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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
MICHIGAN HAS DEEPEST MINE.
Copper Mine Shaft Falls Eighty Feet
Short of Being Mile.

Calumet Mich.-It is probably a fact
not generally known that the Michigan
copper country possesses the worlds three
deepest vertical mining shafts.
The deepest of these is the No 8 at the
North Tamarack property. its measure
ment being $500 feet-eighty feet less than
a mile. To the mouth. at a distance of
1000 feet is the No. shaft of the same
company This ranks as the second deep
est vertical shaft on the globe, Its meas
urement being $3.50 feet from the collar
to the bottom level.
Second only to these great openings Is
the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet and
Hecla company, which is down 1900 feet,
and in which the copper lode was not en-
countered until a depth of 1900 feet had
been attained.
The deepest incline shaft in the world is
the No. of the Calumet and Hecla. This
shaft ITSELF from the collar to the low
est level, is sunk on the plane of the
lode for distance of 800 feet, while from
a drift at the bottom Wine extends
downward 1870 feet to the boundary of
the property, giving a measurement of 1926
feet from the surface. No. shaft passes
by the Red Jacket shaft at the fifty
sixth level.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
Chanues in Farm Values.

The department of agriculture pre-
sents its Investigations of farm values
in a bulletin, No. 43. Great changes
have taken place, or are about to take
place In farm values, because the free
or cheap land has been exhausted, ex-
cept where irrigation is applied. This,
together with the gain in urban popu-
lation is carrying farm values steadily
to higher figures.
The value of the medium Alabama
farm deriving two-fifths of its income
from cotton is put at $7.45 in the year
1900, and at $10.92 an acre in 1905. This
is handsome gain, but it still leaves
the value of Alabama farms lower than
those of any other state except Florida
which Is scarcely in the cotton belt
The value of the medium Georgia cot
ton farm is put at $13.26 an acre; of
the Mississippi farm, s16.20; Of the
Texas cotton farm, $17.21, and of the
Tennessee cotton farm, 1891. One
has to go to Montana and Wyoming to
find in a state cheaper lands than those
in Alabama The medium farm in New
Jersey is worth $65.44 an acre, while
the medium farm in Alabama is worth
but $1173.
The tables included in the bulletin
show that the dairy farms increased In
value more than other class of FARMS
followed in order by tobacco farms,
vegetable farms, fruit, live stock and
sugar farms. The average increase In
values of all farms in five years was
ola per cent, and the cotton farms
showed an increase of 1915 per cent
The Louisiana and Oklahoma cotton
farms gained nearly So an acre, while
the Alabama cotton farms gained less
than half of that amount. Including
buildings and improvements, the value
of the medium Alabama farm is but
S10.42 an acre. The department Of ag-
riculture puts the present value of Ala
bama cotton farms at $122,028,641, a
gain in FIVE years of $38,776,500. This
is a pretty good gain, but 1t was ex-
ceeded in Georgia and Mississippi, in
Louisiana and South Carolina, and in
Texas. The total value of all Alabama
farms is now put at $242,571, 597, a
gain in five years of $79,372,1S4.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
Mr.. Hearst as an Independent

William Randolph Hearst has taken
a stand that renders New York Politics
murky and confusing. He says he will
not be candidate for governor on the
democratic ticket. He does not desire
party nomination, because he pre-
fers to stand as the representative of
the independence League which con.
sists of republicans as well as demo
Gratis, and is strictly non-partisan as
well as revolutionary and radical. It
stands for no little pure democracy
and a great deal of socialism. 1t means
death to bosses and slush funds.
And yet politicians say that if Tam
many supports Mr.. Hearst at the Buff
falo convention he will become the
democratic nominee. however, much
he may protest.
Mr.. Jerome's candidacy is not regard
ed with favor in some quarters be-
cause or his relations with heavy Wall
Street interests. He protected the in
surance magnates in a critical time,
and 1t is believed they will stand by
him now, but support of that nature
will do him no good
1t looks now as IL the race would
be between Hearst and Lawyer Hughes
The republicans are accepting Hughes
because they dare not do otherwise
Hearst will be very apt to defeat
Hughes in landslide, and when he be
comes governor, he will be very APP
too, to make the seats of Mayor Nc
Clellan and District Attorney Jerome
hot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
MR.. ROOSEVELT AS A SENATOR.
Somebody Suggests This as Suitable
Occupation for Ex-Presldent.

with the Procession" in Everybody's
Magazine for September.
According to a Washington dispatch, 1t
is Mr.. Roosevelt's ambition to become a
senator from New York after his retire.
ment from the White House in 1909. At
present there are two vacancies, so to
speak, from New York. Technically, Mr.
Platts term expires March 4, 1909. The
state has got out of the habit of send
ing first-class men to the Senate, and
is not, perhaps, likely to revive 1t. Would
Mr.. Roosevelt be as free In the clois-
tered air of the Senate chamber as in
the House? Would he not be cabined,
cribbed, confined? Who knows The free
man stands a better chance there than
in the House, where you don't amount
to much, unless you are tho Speaker or a
member of the committee on rules. Even
the Old Man Eloquent might have hard
shedding in the House nowadays. But 1t
Is unnecessary to worry about Mr.. Roose-
velts future; nor can he have time to
worry much about it. When he loses his
present job, he may like to go abroad
strange countries for to see and to meet
the sovereigns and statesmen whom he
keeps a-guessing. Finally, so long as he
has voice, n pen. and a gun, he will
keep healthy and happy and not let the
public burst in ignorance of his opinions
whether he has an office or has none.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
Woman's Dress.

at is far cry from Molly of the green
lane to Annette of the boulevard but
it is all included in her infinite va
riety." said the amateur philosopher THE
question of country lass versus the city
belle is one that has been done to death
in the six best sellers since the days
of Field and Smollet; we are considering
neither particularly, but in a general
way the stream of femininity that sweeps
along-let us say, the esplanade.
Here is a question that is as old as
man but of a recurrent charm like the
succession of the seasons: When is a
woman at her .prettiest? have never
been able to decide at what time of
the year this is. The soft, flushed beauty
of the summer girl has a parallel charm
in the mufled rosiness of the winter
maid. In the fall and spring when the
shirtwaist is in vogue we see sliding
scale of taste on the part of milady, vary
ing from the piquant Scotch plaid to the
rich, Oriental crimson, toning away into
pale lavander or gossamer-like gray or
something else equally becoming to the
marvel of adaptablity.
THE foibles of Dame Fashion are con-
demned or condoned, according to the
condition of a mans chivalry and liver,
but all but misogynists and attentuated
bookworms must escrpy half-fearfully the
coming signs of the change in the dress
of the feminine half of the population.
We have learned to love the summer girl
and are loath to see her leave; but have
not the gums and sumacs already begun
to fashion their costumes for natures
fall festval?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
BeIuian Blocks.

II wish the City Council would recon-
mend the paving with bithulithic or some
such paving of First and Second ave-
nues, and so much of Twentieth street
as is at present paved with belgian
blocks and use the blocks in paving the
alleys" said store keeper.
mot alone would it tend to abate the
noise, which is something terrific, but
1t would be also more conducive TO health
and cleanliness. 1t is strange thing to
find the chief streets and avenues of our
city the most behindhand in the way of
modern improvements. The owners of
property along these streets are recelv-
ing very high rents for their stores and
offices and could well afford to pay for
the improvements. We ought to make the
heart of the city as attractive as possible
SO as to give visitors good impression
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
MR.. BRYAN ON ORIENTAL DOGS.

William ]. Bryan. in the Commoner.
1 mentioned the Oriental dog in speak
ing of Damascus; he forces himself upon
public attention in Constantinople also.
The dogs Of this city act as scavengers
and are relied upon to keep the streets
neat-a vain reliance, for while they de-
YOUR everything that they can digest. they
are not sufficient for the task imposed
upon them. These dogs are woffish in
appearance and generally yellow in color.
Lacking the fidelity which the dog is ac-
customed to show to his master, these an
imals roam about the street and haunt
the places where food is most likely to be
found. The people of Constantinople as
sert that the dogs maintain police force
of their own and, dividing the city into
districts, enforce their own regulations.
If strange dog comes into the district
he is at once driven out by the canine SEN
tinel on that beat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Paderewski's Plans.

Reports have lately been current IN
the newspapers that Paderewsh has
changed his plans and will give number
of recitals while in American next
winter" said a musician. This is a mis-
take.
"Paderewski comes to America In the
end of December for seven concerts with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra. playing
with that organization in Boston twice.
and in New York, Brooklyn, Phlladel-
phia, Baltimore and washington. He VIII
return to Europe in the latter part OF
January. where an extensive tour has
been planned. He will come to America
in October, 1907 and stay the whole sea-
son, giving from 100 to 125 concerts, under
the direction of C. A. Ellis of Boston,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
State Geography.

at Is surprising to see the number OF
Alabama citizens who are unfamiliar with
the geography of their own state said
a man last night. II was greatly as
tonished to hear a gentleman who is
secretary of one of the largest organiza-
tions in the state, remark something
about the 'sxty-six' counties of Alabama
few days ago.
at is a condition that might be rem
edles by a little study, and when learned,
the ability to place any town of I'M
portance will be found a valuable asset in
almost any business. Ask half dozen
men at random to locate York, Roanoke,
Ft. Deposit or Moulton and the chances
are even if you can get them TO hazard
guess at all, that York will be put in
Marengo county and FIT Deposit ascribed
to an entirely different section than
Lowndes county. Not one man in 500
knows the names of the capitals of all
the counties.
aside from a mere business propost-
ton, Alabamians should take pride in
knowing something of the bigness and
resources Of our great state"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
ALABAMA PRESS

Mobile Herald: VIII Mr.. Conner con-
troll the senate? Not on your grandpa's
old tintype.
Admission Hot Blast: Wonders will never
cease. A farmer in Missouri has been
arrested for swindling a lawyer
Montgomery Advertiser There's one
thing about this contest: If we didn't get
all we wanted we had as much fun as any
of them.
Mobile Register: Mobile remained true
to her attitude in this campaign and cast
one of those small votes for which she
is getting to be unpleasantly celebrated.
Selma Journal Since the Cannon boom
has made such EN- echo all over the coun-
try doubtless Secretary Taft is again
thinking favorably of the supreme court
bench.
Mobile Item Another class of Anna
polls mlddies is to be graduated early in
September A leading question with the
navy department now is: Can midship-
men be turned out as fast as war YES
sells?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
PRESS POINTS

Chattanooga Times: The vandal who
would shorten it to kist ought to be Gust.
Houston Post: Very likely 1906 will go
down in a history as the year of the lid
ding craze.
Atlanta Constitution: That Omaha man
who was arrested for stealing canned beef
ought to be examined by the alienlsts.
Richmond Times Dispatch: The Pearl
of the Antilles will bear in mind that
Uncle Sam can do Cleopatra turn II
necessary.
Washington Post: Heavy rains have
washed up bodies In Kansas City ceme-
teries lately. Those that were identified
were no doubt at once added to the POLL
ing list and will be given chance to vote
this fall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
PARLOR AM ENTITIES.
From Puck

From Puck
Porter" said the fussy lady in the
parlor car, IT wish you would open this
window"
The lady in the seat directly across the
car heard the request, and drew cloak
about her.
Porter. If that window is opened,
she snapped. testify, Il shall freeze to
DEATH"
And If the window is kept closed
returned the other passenger, II shall
surely suffocate."
The porter stood timidly between the
two fires.
Porter remarked the commercial
traveller, your duty is very plain. Open
the window and freeze one lady. Then
close it and suffocate the other
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30

IT HERE Is a way for everybody to
wv be happy. For some people MOTH
ing holds more enjoyment than
the numerous little opportunities here
and there which one finds to eriticise his
nelghbors. What is more delightful than
a real scandal concerning real people
with whom we are we'll acquainted? and
what is more interesting than to observe
some other fellow stumble where we
managed to escape? A great many worthy
people spend lifetime admlring their own
PROJECTIONS and overlooking the good
qualities of others. On every hand we
find persons who are perfectly content
to spend most of their time talking.
These amusements are within the reach
of all No one who enjoys being disa-
greeabie, or vain or gossipy has any ex-
cuse for being unhappy.
MOST HERE.
Autumn's coming
On apace.
Summers losing
In the race.
Straw hats fading
From the view,
Almost taste that
Oyster stew
A multitude of photographic comedians
sprang up when President Roosevelt
launched his spelling boom.
There Is nothing more valuable than
meal ticket
OUT.
Banker Stensland-
Where is he?
Holy Mosesi
Likewise, "Gee!'
Don't know where he's
Apt to roam,
But I'm sure he's
Not at home.
It is hard to convince a defeated can
didate that he got his moneys worth.
''Who pays for your fun?' asks a news
paper writer. We do, invariably. and 1t
always costs us too much.
at Is lucky" remarked the trapeze
performer as he eyed his safety net,
that 1 have something to fall back on"
The cable to Iceland is open now and
you can talk to seydisfjord, IL you
want to.
A BACHELOR'S REVERY.
A pipe, a book.
An easy chair.
A sigh for one
Who isn't there.
Those junketing Kentucky bellies are
back in this country and en- route home.
They have had so much free advertis-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
Supervision OF Railroads.

The railroad rate act has gone into
effect. 1t Is not only a federal law, but
is federal law in operation. 1t aims
to prevent a. determinations in rates,
to require uniformity in accounts and
reports, and to substitute reasonable
for unreasonable rates And all rail
road officials are fully determined to
give the law a fair trial-all except
President Baer of the Reading rail
road, and Baer would not be himself If
he did not stand out against all the
rest of the world.
The country is deeply interested in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
SEEING NEW YORK

From the New York Mall
This big town, to use a bromide ex-
preston, is "a first-class summer resort.
There Is a confession as well as a boast
In the remark. Froth, glitter, ephemeral
amusement are the things one expects TO
get at a summer resort. Perhaps too
much of what New York has to offer
the stranger is of this sort.
Seeing New York implies water trips
on the bay or either of the two rivers
that wash these islands through the grace
of God rather than through any merit
of man; 1t implies visit to the nimsy
but beautiful summer cities of Coney,
Brighton and Manhattan; it implies an
evening on top of a roof garden; 1t I'M
plies another evening In Chinatown ana
a glance at some of the foreign quarters
which body forth the traditions OF our
immigration population rather than the
initiative of the metropolis. Beyond that,
the list of things that the traveller has
to do are not as numerous as they ought
to be-a tourney to the Bronx Geological
Gardens: a walk up Broadway and Fifth
avenue with their panorama Oh theatres
and millionaires' palaces; an excursion TO
the navy yard. tour of the Wall street
district, with Its financial legend and his
torical memories.
1t will be apparent from this outline
that New York is long on the summer
resort side. short in the more solid and
substantial tourist attractions-at any rate
as compared with cities of lesser fame
abroad. To balance the picture there
ought to be more museums. more public
monuments, more civic centers, more his
toric memorials, more small parks and
gardens of notable beauty, more signifi-
cant architecture. New York is pretty
nearly as gay as Paris, and it is much
La reer hut Ii talxas less time to see IL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
TRICK ON STREET CAR MEN.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The car was barely creeping along
Shady avenue. Passengers were beginning
to ask "Will we ever get there?' 1t
was all due to a wagon in front of the
car. The driver had shouted back to the
motorman that he would pull off the track
when he got good and ready" and the
street car men accepted their fate. why
don't you bump that lobster of the
track?" demanded one of the passengers.
Bump nothing. man, can't you see why?"
the conductor replied.
Passengers then began to look at the
wagon. When they saw. one woman left
the car. saying she wouldn't risk her life
another minute with such danger ahead
Go slow, there" shouted another pas
senger to the motorman. On the rear of
the wagon was this placard: Danger
Explosives" Think the motorman would
risk humping that wagon! Think also that
any of the irate passengers would climb
up and thrash the driver? No, indeed;
he had the right of way.
Well, when he finally did pull off the
track he gave everybody the laugh. On
the side of the wagon was printed the
name of a grocery firm, and closer inspec-
ton showed that the wagon really con-
tanned only groceries and green goods.
This, however, could not be seen be-
fore.
.'Thats a trick they've hit upon lately"
said the motorman. They tack on a be-
ware sign, giving the impression that
the wagon is loaded with dynamite SIM
ply so they won't have to pull off the
track in hurry"
1t is said a number of drivers use the
trick also to keep the street car men from
IL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
EVERYBODY WORKS IN KANSAS,

From the Kansas City Star.
Kansas has not an unemployed laborer
SO far as T. B. Gerow. director of the free
employment bureau, has been able to as
certain. Mr.. Gerow has applications for
nearly 200 men who are wanted at once
In various parts of the state. and he has
not one application for work.
Some of the demands for help are ex-
ceedingly pressing. In several counties
men are wanted for threshing- machine
crews in order to take care of the wheat
crop. Barton county especially is de-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
1T SHALL BE WELL.

BY Lewis Motifs
If thou shalt be in heart a child,
Forgiving, tender, meek and mild,
Though with light stains or earth defiled,
Oh, soul, it shall be well.
1t shall be well with thee indeed,
Whate'er thy grace, thy tongue, thy creed,
Thou shalt not lose thy fitting need;
1t shall be surely well.
Not where, nor how, nor when we know.
Nor by what stages thou shalt grow
We may but whisper FAINT and low.
1T shall be surely WE'LL
II shall be well with thee. oh, soul.
Tho the heavens with like scroll:
Tho the sun and moon forget to roll
Oh. soul. 1t shall be we'll
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Girls who marry titles get mighty lit
tie else.
There is always a chance of reforming
the very worst man unless it's In pol
itics.
A man can make lot of money by
having his children supported by their
grandfather.
1t would make a woman very unhappy
to think there was not going to be good
singing at her funeral,
People could live in much smaller
houses If there weren't so many things
that have to be put away for the baby
till he grows up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30
Merchant Tailoring.

Fifteen years ago I heard one OF our
merchant tailors make the prediction that
the time would come when nearly all
good dressers would buy ready made suits
instead of suits made to ORDER
said young man. Until recently l would
have said that the merchant tailor would
continue to hold his own, but now | see
the change In the clothing trade coming
rapidly
1T is no longer the fellow who has to
stint that buys ready made suits. LIB
eral spenders who are well groomed now
patronize the ready-to-wear merchant.
Every dealer in fashionable ready made
clothing keeps a tailor on hand to alter
sleeves and trousers ana make the suits
fit AT present quite a number lof men
who pay s65 to $40 for suits still have their
clothes made to order. but within the next
three of four years the only person who
patronizes the merchant tailor will be one
who has peculiar figure. Ready made
clothes are always stylish.
'In the early days all stylish dres-
sers had their shoes made to order Now
only the man with a mlssnapen foot goes
to the shoemaker. Ready made clothes
will be just as much in demand by fash
ionable men as ready made footwear IN
the years to come the merchant tailor Will
be found only in the large cities Blr-
mingham, Montgomery and Mobile VIII
have one each. The few men in the
smaller towns who want their measure
taken will take trip to the big city
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-30

y HE death penalty as a feature of
% the penal code !. undergoing :
process of evolution which, judg-
ing from existing tendencies and those
which have characterized the worlds
Jurisprudence during the past fifty years,
must result in its complete extinction. 1t
now exists in forty states of the American
Union.
In the investigation Of this subject the
writer caused inquiries to be addressed to
the attorney generals of these forty states,
asking their opinion as to whether capital
punishment tended to diminish capital
crime.
Eighteen of the forty declined to ex-
press an opinion. Only sixteen of the
attorney generals of states which infiict
the death penalty declared themselves as
clearly of the opinion that capital pun
ishment does tend to diminish capital
crime. Two of the forty were positive in
their conviction that the death penalty
does not tend to diminish capital crimes
and stated their opinion that the death
penalty should be abolished while four of
the forty gave qualified answers.
In the hve states OF Kansas, MAINE,
Michigan, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
where capital punishment does not exist,
the attorney generals have noted no in
crease in capital crime since the abolition
of the death penalty and generally express
themselves as satisfied with the conditions
existing In their respective states. In
Michigan. Wisconsin and Rhode Island
capital punishment was abolished over
Atty years ago and has not since been re-
enacted Though nominally prescribed by
law in Kansas, the death penalty can be