davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
POPULAR MAN.
Colonel Russell Talks About Judge
 Parker in Washington.

From the Washington Post.
 Hon. Edward L. Russell of Mobile, Ala bama, general counsel of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and daughter, Miss Eoline are at the Raleigh. MT. Russell is also accompanied by Mir. R. N Taylor, chief auditor of the same road. a brother of Hon. Hannis Taylor. the well know writer and former minister to Spain.
 If a census of men of extraordinary per- sonal popularity in the south were taken, it is sure thing that the name of Mir Russell would be well toward the top of the list. He Is, moreover, a learned lawyer. and his whole career has been eminently successful. A, strong democrat, he was chairman of the Alabama deega- ton at the St. Louis convention, in the proceedings of which he took leading part. MT. Russell, during a recent trip to New York was a caller on the demo- cratic presidential nominee and concern- ing his visit, said to a reporter of The Post:
 'It is impossible to meet Judge Parker without forming the highest opinion of him as a man, jurist, and statesman. He makes the same favorable impression on all his visitors. It was gratifying to note the feeling of confidence that east ern democrats entertain as to Judge Par ker's chances of success. I met men of recognized standing and cool Judgement in the city who say that even at this early stage in the campaign the indica- tions are strongly in favor of the demo- cratic nominee. It would indeed be no surprise if the election should turn out landslide. If I am not greatly in error, this is going to be a democratic year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
Which is klnu7

People of the south generally have been imbued with the idea that cotton Is king, and a promised yield of 100000 bales tnls year may prove the title clear. but iron is certainly prime minister :" remarked an observant man in the lobby. Labor performs wonders with iron. I am told that even now 75c worth of iron ore when turned into bar iron is worth $5. If you make 1t into horseshoes 1t Is worth $l0, or if into table knives. $1s0 Seventy-five cents worth of iron ore manufactured Into needles is worth s6S00. and when converted into some kinds of fancy buttons 1t Is worth about s3O,0O0. If the iron is made Into watch springs the product Is worth ten times more than the buttons, and when turned into hair springs 1t will sell for the enormous sum of $4OG,O00
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
Step Commended.

From the Macon Telegraph.
 Judge Parker has sent in to the seere- tary of state at Albany his resignation as chief justice of the state of New York. This was in line with Parker's idea of the proprletles of official life. and comes as no surprise. The step will be commended by all but there Is feeling that raises this question: Roosevelt Is also candidate. Why may he not also resign, so that 1t may be said that he did not use that office for his own political advancement?
 But there Is a dIfferenee-ln the men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
South Commands Party.

From the Mobile Register.
 The Buffalo News has a bit of fun over The Registers claim that democ- racy is the party that stands for equal rights and no special favors, and we are glad it finds amusement in the hot season. The News confesses, however, that The Register Is right on the main point The south furnishes an undue pro- portion of democratic leadership, and that means democratic brains, force and judg- ment. Nothing was more conclusively es- tablished by the St. Louis convention than that the south is in absolute command of the democratic party. And 1t comes pretty near to being the best part of the Party"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
Estimate Confirmed.

From the Montgomery Times.
 Birmingham people are engaged in the work of raising fund for the erection of monument to the late Father OReilly and have already succeeded in securing a considerable portion of the sum needed for that purpose. This is a practical con firmation of the estimate that the death of the good prelate called forth from the Birmingham press and people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
In a Merry Mood.

From the Chicago Journal
 The great anthracite coal magnate was in his merriest mood as he faced the law yer for the prosecution.
 You fix the price of coal sold by your company?
 T do.'
 Nobody else has anything to say about it?'
 "Oh. yes; many subordinate officials are allowed to reduce that price when 1t is necessary to meet competition.
 Although the judge believed a court room was no place for levity he did not fine the magnate for contempt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

thinking person can launch the van into the grinning teeth of things" These questions may be answered later by MT. IIipling. but just now they are serving to exercise the critics and draw forth the ridlcule of eynics.
 Reports from Texas seem to indicate that the mosquito that flourishes in the Lone Star state is fully as strenuous and knows his job as well as the New Jersey variety In New Jersey mosquitoes threaten to carry off the populaee at frequent intervals and hold up trains, but they are doing the same thing in Texas. It really seems that Texas Is un- fortunate in some respects. Thi bad man is passing away and the cut-throat 'sreaser' Is properly eurbed but these evils are being superseded by mosquitoes and boil weevils. However, one thing is certain. It matters not what renown may fall to the lot of the Texas mosquito, it will never be able to surpass it's brother of New Jersey. whose name is al- ready established in literature
 "Sinews of war is a phrase that has struck the popular fancy. Tn all discuss sions of the campaign and campaign funds, 1t appears frequently and Is a suf- fcient index of the fact that money is now recognized as the means to an end in political battles as we'll as in com mercial strife. The democrats frankly confess that it will take lot of money to elect Parker, and the republicans are sure that it will cost something to keep their candidate in the White House. As result the hat is being passed assidu- ously, and while the plutocrats of the land apparently are not coughing up,' as readily as the managers would like. the chances are that both parties will start out with full cupboards.
 Readers of books who appreciate the novels of William Black are gratifed to note that his books are returning to fa- vor. This state of affairs is to be ex- pected, for none can deny that Black was an author endowed with talents peculiarly his own, and while none of his works may properly be styled great" he was nev- ertheless a writer of grace and charm. His descriptive passages of Scottish scen- cry are not surpassed in conremporaneous literature. When he tells of the clouds and the mist, the driving rain and the sunshine that Is alternately mirrored on the bosom of the lochs, he paints vivid picture. The characters of William Black are interesting, virile and real His stories are not wildly exciting, nor do they possess the element of sensational- ism, but they rise far above the many trivial publications of today.
 While there is a great stir in the the. atrical world the theatre-gong public waits expectantly for the season of 1904 O5 to be inaugurated. Indications are that the class of entertainment offered will be of kind that will interest the public, although there Is yet deartn of good plays that are new. As usual there will be an endless succession of musical come- dies, good, bad and indifferent but musi- cal comedy pays in Birmingham and or ganizations of that calibre will not make the mistake of passing us by. P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
In Memoriam.

From the St. Paul News.
 Rather handsome young widow, isn't she?"
 She's more than rather handsome.' think she's one of the handsomest women in town"
 "roo bad she has such poor taste
 can't agree. with you if you think she has poor taste"
 Every one of her diamonds is nothing more than paste"
 "Oh, that may be so. She probably wears them in memory of her husband. He was a bill poster.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
Want to See Birmingham.

Birmingham Is in many respects the most interesting city in the south" said a passenger agent, and this is illus trated every day by the number of people who make 1t point to stop over here for a few days while en route to the fair at St. Louis. We are having brisk exposition traffic just now and stop-over privileges for this place are very popular. People from South Georgia, Florida, South Alabama and the southern part of Miss issippi pass through in numbers and most os them pay our town visit lasting from one to three days. They are am xious to see the big plants of the district, including the furnaces, steel plant and other industries that are unknown in agricultural districts.
 .Birmingham has long been called the Pittsburg of the south. On account o1 it's great natural resources and the iron and steel interests 1t stands unique among all the southern cities, so that visitors to this part of the country turn their steps toward New Orleans and Birmingham as two places worth seeing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rom the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 A woman hates to get caught out In a rainstorm with garters that run.
 A woman has an idea that somehow the baby will make better man of its father.
 A mother says her son has the artistic temperament when he can't earn his own living.
 It makes a woman very indignant with man when she crowds up too close to him in a street car.
 A woman is always trying to set her husband to play tips on the stock market which she got from the piano tuner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
sheehan Will Get Busy.

From the Nashville American.
 William F. Sheehan Is not robust man, far from 1t. But he will make the repub- iicans think he Is a wheel horse before November 8. sheehan Is not only a born politician. but he has what many politi- clans do not possess-the unbounded conf1- dence of many of the wisest and most conservative men in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO
 WANT TO LIVE LONG LIFE

, of his rules are mysterious. Have mat to your bedroom door; do not have your bedstead against the wall, and drink no milk'-or you will surely die young. Then he gets on to give some perfectly com- monplaee directions about fresh air, ex- ercise. country vacations, keeping your temper and so on, which beyond doubt contribute to peoples health while they live, but in spite of which people are nev- ertheless begging out all around us at the average age
 The fact is that it is no particular mark of vigor or of real health to live to be 90 or 100 years old. The healthiest man we ever knew lived without an illness to the age of 80, and then crossed the bar'' in a days time, without pain and with smile on his lips Nature seems to recognize the desirabiity of limit con- siderably short of the century. Why should that round number fascinate us? People used to ride a hundred miles day on the bicycle, and enjoyed themselves vastly less than did those who contented themselves with fifty. Let us eat and drink what we find agreeable and salu- tary, and sleep out the hours that put us in good trim for the next day, and take the holidays that we can afford, and go cheerfully through life hand in hand with the other wayfarers, and leave to those who want them much more than we do the barren, mumbling years beyond the normal span.
 For to those who are about. to live hundred years the best advice that we can give is-don't.
 ..-.-s-. route not yet taken by the tourists Dr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
BOUQUET FOR RLAcKMAN.

From the cullman Democrat.
 Mir. Blackman, the Age-Herald's car toonist, Is making some clever cartoons on the subject of Blacks speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

An Igorrote has been discovered at the fair who can talk Creek. After all the Filipnos are first cousins of the noble red man and may bear some relation to the lost tribes of Isreal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

The subway tavern in New York has Bishop Potter is not Hurried a bit by 1t, backed as he is by -mlllion-dollar wife
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

A street car conductor in New York found $500 dollars and returned it to the owner. She gave him a quarter and now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

The Atlanta Journal boats that people in that town are too busy to die. AS a matter of fact some of them don't like a tropical climate and are afraid to die.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

MT. Kipling may be Pegasus-buster but his esteemed critics should produce something that somebody would read be- fore they utterly condemn him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
ALABAMA VIEWS.

Selma Journal: Whatever may be the showing made by the Alabama provision al regiemnt at the camp of instruction at Manassas, we venture the assertion that none other will have commander with voice to equal that of Gen. Billy" Brandon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

The trains do not move men either in or back fast enough to suit Kuropatkin. He is now trying to get back to Harbin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
Abol-- Persons.

pr. E. M. Scott of Montgomery Is at the Morris.
 N. H. Burt of Tuscaloosa is stopping at the Morris.
 Tod Atkins of Selma is at the Morris
 w. w. Wallis of New Orleans is at the Morris.
 John c. Jones of Little Rock Is at the St. Nicholas
 M Noble of Atlanta is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 I. I. Adler of Mobile and J. c. Adler of Irniontown are at the Hillman.
 F. M. Symth of Demopolis is stopping et the Hillman.
 F. G. Cotton of New Orleans is at the Hillman.
 T H. Thompson of St. Louis Is at the Colonial.
 W. J. Boykin. a prominent lawyer of c.dsden andNormerly state senator, is at inc Metropolitan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Plain Citizen Parker cannot be any more democratic now than he was when he was Judge Parker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

If the Chicago drainage canal puriaes the Illinois river. then the Chicago sewers must purify the canal. The logical limit of the argument is not far off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

With soft-shelled crabs and champagne New York may be able to worry along while the beef strike lasts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

The contractors will not evacuate New Yorks subway apparently until the Rus sians depart from Manchuria
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

The red-headed urchin can also be freckled and thus do honor to Parker and Fairbanks at the same time,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Roosevelt the subdued is the Roosevelt who is very anxious to get back into the White House
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Governor Hogg has accentuated the diff ference between porker and Parker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Graft has again developed in stricken Missouri. This time conductors on trains running to the fair are guilty persons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

The election of this year will be decided not on enormous corruption funds, but on the merits of the candidates. "A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

The Kansas farmer with $l0O0O00O0 to loan can well afford to view the situation with unfufned mien.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Kurol1i will soon be issuing passes over his railroad, but they will not be honored as far as Harbin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Birminghams automobilists are as per severing as Birminghams commercial club and will not be daunted by the perils of the road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Judge Parker was once a school teacher and the profession should support him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

The canal zone declines assimilation on the lightning plan. It may become Amer ican in the long run, but not today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Even the mosquito crop is this year over 90. with a tendency to sing more and more each day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Elihu Root prefers to be attorney for Jim Hill to being governor of New York. The fee Is larger in the former case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

The favorite sons of Esopus and Oyster Bay both see victory ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

The political confessions of David Ben nett Hill would fill a book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

H HE news is waited across the W water that King Edward is wear
 ing double-creased trousers, a pearl gray stove-plpe hat and blue coat. As result the dandies are in an uproar Pearl gray stove-pipe hats and blue coats have been worn before but the double creased trousers promise to be an inno- vation that will rank right along with the hoop skirt. bloomers and balloon sleeves. The chief advantage of double creased trousers seems to be that they hide any little irregularities of the neither limbs, such as that bandy effect so an- moving to men who aspire to be consid- cred Apollos. Being a king and very good one, Edward VII is privileged to wear any kind of trousers he likes and 1t Is not for Us to say to him nay, but there is great concern manifested as to whether it will be twice as hard to keep the double-creased trousers from bagging as it is the single creased variety. In the past dudes have experienced great agony over this matter Some have endeavored to solve the problem by drawing up their trousers to their knees but this method has been found very unsatisfactory, es- peeially for gentlemen with spindle shanks. If King Edward persists in his determination to wear double-creased trousers the pressing club business will be given a great impetus but otherwise the advantages resulting will not be very great.
 An expert on women's models has vouehsafed the information that Chicago women have the finest figures to be found anywhere in the world. Before going any further 1t may be stated that the gentle man In question Is not member of the faculty of the university of Chicago. In referring to the figures of Chicago girls he does not mean their bank accounts. although some of those are well worth consideration, but symmetry of form and physique. He does not mention feet, and we are to suppose that the foot of the Chicago girl Is work of art, innuendoes to the contrary notwithstanding. The ex- pert who cherishes these interesting views of the Chicago women Is apt to be chal- lenged by other experts in all the cities of the land who stand ready to disprove his allegations.
 Henry Gassaway Davis continues to get about over the country in an astonishing fashion. Clearly he is yet far removed from senility and he may be prepared to play husky part in the campaign of 1908 for all the world knows to the contrary. As matter of fact 1t seems that MT. Davis age Is to be one of the leading campaign issues, according to MT. Root, and in the meantime the grand old man of West Vir- ginia Is showing the republicans a clean pair of heels
 Still the dissection of Rudyard Kipling's new poem goes merrily on. Nearly all the paragraphers have had their say and edi- torial writers have interpreted the poem after their own particular fashion, but there are three knotty points that con- tinue to cause trouble. A disinterested public would like to know why in the world man who knows as much and has seen as much as Mir. Kipling styles him self Chamberlain's baby" and why wings are lonely and how any right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Huntsville Mercury: President Roose- welt in his acceptance speech said: we do not have to explain why the laws were not enforced" An unfortunate ad- mission and foolish treat of defiance to the American people; but MT. Roosevelt many think differently after he hears from the returns of the November election. Bigger men than he have been called down before by the American people. Don't be too brash. Now and then the people take a notion to rule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

MT. Kipling's style of spellbinding will never please this latitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

It is now possible to cross the Atlantic on the White Star line for s1O and ride all the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Taladega Reporter: It is pleasantly noticeable that the press is publishing many more sermons. now a-days than it did And, real good stories they are, too, when you catch them from a minister who has not concluded that all the good re- ligious things belong to the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

MT. Roosevelt had no hand in the leop- ard hunt in Bronx park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

route not yet taken by the tourists pr. Dedman will go to St. Louis in his auto during the approaching fall and will pass through this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Kuropatkin is willing to whip the Japa- nese, but they will not stand still while he does It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Esopus postmaster begins to think his salary should be raised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Baron Moncheur is at Bar Harbor. He came within an ace of being Baron Nun chausen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Kuropatlxln is not talking so much as he did last spring, but he is falling back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Frank V. Evans and R. L. o'Neal Jr.' are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of the Age-Herald in it's eir- oulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

In Kuropatkins eyes the Japanese dragon is worse than an oetapns in Kan sas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

New Decatur Advertisers In the death of ex-Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania the country loses one of it's ablest men and the democratic party one of its most loyal members and abest advisers. The fact that such a clean, honest politician should come from such state, reminds us of primrose growing out of dung head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Kuropatlsin must retreat or surrender. He can't stand pat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. $s.oO Daily and Sunday per month.-..'''' " ~ Sunday Age-Herald, per annum...... K.VV Weekly Age-Herald, per annum.... l.V0
 Subscriptions payable in advance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

thinking person can launch the van Into the grinning teeth of things" These questions may be answered later by Mr. Kipling. but just now they are serving to exercise the critics and draw forth the ridIeule of eynics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

Don't split infinitives or mix gen ders up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-08

No communication will be published without its authors name. ReJeeteo manuscripts will not be returned uhless stamps are enclosed for that purpose