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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
More Dreadnouahis Cominu.

The British admiralty is not engaged in distributing facts and figures in re- lation to the Dreadnought, which re- gently made several trial trips with her full war equipment on board. The newspapers, however, say they have good authority for asserting that she attained speed of PA knots, and that her average speed in the trial trip was 21.5 knots an hour.
 This not only means that turbine engines are all-needful in modern ships, but it also means that the arm ored cruiser will soon become an anti quated type of vessel. The Dread nought demonstrates the possibility and even feasibility of uniting the speed of the cruiser with the fighting power of the battleship in one vessel, and that will no doubt be done here after. The cost of navy on that basis will be greater, but nations do not stop to consider cost when safety is in- volved.
 Uncle Sam has been staunch be- lieyer in the value of cruisers-arm- ored cruisers of the Tennessee class, possessing a speed of 22 knots, but lacking the fighting power of battle ships. Our best cruisers cost over four million dollars apiece, and the addition of a million or two would give us battleship worth in the pinch at least two cruisers. The armored cruiser will therefore disappear, and the big battleships will increase in numbers, and the seafaring countries will race to see which one can build the fastest and biggest ships. The Dreadnought is the first of the new type.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
HiQh Money EveryWhere.

Wall street has attracted hither N one way and another so many millions of gold that the monetary centers across the sea are experiencing an unmistakable monetary stringency. The money rate in London is higher than it has been since the darkest days of the Boer war, and Berln's 6 per cent rate exceeds anything it has known since the panic of five years ago. Paris seems to be easy in a monetary respect, but that monetary center is deeply entangled in Russian securities, and no one knows when a financial cataclysm will overtake that country upsetting all plans. Paris can not safely export any more gold.
 The situation, therefore, is this: The money centers need help from us even more than we need help from them. Neither side is, in fact, in a condition to help the other side. Both sides vii! be forced to stand pat on what they have, and neither will be able 10 pro mote speculative booms during the re- mainder of the calendar year.
 There is money enough to transact Legitimate business on, but there is not money enough on either side to build up and carry inflated values or booms of any sort. More real business may be invited, but more booms safely can mot be. This is why stocks are waver- ing. This is why the prices of securi- ties fail to rise. The money market is working too closely, and the money centers across the sea are not able to feed an imitation in Wall street, and in all probability they will not be able to do so this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Office Seekers in Cuba.

The battleship Louisiana is bringing MT. Taft home-a big man in a big ship. Our great Home-Comer returns crowned with victory through the arts of peace. He was tactful, re- sourceful and successful. He held up the authority of his august master. to use Russian phrase, and he mada no promises that will rise up hereafter to embarrass the government. He did not name a day when the Cubans would come into their own again. He did, in fact, tell them they had better go to school in order to become fit for self-government.
 The Cubans will step by step come to see that their constitution has an appendix, and that appendix means all 1t says. That appendix cannot be elim- inated by Cuban surgeons alone It is case quite beyond them, as they will soon ascertain.
 But the Cubans are not fretting over the situation. What they want is pat ge-offices-postoffic jobs and the like. The insurgents no longer talk war, for all their time is absorbed in seeking office, and Governor Magoon's life will become a burden in his effort to distribute the offices between hun gry moderates and still hungrier lib- erals. While the offices hold out there will be peace, for no one will fight a government from which he expects an office. The office seekers will soon move on Governor Magoon at least ten thousand strong, and it is doubtful whether the insurgents had more than That number actually under arms at any time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
VARSITY MEN IN POLITICS.

From the Montgomery Journal
 'The state university seems to be a pretty fine school for politics." said a prominent North Alabamian, yesterday. Did you know that after January l. next, that nearly every man in the state capitol building. including many clerks, yet to be announced, will be university men? Among those most prominent who will be on the pay roll of the state for the next four years beginning with the Eew administration will be: Jonathan Haralson, '51; James R. Dowdell 65; An derson, 'S1, and Thomas c. McClel- Ian, '92; Governor Braxton Bragg Conner. '65; Attorney General Alexander M. Garber, 's6; Auditor William w. Bran don, '92; Treasurer Walter D. Seed, 's3; State Superintendent of Education Harry c. Gunnels, '91; President State Board of Health William H. Sanders, NJ. D., '5S Director of History and Archives Thomas M. Owen, 'S7; Reporter for the Supreme Court Lawrence II. Lee. 'S7.
 This list does not include the many clerks yet to be announced but who have, in almost every instance, been or are supposed to be. selected. If they have not been selected the university boys have a good chance to capture all not spoken for. In the last legislature there were fifty-one alumni of the state uni versity, fourteen in the senate and thirty seven in the house. In the constitutional convention of 1901, there were forty-one alumni of the state university, and the last state democratic convention had 1OS am almost persuaded to say to the state university boys, If you don't see what you want, ask for itn "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
SIGNS OF A HARD WINTER.
om the New Orleans States.

From the New Orleans States.
 A Pennsylvania seer who claims to be able to read and understand the "book of nature" predicts an unusually hard winter this year, and one which for se- verity and lasting qualities will surpass anything of the kind we have endured in the last three decades. According to this seer the signs are all around him and speaks in language beautifully plain to him. For instance, the corn husks are very thick and the stalks lean to the west. The geese, ducks and chickens are growing a thick coat of down under their feathers and their feet are gradually talk ing on a bony substance to better pro- tect them from the frost, ice and snow. The owls are seeking the deepest recesses of the woods a month earlier than usual. while the squirrels are laying in sweet potatoes as well as nuts for winter pro- visions.
 He tells us that experienced farmers whose bunons and chin whiskers have marched behind a pair of blow handles for nearly half century have observed with a knowing look that toadstools on old logs have wrinkles on them. and when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
MILWAUKEE SNOW BABIES.

From Good Health.
 A Milwaukee physician, Dr. John F.. Worden, has adopted strenuous treatment to prepare his babes Tor the rigors of life. His little daughters, Shirley and Jane, aged respectively eight and three years are two of the firmest and health lest bits of humanity. to whom disease of all kinds is unknown. During the cold weather these children may be seen hare footed and bareheaded, clad only in their cotton garments, thoroughly enjoying a romp in the snowdrifts and without even a goose-pimple on their skin.
 Both Worden and his wife are grad uates of the University of Michigan, and Mrs. Worden was before her marriage a trained nurse. During my hospital training and institutional work" says Mrs. Worden "I saw so much sickness due to weakened bodies that I came to the conclusion that much of the weakness was due to abuses through mistaken kindness on the part of the parents" !" The clothing of these children is always light and much the same summer and winter. It is of cotton almost exclusively and no bands are ever used. In the place of stockings the easy, sensible, comfort able Roman sandal, made only in Eng land. Is worn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Remarkable Cotton Market.

'"rhe cotton market of the past three weeks has been remarkable in the an- nals of the trade'' said a man last night
 Nothing like 1t has been seen since the famous Sully year. Prices have bound ed upward with scarcely a halt until a level has now been reached which a few years ago was beyond the dreams of the farmer. From present weather indications the strong situation In the spot market and the general temper of the trade 1t would seem that the advance will be maintained. For with a crop of even 12,- 100000 bales. the best informed conserva- tive people say that price somewhere in the nelghborhood of il cents is justi- fled. From this it would seem that the cotton trade of the world has gotten too big for the old landmarks. A few years ago 12.000000 bales would have meant star vation prices for the producer. This sea- son, by the way, Is remindful in more than the first sensational advances, as the
 dope describes 1t, of the Sully year. There can be no doubt but that like that season, there are many strong people heavily committed on the bear side and this only adds to the possibilities for further skyrockets in the market, should few more series of low pressure areas sweep over the belt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Water on Pavements.

T know this is not a suitable time to make a complaint" said a lady but l have had 1t in my mind for long time to mention what consider great nuisance during wet spell; mean the way water is discharged on the sidewalks when it rains.
 T should imagine that the pipes which carry the water from the roofs of houses ought to be so constructed that they would empty into the channel instead of on the pavement. Sometimes the water flowing from these spouts will be ankle deep and, to a person wearing light shoes, are as bad as fording river.
 If the City Council would consider the interests of the ladies who are obliged to wade through these streams of rain water trying to hold up their skirts in one hand and an umbrella in the other while they manage to walk on their reels. it would pass an ordinance and enforce it as strictly as the splitting ordinance which has done so much to promote the eleanli- ness Of the city,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
OLD TIMES, OLD FRIENDS, OLD
 LOVE,

By Eugene Field. There are no days like the good old,days, The days when we were youthful! When humankind were pure of mind, And speech and deeds were truthful; Before a love for sordid gold Became mans ruling passion. And before each dame and maid became Slave to the tyrant Fashion. There are no girls like the good old girls Against the world I'd stake 'em! As buxom, smart and clean of heart As the Lord knew how to make 'em! They were rich in spirit and common
 sense, And piety all supportin'; They scould bake and brew, and had
 taught school, too,
 And they made such likely courtin'! There are no boys like the good old boys When we were boys together. " hen the grass was sweet to the brown
 bare feet That dimpled the laughing heather: When the pewee sang to the summer
 dawn
 Of the bees in the billowy clover, Or dowr by the mill the whippoorwill Echoed his night song over There is no love like the good old love The love that mother gave us We are old. old men, yet we pine again For that precious grace--God save us, Sc we dream and dream of the good old
 times
 And our hearts grow tenderer. fonder As those dear old dreams bring soothing
 gleams
 Of Heaven away of wonder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Troops in the Philippines.

The total enlisted strength of Uncle Sam's enlisted army is 60,3S5 men, and PO,O43 of this number are stationed in the Philippines under Major General Wood. One-third of our army is in a Histant and discontented dependency! No that complexion has imperialism come at last.
 General Wood wants more artillery and he intimates that he has not now only enough men for defense. "The force available" he says, would be barely sufficient if concentrated at Manila to defend it from serious at tack" He evidently wants full half instead of a third of the army, and if he should get one-half of it he would perhaps cry out for more. There are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
Memorial to Women.

Gen. C. Irvine Walker of Charleston, s. C., the distinguished commander of the United Confederate Veterans of the army of Virginia, arrived in Birmingham yesterday and is at the Hillman. General Walker is working for the memorial to the women of the Confectionery. In his work he represents the Veterans and all the Sons.
 This work will, no doubt. appeal most keenly to the people of Alabama and the general is to be wished all success in his undertaking.
 To aid the work there are being is sued supplements to various newspapers throughout the south, the issue for each state giving incidents of what the women of that state did and suffered. thrilling history of southern women's heroism and devotion. These supplements have already been issued in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and the Virginia supplement is now in press. General Wal ker comes here to work up the Ala bama supplements, which will be pub lished by the leading daily papers throughout the state Dr. Thomas M. Owens, state historian, will be the editor of the Alabama supplement- He has gathered a vast amount of most interest ing historic data, not heretofore pub lished.
 According to the form of the memorial which has been decided upon Alabama in common with the other states of the Con- federacy, will have one of these monu- ments. It, therefore, behooves the people of the state to give General Walker all the assistance the work requires.
 With regard to the matter General Wal ker said: Under the plan adopted, Blr- mingham may have one of these splen- did monuments to testify her undying regard and affection for a generation of women. to whom the south largely owes not only support during these terrible days but also the prosperity which is now en- 1oyed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
From the New York Mail.

From the New ork Mall.
 N ETWEEN the covers of his book E10 the novelist is a divinity. Not S only are the people in the book the creatures of his hand, absolutely made by him, good or bad according to bis purpose, and to be rewarded with happiness and long life or torture and death, as he wills, but he is able to see into their inmost hearts. He can tell you just what thoughts and impulses they have on all occasions-how one in- tention chases another away, how the eternal warfare between inheritance and cultivation, between flesh and spirit, goes on in the dim, oozy caves of their gray matter. Their lives have no secrets for him. The only question with him is as to how much he shall reveal.
 The modern romancist, with his deep psychological analysis, is even more strangely omniscient than the old novel; 'sts and dramatists were. Not only must he know what his people think, he must know why they think it. It is not enough to present their thoughts. The tangle Of thoughts with action, of thoughts with impulses, of thoughts with other and con- fiicting thoughts, must be unraveled
 Yet for his own purposes the novelist sometimes suspends his omniscience. After having told us all through book what two people doing in their in timacy-after having taken us behind thick walls and locked doors-he pres ently leaves us for a dramatic purpose,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
CLEVER AND ECONOMICAL.
From the Billboard.

IOln ln6 IlHDOdTu
 Just by chance Williad D. Coxey James J. Brady and E. s. Danby met in south- ern hotel tho other night. Opposition has been very strong between the Hagenbeck and the Ringing shows in the south, and the agents were engaged each in telling the other of the greatness of the aggrega- ton he represents. While speaking of the superlative merits of the Hagenbecs show, Danby took from his wallet ten dollar bill, touched it to the gas, and lighted a Mckinley (forty cenD cigar with 1t, at the same time passing one of the same brand of smokers to each of his coni- panions.
 Not to be outdone as a representative of Ringling Brothers, Brady calmly ex- tracted a hundred dollar note from his roll, twisted it carelessly, touched it to the gas flame and smoked up.
 Coxey thought it all very foolish, but he left that it would not do for him, as representative of the greatest show on earth" to hedge, so he quietly drew a check book, wrote out check for ten thousand dollars on prominent New York bank signed it with customary flourish. rolled it up, touched it to the flame and lighted his cigar, while his confreres went into convulsions of laugh ter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16

a thousand islands in the archipelago, and sixty men to the island would not perhaps be considered excessive by Gen. Leonard Wood formerly an as. sistant surgeon of the army.
 He calls the Pulajanes, who are to some extent at least our fellow-citi- zens, ignorant fanatics of low type" But ignorant fanatics of a low type are not found in the island of Samara alone. We have them on the main- land. but no one is calling for soldiers in order to butcher them. General Wood seems to think the Pulajanes exist to be butchered by Uncle Sam. Altogether the entire Philippine en- terprise is a distressing mess, and tho quicker We get rid of the archipelago the quicker we will get out of the butchery business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
THIS LANGUAGE OF OURS.

From the Chicago News.
 Baby powder-Powder to put on babies after bathing them.
 Insect Powder-Not a parallel case. Grass seed-Seed from which grass Is produced
 Bird seed-Irrelevant again. Fish food-Food for fishes to eat Seafood-Different.
 orseshoes-Shoes for horses to wear. Kid gloves-Rule doesn't hold Baby buggy-Buggy for baby to ride in. Top buggy-Not buggy for top to ride in.
 Boot tree-A tree to shape boots on. Apple tree-Not tree to shape apples on.
 Milk cart--A cart to haul milk in Pushcart-Not a cart to haul the push in.
 Kitten-A small cat
 Mitten-Not small mat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
The Crops.

Early arrival of winter in the interior and killing frosts in nearly every state north and south, together with the gov crops, comprised the chief factors in the record of last weeks values,' says the Wall Street Journal
 ''fhe fall of snow from the Canadian borde south to the Ohio and beyond suspended many farm operations for a few days, and added to the delays In field work which earlier rains had en~ fcrced. On these accounts fall seeding of wheat and rye has been put off be- yond the usual season, work on the corn crop has been kept back, and orcharding sustained set back, if not considerable damage. from freezing weather.
 Though the corn crop was generally beyond the danger point when the first frost came, the burden fell heavily upon the cotton belt. The lowest temperature occurred on Wednesday night. when thr- ty-four counties in different parts of the cotton section were stricken. The immed- fate effect of this was to send prices up beyond Il cents for December cotton. Points as far south, as Vicksburg, Miss, had killing frost, though Texas and the len1oter sections of the southwest seem to have escaped serious injury Along the upper end of the gulf states eastward and throughout the Atlantic seaboard section generally some of the best upland sections bad freezing temperature almost nightly had freezing temperature almost nightly Market opinion, while at first excited, took a soberer view of the possible in jury as the week closed. and December oil Friday stood at 10.S1.
 Taking the effects of frost with those
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
BOOST FOR GROVER.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 After reading the following paragra ph in the Birmingham Age-Herald. we are almost prepared to express a belief that the age of miracles has not passed entire ly away:
 The people of New Jersey have not sense or decency enough to adopt the proposition to put Grover Cleveland in John F. Dryden's place in the Senate. That state is owned and run by corpora tions.
 We are glad to see in our Birmingham contemporary this much of tribute to an incorruptibly honest man, the only one since the war. in his conduct of the office of President to recognize southern men by appointing them to high positions at home and abroad If he had been sus- tained by the leading men of the demo- cratic party. this country would have been the gainer and the party in all prob ability would today be in c2ntrol of af- fairs of government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16

e the storm of the previous week, com bined estimates of a million bales re- duction in the crop yield have been ven- tiired; but this would seem to be alto gother too large a concession. Later re- ports show that damage by storm in such localities as Mobile for instance. was confined mainly to the lowlands of the immediate gulf coast and that the dam age further inland there has had much recovery with a better turn in the weather. Furthermore, killing frost has an advantage in arresting the growth of the plant and admitting sunshine to dry the earth and the bolls alike, thus im- Isoving the condition of picking"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16
September Iron Makinu.

The monthly decline in producing pig iron was reversed in September, for in that month of thirty days 1,970,- 962 tons were run out, against 1,926,- 736 tons in August, which has thirty one days. October will do better still. The blast furnaces will do their part during the remainder of the year to- wards satisfying the demand for spot iron.
 We give below the production of the months in the two latest calendar years, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-16

this last happened the winter was so cold the boots of the farmers turned up at the toes like skates, and the bark split on the north side of the beech trees.
 We are not disposed to doubt that the Pennsylvania seer knows exactly what he is talking about, but we regret that he does not mention several other unfailing signs of an extremely rigorous winter. The wrinkles on the toadstool is a pretty sure sign, but all doubt as to the char acter of the winter that is coming is re- moved when two distinct curls are seen in the tail of the October 'possum, and on moonlit nights humpbacked rabbits are heard drumming on hollow logs with their hind feet and splitting the juice of mulein weed between their teeth. When these things happen and the skin of a very black negro looks ashy 1t is time to see that the coal bin is filled and to rake the family clothes chest for heavy socks and fiannels. For the signs may be accepted as warning that old Boreas is going to come down straight from Pierce's Mill and give us freezing weather from No vember to late in the spring.