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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
"WHIsKERs.'

From the Boston Herald.
 MT. Frank Richardson of London is shocked because Mrs. Craigie used in her fast novel, "The Dream and the Busi- ness" the expression "side whiskers." He objects to the redundant side. Whsk- CTS 'is' whiskers he would have us be- lieve; but there is one glory of the "Pic- oadilly weepers,' and another Of the mutton chop" MT. George Meredith, who has much to say about whislers in his notels-did he not invent the sub lime word "whiskerage' fuses the term for various forms of facial foliage. He. Dickens, the Richardson of "Clarlssa," Bronte and others added side" as de- scriptive and particularizing.
 ''Whiskers" is now a vague term. It may describe Galway sluggers." 'The wind blew through his whiskers" But it would scorn to blow through weak "siders." Here Is reference to luxuriant growth from ears to below the chin. Then there is the Homeric term "zymos." MT. Richardson condemns Tip whiskers" (for 4nustache) and "chin whsker'' (beardetee) as Ameiicansms. Who ever heard in Bos- ton the synonym Zip whisker?"
 We fear "chin whisker" Is an Amer ieanism Richard Grant White spoke of that edornment known in the west as chin whiskers, but MT. White was too often a superior person. The term is much 10 be preferred to "beardette." vile word which is neither English nor French.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
BIRDS BALL ROOM.
From the Strand.

Dancing is by no means confined to quadrupeds; it is the principal play of many birds. .f
 Perhaps the finest of bird dancers is the South American cock O the rock These birds have regular dancing places level spots which they keep clear of sticks and stones.
 A dozen or more of the birds assemble around the spot, and then a cock bird, his scarlet crest erect. steps into the center Spreading his wings and tail. he begins to dance, at first with slow and stately steps, then gradually more and more rap idly until he is spinning like mad thing At last tired out. he sinks down, hops out of the ring and another takes his place.
 Some of the quail tribe are great danc- CTS, and so are the American sand hill cranes. It is a most ludicrous sight to watch a crane dancing; he is so desper- ately solemn over the whole performance He looks live a shy young man who has just learned to waltz and is rather ashamed of the Accomplishment <s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
President Fish's Victory.

President Stuyvesant Fish retains control of the Illinois Central railroad on the face of the returns at any rate. He gathered proxies for the purpose of maintaining the roads independent position, while D. H. Hartman, presi- dent of the Union Pacific railroad de- sired to elect directors who would vlr' tually make the Illinois Central part of the far-nung Hartman lines. As the spokesman of Hartman the hero of Panama and several other schemes, William Nelson Cromwell bobbed Up frequently
 This district naturally looks with favor upon Mr Fish because it was he who decided to exend the Illinois Central to Birmingham, and he is acr1vely engaged in carrying out his extensive plans. The Hartman people would perhaps do likewise, but it ia wholly natural in the people of th:s district to favor the men who looked with favoring eyes on them. All here therefore rejoice in MT. Fish's victory. Long before the control of the road can be changed the line to Birming- ham will have been completed, and President Fish will be able to add that achievement to the many he had scored in previous years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
FARMER" AIDE WAS HOST.

down for inspection. The cattle, beef and dairy were shown, and in the creamery the guests partook of fresh cream.
 To show that he is not getting old Mir. Ade climbed to the top of big steel windmill and came down like a circus performer, He showed his guests his muscles gained by hard work in the fields and told them life on the farm was the best and only way to live He said he did not desire to be shut in apartment houses again.
 Dinner was an event of the day. In the big dining room the choicest viands were brought forth, and with Ade at the head of the table the party was a merry one. When the cigars were passed he told his guests new fables and Judge yinton and others made impromptu remarks. When somebody suggested that the country home was large enough for family, MT Aide smiled and confessed he had not yet found the girl who would have him.
 Ade is writing new play his frater- nity brothers say, but the nature of the plot they do not disclose.
 Fresh eggs and creamery butter from Ades private creamery together with roast beef, squab jack snipe and squirrels were some of the things which made the dinner notable. After dinner the guests were all treated to black cigars and they spent the afternoon on the commodious yerandas
 Later Ade produced two big touring cars and there were some fast rides along the smooth roads. He photographed hIs visitors and they in turn photographed him in various poses, which he good na- turedly assumed. He distributed souvenir photographs of the country place. The "Sigs" returned to Lafayette Sunday night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
The Greater University.

Every man in Alabama is vitally in- terested in the success of the state uni versity, and should take part in the move ment to extend the institution. said w. Hill Ferguson, who was elected chair man of the joint committee of the Greater University of Alabama Wednesday.
 T am very much gratihed with the progress that is being made in this move ment and the interest shown by those who attended the meeting in Birmingham yesterday.
 Alabama should have the greatest uni- virsity in the south. We have the ma terial and the wealth. Alabama stands first in industrial importance and is not far behind in agriculture and other things It should lead in education, and believe the day is not far distant when it will
 An educational awakening has over taken the state in all sections. All the institutions of learning from the univer- sity down to the precinct schools are crowded and there is a great cry for more room. more money. better buildings and better teachers. This condition is all most universal in the state and calls for immediate attention from the people and from our legislators.
 'The greater university is coming It is one of the inevitable conditions of this strong educational sentiment and the friends of the institution have begun their task of love and state pride with great hope. We feel confident that the extensions desired will be realized within a reasonable time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
BlRMlNGHAM'S FAIR.

From the Selma Times
 The big fair in Birmingham Is now on and the papers of that city are writing up the events that are transpiring in great style. There will be tremendous crowds in Birmingham during the fair week and the Times hopes that the big fair will be success in all respects. And when our fair opens it's gates on the 90th we want to see as many of those Birmingham people as possible coming down this way to see the biggest, best, most up-to-date agricultural fair that has been pulled off in Alabama in twenty years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Railway Time Board.

'It does seem to me that more atten- tion should be paid to the time table at the Union passenger station." said citi- zen yesterday. To-day I was looking for a business friend to arrive on train which was due to arrive at l2:Io, noon. It was marked on tlme.' I waited until l2;5o and it did not arrive. At 2:3o p. m. I had asked the marker if he knew anything about 1t, and he directed my attention to the fact that it was marked on time,' I then went to lunch. and re- turning twenty minutes thereafter, was informed at the gate that the train had arrived and discharged It's passengers.
 Tt seems to me there was negligence somewhere. The time board counts for naught, and thereby many business men and personal friends lose too much time by the neglect of some one The time board at the Union passenger station should mean something. or be taken down."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Atlanta Georgian.

From the Atlanta Georgian.
 The death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis in New York removes one more of the links that bind this generation to the memories of the great civil tragedy of 1865.
 There remains now but one daughter of the Confederate President in Mrs. Hayes of Colorado.
 One son of Robert E. Lee is left to per petuate that glorious name.
 The widow of Stonewall Jackson lives in Charlotte, and two of his grandchil- dren are at school-the boy, Jackson Christian, at West Point and the girl. Julia, at Hollins.
 In the absence of male survivors the name of Jefferson Davis is extinct.
 The Mrs. Jefferson Davis who died or Tuesday was not the first wife of the Confederate chieftain. MT. Davis first wife-the wife of his youth-was a daugh- ter of General Zachary Taylor. She died in a brief year after her marriage.
 The Mrs Jefferson Davis whom the world knows and has so long received the honor and homage of the south, was the good woman just deceased.
 She has borne herself with unfailing dignity and sweetness in the years tram quil or stormy which have followed the failure of the Confectionery, and the south ern people have always been able under all circumstances to be proud of the serenity and balanced dignity of the widow of the first and last president of the Confederate states.
 It is true that Winnie Davis, the Daughter of the Confederacy." was the magnetic woman of the Davis family, and that while she lived she was the idol of southern chivalry and of southern memories.
 Very reverently will the heart of the south follow the body of Mrs. Jefferson Davis to it's last resting place, and very tenderly will the south remember the long and loyal years in which the noble woman was the helpmeet of our illus trious gentleman, and the later years in which she maintained the honor and the dignity of our common and immortal memories which clustered about her iso- lated station and her beloved name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
le Chicago Daily News.

From fhe Chicago Daily News.
 When the opposing attorney offers to it means that you have good case.
 It doesn't take much of a domestic storm. to sour the milk of human kind. ness
 Nothing swells man up so much as 10 have a pretty girl ask him for in formation.
 A watch should always have a guard, otherwise it's apt to be stolen in an un- guarded moment.
 When a girl gets hold of young mans s heartstrings she proceeds to tie them in a heaulSnot. ~ Many a fool has acquired reputation for wisdom by accidentally doing the right. thing at the right time.
 It is great shock to a bride when she discovers that her husband isn't as fond Of angel cake as he is of beefsteak and onions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

republican candidate for mayor last year polled 197193 votes, while Nc. Clellan, democrat, boiled 22S,997 votes. and Hearst polled 224,929 votes. The city was full of independent voters last year, and it is full of them today, and one mans guess under the circum, stances is as good as that of the next man regardless of the betting, which is largely of grandstand nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
New York's Registration.

In the five boroughs of New York rity 659,784 voters are registered In n904 the registration in those five bor- pughs went to 6SS,352. In round num- bers, allowing for growth in two years, lust about 50,000 males of voting age refused to register in the big pivotal rity.
 It is difficult indeed to say what the tlecrease means because the minor po- 1itical divisions of the city, its assem bly districts, were reapportioned and rearranged anew this year. Compari- sons by localities thus becomes almost Impossible even by experts on the spot
 The figures do not indicate any un- usual interest in the pending election. They do not point to a great uprising either for or against Hearst. The truth is, both sides are disappointed. Both knOW that tue city dlone IS to uSClue between Hughes and Hearst. for the majority for Hughes to the Bronx will be heavy, even if every union worker votes for Hearst.
 The belief is that out of a regidtra- 1on of 661 ,612 about 620,0OO votes ~iii be boiled. Hearst will need well-Aigh to 100000 votes in the city to win, leaving to Hughes 220,OOO votes. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

and reduced his record, from the time his record was 1:594. have felt that he still had some eserve power which would enable him to go still faster. have never felt that he has gone his limit. He is the greatest horse ever saw as well as the most intelligent. He is never a disappointment. We have given dozens of exhibitions against time at fairs through out the United States, and whether on heavy track or slow, he always goes a fast mile Dan Patch holds every record possible for the pacing horse, half mile, quarter mile, three-quarters, mile two miles, to high wheel su1ky, to wagon, to pneumatic sulky. There is no record open to pacing horse that he has not hrokeni'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS.

By Thomas Moore. Oft in the stiliy night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me;
 The smiles, the tears,
 or boyhood's years. The words of love then spoken; - The eyes that shone,
 Now dimmed and gone. The cheerful hearts now broken! Thus in the stilly night, \ Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me. When l remember all The friends. so linked together, I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather,
 feel lkesone
 Who treads alone
 Some banquet hall deserted,
 Whose lights are fled,
 Whose garlands dead And all but he departed, Thus in the stilly night Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the Night Of other days around nc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
WHEN IT RAINS.

 When ips raining, raining, raining, And the heavens wear a frown And dreary, dripping mantle Wraps the water-laden town, That's tEe time when life's worth living. If you have a safe retreat Where TO worldly cares may enter And your rest is passing sweet When .t's raining, raining, raining, That's the time to creep away To pleasant little bower,
 Dreaming out the live-long day, Building airy, fairy castles, Golden castles in the air Tho they tumble in the building, Thosa who build will not despair. When it's raining, raining, raining, Sunny souls will not complain, For the cheery, cheery freight Makes blessing of the rain. Tho the icy drops may batter And the wind howl in the trees They recall fond recollections To the dreamer at his ease. When it's raining raining, raining, And the world is cold and wet That's the time old solid comfort Helps a fellow to forget For there's nothing more enchanting, When the day glooms dreariy. Than to watch the freight dancing. With your fancy roaming free.  "Bunec Bil1 is one of the more char table ricknames bestowed on MT. Hearst. General Grosvenor is predicting again. He has the habit bad.
 Hard times In the train robbing busi- ness. Two first-class men held up a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Turkeys are going to get it soon.
EVER SEE A PRooFREApER7

From the Richmond Tmes-Dispatch.
 Grover Cleveland considers William Richmond Hearst the regular democratic nominee for governor, affective" So he Is to the Wall street crowd, but that Is not the issue. Where the Sage of Prince ton find that word? Webster may have il. but no one else has.-Birmingham Age-Herald.
 And where did the Sage of Birmingham ind William Richmond" Hearst?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
Driver Hersey Talks.

Both Harry C. Hersey, driver of Dan Patch, and MT. F. W. Johnson, the rep resentative of the horses owner. who came all the way from Minneapolis ex- pressly to see the animal go against his record, expressed their keen regret that the heavy rains rendered the track unfit for the trial yesterday. Mr. Hersey states that Dan Patch was never in better con dition, and he is firm in the belief that the horse will make one of the fastest miles of his career today.
 "The Birmingham track is considerably faster than the Minneapolis track was three months ago when Dan Patch low cred his record on it." said MT. Hersey. This is one of the reasons l am so con- fident of reducing the horses record.
 Every time l have driven Dan Patch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
From the Indianapolis News.


 M AFAYETTE. IND.-George Ade. S the playwright and humorist. en- - tertained the ten senior class members of the Purdue chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity at his beautiful country place, near Kentland, Sunday, and the memory of the hospitality of Farmer Ade will remain with them forever.
 Accompanied by Judge Henry H. yinton and Charles L. Marsteller of this city, classmates and fraternity brothers of MT. Ade, the senior Sigma Chis arrived In Kentland Saturday afternoon, and were met at the station by their host, who had big band wagon ready to take them to his farm. On their arrival there they found an appetizing supper awaiting them, and after supper they sat beside a roaring fire In a big rustic grate and heard their host uncork some of the vials of his choicest humor until the hands of the big clock nearly had passed the midnight mark. They inspected the ipterior of the house, and slept in the guest chambers, each of them spacious and as beautifully furnished as the apartments in an exclu- sive hotel.
 Early Sunday morning the guests were awakened by COW bell which was rung loudly outside the doors of their rooms. They found Mir. Ade dressed in working clothes. After breakfast the party went into the fields and heard the host explain how the crops of grain and fruit were raised. He took them into the oats, wheat and corn fields and into the orchards, and then they went into the barns and in- spected the fat stock and horses.
 In the implement barn MT. Ade demon- strated the workings of the modern farm machinery. He had the horses brought out and a groom led the animals up and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
ALL WILD.

From the Pensacola Journal.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says that "peonage Is prevalent in the wild dis tricts of the Everglades in Florida" :" Our distinguished Alabama contempo- rary is mistaken. The Everglades are about as unsettled as the famous con- troversy over their drainage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

IT is barely possible that somebody
 has a baseball poem written and stored away for next season. One can never tell what poet will do, and the poet least of all. This uncertainty does not apply to money matters alone. Even union roets who work eight hours a day and grind out the same number Of lines each day in the week, not count ing Sunday. don't have a rhyme for every hour ir the day. Sometimes when they get up they are cross and have to play around and visit several places" before the muse comes tripping along. At other times, they sit right down in the glow of early morning and write something they think so good that they must rush cut and celebrate until noon. Then there are bleak days when everything is topsy- turvy and all wrong-days that every cheer up bard dreads-when the sweetest tempered singer in the world is grouchy and can't lift a single note. On those days he fumes and frets all morning, vowing that he will not work and determined to have nothing for the morrow About o'clock in the afternoon he wakes to the realization that the job has to be done rushes to his typewriter in frenzy and tears off a yard of stuff that is apt to be the Lest he ever did. There is no ac- counting for poets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

The dean of Westminster whom no body knows says Herbert Spencer shall not have a monument in West minister Abbey. He does not need it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

After MT. Roosevelt writes his an nual message he will hand it over to MT. Loeb to have fitted to the Car negie plg-iron spelling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

The grafters of Pennsylvania over. worked the new capitol opportunity, and they are about to be bounced. They should be jailed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Jim Hill is the prophet of prosper ity, but not of baseball. He can take census, but he cannot name next years pennant winners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Taft never knows when trouble de- handing his attention will break our in some part of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Mobile Register: The "laying down" of the Cuban insurgents arms may be only laying by for future use.
 Roanoke Leader: We have had several good frosts. but Jefferson county is still infected with the unreasonable political germ.
 Lafayette Sun: In this progressive. la- bor-saving age, machinery is acceptable to the people in every respect except in politics.
 Bullock County Breeze: Twenty At dantans have been indicted for rioting- that's easy, but wait until a jury con- victs them.
 Gadsden Times-News: Dowie says it is too warm for him in Mexico, and most people have an idea that was also the case in Zion City.
 Livingston Southern Home If the dirt could only be made to fly in Panama as it is now flying in New York about the election, we would soon have canal.
 Union Springs Herald: Secretary Taft is cdlcuSu Wlul dIlOliCI lldllulCdP bo AAio presidential ambition for the New York Sun is showing a disposition to support him.
 Talladega Mountain Home: The Home Conner who left Talladega ten years ago will be as much surprised at our mar velous growth as the one who wandered away twenty years ago.
 Gadsden Journal: The picture of Cleve- land and Roosevelt in the Senate looks like possible strenuous times in that us- ually august and conservative body. But what's the use of imaginary pictures? They may never get there.
 Guntersville Democrat: A news item from Argenta, Ark, bearing a Sunday date, states that everything is quiet after a lynching the night before, but closes by saying only one man was killed on Sunday. That Is one method of making things quiet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Jim Hill may know how he found out what the scope of race suicide will De in the next fifty years. but he is keeping the secret closely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Hammond, Ind, hopes by means of automobiles to supplant St. Joe, Mich, as Chicago's Gretna Green.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Hams and boric acid have dissolved partnership and each will hereafter work in our midst independently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien is the busiest man in the business. He whipped two pugs the other night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Brewer Lemp is having trouble with his wife. St. Louis is rapidly break ing into the Pittsburg class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Pennsylvania is preparing to go out of the business of furnishing loot for political grafters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

The Russian terrorists should prac- tice baseball if they expect to have their bombs go to the spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

There is painful lack of convic, tions in the antitrust cases. Many are summoned, but few are jailed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Kansas has had eight fat years, and she has almost forgotten what lean year looks like.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Our Indian summer is too fitful and transitory to be wholly satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Palma was after all the best Presi- dent Cuba ever had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Lectures on How to Decorate a Flat" are in order. That is largely an art of compression and condensation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Clyde Fitch has new play called. "The Truth" Must have been hard job to write it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

The King of Annam knows how to preciate good wives. He eats them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19

Corn-fed carp are becoming the game fish of the wild and woolly west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-19
ALABAMA PRESS

Mobile Register: The laying down" of the Cuban insurgents arms may be only laying by' for future use