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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
Insincerity Among Ohio Republicans.

On the eve of the assembling OF the
republican state convention of its state
the leading republican state paper
published at Columbus, the Ohio State
Journal, demanded sincerity in Its
party platform and nominees. 1t did
not get 1t. Instead of sincerity 1t got
evasion of the boldest sort. No refer
enee whatever was made to the pur-
chase of supplies for the Panama
canal in the cheapest markets. 1t
eyaded the subject 1t was too hot
to be handled, and even Governor
Herrick in accepting denomination
did not discuss it, AS in the platform
he confined himself to glittering gen.
eralities about the principle of pro-
lection, when as a matter of fact 1t
never had a principle on or about
itself. any more than any other robber
has.
The Ohio State Journal also de-
manded the abolition of the fee sys-
tenn of Ohio county officers, but the
platform is silent on that subject
also. Governor Herrick denounced in
his acceptance speech lobbyists, but
he had not a word to say about the
issue raised by the veteran organ OF
his party in Ohio.
The democrats have an opportuni-
ty to nominate man and to make
platform that will satisfy the people.
They need a platform that is not a
bit evasive, and a man who will stand
right up to it. The denomination Of
Governor Herrick by the Dick ring
will not prove satisfactory to the army
of dissatisfied voters, and it is up to
the democrats to conduct warm
campaigneon live subjects.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
SOME FEATS PERFORMED
BY THE SLEEP WALKER

From the New York Mail.
IT He East Newark boy who rose
(0 from bed, dressed himself and
walked out of his fathers house
before daybreak the other day in his
sleep has, we believe, turned up all right.
He is an unusual specimen of the SOM
nambulst, for these victims of an i'm
perfect relation between the sleeping and
the waking states seldom take the trou-
BILE to dress themselves when they walk.
That is to say. they do not take a suffi-
Client amount of cognzance of external
objects to enable them to handle Sue
cessfuly articles of wear. They are.
moreover, unaware that they are not
dressed.
However, cases of quite complete mas
terry of physical objects by somnambu-
lists have been known. 1t is no fable
that persons in their sleep have success
fully walked the ridgepoles of houses,
supposing them to be the pavement, and
have paused when the end of their ridge
pole and the edge of the roof was
reached. If Weakened by this circum-
stance. they became instantly in danger
of falling. So long as the ridgepole was
supposed to be a broad space, 1t was
perfectly safe for them to walk 1t, the
space being after all sufficient for the
maintenance of the the center of gravity
within the base, and the greatest danger
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
Military at Admission.

THE local Alabama National Guards
men are glad tnat Col. w. II. Mckeroy,
commanding the Third regiment of infan-
try has decided upon Admission as the
place for holding the annual encampment
this year" remarked an officers yester-
day.
while a majority of the enlisted men
wanted to go to Montgomery, still they
are contented with the selection of An
niston. Everybody in Alabama wants to
come to Birmingham at every oppor-
tunity, and the local miltiamen were
afraid that the officers in the companies
outside of Birmingham and Woodlawn
would, by big majority vote to come
here for the encampment. The brigade
encampment was held here last summer
and the Birmingham boys were anxious
for change.
Admission is an ideal place for the en-
campment. During the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, in 1898. several regiments Of
regulars and volunteers we're encamped
there, and they were well treated by the
citizens of Admission.
1.-THE Jefferson Volunteers. Birmingham
Rifles and Woodlawn Rifles will each
take about forty men in camps this year.
All three of the companies are fully
equipped and they are three of the best
commands in the service of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
FAMOUS AMERICAN FRloATE.
Was Destroyed In the Harbor of Trip
oil 100 Years Ago.

Charles wellington Furlong made sys-
tematlc search at Tripoli of Barbary for
the lost remains of the famous American
frigate Philadelphia, destroyed in the har-
Dor of Tripol a hundred years ago. He
tells in Harper's magazine the romantic
story of how he found the vessel at last:
I'm less than an hour my search was
rewarded by seeing the broken ends of
the great ribs of vessel protruding
through duh colored eel-grass. I noticed
that this grass seemed to follow the line
of the ribs. and carefully noted Its
character, furtheer to aid me In my
search. Examining these closely no doubt
was left in my mind but that they belong
ed to large vessel, and l ordered the
boatman to let fall the anchor.
"The lead gave us two and a half and
three fathoms Hastily undressing we
Owed several times. Mr. Riley first sue
ceeded In buoying the spot by going
down with the line and slipping 1t over
one of the ribs. While on the bottom |
carefully examined the timbers. Ihese
we're honeycombed In certain parts IN
peculiar way The continual sea-wash OF
century seemed to have made It's IN
roads at the softest places. and they gave
every appearance In form OF partialiy
burned stumps. The wood seemed al
most as hard as iron. Much of II was en-
closed in a fossil crust and only by re-
peated efforts | succeeded In breaking on
small piece, The many winds from the
desert and the shifting shoals fof sand
had filled in and around the frigate and
her keel must have lain buried nearly TWO
fathoms deeper than the present sea bot
tom. The freshening breeze made furth-
err investigation mpossible so after tax
ing bearings and leaving the spot buoyed
We returned to the shore amid an await
ing, curious crowd of Turks, Arabs, and
blacks,
six days later. through the courtesy
and interest of the officers OF the Greek
war-ships Crete and Paralos. snip
cutter and machine boat with divers were
placed at my disposal"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27

residing in fear The somnambulist can
perform no miracles, but his ignorance
of danger is, up to a certain point, an
assurance of safety,
It has been noticed that the somnam-
bulism of deep and overpowering fatigue
is a phenomenon which may attack al
most any one. Soldiers march in their
sleep, eat in their sleep, and are even
said to have fought in their sleep. We
know a case in which a newspaper
man who worked at night. and who had
so worked after a day in which he had
had no sleep, started to walk to his home,
three miles away--no street cars being in
operation at the early hour when he left
he started, his fatigue was so great that
he soon fell asleep, and yet kept on his
way. When he awoke he was in the open
country outside the city. some distance
beyond his house. but was walking in
the direction of the house. That is to
say, he had apparently in some uncon-
scious manner discovered that he had
gone too far, and, without waking, had
turned about and started in the right
direction. We say apparently" for. of
course his resumption of the right course
may have been entirely accidental.
Very likely the East Newark boy was
suffering from a combna ton of fatigue
and of an established Somnambulistic
tendency. And yet perhaps he had just
simply run away.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
Oysters In May.

while in New York last week, on sew
eral occasions 1 enjoyed eating oysters
served at different cafes in the metropo-
lis remarked a travelling man at the
Morris hotel last night.
up in New York they are still having
wintry weather, and oysters up there
are still good. This is one of the few
things in favor of the weather.
Oysters usually disappear as season
able from the bill of fare of first-class
hotels and restaurants and clubs by May
l. but this year they are still being served
in New York. Furthermore they are as
plump and tasty as in mld-winter.
with the disappearance of April we
southerners do not care for oysters. There
is an old saying they are only good to eat
during the months in the year having an
'R'-September to April"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
A FLY FARM.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
II raise flies on my farm-artificial
flies" he said, smiling. Il am, in fact. an
artiflcial-fy farmer.
THAT confuses you. doesn't it? Yet 1t
is simple enough. l raise birds that give
those little delicate bright feathers that
compose fshermen's flies. That is all.
1.-THE finest birds l raise are golden
pheasants. You have seen salmon flies?
You know their beautiful toppings? Well.
those toppings can only be got from the
golden pheasant's crest.
"At a certain season of the year
gather my golden pheasants around me.
take one between my knees. l pluck out
his chest. How mad he gets.sI wrap the
crest in silver paper. And so / go on till
every bird has been plucked. Do you
know what l get for these crests? l get
$3.50 apiece for them.
II raise mynahs, fnches. mallards jays
and green parrots. supply ten fiy-makers
with all the feathers they can use.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
RICHMOND p. HoBsoN
VIII Be Opposed In the Sixth BY Col
onel Bankhead.

Washington Special in Nashville Amer
lean.
L. 3. Musgrove of Jasper, Walker coun-
ty. Ala, who managed the campaign of
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson in his
contest for the democratic nomination
against Hon. John II. Bankhead. repre-
senting the Sixth Alabama district, spent
few hours here today on his way to
New York. Mr.. Musgrove says Captain
Hobson will run again for Congress and
they can't beat him. Congressman
Bankhead, he says. has practically stated
he will not again be a candidate.
Mr. Musgrove is on his way to New
York to attend the wedding on Thursday
next, of Captain Hobson and Miss Girls
elda Houston Hull The bride is a daugh-
ter of wealthy New Yorker. Judge Hob
son, Captain Hobson's father, died only
recently, and on that account the newly
welded couple will go Immediately to
their home at Greensboro. Captain Hob
son is So years old and his bride is about
twelve years younger.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
Regulated Bonds.

The suit of South Dakota against
the state of North Carolina was fol-
lowed by a compromise settlement of
a small lot of bonds that were lien
upon a railroad belonging to and in
the possession of the old North State.
The total amount was less than $780,
600, and the bonds were really lien
upon the railroad in question.
But the settlement, as well as the
suit. is leading others to concoct sim
liar efforts. A recent New York ad-
vertisement reads as follows:
The recent decision of the supreme
court of the United States, entitled South
Dakota VS.. North Carolina" wherein the
former state secured judgment against
the latter on ten bonds. par value $4,000.
amounting, with interest. TO s27, 400 (Which
has Just been paid. has greatly enhanced
the value of all other repudiated state
bonds. because 1t has established the law
and the procedure by which they can be
enforced.
The undersigned committee. In 1901,
pooled all of one issue of North Carolina
bonds and originated the plan Just above
stated. Results were brought about and
I'VE obtained a settlement for the individ-
ual bondholders at a little less than par
Of their entire holdings of these bonds.
This committee is now ready to pro-
coed with the collectionsof all other repu-
dated bonds of every class of each state.
mis- committee has no connection with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
ABIDE WITH ME-.

BY Henry Francis Lyle.
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord, with no
abide!
When other helpers fail, and comforts
flee,
Help of the helpless. abide with me.
Not a brief glance l beg. passing word.
But as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples
Lord
Familiar, condescending, patient. free.
Come. not to sojourn. but abide. with me.
need Thy presence every passing hour;
er's power?
Who like Thysef my guide and stay can
be?
Thro' cloud and sunshine. abide with
Swift to its close GIBBS out nfe's little
Earth's joys grow dim its glorles pass
away;
Change and decay in all around I see;
o Thou. who changest not, abide with
mel
Come not in terrors. as the King of kings;
But kind and good. with healing in Thy
Tears for all woes. heart for every
plea;
Come. friend of sinners, and abide with
mel
7 fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless,
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitter
ness:
Where is Deaths sting2 Where, Grave,
thy victory?
I triumph still if Thou abide with me.
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing
eyes;
Shine through the gloom and point me to
the Skies
Heavens morning breaks. and earth's
vain shadows flee;
In life. in death. Lord, abide with me!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
IN HOTEL IoBBIEs
Rrewton Is Prospecting.

Prof. w. C. Griggs, superintendent OF
the Brewton public schools, who is vice
president of the Southern Educational
exchange. will spend the summer in Biz
mingham. "Brewton," said Professor
Griggs, rs growing as rapidly and stead
lily as any city of its size In Alabama.
Although the town Is located in one Of
the best farming sections of the state, it
is fast becoming manufacturing cen
ter
we have two of the largest lumber
mills in the country and recently a fur
niture factory has been built which con-
verts the lumber into the finished product
This is proving to be one of the most
prosperous enterprises in the state and the
indications are that a number of other
similar plants will be located at Brew
ton"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
A DIVERS OUTFIT.

From the st. James Gazette.
That f1G0O0O which has resulted from
the Ceylon pearl fishing season just
closed constitutes record of which those
engaged in the enterprise may well be
proud. The money is, for the most part
profit; wages and cost of plant are incon-
siderable. little while ago a man on his
travels round the world stopped for a day
TO see what was toward at the fishing
ground, and the friend who entertained
him suggested that as memento OF his
visit he should take home with him
complete outfit of the typical pearl-diyer.
Good gracious, how could l tug such a
weight about with me?" he said. why,
that will not be prohibitive, said his
companion. Here Is the whole bag OF
tricks" and he tossed a handful across
the table 1t consisted merely of chp
for the nostrils and cots" for the tips
of the thumps and fingers That is the
pearl-diver's whole armament.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
WOODWARD IRON co.
VIII Erect a Big Steel Plant In the
Near Future.

From the Wall Street Journal.
The Woodward Iron company at Wood
ward. Ala, in the Birmingham district,
is planning the erection of a big steel MILL
1t is said that it will be in the near future
arrival of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
company in the making of open hearth
rails.
The Woodward company has completed
a third blast furnace and other improve
ments at a cost of 100000. 1t is excel
lently situated for the making of steel
and with a rail mill capable of turning
out 25.O0O tons a month will be in posi-
ton to divide the business with Tennes-
see Coal and Iron.
II the proposed plans are carried out
the woodward Iron company will spend
and will be ready to turn out rails with
in eight months. In support of the pro-
ject II is said that the company can turn
out rails probably cheaper by 50 per ton
than the present cost of producing rails
in the south.
The company's iron ore mines are two
and a half miles east of Woodward and its
coal mines two and a half miles west.
Its furnaces at Woodward are connected
by railroads owned by the company, with
both its ore and coal.
Thus it Is enabled to secure its raw ma
terials at extremely low prices and to
handle them with the greatest economy.
lis first cost of collecting raw materials
is probably less than of any other COM
pany in the district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
one Day Later.

Representative John II. Bankhead of the
Sixth Alabama district, arrived this morn
ing and attended the Southern Industrial
Parliament. Mr.. Bankhead sets at rest
the cloud of doubt put upon his prob
able candidacy to succeed himself in the
House by L. B. Musgrove, the mana
ger last year of the campaign of Captain
Richmond Pearson Hobson. Mr.. Bank
head will be a candidate and according
to his present temper, Captain Hobson
will have abundant opportunity to demon
strate 1t If he has made progress as a po-
liucal campaigner
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
Assassination at Woodlawn.

A prominent citizen of Woodlawn
was found at dawn of yesterday lying
dead In one of its prominent streets.
He had been murdered and then
robbed. The crime was both bold and
appalling. for the shots which ended
the life of Isaac w. Walter were dis
tinctly heard by citizens aroused in
the slumberous hours of the night.
When 1t Is remembered that Wood
lawn contains about 1900 inhabitants,
it does seem that its streets should be
lighted and that more than one patrol
man should be on duty at night. Safe
ty in its streets at night cannot reas-
onably be expected under present pro-
visions of public safety.
The citizens of our beautiful suburb
should ask the authorities to put the
city at night on a footing that means
protection and safety. Footpads steer
clear as a rule of electric lights and
armed patrolmen, and Woodlawn is
sadly deficient in both. The first step
to be taken as an assurance of public
safety in the streets at night consists
in more patrolling and more lighting,
and until these are furnished the peo-
pie of Woodlawn need not expect inn
munity from such crimes as that
which led to the death OF Isaac w.
Matter
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Running an automobile is a little cheaper
than a fmily.
Scandal is about other people; when II
is about you 1t is SANDER
Fashionable society wears its stories
cut as low in the neck as its gowns.
You've got to have very little human ma
ture in you to be able to love girl
that Is seasick.
There Is lot of excitement when you
hear somebody coming down stairs 70 be
able to kiss a girl and have her begin
singing at the piano before they come In
the room.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27

risen to be something better than an
osler. In the words of Clyde Fitch. You
Never Can Tell"
The American people pride themselves
that is the majority-on their CONTEMPT
for old world titles. It Is the boast of
the red faced man that he is as good as
any duke who ever lived and he would
like to see himself taking off his hat
to King Edward of England Yet, when
a plausible rascal starts out on a career
of fraud and buncomb under the guise
Of a nobleman he has no difficulty in
finding dupes. 1t is really astonishing
how eager the democratic people of this
country are to aid a gentleman who
styles himself the Count de Boreas" and
has an elaborate -explana ton of why he
needs the money.
The American mayors seem to be hav-
ing their innings In Chicago. the city
Of strikes, and in Philadelphia, the whilom
City of Brotherly Love- the executives
are apparently having the time of their
lives. 1t would be hard to say which
one of the two has the harder proposition
to face. While the situation in Chicago is
phia seems to have his hands very full,
combating a gas lease which the .organiz-
alton" made with a trust, contrary to hia
wishes. Mayor Mcclellan or New York ia
by no means living the simple llfe while
the mayors of New Orleans and ST. Louis
are kept busy, the one enforcing the laws
and the other looking after recently dis
closed cases of civic corruption. On top
of all this mayoral activity. Mayor Ward
of Birmingham is making a national repu-
taton for himself as an executive with
original views on municipal finances and
a great capacity for work.
Judging from the number of important
legal affairs that are now engaging the
attention of former Secretary of War
Root, that gentleman can afford to look
back with a smile on the period when he
drew small salary from the government.
Just at present Mr. Root is more in the
public eye than any other man of his
profession in the United States who is
engaged in the active practice of law.
"Taint de rule of de perfesh ter peach
on yer pals" Thus spoke thief when
brought to justice and asked for evidence
against his accomplices. Mayhap that is
as good an example of honor among
thieves" as one could find. Unfortunately
for the "honor" of those gentlemen who
believe in taking the property of Others,
a great many of them forget de rule Of
de perfesh" and save themselves by
gracelessly turning traitor. Still. it is not
surprising that there are ''black sheep
even among thugs.
Another youth has run away from his
country home because he did not want to
be called hayseed and hated the thought
of becoming farmer. Many eloquent SER
mons have been preached on this subject,
so why apostrophize? Some day the boy
will long to get back to that farm where
life is free and untramelled; where a
man can breathe Gods fresh air without
let or hindrance where health is the her
itage of him who tolls and the roar of the
world is tempered by distance to a gem
tie hum, seldom loud enough to alright
the contented disciples of the simple life.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
ouarles for Governor.

From the Wilcox Progressive Era.
What's the matter with Col. w. II.
Quarles for governor? He is a strong
man with clean record. He has ability
and the courage to stand for the right
and not even his political enemies could
say that he was not safe man for that
responsible position. If he could be in
duced to run he would satisfy all fac
lions, and his administrations would make
one of the brightest pages in Alabamas
history,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
For the Voters"

From the Prattville Progress
A tax of 500 each on all sorts Of shoot
ing irons except those in the hands of
the officers of the law and further in
demnity bond of $1,000 each from every
possessor of firearms might serve to
keep down the percentage of gunshot ae-
cdents,
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Might Have Contributed.

From the Gadsden Journal.
A fund of $4,000 has been raised for
the salvation of Greater New York. II
the city could secure salvation as cheap
as that we apprehend that a few public
spirited citizens would have put up the
money long ago had they been informed
of the matter
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
Next In Order.

From the Fort Payne Journal.
Now that the body Of John Paul Jones
has been unearthed and identified it will
be In oroer to start a search for the
principles of Thomas Jefferson. Said
principles are known to be dead, but
where they are buried no man seemeth
to know.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
Men Are Barred.

From the Tuscaloosa Times Gazette.
The sweet girl graduate now invests
the land and the land is the better Tor
the investment If there is anything In
heaven or earth tina can withstand the
witchery of graduate in a white fluffy
gown and with dimplng smiles we don't
know what 1t is 1t is certainly not
man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-27
lip for Farmers.

From the Fraklin Times.
Just as fine horses can be raised in
Franklin county as every trotted over
Tennessee soil. Then why shoul not our
farmers raise a few horses each year for
market? Good stock have always been
in demand. and are now. with no pros
pect of their going lower