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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
High.priced meats are full of germ.
A souL-sATIsFYINe BULL FIGHT.

From the Mexican Herald
 The bullfght yesterday afternoon was the best performance that has been seen at the Chapultepec ring for some time. A large crowd attended and great deal of enthusiasm was manifested. All of the bulls, with the possible exception of a single one, were good fighters and in comparison with the bulls usually turned into the ring that one was a. very good fighter.
 Matador Sebastian Chavez. "Chano," exhibited very excellent skill in the kill ing. and Gustavo Suarez. Mojino, did fine banderila work He was a favorite with the audience. However, these two men had to fight for their hon3rs as all of the toreros exhibited skill beyond the or dinary Two or three of the toreros were struck by bulls, but none were gored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
coRoNAcH.

By Sir Walter Scott. He is gone on the mountain;
 He is lost to the forest, Like summer-dried fountain,
 When our need was the sorest. The font reappearing
 From the raindrops shall borrow, But to use comes no cheering,
 To Duncan no morrow. The hand of the reaper
 Takes the ears that are hoary. But the voice of the weeper
 Walls manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing.
 Wait the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing
 When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot on the correi,
 Sage counsel in cumber. Red hand in the foray,
 How sound Is thy slumber, Like the dew on the mountain.
 Like the foam on the river. Like the bubble on the fountain, Thou are gone, and foreyegA +~ 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
REFLECTIONS O. A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Tight lacing is very good training for other kinds of squeezers.
 A girl calls it pretty near a proposal when he says what a lovely evening 1t is
 It makes a woman furious to suspect there is a burglar in the house when she has on a plain night gown.
 A woman can imagine she Is enjoying a Sunday school excursion as much as a man can digging through an encyclo- pedia for an impromptu after-dinner speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Papa Saw Him First,

From the Spokane Chronicle
 And now" said the dear girl, as she removed her head and a portion of her complexion from his manly bosom. short. ly after the proposal, you must set papa
 Oh, l saw him yesterday" replied the young man in the case. "Or, rather, he saw me. He told me l either had to speak out or get out.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
NICHOLAS A MAJESTIC
 FIGURE ON THE THRONE

palace or in the street. Those were tho days when a Russian czar could drive or walk alone in every part of every city in his empire. He frequently took his exercise in walking along the Neva quay, and enjoyed talking with any friends he met especially with members of ths diplomatic corps.
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people will surely consider 1t when they go to the polls in November. For tunateIy for us in this district cattle can be drawn from Tennessee, and slaughtered at home. and the more in dependent we become of the meat trust the better 1t will be for us in the future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

"The Bostonian" should introduce a lion, COW, a lot of wooden men and several scandalous chorus effects into their performance, and they would never again experience the hard knocks of diversity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Certainly Certain.

From the Chicago News.
 He--I suppose Miss Elderleigh is what you would call a girl of uncertain years is she not?
 She No, indeed. She has been the same age for at least ten years.
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A dispatch to the New York Times states that a young man was eaten by a shark and that young girl was drowned while bathing at Houston. All of this. must have happened in bath tub or in the bayou, for there is no other water w-,A4n an hours run from the Texas metropolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Henry c. Davis should not become angry over the repors that he is worth forty millions. Any man who wears clean shirt IS now considered mil lionaire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Strenuous, roaring Theodore seems to have curbed his spirits here of late. No doubt he is profiting by a good example which Is rendered him at Esopus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Pennsylvania has an athlete who ran a footrace the other day at the age of 90 years. The democrats have a vice presidential candidate who is S1 years old and is running a race that makes the foot variety appear very tame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

. J. Ogden Armour is touring in an automobile, regardless of the strike. The trust magnates do not care, for the consumer foots all bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

The Mississippi colonels are justly indignant over the refusal of the post office department to accept the name "Vardaman" which they have be- slowed upon town in the state in honor of their governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

'Mr. Dooly" will take a holiday to- morrow, but will make public his views in the columns of The Age-Herald Sunday a week hence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Huge green goggles, not red ones, are the style when you proceed to get ready to run over children in your automobile, made in France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

And now they are putting automo- bile goggles on the dogs in New York, and the Cruelty to Animals society is expected to stand 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Dr. Swallow, who is seeking the presidency by the prohibition route, sweetly remar,s that this country has long been ruled by Bunco, Doodle and Booze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Professor Hussey. of California is a star gazer who has discovered one hundred nev stars and alleged worlds inside of two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

The meat packers will assess all their losses from the strike on con sumers unless the latter eat vegeta- bles and Tennessee beef.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

A St Louis boodler, now lodged in the penitentiary, has just been treated to a dose administered by the whip. ping boss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

The Igorrotes at St. Louis eat dogs and go about dressed in atmosphere robes, and they have the best press agent on the grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Murphy and Esopus have gotten to- gether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Mrs. Carrie Nation has placed a Ian on fencing girl posters, but that will not make them any less popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

The anvil chorus was not responsi- ble for the knockers club, but both have served their purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

The dalai lama of Thibet is up against magazine guns, and he cannot spout theology at them to advantage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Fat cadets at West Point cannot be cavalrymen. They have mercy at West Point on the horse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Grover Cleveland considers a raight movement better than side stepping when his pen comes to in- fnitives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Cartoonist Davenport aspires to make Henry Gassaway Davis share the fate of Senator Hanna
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Georgia is busy shipping the water melons tha. are not consumed by her colored population.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Russian state officials may truth fully say, "In the midst of life we are surrounded by bombs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

While MT. Bryan continues to talk ana MT Cleveland to write there can be no real peace in the democratic party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

It seems hard for "Plunger" J. J. Ryan to keep oul of the hands of the newspapers and the police.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

President Roosevelt now knows he was nominated at Chicago as per pro- gramme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

It is expected that Chairman Cortel- you will soon begin passing the hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Henry Gassaway Davis is West Vir- ginias grand old man and purseholder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Government by deportation is own cousin to government by injunction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

There is much talk just now in base ball circles of a change in the Southern league It Is predicted that Montgomery and Shreveport will drop out, and that these towns will probably be replaced by Savannah, Macon or Chattanooga. Baseball has not been remarkably suc- cessfui in Shreveport or Montgomery, for reasons that are variously stated, and both these franchises are reported to be in danger. In the meanwhile Mobile is eager to get into the league once more, but the project does not seem to be pop ular. There Is too much danger that Mo- bile would have an experience similar to that of Montgomery and Shreveport. On the other hand, Savannah, with a popu- lation of about 6o.OOO. is one of the livest baseball towns in the south. The South Atlantic league team has been supported with the greatest enthusiasm, and 1t Is believed that Savannah would strengthen the Southern league if admitted As to Macon, Mobile and Chattanooga there is difference of opinion. Both Mobile and Chattanooga have proved disastrous for baseball in the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

The stalled OK is out of reach, but a dinner of herbs is not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall is a welcome visitor at Esopus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

The hens have not joined the meat strike.
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Esopus will be placed on all new maps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
. OR the first time in the history v of the law 1t has been fairly de-
 eided by the common pleas court

eided by the common pleas court of Ohio that baby buggy Is a household necessity. provided there is a baby. Of course no one wants baby buggy when there is nothing to put in it. although these infant vehicles have proven very useful Tn the past as waste baskets re- ceptaeles for old magazines ana books, as baskets for old clothes and as coal scut- ties. Waxing facetious, Judge Phillips, who made the decision, stated that he would not commit himself as to whether a baby is a necessity or not but it was his opinion that a baby buggy is indis- putably so; always providing that there is a baby in the family. This will be grati- flying news to admirers of baby carriages. We have always had a notion that these conveyances have not been rendered their just deserts in the mutations of human events. The little chair is nearly always treasured somewhere in the attic, but woe to the unfortunate perambulator if there is no successor to it's first occu- pant Too often, after weathering many gales on the back veranda and after serving nearly every purpose for which 1t was intended it ends a weary existence on some forlorn ash heap. Verify, the baby buggy deserves a better fate and we drop a tear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30

opie Read has just confessed that he Is the author of The Confessions of Marguerite" Mir. Reads name is promi nently displayed on the covers of paper- back novels but the anxious public would like to know what are The Confessions of Marguerite" So far as is known no appreeiable amount of sleep has been lost over the book and the reluctant confess sion of MT. Read is amusing without be- ing necessary. It seems however. that the book has been read by certain women whose names are not given and these raised such a clamor about the matter that the blushing acknowledgement of Mir. Read has been the result Mir. Read resides in Chicago and has written num- Der of books without setting the world on fire although "The Jucklings" is not half bad.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-11

bushes parted directly in front of them, and
grizzly bear stepped out, reared himself on
his hind legs and with savage growl rushed at them
So startling and Unexpected, and so hideOus and
terrifying the appearance of the grizzly, that 1T
no wonder that cool Hank Davis lost his
for instant, and with 1T the chance of firing
fatal shot; and when he had recovered his wits suif-
GENTLY to act the grizzly upon him. In vain he
attempted to fire his rifle. blow from the great
paw knocked the weapon flying from his hands, and
down. and the monster sprang upon him.
At the sudden appearance of the bear Jake gave
wild yell of terror, flung his rifle to his shoulder,
and fired blindly; and then stood stOck-still, too
terrified to muscle. He saw his father struck
down, him lying stunned and helpless the
ground the monster leap upon him; and then 1T
seemed TO the Mortified boy that he the face of
his mother close to his own, and all that the death
of his father would to her and to him flashed
through his mind and with yell he dubbed his rifle
and struck with all his strength the head of the
grizzly just the great jaws about to shut down
into his fathers shoulder For the fraction of second
the blow of the heavy rifle stunned the grizzly.
The moment he after Jake, bent deadly
vengeance. axe long-legged and like
deer; but the bear gained him.
The wide-open door of the log house-the bear
trap-was directly before him. Through 1T he caught
sight of the ladder running up into the garrett and
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threshold he paused. lake" he said, "you go to
bed We must be up long before sunrise if finish
that job tomorrow.
IN be on hand, AXE answered, his voice choking.
And we've just got to get that surprise for to-
morrow" and he went upstairs to bed
Long before sunrise the next morning Hank and
Jake their way to the foothills their rifles
and their shoulders; and 1t still early
morning when they reached the valley and cautiously
approached the log house.
The door had not fallen.
"Consarn the blamed critteri" Hank exclaimed in
his wrath and disappointment. I've notion to
hunt the old fool up and drive him into the trap.
Outside of the door they the tracks of the
grizzly; but evidently he had been suspicious to
enter the house. They went inside. Not thing
had been disturbed, and everything seemed to be in
woodworking order
We'll reckon this means the pos poning of mothers
surprise for another day. Hank said bitterly. And
| did want to tell her tonight She nearly
wild last night when she went stone-blind all of
sudden; and-and, Jake, she couldn't a thing
this morning. It's terrible hard Mandy That
grizzly has got to be caught! and Hanks jaws came
together with snap Now ell go outside and
look around. Maybe find the old cusS.
Some five rods from the house a dense thicket
of blackberry bushes, laden with the luscious fruit
Jake and his father within about feet of this
thicket, when, without an instants warning, the
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with yell of joy he leaped through the door and
up the ladder. So close the bear behind him
that he crawed through the hole in the ceiling the
grizzly sprang up the ladder after him. But the
ladder had been built TO bear great weight
and it broke and the grizzly fell and in falling struck
heavily against the bait and sprung the trap and the
great door fell with bang The grizzly was in the trap
For moment Jake stared down at the enraged
monster, and then, realizing what had happened he
leaped to his feet and shouted Dad dad we've got
him We've got him, dadl He's in the trapl" and
he began dancing jig over the bears head Sud
denly he stopped grew white, and rushed to the
window at the end of the garnet. Was his father
dead? From the window he could not see him.
Frantically he Crawled and dropped the ground
Hank sitting up staring around banky
The blow from the bear had done him serious hurt
"Dad Dadl Oh, dadl" And then seeing that
his father alive. Jake yelled: We've got him,
dad We've got himl He's in the trapl Hurrah!"
That night there great rejoicing in the humble
home of Hank Davis, when the story of the day's
adventure told Mandy; and it was more than
hour after hearing it before she would let either
Hank or AXE away from her enCircling arms.
In due time the grizzly, safely Gagged delivered
at Los PinOs, and the day the three hundred
dollars in gold paid into the hands of Hank
Davis The next day the three, Mandy, Hank and
Jake started for Denver; and when they returned
Mandy's eyes were as good new"
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built so close together that at distance some say it
looks just like fight of marble stairs carved of
the mountain side which it rises and others have
hkened 1t a snow-drft, and a great chalk-pit-''
"Oh, yes recollect, said the young fellow glibly
though his tone told that he didn't recolect at all
Yes, Agiers IS very, very white. We stayed there
almost week"
Then, of course you visited the Great Mosque"
said the maiden woman; but suspicion shone in her
eyes. Il have always 1onged to that mosque" 4"
she added quietly. 1t is, | believe, the most
derfu architectural monument of early Mohammedan
art remaining us"
"Ah yes said the younger woman smiling brightly
We visited it. 1t wonderful Such rich coloring
and elaborate decoratonl"
"I In the Great Mosque of Algiers?" exclaimed the
maiden Il have always understood" she
added almost severely, that it is utter lack of
decoraton-smply long vstas of white -pillared
aisles opening out endlessly right and left
proceeds, which produces in that mosque it's
equaled effect of vastness and mystery"
The young laughed love you're as good as
a gude-book!" he said
His wife merely murmured. Perhaps you are
right. Anyhow, the cathedrals of Spain we're lovely
The maiden womans interest began revive.
oh tell me about of those glorious piles What
treasures many of them must contain!"
i don't know-Oh, yes, of course, I'm they
do, replied the younger dreamily But
they altogether lovely. So solemn and
gloomy You could hardly a thing,
The enthusiasm faded from the maiden womans face
She changed the subject. Tell me- from what side
was the leonne aspect of Gibraltar clear your"
she asked Most say that the hon faces south; some
Others that he lies with his head toward Spain OF
course it all depends upon what view of the Rock
sees, doesn't it?"
Yes, certainly" the wife remarked after mo-
ment, Gibraltar is the hon couchant But | don't
remember that it particularly different from
different sides. The town itself dreadful
"Oh, so strongly military" assented her husband
Guards at every poIIt. And do you remember the
day when tried to ascend the rock to the Moorish
Castle and the galleries? First were ordered back
for papers and passes, and at almost every step
that afternoon a sentry would pop up and demand
to inspect these. They seemed to regard with the
greatest suspicion"
mo wonderl" exclaimed his wife looking up at
him with pout which was half smile ''You
know very well, you insisted on nv wearing
your hat, and you perched mine on the side of
your head in the most ridiculous fashonl"
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really have been Gibraltar and yet-that speech
about the rock appearing the same from all points
of viewl
Venice was lovely though" said the young
woman smiling up at her The gondolas were
charming especially at night You glide over the
dark waters, with myriad lights cleaning along the
banks; and sometimes the gOndoliers would sing.
YES" said the maiden woman, Il rode IN the
gOndolas at the Worlds Fair IN Chicago and the
gondohers sang, and it was delightful But ST.
Marks, now"
shudder
The maiden woman seemed petri6ed. Then her
face cleared. All yes, have heard that they have
been ignorant enough to restore the mosaics. and
scrape the marbles, destroying the beautiful"
"Oh, didn't mean the building" interrupted the
younger woman Il mean the people. They torment
so"
The guides and beggars and peddlers. you know"
her husband explained. "One cannot stand in ST
Marks Square for a without being surrounded
by swarm of Jabbering idiots"
Then you didn't see the cathedral at all? fatered
the maiden woman.
'Oh, of course we saw it. And it is grand-gorious
isn't it, my dear' But give me any time one of the
superb views the Riviera which one can eniov in
peace and quiet"
Il see! It's nature-scenery-tha you care for
isn't it, sand the maiden almost desperately
What treat Naples must have been to you with it's
unsurpassed beauty of situation and VeSuvuS looming
up, grand and terrible, in the distanCer
The young couple seemed to consider
Yes, SAID the husband slowly. though trying
TO assure himself of something; yes of course Vesu-
vius is right outside of Naples"
That was too much for the maiden She
rose hastily, and swept from the table with barely
civil good morning to the couple As she proceeded
toward the door, she noticed that the crustyooking
old man had risen also and walking from the
room with her. He looked up and caught her eye
with grim smile that almost affable
Sheer nonsense and waste of money for young
people to go abroad like that" he said lust place
them alone out a vacant lot somewhere and they
would derive much pleasure and benefit from it. "
We'll, as far those two concerned. quite
agree with you," replied the maiden
Same with them ALL" retOrted the crusty old
man. Same with all young fools their wedding
journey. So busy looking each other they
see another thing,
light dawned in the face of the maiden
"Oh, she murmured gently, Il understand"
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the unsocable silence which prevailed her meal little
TO her taste She cast furve longing glances at the
merry, chatterlng groups at surrounding tables The
crusty Hooking old man who sat on her left however,
divided his attention strictly between his beefsteak
and his morning paper. presenting an imPregnable
front TO any advance at acquaintanceshp.
Suddenly the maiden woman 5 face frightened. She
beheld the head waiter bearing down her direction
bringing a married couple to the vacant the
opposite side of the table They were young, and
appeared not unapproachabe. In fact, they met her
advances halfway and before five minutes she had
learned that they had just returned from abroad.
THE Mediterranean she exclaimed " How for
tunate people are! | have always longed
travel but have gotten outside of this country
in my life, Do tell me about your trip
The couple flushed with pleasure at this tribute of
enthusiastic interest.
We'll" said the man with little laugh, I'VE
touring around there for three months and
managed to quite a bit Oh. yes, Gibraltar. of
course and Tangier and Algiers-"
"Ah," said the maiden with envious
sigh, Il have always dreamed of behoding the
Tangcr from across its bay. To watch
the day dawn that city, with the surf rolling in
creamy its shores, with its white buildings
spectral at first in the dim light, warming after
another into and ivory tntS under the reddening
daybreak, it must be a sight,
Yes" replied the younger woman, | remember
the other passengers telling about it the next morning
Our steamer anchored off shore in the evening and
everyone else went to bed early just to be up in time
the rise. So stayed up deck till
very late that night, when things quiet and
were not awake early the next morning
But the maiden woman protested wasn't that
a shame? You often sit the deck of a
steamer at night; but you may never again have
the chance the rise Tanger."
Il don't think missed much returned the
younger with quiet smile =" 1t perfect
out there that night 1t quite chilly do YOU
remember, Fred? AID you insisted upon wrapping
up in your great overcoat and wearing my little
golf cape yourself. I'm afraid you cold"
Indeed WASH t." her husband assured her That
night was worth a dozen sunrises Tangier or
anywhere else.
The face of the elder woman anything but
sympathetic. Perhaps - she remarked rather coldv
you didn't even notice the city of Algers your
boat approached it. | going to ask what it
appeared like, to you" Then the faces
opposite her looked rather blank, she went to
explain: 1T is such white city, you know, and
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THE maiden woman of uncer-
1 tain age, who had descended
TO breakfast in the hotel
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The woman on the other side
of the table plainly could not
tell just what TO think. 1t
seemed as though they might