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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
From the New York Times.

FROM the new York Times.
HODAY is the exact centenary of
Wy the birth of Benjamin Disraeli,
who will always be remembered,
so long as he is remembered at all, under
that name. just as Macaulay declared
that posterity had refused to degrade
Francis Bacon into Viscount st. Adams"
so posterity will refuse to efface Dis
raeli with the title of Beaconfeld. lie
doubtless priced the title as a trophy. 1t
was in fact his final triumph to be re-
ceived Into the ranks of that high British
respectability which he had spent his life
In fiouting, and which never really re-
ceived him, even after 1t had been forced
to accept him as its leader. The COM
ment of some dull duke on the adven-
turer's first speech in the house of lords
after he had. landed himself there. What
droll BLACKBOARD it is represented the
attitude of the inarticulate crowd of dig
nitaries of whom the speaker made him
self the spokesman. Characteristically,
when the honor was first proposed to
him. Dizzy" put it by, or rather passed
1t over to his wife as a toy, that might
amuse her, and had her created Countess
OF Beaconfield in her own right while he
was still puzzling and infuriating Glad
stone in the house of commons. But the
trophy as a trophy of his final victory
over the British Philistine was none the
less precious to him.
Disraelis political career was a trib-
ute to the Justice of his perception that
the one thing the British admire above
all others is courage. AS an alien in race
and an adventurer in politics, it partic-
ularly concerned him to show his pos
session of this quality. A club man. not
a London c1ubman giving his view that
fellow clubman who was commonly
thought to be difficult was not really So
gave his recipe for dealing with him, II
always insult him first
This is the ground that Dizzy" took,
and took with success. just as the late
James Mcneil Whistler in the exclusively
social field, and being under like dis
abilities as ''un-English." took It after
him, and with equal success. To treat
the most eminent person in sight with
calculated insolence has been a good way
of getting on in England and a welcome
since, and long before Beau Brummell
inquired concerning the prince regent who
was within earshot, "Alvanley, who is
your fat friend?' 1t is DIR. Holmes re-
mark that dandyism. meaning extrava-
gance and conspicuousness in appearance
and manner, is always condoned when
there is pluck behind 1T and never other
WISE Dizzy was to verify this. He
even went the length of seeking duel
with O'Connell when dueling was already
obsolescent. because readiness to fight
was necessary to vindicate his preten-
sions. His triumph was complete. No
man who insisted upon and even exagger-
ated his alienism ever rose so high in
British politics and British society and
the success was equally creditable to
both parties"
Disraelfs literary career was ancillary
to his political and social. But it is quite
equally characteristic. His fls<id, Asiatic
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
DlSRAELI TRIUMPHED
BY HIS VERY INSOLENCE

style was badge and a challenge, much
like the green velvet breeehes which he
afterward denied, rather curious1y, and
the peacock waistcoats which, being I'M
deniable, he 'brazeneu out" His novels
were in fact challenges, like all his other
procedures, and they were successful
challenges, from "vivian Grey" to "Lo-
THAR" But they were also most in
teresting and valuable documents OF
the Victorian era in which they were
written, as interesting and valuable in
their way as the chronicles of Anthony
Trollope in theirs. Disraeli's political
novels are explanations of a society as
well as explanations of a career.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
THE BOSTON klPLlNG.

BY James Montague.
What's this the bankers readin' in his
private Pullman car?
What's this the coppers readin' on his
beat?
What's this the barkeeps readin' as he
leans across his bar?
What's this the kid is readin' on the
street?
They are readin' Tommy Lawson
Clear from Florida to Dawson,
They are drinkin in his frenzied words
of warnin'.
Maybe he's a busted broker,
Maybe he is just a JOKER
But he'll be the Boston Kipling In the
mornin'.
He amt particular anxious bout the peo-
pie he may hit,
He amt especial stingy of abuse;
He may love II. II. Rogers, but you
wouldn't notice it
From the observations that he's turnin'
loose.
They are readin Tommy Lawson
For the language he Is tossin
With SMILES and metaphors adornin'.
He's style that's free an ford.
Off the hat an terse an torid,
An ne ii De the BOStoH hlpilH6 III ins
mornin'.
He amt afraid O. ieavin' regulations out
to spell.
He don't leave much of anything in
doubt.
He says bunch of scoundrels navigates
the Standard OIL,
AS If he wasn't holdin' nothin out.
An they're readn' Tommy Lawson
From New York to Pawnee Crossin'.
Though no billionaires his diatribe IL
scornin.
They would give up most surprisin
For his knack of advertisin'.
An he'll be the Boston Kipling in the
mornin'
They say that he's a mountebak, wound
up talk machine,
A foolish, frenzied, Hippant, fakin' fell
low,
An just because with envy tho e
turned a trifie green,
They paint him with that aV'f.,
yellow"
But they're readin Tommy Laws
Clear from Florida to Dawson
The publics lappin' up his words O.
warnin.
Granted that he's kind o. yellow"
He's an entertainin' fellow,
An he'll be the Boston Kipling in the
mornin'.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
Northern Money Will Speak Out.

Senator Pettus hit the right key
when he said the immense and diver
sified investments of northern capt.
talists IN the south will operate to
prevent dangerous drive against
southern representation in the lower
house of congress and the electoral
college. Hundreds, If not thousands,
of capitalists, are interested in south
ern railroads, southern mines, south
ern banks, southern timbered lands,
southern oil wells, southern fertilizer
plants and q score more Of heavy and
widespread interests. These investors
are in close touch with the ruling men
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
Express Business.

1.-THE express business this year is equal
to that of any previous year, but be-
yond that I cannot say said ]. II. Ham,
agent of the Southern Express company
in Birmingham The shipment of perish
able goods, such as turkeys, has fallen
off great deal this Christmas because
prices are so high on them that the
common people can hardly afford to pur-
chase them.
"Of course the business is very heavy,
it always is at this time of the year, but
we are managing to handle 1t about as
fast as it arrives. We will be open all
day tomorrow Sunday and Monday and
will accommodate the people as rapidly
as possible"
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Low Cotton Effects Prosperity.

THE slump in cotton has materially
affected our holiday business over in
East Alabama" said Sheriff Peyton
Hodge of Lee county AT Opelika, the
metropolis of east Alabama, our mer-
chants and business men are asserting
that the Christmas trade will be far
short of their anticlpations.
Notwithstanding this disappointment,
our city is growing fast and is enjoying
It's share of prosperity. But for the de-
cline in cotton. this year would have
been one of the best in our history.
1--WE people In Opelika feel a great
interest in Birmingham having had the
honor of contributing a large number of
citizens to your city, whom, we are
pleased to see are taking a leading part
in the political and industrial welfare of
Birmingham"
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business man of Sheffield, is at the
Norris
q. L. Pinckard of Johns, is at the
Colonial.
A. Brown OF Hardwick Tunnel, is at
the Colonial.
Clifford Witherell, a clerk at the Ho-
tel Hillman, will leave today for Admission
to spend Christmas.
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The Difference.

From the Opelika News.
A Mormon bishop, when being repri-
handed for having several wives at one
time wittily remarked that the chief diff
ference between those of his faith and
many of the others who remarry after d.
vorce or death separates them from their
wives, is that he drives abreast while
the others drive tandem"
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About Persons.

W. C. Davis prominent attorney of
Jasper. is at the Morris.
d. w. Vaughan of Heflin. is at the
Morris.
H. C. osburne of Nashville. is at the
Morris.
w. J. Crawford of Louisville, is at the
st. Nicholas.
o. H. Brooks of Atlanta, is at the st.
Nicholas.
R. D. Crawford of Louisville is at the
st. Nicholas.
e. G. Williams of Montgomery, is at the
Metropolitan.
C. w. Eason of Calera, is at the Met
ropolitan.
d. Fl, Wood of Chattanooga, is at the
Hillman.
Fl. A. Bishop of sylacauga. is at the
Hillman.
DR.. L. G. Jones of Eutaw is at the
Hillman.
]. ]. Johnston. a well known young
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
Ode to the Hen.

From the Mobile Register.
Now doth the busy little hen lay off.
when on should be its lay; and egg
consumers whistle when, per dozen, sixty
cents they pay.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

! can love a woman and make money out
of the deal.
The Christmas beggar is causing much
perturbation in the ranks of philanthro-
pists who live in deadly fear of bestowing
charity upon persons who are unworthy
Of aims. Wondrous tales are going the
rounds of mendieants who are waxing
opulent as result of the Christmas spirit
that prevails among the crowds on the
streets and a wall is going up that
thoughtless persons are encouraging pro-
fessional beggars to an alarming extent.
There is more truth than poetry In the
stories, no doubt, but it is hard to re-
sist the appeal of such miserable wretches
at this season of the year.
The race suicide evil appears to have
struck the Sunday schools, although no
complaint is ever made of the atten-
dance when a Christmas tree is a joy of
the near future. The superintendent OF
the Wisconsin Sunday school association
says that there is great scarcity of
children in the churches of his state. OF
whole matter and there is only one solu-
ton. The state of affairs in Wisconsin's
Sunday schools may be in part due to a
lax observance of Sunday by people who
are addicted to large papers and fat
cigars, automobile rides and theatre
parties, but race suicide is the most
potent factor Race suicide is indicted on
n1o INV oba =
still unpopular in flats
The Women's Christian Temperance
union has begun a war against the resto-
ration of the army canteen that promises
to wax very warm before the end is in
sight. The Women's Christian Temperance
union is a very excellent organization,
no doubt, and has a way of accomplishing
results but when its members work them
selves into Mysteries over the army can
teen they forget that the abolition of
this feature of army life has caused an
assembly of low dives to spring up In Inc
neighborhood of every post in the coun-
try and has increased lawlessness in the
ranks to an alarming extent. However,
the Women's Christian Temperance union
NONS NV SSC ZIG AiidlltT IndI Way ana
every one of its 800, 900 members is going
after the army cantoen bill with tooth
and nall There will be memorable
clacking of w. C. T. u, tongues before
this fight is over.
Philadelphia Judge holds that steal
ing kiss is just like stealing an over
coat, hat or an umbrella and the per-
sons guilty of such an offense should be
indicted for larceny under the law. How
ever, most people will a.gree that there is
some difference between stealing a kiss
and stealing an umbrella, both as re-
CARDS the Nervousness of the offense. the
temptations thereto and the ultimate re-
suits. However, If justice is going to take
such stern view of the matter, 1t is con-
soling to know that all osculatory thefts
are not reported.
Another preacher has exercised his
strong right arm and vanquished a man
who was disturbing public worship. A
great many people nave contended all
along that physical prowesss was not out
OF place in the pulpit The pastor who
can wollop bully, exhort from the pulpit,
spank his baby and win a foot race is
parson or the right sort. P. C.
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(Telegram sent by w. C. G. few
minutes later):
Prepare, low dog. to meet your doom;
Although l hate scene
I'll make a shambles Of the room
Where you hide covering. GREENE.
(Telegram sent by T. w. L. to w. c. G..
on board Boston Express at Mount YER
nom:
You'd best drop off at New Rochelle
For otherwise you're bound for - tell
Your few remaining friends good-by;
When you get off the train you die.
Those notches on your gun don't spell
A thing but buff. Yours sweetly L.
Enquiry of T. w. L. at Hotel Touraine.
Boston, morning of December 1G:
Where is that bloodthirsty, gun-carry-
ing desperate, Greene?
(Reply Of w. G. G. to foregoing ques-
ton, same day.:
Here.
(Rejoinder of T. w. L.:
Let's have a drink
Statement by w. c. g.:
Sure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
florence Is a Good Town.

From the Florence Times.
A colored preacher in New York has
figured that hell is only fifty-two miles
below the surface of the earth. 1t may
be only that far from New York, but 1t
is not that close to Florence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

1t is rumored that Governor Odell Is
preparing a private graveyard for the
exclusive occupancy Of Thomas G..
Plat.
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ALABAMA PRESS.
Same Result.

From the Gadsden Journal
The possession Of an immense army
and navy is only pistol toting on a large
scale and leads to the same result
trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
Can Hear His Finish.

From the Admission Star.
The fatted turkey can hear his finish
In the popping flrecrackers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

The planters who were told to hold
their cotton and did it are beginning
to look around for the individuals who
offered them such advice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

President Roosevelt cannot be
counted out because there is no place
in Which, to hold an inaugural ball.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

When a Chinaman and negro get
to drawing the color line the race
problem Is indeed a puzzle.
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MRS cHADwIck's FORTE.

From the Washington Post.
Banker Beckwith says that Mrs. Chad
wick has broken his heart, She broke
his bank first.
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Platt's conferences are wholly harm
less and meaningless. Governor Black
will go to the senate.
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Bill Greene refused to pull his gun
in Boston because he did not want to
dim the lustre of Bunker Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

December SHOWS mean slush later
on. It is the January snow In Boston
that comes to stay until May.
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THE LAwsoN-eREENE EIGHT"
A Story Of Several Bluffs and How
They Were Called.

From the Kansas City Star
New York, December 12-Dear Sir:
beg to state that you're cur, a
sneaking, yelping, yellow pup
I'll drift around and eat you up.
And pick your whitening bones as clean
as tigers teeth. Yours truly
GREENE.
Boston, Never mind-the-date-
Dear Bill: That yawp of yours was
great.
But I'm the boy you cannot trim.
Come up, Ill tear you limb from limb,
And strew the fragments clear to
Well, you just come up.
Yours fondy, L.
CTelegram from T. w. L., Boston,
Mass, to w. C. G., New York, N ":
Dear Bill: It's hardly my design.
At fifty cents an agate line
To tell you what I think of you,
-'Twould bust me ere I got half through.
So run up here and get smell
OF real B-LyL-U-D.
Yours gently, L.
(soliloquy by w. C. G. on receiving
above telegram):
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Professor Wiley has been asked to
publish his list of adulterated whisky,
and what pink-tailed animals they
bring on the scene.
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and is responsible for acts? He pro-
poses to make the commerce the basis,
but just how and what the plan is in
its working application to a company
doing both a state and an interstate
business is not mapped out. The fed
eraI government has no control over
the business done in the home state,
and nearly every corporation has It's
home business and its interstate bust
ness completely intermingled. But
Mr.. Garfield discusses only general
features. Details viii follow perhaps
when congress shows an inclination to
take the question up in all it's length
and breadth. This will be done neither
this year, nor in the coming year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Rockefeller proposes to give Presi-
dent Harper more on Christmas morn
ing than he gives Miss Tarbell or Tom
Lawson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Kingdom Gould of the house of
Gould, seems to have a license to draw
his gun and use it in New York city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Admiral Rojestvensky is getting 50
nervous as he turns into the Indian
ocean some say they can hear his
teeth chatter across it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Bill Greene and Nan Patterson
shoull go out of the limelight at the
same moment of time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

The Prince of Wales should be ex-
cused If he goes to the clubs, for he
has nineteen pianos in his home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Only the January thaw can relieve
the drouLh-stricken districts that lie
under a mantle of snow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Colonel Vulcan will spend the cold
months of the year in st. Louis. He
is fully acclimated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

This will be a dreary Christmas Tor
Vulcan, stately relic of the st. Louis
fair, who keeps watch over the de-
spoiled exposition grounds with no
hope of a ticket home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

New York has the subway fever.
Four more underground railroads are
now projected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Battling" Nelson got $591S for his
share of the receipts in the recent
bout. Almost anybody would be will
ing to get a black eye for that amount.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Most of those joyous poets who sing
about the cracking fire and winter
SHOWS do it in close proximity to a
steam radiator
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

above par, Alabama 3's should be mar
ketable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Rojestvensky has troubles of his
own both in Paris and in the Indian
ocean.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Even Helen Stone has been forgot
ten by the photographers. Such is
fame!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

DR.. Chadwick's home at present is In
the Cleveland jail, and he may not
like it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Judge Parker is practicing law
wholly regardless of the electoral col
lege.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

The Japanese encounter difficulties
when they try to butt into Port Ar.
thur.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

Too true it IS that much of that
Christmas cheer comes in jug.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

The Mormon church lacks but goat
to give it the broadcast ritual on earth.
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"Frenzied Finance" is outsellina
1.-THE Simple Life"
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Washington is suffering from an at
tack of too much winter.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Last call to the toy counterl
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hOtebAC-
Rojestvensky has troubles Of his
own both in Paris and in the Indian
ocean.
Even Helen Stone has been forgot
ten by the photographers. Such is
fame!
DR.. Chadwick's home at present is In
the Cleveland jail, and he may not
like it.
Judge Parker is practicing law
wholly regardless of the electoral col
lege.
The Japanese encounter difficulties
when they try to butt into Port Ar
thur.
The Mormon church lacks but goat
to give it the broadcast ritual on earth.
Santa Claus will have to step lively
tonight if he wants to get around.
Too true it IS that much of that
Christmas cheer comes in jug.
Washington is suffering from an at
tack of too much winter.
"Frenzied Finance" is outselling
1.-THE Simple Life"
'Lige never fails to get the little all
of his dupes.
The pie belt is now in the hands of
old Boreas.
Tom Plat is dead, but he does not
know 1t. N Al sEF I
Last call TO the TOW counteri
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L. H. Russ and ]. H. Caffee are the
only authorized travelling representatives,
Of The Age-Herald In its circulation de-
partment.
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Santa Claus will have to step lively
tonight If he wants to get around.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24

No communication will be published
without its authors name. Rejected
manuscripts will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
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Lige never fails to get the little all
of his dupes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-19
SEARCH REWARDED.
Mrs. Katie Duffy Has Husbands A.
legged Murderer Arrested.

New York. Feb. 1$.-After an mrc-
uniting search of nearly seven weeks
during which she has walked day and
night on the Bowcry and spent hours
in msavOry resorts. Mrs. Katie Duffy
OF Brooklyn. early Thursday. caused
the arrest of the man who is accused
o. being her husbands murderer
Richard Duffy, her husband. WAS IA
tally stabbed on the night of Jan. 1.
in front OF a EOwery resort and before.
his death said that the wounds had
been inflicted by Charles Devuno. The
police in spite of q full description fail
el to capture DcVuHo. Mrs. Duffy
however. kept up the search without
remission and. Wednesday night, she
saw the man enter n hotel on the Bow
cry and notified til" police, who arrest
ed DevunO after II struggle. Dcvuno
who with Duffy is said to have been
prominent in the gang" life on tho
lower East side. will be arraiened on
a charge OF homicide.