The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
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pretty bad. A celebrated stateman, whom
1 would not name for worlds, because he
is still a celebrated statesman and has to
keep solid with the great unwashed-this
gentleman once told me- in a burst of con-
fidence that handshalSing was the bane of
his life, and he'd be blankety-blanked If
The didn't wish he was the Venus de Milo,
and had no arms. I was in his private car
at the time, reporting a swing around the
circle the eve of a hot campaign, and
he had just concluded an inpromptu levee
J on the rear platform. About 5000 people,
more or less. had swarmed on one side and
down the other. and clutched his illustrious
paw in transit. He had peculiar pump
handle motion. and was very dexterous in
passing EN- on but before he got through
could hear him groan. After it was all
over he came inside, dropped down on
| sofa and went into some details of the or
deal that made a profound impression on
my mind: In fact, / resolved then and
there never to allow my fellow-countrymen
to nominate me for the presidency, and
| have stuck stubbeTnly to the determination
ever since. One of the things he mentioned
was that most of the hands were clammy.
and he explained it physiologica1ly. When
people are excited, he said, they nearly
always perspire, and at a critical moment
are apt to turn slightly cold, from impeded
circulation. Consequently, the fiipper ex-
tended by the enthusiast is both moist and
chill. In the language of the celebrated
statesman it feels like piece of refrig-
| Grated beefsteak. He also mentioned the
| emotional idiot with a big seal ring, who
| never fails to grind 1t into his victims
| flesh with at least 5000 amperes pressure,
| and the other idiot who winks mysteriously,
gives the grip of some secret order and
goes off chuckling same lodgen Before /
listened to this feeling dissertation L had
no idea what an unmitigated and repulsive
| nuisance public handshaking really is. 1
| don't blame Dewey for objectng to it. He
had never had any experience in that line
| before, and to man of his fastidious
| habits it must have seemed peculiarly re-
voting"
"You are quite right" said a conductor
| on an East lake car, viciously ringing up
| fare, some people carry money in queer
places. am often compelled to stand and
| wait while the car is moving four or five
| blocks while they fish around for their
| money. Negro women almost invariably
| carry their money securely tied in the cor
| ner of a handkerchief, and it is often nee
! essary for them to gnaw open the knot be-
| fore the obligation to the company can be
| satisfied. That Chinaman in front of the
| car kept me waiting three blocks while he
/ united a Gordian knot in his queue to pro-
| cure a nickel with which to pay his fare.
| Yesterday on an out trip at the corner of
| First avenue and Twentieth street two wo-
| men got on the car. l waited a minute or
| so, and then went in for the fares. The
| women looked sort of dashed, and then one
| of them began to tumble in her purse.
| Empty! Then her companion made a dive
| at the bottom of her skirts, and prepared
| to blush.
| ''WeH, sir, that woman deliberately UNI
| laced her shoe and took it off, and through
| a hole in her stocking fished out a dime
| "About the nerviest man in Alabama"
| said Secretary Rountree, of the State Fair
association, to a crowd of newshungry re.
| porters yesterday, sis fellow whose name
| 1 won't mention, who is the owner of two
7! state raised thoroughbred horses which he
I wanted to enter in the races. 1 received
| letter from him several days ago in regard
! to the matter, in which he stated that the
| entry WOulQ De mdue OH cOnulllOn That we
guarantee that one of his horses would win
| a race. Well! 1t almost took my breath
away, and I lost no time in answering his
| letter, and you can imagine what wrote.
| Suffice to say that his horses will not run
on the state fair track
'sGoebel will he elected governor of Ken
/ lucky by an overwhelming majority said
| Han of J,ouiSXrlle in ,tha Flor
| ence lobby yesterday. THE decoy ticket"
| headed by John Young Brown, will not get
| as many votes as the Palmer and Buckner
| ticket did in &C. All true and loyal demo-
! Gratis, which in Kentucky means at least
90 per cent. of the party, will vote for the
| regular nominee. more unqualiiedly
| false campaign lie was never perpetrated
! than that the Goebel election law will ena-
| BILE the election officials to count Goebel in
| whether he is elected not, as the repub-
| licans claim. The truth of the matter is
| that the republicans, realizing the hope
| lessness of their struggle, are resorting to
any means, scrupulous or INSCRIPTIONS, to
! check the tide of public sentiment that is
/ so strong in Goebers favor. The election
| will be conducted as fairly as any election
| in New England, and will place Goebel in
the gubernatorial chair with a majority
| that will be a surprise to the opponents of
| democracy and a prophetic forerunner of
| brilliant democratic victory in the national
| election next year"
| General Fitzhugh Lee is now making q
| round of visits to his relatives in Virginia.
| He will be in Richmond today, and will
| divide the honors with President Mckinley.
Lee was a candidate for the United States
senate six years ago, but Notwithstanding
his wonderful popularity and the fact that
majority of the legislature were elected
| as Lee men, his rival, Thomas s. Martin,
| carried off the prize. 1t was understood
that General Lee would be a candidate
again this year, but last spring he wrote a
letter from Cuba positively declining to en-
ter the race Martins only opponent this
fall was Governor Hoge Tyler, but the ma
jority of the democratic nominees for the
| in,