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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-26
Christmas In the South.
The stock Market.

Henry Clews, in his Wall street letter
of Saturday. says;
"A good deal Of hesitation prevails on
the stock exchange, and at times prices
show a sagging tendency in spite OF the
strong undertone and a generally hope
full situation. Buying of stocks Is check
ed by the flood of highly colored htera-
ture on 'frenzied finance" by the indis-
position to undertake new ventures until
after the holidays and by agitation ema-
Mating from Washington concerning rail-
road and trust legislation. Quite natur-
ally, such discussions are unsettling, and
the market can hardly be expected to adj
vance while they continue to threaten
1.-The year is closing in much better
shape than expected. Since the harvest
Improvement has been so marked that
much of the ground lost during the
pancky year of 1903 has been regained
Railroad earnings, bank clearings, pig
iron production and other trustworthy
indications all tell the story of revival;
and there are no signs yet of the onward
movement in business having reached
its climax The outlook for 1905 is even
brighter than that of 1904, the only hin
drance to activity being the universal
high level of prices This would sug-
gest that 1t is time to call a halt were
II not that owing to the national growth
our Industries are still unable to meet
demands We still need more houses,
more food, more clothing and better
transportation, and until these demands
are satisfied there can be no serious re-
cession in values"
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Hotels Do Liqht Business.

'This is perhaps the dullest day of the
whole year with the hotels, said a well
known hotel clerk last night. THE lists
of names on the registers of the Bir-
minsham hotels are the lightest by far
of any other day in the past year.
riot only are the arrivals very few,
busi number of our regular guests are
out Of the city Most of them have gone
home TO spend Christmas. In fact there
are fewer men In the lobbies than there
haze been in the past twelve months.
1t is the custom all the country over
70 those who have homes to go to them
Christmas and those who haven't homes
can't do any business day like this. so
they usually stay at the place Christmas
finds them
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For Benefit of Merchants.

Especial efforts are being made by the
merchants of Baltimore to strengthen
their relations, especially with the south,
and in this work they have the ener-
getic cooperation of the newly organ
lied Travellers and Merchants associa-
ton which already points to several not
able successes, although it has been in
existence only a few months said
drummer Concessions in the matter OF
rates on railroad and steamship lines
are one of the most effective means of
attracting trade and in recognition of this
fact the officials of the Travellers and
Merchants made an appeal some time ago
to the Merchants and Miners Trans
portation company for additional steam
shin facilities between Baltimore and Sa-
vannah, with the result that two OF
the finest vessels were transferred to
the Baltimore route, thus putting the
company in position to command the
patronage of the most fastidious among
the travelling public whether on bus
mess or pleasure bent, and giving Mary
lands leading seaport service which for
excellence and convenience is unsur-
passed.
But the Travellers and Merchants
was not content TO rest upon its laurels.
1t promptly took under consideration
other methods of promoting the pros
perity of its home town, and developed
a plan that will enable buyers from a
large part of the south to save not less
than $40 on the round trip TO Baltimore
from Savannah AS is generally known,
the regular fare, including state room
accommodations and meals, is 49, but by
taking advantage of the arrangement
concluded by the Travellers and Mer-
chants association it can be made for
SIS. without the slightest sacrifice of the
comforts and the enjoyments of the sea
trip. 1t is only necessary for the traveller,
when he buys his round trip ticket at
Savannah, to get a receipt from the
agent of the steamship company there.
paving the full fare for the ticket. On
his arrival in Baltimore he registers at
the rooms of the Travellers and Mer-
chants association, deposits his ticket
and gets a receipt for it from the secre-
tary Having attended to his business
he presents his receipt to the secretary
and obtains a return ticket to Savannah
and a rebate of So"
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Philadelphia Dispatch In New York Sun,
K1NN RS. ANNA WE1GHTMAN WAL
IV KER daughter of the late mill
lionaire chemist, William

INN RS ANNA WE1GHTMAN VAL
EV KER, daughter of the late mill
lionaire chemist, William
Weightman. who was intrusted by him
at his death with the conduct of the
great business he created, has found the
burden too great On January 1 she
will retire from business and go bacl. to
her old-time seclusion.
Mrs. Walker relieves herself of her
burden by consolidating her fathers
firm, Powers & Weightman, with that of
Rosengarten & Sons. Incorporated. Ros-
engarten & Sons were her fathers old
est and bitterest rivals: in fact, the
only competitors William Weightman ever
acknowledged as such.
Many of Mrs. Walkers millions-Wil-
liam Weightman left her from $76,0O0,0O0
to 500, 900, O0O-will remain in the CONSOLE
dalton. Mrs. Walker, however. will have
no part in the conduct of the new firm.
to be known as Powers. Ayeightman &
Rosengarten. beyond that of owner or
trustee of the Weightman money vested
in it, and of much of this work her law
yers will relieve her She will go bach
to the rare old laces and the great col
lection of Napoleonic relics which are
her two absorbing interests.
BY the consolidation a practical mo-
nopoly in the production of auinine and
sulphate of morphine is created. OF the
total yearly output of quinine 100000
ounces, Powers & Weightman and the
Rosengartens have manufactured lit
tie more than two-thirds. The New
York Quinine Chemical Works put out
the balance. The only competition in
the making of sulphate of morphine was
between the two Philadelphia firms, now
consolidated.
Two of the Powers & Weightman
plants will be kept running and two OF
the Rosengartens'. II was announced to-
day that there would be few changes
made in either the official or the work
Ing staff of the first
When William Weightman died, Mrs.
Walker jumped out into the limeught as
the richest woman in America, II not in
the world. 1t was declared that her IA
Their had left practically his entire for
tune to her, as well as the business of
the Powers & Weightman firm. There
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AN ELECTION Glory.

From the New York Times.
Senator Depew had rost-mortem cleo
ton incident to relate. as iosiows:
LAS cahs out of the Presidents office
l have juss been ticking with Griggs of
Georgia, member of tie irncs tic COM
paign committee He said, ldr. sccre-
tary, we pranced all around this country
trying to defeat Roosevelt because he
had luncheon with Booker T. Washing
ton. From the character of the returns,
1 am inclined to believe that If he had
stayed to supper. Roosevelt would have
had a unanimous vote.
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Cotton Seed.

Farm and Ranch admits 1t has never
seen statement of the average cost
of operating an oil mill in crushing
ton or thousand tons of seed. The
value of the products obtained in an
oil mill can be ascertained in any mar
ket report, but the difference between
value and cost of crushing is not
known to the general public, whatever
the oil mill men may know.
In a ton of seed there are year in
and year out just about 100 pounds Oh
dirt, rs pounds of lint, 275 pounds OF
OIL $50 pounds of cotton seed hulis.
and ESQ pounds of meal. BY taking
market report any man can quickly
ASCERTAIN what a ton of seed is worth
to the oil mill man. He can also see
the difference between full value and
the price the mill is willing to pay
him for his seed.
The price of seed is depressed and
and low at present, but linters are
still worth four cents pound, crude
oil Is worth 81 to 23 cents a gallon,
bulls sell at from 81 to $3.50 a ton,
and meal is worth from $40 to SIS
ton. The dirt is of course a dead loss,
and must be taken into account. In
round percentages the hulls in ton
of seed are As per cent, leaving 81 per
cent of kernels. The kernels contain
about one part of oil to three parts Of
meal
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Car coupIers Compulsory.

The decision of the United States
supreme court in the Johnson car
coupling case means much to railroad
men who handle cars. For that de-
cision will compel every railroad to
eouip every car and locomotive with
automatic couplers that can be adjust
ed 10 other couplers of that sort. The
decision does not of course extend to
local railroads doing business in one
state but there are scarcely any rail-
roads that have not some interstate
business. The purport OF the decis-
ion is that all railroads doing an inter.
state business must equip their cars
so that no man need step in between
them.
Last year 27S men were killed and
over three thousand injured while en-
gagged in coupling or uncoupling cars,
and the law that the supreme court
upholds aims to render such accidents
unnecessary. If railroad men will res
pect the law the sad story of 1903 need
not be repeated.
The decision of the court is explicit
Railroad companies must use coupling
devices that will work with other
automatic devices, and if they do not
the responsibility rests wholly on
them. The adjustment of couplers be-
comes a task of the railroads, and the
public and the employees do not
share it.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Christmas is very happy time after
it is all over.
A very young girl is crazy to be old.
so as to have beaus. and old ones are
crazy to be young. for the same reason
When girl puts rouge on her cheeks
it is a sign she trusts the man who Is
going to be with her not to kiss her any,
where except on the lips.
Every time a woman reads a new novel
she has an aspiration to be different
from what she has been for thirty sec
onds after she finishes It.
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CUNNINGHAM IN WASHINGTON.
I'M the Washington Post.


Hon. R. NJ. Cunningham. lieutenant
governor of Alabama. and for more than
year acting governor of that state,
passed through Washington yesterday en-
route to the south. He has been de facto
chief executive on account of the ex-
tremely enfeebled condition of Gov. Jelks,
who was forced to seek a balmier eli
climate because of illness. Governor
Cunningham has been in New
York to arrange for the funding
of the debt of Alabama, which
was not a matter of difficulty in view
of the states excellent credit. He stated
to Post reporter that the Industrial and
financial condition of his section was
highly satisfactory and that the outlook
for continued prosperity in 1905 was
cheering.
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GOOD ADVICE.
rom the Mobile item.

From the MODIIe Ittm.
The Birmingham Age-Herald declines
to give the cotton growers any advice,
and perhaps this is well. The farmers
have heard nothing else since the stun
il the price Of the staple. After ALL they
will do as they please about the crop
next season. but all the same, they have
had some profitable advice. If they will
only heed it. The average southern
planter knows how to protect himself
against the manipulations of the specu-
lators. After all, the farmers might heed
some of this advice with profit.
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H. F. Little of CORTLAND is at the
Morris.
DR.. J. H. Lester of Alfalfa is at the
ST. Nicholas.
A. R. Brice of Macon. Ca. is at the
st. Nicholas.
J. Cobb Chandler of Laurel. Miss, is
at the Hillman.
c. B. Atkins of Atlanta is at the
Colonial
F. Stone of Denver. Colo, is at the
Colonial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-26
a Simple Christmas Deed.

1t is not the man who did it; nor
does it matter that his name has
often appeared in print for generous
deeds in business, charity and social
affairs-it was merely the deed done
yesterday.
Who, with great and generous heart,
would not have done it, could he af-
ford it? How well one must feel who
can bring happiness to others?
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AT THE CIRCUS.

From the Mobile Item.
The Brothers Finance-Frenzied and
Hypnotic--may now be seen In their lofty
tumbling act twice daily.
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DRAWING THE LINE.

From the Atlanta Journal
The difference between Nan Patterson
and Mrs. Chadwick Is that one only went
after the bookmaker while the other
went after the library maker
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AMERICA WILL NEVER BE
FORCED TO GO HUNGRY

civilization moved from Southern to Nor
thern Europe, a still greater crisis is be-
fore us when American civilization
matches American possibilities"
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so is EVERYBODY ELSE.

From the Hancevlle Hustler
Judging from its editorial comments
the Age-IIerald is just now beginning to
read Lawson's "Frenzled Finance
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NO REGRETS.
.ansas CITY Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal
Forty thousand Missouri democrats
stayed away from the polls in Novem-
Der, and there is nothing to Indicate that
any of them regret their course
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-26
WALL STREETS MENU,

From the Washington Post.
Roast lamb with Lawson sauce Is not
a popular dish on Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-26
EDITOR ROOSEVELT.

From the Washington Post.
Railroad men might not take Commits
sioner Garields report so seriously If
they did not have a suspicion that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had acted as managing
editor of it.
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NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST.


From the Philadelphia Ledger.
There is said to be some curiosity on
the part of congressman from the west
as to the names of the brands of whisky
which Professor Wiley found unadulter-
ated.
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ONLY TWO BRANDS.

From the Washington Post.
1t does not seem just fair for Dr. Wiley
TO much longer withhold the names of
those two brands of whisky that are not
adulterated.
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A VERY SAD CASE.

From the Gadsden Journal.
With Vulcan stranded in st. Louis we
wonder how Birmingham can have the
heart to celebrate
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EXPLAIN

From the New York Mail.
Women are said to make excellent post
masters Kind of know how to look after
the males as 1t were.
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About Persons.

R. H. Hill of Washington, Ca, is at
he Morris.
O. N. Malone of Greenwood. Miss. is
at the Morris.
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sErTLEs THE WHOLE THING.

'Everybody's" business is to outsell all
competitors.
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8 The simple little story is this: A
well known young man of Birmingham,
noted for his generosity received this
note:
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Standard Oil Rogers true place is the
United States senate. He is built on
modern senatorial lines.
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If Zion City would adopt the Mormon
ritual, IT would become the blue ribbon
fake city of the world.
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Dallas, Texas, has 800 thugs and is not
doing any Dragging.
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From the Eufaula Times.
The Age-Heralds boil weevil cartoon
settles the whole thing.
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The Rev DIR. Lyman Abbott is anathe-
ma, but the burning of heretics has be-
come passe SO to speak.
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The nineteenth century was the blood
lest in history, but the twentieth is evil
IDENTITY preparing to make a new record
in that respect.
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The Christmas tree crop was large
and satisfactory.
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1t is not his stomach but Tarbellitis
that is keeping John D. Rockefeller
awake these nights.
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1t is estimated that New York pays
head waiter is an aristocratl
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The expressman's Christmas is chiefly
distinguished for its non-existence. 1t
does not crystalline untll a week after
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The bundle period is rounded up and
carry a package hereafter
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Money talked by the millions in 1896.
The plain citizen is outvoted or out
counted by dollars.
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Congress is taking holiday without
any dedeuction of pay.
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All Wall street operators threaten to
shoot Tom Lawson full of holes, but
they never cross the threat line
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The stockings of the Wall street mag
mates were filled yesterday with Lawson
revelations.
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The frenzied shopping is ended, and
the tired ones will take day off.
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New Englanders are true to New Eng
land in an academic sense. They decline
as a rule. however, to live in it. Its eli
mate is not balmy the year round.
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When Mrs. Chadwick closes a national
bank 1t stays closed. She is an expert
bank-closer.
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The sole surviving soldier Of the war
of 1872. Hiram Crook Of New York, is
nearing the end of his life. He was
born in 1900. and when he dies he is
to lie in state In the city hall, New York
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The octopus is under fire, and it begins
to show that 1t still has some sensitive
spots.
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An Iowa bank is to be built wholly of
glass in order to ensure publicity.
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Railroad Exhibits.

F. e. Resler travelling agent of the
land and Industrial department Of the
Southern railway, has just returned from
jackson, Miss. where he attended the
state fair at which the various raiiroaas
had excellent exhibits. In speaking OF
the matter yesterday he SAL;
The various railroad exhibits were
something remarkable They showed the
resources of Mississippi much greater ana
more varied than l had ever supposed
they were. and they served to bring
people to the fair from all over the
state. From 5000 to 5000 people passed
through the gates every day.
IF Alabama would solicit the aid of
the railroads in giving a fair annually,
l am sure that they would be able TO
put In some exhibits that would be as
good as could found anywhere IN the
country. They would show the resources
of the tsate as they have never been
shown before, and the agricultural and
farming exhibits would serve TO draw
hundreds of farmers to the fair
THE railroad exhibits of Mississippi at
JdchsoH were Hlucn DelleI lhHii - SsNs0
exhibit at ST. Louis. according to Gov
ernor Vardaman, who took special pains
at the fair to praise the railroads.
Christmas In the South.
This is the first time have ever eaten
Christmas dinner with the windows OF
the dining room open" said Henry John-
son of Maine, who has been spending a
few days in Birmingham en- route to
Shreveport.
THE weather today has been very
warm indeed, and fire was absolutely
uncomfortable l guess up at my home
today there is lots of snow, and over
coats and furs are essential. When
write home and tell them of Christmas
in the south they will hardly believe me
l guess This weather is fine
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Washlngton's swell clubhouse, the
Metropolitan, has been burned out and
Gen. corbin stands revindcated. 1t is
lmposglble to keep a good man down.
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T.
) 81 hear you tell Santa Claus to go
up to the Elks Christmas tree and to
bring all them boys nice things my
mamma wont let me go cause she say
she is to proud and | am scared | won't
get any thing my papa dident get
much money. l want q express and a
suite of close. l am years old and
don't forget | want some fireworks and
my sister wants a stove and tell him
am a good boy l go to the Sisters to
school my name is John - - -
but every body calls me Jack -.
! live on - street and Avenue -.
our house 524 don't forget that.
hope will get something much
oblige"
Well, he did get it. He got every
thing he asked for; and he got a note
saying that he didn't ask for as much
as his little sister was entitled to. She
got her stove and five pound box of
candy,
How much the man who got that
note loved to send the little fellow
and his sister what the little one asked
for, nobody but the man can know.
He is supposed to be a man of finance
and AFFAIRS single man, who knows
not home life. Yet this simple little
note from a child, that he knew not,
brought him a happiness in going TO
the shops and buying express wagons
and toy stoves that in the giving
brought him more genuine Christmas
content, pleasure and happiness than
the little ones got from receiving them.
There are hundreds of men in this
world, and this town, who would have
loved to have known how to have done
such good yesterday. The little fellow
who wrote that note, in his faith, did
a good work He brought happiness
to others as well as to himself, and to
the little sister who wanted stove.
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No Mormon practices polygamy who
does not want to- This is about all that
has been established in the Smoot inves-
tigation. In other words, the esteemed
apostles have not as yet made polysamy
compulsory.
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No communication win be published
without its authors name. Rejected
manuscripts will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
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L. H. Russ and J. H. Caffee are the
only authorized travelling representatives
of The Age-Herald IN its circulation de-
partment.