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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
Surplus PIq Iron.

Much is said by the bears in the pig
iron market about surplus pig iron,
when as matter of fact the surplus
is not equivalent to a single days
consumption. In June contracts cover
ing the last half Of the year are freely
placed, and any surplus will then
quickly be sold. The unsold stock is
DOGGY. 1t has no meaning.
The pig iron producers in this dis
trict will pay no attention to it. They
will maintain production because they
know the country is in a prosperous
condition and that big crops are both
possible and probable. Big crops of
corn, wheat and cotton may soon be-
come apparent, and such crops would
mean more railroad construction, more
orders for structural steel, more pros
perity on every hand. Winter wheat
is the only crop that is advanced
enough to justify an estimate of It..
The present outlook looks to produc-
ton of 470 million bushels, and last
years total crop of winter and spring
wheat was but 552 million bushels.
The record crop of 1901 was 74S mil
lion bushels. The crop of this year
may equal that of 1901 and if IT does
we will hear no more about surplus
of pig iron. We need about 500 mil
lion bushels for home uses, and the
rest will be sold to a hungry world.
The crop outlook forbids any reac-
ton in commercial conditions, and the
price of iron will not be materially
reduced while the country is prosper
Gus. The general business of the coun-
try has received no check, and If the
outturns of wheat, corn and cotton
are heavy there will be no check, and
consequently no material fall in the
price of iron.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
MISSOURI GENIUS.

From the Columbia (Mo) Herald.
Zone of the most remarkable men that
ever lived in Columbia" said Col. j. s.
Dorsey the other day, was Sam Young
who was a lawyer here for twelve or
fifteen years before the war. He was not
only a god lawyer, but one of the best
actors | ever saw on the stage. He was
a fine shoemaker, the best cigarmaker
l ever saw, and could play violin as well
as the old masters. He could make the
most effective temperance speech and then
a few hours afterward could be drunken
than any other man In Columbia. lie
made an ideal prayer meeting leader and
could beat every one else in poker game.
He was the most accomplished man
ever saw"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
Ships and Supplies for the Canal.

A governor and other officials are TO
be elected this year in Ohio, and the
republican state convention will soon
be held. 1t may be the last conven-
ton of that state, for the primary sys-
TEN is sweeping over the middle west,
and Ohio is in the line of march. But
the convention soon to be held will be
one of the machine-ruled sort, and
many are waiting TO see what 1t will
say about the tariff and railroad rates.
The Dick-Herrick faction will control
tho convention, and Governor Herrick
will be renominated. He was not long
ago a railroad president.
Secretary Taft's decision in relation
to canal supplies is an Indictment of
the Dingley tariff drawn by republi-
can and endorsed by a republican
administration. Ships and supplies
needed in the course of the construc-
ton of the canal are to be bought
wherever they can be bought at low
est prices-in other words, in the mar
lSets of the world. This is the very re-
verse of Dingleyism, which builds a
wall against the rest of the world in
order that plundering and rapine can
go on unchecked inside that wall Sec
rotary Taft needs two ships to ply be.
tween Colon and other ports, and he
says he can buy them in Europe for
S750,000, whereas it would cost 81 AGO.
600 to build them in this country. The
difference is Dingleyism. In relation
to the supplies so per cent is often the
difference between Dingeyized Amer
lean goods and foreign goods. He pro-
poses at any rate to secure from
American manufacturers goods at
their foreign prices rather than at the
prices charged consumers penned up
in helpless condition inside the Ding
ley wall. Uncle Sam cannot, in other
words, be exploited as the individual
consumer Is.
The Dingleyites will endeavor to re-
verse the decision of the administra-
ton, but il cannot be reversed until
Congress meets. Public sentiment will
be brought to bear upon Congress. and
the action of the Ohio convention will
be significant. VIII it endorse the ad-
ministration's policy or stand straight
up to Dingleyism in the matter of Pan
anna supplies? The issue is before the
Ohio republicans, and they should not
dodge or evade it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
The way to mans heart is through
his stomach and to his reason through
his pocket.
When a girl really gets indignant for
kissing a man against her Will II Is a
sign someone was looking.
Nothing horrihes woman who lodges
paving her street car fare more tnan
to read about man who has robbed
bank.
When a man measures his happiness by
how many hours he slept the night be-
fore il is a sign he has been married long
enough to have large family.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
Cabinet Changes.

1t is freely asserted and generally
believed that the Presidents official
family will soon be materially
changed. Mr.. Mooney will soon cease
to accept a retainer from Uncle Sam,
preferring the practice of law in Bos-
ton to a mixed practice of politics and
law in Washington. He has already
organized a law firm in Boston, and
no doubt he will join it in the fall.
II is said that Secretary Taft is to
become Attorney General when Mr..
Moody goes to Boston, and the Presi-
dent is looking for new Secretary of
War. Mr.. Taft takes the place vacated
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

honor him more fttngly now that he Is
gone.
I'm done-done. I'm through with the
stage glamor and the glare, the bull con-
and the hypocrisy of it all Me to the
woods. after the coyote. the mountain
lion and the bear. I'm through with the
game that compels man to pat on the
back fellow you don't like; through
with shaking hands with people for the
benefit of the box office; through with
acting the freak and the fighter. How
tired | am of it!'
Thus spoke James ]. Jeffries, who says
that he will retire from the prize ring 10
fight no more, while about his waist Is
the championship belt that none seems
strong enough 20 take from him. And
thus spoke a natural philosopher. Does
1t not seem strange for prizehghter to
voice the sentiments that have inspired
poets and dreamers to flights of imagina-
ton? The language is crude but It comes
from the heart. While the accepted
knight of the ring pants for the
"glamor and the glare" and drinks in
fattery until his head swims. here we
have an unconquered fighter who is 'tire.
of it ALL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
SOUTH NEEDS LABOR.

From the Chattanooga News.
special from Birmingham, Ala, says
that it is authoritatively announced there
that the railroads In Alabama will estab-
fish bureau headquarters in Birmingham
to induce immigration to that state. For
eign immigration in particular, is to be
sought The association will be known
as the immigration and Industrial Assoc
citation of Alabama. This movement, fol-
lowing the action of South Carolina in es-
tablishing such bureau in New York is.
proof that the south is going to try for
some desirable foreign labor. 1t is an ex-
pertinent. but is well worth the trial. The
south needs labor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
RoYHooD OF GREAT MEN.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Near the middle of the last century
there dwelt In a small town in Iowa
a rudy, faxen haired youth, who one
night had a remarkable dream.
A fairy appeared to him.
Little boy" said the fairy, II offer
you the choice of three things. Think well
before you decide. Which will you have
power wealth or fame?'
"Thats a cinch!" replied the boy. "Ill
take all three of 'em, b'goshn'
That boy afterward became Capn An
son. the champion batsman of the uni
verse, Pop Arson, the great baseball mag
nate and Adrian Constantine Arson, city
clerk of Chicago, with a salary of $1,000
a year. and no Presidential banquet is
corlplete without him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
IN HOTEL IoBBIES
open Air Concerts.

In many cities the council appropriates
money for open-air concerts during the
summer, and | hope the time VIII come
when Birmingham's finances Will JUSTIFY
an appropriation for band concerts IN
Capitol park" said a prominent citizen.
In the meantime a fund could be made
up by subscription which would provide
for two or three concerts every week Tor
ten or twelve weeks by Memoli's band OF
twenty musicians | learn that a band OF
twenty men could be employed to give
two concerts a week for twelve weeks 1or
the sum of $1,000. Surely 1t would not be
difficult to raise that amount. There viii
be no band concerts at East Lake this
season. so l am informed, and a summer
without open air concerts will be dull
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
THE ROOSEVELT DEMOCRATS

From the New York World.
President Roosevelt spent brief twelve
hours in Chicago, but during that time
he was twice renominated for President
of the United States by enthusiastic dem
ocrats
One denomination was rendered by Jacob
M. Dickinson at the 1roduois club din
ner. and the democratic lroquois ex-
pressed their delight in tumultuous cheers.
The second denomination came fresh from
the hand of of Col. ]. Hamilton Lewis,
one of the most luxuriant and beautiful
of democratic statesmen.
II Mr. Roosevelt is determined to evade
another term In the White House he
cannot afford to do much loafng around
Chicago. Even If he lodged a republican
nomination, the democrats would be sure
to get him
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
DOG WITH HOOFS.

From the indianapolis News.
A dog with hoofs like a cow is owned
by Daniel Brown, and is a cross between
a shepherd and a spaniel 1t was purchas-
ed by Brown from Miles Dickey, Pan
handle engineer, three years ago, when a
pup, but not until recently did the hoofs
grow on its feet. and the owner Is at
loss TO know how to account for them
The growth has appeared on all four
feet and is as hard as horn. When the
dog walks across the board floor OF
the saloon where II is kept there is a
sound like the pattering of couple OF
children with wooden shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
SUSIE AT THE CIRCUS.

1t happened on a summers day,
When the wind did softly blow,
That Susie Jones made up her mind
To see travelling show.
SO Susie put her habits on
Her clothes were not so fine
And soon stood in the very front
OF long and waiting line.
Said Susie to the ticket man,
Say, what's a ticket WORTH
And the way she spoke those simple
words
Filled the ticket man with mirth.
But Susie got to see the show
And thought it very grand
For there she viewed the elephant
And listened to the band.
But when lady tripped right out
In tights of SNOWY pink.
Why Susie turned deadly white
And in swoon did sink.
The poor girl thought that she had seen
A woman in distress,
For she felt sure the actress had
Come forth without her dress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
- HE style experts who design male
(0 headgear for the successive sea-
sons have been adjrdsed guilty
OF the most egregious plagiarism.
With an utter disregard OF femin!::s
rights they have foraged in the millinery
shops, appropriating styles and shapes,
right and left. Modes which have hither-
to been regarded as the exelusice pre-
negatives of the gauder sex have been
stolen, copied and foisted upon unsus-
pecting mankind.
The evidence of guilt is In the window
of every hat shop and upon the heads OF
few hardy men who have ventured upon
Chestnut street with headgear which
bears unmistakable ties of k:nship to the
head coverings OF passing women.
Almost every idea of the millinery de-
signers has been grated on the hats
which men must year this sumner. All
the bright colors of Easter hats have
been transplanted and made to flourish as
rainbow hued hat bands. The most strik-
ing evidence of this plagiarism is found
in the shapes of the seasons straw hats.
The small round polo hats that are au
fait with stylish women has its replica in
the jaunty little pill-box top piece which
are shown by the haberdashers. The lat
ter have scarcely enough brim to keep
the sun from ones forehead.
Listen to the testimony of a Chest
nut street halter:
1.-THE hat brims were never smaller
than this year. The brims are extremely
narrow. For instance, hat that Is 2ss
inches high has a brim but rs inches
wide. A hat pa inches high has a 2-inch
brim. As you see. the height of the crown
of every hat measures more than the
width of the brim.'
But there are other evidences of this
thunder of feminine fashions. For years
the leghorn hat has been millinery ia
vorite and decorated with plumes and
feathers, it has crowned many coiffures.
This season the leghorn hat makes its
~appearance in mans realm, and many
haberdashers predict for it brilliant
season.
.'The leghorh is going to be a popular
hat" said one ''or else | miss my reck-
oning 1t is going to take the place of
the Panama. The Panama hat was all
right until several seasons ago. when the
overdose of popularity laid flowers on it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
MAKING OLD PENS DO.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
MY pen is spoiled, and | have no
other" said the bookkeeper.
The machlnist happened to be in the
office ard he took the pen and held II
over the gas jet for thirty seconds.
You can make an old pen as good as
new.' he said, by holding 1t over a flame
like this for half a minute and afterward
dipping it in cold water
lie dipped the hot pen in cold water
as he spoke and it szzled slightly.
Now try it, he said.
The bookkeeper tried the pen and ex-
claimed joyously:
by George. it's as good as new again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
History of Tar.HeeI Regiments.

Il have just received the History OF the
North Carolina Regiments in the Section
al War;" said MAJ. Samuel W. Vance
yesterday.
There are five handsome volumes IN
the set, all finely illustrated and sub
stantially bound. The text of the work IS
thorough and exhaustive. The set was pre-
scented to me by Col. c. M. Busby OF
Raleigh, N. c., and l prize it very high
ly.
THE boys from the tar-heel state dis
tinguished themselves during the war
and the history of their struggles never
grows tiresome.
LAS shown by the engraving in these
books many of the officers of the North
Carolina regiments were young men and
4 Drawer set of men never lived
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
BUT IT DIDN'T.

There was a young lady named Priscilla,
Who was exceedingly fond of vanilla.
She ate so much cream
She began to scream
And the doctors thought it would killa.
The time-honored badger game 10
again being worked successfully in Penn
sylvania. The announcement calls to mind
Fayne Moore, an Alabama woman, who
figured in a sensational affair of this
character in New York City some years
ago. The badger game" is more art
full swndling trick than a gold brick
deal in that it requires more finesse and
when manipulated by bunglers is nearly
always a failure. "Badgering" is form
of blackmail that requires the talents of
criminals who have intelligence but lack
the energy to apply it to some honest
business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
REFLECTION ON HER AGE.

From the Chicago Journal.
They had not met for years. do you re-
member he asked. the little sapling we
planted as boy and girl?'
Her eyes softened at the recollection.
Yes" she answered, Il remember 1t
WE'LL
THAT saplng." he continued, dreamily.
must be a strong and sturdy oak now!
The softness all died out of her eyes,
and conversation ceased.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
TRIBUTE TO A PRlMA DONNA.

rom the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Hoch der Schumann-Hein
Mother of eight.
Merry Frau Ernestine-
Isn't she great?
Hark we the voice of her'
Mark We the poise of her!
Achi But the joys of her''
Mother of eight.
Vas ISIS der fund aboudt?
Hush, little child!
Mamma cavort aboudt-
PEBBLES go Wild.
Mammals in touch IN t4emi
She won't do much to them!
Hear her talk Dutch to them!
Ach, Mamma, quit it,
Hoch der Schumann-Heint,
Mother of eight.
Wonder-voiced Ernestine!
Isn't she great?
Mark of vocal chimesl
Famed In dozen chimes!
Babies to raise betimes.
Hoch! Mountaineering
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
HE career of Samuel C. shubert
the young theatrical manager
who was Killed in The railroad

who was killed in the railroad
wreck at SOUTH Harrisburg, Penn. last
week. again draws attention to the fact
that this is an age of young men. Shu-
bert was only % years oil when he died
but he controlled sixteen theatres and
was one of the most successful theatrical
managers in the country Yet. is this al
together an age of young men? Is it not
rather an age in which men win success
earlier in life and stay in harness longer
than they did formerly? The outbreak
against Dr. Osler served to call attention
to scores of men prominent in the
worlds eye who had reached an age when
many toiers look forward to retirement
1t is true that nowadays business and
professional men, bankers, capitalists, ar
lists and literary workers mature very
rapidly. Especially in the south, one is
surprised at the great number of youth
full hustlers who are everywhere contri-
buting to the advancement of the south
ern states. This is an era of young men
but there seems to be plenty of room for
the "old boys" who have the energy and
the ability to hold place in the world.
Out In Oklahoma the citizens are max
Ing elaborate preparations to avoid future
disaster from cyclones. They are dig
ging storm cellars and providing for a
sentry to give warning of an approaching
'twister by firing shotgun and ringing
a bell The people will keep their eyes
open for the six months or a year and
then they will lapse into the old feeling Of
security.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

county and prominent business man, is
at the Morris
O. W. Babeoek of New York is in the
city.
Prof L. A. Fealey of cullman / at the
Norris
John R. Pill of Carbon Hill is at the
Morris
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

There are no mirrors in the bar
bers schools, where men NAV be
shaved and have their hair cut free.
They can look at the result when they
get home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

Roiestvensky evidently intends to
stay in Indo-China waters until the
sea cows come home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

The rate movement and the gray
wolves of the Senate are moving to-
wards each other, and clash is ex-
pected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

The grand dukes are awaiting a sub
sidence of bomb throwing before they
begin to work up a reaction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

Men out of employment can get jobs
breaking non-union heads in Chicago
at SIS per head.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

The bears and bobcats in the menag-
cries have no right now to laugh at
their kin in the mountains.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

In the case of Mr. Post, Secretary
Loeb seems to have made mistake
in his tactics as buffer for the Presi-
dent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

Governor Folk of Missouri was so
successful In routing the boodlers that
his present campaign against lynchers
promises to bear fruit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

1t is better to have changed and
caught cold than never to have
changed at all This refers to under
wear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

1t is reported that appendicitis is
the new fad in the Washington 400"
Is this a revival, or is Washington
slow?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

If the Birmingham team stays in
the first division it can count on re-
ceivng a floral horseshoe when it
comes home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

The federal grand jury in Chicago
will adjourn for ten days and the
downtrodden beef trust will be al
lowed a breathing spell.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

On account of his health John D
Rockefeller, Jr., has given up his Bible
class until next fall. A lot of good
stories for the Monday morning news.
papers have thus gone by the board.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

The last veteran of the war of 1912
Is dead, at the age of 105. He lived
in New York state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

1t begins to appear that Messrs. JEFF
fries, Togo and Rojestvenskky have
all retired at the same time, not to
mention Oyama and Linevitch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17
AIDS TO euccEss.

FROM the Chicago Record Herald,
There are six things that bring success
Inc hrst is the will to work. The other
five are work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

Mayor Dunno of Chicago will have
plenty of time to develop into Presi-
Dental timber.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

The Coal Barons are still in the first
division, by the kind permission of
Memphis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

The Kaiser says drunkenness and
immortality defeated the Russians at
Mukden. He refuses to say the Jap
anesc did it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

The hoop-skirt declines to be stayed
by ridicule. 1t is determined to come
in all its hideousness.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

Chicago needs armor-plated delivery
wagons much more than 1t does ships
of that sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

In order to cut down a deficit of
S3o,547 41t50 in the national treasury
during the next six weeks, Uncle Sam
Is going to watch his gas jets.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

Mounted by a real Rough Rider, the
democratic mule would cut out his
tricks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-17

Crabs at the seashore are getting
up famous appetite for fat mems
toes.