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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
RoiestyenskY is in Trouble.

The hero of Dogger bank cannot re- turn to the Baltic or even to the Medi- terranean without mourning the ridi. cule of the world, and he cannot go through either the straits of Malacco of the straits of Sunda without en- countering Togo, who is ready for bat tie in ships that have clean bottoms. It should not be forgotten that the Russian ships have not had access 10 dry dock since they started, and they must be well covered with barn acles. The speed of the slowest ship of the fleet is, of course, the speed of the fleet.
 The Russian admiral could go out in the broad Pacific, but in that case he would encounter the Japanese of Japan itself, and his arrival at Vladi vostok would be long delayed even ad hitting that he escapes destruction at the hands of Togo, who would soon know where to look for him. At Vlad ivostok he would have plenty of busi ness to attend to.
 All in all, if peace does not come Rojestvensky would perhaps do better to face a heartless world than to go on to destruction at Vlad ivostok or on the road to it. The chances are that Rojestvensky will not attempt to sell his ships-chietly old vessels-some being mere hulks-- as dearly as possible. He will not rush at Togo at all if he knows him when he sees him, and it may be that he is at this very moment sailing as fast as he can towards Alden, in the ned sea of safety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
DIVORCE IN ENGLAND.

From the New York World
 striking contrast to the prevalence ol the divorce evil in this country is to be found in recent statistics for Eng land and Wales furnished by Consul Gen eral Evans The number of divorce suits proper filed in 1902 in a population of S9,- GOO was SS9. In the same time 606 de- crees were granted. The cause was in practically every case that which is rec ognized by the New York law
 Divorce was not usually sought in haste by persons scarcely out of the honey moon. Nearly half the applications were from ten to twenty years. The great majority of applicants had been married over five years. Of the nearly two thous- and plaintiffs and respondents three had been previously divorced. Two prevalent opinions as to common causes of divorce are confirmed in the figures. Almost half the petitioners were childless and s6 per cent of the women concerned had been married when under twenty-one years of age.
 As compared with our 100000 dvorces in year, with our kaleidoscopic matings and rematings and with the laxity of our laws concerning divorces in many states these facts prepare us for MT. Evans conclusions that in England lex perimental or trial marriages seemingly are not encouraged by the ease of se- curing divorce. The sentiment of the peo- pie. sustained by the courts. is clearly against divorces or the divorced"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
MT. RooseveIt's Successor.

Neither in 1900 nor in 1904 was there any contest within the republi- can party for the presidential nomi- nation, but in 1908 a regular shindy of time is expected. Already the entries for the race are numerous. There are Secretary of War Taft, ex- Secretary Root, MT. Fairbanks, Secre- tary Shaw, Commissioner Garfield, Postmaster General Cortelyou, Sena' tor Foraker, Secretary Hay, Senator Lafollette, Governor Cummings, and perhaps a dozen more, all of whom hear daily the buzzing of the presiden- tial bee.
 The success of MT. Roosevelt em- boldens MT. Fairbanks to launch his boom, and MT. Taft is no doubt an active and hopeful aspirant, but it is by no means certain that a western man@will be named. New York will be as pivotal and important in 1908 as it has been in the last fifty years, and the chances are very good that New York man will be selected in 1908 In order to carry the big state. If so, the next republican nominee will be none other than Elihu Root. Next to MT. Root Secretary of War Taft stands good chance of being IT. Besides these two nothing is plain and obtrd- sive. Senator Lafollette may be brought forward by the events of the next three years. There are other pos abilities tied up in the oncoming years, and perhaps after all nothing but the merest guess as to the name of the man that the democratis are to defeat in 1908 is possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
South and North Road.

The action recently brought against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company in the interest of the stock holders of the South and North Alabama railroad by Henry B. Gray" remarked a gentleman from north Alabama town yesterday, "has created considerable in- terest among some of the people in my section who have some of the old stock of this company This stock has been considered of little or no value and some of 1t has been destroyed. I know one man in my town who has thirteen shares of this stock that he had considered as worthless and had saved it by mere ac- cident He had disposed of some shares he had held as mere articles of curiosity. The revival of the matter by MT. Gray has caused considerable excitement among people holding few shares and others who had disposed of their holdings at trivial figures"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
Favors the Fair.

'I think the counties and towns of north and middle Alabama should con- tribute generously to the support of an annual fair at Birmingham" remarked a gentleman from a growing Alabama town yesterday.
 Every live town and county in the state is seeking advertising and I believe there Is no better way of advertising the advantages of community than through the medium of well managed annual fair. There is a steady movement of de- sirable immigration and the sections that are best advertised get the cream of it."
 Alabama is seeking healthy immigra- ton and would get 1t by the proper ad- vertislng. We have the resources to sup ply the industrial demands of all classes of people, in fact we have the most va ried resources of any state in the union, and have only to let the fact be known to secure the most desirable sort of American immigration. And there is not a better place in the south for suell ad- vertising than Birmingham. Birming- ham is visited by more strangers, per- haps, than any other town in the south. and especially that class Of people seek ing homes. I would like to see my coun- ty send a display of it's resources to Bir- mingham all the year round"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
LOVES YOUNG DREAM.

By Thomas Moore. Oh! the days are gone when Beauty bright
 My hearts chain wove; When my dream of life from morn till night
 Was love, still lovel
 New hope may bloom,
 And days may come, Of milder, calmer beam; But there's nothing half so sweet in life As loves young dream. Nol there's nothing half so sweet in life As loves young dreaml Though the bard to purer fame may soar,
 When wild youths past; Though he win the one who drowned before Id.
 To Smile at last;
 He'll never meet
 A joy so sweet In all his noon of fame, As when first he sung to woman's ear
 His soul felt flame. And at every close she blushed to hear The one loved name. Oh that hallowed form is neer forgot
 Which first love traced; Still it lingering haunts the greenest spot
 On Memory's wastel
 Twas odor fled
 As soon as shed, Twas mornings winged dream. Twas light that ne'er can shine again On life's dull stream, Oh, twas light that ne'er can shine again On life's dull stream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
Preservinn the Old canltoI.

The purchase of the south end of Capitol square at $65,OOO, leaves $S5,- 900 of the appropriation for building purposes, and the state capitol com mission has decided to erect on the south side of the capitol an independ- ent building for the use of the SUI preme court and for other official quarters. In the course of time sim liar building may be erected on the north side of the capitol.
 This plan will prove satisfaction to the people of Alabama, for there is a sentiment in all parts of the state against any material change in the historic capitol. The state commission proposes to leave it intact, applying twenty thousand dollars of the state appropriation to the task of putting the old building in thoroughly good condition. The capitol should be pre- served as the states best relic of his toric days. N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25

larly of corn, cotton and wheat, pros perity depends. or rather the round ing out of present prosperity hinges upon the agricultural harvests of the season now beginning. Poor crops will decrease prosperity, while aver age crops will maintain it, and large crops vii round it out in fine propor- tions.
 All else is favorable. Immigration promises to go beyond all precedent this year, and the manufacturing in dustries are crowded with orders. Politics will not be disturbing this year, and there is not speck on the horizon except the harvest. That eau scarcely be called a speck, for it has not materialized. It is more doubt or possible speck than anything ac- t1Ial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
Prosperity in 1905.

All real and pervading prosperity comes out of the soil, and all eyes will soon be turned towards the grow ing crops. So far as Is known winter wheat is coming out of the cold sea. son in excellent condition. It was GOV cred with blanket of snow during the extreme cold weather, and there is hope that big crop will be har vested this year.
 Tt Is the lack of big wheat crop in the present fiscal year that keeps our foreign trade in an unfavorable condi ton, calling for gold exports from time to time. It is believed the record of wheat and flour exports at the end of the present fiscal year will be the lowest of a generation at least. Such exports for seven months of the pres ent fiscal year were but twenty-eight million bushels. as against ninety. three million bushels in the core spending months O. the previous year and one hundred and thirty-eight mil. lion bushels in the seven months of the year still preceding.
 Upon the narvests of 1905, particu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
Second Avenue's Growth.

Perhaps you had not noticed the steady improvement in the business sec ton of Second avenue from Twent-tirs to Twenty-fourth streets" remarked a merchant yesterday.
 For the past year that part of Second avenue has enjoyed wonderful business prosperity. especially in the handling of country produce which has come to be very important item in Birmingham $ trade circles The growth and prosperity of this particular section can be easily accounted for
 Farmers with produce from Blount and St. Clair counties enter the city on Second avenue and most of them unload their produce with the dealers located there. Birmingham is a growing and very profitable market for produce and the farmers have recognized 1t as such"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
B'NAI BIRTH ApJoURNs.
Next Meeting of the Grand Lodge Will
 Be Held In Washington.

New Orleans, March 24.-The B'nal B. rith constitution grand lodge closed their qrintennial convention this afternoon, ad- 1S10 Denver, Philadelphia and New York extended invitations. The court of appeals was appointed as follows: Chief Justice, Josiah Cohen. Pittsburg; District one, Adam Weiner, New York; District two, Victor Abraham, New York; District three, Isidor Rosentha1, Lancaster, Pa District four E. J. Wolfe. San Fran cisco, Cal; District five Lionel C. Levi, Columbus, Ga; District six, Sigmund Livingstone. Bloomington, Iowa. District seven, Henry Hanaw, Mobile, Ala.
 The committee on constitution reported a number of changes in the organic law, and the report was adopted after amend ments. Lodges outside of the United States were limited to representatives. The executive committee was authorized to select a treasurer, and the president to appoint a salaried secretary. The com- mittee received a per capita tax of one dollar, slight increase, which will yield $l9,000 a year. The budget was then made up as follows for five years:
 Printing, postage, etc., $500; newspa- pers, $250; consumption hospital at Dem yer, $30,400; Leo N. Levy memorial book, S2J00; travelling expenses executive com mittee, $5O00; office rent, $30OO; salary of secretary, $15O00, and other items, making a grand total of $94,900. The balance on hand is $15000.
 Resolutions of thanks were adopted. and farewell speeches made. Delegates 1halmessinger of New York, and Sol Marx of New Orleans, the patriarchs of the order, being paid especial honors.
 Rabbi Anspacher of Scranton, Pa. then gave the historic Hebrew three-fold ben edction, and the convention adjourned.
 The officers summarized the conven- tion as among the most important held. It had made liberal provisions for the propaganda, charities, immigration work and internal discipline and management. It had retained the secret work and ex- tended the ritual.
 The executive committee had been given more money for expenses. Besides the office in New York, an office will be maintained in Chicago. where Presi- dent Adolph Krauss lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
From Brunswick to Birmingham.

The Frisco system, which is but an- other name for the great Rock Island road, has through President Yoakum become interested in the speedy fill ing of the gap between Montezuma and Birmingham-in other words, the extension of the Brunswick short line to this town. About oneshalf of the gap lies in Georgia. The line is to cross the Central of Georgia at Butler, and the West Point railroad at La Grange. It is to cross the Chatta- hoochie about fifty miles north of Columbus. Wedowee, possibly Ash land. Talladega, Leeds and Red Gap will be points in the Alabama section of the new railroad.
 The new line has never shown any anxiety over terminal facilities in this city, and it is plain it need not do so if it is in cahoots with the Frisco, for the latter has facilities of that sort In abundance, and is acquiring more rap idly. Altogether the new line has flattering prospects, both for the speedy construction of it's line and for business in this city. The Brunswick line will perhaps be the next railroad is preceded by the Illinois Central.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
GO INTO CAMP.
Conecuh Guards Have Tents Pitched
 South of Evergreen.

Evergreen, March 24.-(speclaD-La
 night the Conecuh guards went into a practice camp under the command of Capt. F. W. Bruner. The tents were pitched at Mineral Springs, about one mile south of Evergreen and the guards were mounted for the night. The place was called Camp Brandon, in compliment to Adjutant General w. w. Brandon.
 Everything was conducted as if regu- lar warfare had commenced, and the veterans of '61-65 pronounced the per formance in all respects as very much like the beginning of hostilities forty-four years ago.
 This is known as K company, First infantry, A. N G.. and under the com mand of Captain Bruner is well disciplin- ed and has reached a commendable de- gree of efficiency.
 The other officers on duty last night were Second Lieutenant J. k. Bailey and First Sergeant w. H. Crawford.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
Gold Money Is unpopuIar.

People don't call for gold very often these days" said bank teller yesterday. 'The strife for gold, in it's generic sense, is keener, perhaps, today than it ever has been, but men do not like to carry much of the precious metal about on their per son in the form of coin of the realm.
 Uncle Sans green paper promise to pay Is the popular medium of exchange. Ninety-nine men out of the hundred who cash checks at this window prefer crisp banknotes, and some of them are dis pleased if I pass out even a few silver dollars. A sum of money can be carried more conveniently and with greater safety tucked away in an inside pocket in bills than In specie
 "A few people still cherish the anti quated idea that no money is as good as gold. We are always willing. however, to gratify their weakness for the yellow metal. The preference for gold coin is chiefly confined to persons who do not habitually handle any considerable sums. l think some of these people derive a pleasure from the shining yellow money similar to the joy a small boy finds in opening and closing a new jackknife. It is true scientists maintain paper money is a prolific conveyor of pestiferous germs but the public don't seem to en- certain much fear of contamination from this source.
 'Yes, paper is the popular money" the teller concluded as his listener stepped aside for a young woman who presented check with the request that it be paid in small bills. Certainly. madam" the cashier said. please endorse your check"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
SOMETHING IN THE PRosIrloN

From the Opelika News.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald says that Cunningham should have written his piece about eleven months ago, at which time he assumed the duties of the office O. governor and should not have waited until Alabama got full of politics and he an opportunity to retire from the po- sition in which he remained long enough tc have taken action as governor along the line he now suggests Something In that proposition too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
MIR. HARPER IN BIRMINGHAM.

From the Cullman Tribune.
 Walter Harper, our genial newspaper man who has been doing special work here for number of daily papers, has been engaged by the Birmingham Age Herald. Mr. Harper can make good in any line of newspaper work and we con- graduate the Age-Herald on securing his services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
People Want a Rest.

From the Marion County News.
 Quite a number of candidates for state offices are buzzing around with their private letters to gentlemen of sup posed influence in the various counties. We believe the people would like 1t bet ter if the office seekers let them rest during the year 1905 From January to November Is long enough to be in the turmoil of a canvass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
o'NeaI for Governor.

From the Moulton Advertiser.
 We see that Hon. Emmett O'NeaI of Florence, is being mentioned as a guber- material candidate next year. He is a strong man and it is the honest consen- sue of opinion that his entering the race will make it quite interesting for any who oppose him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
Extensive Railroad Property.

"The Central of Georgia Railway com pany probably owns more property within the city limits of Birmingham than any other railroad here" said a railroad man.
 This trunk line owns block after block of city property and greater part of 1t has been fenced in and posted. The prop erty was purchased years ago, when the railroad first decided to extend it's line from Columbus, Ga, to Birmingham. The property begins on T"enty- y-ninth street at about Second avenue, and ex- tends along the Central tracks for a half a block, as far as Ninth avenue. The property line then takes a westward turn and extends along the north siGe of the Frisco tracks to a point near Twenty second street.
 "The yards of the Frisco system, on Ninth avenue extend along part of the Centrals property"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25

example by refusing to accent presents at her wedding. What a healthy and satisfactory custom When the matri- monial venture in high life becomes less expensive the rush to wed will be greater.
 When distinguished looking gentle man wearing a silk hat and a winning smile offers to give you "radium treat ment' for s10 put him down as A oBack Real radium is still quoted way up and is hard to get.
 Birmingham supports thirtv-njne H. censed automobiles and perhaps ten that have not yet come under the ohserva- tion of the authorities It is noticeable that our automobiles are as a rule quiet and well-behaved Some of them keen rather late hours, 1t is true, but they refrain from squawking after midnight for which proper folk are glad. The Bir- mingham motor cars are not blood-thirsty and now that the season for touring ,s coming on apace the populace Is calm. We are not exactly automobilious but have a tendency in that direction.
 Professor Prentiss of Rutgers college says that Mars Is inhabited by intelligent farmers. The canals are not canals after all but strips of cultivated land. The beauty about Mars is that every scien- tific dreamer can entertain a notion of his own and there is scant possibility of any one rising up on the planet to call him a liar.
 The Congregational ministers of New England. by a protest filed with the American board of commissioners for for eign missions against accepting $1OO,OO0 from John D. Rockefeller, shave put them selves on record as determined not to re- ceive donations tainted by trust methods. This despite the fact that they were look ing gift horse squarely in the mouth and despite the fact that their protest is a most scathing indictment of a man who would do them a considerable favor The ministers have taken stand that has al- ready started a lively discussion. Many institutions in this country would be poorer now if they had refused to accept Standard oil donations. Dr. Harper is not enc of your finicky persons and takes all the Rockefeller money he can get. There are lots of other people who would be glad to relieve MT. Rockefeller of some of his riches and no questions would be asked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
nH!Ind TIasrsD ProsperIna.

From the Centreville Press.
 The wholesale whisky houses are do- ing a good business in this section. As iong as people will patronize a blind tiger, just so long will people be found who will sell it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
MARKED VACUOSITY OF
 THE MAGAZINE POETRY

been dignihed by magazine publications
 "Chickamy, chekamy, craney crow,
 I went to the well to wash my toe; When I got back my chicken was gone What o'clock, old woman?
 The author of this celebrated versifica- ticn retired long ago into obscurity and sleeps unknown and, we suppose, unhon- ored. We submit that there is just as much of the aesthetic. the artistic and the coherent in it as there is in Golden Gorse," to which the laborer affixed his name. Here is another selection from the same magazine:
 THE POSTULANT.
 Her trinkets gone, her laughter spent.
 The gypsy year repentant goes:
 And in the woods dim cloister bent.
 She takes the veil of snows.
 This workman does not seem to have made a complete job, although possibly h. may have been limited by the meas urement. Perhaps his order was for but four lines, but with the start he had he could have gone to much greater length, because "snows' is a word to which there are many rhymes. For in- stance, even an unpracticed hand in the magazine poetry business would see the obvious suggestion of adding some such lines as:
 In it's sequestration blows
 Her sadly red and red ming nose,
 And wrestles with the catarrhal throes. While from her eyes the teardrop flows Upon her wornout winter clothes.
 In these we submit that there is at least a coherent account of @ familiar episode and statement of facts within the range of human experience, so told as to be within the grasp of human understanding; whereas. in Golden Gorse' and "Tne Postulant" the thing does not hang together. and all our et- forts to accommodate an idea from either are baffled by the interposition of jar- gon and lack of continuity What is a "ch.ldilxin"? And what kind of horti- cultural production is a flower O the whin"? If the manufacturer was in q hurry to complete his job and in straits for rhyme to .he word skin" he had a wide range of English words from which to select. Why should he ring in ''whin' on us?
 Between the monthly magazines and the Sunday supplements, 1t is getting tp be a hard choice. The poetry factory as we'll as the short-story factory needs lacking up, revision of force and closer supervision of detail The product is ap- preaching a point of vacuity which the public will not stand for much longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-25
IF LOOKS so.
From the Ph

From the Philadelphia Ledger
 Every senator should have for his motto, Honor before all things"
 Most senators appear to; at any rate, they're willing to pay pretty well for the honor"