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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Gle an Towels.

While hotels in little towns are con ducted now just as they were thirty years ago, there has been a marked inn provement in the general style and char acter of the leading hotels in cities of 25,oG0 population and upwards" said an old travelling man whose Headquarters are at Cincinnati. T can remember. for in- stance, when only the swell hotels in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Cincinnati and cities of the large class had hotels and saloons that provided in their wash rooms clean towels for the public as we'll as their patrons. But now the smaller cities have hotels and bars that do the same. The individual towel, free to all, Is really one of the tests of first-class saloon or hotel. have not found it so in Birmingham, but this Is one of the exceptions to the rule"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

MF ALL things of interest here E0J abouts the proposed consolida- O ton or merger of the coal and iron properties of the Birmingham dis trict still occupies the center of the stage, so to speak.
 Trusts are the order of the day. and a coal, iron and steel trust in the Birming- ham district is yet entirely probable. re- gardless of the fact that the stock mar ket has slumped and that it is manifest to everyone that bitter fight Is on be- tween the holders of the securities of the several companies.
 As matter of fact mergers of the Birmingham coal and iron properties have been attempted before. They have failed. They have failed because Of the fact that there are many good salaried positions existing under present conditions, and be- cause there has been much profit in manipulation of the present companies by certain men in control of the same; and these men naturally like to get out of things all that is available.
 In the present deal new policy was adopted. The tail so to speak, proposed to wag the dog. The men at the head of the proposed consolidation started out to get one of the smaller companies of the district. They got 1t. They then endeav- ored to get another company and eorralled that. They then started to get the 'bull of the woods" so to speak. or the Ter- nessee company. Failing to negotiate pri- vately for this great concern MT. HoadA ley MT. Gates and associates proceeded to bid for it in the open New York stock market. When they thought themselves in possession of a majority of the stock of this company, bought in the open mar ket at prices ranging from 65 to 90 they proceeded to take up the matter of the next greatest company, namely, the Sloss-Sheffield, and by negotiation with it's principal owners, acquired 1t upon agreement to pay a price approximating $i25 a share for the common stock and $40 share for the preferred. This deal being consummated. it developed that something was doing on the part of the old owners and controllers of the Ten nessee company.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
We owe the beef trust an apology. REFLECTiONc OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 You call a man a good fellow when he Is willing to be fool for you.
 The man who tries may fail. but the one who hasn't the bodness to try doesn't succeed.
 A girl has great deal of fun think ing what a lot of fun she will have when she is married and can do what she pleases.
 A mans idea of domestic happiness is three good meals a day, and not being asked to argue with the cook as to whether she shall stay or go.
 When you see a girl looking as proud as if she had just had proposal from duke, it is sign the season is over for wearing underclothes that keep one warm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
ALABAMA PRESS

Montgomery Advertiser: According to Golfers Weekly any rich man can afford to own at least one United States sena- tor. If that is true, the number of sena- tors who arc willing to be owned won't go around.
 Montgomery Times: The chances are that the storm in Kansas would not be calmed by pouring Standard oil on the waters at any rate.
 Brewton Standard Guage: Susan B. Anthony is eighty-five years old, and ad- mits it. Alice Roosevelt is twenty -one, and makes no secret of the fact. But be- tween Susan and Alice are many women who would rather not tell.
 Huntsville Mercury: The curse of par tisanship in our American politics gave an exhibition of it's shining light in the acquital of Judge swayne by republi- can majority in the United States senate.
 Montgomery Journal: The question of a big navy is not so important to this coun- try as a man for President who believes in peaceful methods of settlement or con troversies between nations and peoples.
 Limestone Democrat: Athens promises to have a real warm contest for mayor and marshal during the next thirty days. With two candidates announced for mayor and three out for marshal the prospects for lively button-holing of the voters of Athens are excellent.
 Pine Belt News: Kentucky engineers has been detailed to superintend the con struction of a drydock. We do not see how Kentucky colonel can be useful in connection with anything that is dry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
l NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE PROPOSED , MERGER OF IRON AND COAL PROPERTIES

measure. the construction of new plants in connection with the existing com panies. An of this disagreement of man agement had to do with bringing about a consolidation, and no one who has studied the situation can but doubt that a merger is the practical solution of .ne problem, and that it must come about under someone's management in the near future.
 The temporary break is due to petty jealousies and to the desire of certain holders to get the limit of profit. Ten nessee holders think their stock worth much more than sloss, and vice versa Thus the contest. It is probable. how ever, that after personalities shall have been eliminated and fancy prices agreed upon, the merger will go through.
 As it is now, the press agents of the two factions are busy as bees about new bud ding flowers, but when the old-blooded banking interests behind the movement call the manipulators down, there will be settlement and the properties will be combined
 
 A combination. it is said, will mean the investment of something like $50, ,O00,0O0 of additional capital in the Birmingham dis trict in new steel plants, rail mills and other finished product manufactures. It will probably mean an increase of thirty or forty thousand people to the Birmfng- ham district. It, however, takes time to bring about all great things, and it may be months yet before an agreement is reached and the Birmingham district will begin to feel the effect of Inc new invest ment.
 The mere talk of this merger has had wonderful effect upon Birmingham. Real estate has been more active and more big sales have taken place within the past week than within any week in the hls- tory of Birmingham for ten years past. Several entire blocks of property have changed hands within the week, and num- bers of deals of great magnitude are now pending.
 Indeed, it would seem that Birmingham is on the verge of a tremendous upheaval of industry and development.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Lamar and Walker Farms.

Fulton s. White, agricultural editor of The Age-Herald and industrial agent of the Frisco system, has just returned from a trip through Lamar county, where he organized a farmers institute at Shilo. Auxiliary institutes will be started and it is expected that the movement will spread very rapidly
 ''There are no finer farms anywhere in the country than are to be found in La mar and Walker counties" said MT. White. People who think that Alabama is not much of an agricultural state ought to take look at these two coun- ties. For produetiveness and fertility the lands here are not exeelled."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
HINT FOR ANDY.

From the Washington Post.
 The Senate has set high-water mark by spending GOO an hour for nearly four hours. MT. Carnegie might achieve his ambition to die poor by allowing the Senate to act as his paying teller for day or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
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been misunderstood. Instead of filling its coffers with the peoples money, late de- velopments show that the trust has been hustling to make both ends meet While real hard times" are foreign to any trust the packers are not having such picnic as their colleagues who compose the Standard Oil "crowd" It seems thai Standard Oil is also not so bad as it has been painted, but there is no mistake about the dividends it pays.
 When gentle spring gets herself estab- lished those who love the study of na- ture in her gentler moods will have op- portunities for communing with the muses of the valley and wooded mountain side. An hour spent with nature unadorned is tonic both mental and physical. It is an inspiration that makes Peruna look like very poor medicine
 WHERE HE FALLS DOWN si The man behinds the gun is great
 Especially if a Jap,
 But the man behind trolley car
 Is most unlucky chap.
 At recent dinner, skunks, muskrats and rhinosceros meat were on the bill of fare. People have been known to eat snakes. the Chinese are accused of dining on rats and mice; locusts and grasshoppers are not bad, bear steak is quite toothsome, mule steaks have been found appetizina and Paris eats horse right along!i Now scientists are predicting that the future will bring us all kinds of new foods Per. haps, after all the human appetite ia largely matter of notion Just as the rather nauseous Chinese dishes sicken a European and ones soul revolts at the diet of a cannibal, so do our dishes have little attraction for other people If you will just make up your mind to do 1t, and especially if you do not know what you are eating, you can devour anything that is digestible. Dr. Parkhurst ayers that nowadays women take husbands on trial and men marry in the same spirit. He might have , added that when the matrimonial trial proves unsatisfactory divorce trial usually settles matters There is a fine opening just now for the dramatist who can write one-act plays that have real power. A good dramatis. of any sort Is always welcome, but the vogue of 'curtain-raisers'' has provided field wherein young writers of brilllancy and talent may shine to advantage al well as profit.
 ONLY DREAMING.
 Pierpont Morgan was his chauffeur Rockefeller watched his door; Carnegie kept his books for him And Hetty scrubbed his floor. He owned the nations railroads
 And fourteen steamship lines; He kept a private treasurer To pay his auto fines He ruled the Standard oil trust,
 The beef trust belonged to him; He thought of buying up the earth To satisfy a whim. He might have owned the universe Had all its wealth in store;
 If the bell boy had permitted him To dream an hour more. a -PAJJI, COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
A Baseball Fan.

George s. Woods, fan in Newborn, Ala, has an annual sap-rising when the sound of the bats begin at West End and this year the sap rose and the fol- lowing letter came to the Age-Herald
 Enclosed find postoffice order to pay for the Age-Eerald until January 1 next Your representative was in town some time ago and l promised him to subscribe for the paper on March 1, as l thought baseball dope would De in great plenty by then.
 MT. Sporting Editor:-Dish it out. We are far from base, all the same we are roofing hard for Dad and his bunch"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF. THE WORLD

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 magazine augurs well for it's fu- ture. If the demand continues as great as it is now there will be no tribulatiDns for the circulation department. and adyertis- CTS will scramble for space in it's supple ment. The magazine h7s evoked ccmmen- dation from all quarters for It's literary merit and general excellence. Just now it appears that Mr. Watson is going to make considerably more fu,s with his publication than MT. Bryan has made with the Commoner. Also, it S noticeable that a pronounced entente cordiale exists be- tween MT. Watson and Mir. Hearst.
 Captain Frank P. O'Brien recalls many amusing stories of the early days III Bir- mingham. One of nis anecdotes deals with Col. James R. Powell, known 10 fame and the raconteur as the Duke of Bir- mingham." In the days when thcre was 6 lively fight being wage1 between he lew element and the "aborgines' for the re- moval of the Jefferson county courthouse
 
 was presented with enuine "talicc" pony upon which he rode abroad. The colonel was over six rect hign, and when he bestrode his beast his feet i'ung dow n on either side like the claws on a pair of tongs barely scraping the virgin soil of Jefferson county Some wags tod the negroes that Col. Powell was General Grant. They believed the story. and would come from miles a.sund to see de genral." The joke created utense amrse- ment in those days, as the iarklcs die not suspect hoax That was n 4S74 It Is said that negroes as far as Meridian were voted for moving the county courthouse 1 However that may be, it now aiorns !3ir- | mingham,- and the handsome building has already grown too small.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Autoeracy k more stubborn than w.se Other countries made up of various people have. parliaments, and they have no trouble in adjusting their public business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

is demanded. Reports upon the con dition of each mine should be made yearly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

There is some consolation in the thought that airships will not run oVer one, although they may be bad about falling on the citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

4 negro narrowly escaped lynching at Oyster Bay. No doubt some of President Roosevelt's enemies were taking advantage of his absence in Washington to abuse the colored race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Vice President Fairbanks, in long Prince Albert coat, will now proceed to lend dignity, gravity, and even beauty, to the government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Nicholas, the Wobbler, wobbies in his rescript, but is straightforward in his appeal to the people for help. He needs the latter in n.s business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Senator Penrose concluded that he ana the Delaware river were not the whole cheese, and the rivers and har- bors bill went through galloping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Business announcement: Osler & 1riggs, champion grandstand players. Chlorcform administered with dis patch, and literary reputations busted to order. References, by permission, John D. Rockefeller and the Boy Ora tors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Bryan dreamed about a fire and it happened He dreamed about thq presidency for long time, but noth- ing came of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

The musical comedy that presents neither horse play nor topical song breaks the record, and deserves the blue ribbon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

The Standard On trust employees be- tween 65,0oJ and 75,000 people. It op- presses about 80,000,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

rrofesso~ Starr of the University of Chicago is experimenting with a sub stitue for tobacco. What's the use?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Russia has made a long stride for ward, but the formation of a repre- sentative assembly will be merely the first step.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

The Jamestown celebration yanked quarter of million out of Congress as starter. That show will be ripe in 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Vulcan is a source of irritation and ill-feelng. He should be shown to back posiuon-we had almost said, seat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

The merger is not merging rapidly of late, and some begin to think it will go over to a later day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

It is proposed to Oxfordize the Uni versity of Chicago. The faculty needs some kind of treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

James Hen Smith has become the autocrat of the merger and he is doing a swell society stunt in Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
A DESIDERATUM.

The man who makes the greatest noise, Stands in the public view Sometimes gets the money and
 Sleeps in a costly pew. For truth to tell. in this old world,
 Though man be much an ass, He often makes a winning if
 He has the needed brass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

MT. Burton, the hero of the Fifty eighth, is also member of the Fifty ninth, Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Vladivostok does not care how long winter lasts. The year round would suit it best at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Kuropatkin said there would be something dolng. It remains to be seen how much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

The merger is deferred, not busted. There is difference-in time-be- tween the two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Prince Mirsky has been stricken. He is not suffering from the bomb complaint, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Kansas Is net willing 10 be first in wheat alone. She proposes to be also first il liberty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Henry G. Davis has just called on Dr. Osler in Baltimore to inquire if his theories regarding men 60 years old ap- piled to him. Of course polteness demand ed that Dr. Osler reply in the negative. According to statistics, MT. Davis passed the chloroform period 22 years ago. While he failed to land in the vice presiden- tial chair, he made a warm race for a man who is S2 years old, and he is still taking nourshment There are so many exceptions to the Osler rule that 1t is beginning to look foolish.
 It is too bad that the beef trust has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

There are few human enterprises that don't need Investigating these days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Whether it is "zemsky zabor" or "zemsky sobor," it is what Russia needs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

The hens are now acting together in order to break the cold storage corner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
BOTH SIGHED.

A poet sighed for gentle Spring When the meadow lark would soar. An editor who read the stuff
 Sighed too and softly swoar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
If Rip Van Winke had left call he would never haze slept s) late.

If Rip Van Winke had left call he would never haze slept s) late.
 man paused before a blind woman who was seated on a street corner la boriously reading Bible with her finger tips He dropped a penny into the tin cup which she held and walked jauntily on his way. The coin had hole in it, fact which the blind woman soon discovered You have often read accounts of the ''meanest man." but certainly none more richly deserves the palm than this in- dividual. What distorted sense of humor he must have to play a cruel and heart less joke on blind woman! What sor- did soul there must be in his bosom and how his tiny brain must rattle about in his empty skulll
 An Ohio preacher has just won a prize of $100 for naming new brand of beer. The versatility of the modern preacher apparently knows no bounds. Of course there is no particular harm in a parson naming a new "brew" so long as he does not drink too much of it, but such a de- parture is apt to shock old-line church folk quite as much as did the innova- tion of a preacher who sold advertising space in the house of God
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Philadelphias Aayor has been prayed for, but does not feel any bet ter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

It is now Senator Bob Lafollette, tribune of the plain people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Among it's other exhibits the Port land fair now has q strike
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Dr. Parkhurst ayers that nowadays women take husbands on trial and men marry in the same spirit. He might have added that when the matrimonial trial proves unsatisfactory a divorce trial usually settles matters t..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

WHERE HE FALLS DOWN. The man behinds the gun is great, Especially if a Jap, But the man behind trolley car Is a most unlucky chap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

President Roosevelt is now reeling off his final months of power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

The country is safe, for it now has vice president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

It is too bad that the beef trust has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Montgomery Times: The chances are that the storm in Kansas would not be calmed by pouring Standard oil on the waters at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

beatty, to the government.
  Bryan dreamed about fire and it | happened. He dreamed about the presidency for a long time, but noth- ing came of 1t.
 The musical comedy that presents neither horse play nor a topical song breaks the record, and deserves the blue ribbon. Russia has made long stride for ward, but the formation of a repre- sentative assembly will be merely the first step. The Jamestown celebration yanked a quarter of million out of Congress as a starter. That show will be ripe in 1907. Vulcan is a source of irritation and ill-feeling. He should be shown to back posiuon-we had almost said, seat.
  autocrat of the merger, and he is doing a swell society stunt in Mexico.
 ---s.--- Professo- Starr of the University of Chicago is experimenting with sub stitue for tobacco. Whats the use? It is proposed to Oxfordize the Uni versity of Chicago. The faculty needs some kind of treatment. The Standard On trust employees be tween 65,0oJ and 750OO people. It op- presses about 80,000,000.
 
 The merger is not merging rapidly of late, and some begin to think it will go over to a later day.
 
 Vladivostok does not care how long winter lasts. The year round would suit it best at present. Prince Mirsky has been stricken He is not suffering from the bomb complaint, however. Kuropatkin said there would be something dolng. It remains to be seen how much.
 MT Burton, the hero of the Fifty ninth, Congress.
 --.----. The merger is deferred not busted. There is difference-in time-be- tween the two.
 Kansas Is net willing to be first in wheat alone. She proposes to be also first ia liberty.
 The hens are now acting together ia order to break the cold storage corner.
 Whether it is "zemsky zabor" or "zemsky sobor," it is what Russia needs.
 There are few human enterprises that don't need investigating these days.
 Philadelphia Mayor has been prayed for, but does not feel any bet ter. President Roosevelt is now reeling off his final months of power.
  It is now Senator Bob Lafollette, tribune of the plain people. Among it's other exhibits the Port land fair now has strike. JamestoNn's "sop" from the govern ment amounted to s250OO0 The spring poet has lots of courage to face the paragraphers.
 
 The Czar calls Justify for help. He begins to feel lonesome.
  The country is safe, for 1t now has vice president. Kissing in the Simplon tunnel Is the best ever.
  Vulcan may yet have to be chloro- formed.
  We owe the beef trust an apology
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

JamestoNns "sop" from the govern ment amounted to S250000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

There is fine opening just now for the dramatist who can write one-act plays that have real power. A good dramatis.
 of any sort Is always welcome but the vogue of "curtain-raisers'' has provided a field wherein young writers of brilnancy and talent may shine to advantage al well & profit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Kissing in the Simplon tunnel Is the best ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

The Czar calls Justify for help. He begins to feel lonesome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Vulcan may yet have to be chloro formed.