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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
DISCOVERING" A SINGER.
How the Manager of Grand Opera Transferred Higgins Into a Star.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Whats become of Huggins7" asked the vivacious little man to his companion in the cross seat of the Lenox avenue ex- press.
 Has gone to Europe to be discovered" replied the solemn person with the pur- pie flowing tie.
 "You don't say!' returned the other. "But how to be dlscovered?"
 Tt was this way Huggins was ready, or thought he was ready, to go on the stage. Grand opera, you know. He has been very scrupulous. He has never pre- sented himself to the public in any way but as a church singer and in concert. Huggins had ambitions and promised him. self that he would not compromise.
 When he was ready for grand opera he went to a manager and gained permis- sion to sing for him. The manager grunted a few times and growled a lit- tie and then said yes. Higgins had good baritone voice and he would en- gage him for season after next
 But why not next season?" asked Higgins.
 You'll have to go to Europe first said the manager.
 Isn't my voice good enough yet?' asked Huggins, growing indignant.
 " oh, you'll want to study lot more some time,' the manager replied. But it isn't your voice that's the trouble It's your name. I can't draw audiences with a name like Huggins'
 Well, l can take a stage name,' an- swered Huggins when he'd got over what he considered a rather unfeeling comment upon an honorable name.
 That won't do,' returned the mana, ger. You've got to be discovered. You're dark complexioned. Go to Europe-any- where you like. Study or loaf or do what you please. If you can get chance to sing for some fourth-rate German prince or Italian count and get notice or two in the papers, so much the better. Singing in some obscure cafe will do as we'll But when I discover you year from this summer, you must be Signor Hugginzino or Sgnor Guessa ganzo or what you please. Then I'll tell the papers about your romantic history, we'll get into q row about your contract and your future will be assured
 50 Huggins left for Europe last week"
 Lear mel Dear mel murmured the vivacious little man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
A Novel Theory,

"A member of my family had occasion to visit a very prominent Atlanta sur geon for a chronic trouble. Woman-like she had to ask him many questions about the reason, etc., of her condition" said a citizen of another county.
 "He told her that if she had gone on her hands and feet as nature in the original ordering of things had intended she would have avoided the very deli cate and dangerous operation necessary for her relief.
 Anyway, he operated; 1t cost 5000, and she is going about fairly eontented and happy, and 1 hope has secured perma- nent relief"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
Texas Leads the Way

The Texas antitrust law goes to the bottom of the private monopoly evil, for 1t says that all employees of trusts or combines residing in that state and all pesSons in the state who sell goods made by trusts shall be guilty of felony and, on conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary for not less than two years nor more than ten years. The attorney general of Texas says he intends to enforce this drastic law againsts the trusts, and he will no doubt soon have his hands full. Att torney General Davidson is, however, man who does not shirk hard work. Nor can he be intimidated or bull dozed, and doubtless Texas will be the scene of the most ambitious at tempt made in this country to restore competition and to crush private mo nopoly.
 But the antitrust bill was not the only reform measure of the Texas leg islature. The nine-foot bedsheet law which adds to the comfort of travel CTS is readily recalled. The two meas ures were not, however, all by any means.
 It passed laww making it an of fense for any man in public office to employ under him any relative, unless the relationship is more distant than second cousin.
 It forbade the drinking of any kind of liquor on trains under any cir cumstances.
 It passed a law compelling any the- atrical manager to book any attrac- tion applying for an open date if the character of the production is suitable for a first-class playhouse.
 It required all railroads to use cleo tric headlights.
 It passed more rigorous Sunday closing law for saloons, and another law forbidding saloons having in con nection with their bars any device cal culated to draw patronage, such as billiard or pool tables.
 It closed not only all bucketshops in the state, but also all stock brokers offices.
 Half-fare rates have been prohibited as well as passes, not only for rail roads, but for street cars and tele- graph and telephone companies.
 The mere possession of articles commonly used in games of chance has been made a criminal offense and betting on baseball games is likewise made punishable by law.
 The legislature also passed many acts directed against corporations. It was busy reform legislature, but the governor of the state regrets that 1t lad not been more strenuous in com batting the evils from which the peo- pie suffer. All branches of the state government favor the new reform laws, and they will be enforced, in- cluding the antitrust act which is in- tended to tear up monopoly, root and branch, in the broad state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
A Hot Summer.

'T notice that many cows pasturing in the suburbs of Birmingham drink water from the sewers said a business man. Il used to think that this accounted largely for typhoid fever, but bacteriolo- gsts agree that such Is not the case. Typhoid fever germs do not come to us through the COW. The trouble may be possibly fin the dairy if impure water is used in washing the milk cans, or in washing the cows tits.
 Chattanooga has an epidemic of ty- phoid this summer and there seems, in fact to be more fever throughout the country than usual"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE AWAY

From the Chicago Record-H Herald. When the children are away we forget the
 noise they made, We forget the sighs for peace that es-
 capped us -hlle they played; We forget how much we longed to be free
 to leave it all, And how lonely we become when the
 night begins to fall When the children are away, moved to no
 more murmurings. We forget the piercing shrieks and the
 marred and broken things, And the clock so loudly ticks as the night
 falls, still and black, That 1t seems as if it tried In it's grief to
 call them back. When the children are away ghosts of
 pleasures that are fled Seem to hover in the rooms and around
 each little bed Home is but an empty word, and how
 distant seems the day That shall bring them shouting home
 when the children are away!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
DRY DAYS IN THE SOUTH.

From Harpers Weekly.
 Politicians in the south have come to a realization that the prohibition move ment In their region Is one which must be taken with the utmost serious ness The political temperance cru sade. with it's new life and energy, constitutes the most startling develop ment in southern politics today. The advocates of compulsory abstinence are growing more powerful day by day. The movement Is not so much against the consumption of whisky and othe' alcoholic beverages as against ss- looms, rumshops, bars and the like.
 The average American is in the habt of regarding Kentucky Tennessee, the Carolinas and. In fact. most of the other southern states, as distinguishei cd for the production and consumption cf liquor. It Is interesting, in view of this, to have attention directed to the fact that in the state of Kentucky 90 out of 11s counties are mo license" That is to say, In none of the ninety coun- ties will be granted license to sell liquor. The whole state of Tennessee is "dry" save for the cities of Mem- phis, Nashville and Chattanooga Ia the dry districts no alcoholic bev. craze may be bought-not even a glass of beer or claret with dinner.
 The state of Texas Is said to contain ninety counties that have abolished sa- looms. North Carolina, Mississippi and other states of the south tell the same story. Anybody may have spirituous beverages sent to him in any of the dry" districts, but throughout these regions every saloon has been entir- pated. One may travel up and down the rural parts of Kentucky and Ten nessee without finding one bar or crossroads saloon such as may be found In profusion throughout, say New York, New Jersey or Pennsylva- nj
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
Baby Hunting.

''I am just starting on a rather un- usual errand,' said a man who had just hired a buggy from a livery stable.
 ''It Is this way: We have no children of our own and my wife is baby hungry. She Is not happy because she has no little one absolutely dependant on her for it's life She has heard of little babe about months old and she Is going out after it. The little waif is in one of the suburbs and no one knows who are it's parents.
 You know when a woman makes up her mind that home isn't what it ought to be without a baby in the house she goes and gets one from some orphanage or other place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

rfoin llle -NSW ipih IlesS-
 Ribbons underneath help you to imagine a summer shirt waist is a real thing.
 A man is impertinent if he tries to firt with a girl and insultingly indifferent If he doesn't.
 nice thing about being a fat woman Is how comfortably she can slip and bang herself in the bath tub.
 It makes a woman very proud of her husbands business ability to have him know how to hoop her up her back.
 A mans idea of being a patriot Is yell ing himself hoarse because somebody tells him something is against the constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
About Persons,

Postmaster J. Rivers Carter who has been in Birmingham for a few days on important business connected with the completing of his annual report will return to the bedside of his aged father who is seriously Ill at Pulaski, at the earliest possible moment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Disease-Breedino cisterns.

T have vainly endeayored to get the proper parties to take notice of two dis ease breeding cisterns at the junction of Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street. said resident of that locality.
 One is partly filled with all kinds of filth cast Into 1t daily; the other con tains stagnant water. Neither can but be a menace to public health The city authorities have been notified but they h made no move to abate the nut- sance, thus far"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

North Carolinians say that purely state matters should go on unchecked until competent courts decide other wise. In other words, that the in junction habit should not be applied to sovereign state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
FOOLED HER.

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal. 'IIe promised to give me a quarter of his salary each week"
 "A liberal allowance"
 "So I thought But now find I can't do much with % cents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
NOT TO BE SHOCKED.

From the Baltimore American
 MT. Oldblood-Your English visitol seems to be unusually broad minded Il his views of other customs than hi own.
 Mrs. Comeup-Yes, he has none of tn ordinary British insulated prejudice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Mir. Hobson says war with Japanis sure to come, and Mr Bryan says lis sure no war will come between he two countries. You pay your moiey and take your choice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
DRY MARCHING.

From the Kansas City Times.
 Marching through Georgia will become more of hardship than ever since the adoption of a law forbiddng the manu- facture sale of intoxicating liquors in that state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
DANT.

From Lopdon Opinion.
 Noble Sportsman-Whatever 1t is I've shot, 1t makes a most unearthly row.
 Keeper-Yes, poor Bill ain't got musi- cal voice. as 'e?,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Andrew Carnegie has declared the Japanese-American war of, and libra ries can go on becoming Carnegie memorials as before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Anna Gould says she has no intn- ton of marrying Prince Ellie de Saiin or any other smart Aleok in eitlr France or America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Korea will soon become fully aware of the fact that it has been gobbled up by Japan. The rest of the world has long been aware of the fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Korea begins to know where sh is at.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

The Glidden tourists have reachd Pittsburg, and they report bad roa that caused them to gid and skid 9 their great disgust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Mrs. Birdsong Is able to be ou, thanks to Dr. Vardaman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

A flood of eloquence is all that 8 left of the trial at Boise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

"Japan has no fewer than fer bases," says Richard Pearson Hobsn. This gives her the game in the miris of all sportsmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

William comes back to say that le has not resigned and that his Mabels is not going on the stage again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

The betting runs in favor of sIlt jury in the Haywood case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

The polar explorers are preparAg to seek their favorite summer retret, and they hope to touch 1t this time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

William E. Corey has not resignd, neither have Platt and Depew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Enough immigrants come in evcy month to make an Atlanta or Men phis, but not a Greater Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Mayor Mcclellan is in the Maile woods trying to forget recounts ad all other forms of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
AND THE MEAT UNDER susPIcIol

From the Denver Republican.
 With Dr. Osler condemning soup an Dr. Wiley against pie, the great America dinner seems to be catching 1t at botl ends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Everybody now sees that war wth Japan would be the height of folly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

The prosecution at Boise seems to think Orchard is entitled to a halo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Japan is assimilating Korea, and ae does not bother herself to make it benevolent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

The New York judges are playng politics in the recount matter to bat the band
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

North Carolina should catch Hari- man and put him on the chaingag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Count Boni now sees that his divoce from the Gould estate is final nd complete.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Washington Bureau Age-Herald' 142l G street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Huntsville Banner; The man behind the gun seems to be in about as much dan ger as the man in front of it, on some of our battleships
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

sure to come, and MT. Bryan says HIS sure no war will come between he two countries. You pay your mo'ey and take your choice.
 
 Anna Gould says she has no intn- ton of marrying Prince Ellie de Saiin or any other smart Aleok in eithr France or America.
 The Glidden tourists have reachd Pittsburg, and they report bad roa 8 that caused them to gid and skid 9 their great disgust.
 Japan has no fewer than fer bases," says Richard Pearson Hobsn. This gives her the game in the mirls of all sportsmen.
 Enough immigrants come in evCy month to make an Atlanta or a Men phis, but not a Greater Birmingham
 
 The polar explorers are preparHg to seek their favorite summer retret, and they hope to touch 1t this time
 
 William comes back to say that le has not resigned and that his Mabele is not going on the stage again.
 
 Mayor Mcclellan is In the Maile woods trying to forget recounts ad all other forms of politics. Japan is assimiating Korea, and sle does not bother herself to make it benevolent.
 The New York judges are playng politics in the recount matter to bat the band.
 Count Boni now sees that his divoce from the Gould estate is final nd complete.
 North Carolina should catch Hari- man and put him on the chaingag
 ---s.- - The prosecution at Boise seems to think Orchard is entitled to a halo Everybody now sees that a war wth Japan would be the height of folly. William E. Corey has not resignd, neither have Platt and Depew.
 - The betting runs in favor of a sLlt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

E. W. BARRETT. Editor
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-18
CITY TO BE CONGRATULATED.

The fire commissioners are to be congratulated upon their latest
move in providing for the safety of the community from fire. They
have contracted for a combined chemical and hose wagon, the experience
originated for the preservation OF property against the fire evil
Tonopah has made rapid strides in the way of modern improve
ments, but unlike other mining camps in this section of the country she
has not been built in advance of her mines, or her production. The
town is growing up to her mines, or rather, this has been the method Of
her advance. Now, she can go ahead as fast IS possible, and will still
have a long ways to go to overtake her production.
But the city has been built on the rock of solid growth, and her i'm
provements are permanent. The soitfty of the town, the fine looking
buildings, are the things which first catch the eye of the visitor and
make the first and lasting impression upon the stranger. The latter
afraid to invest it on the ground from which they got it.
If anything were required to give confidence in the city, it would
be found in the stability Of our improvements. The production of the
mines is increasing each week, and will continue to increase, and this is
a peasureable and reassuring fact to which to turn from the contempla-
ton of the handsome structures which tell their own story Of advance
lment.
The best is none too good for Tonopah, and the fire commissioners
have voiced the sentiment of the go-aheaditfveness of the city in con-
tracing for the best that IS to be had in the way of fire protection. In
surance Is high in Tonopah. but the rate will be lessened when we have
and with plenty of water, and the force to utilize it, we will be safe.
The old axiom, IAN ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"
lis hard to improve upon, and we would much prefer to ave our buildings
than to spend weary months collecting our insurance policies.
The fire commissioners have made a very fine step in the right dt-
rection, and they have Tonopah right behind them.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-05-18
TONOPAH THE GREAT PRODUCER.

ore at the 500 level Of the Midway and a big body of it that can
supply dividends to the stockholders for years to come.
This is the best news that has gone out to the world from Tonopah
in a long time, and it is the best news that could be heralded through
the camp. Tonopah, the mother camp Of Southern Nevada, has not been
idle while the children camps were sprouting and growing into favor
in the mining world. While the youngsters have kept up the reputation
time
1t was long known to the men familiar with the trend Of the Lodges
here that the ore went down and that the bodies we're permanent; but
there are always doubling Thomases, and there are always Knockers but
the knockers of Southern Nevada will now have to lay away the ham
mer, and bow 10 the evidences Of their senses.
The ledge uncovered in the Midway is undoubtedly the continuation
of the famous Macdonald vein of the Montana Tonopah, and there is
hardly a doubt that the ore body will be found in the Western country
over which fact there has been much speculation. There is the making
of history for the Montana Midway Extension, the Golden Anchor, the
.Tonopah Extension, the Pntsburg Extension, and the country lying be-
yond these properties.
Before the strike in the Midwa,Ru 10 sus. su, 10 DIPS 30 ly
way Extension had the ore. but why we knew that the Montana Mid
little strip. now that it is known that it is bound to get it at the lower
depths, and plenty of It at that? OF a certainty, the ore will be found
in sehwabs Golden Anchor. and huge bodies have been uncovered in the
Tonopah Extension.
But it is this ledge coming from the Montana Tonopah that has
been looked for to make that Western country a stable territory of gold
and silver, and this find in the Midway leaves no doubt that it will be
the area of the mineral zone at least another mile, and the possibilities
of Tonopah are practically unlimited
What a field of inyestment. this knowledge opens up to the investor,
be he from the East or the West. The men who bucked Wall street for
tors OF the so-caHed industries took their returns in millions, have some
thing in the West over which again to ponder They wanted a show
ing; here it is. a tangible fact from which there is no getting away.
Tonopah long ago settled down to the stability of a permanent
camp. and the hurry and hustle and speculation were left to the other
camps which had yet to make good Yet Tonopah has never been called
upon TO live upon her reputation. She has always made good by keeping
up her production; and in this find she will simply increase that pro-
ductiOn. Her securities re selling for nothing like their real value and
in the not very far future this fact will be demonstrated. Public at
ltention is bound to be attracted to the place where the ore is being turned
out of the ground; and being sent to the mills and the smelters, and
their product turned into the people in the shape of dividends.
This is Tonopah. New camps may come, and new camps may go;
but Tonopah continues to go on forever.