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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
A GOOD IDEA.

From the Gadsden Journal.
 That was a good idea presented by MT. Rufus N. Rhodes the other day in his address at the banquet rendered the Southern railway officials and party when he suggested that the railroads entering the new station take Vulcan from Red mountain and erect him at the entrance to the new depot grounds. This would be an eminently proper place for the statue, and the railroads should be glad of the opportunity to secure the iron man for this purpose. The sum necessary for his erection could not be better applied by the railroad companies, and as a unique and permanent adornment of the grounds old Vulcan would certainly "be there with the goods" Not only Birming- ham, but the people of the entire state are interested in the iron mans fate and we feel sure that no small act on the part of the railroads would meet with more universal appreciation than, for them to carry out the suggestion of MT. Rhodes and put Vulcan on his feet once more in a place where millions will see him in the years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
lmmiqration for tho South.

The Chattanooga convention decided to invite all white immigrants to come to this section of the country, the only exception being paupers and criminals. No line was drawn against the Slav, the Italian or the Syrian. All are well come to the south who will take hold of the tasks in hand. and show desire to become American citizens.
 The tendency of the Italians to &C., cept the invitation of the south has been checked this season by the out break of yellow fever at New Orleans, but this sporadic drawback will be speedily overcome. The Italian minis ter at Washington stands ready to ex- plain the improbability of another out break of the fever in the south, and perhaps even In the course of next year the tide of immigration can be turned this way.
 One thing is sure-the northern cities no longer desire more immi- grants, and the south does want more white people. What the north does not want the south does want, and all that Is needed to bring about change is patient effort.
 If Congress should decree that all Italian immigrants should be larded at New Orleans or other gulf ports. the problem would be simplified and quick. ly worked out. Congress possesses full power in the premises, and all that stands in the way is commercial oppo- sition of few steamship lines. The steamship lines should not be prefer red to the general good of the country. Congress can in one short measure i'll the waste places in the south with Italians. thereby relieving the con gested northern cities, and this would be done if the steamship magnates would stay away from Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
Grand Opera,

"The Savage Grand English Opera com- pany will be the attraction at the Jeffer- son theatre during Christmas week." said musician, "and I understand it will give two performances-one in the afternoon and one at night. This companys roper tory for the season of 1905-'06 consists of Valkyrie. Lohengrin, Tannhauser. Rigo- letto, Aida. La Boheme and Faust. These are all beautiful operas. If two are pre- sented here, I am inclined to think that Rigoletto and Lohengrin would prove the most popular works Rigoletto belongs to the old Italian school of tuneful opera sweet airs predominating. And as for Lohengrin everybody Is familiar with the music and every one is charmed by it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
Production and Prosperity.

The year 1905 is nearing It's closing month, and it's productive record Is nearly made up. From the start it has been a year of activity, and 1t will go out prosperous in an exceptional de- gree.
 This Is primarily due to the wonder full crops produced from the soil. To 11,0o0, ,0OO bales of cotton has been added 2,70S.ooo. 900 bushels of corn, 6s3,- OOO,0O0 bushels of wheat, 939, 9,000,000 bushels of oats, 30,000,000 bushels of rye, 133, ,0u0, ,0O0 bushels of barley, 261,- O0o,0oO bushels of potatoes. 16,000.0 bushels of buckwheat. and 61,000,00O tons of hay. Except those relating to the cotton crops, all of the foregoing figures are taken from the latest report of the department of agriculture.
 The all-important corn crop-import- ant to man as we'll as to beast--is by far the greatest ever grown. No pre- yious crop approached it except that of 1882, which aggregated 2,523, 100000 bushels. The four great surplus corn states are in order Illinois, Iowa, Ne braska and Missouri.
 Plenty of corn means in the long run plenty of meats, and when cereals and meats are abundant the farmers have money and prosperity becomes gen eral. The estimated value of the out put of the farms this year is s6,6a6,- GOO 900. a gain of something over a billion dollars over 1904, the best pre- vious year in the history of American farms.
 Record breaking is feature of the year in all directions. More iron will be made this year by fully 4,o00,0o0 tons than the furnaces bad before turned out in a calendar year. and the coal output will exceed that of 1901, although the latter was carried to the tremendous aggregate of 351,000. 900 tons. Our exports and imports will show great gains. and railway tonnage b about to create new and wonderful record. The railroads are in fact un- able to handle the immense volume of trsfic that the country is pressing bpon them. The country in short is b1diug . glorious wave of prosperity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
SUMMER noARDERs A MENACE

From County Life in America.
 New Hampshire Is making extraordi- nary efforts to attract summer boarders and summer residents. It looks like quick and easy solution of her p.ooiom' But I attack the summer boarder and summer resident as being economically hurtful to the state because:
 i. He creates an abnormal demand in July and August rather than a steady twelve e-months-a-year demand.
 g. If a mere border. he uses up the time of the farmer in driving him around during the two most important fatming months of the year-time that would he worth more at the end of the year than the immediate returns of livery money.
 B. If a summer resident, he locks up the land, using 1t as part of the place in- stead of for productive farming.
 4 Whether boarder or resident his al- legged spending of money in the state Is largely money that is spent In unpioduc- tive ways or goes outside the state. B. The summer resident raises ths wages and shortens the hours of the lazy ear,n- ing help at the expense of the ia. ners themselves Certain summer resid an.s of Peterboro have increased farm wages from s1 .5O to s1.75 and have given good night at 5 p. m. This has made life hard for the legitimate all-the-year farmers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
NO RACE PROBLEM HERE.

From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
 TWO prominent Columbus ladies were seen yesterday proceeding to the negro cemetery each bearing an armful of beau titui flowers. Some time ago an old col- ored woman who had been a servant to them at times, and who had been a close and faithful friend to the family during all her humble but useful career passed away, and since then they have placed flowers on her grave at regular intervals It is beautiful incident and illustrates the tender relations existing between southern people and the faithful old ne- groes of the ante-bellum type.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
IN HOTEL. LoBBIEs
An Attractive Eeature.

'The Little Memo feature of Sundays Age-Herald ranks second only to Buster Brown in the comic supplement" said the father of several little children yester- day.
 The comic pictures carry with them an impressive lesson and at the same time amuse the children immensely. They nave all had similar dreams and experiences with 'slumberland' and for this reason Little Memo Is especially attractive to them. Every Sunday morning my nt,ie fellows race for the paper to see what little Memo ate this time.
 "A reminder of little Nemo's trou- bles will stop the children from eating imprudently at bed time l hope the artist will not exhaust his supply of Memo ex- periences for some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

people, and no little time will be con sumed before success Is fully achieved. The Japanese were, however. success ful in the work of reorg anizinS For mosa, and no doubt in the course Of ten years they will accomplish a great deal in Corea
 The Coreans have slight powers Of resistance, and whatever Japan de- mands will be readily granted, and the Emperor at Tokio has pretty much abandoned the pretense of considering his brother in Seoul a real sovereign, and he should above all else put an end to the footing of Corean farmers by petty officials. The new treaty shows that Japan Is rapidly taking hold of Corea, and perhaps in the course of single year order and jus tice will he established tAe,e. Japan must do 1t, for the Coreans are either dishonest or incapable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
ALABAMA PRESS

Tallassee Tri-County Weekly: The au- thor of that populist endorsement for President Roosevelt has not been discov- cred but the railroads are suspected.
 Mobile Herald: It seems that the Philip pines, protected from the trusts, haven't even been fiirted with by the independent capital. Nobody wants what the trusts don't
 Tuscumbia North Alabanian: f the elections last week were a rebuke to ring, or machine rule. isn't it about time for Alabamas slate makers to. have that "shaky feeling?'
 Talladega Reporter: No wouldn't it be awfully nice if Mir. Conner and Dr. Gun ningham would each agree to appoint tile other to the senate, in case of vacancy? That would beat straight life insurance!
 Sheffield Standard: A movement Is ,n foot to consolidate, under one municipal government. the towns of Old Decatur and New Decatur. We believe the time is not far off when Sheffield and Tuscum- bia will be one city.
 Eutaw whig and Observer: Mir. shonts of the Panama canal board at recent address in Washington said: we will dig the canal" In this case the ma- 1ority of the people are from Missouri. They would rather be showed" than told.
 Andalusia New Era: The election Is god ways off, but Cunningham and Conner like the proverbial busy bee. are i'm good ways off, but Cunningham and Conner strong talk of a third man entering the contest, If so an interesting three-cornered fight may be expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

@ HE Thursday evening conferences \0 of the Federation of Churches
 and of the parish clubs of the Episcopal church especially, were inter- esting as demonstrations of these churches of sensitiveness produced by recent exposures of moral obliquity and even turpitude on the part of men con- spicuous in their communions. or, at least. notable attendants on their serv- ices and listeners to their moral and re- ligious exhortations.
 When church vestrymen and occupiers of costly and conspicuous pews in the largest churches and liberal contributors to the support of the religious and philan- thropic agencies of the parishes are ex- posed as false trustees of corporations, whose rightful home Is in Sing Sing rath- CT than in palaces of luxury. the church is sure to be brought under popular crit icism, which is likely to descend to some- thing like contempt. This has been the continued exhibition ever since the be- ginning of the investigation of the in- surance corporation. Almost every one of the men whose names have become in the public mind the synonyms of treachery to one of the most solemn trusts which can be committed to man or assumed by him is directly or indi- rectly connected with church. ana among the more fragrant examples or such moral obliquity are men OF promi- hence in church circles.
 The life insurance business was largely started as a sort of religious institution It made It's appeal to the pious sentiment of unselhsh regard for the widow and or nhan. Generally the insured himself de- rived no advantage from it. The insur- ance for which he sacrificed himself to pay the premiums was to be paid only after his own death. He planted that others might reap
 Accordingly one of the greatest life in- surance companies was organized in a church. and clerical family presided at it's initiation and was afterward promi- nent in its management In the early days of life insurance religious mission aries, acting as agents for 1t. would preach sermons on the obligation of the Christian to look after those of his own household as preliminary to directly so- liciting 'business." The religious papers were used largely as mediums for its ad- vertisement, and frequently they gave to it support in special departments de- voted to the subject.
 Experience has demonstrated. however that the self-sacrifice imposed by life in- surance has not been exercised by the managers of the companies organized to exhort people to such pious unselhshness They get very rich. They become mag mates in the world of finance, and. as the exposu<es in the insurance investigation have proved. some of them misused their solemn trust for their pecuniary advant- age, in a spirit of greed for which they had no excuse in a need of money.
 That is there has been very much hypocrisy in life insurance management. A purely money-making enterprise has been represented as primarily religious and philanthropic In its purpose. This hypocrisy involved the necessity of per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE
By Thomas Moore.


 Go where glory waits thee. But, while fame elates thee, Oh still remember me. When the praise thou meetest To thine ear is sweetest,
 Oh then remember me. Other arms may press thee. Dearer friends caress thee, All the joys that bless thee Sweeter far may be; But when friends arc nearest, And when joys are dearest, Oh then remember me. When at eve thou rovest, By the star that lowest,
 Oh then remember me. Think. when home returning. Bright we've seen 1t burning: Oh! thus remember me. Oft as summer closes, When thine eye reposes On its lingering roses
 Once SO loved by thee, Think of her who wovc them. Her who made thee love them, Oh then remember me. When, around thee dying. Autumn leaves are lying,
 Oh! then remember me. And. at night, when gazing On the gay hearth blazing Oh. still remember me. Then. should music, stealing. All the soul of feeling. To thy heart appealing.
 Draw one tear from thee; Then let memory bring thee, Strains l used to sing thaos Oh! then Femomboe -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
FIRST "MARsEILLAIsE" IN RUSSIA

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
 President Faure stepped on the narrow gangway, the Czar close behind him. but the Czar halted moment to speak to an officer, and so the French President pre- ceded him by few yards. raising his hat as he stepped on Russian soil to the sa- lutes of all around. Together they halt ed before the guard of honor, walked down the lines. and then, as the guard marched past, President Faure held his hat in hand, saluting them as their flag was borne past. the bands playing the "Marseillaise." How the revolutionary hymn thrilled one to hear 1t on Russian soil, In the presence of the Russian Czar and all the Grand Dukes and autocratic power of Russia.
 I could not resist muttering. very. very quietly to an English friend: "A danger ous thing to let that air be played in Russia
 And now. just eight years only after that first time of being heard on Russian earth, the "Marseillaise'' is being played in earnest all over Russia, and the autoc- racy is tumbling before the power of the people,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
WALL STREET SHOCKED.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The attempt of the southern planters to get a fair price for their cotton is looked upon with horror by the bear spec ulators of Wall street. They have prof ited at the expense of the planter so long that the present movement is regarded as iconoclastic in the extreme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It would be awfully easy to be good if nobody wanted you to.
 A woman can always be comfortable on a couch If she can get enough uncom- fcrtable cushions on 1t.
 You can always generally tell whether a. girls fellow has kissed her lips ey the way she Is afraid to look at his.
 It takes heroism to let your wife run the family and then not lie about the way you do it to your friends down towA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
Experimenting With Roads.

We are experimenting in Perry county near Uniontown to see if we cannot have good roads," said Major W. J. Walden, mayor of Uniontown, who was in Bir- mingham yesterday to purchase chert and slag for the roads "The United States has sent corps of experienced road men and large amount of machinery to Perry county at our request, and they are super intending the construction of these ex- permental roads.
 We have raised s250o by public subscrip- ton for this work The limestone in that section makes an admirable base for a road, but we need chert or slag for the top layer. We are going to experiment. with both and see which is the better.
 Our roads are so bad in the winter that we cannot Use them at all The plan ters are moving into the city so that they will be convenient to the schools and churches.
 we are making the experiments, and if they prove successful we will continue the work. We need good roads They will develop our part of the country wonder fully. For instance when planters rent their farms to negroes, the negroes can- not make over five bales of cotton to the mule. white planter. when superin- tending his plantation, can make eight bales to the mule. The planters are forced to move to the city on account of the roads and are to rent portions of their plantations. The cotton crop Is conse- quently less and there is therefore less money is circulation in the county"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
GALLANT RV.

From the Boston Globe. The New England Women's Press asso- ciation has just been celebrating its twen-
 tieth anniversary, but who would ever believe 1t, looking at the charter mem bers?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

A Pennsylvania judge says that mother-in-law is entitled to place ir the home of her son-in-law. This makes the mother-in-law's previous contention stronger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

People who formerly abused the tele- phone are feeling sorry now that one of the companies has been burned out and will be hors de combat for sixty days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

Grover Cleveland urges resistance to temptation. This advice has been of fered us before by others than ex- Presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

The two great griefs of Lipton's life are that he failed to lift the cup and that he never married. He can. how ever, overcome the latter by adyertis- ing in The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

King Alfonso is doing the tramp act. He is not exactly a globe-trotter, for he confines his travels to Yurrup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

Lawyer Hughes has to contend with the abbreviated memory of witnesses as well as several other things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

A New York man jumped into river rather than face curtain lecture from his wife. He knew his wife all right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

The Empress Dowager of China is ready to assist the Emperor in any plan that will keep him from loafing around the throne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

While the Mikado is thanking his ancestors he ought not to forget good word for Oyama and Togo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

Sarah Bernhardt has arrived in this country again, but this time she brings but 250 trunks, and her stay will there fore be limited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

The Czar proposes to hand over one third of Russia to the peasants on easy terms, but no mule goes with the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

James Hagen Hyde had thirty-five traps for driving. but the trap he fell into caused him all his trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

Jack Horner is dazzling light in the baseball world. No relation to the little Jack who sat in corner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
N HEN the freshmen of Yale met y the freshmen of Harvard in a nnn+nr+ fc.. l.arnrs. or, tl,n srIid=

70 as ..a%sa 's: 's:s'@i' i s' se' in met contest for honors on the grid iron young Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., was there. He burned to root his opponents Into the ground, grind them to powder, smash them into fragments and save the day for old Harvard. There was a look of high resolve upon his face as he stepped out to the fray. The game began. It appeared that nearly every payer on the Yale team was looking for young Roose- welt. Most of them found him and found him suddenly. The heavy freshmen of Old Eli walked on him, stepped on him, slugged him and knocked him out with staggering rushes. Young Theodore was game, however, and went back to the fray after each assault. Finally. there was a scrimmage in which the Presidents son was at the bottom. The athletes were pulled off, but Theodore did not rise. Maimed, bruised and bleeding, he was borne from the field. Behold the fate of a boy who tries to live up to his farther 8 reputation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

The Presidents message Is said to contain 10000 words. It should be boiled down, but no one dares do 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
eE CHEERFUL.

From the Dothan Eagle.
 If you got all the squirrels up one tree the chances are you'd miss half of 'em, so whats the use to worry?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21

Wu Ting Fang is now vice president of the Board of Punishments. Must be a sort of assistant head executioner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-21
About Persons.

 w. c. Hall of Athens. is at the St. Nicholas.
 E. w. Hawkins of St. Louis, Is at the St. Nicholas. J. W. Brand of Montgomery Is at the Morris.
 F. L. Cooper of Richmond. Va. is at the Morris
 W. J. Scale of childersburg is at the Metropolitan. Judge S. L. Fuller, former probate judge of Cullman county, Is at the Hillman. c. A. Newsom of Montgomery is at the Birmingham. J. T. Wall of Huntsville, is at the Met ropolitan.
 E. H. Roberts of Selma, is at the Bir- mingham.
 The Rev. A. M. Toe of Piedmont. was registered at the Metropolitan hotel yes- terday.
 John c. Eyster of New Decatur, is at the Hillman.
 B. D. Radclin of Chicago. is at the Birmingham. J. T. Hattimer of Fort Deposit is at the Morris.
 R. L. Blanton of Haleysville is at the Metropolitan. J. C. Thompson of Savannah. Ga, is at the Birmingham.