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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
EARLY CLOSING IN RUSSIA.

From the London Saturday Review.
 Some of those who are. fond of sneak ing of Russia as an uncivilized country should turn to the Times on~Thursdav. They will find there summary of a. shops early closing bill. drawn up by the Russian minister of finance. (which would be credit to any country.
 It marks stage of social reform higher than we have reached here. Es- pecially important is the provision for local committees for carrying out the act-representing employers and em- ployed in equal proportions
 It would be hard to find an instance of government concern for labor equal to it in the American republic, which the journalist trots out as the happy land in contrast to terrible Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
HAVE YOU ELEVATOR MANNERs7

From the Chicago Journal
 Step all the way back.
 Face the door.
 Don't wear a murderous quill in your hat.
 Say at which door you wish to stop, so the boy won't have to reverse his ma chine for you.
 Don't be so occupied with looking in the mirror that you forget at what door you want to get off
 Don't tell your private affairs An ele- vator is as public as a trolley car, only more so.
 Don't push. don't scrowl and say mean things. If you object to being showed up against you ought to take the stairway.
 Wait your turn to get in and walt your turn to get out. In short, behave like a gentleman or a lady toward the elevator and you will find 1t pretty good method of transportation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Baseball Fiction.

Alien Sangree seems to be unable to SUCK to facts when he writes about the south In discussing the misfortunes and niahaps of baseball umpires he tells in the Saturday Evening Post a story about Birmingham that is all right except that there is not word of truth in it. The story in full, as follows:
 Every umpire can tell you of thrilling escapes. One of the best stories that I heard was told by Eddie Mahoney, who lives In Montgomery, Alabama, and a one time worked for the Southern League. We were playing in Birmlng- ham,, he told me, and knowing the cali bre of the fans there wanted to give them all the best of it. There were sev- eral thousand miners in the bleachers, and perhaps few of them had their guns with them. I saw couple any how and taking my cue decided that 1t would be bad busineso to give the wis., itsng team any favors. When the game began I heard the first row call out in unison: Be c-a-r-e-f-u-l, young man, be c-a-r-erf-u-Il'
 was careful, you can bet your life, and l thought that I should get away without scratch, but in the ninth in- ming. the score being tied, I made de- eision that was perfectly just but did not suit, and In a few minutes the whole am- phitheatre was a seething mass of infur- lated rooters. l was smashed three or four times but manaFed to get on my feet, and was moving toward the gate and just under the grandstand, when one rooter became so enreged that he picked up a bicycle. I saw 1t lowering above me and knew that if 1 ever got that on the nut I might be down and out for good. so when he let go I made running catch, jumped on the machine, and the way I sprinted across that field would have given Walthour cards and spades. I never stopped riding until I got to the hotel then I left the wheel. ran up to my room and locked the door
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rrom the New York Press.

From the New fork Press. Not being able to tell the truth is very useful if you want to compliment a wom- an.
 Wen a man rows woman across a
 creek she tells about it as if she had been off yachting. A man can marry a girl for her looks;
 but when 1t comes to living with her
 what he counts on is her disposition. A woman can always be happy for a
 while by imagining how all her friends
 would envy her if she were widow. There is so much deception in a woman
 that she can make herself believe she Is
 going to nurse a sick friend when she
 Is going to make her sick with envy over the clothes she Is wearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

s2o as their price for 1906 and have al- ready sold upwards Of s0O.O0O tons for de- livery at that price in 1906. while prices of structural shapes have been advanced s2 ton. The total industrial dividends payable this month snow an increase of about ss,5oo,OO0 over September year ago. the gain representing an increase in the rates on the part of some corpora tions and also several additions to the dividend list
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
Stockholders Elect oHicers.

Huntsville. September S.-(Special)-The stockholders of the Farmers Warehouse company met Saturday afternoon and elected the following officers and direc- tors Walter Kelly, president; N. M. Rowe. vice president; Lee Ford, secre- tary; John M. Hampton, treasurer; Wal ter Kelly, N. M. Rowe, R. T. Lawler, J. E. McCa1eb, Clarendon Davis. J. B. Bron- augh, A. c. Proctor and J. M. Hampton, directors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
shipwrecked Men Detained.

Fernandina, Fla, September 3.--The two men frem the ill-fated ship Peconic. which they say sunk near this shore last Sun day, are still here, and obedience to or ders received from New York from the vessels owners will likely be detained for several weeks until the truth of their story is fully established. No bodies have yet washed ashore. and no wreckage from the vessel has been seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
Shoot Each Other.

Pelham. Ga., September S.-Fletcher Naples and Bud Akridge brothers-in-law, shot each other last night near their homes about six miles from Pelham. It seems that quarrel arose between the two men, when each drew his pistol and fired, eight shots being exchanged. Ak ridge died instantly. Naples died this tnorpiuU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
Missionaries Going to Japan.

Huntsville September -(Special.)-The Rev. S. M. Erickson of Mobile Is here making arrangements to go to Kobe, Japan as missionary sent by the First Presbyterian church of this city. Mrs Erickson. who was formerly Miss Lois Johnson of Fayetteville, Tenn, will ac- company her husband and her expenses will be paid by the Presbyterian church of Temple, Tex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
Tournament Is Postponed.

Huntsville, September S-(Special) )-The continued rains have caused postpone ment of the riding tournament that was to have been held as celebration of La bor day. the riders having no time to practice. The tournament will be held within the next ten days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The architects think forty-story buildings should be the limit, but New York hotel builder proposes to have one 49 stories high. Why not make 1t an even fifty?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
Municipal Quarantine.

"The state quarantine" said man yes- terday who travels throughout Alabama, lis so thorough now that 1t Is quite unnecessary to have municipal authorities take hand in the matter
 T notice that several of the smaller towns in the state have quarantined against various places outside of Ala bama. This is uncalled for, and 1t is also inconvenient and annoying to the state quarantine officers and the public
 "The quarantine law provides that the state may prohibit or abolish municipal quarantine whenever such quarantine in- terfers with the proper administration of the state law. I wish this provision were invoked by the state authorities and all the quarantines declared by municipal authorities were promptly abolished
 About Persons.
 Edgar B. Kay of Tuscaloosa is at the Morris.
 c. J. cowan of Montgomery is in the city.
 w. c. Adams of Garnsey was at the Morris yesterday.
 E. T. Sloan of Tuscaloosa was in Bir- mingham last night.
 Dave Griffin of Selma Is registered at the Morris.
 c. c. Collier of Dadevine was here yes- terday.
 G. H. Upchurch of Mobile arrived in Birmingham last night.
 Madison Jones and Lee Jones of Greens boro are in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Japan takes seat among the civil ized nations of the earth, and there is no one to dispute her rights at the council table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The impression grows that the treaty will be known as.the Treaty of Portsmouth, or perhaps as the Peace of Portsmouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

dreadful rumor arises to the ef- feet that the persimmon crop is par tial failure this year. The 'possums win weep when they hear of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
A REAL ENGLISH JOKE.
From Punch.

From Punch.
 Leopards, 1t is stated, are becoming un- pleasantly numerous in the neghborhood of Simla. Two of them recently lay in wait for the mail cart. but fortunately they were spotted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Dr. J. R. Smiths charity gifts fall in places where money goes a long ways and does a maximum of good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04
PHILADELPHIA HABITS.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 The fact that the Philadelphia Repub- licans stuffed their ballot boxes, not withstanding the certainty of their large majority. is another evidence of the force of hapit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

1ne war in the far east will be con fined hereafter to song and story. and to the melodramatic stage at popu- lar prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

School books are going out, and school children will soon begin to come back to accustomed places. Fall weather is about to resume business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The Kaiser Wilhelm is scratching hls head in order to find wfat glory he won in the far east settlement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Captain Hobson Is detained in New York and the people today will have to get along without one of his mag netic efforts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The Japs will dig bait on Sakhailn and fish off it's shores, but bait digging will be difficult in that frozen island.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Portsmouth begins to wonder where the treaty will be signed, for the place of signing will give name to the treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The armies will endeavor to get out of Manchuria before, winter sets in in dead earnest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

All the world likes the peace treaty e. ept Japan and Russia, and they Will |. e 1t after while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

"Gospodia, mir" from the lips of M. Witte proclaimed the joyful news at Portsmouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Lawyer Dennison of Japan was once A Vermonter bred and born.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Mayor Woodward of Atlanta con- tends that some one did him wrong at Toledo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The country is delighted over the possession of pacificator President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Some say the peace treaty should be known as the Treaty of Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The yellow peril is not half so threatening as the comma bacillus of Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Mayor Jim Woodward has become a national figure. Booze did 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Russian ( olera is deadlier than vel low fever, and is much more dreaded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Some disinfectants should be re- served and shipped to Wooster, o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Linevitch is now in position to fight imaginary battles all the rest of his days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The war editors in Japan should lower their sights trif1e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The paragraphers are fattening their columns on the Jim Woodward incl dent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Chauncey Depew's explanation will be laid before the court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

A pacificator is needed in Morocco near the Algerian line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Russian magazines are still fighting out the Stoessel issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The summer novels are nearly shelved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The architects think forty-story buildings should be the limit, but a New York hotel builder proposes 10 have one 49 stories high. Why not make 1t an even fifty? Inc war in the far east will be con fined hereafter to song and story. and to the melodramatic stage at popu- lar prices.
 Portsmouth begins to wonder where the treaty will be signed, for the place of signing will give name to the treaty.
 Linevitch is now in a position to fight imaginary battles all the rest of his days.
 The paragraphers are fattening their columns on the Jim Woodward incl dent.
 Chauncey Depew's explanation will be laid before the court. 1 A paeificator Is needed in Morocco near the Algerian line.
  The Atlanta mosquitoes should be counted and classified.
 s-- Russian magazines are still fighting out the Stoessel issue. Local issues should have an inning in Russia hereafter.
  Portsmouth has robbed The Hague of its laurels.
 Only v1ctors can afford to be mag unanimous. The autumn of the straw hat is near at hand.
 The summer novels are nearly shelved.
 The "big stick" became an olive branch.
 Oyster shucklng is rising industry again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The Atlanta mosquitoes should be counted and classified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Local issues should have an inning in Russia hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Portsmouth has robbed The Hague of its laurels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Only vlctors can afford to be mag unanimous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The "big stick" became an olive branch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

The autumn of the straw hat is near at hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Oyster shucking is rising industry again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Come not between the dragon and hls wrath.
 -king Lear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Washington Bureau Age-Herald, 142t c street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-04

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March g. 1s7s
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-07
Memorial to An Enulnesr.

A memorial tablet designed in honor
of the late Edward Grafstrom, chief
mechanical engineer of the Atchison.
Topeka 4 Santa Fe railway, has Just
been completed at Chicago and will
be erected and unveiled in the Kan
sas state capitol at Topeka. On the
tablet is a likeness of Mr.. Grafstrom
in bas relief, the Melan bridge mark
ing the point where he lost his life,
and Santa Fe road locomotive, the
design of which he was concerned in.
An inscription gives a sketch OF his
life and describes his heroic act as fol-
lows:
During the great flood of June.
1908, which swept over North Topeka,
he designed and built small side
wheel steamer. in which. with volun-
teer crew of six men. he rescued hun.
dreds of people. While making his
last trip on the night of June 2, 1908,
the boat was capsized and Mr.. Graf.
strom was drowned"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-07

to the passing stranger as they them
selves would hope to have a kindness
done to them.
Some of my most pleasing remin-
iscences are of hours spent at "Saet-
ers.' far from town or hamlet, where
a strange face was a guest to be well
coined. The word 'saeter" is very
nearly the equivalent of our word
farm, or ranch; for though sometimes
applied merely to meadow, it gener-
ally means ground which produces
crops and has dwelling upon it.
1t was an unusually enjoyable day
on which l had lost myself and wan
dered many miles from my intended
route, along the banks of ripping
streams and placid, lakes, through tan
giles OF willow and beech and stretches
of pine, over high and barren fields
and rocky gorges. In the early after
noon found a saeter, solitary house
in the midst of clearing. Here was
told of another saeter l might hope to
reach by nightfall. The sun was al
ready painting the sky and woodland
crimson and gold when turf-grown
lane was reached, and the soft soil
showed tracks of COW and pair of
bare feet. Night was gathering over
head when a wreath of smoke curling
skyward betokened a possible resting
place. The saeter was reached, and
nights shelSer requested. The wo-
man said she would gladly provide it.
but that other ''fremmede" (stran-
gers). woman and little boy, had
arrived some time previous and would
occupy the only spare bed. The wo-
man had come leading COW, and the
little boy had ridden on its back. How
ever, permission was obtained to
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-07
Shun the "Blues."

Blues" are unnecessary. They
mean one of two things-an unhealthy
body or a diseased mind. In either
case distraction is the best remedy.
One must strive to forget self in work.
in reading, or in pleasure. A busy
life, judiciously arranged. will crowd
vapors to the wall. There are wom-
en- who never seem to have any re-
sources. Let them cultivate good
sized feminine acquaintance, with va
ried types to suit ones moods, to sew
with this one. shop with that one, en-
tertain and be entertained. There is
always charity work to fill up ones
time. even when the social amenities
are not pleasing.-London Answers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-07
E chiId's Wisdom.

Down at the Sea Breeze the other
day was small Miss Margery. aged 4.
walking alqug the bluff with a friend
of her mothers who had accompanied
the family IN days outing. Don't
go so near the edge" cautioned the
child's consianion, as the venture
some little one frolicked in the dam
gerous place. and as the advice was
unheeded, added: 'It won't be my
fault if you fall over" NO" said
Margery, "hrt you'll be the one
blamed for it.'-Rochester Union and
Advertiser.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-07
SPENCER AS MUSICAL CRITIC.
Philosopher Unable to See Harmony
in Tones of Violin.

Herbert Spencers opinions were
most decided on topics which he was
not by nature intended to understand
quite so well as those of orthodox phil
losophy. His musical heresies are
among the most startling. The violin
is to him the voice of shrew in a
good temper He finds this practic-
ally perfect instrument has at least
two chronic defects. "the hiss of the
bow and the production of high over
tones as it is drawn over the string"
This view leads him to criticise our
orchestras for missing" for in them
'the tones of stringed instruments so
greatly predomlnate' Spencer, who
never attended Wagner opera,
summed up his views of modern or
chestras, saying: Beauty they can
render. grace they can render, deli
cacy they can render. but where is
the dignity. where is the GRANDEUR"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-07

In the Family Room.
The house contained one big ro,.i.
to which everything else was merely
accessory. Large bedsteads occupied
two corners of the room, a huge fire.
place with brightly-burning log fire
occupied the third, and a fourth con-
tanned a cuckoo clock, table, and
some broad wooden benches. The
household consisted of little weaz-
ened man, his stalwart wife, and a
fair-haired daughter of Is or 16. His
wife was about six feet high and broad
in proportion, and looked as If she
could put her husband in her pocket
on occasion; her bare arms showed
goodly muscles, and petticoats reach.
ing only to the knees made her ap-
pear even taller than she was, a peace
full feminine Goliath. The old man
smoked his pipe by the light of the
blazing fire, while the daughter
combed out her long golden hair; the
little boy was already slumbering in
one of the big beds, and his mother
was attending to the COW, while the
hostess hustled about her household
duties.
Presently the latest conner asked
permission to retire, but he was bid
den to wait a moment and he would
be given something better than the
barn. That was a house where wo-
mans word was law so he sat meekly
between the fire and the golden-haired
girl and watched his buxom hostess.
Quickly she placed two benches side
by side beneath the cuckoo clock,
fetched two huge armfuls of hay from
the barn and spread them thereon,
went out again and brought some
more with which to stuff pillow case,
and finally covered all with homespun
sheets and blankets. Then, by the fit
full dancing of the dying flames pro-
ceeded a general but necessarily in
complete disrobing; host and hostess
in one of the beds, the hostess daugh-
ter and the woman and little boy in
the other, while the sixth occupant of
the room lay beneath the cuckoo
clock. Could hospitality go further?
Next morning the hostess was up
before the dawn; the cracking of dry
wood in the flames of the open hearth
and the grinding of coffee in a small
wooden trough reused the slumberers,
and the rich fragrance of the crushed
berries reused their appetites. Flad-
brod and coffee, potatoes and butter
porridge and sugar and cream made a
meal for prince, but such as princes
rarely taste. Was not this better than
a room in a hotel. provided in ex-
change for a Cooks tourist ticket
coupon?
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-07
Letter by Thomas Hood.

A letter written by the poet Thomas
Hood to MY very dear Marianne"
changed hands at public sale in Lon
don the other day for the considera-
ton OF $3.50. The letter has the fol-
lowing quaint conclusion: There is a
tale of little prince who had ruby
heart. and whatever he wished on 1t
was instantly granted, but it is not so
with mine. Neither have l Aladdin's
lamp. or it should have been scrubbed
bright ere the Chelmsford ball, but
now it is dark lanthorn and the glory
of Fairyland is bedimmed forever.
Only the fiery dragons remain, which
are many and fearful, and the black
cats and the demons and imps and the
ogres, who are the booksellers, except
that they have no eyes in their fore
heads.'
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-07
AS YOU GO ALONG.
Good Things to Remember " You
Would Be Popular.

Be helpful. be sociable. be unselfsh,
be generous, be good listener. never
worry OF whine. study the art of pleas
ing, be frank, open and truthful, al
ways be ready to lend hand. be kind
and polite to everybody. be self-confi-
dent. but not conceited. never monop-
olize the conversation. take a genuine
interest in other people. always look
on the bright side of things. take pains
to remember names and faces, never
criticise or say unkind things of 9TH
ers, look for the good in others, not
for their faults, cultivate health and
thus radiate strength and courage. for
give and forget injuries, but never for
get benefits. rejoice as genuinely in
another's success as in your own, al
ways be considerate of the rights and
feelings of others, have a good time,
but never let fun degenerate into
license. learn to control yourself un-
der the most trying circumstances,
have kind word and CHEEKY. en-
couraging smile for everyone, be re-
spectful to women and chivalrous in
your attitude toward them. meet trou-
BILE like a man and cheerfully endure
what you can't cure, believe in the
brotherhood Of man, and recognize no
class tinctions.-Success.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-07
ssoerstitlon About Pigs.

The pig plays a part in many be-
liefs. Mr.. Hickson, who travelled much
in the Crlebes and adjacent islands.
found tribe who believed that the
whole earth is borne by pig belong
ing to tie god Mak-a-wa-lang, who
dwells in the under world, and that
the frequent earthquakes in that re.
gion are caused by the pig rubbing
itself against the trees. Some of the
inhabitants, however, assert that the
world does not stand on the pig itself,
but on a number of piles, and with
such terrible results, says the London
Globe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-07
Ma, kimball Was Not Afraid.

Amorg the well known characters in
Biddeford twenty years ago was a
brick manufacturer named Nat KIM
ball, who was noted for his witty re-
torts. One day the old man was taken
very i'll. and seemed very near his end
when the minister called. The con-
versatiol drifted around to the matter
of future existence.
"Mr. nimball," said the preacher.
solemnlf. don't you have any dread
of meeting the King of Terrors?"
"Huhl' grunted the old man! 81
don't know why | should. I've lived
with the queen more'n forty year.
Boston Herald.