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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
MISS ELLIoTr's SOCIAL TRIUMPH

Prom Everybody's Magazine
 Maxine Elliott occupies unique posi- ton on the stage. A New England woman by birth, she lived many years in Cali fornla She adopted the stage after an un- fortunate marriage. and her beauty and charm swiftly won a leading place for her. She was in T. D. Frawley's company q have had occasion before to say what an excellent company 1t was) when N. c. Goodwin made her his leading lady and afterward his wife. Two years ago she became an individual star. and she has probably made more money in the last two seasons than any other player In the country. Mir. Fitch received something like a hundred thousand dollars in royalties from Her Own Way" In England, Max inc Elliott has a social position that no other actress has gained. and there are stories-which are believed implicitly by people who should know-that one of the greatest men in England, nobleman who has won the highest political honors. would make her his wife If she were free Should this come about Maxine Elliott would make match to dwarf that in her present play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
Sewanee East.

"Sewanee Is the fastest team that ever played football in Birmingham remarked B. M. Breazeal during the course of yes- terday's battle on the grldiron between Sewanee and Alabama. q am a staunch plucky men from the mountains of Ten nessee I must say that Alabama never had chance to win. I formed this opin- ion when l saw that Sewanee was able to hold the White and Crimson and when the speed of the visitors was shown. &c., vance, with the aid of that great little general. Captain Scarborough, had tho ball In play several times before the Ala bama eleven had an Idea that the signal had been given. In fact I believe the speed of the Sewanee men, together with the regular clock-lke team work and the series of silent signals, had Alabama go- ing early In action. l have witnessed a number of football games, but I do not believe I ever saw speed and team work displayed that equalled that of Sewanee. Every man knew his place and when a play came up he was found there. Ala bama was several pounds heavier to the man, but this advantage did not prove a handicap to the Tennessee men. They tackled low, and when big Sims and Sar- tain had the ball the little Sewanee men would fall to the ground, and the Alabama men would fall over them By this method Sewanee prevented the Tuscaloosa men from making q number of gains.
 Something that struck me so forciably was the fact that neither Sartain nor Ward, both big men. were able to make gains against the Sewanee line. Nearly every play by the White and Crimson with Sartain or Ward carrying the ball was blocked. The game Is over and Ala bama was defeated Sewanee was simply too fast for the university crowd and played rings around them. as the term is used in baseball. There was nothing to 1t after the first half but Sewanee, and while I regret that Alabama was beaten l take my hat off to Captain Scarborough and his men. They are the speediest set that ever played In Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

in the Alabama-Sewane game yesterday afternoon, could not return to Tuscaloosa last night. but was forced to remain for a few days with his father William Neill, proprietor of the St. Nicholas
 Prof. L. A. Fealey of Cullman Is at the Hillman.
 Judge J. J. Mayfield of Tuscaloosa was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Dr. Bmorice C. Harris of Coal City was in Birmingham last night. Morris.
 Walter L. Wright of Macon, Ga, is at the St. Nicholas.
 Frank Coleman of Montgomery is at the Metropolitan.
 William J. Coniff of Montgomery. re- cording secretary in the governors of- flee, is at the Morris.
 Judge J. A Bilboro of Gadsden is at the Metropolitan.
 R. c. Paterson of Columbus, Ga, is at the Birmingham.
 pr. J. w. Barclay. who attended the unveiling of the Confederate monument at Huntsville, returned home last night.
 W. T. Seble of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 H. N. Thomas of Atlanta is at the Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
Commercial Crop of the World.
We give below the recent figures of the worlds cotton crop, as follows:

The figures for the year just closed have not been published. but the ten dency of recent years was. 1t is thought, checked last year. The fig ures disclose decrease, not heavy one, but persistent one, and our solo national monopoly appears to be open to infringement.
 But so long as the supremacy of this country in the market. stands unques- toned we need not be distressed by the small decreases of the last few years. Those decreases are chiefly, almost wholly, due to an extension by the Assonan dam of the Egyptian field, and the Egyptian cotton Is high-priced and is available for special uses only. The East Indian cotton, like the cotton grown in China, is consumed at home. The worlds cotton adapted to tho spindles of the world and to a wide range of uses, Is grown in this country to as great an extent as 1t ever has been, and there are no indications that our percentage will be materially de- creased in reality. The decreases of the foregoing table are more apparent than real. The Egyptian field is linn ited, whereas the cotton territory in this country is almost unlimited. It knows no limit except the labor supply, for the sunshine, moisture and land are all here ready to respond when the laborers call for more cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
Very Old Piq.

Wilson X Sons, merchants at Russell vile, claim to possess the oldest pig in the world,' said a travelling man at the Hotel Hillman yesterday.
 Though almost hundred years old, this pig is used as doorkeeper for the store and does It's work well and faith fully. For more than fifty years this pig has held the door of the store open for the customers of the place to pass in and out. In the winter, when the weather Is cold and the winds blow, the pig holds the door closed, always faithful to its trust
 This pig Is not an animal of the swine order, but block of metal made from the natural product of that section, and is said to be the first pig iron cast in the state of Alabama or the south.
 "This block of metal is about five feet long and is peculiar in shape, after the style of the castings made in the first quarter of the last century.
 This pig is said to have been made in an old charcoal furnace which was put in blast at Russellvlle about 1915, and is preserved as a matter of sentiment.
 Somehow 1t has weathered the storms of time and circumstance and is today in state of perfect preservation and near the scene of its creation It was sug- gested that the block of metal be put on exhibition at the state fair. but the mat ter was neglected.
 "Only the ruins of the old furnace in which the pig was cast remain to be seen, but 1t Is said that in it's day the furnace did a prosperous business, even though the methods employed were crude and cumbersome compared with those used at the present time.
 Tt is interesting to look on this piece of metal made nearly a century ago and think of the great progress that has been made in the manufacture of Iron and even steel in this district since that time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
LOTTERIES AS SAFETY VALVES.

From the Mexican Herald.
 In countries where betting on horse races, etc., is common people go to greater excesses in gambling than in countries where. lotteries are legalized, In Great Britain. according to Lord Rose bery, the turf has become a powerful engine of national demoralization. In the Angio-Saxon countries lotteries are under the ban, but there are the stock ex- change and the races. The reckless or incautious speculator and bettor are often involved in financial ruin.
 The sporting instinct, prompting men to wager their money on the issue of some event-on an election, a horse race ete.-is universal. The friends of the lottery urge that it is a safety valve for this instinct. In the United States the lottery was pursued with an especial vim dictiveness, being singled out for perse- cution The lawmakers threw a sop to the reformers by crushing the lotteries, but they must have laughed to them selves when they wagered their money on a favorite horse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
TO ONE IN PARADISE.

Edgar Allan Poe. Thou vast that all to me, love-
 For which my soul did pine A green isle in the sea, love,
 A fountain and a shrine. All wreath'd with fairy fruits and flow
 CTS,
 And all the flowers were mine. An, dream too bright to last!
 An! starry Hope! that didst arise But to be overcast,
 A voice from out the Future cries, On. on,'-but OCT the Past
 tDim gulf) my spirit lowering lies Mute, motionless, aghastl For, alasi alas! with me
 The light of life is oer.
 No moreno more--no more (Such language holds the solemn sea To the sands upon the shore) Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree. Or the stricken eagle soar! And all my days are frances,
 And all my nightly dreams Are where thy dark eyes glances. And where thy footstep gieams- In what ethereal dances,
 By what eternal streams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
Major Handley.

Mai. William A. Handley of Roanoke, a member of the legislature and formerly congressman from the Fifth district is at the Metropolitan. Major Handley is a member of the firm of Moore & Handley and this Is his first trip to Birmingham since the Moore & Handley business was destroyed by fire. Major Handley stated that no definite plans had been made for the future, but that his firm would rebuild at once.
 T like to talk about the prosperity and the rapid development of east Ala bama," said Major Handley. 'The con- struction work on the Atlanta, Birming- ham and Atlantic railroad, which is being built from Brunswick to Birmingham, Is making fine progress
 '.The road runs through Roanoke and will prove a great boon to east Alabama when 1t is completed. The line runs through one of the richest sections of Alabama, and will prove another great feeder for Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It makes a man good deal madder to he called a liar than to be one.
 A girl can make an awful lot of trouble by not letting you kiss her when she wants you to.
 When a woman says that her cook is just dying to stay she means she may not go till the end of her week.
 A person always has an idea that when he Is half asleep with a fishing rod in his hand he Is a great man.
 man has to be very proud of his chill dren to think they are as good looking as he would be if he didn't have so many business worriea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
CHESTER THOMAS DIsMAY.
rom the Dallas News

From the Dallas News.
 There was a hot municipal contest going on in Topeka. On the day of the election Uncle Chester Thomas. who had been making a tour of the polls, drove breathlessly to the party headquarters and, approaching his eldest son, ex- claimed in that comical, quavering voice which nobody but George N. Peck could ever quite initiate: "Dolph, go down quick to the Second ward. The fellers down there voting just as they damn please!" Such desperate voting as that is quite equal to a deadly revolution ir, the eyes of the leader who defines a democrat or republican simply as "a fellow who votes the ticket"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
ALABAMA PRESS


 Union Springs Herald: With street fair, a minstrel at the opera house and a circus Union Springs was a little lively last week.
 Mobile Register: While Roosevelt Is talk ing whitney's scalp, Cleveland is getting in a fine lot of ducks. These are fine sportsmen.
 Mobile Herald: The Czar. having given part of his lands to the peasants, will be fortunate if the peasants do not take the balance by force.
 Oneonta Southern Star: A Methodist bishop says that the future man will be part white and part black. That Is what they are now if you knew them all real well.
 Roanoke Leader: We have heard no loud weeping in this section of the state over the governors ordering Alabamas only negro military company mustered out of service.
 Guntersville Democrat: The most well come visitor who eyer hung out sign in Alabama is General Prosperity. It makes us forget the meals we miss in summer.
 Talladega Mountain Home: The Home believes the state of Alabama will do all it can for-the Confederate soldiers with out any candidate using the subject for campaign thunder.
 Columbiana Sentnel: And still the cry goes up about the bad roads in Shelby county. Farmers are beginning to inquire what becomes of the money which Is coll lected to improve the roads?
 Livingston Southern Home: A contem- porary wants to know what the Czare- witch will do for a living when he grows up. The job of pacifying Russia probably will still be open when he reaches his ma jority.
 Montgomery Journal The Chicago Chronicle thinks 1t is amazing that Hearst should have received such a large vote in New York The Chronicle was not the only plutocratic paper that was amazed .' A few more amazements like the New York election may do such newspapers as the Chronicle good. The Chronicle ought to take the hint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Tarbell collected the rebates from his own insurance policies, but there Is no reason why we should be sur prised at that The day of surprises In the insurance investigations passed long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Senator Morgan's suggestion that a monument be erected to the women of the Confederacy is one that the south should feel honored to adopt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

The Kentucky republicans nearly tainted when President Roosevelt named the entire list of federal office holders for reappointment. He left the democrats out in the cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

From the Savannah Press.
 The governor of South Carolina has learned the lesson of the governor of Ala bama He sends for troops before a lynching occurs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

By selling his vehicles Jimmy Hyde gets step nearer the dear people. As a penance for past mistakes, he might ride in trolley cars for a while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Missouri is not yet through with tho New York Life Insurance company, al though the latter would no doubt like to sign an armistice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

The procession of wolf hunters to Washington in search of job prom ises to be intending.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Of course, the McCurdys do not want to give up their jobs. Insurance jobs are not to be had every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
HERMIT KINGDOM NOW
 BECOMING JAPANESE

will probably accept from China in lieu of monetary contribution toward de- fraying the expenses of the late war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

The football season may congratu- late itself on having progressed safely thus far. The anti-football agitation has been immense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
CHlcAGoANs OVERCOME.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
 The new postoffice is so imposing and magnificent that one naturally hesitates to visit 1t for the mere purpose of buying two-cent stamp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

If the Panama canal is a toy, it is expensive enough to frighten away the best Santa Claus that ever lived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

An opera singer denies indignantly that she gets enough money to keep two automobiles, but her manager will always think so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Indiana is curbing the cigarette habit and the liquor traffic, but her lit erary lights are unrestrained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Jack London advertises his books and his personality by his matrimonial affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

The British tars had a wet time in New York and the temperance element politely refrained from making any comment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

how Haakon VII is going to earn his salary of S200.000 year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

A Kentucky woman has not seen her husband for fifteen years. He must stay away from home more than the average man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Why husbands leave home is being discussed. The reasons alleged are too numerous for codification.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Hitch your wagon to a star Is good advice, but by hitchlng your wagon to cotton you will make more money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

An Englishman claims that it is easy to win at Monte Carlo, but we note that Monte Carlo continues to prosper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

It would be interesting to find Mr. krup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Rockefeller advises us to eat cheese, but does not guarantee that 1t will eventually make us rich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Birmingham prosperity stares every visitor in the face.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

The improvement in Blrminghani's fire depaNment was speedy and wei come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

The turkey is getting nearer to the ax every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

At least there Is something definite Pa McCurdy will get s75,000 a year and economize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Santa Claus Is beginning to look around in the shops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

L P in Ohio there is a preacher who
 V says that only babies, monkeys O and poodle dogs require amuse- ment. His remarks were directed toward members of his flock who indulge in whist and theatre-going. It is hardly necessary to state that there is trouble in his church. Babies. monkeys and poodle dogs may be alone in requiring amusement, but they are not alone in desiring it and a pastor who commits himself to such d wild statement as that of the Ohio preach CT is extremely narrow. The world would be sorry place without amusement un- der which may be classed @ large part of the pleasure allotted to pedestrians in this vale of sorrow.
 Two Americans in Mexico have been sentenced to be shot for killing two in- surance men for they money. It is hard for Americans in this country to refrain from doing the same thing.
 Wonder if the kings of Europe will in- itiate Haakon VII somewhat after the fashion prevailing at American colleges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Nan Patterson Is said to be in Porto Rico. Let us hope she will stay there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

The prince is on the bounding pillows, and he is not seasick, either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
THE EASY LIFE.

THE EASY LIFE There was a man in our town Who was a lazy chap And spent his time most every day In looking for snap. He searched for many moons In sooth, His luck was rather hard, Until he took another look And found 1t in a card. One janitor employed by the Equitable society was paid $26,O0O year. Imagine him at his club. in his automobile, occupy ing a box at the opera, dining at Defs. playing the ponies and figuring in tho horseshow. Sounds like a fairy story of the olden times. but the impossible is pos sible in life insurance.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Iowa's population is decreasing. The stork will please notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Baseball fans are beginning to take heart; baseball talk Is being resumed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

in Louisville recently and the first book called Tor was treateis on chicken cul- ture Always thought that the colored brother was more interested in poultry after 1t had been cultivated. A woman in Indiana wants a divorce from her husband because he slept with an ax Well, any way, an ax doesn't have cold feet. The mysterious Woman in Bluen is still busy at Oyster Bay and Is keeping the natives awake while President Roosevelt is in Washington. Recently we inquired after Richard Harding Davis. We have just discovered that he is enjoying himself and drawing something like s25,ooO a year. which is certainly doing well enough. The Christian conscience of the nation will henceforth be a dominant factor in politics says a reformer. It is difficult to see how the Christian conscience is going to take the place of the campaign fund.-
 LAUGH. Don't be cross and sour, Don't be glum and dour. Whats the use of living if
 You
 can't
 laughf Don't be just a chump, Work and get hump. Whats the use of living if
 You
 can't
 laughf Get into the swim, Hustle with vim.
 Whats the use of living if
 You
 can't
 laugh? Look out for the joy, Kind that will not cloy Whats the use of living if
 You
 can't
 laugh? Then when you are through You will know it's true There's no use in living if
 You
 can't
 laugh. An Iowa miss demands s1oooo for kiss alleged to have been stolen. Jupiteri She must think there are no other kisses just like hers An Ohio man bet that he could drink a quart of gin and won the bet, but 1t didn't do him any good He's dead While refecting on the canals of Mars and reading alleged jests at the expense of the war department, one is reminded that the Martian canals have one quality which should commend them to the Pan- anna canal-they seem to have been dug. No, Maudie Birmingham's new hose wagons will have nothing to do with the hosiery department.
 THE EASY LIFE. There was a man in our town Who was a lazy chap And spent his time most every day In looking for a snap. "a saercfa6 Tn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
About Persons.

Dr. Eugene Smith of Tuscaloosa. state geologist, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 . E. M Pinckard of Clanton is at the Hillman.
 W. Neill. member of the Alabama foot ball team who had his shoulder wrenched
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
BIT OF ADVICE. Every little thing you do Try to do it well. Even if it's doing time In a prison cell.
Going up: oil, cotton and the elevator

Going up: Oil, cotton and the elevator.
 Mrs. P. c. Knox makes butter, says dispatch. P. c. makes money. He Is a railroad attorney.
 Buffalo Bill' is back from France where he says his show has had 0 pros- porous season. Mrs. Buffalo" does not figure in the news dispatches and perhaps 'twere better so. Aside from his domestic troubles, Colonel Cody has few complaints to make against the treatment afforded him by Dame Fortune. He was a genius in that he saw the possibilities for nancy making in wild-west exhibition and his career as snowman has been one of un- broken success. There is no denying the merits of his exhibition, nor the amount of money 1t makes every year. Next sea- son Italy will have the pleasure of seeing the Wild West" show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
GOOD LESSON.

Vulcan is still prone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

The iron market continues healthy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

GOSSIP. What beats the busy bee?
 Gossip. What never sleeps, b'gee?
 Gossip. Gossip runs around all day Then at night is at the play And is always in the way Gossip. What starts the hidden tears? Gossip. What outlives speeding years7 Gossip. Gossip blots an honored name, Gossip holds us up to shame, Gossip deems us all to blame Gossip What fault the strongest Is? Gossip. What curse the worst, gee whiz? Gossip. Gossip makes and unmakes men. Puts some of them in the pen, Put one in the lions den
 Gossip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Union Springs Herald With street fair, minstrel at the opera house and circus Union Springs was a little lively last week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Mobile Register: While Roosevelt Is talk ing whitneys scalp, Cleveland is getting in fine lot of ducks These are fine sportsmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Mobile Herald: The Czar, having given part of his lands to the peasants, will be fortunate if the peasants do not take the balance by force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Another thing for the Panama commits sioners to determine is whether the canal should be dug or digged." says the Kan sas City Star. Let it go at dug" which Is shorter Anything to save time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Oneonta Southern Star: A Methodist bishop says that the future man will be part white and part black. That Is what they are now if you knew them all real we'll