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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Hot Weather Idea.

That the people of Birmingham have the capacity for pleasure as well as for business is easily seen" said man at East Lake yesterday, from the eager ness with which during off hours the former is pursued Nowhere. perhaps, is more made of the opportunities offered. If Birmingham, with it's fun-loving spirit, instead of being grt in by high and dry mountains on hot days like these, could stretch it's strenuous limbs on the sands of restful beach and dip into the frolic- some waves of an ocean of its own, there would be more mermaids in these parts than sharks in New York. By the way, why doesn't some enterprising promoter work up this scheme. It could be done.
 If Birmingham can build Vulcan, Nep- tune Is certainly not out of reach. And the place to put it would without diff ficulty be found Anybody would give up his landed possessions for as much wa ter in hot weather There Is a golden op- portunity to underwrite this private ocean. Everybody would take stock, so much the better in this case if it were watered. In three days time the thing would be such a success that springboard room on top of the Marx building would be sell ing at a premium
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
Birmingham Model City.

J. D. Bird, cashier of a prominent bank In Jacksonville, Fla. writes letter to a paper of that city about proposed is sue of $2O0,OOO of county improvement bonds in which he refers to Birmingham as model city Among other things he says:
 Recently l made some comparisons be- tween Jacksonville and Birmingham Ala. as am familiar with the rapid advance of commercial interests in Birmingham. The latter city has spread itself and its facilities into the surrounding country and made it's outlying property attractive but Jacksonville has not. The result is that Birmingham has its Brown Marx building, fifteen stories high. it's Wood ward building of ten stories, it's First Ma tional Bank building of ten stories, and it's Guarantee Loan and Trust building of nine stories. It has eleven banks in four ishing condition. It claims the best san itary sewerage in the south. and pays about one-sixth of the state taxes. It has 112 miles of street railway, as against twenty-one miles for Jacksonville. The population of Birmingham and vicinity has climbed to 20O,000 and Its industries have reached a value of $100,000.O0O with monthly pay roll of $3,5Oo,000.
 While the Birmingham district is sup ported by its iron and coal industries, Jacksonville has its own points of merit. We are backed by our lumber turpentine. rosin and produce We have a very large tourists and shopping trade. an unparal- leled ocean beach and fresh water chain of lakes for commerce and pleasure ex- tending over two hundred miles inland.
 "The country about Birmingham has been made very attractive for fine class of residences. Thus the taxable value of the suburban property has been greatly increased, bringing an income to the pub lie body; but Jacksonville has neglected this.
 "The building of a big city must begin at home. and it cannot be accomplished except through bond issues for public improvements, I am. therefore. in favor of the proposed bond issue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
Colleges Prosper.

The steady gain in college attend ance in the south, and especially in Alabama, is both gratifying and signifi- cant. There is scarcely a high class school or college In this state that is not prospering. Many institutions of learning have added to their physical equipment and broadened their peda- gogic work recently and colleges that In former years were only colleges in name are now advancing to the univer sity class
 As the south increases in material wealth appeals for money for college enIowments naturally meet with more ready response, but the most hopeful sign of our prosperous times is the in creased desire on the part of boys themselves to supplement their pub lie school training by college course.
 Educators are more alive than ever to the value of thoroughness in college work and of making college degrees worth something to the gradu- ate. The great demand for young men of technical knowledge is natu- rally causing colleges to devote more attention to studies that will be of practical benefit; and the time will come soon when every college and university will be equipped with lab oratories and all sorts of shops where book learning to practical chemistry and mechanics. When the country was poor it often happened that not more than one boy in a family of boys was sent to college; and then, as a rule, only a boy who was aspiring to a profession was allowed to waste time" at the university Today the situation Is quite different The ma tOrity of bright boys are eager to be- come college graduates and their par ents are just as eager for them to have well rounded education no mat ter what the vocation is to be. People are coming to see more and more clearly that college education pays In & business way, to say nothing of the high ideal that should be borne in mind.
 As fourishing as the Alabama col iekes were last year it is reasonable to predict for them still greater pros perity in the scholastic year 1906-07.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
Home Coming Week.

Marked enthusiasm has been aroused by the hearty action of the Commercial club of Birmingham and Mayor Ward announcing an Alabama homecoming week for natives of the state now residing outside her boun- daries All the cities of Alabama will be invited to unite with Birmingham in this joyous celebration.
 October 15-20 is the time fixed for the event here and the Commercial club will lose no time in sending in. vitations to the sons and daughters of Alabama now dispersed throughout the country Persons who have relatives or friends living outside our boundary will gladly aid the committee having the arrangements in hand by furnish ing names and address.
 It is estimated that of hosts of Ala bamians adopted by other common wealths many thousands of them will visit this state in October The rail roads will grant reduced rates and after attending the festivities in Bir- mingham the home corners will dis tribute themselves through the state and visit the places of their former residence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

latter destroys the former, just as the former prevented for d season the in- stitution of the latter
 But the contest between the two has been decided in this state, and the machine is vanquished and it cannot be set up again, although attempts in that direction may yet be made. Alert ness on the part of the people is still needed, for vigilance is still and d. ways will be the price of liberty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
"Us t,EoRGEs."
George Ade in the Spot Light.

George Ade in the Spot Light.
 From the original St. George, patron saint of England, who is shown in his favorite Autograph to be fighting the syndicate. down to George Wilkes, the great trottlng stallion, the name of George has always been the trademark of a live one. Every good Pullman DOT ter is named George. If. when alighting at one-night stand, you insist upon being hauled by George, you will in- variably get an upholstered hack, with the blanket neatly folded and not so much hay as you might expect
 Can you see the Chicago public fight ing to get into a showshop to see piece written by Egbert NJ. Conan? And if my name had been Wilfred Ade, would I have been invited to write for The Spot Light?' Suppose that George Ber- . nard Shaw had been chistened Sam Ser hard Shaw, would Man and Superman" have run all winter in New York? Think it over.
 There's no use talking, it's grand old name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
The Meat Agitation.

"The cattle raiser and not the packer will suffer from the present meat agita- tion, said John Fraser, who has had considerable experience in the west.
 When consumption does not equal pro- duction then the large packing concerns are governed by the old law of supply and demand. The surplusage of animal on the hoof, no matter how small the offer ing, will be rejected. While cleanliness and sanitation should be observed by all slaughtering concerns, the government should keep in mind that there be no added burdens to the cattle-growing in dustry.
 Increased population has decreased pasturage for commercial and other pur- poses, and the one-time picturesque COW puncher' is numerically smaller each year.
 "Ptomatine poisoning from eating can ned goods, is in my opinion no more pro- life source of danger than the unclean kitchen and the ice cream freezer If these were cited they would compare for mdably with the canned goods.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
The Stock Market.

Henry Clews in his Wall street letter of Saturday says:
 Wall street is confused by the variety of conflicting influences. There are still many favorable considerations of a stim- ulating nature, but these seem to have been fully discounted or to be largely off, set by others equally unfavorable. The result is a seesaw movement in prices, varying very much according to pro- fessional manipulation or to the develop ments from day to day. In some quar- ters there still remains a very strong un- dertone of confidence, based chiefly upon the large volume of business in progress throughout the country and the generally satisfactory condition of industrial inter ests.
 "The future of our stock market of course, depends very largely upon the crops. Thus far advices have been some what conflicting. A sufficient wheat crop Is practically secured but no bumper yield. Corn is late and 1t is still too early to form an opinion of this all-important grain There is nothing disturbing. how ever, Just now in the grain outlook. Cot ton appears to have been somewhat af- fected by unfavorable weather, but the prospect is for an abundance of this staple at profitable prices. If American farmers have another fairly good year, as now seems probable. we may con-
 
 of satisfactory business conditions. Should the crops prove disappointing the injury will fall less severely upon the farmers than usual because of their generally ex- cellent financial condition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
ROBERT J. LOWE,

From the Selma Times.
 Hon. Robert J. Lowe of Birmingham has announced his candidacy for associate railroad commissioner. He comes out fiat footed for the regulation of railroads by the state. He says that if the railroads are charging the people more money than they are for doing the same character of work in adjoining states, he is in fa- vor of making them come across and do as well for our people. There is no mis- taking of MT. Lowe's position, and after such a plain, straightforward declaration we hope he will be one of the two com missioners to be elected in the August pri- mary election.
 He served the state six years as chair man of the state democratic executive committee and made a good one If he is chosen one of the commissioners he Will make the state a faithful, conscien- tious official. It will afford the Times a great deal of pleasure to support him and do what it can to elevate him to tho position that he seeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
A JUNE MORNING.

By Bayard Taylor. Oh! have you not seen on some morn
 ing in June, When the flowers were in tears and the
 forest in tune, When the pillows of morn broke bright
 on the air, On the breast of the brightest, some star
 clinging there? Some sentinel star not ready to set. Forgetting to wane, and watching there
 yet? How you gazed on that vision of beauty
 the while. How it wavered till torn by the light of
 Gods smile, How it passed through the portals of
 pearl like bride, How it paled as it passed and the morn-
 ing star died? The sky was all blushes; the lark was all
 bliss, And the prayer of your heart was "Bs
 my ending like this So my beautiful dove passed away from
 flies even: So the blush of her being was blended
 with Heaven; So. the bird of my bosom huttered up in the dawn, A window was open, my darling was
 gone. A truant from tears. from time and from sin. For the angel on watch took the wan derer in. And when shall hear the new song that she sings, I shall know her again. notwthstand- ing her wings. By those eyes fnll of Heaven; by the light of her hair. And the smile she wore here she will
 surely wear there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
Good weather not to work
Last week of June brides.
MORE TROUBLE IN KANSAS.

From the Topeka Journal.
 There is great excitement over the re- port that bride who will come to Tope- ka soon has maid, This will raise the limit and establish new record in Tope- ka. Occasionally Topeka woman steals the housemald or nurse, exchanges her cap and apron for the lady's maid kind and takes her out of town with her in order to make a noise like an aristocrat but it Is believed the new bride will be the only woman in Topeka who has a really and truly ladys maid all her own who never helps out in the kitchen, nurse ry or laundry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
Open Hearth Steel.

The steel trust has decided to build as rapidly as possible forty open hearth steel furnaces at Braddock, to work up the products of the blast fur naces at that point. The cost of the new plant will be about five million dollars.
 The ore melted in Braddock is Lake Superior or Bessemer ore, but the pig iron made from Bessemer ores can be as readily converted into steel by the open-hearth as by the Bessemer process.
 The preference of open-hearth steel especially in structural iron and in rails is beginning to abolish the Bes- semer steel-making process. and per haps it will disappear altogether At any rate open-hearth steel is prefer red. and what is preferred will surely supplant in the long run the steel that is less fit, for in steel as in everything else it is the Attest that survives and triumphs. The survival of open-hearth steel will go hand in hand with the disappearance of BeSSemer steel.
 Looked at in any way it is capable of this movement is victory for this district Pittsburg loses it's pre- bama pig iron and Alabama steel have at last square chance in the markets of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
UNITED STATES IS NOW
 IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE

No, we the American people are not so excited as we think we are. As we set about putting the house in order we do not feel the necessity. nor feel comfort able in the presence. of the long-haired. wild-eyed hired help from abroad, who speak tongues we do not understand We are not cordially affected toward their of fers to remove the cobwebs by touching off bomb in the cellar. or their eager ness to tear down the building in order to get rid of a dead rat behind the wains- coting.
 The plain fact is that Americans have too big a stake in the welfare of the country throw everything into the garb- bag of chaos in the hope that they would get more out of 1t than they have at this moment. In the last generation. while their population has doubled the wages paid to labor have tripled, the sums de- posited in savings banks have more than uuadrupled, while the savings invested in life insurance have increased nearly five times. With thrice the wealth of 1870, our business failures in 1905 represented liabilities but little in excess of those of 1S70 As the speaker says, 'the frugal wage earner now has more of the com forts of life for the exchange of his labor than the average so-called wealthy citi- zen had" sixty years ago.
 These are the solid. comforting facts of which the average American is vaguely conscious when he sits on the front porch in the cool of the day and says damn as he reads of another lifted lid. He may say the same thing by an occasional vote, but he has not the slightest intention of smashing the system which, in the large, has justified itself by the comfort of the front porch, the spectacle of the lawn, the sensation of a good supper the fact of steady employment and the recol- lection of life insurance policy and a deposit in the bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
JOHN T. MORGAN.

From the Savannah News.
 Senator John Tyler Morgan of Ala bama was s2 years of age on wednes- day, and he celebrated the anniversary by making a six-hour speech on the Pan- anna canal question. There are not a great many men half his age who could speak interestingly on the canal for haif that length of time, but Senator Nor gan not only had the strength but the information to make his long speech full of interest He is remarkable old man of whom his state and the country are justly proud.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
Summer Schools.

Tt used to be that college professors had restful vacation from the commence ments in June until the opening of the new scolastic year in September" said a member of an alumni association, but in this progressive and strenuous age many of the educators work all summer. The summer school has come to be an in- stitution and both instructors and stu dents enjoy vacation time by work. the former in imparting and the latter in ac- quiring knowledge"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
From the New York Mall.

From the New York Mall
 PEAKER CANNON is 70 years nY old. He has seen crazes come and O go. As he says, T have been hearing predictions of the downfall of people all my life" He looks over the field now with good deal of shrewd wis dom, and he is more impressed with the fact that this country is "a hell of a suc- cess" than he is with the clamors of those who say it is going to the dogs.
 He don't object to ldckers, mind you but the man who kicks without cause is a common liar" This is his appraisal of those who are making profit of the muck rake. '"Take the men who are furnish ing the sinews of war and leading in this attempt to discredit the nation-you could put them in one small room" He thinks that there Is no danger of so- cialistic America" and he adds there is certainly no effort for socialism in this country voiced in Congress, and I don't believe there ever will be. so long as we continue to have a government of and by the people,
 These remarks were made to James Creelman and are set down by him in an interesting article which is printed in the July "Pearson's." The speakers idea is that .'the popie are too busy, too pros porous to make calamity -howling suc- cess" and. truth to tell. the anger with which they welcome every revelation of corporation cupidity or official dereliction has little in 1t of the rage of an impov- erished and embittered proletariat. The picture their anger summons up Is not of the 'bread line Or the "glooming alley of poverty, but rather of resolute-look- ing citizen reading the newspaper on his front porch after supper and swearing softly to himself the while he realizes that the meal was good and notices that .1,a Inrr 1noi.s green A ffer the rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
FINE CARTOON.

From the Ashland Standard.
 MT. Blackman, The Age-Herald's clever artist, had very fine cartoon in the Sun days Age-Herald representing Oklahoma as boy with his first pants on, looking proud and happy and the mother com placently considering matters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 There would hardly ever be an old maid if she was asked.
 It would be lots easier to be good If you had been brought up not to.
 If a girl is awful nice to man it's a sign she doesn't care very much about him.
 The high-flnance fellows have done a heap to make politics look like respect able business.
 The reason unmarried uncles are so fond of their little nephews is they don't have to be every day in the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

San Francisco will have to do with out President Roosevelt. Panama will get him and mosquitoes down there will have a chance to puncture a we'll known person.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

,he idea has been suggested that William Jennings Bryan may decide at the last moment that he does not want the presidency. Don't you believe it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The Jamestown show should not overlook the opportunity of having roy alty pay 1t visit. Such an attraction would make a dozen Pikes and Mid ways seem tame in comparison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

John D. Rockefeller is having merry time abroad, despite the fact that Standard oil is becoming more un- popular every day at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Barnes landed his job after all, and now, as postmaster of Washington, he will have opportunities to be rude to women at the stamp window.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The Gadsden Journal says: "The dream of a greater Gadsden is con stantly before us" It would be pity 10 wake them up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The Jungle" that Kipling wrote about was not sensational and therefore
 he dld not get rich on the proceeds of h.s book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The theatrical trust has frightened up it's rivets and is stronger now than ever before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

With three theatres in full blast next winter and possible fourth, the season here will be lively.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

As Mrs. Chadwicks wardrobe was out of date, it will prove valuable to purchasers chiefly as keepsake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Of course MT. Roosevelt can afford trip to Panama. An appropriation beats a pass all hollow when it comes to travelling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

It would be pleasant if man could be a cake of butter and stay in the refrigerator all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25
PRIVATE BANKS ARE NOT
 UNKNOWN TO AMERICANS

that In the days of the souths estab- lished aristocracy there were more pri- vate bands and orchestras than In all Flu rope.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Rain didn't bother the college oars men at poughkeepsie very much, but it was hard on the spectators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Beginning next Sunday Uncle Remus" will delight old and young readers of The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

It is rumored that the annual cry for farm hands in Kansas is the ruse of a press agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

President Roosevelt knows a thing a thing or two about boxing, also can ming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Nowadays the man with the loudest yoice attracts most attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The hog-and-hominy farmer cares little about Packingtown and "The Jungle'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Some muck-rakers have made enough money to spend the summer in coun. try estates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The silence cure" is sensible enough to suit the most conservative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The saloon license is high in San Francisco and thirsts are expensive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Kermit Roosevelt may congratulate himself that he is not so much in the limelight as he used to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Just now Walter Wellman thinks he is pretty close to the north pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The "home-coming" movement has been launched, and it will be success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

While the packers did not utilize the squeal, the people did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The Georgia peach crop Is en route to an expectant public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The south continues to holler for
 immigration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Eggs are safe, provided you avoid the coldstorage kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

The political aspect in Alabama is kaleidoscopic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Chemical pie has played havoc with the pie belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Don't eat too much watermelon al the start.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Mae Woods suit is not the bathing kind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-25

Men do their broken weapons rather use Than their bare hands.
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