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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04
From Tit-Bits.
- oBILE. Ala, April 2.-Mobile is
J rapidly becoming a prominent
port; its exports and its i'm


IN HE stories of the young King Of
wv Spain and his pet monkeys
which have been going the round
of the press lately. remind one that
Alfonso XIII. has had many kingly pred
ecessors who have exalted the ape into
court favorite.
Pcte' the Great had marked weakness
for monkey, which were privileged to
take the strangest liberties with him
to the extent of running away with mis-
hat ana pulling the imperial nose. While
the royal shipwright was staying in Eng
land William III. paid "a visit to his
lodgings in York Buildings, in which an
odd incident happened. The Gear had n1s
monkey, which sat upon the back of his
chair" Lord Dartmouth wrote, "and as
soon as the King sat down the monkey
jumped upon him in some wrath. which
discomposed the whole ceremonial, ana
most of the time was spent afterwards in
apologies for the monkeys behavior. ;
So disconsolate was Peter when this par
ticular simian favorite died that he was
inconsolable for weeks, and refused to
speak to anyone.
Before Frederick the Great came to his
throne, and even for a short time after
his accession, he was devoted to his band
of monkeys, which he used to dress in
the most giotesque costumes and style
his ceuirtiers. They squatted on his Shout
ders, shared his meals and followed him
like so ma ~ dogs. Henry III. of France.
too, included monkeys in that motley
menagerie OF his which accompanied him
in n wagon Drawn by half dozen mules,
or many Of his royal journeys.
"Tne litter Dumas wrote, contained
Henry, his physician, his chaplain, the
Jester. four of the Kings mlnions,
couple of hLge hounds and basketful of
puppies, which rested on the King )
knees, but which was upheld from his
neck by a gold chain. From the roof hung
a gilded cage. in which there were white
tlrtle doves, the plumage Of their necks
marked by sable circlet of feathers. Oc-
casicnaily two or three apes were to be
seen in this 'Noahs Ark as it was
called"
Among the many pets of Queen Marie
Louise of Spain were two parrots which
talked French with singular fuency, much
to the annoyance of certain of her court
ladies'. who were sworn enemies of all
things French One day one of these
ladies', the Duchess of Terra Nueva, took
advantage Of her royal mistress absence
to wiring the parrots necks. When the
Queen, on her return. learned the fate
Of her beloved parrots, her rage was
terrible to Witness" An opportunity for
fa1
for when the guilty Duchess shortly pre-
sented herself to kiss the Queens hand,
her majesty gave her several resounding
smacks on the face. in the presence of
the whole court-a feminine retaliation
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Honor is without profit in its own coun-
try.
Figure is one-quarter stays and three
quarters clothes.
A girl calls 1t compliment when shs
thinks you meant to pay it.
A man has an idea that either he will
invent something some day or inherit
money.
A woman hardly ever can have as much
faith in her husbands judgment as in
some newspaper clippings she is always
cutting out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04
BULL FIGHTS, BUT NO PAPERS.

Correspondence of the Courier-J Journal.
Madrid. March 2S.-Bull fights are agair
held on Sunday. The governor general has
decided that the CORY spectacles do not
constitute a dissertation of the Sabbath
but the petition of newspapers to allow
Sunday issues was sternly refused. Yet
In Spain the newspapers are almost the
only means of popular education.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04
About Persons.

e. Russell of Louisville is at the
Morris.
State Senator Robert L. Hipp of Gull
man. prominent attorney of that city,
is at the Morris.
]. w. Moore of Selma is at the Morris.
w C. standifer of Selma is at the Nor
ris.
John c., Ruse Of Atlanta is at the Metro
politan.
A. e. Hess of Selma is at the Metro
politan.
Hugh Atkinson of New Orleans is at
the Colonial
c. A. Gardner of Kansas City is at III
Colonial
DR.. o. F. Gregory of Montgomery is
Frank Harrison of Atlanta is at the
Hillman.
P. S. Hay of Montgomery is at the
Hillman.
Ben watts of Rome. Ca. is at the ST.
Nicholas.
b. f. Hardy of Montgomery Is a: the
St. Nicholas.
J. F. Frazier, formerly prominent
merchant of Lafayette, has accepted
position with the Birmingham branch Of
Marshal Field & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04
Such an expenditure would of itself
make times good, and all kinds of bus
mess prosperous.

The government must either submit to
be run by telegraph or else 1t must run
itself for a month to come. fer our siren
uous President has gone a-hunting. At
first he will hunt popularity and then
hears
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04
TURN THEIR LITTLE BRAINS.

From the ST. Louis Republic.
Russia announces that she is going To
make primary education compulsory Out
of mercy to the children she ought not
to make spelling compulsory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

: Philadelphia election officials are COM
PEELED to register the sgners of this
Declaration Of independence in order to
carry out the orders OF the bosses, who
want margin over the census count.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04
WERE 1T GOES.

From Puck.
Some S6O,Oo0.Ooo a year, it is said, 3
spent in golf. OF this $40, 900 goes for
Scotch, s10,OOo,Oo0 for rye, s5,oOo,0oo for
lines and lemons. ssOOO.OOo for ice and ST.
000,00 for incidentals
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Uncle Sans Booth birthday party is to
be celebrated in 1907 at or near James
town, "a. The celebration cannot be held
on the spot. because there is a town there
at present, and none nearer than Nor
folk
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

President Roosevelt has executed turn
ing movement against the American Sem
ate. The latter is outfanked in Santo
Domingo matters
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The crop of republican presidential as
pirants is large aud premature. 1t is head
ed by Theodore Roosevelt, although he
does not know it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

In the tenderloin district in New York,
there was last week bull movement
that was not a bit hgurative. The bull
was plainly in evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

yice-President Fairbanks is becoming
a chronic presidential aspirant. He pro-
poses to pose daily before the public.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Spain is quelling outbreaks by starting
state bakeries This is fine improve
ment upon the Russian method, which is
sues cold lead instead of bread.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The Kaiser could not stand obscurity,
and so he has gone to meddling again
where he is not wanted by any substan-
tial interest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Hinlxy Dink and Bath House John out
rank in Chicago the Gar of all the Rus
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Ex-senator Stewart has actually left
Washington. His whiskers have created
vacuum in the neighborhood OF the capt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04
PATlENs ARE DOING WELL.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The resident had to amputate the Pan
anna canal commissioners from those SIP,
600 salaries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Autocracy has resumed control at War
saw, where four Of the plain people lie
dead and forty are wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The Panama commission has been treat
ed to a sea-level cut Of the most strenuous
sort. 1t was dug in jlffy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The Illinois Central is surveying an in
dependent line to the heart OF this dis
trist. The Gould system will soon do like
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

After all there is a great deal of faint
ed money outside of the bills that are
perfumed with kerosene.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Russell Sage is recuperating and pre-
pairing in his eighty ninth yecr to rejoin
the boys In Wall street
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

President Roosevelt is using at Panama
a Big Broom instead of a Big Stick.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The Gear must be anxious to see st.
Petersburg again. He is still seventeen
miles away.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

William Jennings Bryans reorganlza-
ton scheme is practically summed up in
one word-prlmaries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The Japanese loan of $3.50. 100000 was sub
scribed for seven times over.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

If March went out like a lion, 1t was a
lion toothless and harmless with age and
surplus curligation
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The wise and cautious man advises
against the opening of seashore cottages
this early in April.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The farmer that buys a gold brick feels
like an Ohio banker after an interview
with Mrs. Chadwick.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The guillotine is being employed by he
President in his efforts to dig a canal at
the isthmus
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The hurry call in the navy from Port
au Prince was but an April fool Joke.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Mr. Carnegie is becoming convinced that
he must die rich and therefore in dis
grace.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

China is not so ashamed as she once
was of the whipping she got at the hands
of Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The dramatists are now engaged in stag
ing the Osler theory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Jimmie Hyde hires high-priced lawyers
and press agents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Russia is the only country that is
stocked up with grand dukes who refuse
to die or resign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

partorized, so to speak, the Rockefeller
gift
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Russia wants peace on her own terms
The vanquished must roost lower down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Bostonians have 142 religions to pick
from or swap to.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

Mr.. Carnegie is now the angel of the
little colleges.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

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without Its authors II. ne. Rejected
manuscripts will no. be retIr- unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
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Jordan are the only authorize travelling
representatives of The Age-Herald in Its
circulation department
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04
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2Hzi akE

Entered the Birmingham, Ala, post
office as second-elass matteE under act
OF Congress. March S, 1879.
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Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1871 g
Street, N. W.
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scorn at first, makes after love the
more.
Two Gentlemen of Verona.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-04

The Kaiser could not stand obscurity,
and so he has gone to meddling again
where he is not wanted by any substan-
tlal interest.
The Illinois Central Is surveying an in
dependent line to the heart OF this dis
trist. The Gould system will soon do like
WISE
Hinky Dnk and Bath House John out
rank in Chicago the Car of all the Rus
sias and also the trust cars in this coun-
try.
Ex-senator Stewart has actually left
Washington. His whiskers have created
vacuum in the neighborhood OF the capt.
toll.
vice-President Fairbanks is becoming
a chronic presidential aspirant. He pro-
poses to pose daily before the public.
--------------
Autocracy has resumed control at War
saw, where four of the plain people lie
dead and forty are wounded.
---.s-----
The Panama commission has been treat
ed to a sea-level cut of the most strenuous
sort. 1t was dug in a jiffy.
After all there is a great deal of taint-
ed money outside of the bills that are
perfumed with kerosene.
Russell Sage is recuperating and pre-
pairing in his eighty ninth yecr to rejoin
the boys in Wall street.
The farmer that buys a gold brick feels
like an Ohio banker after an interview
with Mrs. Chadwick.
---s--
William Jennings Bryans reorganiza-
ton scheme is practically summed up in
one word-prlmaries.
If March went out like a lion, 1t was q
lion toothless and harmless with age and
surplus curligation
The wise and cautious man advises
against the opening of seashore cottages
this early in April.
--s----
Russia is the only country that is
stocked up with grand dukes who refuse
to die or resign.
The Gear must be anxious to see ST.
Petersburg again. He is still seventeen
miles away.
The guillotine is being employed by he
President in his efforts to dig a canal at
the isthmus.
China is not so ashamed as she once
was of the whipping she got at the hands
of Japan.
Mr.. Carnegie is becoming convinced that
he must die rich and therefore in dis
grace.
The pastors of the American board have
partorized, so to speak. the Rockefeller
gift.
The vanquished must roost lower down.
The hurry call in the navy from Port
au Prince was but an April fool Joke.
President Roosevelt is using at Panama
a Big Broom instead of Big Stick.
--.s.-----------
The Japanese loan of s15OOOo,o00 was SUBJ
scribed for seven times over.
The dramatists are now engaged in stag
ing the Osler theory.
Jimmie Hyde hires high-priced lawyers
and press agents.
Bostonians have 142 religions to pick
from or swap to.
Mr. Carnegie is now the angel of the
little colleges.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-09-15
A Remarkable Operation.

One of the most remarkable cases
ever treated at the Wills Eye Hospital
is that of William Heritage, one of
whose eyes had cut m two by piece
of glass. resulting in the destruction
of its power of vision. and who has
had the use of the organ almost
completely restored by an operation
which include the sewing to-geth-
er of the cornea the outer portion
of the eye that resembles glass with
five silk threads.
Heritage. who is - years old. was
employed as grinder of glass stop
pers." at the Glassboro works when
the accident occurred.
The iris had been cut through.
penetrating the cornea. the lacera-
ton extending down three quarters
of an inch into the sclera. A part
of vitre Gus fluid was also lost. and
the lower lid of the eye was cut five
Fights of an inch
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-09-15
PARENTS CARE.
Should Be a Matter of Pride
With Every Son and
Daughter.

A son and daughter should be will
ing to sacrifice much to see that a
mother is provided with comfort in
her declining years.
She should never be left depend
ent upon charity or upon the kind
ness of strangers. Every man and
woman should feel a pride in look
ing after the needs of his or her
own. But just how and where ones
own $50 considered by the tie of
blood) should be provided for is a
matter for those interested and con-
cerned, not for the public to de-
eide.
One can feel only pity for the
woman who is growing old. unloved
and unwanted, but one who Is just,
must too, feel pity for the children
of such woman, who know all too
well why she is unloved and why she
is unwanted.
The reasons are engraved upon
their hearts in scars of unhappy
memories Of that most sorrowful eX-
perience, a discordant home.
1t is an excellent thing for child
rem to be taught to love and respect
their parents, but it is an unfortu-
nate thing that so little is said to
parents regarding the necessity of
making themselves objects to inspire
love and respect.
To produce offspring is an easy
matter; any animal can do that.
But fatherhood and motherhood
ought to mean more than the mere
production Of the species.
The man or woman who realizes
the full responsibility of the word |
parent, and lives up to it, will never
be set adrift in old age by a child, |
and will never be refused love and |
respect.
An unloving and selfish child is an
object for angels To weep over, but
as bitter tears might well be shed |
over the selfish mother who believes
her work for her child was done
when she brought it into life, and
who made no effort at self-control
m order to give her offspring hap
Diness.
But children have the right
to peaceful homes and freedom
from discordant elements. Com
non sense as well as sentiment ought
20 enter into these matters.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-09-15

any public place where men, es-
pecially strangers, congregate. II
he is not too far gone, he will be
faultlessly dressed and insinuating
in his manner. and the way to keep
out of his clutches and pay tribute
of his profigacy is to utterly ignore
him. AS a rule, he has respectable
connections and on this basis he
worms himself into the acquaintance
if not the confidence of the unwary.
Then he is sure of drink or a cigar
at your expence. When fortunate
enough to get a few drinks into his
worthless hide. he becomes abusive
and butts in at restaurants and lunch
counters and forages for grub. But
he doesn't stop at grub. He wants
to borrow a dollar and will pay it
back in the morning and insists that
you lend him the amount. If
you do, he will shun you in the flu
ture, at least until he gets drunk
again, then he may want to bully
you into repeating the loan. The
mere fact that the D. B. is allowed
to prey upon society is proof that
we are the most patient, long-suffer-
ing, good natured people in the
world. With law for the cure of
vagrancy on our statute book, we
go on. day after day. pay tribute
to these unworthy worms of creation
when if the law was enforced, we
would be rid of much vexation and
worry of the dead beat.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-09-15
PERFECT RUBIES.
Can Be Made for a Dime Through
a New Secret Pro-
cess.


American and French chemists,
operating clandestinely in an impro-
vised laboratory in this city. claim
to have discovered method of max
ing rubies. Their process rivals the
product of nature. Workers in the
University of Washington. laborato-
ry claim that the precious stones can
be turned out at a profit for 10 cents
apiece. Those interested in the
project maintaining the greatest
secrecy, but DR.. H. G. Byers is said
to have perfected the invention.
For weeks the chemists have work.
ed and succeeded in getting a form
of ruby, but somehow the coveted
tint of the ruby manufactured in
the laboratory Of nature was lack
ing. At least giving up in despair.
the chemists sought the aid of DR..
H. G. Byers. head of the department
of chemistry at the State Univer-
sity.
Some of the summer students
working in the chemical labratory of
the university who witnessed the ex-
periments there state that an analy-
sis of the rubies by DR.. Byers soon
revealed the difficulty and chemists
were enabled to make perfect rubies
identically in comparison with those
Of nature and just as beautiful for
an average cost of 10 cents apiece.
In fact. one of the students who held
one of the artificial gems in his hand
declared that it was absolutely per-
feet in every respect.
When asked in regard to the mat
ter. DIR. Byers, while admitting that
such investigation had been carried
on in his laboratory, refused posi-
lively to discuss the matter further
than to say that he was under obi
cations to preserve the closest secre-
cy in regard to the matter.
Subscribe for THE REPUBLICAN.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-09-15

bills in their interest. Farmers
should be more strenuous for all
measures which may improve their
conditions, not only in their collec-
tive capacities, such as granger. in
stitutes and other annual gatherings,
but in their individual capacity.
1t is the one who claims, who makes
a noise, who insistently demands,
that is heard by legislative men,
Der and the cry must not come like
the yelp of a lame coyote but must
be as thunderous as the storm and
as sweeping as the prairies.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-09-15
APES AS CASHIERS.
Wise Animals Are Employed to
Test Coin In
Siam.
Lahore lInpial Tplbunr ]

In Siam apes are now employed as
cashiers. A year or two ago much
base coin was circulated by a
clique of coiner, and the tradesman
found that it was a very difficult
matter to discriminate between
good and bad money.
One large store kept pet monkey
and one morning he was seen to take
a coin from the cashiers desk and
put it between his teeth. After bit
ing it for some moments he threw it
on the floor with solemn grimace
of dissatisfaction.
The proprietor of the store then
handed the monkey another coin,
and after testing it with great de-
liberation he laid il on the cashiers
desk.
Apparently the creature could tell
a counterfeit coin from a good one,
and in order to ascertain where 9TH
er monkeys. had the same extraor-
binary gift a couple of apes be-
longing to zoo were given the
test, with satisfactory, results.
From that day the majority Of the
business houses in Siam have monk
eys as cashiers, and the creatures
have developed the faculty Of dis
elimination between good and bad
coin to such perfection that no hui
man being can compete with them.
A little while ago a monkey EN-
ployed by a firm of polished oak,
and conveyed to the cemetary in an
open hearse, was followed by all the
cashier monkeys in Siam.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-09-15
CHICAGO and RETURN

such ticket to be good for the jour
ney to Chicago only during the
-Four Days Immediately Preceding
and the day Of the meeting. and for
the return journey from Chicago on
ly on the day of the meeting and the
Tour DAYS Immediately Following
when properly countersigned and
stamped during business hours on
or before Saturday. October u. 1895
that is to say. between 900 a.
m. and 800 p. m. in the office of
the Assistant Secretary. Mr.. w. q.
Bruen. in Chicago. Such ticket may
be obtained by any holder Of stock
registered as above. on application.
in writing. To the President Of the
Company in Chicago. but each stock,
holder must Individually apply for
his or her ticket. Each application
must state the full name and ad-
dress of the Stakeholder exactly a.
given in his or her Certificate of
Stock. together with the number
and date of such certificate. No
more than one person will be car
ried free in respect to anyone hold
ing of stock as registered on the
books of the Company.
A. G.. HACKSTAFF, Sec'y.