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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
From the Milwaukee Sentinel

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 ZANE of the most picturesque sights kSOJ of the Veux Carre of New Or leans is the negro nun. Come upon her where you will, and as often as you may she is ever a fresh delight. Her demure, downeast face, her severe garb, and, above all, that snowy bonnet, in striking contrast with that black face, make something so vastly different from what we are accustomed to in the women of her race
 nuns.
 The most of them have some education, and the Mothers Superior of the different orders are women of much intelligence and marked administrative ability.
 One of the negro sisterhoods Is that of the Holy Family, domiciled in Orleans street, in the great gray brick building not a stones throw from the Blossomy Close of the St. Louis Cathedral. This building used to be the Orleans theater In its great rooms were held famous quadroon balls. Over it's floors have gllded in voluptuous dance many seductively beautiful amber sirens, fieur du mal who occasioned their white sisters many jealous heartache.
 But ring the bell of that door now, and it is opened by a black Sister, and as at her invitation you walk across that tesse- lated hallway it is impossible to so wrench the mind as to realize that vanished past so sharply drawn is the difference between it and the present
 This particular order was founded before the war by three rich intelligent free women of color Its work is altogether good. It's first care Is that of orphaned children, then of those whose natural guardians are neglectful or cruel. This latter field of labor is wide one, as the average negro parent makes a fetich of the rod and punshes his children bru- tally.
 Very sensibly, these Sisters do not pay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
THE CLERKS PROBLEM.
Question of Living Is overwhe Inning
 One to Low Salarled Employe.

Francis Hackett, in The Reader.
 This problem of mere living is the in innate. almost overwhelming one. of the low grade clerk. He does not concern himself with the broader, and in the end more essential, problem of his mental and moral development, his mind. That
 is left in the hands of the mysterious ogre, the public. whose responsibilities each individual Is so ready to disavow. And yet 1t Is for you, an educated mem- Der of the public body, to understand that your influence has general well as a personal import. that every courage ous and conscientious assertion of convic- ton will benefit society as well as your self Nomnally these clerks are infiu- enced by what they see on the streets, al the vaudeville show in the newspapers and magazines; but managers and actors and editors, in this delightfully."- commer- cial civilization are only too anxious to give the public. good or bad, what the public d. e. you. its representative) pays for and thus approves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
ROBSON IN CONGRESS.

From the New York Sun.
 In his report of the taking of the Mer- rimac into Santiago channel Admiral Sampson said T venture to say that a more brave and daring thing has not been done since Gushing blew up the AIbermsrle" Captain Hobsons feat will remain historic, whatever people may think of his eccentrlcties as naval officer afterward, and whatever may be the fortunes of his new departure as a politician. There is something theatrical about his defeat of Representative John H. Bankhead at the primaries in the Sixth Alabama district. He has had his revenge, but was the game worth the candle? The young mans career in Con gress will be the answer
 In the navy Richmond P. Hobson was regarded as an odd fish, and he lost caste by getting out on the plea of physi- cal disability after a board of examina- ton had pronounced him fit for duty The navy in time of peace was not attractive to him; he had written a book, he had lectured, and he was q public character: politics also called him. When we think of his ebulltions on the stump we tremble for his future. It was bad form to attack President Roosevelt as he did; and 1t was callow to tell the Kansans that his mission was ito educate the people of this coun- try to realize that they are the greatest people in the world Captain Hobson will enter Congress as a rampant naval expansionst, compared with whom all other expansionists are conservative. The Captain will have the greatest navy in the world by 1915 or know the reason why. Opposition he will not brook, and if Congress refuses to listen to him he will lecture.
 It is to be feared that Representative Hobson will be haZed a bit when he gets to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
Damrosch Wednesday.

''rhe New York Symphony orchestra, Walter Damrosch conductor, will render delightful programme at the Jefferson theatre Wednesday night, and it is sin cerely hoped that the audience will be large enough to encourage this famous organization to come again next sea- son." said musician. rDamroseh is the most popular orchestra leader in the United States today. Every lover of music and every one who desires to patronize musical art should buy tickets for the concert MT. Damrosch has arranged varied programme. For the average con- cert goer it could not be improved on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
Many Visitors comino,

Birmingham will have many visitors this month and all will be cordially well come" said a citizen. First comes the general conference of the Methodist church. It brings hundreds of delegates and hundreds of visitors
 Next week the Alabama grand lodge of Odd Fellows convenes here. It will bring nearly three hundred persons-dele- gates and visitors. Birmingham Is the most popular convention city in this part of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
Bellingham Cwash) Cor, New York Her


 ald
 XM HAT was at one time known on WI the Atlantic coast as the
 worst" craft afloat has just sailed from Puget Sound, lumber laden. for New York With the sailing of his ship. the bark Gatherer Captain wir- huletts, passes from the shipping list of the Pacific coast.
 Although since 1882, when the Gatherer came to the Pacific, it's history is not so bad prior to that time no vessel that sailed the seas was so generally feared by the unfortunate sailor or landlubber that awakened from a drugged sleep to find himself numbered among it's crew, Scores of sailors have been "keelhauled" from the Gatherer. The process consists of shipping a line from the port to the starboard side of the vessel. passing un- der the keel. The offending sailor Is then securely bound and attached to the end of the line and hauled below the sur face of the water under the ship and up again on the opposite side.
 When the announcement was made in 1882 that the Gatherer was to be sent to the Pacific coast its reputation as a floating hell had preceded it, and many an old salt offered up silent prayer that he might be spared a voyage in It's forecastle
 It was on the trip around the horn that the worst chapter was added to its his tory The Gatherer was in command of Captain John Sparks. With Sparks was a gigantic mate named Watts, a man of remarkable powers and whose fame as a fighter was exceeded only by his record for cruelty. The vessel had barely passed Sandy Hook when the clubbing of the men began. Within a week not man dared look at an officer, let alene sreak to one. This process was known as trim ming the crew. and 1t was continued until the vessel made the port of San Francisco.
 While rounding Cape Horn, one of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
A TEAR FOR SAN FRANCISCO.

By Mrs. Mary Ware. O. sorrow-stricken city!
 Fair Goddess of the plain, For thee, a wave of sympathy
 Sweeps OCT our broad domainl Thy grandeur. and thy gladness,
 Thy youth and beauty seem A fieeting glimpse of Eden
 A beautiful, bright dream, Fling off your weeds of sorrow,
 Fair city of the west; And wreath your brow with garlands, The brightest. and the best. And from the, sombre silence
 Of sorrow, and regret, Smile in the face of eHaven.
 And struggle to forget
 Birmingham. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
The Money Market.

Henry Clews in his Wall street letter of Saturdays date says;
 ''The stock market begins to feel the San Francisco disaster more keenly than at first anticipated. Following the first shock there was natural braeing to- gether for resisting it's consequences, but as the appalling extent of the calamity became more generally known values in a highly inflated market gradually began to yield. It is now estimated by good authorities that the total destruction of property will approximate about $sO0O0O,- OOO Probably not more than half this amount. or $l50,00000. will be covered by insurance; and of the losses which will have to be paid by the insurance companies more than half of that sum, about $70,0OOOOO or $50 0O0, ,OO0, will fall up on American companies, the balance be- ing sustained by foreign concerns. Add ed to the actual destruction of property will be the Reorganization and loss of business for weeks and months to come; so that it is yet impossible to calculate the real damage to trade and industry resulting from the catastrophe.
 By no process of intellectual juggling can such a wholesale destruction of prop erty be turned into a bull argument The loss is actual and tremendous, and must exert a depressing effect which however widely distributed will have to be en- dured. So far as Wall street Is concern ed it's chief influence will be felt In the money market, which has been overtaxed by numerous insistent demands. High priced stocks and high rates for money are utterly incompatible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
WORK DONE BY THE NEGRO
 NUNS OF NEW ORLEANS

lcvermuch attention to book education. The cateehism, of course, but after that little learning in their opinion goes long way. They strive to give the children a good in- dustrial training. and 1t Is matter of common report that the Catholic-bred negro is generally the most trustworthy of all servants. Unless though, house. keeper happens to be a Catholic in good repute, a strict follower of her religion, let her not hope to lure one of these black birds out of the convent nest.
 The Sisters care for as many children as they can house and feed, and a com- ical looking set these children are. In color they range from coal black through all the lighter shades up to dirty, freck- led, red-haired white, all cleanly dressed, all well behaved, all quiet as mice, at least when visitors are present There are children from Mexico, the West In- dies and South America these later the children of well-to-do parents. who pay generously for their keep, and insist upon those seductive accomplishments fancy work and piano music.
 The Sisters dwell with great pride upon the wonders they have done by faith in God and begging from friends. As regards the last, one of the sights in the New Or leans Custom House are the Sisters, white and black, who on each pay day mutely stand on either side of the corridor through which the employees must pass on their way from the cashiers office. With outstretched hand each Sister silent ly charms a coin out of some mans pocket. a rxri4t stand that appeal. The negro employees stick to their color ana give their doles to the black Sisters. while not a few of the whites give also to the blacks The convent of the Holy Family has been lucky enough to have several beduests in- crease its revenues. There is no doubt the Sisters are useful members of so- cety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
AMID THE COOLING RUINS.
Harriman's Auto Picks Its Way Chi
 natoWn's Secrets Burned.

C. D. Van Loan, in New York American.
 The blue-striped men of the engineers corps had the streets all to themselves yesterday. There was none who cared to dispute the thoroughfare with them, for the soldier boys were playing with the dynamite again.
 The human wave rolled up Market street as far as Third stree, and there single sentry held the traffic in check. The Red Cross wagons hurried lack to find another road. The curious ones perched on piles of brick and steel. pre- pared to watch the spectacle.
 A big red automobile coughed it's way through the crowd. bearing a silent black-moustached man in the tonneau It was E. H. Hartman, taking his first look at a new San Francisco. The ru- nor spread that the Emporium was about to be dynamited, and as the word ran through the crowd the people fell back, eying the wrecks of tho Examiner and Chronicle buildings apprehensiveiy.
 Away up the street a wagon drove away at a heavy gallop and a company of soldiers swarmed out to what had been the Academy of Science They left the place as ants leave a hill. crawling over the piles of debris and hurrying up the street.
 Last of all a mounted officer clattered away waving his hand in warning. The crowd fell back leaving ol:y few in- trepid photographers in the shadow of Lottas fountain.
 Then 1t came first a culver Tn the atmosphere as great white jets of smoke clouds shot in.o the street, then the rending. tearing crash of the dynamite Over tho unfolding cloId black specks whirled hundreds of feet mo 'h' air and in the silence came the batter Of falling debris. One stone, thrown as straight as is from a catapul.. struck the sidewalk in front of the Chronicle building and bounded into the road.
 I took a walk through what had been Chinatown Up on the corner of Du- pont and California there was once big house. Only the tower and two side walls are standing, but the coors bear this inscriptions:
 Son. observe the time. and flee.
 I did not see single Chinaman in the section that was once the most popu- lous Chinese quarter of the new world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It's high finance when you are lowering other peoples funds
 It's lots more useful to run lawn mower than to write spring poetry.
 We have most of our generous impulses at the times when we haven't means to put them into execution.
 When a woman has a ride on ferry boat she Is just as likely as not to tell about the yachting party she has been on
 Some men are so lucky that when they steal an umbrella they ind 1t is one that was stolen from them some time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
IN 1916.
From Puck.

From Puck.
 "The case of Jones vs. the P. D. and O. Railroad was argued in the United States supreme court yesterday. It will be remembered that is one of the cases brought to test the constitutionality of the railroad rebate law, passed in 1906 under the administration of President Roosevelt It is expected that decision will be handed down promptly. Should it be against the road steps will be taken at once to enforce the law."-Newspape item.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
sheddina More InformatIon.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Mrs. Chugwater-Josiah, what is a pro- nuncamento?
 Mir Chugwater-Pronounci amen to anything you want to indorse. 1 should think you could tell that by looking at the word itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The Russian grand dukes are volun- tary exiles. The Mediterranean re. sorts are crowded with them. Any place but Russia suits them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The Chinamen have fled from the place, and the only human beings I saw were two Italians picking about the ruins of a Chinese curio store.
 The secrets of the quarter lie buried un- der tons of brick and mortar. No Try- ing white man will ever uncover them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The Rooseveltian era is waning, and the country is already looking for a successor. Every day weakens the power of the man in office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Sioux Falls refuses to reimburse the persons who squandered money in it in procuring void and inefficient diyorces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The faithful sang Showers of Bless ings' when the rain began to fall in Zion. but they raised up their umbrel- las also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Cupid is busy even among the hun gry and the unsheltered in San Fran cisco. An unusual number of wed. dings has taken place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
KNOWS THE TRICK.

From the Rochester Herald. Whenever the bouquets cease to come fast enough the President says some- thing >nice about the Kaiser. That starts em again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The adulteration of cotton seed oil should be stopped. It Is wicked to turn it into olive oil and other foreign substances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The Czar will feel queer when he first crawls from under the bed. He has been there so long he may have to learn how to walk among men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

San Francisco was a city of wooden frame buildings It had 50494 of them and but 3SS1 brick buildings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

A direct primary law does not les sen the need of eternal vigilance at the polls and at the count.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

John D. II now travels as an oil king-that Is to say, he travels in- cognito. and only sovereigns do that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The Carnegie hero commission has full treasury but the real heroes are loath to push themselves into notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Mark Twain has delivered his last lecture, but he will hereafter be open to invitations to give an address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Lawyer Hughes has been retained to investigate the coal roads, and Paris is getting ready to welcome an immigration of a new lot of magnates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
About Persons.

O. W. stinson of New Decatur is stop ping at the Metropolitan.
 Miss Callen. one of the faculty of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The Senate will have its hands full when it begins to discipline and train down the Hon. Jeff Davis of Arkansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Wall street fears that Congress may yet hatch up some trouble before ad- iournment is reached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The stand-patters are as deaf to the calls of humanity as they are of req son and honest business sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Frisco had the handsomest munich pal building in the country, but it is wreck now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

From the New Orleans Democrat.
 Speaking of fresh air. there is no air fresher. sweeter or more popular than good old Dixie"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The insurance companies are get ting ready to aid the fire sufferers in San Francisco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The parlor socialists cannot shove the real fighting article out of place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

When the fire fiend" lights on { street fair his work is complete.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

It is surprising how may poets there are at large in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

It takes Tillman to turn down an invitation to the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Andrew Carnegie does not seem to have heard of the San i '1ciseo earth quake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Next Tuesday is May Day and straw hats will then be fully recog- nized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

San Francisco is not swamped with money, by any means. More can be used.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Chinatown was at least no loss to San Francisco
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Dowie is home again but it doesn't seem the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Bryan and Hobson"-how would that sound in 1908?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The rate bill hangs fire and so does Congress, and a long session is proba- ble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Even the most timid are beginning to take them off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Lots of people East Laked yester- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

The rod and the bat are to the fore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Not a line from James Hazen Hyde.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
"DIxIE" !"

Great weather to rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Care Is no cure, but rather corrosive, For things that are not to be remeded.
 -l. King Henry VI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March 5. 1s7s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Gadsden Times-News: The "Barons" still own Birmingham. but just wait un- til they drop a few games
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-09
Life.

The poets exclamation: 30 Life! !
feel thee bounding in my VEINS. is n
joyous one. Persons that can rarely
or never make it. in honesty to them
selves are among the most unfortunate.
They do not live, but exist: for to live
implies more than to be. To live is to
be well and strong-to arise feeling
equal to the ordinary duties of the day,
and to retire not overcome by them
to feel life bounding in the veins. A
medicine that has made thousands of
people, men and women, well and
strong. has accomplished great work.
bestowing the richest blessings. and
that medicine is Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. The weak, run down, or debili-
tated. from any cause. should not fail
to take it. 1t builds up the whole sys-
TEN. changes existence into life. and
makes life more Astounding. We are
glad to say these words in its favor to
the readers of our columns
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-09
CLUB FIELD DAY.
Augusta, Gardiner, HaIIoweII and Win
throp Clubs to Meet at Island Park.

The Current Events Club of Augusta
will join with the Current Events Club
of HallOwell. the Twentieth Century,
The Currents Events and Renaissance
Clubs of Gardiner, the Winthrop Liter
airy Club of Winthrop. the Thursday
Club OF East Winthrop. and the Mis-
sion Band Of Winthrop Center. in Il
Union Field day at Island Park on
Tuesday. June II. Special cars will
leave Gardiner at 1915 A. NJ for Island
Park for the accommoda ton of the
Gardiner. Hallowell and Augusta clubs.
A musical and literary program will he
given in the afternoon at Hotel Pines.
A picnic dinner will be served by the
members of the different clubs. Hot
tea and coffee will be served in the pa
Wilton to all.
Ice cream viii be on sale at Hotel
Pines. Steam launches will be ready
to take parties on the lake.
If stormy on Tuesday, the Union
Field day will be postponed until
Wednesday.
The members of Current Events Club
of Augusta will follow the arrange
ments made for the Thimble party.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-09

Between the rain storms there are
lively times at the Driving park
where local trainers are working out
the speed horses of the city. and get
ting them into shape for the summer
and fall circuit. Among the likely
propositions in green horses is a sorrel
marc which Frank Best is handling.
She is by Merrill and gives every prom
Use of being fast. Charles Smith of
HallOwell has two Hal Rhea colts, four
and five years old respectively. and
10th of them bid fair to be good ones
Another familiar figure on the track is
Walter F. Webb. the well known Au-
guSta trainer. Mr.. Webb is recognized
as a convincing argument on a sulkey
seat. as a speed inducer, and has prob
ably ridden as many fast miles as any
trainer in the city. His string this
year includes the gray mare Millie
Wilkes, 2.24A, and who was a money
getter last season, the bay mare Bel
ladonna. with 4 mark of 2.35la, Jack
WcoIey, black trotting gelding who
is green but is showing up WELL ana
the bay gelding Will Sidney with a
mark of 2.2S14. H. r. Lishness has
four nice colts that will probably go
into training later, and there is a nice
black Wilkes stallion in town that will
probably be trained at the park This
season,