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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
From the Fort Worth Record.

From the Fort Worth Record
 IT was understood among the men at
 the various camps that when a smoke was discovered ascending from the prairie each and every cowboy must sad dle his horse and galop away toward the fire straight out In line from his camp.
 This had to be done at night, also' the fire then being detected by its light, and the boys would come from every direc- tion, striking the line of fire at many different points almost at the same time. If the fire had spread much, the men from the different camps would some- times be many miles from each other, those from the same station going in squad together.
 If 1t was at night the scene would be one of wild and weird grandeur-the great line of fire, the galloping horses as cowboys approached 1t, some rom swamps on opposite sides, their forms and those of their horses standing in re- lief in the bright glare of the burning grass. Herds of believing, frightened, stampeding cattle made the scene more terrible and exciting as they ran before the pursuing, cracking, roaring flames Above the din could be heard loud shouts of command from leaders of the assembling men, which would remind soldiers of a battle field The resem- pistol shots were hear far out on the prairie in the midst of the running cattle.
 The men were not standing still on their horses; the fire was travelling, and they were going with 1t until ready to begin their attack. Cattle must be sac rificed to save cattle. As soon as an animal fell, four cowboys dismounted and sharp knives and hatchets were at work and in less time than it takes to tell 1t, the slain animals was cut in twain. The halves were split so as to lay flat on the ground, and to each hoof the end of rope was fastened, the other end being around the pommel of a cow boys saddle. They dashed away to the line of fire. dragging the severed parts after them.
 When they had reached this, two men would cross plunge through the blaze. Tom tried it, but his horse wheeled and turned away from the blaze, snorting loudly and in terror
 "Give me your end of the rope, Tom one of the other men said. 'I can go over; Black Duncan will face it. and with a great plunge he cleared the line of fire.
 One of the other two also crossed, and without g. moments halt and with scorched faces they wheeled their horses. and ran parallel with the fire. dragging smothering the fire out aA fast as their horses could run and d1 the weight. One man was then on EIde of the fire and tue other on t rita. each
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
About Slot Machines.

"When was the last time you saw man patronizing a slot machine asked a lawyer. T am inclined to believe that there Is not so much money in these silent salesmen as there once was, and chiefly for the reason that their novelty has worn off. At one time the average person was willing to give up penny or nickle, as the case might be, for the pleasure of seeing what he would get. It was a very interesting operation to work one of these machines and the mystery about them was potent fac tor in their popularity, but they have become so numerous and thrust them selves so often Into notice that the pub lie is weary of them and demands some thing else. I don't recall that l have seen any one patronlzing a slot machine on the street for months past"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
HOW WESTERN COWBOYS
 FIGHT PRAIRIE FIRES

with his rope to the foot of a beef. strad- ding the blaze and beating out the great CT part of it.
 They wore slick duck jackets and leg gins upon which the fire could not easily take hold. It was hot work, however. They could get only the length of their ropes from the fire. The two men with the other half of the beef were going in the opposite direction, taking the other end of the line of fire Suppose the fire was travelling south, and the line ex- [ tending east and west, two dragged east and two west fast receding from each other, and every moment widening the black streak which marked the trail of the smothered flames.
 While these four men were getting ready to do this work other cowboys were sitting on their horses near by, their faces lit up by the burning grass, and cheering their companions who were crossing the fire line to fight the main battle.
 Those. however. who were idle had their work to do. Each had a rolled slicker in his right hand, and when the breach was made In the fire line they divided their forces and followed the boys who were sweeping the flames in order to extinguish effectually any which might be left. Unextinguished spots were left sometimes by the plunge of scorch- ed horse jerking the drag off the line of fire, or by its striking a great bunch of hard turf and Jumping over a spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
Runninu Mate Fairbanks,

Discarding MT. Hit and dozen be- sides, the predetermined convention selected Senator Fairbanks as MT. Roosevelt's ticket mate. This raises the question, who is Fairbanks?
 He is the lean, lank senator from Indiana. He was born in Ohio, studied law, and grabbed dollars and served corporations. or vice versa, all his life. until he became multi-million- aire. when he, of course, aspired to a seat in the Millionaires' Club He lets no opportunity go unimproved, and so he sought the presidency by the accidental route, and his concealed wishes have been gratified.
 Why, no one seems to know. He IS neither eloquent nor magnetic. His name is connected with no great meas ure. He is not popular in Indana, in the sense that MT. Beyeridge, his col leagueg is. He is simply rich. But that fact will not aid MT. Cortelyous campaign lund TOT the Indiana sena- tor is more economical than even Rus sell Sage.
 } He wears frock coat whenever he appears in the senate, and this frock coat together with his well known de votion to the trusts and the Dingley | tariff-twin relics of greed-consti- tuted his chief claim to place on the ational ticket of his party. He brings nb strength to his ticket, and if Chair maln Cortelyou can extract a dollar from his pocketbook he will work al most "a miracle.
 TEle tall MT. Fairbanks-about six feet fwo-thinks he can do as Martin 'Ee-t 'Duren did. namely. Step up from the vice-presidency to the top round, But MT Van buren did the act in 1856, which is a good while ago, and no one has since done the feat, although many have tried it. MT. Fairbanks is not built on popular lines. and he will climb no higher than MT. Hendricks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
Secretary Shaw Again.

At a mass meeting held in Chicago on Tuesday last Secretary Shaw ad- mitted that American manufactures 1 are sold abroad cheaper than at home. He went on to say that the practice is defensible. 90 1t is, if his twin i theory of the need for a high cost of living be sound He went on to show that in order escape the penalty provided for undervaluation the ex- porters of New York in the last eleven months amenoed 6,000 invoices by add ing the difference between the prices paid and the home values. For my part" he added, q am willing to pay any reasonable price for the small amount of barbed wire which con sume, provided the wheat from my field, the dairy products from my herd, and the meat from my stall shall feed the men who mine the coal and iron and the artizans who produce the wire to fence the farms of South America"
 This is all right so far as the pro- ducer in Denison, Iowa, is concerned, but how about lne wage earner and consumer v'ho is thus compelled to l,t ,tr Ixt. products and meat? Every dollar add ed to the price of those products is paid not by the Iowa farmer but by the wage earner and consumer.
 MT. Shaw is, however; opposed to lower cost of living. He wants high bread, high dairy products and high meat, and he is willing to pay higher price for barbed wire than the foreign consumer does. This is sound and logical from the Denison, Iowa. viewpoint, but if the average wage earner sanctions it with his vote then all the indications are misleading. The revolt against the present cost of liyng is widespread, and consumers are be- ginning to ask the reason why. They are beginning to inquire into the steps that led up to it and that main tains it even though wages are falling with dull heavy thud in many cases. In thousands and tens of thousands of cases indeed all employment has ceased, and wages have taken unto themselves wings and departed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

practical experience by working as an op- erative in one of the large cotton mills at Lowell
 Col. 0. P. Gaut of the governors stan left last night for St Louis. He will re- main in that city until after the demo- cratic convention meets.
 Congressman j. Thomas Heflin Is able to be out again. after having been con- fined in a hospital for several days from the effects of an operation.
 The Rev. ". c. Hearn of Talladega, the popular chaplain of the Third Ala bama regiment. Alabama national guards, Is at the Metropolitan.
 E. W. Anderson of Nashville is reg istered at the Colonial.
 The Rev Thomas V. Neal, pastor of the First Baptist church at Tuscumbia, is in the city
 W. ". Clark of Jackson is stopping at the Morris.
 W. M. Blakey of Montgomery Is at the Morris.
 J. w. Owens of Montgomery is stop ping at the St. Nicholas.
 w. H. Brown of Blount Springs is at the Colonial.
 Scott Maxwell, general manager of the Indian Head cotton mills at cordova, is at the Hillman.
 R. F. Smith, Jr., manager of the South ern Bell Telephone company at Montgom- cry, Is at the Metropolitan.
 J. J. Willett of Anniston, a prominent lawyer, is at the H;llman.
 James J. Ray of Jasper Is at the Colon iai
 John s. Turner, a well known insur- ance man of Anniston. is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
SectionaIism Rampant.

The most positive position in the republican platform consists in the swallowing whole of CrumpacBerism. It urges congressional action with a view of reducing representation in all states that have eliminated negro vot- 2 CTS The reduction process, like the revision of the Dingley tariff, is<to be entrusted to republican hands.
 This proposition would invite and promote discord and trouble in nearly dozen states. It would assail the suffrage provisions of some northern states, but, conducted by republicans, 4. it would doubtless be confined to the south.
 It is in substance an appeal both to sectionalism and to selfishness By cutting down southern representation, the north Is offered political agran1 dizement, and political aggrandize- ment is expected to see that material aggrandizement follows It proposes to disarm Democratic states in order to fortify it's own position and that of the favored or priviledged few. 1t is really 8 proposition to render secure the trusts and Dingley tariff by reduc- ing southern representation.
 ~Tha -sIpSal. will, miscarr 1s country does not desire a return of re- construction days. It wants peace and prosperity. It wants an reunited coun- try. It wants prosperity in the cotton growing south, and the demand that affairs shall be turned upside down in those states for the benefit of special interests will not be endorsed by the country.
 Crumpackerism should be firmly met by the democrats when they assemble at St. Louis. The suffrage is not a right. It is privilege, and each state should be left free to grant the priv ilege in it's own way, provided it does not infringe upon the federal constitu- ton. The Supreme court has spoken freely on southern suffrage regula- tions, and not one of them has been upset-not one. This should be final, and it will be if the people still retain their common sense. In Alabama, for example, hundreds, if not thousands, of negroes will be registered in August. Any negro who pays taxes or can read and write can be registered and Crumpackerism cannot in all reas- on. touch a constitution of that nature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Women In the Lead.

Tt Is rather interesting to note that women students at the university summer school are in the majority" said well known educator yesterday. while this state of affairs Is rather surprising at a higher institution of learning it is no doubt the logical sequence of the eondi- tions prevailing when these young women were younger and competed with boys in the class room. Somehow. girls seem to make better students, on an average, than boys. They ,are,neater, more pains taking and more 'esfudious. but of course l will not prejudice my sex by saying that they are brighter Perhaps the real explanation of the large attendance of women teachers at the university sum ner school lies in the fact that women are rapidly encroaching on men as educa- tors,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
TOOK MONEY OF A SUICIDE.
the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 As a travesty on justice, as some law yers call it, the action of the mayor of Thurmond, West Va, in fining a man for taking his own life is without a parallel in the annals of criminal procedure. Sa- riti. an Italian, committed suicide by jumping into the New River at that city A reward of $50 was offered for the re- covery of the body. A few days after the suicide river captain found the body and claimed the reward. On the body of the dead man was found $1aD.5o. Of this amount $50 was paid out as a reward and the remainder was taken by the mayor as fine for committing suicide A pro- test by Saritfs father, who came from Pittsburg to take possession of the body. brought down a fine of sl7 on his head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
CONGRESS AS IT TALKS.

From the New York World
 The first session of the fifty-eighth congress lasted 1S9 days; the shortest first session for many years. It talked 6155 pages of the Congressional Record. It's word-output stands third. The fifty seventh congress was proudly first, with s414 pages; the fifty-sixth congress second. with 7765. At the first session of the fifty-eighth 2s4 public bills and 1896 private ones were passed. In this number of bills introduced 1t beats" all other records - More than 1s.00o bills were brought in. Nearly 5000 reports were made.
 Congress earns it's money" concludes Everybody's Magazine, dealing with these facts. Tt talks enough; and this is great and necessary part of its func- tions. Let off the steamr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
Must Not Delay Traffic.

While passing the Woodward building this morning about o'clock, v said a citizen q was surprised to see the main vestibule on the ground floor torn up and force of men at work putting down tiles at rapid rate The work was being pushed rapidly in order not to interfere with the people passing through the place in the day time and had to be done at night The Wood ward lobby is one of the busiest places in Birmingham. There is constant stream of humanity passing in and out and have often heard the remark that there is more .doing here than in any other building in town except perhaps the new First National Bank building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
TWO VETERAN SENATORS.
Columbus Ledger.

From the Columbus Ledger.
 senator Morgan of Alabama has just celebrated his S0th birthday The yener- able senator is in good health, and is spending the summer at Bailey Springs. Ala. The junior senator from Alabama, Judge Pettus, will celebrate his ssrd birthday anniversary on July 6. the day the national democratic convention meets in St. Louis. Few states in the union have two such venerable senators as Ala hama, and 1t may be added that few of them have abler or more active repre- sentatives in the higher branch of con- gross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The thing to do is not to teach woman how to play whist but to teach her not to.
 It doesn't take bride very long to get awful suspicious about what has hap pened.
 When the postman brings letter from the right man girl gets as quietly up- stairs with 1t as a cat
 One way to convince a girl you think she has small feet Is to find fault with the bigness of another girls.
 A woman appears to think man ought to like to go to church to see how mad her new hat makes lot of the con gregation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
View From the Roof.

s'The view of Birmingham from the roof of one of the steel frame buildings is perfect" said a gentleman yesterday. who had Just been on the roof of the Title, Guarantee, Loan and Trust com pany's building. "One cannot have the correct conception of the city and its topography until 1t is viewed from high point of elevation where the city and nearby suburbs are in the range of vis- ion. and can be seen at one sweep of the eye as you would study a chart.
 Ut Is not only interesting to study the city and the perfect manner in which it is layed off. but the locating of certain buildings with which you are familiar in different sections of Birmingham is quite interesting. Viewed from so elevated a point they do not have the same appear ance your eye is accustomed to, and 1t is more difficult to locate, even familiar building, than you would imagine. The pedestrians hurrying along the streets beneath appear of liliputian growth, and there is something in their movements very fascinating, whereas seen from terra firma a momentary glance would hardly be giveq. Horses, carriages, automobiles, in fact levery object seen on the streets have the same dwarfed appearance. The industrial activities are in plain view. Furnac IS, coke ovens and the smoke stacks of divers industries can be seen in every direction.
 "The top of the Title-Guarantee build Ing being the highest point in the city, the United States weather observatory has established the local weather bureau on ths roof and the instruments are con nected by electricity with the office on the eighth floor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
THE TWO BRIDES.

By Richard Henry Stoddard. I saw two maldenS at the Kirk, And both were fair and sweet; One in her wedding robe, And one ir her winding sheet. The choristsrs sang their hymn, The sacred rites were read, And one for life to life, And one to death was wed. They were borne to their bridal beds, In loveliness and bloom; One in merry castle, The other a silent tomb.
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 .<r- One on the morrow woke In world of sin and pain; a But the other was happier far And never woke again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
Larner Than 1t Looks.

East Lake is very deceptive body of water" said visitor. "On account of it's oblong shape at first glance the lake appears much smaller than 1t really Is. was talking with a friend about the lake recently and could hardly believe that it contains thirty-six acres. If it were spread out more ana had some of It's length added to its breadth no doubt 1t would be A prettier sheet of water and would appear much larger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
Bridegroom Seriously Hurt.

Huntsville. June 23.--(Special) )-An un- known man who had just been married and was travelling with his bride was se- riously injured at the Southern depot in attempting to swing on to fast moving train. He was thrown to the ground and his head and face badly cut The in jured man refused to give his name and said that his bride was on the train going to Decatur. After medical aid was given him, he insisted on resuming his journey and was allowed to do so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
sportsmen,s Magazine.

The Guide Is the name of a new maga- zine for sportsmen which is published at Atlanta by the Guide Publishing com pany. The magazine Is devoted to the interests of southern sportsmen and tour ists and has a most desirable field to cover. It should prove a success in spite of the fact that southern magazines have in the past been rather uncertain ven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
BOTH.

From the Roanoke Leader
 A tornado scattered the love letters of a girl in western Kansas all over her native county, and she don't know how to get them again.-Birmingham Age Herald.
 Would the Age-Herald have its readers draw the moral, don't indulge in the luxury of love letters, or don't live in Kansas?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
WiIl Have Shoot.

Huntsville. June 2s.--(Special.) )-The Huntsville Gun club will have its first shoot of the season on Friday and after that will shoot once week. Several of tile members of this club expect to partic- irhte in the shooting tournaments for tfe prize offered northern Alabama sAortsmen by the Peters Cartridge com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

Bandit Raisuli declines to become a feature of the Pike on tn bass of a share of the gate receipts. The bandit business pays better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

The President of the United States gives $500 to the relief of the Slocum victims, while Rockefeller and Car negie, plain, private citizens, hand over a fortune just as easily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

It Is safe to say that Nan Patterson will never be a Florodora girl again. If she gets out of jail and goes back to the stage sne won't have to play any more cnorns narts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

President Roosevelt is dee-lighted more than ever since the convention handed over the nomination without a murmur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

Col Bill Cody began killing Indians at tn e age of eleven, and he has kept up the sport ever since, either in real ity or in buresque.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 Pretty soon somebody will put up a flat building for the exclusive use of peo- pie who have children and thus have his name passed enthusiastically along to posterity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

Uncle Sam has purchased linotype machines and will soon become an up- to-date printer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

Senator Hansbrough of North Da- kota declines to be stand-patter, at least not, without presenting pro- test.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24
Republican Principles.

The first half of the long platform devised by Senator Lodge and O-Ked by MT. Roosevelt is devoted to the granustand play called, Tt points with Pride" There is scarcely true line in it. For example it says:
 we replaced democratic tariff law based on free trade principles and gar nished with protection by a consistent protective tariff, and industry, freed from oppression and stimulated by the en- couragement of wise laws, has expanded to a degree never before known; has con- uuered new markets and has created a volume of exports which has surpassed ina gination. Under the Dingley tariff, labor has been fully employed. Wages have risen and all industries have re- vived and prospered."
 Not single industry is prospering, and wages have disappeared in many of them. Labor is not fully employed, and new markets are not conquered. It will be noticed that Brother Lodge does not employ the present tense, preferring the indefinite and hay per feet
 The Wilson tariff yielded $152,000,- 0C0 in it's first year, and $176,000,000 ! in it's last year. In the last fiscal year Ne Dingley tariff yielded but S131, ,000,- The one was drawn to put money
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

Lilly Langtry is selling her famous collection of jewels and she will be able to use them for advertising pur- poses no longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

Good horse sense backed by driving power is what wins as rule in this strenuous world It outstrips genius, whatever that may be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

The next time Elijah Dowle goes to Europe he will hardly go in his official capacity as prophet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

After Bandt Raisuli releases his guest, Ion Perdicaris, he might go into the street fair business and continue to make money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

It is now possible to go to Europe or buy two suissfof summer clothes for the pnunffficent sum of $15.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

A total of twenty-three suicides in one month in Indiana would lead one to believe that life is not very pleas ant in the Hoosier State.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-24

The administration spellbinders will have apathetic audiences at the best, if they have any at all.