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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Hickory Club.


 Probably few people in Birmingham have heard of the Hickory club,' said citizen who takes an interest in the af- fairs of the youth of our city, but it is an organization that ought. in my opinion' to receive the support of all thoughtful parents who have growing sons. It was formed about one year ago through the efforts Of James Graham, who was up to a short time ago it's president. Burr Blackburn Is the present president
 The avowed purpose of the club Is to promote oratory. debate and general eul- ture, and as it's members profess great admiration for originality, some helpful and friendly discussions are often indulged in at the Monday night meetings. The Commercial club kindly allows the use of it's hall. and Secretary J. B. Babb of the Commercial club frequently drops in to make himself one of the boys. It is readily seen that his interest and assls- tance is much appreciated by the mem- bers of the club
 The Hickory club has an ideal-it wishes to live and become a perpetual power for good in the great and growing city of Birmingham, It has a peculiarity attractive field and touches phases of de- Yelopment which it is impossible to get anywhere else in the city. It wishes to work up strong membership, and ex- tends hearty invitation to all young men between the ages of 15 and 25 years of good character and serious motives to come and align themselves with 1t and work for the development of good citizen- ship
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
Great Earnings of Convicts.

Tn the first nine months of the states fiscal year the board of convict in spectors had received as earnings of convicts $535, ,660, not including $3S,761 earned in the cotton mill at Speigner's. It would be idle to estimate the total earnings up to the end of the fiscal year on October 1. It will probably exceed the record of any previous year by about $125,OOO
 The deficiency of labor in this state, alike in the mineral district and in the lumber camps, renders the demand for convicts unprecedented. It runs far behind the supply in the hands of tho state board One result in the short supply is seen in the moderation mani. tested by contractors They are req sonable. They are glad to get convict labor on almost any terms.
 Dr. Shirley Bragg, now president of the state board of convict inspectors, reports the convicts in fine condition. The death rate is unusually low and the health rate high. Governor Jelks certainly has good reason to be grati- fled and satisfied with the workings of the system that he established and has kept in fine working condition. It has been a revolution from both a Humanitarian and an economic point nf uiaW
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
EVERY FRENcHMAN MUST DINE
Happy and Care-Free In Evenings Is
 the True Partisan.

From the Baltimore News
 Paris.-London sets the styles in dress for men and Paris sets them for women. Never have seen such costumes as those worn by the Paris women, and one must come here to realize the literal meaning of the word "chic." It Is not altogether the cut of the clothes of the French wom- an the quality that counts. She knows -ahl so well--how to wear them. Her success in blending colors and combina- tions makes her the envy of the feminine world and the admiration of tie rnascu- line. Truly she contributes her full part to French art.
 But the French man, with all of his politeness and little nieeties, is not good dresser. He Is nowhere near the class of the London man, nor can he equal the Baltimore man who gives thought to his wardrobe. This, of course. applies to gem eralities. There are exceptions where the Frenchman is a model of the tailor's and haberdasher's skill.
 As a rule. however, there are other things that mean much more to him than mere clothes. For instance, he likes to dine. Every Frenchman, In the proper sense of the word. dimes in the evening. He prefers highly seasoned food if he can get it. and service of corresponding de- gree of excellence. But dine he must and dine he will If not a good dinner, then q poor one. He must have' his soup, his fish. a roast, an entree, some salad, dessert and a bit of cheese. With this he has wine, the vintage regulated by the size of his bank roll His coffee. in the summer time. he will take outside with a cigar ette or cigar, and a1is enjoyment is not complete unless he hears the strains of an orchestra.
 He is not. perhaps. so passionately fond of music as the German, but still he likes it. and will have 1t if he can afford it. He is gay and happy in the evenings, is the F'renchman, and his cares, whatever they are. he dismisses temporarily. He rises late and he dimes late. Nine o'clock is about the proper hour for the coffee. after he has paid his respects to the various courses Then he is ready for the gay life. When London is going to bed, Paris is just beginning to warm up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
ON AN INTAGLIo HEAD OF MINER

By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The cunning hand that carved this face, A little helmeted Minerva The hand. I say, ere Phidias wrought, Had lost its subtle skill and fervor. Who was he? Was he glad or sad,
 Who knew to carve in such fashion? Perchance he shaped this dainty head For some brown girl that scorned tis
 passion.
 But he is dust: We may not know
 His happy or unhappy story: Nameless, and dead these thousand years. His work outlives' him,-there's his
 glory!
 Both man and jewel lay in earth Beneath a laya-bursed city; The thousand summers came and went. With neither haste nor hate nor pity. The years wiped out the man, but left The jewel. fresh as any blossom, Till some Visconti dug 1t up,-
 To rise and fall on Mabel's bosom, O. Roman brother. See how Time
 Your gracious handiwork has guarded. See how your loving. patient art
 Has come. at last, to be rewardedi Who would not suffer sights of men. And bangs of hopeless passion also. To have his carven agate-stone
 On such a bosom rise and fall SO!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
Senatorial Succession,

All concede that this states veteran
 Senators should succeed themselves, but all are not agreed over the sue cession, which is to be determined as we'll in the August primary. And this disagreement is all the more danger ous because of the indifference. with which the question is widely regarded. The Selma Journal greatly regrets this indifference, for it has been dem onstrated,r says the Journal. 'in more than one state that a Senator who has the ambition to build up machine in his state and who possesses ordinary shrewdness can succeed in doing so. The nomination of alternate senators will give to such nominees a unique power and one which cannot be com Dated. They will not be in office, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
Typhoid and Filtration.

Tn previous years Washington has been sadly afflicted with typhoid fever, but last fall large, expensive and modern filtration plant was put into operation. The hope was expressed at the time that the Potomac water would be rendered wholesome by the sand or mechanical process, and that it would no longer be necessary to boil it in order to secure immunity from bacteri. ological diseases in it's use and con sumption.
 This hope has, however, proven de, lusive, for the typhoid scourge is as prevalent in Washington today as 1t was last summer or at any previous time.
 If sand filtration will not rob water of harmful germ life, the fact should be made known, for the very use of ap. proved filtration induces many to be careless in the boiling of water. Wash ington is Investigating the subject. An expert commission has been put at work, and every case of typhoid in Washington is to be investigated with view of ascertaining whether the in lection is of local nature or is due to Potomac water brought in by the District and distributed to household CTS. Physicians and people are urged to aid the investigators, and the hope is entertained that their final report will make plain the source of typhoid contamination in The national capital.
 The case in question is full of inter- est, for the findings facts and concu- sions of the commission at Washington may fit other towns and other water supplies. At present sand filtration stands approved by the best engineers and scientists. and the Washington investigation will necessarily go over the entire problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
Sand Mountain Development.

Hardy any other section in the state has had the rapid development that is shown in the Sand Mountain region around Albertville and Boaz." said Elm nett O'Neal, candidate for lieutenant gov ernor. at the Morris hotel last night
 .It has only been few years since the lands in this section could be bought for $1.00 and $1.50 per acre Now it is actually being held at large prices, some of it as high as $50 and s75.
 There is not perhaps finer agricul- tural section in the state. unless it is the wiregrass section in South Alabama, and wonderful developments are noted in every part of Marshall county. Albert vile and Boaz are both enterprising and growing towns, and are in the midst of a thriving and prosperous district
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
We'll Known Man,

There is probably not q man in town better known than Tony Jerico," said young man who was formerly a boy with banana proclivities. Every youth in Birmingham whose kid days have come within the last lustrum Is familiar with Tony and his stand How much the genial Greeks kindness of heart has cost him in the way of apples and bananas and peanuts would be hard to reckon
 Tony is a Spartan, and like all good sons of Hellas he dreams of returning to the land of Leonidas and the scenes of his early childhood. But Tony says that America is @ better country than the old land, and when he has settled certain af- fairs of the heart he will come back again to the place where everybody has 8 chancen n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
Washington and Leo University.

Washington and Lee university at Lex ington, Va, is in many respects a pecu- liarly desirable institution of learning, &C., eording to my view" said D. R. Bell who has been student there for the last two years. The curriculum is almost purely elective, and 1t has departments which are conceded to be the equal of any in the country. The English course and the chemistry work are especially thorough. The independent honor system is employed in the government student body, and is found to be the best way to develop the manliness of the young men in attendance.
 "The situation of the university is ideal It Is in a small town, and is surrounded by beautiful mountains, The North river a branch of the James river flows along not far from the campus and forms an excellent place for swimming and boat ing. The purity of the air, the quiet and the atmosphere of culture all tend 10 lend the proper surroundings for developing the best that Is in the youth of the country.
 Washington and Lee Is becoming more popular with the people of Alabama Last year out of an enrolment of 3S1 ten were from Alabama. and of this last named number, six have their homes in Birmingham. The old university deserves good patronage from all over the south if for no other reason than the fact that it is associated with some of the most cherished of the sections traditions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
NoToRIETY PLEASES MRS. THAW.


 New York correspondent Pittsburg Dis- patch.
 Mrs. Harry Kendall Thaw is the most talked of woman in New York at present and she knows 1t. The footsteps of the pretty former Florodora girl and artists model are followed from her apartments to the Tombs daily. If she stops en route to buy reading matter or some delicacy for her husband everybody stops points and gapes. Mrs. Thaw bears up well ui- der the scrutiny and notoriety and is by no means dressing in somber garb since the roof garden tragedy She does not appear in the least perturbed or show any signs of irritation when she passes the Broadway hotels and some one ex- citely shouts, There goes Harry Thaw's wife" Mrs. Thaw likes colors and knows just as well as her admirers that scarlet, Alice blue or anything else in the color line looks well on her. She knows how to dress to the best advantage and since her husband was thrown into a cell to await trial for the killing of Stanford White Mrs. Thaw has been wearing gowns that are being patterned after by the swellest set. So much has been said about the beauty of Mrs. Thaw that so- cety here has been craning it's neck to get a peep at her. Her beauty is the principal topic for conversation in the hotels, parlors and cafes. Mrs. Thaw is aware of this and apparently does not care in view of the fact that she sits complacently in an auto every day while going to the Tombs and makes no effoit to take roundabout way to escape ike scrutiny of Fifth avenue and Broadway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
St. Bernard.

The Rev Father Charles o. s. B., and the Rev. Father Clement, o. S. B., of St. Bernard college are in Birmingham. Father Clement will remain in the city until the middle of next week and while here will look after the interests of the college.
 The next session of St, Bernard begins September F. Birmingham will send it's quota of students. St, Bernard is one of the most popular institutions in all the south and every boy who has ever ma circulated there is its enthusiastic agent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
Over a Million of Homese ekers.

The tide of immigration is running beyond all precedent, and it may not be at flood even now. The figures for the fiscal year just ended may be ex- ceeded in the present year, and over a million may thus be added to the population of the country. A glance at the figures covering a five-year period will certainly disclose the size of the tide that is coming to us from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
GROWING INTEREST IN
 POPULARIZING OF ART

tical. One requires food as absolutely as the other or it will starve; from the men and women in whom the animal nature finds no check in the mental we get our ignorant, our paupers, our criminals, our social brutes, not our successful people our inventors, our thinkers our social benefactors If art has no mission to per- form, the love of it would have no exs- tence. The mistake is to look upon it as luxury and not a necessity of life An art-loving people must be an intelligent people, and less addicted than others to grosser pleasures. To awaken love and appreciation of it. to provide opportuni- ties for its public enjoyment, to increase facilities for the development of obscure talent is as practical a labor as it is noble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
Silk Worms at Work.

"I was much attracted this afternoon by the actions of the silk worms which are in Drennens show window said @ person who makes a study of entomology yesterday evening
 The silk worms at work Is rare sight, but, nevertheless, it can be witnessed at the place mentioned. have never seen a similar exhibition myself. The worms a thousand of the choicest direct from Japan-were put in the window Wednes- day morning among a good supply of mul- berry leaves, and by evening they had eaten probably half of them. Thursday they will begin to crawl to places where they can spin, and by Friday they will all be busy building their homes in the form of cocoons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
Tomlinson In New York.

John w. TomlinSon, who sometime ago received the appointment as member of the committee on scope and enter tainment for the William Jennings Bryan reception at Madison Square Garden, Au- gust 30, is on his way to the Empire State Before leaving. Mir. Tomhnson stated that he was under the impression that the reception to be given MT. Bryan would rival that accorded any other American on returning to his native land. The first meeting of the committee of which MT. Tomlinson is a member will be held next week.
 AS is generally known, many of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
Jerome,s Reception.

Prom present indications.H said Roy Mccullough, secretary of the board of trade, 'ithe reception extended to Mir Jerome on the night of the 2Oth inst. will be attended by a. most representative Alabama audience. The aeeeptanees are coming in fast and the attendance will be exceedingly large
 "The programme in full has not as yet been completed, but 1t Is safe to say that it will be elegant in every respect. MT. Jerome will be in Birmingham but one night, and from this city he will con- tinue his vacation trip to Montgomery"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
\ HILE a biography of the ice man
 7 would hardly rank with one of

the "sx best sellers.r the prominence which he holds in the public eye demands some sort of inquiry into his life and ways of being. The ice man. crude and undeveloped, was known to the blithe reveers of old Rome and fair Athens, where the cooling properties of snow, gathered from mountain tops was known in wines at the banquet table In fact. ice has figured in good living so long that 1t has become a necessity and thereby hangs a tale. When any pro- duet becomes indispensable to the human economy individuals will be found trying to realize a profit on 1t by boosting the price-henee we have the ice man. This functionary in ancient times was, as pre- viously suggested in this treatise, of small moment in himself. He did not become a large figure, as it were, until some fif- teen or twenty years ago, when artificial ice was first introduced. Since that time he has risen, until today, he is ranked with the kings of oil, of coal, of bread and meat. The ice manufacturer makes the ice and combines to raise the price against the people, while his hired man further increases profits by short weights. Both represent the flee man." and both are wicked, yet if there were no "ice man," think of the aching void Think of rhyming bards tearing their hair for theme; think of jokesmiths raklng in vain for quip: think of thousands of good citizens who would be deprived of their fayorite topic for complaint and think of the silence that would ensue!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
Birmingham's Characteristic.

J. A. Coates of Mobile, commercial agent of the Mallory Line, who is a frequent visitor to Birmingham, said There is one thing particularly impress sive about this city, and that is the shop windows. l don't know of town in this part of tile country where such displays are so elaborate and so well illuminated at night. They are really suggestive of Broadway, New York The many electric signs, too, are quite a striking feature. There is nothing that contributes more to the general air of eheerfulness and prosperity of a place; and people, like moths can't keep away from them. The esplanade, as you call 1t, Is almost unique. In fact I know of but one other town that can vie with Birmingham in this particular, and that is Cincinnati.
 Birmingham Is acquiring a reputation for doing things. I don't know of any other that is so much talked about by the travelling public. It is invariably as- sociated with success. You people seem to have solved the secret of self-advertis- ing to the last degree Pretty soon I expect to hear that for this purpose you have utilized the very smoke clouds from the furnaces. I shouldn't be bit sur- prised to see B. ham in mile wide letters thrown on them by means of some sort of search light machine. That Is the spirit that wins out Although I believe Birmingham could get along without 1t still 1t eyinces firm faith in your own future which inspires confidence in out siders. The town is bound to come; noth- ing short of general depression can keep 1t down for a moment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
A GIFTED MUSICIAN.

From the Scranton tPenn) Times
 Mir Joseph Whtekofskya of 1l23 Meade avenue. attended the birthday party of Mrs. wesler in South Scranton last even ing with his new accordion, which he got from Vienna. He certainly is the best accordion player in German music in Scranton. He plays all over at most any social affair, at a reasonable price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12

Senator Fulton of Oregon says Secre- tary Hitchcock Is in his dotage. If Fulton is right we want more dotage of the Hitchcock sort, for he fights out grafters with rare vigor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
RAISING THE WIND.

From the London Times.
 A telegram received from Helston states that German sailor has been handed over to the navy authorities on q charge of stealing the Breeze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12

prs=n5nona citizens of the United States are members of the various committees appointed to arrange the gigantic recep- lion, and the honor to Mir. Tomlinson is duly appreciated
 Mir Tomlinson will be absent about month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12

Harry Thaws mother Is Loyalty sup porting him, and so is his wife. The latter certainly should be loyal, and the former Is true as matter of course In human love-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12

Arizona Is willing to become a star, but the constellation idea does not suit her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12

Montgomery Advertisers The Guthrie (Okla.) State Capital is on the verge of an attack of disgust because Congress changed the name of Sulphur Springs. in that Territory, to Platt National Park. The Capital can't see any other Platt but the New York senator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12

The Atlanta Cumberlands believe that if the government can be run by injunctions, churches can be, and they are trying to defeat in that way union with the northern Presbyterians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12

Anndston Star: Hon Robert J. Lowe, who Is a candidate for railroad commis- sioner. has been in public life in Alabama for good many years. and he ds still a young man. MT. Lowe has some warm personal friends In Anniston who gave him the glad hand with great cordial ity when he was here last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12

ooihN PSopie anu OlHe1S weep and often they can't tell you why.
 TAGGART EXPLAINS. q won't resign" said Thomas T.. "I'm not a gamle-eer. l know no merry games of chance That have been running here Why all this talk of lids and such For gallant Thomas T. Is more than I can answer naw And quite surpasses me. "The cards and dice and roulette wheels Which you, it seems, have found Are not my property, for I Won't have such things around. If these sum up the evidence On which your anger rests l don't mind telling you that they Were brought here by the guests"
 THE MATINEE MAN Altho it may be stewing hot Without breath of air. The team Is playing out of town What does trSe fan care? He hastens to s'rfy hall And there's consant to stay, His troubles soon forgotten at The baseball matinee. All business is laid aside, Excitement is intense, At intervals he pounds the floor To Tighten his suspense. Until the closing score is called He cannot break away. For there Is something doing at The baseball matinee. He groans and sighs, or else he cheers, Each time a run is made. You'd think him on the bleachers where He saw the contest played. With staring eyes and panting breath He looks insane, but say No real fanatic would forego The baseball matinee.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12

Nannah Elias has given up the idea of bleaching her skin and will hence forth associate with dark people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
NEW DECATUR ADVERTISER.

The New Decatur Advertiser issued a handsome special edition this week. The industrial features are attractively ar ranged, the illustrations are good and the publication as a whole is most creoI.auIe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
AUTUMN RAIN.

AUTUMN RAIN. How sweet to sit
 And mediate Before a bright
 Ly burning grate When autumn rain
 Beats coldly down And gloomy gray.
 The heavens frownl To loll at length
 In easy chair Perhaps a pipe
 And book are there And dream the gold Hued time away With fairy forms
 And fancies gay. The sunny days
 Are best of all, But in the sere
 And yellow fall The rain doth own A pretty charm For one at home
 Who's snug and warm. Heaven help us! Even baseballs are rubber. T. F. Ryan is also a grandfather. He is right up with Emperor William. In the meantime MT. Roosevelt- While Haakon has been presented with