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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
Detectives for County.

"1 believe that if two such detectives as Bodeker and Hamilton were employed by the county. they would prove as valu- able to the county as those two officers are to the city" said Deputy Sheriff R. S. Gulledge yesterday.
 Detectives Bodeker and Hamilton in a little over two years recovered $40, ,ooO worth of property and made innumerable arrests. Thirty negroes, who were arrest ed by their order were tried at the last term of the criminal court and all but three of them were convicted, This record shows what a service they render to the city.
 ''rhe conditions in the county are not materially different. There is no reason why two men as capable as Bodeker and Hamilton could not recover great amount of stolen property for the county, and at the same time apprehend a num- Der of criminals. At present if a crime is committed outside of the city limits, the case Is investigated b. the deputies, but they have neither the time nor the detec- tive ingenuity to work the case up
 Each deputy has many civil papers to serve daily on his beat, and could not spend the time Investigating a crime that a detective could The expense of employ ing two salaried detectives by the county would be very small in proportion to the property they could recover and the crim- inals they could catch
 Many of the criminals who commit of lenses in this county never get out of the district. They are reported to have been seen in this district on one day and later they will be seen somewhere else. In each instance the deputies are notified, and diligent search Is made for the criminal. Everything that could be expected of the sherffs force is done to run the man down, but in many in- stances their efforts are not successful
 Now my idea is that if the detectives were employed by the county yathey could be sent out to investigate each important crime and follow up the supposed of fender until he is captured. In a short while the percentage of crime in the county would show healthy decrease and many criminals who continue to com init offenses would be brought to justice. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
T. P. RYAN-REoRoANlzER.
Equitable Savior Is a Life Saver of
 Drowning Corporations.

Thomas F. Ryan, the Savior of the Equitable.9 is a wonderful person, says The Worlds Work. When opportunity knocks at his door the door flies open of itself His fortune, estimated by MT. Thomas W. Lawson at $60,0o0,oO0, and by better judges at from s25, 900. 900 to $S5, ,O0o. GOO, is founded upon the one word. "re- organization" He Is a professional life saver of drowning corporations. When the stormy financial sea was pounding into wrecks the Hooking Valley railroad, the Metropolitan Street Railway and the Seaboard Air Line, this strong and skill full swimmer of financial whirlpools came nobly to their rescue. When tempest of public opinion threatened to engulf the Equitable society, again the life saverl When the Washington Life Insurance company was on the verge Of bankruptcy, he rescued it. Out of every reorganization Mir Ryan has made fortune. MT. John Sketon Williams charges that the Seaboard Air Line has been 'milked" for s2000,00O. The Hook ing Valley episode probably netted MT. Ryan more than s500,0O0 The Metropoll tan deals are still paying him tremen- dous revenues. He saves the corpora tions from ruin and they save him from poverty
 MT. Ryan Is a splendid if dangerous type He is a tall, strongly built man of about f1fty-fve. His hair is beginning to turn gray about the temples. His face Is deeply lined, yet with a lurking touch of merrlment. His forehead Is impress i've. His eyes are startling in their bright ness He Is one of the best groomed men in Wall street. He owns yachts, automo- piles and golf clubs for amusement. He Is fair sample of the business type of the man-about-town.
 This Is the man as one meets him away from business. MT. Thomas F. Ryan at business Is quite another man. The "keenest scent in Wall street" has been credited to him He scents a bargain in the receivership market as dog scents game. When he strikes he strikes like lightning. When he buys he buys over night, and announces his purchase to a startled street next morning. Ryan plans never leak" Silent, alert, dispassion- ate, he is ready at every moment of ev- cry year to put his money and the money of his banks where it will do the most good-to MT. Ryan. Never in his thirty one years in Wall street has his diary recorded failure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
Should See Game.

"No one who enjoys baseball said Dr. J. E. Dedman yesterday, twill stay away from the benefit game which Is to be played next Saturday between Pell City and the Coal Barons. Ragan, the stricken player for whose benefit the game is to be played, is a pitcher who never finched when in health. and whose work in the box won him many a friend in Birmingham and elsewhere.
 Rip was ever enthusiastic in his work. He lies helpless, and his colleagues will stay here until Saturday in order to give him a lift.
 T hope,' said the doctor, that every seat will be filled next saturday-indeed that the overflow will fill all the available grassy space of the park. The Pell City team is the best amateur organization in the state. Let all turn out for Rip is playing in hard luck just at present"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
THE KAISER AND SLANG.

From the Washington Star.
 N,cbolas Murray Butler denies the story that the Kaiser in speaking English uses slang. But he might fall into the hapit if he should pay us a visit. His brother Prince Henry, probably knew no Ameri- canism until he came to see us; but he soon picked up a few, and used them without any loss of princeliness or dig nity. He was soon "hustling' with the rest. The truth is that our speech is con stantly being reinforced from the mint ings of the street. and some Of the most attractive and effective of current express sisns are but recently from that quar- fer. Shakespeare had all the slang of his day at his pens end, and employed It In the greatest of his performances
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
SENSIBLE REMARKS ON
 BEING A "GOOD FELLOW"

VoHN D. ROCKEFELLER preached fOJI homely sermon the other day - against being "a good fellow" "You know well what I mean," he said. Don't be convivial, always ready to pitch in and be one of the crowd; be mod crate; don't let your good fellowship get the least hold upon you. If you do. you are Cost absolutely-not only you but your progeny, your families for gen. erations to come.''
 Tn this admonition MT. Rockefeller uses the advocates license of exaggeration. It is to a mans credit that he knows when to "unbend," and yet the phrase "a good fellow even as used by those who think they are paying q compliment, has an under note of unconscious deroga- tion. The figure 1t etches on the imasina- ton is of a man who is so good fellow that he can be persuaded to miss an en- gagement by the spectacle of a crowd of congenal friends lined up before a bar. so good a fellow, indeed, that he will spend the money intended for his rent or his wife's clothes In setting up another round of drinks for companions who al- ready have little more than they can carry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
Office BuiIdinqs.

"One of the many indications of Bir- minghams rapid and solid growth is the fact that nearly all the old office build ings, as we'll as the skyscrapers are filled with tenants" said man who recently removed from the Linn building to the Chalifoux building.
 "When the Woodward was completed about two years ago many offices in the old structures were vacated. Today the Woodward is completely filled, the First National Bank building is filled and so too is the Title Guarantee. The Watts building, the Hood building and the Chalifoux building are almost filled The Steiner and other smaller buildings are filled to overfowing. Long before the fifteen story building, to be erected on the site of the Linn building, is finished, all the offices will be leased. Already talk of fifth skyscraper building is in the air
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
SPORT FOR LION HUNTERS.
Cougars Threaten Extinction of Deer,
 Elk and Other Animals.

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
 Mountain lions have increased so rap idly in Yellowstone park of late that they threaten the extinction of deer, elk and other wild animals that live in this great government game preserve. So numerous have the cougars become that the government, through President Roosevelt's recommendation, has given John and Homer Golf, celebrated guides and hunters at Meeker, Col, contract to clear the lions out of Yellowstone park. John Golf is the guide who won fame taking President Roosevelt on his successful cougar hunting trip to Colo- rado.
 The work of hunting lions in Yellow stone park will, 1t Is estimated, take sev- era1 seasons, and in the meantime there Is a demand for lion hunters In Colorado. Wyoming and other cattle states, where stock men are suffering great losses from these predatory animals Cougars are said to be on the increase in the Rocky mountains.
 Owing to the enormous number of mountain lions in Yellowstone park the government will not have to pay a large bounty to the Golf brothers. The hun ters will receive a bounty of s5 on each mountain lion they kill, In addition to a salary of s75 month each for their work Most of the work will be done between the spring and fall for the winters are very severe in Yellowstone park the climatic conditions being almost arctic, owing to the moisture generated by many geysers. The Golf brothers have the largest and finest pack of cougar hounds in the world.
 For some reason the mountain Hon prefers the flesh of colt to that of any other animal, and cougars have become the terror of horse raisers in the Rocky mountain states. It Is estimated that as result of the ravages of mountain lions in the last year not fifty colts are left alive on the ranges between Phoenix and Prescott
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
HOW MEERscHAUM IS MINED.
m the Philadelphia Bulletin.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 'Meerschaum is mixed like coal" said a pipe dealer. ''It is a soft, soaplime stone, and in Asia Minor it's mining is an important industry.
 ''The crude meerschaum is called ham tash. It Is yellowish white in color and a red clay coat or skin envelops it. The blocks cost from s25 to s20O a carload. They are soft enough to cut with a knife.
 These blocks in summer are dried by exposure to the sun. In winter a heated room is necessary.
 Finally the meerschaum blocks are sorted into twelve grades, wrapped in cotton and packed in cases with the greatest care.
 The bulk of all this meerschaum goes to Vienna. There the best pipemakers in the world live.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19

GN N amusing story is told at the ex- W p.n.s of lawyer in Alabama ann who Is noted alike for his bril- rancy of intellect and his love of eonviviality. The anecdote relates how a drink of whisky cost an old negro s1o.o0O. A railroad company was being sued for damages by the old man before a jury that was not friendly to- ward corporations. The lawyer, who was counsel for the railroad, may or may not have been aware of the jury's attitude. At any rate, he had imbibed rather free ly the night before and was feeling a trfie rocky" The case dragged along without attracting any marked attention from the lawyer, who was defending the railroad. At last the jury withdrew to de- lIberate. The lawyer walked out in the lobby of the court house, where he was met by a friend. The latter suggested that he needed a "bracer'-in fact showed it plainly The lawyer acted on this advice and went across the street where he procured the necessary refreshment. He returned in a moment, looking improved, but was astounded to hear that the jury had brough in verdict of $10o00 against the railroad in favor of the negro. The lawyer threw his shoulders back His eyes flashed fire and in an instant he was himself Walking into the court room, he made a magnificent plea to have the verdict set aside. The effect was magical. The verdict was set aside and the case tried over. The old negro did not get a cent of damages. He prob ably doesn't know that drink knocked him out of fortune.
 Secretary Bonaparte has just inspected a $3000,000 dry dock recently completed at Charleston. The humor of the incident lies in the fact that MT. Bonaparte knows as much about dry docks as Paul Morton did.
 The female swindler with a pretty face has become a power in the land
 John D. Rockefeller says that there are no hard times in sight. The man who can pay the expenses of the Russo Japanese war is not qualified to talk about hard times.
 The Los Angeles man who allowed his wife Is cents week was not taking any chances on her leading high life with out his knowledge.
 An Indiana mule has been successfully operated upon for appendicitis. While her name Is not Maud, she is undoubtedly up to date.
 Jerome K. Jerome, who mentions his name as if 1t were spelled .Jerrum K. Jerrum," is coming over to tell few funny stories. He may be able to get some pointers from Humorist Rockefeller
 There is something pathetic about the way In which a man who is growing bald nurses the few remaining hairs on his cranium. These scant strands of what was once, perhaps, a heavy suit of hair, are given every encouragement to grow, and are displayed to the best ad- vantage by sympathetic barber. Though when spread out over and expanse Of shinin gwhite scalp they ap- pear like a spider web, or a passing shadow, they mean much to the bald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
Souvenir Cards Popular.

''The growth of the use of the picture post card is astonishing" said an em- ploye of the postoffice yesterday. Tn less than two years the number has increased many fold until now several hundred pass through the Birmingham office daily.
 'I have heard people say that the cards are artistic. but that they are a weak substitute for the old time letter, which was frequently full of news that was interesting to the reader.
 T share that opinion to some extent, but on the other hand l like to get the post card The cards frequently have typical scenes of the cities from which they are sent, and they are therefore in structive as we'll as interesting.
 "A person learns great deal from studying a postcard. 1 know that I have learned where great many famous build ings are located, what they look like and other such general Information from mere ly glancing at souvenir cards which pass through my hands,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
UNcoURrLY RALEIGH.

From the New York Sun.
 Sir Walter must be turning in his grave Is the Tar Heel town named after him to continue to be a home of courtesy and place for danes, or is it to sit among the scorners. to be known as a colony of and woman haters and wom- an fearers?
 At a meeting of the Raleigh chamber of commerce Tuesday the report or the com mittee on bylaws was read, including a paragraph providing that women may become honorary members upon payment of S1o Several women have offered the initiation fees. and therefore the para graph was prepared for their benefit.
 will 1t be believed that there was "a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19

hard fight against it?" The Hon. Charles E. Johnson, lone of the best known citt- zens of the state insisted that the cham Der was an association of business men, and he saw no reason for casting aside the old landmarks and inviting the ladies to share in the deliberations. Action was postponed until the next meeting.
 MT. Johnson has perfect right to hold his unfortunate, belated and pre- adamitic opinions yet we invite him and all other highly respectable very delect- able ancients to wipe the mist Of ages from their brows and come into the twen- tieth century and the living present They can no more keep women out of cham bers of commerce than levitate them selves by means of their bootstraps. Why not be pleasant about the inevitable? Why not be hospitable and sociable, ac- cepting as guests those conquerors who otherwise will come as invaders with force and arms?
 The business of business women in this century of business women is to put Mere Man out of business. Those Raleigh hunkers can't learn too soon that Mere Man is otiose, superfuous, played out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19

kinds was remarkable, and I believe from personal observation that the run of ads as you newspaper men say, was the heaviest in the history of the city.
 'The paper was a credit to the city and I have heard many people comment most favorably on the general appear ance as well as the number and size of the advertisements.
 "A newspaper is the best evidence of a city's prosperity, and the outsider would certainly judge from Sundays Age Her aid that Birmingham is prospering nightly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
MOBILE GIVES WARNING.
From the Mobile Herald.

From the Mobile Herald.
 The upstate political bunch, especially the coterie at Birmingham-Comer Rhodes, Gray. White, Johnston and Stall lings-who seem to think that the fat jobs are theirs in the near future. may prepare for a jolt from Mobile. In our own way and at our own leisure we will make an announcement which win give one or more of the Magic City aggrega- ton a severe case of insomnia. Mark the prediction. boys Mobile will claim her share of the political pudding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
SOME TIME.

By Eugene Field. Last night, my darling, as you slept I thought I heard you sigh, And to your little crib I crept.
 And watched a space thereby; And then I stopped and kissed your brow For oh! I love you so- You are too young to know it now,
 But some time you shall know! Some time, when in a darkened place.
 Where others come to weep, Your eyes shall look upon face
 Calm in eternal sleep; The speeches. lips, the wrinkled brow,
 The patient smile shall show You are too young to know 1t now,
 But some time you shall know! Look backward. then. into the year
 And see me here tonight See, oh. darling, how my tears
 Are falling as I write; And feel once more upon your brow
 The kiss of long ago You are too young to know 1t now.
 But some time you shall knowi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The only one girl can fool easier than 4 young man Is an old one.
 It Is surprising how little man has to spend on his clothes if he is rich.
 Maybe it Is so much easier to write telegrams than letters because they cost more.
 1t takes a girl to be so deceitful that she can turn a yawn over your story into a smile at It..
 A good thing about having the children go to Sunday school is that it makes that part of the day so peaceful at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
THE JOYS OF THE PLUNeER.
From the Baltimore Herald.

From the BaIumOre HerdIu.
 It Is estimated that everywhere only about five people in fifty who bet on races ever win anything If this were not the case, bookmakers could not live. The odds are so placed as to encourage betting and at the same time provided a large margin of success for the bookmaker. But 1t is just the possibility of winning big stake for little outlay that con- stitutes the fascination of betting for the average frequenter of the tracks. These risky plungers generally wager small amounts, but the aggregate sums invested are large; as the bookmakers know very we'll In nothing is the old saying that a fool and his money are soon parted better illustrated than in betting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
REPUBLIC IRON AND sTr-

From the Wall Street Journal.
 When asked whether there was any basis for the stories that there would be a contest at the coming annual meet ing of the Republic Iron and Steel com pany. President Alexis w. Thompson said: "The meeting. will be harmonious. It will be simply routine, and the annual report will be presented.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
Size of Paper.

.I was struck by the Sunday edition of the Age-Herald." said A. L. Fulenwi- der, president of the Birmingham Realty yesterday.
 .It was easily the largest and best regular edition ever published in Bir- mingham.
 .The display of advertisements of all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

man, and he fiatters himself with the thought that so long as three or four whisps of hair finger on top of hls head he has an advantage over his less for tunate brother. We are inclined to laugh at the man who signs over approaching baldness, but there is tragedy in the loss of ones hair. It Is blow to vanity and inspires false hope in hair restorers.
 FORGOTTEN. Oh where is Carrie Nation now
 Who wasted much good liquor7 And Mrs Chadwick who did rob
 Old bankers with snickerf Is Thomas Lipton still alive
 With hopes to be a winner7 And errant Langley airship man,
 More sinned against than sinner? Is Thomas Taggart cheerful yet,
 And full of springing hope, Despite the fact he played to lose,
 According to the "dope?"
 Oh. where are all these notables?
 We miss them from the papers. No longer they create a noise.
 And cut their pleasing capers.
 Baseball is becoming popular in the Eternal City Oh, Romel Romel Art thou given over to such modern uses? Do the seven hills resound to the cries of "rooters," and the umpire, grim and immovable, stand where great Caesar stood?
 In view of the fact that James Edward Britt is reported to have made $115,0oo in the pugilstic business. he can console himself for the drubbing received at the hands of Battling Nelson.
 The Columbus Daily Post. recently es- tablished in Columbus. Miss, has gone by the board and in explaining the cause of it's demise the Columbus Weekly Dis patch offers an interesting glimpse of the newspapers situation in Mississippi. The reasons offered by the Dispatch for the impracticability of a daily newspaper in Columbus apply in lesser degree to al- most the entire state. In the first place Columbus has only about twelve thous- and people, the larger per cent of whom are negroes and non-readers. Then there Is a large element which is constantly shifting and thus offers poor field for building up first class daily paper How ever, the main difficulty lies in the fact mat COlumDuS, as well as the entire state of Mississippi, is 'covered' by out side papers. The papers of Memphis, Bir- mingham, Montgomery, Mobile, New Or leans and Shreveport have "blanketedn the state so thoroughly that the existence of the strongest and largest Mississippi papers is rendered, the Dispatch says. precarlous. The situation in Mississippi is quite unique and while it means much for outside papers. 1t is rather hard on the Mississippi dailies.
 The son of a millionaire is reported to bs working IS a day laborer in Kokomo Ind, He will find that in the long run hard work is better for his health than going the gaits.'
 THE AUTO PATfI
 Victims scattered here and there,
 Wrecked vehicles on the road Shattered wagons that were wont
 To convey the farmers load; Spokes and wheels and limbs galore,
 Left behind by speeding chAuffeurs Who risked life and limb to prove
 That they were in truth no loafers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19

The English novelist who commit ted suicide in order to advertise her new book set an example that the most enthusiastic literary aspirant will hes itate to follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19

A Vermont man killed himself on mountain peak because he was Hit crate. Perhaps the poor chap had never heard of the correspondence schools that can educate a man while ie sleeps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19

George w. Perkins seems to have had his own way in the New York Life Insurance company-not in the Mutual Life, as slip of the pen made it appear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19
FEMlNlNlTY.

From the Smart Set.
 De Style-Was she surprised when you told her there was price upon her head?
 Detective-Yes; she asked me if it was on straight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-19

The Pennsylvania youth who broke a chain just in time to save himself from being ground to pieces on a cog wheel offers a world of inspiration to the men who manufacture melodrama.