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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
At Jamestown Next Summer.

All told, the government is to vote S1 1,480000 to the Jamestown exposition, which is to be opened in May of next year. The Church of England too, is becoming interested in the exposition, and altogether it seems probable that the coming show will be both unique and popular.
 It is to be opened at Hampton Roads on the 300th anniversary of the James town settlement, and it was at James, town that Englishmen first came to this country and settled down to be- come Americans. They came as SUD- jects of a king, but they remained to become to all intents and purposes American citizens. This great coun- try the greatest in the world, was be- gun, in other words, at Jamestown 300 years ago. The site of the exposition is but a short ride to or from Old Jamestown, and Bruten parish, Will liamsburg, is not far away on the north shore of the James river. The coun- try all about the exposition site is as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS.
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 Four of the oldest newspapers in this state are The Mobile Register, the Mont gomery Advertiser. The Huntsville Demo- crat and The Alabama Beacon of Greens boro. The last two, so far as we know, were never known by any other titles than those which they now bear. The Register was once called Register and Journal, Register and Advertiser, and other names. The Advertiser was known as Advertiser and Gazette, Advertiser and Mall, etc.--Clarke County Democrat
 The Registers several names are Con- merclal Register The Commercial Reg ister and Patriot, The Commercial Reg ister and Journal The Daily Register, Advertiser and Register again The Daily Register, and finally The Mobile Register, following the modern stMe that adopts the town name as part of the paper S fit1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
Aid for Owenten.

After Bishop Galloway's fine effort church about $15,00O was subscribed to go towards extensions and improve ments much needed at Owenton. The college of the North Alabama confer ence is cleverly and finely located, and if the members of the great denomina- tion would out of .-.er prosperity give it help it would soon become an effi- eient institution both to the Methodist church and to the state.
 A start has been made at Owenton, and all that is needed now is growth. A reasonable sum would soon put the college in a condition to meet the wants of the young men in territory embraced by the North Alabama con ference. A dormitory and other build- ings are lacking. Just good start in a fine location is all that has been ac- complished, and Methodists from every part of the conference should be in duced to visit the college for the pur. pose of sscertaining it's possibilities of growth. It has a remarkable field, but it cannot fill that field until it's friends in the church that John Wesley founded come to it's aid. An excellent beginning was made on Sunday at the First Methodist church, and the effort now fully started should be maintained until the college at Owenton is made a power in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
A MASTER STROKE.

From the Huntsville Mercury
 Biackman. the artist genius of the Bir- mingham Age-Herald, made a master stroke in yesterdays cartoon. Beneath a tree on a bench named the world sits good looking indignant child named civilization" and beside him 'occu. ying most of the seat is horned old wretch named "The Evil One" crime On wall against which the latter rests one of the day, viz; Immortality, lynch law, graft, war, murder, adulterated foods. dishonest business methods, divorce, avarice. technical delay of the law fa- yorltism, rotten politics and imperialism. The mascot of the play, a little darkey serves, "Ole horns has got de most part CT dat bench yet Beneath this scathing review of American conditions is this colloquy:
 Civilization :-"Quit shovin.'
 Horns:-"Hey, Heyi Why don't you make me?"
 There 1t Is all told at a glance Ter rble story and so true. That cartoon, if possible, should be photographed and a copy hung up in every home, business house, office, school room and church in the United States. Crime is defiantly showing civilization back from the walks of busy human life and when the protest is made, the insolent reply comes, why don't you make me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
Armor Plate and Campaign Funds.

The Notifications bill contains an item providing for the establishment of powder plant in order to lift the government out of the clutches of a trust.
 But it contains no provision for an armor plate mill, nor does any other appropriation bill, and yet the armor- plate trust is master of the situation, compelling the government to pay ex- orbitant prices, and even at such prices to accept at times plate full of blow holes.
 The republicans control every branch of the government, and while they de nounce the powder trust, they do not say word about the armor-plate trust, simply because that combine are warm subscribers to campaign funds. The steel trust and the other members of the armor-plate combine subscribe free ly in order to maintain Dingleyism and the prices for armor plate that Dingley' ism enables them to demand and SC. cure. They buy in that way Privilege with big P.
 This is why a Congress controlled by republicans establishes a powder mill and does not take a step to establish an armor-plate plant. There can be nc plant of the latter sort while the re publicans and the steel trust are work ing partners, and the latter continues to pour money into campaign funds. It for the benefit of the few.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
ALlTTLE ABOUT THANKING

From the London Chronicle.
 Franking had it's birth honest enough, in 1860, in the desire to relieve members of Parliament of the expense incurred in the discharge of their national duties; but the practice rapidly widened to trans init their household goods at the public charge, as the following extract from old postoffce records testifes: Fifteen couple of hounds going to the King of Romans with a free pass-two maid ser wants going as laundresses to my Lord Ambassador Methuen-Dr. Crichton, car rying with him a COW and divers neces- saries-three suits of cloaths for some noblemans lady at the court of Portugal two bales of stockings for the use of the ambassador to the crown of Portu- gala deal case, with four flitches of bacon for MT. Pennington of Rotterdam D
 This form of abuse died when the post office stable underwent puriflcaton. but 1t speedily gave place to another variety. Members signed packets of letters whole sale gave them away to their friends, and sometimes paid their servants wages In franked envelopes; in fact, they be- came valuable form of currency sub ject to the art of the forger who did q roaring trade In 1715. e24.000 (s120 000) worthy of free correspondence passed through the postoffice.
 Fifty years later the nation was stag gered to discover that the amount had
 increased to f17OOOO ss5O,0OO). and strin- gent laws were passed to mitigate the immoral tendencies of the houses of Parliament. But all was in vain until Sir Rowland Hill managed in 1889 to ab- rogate the privileges altogether
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
Yesterdays Cotton Market.

"The cotton market remained quiet throughout the session today" said a broker last night. with a disposition, if any tendency at all was evinced, toward easiness.
 The slight weakness apparent early in the day was siad to be due to selling by Price. But later he denied this report and affirmed that he is more confident than ever of his position on the long side, and advises purchases on any de- cline. The ways of this master manipu- lator are strange indeed, and 1t is a guess as to what he is actually doing, but 1t would seem from surface indications that instead of confining themselves to their recent scalping operation that he and his associates are going in for a bull campaign. For the successful termina- ton of such a campaign, however. public support may be necessary and the public has grown wary of late
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
Homes and industries.

Col. and Mrs A. D. Adalr of Atlanta spent yesterday in Birmingham and were guests of the Morris.
 We are on our way to California" !" said Colonel Adair, who is a wealthy manufacturer, and just stopped over day in this city. I have been greatly interested In your many mammoth manu- featuring enterprises and have made it point to see as many of them as possi- ble. Mrs. Adair is greatly interested in the handsome homes on the Highlands and during the afternoon I had to give up business matters and take her through the residence section.
 Great and wonderful city this" con tinued Colonel Adair. Here you have a broad and long valley country for the accommodation of your commercial and industrial enterprises and on both sides you have the most inviting home sites l ever saw"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
Don't Like Spellbinding."

q believe in progress and modernizing as much as anyone" said Ernest Looney at his office at the Bljou yesterday but l strenuously object to applying the term 'spellbinding to campaign. speeches in Alabama. The use of the term is becom- ing quite common here and 1t grates on my ears.
 Tn my boyhood days over in Georgia I took great delight in hearing and read ing about the orations of Hill, Toombs and Stephens at political gatherings but I would have warmly resented having them being called 'spellbinders,' and I am sure that they would also. The term has a Bowery sound that Is sadly out of tune with the tone of public speaking in the south.
 "Spellbinding may be all right in the north where they employ professional speakers to address the roughs and toughs of the great cities. but it is not good where the standard of eloquence and intelligence in campaign speaking is as high as it is in the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
DON'T FORGET THE cAckLE.

From the Troy Q<an.) Chief
 A duck who had faithfully stuck to business during the summer and laid sew eral dozen large fawn-colored eggs. com plained that she was not appreciated. See that hen over there?" said the duck "she has not laid so many eggs as l have, nor so big. but she has books written about her and verses composed in her honor, while nobody says a word about me" ''The trouble with you is,' said a wise Buff Leghorn cock, that was stand ing near, that you do not tell the public what you have done You lay an egg and waddle off without letting anybody in the neighborhood know 1t. If you want to cut any ice in this community you must learn to advertise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
When the Llahts Go Out.

The sudden going out of the electric lights in the city often causes much trouble and at the same time many amusing incidences," said a man yester- day.
 T was walking along Twentieth street recently when suddenly all was dark ness. There was not light in sight, eX- cept an occasional gas burner or passing street car. It was amusing to hear the pedestrians running in to each other and groping their way around the sidewalks.
 q passed a busy lunch counter which was crowded at the time the city was thrown in darkness. Just at thls time the lights came on and l enjoyed watch ing the hungry customers. who could not afford to lose time because of want of light, extract their fork from another mans dish or apologeteally return a cup of coffee to it's rightfu owner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
BIG LITTLE MEN.
Prom an exchange.

From dI HXtHdIkt.
 James R. Keene, the ablest stock mar ket operator the world ever has known. is very slight of stature, with the hand of a fairy and the foot of a Cinderella. Jacob Schiff, the eminent Hebrew philanthropist, is almost homeopathic in size. Deacon White never boasted of bigness. Andrew Carnegie, worth s34o.OOO.OOO. is one of the brainiest men in the whole world. He is scarcely five feet high. Henry H. Rogers Is no great shakes in physique George B. Mcclellan was great but unfortunate soldier, known through the army as Lit tie Mac The late General Wheeler was exceedingly minute. The greatest Japanese soldiers are little fellows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
ALAS, POOR VULCANl
-om the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 At last, 1t is proposed to mount poor old Vulcan in the Capitol square or park of Birmingham, where it's massive torso and weak legs can be studied as a horri- ble example by the young people on their way to pr. Phillips fine High school on the hill. We advised that Vulcan be placed on top of Red mountain afar off, where the bushes would hide its legs, or, as least, where critics of art would not likely regard it from the point of view of art, but merely as a souvenir, or per- haps an advertisement. We regret to see that Birmingham is disposed to take its Vulcan seriously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
"BooH!"

By Eugene Field. On afternoons when baby boy has had
 splendid nap. And sits like any monarch on his throne,
 in nurses lap, In some such wise my handkerchief
 hold before my face. And cautiously and quietly I move about
 the place; Then, with a cry, I suddenly expose my
 face to view. And you should hear him laugh and
 crow when I say "BoohY' Sometimes the rascal tries to make be-
 lieye that he Is scared. And really when first began, he stared, !
 and stared and stared And then his under lip came out and far
 ther out it came, Till mamma and the nurse agreed it was
 cruel shame But now what does that same wee, tod
 ding, lisping baby do, But laugh and kick his little heels when
 l say "Booh"
 rapturous glee. and then In shrill despotic treble bids me do it
 all adenl'' And I-of course I do it; for, as his
 progenitor, It is such pretty. pleasant play as this
 that I am for; And 1t Is, oh, such fun, and I am sure
 that we shall rue The time when we are both too old to
 play the game of 'Booh!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

Alley or rough and tumble syle about 1t, l" said gentleman who is familiar with both play and actor last night, are very much mistaken.
 It's a charming piece of Irish life handled with all the delicacy and re- finement of a drawing room and will ap- peal only to people who enjoy picture of the bright side of life painted in pleas ing oolors by an artist of rare talent.
 "The manager remarked to me that he did not want anyone to attend the. per formance expecting a course. sensational. blood and thunder show, as they would be disappointed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Montgomery Advertiser: A prominent female lecturer says that work makes women sweet and idleness makes them "eatty." Now will the sisters get busy?
 Dothan Eagle: If politics keep getting higher and higher, 1t won't be long be- fore but few can afford to offer for an office.
 Gadsden Journal: The Pell City Times accuses us of being cute We don't be- lieve the indictment will stick. Think we can prove an alibi. We weren't there when the "so cutes" were made.
 Marion County News: It is wrong for Republicans to vote in Democratic pri- mary, and would also be wrong for Democrats to take part in Republican meetings, and honorable men in either party will stay, on their side of the fence
 Mobile Herald: A Cornell professor is able to make milk from powder to which he adds water. In the milk busl- ness add watere is always one of the essential steps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
YELLOW.

From the New York World.
 Reduced to its simplest form. William Travers Jerome's speech at the Delta Up- silon dinner was substantially as follows: The New York World is yellow"
 Public opinion is yellow"
 Judge Roger A. Pryor is yellow
 Judge Parker is yellow
 Judge O'Sullivan and the court of gen eral sessions are yellow. The grand jury is yellow" The penal code is yellow
 There live not three good men un- hanged in England said Falstaff. and one of them is fat and grows old.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A mans wife takes on weight very fast when she is sitting in his lap.
 Even when a woman brags about the way her boy can play the piano. she is ashamed of it.
 A girl is. awful cute to pretend it wouldn't be right for her to let you kiss her if she were few minutes older.
 The man who says 1t doesn't please him to have a pretty girl flatter him, though he realizes she is fooling him. is only a liar.
 The same man who thinks a fine bed is uncomfortable. if he comes home early could enjoy sleeping on a picket fence after a. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
Developing Water Power.

R. H. Cobb, the well known Anniston capitalist is at the Morris. MT. Cobb is president of the company which Is de- velopng a ten thousand horse water power on the Coosa river near Ragland
 Said a friend of MT. Cobb, He is a strong man for any place. He was one of the first citizens of Anniston. He has done as much to develop and build up that city as any man in it. He will make Birmingham his headquarters in future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
MASSACHUSETTS MAN
 PLANS DASH TO THE POLE

made between the vessels and also to the whaling stations, some distance away. The Wanderer lay farther to the west ward in safe position.
 The northwest wind which generally arrived at this time of year failed to ap- pear and the west wind that blew un- shifting, kept increasing the pressure on the imprisoned ships. At last wood and iron reached their limit of endurance and the Jessie H. Freeman was crushed to a pulp. The crew of forty-nine men barely had time to scramble from their beds out on the ice before their fine ves- sel was ground to pieces
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

ZO\ OL. H. K. SHACKELFORD, " known to fame as Hal Stand O ishe a man who wrote detect i've stories for an eastern publisher at the rate of one a week, died Sunday morning at Bainbridge, Ga. To be sure, some one must write the penny-dread- full literature upon which the youthful mind doth feed, but the remarkable feature of Col Shackelford's career is that he was Baptist minister, in ad- dition to being a democratic spell-binder, an editorial writer and a lecturer. It is hardly probable. however, that he was a minister while he was grinding out the Fred Fearnot and "Old sleuth" stories. of which he was the author He wouldn't have had time to do both. The death of Col. Shackelford reveals one of those curious "professionaf' secrets that so few people suspect While stories have been told now and then of staid and emnenty proper persons who pro- duce the baleful dime novel," few peo- pie would ever dream that Baptist minister would fall to writing detective stories.
 
 Replying to the anxious idiots" Mayor McCarthy of Richmond begs to say that his patriotism Is as fair a brand as theirs. Case mol pressed
 NOT LIKE BASEBALL. A man who's playing the game of life With the hope that he'll be great, Must have more strikes than three, for
 sooth,
 If he wants to reach home plate.
 Two negro truckmen were having a wrapgle when one let fall the following bit of characteristic negro philosophy. He said "G'wan, nigger, I ain't got no use fur nobody whut ain't got no more dan l is
 WHAT FATHER GETS.
 Mother talks of what she'll get,
 Easter bonnets make her fret.
 Father has no foolish whim,
 He just gets move on him.
 Drummers are beginning to sit out in front of the hotels In chairs. There Is no more reliable hamburger of spring in the south.
 The story is told of an Ohio man who lived to be sixty years old and then began to play poker. Altho the game got him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Attorney Smith In Nashville.

While up in Nashville recently l had very amusing experience" said J. Quinton Smith, assistant city attorney yesterday afternoon. T was standing in the lobby of the Maxwell house, and a young fellow who was recently convicted in our police court here on the charge of gambling hailed me saying, Hello Smith, what are you doing here?'
 T replied by telling him that l was in Nashville on private business only and was not on his trail He then said, Well, hope that you did not bring Judge Feagn up with you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

No mere process server should be permitted to come between the richest man and his still richer grandehild.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

Operators kindly explain that con sumers would have to pay more for coal if the wages of the miners were raised, as if consumers didn't know all the time that they are invariably chosen for the axe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

The teams in the Southern league are wedding out and filling in, knowing that a difficult campaign is just ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

The drydock Dewey got away from Gibraltar before the Algecirans did. It is now headed for the Suez. where it will be due in the fall season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
A Good Play.

Any one who has formed the impress sion that Barney Gilmore's Rockey Road to Dublin has anything of the Hogan s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

MT. Fairbanks cannot see why MT. Taft should hesitate to accept the prof fered seat on the supreme bench.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

In the democratic ranks it begins to look as if the conservative MT. Bryan will be pitted against the radical MT. Hearst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

An Illinois man baled up some snow and stored it in his ice house. The outlook for an ice famine is thus seen to be promising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

Count Boni has written play which is proving quite a success in Paris. The count threatens to bring it over here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

Texas is anxious to have a bout with the Standard Oil company. Texas is seldom whipped in a fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

Root and Taft are the real aspirants for the republican nomination in 1908, and the rest are mere camp followers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

The batter who knows where the ball is going that he swats secures the thickest pay envelope.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

The statehood bill is in a conference committee, where it will stay until the republican party can tighten it's riyets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

An Ohio man wrapped dollar bills around his body to keep off the cold. The country is full of money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

The Standard Oil magnates begin to feel that they are overdoing the proxy branch of their business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

It is said that Barney Oldfield gets $3O,000 a year for risking his neck in automobiles. He is welcome to the money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

Over Ohio hangs the shadow of 6 great grief. It seems that Providence does not intend that democrat shall be governor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

London Punch has a new editor who is said to have a vein of humor in his makeup. Strange, but true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

London is to be Americanized with .subways below the surface and sky scrapers on top of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

The exposures of one sort or another have outclassed and sidetracked Tom Lawson, who was not bold or bad enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

The Indianapolis conference is just about as deliberate and indefinite as that of Algeciras. Thus far it has de- cided nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

There is a letter in the postoffice at Kent, O., for Stefan Brescztransllup- erczakmantzansky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

Vulcan must be the tiredest iron man ever made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

John D. Rockefeller did the grand father act under difficult circum stances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27

China is preparing to shed her vel low jacket and peacock feather.