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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE TIMES

"a PRETTY story is told in Birming
WI ham concerning Gabriel, the d.
minutive comedian who plays the
title role in Buster Brown and Is COM
ing back to the Jefferson Friday. When
Gabriel was here earlier in the season
he had troublesome tooth. even as real
Buster Brown have. and sought Bir-
mingham dentist 1t was noised around
in the big office building that Buster
Brown was having his teeth worked on
in a certain dentists office. A crowd of
youngsters soon congregated about the
door to catch glimpse of Buster and
possibly Tfge. The news spread with
great rapidity, so that when the dentist
went home for lunch he was met by a
delegation of children from yearly every
house in the neighborhood and from
blocks around who besieged him with
questions about Buster Brown Doctor
knows Buster Brown Cant we have
him up here for luneh?" Did he cry
when his tooth hurt. like other little
boys?' What did he do with Tiger and
Take us down to see Buster Brown!'
were some of the cries which the dentist
heard. To this day he is a hero in his
neighborhood and is pointed out by young
sters as the man who fixed tooth for
Buster Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
From the New York World

FROM the new YORK world.
- HE fate of Piggy. the glutton.
lQ has fallen upon him like bolt
from blue sky, and all the ami
mails In the New York Geological park
are laughing at him.. Thousands of yisi-
tors to the park saw Piggy. the half
grown black bear, yesterday, and laughed
also. But 1t is no Laughing matter to
him.
Piggy is little fellow and occupies
the nursery cage along with other young
sters of the bear tribe. His besetting sin,
as indicated by his name, was eating too
much. He got more than his part of the
meals because of his illtempered look
and the good nature of the brown bears
that lived with him. He was lazy. too,
and began to grow fat. He was proud of
this because none of the Maine bears
were fat. Leanness Is the earmark Of
the tribe The other old bears in adjoin-
ing cages advised him to take exercise
"Get up and wrastle with the other
Youngsters they said, that Will keep
you In condition"
But Piggy would not taxa advice. He
ate his dinner and slept, grew fat, and
degenerated His glossy coat grew thick
or. and none of the young boxers could
entlce him into the fray.
Last fall every bear In the nursery
was lean and in fine condition except
Piggy. Now 1t is a legend In the forest
that the way to keep ones fur coat in
condition Is to keep strong and lean and
exercise freely
Cold weather came with Piggys coat
unnaturaliy long and glossy and after
the manner of his ancestors he began to
feel sleepy with cold weather and wanted
to hibernate, that Is, go to sleep for a.
few months. His fairness added to this
desire.
The old bears who had lived long in
the park advised him not to give In to
the desire. Get up early and take ex-
ercise before breakfast and you'll .over-
come IT, they said. Mt isn't really cold
enough here to sleep, and trouble will
come II you try It,"
Nevertheless Piggy cuddled up in a
corner of the stone den and went to sleep,
and all the teasing and tormenting of
the youngsters in the den couldn't get
him awakened. The youngsters watched
him snoozing away day by day and noted
the peculiar roughness and unkempt con-
dition of his fur coat.
At last, one day when the young Eu-
ropean brown bear tried to wake him by
scratching his back he was Mortified to
see a whole handful of black hair fall
out. leaving his skin smooth and uncloth-
ed. Pggy's punishment was coming His
slothfulness ahd the heart of the cave
were getting In their work and he was
shedding his hair five months before
time The heat of his pudgy fat little
body was Helping II. along Still he slept
on and still his hair fell out.
One cold morning last week. when the
inside of the stone house felt the frisidity
of the wind blowing up from the Sound,
Piggy suddenly awoke with desire to
crawl deeper into the nest and pull the
clothes up over his head. But there were
not clothes enough and he suddenly jump
ed up to find his fine fur coat lying all
around him on the tagging and his hide
as bare as that,of a shorn lamb.
"whoof. vhoof,' said Piggy. scooting
out into the cold sunshine where the wind
cut like knife. The older. bears crowd
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

81. Missouri. Kentucky and North
Carolina are expected to add ten more
seats to the list of gains. making
seventy-two seats in all. This would
render the House in the next Congress
democratic.
The gain of eight seats in Missouri
is not at all improbable. and If wide
spread coal strike is brought on the
gains in Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, Penn
sylvania and even New York will be
heavy. Judge Griggs thinks the politi-
cal pendulum is swinging back, and he
proposes to conduct campaign with
plenty of snap and hopefulness in it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Fires and lWhiktles.

The rule OF blowing the whistles Wheh
a big fire breaks out IN the neighbofhooa
Of railroad yards or Sarge Industrial
plants is all right s1id a prominent
citizen. but I do not think ii right for
the whistles 10 be turned on in the case Of
a small blaze. The blowing Of the WINS
ties accompanying a fire alarm seares up
the town. At night little wooden house
on fire Eliminates the heavens and fools
most people at a distance. A few nights
ago shack near the Frisco depot burn
ed. An alarm was turned in and the
fremen responded promptly. The hght
was brilliant The chorus Of whistles
walked up hundreds of people who thought
a eonflagration was in progress. In ten
minutes the fire was out and people had
their scare for nothing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
THE AGED STRANGER.

BY Bret Harte.
II was with Grant"--the stranged SAID,
Said the farmer, Say no more,
But rest thee here at my cottage porch
For thy feet are weary and sore.
i was with Grant"-the stranger said,
Said the farmer, NAY, no more
/ prithee sit at my frugal board,
And eat Of my humble store.
How fares my boy-my soldier boy,
or the Ninth army corps?
I warrant he bore him CALAMITY
In the smoke and the battle roar!"
II know him not" said the aged man.
And. as | remarked before,
~ was with Grant Nay. nay,
know,
Said the farmer. Say no more:
HE fell in battle.-I see, alas!
Thoudst smooth these tidings Ger
Nav. speak the truth, whatever it be,
Though 1t rend my bosom's core.
"How fell he?-with his face to the foo
UNFOLDING the flag he bore?
o. say not that my boy disgraced
The uniform that he wore."
II cannot tell" said the aged man,
And should have remarked before,
That | was with Grant,-in Illinois,
Some three years before the war;
Then the farmer spake him never a word
But beat with his fst full sore
That aged man, who had worked fol
SOME three years before the was.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
Chairman GrIqqs at Work.

The newly-elected chairman of the
democratic congressional campaign
committee is already organizing the
forces of the opposition. He is conf
dent the Ninth Kentucky district and
s The Eighth North Carolina district can
be won, for the republicans carried the
former two years ago by less than 700
votes, and the latter by PAS votes. Be-
sides the two southern districts Mr.
Griggs expects the democrats to make
these gains: Maine, / Massachusetts,
q; Connecticut, 2; Rhode Island, q;
Colorado, L. New York, z; Pennsyl-
vania, 6; Utah, |; Ohio, g.; Indiana, 5;
Idaho. 1 Illinois, 6; Minnesota, 2; Ore
gon, /; Wisconsin, A Iowa 8; Califor-
mia, 3; New Jersey, 2; Delaware, l;
Maryland, l.; West Virginia. l. Total
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
Susan BrowneIl Anthsny.

AT the age of Sc the most steadfast
reformer the country has ever known
passed from this life. She was never
married, and in all the years of her
active life she fought first for the free
dom of the slaves, then for temperance
in the use of alcoholic drinks, and at
last for woman suffrage. A strong per-
sonality, she has left deep impress
on the nation. Her work on the lee
ture platform and her tireless pen are
woven into the life of the country
Perhaps America has not produced a
woman of equal force and influence.
She regretted on her deathbed that
woman suffrage had not been fully ac-
complished. In only four states do
women possess full suffrage rights
Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho,
but in nearly twenty more states
women vote for school officers, and in
Kansas, Montana, Louisiana and New
York woman taxpayers can vote on
financial questions.
But the reform in all its breadth and
length has not of late gathered mo-
mentum. and woman suffrage is no
further advanced in this country than
1t is in European countries. But the
movement led by Miss Anthony has re-
suited in giving women better property
rights. and it will probably strengthen
her position in marriage and divorce
matters, and in whatever other dlrec-
ton she sincerely desires action.
Miss Anthony fought for the liberty
of her sisters, while most of them
treated the subject lightly or scorn-
fully. They did not want suffrage
rights. or at least they refused to give
Miss Anthony the support she sorely
needed. No doubt in after years most,
If not all, she asked for will be granted,
and then the public will appreciate the
Intelligence and earnest devotion of
the great reformer who lies dead at
her home in Rochester, n. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

A number of young men In Birmingham
are specializing In western mining stocks
just now and their success Is making them
jubiant. Stock in newly opened proper
ties is bought at 10 cents a share, more
or less, and then the sanguine young
plunger who has s25 or $50 invested waits
for the price to go up. Strange to say
the price has gone up with gratifying
leaps and bounds until new stock that
was bought for 10 and Is cents is quoted
at dollar and over. 1t is amusing to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
Many Questions Asked.

Men on the road are targets at which
many questions are fired" said member
of The Age-Herald travelling staff last
night. while In the northern part of
the state last week man who wanted to
know If Walter Blackman, the cartoonist,
was as funny in private life as he APP
peared through his work. I answered his
question to the best of my ability and
then the man asked ms many questions
regarding Mr.. Blaekman. as to whether
he was married or single. old or young,
all of which I answered. The inquisitor
then studied for a moment and said. Gosh.
but he is funny euss. I bet two dollars
he would make funny clown in cireusi
Not knowing Mr.. Blackman's ability along
that line | was compelled to pass the
statement without any further comment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Even insurance grafters think polti-
clans are a bad lot.
II would be awful easy to be good II
there was more fun in II.
A girl can catch a husband with her
looks. it takes tact to hold him.
man has to have lot of courage TO
admit his baby looks only like baby.
When man goes home with a package
that his wife thinks is candy 1t is sign
1t Is = box of cigars
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
THE YOUNG IDEA.

From Haper's Weekly
A young woman whoNteaches a class in
a Jersey City Sunday school was recently
talking to her pupils relative to the de-
STABILITY of increasing Its membership.
When she invited the cooperation to that
end of the several members the young
ster nearest her shook his head obviously.
IT might git one boy In our neighbor-
hood to come. y he explained. "but all
the others kin HEX me-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
COMPLAINS OF THEATRE CRITICS

From the Kansas City Star.
1t would have been a satisfaction to the.
atergoers and critics alike II Mr.. William
A Brady, in denouncing the Theatrical
reviewers in his recent speech from the
New York stage. had entered into partic-
ulars. He declared in a general way thai
he and his wife Grace George had suf.
fered from the abuse of the critics and
that many managers had been ruined by
the 'witticisms' of these writer's.
There are unjust critics Sometimes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
A. SIGNAL HONOR.

From the Mobile Item.
President Roosevelt's personal cable to
Lieutenant Gordon Johnson at Manila,
asking How are you?" will no doubt
give great pleasure to the young lieu
tenant, and be highly appreciated by his
friends as a mark of consideration, COM
ing, as 1t does. from the commander-in-
chief of the army and navy of the United
States
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

An Ohio man killed himself because
his sweetheart didn't return from n
visit on time. Suppose he had married
the girl and she had asked him to
wait minute while she fixed up for
theatre?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

From the Gadsden Journal:
ANDY" Hamilton is back to face the
music, but he was careful to so arrange
his financial affairs that he could pay
the fiddler or not as he might choose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
MANS INHuMANITY.

MANS INHUMANITY.
A little bird sang In a tree,
With cheerfulness and vim.
hunter came along just then
And put hole thro' him.
II.
A happy fish swan In pool
That graced mountain brook.
A fisherman, brim full of drink,
Soon caught him on q hook.
A Thomas cat sat on the fence
And sang with swelling pride.
Just then a man threw up the sash
And shot him in the side.
".
A trustful dog went out one day
To get bite to eat.
A butcher ground the canine up
And made some sausage meat.
V.
A kind old hen garden scratched
Beneath its owners eye.
A neignpor mourns her sudden end,
Which was 8 chicken pie.
VI.
The human heart is made of flint
And man is most unkind.
Else. why can he do things like these
And never seem to mind?
PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Aldrich. Burrows & Co. has charge
of the country at present. So says
Speaker Cannon. and he ought to know.
This firm is also related to Standard
Oil
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Justice Browns years do not trouble
him nearly so much as does his failing
eyesight. 1t was the latter that induced
him TO seek the retirement list
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Pitcher Waddell of the Philadelphia
American baseball team came all the
way to Montgomery and was robbed of
$40 by two colored citizens of the
town.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
It's IMMUNE.

From the Mobile Herald.
The fact that one Ohio farmer alone
tapped 1000 maple trees is not going to
have any depressing effect upon the slu-
cose market
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Speech on THE MORAL and Patriotic
Aspects of War and the Relationship
of the Organized Militia to the Military
Power of the Country" pigeonholed for
future reference.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Judge" Hamilton stayed away until
he was needed at his old post sby his
old employers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Bandit Raisuli keeps right on max
ing war regardless of the Kaiser or the
rest of the Algeciras aggregation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

The Hepburn pure food bill has gone
beyond recognition. Senator Hepburn
would not know his bantling If he were
to meet it in the middle of the road.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

On Sunday next Grover Cleveland
will enter upon his SEVENTEEN year,
but he can still handle with ease the
longest words in the dictionary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

A man forgot he had wife and mar
ried another the other day. Yet 1t is
impossible to forget some wives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

It is reported that Nicholas Long
worth will have a Walkover for re-
election TO Congress. 1t wouldn't do
to turn down the national bridegroom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Negro prophecies says that Memphis
is to be swallowed. 'Twould make a
bitter pill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

The Count di Castelmenardo has
been imprisoned three months on the
complaint of his American-born wife.
That is a fine example.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

A Kentucky man let both his arms
be cut off by train so he wouldn't
have to work. He should be made
president of the Sons of Rest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Rube Waddell had no curves equal to
the occasion when two negroes held
him up in Montgomery. He cashed ont
at once.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Senator Tillman is not afraid. to
tackle the firm of Aldrich, Burrows 6
Co. He is not afraid of his weight in
Standard OIL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Morocco Is hoping that she will be
consulted before all the business at
Algeeiras is wound up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Another man has gone wrong after
diamonds, cold bottles. automobiles
and actresses. That is a great COM
hination for ruin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

The drydock Dewey is overcoming
its bumps, and will soon be ready to
receive more of the same sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Germany is to build six more war
shpis. This means that England must
build twelve more.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Zion City has snapped Elijah for
plain, everyday business methods.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

The drydock Dewey has just been
treated for loose rivets, of which it had
a hard attack.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

The death of Susan B. Anthony sew
ers another link of the nineteenth CEN
fury. Her life was devoted to high
ideals
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

e. H. Hartman was baked in box
the other day for his nerves. The
newspaper roasting he gets does not
help his nerves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

We can assimilate Moros in the
crater, but We cannot tame the Stand
ard OIL even in Kansas
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

The Philadelphia Public Ledger
thinks Senator Morgan must have been
a tempestuous young fellow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

The Caney gas-well fire in Kansas
kept the chickens awake in several
counties, but it has at last been capped
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Judge" Hamilton tried to pacify the
Atlantic ocean by crossing 1t under an
assumed name.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
MEAN FLING.

From the Gadsden Times-News.
Experience teaches Birmingham to do
all her baseball Boosting before the game
starts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

John D. Rockefeller Is standing
witness to Andy Hamilton's folly In
coming back.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

A preacher says that we will soon be
able to see heaven with telescope. Bet
the strongest glass won't show a rich
man up there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
CAUTIOUS ANDY.

Chicago mas a graveyard trust.
Everything Is about in.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

The pacification of the Filipinos is
proceeding at the rate of COG day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

The hard coal miners threaten to quit
work April 1, which would be quite a
joke on the operators.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

A man was sentenced to stay home
every Sunday with his wife for year
You would know how to estimate the Sc
verify of the sentence If you knew his
wife.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
TIMELINEss.

7 I'M I1I4I1N E0os
A time to be cheerful,
A time To be gay,
But don't do your talking
To us at the play.
What is said to be the oldest mule IL
the United States passed away recently
in Kentucky, Her kicks were not regis
tered, but she probably made great
many.
We refuse to be surprised by any more
spring novelties.
aMillionaires who smile and laugh are
as rare as hens teeth" says Andrew
Carnegie. No one who has never hunted
for hens teeth can appreciate how rare
that is.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
SURE SIGN.

SURE SIGN.
Good mawning, Mistah Bluebird,
Abs glad ter see yo' heah.
When yo's a-singin' in de tree
All knows dat spring is neah.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Poetry is spring eruption. Are we
right?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14
THE MODERN HERO.

He dived into the Icy bay
And saved a maid from death,
Then clambered back upon the quay,
All wet and out of breath.
Some people eheered the noble deed
And quickly went away,
But he remained upon the dock
To get the usual pay.
Committees hurried to the spot,
The hero proved his case
Now, thanks to Andrew Carnegie,
He keeps a country place.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

Mr.. Roclefeller,s family physician pulls
a knowing look and says that the mag
nate Is on Mars, where he can be heard
playing golf. Aeseulapius hath pleasing
wit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

No pen can picture the scorn which an
elderly female suffragist feels for one of
those appealing, sweet-faced little women
who believes IN home and babies and
thinks her husband the biggest man in the
world
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

The republic of Panama has been maxi
ing Improvements. for which, we have
been led to infer. there is plenty of room.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

oftentines the man you see working
like steam engine is not hurrying to
do more but is rushing SO he can knock
Off early in the day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

hear these young fellows building castles
In the air Their pipe dreams are i'm
mense Some of them go about with
glittering, dazzling picture of future
wealth constantly before their eyes. Thus
far the game has proved profitable. It
would be too bad If there should come
an awakening.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-14

A TOAST.
Here's 10 your FURNISHED hair, my lass
Here's To your eyes of blue.
Here's to your blush. your laughing lips
Here's to yonl
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Washington Bureau Age-Herald 141 g
street, N. w.