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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

of books and those other recent addf-
lions to the ranks of advertisers have
thrust the common place business man
far away in the tangled underbrush in
the matter of acquiring fame by spectac-
ular methods.
In moment of inspiration Secretary
Hitchcock remarked at cabinet meeting
that one Of his agents who had been ae-
tive in exposing the land frauds was too
honest to be elected to office. COM
motion followed Naturally the distin-
guished army of office holders in the
United States who stand before the pub
lie on their merits are anxious to dis
pute the unwarranted statement of seere-
tary Hitchcock OF course a man can be
elected to office and still be honest.
There are a few cases on record and the
impolitic outburt of Mr.. Hitchcock is
not only a reflection on himself but on
the distinguished array of honest politic-
ians who dominate politics in New. Y orl<
and Delaware.
The efforts of a Brooklyn reformer to
bring back the days of Hawthorne's
Scarlet Letter. by having an ordinance
passed that will require all street walkers
to wear a plume or aigrette that will
distinguish them in crowd and serve as
badge of their calling, is rather inter
esting but impractical. The time has
passed when our stern forefathers brand
ed woman with the fateful letter and
by that act drove her deeper in the mire
of her disgrace. There are other ways
of dealing with the problem, one of the
most effective being a strict surveillance
Of police who cannot be corrupted.
Now that Promoter Hooley is out of the
tolls there is no reason why Mrs. Chad
wick should be detained any longer.
Hooley in London is ono of the most
striking examples Of those "frenzied
fnanciers" who have become so talked
about in this country here of late, al
though 1t must be confessed that Hooley
dared to ascend heights of dizzy manip-
ulation that not even Thomas W. Law
son recks of. The promoter of today
usually manages to keep out of jail
Hooley seems to have been more unfor-
tunate, or perhaps less slkillful, than GER
tain of his contemporaries. At any rate
u
he has just been acquitted by an Eng
fish court on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses and is in a posi-
/ tion to study the Chadwick case with a
critical eye.
Young Kingdom Gould has gotten him
self into a pickle" by firing pistol
over the heads Of body of Columbia
sophomores who were pursuing him with
the evident intention of making the
young scion of wealth entertain them at
class dinner. After Gould escaped into
his fraternity house he is reported to
have called up mother and conhded his
woes, with the result that papa and an
escort of two men arrived to carry the
youth to his home in safety. If the CO.
lumbia sophomores are like a great many
other college boys Kingdom Gould is in a
fair way to make himself very unpopu-
lar. He is 10 years old, and when a boy
arrives at that age he is supposed to be
able to stand the racket of his first
year in college. For a youth of his years
he certainly did not play a valorous role
when attacked by the festive sophomores-
! P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23
CONSISTENCY.

From Everybody's Magazine.
The motto of the Greeks was Nothing
too much"
An excess of courage is brutality
An excess Of economy is penuriousness.
An excess OF taste is preciosity.
An excess of gentleness is tlmidity.
An excess of confidence is egotism.
Who will show us where to draw the
liner
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23
Tip for Plat.

From the Guntersville Democrat.
Senator Platt would seem more like
himself If he were to omit his efforts to
change representation in the south and
try to change Oden Misrepresentation in
New York.
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Troubles of Politicians

From the Eufaula Times.
The cry of bossism that is going up
from New York republicans don't partic-
ularly mean anything except that there
is not enough offices to go around. These
little disappointments always bring about
unpleasantness.
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What II Looks Like.

From the Union Springs Herald.
A reading Of some of the VOWS re-
quired by the church of its members is
suggestive of a perfect travesty upon
notwithstanding to mind the awful
barbarities Of the inquisition period.
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Not Probable.

From the Bullock County Breeze.
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr, the richest
young man in America, is reported as
rising at $50 a. m. the year round. We
wonder if he has to light the fire on
cold mornings as we do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23
THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM
FATHERS.

BY Mrs. Heman.
The breaking waves dashed high
On stern and rock-bound coast,
And the woods against stormy sky -.
Their gian branches tossed,
And the heavy night hung dark
The Hills and waters DER,
When a band of exiles moored their
bark
On the wild New England shore.
Not as the conqueror comes.
They the hearted came;
Not with the roll of the stirring drums,
And the trumpet that sings of fame;
Not as the flying came,
In silence and in fear
They shook the depths of the desert
gloom
Amidst the storm they sang,
And the stars heard, and the sea;
And the sounding aisles of the dim
woods rang
To the anthem Of the free;
The ocean eagle scared
From his nest by the white waves
foam,
And the rocking pines of the forest
roared-
This was their welcome homei
What sought they thus ATARI
Bright jewels of the mine?
The wealth of seas. the spoils Of WARP
They sought faiths pure shrine.
Aye, call 1t holy ground.
The soil where first they trod!
They have left unstained what there they
found --,ss---.
;. Freedom to worship God
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A Spokane woman has secured a
divorce from her husband because he
insists on squandering his earnings
trying to invent a flying machine in
stead of buying the necessaries Of life
for his family. That woman has a
level head.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Justice Brewer advises his country
men to live as the old Puritans did. 1t
will first be necessary to remove all
those facilities for having a good time
which were denied the Puritans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Tom Lawson has secured from H. H.
Rogers and the Standard Oil crowd
first-rate testimonial and flrst-rate
advertisement in the shape of proceed
ings for criminal libel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

"Frenzied Finance" has a cinch on
the best selling list" when it is pub
lished in book form.
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ALABAMA PRESS.
Agreed

From the Marshall Banner.
The Birmingham Age-Herald favors
working the county convicts on the pub
lie roads, and so do we.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

A chambermaid found wallet con-
tanning $4,000 in Kentucky hotel and
was given ST for returning the money
to the owner. Here is another case
where virtue was its own reward.
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From the Gadsden journal.

Marrying dead people seems to have
been quite a thriving institution among
the Mormons. No doubt many Christian
women find when it is all over that they
have married a dead one," but they
did not do SO on purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Tom Lawson should be tried for Gre
ating nervous complaints in the ranks
of high feenance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

The cutting down of Culebra hill
goes on without reference to the ulti-
mate level of the canal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Kuropatkin will eat his Christmas
dinner on the trenches of Mukden,
and not at Toxic. He got the names
of his towns mixed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

With Nan Patterson out of the way
and Mrs. Chadwick in the woody west,
what will New York do now, poor
thingi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Mrs. Chadwick announces that she
will also tell the history of her life.
The publishers have not been an
nounced.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

The mysterious Mormon garments
were never given a chance to have
their secrets come OUT in wash.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Those who desire to s.e David Ben
nett Hill disappear iSum politics will
have to set up late on New Years eve.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

1t is probable that very few artificial
bearos VII. be needed for Santa Claus
parties out In Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

A slippery, Shiny tale of 140O pounds
of eels being stolen from the estate of
w. K. Vanderbilt on Long Island has
just come to light.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

The total attendance at the st.
Louis fair was over 100000 persons,
and every blessed one of them went
down the Pike.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23
Table Manners.

ITO me the dinner hour means an hour
for dinner" said a gentleman yesterday,
in one of the popular restaurants. 81 had
rather go without my dinner, or, If
pressed for time, lose portion .of 1t,
than bolt my food and gulp my coffee
the way see some people do It
And now that we are talking of eat
ing let me tell you that table manners
is great index to how people were rear
ed. see very nicely dressed young
girls in the dalntiest manner possible
spread butter over a slice OF bread and
then take bite out of it, leaving a gap
the size of a small horseshoe. I see men
handle their knives and forks almost as
clusimly as the bear with a musket l
can tell In a moment the well reared
man or woman by the way they use the
spoon In eating soup. even the use of the
napkin counts for more than most people
think. Look at that man yonder wipng
his plate with piece of bread, and that
handsome young lady picking her teeth.
and the other smoothing out the nap
kin and folding 1t up. OF course It's no
business of mine to make remarks, but
/ cannot help observing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Only high balls passed between Col
onel Tom and Colonel Bill, and no new
notches were cut.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Somebody ought to give Arthur
Wing Pinero lecture for writing such
play as "The Wife Without a
Smile"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Mrs. Chadwick is dreadful example
of tn, complex life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

The Dogger Bank heroes will meet
in the Indian ocean or the China sea
some ships more formidable than
steam trawlers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

After Boss Odell drives Depew out
of the senate, the vaudeville stage will
be open to him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Col. Bill Greene has not recovered
from his trouble sufficiently to open
his mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Bandit Raisuli has again had an at
tack of frenzied finance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Carnegie has that tired feeling as
well as lumbago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

The two Warmers are seeking Mr..
Wares shoes in hot haste.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Reed Shoots witnesses had been
too promiscuously married.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

The shopping this week is almost as
frenzied as high feenance of the Rog-
ers sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Grover Cleveland is now resting on
his laurels as Americas first duck
hunter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

1t is the hit dog that hollers, Colonel
Rogers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Colonel Bill and Colonel Tom have
organized a new gentlemen's agree
ment.
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The Southern Express Office.

That's busy place In there" said
a man, as he came out of the Southern
Express office yesterday. ''While l was
waiting my turn I saw people send pack
ages to places I had never heard of be-
fore and saw these packages and parcels
heaped up as high as the heads of the
clerks.
People send all sorts of things by er.
press; there were roosters growing In
their cages; dogs yelping in their boxes;
cats mewing. and parrots screaming. It
was a veritabe babel OF noises, but the
clerks went on checking, weighing and
labelng-perfectly unconcerned at all the
din going on around. From what 1
saw, I'm more inclined to feel thankful
when 1 receive a parcel than to grum-
BILE when 1t is delayed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

The Mormon Melchisidek under
clothes were not made in Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

Up north it is not considered desc
Grafton to shovel off snow on Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23

The consumption belt embraces 10
states.
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WITH OTHER EDJTORs

The Chattanooga Times has just ceie-
brated its thirty-sixth birthday.
1TTITSGN
A Christmas edition of 60 pages was
issued by the Montgomery Journal The
issue reflects credit on Editor Hood and
his capable stan.
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washington Bureau Age-HeralG. 1874 @
Street. N. W.
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No communication viii be published
without Its authors name. Rejected
manuscripts will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose
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L. H Russ and J. II. Caffee are the
only authorized travelling representatives
of The Age-Herald In it's circulation de-
partment
Gilpin observer., 1904-03-31
Murder Trial at Akron.

Denver, March 30-An Akron dis
patch of last night in relation to the
Meenan murder case says:
The sensation to-day was the cross
examination of Perry Tuttle. in which
Mr.. Talbot. in questions which prac-
tically were accusations. endeavored
to fix upon him the responsibility for
the assassination. Frank Irwin, the
fourth defendant. told his story Mon.
day. Women wept in court to-day as
the tragedies which have brought on
the present state Of affairs were re-
called and answers received by coun-
sci from witnesses showed the deep
feeling which still exists over the un.
fortunate affairs which already have
occurred. Instructions are being pre-
pared by Judge Armour and probably
will be given to the jury to-day.
Gilpin observer., 1904-03-31
A Wonderful Discovery.

Broadland, s. D.. March 2S.-Quite
a sensation has been created here by
the publication of the story of G. W.
Gray who, after a special treatment
for thres months was PROSTATE and
helpless and given up to die with
Bright's Disease. Bright's Disease has
always been considered incurable, but
evidently from the story told by Mr..
Gray, there is remedy which will
cure 1t even In the most advanced
stages. This is what he says:
Il was helpless as little babe. My
wife and l searched everything and
read everything we could nnd about
Bright's Disease, hoping that l would
be. able to find a remedy. After many
failures my wife insisted that I should
try Dodds Kidney Pills. praise God
for the day when l decided to do SO
for this remedy met every phase of
my case and in a short time l was
able to get out Of bed and after few
weeks treatment was a strong, well
man. Dodd's Kidney Pills saved my
life."
A remedy that will cure Bright's
Disease will cure any lesser Kidney
Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills are GER
tainly the most wonderful discovery
which modern medical research has
given to the world.
Gilpin observer., 1904-03-31
No rlme for FoeIs.

When George Westinghouse. a.
young inventor, was trying to interest
capitalists in his automatic brake, the
device which now plays 80 important
q art in the operation of railroad
trains. he wrote letter to Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt, president Of the
New York Central Railroad Company,
carefully explaining the details OF his
invention. Very promptly his letter
came back to him, indorsed in big.
scrawling letters. in the hand Of Com
modore Vanderbilt. 81 have no time to
waste on FOOLS"
Afterwards, when the PennsylvaniA
railroad had taken up the automatic
brake. and it was proving very sue
cessful, Commodore Vanderbilt sent
young Mr.. Westinghouse request to
call on him. The young inventor re-
turned the letter, indorsed on the bot
tom as follows: II have no time to
waste ON fools. Success.
Gilpin observer., 1904-03-31
DENVER CHARTER
ADOPTED BY A HEAVY MAJORITY
the Rush Amendment.-New
Election Soon.

Election Soon.
Denver, March 3O.-The new charter
was adopted yesterday by vote Of
more than two to one. the majority in
it's favor being 10,354 out of a total
vote of 27,47O.
The charter that has just been dis
carded was framed and adopted by the
Legislature of the state.
The twentieth amendment to the
constitution was adopted with the
view to restoring home rule to the peo-
pie, which would permit them to
frame their own organic law and ap-
point and control their own municipal
boards.
The present officials and city boards
remain in Office until May 18th, when
an entirely new set of officials will be
elected.
The history of the charter, in brief,
is as follows:
Proclamation declaring the adoption
of the twentieth amendment issued by
Governor Orman December 1, 1902.
Election for charter delegates to
first charter convention, June 2, 1903.
Convention met June 9th and contin-
ued for sixty days.
Election on the adoption of the first
charter September %. 1908.
Total vote cast, 36,418.
Majority against, 6,7S2.
Total cost of the two elections and
the convention, $45,000.
Election for charter delegates to
second charter convention December
8, 1903.
Convention assembled on December
18th and continued for sixty days.
hn od of
ond charter March 20. 1904.
Total vote cast, 27,470.
Majority for, 10,354.
Total cost of the two elections and
convention, $45,000.
Total cost of the four elections and
the two conventions, including every
expense, about $90,900. -
Election for city and county ofhcers
under the new charter. May II. 1904.
Officers to be elected: Mayor, treas
urer. auditor, clerk. recorder, assessor.
coron ,r. two judges of the County
Court, three justices of the peace,
three constables, seven supervisors at
large, sixteen aldermen by wards.
Tne charter seemed to imply that
the city and county attorney is an
elective Office, but through an error
the courts will probably have to de-
eide whether the Office be elective or
appointive.
The election commission and the CIV
IL service commission are created by
the adoption OF the charter and be-
come effective at once.
The election commission consists Of
DR.. F. F. Graves. E. c. Soetje and H.
c. Riddle.
The civil service commission con-
sists of ]. Frank Adams, Daniel B..
Carey and Frederick j. Chamberlin.
Gilpin observer., 1904-03-31
Want Vigorous. Prosecution.

Denver. March 30.-A special dis
patch from Akron says that a meeting
was held last night by citizens who
desire to see a vigorous prosecution in
the Meenan murder case and resolu-
tions passed protesting against the in.
ter1erence of the Burlington & Mis-;
souri, railway as "intimidating and de-
terring the law officers from the per
formance Of their duty" in prosecuting
the four men who now stand accused
of the assassination OF Joseph Meenan.
The railroad company, through its tax
agent. warned the county officials Ast
week that the company's taxes would
not be paid this year II the commits
sioners insisted upon paying Attorney
Ralph Talbot $1,000 fee as special
prosecutor. The defendants have many
influential friends in the town and
county who took no part in the meet
ing and who are expected to oppose
every step taken by the prosecution.
Gilpin observer., 1904-03-31
Oalser.s Earliest Case.

Another new thing. Can be cut six
times during a season and sprouts
again with lightning rapidity. Next to
Salzer's Teosinte It will make more
green fodder than anything else: cheap
as dirt and grows everywhere.
OF Salzer's Renovator Grass Mixture.
Just the thing for dying out pastures
and meadows. Mr.. e. Rappold. East
Park. Ca. writes. II sowed Salzer's
Grass Mixture on soil so poor two men
could not raise q fuss on IT, and In
forty-one days after sowing had the
grandest stand OF grass In the county.
Salxer's Grass Mixtures sprout quick
ly and produce enormously" 1oo. 900
barrels choice Seed Potatoes.
sALzER's NEW NATIONAL OATS.
Here is a winner. a prodigy. . mar
vel. enormously prolific. strong.
healthy. vigorous. producing in thirty
states from $50 to 800 bu. per acre. You
had best SOW q lot Of It. Mr.. Farmer.
in 1904. and in the fall sell Il to your
neighbors at 81 a bu. for seed.
just sBND loo IN srAMrs
to the John A. Salxer Seed Co., La
Crosse. Wis.,. and receive in return
their big catalog and lots Of farm seed
samples free. (W. N. U)
Gilpin observer., 1904-03-31
Machine Shops Burned.

Trinidad, Colo, March 30.-The brick
machine shop of the Victor Fuel COM
pany at Hastings was burned yester-
day morning. the fire being discovered
at $3.50 o'clock. The night shift and
guards go on at 6 a. m. the day shift
and guards going on a half hour later.
When the fire was discovered the
building was a mass of flames. The
four lines of fire hose were found tied
In hard knots. The destruction Of the
shop and contents was complete before
water could be applied.
The loss Is very large, the plant be-
ing equipped for doing all the repair
work to the mining machinery at Hast
ings and Delagua. A thorough inves-
tigation will be made to determine the
origin of the fire.
Gilpin observer., 1904-03-31
New Cars for Colorado.

DenA March Recommending
next M May, delivery OF the 1000 cars
ordered by the Colorado and Southern
road from the American Car and
Foundry Company Of st. Louis will be-
gin. This new rolling stock will con-
tinue to be delivered through April,
May and June, when the order will
have been completed. The cars are
of 10000 pounds capacity. or the
order. 700 are to be box cars thirty-six
feet long. eight feet three and one.
half inches wide and seven feet high.
and 300 stock cars. thirty-six feet
three inches long. eight feet ten inches
wide and seven feet high.
Gilpin observer., 1904-03-31
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there 10 least disease that science
has been able to cure n all its stages and that 10
Catarrh. Hairs Cstarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being . constitutional disease, requires constitu-
tional treatment: Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken In
tenaiy. acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
90 much faith in fs curative powers that they o6er
One Hundred Dollars for any case that Il fails 70
cure. Send for list Of testimonials,
Address r. J. CHENEY Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take fairs Family Pills for constipation.