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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
From the Kansas City Tribune.

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 NA OLD in buckets, boxes and bags, M dazzling dust and nuggets, piled
 about like sand In a children 8 playhouse and overfowing the vaults This was the sight that met the gaze of Herman Chapin when he reached the bank in Fairbanks, Alaska, where the yellow dust was awaiting shipment to but not the sort usually manipulated by the 'bunco man"
 MT. Chapin is vice president of the Seattle National bank and accustomed to the sight of wealth, but the view he had of the $5O00,O00 in dust took away his breath. He was touring in the north through the last six weeks and visited the two-year-old camp. Mr. Chapin. in speaking of his visit, said:
 q made the trip partly for pleasure and partly from sense of duty, for we in Seattle have profited so much from this northern country that it seemed the least some of us could do was to go and look at 1t, I travelled something more than 5000 miles, and without the least discomfort.
 "One Is impressed with the vastness of the Alaska territory. From Skagway to Nome is a distance, including the trip up the Panama to Fairbanks. of 2500 miles, almost all of which is broad, ,navigable river. Only few thousand people do the business of this immense stretch of coun- try. If, with its present development, this country has proved such valuable tributary to Seattle 1t is not difficult to look into the future as the country devel- ops and see one cause at least for the realizing of some of our Seattle ambi- tions.
 "The trade, though, is one that cannot be held unless it is properly cared for It Is too valuable and the peIle ther are too sensible to give their trade any where except where they get value re- ceived. The people you meet impress you as hardy, energetic men, who have all the health and energy typical of the northern climate.
 ''They told me that the towns were quiet but If so I am sure that the tribu tary country was busy. People have
 
 learned a great deal since the first Kion- dike rush.
 'The dance hall element is much less in evidence than formerly. Now there are a good many men with moderate sized stakes, and instead of scattering their money to the four winds on bar room floor they keep 1t and are on the lookout for other mining ventures.
 'This condition has helped the Fair banks district materially. for men with means and experience have hoeked in, and instead of having to learn by experi- ence, as was the case at Dawson, they started to work with experience at their finger tips.
 Tn the office of the Fairbanks Bank ing company I saw gold dust literally overfiowing the vaults and standing around in boxes. pails and buckets wait
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
Congressman Bowie.

Congressman Sydney J. Bowie of Annis- ton, representative from the Fourth dis trict, was in Birmingham last night MT. Bowie has received commendatory letters from all over the state on his recent let ter printed in The Age-Herald, giving his views on the importance of education in Alabama.
 MT. Bowie has always been an ardent advocate of the common schools and has made the question of education special study. It will be recalled that he deliv- cred the first speech in Alabama favoring local taxation for the schools at the southern educational conference held iu Birmingham nearly two years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
APPROPRIATE HYMNS.

From Life.
 For custom-house officer-The Dock sology.
 For a gas man-"Lead, Kindly Lighti' For a geologist-'Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me-
 For a Iandlady-"Abide with Me"
 For A divorced man-"The Strife Is Der, the Battle Done.'
 For an aeronaut-"Nearsr My God. to Thee"
 For the drulnmer-'From Greenland's Icy Mountains, from India's Coral Strand"
 For baker--I Knead Thee Every Hour. For the autoist-"Oh, Twas Joyful Sound to Hear"
 For the diver-"Out of the Deep Call" For the magnate-"Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
wHv BRYAN LEFT HOME.

From the Kansas City Journal
 Walter Shawhan, Sterling poy' mas hooked on to newspaper job at Lincoln, Neb.. and this is what he wrote his local home paper about 1t; Yes, this is the home and headquarters of that eminent statesman, w. J. Bryan. It was suggested to me by a gentleman who knew of my intention to locate here that 1t would probably prove to be too small town for both MT. Bryan and myself. This was evil dent,v a true prediction, as MT Bryan has recently announced his intention Of mak- ing trip around the world necessitating an absence from Lincoln of many months'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
Distributinu Seeds.

Congress appropriates $170,000 to carry on a distribution of seeds for the benefit apparently of the farmers end gardeners of the country. file distri- button is really a congressional an nex, and is conducted by the secreta- ries of members of Congress as means of keeping the political fences of their principals in repair.
 The seeds sent out are neither rare nor superior. They are simply free. them. They are badge of distinction in the rural districts. The man who receives official seeds feels rlattered and he takes no pains to conceal his new honors. The result is, his neigh bors must be equally honorel, or elsa a crop of disgruntled voters will spring up unawares. More seeds means more money from the treasury, and thus 1t comes about that the Hppro- priation for seeds Is steadily in- creased. It is not big leak, but neither Is it meritoriois one as It is at present conducted.
 If it were wholly eliminated no one would be harmed; cons .essr'en w4uld be relieved of an annual distribution that Is by no means easily conducted, and the envy and illfeelins in the rural districts would be materially lessened
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
TEMPLE OF vlsHNu, ARIZONA.

Harriet Monroe in the October Atlantic. vishnu. the gods of cid are dead. Long
 dead Are Zeus, Astarte, and that lotus flower Isis of Egypt Unto each his hour. Yet thou, silent within thy temple dread, Locked against prayers mounted above
 the tread Of climbing feet, thou from thy purple Contemplatest the stern. inscrutabls
 power Whence all things come and whither all
 are led. The day in splendor of lilac and clear blue Visits thy mighty seat. The sapphire night Broods in the abyss with darkness, and
 the rain Wells thee with clouds. halls thee and
 bids adieu In thunder. Steadfast on thy terraced
 height Thou seest bold time besiege thy throne is
 vain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
Cotton All Picked.

George Croft of Atlanta, a we'll known travelling man who makes all of the southern states, is at the Morris. .'l have recently travelled over the cotton belt of the south.' said Mir Croft. 'and have never known the farmers to be so early in picking their cotton
 If the weather continues fair all of the cotton crop will have been gathered by October 15'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Once in a while two people stay mar rled because they love each other.
 It is awful hard to believe all the things you want your children to.
 There is always some part of a wom- ans figure that she feels is a great credit to her.
 man has to love a girl an awful lot to think that a cold in the head Is be- coming to her
 A bachelor thinks that running an auto mchils IS ,st. extravagant unC' he tries lp run . fahli.s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
MISSED SOMETHING.

From the Chicago Tribune
 Adam was showing Eve the beautiful sights in the Garden of Eden.
 How do you like 1t. dear?" he asked. .'Its too lovely for anything" she said, out am so sorry about one thing.'
 What is that?"
 q have no friends to send souvenir postal cards to!'' she answered, with a dry sob.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Long Coats Worn.

T have been noticing the length of the coats m vogue this year, and many men nave them so long that they reach half way between the thigh and the knee'' said\a woman who is a close observer Of style in mems wear.
 The same style Is fashionable for women this year, and all tailor-made gowns are long. I like the long coats for both men and women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
TASK FOR BURBANK.

From the Dallas News.
 Now if MT, Luther Burbank could only evolve a political plum tree that IS not susceptible of being grafted!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Senator Clark does not like his new palace in New York, but it will con- tinue to be an objective point for pro- yincial visitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Oyster Bay will now relapse into village ways, disturbed, if at all, by an occasional automobile scorcher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Mayor Dunne of Chicago will toler- ate no more freshness" at the city hall. The elevator boys will have to cut out their jokes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

The treaty of Portsmouth will be consummated in Washington, where notifications will be exchanged. The mosquitoes of Portsmouth have gone into winter quarters anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

The government has set aside 70O.- 900 acres of land in Arizona as forest reserves. One of the most striking characteristics of these western and southwestern states is their roominess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

The secret ways of the New York Life are daily becoming worse, and the policy holder begins to think graft is too light a word to apply to its past methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

The Wisconsin woman who fed her husband on tar soap must have labored under the impression that she was giv- ing him a new kind of cheese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

The Rome Tribune discusses the se- cret of happiness. If the Tribune really knows the secret it can win re- nown by putting the people next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Emperor William says there are Germans and Americans, but no Ger man Americans, but he may not know, for he has never visited Cincinnati.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

That California bull fight took the cake. The bulls and matadors were both clad to the tip of the horns in football armor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

me young man who stole S309,000 in securities in New York should have waited until he could have become dummy director in an insurance com Dany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Hyde, the agricultural statistician, and Hyde, the insurance statistioian, are artful dodgers in these days of investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
OUTLOOK BAD.

From the Savannah Press.
 There is a chorus girl famine in New York If this keeps up the theatrical t,.ust won't have a leg to stand on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

It takes a lively bigamist to have two wives in one town and keep them apart, but the trick is not uncommon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
SEATTLE BANKER TELLS
 WHAT HE SAW IN ALASKA

Ing to be melted Into bricks in the banks assay plant or expressed out to the Seat tie assay office,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Dr. Osler should hasten to London town, for a mayor 75 years old has just been installed there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

James Street, former president of the Street Steamship company, is now working for $30 week, and all be- cause he fell in love with his stenogra- pher
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Although Henry Gassaway Davis 1s in fine physical condition, he Will proh- ably not run again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Another stenographer has become rich mans bride., No wonder business colleges are overrun with young women trying to learn shorthand and typewriting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

First Apostle Dowie claims the power to cure all disease, but he Is not healing himself at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Senator Tom Platt should be treated to a full dose of primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

A St. Louis Venus tells the fair sex how to be beautiful. The only safe and sure way is to be born that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Lawyer Hughes is analyzing under many difficulties hish finance, and he expects to bring out it's true makeup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Bring sister Norway was permitted to go in peace, so long as she was de- termined to go anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

It is hard to understand how Chi cago girl could run away from bon bon college life to work in factory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Japan and England did not expect hu5sia to admire their new treaty. It was not written with that object in view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

President Mccall tells no doubt the truth when he says he is not in com fortable circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

The Western Life has been playing A sort of sideshow engagement for the New York Life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Intercepting sewers that do not in- tercept are worse than useless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

that they will be led to read this "elassic or thoroughbred" and treat their own animals better. Black Beauty" Is in some respects one of the most remarkable books eyer written No other book of It's kind mas ever had such a firm and lasting hoid on tne public and perhaps none ever Will me mlsfortunes of Black Beauty as related in the animals own words" are capable of awaking any love for dumb brutes that may be inherent in ones na- ture, but 1t is difficult to conceive of husky truckmen and tippling hack-driyers boring over the pages of a book that must appear to them weak and eolorless. The good women of Kansas City are actu. ated by commendable motives, but they would be sadly discouraged if they could know just how many of the 1000 copies of Black Beauty" will be read by the men among whom they have been dis tributed.
 LOST OPPORTUNITY. If there were no knockers
 And gossip were unknown, A lot of folks would have a chance To loaf around the throne.
 Colorado bill poster who has inher- ited fortune may or may not feel stuck Up, but he will be apt to become bill plasterer of the first class.
 Brand Whitlock. the novelist, has been nominated for mayor of Toledo. Ohio. by the independents. Even if he is. not elect ed' the incident will furnish good copy for MT. Whtloeks press agent.
 A RARITY. Loud and long the bugles blew
 Proclaimlng the advent or one who lived a model life
 And never stole a cent.
 One or the most striking characteristics Of the modern financier is the facility with which he ignores the eighth com mandment.
 lhe case Of Colorado ranchman who sold his wife at auction for a bottle of beer leads to the supposition that beer is very high In Colorado or else wives are very cheap.
 ALSO FUDGEi The flush" of health waA on her cheek You note we quote the "fush" For 1t was made to order by
 Cosmetic men, oh slush
 It begins to appear that the New York Life Insurance company will be debarred from Texas after December, when the permit of the company to do business in the state will expire. While Texas feels especially aggrieved over the fact that MT. Mccall, a democrat, contributed so liberally to the republican slush fund, of other peoples money, the Houston Post scores a point against him that Is des- tined to make Texans even more wrathy than they are at present. The Post points out that on the occasion of the Galveston disaster in 1900. during the year of Colonel Bryan's last candidacy for the presidency. MT. Mccall was asked to help the storm sufferers. That worthy magnate forthwith pulled sanctmonous look and stated with regret that the money of the New York Life was trust fund. to be administered for the benefit of widows and orphans. and he had no right to give any of 1t away for a charitable purpose. Wouldn't that make a policyholder red- headed?
 A PLENTY. Once there was little lamb
 Who tried to speculate But what the market did for him
 Was-well, we hesitate.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Alabama is forehanded and prosper ous. It's outgo is below it's ingo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Automobiles are to be cheaper next year but not less smelliferous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

From the Columbia Star.
 Advice Is about the cheapest tn'ns MT Rockefeller deals in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Jotura komura, l.. l.. D., Is on the high seas, and there are no funeral equipments there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

The New York city horse cars are relics of dead and gone century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Iron is iron nowadays, and 1t prom ises to remain so to the end of l90o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

If is about time for the newspapers to let young Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.' alone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

The death rate should be reduced, and so should the living rate-the cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

One woman has been found who sym- pathizes with Grover Cleveland on the suffrage question. There is hope yet for Grover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

While diamond-studded shirt front is oftentimes an index to prosperity, it is no guarantee of character.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Nepotism is merely one more charge to be entered against President MIC Call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Leslie M. Shaw is indulging In a presidential race almost alone ana uh- noticed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

was the last night on earth of negro condemned to death for mur- der He stood with bowed head by his cot in cell in the Jefferson county jail. There are no lights in the cages, the only illumination at night coming from incandescent bulbs in the corridors, but as a special favor the condemned man was permitted to have a candle, which sputtered and fiickered on a shelf just above his cot. The light shone fit- fully over his face, on which was stamped a stolid, brutish dispair. There was tense calmness about the man, strange quiet that had come over him in the presence of death. The candle typified his own life which would soon be snuffed out. Although 1t was midnight, sleep had not yet visited the murderer and probably would not, for the jail resound- ed to the wailing songs of other pris- oners who endeavored to encourage him by singing hymns all through the night, the voices rising and falling, at times dying down to a scarcely audible moan, then swelling Into a full, deep chorus. It is the custom in the county jail for negroes to sing this way during every death watch. Listening to the wild, half savage wailing, memory. no doubt of Jungle life. ones spirits are depressed and he longs to escape, but on the murderer in his cage, who is waiting for the last sunrise he will ever see. it has an oppo- site effect. He is buoyed up by the voices of his fellows until he burns with reli- gious frenzy. He steps upon the gallows confident that he will be borne by the angels straight to heaven and it is this religious fervor which enables many negro criminals to die game"
 Inasmuch as he was caught in Butte, 1t is convenient for Pat Grove to state that he went there for the purpose of surrendering
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Baltimore Is no longer doing the phoenix act. It has put all ashes out of sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

The Boston Herald laughs because London paper overlooks the fact that COW is of the feminine gender.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

We have got to wait until February to get rid of Leslie M. Shaw as an official.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Meningitis is another indictment against automobiling. The list grows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Baron Komura will find Nipon safe and sound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
About Persons.

w. w. Wallis of New Orleans is stop ping at the Norris.
 E. L. Walker of Atlanta Is stopping at the Hillman.
 R. B. searcy of Huntsville is at the Metropolitan.
 W. F. Madden of Selma is at the Met ropolitan.
 s, T, Walker of Selma is stopping at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

The woman's Humane society of Kansas City has distributed 1000 copies of Mollie Elliotts Sewells Black Beauty among the teamsters of Kansas City in the hope
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
A QUESTION.

In these late days of high finance
 lot of people wonder What is their own and what belongs
 To lords of loot and plunder.
 The average press agents idea of Eng fish Is nebulous. For instance, the ad- vance notice of an opera that Is shortly to be presented in Birmingham says that the management has given 1t "the most complete, luxurious and 'surreptitious' mounting ever accorded an opera" Verify, little knowledge is dangerous thing.
 French count Is a player on one of the Yale class football teams but when he gets on the bottom in a scrimmage he will find that nobility won't help him much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
THEAPRoMOTER

A lot of wind, assurance and A deal of advertising Result in a promoter who
 Is smooth and enterprising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
HIS CHEAPEST LINE.

Pittsburg is afflicted with thuggism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Contemplation makes rare turkey cock of him; how he gets under his advanced plumes!
 Twelfth Night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
ALSO FUDGE,

The flush" of health waA on her check
 You note we quote the "f1ush,' For 1t was made to order by
 Cosmetic men, oh slush,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. .t21 c street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Brand Whitlock, the novelist, has been nominated for mayor of Toledo, Ohio, by the independents. Even if he is not elect ed the incident will furnish good copy for MT. Whitloeks press agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected man. uscrirts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
LOST OPPORTUNITY.

A Colorado bill poster who has inher- lied a fortune may or may not feel stuck up, but he will be apt to become a bill plasterer of the first class
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Entered at the Birmingham Ala, post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March g. 1879
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

A RARITY. Loud and long the bugles blew Proclaimlng the advent of one who lived model life And never stole a cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

Ihe case of Colorado ranchman who sold his wife at auction for bottle of beer leads to the suppostion that beer is very high In Colorado or else wives are very cheap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06

A PLENTY. Once there was a little lamb Who tried to speculate But what the market did for him Was-well we hesitate.
 PAUL COOK.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-10-19
Saved His Life.

]. W. Davenport ,IWinRO, KY, writes,
June IA, 1902 II want 80 tell you
believe Billiards. Snow Eminent saved
my life. l was under the treatment OF
two doctors, and they told me one OF
my lungs waS entirely gone, and the
other badly effected. l also had q lump
on my side. ] don't think that I could
have lived over two months longer.
was induced by 8 friend to Try BsllsTd's
Snow Imminent. The HrOt application
gave me great Teliefi two fifty cent
bottles cured me sound and we'll. II IL
a wonderful medicine and recommend
u to suffering humanity" Sold by w.
NJ. Johnson.