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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

when it comes to the question of de- feating the powerful republican organ ization. it is conceded by all hands that MT. Bryan is the only man who has the chance of success"
 The Register has the courage of It's later convictions, for it asks William J. to come home to roll up his sleeves and go to work to win victory at the polls two years hence. The democrats of Alabama are certainly getting to- gether. and no doubt something sim liar can be said of those of every other state. Senator Bailey Is pulling for the Nebraskan, and if the demo- crats of New York would show them selves equally unselfish and harmo- nious the battle would be half won be- fore it had fairly been begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Popular Officer.

The announcement that Capt. R. c. Car ter, who is in charge of the United States recruiting office in Birmingham. is to leave is being received by his many friends with genuine regret. During his stay here Captain Carter has made numer- ous friends both in military and civilian circles, who will be sincerely sorry to see him go. He has a genial personality and Is an interesting talker, with plentiful store of anecdote and war tales which he tells in a fascinating way.
 Born In Maine, hls family removed to Massachusetts while he was very young At the age of IS years. Captain Carter en- listed against the Confederacy in the Twenty-second Massachusetts volunteers which was raised by Senator Wilson, who was afterwards vice president under Grants second administration. This regi- ment formed part of the army of the Po- tomae and was engaged In some of the most decisive battles of the civil war among them being the second battle of Bull Run, Antietam. Fredericksburg, Chancellorsvllle. Gettysburg, Wilderness and Cold Harbor. After the seige of Pet tISDuiss lUes the lS-YedT-ulu NolShdn eH- tered the military academy at West Point Graduating from West Point in 1870, he was assigned to duty with the Fourth United States cavalfy, commanded by Col. Randall s. Mckenzie son of Captain Mckenzie of the navy, the man who hung the son of Secretary of War Spencer for mutiny. Entering the cavalry as second lieutenant Captain Carter saw active ser- vice for the next ten years against the Indians in Texas, Indian Territory, New and Old Mexico. Receiving a serious wound while campaigning against the 1n- dans on the Staked Plains, he was re- tired with the rank of captain. His as- signment to duty here was at his own re- quest, and it is also at his own request that he is to be relieved.
 Captain Carter's successor will be Lieut.. F. D. Powers of the artillery corps, for merly stationed at Fort Monroe. As soon as Lieutenant Powers arrives, Captain Carter will return to his home in Wash ington, where his family has already pre- oeded him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
THE BOLD CRAWLING.

Fly-fshing for grayling differs consid- erably from trout fishing. says Dr. Hem shall in July Country Life in America The trout usually lies concealed, except when on the rifles, while the grayling lies at the bottom of exposed pools. When the fly Is cast on the surface the trout dashes at it from his lair with a vim; or below, he often rises clear of the wa ter in his eagerness to seize it. Should the fly be missed, another attempt will not be made again for some little time, if at all The grayling rises to the fly from the bottom of the pool to the sur face with incredible swiftness, but makes no commotion in doing so. Should 1t fall to seize the fly 1t returns toward the bot tom, but soon essays another attempt, and will continue its efforts until finally the fly is taken into its mouth. From this 1t is evident that the grayling is not as shy as the trout. It Is also apparent that the fly should be kept on the sur face for trout, but allowed to sink few inches at each cast for grayling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
HOW rENDERLoIN GOT ITS NAME.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 It requires a sage to conduct seeing New York" auto-tallyho in this interro- gative age Ask the man with the mega phone anything from, Big Bill Devery's pet bulldog to John D. Rockefeller's in ability to eat corned beef and cabbage, and terse and correct answer is forth coming. "This, ladies and gentlemen, is the famous Tenderloin through which we are passing" came through the brass fun mel the other day The sightseers were strangers in the city. They were passing through modest precinct that was de- void of the rif-rafr element which they had expected to find. Here's the way the place got it's name." came the reply to a question through the megaphone: Two police officers. one of them Captain Alex ander s. Williams. several years ago quar- reled about their work. Williams few days before had arrested prominent New Yorker at a French ball held in Madi- son Square Garden. During a heated ar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
lncaI Meat InsnectiOn.

Chief Inspector Duncan's report for June shows, among other things, how sweeping the meat monopoly is in this section. and presumably in the rest of the country. Only about 10 per cent of the cattle consumed here are home slaughtered, although rather more or other animals, especially hogs, are killed and dressed here. It is about fair statement to say in round figures that the big packers in the northwest kill and prepare three-quarters Of our meats. and that the home folks slaughter but one-quarter. These facts go to explain how great through rebates and other devices the meat trust has become.
 Between the meat inspection that Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is now establishing in the big packing houses that largely supply this dis trict and the local inspection con ducted by Chief Inspector Duncan it is safe to say that no diseased meats will be offered for sale here. They are inspected upon arrival and they are watched while they are in the hands of retailers, and but little, if any. that is unfit is permitted to reach consumers.
 The local situation Is held well in hand. and Chief Inspector Duncan should in these hot months and espe- cially prior to the institution of the new national inspection system watch with increased vigilance all meats shipped to this district by the big western packers. There are here nine wholesale meat houses, and in these establishments are handled 90 per cent of the beef supply of this dis trict, and vast quantities of other meats, and the chief inspector does not hesitate to say that no meats un- fit for food are permitted by him to go out of those establishments. The home-slaughtered meats are also care fully inspected. and altogether the To- cal meat supply Is in pretty sound condition, and the chief inspector doubtless will maintain his personal supervision and inspection during the remainder of the hot season at any rate.
 Too much should not be expected to come out of the new national inspec- ton. Some reforms will be instituted, but the same secretary of agriculture will have charge of it. Instead of one million year to spend he will have three million dollars. But money is not alone sufficient. We need local inspection, and we will need it even after the new system goes into effect. Chief Inspector Duncan should not re- lax his labors. His personal super vision and inspection is, after all our best safeguard against spoiled or unfit meats. Secretary Wilson does not and will not render his services superfu ous or migatory. There can not be too much or too close inspection of meats for public consumption.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
In the Band WaQon.

Quietly and with deal of tact, not to say slyness, the Mobile Register takes seat In the Bryan bandwagon. The Nebraskan, 1t says, "modestly un- dermeasures his own importance. ~Any one," the Register seated in the bandwagon goes on to explain, 'can tell him that he Is the only man who is really in the field or has any chance of receiving the nomination; and the explanation of this is that MT. Bryan is believed to be the only democrat whom the democrats can elect presi- Mont. That belief is general and pos huve. No other prominent man in the
 oorty is held in any such estimation
 ,oithsk MT. Hearst nor MT. Bailey.
 ctb e}these have many friends. but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

ly suffered from the liquidation conse- quent on their disturbing influence upon public sentiment. Wall street has no in- terest in giving rebates to favored shin pers on the railroads On the contrary, no one could desire more to see such expenditure find it's proper place In the pocket of the stockholder
 It Is Wall street which wants a safe and practical currency system and it is the little congressman from the back blocks who impedes any plan of the kind, in order to impress his hayseed friends with his bold front to the Financial octopus" Wall street is governed by the commercial demand for money, and only In very limited degree can manipulate rates to suit its most powerful interests. Wall street Is surely not responsible for the far extending real estate gamble at present in progress in so many parts of the country. Wall street does not create the demand for money to move crops which tightens rates automatically in the fall.
 Nevertheless, Wall street gets tlfe credit for all these things. It has sins enough of it's own. but 1t seems to be the rule to credit 1t with ver.thing which in any way disturbs the financial balance The charge Is easy and popular. It conceals an utter ignorance of economies Of course, nothing Is ever settled by dis cussions based upon such a fallacy, but the awkward admission that the per- centage of black sheep is about the same in Wall street as out of 1t. Is avoided. It has been the duty of this Journal to deal faithfully with financial abuses and no part of its policy to defend the, in- defensible Still it seems fair to ask news- papers which ought to know better pre- cisely what they mean when they use the phrase Wall street Surely it is not necessarily Q term of reproach
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
Humane Society.

Tt Is to be sincerely regretted" re- marked business man last night, that no more interest is taken In the work of the Humane society than is being shown at present.
 'The members themselves are becoming very negligent of the work and the meet ing called was unable to transact business from the lack of a quorum. To my mind this organization is a needful one and Is worthy of hearty support and en- couragement. A city of the size of Bir- mingham should certainly have a large and strong society and it Is to be hoped that interest will revive along this line It Is only necessary to keep ones eyes open to see the real need of a great body of workers in this field, and the lasting good that could be accomplished by de- termined and alert humane society"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 A lie can travel a nightly long distance without a getting lost.
 A nice thing about being terrible unpop- ular is 1t means you have lot of money.
 There is an awful lot of money wasted buying drinks on a hot day, when they are lost in precipitation.
 If the baby lets the family get in little sleep between 6 8. m. and breakfast, It's mother will tell how good It was.
 The man in politics has darn sight more fun acquiring his bad reputation than his relatives have living 1t down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
HOME COMING WEEK.
the Franklin Times.

From the Franklin Times.
 Alabama is to have a Home Coming week October 15 to 20 when all of our na- tive sons and daughters who have stray ed off and become citizens of other states are expected to pay their old Alabama homes a visit The Alabama nome com ing week was launched by Birmingham people and the state press has joined the move to make it big success with the Magic City as the central point. Frank lin county would be delighted to have all of its natives who are now in other states at home once more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
BOOSTERS TRIP"
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald
 The Nashville Boosters" have returned home, bringing the gratifying news that in the 112 towns In Tennessee and Alabama at which they stopped, the city of Nash vile was held in high esteem.-Nashville American.
 Those booster train" tours are becom- ing susplciously popular in the south. In their opportunities for protracted absences from the domestic fireside they beat the old lodge night" excuse out of sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
GOOD SCHEM E.

From the Pensacola Journal.
 A movement has been inaugurated in Birmingham to give clerks and store em- ployes a half holiday on Fridays. The scheme has been in operation for some time in Pensacola and has been productive of much good.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

if WILL not advertise" said q man
 with a determined mouth. He went abroad and along the boulevards he read a lengend, oft repeated. which said, Tt pays to advertise" He bought book and the title was. Tt Pays to Advertise" A poet was standing on a corner, reclting verses to an s admiring throng. His theme was the priceless boon of publicity. In a park band was play ing a frolicsome air with words which tapered off something like this: Pays pays, 1t pays to advertisei" The newspa- pers were overfowing with the same ad- vice. People discussed 1t on trolley cars the day. Yet" said the man. q will not advertise" He was a burglar.
 RUINED LIFE. He had a home and loving wife,
 A pleasant place to live And all the gilded comforts that
 A store of riches give.
 In business he'd won success
 In politics renown.
 On public days he seemed to be
 The biggest man in town. How happy was his lot in lifel
 His future, too, how bright Until one day in summer time
 He fell beneath a blight
 rash fanatic coaxed him out
 To see @ baseball game
 And after that, his neighbors say.
 He never was the same
 His daily duties were forgot
 His wife and home, to boot. The sole ambition that he had
 Was this: To root and root He yelled at players till, forsooth,
 His throat was passing sore And talked about the pennant so
 He was a chronic bore.
 He worked no more and ceased to dress
 With his accustomed care, He went about with staring eyes
 And wildly tourled hair. At last he got so rabid that
 His mind became unwell And now he babbles baseball dope
 Within padded cell. There is paper In Texas called "The Jimplecute" No, we don't know Do you? The inventor of the Long Dry Punch" Is dead. Long live the L. D. P. The homemade gun beats the toy pistol in at least forty ways.
 Secretary Taft is sitting on the lid in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
MEAN FLING.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Birmingham newspapers are mak- ing a vigorous fight for the removal of the jail in that city. Is 1t too close to them ?-Columhus Ledger.
 No they keep it so full the people are afraid it will bust.
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Tennessee-Republic Officials.

John A. Topping, president of the Re- public company and chairman of the Ten nessee, will arrive in Birmingham today
 c. J. Barr, who succeeds J. A. Durfree as general superintendent of the Tennes- sees Ensley division, and J. H. Lefevre assistant general superintendent, have en- tered upon their new duties.
 " l.. Wills has been appointed general superintendent of the rolling mill prop critics
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gument Williams told his antagonist that he (Williams) had the best district in town; that he had the tenderloin and the other fellow the trump. Since the quarrel the third police district, clear down to the Thirteenth district, on Staten Island, has been designated the "Tenderloin.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
kNOCKING.

From the Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
 The Age-Herald says the pistol-toter is Birmingham's chief curse. But the home of Vulcan should not feel lonely, as there are others. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
GREETING FROM KENTUCKY.

From the Louisville Herald.
 Nothing now will do dear old lady Ala bama but to have homecoming of her own. Success and joy be to you, sister, in thousands of returning children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Young Thaw is now accused of tot ing pistol three years. Some Ala Eamians can outdo that bad record by a score of years at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Hoch der Commoner! Goot morgen, Grandpa Wilhelm!
 WISHES. Some want money, Others fame, Some would like a Sounding name. Some want clothes and Others books, Some want friends and Pleasant looks. Some want food and Stuff to drink, Some would know what Others think. Some want this and Some want that, Some want slimness, Others fat Some of us by Heat opprest. Would be glad to Have a rest It's lucky that the limelght doesn't bring freckles. Alexander Berkman denies marriage. What does Emma say?
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Count Boni is becoming accustomed to the grand bounce. He was first bounced by his wife, and later still by the chamber of deputies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Pistol permits are being cancelled in New York city. and the pistol toter in Birmingham is becoming uneasy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

One trouble about Grover Cleveland having the asthma is that he will be swamped by infallible cures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Walter Wellman and the Chicago Record-Herald are beginning to get into the limelight even if it be in a somewhat frigid place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Georgia honors her public names by carving out counties to bear their names. The latest county is to be called Ben Hill county, and Fitzgerald is to be it's county seat.
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The sleuth of the period is paid by one party and he discloses secret in- formation thus gained to the enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

The bakeries of Chicago are now pronounced unsanitary, and the people of that city begin to think they have not got anything that is sweet and wholesome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Grover Cleveland must be pretty i'll, for he cannot fish, and when he can not do that he is certainly feeling poorly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Joseph B. Bishop is to have $10,- 900 salary as press agent of the Pan anna canal commission. His duties consist in cashing his monthly pay checks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Of course, President Roosevelt will not greet Colonel Bryan on his return. That was a crazy suggestion, anyway.
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Nick and our Alice are winning the hearts of the Parisians. All countries are alike in ovations to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Boni has been divorced from poli- tics also. This seems to be the di- vorce period of his life.
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Peaches and melons outrank just now cotton, but King Cotton will as- sert his supremacy later on.
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An Alabama contemporary tries to make the Czar feel small by spelling Russia with a small "r."
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Of course, MT. Morgan and MT. Bryan did not fall upon each others necks when they met in London. Both gentlemen have memories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Mir. Bryan declines to sit on a stool and look pretty two long years.
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The saloons have reopened in San Francisco. Gimme the same" Is heard frequently.
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The Roosevelts are trying to live at Oyster Bay without publicity, but they are not wholly successful at 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Revolutions are ripe in Central America. All seasons are theirs in that America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Barbara Krupp is worth $12,500,000, which makes her a pretty good bar gain in the matrimonial market, al though Bertha is worth much more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

John T. Morgan and Edmond w. Pettus and Ben Tillman are to go back to new senatorial terms unopposed. The people have lots of political sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Alabama has 71S rural free delivery routes. Mr. Clayton's district leads all the rest In this respect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Should Salvador and Guatemala tie up we would have another bantam weight bout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

President Roosevelt wears at Oyster Bay a hat that is decidedly and huge ly Panamese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

There Is nothing charitable about the judge who gave Fourth of July 'drunks" thirty days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

The Duke of Abruzzi Is tall climber. That is his specially, as he does not have to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Tillman will not be opposed. He Is needed in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

John w. Tomlinson is one man who cannot be crowded out of the band wagon by newcomers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Only presidents in this country are burdened with an itinerary" when they travel.
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ENOUGH SAID,

From Punch. London
 Any Tree to Any woodman-Axe me no more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07
1 had rather

Have skipp'd from sixteen years of age
 to sixty, To have turned my eaping time into
 crutch, Than have seen this.
 -Cymbeline.
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SONG OF THE PEDESTRIAN.

From Judge.
 l like To hike.
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Washington and no matter how hot 1t gets, there won't be enough steam to blow him off.
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ALABAMA PRESS

Roanoke Leader: Bryan's a-eomIng-to America and to the presidency.
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him off.
 NO REST FOR HIM The President Is resting now
 And has a holiday,
 But poor old Loeb just keeps at work
 Way down in Oyster Bay. Once when you said that the chicken you were trying to eat dated back to prehistoric times, you little guessed how near you came to the truth. A cold storage muck-raker has unearthed fowls twelve years dead.
 The President of Guatemala Is being fed by his mother. Lots of grown sons are enjoying the same free board in this country and they are not in prison. either
 Welll Well! Well An unscathed veteran of the civil war had two fingers blown off by hrecrackers on the Fourth.
 A STANDBY. When other topics fail the bard
 Full well he knows he can Indite a pleasing verse or two
 About the weather man. Carrie Nation Is in hot water again. She knows more about trouble than any other woman in the country The ice man, up tree: "Et tu. Arkan- sas?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

Carrie Nation Is in hot water again. She knows more about trouble than any other woman in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-07

The ice man, up tree: "Et tu. Arkan- sas?''
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Tuscumbia North Alabamian: The Ice man Is not looking pleasant in Tuscum- bia. There's a cut-price war on
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Pine Belt News: Paderewsld is coming to this country again. Europe Is apprecla- tive. but America has the coin.
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Gadsden Times-News: Now that the con- gressional campaign is about to open there will he a decided cessation of trust-bait- ing.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post oirice as second-class matter under act Of Congress March 3 1879.
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We'll Well! We'll An unscathed veteran of the civil war had two fingers blown off by hrecrackers on the Fourth.
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Alexander City Outlook: One Alabama editor who Is asking for state office will have an easy walkover fin the August primary. Frank Julian of the North Ala bamian is the lucky man. He is offering for secretary of state and Is just too clever to find opposition.