The age-herald., 1901-10-16

the civilized world in order to make moneyi Yet one Of his most recent eff forts at humor.' dealing in the coarsest. cheapest, vulgarest and most peurile lan- guage with Biblical story, was printed in one of the few really respectable magazines in this country.
 .Innocents Abroad. I read when I was very young boy, and have never read 1t since. How came to get possession of 1t was amusing, even if the book was stupid riba1dry and blasphemy. was a farm boy. and my most constant play mate was the grandson of quite noted Baptist preacher of Alabama whose house was a mile from our home This preacher, who was a great reader in gen. eraI. seeing Tnnocents Abroad advertised in respectable family newspaper or dered a copy for his own library, assum- Ing it to be something of a religious work.
 .tImagine the pious old mans indigna- ton and disgust when he discovered the true character of Mark Twain's blas- phemous 'humor' as set forth in the modern pilgrims progress. the sec ondary title of that unclean bookl The book was ordered thrown onto the trash pile to be used as waste paper.
 My playmate. who became afterwards himself Baptist preacher, knowing that I read everything I could get my hands upon, told me of this new book received and thrown away by his grandfather, and knowing nothing of the actual char acter of the book he proffered to fetch it for me to read, and did so. l read 1t without knowing that I was doing wrong, though the blasphemous passages alarmed and disturbed me. That first book of Mark Twain had an evil effect upon my childish mind which required years of manhood to removel
 Let me supply children with books and care not what church they attend: they will be what wish them to bei'
 About Persons.
 Rev. Father O'Reilly, who had been ill in St. vincent's Hospital for a few days. returned to his house in St. Paul. S church yard yesterday. fully recovered4 OdmuCi Sdlp lpChtCA OA oiSOAiS county was in Birmingham yesterday. Carlisle Jones of Selma was in Birming- ham yesterday.
 w. M. Carothers, one of the most popu- lar of all the good fellows who travel out of Louisville, is at the Morris.
 Julius Stern of Montgomery, is at the Metropolitan.
 F. B. Clements of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan.
 Capt. L. Y. Dean of Eufaula is at the Metropolitan,
 W. S. Cameron of Mobile is at the Metropolitan. R. M. Falkner and William D. Martin Jr, of Montgomery, are at the Morris.
 
 J. J. McFadden of Boston Is at the Morris.
 E. S. Broolsing of New York is st tht Morris.
  R. P. Crockett of Nashville Is at tht Morris.
 
 returned, from Nashville.
 D. M. Wake of Baltimore is at tht Morris. w. J. FallSner of Montgomery is at the Florence. Probate Judge Samuel M. Adams oi Chiffon county Is at the Florence. B. w. Whitfield of Nauvoo is-at the Florence J. D. Lacy of Jasper Is at the Florence F. D. Baker of Detroit and L. D. Glass of Memphis, both widely known com mer. cial travellers, are at the Florence T. E. Willard of the United States Geo. logical Survey, Washington. D. C., is al the Florence. P. A. Albes and Mrs. Albes of Deca. tur are at the Florence.
 
 Hon. William Vaughan has returned from Washington. New Workers at the Hotel TIillman are H. B. Wadley. Charles H. Patterson, Milton Stewart, L. H. Neller, J. Cohen. B. F. Mendel Fred Marx, Moreland Huey D. J. Glisson. Henry L. Veil, A. Whitely. Fred L. Richard, and George B. Denman. Capt. J. L. McConaughy of Montevallo Is at the Hillman. Joseph Lente of Seattle is at the Hill | man.
 L. Whit Collier of Atlanta lit in this metropolis last night and is at the Hill | man.
 | D. G. Upchurch of Montgomery is at the Hillman. J. c. Ramage of Washington, D. C., Is | at the Eillman. | Henry Lloyd of Selma is at the Hillman
  Gloomy Reports of West Indies. New York. October 15.-Gloomy reports | of the condition of the British West In | dies are printed and the moral it's draWr