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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
FRENCH ARTILLERY HAS
REACHED HIGH PERFECTION
Paris Correspondence of the New Yorl
Tribune,

Paris Correspondence of the New York
Tribune.
II HE French field artillery is still
w considered by the highest techni-
cal authorities as the best in
Europe For the last five years Germany
has been making extraordinary efforts
TO bring this important arm of the SER
vice up to the French standard Mean
while the French Parliament on the rec
ommendation of NJ. Etienne. minister of
war; of General Hagron, COMMANDMENTS
chief, and the supreme war council, COM
posed of the most eminent generals of
the active army will almost certainly
adopt the measure already under con-
sideration, to increase the field batteries
from four guns, as at present, to six.
The expense will be enormous. but is
deemed necessary as a means OF national
security, because in November of the
present year the German field artillery
will be fully supplied with the guns of
the new model.
1t is interesting to note that when Ger
many adopted for its field artillery the
model &C, 1906 it retained Its batteries
of six guns, and although Emperor Will
liam is speedily providing his artillery
with the new rapid-fring recollless gun,
which is said to be exactly similar to
the French model, the number of guns
in each battery remains six. as hitherto,
the German authorities deeming that it
is useless to reduce the number to four,
as the French did when they introduced
their present model
The result is that the French field ar
tillery, while no longer superior in quality
to that of Germany, would soon be infe-
rior to II In the number of guns. A
French army corps, modified for war.
comprises two divisions of artillery Of six
batteries each. and a separate corps of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
VIENNA HAS A FAMOUS
CHORUS OF MILLIONAIRES

in musical attainment that the choir soon
Won for itself recognition from the most
distinguished composers Of the day. Quite
a number of famous musicians have ae-
tually dedicated certain of their eompo-
sitions to the Wiener Mannergesang We
rein. Among these are Schumanp, Meyer
beer, Mendelssohn Diszt. Wagner Bruck-
ner. Johann Strauss, and others Sew
eral of these composers were honorary
members Of the choir. Some of the most
famous musicians of Vienna have consid-
cred themselves honored to be identified
with the choir.
A noteworthy feature of the organiza-
tion is the fact that all the money they
make in their various concerts Is de-
voted to charitable purposes They al
ready have contributed $4,000 to hospi-
tails.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Evening journal: Birmingham
isn't going to be outdone and will at
once proceed to investigate It's Ice trust
Ensley sun: Chief Justice Weakley has
never been a corporation lawyer. His ex-
perience at the bar where he took rank
among the foremost lawyers Of the south;
his general culture, his pure and ex-
emplary life. his energy and capacity for
continued mental application, fit him
peculiarly for the office TO which he
was appointed by a democratic governor
Culman Tribune: There have been
many things published in Williams favor
that are not true and in some sections
sympathy runs high. Many papers and
prominent people over the state have
openly declared that it would be a dis
grace to the state to allow him to hang
SHOULD the governor decide to commute
this sentence to imprisonment for life
we feel sure he will never have cause
to regret 1t.
Dothan gle: it is matter of keenest
disappointment to some of his friends
and one of ecstatlc joy on the part of
his enemies, that Colonel McLendon has
seen fit TO withdraw from the race for
representative of Houston county. This is
made necessary, as the Colonel states
by his removal to broader field where
pastures stay green the year round For
some time he has thought better oppor-
tunities were offered in the metropolis,
where fortunes are made over night and
squandered by sunset; where a political
ambition spring up as the mushroom in
a damp place, and wilt under the burn
ing rays of an August sun. Yes, Bir-
mingham is the chosen place, where sue
cesses are greater If they succeed, and
where failures are ratter If they fail.
Troy Messenger: All over Georgia and
Alabama reference is made to the Pike
county, Alabama, roadways and the
splendid progress being made in this
county in road building
Pike not only has good roads. but is
head and shoulders above most other
counties in all other matters.
1t has telephone systems throughout the
county.
III mas more rural HlHll routes IMAM any
county in Alabama except Jefferson.
1t is an educational center, being the
home of the State Normal college, be-
sides a splendid public school system.
II has fine farm lands
1t is fast developing into one of the
peach growing sections Of the south.
Pike has many advantages for her peo-
pie and no one can find better place to
live
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
RELIoUIAE.

From the Morning Star New Orleans.
One of the large golden books" is
that which might be made of unsigned,
unacknowledged. poems-waifs on the
flood of the periodical press. Here is one
of the poems that would belong in such
a volume:
A wild, wet night The driving sleet
Blurs all the lamps along the quay;
The windows shake; the busy street
Is yet alive with hurrydng feet;
The wind raves from the sea.
So let it ravel My lamp burns bright;
My long days work is almost done
/ curtain out each sound and sight
OF all the nights of the year, tonight
/ choose to be alone.
Alone with doors and windows fast,
Before my open desk l stand.
Alas can twelve long months be past
My hidden, hidden wealth. since last
| held thee in my hand?
So, there it lies From year to year
| see the ribbon change; the page
Turn yellower; and the very tear
That blots the writing. disappear
And fade away with age.
Mine eyes grow dim when they behold
The precious trifies boarded there
ring OF battered Indian gold;
A withered harebell and fold
OF sunny chestnut hair
Not all the riches of the earth.
Not all the treasures of the sea.
Could buy these housegods from my
hearth;
And vet the secret of their worth
Must live and die with me.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
Two Per Cent American Bends.

Secretary Shaw has just placed $780,
100000 of Panama per cent bonds at
1895. Over fifteen hundred bids were
received, and the loan was Of course
largely oversubscribed. The interest
bearing debt of the United States
amounts to sS95,159,140, of which
amount $3.50, 100000 is redeemable
within the next two years. The r..
deemable portion will no doubt be re-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
It's awfully unlucky 10 have con-
science If you are in business.
Even if married man escapes, force
of habit makes him go and get another
wife.
A woman doesn't mind being badly
treated by a man. what she objects to
is not ha wing any man to treat her BADLY.
If men had to give as much money
every year to support the government
as they do the rum shops there would be
a revolution.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

The list comprises only members OF the
Vienna choir who are men worth more
than s4,000,000.
1t gives a most pleasing sensation to be
sung to by millionaire. At Earls court
recently thousands of Londoners gladly
paid so cents head to listen to an aggre-
gate vocal wealth of something over 49,
100000. and the literary golden notes were
so much appreciated that encores came
thick and fast.
Moreover the men of wealth seemed
most anxious for public approval, for they
responded to their calls with great alac-
rity, showing thereby that musical fame
was, indeed, dearer to them than money.
Indeed it was said by one of the mil
lionaires, Herr Ehrlich. that the money
kings were musicians first and million
aires afterwards, and that, had they not
been independently wealthy, they would
have been professional musicians.
The opulent singers are known all over
Europe as the musical millionaires."
Everywhere they go-and they travel ex-
tensively throughout the continent-they
are welcomed in regal style. They have
the entree at most of the European courts
and their audiences frequently include
Kings and Emperors
When in England recently King Edward
was a delighted listener to their music,
and Queen Alexandra herself called for
several encores. Her majesty, a musician
of no mean parts, took lively interest
in the company.
Though II is strange that this wonder
full choir should largely be composed of
millionaires, 1t is stranger still that they
really can sing. No one-no matter how
much money he might command-can be-
come attached to the Vienna Choral So
ciety unless he is a genuine musician.
Each person. before being admitted to
membership, must pass a rigid prelimin-
airy examination and undergo the most
difficult musical tests Even when the
late Herr Krupp wished TO join the choir
with which he was associated for many
years--his vast wealth played little part
in his acceptance by the committee of
selection. He had to undergo a severe ex-
animation. Herr Krupp was one of the
most enthusiastic members of the associa-
ton.
WUtfcNti INC CilpIiStCiS 81
they have the best that the earth in its
fullness supplies. They invariably stop at
the SWEETEST hotels. On his last visit to
London Herr Krupp gave dinner to the
members of the choir at the Savoy hotel
The lower portion of the hotel was con-
verted, for the occasion, into Tyrolese
village. In the center of the village was
an elaborate and beautifully decorated
fountain. which. at signal by the mas
ter of ceremonies, spouted champagne of
the finest quality. drawn from $500 bottles
The champagne bill in America, at s.
per bottle, would have figured out at
$4,000 for this item alone. The dinner
could not have cost less than $4,000
The Vienna millionaire choir was orig
inally founded in 1913. the idea original
ing with DR.. August Schmidt, one of the
best known musical editors and critics in
Europe. Beginning with only thirty mem
bers. the choir soon attracted the at
tention of musicians throughout Europe,
and many famous composers Joined its
ranks.
So high was the standard of excellence
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

At Rio Janeiro the Drago doctrine
will soon have an airing 1t controverts
the Roosevelt extension of the Monroe
doctrine in the matter of the collec-
ton of debts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
The Iron Market.

While no large sales have been report
ed within the last few days. the Iron
market is firm with upward prices" said
a man connected with the sales depart
ment of one of the big furnace COM
panies.
More than one concern reports sales
of No. foundry at $14. Iron at this price
Is sold In small lots, but no company
lets the pig metal go at less than s1s. 90
on a No. basis. In other words, the mar
ket is 50 cents higher than two weeks
ago"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES.

From the Chicago Daily News.
One day small Elmer was given a por-
ton OF tripe for lunch. prepared accord
ing to the Spanish method
"Ughl' she exclaimed after tasting it.
Amt we got nothin' to eat but this
old sour bath towel, mamma?'
Little Esie-"Mamma. how much do
people pay a pound for babies?"
Mamma-"Babies are not sold by the
pound, my dear
Little Elsie-"Then why do they always
weigh them as soon as they are born?"
Teacher Gunior grammar class)-"John-
n.y. what gender is monograph?
JOHNNY Feminine gender"
Teaeher-"No, no: it's neuter.'
Johnny-"Well. it ought TO be feminine,
cause it repeats everything it hears
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Any New York lawyer who has not
been retained in the Thaw case clearly
has a right to sue out an injunction to
stop the entire proceeding. The law
yer could base his application for a
writ on gross neglect.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

General Kodoma, head of the Japan
ese army, is dead, but new man can
be readily selected from the war heroes
to take his place. No one is really
missed In this world except the cook.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
DRAWING A LINE AT DINNER.

From the London Ladies Pictorial.
1t would by no means be bad idea II
hosts we're to place on their menu cards
all topics of conversation that are not to
be discussed during dinner and first and
foremost should always be placed dis
eases. diets and health resorts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

The arrest of opposition speakers
and the suppression of opposition
papers aecomplishes nothing except to
hasten the downfall of the Gar and the
bureaucrats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Having cornered and conquered the
necessities, the trusts are reaching out
to secure control of the Injuries The
chewing gum trust is an example of
the new movement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Popular campaign subscriptions
have been inaugurated by the republi-
can national congressional committee,
but 1t should first have gone to confess
sional and told who bought the electors
of 1896. 1900 and 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Baseball players have long been
bought and sold. chattels fashion. and
up in Connecticut they have begun to
mortgage them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Russell Sage, dead, may in the will
he left make good a life devoted to
money-getting. The terms of that will
are unknown at this writing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Over in France they are rendering
Captain Dreyfus reparation banquets.
This is as bad as sales at the bargain
counter at the end of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Critic Metcalf is still permitted to
walk up and down the Rialto, but
new decision may deprive him even
of that privilege.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Stoessel held out in Port Arthur
longer than the men would have done
who have condemned him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Mr.. Bryan's homecoming reception
promises to be warm and vociferous.
Three hundred Nebraskans are going
to New York to share in it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

While people are fretting and FUN
ing in the heat the crops are growing
to beat the band as we'll as all records.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

An esteemed contemporary calls
Hearst men "boll-weevil dc locrats."
Friends and fellow citizens. let us he
charitable
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Young Thaw seems to- be as vicious
as he is stubborn and foolish. He is
not a model young man even of the
rich sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

The candidates are beating the air,
but are not arousing much interest in
the hearts of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Harry Thaw had never felt discip-
line until the police took him to the
Tombs He is in a way to get good
dose of 1t this yeaer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

The weevilproof species of cotton,
said to have been discovered at Baton
Rouge, will fill long-felt want.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Governor Folk is riding contentedly
in the Bryan bandwagon. and he is a
reformer from the head of Reform
creek.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

The mosquito is far from the ex
termination point even where science
has done its part.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

The douma scored but one law--an
appropriation for the relief of famine
sufferers
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Ice is not weighed-its weight is
just guessed at, and the guessers never
lean to the conservative side.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

The Elks will meet in dear old Phil
adelphia next year. Well, that town
does need to be shaken out of its long
slumber.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Sprightly old people are rising up
on every hand to confound and refute
OSler.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

1t is foolish, erratic, visionary, dis
tracted Russia that is condemned. not
StOesSel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

The more hits does not win a game
when Memphis plays New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

Refrigeration at Florence should be
conducted in more discriminating
manner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

John D. has no rival, now that AL
fred Belt is dead, and al he has TO
do is to sit still and gather in the
earth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24

The sewer pipe trust has agreed tc
dissolve. 1t had no lead-pipe cinch.
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Total .......717s $40. 1873. ss4 1851. Oe7. 12E

Total =. ......7,17s $S40 1S3,S64 $357,O6l l2b
True, the southern group is out
ranked. The average capitalization
of a plant in New England is $4,000,
whereas in the south it is less than
$50 900 The New England mills are
larger. and they are older. They arc
not as rule infant industries. Some
of them are one hundred years old
The industries of the south are COM
,paratively young. They are in the
average not much over ten years old.
The increase in the last five-year
period was 80 per cent in the New
England states, and II per cent in the
south. This tells the entire story.
The southern group is gaining ground
rapidly in an industrial way, and ten
years hence it will endeavor to reverse
the figures presented in this article
II will endeavor to Guido In industries
New Hampshire, Vermont and Con
necticut, and begin to approach the
figures for Massachusetts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-24
London Co
Tribune.

London Correspondence of the Chicago
Tribune.
~ oNDON music lovers have been
~ listening recently to what may be
A described as the most remarkable
vocal organization in the world-the
'Weiner Mannergesang verein," or Wen
ma male choir. which numbers a prince
and a count among its members, but
which is principally composed of million
aires. 1t is no exaggeration to describe
the Vienna organization as a choir of mill
lionaires." for among its 800 members It
numbers more men of wealth than prob
ably any other private company in the
world. There are at least fifty members
who claim from one to ten millions in
their own right. AS matter of fact prac-
tically every member is worth not less
than half million, the majority being
rearer a million than under 1t.
Here, for example, is a list of some of
the most prominent members of the choir,
together with the amount of their for
tunes:
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representatives Of The Age-Herald IN It's
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Southern Industrial Plants.

Total ....e,7s4 $545, 4s7, 1893 $3.50, 1856
The figures of the southern group
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-24


 "She knows nothing at all. I was unwilling to entangle her, even with a confidence"
 "The more fool you" said Loring. bluntly. You call yourself a lawyer. and you have not yet learned one of the first principles of common justice. which is that woman has some rights which even . besotted lover Is bound to respect You made love to her that summer at Croydon; you needn't deny 1t And at the end of things you walk oil to make your fortune with out committing yourself: without knowing. or apparently without car- ing. what your stin-necked poverty pride may cost her in years of uncer- tsinty. You deserve to lose her"
 Rents smile was a fair measure of bis unhopeful mood.
 You can't well lose what you have never had I'm not such an ass as to believe that she cared greatly"
 How do you knov7 Not by any thing you ever gave her a chance to say. I'll dare swear. I've a bit of qualified good news for you. but the spirit is moving me nightly to hold my tongue"
 Tell me" saie Kent. his fndifer- enee vanishing in the turning of q leaf
 Well. 10 begin with Miss Brent wood is still unmarried. though the rOssips say she doesn't lack psenty of eIigibse orsrs
 HeIf Of that I knew. the other half I toot for xrsnted Co on--
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-24
TRADE coNplTIoNa

n. e. Dun q Co.'s Weekly Dus1nssa
 Report.
 NEW YORK. March 24.-R. c. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
 Retail distribution of spring mes- chandise has received a check because of the heavy snowfall and severe storms in many sections of the eoun- try, but some offset Is noted in rsnsw> ed inquiry for winter goods, and thers is no interruption to the activity of shipping departments. Confidence in the future is remarkably bright and the outlook would be far better than ever before at this season If the fuel uncertainty were removed Manufac- turing plants operate close to maxi mum capacity in the leading industries and 1t Is an evidence of no little signi6. canoe that many mills cannot under take deliveries before 1907.
 Commercial failures for the wssn were 213 against 229 last wssk, 321 the preceding week and 255 the esrrs spending week last year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-24
THE CHAPTERS
Copyright, Iso4, by The Bobbs-Merrill company)
By
 E R AN CIS LYN DE

wrought desperately night and day to unload"
 As it turned out, the race against time was both a victory and defeat. On the morning when the Daily Clarion sounded the first note of public alarm, David Kent took up the last of hS bank promises-to-pay, and transferred his final mortgaged holding in Gaston realty. When 1t was done he locked himself in his office in the FarQuhar building and balanced the account. On leaving the New Hampshire country town to try the new cast for fortune in the golden west, he had turned his
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-24

pillar to separate them from theii nearest neigh bors.
 Measured by the standard of fitness for his oflce of prolocutor the man standing beside the stage-properties speakers desk was worthy second glance: He was dark. undersized, trimly built; with a Vandyke beard