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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The gentle quakes in Frisco are merely reminders to builders to build strong and sound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
GOOD REASON FOR IT.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 What a touchy fellow Bilkns is.''
 well. why shouldn't he bef Isn't he a chronic borrower7"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The politically dead are not war ranted to stay in that condition. Will liam Jennings Bryan is now very much alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The court review clause seems to be good law in the rate bill and bad law In the meat inspection bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

No hen roost Is safe and experts say that the same thing applies to bank vaults.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Mae Wood is again in the limelight with claim that Platt is her husband. Both of them should "23."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The Senate and the cabinet are both holding night sessions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

A Philadelphia clergyman says that Washington was not religious man. He was good enough. anyway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Japan is now shooting civilization and culture into the Coreans. after the fashion employed in the Philippines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The sea is having a fine time with t..ose summer girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

France turns to Dreyfus when it needs excitement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
low do you stand on the Fourth?

If Tfllman and Roosevelt make up there is no reason why other people should any longer remain at odds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
MIGHT AS WELL.

MIGHT AS WELL. stand np and do your little part, No matter what it Is, And learn the lesson. ere you start, Of mindlng your own biz.  The Chattanooga News speaks of Sal lie" Bernhardt. Sacre bleu, It is reported that Hard Times is knock ing on the door of the University of Chi caso. Don't see how it has the cour- age
 A Cincinnati doctor offers S933 1-3 an inch for cutice. If you have any skin to spare here Is a good chance to earn some vacation money. The London savant who tells us that a handfh of dust and six buckets of water make man, leaves one to infer that handful of rose petals and a bucket of perfume make a woman. Let every woman look to her backv, cries an excited contemporary. Nothing to 1t; can't be did
 TO BE SURE.
 When the people talk
 It's time to walk
 Away,
 Unless forsooth
 There is some truth
 In what they say. It wouldn't do for a tramp to stray into a Kansas wheat field now.
 TWO RESULTS. Cottons blooming in the fields. Watermelons ripe.
 One pleasant profit yields,
 Tother, stomach gripe.
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Kansas farmers contend that if every shirt were made one inch longer the added cloth would consume the surplus cotton. Therefore. Longer Shirt Tails!" is the slogan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Talladega Mountain Home Some of the Alabama newspapers appear to be edited from the Conner campaign headquarters, located at Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Guntersville Democrat The manner in which the name of Bill Bryan is received by an Alabama audience. is an indication of the political breeze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
ALABAMA PRESS

Roanoke Leader: The tide is setting in strong towards a democratic victory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

approaches, the candidates become more sociable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Union Springs Herald: Whether the re- pubicans of Pennsylvania asked for bread or not they have been given a stone by Matt Quays successor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Thou art a scholar, speak to it, Horatlo.
 Hamlet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

I've only minute to stay" said Mrs. B. to Mrs. C.. but she stayed two hours and the neighbors to this day don't know how they fared
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

The Chattanooga News speaks of Sal lie' Bernhardt. Sacre bleu,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Stand np and do your little part. No matter what it Is, And learn the lesson. ere you start, Of mindlng your own biz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8, lS79
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

LET IT ALONE. Don't look for trouble as you go, No matter what you do, For trouble any day will have No trouble finding you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

]. F. Keeley. W. F. Jordan and w. D. Lanier are the only avthorized traveling representatives of The Agc-Herald in It's circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

It is rumored that Alexander Berlman. the anarchist. Is on the verge of writing book entitled ''To Hell and Back" If he really went there 1t is a great pity that he ever returned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

There is nothing doing on a Sunday in I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

It is reported that Hard Times is knock ing on the door of the University of Chi caso. Don't see how it has the cour- age
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected man. uscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

A Cincinnati doctor offers 933 1-3 an inch for cuticle. If you have any skin to spare here Is a good chance to earn some vacation money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Carrollton Alabamian-He The Age Herald favors having a homecoming week for the sons of Alabama who have drifted from under the wing of their pa- rental state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-22

Washington Bureau AgeHerald 1421 G street, N W.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14
REFINED TORTURE

The wife of well known official in
Washington holds some novel ideas
with reference to the punishment of
refractory children. Physical chastise-
ment is most repugnarf to this lady's
mind but she has evolved a, unique sys-
tenn that has proved most successful.
On one occasion friend was visiting
her when one of the boys had surrepti-
tiously appropriated an orange belong
ing to his younger brother. The mis-
demeanor was discovered before the
culprit had disposed of his spoil; so the
two youngsters were summoned to the
Judgment seat
James, was the stern command of
the mother, take this seat; and you,
Thomas, that one. Now, Thomas give
James the orange you have stolen from
him.
When the lads had done as they were
ordered. the mother added:
James, I want you to take as long
as possible to eat that orange. You,
Thomas. are to sit there and watch him
eat it. Under no circumstances are you
to leave the room. m."-Harpers Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14
THAT NIGHT IN NICARAGUA

Such tangle, jungle, who could stand?
Such Jungle, tangle, who could see?
What need, indeed. to see when we
Fell instant fighting, hand to hand?
Long bamboo lanoes searched us out.
Short javelins. with points of glass.
Great arrowheads of gold. like hail!
All! 1T had been q sorry rout
Had each not held his narrow pass
With not one left to tell the tale.
They fought in herd, they fell in
heap,
Rushed here. rushed there, like silly
sheep.
And met behind each blazing thee
A double barreled battery.
A dozen deadly, leaden shot,
Till suddenly the rush and din
OF arrow, spear, shot javelin,
And all that frenzied host was not.
A little time and such shout!
knew the men then drank their NIL;
felt their feasting, do not doubt,
smelled ripe plantains. rind or red,
And cored like unto yellow cream;
saw bananas bank the stream
Ripe mangoes hanging overhead
SO dead with hunger, thirst! seem
TO see them, breathe them, taste them
still;
To see men feastIng to their fill,
One hand the gun, red fruit IN one,
The swift sweet water at their feet;
And i shall see shall feel them eat,
And drink and drink till life - done;
Joaquin Miller I'm sunset Makazlne.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14
"poN,Tsv FOR BUSINESS GIRLS

Don't act as if you we're blase and
know it all when some one is doing his
or her level best to entertain you.
Don't monopolize all the conversation.
That Ego is q heavy burden, Of course,
and requires much attention, but re-
member there are others.
Don't take your domestic troubles into
the business world. You are doing a
mans work, and must take lessons from
a man, to live two lives.
Don't use heavy perfumes. They are
vulgar, to say the least, and sometimes
very disagreeable to other people. Per-
fumes were invented for the use of peo-
pie when habits Of personal cleanliness
were not as general as they are now.
Don't rush into friends house when
you call upon her as If, like Brer Rab-
bit, you don't know which minute
was going to be the next" 1t is very
notifying to try to entertain a person
who is sitting on the edge of the chair.
saying all the while that she can't
stay moment" and is on the verge
of going away all the time she Is there.
Don't be always criticising the per-
son who employs you or your fellow
loyalty to the person who pays you,
even if you are doing your duty
Don't expect the same amount of con-
sideration in the business world as in
the home circle. In business the object
is to get as much work as possible in a
given quantity of time. No one has
time for 'frills."
Don't be late at your work, and don't
be languid. Brace up, and take cold
PONCE baths and sprays.-Woman's
Life
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14
SENATE AND RATE BILL

The course Of the senate IN handling
the railroad rate bill Is one OF the won
ders Of modern times, in Legislative
way, and one Of the most surprising
events IN the history Of the country. It
simply shows that "you can never tell"
For the senate, in its final actions on
that measure. has inserted in It pro-
visions that to the house seemed too
radical even for senatorial discussion.
and which the lower body left out as
hopeless of any consideration in the
upper body.
No less peculiar are the attitudes
taken by various senator's, especially
those. like Elkins supposed to be owned
body and soul by the railroad interests.
They have not only supported the bill
as such, but they have inserted in II
such provisions as the divorce of COM
mon carriers from commercial dealings
In products they carry, putting oil pipe
lines under control as common car
riers, and similar clauses so unusual
as to excite the keenest comment. And
the bill as IL will leave the superior
body will be as much more advanced,
compared to the copy sent in by the
house, as it was feared II might be
emasculated.
Two views are taken OF this unexpect-
ed working out Of the biggest problem
before the United States today. One is
that the senators, with their rules Of
unlimited debate, cautions and de-
liberate action and careful argument,
have had the leisure to consider the
bill in its many phases and have with
much wisdom evolved a. measure that
will really remedy the evils complained
of, rather than mere political bill, to
be set up as dummy and thus appease
popular clamor. The other is that the
bill has deliberately been loaded with
clauses so untenable in law that 1t will
fall of its own logicality-hugely to
the delight of Aldrich, Ellxins, ct al,
betrayed by them With a knife thrust
In the back.
Which of these views is correct time
and the courts must say. But in either
case, the actions Of the senate still
stand out in striking contrast as the
unexpected and the least-hoped-for of
any moves made in the whole famous
rate bill campaign.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14
TAFr's ILLUSTRATIVE ANEcDorE

Secretary Taft said of certain DOM
ineering statesman:
"He fills men with dread. They
quail before him. They can't call
their souls their own in his presence.
Altogether he makes me think of
waiter / once met in the west.
"In a small western town many years
ago put up at the Palace hotel.
II was assigned to a room. There
was no water, or towels In the room,
and / rang.
There was no reply.
"I rang again.
"Still no reply.
"And again and again and yet again
rang, and finally waiter appeared.
"This waiter was a robust man of
stern aid forbiddlng aspect.
Did you ring? he said, in rum
bling bass voice.
"'I did, 1 answered.
"'Well, don't do it again. said the
waiter, with a menacing scowl, as he
withdrew. New York Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14
sTAeNArINo PARIS

The recent census I'm Paris has
brought to light a curious contrast in
results. Between 1896 and 1901 the pop
ulation about doubled itself 1t then
stood at 2,660,OOO. Then, for some rea-
son or other, stagnation seems to have
set in. M. Bertillon, who has had
charge OF the work so far as the capital
is concerned, does not explain the fact,
but after rough first glance over the
returns he vouches for the fact The
increase during the last five years
amounts TO more than $4,000, The pop
ulation OF the city Is now about
2, ,720, 900.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14
THE DRINKING HABIT

In the two extremes OF wealth and
poverty. among people OF the present
day. the iiduor drinking habit is in
creasing. In the great middle classes
Of the world, however, that habit Is
decreasing. Such Is the result of OBJ
servation and study during pro-
longed tour abroad, by John @. Wool
ley, Prohibition candidate for presi-
dent of the United States IN 1900.
Mr.. WoolIey says: "The main body
OF the people, the great middle classes,
who do the most Of the business and
form the backbone Of the people, are
drinking less liquor today than ever
before" But the reverse Is true, ac-
cording to his observations, in regard
to the very rich and the very poor"
These conclusions by the distin-
guished prohibitionist seem sound,
with the exception Of the one which
charges the Every poor" with increas-
ing intemperance. All kinds of intoxl-
cants are relatively expensive. Even
the very cheap wines and beers con-
sumed by the poorest classes in Europe
are costly to the consumers in propor-
tion to wages paid for labor. And
yet as the craving for drink is apt to
be paramount to the craving for food
1t may be that Mr.. woolley is right in
this feature Of his statement.
There is good cause for belief that
the drinking habit is abating among
the great middle classes who, as Mr.
Woolley says, "do most of the business
and form the backbone of the people"
A tendency to curtail the drinking
habit is a natural consequence of the
strenuous life of the present day. It Is
a mistaken idea that high tension in
the life struggle leads to artificial
"bracing up" by stimulants. That re-
suit is seen only in exceptional cases.
Only the weak resort to that expedient.
The average man is acquainted with
the theory of "the survival of the fit
test" and he knows that in order to
survive in the life struggle he must
be equipped with steady nerves and
a "level'' head
Statistics prove that temperance has
made a great gain in the United States
within recent years. The gain has not
been in the volume of intoxicants con-
sumed, but in the quality of them.
That is to say. there has been a quite
general revolution in the kinds OF liu-
uors imbibed in this country within the
space of a generation. Spirituous IL
quors have been supplanted, to a great
extent, by vinous and malt liquors,
particularly the latter. The brewery
has completely overshadowed the dis
tillery in increased production. AS a
consequence there is an appreciable de-
crease in effects peculiar to indulgence
in spirituous liquors.
Here in Southern California the use
of our pure native wines is making a
gradual but sure headway against both
spirituous and malt liquors. There is
relatively less Drunkenness in Los An
geles than there was in earlier periods
of the city's history. In fact, there is
no other large city in the United States
wherein drunkenness is less prevalent
than it is in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14
SAN FRANCISCO'S MENACE


The real menace to the successful re-
Mobilization of San Francisco has shown
his head. He is Abe Ruef. And San
Francisco knows it.
Abe Ruef is a small-grade 'lawyer" Of
French-Jew extraction-small, weasel
eyed, ferret-like. Ruef hates the day
light. Like mole, he works in the
dark. In other words, his operations
are through others; he uses men of less
keen intellect and more reputed
honesty as cats paws to pull his
chestnuts out of the fire.
Before the destruction of San Fran
cisco Ruef was sort of Warwick. He
made Fiddler Schmitz mayor for his
own particular purposes, and controlled
him, body and boots. Everyone who
wanted to draw long breath in San
Francisco had to "see" Abe Ruef first,
and hire him as attorney at outrageous
fees. Then Ruef telephoned the mayor
over their private wire, and the ways
were CREASED.
During the first few days of awful
stress in the northern city Ruef, as is
the custom of creatures of his ilk,
promptly faded away. He bore none
of the burden of the battle; he shirked
and evaded and hid out. Freed from
his clutches his creature Schmitz de-
veloped temporarily into a real man
and rose as far above his own mean
record as he stands physically above
his fellow men. And San Francisco, even
in it's distress, sent up an earnest
prayer that earthquake and fire had
purged the city of Ruefs presence for
ever, counting all else as small loss
against so great gain.
But it was not to be. When things
settled down bit and the hungry
ceased to cry for bread, when the dead
were buried and the living clothed and
the city began to lift its head from the
ashes of its former glory and talk of
rebuilding, back came this human
ghoul to feed on the rich loot that re-
habilitation meant. Like culprit in
the night, he sneaked in from his safe
hiding, and once more he fastened his
grip on his creature Schmitz. The lat
ter at once fell from his manhood's
estate back into the chains of Ruef; he
bowed in servitude to his erstwhile
master and truckled to the man who
made him. Abe Ruef heads the COM
mittee which has full charge of San
Francisco's rebuilding; through Abe
Ruef's butter fingers must pass the
half billion dollars that will erect the
new San francisco; Abe Ruef must
sign the building permits.
Already there flaps in the breeze on
San Francisco's new municipal building
sign which reads: "A. Ruef, lawyer"
Already there appears in the San Fran
cisco newspapers the significant lines.
"a. Ruef, lawyer" with his street ad-
dress. Already there is steady stream
Of cringing citizens bowling before him
as do Chinese before a joss, and the
pockets of this French-Jew bulge with
the blood money of a suffering people.
All know what that sign means; all
read those advertisements between the
lines; they constitute formal notice
that Ruef is again in the saddle. all
danger being past, and 1t is time to
walk up and settle"
Poor San Francisco! Even the
greatest calamity Of modern times could
not free her from this leech.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14

Thirty days ago-just before the
San Francisco earthquake woman
bought a business lot in South Broad
way for $97.Si5. Saturday-less than
month after the event which Hearst
used to knock Los Angeles all over the
east-she sold the lot for slOs.OOO, or
more than $4,000 increase. You who
listened to the Hearst lies, put that In
your pipe and smoke 1t.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14

been his predecessor. Secretary Floyd,
IN his annual report, said tine adapta-
bility Of camels to military operations
on the plains may now be taken as
demonstrated" He argued their supe-
riorlty over horses, and recommended
that the government at once buy 1000
oamels, arguing that they would save
three times their cost IN a short time.
About this time Civil War clouds had
begun to gather. Without doubt the
approach of this bloody strife had
most to do with the Abandonment Of
the scheme for Amerlcanizing camels
on q large scale. washington and the
rest Of the country we're too much con-
cerned In the pending struggle to de-
vote more time to its four-footed
friends from the Levant.
There were various transfers of army
officers, and soon the big herd of cam
els fell into hands unskIlled, If they
were willing to continue the develop
ment Of its usefulness. The herd was
divided among army posts, and put
In charge of men whose idea Of man
agement of beasts was to belabor them
with clubs, and otherwise maltreat
them. That this was not conducive
to the welfare of the camels was soon
demonstrated in a largely increased
death rate among the animals.
Others fell to the care Of men who
applied them to no tasks, so that they
were soon overfed and sluggish and
absolutely useless for any purpose. Of
ficera in charge of army posts after a
while began sending discouraging re-
ports concerning the camels to WASH
ington, and there was some pretty
lively correspondence between men
who had proved the camel's success
as an American and those who had
not.
An Ignominious Fate
A. goodly number of the animals with
the outbreak of the war fell into the
hands of the confederates, but they
made little or no use Of them, and
some wandered away and were lost.
Thirty-five of those that remained in
the possession of the government were
sold to one of the men who had been
caring for them In 1863, and the army
seemed to be glad that they were off
its hands.
At the close of the war Uncle Sam
found forty-four camels at the Texas
camp that had been In the hands of the
confederates. He at once. called for
bids for their purchase, and numerous
individuals handed in sealed proposals.
One man offered s5 each for the ami
mails, and the highest bid was $31 each.
The successful bidder was Col. Bethel
Coopwood of San Antonio, and he
gathered UP his herd and drove 1t to
his ranch. A month later he sold
twelve of the animals to a circus pro-
prietor at a goodly increase over the
price he had paid. This marked the
debut of Uncle Sans 100000 imported
camel herd to the sawdust ring, and
in a few years all Of the animals had
shared the same fate.
To show for its pains and expense
the government now has on exhibition
in big glass case in the . National
museum at Washington the bones Of
one of the beasts which, representing
as it does the outlay of tens cf thou
sands OF dollars and months and years
of care and attention, Is doubtless the
most expensive skeleton in the land.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14

Philadelphia is butting in now, try
ing to steal conventions scheduled for
Los Angeles. Philadelphia is too slow;
it will have to wake UP before that will
happen.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14

Wholesale men in Los Angeles have
more business than they can do. The
trade from the upstate regions that
formerly went to San Francisco is
overwhelming them. Los Angeles has
no desire TO profit from other cities
troubles, but is prepared to care for all
corners Just the same.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14

Wouldn't it be well, in readjusting
the several matters now in controversy
with the trolley companies to demand
owl cars as one of the favors the city
asks in return for concessions the
trolleys need?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14

A Los Angeles realty and investment
company last week bought fifty-six
lots and will at once erect house on
every one of them, one every three
days, for sale on easy terms. 1t has
just finished building seventy-two
dwellings, all but three selling before
completion. Can any other city on
earth equal that record?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14

The paper trust has quit. 1t was a
small potato compared to the steel, oil,
sugar. beef, tobacco and a few others.
Let's see the same screws put to the
big ones, and Republican sincerity will
be considerably more impressive.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14

Utah's pencil pushers will be in Los
Angeles this week. Let them have a
cordial welcome. Then, when they go
home they win print the facts about
the fastest growing city on the map.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14

Senator Tillman, in taking his pitch
fork to the president in regard to his
fickleness on the rate bill, was quite
right. Certain things can only be han
died with pitchfork if one would not
contaminate himself.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-14

Senator Bailey says the president has
sidestepped the railroad bill. OF course;
the Republican party has lost its pull
with the insurance companies and must
get campaign funds somewhere.