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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
Mrs. Rogers Impending Execution.

Governor Bell of Vermont has de- clared so many times that he will not stay the course of the law in Mrs. Rogers case 1t may be accepted az final that she will be hanged tomor- row. The subject has long been a mart of Vermont politics, and discus sions of a semi-socal nature have been freely poured out over it. All endeavors to prevent the execution of inc unfortunate but guilty woman have proyen insufficient, and no doubt she will be hanged in due course of law.
 And yet there seems to be no espe- eial reason why commutation or her punishment to life Imprisonment would not be a satisfactory solution of the problem. The object of all legal pun ishments is not individualistic at all-- its sole public object is to prevent an other crime. of a like nature. It is considered necessary to hang from time to time men In order to keep other men from becoming red-handed but no one will claim that the hanging of Mrs. Rogers is needed in order to keen Vermont women from extermi hating their husbands. Vermont was almost one of the original thirteen states and vet no woman has ever been hanged in it. Nor is there need of an example of that nature there now.
 Mrs. Rogers will be hanged partly because she is guilty of murder, but partly because her rank in the social scale is low and partly because the state has stiff-necked governor While they are swinging up the poor woman Lawyer Patrick is devisine new appeals. and his execution Is ap parently distant and uncertain. Why he should go unhung while Mrs. Rog CTS goes to the gallows is altogether beyond elucidation, except that the American system of appeals in crimi nal cases means. as rule, long life for one end of society. while the other end is hurried to the scaffold. They do such things better in England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
lmmjoration in the Message.

President Roosevelt stands on The Age.Herald's immigration platform, for he says: We need more of such im. migration for the south, and special effort should be made to seenre IL. Perhaps it would be possible to limit the number of immigrants allowed to come in any one year to New York and other northern cities, while leay- ing unlimited the number allowed to come to the south"
 The Chattanooga convention decid. ed to invite Italians to come to the south. and all that is needed to conl- plete the plan and give the south all the children of Sunny Italy that 1t can place is an adoption of the plan out lined by the President in his message.
 The Age-Herald has stood almost alone in urging the turning of the ltal- ian tide to New Orleans and Calves ton. or possibly in part to Savannah. The government has full power over arriving immigrants. It can say when, where and how they shall be landed, or il can shut them out altogether, as it already has done in the case Of the Chinese. It can say that all Italians shall be landed in New Orleans, and this is precisely what 1t should do. "As much as possible says President { Roosevelt. "should be done to distrib' ute the immigrants upon the land and keep them away from the congested tenement house district of the great cities" Land them, then, in the south where cheap lands are open to them where one-third of the area is untitled and unoccupied.
 Let Congress study the situation and above all else let them view the question free from influences brought to bear by the esteemed steamship lobby. President Roosevelt has got the immigration SOW by the right ear The Italians will never be placed wnere they can grow ten-cent cotton while they are landed thousand miles from the fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
Kids in CannreSS.

Out of 3s1 members of the House eishty-nine are kids, if not in years at least fYl service. One-quarter ol that body consists of statesmen just matched, while three-quarters are har dened men of affairs-men, that is to say, who have become accustomed tu the manner of the national capital
 In the Senate the proportion of kids is less-thirteen out of ninety. or one in six. instead of one in four. One of the senatorial kids is Governor LaFol. lette. and he had served in the House For that matter, one of the House kids Is General Keller of Ohio. wha was Speaker of the House about twen ty-fve years ago.
 But every new Congress brings al infusion of new blood. Men fresh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
Maoazine Work,

"I believe that there will soon be a swing of the pendulum in magazine work" said William Morrow, associate editor and treasurer of the American Mag azine, the new name for Leslie's Month ly, who was in Birmingham yesterday.
 T think that the magazines will return to the former style of using high-class memoirs, biographies and a similar class of reading matter, and discontinue to a large extent the fraud disclosures such as are now occupying so much space in the newspapers.
 "The pendulum has swung about as far as 1t will in regard to sensational expos ures of various kinds, and of course the reaction Is bound to come. l think we will, go back to the same general style as was used by the magazines a number of years ago.
 "rhe growth of the magazine in the past few years has been nothing short of marvellous. Their subscription lists have jumped in to the hundreds of thousands and the advertising space has also ma terially increased
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
MAN WHO COMPILED THE
 FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS'

brain workers to a telling phrase and correcting 8 treacherous recollection which reproduced only a blurred image of the phrase sought. But the great service of the. anthologists has been to give us glinpses of literary remains which elsewise had perished from the record Through their excerpts, and through them alone, the bulk Of Greek literature has come down to us. Thus we get practically all we know of Greek comedy outside of Aristophanes The immortality of some hundreds of classic poets and dramatists has been confided utterly to these patient, deving men with the gem collectors sense of a good thing
 The grave digger in Hamlet" makes out good case for his own estate IS after all the most important in the range of human interests. AS much may be said for John Bartlett and his American and English forbears and compeers. Even now there are poets of our speech known only by virtue of being embrlrned in these collections-men of one good saying, as for example, Crashaw, author of the well known line, "The conscious water saw its God and blushed' Every generation does over the work of it's pre- decessors, appropriates their thought, re- duces the bulk of their achievement which has continued pertinent. The llt- erature of other ages must itself answer the publishers question, Does 1t pay to print tor reprint this?" Perhaps gen. erations as far removed from us as we from Meleager shall know Poe only by the line "Quoth the raven, Nevermore," Longfellow perhaps by the couplet
 Silently one by one in the infinite mead
 ows of heaven
 Blossomed the lovely stars the forget
 me-nots of the angels,
 set down in the pages of some fortieth century John Bartlett.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
Tariff Revision Sidetrackad.

President Roosevelt as we see him and read him today is not by any means the Theodore Roosevelt who waxed indignant at Minneapolis over tariff schedules. He is not even the man who discussed in recent messages tariff revision. He is fond of quoting opinions put on paper by himself, but he has no space in which to print pre- yious outgivngs on that subject.
 What he says about the tariff Is neither impulsive nor impressive. II is not a bit Rooseveltian. It is imma- teral. It is just about nothing in real ity. being but brief homily on the importance of keeping receipts anu expenditures within gunshot of each other.
 But when rate regulation and cor. poration supervision are discussed Ill the annual message the President IS adroit and insistent. He aims to concilate while he holds firmly to views that are at any rate far-reach, ing. if not revolutionary No other subject is discussed therein so elabor- ately and earnestly. It is in fact a message devoted to railroads and cor porations, the other subjects coming in as filters in accordance with long established custom.
 The entire message bears out the current reports that tariff revision Is to be postponed to more convenient season-probably to the Sixtieth Con eress. Right of way seems to be granted to rate regulation provided tariff revision be ignored. The tariff benefciaries have outbidden and out classed the railroads. The tariff corrupt and tyrannous, and that is saying a good deal. The bargain seems to have been struck, for even Senator Elkins, who is deeply inter. ested in railroads, accepts and will support the Presidents railroad rate plan.
 This is to be ralroad-rate Con- eress, and the President no doubt flat ters himself that the next Congress will be devoted to tariff revision, but when the Sixtieth Congress is con vAned the sands of President Roose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
ApE KNOWS THE WORST NOW.

From the New York Sun.
 The American Dramatists' club cele- brated the past present and future of the American drama Sunday night by means of dinner at Delmonico's Bron- son Howard presided. In calling upon George Ade for a speech, he said:
 .There was something uncanny about our guest of last year. He had never had failure. He has had a failure at last, though, and now, thank God, he is one of us. We extend to him the hand of fellowship. Tell us how you like It., MT Ade.'
 George Ade grinned. Since last year. he said q have had some new lights on the verse; Sweet are the uses of adVer sity,' and on Emerson's assay, com pensation.' If l had not scored iaiiure I don't think l should ever have fouhu the charms of Sixth avenue. There are compensations. too Fewer letters from managers to answer and the country has new charm.
 "The first man l met rom ihuisp'a when I left there. and I left on the nrst train. asked me Was your last play badq Pretty bad I said Well, II must have been bad, If you say so, said ne. but how did they ever get on to 1t In New Yorlse' For week after play fails author and manager are busy framing ex- plantations as to why the play failed. They never give the true reason. To one friend | remarked: At all events, no American humorise has ever succeeded in writing a play. Mark Twain and Bill Nve both failed By George, said my friend, this failure of yours may prove you are an American humorist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
Swan Players.

mutiny men," said an old fan last night Such being fact, why does not Vaughan trade them off for one or two good men. Other teams in the league would be glad to have Hafford, Moore Hennessey and Miller. Delahanty is out of the question as I believe the lad will make good in the big league. Ragan has repented and squared himself with Bir- mngham and the people. l would pass the other four up for one or two good men, The quartette are good ball play CTS, but will never do for this city, inas- much as the people do not like them Get players for them is my slogan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
About Persons.

w. w. Simmons of Athens is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 w. T. Burrough and H. B. McNarr. two well known business men of Norfolk Va, are spending a few days at the St. Nicho- las hotel.
 registered at the Hillman.
 J. J. O'Connor of Franklin, Tenn, is a guest at the Hillman.
 William Fowler arrived last night from Chattanooga and is registered al the Mor- ris hotel.
 A. F. Serville of Belle Ellen is stop- ping at the Morris hotel.
 A. II. Avery of Shelby is registered at the Morris hotel.
 J. P. McCuen. a well known railroad man of Ludlow, Ky, is guest at the Hotel Hillman.
 P. B. Martin. a well known citizen of Montgomery. is at the Morris.
 pr George w. Randall of Blocton was resistered at the Morris hotel last night.
 E. H. Gill of Chattanooga is at the St Nicholas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
Fire Losses.

More care should be taken in the n- stallation of heating apparatus in resi- denees," said a well known insurance man. Many fires originate from defective installation of furnaces
 Fire losses would be greatly minimzed if average intelligence were combined with proper care in wiring buildings In the construction of fiues and in the install lation of hot air devices. This whole question of fire losses Is of the utmost importance. It effects insurance rates and likewise the city's general standing from an insurance point of view"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
oeorqla Railroad Commission,

Atlanta. December 6.--The Georgia rail- road commission will meet here tomor- row for an important session. Certain rate questions will be considered. It Is expected on Friday, President Samuel Spencer of the Southern railway and Major J. F. Hanson. president of the Central of Georgia railway will appear as witnesses before the commission to testi- fly upon the subject of the ownership ol the capital stock of the Central
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
From the New York Sun.

~I oHN BARTLETT author of f0n "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. D O who has just died at Cambridge at the age of seventy-five. is the distin- guished American successor of a venera- be line. The instinct to burrow, com pile and stow away for future reference the good things of all ages of literature had it's exemplar at least as far back as the fifth century before Christ when Con- In the range of titles chosen for the familiar quotations" of the ages there has been very much of someness.
 The earliest Greek collection, that of Meleager made in the year 80 B. C., was called 'The Garland" The generic name of Anthology" or Bouquet of Flowers" was first given to collection made in the second century of our era by Diogenianus Heracleota. The two best known Arabic authologies, one near ly a thousand years old. are the Book of Songs," and Pearl of the World" Among the Turkish anthologies are "The Eight Paradises" and "The Blossoms of Poetry" India has Rose Garden of Ibrahim" "Divan of the World Gar land of Pleasure, and Garland of De- lights" The Sanskrit literature presents the Ear Nectar of Good Sayings" and the Series of Good Words Japan has "Anthologies of the One and Twenty Reigns' and ''One Hundred Potes, One Verse;
 No great man, we suppose. ever made such a compilation-that has been left for what Holmes calls "second story in- teIlects" men of erudition and industry but their work has been the mirror Of greatness, as we'll as the storehouse of genius. Incidentally these collec|ons have been invaluable in helping busy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
IN HOTEL. LOBgIEs
Killing Frosts.

New Orleans and all the rest of the low country" said the weather observer yesterday, has had a killing frost anu that is not all the good the cold snap dld, by any means.
 The farmers utilized it to kill and hang up along the railroads large numnef of hogs. Much meat was saved and cured during the cold spell It was sood thing. and the timely appearance Of frost throughout the coast districts and in the Delta country has rendered assur- ance against yellow fever douby sure.
 Tt does the country good to have kill ing frosts in December and all are health fer because of 1t. It destroys germs and vegetation, and it does no harm in any direction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
KERCHEWi


 Lots of people sneezing.
 Others have a cough;
 Grip and influenza
 Taking victims off;
 Sore throat and pneumonia
 Seem to hold the fort;
 Everybodys blowing
 Noses with snort. Ere long five words will tell the story of many tragedies throughout the snow belt. They are: 'The ice gave way" A man in Omaha called the tax title king" wears a suit that cost him s1.35 day, spends ten cents day for food and is reputed to be worth $1 ,0O0,0O0 He saved up enough tobacco tags to get a sewing machine from a tobacco company but when he delivered the tags he found that express charges on the machine would be more than it was worth. Somehow. We are glad.
 The accident to the Charing Cross sta- tion in London recalls a. familiar name to booklovers. It is almost impossible for an Englishman to write story of contemporaneous life in London without
 
 Young Buffalo King of the Wild West" is a meodrama offering. The gallery gods are for it.
 While Representative Loudenslager of New Jersey does not possess a euphon- ious name, his proposition to increase the vice presidents salary to $25,o00 a year must fall pleasantly on the ear of Warren K. Fairbanks of Indiana.
 A PROBLEM. Straight the ships are sailing and The powers do not swerve. Everybody's wondering where
 The sultan gets his nerve An Ohio farm hand who fell heir to S59,000 continued to husk corn as if noth- ing had happened but he will soon buy few automobiles and get in among the real people. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
THE AMENpE HONORABLE.

From a Niagara Falls Newspaper.
 In translating the letter left behind by the suicide Eric Anderson. the young Swedish man who went over the falls on November 16, the phrase, We shall meet on the other side of the grave with salt ham," was used. This was an er- TOT. The sentence read, We shall meet on the other side of the grave in that blessed land" The words, salt ham" appeared in the letter but they mean in the Swedish language the equivalent of blessed or joyous land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
OLD DAYS IN ENGLAND.

From the London Daily News
 MT Glover tells terrible tales of the old protection days. "I have seen twenty men, he told me, "yoked like oxen to a wagon and bringing load of coal seven miles from Leicester all for few loaves of bread"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Charlotte Observer: In connection with It's regular issue of Sunday the Brmlng- ham Age-Herald published it's annual in- dustrial review. consisting of twenty-four pages in magazine form. The phenomenal prosperity enjoyed by the southern iron and steel center is set forth in most con vincing form, and the statement that "at no time in it's career have business coll ditions been so buoyant as now IS in- deed gratifying.
 Pensacola Jaurnal The Birmingham Age-Herald on Sunday last issued it's an nual industrial review of Birmingham and vicinity, which is one of the most com prehenslve and complete trade editions reaching the Journals exchange table from any section of the south. The great strides made by the Pittsburg of the south during recent years is source of wonder. and it is a pleasure to note that The Age Herald itself Is keeping right in the front ranks of the procession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

1 HERE is something deeply pathet-
 ing his brief, merry life he has frisked and gamboled while people laugh ed at his coneeits and the old world spun sedately around. It was not characteristic of him to look forward Into the future. He carefully avoided all that was sad and when troubles came into his life he shook them off with a fresh tumble that brought rounds of applause. To him life was a joke, death it's dark conclusion. As the years passed he grew older and less active; he began, in the parlance of his profession, to lose out" His jests were no longer received with acclaim, his sprightliness was gone and his admirers cheered new favorites. It is true that death came as a welcome release. but to see him lying there. so cold and stiff, the face that once wore smiles and grimaces in 1eetng succession fixed and immova- ble, the cerements of the grave displac- ing his motley, one cannot refrain from dropping tear for the poor jester who dies like a butterfly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
AT CARDS FOR KISSES.

By John Lyly.
 Cupid and my Campaspe played At cards for l<lsses-Cupid paid. He stakes his auiver bow and arrows. His mothers doves and team of sparrows, Loses them. too. Then down he throws The coral of his lip. the rose Growing on s cheek tbut none knows
 howl,
 With these the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes; Sine won, and Cupid bind' did rise. 0 I.ove has she done tnis to tness what shall alas. become of mel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

Murphy has no faith in the secrecy of the telephone booths at Mount Clemens and when he uses the long distance telephone he has other guests kept at a distance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
Impressed Him.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 "Blank has just been showing me hls new auto Fine machine. isn't it?.
 ..yes. What do you think is its strong est feature?"
 "Ths odor.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The German Emperor owns elgh' touring cars but he cannot scorch ill all eight all of the time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

Holy gee! MT. Brandagee of Con necticut will give the punsters sohe thing to talk about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

Mems legs and necks are increasing In length. The former is we'll under stood, but no key has been furnished for the latter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

Sultan Abdul Hamid has alighted from his high horse, and is now eat ing humble pie out of the hands of Il ( powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The resignation of Senator Depew has not yet reached Governor Higgins hands in Albany. It would not be re- iected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The winter climate of Paris seems to be excellently adapted to the ail- ments of Tony Hamilton of the New York Life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

Colorado sends golden heart tt president Roosevelt. He seems to have been a successful suitor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

Nat Goodwin wants to know why he cant step on a play with a false bottom once in while, as other stars do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The trouble is football would not produce gate receipts II the pru'aii's were taken out of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

From the way the canal commis- sion bollers for money 1t must think I1ncle Sam is Santa Claus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The American hen is again asserting her superiority to the turkey, although the latter has big week a-coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The Russian revolutionists showed the results of French teaching when they issued manifesto against God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

Anthony Michalek is the first man of Bohemian blood to be elected to Congress. He has no precedent to follow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The college athletes are now, alas, only common grinding students. The hero business will not bob up again until next fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

peonle who said Pat Grove would never be brought to triai can no" see him being tried
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

President Roosevelt did not lose sight of football reform in the ex- citement attending the opening of Con oreSs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

John Bartlett, who furnished ready made quotations to lazy men, IS oeaa at the ripe age of To,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

North Carolina is still stirred up over the question of whether the Giiii- lands are white people or negroes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

Lawson says that there are ten non est men in Wall street. few peieYeo there were so many.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The greatest single production or ,he year 1905 is undoubtedly the Rock efeller wig.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

Mark Twain stands by himself as an international figure in literature. May he live long and prosper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The Pennsylvania railroad has cul off all passes, and IS very Ehsiish you know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The Kaiser's physician is dead. rh' Kaiser managed to outlive him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The smallest state furnishes the big gest boss-Senator Aldrich, who runs the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

The railroads are pushe to move .prosperity's Christmas goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

Some grafters go to jail while some eo to the Senate when 1t meets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07

As to insurance men, few resign and lone restitute.