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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

prodded in the rear. Then 1t will sud-
ing two feet or so away. sometimes on
its back, sometimes on its feet.
In the new game of flip bug, as intro
duced at Mrs. Steppacher's reception. the
bug is placed in the center of the board.
There he stays curled up, while the play.
ers make their bets One can bet on red
or black; on numbers, odd or even; and
on whether the flip bug will land on his
back or his feet This last chance gives
an added zest to the game.
When all bets are made the banker
gently pokes the flip bug. He jumps
Where he lands, there the banker pays;
the banker also pays on whether he lands
right side UP or not. Bets are then
cashed. the flip bug is corralled and new
round of bets Is made. When the bug
jumps off the board altogether the banker
gets his percentage. IT the flip bug shows
signs of fatigue new one must be SUBJ
stituted upon a majority vote of the play
ers, exclusive of the bankers voice.
Mrs. Steppaeher's first flip bug party
was success. Mrs. Molly Hodgkins be-
90
her lead until the flip bug jumped Off the
board and through the pattern of her
peekaboo waist Then Mrs. Hodglxins
went into Mysteries and the game was
delayed Name ChamplaIn played steadi-
ly on legs and back" a safe, conserva-
tive game with chances even, and she
won.
AS a matter of course flip bug became
the rage in the Yuma social set. Every
afternoon for weeks there was q flip bug
party. Popular matrons of the town sent
their little boys out on the mesa hunting
for flip bugs. Certain danes treasured
flip bugs as they would a Mexican
hairless dog. and carried them every
where they went in little cages made of
cork and pins and suspended on their
chatelaines. Big gambling debts began to
be contracted by the unfortunate and
heavy orders for dress goods were sent
20 Los Angeles by the lucky ones.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21
GLADSTONE TOOK WRONG HAT.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
BY assuming a paper cap in raising a
point of order, Mr.. O'Hare has created a
parliamentary precedent and added to the
gayety of the national talk-shop. This
hat question is always a puzzle to new
members, and even an old parliamentary
hand like the late Mr. Gladstone could
not invariably remember when he should
cover or not. On one occasion he desired
to address the chair, as division was
imminent, and rose to his feet with bare
head. Hat! Hat" shouted the members,
and Mr.. Gladstone's hat was not availa-
BILE, and he gladly borrowed neighbours.
Now. Mr.. Gladstone, big in most things.
was also big in the head; he took SIS in
hats, and the borrowed article, not being
an s, perched on his crown much as the
niger at the Derby wears his tiny top
per-" The house roared, and the habitual
dignity of the G. o. M. was at discount
until he completed his remarks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
II He largest interrogation mark Is
lOD to be set against that feature Of
the plans which calls for the
construction of three great locks with
a total lift of 30 feet, I'm flight" that
Is to say, with the locks leading directly
from one to the other In the form of a
flight of gigantic steps. Our objection to
this arrangement Is not based SO much
upon considerations Of the difficulty Of
finding a continuous stretch of suitable
rock foundation to carry the great struc-
ture. although doubts have been raised
upon this point. but upon considerations
of the undoubted risks of operation to
which the whole canal would be exposed
by placing these locks In flight. We have
In mind the ever-present danger to which
the Gatun locks in common with every
lock throughout the world, will be ex-
posed of being run into and carried away
by some steamer that is making the pas
sage, II a vessel, after crossing the lake,
whose level will be So feet above the
level of the canal at the foot of the low
est lock, were, through some misunder-
standing of engine room signals. to col
Tide even at a very low speed with the
gates of the upper lock. they would be
crushed in like an egg shell, and verit-
able Niagara of water 80 feet wide and %
feet deep. would rush into the lock be-
low, carrying the vessel with it at speed
of probably 10 to Is knots an hour. The
impact of the water on the gate at the
end of the second lock, to say nothing
of the momentum of the ship itself, would
carry this gate away and a second 2S-
foot cataract would be formed, the pro-
cess being repeated until the ship had
swept through the whole flight and the
waters of the lake above, covering over
100 square miles of area, were roaring
down through the S5-foot cataract on their
way to the Atlantic ocean. The impact
of the ship as she was swept through the
locks, coupled with the enormous momen-
tum of the falling waters, would I'M
questionably fracture the walls and bot
tom of the locks, and the mass of water
would speedily loosen up and sweep away
the whole fabric, cutting out for itself in
the alluvia1 soil and underlying clay a
channel which, by the time the lake was
drained dry, might easily be 200 or 800 feet
wide and over 100 feet in depth.
The above picture has nothing in it sem
sationa1 or overdrawn, as. any engineer
who Is familiar with the extraordinarily
disruptive and disintegpating effect of
swiftly moving masses of water very well
knows, Granted, then, that the carrying
away of the upper lock gates would end
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21
New York euckeishops.

District Attorney Jerome contends
that bucket shop operators are COM
mon gamblers, and he has decided to
proceed against them as such. Four
men have been arrested, and their
books have been seized, and Mr.. Je-
rome will try to show that the four
men did not deal in stocks at all-that
their concern with all its branches was
"a plain gambling proposition"
The trouble in all such cases is to
draw the line between Wall street gam
bling and common" gambling. The
experts who have examined the books
of the offending firm disagree. The
difference between what is called legit-
innate business in Wall street and lille
Ultimate business in the bucket shops
is SO small the district attorney and
his men are forced to acknowledge that
they have a hard nut to crack when
they hale the bucket shoppers to court.
But Mr.. Jerome is hopeful, and he
proposes to apply, If possible, to the
bucket shops in New York the law that
was passed for the purpose of putting
Richard Garfield out of business. The
first steps have been taken, and the
district attorney thinks he can show
that every bucket shop operator is a
common gambler, and that he has not
therefore any standing in court
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21
CHANCES in Southern Business.

The Wall Street Journal states the
conclusions of a southern-born bust
ness man of New York who recently
visited his old home after an absence
from it of twelve years. When he re-
turned to New York he presented this
list of differences between the present
time and twelve years ago in his
earlier home in the south, as follows:
81 The locality. from being compar-
atively poor agricultural district with lit
tie of the comforts of life, had become
a prosperous industrial section in which
the interdependence between farming and
manufacturing had become a source of
mutual prosperity.
"a Whereas formerly it was difficult
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21
Mental Process.

ut Is useless to say that insects are
creatures moved solely by instinct, at
least In the case of mosquitoes" said d
man. AFTER an experience 1 had Sum
day night with three of them I shall al
ways believe that they, whatever may
be true of bugs and things of the kind.
are intelligent, and that they have a pref
ty high order of intelligence at that. Not
only that. but they have the feeling of
revenge. When / had got about half
asleep the three sauntered out as it were
on their foraging expedition. They just
flew around at first in a harmless sort of
way, sizing me up. and I shooed them off.
''They went back to their lair at the
head of the bed. I thought possibly they
had taken a dsliking to me and called 1t
off. But in few minutes they came out
on another reconnoitering expedition. This
time they lowered about over different
spots feeling the way-just a sort of a
feint to make me lead off, then side
step and land before l could recover, but
ran them away again. Then after evil
IDENTIFY having chosen each the place on
me that seemed the richest in promise
they retired again in good order. Being
somewhat familiar with mosquieo tactics
1 knew that about the next time they
came out they would have blood in their
eye, and sure enough, soon as I got
my eyes closed. they came at full tilt
charging like the light brigade. Before |
could stop them they had given me three
hyperdermie injections of malaria, and
sailed away singing louder than thry had
ever sung before. BY this time daylight
had come and I could see them going out
of the window, without even looking back,
perfectly satisfied with their seadly
work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21
A SUMMER ALL IN WHITE

coming to elderly women as to sweet
young things, while small children look
SO angelic that we forgive their enforced
abstinence from dirt. The bare heads
with the white gowns may have seemed
trile unconventional, but they gave the
streets and the public conveyances a
holiday appearance that was very pleas
ant.
On sweltering nights the white robed
women, slender and stout alike, in the
throngs that overran ferries and street
cars looked cool. comfortable and lady
like How they manage it is beyond
mans comprehension Accompanying
them, their male companions. with coats
and collars off, looked hot undressed,
rowdyish and vulgar. The more clothes
they took off the hotter they seemed to
be, while suffering fat men were an
abomination to themselves and to all
about them. Some paternal law should
confine fat men in dungeon cells in sum-
mer weather; there they could keep cool,
and they would not raise the temperature
of the people who travel with them. Flesh
is criminal sometimes.
The simplicity good taste and attrac-
tiveness of woman's dress this summer
give hope for the future. Perhaps city
men may be induced to give up horse
collars and s1ouchy hats and take to white
clothes in summer. There are precedents
in the fashions of not so long ago for
that. 1t would make all New York look
comfortable in hot weather, and well
dressed besides.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21
A LITTLE WAY.

BY Frank L. Stanton.
A little way to walk with you, my own
Only little way.
Then one of us must weep and walk alone
Until Gods day.
A little way! 1t is so sweet to live
Together. that l know
Life would not have one withered rose
to give
If one of us should CO.
And If these lips should ever learn to
smile,
With thy heart far from mine
'Twould be for joy that in a little while
They would be kissed by thinel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Alabama crona.

II have made canvass of thirty-six
counties. and everywhere went found
the people prosperous. said DR.. J. A. B.
Lovett of Blount county. candidate for
commissioner of agriculture Crops are
In good condition and bountifu1 Indeed I
do not recall a summer when the crops
were so large"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

William Travers Jerome solicits the
democratic nomination for governor of
New York. Anything to beat Hearst"
is his motto Hearst, If elected gov
ernor, would bounce both Jerome and
Mcclellan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

King Edward and Emperor William
do not seem to be a bit particular
about their kissing bees. Custom con-
demned them to kiss each other, and
they could not we'll get out of it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

The Oyster Bay naval event next
month will cost an extra half million
of dollars. Such things come high, but
Oyster Bay feels that it must have one
while the Roosevelt sun shines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Fusion was gladly accepted by both
populists and democrats in Nebraska
for Bryan's sake. He bids fair to
carry his own state in November.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

The divorce statistician is coming
right here to Birmingham to make the
records of our divorces part of the
national archives
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

The two fine cities of the Pacific
coast both laid waste by fire and earth.
quaqe in a brief six monthsl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

The postponement of the balloon
trip to the pole is common sense ap-
piled to a difficult situation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Roy Knabenshue and William ].
Bryan should be the two stars of the
Alabama state fair in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Some dummy directrs do not know
even the address of the bank they
were elected to direct.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

John D. Rockefeller is in the hands
of his dentist. Ida Tarbell could not
wish him harder luck.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Organized labor braves lese majestic
when it opposes Nick Longworth's re-
turn to Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Ann O.Delia Diss Debar Is loose in
society again, and will soon make
things hot somewhere for somebody.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

The Valparaiso disaster reads like 4
chapter cut from the story of San
Francisco.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

The Ramsay trolley line will link
two husky towns together.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Occasionally you hear people complain
that they never have a good time; wha.
is the matter with putting on just few
clothes, and sitting on ones porch in the
evening at home and eating peaches?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

During the heat of the day the girl
working down town has one joy more to
look forward to than the men know; taxi
ing off her corset when she gets home at
night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

The detectives have not yet detected
Banker Stensland.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

A man saves up money for a rainy day,
and the doctor gets 1t later for performing
surgical operation on him, and it isn't
an umbrella he cuts out, either.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

There is a fad of late for hanging mot
toes on the wall which the family are
supposed to read and then resolve TO lead
better lives. We suggest this one to CON-
fort and uplift father and mother: Get
your happiness out of your work, or you
will never know what haupiness is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

The Shah of Persia is a better re-
former than the Car of Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Coolies can dig the Panama canal
a task too trying for plain Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Hot waves are daily occurrences now
In Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

No one has yet heard that Grover
Cleveland has sent his dollar to Mr..
Griggs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21
suNFLowER PHILOSOPHY.

From the Atchison (Kan) Globe.
We find it is no trouble at all to think
of a good cold weather joke on a very
hot day. when 1t would fall fiat to
print it.
1t Is a great thing this year, girls, to
be as pretty as peach, but care should
be taken that you are not as cheap.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

II Mrs. Chadwick were free she and
Diss Debar could campaign together.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

The Alabama campaign was at any
rate lithographless, and that is some
thing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Ann O'Delia Diss Debar Is loose in
society again, and will soon make
| things hot somewhere for somebody.
--s=--
Roy Knabenshue and William J..
Bryan should be the two stars of the
Alabama state fair in Birmingham.
The two fine cities of the Pacific
coast both laid waste by fire and earth.
quaqe in brief six months!
=--s-
The postponement of the balloon
trip to the pole is common sense ap.
piled to a difficult situation.
---.o.-----
Some dummy directrs do not know
even the address of the bank they
were elected to direct.
------s----
John D. Rockefeller is in the hands
of his dentist Ida Tarbell could not
wish him harder luck.
Organized labor braves lese majestic
when it opposes Nick Longworth's re-
turn to Congress.
The Valparaiso disaster reads like 4
chapter cut from the story of San
Francisco.
No one has yet heard that Grover
Cleveland has sent his dollar to Mr..
Griggs.
---..------..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1421 @.
street, N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-21

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. post
onice as second-oiass matter under act
Of Congress March 3, 1879.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23


drcnehcd wet and tough, | know.
looked so tough that the brakeman
grabbed me the minute l opened the
front door and ufed to kick me out,
l turned snarliug then crazy as wolf
all in second, ami somehow backed
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won't vous" s,td Dave nlo,sont1r r.
nv ratified a.saflant "S,t lown :, he
growlod barsblv at mo strincipo hi.
"H''Il ol MS arm lie walked uhcon'
cerhediy down the AISLE and dropped
exhausted INTO the front seat facing
the Baker heater 1t was heavenly hot;
req NOT l nave loved a car heater ever
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23

week that he would like another week
to make his decision the superintend-
ent waved it to him. Everybody began
TO make great things of Dave Some Of
the boys cai!ei him trainmaster and
toll him 10 drop his punch and give
Tomme show.
He didn't take the humor the way
one would expect. Always silent, he
grew more than that-somber and de-
jected We never saw a smile on his
face Dave is off" muttered Henry
Cavanaugh. his Old baggageman. Il
don't understand it, He's off. You
ought TO talk II him. Tommie. You're
the only man on the division can do it,
wIs or3ered west that night TO
bring 4 military special from Washa-
l.e. | rode up on Dawes train. The
hind Los Angeles sleeper was loaded
light. ana when Dave had worked the
train ana walked into the stateroom
to SORT lis collections | followed him.
We sat Ii If an hour alone and undis-
turDel. bat he wouldn't talk. 1t was a
heavy train and the wind was high.
We made RAT River after midnight.
and was still sitting alone in the
open Statrroom when saw Dawes
green Il lii coming Gown the darkened
aisle lie walked i'll, lut his lamp on
the floor, sat down and threw his feet
Oh tie c,.sA.JlS.
"IIoTs I.....I.c tonight:" he asked,
leaning Iar; as if lie hadn't seen me
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-03-23


hands of Dave Hawk.
There was no change after except
that darker. moodier. lonelier than ever,
Dave moved along on his runs. the last
of the old guard. Better railroad man
than he never took 4 train out of di-
vision Stress of wind or stress of
weather storm. flood or blockade. Dave
Hawks trains came and went on time
or very close. 50 he rode. grim old
privateer with his letters of marque
on the company'S strong box, and IIav.
erly trembled night and day till that
day came that fear had foretold TO him.
y clap of thunder struck the Wickiup
and IIaver}r's head fell low. and Dave
Hawk sailed boldly on.
was extra pa ,Scnger man when
John Stanley Buck took the West End
He came from south of our country.
and we heard great things about the
new superintendent and about what
would happen Is soon as he got into
the saddle. What few of the old mCa
in the Wickiup were left looked at
Bucks Just once and began to arrang'
their temporal affairs His appearance
bore out his roputation. Only eve-v-
body. while pretty clear in his own
mind n to what b, would do-that is.
as t. what he would have to do-woa-
dercd what Dave would DO.
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me 'I me h'i' ihihhIhS WAeh thPE
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