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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
Americas Charities.

Although the present year abounded
In melon cutting and in other forms of
millionairism, yet in charities it was
remarkably deficient. Bishop Potter
once estimated that only per cent Of
the millionaires gives anything to the
people, and the figures for the current
year go to show that he knew what he
was talking about.
The benefactions of this year total
up to SOL ,230,294. More than one-third
of this amount was given to educa-
tional institutions, and the other gifts
of the year are classed as follows:
To galleries, museums, etc. -. sif .02g, $40
Hospitals and asylums ...... -. 5,119,053
Miscellaneous charities .... 80. $50, 6S1
Various gifts, not in cash .... -. 5,44S,000
Church works, various kinds -. 3,047 .G75
Library building or endowng -. 1916 1876
These would be comfortable figures
If they were not such falling-off from
previous years. In 1901 the charities
Ch~'hS NCuh'ig iooC w Plui ,oDOsOUU, III
1902 and 1903 they were nearly as free,
and last year they stood at SIG, 1000.
Not since the year 1900 have the rich
given so little to charity as they have
given this year. This may mean that
they propose to meet the assaults upon
the trusts and upon Privilege of all
sorts by Withholding large sums. At
any rate, in a highly prosperous year
there has been big drop in the chart
ties of the country, and that drop is no
doubt due to some general condition.
Chancellor Day proposes to change
public sentiment, and he may have
grasped the charity situation in the
nick O. time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
Christmas Trade.

81 have never seen such a Christmas
trade in my life as there is in Blrming-
ham this year." said John L. Parker yes
terday. Il have watched the Christmas
trade in Birmingham for a long time, and
] believe that it is fully 80 per cent larger
this year than in any other year. 1 have
talked to many people and everyone Of
them has told me that their business was
far in excess of what it was last year
People have purchased more expensive
presents, are buying more of them than
last year and in every way they are
spending more money. 1t is a sign OF the
prosperity that exists all over the coun-
try"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
CHEMICAL BlUSHES.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the 1ltlSDurS Dlspatcn.
A dermatologist has solved the mystery
of converting q faded society woman
into a study in pink and white. The
beauty doctor has already made several
successful experiments with his foun-
tain of youth. He simply tattooes a
blush on the cheeks without injury to the
flesh or skin. He declares the process
does not cause pain---not even vince
because the needle only enters the skin
one-sixteenth of an inch. He uses veg
etabe coloring to produce the schoolgirl
blush This is injected under the skin
The fluid is said to be quite harmless and
really possesses antiseptic properties.
Two sittinss are necessary for complete
operation. and the effect for a few days
is not pretty. The complexion changes
from pink to red, and finally to delicate
pink.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
POURING, AS USUAL.

From the johnson City CTenn) Comet.
With our foreman at home shot three
times, a printer in the Brownsville jail
half shot, another in the office not worth
shooting, the Comet is issued under great
difficulties this week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
ALWAYS DOuRTING.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The lion and the lamb had lain down
together.
Whereat many rejoiced.
But others doubted and minated that
II was for the gate receipts merely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR

FTOIH
Congress could provide more currency
by stopping marrying
When a man never cusses it's sign he
doesn't shave himself.
A girl says she Tilted man when he
called on her and she was not at home.
one way to tell whether girl has a
good figure is the way she doesn't try TO
hide 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

IT HERE is no comeback in the
w farewell of 1905. The year will
say goodbye to this old world
and join the other years which are woven
into the fabric of history. 1t were meet
to give summary of events that have
come to pass in the past twelve months,
but wiser heads than ours have already
essayed the, task. Syndicate pages Of
such matter are going for song, so to
speak. What happened can't be helped,
any way, so why worry? With a determi-
nation to cheer and a brand new cal
endar by our desk, let US face 1907 with
a bold front. There will be a great rust
ling as new leaves are turned over and
We advise you to put a paperweght on
yours, SO 1t won't flip back. 1.-The old
orders changeth" (soon).-Tennyson. We
sing:
Goodbye. old year,
Come in, the new.
We say this, tho
TITS not yet due.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Bir1ninghafns new skating rink will
have, it is said, seating capacity of
1000 and O great many more people will
sit down in the course of time on the
Hnnr
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

The deceased wife's sister proposition
channel should be hitched up together,
for one appears as regularly as the other
at like PAGES.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

The salton sea is merely another exam
pie of mans puny efforts directed in vain
against the forces of nature
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

what else can I do but go to court
when summoned" asks John D. r.. in
one of his comic talks to the newspapers.
What? Why, stay away. of course!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

money, VINO mas the money
GREETING.
Christmas greetings,
One and all!
Christmas seems to
Have the call.
Here's a wish that
You and I
May get DER 1t
BY and by.
Here's a wish that
You may eat
All the good old
Turkey meat
That your stomach
Will contain,
With no fear of
Future pain.
Here's a wish that
You may be
Always trimming
Full Of glee.
It's a cinch to
Pen a rhyme
In the joyous
Christmas time!
Stars and stripes--comic opera queens
and BARRIERS poles
Applied art-mother's slipper.
Lord Kitchener is again reported
gagged. It's George AIDES time next.
Clemenceau eats a dozen (good) eggs
for breakfast The cackle of a hen meant
something to him.
Now that he are to lave "waterless''
swimming Mother, may I learn to
SWIM" has lost its point.
PASSED.
Under a mistletoe
She STOOD
A homely maid she was,
But good
Under the mistletoe
She stood
And nothing happened.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

The Congressional Record can never be-
come popular fireside companion while
it rejects illustrations furnished gratis
by the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Magazines always start off with fore
word" but they flicker out in silence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

John d. Rockefeller is giving away
freddy" bears for Christmas presents
Is this move to mollify?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

The income of Bertha Nrupp, now the
Countess Won Bohlen Halbach, in the first
year of her married life is 100000, which
probably looks good to the Count.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Justice Brewer has become our national
adviser and counsellor. taking the place
once held by Bishop Potter and later by
Andrew Carnegie.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

There is plenty of coal and a great
many empty cars, but downright scar
city of locomotives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

The editor of the Congressional Record
declined with thanks the illustration that
went with the Presidents special mes
sage on Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Santa Claus would have been Welcomed
in China had he brought nothing more
than bread.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

The Oklahoma constitution makers are
struggling with the side-arms problem.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

General Persling Is no doubt willing
that Japan should take the Philippines
and annihilate the Filpinos.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES

something else to say for Merry Christ
mast!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

When the days begin to lengthen the
cold begins to strengthen. and this rule
seems to Mt Alabama almost as well as
Massachusetts,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Chancellor Day proposes to put the rich
in control of this country again. He does
not say what his fee will be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

The Emperor William desired to butt
into the election of the new reichstag,
but it was suggested to him that he had
better not serve tho enemy in that way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

France is having a great deal of politics
because she has eight editors in her cab
met.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

No one desires to abolish Santa Claus,
but all desire him to be safe and sane
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Railroads that issue no passes and pay
no rebates should be able to reduce their
tariffs materially.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

All booms are requested to wait until
transportation can overtake them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Ambassador Aoki offers us the open
than Dingleyism offers to Aslatics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Chancellor Day is the warmest admirer
Arehbod Of the Standard Oil in particu-
lar that the country contains. He erupts
in their favor regularly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Poutney Bigelow got the answer long
due him in the Presidents special mes
sage on Panama
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
GREETING

The game of life is largely Money,
money, who has the money!"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Congress really adjourned to cut short
the flood Of special presidential mes
sages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

A newspaper writer who discusses the
poverty Of profanity, should not over
look the fact that some "cuss" words are
pretty rich
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

THESE COOL MORNINGS.
'I'll rise at seven in the MORN"
Said Bill Malone,
But when he dragged himself from bed
Twas o'clockl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Quarrels are the spice of married life
says Winfield Black. Not, however
when they reach the tobasco sauce stage
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Ragtme poets are writing rhymes
about the car shortage. If this doesn't
move the railroads nothing will.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Lord Nelson was a captain in his 30s
until they are close to the retiring age.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
AN INCIDENT.


When Brown walked out on yester morn
He wished three times he'd ne'er been
born,
So bitter cold it was to one
Who had to rise up with the sun
And hunt, all shivering, the work
Which he could not afford to shirk.
While hurrying along the street,
With icy ears and aching feet
And clouds of vapor from his mouth,
And wishing he was farther south,
Poor Brown did stop to gossip with
None other than the boastful Smith.
ct think I'll die before the night"
Walled Brown, whose features were a
sight
At cannot bear this sudden cold,
1t makes me sad and sick and old
Then spake up Smith, full chestily,
"Oh rats the days too warm. for me.
"I still have on my summer weight
OF underwear and wish to state
That I shall not put on my vest
Until by frost Pm harder prest
Than now" Then Brown just knocked
him down.
OF course you wouldn't censure Brown?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

The bundle carriers have of late been a
majority of the total population.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
cuP1sTMAs cYNICTsMs.

CHRISTMAS CHNICISNIb.
Many a man will have a roll on today
that Is not in his pocket
2 The poor beggar man has been clearing
$40 a day for a week past.
A great many pc ople will spend the
day figuring out how much their presents
cost.
Quite a number of monographs were
left by Santa Claus.
A good time cannot be had for a.
Don't you wish people could think OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

of milllonaires in general and Millionaire
Arehbold of the Standard oil in particu.
lar that the country contains. He erupts
in their favor regularly.
The Emperor William desired to butt
into the election of the new reichstag
but 1t was suggested to him that he had
| better not serve tho enemy in that way.
The income of Bertha Frupp. now the
Countess Won Bohlen Halbach, in the first
year of her married life is 100000, which
probably looks good to the Count.
The Congressional Record can never be-
come a popular firesde companion while
it rejects illustrations furnished gratis
by the White House.
The editor of the Congressional Record
declined with thanks the illustration that
went with the Presidents special mes
sage on Panama.
Justice Brewer has become our national
adviser and counsellor. taking the place
once held by Bishop Potter and later by
Andrew Carnegie.
When the days begin to lengthen the
cold begins to strengthen. and this rule
seems to Mt Alabama almost as well as
Massachusetts,
A newspaper writer who discusses the
poverty Of profanity should not over
look the fact that some "cusso words are
pretty rich.
-.s.--
Quarrels are the spice of married life,
says Winfield Black. Not, however,
when they reach the tobasco sauce stage.
Lord Nelson was a captain in his 3os
but our naval officers do not get there
until they are close to the retiring age.
Ragtime poets are writing rhymes
about the car shortage. If this doesn't
move the railroads nothing will.
Ambassador Aoki offers us the open
door in Eastern Asia, and that is more
than Dngleyism offers to Asiatics.
Chancellor Day proposes to put the rich
in control of this country again. He does
not say what his fee will be.
General Persling Is no doubt willing
that Japan should take the Philippines
and annihllate the Fillpinos.
John d. Rockefeller is giving away
Teddy bears for Christmas presents.
Is this a move to mollify?
There is plenty of coal and great
many empty cars, but a downright scar
city of locomotives.
Railroads that issue no passes and pay
tariffs materially.
Poultney Bigelow got the answer long
due him in the Presidents special mes
sage on Panama
Congress really adjourned to cut short
the flood Of special presidential mes
sages
France is having great deal of politics
because she has eight editors in her cab
met.
No one desires to abolish Santa Claus,
| but all desire him to be safe and sane.
The Oklahoma constitution makers are
struggling with the slde-arms problem.
ss.-
All booms are requested to wait until
transportation can overtake them.
| The bundle carriers have of late been a
majority of the total population.
No more special MESA ges at any rate
/ until Congress- meets again
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. post
OFFICE as second-class matter under act
of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25
MR.. DUBoSE RETlREs.

No more special MESA ges at any rate
until Congress meets again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Hane'd himself on the expectation Of
plenty.
Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-25

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. $500
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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-04-12
WORK MAKES MEN.

Work makes men. Luck usually
fails. Pluck nearly always wins. To
succeed in anything one must overcome
obstacles. Force and fibre are built by
hardships. Grit is as necessary in the
making OF man as gumption. Hard.
ships are not always handicaps. Often
they are helps. You will understand
this better in twenty years. Meanwhile
permit one who has lived that twenty
years and more, to advise You in this:
Hang onto your job until you are sure
of a better one, Dependable boys are
in demand. And TO boy can be de-
pended upon who does not finish the
task he sets his hand to do. However
disagrecablc the work, do doitlhOroughly. il
DO it better than the average boy will
do it. Ii that way you will come to he
known as a dependable boy. And mind
you this: Men everywhere are looking
for capa BILE, honest, gritty, dependable
boys. The sooner YOU let people know
that you arc that kind Of boy, the
sooner you will get better job. And
don't be in II hurry 10 give up the work
you already have. BE sure something
better is offered. Wait while. Do your
work we'll. Promotion will come. And
do not envy the boy who has an easy
time. You would much better pity him.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-04-12
THE HOLY LAND.

The beauty Of the Holy Land at iris
season and the peculiar ceremonies en-.
acted in the oriental churches combine
to draw to the Holy City pilgrims and
tourists from every corner Of the earth
to witness these interesting cclcbra.
tions. No other city in the world pre-
scntS so cosmopolitan an appearance
as Jerusalem does at the time Rus.
SLAMS, l.atius, COpts, Armcnans, Syri-
ans, all gather in large numbers in the
Holy City fer this week. The Russians,
to whom Easter is the greatest feStivitv
of the year, are represented in largest
numbers They walk wcarily over
long distances attirrd in the quaint
Russian aarb, carrying their provisions
in knapsacks ON their backs. They
suffer many discomiorts ON thi, long
pilgrimage in the hope OF thus winning
eternal salvation for themselves or for
the wealthy pcnitcnls in whose proxy
they come. They belong tO the Oriental
Greek church. ~ they proceed through
the country their mClOdiOus singing
fill the air,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-04-12
! N
o L d
.'MIZZOO''

The building business is reported
booming in Springfield.
Rural mail routes have caused the
closing of several small postoiiices.
ID. H. Walker has been appointed
pOstmastcrat at Ozark, succeeding Whar-
ton.
A brick and tile company has been
incorporated at Liberal, with capital
stock of $1,000
Nevada is to have new court house
SOxlOO feet, l25 feet high, to be built of
Carthage limestone,
The Armstrong mill and elevator
burned Il few days ago involving loss
of $4,000. Insurance, $4,000.
a combination is good thing when
it works, and not always an unmixed
calamity when it works too well.
a franchise has been granted for an
electric railway to be operated on the
highway between Centraia and Central
City.
Kansas City will have two buildings
this season exceeding in height any
thing now in the city-the Long build.
ing, costing 100000, and Bank OF
Commerce building, TO cost 81 100000.
Each is TO be fourteen stories high.
A peculiar case is reported from the
Rescue Home in Springfield. Abou,
three weeks ago Luella Robinson died
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1906-04-12

at the home, having been apparently
in the best OF health up to the time of
her death, the cause Of which physi-
clans were unable to tell. About an
hour before she died she told her at
tcndants that she was going to die, and
that they would soon follow her. Mon
day nigh, two physicians were sum
moncd to the Rescue home TO attend
May Robinson, Il sister of Luclla, who
was in an unconscious condition and
had said that she was going to die. and
i given directions for the disposition of
! her effects. She too had been in the
best OF health, and physicians are uu-
able to determine what is the trouble.
Tuesday was the day she had set for
her death, and the case has attracted
much attention.
. Enus y. ANtcll, prominent Kansas
City Republican politician and old
'h"'IPl'" w ''ihto' NdCH'r, WAS
killed by "A street car in front of his
home last Thursday. His dramatic
meeting on the battlefield Of Falls
church in the war Of the rebellion with
! the young lady who altcrward became
his wife is said to have been the basis
for Marie Corclli's famous story, "A
Romance Of two Worlds"
Frank Givedcn Of Carthage shot and
killed his friend, Matt paincll, while
the latter was prowling round the
Givedcn home one night last week.
Painell WAS II thrifty young farmer
with a wife and three children. He
was drunk at the time Of the tragedy.
Rafc Jones, Il Kansas City negro,
claims to be ll6 years old, and recalls
incidents which appear to corroborate
his claim. He is active and vigorous.
operates washing machine for his
daughter, and says he will never die.
His only ailmcnt is failing cycsisht.
Although numerous good men went
down in the battle of the ballots last
Saturday, among them some whom the
Republican desired to see successful, il
is noticeable that not single man
known rs drinking man was able to
pull through.
l.. q. Meyers who was sent to the pen
from Saline county and has served one
year of twO-year sentence for obtaining
money under false pretenscs, has been
pardoned by Governor Folk, the pardon
being recommended by the trial Judge
John a. Rich.
Joplin has building boom right
Contracts have already been let for
buildings costing more than Il million
dollars, and ii is estimated that build
ing operations for the year will exceed
two millions.
The largest real estate deal ever con.
sumated in ST. Louis has just gone
throught, the transfer including the
Century building and the transaction
involving capital to the amount of
SS,9j0,OO0.
Springfield voted down the prop
Osition to issue bonds in the sum of
$4,000 for IA new high school building
The convocation Of Latter Day Saints
or Mormons, began Friday at Indie.
pendence.
The state agricultural department
says wheat is in good condition.
Hawk Point has II new bank with
capital stock Of $4,000.
J Legal blanks at Rupublicau Office.