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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Miss Alice RooseveIts Presents.

Miss Alice Roosevelt's tour in the Far East was wholly unique, and as the daughter of distinguished father she must have greatly enjoyed it.She became the recipient of not only many attentions, but also of many valuable gifts. and she was no more at liberty to decline the one set of honors than the other.
 All this was very pleasant and in nowise harmful, but the time came when she was to sail for home. She is now nearly due at the Golden Gate, and right there she will encounter the first evil spirit of her trip. That spirit Is called Dingleyism, and it Is no respecter of persons. It takes toll from a presidents daughter down to the humblest person In the land, let ting none escape. It is the greatest tax gatherer of modern times.
 Miss Roosevelt stands before Ding. leyism just as any other American does. She can bring in articles to the value of $10O without paying duty on them, but on all articles above that value Dingleyism demands duties from 40 to 60 per cent ad valorem-this, too, on articles that Miss Roosevelt could not decline to receive without giving offense to the well-meaning personages and peoples she visited in the Far East.
 The Nashville chamber of commerce formally urges Secretary Shaw to do one of two things-either to admit the articles, valued at s10O,OOO, free of duty, or else to suspend the collection of duty upon them until after Congress has had an opportunity to act upon the problem involved.
 But Dingleyism is not built upon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
TEMPTATIONS OF A VALET.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin
 ''Us valets has our temptations, sir" he said. "Only yesterday when I went to pay Mir. Henny's tailor bill. you'd ought to have heard what the manager said to me.
 ''He says. says he. handing me s5 note:
 "'Why,' he says, "this here bill ain't harf big enough for man of MT Henny's position, he says. Look here, my man. he says, the truth is that you don't brush your marster's clothes hard enough
 "'No? says l.
 "'No.' says he. And now he says, I'll put you up to a wrinkle thatll put $50 a year in your pocket if you use 1t right
 .'Then he brought from hls office stick all roughened on the end.
 "'Scrub this here rough stick he says. over the elbows of your marster s coats he says, and now and then touch up his trousers about the knees bit. It'u do wonders. used right. It ought to double his annual bill. and if 1t does there's $50 a year in 1t for you
 'I took the stick said the valet. but I ain't never used it, sir"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Plenty and peace breed towards.
 -CymbelInc,
The Horse This Week.

Beginning with tomorrow this town and this state will celebrate the horse. From the very beginning of history the horse has held a place in great events. Poets have described him, painters have put him on canvass and the sculptors of ancient Greece and Rome often presented him in their carvings. War would not be the war of song and story without him.
 The horse is both a servant and an ornament, and this week we will all have an opportunity to see the horse bred up to its best possibilities. By selection and by careful breeding he has been brought up to his highest capacity, and the lover of a horse will certainly appreciate our coming horse show.
 The horseless age Is a myth. The tro'ey and the automobile cannot ban ish the horse. They may take his  heaviest loads, but so long as the love of beauty survives in man the horse will be bred and kept and displayed. So- ciety will do homage to the horse this week, and so will the populace.
 The utmost care has been taken to render the Alabama state fair of the present year an ideal exhibition of all the horse is capable of, as well as of many other products. The best stables in the country will be represented and week of enjoyment will certainly be offered to those who love the horse Other features there will be, but the first week will bring the horse out in all his beauty and usefulness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Floating Exposition.

"I was very much impressed with an article l saw in The AgeHerald recent ly." said well-known man at the Hotel Hillman yesterday "It referred to the great floating exposition that will leave New York for tour of the world.
 With the steadily increasing produc- tion of this country and the immense development of all manufacturing enter prises, it becomes of the utmost impor- tance to the United States to seek an outlet for its surplus produce and manu- factured products In foreign markets. The only way this can be brought about, especially in view of the fact that Euro pean countries have for practically half a century controlled the situation com pletely, Is for the manufacturers and exporting firms of this country to organ ize a systematic campaign for getting control of the business of foreign coun~ tries.
 ''The plan of the Expert Shipping com pany to have an American floating ex- position make fifteen months trip prac- tically around the world. giving buyers in countries visited an opportunity to see for themselves what the United States manufactures and to compare the goods with the articles they are in the habit of buying is a most excellent plan and should be conducive of good results. This matter should strike particularly the rapidly developing manufacturing and other commercial enterprises in the south. It Is fact borne out by the statistical condition of the country that the south, more than any other section. has devel- oped it's resources and adapted Itself to new enterprises of all kinds To find an outlet for the newly-created business Is most desirable for manufacturers, not only of Birmingham but of other southern centers, to consider this matter, through which nucleus may he gained, which, in the long run, will be of incalculable benefit to them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

gations are concluded. He does not announce victory He simply de- clares that his tests have thus far been satisfactory. He Is hopeful. His high standing, and his great skill as an investigator leads all to hope that at last something has been found that will meet the white scourge and check 1t.
 The entire work of Professor Behr- ing is, however, in tentative state. He says as much himself, and he says he will not make the method known, even if it prove wholly satisfactory to himself, until August. 1906. Even tho provisional statement arouses skepti- cism, but Professor Behring's high reputation affords at least a hope that he will yet meet the great problem of tuberculosis and perhaps give the world a remedy of the deepest i'm poTJdnCe.
 Dr. Behring Is modest and wholly true to his profession. He makes no claims beyond expressing a hope that he yet will find the remedy the world has long sought, and he is to be aided in his experiments by Drs. Roux and Metschmkoff, who stand very high as bacteriologists in the medical profess sion. If the three find what they are seeking it will be given to the world. It will be published to all nations.
 If he succeeds in his new endeavor he will stand out as the worlds great est man-as the Pasteur of the twen- tieth century-as the man who has done more for his fellow men than any one of recent times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
LAST YEAR.
ely Finch.

By Julia Nicely Finch.
 Last year beneath cloudless sky We walked together, thou and l! About us balmy breezes played, And OCT us birdlings un-afraid. In many chanted roundelay Revealed the promises of May. A fair carpet for our tread Fair Spring had softly, sweetly spread And oh. alluring us 1t led Past valleyed slope to distant height Where bloomed the rose of our delight. And as we walked with hearts as light As foam that caps the wave with white We sung our song of hope and jay That golden hymn with no alloy. This year with laggard step and slow I tread a way do not know. If OCT me balrny breezes blow And if above me birdlings sing And fit about on happy wing I feel them not, heard them not do not see; I have forgot The way to any joyous thing. For afl! walk alone, and thou Past some dividing line and bar Hast sought some home from me afar With burdened shoulders, pended brow I walk as thro' some desert spot, My only joy remembering
 es Last year we walked together, thou and Land now-dear Lordl and nov
 Birmingham. October q. lSok
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Did Not Subscribe.

''The New England Mutual Life Insur- ance company" said Special Agent Crav- en yesterday, lis one company that did not contribute to the Mark Hanna fund in 1896. The subject was referred to Vice President Foster, who wrote this opinion:
 "I cannot advise any subscription by the company to the republican campaign fund for any purpose. The money held by the insurance company in trust for it's policy holders cannot be used for politi- cal. educational or religious purposes. and any vote by the directors authorizing subscription would be beyond their au- thority. and for any money paid under such vote the directors would be person. ally liable, and at the suit of any policy holder the court would require them to re- imburse the company.
 This opinion has been the rule of the New England ever since Whatever It's shortcomings may be. the political con- tribution is not one of them. Mir. Foster nut the entire case in nutshell. and his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
vuT OF THE LONG AGO.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel. Venus had just turned Adonis into the anemone.
 "I hope that horrid Mary MacLane won't mention this flower in her book.' But, alas-only too well do We know that anemones and tooth brushes are choice morsels to roll under the literary
 = tongue.
 Hebe was pouring the nectar. How old is it?" they asked. According to the government stamp, it's of the spring of '95." Which. according to the best authori- youth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
 AND HIS VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM

he represents in the great office he holds.
 There is that about him which appeals to all of us. The way he met Mrs. Stone- wall Jackson in Charlotte the other day, and that which he said to her, was so spontaneous and so real that he mas en- deared himself personally to all the south. Indeed, Roosevelt is really a man of the people. with the true manly Instincts and broad enough to handle any proposition, that may be presented and to win the pIaudlts alike of all people and all sec tions.
 In his tour of the south, the President. with the exception of his visit to Brming ham, Is visiting places of past historical interest. For instance, there is Richmond, the home of the Confederacy; and Char lotte, and Atlanta. and Savannah, and Montgomery. and New Orleans. all of which are most noted for events in his- tory with which all the world is familiar. Yet he comes to Birmingham to see the modern industrial and manufacturing city of the south, a city which by virtue of it's own enterprise, development and re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Virginia Politics.

Henry P. White, the well-known young attorney, has returned from a visit of several days to relatives and friends in Virginia and West Virginia. He talks Interestingly of the political conditions In those two states.
 Virginia has one of the warmest poll tical fights on in the history of the state said Mir White. '"The republicans have put out strong ticket and are making a hard fight on the democrats. They are pointing to the records of the democrats. who have had the state for the past twenty years and are attacking what they term the mistakes of the party.
 ''l think the democrats will win but the fight Is evidently one of the hottest that the state has had in years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
alrmInuham,s Greatness.

.'Eyery time I come to Birmingham, said Mir Latimer, who is at the head of the sales department of the Chicago Lumber company, II am more deeply impressed with the great future that this city has before It. The growth and development is something marvellous. To hear of Birmlnghams greatness and to behold it are two different things.
 Tt is fast becoming one of the best markets in the south for all commodities and from all appearances 1t will in the next five years be the equal in every respect of any city fin the south. There are now only three or four In Birming- hams class"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Booklet of Birminaham.

Birmingham Today and Tomorrow IS the title of a booklet of thirty pages pub lished by the Birmingham Realty co. Facts and prophecies about this district are set forth in attractive and succinct in red on the adverse side of each page
 The little publication is in convenient shape for enclosing in an envelope of ordinary size. It will be fine advertise ment for Birmingham and will be widely distributed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

cent growth. has made itself the most con- splcuous center of the entire southland.
 There is really something about Bir- mlngham that is like Roosevelt himself. A few years ago nobody imagined that MT. Roosevelt would ever be President of the United States. Yet he had that nerve. courage, determination and ambition which carried him to the front and placed him in the position which he occupies today-the controlling spirit of the great est country of the world.
 Birmingham few years ago was one of many ordinary struggling, ambitious towns of the south. Today 1t is the cen- ter of industry of the south and bids fair soon to become the manufacturing and industrial hub of America. There Is that pluck spirit and ambition about it's people which can't be downed It is pos sessed of the natural products, the blood and snew which Is needed and of a peo- pie who can make 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

The Southern Magazine is new month ly publication started in New Orleans Born at the crisis of the fight against vel low fever, the Southern Magazine Is de- voted largely to an interesting discussion of the struggle that has been waged in New Orleans. The editors announce an intention to make their publication appeal to a wide circle of southern readers. An extensive sporting department will be feature.
 The Alabama Farmer. which is the sue cessor to the Farmers Budget. is cred itable agricultural monthly published at Montgomery. w. E. Phillips is manager and Rolfe E. Saunders editor. The Ala bama Farmer Is readable and well edited. It serves a useful purpose and deserves the greatest success
 The Tuscunibia North Alabamian has completed it's first year under the man. agement and ownership of Frank N. Julian and Winner T. Goodloe. The paper has been established seventy-five years, but 1t is safe to say that 1t has never before improved so rapidly in one year as under the capable direction of Messrs. Julian and Goodloe. The North Ala ba milan is one of the most readable and best edited weekly papers in the state. Messrs Julian and Goodloe are to be con graduated on the success which they have achieved
 It Is announced that J. c. Orr, formerly editor of the Hartsele Enquirer. will pub
 
 The Greenville Advocate has just ended it's fortieth year of usefulness. During that time the paper has been edited by Gen. J. B. Stanley one of the most genial and popular members of the Alabama press. General Stanley has had a long and honorable career as editor of the Advocate and his friends throughout the state wish that he and his paper may con tinue to prosper.
 The Jasper Mountain Eagle has cele- brated its thirty-ifth birthday. The Mountain Eagle is live and up-to-date. It enjoys an excellent advertising pat ronage
 The Lafayette Sun has recently finished l the twenty-eighth year or us history ahC l occupies an enviable place among the weekly papers of the state. l The Thomaston Post Is recent addi- | ton to the weekly papers of Alabama The Post is published at Thomaston, Marengo county. by the Thomaston Land and Insurance company.
 | tc .rrtn. Jtttru al weekly published fin Birmingham by the Rural South company. It Is a neat, well edited paper, devoted to fostering and en- couraging the Southern Cotton associa- | ton. W. H. Seymour Is editnr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Paper Used by Courts.

'Did you know that the three courts that issue subpeonas In Jefferson county all use different colored paper?' asked Isadore Shapiro, deputy clerk of the cir cult court.
 "If everyone who loses subpoena would bear this fact in mind he would have little trouble. The circuit court uses white paper, the criminal court. yellow, and the city court, blue. All legal papers issued by these courts are or the above named colors'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

opinion should be framed and hung up in every life insurance office in the coun- try.
 Nothing has more enraged the public than the taking of money paid In by pol icy holders to hand 1t over to political committees. It Is practice that has been stopped none too soon.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
HE WARNS UP.

HE WARNS UP.
 While seeking ideals is all very we'll
 The chap who soon wilts down his
 collar
 Is the man with tho glitter of gold in his eye
 Who's chasing the almighty dollar.
 A married woman alleges that her hus-
 band struck her with the family cat. Such an il-mannered spouse might at least have had some respect for the cat A Nashville paper tells of a woman in New York who knocked down a cabman with one blow of her fist. gave another cabman black eye and nearly thrashed a policeman, excusing herself by saying that she was "a trife nervous" It ap- pears that she was also a trihe strenuous A discussion has been started as to whether Jerome K Jerome Is funny or not funny. It Is related that some of the stories he has retailed to expectant auditors were not as laughabe as his reputation merited. The greatest trial of professional humorist is that people expect him to be funny all the time. He is not allowed moment off duty, save when he sleeps and even then he is ex- pected to murmur bon mots in sotto voice. It is hard for a funny man to be funny all the time. We suggest that Jerum K Jerum-as distinguished from William Travers--oe allowed an opportun ity to prove that he Is a humorst. WELL KNOWN REFLECTION. Full oft he scowled and muttered deep curses,
 Plain words his feeling failed to con- yey,-
 Some thought he was mad, but quite the contrary
 A woman was singing across the way. 'It is funny" remarked Smathers, that woman can wear false hair all her life without creating suspicion, but the mo- ment man puts on false moustache he l Is accused of being criminal" The movement started by Atlanta to raise whatever sum may be necessary to pay the customs duties on Miss Alice Roosevelt's presents received while
 abroad Is being commended, despite the fact that the enterprising people of At
 lanta have simply originated another scheme to advertise their city. subdued creaking. noise heard in va rious parts of the sunny south is the sound made by municipal authorities lift ing quarantines.
 Predatory coin is new synonym for tainted money,' but there is no dif- ference in the method of its extraction from the dear people. YOU BET. Yes, it takes Lots of scads To keep up With the fads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
E ARE to have the President of the United States with us in
 Birmingham on Tuesday after

VM E ARE to have the President of
 W the United States with us in
 Birmingham on Tuesday after noon. He remains with us but two hours.
 All honor is due the President of our country. It matters not who be the man the office deserves the enthusiastie plau- dits of the people of whatever section.
 But the man also comes. In the south we have had our little differences with the. present President of the United States. MT. Roosevelt like all men who are human, has made his mistakes Yet his virtues predominate. He is a great big, generous hearted, noble fellow, full of the milk of human kindness appreca- tive of his neghbors and of the good in all people of all sections of all coun- tries alike. Though he differ from many of us in this section In politics, he Is an American of patriotism. good will, gen. erous instincts and broad mindedness.
 He does not come into the south seek ing votes nor political prestige. He .s simply making tour to see the country. meet the people. enjoy himself and be- come a part and parcel of those whom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD
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less of him for that, when less able men are brazenly trumpetng their fame in public places. The Presidents endorse ment was not needed to strengthen the hold which Joel Chandler Harris has upon every heart that beats in the sunny south.
 While Col. William Jennings Bryan Is filing the Japs full of words, he should not overlook what the President is doing for Dixie.
 LET US HOPE so.
 In the future
 When we fly
 In the atmos-
 Phere so high
 Lots of people
 Will avow
 That 'tis safer
 Than 'tis now. The 'deepo' Is the life and center CT many small towns in the south. It is here that the small boys, yellow dogs promis- cuous negroes and village neer-do-weels gather to meet the trains Tor whiff or the throbbing world. For them the rail road is two shining bands of steel that
  trains alone break the monotony of their lives and keep them fin touch with civll- ization. To them the train is source of never ending interest. Existence wouid be bleak indeed without the "deepo' ana the accommodation passenger trains, which deign to stop at such insignincaht stations
 Chainaman who married Japanese widow on the international bridge at Fl Paso, connecting the United States w,lh Mexico, was clearly lover of inhnite variety.
 The feat of Peddie institute sophomores who painted some new students Win iodine shows that there Is practically no limit to the humiliations devised Tor freshmen.
 Tn order to become rich in this old world first get an option on other peoples money PAUL COOK,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
A Suggestion.

"I think 1t would be we'll for the com- mittee in charge of President Roosevelt's reception to set aside certain space at Capitol park for colored citizens" sad a member of the Commercial club
 'The negroes will be on hand in large numbers and unless place Is assigned to them confusion will result. When the late President Harrison visited Birming- ham the negroes held a reception for him In one of the negro churches. General Harrison spent five or six minutes at the church. He made happy little speech and shook hands with as many or the colored people as time would permit. While e separate reception for negroes cannot be arranged for President Roose- welt. owing to the shortness of the Pres idents visit the next best thing will be to assemble the coiored citizens in body at the park"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

The dead of ten years standing are now in danger of being thrust into the Hall of Fame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

Secretary Taft as the utility man of the administration has gone to Pan anna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

What the Hall of Fame lacks is a good cook. No one is seriously missfl in this world except the cook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

Irving's ashes buried in Westmin- ster Abbey were literal instead of fig urative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

The Hon. Christy Matthewson will be playing after a few years where Britenstein is playing now. It is one of the inevitable changes of time in baseball circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

Philadelphia took naturally to Gov ernor Folk, for that city Is in reform mood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

The weather and strenuous Pres ident has the stegomyia fasciata or the run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

A Good Roads movement is much reeded in Jefferson county, where large sum Is expended each year with poor results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

The cold wave will be followed by the Indian summer, which may last until Christmas in Alabama. No state has a finer climate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

There are no woman angels, and worse still, no baby angels. This is enthusiastically official.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

Miss Mary Lyon, who holds down a pedestal in the Hall of Fame founded a college up in Massachusetts.