The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16

farm, "Edgewood," in New Ha- ven, Ct. It was fifty-hve years ago when Doland G. Mitchell wrote "Reveries of a Bachelor" but the book is still popl- lar and it's gentle philosophy finds ready disciples. MT Mitchell wrote other books, among them Dream Life" beautiful poem in prose. The charm of "Dream Life lies in four descriptions of the seasons-Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Each is masterly. but that of winter is a word painting more vivid than if done in oil K Marvel has him self reached the winter of life and may hap on cold, clustering evenings he sees again the scenes which he depicted so faithfully more than a century ago. Truly, he has made wonderful record, both as regards longevity and populari- ty, while few authors have come so near to practicing what they preached.
 Dr. Washington Gladden. says that the Salvation Army should stop taking money from saloon men and patrons found therein who contribute to the tam bourine girl. It is about time for Dr.
  dark, cool place until he resumes his normal temperature. If it were not for the saloons the Salvation Army would fare badly Saloon men contribute freely of their money, and whether it is tainted or not, it is very efficacious in feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and pro- noting the cause of true charity. Ask the men and women who wear blue uni forms.
 stir has been created among the good people of Northeast Alabama by an arti- cle contributed to The Age-Herald by H. M Henderson of Scottsboro. Let ters to the Editor have been frequent here of late and it appears that some body is very much hurt over the state- ments of MT. Henderson in regard to the illiteracy and happy habits of the noun taineers on Big Sandy" A casual pe- rusal of Mir Henderson's story will show that he did not assume everybody in Northeast Alabama to be a "hill billy" MT. Henderson depicted the crude mountaineer-the man who figures promi-. nently at the sessions of the United States court and is quick on the trig- ger' Of course the estimabe people of Boaz. Collinsville and other thriving municipalities are not included Fossil bly, MT. Henderson may have exaggera- ted, but it is hardly probable that he would wifully falsify, and there may be a few speciments on Big Sandy" such as he describes At any rate the article that caused all the trouble ex- pressed MT. Henderson's views and not | those of The Age-Herald. In the mean time it would be wise for MT. Hender- son to take refuge somewhere, but not in the "tall and uncut of Big Sandy" | The other day a clerk got into trou- ble because he did not recognize Mrs John D. Rockefeller. and still more re- gently an attendant in an art store had to apologize because he did not know | George Gould. Tags for our millionaires and mllionairesses would preNent lots | of confusion, while affording much diver | tisement to the masses who might see a person of wealth and never suspect it by ! his conversation
 | T. Henry Tibbles, who will be remem- | bered as the man who ran for the vice presidency on the populist ticket, has sold | his paper. the Independent. published at Omaha Neb. This act is believed to mark the passing of populism as a power in the west The Independent is a populist organ, and T. Henry Tibbles is, or was,
 a populist mogul. Is it possible that straight populism is on the wane, and that we must bid farewell to the long whiskered gentry to welcome, new kind 1 of populist who is typified in rom Wat son and Billy Bryan?
 This column att empted to wait a lin- gering farewell to the chorus maidens Who i disappear in the spring by a few doggerel remarks in yesterdays paper Of course
 "Tottiea "Agnes'' and Maud under
 stood '.perfectly,'' but when our friend the linotypist rested upon his handiworlS our constituents must have been sadly puzzled. However. it is not meet to in- l fict a second application of chorus girl
 verse upon the public in correction, es- | pecially since the remarks were ad- dressed to the said ''Tottie,'' Agnes and
 Maud" and not to promiscuous read. | CTS.
 Dear old "Joe" Jefferson is seriously i'll at his winter home at West Palm Beach
 Fla. Although late dispatch says that 1 his condition has improved, the veteran 1 actor is nearing the close of his career
 and even if he survives this attack, he i; cannot live much longer. Yet, in the sweet twilight of life such as vouchsafed to few men and at the. end of a career not surpassed for picturesaueness and honor or
 the American stage he may console himself