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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Pleased With Blrmineham's Growth

I'm company with some of the other
officers and members of the grand COM
mandery of the Knights Templar / took
drive over your city yesterday said
George A. Beauchamp, eminent grand
recorder of the commandery yesterday at
his apartments in the Hillman hotel.
I'VE visited some of the suburbs and
we're surprised at the improvements that
are being made. We saw possibly as many
as hundred eiegant residences in course
of construction besides other improve
ments that speak we'll for the city's pros
perity.
Il am surprised that some of your
prosperous suburbs have not been an
nexed to the city. We found 1t impossible
to tell where Birmil Cham ends and some
of these separate municipalities begin. 1t
Seems to me that Greater Birmingham
is the most feasible thing in the world.
Il am glad to see birmingham grow
ing and believe it is destined to be one of
the greatest cities in the country
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
Maybe the reason 1t is heaven is be-
cause there is no servant problem there.
1t does seem that nearly always the
most fun is in the things that are not
good for you.
Anyway, a horse race can't fool you as
many different kinds of ways as woman
can.
The first thing a man loses when he gets
into public life is his self-respect; then
his character seems no loss at all.
Every girls feet are three sizes smaller
than they would be II the shoemaker $
marks were three and one-half times
larger than they are.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

of a state legislature or a United States
senator has sold his influence for $4,000
we feel that he is not a fool. even though
he is a rascal. The man who steals a mil
lion dollars was ever more worthy of
consideration than he cheap thief who
taps till and gets 81. If our corrupt
lawmakers will eonfine themselves to big
deals they will manage to stay out of
jail-trust the conversational powers of
money for that-but sell out for 500?
Faugh!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Militia In Camp.
m the Selma Journal.

Ftem the Selma Journal
The National guard will go into camp
earlier in the summer this year than
heretofore. This is a sensible thing to
do. Much of the sickness resulting from
the annual encampments in the past has
doubtless been caused by the times they
were held. Young men from the office and
store cannot go right out into a July sun
without suffering from it, The latter part
of June instead of July will no doubt be
found more agreeable to the boys.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Pleased With the Service.

w. B. shedd. postmaster and newly
elected mayor at Evansville was In the
city yesterday. He said;
The people in my town are very much
pleased with the new train that brings
Us The Age-Herald If the morning. The
people In the town not only appreciate
this service but the people out on the
rural delivery routes are taking advant-
age of 1t to rad a daily paper a few
hours after 1t is printed.
BY holding the rural carriers only a
few minutes over their accustomed time
of leaving they get The Age-Herald and
deliver 1t to many subscribers along their
routes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Helped Some.

From the Mobile Item
The Mobile Items pert Photographer is
getting more sprightly every day.-Bir-
mingham Age-Herald
Thank-ee, neighbor. B'gosh we believe
we'll take new courage, now. and write
book on "Postulations on Pert Paragraph
ing Plainly Put
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Anything for a Holiday.

From the Mobile Register.
Spain went a long way back for an event
to celebrate in observing the tercentenary
of the publication of Don Quixote." How
ever 1t afforded an occasion for a legal
holiday, and incidentally bull fight to
edify the popuace
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
One EXCLAMATION.

From the Ozark Southern Star
1t is said one reason things are going
the way they are in the far east is that
Japan is importing American powder,
while Russians are buying American Gig
arettes. Maybe this has something to do
with 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
BEEF TRUST TO BLAME.

From the Kansas City Star.
The Kansas City man whose wife
charges him with infictng upon her
physical violence because she burned Il
beefsteak which she was cooking might
well be rated an extreme discipinarian
IN the absence of the incentive to ultra
economy imposed upon the heads IF
households by the operations of the beef
trust.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Great Change Wrought.

From the Talladega Mountain Home
1t is only about seventy-hve years since
the introduction of the lead pencil And
one of the results of the invention is that
the grave quill drivers of a former day
have given place to a fraternity of PEN
ell pushers"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

When the President reaches the
White House and puts his hand on the
helm Washington will again be the
capital of the country, and Mr.. Taft
will be comparatively speaking has
been.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
HossoN's FATE.

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune:
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson will
be married the twenty-hfth of this month
to Grizelda Houston Hull. of Tuxedo
Park. New York. Then he will have to
become nearer as well as a speaker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Live Town.

From the Green County Democrat
Gulfport, Miss, claiming 1000 inhabi-
tants, enjoys the distinction of being the
only town of its size in America without
a grave yard. Guess 1t might be appropri-
ately termed a live town"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Expansion.

From the Gadsden Journal
And now comes the hoop skirt as though
there had not already been expansion
enough II there is anything left that
needs imitation some genius should rise
to the occasion without delay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Not Dead, But Sleeping

From the Rome Tribune.
The Birmingham Age-Herald says: the
Standard OIL conscience is waking up
Thought it's conscience died long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Value of Love Letters.

From the Lexington Southern Home.
1t Is to be hoped that 1t affords Senator
Tom Plat some comfort to know that
his love letters are appraised at $3.50
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Matter of Doubt.

From the Alabama Courier
who owns the railroads. asks an
Iowa paper To be sure we can't tell since
Dodd has proven an alibl for the Standard
Oil trust
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

John Drew has been elected president
of the Players club, to succeed the la
mented Joseph Jefferson. Mr.. Drew is a
popular actor-popular with the play
going public and with the critics. 1t is
doubtful If a man could be found among
the ranks of American actors better quail
fed for such an honorable position. Mr..
Drew is a player who recognizes his linn
itations and confines himself to the roles
for which he Is best f1ttea. In being elect
ed the head of such an organization as
the Players club Mr. Drew wins an honor
that any member of the profession might
be glad to attain. He is a consistent artist
and he will make a worthy successor of
RIP Van Wrinkle"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Something New.

From the Union Springs Herald
Regardless of the old saying that there
Is nothing new under the sun the May
Atlantic devotes a good deal of space to
an article about new forms of sin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
PARAlYZED.

From the Pensacola Journal:
Since "Parsifal' was produced in Bir-
mingham the papers of that city have
been keeping mighty quiet about 1t.
Hypnotized?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
HARD ON suBuRRANITEs.

From the Florida Times Union:
Birmingham, Ala, has an epidemic"
of highway robbery and the police claim
that about half the cases are fakes. But
that doesn't make the suburbanite seel
any easier.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The Richmond P. Hobson engage
ment rumor is this time really and
truly true.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Rojestvensky is said to be going to
Petropavlovski if he can get in with
out stranding on some of its conson-
ants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

"Marse Henry" says that cold stor.
age and adulteration are the twin
monsters of modern civilization. It is
surprising how much "Marse Henry
knows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

An Arkansas legislator has been ar
rested on charge of having sold his vote
for 500. No wonder he languishes in Jail
under bond he cannot makel What sort
of legislators do we grow In Arkansas
that they sell their votes for a paltry
500? In very truth, tnat meagre sum
would not buy champagne for the boys.
and as for an automoble-well any
politician who sells out for 800 does not
deserve to ride in a motor car. He be-
longs in the ward, among the ''linemen''
who do the work and get little of the re-
nown. When we learn that a member
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The bears in Colorado are resuming
their normal occupations, now that
the nation has ceased to pump lead
into them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The surviving bears and bobcats in
Colorado are rubbing their noses glee-
fully. They escaped the presidential
cyclone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The Indiana legislature also passed
law prohibiting Opponents, but it
does not fit interstate Opponents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Governor Lafollette proposes to stay
in Wisconsin where he can distress
the stalwarts until Congress is called
together
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
ALABAMA PRESS
Genius In Alabama.

From the Guntersville Democrat.
Fort Payne boasts of a poet grocer
Well, Guntersyille has a musician black
smith,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The surplus of the Equitable may
belong to the policy holders, but there
is no prospect that they will get it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
Pleased With Birmingham.

You have a hustling town here" said
Ernest Medley Seovil. manager of the
financial department of the New York
Sun. Il am now on my way back to
New York from visit to Old Mexico,
and stopped here for a few hours to chat
with my friend Col. r. N Rhodes. l am
very favorably impressed with the city,
but fear that the newspaper men work
too hard. Just now there are quite
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Let us hope the teamsters in Chi
cago will not mistake the President
for an innocent bystander.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
FROM A KANSAS OBITUARY.

From the Belleville (Kan) Freeman.
He was one of the brightest men and
fiercest booze fighters that this commu-
nifty ever had.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

His full name is George Washing
ton GLADDEN., and he could not tell a
lie even to please the Standard OIL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

A woman was divorced from her hus-
ter made the fact known the other day.
Still they say a woman can't keep a
secret.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Pat Grove comes and goes regard
less of the police, who stand still ant
look foolish.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
CLEANING.
In the happy springtime
When the flowers bloom,
Then the busy housewife
Grapples with her broom.

A Cleveland man shot himself because
he had poor luck on a fishing trip. En-
thusiasm for the noble are of angling is
proper and praiseworthy, but there is no
reason why a fellow should carry the
matter as far as suicide.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The police department in Omaha is
waiting until Pat Grove appears at
the head of brass band.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The female mosquito is termed an
air hen in the east. Whether the gen
tlemen mosquitoes have been styled
ROSTERS has not yet been determined
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The little pleasantly of General Bell
in emptying Colorado Springs reser-
Yoir may cost the city of Victor, Col.
100000. A lawsuit is on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The Chicago judge who decided that
miiliners are not artists must have
reached the conclusion that they are
nevertheless expensive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The Pennsylvania man who hid
$1,000 in his stove and came back Tn
find it burned up must have been try.
ing to fumigate his money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The hurled brick in Chicagos
streets invariably seeks the innocent
bystander.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Pat Grove simply desired to get
his name into the papers, and he sue
ceeded.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

There was an ominous ereaking of
the railroad legislation bandwagon
when Secretary Taft climbed aboard
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Atlanta's new passenger station
opens for business next Sunday. At
lanta will blow herself extensively.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Kind Edward praises Maxine Ell
lott, but he is behind the times. The
American public did that long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Laporte. Ind, has stork club and
the increase in the population is said
to be amazing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

If a man could be what he wants TO be,
And our dreams always came true;
The result wouldn't be very good for me
And l don't think 1t would for YOU
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
AGILITY EXPLAINED.

Said Secretary Loeb to newspaper man
While running as hard as he could,
II haven't got time TO stop right now,
I'm lodging Miss Mae Wood"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The hoopskirt may save few
women from being killed by auto
mobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

"Marse Henry" says that cold stor.
age and adulteration are the twin
monsters of modern civilization. It is
surprising how much "Marse Henry
knows.
The female mosquito Is termed an
air hen in the east Whether the gen.
tlemen mosquitoes have been STYLED
roosters has not yet been determined
----...----.
The Pennsylvania man who hid
$1,000 in his stove and came back tn
find it burned up must have been try.
ing to fumigate his money.
The little pleasantly of General Bell
in emptying a Colorado Springs reser.
yoir may cost the city of Victor. Col.
100000. A lawsuit is on.
s----=-=--a
The Chicago judge who decided that
milliners are not artists must have
reached the conclusion that they are
nevertheless expensive.
There was an ominous creaking of
the railroad legislation bandwagon
when Secretary Taft climbed aboard.
----s.--
Atlanta's new passenger station
opens for business next Sunday. At
lanta will blow herself extensively.
-------
Kind Edward praises Maxine FL
lott, but he is behind the times. The
American public did that long ago.
4------.s.
Laporte. Ind. has stork club and
the increase in the population is said
to be amazing.
The hoopskirt may save a few
women from being killed by auto
mobiles.
No limit will be placed on the num-
season.
Again we have 1t that Roosevelt
will not be candidate for reelection.
Dowie Is endeayoring to capitalize
Zion on frenzied finance basis.
----.s.---
Americans go to Europe to rest, and
Europeans come here to work.
-.s--
The harvester trust is also doing a
little lodging in Ohio.
-
Colorado has experienced quite a
rise in animal spirits
The war in the fer east Is resting
on both land and sea-
Pat Groves appearances are
shrewdly timed.
New York's subway is still too cool
for straw hats.
Municipal ownership promises to
become a fad.
The vaudeville stage yawns for Nan
Patterson.
---s.---
No automobiles for the lambs this
summer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

DIR. GLADDEN. againl This time the re-
verend fanatic says, Il know nothing of
the University of Chicago. I've never
seen it and don't care to, but | would
never be in any way connected with
school that would accept money from
John d. Rockefeller" The doctor said
more, but surely what we have quo
ted is enough Thus does the fren-
zied divine dispose of a great insti-
tuition with a sweep of his hand. De-
spite its professors-some of them-the
University of Chicago is great institu-
ton, and for that very reason it is not
probable that DIR. GLADDEN. will ever have
the refusal of chair in its faculty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

No limit will be placed on the num-
Der of straw hats a man can buy this
season.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
TURNED DOWN.

When the count said to her, "Oui. Oui.
Mademosele, you must marry mui, mui, u
The girl turned red,
Then shook her pretty head,
And laughingy remarked Hui. HUH.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

If every boy could only b
What his mother hoped he would,
When first she dreamed of the distant
day
When he'd be greet and good;
There'd be no room for common folk.
The whole world would BE- jammed
With people who know everything
And are with knowledge crammed.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

It's sweet to have a pips dream now
And then. when fellows moping,
For though our dreams don't pan out well,
The best we can do is hoping.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
DREAMING.

We dream of distant future day,
When fortune will be ours,
And fame will gild the shining way
That leads to silken bowers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12
BLISS OF LAZINESS.

Lying ON his back in the springtime,
Looking at the sky 50 blue;
A fellow can forget all his troubles,
Though the monthly bills are due!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

A play is being presented in New York
In which an elegant, porcelain bath tub
figures eonspicuously. - say that the
plot is rlsque would be putting 1t mildly,
but the exigencies of the modern drama
have driven playwrigts to hitherto I'M
trodden fields. The kitchen has played an
important part in the drama-especially
melodrama-for these many days. and
why shall we not ring in the bathroom?
The Ohio gentleman who blew himself
up because he had been refused drink
probably decided that he would make a
quick job of it instead of waiting until
he could drink himself to death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Americans go to Europe to rest, and
Europeans come here to work
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Again we have it that Roosevelt
will not be candidate for reelection.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

New York's subway is still too cool
for straw hats
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Dowie is endeavoring to capitalize
Zion on a frenzied finance basis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The harvester trust is also doing
little lodging in Ohio
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

The war in the fer east is resting
ON both land and sea-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Colorado has experienced quite a
rise in animal spirits.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Washington Bureau Aee-Herald. 1871 O
Street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Entered q the Birmingham. Ala. post
office as seeond-elass matter under act
OF Congress. March 5, 1879
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

We dream of happiness in store,
OF achievements great and grand;
OF how we'll make the whole world bow
When we but raise a hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Pat Groves appearances are
shrewdly timed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Municipal ownership promises to
become a fad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

No communication will be published
without its authors n. ne. Rejected
manuscripts will no. be retlr. | unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

Remittsnces can be ma at current
rate OF exchange. The Age-Herald will
not be responsible for money sent through
the mails Address
THE AGE-hERALD.
Birnil CHAM, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-12

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Our hint of woe

Is common; every day. some sailors
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