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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
SAFE AND SANE LAPS.
Their Statesmen Are Bulwark
 Against lingo Agtators.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
 That various army and navy officers in Washington should hail the controversy with Japan over the treaty rights of Japanese subjects in this country as proof that we need more battleships and larger military expenditures was only to be expected. In naval and military circles in Washington the doctrine is that we are always on the verge of being as- sailed and that we never have vessels or men enough to resist even the first as- sault. The more excitable element among the army and navy officers are quoted as saying that Japan with her modern navy could take the Philippines before the United States could move a wheel" If this is the belief of these critics, 1t is the severest indictment ever brought against our navy, which is as modern" as that of Japan. We have in commis- sion in the Pacific forty vessels of all classes, and we have many more in re- serve. The Asiatic fleet, which compre hends the vessels assigned to the Philip pines, includes four armored cruisers, five cruisers, seven gun boats five destroyers, four vessels of the local Philippine squad
 
 ron, four fleet auxiliaries, all ready for service, besides others, among them two powerful armorclads, in reserve. This is a force not 10 be brushed aside in the first onslaught by Japan. It is one capable, if well handled, of a stout resistance and could readily be re-enforced. The Japan csc navy is excellent as far as it goes, and it's achievements have given it a de- served reputation for skill and resource fitness, but in guns and vessels 1t is far outclassed by ours. The guaranty that Japan will not make the present difficulty a casus belli is not found, however, in her relative naval strength, but in the ability of her statesmen, who. as they showed at the time of the conclusion of peace, are not readily moved from course their wisdom prescrbes by the clamor of Japanese jingoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
SUNFlOWER PHILOSOPHY.

From the Atchison (Kan) Globe.
 Many d good man eats with his knife.
 The average woman has pretty good opinion of her own figure.
 The autumn leaves are beginning to look something like woman who is searching for an effectual hair dye.
 The old-fashioned cook stove looks bet ter to a real hungry man than chafing dish.
 It is not recorded that any financial genius ever got his start by purchasing diamonds on the installment plan.
 When man is dead, or is a candidate for office, his friends should say the best things possible about him.
 In some families there is strong opposi- tion between the princess and the dog as to.which does the least for the greatest returns.
 There are times when we all envy a baby who can give vent to it's feeling by throwing itself on its back and kicking and screaming. We heard mother say, recently. of her 1s-yeor-old daughter: "She is the best child in the world.' That is the finest compliment that will ever be paid the girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

HE'S OUT Today the politician works With managers and campaign clerks, While candidates atrembe wait To know the stern decrees of fate. The hottest booster in the bunch, The noisiest. who has hunch That So-and-So will win hands down, And argues thus all OCT the town. Is one on whom we fondly dote- The chap who talks but cannot vote.
 International marriage is a game in which the bride has nothing to gain and everything to lose.
 People who try to swim rivers in au- tomobiles must expect to be drowned oc- easionally.
 A lot of people haven't any more re- speet for money than to spend it.
 THE sPEEDERs Note the gait the world is going
 Frenzy's stamped on every face: Laggards in the race are trampled
 In the rush to set pace. Sanitariums are booming,
 Nervous wrecks fill up the land. Tho sink from sheer exhaustion,
 None will lend a helping hand. Onward onward madly posting,
 Eyes upon a future goal, Men forget both love and laughter.
 Bent on speeding, heart and soul. On the land and on the ocean,
 Night and day and everywhere. They speeding, speeding, speeding,
 With no other thought or care Than to break the latest record,
 Clipping seconds one by one. And the man who saves a minute Is the greatest meath the sun
 It was a game of freezeout and the North Pole won, as usual. It is tough luck when man who is racing to beat the storl1 to his house is arrested for breaking the speed law A celebrated prizefghter had that exper- ence. The indications are that there will be no shortage of winter. Silver -tongued orators will rest today. BRIEF CLAYTON. It's great to rummage in a vest A1lu iiHu st ulIHe you never guessed Was there at all, then let it drop And watch it roll without a stop Until 1t disappears from view Beneath the bed, defying you To hold again at any cost The wealth new found and quickly lost Glad we are not candidate.
 Vote early and once,
 Seem to hear a turkey gobbling some- where. PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
THE MAKING OF MAN.

By Algernon Charles Swinburne Before the beginning of years There came to the making of man Time with gift of tears;
 Grief, with glass that ran; Pleasure, with pain for leaven; summer, with flowers that fell; Remembrance fallen from heaven And madness risen from hell. strength without hands to smite; Love that endures for a breath; Night, the shadow of light,
 And life, the shadow of death. And the high gods took in hand Fire, and the falling of tears. And a measure of sliding sand From under the feet of the years; And froth and drift of the sea: And dust of the laboring earth; And bodies of things to be
 In the houses of death and birth. And wrought with weeping and laughter And fashioned with loathing and love, With life before and after
 And death beneath and above. For day and night, and a morrow, That his strength might endure for
 span. With travail and heavy sorrow. The holy spirit of man. From the winds of the north and the
 south,
 They gathered as unto strife; They breathed upon his mouth. They filled his body with life; Eyesight and speech they wrought For the veils of the soul therein, time for labor and thought. A time to serve and to sin; They gave him light in his ways, And love, and space for delight, And beauty. and length of days, And night and, sleep in the night.
  His speech is burning fire;
 With his lips he travaieth In his heart is blank desire,
 In his eyes foreknowledge of death; He weaves, and is clothed with derision; Sows, and he shall not reap; His life is a watch or a visioH Between a sleep and sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
Political Novelty.

''This is an era of new things, said a man last night. Ut is not startling, therefore, that even the field of politics. that much worked over ground, should be productive of a novelty. Never before in the history of the country until Pres ident Roosevelt became an avowed Hughes partisan has a President of the United States entered progressively into a political campaign within a state
 Through Secretary Root he has left no doubt as to where he stands in the New York election. In the future it is not at all unlikely that the Presidents of the United States, following MT. Roose- velt's example, will have to be reckoned with as factors in the politics of doubt full states"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
WORSE THAN APPENDICITIS

New York.-A Times special from Mid dletown. l.. l., says:
 A physician who examined Edward Green, an inmate of the Mddletown State hospital for the insane. found a large swelling in his right side, in the region of the vermiform appendix. He called a surgeon, who operated and found an iron bolt five inches long in the body. It ap- parently had been there a short time. Green had mania for swallowing iron and steel. It is doubtful if he can re- aoyar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A man could never be rich enough to like to pay his taxes.
 A girl can love nearly any man unless her parents want her to.
 There would be some fun in going to church if people were afraid you would lose all your money at it.
 For about a week before election the plain voter has an idea, which he gets from the campaign orators, that he is d deuce of a fellow.
 When woman hears her husband is a hard drinker she likes to have him satisfy her by telling her it means it is hard for him to drink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

country and tn eever-advancing tide of French aggression from Timbuctoo and Senegal.
 For this reason, and to keep Ma-ul- Aynin in good humor. the Sultan pays him an annual ubvention-whch his saintly lordship comes to collect in person--be- sides shipping occasional steamer loads of food stuffs to Cape Juby the quaint little fortress bought from a British trading company some twenty years since. Here, at 260 miles distance from Mogador, the Sultan maintains a microscopic garrison of Moorish troops, as evidence of occupa- ton, wholly and solely for the purpose of preventing any European traders estab- fishing themselves on the spot erstwhe profaned by a Christian factory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Governor Magoon is creating revolu- ton and discontent by discharging off cals for economy's sake. He has turned ninety-four out of office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

When whisky and poker are men, toned the eyes of the country are turned to the editorial page of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Railroad passes were not rorthcom- ing, but the republican slush funds were equal to the emergency, and the department clerks at Washington who will vote the g. o. D. ticket have been supplied with round-trip tickets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Keep your eye on Tennessee and Henry Clay Evans, who says he is to be that states next governor He may not know what he is talking about, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Do not forget today to put an "X'' opposite the names of Oscar w. Under wood and Nathan L. Miller. Birming- ham needs both of them in it's busi- ness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Elenora Duse is to get $14O,00O for a three months tour in South America next spring. She will soon be a pluto crat at that rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Mrs. Roosevelt owns the house at Pine Knot, but the President is permit ted to do as he pleases there provided he does not become too strenuous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

The President will vote today at Oyster Bay, and then he will go at once to Washington to hear and digest the returns before he departs for Pan anna
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

MT. Carnegie's Scotch castle is called Skibo, and he does not want any one to\ speak of it as Skiddoo. It is not that kind of castle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Secretary Bonaparte speaks of our esteemed monopolists in terms that are not fattering. He calls them "over- fed hog trusts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

The Duchess of Marlborough and the Countess Castellane should get to- gether and do a lot of eondoling, or rather rejoicing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
PEARY'S NEW POLAR RECORD

from the goal, will be considered worth all it cost.
 He is the first man who has ever crossed the eighty-seventh parallel of north latitude and lived to tell the tale" This may not be Of any great practical importance, but as an achievement is worthy of the highest admiration and re- speet These so-called dashes (they are more in the nature of craws) over the frozen surface of the arctic sea require not only courage and daring of the high est order, but the best of judgment to bring back the party alive. It is no small achievement to have beaten such men as Nansen. the Duke of the Abruzzi, Sverdrup, and the host of other fearless arctic explorers.
 There is one aspect of Commander Peary's splendid record of rather dis couraging nature. Probably no living man is better equipped by experience and special knowledge for conquering the North Pole. He has devoted the best part of his life to the task and fallen short. It seems a fair inference that no means of travel is yet available by which the ice-covered moat about the pole can be crossed. In other words, that until some new method of attack is perfected or the long g-distance airship becomes a reality the geographical center of the northern hemisphere will continue to be the lone- somest spot in the world except for it's southern counterpart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Boss Croker has been offered $100, 900 for an autobiography. Some one must desire to suppress it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

The open season for game is here at last, and the game will soon, let us hope, be in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Washington's body servants are still dying from time to time up in Ole Vir' ginny. George must have had regi- ment of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

John w. Gates is also one of the plungers who are betting 3 to 1 that Hughes will be elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

As soon as the Cuban treasury is emptied the inducement to become in surgents will fall below par.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

George w. Cable believes it is never too late to wed. He is lover of 62, and his bride is about 30.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

President Roosevelt will probably not write a book about his recent tur- key hunt. He got but one bird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

The man who votes an Australian ballot intelligently is the man who will faithfully discharge his public duty today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Emma Goldman should go in the steerage to Russia, where she would find congenial occupation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

The United States supreme court is not on speaking terms with the Car negie-Roosevelt spelling scheme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Secretary Taft should be sent to pacify the Utes, and then perhaps he may as well go to Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

The two candidates for governor in New York can now give their throats a long-felt want in the shape of vaca- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

The dealing of aces from the bottom is not considered polite on the Atlantic liners, and it sometimes leads to war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

All is over but the shouting, and the men appointed to do that will gather at every center prepared for the finish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
n1 HE habit of noise" said phil 9 osopher who has lived in a city
 all his life sten ornrns nn a

\Cp osopher who has lived in a city
 all his Ife "so grows on a man that he dreads silence. Away from din and traffic he is afraid, oppressed by the stiffness and made lonely by the ab- sence of the crowd. Activity, companion ship and the mingling of the masses have become second nature to him. I hear of people who pine for the solitude of the forest, who fain would isolate themselves and live apart from the sordid world, but nine out of ten, if they should make the change, would be only too glad to resume their accustomed mode of living. What you are used to counts for everything. If you have resided for years in a city and think you would like to dwell in the country, don't take the leap unless you first give rusticity trial"
 PERILS The peril of wealth, the peril of stealth, The peril of trusts in the land; The peril of greed the peril of speed And perils on every hand. The peril of booze the peril of news That's yellow and far from the truth; The peril of rings" the peril of things That menace the progress of youth. The peril of tracks, the peril of hacks, The perils we find on the street; Of autos and trolleys and traffic in vol-
 leys
 And perils we don't like to meet. The peril of books the peril of crooks, The perils of travellers, too; The peril of fire and eke the live wire And perilous parties, few. The peril of race, the peril of place, And perils too many to name. But people who write to draw the lime
 light
 Keep digging more up, just the same, It is good idea, if you are connected with the tobacco trust, to burn your old desks.
 Olga Nethersole, the priestess of pas sionate plays, will quite naturally begin her tour of the United States in Pitts burg.
 NECESSITY.
 If lifes a game, as some men say, And death shall arbitrate the play, This much is true: We cannot choose But play the game, if win or lose.
 TOWNS.
 For booNlover-Reading, Pa. For sailors-Portland, Oregon. For the eXplorer-New Haven, Conn. For thin-blooded people-Somerville, Mass.
 For old people-Youngstown O. For the dirty man-Bath, Me. For pretty girls-Beleville, H. For society buds ds''-Bloomsburg, Pa For the tailor-Coatesville, Pa For the temperance crank-Coldwater Mich.
 For MT. Fairbanks-Frost Md. For the politician-Grafton, w. Va For the soda water fiend-Haverstraw N Y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

A St. Louis wife says be as mean as your husband is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Tom Lawson says he bases his pre- diction of Hearst's election on inside information of a trustworthy sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

It will be hotter in New York than anywhere else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Japan is going to beat the Dread noughtlby 5000 tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Atlanta is ambitious to supplant In diana as a literary center.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

There is no reason to believe that efforts to crush the tobacco trust will convert it into snuff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

President Castro vaccilates between health and illness, and you never know what to expect at his hands any day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

It is a good idea to vote early, but don't come back later in the day and vote again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Today is pivotal in politics, and the wise man will accept it's decisions with out a murmur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Let well enough alone' is not Ameri' can, says Mir. Beyeridge. No, we are always trying to make it seem worse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

The death penalty is to be abolished in France. It should be abolished ill all countries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

The Utes will talk it over with Teddy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

The strangest story ever told is that of man who loaned a millionaire his umbrella and received a legacy of $6OOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Genuine overcoat weather is on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala post office as second class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

International marriage is a game in which the bride has nothing to gain and everything to lose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

People who try to swim rivers in au- tomobiles must expect to be drowned oc- easionally
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

A lot of people haven't any more re- spect for money than to spend it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-06

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected l manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-10
and Will ConlInus About
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abide hoard money for this unua occason for every heng and arches all other special sales the sublime the ridiculous
 Mr. Loca will be here the opening day. He entused aL delighted his flow of languages there is aids the rushing sugng of in their buying,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-07
PRESIDENT PRAISED ]
=. IN \ B BR|'Y ANS p PER.
Attitude on japanese Question
Aplapded by Commo 4
Some Mud Thrown.

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. Accommodating
on President. Roosevelt IS message. VIII,
liam J.. Bryan says there is much that
lis good and much that is bad in f..
but it may be regarded as the presi.
DENTS most Important state paper. Mr..
Bryan says:
democratic, and for which the General eqne Il
public may we'll thank him. III statas
some things that ought to arouse Sc.
we're criticism. i The president ho1dIy
appropriates some Of the doctrines
which the democrats have been adyo-
eating, and, ON the other hand. he an
nounces some doctrines which are so
absurd as to excite amusement if the
suggestions came from less promi-
nent source. In some cases he takes
advanced grounds; IN some case he re-
Mr.. Bryan complains that what the
president, says on the subject Of gov
eminent by injunction will not be sat-
isfactory to the laboring man to
those who respect the right of trial
by jury. The presidents stand on
childs labor is commended, as is also
the position he has taken on the eight-
hour law and the right of the people
to criticize judge. -., = 80
l. Praises Jap Reference.
Referring to MIR. Roosevelt's refer
ence. to the Japanese question, Mr..
Bryan says: .~g.@s5 ~ - -
CHE pays deserved tribute to the
progress Of the Japanese. nation and
asks for legislation which will enable
congress to protect the rights Of for
eigners- That there should be such
legislation cannot be generally dis.
puted, but a great. deal depends upon
the character of the legislation If
any bills are presented in. regard to
this suggestion, they must be carefully
not deny to- the various states the right
to protect themselves and their people
in matters purely local.y' ; : rs
Finally, Mr.. Bryan deplores what he
calls the president's s. .warlike attitude
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-07
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dispose of them at a profit.
In many cases collectors
=, have received but one-half the
number of stamps they were
entitled to, which in view toff
the fact that the collector is in
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Misrepresentation AMOUNTS to
little short of actual robbery.
Collectors are again warned to
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ments. The Sperry & Hutchin-
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-07
CRUSHED BY STEERS RUSH
Michigan Visitor at Chicago LiVestock
Show Meets Death.

Chicago, Dec. i John Searls, ~
years old, Of Buchanan. Mich, who was
in in. Chicago visiting 81 the Livestock shoN,
Of bunch Of steers, which he was
watching as they were herded over q
runway into PEN
Searls was standing near the gate to
the pen and as the animals crowded
into the runway they forced him
against a fence, Before he could be.
rescued he was knocked down and
trampled under foot. Sear1s was res
moved to hospital. o..