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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
ALABAMA PRESS

Lafayette-sun: Spain acted wisely, after
all, in unloading her lnsular possessions.
Moulton Advertiser: II is now the DEM
oerate party with no conservative ruff
aes.
Collinsvi1le Courier: The springtime of
llfe-when one discovers a bent pin under
him.
Mobile Register: They have learned how
to stand pat in Ohio with their eyes
shut.
Union Springs Herald: Must be con-
fessed that the Pearl of the Antilles is
bit off color.
Guntersville Democrat So Marshall
county is off the state committee. Well,
we're still IN the state.
Admission Star: II Is unanthoritatively
stated that Governor Jellks will take up
the editorial pen for the Montgomery Ad-
vertser when he retlres from office.
Mobile Register: The mission of Seere-
taries Taft and Bacon is to discover
whether Cuba favors the ballot box or the
cartridge box in maintaining a govern
ment.
Gadesden Times-News: Henry Waiter
son is wondering what it was that caused
him to wander so far away from his own
mint bed, and to forsake his ''star-eyed
goddess of REFORM
Talladega Mountain Homer Patti Is 60
ing to make another farewell tour. The
price of tickets is about the only thing
we see kissed goodby forever in these
farewell tours.
Admission Hot Blast Hearst says that
he will not take the democratic nominal
ton for governor of New York. The story
of the fox and the sour grapes is older
than Christianity.
Tuscaloosa Times Gazette: They DO
say" that the way some fellows knitted
their friends at the convention was ter
rife. But that's not surprising. That's al
ways been the way at conventions.
Montgomery Advertiser The Georgia
dentists are to meet in Atlanta soon. and
will extract all the information and
amusement they can out of the situation.
To make it realistic they might designate
one of their number each day to be OPP
Grated on as a kind of object lesson to
the audience.
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Political Indifference.

The Montgomery Advertiser pro-
poses to cure political suicide by moral
suasion. It proposes to overcome polit-
ical Indifference by appeals to the clti-
zens. The Boston Herald thus pre-
sents from its point of view the moral
suasion plan:
IF our southern friends want to create
genuine public spirit that will urge
voters to do their duty in nominating
candidates. the first condition is to foster
the development of a formidable oppose
ton party, and tho way to do this is to
let the men. black or white, who would
naturally support a republican party have
a fair chance to participate In elections,
and In the discussion of the vital issues
that divide parties. Sooner or later. In
every one-party state in which the leading
policy of the ruling party is to deny the
franchise to their opponents, politics will
develop ring IN the majority party,
harmful to the party itself as well as to
the public interests"
The voluntary cumulative poll tax
really points under the moral suasion
idea to two strong parties in this state.
1t should be largely modified If In the
long run we are to go on having con-
tests between democrats only. The
Advertisers plan does not have such
contrary result In view, but it will
logically lead on to something of that
nature. 1t Is far better to modify the
poll tax requirement now than to go
on to complications not now dreamed
Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Girls would learn to swim much easier
II 1t weren't for the water
When a girls hair is in your face its
electricity thrills you to do something that
shocks her.
What makes woman's frocks cost so
much is the hats and hosiery that have to
so with them.
us all that If the devil does bookkeeping
he must have to enter them in punches as
sndries.
A woman thinks she could afford to keep
more servants If her husband smoked and
crank less, and a man that he could af-
yord to smoke and drink more II they
kept fewer servants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

that would not bring peace and pros
perity to Cuba. It would put the vet
Grams of the war with Spain In power,
but that would be all. Palma must go.
but Gomez or whoever would be
elected would not give the Cubans an
ideal government by any means.
Endless trouble seems to be in store
for the Cubans unless indeed we act
up to the Platt amendment, and take
over the island. There seems to be
no other remedy In sight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
The state Flower.

II am not certain said w. M. Lindsay.
the florist, yesterday afternoon. but 1
believe that a flower emblematic of Ala
bama has been selected II l am not
mistaken. the school children of the state
some years ago. held an election among
themselves, in which several we'll known
blooms were candidates. The choice of
the school children, II I am not mistaken,
fell on the golden rod, which is the en-
blematio flower of the United States.'
With the exception of this statement.
all other gentlemen approached on the
subject yesterday professed ignorance
Several contended that Alabama did not
have flower peculiar to herself. When
the statement of Mr.. Lindsay was repeat
ed to a citizen he said that as this was
the only light on the subject. he would
suggest that his opinion be accepted until
we had further evidence on the subject.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
PRESS POINTS

Chattanooga Times: Boss Coxs farewell
from Ohio politics was evidently one of
the Patti sort.
Youngstown Telegram: The fall crop of
South and Central American revolutions
is fully up to expectations.
Florida Times-Union: Mr.. Bryan holds
crowds wherever he goes.
Chattanooga Times: Summer doesn' t
seem to realize that Father Times is nine
teen PAGES on the autumn lap.
Richmond Times Dlspatch: Again we
remark that it's getting entirely too cold
now to stand for any of this low-neoked
spelling.
Arkansas Gazette: Secretary Shaw will
find the Arkansas woods full of stand
patters-democrats content with their rep
resentatlon in Congress.
Knoxville Sentinel: The Chinese are
progressing. They are to no longer have
bound feet. 1t is to be hoped that they
won't get swelled heads.
Memphis Commercial Appeal: It looks
very much as IL we have reached the Age
of in this country. All our great men
are talking about themselves.
Portland Telegram: 1t is said that the
Cuban government has $19,0O0.00O cash In
the treasury The real cause of the revo-
luton Is no longer mystery.
Houston Post: We knew 1t would come.
The Baltimore sporting editors are calling
Battling Nelson a cur, which disposes of
the supposition that he was a Great Dane.
Pensacola journal: A Manitoba physi-
clan has succeeded in splicing a patient s
spinal cord. He should now try his hand
at stiffening the backbones of some of
our statesmen.
New Orleans Times-Democrat: Can the
attempt of Mr.. Sullivan of Illinois to drag
Senator Bailey into the controversy be
adage that misery loves company
Hamilton Sum Secretary Shaw Is orat-
ing In the south against William J. Bryan.
The gentleman from Iowa may spout
along this line until he turns black In
the face, but Mr. Bryan is trotting right
along toward the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
SNAP FOR POSTAL LOOTERS

that ne realizes the fearful penalty he
Is paying for cheating and defrauding the
government out of hundreds of thousands
of dollars
Today Machen completes his first term
or Imprisonment of two years, minus
good time. only to enter upon another
two-year sentence. 1t can be imagined that
his thoughts are not sweetened any by
the knowledge that while his fellows
in-crime are counting the hours or days
before they will be free. he must yet COM
pute his prison term by years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

p ow many thousand poems and
BlA jingles do you suppose have been
written about Trouble? How
many philosophers and poets have de-
seanted on the subject. vaporing till the
world was weary and adding to the bur-
dens of life by their persistent "eheer
up2" Yet, It is a topic that is always
fresh and ever ready for treatment. More
over, every man will read about what to
do with Trouble even tho he fails mis-
erably when he tries to carry out the
advice. There is only one way to treat
Trouble-sidestep It.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
TuMBLED INTO WELL

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
When playing at her home at Reed s
Gap, near Meriden, Conn, Katherine, a
7-year-old daughter of Salvatore Dlghello,
tumbled headlong thirty feet into an old
we'll. There is water in the well, and
the bucket was on or just below the sur
fact of the water.
Mrs Dighello rushed to the well and
wound up the bucket rope with frantic
haste. The child was clingng to the
rope, and had one foot in the bucket She
was playing as usual today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

night and is stopping at the Hillman. His
daughter. Miss Elizabeth Richardson. Is
en- route to Greenville. S. c, and the
Judge accompanied her as far as Bir-
mingham.
He will probably remain in Birmingham
today to greet Mr.. Bryan and friends at
tending the Bryan reception.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
Quite a blow in Hong Kong
NEGRO BANKS.

From the Houston Post.
There are now p negro banks In the
United States, with a combined capital
of ss500O0. Their deposits amount to ST.
10000. Twelve are In Mississippi. four In
Georgia, six in Virginia. two in Tennessee,
two In Arkansas and one each In North
Carolina. Alabama and Florida. There are
also two In Muskogee. / T.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
TILE POLITICIAN

THE POLITICIAN.
How he loves the common people,
Till he gets an easy BERTH
Then, somehow, he can't remember
That they ever lived on earth.
Promises to make them happy,
Swears he'll labor for their gain.
Bares his head to make them speeches
In the Sunshine and the rain.
Says he's with the loud reformers,
Weeps to see such havoc wrought.
For the country facing ruin
And the ballots cheaply bought.
Thunders forth at crying evils,
Rolls his sleeves up for the fray.
But as soon as he's In office
He will hesitate and say:
Times not ripe for anarchism.
Do you think I'm crazy, man?
Scheme is wild and visionary
Doing everything I can.
Must be practical and sober,
All that sort of thing, you know.
Something tells me not to worry.
Risky job-we must go slow"
PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

The two umpires. TAFT and Bacon,
are listening to the moderates and lib
erals impartially, and will soon decide
the political fracas. But will the in
surgents submit to an adverse de-
cision?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

President Palma is working close up
to the Russian standard, for he has
arrested an editor who criticized the
He proposes to deport
him instead of cutting off his head.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

In northern cities the bell has rung
for mems straw hats, women's short
sleeves, white canvas shoes, water
melons, and contributions to the fresh
air fund.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Would-be-P Prophet Bells in Zion City
polled but six votes, but he proposes
to contest the election. Election con-
tests are easily begun, and rarely won
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

The removal from Atlanta to this
district of the DeLoach Mill Manufac-
turing company has opened the eyes
of the city aus hit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Cuba is now in the hands of Secre-
tary Taft, and will soon be trans
formed to General Funston and Com
mander Colwell.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Uncle Sam can say to Cuba, This
hurts me more than it does you," in
case chastisement is necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Col. John H. Bankhead never for
gets face, and that is one reason why
he has been so successful in politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
Congressman Richardson.

Judge William Richardson, congressman
from the Eighth Alabama district, ar
rived in Birmingham from Huntsville last
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

A woman of wide prominence In hue
name society work talked about her hus-
band and he got divorce. She probably
knows now where charity begins
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

A DIAGNOSIS.
When you're feeling
Soft and mushy,
Sentimental,
Too. and gushy;
When your brain goes
Spinning round
And you scarcely
Touch the ground;
When you wear
Silly smile,
Talking nonsense
All the while;
When you're feeling
Just this way
Foolish, happy,
Grave and gay,
Full of joy or
Else the blues.
Sure as fate. IT'S
Love or booze.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Mark Twain accepts the Carnegie
pigeon spelling. and Artemus Ward, If
alive, would do likewise
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

General Funston Is getting ready to
swim Cuban rivers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

The more water there is in milk the
more money there Is.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

The Cubans alternate between crap
shooting and revolution. At present
the former is supreme.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

contemporary speaks of Secretary
Taft's force 1t must be very great on
an incline.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Mr.. Roosevelt has been President
five years, and he has not skipped a
day or put on a Sub"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

John L. Sullivan was not drowned in
that Oklahoma wreck. as reported. He
was spared to ais country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Cotton trucks are moving in the
streets of southern towns.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Junketing is not so hard on Mr..
Bryan, but Mrs. Bryan has to endure
lot of functions"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Lord Roseberry says that Roose-
velt's attack on spelling is blow at
morality itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

When man is in trouble he drinks. A
woman writes poetry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Why should Mark Twain boost the As
ISOLATED Press? He gets all the space he
wants, any way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

The new rate law is making its
trial trips.
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w u II ALL BEEN THERE.
Where lives the man who hasn't said
He would not do a certain thing.
But when he had to, took his dose
Or barred his bosom to the sting?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Hole Smiths boom as the southern
candidate Is going the customary
round of the newspapers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Secretary Taft goes to Cuba accom-
panied by swift messengers to deliver
ultimatums.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Mr.. Taft may have been sent out to
shake the Cuban plum tree.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

The grand dukes, like rats In a sink
Ing ship, are leaving Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

General Weyler Is watching with In
terest his once beloved Cubans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Secretary Taft will hardly have time
to worry much about the climate In
Cuba.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

A fatal duel was fought in Kentucky
over chickens. The participants were
white.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

The good old summer time Is losing
its herceness and beatdowntiveness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

WORD OF CHEER.
Keep on hoping. keep on working,
Keep on plodding on your way.
Maybe you will get chance to
Sub for Carnegie some day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

The eight-hour law has been put In
operation on government works.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Mrs. Nicholas Longworth's mere ap-
pearance in a given place incites
women to fatal riots in Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

People mortgage their chances of
heaven every day for something they don't
need.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

out considering the feelings of the devii
at all.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21
THE BUcKTowN BAND.

THE BUGKTOWN BAND.
''Tootl Toot crash Bangl The Bucktown
band
Is out upon parade,
With instruments of every make
And clothes of every shade.
The people stand upon the street
And beam with proper pride.
Almost dozen bony nags
Are prancing on the side.
A cheer Is heard-it's for the band
Oh joyful holiday
A Hood of melody breaks loose
TWere worth price TO pay.
no two keep step as they march on
And very few keep time,
Altho the maidens all in white
Avow it's Just sublime
With swelling chest each member struts
ANA blows himself at length.
intent on making music tho
1t uses all his strength.
The day Is hot, but what of that?
Iheir heads are in the clouds
And all along the right of wav
They see the bulging crowds.
Hip hip hurrahi tiger for
The Bucktown band-just so.
we can't tell what they're playing but
They make a stunning showl
An Irishman on board the steamer civ
of Columbus, which was being tossed in
the recent storm off Cape IIatteras, was
doubled up in the agony of NAL de mer.
A minister. bending over so that his voice
might be heard above the tumult of the
elements, touched the sufferer on his
shoulder and said, MY friend. have you
said your prayers? This ship may go to
the bottom at any moment"
What If 1t does?" answered the wretch
ed man as fresh spasm seized him. IT
don't own it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Graft follows the flag, along with the
cocktail and the constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

William Jennings Bryan's journey
through the south is triumphal tour.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Froward quipsters are talking about the
sealskin sacque. Please pass the ice!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

President Palma wants peace be-
cause he is not prepared to fight for 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Let's everybody let up on Mr.. Sleeper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Chattanooga Times: Summer doesn' t
seem to realize that Father Times is nine
teen PAGES on the autumn lap.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Florida Times-Union: Mr.. Bryan holds
no public office, but he draws presidential
crowds wherever he goes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

collinsville Courier: The springtime of
llfe-when one discovers a bent pin under
him,
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Washington Bureau Ags-Herald 1421 O..
street, N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Chattanooga Times Boss Cox's farewell
from Ohio politics was evidently one of
the Patti sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Youngstown Telegram; The fall crop of
South and Central American revolutions
is fully up to expectations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

New Orleans Times-Democrat: Can the
attempt of Mr.. Sullivan of Illinois to drag
Senator Bailey into the controversy be
cited as another verifcation of the old
adage that misery loves company
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Lafayette-sun: Spain acted wisely, after
all, in unloading her insular possessions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Mobile Register: They have learned how
to stand pat in Ohio with their eyes
shut
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Moulton Advertiser: It is now the DEM
ocratic party with no conservative ruff
anr
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Richmond Times-Dlspatch: Again we
remark that it's getting entirely too cold
now to stand for any of this low-neoked
spelling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Men invite each other to Hades, witt
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Hoke Smiths boom as the southern
candidate Is going the customary
round of the newspapers.
-----s-- -
John L. Sullivan was not drowned in
that Oklahoma wreck. as reported. He
was spared to ais country.
Mark Twain accepts the Carnegie
pigeon spelling, and Artemus Ward, If
alive, would do likewise.
The Cubans alternate between crap
shooting and revolution. At present
the former is supreme.
Mr.. Roosevelt has been President
five years, and he has not skipped a
day or put on a sub"
/
Junketing Is not SO hard on Mr.
Bryan, but Mrs. Bryan has to endure
lot of functions"
Lord Roseberry says that Roose-
velt's attack on spelling is a blow at
morality itself.
Secretary Taft goes to Cuba accom-
panied by swift messengers to deliver
ultimatums.
A fatal duel was fought in Kentucky
over chickens. The participants were
white.
Caorofarxy will hardly have time
to worry much about the climate In
Cuba.
President Palma wants peace be-
cause he is not prepared to fight for 1t.
William Jennings Bryan's journey
through the south is triumphal tour.
The good old summer time Is losing
its flerceness and beatdowntiveness.
The eight-hour law has been put In
operation on government works.
|
General Weyler Is watching with In
terest his once beloved Cubans.
The grand dukes, like rats In sink
| Ing ship, are leaving Russia.
Mr.. Taft may have been sent out to
shake the Cuban plum tree.
Cotton trucks are moving in the
streets of southern towns.
----s.- .--
The more water there is in milk the
more money there Is.
General Funston Is getting ready to
swim Cuban rivers.
The new rate law is making its
trial trips.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Hamilton Sun: Secretary Shaw is orat-
ing In the south against William J. Bryan.
The gentleman from Iowa may spout
along this line until he turns black In
the face, but Mr.. Bryan is trotting right
along toward the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Union Springs Herald: Must be con-
fessed that the Pearl of the Antilles IS
a bit off color.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-21

Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: "They DO
say" that the way some fellows knitted
their friends at the convention was ter
rifle. But that's not surprising. That's al
ways been the way at conventions.