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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
HaIe,s Impressions.

"Birminghams possibilities are unim- ited." remarked George c. Hale of Kan sas City. q have travelled over the world. In the United States from the Pacific to the Atlantic and from the shores of the Gulf of Mexico to the most remote cor ner of the country. In my opinion Bir- mingham has the greatest future of any city in the country.
 Tt might be asked why l make such an assertion. I do so from personal ob- servation and what I believe to be a thorough knowledge of conditions here and elsewhere Since my stay here. examln- ing and Investigating fire conditions from every point of view, have been over the city. This afternoon I was en route to North Birmingham with former Chief Thad Mullln saw charcoal fire in the woods and two blocks further away saw $l0,000 residence in course of con struction. Such conditions prevail all round the city A condition of this kind means that the district and city are pros porous, and the citizens are in an ex- cellent financial condition.
 There is no reason why Birmingham should not within the next few years out distance all competitors in the iron and steel market. The mountains hereabouts have ore that will assay from so to 90 per cent pure. Steel can be manufactured at a less cost than anywhere in the coun- trVH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Joel Chandler Harris.


 Evelyn Harris. formerly city editor Of the Atlanta Constitution. is now special agent of the Southern Bell Telephone company, and his duties lie in seven states. He spent yesterday in Birming- ham. My father" he said yesterday refuses to consider himself an old man even if the school children do insist upon celebrating his birthday anniversary He is but 57 years old and his health and strength are as good as they ever have been.
 He does no newspaper work nowadays and he finds all the work he cares to do in the magazine and book field. All of his books sell steadily, even the first volume of Uncle Remus stories being in good demand"
 Mr. Harris has three brothers, two of whom are doing newspaper work, while one Is in politics The last named holds a position in the court house. He also has two sisters just grown to woman hood, both being under twenty years of age.
 Mr. Harris is son of Joel Chandler Harris who is beloved in all parts of the south, and who was recently honored in so signal a manner by the President of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
Won't Need 'Em.

The action of the democratic state ex- ecutive committee with reference to the election of alternate senators has set a prominent young man of this city to dreaming and if his dream signifies any thing Alabama will not need alternate senators for some years to come. MT R. W. Cobb in quoting this young man with reference to the dream, which is somewhat like Rip Van Wrinkles exper- fence, said
 q dreamed that I left Birmingham and was gone for quite a number of years and on my return found the city entirely changed. To my dismay I found that all but few of the generation l had known were dead. I approached a person stand ing on the street corner to question him and we had been talking but few min utes when five hearses passed along.
 Whose funeral is that?" I asked.
 That is the funeral of five of our prom inent citizens," was the reply.
 And who are the dead?" l went on.
 "The first hearse contains the body of John B. Knox, the second W. c. Oates, the third Joseph r. Johnston, the fourth Rufus N. Rhodes and the last Jesse Stall ings." was the answer.
 tThe names sounded familiar and after a few moments reflection pointed to two old gray-haired gentlemen walking brislSy beside one of the hearses, and l inquired who they were"
 "Oh, the one nearest us is E. w. Pettus and the other is John T. Morgan was the answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
hlahama,s Railroad MlIeaae.

On New Years day Alabama had Ae7o miles of railroad in operation, standing in that respect seventeenth in inc list of states. The only south ern states that outrank Alabama are Georgia. which has 6541 miles of rail road, and Texas, which has ll,9Sl miles,
 Texas is alone outranked by Illinois. The two states are neck-and-neck, H. linols having ten miles more. The area of Illinois is 56,650 square miles; Ala bama has 52,250 square miles. The size of the two states is nearly alike, and yet Illinois railroad mileage is 11.94. while A.abama's is but 4672. In order to bring our mileage up to that of Illinois. our railroads would have to be nearly trebled in length.
 Railroad mileage cannot, of course, be based on square miles of surface. fl is necessarily based on population and industrial activity. These create traffic and traffic, present or pros pective. is what builds railroads.
 If we can fill Alabama full of peo- ple-if we can cultivate all the state instead of one-third of tiff we can attract hither industries of all sorts' Alabama will yet need as many rail roads as Illinois has today
 No one believes the limit of railway construction has been reached In this country. We have all told 2l7,2oo miles. If the country were equipped with railroads up to the New Jersey standard it would have SS9,7O5 miles. The Illinois basis calls for 672,O00 miles: the Pennsylvania basis for 7o6,- 25O miles, and the Massachusetts basis for 770,705 miles. There are some Who think there may yet be million miles of railroad in the country, and in that case Alabama's quota would be fully 10000 miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
Tariff Revision East and West.

Tn Iowa Governor Cummins has long favored tariff revision, and the republicans of his state stand behind him. The new governor of Massa- chusetts. Curtis Guild Jr, was in- augurated last week, ana in his ln- augural he said:
 'Through the conventions of her two great parties. through her general court and governor, members have already de- manded from the national government the construction of a tariff framed to meet the lines of the modern completion Members ask the removal of such duties as are now needless, the reduction of such duties as were once just. but now are excessive of the United States by more friendly trade treaties with other nations Massachusetts asks no exclu- sive favors Massachusetts stands at the council board of the nation, not as a broken beggar. whimperng for aims, but as a strong man demanding action from his peers.''
 When Iowa in the west and Massa- chusetts ill the east demand tariff re- vision, it is plain the careers of the beneficiares of the Dingley tariff have nearly run their robber course. Re vision cannot safely be delayed be- yond the present Congress, and if it be postponed beyond the first session of the next Congress it will become the chief issue of 1908 and the cleo ton of that year both for president and for members of Congress will turn upon it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

leeted by the United States and i'm pounded in New York bank. Only small part of the moneys collected by this country in Dominican custom houses is held back for the payment of debts, the rest going to the Domin- iean government to meet running ex- penses.
 President Morales, who signed the treaty for Santo Domingo, has run away, and the name of the new pres ident is scarcely known The valid- fly of the present government is as uncertain as it's maintenance.
 io say nothing about our right to collect revenues in Santo Domingo. t.s.-ls our sn.ps ol "es. neS.. -o ward off revolutions, there is the still more vexatious problem as to the dis position of the money collected. To whom shall we pay the money? The treaty with Santo Domingo is not treaty because it has not been ratified by the Senate, and Congress has in no way authorized the work assumed by the administration in Santo Do mingo.
 The entire business constitutes as it stands a very considerable govern - ntal muddle, and unless the Senate ratifes or rejects the pending treaty it is difficult to see any way out of it. The tangle is wholly due to the precipitancy of the administration, and it is safe to say that it Is embar- assed no little by the strange and un- precedented features of the situation. That situation will become all the more embarrassing when the creditors of Santo Domingo begin to demand money payments on their claims, the most of which have been well watered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

to stand pat on Dingley rates, Ger many's new retaliatory tariff will go into effect in March, and our second best customer will be to some extent lost. Great Britain is our best GUS toner, and Germany has stood next.
 Germany now proposes to do busl- ness on a reciprocity basis, and if the standpatters in Congress throw away her great trade they should in all fairness make up the sum to th.s country. The loss thus inflicted by them will be over three hundred mil lion dollars, and we will sensibly feel the loss of that amount of business. We may sell them cotton as hereto. fore, but we will not be able to sell them provisions, breadstuffs, oils and the like to the extent of last year The blow will fall heavily on the farmers of the northwest.
 The standpatters are selfish and grasping to the limit, and when our great trade with Germany is cut down the country will at any rate have an object lesson in Dingleyism. Out of fear that they will lose some of the the standpatters propose to defeat any attempt to make a reel procity treaty with Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
ELAN ENDORSED

The Mobile Item: The state democratic executive committee at it's meeting in Montgomery yesterday placed itself on record as favoring the election ot united States senators by popular vote. ms N a step in the right direction. rms elec- tion of successors to Senators Morgan and Pettus may be question incidental to this action, but this is matter or secondary importance to that Of giving practical endorsement to the popular method of electng United States senator's a political move which must have an im- netus from somewhere and be pushed forward vigorously by it's advocates in averv stale with the ultimate end in view of securing an amendment to the constitution of the United States provd- ing that the members of the upper house of Congress shall be chosen directly by the people of each state. Any senator elected, in any state on the plan adopted by the Alabama committee should stand pledged, if elected, to vote in the United States Senate for an amendment to the federal constitution which shall meet the demand for the election of senators by the voters themselves.
 No state in the union today is better represented than Alabama in>the United States Senate. Morgan and Pettus may have their peers but their superiors can not be found in any two senators repre- senting a state. and so long as they are in the Senate the interests of not only of Alabama but that of the democratic party of the country will be most ably cham pioned, and upon the floor of the Senate the principle of the election of senators by the people, directly instead of by the legislatures. indirectly, will be found two senators capable of auickening this move ment toward its final consummation.
 Sylacauga Progress: The action of the state democratic executive committee meets the hearty approval of The Pro- gress in every particular, and this paper has no kick" The senatorship proposi- tion was the most important question be- fore the committee, and that was handled admirably well. We cannot overlook the fact that our two United States senators are old men Yet they are able, and will faithfully represent the state. if permitted to do so, until the end of their lives. Ger tain 1t is that they cannot live always. and 1t was well to provide against their pass ing away.
 Now the people are to be permitted to express choice as to who shall succeed Morgan and Pettus in case the end of their existence shall cause vacancies. This Is well.
 Centreville Press: Senator Pettus need have little fear of opposition, the old sol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
DOVER BEACH.

By Matthew Arnold. The sea is calm tonight The tide is full the moon lies fair Upon the straits-on the French coast the
 light Cleans and is gone; the cliffs of England
 stand Glimmering and vast, out'in the tranquil
 bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night
 air. Only, from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon-blanchd
 land, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back,
 and fling, At their return. up the high strand, Begin and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the Aegean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and/ flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound thought, Hearing it by the distant northern sea The Sea of Faith Was once too. at the full, and round
 earth's shore Lay like the folds of bright girdle
 furl'd But now I only hear It melancholy, long. withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind. down the vast edges
 drear And naked shingles of the world. An, love, let us be true To one another. for the world, which
 seems To lie before us like a land, of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor
 light. Nor certitude, nor peace nor help for pain: And we are here as on darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle
 and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
Three Hundred Millions.

A recent report of the department of commerce and labor shows that our trade with Germany in the last fiscal year aggregated over three hundred million dollars. We bought from Germany goods to the value of S1S,- O00, ,000, and we sold to the Germans goods worth 100000.
 It is this great trade that will be cut down. if not cut off, early in March, unless the administration and Congress. modify in reciprocity treaty DingIey rates. If we continue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
Georqia Field Trials.

''I was never in more delightful com munity than is Waynesboro, Ga, and never in my life met more hospitable peo- pie than the Georgians are" said T. T. Ashford, who had just returned from the Georgia town, where he was the judge in the Georgia Field Trial clubs annual meet.
 From a sportsman's viewpoint, the meet was very successful. A number of fine dogs were entered, and some fine records were made. The Georgia quail shooters are ardent sportsmen, and a great deal of interest was taken in the meet.
 ''But l was more impressed with the cordialty of the Waynesboro people than anything else in Georgia. The genuine an- tebellum hospitality is still dispensed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
A LIVELY CATCH.

From Harpers Weekly.
 Mrs. S.--"And so you are leaving us Bridget? And what are you going to do?"
 Brdget-"Please, num- I'm going to get married"
 Mrs. S.-'Dear me! Isn't that rather sudden? Who is the happy man?"
 Bridget-"Do you remember, mum, me askin you about four weeks ago to go to the funeral of friend? Well, 1 do bs goin to marry the corpse's husband. Sure, he told me then I wuz the life O the party"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

From the New York Press.
 When woman trusts Her husband it is sign she doesn't let him know it.
 People can be friends as long as they don't try to prove anything to each other.
 Generally girl picks out the wrong man to fall in love with once; but the man does 1t a hundred times.
 Lots more bachelors would become hus- bands if their married friends weren't always trying to convince them that it isn't all misery.
 The difference between a man and a woman with money is that she can have just as much fun spending ten dollars as a hundred if she can spend every cent of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Congressman Underwood sends as- surances that the building of a me teoroligical station in Fountain Heights park will be begun on July l. This will be big gain to this city and district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE. WORLD

if oMEHow, I always feel sorry "0O for the man who has never
 Z had a nickname" remarked Col Bif. "It means that his friends are few. that he has been denied the charm of fellowship and comraderie that bright ems the lives of more fortunate men. He may be great. he may be famous and dwell on the heights but there is void in his life If there is no term of affection by which he is known among his intl- mates. Often nickname is sense1ess, often it is foolish and absurd, but 1t is priceless. What a host of pleasant reeol- lections hover about the names that are bestowed sometimes in jest and cling to a man through llfei They recall golden moments spent in the companlonship of genial fellows; they attest a mans popu- larity and prove his worth. A nickname given in hate is to be feared, but nick name given in affection Is to be cherished for life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

The Sultan of Turkey has been asked to grant constitution also. It is in the air, and the business was be- gun in the tail end of the eighteenth century by France and the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

The delegates to Algeciras are get ting final instructions. and they read in favor of peace, and yet battleships are being concentrated there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Russias raid in the Far East cost her trifle over billion dollars, not to mention her losses in territory, prestige trade and ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Iz Durham has resigned in a public manner his bosship by asking his foi- lowers to make the best terms they can with the other fellows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

The chances are that Miss Alice Roosevelt is thinking more about get ting married than the President is about the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
Sante Domingo Affairs.

Under the treaty made with the mulatto republic-but not ratified over a million dollars has been col.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
ONE TEST.

From the New York Herald.
 Contemporary asks, "Can gentleman swear?' Step on his eorns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Rogers is up against the New York supreme court, and it will be strange indeed if he can trihe with it, or baffle it in any way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

It has been suggested that the Osler plan be applied to trust magnates who do not answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

The White House cook quit in huff during the holidays. This coun- try is still a democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

The Krupp works are going along quietly, and this signifies a peaceful conclusion at Algeeiras.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

The winter still hesitates to become severe and trying, and its opportunity is slipping away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Speaker Joe Cannon is the Ameri- can Doubassoff, and he has good sized beet-sugar insurrection on his hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Mrs. Minor Morris seems destined to become almost as prominent as Mri. Chadwick was.
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diers and the sons of these old soldiers who fought with him on many field of battle are not ready to turn him down. The nervy politician who goes up against him is going to find that he has an op- ponent worthy of his steel. His opponent need not come to Bibb for consolation.
 Mobile Item: Morgan and Pettus are not weddings, seeking sympathetic tears. As the News says they are 'alive and ac- tive" and they are not wearing dead mems shoes. So alive and active, in fact tbey not only expect reelection, but so much so they expect to live long enough to laugh at their friends who are busy ing themselves< filling two pairs of old shoes with eye water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

A musical comedy may yet be writ ten about H. H. Rogers and E. H. liar rlman, the leading comedians of high finance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

charges made by 1t at an earlier time. On that occasion MT. B. B. Conner, by a stroke of the pen, riddled the vicious and vitiating accusations made by the Advertiser precisely as MT. Moore and Captain Roden have, by their fore going statements, demolished the charges presented by the Advertiser in this case.
 In conclusion, 1t is sufficient to state that the representative of The Age-Her- aid is quite content to rest his reputation for accuracy and rectitude upon the testi- mony of men like MT. Moore and Captain Roden.
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Russia needs money as badly as she needs reform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Since Senator Depew has been "unavoid- ably detained" Andrew Carnegie and Mark Twain have been working overtime to Keep the country in good humor. Both gentlemen are first class humorists. The only difference is that Mark is a professional and Andrew is only an anna tetlr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Mir Bryan will come home a datto. So long as he does not become duke all is we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Rogers defies all supreme courts, state or national. He seems to think he owns them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Birmingham is proud of her home made trolley car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

It is said wine will prevent appen- dicitis, so will cold pison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13
LIFTS SUNSHINE. Little rills of laughter
 Flowing from the heart Help a man to labor
 And to do his part.

The robins will soon go north and base ball teams from the north will wing their way to the south for the annual spring practice.
 Birmingham department store re- gently distributed about 10000 pocket mir TOTS, each bearing a different number. The number of each mirror and the GUS toner to whom it was given were regis tered for the purpose of distributing prizes to those holding winning numbers. A citizen recently had two coats stolen and the only clue left behind by Rallies was one of these souvenirs. The citizen Is now trying to locate the thief by look ing up the list of persons holding mirrors and the number opposite each name. You see the drift, of course Make way, Sher- lock Holmes, for real detective! A WORD TO THE LADY PHILAN-
 THRoPIST. While building homes for errant cats And dogs out in the cold, Don't overlook the children dear If we may make so bold. Iue 1dCt ludl " lllldlil 1NdHuOlpii iitdfst shot a lion in Mexico tends to strengthen the belief that he has designs on the presidency
 Before the Senate starts to curb the President it would be well to find some one who Is willing to bell the cat
 DOESN'T LOSE ANY. Why is the old owl deemed so wiser Faith, I think it is this way: Tho he says up every night
 He can sleep all the next day. Kansas and Missouri need not feel that they are the only states in the union menaced by Standard Oil The kerosene octopus is universal affliction.
 THE WISE ONES.
 Everywhere you
 Go these days,
 On the seas and
 The highways.
 You find chaps who
 Think they know
 How this old world
 Ought to go. While some of us manage to come in under the wire most of the entries in the race of life are left somewhere round the post remarked philosopher. Usually this is the result of false start, but fouls are often responsible for those hn all fn fehn AT TT.aC
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Premier C-B will soon know if he has a job good for seven years, or a few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

Secretary Wilson needs $35,000 to buy microscopes. Santa Claus over looked him.
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The standpat party is now led by Uncle Joe Cannon, and he carries a club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-13

We don't hear so much these days about the missing link.
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mouth and a look of inefable peace spread over his face. As he reached for his change man who had been observing him with an amused smile remarked.
 Now that is what 1 call appreciation
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negro was lynched by seventy men at Moscow. The town is in Texas but is living up to it's name right along
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The war with Japan cost Russia $1o50,- oOOOoO. After looking over these figures we are convinced that war is more ex- pensive than Christmas.