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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
Toniuht's Mass MeetlnQ.

Democrats in large numbers should attend the democratic mass meeting to be held tonight at Geledrs' hall. Every man who voted in the August primary is morally pledged to vote for the nom. inees of his party. He made that pledge when he handed his ballot to the pre- cinct officials at the primary.
 It becomes the duty of every demo- crat to ascertain clearly who the nomi- nees of his party are, and one of the objects of tonight's meeting is to clear away transformation and cunning pleadings. No matter what ones pre- affections may be at present, he should attend tonight's meeting In order to gain possession of all the facts in the shrievalty case.
 The truth is what all democrats should seek in this matter, and in the interest of truth and all fairness and justice The Age-Herald asks demo- crats to assemble tonight at Gelders' hall. Statements in relation to the nomination for sheriff will be sifted, and clear analysis will be made. Remember the place-at Gelders' hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
PROGRESS IN FRISCO.
What Has Been Done Since the Great
 ConfIagration.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 In It's Bulletin of Progress, which will be issued today, the California Promo tion Committee will say:
 September has been a notable month in the progress of San Francisco toward recovery from the effects of the big fire, and also in the progress of the state m all industrial and commercial lines.
 Reports from all railroads entering California show that traffic has increased enormously, both on colonist and tourist tickets. All parts of California are feel ing this infusion of new settlers
 Labor supply is still inadequate to meet the demand, both in city, and country districts There is great need of ordinary laborers in San Francisco, and the de- mand for skilled artsons in building trades is constantly increasing.
 San Francisco's population is about at a standstill, owing to lack of housing fa- cilities. Estimates based on computa- tions of military authorities place it at 370O00.
 Every school building in the city is crowded to it's limits, the enrolment be- ing 29S03. It is estimated that with proper facilities there would be at least 15,0O0 more.
 Careful investigation shows that the cost of living in San Francisco has not increased, except in rents Provisions of all kinds and clothing are at the same prices as before the fire. Rents have in- creased about an average of 15 per cent on dwellings.
 Of the s20s 0OO,0OO insurance on prop erty in San Francisco destroyed by fire, sl50,000,O00 has been paid policyholders.
 All interior cities report the heaviest business in all lines in their history
 The following summary shows condi- tions in San Francisco
 September building permits issued l050, value s5,902,0 building contracts record ed. S16 value $3,252 090.70; real estate transfers 1045: bank clearings. S19s, I12- 5o3.47; September, 1905. sl6s329, 71622; per cent increase, 1894; Oakland bank clear ings for September sl4.3545l5,17 permits for permanent buildings, 6O7 total per mits for permanent buildings to date, ISIS: number of men doing construction work, 5000; average number cars of debris removed daily, 125
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
Politics In Shelby.

For several years Shelby county has wavered between democracy and popullte- republieanisnl. but with little special effort during the present campaign I feel almost certain that the county can be placed permanently in the democratic col umn." said J. R. White of Columbiana, who was in the city to attend the meeting of the state campaign committee. MT. White is chairman of the Shelby county democratic executive committee.
 with the assistance of a few able speakers through the state campaign con- mittee,' continued MT. White, T believe we can easily carry the county for the democratic nominees this year.
 "B. B. Conner, nominee for governor, has agreed to make two or three speeches in the county, and this will be of great value. The people of my county have a great admiration for the governor-elect and will come to hear him gladly.
 we will, if possible, also induce Con gressman Sidney J. Bowie to make one or two speeches in the county. As congress man from the Fourth district, MT. Bowie made thousands of friends in Shelby county, not only among the democrats, but republicans and populists as well. The voters of the latter two classes have great confidence in Congressman Bowie and he would do a great work for the party by making few speeches in Shelby county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
About Persons.

John Flynn Seawell, a successful young insurance man of Atlanta, spent yester- day in Birmingham.
 Willard D. Coxey, general press repre- sentative for Barnum & Baileys show and one of the best known circus men in the country, is in Birmingham
 J. Alfred Coates, commercial agent oi the Mallory Steamship line, was in Blr- mingham yesterday.
 s. A. Sparkman, former postmaster oi Decatur, and an ex-member of the legis- lature from Morgan county, who now re- sides in Mobile, is visiting his daughter Mrs. Luther F. Reynolds in this city. Mir Sparkman passed through the great storm that recently swept away millions of dol lars worth of property in Mobile county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
OFT-REPEATED TALE DENIED.
How "Little Church Around the Cor
 ner" Got It's Name.

To the Editor of the New York Times:
 Whenever there is a special service at the Church of the Transfguration-bet ter known by the public as the Little Church Around the Corner .reporters for the daily papers exhume the hoary old falsehood to the effect that when George Holland, actor. passed from earthly life his friends who applied to clergy man to read the burial service over the remains were told that they would better go to the little church around the cor ner. as the clergy of that church to which application was made would not minister at the funeral of an actor.
 The facts were these, as 1 wrote down an account of the occurrence at the time from the lips of the then rector of the Church of the Transfiguration: Holland s friends, knowing that he had been bap- tized and confirmed in the Church of England, applied to the rector of the Protestant Episcopal church, which was nearest to the place in which Holland & remains were resting. This church was on the southwestern corner of Madison avenue and Twenty-ninth street. The rector a most lovabe man, since gone from earth, received the gentlemen in the proper spirit But he could not at that time hold services in his church, be- cause the interior was filled with scaf- folding, as painting going on, and the communicants were attending ser vices at Dr. Houghton's church. This rector accompanied the friends of Hol- land to the rectory of the Church of the Transfguration, and at the service he was within the sanctuary and read the lesson taken out of the New Testa- ment that is appointed for the office.
 The falsehood as to the matter of the alleged refusal of one of his best friends to read the order for the burial of the
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w over ones spirits and he gazes into the coals with no thought of the out side world. the hurry of men and the flight of time. He sits motonless while his sub-conscious self scars away to fairy realms where dwell old friends and old loves, where he revisits the scenes of other and happier days, lingering about the homestead seeking again the tree on which he carved his own Initials and those of another; batting his faithful dog on the head and mingling In boyish sports with the playmates of his childhood. He lives his life over again. step by step, renewing the joys and sorrows that have fallen to his lot and investing all with that golden glamour which is the tissue of dreams. Fancy transports him through the years, pieturing his triumphs, light ing the fires of hopes gone out and buoy ing him up with promises for the future. The minutes speed by, but the dreamer does not stir. The clock striking the hours fails to break his revery. The coals shift and sink, gradually losing their ruddy hue. At last he wakes with start to find himself staring into the cold ashes Undressing with many q shiver, he creeps into bed That is what a poet does when the fire burns low. The sensible thing to do is to put on more coal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
A LAZY SONG.

Hate to get up in the morning
 When the frost Is on the ground And the breath of Father Winter
 Makes the dead leaves dance around Hate to face the early freshness
 When the bed is snug and warm And little extra snoozing,
 Seems to me, will do no harm. Hate to get up in the morning
 When it's pleasant summer time And the birds are singing maths And the weather Is sublime. For I like to rest and ponder
 While the feathered songsters call, And to lie in bed in summer
 Is the greatest joy of all. Hate to get up In the morning
 When out late the night before And rocky sort of feeling Makes my head ache more and more Then fellow feels so wretched
 That he has a good excuse Just to doze little longer
 Saying, "Golly. what's the use?" Hate to get up in the morning
 When the rain is coming down And the heavens. weeping freely,
 Watersoak the blooming town. For it's sweet to hear the drumming or the ram urOpS DeatlnB 1aSt And to spend the minutes thinking Of the future and the past. Hate to get up in the morning Lazy? Well. perhaps you're right But you'll find your disappointments And your other troubles light When you wake from golden slumber, Wondering how short it seems. And you pause awhile to loiter
 On the borderland of dreams. That citizen of Manila who established a record for meanness by stealing the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
WASHING WITH GASOLINE.

From the October Housekeeper.
 If gasoline is used instead of kerosene in boiling clothes, there will never be a greasy scum on the water, as is some times the case with kerosene, and there is no odor left on the clothes. Of course. the gasoline can must not be taken near the stove. but if the amount needed is carried to the boiler in cup there is no danger Add two-thirds of a bar of soap to two-thirds of boiler of water, and when it nearly reaches the boiling point add three tablespoonfuls of gasoline and put the clothes in dry. After they have boiled twenty minutes they are ready to be rubbed slightly, blued and starched.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Major Parkes' Watch.

Maj. N J. Parkes, formerly of Bes- semer, but now city engineer of Pine Bluff. Ark, Is one of the most popular members of the American Municipal I'm provement association. which has recently terminated in this city it's thirteenth an nual convention.
 It is probable that the single valuable possessed by Major Parkes which is prized most highly by him. is a watch which was presented by the Alabama corps of cadets of the University of Ala bama In the spring of 1901. It was just after the irsuborlination of the students in 1900, rebellion which resulted fin Commandant West rendering his resigna- tion and the ultimate resignation of Pres ident Powers, that Major Parkes was put in charge of the students. The new officer soon won the cadets by his kind treat n'ent and uniform courtesy. and when after several months Of service he re- signed, he was presented with the watch as a token of high esteem.
 Yes" said Major Parkes yesterday, T prize this watch as if 1t were worth a hundred times it's ntrnsic value. It could not be purchased. It brings back, when ever look upon it's face, memories of one of the pleasantest periods of my life, q period in which I met so many fine young fellows, and made them all my friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
CIRCUS ON THE ROAD.

From the Centreville Press.
 A circus was in Centreville on last Thursday, and but for the fact of the bands playing one would not have known that anything unusual was going on The people were in no humor to laugh at the clowns jokes, when their fields of cotton and corn were under water The circus travelled through the country like they did before the country was traversed by railroads and it was a novel sight to see elephants and camels, with circus wagons, travelling the county roads,
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even inevitable, than did the barbed wire inventor. He outdid the Russian Fnout, and all the other specialties of that medieval land The Dark Ages did not produce his equal in the re. spect of torture and cruelty. How. ever he Is gone, and as he was rich no doubt Requiscat. etc., will be duly chiselled in marble over his grave. So runs the world away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
Mark Twain in the North American Rf

@ OMORROW will be the thirty (Op sixth anniversary of our mar
 riage. My wife passed from this life one year and eight months ago, in ! Florence, Italy, after an unbroken illness of twenty-two months duration
 | saw her first in the form of an ivory miniature in her brother Charley's state | room in the steamer Quaker City, in the Bay of Smyrna in the summer Of lSo'' when she was in her twenty-second year. I saw her in the flesh for the first time in New York in the following December. She was slender and beautiful and girlish- and she was both girl and woman. She remained both girl and woman to the last day of her life. Under a grave and gentle exterior burned inextinguishable fires of sympathy, energy, devotion, enthusiasm and absolutely llmitless affection. She was always frai in body and she lived upon her spirit, whose hopefuness and eour- age were indestructible. Perfect truth, perfect honesty, perfect candor, were born with her. Her judgments of people and things were sure and accurate. Her munitions almost never deceived her. In her judgments of the characters and acts of both friends and strangers. there was always room for charity, and this char ity never failed. l have compared and entrusted her with hundreds of persons, and my conviction remains that hers was the most perfect character I have ever met. And I may add that she was the most winningly dignified person l have ever known. Her character and dis position were of the sort that not only in- vtes worship, but commands it. No ser want ever left her service who deserved l to remain in il. And, as she could choose with a glance of her eye, the servants she
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
Good Man Chosen.

From the Marion County News.
 The selection of Capt. Frank S. White of Birmingham as state democratic cam paign chairman for the coming election is wise move and will be endorsed by the party throughout the state. He Is eminently fitted for the place, and will get out as big democratic vote as any man in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
THRUST UPON HIM.

From the Philadelphia Press. Hes one of the most stur'd bores 1 ever met
 And yet he seems to have accumulated money. Fortune appears to have knocked at his door"
 'I don't believe she merely knocked: she must have broken right in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
All Settled.

From the Marshall Banner
 Alabama republicans have put a full state ticket into the field and will make q strenuous campaign. Democratic nomi- nees, however, are losing no sleep over the action of the republicans, for the lat ter haven't even a fighting chance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 compliment Is just as pleasing even if you know 1t isn't honest
 Fifty arguments are won by laughing to every one by getting mad.
 woman knows she has a good figure when her friends get mad about it.
 girl snuggles up to man as if it was Just because she couldn't help 1t with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
Woman.

From the Greenyile Living Truth
 You read about the new woman. There Is no new woman She is the same wom- an as of old, Q big lot of smiles. sweet ness goodness and contrariness all mixed together, with simply new fad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
TWAIN'S TRIBUTE TO WIFE

selected did in almost all cases deserve to remain, and they did remain. She was always cheerful; and she was alway1 able to communicate her eheerfuness to oth- CTS. During the nine years that we spe7i in poverty and debt she was always al
 to reason me out of my despairs, aif find a bright side to the clouds, and mal 3 me see it. In all that time, never knew her to utter d word of regret concerning our altered circumstances, nor did l ever know her children to do the like. For she had taught them, and they drew their fortitude from her The love which she bestowed upon those whom she loved took the form of worship, and in that form it was returned-returned to rela- lives, friends and the servants of her household. It was a strange combination which wrought into one individual, so to speak, by marriage-he disposition and character and mine. She poured out her prodigal affections in kisses and caresses, and in a vocabulary of endearments whose profusion was always an astonishment to me I was born reserved as to endear- ments of speech and caresses, and hers broke upon me as the summer waves break upon Gibraltar. I was reared in that atmosphere of reserve. As I have already said, i nanother chapter, l never knew a member of my fathers family to kiss another member of it except once. and that at a death bed. And our village was not a kissing community. The kissing and caressing ended with courtship-along with the deadly piano playing of that day.
 She had the heart-free laugh of girl. It came seldom, but when it broke upon the ear it was as inspiring as music. I heard it for the last time when she had been occupying her sick bed for more than a year. and l made a written note of it at the time-a note not to be re- peated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

When the President becomes Sena- tor Roosevelt he will have more trouble as a speller, for the Senate will not accept his sort of participles and preterits.
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dead over a worthy actor was one of the matters that pained good Dr. Hough- ton as much as the stories that he was a great frequenter of the theatre. and could be awakened at any hour of ths night to marry vagabonds As a mat ter of fact, as Dr. Houghton often re- lated, he Never attended the theatre but once in his lfe-when in his boyhood he went to the Bowery Treatre.
 G. W1LFRED PEARCE. New York Octoher g. 19O6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
The Actors Trick.

Whenever an actor, visiting Birming- ham, desires to hear the house echoing with applause, he sings parody in which Harry Vaughn is the hero. and the fact that Birmingham won the pennant of the Southern league is given the chief posi- tion," said an old tileatre-goer last even ing.
 Now. Lucy Daly, the clever comedenne at the Bijou this week. sings an excep- tionally clever song which receives many eneores When the song is sung in It's en- tirety, and the people still clamor for more, Miss Daly sings a verse in which she puts to music the fact that Birming ham won the pennant of the Southern league last season. She makes New Or leans Birmingham's chief enemy, and pie lures Charlie Frank, the manager of the team of that city, in a terrible and hu- initiating fix. She carries her point, for immediately after the conclusion of her song the house is filled with applause.
 Birmingham is a great baseball town, and such an occurrence as the one men, tioned above proves that the spirit of the ideal fan simply sleeps in that time which interveness between the seasons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
Information Wanted.

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 The New York Times declares that ll is Roosevelt who made Hearst possible Then, will the esteemed Times go back d bit and tell Us who made Roosevelt possible?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

Kansas is bothered and perplexed by her accumulated wealth. She does not know what to do with it, or where to put it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

Thirty million dollars has been spent on the heather in the last fifty years, and there is no telling how many mis- sionaries they have eaten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
Hard Job.

From the Headland Post.
 Philadelphia has a social organization which is trying to make 1t appear that a woman is a girl until she is 10.
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The baseball games in Chicago are played in the interest of the doctors who take delight in treating pneumo- nia cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

Rome Tribune; It is alleged that Ameri- cans eat labels. They might eat the cans also and could feel safe so long as. they don't eat the contents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
age Begins.

From the Ozark Tribune.
 By listening intently. you can hear the bones breaking on the football field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

That Atlanta couple going on an open-air honeymoon tour of the noun tains at this time of year will get all the exposure they are looking for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

J. j. Hill says there is something better than a vast amount of money. He plainly has in his minds eye a yaster amount of the stuff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13
ALABAMA PRESS
Souzds Soft.

From the Talladega Mountain Home
 Magoon sounds soothing. May be h' can quiet the Cubans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

Grover Cleveland, living in New Jer- sey, finds 1t difficult to keep step with Lublic sentiment in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

Jerome could not take the stump for Hughes because there were no vacant stumps.
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H. H. Rogers is punishing Hughes for exposing the insurance iniquities by declaring in his favor.
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Savannah Press: Atlanta's most urgent need is a great building which can be used for a city hall, for an armory and for a convention auditorium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

The fans and rooters of Chicago are thawing out. Zero weather puts baseball on the cold storage basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

Automobiles hold the time record over the surgeons in the matter of cutting off legs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

The second Pennsylvania tunnel under the Hudson river has room now for streaks of daylight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

When Grover Cleveland takes John F. Drydens place, and Theodore Roosevelt takes Thomas c. Platt's. the Senate will begin to hold its head m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

The insurgents have gone home, and the war is over in Cuba, our Gem of the Antilles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

Those only who sit by a radiator and telephone in Chicago enjoy the baseball games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

The supreme court of the United States has but eight members, and four-to-four decisions don't go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

The Spanish claims commission is to last one year more. Carry the news io Hannls Taylor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

Risfori is dead at the age of S4. She did not play problem plays and that accounts for her many years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

Guatemala also wants to get under Uncle Sam's flag while there is room and welcome.
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Candidate Hughes is hopeful be- cause it is settled that neither Tom Platt nor Depew is to speak in his faVOr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

New York man asked the law to remove a guest who had been at his house six years.
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and Mobilians are feeling much re- lieVed.
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When Grover Cleveland did speak he knocked Hearst.
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Ex-senators live long time in Mis- souri. Daniel T. Jewett Is dead at the age of 99.
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They call him Charley" Hughes de spite his whiskers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-13

Six months is the time limit put on Sultan Abdul Hamid's life.
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New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat: Senator Platt of New York has been known for many years as an "easy boss" but in the light of recent alleged domestic rev mark as well