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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
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Politics ouieter.

"The political campaign is becoming hstless,. said politician yesterday No one seems to care a copper about it. The only hope of lifting 1t into public in- terest seems to be in the local contests and they are not ripe yet.
 There is room. however, for few straw votes on the senatorial succession race, and if they are not forthcoming soon rewards should be offered for them Wherever a dozen men are found to- gether in Georgia a straw vote is taken and sent to an Atlanta newspaper.
 "A straw vote on the senatorial suc7 cession race, signed by the man who took it, would be the first indication of the coming vote. Straw votes are not very convincing, but they are much better than general apathy, which may be said to be theN present political condition of this state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Total ............. sS7S 745,OOO $S49 9,fl5,OOO
 The Rand leads all the rest, and at. last it has produced $1O0.0OO,UOO of gold in a calendar year The mines ot the Rand were, however, producing at that rate when the Boer war came on.
 The output of the Transvaal mines will be carried to higher figures this year, and it is altogether probable that the worlds output of gold in 1906 will exceed $40O,OO0,0O0 So great an output will soon begin to increase prices. It has already done so, and continuous production will maintain and aggra- vate the trend in that direction. The production in the Rand shows no signs of exhaustion, there are no indi- cations of material reductions in any of the chief producing countries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 NN NE of the choicest delights of the tVJ veteran theatregoer is the musical
 ~ accompaniment to the action.
 When the villap, with. full dress suit" and cigarette, staIks across the stage with Jarquins ravissing strides why are villains always iL Q steppers?- when the murder is about 10 be commit tes; wheu the heroine. with laced petit coats anaS sllamonG rings and without wrap to her back. leaves ;ne mortgaged house and walks off amid the cruel, cold, property snow6akes;- when the hero, in a frock coat, is about es >be fes U the circular saw or strapped to the railroad track when the secret, black and mid night assassin comes on to smell care fully at all the doors flasnlng his dark lantern, and cry sh! and deliver a long soiloquy; when. twenty years after Love ly, Female Innocence, not day older than in the first act, returns to her dark ened home and misses at the Bad Man, Ralph Haverstraw. you are the forger!" or "Sir, these are not fit words to ad- dress to a poor sewing machine girl"-in Paris clothes--"I pri-thee, let me pass!'- in such and a thousand other passages of crime and woe ''weepy-weepyp music plays softly. VI did love you once, Regi- nald, but you left me by the river" Then, soft and low and auivering and passion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

she had on the Japanese ships officers who watched with a critical eye all he operations of modern fleet en- gagged during a period of nearly year and a half in actual warfare, often times under difficult circumstances. Everything of value was noted and re- ported, and the findings based on those reports are to be crystallized in the Dreadnought
 England is hurrying the new battle ship to completion in order to test the new devices that sprang from the con fiict between Japan and Russia. She does not want to lay down any more ships of the Dreadnought class until the tests are made. It is expected, however, that the Dreadnought will be destructive at long range, because her turbines will give her an even keel in nearly all seas, and her superior speed and almost impenetrable armor will render her formidable afterwards.
 The chief lesson of the remarkable war in the Far East seems to have been the value of ships that can fire with accuracy from two to four miles away, and that have superior speed at close quarters, together with armor that can even withstand the shock of d torpedo attack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
No Fear of Fever.

There is no fear entertained by any iH- telligent person that there will be another visitation of yellow fever next summer or for some years" said Dr. Joseph Grim, of San Francisco, at the Hillman last night "The visit to the several ports in the Central American countries that is now being made by a large party of physicians. health officers and expert san itarlans, is going to result in great good, particularly in showing clearly to the men in charge exactly the conditions which exist in those places whence the fever is generally brought into the Unit ed States.
 If last years visitation did nothing else beneficial, 1t certainly caused the marine hospital service to take a more active part in the fight which is contin- ually being waged by the gulf ports against the dread disease of the tropics. The federal health experts demonstrated that the mosquito theory was really cor rect and not merely an idea They stamp ed out the fever in New Orleans long before the frost came, and therein they won several victories, not the least im- portant being the respect that was paid them and their work by the persons who had previously scoffed at them. With the marine hospital service earnestly in the fight the battle Is half won.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
ProtectIna Carnival Crowds.

"The public generally does not know 1t, but 1t is fact that a hundred or more detectives from all the larger cities of the country are summoned to New Orleans each year to assist in protecting the car nival crowds from the pickpoekets and other crooks who congregate there at that season." said an old thief-catcher last night. "A score or more Pinkerton men are right on the spot, in addition to the small squad kept at work there by the race track people during the entire winter. Detectives from New York, Chi cago, St. Louis, Cincinnati Philadelphia, Buffalo, Washington and other cities, are the guests of the New Orleans police de- partment and do no work other than to arrest or point out to New Orleans po- licemen persons known to be crooks Each year many well known pickpockets are arrested in New orleans In this way, and while in several of the instances the prisoners are held merely as sus- picious characters they are kept in Jail until after the Mardl Gras festivities are over. and in this way they are prevented from working at their trades"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
MOT WITH THEM FELLERs."

From the Kansas City Star.
 Here is poker story that will also be read with interest and possible edification at this stage of the secret negotiations between the Mayor and the city ooun- selor and certain officials of the Metro politan Street Railway corporation regard ing the franchise extension sought by the company:
 The "old man" came home well beyond midnight, with his long white beard plen- tifully soiled with tobacco juice. In an- swer to the query of his wife as to what it meant, he explained that he had been sitting in'' a game.
 But couldn't you turn your head to spit?' asked his tolerant spouse.
 Not with them fellers," responded the old man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
ANIMATED POEM.

From the Chicago News.
 q don't see the editor" said the caller in the editorial rooms.
 "No,' grinned the copy boy. He took a poem yesterday and hasn't showed up since."
 That's strange. Was it a long poem?'
 "Oh, about 5 feet 1. Maybe you've seen her writing the woman's column at the thrid desk. They've gone on their honey moon l guess"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The only way most of us can get rich is to inherit it.
 For some people there is comfort in not letting others have any.
 It makes d man awful proud to feel he has no pride the way other people have.
 No matter how many times you lose your temper, you always find it again for the next occasion.
 man who stays unmarried is good deal smarter than he will ever know unless he gets married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
Branding Baby for Identification.

From the Family Doctor
 Let mother study the appearance of her chld's body we'll and decide for her self whether there be about it any inef- faceable mark by which she could iden- tify him anywhere and at any time If there is nothing that time may not eff face. then let her have him marked in such way that she would know him. It is only question of few drops of Indian ink, an operation no more pain full than vaccination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

G TIER fourteen years labor by WY forty noted American scholars
 and the expenditure of s40O,Oo0, it seems that Lippincott's Dictionary of the English language is to be abandoned, for lack of funds to complete the work The dictionary was to have been monumental in scope and one of the greatest eompila- tions ever made It was supposed that the book would cost $250,0OO but it has already cost nearly twice that much and the sheets have been finished only as far as dog" There is a grim significance in this. if the book is to be permanently abandoned. Students of the future may or may not seek information in Lippin- eott's Dictionary. It appears just now that they will not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat
 Some of the punching bags in the White House will have to be removed to make room for the punch bowls, and the dumb bells will have to give way to the oathed- ral gongs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
RENcoNTRE.
By Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Toiling across the Mer de Glace,
 l thought of, longed for thee: What miles between us stretched, alasi
 What miles of land and sea! My foe. undreamed of, at my side,
 Stood suddenly like Fate: For those who love, the world is wide, But not for those who hate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

The drydock Dewey has not been heard from in about two weeks, but no one is anxious over it's trip, for it may have stopped to repair and reft an ice berg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
HIS PREPARATION.

From the New York News
 Bill Nye' once told story about man who, after eight hours work on country daily, was fired for ineompetency and then went on a lecture tour of the country on the subject of "Journalism"
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There's not one wise man among twenty that will praise himself.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
Worlds Output of Gold.

The production of gold in the world is constantly increasing, each year being a record breaker. In 1903 the output was in value $325, ,527, 200. We add the production of the last two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Dr. Ira Remsen says that we are a na- ton of spendthrifts. If the American peo- pie had as many faults as they are charged with this country would be either a rotten empire or wilderness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Col. Tony Hamilton of the House of Mirth has left Paris, and his where abouts promises to become as indefin- ite as John D. Rockefellers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Only three out of TOO school boys in New York were found able to chin" a horizontal bar Here is a chance for the President to wax sarcastic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Miss Roosevelts $1200 picture hat is not to be worn until next summer. long after the glamour of White House wedding has worn off,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
THE EGOTIST.

Everywhere you go you see some
 Chap who thinks that he Is "IT,' But the minds of folks who see him Echo one word. Ut is NIT"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
Small Industries.

number of small industries have been To- cated in the Birmingham district than within any former period of five years" said prominent business man. And yet there is room for hundreds more of such industries. Birmingham Is not only the best city in the south from the view point of raw material but it is central distributing point. The output of nearly every small manufacturing plant here can
 be sold within hundred miles of home.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Madame Sarah scolded an audience In Youngstown Ohio, theatre, but she did it in French and the Youngstown French colony is not large, so everybody applaud ed under the impression that she was doing some fine acting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
About Persons.

Harry Ransdall of New York is regis tered at the Hillman.
  Mir. and Mrs. J. C. Cooper of Chicago are at the Hillman Harvey Ainsley of Pensacola, Fla, is at the Birmingham. C. B. Scott of Memphis is at the Bir- mingham.
 David Anderson of Selma is at the Nor ris.
 MT. and Mrs. L. Bertram Clarke of Anniston are at the Morris. Arthur Sehooler of New Orleans is at the Metropolitan. A. I. Jones of Talladega, is at the Met ropolitan.
 Samuel Gilmore Jr., of Baltimore. is at the St. Nicholas Walter Saxon of Montgomery is at the St. Nicholas.
 J. B, Goodson of Mobile is at the St. Nicholas. F. F. Stone of Annison is at the Nor ris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

The Countess Anna seems to still cherish some regard for that contempt ible little count of hers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Young Rockefeller is still handing out moral precepts to an ungrateful and uproarious country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Nick and the Indian gipers from Oklahoma did not meet. They could not have sealped him at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

A Texas paper says that Lew Dock stader is the author of Everybody Works But Father" Such is fame today! Mir. Doekstader is not the author of the song. He merely sings it to admiring thousands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

The Standard Oil magnates are all at sea, because of the inquisitiveness of the esteemed MT. Hadley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Senator Clark Is said to be proficient with the painters brush, but 1t is plainly impossible for man of his methods to have the soul of an artist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Southern pine in Chicago bank did not work well, but the fault did not lie in the quality of the timber
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Thomas w. Lawson is in Who's Who,' didn't matter whether he got in or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Senorlta Huidobro of Chile pleads for '"rhe beautiful right of the ballot" Dear Senorita, have you ever seen the "beauti- full right of the ballot'' exercised in tough waHd? Have you ever seen .. cheap sport, with a reeking cigar in th- >orner of his mouth, battered derby Nulled down over one eye and a knowing lecr on his face use the "beautiful right of the ballotn because de boss says dat dis is de
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Midshipman l. C. Shute married the other day in Connecticut and that is really his name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Count Boni wants his debts paid be- fore he will release the countess. He is just a nasty example.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
THE PURIsT.

When some chap roars about word That never troubles you, What does it mean? The answer is: He hasn't much to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

The Ponca Indians presented NicholaA Longworth with buffalo skin vest. The winter is notably temperate, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
CouRAGEl

 Keep your faith in human nature,
 Store the sunshine in your heart Hate will spoil the sweetest temper
 Once you let 1t get a start. Hold the pure, the good and true things;
 Separate them from the bad Life is still well worth the living,
 Every man Is not a cad. Seek for beauty-you will find 1t
 Hidden In some lowly breast. Pick the best the world affords you,
 Share your blessings with the rest. Try to live so you'll be happy,
 Keep up courage to the last Battle till the shades are falling,
 Face the future, not the past.
 "Old Major Bangs was very low one time.' said Col Biff yesterday, "and it was feared that he would die. He still kept up his courage, however, and in- sisted on seeing every visitor who called at the house. An insurance chap who didn't know that the Major was about to die came one afternoon to sell him some fire insurance. When the Major heard of it he began to laugh and the more he laughed the better he got, until he pulled out of the crisis When he does die he expects to go to the other place"
 Macedonia, Arab, Boaz and Solitude are towns in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

King Edward confesses that he works 12 hours a day, which is four hours more than the union allows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

After Ollie James of Kentucky had taken the trouble to tell Senator Hep burn funny story, the latter failed to see the point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

uroyer Cleveland was not invited, therefore he will not have to spend any of that S12,OOO a year for a wedding present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

MT. Hepburn begins to think that even the enacting clause of his rate bill will be stricken out in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

The press elub banquet will be given o'clock, and that is all anybody wants Wednesday night. It will start at 9 to know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Castro Is astonished to find that France, although dilatory, is not bit scared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

A beauty expert proposes to compel women to be beautful--as if woman had to be told to look her best Why are the powder people and the complex ion magnates so rich?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Dowie is afflicted with the same old trouble-insurgents. All autocrats have them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

MT. Burton of Kansas is still an United States Senator for mileage pur- poses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Prattville Progress: The sale of roller skates has assumed enormous proportions throughout the country and in proportion to the number of inhabitants, Montgom- cry is among the first in the market for this product.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Mobile Register: A quicker death than in the ordinary cocktail of commerce was found in the pink elephant cocktail in- vented by a military prisoner on Cover nor's Island His ingredients were wood alcohol bay rum, wltchazel, lemon juice and water. This decoction killed the in- ventor and wounded five of his compan- ions,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

No communication will be published without It's authors name. Rejected man uscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

No one knows where Rockefeller is, and as rule no one cares to know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

ticket see? An dats my ticket, for fair?' Dear senorta from Southern elimes, we wot not. Hell is an improvement on the United States. Bishop Turner Would advise him to go there. A man in Missouri has forsaken the coal business for life insurance. The lat ter, you know is not effected by an "open7 winter
 WITH MUSHROOMS. While tender hearts do suffer much And sometimes, too. they break, We cannot breathe q single word Against tender steak, John D. Rockefeller received seven doughnuts as a valentine He can eat the holes. eve dodge)
 ALICE.
 Why does she
 Feel so gay?
 This isN her
 Wedding day. Birmingham friends of Edward Morgan, 'hS "Seoi' "ii Do slieNeu lo learn that he is said to be in a sanitarium, pre- sumably suffering from mental derange- ment. MT. Morgan was last seen here in "The Christian" An Ohio man left home because his wife insisted on sleeping with hatchet in her hand, and he feared that she might chop him in the night. His excuse is g, good one.
 BEST MONUMENT
 Just do while here
 The best you can
 For epitaph,
 An honest man"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
ALABAMA PRESS

Anniston Hot Blast: If communication between the cotton bureau and Wall street were cut there would be no further com plant of doctored reports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Pine Belt News The Age-Herald misquotes the News by substituting Pettus for Platt In the following editorial that appeared in this paper last week: Sen ator Platt says Senator Depew is all right. Somebody please rise and say some thing to the same effect about Senator Platt" It does an injustice to Alabama s distinguished Senator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

One Russian battleship from the Far East sneaked back to the Baltic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
DISTANCE.

Distance is a great convenience,
 Lends enchantment to the view, But you'll find that it's most useful On the first when bills are due.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Centreville Press: The election of Conner is certain. But the election of MT. Conner without a legislature in sympathy with him will be an empty honor, which he does not want. When he becomes gover nor he wants to put some reforms in mo- ton, and with legislature adverse to him 1t will be impossible. Elect men to the legislature who are willing to state their position and are honest enough to carry if out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

L. H. Russ and c. G. Witt are the only authorized travelling representatives of The Age-TFerald in It's circulation depart ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Your White House invitation is good today only-don't forget this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Dreamers are looking forward to the time when my lady will do her shopping in balloon. When that happy day ar rives the woman with her bundles will dis appear from trolley cars and men will have a show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Speaker Cannon has given Nick Longworth day off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

This time tomorrow she will be Mrs Nicholas Longworth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Zion City regrets to hear that Dowie's health is improving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Uncle Sam has about finished witt the valentine mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as seeond-eiass matter under act of Congress March G. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

The backbone of winter lacks rigid ity and assertiyeness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

IMars has many canals, and possibly a regiment of Cromwells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17
WITH MUSHROOMS

While tender hearts do suffer much And sometimes, too, they break, We cannot breathe a single word
 Against tender steak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

Leslie M. Shaw has been called grafter but that doesn't make him conspicuous in the least. PAIJI, COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

More digging is done in the treasury than in the canal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

BEST MONUMENT. Just do while here
 The best you can. For epitaph,
 An honest man"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

doughnuts as valentine. He can eat the holes (We dodge)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-17

A man in Missouri has forsaken the coal business for life insurance. The lat ter, you know is not effected by an "open" winter