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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

by the Englishman, in his corner and more than once. when some thought he was weakening, he dashed out and bat tered Toms snorer till it looked like a big beet and several times knocked him off his pins
 'The fight lasted thirty-seven rounds, and when the last round began both men looked as if they had been in a slaughter house. The ring was also half filled with people. and the police were showing up. Then the referee ordered that the fight should be stopped. Heenan then did some tall sprinting. He ran like deer for q short distance to show that he still had sufficient strength to fight on longer, but in a short time his 'peepers' failed and he was blind for while.
 By all rights" said the old sport, ''the American ought to have been awarded the fight, and 1t was some time before a decision was reached as to who was en- titled to the money and the belt but, of course the friends of Savers wildly as- serted that he was the better man, and so he retained all the honors and got the cash.
 There was all sorts of back talk and much correspondence over this contro- versy. but nothing ever came of it."
 Continuing on the subject of prize fights and prize fighters, the old man said T have always thought Savers the best man that ever fought in England. Some people brag about Jem Mace. Why, boys, Mace was little more than a cur. He was a pot valiant fighter. At one time when he had arranged to fight with Mike Mad den, another one of England's noted sports he got scared when he saw his opponent. His knees shook and he trembled al lover like an aspen leaf, and he actually ran away.
 T don't want to see or read of another prize fight" he concluded, unless our Jim JeffIies mixes up with somebody, and I never expect that to be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
Pettus County.

I've are going to erect a monument down In our neck of the woods to Senator Pettus." said Mir. Kennedy, a prominent citizen of Bessemer.
 ''The new county of Pettus which which we will create after the amendment is adopted will be the second largest in pop ulation in the state.
 ''Bessemer and it's environs have a pop ulation of some 9o,oOo. The new county will contain between 4O,OOO and 45. 900 pop ulation It will take a V shaped part of Shelby, about fifteen miles at It's great est length. It will take part of Walker some from Bibb and about four miles off of Tuscaloosa beyond the Warrior river.
 "Under the new census we should have a congressional district with Shelby, Walker, Bibb and the proposed county of Pettus."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
Useful Members of Legislature.

''The legislature had quite number of very energetic and useful members in both houses" said prominent member of the Birmingham bar.
 "Col. Sam will John of Jefferson was one of the most industrious, vigilant and practical men in either body. To him as much as to any other single individual Is due the credit of much of the good legls- lation enacted. His long experience as q legislator, his familiarity with the legal status of affairs, their needs, and the diff ferent abuses to which they had been subjected; his accurate knowledge of the condition of the various state lnstltu- tions, of the courts, of the lands of the state, in connection with his great ability as a lawyer. his experience in the courts in the construction and enforcement of laws previously passed, together with his industry, enabled him to keep an accu- rate track of all pending legislation. As chairman of the rules committee he saw to 1t that no bill was displaced on the calendar that ought not to have been dis placed He was thereby enabled to bring forward at the opportune time all meas ures of sufficient importance to justify such course. No bill of great public irl- portance was thereby suffered to die on the calendar
 "As chairman of the Judiciary commit tee he was enabled to see to 1t that all constitutional questions connected with each and every important bill were prop erly met. Tn this way the laws that are passed will stand the test of the courts as to their constitutionallty.
 "As chairman of the code committee he has given us what competent lawyers, in a position to know declare is the best code Alabama has ever had. In it many abuses were corrected. many inequalities were made equal. The law as there set out is made harmonious, and the rights of persons and property enhanced. He worked day and night during the sessions. Not a minute did he waste, but he was always either investigating some question of grave import connected with some pending measure. or preparing some bill. or listening to and advising with some member of the house or senate. He gave his whole time to the state. He builded wiser than he knew. And when the full import of his services is known the people will say: Well done. thou good and faithful servant" I feel that this much is justly due to this wise man. great law yer and inoorruptible legislator. The pep pie of Jefferson county conferred real service to the state in electing Colonel John to that position"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
ALABAMA PRESS

Montgomery State: Governor Glenn has been 'mentioned'' for presidential honors. That's another horse on Our Braxton.'
 Andalusia News: In Colorado, where the women vote, a judge on the bench says a "womans vote is worth s15." That judge Is poor judge. He should have tackled on a bargain price of s149s. or else kept his mouth shut.
 Livigston Southern Home: A sanitary expert says: "There is greater danger of nicrohie diseases. in kissing babies.' To our mind it is carrying science a bit too far when the babies have to be boiled be- fore they can be kissed.
 Prattpine Progress: Who says there are no longer opportunities for young men? An Indiana man is off sring 8 a week and board for farm hands, the free use of horse and buggy for Sunday, and one of his daughters as a companion
 By way of cheering himself in the dull hours of the dog days, leading citizen of Philadelphia is building coffins for himself and all his family. Man just has to do something of that sort in that town to keep from having the blues.
 Fort Payne Journal: A few S29000, coo fines like. that imposed by Judge Landis on the Standard Oil company will come about as near busting the trusts as any thing we know of. It would bust a com- mon man quick enough, anyway
 
 Montgomery Journal: The question of negro dsfranchisement in Georgia is very live one before the legislature of that state. There is every indication that the question will be settled as it has been settled in Mississippi, Norh Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama-satisfacto to the best interests of the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

vent of the last decade of the nineteenth century. Then 1t was that MT. Cracker asserted himself. MT. Tillman, himself sort of Renzi, put himself at the head of the movement in South Carolina and banished from public life Hamptons and Buffers. Perhaps not even Calhoun, or Lowndes, or Hayne, could have withstood his onset with any more success. The movement spread to other states, and here is John Sharp Williams, fit to wear the toga of a Lamar, a George, or Wall thall, very nearly engulfed by it.
 Lamar and Ben Hill were the two south- ern leaders who grappled with the agra rian craze. They defied it and beat it. Henry c. Turner refused to cringe to 1t and retired, though he might have held his seat in the house of representatives had he consented to run on a populist platform. Had George G. Vest been a TO- bust man In the prime of life and a can- didate for reelection to the senate, when he made that powerful speech against the election of United States senators by direct vote, he would have been over whelmed and forced into retirement.
 We cannot but think the south and the country would have been the better for it If all the southern leaders had followed the course pursued by L. Q. c. Lamar and Benjamin H. Hill. Perhaps it is too late now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
THE APT PUPIL.

From Life.
 The philanthropic Fifthl avenue lady was visiting a lower East Side Sunday school. To test the aptness of particu- larly indigent cluster of pupils. she took the class in hand to question them.
 Children, which is ths greatest of all virtues?'
 No one answered.
 Think a little. What Is it I am doing when I give up time and pleasure to come down among yoA for your moral good?"
 A grimy fist went up.
 well, what am I doing, little boy?'
 "Buttin' ini"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
Fro mthe New York Press.

Fro mthe New York Press.
 When you sec a blond head, maybe it was always so.
 If man has any theories about ht W to raise a family it's because he has no family.
 A man can stand most any mortified ton except to have his old love letters quoted to him.
 A girl can always find a man to marry if she can only get the rousseau to marry him in.
 A nice thing about losing your money in an investment Is the way your family can't nag you to give 1t to them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
CREDIT TO BIRMINGHAM.

From the Franklin Timex.
 The Industrial Review edition of the Birmingham Age-Herald,l issued on the SOth of July. was highly creditable one to the great Birmingham district It showed what the district has done, her resources and advantages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
THE OFF DAYS.

THE OFF DAYS. Don't let the little cares of life de- prive you of It's pleasure, No matter how vexatious they may be. For sorrows come with happiness to make the fullest measure And some of them must fall to you and me. The man who hopes for sunny days and always smiling weather Will find he'll have to guess and guess again. Altho it may be fair enough for weeks and weeks together, Some day we're bound to have a little rain. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Uncle Sam seems to have no con- junction of conscience against receiv- ing stolen money says the Atlanta Journal Uncle Sam hasn't received that Standard Oil fine yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Judge Landis and his fine cannot be knocked out by declaring him an an- archist, nor can H. Knox Smith be silenced by calling him liar, as Brother Archbold has done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The Rev. Sam Small has declared for Fairbanks, but it is not known whether the Reverend Sam is now riding on the buttermilk or the cock tail wagon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Horatio Alger, Jr., is the latest au- Worcester public libray. Thousands of good boys have been brought up on Horatio Alger's books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The sapient Collinsville Courier says: "This would be pleasant world if men would pay their debts as cheer. fully as they pay their grudges." And if they would brag about the one as little as they do about the other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
WHAT THE DEVIL DID.

The devil strung a world of lights And started up the band. A place he filled with rare delights, The finest in the land. All luxuries he gathered there To dazzle mortal eyes, And then remarked with knowing air, Tt pays to advertise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Congressman Jenkins fears the states rights talk will lead to another civil war, and this would interfere with Richmond Pearson Hobsons war with Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
GOOD WORD FROM MEMPHIS.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
 Greater Birmingham is now an accomr- lshed fact Greater Memphis wishes her good luck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
Doubtless,

From the Milwaukee Sentinel. The cost of living has increased (Tough on poor folks. drat itD But I suppose, regardlessly,
 We all shall keep right at it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The Rameses II of our day is An drew Carnegie, and the latter's name is put on buildings in close touch with those of Dante. Goethe and Col. Will liam Shakespeare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

THE CHORUS GIRL. The chorus girl Will soon be here To fill the heart Of us with cheer. She'll gaily trip
 Upon the stage And be so great A local rage That chapples in The town will think It worth life
 To see her wink And smile a bit And ogle, too, Altho the trick Is nothing new. The flight of time Can not annoy The chorus girl, Or dim her joy. As seasons come And seasons go, She shifts from first To final row And there remains Ye gods, how long?- A creature blent Of dance and song, Until at last,
 Some people say, She just dries up And blows awayl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
THE NEW ADJECTIVE.

What. your honor" exclaimed the prisoner at the bar, twenty dollars and costs for a plain drunk?"
 That's what I said" repeated the judge. Remove the prisonerr'
 I've been Landised," the toper mur- mured, as they led him away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The Standard Oil may, in kicking against a fine, kick some of it's man. agers into the pen, and Chance Day cannot get them out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
PRESS POINTS

St. Louis Times: Once more do we as- sert that Abdul Aziz faces the danger of becoming Apdul Azwuz
 St. Louis Globe-D Democrat: MT. Rocke- feller's postgraduate course Is the most expensive thing in educational circles.
 Washington Star For a man who owns palatial residence in New York, Charles M. Schwab has some extremely economi- cal and thrifty ideas about housekeeping.
 Savannah News: The official stenogra- pher was on the spot when the governor signed the prohibition bill. All were try ing to look pleasant, even If they coufdn' t ''smlle.''
 Pensacola Journal: MT Taft comes for ward with the statement that the news papers made him a candidate. And he should further remember that the news papers can elect or defeat him.
 New York Mafl: With their salaries Jumped 20 per cent, the schoolmarms of Gotham will be In shape to join the cler- gymen, the widows and the orphans as the chief purchasers of low-priced gilt edged' mining stocks.
 Ohio Sun: If they hadn't played so much politics in the building of the New York police force they would have a force more competent to cope with the wave of crime that is sweeping that city and appalling humanity.
 Houston Post: The Dallas Times-H Her aid says the late Senator Pettus was great poker player. We merely wish at this time to say that our Dallas contem- porary is mistaken. The senator was one of the poorest poker players who ever went to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The rays of the spotlight will not turn Judge Landis' head. He stays strong, steady and normal, and public sentiment stands close behind him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The Southern railway has decided to be good and patriotic and the dove of peace Is cooing sweetly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A SONG

Keeep climbing on to glory,
 Keep toiling up the slope. Till the ending of the story,
 Don't say goodbye to hope. Keep the beacon light still burning Ever brightly in your soul And your luck will soon be turning And you'll stagger to the goal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
MAYEs FOR GOVERNOR.

From the Florida Times-Union.
 If there must be a gubernatorial can- didate from West Florida, why not F'1ank Mayes?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Voliya seems to be a prophet with out honor and without town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Judge Landis is eccentric in but one respect-all crooks look alike to him, and the rich crook has been hit hard Tn the pocket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The LaFollette boom stubbornly re- fuses to crystallize It is confined at present to Wisconsin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

No more spot is more peaceful than the "Warpath" at Jamestown except possibly Esopus, N Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The new Filipino assembly is full of blatherslites elected by the people of our goldbrick province.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

J. D. Rockefeller Is silent, but he is no doubt full of bulging thoughts. And so is Chance Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
LOVES YOUNG DREAM.

' Love has tuned sad hearts to singing, Love has filled the world with bliss And there's nothing half so clinging As the rapture of a kiss, Taken when the moon is shining In the sky, the silver moon, And the honeysuckle's twining, Long about the first of June.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The oil trust is slippery, but it does not admire a Landis slide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Maybe another reason why so many men are dying in Chicago is that they just hate to live there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Rebates have too much afterclap to be popular hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

MT. Foraker and MT. Dick have joined the Down and Out society. They were fully eligible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The Sultan of Morocco may soon go to join hands with the Emperor of Korea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Trains are run on an unlicensed rail Toad as readily as on one that oils a state machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Governor Vardaman lost out be- cause he had neglected to get a sena- toriaA haircut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

H. Knox Smith canh hot shove Judge Landis altogether out of the spotlight,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Mayor Mcclellan IS trying to serve out his term and to forget the recount talk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Mrs Fish is a whale Just now down Newport way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

44e divorce business in France is flourishing,, and nearly everybody Is getting one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

If all the near-poets should die, q general wave of good feeling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Gas" Addicks has learned the bit ter lesson that it is never safe to give all you have to a woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Japanese praise of General Stoessel doesn't seem to have much weight at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
A HARD ONE.
REPLIES.

Everything is put here for purpose All right; why is the mosquito 7''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The Standard cannot pour oil on the troubled legal waters, but 1t can draw its weasel and pour out twenty-nine million dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Communion with books is good for the soul and the society of a bank book is comforting in time of need
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Chance Day Is still speechless from the shock of that twenty-nine-million dollar fine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10
JOHN' s FORTE.

John L. Sullivan has written an article on What 10 Eat" He knows more about What to Drink"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

A college student who has become a fireman will find it more exciting than being a street car conductor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Morocco is having a real Fourth C July time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

It takes a good woman to detect made-over dress on her neighbor and not remark upon 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

If tomorrow ever did come it would catch us with a lot of promises to ful- fill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

IL appears that Boston's old home there was an abundance of beans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

The King of Siam can afford to take back home a boat load of jewelry be- cause he won't have to pay any i'm port duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Too often the man who starts out to acquire metropolitan polish ends by be- ing a slick citizen.
 The average man spends the first half of his life looking for money and the last half giving advice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Washington Star: For man who owns a palatial residence in New York, Charles M. Schwab has some extremely economi- cal and thrifty ideas about housekeeping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

With Wellman and Peary both in the field, the North Pole stands in imminent danger of being discovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postofice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

St. Louis Globe-Democrat MT. Rocke- fellers postgraduate course Is the most expensive thing in educational circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

St. Louis Times: Once more do we as- sert that Abdul Azz faces the danger of becoming Abdul Azwuz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

Montgomery State: Governor Glenn has been ''mentioned' for presidential honors. That's another horse on Our Braxton.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

E. ". BARRETT. T............... Editor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-10

W. D. Lanier and John E. Stanley are the only authorized travelling representa- lives of The Age-Herald in its circulation department.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-31
BIG BANQUET
j p. CANDY Heartily Welcomed
Home From Washington.

The people of Fort Supply gave Mr..
Candy the glad hand in great shape
when he returned from Washington
with "A congressional enactment in his
vest pocket, legalizing She action OF
the Oklahoma legislature in removing
the in-an' asylum To Fort Supply At
the banquet 100 plates were laid and
the whole population ven wild with
rejoicing.
Mr.. Candy arrived i'm Guthrie last
night To visit old acquaintance, and
the constitutional convention and when
seen 10y a state Capital ycportcr he
seemed very much clated over his
victory after many years of work
against big odds.
The fight began in 1885 when he in
troduced in the territorial Legislature
a joint memorial 10 congress to set
apart the Fort supply reservation to b.
used as "A soldiers home. In 1899
congress was again memorialized a.
before and by act approved July Sth,
1899 congress authorized the interior
department tn permit the use of
buildings for the care Of the insane.
March 18th, 1903 the Legislature ac-
c.pted the terms of congress and APP
prupriated 5000 for building>
,iarch hrst 1900, the Legislature, the
insane asylum and the authorities
were eujurned from proceeding with
the removal Although the icgisla-
ture mad appropriated nm additional
sum of 5000 Tor improvements. Mr..
Gandy then transferred his efforts 10
Washington with tsc result that
congress has settled the question 10y
legaizing the actions of tue legisla-
ture.
la the course Of his conversation he
said that bird McGuiru, Oklahoma's
delegate, is the hardest working ma
in congress, and no constituency hal "A
more loyal, persistent and influential
representative than Bird Mcclure. al
though Mr.. Mcclure could not con-
s%istently aid him in his project. he
said that he was broad minded enough
To give him the credit due him as the
representative oil Oktahuma capital
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