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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13
Great Music Festival.

Few cities in the United States have
developed the musical atmosphere that
now distinguishes Spartanburg, S. c."
said a we'll known music lover.
at shows what musical leader, sup
ported by an enthusiastic and liberal
public can accomplish.
"Spartanburg' twelfth annual festival
to be given In the Converse college audi
forum, April %, 90 and 27-three night
performances and two natinees-wlll rank
with the best musical events of the year.
Arthur L. Manchester, the chorus leader,
has trained 125 voices and the New York
Symphony orchestra led by Walter Dam
rosch will take part in the festival.
Among the soloists are Madame Shot
well-Piper, sopranos Ellison YanHoose,
tenor; David Names. violin; Leo Schulz,
violoncello; Clarence Eddy. organ and
Mary Hart Law, plano.
There will be a Wagner night a Lyric
night, an Artists night and the usual
afternoon symphony and popular concerts.
On Wagner night. the chorus will sing
excerpts from "Lohengrin" and the
is acknowledged to be the most authori-
tative exponent of Wagner in this country,
will conduct representative orchestral and
solo numbers from these operas. Those
who attend the festival this year will
have the opportunity. for the first time,
of hearing the great pipe organ in the
college auditorium as a solo instrument
with full orchestral accomplishments. On
Lyric night a beautiful. descriptive lyric
work, 1.-THE Passing OF Summer by Ros-
setter G. Cole, an American composer,
will be given by chorus. soloists and full
orchestra. and the Choral society will
sing. unaccompanied, some part songs
which were sung by the Cecilia society
of Boston In one of its recent concerts.
Season tickets are sold for So"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13
Huntsville Is Prosperous.

Huntsville is enjoying an era Oh pros
perity at this time" said John H. Wal
lace, who was in Birmingham yesterday
en- route to Montgomery to attend the
meeting OF the state democratic exec
utive committee. Mr. Wallace is eandi-
date for speaker of the lower house
There is a great deal of building go
ing on in our city, and the indications
are that the year 1906 will be a record
breaker for the amount of business done
by our merchants. Everybody is happy
and contented.
Huntsville is going to have big fair
next fall and we expect the state to fur
nish funds for providing an agricultural
exhibit A large amount of the fair stock
has already been subscribed for.
THE new railroad from Huntsville to
the Gulf seems to be a certainty. 1t will
touch Birmingham and Talladega, thence
through the wiregrass section to Pensa-
cola"
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power of Congress over our island pos
sessions-our colonies, in other words.
He appointed Justices Day and Holmes,
and both are considered imperialists.
If to the two is to be added a third
man. the great court begins to have an
imperialstie tinge to say the least.
Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Har-
Ian are also eligible 10 retirement.
Both are over 20 years old. If the
President should gain opportunities in
the course of three years to fill their
seats the court would be packed in the
interest of imperialism The. retiring
Judge Brown is an imperialist, and the
appointment of another imperialist in
his place will not therefore change the
present standing of the court.
But" says the Springfield Repubi-
can. public sentiment in the country
is becoming so tired of and hostile to
the colonial policy that less interest
will be manifested in the views and
leanings of the new judge, whoever he
may be, on this great question, than in
relation to the great subject of railroad
and corporate domination. which now
absorbs the attention of the country"
The territorial distribution of the
court at present is as follows:
Chief Justice Fuller, Illinois.
Justice Henry B. Brown Michigan.
Justice William r. Day, Ohio.
Justice John NJ. Harlan, Kentucky.
Justice David ]. Brewer, Kansas.
Justice Edward D. White, Louisiana.
Justice Joseph McKenna, California.
Justice Rufus W. Peekham, New
York.
Justice o. w. Holmes, Massachu-
sets.
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HIS WIFE'S MONEY,

From the Atchison Globe.
Once upon time a man married a wo-
man who had inherited $500 from a grand
father. This was all she ever received,
but the man never got credit for his ef-
forts the rest of his life. He built a new
store. did 1t with his wife's money"
the neighbors said. The home was made
over and enlarged. His wife's money did
it. was the only comment. The little
measly $500 she inhrrited was given the
credit for everything he did during life,
and when he died and his widow put up
a monument with his life insurance, Her
money paid for that" was said again.
But this is really what her money went
for: During her enlargement she bought
herself a 1850 piano and a $3.50 diamond
ring, and in a few weeks lost the ring;
there was always some regret that she
didn't lose the piano.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13
Slower Drivinq,

THE persons in the city who drive bug
gies or run automobiles in the business
section are fast learning that they can
not drive rapidly across the street cor
ners." said Policeman Williams yester-
day afternoon.
1--WE had some trouble at first and the
drivers did not seem TO understand that
they must drive at walk when going
over the crossings, but they are quickly
learning and 1 believe that it will be
only a short time when we will have little
or no trouble.
ut is impossible to stop all the buggies,
and warn the drivers, but we are making
good progress
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13
"REAL PEOPLE" IN NOVELS.

From the New York World
No novel of significance, consisting of
vivid portaiture of human life, ever failed
to be directly PERSONAL to good many
people. There are only about fifteen or
twenty types of people in the world Bar
ring actual events and circumstances not
likely to be duplicated. the line of al
most any novel of real life may develop
in any place Of two or three thousand
people If a novel constructs mantle
of true, homely. human characteristics. 1t
is pretty sure to fit somebody in the neigh
borhood.
Mrs Mary f. Wilkins Freeman may,
therefore. take it as a compliment that
some of her new neighbors out at Me-
tuchen, n. j., are very sure that the
characters in her novel; THE Debtor
were drawn from them. and are wrought
up" in consequence. As humans, they rec
ognize themselves. Why shouldn't they?
There is a shiftless. hopeless, good-natured
dead-beat in the book-one of those Men
who, though well intentioned always limp
and lag behind their fellows. Singularly
enough, there is just such man in
Metuchen The character must have been
drawn from HIM
Well, this is holding the mirror up to
nature to some purpose. As a matter of
fact, there is no reason to suppose that
either Mrs. Freeman or any other realis-
| tic novelist, except perhaps Sally Pratt
Mclean In the case of the villagers of
Cedarvi1le whom she actually called by
! their own names in the first edition. ever
sat down and literally drew the people
roundabout. Mrs. Freeman's figures, like
those of Mr.. Howells. are composites.
For that very reason they hit good many
persons more or less indefinitely David
Harum has hundred fully identified
Originals" So had Uncle Tom. So has
| any other vigorously drawn, homely char
aeter in contemporary fiction.
Given a certain amount of egotism ard
any person can read himself into a novel.
Some people habltually do it when the
When they are the reverse it is a differ
ent matter Other people recognize us
in caricatures then sooner than we do
ourselves. And when it dawns upon us
that others are seeing us in a rascal or
a fool, we object.
AS it does people good sometimes, to
see themselves as others see them, it is
probable that every community ought
to have its novelist. or its spell of put
ting on jackets made by outside noyelists
that seem to At.
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BUFFALO BILL NEARING
THE END OF HIS CAREER

eccentric woman, but faithful wife.
Colonel Cody sincerely regrets now that
he did not heed the advice of his oldest
and best friends not to seek a divorce He
feels Inundated and hurt at their con-
domination of his treatment of his wife,
and at the loss of that public confidence
and respect which he enjoyed so many
years.
While he has been having serious do
nestle troubles, Colonel Cody has met
with business perplexities and reverses
which have added greatly to his unhappi-
ness He has several large ranches and
is interested in other large business enter
prises in Nebraska and Wyoming. When
he went TO Europe with his Wild West
show several years ago he intrusted the
management of his western business af-
fairs to Dr. d. Frank Powell. white
Beaver" whom he calls his foster-brother.
and who is nearer to him than is any
other man in the world.
In Colonel Codys absence abroad with
the, show DR.. Powell was stricken with
heart trouble, and ever since then he has
been in a very critical condition of health
and unable to give his attention to busi-
ness. Thus the management OF Colonel
cody's business affairs in the west has
been left to men who, in some instances,
1t Is charged, have taken advantage of
Colonel Cody's absence from home and
of DIR. Powelrs illness to enrich them
selves at the expense of their employer.
It is said that Colonel Cody himself
does not believe that these men neglected
~ s..f1
honest in the management of his affairs.
but friends OF his who are familiar with
the situation declare there has been both
neglect and dishonesty.
In addition to this Colonel Cody has
met with many unpleasant experiences
with the Wild West show abroad.
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PRINTERS ERRORS AGAIN.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
II guess l was dreaming" said the first
compositor, but. at any rate, I set up the
page ad. of the Blick gold mine so that 1t
read, instead of 10000 shares at IS q
share 10000 snares at s. a snare
I'm that report of Senator Smooth's
speech last week." said the second COM
positor, Il went wrong on the word
shouts and sentence read: THE au-
dience rent the, air with their snouts.' "
s'In another speech of Senator
smooth's" said the third compositor. "he
called the national guard a great consti-
tutional force and /, alas, made him call
1t IA great constitutional farce
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TWELVE HOURS OF ACTING.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Twelve hours of almost continuous act
Ing during which one play will be given
three performances. lie before the play
ers now at Powers theatre. This will
establish a unique record in Chicago
theatricals next Saturday, and will finish
the months engagement Of THE Lion
and the Mouse" in this city
Some months ago Sarah -,ernhardt
gave a week of matinee and evening per-
formances at the Grand opera house, the
added performances being necessary be-
cause of the demand to see and hear
her, but she was not compelled to also
give a morning performance, as will be
the case with the players of THE Lion
and the Mouse"
On Monday additional matinees of the
play were announced for every afternoon
this week. The seats for these matinees,
as well as for the evening performances,
were all sold before Tuesday.
Wednesday it was decided to give an
extra performance, and the problem of
time was solved by placing it at IL o'clock
in the morning of Saturday. AS a conse-
quence the play will first be performed
from 1 Ito /: 80, given for the second time
from to 4:3O, and for the third and
last time beginning at s:15 in the evening.
Thus the players will be compelled to
remain in the theatre from the time of
their arrival in the morning until IL at
night, when they will pack their trunks
and leave Chicago for the west.
Meals will be served on the stage of
Powers theatre between the perform
ances. A light lunch will be had at 1880
and regular dinner between 6 and 7.
1--WE have been compelled to make this
arrangement" said Manager Stern, be
cause of the demand for seats by people
who have so far been unable to witness
the play. For an attraction playing at
standard prices, The Lion and the
Mouse has probably made record here.
"Of course Bernhardts one week repre-
sented more money for the same number
of performances given. but the prices
were advanced. Our receipts this month
in Chicago will be over, rather than I'M
der $4,000.
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Unioue Cartoon.

when the late Ex-Governor Hogg OF
Texas. died, noticed a peculiar cartoon
pressed me as much as any I have ever
seen expressive Of grief" said man
who reads many newspapers daily.
1.-THE cartoon had an outline of the state
of Texas and around it was draped a
wide black mourning wreath. The cartoon
was simple and had no little figures scat
tered around 1t to detract from the gem
eral effect 1t was indeed symbolic of an
entire state in mourning for one of its
distinguished sons"
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suNFLoWER PHILOSOPHY.

From the Atchison (KanD Globe.
When some people come to see you don [
you feel like yawning all the time?
OF all the words in the English language
Don't tell'' are paid the least attention.
If it wasn't for Sunday the avera ge
married man wouldn't have anything To
look forward to-.
Don't cultivate that habit of looking
for something to worry about. You may
some day have your search rewarded
The discrimina ton against the male seq
has no end. When a scarecrow Is built.
ever notice that 1t is patterned and dress
ed like a man?
There are very few women who can look
at their husbands without giving the inns
preston In the glance that they believe
they might have taken their eggs to
better market.
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BUTTERFLY FARMS.
J Minneapolis journal.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
Most people, when they look at a mag
nificent cabinet of butterflies, cleaning
hues, think that each butterfly was
caught by hand--caught, after a chase
of a mile or two. under a net or hat.
As matter of fact. butterflies are raised
on little farms like chickens. There Is
such a steady buttefiy demand that II
pays men to raise them, These men, ex-
perts in the employ of museums as a
rule, know larvae as a chicken farmer
knows eggs, and they have no difficulty
in selling at a. good profit all the butter
flies they grow.
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ALABAMA PRESS

Mobile Herald: Authorizations of food
are coincident with an increasing aver
age duration of human life. Here is a
puzzle for the alarmists to solve among
themselves.
Decatur News An impression seems to
prevail among the politicians that Bank
head, Richardson and Clayton are getting
congressional races out of the way, so as
to be able to take try at the senatorial
plum should a vacancy occur.
Huntsville Tribune: We wonder if the
two old senators. both grand old men,
don't entertain an idea that the nominees
of the alternate senatorial primary will
be glad when they are dead
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sickness and death in his tamiiy
and domestic troubles anu uehapp'iie9''
Buffalo Bill, the famous ola plailsiiiai'
and Snowman, is threatened with COM
plete breakdown. He now fuiiy reallzes
that If he would live and enjoy fair oe-
gree of health, physical and mental ne
must make radical change in his way
of living.
Accordingly he has made up his mind to
Quit the show business at the end of the
current year. return to his own country
from Egypt, settle down in Wyoming,
where he is happier than he is anywhere
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off TO Montgomery.

John II. Wallace of Madison county,
Judge e. B. Almon of Tuseumbia; John
c. Ashton of Decatur; William b. Bank
head and John II. Bankhead, Jr. of Jas
per; B. A. Thompson, chairman of the
jefferson county democratic executive
committee; Robert Fl. Thach of Birming-
ham, and a number of others went to
Montgomery yesterday afternoon to at
tend the meeting of the state executive
committee today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
The Circus, Winter Quarters.

we are very much pleased with BIT
mingham as winter quarters said }. =.
Robson. treasurer of the Cole Bros
United Shows. formerly known as inc
Sells & Downs circus.
THE climate is ideal, and our animals
have been unusually we'll the entire win
ter. We have a good location, ana II 10
very probable that this will be maze 'iie
permanent winter home of the snow.
1t is a good thing for the city to nave
a circus wintering here. Few people can
imagine the vast amount of money eA-
pended by the circus All of the efaers
for feed and many things necessary ioi
remodeling the entire show were placed
as far as possible. with local firms.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13

Next Sunday the first installment OF
a new series of humorous articles by
George AIDE will appear in The Age
Herald. The series will be entitled
George AIDE In Pastures New" The
first article will be entitled Getting
Acquainted With the English Ian
guage.' Watch for il in next Sunday s
Age-Herald.
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candidate in New York for a small ap-
pointment. He worked hard for several
months to secure 1t, and when at last
successful, refused to perform any Of the
duties of the office. II did all my hard
work" he said. getting this job. Now
I'm going to Loaf
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13

The six hundred Moros killed near
Jolo may never be missed, 1t is true,
but they have started the old discus
sion about the expediency of keeping
the Philippines
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INDICATIONS OF LONG,

From the New York Herald.
In the medical world It is llly
accepted fact that every la airs
physical indications of his of
long life A long lived pei be
distinguished from a short son
at sight. In many Instances ian
may look at the hand of nd
tell whether he will live or
The primary conditions of are
that the heart lungs and or
gans as well as the bralr be
large If these organs ar the
trunk will be long and the M
paratively short. The person W ear
tall in sitting and short in S tsad The
hand will have long an hat
heavy palm and short finger
The brain will be deeply as
shown by the orifice of til ing
low The blue hazel or brow we,
as showing an intermission ra-
ment, is a favorable Indicate los
trils il large, open and fees ate
large. lungs A pinched and scd
nostril indicates small or " ;.
These are general points nc
ton, but of course subject ual
individual exceptions
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13

If anybody thinks that prize fighting
is going to be abolished in San Fran
cisco because a pugilist was killed in
the ring he should think again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13

One editor in Alabama comes to Bir-
mingham regularly TO have his finger
nails manicured, but out of considera-
ton for his family his name is with.
held.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13

Princess Ena will have to go to bed
early when she becomes Queen of
Spain. but she will have more time ut
her disposal the next morning than
most of us have.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE TIMES

~ LITTLE girl with a chubby face
VH and wide. wondering eyes stood
on street corner with two Sis
ters Of Charity. The women were wait
ing for an East Lake car and their charge
was an orphan who was being taken by
them to make her future home In the
orphanage at East Lake. The child had
a doll Rugged to her breast with one arm
and trailed a doll bed of brass from the
other. The doll and the bed were all
her earthly belongings, together with the
plain clothes she wore The small group
presented a pathetic picture in the midst
of the hurry burly all about them. The
little girl was too young to realize the
sadness of her position. but the passerby
felt that her future would be safe in
the hands of the two sweet-faeed Sisters
MY OYERCOAT. FAREWELL.
Farewell. my overcoat, farewell.
Your useful days are Ger
Go speeding with the winters blast,
III never wear you more.
For you are stained and sadly rubbed,
You lack the pristine gloss
Which caught my eye in months gone by
So I'll not feel your loss.
Yet, hold a bit. you served me we'll;
You kept me snug and warm.
When old la grippe was in the air
You shielded me from harm.
A buffer when the rain came down,
I sought you in the night,
When cover for my bed was scarce
And blankets were too light
No matter what the weather was,
You stuck close up to me,
Therefore ] drop a tear for you
And murmur "twenty-three."
I'll get another If ! can,
When autumn rolls around,
Provided then, you understand,
The money can be found.
l soaked" you once or twice, tbs true
When l had need of cash.
Forgive the slight I put on you.
Alas, I was too rash.
So here's a wish that we two friends
May part in amity,
For I took care of you, old coat.
And you took care of me.
NOTE: This may seem a trife previous
to you, gentle reader, but it came on us
rather suddenly yesterday
In other days the youth who had trim
turnout was first among the maidens. but
now he is eclipsed by the young man who
has large red automobile with a chime
whistle.
MERCENARY LOVE.
I'm nobodys darling" a young man
sang, [
"And nobody cares for me
Except a lone tailor, to whom I now
owe
Much more than my salaree."
Some bald-headed men think so we'll of
the chorus that they would like to sit
down in front with a forty-horse power
telescope.
I'm the event Of an accident in 1905 !"
says the st. Louis Globe-Demoerat. Sec
rotary Taft has a Texas ranch to fall
back upon and if he does he. will knock
1t off the map.
Most people are born too modest"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13

: The maple sugar belt has its sugar
snow, but maple sugar is after all made
in factories, and it is not even distantly
related to maple trees.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13

A Pittsburg preacher advertises his
services under the head of amuse-
ments. along with vaudeville theatres
and burlesque houses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13

The application of the big stick to
the tuberculosis bacili will not be re-
scented by anyone except the germs
themselves.
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Congress is fixing rates and the Pres
ident is digging canal, but neither Is
making much headway at present.
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THE highest prerogatiye of man is
to think" says the Cincinnati Enquirer,
and yet. how few exercise 1t!
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Datto Bryan was not exterminated in
the crater disaster in Jolo
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The proposed all-rail route around
the world sounds good to persons sub
ject TO NAL de mer.
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1t is the supervision of the Moroccan
police after all that is the crux of Al
geciras-the police boss, in other
words.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13

Leader Voliva of Zion City has a
poor opinion of John Alexander, who
is now has-been
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-13

Six hundred Moros. including some
women and children, have been assim-
Hated by our artillery at any rate.