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Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-08
NOTICE.

The Commissioners Court of Covington county, Alabama will meet on December 9, 1895, for the purpose of adopting plans and specifications for the erection of brick court house at Andalusia, and on December 10 for the purpose of letting out the building of said court house (according to the plans and specifications adopted) to the lowest bidder The Court reserves the right to re- ject any or all bids made.
 By order of the Commissioners Court November 26, 1895.
 MALACHI RILEY, 12-5-6t Judge of Probate.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-08

General freight and passen- ger office of Southern Railway removed to No. ' North 2Oth street. Telephone 646.
 11-5-tf
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A Samson Pawned the Guillotine.

The Sansons have place in French
history, not only because they continued
30 long to hold their odious Office, but
because two of their number, father
and son, held office during the evil days
Of the reign Of terror, when they We're
kept 50 busily engaged with their gull
lotine. The last Of the Samson dynasty
was dismissed from his post in the reign
of Louis Philippe, in 1847, under re-
markable circumstances. Although he
had inherited a comfortable fortune
from his father, the executioner Of the
revolution, he got into pecuniary diff
culties and was guilty Of pawning his
guillotine, surely the most lugubrious
pledge ever taken by mortal pawnbro-
ker. An order came from the procurator
general for the execution of a criminal,
and the necessary apparatus was not
forthcoming The prison authorities had
perforce to get it out of pawn, and the
execution took place. But the last Of
the Sansons was informed that his serv-
ices would TO longer be required. What
became of him afterward does not ap-
pear to be known. don News.
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Bound to Have q License.

A bewhiskered man who didn't look
as prosperous as some of those behind
him pushed himself to the front Of the
line in the city comptroller's office yes
terday and stood at the license window.
''Is this where they get wagon IL
censes?" he asked the CLERK.
Eyes, this is the place. Pay your
money up stairs and bring the receipts
down here, was the reply.
Lem me see. How much is wagon
hcense?" inquired the unprosperous man
as he fingered his pocket.
"It will cost you So"
"No les EN- that?"
"No, that's the price regulated BY
law. /" ~
"How much for an express icense?"
"That will cost you 81. 25.
"Well, can t afford it. III run my
odd wagon in the shed and turn my bosses
out to pasture. I amt got enough mon
ey and can't borrow it. -
"Well, I'm sorry .
"Say, how much is dog license?"
Zone dollar.
"Well, gim me one. That's all can
afford. indianapolis Journal +,
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Confined Sound.

The intensity of confined sound is
finely illustrated at Causbrook castle,
isle of Wight, where there is we'll 200
feet deep and ~ feet in diameter. The
well has IS feet of water in it, and the
entire interior from top to water is
lined with smooth masonry This lining
SO completely confines the sound that a
pin dropped from the top can be heard
very plainly to strike the water, at
distance of 1879 feet below. Another in
stance is cited from India. where work
men at the waterworks often talk with
those at the reservoir, Is miles away,
their telephone being an 1e inch water
main that is no longer used for convey
ing water. Louis Republic.
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STRAIN ON THE EYES.
Children at School Are Inclined to Have
"the Academy Headache."


'sthe Academy Headache"
One of the common causes of pain
above the brows is the overuse of the
eyes and the strain of accommodation
in constantly looking at near objects.
In it's transient form it may be famil
lar to some as the result Of visit to
a picture gallery, but in more senses
than one this may be known as "the
academy headache, " for if it is Temporal
rily developed in a morning spent at
Burlington House it is even more
readily excited and permanently estab-
ished among the children at the board
schools and the girls Of the high schools.
Seventy-two per cent of the children OF
today are said to be sufferers from de-
fective eyesight, generally in the direc-
ton Of difficulty in seeing near objects
clearly. Headache is almost always pres
ent in the cases of the poor little crea-
lures, whose bodies are starved while
their minds are overfed in the scramble
for educational grants.
The ocular headache Is often cock
istent with the an8mic headache, espe-
cially in growing girls Here we find
frontal or supraorbital pain, due to eye
strain, associated with the vertical pain
felt all over the top of the head, which
is characteristic of bloodlessness. Plenty
Of wholesome food, fresh air and out Of
door exercise will help to combat the
anamia, while the practice Of looking
at distant objects, and, alas the use Of
appropriate spectacles may relieve the
headache of eyestrain, but reading.
writing and sewing will permanently
damage the sight, so that for the sake
of education and in the struggle for life
the coming race is growing up purblind
Philadelphia Press.
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helped to make that career brilliant went
down in the disaster, closing the battle
record of the Fifth as a regiment. "The
field of Franklin was the bloodiest of
the war. Cleburne was killed at the
works. He sought out our regiment,
charged in it and with it and died with
it. He could have selected no better
place. just here l want to say never
saw him in a fight without his full uni
form, and he often went with the Skin
mish line. Next morning there were but
81 of us left Their blood ran in the
ditch in front of the works, / desire to
place three names in this sketch-Dick
Cahill, John Porter and Joe Sears. Be-
fore the charge was ordered they agreed
to 60 over the works or die, and that
they would neither assist each other nor
any one else. Sears was killed before
reaching the first works; Porter was
shot through the head, falling between
the lines, and Cahill's body was found
ten feet inside of the inner works, with
four bayonet wounds through him. This
was near the cotton gin, directly in front
of where Cleburne fell 8"
GEORGE l.. KILMER-
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T0-DaY'S pR0GRaDuD1E.

This forenoon at 10 O'Clock will
witness the grandest scenic mill
itary display that was ever seen
in the Green Mountain State in
times of peace. The heights
above the Fairlee camp ground
will be occupied by a strong force.
This naturally impregnaole po-
sition will be stormed by a heavy
column consisting of Fuller's Bat
terry supported BY two battallons
of the Vermont National Guard,
the 21st U. S. Infantry and
Troop,G of the Sd U. S. Cavalry,
which will advance from the
open ground south of Fa1rlee
Palisade and charge across the
camp ground with all the "pomp
and circumstance of glorious
war"
In the afternoon Governor
Woodbury. and staff will review
the troops. This will be the
closing pageant of this most sue
cessful muster in the history of
the State.
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HANDLING BOA CONSTRUCTORS.
The Trick by Which the Serpents Are
Managed without Danger.

managed WlunOuC DhnEers
Snake dealers in South America have
fine contempt for their squirming and
venomous wares, though it is sometimes
difficult to induce ship captains to carry
them as freight. The snake dealers ham
die the boa constructor with great deft
hess. This serpent bites, but his bite is
not venomous, so that the chief danger
to the handler is from the serpent's
enormously powerful muscles. The
dealers have learned that the boa, to be
really dangerous, must have fulcrum
in the shape of something around which
he may coil his tail.
The boa is, in fact, a lever in which
the ordinary arrangement is power,
weight, fulcrum. Knowing this, the
dealers drop soft hat over his head,
that he may neither see nor bite, and
then snatch him SO suddenly from his
resting place that he has no opportunity
to brace himself by Selling fixed OBJ
ject with his tail After that the essen
tial thing is to see that he is not brought
within distance Of any such object.
A snake dealer on Brazilian steam
er the other day was occupied in trans
ferrang his boas from one box to anoth-
er. He opened the box an instant, drop
ped hat over the head of one Of the
creatures snatched it from its fellows,
and rushing across the deck dropped it
into the other box The thing looked so
easy that deck hand, waiting until the
snake owners back was turned, essayed
to repeat the act He neglected to use
the hat, and with yell yanked great
snake from the box with it's fangs fixed
in his fingers. Not daring to let go, yet
fearing to hold on, he began whirling
the snake about his head, meanwhile
dancing madly over the deck. The snake
man managed to capture the reptile and
box it in security. Then somebody ex-
pressed concern for the rash deck hand,
to which the snake owner answered:
"What, him? He's all right. But
think of my snake It's worth 20 Of that
mug P'-New York Sun.
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Words Which Rhyme Not.

The number of English words which
have no rhyme in the language is very
large. Five or six thousand at least are
without rhyme and consequently can be
employed at the end of the verse only
by Transporting the accent, coupling
them with an imperfect consonance or
constructing an artificial rhyme out of
two words. Among other words TO
which there are no rhymes may be men-
toned month, silver, liquid, spirit,
chimney, warmth, gulf, sylph, music,
breadth. width. depth, honor, iron, echo.
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s=a - ~ s-~'
The Ball Nozzle,

According to Chief Bonner, the ball
nozzle which has excited so much inter-
est throughout the country is destined to
work a radical and highly beneficial
change in the system of fighting fire.
Instead of working at distance with
straight streams, firemen, by using the
ball nozzle, can enter burning buildings
and work at close range, thus not only
doing more effective work, but averting
to a considerable extent the serious dam
age to interior property, and in many
cases this system will enable flremen to
save the lives of inmates of burning
buildings. The man who has given the
world an appliance of such value is GER
tainly entitled to the gratitude Of his
fellow men.-New York Tribune
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IF SOME MEN WILL READ THISi
They Will Then Learn What Modest
Women Think About Them.

Women Think About Them.
"Why will men be such beasts?" said
an indignant young woman to a friend
as they alighted from the 81" at Fiji.
tieth street one day last week. 81 have
just suffered acute mental anguish for
the last few minutes because a great
brute of man would insist upon crowd
ing up against me and touching me with
his knee. There is nothing SO madden
ing to a modest, refined mind as that.
A woman is practically defenseless.
"Now tonight the cars were crowded,
and 1 was tired enough, as you may
imagine, to drop down into that vacant
seat with a sigh of relief, which was
quickly changed to anxiety when I
realized what I should have to endure
from the man beside me. 1 moved over
so that he could not touch me without
changing his position. Under pretext of
unfolding his paper, he followed me,
watching me narrowly out of the corner
of his eye, or rather felt he was, for I
never looked at him. Finally I moved
as far as I could without falling into
the aisle. 1t was no use, and I just
jumped up and held to a strap the rest
of the way.
cit is at such times as this that I
long for some one-some man with
real, manly heart in him-to teach such
a creature as that that there is an I'M
written law at least which keeps mel
from forcing their attentions where the,
are not wanted. / wonder sometimes if
it is because am obliged to work for
living that I have to endure such
things"
81 do not think that fact makes any
difference" said her companion, for I
saw pretty little doll of woman who
tolls not nor spins pass through a SINH
lar experience on a Broadway cable car.
She stood it as long as she could, and
then she brought her umbrella down be-
tween her and the obnoxious creature
with thud that made every one stare.
Cali the women in the Gar took in
the situation at a glance and shot such
chances at the masher that he sneaked
off the car after block or two
1.-THE little woman looked relieved,
but she forgot to relax the tense lines
around her mouth, and the bright red
spots did not fade from her cheeks. Since
that I have used my own umbrella to
stave off obnoxious persons. New
York Press.
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A Year Clock.

Queen Victoria has one clock which
the indolent must envy her, especially
the man Matthew Mears, about whom
the verses of the eight day clock were
written. The timepiece of royalty is
fine example of Louis Seize work by the
celebrated Lepante of Paris. The case
is ebonized with ormolu mounts. The
which is in perfect order, re-
quires winding but once year.
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SORTING THE LIVE CRABS.
What the Man With the Wooden longs
Says About Them.

Says About Them.
The job of sorting out crabs as they
come from the fishing smacks at Fulton
market is one that would have no par
ticular charms for a nervous man. The
box wriggles all over with blue and
white legs and pinchers, and, while a
hand thrust in would probably receive
no very painful injuries, still it would
be more than most folk would be will
ing to undertake.
The man who does it has pair Of
wooden tongs, with which he picks up
each crab and looks at it before he drops
1t into the sack. If the crustacean wild
ly waves his claws, the man counts him
and passes on to another. But once in
awhile he ops as he gets string Of
three or four holding on to each other
Legs. He squeezes a body about amid
ships, and if it doesn't feel just right he
disengages it and drops it into another
sack
"What do you do that for?''
"Thirty-seven, thirty -eight-what?"
"What do you squeeze them so for?"
The man looks as astonished as if you
had asked him what ferryboats were
useful for, and answers: ITO see if
they're alive. Thirty nine, forty"
"What do you do with the dead
ones?''
The man had got to the bottom of the
box before he took the trouble to an
swer. Then he gathered up the 20 or 80
loose claws and legs which had come
loose and dropped them into the bag.
Then he said, Garbage" shouldered
the sack of squirming crabs and went
on into the fish store. New York Her
aid
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To Each III. Part

Mrs Snaggs-What do you think Of
the inference that Mark Antony was an
undertaken because he said his mission
was to bury Caesar not to praise himG
Mr.. Snaggs-That is a very fair in
ference. The man who carved the tomb
stone would attend to the praising part
-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
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What She Said.

Marie-Did you tell your friend, Miss
Van Puff, of our engagement?
Osbourne-Yes.
Marie-What did she say?
Osbourne-Oh, she said / had hen
sympathy. Brooklyn Eagle.
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Co d, st Johnsbury,
CaptC II Bonelt, Cong A.
2 Co G, Bradford.
Capt Chas A Granger, Cong TO-
8 Co B, st Adams,
Capt Frank l. Greene, CONG II
4 Co l., Newport,
Capt Jerry F Lambert, CONG. 7.
FIRST LIGHT BATTERY, BRATTLEBORO.
Capt Fred d Weld, CONG.
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HEN the histo-
rian of a regi-
ment composed
Of immigrants
from Erin's Isle
prefsces his story
Of it's battles with
the statement
that the men of
the Irish race
"take to fighting
as readily as
ducks to water, "
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Nothing occupies one like converse
ton in which one has failed to say what
one ought to have said. 1t haunts you
like melody of which you cannot find
the end.
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One of the simplest methods Of gain
ing disputative persons good will is
to begin by doubling his Judgment and
then allowing oneself to be convinced.
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Wen Made Up.

Come, dear, kiss my cheek and
make it up, q" she said forgivingly.
"I'll kiss il, he answered, but
don't think it wants any more making
mn l''-Figaro.
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The first state as an cat producer is
illinois, with $50, zoo acres and 1884,
S24, S2S bushels.
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FRESHMEN IN GRAY.
THE FIFTH CONFEDERATE REGIMENT
OF TENNESSEE'S ADOPTED SONS.
Rallied to the Standard Of Pat Cleburne,
''The Stonewa1l of the West"-Fighting
With Lytle's Irish Regiment at Perry
ville-The Last Charge at Franklin.

copyright, 1895, by American Press Associa-
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-11
THE BATTLE IN ABYssINIA.
About seven Hundred of the Tbou-
sand Italians Killed

ROME. December 1O-Thc government
is in receipt OF further advices from Gene
raj Baratieri. commanding the Italian
forces in Abyssinia. giving additional de-
tails Of the surrounding OF Major Tos-
selli and his command by large body OF
Abyssinians. resulting in the loss of about
goo OF Tossellfs men.
The Abyssinians. who were directed in
part by Chiefs Ras Mangasia, Mikael and
Ras Makonncn. fought with great vigor
and skill for six hours II is reported
that the entire force Of the enemy was
commanded 10y Russian major The
hemmed-in Italians fought with extreme
desperation.
Fortunately. before the fight was over
General Arimonde arrived upon the field
with his command. and drove the Ahys-
sinians back. enabling the 300 beleaguered
Italians who remained alive 20 make their
escape
Three Abyssinan chiefs and 5000 OF
their followers were killed or wounded.
MORE MONEY; MORE MEN.
ROME December 1O-The government
will at once ask in the Chamber of Depu-
ties for the vote of a credit OF $1,000
lire for the purpose of carrying on the
war I'm Abyssina. draft of 900 troops
VIII embark for Abyssinia to-day. and
10000 more will be dispatched within a
few days
General Baratieri has arrived at Adigrat.
and assumed command of the lta ian
forces He reports that the reverses sus-
tanned by the Italians through the disaster
10 Major Tossellrs command has not pro-
duced any evil effect upon the native
soldiers in the Italian army. or the ma
tlves previously favorable to Italian colo
NAL authority. Up toi Saturday. the date
Of the advices. the enemy had not ad-
Vanced
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ADDITIONAL GUtRDsHIPs.
sultan Informed That They VIII
Enter Heiiespont Anyhow.

CONSTANTINOPLE, December 10.-M.
Nelidoff. Russian Ambassador TO Turkey
has sent a communication TO the. Sultan
informing his Majesty that his diplomatic
colleagues had resolved to insist upon
the admission of additional guardships
through the Dardanelles. He also ap-
pealed to the Sultan, in the name Of the
Car. to take the matter into the most
serious consideration. He believed. he
said, that, should the Sultan refuse 10
grant the necessary permits the addi-
ti0nal ships would be ordered to enter
the Henespont without them. warships Of
the foreign squadrons probably supporting
them
THAT MESSAGE TO SALISBURY.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., December To-
The Turkish Legation has received from
the Sublime Porte. under to-day's date
the following: Although Lord Salisbury
never said i'm his speech at Brighton
that his Imperial Majesty. the Sultan
ever sent d. letter or. written cOmmuni-
cation direct yet certain newspapers in
terpreted i'm that sense the words Of his
Lordship As a matter Of fact. and I'm
conformity with the usual practice. only,
a message was communicated TO Lord
Salisbury. through the Intermediary Of
he imperial embassy in London"
THE SULTAN YIELDS
CONSTANTINOPLE, December To-
The Sultan has issued an trade permitting
the extra guardships demanded by the
Powers to come TO Constantinople and
thus. after many delays and much di-
plomacy the vexatious question, il is
hoped, is finally settled.
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FLEMING DU BIGNON.
He Addresses Georgin Legislature
Adyocntes Gold Standard.

ATLANTA, GA, December 10 -Flem-
ing q. Du Bignon. OF Savannah. who IL in
the race with ex-Speaker Crisp and Sec
retary Hoke Smith, for the United States
Senate. addressed the Legislature to-
night. His speech was chiefly on the
financial question. which was the leading
topic in the address delivered bv Judge
Crisp and Secretary Smith, before the
General Assembly.
Mr. Du Blgnon. who Is ex-president Of
the State Senate. is a wonderfully elo-
quent speaker He spoke for mire than
an hour, arguing against the free. un-
limited. and Independent coinage of silver
by this country at 10 to 1 or any other
arbitrary ratio.
He advocated repeal OF the 10 pc, cent.
tax on State banks.
The speech was more Of straighout
declaration for the single gold Standard
than the silver people expected. They
thought Du Bignon would play To them
somewhat but he did not i'm the least
or the three speeches delivered by the
candidates. that Of Judge Crisp received
the greatest applause from members of
the Legislature.
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CHATTANOOGA IN ATLANTA.
Florida, Texas. and Rome-Day at
the Exposition.

ATLANTA, GA, December lO-Still an
other city will come 10 Atlanta to-mor-
row. Chattanooga is promising to bring
a larger delegation, il possible, than
Baltimore did For week or ten days
Mayor Ochs and the Chattanooga Tim
have been working up the city. The en-
ployees Of the general Office Of the South
ern Express Company. 400 in number, VIII
come with the party. Every labor union
IN Chattanooga will be represented, and
the citizens Committee say 1900 peop.e
will come down. Two military companies
will accompany the excursion They Will
consist Of the Second Battalion. under
command of General Fyfe. There will
be an imposing parade inside the EXposi-
ton Grounds. with exercises at the Audi
torium. and speeches by President Collier
Mayor Ochs. and others.
In the afternoon there will be a dress
parade by the military and a football
game between the Chattanooga and At
anita elevens.
Tomorrow is also Florida-Day. Texas
Day. and Rome-Day.
Tonight four excurslOn-trains leave
Jacksonville with about 800 Floridians
for Atlanta The railroad viii also bring
up a considerable number from Southern
Georgia. A telegram from Rome says
that an immense crowd will attend from
that city. Putnam county also claims the
day. and will send large crowds.