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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19
THE COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR.
Robert southey.

Robert Southey. And wherefore do the poor complain? The rich man ask'd of me. "Come walk abroad with me-" l said, And I will answer thee" Twas evening, and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold; And we were wrapp'd and coated well. And yet we were a-cold. We met an old bareheaded man,
 His locks were thin and white; I ask'd him what he did abroad
 In that cold Winters night. The cold was keen indeed he said But at home no fire had he; And therefore he had come abroad To ask for charity. We met young, barefooted child, And she begged loud and bold; l asked her what she did abroad
 When the wind it blew so cold. She said her father was at home, And he lay sick abed And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for bread. We saw a woman sitting down
 Upon a stone at rest; She had a baby at her back,
 And another at her breast. I aslx'd her why she loter'd there.
 When the night wind was so chill; She turn'd her head, and bade the child That scream'd behind, be still Then told us that her husband served, A soldier far away; And therefore to her parish she
 Was begging back her way. We met girl, her dress was loose, And sunken was her eye, Who with a wantons hollow voice
 Address'd the passers-by; I ask d her what there was in guilt
 That could her heart allure To shame, disease, and late remorse; She answered she was poor.
 I turned, to the rich man then,
 For silently stood he; You ask d. me why the poor complain; And these have answered theel'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

From the N r. Commercial Advertiser. NS E have grappled and largely 1 @ overthrown the spells system
 w as to public office; we have substituted clean streets for the old reek- ingly dirty ones; by a mighty effort of l concerted virtue we have abated the theatre-hat nuisance; we have even checked the splitting abuse; but "cabhy" !" in spite of campaigns sporadically con- ducted for a generation, continues to charge more than the law allows more than his service is fairly worth, and more than the average pocketbook feels it can afford to pay. The only progress made is of the backward crawfsh kind. Cab fares-now, in practice, $1 for the short est ride-average higher than ever be- fore
 As to getting about the city, except by use of the facilities of the traction companies, the efforts to make New York a more pleasant place in which to live have ignobly failed Concerted and in- dividual efforts for betterment have failed
 in results Hampdens like Mark Twain have submitted to personal abuse and run imminent danger of fistieuffs as they defied the extortioners, and ordinances have been passed and duly posted; the net effect is that cabby continues to charge according to his grim will. Our boasted civilization has broken down so far as concerns cab service. We make only grumbling. ineffective protests against the systematic poeket-rliing in which the New York Jehu is so nimble. The minimum cab fare in London, for example. is twelve cents-one-fourth of our legal and one-eighth of our actual rate Yet the expense of providing the service is not much, if any, higher here than in London; for if wages are higher with us, the cost of horsefesh and pro- vender is lower. Yet year after year our rates stiffen rather than relax. The other day the successful strike of the cabmen was made the excuse for a further starch ing of cab prices. natural effect or our exorbitant fees is, of course to dimin- ish the quality, or at least the hbiquity, of the SorNlCe. w neFedS III l%ohuoh "ii'' other foreign cities the cab is omnlpresent and everywhere used, in New York While there may be a glut of idle cabs about hotel and club entrances, the ordinary street is bare of them. One may usually snap ones fingers here till they are sore without getting response. Cab service In New York is reserved for travellers and for the very few to whom cost is no de- | terrent.
 If a scale of reasonable prices were definitely established. and the general public thereby habituated to the use Of cabs, and every cab continuously em- ployed, there Is no doubt, not only that | the gross earnings of the cabs would greatly increase, but that the individual | driver would earn more. The cabmen as much stand in their own light by high charges as the gas companies would if they charged s per 1000 feet for gas. Some time, perhaps. a cab com pany will arise which will appreciate | this law, that the highest prices do not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Buying Presents.

''The question of buying presents is very important one just now" said a man with several bundles under his arm. There seems to be a popular prejudice against books for Christmas gifts. but I am unable to see why. They certainly make the most durable and thoughtful gifts person could possibly find and moreover it is comparatively easy to get book that will suit the prospective re- cipient when everything else fails.
 This season the usual handsome dis play of volumes is to be found, and if the contents are to be judged by the cover designs every volume is fine In choos- ing a book, however, it is not always de- sirabe to go by the cover. It is one of the advantages of such present that you can give a dozen people a book apiece and yet give everyone something differ ent. Now a book for scholar should be judically chosen for it's subject mat ter and the more substantial the cover the better. On the other hand there are books made to look at and these can be given te frivolous individuals who have no conception of the beauties in print
 "I was surprised the other day by young man at book counter purchasing several volumes for some friends. He came across q copy of the Uncle Remus stories and you may imagine my aston- ishment at hearing him say that he had never read It and had practically never heard of this southern classic. Yet he was college bred and well educated. He simply came from a part of the country where Joel Chandler Harris is seldom read, but where Mark Twain is considered a friend of every family"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19
About Eerscrs.

Prof. J. A. B. Lovett, president of the Ninth District Agricultural school at Blountsville, is registered at the Flor ence.
 George P. Ide of Jacksonville was one of the Hlllman's arrivals last night.
 The many friends of Blair Hughes will be pleased to hear that he will spend the holidays with his father, Dr. J. w. Hughes. Mir. Hughes graduated at Au- burn several years ago and has been successful as a civil engineer. He is at present pursuing a course in higher mathematics at the Kentucky State col- lege at Lexington.
 J. S. Harris of Johns Is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 R. A. Gilbert, a prominent citizen of Abbevile is at the Metropolitan.
 The Hon. Charles Pelham of Washing ton and his son, Judge Pelham of Annis- ton, are at the Morris.
 s. N. Mcleod of Eufaula and c. c. Du- Bose of Columbiana are stopping at the Florence.
 Capt. ]. O. ! lnby, w. r. Aldridge and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19
BAROMETER OF BUSINESS.

From the New York Herald.
 The years disturbances In Wall street and the long continued building trades strikes have been seized upon by that chronic old pessimst the Calamity Howler' to jangle Christmas time bells out of tune and declare that New YorlI's business prosperity is vanishing and that the outlook is anything but happy.
 Lambs have been heeeed, no doubt, in 190s as they have been sheared time and again; strikes have resulted. it is true, in stagnation in the building operations of New York, but who shall say that the city's or the countrys prosperity is les sened?
 As New York goes so goes the union, to paraphrase the old political saying about Maine. Find the actual conditions here and you have a reflex of the coun- try.
 The real business barometer of the city lies in the great retail shopping district, where if the people are prosperous, or, per contra, if their means are cramped and national business trouble is ahead, it is reflected accurately in the volume of trade.
 The Herald has made an exhaustive canvass of New York's retail mercantile establishments and the interesting re- port elsewhere in today's Herald shows that business is fairly "boomng' and that the hundreds of thousands of De- cember shoppers of 1902 have been in- creased rather than lessened in 1903. Even if the wealthier class-the shorn Wall street lambs, perhaps-are not buying as extravagantly as before, the great mass of the people are expending more dol lars than in the holiday time of last year.
 Where is that Calamity Howler? Let him Ego way back and sit down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19
Beautiful Calendar.

This is a time of artistic bookmaking, brilliantly illustrated periodicals and illuminated calendars, but few more ornate publications have appeared this season than the Christian Year, from Advent, 1903, to Advent, 190l-Kalendar for the People" It contains about 125 pages and it's cover is a thing of rare beauty The Church Kalendar Co of New York is the publisher and this is the 18th year of publication.
 "The Church Year is an Episcopal work and contains a vast amount of in- formation relating to the anglican com munion and to the liturgy, ceremonial, doctrines and practices of the early church. It is permeated with ritual ism"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A woman in business is natural as a man rolling baby carriage in the park.
 Either you cuss the furnace because it won't burn or because it will and burns too much coal.
 Anyway, a bachelor doesn't bore every body to death telling what smart things his children say
 It is a great comfort to a wife to feel that if she had married better than she did she might not be as good a woman as she Is es
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

A nice Christmas present is a neatly bound volume of the Congressional Record, with black and tan cover de- sign, or a rough rider profile of the premier land-grabber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Some of the papers are speaking in very complimentary terms of Col. Henri Watterson of Kentucky. The veteran editors work entities him to the consideration of his countrymen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The bankers say there are but 1000 millionaires in the country, put Senator Depew says there are 100000. Depew and the bankers should agree upon a compromise in the enumeration of the Rockefeller legion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Senator Hoar is out of the Panama traces, and Senator Hanna has never accepted the Leonard Wood business. The administration has troubles, it thus appears, of its own, and at home, too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19
CORDIALLY RECEIVED.

From the Carbon Hill Enterprise.
 Mf. Ed w. Long of Cordova, popular and prominent candidate for circuit court clerk was a pleasant caller at the Enter prise office Wednesday and left us 5 bill for his announcement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

MT. Ruhlin states with modest con vietion that he can Tick" MT. Jeffries. All that is necessary is to get the two gentlemen together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The powers are now enaged in load ing Panama up with debt, thus making the new republic feel quite like the rest of the governments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The end-seat hog of the glad old sum- mer time is the man who leaves the car door open in the winter time He is perniciously busy the year round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The Alabama republicans seem to have difficulty in arriving at satisfac- tory conclusions. Yet it matters little, except in so far as the matter of politi- cal pie is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Dowie need not go abroad in the hope of getting away from "stinkpots,' for Europe and Australia are we'll equipped with them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19
A VAIL THAT IS CAUSED
 BY CABBY AND HIS FARE

necessarily mean the largest returns, and then, but perhaps not until then, our cab service will cease to be re- proach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

For the benefit of those who do not k1ow "Panamans" has been accepted as the only proper and correct word for designating Uncle Sans new friends in Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The ladies begin Christmas shopping early and keep it up until the stores are closed on Christmas eve. This is as it shoeia be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Buffa.o Bill has been sealped by q chorus sirlt, but she got only one lock, and the experience was not so bad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The shopper who is just looking around" is making life miserable for merchants over all the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Birmingham now counts the feeting moments during the stilly night on the face of the court house clock, which is lighted at last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

MT. Roosevelt is reaping the reward of his invitations to the colored brother in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

TurEeys will bo scarce this Christ mas, but Santa Claus in certain parts of tho country will nevertheless reap the benefit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Dr. Edward Everett Hale, the new chaplain of the senate, is an Unitarian, not a Congregationalist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Somebody should have given Ala bama a birthday present, but the old state can get along without it, now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The boil weevils sweep over state without holding convention or calling a legislature together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

St. Louis seems to think the captains nay go to Chicago, but the rank and file will seek it's big show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Missouri is now satisfied that pun ishment ot boodlers is as d..-.cult as the punishment of firstclass train rob bers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The man that hath not music in him self, Nor Is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spells; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
 -Merchant of Venice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

,(June G., is willing to divide the loot vii md na'se cos s,nbia. She begins to feel the ud ion of the W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

New York state is now owned by Odell, the title to it having been trans ferred by Thomas C. Platt of the party of the first part
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The children count the days, and the parents count the cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Our cold waves register at Medicine Hat as they pass by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

We do not grow so fast after all. Jack the Giant Killer has successor in Jack the Hugger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Senator Platt is pretty old but he is still pretty full of fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

All is not gold that glitters, neither are all the Turkish cigarettes made in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Senator Hoar has come to the rescue of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Wall street is hoping there will be a spring crop of lambs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The far east has been playing a minor role since P Bunau-Varilla got bdsy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The winter wheat crop in the west is safely reposing under a blanket of snow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

Given plenty of money any good wife will attend to the Christmas shopping
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The "telegraphophone" is the straw that broke the camels back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

You cannot keep good cotton down any more than a good man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

The Ha ma boom is held in readiness and all it l-cks is the word "go'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-19

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-30
SPIKE AND RAIL

General Supt. ]. H. Young is expected
10 return from Denver tonight.
T.. v Derrah, Assistant general freight
agent for the Rio Grande. Is expected
to return from Denver tonight.
The old Folks train over the Ore
gon Short Line this morning consisted
Of u coaches. filed with veterans.
There We're reported to be IN the
vicinity Of Twin Falls this morning
over 200 people who were waiting for
the rush tomorrow morning.
j. II. Craigan. Union Pacific store
keeper for the past 10 years at Evans
ton. has been appointed storekeeper for
the Salt Lake Route.
There was quite q little crowd Of
railroad men at the depot yesterday
to shake hands with Assistant General
Traffic Manager $. H. Rabcdck and
say goodbye as he boarded the train for
the coast.
General Freight and Passenger Agent
killett Of the Salt Lake Route has re-
ceiyed some very attractive san Pedro
literature for distribution among those
who are looking for ideal seaside resorts
at which to spend their vacation.
r. y. Wilson Of the Rock Island has
returned from Salina, whore he loaded
up the last two ears Of wool out Of that
town for the season. They We're pur-
chased by Rowe Morris Il Summerhays
and go east over the Rio Grande and
Rock Island.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-30
SAN PEDRO SUITS WITHDRAWN
Litigation at Phoebe is Now Ended
Aud Clark Burns His Bridges.

G, o. Whlttemore and p. l.. Williams.
respectively counsel for the San Pedro.
Los Angeles a Salt Lake and the Ore
gon short Line this morning returned
from Ploche lu Assistant General Ma
agcr Caiylns private car The attor.
neys travelled TO the Lincoln county
reat for the purpose OF securing the
Withdrawal OF the rlght-of-way suits
involving The 6j miles Of grade from
Phoebe 10 Uyuda 40 miles Of which the
Short Line has been using for the past
TWO years The suits We're instituted by
the Clark road nearly three years ago
ana have been held oyei al stated per.
iods ever since pending the agreement
that Is now being consummated in New
York.
a decree was entered IN favor Of
planiil for the title TO the grade upon
the payment 10 The county Of $3.50. the
amount due on taxes, Nj Williams
Yesterday paid this amount 10 the
trsaeurCr The Salt Lake Route under
a stipulation made two years ago. for
feited $1,000 which Il had paid TO the
for9W treasurer This action wipes out
the litigation. ana IN the words Of Al
torncy Whit,pmore. az he stepped Of
me uain thiA mornin. the SAT- Lake
Route has now burned It's bridges be-
mind TO-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-30
on TO THE COAST.
Construction Company for Western
Pacific Files Articles.

san Francisco, June 29.-Referrlnr
70 the Incorporation under tie laws of
Nevada OF The Western Pacific Con.
suuciion company, with capital
stock ~ s30000.0O0 the Bulletin saws.
The purpose Of the corporation is
70 undertake an the construction of
The Western Pacific company, which ia
projecting the Beckwith pass trans
continental line 20 salt Lake. Today
W. j. Barnett who is attorney for fbc
ne" road. stated that the construction
company was incorporated va Nevada
Tor the reason that Nevada has recent.
~ passed corporation laws extremely
favorable
IN hns been inslstently stated that
the Gould millions are backing the new
road DO order 90 make trauscontiupntal
connections with the Gould lines at
san Lake DE Denver a Rio Gnnda
being one 0f the properties. George
Gould has been keen 10 share Callfnl
MIA tufic with Hartman Tor some
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-30
\. DlNWOODEY FURNITURE co.


siderable activity In the purchase of small
homes the transactions being based ou
payments by the lnstnllment plan As Il
general thing, when half of the total sum
has been paid, the warranty deed Is given
and recorded.
Contractor Campbell Of the federal
building was notified by the department
az Washington this morning 10 Resume
active construction, ana force Of men
viii begin tomorrow morning setting
stone This VIII relieve the Yards of tho
congestion u stone that has obtained
there for OYER two weeks.
President Guinan OF All Hallows col.
lego has received word from Or. J. Lewis
Browne at Atlantu, Ca, 10 the effect that
the doctor had reached home sally and
was cngrosspd m his musical duties. lie
spoke feelmgly OF the KIM reception ac-
corled him In Salt. lake, and said he
would never forget the c0urtesies and at
tentlons shown him
The Transmlssissippi Commercial con-
gross viii be held al Seattle, Instead VI
New orleans, as has been enormously
stated and John Henry Smith GEORGE
Romney j. u. Barnes ana W, w. RNDr
are expecting TO 90. Such persons as ATE
DESTROYS OF attending the congress are "a.
Vited to correspond with George ROmney.
who will give such Information as may be
needed.
There win be a civil service examination
In this city Aug j-G neat for the position
OF architectural and structural craftsman
In the quartCrmaster's department al
large at a salary Of 81 200 per annum.
also. for the position OF electrical eng.
necr and craftsman IN the Supervising
architects Office IN Washington at
salary OF Si,200.
Miss Fredcrika 3. Thompson. daughter
OF Rev James Thompson of Ogden has
been accepted by the Presbyterian board
OF nome missions and will be assigned
later to mission work for the coming
year Miss Th0mpsonh graduated Win
honor this year from the salt Lake Col
legiate institute. taking a prominent part
IN the graduating exercises, aud n re-
Earded by the board as possessing In a
high degree the qualifications necessary
for successful mission work.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-30
CHARGE AGAINST WANLESS.
Young Attorney Alleged to Have Dis
suaded a Witness.

Attorney win II. Wanless viii have
to answer to the criminal charge Of
preventing or dissuading witness
from attending a trial A complaint
against him was issued today by AS
ststant County Attorney Whitaker ana
filed in the police cour, this afternoon.
1t Is charged that M. Wanless, who
Is the attorney for Marnus Olsen, who
Is charged with adultery prevented
Mrs. Julia Hansen from appearing at
the trial Of Olsen which was set Tor
last Tuesday in the criminal court ON
the day before the trial It Is alleged
that MIR. Waness told Mrs. Hansen
that IL she appeared and testified
against Olsen, she would be tried as
party to the crime and would be sem
fenced to two years In the state prise
on
Mrs. Hansen accordingly left town
and the case had to be continued, she
was finally located and brought back
and the case viii De tried probably to-
morrow