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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12
THE FACTS IN BEssEMER.
OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF THn KoLB MAN.
 AGER AND FIXERs,

OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT OF THn KoLB MAN.
 AGER AND FIxERs.
 To the Age Herald:
 Calling attention to that portion of Cap tain Kolb's letter of the 7th instant which refers to Bessemer as a point at which "over 400 of our voters were denied the op- portunity of casting their ballots on ac- count of opposition voters crowdng the polling places," etc., it is due the people of Ressemer that the facts in the case should be known.
 Where Captain Kolb got his information that over 400 of his voters were debarred, we cannot say. Perhaps hls statement is due to his habit of claiming everything in sight and out of sight as we'll. Be that as it may, when the polls were closed there were probably not over fifty men in line, and of these number were Oates men, and they were debarred from voting, not by the crowdlng of the voting places by the opposition, but by the utter disregard of the law by the Kolb, manager and ixers, which so delayed the voting as to prevent nearly one-haf of the voters of beat B from exercising the right oi suffrage. Many of them, white men, having had to leave the polls after waiting hours jamDIed in mass oi perspiring negroes, waiting for an opportunity to cast their votes, while the Kolb manager WAS engaged in trying to run everything inside and out side.
 The majority of the managers of the elec- tion here being desirous of showing the people that they wanted an absolutely fair election, went beyond the req uirements of the law and allowed the Kolb side a fair proportion of tho fixers or markers, with the result that Bessemer has been disgraced by the most outrageous frauds ever perpe- trated in any city in the state, and that, too, by the spotless advocates oi free bal lot and a fair count. The registration in Bessemer is 1276, and under the law there were provided twelve berths, so that each voter should have the opportunity to cast his ballot.
 For hours the Kolb manager refused to consent to more than two voters in the polling place at one time. Hence, if Kolb voters were debarred. the Kolb manager, and he alone, is responsible for the failure. In addition to above the fxers were so fragrant in their violations of the law that they were arrested, and in their trial it will develop that those who cried fraud the loudest were most active in perpetrating frauds when they got an opportunity. As matter of fact, Bessemer, in fair election. is overwhelmingly democratic, but when by disorder and fraud elections are so delayed az to prevent one- half of her voters from casting their ballot it is not surprising that Kolb should receive a ma jority in this precinct.
 The election here was so clearly illegal that the box should be thrown out, but wedeny tbe implication contained in Cap tam Kolb's letter and wish the state at large to know it. JAS. H. HARD,
 @ VIM. JACKSON,
 VIM. L. HURT, sl o. w. WARD, eo1 l.. Y. LIPsCoMB, J. M. PERKINS,
 And others.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12
J. ASA ROUNTREE
AND HIS GREAT TRIUMPH IN CARRYING
 

AND HIS GREAT TRIUMPH IN CARRYING
 MORGAN COUNTY.
 MT. J. Asa Rountree won fame for him. self as an aggressive young Democrat. As chairman of the Morgan county committee he made gallant and winning fight. His committee passed this resolution on him:
 Resolved. That we recognize the valuable services of J. A. Rountree as chairman of the executive committee of the democratic party of Morgan county during the cam paign 80 successfully brought to a final issue on the 9th of August, and that we thank him most heartily for the energy, , industry and W isdom displayed in it's man. agement, and for the time and attention be has so cheerfully given to promote the in terest oftbe party and secure the splendid victory achieved.
 The resolution was adopted by rising vote, and remarks highly complimentary to Mir. Rountree made by several members of the committee.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12
MAJ. J. w. A. WRIGHT,
An Eminent Educator, Drops Dead of
 Heart Disease at Talladega.

TALLADEeA, Aug. 11.-Maj. J. w. A. Wright, principal of the Talladega Military institute, died very suddenly this morning at o'clock of heart failure.
 Major Wright was just 80 years old. He was an honor graduate of Princeton col lege. He married Miss Margaret Tutwiler, eldest child of Dr. Henry Tutwiler of Green Springs, and was for some years CO., principal of the celebrated school at that place.
 He entered the Con federate army as cap. tain, was badly wounded and taken pris- oner, aud made romantic and hazardous escape from a moving train into Canada. He ran the blockade and went at once to Richmond and reported for duty, and served till the last day as lieutenant colonel. with the rank oi maJor at the close of the war.
 His scientific attainme were remark able. The death of no citizen of Talladega could have been greater blow to the com muuitV.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12
A SUMMER IN THE NORTH.

description of hundreds of the charm ing lakes and pleasure resorts of the north northwest and west, the best route or routes by which they are reached, together with list of hotels and boarding houses, the names of the proprietors, and the rates per day and per week and all information pertaining to a summer in the north are con- tained in handsome publication entitled ''Hints to Tourists,' recently issued by the Chicago and Northwestern railway. Copies will be mailed free to any address upon application to w. A. Thrall, general passenger and ticket agent, Chicago, Ill.
 5-26 cod If
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12

CHEAP TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D. 0.
 The tickets sold by the Southern railway to Washington, D. o., and return at the special low rate of one fare, have been ex- tended to September 15 instead of Septem- any who wish to take the trip. The tick cts will be on sale at all important stations August 23 to 2S at the very unusually low rate of one fare for the round trip.
 While the rate is made especially for the Knights of Pythias, still tickets can be purchased by any one desiring to take ad- vantage of the rate. aug9 If
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12
l-2 Cents. Fruit of the Loom yard-wide bleached Muslin, regular price 10c yard; for Mon- day and Tuesday 7hc.
10 Cents.

3S-inch Irish Lawn in remnants for shirt waists, regular price 15c; will slaughter this week at 10c.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12

HALF RATES FOR THE SUMMER. In shorthand, bookkeeping, English, penmanship. Latin and mathematics. Specialists in each branch. Prepare for business. or to pass public school examina- tions. Day and night sessions. Three months $15. Catalogue free.
 BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS COLLEGE. i7-tl-sept
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

NOTICE 10 THE PUBLIC.
 We are now soliciting or- ders for future delivery of Corona coal. We thank you kindly for the liberal patron age given us in the past and we will this coming season make every effort to give our customers prompt delivery and prices as low as the low est. Save your orders for us. Telephone 1920.
 arr A Corona Coal Go.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12
ABSOLUTELY FREE,

ABSOLUTELY FREE. Those beautiful portfolios We are giving our customers. Come and see them. Bir- mingham Grocery company, 1910 Second aVenue.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12
Administrators Sale of Goa
 Lands.

DY virtue of an order of sale granted by the ID probate court of Calhoun county and state of Alabama, the undersigned, administrator of the estate of Thomas A. Walker, deceased, will sell at public outcry, for cash, to the high est bidder, on
 WEDNESDAY, the 22d Day of AUGUST, 1894, before the door of tie postoffice at Blocton, Bibb county, Alabama, the following described real estate belonging to the estate of Thomas A. Walker, deceased, to-wit:
 All of the east half of the northwest quarter and southeast quarter of northeast quarter, section ?, in township 22, and range west. Also, the west half of northwest quarter and northeast quarter of northwest quarter, section 12, tow nship 24 and range'l0 east. And also an undivided one half interest in the section 20. township 22 and range 5, all in Bibb county and state of Alabama. Said lands are considered fine coal lands. and are adjacent to the coal lands of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company's lands.
 H. l.. STEVENSON, Administrator estate of Thomas A. Walker, deceased. qua lot
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-12

"When pain and anguish wiring the brow A ministering angel Selt-
 ger.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24
MEN CHEW GUM. TOO.

a Feminine Observer Makes discovery
That Vin,iicatcs Her Sex.
Is the gum chewing habit purely
feminneP
think not now, though the time is
not 50 far gone when the practice was
limited to children and young misses.
It. is different now | base my calcn-
lation IN II recent episode that oc
Cured on train leaving the Grand
Central station.
Hardly had the cars started than the
train boy made his appearance. TO
each person, irrespective of age or sex,
package of gum was handed. The
women took the small packages with
an air that betolencd thorough knowl
cdgeof the contents The men handled
the foil-wrapped sticks gingerly- II
was evident also that they had seen
them before.
One old, bearded fellow. who doubt
less Thought his age an apology for his
actions, soon had his Jaws working,
and others followed his example There
were twcnty-nine men in the car,
fewer women, but generous supply Of
children. The women expected would
buy the sticks and divide with the
children, but assuredly the habit has
ouigrown femininity when sixteen
men ou, of II total of twenty in
dulge in public IN chewing gum.
On inquiry the train hoy told me that
the percentage of men buyers was
much larger in that purely masculine
retreat, the smoking ear. Its the
best selling article we carry" he said,
"and the men use more of it than the
women IN. Y. Herald
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24
noath from Fright.

Perhaps the most remarkable death
from fear that has ever been placed on
record was that of the Dutch painter
pehtman, who lived in the seventeenth
century. One day he entered the ana
romical room of celebrated Dutch
college with the intention of sketching
some skulls and skeletons for pic
ture he was about to paint. He had
been out the night before, and, becom-
ing drowsy, fell asleep among the
CHASTITY specimens. He was awakened
by loud noise, and upon opening his
eyes beheld the skulls dancing upon
the shelves and the skeletons suspend
ed from the ceiling, clashing their
bones in the most threatening manner.
In fit of horror he threw himself out
of window, but did not receive the
slightest injury from that source. A
few moments later he was informed
that an earthquake had caused the
commotion in the deadhouse, but the
explanation did not quiet his nerves.
A few hours later he took to his bed
and died within three days of nervous
tremors brought on by the fright. st
Louis Republic.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24
Keep Moving.

An exchange prints a fable adapted
to hard times. 1t is meant to do good,
and in furtherance To that end It is
here reprinted. Two frogs fell into a
cream pitcher After few unsuccess-
ful attempts to jump out. one of them
gave up.
Its no use" he said. 1--WE may as
we'll die and be done with it, /"
mot so. answered the other You
may do as you like | shall keep jump
ing as long as there is any life in me
Who knows but something will turn
upP"
This speech put new heart into frog
Number One, and both began to try
harder than ever to reach the top al
the pitcher.
The natural result followed. The
cream was presently churned TO but
ter. whereupon the frogs got on top o.
it, aud the next moment were out O
prison. Youths Companion
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24
THE OLD BARN.

You may talk about new-fangled picnics,
In the woods and along by the sea,
But the old-fashioned barn, with its doors
open wide.
And tho winds that go rolliching round II in
side,
And the twitter OF swallows far up in the
caves,
And the futter Of grasses, and rustic OF leaves,
Drifting in like laugh from the spring.
time,
Is good enough plenty for me.
fake soft April day with the clouds low and
dun;
First splashing of rain, then flashing of
sun,
rhe swish Of the fail, or the tanning mills
roar,
Or the horses a-thrashing out grain on the
floor,
The hens cluolSing round In the loft overhead.
The lambkins that frolio about In the shed,
The cattle all dripping and patient, that wait
Allowing and calling outside Of the gate
buch feeling OF shelter and comfort comes
My barn seems palace, I king among men.
Take the hour OF rest In a warm, sunny noon,
And the scent Of the hay that drifts in with
the June,
And the children at play, swinging up to the
beams, &
Or diving in hay with their jubilant screams.
And the song of the birds In the orchard hard
by,
Or the twilight perhaps OF day In July
When the wagons toll over the bridges once
more,
And topple their bundles of gold on the floor,
ANA cool breeze springs up in the VESTS rosy
sea,
My rest in the barn is the sweetest to me.
Fake cool day in autumn all golden and
brown,
The naples in crimson, the leaves falling
down,
The haze, a blue sieve through which powdered
beams shake,
Theapples oil ripe and the cider to make,
The earth from the cellar like odor of sweets,
On turnips and wurtzels, and carrots and
beets;
Such pumpkins and squashes and citrons YOU
You taste the preserves and the rich candied
Gods gifts in such plenty the men tell a
But have my Thanksgiving out here in the
barn.
Take q day about Christmas, with plenty Of
snow,
OLD Boreas whirling It hither and fro
The icicle pendants, jewel, each one,
The great beams all cracking with frost, Hike q
gun,
The sheep, and the horses, and cattle maybe,
All bleating, and whinneying, calling to me,
toss down the fodder, In chores delight
There's Christmas tree up in my parlor to-
night.
But think Of the oxen In Bethlehem's STALL
My Christmas is best In the barn after all
In summer or winter, Whenever 1t may be,
My old rambling barn is my palace to me-
Katherine e. Somers, In Chautauauan.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24
THE SMALL Soy AT PLAY.
A New Trick That Kept the Recording An
gel Pretty Busy.

A New Trick That Kept the Recording An
gel Pretty Busy.
The other Sunday night when an up
town avenue was crowded with young
ladies and their escorts. the peculiar
actions Of two youngsters attracted the
attention Of passer-by. who stopped
to see what they were up to. He no.
ticed that one of the young imps would
stand near the ourbstone. while the
other would follow some young man
who had his best girl on his arm.
When the pair had separated about
twenty feet. the young man would
suddenly spring into the air with a
yell Of pain, clapping his hand to his
side, while the young one would walk
Oh ahead Of him With the Innocence OF
a cherub
II was not, however, until the gen.
tleman had bribed one of the conspira.
tors with a quarter that he learned the
secret, The boys had string OF knot
ted elastic about two feet long, ending
in heavy bunch This one held while
the other followed the victim Az the
proper distance signal was given,
and the knot brought up against the
thin fabric of pair of summer trou
sers, with sting that elucidated re-
marks which must have kept the re-
cording angel in tears all the evening
IN Y Commercial Advertiser.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24

You may find it hard to believe that
sandwiches made from boiled fish are
good. but IT, when you have bit OF
boiled halibnt left from dinner. you
make a few for luncheon or tea, you
will 6ni them very good The fish
should. of course. have the flavor that
comes from boiling II in salted water,
with bouquet Of vegeta bles, say a
slice of onion stalk of celery. or a
sprig Of parsley. and half dozen pep.
percorus Break up the fish with q
fork then take wooden spoon and
rub it as tiue as possible. Make it into
. seasoned paste by adding fourth OF
pint Of sweet cream. q teasroonful OF
salt. tablespoonful OF white pepper OF
paprika. and at the very last and grad
ually. tablespoonful Of lemon juice.
This amount OF seasoning is for pound
and half OF hsh Cut your bread very
thin. Spre, the slices with little but.
ter and tssen with the hsb Lay be.
tween the slices before putting the two
together a small tender lettuce leaf
Chicago journal
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL
u ,Tis onlv nobl. 10 he GOOD y


--"'Tis only noble to be good"
Love to God is sure to bring peace
OF conscience
West Point Military Academy wa,
founded in 1902.
Jerusalem has 1876 places where
liquor is sold, the license fees going tc
Constantinople
There are more Endeavors in Aus
tralia than in England and the re-
uiarkable growth is nnabated,
People like to travel in cheerful
company. If you are on your way to
Heaven, show it by your manner,
Young brother in Christ. your con.
version Is your exodus from sin. 1t is
the great era of your life. You are
now n pilgrim travelling TO the prom.
Used land
king Theodore of Abyssinia pun,
ished Christian missionaries by com.
polling them to stand in the blazing
sun while his genealogy was read. "a
period of four hours.
The Foreign Mission BOARD of the
Presbyterian church, South, has re-
ceived up to the end of June $40, i04
being gain over last year for the
same period Of Sl,5ls.
Francis A. Palmer, of New York
city, has given $4,000 as an endow
ment for the home for Aged Ministers
of the Christian denomination, to b,
located at CASTLE, N. Y.
The college girl is in evidence il
italy, too. Miss Eugenia -Viale, who
obtained the degree of Phi. D at Genoa
last year, has added another doctors
degree to her acquisitions this year.
There's Christian Endeavor unior
In Walcs--the Swansea union--that al
ready has enrolled twenty-four socie
ties, with LOO members. This unioi
was not IN existence four months ago
The Blue Cross Temperance societ,
of the continent has eighteen sections
Swiss, with three thousand members
twenty-one sections German, fifteer
sections French and three sections Bel
gian.
--Tenetaro Megata, who In 1874, was
one of the first Japanese students eve
at Harvard, Is now perintendcnt o
the custom house in Yokahana. japan
n position us important as that OF col
lector of the port of New York. ~
In Malaysia is a population OF 60,
600, 600, mostly Mohammmedan Malays
The British and Foreign Bible societ
has several European colporteurs n
work and twenty-five who are natives
At Singapore alone Bibles arc furnish
ed in forty-fve di flcrent languages.
Among the public requests by tn
will of the late Charles Scott, of Wash
ington, d. c., nre $4,000 to the Amer
can building fund of the Protestan
Episcopal church of New York; SIS, on
TO the ST. Johns church of Waterbury
Conn; 81, 900 to the Trinity Episcopa
church, aud $1,000 to the Watcrbur
hospital.
between the years of 1876 and ls9
the Methodist church in ireland eS
pended on primary education alon
about SIPS 1000, exclusive of large sum
spent on Wesley college, Dublin, an
on the Methodist college and Nc
Arthur hill at Belfast. This outla
secured state grants amounting t
$3.50. 0OO as well as assistance in erect
ing schnols and teachers residence
and providing school requisites an
| furuiturn
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24
"wHAT QUEER THINGS WE ARer'



Interesting Results of self Examination
ny the Man With the Top Coat.
Two men were riding down town one
morning recently in an elevated train
The man with the silk hat on made
discovery, and he questioned his friend
thus:
Are you right-handed?"
yes" said the man in the top coat
"Right-legged, also2"
"Right-legged, no."
"Sure?"
why, of course I'm sure. have
more power and accuracy and dexter
ity in my right arm and right hand
than in my left arm and hand But as
for my legs, can and do use one the
same as the other"
How about your ears?"
Same as legs"
"Eyes?"
Each equal to the other in all re
spects."
sides to your jaws?'
why are you asking me such ques-
tions? If there's joke in prospect,
let's have the laugh now"
mo joke. All sincerity. Wanted
to know how well you knew yourself.
See you're pretty slightly acquainted.
Just watch yourself for few days
The proper study for mankind is
goodby, here's my station. You'll be
the most surprised Step
lively, please, called the guard--''in
the world And the inquisitor just
managed to get out upon the station
platform as the iron gates banged be-
hind him.
You're right" said the man with
the top coat, couple of mornings
later.
Told you"---
dead right I've kept tab on my
self. Noticed when ] used the tele-
phone always put the receiver to my
right ear. Tried my left ear and got
all mixed up. Found always put my
left foot first into an elevator, and al
ways took the first step with it when |
went up or down stairs Started to 60
down some steps with my right foot
Leading, and nearly had u tumble,
Then I'm right iawed. always chew
my food on the right side of my mouth.
Never thought of it before, but things
do not taste as good on the left side.
They do not taste so much. either.
Queer, isn't it, how the sense
Of taste will become more high
ly developed in one part of tie
mouth than in another by use and
force of habit? I'm left-eyed You
know. I'm Interested in botany, and
use miscroscope a great deal Well,
invariable look through the instrument
with my left eye. For ordinary purposes
my right eye seems to be as keen as
the left one, but found that it was
not at all satisfactory when applied
it to the miscroscope. am right.
handed, left-eyed, right-jawed, left
legged and right-eared. suppose I'm
right or left good many more things,
but | haven't had time to discover
them. yet"
What queer things we are!" said the
man with the silk hat.-N, Y. Tribune
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24
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care OF. always have one OF you
cards In my pocket-Puck'
"A truth for these times was uttered
long ago by Harriet Beecher Stowe
when you get into tight place ant
everything goes against you. and !
seems MS II Won could not hold out
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24
strong Drawing Card

Rook-keeper telephone company
Customers are ordering their telephones
out all over the city. They say they
don't pay.
Superintendent Humph! Some
thing must be done Write an item
for the newspapers. saying that by at
taching telephone wires to the water
pipes it is possible to hear what |:
being said in the next house.-N y
Weaklv
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24

Tommy is not we'll He has had
cold. and is little shy" said Mrs
Merger to a visitor in explanation o.
the boys conduct
IF he is a little horse don't wonder
that he SHES" replied the visitor. :
Texas SiftingS.