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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
MAckNIGHT IN NEW YORK.
Talks About Commercial Advances of
 the South-Negro Question.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 J. A. MacKnight of Calera, Ala. for merly connected with the United States consulate at Bordeaux, France, spoke before the Southern society at the Wal dorf-Astoria last night on the commer- eial opportunities afforded by the south
 There Is an impression among the northern people, he said, that the south Is low-lying not country. This err roneous idea has done more than any other one error to retapd the settlement of the south.
 The nagging against the south re- garding the negro question has gone on steadily now for forty years. What the south has done In eliminating the ignorant negro vote, which is as corrupt as 1t Is ignorant, would be done today In any northern community If it were confronted with the same conditions If there were 100000 negroes in New York and only 100000 white men, the lat ter would rule the city, hold all the offices and keep entire control of public affairs; they would not admit the negroes to social equality with them nor permit them to marry their daughters. What the south has done to cut out the igno- rant and corrupt negro vote has been sustained by the court of last resort, and the agitators in Congress, it is said, have been warned by President Roose- welt and by Speaker Cannon that those high officials of the government will give them no comfort in their efforts to cut down the southern representation.
 "If the Americans do not settle the south, foreign people will come in and possess the land. They are now com ing by thousands and the stream is increasing every year. They are strong and aggressive and in few years will make the gulf coast and the territory far into the interior another Mediterra- mean filled with a polyglot population The south is the best country under the sun, and it is a shame that the American people do not know this. At the present rate, the population of the south, in twenty-five years will be al- most equal to the entire population of the United States today"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
SHREWD BURGLAR KEEPS
 ABREAST OF SCIENCE

contents of the strongest safe to the eyes of the burglar.
 The safety appliances of the modern safe are such that without the use or explosives the burglar Is practically help less. It's use, however, has added new element of danger to his life Carelessly fitted percussion caps, an overcharge or nitroglyeerine or a failure to cover the safe properly with rugs or carpets to deaden the sound, have all been the un- doing of the burglar. The explosion has either been so violent as to destroy the building or to injure the burglar.
 Burglary is no longer crude robbing, but an art. The only men who are able successfully to overcome the obstacles of the safemakers and locksmiths, and at the same time avoid the police, are thought in their work as the successful business man. The man who once turned to burglary as last resort chose a dark night to force his way into a store and. after hours of work with files and saws forced the door from the safe, can no longer succeed. The only men wno succeed in their efforts to open safes now are the ones who often spend weeks studying conditions and preparing their instruments. The resistance of fered by the fine grades of steel used in safes usually destroys the tools used to open the locks.
 The ingenuity of the safe-cracker Is greater only than that of the burglar and sneak thief who depends on the use of skeleton keys and jimmies to make his way past locks and bolts. The skel- eton key can only be used in picking locks with tumblers.
 The most common styles of keys are made rather thin on the end, which is bent and has one or two prongs. The burglars jimmy Is often a plain iron bar, sharpened at one end that permits it's insertion beneath a window or at the side of a door. Some of the professional burglars, however, carry sectional jm- mics that for efficiency are greater than any other burglar tool manufactured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 F all the petty trickery by which nimble-witted, if interruptions, O men gather in shekels, none tries the soul of the inexperienced housewife more than the cleverness of fake laun- drymen. Hundreds of dollars are cleaned up weekly by the men and boys who turn this trick on New York women.
 For instance, woman has dealt with one laundry for a year or more, and knows Just when to expect the boy who is calling for or delivering the laundry. She is busy with her house work or her sewing when the dumbwaiter groans and the tube whistle echoes through her flat. She hurries to the dumbwaiter shaft, and a voice calls 'Laundryr'
 All right" she replies cheerfully, her mind still bent on the mysteries of the circular skirt she has been planning, or the cake she has been mixing She losses the big roll of laundry on the dumbwaiter, slams the door and Is buried In her work when, half an hour later, the whistle sounds again.
 ''Laundryl" chants another boyish voice, and she answers, Why. l gave you the laundry half an hour ago"
 The boy disputes the statement and asks her if she inquired of the first conner what laundry he represented. She recalls that she did not, force of habit. etc.
 Well, some other laundry has your stuff," calls the regular boy and goes off whistlng.
 The week rolls apound-Friday, Satur- day-and no laundry is returned. A hor- rible suspicion takes possession of the woman's mind She takes up the matter with the janitor. He questions all the, representatives of laundries that come to the apartment house. No results. And then he tells the anxious woman that sneakthief, who did not even have to sneak, just asked for and got her hus- bands laundry. Usually 1t ends in clash between tenant and janitor.
 Only last week west side housewife reported to the police a trick of this sort by which she had lost all told near ly s20 worth of wearing apparel and linen, including dress shirts and waist coats belonging to her husband and son, ordinary shirts, collars and cuffs and several tablecloths and sheets.
 Another class or Doys ana Tlen appear on the usual delivery days and, If the janitor is not in sight, slip into the base ment and sending up the dumbwaiter announce that the laundry calls for certain sum. If the lady Will send down the money he will send back the laundered clothes. A woman who has never been tricked In this fashion or who does not read the papers, especially the police news. is apt to send down the money, and after waiting reasonable time for the package, rings up the jan itor. only to learn that no laundry Is down there and no man either. Not
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From the New York World.
 NE of the most interesting exhib- 1 it's of the police department Is it's O collection of burglars tools. The implements used by house-breakers and safe-crackers vary from the crudest of iron bars to the most delicately fash toned tools known to steel workers. The ingenuity shown by some of the more expert yeggmen in fashioning tools to overcome the best of the locksmiths' art is wonderful.
 A recent issue of the Scientific Ameri- can contained pictures of many tools recently taken from burglars who have faleln into the hands of the police. The pictures show only a small percentage of the complete outfit of a modern burglar They give a good idea, however, of the means he employs to open the most deli- cate locks used in the construction of safes and vaults.
 Until the use of time locks and electri- cal safety appliances on safes, it was comparatively easy for the slxillful safe cracker to open any safe with the con trivanee for cutting out the combination or with the lever for tearing off locks and plates. The Improvements to. be found in all modern safes made the old fashioned tools useless The ingenuity of the yeggman, however, was more than equal to that of the safe manufae- turer. The invention of nitroglycerine soup" which the burglar carries in little phial In his best pocket, has pro- vided a capable substitute for his form ats abaV.1 xAy1an At,n1 fat,a- pered saws and files he makes fine crevice in the safe in which he inserts the nitroglycerine. A percussion cap fitted outside the crevice is attached to a little pocket battery, and the explo- sion that follows generally opens the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
STATE POLITICS

seottsboro Citizen: Senators Morgan and Pettns are to have no opposition for reelection. The truth of the business Is that no two men in the state have the courage 10 tackle these two grand old men.
 Marion County News If would seem that General Apathy has taken charge of the gubernatorial race in Alabama. and the poor daily papers in the state must needs hatch ID just any old thing for a news item.
 Sumter Sun. Col John W. Tomlinson' 8 friends are urging him to become a can- didate for alternate senator. and if he de- eides to enter the race he will receive strong support as he is quite popular with the people.
 sylacauga Progress It now looks as though Hon. Joseph r. Johnston of Bir- mingham will enter the race for alternate senator in the approaching August pri- mary. While the ex-governor has made no declaration on the subject 1t is re- ported that he has been feeling the pulse
  and Knox would. indeed, make worthy successors to the two splendid old men who have served the state so we'll and faithfully for the past years
 Tuseumbia North Alabamlan The Ala bamian notes with pleasure that several of the best newspaper men in the state are candidates for the legislature. Ham, burger of Mobile is a candidate for the state senate, Doster of the Prattville Pro- gress desires to represent his district in the senate, and Bob Neil of Selma has announced his candidacy for representa- tive in the house of representatives from Dallas All good fellows, fine newspaper men and will make most excellent legis- lators. Here's a 'hopin' boys and when you need stationery and records your humble servant hopes to be in the sec- retary of state office to fill your requisi- tions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING.
ristina Rossettl.

By Christina Rossetti. wonder if the sap is stirring yet, If wintry birds are dreaming of mata If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun And crocus fires are kindling, one bv one.
 Sing, robin, singl still am sore in doubt concerning spring. wonder if the springtide of this year Will bring another spring both lost and
 dear; If heart and spirit will find out their
 spring, Or if the world alone will bud and sing.
 Sing, hope, to mel Sweet notes, my hope, soft notes for
 memory. The sap will surely quicken soon or late. The tardiest bird will twitter to a mate: So spring must dawn again with warmth
 and bloom, Or in this world or in the world to come:
 Sing, voice of spring. Till too blossom and rejoice and sing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
Iron Ore Situation.

The Steel Trust has taken over the Hill, or Great Northern, ore lands, about three hundred million tons, more or less. For this ore it is to pay the Great Northern royalty of so cents a ton as fast as the ore is taken out. It is also to pay the Great Northern company 30 cents a ton to haul the ore to Duluth. If we put the cost of mining the ore at 50 cents ton, the total cost per ton of the ore at Duluth will be $2.1O.
 When the Steel Trust was organ ized it claimed to have TOO, ,000 000 tons of ore. About 100,000,000 tons have been mined, leaving on hand 6OO,000,000 tons of the supply that was on hand when the trust was organized Adding the Hill ore to the original supply, it appears that the trust con trols 900000 900 tons of ore, or about enough to last it from forty to fifty years.
 Apart from the Lake Superior dis trict, now largely in the hands of the Steel Trust, the chief supply of iron ore lies in this district. It is esti- mated there is here in Alabama 900,- 000,000 tons of ore. Some of it is rich ore, and all of it can be melted profit ably because it lies near the sea, and adjoining beds of fuel and of limestone ar dnlomite. The two districts will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
Le New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Most of the fun In life is the kind you are looking for.
 If a young man dresses well 1t Is a sign his father can't afford to.
 man could send his wife lot more flowers if he didn't have to support her.
 It takes great deal of courage to tell girl how beautiful her sister is, and Q sensible man never has it.
 It Is absentlminded when you forget to do something for your wife; it is gross negligence when she forgets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
Welcome Here.

T certainly expect to enjoy going to the Bijou this week and seeing Mary Marble again" said a regular theatre goer last night. Tt will seem like sec ing familiar face when one is away from home. All the persons in Birming- ham who attend the theatre have seen Mss Marble many times and feel as if they almost have personal acquaintance with her
 "She is certainly one of the cleverest all-round actresses on the stage today There are certain parts which I think she can play as well, if not better than any one else I have ever seen, and do not believe there Is a single part in which I have ever seen that she was not good.
 q would like to see Mary Marble, Lit tie Chip, Otis Harlan and the entire old Bijou Musical Comedy company together again. There will never be a better chorus than that organization had when it play ed at the Bijou about three years ago. The girls were pretty and refined looking and shapely. All the girls seemed to have their heart in their work and the company's intesests were their interests"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
Boy Shot by Accident.

Florence. February 5.-tspeeial.)-E gar Sharp. the 7-year-old son of W. E. Sharp. a merchant of this city, was shot this afternoon by small companion, John Hoxie. The child took the pistol from the mantel where it was lying and thinking it was not loaded pointed it at Edgar and pulled the trigger The ball entered just below the right eye and ranging around came out above the right ear. The skull was not penetrated and the wound is not considered dangerous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

meet the needs of this country throughout the present century. and then perhaps the country will have to look to the deposits in the Rocky mountains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
Business Mans Impressions.

Birmingham has long attracted me-" said H. c. Krlbs, a business man, for merly of St. Paul, but now resident of this city. Several years ago I made up my mind that some day I would settle in the mineral center of the south, and within the past week I have started In business here. In every visit I have made to Birmingham-and my visits have been frequent-I have observed steady pro gress. Within the past two years this city has made wonderful strides and it is yet in it's infancy. From now on Bir- mingham's growth will be not only sub stantial but rapid The most enthus- iaste prophet has not overestimated the Birmingham districts possibilities. There Is hardly city in the United States at tracing the attention today that this city Is attracting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
From the New York Herald.

run AHE NeW 1Ofk Herald.
 T HIS feast began with a synthetic AOR cocktail. and such drink! It
 was imprisoned sunshine, the mellow soul of a thousand stills. the spirit of the fiasks of Florencel It gave the strength which would have made any son of earth eager to throttle the fierce Numidlan lion or hurl defiance in the teeth of the Great Cham of Tartary. sci- enee was the bafmaid, Galen the in- spiration. and the alchemists of old looked kindly down from the realms of ether while the limpld liquor dripped through crystal Ice into the thin stemmed glass. It was cocktail it to give life to stone and to warm the cookies of the human heart
 Prof. Thomas B. Stlllman, director of the chemical laboratory of the Stevens Institute of Technology. over in Hoboken. made 1t without any of those vulgar aids the publieans are wont to use. Martini he called it, yet 1t might better have been called the kiss of the alembic." A thousand pities 1t Is that the only Will liam is not in Broadway more for only he who called drinks by poetic names would have been capable of bestowing upon the synthetic cocktail a propen title.
 It was the prelude to tho dinner which Professor Stiliman gave last night at the Hotel Astor to his friends. James E. Howell of Newark, and Henry ". Good rich of this city. The bill of fare was made up of things which were mostly prepared in the laboratory of the profess sor who said that, without doubt. he could make drinks and sauces and condi- ments and all manner of foods pleasing to the senses of taste and smell and sight without recourses to the ordinary processes of nature.
 Genuine bivalves were employed in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

It is proposed in Washington to try injunctions instead of whipping posts in the cases of wife beaters. It is the one place in this world that an injunc. ton fits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
Fire In Portland.

Portland. Me, February 25.-A three story brick block on Federal street oc- eupied by J. E. Gould gS Co.,. one of the largest wholesale drug firms in the state, was wrecked by fire early today. The loss is sl200o0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Difference in Eggs.

There is as much difference in eggs as there is in chickens. or in fruit, or in vegetables. said William Wise yester- day. Eggs laid by certain breeds or chickens are much superior for table use to those of other breeds, and 1t certainly pays to secure the better class of eggs.
 For use in bar or anywhere where egg drinks are served the leghorn article is superior. use them exclusively In serving drinks. and l find that they please my customers more than ordinary eggs would. Patrons notice the difference in the egg even after it Is mixed in a drink There is more nutritious matter in one of these eggs than in the ordinary egg and they are much pretter to look at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Premier Wittes trials are endless, but no one can pick in Russia better man, and he will probably stay in of flee until the douma meets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

The justly celebrated dry dock Dewey sometimes goes adrift, but it is picked up in good season and goes slowly on rejoicing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26
Regarding Hotels.

"It is a peculiar fact that Michigan is recognized as the best state for hotels in the country" said man who has travel ed the United States from end to end. T have been in many small towns in all parts of the union and as rule the hotels in Michigan are superior to those in the other states. Why this is true, l do not know.
 There are a few good hotels in the small towns in the south, but they are few indeed and far between. For one thing there is not enough travel in the south to justify furnishing the hotels In the smaller communities with any degree of comfort and providing high price table fare."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

The McCurdys threaten to tell all they know about life insurance in New York. Go ahead, Mac; you are on the right line at last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

The police and the spitters are con tending for the mastery on the side walks of this town. At present the latter are a trifle ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

The dry dock Dewey is really en- toying the salty air of the open sea. It is not hurrying to shore because once ashore 1t will have to stay there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Millionaire subpoena dodgers are be- ginning to favor in an emergency high powered automobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

In all of General Grosvenor's arith- metical experience he never encoun- tered figures so discouraging as those that met him in the middle of the road last week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

The passage of the robins north ward is a continuous and wicked slaughter of innocent songsters. Rob- ins harm no one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Chocolate cream" cakes do not sound so well, or even taste so sweet ly, when the consumer knows they consist chiefly of paraffine made by John D. Rockefeller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Paraffine candy Is not saleable as such, and under the pure food law it cannot be misbranded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Omaha has put it's foot down, and it proposes to stand by its jury, which declared that the Kidnapping of chil- dren is not a crime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

The republicans and other plutocrats see William Randolph Hearst looming Up as New Yorks next governor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

General Grosvenor maintained the prediction habit to the last, for he pre- dicted his own defeat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

The Longworth fashions in mems apparel are coming in, but no one pro poses to accept a Longworth haircut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Count Boni will not at any rate dis. grace his family by going to work. he is incapable of that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

The wild and woolly west has con- cluded that the verdict of the Omaha jury in the Pat Grove case is not sub ject to elucidation, and they are con tent to let it stand unexplained
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gree and open primaries are be. coming more popular every day in Pennsylvania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

General Grosvenors predictions will not hereafter be official,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Fortunes did not come to the cold storage egg men, although they waited all winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Mrs. Yerkes- Mizner is now trying to cut off all after the hyphen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

George Ade will resume writing for the papers. George is not, however, hard up.
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The coal railroads do not quite know where they are at.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

The Man who Spits is the man who is fined or locked up in this town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Atlanta is our only southern rival as a skyscraping center.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

The advertising columns of yester- days Age-Herald of thirty-six pages presented a practical illustration of the marked activity of Birmingham's mercantile concerns and of the pro gressiye spirit of the community in general. The Sunday Age-Herald of a year ago was bristling with adver- tisements, but in yesterdays paper there was an increase over that issue of forty-two columns. Forward not backward. is the motto of this town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-26

Pat Grove should not do it again, for he cannot count on getting to- gther another jury like the one that sat in Omaha.