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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
ALABAMA PRESS

Collinsvllle Courier: What has become of the waive note farmer? Perhaps he has disappeared in the present tidal wave of prosperity.
 Guntersville Democrat: If it Is possible to purify Philadelphia, there must be some mistake about the incorrgible char acter of Hades.
 Talladega Mountain Home: A large number of farmers are going to make their crops next year without asking any one to run" them. They have money in the bank and are going to pay as they go. Montgomery Advertiser: Hyde says he was tiekled and then fiattered about the ambassadorship to France. Now he Is sore on the subject and Is bent on getting even with the ticklers and the flatterers. Union Springs Herald: This railroad rate question now constitutes a band wagon that all the Alabama candidates are getting on. It's good one all risht. but then like all others, 1t can be over loaded.
 
 mayor turned a new trick Sunday and had every saloon in the city closed tight as drum He should be induced to make tour of the state and teach other l mayors how to do it.
 Livingston Southern Home: The Presi- dent says that he put the gage on the cabinet not to prevent the giving out Of news but to prevent discussion of trivial things with the newspaper reporters. The cabinet probably will resent the explana- | ton more than the order l Bullock County Breeze: MT. Carnegie has returned to America. and he says 1 municipal ownership of public utilities Is the coming issue. and is bound to win. In that respect Union Springs is already in line. As we have said before this town Is right up-to-date and little in ad- vance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
HENRY 3. GRAY.

From the Ozark Southern Star.
 Hon. Henry B. Gray of Birmingham has announced his candidacy for lieuten- ant governor, and will very soon begin an active campaign Mir. Gray is bril- liant young democrat, who has been prominent in the party councils. and will be most formidable candidate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
GOOD IMITATION.

From the New York Post.
 Those negroes in Atlanta who were proposing to lynch a white man for crim- inally assaultlng negro child. gave so good an imitation of the white mob that they even had the wrong man ready to be lyncned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The recount in New York will take place according to law after all sorts of appeals have been exhausted. This means that a new set of ballot boxes will be needed next fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The news that Ambassador Reid ate off of gold plate in London ought to be source of much pride to the old settlers who knew him as a boy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Beer made Milwaukee famous, in surance irregularities rendered a like service to New York, and corruption brought Philadelphia into the lime light
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Norway's precedent may put the job of Ringing at the mercy of the ballot boxes, and there will be no recount.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The member of Congress and his committee assignment are in tussle at present, and the opportunities or the democratic member are not prom. ising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The Hebrews of Birmingham pro- pose to swell the fund for the relief o. their distressed brethren in Russia, and some Gentle money could be placed there advantageously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
GOOD SUGGESTION.

From the Savannah Press
 The sooner those Sons of Clansmen' in Birmingham can be spanked and put to bed the better off they will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Count Sergius de Witte sees, alas. that treaty cannot be negotiated with the people of Russia as readily as one was with Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The disclosures in the insurance in vestigation are shocking, but the nerves of the people are hardened, and they are taken as matter of course
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Thanksgiving comes late this year in order to give more time to football, for the game is officially rounded up on that day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

A strenuous President and an im movable Senate are about to collide, and the people are waiting to see the outcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

J. Pierpont Morgan presented a blooded puppy to Memphis woman, and Memphis is feeling chesty over the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The police of an eastern city are looking for a negro with red hair and "ruddy, freckled face" He is not down here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Prairie fires continue to occur in the outlying wards of Chicago. for that city reaches nearly to the Indiana line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Detroit's stone monument to Satan is wholly superfuous when it's streets are full of like monuments of human sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Bernard Shaw will begin to dislike this country as soon as the box office begins to droop and go into decline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Senator Knox is recovering his voice and self. He voted, however, for Hummer and the machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The Indiana farmer who used his automobile to grind his corn proved himself a resourceful man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The horses refuse to say "honk honk," even if their hated rival says and smells it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

MT. Taft seems to think he carried Ohio, whereas the returns say John M. Pattison did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

King Carl V of Norway seems to have had walkover. The office of king is not much sought after these days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

It is all quiet along the Patomac but not dark, for the forest fires arc burning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

General Oyama Is alleged to have said that General Lineyitch is not a man who is thirsting for fame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

When MT. Hearst swears in as may or he should be careful not to commii lese majeste afterwards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
AUTHORITIES.


 And a giddy whirl
 See the college undergrad
 And the chorus girl. Sir Thomas Lipton hastens to deny the report that he ever married, and says the second great regret of his life is that he has never lifted the Americas cup. Hd still has chance to get married, but the America's cup is another matter. A California scientist asserts that ths stars have inhabitants. Let us hope that the people of those other worlds have all of our virtues, and none of our vices.- The day for thanksgiving is approaching when stuffed turkey will succeed the stuffed ballot box.
 The people who are always holding up the mirror to nature seldom see their own reflections in the glass. HUNT IT UP. Lots of Joy is To be found If you care to Look around. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The suicide commission of Cleveland may boast that they are in class by themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

A man who did most of his trading at a certain drug store always went in there and asked the clerk to pass judgment on him as a man, because he was sure of getting favorable verdict.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

There are still number of individ- uals who don't know that you can't fool all the people all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Red flags in this country are large ly confined to auctioneers, with few now and then in New York politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Governor Pennypacker conducting Reform is enough to make the statue in Detroit smile audibly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

A Kansas station agent of the Frisco railroad is so independent that the road is endeavoring to abolish his station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

As the time approaches for 'erhe Clans man" to be presented in New York, Thomas Dixon begins to bombard the editorial sanetums of the metropolitan newspapers with communications defend- ing his play and assailing his critics in the south In characteristic letter to the New York Globe Mir. Dixon speaks with contempt of the country editors of the south who have denounced his play, insinuating that they should devote their attention to agricultural themes and let the drama alone That Is the sort of superiority engendered in a man who has only written one play and is not yet year old at the business. A preacher who leaves the pulpit to cut the sort of capers Thomas Dixon is indulging in forfeits the respect of conservative peo- pie. There is a wide difference, thank the Lord. between fighter and a fanatic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Another preacher is trying to tell why marriage is failure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The vodka canteen in Russia is still in evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Cupid is so busy out in Colorado that the schools cant run for lack of school marms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Oscar Wildes "Salome" seems to be on par with Mrs. Warren's Profes. sion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

About the only fun the powers have these days is bluffing the Sublime Porte
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Uncle Sans bandwagon is in danger of becoming overcrowded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Is to beat the golf record made by An drew Carnegie. It must be pleasant to get enough and then amuse one's self with little May day ambition like golf, secure in the thought that there is no more work to do. ''oweet are the uses of adversity," but the gilded ministrations of wealth are not to be despised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
HAD TO MOVE,

dreamt I dwelt in marble halls
 But could not pay the rent, So when my month was out l packed
 My little trunk and went.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The man high up in election frauds is the man to hit, MT. Jerome.i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The Presidents noted teeth are yielding to the ravages of time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
About Persons.

J. Henry Miller of Huntsville is at the Hillman.
 H. Clay Moore of Atlanta is at the Hill- man.
 H. D. Merrill of Anniston is at the Morris.
 E. A. Dryer of Talladega is at the Nor ris.
 Paul Hancock of Nashville is at the Birmingham.
 A. D. Clemments of Opelika is at the St. Nicholas.
 ]. D. DuBois of Memphis is at the St Nicholas.
 Congressman John H. Bankhead of Eavette. representative from the Sixth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Cuba will follow the Isle of Pines to a place under the Stars and Stripes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

James Hazen Hyde is proving "model witness" and is making far more cred- itable showing on the witness stand than some of his predecessors who have faced MT. Hughes. While it Is true that MT. Hyde has failed to demonstrate that he earned tho salary paid him by the Equitable society, he is showing good sense and spirit. It may be possible that the public has been a trifie too hard on Jimmy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
NOTHING DOING. The ocean waves are beating Upon the shifting sands; They miss the ragtime music Done by the summer bands.


  A laundry girl who sued the owner of hotel for $25,OOO damages tainted when she was awarded $5O00. She was not more surprised than a lot of people who win money in damage suits that they know they don't deserve
 A Connecticut motorman grieved him. self to death because his car ran over and killed Q woman. Chauffers please copy.
 Murphy must gor" Down with the bossesm "out with the McCurdysp' grafters!" and "Rah for the peoplel" are shouts heard on every side. Verify, these be piping times.
 AT THE LUNCH COUNT .iR.
 Two kinds of people you will find,
 Whener you go to sup
 The chaps who quickly bolt their food
 And those who chew it up.  A word to the politicians: Persons whose garments are easily soiled should not throw mud.
 The mayors of Martins Ferry, Bridge port and Belaire. West Virginia, have only three legs between them, when by the usual count they should have six. The mayor of Martins Ferry has two good legs, the mayor of Bridgeport has one that came with him originally and one that was supplied. while the execu- tive of Bellaire gets along on two woooen limbs. Yet, two legs are not necessary to make good mayor. It cost District Attorney Jerome just
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Dr. Gladden. finds it impossible to quit prating about predatory wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Tomorrow is gridiron day in Bir mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The enthusiastic preacher who compared William Travers Jerome to Ben Hur should have stated that 1t was not chariot race which MT. Jerome won.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Frost jokes and thermometer quips in the columns of eastern contemporaries warn us that grim Winter is beginning to make himself felt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

KEEP OUT OF DEBT. Lots of trouble in the world, Lots of grief and sorrow; But we'd have 8 better time If we didn't borrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Guntersville Democrat: If it is possible to purify Philadelphia, there must be some mistake about the ineorrigible char acter of Hades
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Collinsville Courier: What has become Of the waive note farmer? Perhaps he has disappeared in the present tidal wave of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The anti-boss party is on top a present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORL D

500 to be reelected to his office. which is certainly cheap enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March B. 1S79
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

The banks are building up their re
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Robert Whitehead, the man who in- vented the Whitehead torpedo, is dead. It is question whether he was a real bene- factor to humanity or an evil genius, but he achieved fame and no complaint can be made of his torpedos destructive qualities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

F D. Pickens, L. H Russ and George D. Britain are the only authorized trav- cling representatives of The Age-Herald In its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Congressman John H. Bankhead of Fayette, representative from the Sixth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Mrs. Hetty Green is at last going to buy an automobile, but she will economize by being her own chauffeuse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17
TRAGEDIES.

IRAGEDIES. Ding! Dong. Bell Cat was thrown into the we'll; Another one of those heartiess crimes, Poor thing drowned just nine times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

No communication will be published without it's authors name Rejected man uscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Washington Bureau Age-Heraid. .t21 c street, N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

Taladega Mountain Home: A large number of farmers are going to make their crops next year without asking any one to run" them. They have money In the bank and are going to pay as they go
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

A word to the politicians: Persons whose garments are easily soiled should not throw mud.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

@N CCORDING to the statement re- N gently made by his sister, Rioh-
 ard Croker's sole ambition now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-17

blooded puppy to a Memphis woman, and Memphis is feeling chesty over the matter.
 The police of an eastern city are looking for negro with red hair and "ruddy. freckled face" He is not down here.
 King Carl V of Norway seems to have had a walkover. The office of king is not much sought after these days.
 There are still number of individ- uals who don't know that you can't fool all the people all the time.
 General Oyama Is alleged to have said that General Linevitch is not a man who is thirsting for fame. l --s.-
 Senator Knox is recovering his voice and self He voted, however, for Hummer and the machine.
 The Indiana farmer who used his automobile to grind his corn proved | himself resourceful man.  Governor Pennypacker conducting Reform is enough to make the statue in Detroit smile audibly. When MT. Hearst swears in as may. or he should be careful not to commit lese majeste afterwards. --s-
 MT. Taft seems to think he carried Ohio, whereas the returns say John M. Pattison did it.
  l The horses refuse to say "honk, honk," even if their hated rival says and smells it.
  The suicide commission of Cleveland may boast that they are in class by 1 themselves. | It is all quiet along the Patomac, but not dark, for the forest fires are burning. --s-----
 Cupid is so busy out in Colorado that the schools cant run for lack of school marms. | About the only fun the powers have these days is bluffing the Sublime Porte Oscar Wilde's "Salome" seems to be on par with Mrs. Warren's Profes. | sion."
 
 Cuba will follow the Isle of Pines | to a place under the Stars and Stripes. l -.-------------------- Dr. Gladden. finds it impossible to quit prating about predatory wealth. | The Presidents noted teeth are yielding to the ravages of time. |
 The man high up in election frauds is the man to hit, MT. Jerome. l ----.-----.-l
 Uncle Sams bandwagon is in danger of becoming overcrowded.
 Another preacher is trying to tell why marriage is failure.
 The vodka canteen in Russia is still in evidence.
 Tomorrow is gridiron day in Bir- mingham.
 The anti-boss party is on top at present.
 The banks are building up their re.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-09

feature. The recent large advance in
cotton and talk of is cents for the balance
of the crop is disturbing element in
future business. Current production, Is,
however, still taxed to I'LL orders. Wool
is dull and fancy fleeces rather easier on
seasonable quiet in that line, but primary
come from clothing trades.
Railway business continues remarkably
heavy, gross receipts for November promis-
ing an Increase OF about 8 per cent over
last night.
Current bank clearings testify to the
immense turnover in all trade lines in a
November total largely in excess of any
month ever recorded.
Staple prices show unsurpassed strength
All the cereals are higher on the week.
cotton has made another spectacular ad-
vance, iron and steel are strong, with
subsidiary lines showing advances and all
other metals are sympathetically strong
Hides leather and shoes are all strong
lumber and building materials are firm, and
the great mass of staple prices show effects
of unprecedented demand.
The heavy advance shown is temporarily
beneficial to trade and collections at the
ton manufacturers, who predict trade de-
moranzation If cotton bulls succeed in their
announced EFFORT to make cotton sell at 10
Business failures for the week ending
December q, number 2O3, against 1SS last
week, 2S1 in the like week OF 1904, 241 in
1903, A7 In 1902 and 223 in 1901.
In Canada, failures this week number 81,
as against % last week and % in this week
a year ago.
Wheat, including -four, exports for the
week ending December Z, are 4,245,162 bu.
against S,706,690 bu last week. 1,l39,S69 blu.
this week last year, 4,607 go bu. in 1903, and
S,76l,047 bu. in 1902 From July 1 to date
the EXPORTS are 62s2S,3s7 bu., against 81
256,5e9 bu last year, 77,536,909 blu. in 1903
and 1896, 496 bu. in 1902.
Corn exports for the week are 2,402, 3l7
bu., against 1,643, 1924 bu. last week, 276, $50
bu year ago, GAL ,9& blu. in 1908 and /, SOl ,2S6
blu. in 1902. From July to date the ex-
COZ, 4o6 bu. in 1904 40 bu. in 1903 and
5,0S6,S03 blu. in 1902
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-09
OUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE
Business BrOadsnI in Response to Lower
Temperatures and Holiday Demands.
COLLECTIONS GENERALLY SATISFACTORY
Railway Earnings for November Are
81 Per Cent Larger Than the
same Months Last
Year.

NEW YORK, Dec. s.-R. @. Dun & Com
panys weekly review of trade tomorrow
wiil say:
Trace broadens in a healthy manner in
response TO lover temperature ana monday
oenlanu. staple lines OF heavyweight wear,
ms appai are readily ulsrlDuUeu, ana
tiie movement of CnrIstilas sOOus promises
to aou one more to the many new nlSn
recorus established Dy lSU0. many manufdc-
turerS IN Lnese lines are unapas 10 llti or
dets, notably those producing JeWelry,
canuy, toys and novelties. WuOIesale bust
hess Is On scale tndt promises well lor
next season. snlpphg depaI tulents are
taxed TO the utmost and nierOanLiie cOlec-
lions are satisfactory, with a few eXcep-
uohs, MniCn are coihheo Chithg " eOuth-
ern districts wnere cotton mas not been
narAeteu promptly. Prices nave maze
turtner advances Dun index numOer
lUo,olz on december l, against 1U0,o a
month previous, ana the past week mas
brought sun higher level There was
nothing in tue state documents to disturb
commence, industrial acuVlLy is showing
greater progress tnan at any previous time,
ana railway edrnlnss IN November were OIL
per cent iarser Than iast year s. Foreign
commerce at this port Tor the last week
snoweo gam OF 81, Lly,5y5 in Imports ana a
decrease of 81, 4zl,VVO IN eApOIts as COM
pateo with the same week OF IyA.
New business IN the iron anu steel indus
tries may De coming tOrWaid a little less
freely, III, tine demand for many products Is
50 Tar anead OF supply that there Is ntue
interest In current options. more new hign
record prices for recent years have been
estaOIsneu in the marAets for minor
metals.
In the cotton goods industry it has at
last become necessary Tor producers to
recognize tie niSner position attained by
the raw material HAD there eAisted any
large supply OF goods at the mills or in
primary markets, buyers might nave re-
slsted the Upward tenuency ny postponing
purchases in anticipation Oh an cary redc-
tlOn In raw cotton. Some standard brands
nave not yet joined tue movement out
Drown cottons tenn upward ana neaVy
sheetlnSs are from quarter to a half cent
hlsner. Export trade Is not encouraged by
the new Quotations, although mUuera.e ODDS
are received tor certaIn nedvy goous on
winch prices were quoted before the crop
report appeared. A lew low grade guuus
IN mems wooIens have been opened but
there is no general dispose don to snow
INES Tor next year, cnleny because of the
uncertainty In the raw wooIen market
=, recent large purchases OF hides supplied
the leadlnS tanners Tor some time TO come,
IN lew Cases contracts cUvsiing sdltings
as remote as February, and packers stocKs
are 50 lSnt that they do not force SAFES.
consequently the market is light. Learner
is nrnI out quiet.
>, Failures TINS week numbered 232 in the
Onlteo STATES against 2Sy last year and
"A In Canaua compared with ~ year ago.