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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11
Era of Prosperity.

Prosperity got a pretty good start a month ago, but 1t will be even more in evidence after the first of the year than 1t Is now" remarked a prominent busi- ness man who keeps in touch with the east, and who has large interests here q was travelling in New England last month and found that the railroads in that section were overcrowded with traf- fic. saw notices to freight agents in- structing them to decline to receive freight until the congestion was relieved
 "The country had unprecedented pros perity in 1902 and 1903, but 1905 Is going to make a still higher record. The advanc- ing price of iron is only one of the many indications of what Is coming. If every body does not make money this winter 1t will be because everybody does not try"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11
Judqe Parker.

From the New York Times.
 The democratic candidate should have no regrets concerning the part he has played in our public life since the St. Louis convention nominated him for the presidency. His nomination was in a sense accidental Anybody who, In an off year or an on year, carries the great and doubtful state of New York for any office becomes by that fact presidential possibility. It is to Judge Parker's credit that that was all that was known about him, when he came up as a candidate, outside the circle of his personal acquain- tances and that of the lawyers who prac- ticed in his court This latter verdict the judge should be pleased and proud to know, has been, even on the part of those lawyers who were retained, in the canvass now closed. on the other side, as favorable as that of his own friends and neighbors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11
Election Forecasts.

q never had very strong hopes that Parker would be elected and yet could not help pinning considerable faith to the forecasts made from time to time by Marcus Well" saiC A. J. Haskins, who lives in the vicinity of Toadvine.
 "while I have been in MT. Wells store more than once I have no personal ac- quaintance with the gentleman who gave out the forecasts, still had begun to feel as if he were an old friend, because his figures and his logic appealed to my po- litical heart. When some friends of mine who bet money on Parker. based on Mir Wells forecasts. read Wednesdays Age Herald they were disposed to lay their losses at the door of the Birmingham merchant, but l told them that the Brooklyn Eagle was just as far astray in it's figures. Weil like the weather man, did the best he could, and should not be blamed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11
WHEN YOU ARE OLD.

By William Butler Yeats. When you are old and gray and full of sleep, And holding by the fire. take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft
 look Your eyes had once. and of their shadows deep. How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false
 or true; But one man loved the pilgrim soul in
 you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face. And bending down beside the glowing bars. Murmur. a little sadly. how love fled And paced upon the mountains over
 head. And hid his face amid crowd of stars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New Yorok Sun.
 It takes a woman to trust what is not to be trusted just because she wants to.
 It must hc lots of fun to be so rich you don't have to spend a cent to prove it.
 swell dinner is a good place to have none of the things you really like to eat.
 When a woman wishes she were duchess 1t has something to do with pearl necklace.
 Married men are very selfish not to think how many useless things their wives could buy with the money they spend for cigars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11
The Pike has again been purified.
SHOWS PROGRESS,

From the Collinsvllle Courier.
 The Industrial Revied of the Birmlng- ham Age-Herald issued recently shows the remarkable progress which the city of Birmingham is enjoying in all its lines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

King Menelik has sent President Roosevelt menagerie which will keep him busy in his spare moments. Statesmanship and monkeys are not so far apart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11
About Persons.

 J. M. Milton of Louisville is at the Colonial.
 P. A. Atwood of St. Louis Is at the Colonial.
 w. E. striplin of Gadsden Is at the Hill man.
 c. E. Collins of Atlanta is at the Hillman
 S. L. Strauss of Selma is at the Hill man. J. c. Davis of sylacauga is at the St. Nicholas.
 G. c. Duncan of Oklahoma City is at the St. Nicholas. J. M. Cousins of Searles is stopping at the Morris.
 c. w. Taylor of Richmond. Va, is at the Morris. w. o. Miller of Greensboro is at the Metropolitan. J. E. S. Lock of Horse Creek is at the Metropolitan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

The fashion reporter and the world of society, or words to that effect, will now step into the limelight, taking the place once held by the almost for. gotten spellbinder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

The New York Suns split ticket campaign went down in the general smash-up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Chairman Tom Taggart is presum- ably at French Lick recuperating from efforts that did not carry Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

It has been discovered that corsets existed in the year 2000 B. O.. Woman has had long squeeze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

David Bennett Hill need not wait until January to get out of politics. He dropped out November 8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

George Demetewekowles and Mary Granakepepoulous were married in Chicago on election day. It must have been a love match
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

MT. Murphy cannot call MT. McCar- ren to account without being himself asked to explain. {.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Put the election arithmetic in the waste basket, and get down to busi- ness at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Twenty-nine governors were elected last Tuesday, and nearly a half of them are democrats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Miss Tarbell should add a chapter to her book, describing the only Rockefeller Sunday school class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Fortunately Tom Watson will not have to alter his plans a particle on account of the election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Thcmas Taggart will now be able to devote his undivided attention to the hotel business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

An excitablc press has already set the date for the next coon banquet at the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

However, the republican victory will not prevent the solid south from eat. ing a bit of turkey on Thanksgiving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

It now develops that the big stick was in reality a broomstick and sweeping victory was the result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Dr. Swallow has taken his defeat quietly and it is Llrdly probable that he will take anything for solaee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

That hyphen in D-Cady Herrick's name may have undermined him among the silent voters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11
countIna Election Returns.

q was just thinking" said William Corning yesterday, "that 1t would be a good idea If Alabama had an election system like that of Texas. Out there we know who has carried the separate boxes within an hour after the polls are closed, and I understand that here in Alabama 1t sometimes takes all night to ascertain the result The way the Texas people do 1t Is by having two sets of clerks. One set of clerks receive the votes for an hour and then proceed to count while the other set receives By the time one crowd has finished counting the other is ready to begin. We always know the vote within an hour after the polls have closed Of course thls sys- tenn Is a little more expensive, but 1t is great help to the people who are anxious to know how the vote stands. l understand that several states have adopted the same system. It certainly works well in Texas"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

A single case of yellow fever has appeared at Santiago. Just think of it-a single case!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

MT. Roosevelt is the chestiest man in the country at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

We democrats are at any rate better off than the defenders of Forth Arthur' who are now living underground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

The Brooklyn Eagle should go out of the prophet line of business alto gether and for all time. It's prophetic vision Is visionary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Thanksgiving day will be observed and celebrated regardless of election returns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

It is all xplained-Admira Rojest- vensky smokes cigarettes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

MT. Swallow takes his defeat philo- sophically.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

The death knell of the campaign cartoon has been sounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Now Sir Thomas Lipton will have chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

The democracy have already ac- cepted the returns gracefully, and are already getting together for the cam paign of 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Paragraphers are now blaming the Russo-Japanese war for inspiring Al fred Austin's poem entitled Nemesis"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

On to the pie counterl And cursed be he who first cries holdl Enough
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Now keep your eye on Port Arthur lest it fall unobserved. It is nearly ripe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

The Filipino visitor to America is getting well acquainted with the color lire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

The airy flights o1 the spellbinders no longer vex the airships, and they should begin to hump and bump them selves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Flsl,lno With a Gig.

cot
 Slshing with gig at night is s'sss sport along the shoals of the Ieii'ss9es river," said Hugh odom. while he anu a crowd of well known anglers %sle telling about what they caught 1as .,a. season. T never went fishing "i'n 1 s 70 until I visited an old friend or i'i'i,9 e
 town Creek. At that place the .. nessee is about two miles Wide' ma'n little islands every hundred yaros. | ne river Is filled with shoals at tias p''ses and gigging Is a favorite sport aihohs the people living around there.
 "A gig Is long stick with three wrought Iron spears on the end oi ~. Each of these little prongs has peeiu like an ordinary fish hook. The hshihg has to be done at night and with poae The boat Is so constructed that IL nas seat at each end and one in the hiooie Up through the middle seat an ron roo extends about three feet hign. oh the end of this rod is an iron basket "ieh large enough cracks to allow hghe .o show. The boat is filled with pine Woou' and when the expedition starts hIe ID built In the iron basket This will tnro" light for several hundred feet over ehe water. It is one mans duty 10 keep this fire burning and it takes eonsidera- ble wood. When everything is reaoy the boat is poled along the shoals ana the fish are usually sighted floating near the top of the water where they ieeo' They are driven as close to the rocks as possible and then the giggers cast tneif miniature harpoons at them. It takes an expert to land a fish with one Of these gigs, as the throw must be accurate One night last fall we caught boa' load of fish with gigs before Il o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Judge Parker has returned to the blow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

No communication will be puoiisneg without its authors name. heJeSeeo manuscripts will not be returned uilieS' stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

L. T. Russ and J. IL Caffee are the only authorized travelling representatlSes of The Age-Herald in it's circulation ue partment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

With the spleen of all the under friends.
 -cymbellne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Washington Bureau Age-HeralG. 142l G Street. N. w,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

Tyson, Vt, Special to the New York
 World
 GN TRAMP was badly bitten by ven- \PDH omous snakes in an attempt to q rnh the shanfv of aIInhhInn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11

The Brooklyn Eagle should go out of the prophet line of business alto gether and for all time. It's prophetic vision Is visionary. George Demetewekowles and Mary Granakepepoulous were married in Chicago on election day. It must have been love match.
 -.e-------- The democracy have already ac- cepted the returns gracefully, and are already getting together for the cam paign of 1908.
 The airy flights o1 the spellbinders no longer vex the airships, and they should begin to hump and bump them- selves.
 Paragraphers are now blaming the Russo-Japanese war for inspiring Al fred Austin's poem entitled Nemesis"
  However, the republican victory will not prevent the solid south from eat ing a bit of turkey on Thanksgiving.
  We democrats are at any rate better off than the defenders of Forth Arthur' who are now living underground. Dr. Swallow has taken his defeat quietly and it is Llrdly probable that he will take anything for solaee.
  It now develops that the big stick was in reality broomstick and sweeping victory was the result.
  Miss Tarbell should add a chapter to her book, describing the only Rockefeller Sunday school class.
  David Bennett Hill need not wait until January to get out of politics. He dropped out November 8. That hyphen in D-Cady Herrick's name may have undermined him among the silent voters.
  It has been discovered that corsets existed in the year 2OOO B. O.. Woman has had long squeeze.
  Fortunately Tom Watson will not have to alter his plans a particle on account of the election.
 -----e---- Twenty-nine governors were elected last Tuesday, and nearly a half of them are democrats.
  Thcmas Taggart will now be able to devote his undivided attention to the hotel business.
  A single case of yellow fever has appeared at Santiago. Just think of it-a single case!
  An excitablc press has already set the date for the next coon banquet at the White House
  MT. Murphy cannot call MT. McCar- ren to account without being himself asked to explain. [. Put the election arithmetic in the waste basket, and get down to busi- ness at once.
 Thanksgiving day will be observed and celebrated regardless of election returns
  The Filipino visitor to America is getting well acquainted with the color lire.
 Now keep your eye on Port Arthur lest it fall unobserved It Is nearly ripe.
 On to the pie counterl And cursed be he who first cries holdl Enough!
  It is all explained-Admiral Rojest- vensky smokes cigarettes.
  MT. Roosevelt is the chestiest man in the country at present.
  MT. Swallow takes his defeat philo- sophically.
 -----s-- Now Sir Thomas Lipton will have a chance.
 Judge Parker has returned to the blow.
 ------ses---- The Pike has again been purified.
 SHOWS PROGRESS. From the Collinsvile Courier. The Industrial Revied of the Birming- ham Age-Herald issued recently shows the remarkable progress which the city of Birmingham is enjoying in all its lines
 DRINKS VARY WITH HOURS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-04-27

blouses made with deeA yokes OF lacs
openWork stitch, ETC., tho yoke falling
low on the shoulders. This idea is,
however, less distinctively Partisan,
and is carried out in a host of domestic
models made Of coarse Materials
Then we have the sheer blouse.
which set aside all pretence Of simplici-
ty and run riot in frills and drapery
and other features which are impractt-
cable in a blouse intended primarily
for wear under cOat-the Partisan s
only idea of purpose for a separate
blouse
Some of these elaborate blouses are
charming, and the makers rack their
brains to find new details that will give
individuality. The fine. net laces are
used for some of the prettiest models
and trimmed in tiny bouillonees of silk,
little ribbon ruches, knots and folds OF
soft ribbon, openwork stitching, etc.
Possibly a net matching that of the
lace may be the foundation of the
blouse and this is manipulated in all
possible ways by hand, in addition to
it's generous trimming of lace
Crepe is always a good blouse ma
terial, and the heavier qualities of chit
fon, known as chiffon cloth, wear ex-
ceedingly we'll. Frequently sheer and
heavier materials are combined in one
blouse.
Bands of corded chiffon or other thin
stuff, are used for trimming blouses
of crepe or silk, and little bouillonees
ruchings, bands or plaitings of silk
trim the blouses of chiffon, net, etc
Bands of shirred tucks in chiffon are
used, as are the bands of corded chif-
fon, upon heavier material, and all
such trimmings are ordinarily set into
the silk or crepe with narrow bands OF
lace insertion.
Lace insertion plays a most impor.
tant part in the making of a sheer
blouse. 1t is set in in straight lines, ir
points, in waving lines. It frames me.
dallions, forms scroll patterns, is Joined
by handwork into yokes and collars
and long mitten cuffs.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-04-27
MAS CALLS.

When I'm out playin some place where
My ma can't see me, sometimes she
Comes to our doOr-nen she STAINS there
An looks all round, an calls to me.
IT she says: Joey, come right in,"
l wait, an purity soon she's gone
Into tn house, an men I grin
An list keep a payin on.
Nen-so, when she sees I amt come,
She opens up tn door again
An looks wife at tn place l clum
Out of tn fence to play, and men
She calls: You, Joe, come in tn houSe!
But l wait till she shuts tn door
i list keep still as any mouse
An men I so an play some more.
But men she come out purity soon
Again. an look for me some more,
An says: 49, joey, it's bout noon.
I called you now two times before!'
An l list keep on playin'-so
But this time she says: Come in, joel"
Butt keep on a playin men.
Men after while I hear her walk
Out on tn porch an look for me;
I keep wife still an hear her talk
An say: Now where can that boy be p
An men: You Joseph Henry Green!
Have I got to come after you?"
You bet know list what she Inean-
An I go in at time-I do!
w. D. NJ, In Chicago Daily Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-04-27
WARTIME TREASURE-TROVE
Family Silver Plate and Jevelry Hid
Away in a Coffin by
Confederate.

On Sunday morning the union fleet
left Fortress Monroe for Norfolk, the
-roops having gone the night before by
land. When our ships were approach
.ng Craney Island, the rendezvous Of
The famous Merrimac, that vessel was
blown up by the confederates them
selves, thus ending brief but notable
career, writes John Marley. a naval
ieteran, in the National Tribune Soon
went ashore we found the remains of
a breakfast the confederates had left,
they having retreated in hurry.
On the following Thursday, myself,
then bOatsWain, and Charles Steven
son. a gunner, went ashore at Norfolk,
where | was we'll acquainted, having
been there often before the war. How
ever, my numerous friends of auld lang
syne were now uncompromising con-
1ederates, who ignored me, invariably
looking the other way when l passed
by TO while away the time, Stevenson
ana l hired a team and drove to the
confederate batteries back of the town.
these batteries were composed of a
miscellaneous lot of ships guns that
nao oeen stolen from the navy yard.
having Inspected them to our satis-
faction, we amused ourselves by firing
at target put up against the ruins of
an old brick house. Our revolver prac-
tlce attracted the attention of two SOL
| dlers. One of them left his quarters
ana coming to where we Stood said:
There is corpse nearby"
"Where?" said I.
Conducting us about 20 yards distant,
ne pointed to an old brick vault that
mad a square aperture in front. Just
above the entrance was written in
black letters the following:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-04-27
Doctors Know n Good Thinx.

Congressman John Sharp Williams
tells of a man IN Mississippi who is
a hyp0chondriac Of the first order.
This individuals failing Is a source of
never ending amusement to his fellow
townsmen. 1t was of this man that
some one humoro',sly remarked, in an
swer to a question: as to how the sick
man was getting on, that "he com.
planned that he ives feeling somewhat
better"
Mr.. Williams Says that the hypo-
chondriac was one day telling friend
OF his efforts to regain his old time
health. He ran over the list of doc
tors whom he had consulted. Where
upon the friend remarked:
We'll, old man, / must say that you
appear to have lots of faith in doc
tors"
Certainly l have" replied the sick
man. Don't you think the doctors
would be foolish to let a good CUSTOM
er like me die?"-N. Y. Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-04-27
CAPTURE OF FAMOUS GUN.
Another Version of the Taking of the
Confederate Cannon Called
Lady Breckenridge"

Il cannot indorse Peter Miller's &C.
count Of the capture of two guns of a
confederate battery at Missionary
RIDGE said E. Black, of company A.
Seventy-fourth Illinois, now living at
Downing, Wis. THE capture of the
guns Lady Breckenridge and Lady
Buckner mot Bragg is claimed for the
men of Wagner's brigade of Sheridan s
division. Wagners brigade was the
Second. and l was in the First brigade
on the left, and in position to see the
work of Wagners men.
I'VE had toiled up the ridge in the
face of a terrible musketry fire and
against an artillery fire that caused the
solid earth to rock, and which was de-
structive and appalling. Ten or a dozen
rods from the crest we found bank OF
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-04-27

But l do not think flowers are SO
much feature in the best millinery
as shaded "plumes, which, somehow,
with old lace, seem more dignified
combination.
In the simple straw hats for spring
morning wear in the Bots, bright rose
color is much in evidence, and this is
very pretty with the darker frocks The
only trimming on these hats consists
of straw roses and loops of straw.
Blue is much worn, from the darkest
to the brightest shades. Pale green
will get more and more popular as
warmer days approach. A great deal
of black is worn over here. Some OF
the new race gowns of faced cloth
show old-fashioned black velvet trim
mings, and often some floral decora-
tons composed of killed taffeta out