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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
odelI Finds Champion.

From the New York Post.
Governor Chairman Odell has at last
found sturdy champion. At the Car
negie hall mass meeting Frank s. Black
spoke out for the man who is generally
regarded as a blight upon the republican
ticket. No one could defend Governor
Odell with more propriety and warmth
for Mr.. Black has himself been a discred-
tied and unpopular governor; he has
seen the republicans turn to another can
didate, Colonel Roosevelt in the hope
of escaping the curse upon his own admin
istration. His natural sympathy with
Governor Odell is doubtless strengthen
ed by his cynical view of reformers and
his contempt for propriety In politics.
When efforts were made last spring to
close the poolrooms in New York, Mr..
Black remarked that campaigns against
vice in this city reek with hypocrisy and
pretence. He surprised no one, therefore,
when he appeared as the advocate of a
governor who is party chairman, who de-
votes his time not to the state, but to
his party, and who manipulates the ma
chinery of government to promote the
success of his party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
Guessing Peoples Weight.

There is a genius in Birmingham whose
fame is not heraded abroad by word OF
mouth or public print. but nevertheless
he Is possessed of talents that are not
granted to many people, said a lawyer
yesterday. "This man has a chair sus-
pended from a tripod that holds pair
of scales, and he seems to make very
fair revenue by guessing peoples weight
There is no film fam about the sport
and as the gentleman himself states in his
duleet tones, there is merely little
harmless fun for everybody.
what you do is to bet that he cannot
guess your weight within three pounds.
The man with the scales gets his crowd
about him and then he begins to talk in
a persuasive way about how much you
weigh He states modestly that he can
guess within three pounds of your weight.
If he succeeds you hand over nickle; II
he fails you keep your money, and mere
are the scales to tell the public exactly
how much he has missed. Allow me to tell
you that he very seldom falls to pocket
the nlckle.
when a client has been secured the
weight expert stands him up in front of
the chair, feels his shoulders and waist
line lightly and then makes a guess He
nearly always comes within the required
number of pounds. and then he has a
bargain day. when he will agree to guess
within two pounds of your weight, just to
get the people interested. Even with this
narrow margin the man with the scales
| does not lose any money"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
Senator Gorman,s Speech.

From the Baltimore Herald
Senator German knows what 1t Is to do
yeoman service in the heat of congress
sional session, when the measures talked
of so glibly on the stump become the sub
jects of serious discussion in the forum,
where the policies of the nation are fixed.
His auditors, who applauded his utter
ances to the echo at Laurel last night,
knew full we'll that they were listening
to the man who has a real claim upon the
title of doing things.
The tenor of Mr.. Germans speech was
the relative capacity for doing things and
doing the right things of President Roose-
welt and his illustrious party predecessors
in the White House. Judged by the stand
ards of his own party and its men Presi-
dent Roosevelt was shown to be wanting.
The saving commonsense of the people
will not permit them to endorse policy
that runs counter to that of Washington,
Monroe, Jefferson and all other great fed
eral decorate and republican leaders of
the past. Says Mr.. German, in effect: Lin
coin was kindly and statesmanlike, Grant
magnied peace, Harrison was states
man of intelligence, Mckinley the most
lovabele of Presidents; but what is the
credential by which the latest in the Pres
idential line may claim to be accounted
with them?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
A Little Rain.

at Is not a new union passenger sta
ton, nor an addition to the court house,
nor a viaduct across Eighteenth street.
that we need so badly now-but what
we do need is rain, yes just little rain
said a victim of Blrmingham's dust
clouds, yesterday afternoon
'I think that q strong committee of
prominent citizens should visit Weather.
maker Mitchell and see If he cannot re-
lieve the situation. The only dampness
we see now is after Commissioner of
Streets McCartin's tanks on wheels make
a trip arouni the business streets of the
city And that does not last long.
ut has been several weeks since we
have had the least semblance of rain.
Weather observers tell me when | wake
up in the m )rnlng it will be raining. But
they have missed the mark-yes missed
it badly. A friend of mine who resides
near North Birmingham and whose YER
acity I have never dared question, told
me this morning that it was so dry out
In his section that the catfish are being
forced to wear linen busters these days.
THAT may be a weather story or a
fish story--or possibly both. l cannot
vouch for II but can vouch for the state
ment that Birmingham needs raln-just a
little rain"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30

goods are takea into consideration the
present crop is worth a billion of dol
lars Where else can you find bill
llon-dolar section in this or any other
country? A billion dollars, we mean,
in cash, not in hay or other articles Of
home consumption.
Such a crop, aided by peach trees,
iron ore, coal beds, and thousand
other things, is making the south rich,
and long before another forty years
have elapsed it will be much the rich
est section of this country. The quick
sense of young men who are looking
for new homes will soon turn this
way, and population as well as wealth
will be our portion. The south is the
promising section, and the young men
who absorb this fact and act upon it
are the men who will be the winners
forty years hence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
Bettinu on a Straw.

The story of the betting in the two
victorious Cleveland campaigns upsets
the value of such things as straws to
show which way the political wind is
blowing.
In 1884 betting began at 10 to 8 in
favor Of Blaine. On November l the
odds had risen to 10 to 6, and on No
yember the odds on Blaine veered to
Q to 1. On election day money was
freely placed at 500 to $50 that Blaine
would carry Connecticut, even money
that he would carry New York, and
bets of 2 to 1 were offered that he
would carry Indiana. He lost all three
states, and Cleveland was elected. And
yet up to the last moment the odds on
Blaine stood at to l.
The betting in New York stood on
October 25, 1892, at to in favor Of
Harrison. Thirteen days later Cleye-
land secured 277 electoral votes to
Harrison's las. At no time during the
campaign was the betting in favor of
Cleveland. Odds on Harrison ran high
at one time, and the betting never fell
to even during the campaign.
Those who are watching the fake
betting of the present campaign should
recall these facts, which are a part of
our political history.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
CoIored Consuls.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
At this moment, when every vote and
every influence counts for something and
perhaps for great deal, there is dispo-
sition to hold the colored voters in line
for the administration by showing them
what has been done for them. This will
probably be generally regarded as legiti-
mate electioneering. 1t is instanced that
Mr. Cleveland sent colored consuls to ne
gro countries, and that Mr.. Mckinley and
Roosevelt increased the number. There
are now colored consuls at Santo Domin-
go city; ST. Thomas, West Indies;
Asuncion, Paraguay; Tamatav, Madagas-
car; Bahia, Brazil; Cap Haitien, Haiti;
Sierra Leone, West Africa; La Rochelle,
France, and Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.
There is also a colored commercial agent
at Yladivostok Siberia. And not one of
these places were offered to the Hon.
Henry Clay Evans or the Hon. John X.
Gowdy or any other man of that stamp.
They were given right out. first hand
ed to our colored fellow citizens and
Evans and Gowdy had to be content with
London and Paris. Now, Tamatave, In
Madagascar, must be place of great in
terest. Why should Mr. Evans, for exam
pie, be deprived of a few years residence
there? OF course, the colored man has
rights; but he should not expect to set
himself In front of the white man in ev-
cry instance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
Senator Pettus.

Senator f.. w. Pettus of Selma, Ala
bamas junior senator, is at the Metropol-
itan. The senator is in excellent health
and spirits. He made his first speech dur
ing the present campaign at Montevallo
last Friday morning. He also addressed
a large meeting of voters at Centreville
yesterday morning.
The Age-Heralds correspondent at
Montevallo, in writing of Senator Pettus
speech, said: Senator Pettus addressed
one Of the largest political gatherings
ever held in Montevallo Friday morning.
He severely arraigned the republican
party for their sins of commission. Es-
recially did he criticize the President for
his attitude on the negro question"
Senator Pettus has engagements to
make two more speeches during this week,
one at Easonville. st. Clair county, to-
morrow morning, and the other at Pell
City tomorrow night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
HoBsoN AND nEFLIN.

From the Opelika News.
In a speech delivered at Bessemer We'd
nesday night Captain Richmond p. Hob.
son stated that he had taken the per.
sonal responsibility to telegraph to Hon,
Thomas Hefin and ask him, In the best
interest of The south, to withdraw from
the canvass and permit the next lowest
man who ran on the democratic ticket
in the primary to become the nominee
and representative of the party in that
district, and that he had recommended
that the state committee take action IN
the matter.
When the News had verified the above
report a reporter met Mr.. Helm, who
spent last night in our city and asked
him for a statement. At first this only
answer to the News mans query of,
what have you to say in answer to Cap
tain Hobsons attack on you." was one
of Mr.. Helms jolly and contagious
laughs. When the reporter insisted on a
statement of some sort Mr.. Hefiin said:
In any campaign, and especially one
of such Importance as the one now clos
ing, 1 know of but one duty devolving on
each and every democrat and that is 10y
ally supporting every democratic nominee.
Captain Hobson is the nominee of the
party for elector and, as l am fulfilling
my party duty by earnestly supporting
him, l have no criticisms of him to make
public If he has, or does, say things of
me which my position or the interests Of
my constituents should seem to make re-
ply necessary there Will be ample time
for discussing the matter after November
s. Until that time my ideas of party
duty and proprety dictate that my time
shall be given to making things as warm
as possible for the common enemy-the
republican party and its candidates. II
any statement from me is in order at this
time | think 1t will suffice for me to say
that no section of this grand state can
boast of a more wise, intelligent. loyal
or patriotic citizenship than the Fifth
congressional district, and, so far as
have been advised they have not yet
applied for the appointing of political
guardian"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
Looking Ahead Forty Years.

Forty years ago the south came out
of the most fearful and devastating
civil war ever waged in the worlds
history. Forty years ago! What will
another forty years bI4ng to the south?
In the forty years that have elapsed
the PROSTATE south has risen to it's
feet, and is a giant again It is far
and away the most prosperous and
promising section of the country to-
day. 1t is today harvesting Q single
crop that is worth in cold cash seven
hundred million dollars, and perhaps
when seed and manufactured cotton
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
NATIONAL POLITICS.
How Much


From the New York World.
Neither is it true that the Standard
Oil company Mr.. John d. Rockefeller or
any other officer of the Standard Oil
company has taken part in securing the
nomination of any Of tho candidates for
office, as is so positively stated.-From
the Standard OIL company's statement.
But how about taking part in securing
the election of any candidate?
In its third open letter to the president
The World asked this question: How
much has the oil trust contributed TO Mr..
Cortelyou?
Mr.. Cortelyou refuses to answer. VIII
the company answer? VIII Mr.. Rookie
Teller answer? The great oil king is
showing himself very sensitive to public
opinion, and the public would like to
know how much he has given to the re-
publican campaign fund?
Speak up, Mr.. Rockefeller. Speak up
Mr.. Dodd. Be sensitive again. This Is
the only important question, the only
important accusation. How much has
John D. Rockefeller given to George b.
Cortelyou of the republican national com
mittae?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
Rirminoham's Industries.

In todav's Industrial Review supple
ment is a list Of Birmiagham's industries
and the big plant of the Southern Sewer
Pipe company IS not appear. This was
an oversight.
The plant of the Southern Sewer Pipe
company is one Of the largest and pus-
lest In this di- .rict. President Russell
promptly met disaster by fire and rebuilt
the plant. The new mil has been In
full operation ever a year, and 1t ships
sewer pipe to all parts of Alabama, Flor
ida, Georgia, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Inc capital invested in the industry came
in good part from Louisiana.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

bard straig htway the press assigns 1t to
a Kansas poet whose name is not given
and it is banded about, subject for
unseemly testing and scathing satire. Now
there are a great many people who are
apt to think that Kansas is really best
known for its crop of poets who cannot
write poetry when as a matter of fact
its true claim to greatness rests on its
cyclones and populite whiskers. 1t is pos
sible that there are poets in Kansas.
They are everywhere else. There is no
reason to suppose that Kansas has been
mistreated In this matter, and 1t is a
shame that the real poets Of the state are
forced to hide their light under bushel
while the fake poets are exploited in the
newspapers.
As the campaign draws near to a Gar
rison finish the struggle has been warm
cd up considerably by the efforts of Judge
Parker and Grover Cleveland. Judge
Parker is delivering his blows straight
from the shoulder and from all that can
be gathered n the camp of the enemy his
assaults are telling. Judge Parker's deter
mination to go on the stump Is being
hailed as a step in the right direction,
especially when 1t is considered that he
has so much to say that is worth hear
ing.
The Memphis burglar has long been
noted for his humor and the originality
of his methods. The versatility of this
gentleman has again been illustrated at
the residence of a Memphis preacher. 1t
seems that the burglar called but was
not in search of spiritual advice or COM
fort. When the preacher woke up the
burglar advised him to lie still and he
obeyed. Then the burglar came over to
the minister's bed, took his trousers and
remarlxing, Goodbye, parson," drifted
airily away. 1t is presumed that the par
son has another pair Of trousers and that
his appearance in the pulpit this morning
will not cause a scandal
Even blase New York has gone wild
over the subway. 1t is the pride of this
town to present an unruffled demeanor
no matter what may arise but the sub
way has gotten the best of every Gotham
tie in the city. Not only are the people
scrambling for a chance to ride but the
papers are filed to the margin with SUBJ
way gossip and the subway poet is al
ready a sad reality. Furthermore, the
! first subway police case has gone down
in history and it will not be long before
nearly everything can happen to a per-
son in the subway that he cotld reason
ably expect to befall him on the sur
| face.
1t seems that the Mothers club is not
a unit with Mr.. Roosevelt on the race
suicide question. The mother of eleven
has just mailed a small check to the
democratic national committee with the
explanation that, 81 am the mother OF
eleven children. My husband thinks
Roosevelt fine. I think, as 1 look at my
brood, his views are away off, SO I en-
close small check" Can it be possible
that we are to have disaffection in the
ranks at this late hour? President Roose-
welt should bestir himself and save the
mothers vote. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
TIER SUPREMuM.

BY Arthus Sherburne Hardy.
Oh, what a. night for a soul to go!
The wind a hawk, and the fields In snow;
No screening cover of leaves In the WOOD,
Not a star abroad the way to show.
Do they part in peace-soul with its ciayf
Tenant and landlord what do they say!
Was it sigh of sorrow or OF release
heard just now as the face turned gray!
What If. aghast on the shoreless main
OF Eternity 1t sought again
The shelter and zoe rest OF the Isle Oh
Time.
And knocked at the door of its house OF
pain!
On the tavern hearth the embers glow.
The laugh is deep and the fiagons low;
But without. the wind and the trackless
sky,
And night at the gates whore soul would
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
Consuminu the Output.

Last year this district turned out
1861 900 tons of pig iron. Our normal
production at present is just about
100000 tons a year, and we are turn
ing a full third of it into commercial
forms, as follows:
Tons.
Consumed by our METERS. 100000
Steel rails .................''..l oVVVo
Other forms of steel ................ 100000
Total ............ ...'..'..'''..'''''''o oooVV
The number of furnaces in this dis
trict will no doubt be steadily In
creased, and at the same time a gen.
eral effort and ambition should be
cultivated towards the turning of the
output into articles that commerce de-
mands. To sell pig iron is to sell raw
material. 1t is irons first form after
1t has parted company with dirt and
rock. 1t is its primal concrete form,
and we cannot afford to sell it in that
FORM We cannot afford to sell pig
iron at all. Let Ohio and Pittsburg do
that, while we turn Alabama iron into
commercial articles.
1t is fully demonstrated that Ala
bama iroa can be readily turned into
excellent basic steel; and we have but
to make lue rails and the pipe needed
and annually consumd in the south to
use up the entire product OF our blast
furnaces. We need more rail mills and
more pipe plants, and the lesser con-
sumers of pig iron will come along
naturally and inevitably. Every year
adds to our iron and steel consuming
industries, and today we are easily the
foundry center of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Few women are any uglier than they
paint their faces.
Some men are so lucky that they can
even get engaged and have 1t broken.
A widow seldom holds more than a
pair of deuces but she plays them as
II they We're a royal flush.
When a man kisses a girl against her
will she doesn't scream. because her
mouth is too busy doing something else.
A woman attaches more Importance to
asking three people to afternoon tea
than an admiral does to taking battle
ships into action. s-sssy. = * ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
IN HOTEL LoBBlES
Rlrmlnnham District.

Strictly speaking the birmingham us
trlct is known in mining and iron MAKING
circles as a group of seven counties con-
tanning coal and iron. jefferson Is Inc
center-Jefferson. Walker, Blount' St'
Clair Talladega, Shelby and Bibo' Tus-
caloosa is sometimes included.
Broadly speaking, the Birmingham uis-
trlct takes in all the mineral counties Oh
Alabama. In the iron trade there is an
Admission District and Sheffield district
but in the country at large, birmingham
covers everything pertaining to the indus
trial activity of northern Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30

6HE world values the man who
w laughs. He is a philanthropist
who scatters sunshine as he goes
and lightens cares by his good humor. 1t
matters not whether he is great in the es-
timation of men; whether he has amassed
done his duty in chasing sorrow away.
The man who can laugh and know what
he is laughing at is blessed far more than
he imagines The gift of humor is in it.
self a priceless boon, but even a humorist
may become sour and disagreeable at
times In fact it is claimed that the most
successful humorists are gruff individuals
who look to be incapable of smiling. But
the man who can make the world laugh
and laugh at the world without needing
the flight of time or the weight of old age
is your true philosopher. If those jovial
fellows in whose company one can forget
his troubles and give free reign to the
joy that Is at the bottom of nearly every
mans heart, were unable to make the
world merry and make a living at the
same time, it would be worth while for
the state to support them. Let them i've
on the best of the land, dress in purple
and fine linen and be always in the public
eve SO that care would be forgotten in
their presence and they would never have
to cease laughing in order to pay their
debts. The world needs men who laugh
mot at you, but with you, and they
should be subsidized
Out In Arkansas, one of the most for
lorn states in the union, the natives are
disturbed because the Hon. George w.
Peck father of "Peck's Bad Boy" and
a humorlst as well politician, has Gre
ated the impression that Hot Springs is
a very bad place for good people to visit.
The Hon. George w. Peck seems to think
that at Hot Springs the company savors
too much of roulette, pokah, the race
track and other expensive advertisements
Now Hot Springs is the most valuable
possession that belongs to Arkansas. The
resort Is the pride of every Arkansan and
the boast of every man, woman, child and
yellow dog IN the state. These people are
quick to resent the implication that the
company 4 Iot Springs is not all that it
should be &yWhile they grant that there
may be great many sporting gentry at
the springs. it must be remembered that
Hot Springs is getting to be quite pleas
ure resort In addition to being the goal OF
the army of those who complain. Where
there is a successful pleasure resort of
such character one must always ex-
poet to find more or less individuals who
gamble for living. However. the prices
at Hot Springs are reported to be bearing
up remarkably well under the allegations
| of the Hon. George W. Peck.
1t is really unjust and unl1ind to make
so much sport of the Kansas poet. 1t is
we'll known fact that Pension Commits
sloner Ware, who masquerades in litera-
ture under the title of "Ironquill," has
furnished great fun to the photographers
since he became prominent politically but
'IronquilT' is only one of many victims
Whenever particularly unworthy bit OF
poesy emanates from some undeveloped
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30
Music at the HilIman.

The orchestra at the Hotel Hillman.
under the leadership of Mr.. Callman, will
render the following programme this
evening:
March, Pontihoale, Gounod
Overture, Fra Diavolo, Auber.
Woodland selection, j. Luders
Lovey Mary, lntermezzo, Kohlman.
> Carmen, Potpouri Bizet.
Lost Chord cornet solo, Sullivan.
The Sho Gun, selection. Justa Luders.
William Tell. overture. Rossini,
Apple Blossoms, intermezzo, Roberts.
Army Chaplain, Milleeker.
The Leader, medley selection.
The Radium Dance and requests.