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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Good Roads.

"The people of Bessemer are interested in the movement now being inaugurated for better roads in Jefferson county said George H. Stevenson, president of the board of trade of that city.
 Recently our board of trade has taken up the question and we intend to keep actively at work until we have secured some necessary relief. While we want to see a general improvement in the condition of the public highways, we are chiefly interested in the opening of two new roads.
 Committees have been appointed to take up. with the proper authorities, the opening of road from Bessemer direct road from Bessemer to the Warrior river.
 "The carrying out of the second plan, would in my judgment greatly benefit the entire county. We are striving to have a bridge built over the Warrior river at a point nearest Bessemer
 Tt strikes me that a road running in a straight line from Bessemer to- say a point. on the Warrior near Short Creek, would greatly benefit one of the richest sections in Jefferson county.
 Generally speaking the roads leading out of Bessemer are in a fairly good condition. would like to see plan adopted whereby our public highways could be kept In a fine shape all the year around. But the Good Roads problem IS great one and 1t will take time and patience for us to solve the question as it should be solved"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Restrictions Disappearing.

50 rapidly" said Barnes Morgan last night, 'are the quarantine restrictions disappearing that New orleans itself has decided to lift the embargo on bananas on November 1, and it was bananas that led to the cfty's great expense and trade troubles.
 "On November the screening of banana cars win be discontinued. and the carry ing trade of the tropical fruit will speed fly be resumed The handling of trains destined for points north will be wei come sign along the railroads leading out of both Mobile and New Orleans. The people need bananas nearly as much as they do bread. In the tropics the fruit is in many cases bread indeed'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

advisers seem to be willing to grant the establishment of a cabinet. The premier is to be Count Witte, and Count Witte can be trusted to grant az speedily as possible freedom of meeting and freedom of speech-the right of free thought and political ac. tion. This would give the world hew Russia, and the question now Is, can a new Russia be ushered in without bloodshed? Count Witte is the man of the hour. and he may be able to pull his country through the difficult crisis.
 He recently told a deputation of Russian workmen that freedom is rare ly found in this world He told them 1t did not exist in America, for the masses are oppressed here by capital, which is each year becoming more concentrated and powerful. To some extent this Is true, but the eminent statesman should have had the candor to tell his auditors that speech is free in this land, and that the press is sometimes yellow, and that voting is direct and becoming more and more pervasive each year. Count Witte should cultivate candor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Russia's Political Upheaval.

The industrial organizations of Rus sia, made up of operatives. are not unions" in an American sense of the word. but still they admit of co-opera- tion and concert of action. Beyond all doubt, however, the impulse comes from the men who are conspiring against the autocracy. The working men lend a ready ear to tue reyou- tionary agitators, and the latter hold out promises of sorts of relief to the oppressed toilers in the factories or on the railroads.
 The new constitution and it's douma are not at all satisfactory to the so- cialists and other advocates of popu- lar government. They want manhood suffrage, direct voting and a responsi- ble ministry, and possibly Russia can not escape bloodshed and violence un- less all three are granted.
 The Emperor q M bis clique of court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
DREAMING OF HoM s.

By Eugene Field. If comes to me often in silence, When the f1relight splutters low When the black uncertain shadows Seem wraiths of long ago; Always with throb of heartache That thrills each pulsive vein, Comes the old. unquiet longing
 For the peace of home again. I'm sick of the roar of cities,
 And of faces cold and strange, I know where there's warmth and well
 come,
 And my yearning fancies range Back to the dear old homestead, With an aching sense of pain; But there'll be joy in the coming. When I go home again. When I go home again! There's music That may never die away. And it seems the hands of angels On a mystic harp at play Have touched with a yearning sadness On a beautiful broken strain, To which is my fond heart wording When I go home again. Outside of my darkened window
 Is the great worlds crash and din. And slowly the autumn shadows
 Come drifting. drifting in. sobbing. the night wind murmurs To the splash of the autumn rain But dream of the glorious greeting When go home again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
THE ENvioUs WOMAN.
, Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 The train had pulled out of the Ter minal and the conductor was on his fare-collecting tour. In one car there sat alone woman dressed in deep mourning, her heavy veil having been lifted to allow breath of air. When the conductor approached her the woman burst into tears.
 As she cried as if her heart would burst the conductor asked her what was the matter. She sobbed this re- ply: ''Ten years ago I took my first husband over this road to be cremated: five years ago took my second husband on the same trip to the crematory, and now I am taking my third husband to be consumed to ashes"
 Just then there were loud sobs heard coming from a seat on the opposite side of the car. The conductor turned and saw another woman crying. Approaching soft ly, he asked the weeping one: What is the matter, madam?'
 Taking the handkerchief from her eyes. the second one in tears answered: That woman has husbands to burn while ! can't get even one."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Not Dead.

"The coming of President Roosevelt revealed the fact that Lafayette Parham, a soldier of the Confederacy, whose name is on the dead roll of Company 0. of the Nineteenth Alabama regiment is very much alive" said veteran.
 "When he was introduced yesterday to some of his old comrades who marched by his side forty years ago they could hardly believe their eyes, according to T. z. Hagood, lieutenant of police. Lieu tenant Hagood is one of about twenty sur viving members of Company c. and tells the following story of meeting his old comrade yesterday:
 'I was walking down Fourth avenue, when | met Capt. James Savage, who was in command of Company I of the Nineteenth Alabama. He was accompa- nied by a man who was apparently a stranger to me.
 "'Do you know this manT asked Cap tain Savage
 "I took a good look at him, but could not place him. I told Captain Savage so.
 "'rhis is Lafayette sParham," said the captain.
 "'Ie is dead,' I answered.
 "'No. | am not, said Parham. at the same time extending his hand. He then explained that he took up his residence in Mississippi shortly after the war, and in that way we lost sight of him. He came to Birmingham to see the Prcsi- dent.
 "Something like 15v men were enrolled in Company c. but there are only about twenty of them living now. We hold a reunion at Mt. Pinson on August 12 every year. We thought Parham was dead and his name was placed on the roll of those who have passed over the river to rest under the shade of the great beyond"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
PAUL COOK.

ment kind, but those of childhood days forfeit kisses, mistletoe and husking bee kisses-where red ears are as much fin demand as red lips; all of which might De grouped under the term "priviliged"
 There's the formal kiss of fash,on li,,- ited to women: the curious kiss of GUS
 tom, which varies in different lands: the Biarney variety, which as a figure of speech isn't so cold and llard as the stone rom which 1t takes Its name; the kiss la Hobson, as reward of genius or vaior; the kiss of respect, usually given to the aged; the dancing kiss wbioh q. one of the most popular figures with
 the country devotees of Terpsichore. and the Kiss Platonic, which is very differ ent from but often leads up to the kiss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
John B. Ward.

John B. Ward of Abbeville, Henry county, a member of the legislature ana one of the most extensive farmers Tn the wire grass. was in Birmingham yester- day visiting the state fair Incidently MT Ward, who is candidate for commissioner of agriculture and industries was meet ing a few of the voters and "building up his fences,' in this section of the state "You have a great fair" said MT. Ward, land I wish that every county in Ala bama had arranged for an exhibit. The location here is ideal for state fair and I hope that this institution will be per manent and that next year every county in the state will be represented
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
REFUSES TO. HONOR IT,
Governor Hooh Thinks Texas Negro
 Should Not Be Returned.

Topeka, Kan October Ex-Governor Hoch declined today to honor the requisi- ton from the governor of Texas for the return of Charles Evans, 6 negro, to that state. In doing so the governor said:
 T believe that it Is a good thing for Texas that Evans be not returned there. All the testimony in the case tends to show that if the negro were returned to Texas some serious harm would come to him."
 Evans was indicted in Burleson county, Texas, for shooting white man with in tent to kill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
MIR. coMER.

Huntsville Mercury: From the tenor of the editorials of some of our state pa pers about putting up the bars." etc.. We fear they are trying to put MT. Conner in the Kolb class. May the good Lord save us from such another campaign.
 Selma Journal: Mir. Conner set a high mark for himself with the majority he railroad commission. In the race he is now entering he will doubtless have to do fast running to equal that record
 Enterprise Democrat: Mr Conner has at last made his announcement for gov- ernor. He said in a speech some time back that if the people wanted him to become a candidate that he would con- sent to do so. but how he has become convinced that the people want him to run we do not know. One thing Is cer- tain, if he has not lost his hold on the people of two years ago, he will make the race interesting for Dr. Cunning ham.
 Selma Times: Hon. B. B. Conner an- nounced for governor of Alabama at Tal- ladega yesterday. And after the demo- cratic prmory 1t will be Governor Co., mer, and a good one he will make, too
 Gadsden Journal: MT. Conner is not modest about what he wants nor back ward about asking for it. If he sue- ceeds in getting all he wants and is asking for he will do better than we anticipate. although we believe in Co., mers mission.
 Taladega Mountain Home: Since the day of his Blount Springs speech 1t has been manifest that the president of the railroad commission would be a candidate for the governorship. In his many speeches and interviews since that time he has consistently shown his purpose to enter the race He is reported, in substance, in a late interview in North Alabama that he approved the attitude of pr. Cunningham on the railway rate question, but that much depended on the man behind the gun" It is now plain that he thinks MT. Conner the only prop CT ''man behind the gum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Madison Riders Coming.

Huntsville, october Especial. )-From ten to twenty Huntsville and Madison county riders will go to Birmingham early next week to participate in a great riding tournament at the state fair. N. l.. Pierce winner of the second prize in the tournament held here two weeks ago, has gone to Birmingham to make final arrangements for the entries of Hunts xilln riders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

1 HE professor of history at North NY western university has an-
 nouneed that students in his American history class shall hereafter be required to read newspapers and come to the lecture room prepared to answer questions on topics of the day The irnu- vation is one that is dictated by sound. common sense. No one can keep up to date and abreast of the times without reading the papers every day The more carefully they are read, the better it will be for the man who hopes to make mark for himself in the marts of the world. Even scientists, poets. painters and men who specialize cannot afford to neglect the daily paper. It has become an institution and the fact that Ameri- can citizens are so progressive Is due to the fact that. they are the greatest newspaper readers in the world.
 Some Birmingham citizens who did not have chance to greet President Roose- welt recall with pleasure the fact that they shook the hand of James J. Jeffries when he visited the city last spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
IN HOTEL. LoSBlEs
uesday's Crowd.

Ihe crowd that gathered in Birming- nam Tuesday to see President Roosevelt, said Capt. J. L. Darby, adjutant of Camp Hardee, was the largest that ever Wit messed. l was one of 5000 soldiers that marched in review before General Robert E. Lee at Culpepper. Va have attended Mardi Gras at New Orleans and the Con federate reunions, and therefore am used to great throngs I estimate that the crowd in the streets here Tuesday num- bered upwards of 130.000"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A girl can like most any man unless her parents want her to marry him.
 If a man married his cook probably she would give notice just the same.
 There is so much talk in politics it Is no wonder women think they ought to be in it.
 A woman has faith that man can pro- tect her from burglars but knows noth- ing on earth can from mice.
 One reason boy has good time away in boarding school is nobody expects him to be good the way his mother does at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Robert MImms Appointed.

Meridian. Miss, October 26-(Speciai)- Robert Mimns was last night appointed as general yardmaster for the Mobile and Ohio railroad. effective this morning, succeeding Yardmaster Raff. resigned. MT. Mimms is Meridian boy and has worked himself up from the position of freight brakeman on the same line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Some people believe that President ,--e Mutual Life investigated by an inside committee is a clever ruse to keep ais job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Secretary Shaw will begin in Feo- ruary to give his undivided attention to his presidential campaign. He pro- poses to hunt down every negro del egate, and he will go loaded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Wiiiiam Schaus, a scientist, has given 26,00O moths to the American Museum of Natural History. The com mon practice of donating dollars did not appeal to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Long Island man who is 40 years old and minus leg bested his 16-year- old son in a race for the affections of a 14-year-old girl. The Oser limit cer- tainly does not apply here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
THE HUB NEiGHeORHOOp.

From the Boston Globe.
 The Birmingham tAla) Age Herald suggests that every state should have It's own hall of fame. In Massachusetts 1t would have to be bigger than tue Mechanics building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

MT. Carnegie thinks nature made a long, insanitary hair. What the wo- men think of him need not be men, toned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
Dies From His lniuriea.

Sheffield. October 26.-(Special.) )-Frank Brazeal. who was burned yesterday at the Sheffield Coal and Iron company's s furnace by hot slag. caused by the burst ing of a tuyare pipe, died six hours after the accident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

An Omaha man who lost his job at
 the age of IDA and then tried to com
 init suicide will be excused for think ing mat he had reached the end of his rODe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

From tho Memphis News-Scimiter.
 In choking off cabinet members wh, would talk to newspapers, the Presiden makes a noise like censor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

President Dryden's company has not been investigated. It is in New Jer- sey, and that state never investigates a corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Boss Cox and Governor Herrich are both being tried before the Ohio cleo tors, and the chances are that both will be found guilty of improper con duct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

The Mutual Life has decided to have it's own investigation committee, and it is safe to say that MT. Hughes will not be invited to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Government control of railroads is not working smoothly in Russia al present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Secretary Taft says he is not rival of Secretary Shaw in the presidential line of business. He has no boom to put before the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

The policy holders of the Mutual should rejoice over the fact that Me Curdy had but one son and one scn-in- 1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

MT. Carnegie does not, 1t should be understood, ask the ladies to wear their hair as short as MT. Rockefeller dot s. q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

The American contractor is to build the Panama canal. There is nothing in this world he is not ready to under take and execute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

J. Pierpont Morgan handed $90,OOo to the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hart ford, Conn.,, and thought no more about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Isham Randolph, one of the consult ing engineers for the Panama canal, thinks that the canal will be finished in ten years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Marvin Hart has agreed to fight Al. Kaufman for purse of $15,000. That is enough money to make Chinaman fight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Jerry simpson always wore socks, but he was not able to live down a campaign joke and he died as Sock less Jerry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

The author of the Poe amendment in Maryland may yet be competitor of the poet for a place in the Hall of Fame
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

. The mud horses had the opportunity
 of their lives at the fair grounds Tn the last two days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Vice President Fairbanks will tech nically have the United States on his shoulders today while President Roose- welt is on the bounding pillows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

None of the insurance magnates were lacking in skill or alertness when their salaries were at stake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

President Roosevelt seems to he either the star-eyed goddess of reform or at any rate her advance agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Eggs are going higher. The possibil ity of ham and eggs famine is awful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

A New York broker who hastily wrote" for $210.000 is now refecting at leisure in jail, charged with forgery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

The fair is in progress and the man. agement expects not only every man, but also every horse, to do his duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27
JENNY KISSED ME.

(Craving the pardon of Leigh Hunt.) Jenny kissed me when we met,
 Patting me upon my cheek. Now, confound 1t! I must pay . Almony every week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

McCurdy feels that he was doing the policy holders favor by letting them increase his salary from time to time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Iz. Durham will know his fate on November 2, and it will not hs any thing soft and pleasant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Turin, Ill.,, has a saloon for every ten voters. Whisky is common in that town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Those who do not get into the Hall of Fame can at any rate get into poi itics in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

The women continue to wear their hair to suit themselves, rather than MT Carnegie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

 Dsly .aginst producing Mrs. warrens Profession" a George Bernard Shaw play which Mir Comstoek terms ..one of Ber- nard Shaw's filthy products" The play is to be presented in New York next week Ye godsl We are destined for an- other siege of "Comstockery'' and visi- tation of "Shawism." Messrs Comstock and Shaw should be penned up in a small room and allowed to settle their differ ences without publicity.
 HE'S NOT KICKING.
 There's no longer any doubt,
 Winters here to stay.
 Smile upon the coal mans face
 Broadens every day.
 A 'fussy" person claims that slang Is bar to Americans. It has heAr, a good thing for some Americans-George Ade, for Instance.
 Eki Hiok, secretary of the Japanese legation at Washington, says that Japan does not want the Philippines and will not flood the United States with immigrants Rah for Eki Hiokil
 Arturo Vigna, opera conductor, is com ing over from Italia, accompanied by 300 shirts. It must look like moving day when his laundry comes homo. DIPLOMAT IN DEBT. When bill collectors troubled him
 He didn't fuss and frown- But with smile. cheerful smile,
 lie always turned them down. He did not land fortune and
 He did not win renown
 He merely smiled a cheerful smle And always turned them down. He did not rise to greatness but.
 Was famous in his town Just for the way, the cheeful way
 He always turned them down. A man named Frederick Bennett will cross Niagara Falls on stilts twenty feet high and weighted with 120 pounds of lead. If he doesn't lose his life 1t will be because the Foolkiller is rot looking. The south is adjusting Itself to the conditions imediately following upon the Presidents junket The banzais are sil- enced now. the old veterans have re- sumed the relation of war stories and the colored brother has again taken up that part of his burden not shared by the "iite hidH ne OTdtoTS ana the pr0mi- nent citizens are renewing life where 1t was broken off by the whirlwind advent of the President and reception committees are slowly recuperating. Tn the hollows the bay of the coon dog is heard and the haze of Indian summer Is over Dixie
 ANOTHER CHALLENGE.
 Furbish up the old jokes,
 Sing the old refrain;
 Thomas Llpton Is a.
 Bout to race again.
 Eric Erickson of St. Paul has filed. petition with Governor Johnson, asking that his son be removed from the office of sheriff of Roseau county, because he is an habitual drunkard and has embedded s390, A man who is as free from nepotism as Eric Erickson ought to be placed at the head of life insurance company.
 GREAT FRATERNITY. One order claims it's greatest.
 Another that it's best,
 But, none of them is in it with
 The peerless Sons of Rest. No word has lately been received from John l.. Sullivan. Let us hope that all is well.
 pAIyJ CnnI- q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

The powers and the porte play a continuous engagement on the worlds stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Miss Alice Roosevelt has arrived in this country, accompanied by her now famous baggage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

The strongest interests in the iron industry are pulling against a runa way market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

Professor Boni has discovered beneath the city of Rome the bones of warriors who fought In the year 800 B. c. Poor chaps. They lived too soon to belong 10 the Rough Riders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

There are no freight cars on tho bargain counter this fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

The milliners are behind the hors, shows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

? Out in Kansas a baboon escaped from 2 circus and tried to enter the kitchen of a spinster whom he nearly frightened to death. It Is not stated whether the baboon was a bachelor or married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

The Ohio campaign is keyed to a high pitch of heat and abuse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

A man never really appreciates the power of money until he starts out to buy up legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-27

England's monument to Henry lrv- inG-when and where3