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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
Telephones la Street Cars.

Telephones are becoming indispensable everywhere" remarked an attache of one of the exchanges. T see that phones have been placed in the trolley cars run ing out of Pittsburg, Pa. and you need not be surprised to see them installed in the Birmingham cars at an early date; and then passengers going out or com ing in from the suburban towns. while they are being whirled through meadows. pastures and cornhelds can talk with their business associates and friends In Blr- mingham and elsewhere.
 Advancement in the telephone is keep ing pace with advancement made in electricity. Just watch what the future will bring us along tbis line"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
Economy vs. Secrecy.
New York World.

From the New York World.
 In his speech to the democratic editors Judge Parker charged the republican party with increasing expenditures ESQ greatly as to indicate reckless extrava- gance and waste of the peoples money" And he proved the charge.
 The astute Washington correspondent of the Herald reports that an order has now been issued to heads of departments in Washington not to discuss nor to give out information regarding their annual estimates for the present. The reason for such secrecy Is said to be that it has been found impracticable so to cut down the budget as to make claim for eeono- my without abandoning or deferring those projects of gigantic war preparations on which the Presidents heart is set.
 Should the estimate be in fact kept from general discussion this interesting condition of affairs would ensue:
 A surplus of ss0.O0OOOO when MT. Roose- welt became President into a deficit of s41, ,ooOO 900 In the last fiscal year
 An increase of deficit of S1,000,000 to s24, ,0OoC0O In the first two months-July and August-of the present fiscal year.
 And for the future, not economy not retrenchment, not reform. but-keep quiet about estimates during the campaignl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Hard Luck Story.

The champion hard luck story of the year was told me a few days ago by a drummer" said a physician last nighl'
 The drummer was coming down from New York and while enroute 1t happen ed that he struck up an acquaintance Wi'h an affable gentleman whom he soon ais- covered to be a wealty manufacturer ol the east. The latter got off at a snaii Virginia town but before taking leave of his new acquaintance presented nm with very fine cigar that usually re- tails for a dollar. Of course the drummer was delighted and forthwith began to pc ture the pleasure that would be ms "nei he began to pull that expensive "eeu'
 The drummer prolonged his lnoui- gence as long as possible so that When he did have his smoke he would enJoy 1t all the more but finally he could Wiln- stand the temptation no longer 50 i'e hied him back to the smoker. Assuming a comfortable attitude, while on hls lace there rested a look of unutterabe peaee' he slowly bit the end of his dollar cigar struck a match, lighted 1t and took one draw
 Tt was glorious.
 Just about that time g. prosperous in- diyidual entered the smoker sat down heavily and asked the drummer for match. The traveling man had just used his last match, so he proffered light from his cigar. The prosperous individual got his cigar to burning freely, threw the drummers cherished weed out of the window and drawing a General Arthur from his vest. said with an affable smile:
 o sITava a fraeb ove
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
Gone to New York.

Mayor Jack Crawford of Jasper, poll ucian, banker, merchant, capitalist and general promoter passed through Bir- mingham last night for New York. where he goes on mission for the further de- velopment of his growing town. He will register al the Waldorf Astoria upon ar rival at his destination. but just how long he will remain in that home of his depends upon the congeniality of his sur roundings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
NATIONAL POLITICS.
As to Records.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 It is not matter of the slightest con sequence what so radical a partisan journal as the Philadelphia Press says about politics. People get tired of read ing every day that one party is always virtuous and right and that the other party Is undeviatingly wrong and vicious. But 1t is good to quote from it occasionally for it's own good. The Press says the democratic party declared for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, and sought to drag this nation down to the level of China in currency matters" Records are dangerous things to fool with. William Mckinley voted in con- gress, shoulder to shoulder" with Blaine, for the free and unlimited coin age of silver, and was by no means sure that he was not silver man so late as when he was governor of Ohio. Many other distinguished republicans were sil- yer men, and all of them would be now were it not for the gold discoveries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
For In such business.
Lonklnn This Way.

Even in the midst of bloody warfare Japan is preparing for greater vic tories in the world of commerce. Call it the yellow peril" if you will, but certain it is that tha nation has arisen from a long sleep and put on the armor for winning success in war and sue cess in peaceful pursuits. She is awake to opportunity.
 Even. now the eyes of Japan are turned toward. the Panama canal. MT. Shimiza the Japanese consul to Chi cago. has recently been through the Mississippi valley, studying the re- sources an6 trade conditions with a view of reporting 0 his government the advantages which Japan may de- rive when the Panama canal shall have been completed.
 There is a project On foot to esab- lisl $5,000 900 steamship com,anv anl MT. shimiza on the subjet bas just said:
 "We would like 10 see tR Mlssis- sippi and Orient Steamship comnanv put into operation as soon as the Pan anna canal is completed, for we would be interested therein, aId 1t would ob- viate the necessity of our sending our own ships to the port of New Orleans j"
 The Japanese coH, H,,,,y,a,,seste. daen Interest in this matter, and will make full report or h.s observations to the Mikado. He Says the representatives, of the prop99ed steamship company Vouid nav@ no -uble in enlisting Japanese hancial interests and insur- Ing the Patronage of Japanese mer-
 MT fShimiza further remarks that the resources of the Mississippi val ky and New Orleans, the gateway, tI& outlook is wonderful, and 1t means Almost as much to Japan. These prod fucts of the valley we would buy and later deal in, and there Is much that v-e would ship in return. And you, with your osition in the Philippines, with Shanghai neai by, and the other Chinese ports, no line h all the world would have Q greater field.
 '1f you do not have the ships ready when the canal is completed, we will certainly hay ships of our own to come here"
 In other words, this representative ran of Japan is saying to Americans that T. they Go not grasp this oppor- trnity his country will do so and send ships of Ter own 10 New Orleans to eTgag., in Mississippi valley trade
 What a wond arful people the Japan csc are proving themselves to be. In reacl ing .or glory and for wealth, and for civilization, they are initiating the mett.ed ..ounds of Acton, pursuing the game where there Is path and where fti.ere is none They simulate and dis simulate. They cap and creep to con quer, like Caes..r they fall down and Mss like Brutus. They tbrow their swords like Brennus into the trem- srl.ng scale. Like Nelson. they snatch the laurels from the doubtful hands of Victory while shS hesitates where to bestow them. They give their en- ergies to the highest employment of which their nature Is capable, and Ja- DE-. is reaching for the golden domes of high possibilities and the purpling hills of granceur.
 This is Japan in war and in peace, and it would seen tnat she is soon to take her place in the forefront of the world-powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
The popuIists' short-slghtedness.

From the Baltimore News.
 Marion Butler has joined in the chorus of Tom" Watsons song of praise for Theodore Roosevelt. It is. no doubt sim cere and very gratifying to> republican campaign managers. But what do the populsts hope to get out of 1t ultimate ly? The election of President Roosevelt can hardly have the effect of strength ening populism. A crushing defeat of Judge Parker would do more than any other one to break the grip upon their party now held by the conservatI-e ele- ment of democracy. Judge Parkers downfall politically. if it should come. would be more than likely to rehabilitate MT. Bryan as a party leader. At all events, 1t would swing the party appre- ciably backward toward MT. Bryan. That would mean that the naturatl recruiting ground for Tom" Watson would be fenced off Democrats with populistic tendencies would remain in the demo- cratic fold. Populists who would care to follow forlorn hope would go to democ- racy as they have heretofore when 1t showed radical tendencies. The populist party would disappear, and there would be tendency toward a democratic radi- cal party and conservative republican party. On the other hand, if Judge Par l1er should win, the conservative element in democracy would be intrenched in power, and the democrats with popu- listic tendencies would be obliged to find new affiliations. They would naturally go to populism, as, they did on former occasions. MT. Watson's party would be strengthened. He might hope then to see 1t become the radical party of the nation. It is evident that in trying to elect Pres ident Roosevelt the populistic statesmen are not looking far ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
WA sEs, FoRsooTHl
m the Brooklyn Life.

From the Brooklyn Life.
 Mrs. Annex-Tll tell you what I'll do. Bridget If you'll consent to stay TIT raise your wages.
 Bridget-Listen to her. wud ye? Raise me wages. indade, Yell increase me salary. that's phwat yell do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD
THE summer boarder is returning

6HE summer boarder is returning AOD to town and according to the
 housewifes pitiful tale of woe he is about the most pronounced nuisance who ever went forth from the city,s tur- moil to commune with nature. What the average summer boarder does not know Is hardly worth anybody's time to find out and the limit of his desires has not been discovered In fact 1t is stated that nothing less than the earth. mortgage on the moon and wireless options on Mars could satisfy his grasping nature The farmers wife is the one who suffers from the greed of summer boarders. In the ultra resorts 1t is the boarder who gets the hot end of the brick, but just let a city man who draws a small salary by exercising a limited amount of brains let such an individual, with narrow views, nordinate conceit and a general air of contemptibility, get out In the country and his egotism forthwith waxes colos- sal He turneth his patrician nose, made keen in diligent search for price marks on dress goods, up in the air at the home ly ways of his less advanced host The beds are abomlnable, the food is wretch ed and he cannot understand how 1t was that he ever came to such a place when it would have been just as easy 10 visit some of the well known resorts That is the conversation which he affects but the truth of the matter is that he could not put up at a frst-class hotel long enough to take a bath and his bragga- docio airs merely conceal a sordld soul. Happily all summer boarders are not like him. There are exceptions to the rule. Dr. Thomas Herran has been quietly world will soon forget the venerable diplomatist who but recently played such conspicuous part in Colombian affairs when that country was being adroitly de- prived of Panama by Uncle Sam. It was not very long ago when pr. Herran was one of the most conspicuous men in pub lie life, but the tilt with Colombia has started in the far east an heir has been born to the Russian throne, other events of international significance have taken place and his name has already become obscured by greater names. The sand in the hour glass of Father Time flows swiftly.
 Every now and then some indiscreet l person meets death while eating toad stools instead of mushrooms The two plants are said to resemble each other so closely that only an expert can distin- guish them apart and while we still have scores of delectable dishes with which to regale our palates 1t Is surprising why people want to run a great risk In their desire to eat dainty that Is not one-half so dainty as some people suppose. Per sons who live in the pie belt are In nc danger of ever being poisoned by eating toadstools, but less fortunate individuals who have never cultivated an appetite for pie seem to think that nothing but mushrooms will fill the bill.
 If you would be correct you should warble Goodbye Teddy" or if your ideas do not incline in that direction you might sing You Are All Right Teddy" Both of these songs are re- ported to be pleasing the populace and il
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
uNTIMELY soMNoLENcE.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 He says he has so many business trou- bles they keep him awake at nights"
 ''Yes, but they don't keep him wide awake during his business hours. and that's his principal trouble"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

An Indian chief in British Colum- bia bought coffin and a keg of pow der and then proceeded to blow him. self to pieces. His relatives are now wondering what he wanted with the coffin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13
Department of Archives and History.

T. M. Owen, at the head of the depart ment of archives and history, was in the city yesterday enroute to his home in Montgomery. He came up to visit his mother. who is quite sick at her home at Jonesboro.
 MT. Owen reports progress in the work of his department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

Kuropatkin rejoices in the fact that the roads are impossible in Manchu- ria, while Oyama feels like joining .he Good Roads association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

Kuropatlxin and Oyama have no time at present in which to study the ins and US of Corbin's white auto mobile at Manassas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

The two armies in the Far East will sa,n be where they can snowball each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

St. Petersburg proposes to displace Kuropatlin, who is doing better work against the Japanese than any other Russian could do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

William Wally Astor came to this country unsolicited and unsought, and no one will regret his early departure. He is a typical Newporter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

How so aany St. Louis restaurant keepers get rich is explained by the fact that one chicken is made to serve for eight or ten persons in St. Louis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

They have discarded gumshoes at the republ can national headquarters, and are wearing lamb'swool soles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

The meat trust will now proceed to recoup all losses from consumers. It owns the administration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

William Waldorf Astor comes back to his native land foreigner, and his native land is not kicking bit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

Clara Ward is determined to try vaudeville. She has had a thorough training in the school for scandal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

King Alfonso has taken up motoring. The sport must be very tame com pared to that of lodging bombs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

The butchers of Chicago bit off more u an they could chew, and they had tho good sense to see the situation and COT 4orm to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

Candidate Fairbanks now knows what one-night stands are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

No more soldiers will be construct lively killed and buried at Manassas. That war Is over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

Kuropatldl cannot complain of a lack of attention on the part of the Japanese, who are on either flank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

The New York Mail says the good ell phrase has been amended so that it reads ''the devil and Tom Watson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

Alfred H. Love has very appropri- ately beer chosen president of the International Peace union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

Alien Willie Wally Astor declines to be interviewed by the campaign chair man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

This is now the year 5665 of the Jewish calendar. New Years Day be- gan last Friday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

Secretary Murphy of the canal com mission says the big ditch will be completed in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

Ex-Road Agent Frank James has offered lis services as collector to Chairman Cortelyou.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

When the Baltic fleet gets in Asiatic waters, there will be something doing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

The armies in the Far East should get in their work before the football season opens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

The gridiron is about to supersede the dianonu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

The Baltic fleet is indulging in big bluff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

Washington Bureau Age-HeralG. 142l G Street. N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-13

If you would be correct you should warble Goodbye. Teddy" or if your ideas do not incline in that direction, you might sing You Are All Right. Teddy" Both of these songs are re- ported to be pleasing the populace and if
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02
OUR DAILY SHORT STORY.

me; you were being very generous to
me-"
THAT Is different" he said: you
are woman"
"ohi" she cried, with sudden pas
sionate insight and can man never
be generous enough 10 let q woman
be generous. too7'
He looked Ct her In panied per-
piexity.
-Yu don't understand" be began.
i don't want 70 understand any
more she said. duly. and ell the are
and passion had faded from her face
for she, too, vas learning 9 lesson Of
life. was beginning 10 understand that
q mans pride Il rooted Ia his set. that
she was lighting against mans her
editary instincts, than which there d
nothing stronger if nature. And her
heart came near to breaking an WON
ans heart always does when she kicks
against irremovable obstacles.
At last. after many weeks. he sent
for her one day to the library. And
there. with HIS hands on her slim young
shoulders, and his tired eyes looking
down into hers he told her quietly
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

The Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany win place round trip tickets from
Portland 20 81. Louis and return on
account OF the worlds fair on sale as
follows:
June iesh, f7th and 18th.
July fst, 2nd and Ord.
August 9Th, 9th and 10th.
Sept. 9Th, 9th and 7th.
October srd, 4th and 9Th.
The round trip rate to st. Louis and
return from Portland VIII be $3.50.
Tickets VIII be good for return via any
direct line.
A round trip rate OF s72.so win also
be made from Portland to Chicago and
return.
II passenger desires 10 take In both
Chicago and st. Louis the round trip
rate will be $500.
All tickets win be good for 90 days
from date Of sale. Tickets win be
good going ten days from date of sale
40 that limited stop-over can be had
on the going trip and on the return
trip passengers can stop at their pleas
ure west OF the Missouri river or 81
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02
Tripped by lmpedlments.
From Success.

No man can rise to anything very
great who allows himself TO be tripped
or thwarted by impediments. Ills
achievement viii be In proportion to
his ability to rise triumphantly over
the stumbling-blocks which trip others
When hear young man whining
that he has no chance. complaining
that fate has doomed him to medio-
Gritty, that he can never get start for
himself. but must always work for some
body else when see him finding un-
conquerable obstacles everywhere
when he tells me that he could DO this
or that II he could only get start, IL
somebody would help him, know there
is very poor success material in him
that he is not made Of the stun that
rises. He Acknowledges that he is not
equal to the emergencies which con-
front him. He confesses his weakness,
his inability to cope with obstacles
which others surmount, When a man
tells us that luck is against him, that
he can not see any way of doing what
he would like to do. he admits that he
is not master of the situation, that he
must give way to opposition because
he il not big enough or strong enough
to surmount It. He probably hasn't
lime enough in his backbone to hold
a straw erect.
There is a weakness In the man who
always sees a lion In the way Of what
he wants to do whose determination
Is not strong enough to overcome the
obstacle. He has not the inclination
to buckle down to solid, hard work. He
wants success, but he does not want
1t badly enough to pay the price. The
desire to drift along. to take things
easy, to have a good time, over-bal-
ances ambition.
Obstacles win look large or small to
you according to whether you are large
or small.
People who have a tendency to mag
Nifty difficulties lack the stamina and
grit necessary to win. They are not
willing to sacrifice little comfort and
pleasure. They see so much hardship
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02
s,artIlna EVIDENCE.

Fresh testimony In great quantity
IL constantly coming in. declaring Or.
Kings New Discovery for consump-
tion. Coughs and Colds 10 be unequal
cd. A recent expression from T. J.
Mcfarland. Bentorviile. va. serves as
example. He writes; Il had Bron-
ehitis for three years and doctcred all
the time without being benefited. Then
I began taking DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry. and few bottles wholly cured
me-" Equally effective In curing all
Lung and Throat troubles. consump-
,ion. Pneumonia and Grip. Guaran-
tced by chas. Rogers. Druggist. Trial
bottles free; regular sizes. 5oc and
tiO0.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02
5its Of Wisdom.
Chicago News.

II friend pulls his watch on your
funny story cut 1t short.
Many a man turns up his toes while
waiting for his fortune to turn up.
Credit is all well enough until the
bill collector begins to come around.
Don't envy the rich; they have corns
on their feet the same as you have.
What good many churchgoers need
is a praying machine that win wind
itself.
II win be pretty tough on the leap
year girl If there is no marrying or
giving in marriage in heaven.
BY the time man thoroughly under
stands the way OF woman he is so
old that he doesn't care anything about
them.
One trouble with the oldest inhabit-
ant is that he remembers too many in
cidents Of his boyhood days that never
happened.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-06-02

that II was aIi true. She did not
speak. only laid her head against the
great, sarved mansel. and sohbsd. hops-
iessiy. tearIsssly.
For few moments ne watched her
In silence. then. very gently. he liftad
one Of the dusky curis and laid Il
against his lips. Pearl" he said. look
|up; there Is something want to tell
you. because II may make things easier
for you Dear. love you. and loving
makes giving easy. You must not
grisve for me"
Then her heart sang suddenly such
q paean Of rejoicing that the words
she would have spoken died on her
lips.
Sir Stephen moved heavily away,
land sank down into a chair BY the
table. his head bowed forward ON his
arms. fof TIE bitterness Of iifs was
flooding his soni.
A moment later she was kneeling be-
side him. and through the tears IN her
voice be heard again the happy ring be
| had missed al these weeks.
80. thsn. It's only . choice between
.. your love and your pride" she aues-
toned. and her soft cheek lay against
Ihis coat sleeve. @And that 10 no choice
at all"
He looked up bewildered.
what do you mean?" he asked.
she lifted her arms. and drew his
face down to hers. only love me-"
she whispered, .and all the rest IS just
nothing" Mora Alexander. In New
York Daily News.