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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
Likes BIRMINGHAM spirit.

II like the spirit of the Birmingham dis
trict and have great confidence in its
future" said DIR. B. NJ. Kinney of Gull
man, who spent yesterday looking over
the district with view of Investing IN
real estate. 1T went to Ensley and am
very much pleased with that city's steady
growth and general air of prosperity
The outsider can more fully appreciate
the great Improvements that are being
made along industrial lines than those
who live here and become accustomed to
the growth day by day.
Though I am loyal citizen of Gull
man, one of the best communities in the
state of Alabama, I am proud of Biz
mingham and its great achievements"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Cover the Mirrors.

Albert stradford chief deputy sheriff,
in discussing things in general. remarked
that some one should call attention to
furniture dealers and others of the danger
in hauling uncovered mirrors through the
streets.
81 saw what came near being a serious
accident by a horse becoming frightened
by reflection of the sun in a mirror on a
dray a half block away" said the chief
deputy. This is the second case I have
noticed this summer. If people would be
careful to prevent this hauling of uncov-
cred looking glasses It might save some
persons life and the offending person from
heavy damage suit"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
EASILY coNJEcTURED.

From the Chicago Tribune.
II see you had ham and eggs for break
fast" observed the amateur detective,
with a far-away, inscrutable Sherlock H.
Gillette look in his eyes.
'.Har' exclaimed the man in the faded
Prince Albert frowning darkly; you in
ferred the eggs. hayhap. from the traces
In me beard. But you guessed at the rest,
be Jove!"
Not at all Ham is written all over
you"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
EASIER UP THAN DOWN.

From the New York Press.
81 saw funny thing the other day."
said the observant man. You know that
moving stairway on the Twenty-third
street station-the escalator, they call it.,
don't they? Well. l saw a man about
three sheets in the wind walk up it. When
he got nearly to the top he concluded he
didn't want to go up after all. Gee! l
wish you could have seen him come down.
IT took him an hour and drew crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
Count wltte Underooes Operation.

ST. Petersburg, August 22.-Count
Witte, former premier, submitted to an
operation on Tuesday at Frankfort-on-
the-Main which was performed on Pro-
fessor Espiss. A telegram received
here from the count declares that his
health was the sole reason for his
visit to Frankfort, all rumors of politi-
cal aims to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. He will be obliged to remain at
Frankfort or in the vicinity in order
to effect a cure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Any kind of woman's hat is in style
If she pays enough for it.
Lots of men would rather hold a public
Job than make q living.
It's funny how much more crowded
fat seems after you've been married
little while.
Adam must have been mighty glad he
didn't have any plumbing to try to TX
for his wife,
A woman thinks II she could sharpen a
lead pencil better everybody would say
she had a good business head.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
Cossack Regiment MutlnIes.

St Petersburg, August 22.-Accord-.
ing to private advices, the Twenty
fourth Ural (Cossack) regiment has
mutinied at Samarcand, Asiatic Rus
STA and arrested its officers. The COM
mander of the garrison of Samarcand,
1t is said, has demanded the immediate
surrender of the mutineers. The artil-
lery has been called out and the city
Is In a state of panic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Robert ]. Lowe seems a winner In
the race for one Of the associate rail
road commissioners. He has friends
in every one of the sixty-seyen coun-
ties, and they are rallying to him in
fine style. They consider him an adj
mirable man to handle the complex
problems that will come before the
commission. A lawyer is needed on it,
and Mr.. Lowe promises to be selected
partly because of his we'll known legal
ability. Jefferson county will give him
a rousing vote, and every county Will
respond in Mr. loves favor hand
somely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
orthopedlc Society in Session.

Toronto, August 22.-The American
Oithopedic association today elected
Joel T. Goldthwaite of Boston presi-
dent. DR.. Robert B. Osgoods of Bos-
ton secretary The next annual meet
ing will be held at Washington. ID. c.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
"THE VALLEY OF PARADISE"

dozen or more other volcanoes. but none
are dangerously active. The Cordilleras
de la Costa are the mountains nearest
the coast. They are compare lively low
The Andes, which extend through the
middle of Chile, are the highest range
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
Kills His Rival.

Lexington, KY, August 22.-During
a religious revival In Magoffin county
today Boyd Sturgeon shot and killed
John England, his rival for the affec-
lions of young woman. Sturgeon
escaped to the mountains.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

The story is running in the news
papers that President Roosevelt told
Speaker Cannon that he is billed for
the succession. But this does not quite
settle 1t. An election will be held just
the same
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Confabs at Sycamore Hill may not
at home rank up to the kissing bees
of King Edward and Emperor William,
but the one is just about as important
as the other.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Both Hearst and Jerome are court
ing independent rather than demo
cratic voters. Politics in New York is
chaotic. Even a republican nomination
is considered of little value.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

No better example Of the game of
politics as played In this country can
be found than that presented by the
state >, New York
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

It now looks as If Speaker Cannon
would be the standpat, and Mr.. Taft
the revision, aspirant before the ma
tional republican convention.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Insurance Inspector Hughes cannot
count on the support of Chauncey M.
Depew in case he becomes the repub-
lican candidate for governor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
Last lap for the candidates.

Job printers get rich printing cam
paign cards.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

The Divorces do not relish the list
ing that is to be done by the national
government. They object to federal
interference in such state matters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

After what President Roosevelt said
to him, you couldn't blame Uncle
Joe" for feeling chesty-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

e. H. Hartman moves In his higher
realm, to which he was duly assigned
by William Nelson Cromwell, reaping
at every step golden harvest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Mrs. Leslie Carter is beginning life
anew. She has new manager and a
new husband, and she will appear soon
In a new play.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

The Jaur of Navauagar is dead, but
the place Is not open to civil service
applicants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
ALABAMA PRESS
Mobile Register; Jerome is willing If
democracy has really Serious intentions.

Mobile Register; Jerome is willing if
democracy has really Serious intentions.
Gadsden Times-News: Up to date no
man has been drowned in the Panama
Canal.
Montgomery Advertiser: Ella Wheeler
Wilcox says she has often lived for as
much as two months at a stretch on a
diet of milk and prunes. We can easily
believe it, especially as to the prunes
Montgomery Journal: From the reading
of the Iowa platform on the tariff is
sue, Senator Allison must have ben well
enough to take pen in hand. for the tariff
plank has all the earmarks of the great
compromiser.
Gadsden Journal: The Age-Herald wants
to move Vulcan to jamestown for the
exposition next year. Considering that
not enough money could be raised to set
him up at home this is rather bold
move on the part of The Age-Herald, but
it occurs to us that the proposition Is
worth considering and that much good
would result to the entire mineral dis
trict of Alabama If this were done. And
the further suggestion Of The Age-Herald
that he be put upon pedestal of Ala
bama marble and left at Hampton Roads
as a permanent monument to the iron
and coal mines of the south, where he
may be Viewed from all vessels clearing
the Norfolk wharves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

No more negro troops are to be
stationed in Texas, and Fort Browne
Is to be abandoned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Now Is the time to subscribe-to
Chairman Griggs' campaign fund. Send
on a simoleon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Nicholas won Alice on the Man.
churia, which is now aground.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

The Goddess of Liberty may be
whipped by Cossacks, but she cannot
be put out of the running. She has
come to stay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Secretary Taft is drawing to tic
bitter conclusion that fat men should
be seen and not heard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

It's q long road to literary prefer
ment unless you advertise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Birmingham has the penranr practi-
cally nailed down.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

The motor record between New York
and San Francisco is fifteen days. The
airships may do better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

"a PRESS dispatch states that Mr.
WI Bryan is delighted with his Eu-
ropean trip. Small wonder! If
you should go away from home with one
foot in the political grave, be wined and
dined by everybody who is anybody
abroad. including royalty, and while you
were having the time of your life the
fates should conspire to fix up for you a
frst-class presidential boom. and at any
time you sat down to a banquet board it
was with the knowledge that somebody
or other was declaring for you at home
and every time you walked up in the
morning it was to receive more good news
from a Democratic state convention. and
every time you turned around somebody
wanted to call you a winner-if all this
should happen to you while you were hav-
ing the time of your life, and junketing
as the LEADING PRIVATE CITIZEN,
wouldn't 1t make you feel pretty good?
Mr.. Bryan has reasons to be cheerful.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

William Nelson Cromwell should list
all the denizens of his esteemed higher
realm.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

DIR. Dowie will be allowed to remain
in Zion City as a preacher, but bust
ness matters will be In other hands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

The dog days last until September
5, and summer does not begin to
weaken until they are ended and dis
missed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Maybe, If Sullivan and Bryan could
have a talk the clouds would fade
away.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

william Jennings Bryan is not a
king, but in politics he is king bee.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Look to your qualifications for vot-
ing this week. Go to the court house
where the registrars are sitting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Mr.. Rockefeller says he is still able
to totter around.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Speaker Cannon makes canned tariff
a specially in his presidential race.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

King Edward Is said to have got his
Union Pacific tip from J. Pierpont
Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

The Elihu Root boom for President
seems to have been mislaid.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

We are confronted with the woman
prizefghter. Still. It is better for her to
use fists than to pull hair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Steamer Hendrick Hudson is hailed
Queen of the River" If gender counts
the name should be "Hendrietta.''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Justice ]. R. Dowden served a term
of six years on the bench of the SUI
preme court of this state. and in the
primary of 1904 he was elected TO
serve another term, but under new
law his term was by lot cut down to
two years. He now goes before the
people, practically without opposition,
for denomination and reelection to a
full term. Judge Dowdell's service on
the supreme bench has been eminently
satisfactory, and the people will surely
give him a full term to serve out. He
deserves this much at the hands of
the voters who are proverbially fair
and lust
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

False hair is becoming fashionable.
Heretofore It has been a necessity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23


Do you see the snowfakes falling
Driven swiftly by the wind?
DO you hear old winters ripping,
Raucous voices as they blend?
Do you say It's down to zero
And were due another drop?
Do you-do you-wait a minute
Think the sleet will ever stop?
Do you think you'll go out skating
When the ice is strong enough?
Do you you want an overcoat that's
Thick and warm and heavy stuff?
Do you count cicles hanging?
Do you hear the tempest beat?
If you do, in sultry August,
You are crazy with the heat.
Packingtown is such a beautiful place
now that 1t is pleasure for a pig TO die
there.
Irene Gardner speaks of THE nameless
horror of the hobo" Shhh! Irene, it's
waterl
Upton Sinclair is going to rake in the
Pittsburgh financial and social jungle. Get
big rake, Upton
SURE ROUTE
The way to his heart she endeavored to
find,
Exploring with graces bewitchin'.
She had much success and found it, I
guess
Because she went right through the
kitchen.
The City Council has decreed that GER
tain patent medicine poster, alleged to be
obscene, must be taken off the city bill
boards, Everybody is irving to get a peeD
at that poster.
If that charger at Fort Ben Harrison,
Ind, really did prance with Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks, he didn't know who was
on his back.
There is a scarcity of S. bills. also of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

It was only dream dreamer had,
A dream that didn't come true,
The castles he builded all tumbled down
And his life was embittered with rue
Yet, It gave him the courage to fight to
the last
For the dream was beautiful and good
He fell in the ruck and the world soon
forgot,
But the great Referee understood.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A DREAM.

ones twos, tens. twentiez. hfties and cen
turtles with us.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23
ENOUGH OF THAT.


Sweet barefoot daysl Sweet childhood
days!
What joy once more to feel
Their keen delight, tho I'd foreeo
The stone bruise on my heel!
If we are going to have Notwithstanding
whisky and denatured cigars, we may as
well take the heat out of tobasco sauce
It is never too late for an unloaded re-
volver to go off. One did SO the other
day after resting thirty years.
What Jerome and Hearst think of each
other just is fit to print.
Wonder what sort of porters there will
be on the aerial expresses?
After all. canned musicp is not as bad
as canned meat, ]. P. s.
Down with love syndicates"l Cupid
hasn't anything to do with them.
Having entered the newspaper business,
Pat Grove says he wants to be good. It's
a cinch that he won't be extravagant.
There is no more Hourishing order than
the Society of Persons Who-Have-Ha
Their Appendices Removed.
The booming of Cannon is heard
The stork doesn't go south in summer
and north in winter
SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT.
The summer girl doth much delight
To hook the summer man.
But when it comes to vanity
She's prouder of her tan.
The president of the w. C. 7. U. says
that Princeton winks at drinking. Winks
while drinking, too, no doubt.
The man who says that he is "all in
as a rule has been out too long.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Sweet barefoot daysl Sweet childhoo,
days.
What joy once more to feel
Their keen delight, tho I'd forego
The stone bruise on my heel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Upton Sinclair is going to rake in the
Pittsburgh financial and social jungle. Get
a big rake, Upton
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

ut the great Referee understood.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Gadsden Times-News: Up TO date no
man has been drowned in the Panama
Canal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

If We are going to have Notwithstanding
whisky and denatured cigars we may as
well take the heat out of tobasco sauce.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Packingtown is such a beautiful place
now that 1t is a pleasure for pig TO die
there
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Irene Gardner speaks of THE nameless
horror of the hobo" Shhh Irene, it's
waterl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-23

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. post
office as second-class matter under act
OF Congress March g. 1879.
The Washington times., 1906-06-15
ACTIVE ISSUES
SHOW A DECLINE
Continuation of Liquidation
in Early Trading.

There was a continuation of the liqui-
dauon in the early trading this morning
that caused further declines in nearly
all the active issues. Reading falling to
1854 and Union Pacific dropping to 1855
These two stocks indicated pretty closely
9he general range OF the market.
After the declines referred to occurred
the tone improved gradually and the
early losses were recovered IN some
cases. and in others slight net gains
Were made.
The buying of Union Pacific. St. Paul
and Reading was considered very good
Baltimore and Ohio. which has been in
demand from banking interests, for sew
eral days, was firm.
Government bonds unchanged; other
Bonds irregular.
AT the opening OF the stock market
prices showed irregularity more than
any pronounced tendency in either direc-
ton. Dealings were fairly active and In
some instances were in large blocks
The bear faction apparently stroVe at
the start TO provoke additional Iiduida-
1lon. but the selling pressure was not
pronounced.
Reading in the last few minutes was
down to 132, against 1853 earlier in the
DAY. ST. Paul. which sold as high as
lS21s on Wednesday, dropped 10 17SH
Declines ranged from l TO 2 points in
Union Pacific. Great Northern preferred
dell points Anaconda, after early sales
at 2S4. dropped TO 260
The Washington times., 1906-06-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
PLACED ON RECORD

Petworth-CharIes A. NJ. Lofier 81
ux. 70 Andrew d. Lofaer, lot 4, square
%. SO.
Randle Parx-NIarietta Sanders ct vir,
w. L. TO Frank Z. Butterfield, lot 6,
block 3, $40.
Meridian Eill-John A Massic ct al
trustees, to Frank J. Sabotka, lot 80,
block 3. $3.50.
Washington notwithstanding Gait
and 81, SO.
Randle Highlands-NationaI Safe
Deposit, Savings and Trust Company.
trustee, 70 United States Realty Com
pany, lots % and % block 5; lot le
block 9; lots ; and s, block I3- lots
,, 3. /. is. "a. block II, and lot u.
block 19 and block 20. SO.
Addition 10 LeDroit Park-George p.
NewtCG ct uX 10 Henry W. and India
NJ. Marshall, lot 81. square 25. $4,000
Twelfth street northeast, between I
and X streets-kaharine L. Johnson ct
vir, John O., to Charles Helling, lot 66,
square IOO2, $500.
Isherwood-James r. Bryan ct al.
trustees. 10 Hannah II. Patten. lot "a,
block %. $40.
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains
Charles 4. Mason eu uX to Fred G.
Coldren, part lot so. $40.
South observation-disclosures B. Thompson
ct vir. Charles F., TO William Wallace
Price. lots and g. block. Il. $40.
Twelfth street northeast. between f
and + streets-LOttie L. Burn ct vir
James d. TO Annie +. Harr lot 81,
square 1.0O7. SO.
The Washington times., 1906-06-15
NEW NATIONAL BANK
MAY Be ESTABLISHED

The possibilities Of a successful ma
tional bank located In the uptown sec
ton rave appealed to several prominent
capitalists and plans have been dis
cussed looking to the establishment of
one in the vicinity of Connecticut ave
nue. and L street
Nothing definite has yet been accom-
plished and parties in interest state that
il may be several months before any
action is taken. The plan is 10 form
bank with a capital of $3.50 600 divided
into shares OF Sl00 each and II is said
that already the total amount has found
ready takers among several wealthy
gentlemen.
Among those named as being chiefly
interested are Murray A. Cobb, the we'll
known real estate broker; John Z. Story
and Henry II. Ward an out-of-town
capitalist. having large property inter
ests in this city. The names of others
interested are withheld. but IL is said
that they embrace some of the most
prominent business men Of the city.
The Washington times., 1906-06-15
Visiting Craftsmen
Banqueted at Temple

Members OF Local Union No. 4 last
night entertained at a banquet the dele
gates to the convention Of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood OF BoOkbinders now
in session at Typographical Temple
The banquet was held In Masonic Tenn
pie. Covers were laid for $50 The hall
was tastefully decorated with flags and
flowers. and during the evening music
was rendered by William Hyde. E. NJ
Becker. jr.. William Holt. and Fred
Seyffelt.
The toastmaster of the evening was W.
c. Connor. Those who responded for a
brief talk We're Samuel Gompers pres
ident of the American Federation OF La
Dor; 7. V. Powderly, Robert Glocking
president Of the international bookbfnd-
ers; Emil Peterson. president of the To-
cal printing pressmen and ]. L. Feapev
president of Local No T. 1t was lst
midnight when good night was said and
the delegates returned to their hotels