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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail.
 @ HERE is evidence in the flood and O quality of matter submitted for
 publication to the periodicals that people have been critically reading the contributions of Famous Names, and, concluding that they could not do much worse themselves, have been emboldened to take pen in hand. Some disrespect Of contemporary literature, some scorn of gendered If the growing habit Of measuring up ones own rejected stuff by the standard of the modern immortals should become universal. What Is not clearly understood Is that a goodly DOT tion of what is published comes frankly under the head of Authors Graft It is the perquisite of having arrived.
 Nor is 1t unjust that writers who have made name should find it possible to market matter of obvious inferority and banality. To him that hath shall be given. Success has it's privileges wherever you find 1t. People laugh at an established wits bon mots, however stale they may be. They forgive the petulancies of a pretty girl. Office has its patronage; position, Its privileges; wealth, it's curious habit of adding talents unto itself. The general complaint that the rich become richer and the poor poorer, and that the burdens of poverty heavier in proportion, has an analogue in the fields of ltera- ture. art, love and the social graces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
Mobiles Mob Spirit.

Governor Jelks' action at Mobile was wholly sound, sensible and need ful. Alabama wants no duplication of the sc-nes enacted in Atlanta's s streets, ant Governor Jelks believes that an ounce of precaution is better than a pound of cure He was in Mo bile caring for the storm sufferers, and he found the mob spirit rampant in that city, and he promptly ordered to the scene companies of the national guard. Judge Lynch and the national guard are sworn foes. They never pull together, and Governor Jelks soon took from the streets of Mobile all possibilities of an Atlanta uprising and butchery.
 Sheriff Powers deserves high credit for his alertness in protecting the did not sleep for moment atshis post He did his duty. Judge Semmes, who is to try the negroes accused of hei- nous and atrocious crimes, declares they shall have fair trials, and Mobile should calm itself until Justice has had an opportunity to show that she can do better and more thorough work than Judge Lynch ever did or ever will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
Text Book Prices.

The Chicago Record-Herald has in- vestigated the prices of school books, and it finds shocking irregularities in it's own neighborhood For example, 1t says:
 "The Gnn X Co. readers, just adopted in Chicago at p. 2S. 30 and 36 cents a copy for the first four grades, cost Blue Island people 30 10, 45 and 65 cents. On the other hand. the fortunate residents of Ham mond, Ind, get them for 1O 15 25 and 30 cents. The books sold in Indiana are said to be of cheaper make and con- densed, but satisfactory proof that prices and qualities correspond has not been offered Tarr and McMurry geographies published by Macmillan, which bring 4S and 80 cents in Chicago are sold 10 Ham, mond people at 90 and 70 cents, while un- happy Berwynites have to pay 60 cents and si. Haywood is paying for it's read CTS prices well above the prices the same books were quoted at in offers to the Chicago school board The Werner arith- metic, book two, sells at 40 cents in Oak Park and Haywood and at 50 cents in Blue Island and Evanston Book three of this same arithmetic brings 45 cents fin Haywood, 50 cents in Evanston and Oak Park and 60 cents in Blue Island. The American Book company publishes this work
 This subject is one that will come before the next legislature, and the expectant members of it should begin to study it. The book trust will no doubt be on hand to offer advice, and hand. Almost any terms will be of fered. for there is nothing more shift ing and uncertain and uneven than the prices of school books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
Huuhes and Hearst.

The difference between Hughesism and Hearstism was made plain on Wednesday, when Hughes accepted candidature in a speech before a re- publican club, and the latter in a let ter addressed to his independent sup porters. The difference between the two forces lined up under the two men is seen at a glance in the two acceptances.
 Decent government" according to MT. Hughes and his platform is con- pound of Dingleyism of the standpat sort and general breakup in repre- sentation in the south He wants a high robber tariff and all the sectional and race trouble that can be devised. Not a word was uttered by Mir. Hughes in favor of direct action or direct gov ernment by the people-not a word. He plainly favors the rotten conven- lion system and all 1t implies.
 MT. Hearst, on the other hand, pro. poses ''to exterminate bosssm by put ting in operation throughout our state direct nominations and open pri- naries." MT. Hearst and the democ- racy and independents of New York should make this the chief issue of the campaign. There can be no real reform under the convention system which has proven an utter and wretched failure in American politics. All the rottenness of public life in this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
Tragedy and Comedy.

"One of the strangest things In life said Eugene Jacobs of the Jacobs Phar- macy, lis to notice the opposite effects the same object will produce on people.
 "I had colored picture of the great fire In San Francisco hanging outside my door for the past few days. Hundreds stopped to look at 1t as it Is very realistic rep resentation and Is copied from the paint ing of well known artist who was in San Francisco at the time of the great conflagration.
 'Yesterday I noticed two ladies, dressed in deep black coming along the street; as they approached my store the elder lady of the two gave a violent start and would have fallen had not he companion saved her I rushed out to inquire the cause and she pointed to the picture. Why said she, do you exhibit that pie ture? It fills me with anguish, 1t is So terribly real. 1 had a husband and son perish in the ruins of that awful fire. Their ashes Is among the ashes of that city,
 While I was offering my condolences to the ladies and any assistance they might need two little street urchens came along and. seeing the picture, looked at it in open eyed wonder. After a little while one of them exclaimed, "Hullygeel that place looks like 1t wants the rain we had in Birmingham last week.
 "To the widowed lady and her daughter that picture represented a tragedy to be remembered the rest of their lives; to the boys it represented a more suitable place for a heavy rainfall than the city of Birmingham.
 Life is a strange blending of comedy and tragedy, and no man ever recognized that fact more so than did Shakespeare as is shown by all his writings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
CHILEAN WOMAN'S MANTO.
Garment Always Worn to Church and
 Useful On Other Occasions.
From the los Angeles Times.

From the Los Angeles Times.
 The Chilean women's most fetching gar ment, wrap, or what you will, Is the manto. It is of some kind of fine black material, and is worn thrown over the head. Sometimes a flap of it is drawn tightly across the forehead. After being thrown over the head the manto. by some means which l have as yet been unable to discern, is cinched in close about the neck.
 This cinching in at the neck makes a kind of hood around the face, and this hood Is very skillfully manipulated by some of the women to cover up moles and other defects and to conceal the fact that their hair has not been carefully combed.
 From the shoulders the manto falls down In front to the toes and behind to the heels. It is held together in front, partly by pins and partly by the hands of the wearer It is usually, but not al- ways worn over the street costume.
 The wearing of mantos by all women, no matter of what class, on attending church Is obligatory This providing for uniform costume Is quite reasonable, and Is designed to eliminate such things as our Easter-bonnet competitions and allow the mind to forsake earthly and devote itself to things spiritual
 It also swells the attendance on many occasions for some of the ladies, when they arise too late to have time to dress for early morning mass, merely throw on their mantos over their robes de nuit and, with the addition of such head and foot trimming as is necessary to give the impression of being fully dressed trip demurely off to church, to all outward seeming as though they had spent hours instead of minutes before their glasses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
AL ADAMS CAREER.
m the New York Sun,

From the New York Sun.
 It would be interesting to know what course of reasoning caused Al Adams to kill himself. Judged by his own stand ards he had made a success of life. He had amassed a fortune by means which he considered fair and honora ble he al lowed the dealer in groceries, the dispen- ser of drugs, the tradesman who acquires a competence in dress materials, buttons, notions no moral superiority over him self. The policy game over which he pre- sided he regarded as a legitimate basi- ness, one in which a man could engage with perfect propriety. He made no diff ference between the money that came from 1t and the sums he added to his bank account by real estate speculation and similar ventures.
 Adams was a business man of much more than ordinary ability He systema- tized gambling in the field in which he operated. He left his job as a railroad brakeman to work as a runner for Zach Simmons and his brothers. Zach is said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
FIRST ELECTRIC TRAIN.
Successful Test On the New York
 Central Railroad.

From the New York World.
 The first railroad train drawn by an electric motor over standard gauge tracks with New York City as the terminal pulled into the Grand Central station yesterday afternoon.
 It was the initial experiment In the transformation of the system which eventually is to extend over the New York Central's lines. In every way 1t was a successful demonstration of the use of electrical energy. in the smoothness of operation, the perfect control, and the immediate acceleration of speed, without a jar or jolt,
 Eight of the heaviest Pullman cars In the service of the company, with an ag- gregate weight of $50 tons comprised the train, and w J. Wilgus vice president of the New York Central, had the honor of gripping the lever which put into mo- tion the most radical revolution in rail- road engineering since the substitution of steam for the stage coach.
 The trip was from Highbridge to Forty second street. a distance of seven miles, and was covered in eighteen minutes No
 
 although the electrical locomotive is cap- able of eighty-two miles an hour, with as little friction and no further jarring than when it Is running forty miles an hour.
 Employes of the railroad showed intense interest in the running of the train Hun dreds of them were scattered along the road. and in the yard below Fifty-sxth street preferring to watch for the in- coming electric mogul to enjoying a Sum day afternoons outing elsewhere When the fat-fronted engine of peculiar con struction, with two white flags fiutter- ing from the windows on either side of the cab, came into view, there was a shout of Here she comesr' Here she comesv' and volley of cheers, as MT Wilgus climbed down from the motor mans perch, to be overwhelmed with congra tulations.
 Electrical engine No. 34O6 which is one of the thirty-five 1oO-ton locomotives of 200 horsepower to be used in the initial electric zone when the system goes into | operation early in November. was se- lected for the experimental run. Eight Pullman cars were hauled out of the Grand Central station at 12So o'clock by a steam locomotive. The forward and the second cars carried the guests of the rail- road, who had been Invited to witness the test.
 Locomotive No. 34O6 like the other thirty-four which are to take the place of the engines driven by steam, has double the horsepower-of the largest locomotive on the road today. Each of the thirty-five has been tested up to eighty-nine miles an hour and the movement has been so steady and even that brimming glass of water could be carried in the cab with out spiling drop. So perfect is the con trol that train running a mile a minute can be stopped in a little more than it's own length, and get under full speed in the same space. It can attain the maxi mum speed in less than one-third the time of the steam locomotive. There is no gearing, as in the ordinary electric car. The power is transmitted directly from the motor to the axle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
Good Enterprise.

'1 know of no better method of inducing an excellent class of immigration to set tie In Alabama than that pursued by E. Lesser, editor of the Birmingham Courier, and president of the German American Immigration society. in sending thousands of copies of the pamphlet recently issued under his direction to the fatherland for free distribution,' said prominent citi- zen.
 This pamphlet being printed in Ger man will interest everyone in the old country into whose hands it falls. It is finely illustrated and contains among other things statements from German Americans who have lived and thriven in Alabama for years past. Besides thou sands of copies sent abroad, MT. Lesser is having a large number mailed to Ger man-Americans in the northwest section of the United States In two or three years we will see good, practical re- suits of MT. Lesser's enterprise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
WHERE IS THE REMEDY?

From the Mobile Register
 We deplore the horrible crime of yes- terday, whereby sweet young girl was the victim. Truly our situation Is not envlable, harrassed by a brutal class that wrecks what we hold most dear We stand puzzled before the hideous problem, knowing that something must be done but finding no efficient weapon to our purpose. It Is appalling that we cannot stop this thing, and that even resort to barbarty on our own part has no cura- tive effect. We must depend upon the laws-and, maybe, these are at fault and need change. The subject Is one that challenges the highest intelligence our people have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
THE HEAvING OF THE LEAD.

By Charles Dbdin. For England when with favoring gale Our gallant ship up-channel steered. And, scudding under easy sail
 The high blue western land appeared: To heave the lead the seamen sprung. And to the pilot cheerily sung.
 By the deep-nine!' And, bearing up to gain the port. Some well-known ooject kept in view An abbey tower, a harbor fort,
 Or beacon to the vessel true; While oft the lead the seamen flung. And to the pilot cheerily sung
 By the Mark-seven.'' And as the much-loved shore we near, With transport we behold the roof Where dwelt friend or partner dear, Of faith and love matchless proof. The lead once more the seaman flung. And to the watchful pilot sung,
 Quarter less-five." Now to her berth the ship draws nigh; We shorten sail-she feels the tide stand clear the cable' Is the cry The anchors gone; we safely ride. The watch Is set, and through the night We hear the seamen with delight
 Proclainl-"All's wellT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

would take master hand to portray
 the sunshine and shadow of an actors lifeline thousand petty annoyances, the vexations that come unexpectedly and. more than all else, the humorous incidents that bring a laugh amid the tears Florence Davis. who appeared at the Jefferson theatre yesterday afternoon and last night in The Player Maid" tells of an experience which she had few nights ago in a little Alabama town. In the midst of the performance, and coming as a climax to a series of try ing incidents, two negro stage hands who had %sen sent on an errand and had found the exit on their side of the stage hl5-aei, calmly walked across the stage close to the footlights. A storm of laugh. ter greeted their appearance. The com. pany was convulsed and the Georgian at- mosphere of the play was for the time being dssipated to the four quarters of the globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
MEXICAN WOOD FOR TIES.

From the New Orleans Picayune.
 Arrangements have been completed here by company of the City of Mexico to ship 1000 railroad ties day to this city for the use of the various railroads which are building In here The ties will all be of the zapote wood. which is harder than mahogany and which is not affected by water.
 Dr. Lorenzo Syper, who is representing the company here at the present time. said that the wood had been tried in Mex leo for ties, and 1t had been found that the minimum life of a tie of this wood was fifty years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
JAPANESE CRAFT.

From the San Francisco Call.
 Because the Japanese thrashed Rus sia there Is a common impression that they are far superior to all western peo- pie, but there may be some mistake about this. A Yokohama paper charges that part of the famine relief fund was embezzled, and that three prefects in North Japan are in prison for the of some startling disclosures of corruption in connection with the erection of bar racks and hospitals. and they involved officials very high in rank. It is just possible that the Japanese are human like the rest of us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

China is building a direct railroad line to London. China Is leaving Japanese records behind in the thor oughness and suddenness of her con- version to western methods at Japan ese hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Most of the things we do for fun are really only habit
 There ought to be some kind of insur- ance against relatives.
 We shouldn't mind being good so much if we didn't hate so many people like that.
 Any man can improve his reputation by subscribing to a fund to convert the heather.
 Men write love letters before they are married just the way they believe fairy stories when they are in kits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
About Persons.

Prof Joel c. DuBose of the faculty of the University of Alabama, Is registered at the Morris hotel "The university" declares Professor DuBose, "is in splen- did condition, and the number of pupils is increasing daily. I think this to be the most prosperous session In the his- tory of the institution"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
coMMENDABLE APPRECIATION.

From Punch.
 It is rumored that, to mark their grati- tude for the support which the press has given to their engagement the Hon. H. l.. Bruce and Miss Camille Clifford will carry on their courtship in full view of fifty picked Correspondents on Monday and Thursday afternoons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

In Newark, N. J., a serenader who sang love songs under his Juliet's window was shot. Thus passes away the age of romance and sentiment and old-time ideas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Grover Cleveland is ready to talk about the Kentucky reel willed to him by Joseph Jefferson, but he lacks time in which to discuss political matters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Tammany and the Independence League are pulling together among the 650,000 voters in Greater New York The result will banish William Ran. dolph Hearst to Albany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Mayor Mcclellan of New York and Mayor Adam of Buffalo both bolt the democratic nominee for governor. Both consider themselves It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

When the hippopotamus in the New York Zoo needs medicine his keepers compel him to drink a bueketful of castor oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
BALTIMoRE's LARGE EARS.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
 The Baltimore man who is suing his barber for 5000 because one of his ears was Injured in a haircut should hereafter take the precaution to pin them back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
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J. R. Roberson of Cropwell one of the most substantial farmers and merchants of St. Clair county, Is registered at the Morris. MT Roberson is accompanied by his son, Pat H. Roberson. who has many warm friends in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05
EFFORT THROWN AWAY.

EFFORT THROWN AWAY. He labored hard,
 Was right on time, An office boy
 Whose work was prime. On Sundays he
 Would loudly pray For sinners in
 A weeping way. His face was clean. His clothing neat, In pious walks
 He kept his feet. A model boy,
 A proper boy, And few days off Would he enjoy. The years passed by, This godly youth Climbed up to fame On rounds of truth, His money saved, His time well spent, Until they made Him president. "A bright career" The people said, Much pleased to see Him so well paid. A model man,
 A proper man, And yet he fell Beneath the ban. A crash-the bank Went by the board. The widow lost Her little hoard, And there was great Distress, l wis. To see so sad
 A wreck as this. The banker fled To foreign parts. The press disclosed His wicked arts. The men who praised Him gave a sigh And scratched their heads And wondered why. The same old tale, And yet, 'tis strange To see the way Some rascals range. If they intend
 To turn out crooks, You'd think they'd buy Up crimes handbooks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

, to have invented the game, and his draw- | ings had the merit of honesty, accord- l ing to local tradition. Adams was quick to see the disadvantages of a straight game, and when he succeeded Simmons as proprietor of the shops he substituted crooked drawings for the old kind. He did 1t as dishonest clothier sells shoddy for wool or a thieving grocer sand for sugar. The profits of straight policy are enor- nous for the packers of the game. The dishonest game fairly pours money into the bank. Adams had to find investment for his surplus, and this took him into other fields. He never gave up policys however. until 1903, when he was con- victed and sent to Sing Sing. Prosperity had not led him to abandon the business that brought his wealth.
 He possessed in a high degree the quail ities which politicians like to ascribe to their candidates; he was good to his fam fly, sooer industrious, thrifty. His life was as unpicturesque, as colorless, as inoffenslve, except for his business, as that of the most worthy of butchers or bakers or foundrymen He had neither the vices nor the virtues of the gambler oS fiction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

The army and navy will spend a pleasant winter in Cuba, but they will not return home in the glad spring time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

A Michigan professor claims to have discovered what causes the sleeping fever. An alarm clock is a good cure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Gadsden Journal: A contemporary re- marks that the chewing gum industry is one of the greatest in the country. Which end of it. brother, the making or the chewing of the stuff?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Minister Quesada has consented to remain as Cuban representative at Washington. What he represents it is difficult to say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Death and destruction still prevail in Darkest Russia, where King Stoly. pin is ding the severe repression act
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Having knocked Hearst, Hughes may be said to have properly begun his campaign for governor of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Michigan has an Indian lassie whose name Is Mary Kick-a-Hole-in-the-Sky. She should join the chorus girls union
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Roanoke Leader: The civil authorities are having some trouble with blind tigers in Selma. Yet Selma is not a prohibition town This is pointer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

The school of experience usually offers a preparatory course in love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Guntersville Democrat: Mobile people will in future regard the lines
 ''It was the mild September as poetic license.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Even the name of Penrose is avoid ed on the republican side in the Penn sylYania campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-05

Even tho our dreams never come true. it is lot of fun to dream.