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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
G IN PIKE.

TROY, Aug. 4.-The fight in Pike has been very hotly contested and the vote will be close, but the democrats are sanguine of victory. JOSIAH JERNIGAN, Chairman County Democratic Executive
 Cnmmittee.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05

would vote for Oates, had he registered. This county will be exceedingly close. Good prospects of electing a democratic representative. J. H. MEIGs.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
MADISON SAFE.

HUNTSVILLE, Aug. 4.-Our canvass closed in fine shape tonight. Oates will carry Madison sure.
 OSCAR R. HUNDLEY.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
REDUCED IN COOsA.

spondence. l-In 1892 this county (Coosa) gave Kolb $40 majority. A great many changes have been made and his majority in the coming election will be reduced to 400 or less.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
MACON WILL BE REDEEMED

TUsKEGED, Aug. 4.-Upon the best in- formation obtanable estimate the major- ity for Gates in Macon county at 1900, gain of 2C00 from last election. Democratic candidates for senate and legislature safe.
 J. R. WooD,
 Chairman Countv Com mittea
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
TWO THOUSAND IN BULLOCK.

UNION SPRINGS, Aug. 4.-Bullock will give democratic majority of 2000 or more next Monday. H. M. HUNTER.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
OATES GAIN IN GENEVA.

GENEvA& Aug. 3.-Democracy in Geneva countySis growing daily and will reduce Kolb's itnGEity in 1882 over one-half.
 H. H. FOSTER, Chairman. E M AY Secrafarv
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
ON THE TURF.
BRIGHTON BEACH RACES.

BRIGHTON BEACH RACES.
 BRIGHTON BEACH RAGE TRACK, Aug. 4.-rhe following are the results of to- days races:
 First race, selling, one mile-Dr. Garnett, 99 (Reiff), to 5, won; Robusta second, Hardy Fox third. Time, 1:43A.
 Second race, 3-year-olds. selling, one mile-Golden Valley, 1os (Clerico), 30 to 1, won; George Dixon second, Soprano third. Time, 1:45.
 Third race, maiden 2-year- olds, six fur longs-First Light, 105 (McDermott), 12 to l, won; Holloway second, True Penny third. Time, 1:17h.
 Fourth race, handicap, six furlongs- stonnelle, 103 (M. Bergen), 6 to l, won; i; Sirocco second, Avon third. Time, 1:16A.
 Filth race, selling, five furlongs-Rosa H., 1C2 (Carter(, to l., won; My Gyps second, Black Hawk third. Time, 1:01h
 Sixth race, handicap, steeplechase, over the full course-St. Anthony, 16O (Chand- ler), even, won; Rodman second, Duke of Applecorn third. Dutch Oven also ran. Time, 5:0Sh.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
LEE SAFE ON A FAIR COUNT.

-OPELIKA, Aug. 4.-With free vote and fair count Lee will give Oates 800 majority.
 A. D. BARRETT.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
SARATOGA RACES,

SARATOGA RACE TRACK, Aug. 4.-The following are the results of today's races:
 First race, seven furlongs-John Cooper, 115 GA. Clayton), even, won; Thurston second, Terrier third: Time, 1:29A.
 Second race, purse handicap, one mile Candelabra, no (DoggetO, to 5, won; stowaway second, Faradsy third. Time, 1:47A.
 Third race, the bitter root stakes, for g. year-olds, guaranteed value S500O, five fur longs-An nisette, 115 (Doggett), 8 to 1, won; Agitaior second, Lissak third. :. Time, 1:04.
 Fourth race, selling, six and half fur longs-Domingo. 101 (Perkins), 2 to l, won; Tom Skidmore second, Hyderabad third. Time, 1:22.
 Fifth race, 3-year-olds, selling, six and a half furlongs-Pearl Song, 102 (Perkins), to 10, won; Pulitzer second, West Park third. Time, 1924.
 Sixth race, the Beverwyck steeplechase, handicap of the value of 5000, full steeple- chase course-Ballarat, 160 (Pines), 4 to 1, won; Glenfallen second, Cicero third. Time, 6:11.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05

MoNRoEvILLE, Aug. "A conservative estimate places Colonel Oates' majority in Monroe at 1200 JOURNAL.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
GOOD NEWS FROM SHELBY.

CoLuMBTANA, Aug. 4.--Hon. Cecil Browne, Tennent Lomax and Henry Wilson delivered rousing speeches to 1500 people here today at the closing up of our county Peters and J. O. Duffay, all colored, also made excellent addresses. Several hundred colored people were present. Several Kolb
 ites professed conversion. The colored voters are largely for Oates in this county. A. P. Longshore and J. D. Hardy ad- dressed small crowd at a third party dinner at another place. Lookout for good news from Shelby. R.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
LAUDERDALE SOLID.

FLORENCE, Aug. 4.-Lauderdale is solid sound democracy. George P. Jones chair man of the democratic executive commit- tee, claims the county by 800 majority. The Kolb leaders have weakened and realized they are leading hopeless cause. der the Oates banner and will rive him tbree- -fourths of their strength. The col
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
KEEP YOUR EYE ON LIMESTONE.

ATHENS, Aug. 1.-The Kolbites in Lime- stone are badly rattled. Moseley is on hand today attempting to rally the negroes. There is much indignation among the terances that Moseley is reported to have made at Mooresville, in this county, yes- terday in an address to the negroes. The combine is on it's last legs in Limestone. Kolb, Bowman and Moseley have been here recently, but they cannot stay the stone Monday, and remember that the democracy has had to fight 1900 Kolb majority. w. s. SANDERS,
 Chairman County Democratic Committee.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
TALLADEGA COMES TO THE FRONT.


 TALLADEGA, Aug. 1.-The .Jeffersonian grand rally advertised to come of here to- day was complete fiasco. Kolb and Hob- son walled for several hours to less than 1000 people, many of them democrats of this town, attracted by curiosity. There was no enthusiasm whatever, and the op- position concede that the rally was a dsap- poiniment, having boasted that they were coming to town today with 0 crowd of 5000. The democratic executive commit tee met today with every beat represented, and after canvassing the situation we re- gard the county safe for Oates by 450 major. ity, after the most desperate political strug- gle in the history of Talladega county. The speeches by Johnson, Sanford and Brown at the grand rally in Sylacauga did us world of good, and glorious report may be expected Monday from the home county of the chairman of the Jeffersonian state committee.
 THOMAS s. PLowMAN, Chairman Democratic Executive Commit
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-05
WALKER FOR OATES.

JASPER, Aug. 1.-The canvass in Walker county closed today at Carbon Hill. An immense barbecue was prepared and the whole county invited to attend. There were ct least 2500 people in attendance and dinner in abundance.
 Capt. J. F. Johnston and Capt. B. M. Long had been announced for a joint dis cussion. Our people are great admirers of Captain Johnston and turned out en masse to hear him handle Long.
 The ball was opened by Long, who made a Kolb republican speech. Johnston made one of the best speeches ever heard in this county. He has great influence with the citizens of Walker county, and his speech did much good for the cause of law and or der, which is synonomous with democracy. One Horn, who is unknown in Walker, made antingsdiscon nectedKo harangue. He was followed by Dean of Birmingham, who made humorous speech and captured the audience. Democratic enthusiasm pervaded the crowd. It was democratic day. Walker is safe for Oates and Arnett.
 G. w. MILLER, Chairman Democratic Executive Com.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
Royal SuperStition9.

'"The Little Red Man Of the Tuiler.
fes'' was to the house of Bourbon
shat the "White Lady of Berlin" is
TO the House of HohenzoIlern, g. fore
ooder OF any great disaster. Accord.
ing to the accepted legend, after the
Tuileries was built by Catherine de
Medical, she had no sooner taken up
her abode in the new palace than she
hastily left it, never to return, declar-
ing that the spectre of little red man
had appeared to her, fortelling her
death. She did in fact die not long
afterward, and the spectre WAS next
seen On the night OF May IA, 1910, a.
few hours before the assassination of
Henry w. by the fanatic Ravallae.
1t appeared to Louis XVI. when
the latter was child, and foretold
the civil wars of the Fronde, and was
seen in the Kings bedroom after
Louis XVI. had left the palace for
Varrennes, where he was apprehended
and whence he was brought back, and
1t was again seen in the palace just
hefore the Kings execution. Accord
ing to tradition, the specter appeared
repeatedly during the Winter before
Napoleen's Russian campaign, and
was seen also before Leipsic and again
before Waterloo.
After the Restoration the little man
appeared to foretell the assassination
of the Duke de Berri. and walked into
the death room at Louis XVIII. a few
hours before the King breathed his
last. Rumor says that he was seen
just before Sedan, and repeatedly dur
ing the siege and the war OF the Com
mune, making his last appearance on
the night the Tuiieries was burned tc
the ground by the Paris mot, From,
the Globe Dem ocrat,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
The Boston Type OF Woman.

] had a friend from New York with
me in Boston who was much disap-
pointed man because he did not meet
the Boston girl with glasses, OF whom
he had read so much, or the literary
woman dressed in classical gowns.
The fact is, that Boston girls do not
affect eyeglasses any more than do
the girls Of New York or Chicago. Nor
does one meet the literary woman
with the proverbial classical gown in
either Boston or Cambridge parlor.
The literary woman Of eccentric dress
or mannerism is as much a "back-
number" in Boston as she is in any
other city. Affection of superior
knowlege or eccentric pronunciation
forms no more a part OF Boston lit
erary woman's conversation than it
does OF the New York woman. Her
grammar is, as a rule, always perfect;
her answers are sometimes models of
evasion, but in this she is not the SUI
perior Of the cultivated women of any
other of our large cities. The Boston
type OF q literary woman is, in tact,
more creature of the funny para
grapher's imagination than reality.
She is not distinct in any sense from
her sister Ia other cities. She is simply
an American gentlewOman, and as such
she is perfection.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
ne Gave HlnSelT away.

In the Hungarian parliamentary
session Of 1871, a certain Baron
szjel lived in Pressburg, with two
intimate friends, George Majlath and
Ba1thel Szemere. One day the baron
became envious OF their laurels. He
called Szemere aside and said to him:
"My good szemere, write me a
speech"
"Most willingly, my dear friend;
about what would you like me to
speak,"
at is all the same to ME if the
speech is only a nice one-wonderfully
NICE
"You will be satisfied with me-" he
answered, and the next day he brought
the manuscript. The baron men,
orized the speech, and delivered it on
the third day. The chamber re-echoed
with "vivas" and applause. At this
moment the president rose and
asked:
"Is anybody here to answer this
speech?'
The baronlooked sneeringly around.
The members all remained silent.
Then Bartholomew Szemere arose.
He began:
worthy gentlemen, what the
orator said is from beginning to end
Incorrect" And then he began to
show, in an able speech, the mistakes
the baron had made.
Don't you believe him, gentlemen!"
the baron cried, angrily. interrupting
him suddenly; "it was he himself who
wrote the speech for me-"
Every member rolled in his seat
nearly convulsed with laughter, and
then and there the baron mado vow
never again to speak in public
row a Soy SprInkled Mr.. -owen.
James Russell Lowell was walking
along Irving street in Cambridge one
day when he saw the son OF Profess
sor Josiah Boyce-a child not over ten
years old now-handling piece ofhose
andasLream ofwater rather recklessly.
Fearing a ducking, he began q remon-
STRANGE as he approached. The boy
. = s,lsaH carefully until Mr. Lowell was
e Men no turned the hose on the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
: Sc OF THE HANDS,

When Employed In Writing Nearly
Livery Muscle in the Body Helps
Them.
AT the late International Congress
OF Hygiene and Demography, in
Section 4, which was concerned with
the hygiene of infancy and school life,
a resolution was passed in favor of
the teaching of upright penmanship
or vertical writing, on the ground
that spinal curvature and short sight
are caused by the faulty position OF
the youthful student, which is necessi-
Gated by slope OF the letters. We can
all OF us remember the trouble of
learning to write, and the mental and
physical toll which the making of our
first pothooks and hangers involved.
The number & muscles put in action
when a person is writing sprodigious,
and 1t is probable that in beginners
every muscle OF the body must yield
its assent before the graphic symbols
trickle from the pen.
The fingers, wrist, elbow and
shoulder must all be held steady. The
spine must be rigid and fixed below as
well as above. The pelvis must be
firm, and to this end the child often
gets a support by it's feet from the
legs OF the chair. The thorax is more
or less rigid, and it's movements are
determined more by the work of the
hand than the respiratory needs.
Lastly, the knit brows and protruding
tongue are unconscious muscular acts
which serve to mark the effort, both
OF body and mind, which the child
undergoes when learning to write. It
is notorious that in writing our in
dividuality asserts itself in spite of
the pedagogue. Weare taught certain
rules for sitting at the desk and hold
ing the pen, which we ultimately learn
to neglect, and finally write in a
fashion f our own.
The true remedy for the evils pro-
duced by learning to write seems to
us to be to teach The child to use both
hands, and to practice alternately
with either hand. Vertical writing
lends itself more readily to ambidex-
terity than does sloping writing, and
there can be no doubt that q clerk
who could write with equal facility
with either hand, and could rest one
side OF the body while the other was
working, would be little liable to
writer s cramp and similar troubles
Seeing how enormous is the muscular
effort involved in giving the hand
sufficient steadiness, and that the
brain Tag is scarcely less than the
muscle Tag, it goes without saying that
writing lessons should at first be of
very short duration. Ten minutes
with each hand ought to amply suffice.
London Lancet.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
ANCIENT SANITATION.
The Art Of Sewer Building Took a
Long Time to Learn.

The Art OF Sewer Building Took a
Long Time to Learn.
Towns must have fearfully suffered
before people learned thatyShe houses
must be SO far separate as to allow
air to blow between them. The
Greeks nust certainly havemade their
cities and many of their streets ex-
ceeding handsome, but their earlier
towns and even Athens were too
much crowded, and so much did they
fear jobbery among the sharp-eyed
business men of the city that they
dared not trust anyone with money
to rebuild the place. In constanti-
nople Zeno ordered all houses to be
IL feet apart all the way up, and the
projections which caused the houses
to nearly meet above were disallowed.
This was an effort, after a long inter-
val of neglect.
He attempted also to go further,
and ordered that no one should stop
the view of the sea from his neighbor.
This would be we'll in our sea-bathing
towns, where houses are built, before
others without pity, and not only is
the view destroyed, but the whole liv-
ing Of the families who possessed it
and to whom the view paid the rent.
But the laws are of no value unless g.
strong and vigilant executive attends
to them. Constantinople became so
bad that it's destruction by fire was
scarcely deemed misfortune.
How infected by their own crowding
the Romans must have been when the
houses were ordered to be at least five
feet apart and not more than nine
stories high! Augustus said they
should not exceed 70 feet in height,
and Trajan made the limit so. The
laborious proofs that sewer air is un-
wholesome have taken commissions
and boards of health many years of
hard labor in our time, but the whole
is as clearly recognized in "Justinian 8
Digest" in quotation from Ulpian,
that it is evident that the question was
then past all dispute.-From the
Architect.
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QUEER HISTORIC TABLETS.

An Interesting Discovery Chroni-
cled From an illinois Farm.
What is believed to be most i'm.
portant and valuable historical dis
coyery was made on q farm three
miles northwest of La Harpe, says q
La Harpe, ILL.,, special to the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, and interest is
added to the find from the fact that
some time in October last two hunt
ers had discovered at the same spot
two sand tablets bearing strange in
scriptions. The recent find is that of
sandstone tablet bearing q number
of letters hewn in the stone. The
lettering is in Roman capitals nearly
an inch in length. The letters are as
follows:
''June IL, III, Nous sont Captive
*Pa, LIE Indins Est su Sc *Alb T. Ule
Ct nmon defniefmots bon Pa \ univey
Ii COL"
Stars indicate the position of a
curious character that cannot be
transmitted, but which resembles an
inverted Z or capital l.. The dagger
indicates a figure similar to the
capital Il, although the middle cross
is wanting. The above strange letters
are fac-simile of the original in the
stone from q tissue paper impression.
Hon. J. H. Hungate will forward the
tablet to the Smithsonian Institution
at Washington, where the other two
tablets were sent by him several
months ago. The other two tablets,
which were found in virgin soil, under
the root OF An old tree, contained the
following lettering: On one was "Jun
II, l712, I puts Hop in Cookbook
hop in tbs will Id IT," On the other
stone tablet was this inscription:
'Tmti in &c."
The theory advanced at the time
was that the stone tablets were en-
graved by one or more OF La Sale or
Tonti's followers who had revolted
from their commander at Fort Creve
Ceur, near where Peoria now is, in
1887. 1t was thought that Unit was
meant for Tonti. Mr.. Hungate has
secured the af6davits of men who
made the discovery touching the
genuineness OF the find, and will give
the authorities at Washington a
chance to unravel the strange letter.
ing.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
Land Office Business

Ex-Governor Swineford of Alaska,
who is a special agent of the interior
department, is back from trip in the
west. He says he finds far different
state of affairs in the Duluth land office
from that of last winter. Then it was the
practice as it had been from time i'm
memorial, to let man file his final proof
and ask HIM few set questions which be
answered in a waythat didn't show the real
facts. He made kick to Washington
and as result it was ordered that each
claimant should be rigidly, croos-ex-
amined. Since then there has been a
notable falling off in final proof.
The governor says that he is RESPONSE
BILE for the new rule which does not
allow filers under the timber and stone
act to readvertise. While he was at the
Duluth land Office last winter be saw a
we'll known attorney come in with a
batch of seventeen requests for delay on
various grounds. In nearly every case
the excuse was a fraud and subterfuge
Office to- gain time for speculation or
other illegal purpose. He called the de.
partment's attention to the irregularity
and 1t was stopped and all over the coun.
try as we'll as here. the Governor thinks
the local land officers are conducting the
office in most excellent manner.-Com-
monwealth.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
a New Use for Old Pianos.

There came into my possession,
many years ago, a very old-fashioned
upright piano. We found place for
it in my study, more for the beauty
and quaintness of the case, which was
Of rosewood, and Of the usual excel
lent workmanship, than from any
hope of deriving comfort from any
sweet music the mellow worries might
produce. 1t was old, and it's time
and power for discoursing sweet
music we're past and gone; try as we
would, by new string here and
another there, it refused to send out
any but shrill and discordant notes,
and in despair we locked it up. And
so it might have stood for many years
to come, pleasant to look upon, but
utterly useless, had it not been that a.
good many books were scattered
about the house and demanded case.
While trying to reconcile ourselves to
parting with the piano to make room
for the bookcase, the thought struck
us. "Surely this would make splen-
did bookcase if its inside could be
bodily taken out without injury 20
the Frame" We sent for workman,
who saw the possibility of doing this
for us at a moderate sum, and the re-
suit is that we have g. beautiful piece
OF furniture and bookcase combined.
The upper part, consisting OF about
two-thirds of the height, contains
three shelves for books and & writing
desk-the former k-yboard-runnine
the whole depth and width Of the
piano, while the under third ferns 4
famous cupboard for mn i /, stsr1 ,ss a:lsa
rnagaz;sss.A chs 8 III Il Nh
Der. a#
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Citizens of the Air.

We think of city as something stony
hearted, SO wholly the creation of man
SO remote from Gods world, that we may
justly be accused ofingratitude to nature,
that dear mother who keeps what foot
holt she may near us with maternal
devotion that ought to touch as we'll as
comfort us.
It is always with surprise that we mark
the presence of wild BIRDS among US, yet
they are indeed the very keepers of a
city's keys.
Gardens hidden from us by high wal S
are no secrets to them; and these little
fellow-citizens of ours live what we
preach, beautiful liberty, equality, and
fraternity. And moreover, they build so
near us that their audacity seems mar,
velous, for it is written: ''The fear of
you add the dread of you shall be upon
every beast of the earth, and upon every
fowl Of the air.
London streets and squares, however,
l fancy are too noisy for anything less
pluckly than the pigeons and sparrows.
The former flock around buildings like
st. Pauis, the British Museum, and the
Nataonal Gallery; but I know that the
thrush and blackbird, the blue-tit, wrens,
robins, and in very cold winters starlings,
haunt the comparatively quiet quarters
of LOndOn-St, Johns Wood and Ken
sington, for instance. In English cathe-
drals the jackdaws mostly congregate,
and their hoarse voices generally accom-
pany the sweet chimes and the organ
tones which are to English ears the en-
bodiment of a summers evening.-Elea-
nor E. Greatorex in July Godey's.
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That's the StuH-A Regatta

When they all turn out the feet of
white-winged vessels on Grand Marais
bay make quite an imposing array. And
there are number of first class boats
among them, boats that would stand
we'll in any boating community. What
do our lovers of legitimate sports say to
having a regatta here during the sum-
mer. Besides those who think they own
the fastest boat kereabouts there are a
few who think they have all the Drawn
and the muscle and the skill to make the
quickest time with row boat A small
sized regatta, open to home, talent could
be arranged. No costly prpiminaries
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14

Mr.. and Mrs. John Morrison returned
on the Dixon last evening with their eld-
est daughter whom they took to Duluth
for medical treatment. We are pleased
to learn that she retarns greatly im-
proved in health.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14

County Commissioner Bowman and
George May hew returned on the Dixon
Monday evening from couple of weeks
outing at Isle Royal. They report a
very pleasant trip.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14

Hans Vanneboe arrived here in his
sail boat last evening from Duluth. He
had the boat loaded with lumber with
which to build house on his claim to
take the place. of the one burned during
the recent forest fires.