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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
ESSEN IN NEVADA.

From the Carson Appeal.
 Isbens Norwegian play of Ghosts"
 with one setting of scenery, no music
 and three knocks with a club on the floor to raise the curtain, was presented last evening.
 The play Is certainly a moral hair raiser. and the stuffing Is knocked out of the decalogue at every turn.
 Mrs. Alving, the leading lady. who keeps
 her chin high in the air, has married
 moral monstrosity In the shape of a spav- ined rake, and hides 1t from the world. She wears pleasant smile and gives so- ciety the glad hand, and finally lets go all holds when her husband gets gay with
 the hired girl and gives an old tar 300 plunks to marry her and stand the re-
 sponsibiity for the expected population. Oswold, the mothers only boy Is sent
 takes kindly to the gay life of the capital where the Joy of living is the rage, and families are reared in a section where a
 printer running job office solely op mar riage certificates would hit the penthouse with a dull thud.
 Regena, the result of Mir. Aivfng's atten tions to the hired girl, also works in the family, and falls in love with the painter
 boy on his return from Paris They vote country life too slow, and plan to go to Paris and start a family. The doting mother gives her consent, and Pastor Menders, who Is throwing fits all through the play. has spasm.
 The boy. on being informed that the girl of his choice Is his half sister, throws an-
 other his mamma having also thrown d few In the other act.
 Engstrand, who runs a sort of sailors
 and soldiers canteen. set fire to an or phanage, and the boy. who has inherited
 a sort of mayonnaise-dressing brain from
 his awful dad, tears about the stage a
 spell breaks some furniture and upsets the wine. He finally takes rough on rats" and dies gibbering idiot, with his mother slobbering over him and trying to figure out in her own mind that he was merely drunk and disorderly.
 The players handled the sticky mess as well as could be expected. all being ex- cellent actors, although Miss Razeto built
 up her hustle too high. Miss Lockwood Is strong, and Mestayer handles his thank
 less role conscientiously. MacGregor, as
 Pastor Menders, was very effective. but there was no better actor in the cast than
 Edwin Bailey and his minor role. As sermon on the law of heredity the play is great. but after seeing 1t we are glad to announce that Haverly's Min strels will relieve the Ibsen gloom on No venlbor 6-next Monday night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
ORIGINAL MEANING OF "sNos."
rom the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
 "snob' means originally. in the land of its origin person of plebeian station. considered from the height of birth It was word used with the downward eye and upward nose of superior station, or assigned to the naughty by popular con- vention Then Thackeray took it, and rebuked with 1t the social ambitions of the vulgar. Surely he made too much of those uneasy aspirations. He could not write more than page or two without stirring up the snob and his absurdities, and that leit-motif becomes importunate an tedious. Now Paris has misunder- stood the word roundly, and in the art and letters of that city ''snob' and 'snobism' are the words most in vogue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
TIDE OF PROSPERITY HAS
 COVERED THE COUNTRY

From the New York Sun
 \ T is good American business that the deposits in national banks in the south and southwest increased from s4s7. .24o.oOO in 1903 to s5ss, 900 in 1905, a gain of $102, ,646,O00. or 211 per cent In only two years. By itself the south in creased ss0,Ss5,o0o, or 2.1s per cent, and the southwest, $22,2500O0, or 1s6 per cent. Texas shows the largest increase, $17. .233, . 600. or 22.9 per cent; Missouri follows with s15.635,0O0. or 15.4 per cent; vir- ginia with $l1,9s400O. or S9.5 per cent and Maryland with $9,117.OoO. or 17.S per cent. Oklahoma has $2,1S6.000 increase and Indian territory s3,766.O00; Kentucky, Lou isiana and Tennessee have each more than g. 100000 increase while Florida and Georgia increased more than s4,000,000 each. These are the figures published by the Manufacturers Record and they spell Prosperity with big P for the south and southwest
 More good American business by the Pennsylvania railroad Coal and coke shipments on lines east of Pittsburg and Erie in week ended November IS were 1.02s,0 GOO short tons, an increase of 120000 tons.
 It Is good American business particu- larly in view of future requiremtns of our navy. that coal deposits of great value have been discovered in Batan island. one of the Philippine group. At present coal has to be brought from Aus tralia and Japan to the Philippines. The veins are so rich that the coal under a half square mile would furnish 200 GOO tons year for thirty-eight years Quarter master General Humphreys report says that there is coal enough underlying the lands on which Uncle Sam has an op- ton to last his Philippine government and his army and navy in the far east for ss4 years Some of the veins are thirteen feet thick.
 Twenty-Five thousand freight cars worth about s20.0Oo,00o. were ordered by the New York Central on Thursday.
 Railroad construction now under way in the United States calls for an expendi- ture of sl,oOo. 100000. Three-ffths of it is for new lines and extensions west and southwest of Chicago.
 Mississippi valley lumber mills shipped 1,574, oOO, 900 feet of lumber in the nine months ended September. This was an increase lover 1904 nine months of 1o1,- 531 900 feet. October shipments did not lessen. being. from Minneapolis alone. 3S 15S 900 feet, an increase of 2,0So.Oo0 feet over October. 1904 That's good American business The mills are shipping almost from the saw.
 It is good American business when state timber sold as 1t did at St. Paul on October r. at the highest prices yet recorded. Practically everything offered about s0.00000o feet. was snapped up.
 It Is good American business that our exports for the twelve months ended De- tober reached the record-breaking total of s1, 56oooo,OOo. The nearest similar twelve months record was in 1901, sl.4Ss, ,000, ,0oG That is all national gain, except the im- ported materials for manufacturing in cluded therein. What is included in that total for wages and internal expenses is not national loss, e 1t was disburssd en-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
FRENCH VIEW OF EDWARD VII.

Following the good example set by sev- eral of his colleagues the Comte d Andigne has given his impressions of his recent visit to London to the Echo de Paris. The Count is municipal councillor for the Six teenth ward of Paris. His impressions of Edward VII are as follows:
 'sro say that Edward VII is adored by his people is only to recognize truth which is apparent to every one over there Besides the respect with which lon principle the Englishman regards his King. Edward VII enjoys a quite per sonal popularity. which he has gained by the nobility of his manners, the constant dignity wilh which he discharges his high functions, and his great solicitude for the greatness and the interests of his empire"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
Business Conditions.

| It used to be that an era of prosper ity was followed by a period of de- pression, say, five lean years after three or four fat years. But since the country's recovery from the hard times of 1893, there have been no bad years, and it begins to look as if periods of extreme depression, similar to those of the past. would not return for years to come.
 Lulls in business there will be from time to time, but men engaged in con- mercial pursuits today will probably not live to see trade paralyzed as it was from 1873 to 1878, from 1882 to 1887 and from 1893 to 1897. Increased demand for the necessities and com forts of life as the result of steadily in- creasing population and abundant crops have tended to stimulate all branches of industry. Poor crops next year would check prosperity, but there would be no paralizing effect. Nothing short of famine would bring business to standstill Good crops in the fol lowing year would cause a quick re- viyal of trade.
 The year 1905, fast drawing to close, has been one of the best years in the country's history. But on ac- count of car shortage and scarcity of labor, the net results in mining and manufacturing quarters will not be as large as prosperous conditions made possible. Here in the Birmingham dis trict a clamor for cars comes from nearly every mining concern, and every large iron maker is finding it impos- sible to ship his product as fast as con sumers want 1t. The car situation is said to be exceptionally bad through out the country. And as for common labor at the furnaces 1t was never so short or inefficient as now. Were ne- gro labor as reliable as it was five years ago, there would be no serious scarcity, even with rapid development. and increased demand for laborers. But negro labor is deteriorating every day.
 Coal companies claim to be losing money because of the inability of the railroads to supply cars, and some of the furnace companies claim to be damaged seriously by not being able to ship their iron according to contract for delivery. If iron production in Ala. hama this year does not considerably exceed the tonnage of 1904 and if coal production falls short of calculations it will be because of the adverse condi- tions mentioned. Yet withal the year will wind up with a big balance on the right side of the ledger and the public in general will be in happy mood for | Christmastide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
We can both endure the winters cold.
 Julius Caesar.
Meriwether's Defense.

Midshipman Minor Meriwether, Jr., who is charged with causing the death of Midshipman James R. Branch, Jr., in fist fight at Annapolis, has tes- tified on the stand in his own defense and his testimony will have much weight with the trial officers.
 Midshipman Meriwether makes a strong case in his defense, a case that has been strengthened by previous ev- idence brought out in the trial. He acted a manly role throughout the de- plorable affair and the onus of blame should not rest on his shoulders. It was a fair fight and seems to have been fully justified, so far as Meri- wether was concerned No youth of spirit will submit to being "hounded" without making a protest, and no stu dent will deliberately hound another unless there Is in him the proverbial yellow streak"
 Meriwether could not be given a se- were penalty on the evidence so far adduced in the trial Some slight pun ishment might be imposed on him as a lesson to other midshipmen, but the real task before the authorities is to stamp out the system" which winks at fights among students and abolish the hazing which leads up to such encounters as that which resulted in the death of poor Branch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

deep and solemn sense of our obligation to Him for them-to teach us rightly to estimate their immense value. to preserve us from the arrogance of prosperity, and from hazarding the advantage we enjoy by deusive pursuits. to dispose us to merit the continuance of His favors, by not abusing them; by our gratitude for them and by a correspondent conduct as citizens and as men, to render this coun- try more and more a safe and propitious asylum for the unfortunate of other coun- knowedge-to diffuse and establish habits of sobriety, order, morality. piety, and finally to impart all the blessings we possess or ask for ourselves to the whole family of mankind !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
Q New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 If you like blonde girl enough all the redness seems to come out of her hair.
 A woman gets married to have babies SO they can grow up an do the same thing.
 If man has more money he spends so much that he feels poorer than ever
 Most of the friends you have look every day for some excuse to become your enemy.
 When a man is walked up by the cook going down stairs to get his breakfast and goes to sleep right away again, the only way his wife can pacify him is to tell him he never closed his eyes all night and it is wonderful the way he can go to his work without having had apy rest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
THE REASON.
By William Winter.

By William Winter.
 l. l know not If thy charm it be, Or Natures charm. reveaTd in thee; Whether thy face, as now l view 1t. Is thine-or hers that's shinging through
 it; But this I know-whate'er the art That wins me- thou hast won my heartl And, therefore, though my old guitar Has strings that were-not strings that
 are Once more, ere yet its tune be spent, l touch that ancient instrument- In praise of truth and beauty bient!
 II. Through the red glare, the scorchinG
 light The din, the havoc. and the blight Of clamorous wrath and hideous haste, That makes this life one dreary waste. Thy voice, of Music's soul complete, Was ever tender, low and sweet To make the frantic tumult cease And bless me with the balm of peano! And so for thee I breathe sigh Therefore I love thee-far or nigh- Or else-or alse-I know not why
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
About Persons,

Rowland Davenport. prominent young business man of Chattanooga, came to Birmingham yesterday to witness the Ten nessee-Alabama football game.
 W E. Fletcher, Jr., of New Orleans is spending few days at the Hotel Hill man.
 M H. Wise of Cincinnati is at the Hotel Hillman.
 R. w. Macey, a well known resident of Lexington Ky. is at the Hotel Hillman.
 D. H. Tharin of Atlanta is visiting in the city
 B. A. Pepperman. secretary to Mayor Ward, left yesterday for Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
r. c. & I. AND sLosS.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 With Sloss- s-Sheffield selling at about 94 and Tennessee' Coal and Iron at 124, the two stocks are about on parity of price. In considering the market price of Sloss. allowance must be made for the extra stock dividend declared a short time ago, which was valued in the market at about 90 Adding this to the market price brings Sloss up to about 124 Friends of the Tennessee Coal and Iron think that that stock should sell at a premium of 10 points over the old Sloss on account of the Ten nessee company's great ore holdings and the big business the company is doing in steel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

greedily at the Mutual trough, while the public was hoodwinked and policy. holders paid the bills.
 The end is not yet at hand. Presi- dent Mccall of the New York Life should go along with McCurdy. The grafters and bosses are being proddeI by public opinion. A few have been kicked out, but many still hold their jobs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
MANY GOOD INDIANS.

From the Nogales tAriz) Gases.
 From Carbo comes a report that one day last week an American rancher in that vicinity, fearing a decent by Ya- qus poisoned a denijohn of mescal and then absented himself from home over night. Returning the next day he found twenty-three dead Indians in and about the house"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

tirely among ourselves-just changed hands, that is all.
 With our iron production booming, with our lumber production booming. with our farm products of all kinds booming with our national banks, state banks, savings banks, and all our conservatively and honestly managed financial institutions booming, with our export trade boom ing as far as the efforts we put into 1t allow it to boom, with our east, our west, and our south each trying to help the other, with our factories booming as they never boomed before, with ,our schools crowded to the doors with 21,- 100000 American children, native and adopted in training for American citizen- ship; with the public conscience, political. social, financial and religious awakened as it was never awakened before; with the "Rogues' March being played over political bosses and grafters of every size, shape and hue. have we not every reason in the world to make Thursday a real American Thanksgiving day?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
ARNOLD, BURR AND HAMILTON.

From the Denver Republican.
 Benedict Arnold, the traitor, is not an engaging hero, but it has been found that Arnold was a good neighbor in the days before the revolution, and no man suffer- ed more than he in behalf of the patriot1 cause for several years. That he went over to the British is true, but we hear altogether too little concerning the spite full meanness that dogged this brave mans steps until his proud spirit was goarded to desperation. Aaron Burr kill ed Alexander Hamilton in duel. But let suppose that Hamilton had killed Burr, what then? Would Burr have been the saint and Hamilton the sinner? Burr was no monster. Those who knew him best were the ones who loved him most. There was no lawyer of his time who commanded such large fees. and his heart was so tender that his purse was always at the command of the poor and unfortu- nate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
Business Prosperitx.

Every line of business in the country IS prosperous. remarked Ben Mazza, a contractor. Especially Is this true in the building line. In Birmingham a number of structures have been erected during the year and a great number are at pres ent in course of construction.
 There is evidence of prosperity in Bir- mingham and the same conditions pre- vail in every section of the union, espec- ially in the south l have never seen so much prosperity as is now enjoyed, and the contractors and builders have all the work that they can do, and more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

A children's aid society is teaching newsboys how to be plumbers and Is thus putting them directly in the way of wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
Last of Football,

We have probably heard the last of football for many months to come and now the baseball gossip will commence in earnest,' said lover of sports. "Everv- thing has its season, and the football season generally ends in the south on Thanksgiving. There will be little heard of the gridiron stars until next August or September. when the college boys vSil begin on who will make the team next year>
 A lew surprises were sprung yester- day. Chicago defeated Michigan and won the western championship, which was rather unlocked for. I figured that Michi- gan was nearly as good as Yale and would play the sons of Old Eli a. close contest. Yale seems to have no rival this year who has an equal chance to defeat her.
 Tn the south Vanderbilt occupies the same position. There is not a team in the south. except Virginia and North Carolina of course, which could defeat the Com modores. But North Carolina and yir- ginia are hardly considered southern teams.
 T was surprised at the score of the vanderblt-Sewanee game. According to the score Alabama played a much better game against Vanderbilt than sewanee did, still the Purple and White walked away from the Crimson and White in Birmingham. l do not think that any one believed that Vanderbilt would win by such score. Many thought that sewanee would not score but I know some- thing about Scarboroughs ability to kick and l though he would get a goal from the field if he had a good chance.
 Alabama came out of the year very creditably. She was defeated several times to be sure. but she had some pretty hard luck l believe that right now she is the second strongest team in the south and that she could defeat either Tech or Clemson were she to play them again. believe that in another gridiron battle sewanee would be, defeated Alabama played below her class and Sewanee above her class in that game"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

From the Savannah News.
 The evidence goes to show that great many naval battles are fought on dry land an with the fists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

Birmingham people thought yester- day was cold, but the thermometer out in Montana is showing "A degrees be- low zero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

It is suggested that we are building the Panama canal for posterity. If we don't hurry posterity will have to help out in the work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

The president of Smith college says that higher education, is no bar to marriage. It should not be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

MT. Fairbanks is thinking of accept ing an engagement to speak in Ne braska, now that Colonel Bryan is away and the field is clear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

assistant Treasurer Lieb was one of those persons who did not enjoy Thanksgiving day as much as they thought they would several weeks ago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01
GREAT DETECTIVES.

From the Kansas City Star.
 The sleuth hounds in Kansas City, Kan. appear to be just about as nimble and speedy as dachshunds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

Corea is realizing more and more that she was just pawn in the game played by Russia and Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

It is to be hoped that no loopholt will be found through which Senator Burton may escape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

The trustees of the Mutual Life passed a resolution of good will, but no thanks, for Richard A. McCurdy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

FUN IS OVER. And nowadays the college boy Doth wear most gloomy looks; The football seasons over and He must go back to books.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

Both the Conner and the Cunning ham bandwagons seem to be stuck in the mire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

Diplomat Bliss was thankful yester day-thankful that he escaped with his life in St Petersburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

It is not surprising that a magazine styled Modern Methods devotes much space to insurance graft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

Attorney Sternfed should have re- membered that no man should try to do two things at the same time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-01

Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas acts the way Governor Vardaman of Mississippi talks.