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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
From the Chicago Record-Herald

MILES rippled over the faces of
~ Chicago's medical men yesterday
- when the news was spread
that DR.. j. K. Kennedy, secretary of the
Iowa state board of health. had ordered
all doctors and surgeons in the Hawkeye
commonwealth to remove their boards.
The merriment was not entirely due to
Iowa's attempt to compete with Indiana
and Wisconsin in freak" legislation, for
it takes something more than that to
cause famous physicians to doff their pro-
fessional gravity and grin. And thereby
hangs a tale.
After exacting a solemn oath that his
name be not mentioned, one of the we'll
known physicians confided the story to
We scribe. Not long ago a group of prom
inent surgeons of this city decided that
their boards, ranging from closely
trimmed vandykes to ragged burnsides,
were choice lodging-houses for disease
germs, and might possibly infect the pa
TENTS upon whom they operated, or the
friends and relatives whom they en-
braced. They held consultation together
and decided that the facial annexes must
disappear in the cause of science
The step brought despair into the heart
of many young Sawbones in the medical
schools of the West Side who had been
coaxing hrsute adornment for months Re-
gretfully the disciples followed the example
of the masters; the business of certain
BARRIERS was comfortably increased, and
the admirers of a famous yellow jour-
nalist who has announced editorially that
boards and mustaches were relics of the
monkey stage in mans evolution rejoced
at the spread of saffron gospel.
When the Chicago Medical society gath
cred together for its periodical discussions
of all the ills that flesh is heir to the
assemblage looked like a chapel meeting
of Benedictine monks. lips and chins
were smooth and blue, although here and
there some representative of the old
school wagged his beard in disgust at this
overturning of tradition. Upon one of these
occasions DR.. Francis Dickinson, cham
pion of woman's rights and club leader,
entered. She stared in amazement at the
undecorated faces. 1t was a gaze of
disapproval.
Perhaps DIR. Dickinson, out of purely al
truistic motives, felt that as woman
and a fighter for woman's rights she must
protest. Perhaps she remembered that ia
vorite womans proverb. "A kiss without
mustaches is like an egg without salt"
and-with motives absolutely altruistic, as
has been said before-believed that pro-
test should be entered against this whole
sale destruction of handsome professional
boards. But whatever she felt and thought
it isAa matter of record that she asked:
whats all this for?'
"Antiseptic purposes" blithely explained
a bearess savant. Danger of infection
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
Indo-China in French Hands.

Just before the civil war in this
country broke out, the French mission
aries in IndoChina had the usual
troubles that attend the pushing of a
new religion and new methods upon
an Oriental people, and the Emperor
Napoleon in 1861 seized Cochin-China
Tonquin, which adjoins China proper,
was not occupied until 1884, and it was
not fully pacified until 1897. The en-
tire colony is about four times the
size Of Alabama, and it contains about
twenty millions inhabitants. Like our
new Oriental possession, that of the
French has been expensive. Down to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
About Persons.

Richard H. Edwards, editor of the Balti-
more Manufacturers Record and direc-
tor and member of the executive COM
mittee of the Alabama Consolidated Coal
and Iron company is in the city.
Dave Wohl of Gadsden is at the Morris.
w. S. Mcleod of Childesburg is stop
ping at the Morris.
Robert G. Arlington and j. E. Trimble
of Montgomery are registered at the
Morris.
]. A. Porter of Cincinnati is at the
Morris.
A. NJ. King of Moody, Fla, is at the
Morris.
Cecil A. Beasley of Fayette is in the
city.
P. NJ. Rowland of Talladega is in the
city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
SUMMER JOYS.
Ny! He looks furiousl
Did you hear what he said
AS he swiped at a fly
Creeping on his bald head

That is a very pretty story told of a
tramp who rescued a young woman In
Pennsylvania and refused all reward save
a kiss from her ruby" 60 lips. To rem
der the occasion all the more romantic
his request for a salute was couched in
smoothly flowing lines that the maiden
IN the case could not resist. In truth that
were no ordinary "Languid Larry" He
must have been a tramp of extraordinary
attachments, combining a knowledge of
verse with great personal bravery, for he
saved the girls life. If he should turn out
to be a real knight in disguise and should
woo the maiden in cavalier fashion what
eestacies would be in store for those elder
ly, unmarried ladies who dote on such adj
yenturesi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
FROM AN OLD BOOK.

From Fuel
The early conductors of the press were
in the habit of affixing to the end OF
the volumns they printed some device
or couplet concerning the book, with the
names of the printer and the proofreader
added. The following example is from
Andrew Boards edition of 1.-THE Prag-
matte Sanction. Paris. 1907
Stet liber, hic donec fiuctus formica ma
rinos
Ehibat: ct totum testudo perambulet or
benz
MAY this volume continue in motion
And its pages be each day unfurled;
Till an ant to the dregs drinks the ocean
Or a tortoise has crawled round the
worldly
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

only their own convenience, it is still
worth listening to and now that the good
old summer time" is at hand we might
ruminate over its applicability. Birming-
ham theauegoers have not many faults
but they are proverbially late and Bir-
mingham is not such great big town
after all.
Inspired by the example of Mr.. Jeffries
and Mr.. Corbstt, Mr.. kid Mccoy says
he wants to act God save the mark! Nc
Coy seeks the rights to The Other Girl
and hopes to play therein the role OF a
prizefighter. Thus is the stage elevated In
these late days!
1t is related that a young woman in
Iowa thought man was trying to wink
at her and forthwith raped him across
the face with her umbrella. When hauled
to court the young woman found that
a harmless glass eye was the cause of
all the trouble and she was requested to
produce the small sum of So as a contri-
button to the city's funds Hereafter,
she will no doubt be wary. The moral of
the story is that no mans good eye Is
responsible for what is done by his glass
eye
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
HOW WOMANS WIT SAVED
Boards OF THE DOCTORS

brought to minimum. Zine humanitarian
idea, isn't it?"
DIR. Diekinsons wit is sharpened to
hne point by the arduous duties which
Detail chairman of the Social Economics
clubs She looked at her man grimly for
a moment and then replied.
Why don't you shave your heads also?"
DIR. Diclinsons criticism exploded the
lad at once. When they realized that to
ne consistent they must be as bald as
fresh convicts the former proud possess
ors of vandykes and burnsides began to
shun the razor once more
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
REFUGE.
A SONG.

By William Winter.
Set your face to the sea, fond lover
Cold in darkness the sea winds blow.
Waves and clouds ana the nights will
cover
All your passion "a all your woe:
SObbing waves and ia death that is in
mem,
Sweet as the lips Tat o. you pressed
Pray that your ho1 less heart may win
them
Pray that your weary lie may rest!
Set your face to str -, fond lover
Calm, and silent, and bright and true
They will pity you, they ' Ill hover
Tenderly over the deep for YOU
Winds of heaven will sign your dirges.
Tears of heaven for you be spent,
And sweet for you, will the murmuring
surges
Posr the wall of <heir low lament
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Iron Market.

The iron market seems to be anomalous
but it is really easy of explanation, said
a furnace man yesterday. II Is fact
that consumers are working to their fun
capacity. This ought to keep prices firm.
But it is a fact that the demand for the
pig metal is light and prices are weak.
The explanation is that consumers stocked
up heavily last fall and they have still
enough pig iron on hand to run them
until July. Just as soon as the consumers
come in the market again prices will move
up and harden. Makers of iron have only
to wait in ordel to get $3.50 to $1,000
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
The Lieutenant Governor.

Lieut.. Gov r. M. Cunningham returned
last night from Alfalfa, where he spoke
yesterday at the commencement exercises
of the schools in that city.
The Lieutenant Governor was very much
pleased with his trip to Alfalfa, and states
that the school in that city is in excellent
condition, and that he was much Inn
pressed with the fine essays by the mem
bers of the graduating class.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
COMMENT ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

XNAUT IN California Luther Burbank.
W known as the Wizard of Flow
ers,n has developed some strange
and beautiful floral types. He has grated
plants with remarkable results until now
his name is known far and wide ana
he is hailed with acclaim. Granted the
skill of this flower magician. what profit
his achievements? Try as he may. he can
not improve upon the creations with
which nature adorns the earth, and it
seems little short of saerilege to tamper
with the masterpieces that have intoxicat-
ed mortals by their beauty for centuries
past Even the lily, symbol of purity and
most stately of flowers, has not escaped
the experiments of this bold horticulturist
and now he gloats over yellow Gala
lily The astonishing feats of Luther Bur-
bank must challenge the admiration, of
course. but his work will prove of no ben
eft to humanity, and he can at best i'm
prove but little, if at all, on the faultless
coloring. the matchless patterns and the
sweet perfume which a Creator has given
to the flowers There is apparently no
limit to mans presumption.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
American officers viii Be Sent.

Washington, May a.-M. Jesserand, the
French ambassador caaed on Secretary
Taft today and invited the Secretary to
send officers of the American army TO
France to be present during the summer
maneuvers of the French troops which
are to be on a grander scale than ever
before, The Secretary announced that Of
ficers would be sent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
" omen aren't what they are dressed
up to be.
Sometimes a man has so much sense
he never tries to tell people he has
1t $ awful since the way girl can
blush on her lips when you kiss them.
Life is race to see If you can keep
from reaching your own grave before the
others.
A girl is very clever to laugh at a
joke she doesn't understand, because then
she laughs at them all
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
FROM EXPERIENCE.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
Russian Duke-I had to leave Russia
You don't know how you feel when thou
sands of people wait the chance to hit
you with something.
Correspondent-oh. yes, l do ! used to
be baseball umpire in America
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

RojestvenslSy is all right. He pro-
poses TO wait until September for the
fourth Russian squadron. BY that
time Vladivostok will begin to freeze
up, and Port Arthur is not open at
any season to the Russians.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

The President of these United States
took what is alleged to have been his
first automobile ride in Washington last
Saturday Remembering his meagre salary
of $4,000 year, he rode in hired mo-
tor car. We are still democratic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

According to the Worcester Telegram,
the automobile statistics so far this year
show a total of g. persons killed and 7ss
injured. About the only hope to save the
population seems for everybody to get
an automobile. That would minimize the
danger of being run over but then you
would still stand a chance Of sudden death
by an explosion smashup or a dash over
some precipiee.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

1t is enthusiastically feminine that
a young girl in Pennsylvania should dress
up as a boy, start out on career of
adventure and be caught because she
mad her cap jauntily pinned on with a
hat pin. Speaking of hat pins a woman
ought not to be allowed to carry such
a deadly weapon around anyway. 1t looks
worse than a six-shooter.
PAIL, COOK
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

A tip to the great American public by
the theatrical managers is, Get your
seats early and don't be late" Regard
less of the fact that this advice has been
offered many times before and is little
needed by selfish persons who consult
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
LAWSoN'S RANK.

From the Washington Post.
While Tom Lawson never boasts of his
military record, he is recognized as a
captain of the Rough Writers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Governor Lafollette has pushed all
his bills through reluctant lesisla.
ture, and he will be on hand next win
ter to take hand in the national bat.
ties.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Over twenty-three thousand per.
sons died from snakebite in India last
year. That country should import
the great American remedy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

That which made Milwaukee famous
grows more popular every day. Verify,
the summer is at hand
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

The Coal Barons might have done
worse on their last trip, but then they
might have done better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Homer Davenport says he is going
back to his old home in Oregon
where he will visit the fair. He is
not going to walk. either.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
PATERNAL JOY.

He really thought he owned the Garth
At least he felt that way,
Because, he told his friends, he'd been
A papa for day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Maxim Gorld's health is reported to
be wrecked. That was probably the
consummation wished for by the Rus
sian bureaucracy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

President Roosevelt has taken forty
trips since he entered the White
House and has never had to paw a
cent to press agents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

The lid in Chicago is the hottest
proposition of the kind that Mayor
Dunno has ever tackled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

The stage dropped low while Nan
Patterson was in the Tombs, and she
will have to work hard to get it Up
again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Admiral Togo, says the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat, is doing the Pat
Grove act in the China sea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
DEADHEADs ExcrsED

PAY as you go" is a good old saw
To tell to young mems classes,
But doesn't apply, of course you know,
When a fellow rides on passes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Nan Patterson's services are worth
$1,000 week if the public seconds the
motion. The seconds will be lodged
in the box office.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Rope nooses do not scare the graft
ers of Philadelphia. The grafters
know they are themselves the real
moose pullers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

.he weather clerk was good friend
to the Coal Barons ON Monday-or per-
haps he was kind to the Pelicans. One
can never tell.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Mayor Weaver has a chance to be
second Dunno, but really that is i'm
possible in his Dingleyized and Dur
hamized city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

A contemporary says dynamite is
not bit dangerous. OF course not,
when you let 1t alone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

John l.. Sullivan should begin to
tram down at once if he expects to
claim the championship again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Light sailing ships will not find the
Atlantic ferry altogether like a mill
pond even in the summertime.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

President Castro would be a star
witness in the star-chamber trial of
Loomis and Bowen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

When Grover Cleveland tackled
woman's clubs he showed courage
not surpassed by that of Terrible
Teddy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Tom Lawson hunts both bulls and
bears, thus giving him an advantage
over the President
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Eleven Loats are crawling over the
sea to the Lizard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Keep your eye on the Lizard, where
the yacht race is to end
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

The Standard Oil pipe lines consti-
tut, the trusts real power.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

The beef trust investigation goes
over to june Z. 1t needs breathing
spell after visiting the cattle yards.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Philadelphia is on the verge of an
archy, and Boss Durham will be the
first victim If they break over the line
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

The vegetarian and sawdust eater
has good excuse now-the beef
trust.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Hoch should have foreseen his fin
ism. He did not, and now he should
brace up and accept his fate like a
man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Johann Hoch's plea of innocence
falls on deaf ears.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

The razor is deadlier in America
than the sword in European duels.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Taft is big enough SO far as avoir-
dupois goes to fill the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

The yellow peril is real, but it is at
Panama, anu not in the Far East.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

Johann Hoch knows he should have
been convicted and huns long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

The innocent by-stander is still I'M
safe in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24
SITUATION IN CHICAGO.

One day, it's settled, then they say
We've struck another snag;
And that's the reason why the strike
Continues on the drag.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

VALUE OF APPEARANCES
You may not be endowed with brains
And soul attuned to art
But still it's strange how well you fare
If you but look the part.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

By some recently compiled statistics, it
is interesting to note the reduction for
1905 of the acreage planted to cotton in
Alabama Arkansas and Missouri lead all
the cotton states in reduction, showing a
decrease in acreage of 16 per cent over
the acreage planted in 1904. North
Carolina and Georgia come next
with decrease Of 8 per cent,
and Alabama with a decrease of
only per cent. 1t will thus be seen that
the reduction in this state is smaller
than in any other of the cotton growing
states, which leads US to suppose that the
campaign for reduction waged in Alabama
was either not so vigorous or not so ef-
ficacious as those waged in the other
states. Still, it is estimated that the acre
age in Alabama for 1905 is 321,04O acres
less than that of 1904
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-24

1t Is rumored that John d. Rockefeller,
Jr. will withdraw from the Standard Oil
company because he does not endorse
some of the company's business methods,
and has also been hurt by repeated ref
erences to tainted money" Young Rookie
Teller has always seemed to be something
of a nonentty, and il he chooses now to
cut loose from his fathers company after
waxing opulent on it's dividends for all
these years, simply because a lot of pull
pit cranks have seen fit to stir up a
tempest in a teapot, he will strengthen
the impression on the public thought that
he is either a hypocrite or a fanatic. Even
If every charge advanced by the pull
piteers and trust busters" were proved
true the younger Rockefeller would COM
mand more respect by sticking to his
father, regardless of the consequences.
The talks delivered by young Rockefeller
to his Bible class always appeared to be
more cant than anything else and such
action as this would not be surprising
in a man of his religious views However,
the story is mere than apt to be a mere
newspaper fabrication; that is to hoped
so, at any rate.
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AT COLUMBUS, OHIO.

dI iIUIII IIt IIduUIHB CIOWU
He often longed to go.
His wish at last was granted
He's now in Bankers Row."
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Enetered at the Birmingham. Ala, post
office as second-class matter under act
of Congress, March 3. 1873.
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