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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

From the Los Angeles Times.
 He who is past master of the art of meeting bird or mammal upon its own ground each after its own fashion, need never be shy of game, though his outfit be old and wild life in his region scarce But stalking does not mean lying in wait all night at some water hole for deer or wildcat or lion, nor yet the immolating of ones self in a bland of jules surround ed by wooden ducks.
 Stalking in an open country is inestina- bly harder than the same kind of sport as followed by our granddaddies In the heav- ily wooded slopes of the Adirondacks and later by our fathers in the Rockies, and even the nearer Serras. Hunting of this kind requires infinite patience and not little knowledge of the animal life of the hunters country, and was the main standby of the Indians before the coming of the white man brought to his use the shotgun and the rife.
 In stalking coyotes, the returns from which, in this section, will be one or more good hides and days sport, strike out in thc early dawn of midwinter's day, on foot. for a coyote will not notice q man on foot when he would run like scared deer from the same man on horse. In inc early dawn all the little wolves will be coming up the draws and dry washes from the barnyards where they have put in the night. So it Is wandering along the foothills, down the little valley and up the next, that the stalker should go, eyes ana ears open, his whole body ready to freeze into a fence post or crooked stump at the instant sight of game Then softly. running low in the shadow of bank of the shallow wash, dodging imag- mary hounds in every elump of bush, comes the wild gray dog of the foothills. Then. If ever the hunters muscles stifffen. he tries to keep the coyote in eye without letting the animal see him. Slowly, as the wind might raise the limb of a young tree the rifle comes to the shoulder; but tha covote sees and is off splitting the n,orninr air like gray cloud. All at once he seems to melt into the landscape; unless one keeps his eye on the gray dog he is apt to lose his chance 1T the eye IS good and the arm quick the 25-20 s crack will be followed by the sudden le3p and fall of the coyote whose fur at tps time of the year is thick and long an1brighter colored than it will be later. Otentimes a good stalker, even mediocre rifle shot, can in this way pick up two or three nice skins on foggy morning when the ami mals hunt later in the lowlands than on clear mornings.
 Another favorite way to hunt these wolves is by hiding at the edge of a little pool or spring in the early morning, as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Old Pictures Exhibited.

The latest additions to the exceedingly interesting and important exhibition of early American portraits at the Enrich galleries. are two portraits of Mir. and Mrs. Gabriel Manigault of Charleston by Gilbert Stuart. painted in his fortieth year. 179i. which suggest the best portrait paint ing of the time of Louis XVI. The DOT trait of Mrs. Manigault is also somewhat suggestive of Romney. Stuart painted few portraits of women, so that the pres ent example is unusually interesting Two portraits, one of Mrs. John Izard Middle ton and the other of Charles Mangault. by Thomas Sully, painted in 1s1I showing the influence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, and among the finest examples of Sully ever publicly exhibited, are also shown at the Enrich galleries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Gentleman Burglar Talks.

There are all sorts of burglars in this city. Some of them have expensive offices in the financial district. Others live in the great hotels and you would never suspect the game which they are on. One of the gang, recently interviewed has this to say about himself and his meth ods: "I have made 1t rule of my life not to talk for publication. Any thing savoring of publicity in any degree-even the third degree-is repugnant to me. Personally, the public Is nothing to me. Professionally if may be different and I do not ask social recognition from any one, even the police. It Is their recogni- tion of us at various times that has been one of the greatest setbacks to our im- provements and has sent many earnest, hard working members into temporary retirement and things of that stripe. That the manners, customs and even the per- sonnel of our craft should improve Is to me no more remarkable than any other improvement in all lines Railroad men are proud that the modern paror car has taken the place of the stage coach: why should we not have pride enough to substitute the radium dark lantern for the od-time tallow slide? You are proud of your wonderful presses and are con- stantly increasing their capacity; why should we not be proud of the ehloroform spray and pocket silver tester? We are proud of these Improvements and proud that we have used every endeavor to raise our profession from the cellar win dow, so to speak, to the cleaner and more commodious second story. Remember we have done this, too, under difficulties that would have daunted any other pro- fession.
 That we have succeeded I think is evil denced by the daily press. How long since was burglar only burglar. Now he is a cracksman, and he has his poet lau- reate, whose immortal lines, When the enterprising burglar isn't burgling,' etc, will never be forgotten. No; thug thief criminal nauseous words of a brutal past, have disappeared. I am thankful to say, and we have the gen tleman' burglar, the student burglar, the scientific burglar, the silent the To- quacious' gentle the laughing, the
 continuous the sympathetic burglar, who nurses the i'll child while its mother considerably wraps up her diamons for him, the burglar with the memory of the old home No, no. madam. I will not take all your jewels, something In your face reminds me of my, my-well, well--only give me the diamonds and the solid silver; the burglar in evening clothes. the burglar in the white flannel suit. the burglar who rides horseback the bicycle riding burglar, the automobile burglar In Westchester county, the cleo tric burglar, the yachting burglar and the woman burglar. Instead of exciting un- pleasant comment. the improvement should be praised by the public generally. The modern cracksman personally is a quiet, refined. educated man. The police should be thankful therefore, because in their effert to destroy our trade they are never required to go to the low dens of vice, to dives and the slums thereby running the risk of getting into bad com pany."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN
 STALKING WILD. ANIMALS

coyotes almost always stop for drink De- fore going to ''roost'' after nights hunt ing. The writer has killed a coyote in this manner that had for months outrun the dogs of about half a county and out generated the men who owned the dogs until he came to be a sort of Jonah to all the hunting grounds of that section.
 But probably the most difficult of all California game animals to stalk is any one of our deer. The large Virginia deer Is particularly unaccommodating beast in this regard seldom frequenting coun- try free enough from underbrush to afford good stalking.
 But the king of stalkers is the man who can get out on a foggy morning and, beating up and down the canons of the lower hills bring in bobcat. Of all anil mals, not even man excepted. the cat tribe are the most expert hunters. and their whole system is based on stalking. From the lion stealing up on the eland in the African glade to the lynx creeping through the piny woods to seize a sleep ing grouse the game is the same. always waiting for time when the blow cannot fail. Hunters from the Canadian forests tell of being followed by great tuft-eared lynx, trailing like shadows from tree to tree, ever following, never offering to att tack, but merely sneaking along behind from very inborn love of that style of hunting. The wolf tribe hunting in packs seldom exceed by speed what the cats capture by stalking.
 The hardest thing for the stalker to grasp at first Is the fact that unless a hunted animal catches his pursuers eye In seven eases out of ten he will see the human hunter to be able to see without being seen. which is. after all. much like the precept of the old merchant that ito do without being done is the cardinal point of success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Medora's Maneuver.

Whenever I try to propose
 Medora begins to maneuver; The wonderful skill that she shows
 Might rightly be called a chef-d' ouvre. All topics on which l may dote.
 If they upon loveland should border, Are banished to regions remote,
 And that in very short order. I fancy she eyes me in doubt
 If l speak some phase of the fashion; That word, when a rhymers about
 Is very suggestive of "pasion." She bands every mention of sweets"
 With the obdurate air of grandee, Although she retracts and retreats
 At the offer of chocolate candy I'd swear the maid loves me, and yet.
 For causes both foolish and flimsy, I cant. to my deepest regret.
 Persuade her to conquer her whmsy. I think. when l see her again.
 I'll make no attempt to approve her But clasp her and kiss her How then
 How then will Medora maneuver?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

Hoang river and has suffered terribly from the inundations of that treacherous stream In 1541 most of the inhabitants signed their own death warrents by tear ing down the embankment in the attempt to drown a rebel army that was besieg- ing them. The rebels, however, escaped, while nearly all of the people of the town were drowned.
 We are not informed as to the reasons giving to the Chinese public for the de- parture of the Empress from the capital. When she and the Emperor took refuge in Siam the people were not told that they had left pekin because II was about to be occupied by the allied forces. The journey was due. it was said, to the fact that the Emperor desired to travel through his dominions, study the con- dition of the people and worship in the temples. The American Nichols, who travelled to Siam later, said that no ono intimated to him that the royal party had fled from PelSin. The revered rulers created the impression everywhere that 1t was only their good pleasure to travel to Siam: and to this day the farmers speak of the imperial wanderers as if they had conveyed lasting honors on the old land by travelling through 1t.
 If the Empress Dowager Is making her present progress by rail there will be no
  lar to those that marked the land jour ney to Siam At that time she had made up her mind that the Boxer movement was a sad failure and when. on the jour ney, a man in Boxer regalia rushed into the road kneIt beside her chair and be- gan a eulogstic address on her efforts to exterminate the foreign devils,' she merely motioned to one of her body guards, who quietly walked up behind the Boxer, and with one stroke of his sword cut off his oration and his hea st the same time. and she degraded the man. darsan who had permitted the man 70 make this demonstration under the mis- taken impression that it would be pleas ing to the Empress.
 When the lady was informed that Manchu of high rank in her party was making a handsome squeeze In hiring carts to cary the luggage. she at once caused his head to roll in the dust of the road.
 A considerable number of decapitations. in fact. relieved the journey oI monotony; and these incidents did not tend to make the Empress Dowager less popular with her subjects. Foreigners who have spent much time among the common people in China say that they almost worship her, and that her faults and cruelties are vir- tues in their eyes. and the more intelli- gent classes have a great admiration ana respect for her character and unbounoeo confidence in her ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Democratic Limericks.

From the Baltimore American. A woman as proud as old Lucifer Grew tired of her husbands abucifer; So she called the police,
 Who compelled him to cice By crying: You william. Let Lucifer!" Then, no longer prouder than Lucifer, Forgetting her husbands abucifer,
 She promptly forgave him,
 Swore falsely to save him Thus woman lets love make a gucifer. Still the officers seking the ruefer Refused to take any excucifer,
 But she made things so hot
 That they fled from the spot As witness they neer could make
 ucifer. Then, once more as proud as old Lucifer She thrashed hubby well for abucifer And the louder he walled.
 Why the harder she whaled. Till at length he abjectly begged trucifer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Ann's Ailment.

From Town Topics. When little Ann was one year old She had a case of collie; , Twas several days again before She cared for fun or frolic She next had Whooping cough and
 Whooped
 With zeal and animation, Until the neighbors all around Were down with nerve prostration. The measles, humps and chicken pox Came then in quick succession; And scarlet fever followed close To join the grim procession You ask if this Is all she's had l should not mention, maybe; Last year she had a honeymoon And now she has a baby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
His Present.
From the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
 John" she said, your little wifey has been saving mp her money to buy you a nice present.
 Good little wifey," he replied. What is it?"
 "A smoking jacket she explained And I saved the money all myself out of the house allowance. Wasn't I thought ful?"
 "Splendidr' he explained.
 And now I wish you'd bring me home some more money tonight
 sWhat did you do with that I brought home last night?' he asked in some sur prise.
 ..Oh, that's what I saved the smoking jacket money out of" she answered, "and there wasn't any left
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
The Shopping Spree.

From the Brooklyn Life. The fascinating bargain ads
 Allured her thrifty eye. And forth she sallied on to hunt,
 Beneath a torrid sky. And Mrs Smith and Mrs. Jones And Mrs. Brown she met, And with them each in turn stepped in" And her interior wet. With Mrs Johnston next she drank. And then with Mrs. Hall, And on her way home, all alone, She took a final ball. And though she brought no bargain back To boast about and brag How blissfully she did enjoy
 That ice cream soda jag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Green Monument Proposed.

As a memorial of the late Andrew H. Green, father of Greater New York what Is called Gate of Honor" at one of the enterances to Central Park Is proposed It is a good idea. If any man in the mod ern history of the city deserves a monu- ment that man was MT. Green. It should be erected. But l do not see why lot of other chaps should have statues of themselves erected under the pretence of doing honor to this great New Yorker who is no more. But that is what these patriotic gentlemen have the contempla- ton. They are willing to put up their money for a statue of Green provided their own effigies in marble or bronze are set up side by side along with him. This is about the size of the civic virtue in the metropolis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Vanderbilt Automobile Mad.

William K. Vanderbilt Jra seems to have the ambition of being the greatest automobilist in the world. All the other members of his family do not appear anxious to contend with him for distinc- tion in this particular field of intellectual endeavor. Willie, however, Is going 1t alone, and as he has got the money, he is resolved to travel the automobile pace no matter what 1t costs. His agents have laid out a great automobile route for a cup, offered by him, this summer on Long Island. It is to be 1so miles long, run ming through lot of towns and villages all of which must clear the way for the Vanderbilt automobiles. The thing re- minds one of the old days in the France of feudallsm which preceded the great revolution that upset things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
TSi-AN.
The Most Remarkable Old Woman
 Living.

From the New York Sun.
 A dispatch to the Sun from China says that the Dowager Empress has left Pekin for Kaifeng-fu in the province of Honan. This city of over 100000 inhabitants is the capital of Honan Province, and the rail- road between Pekin and Hankow will pass through it. The northern part of the road is nowfar advanced. and the Empress Dowager has probably utilized 1t. as she did the complete portion when she fled to Siam during the Boxer trouble.
 Kaifeng is a large trading place and has the only distinctively Jewish colony in China These Jews are engaged almost entirely in gold and silver working and in money lending.
 The city Is on the right bank of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
WITH THE RHYMERS.
A PHILANTHRoPIsT.
From the Washington Sta

From the Washington Star. He never built a library
 He didn't have the cash. He didn't seek to turn the world From follies vain and rush; And yet he loved his fellow men
 And sought to bring them ease. He scattered ashes on the walk When 1t began to freeze. And though forgotten by the world His way perchance he'll go, The neighbors will remember him When'er it starts to snow. And fame will sound it's praise sincere In humble words like these He scattered ashes on the walk When it began to freeze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

Robson is to be shown in the costume of the little slavery as she appears in the second act of Israel Zangwill's comedy.
 Merely Mary Ann" MT. Loeb is an in- innate friend of MT. zangwill, whose DOT trait he painted when the playwright was in this city few years ago, and he is taking especial pains In painting this pie ture of the heroine of MT. Zangwilfs s charming story After being shown here the painting will probably be taken to London for exhibition next autumn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
His Idea of a Calamity.

From the Washington Evening Star
 Wasn't dat Baltimore fire terribleg' said Meandering Mike.
 "I should say so." answered Plodding Pete. You can't go near de city now without somebody tryn' to put you to work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Picture of Eleanor Robson.

Louis Loeb is at work on a full length portrait in oil of Miss Eleanor Robson. the actress, which he expects to have ready for exhibition at the spring show of the Society of American Artists. Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

Twill take limited mum
 Der of pupils in caricature- newspaper and commercla; illustrating. Walter Black man. Studio ll71& 2lst street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Scotch Whiskeys.

ANDREW USHER's SCOTCH WHlskEY, regular price s1.50 per bottle; our Os prlce... ..... AeOO JOHN DEWAR's SCOTCH WHIs. KEY, regular price s1.50 I OE per bottle; our price. .. l.OO "BLAck AND WHITE" SCOTCH WHISKY, regular price I kO $2; our price. e.......... l.oO KING WILLIAM ". SCOTCH WHISkEY, regular price I 7R
 s2 per bottle; our price. Il. O HAIG & HAlG 3-sTAR SCOTCH
 WHlSKEY, regular price I 7S
 $2 per bottle; our price. lssC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Eor Assnniatn Iudne.

hereby announce my candidacy for third associate judge of the circuit court of Jefferson county suhiect to the action of the democratic primary.
 z. T. RUDULPH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
Cocktails.

CLUB AND SAZARAc, assorted varieties, sou at $1.5O; I OR
 our price. per bottle. ..... lsSO GOLD LION COCKTAILS, assorted sold at s1.50; our price, I 00 per bottle... =. ........ AsOO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

The new Colonial Hotel, 2O0-2ll N. 2lst street. First class throughout. Ep and Up. Call and see it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
For Superintendent of Education.

I hereby announce myself a candidate fer Superintendent of Education of Jef- ferson county. subject to the action of the Democratic primary. P. M. M'NEIL.
 l. W. McAdory is a candidate for county superintendent of education. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
ReoIster of the Circuit court.

John s. Gillespie is a candidate for re- election to the office of register of the circuit court of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

TNe Age-HeraId is authorized to an. nounce that IT. F. Hefiin is a candidate for reelection as solicitor for Jefferson subject to the action of the dem ocratic primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

The Age-Herald Engraving Depart' ment makes good cuts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
For ee,;oitor

hereby announce myself candidate for Solicitor for Jefferson county. subject 10 the action of the democratic party
 WILLIAM K. TERRY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

The Age-Herald Is authorized to an- nounce J. P. Stiles a candidate for re- election as Judge of Probate of Jefferson county, subject to the action of tho Democratic primary. u-6-u
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
ANNOUNCE EMENTS.
For Board of Revenue.

I
 The Age-Herald Is authorized to an nounce John T. Reed as a candidate for board of revenue, subject to action Of democratic primary.
 r I hereby announce myself candidats Ikor reelection to the Board of Revenue. subject to the action of the Democratic lparty. J. K. F. LAIRD I hereby announce myself a candidate Tor the Board of Revenue. subject to ths action ot the democratic primary. D. A HELMICH The Age Herald is authorized to an- nounce w B. Burton a candidate for member of the Board of Revenue Of Jet- ferson county. subject to the action or the democratic primary.
 hereby announce myself candidate Tor Board of Revenue. subject to the ac. lion of the democratic primary.
 HUGH MGEEVER- hereby announce myself candidate fo~ reelection to Board of Revenue. sub 3ect to the action of the democratic pri- mary. H. w. CROOK John M Sims announces his candidacy for Board of Revenue of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 hereby announce myself candidate for Board of Revenue of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic primary
 ANDREW l.. McwILLIAMs
 F,r Tax Collector.
 hereby announce myself a candidate for Tax Collector of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic party. P. B. BOWERS. The Ase-Herald is authorized to sn- nounce George R Tarrant of North Bir- rningham candidate for Tax Collector of Jefferson county Subject to the action Of the democratic party.
 William J. Mims of West End announces lhilnse1f candidate for Tax Collector of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic party
 For S~iie'tor
 I hereby announce myself candidate for Solicitor for Jefferson county. subject 10 the action of the democratic party.
 WILLIAM K. TERRY. T.e Are-Herald is authorized to an. nounce that 1T. P. He1n is candidate for reelection as solicitor for Jefferson county. subject to the action of the dem ocratic primary.
 For Solicitor Tenth Judicial Circuit. The Age Herald is authorized to an- nounce Frank Cahalan a candidate for Solicitor of the Tenth Judicial Circuit. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 The Age-Herald is authorized to an- nounce John McOueen candidate for solicitor of the Tenth judicial circuit subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 The Age-Herald Is authorized to an- nounce John c. Pugh a candidate for reelection for solicitor of the Tenth judi cial circuit subject to the action of the democratic primary
 For Probate Iudue.
 The Age-Herald Is authorized to an- nounce J. P. Stiles a candidate for re- election as Judge of Probate of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. n-6-u s. E. Greene is a candidate for judge of probate of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
 For Superintendent of Education. hereby announce myself a candidate fer Superintendent of Education of Jef- ferson county. subject to the action of the Democratic primary. P. M M'NEIT. l. W. McAdory is candidate for county superintendent of education. subject to the action of the democratic primary.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
For Chancellor Northwestern Division.

John c. Carmichael is a candidate for re- election to the office of chancellor of the northwestern division. embracing Jeffer- son, Blount and Tuscaloosa counties. sub- ject to the action of the democratic pri- mary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

8. B. Greene is a candidate for judge of probate of Jefferson county. subject to the action of the democratic primary.