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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
TRICKS OF BOOTLEGGERS
 TO DEFRAUD UNCLE SAM

by removing a tap from one end of each axle the whisky would come out the same as from spigot. He had been carrying on a successful bootlegging bus mess in this manner for number of years.
 The fellows engaged in this class of business sometimes work up schemes to fool the Indians, but it is needless to say they do not resort to any such methods until they are preparing to shake the dust of the territory from their feet forever, as they would not fare well at the hands of the Indians if they were caught.
 A man was recently arrested in the neighborhood of Holdenvllle, I. T., on the charge of selling whisky to the Indians. and was later released when it was found that he had been selling them bot tied coffee The Indians are cautious, and slip in and out of bootleggers camp, and use every effort to throw off the suspicion of the watchful officers. This particular vendor was taking ad- vantage of this wariness, and knew that they would not attempt to open the fiasks until they were far, away from the camp, and he had sold several gallons of coffee at fancy price and was about ready to leave camp when arrested. He got off much easier than if the Indians had caught him after finding out that they were fooled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
Piu Iron Last Year.

The American Iron and Steel associ- ation puts the production of 1905 in this country at 22,992,3S0 tons. as against 16.4J7033 tons in 1904, and 1S,009, ,252 tons in 1903 The produc- ton of last year far outruns even that of 1903, but unless fuel troubles in tervene. it is believed this years pro- duction will be still larger, and some have not hestated to predict total of 25,OOo,000 tons.
 The output of this district last year was 1,604,062 tons, as against 1, ,453,513 tons in 1904, and 1.561 ,99S tons in 1903, which had stood as our banner year. This district turned out in the closing half of last year S60,515 tons, and this encourages the belief that this district will this year put on the market 1,750.- poo tons IL certainly will, if no labor troubles arise to limit the capacity of our furnaces. We had thirty stacks in blast at the close of the year, out of iorty-nine in the district. Pennsyl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
Politics and Crops.

Politics. said a court house official "is becoming very dull in all parts of the state. and the reason of it is plain, Farm CTS and merchants are thinking more about crops than they are of politics or politicians
 This is the month in which crops are pitched In that way this month out ranks any other Some crops are de- termined before or after, but February outranks any other one month, or per- haps two months, in the determination of the years crops. Acreage, mules. labor and fertilizers are the subjects up permost in the minds of the people and this is why politics Is dull.
 q predict 1t will remain dull until the crops are well out of the way, although cotton is not ordinarily laid by untn fale in June, July and August will be warm political months and there will not be much heat, political or climatic unul then"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
The Electric Signs.

"G feel just as if were back on little old Broadway, the city of the white glare said an old Birmingham boy now employed in New York. after passing up Second avenue last night. This makes me feel as if were in New York. The Birmingham merchants certainly be- leve in the advantages to accrue from using electric signs and l doubt if there is another city in the country of this size which can show so many of them.
 Up in New York there are thousands of these electric signs in use, especially in the Broadway section. Somehow, the people get to expect to see such things in such big city. but I am willing 10 make a wager that the free use of these electric signs by Birmingham merchants has a great effect on. visitors and causes them to think more of the city and it's wide-awake people"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
A NEW DEPARTURE.

From the Springfield Republican
 It is plain that the politicians of Ala bama are weary of being blocked by those lively old men, Senator John T. Morgan, whose term expires next year. and Sen ator Edmund w. Pettus, whose term ends two years later These men are so se- cure in the affections of the people of their state that both seemed assured of their places until death should intervene But this natural sequence of events Is to be disturbed under the plan recently adopted by the democratic state commit- tee for the nomination of state and fed- eral officers at the primaries next sum mer. Two senators wifi be thus chosen, because of the fact that the Alabama legislature meets but once in four years The new plan not only provides that sue cessors to the two senator's shall be named at the primaries. but also makes provision for the election of two alter nate senators, who are to be appointed by the governor. in the event that Sen ators Morgan or Pettus or their success sors, should die or resign. This arrange ment will constitute q departure in Amer ican politics. The men already mention ed as expected to enter the lists are eX- Governor Joseph F. Johnston of Birming- ham and William C. Oates of Montgom- cry. x-Congressman Richard H. Clarke of Mobile, Rufus N Rhodes of Birmng- ham and John B. Knox of Anniston Williams C. F'itts of Mobile, former at torney general, is in the race for alter nate senator. and other men mentioned as likely to be are Congressman John H. Bankhead and Isaac w. Hill, state super intendent of education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10

From Bonford's Wine and Spirit Circular IN the liquor business the bootlegger
 fills identically the same position to the legitimate trade that Mrs. Nation fills in the cause of temperance. He is an outlaw, because he not only has no regard for the law, but studies up all kinds of ways to break it. The bootleg ger is pretty tough proposition in any community and gives the entire liquor business bad name; but he IS Tn the height of his glory in the Indian reserva- lions, where the government has very strict laws against the sale Of hquor' He is not selling liquor for a hving' ne could make much better living at some other line of business in nearly every instance It is the fact that he is break ing a law, getting ahead of the govern ment that appeals to him.
 The officers at Muskogee recently dls- covered a new method of smuggling the llouor into the Indian country. A teaih- ster working on the railroad graoe near that point devised the plan. lie hao t"o very large horse collars made, and they were vyatertight. He would make regu- lar trips to Texas, and every tlme ne returned the laborers in camp would get drunk. After watching him for long time the officers discovered that he would take the extra horse collars With him and bring them back full of whisky Each collar would hold about two gal Ions of liquor.
 During the last year, according to the renort of J. l.. McCracken, of the federal prison at Guthrie, they nave had p2S prls- oners in their jail, and of these more than 300 were charged with bootlegging whisky among the Indians or taking 1t mon the reservations, the penalty for which is just as severe as for selling 1t.
 During the last year there was but one woman in the federal jail at Guthrie, and she was convicted at Lawton, Okla, of selling whisky to Indians. She was an old hand at the business, and was hard to catch. as she understood the business sufficiently to keep the officers off her track and was good at leaving blind trail,
 Only recently, just over the Oklahoma border. three men and two women were arrested and taken to Tulsa, on the charge of selling liquor to the Indians. Upon searching them, 1t was found the women had pockets on the inside of their dress skirts. made to fit a pint bottle snugly and from the five prisoners the officers took 175 pints of whisky, which they could have sold at a handsome profit to the members of the Creek tribe.
 The federal officers have become so strict on the trail of such offenders that all manner of schemes are matched up to avoid suspicion, and each bootlegger thinks that his. plan is infallible, until he is at last caught. Only few months ago a man driving a handsome team hitched to an ordinary looking farm wagon was surprised in camp by posse of United States marshals and arrested.
 In the camp at the time were plenty of Indians. and all of them with plenty of money with which to buy whisky. and the fellow was running the whisky out in buckets from the axles of his wagon Both axles were made of iron and were hollow, and when filled up with whisky had capacity of several gallons, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
Love of Pets.

Everybody likes a pet of some kind, said man whose business is bird fancy ing and pet stock raising, as he refilled the drinking fount for a cage of ca naries.
 "The warm sun of yesterday afternoon came through the windows and seemed to awaken to new life the many creatures in the little shop. The parrots talked, the birds sang, and the gold fish twisted their 1.-the bodies and played in the water grasses of the aquarium. The bystanders observed the delight of the women and children as they looked at the Guinea pigs l watched one man feed peanut to a squirrel and another extend his fin ger to pert young pup. It was to me q beautiful sight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10

ter Mrs. John T. Fletcher He has just returned from trip to Costa RIca. where he went on pleasure trip.
 J. K. Smith of Pensacola is at the Hillman.
 Louis Fields of Montgomery is at the Hflman
 Abe Richburg of Talladega is register cd at the Hinman
 Charles I. Scott of Mobile is at the Birmingham
 NJ. NJ. Martin of Cullnan is at the Bir- mingham.
 L. D. Baldwin of Mobile is at the St. Nicholas.
 T B. Turner Of oxmoor Is at the St Nicholas.
 c c. DeBardeleben of Montgomery is registered at the St Nicholas.
 Ike Greenwald of carroIiton is at the St. Nicholas.
 J. H. Campbell of Jasper is at the Morris.
 C. E. Cannon of Amory, Miss, is st the Morris.
 John W. Abercrombie of University is at the Morris
 
 B. IT. Duke of Clanton Is at the Met ropolitan.
 MT and Mrs H. T. Lomax of Blocton are registered at the Morris.
 R. A. Gray of Gurley is at the Metro poltan.
 Frank Potts of Short Creek is at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
Making Improvements.

"The Birmingham Railway Light and Power company is spending more money on Improvements than any other street railway system in the south" said man yesterday who is thoroughly informed on such matters. q understand that the ap- propriation for improvements and new work this year will be over a million doi- lars, and that nearly a score more miles of track will be laid before the first of 1907
 T watch the Improvements scheduled in other cities, and they do not compare in extent and outlay with those in Blrming- ham. Nashville has had pretty fair system for a number of years, but as old as it is, it cannot compare with Birming- hams system. Chattanooga's system Is old but it is in very bad repairs. Some of the cars are mere snuff boxes, and whenever better cars are placed on line the fact is heralded as great event. In Birmingham such an improvement as that is so small that little attention IS paid to the matter.
 "In Atlanta money has been spent free 1y for a number of years and the sys- tenn there is in good shape. But on many of the lines in Atlanta the streets are so narrow that only a single track can be used. Birmingham has great advantage in this respect, for double track can be laid on nearly any street in the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Politicians cominq.

'fhe coming banquet of the Birming- ham Press club said q newspaper man. lis going to bring large number of poll ticians to the city and the dinner prom ises to be notable.
 U. A. Rountree. chairman of the lnNi- tation committee. states that aceeptanees from the following prominent candidates and politicians have already been re eeivod: Hon. B. B. Conner, Hon. John D. Knox of Anniston, l.. B. MusgroVe or Jasper, Maj. J. G. Harris of Montgom- cry. ". D. Seed of Tuscaloosa, Maj. II. A. slSeggs of Decatur. H. S. D. Mallory of Selma, Prof J. A. B. Loyett ot Blountvllle and Hon. Oscar Hundley of Huntsville"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
SMALL BEGINNINGS.

By Charles Mackay. A traveller through a dusty road strewed
 acorns on the lea; And one took root and sprouted up and
 grew into tree. Love sought it's shade, at evening time, to breathe its early vows And age was. pleased, in heats of noons
 to bask beneath its boughs; The dormous loved it's dangling twigs, the birds sweet music bore; It stood a glory in its place, blessing
 evermore.
 A little spring had lost Its way amid the
 grass and fern, A passing stranger scoopeu we'll where
 weary men might turn; He walled 1t in, and hung with care .
 ladle at the brink; t1e thought not of the deed he did, but
 judged that toll might drink. He nassed again, and lo the well, by
 summers never dried, Had cooled ten thousand parched tongues
 and saved a life beside. A dreamer dropped a random thought;
 twas old. and yet twas new. simple fancy of the brain, but strong
 in being true. It shone upon a genial mind, and, 10!
 its light became lamp of life, beacon ray, monitory
 flame: The thought was small; its issue great;
 watchfire on the hill, It sheds it's radiance far adown and
 sheers the valley still. A nameless man, amid crowd that
 thronged the daily mart. Let fall a word of hope and love. unstu-
 died from the heart: A whisper on the tumult thrown-a trans itory breath It raised a brother from the dust; 1t
 saved soul from death. o germ. c fount, Q word of love' U
 thought al random cast Ye were but little at the first, bug
 mighty at the last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
Imminration Einures.

In the calendar year 1905 the num- Der of new citizens, that arrived was 1,O55,S94, of which number 175,S3l came from Russia, 2S4,967 from Aus tria-Hungary. and 268,4 Al from Italy. From these three countries came, in other words, 729,299 Seven-tenths of our national recruits come last year from eastern and southern Europe, and three-tenths from all other parts of the world, Canada included.
 In the last three years 1,829,0S2 per sons have come to us from Russia, Hungary and Italy, or just about inhabitants enough to make state as populous as Alabama. Ala bama's population in census year was 1928 ,697. Every three years Rus sia, Austria-Hungary and Italy add to this country a people equal in numbers to those in Alabama, which stood in 1900 in the list of states as No. IS.
 But it is not so much the number that is arriving which concerns us as it is the few immigrants who come to us. If a good part of the Italian tide could be turned this way, Alabama's 8 waste places would soon disappear. As things stand only one-third of the state is cultured, and two-thirds are lying out idle and unproductiye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10

T is a pleasure to announce that the concluding article of Thomas W. 2 Lawson's "Frenzed Finance" series appears in the February number of Everybody's magazine. Exposure has be- come a fad. When MT. Lawson began his attack on the system he had a good field and wide circle of readers, but so many reformers are now yelping beneath the same tree that everybody is tired. regardless of what Everybodys may think of the matter High finance, no doubt has its faults but the noise made by periodicals in search of sensations and subscribers has grown so great that a reaction Is at hand. Miss Tarbell has promised to write no more about John D. Dockefeller. Perhaps Lawson can be induced to sign the pledge. Given women a square deal shouts Dr. Anna II. Walker in piercing tones. We give them a great deal, and that ought to be enough
 THE TELEPHONE BELL. You're working on a problem That you desire to solve, About which you are worried And large events revolye. You sec quick solution Your troubles all take wings, Then comes ah interruption When
 the
 telephone
 rings. Away your thoughts go speeding, Your minds at once blank. Oh, 'tis a cruel contrivance For this you have to thank. Your heart is cold and flinty. You say coarse. brutal things. It's hard to speak politely When
 the
 telephone
 rings. On earth there is no baser Device to curse mankind Than telephones oft ringing And wearing out ones mind. The foolish house will get us We'll soon be seeing things, If we don't get a proxy When
 the
 telephone
 rings. A miner in Pennsylvania tied stick of dynamite to his head and lighted the fuse. There wasn't enough of him left for the coroner to sit on. The latest edition will be Alice in Mat rimony."
 If we didn't have any neighbors we wouldn't have anybody to talk about. Would like to know where last summer left off and where next summer begins.
 WHAT'S THE USE.
 Whats the use to
 Growl and fret
 For the things that
 We can't get?
 Might as well be
 Full of fun
 While lifes little
 Race Is run. The speed of a modern express train is almost incenceivable. The other day on the Pennsylvania railroad two men start
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
STATE POLITICS

Fort Payne Record: The state cam paign is waxing cool.
 Sheffield Reaper: Some candidates are like the ground hog-they' come out of their holes. see their shadow and hasten back.
 Lanett News: Alabama politics are sim mering in the pot, when classified with the Georgia line of gods under that name.
 Roanoke Leader: The county political pot is beginning to simmer.
 Wilcox Progressive Era: Generals Nor gan and Pettus of Alabama have for merly announced their wish to continue service as Alabama's representatives in the United States Senate, and with com mon consent they will go back. The peo- pie of Alabama have learned to appre- ciate the giant intelleets of these two grand old men, and would be slow to make change.
 The Selma Journal has received the fol- lowing telegram in response to re- quest for the facts relative to the acci- dent to Senator Pettus and his alleged subsequent illness in the democratic cloak room
 washington, February 7.-(d1:35 a. m.) Senator Pettus slipped on the ice -donday but received no injuries. He has attended every committee meeting since then and every session of the Senate voting at every roll call. He is now at the meeting of the committee that Is Investigating g Senator Shoots case and is keeping up with the hearings and working in the usual way. He spoke in the Senate Mon day afternoon after having received the fall The reports as to his being ill are erroneous. E. P. LACEY"
 When it was announced that Senator F. w. Pettus had met with an accident at Washington it was most natural that his friends In Alabama should have felt some alarm for the distinguished and ven- erable senator; and this alarn concerning his condition was increased when on the following day it was announced that the Senator had sudden attack of illness in the democratic cloak room.
 MT. Lacey, to whom the Selma Journal wired for the facts concerning Senator Pettus, his fall and his subsequent illness, is the private secretary of the Senator and he is his nephew, and, if anyone, therefore, is in position to know the Sem ator's condition he ought to be-and what he says may be regarded as perfectly authentic.
 The people of Alabama will be pleased to know that the venerable and beloved junior Senator from this state received no
 Washington. February 7.-n1 :35 a. m) the report that he had a sudden attack of illness in the democratic cloak room was probably exaggerated or was misun-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
plstinauished Ecclesiastlcs.

Monsignor Doran, vicar general of the Catholic diocese of Providence. R. l., and the Rev. pr. Blessing, of the same diocese, were in Birmingham yesterday. They are making a tour of the south. After spending a few days in New Or leans they started northward stopping at Mobile to pay their respects to Bishop Allen. Dr. Blessing was a class mate of the Rev Father Coyle in Rome, and the two visiting ecclesastics spent some time at Father Coyle's residence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
A Lost Art.

"I have almost forgotten how to write with d pen and I believe 1t will be im- possible for any one to read this let ter" said a gentleman yesterday who was engaged In writing letter in the absence of his stenographer.
 "Writing with a pen is fast becoming a lost art in this age of dictation and the stenographer," continued the gentleman in a reminiscent mood.
 I've have become race of dctators or users of the typewriter and it is very rare that we pick up pen except to attach a signature to a. communication or paper that has been neatly executed on a machine.
 "The art of writing in the old way is doomed and I believe the day is coming when practically all work of this kind will be done with the machine and we will be helpless with the pen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
Eligible.
rro,, uarner,s Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly
 southern senator says that one of the best and briefest of speeches that he ever heard in the upper House of Congress was one of four words delivered by Sen ator Proctor of Vermont. This speech, it appears, was retort to sarcastic fling by a colleague from Massachusetts He had said: No man in Vermont Is allow ed to vote unless he has made two thous- and dollars trading with Massachusetts people,
 Nbereupon Proctor arose deliberately and observed And we all vote.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A man seldom ever has less sense than his children think he has.
 Half the fun of having good time is making people think you are having a better
 A woman can wear low shoes and Keep her feet warm if she has on a hat that makes her friends jealous.
 The devil doesn't worry about the churches so much as he would 1T he wasn't sure of the rows in the choir.
 A woman would have a much larger bank balance if she weren't afraid the bank would play trick on her and use it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10

vania leads the iron states, followed by Ohio. Illinois and Alabama. Illinois handsomely increased it's product last year, its total being 2,O34 4S3 tons. That state securely holds third place, because the steel trust is adding to it's facilities in and about Chicago In the long run Alabama will produce more iron than Illinois, but at present we must be content with fourth place. The worlds production in 1905 IS estimated by the Iron Trade Review as follows:
 Gross Tons. United states.... ........ ..... ..- 22' ss2 SsO Germany.... .t.. .... ..-. .... .....lV,elSseo England...... .... ..... zee. ....''. S1oO,VVl Belgium..a .... .... .... ....t. l.S29 lol Other countries. .... .... .... S'6lo,17I Total 1905. ....= =.... ..... ... 52.so1 240 The highest previous figures were those of 1903. when from the furnaces of the world were drawn 45,696,2 tons. The aggregate of 1904 was A. SS3,295 tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10
About Persons.

R. II. Walker, editor of the Athens Limestone Democrat, was in Birmingham yesterday,
 Mir, and Mrs Bozeman c. Bulger and their little daughter. are at the Morris. MT. Bulger is now special baseball writer and assistant to the managing editor on the New York Evening World.
 Walter F. Grant of Richmond, Va, is in Birmingham, the guest of his daugh-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10

From the Savannah Press.
 Senator Pettus of Alabama only be- came i'll enough to make some of the aspirants to his place sit up and take notice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10

John Temple Graves will continue to be a candidate for Senator in Georgia while no injunction forbids. Georgia Is in fair way. however to become the injunction state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10

Henry VIII cut his Cromwell's head off. but William Nelson Cromwell is not worrying about his head while he is filling his pockets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10

Engineer Wallace knew when to talk. When his time came to talk he did it without reservation and without equiv ocation He told the truth and shamed the. Big Four.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-10

The stork officiated at the home of the Marconis just as he used to do be- fore wireless telegraphy was known.