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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
ON AN OLD THEATRICAL MAKEUP

BY Arthur Stringer.
It's no more chest of motley tints,
OF musty reds and whites;
But more key to Memory,
Door to lost Delights.
Ills more the barque that ferries us
Where Dreams are ever best;
The tiny boat whereby we float
To islands ringed with rest.
To Rapture and to easing Tears.
And Laughter, aye, the key!
To all the ways of other days
Inc Open Sesame .-tS
II holds more tales than e'er were conned
In Chronicle or Cid;
A thousand years of hopes and fears
Lie close beneath its lid.
For Portia rises from its rim,
Ar Venus from the sea;
cordelia stands with loving hands
And Juliet signs to me.
Here ARIEL, Titania.
And Puck, are packed away;
And all that mirth which freshens earth
When life grows over-gray.
Helena's yes look out from it;
Here Cleopatra rests:
And here see Antigone,
Electra's tortured breast.
I spy a sylph-Iike Peter Pan,
Step forth with elfin tread,
Where side by side know abide
The dead who are not dead.
For from IT floats and lives the face
OF Frou-Frou and Camille; 80
I watch the signs or Nora rise,
The frown Of Hedda steal. f
I watch them rise as from a tomb,
These Ghosts of Long Ago. "a M
Who laughed. and cried. and loved, and
died @@ =
| In mimic Mirth and Woe. So ~
| Still motley-clad. in cap and bells,
! I see them sob and dance y zss< n
Where fash and CLEAN the Gates q
Nses Dream, hisol .c
The Islands Of Romance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
Reunion a Grand Success

Mobile fairly surpassed herself in
hospitality" said Col w. B. Leedy,
veteran who attends all the Confeder-
ate reunions Our Gulf City, as all
men know, is famed for hospitality
and the people there are used to hand
ling carnival crowds. The entire re-
union was q grand success. The at
tendance was large and the par ade was
one of the most imposing 1 have ever
seem"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TINES
THE RIVERS SONG.

What is the song the river sings ss
On its journey to the sea?
Il draw my life from a thousand springs,
A thousand streams feed me.
And ever the voice of Ocean deep
Doth call me to his breast;
Where the breakers roar and the pillows
leap
And the ship of a worldwide quest
rs split on the rocks, my. placid tide
Shall find grand work to do,
And fiinging a taunt to the sailors bride,
I'll live my life anew
And that is the song the eddes sing
To mocking hill and dale:
"Oh, River, thou art an aimless thing
Thy boast shall not avail!'
But ever the river slips along
On its journey to the sea
And huns to itself that ocean song
OF the wild life yet to be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
SUMNER.

Summer, summer, summer
Summer'll soon be here:
Stunning peaches on the beaches
Shortly will appear
All the ways of making love will
Be put 10 the test q
Many a girly, sweet and curly,
VIII be softly prest.
Summer summer, summer
Summers on the way;
Glad hearts lifting, schoolboys whiting
For holiday.
There'll be juleps made to soothe US,
Hammocks meath the trees?
Flowers springing, sons-birds singing,
Butterflies and bees.
Summer, summer, summer
Summer'll soon be due;
Days of beaming, days of steaming,
Days of dust and rue.
Flies and skeeters will beset us
Other ills train,
Till we sigh for-often sigh for
Winter back again!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
Prominent Visitor

Capt. John F.. Mayer of Richmond in
returning from the Mobile reunion, Is
stopping over in Birmingham for a few
days as the guest of his son-in-law, w.
D. Leake. 1914 Tenth avenue, south He
is one of the best known and most popu-
lar citizens of the Virginia capital and
is one of the younger of the "old vets.
He is member of r. E.~,Lee camp
Captain Mayer has the disIpction of
being a vestrynian in the historic ST.
Johns church of Richmond. He Is -
member of the Masonic grand lodge of
Virginia and is an active member of the
supreme council thirty-third degree
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry (southern jurisdiction), lin
tied to SO.
Richmond was represented at Mobile
by about 40 veterans said Captain
Mayer. I'VE were elegantly entertained
and everybody seemed to enjoy the re-
union Ito the fullest extent"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
Political NotabIes

The Morris hotel, which has been a
place OF political rendezvous ever since
Emmett ONeal engaged a suite of rooms
there last winter, will cease to be
storm center after today. The voters
have to go home to vote. Among the
notabes who lodged at the Morris Fiji
day night were Mr.. O'Neal, Colonel Ma
lorN and Senator Bankhead.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
CAMPAIGN CALUMNY

The stories told on Colonel ONeal In
this campaign constitute a reproach to
any community. All over the state, 1t is
said, these things are told, and they do
Colonel O'Neal the rankest injustice
These falsehoods. as they have come to
the friends OF Colonel O'Neal, are not
tending to allay strife and bitterness
But, on the contrary, they have caused
Colonel O'NeaTs friends to rally more
firmly around his standard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

1.-THE business men of Birmingham must
take an active, practical interest in the
census matter, or else the city will not
make the good showing in population that
it is entitled to Make said r. H.
Baugh last night.
II found in my employ number OF
persons whose families had not been
counted by a census man. 1 got the
names-there We're ~ OF them in all
and sent them to Mr. T. U. Bass, special
census agent. stationed in the govern
ment building. This census Is of great
Importance. 1t would hurt Birmingham
like our claims. But unless the business
mer, bestir themselves and see whether
or not their employees and those de-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

FIT ON IHe NeW lUlK fTeSs
Cheerfulness is the art of concealng
your real feelings.
A man marries for domestic RESPONSE
bility, and his wife gets It.
The way to have nonsense seem sensi-
biz to you Is for 1t to be your own
The servant problem is much nearer
home than the governments foreign pol
Icy. SO we don't try to solve it.
You can tell girl who has been on
gagged several times by how she seems
80 innocent amout what goes with 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
GREAT SPEECH At MOBILE
I'M the Baldwin Times.

The speech OF Col Emmett O'Neal in
Bienville square Monday evening was
one of the greatest ever heard in that
historic city. The political demonstra-
ton which preceded it was only exceed
ed at the time of Grover Cleveland's first
election. Many, Of the most substantial
citizens of Mobile carried torches in the
immense torchlight procession and after
ward appeared on the rostrum with the
sneaker
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

At the suggestion of Mrs. Champ Clark
a blue book of biographies of the wives
lady is to be her own biographer, and
each to answer this question, IF thrown
on your own resources what could you
do to win a living for yourself?''
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

The first ticket for the Johnson-J effries
fight is to be made of gold suitably en-
graved and it is to be presented to Col
onel Roosevelt on his arrival at New
York. What will he do with it?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

In Indiana the sole particular problem
is, shall the democrats go over to the
insurgents or shall the insurgents join
the democrats? The standpatters are
simply ignored
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

pendent on them have been counted, Biz
mingham is apt to fall far short OF the
mark. We have only until Thursday to
get into the census
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

The awful suggestion is whispered
about that the enumerators do not want
too many democratic congressman from
this state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

The train that carries Mr.. Taft through
Indianapolis will pass in the dead of
night and will not stop, and he will be
fast asleep. To this end has standpattism
come at last
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

King Menelik Is said to be about to die
again. His scrapbook has not yet been
filled by the clipping agencies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

Speaker Cannon is about to shine in the
chautauqua field. 1t is the last stage of
a down-and-outer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

After Mr.. Carnegie had made AZ men
millionaries he concluded 1t was time to
turn to the construction of library build
fnRs
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

We may have to fgrue In the people
the census enumerators do not get in
order to ascertain the real population of
the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

Connecticut and New Hampshire still
stick to Fast day. The people do not OBJ
serve 1t, but it is still proclaimed by the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

Doc Cooks retirement to private life
is at any rate sound and genuine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

Colonies Bryan and Roosevelt claim to
be newspaper men. The Commoner and
the Outlook are not, however, very
neWsy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

Come to think of 1t, the census enumer-
ators might have asked many more ques-
tons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

The elephants that insurged in Danville
ILL.,. were an excellent object lesson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

The West Point cadets who now indulge
in hazing are compelled to walk out
their punishment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

Nine visiting elephants became insur-
gents in Speaker Cannon's home town.
1t was distressing portent to the aged
speaker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

One million immigrants this year will
still further decrease the meat supply.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
JUST POOLING

There goes a funeral procession.
Somebody dead. do you suppose?"
"Of course not. Somebody is probably
playing practical joke on an UNDER
taker."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

No uncounted man is wholly worthless
to the census taker. He is worth to him
~ cents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
WINSTON cHURCHILI,s FUTURE

AS an early riser Halley's come has
great deal of nerve.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

Strange to say, the comet does not use
all parts of the world alike.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

The Ben Davis apple crop is uninjured
and this is the hardest blow of ALL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
ExCUSING HIMSELF.

"Mr. Flummerton, when are you going
to pay that bill 1 sent you more than two
months ago?"
"Ah! it's Dr. Thaoiser. Do you know,
doctor, every morning when l get up
say to myself, L must pay DIR. Thacker' s
bill, If don't do anything else today. DR..
Thacker saved my life. I will pay DR..
Thacker. Nothing shall prevent me.'
well, why don't your"
Superstition, doctor; superstition moth
ing in the wide world but superstition.
1t is cowardly on my part to harbor such
fears, but every time l settle with you
get sick again. So long as 1 owe you
money. nothing seems able to undermine
my health"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
A wEIGHTY PHRASE.

..
Il understand there was dissention in
the Burlington political camp"
Yes; and it was quite serious
WAS there no way to settle the differ
ences of the Burlington henchmen?''
There didn't seem to be, until a GER
tain politician got up and had something
to say about 'internecine strife. Then
they all seemed to realize how grave the
situation was and peace was restored
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
A TIPPLING ABBIE.

do you suppose that servant girls
squnt comes from looking through key
holds?''
NO; 1t comes from looking into my
private flask to see If there is a drop
left
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
IT OFTEN HAPPENS.

A man who was ambitious
Contended day and night,
And while he often stumbled,
{ He kept the goal in sight.
But just when he was winning
The fame for which he sighed,
A woman beckoned to him
And he let the future slide.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

He kept the goal in sight.
But just when he was winning
The fame for which he sighed,
woman beckoned to him
And he let the future slide.
A TRIBUTE TO MARK TWAIN.
Bart Howard editor of the Joplin
Globe, pays the~ following tribute to
Mark Twain:
He had a message for the world, not
naughty nor austere; a greeting glad and
cordial. and whose purpose was to cheer.
He didn't soar in dizzy flights beyond the
common ken, but chose, instead, to
wreathe in smiles the common days of
men. Sometimes of course, he led us
softly to the brink of tears, for he was
telling tales of days and weeks and
months and years right here on earth, of
people. too, the same as you and I; but
always over every grief was arched a
smiling sky He's known wherever books
are known, from world to worlds far
end; and no acquaintance anywhere, for
everyones his friend. And now from the
grim House of Strife, from castles fair
In Spain, a gentle tribute finds its way
to him we called Mark Twain. And if a
tear, for that he's gone, bedlms this old
worlds eye, we know they're smiling
broadly in that mansion r the sky. He
loitered here the allotted span-it seems
q little while-and if the angels chuckle--
well, they've got right to SMILE.
SO IT DOES
To help some other fellow with his bur-
den
Ills strange, but seems to make your
own load lighter:
To cheer chap who's failed to win the
guerdon-
Though you the same, yet makes the
old world brighter
YEA VERIFY
"a man who travels on an up-to-date
train can get a close shave in route
That's nothing new. People have been
getting close shaves on trains ever since
the first smashup."
PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01
MAKING A SACRIFICE

young man of Birmingham, while
driving through the country in south Ala
bama on a hunting expedition passed a
negro cabin. An old black NANNY
was standing at the door and in the yard
was the sorrlest specimen of a dog that
could be found anywhere. The young
man took his shotgun out of the back of
his buggy and said in jest, "Auntie, I'll
give you quarter for shot at your
dog" The old woman considered a mo-
ment and replied, Honey, l shore do
love dat dawg, but go erhead an shoot"
A SHARP LOOKOUT rs BEST
Since life is game
OF give and take,
Twill help you lot,
To keep awake.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-01

Tint ever this fellow should have
fewer words than a parrot, and yet the
son of woman! Il King Henry ".
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-09

The Board of Trustees of Lamar
met in their regular session Monday
night. all being present but w. C.
Gould. The plumbers bonds for the
year of 1910 was approved and the
following were granted permission
to follow their trade; C. C. Huddles-
ton. F. l.. Rosacrans. L. r. wager.
Chas. R. Koelher. Lawrence l.. Lee
and w. II. Clark. The petition of
Board of Trustees. to cause street
lights to be placed and maintained
at public expense at the corners of
South Main and Park streets. also
at South Main and Walnut. The
matter was referred to the Mayor
and street and alley committee. The
retail liquor bond of G. w. Idler
was approved. Mr.. Idler has pur-
chased the Vowel saloon on the
North side.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-09

The following letter to NJ. ]. Nc
Millin from one of his old time
friends. L. A. Allen. will show how
the great developments here strikes
those who left the valley when II
was Just a big cattle camp. Mr..
Allen was an old territorial resi-
dent and a sheriff of old Bent coun-
ty. He now resides at Kansas City.
my Dear McMillin:-
Il thank you very much for
the marked copies of news papers.
Worlds greatest Irrigation Sys-
tenn"
Lamar gets Denver and Gulf
Railroad and becomes division point.
THE Two Buttes Irrigation and
Reservoir Company"
.Notice of Special Election"
Notice of Petition"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-09

The Methodist S. S. is still COM
ing to the front. The secretary's
reports each Sunday are very in
teresting. In comparison with this
time last year the attendance and
finances show a large percent in
crease. The attendance was 271
last Sunday.
DIR. R. A. Chase, District Supt
for Pueblo District will be in La
mar Feb. II to hold Quarterly
conference
Mr.. C. l. Swan and Miss Bessie
Farber were married by Rev. Pin
gree at the Methodist parsonage
Sunday at 2 o'clock. About a doz-
en- of their friends witnessed the
ceremony.
1t is very inspiring to see the
large congregations attending the
Methodist church both morning and
evening. The evening service is
made specially attractive by the 10
minute song service which all most
heartily enjoy. The gallery is open
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-09
Bill Paid.

The session of the board of coun-
ty commissioners this week was
somewhat exciting for the members,
and certainly they were called upon
to face disagreeable and distaste-
full situation. Forced. as they were.
under practical compulsion. to pay
claim which they themselves, and
most of their constituents believe
to be exhorbitant and unjust, they
spread the whole matter upon the
minutes and will leave the public
to judge it on the facts. This ex-
ira burden coming at time when
the county has already been over
burdened with hard losses caused
by floods makes their position a
hard one to fill. but fortunately the
board is composed of capable level
headed business men, who will meet
this and any other emergency in
which the county is placed. Some
situations are hard for a law-abid-
ing citizen to discuss when he has
no desire to join the ranks of an
archists, and probably the less said
ibout the incident just closed the
better for the party saying it. The
commissioners were forced to pay
Harry Mulnix $2137 for work which
some of our own citizens had al
ready done for less than $1,000. and
he is not through yet.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-09
Baptist Church.

Prayer and praise meeting each
Wednesday eve.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-09

And the Granada Times"
ITO Irrigate More lands"
THE Lamar Register"
THE Lamar Sparks"
1.-The Prowers County News"
Then Some
ITS a revelation-whatw would we
have thought to have gotten such a
bundle of Information rs or 40 year
ago. 1t would have stampeded the
natives. There Is one little thing
don't like. l don't see much men
ton of Carlton and its distinguish
ed citizens. and the great news pap
er published there.
1T may be intended to locate
the stockyards and packing houses
there. You ought to get in on that
and let them know that Carlton is
on the map. Those Irrigation peo-
pie may want to move everything
off the river to Butte City or Wolf
Creekville.
However congratulate the
good people of Prowers County in
the many enterprises. and hope they
will be crowned with success in all
the undertakings. The chances are
good the next time l go out there
I will need guide to show me
around. / know one thing that my
friend McMillin will not get lost in
the fog"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-09
Two Buttes Notes.

Lent and Holeman have received
their hardware and grocery stock.
Mr.. Bridweu OF Oklahoma is Wis
iting his sons, Jesse and Fred.
The roof is being put on the Say
Ter Drug Store building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kyker spent a few
days last week at Lamar.
Mr.. Mock of the Two Buttes l..
and T. Co.. went to Lamar Satur-
day to spend a few days with his
family. Mr.. Wheaton is taking his
place while he is gone.
Several OF our people are plan
ming to go soon to their 800 acre
homesteads
II is expected that the printing
office will be completed by Feb. II
and plant installed
Mr.. Knox's daughter is much i'm
proved at present writing.
Wonder why the banjo did not
float in the air.
A literary was organized at the
school house Saturday night.
Mr.. McNab is putting down a
well for Mr.. Quill on Sc 29-28-44.
T j. Sayler. J. ". Sayler and
wife and Mrs. Frank Sayier Of La
mar visited our little burg Sunday.
Mr.. Scripture has his house COM
pleted.
Mr.. suedekim's wife and children
came in Saturday.
Two Buttes l.. and T. Co.. are
building an office and large lum-
Der shed.
Mr.. Easton has not heard from
his gray ponies. with harness on.
that left him last Wednesday in
the storm. between here and Lamar.
Mr.. A. b. Aliens dry goods and
groceries are expected in this
week.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-09

Fred L. Bullen Of Pueblo was in
town Monday.
l.. Writ Markham is in Denver
this week visiting with his wife.
w. B. Gordon was in the east
part OF the county last week. try
ting several cases.
Mrs. R. NJ Zeigler left for Law
renee. Kansas. where she will visit
her parents for a few weeks.
II. o. Blanchet of Baca County
was in our town this week attend
ing to business and visiting a few
friends.
Mrs. A. G. Green has been quite
sick for the past week. but the
latest report is that she is improv-
ing slowly.
John Lashmett has returned from
Texas where he has purchased a
fine bunch of cattle for his Sand
Creek ranch.
We understand that Mr.. Roxie
Bennett left for Topeka. Kansas,
where he will Join Miss Moyor and
they will be married.
Albert King of Mcpherson. Kan
sas. was in town several days last
week interviewing his manager. Mr..
District Court adjourned until
Feb. 90, 1910. Judge Henry NJ.
Hunter took the early morning
train out for Trinidad Tuesday.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-02-09

The social circle of the Presby-
terrain church will meet with Mrs.
w. A. Packard on Friday afternoon.
Feb. IS.