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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

The head of the rubber trust has taken
to the stump fully determined to stop all
this antitrust nonsense. He is biting off
moro than he can chew. The trouble is,
trust stocks and bonds are everywhere re-
pndiated.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02
From the Camden PROGRESS.

Our man for governor, Hon. R. NJ. Cum
ndngham, has not announced himself as a
candidate yet, but his thousands of adj
mirers all over the state will do it for him,
if he hesitates much longer.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02
From tho Athens Courier.

When 1t comes to elect a successor to the
brilliant Morgan the people will call for
that grand and great old democratic war
horse, John H. Bankhead. He is a man
among a thousand and his fitness for such
an honor is pre-eminent
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register. ~
Hon. Jesse Stallings has written to the
New York Journal to the effect that Rich
arlson of Tennessee ought to be the nom
inee of the democrats next year, and not
Bryan. This is a bad 'break' for STALL
ings, anyway one chooses to regard it. 1t
is impolitc and it is silly. Down in STALL
ings' district it will cause intense surprise.
AL over the rest of the country the opinion
will be that the gentleman from the Sec
ond Alabama district does not keep posted
upon the drift of public affairs. If anything
Is certain, and ought to be certain, 1t is
that Bryan will be nominated next year.
We fear Stallings has gone and hurt him
self; and we are sorry, for We had him in
training for governor.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02
BUSINESS IN HUNTSVILLE

From the Huntsville Mercury.
When You meet a man going down the
street in rush you may be sure he is try
ing to close a real estate deal.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

Mr.. stallings seems to think this is a
dual government for he favors the nomina-
lions for presidents of William j. Bryan
and James D. Richardson.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

This country has lost its great philoso-
pher and guide and interviewer, for Mr..
Depew has left it. May his stay abroad be
long and pleasant.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02
THE sTALLINGs ENTENTE

prom the Moblle news.
Mr.. Stallings has gone back on Bryan and
destroyed his own chances to become gov
ernor, if he ever had any chances.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

leans and in the meanwhile sanitary meas.
ures should be pushed on to. the utmost.
They cannot be carried too far. 1t is sam
itation more than quarantine that gives
Florida immunity. although the state is.
fiat and swampy and more exposed to in
lection than any other state.
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The head of the rubber trust has taken
to the stump fully determined to stop all
this antitrust nonsense. He is biting off
moro than he can chew. The trouble Is
trust stocks and bonds are everywhere re.
pndiated.
Mr.. Stallings seems to think this is a
dual government, for he favors the nomina-
lions for presidents of William ]. Bryan
and James D. Richardson.
This country has lost its great philoso-
pher and guide and interviewer, for Mr..
Depew has left it. May his stay abroad be
long and pleasant.
The great reforms started and to be
started by the city government should be
carefully considered, and then perslstently
applied
Down in Maine they are building a six
masted schooner, quite oblivious of the fact
that steam has supplanted wind.
Beautiful Woodlawn is afflicted with
something worse than appendicitis. 1t has
politics in violent form.
Laureate Austin should put in a great
deal of his time in making repeated re-
visions of his poems.
The f1ag-of-truce department of the Ag-
uinaldo governmet will take a vacation
while the rains last.
It is fast becoming established that there
never was a Cuban army of any considera-
BILE SIZE.
Colonel Higdons tons upon tons of wa
weather.
The Cubans are becoming satisfied that
honorarium is better in these times than a
gun.
Brother Abner is again prominent in con-
neetion with government contracts.
Justice, never more tardy is about to
arrive in France, and stop awhile.
The Cuban soldiers are steadily putting
wads of insult in their pockets.
Admiral Dewey is approaching the $1O0-a-
plate dinner very cautiously.
The Lion and the Eagle flock harmoni-
ously together at The Hague.
Tod Sloan evidently determined to win
the Derby if it took a leg.
The real Fourth of July will take place
when the Olympia arrives.
In the rotunda of the Morris politics as
sumes the carbuncle form.
In the stock market much water is be-
ing shaken out
Aguinaldo hopes to come out all right
in the long run.
colleagues.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

The great reforms started and to be
started by the city government should be
carefully considered, and then persistently
applied.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02
From the Mobile Herald.

If Congressman Stallings was after no.
| toriety in booming Richardson, of Tennes-
see, for president, he has certainly at
| tanned his object.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

Down in Maine they are building a six
masted schooner, quite oblivious of the fact
that steam has supplanted wind.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

Beautiful Woodlawn Is afflicted with
something worse than appendicitis. 1t has
politics in a violent FORM
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

Laureate Austin should put in a great
deal of his time in making repeated re-
visions of his poems.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02
1t is no longer Bad Birmingham.
THE PROPER FORM or TRIBUTE

From the ST. Louis Star.
Touching Funston, Kansas is setting
down to the proper thing to do for him
1t will be a $4,000 home instead of a 500
sword
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

In the stock market much water is be-
ing shaken out
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

The corset trust will outsqueeze all its
colleagues.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

Aguinaldo hopes to come out all right
in the long run.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

In the rotunda of the Morris politics as
sumes tho carbuncle form.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

The fag-of-truce department of the Ag-
| uinaldo governmet will take a vacation
| while the rains last.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

1t is fast becoming established that there
never was Cuban army of any considera-
BILE SIZE.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

The real Fourth of July will take place
when the Olympia arrives.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

Colonel Higdon's tons upon tons of wa
termelons are very tantalz ng in this June
weather.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02
Representative Burnett is in town. 81 ~

Representative Bankhead has gone to
his home in Fayette. Mr.. Stallings is still
here.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02


Hon. w. L. Parks of Troy, chancellor Of
the southeastern division, was in Birming-
ham yesterday ON his way from Montgom.
cry to Livingston. The chancellor who had
been in Wretchedly bad health, went with
his family to Livingston two weeks ago for
the purpose of taking the water of the fam
Gus well at that place. In that time his
health has wonderfully improved, and he
expects to be quite well and strong within
very short time. He says that Livingston
has really made a new man. of him.
After arriving there he was so weak that
he had to keep to his bed for two or three
days. His flying visit to Montgomery was
taken on account of urgent business.
The most disagreeable month in all the
twelve in this climate began to run its
course yesterday in a way that leaves no
reason to doubt that it will maintain its
evil reputation. The day was close, muggy,
showery, hot and steamy, and perspiring
humanity sought vainly for relief from the
oppressive atmospheric conditions. The
temperature was not SO high by many de-
grees as it will be before tho summer is
DONE but June time had coSne and the
air reeked with unwholesome steam The
poet who demanded To be informed "a to
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

The Cubans are becoming satisfied that a
honorarium is better in these times than 6
gun.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-02

Brother Abner is again prominent in con,
nection with government contracts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
Laughs Better Than Tears.

I bless all the apostolic college of
humorists. The man that makes me
laugh is my benefactor. I do not thank
anybody to make me cry. I can do that
without any assistance. We all cry
enough and have enough to cry about.
God bless all skillful punsters, all re-
parteeists, all ~propounders Of ingenious
conundrums, all those who mirthfully
surprise us with unusual juxtaposition
of words. Thomas Hood and Charles
Dickens and Sydney Smith had a divine
mission, and so have their successors in
these times. They stir into the acid
beverage Of life the saccharine. They
make the cup of earthly existence.
which is sometimes stale, effervesce and
bubble. They placate animosities. They
foster longevity. They slay follies and
absurdities which all the ermons Of
all the pulpits cannot reach.-T. De
Witt Talmage.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
Saved by Tact,

A down town woman, who is known
among her friends as a decidedly stylish
person, but who is quite. Indifferent to
her toilet when at home, had an expert.
ence a short time ago which gave her
quite a shock at the time. She, had
given a dinner party n day at which
a very distinguished Englishman was
entertained. The foreigner was quite
captivated by the charming hospitality
of his hostess, and when on his way to
the station to leave the city the next
day he stopped at the house to pay his
respects. All the servants were out.
and the mistress Of the house was by
no means dressed for company. She was
expecting the arrival of a new gown at
the time, and thinking that the ring
was that of a messenger boy bringing
it she went herself. in very slipshod
attire, to the door.
To her horror, when she opened the
door. she saw the face of the distin-
guished Englishman. To her Joy, how
ever, he asked if her mistress was in.
This cue was all that was needed. Quick
as a flash she replied, "No, sir; she's
out riding" Without recognition the
visitor left his card and went away
with a decided opinion Of the untidy
appearance Of Philadelphia servants
Philadelphia Record.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
In China.

The wife of an American naval officer
stationed at Tien-tsin writes thus to q
friend in Baltimore: ''The trip by train
from the landing to Tien-tsin takes
about an hour and a half. The cars are
not palatial, but they are comfortable.
When you land, hundreds of coolies be-
siege you for your baggage. You won
der how it ever reaches it's destination
in safety. The trip is somewhat inter
esting, but rather desolate to take alone.
You pass through miles of graveyards.
There are thousands of mounds without
a sign of green grass or green leaf.
"China seems to be one vast grave
yard. for they bury their dead anywhere
they wish. They bury in large collins
placed on the surface of the ground,
covered over with mud and earth. This
is blown and washed away, and then
the collins are exposed to view. A few
miles from the railroad station on the
river you come to trees and vegetation.
It reminds you of some Of the poor land
that some of u railroads at home 60
through
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
A Walters Dilemma.

1t was in one of the large down town
restaurants that the short little woman
and her tall husband went for Dime,
one night.
"Will You have oysters?" asked the
man, glancing over the bill Of fare.
Eyes" said the short little woman.
as she tried in vain to touch her toes tc
the floor. "And. John. l want a has.
SOCK"
John nodded, and, as he handed his
order to the waiter, he said, Eyes, and
bring a hassock for the lady"
zone hassock?' asked. the waiter,
with what John thought more than or
binary interest, as he nodded in the
affirmative. Still the waiter did not go,
but brushed the tablecloth with a towel
and rearranged the articles on it several
times, while his face got very red.
Then he came around to Johns side,
and, speaking soto voice., said: "Say,
mister, I haven't been here ing, and
I'm not on to all these things. Will the
lady have the hassock broiled or fried ?"
Chicago Chronicle.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
The Punctuation of Gold Hunting.

Once you have seen a ''color' in the
bottom of a pan with the black sand
following 1t around like a faithful serv-
ant, you can never again be deceived
by the false glitter Of any other parti-
cles. You would know it if you saw it
between cobblestones in Broadway or
If it were no larger than a pinhead at
the bottom Of a trout pool.
For the moment the yellow pile makes
you feel like seeking a claim Of your
W and harvesting its treasure for
yourself. But when you look at the
miry path along the base Of the noun
tain by the creek side and think of fol-
lowing it with a pack on your back un-
til it is no more and a wilderness be-
gins; think Of passing on over the
mountains until you come to what you
consider a likely place and thawing
through 80 feet Of earth at the rate Of
a foot a day in the %haphazard possibili.
ty Of finding ''pay dirt you conclude
that the poetry Of the thing can be bet
ter appreciated by sitting on some one
else's dump. - Frederick Palmer in
Scribner's.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
Good Friday In EnElan0,

Many quaint and some grotesque OBJ
servances of Good Friday have prevail
ed in various localities. In Brighton
the custom of skipping the rope on that
day led to the use Of the term "Long
Rope day" Six or eight adults, with a
long rope, skipped at n time. In the
Sussex villages men and boys play mar
bles. At st. Bartholomew's church,
London. 81 old women appear and be-
fore a crowd Of curious onlookers bend
their stitfened, aged knees to pick up 81
siXpences.
This latter custom had its origin be-
fore the great fire, when an eccentric
woman left her property to have 81
sixpences laid upon her gravestone in
st. Bartholomew church, which were
annually to be picked up by aged wild
OWs.
At the Church Of All Hallows the
youngest boys Of the Blue Coat school
are enabled. by the will Of Peter Sy-
monds, dated 1857. to divide 60 new
pennies and so packets of raisins among
them.
In London and all over England the
eating of shot cross buns Is the special
feature of the day. The original home
Of this English custom is said to be in
Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.
There, wherever the old Roman roads
crossed, stood the altar Of Diana Of the
Crossways, to whom the Romans Offer
ed their sacred cakes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
THE DYING SUN.
When It's HeNs Becomes Extinct. tho
Earth VIII Freeze Solid.

Our sun is now a yellow star similar
to Capella, and hence it will eventually
become blush white like Sirius and
Vega. says Professor T. j. J. See in
The Atlantic. The secular shrinkage of
the sun radius will cause a steady rise
in its temperature. and When The ncdy
has reached the stage Of Sirius, where
the temperature is perhaps doubled. the
light emitted will become intensely
blue. The temperature may he expected
to 60 on Esing till a small radius is at
tanned. and finally. when the dense
mass, intensely hot, becomes incapable
of further shrinkage. on account of in.
crease in the molecular forces resisting
condensation, a cooling will gradually
ensue.yafter which the body will liquefy
and then rapidly decline in splendor
The sun will thenceforth be wrapped in
everlasting darkness, and the chill of
death will overtake the planetary sys-
TEN. A condition of darkness thus fol,
lows close upon a period of intense bril-
liancy. and hence the obscurity OF such
bodies as the companions of Sirius.
Procyon and Aigol. The most obscure
satellites are thus associated with son. !,
of the brightest and most intensely lu.
minous stars in oar sky. and here the
smaller of the two masses. as in the case
of the planets Of the solar system. have
developed most rapidly.
In view of this approaching extinc.
ton of the suns activity it becomes
a matter Of interest to inquire how long
its heat will sustain life upon the earth
Though it is difficult to submit the sub
ject to accurate computation, it is easy
to see that the exhaustion of the suns
light and heat certainly will not occur
for several hundred thousand, and per.
haps not for several million years. Thus
the ultimate doom Of II system need
occasion M anxiety among those now
living, but the result is philosophically
interesting to those who look several
million years into the future.
AS experiment has shown that the
suns vertical rays falling continuously
upon terrestrial ice would melt a layer
three centimeters in thickness per day,
it follows that a similar shell of ice
would form over the earth in case the
suns light and heat were cut off. Thus
in a month the whole earth wonld be
frozen like the polar regions, and only
the deeper bodies of water, containing
a great amount Of heat. would remain
in a liquid state. The oceans themselves
would freeze over within a few years
at the latest, and the winds and even
the tides would cease to agitate the ter
r~estrial globe, which would henceforth
spin in its OF bit as a rigid, lifeless mass
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
Samnle Carriers.

The Philadelphia Record says: IA Pc
culiar trade followed by a number of
men who haunt the big hotels is that of
sample carrier. The natty drummers
who visit the city are far above the
work Of Juggling around their sometimes
heavy samples, and so there has arisen
a class of men who make a living by
hanging around the hotels waiting an
opportunity to carry sample cases.
Sometimes these cases are very valu-
able. as when they contain samples Of
jewelry 1t is not an infrequent sight to
see a spruce young fellow, followed by
u shabby individual carrying two black
cases, enter the portals of n of the big
hostelries. If the couple were traced
farther it would be seen that the big
hotel safe was the objective point. Some
of these sample carriers have their reg.
ular patrons. who look for them on ev-
cry visit.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
Big Eeea FOR Doctors.

Sixty thousand dollars and a pension
of ~. 500 a year was the fee paid to DR..
Thomas Dimsdale. the Hertfordshire
physician vino, in 1872, was summoned
to st. Petersburg to vaccinate the EN-
press Catherine IL. DR.. Butler, who
had obtained a great reputation for ex-
tr%aordinary skill in the operation for
lithotomy, received a lac Of rupees
(then equivalent to 500. 0O0) from each
Of six Indian rajahs for the single oper-
alton.
The late czar of Russia paid a fee Of
$75, 900 to Professor Zacherine of Mos
COW for two days Attendance. A GER
tain DR.. Gale of Bristol. who was blind,
for curing a gentleman Of a seriously
diseased knee by some electric treatment
received a check for $3.50. 900, DR.. Gale
Yowski, the famous oculist, who at
tended the son Of sthe shah of Persia,
received $50, 900 in fees during the
three months of his residence in Tehe-
ran, while all his expenses Of travelling
and maintenance were paid.
Sir William Jenner received for four
weeks attendance at Sandringham dur
ing the illness Of the Prince of Wales a
baronetcy and a fee of $50, 900, while
Sir Morell Mackenzie is reported to
have received twice that amount for
attending the Emperor Frederick. His
royal highness the nawab of Rampur.
India, a few years since paid an Eng
lish army surgeon $50, 600 for nm &C.
casional attendance in an ordinary at.
tack of rheumatism.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
CUSTOMS.
Peculiar Practice of Formal Dinners
Guests Carry Away craps

Peculiar Practice of Formal Dinners.
Guests Carry Away Scraps.
At the close of formal dinners in ia.
pan the guests are presented with any
portion Of the meal they may fail to
eat. However great or small the amount
they may fail to eat, it is carefully
wrapped up for them and they are ex.
pected to take it home with them. The
unique custom was followed at official
dinners until a short time ago, when it
was discontinued, but the withdrawal
of government example has not materi.
ally affected the practice. The plan has
been followed for many years and it is
difficult to place it's origin.
Peculiar as the custom is, it is Q
without its attractive features. The
husband who stays ont late at night
can pave the way to wifely pardon with
the neat and tempting parcel under his
arm. The impecunious or temporarily
embarrassed can hold out enough to tide
them over several hungry days. The in
dulgent father OF mother can pass the
sweets and carry them home to their
children. Half a dozen satisfactory com.
binations can be worked on the plan.
There may be all kinds Of elaborate
courses at a dinner that one does not
care for, but the mental struggle of say
ing no is not half so hard when you
know you will get a chance to carry the
food off and either give it to your chill.
dren. feed it to your dogs and cats or
distribute it among your friends. The
Japanese practice is all that could be
expected. Each kind Of food is kept in
a separate parcel, and at the close of
Hhe dinner the share Of each guest is
made up in a neat and artistic bundle
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
... ~
still In the Way, ~ Sin.

This story was told by a Boston
plumber: ''Some years ago one of the
city missions up home had a job Of
plumbing done at it's meeting house.
The work vas much more extensive
than showed on the surface, and
when the bill was presented the min
lister in charge insisted he was being
robbed. He made Il frightful kick, and
had several redhot interviews with the
boss of the shop. After the last and
warmest Of these confabs he returned
to the mission sizzling with wrath and
found a we'll known local character
awaiting him. The fellow had been a
notorious professional crook, but grow
ing too old and rheumatic for safe
cracking he concluded to mend his
ways, and the parson had promised to
aid him in getting an honest start.
"'Well, James, said the parson
alphabetically, have you decided on
what you want to do?
"'Yes, boss, replied the ex-crook.
Seeing as how I'm a pretty good me-
chanic, I thought I might open a bit of
a shop
"'A shop!' replied his benevolent
friend. What kind Of q shop?'
ga plumbers shop said the bur-
glar.
"'Oh!' exclaimed the minister. ris-
ing suddenly and picking up his hat.
I was under the impression that you
wanted to reform. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-04-28
How Frozen Insects Revive.

Experiments in reviving frozen in.
sects. by Mr.. s. F. Aaron, show some
surprising results. A large cecropia
moth, frozen in the center Of a snow
ball until it was perfectly brittle, re.
vived in 30 seconds when held near a
stove. Several newly Matched 10 moths
revived in a similar manner after being
frozen stiff and then thawed out. SINH
lar experiments with ants, butterflies
and house flies gave the same results.
But Mr.. Aaron noticed that recently
Matched insects resist cold better than
older ones.