, team
sters by a shoe dealer at Salem.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
DRowNED m EAST RIVER.
Vain Efforts to Reach Two Men on
Blackwells Island.

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Blackwell's Island.
New York. June 5.-Cries OF excited
guards. followed by pistol shots. wert
heard on Blackwell's Island early las
evening. and a crew OF VOLUNTEER life savers
hurried to attempt the rescue of two mer
who were swamped in an open boat II
the East River
The men, who could be seen struggling
in the water. sank before aid reached them
Their boat fOated away before any means
OF Identification could be obtained.
From the windows Of the Maternity Hos
pital the danger of the men was first no.
ticed. The fiat-bOttomed boat In which they
had rowed down the channel OF the river
on the east side, of the island was rapidly
filling. The royers baled out the boat
with energy The wafer rose to the seats
and the men cried loudly for help.
group OF nurses who were enjoying the
cool evening breezes In one of the upper
windows OF the hospital huriediy notified
several keepers, who spread the alarm to
the guards along The water front. The lat
ter had no boat in readiness to go to the
rescue. They blew several horns-the usu-
al call for boat from the Manhattan
shore. Finally. to make the alarm more
effective, pistols were fired in quick sue
cessiOn. 7 ~
William J. Murray, scaptain of the New
York Volunteer Life Saving Station at
West Fifty-second street and the East
River. ordered his crew into a lifeboat.
The shots fired by the guards on Black
wells Island caused Murray and his men
to believe that prisoners were escaping
from the pententiary. Murray urged his
crew to row with all their strength for the
island.
As the life-saving crew neared the oppo-
site shore the steamboat Wanderer ran
down the channel. Through a big mega
phone they shouted that the men were
struggling in the water nearer the shore
The crew Of the lifebOat followed the east
bank OF the island. but found no one.
During their hurried search they saw the
rowboat filled with water. 1t floated away
and was lost in the darkness
When questioned after the accident, the
guards on the island said that there had
been no escape. They explained that the
pistols were fired because recent orders
were issued forbidding boats to land on
Blackwelrs Island after s O'Clock at night
except in case Of emergency. 1t was be-
ieved that the shots would attract the
attention OF the life-savers at East Fifty
second street. The drowned men could
not be accounted for up to late hour last
night.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
For the Sake of the Past.
From the Jondon Chronicle

The Prince OF Parma is known in France by
at least magnificent piece Of self-sacrifice to
the past and to the traditions Of his house. This
is his restoration and repair of the vast pile
known as the Castle Of Chambord, that astounding
assemblage of towers and pinnacles with its four
hundred rooms and its giant double staircase,
which Francis 1 built as the most eccentric
hunting lodge the world has ever known. The
reconstruction of Chambord, due to the Parma
family. has cost them 20, 600 900 francs paid
be it remembered, by family that resides not
in France, but in Italy.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
CURRENT HUMOR.
just as Dead.

Qrom the Chicago Tribune.)
1t was Uncle Absaom's first visit TO the city.
and he eyed the elevator with some suspicion as
he stepped inside.
1--WE got TO meet man at Rance & Co.'S he
said: ''are they in this buildin'?'
.'Yes," said the elevator man.
Tell me when you git there?''
'.Yes."
The elevator started upward. When it was about
halfway to the top Uncle Absalom gasped:
'.Lemmy off here"
This is only the ninth floor; Rance & Co. are
on the eighteenth
Suppose the burned thing broke when it was
at the eighteenth foor?'
''well, you old fool. it wouldn't kill you any
deader than if you fell from the NINTH
The evening times., 1899-06-05
Menfal Labor No bar.


Can a lawyer practicing at the bar be at the
came time a manual worker? This question is
agitating the members of the legal profess
sion in Hungary. young briefess barrister,
tired of waiting for clients, took to earning
money by painting. decorating, window-cleanins,
paperhanging, spring cleaning, and so forth, in
the provincial towns in the district in which he
practiced at the bar. An effort was made to
have his name erased from the roll of advocates,
but the Lord Chief Justice ruled that the young
legal revolutionist was within his rights in
earning money by honest manual labor.
The evening times., 1899-06-05

The threatening letter stage of public
disturbance has been reached at Santiago,
where American officials are being treated
to anonymous communications, promising
a revolt and much gore unless the United
States shall get out of the island imme-
diately. il not sooner. Now the certain
way to keep the United States in the ISL
and for all time and to transform it into
permanent American dependency is for
the irreconcilable Cubans to get up an in
surrection against our military authority.
On the whole, it may be that they would
be doing a good thing in the interests Of
all concerned TO try it on.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
There is something positively sinister

There is something positively sinister
in the suggestion of a local organ, gener-
ally regarded as having valuable space
rate relations with the Administration.
that satisfaction over the German acqui-
sition of the remaining Spanish Pacific
islands, and the decision TO restrict Otis
to a barely defensive footing in the Phil
ippines, may be preliminary to a deal by
which our Eastern possessions are to be
turned over to England or some other Eu-
ropean power or group of powers. 1t is
evident that the anti-expansonists are
vigorously and cleverly at work.
The evening times., 1899-06-05

There is a serious situation in Clay
county, Eastern Kentucky, one OF the re-
suits of the old Howard-Baker feud in
that locality, and the commander Of the
State troops at the scene Of trouble has
telegraphed for re-enforcements. He
states that the Howard faction is assem-
bling in large numbers at Manchester,
whittier he has gone with a company of
State militia and a Gatling gun, and blood
shed is expected. This is one of the re-
minders We get occasionally that within
two or three hours ride Of the cultured
city of Lexington there is country and
people as wild as if both were at the
bottom Of Khyber Pass instead of in the
heart of a central American State.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
TOWN SITES FOR INDIANS
Beginning of the Dissolution of tn
Civilized Tribes.

Civilized Tribes.
Guthrie. Okla, June 5.-The first work
of the Government Townsite Commission
has been performed at the little town OF
Gale, in the Chickasaw Nation. Fully a
thousand persons gathered TO see the first
section stake driven. Commissioner Sterritt
drove the first section stake. and at once
had il taken up and sent to the National
Museum at Washington The name of
Gale is to be changed TO Sterritt. This is
the first town to be plated and surveyed
by the Government. The. townsite COM
missioaers have united powers in making
new towns. under the Curtis law, which
practically means the dissolution of the
five civilized tribes of Indians. The In
dams are being forced to take small al
lOtmentS
The evening times., 1899-06-05

The case of the lady bandit of Arizona.
who has been captured after holding up a
stage. with only one. and an inconsequen-
tial, male assistant, is clear evidence that
the new woman has struck the wild and
woolly West, and has been able at once to
adjust herself to Its peculiar civilization.
AS she herself explains her excusable lit
tie indiscretion, she was broke" wished
to skip the territory" and merely took
to the road to get stake" for that COM
mendable purpose. The principal point of
regret in the unfortunate affair is that the
passengers who held up their hands at the
command of this feminine Claude Duval
only yielded the despicable sum of four
dollars. They, too, must have been prac-
tically broke and the circumstance
amounts to a sombre commentary upon the
prevalence Of Mckinley prosperity in Ari-
zona. If for no other reason, to avoid
further publicity in that connection the
case against the lady road agent should
be promptly nol-prossed by the district at
torney.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
MISSING MAN FOUND DROWNED
william DuEan's Death in the Hud
son Mystery.

SDh' - W. StVEy.
Yonkers. N y. June 5.-While John
Nixon and Charles Ewing were rowing
close to the Yonkers short of the Hudson
River yesterday forenoon they discovered
the body OF man floating near Saunders
Dock. The men made the body fast to the
dock and then notified the authorities
Coroner Miles had the body removed 10 a
morgue. While it was there 1t was identi-
fed as that of William Dugan. of No. 81
Wells Avenue. The latter's relatives were
notified. and they also identified the body
Dugan had been missing from home since
Wednesday last. What led to his being
drowned is a mystery to his relatives. He
was very high-spirited man, and one to
whom suicide would seem impossible
There were no marks of violence about
his body. He was well dressed, and $50 in
banknotes was found In his pockets. The
case is being investigated.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
Locust Diet In North Africa.
From the Chicago Tribune.)

In Morocco at this time entire wagonloads Of
locusts brought to the market in Fez, because
they form a regular article of food for the
Moors who inhabit this part of North Africa
Here. also. the locusts eaten in every style,
picked, salted, simply dried, smoked. or in any
other possible way, except The negroes on
the northern coats of Africa prefer locusts to
pigeons and they eat from 200 to 800 at a sitting
The evening times., 1899-06-05
Providing for the Future.

(From the Detroit Free Press)
Cleverton-Well, here's a s. note, but III bet
you won't speak to me the next time you see me.
Dashaway-Yes, l will, old man; ! may want
TO borrow another V.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
A Curiou. Charncter.
lrrom the Chicago Trihune. }

IF FOM INT VTIlCIgU IIfbUHtJ
81 confess this Philippine problem puzzles me, -
remarked the with the high forehead. II
don't know what should do if were in P-esi-
dent Mckinley's place.
The with the short neck jumped up and
grasped him by the hand.
II am delighted to meet you. SIR he said.
''You the first and only man havc scon vet
who couldn't take right hold OF this Philippine
business and jerk the daylights out Of it.''
The evening times., 1899-06-05
A Sudden Rise In Values.

(From the Chicago News.)
Tourist ION government lands)-Have you any
OF those boom towns out here that go up in
single night?
Boomer-well. reckon We have, stranger.
Thars Comet City; went up the other evening
with a cyclone, and hasn't come down yet.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
From a Tough Bird.
From the Detroit Free Press. ]

From the Detroit Free Press)
''The pillows il this boarding house are the
hardest i ever struck" complained the new
boarder at the breakfast-table. Il wonder what
they are made ofF'
"Perhaps." said the star boarder, ''of feathers
from a tailor's goose"
The evening times., 1899-06-05
Rent Under a Bu.heI.
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NIVnI tIe VoIufnuus Iess=r Vst'I
eve know business said Senator Hanna
yesterday at the convention. 1t took three law
yers and an outlay of $4,000 to prevent the public
from finding out something about it, too in the
spring of 1895
The evening times., 1899-06-05

character. though not of the same social
class. Left to themselves, students do not
evolve social traditions with any great
rapidity Encouraged by their elders. these
distinctions spring up like mushrooms.
In this particular matter of the students
who support themselves 1t would be one of
the greatest misfortunes which could hap
pen to the college II these youths were
removed from it. Then. indeed. the insti-
tuition might breed narrowness and i'm
practicability. But when man has knocked
about the world as many of these impe-
cunious students have, he knows human
nature. and that Is most valuable wisdom.
He has something to give to his alma
mater as well as something to take away.
To debar him from free social intercourse
with others is to cheat not one but all
the students. He may be crude in his
notions. but he is apt to be original. He
may, when freshman. be rough; but II
he has scraped together the money for q
college course. he has strength Of charac
ter somewhere under his rude exterior,
and an uncut diamond is considerably more
valuable than highly polished rhinestone.
In the busy outer world, after men leave
college and are absorbed in business and
family cares. there Is no time to become
acquainted with life different from their
own. Therefore the necessity for Wan
derjahre" in the early twentfes. II the
life of this country ever becomes stratifed
into classes. divided by impossible barriers.
We shall be in more serious danger than
any other nation on earth, by reason OF
our mixed population and large interests.
There are unpleasant things about popu-
lation which is constantly climbing up
and down the social ladder. but it may
be the only safe plan for this country.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
A weunan,. Memory.
'romrthe Chicago Recor,

''When a man pays a woman compliment it
is said that she never forgets him.
That's not exactly the way Of it; she some
times forgets the man, but she always remembers
the compliment"
The evening times., 1899-06-05
A Seriour Deficiency.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.)

(From the Chicago Times Herald)
"I'' said the selfmade man. twas educated in
the great school of adversity.''
''Yes," replied his wife. ''and there's one very
bad thing about that school,
s.What is itY' he asked, as he removed about
four inches of knife blade from his mouth.
They have professor Of table manners
there"
The evening times., 1899-06-05
Pr,o,y,5Okiux.
(From fhe Boston Journal

Qrom the Boston Journal.)
$50 yoar fox ,terrieq has been stolen. Miss
Mary?'
ssYes; itsn't it shame? And had Just paid
this years dog tax on him, too"
The evening times., 1899-06-05
Daring the Honeymoon.

I'm afraid We must be divorced, my DEAR"
said Mr.. Newlywed to his young wife. 1.-The
doctor says have rheumatic tendencies and must
give up all sweet things
The evening times., 1899-06-05
GIOwinR Imarination.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
civilian Dean Howells says the Spanish writ.
ers Of fiction are superior to ours.''
That's Just what l thought when l used to
read their war news"
The evening times., 1899-06-05
Mcki..on,. Machete.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.)
Mr.. McKisson's wicked cheese-knife appears to
have got mysteriously blunted somewhere be-
tween Cleveland and Columbus.
The evening times., 1899-06-05

The British West Indian Island Of
Montserrat, having experienced forty-fve
earthquake shocks in five hours. 1t is in
order for the anti-expansionists to offer
to take it in exchange for the Philippines.
The evening times., 1899-06-05

Communications intended for publication in
THE TINES must be teTsely and plainly written.
and must in all cases be accompanied by the
name aud address OF the writer. Rejected con
munications will not be preserved. and only tian.
uscrip,s of obvious importance will be returned
TO their authors.
The evening times., 1899-06-05
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

Readers Of TIE TIMES who may at any time be
unable procure copies Of it at any newsstand or
railroad station railroad trains, Will confer
q favor upon the management by sending to thiS
Office information of the fact
The evening times., 1899-06-05

THE TIMES. in all its editions. Morning, Even
ing and Sunday vii! be mailed 10 one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses Changed
often desired.
The age-herald., 1899-01-28
KNOCKING AT DOORS.
Manufacturing Concerns Which Want
 to Locate Here.

The Commercial club has received proposition from a company out or tnls state which wants to come to Birmingham and erect a plant for the manufacture or soil pipe gas fixtures and plumbers supplies. The proposition is a very reasonable one and the officers of the club are very hope ful of locating the plant here.
 There is also a paper box manufacturing concern in Massachusetts which wants to come to Birmingham and continue the manufacture of their goods in this district Birmingham could well use the product Of such factory, for as it is now, all of the paped boxes used by the clothing and dry goods merchants, the grocers, the florists and other business houses, have to be made argument in favor of such a plant would be that merchants could have their goods shipped to Birmingham in bulk, and have them packed into the boxes here. A great saving in freight could thus be effected
 Speaking of the needs of Birmingham in the way of minor industries, it is said that there is fine opening here for the manufac- ture of boxes and crates for shipping pur- poses. Such plant is especially needed, in connection with the canning factory which Simmons, Durham & Go. are erecting near the fair grounds. There are also numerous other uses for boxes and crates in the Bir- mingham district. It is understood, how ever, that if no other firm will undertake to build such a factory, that Simmons, Dur ham & Co. will themselves erect one.
The age-herald., 1899-01-28

A great and good man has fallen.
 Today the telegraph flashes through Ala
 pama announcing his docease, and awak
 ening responsive chords of love- sympathy and devotion in many who stood with him
 in the varied conflicts of life as soldier, philanthropist, Christian and patriot ex- claiming, as David of Jonathan, 1T am dis tressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant hast thou been unto me- thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women."
 As commander of a battalion in the civil war, he was one of the Chevalier Bayard type, Sans peur ct sans reproche." His companions in arms at their firesides fond,y finger over the many touching remnis- cences of his fidelity to his men, of his un- fiinching courage under the fiercest fire, coupled with the sagacty and prudence of the truly brave and fearless; of his kindly sympathy and it's practical application in the opening of both heart and purse to the fpoor private far from his native heath un- known among strangers.
 As philanthropist, every cry for relief, every struggling in its incipiency as well as on the high tide of success, every widows and orphans lament; every groan from oppressed and despairing humanity met with prompt, hearty and effectual response.
 But it is of his Christian attitude, having
 intimately known him in varied relations,
 that I would more fully speak. Of Ma
 thaniel our Saviour spoke: "Behold an Is- raelite indeed, in whom is no guile.''
 Ingenuousness combined with Cor, rather
 to speak more correctly, the source of) loy-
 alty, fealty, steadfastness, consideration, self sacrifice and self suppression, was a prominent factor in his Christian life. do not mean by this just eulogy that he
 was sinlessly perfect, without spot or blem- ish, for none but one earth ever at tained to this; but mean simply that which is couched in "Well done, good and faith full servant
 As a church member he was truly loyal to his church, and his pastor, was a valu- able member of the Coosa River Baptist association, regularly attending its meet | ings and contributing largely to its moral | and religious efficiency. As the superin- | tendent and also the teacher of the Bible | class of his Sunday school, he has left a | deep impress on the minds and hearts of l those for whom he labored and to whom he ministered, void being created by his death that will be difficult to fill.
 As a husband and father, no mere words can express the loss Time and the grace of God can and do staunch deep wounds; but the cicatrix ever remains. Of his inn mediate family, a beloved wife and two children aono remain, and were present to minister their need of love in his last
 hours on earth. His son, MT. J. D. Truss,
 Jr., an inspector in the United States En- gineering corps, living in distant state, twice. impelled by filial love and high sense of duty laid aside his transient duties to the government to minister to his comfort and receive his dying blessing. May the God of all consolation abide with and com fort the bereaved ones of this excellent family. LEALIS LAW