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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10
THE WEDDING.


 THE WEDDING. 7 A church damned full of people, sweetly blushing bride Who trips it to the altar In youthful bloom and pride. Of bridesmaids there are plenty And flower maidens, too. The trimmings must be brilliant, For nothing else will do. There stands the well-fed preacher, Upon his face a smile, To know that he can figure In so much fuss and style. The brides triumphant father Is there to give away His fondy cherished daughter, Upon her wedding day. The ushers feel their glory, The lady organist Thrills out the march as if she Just hated to desist. Let's see-we're overlooking omebody-um-take care. Oh, yes. the man she married The bridegroom-he was there!
 HANDICAPPED. The great pianist raised his voice In accents of despair And quit. He had no other choice You see, he lost his hair.
 TOURING. "You have visited Europe, believer" "Yes."
 What impressed you most on your trip?"
 "The prices
 A COMPLAISANT MAN. .eDo you ever get sore at yourself?" "Frequently, but I have a little talk with myself and finally convince myself that there are worse people in the world"
 A PRACTICAL VIEW.
 You may tout up love
 As much as you please,
 But it won't pay a bill
 For groceries.
 REPLIES. Few men see clearly after the fifth drink.
 It takes all kinds of people to make a world, including Prince Helie de Sagan. Some blind people gave party the other day. Nobody said, I'm glad to see you" The innocent bystander suffers most in the great struggle being' waged by cold water and the demon rum. Just imagine the wife of six husbands going to heaven and finding the six hus- hands therei PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

Leech, the new government printer, will undoubtedly stick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

The Johnson, Gray and Harmon booms are really races for the running mates position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

Some think the street cars will have to be made larger to accommodate the new Easter hats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10
SHAMELESS.

SHAMELESS A band of very crooked men Framed up a crooked deal, And then remarked, to Nsquare themselves, "This is the age of steal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

Chancellor Day should be abated al well as vindicated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

About Persons. Albert Phenix of the Baltimore Manu- facturers Record staff. is at the Hill man. W. J. Porter of Russellville is at the Morris.
  G. & sedberry of wetumpka is at the Morris. c. c. Samson of Montgomery is at the Morris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

England got o1opg for day or two without A <{Uhor premier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10
IN oLDEN TIMES.

Horatius held the bridge. Thrusting his sword through the heart of Lausulus he exclaimed, I'm glad these are not suf- fragettes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10
About Persons.

district is more talked about than any other section of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10
OUCH!

tIJUy 5UuI JUhts' s"Thank you.' Ut is so much fun trying to see the point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10
TOURING.

You have visited Europe, I believer" ''Yes"
 What impressed you most on your trip?'
 "The prices
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

"It's pretty tough to keep working all the time, doing the best you can, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

Anniston Star: The Birmingham Age Herald thinks armor belts will be worn higher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

Sheffield Standard: Alderman Heidt of Birmingham is "reformer" from away back. He proposes the enactment of an ordinance making it a penal offense for any Birmingham newspaper to admit whisky advertisements into it's columns. Mr Heidts assninity illustrates to what extent fanaticism can go when it once gets fair start
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

Montgomery Times: The Birmingham raids on social clubs, which were organ ized for the purpose of promoting art and literature.'' are still being prosecuted by the sheriff's forces and the police de- partment of that city. "Art and litera- ture" in Birmingham are evidently legally construed outside of rules prevailing in the classical code.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

Herald says a blind tigress run by a woman has been raided in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

A CoMPLAIsANT MAN.
 DO you ever get sore at yourself?' ''Frequently, but I have little talk with myself and finally convince myself that there are worse people in the world.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

Montgomery Times: The Barons gave the Cub champions tight race, but im- peached the glory of it by mixing up with their visitors in a row. This is country baseball of primeval times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

Pell City Progress: Financial students in this neck of the woods are much pug zled over the railway reform problem. One-half cent less to Birmingham and return minus one night away from home to reach Birmingham during business hours, also minus cost of lodging and breakfast, equals how much on 12 trips per year?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-10

I 1ere are more lies III l0e SIdludTQ histories than in the newspapers. His tory largely consists of accepted and popularized fakes. The wish in New York is that Tom Platt would follow his Amen" corner until he disappears from public view.
  Sparta, Minn., has got to move. 1t was built on bed of iron ore, and the ore is worth more than the town.
  Japan is up against the Standard oil octopus, and she has no energies to waste on our battleship fleet.
  Harry Orchard still insists on being hanged, and perhaps the state authori- ties will be accommodating.
  The business season may be trifie slow, but the baseball season promises to be a record-breaker
 
 Two Gould divorces pending at one time illustrates the monopolizing tend encies of that family.
 
 Some think the street cars will have to be made larger to accommodate the new Easter hats.
 -------- - The Johnson Gray and Harmon booms are really races for the running mates position.
 -- -ss----- The Watson and Williams ticket is alliterative at any rate. Leech, the new government printer, will undoubtedly stick. Chancellor Day should be abated as well as Vindicatad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
Great Record Made.

Washington, August S.-"It is a great record and I am immensely gratif1ed This was the comment of Rear Admiral Pillsbury chief of the bureau of navi- gation and acting secretary of the navy, when the news of the arrival of the At lantic fleet at Auckland. New Zealand. was communicated to him. In view Of the storm which the fleet encountered on it's way from Honolulu it was scarcely expected that it would arrive at Auck- land before midnight of the Sth (Wash- ington time). which would bring the news of the arrival to the United States in the ordinary course. some time Sun day afternoon.
 The fleet following it's itinerary which was due to reach Auckland on the aft < ernoon of the Sth instant, Washington time) and this achievement it has ac- complished, although it was necessary by reason of the violent storm for Rear Admiral Sperry, in command, to increase the speed of the ships from 10 to 12 knots an hour. The efficiency of the fleet has been proved and the manner in which it weathered the storm through which it has just passed, the most severe ii has encountered since it left Hampton Roads, has created the greatest grati1 cation among the officers of the navy department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

New York, August S.-A young man. supposed from letters and other docu- ments in his possession to be Morris Berger 21 years old, dentist Of Pnil' adelphia, was found unconscious in Central park tonight suffering from a self-infilcted bullet wound in the abdomen. In the mans pocket was a letter which stated that he found no ioy in life as he could not marry the girl he wanted to because of the ob- iections of his parents. There were also found photographs taken today, which the man thought expressed his feelings of despondency, sorrow and resignation. The photos were numbered and he had written on each sentence. Number one had these words:
 Here I am thinking of the best way" No. bore the following:
 Here l am entirely lost, and I see I must do it No. g.
 Here I am and know there is ID other way" No A.
 Here I am angry at the world as I know I cannot change it.
 In his letter the man wrote: q don [ blame anyone for what l am about to do It is entirely of my own accord and no one knows of it. At first, when I made known to my father that 1 loved this girl, he was satisfied, but when the rest of my family came to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
TRIES TO KILL PRISONER.
Desperate Effort Is Made By Uncle of Murdered Boy.

Chicago August S.-A desperate eff fort to kill Hassin Nemmer, the sus- pected slayer of 13-year-old Tuffa Sha- shem, was made by Alexander Sha- shem, uncle of the boy, this afternoon. i Shouting that he would kill him and lifting club that he carried the uncle rushed at the prisoner, who was stand ing at the bars of his cell Inspector Dorman and others leaped upon the frenzied uncle and were compelled to use violence to overpower him. The prisoner covered in his cell and beg ged the police to save him. Shrieking that he would yet kill Nemmer, the uncle was carried from the cell room.
 Nemmer was positively identified as man who was carrying a heavy bundle along Harrison street Sunday night. This important evidence against the Turk was furnished by Martin Cog
 gins, a private watchman. Cogglns
 went into the cell room of the Maxwell street police station and without dir ficulty picked out the supposed mur-
 derer from a group of prisoners. He
 said he was positive that Nemmer was
 the one he had seen carrying the bundle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
FIGHT ON NAVAL
 STORES TRUST

Montgomery. August S.-A special to the Advertiser from Pensacola, Fla, says:
 The organization of a million naval stores company to fight the American Naval Stores company. commonly known as the Shotter trust, is now demanding the attention of naval stores dealers and operators at Pensacola. as well as bus mess men.
 Monday a committee composed of lead ing factors vii larrive In ePnsacola for the purpose of meeting with those in the business in this city, of whom there are a number of the most prominent.
 The proposition which the naval stores ing factors will arrive in ePnsacola for to organize a company with sufficient capital to hold spirits and rosin until the market advances from its present condi- ton, and then sell only sufficient quan- tity at times when it Is necessary and to keep the market on a basis of profit for the producer, and still not bull it to such an extent -as to make it out of all com parison to actual values.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
SEARCHING FOR NEGRO.
Little Girl Is Victim and lynching Is
 Expected.

Salem, N J., August S.-Armed posses under the direction of Sheriff Collins B. Allen are searching Salem and ad- joining counties tonight for a negro who today committed brutal assault upon Stella Lawrence, the 12-year-o daughter of Oscar Lawrence, farmer of Warrington township. The police of every city and town in South Jersey have been furnished with a description of the negro, who was a stranger in the neighborhood, and are making a determined effort to apprehend him.
 Stella Lawrence left her home to place letter in rural delivery mail box at the end of lane on her father $ farm, probably a quarter of a mile from the house. She was about to re- turn when a negro whose approach she had not noticed, seized her and dragged her into an adjoining cornfield.
 When the girl did not return mem- bers of her fathers family started in search of her and as they ap preached the corn field were attracted by her moans.
 The girl was able to give a very meagre description of the negro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
YOUNG MAN FLIES HIGH,
He Didn't Use an Airship and Now is
 In Jail.

Chicago August 8.-(Special. )-After stealing, it is alleged, from an invalid mother and spending it on wine suppers and automobiles for chorus girls, Lee Haseman. a messenger in the First Trust and Savings bank, was arrested by Pinkerton detectives today charged with embedding $4600 from his en- ployers.
 Haseman was arrested while driving in an automobile on Michigan avenue taken to the Harrison police station, where he is declared to have confessed to the embezzlement and told the de- tectives where they could find the money taken from the bank. The funds were found intact in a rooming house at No. 1926 Michigan avenue.
 It is charged by the detectives and police that Haseman, who is 19 years old, embedded the money in order that he might elope with Bertha ROsendahl, pretty salesgirl in a downtown de- partment store Miss Rosendahl is said to live at No. 1925 Humbold boule- yard, and is only IT years old. It is said Haseman intended to flee with the girl to New York.
 Haseman is declared to have been living high on $500 which he stole from his mother He rented automO- piles and every night he is said to have wined and dined numerous chorus girls. The young mans mother, who is an invalid, gave him the money to deposit in the bank It is charged that this he failed to do.
 Haseman will be arraigned Monday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
AMERICAN FLEET
 AT NEW ZEALAND Vessels Are SaIuted When They
 Enter Harbor GREAT TIMES ARE PROMISED City of Auckland Is Gaily Decorated In Honor of Visiting Fleet and Fine Programme of Entertain
 ment Is Prepared.
GREAT TIMES ARE PROMISED

Auckland. New Zealand. August s.- sixteen white ships comprising the bat 1asbin division of the United States At lantic fleet under command of Rear Ao- nira1 Charles Sperry. arrived here at $40 o'clock this morning, and anchoreo in two columns in the roadstead abreast inc eitv. after a voyage of SS days from San Francisco, including stop-oVer or six days at Honolulu. They Will reIildii' here until next Saturday
 When the warships entered the harpor +be usual salutes were exchanged be- tween them and the shore batteries ana the Australian flagship Powerful ana the cruisers Encounter and Pioneer.
 Shortly after anchoring Admiral Sper- rv accompanied by his staff, went ashore and paid his respects to Lord PlunKltt' tho governor of New Zealand, and after wards visited William A. Prickett, the American consul general. The governor and MT. Prickett later returned the ad- miral's visit aboard the flagship Con- necticut.
 This exchange of courtesies ended the programme of the first days stay or the American fleet in New Zealand waters hit tomorrow will begin a week of cere- monies and festivities for which the most elaborate preparations have been made including the fleet, on behalf Of the gov ernment. by the prime minister, the Rt. Hon. Joseph George Ward, the presenta- tion of various addresses, parades, mill tarv reviews, banquets, excursions 10
 
 ing and various other sports. In the errangements for the entertainment or inc personnel of the fleet the various committees have paid great attention to nlans for making most enjoyable the stay here of the enlisted men.
 The city, is elaborately decorated In honor of the visit of the Americans and thousands of persons already have come into the city in order to assist in paying homage to the officers and men. Queen street the leading thoroughfare of the eity. is profusely decorated with flags and bunting, the stars and stripes and the union jack of Great Britain being seen at every hand. The townspeople are enthusiastic over the visit of their American cousins, and throughout the dav thronged the water front of the city to view the stately ships lying at an- chor in the roadstead. As a special honor the board of education has changed the date of the Michaelmas holiday and will give the school children their weeks va cation beginning tomorrow, in order that they may join with their elders in mak- ing the stay of the American heet a notable one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
THE BOIL WEEVIL
 PROBLEM SOLVED

Baton Rouge, La., August S.-That powdered arsenate of lead may prove the solution of the boil weevil problem is the suggestion made in a bulletin issued today by the state crop pest commission. The bulletin gives the re- suits of some experiments made this year with the arsenate of lead, and mentions that in one instance it killed 70 per cent of the boil weevils in the locality where it was tried. State Entomologist Newell says that two ap plications of the preparation will clear field entirely of the weevils. This Is the first poison that the Louisiana state crop pest commission has in dorsed for killing boil weevils.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
WOMEN FORGED TO
 WORK ON ROCK PILE

Fit. Worth, Tex, August S.-(Special.)- Despite protests of the Ft, Worth Fed eration of Womens Clubs, Police Com missioner George Mulkey today put wom- en prisoners to work on the rock pile. No other city in Texas employs this sys- tenn of punishment now, but Mulkey de- clares the city prisons are filled with women and only the dreaded rock pile will keep them out of jail. Ten women were 10 hours breaking up stones under tor rid sun Four of the women were white and three were not out of their teens. The hard work exhausted them, but they were forced under the eye of a guard to continue their labors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
BALDWIN IS SUCCESSFUL.
Big Airship Stands Test Demanded
 By the Army.

Washington, August S.-Captain Bald win has succeeded in fulfilling the first requirement. of his contract with the gov ernnent for supplying a dirigible balloon for the signal corps of the army The board of officers who inspected the big airship today at Fort Myer accepted 1t as far as the construction of the machine Is concerned; the other requirements remain ing to be fulfilled are the speed and en- durance qualities of the aerial craft.
 There was no official speed test today, but after the inspection of the balloon. Captain Baldwin made a preliminary en- durance trial An official speed trial will be made Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
PECULIAR REASON FOR
 ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE

know about it they raised such an air that l resolved to go to New York ant Ten she would also come. But then when I considered the matter I came to this conclusion, that should I marry the girl, 1t would make my parents miserable for all their lives, and as [ saw no other way out of it, I determ- ined to take my life. I thought I would rather die than displease my parents"
 The injured man was operated upon at the Presbyterian hospital, but IT cannot be stated positively whether he will recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
Killed By Lightning.

LaGrange, Ga, August s-(Special)-A telephone message from Odessadale, Ga, says pr. Charles Stipe, prominent phys- elan of that place, was killed by lightning this afternoon. He was just leaving a store when the bolt struck him. Several others were badly shocked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
New Worlds Record.

Tacoma, Wash. August s-Flrst Lieut. Paul Beck of the signal corps at the army maneuvers, has broken the worlds s record in stringing wires and keeping various divisions in touch. In 40 min utes assisted by 71 men, he strung three miles of wire and put eight instruments in working order. The former record was SO minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
Emperor Aids Zeppelin.

Berlin, August S.-Emperor William has Zeppelin to construct another airship. He has expressed himself as deeply moved over the Zeppelin catastrophe and de- lighted with the generous contributions from all parts of the empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
Resignation Sent In.

Greenville, s. C., August S.-J. c. Darlington, the South Carolina mem- Der of the executive committee of the independence league, today rendered his resignation to Hon. Charles A. Walsh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09

FOR SALE-S70 per foot, lot 75x144; street and sewer Improvements in, private alley, one block south of Highland avenue, 21a blocks east of 20th street. Address Owner, 1920 Sd avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
Cubs Get New Pitcher.

San Francisco, August s.-Pitcher Har- " Sutler, pitcher of the San. Francisco team of the Pacific Coast league. was snld tn the Chicago National today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-15
Jews, VIEWS AND Co.'S I
SIP OF NEW YORK. f!
BY Glenn Guernsey.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-"Down to
Gahenna or up to throne, he travels
the fastest who travels alone"
So enunciated Rudyard Kipling, in
a covert defense of that condition of
life indicated by race suicide. Which
only goes to show that even a poet of
strenuosity may on occasion hand out
the wrong line of dope.
Dr. Mitchell, of Oklahoma, has
come to New York to set us right on
the subject. So far as Gehenna is con-
cerned, Doc" says as how the Matri-
monial Limited is a through express
without change, scheduled to overtake
the sultry regions in the briefest
possible time In DOC" MitchelFs
l to 8 favorite in the Wedding Bells
handicap.
In other words, DR.. Mitchell en-
gagged in public discourse in this me-
| tropolis, while incidentally soliciting
funds for a purity home" in the sage
| brush belt, let loose the observation
| that seven out of eight married
couples are unhappy.
AS this is the silly season in Park
Row literary circles, DOC" Mitchell
| Immediately becames a marked man.
/ The seven slush sisters and the BaZoo
| bilgewater brigade of ground and lofty
interviewers Immediately bounced upon
the Oklahoman, and proceeded to elab-
crate upon the subject of matrimonial,
infelicity with original signed state
ments, heretofore unpublished por-
traits and diagrams depicting the
scene of the crime
Now Constant Reader" Fair Play
and "Heartbroken Wife" have been
dealt hands in the game and are filling
the agony columns of the Evening Sob
with heart rending accounts of marital
unhappiness and sugar coated descrip-
lions of domestic bliss. So far the
contest appears to be about "hoss and
noss," thus proving, if it proves any.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-15
"Marryinq Mary"

Jules hurry received a hurry call
for Miss Florence Gear in Marrying
Mary this week. The management
of the new Grand Opera house in New
Haven, Connecticut, desiring a New
York production for the opening week,
sought out Mr. hurry and offered him
such terms that the plucky little man.
ager consented to send his star in her
new play under the condition that the
engagement should last for the entire
week, an unprecedented stipulation as
all attractions are booked there for
one or two nights only.
The contract was no sooner signed
than Mr.. hurry realized what he had
undertaken. 1t was his original inten-
ton to open Miss Gears season in
Halifax, N. S., on September Z. Before
that date there was new scenery to be
painted, new costumes were to be
made and new chorus rehearsed.
Fortunately everything was we'll under
way, and, calling his lieutenants
around him, Mr. hurry arranged for a
double order of neutrality-suspicious.
ais day and night, double the number
of working women on the costumes
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-15
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla Walla and Vicinity: Fair TO-
night and Sunday.
Washington: Fair tonight and Sun
day, except showers extreme northwest
norton. Westerly winds.
Weather Conditions.
There has been a slight rise in the
barometric pressure over the PACING
northwest and an area of high pressure
covers most of the eastern half OF the
United States. Depressions overlie Al
berta and Kansas. Showers, mostly
light have occurred in southern Ida
no. northern Utah and Montana ana
thence eastward to the Lake region
and southerly to New Mexico. Temper
atures in the Pacific northwest are
stationary or slightly higher and much
cooler in Nevada and Utah. The fndl-
cations point to fair weather in this
locality tonight and Sunday with mod
crate temperatures.
JOHN GROVER, Observer.