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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-14
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Street Car Conductors.


DID YOU ever notice how polite and
gentlemanly the street car conductors of
Birmingham are?e observed a well known
man who has made human nature a
special study. IN most of our large and,
supposed to be. better regulated cities,
we hear daily occurrences of some burly.
vicious conductor insulting some pas
senger. Even in the cultured city of
Washington, two of our venerable sena-
tors were the victims in two unpleasant
incidents, where two conductors over
stepped the bounds of decency.
THE only plausible explanation that l
can give Of this great contrast, is that
a majority of the Birmingham conduc-
tors came from the rural districts and
have had these principles of veneraton
for women and respect for men, instilled
INTO them by their sturdy and patriotic
parents, which they have never out
grown.
ITO give you an example, I was riding
on one of the suburban lines the other
day. and the car ran over and badly
wounded dog, which was no doubt a
worthless one, but as it was close to a
station and the car came to STOP the
tender-hearted conductor, rather than
see the poor dog suffer, got off the car
and put it out of misery by means of an
iron rod This is small matter. but it
gives an idea of the kind of stuff the
street car conductors of Birmingham are
made of. l hope that the high standard
that is being maintained by the present
force will always prevail.
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From the Washington Post.


Reformers in Chicago have tackled a
big proposition. They have caused the
arrest of twenty-nine booksellers charged
with the violation of a law which the IL
linois legislature passed some years ago
prohibiting the sale of impure, infiam-
matory. or nnwholesome literature" The
case In question is based upon the sale
by the accused dealers of the famous
yellow back" dime novel series to school
boys. Those pressing the charges claim
to be able to show that many of the
crimes committed In the city of Chicago
during the last year can be traced in a
direct line to the influence of this class
of novels upon the minds of the youthful
readers. Police reports show. according
to the claims of the prosecutors. that
majority of the young criminals arrested
in the city admit that they started upon
their lawbreaking careers in an effort to
emulate the heroes of these lurid ro-
mances in deeds of cunning. trickery and
violence.
This attempt at reform, laudable as 1t
uOuDlltsS 49, OPENS d Wluc liclu lOI SptC-
ulation. 1t Is argued with much force
that the government should be fully as
vigilant in suppressing mental food that
is impure as it is in detecting impurities
in the foodstuffs and in furnishing the
men who would seek to poison our bodies
for profit. There is really no answering
argument to the contention that the man
who sells your boy a vicious book should
be punished as surely and severely as
the man who places formaldehyde in the
milk which he sells you for your chill
dren's use. To oppose this argument is
to contend that the body is more i'm
portant than the mind and that a healthy
stomach is more desirable than a healthy
brain. In spite of this apparent similar
ity in the alleged offenses, there Is a
wide difference of opinion as to what are
healthful and unhealthful mental dishes,
and the question can not be settled by
attendance upon any school where borax
is the principal breakfast food. We are
all advocates, in this land of the free of
free thought, and the American citizen
who would meekly submit to having an
other tell him what he may or may not
read. or think, or say, lays himself open
to the charge of having a serf strain in
his composition.
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London and in Washington, and the
opportunity for bringing Canada and
the United States into friendlier rela-
tons will not be lost sight of.
II the efforts of the commission
should end in a deadlock the entire
question may be submitted to The
Hague tribunal for final adjudication.
No trouble is expected to arise over
the boundary question, and it is even
hoped that the commission now in
session will be able to arrive at a
settlement that all six commissioners
will endorse and recommend.
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Alaskan Boundary Commission.

The Alaskan boundary commission,
now sitting in London, is an attempt
to settle the boundary line between
Alaska and Canada along some four
hundred miles Of the Pacific coast,
without an umpire. Each side is rep
resented by three members. The
United Estates representatives are
Secretary of War Root, Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts and Senator
Turner of Washington. The other
side is represented by Sir Louis Jette
and Justice Armour of Canada, and by
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone, who
represents Great Britain. There is
danger of deadlock, but the hope is
that the six men will agree upon
some settlement of the vexed ques-
ton.
The Russian treaty of 1925 gave
that country a strip ten leagues wide
extending down TO the Portland canal.
The Americans claim that the ten
league line should be back of the
water, while Canada claims the line
should cut across all inlets less than
six miles in width. The latter con
struction would give Canada the Lynn
canal and other outlets for the gold
fields of the Klondike, whereas the
American contention would cut Can
ada off from the coast altogether, and
alp gold would come out through
American ports.
Perhaps in the final settlement the
tariff relations of Canada and the
United States will be adjusted, the
commissioners having power to bring
in any award that seems to them just.
What they do must be ratified in
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Taxation for a Surplus

The treasury cash balance is about
go million dollars, of which amount
tional banks. These deposits to ia
vorite banks draw no interest. There
is about so millions in the treasury,
and Secretary Shaw now proposes in
order to prevent tight money when
the great crops are to be moved to
turn over 40 millions more to pet
banks.
He proposes to get around the law
which forbids the use in this manner
OF receipts from customs, by disburs-
ing only receipts from customs, and
depositing all other revenues. II he
deposits in the banks forty millions
more, they will hold all told some
thing over 200 millions, and the re-
funding of such an immense amount
means that the day of tight money is
simply postponed. 1t will come when
the government needs the money for
canal or other purposes.
The entire situation is fallacious
and treacherous. The government has
no moral right to take from the peo-
pie more than it needs, and by refus-
ing to reform the robber tariff it not
only takes more than it needs, but it
1t the same time let's a small favored
class take from consumers for its
own benefit ten times as mush. This
scheme of overtaxation, and for rob-
bling the many for the benefit of the
few, goes on partly because the ring
OF tariff beneficiaries controls con-
gress, and parity because ignorance
prevents consumers from seeing the
effects of indirect taxation.
This is why the government has 40
millions to distribute among favored
banks in order to boom undigested
and indigestible and rotten securities.
The money in the last analysis was
taken from the many and the govern
ment proposes to use it to serve the
few. 1t is robbery in the first in
stance anu gambling and favoritism
in the end. 1t is a scheme to help
Wall street at the expense of con-
sumers. The surplus money right
fully belongs to the people from
whom it was taken by Dingleyism,
which is but another name for legaliz-
ed robbery. There is no lack of
money for moving The crops. The
lack relates, not to crops, but to rot
ten securities.
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c,JARpsMAN AND REGULAR.

From the New York Tribune.
Nv the provisions of the militia BILL
which necame a law last January. the
,otional guard of the country, with its
Tx 600 men. became a recognized part OF
the armed forces of the nation. Ihis
great body of well-drilled men, repre-
senting the best class of citizens Is now
the first reserve. and efforts are peing
made to remove differences In organiza-
ton eou,pment and uniform to the end
that in an emergency the two armies may
10 welded into one homogeneous body. In
order to accomplish this, OFFICERS IN the
regular service are detailed to inspect the
national guard organizations and TO Of
fer suggestions on the SUBJECT OF I'M
,rovament This. as well as other meet
ings. will do much toward bringing about
a friendly feeling between the men VINO
ha,,a unti, now stood on either side OF
., Invisible. nevertheless impossible line.
The regular and the national guards
man have seen active service tose,her
and have been good comrades; but even
when they have shared hardships and
dangers In common. when the bravery OIL
one was no less conspicuous than that
of the other, the tendency OF the regu-
,,r, has been to deny the guardsman his
earned share of glory. Not because there
was any doubt as to the worth of the
citizen soldier, but simply because he was
not a regular" This was In the DAYS
whom the national guardsman had no
standing in the country, when he was not
rscognized by the federal government.
Rut he has become the first assistant or
the regular" he has shown his admra-
lion for his comrade OF the regular es-
tabljshment by taking him as model
In oil important matters. and has lived
aown the criticism which made him
"naner soldier in the estimation of the
regular army man.
If despite the Improvement OF the ciu-
ven soldiery and the dignity bestowed
on the national guard by the militia bill.
nrei,dice still exists. much will be done
toward its removal by such meetings as
will take place next month. At Fort Riley.
Kan, and at West Point Ky, there will
he field maneuvers In which the regular
troops will have members of the national
guard as their comrades and associates.
At the Kansas camp there will be citizen
soldiers from Arkansas. Colorado, Iowa,
Kansas. Missouri and Nebraska, and at
the West Point. KY, maneuvcrs. Indiana.
Kentucky. Michigan and Wisconsin will
be represented by guardsmen from all
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Optimistic View.

Henry Clews, in his Wall street letter
of Saturdays date, says:
Midsummer conditions which favored
inertia are beginning to show evidence
of gradually passing away, hence the
stock market is entering a period when
increased activity may be reasonably
anticipated. Vacations are about over,
and the all-important uncertainties re-
garding the crop and monetary outlook
will soon be a matter of history. A good
many operators will shortly return rein
vigorated and much less pessmistic than
when they left for rest and recupera-
tion; and they will also find better I'M
dertone to the market than witnessed for
many months past. This change is, of
course, due to the fact that the market
was severely tested by the great break
in July and August, which exposed the
weak spots. shifted stocks from weak
into strong hands and forced a more
wholesome though painful readjustment
to new conditions Such read1ustments
invariably drive prices below the normal
level and the better class of securities
usually suffer severely because they best
protect the weak stocks. PROFESSIONALLY,
therefore, there are a number of good
railroad securities which are selling be-
low intrinsic value. even after making
full allowance for the differences be-
tween conditions now and two years ago.
Nobody will deny that a shrinkage of 80
to 80 per cent in values involving losses
of over 1000 millions, during that period
Is far beyond any changes, present or
prospective. in the business or Industrial
situation. Such decline represented abb
solutely nothing but the extremities of
the financial community, and now that
these seem to have been reasonably adj
justed there is nothing to prevent values
recovering their normal level but money.
crop and business prospects, Should
these prove favorable we are likely to
see good rally in prices during the next
few months, though on the other hand
any disaster in these quarters would
probably force a renewal of the decline.
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THE WHlP-POOR-WILl.

BY Henry Van Dyke.
Do you remember father
1t seems so long ago
The day We fished together -
Along the Pocono?
At dusk I waited for you
Beside the lumber mill
And there heard q hidden hir1
That chanted "Whip-poor- will"
The place was all deserted.
The mill-wheel hung at rest;
The lonely star of evening
Was auivering in the west:
The veil of night was falling;
The winds were folded still:
And everywhere the trembling air
Re-echoed, "Whp-poor-will
You seemed so long in coming,
I felt so much alone;
The wide, dark world was round me.
And life was all unknown;
The hand of sorrow touched me.
And made my senses thrill
With all the pain that haunts the strain
OF mournful "whip-poor-will''
What did 7 know of trouble?
An idle little lad.
had not learned the lessons
That make men wise and sad
] dreamed of grief and parting.
And something seemed to fill
My heart with tears. while in my ears
Resounded, "Whip-poor- will"
Twas but a shadowy sadness
That lightly passed away;
But have known the substance
OF sorrow since that day.
For nevermore at twilight,
Beside the silent MILL
I'll wait for you, in the falling dew.
And hear the whip-poor- will.
But If you still remember,
In that fair land of light.
The pains and fears that touch US
Along this edge of night
I think all earthly grieving,
And all our mortal i'll,
To YOU must seem like boys sad dream.
Who hears the whip-poor- will.
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city. He will return to the college to-
morrow at noon.
Capt. P. Sid Jones. passenger agent
for the Louisville and Nashville, left last
night for Nashville on a business trip.
R. c. Young of Selma. is stopping at
the Morris.
7. G. Duncan of Russellville, is regis
tered at the Morris.
w. II. wellar of Admission. spent Sun
day at the Morris.
William Lyman of Montevallo, was a
late arrival last night at the Hillman.
]. J. Coter OF Selma. spent Sunday at
the IIillman.
G. B. Tyler of Montgomery, is stopping
at the IIillman.
A. c. Aringer of Montgomery, spent
Sunday at the Metropolitan.
Charles S. Mcdowell, prominent drug
gist Of Eufaula, is registered at the
Metropolitan.
A. T. Smith of ralladega spent Sunday
at the Hilman.
Henry A. Murphy of New York was
one of the late arrivals at the Hillmar
last night.
John T. Halsey of the Tennent Shoe
company of st. Louis is stopping at the
Florence.
A. T.. Stanton conductor on the South
ern railway is registered at the Morris
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his composition

From the Kansas City Star
The report that a New York barber who
has just died was the champion tonsorial
artist of the world" will be received with
incredulity by a discriminating and an
alytical public The bare fact that he es-
tablished a record of a hair cut in Geven
minutes is utterly unconvincing. In fact
1t is distinct evidence of the fallacious ma
ture of his claims. He may have shipped
off the requisite amount of hair in the
seven minutes Possibly, too, the subject
on whom he operated was presentable when
he had finished. But the essence of an ar
tistic hair cut does not consist In the mere
excelsior of a certain quantity of the
hirsute covering the head
OF course, this is at the bottom of it all.
But so is meat the foundation of dinner.
Yet no sane man would consider a meal of
meat alone as equaling the properly di-
versifed menu of the experienced cook.
A hair cut to be thoroughly complete and
satisfactory, must have certain Access
series which could not possibly be provid-
ed in the seven minutes of Luca Francia,
the New York champion" Every busy
man depends upon. his barber for comment
upon the news of the day. Besides, he ex-
poets to pick up large amount of Incl
dental information from the talk of other
worbmen In the shop. He counts that
hair cut wasted in the course of which he
fails to learn what the United States
ought to do about the Panama canal and
what sad dogs Dick and Charlie are and
how the boss will give them the can II
they don't watch out 1t takes time to
get at this information. Seven minutes
wouldn't begin to be enough.
Besides the intellectual features of the
hair cut there is a series of closing exer-
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Lack of Ice Water.

Recently | was travelling in south Ala
bama." said a man at the Morris, land
one of the things that struck me forcibly
was the fact that some of the passenger
trains do not provide ice water.
Il saw several persons try the warm
water that was in the tanks, and go back
to thei- seats Disguised. Later l learn
ed that the newsboy on the trains sell
cold bottled drinks. such as eoca-cola.
and l Immediately came to the conclusion
that there was a connection between this
and the absence of ice water in the
tanks"
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NO NEED OF APPREHENSION

From the Boston Herald.
1t is not at all likely that the forth
coming oral debate on the Alaskan con-
troversy which is to occur in London
next month will cause to spring up be-
tween England and America any degree
of GOODNESS inconsistent with the lati-
tude of the subject under discussion.
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arms of the service. On the fats of the
Republican river, in Kansas, and on the
thirty thousand acre camp ground near
Louisville, regulars" and guardsmen will
once more become camp mates and with
the lines of demarcaton which formerly
reparated them removed. it is to be hoped
that the result will be, not only improve
ment In the various bodies taking part
in the field duty, but a fraternal feeling
between the two great armed bodies Of
the land on which the people depend for
the protection of their rights the MAIN
tenance of order and the enforcement Of
the law.
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An Open Warrior is the thing.
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.

From the indianapolis News
There seems to be apprehension among
the powers that mixing American diplo-
macy in the Turkish imbroglio may ac-
tually cause something to happen And
if it did it will readily be seen that Eu-
ropean cabinets would be robbed of a
puzzle that has amused them for years.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
Gggly girls make weepy wives
woman means what she says till she
says It,
Some people could be happy only in jail
if the law said they must not go there.
The social status of more people than
realize it is established by their family
wash. $3.50
man doesn't have to be bad to be
interesting to women; 1t is sufficient for
them to think he is.
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Why He Admires Wagner.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There's one great beauty about this
Wagner music"
whats that?'
ITS so blamed loud you can't hear the
society people chattering in the boxes"
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Careful Man.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tri-
bune.
Mr. Jonesmith isn't in.' said the maid
at the door. VIII you leave your
name?"
"Oh, no. replied Prof. Absentmind;
..you see l may need it myself before I
see him again"
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NOT OBLIGED TO SMOKE.

From the st. Louis Republic.
Under the new rule West Point cadets
may smoke pipes. Probably 1t Is intend
ed that pipes shall conduce not to peace
but to generalship. For the benefit of
anxious or alarmed parents it should be
stated that the rule does not make smok-
ing compulsory.
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TONSORIAL ARTIST WHO
IS PROVED TO BE A FAKE

cises which would have to be severely cur
tailed if the operation were to be con"
cluded within the time limit specified.
These begin with the suggestion, Better
have it washed out?" put forward with
the assurance that no other course than
asquiescence is possible. When the hint
is politely declined there comes the OBJ
se~vation about the terrible lot of dand-
ruff in the hair. If this brings no re-
suits it is suggested that you better use
something for it; won't have any hair
before long II you don't" And the merits
of mighty fine dandruff cure and hair
tonic" on sale in the shop are seductively
described.
AS soon as the bandruff incident is
closed comes the discussion as to shaving
.'round' or straight down the side" This
is followed by the debate over combing
wet or dry, which frequently involves a
series of contortions on the part of the
subject to dodge the stream from the bot
tie poised over his head before he is aware
of what is going on. Finally, the ques-
ton of the manner of combing is to be
settled aud the protest to be made
against the inevitable reaching it up in
'front.'
\ bare outline of the process of the we'll
conducted hair cut is sufficient to demon
strate the essential falsity of Francia s
claims to the championship. At least a
half hour is necessary for the job when
all proper frils are thrown in Francia
may have been a good hair cutter accord
in 70 10 10Th Rnt he certainly
no champion tonsorial artist as
ARTISTS" are rated in the 'elite tonsorial
parlors' in Kansas City. where the bar
bers are all graduates and operate on the
authority of certificate.
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For Another.

From Tit-Bits.
He-If you insist upon it, | suppose it
Is all over between us; but l wish you
would return my letters.
She-Why, you are not afraid | shall
make use Of them to your disadvantage?
He-No, but I've got my eye on another
girl, and i could use them writing to
her. you know.
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DANGER IN WAR WITH TURKEY


From the indianapolis Sentinel.
Should 1t become necessary for Adj
miral Cotton to use harsh measures, LET
him reflect ere he Stays a Turk. For
every Moslem slain there may be forty
or fifty widows turned loose on an al
ready ovsrburdened world.
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Uncle Sans coast line is 555S miles
long, and that number of ships is
needed in order to defend it fully at
all points and all times. But Captain
Hobson would be content with a few
less
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A BIT OF A LAUGH.
His Doubts.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
Mamma seems to have a great fasci
nation for you" remarked the beautiful
girl
"She does fascinate me-" he admitted,
'by keeping me guessing as to whether
you'll be like her at her age
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Misunderstood,

From the Chicago Record Herald.
"Our new butler seems to take things
seriously"
Goodness! They told me he was per-
fectly honest"
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MIGHT LEARN FROM HISTORY

From the Indianapolis News
The organization of farmers and pro-
ducers now in process of formation might
learn something to its advantage by
carefully considering the rise and fall
of the Farmers alliance
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Capt. Oberlin M. Carter is to be re-
leased in November, but he has got
SO much money sailed away he will
not go on the lecture platform, al
though he has all the qualifications.
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While Secretary Shaw is filling his
pet banks with government money
the latter are retiring their circula-
ton and selling their bonds.