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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
Noble madam,
Noble madam, n's evil manners live in brass their virtues AA,rife in AAfatar
Rottenness Galore.

The Chicago packing houses are the more revolting, but the moral obliqui- tv. the downright rottenness, of some Pennsylvania railroad officials is not readily matched in Chicago or else where When chief clerks of railroad officers go about with pockets bulging with commissions and free stock the limit of commercial corruption has been reached. The age of graft is fully upon us.
 But let no one despair. Publicity is waking up the American people, and if the truth be brought fully out re- form will assuredly follow. Even the Chicago News says: Now that the people of the whole United States are uniting in vast consumers league at the call of the President, insanitary conditions not only in Packingtown, but in other industrial hives will have to be remedied with little delay" The News believes that filthy methods are but the natural results of brutalized men and women. The employers duty to his workpeople is, in other words, part of his duty to his customers.
 While this or that corporation or trust is exposed, yet the bottom of rot tenness-the campaign contributions of 1896, 1900 and 1904 go unexposed, and Reform with big R will not come until those campaign lists are laid be- fore the people. If the people are in earnest in demanding a reform all along the line they will elect House pledged to uncover those subscriptions. It will have to be democratic House, for the present republican Congress takes especial care to do nothing that will put the subscription lists of three campaigns before >the people.
 The surface Is being skinned, but the rotten depths will not be stirred unless those campaign lists are made public. Bad as the stockyards have been shown to be, rotten as the Penn sylvania railroad officials confess they are and have been, yet thousand fold more dangers to the republic lie in the campaign subscriptions of 1896, 1900 and 1904. They must be made public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
Little Episode.

Tn a little episode that happened yes- terday afternoon" said a man. "a smile from a passing street car was the lure that drew young fellow on. It might be called the chase of a smile. In fact. 1t was beginning on Second avenue at Twen- tieth street and ending somewhere. per haps, in the field of romance. Rainbow chasing Is an old form of amusement, all belt the bag of gold may never be tangi- ble but the smile that flashed from the passing car must have had in qualities that hypnotise. The aforesaid young man was at soda fount near the window in the middle of a glass of dope. The smile smote him in the act. So strong was the call of the smile that he left the dope unfinished He started on the jump to pur- sue. But the car with a good lead off was on it's way. At the quarter it was still the car, the man three lengths behind. The half was not called. but in the lan- guage of the track the dopy entry made a whirlwnd finish.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
Greatest Chemist.

"The best metallurgical chemist in the world is a blast furnace said an oper- ator of long experience.
 .I do not underrate theory On the other hand I attach great importance to technical education No large furnace company is equipped unless it has scien- tific men on It's staff But 1t often hap pens that iron ores which are proved by the metallurgist to be of great value are of small commercial worth when they have been tested in the furnace. And vice versa. Ores that have been condemn ed by the mineralogist turn out to be valuable in furnace practice. One does not have to live long in a mineral dis- trict to learn the truth of my proposl- tion about the furnace as the great chemist
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same time had elected legislature that on joint ballot would have been republican. there certainly would have been a queer situation in that state. Would the legislature have obeyed the commands of the people? The laws of Oregon are peculiar for they elect United States senators in that state at the regular state elections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
Floor Leader Blackburn.

It is stated that Senator Blackburn of Kentucky, now vice-chairman of the democratic caucus, is to be made chairman and therefore the democratic leader in the Senate in the place of the late Senator German. He took d seat in the House in the Forty-fourth Congress, and he has been in Congress ever since. a period of over thirty years. The promotion to leadership is due him. not alone because he is vice-chairman. but partly at leastN Nbe- cause of his long service.
 He will not be expected to serve as floor leader beyond the present Con gress. for his term as senator expires on March next. and it is well under stood that he is not to be his own sue cessor. He was beaten by the Beck ham machine, and Governor Beckham win probably fill his seat after March 4,
 He is popular senator, but he lacks the tact and skill that rendered the late Senator German so successful. He will, however, fill the breach honor ably and capably. and it is not probable that a voice will be raised against his promotion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
Knights of Columbus.

"The Knights of Columbus have de- cided to hold their next annual conven- tion in Norfolk, Va.," said a member of Birmingham Virginia colony. While Norfolk s a delightful city 1t lacks the hotel accommodations to entertain body of 15.OOO to 10000; and not less than 15,OOO will attend the meeting,
 Tt is understood that the convention goes to Virginia on account of sentl- ment. next year being the three hun dredth anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. The convention should meet in Richmond, notably strong in the mat ter of hotels The delegates could reach Jamestown from Richmond almost as easily as from Norfolk
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Independent votinu.

The election of Governor Chamber lain, democrat, in Oregon, recalls the fact that four states which went re- publican two years ago now have democratic governors-Ohio, Mime sota, Missouri and Oregon. John M. Pattison is governor of Ohio. John A. Johnson of Minnesota, Joseph w. Folk of Oregon. It is thought Pennsylvania, New York and Rhode Island will join the quartet of states that have dem. ocratic governors, although each and all gave Theodore Roosevelt heavy pluralities.
 The meaning of these seeming in- constituencies is that independency is becoming more general, and that it proposes to distinguish between state and national matters, permitting uo objectionable man to gain office be- cause he bears the party label. Doubt less the rapidly spreading primary system will promote independency, which is, after all, the hope of the country Parties, like individuals, can make mistakes, and when they do their mistakes should be boycotted at the polls. This is what the independ- ent voter is doing, and he rarely puts an unfit man in office.
 The reelection of George E. Cham berlain in Oregon is fine tribute to him. He not only held his own at the polls. but he gained strength, and his plurality shows that he is appreciated in all parts of his state Oregon all ways has been a state inclined to in- dependent voting. It supports republi- cans only when they are deserving. It voted down woman suffrage, which is making headway in England and even in Russia, and 1t elected an United States senator regardless of the legislature If it had elected a dem ocrst United States senator and at the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Unwarranted Kissing.

.I have never seen such unwarranted behavior on the part of a portion of crowd at the ball park as l witnessed this afternoon when some of the people at West End hissed Manager Vaughn for taking Sallee out of the box said man who is a constant attendant on the ball games. "sallee was. technically speaking all in and was really suffering from sunstroke. He was in no condition to finish pitching the inning. much less the game, and Manager Vaughn had only two alternatives, take him out or lose the game. He took Sallee out and won.
 fT guarantee that not one of the num- Der who hissed would have the manhood to meet Manager Vaughn on the street and hiss in his face. They hid themselves in the crowd where they knew they would not be recognized. thinking they were ac- complaining something.
 'I was glad that only a small portion of the audience joined in the missing. Af ter it had started number of men and a still greater number of women applauded Manager Vaughn when he came to the box to bat in the next inning, and it did my heart good when he lined out safety.
 ''I have heard a number of reasons of fered for the conduct of the people who hIssed and among them I heard that some were betting on Shreveport this af= ternoon. They saw prospects of winning their bets if Sallee was allowed to re- main in the box. Others may have thought that Vaughn was blaming Sallee with the hole in which the team was in at that time. when one had scored and others were on base, but only a few could have thought that. l believe 1t was jusl a crowd of knockers"
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which became falsetto on the third bar.
 At 330 a. m. we passed through small door to the side street. We all escosted Nye to his hotel. Field gave the night clerk wink, and, taking a key. from his desk, he led the way to the bar As lined up, Devere took an old pro- gramme from his pocket and began scrib- bling on the back of it. As he finished, and just as we raised our glasses, he pushed it along the bar to Nye, who, in turn. passed 1t along to Field. who read it aloud l still have the scrap of paper and this is the legend dimly penciled on it's back
 Did you ever go into beer saloon,
 And drink, and drink, and drink And then sit down on a dry goods box,
 And think, and think, and think? And think, perhaps, you wouldn't drink,
 And drink, perhaps, till you couldn't
 think,
 And then look into the mirror
 And knowingly wink,
 Then go round the corner
 And take another drink.
 Last week, at the beautiful plot of the Actors Fund in Evergreen cemetery, I stood beside the newly made grave of Big Bill Devere. Could he have stretched forth his giant arm, he could almost have touched the ivy on the grave of dear old John Woodward, the author of Cali. forna Through Death Valley" and the famous old song. dear to every old Cali fornian. "rhe Days of '4s."
 John Woodward, in his peculiar line. was a superb actor yet as an actor he is scarcely remembered. But as the au- thor of "The Days of 49' his fame will last on the Pacific coast, at least, so long as there fingers memory or a tradi- ton of
 The days of old, the days of gold,
 The days of 49.
 And as I stopped to place a flower upon the grave of w. Devere this thought came to me: Among 800 men and women resting here there are some whose fame has filled two continents. There are men who. without our memory, have stood as the foremost representatives of our art; women whose genius and beauty have held in thrall the hearts of thousands of their countrymen and women. now in their prime yet today they are forgotten.
 As an actor w. Devere is scarcely re- membered, but twenty years from now in some public or private library. or some obscure bookstall, in the heart of civiliza- tion. in some Australian camp or Klon- dyke gold field. one who never heard of Big Bill Devere will pcK up a little volume, begrimed perhaps. and yell lowed with age, and will read Two Lit tie Busted Shoes and 'Jim Marshalrs New Planner' and Parsons Box,i' and the tramp poet of the west will live again; again 'the tangible record of his gifts will move to wholesome mirth or force the silent tribute of a tear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
Ginger Ale.

T have been a ginger ale topper for many years but not until recently have I tasted any ginger beverage made in America that could be compared with the Belfast article" said high liver. T was in Belfast a few years ago and learned there that the secret of the superior qual- ity of the Irish ginger ale was not in the recipe but in a certain natural wa ter used in the mixture This water flows from springs in the neghborhood of Bel fast
 '"The fine domestic ginger ale have been drinking of late has for It's body water that comes from spring in Ala bama."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
The Shop Litter.

"A good deal has been written con- cerning shop-liftng; that. however, con- stitutes but small part of what might be told about it said detective yes terday AS is commonly known, the practice is not confined to those who steal because they may be needy. Some are ad- dicted to the habit for other reasons, a few solely because 1t gives them chance 10 outwit somebody else, Raffles-like And in others the instinct of the craft is so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 man with an automobile doesn't have to be a bachelor unless he wants to.
 Young people come home from school for their vacation so as to go away again somewhere else for 1t.
 There's no use telling a girl she is pretty; to do the work you must tell her she is the prettiest one you ever saw.
 man can get a good deal more excited over muffed fly at baseball game than having his neighbours house burn down.
 When you see a woman painting up an old chair it's just as likely as not 1t Is for the lawn. so that she can speak of it as the summer house
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
THE LOUISVILLE HERALD.

The Louisville Herald issued Home Coming" edition Wednesday which con tainod sixty-four pages, and was fine newspaper achievement Much interesting information relating to Louisville and <entucllians was attractively arranged in this number
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
AN INFALLleLE SIGN.

From the Kansas City Star.
 'June's here.' said George Mong, clerk at the Coates House. last night as he looked over the register "See those names on the book with and wife at tached? June brings them It's the orange blossom month. you know, and honey moons follow. June begins vacation time, too, and other married pairs start for the mountains"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
THE BEocAR MAID.

By IennysOn. Her arms across her breast she laid,
 She was more fair than words can say; Barefooted came the beggar maid
 Before the king Cophetua. In robe and crown the king stept down,
 To meet and greet her on her way; Tt is no wonder said the lords.
 She is more beautiful than day. As shines the moon in clouded skies.
 She in her poor attire was seen: One praised her ankles. one her eyes, One her dark hair and lovesome mien. l So sweet face. such angel grace.
 In all that land had never been: Cophetua swsre a royal oath:
 This beggar maid shall be my queeDf~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

The presidency of the Grafters' league should go to the Pennsylvania railway employe who got s11,00O worth of stock and s4S,OOO as rake-off from coal mining companies during a period of three years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

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 moon with quiet fields and rustling woods. where the owl hoots her dismal lay and nature lies at rest said a citizen of Birmingham eTherefore, was strangely surprised to glance up last evening and see the moon peeping from behind the lofty Brown Marx building. It was pretty picture, with Luna swim ming in an opaque sea, not a cloud to interrupt her progress and the light-tinted skyscraper looming up as If to pierce the vault above. This juxtaposition of the aged and placid sphere, warden of the ages, which has looked down upon man. kind from time immemorial to a blatant skyscraper seemed contrary to tradition. It was a union of the old and the new. IL was so different from those scenes which painters have transferred to canvas and poets have sung about that I won dered at it's novelty"
 Two amateur performances of "The Mer- chant of Venice were given in Birming- ham Wednesday night. We escaped.  Calliopes and poets are both made in Indiana.
 ray of light Potted chicken is made of chicken and potted turkey is made of turkey.
 JUNE
 This is the month of roses,
 This is the month of brides, Rimes and verbal poses-
 Automobile rides;
 Flies and bad mosquitoes,
 Freckles, summer tan; Exc the summer maiden
 And the summer man. This is the month of sunstroke,
 This Is the month for ice, When the fair mint julep
 Leads us into vice.
 Month for making love, too,
 Meath the silver moon. This Is the month for dreaming,
 This is the month of June. It's a beef roast now. If it were not for the fact that the aver age anarchist throws like woman, more monarchs would be killed by bombs At any rate. Standard oil is not adul- terated.
 Yep, the United States has yellow streak, and it's the color of gold.
 ESTABLISHING LABOR
 There was a man in our town
 By laziness opprest.
 He did little guesswork.
 And laid him down to rest According to a new theory, the heart action is controlled by the muscles as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
Missouri is solid once more,
A VALUABLE PRESCRIPTION.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
 This is an infallible Irish cure for bad cold
 Get a large bottle of Irish whisky, put an old hat on the foot of the bed, then get in bed yourself and drink until you see two old hats or one new onel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

When Lillian Russell becomes a the atregoer and enters during a perform anee nobody in the audience pays any attention to what is taking place on the stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

When hog cholera sausage is liter ally in our midst it is just where we don't want it to be. We are all willing however to have 1t inside some other fellow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Ogden Armour is smooth. but just the same he should be condemned to a life sentence. and his diet should be hog cholera sausage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Congressman Burton has introduced bill to prohibit the cutting of prices below cost. This is a blow aimed at the alleged bargain counter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

when a youth hugs a maid until her heart palpitates It appears that Congress is going to sit right through the glorious Fourth Unless lid fits snugiy it might as well be left off. It's good idea to file those cuts of McCurdy pere They may be needed again.
 A VICTIM Behold man who's sad to see And prematurely old. He broke his constitution down While breaking up cold. Police departments are beginning to learn that it takes an auto to catch an auto. Why free pass?' A pass is a pass and can't be qualified
 DISILLUSIONED.
 Dimped darling
 Fair and sweet
 From her head down
 To her feet!
 Radiant with
 Happy smiles,
 Arts and graces.
 Woman's wiles.
 Dainty creature!"
 Men exclaim, Eager to find
 Out her name.
 Such fairy
 Creature she
 Surely, there no
 Foibles be!'
 Walt a minuten
 Gossip says.
 'Till her temper
 She displays They are having fun at our expense.-- The Packers. California man says that he will give complete outfits of clothing to 800 women as a bachelor tax himself. He had better not have the clothes all alike and he had better fix a price limit.
 THE MEAT BOYCOTT. We don't eat beef at our house. Pa says 1t isn't good Instead O that we feed upon The latest breakfast food. While mother leans to shredded corn, Big Sis takes mangled straw An father lives on Brain Compost The sort that's eaten raw. The rest of us have favorites We eat three times a day From strang1ed oats and pine sawdust To desiccated hay We all pretend the fare is fine An father says it's great But doesn't seem in cheerful mood When he looks down at his plate. When young Goodspeed of Massachu- setts eoped he made it.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08
Non-Voters in Alabama.

The Montgomery Advertiser prints a very interesting table showing the lack of participation in public affairs by white voters in the south as fol- lnNne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

In carrying out his plan to study the methods of this country, the Gaekwar of Baroda bet on horse race at Bel mont park and won.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Young Ogden Armour and old John D. 1. are pair that the republic would like to get shut of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

The Chicago papers are not discuss ing the esteemed firm of Armour, Swift & Co. They may not have heard the news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Alger lifted the beef trust out of a hole seven years ago, but no one can rinse them clean this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Syracuse has acquired the title of the Standard Oil university. but the University of Chicago got there first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

The jingle has a severe attack of publicity at last, and there Is no Alger at hand to squelch it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Grand Duke Vladimir was in the Madrid procession, but the bomb never touched him, and he was not alarmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Col. Bill Green should not pose as the hero of .Cauanea There was no hero in that villainous affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

John D. is inspecting the earth, and he may buy it and pay for it on the installment plan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

The Neill-Reynolds report Is produc- ing new systems daily in the United states population.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Ex-Senator Burton went down the resignation chute, because the expul- sion chute was the more drastic of the two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Weather forecasts are 10 be stamped on letters, but if the weather be sour and wet it would not fit the contents of Mary Ann's letter to her beau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

The king of Spain feels like quitting h.s job and going out of the king bus mess altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Jasper Mountain Eagle: State politics is going to correspond with the weather for the next two months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Talladega Mountain Home: We suppose the papers publishing MT. Corners ad- dresses are receiving so much line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Patrick has acquired marvellous fa- cinty in evading the death chair at Sing Sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Collinsville Courier: The crop of early peaches in this section promises to be especially fine and will command good price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

The stockyards smell has at any rate never been placed on the market in canned lots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

The corned beef hash is holding it's own better than its potted neighbors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

The stockyards are simply living up to ,neir smell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Ye gods gallery, we are to have a Jungle" play,
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Gadsden Journal: There are stand pat ters in other places than the United States Congress who are getting into difficulty by holding back too hard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Meats from Chicago should be dena- tured, or at least washed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Even London has declared a boycott against canned provisions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Inside history" lays bare an aston. ishing array of corporation secrets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

Upton Sinclairs rake brought ul genuine muck only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-08

The lazy man can see no foundation for the cry of scarcity of labor.