davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER

By Mrs. F. c. Brady. Awake. again in solemn strains The battered bugles call, And while stricken nation weeps Sound taps above his pall No more his country's cry for aid Shall waken in his breast The patriots heroic thrill- He takes deserved rest. Sincere and deep the fitting grief that
 does the people sway,
 When south and north and east and
 west Do homage OCT his clay
 His early sword in Dixie's cause In brilliant courage shone. He gave to her-his native land A genius all his own. But when the troubled union sought His bravery and skill He gave to her unstintngly On bloody San Juan hill But not for warrior deeds alone the na-
 tions head is barred
 But to the Christian gentleman, Is admiration shared noble heart in peace and strife, this
 man of modest mien
 Appeared a model citizen statesman strong and clean. Oh. Christian, warrior, statesman. too, Thy rest composed be. Till seraph's golden trumpet notes Shall sound the reyeille
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
Gen. Pettus' Senatorial Services.

The Opelika Post thinks General Pettus should not have announced for the Senate-that he should have let a younger man take his place.
 The real question involved is just this: Could a younger man, especially in a body controlled by the republi- cans, render Alabama better service than General Pettus? The Post seems to lose sight of the fact that our junior senator Is now man of experience and wide acquaintance in Washington, and 1t also seems to lose sight of his well known popularity in the Senate. He Is popular among his colleagues on the floor of the Senate, and he is pop ular in the galleries. Those who sit in the reporters gallery never tire of telling anecdotes about him. Only those who are popular are thus treat ed More anecdotes relating to Gen 
 eral Pettus appear in the newspapers than are published concerning any other senator. Stories and incidents in General Pettus life are told and re- told.
 The Post is mistaken if 1t thinks General Pettus lacks activity or vi- tality" in the discharge of his sena- torial duties. Scarcely a senator is happier in the expression of ideas than General PettuE. He is an excellent talker oE the senatorial sort, and he gains the ear of the Senate whenever he desires 1t.
 The Post would indeed find itself loaded up with a heavy task if it should attempt to name "a younger man." but a new man in the Senate. who could serve the state as efficiently as General Pettus does. Some men hold their own longer than others do, and right at this point is where the Post seems to have dropped into a mistaken estimate of General Pettus' capacity and efficiency in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
Director North and Cotton.

President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Growers association did good work when he exposed the methods of the agricultural depart ment, but he is oyer-captious when he assails the census bureau because it, for economy's sake. endeavored in Jan uary to ascertain what counties need be canvassed for the final report of cotton ginned. This final report is to appear on March 20. In order to save from sS00O to s12,OOO Director North asked his agents in January to report i.ie amount of unginned cotton in their respective counties. The counties in which little or no cotton remained to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
Mir. Reuers in Court.

The Standard Oil is an expert in courts and judges as well as in oil, and a decision in it's favor in New York court surprises no one. The court in New York did not, however. have the hardihood to say that H. H. Rogers need not answer material questions York in proceedings begun by the state of Missouri in Missouri courts. It simply decided that it would not decide the question raised until fur ther progress had been made in the case in Missouri. One of the delays that money and influential counsel can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
ALABAMA PRESS

Columbus Sentinel: "A Roosevelt par ty" is the latest political story sent out from Washington. Now wouldn't that jar you?
 Talladega Mountain Home: Talladega does not relish the notoriety that she is getting through the medium of a ne- gro college.
 L4obile Herald: An Indiana woman has amassed s5OO.Ooo in millinery store. No use to write; she has Just married the man of her choice.
 Union Springs Herald: If your Uncle Joe succeeds in quellng the House revo- lution somebody ought to give nim testimonial to tine Czar of Russia.
 GuntersVille Democrat: Recent inves- tgation in the law courts, confirms the statement made years ago by ,.-Aiam Shakespeare that a Man may smile, and smile and be a william still.
 Elba Clipper: Almost everything except railroad rates is being forgotten in con- nection with the state campaign in Ala bama. Other matters of importance will come before the legislature to se elect ed this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
] First LealsIatIye Nominee.

Crenshaw's primary, for the nomi- nation of county officers and mem Der of the legislature, is the opening chapter of story that will not be fully told until the hot closing days of August.
 The democratic nominee in Cren- shaw is M. w. Rushton, a member of the present house of representatives, serving on the important committee charged with the revision of the laws of the state, and also on the public printing committee. He was unmarried four years ago, and presumably still is in that condition of life. He is also lawyer, a bank director and a deacon of the Baptist church. He Is also said to be seated in the Conner bandwagon.
 The nomination of MT. Rushton of Luverne indicates a tendency to send tried men to the legislature, and the experienced legislator will naturally assist in dispatching public business rapidly.
 A steady succession of primaries is now probable in the sixty-seven coun- ties of the state, and it is perhaps re- erettable that many of the sixty-seven will hold two or more primaries, in stead of doing all the business of nom nation on the 27th day of August.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
Pltcher,s RattInn.

T sec" said Rooter Brown yesterday, that Connie Mack. manager of the Ath- letics of Philadelphia. wants to eliminate the pitcher from the list of batters. As rule a pitcher, playing but once or twice a week, does not acquire the batting eye, and Connie Mack begins to think that either he should be denied all batting privileges, or else he should be empowered to send In a substitute.
 But the rules will not be changed this season, and the pitcher will continue to saw the air without result as in the past. There is nothing more melancholy than a pitcher at the bat. He Is as helpless as a baby before a brother pitcher. but his turn for getting even will come in the succeeded inning. He will put the other pitcher on the gridiron.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
PROPOSING BY WIRE.
the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 Here are the final cablegrams in an international romance: "Buenos Ayres. Ada Craufurd: Will you marry me now Answer at once. Eugene Tulian, New York. Eugene Tullan: Yes. Ada crau- furd." Of course you remember the story of the other girl who got a proposal by telegraph She asked the clerk how many words she could send for a quarter. He said 10, and her answer was: Yes, yes, yes yes, yes. yes, yes, yes. yes. yesi"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
Alabama Editor.

George Wolsey Symonds, editor of the Hartsele (Ala) Enquirer, is at the Hill- man. MT. symonds is in Birmingham to make arrangements for establishing a daily paper at New Decatur, which will appear about March 1. MT Symonds will install an up-to-date newspaper plant, with Linotype machine and news ser vice, and will publish a reliable paper
 He is a newspaper man of many years
 experience and has been quite successful with the Alabama Enquirer at Hartselle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
SOME QUAINT CUSTOMS
 OF THE ISLAND KINGDOM

law. suicides of this kind are still by no means infrequent.
 When the Japanese had to evacuate the Liao-Tung peninsula after their vic- tcrious war with China, number of of- ficers killed themselves, as protest against the retreat and in 1902 the iJapa- nese military attache at Pehng killed himself because he felt himself disgraced that he could not read English when the glo-Japanese alliance was made pub l.c.
 A similar, though not as keen, sense of honor exists among the lower classes. I know a coachman who one morning handed his master a plate with three of his fingers which he had cut off to wipe out the disgrace he felt when stable boy whom he had recommended was discharged for dishonesty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
Standing In Streets.

'I wish that people would use more discretion about standing in the middle of the streets waiting for street cars" said Professor Harry Miles. secretary of the Birmingham Athletic club. T no- tice people standing in the center of the streets all the time waiting for cars which are not even In sight This is a great Inconvenience to persons who are riding bicycles. irving horses or automobiles.
 'It would be just a s easy to stand on the sidewalks and not in the middle of the street. There is great risk of be- ing run over and then the pedestraln would lay all the blame on the driver or rider.
 Sometimes there will be at least thlr- ty people standing in the street at First avenue and Twentieth street or First avenue and Nineteenth street waiting for cars. Every man riding or driving has to stop at the crossing and sometimes it takes minute or two to get through the crowd"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
John Philip sousa.

When was last in England" said John Philip sousa. the famous bandmas- ter, just after the concert at the Jeffer- son. 'l was telling King Edward about an incident that impressed him. l said to the King Some years ago I composed a funeral march to be played on the occasion of state funerals, but once 1t was heard at a concert. l happened to be giving an afternoon performance at Bir- mingham, Ala. named after Birmingham
 England when an old newspaper friend came to my dressing room during inter- mission and brought a bulletin announc- ing the death of Her Majesty. Queen Victoria. l Immediately had the librarian of the band look up my funeral march and, reading the bulletin to the audience, opened the second part of my pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

be ginned he proposed to cover in an estimate, and he did this openly in order to save the government unnec- essary expense.
 The Jordan hullabaloo has therefore nothing in it of value to cotton pro- ducers. The amount of cotton in volved would be small-probably less than 5000 bales, and President Jordan's attacks upon Director North. who is a statistician and not politician, have nothing substantial or important be- hind them. He in truth is prejudicing the cotton industry where 1t needs friends.
 The census bureau counts the bales as they are rolled out at the gins. It does not leak. Its methods are regular and proper. Neither President Jordan nor any one else has discredited them, save in the particular of ascertaining what counties have no cotton to be ginned. What sense, for example, would there be in canvassing the county of Jefferson, in which 1000 bales are grown, every one of which had been ginned when the mid-January report was made? So 1t is in hun dreds of other counties. Director North deserves praise, instead of cen sure, for his efforts to lessen the ex- penditures of the bureau he supewises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
complaIns About Dust.

'I certainly do want to complain about the dust on Second avenue tonight" said a man who accompanied several ladies to the Jefferson theatre last night. "I have been going to the theatre several times a week for several years in Bir- mlngham, but I do not believe that I have ever seen the dust so bad.
 "One of the ladies whom I was ac- companying was wearing very costly wrap and when we returned homo to- night 1t was black from the dust blown on it, while we were walking from Twen- tieth street to the theatre
 Tt seems to me that the city street cleaning department could devote a few minutes on such a night to sprinking a street on which hundreds of people are forced to walk in reaeAng the the atres.
 And In that connection, Birmingham has poorer sprinlSling force than any city I have ever seen of its size. Go to Atlanta for instance. and nearly every residence and business street Is sprlnkled once or twice every day. Nashville is also sprinkled well and other cities take better care of their streets than Birming- ham does of hers.
 "All the business streets in Birmng- ham, First and Second avenues Elgf- teenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twen- ty-first streets In the business section should be sprinlled at least twice every day. This should be done to keep the dust down in very dry weather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
STATE POLITICS

Roanoke Leader: The candidates who will sweep the state" must have a long handled broom.
 Gadsden Evening Journal: Senators Pet tus and Morgan have announced that they will both be in the race. This leaves the other gentlemen who have designs on these honors somewhat high and dry.
 Talladega Mountain Home: Senators Morgan and Pettus have announced for reelection. The best Alabama can do for the remainder of her distinguished sons is to name two of them alter nates."
 Huntsville Mercury: Senators Morgan and Pettus announce their candidacy to succeed themselves in the United States Senate, and that settles the question of primary so far as these old Romans are concerned. But who are to be the two "senators in waiting?" That is the question.
 Annlston Star: The announcement by Senators Morgan and Pettus that they will stand for senatorial reelection makes practically no change in the senatorial situation except to place the Hon. John B. Knox in a more favorable light be- fore the people. Mir Knox at the outset stated emphatiaaly that he would not oppose either of the present senators, but that he was a candidate for the successive under the rules laid down by the state executive committee. MT. Knox's graceful and delicate manner of stating his position has won him friends throughout the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press,
 You could always trust girl if she wasn't one
 Mighty few men have the reason te see that coal bills are better than doctors bills.
 It would be awful satisfactory to have married daughters if there were no sons in-law.
 An easy way to convince a woman how much you love her is to pretend to oe jealous about her.
 It takes an awful long time to convince yourself that you are as happy as youl wifa tails you you are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
JOKE ON JOkESMlTH,

From the New York Times.
 Burglars entered the home of Joseph Keppler. editor and proprietor of Puck, at Smith terrace and Richmond road, Stapleton, s. L, on Monday night. After carrying off $lOOO worth of valuable they left a note saying:
 We appreciate a good joke. but we think the joke is on you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
About Persons.

About Persons. E. Ross Smith of Memphis Is at the Hillman.
 M. Phillips of Selma is at the Colo nial
 J. B. Hurley of Mobile is at the Metro politan.
 J. D Fowler of Bankston Is at the Metropolitan
 R. B Sims of Greensboro Is at the Metropolitan.
 J. L. Echols of Decatur is at the Metro polltan.
 J.w. Raley of Brewton Is at the Metro polltan. B. B. Smith and Jack Johnson of Dade- vile are at the Birmingham. ". L. Wall of Huntsville is at the Bir mingham.
 James wilcox of Piper is at the Bir- mngham.
 H. E. Schloss of Cleveland Is at the Birmingham.
 II. Kauffmann of Louisville Is at the St. Nicholas.
 E.F. sevier of Atlanta is registered at the St. Nicholas
 J. L. Graves and A. G. Story of Talla- dega are at the St. Nicholas. J. K. Oakley of Ashby is registered at the Morris
 R. J. Jones of Centreville is at the Nor ris
 W. M. Lackey of Dadev1lle is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
TIP FOR GROVER.

From the Atlanta Journal.
 A large, heavy gentleman with special ability in the line of sitting on lids can learn something to his advantage by com municating with Nicholas, St. Petersburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
 THEY ARE RULING NOW.

From the Memphis News-S -Scimitar
 A college professor says the women will be ruling the country fifty years from today. Of course, why should they abdicate?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES
lfM LoRoDoRA.a one of the most popular musical comedies that
 has ever bean nresented in tbis

@ LoRODoRA." one of the most % popular musical comedies that
 has ever been presented in this country. made clear profits of s2s6,O13 30 for Fischer and Ryley, the men who brought the opera to this country. It will be noted that "Florodora' is called a musical comedy in one sentence and an opera in another; like all shows of it's class there Is little distinction to be made between the musical comedy and comic opera features aFlorodora" won fame by it's music but the sextette probably contributed more than any other feature to the success 1t achieved. Original "Florodora9 sextette girls. of whom there are thousands at present, will no doubt regret that they did not receive a lar ger pro rata share of the gate re- ceipts, especially when they gave so much to the show
 Montgomery calls It's patrol wagon Lucille" It is not what a patrol wagon is called but when it is called that really counts and how soon it gets where 1t is wanted after being called. A patrol wagon under any other name would be as slow.
 GET OUT IN THE SUNSHINE. Get out in the sunshine,
 Drive dull care away
 Don't take time to grumble,
 Laugh out loud-be gay.
 Haven't long to stay here
 Might as well be glad.
 Get out In the sunshine
 Make old Trouble mad.
 When a man Is in love he thinks that the girl is too good for him but when he is flirting he merely tells her so.  New Yorker shot a Cinclnnat1an the other day. This rivalry between the cities is reaching an acute stage. A newspaper writer attempts to ex- plain how we get cold feet Speaking from experience. we would say that there are many. many ways
 MARRIED NOW.
 He held a good hand
 And then lost his head.
 He wishes 1t had
 Been poker instead.
 Major Charles J. Miller says that he will fly over three states. Judging from MT. Fitzsimmons' charges. the major has been flying high for some time Chicago man wants a divorce be- cause his wife would not put a poultice plaster on his side. altho she was kind enough to build the thing. We move that the case be dismissed.
 HURT.
 He longed to be the wind
 That trified with her hair,
 Bue when she called him windy
 He wore an injured air
 Mark Twain went to Congress but not as a member and his friends need not feel alarmed, even tho he was seen in the company of several senators.
 Among the conspicuous examples of meanness that have recently come to light may be mentioned that of a police sergeant in Ohio who ordered a patrol man to stay at his desk under pain of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Nick Longworth stole from Romeo the romantic phrase that he applied to Miss Alice. when he said she was the sun of his life. But all are licensed to steal frnn thai sn11rce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02
CAMERA soNG

CAMERA SONG.
 Click! click click
 The cameras are snapping,
 While "iends" try
 To catch Miss Alice mapping
 Were we she
 We think we'd do some swearing
 For such fire
 Is just a trine wearing
 "Ah don't want ter care nothin fur nobody, nohow, cause nobody don't care nothin' fur meh," sang a Birmingham negro who is an English-speaiking Ameri- can citizen.
 The man who wrote "on the Banks of the Wabash is dead and buried now and it. i'll becomes us to speak lightly of his most famous songs-"on the Banks oE the Wabash" Just Tell Them That You Saw Me-, "The Blue and the Cray and "The Letter That Never Caue.' They were good songs in their time. but were done to death by parodies. THE LAUGH THAT NEVER CAME He told a funny story and He waited for a bit To hear the roars of laughter that Would show he'd made hit. He waited and he waited, but He didn't hear sound. It could not have been quieter had The crowd been gagged and bound. The sun kept on a-shining and The sky was clear and blue. The world went on it's even way Just like 1t used 10 do. Most everything was just the same And yet 1t seemed to him That something bad had happened, Tor His eyes were getting dim Of course you know just how he felt And so you will not blame The man who stood there waiting for The laugh that never came. The great questions of the day: "Wil1 you be miner" and 'Is my hat on straight"
 Smoking a Cigar and Reading Novel Governor Pattison Is Improving" says a newspaper headline Much depends on the brand of the cigar and the author of the novel.
 PLEASANT WEATHER. The plumber wears doleful look,
 He's feeling rather blue.
 He walks around and swears lot
 There's nothing else to do. "Ah," cried Bilers, 'see the rolling and the heaving and the tossing of the sea-"
 "Umph" ejaculated Pillers. "The roll ing and the tossing and the heaving of the sea is nothing to the rolling and the heaving and the tossing in me- PAUL. COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Kansas is going to have an exposition in 1911. Senator Burton would do all right for the graft exhibit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

always secure has. in other words, been granted to the Standard oil.
 Attorney General Hadley of Missouri is not. however, discouraged. He is not, of course, surprised. He pro- poses to force the fighting both in Missouri and New York, and it will be a great satisfaction to the general public to ascertain in the end that no man, even though a wit is supervisor 10 the courts.
 Tn the pending case fortunately the state of Missouri is pitted against the Standard Oil A state cannot be treated by any judge as an individual can safely be, and the notoriety of the present proceedings ensures at least a degree of just treatment. If the supreme court of Missouri stands up to the issue unfinchingly the fiippant MT. Rogers will resume his seat as witness later on under circumstances not so favorable to a development of his powers as a wit and satirist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Be the Marshall Field large or small, it bears no taint of monopoly or robbing. It is America's big estate honestly ob- tained
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Watch the sun shine and imagine you see the groundhog coming out today from his winter quarters to look at it also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Charles LoclShart. q Standard oil man, left fortune of s1s0OOO'OO, and yet he did not make much noise in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Mrs. Yerkes' denial of her marriage is one of those denlals that nobody but a woman could make.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

An Arkansas state senator was arrest ed for bribery before his bride. She had her sight restored a remarkably short time after the wedding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Castro is a headliner in the inter national show. but his place Is insecure, and he may be a super or the hind legs of a COW yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Now Jacob Rhs wants Roosevelt to be Mayor of New York. It Is about time for him to let MT. Roosevelt do some of the talking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Miss Aliee's trosseau holds the atten- ton of half of the country at any rate the better half.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Castro has run away from the French, and Rockefeller is fugative from Missouri courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Our Alabama senators are each eighty odd years young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Grover Cleveland and Tom" Grady buried the hatchet and great was the re- joicing thereat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Castro and Rockefeller have disappear ed, and they may be touring the Andes together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

The Senate is at any rate the country s vermiform appendix.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-02

Great excitement was caused in New York by the discovery of polite bicycle policeman.