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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

N HE Mississippi boundary commis- @ sion. in looking over some an,
 cisnt land grants, unearthed deeds which are said to locate Memphis in the state of Mississippi, instead of Ten nessee. This might be considered a shrewd move on the part of Mississippians to an- next the best town in Tennessee, but 1t is said that the claim will not be pressed As matter of fact Mississippi neeIs large city The state is forturete Tn possessing some fine towns. but the principal cities of all the other gulf states outclass those of Mississippi.
 What College Girls Eat" is the title of new book by Mrs. & T. Rorer It is probably a treatise on pickles and choc- olate drops.
 gentle thus heard at intervals is the noise made by dropping James Hagen Hyde from the board of directors of cor porations that have no further use for him, now that he does not hold the strings to the Equitable money bags.
 
 The one is noted for her looks
 The other for her air
 But she who hath a host of beaux
 Doth own baby stare.
 An automatic coal-brealSer is now work ing in the anthracite coal fields. An auto matic price booster may be expected when the magnates get tired of doing 1t.
 Somehow. we don't have a high regard for the opinion of the man who readily agrees with us when we belittle our short- comings instead of protesting that we have mistaken virtues for vices.
 The Woman's Christian Temperance union has endorsed President Roosevelt Dixie has just done the same thing. Thomas Watson speaks of Judge Alton Brooks Parker as if he were dead.
 JUST WON'T DO IT.
 Little rays of sunshine,
 Little drops of rain
 Make the green blades of grass
 Cover all the plain;
 But a hair restorer
 
 Grow upon bald spot
 That is wholly bare
 The suggestion that the use of slang be discouraged in our theatres is timely, but if put into practice would mean starvation for host of pseudo musical comedy comedians who appear before the public every night without being assault ed. Slang Is the motif of the average musical comedy. The situations are slangy, the lines are full of it, the songs are no better and the comedians have It for their stock in trade The number of people employed in mak- ing bogus antiques is enough to shake ones faith in his fellow man, but so long as millionaires are the principal victims the average man will not raise howl MISSING.
 Thomas Taggart? Where is he? Quit your foolingi Don't ask me. It is said that President Roosevelt be- gan his ocean trip back to Washington with the hone that he would have q taata
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

Grover Cleveland butted into New York city politics. although he lives and votes in another state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The twentieth century Is hummer in it's first decade, but it may prove biggest when first born.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft passed on the high seas, but they did not speak as they passed by.
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Pat Grove and Albert T. Patrick still go unpunished This country has one law for the man who has money and another for the man who has none.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The Russian cruiser Bogatyr has ar rived at Nagasaki and not single "scare-head" was written about the matter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The Congressional Record will soon leappear, and no colored supplements will be folded in it. It is a conserva- tive publication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

MT. Hughes denies that he will do more than probe for the facts in the insurance scandals. He does not aspire to shine as prosecutor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The Russian alphabet seems to con- tain the word revolution" strange as it's combinations sometimes are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The placing of the Russian loan Is embarrassed by the revolutionaries, and the finances must wait on reforms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The deck of an United States cruiser in United States territory At least it is not British territory or German sovereignty. Technically speaking the President was with us all the way, especially when the wireless was working.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

Each persons allowance of currency is S31.0S, but there are some who can put their hands on their per capita share.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

Judge" Hamilton may return to Canada, but not to this country until insurance disclosures are thing of the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

New Orleans applauds Dr. White as well as General Jackson, for both are heroes of that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The President is home again after a trip that for strenuosity was typically Rooseyeltian
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Count Witte is still the man of des- tiny in Russia-the one man who can allay the storm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

It took the Romanoffs 300 years to decide to relinquish their autocratic power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The President treads the soil of his native land again, and the country is safe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The poison squad" has returned tc duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

portsmouth did bring peace to Rus sia after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

bureau looked wise and announced that it could not promise a storm, but the storm came and it is to be hoped that the Pres ident's heart was made glad by the seas he encountered off the South Carolina coast. This incident will give the para graphers another chance to discuss the famous Roosevelt luck" Everything he wants he seems to get.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

me Cossacks will soon be without job. There will be no more rioters to disperse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

There is no apathy in New York city, whatever there may be outside of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

Tammany is striving to bring out it's vote, and all know that that means victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

Common sense in the Russian peo- pie is needed now as it never has been before.
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The people of Russia have got what they wanted.
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Count Witte will either be shining light or flash in the pan.
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The autocrat of all tho Russias has resigned in favor of Count Witte.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The fruit steamer is dangerous both on land and water.
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wants he seems to get.
 DELICATE QUESTION. Football heroes wear their pads
 When they have a game to play; Clarice wears hers just because
 Pardon me, hate to say.
 The long distance prophets who take delight In prognosticating events of the dim and distant future might tell us when we are to have municipal ownership in Chicago.
 There is nothing but base claumny in , the report that Hall caine came over to advertise the virtues of a well known hair restorer
 T dropped into an easy chair one day recently and picked up a copy of Mark Twain's famous book. Huckleberry Finn, remarked a business man. Tn a moment I was absorbed in the adven- lures of the peerless Hucl' Page aher page was turned. and at the end of D chapter l glanced up at the clock Ori4 hour had sped away like magic! I seizet my hat and raced down town, but my heart was light I felt an enthusiasm thatB l had lacked earlier in the day and | did not regret the time spent in thtfs renewing the days of my youth when c first made the acquaintance of 'Hucklez berry Finn"
 A Michigan man has made thousands of photographs of Indians. He probably finds the pictures more desirable to have around than the originals.
 Young men who aspire to rise are ad- vised not to take the get-rich-quick ele- vator, which is a short cut that often leads to a catastrophe.
 DECEITFUL THINGS.
 Isn't it the
 Limit how
 Sweetly girlies
 Smile and bow
 To their rivals
 Whom they'd slay
 In a horrid,
 Brutal way?
 Out in Moscow. Idaho-not Russia-a campaign against cursing has been started by society of individuals who are prob ably hard pushed for a way to kill time. If the leaders of this latest anti-oath cru sade would endeavor to eliminate some of the incentives to profanity which one meets every day they would deserve vote of thanks if not a medal. It is source of much qualification for us to announce that another bull has gored a toreador.
 Over in Georgia a former negro con- gressman has been sentenced to three years at pounding rock for forging tho names of ignorant negroes to land leases. George Washington Murray is his name George has wealth, but his skin is dark and he lives in Georgia.
 Probably the Iowan who is reported to have drowned himself in a vat of milk caught the cramp and perished while talk ing beauty bath. PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

New York has municipalized one ferry at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The freedom of Russia is perhaps the biggest event of the century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The interstate regulators at Chicago agreed to disagree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

It is said that President Roosevelt be- gan his ocean trip back to Washington with the hope that he would have a taste of "strenuous'' weather. The weather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The long distance prophets who take delight In prognosticating events of the dim and distant future might tell us when we are to have municipal ownership in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

DELICATE QUESTION. Football heroes wear their pads When they have a game to play; Clarice wears hers just because Pardon me, hate to say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

Old vesuvius is spluttering again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01
QUICK DECISION.

Things are happening in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

Young men who aspire to rise are ad- vised not to take the get-rich-quick ele- vator, which is a short cut that often leads to a catastrophe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

There is nothing but base claumny in the report that Hall Caine came over to advertise the virtues of a we'll known hair restorer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

The Woman's Christian Temperance union has endorsed President Roosevelt. Dixie has just done the same thing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8. 1872
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

Thomas Watson speaks of Judge Alton Brooks Parker as if he were dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01

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A Michigan man has made thousands of photographs of Indians. He probably finds the pictures more desirable to have around than the originals.
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JUST WON'T DO IT. Little rays of sunshine, Little drops of rain Make the green blades of grass Cover all the plain; But hair restorer Doesn't make a hair Grow upon a bald spot That is wholly bare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-01
DECEITFUL THINGS.

Isn't it the
 Limit how Sweetly girlies Smile and bow To their rivals Whom they'd slay In a horrid,
 Brutal way?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
Observations Of a Day
By The AMATEUR PHILOSOPHER


what it was under the old conditions of
ignorance and lack of system but now
adays it is regarded as a science, al
most an exact science, and is taught in
the schools, like mathematics, languages,
art and music. A well educated modern
stands about food values and all that
sort of thing when she leaves school so
that dispOses of Dorothy Dix's sugges-
ton of a cure for the DISCONTINUED girl
between nineteen and twenty-five when
she doesn't know what she wants and
will die if she doesn't get it. Not that
housekeeping isn't all right as an oc-
cupation for many women, perhaps for
the average woman, if there is any de-
girl were to be put at the head Of a
house, given the responsibility and au-
thority she will probably enjoy her work
and follow it cheerfully and contentedly.
But If her position is merely that of
the assistant to a competent and capa-
bic mother, if she has only to obey or
ders and follow suggestions, If in fact
she does not enjoy both the responsible
ity and the credit of managing the
household she will find little pleasure
and little interest in her work.
What the disconnected girl needs
what every sane, healthy, normal per
son needs-is an engrossing occupa-
ton. something that they enjoy for
itself, and something that there is a
necessity for them to do. The daugh-
ter of wealthy parents may easily fill
up the days for herself with various
expensive diversions, occupations,
studies or fads. She may work or idle
as she please, under conditions that
make either agreeable and diverting.
It will require a number of years for
her to exhaust all the amusements and
interests that are open to her, but
even she, in time, If she be a normal
woman, viii weary of merely amusing
herself and will long for an intense,
absorbing interest in life.
The average girl, whether her par
ents be in straitened circumstances, or
we'll to do, if she has no duties to
keep her at home should choose her
work in the world. as her brother does,
in the school room and should there
after direct all her efforts to that end
as he does. There is no cure or pre-
ventive of ennui like work and there
is no reason why a woman should be
debarred from its blessings any more
than q man. Sometimes the friends of
a girl whose circumstances oblige her
to work for a living condole with her
in what they ignorantly regard as her
misfortune No better thing can hap
pen to any girl who has health and
no exacting duties, than to go to
work. To be busy, to be independent,
takes one out of oneself is, generally
speaking, to be happy
Topeka is full of girls id1ing al
home with no more engrossing inter
ests than the new fiction, the current
gossip and an occasional invitation
for it to be strictly necessary for them
to earn a living but they are not
wealthy enough to provide them the
amusements OF travel, continued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19

That the city Chaps Are Getting BLaSe.
copyright. 1906 by Central New Press Exchanged

you in the world, an some Of EMIL
come your way one of these days. But
you've got to be patient. Look at the
bucket shop brigade. Do you suppose
they could stay in business if they hur-
ried things? OF course not. They
wait their turn. Maybe a week goes
by before a good thing shows up, but
they come in time.
The great thing in life is not to get
discouraged. Listen to what the great
men say. Did you ever hear any of
em that didn't sing the same toon.
Don't they all admit that the hardships
an sufferins is the things that makes
mon the real goods? Very well, then,
Amt there sOmethin' more than ordi-
nary to be thankful for when you
realize that here in this great country
is thousands of people in all the big
in night an day to make the people
great. There amt a walk in life you
can mention but what there's thou
sands of men puzzlin' an worryin' how
to soak the people. In q short time
they'll be teachin' it in the public
schools. Look what was done for the
people in Wall Street alone doorin' the
last two years. Do you suppose the
public could have been given the raz-
zle dazzle from Maine to California
without a good deal of preparation an
thought. Think of the midnight oil
that was burned. Standard oil at that;
think of the dozens of men that was
sittin' up at night after night, perfect
in every detail, engineering the press
reports, hxin' up the various tales that
had to be handed out to the people
50 that every man that had a dollar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19

cities is that they're gettin' hardened.
They don't look on the beautiful sight
of life. If a load of bricks was to
drop on John W. Gates there wouldn't
be nothin' more than passin' comment.
There wouldn't be no general joy.
That's where the fellows in the coun-
try have the best OF it. They never
miss no chance for public celebra-
ton. While the city chaps would pass
the incident by without a great deal of
notice, the honest tillers Of the soil
would be wearin' ribbons on their hats.
an of an evening they'd be sittin'
down in the parlor while Hannah
Maria played a piece on the harmon
ium, an they all joined in hymns of
praises. You'll always find more real
truthfulness on the part of the farm
ers than you will in the cities. The
city guy seems to be blaze an sort OF
caIloused. The boy with the hoes
thankful for anything that comes
along. He's got to be. But that's
neither here nor there. OF course, as
rule, the man in the country's got
a lot to be thankful for. He amt sur
rounded by a bunch of freaks, to be-
gin with. Again. he amt shook down
so often. He amt so easy to get at
When he starts for home from the
fields he just straddles the old horses
back an lopes along quiet an easy
/ like. There's no two bells an then q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19

ferent. An I want to tell you it's a
great thing to be thankful. Suppose
the landlord has roze the rent. You've
paid It. haven't you2 An you didn't
have to work on Sundays to do it. eth
er, did you? What about it if you
didn't have the chance. The point is
that you parted with the extra coin,
an doc praise is necessary. tell you
there amt a person on the earth that
hasn't got sOmethin' to be thankful
for. Ask young Rockefeller. He'll
tell you. While 1T amt exactly his
business, it's a side line for him to
dope these things out, an show what
q great joy it is to get it in the neck
There's the point The people should
train themselves to the proper appre-
citation of things. Any man that can't
feel the keen joy of bein' dispOssessed
hasn got the science of life down fine
There amt no thankfulness in him.
An he'll never enjoy himself until he
Iatls In line You see it amt the
things that is done to you that YOU
kick about that you've got to enjoy:
it's the art of bein' dooly thankful for
the things that amt done to you. that
the people ought to cultivate Once
you get line on this dope, an follow
it out, there's a positive joy to be de-
rived when the boss cuts your wages
Two bucks per.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19

So We no use for the guy that don't
see nOthin good in nOthin', said
Mr.. Devery. Things is largely as
you view EN-. Of course il re-
~ quires quite a stretch of the
Imagination to pick up someth1n'
like Puck an laugh yourself to death
At the same time you can md Joke
in anythin' if you make up your mind
to- The trouble is the people is STUB
born. Some Of EN- can't see anythln
funny in DUNES municipal ownership
game in Chicago; others thinks II s
the funniest thing they ever see only
they don't see it. An that's the way It
goes. at the same time, whenever
Thanksgivin' time comes round. the
best thing that the people can do IS
to get out their dope on the year that s
flew, an acknowledge, open an. above
board. that things is not as bad as
they might obe.
The beauty about Thanksglvin' IS
that it's purely an American institoo-
ton There amt no foreign alien
game about it. Because the Eyetaiian s
been diggin' a ditch for a whole year
am don't feel no burst of enthusiasm
amt no sign that the great American
worl1in man don't appreciate the fact
that he's been allowed to dig in coal
mine. There hasn't been no restric-
tions on him. They haven't limited
him to no eighteen hours q. day. He's
been allowed to dig twelve. He's the
real thing An bein an American he's
got a right to be thankful at the
proper time. The Eyetalian amt got
no right. 1t amt his holiday, an
there's no reason why he should try
to butt in. With Americans it's diff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19

study, collecting or any OF the ex-
pensive fads and pursuits. Naturally
the girls are disconnected. Naturally
they grumble because they are poor
Naturally they imagine themselves IN
love with any man who presents him
self, regardless of whether their love
is sought or desired. Naturally, too If
their lives were filed up with some
useful work, which would absorb
most of their time and attention, II
they learned the value of money by
earning it for themselves and knew
something of business methods. they
would have no time for discomfort.
for grumbling and dissatisfaction. or
the luxury Of grief over an unre-
Quilted love.
The day is passing when Ioafing was
considered more respectable for a
woman than for a man. The modern
motto is "Get Busy and this prln-
cipally for our own sakes. It IS no
longer. Be good and you viii be lone
some but Be idle and you viii be
lonesome. Therefore Get Busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19

man lines up with the family at the
opry house, an they all laugh them
selves to death when the comic man
comes out an does his stunt. In Moo
York, Boston, an such places, the peo-
pie has to have somebody like Robert
Mantell playin' Hamlet before they
can get up a good laugh. When
suits is that ali the country districts
is ready to fall in line, an fall in pro-
per They amt all sayin' praise be
keepin' the suckers movin'. They don t
keep no cards up their sleeve. They
amt got no sleeves. They're in luck
if they have a shirt. But there amt
nothin' to complain Of Look at the
ozone they get. An not cent charged
for it. When they want to throw out
their chests an breathe deep there
amt a thing in the world to stop EN-.
If you don't thing that's somethin' to
be thankful for ask the Harlem Flat
DWeIlers' Association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
BurgIing by Ruse.

Paris, Nov. Ism. Marcot, a pro-
fessional pianist, residing in the Rue
Notre Dame de Nazareth. received the
following letter one night:
Sir have heard great deal
about your gifts as a pianist and I
should like to hear you perform. Come
to my house tomorrow evening. I will
give you 100 francs for your perform
ance. If you please me, win ask you
to come every day at the same price.
I hope that I can count on your pune
tualitv Vicomte de n, Avenue
KIeber"
The pianist turned up at the vi
comtess residence, but he was informed
that the nobleman had left the house
three months ago. Some one had
played a practical joke upon him. he
thought. But the letter was more
than a joke, for during the professor
absence his fat had been broken into
by burglars, and the sum of 1900
francs. as well as quantity Of objects
dart stolen.