The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-09
IN WALL STREET man who claims VI that he knows a thing or two
 about Grover Cleveland says that

N/A tnal ne knows thing or two about Grover Cleveland says that the ex-President Is not rich man, and that his annual income is little more than s50oO year. Of course, a man who has been the nations chief executive could have had scores of lucrative positions. but he did not consider them on a par with his dignity, so there you are. We are once again confronted with the eternal and unsolvable question of what to do with our ex-Presidents. It may or may not be that MT. Cleveland accepted his Equitable job because he needed the money, but those who know him assert that MT. Cleveland became a trustee of the society because he really hoped that he would prove of some benefit to the policyholders. At any rate, so000 year is a pickayunish sum with which to main- tain family amid an environment befit- ting the rank of an ex-President, and way down in his heart the salary which MT. Cleveland will receive for his ser vices to the Equitable society may seem good to him.
 Fresh air fund for dogs" Wouldn't
 
 eyes? Yet, this suggestion offered in jest by newspaper writer might be taken se- riously by a certain class of well-fed imbeciles whose affinties have been To- cated in poodle dogs If we are to have dog tailors. dog doctors, dog valets, dog caterers and dog parties, pray, why shall we not have fresh air funds for home less canines who don't know the delights of cushion by my lady's side and perfumed bath?
 It is rumored that Queen Helen of Italy Is a poet. Her friends are pleased that she doesn't have to make her living that way.
 Speaking of the irony of fate, immortal Sarah reaches in vain for The coveted ribbon of the French Legion of Honor, while less famous persons enjoy the dis tinction denied Bernhardt
 In a typical. ee-column, yellow jour nal' scare head" an Ohio paper informs us that the yellow fever panic down south Is as great as in the outbreak of 1897, and that the mosquito theory is rejected by persons who are flying in terror to a place of safety. It 'twere foolish to deny that we are feeling a trifle uneasy in Dixie. We would much prefer to wit ness the death struggles of the very last Mrs Stigomyia than to have her run hing around with sac full of yellow fever poison, but nevertheless the situa- tion is not so alarming as the Ohio con temporary would have us believe. If the esteemed Youngstown Telegram-the of fender in this case--were to send rep resentative down to Montgomery he would be so impressed with the amazing forttude and confidence of Montgom- erians that he would have his doubts as to whether this yellow fever business is all talk for a reality. Since all immediate danger is passed, Montgomery cannot withstrain her sarcasm at the expense of Birmingham. Why does the Capital City thus berate and jibe at her sister of Jefferson? little old quarantine-that's all.
 A medical journal says "rhe less we wear the more we can eat" That theory will be enthusiastically supported by ragged, peripatetic gents" who find that 1t is a long time between meals as well as drinks.
 Even the greatest of us are merely hu- man. M Witte got seasick on the Presi- dents yacht. Before he leaves we would also like for M. Witte to inform us whether 1t is custom to avoid tips in Roosia by kissing railroad conductors
 
 In the meantime Secretary Taft is playing an all-star engagement in the