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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-28
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Sam s5amilton's Visit.


 In Pensacola they are reviving When Reuben Comes to Town" and it is all a result of the visit there of Sam H, Ham, iiton' detective and some time terror to the criminals of Birmingham.
 In lis2. when Columbus sailed the ocean blue the natives of America were fright ened by the "big thunder from the fire machines of the angels from across the pig water" but their feelings and fright are not to be compared to that of Sam Hamilton in Pensacola.
 Sunday afternoon Sam was basking in the sun near the wharf, drinking in big oreaths of the life-givlng air from across the gulf. when the Brooklyn, one of Uncle sam's crack cruisers, blew into the har- Dor. Sam's ears pricked up like those of a pointer dog Here was some excitement. He hailed Chief Deputy Sheriff Albert stradford. and together the two made for the landing to look the big war-horse over.
 All went well. and the detectives eyes were wide open with what they saw Just like a chlId with a new toy Sam watched the big cruiser, and it was all delight for him until about the time that the sunwent down.
 As is usual on all battleships and all United States army posts, a sunset gun is fred and when that big gun belched forth it's farewell greeting to the sun, down on his knees went the detective and commenced something that resembled a prayer He was not used to such big thunder, although he has carried a ean- non in his trousers pocket for years. It required ten minutes by the clock to quiet his nerves. He is an inland hill- billy and never saw the like before.
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LITTLE BOY BLUE.

By Eugene Field. The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy and staunch 1t stands: The little toy soldier is red with rust And his musket molds in his hands. Time was when the little toy dog was
 new
 And the soldier was passing fair, And that was the time our Little Boy Kissed them and put them there. Now, don't you go till come" he said, And don't you make any noise" So he toddled off to his trundle bed To dream of the pretty toys. And as he was dreaming. an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue. Oh. the years are many, the years are
 long.
 But the little toy friends are true Ay! faithful to Little Boy Blue they
 stand,
 Each in the same old place. Awaiting the touch of little hand, The smile of little face. And they wonder as waiting the ionE
 years through,
 In the dust of that old chair What has become of our Little Hpy Blue Since he kissed them and put them
 there
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o, deaths a great diseuIser.
 Measure for Measure.
Bishop Potter on the South.

Bishop Henry .. Potter of New York, whom some of the irreverant are apt to call "Pompous Potter" de- clares that .in view of the prevalence of miscegination in the south the pose of lofty and superior virtue on the part of it's people anywhere had in 1t an element equally comic and pa thetic."
 Bishop Potter has more influence and his name sounds bigger where he is not well known, than among his associates in the bishopric or even at home. His later achievements have been the establishment of a saloon and the marrying of a forty-million- dollar widow. But neither of these achievements gives him the right to slander good people by the wholesale even if he does consider them parts of a section offensive to him.
 No matter what Bishop Potter may say, no legal miscegination can be charged against the south. Nor do the divorce records of the south convict 1t of uncleanness. Looked at from any point of view or in any special respect It will be found that the moral tone of the south is at least as high as that Of any other section of the country.
 The Richmond News-Leader in dis. cussing Bishop Potter's statement proposes to convict him of falsehood, as follows.
 We will put on the stand the Protes tant Episcopal clergy of the whole south rom bishops to deacons. They live among the people and know them, and have ample opportunity for knowing their life We may assume that some of them, at least are men who are not afraid 70 tell the truth in any circumstances or at any cost.
 For New York we will take the com bined evidence of the clergy, the courts and the newspapers.
 We invite Bishop Potter to take tho evidence or to join with us in taking it If 1t sustains his accusations we will con- fess. with shame, but frankly, that he is right. If they contradict him will he be willing to confess that he has circulated an outrageous and infamous scandal and islander? We do not care whether he at tributes it to ignorance, reclilessness or malice, or to a mixture of the three.
 If he evades a simple and honest test like this he will stand convicted of hav- ing disgraced himself by a wholesale slam der unworthy of gentleman. and of hav- ing brought shame and injury upon his own church, as far as his jurisdiction ex- tends"
 The offer of the News-Leader is certainly fair and reasonable, and If Bishop Potter cannot stand the pro- posed test he should unhesitatingly pull in his offensive remark and put his tongue under bond to keep the peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-28


 1V pound automobile. and getting
 - s10O second for doing it. is the great feat a beautiful young French woman, Mile. de Tiers, is performing twice day at the circus at the Madison Square Garden. It is hair-raising' heart disease performance.
 Every portion of the automobile has been carefully examined by the engineer personally, and personally he attends to the adjustment of the straps which, se- cure the rider in the perilous second when, in looping the gap, she travels head downward in the air. The car is pushed from the platform over the side on to the steep incline and held for a moment That is the hard moment for the audience which is holding its breath.
 Are you ready?'
 "Oui. Monsieur.
 Detached from it's moorings, the car with tremendous speed flies down the al- most perpendicular tracks, turns under and up dhe occupant now with her head down), leaps a space, strikes the platform on the other side, curves down again. rights itself, comes in another moment to a sudden stop. and the act is over. There has been a jump of forty-fve feet, with a complete overturning of the machine and it's rider is apparently only little shaken.
 The audience has been plainly scared. but the rider has not. She talks about it a few minutes later when she has re- placed the pretty white gown she has worn on the ride with a smart tailor made street frock. Hasn't she feeling of deathly fear when the machine is about to start, and doesn't the fear of that few seconds frightful trip make her life a nightmare between times? she is asked.
 "Jamais, jamais." she says decidedly, in her musical voice. She was a little ap- prehensive at the first for few trips, but now she has no sensation whatever except one of some physical discomfort, which comes from the violent motion Of the machine and it's reversal in the air.
 ..Mv brain seems for a few seconds to he bursting." she says. There is feel ing of pain and discomfort lasting for some time When l first stop every drop of blood in my body seems to be boiling. then I am cold and there is a feeling of extreme lasstude."
 If these unpleasant symptoms have serious physical effect. they are not in evidence as yet Mile. de Tiers is young woman of fine physique. Her eyes and hair are dark, almost black; her complex ion the clear white rarely seen in bru- nette. Her connection with the autobo- lide came about accidentally. She had met Alonzo Perez who. interested in me- chanics. had this machine in mind.
 Mile. de Tiers" he said to her one day. do you know a woman who would have the courage to ride my machine in public?'
 .Yes." she replied q will do it my self" Then the inventor went to work. and when the automobile was complete Mile de Tiers began the engagement at the Folies-Bergere. which she left to come to America
 With her came the engineer who has superintended the auto in all its trips.
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HOW IT FEELS TO LOOP
 THE GAP IN AUTOMOBILE

and M. Perez has also come over 10 seq the first workings of his machine in this country. It is her confidence in the Wn- gineer as well as in herself to which she owes her courage. she says.
 She is fastened to the machine by means of a corset, which is something in the na- ture of small armor. It is made of A strong silk webbing of the kind which physicians use for many purposes, and was made for the occasion. It is rein- forced with steels instead of bones. and is extremely strong.
 You could hang the autobolide upon 1t and 1t would not break" said Mlle de Tiers.
 The front of the machine is shaped like racing shell, and into this the feet and legs are thrust. There Is an air cushion upon which the passenger sits to prevent concussions as far as possible, but in spite or this there is a terrible shock, which nearly separates the rider from her gowns and sometimes reduces them to some- thing like fragments.
 The rose-colored gown which I wore the other day at special exhibition,' D-~eNst Paris my femme de chambre and the wardrobe woman at the theatre were kept busy repairing my gowns.
 Mais cest les souliers a Quivient le plus grand dommage,' she continued. My feet push through them, and I must have new pair every two weeks or so. though l never walk in them. The heels sometimes come off,"
 Mile. de Tiers is probably one of the highest priced performers in this country or abroad. Her looping of the gap in the autobolide is estimated to take four sec onds. As matter of fact, yesterday it took three seconds by an accurate stop watch. Estimating at the longer time, she gives two performances a day of four seconds each-eight seconds; gives these six days in the weet-forty-eight seconds. and is paid 5000 a week, s10O a second, 1t has been said
 Outside of her profession she does not care for automobiles. and to a friend who offered to take her to her hotel one day she said:
 "rhank you, no; you drive too fast.S'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-28
SPRING.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 Utile cum duice. All the spring poets do not starve. Some of them go into business. One of them is a Louisville advertiser, as he sings: While nature is decking herself in her spring raiment throughout man can't stand supinely by and refuse to shift his shirt" It is the latter part of March; the sun is swing ing further across the west; the wild geese are flying northward; the iiveiier iris is coming upon the bnrnished dove: the man who shifts his shirt every spring should take notice that 1t is time for him to shift
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take the stump next year. and that means of course that he is to be reck- oned with in some way. He may run for Congress or he may run for gov eTnor-which he does not at present know, or if he does. he will not tell. The most that ca.- be gathered from his discussion of next years campaign is, that he will do his part to make it warm, and all had anticipated as much before he spoke.
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CantaIn Hobson's Platform.

While Captain Hobson declines to declare himself a candidate for gov ernor, yet he proceeds at once to plump himself in the very front seat o. the Conner bandwagon, and he reads out of the public service all who think otherwise than he does about rail roads. As things are going the Conner wagon will soon be filled to repletion.
 Captain Hobson, however, does not confino his attention to railroad regii- lation. He also wants better schools and more primaries, but first of all he demands strong foreign and naval pol icies. He does not stop to say why these policies should be rendered prominent in a state campaign, and yet in the states all policies must stand or fall before they can be car ried into Congress.
 exactly wha Captain Hobson means by strong foreign policy, it is difi- cult to say. His insistence upon big navy doubtless means that he believes in world-powering regardless of cost or consequences. He does, it is true. claim that the road to peace lies through big navy, but big navies and armies furnish lot of men who de- sire promotion, and who are ready to stir up a war in order to secure 1t.
 Altogether Captain Hobsons pro gramme does rot fit state campaign closely. He says. however, he will
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acting superintendent of the Alabama Anti-saloon league. is at the Morris.
 " o. W. Paine of Fort Valley is at the Hillman.
 J. R. Ryan of Corona is at the Hillman. A. B. McEaehin of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan.
 James B. Jones of Fayette Is at the Metropolitan.
 W J. White of Sheffield Is registered at the St. Nicholas.
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Premature Congratulations.

From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 President Roosevelt's premature con- gratulations to MT. Niedringhaus in Mis- souri calls to mind a similar occurrence in Alabama once. Captain Joseph F. Johnston and Congressman oates were candidates for governor, and by some misunderstanding Senator Morgan heard that Captain Johnston had been nomi- mated, and he immediately telegraphed to him that 'the Senate is delighted" MT. Oates, however, was nominated
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North Birmingham.

"Of all the prosperous section in the Birmingham district. North Birmingham seems 10 be enjoying the healthiest growth" said l.. $. Sehuessler of Lafay- cite, a member of the legislature from Chambers county.
 Every time l come to Birmingham I can easily see a marked change in it's development. One has to stay away only a few weeks at the time 10 realize and appreciate the rapid changes that are be- ing made.
 North Birmingham, in my opinion. has every environment that makes for an in- dustrial center. Its railroad facilities are unequalled and its natura advantages un- surpassed"
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Happy Dale.

From the Ozark Southern Star.
 Hurrah for Dale county-the county of law and order The grand jury, just ad- journed, found only twenty-two true bills. Only one murder trial was brought over from the fall term and the defendant was acquitted Truly we have county Of hog, hominy and peace.
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Age of Taffy.

From the Luverne Journal
 Ordinarily, when a man gets up to preach, we want him to preach. We don't want him to be throwing bouquets at Deacon Smith or Sister Sally Jones. for when a man throws sweet-scented whether he deserves them or not, ano when his hour is out, we want him to saw 1t off But this is an age of taffy, you tickle me and I will make you smile.
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lions are conducted. Peace will come suddenly if it come at all. for all steps leading to it will be kept secret. and not bit of trustworthy information will be permitted to get out until all is consummated. Outwardly all looks like war, both sides preparing to do their best in the field and at sea.
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MhdAeNer means convenient even if the intruder be a man. History does not relate why citizen of Illinois tried to crawl into a dogs kennel for a nap. but such cases will not be frequent in the future. It is not every man who would take refuge in a dog house, even if 1t were the only house in sight
 Mrs. Chadwicks autobiography is an- ronnced for carly publication. This sounds like a literary note. If Mrs. Chadwick will be perfectly frank in re- calling her life's history the public will be glad to look over her book, or over look it, as the case may be. However, as an acquisition to your library the volume will hardly prove valuable
 The noble Sioux braves have gone to work at last and times look brighter for their squaws Since the United States government decreed that all able bodied male Indians would have to work for their living instead of relying on Uncle Sam to feed them a marvellous change has been brought about. In the happy hunting grounds are the warriors who have gone before and escaped the degredation of manual labor. Proud spirits who remain may bewai i,l their hearts the degeneracy of the rac- when warriors have become squaws: when chieftains water horses chop frewood and look after the house. In earlier days the male Indians scorn of work was superb, but he has to hustle for a living now.
 Just glance through President Roose- velt's public addresses and note how many times he refers to his experience in Cuba. Although the spanish-American war, so far as land combats was con- cerned, was hardly more than a skir- mish, Theodore Roosevelt dwells upon San Juan hill so fondly that we are led to believe he is very proud of his days ir kahki.
 woman 1o3 years old has just regis tered as voter in Kansas. She has probably made up her mind at last as candidate she will vote for.
 Madame Tockacs de Kis Joka. an American girl from Cleveland, has just been granted a divorce from Count Joka, who is Hungarian nobleman and a fraud matrimonially. It is the same old story of welded in haste, debts. cruelty, misrepresentation and rascality which is not unusual in these ''con- tracts of convenience" but the names ir this case are interesting. Madame Tcckacs de Kis Joka should never have dropped the good American name of Hart even to become Baroness Tockacs de Kis Joka. It would be taking advantage of the public to make an obvious pun OF Count Joka's name.
 THE RIGHT SORT.
 Clarise was his ladylove
 He wooed her day and night;
 She wasn't much for intellect.
 But had no appetite.
 HAPPY YOUTH,
 Down the road in summer time,
 Brimming full of joy
 One can't help but envy that
 Freckled ..t
 Faced
 Boy.
 PAUL COOK.
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ALABAMA PRESS
Also the Flea.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 It Is the expressed opinion of Dr. Hun ter of the government Agricultural De- partment that mo injurious insect has ever been exterminated.9 and when we think of the wicked flea we are inclined to agree with the doctor.
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Rockefeller is fighting the meat trust at least he Is fighting a butcher who had the audacity to oppose and defeat the lage where the seat of the octopus is To- nafnd
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Tom Johnson is still working on that scheme by which he hopes to have pas- sengers slide from Chicago to New York. He had better plan for the safety of pas sengers who will want to slide from New York to Chicago.
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PUFF FROM GEORGIA.

From the Augusta Herald.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald has an air of prosperity these days. Editor Barrett will be loaning money to Japan if his immense advertising patronage continues.
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On Jefferson day William J. Bryan and Alton B. Parker will speak in cities eight hundred miles apart, and the inwardness of the two speeches will be even farther apart
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It is Gunshu Pass, not Gum-shoe Pass. The Japanese are not gum-shoeing in Manehuria this year. The Russians are willing.o Q do so. however, in their present nOVprIt nt
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Professor Hollender of Johns Hopkins university has been selected to study the finances of Santo Domingo. He should add a chapter on William Nelson Crom- well
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A college professor now rises up to remark that Mars Is inhabited by farm CTS What the college professors do not know Is not worth knowing.
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Jiu-Jitsu is becoming popular in Lon don as protection for old maids. They will look under the beds with more con- fidence hereafter.
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Where It Falls.

From the Mobile Register.
 Standard oil may be effective to grease some occasions, but so far it has made poor headway in lubricating affairs in Kansas.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD
N FIELD MARQUIS oYAMA has

N FIELD MARQUIS OYAAIA has
 O yieldld to urgent fame. and hsa
 come out in his first newspaper interview. In courteous and gallant fash ion he pays tribute to the soldiers whom he has so badly defeated and. as becomes wise commander. refrains from giving out detailed report of what he expects to do in the future for the entertainment of General Linevitch. At this stage of the proceedings, the field marshall no doubt thinks that a brief talk to the press will do no harm, but. among others, one explanation of Japanese success in the lar east has been the utmost secrecy which has enyeloped all their movements. When one considers the enterprise of the modern newspaper correspondent and the inventions at hand for she speedy dissem- instion of news to all parts of the world, 1t is marvellous that the tapes have kept their plans in the dark so successfully. There is no reason why a general shouldn't win, if he knows what the ene- my Is doing and yet keeps his own opera tions hidden until time to strike.
 Professor Phelps of Yale comes to the defense of the novel as an educator. While great many people will not av,ea "ith nm as to The Educational Value of the Modern Novel; the information im- ter The Congregationalists might quiet very great The books of today written in a few months at best and with scant pre raration beforehand, are not to be com pared with the masterpieces of Dickens. Scott Hugo, Thackeray Bulwer Lytton. Smollett and Fielding in historical value or in depicting contemporaneous life and manners. Perhaps no. impression of an age in the worlds history is more vivid and lasting than that left by the perusa: of great historical novel. Fact and fic- ton are blended together and given color and life, so that they remain stamped or the memory long after dry" detail-epoch marking dates and dynasties are forgot- ten.
 William Jennings Bryan has joined the cohorts of Knockers" against Standard Oli contributions. He thinks that accent ing donations from Rockefeller wouid tend to subsidize church organization ara would silence criticism of the trusts methods. It is not surprising that MT. Bryan has joined in the discussion. His views on trusts; accumulated wealth, ct cetera, are already quite we'll known, but it is amusing to note what tempest in a teapot has been stirred up over this mat ter. The congregationalists might quiet their consciences for taking Standard oil funds by reasoning that if the trust is a robber. they have been leeced among the rest and are merely getting back what is their own property.
 An entire college is announced for eesA in Virginia. The price is $l2,ooo. It would be eaoy for one of our rich men who have never had the opportunity of acquiring college education to buy a college of his own and have himself pre- sented with degree in the category. He could purchase 1t outright for the price of four first-class automobiles.
 It was a wise judge in Illinois who decided that dogs kennel is his castle and the canine has a perfect right to protect himself from intrusion with
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One thousand school children in Greater New York have breakfast limited to coffee, and yet the republican party pro- poses to tax the berry.
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Fairbanks claims that he is at least a length ahead in the 1908 race. If he means length of his own sort, he has the race as good as won.
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The Russian sailors didn't really mean that they wanted to meet the Japs. They merely desire change of climate.
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About Persons.

E. NJ. Pinckard of Clsnton is stopping at the Morris.
 Fred Watson of Winston, N. C., is at the Morris.
 IF. Luckett of Atlanta ls at the Nor ris.
 F. Gluck of Tuscaloosa is at the Hill man.
 The Rev. S. E. wasson, pastor of the First Methodist church at Decatur, and
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SUBWAY NEEDED.

From the Pensacola Journal. If Russia had been far-sighted she would have constructed rapid transit subway from Mukden to Harbin.
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Milwaukee baseball president has been sent to prison for two years. They must have mistaken him for the umpire.
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An Illinois COW recently devoured two boxes of caps and stick of dynamite. Now the mlllSmaid is afraid to go near her for fear she will explode