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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

which calls for reciprocity. As man. aged by the Aldrichs and Aliisons of the senate he pronounces it "a monu- ment of legislative cozenage and DO litical bad faith" He mercilessly ex- poses the double-dealing of the rerub- licans in the matter of reciprocity treaties, bending as they have at the beck and will of the greed of the tariff monopolists. No democrat can desire more straightforward exposition of the position of the democratic party towards Dingleyism. It is fearless, straightforward and just in all re- spects.
 Beyond doubt the joint tariff-trust issue is the issue upon which the pres ent election will turn. Recently the tariff committee of the Reform club addressed a letter of inquiry to the editors of democratic and independent newspapers in the northern and west ern states, asking if it be wise to make tariff reform an issue in the present campaign. To this question 591 answered in the affirmative, 79 were in doubt, and but TT said no. The democratic party is ready fer the issue. and under the leadership of Judge Parker the campaign will go forward by leaps and bounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
FUTURE OF CARTOONS IS
 ONE OF GREAT PROMISE

wide publicity, does not fairly represent his position. Her picture had been made use of for advertising purposes, and she sued for restraining order. The majority of the court held with Parker, c. J., that the law as it is furnishes no remedy in such cases and that it was not within the province of the court to make law; but Judge Parker clearly indicated that he thought the legislature ought to make provision to cover such cases.
 Surely, not alone the refined and wom- snly woman, but the men who stand in the relation to them of natural protectors are not ready to consent that any ava ic- ious trader, or greedy corporation may traffic in their beauty and make profit of their good looks by attaching their pjc- lures to flour barrels or cigar boxes at their pleasure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
STAGGERING euATEMALAN ANT
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 Is the Gautemalan ant a false alarm? Is he a coward-hearted bug? Are his antennae as harmless as the fuzzy whis- kers on the back of lame caterpillar? Are his mandibles as weak as the broken wing of paralytic butterfly? Is he a turtle-dove of insects? Why, with all his threats against the boil weevil, does he not make good? The craven heterogeneous hymenopterous insect!
 He came to this land to hunt weevils He was bursting with passion that would not be calmed till he had planted his forefeet upon the prostrate form of every boil weevil between the Rio Grande and the unsalted seas. He swore by his feelers that he would drive the boil weevil into the sea and swim in after him. He was to be a regular daredevil of an in- sect.
 The braggart anti He came with such airs as tarantula would put on. He would go where no centipede would dare to tread. And the result? The boil wsevil is puncturing, bolls at the same old stand.
 It may be noted that though the weevil is of Mexican descent many generations of him have been born in Texas. The weevil has acquired some Texas habits. and is probably quite self-reliant in the matter of combat. When the ant started from Guatemala with the idea of eject ing the weevil from the United States he may not have understood that the weevii was a Texan.
 It is said that every time one or these imported. swaggering ants finds poL weevil looking at him over a gun-sisn. he asks his prospective pallbearers 'o carry him back to his native ant nils
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
The countrvnan and the Elevator.

me Countryman and the Elevator
 The richest joke of the year Is told at the expense of a certain long-haired youth of brick dust hue. from the rural ustriets." said young man about town last night.
 The young man in question: in the course of his wanderings about the ci'y round himself in one of the office puiiu- ings. After viewing with deep interest the handsome fixtures, the hurrylns throng of pedestrians, and the elevators which seemed to especially interest hini' ne walked up to the counter of the ht'ie stand in the lobby where cigars news papers and other articles are sold ana said he wanted to buy ticket. The man In charge. with some surprise asked what Kind of ticket was wanted The rural ist replied. that he simply wanted to ride on the elevator
 Now that incident was related to me by man who says he knows, but 1t IS hard to conceive of a man being quite so green. A moments observation would have revealed the fact that other pas sengers dld rot secure tickets"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
HEIRS TO MANY THRONES.

From Leslie's Weekly.
 There are fifteen thrones in Europe, and eight now promise to pass from father to son. The latter are those of Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Portu- gal. Norway and Sweden, Bulgaria, Rus sia and Italy. The Sultan may be suc- ceeded by a brother and the King of Spain by sister. The Emperor of Au- stria, the King of the Belgians and the King of Roumania look to nephews, while the ruler of Holland has no visible sue cessor at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
NATURE.

By Longfellow. Az fond mother. when the day Is OCT, Leads bv the hand her little child to bed. Half willing. half reluctant to be led, And leave his broken playthings on tne
 floor. still gazing at them through the open
 door, Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which. though more splendid, may no,
 please him more So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playtings one by one. and by the
 hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand How far the unknown transcends ths
 what we know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 In a political campaign the devil hard ly has to lift his hand to get a bumper crop.
 A woman takes pride in thinking how proud she would be if she had anything to be proud of.
 Some men are so domesticated they can look pleasant when they find the cooks hair in the butter.
 About the time a man thinks he has learned all about running his automobile it is due to blow up on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
Sized Up by Layman,

From an Exchange.
 An ill-paid minister went to his deacon to solicit an increased salary. "Salaryv cried the deacon. Salary! Why, thought you worked for souls!" And so I do," meekly replied tho impecunious minister, sbut I cannot eat souls: and if I could. it would take good many souls the size of yours to make dish!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

Gen. Freddy Funston Is reported to bS en route to Chicago, where the illus trious hero of the Bag Bag will assume command of the department of the lakes Since the two candidates for the presi- deney have occupied so much attention the cartoonists and paragraphers have not done justice to General Funston, but there is no reason to suppose that his picturesque personality has been impaired by his temporary obscuration.
 Poor old William H. Crane Is wonder ing what he has come to after forty years of experience on the stage. There seems to be a difference of opinion con- eerning his new play, Business Is Busi- pegs.' which he has just put on in New York. Perhaps after all the genial comed- ian had better continue to devote his tal- ents to such characters as will permit free play for his humor. He was not intended by nature to be serious long at time.
 The man who is continually pining for the sights and scenes or other lands had better acquaint himself first with the beauties of his own country before jour neying abroad. There is much to be seen In this great land of ours, so much that 1t cannot be studied in year, or even several years, as tourists would have us suppose. There Is a quality in American scenery peculiarly it's own and the more you study it the more do it's beauties unfold. After all the charm of old world haunts, is largely that of asso- ciation. Venice in Louisiana would not be Venice of Italy, nor would Rome cut much of figure if situated somewhere along the Mississippi river instead of the Fiber. Although the old world has gran deur beyond words to describe, still the man who cannot cross the water should content himself with the blessings he has near at hand. The grand canyon of Arizona or the Rockies would do much to console him for having to miss the Alps.
 There Is a disposition among leading papers of the country to speculate as to what and who was really responsible for the wreck on the Southern railway near Knoxville. Apparently nobody knows and the catastrophe will be one of those mys- teries that is never solved. Apparently
 
 is that one of the engineers was either dead or asleep at his post. but who is there to prove 1t? Both men perished and it Is easy to place the responsibility upon those who cannot answer.
 At frequent intervals some valiant edi- torial writer launches forth an editorial roasting the tendency of modern lit erature and the bewildering outcropping of trashy novels Yet the production apparently goes forward as briskly as ever and there is no reason to believe | that the number of literatteurs today Is any less than yesterday or the day be- fore.s As matter of fact everybody has the literary bee in ..is bonnet, with the | result that the man who does not write a book is the exception rather than the rule. We have heard many interesting | tales of the literary hacks of Goldsmith's time but the literary hacks of today are a vast army, ever hungry lever thirstina | for fame and never accomplishing any thing worthy of perpetuation.
 P C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL.
The Contract Is Let for a New Struct
 ural Mill.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 Youngstown, O.-The Republic 1rcn and Steel company has let a contract to the Lloyd-Booth company for the erection of a structural mill. The cost will be in the neighborhood of s25O,00O. It is claimed that the company is planning for the erection of plants for th' production of sheet steel, wire and tubes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

NICE 1t has been discovered that NN "spellbinders" are even more V dangerous to the communities where they are active than was at first supposed the usefulness of these gentry seems destined to be still further curtail- ed. In brief, spellbinders are not only a menace to political parties of an oppo- site faith but they are accredited by science with distributing microbes from their mouths in alarming numbers. How ever, spenoinders and spellbihding seem to be of such little weight in the present national campaign that they would hard y be missed should they be interdicted by health societies. The spellbinder seems to be sadly out of place in such a safe and sane" affair. There was a time when his eloquent spouting was in de- mand at fancy prices, but that day has passed into history The newspaper Is the spellbinder's most formidable rival
 It fairly thrills the heart with the sensations of bygone days to learn that company of players is now touring the south and presenting some of the most striking adventures attributed to the James boys in Missouri. Strange to say, such transforming aggregations seem to do better out west than in the south, but they are like Uncle Toms Cabin" in that they possess the secret of perpetual existence. The chances are that ssTopsy" and the train robber will be conspicuous on the stage for many days to come, al- though now they are confined principally to those rural localities where a thirst for the "drammer" is easily satisfied.
 The Hon. Grover Cleveland again ven- lures into print to dilate on the superior pleasures of fishing for black bass, but on politics he says never a word. While the country Is fattered to discover that MT. Cleveland regards black bass worthy of his mettle as an angler his views on matters political would have much weight just at present. especially If he would deign to come forth with few remarks anent the mistakes of the republican party.
 nhotAci ndH HdS JuSL DlOWn out the gas, and now he sleeps beneath the sod. This sounds like a joke. but in reality 1t Is tragedy. Some parts of the world move too swiftly for other parts, so that people residing in the slower parts are apt to make mistakes when they change base. Of course there are people scat tered all over this great and enlight- ened land of ours who would gladly and willingly blow out the gas, but fortunate ly for them they never get the chance. However when electricity becomes the universal illuminant this public menace will be removed forever.
 The condition of Dr. Parkhurst. who is reported too i'll to talk, is causing serious apprehension omong his friends, or at least 1t ought to. The nation fondly hoped that when the doctor returned to our shores, and after he had removed the de- pressing influences of seasickness from his mind he would utter words of great moment in the campaign, words that would tighten up the apathetic skies as thunderbolt, but he returns unable to talk. It is sad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
Gentle Pity.
rom the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Mildred-He came to you with his brok- en heart. after Gussie had rejected him, and you let him console himself by mak- ing love to you.
 Millicent-WhySn mot? I considered that I was acting as first aid to the injured. a6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28
One for Each Life.

Philadelphia Press.
 Mrs. Naybor-Why do you want to bor- row our bucket? I see four in your yard already
 Tommy Dumley-I know, but Pop says he needs nine. He's going to drown . cat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

Uncle Henri Watterson of Kentucki is devoting some or his valuable time to annihilating those of his state con temporaries that dare to assail his fair name
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

There are just aine tickets in tho field, as follows: Democratic, Parker and Davis; republican, Roosevelt and Fairbankf populist, Watson and Tib- bios; prohibitionists, Swallow and Car roll; socialist, Debs and Hanford; so- cialist labor, Corregan and Cox; negro liberty, Taylor and Payne; Lincoln Penn and Jones; continental, HolcomD and King.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

British officers who do not behave are to be sent to Thibet, the most in- hospltahle country in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The New York police force is for Parker, and every member has been naturalized so that he can vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The rest of our automobilists should secure their numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The Russians of the cruiser Lena are glad they are penned up in San Francisco instead o. Port Arthur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

Georgia is picking cotton by the moons rays, and Sully is sitting up late at night to figure how he can make the price go higher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

Kuropatkin may be superseded by Grippenberg if -e indulges in any more of that turing business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

According to MT Wallace, Panama is delightful summer resort that has not been appreciated heretofore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

Atlanta is very much chagrined be- cause she did not have citizen hurt in the knoxville wreck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The girls have a bigger pull than General Corbin, and his anti-matrimo- nial suggestions will not be needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

General St. essel is playing long engagement in Port Arthur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

Coney Island is closed and New York's busy populace has turned its attention to matters histrionic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

Judge Herrick has resigned his judgeship, as Judge Parker had done, but Candidate Fairbanks still clings to his senatorial seat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

Tie Pass may be Thermopylae, but the chances are that it will get over It when it sees the Japanese around be- hind it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

Along with it's other merits Judge Parker's letter of acceptance was gratifyingiy short.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The low temperatures in the north are still attributed to the appearance here and there of Candidate Fair banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

A Kentucky belle applied for li- cense to wed just ten minutes after she had been divorced Kentucky is not so slow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

MT. J. Frost has declined to butt in amid the northwestern corn fields. A big crop is now assured, something over two billion bushels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The bond of the state treasurer of Mississippi is not worth much, for there is only 70 cents in the treasury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

Kuroh may be lost for the moment, but everybody knows when he is lost he Is about to bob up on Kuropatkin's flank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The whir of the electric fan must soon give way to the chug of the steam radiator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

J. Hamilton Lewis pink whiskers begin to loom up in the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The silence of stephen B. Elkins in West Virginia is significant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The watchdog's honest bark is heard no longer in Birmingham. We don't need him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

Oyster Bay is now but dot on the map.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

No one knows what the initial letter stands for In D. Cady Herrick's name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The only desolate spot in the Bir- mlngham district is the West End park, where the voice of the baseball rooter is heard no more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

MT. Hills retirement date draws nearer and nearer, but he may call it in after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

What Dowie needs is red automo- bile-so red 1t will represent chariot of fire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

The emblem of the prohibition party is two hatchets crossed. A figure cf Carrie Nation ramp nt would complete a most effective coat-of-arms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

General Corbin does not say young officers should not marry rich widows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

L. H. Russ, R. L. ONeal, Jr.' ana T. c. Davis are the only authorized tray cling representatives of The Age-HeraIe in its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

No communication will be published without It's authors name. ReJeeteo manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-28

washington Bureau Ase-HeraiG. 142l G Street. N. W.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-28

1.26S In Florida, the only democratic states
thus Tar reported. On the other hand only
two Of the thirteen republican states from
which the official figures have come show
decreases from the first estimated totals.
These are Vermont. with 127 plurality less.
and New Hampshire, with 706 less. To OFF,
set these Insignificant losses are several as
tonishing increases, such as that Of 36, 749
in Washington, 35.721 in Iowa. 8S, In
Wisconsin and "a ,O93 In Kansas. Then there
are other large but not SO sensational In
creases. such as 1871 in Indiana. 16,419 In
Colorado. 14.T39 In Illinois. 10.64S in Ne
braska and 10000 in Missouri. Besides these
an estimate has been made of the Ohio vote
based upon some of the official returns,
which indicates gain of more than 10000
over the first figures.
Making all the additions and subtractions
warranted by the figures as they stand to-
day, the Presidents popular plurality Is
now reckoned at 1888, 752. and several states
yet to be heard from will certainly add ma
terially to this margin. The largest pre-
vious popular plurality given was that OF
S49190 for Mckinley over Bryan in 1900.
followed by the 162. 991 given to Grant over
Greeley in 1872.
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Potomac Water Pollution.

A belief prevails In this city that certain
manufacturing establishments located with
in the Potomac watershed, notably at Cum
berland. Md. have deleterious effect upon
the water supply and efforts have. been
made from time to time by the District au-
thorities to secure the abatement of the
nuisance. But owing to the lack of positive
proof and effective legislation the matter
has dragged along unsatisfactory from
season to season until now the Commits
sfoners have hit upon plan whereby they
hope to secure positive evidence in the
premises, such as win yield them satisfac-
tory results. Arrangements have been made
with the geological survey for experts
of that bureau of the government to take
the field and investigate the conditions
within the watershed in circumstances to
preclude the chance of error and to lead to
vigorous reformatory measures in case evil
conditions are disclosed The statement to
this effect. printed elsewhere in The Star
today. will be good news to all who have
been disturbed by this state of affairs with
out finding the means to reach the menace.
IL 1t Is proved that the pulp mills and other
establishments at Cumberland and other
places above Washington discharge SUBJ
stances into the stream which kill the fish
ana menace the health of the capital it is
NOT 10 be questioned that vigorous action
VIII De taken by Congress to check these
enterprises in that respect 1t is by no
means desirable to rely upon the filtration
pEhht-when IL shall be completed and put
In service-as safeguard against disease
ne practices suspected are intolerable. The
Time has passed for making an open sewer
of every river
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A Phenomenal Popular Plurality

Day by day reports are received of the re-
suits of the official counting of the votes
cast November S, and to those who are
keeping tab on the figures the showing
made by them Is amazing. The morning af-
ter election 1t was known to certainty
that Mr.. Roosevelt had been chosen by a
phenomenal vote and that his popular plu-
rality would reach a record breaking figure
y day or so after ii was clear that the plu-
rality would go to approximately one and
a half millions, high enough to throw all
other elections into the shade on this reck-
offng. But enough has come from the Off
clal counting to show that the complete re-
turns will disclose a far more sweeping VIC
tory than was indicated by even the early
reports, swelled though they seemed to be
In the hour of great enthusiasm. Indeed.
the two-miilion mark is now assured, and it
is possible that when the last count is COM
pleted ii will appear that the President was
given fully two and a quarter millions OF
votes more than Judge Parker.
IL Is significant fact that the official re-
tarns thus far received show almost un-
broken gains for the President over the
early estimates, while the totals for Judge
Parker In the states carried by him fall of
somewhat from the first returns Thus.
there Is drop Of 1900 In Arkansas and of
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Taft at Panama.

Secretary Taft stated the American case
to the President of Panama yesterday in
very few words, but with striking clear
ness and thoroughness. II he had talked
for an hour. and dealt in the superlatives
to which Spanish-speaking people are said
to be little partial, he would not have
served his purpose better. If so well. His
mission to the isthmus, as also that Of the
congressional party now there, should be
easily successful The object of both the
Secretary and the American legislators is
to receive and impart information, and
when the Panamans understand from such
official sources what we have In view, and
we understand from their official sources
what their views and expectations are, all
trouble should come to an end. Brothers as
the two peoples must be In the great canal
enterprise, they must work and dwell to-
gether in unity.