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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
HOME COMING WEEK

Eufaula Times: The homecoming fever has broken out in Alabama at last This means a whole lot of cider barrels for sale in the near future.
 Tuscumbia North Alabamian: Birming ham wants that homecoming, likewise Montgomery. Better settle this question by having the home-comers gather in the Tennessee Valley. the garden spot of the south.
 Sumter Sun The Age Herald has de- clared for a Homecoming" for Ala bamans, October 15-20 in Birmingham dur ing the state fair, This paper favors Home coming for Sumter county pep ple say about the same time and if such an event can be successfully pulled off there will be a high old time in Living ston, and don't you forget it.
 Limestone Democrat: There is move ment on foot to have a grand home coming for Alabama's children who are scattered over the face of the globe, and it is great idea. Kentucky has just had one. followed by each county having homecoming of its own. What gath
 
 could meet at home once more. Both Montgomery and Birmingham are want ing the governors endorsement, as both will have a fair next fall and want the homecoming celebration to help popular ize the fair.
 The mayor of Birmingham has taken time by the fore-lock and announced De- tober 15-20 as homecoming week. We hope that the metropolis and capital will not quarrel over the matter, and that the controversy will be amicably settled but if they cannot agree Athens is willing and ready to have the ''home-coming cele- brated here. We have no doubt that Limestone county has sent out as many sons and daughters as any other county in the state. Of one thing we are cer- tain and that is that her progeny is the peer of any county's in the state for the numbers of senators, congressmen and women of beauty. intellect and attractive charms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30

they talk Public sentiment demands a publicity Congress made up of tariff revisionists.
 Congressman Griggs of Georgia, chairman of the democratic congress- ional campaign committee, has open ed headquarters at Washington and he win soon establish a branch head quarters in Chicago. Chairman Griggs is an experienced campaigner and he will have arrayed against him as chair man Congressman James s. Sherman of New York, who will be assisted by Congressman James A. Tawney of Minnesota It is said Congressman William R. Hearst will finance the campaign.
 It is admitted that the battle will be fought in the middle or central west--in the states that stretch from Ohio to Kansas included. Both sides will make a special effort in Okla homa, MT. Griggs knows the west well, and if the money end of the campaign can be kept up he will make an az gressive and popular campaign All of the contested districts will be filled with speakers. and strong and gen. eral effort will be made to gain the number of seats necessary to give the democrats control of the House. If they do control the House. The slush funds of 1896, 1900 and 1904 will be fully exposed to the great benefit of the republic, but to the horror of the honest individual voter, for 1t will show at glance that the country has for twelve years been in the grasp of trusts and other monopolies. Priv ilege has sat enthroned where popu- lar liberty once had sway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
Soldiers of the Revolution.

Soldiers of the revolution can be re- membered by men who are not today in their old age," said a veteran. Several of the rear guard of the Continental army saw striking episodes of the revolution and were able to narrate them when more than seventy years had passed. Benjamin Abbott. a drum major, who beat the death march at Major Andres execution, died at Nashua N. H., in 1851. Peter Besancon, who was one of Lafayette's followers, and who died at Warsaw N. Y., In 1855 Is be- lieved to have been the longest surviving witness of Andres death, which occurred October 2, 17SO.
 "The annals of many countries bear wit ness to occasional instances of longevity in those whose business tis to die.' Sam uel Gibson, who was a soldier at Water loo. died December 10, 1891 aged 101. Who was the last Waterloo officer is the sub- ject of considerable doubt but the dis tinction was claimed for Lieut. Maurice Shea, who died February ,, 1892, and who fell short one year of being a centenarian. Veteran sailors are almost as common as veteran soldiers. Admiral Sir Provo Wallis. who died February 1s, 1892, in his 101st year, was one of the lieutenants of the shannon when she captured the Chesapeake in 1913. Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfrdge the elder of our own navy, who was born in 1s04 was rival of Wallis in length of days.
 Lives that span the historic past and the present are commoner than are gen. erally supposed On June IS the son of a revolutionary soldier took part in deco rating at saugus the graves of his father s comrades"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
Getting in Line.

The proposition to have a home coming week in Alabama has met with general endorsement in the state. It is only necessary now to keep up the enthusiasm until the wondering sons and daughters begin to return. There is no sWeeter word in the language than home" None has stronger appeal to the great, throbbing heart of humanity and none will awake a more ready response. Therefore, home coming week is destined to be a great success. Invitations will go abroad, seeking out former residents of the state in all parts of the country, and when October arrives there will be a great gathering never seen before in the confines of the good old common wealth.
 This town, being the largest in the state and better able to take care of visitors, is the logical rendezvous, whatever other claims may be ad- vanced.
 It is believed that Governor Jelks will soon issue homecoming proc lamation. There is plenty of time yet, to be sure, but there is nothing like putting the proposition on definite basis, as the official action of the Gov ernor will do. The homecoming is to be a state affair, of course, and after fitting exercises in Birmingham, the prodigals will visit their native coun- ties
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
Democrats in the Next House.

A net gain of 57 seats would render the House of the Sixtieth Congress democratic. Ordinarily the opposition carries the Congress elected midway a Presidential term, and the tide is certainly running towards an united democracy at present. No one expects to see the control of the Senate changed, for the democrats must, to do that, carry seventeen additional states, and they cannot do that in a single campaign. It is possible to carry several additional states this year and enough more in 1908. in tidal wave to change even the Senate.
 But the House must, if it is changed at all, be changed in a single cam paign, and the democrats feel that the task is within their reach this year. The country is full of discon- tent over unjust tariff rates and the exactionS of hundreds of trusts and monopolies. Every exposure of rotten ness operates to increase this discon- tent. Thousands of honest men de- mand that the huge campaign sub scriptions of 1896, 1900 and 1904 be made public. and they will vote as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
As much love in rhyme As would be crammed up in sheet of paper.
 Loves Labor Lost.
Worlds Piq Iron Production.

The production of pig iron in the world was last year 53,696,008 tons, made almost wholly in seven coun- tries-in the United States, 22,992,3S0 tons; in Germany, 10.S13,979 tons; in Great Britain, 9592,737 tons; in France, 3.02S,396 tons; in Russia, g. 931 ,257 tons; in Belgium, 1929, ,109 tons; and in Austria-Hungary, 1,30O,- O0O tons. About 1,500000 tons were made in Sweden, Canada, Spain, Italy, Japan and other countries. Two-thirds of the worlds supply is made in the United States, Germany and Great Britain. We consume in this country all we make, and the commercial pig Iron is therefore made in Germany and Great Britain.
 The worlds production of pig iron is doubled in decade and half If therefore we are to keep step with the world the Alabama production should be doubled every fifteen years. Tn 1900 this state made 1,155,5S tons; in 1905 the production was 1,597 7,000- again in five years of 442,000 tons. At this rate the gain in fifteen years would be 1,326,000 tons, and this would keep Alabama in the worlds proces. sion
 If Alabama does her part in the next fifteen years her production in 1920 will exceed three million tons, and John w. Gates and his associates may not be willing to wait fifteen years in order to see the Alabama production doubled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
Valuable Brooch.

A valuable brooch carried in the tic of Desk Sergeant Thomas J. Shirley attract ed q deal of attention yesterday after noon, and on inquiry, the wearer de- clared that the rare piece of jewelry was recently sold for the small sum of ten cents. When the listeners were amazed that a brooch containing a diamond sur rounded with some twenty pearls had been sold for ten cents, MT. Shirley said:
 "The piece of jewelry was found by small negro boy. The finder knew not the value of his find. and sold it to the first passerby for the sum of ten cents Detective Patton, on seeing the negro wearing the brooch, rescued it, and is holding it at police headquarters until the rightful owners are found. l should think the jewel was worth one hundred dollars, more or less. and that the owner will soon call and claim it is unquestion- able. The moral of this story is Do not throw pearl before swine they may be sold too cheap"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
The Electric Esplanade.

The electric esplanade on Third ave- nue, between Nineteenth and Twenti- eth streets, will be lighted up this evening for the benefit of the public. and there will be appropriate exer- cises, including a band concert.
 The esplanade is the result of pro- gressiveness and up-to-date ideas among business men having establish ments on Third avenue. It will make that part of town exceptionally at tractive and will no doubt result in much good as an advertisement. The esplanade is not creditable, but will prove quite expensive, and the una nimity with which Third avenue mer- chants have supported the project proves that they are alive to the need of publicity. Birmingham Is already one of the most brilliantly illuminated towns in it's business district to be found in the south. Third avenue will have a flood of light and the esplanade idea will be a welcome innovation that is sure to popularize Third avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Countless Stories.

When any one gets in the public eye, carrying a degree of fame or notoriety, instantly there is published a countless list of stories concerning the person." said citizen yesterday Tt is almost a cer- tainty that half of the stories are un- true.
 Now, this afternoon, for instance. 1 read in the Boston Posy q rather unusual story concerning Mrs Thaw, the wife of the man who slew Architect White ln New York the other day. Of course. every one is more or less familiar with the exquisite drawing of Mir. Gibson, en- titled, The Eternal Question: As is re- membered a woman's head is shown with the hair arranged across the shoulder to fall into the shape of an Interrogation point The Boston Post is out in an ar ticle on the first page, in which it is stated positively that Mrs Thaw, chorus girl posed before Gibson for this famous picture. It may be true that Mrs. Thaw did pose for the picture, but would advise you to digest the story with a wee grain of salt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
FRISCO HUM OR.

The spirit of the San Francisco people after the great disaster expressed itself in lighter ways too. writes French Stroth- building on Van Ness avenue, with every window space gaping from a gutted inte- rior, bore a freshly painted sgn
 The Hotel Baltimore
 Is Now Open" For Business.
 It was-wide open.
 In front of every house was a stove set LID in the street and shielded from the wind, because no fires were allowed in the houses until the chmneys could be inspected These windbreaks almost in- varlably bore some jocular legend. Some were named "Zinkands' or "Tait's' or ..The Poodle Dog" after famous restau- rants of the city. One sign read Well Shaken" and below 1t finger pointed to the next shack, on which was painted Same Alive" There were dozens of Happy Homes." In San Jose I saw a building, completely wrecked from which sign announced that: E. w. JACK Has Been ''Earthauaeed, to 15 West St. John St. Just Around the Corner) and another ss From These Ruins will Rise San Joses Greatest Grocery Store.
 But perhaps the most effective express sion I saw of the spirit with which losses were borne, was on a street car on Devi- sadero street. well-dressed young woman recognized young man standing by a seat several feet away. Burned out?'' she inquired. He smiled pleasantly and answered quite simply, yes. Nothing more was ! said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
CROSSING THE BAR.

By Alfred Tennyson. Sunset and evening star.
 And one clear call for me. And may there be no moaning at the bar When l put out to sea. But such tide as moving seems asleep Too full for sound and foam, When that which draws from out the
 boundless deep
 Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell.
 And after that the dark, And may there he no sadness of farewell, When I embark For though from out our bourne of Time
 and Place. The flood may bear me far I hope to see my Pilot face to face When 1 have crost the bar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
OUR BOYS.

From the Limestone Democrat.
 The boys who have been at school have returned, but are not idle. Luther Glaze has quit puzzling over sums and comes to show Dennis Looney how to make 15 equal to 16. Ros Richardson no longer edits Cicero or Ovid, but is learning the mysteries of the newspapers. Tom Hatch cit is trying to reconcile the angle of a polygon with the square dealings of merchant, and Leo Warten is trying to diff ferentiate between spot and Futures" Allan Stevenson has given up baseball for codfish balls and groceries while his elder brother is trying to see the difference be- tween a gridron and a sriddle. Let the good work go on. That's the stuff that makes men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
Cast Iron Pipe.

Birmingham is now known as great center of the cast iron pipe industry said a man prominent in the iron trade. When the American Cast Iron Pipe com pany begins operations at North Brming- ham next month there will be big plants in Alabama turning out large pipe. These five will melt fully 1000 tons of pig metal a day. Besides the new works we have those of the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company, one at Bessemer and one at Anniston; the Dim mick works at North Birmingham and the Sheffield compsny's plant at Sheffield. All these concerns seem to find ready sale for their output"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

ONE men live many years and die oY without ever having learned the O gentle art of borrowing. The man gifted with a fine sense of touch is born and not made. Likes poets and some other individuals who do but little work, the accomplished borrower comes into this world with inherited facility for separat- ing others from that which they have made. He must have a winning way, a llnacl< for talking, turn for persuasion, a good front and a leaven of wit. Happy is the man who can exchange a good story for $1O and a drink Glancing over a few of the qualifications which the skill full borrower must possess, one is struck by the fact that the average petitioner for loan is woefully handicapped. h. stead of creating the impression that he is doing his victim a favor. he pulls hang-dog look and crnges like a coward. Instead of making the incident one to be pleasantly remembered by lender and borrower, he irritates his benefactor and gets hot under the collar himself. Noih- ing is so rare as the finished borrower one who can negotiate for sums and never pay them back, all the while retaining the esteem of his friends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
POLITICS IN ALABAMA,
From the Washington Post.

From the Washlngton Post.
 "The contest in Alabama to determine who shall be alternates to succeed Sena- tors .horgan and Pettus, in case one of them should die. Is narrowing down to two or three men," said Lawrence Coop CT, a lawyer of Huntsville, Ala, at the New Willard last evening.
 Needless to say, the old senators will be renomnated and tt is to be hoped will are respected and loved in the state of Alabama and in Selma, where they both reside. They have been in public life for half a century and are the grandest figures in the state. The primaries will be held in August, and of the two alter mates who will then be chosen. there is no doubt in my mind that former Cover TOT Johnston of Birmingham, will be one. He is a manufacturers an able business man. and very popular with the people of the state.
 "The other men will be either John B. Knox of Annston, probably the ablest lawyer in the state, or Representative Bankhead who has served Alabama in the House for the last twenty years Mir. Bankhead is so we'll known to the people of the state and so well liked that he has an excellent chance of winning.
 ''T'he other candidates are Richard II. Clark of Mobile. former member of the House; William c. Fitz of Mobile, former attorney general and Jess F. Stallings of Birmingham, the best stump speaker in the state. It would be rather re- markable thing If in defeating Mir. Bank head for renomnation for Congress Cap tain Hobson should thus force him into the Senate. and that very thing is likely to happen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
Going Abroad.

Col. l.. w. Johns and Mrs. Johns leave next Monday for New York, whence they sail on the steamer Crown Prince for Hamburg. They will be abroad about three months and will spend a good part of that time in Col. Johns old home in Wales.
 T leave my Vulcan interests in the hands of Capt. Frank s. White" said Col. Johns. The iron colossus is my property. I have offered it to the ladies who have interested themselves in the question of site, but just now the matter Is in abeyance. When the women decide upon a site the statue will be turned over to them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
Mill HeIp Anniston.

'"The entrance of the Seaboard into An niston will mean much for the city, said railroad man last night" It will give Annston a new outlet to the world, will bring new business to that town and will increase it's population. Whenever new railroad enters a city it always means great industrial advancement, an increase in the payrolls and increased tonnage, both inbound and outbound.
 Birmingham is shortly to have three new railroads, the Illinois Central, the Mobile and Ohio and the Atlanta, Bir- mlngham and Atlantic. Each road will mean additional population, additional payrols. greater tonnage and more ad- vertising of the city.
 ''rhe three roads will get to Brming ham about the same time. The Illinois Central and the Mobile and Ohio will come from the same direction, and the other road will give an additional outlet to the Atlantic and an additional route to Atlanta and the east It will be the fourth giving eastward accommodations, as there are already three-the Southern, the Seaboard, and the Louisville and Nashville.
 With nine railroads, practically every one of them trunk lines, Birmingham will indeed be the railroad center of the south. I would not be surprised any day to see a tenth added to the list. I see that the Burlington has secured the Mobile, Jack son and Kansas City bringing this great system into the south. The next step will be line into Birmingham from the nearest point, or probably trackage ar rangement with one of the railroads al- ready operating into Birmingham. The Burlington cannot afford to come near the great tonnage of the Birmingham district and not get a slice of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
WHY HE DIDN'T LOOK.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 Senator Hale, apropos of an awkward remark. said:
 "It reminds me of the conversation of two ladies at a reception.
 "These ladies were strangers to each other. After moments desultory talk the first said, rather querulously:
 1T don't know what's the matter with that tall, blond gentleman over there He won't look at me now
 Perhaps said the other, he saw me come in. He's my husband, you know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 When d man goes fishing it's sign he is on no swear-on.
 You can get along with most anybody unless he is relative.
 It's queer how the fun goes out of kiss ing a girl that wants you to.
 A man would have a lot more friends if they were sure he would never need them.
 It's awful careless to marry rich wife without making sure beforehand that she has got it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
ROBERT T. LOWE.

From the Gadsden Journal.
 Robert J. Lowe of Birmingham, who Is a candidate for railroad commissioner. is one of the coming young men of the state. He is an able lawyer and a man of ex- perience and mature judgment, whose presence as a member of our railroad com mission would do much to establish public confidence in the findings of that tribunal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
SOME QUEER TOWNS.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 Not only Sandy Flat, in Greenville, but Horse Gail. In Hampton, Scuffletown, in Laurens, and Catarrh, in Chesterfield should be included in the senator's itin- erary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
HOT AND COLD.
the Mashington Star

From the Washington Star.
 Those ice trust magnates who are shiv ering in jail in Toledo are disposed to roast the judge who showed so much heat in sending them to the cooler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
THE EQUATION

THE EQUATION.
 Some people laugh
 And others cry,
 A million born,
 A million die.
 Sunshine today
 Tomorrow rain
 Joy follows close
 To banish pain
 And ere we tilt
 The bitter cup Life's pretty sure To even up. Beyond the Alps lies Italy" said the sweet girl graduate and now she knows that beyond the hills lies cottage In view of the fact that he counts his money in English. why should our MT. Rockefeller learn French in two weeks? Ohos crazy average is one person in every 400, which Is a good showing for the foolish houses.
 THE PST. Now doth the first encroach upon Our purses, lean and fat. Some people will pay what they owe, The others will stand pat Even Mir. Barnes will acknowledge that Senator Tillman did his best. Wireless message-a postal card. A good way not to keep cool in this kind of weather Is to argue. A Birmingham hackman who had a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30
WHITE GAVE UP STUDIO
 IN THE TOWER A YEAR AGO

was member to White, when often he really had not been even called upon to
 make any suggestions either as to out | line or as to treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30

Secretary Hitchcock says that graft is incurable. Putting grafters in the peni- tentiary would help some.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30

It Is hard to believe that wide awake contemporary could refer to the Shaw murder when 1t intended to mention Harry Thaw's little affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30

From the Shreveport Times.
 Twenty-three schools have been estab- lshed in the canal zone. This means that illiteracy must skidoo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30

After all it was a false report about that Topeka bride who was said to keep d maid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30

France sent millionaire automobilist to jail for six weeks, and he IS an Amer ican millionaire, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30

Justice Brewer says that Secretary Taft is the politest man alive. He must be putting gas into the Taft balloon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30

Perry Belmont says that the nation needs Bryan. He had a notion once that it needed Parker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-30

West Virginia boasts of a nine-y -year-old horse thief, who ought to know a thing or two about the business when he grows