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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
Prnsnerifv is General.

Anti.railroad legislation in Congress
and in the states is affecting the prices
OF stocks in Wall street to some extent,
but neither railway stocks nor indus
trials are materially lower Prices
have been carried up too high, and a
slight reaction would be natural and
perhaps beneficial
The surplus reserve of the New York
banks is low, and the course of foreign
exchange seems to point to gold ship
ments. No doubt some gold will be
exported Corn breadstuffs and pro-
visions are being exported freely, espe-
cially to German ports, where heavy
duties go into effect on March l, and
such shipments may postpone the ship
ment of gold. but no one breads moder-
ate gold shipments any moro.
The iron and steel industries are re-
markably active. and the January rec
ord of failures is the smallest in five
years. All branches of trade and in
dustry are characterized by prosperity
and a superabundance of orders.
The only fieck in the commercial sky
is possible strike among the coal
miners. and even this trouble may be
put aside before April l. when it is
billed to occur The general prosper
ity of the country silently protests
against any such marring OF the gen
eral situation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
MATERIAL FOR A GREAT
NOVEL WAITS AUTHOR

While the bridegroom and his friends ara
celebrating the wedding at hotel the
bride is Indignantly denying that GER
emony has been performed, only to admit
two days later that there has been a
misunderstanding" that she is a wife
again.
The widow is married; the protegees
have retired to their palaces; the public
is unmoved by the benefactions, and the
curtain Is rung down.
We could not expect Mr.. Howells to
deal with such a story. 1t Is hardly for
the young person. We shudder to think
what might happen if Mr.. James under
took 1t. The tale is too intricate and
various and melodramatic for any living
novelist who writes the English speech
and is capable of grasping it. BY divine
right 1t is the property of Bazac, with
Daudet as reslduary legatee. Both are
dead. The American school of novelists
has learned to distrust Truth except in
her queter and less demonstrative forms.
In her larges aspects she is too strenuous
and sensational. Fiction Is properly scam
dalized by her excuses and is afraid of
losing caste by being seen too much In
public with her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
Robert r. Cochran,

"I notice that Judge Robert f. Cochran
of Meridian is being mentioned for the
democratic nomination for governor of
Mississippi" said a Mississippan. Judge
Cochran has proven terror to evil doors
of the Tenth judicial district of Missis-
sppi. The office came to him unsought
and he has proven his worth by his war
on corruption and crime. He has cleared
the docket which was crowded for a
number of years. l have known him to
order court opened at $3.50 a. m. and con-
tinue in session until and o'clock at
night.
THE criminal element dislike a man of
Judge Cochrans energy, especially the
violators of the Wells vagrancy law. The
better class of the state will support the
Meridian jurist and [ believe that If he
allows the use of his name for the gov
ernorship that the man who defeats him
will be the successor of Vardaman.
Judge Cochran sought to break up the
blind tigers in the prohibition counties
in his district and he succeeded. He ap-
piled the severest penalty on every man
found guilty and the violators did not
relish work on the county roads. As a
result blind tigers are no more. I be-
lieve that Judge Cochran would make an
ideal governor"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
Always Polite.

1T is a surious thing how one idea
will run through a big system of rail-
roads, or a large corporation" said a
man yesterday who is thrown in constant
touch with the railroads and with the
employees. 'rhis Is remarkably true
when one considers the Queen and Cres-
cent route.
Il have met a large number of men en-
ploYed by the Queen and Crescent, and
without fail they have been exceptionally
Garrett seems to set the pace as it We're
and the others follow. Mr. Garrett is
always glad to see a friend if he is not
overloaded with business, and he likes
to talk with people. give them his ideas
about matters of interest and learn theirs
From the general manager down this
rule holds good. l frequently ask ths
dispatcher's office for information about
trains and l receive the most courteous
of treatment. In fact l always feel that
have done the employee favor instead
of his having done me one, he is always
so polite.
''N nat I say is in no way a reelection
on the employees of any other railroad.
but l have been struck ny this feature OF
the Queen and Crescent. Probably it is
because l travel on that road more than
any other and am more familiar with its
officials and employees"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
PASTE JEWELS.

From the New Orleans Plcayune.
It's brass bands, not principles, that
make a man patriotic.
Many man has been sold by soulful
eyed maiden.
Procrastination is the never, never
land
A polntless joke is one that is sharpened
at our expense.
Life seems to be comic opera with
out a plot.
The man who needs exercise should in
vest in an automobile.
Many a man who thinks he is literary
comet isn't even a candle
You'll love and be wise? This is as
impossible as being generous and having
money.
Candied orange blossoms are well
enough in their way, but bridal orange
blossoms are considered more of a deli
cacy in some families.
The man who would sit down smugly to
write a description of sunset has the
assurance to attempt anything.
When a man gets stuck on himself
there's no changing the bill.
Maybe she can-but the stenographer
who wears a pink shirtwaist doesn't look
as If she could spell.
When a very young man falls in love
with a woman it's very good sign that
she isn't very young.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
Unjust Discrimination.

The anti.American feeling in emma
IS not a boxer affair, it is strictly a
boycott. and that boycott falls largely
upon the coarse cotton goods made IN
the south. This is why so little atten-
ton is given to it in Washington, for
the sand-lot politicians of San Fran
cisco are more influential i'll Washing
ton than are the fifteen states that
grow the countrys great cash and ex-
port crop.
The anti-American feeling is spread
ing over the interior provinces of
China, and it will soon be felt in all
parts of the vast empire. Once fully
established it can not soon be eradi-
Gated. and its effects will be felt In
many directions. 1t is said to be pro-
NOTED by the students of that country.
However it was started or by whom
soever it is maintained. it has ample
basis to rest upon. We have passed
laws and adopted methods that are In.
sulting in the highest degree to tour
lists. merchants and students of China.
We even. apply TO them the Bertillon
measurement, which has come to be a
means of identifying criminals only.
We insult them in every possible man
ner, and they have turned at last.
Worst of all, we know they are fully
justified in applying a boycott to Amer
lean goods, for we have boycotted
many of the best persons in China.
Neither Congress nor the administra-
ton seems to think it necessary to
change existing laws or methods relat.
ing to Chinese tourists. and the south
will foot the bill San Francisco poll
ticians do not care what happens 10
southern mills so long as they can sat
isfy the hoodlums upon whom they
depend for votes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
CLOSING THE GATES.
Noisy Ceremony That Takes Place
Every Day in Pekng.

F rom the Picking Times.
The closing Of the gates in Picking just
because it goes on daily and may appar-
emily go on daily for centuries to come, is
probably one of the sights" least wit
messed and talked of save by those for
eigners who may have CHANGED to run
for it" near closing time The daily per-
Torrance is marked with due ceremony
which is quaint and full of interest to the
intelligent onlooker, as the closing by no
means signifies the mere bringing together
of the heavy wooden doors and barring
the Emperor's highway against all COM
ers
At the appointed hour preliminary sig
nal is given by large gong or iron shield
being struck with big iron bar fifty
times in such quick succession as almost
to defy calculation This is followed by a
signal of 100 blows repeated IN precisely
the same fashion three times. When
the third and last cycle of gong strokes
is entered on a number OF old and at this
season very bewadded anu mufhed up old
Charles start series of discordant
wells to all and sundry to hasten or they
will be shut out The combination of sig
nails is followed by jostlins stream of
people from both directions.
Presently the rush slackens until only
solitary pedestrian, or possibly a man on
a donkey, full tilt, belated rickshaw or
a heavily laden cart struggles through
Then a movement is made with the gates,
yelling bursts out afresh and another
rush ensues, the gates being meanwhile
half closed and occasionally opened lit
tie way again until the outgoers having
meanwhile ceased there is final scrim-
mage to get into the city, and the pro-
cess of closing. which has taken some
half-hour in all, Is concluded.
The huge iron-plated doors having
changed to a monster iron pole is dragged
up aud placed across them on iron sup
PORTS being retained in position by pad
lock of enormous proportions and OF a
we'll known Chinese type There are in
all the cities of Picking some nineteen
gates and the same ceremony Is observed
at each, but at such thoroushfares as the
Hatamen there Is naturally more traffic
and the process is probably proportionate-
~ longer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08

sailed therein. and no vessel can pass
FEDERAL quarantine station except
vii It's permissiol
The states are left free To establish
guarantees as innar guards, but there
Will be no occasion f;T any sub I'M
necessary expendit ne. ard The pend
ing measure will no dou.t soon hand
over to the govern menr all maritime
and interstate quarantine. II will have
a good start. and the rest will follow
easily drl naturaIl2. 1t should be
pushed though, for The sefuii'y of the
south is at stake
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
Maritime Quarantine.

The Mallory-Taylor quarantine bill
is to be reported to both houses as the
measure desired by the south. 1t is
far from being wholly satisfactory, but
it is better than no bill at all, for 1t
will practically hand over all maritime
quarantine to the federal government.
1t provides for federal quarantine
stations at the outposts CT each port.
The government is directed by the bill
to purchase grounds and to establish
quarantine stations "as an outer guard
at ports against yellow fever. Con-
gresham Taylor of the Mobile district
caused the bill to be amended so that
the government can take over any
quarantine stations that the states may
own.
The surgeon general is to have
charge of the proposed stations, and
the marine hospital service will be in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08

Evelyn Harris formerly city editor or
the Atlanta Constitution. who was recent
y on a visit to Birmingham, has the fol-
lowing to say in the Constitution of Mon
day:
The Press club of Birmingham is one
of the most progressive and enterprising
Institutions in that city" said well
known Birmingham man yesterday.
NO one class of people deserve more
credit for the great strides birmingham
is taking and for her rapid progress as
leader among the municipalities of the
country" he continued. "The Press club
now has on hand an elaborate affair for
February p, to be known as a prosperi-
~ banquet It's scope will be larger
than the regular annual banquet, and
among the invited guests will be num-
Der of statesmen and other prominent citi-
zens of Alabam and adjoining states
with the end In view of making the
occasion a prosperity banquet the in
vitation list heretofore used by the club
will be extended and over hundred
and fifty citizens will be asked to be
present and grace the occasion. The
banquet will be spread at the Hillman
hotel, If suitable arrangements can be
made. The membership dues Of honor
airy members will be extended to $40 per
plate. 1t is proposed to issue invitations
TO several prominent newspaper men in
other states, and to several southern
governors to attend without the member
ship dues.
while there is a spirit of keen rivalry
among the Birmingham newspaper men
and competition is lively they work in
harmony and as a unit when the good of
their city is involved They are a fine
lot of good fellows. 1 believe in giving
them fun credit for what they have done
for Birmingham and I wish them all
success in their new undertakings"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
British Politics.

A single member is to be elected In
Orkney and Shetland isles, and then
the elections for members of Parlia-
ment to serve possibly seven years
will stand complete. The record shows
that the liberals have secured 49,
seats; the tory unionists, 1858; the Irish
nationalsts. 81, ami the laborites, 40
total, $50. The member for the remote
islands in Scotland will probably be a
liberal, and he will be the 67Oth mem
Der in a full House of Commons.
The liberals have a clear working
majority over all of sc, and on all ques-
lions that attract the support of the
nationalists and labOrites the Premier
WIN have a majority behind him of
2zs. On few questions indeed will the
nationalists or laborites go over to the
tories, whom they naturally detest.
Nor is this all, for the squad of los
is split into two parts, the one to be led
bv Mr.. Chamberlain, and the other by
Mr.. Balfour. The returns do not show
how the opposition camp is divided
but presumably Mr.. Chamberlain and
Mr.. Balfour will each have about equal
portions of the hopeless squad, or about
rs votes each. Neither will therefore
be very formidable, especially in view
of the fact that EACH blames the other
for the disaster that has oyertaken
both. Mr.. Balfort repudiates the
Chamberlain protection scheme, and
Mr.. Chamberlain repudiates MIR. Bal
four and his entire aristocratic follow
ing.
Sir Henry mpbell-Bannerman has,
however, some hard problems before
him, notably the education bill he has
promised to bring in, and the bill for
the relief of the trades unions against
a recent judicial decision, but he has
majority that can PIT them through. or
rather put them on the House of Lords.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
Mayor Ward S Message .

No one who reads Mayor Ward 5
message for the year 1905 can escape
the conviction that he discusses the
affairs of the city With frankness and
sincerity. He has hothing to conceal
from the people. He even presents
probabilities that Ire by no means
agreeable, SIMPLY because he desires
the people 10 see ahd understand the
situation. For example, he shows a
net decrease in the hebt of the city in
the year 1905, but he anticipates In
creased expenditures in 1906 in the
SCHOOLS, fire department, street and
sanitary operations that will absorb
all possible economies together with
the increase in revenue. Increased
expenditures are Unavoidable in q
growing city 1t will thus be seen that
Mayor Ward holds out no glitterinS
generalities, preferrng to tell the truth
in plain, ulvarnshed manner.
There are many commendable rec
concentrations in The message that
should not 60 unheeded,
He says thit land can now be bought
in Jones valley at low prices that will
be very valuable for park purposes
when this cit. holds half a million peo-
pie.
He says tie contracts, franchises
and grants of this city should be COM
piled and published. At present they
are PRACTICAL! inaccessible.
In view of the early completion of
the trunk sewers Mayor Ward says
every part of the city should be sup
piled with sewers. This is certainly
good sense.
The Mayor points out the fact that
permanent ant durable paving is pref
cradle to matchmaking, and the city
Shout. favor tie former.
Other thingsurgea by the Mayor are
that the polio, force consider them
selves sanitary officers as we'll as peace
officers.
Fines in the police court should not
as rule Ne RENTED.
Cheap plumbing and old rookerles
should be discouraged.
These recommendations and per-
haps a score more show how compre-
hensively Mayo Ward studies the
eity's business-how devoted he is TO
the city. in whose prosperity" to use
his own words, every man of energy,
determination and honesty can share
a city where high principle has not yet
been found Incompatible with the
greatest business success, where NOR
ality, beauty and utility go hand In
hand"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
IN HOTEL LoBBlEs
Address at Hlah School.

"fhe talks to he given at the High
school each Monday morning by promi-
hent citizens should prove very popular,
said DR.. ]. II. Phillips yesterday
1t is the intention to invite PROBES
sional men and men from the various
walks Of life To address the pupils on
Monday morning The hour has been ar
ranged so that it Will be more convenient
for. parents and friends to attend. IN
stead of o'clock as formerly the pupils
will assemble in the auditorium at lo;z9
O'Clock To hear the addresses.
i would be glad for more of the pa
rents and others TO attend these meet
ings. as the talks will be both interesting
and profitable"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08

with the exception Of the massive and
artistic Masonic edifiee IN philadelphia,
the Birmingham temple has more archi-
tectural design than any Of the towering
Masonic structures in the great Aorth-
ern and eastern cities.
IN the interior fittings CT the temple
here slngularly fine taste has been dis
played I have never seen such hand
some furniture in any other lodge rooms.
The Scottish Rite quarters on the first
floor present a somber but rich appear
ance. Tie blue lodge room on the second
floor is bright and elegant, and the chap
ter and eommandery room-a combination
arrangements ideal in its decorations
and color scheme"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
About Persons.

w. T. Edmondson, Jr., managing edi-
tor of the Admission Hot Blast. has been
in Birmingham several days making ad-
vertising contracts for his paper. Mr..
Edmondson is a popular newspaper man
and speaks enthusiastically of Anniston's
future. He returns home this afternoon.
j. NJ. Anderson of opelika is at the
Hillman.
Louis Goldstcln OF Montgomery is at
the Hllman.
Maurice Fletcher of Decatur is regis
tered at the Morris
c. P. Atkinson of Mobile is at the Met
ropolitan.
James Garfield, Jr., of cullman, is at
the Metropolitan.
A. \. Marshall of Ta1ladega is at the
Morris.
Charles weinfeldt of Mobile is at the
Morris.
L. NJ. Ullman of Montgomery is at the
tolTInlnBHdll.
Paul Conroy of Lewlsville is at the Bir-
mingham.
n. P. Turner of opp is at the St. Mich
olas
Mr. and Mrs. L. c. Ryan of Greenville,
Miss, are registered at the st. Nicholas.
w B. Key of Aubrey is at the st. Mich
oas
H. Ehrlieh of Greenville, Miss, is at
the st. Nicholas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
LOVE IN TEARS.
BY Coventry Patmore.

By Coventry Patmore.
If fate Loves dear ambition mar,
And load his breast with hopeless pain,
And seem to blot out sun and star,
Love, won or lost, Is countless gain;
His sorrow boasts a secret bliss
Which sorrow of itself beguiles,
And Love In tears too noble is
For pity, save of Love in smiles.
But. looking backward through his
tears,
With vision of maturer scope
How often one dead joy appears
The platform of some better hope!
And let us own, the sharpest smart
Which human patience may endure
Pays light for that which leaves the
heart
More generous. dignified and pure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
Wheeler Biography.

AN erroneous impression exists" said
Capt. ]. LAWYER Darby yesterday, CON
corning the authorship of the Life of Gen.
Joe Wheeler prepared in the department
of archives and history at Montgomery.
"The author is John Witherspoon Du-
Bose, whose Life of Yancey is a southern
classic. Mr.. DuBoses Life of Wheeler
should be published and widely distrib-
uted through this state.
~1he next legislature cannot well refuse
to print a volume concerning the greatest
soldier of Alabama even II it refuses to
place it in all the public schools. No gen
eral that this state gave to the Confed-
eraey outshines Joseph Wheeler
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
FREE PASS TO WHISKY.
Maybe 1t Will Soothe Some Souls Be-
reft of Free Travel.

From the New York Sun.
A firm of Kentucky whisky dstillers
is issuing annual passes. One of the
passes entities the holder to sample
bottle of the firms whisky as often as
ne presents it at any of the company's
offices in the year 1906. The pass is made
of blue card board and Is just about
the right size for vest pocket. The face
OF the pass says:
1905-1906
Pass Mr.. Blank until December 81, 1906
unless otherwise ordered, for a sample of
- whisky.
The pass is signed by the president and
general manager of the company. On
the back is the number and also the ad-
dresses of the various distributing offices
at which the pass will be honored. A
sample bottle, it Is said, contains about
a mint
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
DIsAPPoINTEp HOPES.

DISAPPOINTED HOPES.
There was a time when we would be
A soldier in the wars
And shed a lot of crimson blood
To shield a noble cause.
There was a time when we just longed
To be a sailor bold
And sail across the bounding sea
In search of pirates gold.
There was time when we aspired
TO be an engineer
And run locomotive fast
Without a trace of fear.
We thought we'd go away out west
And shoot up every town
Or make the tenderfoot grow pale
BY giving him a frown.
We planned to play upon the stage
Or be a fireman brave
And climb upon a blazing roof
A human life to save.
We hoped to be lot of things.
Unfortunately, we
Can't always be the great heroes
That we would like to be.
"The Wooing of Alice and Nick" is the
name of an orchestra composition which
is supposed to tell in music how the
Presidents daughter was won. Now for
the talking machines!
Why does Nicholas Longworth wear *
smile? Answer: Alice Roosevelt.
IN THE FUTURE.
When right is wrong
And black Is white
Then men won't stay
Out late at night.
Too many wives and too many drinks
have been known to get man int0
trouble. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
PETTUS OBJECTS.

From the New York World.
Senator Pettus of Alabama, was told
by friend today that he Is being counted
among the white House Senators"
81 have seen things written about White
House Senator'S" the Senator said, land
about penitentiary senators. don't want
to be classed with either
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
REFLECTIONS OF A 6AcHELoI

prom the New YORK Press
The more man believes in girls the
fewer sisters he has
A man imagines he is in pubic IRE
when he plays billiards with an alder
man.
One of the hardest things is TO believe
YOU arc as good as you pretend to your
family YOU are.
In a winter a man grumbles because
he can't go fishing. and in summer be-
cause there is no sleghing-
When a man wakes up fifteen minues
before ii is time to get UP he swears NJ
never slept a wink all night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-02-08
THE OLD MANS REGRET.

From the Washington Star.
II understand your boy was severely
hazed at college
Yes answere Farmer Corntossel He
allus was gettin' into trouble. / never
could keep him out of 1t when he was
at home'
But arn't you indignant"
mo; I'm not indignant. But I'm kind
o disappointed that l wasn't there to
see it,