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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

into battle against an invading force.
 We will not undertake to say how
 many battles General Wheeler was en- gagged in-probably more than stands
 to the credit of any other general. If he was masquerading in so many bat ties, what would he have done if he had been in earnest? The Fairbanks story is simply incredible. In some way the 7iee president misunderstood General Wheelers remark, and it is inceed cruel to present such a story when all the other witnesses are dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Richard Cr0ker's Victory

The annual race at Epson Downs is the chief sporting event of the sportiye British people, and they gathered to see it, from the King down to the slum population. This is not the first time the Derby has been won by an Ameri- can-bred horse, ridden by an American jockey, and owned by an American citi- zen. But it was the first time that an American ex-politician, none too popu- lar either at home or abroad, had fought his way against odds to a con- plete victory.
 Richard Croker's horse, Orby, was never a favorite in the betting. The betting against him was Il to 1 on Wednesday, when the race was run, and if British public sentiment could have been expressed in figures still greater odds against the ex-chieftain of the New York democracy would lave been disclosed, The race, in ether words, exemplifies the force and courage of Richard Croker. He was born for battle. True, he ran away at length from the strain of conflict in New York politics, but he found com pensation in a determination to win the Derby after he had been ill-treated at Newmarket.
 Tn the light of the victory even New York will not stop to ask about the source of MT. Croker's fortune. They will forget all that They will con sider it piece of politics, and they will rejoice in the honor that has come to the indomitable old-time leader of Tammany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Alabama Iron,

''The southern iron market is still firm, but not especially active,' said furnace man. "The fact is that nearly all the pig metal that will be made in this dis trict this year has been sold; and it is a little early for large selling for 1908 de- livery.
 While pig iron production in the United States will show a gain of about 2,0OO, 600 tons in 1907 over 1906, the Birmingham dis trict will show slight decrease. Six or seven furnaces have been out of blast for repairs since January l. Most of them will be in operation this summer but while production will soon be normal, the Alabama output for the year will hardly exceed 1,5O0,OOO tons. The total for 1906 was 1.674s4S tons.
 Development work now projected or under way will bring Alabama's produce tive capacity up to 100000 tons or more in 1s0S."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Commercial Travellers.

The Travellers Protective association, which holds it's annual meeting at Nor folk this month. will probably meet next year in Milwaukee, or some other north ern city," said a member of an Alabama post. Birmingham will extend a cordial invitation to the national association to meet here in 1908. I will vote for Bir- mingham of course, but this great body will hardly vote for southern city two years in succession. But it is well for Birmingham to get in line, make strong contest for 1908, and then, if northern city captures the prize, we will be in @ good position to press our claims for Bir- mingham for 1909
 The Travellers Protective association has big membership, and the national meetings are always largely attended. With members and their families, the crowd at Norfolk will number fully twelve thousand. And when the association meets in Birmingham the crowd will be close to the ten thousand mark. As com mercial travellers are used to putr up at high-class hotels all the year round, they are naturally looking for the best, regardless of cost, on these annual occa- sons.
 Two years hence Birmingham is almost sure to have a sky-scrapef hotel, and one or two smaller ones, but equally high class Without more hotels Birmingham could not begin to accommodate a con- yention of the proportions and character of the T. P. A."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Jones Was Not Out.

Bronzed by foreign suns. he entered the office of his colleague. but the cashier S chair was vacant.
 "Is Mir Jones out?" he asked anxious ly. 'I am an old friend of his''
 NO. sir returned the clerk. MT Jones is not out He won't be out for ten years.'
 Here the clerk smiled grimly.
 ''rhe firm is out, thought" he went on, 'fs50,000 exactly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
THE TOOLS OF GOD.

By Robert Louis Stevenson. The child, the seed. the grain of corn, The acorn on the hill, Each for some separate end is born In son fit and still Each in strength arise to work the AL
 mighty will. So from the hearth the children flee, By that Almighty hand Austerely led; so one by sea Goes forth, and one by land; Nor aught of all mans sons escapes
 from that command. So. from the sally each obeys The unseen Almighty nod: So till the ending all their ways Blindfolded 10th have trod; Nor knew their task at all, but were
 the tools of God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Youna ]. Allen

The great missionary who died last Monday, at the age of 72 years, was born and educated in Georgia, but he spent nearly half century in eduea- tlonal work in Shanghai. He knew the Chinese tongue even to it's most diffi- cult dialects, and better still he knew the Chinese people. He could view all subjects from their point of view. This is, perhaps, the basic reason of his re- markable career in China.
 He worked almost exclusively among the upper classes. He really laid the foundation for the great awakening that Is now building a new and better China. The Emperor had made him a mandarin, and he was able to reach and to move the leaders in the vast empire He wrote in the Chinese Ian guage many books, and his influence came to be felt through those books in every part of the widespread and populous land.
 China has lost a scholar, a diplomat and a stateman, and the Methodist church has lost, perhaps, her greatest missionary. He was present at the general conference held in this city last year, and many of the readers of The Age-Herald will recall his digni- fed bearing and his noble face, which illustrated better the past than the present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Journal: The summer girl and the man with the hoe can now get busy. This is their inning.
 Mobile Register: A South Carolina man calls J. Temple Graves of Atlanta a mental monstrosity-much like Blind Tom" This ought to bring on more talk.
 Tri-Cities Daily: The Nashville Banner says, Tt will cost you 25 cents to go to the Iowa state penitentiary." Well, we propose to stay out of their old bastile, anyhow.
 Mobile Herald: Now that he has been shown up, Police Inspector Mclaughlin of New York decides that he will retire upon O0Spenslon. Perhaps he figures it's worth at least that to a city to get rid of him.
 Jasper Mountain Eagle: Captain Hob son Is growing to be a man who does things. He believes in devoting all of his time and energy in the discharge of a duty, and his time now belongs to the Sixth congressional district, and he has gone right to work in the discharge of his duty to the district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Joke Between Friends.

An American on a visit to London took bus to the city every morning, where he had business to do with an Anglo American firm. He always sat behind the driver. On the first journey he mo- ticed that on arriving at certain corner the driver took out his big silver watch, dangled it two and fro few times, and winked joyfully at an individual who stood at the door of shop.
 Why do you do that?' the American asked.
 Well, said the driver, taking his pipe from his mouth. that's a little joke we as between us, bein' as we are old friends. You see, his father was 'anged.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
THE WoMAN,s PAGE.

THE WoMANs PAGE The ''Womans Page" appeals to us, So many matters twill discuss That there's no telling what you'll find To bring you joy and peace of mind. The art of making lemon pies Is told and eke the kind of eyes That fashion says are quite the thing For summer wear, or in the spring. A recipe for baking cake, What kind of exercise to take And tonics to restore the hair Are given notice here and there great display of lingerie Contrives to show what styles there be- With all the latest Paris hats And tips for those who live in flats. Some ways of doing up a face Are given room and honored place. AS are the household helps that seem To make domestic life dream, While there's no subject that outbids The nursery and the care of kids Some pointers by Aunt So-and-So Will tell you all you want to know, And when you've read that page quite
 through keeper will take charge of you.
 A Georgia poet. contributes a few ir- ridescent lines on "The opalescent Por- tals."
 The 'possum is also a monstrous nature faker.
 We wonder if that MT. Singer in Kansas City, who married Miss Nightingale Is related to the Singer sewing machine?
 NIGHT VOICES. cry went out upon the air
 fuFol lxya afa .4-t And people in the neighborhood
 Awoke in sudden fright. The cause of all the trouble was
 Discovered in a trice. Some tabby-cats were making love Instead of catching mice
 The death throttle of the Marcel wave is heard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 If a girl has indigestion. she thinks it's sign of a great romance.
 There are those you like and those you don't speak to by marriage.
 It is better to be sorry that you ddn t marry girl than that you did.
 Nobody could have much fun if there weren't laws, rules and regulations against it.
 The easiest way to have a man get the best of you is to think you are smarter than he is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Montgomery Times Birmingham wants to annex everything in sight and out of sight.
 Montgomery Times: Birmingham has the southern league by the tail, and re- fuses to let go.
 Moulton Advertiser: An effort is being made to establish the Farmers union headquarters at Birmingham.
 Knoxville Sentinel Birmingham gets the Confederate Veterans reunion in 1905. Why not come to Knoxville in 1909?
 Gadsden Journal: The Birmingham strike was a short horse It is all over and everybody but the street car men back at work
 Huntsville Mercury: The sings all point to Birmingham having a whisky fight on her hands in the near future The tenn perance workers who have the matter in hand are proceeding carefully and cau- tiously, but none the less earnestly in their preparation for the struggle. Al hdiiods GdZelle. The SyIHpdlu6liS strike called at Birmingham on account of the street railway employees is not meeting with a very enthusiastic response. The sympathetic strike is not so formida ble or popular a weapon as it was, for tradesmen are more disposed to let each class work out their own problems.
 Hancevlle Hustler: Birmingham has been having a test of absolute prohibition. The Mayor ordered all saloons closed be- cause of the street car troubles. Hon. John c. Bradley of the criminal court says that for the first time in seven years a day passed wherein no cash was paid into that court The criminal court was almost put out of business for sew eral days because the saloons were closed. Isn't that a commentary? Can any req sonable man doubt that most all cases of crime originate in the saloon? Why is this? It is because, as a rule. the saloon breathes vice and teaches it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
IT ALL DEPENDS.

From the Chicago News.
 She-Do you think women, as a rule, are fic le-minded?
 Ee-Not necessarily. I have noticed that when woman reaches a certain age she sticks to 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Reformed Episcopal Church.


 q am glad to learn that the Reformed Episcopal church will overture or peti- ton the Protestant Episcopal church at it's general convention next fall to be ad- mitted into organic union," said layman. T remember when the reformers' left the old body. It was early in the seven ties. The secession element was led by the Right Rev. Bishop George D. Cum mins, long since deceased. Only a few elergymen followed the bishop, but in d few years the ministry numbered about 100. Ten years ago the Reformed Epis- copal church included 112 clergymen, s bishops and about 10000 communicants. Today its membership shows a decrease as compared with 1S97 and the body very wisely seeks reunion with the Protes- tant Episcopal church. Bishop Cummns was an eloquent preacher, and one of the saintliest of men, but his friends among the clergy felt that he made great mis- take in founding a new branch of the Anglican communion. The cause of the disaffection was the alleged Romeward tendency of the Episcopal church. But this is a day of federation and reunion and have no doubt but that organic union will be brought about as speedily as pos sible. The high church party throughout the Anglican communion is undoubtedly growing fast, but members of the Reform church will find quite a number of low church clergymen still left-enough of the low church party to make the reformers feel at home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
HERE AND THERE.
Awful Cruelty.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Kind Lady-And are they good to you in the workhouse?
 Tramp-Oh, no ma am, they're werry cruel: they makes us wash ourselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

The veterans of the war resent the remarks as to the thinning of their ranks. They have joined the Wiley club, and everyone of them hopes to march until he is 100 years old. Here is hoping they will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Senator LaFollette will have the Wisconsin delegation behind him and also good deal of popularity in thea other states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

The New York Post calls Speaker Cannon the St. George of standpatter- ing. There is also enough smoke and fire from his stogy to create the i'm pression that he is a dragon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

There will be no sleighing parties in this country on the Fourth of July. The weather clerk promises to give us undoped weather hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

In the latest thriller" there is a submarine boat that explodes beneath the water and it has all the other tank shoes" faded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

John Smith day will be big event at Jamestown, even if the exposition be incomplete. The John Smiths are always ready with full ranks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

The President advises farmers to combine, but he did not advise them to demand rebates or to drive other farmers out of business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Putting ones feet above ones head is said to rest the heart. That is no doubt one reason why women have al- ways envied men the privilege.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

There are more Canadians in the United States than there are Ameri- cans in Canada, and the balance will continue to be in our favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

James J. Jeffries will open saloon in Los Angeles. A prizehghter can no more keep from going into the booze business than he can keep from talking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Senor Caruso's salary of $200,000 is still in dispute. Some see in it, alas, the hand of the press agent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

A PLEA. An, peekaboo,
 We dream of you
 And all that you contain Of dainty maid
 Who's half afraid
 Tn exposure is too plain! When will you come To joy us some
 And fill us with delight7 We're bound to think Life's on the blink
 Until you set us right! Docs office chumming payT' asks student of up-to-date topics. We'll in tha case of a forty-a-month stenographer who marries millionaire, we should say it does. A manager advertising for vaudeville performers says they must "come on wire" but he doesn't mean that they will have to walk wire. Hope springs eternaP-you know. That's one reason why men go fishing.
 JUST so. We talk about environment and what it does for men, But the chap who has ability and grit Will never let fell circumstance be was ter of him when He starts out with the will to make a hit.
 The cabinet is still divided on What is whisky?" The cabinet probably knows what whisky is, but can't hit upon the exact definition. consider the neighbors," pleads a con- temporary. Rats! Who cares anything about the nelghbors? In shouting Clean upi" the Nashville American can't bring blush of shame to our face. We bathe.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

The straw hat begins to reassert itself again with some convictions that it has come this time to stay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Grand jury meets today; anything on you?" asks the Boston Globe. Our clothes are, thank heaven!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

The Washington Post discusses street car manners, in spite of the fact that there are none.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Memphis Commercial-Appeal: Col Wat. terson has so far identified his dark horse as to say that he will have a moustache.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Wall street will never be able to change it's luck until it gets up and walks around its chair three times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Many newspaper specials, alas, are wireless. They come by mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Julia Marlowe and D. H. Sothern have decided to dissolve partnership. Each will star in a separate company next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Dr. Long is pushing the wolf issue to the royalty limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Corey is still drawing that steel trust salary, although Dinkey is being groomed for the position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Atlanta Constitution: It's "hoot mon" and denatured profanity at East Lake this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Governor Hughes has tanned the New York legislature, but it longs for a return of the days of graft and bosses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Boston Globe: The prescience of the shirtwaist manufacturers this year in re- fusing to make peekaboos, has got the goosebone and sunspot prophets licked to a whisper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Some young men go west, but all Pittsburgers go east to exploit them selves among chorus girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

No X-ray look at the Mcclellan bal lots will be permitted before the boxes are opened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Another sign of spring is Keep of the grass"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

The "wine, Woman and Song" com pany continues to do big business. That is a combination hard to beat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

The June bride will not have to wear Arctic overshoes. The weather has reformed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

There is nothing gets next to man more often than his underwear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

People in some parts of the country are intoxicated because they have had lust a taste of spring"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Twelve jurors have at last been found in Idaho after long and gigan- tic effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Boston Herald Even the crop of chil- dren is reported backward. Such weather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
PRESS POINTS

St. Louis Times: So far, nobody has started a Loeb boom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

If the cotton crop doesn't improve cotton weevils will starve to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

MT. Roosevelt does not seem to re. gret that he was born to be nature tighter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

It is claimed that hotels breed dis ease. Some of them also breed dis content.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

The President has blighted natural history events, even down to snake stories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Shipments of June brides are going north. Before the month is ended large eonsisnments will have been sent to Norfolk Atlantic City. Niagara Falls, the Great Lakes and other points
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Gadsden Journal: The Birmingham strike was a short horse It is all over and everybody but the street car men back at work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

The sunshine pleases all but the bears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Knoxville Sentinel Birmingham gets the Confederate Veterans reunion in 1905. Why not come to Knoxville in 1909?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Because he shook his finger at her, a Massachusetts woman had a man ar- rested on charge of assault. Had he shaken a stick at her he might have been up for murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07


 fusing to make peekaboos, has got the goosebone and sunspot prophets licked to a whisper.
 Washington Post: Thomas Clubb Shoot CT has appeared in the literary ranks as ten five more we shall probably hear a great deal about the six Shooter novels St. Louis Globe-Democrat: There is an unwritten law In South Carolina which entities the citizen to an eye-opener and nightcap, no matter what the legis- latures and courts and temperance peo- pie may say on the subject.
 Houston Post Some of the magnificent maiden graduates of Texas are reading essays on How to Fry Chicken" the Science of Brewing Soup" and Corn meal Delicacies.' There is nothing in skirts that can approximate the red headed beauties who are quitting the Texas knowledge factories this year. Washington Herald: A Pittsburg girl. according to the Dispatch of that city, got out of bed, seized a slat, and killed mouse that was annoying her with it's gnawing. It is extremely doubtful if the President had any idea of flushing such unhearG of nature fakers as the Dis patch writer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

The life of a North Atlantic Iceberg is often 200 years. according to a scien- tific note. The life of Boston Iceberg. with luck favoring. is about three score years and ten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
A THOUGHT.

Somewhere tine sun Is shining. Somewhere the skies are blue, And somewhere in the future
 Good luck will come to you. Take this for consolation
 When hope Is ebbing fast, Tho troubles may be pressing, They will not always last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Moulton Advertiser: An effort is being made to establish the Farmers union headquarters at Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

Washington Bureau, Age Herald. 1421 c street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07

the southern league by the tail, and re- fuses to let go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07


 Senator LaFollette will have the Wisconsin delegation behind him and also a good deal of popularity in the other states.
 Julia Marlowe and E. H. Sothern have decided to dissolve partnership. Each will star in a separate company next year Governor Hughes has tanned the New York legislature, but it longs for a return of the days of graft and l bosses.
 Corey is still drawing that steel trust salary, although Dinkey is being groomed for the position.
  The Washington Post discusses street car manners, in spite of the fact l that there are none.
  No X-ray look at the Mcclellan bal lots will be permitted before the boxes are opened.
 
 The June bride will not have to wear Arctic overshoes. The weather has reformed.
  Twelve jurors have at last been found in Idaho after long and gigan- tic effort.
  It is claimed that hotels breed dis ease. Some of them also breed dis content.
  The President has blighted natural history events, even down to snake stories. MT. Roosevelt does not seem to re- gret that he was born to be a nature tighter. | If the cotton crop doesn't improve cotton weevils will starve to death. | -s.-- There is nothing gets next to man more often than his underwear. l Many newspaper specials, alas, are wireless. They come by mail.
  Dr. Long is pushing the wolf issue to the royalty limit.  Another sign of spring is Keep off the grass"
 
 The sunshine pleases all but the bears