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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
A Girl Shipping Clerk.

T believe I have In my employ one of the most competnet shipping clerks In Birmingham" remarked the manager of one of the large dry goods stores yes terday. And my clerk Is a little girl in her early teens, too. I know this sounds like a. joke but l am talking seriously.
 T have had several men in charge of my delivery department from time to time, but the present service, under the direction of this little girl, is the most satisfactory I've yet attained Miss Ruby has to check out to the delivery men, all packages sent out in town by wagon, allotting to particular wagons all goods addressed to the several sections they tra- verse To send every bundle right and contrve delivery arrangements so there will be no doubling up of wagons on the same route, is rather a tedious propo- siton, at times, for an experienced man.
 T am proud of my girl shipping clerk, and I'll venture there's not concern In Birmingham sending out like volume of goods, whose delivery works so smooth ly as does ours"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
Horse Sense.

There needs to be small amount of horse sense used by those who are writ ing about Horse Shows. races and equine gossip" said Percy Clark.
 Ut sounds in very bad form to hear peo pie who should know better speak of every fine horse-harness horses, especial ly, as thoroughbreds. Dan Patch and fancy harness horses are not thorough breds They are standard-bred and are duly registered in the trotting and pacing books. The thoroughbred is the aristocrat of the equine family whose ancestry can be traced by records for 15O years or more. He is a runner and 1umper sometimes broken to harness.
 The thoroughbred records are kept by the jockey club of this country and like wise in England France and other coun- tries. Let's get strengthened out and stay so now that we are to have Fairs and Horse Shows"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

you see some new kind of a wrestling ma chine walking down the street that makes all the rest of us feel like infants.
 These athletes are about the most law abiding people to be found Their habits are necessarily good, except as for bend ing up each others ribs and necks. But suppose a bunch of them sometimes were to get on the war path? About three could form a flying wedge that would reach clear across the street and clean up the town, cops and all, at one fell swoop.
 They might even get half-Nelson on the BrownMarx or a hammer-lock on Vulcan, and put him out of business With their increasing numbers they could make the Boxer uprising look like a sparring match.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
PRESS POINTS

Houston Post: Palestines new gas plant was opened with oratory.
 Louisville Herald: Room surely and to spare at the top There are just 1O,OS0 mil- lionaires in the world.
 Columbia State From now until Np- vember will be Editor Arthur Brie- bane's crowded hour" z
 Dallas News: The attorney genera, of Kansas also says, "Raus init 'em," mean- ing Standard Oil and International Har- vester.
 Washington Post After his bitter de- nunciation of the author of "The Treason of the Senate" it would be the irony of fate for Senator Bailey to come back to the next session with traces of white wash on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
More You Slice It Up the Bigger 1t
 Gets in Other Ways.

From the New York Sun.
 Westchester county has suffered more from subdivisions and cutoffs than any other county in the state. It was one of the original New York counties when New York was first subdivided 200 years ago. White Plains, the county seat, was form ed In l7ss, and has been continuously it's capital ever since.
 The first off-cuttng from westchester was in 1873 to make up the present bor- ough of the Bronx. Twenty-two years la ter there was another off-cut of Bronx Valley villages now incorporated into New York city. Notwithstanding these changes and losses, Westchester has gone steadily ahead and is now the fourth county of New York state in population, exceeded only by New York, Kings and Erie
 It's population is 250.00o. of which 65 900 are in Yonkers. 25O00 In Mount Vernon and 20,O0O in New Rochelle Mount Yer non and New Rochelle are new towns. Yonkers is an old one. dating back to i7Ss. The growth of Westchester county is due, of course, to it's proximity to New York city, but it has obtained only a small share of the benefit of this growth. for as the towns in the portion of the county nearest to this city have increased they have been annexed, with the result that the area of Westchester has been steadily reduced, while the population of the county has been steadily increasing.
 For the first time this year since 1870 Westchester in Its choice of legislative and congressional candidates. is sepa- rate constituency. no part of 1t being in- cluded within the official boundaries of New York. Heretofore portions of West chester have been included in New York county, but this year the voters of West chester vote separately and distinctly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
A LOYAL MAN.

From the Limestone Democrat.
 In his speech at Birmingham a few days ago MT. Bryan paid a splendid tribute to the well-known Alabama democrat. Hon. John ". Tomlinson, of the Magic City. The Democrat reproduces MT Bryan's words in praise of MT. Tomlinson with much pleasure we concur with the views expressed therein of MT. Tomlin- sons devotion to principle and loyalty to the democratic policies for which MT. Bryan has been fighting for the past ten years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 A man has to be awful rich to be able to dress well when his wife does. Dying must seem absolutely painless to a man who has run for an office.
 Sleeping cars are fine places to find out what sweet thing sleep could be if you had any chance to get it.
 A woman gets a good deal of comfort out of thinking how dangerous it would be to her children's morals if they had brains.
 Women are pretty sure to like their new pastor If they can't disagree as to whom he should marry because he Is already married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

1 HE manager of a news company kCD has ordered all stands of the
 company to quit selling 'litera- ture" that tends in any way to make heroes of criminals. Moreover, all train ''butchers." doing business with the com pany must hereafter conform to the new rule Think of it! 'The Jameses, Young CTS, Daltons and other celebrities will no longer give atmosphere and color and tone to the railroad book business Imag inc, if you can, news butch who offers instead of the familiar yellow baeks.a with scenes of murder done in red ink on a saffron background. bunch of dreary novels in which nothing happens to anybody. Reform is, indeed, reaching afar when muek-rakers enter the hitherto untrammeled realm of butch" and take from his hands his chief dependence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
THE OLD, OLD SONG.
By Charles Kingsley,

By Charles Kingsley. When all the world is young, lad,
 And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad,
 And every lass a quenn; Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
 And round the world away;
 Young blood must have it's course, lad
 And every dog his day. When all the world is old. lad, ' And all the trees are brown;
 And all the sport is stale, lad,
 And all the wheels run down: Creep home, and take your place there
 The spent and maimed among; q God grant you find one face there
 You loved when all was young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
Art of Wrestling.

Birmingham seems to be rapidly be- coming the wrestling center of the coun- try" said a man yesterday. Tt looks as though al lthe Terrible Turks, 'Gi- gantic' Greeks, Englishmen and Pugna- cious Poles in the world are congregating here.
 And all of them are champions-their belts and medals attest it. And so often times does their work. Every few days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

the world which can equal that of the
 Rue de Rivo1 in Paris in 1881, which at that time was nearly three times as great as that on Fifth avenue today, the width of the two streets being practically the Same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The democratis in the Savannah dis, trict are still balloting for candi- date for congress. The 6S0th ballot was taken on Friday. Why not refer the entire matter to the people of the district?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

President Rooseyelt's callers the other day included James K. Jones of Arkansas two hundred college girls, one hundred insurance delegates and fifty Pennsylvania firemen in uniform. Gee, it's great to be President!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The republicans lose hope wherever Standpat Shaw puts in an appearance. He speaks uninvited, because he must speak that way if he speaks at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Those Pennsylvania chandeliers have knocked the courage out of the Penrose gang, and their defeat Is as good as accomplished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
KEEP THE BEST IN VIEW.

Don't work so hard for money that
 You overlook the roses.
 The glory of the harvest field
 And natures charming poses. Remark the little joys of life,
 The clouds-thelr silver lining. Some people who are very rich
 Don't know the sun is shining That Milwaukee man who gave each of his children S1 100000 to see what they would do with 1t, Is probably a brewer who has plenty left for himself. While Hughes is a good speaker, the oratorical powers of MT. Hearst's money will be hard to overcome.
 SUBLIME AND RIDICULOUS. Poets have sung of the blessing of sleep, Golden effusions we treasure and keep. Dare to be napping rude persons will
 seoff, Saying, Gee whiz, How he's knocking It
 offl'
 The rich man retires; the poor poor man quits.
 The Boston Globe says Maine hunt ing score. s2 deer, two black bears" How many guides?
 Harvard's freshman class is 800 strong and equally as loud.
 WELL, HARDLY. No matter what way the word should be
 spelled.
 If 'elaspt," or "clasped," you will find That when you are holding the girl of
 your choice
 Such questions won't trouble your mind. A klndhearted professor living in Washington says there are no accurate figures to prove that a total abstainer lives any longer than a man who never rides on the water wagon.
 The chap who thinks bad grammar funny is the same man who comes up behind you and knocks the breath out of your body as joke.
 Chorus of magnates before the trial: Prove itl''
 Chorus of magnates after the trial:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The labels on Connecticut cigars are still printed, in Spanish, although we have taken possession of Cuby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The Tom Platt family are firing back indignant denials, but the public still believes there is some trouble be- hind the curtain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

MT. Hearst's Americanism finds a rival in like article in Theodore Roosevelt forsit Is difficult to say which is the more radical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The medical students have created a dog famine in Cleveland. The poor doggies went out by the vivisection route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The insurrectos are keeping new guns and turning in any old musket they can get their hands on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Vulcan will be himself again at the State Fair and he will then be ready to do stunt at Jamestown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

An exchange says that southerners are "opening their eyes," Sure-with eye-openers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Pennypacker has received an infer. nal machine, which is whole lot more disconcerting than a lampoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The President is again back in Washington, and the country again knows where it is at.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Harvard feels lonely. She has but BETA students this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

There is every reason to believe that the dove of peace roosts on the shoulder of Secretary Taft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The Cubans are all glad to get chance to surrender to the good MT. Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The chewing-gum king has been di- vorced, but the gum-chewers will pay the alimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Atlanta will be almost depopulated If all the participants in the riots are to be arrested and punished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

In using "billies" for a class rush, Wisconsin freshmen showed that they didn't intend to "take anything off" the sophomores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Hughes and Hearst are hustlers who believe in aspirates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

While Mark Twain has lost the originals of Tom Sawyers and Colonel Sellers, he still has a few million friends left.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Read the tag on your meats before taking, especially on your potted chicken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Candidate Hughes has been re- quested to shave them off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Depend upon 1t, the school-book trust works in Alabama under cover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The sugar and tobacco kings are about to take charge of Cuba.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Even the victorious insurrectos are giving up their arms to the seductive MT. Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Innocent bystanding has caused many an untimely death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

SIDESTEP. When you hear an auto coming Step aside. When you hear a hornet humming Step aside. When you see old trouble nearing, You, with features grim and leering, Deeply signing, darkly peering, Step aside. Upton Sinclair will play a small part in 'The Jungle" What he ought to do is to join a musical comedy and carry a rake in the chorus. In having seven of his wives executed, King Thanh Thia of Annam probably consoled himself with the thought that he had plenty more at home.
 JUST A WORD.
 Be prudent be careful
 In all that you do.
 Especially in choosing
 The style of your shoe. There's nothing more trying
 On tempers and feet
 Than wearing small sizes
 Because they look neat. Some people who think that they are in the puDno eye are slinply In the pup lies way.
 Just because your heart is light, it dosn't necessarily follow that your head is also.
  The fall leaves scurry, The fall winds furry, a The fall fools hurry,
 The fall bills worry,
 The fall fires purry,
 The fall girls furry and we could think up some more, if we were not in such haste to get down to our signature.
 LOAFING. Heigho, hum, alackaday, 'Tisnt hard to rhyme today. This line will make three when done. Here's the fourth and final one.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
ALABAMA PRESS

 Talladega Reporter: Talladega needs more residences as badly as Atlanta needs hired help.
 Scottsboro Citizen: The Citizen may be a little old fashioned but we hoist the democratic ticket at our masthead this week.
 Tuscaloosa Times Gazette: They tried to lay the Atlanta riot to the door of scare heads in the newspapers. To what, then, must be attributed the outbreak at Mo- bile?
 Hartselle Enquirer: The real Kings of the country, are the contented farmers with small well tended farms. with no debt hanging over them, and corn. meat and lard fin the shock"
 Anniston Star Bishop Galloway char acterzes the recent race riots as "a burning disgrace to American civiliza- tion." When this eminent divine speaks he commands a loud amen" and he generally deserves It.
 Seottsboro Progressive Age: One of the fruits of the Atlanta riots Is tendency on the part of some cities to get rid of the low negro dives. If they would get rid of all dives, high and low, white and black, 1t would be better.
 Florence Times: number of southern cities, including Montgomery and Br- mingham, have prohibited the produc- tlon of "The Clansman." This is right. Anything that tends to arouse race an- tagonlsm should be suppressed instanter. Limestone Democrat The ovation ac- corded MT Bryan in the southwest ex- eeeded any ever given him in that sec tion on previous trips. The reception &C., corded him was not In the least cool be- cause of the opposition of members of his party to government ownership and harmony was not lacking, notwithstand- ing the fact that some of the republican papers are trying to make 1t appear that the democrats are seriously divided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Scottsboro Citizen: The Citizen may be a little old fashioned but we hoist the democratic ticket at our masthead this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Tuscaloosa Times Gazette: They tried to lay the Atlanta riot to the door of scare heads in the newspapers. To what, then, must be attributed the outbreak at Mo- t,il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Hartselle Enquirer: The real Kings of the country, are the contented farmers with small well tended farms. with no debt hanging over them, and corn, meat and lard fin the shock"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Talladega Reporter: Talladega needs more residences as badly as Atlanta needs hired help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

w. F. Jordan and W. D. Lanier are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

Well, what are you going to do about it?'
 Moral: Whats the use?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
sIDEsTEP.

Most anybody can appear important. The difficulty lies in making 1t pay. ss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

You never hear Cupid roasting the power house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

That Milwaukee man who gave each of his children S1,O00,O0O to see what they would do with 1t, Is probably brewer, who has plenty left for himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Gentle Jane went out to shop, All day long she didn't stop Finally. the clerk dropped dead. Shocking manners" Jamie said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Don't work so hard for money that You overlook the roses. The glory of the harvest field
 And natures charming poses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Remark the little joys of life,
 The clouds-thelr silver lining. Some people who are very rich Don't know the sun is shining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

While Hughes is a good speaker, the oratorical powers of MT. Hearsts money will be hard to overcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
GENTLE JANE

Moral: Whats the use?
 GENTLE JANE. Gentle Jane whizzed through the town, Running many people down; Still she gave her car but praise. Said; Tt has such killing waysi"
 Carolyn Wells. Gentle Jane raced down a hill; At the bottom had spill. When she pulled herself together, Jane exclaimed: Its falling weather!s
 Ralph A. Lyon. Last week, Tuesday, Gentle Jane Met a passing railroad train Good afternoon" she sweetly said, But the blamed train just cut her dead,
 Yale Record. Gentle Jane went out to shop, All day long she didn't stop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1421 c street, N. w.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
ITALIAN ADMIRAL
VISITS NAVY YARD
Citizens Flock on BOardlthe,
Big Black Cruiser
FieramOSCa.

Accompanied by the members Of his
starf, Admiral Roberto Cali. Of the
italian royal navy cruiser Fieramosca.
visited the embassy OF his coRIntry this
afternoon and later called ats the navy
yard TO pay his respects to Comman-
d9nt H. c. LeutZe. who wemt aboard
the cruiser yesterday. The italian Off
GERS viii go to the State. War and Navy
building this afternoon and also take
in" the Capitol Library. and, other pub
lie buildings.
The city is filled with sailors. mid
and officers from the Fiera-
mOsCa and countless visitors are being
received on board the big black cruiser
The sailors are dressed in their best
uniforms and present a very neat ap-
pearance. They worked hard 10 get
The Fieramosca in shape for callers and
today ii is as clean as a new pin and
everything is III applepie oasler. The
public is welcome aboard the ship, but
no guarantee is given that they will
understand what is said bysLhe polite
and obligtng young officers.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
BEARDED DWARF CLAIMS
He IS 1918 YEARS OLD

CLEVELAND. Ohio: Sept 1S-Oliver
Kardin is she name the grlzzled and
bearded man with the stature OF a ten
year-old boy gave 10 the deputies in
TIE shcrif's Office when l.t made his
appearance escorted by two stalwart
policemen. They had picked him up
on Hamilton avenue northeast.
Where were you born?" asked the
deputy in the course Of the routine
questioning.
Quebec" was tie answer.
ARE you married.
no. I'm working"
How cid arc vOu?"
Eighteen hundred and eighteen years
old came the astonishing reply
The deputy could scarcely believe his
hearing and again asked the question 10
which the man replied as before this
time with q shout.
They led him behind the bars until
Probate Judge Haddcn can get Oliver
sister into court TO innuire about him.
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
HUGHES BONDED
FOR GRAND JURY
WaIChman Is Accused of
Shooting Boy With In
tent to Kill.

Martin J. Hughes. the special watch
man OF che Baltimore and Ohio Con
struction Company, VINO, on the night OF
august l6 shot ana seriously wounded
young William r. Poach. jr. while the
latter was playing with some OF his
companions ON a handcar near the via
duct, was arraigned in the United
States branch Of the Police Court this
morning on a charge OF shooting with
intent TO kill
attorney ROthschlld stated TO the
court that his client desired 10 waive
examination pending the action Of the
grand jury. Governments counsel con-
sented, and Judse Mills fixed Hughes
bond at $500 Later Hughes was
released by furnishing the necessary
bond
Roach and his companions who were
with him on the night the watchman
fired unon them were in court and pre-
pared 10 testify I'm the case
The Washington times., 1906-09-18
A. FL. DISCUSSES
POLITICAL PLANS
Attitude Of Organization
During the Pending Cam
paign Taken Up.
NO DECISION WAS REACHED
President Gompers to Submit Report
Of Committee on Labors Rep
Tesentation.

The greater part of the morning ses-
sion Of the executive council OF the
American Federation OF Labor. now
holding its quarterly meeting in Typo
grahpical Temple. was devoted TO the
discussion Of labor's atutuds in the
pending campaign. Nc definite resolu-
tion was adopted. the matter going over
until this afternoon when the report Of
The committee on labOr's representa-
ton viii be made by President Gompers.
Vice President John Mitchell arrived
this morning and was in attendance al
the meeting. lie displayed a keen in
terest IN the discussion on labor IN the
political fight now on
President GOmpers was directed 10 an
pear before the subcommittee OF the
House Committee on Postoflce and
Post Roads. which is to meet next
month 10 hear publishers and officials
Of the Postofiice Department on pro
posed changes in the law regulating
the transmission OF second-class mall
matter through the mails. President
Gompers is to protest against any
change in the law that would affect
the admission 10 second class matter
or trades union publications. They want
the law 20 remain as It IS.
An application for a charter from
public accountants was received. and
while II was regular IN form. It was
held after careful consideration that TIE
work of public accountants did not prop
erly come under labor charters. and
therefore IL could not be granted
A question Of difference between the
Painters and Decorators Of America and
the Central Federated Labor Union. u
New York, which threatens serious
trouble. was referred 10 President Com
pers with instructio-s 10 arrange for a
conference between the Two bodies.