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The age-herald., 1901-11-04

at home and some in other states. But these mischief-makers are losing their power for evil, alike in politics, in the press. and in the pulpit. AS the proper place of each race becomes better understood and better settled the less we will hear about race problem. There will be no problem in the long run always, assuming that justice and good sense prevail. Lynch ing must be stopped, and justice must be extended to the inferior race by the superior race, and then the far mer must be told the truth of the situation as Governor Aycock told 1t. This will take away the occupation of some professional reformers and
 politicians, but 1t will bring peace and
 contentment to a wide section of
 country.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Baltimore November 3.-May Irwin, the actress. who is playing here this week in "Madge Smith," at the Academy, announces her intention to retire from the stage at the close of the present sea- son. She said today:
 q would have retired a year ago but for my contracts A number still re- main to be completed, and then l shall be free. shall certainly, so far as hu- man purposes can go. never act again after the present season.
 ''I have been on the stage ever since was eleven years old and this is why many persons think I am older than is really the case I have passed through a tremendous amount of hard work, and want good rest for the remainder of my days.
 People don't know me; they think I'm frivolous. As a matter of fact, am one of the most serious of women, and thoroughly domestic. How I am going to stop being funny and enjoy life In peace"
 May Irwin has made fortune with her laugh and her coon songs. She has StiNeu IllOft tiidii 31OO,uOO anu ildS Icdt SS- tate and other belongings to show for it.
 She bought Irwin Island in the St. Lawrence river houses and lots In New York City, an automobile victoria and has stocks and bonds in safety deposit.
 She is fond of her own home and de- voted to her two sons, one of whom Is cadet at the Naval Academy at Annapo- lis.
 The appointment of Harry Irwin was secured through the efforts of A. S. Hew- itt, who heard about May Irwin's ambi- tion for the boy when she sang at must %%-e-e1-&-@S -~z>-<->->->->-<-%~-<->-%-> fortress, unwieldly and unmanageable in close quarters, but effective, perhaps, in bombardment. The sea fighter most de- structive in a naval encounter is an ar- mored cruiser of 21 to 23 knots. built after the type of the victorious Brooklyn
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
HAD TO DECLINE.

Washington Cor. in Chicago Tribune.
 President Roosevelt, because of the pressure of public business, will be una ble. to accept the invitation of the Gun Club at Lynchburg, Va, to accompany the club on quail hunting expedition in that state. The invitation was sent to the President subsequent to the Book CT Washington episode at the White House. J. Hampton Hoge. the Republi- can candidate for Governor of Virginia, in answering the criticism of the Presi- dent by Democratic campaign orators on account of the Booker Washington incl dent, has referred to the invitation ex- tended by the exclusive Lynchburg Gun Club. The club has also defended Its own action, expressing the opinion that the President 'is a thorough gentleman and a courageous, broad-minded man." and eclaring that the club is capable of being the judge of its own actions.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
Five Millions for Art.

An eccentric locomotive builder of Paterson, N. J., died as all other men have done or must do, and when he was about to go over the Divide he was loaded with money and with ob- noSious relatlves-that is to say, they were obnoxious to him, he being as cranky as he was rich. He knew nothing about art of any sort; it is not known that he ever visited the mu- scum of Art in New York; but in or der to cut his relatives out of his hoarIed wealth he gave all of 1t or nearly all of 1t to the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, to be used in adding more art objects to a collection valued already at $12,000,- 900. His relatives began the custom ary will contest, but the directors of the museum settled the suits by pay ing to the contestants s250,O00, leav- ing fully s5,OOO,OOO to go to art.
 This fine gift does not enure to New York city alone. It Is gift that Is national in it's scope, and as art is confined to no country it may be said to be gift in proportion of art the world round. The art objects in the museum are not largely American, and never will be, but the study of those objects Is chiefly confined to Ameri- cans, and the gift is for the benefit of those who see and study the pos sessions of the museum, and such possessions of the museum, and such people are found in every state and in every city at least in the land.
 The aged and dyspeptic locomotive builder of Paterson, N. J., builded much better than he knew. His se- lection of the museum may have been cratic and freaky, but the outcome will be wise and admirable. The great gift gives the museum a large income for use in increasing It's al. ready considerable collections, and every dollar of the income will be placed in objects belonging to the world of beauty, and in that way he has benefited the American people without stopping perhaps to consider the full effect of his action.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
Play $ 1Neat 0nd Dr5nk
 zo He Woyryed Mind
BY ALFRED CECIL.

a surfeit of amusement have they, that the sense of pleasure is duIled and the sensation of actual enjoyment often scarcely touched Balls, parties, opera, theatre and all else is theirs. They are amused so much that they cease to bt amused. The other class is even more numerous. With it amusement becomes dissipation. It has no limit Men and women launched on this wafe of pleasure are strewn on the rocks as lerelicts of fate It is into this swirling cau1dron the young men and women from the country fall-those who go to cities seeking amusc- ment.
 Btie the idea of an1usment is growing more and more popular. It is considered by many young men and women as thai part of life which must be attained and for which much must be sacrificed. They seek it in some form or other all the time The more difficult it Is to obtain it the more zealously they seek 1t. n hen cir cumstances prevent indulging in favorite amusements they get out of spirits. be- come irritable and peeyish. To those who possess the inherent love of afnuse- ment, inability to indulge soon creates a disposition to succumb to temptation and temptations of the most dangerous kind generally come wearing the cloak of amusement.
 Amusement becomes a passion. It breeds a kind of fever spirit of rest iessness. The rich who have the means to command amusement soon become sur feited and amusements cease to arnuse. 41.e exercise their wits to invent forms which will at least interest. The most unhappy and discontented mortals in the great city of New York are of this class They possess the means to command all pleas ures, yet find enjoyment in none Having the fever in their blood, they become the prey of ennui. With the other class amusement has become a dissipation. The fever consumes them too. It leads from the little suppers of four after the the atre, to the dance hall or brothel. to tho gambling house or opium joint.
 Occasional amusements that please and do not excite, are the ones which arc the most healthy. They can be found in the city and also in the country. An amusement to be healthy must be an ex- perience of some sort or another which comes at intervales. When it becomes regular order of performance, it loses its quality of producing the sensation of pleasure. Its rarity is its chief charm. Domestic pleasures are the most healthy. They are real recreations. They stimu- late and refresh They lack the fever that consumes. 1t is necessary that into the fabric of life, made up of 50 many dull and sombre threads, there shall be shot into the making an occasional shut tle-full of radiant threads spun on the wheels of pleasure. But when these threads are too frequent, they spoil the pattern, they fail in effect. Too much vinegar will spoil a dressing for salad, and too much amusement will ruin a man or woman. The secret is-moderation.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Quit dat man. Wat makes yer throw dem kisses at me afore all desc people? Youse sech funny man.
 Renewed guffawing in colored com paftment).
 "Gwayw f.4
 Well jis don't like kissin'-in public" CMore guffawing)
 ''Youse sech a funny fnan CT throwin' kisses ter CT lady in public"
 'Yer jis wait tell CT come ter see yer. an I'll make yer think m funny, shore 'nough."
 (Prolonsed and tumutous merriment in colored eompartment)
 Conductor, what time day fore yis- tiddy will we git ter Nineteenth street?'' "Where'd yer git yer liquor that you'd be so smart?"
 (Shrieks of laughter by the blackeyed girl, who pinched her beau five times, saying to him each time "Lis'en;' and then one passenger jumped off into the mud nnd ran)
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
FOREST HYMN.

By William Cullen Bryant. The groves were Gods first temples. Ere
 man learned To hew the shaft and lay the archive And spread the roof above them, ere he
 framed The lofty vault. to gather and roll back The sound of anthems. in the darkling Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt
 down And offered to the Mightiest solemn
 thanks And applications Let me then, at least Here in the shadow of this aged wood, offer one hymn-thrice happy, if 1t find Acceptance in his ear.
 Father, Thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns
 Thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou aids,
 look down Upon the naked earth, and forthwith rose All these fair ranks of trees. They in
 Thy sun sTa w Budded and shook their green leaves in
 the breeze And shot toward heaven The century
 living crow, w nose plrtn was in their tops grew old
 and died Among their branches, till, at last, they
 stood, As now they stand, massy and tall and
 dark, Fit shrine for humble worshiper to hold Communion with his Maker. These dis,
 vaults These winding aisles. of human pomp or
 pride Report not. No fantistic carvings show The boast of our vain race to change the
 form Of Thy fair works But Thou art here:
 Thou ill'st The solitude; Thou art in the soft winds That run along the summit of these trees In music; Thou are in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the
 place, Comes. scarcely felt. The barky trunks
 the ground. The fresh. moist ground. are all instinct
 with Thee.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
Trolley Car Wit.

Heard in Gate City trolley car. in- ward bound, at o'clock last night. '''This s tn Elnen crossing.'
 "Taint"
 "Tis. Big machine shops here. an. oil mill, and things. "Taint"
 Fletcher five dollars"
 Done"
 Say, Mister''-to callow youth opposit. --"aint this CT point on the durnmy?, 'On ther trolley-eth."
 ''Whatyer call it?'' s4
 "El'nen crossing'
 Gimme tn ther cash"
 Take 1t now, CT wait telyer git itg' Say yer aint been way from Besse- mer longer nough ter git ther hayseed outer yer hair"
 Loud and appreciative merriment in crowded car, Salvation Army cap'n join- ing in.)
 Gimme mer money"
 Take 1t, eff yer can"
 That's whatI do I takes ev'rvth,rs CT git"
 (More merriment)
 say, did yer near what or Rockerfel. Ter done 'tother day?"
 'Naw"-scornfully.
 Built CT million dollar school 'ouse an give 1t right erway."
 (sensation amongst the merry).
 Did 'eY'
 Shore did; an then e says says e. I'll put up ther price CT oil CT quarter cent CT gallon fer a hour an git all mer money back 'E shore did"
 (Fresh and prolonged outburst of merri- ment, during which blackeyed girl was seen to pinch her beaus arm and was heard to giggle. ''On't he funny?" the which, being overheard by everybody. produced increased merriment. the Sal vation Army cap'n splitting his sIdes). whats that ?'-the questioner point ing to the huge plant of the Hardie-Tynes Machine and Foundry Company, at Twenty eighth street
 'IIardie-Tynes plant"
 "Taint; Its ther Tardie- TIynes." (Great additional merriment.)
 "Betcher five dollars
 (Blackeyed girl pinches her beau In ex- citement. and says in a sibbilant whis- per, ''Lis'n to them. Awther," whereat there is a roar.)
 At the Twenty-Sixth street and Eighth avenue:
 'You jis stop a-throwin' them kisses at me. don't like 'em'-by an ebon seraph who had alighted
 (Gufraws in the coiored compartment.
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May Zy7Otn to Qwtl Me Stage.

cales given by Mrs. Hewitt Harry Irwin is 19 years old.
 Miss Irwin has been on the stage nearly thirty years. She made her debut in Rochester with her sister Flo, who subse quently married Senator Thomas F. Grady.
 Her maiden name was Ada Campbell. Her sister was Georgie Campbell. Her father. Thomas Campbell, was a lumber merchant in whitby, Ontario. There the Irwin sisters were born. They learned to sing and play the piano. MT. Campbell died penniless and Mrs. Campbell decided to put the musical talents of the two little girls to use on the stage.
 She got an engagement for them in Rochester, and unknown to the girls the manager billed them as the Irwin sis ters, May and Flo. They always clung to the name. Even the mother Is now known as Mrs. Irwin.
 It was at Tony Pastors score of years ago that May learned the tricks of ready improvisation which have helped to make her famous.
 From Pastors May Irwin went to Au- gustin Daly's, and was with him four years Then she branched out as a star in farce comedy and became rich and famous.
 Miss Irwin is a shrewd business woman. Two years ago a fashionable woman wanted her to sing some coon songs at a house party. Miss Irwin dislikes that kind of work and said her price would be s100 for each song. The grand dame said that three songs would be enough. The guests were so pleased that they kept encoring until Miss Irwin had to sing seven songs. And she insisted upon being paid s70O and got the full amount
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
A Squash That's a Squash.

A squash as is squash, and no mis- take, has been received in the Age-Her- aid office. This giant vegetable Is more than a yard long-to be exact, 1t Is three feet eight inches in length; and in that particular 1t has probably never been equalled by any other Jefferson County squash. This specimen was grown by John Bayliss. Gate City, who writes that it is Luzon squash, and its variety is the finest favored vegetable of that class he has ever known anything about "One is. plenty for any ordinary sized fam ily," MT. Bayliss writes, and one can well believe him. Undoubtedly it is a remarkable vegetable.
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The age-herald., 1901-11-04

All work and no play" runs the old saw, makes Jack a dull boy" Wisdom of the ages are boiled down in these old sayings. They come to us endorsed not only with the approval of generations that have long since passed away to dust, but with the sign manual of extinct na- tons. Play refreshes the worker. It is meat and drink to the wearied mind It is rest to the body and it is tonic to the soul Nations that have been fond of ther play have excelled in their labors. But play has It's limitations.
 Deep in the country the youth accus. toned to hard work, learns of the amuse- ments of youth in the cities, and com pares those he has at hand with those he reads Of and becomes discontented with his lot. The amusements of the city have been the lamps whose lights have drawn thousands of men and maidens to 1t. At distance these lights shine with glow that has, no doubt, Vaccinations, but distance has always been famed for it's entertainments. When one looks backward they realize the pleasures of the old home way back in the country compared more than well with the anusements of the city.
 Now what are the arltisements of the city? From the standpoint of the lad in the country it consists of theatres, of dances in halls, of coneertsr of places te go, of things to be seen No sane. per. son will attempt to state that there are not more methods of affurdihg afnuse- ment in the cities than in the country; but how many realize that all amuse ments in cities, save those arising out of neighborly or friendly relationship are to be bought by the hour at a price? !? .of all the people in the cities how many have any amusements at all? It Is only when one stops to think how many have amusement that tine realization comes that but comparatively few have any amusement whatever.
 There are thousands and thousands of people in New York City who have never been inside of a theatre, or at the best, at intervals of years. Theaters cost money to visit, and thousands and thousands have never been able to indulge them- selves even to an occasional visit What is true of the theatre is true in many oth- CT respects. The fact is very few per sons in the cities have any amusement at all. And strangely enough they do not have those amusements which havea nc cost yet arise out of neighbors or friends coming together. Take a clear, cold, bracing winters night, such as would tempt young people out of doors. In the city there is no place to go. In the coun- try there is skating and all the fun that goes with it. It may be showing and just the night for a sleigh ride but few have an opportunity to go sleighing.
 There are two classes who find plenty of amusement, the rich and the depraved. The former seek amusement and are ca- tered to by many who make livings by providing amusement. They spend small fortunes in the pursuit of pleasure. Such
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
About Persons.

'Mr. Vaughan will be strong enough to leave his bedroom this week." said pr. M. N. Due when asked yesterday con- cerning the condition of United States District Attorney William Vaughan, who has been suffering from pneumonia for the past ten days. This information will please everybody in the valley. . There may be number of distinguish ed, possibly illustrious, persons at the leading hotels who are concealed behind indecipherable and impossible penman- ship. There is a plenty of such penman- ship on the various hotel registers. It is supposed to betoken importance
 
 New Workers at the Hillman are. A. Wheatfeld, L. B. winstock, O. E An sley, Charles Neuman Jr., and L. Hen derson.
 Nicholas schwab of Amity City, La.. is at the Hillman.
 W. M. Kelly and J. T. Rose of Atlanta are at the Hillman.
  man.
 w. B. Schwoe and John J. Weller of Cincinnati are at the Hillman.
 JF. Lee of coliinsvile is at the Flor ence.
 Hon. W. T. L. Cofer of Culman Is at the Florence.
 c. w. Morris of New York is at the Florence.
 L. Gilmartin of Louisville, Ky, is at the Florence ~- w. M. Berry ot Amory, Miss, is at the Florence.
 H. Masfield, M. A. Levy and George w. Brown of Chicago are at the Metropoli- tan.
 State Superintendent of Education John W. Abercombie 1t at the Metropoli- tan.
 George Bauer of Cullman is at the Me- tropolitan.
 R. L. Adams of Gadsden is at the Me- tropolitan.
 Hon. Jake W. Weiss of Mobile Is at the Morris.
 Former Congressman William F. Ald- rich of Aldricb Ia at tba IJillroan
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 We have to climb up to prosperity; ad- versity will climb down to us.
 The many times you tell the woman you love that she looks pretty don't count as much as the one time you fall to tell her.
 One of the things which puzzle a man Is that mother will fret more over catching her boy smoking than catching him in a lie.
 An engagement isn't of much satisfac- ton to the average girl unless it makes her friends think she is better off than they are.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
Two Men Injured.

Huntsville, November a-(Special) l)-An accident occurred in the Huntsville foun- dry last night resulting in the serious in- jury of James Coyle. Fuller Erwin and VIII Marcrum foundrymen. A ladle containing a ton of molten iron was overturned and spattered over the mems bodies.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
LETTERS OF A scHooLBoY.

From the Chicago Record-Herald. The grass is green. the sky Is blue, Honey's sweet, and so are you. I feel all throbby when I see
 You look across the room at me, O how like to sit all day
 And watch you while you teach away. The rose is nice and sweet to smell. My love for you no tongue can tell. I wish that I was thirty-three, For ma says that's what you must be.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

It is proposed in England to give dowrios to perfect brides in order to improve the race, but sharp and ti- tied Englishmen know where there are perfect brides with fat pocket boo1ea
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Locomotives are the only things that can gain right of way over au- tomobiles, and in New York one of them had to wreck an auto in order to enjoy it's own track.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
A TIp For Hanna.
om the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 MT Roosevelt is not the man to sink his own individuality here. He lays down principles which are to guide him, rather than pledges himself to any man. ner of carrying them out He is to be expected to become his own President
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

A woman throws her knees apart when she desires to catch anything in her lap, while man brings his knees close together. This test of sex Is a favorite one among the novelists.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Gold is going out again in moderate quantities, but this country is so big and strong no one cares whether the yellow metal comes or goes.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Washington is already becoming accustomed to big trust lobby that says with one voice, ",rhe sacred tar if must not be touched"
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Then literary fellows" that Simon Cameron often spoke of are how the elect at the White House, for one of their number Is now on top.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Aspirt Fairbanks has postponed his Presidential race to 1908, and Aspir- ant Hanna does not know whether he Is afoot or a-horseback
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

The slowness of the ransom Is due to the premature publication of Miss Stones picture.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
Let the Cat Out.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
 Admiral Schley has finally confessed that he was there.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

The two Senator Joneses are now in position to pair and keep the whole business in the family.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

The Filipinos in sumar exiled them selves, but those in Guam did not. The later were deported Siberian fashion.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

We have not had a horseback President before since the rail-fence days of Thomas Jefferson.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

New York and Philadelphia are conducting their respective city cam paigns as if they are the whole thing.
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The Boston Globe says the race problem is but the difference between negro and a nigger.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Concentration camps are to be es- tablished In Samar. Thus does his- tory repeat itself.
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The Pan.American has stopped short of breath and gate receipts
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If you have money to burn put it in coal and send 1t to some one who has neither money nor coal.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Colonel Watterson is in the hands of his grooms who are training him against 1904.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

The Duke of York may be the first Guelph crowned after Victoria the Good.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Smallpox in the winter season can not be charged against the mosquito.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

King Edward goes along regardless of the stories concerning his vocal chords.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Street Railroad Yerkes recently bought a s7S,0Jo Turner painting.
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October has been unanimously voted a glorious month.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04
NOT GROVES ONLY CHANGE.

From the Cleveland Leader.
 Pat Crowe appears to have changed his mind about surrendering.
The age-herald., 1901-11-04

Heard in Gate City trolley car, in- ward bound, at o'clock last night: This s tn Ei'nen crossing"
 "Taint."