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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
No Deficit in the Treasury.

In the calendar year just ended the shortage" of the treasury department was tweaty-two million dollars-that is to say, the expenditures of the various departments exceeded the receipts by that amount. The receipts were less by eight millions only, and the differ ence arose over increased expendi- lures, chiefly in the navy department. Out of the accumulated surplus fifty millions were paid for the right of way of the Panama canal. This sum was drawn from the national bank deposi- tories
 Despite the deficit of the calendar year, there is still $240, 100000 iE the treasury subject to draft, and in this sum the gold reserve and the gold and silver coin held against outstanding certificates are not included. The treasury holds ia clear net cash, sub ject to warrants, 4O,000,000.
 And yet Speaker Cannon and Secre- tary Shaw say that in order to build big navy and improve the army no money should be spent this year in improving the rivers and harbors of the country, although the expenditures of previous years could in that way be rendered available.
 The subject is to be fought out in the two months of the present Con gross, and the combine formed against the rivers and harbors is very strong and very aggressive. Their cry for battleships is equalled by their fear Of deficits, and they propose to meet the one and avoid the other by giving the rivers and harbors a black eye. The game is the usual one. The navy and deficit on paper is today arrayed against the rivers and harbors. The truth is, there is money in the treas ury to meet both for we have $240, ,000 : coo of surplus money in the treasury. The men who are opposing a rivers and harbors bill are simply men who do not want one under any circum stances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
he Mule Market.

Notwithstanding the low price of cot ton. the people of east Alabama and west Georgia are buying large number of Tennessee mules, preparatory to planting large crops next year" said Frank Wal lace. we'll known man of West Point, Ga. last night.
 While the cotton market is lower than 1t has been in some time the far mers of our section of the country are buying more mules this year than in pre- vious years, notwithstanding the mule market is very high in prices. They are, however. holding their cotton. not find ing it necessary to sell their cotton to nay debts and buy mules"
 "West Point" continued MT. Wallace, lis rapidly becoming good mule mar ket It is easly accessible to four coun- ties of Alabama and three counties of Georgta and a number of farmers from these counties come to West Point to huv mules. There are several cars sold there every year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
Meats and Print Paper.

Attorney General Moody has begun suits against the paper trust and the beef trust. The packers of Chicago are confessedly engaged in conspir- ncy to monopolize the trade in fresh meats, and the General Paper company Is engaged in a similar conspiracy so far as interstate commerce in paper is concerned. The price of meats and paper have been advanced, and as both are necessaries of life the attor- oey general has concluded the time has come to apply to both of them the sherman and antitrust law
 It would be much better for the con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
FIremen,a Expnrlancn.

The article in The Age-Herald this morning about the fireman who went to one hre was certainly true to llfe." said capt VIII Walton of the fire depart meht last night. But his experiences are hardly as rich as those of another fireman who served just two days and has never come back to even resign,
 We needed a new man and put this fellow to work the Tuesday following Christmas, and his first fire was when those stores on Twentieth streeet burnt out early morning or two afterwards.
 The fellow caught the apparatus out of the house all right and saw him at the fire. We needed more hose in one of the buildings and I told him to pull up slack The hose was lying across the pavement and was calked with ice. He pulled the hose up all right. but that was the last time I ever saw him.
 T expected him to come back to the station the following morning and turn in his badge, but we have never seen hair nor hfde of him since that fire. It was all he wanted. His dreams of an easy time had faded away.
 We have any number of men to join and stay through one or two fires and then resign. It takes a man with plenty of nerve and ability to stand long and tiresome work to stay on the fire de- partment any length of time.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
COTTON CROP ESTIMATES
 WITHOUT REAL VALUE

to the close of the picking season. If after September 1, 1904 bad weather had set in; if rains had beaten the lint from the bolls and storms buried 1t in the mud end if these conditions had prevailed un- til the latter part of October-as has happened in the past and might easily have happened this time-ail the esti- mates and prognostications of experts would have gone for nothing The yield would have been less, perhaps much less than Il 0O0O00 bales, and the actual sales would have been at prices profitable to both the producer and the consumer. As 1t is, with successive prophecies upon which the gamblers could base a scheme of depression and with an outcome which realizes every evil forecast. the producers find themselves confronted by an organ ized enemy and are. for the moment, at the mercy of that serried antagonism.
 Meanwhile, as the Post has already shown, the cotton growers have their remedy Up-to-Date Farming very truly says that the government estimate need not affect the amount of the staple ae- tually in sight for sale If the crop amounted to 2O,OOO,0OO bales that fact need not reduce the market price to the point of ruin unless the producers choose to sacrifice it-and themselves. They cas still fix the prices. within reason, by the exercise of a little courage and self-re straint, and ordinary intelligence If thers really be a surplus over trade, why no hold 1t? All the chances are that the phenomenal conditions of 1904 will not be repeated In 1905, and even that possibil- ity can be forestalled by a systematicf reduction of the cotton acreage and a corresponding attention to the smoke house and the larder. Much better make 10, GOO, GOO to sell at 10 or Il cents pound than 12. oOo OOO or 14ooOOOO bales which will not bring more than or [
 But we quite agree with our Indian apolis contemporary in the opinion that the government should keep clear of the business of prophecy. Nothing beneficial to legitimate industry lies that way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
FROM MARK ANTHoNY's ADDRESS

By Shakespeare. Frineds Romans, countrymen. lend me your ears; come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them:. The good is oft inferred with their bones Sc let 1t be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you that Caesar was ambitious If 1t were so. 1t was grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answered fl. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest, (For Brutus is an honorable man, So are they all, all honorable men) Come l to speak in Caesars funeral He was my friend, faithful and just
 to me; But Brutus says he was ambitious And Brutus is an honorable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers
 fill:
 Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor hath cried. Caesar
 hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff; Yet Brutus says ne was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal l thrice presented him a klngly crown,
 
 ambition? Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious, And, sure, he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus
 spoke. But here I am to speak what I do know You all did love him once, not without
 cause What cause withholds you then to mourn
 for him? judgment. thou art fled to brutish
 beasts, And men have lost their reasonl-Bear
 with me; My heart is in the coffin there with
 Caesar, And I must pause till it comes back
 to me
 But yesterday, the word of Caesar
 might Have stood against the world now lies
 he there And none so poor to do him reverence. O masters, if I were disposed to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong. and Cassius wrong, Who, you all know. are honorable men; I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself,
 and you. Than I will wrong such honorable men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
IN MODERN JERUSALEM.
Miss A. Goodrich Freer author of Time Jerusalem

Miss A. Goodrich Freer, author of Inner
 Jerusalem
 Life in Jerusalem. is one of anomalies and an4chornisms. The street arab speaks three or four languages. Apart from the tour ists, who are representatives of half the nations of the world there are Jews. Mohammedans and Christians. The streets of Jerusalem are unspeakably filthy. One can buy anything one wants in the city. There are even French dressmakers who will follow out the latest Parisian fashion.
 Water Is scarce and mainly derived from cisterns. The rainfall averages only thirty or forty inches There is a trade in good water which comes from the village of Ain Karin, some three miles distant from Jerusalem. There is a most unpleasant wind-the sirocco- which Is fatal to vegetation, "exhausting to the nerves, irritating to the temper, parching the skin and ruinous to the hair and complexion" The dews are heavy Jerusalem has it's special diseases but the cure Is found in quinine.
 Insect pests are the mosquitoes, and most particularly the sand flies One may keep out the mosquito but the sand fly is at home everywhere. Clothing af- fords no protection. Files are over abundant. Winter is more pleasant than summer. Sometimes on a winter even ing fire Is necessary. After all, 1t Is a land of perpetual sunshine-the mean an- nual temperature being 63 degrees. With all its sacredness, Jerusalem Is described as topsyturvy land" In a holy place the native takes off his shoes and wears his hat. The men sport petticoats and the women expose their legs, while hid ing their faces. Carpets are hung on the walls and pictures on the ceiling. There is no apparent gratitude for in Arabic there is no word the equivalent of Thank you"
 Living is cheaP. A good cook can be had by the month for s6. Mutton Is worth from 8 to 10 cents pound, chick ems about 25 cents pair. Fruit is plen- tiful and reasonable. Considering the economy of living, the author expresses her surprise that so few English live Tn Jerusalem, their number being insignifi- cant when compared with the American residents" The population of the city is put down at 6O,o00 of whicl- 40,0O0 are Jews.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
From the Washineton poat

From the Washington Post,
 N/ONNE of the most sensible and prac- kgJ tical commens on the cotton sit
 tical comments on the cotton sit appears in an Indianapolis periodical call ed Up-to-Date Farming to the following effect:
 We do not antagonize the Depart ment of Agriculture. We think 1t one of the greatest of the governmental depart ments fraught with iInmeasurable pos abilities for good But a good thing may be done In bad way This Is not the first time government report has seriously disturbed trade and caused heavy losses on one side or the other of the market. Such a result ls unavoid- able under the present system of report Ing. The speculators on change have learned to watch for these reports and to base their bids upon them. From the time the seeds goes into the ground the government begins to complete It's re- ports, not based upon certainty, but np- on the opinions and observations of its widely scattered reporters Inc matter is too serious to justify guessworlk or prob abilities. A crop Is never certain, a yield is never known, until 1t is harvested and ready for the market. How much bet ter would it be If the department would cut out all of it's probability reports. and report only when the yield Is assured and the crop safe. The condition or proba bility reports can benefit none but those who employ their time from years end to years end in gambling upon the prices, and who care no more for the laborer in the fields than the hogs cares for the tree whose acorns it devours. We re spectfully call the attention of Secretary Wilson to these matters. and to the plan of the American Society of Equity"
 Here is the case in a nutshell. No one can tell with certainty the actual yield of any crop until 1t has been harvested and made ready for the marl.et. Interme- diate reports, therefore, can serve no useful or legitimate purpose. They fur nish a stimulus to gambling, and that is all As our Indiana contemporary says, the size of the crop cannot be estimated until the harvest is complete. The cotton crop this year has been very large, in- deed; but men could only guess at it up
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
ARTEMUS WARDS CAREER
 BRIEF BUT INTERESTING

Ward will wear pair of them this eve
 ming"
 "The East Side of Main Street.-The state house and things, postoffice also few years ago an enterprising Mormon started an opposition postoffice, and by selling Scent stamps for cents tried to run the regular office out of town. He is now a fiourishing outcast and owns oil wells in Pennsylvania"
 Brigham Young and His Wives-The pretty girls in Utah mostly marry
 Young.''
 One page of the programme is devoted to answers to correspondents, among which we find the following:
 Inquirer-'I am desirous of becoming Mormon; what shall I do frst?''
 First get good common sense and then you won't want to be a Mormon
 Having conquered his own country through his mirth of humor, his ambi- tion again took flight. This led him in 1887 abross the Atlantic to offer his wares |. to the people of the city of London. This, at that day, was far from being a hu- fnorous proceeding, but a decidedly se- rious matter, and many of his intimate friends, knowing the Inability of the aver age Englishman to take a joke, and per- haps mindful of his somewhat too con- vivial nature and delicate constitution, endeavored to persuade him to abandon the voyage. He however, persisted, and his reception can perhaps be best appre- ciated by quoting from a. letter written by Albion Chadbourne of London, for mer townsman, to Daniel Brown of wa terford, an upcle of Artemus.
 He says: 'I was especially interested in making his debut a success, and took with me a number of my friends with the view of encourag ging and applauding his efforts to please; but when we ar rived we found the hall so well filled that we could hardly obtain seats for our par ty. His reception was a grand ovation, and he soon found himself the lion of the day He was at once admitted to membership in the Club of Authors and Artists, and while in London spent many happy hours with It's members. But his public efforts and social requirements soon proved too great a strain for his delicate organization. He could not go the pace Illness overlook him, to which he soon succumbed. Thus passed away in the prime of life, mourned by a vast con- stituency upon both sides of the Atlantic, one who had done much to drive dull care away and smooth the wrinkled brow
 At his death his remains were brought from Southampton to London, and were removed to the house of MT. Willard one of the leading members of the club, where they lay in state until his burial. His funeral took place in the chapel at Ken sel Green, where all that was mortal of that sunny nature was laid in a tomb. Later the remains were brought to his old home and inferred in the beautiful cemetery at Waterford City, where monument has been erected to his mem ory by the family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

ped over in Birmingham yesterday on his way from Decatur to Tallapoosa, Ga., where he goes to make persons, who are lucky enough to hear him. have many hearty laugh.
 Mir Bingham is Yirginian by birth, a Philadelphian by adoption and a eosmo- poltan by taste, temperament and de- sign. Incidentally he's capital judge of what makes a good story.
 T see you've had my good friend. George Ades, The County Chairman here this week." said MT. Bingham last night at the Hillman, "and how did you like it7' An, Ade is fine. isn't he7 Do you know I think he's the prince of Amer ican humorists. Ade is what I call a human dry plate. There's certain quail ity in his wit that eludes definition. The element of surprise Is there but it's the least self-conscious surprise that ever ran out of a writer's pen. What he has al- ready given us Is capital, but I've an Idea around the margin of his possibilities. Too bad he's not well. We all pray he'll soon regain his health and strength"
 About Persons.
 A. L. Porter of sylacauga is at the Morris
 J. c. Hubbard of Frankfort, Ky, is at the Morris
 S. c. Stewart of Hartselle is at the Morris.
 W. c. Davis. the well known Jasper attorney is at the Morris.
 James B. Jones of Fayette. is at the Metropolitan.
 J. E. Baker of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan.
 A. D. Pitts of Selma, is at the Hillman. A. M. Moore of Atlanta, is at the Hill man.
 c. E. Roberts of New Haven is at the Hilman.
 John T. Ward of Nashville. is at the Colonial
 Azell B. Butler of Toledo, is at the Co., lonial.
 Joe Caldwell of Kansas City, is at the St Nicholas.
 s. D. Kyle of Memphis, is at the St. Nicholas.
 W. H. Miller of Atlanta, is at the St Nicholas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The more a crowd of women can talk the less they have to say.
 Most peoples strength of character is chiefly in their tongues.
 The men at the top of the ladder of success are so big they take up all the room.
 A girl is just as likely as not to mar " a man she doesn't love if some other girl is trying to.
 A woman never considers a sentimental song well given unless the singer has tears in his eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
Only Four Democratic" Presidents.

Four lifelong democrats were dining yesterday at the Hillman. Their talk had to do with politics. President Roose- velt's name was mentioned.
 T see," said No. l. that MT Bryan in his Memphis speech said that Mr. Roosevelt. if he keeps up his fight against the trusts will be one of the greatest Presidents this country ever had.
 Hes already that" said No. ?.
 q claim," said No 3, that we haven't had but four democratic Presidents since the governme vas founded"
 "who are ?" asked No. l.
 Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln and Roose- welt" said No, 3.
 Shaker said No. 4, extending his hand across the table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
HIGH LINKS IN FLORENCE.

From the Florence Times.
 Duncan Glark's Female Minstrels. a Pullman car full of pretty girls" and high kickers, exhibited themselves at the Florence opera house on Thursday night of last week. The spectators in the the bald-headed row had no kick coming so they say
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
Street Dust.

.'l am glad to see that the Age-Herad has taken up the matter of dust on the streets at night" said a prominent Sec ond avenue merchant yesterday. 'It is q shame that the merchants have to put up with those immense clouds of dust that float into the stores at nights on account of the street sweeping department not sprinkling the streets
 Saturday night we had no little dress goods injured by the dust which literally poured in the doors everytime they were opened. People were kept away from the stores by the dust and it was fierce on the health of the people.
 "They may put up an excuse that the water would have frozen had it been sprinkled on the streets before they were swept, but that is foolish, as the sprink- lers could be run a few feet In front of the sweepers and the water would cer- tainly not freeze for fifteen minutes.
 "I heard a prominent man say today that one or two of the men in charge should be tied to telegraph pole and the sweepers ought to be run around them for fifteen minutes so they could see what people have to suffer frequently It would do them a great deal of good and we would never have any more trouble with dust.
 "I heard more complaints Saturday night that l have ever heard before. It seems that everyone who went to the theatres had a taste of the dust, and 1t did them no good. l even heard outsiders complaining that it was the worst thing they had ever seen in a city of any size or which claimed to be well conducted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

From the Gadsden Times-News
 Birminghams aldermen are not to be allowed to ride on street car passes. Bir- mingham is going to get good with a vengeance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

When Japan Cives up Port Arthur the second time at the comma9A of combine of western robber footing nations, she will cease to know herself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

David B. Hill has retired, but those close to him say that he has not fully conquered the habit of putting his ear close to the ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

Medicine Hat counts that day lost in which blizzard is not begun and started eastward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

This country is now expected to digest 125,000000 pounds of California prunes. Will the ealifornians never reform?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

Fishing vessels on Dogger bank are be- ginning to anticipate the return of the Baltic fleet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

The system is trying to ignore Tom Lawson, but he is man that is not easily ignored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

Some think that Dave R. Hill may not have retired from politics but all feel sure that Alton B. Parker has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

The Baltic fleet is safe in Madagascar, which belongs to Me Too" France, but it is safe nowhere else in the far east
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

Pennypacker is advancing. After sup poses to suppress the rest of the paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

The blizzard in New York and Boston found both cities supplied with transpor- tation cellars or subways.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

Gov Lafollette twill keep tho pompa- dour in public life at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

This is in the effete east the coupon cutting season, and some whole families spend their evenings at it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

The cost of living and love are not working together in the same harness in these days of Dingleyism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

The semicolon agitation is still a live issue in Boston, and no one seems to be able to solve it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

The new year was opened with n bang and shouts of banzal at Port Arthur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

Marie Corelli feels that Shakespeare would reciprocate if he were here in this world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

T. w. Lawson and II. II. Rogers are the best free advertisers this country has eyer known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
George Ade's Wit.

Ralph Bingham. humorist. reconteur, enicure and all round good fellow, stop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

The freedom of the press and Penny packers innate littleness are inoompat- ible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

The water wagon is not overloaded with New Years recruits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

stoessel may be good general. but Nogi is a better one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09

A cypress, not a bosom, Hides my poor heart. Twelfth Night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-09
ERA OF REFORM.

Russia is Russianlzing Madagascar