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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
Evolution Better Than a Convention.

If the Black Belt or any other section of this state desires to prevent the holding of a constitutional convention that it cannot control, it should favor a free submission of constitutional propositions. Mississippi has unwisely refused to secure constitutional changes, and the result is a well-organ- ized movement in favor of a constitu- tional convention. An active campaign of that nature was recently planned iu a convention held at Hattiesburg.
 Constitutional conventions are ex- pensive and sometimes they are radi- cal and even revolutionary. It is much better to prevent them, as the people of Louisiana do, by submitting consti- tutional propositions freely. There is no responsibility involved in the sub mission of a constitutional question, for the decision rests with and upon
  tutional convention in Louisiana, be- cause about dozen constitutional changes are put before the people at each general election. This keeps the fundamental law in touch with public sentiment, and no law, says Justice Brewer. is of value that does not have public sentiment behinddt.
 The legislature of Alabama could readily submit dozen interesting con stitutional questions relating to the suffrage, to public education, to uni formity in taxation and representation, fo the fees of officials, and to other soutroyerted questions. All such Ques'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
Recrudescence of Iamss Wilson.

The effete east is endeavoring to re- vive and restore the fame of James Wilson who sat in the secret sessions of the handful of men that framed ihe federal constitution. He was then a Philadelphia lawyer, and his clients were the Napoleons of finance of that early day. Later on he was made justice of the supreme court, and later on he became involved in the land speculations of Robert Morris. Those speculations turned out so poorly that Wilson asked to be assigned to the Southern circuit. He died in North Carolina not long afterwards.
 He did write no small part of the fed, eral constitution. He was ever an un- popular man, one that held the masses in contempt. He was, in short, fed eralist, and to his advice and efforts are due no doubt the provisions in the constitution directed against direct popular action. The basic principle uf the federalists who made the constitu- tion was contempt for the people. The federalists believed in caste and class rule, and they attempted to provide for the selection of presidents, senators and judges without direct popular action. James Wilson led and advised them. ;. He was born in England, and ne never believed in popular rule. No more did the other federalists, who were the forbears of the present repub- lican party of today, which wants a minimum of popular government and a maximum of machine rule.
 When the federalists were swept aside by Jefferson and the real demo- crats, James Wilson was dismissed from the public mind, and the work he did has been to a considerable extent undone. Presidents are now selected by the people, senators soon will be, and after while the life-iudge prob ably will be eliminated.
 If James Wilson is to be set up as a statesman, jurist or hero, then indeed federalism and all it implies should come into favor, and Tom Jefferson should be sde-tracked, and caste and class rule reestablished. The trusts are but modern form of the old the ories of'the federalists, and James Will son may be said to have been the first trust lawyer that afflicted the country If he is to be canonized, then let us have federalism and all the silk-stock ing ideas that sprang from distrust of the people. A plutocracy and the machine are but modern forms of the old ideas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
BiRMINGHAM'S PAVING.
rom the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register
 The Birmingham paving plan provides that the cost of paving shall be assessed aganist the abutting property, the city not paying anything; and the result of this is that any street or section or all streets and sections of the city may be taken in hand for improvement, as fast as the property is ready to stand the ex- pense, whereas, according to the Mobile law, only so much work can be done as is in keeping with the city's ability 10 pay for paving the intersection of streets. We have used up four years in getting some eight or ten miles of pavement. and in less than this time Birmingham is paved all over, and is daily enjoying the advantage of having good streets. Mobile ought to have the Birmingham law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
SOME STORIES OF cALvE.
The Singer Is a Magnetic, Fascinating
 and lmpulsive Woman.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Mme. Calve has been engaged before several times, in fact, if reports are true. would be married to Henri Cain, the sweetheart of her youth. Then Cain married another, and it was declared Calves heart was not unscathed
 Mme. Calve is a good deal of mystic. On her mental shelf she has statue of Buddha as a decorative accessory. She believes in previous state of existence. Evidence of this, belief is found in re- mark once made by her to a sister prima donna who has an extraordinarily large repertory.
 Said Mime. Calve to her one day:
 "Think of my good luck in having made one opera so completely my own that I hardly ever have to sing anything else! It is in my own language, too. There you are, obliged to sing in three languages in order to keep Up your repertory. Mon Dieul how you have to work! Perhaps in easy time of it, and now you have to make up for 1t, or perhaps you were very wicked and are now atoning for it." This was all said in absolute seriousness.
 One of Calves greatest embodiments of suffering is in the last act of 'Sarhc,' when the heroine, convinced that the good of the man she loves demands the sacri- flee of her love, sits down and writes a farewell letter to him as he lies asleep on the sofa beside her; then, putting on her cloak, she takes a last, long look at him and leaves him forever.
 Calve said several years ago: T regret with all my heart and soul that I ever chose the career that has made me what I am I know nothing in the world more sad than the day after a premiere. One has lived in a fever for weeks, sometimes for months, ones nerves are strained to the utmost, and the day after, no mat ter how brilliant success may have been won, one asks ones self, is that all? And the day seems long, empty. and disap- pointing. The only happiness I know is when am at home with the peasants of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
REMEMBER, l REMEMBER
By Thomas Hood.

By Thomas Hood. I remember, I remember
 The house where was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn. He never came wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day; But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away! l remember, remember
 The roses, red and white, The violets, and the lily-cups- Those flowers made of light! The lilacs where the robin built And where my brother set The laburnum on his birthday The tree is living yet! remember, remember
 Where I was used to swing. And though the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then. That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow! l remember, I remember
 The fir trees dark and high; l used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky. It was childish ignorance,
 But now tis little joy To know r m farther off frop Heaven Than when I was boy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
FAMOUS TAVERN GONE

cushion, known to the household as "Abe's chair" The old chair is still in the possession of the Kelley family, one of its most cherished heirlooms.
 During the latter days of his circuit rid irg, and while travelins from town 10 town on his campaigning tours, the visits o. MT. Lincoln became famous for im- promptu political gatherings. Often Lin- coin would sit for hours in the barroom O. the tavern, expounding his views 10 the crowds assembled to hear him. Mr. Kelley frequently asserted that Lincoln was one of the few guests of the place who never patronized the bar. This was rare, for ''good'' whisky, brought from the Wabash country by an itinersnt preacher, sold over the bar for S7ls cents gallons and practically every man, in- cluding the ministers and school teach- CTS took his dram.'' The old tavern played an important part in the social life of the community. Here during the winter months assembled all the young people for miles around to dance and enjoy themselves. In the yard were held the turkey shoots on Thanks giving and Christmas, when the pioneers assembled to prove their wonderful skill with their old muzzle-loading firearms. Whisky on these occasions flowed freely, and some famous fights have occurred about the old building, but for the 1oyt past the early settler was good naturcd, even in his cups, and no serious damage was done in these encounters
 With the coming of the railroads and the passing of the stage coach the old tavern suffered lamentable falling off in business, and after a precarious existence it was closed and the. building became the home of a tenant farmer. Later 1t was used for the storage of grain and farm implements. Falling into decay, it has at last been torn down, after an eds- tence of seventy-five years, many of it's timbers going into the new barn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
Miss Emerson's Wit.

During her first starring season, Mary Emerson who presents His Majesty and the Maid' at the Jefferson, had in her company an actor, who seemed to have great difficulty in remembering his lines, long after every one else had dispensed with his part, and was perfecting hint self in the detail work. Day after day he had to be prompted. Finally at one oi the rehearsals, Miss Emerson remonstrat- ed with him, saying:
 Really, MT. Jones, it is time that you had learned that part"
 why" replied Jones impatiently, T know that part backward
 Now" answered Miss Emerson, sweet ly. isn't 1t too bad, MT. Jones that you learned it backward, because, really, it Is no use to us at all that way. If you had only learned it frontward 1t would have been all right"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
FACT WORTH KNOWING,
From the New Press.

From the New Press.
 Most of the pulmonary troubles come from cold or wet feet. Keep your feet warm and dry, and you can stand a great deal of exposure. Motormen tell me that they never suffer from frozen or chilled feet because they put powdered sulphur in their shoes or socks. This Is worth knowing. Some prefer it in their shoes, while others sift it in their socks Take your choice I knew a farmer who put teaspoonful of red pepper in his snoes every winter morning before go- Ing out to. his labors, and he never suf- Tered from cold. He knew nothing of the uses of sulphur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The best way never to settle question is to go to law about it.
 Even bald-headed men have the nerve to critcise the way others part their hair. About all you have to do to make people hate anything is to tell them it Is health full
 When a girl shakes hands with man either she is afraid he will squeeze her fingers or that he won't.
 A man always tries to make out that ir is much worse for woman to have a pet dog than for him to have bad habit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
ALABAMA PRESS

Talladega Reporter: WelIman should do like Peary, go after that pole, or say less.
 Gurley Herald: An apple crop of S6,12o 900 barrels make the consumer wonder why he has to pay orange prices for them.
 Montgomery Times: Mathematics some- times do queer stunts. Mormon Smith might figure out, for instance, that 49 really means 23.
 Gadsden Times-News: Hereafter no palor expedition will be considered well equipped unless it has an abundant sup ply of canned dog.
 Montgomery Advertiser: The Indiana woman who complains that her husband wads up $50 and s1OO bills and pelts her with them should provide herself with a fiy-net. Then she could catch the wads.
 Sheffield Standards Alabama has a surplus in the state treasury, where, un- der law it must remain, instead of being loaned to the banks on interest Better still the tax rates should be reduced so that there would be no surplus, leaving the money in the pockets of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
PASS NO BAR.

From the Chicago Re .cord-Herald.
 That railroad company is not immune from liability for dariages when a person travelling on a pass s injured in wrecil was the decision of the appellate court yesterday. The ruli ng was given in a suit brought by Geor ge B. Purvis, an em- ploye of the Pennsy9 yania Railroad com pany who was given Judgment for $S,0Ot in suit against thasN larrier for injuries sustained while goirt cfrom Chicago to Erie on a pass in w hich it was stipulated that the company was exempt from all risk of accidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

tions should be laid before the people for determination. The framers of the constitution so planned, for they made the~adoption of amendments feasible and practicable A majority of the vote cast upon any proposition determines it's fate-not majority of the votes cast at a general election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
BIRMINGHAM, CONVENTION CITY
From the Cullman Tribune.

Birmingham is coming to the front as a convention city. The Southern Lumber Dealers annual convention will meet there January s, 1907, and the Southern Cotton association which has hitherto held its hold the next one in Birmingham. Janu- ary IT, IS and 19, and doubtless there will be other notable gatherings Birmingham is public spirited and hospitable in enter taining her guests and Is getting her name up in more ways than as a great mineral metropolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

 w week to make room for a barn, there passed one of the Famous old hos
 telres of Illinois. Built in 1889, the old tavern became the stopping place of all west-bound travellers, it being the only hotel between Danville and Urbana on the state road.
 For years it enjoyed great popularity, especially during it's ownership by Joseph
 Kelley who operated it from 1s49 untie 1864. During the sos it was the regular l stopping place of the old-time circuit rid- | ing lawyers, among whom were Abraham
 Lincoln and Judge David Davis. Roth Lincoln and Davis were warm friends of Kelley, whose ready wit and great fund of stories made him a favorite with both | men, Kelley was a great story-te'ler, and during the months intervening be- l tween the April and September terms of | court he searched assiduously for new | stories to tell Abe" When Lincoln and the retinue of circuit-riding lawyers and
 judge arrived Kelley was in his glory. Out on the long porch of the hotel or be- fore the immense fireplace he and Lin | eoln would sit for hours swapping stories" to the delight of the other law 1 yers.
 Often Lincolns coming, being heralded about the surrounding country. drew scores of farmers to the hotel, and not in- | frequently residents of Urbana drove down to enjoy the contest between tho two great story-tellers. However well equipped with new material was MT. | Kelley, he always found himself van | quished by MT. Lincoln, whose fund of anecdotes seemed inexhaustible. Old resi- I dents say that the two champions fre- quently told stories almost all night,
 Lincoln sitting in an immense arm chair. with wide rockers and a buffalo robe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
EVEN SHE.

EVEN SHE. This morning when I sought the muse To crave an interview, Because l thought her presence might Inspire a rhyme or two, l met her coming down the steps In stunning hat and gown The fairest maid on shopping bent
 Who ever went to town. She said she really couldn't do A thing-rd have~to wait. At Blanks two-dollar silks were marked A dollar ninety-elght.
 A Connecticut couple eloped and hur- ried back home to milk the cows. Ro- nance, where art thou?
 Cherub No 4S cost Joseph F. Smith an even $500.
 Trial kisses would be all right If they didn't suit they could be returned \ LAUNDRYMAN SINGS. I wonder yes, I wonder
 If I'll ever see
 Some collars from the White House Marked W. J. B.
 A Georgia editor Is going to enter the pulpit. Surely he is not looking for more money? DON'T EAT TOO MUCH. Thanksgiving spread, A week in bed.
 When opportunity knocks on some men S doors they are out having a good time Write your letter to Santa Claus now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Aveyron, among whom I was born. I receive one-half million francs for tour of eight months in the United States. but the days are long in the American hotels, whereas in Aveyron they pass only too Quickly,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

The angels of the republican party are J. P. Morgan, J. D. Rockefeller, John w. Gates and other men of that persuasion, including Chauncey M. Depew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
ON THE MOVE.

From the Chicago News. Eva-There goes Willie Bluffem. He
 boasts that he travels in the best of so- ciety
 Jack-Yes, and the faster he travels the
 better it is for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
.ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES.

fir every town were like Pittsburg.
 I would have a cinch," remarked
 the devil when asked over the te1e- phone for an interview. ''I am also pleased to hear that Chicago is getting worse, a state of affairs which surpasses my fond est hopes. Chicago and Pittsburg are dear to my heart, but don't think for a moment that have forgotten New York. In the early days I loved to loaf in San Francisco during the night hours, but at present conditions are so unsettled there that ones opportunities to enjoy tinseled pleasures are somewhat limited. I am having one of my lieutenants to look aft ger the ring. Graft is cheap vice that does not appeal to my aesthetic tempera- ment. Yes, I necessarily spend most of my time in Chicago and Pittsburg, altho even find difficulty in breathing the smoke of those towns.-You will have to excuse me from further talk. I hear a party of milionaires and chorus girls at the gates. think they came in an auto mobile"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

An artist says that high heels are pretty only when they are not in use. What weight has the opinion of mere artist against a decree of Dame Fash ion?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

James ]. Hill says the country needs 150,000 more miles of railway track. Why not make it that many miles of improved waterways?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Cuba is said to be harboring a spirit of unrest. She should part with it at the first opportunity, for Uncle Sam has gone to the island to stay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

New Orleans Times-Democrat Signor Caruso, Count Boni de Castellane and Maxim Gorky might collaborate on an interesting book to be entitled: What We Think of America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

rift in the Fairbanks heavens shows Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt estranged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

What with MT. Cleveland's book ol, outdoor sports and Mark Twain's auto biography, the public is supplied with plenty of good reading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

The tramp is faced this winter at every turn by men offering him em- ployment. He considers this the worst winter he has ever known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27
Turkeys Are Boosting High.

Thanksgiving Day comes on apace, and the cost of the Thanksgiving din ner is in the national mind. The At lanta Georgian has investigated the subject, and it presents, the cost of it, as follows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

The Chicago Record-Herald says the single republican member of the legis- lature in Alabama will not be wined or dined by the lobbyists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Goyernor-elect Higgins of Rhode Island is getting ready to fight Nelson w. Aldrich, whose other name is standard Oil"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

The price of turkeys seems disin- clined to seek popular level. It is evidently trying to reach a notch out of the reach of the masses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

The steamer Roosevelt, with the brave Peary on board, limped into Sydney, N. s., but it will not engage there more dogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

A soap trust wouldn't go in Great Britain, although any sort of trust will go in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Young John D. Rockefeller should deliver his famous address entitled Great Wealth Leads to Sin" at No. 26 Broadway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Chauncey M. Depew clipped in $250O and John D. Rockefeller $50O0 to the campaign fund of the New York repub- licans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Chairman Shonts now bosses every thing at the isthmus except the Chagres river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Honolulu is planning to have Pan Pacific fair. Suggestions for name to give the Pike are in order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

A Japanese navy is to sail around the world. Let us hope it's commander will be feeling well when it reaches San Francisco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Pittsburg has a graft trust TROUBLES OF BOOKWORM It's pretty hard to cheer up when You somehow don't feel cheerful It's difficult to weep when you Are far from being fearful. These things are hard, but harder still To wear a look of pleasu1g When baby makes a bonfire of volume that you treasure Dr. Eliot slaps football on the wrist, as it were. After all. Enrico, 1t was but monkey shine.
 Congress has investigated everything I have anything to do with."-secretary Taft. Don't boast, Bill.
 NO USE GO do your Christmas shopping now Advice like that doth weary A flabbergasted rhymer who Hath not a sou, my dearie. An old story retold-the average joke.
 CHEER UP. Kind reader, should we fail to please You with our gift of verse, Console yourself by thinking that It could not be much worse.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

While we are getting a Greater Bir- mingham, Berlin will strive to gather in it's suburbs until it has three mil lions of people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

If Thanksgiving came after Christ mas, turkeys would make acceptable Christmas presents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

David B. Hill still insists that the re- ports of his approaching demise are greatly exaggerated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Peary did not object to dog meat, but he was sorry to lose his dogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Lillian Bell thinks she knows why bachelors are grafters, and she tells why in book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Washington Herald: Birmingham Ala. complains that it's water rents are too high. What Louisville cannot understand is why any one should want to rent wa ter, anyhow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Castro and Caruso should star to- gethers What the one lacks the other can supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Jim Hills iron-ore melon is the big gest of which there is any record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

At the hour of going to press Boni had accepted none of the jobs offered him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

American heiresses who buy titles should adopt Mrs. Parsons trial-mar- riage scheme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Anna Gould will acknowledge that the school of experience is expensive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

How I Lost My Savings is featured in a well known periodical. We never did care much for those hard luck stories
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Oklahoma will send an Indian to the Senatae if it can find one that is a millionaire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS. A little laughing as you go A little work and play, A little harmless hoping just To while the time away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

The silence of the Hon. Thomas D. Watson is oppressive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Washington Post: Carl ,Shacklees of Summerield, O., is 15 years old and weighs 4SS pounds. On a lid he would make MT. Taft look like paper weight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-27

Peary stood ready to divide his last dog with his men.