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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15
NATIONAL POLITICS.
Much or Little.
New York World

From the New York World
 In his letter of acceptance MT Roose- welt says:
 within the limits defined by the na- tional constitution the national admins tration has sought to secure to each man the full enjoyment of his right to live his life and dispose of hls property and his labor as he deems best, so long as he wrongs no one else.s
 Quoting this as a deliverance on 'the rights of free labor" the Sun says:
 We do not suppose that in all of the writings of Theodore Roosevelt there Is another sentence that will survive it."
 There was a time, and that very re- gently, when our able contemporary would not have been so easily satisfied with this enigmatic utterance of the President which means much or little, according as 1t is interpreted. The real meaning of MT. Rooseyelts artful sem tence depends upon the saving clause at it's end. The administration, he claims, has sought to secure to each man the right to live his life and dispose of his property and his labor as he deems best so long as he wrongs no one else"
 But is not this the very pith of the dispute between labor unions and non- union workers? Is 1t not the contention of the unions that non-union worker wrongs some one else-that is, the great body of organized labor, which is striv- ing to reduce hours and increase wages through organization-uy refusing to join and thus to arm and strengthen the unions?
 Why does the Sun think this sentence in Theodore Roosevelt's letter will sur vive all that he has written heretofore Because 1t Is perfect example of a politicians sickness" in lodging a dan gerous issue?
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Maine.
From the Boston Post.

From the Boston Post.
 Unquestionably, the estimate of expect ed plurality in Maine today, sent out by the republican managers is far below the real expectation. Were the figure 15,- 900 to 18,00O the result of voting, 1t would amount practically to landslide to the democracy
 In the last presidential year. 1900. Hill, the republican candidate for governor, received a plurality of 34,132 in the Sep tember election; and in tl,e November election of the same year Mckinley won by a plurality of 28,613. In 1S96 Mckinley won by 45,777 plurality.
 The small figures given out from the republican headquarters this year indi- cate nothing but the expectation of a great reduction of the plurality.
 1t may be said that anything less than the normal of 33,0O0 or whereabouts will offset as a guage ol republican interest throughout the country at large. the re- suit in Vermont last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15
ALABAMA PRESS.

Mobile Item: young Kentucky wo- man has offered her services to the dem ocratic party and will go upon the stump to expound the doctrines of the party.
 This girl is a jewel, and 1t Is to be hoped
 that after the campaign she may select
 husband from the number or sterhng democrats she Is certain to meet, and be-
 come one of the mothers of the demo-
 crats of the future, who are to reap the
 reward of the political conflicts of this
 era.
 Mobile Herald: There is no doubt that
 the beef trust has the best of us for a while, for. although the agents of the government have been Investigating it for some time, the only result is a check in five figures to the republican campaign fund.
 Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: It is to be hoped that Judge Parker will be allowed to remain quietly at Esopus. He has ac- quired a reputation for dignity and con-
 servatism that will be badly damaged
 and then any way it is well to remember that no successful candidate for presi- dent has taken the stump.
 Montgomery Journal: The democratic party is together this year. They are together as they ought to have been to- gether in 1896 and 1900. But why refer to the past? Those who helped to elect Roosevelt by abuse of Bryan and either lethargy or by bolting directly to the re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

publican party make a mistake and they know it. If they had it to do over again they wouldn't do it. They would do as Bryan and the regular democrats are doing. support the ticket and make as- surance doubly sure of democratic suc- cess and white mans administration. The loyalty of the Bryan forces to the ticket is sufficient rebuke to those who made republican success possible in the last two campaigns. We appreciate ths party that is once again reunited, and that party success is one of the possi- bilities. if not certainties. of such a re- union of democratic forces
 Anniston Hot Blast: When a man reaches that stage when he must take an eye opener" when he gets up, a ''bracer'' at 10 o'clock, an appetizer be- fore dinner, "feeler' before supper and "nightcap' before bedtime. 1t Is time for some member Of his lodge to give him the danger signal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15
Crops in Jefferson.

Conversation with farmers of Jefferson elicits the information that the corn crop has yielded abundantly we'll this year in this county, and that very little will be bought for farm consumption.
 Cotton which promised magnificent yield thirty days ago, Is now disappointing to the planter. The concensus of opinion seems to be that even with the increased acreage the crop will about average what it did last year. It Is said that while the bottom crop is good the top crop is a failure and there will be no late crop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15
A Deadlock.

From the Washington Evening Star.
 .sThe only way to swim said the man who assumes to give instructions about everything, lis to have confidence
 'Yes," answered the novice, and the only way to have confidence Is to be per- fectly sure you can swim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15
DESIRABLE STATE OF AFFAIRS.

From the Washington Post.
 President Roosevelt declares that the treasury deficit is imaginary" The world would be a pleasanter place in which to live if individuals could prove their debts were imaginary and pay them with im- aginary checks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

Judge Parker's arm still aches after shaking the hands of five hundred democratic editors, every one of whom hsa his best grip on tap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

Judge Parker's letter of acceptance will join the issue and prepare it for final adjudication at the polls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

The torchlight period of the cam paign will begin on October l, and then the voter will begin to see what the issues really are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

A Chicago dressmaker says soci- ety girl can dress for $2500 year. A good many girls manage to worry along on less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

Wheat kernel pins are the newest thing in the jewelry stores They are fashionable and come high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

John Alexander Dowie is about to promote himself from prophet to apos- tie. He will then discard his chariot and buy an automobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

The colored pastors continue to pray for Roosevelt, but as Tim Murphy says, "Thank heaven, all our prayers are not answered"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

Nan Patterson is now 22 years old and much wiser than she was on her twenty-hrst birthday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

L'Hassa is in the hands of Infidels, and there ere no sacred cities at pres ent, except of course Zion City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

M. Bunau-Varilla says President Roosevelt did his duty in the Colom- bian affair. So did Bunau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

When the rent is raised some people would rather commit suicide than move.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

This country has plenty of tough citizens, but not enough tough sol diers to stand the strain of a Manas- sas campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

The strongest laborer in Louisville dropped dead the other day while taking drink of water It is supposed the change was too much for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

The cornfed hog in the west regrets to hear that the meat strike has been settled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

The meat trust presents bill of $i,50O,000 on account of the strike, which is to be collected from the Amalgamated Order of Consumers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

Many hurry through New York, scarcely noticing it, in order to reach Esopus or Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

A freight elevator fell In the Wal dorf-Astoria the other day, but the prices there are just the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

"Mr. Dooley" will make few time ly remarks on the political situation in next Sundays Age-Herald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

This season there Is an agitation over the proposed abolition of the long inter- missions between acts at theatres which have served from time immemorial as an excuse for the male part O. the au- dience to go out and" see a man" May Irwin has started the reform by pro- dueing a play with intermissions so brief that the most active and thirstiest indi- vidual in the house could not get to the door before the curtain would go up. The real benefit to be Derived from the short intermission is not so much a nor al one as one of practical utility for it will do away with the noisy tramp of men to the entrances, every time the curtain descends. These individuals think they cannot possibly sit through play without parading up and down the aisles half dozen times and the annoyance they inflict on people who do not leave their seats and are forced to submit to being climbed over Is considerable. No doubt an intermission of twelve seconds would keep stage hands on the jump and rc -ult in lively times in the stars dres- sing room but the public would be sin cerely grateful for the change.
 The ice cream season, for the majority of the American people, is passing rapid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

General Oyama is in no danger of losing his laurels on account of what was accomplished at Manassas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

Senator Fairbanks is open to en gagement as the Human Ice Box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

A woman at Niagara Falls tried to draw the color line with pistol and got herself into trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

Korea begins to think that assimila ton is wonderfully like annexation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

The Phipps divorce case has been settled out of court and out of public gaze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

There is too much gumshoeing on the democratic side of the campaign. Gumshoes are a misft this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

The vacationers are glad at any rate to come back home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

The meat strike is off, but not the abnormal price of beef.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

We must now be patient until the Fourth Bull Run is pulled off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

The Subway saloon still retains a press agent of much skill and force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

General Kuropatlkin heads the list of those who also ran.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

Prince Peter lsviatopolk-Mirsky IS said to be the antithesis of his prede- eessor, von Piehve. Let us hope he will not be assassinated, for his name is unpronohnceable and almost un- Writahle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

On being informed that a Pennsyl- vania man was the fatheE of twenty five children President Roosevelt sent a photograph of himself With the auto graph, Good luck to you, from Theo- dore Roosevelt" Everybody is now wondering whether the President wished the man good luck in getting more or in keeping what he has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

Trouble and Tom Watson go to- gether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

h ERr paragraphers and cartOonistS " are inclined to poke fun at the
 battle-scarred head of Henry Watterson because the gentleman from Kentucky saw fit to perforate President Roosevelt with the rhetorical darts of a characteristic address The Kentucky editor is represented as partaking of nu- merous worldly pleasures that are not viewed kindly by moralists, chief among them being poker and mint juleps. Now such an attack is unmerited and can cas- fly be repelled by Uncle Henri. His long association with min. juieps has done him so much honor that his name has become significant of the joy of living. in so far as mint juleps conduce to the result, while no man has ever accused the colonel of playing a poor hand at poker. The thorn in the side of the republicans is rot the question of wheth- CT Colonel Watterson wears a diadem or a plug hat but the fact that his flow of scathing oratory falls unpleasantly on their ears so they assail him for his proficiency at poker and mint juleps, ac- complshments without which no southern colonel can be a success.
 It seems that a large part of the wick edness which entraps rural visitors to the fair at St. Louis lies just outside the fair grounds near the Forest park hotel. where Babylonian resorts of va rious degrees of sinfulness are reported to be flourishing, despite the fact that steps are even now being taken to accomplish their downfall. Wanderers from the beaten path tell of being robbed by maid ems who serve beer and the police de- pertinent of St. Louis may yet be called upon to clean out this incubus which threatens the public morals. However, the fair visitor is safe so long as he stays inside the grounds. In fact virtue is conspicuously in evidence and probity Is so strenuously insisted upon by the fair management that even the slot ma chimes dare not keep your penny without surrendering it's equivalent in merchant disc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

Frank v. Evans and R. L. O'Neal' Jr'' are the only authorized travelling repre- zentatives of the Age-Herald in its CIT culation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

No communication will be published without Its authors name. ReJecteo manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-15

The ice cream season, for the majority of the American people, is passing rapid
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08
low he declares that two new

where the Fifth Avenue hotel now
stands met Fifth avenue. which.
cilmblng Murray Hill, now runs
through the ar1stocratlc dwelling por-
tlons or the city. New Years day be-
came a social gala day. The young
ploods went, half a dozen together, in
carriages, and parties Wed with each
other as to how many calls they could
make. In the palmy days of New
Years calling the most fashionable
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08

sth1s was no place for a tenderly nur-
tIfed woman like the daughter Of the
alcalde of San Cristobal.
l sat IN the caves mouth one day at
noon. The heat of the plains was mos
oppressive, but a breeze from the ocean
stirred the leaves Of the pines. But
for their signing there was no sound to
disturb the d%eathlike, calm till an unfa-
miliar clashing OF branches caused me
to start and reach out for my rifle,
leaning against a rock.
Distracted as I was, / expected moth
inr less than n visit from the Spanish
volunteers, who guarded the island;
puti looking up, i saw before me the
figure Of q girl. She was comely, and
her face shone with intelligence, yet !
knew that she belonged to the serving
class. 1t was, indeed, Carmela, the de-
voted maid OF my fiancee! She smiled
and held out a folded paper. At FIRST
my beW:ldered senses could hardly ac-
cept this token of her existence. My
vision was blurred, the scene before
me swan in a mist; but, murmuring
vaguely my thanks, I took the letter,
opened it and read:
My father has driven me from his
house. % you love me? VIII you vel
( L turned to the maid. Where
where is 5she?' | demanded, leaping
from my hammock. The girl shrugged
her shoulders and pointed to the pines
on the brow of the hill, but vouch-
ssafed memo other reply.
I scrambled up the rocks, and there,
Esteadying herself. against the trunk of
a pine. was my sweetheart! She look
ed at me timidly, In her eyes. a mute
inquiry. as il doubtful of the reception
I would offer. Not long, however, was
she hesitant. Then. shaking atinger at
me with playful gesture, she said: 'Oh,
Felipe, 0 did not think / would
come! Now, did you? And now that
i have come, do you not think me oven
sbold,5or are you glad ttofsee me, to have
me bid awhile with you? Now lead
to your cavern. Fam tired-faint.''
While the maid set the cave in order
and my beloved reclined in my ham
hook, / prepared a simple nepast, with
cool water from a spring that gushed
from the hillside near, and soon set 1t
before her.
After she had partaken and had been
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08
NEW YEARS suPERsTITloNs.
Queer Beliefs of the Peasant Folk j
Provincial England.

New Orleans Picayune: Don't
take a light out of the house
before one has been brought in" is the
solemn injunction on New Years night
of the peasantry of Lincolnshire, Eng
land. Death is certain to result if this
advice is not followed.
To permit a woman to enter the
house first on New Years day is said
to be a sure f~orerunner of evil. The
same results are said to follow the
throwing out of dirty water, ashes or
any kind of refuse.
In sweeping the house the dust must
be swept from the oOr to the hearth
or death will be the consequence.
custom largely observed at present. is
after making the fire in the morning
to spread the ashes over the threshold.
If in the morning there is an impress
sion of a foot leading from the house,
a death in that family is SO firmly be-
lieved in hat preparations are made
for it, but if the footmark leads toward
the house a birth during the year is
sure. and preparations are made ac-
cordingly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08
~"sYLvEsTER ABEND."
A Pretty Custom Observed in Berlin on
New Year,s EVE.

a Pretty Custom Observed in Berlin on
New Years Eve.
1t vas with much pleasant anticipa-
ton we awaited the approach of "Syl-
Eester Abend,'s as they call New Years
eve in Germany, says a writer in The
Woinan's Home Companion. About 10
O'clock, supper being ended. we all ad-
journed to the parlor, where they
danced until almost midnight. Then
refreshments were served. These con-
sisted of queer little cakes made espe-
cially for the holiday season, apples,
nuts and Berliner pfankuchen, which
are perfectly delicious. The latter look
like large brown doughnuts covered
with sugar. On opening them they are
found to be filled with jam. OuI
Christmas tree was relighted, having
been furnished with new candles.
The ringing of the bells announced
the beginning OF the new year. Guns
We're fired, and from the church lofts
bugfes We're sounded. Later all the
stYindowss Were flpng wide open, and,
standing within them. the people held
up their glasses and called out, .Prosit
Neujaiirs" to every one who passed by.
People on the street called In to us.
Even the Observation-Disclosures, as they
drove by. called out, sProsit Neutahr!o
OF all the pretty customs. In Germany,
/ Thought this the prettsest. Not oniy
To your friends do you wish q happy
new Year, but. TO all.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08

As managing editor of the Patriot.
Havana soon became too hot to hold
me-. Suspected of corresponding with
The insurgents, / was hauled before the
5tyrant Weyler at the palace. This was
ne morning early. At noon | was
aboard a train for Batabano and at
nightSton a steamer for the Isle OF
Pines, the penal settlement;for political
aonvtcts.
1T might have been worse, of course,
For the tribunal might have sent me
to Ceuta, IN the African coast, where
chains and a cell would surely have
been my portion. Instead, however,I
was confined within the borders OF a
beautiful island which a bountiful
Providence had provided with every
gift Of nature and deprived only of my
friends. and my habitual environ
nlent.
Soon after my deportation, having
been landed at one of the two ports
here and finding the wretched town
life not to my taste, / wandered away
TO h eminence known as the Crystal
hill. from the summit of which I could
look out over the ,desolate sea and the
forest intervening between 1t and the
plantations. These and the town lay
on the plain eastward Of the hill. Some
distance dowl it's western slope I
found q yawning mouth of a cave open
In the direction of the sea, its farther
end somewhere within the bowels OF
the EARTH At was large and dry, with.
Immense natural pillars supporting a
roof hung with stalactites, while
stream of clear water issued from Its
sunexplored interior. In it's outer cham
Der I hung a hammock. a fire OF gum.
wood dispensed warmth and perfume
when the nights We're chilly, and I
thought I could be content here for Il
month ~atleast,Nor until I:could venture
back to Havana.
had money and firearms, and pro
visions were daily supplied me by a
faithful islander, whomaI had befriend-
ed In former times In the surround
ing forest were plants and animals
which could afford me sustenance IL my
supply from town Were TO be cut off,
and I lacked only companionsflip to.
make me perfectly %contented.
&c only Olivia were here-Olivia, my
fiancee! II Ishad but married her be-
fore this surfortunate affair."! But, no;
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08
ECONOMY Of La.

Economy of Las
Dor.
"He 10 one OF
the most resource
full lazy men 4
ever knew"
Why do you
say that
Because instead,
of writing out his
good solutions he
cut the a g for
Jan. ! 1902, from
his old diary and
| pasted IT in under
1908
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08

L.mE.H gHUNFM# .La"LNF
A s~nbterfuge.
De Tanque IS
Guzzler going to
swear off on New
Years.
o,Soake--No He
has changed his
mind. He's going
| to marry Q snake
LEARNER instead
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08
Always Worth
While.

w
GU say you,
encouraged your!
friend to make an,
other New Years
resolution2"
II did," answer
ed the slangy man
whose heart is all
right.
But don't you
know he'll break
1t at the end Of six
weeks at the least
calculation"
II hope not. And
even IL he does
he'll be six weeks
a h e a d Of t h 9
game"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08

Said the thoughtful William sEaithers:
There's something ON my mind.
although I've pondered long ana we'll.
answer can I find.
And this is the information that 4
would like to now
Where does tho-snaw yearcosne from
ana where does the cid syesr "a m
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1904-01-08

Preparing TO
swear on.
why does Won
Swigg wet his fin;
ger In the a
every tins he
takes d fresh
drink
5e wants to
keep At 1noistened
so he can turn
over that new leaf
on the list.
Biisaness For the
Euture.
Let us not fear
That N~evYears
cheer.
Though tine may
pass, Will fade.
Good :
TionS we will
view
Still waiting 70 be
made.
E-tnanciaIiy.
Are d going
10 MAKE any gOou
Resolutions on g
Years Uncle VIII
itam?
sub ain
gwtnA ter AK you
fer NON s6 twixt
D en- Re Fofh
81 July
A TAI q ne
1pise
Ara maxi
inE good q
1909
Enat what
KH apt aI my
ehrl lna
nd