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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
MT. McCalPs vaque Charues.

Between money paid to Lobbyist Hamilton and money paid to repub- lican campaign funds, the New York Life is In an unenviable position, and the officials who forked out the money of policy holders for such purposes should be given dose of the law, even If they do draw-from the policy holders-$100,0 salaries. Lobbyist Hamilton submitted no statement of expenditures-no receipts or vouchers of any sort-and this fact of itself is enough to establish the deviousness and shady nature of his transactions. Either that, or else the money of the policy holders was open to him at all times and on all occasions. But this Is a matter that concerns more particularly the policy holders, all though it has, of course, public bear ings.
 President Mccall did, however, tes- tify to one thing that concerns every elector in the republic, for he said, speaking of the campaign of 1904:
 "My life was made weary with the democratic candidates chasing me for money in that campaign. Some of the very men who are today being inter pd otr men who contributed to campaign funds, were crossing my path every step took, looking for money. One-the candidate himself, ParKer-if he would show up his books when he was chairman of the democratic state convention, 1t would give you a fit. He never rejected dol lar in the world He would take every dollar that was paid to him"
 This raises a question of veracity, and it should be sifted to the bottom. Judge Parker says he did not directly or indirectly solicit money in that campaign from the New York Life or any other corporation. Chairman Sheehan of the democratic national committee of 1904 says no man con nected with that committee solicited dollar from MT. Mccall, and he chal. lenges him to name the man that did. MT. Mccall should do so, or else con- fess that he was mistaken.
 Let this matter be pushed to the ut termost. Let the truth be known. If democratic managers have adopted republican methodist they have col lected slush money from the protected trusts and other Wall street corpora tions, let all honest democrats know 1t,
 No issue is deeper, viler or more important It is an issue that has come to stay, at least until 1908, when it will be referred to the people for settlement. If this country has be- come a plutocracy, as 1t confessedly was in 1896, the people at least are entitled to know the truth, the whole truth, no matter who Is hit or harmed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
SULLIVAN AND FAT.

From Golfers Weekly.
 Nobody loves a fat man anyway" ob- served the Hon. John L. Sullivan when the sheriff closed his fifty-fourth saloon MT. Sullivan threw too much emphasis on what was only one among the causes of his declining popularity. The disap- pearance of comedy outlines in his body weighed less with the fckle public than the loss of his ability to plant his fist upon a fellow-being's jaw with such mo- mentum that the aforesaid man and brother would instantaneously cease to feel or think
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL
m the Wall Street Journal.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 Interests of the Republic Iron and Steel company admit that the question of paying off the back dividends on the pre- ferred stock Is under consideration. No plan has been agreed upon as yet, but it is likely that one will be adopted before the close of the year. The authorized cap- italization of the Republic Iron and Steel company is s25.oOo.ooo of which s2o,s52.ooo has been issued. Of the foregoing amount $435, 100 is in the treasury.
 The Republic since it's organization has expended about ss,0oo.00O in new construc- ton. and the stockholders are of the opinion that they should receive some compensation for this heavy outlay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
A Huua Corporation.

The net earnings of the steel trust in the third quarter of the calendar year are estimated at $31 100000. The net earnings of the year will certainly 20 to s114O0O,OO0, and they may rise to s115,ooO,OoO.
 It's mills in almost every department @ working up to their full capacity. snecially is this the case in it's rail
 Ills. It's structural shape mills have
 ,sed their books for 1905. All its
 eet mills are in operation, and most
 it's tin plate mills soon will be.
 The trust is prosperous, and it puts aside in each quarter about fifteen million dollars to be expended in bet terments, although all its plants are in A high state of efficiency at present. They are, however, never so efficient that some improvement cannot be made in them, and the corporation be- lieves in spending money freely in prosperous times.
 It keeps in bank about $70,OO0,O00 in cash, and its cash assets total no less than $250,000,00O. The big trust is wonderful example of consolida- tion in the iron and steel industry No other industry seems to be capable of a trust on the scale of the steel cor poration. It stands in class by itself, both in magnitude and in prosperous results. for it has never failed to roll m immense net earnings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It is very exciting to kiss a girl and then find you didn't do it because she dodged.
 man no sooner gets past the family picnic season than he has to face the opera season.
 It Is queer how a girl can keep a man making love to her when he thinks she is doing it to him.
 One of the hardest things to under stand when you go home late at night is why it takes so long to get upstairs when the stairs seem to be coming down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
OUR MOST PERSISTENT NEED.

From the La Crosse Chronicle
 What we need in this country Is a number of institutions which can award degree to be known as M. D. A.. or maid of domestic arts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
coPPER-ToED AND HoBNAILED.

From the Savannah News
 It may be true that Mir Rockefeller walks barefooted In the grass of morn- ings, but he always has on his shoes when there is a small oil business to be kicked into the Standard oil preserves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
PARKER WAS RIGHT.

From the Savannah Morning News.
 Former Candidate Parker suspected all along who it was that threw the brick. Now 1t is admitted that Wall street did 1t, as Judge Parker said during the campaign Wall street was prepared to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
COLLEGE DAYS.

COLLEGE DAYS. Rawl Rawl Rawl The college boys are rushing Rushing Freshmen into "frats." Rushing paddles on the ''rats,'' Rushing every girl they sec Rushing pokah, hully gee! Raw Rawl Rawi Rawl Raw! Rawi The college boys are working Working for the football team, working new men" who have steam Working on the college "hash," Working father for the cash. Raw! Rawi Raw! Raw! Raw! Rawi The college boys are talking Talking of the fun they've had Talking talk, both good and bad. Talking pipes with knowing looks Talking everything but books, Rawl Rawl Rawi
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
MANY WOMEN DO.

From the Florida Times Union.
 woman was arrested in New York the other night for walking on the streets with a puppy. That is nothing new in these days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The mechanical typesetter goes this week into the government printing office, but in that concern it will not reduce expenses. Nothing can do that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

A movement Is on foot in the west to organize farmers union. The farmers seem to have done very well thus far without being organized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
 General Lineviteh is the right man for viceroy or commander-in-chief in the east. He has not been defeated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus is professor of the art of preaching in the Chicago Theological Seminary. He has an up- to-date job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The reformers of Philadelphia are marching on. They have put ticket in the field that promises to snow the Durham-Penrose machine under.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The football face and hair will soon appear thus changing the appearance of the landscape, if not of the skies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Hall Caine is coming to this coun- try to study Rockefellerism as a prep aration for writing novel on the American p1utocracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

c. W Sehwab-our Charley-is to have s150,000 dinner service, but no guarantee goes with it of improved digestion to the diners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Cortelyou may be the rural carriers choice. but he and the campaign con tribution will be no one else's choice in 1908 for president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
About Parsons.

H. c. Bowden of Montgomery Is at the Morris.
 G. H. Hall of New Orleans is in the city.
 J. C. Eyster, a prominent lawyer of New Decatur, is at the Morris.
 S. H. Lee of Gadsden was in Birming- ham yesterday.
 Franklin c. Cheney of Dening. Ala, Is A guest at the Morris. Thomas Kelley of Selma is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

That yellow dog fund of $6S5,000 is the biggest mystery of high finance. It should be uncovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Nineteen divorces in 150 minutes without tear being shed is the record recently established by Portland. Ore. Portland Is breaking into the South Dakota class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The Bryan policy holders who con tributed to the republican campaign funds of 1896 and 1900 are not saying much, but are doing a power of think ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Caught with the goods" Is the gen. eral verdict against the Cortelyou campaign committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Everybody welcomes these piping times of peace except Castro and the Krupp gun works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Uncle Sam is sending sanitation and steam shovels to the canal zone, where both are sorely needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

St. Louis Is to have a $1,000,000 cathedral. Everything has been com ing St. Louis way since the fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

There is also deficit in Iowa's pop ulation, which Secretary Shaw Is ex- pected to account for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The Jamestown exposition Is already calling to the "spielers.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Chicago has fallen into line and now boasts insurance grafters of the most improved type.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The anti-bifi board agitation contin ues merrily, but in the meantime the public continues to enjoy the posters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

President Mccall should be more specific Let him tell what demo- crats dogged him. He is mad and in- definite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The Rockefeller interview Is be- coming as frequent as the Tarbell magazine article.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Rockefeller money is considered tainted in Nebraska also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Non-ledger assets are confined to life insurance companies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Mobile Item: There is political cam paign on in Breathitt county, Ky, which is said to be the most remarkable in the history of the state. We may expect death to garner the usual harvest before 1t is over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The opposition to Tammany seems to be fuller of confusion than of the fusion spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

About all Charley Schwab brings back from Europe is a cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Talladega Mountain Home: The astron- omical summer ends now in a few days, when autumn begins, bringing with Ii shorter days. longer nights, the poets "sere and yellow leaf" and the dreamy haze of Indian summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

More franlxfurters were eaten last summer at Coney Island than in Frankfort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Mme Humbert brother-in-law was deported, but we still have Cassie Chadwick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Montgomery Advertiser: When a woman hits her thumb with a hammer she seldom says what she thinks, is the opinion of a contemporary. Perhaps that Is because most women are not trained in the use of proper words for such occasions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Alaska's crop of gold outranks it's food crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Union Springs Herald: It is now getting time for the magazines to have detailed accounts of how 1t happened by the recent peace plenipotentlaries themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22


 ment that veterans of the civil war are passing away at the rate of 500 a month. At that rate it will not be long before the gallant hosts who fought so nobly on both sides will live only in memory. They are passing way, it is true, but they are not destined to be forgotten.
 No one seems to have the courage to put in a good word for our down-trodden mllionaires. If the present agitation con- | tinues much longer men of wealth will be assailed simply because they are rich. | Queen Wilhelmina wants to make every one of her subjects policyholders Surely. she doesn't mean the Equitable kind? Goodbye, George, I'm going to a we'd ding" said young wife in Butte, and then she went out and married a man who lived less than half a mile dis tant. George" didn't know 1t for a week. l Oh, womanl woman! Isn't she the limit? Yes, sir remarked a student, "the man who masters the English language has achieved triumph that should hand his name down to posterity The average person might study all his life and not be able to say that he knew English | thoroughly. As a matter of fact nine people out of ten nowadays speak the language incorrectly, use bad grammar frequently and trip up on their pronun- I citation periodically. He who Is able to speak correctly, using good English dic- ton and pronouncing all words that come under his observation correctly is the ex- ception rather than the rule. Although I resort to the dictionary every day of my life and have done so for years, rarely ] day passes that I do not discover in my reading some term that Is new to me, or find word whose derivation has escaped my memory. It is almost hope less task to learn English but constant reference to the dictionary is the only way in which to acquire a vocabulary l do not blame foreigners for not being able to understand our slang, when pure 1 English is such a difficult problem" l The word graft" seems to be of Dutch origin and originally meant a canal Let us hope that it will not again be synonymous with canal"
 Without "the letter that goes astray" our dramatists and novelists would have l a difficult mating in string plots to- gether. One of the oldest devices in .lc- ton, the letter that is lost and opportune- ly recovered at the time when 1t will settle complications, continues as potent | for plots today as 1t was in the dawn | of literature. How could there be a comedy without a letter and how could the soul be stirred by '.mellerdrammer or tragedy without that same faithful | epistle? What novel would have "heart interest" were there no letter to fall into the wrong hands and cause woe. woe, woe? The wild waves answer. | None"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

New Jersey leads the United States in the manufacture of jewelry and cor porations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Burglars are using automobiles be- cause they are a murderous lot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Guntersville Democrat. Professor Matt Vesuvius. will perhaps train his nerves to stand the worst that may happen in the thereafter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
ALABAMA PRESS

Marshall Banner: White flags dot the battlefields of Manchuria and the dove Of peace is once again roasting serenely in that neck Of the woods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The big crops have given diversity a bump, and prosperity a bumper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22
HIS RIoHT TO REIGN.

The postal card fad also needs in vestigating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The spread of typhoid Is now large ly attributed to ''the deadly vacation" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Disinfect and dig Is to be the rule at Panama The two should go to- gether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Theodore, Edward and William are the Big Three in diplomacy and poll tics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Cortelyou was proclaimed the next President by the Rural carriers at Tn. disnapolis. but there is a lot of diff. ference between proclaiming man President and electing him to the job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

L. IT. Russ, W. F. Jordan and George D. Britain are the only authorized trav- cling representatives of The Age-Herald in It's circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Queen Wilhelmina wants to make every one of her subjects policyholders. Surely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

No communication will be published without it's authors name Rejected man. uscrirts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

No one seems to have the courage to put in a good word for our down-trodden millonaires. If the present agitation con- tinues much longer men of wealth will be assailed simply because they are rich
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

The word graft" seems to be of Dutch origin and originally meant canal. Let us hope that it will not again be synonymous with canal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-22

Goodbye. George. I'm going to a we'd ding" said a young wife in Butte, and then she went out and married a man who lived less than half a mile dis tant. George" didn't know 1t for week. Oh, woman! wofnani Isn't she the limit? :?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-21
LYNCHING IS FEARED
ARMED Possk IN PURSUIT OF
 BLACK BRUTE.
Phelp Bunyan Attempted to Assault Young Woman Near Tuscaloosa and Authorities Anticipate
 Attempt at Mob Violence.

Tuscaloosa. Aug. 2o.-(speoiai.)-- News has been received here that Mss Annie Barger. a young woman living some twenty miles north of this city. was boldly assaulted yesterday by a buriy young negro some IS years old. by the name of Phelp Bunyan, almost in speaking distance of her home where her aged parents live.
 Miss Barger had gone to the spring after water when Bunyan made his ap- pearance. He immediately seized her and was in the act of accomplishing his purpose when with all her strength she struggled with him, screaming as she did so.
 He at last became frightened and made his escape through the heavy undergrowth. Armed men are in pur- suit of the wretch and if caught he will doubtless be dealt with. It was reported that the negro was in Brook wood late yesterday and was thought to be coming towards Tuscaloosa The Sheriff has been notified and begun a search.
 A telephone message from Brook wood late last night stated that John Harmon, young man of 30 years, was found on the road side at East Brook wood literally riddled with bullets. Near the place was found an empty shotgun, which was probably the means of his death. No satisfactory particulars have been received here but 1t Is thought that he was shot by an assassin from the undergrowth and that the gun was left there simply as
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-21
NEWS OF HUNTSVILLE.
Grand Jury of Madison Makes Final Report.


 Huntsville, Aug. 20-(SpeciaI. )-The criminal term of the Madison County Circuit Court. ended Saturday after noon. Quite a large number of cases were disposed of. The grand fury made its final report showng that the books of all county officers are correct and that the jail and poor house are properly conducted. Seventy-hve true bius were returned by the grand jury during the term.
 Wilburn Strong, a young man from New Market who was indicted on a charge of burglarizing a jewelry store of that place and selling several of the stolen watches in Huntsville, entered a plea of guilty to the charge and was sentenced to a term of three years in the penitentiary.
 A conference of Southern business men will probably be called to meet in Chattanooga during the month of octo- Der to consider the question of immi- grafton from the Southern viewpoint, and to memorialize Congress to place restrictions on the admission of immi- grants to the United States. Charles P. Lane. President of the Alabama Com mercial and Industrial Association, has been asked to issue a call for the con ference to be held in some Southern city, and SO far Chattanooga ha9 >de the Diu TUT lne IHeellnRA
 The cotton planters of Madison co ty are about to see the realization V their dreams of having a large and modernly equipped cotton warehouse realized A few weeks ago the plant CTS set about to secure subscriptions to 5000 of stock in a corporation to build and operate the warehouse and so far stock amounting to S13,350 has been taken. The shareholders will hold meeting next week to incorpo- rate and elect directors and provide for getting plans for a warehouse of the latest type.
 The shareholders have taken an op- ton on a conveniently located piece of ground in the city limits and both rail- roads will have tracks to the building Work of construction will begin at an early date
 From Hickory Flat Methodist Church near New Market comes the news that Jesse Edwards, who is believed to be the oldest man in Madison County, has Joined that church during a revival meeting and is now a devout member Mir Edwards Is now 1O7 years old and is as healthy as the average man of little past middle age. He is a veteran of several Indian wars and draws a pension from the United States.
 Huntsville jobbers have entirely ex- hausted their stock of sugar and the supply in the hands of the merchants will last only two or three days The famine comes right in the midst of the fruit canning season and the quaran- tine against freight from. Nsx orlsansI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-21

feared to lose a sound. Richard Morley was proud of the girl, proud to know
 that she was his daughter. And as she sang he planned the happiness that
 he would give her.
 Again and again they called Pableta 'back. and when she came upon the stage for the last time Mary Morley had gone in front. and her eyes were dim with tears. tears of happiness in pableta's triumph, tears of sorrow for the child whom she might soon lose.
 For the last time Pableta advanced to the footlights. She lifted her young head and looked, not at the crowd in the house. but straight toward the box where her mother sat. And the young voice began, sweet and clear and infinitely tender. sweet old song that A past generation loved and sang-"My Mother, Dear" Mary Morley leaned forward, the crowd and the triumph Of the night forgotten, for there upon the stage was girl. wonderful girl, who was singing to her. Pableta was sing ing the simple song for which her mother had asked. And sweetest thought of all, she was singing more than the song She was telling her mother that their lives were to lie to- gether in the future as in the past: that wealth and ease and a beautiful home had been weighed in the scale with a mothers love and that Mary worley's years of devotion had reaped their reward.
 There Is. in Southern California, the beautiful home of a singer. a woman who is one of the idols of the public. And there white-haired woman reigns supreme. And next to his gift ed wife, Pableta's husband holds dear est the woman who made success pos sible for one of the greatest sopranos of the day.