The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-26
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Inc Popular science monthly Tor NOVem-
Der, published by Appleton, will print
paper from Walter L. Hawley upon the
Development of the American Newspa-
per-" Mr.. Hawley is the president of the
Association of City Hall Reporters in New
York, he being the City Hall reporter for
the New York Evening Sun. His paper
cannot be reviewed at this time, seeing that
its contents are not known but to thou
sands of persons here in Birmingham and
Alabama the statement that such a paper
will appear will be of more than ordinary
interest. Everybody here remembers wal
ter Hawley with affeetionate consideration.
He came hither in Birmingham younger
/. days and he builded his reputation here In
the earlier building of Birmingham
In all his life he never wrote any
thing that was untrue. He won distlnc-
ton here. Quitting Jones Valley he won
new distinction in the great center OF
American life. Them that labored with
Hawley here, and them that regard his
career with affectionate regard, will look
longingly for what he may have to say
in tho Popular Science Monthly. No Ala
bamian who has labored with the graphite
pencil will fail to pay to Walter HaWiey
| the tribute of interest in what he may nave
to say.
"A number of the men who nave Ia
bored to give distinction to the Bifmihe-
ham press rejoice in Walter HaWley 5 SUE
cess. Hawley has succeeded above them
ALL That is just, for Hawley was OF right
entitled to succeed above them all. A whoie
connany of persons recall Hawley's four
beautiful boys In all America there are
nerhaps not -four boys more beautiful. Two
of the boys are now engaged in earning
their own living, one ON the Sun and the
other i'm a bank in Wall street. Sweeter,
stronger, drawer hearted boys have not
lived in the world The present Mrs. Haw-
ley is the daughter Alfred H. Moses, the
builder of Sheffield, The city Glat promises
so mudh upon the southern bank OF the
Tennessee.
The beloved Wellington vandiver says: "a
drummer, named George Washington
Sprawls, who was carrying full line of
yeast powder samples and a Kentucky
breath. upon which saddle-bags could have
been hung, told me the origin of the name
of the beautiful city of Tuscaloosa, at the
Morris last night. He said he would guar
antee it to be genuine, and fully up to sam
pie and that he was the only man on the
road who had the real thing right from the
manufactory He said that many moons
ago. when the Indian padded his birch
canoe, and the wild fox digged his hole UNI
tba medicine of
the tribe had ever heard of Lydia E. Pink
ham, there lived a mighty chieftain close
to the banks of a beautiful river, not far
from one mile south of the present metrop-
oils of Northport. The squaw of this great
brave, having had everything from chills 10
twins, sickened and died. leaving Opothoo
neutrality-suspicious., the humpbacked Thum-
per- with the Peeled Nose with lot plain
sewing on hand, and lovely daughter with
a complexion lige new buggy wheel.
Mintjulephawhaw the terra Gotta sunburst
of the Black Belt, was a corker; many war
riors pined for her and sought to WOO her,
but she would not-although liberal with
pine knots. INSTRUMENTATION
giles gee-Sarsaparilla, the Holy Terror
of Skowhegan, was a great warrior. His
wigwam was upholstered with the scalps of
of his intimate friends whom he had tre-s
PANIED in playful moments Tall, powerful
with legs shaped like wagon-hames, face
calculated to take away the taste of castor
oil, and two lower teeth protrudng at an
angle sufficient to bite pumpkin through
crock of a fence-his appearance was like
ly to create the impression that a new corn
doctor had hit the town. Owing to the abb
pola Of tfath the hOyS had fa-
miliary abbreviated his polyglot name to-
"Tusky," which endearing epithet was used
only in the absence of that great sachem,
as 'Tusky' was known to be very care
less man with a Thomashawk.
"Tuskeenuggee, etc., &c, to be continued
in our next, Skowhegan, saw tne dusky
maiden and loved her. 1t was clear case
of masn-but it was sour mash, as the
maiden informed him in the liquid language
of the aborigones, that she wouldn't wipe
her feet on such a pipe-faced, brick-dust
Nightmare, with cathedral windows in his
soldier pants, as she regarded ihim. Then
the renowned warrior got mad, and the
madden he go. the radder he became
madder co!ors red, anyway, and ne was so
far forgetful of the rigid rules of etiquette
Il
of the lady; he also rushed at her with up
lifted club; but the beautiful maiden fed
through tine aisles of the forest like a
streak of goose-grease, and-ond the viii
lain still pursued her. With fleet feet She
sped toward the bluff, looking back ever
and anon at the pursuing warrior working
his hyphenated legs in parabolic curves in
close pursuit. Her long black tresses float
ed on the breeze, her front hair was un-
bung, although she soon expected it to be
banged With a hatcnet, and her breath
came and went in dong pants-knickerbock-
ers not then being in fashion. Reaching the
lofty four-foot bluff overlooking the pres
ent city, she felt the hand of Tie rainbow
legged warrior Selling her rounded form,
and his grip Tightening on her penny-col-
ored shouldes; but ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
den, her loved parient, had not come any,
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