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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01

the Boston Sensationalist. Two or three of the latest Lawson market fulmina- tions fell flat. No attention whatever was paid to them and quotations were made in entire independence thereof.
 The year 1904 shows up in strikingly fa- vorable contrast with 1903. In every Wall Street particular it was an improvement. A greatly increased volume of business was done on the Stock Exchange, and there was a very substantial recovery in prices from the depression which occur red the year before. General business throughout the country showed similar gratifying Improvements, and period of supreme business confidence has taken the place of doubt and uncertainty. Great crops have rewarded the farmers and today the hum of activity is heard in every field of industry. We are enter ing upon a new year that is full of goodly promise.
 It was something of a shock to the New York public to read the apology and promise of the Subway company to re- place the cars now in use with those of steel construction. It was a shock be- cause the belief was generally held that the cars were already of metal and therefore indestructible by fire. It turns out, however, that at the present time only about 20 per cent of the cars in use are of steel, and until the remaining 80 per cent is replaced with steel convey ences there is constant danger of hog rible accident like that which occurred in the Paris tubs some months ago where scores of lives were sacrificed. People are now asking why it is that the au- thorlties permitted the Subway to begin business until it was equipped with the right kind of cars and it's patrons se- cured against holocausts.
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when get to your house?"
 Cause pas there and you can see pa."
 Then tell me how I am to know that the fellow you speak of is the right one to ask. What is your papa's name?"
 You ask pa and he can tell you mighty quick what's his name. He knows his name Jest as good as I know mine and jest as good as you know yourn.''
 Some of the funniest things happen when one gets right to where a laugh would show the grossest impoliteness.
 Not long ago I drove up to a house far out in the country and as I hailed at the gate a very fleshy old lady came to the door and peereo at me for mo- ment over the top of her eye glasses Seeing me alighting from my buggy she sprang out of the house and came run ming toward me at a gait tha. would have done credit to a 16-year-old girl Stretch ing out her arms as if to grab me she began to chase me around the buggy talking all the time about as follows
 "Oh, you cant fool me, Bill. You can't slip up on your dear old mammy like that and her not know you, Bill; no sir-ee; cause I've been looking for you all this livelong mornin. My nose has been each in' for you for three or four days, and sence breakfast the old game rooster crowed right before the door. Then I almost knowed you was comin' Bill; for them signs never fail me. I've watched them too long not to b'leve in them. To cap it all, while I was washin the dishes this very mornin' I trapped the dish cloth on the floor which is another sure sign that somebody's comin,' and some- how or other I almost knowed it was you. Bless your old ugly heart, boy. don't run from your dear old nanny any longer, but come to my arms, for l am deter ined to kiss you fore I stop Bill! you Bill! Stop your .ryin' to fool me, boy
 By this time I had gained enough speed on the old lady to get the buggy be- tween us. I caught my breath and com menced to tell her as fast as l could that she was certainly mistaken; that I was not her dear son, Bill at all. but that I was an old-time friend of her husband who had only come down to pay him a friendly call. l told her my name and where I lived. She looked at me closely for a moment as she read1ust- ed her apron strings, and then with an air of shame and disappointment, invited me into the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01
HEARD BY A PREACHER
BY. J. H. lTlNERANT.

A negro preacher, recently returned from a northern educational institution that turns out colored divines, was asked about certain professor in the school which he had attended.
 Do you know Professor was asked.
 "Yassah, knows him we'll"
 Were you under his tutorage?"
 ''Nosah he was professor ob a differ ent department and I only met him few times each day.
 What department was he in charge of parson?"
 Well, sah, I think he had charge ob de department of biblical and theologi- cal therapeutics and assent, sah. Dis am de most useful chair in the college, sah. 1t am intended to heal the past mistakes ob seminaries and to teach de young preachers jest to bleve what de Bible says widout addin' anything to It. sah.''
 I rode away laughing heartily, but the more I thought of the parsons answer and opinion the more 1 was made to see the wisdom of the men who had establish ed such chair in the seminary. We need such a department in many of the ecle- siastical schools of today. no doubt
 The following dialogue which recently tcok place between the writer and a small boy WnO was on nlS way nome from a country school will perhaps re- call some similar language to the mind of all travelling men who read it:
 My littlet boy, does this road lead to R-?
 Well, er yessir, it may; I think You can ask my pa. Hes at home. You ask him when you get there I'll tell you how to find our house. You go on up this way; CT, that is you go right on until you get to the forks of the road, then you take that road anC go on until you get to branch; CT, that is 1t ain't any branch. but it's close to a field and ust ter be CT branch. Then you jes. keep agoin till you get up hill.-not the first hill but after you have gone up several hilc and passed several houses you will see our house out to one side of eae read. Pa is there diggin' taters; that is he was disgin' taters when I left home this mornin', but he's done diggin' taters fore now.
 You ask pa. He can tell you which way this road goes, cause he's been there. I don't know jest which way this road goes only know fots O folks goes this way. and I reckon they know where they're goin' to-
 Well. little man, how am I to know
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PRETTY STORY OF
 FAR EASTERN WAR Friendship of Gen. kuropatkin
 and Gen. erauchi THEY EXCHANGE SWORDS Most Cordial Relations Exist Between Two Warriors of Hostile Ma
 tions and kuropatkin Is
 Admired by Japanese.
THEY EXCHANGE SWORDS

Tokio, December 3l.-An interesting story of the great struggle at arms be- tween Japan and Russia lies in a long established personal friendship between General Terauchi, minister of war of Ja- pan. and General Kuropatl1in. command er-in-chief of the Russian armies in Man ohuria, and an exchange of swords as presents between them on the eve of war.
 KuropatlSin and Terauchi met in Paris twenty years ago. Terauchi, then a ma jor, was military attache to the Japa- nese legation in the French capital. and Kuropatkin a major-general at that time, went to France to observe the mil itary maneuvers. The two met first of ficially and there soon sprang up between them feeling of warm friendship and regard. They parted in Paris and did not meet until Kuropatkin came to Japan last year. and the reunion was an inter- esting one.
 When Kuropatkin was about to leave Japan for home Terauehi presented him : with a Japanese sword, an old blade of the finest Workmanship and with an in- terestnS/ history. When he reached St. 1ete>SDuTB hufOpalk1n gave an Oruer for the manufacture of a Russian sword for his friend, Terauchi. It was finished and despatched in December and reached the Japanese capitol a week before Togo's guns opened fire on Port Arthur. A peculiar thing about tie Russian sword is it reached Tollo with the blade keenly sharpened, q custom followed by officers as a rule only in time of war, and among the few who knew of the tiota .f lar bad discussion as to who 1t was sharpened | by The word is handsome weapon sheathed more like saber than the con vential sword of the time. It has a han dle of gold and the black scabbard in which t rests is tipped with gold. De- spite the gulf that divides the two peo- pies, despite the fact that their soldiers and skill pitted in a gigantic strug- gle, Terauchi speaks fondly and respect fully of his old soldier friend. Indeed. Throughout all Japan Kuropatkin is held in distinct respect by the people at large.
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Notice to Monument Builders.

The undersigned will receive designs and bids for the construction of Inonu- ment for Father OReilly on Tuesday, January 10 1905.
 The monument is to be erected on the grounds of St. Vincent's hospital, Bir- mingham, and cost must not exceed s35OO. complete.
 Please call on the secretary Room 1, City Hall, for further details.
 G. c. ENGSTFELD. Secretary. 12-14-to-1-10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01
Cool.

From the Washington Evening Star.
 Are you going to make fuss about a little thing like this?' asked the wo- man, who was found shoplfting.
 ''We are obliged to take action" an- swered the proprietor of the department store.
 ''Humph. You ought to be glad I'm not Mrs. Chadwick"
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NOTES FOR LAWYERS

The execution of releases from part only of the children to whom advance ments are made, of d further interest ii the estate is held, in Hendrick vs Me Dowell (Va) 65 L. R. A., 57S, not to de- stroy their right to share in intestate property therafter accumulated by the ancestor where all his children had shared equally in the advancements. With this case is a note on the right of one receiving advancement and executing re- lease of interest in the estate to share in after-acquired property.
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Tooth and Nail.

From the Chicago News.
 Mrs Stubbs (reading)-John, the late election reports say there was much ''scratching' in Colorado.
 MT Stubbs-H'ml That's where the wo- men vote. Does it say anything about the hair-pullng, too?
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Photoaraph Elected Hermann.

The photograph appeared in the Ore- gonian and was scattered broadcast, and every republican speaker said that the President and Hermann were chums 1t turned the tide, and Hermann received slightly more than 2000 majority over Reames. It has always been understood that President Roosevelt was incensed at the trick played on him, but desisted from saying anything publicly on account or a desire to avoid any unpleasant episode during his tour through the western states. Since that election 1t has been conclusively proved that President Roose- welt did compel Hermann to retire from the commissionership of the general land office under allegations of irregularities, Hermann demanding no investigation and taking no steps to defend himself against the accusations made In a report sub mitted by Special Agent A. R. Greene.
 That same special agent is now here and is working under the direction of Francis J. Henley, assistant attorney general of the United States in the pros ecuton of land frauds. He has been sustained by the administration in every particular, and arrived in Portland last Friday night to learn what action the federal grand jury would take in refer ence to Hermann's alleged connection with the fraudulent securing of public lands.
 It is announced on authority that the government prosecutors expect to have an indictment returned by the grand jury against Hermann. It Is said that the grand jury has convincing proof that the convicted land swindlers. Suter and Me- Kinley, made Senator Mitehelrs office their headquarters when in Washington
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01

An assignment of wages to be earned in the future under an existing contract is held, in Mallin vs. Wenham, Qll) 6o l.. R A.. 6O2, to be valid, and the fact that the term of employement is not of def i1ite duration is held to be immeterial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01

A judgment obtained by wife for damages by reason of the alienation ot the affections of her husband Is held iIi Leicester vs. Hoadley, tKan) 65 l.. R. A. 523 not to be released by the discharge of the judgment debtor in bankruptcy, where such alienation was accomplished by schemes and devices of the judgment debtor, and resulted in the loss of sup port and impairment of health to the wife.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Plans and specifications for high school can be seen at the office of Breeding X
 Whilldn, architects. room IF Watts build- Ing. Birmingham. Bids close at 12 o'clock
 January 10 1905. 12-3l-St
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When 1t prints good. 1t is a good cut. The Gawk Engraving Go.
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Cotton Speculation.

The speculative quantity Tn the cotton market now Is the uncertainty as to the extent of which planters have sold the 1904 crop. Opinions on this point differ widely, some holding that the cotton raisers were shrewd enough to avail themselves of the high prices and get out early in the season, while others con tend with equal vigor that great num- bers of them have held on to their mar ketable surplus in the confident belief that they could get still higher prices than were offered in the beginning. There is no class of men as stubborn in maintaining a position. right or wrong, as producers of farm products. They are especially stubborn when they get started wrong and will hang on to re- serves with a tenacious grip as long as they can possibly do so. This has been illustrated many times In the wheat growing districts, where grain has been piled up year after year until finally holders were forced to let go at ruinous prices. It Is hazardous policy for far mers to pursue this course. The more experienced of them treat their business as manufacturing proposition and make it a rule to dispose of the output as soon as it is marketable. By this means they avoid the expense of carry ing stocks indefinitely and claim that they can obtain better average results.
 Lawson Losing Power.
 Thomas w. Lawson's effusions are now popularly described as tommy rot" The Boston incendiary seems to be hang ing himself with the rope that has been given him. So many of his statements have latterly proved to be untrue and wiIlfully given a wrong coloring that he seems to have lost what influence he nav have had as a stock market factor. In this connection 1t may be observed that the Standard oil people have re- sumed their policy of silence and that hereafter they will not be betrayed into wrathful explosions by anything Lawson may say or do. The senior Rockefeller is given the credit for compelling a re- sumption of silence under the Lawson fire. It is stated that he experienced some difficulty in bending H. H. Rogers to his desires in this matter, as the lat fer became furiously angry on account of the '.roastings'' received at the hands of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01
President Turned Him Down.

As Hermann was experienced, this would be construed to mean him. The President refused to speak these or any other words, and refrained from men tioning the republican candidate in pub lie speech or from giving him recogni- tion in private. He received him with thirty other men who were presented by the democratic governor, George E Chamberlain, in the latter's office, and evinced in no manner that he ever be- fore had seen him, notwithstanding Her mann had been commissioner of the gem eral land office for six years and had served previously In congress for ten years.
 As the special was leaving Salem, while two score or more citizens, regardless Of politics. were aboard the train on invi- tation from the Presidents secretary, and as the President was standing on the rear platform waving adieus to the crowd, obvious of who was standing near him, the photographer snapped his camera and secured the picture of Hermann with the President, Hermann having forced him self out on the platform, thus making 1t appear that he was in favor with and enjoying the smiles of the chief execu- tive. Prior to the publication of the picture the trend had been toward Reames, and 1t was the Judgment of good politicians that Reames would be elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01
PICTURE WON HIM SEAT IN CONGRESS Oregon Man Worked a Trick
 on Roosevelt MIXED UP IN LAND FRAUDS Binoer Hermann, Who Is Not on Good Terms With President, Slipped Up and Had Picture Taken
 With Him.
MIXED UP IN LAND FRAUDS

Portland. Ore. December a-(SpeciaL, The photograph of Binger Hermann coh- gressman from the First district of ore gon, standing on the platform or fresi- dent Roosevelts private car with the President, while the latter was In Sa- lem in May, 1908, was obtained py campaign device and was not known to the President until 1t had been printed in the newspapers. It was taken py the photographer for the oregonian, ana 'he President did not even know that NIT. Hermann was standing near him on the car platform when the artist snapped the shutter of the camera.
 President Roosevelt was touring the west and was scheduled to speak IF Sa- lem, the capital of Oregon, as well as ae other Oregon towns When this was an nounced the republican campaign mah- agers took up with the national commit tee the matter of securing some recognl- tion for Hermann, who was in bad re- pute, it being openly charged by the democrats that he had been dlsmlsseo from the land office by President Roose- welt. His opponent for congress was A E. Reames, democrat, and son-in-iaW oi tho late Thomas Tongue. It was ar ranged that the President was to say at Salem in his address: You have sus- tained a great loss in the death Of Mr. Tongue. l hope you will send to con gress an experienced man to succeed him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-01

The members of an unineorporated mu- tual benefit association are held, in Coch ran vs. Coleman Qnd.) 65 L. R. A, 516 not to be subject to suit by the beneficiary O. a deceased member for their respec- tive shares of such benefit, where the bylaws of the assoc.ation contemplate the collection and disbursement of ben efits by officers, and forfeiture of mem- bership Is the only penalty provided for failure to pay an assessment.
 A merchant who ships goods to his br ker without conveying title to him, but purely for the purpose of distribution to others, and sends to hima bill of lading endorsed In the blank for the goods. the possession of which, by the general Nlstom of trade, is regarded as evidence of the right to dispose of the property. Is held. In Commercial Bank vs. J K. Armsby Co.,, (Ga.) 65 l.. R. A, 443. not to able in an action of trover, to recover the goods from a bank, which has il good faith, and without notice of the owners title, taken the bill of lading for security for loan of money to the broker on his individual account, and converted the property upon default in payment ot It's debt.
 The operation of stone quarry on
 
 means of blasting, which causes vibra- tons of the earth and air in such a man. ner as to render adjoining dwelling unsafe for occupation, and causes rents in its walls is held In Longtin vs. Persell tMont) 65 l.. R. A, 655 to render the one responsible therefor liable for the injury, although he uses due care In the prosecution of the work.
 Inc ti,,p htr nf ntrrIo dynamite is held. in Cary vs. Morrison. (C. c. A. Sth co 656 l.. R. A., 659 to be an appropriate and justifiable mode of re- moving rock from the right of way of railroad In order to bring it to grade, where the blasting Is done with reason- ale care
 A railroad company transporting mail, either under contract with the govern ment or by reason of the general laws and the regulations of the postoffice de- partment. is held. In Bankers Mutual Casualty Co.,. vs Minneapolis. St. P, &s S. M R. Co. co. c. A Sth CD 65 L. R. A., 397. to be an agent of the government, and not liable to individuals for loss of mail through negligence of its subordi-
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1905-10-31

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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1905-10-31
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