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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
From the New York Herald.

M LYMAN aa THOMPSON. ,1,p ,s. a.., veteran s.n O ty years has been a familiar figure to audiences throughout the coun- try as Uncle Joshua Whitcomb," in .'The Old Homestead" retires from the stage according to an announcement made in Boston. at least for the remainder of the season The condition of his health will determine whether the retirement will be permanent.
 Mir. Thompson contracted a cold soon after his company opened in this city four weeks ago and was able to appear only a portion of the time. Pneumonia developed and at one time his condition was critical. He is now convalescent and his physician states that period of rest will probably bring full recovery MT. Thompson has decided. however, to withdraw from the stage during the pres ent season and go to his home at Swan zey, N. H., this week.
 William Lawrence will take MT. Thomp- sons role in .The Old Homestead"
 For more than half a century Denman Thompson has been before the public and for seventeen years his name has been connected with ''The Old Homestead"
 Rugged and strong he bore his years we'll and only once in late years did illness force him to take rest. That was in November, 1908, when an attack of acute indigestion compelled him to close a Boston theatre.
 MT. Thompson was born near Girard in Erie, county, Pa, on October 15, 1853 his parents having gone there from New Hampshire. When he was fourteen years old the family returned to Swanzey, N H., and there Denman attended school and worked at carpentry.
 In the spring of 1850 he went to Boston boy. subsequently, developing into an acro- bat
 His first appearance on the stage was as super with Charlotte Cushman at the Howard Athenaeum, Boston. He first essayed a speaking part in Lowell in 1852 when he played Arasman in The French Spy" He then became an itinterant ac- ter. playing low comedy, and in 1854 went to the Royal Lyceum theatre, Toronto, where he remained until 1868.
 In Toronto MT. Thompson married, and his three children were born there. He won local favor as Salem Scudder. Myles ma Coppalean and Uncle Tom. During the spring of 1862 he played in London with moderate success. and in 1871 he began in variety theatres. appearing in character parts At Harry Martins Varieties, Pitts h,,rp in February, 1875. he appeare~ as Uncle Joshua whitcomb, In a one act piece of that name which he wrote.
 When the necessity for successor to Uncle Josh," became apparent, in 1885 Thompson and George w. Ryer wrote "The Old Homestead in fifteen days. Il was produced at the Boston theatre. in April, 1886. and then brought to the Acad- emy of Music. in this city.
 In this play he appeared almost con stantly ever since. When he and Mrs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
FATHERS PROTEST.
rom the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
 It was bound to come, sooner or later. we nave mad father haunted by the taunt- ing refrain. committing suicide to escape it and father taking young hopeful out to the woodshed to show him that there are times when even father works. But fath- CT has now taken his pen in hand and this is the result:
 Dear Observations: Allow me to sub- init the following variations of Lew Dock- staders edifying ditty, Everybody Works but Father" This is the terrible truth.
 (Now everybody join in the chorus.l
 Everybody works but mother,
 She gads around all day;
 Goes to women's meetings:
 Takes in the matinee.
 Father tolls and worries.
 He has good time-nit;
 Everybody works at our homo
 But Washes quit !
 Yours truly, FATHER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
Organ Recital.

"The song service at the First Meth odist church Sunday night was a pleas ant innovation and greatly appreciated by transients in Birmingham said a well known travelling man. Tn these days when churches are drawing closer to each other" he continued, 'I have often wondered why there could not be an oc- casional exchange of organists as well as ministers. In Birmingham you have an organist who enjoys a reputation far beyond the confines of the state and who believe, is a pupil of that greatest of Englisht organists, the late W. T. Best refer to Rienzi Thomas. At the Meth odist church I notice there Is a mag nificent organ suitable for recital pur- poses, and I think it would be drawing card if the authorities of the church would arrange for an occasional organ recital to be given by MT. Thomas and other organlsts of like eminence. MT. Thomas is a concert organist of superb technique and I would willingly go a hundred miles to hear one of his calibre. It would also be interesting to hear diff ferent organists perform on the First Church organ, which certainly is not sur passed in the southern states"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
Today's Appeal ts the People.

The results of several elections to be held today are in great doubt, and in some instances even the talent" of the betting ring are in state of men, tai confusion. Predictions close to the decisive hour are not valuable, but summary of the conclusions of inde- pendent observers will be of interest to readers who are busily engaged in their own affairs.
 In Rhode Island a governor and leg islature are to be elected, and Dr. Gar win is again the democratic candidate. The chances favor the election of Gar win. who was born in Knoxville, Tenn.
 Pennsylvania elects state treasurer, and upon the result turns the control of the republican party and Of the state. The Penrose machine is light ing the battle of its life in that state, and so is the Durham ring in Philadel- phia. The result is very doubtful, and Penrose and Durham may retain their baleful power A mayor is to be elected in Philadelphia in 1907, and governor and legislature in the state in 1906.
 In Maryland comptroller is to be elected, but public interest Is centered in the contest over the Poe amend ment. which aims to apply the grand father clause and the intelligence tests to the electorate in that state. Senator German is fighting a skillful and brave hatrla in favor of the amendment. The result is in doubt. Governor Warfield and Senator Rayner are opposed to the roe amendment
 In Ohio a governor Is to be elected. Governor Herrick is opposed by John M. Pattison, and guesses are wide apart. Party lines will be widely dis regarded. Governor Herrick received two years ago a plurality of 113,OOO, but he may taste defeat today.
 The campaign for minor state otii- cers in Nebraska has been a quiet one, and the republicans will win. So they will in Massachusetts, where gov ernor is to be elected, and they Will probably carry Nevada, where another governor is to be elected. The demo- crats will elect governor in Virginia.
 But more people are interested in the New York city and county cleo tion than in all the rest of today s events. MT. Hearst, the candidate Of the Municipal Ownership league, has given Tammany a remarkable shaking up and MT. Wins, the republican nomi- nee. has proven an aggressive cam palgner. It is generally thought MT. Jerome, an independent, will be re- elected by New York county for dis trict attorney, and that MT. Mcclellan will be reelected 1hayor of the big city. | The feRlSIrdllOU llCluutS Ufo,VoO fotSS, and the polling of votes today may go as high as 590,000. Whoever gets 250,- GOO votes will be elected. Whoever polls 225,0O0 votes will probably be elected. While the chances run in favor of George B. Mcclellan, any out come is possible in big city gathered from the ends of the earth. The man who expects surprises in the vote of New York city is probably the man who will not be disappointed. The pre- dictions of McClellan's election are based on the belief that many republi- cans, fearing Hearst, will vote for Me Clellan. and that conservative men of both parties will vote for Jerome. Me Clellan and Jerome promise from that point of view to snatch victory from a remarkable contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
THE BROKEN HARP.

By William Winter. If this now silent harp could wake, How pure, how strong. how true The tender strain it's chords would make Of love and grief for youi But like my heart, though faithful long By you cast forth to pain. This hushed and frozen voice of song Must never live again. Yet happy when your fancy strays Der unregarded things, And half in dream your gentle gaze Falls on its shattered strings. Some loving impulse may endear Your memories of the past. And if for me you shed one tear I think twould wake at last Wake with a note so glad. so clear So lovely, so complete. That birds on wings would pause to
 hear
 Its music wild and sweet; And you would know-alas, too late! How tender and how true Is this fond heart that hugs it's fate To die for love and you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
About Persons.

w. P. Jackson of Selma is at the Morris.
 Fred Watson of Coal City is at the Metropolitan.
 w. H. Paxton and c. R. Hammond of Atlanta are at the Hillman.
 Jerome K. Jerome of New York is a. the Hillman.
 A. T. Reed of Philadelphia is at the Birmingham.
 F. w. o'Keefe of Cincinnati is at the Birmingham.
 R. F. Warren of Pell City is at the Metropolitan.
 Col. Charles H. Bricken, solicitor of the second circuit, who was recently
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
GOOD CIRCULATION SCHEME
m the Editor and Publisher.

From the Editor and Publisher.
 The Birmingham (Ala) Age-Herald had plan of giving away $2 bills to the first three citizens of Bessemer and the first three citizens of Ensley who were found on the streets of their respective cities with copies of the Age-Herald on the day of issue. The scheme has attract ed considerable attention and created no little interest in the newspapers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Resignation is a mighty thin butter to spread on bread.
 A man would rather lose money at bet ting than make it by work.
 It is awful easy to make girl think you love her if she suspects you don't
 The time a man wants a girl is when she tries to make him think he doesn't
 All you want to know about the un- trustworthiness of man is when he pre- tends he Is glad he has red hair and about girl when she pretends she hasn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
YELLOW WALKING FEVER.
Greatest Source of Danger in Time of
 of Epidemic.

From the New York Herald.
 'In the south they have had this fall yellow fever" said a lady who is an exile from Mobile because of the sick ness. But one of the sources of the dis ease is of a peculiar character. It is distributed by persons who have what Is called the walking fever" They go about their business or affairs while the fever is latent in them, but still of a malignant and contagious character victim In whom the disease is established, and who Is put to bed, by reason of coming in contact with but few persons. rarely be- comes a focal point of its spread. But the victim who still moves about dis tributes the malignant taint to many. The curious thing about these sufferers is that they keep on going about till they simply fall down and quickly die. They have headache and stiff joints. but their temperature is little above normal, ana they attribute their sickness to other than the serious causes which give rise to it.
 .'In a previous invasion of yellow fever in the south I remained until too late to leave my home The quarantine was inn posed and it's terms were executed with cruel fidelity. A gentleman living In my street a merchant, gave his whole time and attention to health work. Our street Is on high ground and is kept In the best possible sanitary condition. The gen. tleman came home daily and one evening fell fainting in the street. That night he died. Not house in the row, some thirty of them, was spared by the dread visitant. We were able to trace from him the prog ress of the naalady that twice decimated the residents of the street within twelve days.
 "A woman friend of mine in New Dr. leans had the walking fever during the current outbreak of the disease. She com municated 1t to her family. and now all of them, eight in number, are dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
Business Prosperity.

Otto Marx returned last night from the east. Tn New York everybody was in a state of elation," said MT. Marx q might say, everybody was intoxicated from the excess of money getting. l never saw anything like it. This is cer- tainly an era of prosperity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
Dixon Not Here.

Thomas Dixon, Jr., author Of "The Clansman," which was produced at the Jefferson theatre last night, did not ar rive in Birmingham yesterday as expect ed. He left the company in Atlanta last week and expected to join 1t in Birmingham. but was called to New York to superitend the construc- tion of the New York production. He will probably meet the company at Memphis, where it will play In about a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
TUSkEGEE INSTITUTE.

From the Nashville American.
 All newspaper readers have heard os Iuskegee Institute, conducted by Book CT Washington, but visit to it would astonlsh most persons. It has 150O stu dents, 900 of them female; 29Oo acres of ian' sS buildings, and the expenses of administration are s2O0,0OO a year or Sllf per student. The plant is valued at $SSl,00O exclusive of 22,5OO acres of land. valued at $1350O0, granted by aot or Congress. Tuskegee is the largest negro school in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Freedom of the press has been granted in Russia by the big Czar, but the little czars in the interior are not ready to accept the new plan. The premier will call them into line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
ANOTHER SENTENCE AWAITED.

From the London Globe.
 A man has just been sentenced for steal ing from a penny-in-the-slot machine. We now await the sentencing of a penny-in- the-slot machine for stealing money from the public,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

A man in Germantown, Penn., who is 82 years old, will cast his first vote for a democrat in the Philadelphia municipal election. It took him a long time to get on the right side of the fence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

upset the kaiser. It doesn't cost him much to feel better"
 Dr. Broughton of Atlanta says that "The Clansman" is operated by the devil It is incumbent upon the manager to prove that he is no worse than his fellows.
 The colored brother who thinks that he doesn't get fair show at the ballot box and in the parlor should thank his lucky stars that he is not Jew in Rus sia.
 Sir Frederick Treves says that dis ease is blessing in disguise. Most of us are of the opinion that the disguise is perfect.
 YOU HAVE OBSERVED THAT Great men die and leave behind them Anecdotes of many kinds, Lots of bon mots, bright and clever
 That, foresooth. neer crossed their
 minds.
 The world would be pleasant place and life would be happier if everybody had the optimism that actuates candidates just prior to an election.
 The father of eleven young children who was accidentally killed the other day, leaves an invalid wife without meana of support and heavily mortgaged farm. The oldest child is girl fifteen years old and the youngest is less than one year old. Race suicide cranks should pause now
  picture.
 An Indiana scientist claims that he has discovered an elixir which will prolong life for 250 or 300 years. We would like to take few bottles and live long enough to see the Panama canal finished. At the hour of going to press thers were still eighty-five widows in the town of Monroe, Iowa, which has only 800 in- habtants. The competition there must be fierce. LOOK FORWARD. In climbing rounds of the ladder of fanA Of this we will dare to remind you By keeping your optics fixed on the top You won't stop to look behind you. The city clerk of Omaha augments his income by raising potatoes Now that is | a practice in every way commendable and worthy of our wholesome American life. A city official may graft all he pleases in his orchard and grow all the potatoes he can without mourning the disregard of his fellows. It Is not the orchard graft ing that is under fire. A Connecticut preacher says that golf is moral and wholesome and poker is an abomination. Yet you never see man in poker game stop and indulge in a string of picturesque explosives. He | doesn't have time.
 People" said Smathers, "who carry around the umbrella of pessmism don't get much of the sunshine in life." THE EGOTIST Who's the chap who Talketh loudly? And in public Walketh proudly? He's the man of Modest worth | Who doth think he Owns the earth. Edmond Rostand has just refused $20,- l 900 for the right to publish his new play. We would like to have the refusal of s2o,- | 900.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
POSSIBLE SOLUTION.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 The Birmingham Age Herald suggests that every state should have its own hall of fame. Maybe this would give all tho kickers a chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Senator Morgan has a good eye for the future, and he is right in thinking that international complications may some day overshadow our troubles at home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

A noted singer says that high collars spoil the voice. People with long necks and no voices will contend that high collars keep off the wind admir- ably,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
DENMAN THOMPSON MAY
 LEAVE STAGE FOREVER

Thompson were in Ithaca, in October, 1901. 1t was said that jewels and bonds valued at 10000 had been stolen from their trunk which was in baggage car in the rail. road station
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07
DEPENDS ON SPELLING.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 This is big year for steel" saw New York dispatches. Just so, but that isn't the way to spell it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Two millions of women call upon the Senate to unseat Shoot, but a Senate that refuses to unseat Mitchell need not be expected to unseat those the courts can not harm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

The new dictator of Russia, Count Sergius de Witte, is still holding his own, and if he can hold out a week longer, he will bring order out of chaos
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Scarcely had the dining car porter said, Last call for breakfast" when the train on the Santa Fe went to wreck and smash-up off the track.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Microbe traps for the furnace have been suggested. The furnace microbe who causes us most trouble is the janitor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

bullet-proof sweater is the inven- tion of DesMoines man. It ought to prove serviceable in Kentucky and in football.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

King Oscar yielded gracefully to the inevitable, which is more than the Czar did. The latter waited to be pushed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

President Roosevelt is still a young man. He is only AT, and there are forty years of work in him yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

A Canadian court has ruled that a father must pay the expenses of court ing his daughter which were incurred by rejected suitor. The light bill will probably be an important item.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

A Pan-Alaskan railway 5000 miles long is projected. An annual pass over that road would be worth something.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

A posse of indignant Indiana farm CTS spent the night in chasing a man who stole pumpkin pie. There is ap- preciation for you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

An Iowa woman who says she can not live without talking sues her taci-
 turn husband for a divorce. He would not even talk back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

All candidates speak hopefully this morning, no matter how many mis- giyings they may have within.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

grand dukes he takes back some of his famous manifesto.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

The betting fraternity are up in the air this morning, so far as the New York city election is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

George Bernard Shaw is the only man who has been able to shock New York theatre-goers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Miss Alice brought home twenty-four cases of trinkets, and the appraisment of them is the problem of the custom house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

There is no longer any doubt about the gubernatorial campaign being in progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Russian barbarism is fully as base and brutal as any that the Rome of old ever furnished, and Imperial Rome went to the limit when she tore the eyes out of the men of captive army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Secretary Taft is pleased with Pan anna. Panama is full of Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Premier Witte and Pacificator Roose welt are the two big worlds men of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Bernard Shaw and Anthony Com stock are now retired press agents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Russia begins to long for peace both within and without.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Turkey is in trouble both in Europe and this country, this month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

School books should supplant bombs in the New Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

This month presents election day and Thanksgiving Day as star events.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

The Czar finds 1t difficult to stand pat even when Witte comes to his aid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Vulcan is more honored at St. Louis than at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-07

Germany has 800 dailies, all or near ly all, flirting with lese majeste.