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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

vast population and vast undeveloped resources.
 The debt of the United Kingdom is today $3,SS5, ,166,3SS, and this vast sum is carried by about forty-three mil. lions of people in the two small British isles. The debt of France is s5,S56,- 400, and the debt of the United States at the close of the civil war stood at y2.674,OOO,OOO It will thus be seen that the debt of Russia need not be a bit alarming.
 This. however, is based upon an united Russia, and it is well deter mined that an united Russia must be a liberal Russia, Russia working under a liberal constitution The autocracy and bureaucracy must be given up if the debt is to be carried easily, or even negotiated at all The victory of the constitutionalists and liberals in the elections for members of parlia- ment is encouraging, and if the reac- tionaries will now go off and deport themselves Russia would soon get out of her troubles. Real liberalism is the only way to peace and prosperity, and it is reasonably certain that after much tribulation the Russian people will secure it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
Squeeze Play.

"I have watched the squeeze play ne- gotiated in several leagues in the country, but have never seen it more successfully worked than this afternoon at the ball park" said an old fan yesterday. With Oyler, one of the fastest men in the league, on third and one man out, Moles- worth dropped a neat bunt in front of the plate and everybody was safe. oyler scored easily and there was no one to cover first base. as Stafford was play Ing up to handle the bunt. so Molesworth was safe on the initial bag.
 Mique Finn saw what was coming from the bench and called to his team to look out for the play. out the players did not hear him or did not heed him, and the play was successfully made
 'T always enjoy such a play as that, for It shows good judgment on the part of the field manager of the team and also shows snap among the players. In order to be successful. the squeeze play has to be executed like lightning. and that is the way oyler executed 1t this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
IN HOTEL LOBBTES
A Morbid Curiosity.

"The morbid curiosity that attracts peo- pie to undertaking establishments 10 see the mutilated bodies of those whom they never knew or had any interest in in life, surpasses my understanding" said a thoughtful citizen yesterday.
 'rhe case of the victims of the Burton tragedy was a fair example Hundreds of people passed In regular procession into Lige Loy's to see the bodies of the Bur tons.
 "One careworn looking woman. who judged by appearances had all the trouble of her own that she was able to take care of, begged to be allowed to see the body of Mrs. Burton and when granted permission to do so, took an eight or ten months old baby and a 5-year-old girl with her. She called the ehild's attention to the wound in the neck. and the facial features like it had been the master piece of famous sculptor
 Another woman who came In alone talked and muttered so much over Mrs. Burtons body that she was mistaken for some near relative but when asked about the matter said:
 oh, dear no, I never heard of her before. I live in the suburbs and was in the city shopping this morning and hay ing read of her death I could not go back home without seeing how she looked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
ALABAMA PRESS

e.adsden Journal: To him who has to him shall be given and Booker T. gets all the philanthropic donations
 Troy Messenger: No harem idea for bowie. No. not now, after the plan has been exposed and fallen through, The idea of him ever thinking of such plan
 Annlston Star: The Presidents attempt to ride the bucking Senate is more eX- citing experience than his trying to break that bueking broncho in the Bad Lands.
 Annlston Hot Blast: A Kansas preacher has predicted that the world would come to an end on June 15. next. He is evidently another man whose divine call is not on straight
 Mobile Register: Some papers in this country are averse to printing serial stories but they have been carrying a fourteen weeks serial in the Greene and Gaynor trial
 Gadsden Times-News: The attention of the prophets has been called from the completion of the Panama canal to the work of placing the final standing or the clubs in the various baseball leagues
 Huntsville Tribune: Our newspapers seem to be enjoying more prosperity ana less editorial ability than we have noted for years. The country is running too smooth for lurid flashes of editorial light ming.
 Union Springs Herald: A contemporary refers to John H. Wallace of Madison candidate for the legislature, as a man of words" The description is apt but it might be added that his words are choice.
 Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: Poor old Vulcan. still nowhere has place TOT ms ponderous feet After all the ladies ciups registered their kick about Capitol park tbe City Council held up the location and if is said 1t will probably be placed on Red Mountain. The location on heu Mountain strikes an outsider as peihs eminently suitable
 Ozark Southern Star: President hoose welt says that he would ask Tor an in- iunctlon against a labor union Just as ouick as he would for one against trust. If an injunction against iaDor nnion was no more effective than It was against the beef trust, nobody would ever know the difference.
 Talladega Mountain Home; pr Oui' ,,,nobam is now on the stump and every aa,, brings renewed assurance or hls success. He Is talking Tn suaie' ward unvarnished manner to the peopio and the people are learning sometiins ahont the environment of his oppo- nent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
A proper stripline, and an amorous!
 Tanning of the Shrew'
Senator Moruan on Rates.

Senator Morgan's speech on the rate bill, delivered last Monday, fills ten pages of the Congressional Record. It would fill about fifteen columns of The Age Herald, and is, therefore, too elaborate to be reprinted. This is re- grettable. for it is a fine argument from the constitutional viewpoint Our senior senator persists in harbor- Ing old-fashioned conservatism. He was trained in the school of strict construction. and he declines to de- part from it.
 As the Mobile Register well says no one will anywhere say that Senator Morgan is in the pay of the railroads. That is said about many other sena- tors, but 1t will not be said about John T. Morgan, whose long career stands untainted far above even sus- picion.
 But Senator Morgan is not opposed to railroad regulation, and he espe- cially favors competition of every pos sible sort. He wants railroad regula- tion on constitutional lines, and be yond that he desires all possible com petition. Above all else, he demands the opening of rivers and the clearing out of harbors. If" says Senator Morgan, the money that has beer spent and will be spent in the effort to control the railroads by legislation under powers that are strenuously controyerted and are at least doubtful had been and should be applied or could be applied hereafter to the i'm provement of our navigation, the rail roads would cease to do evil and would learn to do good" The river remedy will never be discarded in the greatest river state in the union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
Mosuulto Determination.

The convention point has been reached in the crusade directed against the mosquito. The little insect is more harmful and more dangerous to the human race than the cobra, than the big animals of Africa, than all else, in fact, in animal life com- bined, and the American mosquito ex- termination society has a big field to work in.
 The convention is preparing a mos quito brief, and when it is printed 1t should be placed in the hands of every citizen of an afflicted country. The Associated Press sends some of its statements as follows:
 "There are over 100 species of mosqui- toes in the United States
 Mosquitoes are known to develop from two to three weeks into winged insects, Some species lay as many as 300 or AGO eggs at a time Only few mosquitoes live a month"
 Rigid tests prove that certain species are the only natural means of transmit ting malaria and yellow fever. Other dis eases are known to be conveyed by mos quitoes7
 "Of the domestic variety the dangerous malaral mosquitoes are among the most generally distributed. They never seem to travel far-only few hundred yards v Mosquitoes are known to bite more than once"
 Mosquitoes are a needless and danger ous pest Their propagation can be pre- vented
 Every declaration presented by the society is true. Every declaration is as fully proven and established as Is the problem that two and two make four The question before us relates, not to basis truths, but to the manner of enforcement. The country is ris- ing to the enforcement point, how ever, rapidly and the prospect is that in the course of five years the mos quito will have to keep out of the towns of this country at any rate.
 Birmingham could readily, at no great cost. lead the movement in this state, and it should do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
FINE SPECIAL EDITION.

The Panama Canal edition of the Pen sacola Journal has reached The Age-Her- aids exchange table and was read with interest It is one of the neatest, most attractive and most readable editions of the kind ever issued by a southern news paper and is credit to the staff of the Pensacola Journal. A number of fine H. lustrations and charts plentifully scatter ed through the publication make 1t a work of great value. The compilation treats of the resources of West Florida and Pensacola in comprehensive man ner It shows the Journal to be an up to date newspaper and Pensacola one of the souths coming cities,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL.
Rail Mill Will Continue to Make Steel
 Bars.
rom the Wall Street Journal.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 The report that the rail mill of the Rejublic Iron and Steel company would be shifted from sheet bars to rails is denied. There is more profit, based on present prices, in manufacturing sheet bars than rails, and it is because of this that no change will be made in the com pany's programme.
 Within the last several weeks the Re- public has declined numerous. orders for steel rails It is understood that the total thrilled business on the books os the corporation represents six months steady operations for the mills. Accord Ing to a representative of the company orders are increasing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
MARRIAGE AND coLoRs.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin Here's the old superstition which the Easter bride, who fortunately Is always married in white. may take for what is is worth:
 Married in gray, you will go far away. Married in black. you will wish your self back.
 Married in brown, you will live out of town.
 Married in red you will wish yourself dead
 Married in pearl, you will live in a whirl.
 Married in green, ashamed to be seen. Married in yellow, ashamed of your fellow
 Married in blue, he will always be true.
 Married in pink. your spirits will sink. Married in white. you have chosen aright.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
Proud of Talladega.

Wllington Vandiver, Mayor of Talladega now serving his third term. and con- tributor to the Sunday Herald, was in Birmingham yesterday, with Mrs. Van diver, en route to Montgomery
 "We have a fine little city in Talla- dega." said Mayor Vandiver. "The town is experiencing healthy. vigorous growth that Is due solely to the efforts of it's citizens. We pride ourselves on our in- dependence and it is the boast of Tal- ladega people that they are amply able to take care of themselves. I don't think you will find a more solid town in the country. nor one that has brighter future. We now have over 5000 people in Talladega. and the population is stead fly increasing"
 MT. Vandiver is one of the best known lawyers in the state, and has a reputation as a humorist. His contributions to The Age-H Herald entitled "Moonshine in Ala bama," are widely read.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
ACCOMMODATING CLERK.
the Kansas Clty Star

From the Kansas CIty Star.
 Speaking of accommodating hotel clerks" remarked commercial travelc-, ''the best 1 ever saw was in town near Bangor, Me l reached the hotel late in the evening and was assigned to pretty tidy looking room. Just before I retired I heard a scampering under the bed and looked under, expecting to see a burglar Instead. I saw a couple of large rats just escaping into their hole. l dressed and went down to the office and put in a big kick The clerk was as serene as a summers breeze. I'll fix that all right. sir he said. Front. Take a cat to 2S at once.' {"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
TIME AND LOVE.
y William Shakespeare.

By William Shakespeare. When I have seen by Times fell hand
 defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried
 age When sometime lofty towers I see down
 raised,
 And brass eternal slave to mortal rage; When l have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore. And the firm soil win of the watery main. Increasing store with loss. and loss
 with store; When I have seen such interchange of
 state.
 Or state itself eonfounded to decay. Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate- That Time will come and take my Love
 away; This thought is as a death. which can-
 not choose But ween to have that which 1t fears
 to lose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

O many people have the reform @0 fever nowadays thai 1t is no - longer deemed necessary to em- phasize the word by spelling it with a capital "R." Reform is a fad; 1t has be- come habit with some people, craze with others. and a means of substantial recompense to the crafty writers who have been loading up magazines here of late with every conceivable sort of ex- ploit the nations ills with a ready pen ploit the nations i'll with ready pen and make a great noise over the land. ofice-seekers find the cry an assistance to preferment and young men who are ambitious to rise shout "Reformm in a loud voice. Some good has resulted and will come in the future but the pro- fessional reformer has developed into a bore of the thirteen-ineh variety.
 SPRING TIME.
 April weather,
 Garth and heather
 Bursting into bloom.
 Fathers fishing.
 Mothers wishing
 For a larger broom. The chief advantage of being old and rich and famous is that you can kiss anybody anywhere. without opposition. While the old sleuths are in session at Hot Springs bad men will have a fine chance to play.
 THE PESTERED POET When a girl Is running scales across
 the way
 And you try to think up something bright to say, CTho your stock of Inspirations rather
 low)
 You are apt to close the window with a
 slam
 And ejacu1ate a word that rhymes with
 ham
 (Which is not at all original, you
 know.)
 The Huntsville Mercury is bearer of distressing news "Fishermen are much disturbed over the scarcity of minnows,' says the Mercury and further calls att tention to the fact that erawfsh are hard to find No reason can be given for the disappearance of minnows Thank heavensl the angle worm crop is safe.
 NO EXPENSE SPARED. The Easter girl will soon be here Sweet Easter maid
 She'll blossom out altho the bill Be never paid.
 In saying that mosquitoes are need less and dangerous pest. the American Mosquito Determination society left no room for argument. A surgical operation has changed bad boy into loving and dutiful son. An
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
Russia's Bio Loan.

The facts about the Russian loan are not public property, but it is be
 lieved it will be limited to S425, ,0OO
 The World almanac puts the debt of Russia on January l last at $3,4l4,- O6f.734. The new addition will carry if well towards four billion dollars. But even so great a public debt need not stagger a country of vast extent,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

operation performed with a shingie has been known to have the same effect. The best part about having a home is that a fellow can go there and find com fort when the world looks dark.
 TOOK UP LOTS OF ROOM. There was man in our town Who lived devoid of guile. He changed his shirt three times a week And always wore smile. At last he died, the people said His place is hard 10 fill" He weighed three hundred pounds, you see, The day that he fell i'll. Many man speaks the language of the garage who does not own an automobile The injunction suit is running the Easter suit a close race.
 PENNANT REVERIES. The baseball ''rooter' dreams of the standing of the teams And the way hls club will finish in the race. He's full of diamond dope" and beyond Sees nothing less than first or second place
 The small boys who burned down a schoolhouse so they would get a vaca- ton might have waited month or so. The oratorical Sophomore is learning to speak piece" There was great excitement in our town yesterday when the steam piano ran away.
 MISSED HIM.
 Noisy cat
 Bullet-lead.
 Toms alive
 Neighbors dead. Now is the time when a young mans fancy is supposed to lightly turn 10 thoughts of love, but as a matter of fact. he thinks of the haberdasher first. Of course father had to take the child ren to the circus yesterday. tho he doesn't care for the sawdust ring himself
 INCONSISTENCY.
 "No joy in wealth."
 The magnate cried
 And worked for more
 Until he died. Wild violets are blooming on the hills A day off would help some. Adam Bede's proposal to split up Texas is sure to arouse much enthusiasm in the Lone Star State-of a cumulative sort Get your bathing suits ready.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 woman Is hardly ever old enough to admit il. =
 A great deal of money is saved by not having it to spend
 A nice thing about being a widow is her hair never gets gray.
 man can give people lot of pleasure by letting them do him up in bargains.
 The more kinds of color a woman wears to her hair in her life the more natural she thinks 1t is to seem artless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
Can Carry Naptha Tenders.

Washington. April l2.-The Senate com mlttee on commerce today authorized a favorable report on a bill permitting steam yachts to continue the practice of carry ing naptha or gasoline tenders, notwith- standing the recent ruling of steamboat inspectors that the practice is prohibited by recently amended statutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
GOOD SUGGEsTEIoN.

From the savannah News.
 And so Senator Morgan would solve the railroad problem by placing the river and habor bill on the same footing as the postoffice bill, and improving the water coures of the country. He declares that if Congress would do it's duty in that regard the railroads would cease to do evil and learn to do good, and the people could snap their fingers at them" There is much gum in the senator's idea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
About Persons.


 Allen Crenshaw, student at the Uni versity of Alabama who came to Bir- mingham to attend the funeral of George Eubank returned to Tuscaloosa yester- day.
 Edward lligby of searles. is at the Met ropolitan. Dr. F. NJ. Petersen. president of the Alabama Girls Industrial school, is reg istered at the IIillman.
 M. A. Helm Jr of Florala. is stopping at the Birmingham. the Morris.
 J. L. o. Sargent of Hamilton, is. at the Metropolitan St. Nicholas.
 S. Cane Bright and M. Alene Bright of Mobile are registered at the Morris
 Charles c. Johnson of Montevallo, is stopping at the Hillman. E. M Kelly of Brookwood. is at the Birmingham.
 Miss Taylor Of Jacksonville: Miss Emily Herren of Dadeville and Miss Annie Per sons of Anniston, are stopping at the Metropolitan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
Eire Underwriters Adjourn,

Atlanta. April 12.-The ffty-eighth con vehtion of the Western Union Fire Un- derwriters association reached final ad- journment today, having fixed the next place of meeting at Frontenac. N. r., September 19, next. Only routine bus mess was transacted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
MAKING IT SALABLE

From the Louisville Herald.
 The Birmingham, Ala, man who offered to sell a Louis XIV. beer mug for $92 and couldn't get buyer, should have first replenished 1t at Kentucky foun- tain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
IN NEW DRESS.

The oneonta Southern Democrat is now appearing as an eight-page folio in a new dress The Democrat presents a neat appearance and is being constantly inn proved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

John Alexander began to acquire discretion and therefore silence to his mighty tongue, as soon as he got within striking distance of the enemy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

Orator Towne is to be Tuscaloosa s orator next month. The university could not have selected better one. or better Bryan man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

The knocker is one at whose door opportunity never knocks. This should be posted up under the slagpile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

Indiana is in trouble. It's peach crop was ruined by the frost, and the warm weather is damaging the Fair hanks presidential boom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

Some day some team will outplay the Coal Barons, but that team will not do it often or with great ease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

The New York senators refuse to re- sign, but they have, fortunately for all, faded out of sight and sound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13
-REAplNG ON HIS 10

From the Florida Times-Union.
 Elkins thinks Tillman is poaching on his preserves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

In view of the so-called rotten atmosphere of government circles, it is small wonder that Uncle Sam has been buying rotten ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

Dowie would go to Zion City if he thought he would not have to walk home from the depot. To do that would take the starch out of any prophet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

 Theodore Horstman, who proposes to rob Nick Longworth of the repub- liean nomination for Congress, says he can't recall anything Nick has done in two Congresses. He quite over. looks the national wedding
  Dowie would go to Zion City if he thought he would not have to walk home from the depot. To do that would take the starch out of any prophet.
 In view of the so.called rotten" atmosphere of government circles, it is small wonder that Uncle Sam has been buying rotten ships.
  In the table League Standing" it was impossible to put those of Nash vile and Montgomery in plain every day figures.
 Rockefeller III is to have a million dollar mansion from grandpa when he gets old enough to run his own auto mobile.
 Dowe is mounting his guns in Chi cago He is no longer full of sound and fury signifying nothing.
  Castro and Dowie have ceased to be warlike. Two cherries on two stems, both full of 'hot air"
 ---s.--- The bar and also the people in this district are standing up to the Under wood judicial bill. Vesuvius and Zion City-both full of bile, even with John Alexander many miles away
  Mme. Bernhardts circus tour was a success. and she carried no trick mule either.
 Naples Is safe, but thoroughly scared. It has no liking for the Pom peiian act.
 Like the Russians after Togo's vic tory the first apostle Is open to offers of peace.
 For the first time in many years Naples is not a pleasant place for visit.
  Mr Carnegie is not a safe man to let loose among the women's colleges.
  Dowie made the mistake of his life when he denounced his wife and son. Water In Wall street expands stocks while it contracts dividends.
  Contemporary mentions the Spirit of Easter" Must be woman's hat Non-combatants at Zion City are coming out of their bomb-proofs.
  Even Elijah II was forced to recog nize the potency of arbitration.
  The first apostle declines to love his enemies in Zion City. Dowie's millions consist at present of stage money.
 Maxim Gorky realizes that he is among friends. Only two more days left in which to get your togs.
 
 Vesuvius ought to feel better now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

In the table League Standing" it was impossible to put those of Nash vile and Montgomery in plain every day figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-13

The bar and also the people in this district are standing up to the Under wood judicial bill.