The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-27
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

ment after his death. Many of his pa- tients were poor people. If that man is not playing on a golden harp he is near enough to hear the music.
 The fool killer continues to be helped out now and then by people who eat poisonous toadstools.
 Tn report that Colonel Bryan will sup port Joe" Folk of Missouri for the dem- oeartic nomination for the Presidency in 1908 is of more than passing interest. MT. Folk has been looked upon as good presidential timber' ever since his suc- cessful campaign for governor of Mis- souri, following upon his triumph over the St. Louis boodlers. Colonel Brynr is easily the leader of the democratic party and with his support MT. Folk stands good chance to land the nomination.
 Colonel Mann has returned from Europe and makes vigorous defense of Town Topics. Inasmuch as the Colonel says that he has enough unpuL .sAed manuscript in his safe to turn New York up side down a great many people would like to be shown. Colonel Mann ayers that it is hard to run clean newspaper and maybe he is right as far as New York is concerned. but~why did he save so much scandalous literature instead of destroying 1t or returning 1t to it's au- thors?
 An enthusiastic legislator of North Car- olina says that John D. Rockefeller and Theodore Roosevelt are the two greatest men in the world. He would be wise to avoid discussion with Miss Ida -'nrbell regarding the virtues of the first ned gentleman.
 The proficiency with which Kansas farmers lie about their corn is astonish- ing as we'll as vastly diverting. There is great outcropping of corn yarns when there is a good corn year and some of these narratives would bring a blush of shame to the cheek of the defunct Munchausen. Newspaper readers readily recall the story of youth in Kansas who climbed up a corn stalk which grew so rapidly that he was carried up in the air faster than he could climb down and he kept himself alive by eating the ears until the stalk was cut down and he was res- cued
 There are lights and shadows on the vaudeville stage, just as in other walks of life,'' said an old press agent. q re- call the pathetic story of a bald-headed ballad singer and his young daughter whom l ran across In the west. When knew the man he was doing turn in small variety theatre In Frisco and the girl was his side-partner. They did a little love song together that was making quite a hit among patrons of the place The girl was young-about sixteen judge-and the devotion of the pair was touching in the extreme. In their sketch the father sang the role of lover and the girl was his sweetheart. When they were on the stage 1t was easy to see that they meant every tender word they uttered. The old mans wife died when the girl was a babe in arms and he had brought her up himself while travelling over the coun- try. In private life the pair were insepar- able and I can tell you that the father kept careful eye on the girl But his vigilance was in vain. She fell in love with comedian and the young couple, fearing the old mans anger, skipped out and got married. The girl came back after after few days with her husband to beg her fathers blessing but he was all cut 'dp at the idea of leaving him, and full of dope into the bargain He went to the bad after that but the girl stuck to him. After he died she and the comedian left the west. They are now doing a song and dance speciality on an eastern circut.' PAUL COOK.