The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-29

IN SPITE of the admonition % James
]. Hill, president of the Great North
! ern, that the lambs had better be
more cautious or they will get bumped.
Spectators on the .'outside" continue to
rush into Wall street where angels fear
to tread and where the astute manipu-
lators of stocks and bonds, who are IN
side,'" fleece them right merrily. The
present activity In the stock market Is
the old story over again. Spectators
boost up prices, the public makes break
to buy on margins, and the gentlemen of
the street back out, leaving their dupes
the bag to hold 1t is said that tipsters
are also doing a lively business just now
in Wall street, and this, too, is the re-
suit of humanitys over-weaning desire
to be feeced It is very fascinating to
think of going to bed one night a poor
man and waking up the next morning
millionaire, but how many dreams of such
tissue ever come true? AS a rule the poor
man who hopes that by the aid of Wall
street he will wake up rich finds himself
poorer than when he started,
Cartoonists and photographers are dis
posed to make fun of the pajama regu-
lation for United States soldiers. In truth,
this is a fruitful subject for jests, but
all will agree that pajamas are the logical
garments for fighting men. Suppose that
In the dead of night there should be an
assault or a hurried call to arms that
would not permit time to dress. Why the
soldiers could leap from their beds and
fall into company formation in their SER
vlceable pajama uniforms without taking
the trouble to put on any more clothes.
And the chances are that no one would
be scandalized thereby. On the other hand
the night shirt Is out of the question for
such a procedure. In the winter time
nightshirts have a way of allowing the at
mosphere to come up at the bottom, and
if soldier should attempt to make a
charge in his nightshirt, no matter how
valiant he might be, he would be laughed
at. The sole advantage of nightshirt
is that 1t is easy to get into and out of
but 1t is hardly the sleeping garment for
soldiers subject to wars alarms.
The number of people who are sent to
heaven by cooking stove explosions Is not
permitted to diminish from year to year.
Report tells us of another unhappy VIC
tim who was thus waited aloft. 1t Is re-
markable how difficult it is for domestics
to learn that a can of kerosene, when
taken in conjunction with a smouldering
fire, is a dangerous proposition. When the
power of the kerosene can is fully realized
there will be less work for the under
| taker among servant girls
In Indianapolis the other day wedding
| was celebrated. 1t was certainly cele-
brated In fact the occasion was regular
jamboree 1t is related that the bride and
groom were kidnapped by party of their
insane friends as they left the church
The horses to their cab were embarrassed
and the vehicle was hitched to a big
transfer wagon. Then the men attendants
In evening dress and silk hats mounted
the wagon and a parade of downtown
streets was begun, to the accompaniment.
Of fireworks, handbills, a brass band ano
| other features. The bridal couple finally
escaped by hailing a cab, scrambling into
It, and racing madly away. Such is Hy-