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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
From Mobile to nuIuih.

Congress has been asked to grant a charter to a company that proposes to build a ship canal twelve feet deep from Pittsburg to Lake Erie. A na- tional charter is desired because the proposed canal will lie in two states. The bill has not been acted on, but it will be, and soon or late the canal will in some way be constructed. "The west and south," says the Louisville Courier-Journal, need this canal, and it is no time to split hairs as to the manner of building it."
 It will be built, and Senator Morgan, with his accustomed foresight, is look ing to an extension of the great water way to Mobile. This is why he is do- ing his utmost to have the Tennessee river cleared of all obstacles to naviga- tion
 When the Lake Erie Ship canal is dug, as it assuredly will be, and the Tennessee river is rendered nayigabe. as it assuredly should be, and the War rior is opened to Birmingham, as the government has planned, there will re- main but a gap of about eighty miles between Guntersville and Birmingham in order to give Mobile waterway to Duluth itself
 This may seem Utopian at present, but as population increases and Pan anna begins to become the worlds chief highway and magnet it will be accom- plished It will become fact in less than twenty-five years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
Heavy Traffic.

"A person has no idea the amount of business being done by the railroads of the southeast until they have travelled over the several roads," said a travelling man last night. q have been on the road nearly three months since l started on this trip, and as matter of fact all the roads are handling such an immense volume of business, freight and passen- ger, that it is difficult to have the trains move on time.
 II know also that many of the roads are away behind in moving the freight placed with them," he said, but it does little good to kick. There is another lack of sufficient rolling stock, in addi- tion to the constant increase in business, and although the roads in all sections of the country are doing the best they can. It Is physically impossible for any man or set of men to figure how things can be improved. It is the result of the uncom- mon prosperity in all branches of trade throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
SILK STOCKING o. K.
But the Initials Made Fifth Avenue
 Strollers Snicker.

From the New York World.
 Fifth avenue had a breathless moment yesterday afternoon when a tall, we'll groomed young woman with a delicious tilt to her nose and a love of a tailor gown swung across Thlty-eighth street with a man in tow. As her foot cleared the curb she caught up her gown.
 A passer-by-male variety-looked down and gave a gasp. Another saw and a laugh was smothered in his throat. When a third snicker was heard the angry escort turned about, blood in his eye. to be con fronted with the cause of this unseemly mirth.
 There on her black silk stocking just above the rim of the daintest boot ap- peared In startling white. the letters 70. K"
 "What-what's that?" inquired the man in a faint voice.
 The girl followed his eyes and replied brlskly. "oh, my initials. of course. Pret- ty design, isn't lt?"
 The girl was Miss Olga Kildare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
Prospects for Strawberries.

"Cullman has the finest prospect for large strawberry crop than ever before at this season. of the year said J. M. Crutehfield. well known nurseryman and fruit grower of that county, who was in the city yesterday.
 ''The winter has been mild and the growers have had a fine opportunity to do the necessary winter cultivation, in the way of spreading fertilizers and cov- ering the fields with straw and litter. It is claimed that the protection of straw placed over the plants keeps the ground cool and holds back the Towering until the proper time. and besides it gives the plant an opportunity to grow and become well rooted.
 now It Is we'll rooted and is large and healthy. I have not heard from Cullman this morning but I feel sure that the frost this morning did but little or no damage.
 "The prospects for other fruits is also fine, especially plums, cherries and ap- ples. Peaches are beginning to bloom and will not be absolutely safe for some time yet, but I believe the general conditions for the crop are good.
 "The fruit growers of Cullman are hope ful of the most fruitful year that we have had in some time'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
THE ONLY BORN KING.
|, tha Roston Herald

From the Boston Herald.
 There is a fact about King Alfonso well worth knowing. Of all the Kings who have ever lived with the sole exception of Jean l. of France, who lived but a few hours. he is the only one to be a King from the moment of his first breath "a veritable ''born king" And since he is much spoken of these days it is not amiss to know his name, which is His Most Catholic Majesty Don Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, of Castile, of Leon, of Aragon, of the two Sicilies, of Jerusalem of Navarro, of Gibraltar, of the West ern and Eastern Indies. of the Oceanic continent, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, of Brabant and Milan. Count of Hapsburg, of Flanders, of the Tyrol and Grand Master of the Golden Fleece This is not really all. but 1t is a good deal to live up to, even for a king
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
Mardi Gras Crowds.

"The Mardi Gras crowds in New Or leans this year have been much larger than they have ever been before in my day" said John w. Wood travelling pas senger agent of the Queent and Crescent route, who spent the past four or five days in the Crescent City.
 "For a number of years I have looked after a part of the Mardl Gras business for the railroad, and I have been in pretty good position to estimate the size of the crowds. The actual figures of the number of people carried to New Or leans by the railroads this year will be at least 90 per cent larger than usual"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

T is tiresome to hear some old chap
 telling the world what he would do if he had his life to live over again. He reminds one of the merchant who vows that his son shall never enter the business the doctor who tells his boys to do anything rather than study medicine and the lawyer who continually abuses his profession. If the average man had his life to live over again the chances are thousand to one that he would make the same mistakes and stumble just where he stumbled before. It is lucky that na- tural laws forbid such thing, for there is no way to call the pessimists bluff Team work makes matrimony a sue cess. but too much interference" leads to the divorce court.
 STICK IT OUT. What a tiresome place this world is, With its host of petty troubles And a care for every hour! Yet we know what we are facing And altho it's rather wearing, You had better stay right here than Take strong stuff to end your sorrows. The Germania Turnverein society of Cleveland consigned the Standard oil mag mates to the fires of Hades. Which re- minds one of telling man to go to Bes- semer when you see him getting on the Bessemer car.
 Evidence in a contemporaneous divorce suit reminds us that minister's wife should not indulge in kissing, unless of course. she kisses the minister. q think more of you than you do of me, Senator Morgan" said Alphonse Cromwell, but Senator Morgan did not play the role of Gaston worth cent.
 BOILED. A woman who sued for divorce Demanded alimony, of course,
 But the stern old law
 To her plea said, Nav" And the poor woman couldn't use Force. The blunders doctors make would not be so annoying if we didn't have to pay for them.
 Now that Charles Major has refused to be candidate for Congress and George Ade has put his foot down flat on the proposition, the atmosphere in the halls of legislation will continue to be financial. as heretofore
 SPRING TIDINGS.
 If spring is near,
 As some folks say,
 And Easter is
 Now on the way,
 We might as well
 Attune our Tyre
 To sing about
 The stegomyia.
 The Milwaukee alderman, whose wife told him that she would ger a divorce If
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
Visitors Pleased.

"I want to say personally that the members of the party which the New York Central carried to Mardi Gras have than any other city we have visited said Alex Maefarlane, passenger agent of the New York Central in New York city.
 q have talked to a number of the members of the party on this trip and they have all used the same expression in regard to southern cities as a rule, namely. that they lacked the hustle of the northern town. But when we had been in Birmingham a couple of hours today they told me that they thought Birmingham reminded them of the north and that it was certainly the most cos mopolltan city they had seen in the south.
 "The people in the party were very much impressed with the street car sys- tenn of Birmingham. They said that they had scarcely ever seen a more perfect roadbed than that over which they passed in going to Ensley and Pratt City and on the trip around Highland avenue.
 And just one word of thanks. I want to say that our reception here has been most cordial indeed, and we will not forget 1t. It makes us all feel kindly toward Birmingham because number of her prominent citizens have taken the time to show us some of the few sights of this wonderful town. It is needless to say that we have all been surprised at Birmingham and its resources.
 q am arranging other trips similar to this one and one thing is certain, when ever 1t is possible to do so, I am going to arrange to have Birmingham in the itinerary and to spend at least day in this city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Boys Banner.

"The Boys Banner the publication issued by the students of the Alabama Boys industrial school. Is very bright and attractive little magazine and re- fleets great credit on the industry and ability of the boys in this institution, : said a gentleman at the Hilman last night.
 ''rhe publication is heartily printed and very artistically arranged and the last number out, February IS, contains twen- ty pages besides the cover. The an nouncement is made in this number that the twenty pages will be maintained.
 ''rhe Boys Banner is issued twice q month and the reading matter is well selected and well arranged. The adver- tisements are well printed and their ar engagement show good taste.
 ''All the work. including the typesetting, press work and binding, is done by the boys in the industrial school at East Lake and the result not only reflects credit on the boys but on the management of the institution"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

Some features of these figures are necessarily estimated. The population, for example, is put at present at S4,- 100000. as against 76.909,9S7 in the year 1900. About million tons has been exported each year in one form or another, but even when that amount is deducted the per capita consump- tion of iron and steel remains high. The Journal says the per capita in crease is 10 per cent in fifty years. According to the Journals figures 617 pounds is now the average annual con sumption of each man, woman and child in the country. Did you use your GIT pounds last year? You may have done so, and did not know 1t, for DOT tion of every railroad track must be charged to you, and so with the battle ships and bridges and many other forms of public construction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD.

By Christopher Marlowe. Come live with me and be my Love, And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dale and neld, And all the craggy mountains yield. There will we sit upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their hocks By shallow rivers, to whose falls Meodious birds sing madrigals. There will I make thee beds of roses And thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroider'd all with leaves oe myrtle gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold A belt of straw and Ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs; And if these pleasures may thee move. Come live with me and be my Love. Thy silver dishes for thy meat As precious as the gods to eat, Shall on an ivory table be Prepared each day for thee asSs~.scsnr 'sls
 aNs2sra ssSz.UO Per Day l Special Attention to Commercial MeI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
PETTus, DEFINITION.

From the New York World.
 What about Senator Culberson's rail road rate bill?' asked Senator Pettus of Alabama. of Senator Dubois of Idaho.
 Why" said Senator Dubois, Tit pro vides that when the commission is de- cidng on what is a fair rate no atten- tion shall be paid to the fictitious valua- ton of stocks and bonds of the rail- road company In question, but only to an actual valuation
 oh" said Senator Pettus. T see: they can collect only on the money in the pot instead of on the I. O. US"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
"'vARSITY BETTING"

From the Montreal Star.
 As is the case everywhere in Eng land, betting on horse races has at tained a prevalence in Oxford never dreamed of at any American univer- sity. An Oxford man who belongs to one of the decent" sets (for, of course, there exist the same social distinctions at Oxford as everywhere else, only more accentuated) knows every horse of note upon the English turf, his rec ord and his pedigree back a few gen. erations. And they all bet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
Piu Iron Consumptier.

The pig iron consumption in this country at present is more remarkable than the unprecedented production. The Wall Street Journal has taken the figures of domestic production for re- cent years, and by adding the sums of imports and deducting the stocks un- sold at the end of each year it pro duces these figures:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
A Funny Rumor.

"rhe report printed in an afternoon pa per that John w. Gates Of the Republic Tennessee syndicate would be in Birming- ham yesterday originated in a peculiar manner said railroad man.
 There is in New York a John w. Gates who arranged a special train to carry party to Mardi Gras, and this special train was parked on the track ad- joining the one on which the New York Centrals special train was parked
 When announcement was made that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 Hardly anybody wants to be as wild as his neighbors say he is.
 More bills than blessings come with a large family of children.
 A girl thinks you are making love to her when you tell her you met her mother yesterday.
 There Is mighty little in being so smart in business that you scare people away from doing 1t with you.
 A man has as much chance of not get ting married as a fox of not getting cap tured by a pack of hounds in a walied- sn hald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The unanimity with which the Spring field, O., militia did not respond to a call to put down race riot shows the same kind of yellow streak that has made so many lynchings possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
Notices Improvements.

T notice that the city authorities of Birmingham are not in the least bit close when 1t comes to spending money for street Improvements" said J. W. Ryan of Atlantic City one of the party of fifty-fve customers who spent a few hours in Birmingham yesterday.
 q observe that a great many of the streets are well paved and others in our party have noticed the same thing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

Congressman Blackburn of North Carolina is said to be the handsomest man in the House, but handsome is as handsome does. He is charged with violating his, oath of office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

LaFollette has won many votes by keeping card index of all the people he ought to know, so that he can con verse with them about their personal affairs as if he remembered them per fectly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

Secretary Taft Is keeping his boom where it does not encounter the buff fets of an unregenerate world, or even of the Rootites from Wall street, New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

A MT. Addicks proclaims for the eleventh time that he intends to be elected United States Senator for Della ware. He may have miscalculated o cain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

William D. Howells is 70 years old, and his delight is to go back to his lit- tie native Ohio town and set a few sticks of copy He has not forgotten hnur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

Dr. Minot of Harvard thinks Dr. Osler was too liberal when he put the limit of human development at forty years. Minot draws the line at twenty five years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
TROUBLE IN STORE FOR NICK.

From the Charleston News and Courier. worth takes after her father, she is cer- tain also to take after Mir. Longworth sooner or later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
GoOp GRAFr GoNE.


 Tell the news to Minnesota,
 And the states still further west; Spread it all through Oklahoma
 To the tall Sierras crest. Woeful tidngs for the farmer
 That will make him rail at fate And will raise deep lamentation
 In the homes of every state. Shout the fact to loyal voters.
 Dessmate 1t with all speed, For the House committee says that We shall have no more free seed In these late times the most startling crimes are committed The other day a woman was arrested on charge of steal ing hot air from a neighbor who occupied a room below her in the same apartment house. The neighbor above is accused of having cut a hole in the floor. In the dead of the night, when her coal supply ran low she took the cover off the hole and stole 9heat from the room below. It is possible to steal almost anything now adays
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The world is tiring of foolishness and non-doitiveness at Algeciras, and will soon ignore it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The New York legislature should abolish the whitewash brush before it taiAs the insurance hills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
Ahout Persons.

 R. A. Hinson of Fayette is at the St. Nicholas
 Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Wall of Fort ogle- thorpe, Ga, are registered at the St. Nicholas
 I. G. Garfield and T. NJ. Garfield of Elizabeth. N. J, are registered at the St. Nihcoas.
 J D. Wallace of Chicago is at the Hill man.
 R. A. Bradbury of Meridian is at the Hillman
  c. A. Kopman and young son of New Orleans are at the Hillman. W. A. Boyden and E. D. Hubbard of Chicago are registered at the Birming- ham.
 MT. and Mrs. W c. Hall of Brazil, Ind, are at the Birmingham. J. E. Schroeder of Cincinnati is at the Birmingham.
 Dr. J. E. Pearson and Miss Minnie Pearson of Sylacauga are registered at the Morris
 Frank c. Burrows of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 w. c. Wiggs and J. R. Gibson of Rus sellville are at the Morris D. Emmett McInnis of Hattiesburg is at the Metropolitan.
  s. Kohn of Decatur is at the Metropoli- tan.
 J. E. Lacy of Jasper is at the Metro politan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The Illuminating spectacle of a mil lionaire automobilist handcuffed is pre- scented In Italy, but not in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The esteemed MT. Mizner got $20,000 to let go and depart at once. He ac- cepted the offer and also the cold cash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

Dr. Wiley says that there Is no real Scotch whisky now, and he probably knows as much about it as anybody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The Armstrong report is winning friends every day, and so is Lawyer Hughes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The Mutual Life is becoming ripe for another Armstrong committee. It seems to be chemically unsettled, and no Peabody plaster can cure it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

Secretary Taft says he is not run ming for the presidency, and he is right If the presidency should see him coming on a run 1t would get out of the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

Springfield, O., where the whites are mobbing negroes. is the home of J. Warren Keller. republican ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, who is now agitating for a reduction of southern representation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
SAME OLD STORY.

Pray pardon us, kind reader, while
 We sing this sad refrain.
 The news dispatches tell us that
 The peach crops killed again.
 Perhaps no steamboat at present ply ing the Mississippi river has a prettier name than the Belle of the Bends, owned by the Vicksburg and Greenville Packet company and plying between vicksburg and Greenville, Miss. It is one of the few first-class passenger boats still in service. The Kate Adams of the Lee line, is an- other beautiful boat, but it's name is. not so romantic.
 Sometimes fellows feel so bad that they would gladly exchange the ice caps on their heads for the ice caps on the tallest mountains.
 There are still few people who swell up every time they ride down town in an automobile PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The stage watches the box office and vice versa. The box office Is after all the place where the "drammer" is tested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
ALABAMA PRESS

Tuscaloosa Tlmes-Gazette: Max Ham, burger Is another newspaper man out for the Senate. It Is scarcely necessary to add that he is the Mobile Herald Hamburger, one of the brightest newspaper men in the state, and deserving of all the politi- cal honors that he may desire.
 Montgomery Advertisers When the King of Hungary tires of the session of his Parliament, he calls in a body of troops and tells the members to "git" and ske- daddle--but don't tell our President about it.
 Huntsville Mercury: The news from Venezuela that President Castro intends to rid his country of all foreigners and buck the Monroe doctrine is sent out for the purpose of arousing indignation in this country and possible interference by our government Congress will be slow to interfere with Castro and his methods. His people have a recourse-the one us- they are not pleased with their leaders. ually adopted by little republics when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The American hen is a remarkable producer this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

China is best handled by "letting it alone" It has been unduly handled in recent years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The proletanat in China is an un uncertain factor in affairs, for no one knows what it is going to do or why it acts at all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The British peeress is now a social ist, and the fad is spreading. When the news reaches Newport our million aires will be sadly puzzled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

The new spring styles are out, but merely for inspection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

An Ohio man wants a divorce be- cause his health has been broken down by several years of housework. He should get a decree. with alimony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

Mrs Mizner's name is pronounced with the "i" long. Thank you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

France and Germany do not want to fight, and they do not want to make up. The whims of a whimsical Elm peror stand in the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

Young MT. Vanderbilt should shed his homicidal auto and also his gun, at least when he is in Italy, They are articles adapted to home use only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01

he ran for reelection has issued an ulti- matum in which he says that he will show her who is managing his house by again being candidate for office. There was nothing left for him to do but to rebel or crawl.
 After taking the chances that he did, Professor Langley lived 10 die in bed.
 INCONSISTENCY.
 We talk about the good we'd do
 If we were very rich.
 But never raise a hand to help
 A brother from the ditch. The spectacle of former banker ped- ding knives on the street is made pos sible by frenzied finance.
 While J. Pierpont Morgan is at Tan gier Raisull has the chance of his life time