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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

no doubt the native legislators will speak plainly and the nationalist movement will begin to take form and substance. The new assembly will be full of agltators who will not consent to accept anything short of inde- pendence, and an obstructive body will be apt to deepen the belief at home that the best thing to do is to get rid of a restiye subject people. The feeling is growing in this country in favor of shuffling off the Philip pines altogether, and the new assem- ply which Mir. Taft is to open prom ises to promote that feeling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
A MEAN MAN.

From the Baltimore American.
 Sobbing Wife, Mamma, Jacks so-so mean, he won't even give me pin-pin money.
 lrate Mother-in-L -Law-Are you so penu- rious as that to my poor child? Meek Husband-But it was a oS0o dia- nannd-and d-nearl pin money she wanted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
"IUCkY JOE"

From the Atlanta Constitution
 Lucky Joe Johnston" is the title his intimate friends have given the new sen- ator from Alabama Twice disappointed in his senatorial ambitions. he yet falls heir to the toZa of most ample propor- tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
BRYAN AND GLENN.
Chattanooga Times.

From the Chattanooga Times.
 Bryan and Glenn, says the Birming ham Age-Herald. lis proposed a win ming ticket next year" It would carry North Carolina and the solid south, and that is about all the democratic pare has come to expect in late years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
OLD SONGS.

Those half-forgotten melodies
 Heard in the land of dreams, Where eare-f ee little children played By flower ordered streams, Come wingiLg pack in after years,
 Sweet mem'ries of the past, To hold the soul from Shadowland, When life is ebblng fast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

The grass on the White House lawn is moved with an automobile mower now and President Roosevelt won't have to push the lawn-mower before breakfast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

inc Corean incident and the Hay wood case drove the Japanese war talk out of both countries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Governor Hanley of Indiana is open to punishment for lese majeste for he said recently i've cannot afford to follow impulsive leadership" He is clearly guilty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

While Maxim Gorky may think that we are a silent and gloomy people, he can't get around the fact that we are wise bunch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES
NOT SIGNIFICANT.

Is that when we unexpectedly run across a rattlesnake we never feel like whisling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Pulling teeth has resulted in a s2,- 100000 art museum for Philadelphia. Dr. Evans pulled the teeth and when he died he left the net money to Phil adelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Under the pass system the politi- clans not only rode free, but they de. manded pads for their friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Marie Corelli talks like the old maid that she is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Prohibition is as productive of hypocrisy and evasion as of temper. ance and good order
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

North Carolina has established her right to a place on the map She is there by large majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

An Atlantic City waiter found $500 and got ten cents for his pains That is a poor way to make money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

As soon as Schmitz loses his whis- kers and his pompadour he will begin to feel that he is in jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

MT. Fairbanks says his cocktails were in line with the pure food laws, and then he rests his case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Boston had an Old Home Week without advancing the price of beans. Its patriotism was severely tested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

A Budapest surgeon is touring the country and he has already ascer- tained that American women sit cross legged too much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

The Japanese war scare fizzled out before Richmond Pearson Hobson could bring it before Congress. But there will be others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Lattling Foraker should study the career of Battling Nelson, and not at tempt the impossible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

San Francisco is probably sick and tired of advice by this time. She has had double dose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

The back islands fin the Philippines remain to be heard from. Some of them are said to be cannibalistic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

If there is a noise anywhere in the neighborhood a small boy is apt to be connected with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
THE BREEZE.

A breeze was blowing down the street.
 Alaekaday! Where Flossie ripped with nimble feet,
 Alackadayl It lifted up her skirt so high The vision caught fat mans eye And drew from him d tender sigh
 Alackadayi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

The Filipino knows independence when he sees it, and he votes up to his knowledge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

In our province of the Philippines the nacionalistas are pitted against the progressistas. These party names do not sound familiar to Anglo-Saxon ears
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

The Connecticut legislature has ad- journed without day, and when the Alabama and Georgia solons go home the new-law crop will stand complete.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

"Is Wilkins much of an athlete?" "Oh, no. He merely belongs to an ath- letic club"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Secretary Taft sails away in Sep tember to meet the irrepressible na- cionalistas of the Filipino assembly, and they may be very sassy to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

The buttermillI wave may yet wash Fairbanks into the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
THE =ART.oF TELEPHoNING.

THE ART.oF TELEPHONING. After waiting five minutes. Hello! Hello Is that Central? Give me three-sixty-four. No, not three-hfty -four. Three-sixty- four.
 Hello! Helloi Three-sixty-fourh ''Three-six-four three-s -sXty-four Hello, Helol Is that three-slxty -four? 'Confound it, 1 asked that girE to give me three-sixty-fourl Hello, Central. Will-you-please- give-me three-sixty-four2 "Three-six four three-sixty-fo "Yes Yes! That's 1t! "What!i!! Busy?
 "Hell-o!!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Boston's old home week seems to beat the Jamestown show a city block
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Expert haymaking, kind friends, is not confined to Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

So far, there is no town on the map that can equal Alabamas Boligee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

"All the world knows the pianola, !" says an advertiser. Mores the pity,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Life is no doubt passing sweet in Sugar City, Kan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Cheer up! suppose you nad the JoD lildL Beatrice Fairfax has?
 THE CAREFUL BACHELOR. He fell in love with pretty maids And fell right out again, For when it came to marrying, He managed to refrain Lnscathed, he went his joyous way And frolicked as he pleased, By bangs of all-consumng love His heart was never seized. But when his hair was growing gray And life was nearly done He wished a thousand times that he Had wed at twentyone. The Washington Herald tells of a girl in Missouri who was chrlstened Silence" Bet she won't live up to her name! The esteemed dog days are now on.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
PRESS POINTS

Washington Herald: Bolt your meat" says pr. Wiley How about spiking our drinks, doctor?
 Atlanta Georgian: Cortelyou, the Silent, I is about to let his enemies hip him. Rumor says he is writing a book.
 New Orleans Times Democrat: It doesn't require an expert weather prognosticator to predict long dry spell in Georgia next year.
 Austin Statesman: That magazine de- i bate between Bryan and Beveridge isn't keeping pace with the weather. Its heat is not so noticeable
 Louisville Courier-Journal: A learned physician has discovered that green apples are wholesome. but it takes small boy to ascertain that they are really bully good grub.
 New Orleans Item: The latest plan is to have The Hague conference meet regu- larly. As the conference is very quiet and retiring body, there will hardly be an objection.
 Providence Journal: A movement is on foot for municipal improvement in Gold field, Nevada A greater, grander and more gorgeous prize fight auditorium is doubtless conspicuous in the new plans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
THE ROAD.

Once there was a man who loved a woman. He had his dreams and ideals. He planned to reach the mountain top. AgloW with enthusiasm, he told the woman of his hopes. She smiled, toyed with her fan, looked at him wouderingly a while and forgot. She could not understand He was hurt and his passion cooled. The man loved again. This time his words di1 not fall on needless ears. The light of his eyes was reflected In the woman's face and shone there more brightly than before. When he spoke of the long journey up the mountain she said, Let us go together.'
 At last he had found a perfect love- and when the man stood on the summit the woman was by his side.
 40OD ADVICE. The wisest words a poet man
 Has uttered here of late Are simply these by Riley, Learn To labor and to wait"
 FOOLISH QUESTIONS.
 Did you ever see jury that could think? 0IH
 Did you ever see a Hebrew that was broke?
 Did you eyer hear anybody speak a good word for Chicago?
 Did you eyer know another man just like William Jennings Bryan?
 A Tennessee man says that whistlins will soothe a rattlesnake The trouble
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postof1ce as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

After a while science will make 1t so irksome to. live that we'll all be glad to die.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
DOWN AND OUT.

Battling Nelson should change his name"
 gro what?" Battered Nelson" WHEN THEY BROUGHT THE UMPIRE
 HOME. His little wife stood weeping in the shadow of the door, And when she saw his form appear she trembled all the more They brought him on a window blind that did window screen, And everybody yielded to the pathos of the scene. ''He called Red out at home" they said, and then the team came on And when they finished bruising him the spark of life was gore. He was so young twas sad to see him meet so hard a fate, But twenty hundred fans declare that Reddy touched the plater Sympathy for the Filipinos" is the title of an editorial in a St. Louis newspaper. Why waste it in that way7 An Alabama editor wants to double the dog tax. How does he expect a poor dog to make both ends meet?
 YEA, VERILY.
 A little money
 Now and then,
 Is needed by
 The least of men. After a while science will make 1t so irksome to. live that we'll all be glad to die
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

An Alabama editor wants to double the dog tax. How does he expect poor dog to make both ends meet?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Atlanta Georgian: Cortelyou, the Silent says he is writing book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

From the New York Commercial. . HE death of Senator Pettus Of l0 Alabama means both the pass
 onn of tha nnta hle man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Cheer up! Suppose you had the job that Beatrice Fairfax has?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Sympathy for the Filipinos' Is the title of an editorial in a St. Louis newspaper. Why waste it in that way7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

says Dr. Wiley. How about spiking our drinks, doctor?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Cnllman Democrat: The Birmingham Age-Herald came out with it's annual edi- tion of an industrial review of Birmins- ham, It Is splendidly gotten up and can not fail to impress the public with the tact that Birmingham is fast becoming the greatest city in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

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 Subscription payable in advance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421 c street N. W.
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Battling Nelson should change his name"
 ''To what?' Battered Nelson"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

". D. Lanier and John E. Stanley are the only authorized travelling representa- lives Of The Age-Herald in its circulat'on department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
YEA, VERILY

YEA, VERILY. A little money Now and then, Is needed by The least of men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Gadsden Journal: The Birmingham Age-Herald's annual Industrial Review has been issued and is fully up to the hign standard heretofore maintained in thls publication. It is comprehensive word picture of the Magic City and it's marve'ous resources and will serve well i,s mission of enlisting interest in the great industrial metropolis of Alabama and the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Eufaula Times Nature wept when the bottom of Georgia's jug fell out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Goodwater Enterprise: The Birmingham Age-Herald of July 31 came out with an annual industrial review supplement- which gives some facts and figures as to the growth and prosperity of the Firm ingham district. There is lot of usetul information to be had in this issue of the Age-Herald Hurrah for Birmingham, may the time soon come when she will De the largest city in the south.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-03-21
Nothing Doing.

A couple of dirty-faced kids stopped
in front of the stand of vender who
sells unique toys and began looking
his wares over.
Want something?" asked the man.
How much is yer rubber balls?"
asked one boy. &
Five cents" he said. The boys were
silent.
Maybe you'd like to have this
auto?" said the vender, showing anoth'
err toy ITS Is cents"
To this the boys did not reply. How
about the walking elephant?' asked
the man. I'll let you have it for 20
cents"
The boys said nothing and the mer
chant showed them half dozen other
toys. quoting prices on them. Finally
he grew impatient.
How much money have you got?"
he asked.
I'VE amt got no money" came
from one boy.
well, then, git out" growled the
toy vender And the boys got. -
Kansas City Times. =
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Of this city, which has inherited a
100000 estate. lives in solitary
grandeur in a large two-hoor apart
nent, with ~ rooms to gambol in,
and an attendant to care for him
alone
When his mate, Pinkey, died a
short time ago and Blackie inherited
Pinkey's share of the $4,000 left to
them both by their master, the late
Benjamin F. Dilley of this city, the
news was published and is still trav-
cling.
Miss Adde Ruch, who is Blackie's
attendant, and who receives a life
pension from the estate for caring for
him, would have to engage several as
sistants If she put into practice all
the suggestions she received in the
scores of letters sent to Blackie and
to her from all over the world, but
she has paid no attention to any of
them, and having brought Blackie up
since he first opened his eyes 16
years ago, she feels capable, she says,
of doing what Is best for him. and
of making his life as long as it is
possible for a cat to live. Already he
is far older than most cats, and he
seems to realize his unique position as
a cat of inherited wealth. for he Is
stately and dignified, he does not
lavish caresses upon anyone, not even
his devoted attendant, Miss Ruch.
Truth to tell, Blackie, as If he does
not find comfort in riches, is rather
morose animal, and takes life far too
seriously. Perhaps II he had to
hustle for his meals like many cats
who are heard at night singing their
paeans of Satisfaction, he might be
happier.
Blackie sits up at table. has
shrimps, italian chestnuts and other
dainties to eat. has fur-lined baskets
In which TO repose. and many cpzy
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wide throat of the chimney. Me
thought a dog barked."
"Or gray goose cackled!"
cor donkey sang!"
Ladies' said Jorian, who, being
vastly discomposed, must perforce
try to speak with an affectation of be-
ing at his ease, you are pleased to be
witty"
Heaven mend our wit on your judg-
ment!"
And we are right glad to be your
butts. Yet have we been accounted
fellows of some humor in our own
country and among mem"
why, then, did you not stay there?"
inquired Marthe polntedly.
ut was not Boris and / who could
not stay without" retorted Jorian,
somewhat nettled, nodding towards the
door of the guard room.
We'll said" cried frank Anna. He
had you there, Marthe. Pricked in
the white! Faith, Sir Jorian pinked
us both, for indeed it was we who in.
truded into the gentlemen's dressing
room. Our excuse is that we are tire
women, and would fain practise our
Office when and where we can. Our
Princess hath been welded, and needs
us but once a week. Noble Wendish
gentlemen, will not you engage us?
Ito be continued.)
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Birthplace of Robert E. Lee.

It's builders and residents throughout
all their generations.
Like most of the colonial mansions
of the south, the house has two fronts,
the more formal northern approach
and that opening upon the broad,
shaded pleasure grounds fronting
upon the river. Stratford contains Is
large rooms.
Old Stratford, standing amid the
thousand acres which is now It's
dover, presents typical Virginia pic.
ture. The house and its immediate
grounds are surrounded by a high
brick wall, now broken in many
places. The two original front gate
remnants of carved sandstone col
umns and caps are to be seen strewn
on the grass around the present utili
tartan entrance.
Some distance from each of the four
corners of the house stand small
brick outhouses, like satellites around
their major luminary. These were the
kitchen, servants quarters and Offices.
The place of worship attended by
the Lees was old Yeocomico Episcopal
church, which celebrated last June
its bi-centennial anniversary. 1t is 16
plantation days time as well as money
was plentiful and distance small
item of consideration.
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"BLACKLE'S" PR.NCEL Y LIFE.

couches and soft chairs upon which
to curl.
Imagine his scorn when letter
came from western woman saying
that what Blaclkie needed was q
couple of kittens to play wlth-kittens
which would romp up and down the
room, pull his whiskers, pursue his
tail, bite his ears and claw his nose
She even offered to furnish the kit
tens, and guaranteed that they would
give him the time of his life.
Think of the curl of his nose when
came a letter from New York WON.
an who, preparing to go abroad with
her husband for some months, wrote
offering to send her cat to keep
Blackie company while she was away
and suggesting that, as her cat was a
well-bred and highly-cultivated ami
NAL, Blackie would be pleased. Such
presumption!
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pisappointed in Roosevelt.

When President Roosevelt visited
the Maine state fair in Bangor, three
years ago, people came from all the
surrounding towns to get a glimpse
of and shake hands with him. was
standing in a small crowd just before
the President arrived IN tn fair
grounds. Behind me was large
woman in a very conspicuous dress.
and evidently from the cour try. She
was standing with her mouth wide
open, waiting When some one cried
out, There he comes," fhe made a
rush by me that nearly knccked me
over, but, when she got & glimpse OF
him, exclaimed, Good land! lie looks
just like any other man." and appeared
greatly disappointed.
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BIRTHPLACE OF LEE.

home in Stratford. Here, after his
first wife's death. Lighthouse Harry"
brought his second bride. Miss Ann
Carter. She became the mother of
Robert f. Lee on January 10, 1907.
The home in which Gen. Lee and
his distinguished forbears were born
and reared readily lends itself to a
mental picture of its distinguished
past. for II is still well preserved in
many of its features. 1t is a massive
pile of English brick. constructed in
the form of the letter III" 1t is al
most ruggedly simple, and is unique
in architecture from the high base
ment to the two great clusters of
chimneys on the roof. No ornamental
feature beauties or mars its substan.
tlal simplicity. 1t stands solldly and
squarely on its firm foundation, as did
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DID FAMILY MANSION STILL
STANDING IN VIRGINIA.
Home Where Great General Of the
Confederacy First Saw Light Of
Day Fine Example Of Col.
onial Architecture.

Richmond. Va.-Robert Il. Lee was
born one hundred years ago in STRAIT.
ford, Westmoreland county. Va Who,
gazing upon his secluded and now
somewhat neglected home. could
fancy the child born to 1t would stand
revealed a century later as one of the
worlds greatest generals and one of
its modest men?
This first mansion of the family
In the New World was built in the
early years of the eighteenth century
by Thomas Lee, fifth son of Richard
Lee, whose father. Col Richard Lee.
was the first of his house to go to the
Virginia colony. Col. Lee left his
English home, in Shropshire. in 1641,
forced by his loyalty to the royal
cause to abandon his native land.
The American home was named
after the family estate in England.
Proud might its founder have been
had he known that Stratford on the
Potomac would witness the birth OF
many men of his line who would stand
forth as leaders of men in peace and
In war-men loyal enough to the coun-
try of their adoption to make and ad.
minister its best laws and to stand
for their state even in a losing cause.
The builder of Stratford was presi-
dent and commander.in-chief of the
Colony of Virginia, and after serving
in this capacity for some time the
king made him governor by royal APP
pointment. A fiat tombstone in a
| grove near the house covers the
graves Of his wife and himself. 1t Is
| inscribed:
Here lies buried the Hon. Col.
| Thomas Lee, who died November IA,
100, aged 60 years, and his beloved
wife, Mrs. Hannah Lee. She depart
ed this life January %, 1749."
! President Lee had six sons, who all
grew to honorable and honored man
hood. They were Philip Ludwell,
Thomas Ludwell, Richard Henry,
Francis Lightfoot, William and Ar.
thur. Two of these brothers were
signers of the Declaration of indie.
| pendence.
Philip Ludwell Lee, eldest son OF
the founder of Straford, and its in.
heriter, had daughter, Matilda, who
became the first wife of her cousin
somewhat removed. Lighthouse
Harry" Lee, and they made their
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in New Carlisle, O., February 7, 1916.
was educated by private tutor and at
Saunders institute, West Philadelphia,
and studied law and was admitted to
the bar in Philadelphia in 1876. He
was a member of the house of repre-.
sentatives of Pennsylvania in 1871,
1874, 1876 and 1876; was elected a
member of the senate of Pennsylvania
for a term of four years in 1876 and
reelected in $780, was elected presi.
dent pro TEN. for the session Of 1888:
was reelected senator in 1884 and
again elected in 1883. He was elected
to congress in 1890 and was reelected
to the five succeeding congresses.