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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
A JAPANESE DINNER.
, New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 In Japan the lady of the house does not appear at the dinner, unless there are in with the tea and sweetmeats which always precede dinner, as do our cock tail and sherry. She greets the guests when they arrive and reappears when ths goodbys are said. Silken cushions are scattered about the floor and the guests are arranged according to their rank. Lit tie tables, some six inches high, are placed before each one. and barefooted waiting maids in graceful and prettily tinted kimonas bring in lacquer trays, with tiny covered bowls. Before leaving the trays on the tables they set them on the floor, and, dropping on their knees make their best bow, touching their heads to the floor. Chopsticks take the place of knives and forks and are never used twice unless they are heirlooms. Then they are carved ivory of the most exquis- ite workmanship, as are the trays and bowls.
 Fortunately for the stranger in that land of queer customs, the host sets the example by removing the covers from the bowls. In each course there are a half dozen dishes and the host tells what they are. First, suimono, bean soup; kuchi- tori, chestnuts boiled and crushed into a mush; kamaboko, fish picked fine and rolled into little balls and baked; sashimi, raw fish cut into thin slices and served in lee. This is dipped into rich sauce called soy, and is really very good. Little cups of warm sake, the native brandy made from rice, is served with each course Napkins and bread are unknown quantities. The second course is Of nsh boiled whole; umani, bits of fowl boiled with potatoes or lotus roots; salad oi onions, peas and string beans, with few leaves of lettuce; sunomono, sea snails served with egg plant mashed ana chaman-mushi, a thick soup made or nsh and vegetables, with mushrooms TOT relish. The third course is of a curry of rice and picked vegetables. and for fourth and final course you have sopo' A sort of buckwheat cermivelli served with soy. and a sweet liquor called mirin sb,ruko. rice cakes seaweed and confec- tions of all sorts which are sweet and tasteless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
Amundsen's Arctic Exploration.

Capt Roand Amundsen. the Nor wegian explorer. is not content with his success in finding and traversing without being crushed by ice the North west Passage that Sir John Franklin vainly attempted to find over fifty years ago, but he proposes now to sail through the Northeast Passage along the coast of Asia. He is now in Alaska, and he will no doubt retrace his course through the Northwest Passage Cap tain Amundsen does not claim priority in discovery, for the existence of the Passage has long been known, but he is the first sailor who succeeded in going from Davis strait to Boring strait in one and the same ship. He steered his ship through. and 1t is safely anch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
EXIT" LATIN.

From the Rochester Democrat.
 Exit" signs in the Boston subway have come down and plain Saxon Out" signs have been put in their places. It was dis covered that the Latin immigrants com ing to this country didn't know what the Latin Exit meant. Only Boston high school culture was equal to It. The New York Mail quotes from the park signs the following elegant phrase; "The public is requested to deposit all refuse in the re- ceptacle provided" As substitute for that the Mail suggests this: Put rub bish in the tub, Everybody who can read English will understand that. It is gratifying to discover as the Mail also mo- tices, that in place of "Gentlemen" Cor worse. that abomination, "Gents.') and Ladies" over the waiting rooms in rail- way stations one now sees the straight, honest words Men and Women" Good, plain Saxon is good enough for anybody in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
THROUGH THE DARKNESS.

By William Winter. If the road grow dark before you reach The home where your true love waits for you, Will you finger in the light, and preach of the dangers you may perchance go through? Or will you go on as you ought to dof You will go; you will care not for darkness and storm, For her dear love will shield you and keep you warm. What sort of a life. would like to know, Will any man lead that does not love? The frozen ground is cold below. And the freezing stars are bright above; But let him lie under the frozen mould; For his heart and the stars and the earth are cold. The night comes down with an angry frown.
 And the fierce wind shrills on the lonely moor: Look back-to the lights in the distant town!
 Look on to the dreary waste beforel What waits for you when the journeys OCT?
 She will give you a sweet, sweet kiss, Let the darkness come and the fierce wind blow In the path of duty grows many thorn.
 And bleak is the scorn of selfish world; But there never was night without it's morn,
 And after the tempest the clouds are furled; For over all spreadeth the bright blue sky,
 And we trust in our God. who is al- ways nigh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
NEW FRENCH BULLET
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper weekly.
 Important improvements have recently been made in the arms and ammunition of the French infantry soldier, and a new cartridge is shortly to be issued which combines many new features. This cartridge is absolutely smokeless. not even giving the small puff observed with the discharge of the present car tridges, while it's bullet is a cigar-shaped cylinder of bronze. This revolves with it's flight and at 800 yards it will have sufficient power to penetrate a mass equivalent in bulk and resistance to six men standing behind one another. This new cartridge is fired from the Lebel rife, which is thus brought into the front rank of military weapons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
New Passenger Station.

J. s. B. Thompson, general agent of the Southern railway, with headquarters in Atlanta, arrived in Birmingham yester day at noon and returned home at $50 D. m. He came to look after details of the construction work on the union passenger station. Mir Thompson said that bids would be advertised for within the next two or three weeks, and that ground would be broken for the new structure about the latter part of January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
A TOUGH PROBLEM.

From the Atchison Globe.
 The following letter received at the off, flee today has been referred to the Lan- caster Literary society: T married W oower and went to live In the home where he had lived with his first wife. l find a number of her clothes in a closet, to-wit: One brown dress skirt, two pet ticoats, three pairs of stockings, one pair of slippers and a black silk waist. How shall I dispose of them in way that will be satisfactory to her relatives and t17e neighborsr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 There would be more babies if it were against the law.
 A man in politics could be honest; but he wouldn't.
 man could never have so much money he wouldn't feel a church fair was rob bery.
 The first time a man has a bank ac- count he can't sleep that night for fear it will fail before daylight.
 What a girl likes to do is to kiss her little brother when a man Is in the room, to show him how she could do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
 COM EDY.

From the New York World.
 Sardou hunted for a new plot
 What sort of a play is 1t to be?' we asked casually
 "A comedy" he replied.
 Have you thought about dramatzlng Chicago's municipal ownership" we in- quired.
 Browning upon our levity he produced a problem drama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
ALABAMA PRESS

Lafayette Sun: Senator Tillman has joined the insurance fight with his pitch fork drawn.
 Montgomery Advertiser: The Kansas City Journal. intense republican as it is. discussing the cutting down of the canal appropriation. frankly admits that ''the canal commission made a very sorry showing as to what had been done with the s1O,OOO.OO0 already appropriated" That is putting 1t mildly.
 Huntsville Mercury: The fate of Sem atcr John H. Mitchell is a terrible warn ing to his official colleagues who may be likewise mixed up in fraudulent schemes and graft of one kind or another. Dying with the mark of disgrace upon him. the Senate now passes him by in silence and thus tells the world he was unworthy the usual honors shown the dead.
 Huntsville Democrat: Our editorial last week headed Henry l.. Watterson," was acknowledged by Mr. Watterson's sec retary in Louisville Chat gentleman be- ing easD, with the information that the name is plain Henry Watterson." All right. The Democrat can make the dis tinguished editor of the Courier-Journal plain Henry Watterson" by knocking ''L" out of him as easily as did Dewey knock it out of Manila-only ours is a pital offense, while his was lower case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
NOT A NECESSITY.

From the Chattanooga Times.
 A Kansas City judge refused to allow a judgment against a husband for an ac- count created by his wife for a silk ski't that cost S165O. silk skirts" observed the learned judge. "are not necessities contemplated by the law that makes the husband responsible for his wife's debts Guess merchants had better look into this a bit,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
NICE DISTINCTION.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
 Some people are saying that the only difference between these life insurance officials and other well known money kings is that the latter as yet haven't been found out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
THE CALM "BADp MAN.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 The bad man of genuine sort rarely looked the part assigned to him in the popular imagination. The long-haired blus- terer, adorned with dialect that never was spoken, serves very well in eastern fiction about tho west but that is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
IS SUM OF $25,OOO A YEAR
 LARGE ENOUGH SALARY7

year. If we add the cost of mantain- ing ones other machines, with an ade- quate force of chauffeurs and the ex- pense of garage, this indispensable item alone will mount up to over S10,00O a year. Nor is 1t practicable even for the most earnest and consistent automobilist to dispense altogether with the use of horses; and even a modest half dozen of these animals will eat up several thou sand dollars very quickly.
 Then again there is the steam yacht. first-class article in this line will cost, to maintain, s2O.0O0 a year. Supposing this item were cut out altogether; where would the object of existence, the alle- viation of life, be left? AS 1t is perfectly clear that no alleviation whatever could be practiced on the remaining s5OOO, the case against the practicability of mere existence on $25,000 seems already proved. No chance is left even for the mention of the purchase of pictures, pianos, tapes tries and other indispensable articles of the kind.
 Life has it's duties as well as it's simple liberal subscriptions to charities and pub lie and private causes of all kinds. What would become of these if any one should attempt to restrict himself to the ex- penditure of $25, 900 year?
 The longer, in fact, we study this ques- ton, the more absurd does it appear that s25, GOO can be sufficient in any conceiv- able case whatever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Press Agent Bishop of the Panama canal who draws from the American people S10,000 a year, says his task is to keep public sentiment normal If he does that he will earn his salary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

man who said he loved Miss Alice Roosevelt was said to be insane and yet Nicholas Longworth according to reports, has been loving her for some time without exposing himself to such a charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

George w. Perkins has stepped down and out of the New York Life. but Me Call still fingers where he is not wanted. The latter was Tony Hamiltons patron F,t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

the real thing. The most dangerous man was apt to be quiet and smooth-spoken. When an antagonist clustered and threat ened, the most dangerous bad man only felt rising in his own soul, keen and stern, that strange exultation which often comes with combat for the man naturally brave. A western officer of established reputa- tion once said to me, while speaking of a recent personal difficulty Into which he had been forced T hadn't been in any thing of that sort for years and wished I was out of 1t. Then said to myself: Is 1t true that you are getting old and have lost your nerve?' Then all at once the old feeling came over me and was just like I used to be. I felt calm and happy. and I laughed after that jerked my gun and showed 1t into his stomach. He put up his hands and apologized. I will give you hundred dollars now.' he said, if you will tell me where you got that gum I suppose I was a trihe quick for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

President Roosevelt stopped the war be- tween Russia and Japan, but no one stands ready to stop the war among the Russians themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Invading fleets will face 900 big guns that Uncle Sam has placed with their business ends turned towards the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
NO KICK COMING.

From the Charleston Post
 It doth appear that Charleston has come into her own again. The weather today is every bit as good as it was before the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The delegate from the Isle of Pines will not get much comfort from Uncle Joe Cannon when he raps at the door of the Hnmse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Chicago feels well fortified against an invading force when it's stockyards stinch is working full time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Life without art Is brutal. says Mrs. Fiske. and life without dreams at Christ mas time Is not worth living
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

President Drydens son was also pro- noted but he did not climb as fast as Robert McCurdy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Politicians will find after January 1 that railroad rides are no more free than groceries are. Break the news to them gently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

J. Ogden Armour was fined $2 for re- fusing to muzzle his dog. The law is going right after the beef trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The engineers say, as De Lesseps did, that a canal can be built at Panama, but the isthmus still stands unpierced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

An Ohio preacher said that the negroes of this country are of more value than all the millionaires that live. Naturally, there is trouble in his church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The lid is down at West Baden and French Lick Springs. Tom Taggarts games are no longer running.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

N ISTEN to Judge Robert Cochrane S in Winston county, Mississippi: - q have never Tn my life witness ed more disgraceful scene than l wit messed in this court house while l was charging the grand jury this morning. Public officials, bonded officers, were swaggering around the court house drunk, with their hats on. I denounce this court house as a hell-hole of corruption; there is more h-ll to the square inch in it than In any place this side of h-ll, where 1t Is all h-ll.' The judge goes further and states that when he is denounced for his words he will invite the entire citizenship to Gehenna, wither they are all ndubitably bound. It is evident that Judge Cochrane of Mississippi stands not upon ceremony and that he speaks from his face out" His words and his actions are in line with the most pronounced Mississippi ethics. The condition of affairs revealed by his pyrotechnic words will be fresh shock to eastern people who dread braving the wilds of Mississippi even in a Pullman.
 TO ONE IN PARIS.
 (Air: "Bill Bailey.") Won't you come home, Jedge Andy won't
 you come home?
 We need you every day. You say you are i'll, Andy, that will
 not do
 We know just why you stay Member las winter, Jedge, when you got
 scared
 And sailed across the sea? You were to blame, Jedge, why don't you
 came Jedge?
 Oh, Andy, won't you please come home? Now Vice President Fairbanks comes forward with a petition from ex-Queen Lilioukalani, asking for a paltry $10,000 ,000 Recently, MT. Fairbanks came to the aid of maiden lady who desired pension for lonely persons. He is rapidly becoming the nations squire of danes.
 There Is no evidence to show that Thomas Fortune Ryan was effected by E. H. Harriman's bluff Jan Kubelik Is human and just like oth- CT people. He talks about his twins. man with scientific proclvities recent ly paid S25O0 for a rocs egg. It's lucky we don't have to eat that kind with our ham,
 POOR DAD. Altho old Santa brings the goods
 And every stocking fills,
 Shl Not word to any one
 We know who pays the bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The wolves about Rome must recall among the Romans Colonel Romulus and Uncle Remus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The newspapers of New York do not permit Sarah Bernhardt to do many things without letting the public know what they are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Miss Alice, our American Princess is to marry a Congressman. So runs the world away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Father McCurdy is an expert botanist. There is nothing to keep him from be- ing a botanist now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

An Indiana man has just fallen heir George Ade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

A young society man says it Is impossi- ble to do right in New York. He probably means that there are too many bad examples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

An Ohio woman went to bed with a basket of coal and was adjudged insane It would be an easy matter to say some- thing smart at this juncture about coal prices but we will content ourself with the simple announcement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Perhaps MT. Mccall will make his e. signation Christmas present to a pa tient people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The advanced preachers who object to Amen" might be prevailed upon to &C., cept "Rah!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Minister Takahira ran Into a Russian In Chicago. He seems to have the national habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Morley and Bryce are the litera'y fel- lers in the new British cabinet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
PRACTICE AND PREACHING.

The man who says, "Be happy is
 Oftimes both glum and sour; The man who says. Don't worry will Use cuss words by the hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The Brooklyn judge who sentenced a man to only two months in the peniten- tiary because he shot his nagging wife seems to have made out a rather strong case against his own wife,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Senator Mitchell was not so bad-he was guilty of the offense of being found out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

Padded leather poets, 75 cents each.' A nasty examination was made and we discovered that the book dealer was merely advertising sale of poets books. with padded leather binding.
 In other countries-even in our own ntry-distinguished men, noble men. brave men find a passionate delight in ruthlessly taking the lives of harmless birds and beautiful creatures" says Many Maddern Fisk. Is it possible that she is handing the roses and thorns to G-ov-r Cle-ela-d and T-e-d-re Roo-e-elt?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

SHOPPING. Yes, all of us are happy
 'Cept father dear-he's sad; The familys hunting bargains
 And spending his last scad. While mother and the children
 Are rushing over town To look for Christmas presents,
 Poor father just digs down. An Ohio man was fined $50 and costs for advertising a plan to kill mice. Victims were advised to feed rodents on sponges and give them water. The mice would then swell up and burst. He should con- duct a jest column. Tod Sloan probably went into vaudeville because he did not have anywhere else to go.
 It is a sad fact that even Benjamin Franklin practced nepotism
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as seeond-class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Senator LaFollette is now a freshman in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

L. H. Russ. George D. Britain and F. D. Pickens are the only authorized trav- cling representatives of The Age-Herald in it's circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The Northwest Passage needs still to be supplemented with a passage at Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The Christmas present that comes a day late is better than none at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

| business ends turned towards the sea, The engineers say, as De Lesseps did, that a canal can be built at Panama, but the isthmus still stands unpierced.
  The lid is down at West Baden and French Lick Springs. Tom Taggart's games are no longer running.  Life without art Is brutal says Mrs. Ffske. and life without dreams at Christi mas time Is not worth living.
  J. Ogden Armour was fined S2 for re- fusing to muzzle his dog The law is going right after the beef trust
 --- Chicago feels well fortified against an invading force when it's stockyards stinch is working full time.
 --- President Dryden's son was also pro- noted but he did not climb as fast as Robert McCurdy The wolves about Rome must recall among the Romans Colonel Romuus and Uncle Remus. Miss Alice, our American Princess, is to marry Congressman. So runs the world away.
 Perhaps MT Mccall will make his e. signation a Christmas present to pa- tent people. An Indiana man has just fallen heir to s14OOO,0OO He has more money than George Ade.
 The advanced preachers who object to Amen might be prevailed upon to ac- cept "Rah' Minister Takahira ran Into Russian in Chicago He seems to have the national habit
 Senator Mitchell was not so bad-he was guilty of the offense of being found out
 The Northwest Passage needs still to be supplemented with a passage at Panama
  Another "F'lorodora'' girl is figuring In divorce suit. They will not disappear. The club women are still refutlng the charge that they encourage race suicide.
  Webster Davis has vaulted back into the republican party and the country is saved.
  No excursion tickets via the Northwest Passage will be put on sale this winter.
  The bridge of 1908 does not have to be crossed this year or even next year.
  The Christmas present that comes day late is better than none at all. Morley and Bryce are the ltera'y fel- lers in the new British cabinet.
  Senator LaFollette is now a freshman in the Senate. Aaron Burr has ended his life. He was a jeweler. There are no bad children now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The bridge of 1908 does not have to be crossed this year or even next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Aaron Burr has ended his life. He wa a jeweler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected man. uscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Another "Florodora' girl is figuring In a divorce suit. They will not disappear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14
Plans for eggnog are being made

There are no bad children now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

The club women are still refutlng the charge that they encourage race suicide
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

No excursion tickets via the Northwest Passage will be put on sale this winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Lafayette Sun: Senator Tillman has joined the insurance fight with his pitch fork drawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

Webster Davis has vaulted back into the republican party and the country is saved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-14

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