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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-22

of our law fails to eliminate the devil from our daily walks. The Romans R0mauized all their conquests. The Saracens Saracen- iZed all their conquests, and 1t remains to be ssen what the status of Cleveland SID Is as Cleveland advances his domiIion over this people. Jackson, Lincoln and Cltve- land stand of to themselves, carrying upon their shoulders into remote generations a type of responsibility to the judgment of ages all their own. The constitutional theory will present it's own opposing side to each of these memorable indictments of it.
 Last week our Raptist brethren, under guidance of their eloquent pastor, Rev. Mir. Waldrop, conducted their annual meeting. On Saturday night last the Cumberland Presbyterians began their meeting of week under Rev. Mir. Nabors, a very earnest and forceful leader, assisted by the young Methodist minister from North Birmingham.
 The democratic primary here was not re- ported earlier because our railroad keeps the Sabbath and our telegraph office is victim of the gold bug or some other der , redator. Messrs. Killough, Price ar ( Levie are the delegates, instructed for U ~ derwood. The Jeffs met the same day to hear some speeches aud to hold themselves in readiness for their county mass meeting of the 23d instant.
 Farmer Rogers of this beat has the best crop of corn and cotton l ever saw, and have seen corn and cotton crops at all seasons in the heart of the Mississippi val ley. Red clover here is as good as in the valley of Virginia, but the area of that crop is too limited to do the farmers justice. This section is well watered and by nature adapted to live stock breeding.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-22
A DIFFERENT ASPECT To What Some Croakers Expected
 Presents Itself AS TO THE BIG STRIKE Among Massachusetts Mill Operatives-It Will Be a
 Finish Fight.
AS TO THE BIG STRIKE

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Aug. 21.-The pleasant visions of some that the great strike of the textile operators would prove huge fZZle and only temporary ripple on the surface of the industrial world, by the developments of today are shown to be based upon a most superficial and hollow view of the conditions and of the actual situation.
 The conclusion was jumped at by some that inasmuch as the mills known as the Rowland plant had conceded the old schedule of wages to their employees, the other cotton manufacturing establishments in the city would hasten to follow their lead. Such as have taken this view seem to have lost sight Of very important cir cumstance in connection with the com plications. At the time of the meeting of the mill men for the purpose of arranging for the cut down, William D. Rowland was not in the city and no represen tative of the Roth or Howl and corporations or of the New Bedford Manufacturing con- pany was present. There are not few who do not hesitate to say that this was not coincidence.
 After long consideration of the situa- ton and with reasonable assurance that the operatives would show fight, regard less Of what MT. Howland' 8 views or course might be, the mills decided to post notice of cut down. Without positive knowl- edge of the operatives from the first they felt that he would make his employees the con- sessions they desired rather than seo the pleasant relations which have existed be- tween them ruptured. It is not to be sup posed for a minute that the other manu- lecturers were not as well informed in tbis regard as the operatives. Yet in view of all the conditions the notices were posted.
 The conditions in the yarn and cloth mills are widely dissimilar. It is generally agreed that those mills producing yarn alone are finding much better market for their goods than Is found for cloth. In the case of manufacturers of yarn it is a serious matter to lose buyer, as the identity of their product is completely unknown to the general public, who purchase it under the brand of other man ufacturers, who make it into cloth. This is not, of course, the case with the product of the cloth mills. When there is any movement in cloth the opportunity to dispose of goods is always open to cloth producing mius It is a common thing for a retail buNer who is favorably. im- pressed with lrticuar brand of cloth to call for it oven e counter of the retailer, and thus the nj B are constantly brought face to face wNh the customer. In the case of the yarn mills trade if they are once diverted they may never be regained, conse quently q is of the utmost impor- tance that it sHoXuld fill all of it's orders. It is possible for cloth producing mill to remain idle for protracted term and still regain it's prestige in the market. No doubt these considerations have been given Weipht
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-22
DELAWARE's CHOICE.

DOVER. Del, Aug. 21.-The Delaware day. Josiuah H. Marvel of Laurel was nominated for governor by Iaccla nation as was also Johnathan s. Willis for congress.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-22
sTILL No NoMINArIoN.

DALLAS, Tex, Aug. 21.-The district Democratic convention adjourned, from Corsicana, met here today. At adjourn ment the t262d roll-call had been reached without a break in the vote, which was as follows, Burke 37, Poindexter 32, Abott IF, Hardy 10.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-22
THE SAME OLD FIGHT.

THOMSON, Ga. Aug. 21.-The people, 8 party of the Tenth Georgia Congressional
 district convened here this morning and unanimously nominated Thomas E. Wat son for congress. There were nearly as many negroes as whites in the convention. He will make the fight against Maj. J. O. Black, nominee of the democratic party. It will be the same fight of two years ago.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02

In years gone by Ireland had a sa-
cred oak dedicated to st. Columbian,
one of the peculiarities of the tree
being that whoever carried a small
bit of the wood or bark in his mouth
would never meet with violent
death, it being especially efficacious
in saving Christian martyrs from
the block 1t was known through
out the British isles as the Holy Oak
of Kenmare. After the lapse of many
centuries this sacred oak was up
rooted bya storm, after which it was
said to be guarded by angels to keep
heretics from gathering the wood for
fuel. At last a wicked tanner
''barked" one of its largest limbs
and tanned some leather, which he
made into shoes for himself, imagin-
ing that such relics would bring him
wealth and power, He wore them
but once, however, but that one
time was enough to make him an in
durable leper.-St Louis Republic.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Dramatic Banuuets,

Joe Jefferson told a story the other
evening which rather let in a light
on stage realism.
In some play he was performing
years ago, the scene called for re-
freshments, and several illusions
were made to the ice cream, which
was supposed to be in one of the
dishes and looked good enough toeat.
The property man who attended to
the details Of the stage feasts also
played a small part-a servant.
He had to bring on a lighted can
die and place it ON the supper table.
He had looked upon the wine when
it was red, or beer when it foamed;
at any rate was under some sort of
alcoholic influence, the effect of
which led him to so miscalculate in
vision th0- he dropped the light into
the dis! set fire to the ice cream,
which Wa, made of cotton batting.
l knew before that stage wine was
usually cold tea, and that ginger ale
or soda water passed for anything
that sparkled, while sliced apple is a
favorlte dish for theatrical banquets.
Thinly sliced smoked beef, too,
looks hearty for heavy meals and is
greatly used for dramatic dinners as
it looks snowy and is not too fillingl
Polly Pry in New York Recorder.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Bread For Trout.

Trout are generally accredited with
being fish of a most fastidious diet,
scorning any sort of food save such
delicate morsels as may happen to
tickle their palates for the time. In
the common belief they are epicures
Of the very first water. 1t is no
doubt that the richer and more plen-
tiful the food supply the less ready
are trout to feed on any lure artifi-
cially. presented, and the closer we
initiate their natural food at the
time the greater is our success in at
tempting to make the trout take.
At the same time there can be no
question that the trout is as omniv-
erous as most fish, if not more so,
and will eat almost anything. 1t
cannot with truth. be predicted of
bread, for example, that it is either
a anatural OF a common food for the
trout, yet, by perseveringly throw
ing pellets into the stream, trout
may soon be educated into taking
them, and as a matter of fact the fish
in any particular stream may soon be
educated to such pitch of rivalry
that there will be rush for piece
of bread cast upon the water.-Lon-
don Field.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Ancestry.

Napoleon never pointed to his an
cestry as the source of his unparal-
leled ambition and achievements, but
said. Il am my own ancestry" A
patrician once said to Cicero, "You
are a plebeian. II am, said Cicero.
''The nobility of my family begins
with me; that of yours ends with
you" Better be the foundation Of a
new pyramid than the apex Of an old
one. Better make your family proud
of you than be foolishly proud OF
your family, with nothing in you to
enable them to return the compll-
ment.-Ram s Horn.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Whistling,

If any one should whistle in the
public street any day of the week, a
number of men will look round to
see If some one is calling them. Many
a man will give this whistle call. who
would think it undignifed to shout
the name of one they wished to stop
on the highway.
1t is quite an ordinary thing for
boys at school or college to call com
panions by whistling for them. It is
one of the boyish traits that survives
In the man.
If the distance be too far for the
mouth whistle, then the fingers are
converted into an instrument, the
tones of which are loud and shrill
enough to startle deaf man in the
street. l have seen boys, and men,
too, who wished to stop a car or van
ishing friend, use the first two fin
gers of each hand placed in the mouth
like a V. This will give call so loud
that it could be heard several blocks
away.
The thumb and third finger, if
Joined at the points, are sometimes
used. But for sharp, piercing sound
that will travel as far as one can dis
tinguish friend or companion the
first and third fingers, if joined at
the inside points with the middle fin
ger bent inward, will do the work.
1t resembles the screech of a steam
whistle.-New York Telegram.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
North of England Funerals.

In several rural districts in Eng
land, especially in the north, when
a funeral takes place, a basinful of
sprigs of box is placed at the door of
the house where the corpse lies and
each person who attends the funeral
takes a sprig of box as he enters the
house, carries it in the funeral process
SION, and finally throws it into the
grave of the deceased. - Westminster
Gazette.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Hard Work Done by the Heart.

l have always considered the heart
the most perfect organ of the animal
economy and one that never shirks
its duty. Without one seconds rest,
night or day, often without the inter
mission of a single pulsation, at every
beat it propels two ounces of blood
through It's structure. At rs pulsa-
tons per minute nine pounds of
blood is sucked in and Numped out;
every hour, $40 pounds; every day,
1880 pounds; every year, 1870, 400
pounds; every 100 years, 473,O4O, 900
pounds. Verify, a good organ
Medical Brief.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Automatic Writing.

The sister of a Washington young
woman died two years ago. The sur
vivor was sitting at a desk one day
with a pencil in her hand, when all
at once she felt a sharp thrill like
that caused by the application of an
electric battery, and spontaneously,
without any impulse on her own part,
she began to write. She rolled off
page after page until she had written
several hundred words. The matter
purported to be a message from her
sister and was composed of elevated
thought, expressed in most felicitous
English. This message was followed
by number of others at different
times. The young lady and her par
ents were of a very practical turn of
mind. They had never had anything
to do with spiritualistic matters and
were as much mystifed by the phe
nomena as any one could be- 1t is
certain that the young lady, who is
very young, could not produce work
of such high literary quality. There
was no reason for fraud, as the peo-
pie are of the highest character and
the manifestations were made known
only to a few-Chicago Post.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Why Ia 1T?

Everybody knows how the wheels
of a railroad car are fastened to the
axle. They are shrunk on-that is,
put on hot and allowed to shrink in
cooling SO that they are practically a
solid piece with the axle. These
cars go around curves, and it will be
observed that the outer rail covers a
great deal more ground than the
inner one, so that to turn the curves
and finish even the outside wheel
must of necessity travel considerably
faster than the inner one. Yet it is
fixed solidly to the axle and cannot
make a fraction of a revolution more
than the other one, yet the axle re-
mains intact, and the curves are
passed with untiring regularity.
Why is it9-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
The RIVER STOPPED SHORT.
A Phenomenon That Ratified the Guide
and Puzzled Senator Vest.

A Phenomenon That Ratified the Guide
and Puzzled senator Vest.
When old man Haskall was about
the only person around Arlington,
No., that claimed to be a guide, be-
side the Laurie brothers, he accom-
panied Senator Vest on a trip to that
mysterious river that rises up in
Texas county and is known as the
Roubideaux Senator Vest had a de-
sire to fish in these waters once and
engaged Haskall to pilot him. They
hshed in the river about 20 miles
above Waynesville, the county seat
of Pulaski county, and after three
days of varied success the senator
concluded to make a run through to
the Gasconade.
do you think we can make it.
Haskall2" asked the senator of his
guide.
Reckon we kin, sure enough, by
sundown."
Two hours of steady pulling, and
the boat ran upon gravel bar after
being whirled about in a powerful
eddy that nearly engulfed the little
flat bottomed craft. Both the guide
and the senator were puzzled, as
they could see no water in front of
them. The river stopped right there.
well, Haskal, what have you got
to, say about this9 You're the guide.
Said you knew all about this country
and especially this river. Now, where
has it gone to2"
Haskall was a bewildered man.
He got up, shaded his eyes and
looked up the stream from whence
they had come. The water was rip
ping down toward the boat, but it
never passedit. A farmer, driving his
team, was coming up the road, and
Haskall hailed him.
"Oh, misterl did yer see a river
running anywhar down that way2
I'll be DANCED if we hain't lost onel
The farmer grinned as he looked at
the puzzled guide and the perplexed
senator.
you know 1 did. Bout five miles
down the road. Reckon you uns
want lift. I'll take ye an yer traps
fur 50. Better lookout You uns may
git sucked under whar ye air now"
Sucked under2 What in thunder
do you mean2 Why the deuce don't
you talk to him, Haskall2" exclaimed
Senator Vest. He must have been
drinking"
Nary drink, mister. That river
don't go no further on top till ye git
below here five miles"
You don't mean that it passes
through subterranean channel, do
you, my friendl" asked Senator Vest
Reckon that's what you call it.
1t jist slips inter the gravel there an
don't show up till ye git ter Waynes-
vile. Want me to take you uns
down thar9"
The boat was loaded into the wag-
on, and the senator and his guide
taken to Waynesville, where the
RoubideauX bubbles up again in
magnificent spring, taking up its
course on the surface once more like
a well behaved, navigable river.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
The czar,s Advsnturs with a near.

Although no particular friend of
sport, Alexander decided to follow
up the traces of two bears which had
been discovered near the village Of
Tokrovo. He was accompanied by
numerous suite. tso happened that
one of the bears sent him spinning
on the ground, without, however,
doing him an injury, and the animal
fell dead, being killed by one of his
followers about 100 yards off. Alex
ander is reported to have said, THE
beast seemed quite au fait in the man
ners and customs of the court, for he
did not stop when he came up to me,
as he had not been introduced. The
bystanders hardly dared to smile,
for they were convinced of the exist
ence of a nihilist plot among the
ears.-Corriere di Napoi.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Not Easily Understood.

l never have any one ask me how
far it is to such and such a place
without l think of a little incident
which occurred while l was down
south in the army under Fitzpatrick.
We were starting for Front Royal
when the colonel sent me to ask
man how far it was to Front Royal.
The old man was leaning on fence
when | approached him. When |
asked him my question, he replied,
three runs, a jam and a right smart
distance, l reckon. " He said it in all
seriousness. We journeyed on to
Front Royal and l found out that
the man had given us the right dis
tance, only we did not understand
him. The three runs were three
streams which we crossed, the jam
was fork in the roads, and the
right smart distance, / reckon, was
a matter of some miles.-Hartford
Post
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
A COLONIAL THANKSGIVING.
Coincidence Was Tender. but Appetite Was
Strong and Conquered.

Coincidence Was Tender. but Appetite Was
Strong and Conquered.
Among the papers of the late ex-
State Senator Guy G. Stoddard of the
town of Ledyard was found an old
newspaper clipping containing a
quaint account of an old colonial
Thanksgiving church service and
dinner. It was written in the year
1714 by the Rev. Lawrence Conant
of the old South Parish in Danvers,
Mass, and runs thus:
"Ye Governor was in ye house and
Her Majesty's commissioners of ye
customs, and they sat together in a
high seat of ye pulpit staire. Ye
Governor appears very devout and
attentive, although he favors Episco-
pacy and tolerates ye Quakers and
Baptists.
HE was dressed in a black velvet
coat, bordered with gold lace, and
buff breeches with gold buckles at We
knees, and white silk stockings.
There was a disturbance in We
galleries, where it was filled with
divers negroes mulattoes and In.
dams, and a negro called Pomp
Shorter, belonging to Mr. Gardiner,
was called forth and put in we broad
isle, where he was reproved with
great carefulness and solemnity.
"IIe was then put in ye deacons'
seat between two deacons, in view of
We whole congregation; but ye sex
ton was ordered by Mr. Prescott to
take him out, because of his levity
and strange contortion of counte-
nance giving grave scandal to we
grave deacons), and put him in ye
lobby under ye.staire; some children
and a mulatto woman were repri-
manded for laughing at Pomp
Shorter.
when ye services at ye meeting
house were ended ye council and
other diguitaries were entertained at
ye house of Mr. Epes, on ye hill near
by, and we had bountiful Thanks
giving dinner with bears meat and
venison, the last of which was a fine
buck, shot in ye woods near by. Ye
bear was killed in Lynn woods near
Reading.
After ye blessing was craved by
Mr.. Garrich of Wrentham, word
came that ye buck was shot on ye
Lords day by Pequot, an Indian,
who came to Mr.. Epes with a lye in
his mouth like Ananias of old.
"Ye council therefore refused to
eat ye venison, but it was afterward
decided that Pequot should receive
40 stripes save one, for lying and
profaning ye Lords day, restore
Mr.. Epes ye cost of ye deer, and con-
sidering this a just and righteous
sentence on ye sinful heather, and
that blessing had been craved on
ye meat, ye council. all partook of it
but Mr.. Sheperd, whose conscience
was tender op We point of ye veni-
son. New Haven Cor. New York
Tribune.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Eccentric Wagon Wheel.

A very interesting paradox is the
one concerning an ordinary wagon
wheel, which is solid and rigid, yet,
when fastened on it's axle on wag-
on, when the wagon moves part of
the circumference of the wheel
which is in contact with the ground is
for an instant at absolute rest, while
the point directly perpendicular to it
is flying along at a high rate of
speed. The two points horizontal
with the center of the wheel are
travelling pretty fast, but only half
as fast as the topmost point, and as
the up going horizontal point in
creases in speed the down going one
slows up until it is at rest for a mo-
ment when in contact with the
ground. Yet the wheel is one solid
piece, and there are only two points
going at the same rate Of speed at
the same time. Yet if the wheel is
taken off the axle and rolled down an
incline every point of the circumfer
ence moves at the same rate of speed.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
His AIessenger.

A well known but irascible literary
man once sent a new servant girl on
an errand. Green to city ways, she
lost her head and did everything
wrong.
you've no sense at ALL the mas
ter stormed, when she returned.
"The next time when want an idiot
to do an errand for me Ill-rn go
myself. "-Philadelphia Times.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Two of a Kind.

He-You've seen people standing
in a line at a stamp window waiting
for their turn, haven't your
She-Yes.
"Wel, why is it that when some
body come along and tries to crowd
in ahead of all the others its always
a womanT'
Because she's the wife probably
of the man that always crowds in
ahead of the women when he boards
a train. Chicago Tribune.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
Realistic.

Art Patron-Your last picture,
'sIhe Approaching Storm, Is tn
umph of realism.
Artist am inclined TO think you
are right. Yesterday my friend
Schnorr came TO see me He adj
mired it, too, and straightway Dor
rowed my umbrella. -AyondpoSt
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02

In many parts of England a hus-
band who beats his wife or a wife
who henpecks her husband is sere'
naded with trough music"-that is,
the sounds produced by drums, tin
pans, horns and other objects, the
general effect being that of chari-
xroVsi
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02

He must have been a facetious ho-
tel proprietor who hung up this sign
in his rooms: Indian clubs and
dumbbells will not be permitted in
any of the rooms. Guests in need Of
exercise can go down to the kitchen
and pound a steak.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
THE ADAPTABLE GIRL.

Go wall.in with herr
You bet | did.
An 'twan't like walkln;
] jest slid
Along down the pike,
Past houses an things
An people | knowed,
As eff | had wings.
] reckon | talked:
Leastways, s'pose
A man wants to tell
About all he knows
When he walks with a gal,
An I'm on the plan
Nv yer plain, everyday,
Averidge man.
But 'twan't whut / said;
That amt ter count;
1t was her, an she talked
A right peart amount
Bout the birds an the zelda
An this an that tree,
An hosSes an cows,
An sometimes bout me.
She knOwed all about
All sorts o. things.
More'n a bird knows
Bout the song that Il sings;
An she never once riz
Beyont the hight
Whar couldn't keep her
Always in sight.
! amt wuth shucks
With yer larnin girls
That goes in fer high
Interlectuals;
Gimme the plain ones,
Them is the kind
That amt too weighty
Fer my sized mind.
What's 'at7 Git outl
Yer mean ter state
That she a Wellesley
Graduate?
An likewise that she Is
Interlectual2
Well, I'd never "a thought II
Wv that thar gall
Detroit Free Press
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-02-02
A Narcotic.

Teacher-Give me a familiar in
stance of a narcotic.
Pupil hesitates.
Teacher-What does your father
smoke in his piper
Pupil-Mother says it smells like
hayseed, but guess it's leather
Boston Transcript.