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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09
Stopped the Duel.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post
A colleague of Senator Blackburn told
this story at a dinner at which the sena-
tor was to give a toast.
I'm his younger days Mr. Blackburn
was very chivalrous. Asked by a friend
TO second duel he readily consented.
AT sunrise the parties met at the ap-
pointed place. It was Mr.. Blackburn
duty to say the iast words about the
terms of the duel. And, gentlemen" con-
tinued the speaker, do you know that
duel never took placer"
A murmur of ''Why Not?' went
around the table.
For very simple reason" said the
colleague. when Joe finished speaking
IL was too dark for a duel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09
A FAREWELL.

BY Alfred Tennyson.
Flow down, cold rivuiet to the So
Thy tribute wave deliver;
No more by thee my steps shall %
Forever and forever.
But her will sigh thine alder tree
And here thine aspen shiver'
And here by thee, will hum the Dess
Forever and forever.
Flow, softly flow. by lawn ana lea
A rivulet. then a river
Nowhere by thee my steps snaii pes
Forever and forever.
A thousand suns will stream on thee
A thousand moons will shiver;
But not by thee my steps shall -
Forever and forever.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
Irrnp, the New York Press.

EVEN when her hair is only bleached
tbat wav it's safest for a man to be
suspicious of womans temper.
Most men think they are coming money
when they win $40 bet from a fellow
and give him $50 dinner.
A mother never tells her daughter all
that she knows, and a daughter never
tells a mother anything that she knows
A woman who wears birds on her hat
can't understand the cruelty of boy
who shoots at them with slingshot and
misses them.
A woman can stand pin sticking half
way In her shoulder blade all through a
dinner where a man will go Wild over
the roughness Of his undershirt,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The average increase In each four
years is thus shown to have been 767
per cent. and il we add to the vote OF
the year 1900 that percentage, we
have as the probable vote OF next
month. 15,042,27S. All estimates OF
next months vote hover near fifteen
millions.
This means that l,072,014 more bal
lots will be cast next month than were
cast in the hot campaign of four years
ago. Many gold democrats will vote
next month who did not vote four
years ago, but there will not be a mil
lion of them, and we must look to the
general increase and immigration for
the remainder.
The poll of four years ago included
Boz, 300 votes cast for candidates other
than Mckinley and Bryan. The pro-
hibitionists polled 208,914 votes; the
socialists, 1854; the socialist-labor,
S9,739; the populists, 50,373, and two
other candidates received about 1000.
The odd candidates will poll more
votes this year than did like candi
dates in 1900. 1t is perhaps within
prudence to put the total vote of the
hopeless candidates at half a million.
Judge Parker will certainly gain half
million votes over Mr.. Bryan's
strength four years ago, one half Of
which gain will be recorded in New
York state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09
SILK Culture.

Louis B. Magic. of Georgia, known as
the Father of Southern Silk" stopped
In Birmingham this week on his way
home from ST Louis, where he had been
to look after the arrangements for the
congress of silk growers. He is superin-
tendent of the Silk Culture league and is
enthusiastic In pushing his propaganda,
on which he has already spent 100000 He
Is experimenting on a $500 acre farm at
Tallulah Falls, Ga. and he now predicts
that In two years the south will be spin
ming its own silk. He is sure that the
south is especially adapted to silk cul-
ture. and when the farmers fall well in
line it will mean from $4,000, 900 to $751;
10000 year added to the south's finan-
cial resources.
Mr.. Magic was In Europe during the
summer studying the silk industry and
he is now thoroughly Informed on every
phase Of the subject. While in Birming-
ham this week he was the guest of his
friend, Charles a. Daniel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
interest In Birmingham.

II Is surprising to note the Interest
the people of our town take IN the W
Feiopment of Birmingham said fioi'9
scr Daugette. of the Jacksonville NOT
NAL school.
The Birmingham papers are read with
intense interest, and the same priae =
lelt in this city as the citizens here ieei'
IN fact to hear them talk, one Mg 99i,'
lnlnk Jacksonville was a suburb Oh On
mingham.
This is fine city and you nave d
good school system throughout lhe eON'
ty.''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

After Lieut.. Peary makes a dash for
the pole, then an expedition will
make dash for Peary, who must be
rescued alive so that he can make an
other dash later on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

General Nogi's subway at Port Ar
thur is not in working order. When
it is there will be something doing
under General Stoessels headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Aesop never heard of Esopus, and
that is why he did not mention 1t In
any of his esteemed fables.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09
Size Of Noyember's Vote.

Since 1872 the vote for president
has been more than doubled. We give
the record beginning with the vote OF
1872, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Winter is near at hand in Manchu-
ria. but the Russians do not mind 1t.
They keep warm by retiring vigor-
ouslZ from place to place.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The man who attempts to dodge all
microbes will have no time left for
uoing ANYTHING else.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

What does the Filipino care about
voting when he has plenty of dog meat
and shelter when 1t rains?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

President Loree's $3.50 salary goes
on five years anyway, and he does not
mind a wild and woody rebuff.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

President Roosevelt continues to
play politics. To his pielded-sheepskin
order, he has added another suspend
ing war department order so as to
give piece work to wives, widows or
daughters of old soldiers"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The Jersey City men are making
their own collins in order to save
money. 1t is to be hoped that they
will not be disappointed in dying.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Two republican tickets are to be
kept in the field in Wisconsin. The
more the merrier.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The independent voter is preparing
to go into strict seclusion to mark his
ticket. He thinks he knows 1t all.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Candidate Fairbanks should stop
kissing babies in the present chilly
weather. They cannot stand every
tbingl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Oratory and torchlight professions
are both going out Oh fashion in presi-
Dental cal. paigns.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Governor Lafolette and Chairman
Cortelyou uphold by example the mas
cul4ne pompadour
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

There is one town in New York
where every vote will be cast for
Roosevelt, but hat town is not 10
Gated on Manhattan island.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

When tie tall Manehurlan corn is
harvested the combatants will have to
take to the tall timber when they de.
sire eoncealment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Imitation pills constitute another
road to wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The original Gibson girl Is reported
i'll. The original Gibson girl and the
original Florodara sextette gir. are
hard to locate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Judge Parker is an accomplished
handshaker as well as a good demo
crat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Thus far loop-the-loopers have been
fortunate In preserving their necks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Hereafter SPANS bullfighters must
fight on week days. The world do
move
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09
There's no art,

To find the minds construction In the
face;
He was a gentleman on whom ! built
An infinite trust.
81 Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Secretary Morton Is said to be learn
ing more about his job every day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The Pike is drawing to the close OF
a glorious career.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The butter market was weak, but
the butter was not.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The heat of the campaign is not felt
outside of Wisconsin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Tom Watson has routed General APP
athy and saved the day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

All the records are now being
broken in the subway
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The trouble with Divorces is, they
are apt to become repeaters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Philander Knox Is not doing any
trust busting just now.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The Mechanical cotton picker Is a
problem for the futre.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

The whirlwind campaign exists on
paper only.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

In Kansas switch engines are called
goats"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

II HERE is no use In further talk
w or worry about the strike situa-
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Now that parrots have contracted the
appendicitis habit it behooves science to
discover some new complaint that can be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09

Washington Bureau Accelerate, 1871 @
Street N. w.
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L. H. Russ and R. L. O'Neal, Jr, are
The only authorized travelling represeh-
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ton department.
The Irish standard., 1904-08-13
luther's Failure.

But what change has come over
the non Catholic world since the days
of Luther Luther's grievance against
the church was that it kept the Bible,
the word of God, from the people. So
he said, and his battle cry as he rose
in rebellion against the church was,
"The Bible, the whole Bible, and moth
ing but the Bible!' But what most ar
dent admirer of Luther would dare to
raise that battle cry to-day? The only
defender of the whole Bible now is the
Catholic church. A few years ago a
Protestant minister in one Of our New
York churches, seeing how the Bible
was slipping from the fingers and from
the hearts of his congregation, read
from the pulpit the encyclical of Pope
Leo NIII in defense of the scriptures
as the word of God. Martin Luther
must have turned in his grave! In
many who attack the Bible in this age
one is panied to note great want of
fair reading. They seem afraid to
fight under their real colors. Thus
while tearing out page after page Of
the great book, they insist that they
are not attacking the Bible at all, nor
criticizing it, but only trying to see it
as it is. The man who is doing oil in
his power to reduce the Bible to the
level of ordinary literature, to remove
it from its pedestal apart from all
other books and simply to place 1t on
the ordinary shelves Of our libraries
alongside Of Homer, Dante and Shake
speare man, whatever his hol-
low professions may be, is attacking
the Bible with all his might and main.
Rev. William OBJ, Pardow, s. J.
The Irish standard., 1904-08-13
On the very day the platform was

On the very day the platform was
adopted, Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor
of the New York World, arrived from
Europe. i'll and exhausted. A tele-
gl.aphed copy of the platform was read
to him. Next morning, the World
printed Il powerful editorial warning
Judge Parker that failure to declare
for the gold standard would defeat the
party. Ten words from Judge Par
icr to the chairman of the New Yorl,
delegation" said the World, will in
sure the adoption of a resolution that
will make the platform safe and sane"
An hour or two after Judge Parker
was made aware for the first time that
the editorials of the World and other
independent newspapers had called
into question the party's attitude to-
ward the money standard, he sent his
telegram declaring that the gold stand
ard was firmly and irrevocably estab-
lished. and declining the nomination
already made unless his views We're
satisfactory to the convention. Judge
parker's declaration for the gold
standard was Endorsed by the con-
vention by the overwhelming vote of
III ayes to 191 noes. In other words,
the telegram was approved by ZIG
more delegates than those who voted
for the candidates nomination.
There is no parallel to that act in
American history. 1t may be that
journalism is entitled to some credit
for its quick warning; but, under such
circumstances, would Theodore Roose-
welt, Grover Cleveland, or William ].
Bryan have accepted the hint and act
ed upon it so swiftly and fearlessly?
Not every hero will take advice, even
when it is obviously sound. Judge
Parker can listen as we'll as speak
That is one of his strong traits. He
comes before the nation as a leader
whom the wise and the brave can
safely follow. A great genius? Prob
ably not. But sane, courageous, I'M
selfish patriot Of the old pure, Demo
cratic type-that he is beyond all
question.
The Irish standard., 1904-08-13
MoSAIcS GIVE CORN BEAUTY
Kansans in Constructing Pavilion
Have Taught New Art of
Ornamentation.

Kansans have taught new art in
the construction of their pavilion In
the palace of agriculture at the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition. 1t is the
art of using products of the field as
minerals are employed in mosaics, of
inlaying with cereals just as germs are
used in ornamentation.
The visitor learns that nature has
tinted kernels of corn all the colors of
the rainbow; that the husks can be
woven and plated like dainty fabrics:
that stalks, when polished, take on
more luster than does the bamboo
cane when similarly treated, and that
poppy weeds can glisten like agates
The central piece of the Kansas pa
vilion consists of a platform 30 fee.
from the ground, supported on four
square columns, and bearing a steer
six feet tall and IL feet long, made OF
corn, so true to life as to give the inn
preston that the natural hide, hoofs
and horns have been preserved by the
taxidermist's art
The Irish standard., 1904-08-13
TIE DUSKY NIGHT.

How better than the radiant, golden day
love the dusky, still, mysterious night.
When Twilight, slipping down the starry
way,
Unfolds her somber curtain 'sainst the
night;
And troops of purple shadows softly steal
Through dewy haunts with velvet-shod-
den feet,
Armed with their silver lances that reveal
With luminous radiance their dim retreat.
llove the scented silence, when the flowers.
Sensuous and sweet, with heavy dropping
heads,
,Distilling perfume through the lonely
hours,
Are sleeping in their dewy garden-beds;
And all the jeweled sky is bending low
Over the earth, its watch and ward to
keep,
In azure depths its censers swing and glow
Their golden lights reflected in the deep.
love the SOFT dark mystery that conceals
Nights hidden things within Its shadowy
way,
While whispering voices stealthily reveals
The tryst of gnomes that vanish ere the
day.
love the rune and rhythm of midnight
r. winds
Harping weird anthems in their mystic
flight
All, yes, far better than the radiant day
love the somber, dark, my sterious night.
Elizabeth Clarke Hardy, in Woman's
Home Companion,
The Irish standard., 1904-08-13

Seemingly the car is fully deter
mined to discover II there is any fight
In the Firms
The Irish standard., 1904-08-13

Really, the Kaw river should get out
Of the habit Of breaking its own rec
The Irish standard., 1904-08-13


would have been elected had the vote
been taken month after his nomina-
ton. That is true also of the candi-
dacies of Blaine and Bryan.
Like President Roosevelt, Judge
Parker is vigorous out-of-door man,
but his mind inclines to the cultiva-
ton of his three farms and the breed
ing Of pure.blooded cattle rather than
to lion hunting. He is no eulogist of
war. He will never Cypress small ma
| lions or threaten Central or South
America with an assumed general
police power. Nor will be substitute
his personal orders for acts Of con-
gress. His record, his training. his
temperament, insure this. 1t is equal
ly certain that he will give no enceur-
agement to those who seek to stir up
the race question in the Southern
states. And he will stand by his
party's definite promise Of indepen-
dence to the Filipinos.
Up to the time Of Judge Parker's
nomination, President Roosevelt stood
as the one heroic figure in American
politics. But when group of timid
politicians Mt st. Louis surrendered to
III. Bryan's demand that the Demo-
cratic pla torn should be silent on the
money standard question, the time
came for Judge Parker to reveal him
self as. a hero. 1t was not that the
free-silver heresy had any support in
the convention. Even Mr.. Bryan &C.
cepted Judge Parker as an avowed
\ gold standard man. But there were
personal feelings to be considered, a
past folly to be ignored.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-05-05
GAS Mad as n Halter"

Probably very few persons who fire.
Quently use the expression "As mad as
a halter" have any idea as to what II
means or why halter is necessarily
any more subject to fits of anger than
a plumber, blacksmith or carpen.
ter. The expression Is said to have
come into use half century ago, when
the manufacture of hats was done
wholly by hand. The most striking
thing about the process was that Of the
beating up of the felt. The halter first
dipped the mass of wool and hair fire.
quently into hot water; then, Selling a
stick in each hand, he belabored the
mass most vigorously, stopping now
and then to get his breath, until the
material was matted together in
rough sort of felt. The lively beating
administered to the felt ms If the work
man were actually incensed, gave rise
to the familiar smile.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-05-05

Thomas Emerson, colored. whose
heart was pierced by a penknife
nearly two months ago, has re-
covered after undergoing the ope-
ration of having the wound stitch
ed at the Jefferson Hospital, Phil
adelphia. Saturday he was dis
charged from the hospital, his
heart being pronounced in as good
condition as it was before the
stabbing. The stab wound was in
tiicted by Lavinia Anderson, a
white woman, The injured man
walked to the Jefferson Hospital.
where an examination showed
that the outer wall of the heart
had been punctured by the knife
blade. There were internal hem
orrhages and it was necessary, in
order to save the msn's life, to
operate Immediately and sew up
the wound in the heart.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-05-05

The shrewd scheme of some
smart fellows i'll Reading, Pa, to
separate gullible visitors to the st.
Louis Exposition from quarters
and half-dollars has just come to
grief. A year ago these schemers
shipped carload of Stag from the
iron furnaces at Reading to New
York. The Stag had no value,
hence the only expense of putting
it into New York was the freight
In the big city the stuff was put
into bags and labeled, "Volcanic
Lava from Mont Pelee." 1t sold
like hot cakes at 25 cents per bag.
and the enterprising faklrs cleared
something like $4,000 on the car
load, They were making arrange
ments to send several car loads of
Stag to St. Louis, to be similarly
sold to fair visitors, when the
secret leaked out and THE men
skipped town.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-05-05
ANECDOTES OF FORREST.
Why che Confederate Leader DecIin-
ed TO Correct His Spelling.

Why che Confederate Leader DecIin-
ed to Correct His Spelling.
General Forrest of the Confederate
army" said an ex-Confederate officer.
was military genius of the first
rank. Without previous training or any
developed taste In that direction he
went into the army from a place as
overseer and attained commanding
rank absolutely by merit Rough and
uncouth at first, he became in later life
a courtly gentleman whom it was a
pleasure to meet and to know. | re-
member on one occasion some time aft
er the war coming up the Potomac
with him I wanted to introduce a
young woman who was under my es-
cort. He said he was fattered by the
request, but that he could not meet
her unless she knew perfectly we'll who
he was and that he was not held in
high esteem by the northern people
chiefly on account of the Fort Pillow
affair. ! assured him that she was full
~ appraised of his record, and then he
went with me to meet her, and she told
me later she had never met a more at.
tractive man.
Earlier in his career - that is, be-
fore he had learned to spell-he was
asked by young lady to put his auto.
graph in her album. He wrote his name
as requested and under it his title, ma.
Jor general of calvary as he spelled it.
The lady called his attention to 1t in a
very delicate way, and he looked at II
n moment, and with a full conscious.
ness that he was lacking in that regard
and with beautiful and scarcely to be
expected humility he said, Let it stand
to show how ignorant General Forrest
is. There are not many men who
would have done that, imagine, and
1t was the little things that showed
the mans true greatness" New York
Sun
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-05-05
GOOD SPIRITS.

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