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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

the empires population, know nothing
of government They do not, adds the
grand duke, know what the word
means.
Who has kept the peasants all these
years, these centuries, in a condition OF
ignorance, while every German peas
ant was taught to read and write?
Who? Was it not the autocracy which
must be preserved? Why did autoe-
racy commit this awful crime? 1t did
it that it might be preserved.
But it will not BE-. Revolutions do
not go backwards. The zemskysabor
will satisfy nobody, but it will add to
the education of the people. 1t will
show them that by agitation and UNI
rest they can scare the autocracy,
which must be preserved, into con-
eessions. One concession will lead to
another. and in the end autocracy will
go down in Russia as it has in all other
civilized countries. The zemskysabor
is a step toward the downfall of an
autocracy that will not be preserved
even to please the stern and awful
Vladimer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
In GAY NEW YORK.

New York Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
James II. Hyde will give a costume
party tomorrow night at Sherry's, on
which it is said 100000 has been expended.
The 100 servants in attendance will be
dressed in white Louis XIV. costumes.
The big ballroom has been decorated to
represent a scene at Versailles, and the
ball will be opened by several dancers
from the Metropolitan opera. ballet Later
there will be a dance of the Louis XIV
period by three of the debutantes of the
season and some older girls.
Nine Rejane and her company will
appear in a comedy written especially for
the occasion by Dare Incident. Louis
XIV. costumes will be worn by the wom-
en-. Most of the men will be either in
court costume or in hunting coats with
black satin breeches.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Effect OF Bad Spelling.

have noticed a peculiar little thing
which has attracted a great deal of at
tention and which has proven an excellent
advertisement" said A. r. Freeman.
travelling passenger agent of the Queen
and Crescent route.
In painting the signs on the windows
of our office the names of a number
OF cities through which our route runs
were used and the name of indianapolis
was mispelled.
lhe painter put in an extra l. making
the name read Indianapolis. and ! be-
lieye that at least a score of people a
day notice that error and comment on it.
Will see prominent men in the city stop
ping and showing the mistake to one
another and there have been two or three
heated discussions as to which was the
correct way
IF the name had been spelled correctly
it would not have been aearly as good
an advertisement for the road, and prob
ably not one in a hundred would have
noticed the name of the city at ALL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
~ HE women of Bayonne, N. j., pro-
(OD pose, if possible, to learn the
proper manner in which a
woman should salute the American flag
| Their determination was brought about
by the experience of Miss Helen Beach,
the young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles IL Beach of Bayonne. during a
visit to Washington a few months ago.
AS the World has told, little Helen, after
shaking hands with the President, said;
"Win you please tell me- Mr.. Presi-
dent, what is the proper way in which
girl should salute the flag?
The President replied: my dear little
girl, if you were a boy and asked me
that question, l could answer it. | would
then say that you should raise your hat
and then drop your arm to your side.
But just how girl should do it | cannot
say"
When the women of the Bayonne Poht-
ical Study club, of which Hrs. Alexander
Christie is president, heard of the Incl
dent they sent letters to many men
prominent in national politics and the
army and navy, asking their opinions on
how a girl should salute the flag. Re-
sponses were received from many, and
these will be read when the club meets
next Monday The members will discuss
the various suggestions and will endeavor
to adopt one that will set the style for the
women of the whole country.
General Nelson A Miles made thus sug-
gestion:
Il do not think military salute would
be suitable. l would suggest placing the
right hand across the breast with the
middle finger directed toward the point
of the left shoulder, the head at the same
time being slightly lowered"
General II. c. Corbin wrote: I'm our
| garrisons when officers and soldiers sa-
Lutte the colors it is the custom for all
ladies', young an I'D, to arise and re-
main standing during the passing of the
coors This it seems to me, is the most
satisfactory solution of the question:
Admiral Dewey said: THE salute
which has been employed by men for
many years is given by raising the right
hand to the forehead and then dropping
| the hand and there seems to be no rea-
son why ladies and girls should not use
the same form of salute
Admiral Robley d. Evans wrote: II
find that at many naval stations the Gus
| tom has grown in favor for the ladies
and young girls to stand at attention
and salute the eolors the same as the
| officers do. The only other salute | can
think of is the courtesy. I have seen
ladies' in foreign countries courtesy to the
ruler as he or she passed, and 1t was
most striking and effective. Such a sa-
| lutte to our flag, 1t seems to me, would
be most becoming from our women
General Chaffee suggested drawing a
handkerchief and holding it pendent
from the hand, the forearm being held
horizontally to the front or upward at
an angle of about 40 degrees
| Admiral w. S. Schley wrote: Il be-
lieve salute to the flag by the mothers
! and daughters of our land should be made
| with the right hand on the heart and
| the head reverently bowed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
Some men find it easier to get drunk
than sober.
Lucky are actors who fare well on their
farewell tours.
The older some women get the more
girlish they try to act
Time changes all things--with the ex-
ception of minstrel Jokes.
The woman who drives a man to drink
has no need of a whip.
After woman says there's no use
talking she keeps right on.
A spinster says getting married is al
most as serious as remaining single.
A hero is a man who can listen to an
atfer-dinner speech without looking bored.
When a man is weighed by others he is
usually found wanting to dispute the fig
ures.
Men who think they know it all never
take time to investigate the actual worth
of their supposed knowledge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
Pratt City Politics.

Pratt City is in the midst of one of
the warmest city campaigns in its his
tory" said a prominent citizen of that
town last night. owing TO the strike and
other adverse conditions it had been pre-
dicted that the campaign would be an ex-
ceedingly quiet one, but as it has pro-
crossed the interest has increased. From
all indications the vote polled will so over
500.
only two tickets are in the field which
comprises two candidates for mayor and
two full tickets for aldermen. The cleo
ton will occur on next Monday and from
all indications the town will be lively
enough between now and them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
LIFE AND SONG.

BY Sidney Lanier
If life was caught by ciarionet
And a wild heart throbbing in the reed,
Should thrill its joy and trill its fret,
And utter its heart in every deed,
Then would this breathing clarionet
Type what the poet fain would be:
For none o. the singers ever yet
Has wholly lived his minstrelsy.
Or clearly sung his true, true thought,
Or utterly bodied forth his life,
Or out of life and song has wrought
The perfect one of man and wife;
Or lived and sung, that Life and Song
Might each express the others all,
Careless if life or art were long,
Since both were one, to stand or fall
So that the wonder struck the crowd,
Who shouted II about the land;
His song was only living aloud,
His work. a singing with his handl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

Harry Skinner. United States district at
torney of North Carolina spent several
hours in the city en- route to Jackson,
Miss. to attend trial before a United
States commissioner.
Mr. Kitchen. as is generally known
is one of the ablest of the very young
men in Congress-, said Percy Clark. He
is of that type of loyal southerners who
are devoted to their state and he is ever
awake to the interest of his constituents.
Mr. Kitchen is hoping now that some way
may be devised by Congress in the de-
partment of Justice to take the heel of
the tobacco trust from off the farmers
engaged in growing the weed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
Court of Transportation.

The democratic members of the com
mittee on interstate and foreign com
merce will report the Davey bill, which
proposes to give the interstate com
mission power to fix rates to go into
effect at once. The Davey bill will Ct
course be speedily pushed aside.
But the majority of the committee
has also shelved the Hepburn bill pro-
yiding for a court of transportation,
and it has adopted the Townsend
measure, which will be reported to the
House this week. Even Mr.. Hepburn
will support the new plan because it
embodies some of his ideas.
The Esch- ownsend bill proposes
that the interstate commerce commits
sion shall have power to declare rates
which shall become operative in thirty
days, but at any time within sixty
days a party interested may cause q
rate order to be reviewed by the court
of transportation. The commission
would be empowered to apportion a
new rate among the lines to which II
applies.
The number of commissioners is to
be increased to seven, and their pay
to $4,000, and not more than four OF
them shall belong to one political
party. A cour. Of transportation is e
be organized, to be made up of five
circuit judges of the United States
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
FORGOT HIMSELF.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Gollifer-How did they spot that police
man that went wrong and led the detec-
tives such a lively chase all over the
country?
Gosch-You know he had disguised him.
self as clergyman? Well, one day he
absent -mindedy swiped a handful of
peanuts from a street corner stand he
happened to be passing, and somebody
saw him do it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
Downfall of the Beef Trust.

United States supreme court relieves
alike the cattle raisers, the butchers
and the consumers from the acts of a
greyous trust. This decision is re-
garded as of the highest importance,
it being broad, unqualified and sweep
ing. Judge Grosscup, whose decision
was thus reviewed, says the decision
of the high court Institutes move
ment ito bring corporate ownership
within the reach and reasonable con-
fidence of the people at large and thus
to repeopleize and republicanize again
the industrial ownership of the coun.
try"
The monopoly that unduly taxed
the food of all has been knocked out
by the court of last resort, for
1t is enjoined from acting in concert
for the purpose of depressing the price
of cattle on the ranges.
1t is enjoined from acting in concert
for the purpose of increasing the price
of dressed beef and other meats to the
consumers of the United States.
1t is enjoined from continuing its
system of blacklisting small dealers in
order to compel them to conform to
the regulations of the trust.
1t is enjoined from receiving from
railroad companies or other common
carriers rebates by means of private
car lines or other devices.
1t is enjoined from agreeing upon
charges for carriage and delivery of
meat.
The trust whose oppressive acts are
thus stopped controls trade amount
ing to six hundred million dollars u
year. 1t consists of Swift & Co., who
handle a business of two hundred mil
lion dollars; Armour & Co., who come
next with a trade amounting to one
hundred and ninety million dollars;
Nelson, Morris & Co., whose annual
business foots up ninety-five millions,
and the Hammond company which has
snug business aggregatitng seventy
five millions a year. All these COM
bined millions relate to the very food
of the people.
Judge Grosscups order directed
against the beef trust was issued June
2, 1902, and the members of the trust
have daily violated it thousand times
ever since. What will be their pun
ishment? They are in contempt of
court, as Mr.. Debs was when he dis
regarded Judge Grosscup's order in the
railroad strike of 1884. Mr. Debs was
sent to Jail for six months. Can Judge
Grosscup consistently do less with the
persistent violators of his order in the
beef trust case?
The four big packers have the Jail
in front of them, and the extent and
nature of their punishment is matter
of interest now, outrunning every
other feature of the epochal decision.
1t is claimed, however, that the big
packers will now proceed to merge
their interests in one huge corpora
ton, thus setting up huge trust in
the place of the secret gentlemen's
agreement. But such trust would
still be subject to federal control, and
it can do none of the acts that the
combine was enjoined from doing. The
beef trust should be dissolved, and
competition in meats which are arti-
Giles of food should be enforced-com-
petitors at both ends-competition on
the cattle farms as well as in the
butchers stalls. AS Judge Grosscup
says. the entire industry should be
repeopleized.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
A GOOD CARTOON.

From the Huntsville News.
The Age-Herald's funny artist takes
a crack at the last legislature in yes
terday's paper Col Alabama is rep
resented carrying the last legislature
in the form of a gold brick to the as
sayist, who is returning it marked 80
per cent brass. Being a good cartoon
the. point is seen at once.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
Mr.. March,.

Sidney TT. March of New York, who
represents Ladenburg. Thalmann x Co.
and Newman interests was III Birmins-
ham yesterday on his way from New Or
leans to Nashville. lie has a wide ac-
ouaintance here and is exceptionally
popular, both in business way and So
cially
81 am glad to see that Birmngham
grows without any hating, said Mr..
March. my friends have known me Tor
years past as a prophet of Birmlnshan,
and 1t is with reasonable pride ina,
find my predictions being fuiniieu, rms
city is making wonderful strlues III ma
teriaI nrosneritv and it's metropolitan APP
nearance Is now apparent to every one.
+, is destined TO be one of the largest
and richest cities in the union.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

, the problem play. Sudermanns "Magda'
was presented in Birmingham Tuesday
night before a small, undemonsrative
audience, just as "Hedda Gabbler,"
Ghosts" and other problem plays have
been presented here in the past one
realizes the gloomy power, the intense
play of human passions, the vivid color
ing--the finished handiwork of such mas
ters as Ibsen and sudermann but why do
players persist in presenting these dramas
when they cannot hope for popular APP
prevail and must inevitably be greeted by
small audiences, unless they are the very
greatest of the grea- in their profession?
The plaudits of students and critics of
the drama may be calleo forth by such
performances, but they are not what the
people want, whether in New York; or
New Orleans The only answer must be
that problem plays are taken en- tour
because there are no others to be had.
The statement that there are 10000 pro-
fessional beggars in the United States,
many of whom make" not less than 50
day, is enough to curdle the milk of
human kindness, but still it is not a safe
plan TO be too brusque in turning down.
an appeal for aid. Oftentimes cases
worthy of charity are found on the
streets, although begging as profession
is getting to be exceedingly popular these
days.
Today is ground hog day. when that
cautious old gentleman is expected to
come forth and arrive at some conclusion
regarding the weather. 1t is noticeable
| that street ear hogs, theatre hogs and
elevator hogs have no special days. They
| are hoggish large part of every year.
TO pay or not to pay is a question that
troubles some people but little.
Recipe for a popular novel: One girl
named Dorothy; one youth to love Doro-
thy; another youth to love Dorothy and
get her; a lovers quarrel; a rivals quar-
rel; add little incident and season highly
with pinch of adventure; after the mess
| has boiled for $50 pages add an explana-
tion and kiss
The bard touched his Tyre and sang as
follows:
LIFE.
Little rays of sunshine,
Rainbowed with our tears
Make the sum of life complete
And fill the fleeing years.
After passing his hat the minstrel sang
again. He articulated as follows:
HARK!
In mem'ry's realm of fancy
One hears again that call
IT'S the umpire, feeling ehesty,
AS he cries aloud, Play BALI.
The chaplain of the WINDSOR, Vt, state
prison, where Mrs. Rogers is confined
waiting the death penalty, makes a strong
plea for the adjustment of capital pun
ishment. great many people do not be-
lieve that a man should be put to death
for any crime, no matter how heinous.
and certainly no woman, but they should
stop to consider that it is much cheaper
to hang or electrocute prisoner than
to keep that prisoner confined until he or
she dies a natural death, and it is also
much less troublesome. Capital punish
ment is simply the easiest way to dis
pose of difficult problem. 2, c.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

~ CcORDING to a prominent re-
PN publican who has just returned
to the wilds of Mobile from a
trip to Washington. the President cher
ishes an admiration for Judge Jones that
does credit to that irrepressible enthusi-
! asm which is a Roosevelt characteristic.
The President thinks Judge Jones lone of
the greatest men" he ever knew, and the
greatest friend the state of Alabama has
/ today" OF course Mr.. Roosevelt fips
bouquets at the Alabama jurist He is
not a man without appreciation, and
since Judge Jones has been such a stout
champion of the nations executive it is
but natural that Mr.. Roosevelt should re-
turn the compliment by a boost of the
right sort. Kaiser William and President
Roosevelt swap compliments most cor
daily. There is no reason why Judge
Jones and the President should not do
likewise. However, it is about time that
Mr.. Roosevelt extolled the greatness OF
Mayor Drennen of Birmingham. Mr.. Dren-
men certainly said enough to warrant
some kind of return from the White
House.
Marie DRESSER tllllie Buttin)-say.
what's a dinkydido?
Frank Mayne dim Witherspoon)-It .
the same as a duficus, little one only
its spotted. If it don't behave beat 1t
on the head with a potato.
This is a specimen of American humor-
or shall we say within the halcyon
days Of 1905 This monstrosity is perpetrat-
ed night after night in one of the New
York theatres where a musical farce sue
| cess" is being presented Yet history does
not record that an audience has ever
risen in righteous wrath to assert its
! claims to sanity by throwing things at
the perpetrators. This bit of clever re-
partee is but one among many examples
that might be taken from the lips of
musical comedy comedians who are still
at large. No wonder sensible persons rise
up now and then with a protest against
such rubbish. The only wonder is that
comedians continue to emit the stuff in
perfect safety.
Another tale of hard luck comes from
Hartford city, Ind, where there resides
carpet layer who one year ago sold
some land in the Indian Territory for $75
that is now worth $4,000. The story is
brief. Oil was found on the property and
the carpet layer is still doing business
at his old stand. 1t is not difficult to
guess the character of his thoughts, nor
should he be blamed for yielding to pro-
family now and then when he fails to hit
tack on the head.
The Yaqui Indians of Mexico seem de-
termined to upheld the ancient practices
of the red man until they are annihilated.
The outbreaks of these savages as re-
corded in the daily papers startle a reader
who sits surrounded by all the evidences
of an advanced civilization. Such deeds
belong more to that period 200 years ago
! when the red man made a very SUCCESS
| full red devil when he exerted himself to
murder and plumber. Apparently the only
way to reform the Yaquis is to make
them good Indians. which old troopers
| held to be synonymous with dead Indians.
The fallacy of art for arts sake" was
never more strikingly Illustrated than by
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
NEW MACHlN cry.

From the Mineral Belt Gazette.
We have edited the Mineral Belt Ga
zette for forty weeks without a pair of
scissors. We have today added this piece
of machinery to our well equipped plant
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

Governor Pennypacker will soon be
up against the comic valentine, and
his law does not touch the valentine
makers He is always in hot water,
with no remedy at hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

A Connecticut BABY was carried to
the laundry by mistake. OF course,
the little darling's mother was scan
dalized by ne implication that her
cherub needed washing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02
THE EMO.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Bly-Does your wife ever listen to your
advice? 80
Styles she iistens-and thst's all!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

Grippenberg may ask to be trans
ferred to Warsaw, where he could per-
haps execute a movement against the
unarmed Polanders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

]. P. Morgan has entered a new ice
trust. Millionaires and trusts just nat
urally drift together.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

Senator Aldrich, general manager Of
the United States, has sailed away to
Yurrup. He may have gone to study
the principle of autocracy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

The strikers in Russia are not en-
barrassing to Rojestvensky at any
rate. Ro. is a rover in the broad and
balmy Indian ocean.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

A Maryland woman wants $4,000
for kiss. That is rather stiff price,
but it is not safe to jump at con-
clusion until you see how she looks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

An English inventor claims that he
has discovered a process for making
gold from water. There are several
institutions where he ought to go.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

And yet neither Theodore Roosevelt
nor Grover Cleveland has been or
dained to preach.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

A New Jersey man 81 years old IS
rejoicing over the birth of a son and
heir. The youngster won't have long
to wait for his patrimony.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

The railroad magnates will sleep
with one eye open until Mr.. Roosevelt
ceases to be President.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

The President is also riding a for
ward mount in the divorce crusade.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

Niedringhaus of brewery and ring
fame is stuck fast in the mud in Mis-
souri,, and cannot march on to the
Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

No poet has been elected Mayor of
Chicago, and the Chicago papers sag
Bathhouse John cannot set new
precedent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-02

The Japs on the Hun river had to
fight to keep warm, and they made it
very warm for the Russians.