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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

" To raise money TOT SCHOOLS dnu fshops for the blind, Mark Twain who presided, read a letter from Helen Kel- Ter. which he said was a classic and de- served a place among the literary pro- auctions. Miss Keller had expected to be present but was not able to do so on account of sickness, and the letter was dictated by her on a sick bed.
 The meeting, which was under the aus pices of the New York state association for improving the condition of the blind, secured pledges for sl5.ooo.
 Miss Keller's letter is as follows:
 'wrentham, Mass, March 27.-My Dear MT. Clemens: It is a great disappoint- ment to me not to be with you and other friends who have joined their strength to uplift the blind The meeting in New York will be the greatest occasion in the movement which so long has engaged nay heart, I regret keenly not to be present and feel an inspiration living in contact with such an assembly of wit, wisdom and philanthropy.
 "I should be happy if I could have spelled into my hand the words as they fall from your lips, and receive, even as it was uttered. the eloquence of our new est ambassador to the blind. We have not had such advocates before.
 "My disappointment is softened by the thought that never at any meeting was the right word so sure to be spoken. But superhuous as all other appeals must seem after you and MT. Choate have spoken, nevertheless, as l am woman I cannot be silent, and ask you to read the letter, knowing 1t will be lifted to eloauence by your kindly voice.
 "To know what blind man needs you who can see must imagine what it will be not to see, and you can imagine it more vividly if you remember that before your journeys end you may have to go a dark way yourself. Try to realize what blindness means to those whose joyous activity is stricken to inaction.
 ..It is to live long. long days-and life is made up of days. It is to live inn mured, baffled, impotent, all of Gods world shut out. It Is to sit helpless. de- frauded, while your spirit strains and tugs at its letters and your shoulders ache for the burden they are denied the rightful burden of labor
 Tn an instant an accident blinds man. The day is plotted out. Night en- veIopes all the visible world. The feet which once bore him to his task with firm. confident stride, stumble and halt in fear of forward step. He is forced to A new habit of likeness. which, like the canker consumes the mind and destroys it's beautiful faculties.
 Memory confronts him with its light ed past. Amid the tangible ruins of his life as it promised to be he gropes his pitiful way. You have met him on your busy thoroughfares with faltering feet and outstretched hands, patiently 'dredg- ing the universal dark. holding out for sale his petty wares or his cap for your pennies: and this was man with am bitions and capabilities
 ssIt is because we know these ambi- tions and capabilities can be fulfilled that We are working to improve the conditions of the adult blind. You cannot bring back sight to the vacant eyes; 1but you can give helping hand to the sightless <,a ',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
Being Urged for Office.

Many friends of pr. James H. Powers of Florence are urging that gentleman to announce as a candidate for the office of superintendent of education subject to the democratic primary said a prom inent citizen of Jefferson county.
 '.Dr. Powers would make good race. He is well known and esteemed in every section of the state. At one time he was at the head of the state normal school and was for several years president of the University of Alabama. Few educa- tors are so well equipped for the state superintendency as Dr. Powers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
oIdfIeId's Cigar Science.

A great many people have wondered why Barney Oldfeld always has cigar in his mouth and the newspapers have made such faeetious references to 1t as the event of the day was delayed sev- eral minutes because oldfield had mis- placed his cigar stump" "Oldfeld's cigar was an easy winner and remarks of a similar nature. Barney explained the mat ter to crowd of friends at the Hillman last night.
 q use that cigar for purpose" he said "and mighty good one too. keep the cigar in my mouth to protect my teeth in case of an accident and 1t has served me many a good turn. Of all the accidents that l have had 1 have never lost a tooth and it has been due to the fact that I always had cigar be- tween my teeth which prevented them from coming together with sufficient force to injure them.
 Just look at this ugly scar across my face that l received in an accident at St. Louis; if it had not been for the cigar in my mouth when that happened I would not have had front tooth left
 Laugh as much as you like, concluded the celebrated car racer. but no cigar, no race for little Barney
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
Moroccan Settlement.

le Sultan at Fez has delegates ent at Algeciras, and this means he will accept the action of the erence, and if he should prove icitrant he would be brought to lls in short order. The settlement hiefy valuable to the world because rovides for the opening of the Mo ban ports and the proper policing g them. The policing of the ports " rally lead to the preservation
 in the interior, for whatever
 Tangier, where the 5SrejSp
 1es live, will ~h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
ELEcy.

By Lord Byron. Oh, snatch'd away in beauty's bloom! On thee shall press no ponderous tomb; But on thy turf shall roses rear Their leaves. the earliest of, the year. And the wild cypress wave in tender
 gloom: And oft by yon blue gushing stream Shall Sorrow lean her dropping head, And feed deep thought with many q
 dream. And lingering pause and lightly tread: Fond wretch as if her sep disturb'd ths
 dead,s sr Away, we know that tears are vain. That Death nor needs nor hears dis
 tress
 fvill this unteach us to complain7 Or make one mourne n>&nd thou, who tell'st
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
The Iron Market.

'The pig iron market has been dull and inactive for several weeks past, but I look for brisk demand before the end of this month," said manufacturers Consumers have large orders for their products and they cannot stay out of the market much longer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

The man who invented a silk shirt that would stop rife bullet has gone broke He couldn't invent a way to stop his creditors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

The republicans are troubled over, not the campaign funds of the past, but the campaign funds of next fall, when new House of Representatives is to be elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

The work of the campaign fund so- licitor is fast becoming arduous. He is in danger from shotguns kept in cor poration offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

Slippers" is the name of the White House cat. Her seven kittens will be named as soon as they sit up and take notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

We do not need denatured alcohol half as much as we do deodorized gas oline when we go motoring-that's the word
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

Assistant Secretary Barnes is slated for fat job for having Mrs. Minor Morris thrown out of the White House. It pays to be strenuous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

If the new play of MT. Bryan's daughter proves failure, it should not be blamed on her father.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

What with Barney Oldfield and Lajoie in town at the same time, Bir mingham has good reason to be chesty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
HE IS HERE. Take your hat off As you say, Here comes famous Lajoie.

The Selma Journal discusses the 'sEdu- cational Value of a Campaign" There is nothing educative in hot air WHEN PHILOSOPHY FAILS
 Life is short and
 Full of trouble.
 Fame is just
 Fleeting bubble,
 Yet, whenever
 We get sickly
 Doctors can not
 Come too quickly. 'Go, winter. said the poet. The old man was going any way. but the poet 1ppffed out his chest and strutted around Hike conquerer. The theatrical season is drawing to a close in Birmingham In the musical comedy class can you name one that surpassed 'The Rollicking Girl" or "The Ham Tree?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

It seems that the Storers have few friends across the water yet, even if Bellamy was fired by caaJfe. -'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

. The coal strike exists in spots only and it is preparing to disappear alto gether in the soft coal district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

Let us hope John W. Gates will not need his $25000O mausoleum, at least not until very late in the century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
About Persons.

John R. Ryan, general manager of the Corona Coal and Iron company is at the Hillman.
 F. B. Webb and T. P. Walton of Taila- dega are stopping at the Colonial.
 The following Alabama visitors are reg- istered at the Metropolitan: w. o. Colb of Selma, R. L. Avery of Centreville, O.. U. Addison of Mobile, B. T. Davidson of Montgomery and w. R. Lawly of Attalla
 W. B, Reynolds of Monteyallo is at the Hillma9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

Birmingham Is getting to be prom ising gold brick market. Two seers who left last week found the pickings good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

The Czar wants douma that is thoroughly domesticated and that will never kick over the traces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
COMMENTS ON MEN7AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

In far away Mexico picture Elijah II musing. Sorrows come not single spies but in battalibns. sans wife sans son. sans fortune and sans people, he may deem himself tilted all around.
 THE BEST STREET OF ALL. It's dear old Broadway in New York
 Chicago has it's State,
 And likewise learned Boston town.
 Where beans, they say, are great Philadelphia man will claim
 That Chestnut street is fine. On Pennsylvania avenue
 The Washngtonians shine.
 There's Olive street in St. Louee,
 In Frisco Markets tame.
 Canal street in New Orleans
 Is handed down to fame.
 There're many towns and many streets
 Where people like to be,
 But Easy street most anywhere
 Is good enough for me.
 The manner in which the rules com mittee tackled football was enough to make 1t take the count. Hereafter, there will be no more glory in playing foot ball than there is in checkers. The danger of a broken neck is what made a grid iron hero the observed of all observers. Now that he no longer stands in the presence of a horrible and sudden death, he will cease to be an object of pop ular interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

Duluth is said to be a bear paradise, probably because it is so far from the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

It is too bad that Hadley fell i'll be- fore he had had chance to wear the laurel wreath of victory very long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

Clancy. Kana misses it's artificial light. now that it's big. gas well has been capped.
 The White House cat has seven kit tens which may soon demand national recognition.
 President Baer resents any interven- ton that presupposes he does not own the earth
 When Mark Twain lectured before the blind in New York they could see his jokes.
 Waterproof circus tents would be useful on the theatrical circuit of Texas.
 Even Napoleon Lajoie met foemen worthy of his bat under the slagpile.
  Pat Groves next appearance will naturally be on the lecture platform.
  The price of oil and the rivers are rising n'Ohio
 Pittsburg will continue to have coal to burn.
 April l is safely passed, now for the Fourth.
 The coal strike begins to see it's finish
 The peach crop has been saved again.
 All speeded the going of March this year.
 Last call for winter underwear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

The White House cat has seven kit tens which may soon demand national recognition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
GLAD TO BE ALIVE.

GLAD TO BE ALIVE. Thankful for the sunny days, Thankful for the rain Thankful for the pleasures gc They'll come back again. Thankful for the little gifts That are sent to me. Thankful for a pair of eyes Helping me to see All around a pretty world Where the flowers grow Noddng in the summer time .Mhen the breezes blow. ThanMul for.a host oS things Not desefved, I fear. Thankful, most of all, l guess. Just for being here. The state legislature of Mississippi promptly put it's foot down on a propo- sition to take the old negro soldiers and sailors off the state pension list. Floods of the black mammies' and Uncle Neds" of war times. That Is the way people do in Mississippi where there are warm hearts and hot heads Judge Lynch makes determinations.
 HOPES DASHED AGAIN
 Postman whistles,
 Has a letter
 For your neighbor.
 Donnerwetter, Life after all is little bluff Some times 1t is called and then again it is not
 THE GARDEN FACE His eyes are fixed and staring, Hes not a chauffeur, tho The poor man has been watching
 His patch of turnips grow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

Caney, Kans misses it's artificial light. now that it's big gas well has been capped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
WONDER GROWS.

From the Ksnsas City Star
 If it is true there are ga million men in NsSt York 1t is difficult to see VI nhauld have chosen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

President Baer resents any interven- ton that presupposes he does not own the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

T is seasonable to announce that we
 are going to have Tech" beer in spite of all carnegie's millions The manager of a big brewery in Pittsburg which is located near the Carnegie Tech nological institute. says that he has de- cided to disregard a protest from the ironmaster and will put his beer on the market. The brewer says facetiously that the only way Andy will have to get rid of Tech will be to drink all that is brewed. Hoot mon Why should the worlds librarian turn up his wealthy nose at beer? There is a brand that made Milwaukee famous and who knows but that in the luminous future Tech" beer may not take it's place along with sehlitz, advertising the Pittsburg Carnegie Tech nological institute far and wide and prov ing. an asset more valuable than the rich est endowment? The laird of Skibo should hold his peace until he finds out whether Tech" beer is destined for fame or not. Many starveling Institutions would be only too glad to have brand of beer named in their honor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

When Mark Twain lectured before the blind in New York they could see his jokes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

|Nes with characters of brass,
 Residence, 'gainst the tooth of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
DON'T BE A RICH MAN.

DON'T BE A RICH MAN. A gentleman whose name was Hodge A million made, but had to dodge The process servers day by day Until he died and passed away. He didn't have much coin, I guess, But often wished that he had less. Don't be a millionaire, my boy, If you would laugh and life enjoy. Avoid the golden shower. When You get a dollar blow it in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

Waterproof circus tents would be useful on the theatrical circuit of Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

led at the Birmingham, Ala, post IS second-class matter under act ress March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

'Jevver have an experience with & paste-fed ->. A paste-fed rat Is rodent that waxes fat and powerful around printing shops and ndsnewspaper offices, sub- sisting senteely Pn tBs~9atents. of paste pots that are left open to his dpreda- tions. He is a nbonareh among rats. He would slap ca4 in the mouth and mike faces at a bulkdog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

EW YORK.-At the meeting held at the Waldorf-Astoria ballroom to raise money for schools and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

Even Napoleon Lajoie met foemen worthy of his bat under the slagpile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

Pat Crowe's next appearance will naturally be on the lecture platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03
MARK TWAIN, COMMENTATOR.

Last call for winter underwear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-03

..It is because we know these ambi- tions and capabilities can be fulfilled that we are working to improve the conditions of the adult blind. You cannot bring back sight to the vacant eyes; but you can give a helping hand to the sightless
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-28
THEATER LURES
ROMANTIC GIRL
Miss of Fifteen Disap-
pears From Home
in South.
Believed to Have Joined
a Travelling Troup
of Thespians.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, May 27.-Dawn Fisher.
the 15-year-old daughter of A. B. Fisher
of 625 San Julian street, has been miss
ing since May and cannot be located.
She left home that morning on her way
to school and no trace of her movements
since can be obtained. Her inseparable
companion for eight years, shepherd
dog named Tray. whined around the
house until the next morning.
No reason has been found for her dis
appearance. She was averse to the So
ciety of boys and had no churns and few
close friends. Although immature physi-
cally, she was very bright and OF a
nervous and romantic temperament. She
always wished TO travel and was attract
ed to the stage being frequent at
tendant at the theaters, and it is thought
that she may have Joined some travelling
troupe. She is about five feet TALL slight,
with dark hair and dark brown eyes, and
usually wore smoked glasses. She wore
navy blue dress with automobile coat
and hat when she left home.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-28
BRIDE OF FEW
MONTHS MISSING
Disappears Shortly After
Reaching Denver
With Spouse.
Father of Young Woman
Fears She Has Been
Murdered.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

DENVER, May a7.-Fearing his dausn-
ter has been murdered in Denver and her
body slowed away somewhere, John Hood,
a retired millionaire of Asheville. N c..
has invoked the aid OF the local police BY
a telegram to Chief Delaney asking him
that he take up the search.
Miss Josephine Hood, an Asheville So
ciety belle, disappeared five months ago.
after her marriage to John c. Cavendisf'.
an EnglishInan of Boer war fame. The
marriage took place in New Liberia, La.
on December Is last. Cavendish. dap
per young man. claimed to be heavily in
terested in fruit farming in Old Mexico.
A few days after the wedding the newly
married couple left ostensihly for Dcnv n.
Cavendish explaining that he had friends
here whom he intended to visit He SAIL
that from here he would proceed to South
Africa with, his bride. Since then noth-
ing has been heard from either the bride
or groom, and numerous letters sent 20
Denver by her anxious father have been
returned unopened.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-28
BAKERSFIELD
FEARS FLOOD
Heavy Rain Sends Wat
ers of Kern River to
Bank Tops.
Inundation of Valley Will
Follow if the Storm
Continues.
Special Dispatchs to The call.

Los ANGELES, May 27.-Bakersfield
Is rnenaced tonight by the most serious
food since 1892 and although there IS
little danger of loss of life IL is feared
that before morning the Kern River viii
have broken through the embankments
which hold IT and viii be sweeping
through the city's streets and covering
the broad plain which surrounds the city
for miles in every direction
A dispatch tonight states that heavy
rain has been falling in Bakersfield and
throughout the valley of the Kern ali
day At o'clock this afternoon IT
amounted almost to a cloudburst. Heavy
as II was in Bakersfield. it was much
heavier higher up the river. The level OF
the river is higher tonight than at any
time during the rainy period last winter,
and a telephone message from kernVille
states that the water is running over the
embankments in a number of places. 4
large force of men is patrolling the river
near the city but il a break comes they
can do nothing to stop the flow Of the
water
Should the river leave its channel there
is little probability that human life will
be endangered because of the level na-
tire OF the surrounding territory. ThC
food would spread OUT over the level
pain and could not attain a depth that
would be sufficient to carry away houses.
II would, however, fill all the cellars and
easements in Bakersfield and would cause
great damage TO stocks of goods IN the
stores. A similar flood occurred in 1892.
The rainfall throughout Kern County
dufing the last two days has been unpre-
cedented for this season of the year and
the damage TO crops viii be very great.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-28
ROYAL PALACE
REF|TTED FOR
FUTURE QUEEN
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only of a palace but of a great citadel
commanding the city 1t covers an ex-
panse of 22,500 square meters, $50 feet on
each side and $50 feet high The massive
the frames of the doors and windows,
which are of marble.
The entrance to the royal palace,
which is conceded to be one of the most
magnificent in the world, has been fur
ther enriched for the present occasion. II
is gorgeously carpeted and ornamented
Illuminated day and night by myrads OF
electric lights concealed within the rich
gold cornices. with halbadiers in their
brilliant uniforms acting as guards. AT
the first landing, serving as pillars to
the balustrade. there are two enormous
lions of stone, the work of the sculptors
Castor and Michel.
1t is we'll known that Napoleon 1 had a
jealous regard for these lions ON the day
that he admired the palace. remarkng to
his brother that they were better housed
than he himself in Paris.
The high vaulted ceiling contains nota-
BILE paintings by the Neapolitan artist.
Carado Gisquinto. The sale dies Am
bassadeurs. where the imposing reception
will take place after the wedding. is one
of the most splendid apartments of the
palace, with fittings of incalculable value.
The walls are hung with crimson velvet
and gilt armaments. The enormous mir
rors, which came from the royal factory
of La Granja, are surrounded by heavy
gold frames of the time OF Charles ",
while intervening statues &c bronze and
marble represent heroes, paGsn gods and
allegorical figures. On either side of the
throne are statues of Prudence AMI Jus
tice, represented as the councillors OF
Kings
The royal throne is under superb red
canopy situated above the steps. richly
carpeted in the same color. At either side
stand four gilt lions, represented as con-
trolling the world. The ceiling forms a
brilliant contrast. being clear and lu-
minous. 1t was executed by the famous
Venetian painter Tiepolo and is said to
be one of the most finished decorative
works in the world. The idea developed
in this vast composition is 1.-The glory OF
the Spanish monarchy" represented by a
proud matren seated on a throne and at
tended by allegorical deities. The imag
ination of some recent visitors to this
gorgeous apartment has led to the report
that Princess Ena greatly resembles the
mntron seated on a throne.
| Many of the salons are decorated with
richly embroidered cloths, and the lux
urious furniture and ceiling were painted
by Mangs, Balyen. Valesquez, vincento
Lopez and Juan Rivera
Princes Ena is said to take special in
terest in the china hall, so-called not be-
cause the royal china is kept there, but
! because the ceiling and walls are covered
with porcelain, the joinings of which ars
cleverly concealed by figures in poly
chrome relief Another sumptuous sailor
4 Is the large dining hall, decorated with
tapestry woven in gold and silver by Pan.
nemaker in Brussels for Philip II.
Besides the foregoing main apartment.
there are many others of great riches.