The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-30

the IoIIs are apt 10 be heavy ana an eco nomieal young man who mayhap borrows the money to pay for his license does not care to indulge in this extra expense for the mere novelty of the thing. In course of time however, it may be possible to marry a woman by telephone and live a long distance married life. When that halcyon day arrives the divorce courts will go out of business.
 The Rev. Dr. L. c. Broughton of Ak- lanta is the Dr. Parkhurst of th< south, and Is withal a very strenuous parson into the bargain. Since former Mayor Woodward of Atlanta has been removed from the field of Dr. Broughtons opera tions. the Atlanta divine has been keep ing rather quiet, but he has again ap- peared In the limelight as result of a personal tilt which he has just had with the chief of police of Albany, Ga. Dr. Broughton seems to have a penchant for waging war on municipal corruption, whether it exists or not, and in this case he made certain charges about the police chief that were not relished by that dig nitary.
 While there was so much discussion of Dixie" Dan Emmett. the famous min strel who wrote one song. died It mat ters not to him whether the immortal song Is revised by poetasters. for he is probably in a land where the weary min- strel man will no longer have to sing and joke his way to dinner, and the rattle of the end mans bones will be heard no more. Emmett did not dream that he was writing a battle hymn when he composed his ragtime jingle but the song has been immortalized, nevertheless, and will perpetrate the name of its com- poser.
 It is indeed pathetic that the famous 999, the New York Central locomotive that was the first engine to draw the Empire State Express and was exhibited at the Chicago worlds fair, is now haul ing a milk train. While milk train plays a very important part in the life of large cities and much depends on it's being on time, no doubt, the general pub lie would consider it much more romatic for 999 to continue drawing the Empire State Express. Of the magnificent spec
  all directions perhaps none is better known than the Empire State Express. 1t has been talked about, written about and pictured in public print until it is al- most byword. Moving picture machines have also done much to promote its pub licity.
 Having escaped from the hands of Bandit Raisuh with much ecat Ion Per dicaris has returned home and the incl dent Is closed. It would seem that Per dicaris had quite holiday affair of his Imprisonment and will no doubt tell in his forthcoming book some of the pIeas- ant anecdotes which Raisuli recounted to him while plying him with good things to eat wines of fine vintage and other comforts of life. MT. Raisuli has attain ed to considerable renown, in addition to some weath, MT. Perdicaris has be- come eligible for the magazines and the lecture platform, Uncle Sam has denon- strated the potency of his frown and in fact the whole affair passed off most pleasantly for everyone concerned except the unlucky sultan of Morocco. However. 1t was lucky for the head of Perdicaris that he could claim the protection of Uncle Sam, for otherwise and sultan might have turned a deaf ear to all his pleadings. PC