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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
FROM THE PoRTuouEeE.

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of the hand wherewith I write; And ever since it grew more clean and
 white. Slow to world-sreetings, quick with its
 ''Oh. list" When the angels speak. ring of amethyst could not wear here, palmer to my
 sight, Than that first kiss. The second passed in height The first, and sought the forehead, and half missed. Half falling on the hair beyond need. That was the chrism of love, which loves own crown. With sanctifying sweetness. did precede. The third upon my lips was folded down In perfect. purple state; since when, in- deed, I have been proud. and said, My love my own"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
SPECTACLE OF A GREAT
 MAN FACING FAILURE

thing struck him down as though he had been biudgeoned. Two days later he was back at his work, an old man, tenacious, game as ferret, but with weakness now to fight on the side of hls enemies. How a mans errors dog himi All his life he had had no mercy on personal weakness. on the lame soul that craved a helping hand, on the poor thing that sought the aid of friends And now there was none for him. Yet think, if I were one of those who have the guidance of this revolution in charge, l would walk warily yet when I came to deal with Count Witte. l would place no hope in. his weakness and his Encouragement; for this is one of those men to whom the feeble flesh and its flaws are but a trump cry letter. Those eyes are yet brimming with the fire of the indomitable soul withv in. There Is still potency that can be dangerous.
 When one of the great strikes left St. Petersburg's streets unlghted, and they turned the admiralty searchlght on the Winter palace every night that Count Witte might not be blown up in the dafkness. he came once to his window and looked up along the quivering beam of'lght that deluged the palace with ra- diance. About him the city hummed un- easily, pulslng with the troubles of its people. He smiled at the ray and spoke to one ho stood with him.
 They seem to think" he said, that would not as willingly die in .ne dark as In the light"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
Wants to Paint Birmingham.

J. w. Otto, president of the J. w. Otto Painting and Decorating company of Atlanta spent yesterday in Brming- ham. MT. Otto ranks among the most ac- complished interior decorators in the country and ik besides a successful busl- ness man.
 ''I just ran over for day." said Mir. Otto last night, ''to see if 1 could not get chance to touch up the pig iron hue of this big city with a few bright tints Since Birmingham has contracted the skyscraper habit it has opened up an attractive field for me.
 Birmingham has the reputation of hay ing plenty of profitable employment for all the people who care to ask for it, and l guess its true for I landed my share without any trouble
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
Number 1s.

VI went over to the fire department to- day remarked a man, and thing struck me as being rather strange. I saw number IS on the cap of one of the men.
 Superstition is of such rank growth nowadays that I should think firemen. of all people in the world, would make some concessions to 1t. Even the people who built some of the skyserapers in New York skipped the thirteenth floor. And it is often remarked that hotels have no thirteens on their room doors. But flre- men are pretty gritty lot; they have something worse than superstition to fight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
Restaurants Crowded.

T do not have time to keep up with all the new industries that are being established in Birmingham, but see from the effect on my business that Birmlng- ham is growing fast" said the proprietor of table d'hote restaurant. Within the past three months more new faces have been seen at my table than In any like period in former years Frequently of late the rush has been so great that l could not seat all the people who came to me for meals.
 There are a score or more of restaur- ants in Birmingham. and all of them seem to have big patronage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
THEATRE FOR CHILDREN
Where Plays for and by Children Are
 to Be Produced.

with the Procession Everybody's Mag
 azine.
 As early as in 1864 company of child players appeared at the Palais Royal. At various times since children's companies have strutted their little hour upon the stage in Paris and elsewhere. Lately the Theatre de I Ambigu has been leased by Monsieur Lucien Klote. who is to produce plays written by children. and the lead CT of the orchestra is a boy of five. The children's songs. sung .by children. are said to be admirable. In themselves these should be sufficient to make the fortune of the new venture. It cannot be expected to last after the curiosity of the public has been satiated. Indeed so many modern successful plays seem to have been played by children that Monsieur Klotes idea may have less originality than 1t looks to have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
ALABAMA PRESS

Mobile Register: John Alexander Dowie has been crazy for years His followers have just found 1t out.
 Unisn Springs Herald: Keifersville Is the new title with which some of the papers are now dubbing Springfield, o. Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: Perhaps Dowie's contempt for his rebellious of hcials would be more effective had not the officials showed hteir contempt first.
 Huntsville Tribune: Dr. Cunningham will have to do something besides orat- ing. He will have to meet Hon. B. B. Conner face to face and do some refut- ing.
 Lafayette Sun: Politicians and baseball appear upon the scene about the same time this year. It is a mooted question as to which is the greater blessing to the country.
 Livingston Southern Home: The idea prevails that travel broadens a man but since the withdrawal of passes congress- men are of the conviction that it also makes a man shorter.
 Marion Democrat The republican party has committed enough sin in the way of large campaign funds, to forever damn that party in the eyes of honest men. Will the democratic party endeavor to do the right?
 Montgomery Advertiser: The Charlotte Observer is encouraged to believe that "the real flying machine is coming along all right" Yes, and some cross-current will send 1t winding into space, perhaps, before 1t can get here.
 Troy Messenger: At the rate the dirt is flying at Panama we of this genera ton are quite as likely to enjoy the millennium as to see the completion of the canal. The republicans should wake up; this standing pat on everything has played out.
 Collinsvlle Courier: An Iowa man, who was in Andersonville prison during the war has been presented with the hole in the fence through which he escaped Possibly he will be able to find some use for the hole should he happen to be a defeated candidate for office
 Sumter County Call The city of Mont gomery has a well developed case of bloom fever" Ten thousand dollars have been raised by the enterprising citizens of the Capital City to be used in turn ing the tide of emigration toward Mont gomery It Is capital idea indeed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 There is hardly any way to make money as easy as not to spend it,
 When you don't make love to a girl she thinks it is because you misunderstood her.
 After twenty five the ratio of a wom- ans birthdays to the years she lives Is about six to one.
 A woman never opens a letter In a strange handwriting that she doesn't think 1t is to announce a legacy
 When a woman reads a headline about bank scandal she is awfully surprised to find no home was broken up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

thirty cents at auction. Look at thatI There's no money in the poetry businesa
 THE ME TOO" MAN. You'll find him everywhere you go The me too" man. In walks of life, both high and low The me too" man. He has no mind to call his own He couldn't navigate alone, He always sings in monotone The me too man. He finds 1t easy to agree The me too" man. There's none more quickly swayed than he
 The "me too" man. He echoes other peoples views And thus avoids unpleasant 'stews," E Because he has no brains to use The me too" man. He'll always be a cipher here-- The me too man. He won't amount to much, I fear The me too" man. Altho there re many just like him. Success needs individual vim, Therefore his chance of glory's slim The me too' man. Congress will adojourn June b, in time for congressman to take in few June weddings.
 A distracted city dweller wants ear plugs to shut out the noise of the world Such a device would be a blessing to have when some people are talking.
 RING PARLANCE.
 A wealthy girl,
 With large amount.
 A week ago
 She took the count. People worry for half their lives to build up fortunes and then wear the other half out trying to get into society. Chicago can own her street railways but cannot operate them. What fun would 1t be for a man to have an auto- mobile if he couldn't run it?
 BEFORE AND AFTER.
 The pennant's won,
 'ris quickly done
 Before the season opes.
 Alas, how soon
 Another tune
 We sing. Then, farewell, hopes! The diploma crop will soon be harvested have another chance to catch one when the buzz fans begin to buzz.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
HE IS ALWAYS BUSY.

From the Morgan County Times.
 Lent is slowly expiring. The devil is aid.
 The Age-Herald is sadly mistaken, if it thinks the devil suspends business during lent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

 A POWERFUL CONDUCTOR. A frail conductor wandered thro trolley car one day And gathered up the nickles in most engaging way. Altho he seemed extremely weak, It made the people stare To see him knock down sixty cents And never turn a hair. Gadsden Is enlarglng it's laundry Gads- denites are going to change twice a week now.
 A TRAGEDY
 Auto car.
 Autocrat. Citizen
 Name was Pat. Widow weeps.
 Many tears.
 At rest Age,
 Forty years" If there is such thing as the microbe of laziness it is rampant now. When we do it, 1t is friendly criticism. When they do it, it is mean fault-fnding. Will it never end? "Skiddoo" street Is now Twenty third. Ricahr A. McCurdy's famous poem, dedi- cated to Thomas Mast, was sold for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

coats. She trembles with guilt down to the extremities of her corollaries. Ahi you're found out, you rectlneal antece- dent and equiangular old hagl You porter swiping similitude of the bisectfon of n vertex!' All things considered, Mayor Dunne got off very well. Parallelopipe- don is long epithet. bur 1t is conpara- lively harmless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Mayor Dunne stands charged with being a parallelopipedon and he has been denied authority to operate any street railroads he may pick up. He is playing in hard luck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

R. S. Macintosh of Auburn is regis tered at the Birmingham J. J. Sullivan of Decatur is at the MOT ris
 E. L. Patterson of Huntsville Is reg istered at the Hillman.
 John B. Knox of Anniston is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
MUSICAL COMEDY, FOR INSTANCE

From the Florida Times Union
 A British clergyman thinks the best cure for drunkenness is amusement. But some so-called amusements drive man to drink
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
About Persons.

David Herkwood and John Rose of Oakman are at the Hillman.
 w. G. Hand of Jemison is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 W. E. sherrill and wife of Sheffield are at the St. Nicholas.
 Judge Fred smathers of Asheville. N. C.. Is stopping at the Colonial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
 Tuskegee Normal and Industrial in stitute has brought together in Ala
 bama an almost unprecedented gath ering of prominent men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Secretary Root will lead the junket. CTS this summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

It will seem odd to have Jeff Davis in the Senate. And the Jeff Davis who halls from Arkansas will be odd when he gets there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The most timid are beginning tc leave off their overcoats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

If President Baer and President Mitchell would get together we might all be happy yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

National control of quarantine ought to make Madame Stegomyia sit up and take notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The Birmingham, England, consul ship seems to be a perquisite of the Murat Halstead family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The Jersey Lily" is said to be fig uring another farewell tour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Vulcan is still an issue, although he is not in presentable condition. He is chop-fallen and much broken up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Now everybody is saying of William Travers Jerome, Well, what could you expect from man who smokes cigarettes?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The Sultan of Morocco has not spoken, but he really has not room for much of a speech. He can only lump what he does not like.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The spring poets are expected to b. rabid this month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The bouncing of Mrs. Morris from the White House was not bit heroic, but the bouncer is to become Wash ington's postmaster. So runs this ad- mlnistration away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

"Play ball!" will soon have a famil- far sound. It is call that is coming nearer every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Alfonso Is engaged in lodging an archists and in getting married. He is leading an exciting life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The Washington Evening Star swal- lows the Barnes appointment to the local postoffice with a wry face.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Mae Woods suit against Senator Tom Platt has been dismissed. Mae had no dough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

At the hour of going to press the great American novel had not been written.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The ghost of tariff revision is again haunting the standpatters. It will not stay down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Senator Bailey of Texas is big enough to be the south's candidate for the presidency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

William Jennings Bryan, though ab- sent, is holding his own at home, and William R. Hearst and Alton B. Parker contrive to get themselves talked about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The summer boarder will soon begin to inspire the jokesmiths to renewed efforts. ssF'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Savannah Press: A man in Birmingham offered to sell Louis XIV, beer mug for sp. Nobody would buy 1t because 1t was offered empty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The Coreys, the Taggarts and tho Castellanes are all quiescent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Grand Opera In Chicago" says a headline. It must be lonesome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The acres of barges laden with coal, iron and steel that Pittsburg sends down the Mississippi Is an argument in favor of an Open Warrior.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Ambitious youngsters are wondering who will be the first to Ego in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Alfred Austin has another poem out. This time he sweetly welcomes the daffodils.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Pensacola Journal: The Birmingham City Council Is going to pass resolu- ton prohibiting mind reading In that strenuous metropolis They must have some mighty important subject matter on their minds up there when 1t comes to a stage where the City Council has to be called on for protection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Congressman Wiley apparently does not stop to consider that 65 per cent of the business in the northern judicial district arises in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

MT. Lawson of Boston is quieter now than he has been in long time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

The Tigers lost claw or two yes terday, and if they were to stay three days longer they would lose some of their ginger, of which they have plenty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Huntsville Mercury: According to the Birmingham papers Sunday was the ''dryest' in the history of that city Not a single arrest was made for violating the Sunday liquor law. The vigilance of the police has done the work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Overseer Voliva is welcomed be- cause of the public dislike for John Alexander Dowie. All know yoliva cannot be worse than Dowie, and he may be some better
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Dowie will get the hot end of the poker If he goes back to Zion City. and Jane Dowie and Son Gladstone, the unkissed, will help administer 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Let us hope that we have heard the last of Mae Wood. Her cases against Platt, Secretary Loeb and former Post master Wynne have been dismissed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Dowie has gone to join the ex-bosses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: Perhaps Dowie's contempt for his rebellious of ficials would be more effective had not the officials showed hteir contempt first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1873
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

N RIGHTEOUS contemporary is dis V posed to poke fun at Birming ham because the city council has seen fit to repeal an ordinance licensing .clairvoyants. Forsooth. we need some one to take care of us; we are green and unplueked; the ways of the world are foreign to our sort With such lightly spent a1lusion he doth prod our proud temper till 1t no longer brooks such usage. Birmingham may be crass, but the best gold brick market In the whole wide world is New York. A thousand instances could be cited in proof. Therefore it is not just to say that we are behind the times simply because skiliful fakirs find the piekings good In Birmingham.
 LET FER COME. We are waiting we are watching,
 And our hearts go pitty-pat, For the annual spring appearance
 Of
 the
 first
 straw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Huntsville Tribune: Dr. Cunningham will have to do something besides orat- ing. He will have to meet Hon. B. B. Conner face to face and do some refut- fpO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 141 street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Mobile Register: John Alexander Dowie has been crazy for years His followers have just found It out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Lafayette Sun: Politicians and baseball appear upon the scene about the same time this year. It is a mooted question as to which Is the greater blessing to fhe country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Union Springs Herald: Keifersville is the new title with which some of the papers are now dubbing Springfield, o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Senator Tillman has started to write "A Defense of the Senate" Somebody had to do 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

L. H. Russ. C. c. Witt and J. F. Keeley are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in its cir- culation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-06

Livingston Southern Home: The idea prevails that travel broadens man but since the withdrawal of passes congress- men are of the conviction that it also makes a man shorter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-30
crested have decided that it shall be locat

terested have decided that it shall be iocat-
ed in the northwest, possibly on the present
site of the New York Avenue Church, anu
that IL shall be the largest presbyterian
church in the United States.
Rev DIR. Wallace Radcliffe, when seen 10
dav by a Star reporter, declined TO DISCUSS
the matter, saying that his church mad SO
far taken no part in the consolidation pro-
ceedings. aoo,;,aa to
Rev. George P. Wilson also dechneo 10
saw anything on the subject
Ii was learned today from a Trustworthy
source that Justice Harlan mas oeeh a.
sured the support and substantial CONT
buttons of leading and wealthy frespy t .e-
rians throughout the United states. us-i
object would be to maintain in the hatloliai
capital a fitting monument to their rens.oli,
where educational courses on theoiosicai
subjects could be given by the pest-hHo"h
Presbyterians in the world a.
It was also learned that the present sile
of the church is the best place Tor the new '., =
edifice. after acquiring the refnaiiiiI IN :
ground In the triangle bounded by l4th anu
Fl streets and New York avenue ine
ground is held by several parties at prices
ranging from $3.50 to SO square 1907
making the expenditure. should the prot DC
acquired, about S150,o00.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-30
LORD GREY IS COMING
GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA
WILL VISIT HERE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 30-Lord Grey, gov
ernor general of Canada. and Lady Grey
accompanied by their daughter, Lady Eve
lyn Grey. and their niece. Lady Alexandra
Reauclerk. sister of the Duke of st. Adams
arrived here early this morning on the
Montreal express, to which was attached
the governor generals private car.
Lord and Lady Grey went to the home
of Joseph H. Choate, at s East SD street
where they will be entertained during their
short stay in this city. Lady Evelyn and
Lady Alexandra, with the three male mem
bers of Lord Grey's official household, Will
he entertained by w. Butler Duncan at
9Th avenue.
Col. Hanbury william, military secretary
Sir Frederick w. Borden and Arthur =,
Slaten, private secretary, compose LORD
Crews official household staff.
The party win be entertained with all
sorts Of functions, and next week VIII go
TO washington to call upon President
Roosevelt Tomorrow night Lord Grey VIII
he the guest of honor at the annual dinner
of the Pilgrims of America