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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-06
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
Groom house, lot 50x140, at North Bir-
mingham, 5000
4-room house. lot 5oxe5. at North Bir-
mingham, 5000.
4-room house and hall, lot 75xl0O, at North
Birmingham, $1,000.
5-room house and hall, lot 50x140 at North
Birmingham, $3.50.
7-room house and hail. corner lot, 50x140,
at North Birmingham, $2500.
broom house, lot 50x140, at North Bir-
mingham, $3.50.
2 acres land and 4-room house, near
North Birmingham, $500.
Groom house and reception hall, two
story, lot 50x192 West End. $500.
5-soom house and 8 lots 5Oxl90 each, at
West End, $780,
Groom house and hall, lot sOx2O0, on
North Highlands, $3.50
4-room house and lot 50x140, on 22d ave.,
N, $3.50.
4-room, house, lot 50x14O on Ave. C be-
tween 18th and 10th sts., $1,000
Corner Ave. D and 18th St, 100x100 $1,000.
24-room house 5th ave. between 18th and
10Th sts., 81, 600.
Groom house and hall on 9Th ave-, be-
tween 14th and 18th sts., $780,
For terms call at office.
II nice lots on North Highlands, one
block of car line at a bargain.
2 lots and good 4-room house at North
Birmingham; III blocks car line; $3.50.
Nice two-story house and corner lot on
Ave. G for $1,000
nice lots at East Birmingham for So
per foot.
Lot 50x140 on 4th ave. and 18th ST., with
three houses on lot, for $3.50.
M. r. WEBB REAL ESTATE CO.
No. 206 Jefferson County Bank Bldg. Peo-
pies phone Office. 1854 residence 1855.
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WANTED-Position by young man. %
years of age, as clerk In hat store,
shoe store or general store; will ac-
cept a place as floor walker, at nominal
wages to get experience In that line;
have had considerable experience in
general store work. good references fur
nished; can begin work any day. Ad-
dress Salesman. care Hollenden hotel,
Birmingham, Ala. 5-4-3t
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WANTED--Men everywhere good pay, to
distribute circulars, adv. matter, tack
signs, etc. No canvassng. National Adv.
Bureau Chicago.
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5000 swell location and home. stories,
9-rooms, cellar, furnace, east front; $lO,-
600 to $4,000 homes all around 1t; small
cash payment, balance easy: owner
making business changes. b. F. Eborn.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of ability to handle
as side line a high-class proposition
with unusual inducements. We have
salesman whose commissions in % days
were 1867. without interfering with his
regular business. Correspondence strict
ly confidential. No samples p. 0. Box
DOG citv 4-6-7t
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2OOs First Avenue
w AN T ED

A better 5000 or $4,000 bargain than
have In a lot 1O0-foot front with S-room,
modern house. Read my list and If you
have anything better, bring it on and
will sell it for you. 1 have the buyer.
3. EBORN.
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6000-Pays now u per cent, can make
this pay $500 year; 1o0x19o; corner;
cay terms. B. F. Eborn.
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AGENTS WANTED.

THE complete story of the great San
Francisco earthquake; written by eye
witnesses. Complete set of actual photo
graphs. Big book; best terms Big
money. Agents are already taking from
fifteen to forty orders a day Send loo
for complete outfit Now ready. Be first
In your field The Columbia House, Chi
caao. 4-22-3t-su
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WANTED--Active man in each county to
exhibit, demonstrate and advertise sta
pie line; salary SIS weekly per day for
expenses: no capital required honesty
and sobriety more essential than expe-
rience. National Co, 100 Chestnut ST.,
Philadelphia. 5-6-2t-su-wed
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WANTED-Log cutter who can make
S1.75 to $2.25 per day; log handler $3.50
per day; grade men. sl10 to SIPS per
day; shed men and yard men, $l.10 to
$1.35 per day; night shift fireman for
saw mill boiler, $3.50 per day; cant
hook men, $1.25 to $1.50 per day; cross
tie cutters for narrow guage railroad
at 10 cents per tie; good wages paid
good steady men with families. Apply to
Autauga Lumber company, Spur, Ala,
M. and o. railroad. 4-1-sun-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
HOW TO ESCAPE JURY DUTY

Heres my fall trade just setting in
good, and I've got to go and serve on
a jury"
duty?"
"I certainly would"
"'Well, 1 have escaped it for twenty
years. I'll tell you how. Twenty years
ago I was drawn for jury duty, and the
first day went to court, man, hear
ing me complaining, said:
" I'll have you relieved from jury
duty forever if you'll pay me $1O.'
'This man was in black-a suit of
full mourning-maybe for all I know,
he made a business of the thing. At
any rate l said I'd pay the $40, and
he led me into court with him.
'In court the names of the various
empaneled jurymen were called, but
when it came to my name, the man in
black motioned me to keep quiet. Then
he, with a kind of groan, rose to his
feet, holding q white handkerchief in
his black-gloved hand.
"'Are you John Smith?' says the
clerk.
90 NO, SIR says the man, in chok-
ing voice, John Smith, my second cou-
sin, is dead. He died last night of
consumption. The doctor told me to
come here and inform the court
"'Oh,' says the clerk, in a kind voice,
Sorry to have given you all this trou-
BILE, sir Thank you. Jim, scratch John
Smiths name off our list he added,
turning to his assistant.
THAT was twenty years ago, and I
have never been troubled about jury
duty since"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
REDUCING THE RISK OF TRAVEL

Statistics covering the mortality
among passengers and employees on
American railroads in 1905 are again
eloquent in their argument for more
and better safeguards in the equip
ment and operation of trains. In the
twelve months ended June 80, 1905, an
average of 26 persons were killed and
23S injured every day. In the entire
period covered by the interstate COM
merce commissions report 9703 per-
sons were salin and S6,00S others were
more or less seriously hurt. One pas
senger out of every 1,375,S56 carried
met death and one In every 70,655 was
injured. Altogether, the casualties on
American railroads for a year exceed
ed by nearly 10000 those on both the
Japanese and Russian sides during the
siege Of Port Arthur and were almost
equal to one-fourth the number of
Japanese and Russian troops killed
and injured during the war.
1t is acknowledged, of course, that
travel on American railroads is becom-
ing more nearly devoid of risk, but
there is still room for the introduction
of reforms that would reduce the dan
ger to a minimum. When the officers
and owners of railroads find that it
is the part of economy as well as of
humanity to supply the necessary safe
guards tie menace to life and limb
will be practically removed. Enforce
ment Of laws already on the books and
the enactment of others to fix the
responsibility for carelessness seem to
be the remedies at hand.-St. Louis
Republic.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
A GOOD METHOD, BUT

John Inglls, the crop expert, had been
describing some of his forecasting
methods.
"You see," he ended, Laughing.
"these forecasts don't seem so remark
able when you once know how to set
about making them. The result, no
doubt, is wonderful enough; yet the
method of obtaining it Is simple.
"SimpIe methods give always the
best results. You know the story OF
the parlor maid and the two young
men? q
well. a certain clever parlorvpaid
hurried to her young lady one eVcN ng
and said breathleSsly:
"'Oh, Miss Fanny, both them young
gents you are engaged to has called,
and they're in the parlor together, and
somehow they've found out you've
been false to each, and it looks to me
as if there's going to be some terrible
trouble
What shall do? What shall l
do?' Miss Fanny moaned, as her pow
derpuff dropped from her nerveless
fingers.
"'I'll fix it, said the clever maid,
after a moment of deep thought. I'll
go and say you're crying your eyes out
because your pa has lost all his money.
Then you can keep the one what stays
"<Good, good Miss Fanny cried.
"The maid withdrew. Some minutes
passed. Then she returned with a
scared. awed face.
Both gents is gone she said"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
A CONGRESSMAN'S DISGRACE

Congressman McLachlan is engaged
now in paying for his recent nomi-
nation by the S. P.-Republican ma
chine for another term in congress,
The work cut out for Mr.. McLachlan
by his political masters is not repu-
table, but the worker has no choice.
The job consists in trying to defeat
the most loyal, capable and efficient
county assessor that Los Angeles has
had for many years. Assessor Ward,
like McLachlan himself. is a candidate
for reelection; but the assessor, un-
like the congressman, is not the nom-
inee of the politico- o-railway machine
combination.
man with more respect for the
position of representative in congress
would not stoop to the level of doing
the work of the combine even for the
assurance of a life tenure in that posi-
ton. That the work is unworthy of
man honored as McLachlan has been
is apparent to every Los Angeles county
voter who can read and think.
Assessor Ward gained the everlast-
ing enmity of the Southern Pacific
company and certain other corpora
tions by assessing the property thereof
in accordance with the rule of equal
justice to all. The assessor did not
recognize the rights of the corpora
tions to specially low tax schedules,
whereby the load thus shirked was
shifted to the shoulders of other and
more honest taxpayers. That was the
alpha and omega of Assessor Wards
offending.
But that was enough. The iron rule
was applied that no man can enjoy
the political favor of the corporations
without mortgaging to them his man.
hood and his official services, subject
to foreclosure without notice. Refusal
to dump part of the corporate tax
load on individual taxpayers was rec
ognized as an offense punishable by
political decapitation.
And so, in the herculean effort to
defeat Ward in the coming election,
the combine is resorting to every
method, no matter what, to put in
his place a machine-made official, who
is expected to be as plant as clay
in the hands of the potter.
Humiliating it is to admit that the
representative in congress of the proud
Los Angeles district is engaged now,
and working to the limit of his energy
and ability, in helping to defeat Hon
est Ben Ward, and doing this by COM
mand of bis corporate masters. But
McLachlan evidently feels that by thus
bartering his manhood and loyalty to
the people he may continue in congress
until the crack of doom, If he should
live so long
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

and will no. be contented because she
hath It not. She sought freedom from
marriage bonds; she has It, and it
proves Dead Sea apples, crumbling to
ashes In her hands. instead of home
and q man to protect and love her
which every real woman craves-she
must "sit at a typewriter and pound
keys all day long" She finds truly that
Nature did not intend her for q cell
bate, and the machine Is a poor sub
stitute for the cradle; the office is n
wretched excuse for the home. Nature
demands its debt; one cannot serve
God and mammon.
But this girl is wrong when she
blames man for her continuance in this
business grind. He may be somewhat
at fault; the average man thrown with
the average business woman-positive,
self-assertive. physiological and indif-
ferent-is not especially charmed by
her. For in taking on something OF
masculnity. she has inevitably lost
some Of her own sex's delicacy, tender
ness and bloom. But she herself has
done much by her fierce, sharp and
unbuslnesslike competition to take mar
riage out of the range of possibility
for many OF the sterner sex. Too otter
living at home, she works for compen-
sation far below that which q married
pair must have to her, 1t is pin money
to him, it means a living for two. She
has brought salaries down to q merely
existence level, and has left man no
remain single.
There is no gainsaying this. quar-
ter of century ago good bookkeeper
compounded 800 even as a minimum
today scores are working men and
women, for $3.50 up per week Clerks
formerly received $15 a week where
$3.50 is paid now. Stenographers used
to be in demand, from $100 up to their
own figures; now they take $5 a week
and are satisfied Can man compete
with these prices, and then take unto
himself a wife? Hardly. So they get
as good jobs as they can for them
selves, and live without the feminine
companion whom God intended for
them, the while she eats out her heart
and her life in vain effort to snare him,
meanwhile finding the very situation,
that she has created, "hell."
Nature, in the end, rights her own
wrongs; be it sooner or later, the great
law of compensation prevails. Woman
within quarter of a century has upset
the plan of the ages, and has attempted
to take the places of the sterner sex,
for which God never intended her. She
finds it only "hell." She has discovered
this for herself, after bitter travail and
Disappointment; her airy dream OF
freedom" is-but a hideous nightmare
of industrial slavery. Is she now ready
to see the dawn Of a new day by re-
turning to her realt place as mans
queen instead Of his competitor?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
WOMANS HIGHER SPHERE

Up in Chicago, the town of freaks,
lately one Miss Elizabeth Magic, an
office girl, publicly offered to sell her.
self to the highest bidder among the
men-for why? Because she was
aweary of the ceaseless grind of pound
ing a typewriter, which she pictur-
esquely described as hell"
And what does she offer in return
To become the purchasers wife; to
keep his house; to cook and bear chill
dren and sink herself in the duties of a
family life! She, a feminine wage
earner a bachelor girl, a new woman,
if you please; she says the pinnacle
toward which her sex has striVen for
twenty years is simply "hell," and she
will gladly go back to household drudg-
cry if some man will let her.,
The wiseacres may poke fun at Miss
Magic, but in the eternal adjustment of
things she is right, albeit pioneer.
She is a hereto but the heretics of to-
day are the saints and prophets of to-
morrow. She knows whereof she speaks
for she has been through this hell"
for years, and she gives forth the
plant from the bitterness of her own
heart.
This young woman's rebellion comes
as a clarion cry to her sex, bidding 1t
give pause; telling 1t to look back over
its two or three decades of "emancipa-
ton" and, taking stock Of itself then
and now, estimate its gains and losses.
Were the pioneers OF this "emancipa-
tion" all wrong? In freeing herself
from servitude," has she at the same
time not put herself into a worse bond
age-that OF the petty wage Garner in
stead Of the loved and honored wage
spender? That OF the fierce but hope
less competitor with man, instead Of
the ideal of his devotion?
Certainly women are showing a sur
prising amount OF discomfort with pres
ent wage-eagning conditions. The girl
worker mourneth for her lost birthright
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Benjamin Ide Wheeler, one of the
first citizens of California, denounces
i'm unmeasured terms the conduct of
civic affairs at San Francisco. In this
he but echoes the sentiment Of every
honest man i'm this state, regardless of
politics. But the expression of condem-
nation is only the beginning Of wisdom
1t will amount to nothing unless it
shall be followed by the most vigorous
action. Words are empty without
deeds. We are now i'm the midst of a
campaign against the bosses and their
graft, not only in San Francisco. but
throughout the state. The Republican
machine consists largely OF Abe Ruef
and William r. Herrin, aided ana abet-
ted by Hearst ana the Southern Paci-
iic railroad. Shall we rail against Abe
Huef the san Francisco boss and
srafter and then vote for Abe Ruef,
he Republican machine2 That's the
main question.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
The Lantern

Love went laughing by the house
With lantern in his hand
From a round of high carouse
Out l peer'd to see him pass,
Caught a flicker on the glass,
And I ask'd "a laughing lass,
One thought might understand,
Who it was went by the house
With a lantern in his hand.
So we tumbled out, we two,
And we follow'd far and steep
Until neither of us knew, t
When the birds awoke from sleep
And the sky was turning blue,
II 1t merely were the peep
OF a star across the land,
Or a will o. the wisp, with pass
OF this wand the way he few.
But he waited in the dew,
Waited laughing for us two,
While help'd the little lass;
And we saw his eyes grow deep,
And we knew our love was truo-
So when now the flashes pass
We may wholly understand
Who is watching by tho house
With u lantern In his hand.
-Wltter Bynner, In Everybody's Maga'
zine.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

It was notorious that the refugee camps
were filed with persons who had no
legitimate claim ON public support; that
the camps and squatter settlements had
been the scene of much crime. It
should not be difficult for the relief com
missioners to obtain accurate informa-
tlon respecting the character of every
person now subslsting on the fund,
though the camp commanders will tell
one that it is impossible to keep track
oe so many thousand families without
a tyrannical intrusion into their affairs.
Opportunities for Demasogues
The other day the leading spirits Of a
coterle of trouble brewers In one of the
main camps organized for the purpose
of getting quick action In the disburse-
ment of relief funds. After several vlo-
lent outbursts Of oratory they Issued q
circular to the effect that on certain
day later I'm the week, also naming the
hour all refugees should appear at the
headquarters Of the relief corporation
to receive his and her share of the few
millions of cash left on hand. AT the
hour named in the circular many
thousand anxious refugees appeared
before the headquarters, each one
struggling desperately and vallantly to
be the first one to get his allotment.
OF course there was no money to pc
dispensed. but the canard served its
purpose in allowing the demagogue
responsible for the assemblage to ad-
dress the mob. The nelghborhood soon
resounded with shouts of graft, theft
and fraud, until finally the reserves had
to disperse the crowd with their CLUBS
and threats of arrest. ID. W'C'
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

The great gold mines and the busy
new camps and towns of Southern Ne
vada, picturesquely described in to-
days Herald, mark the dawn of a
splendid future for our neighboring
state. They also link Nevada to Los
Angeles with ropes Of gold. over the
new Salt Lake line. The days Of the
old Comstock lode are revivified in
these splendid developments out on the
grim desert.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Thus far during the month of October
6SS building permits have been issued,
valued at S1,672,752. and the remaining
three days of'the month will put the
total up to $780, OOO October is never
a very active month, as 1t corresponds
With the August of eastern cities in
warmth and quiet But there arc no
really dull months in the growth Of
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Charles NJ. Schwab's proposed inva-
sion of Southern Nevada with a party
of New York capitalists ought to pro-
duce splendid results in the develop
ment Of this great mining country.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

The Evening Snooze is fighting Ben
Ward-the only paper that is The
corporations are fighting Ben Ward.
Ergo, the corporations own the snooze.
Can you beat it?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Langdon says he holds the office. If
he had stayed in it instead of chasing
rainbows his occupancy would never
have been questioned.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Ruefs main hope now rests upon a
governor. Ruef helped nominate Gill
lett. There you are.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

The Snooze has come out against Ben
Ward. obeying it's corporation mas
ters' voice, Ell?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Hearst helped put Ruef into office.
The yellow boy must bear his share of
the blame.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
Pi-Lines and Pick-UpS
HOPE

Hope
The skinny clouds blow cross the sky
And turn a grayish black:
| We rush about and gaze at 'em
! The while our breath comes slack.
They portend but simple shower,
| They promise little hope,
But even for that Httle bit
We pray and beg and grope.
You bet our sunshine Is "the goods"
We boast In phrases vain;
But just about this day and hour.
Goshl how we wish 'twould raini
Railroad passes are abolished January
l. Shoe prices are increased now. Thus
we get IL going and coming.
King Edward says he can't live on
! $500, 900 u year. He might give up
bridge and the ponies.
The president Will take the Panama
trip November 8. He can't go till he
sees Hughes beat Hearst.
Funston has been assigned to St.
Louis. In view of its pending election?
Orange--How can improve my time?
Lemon-Take it to Matchmaker
The Illinois woman suffrage conveh-
tion says: "Flatter man and feed him
Well" That's not so bad.
Sousa is writing two new quicksteps
What the politicians want is a new
sidestep.
Chicago and Boston should be friends.
Each furnishes an essential part Of the
pork and beans.
A famous musician is experimenting
with his music on cats. Getting even,
eh?
Poppy-The doctor says can't play
golf.
Magnolia--I could have told you that
Man does things on a bigger scale
than woman. She paints her face; he
paints the town.
AS marriage is place where family
jars are made is it pottery?
iron overals in which was a railroad
torpedo. He had fine funeral.
Nowadays we could use a few sim
plified spellbinders.
Palm-Are those eggs fresh laid?
Pepper-Ever hear Of an egg laid
stale?
Boni has one excuse for living; he's
the great horrible example for girls
anxious to marry O. title.
Bishop Fallows says ones morals
depend on what one eats. How hungry
some men arei
Odorless limberger Icing now fact,
let's have the odorless campaign cigar.
Castro is better, say the dispatches.
Could he have been worse?
The presidents New York house is
for rent. Must figure on another term.
San Francisco-An Appeal
o stricken city by the western sea,
Affliction seems to take you for her
own
So much has come to make you weep
and moan,
So much to bow your head in misery!
The trembling earth that writhed to be
set free;
The flame that ate your body to the
bone;
The homeless struggle that you since
have known,
And borne so bravely that the world
might see
You dauntless in your vocal these,
and more,
Have failed to cast you down or
shake your trust
In your great destiny. But now,
the worst!
Your sons turn traitor to their ma
tive shore.
And rob their mother-ravish her
in lust!
Rise up, rise up and slay them,
the acCursed!
w. H. c.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Los Angeles has a chance to avoid
San Franciscos fix by voting a non
partisan ticket.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Bell is free alike from Hearst yell
lows, Southern Pacific-Ruef contamina-
tions and all uncleanness.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Don't talk about that photograph
it can't be explained" Southern Pacific
machine orders.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
Of Los Angeles. Isl. .463

San Francisco now reaps the whirl-
wind.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Langdon "got his when he was re-
moved, and he had it coming to him
too.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

How does Gillett like his main sup
port, Abe Ruef, now?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Certainly, Abe Ruef helped name Gil
lett. Will Gillett help Ruef, if elected ?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Gillett owes his nomination to Ruef.
VIII Ruef owe his pardon. to Gillett?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

"Gillett and Abe Ruefs PARDON
The new Republican ticket.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28

Ruef and Gillett; Hearst and Herrin
California's quartet of disgraces.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-28
sam FRANCISCO NOW A sEETHINe CALDRoN

Hopeless Police Recognized
Dishonesty Of the City Administration
Special Now EvenI