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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
EDITOR TO HIS WIFE.

From the Dothan Siftings.
 The editor of the Siftings is celebrating his twenty-fourth marriage anniversary today. We have now rounded out twenty four long years, with a companion who has been true and proved firm friend throughout these years; she has been loyal and faithful and ever ready to lend a hand to help over the hard places; "she hath done what she could' and always used her best influence over her hus- band and her children; and if she has failed in any of her duties, there are none to accuse her.
 If this union has been a failure the blame cannot be placed upon the better half.
 As for us we guess we got about what was coming to us. At least we are laying no blame to anyone for our short com ings or lack of gathering together a com potency of this worlds goods. We have learned during these twenty-four years that riches are not essential to happiness. Our happiest days were when we had the least. We conclude after our married ex- perence of twenty-four years that we made no mistake, and earnestly believe that the only way to true happiness Tn this life is found in the companionship of a good woman.
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in half the time at half the cost is gaining supporters.
 When Congress decided to build a ship canal at Panama it practically acted on the report of commission which favored an S5-foot lock canal at an expense of $145,000,000. This bill is known as the Spooner act. It ap- propriated $1O,000,000 to be used to- wards digging the canal, and 1t direct ed the President to begin the work. The Spooner act stands unrepealed, and. if Congress does not otherwise direct Secretary Taft and the admin istration will no doubt proceed to dig a canal with level at one point of S5 feet.
 The question is to be determined, and it is to be determined in favor of an S5-foot canal. These two propo- sitions seem to be clearly foreshad- owed by events and expressions in both houses, and a sea-level canal may already be considered a dream that cannot be turned to reality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
Summer Travel.

Summer travel is very heavy this year, and the railroads are carrying people to all parts of the country for recreation" said J. N. Harrison, district passenger agent of the Southern.
 "The railroads have announced an un- usually large number of special rates to all the summer resorts this year, and the public Is availing themselves of them. These rates are to eastern, northern. west ern and southern points. l notice one thing this year, and that is that people are seeking the south as summer resort in greater numbers than ever before. The development of so many southern sum- mer resorts in the past few years has kept a majority of the southern people In the south when they seek their vacation, and has brought many northern people south.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
League Standing.

q have often wondered how newspapers in getting out extra baseball editions made out the standing of the teams in the short time allowed them, and I asked a friend of mine on one of the papers" said an enthusiast yesterday Tt requires time to figure out standings according to the long division method, and could not figure the way the newspaper men did the work so rapidly.
 My friend explained to me that he has a small book which has all the percentages figured out. The games won and lost are shown, and the percentages in another column. All one has to do is to refer to the column of games won, run down to the games lost line in that column and find the percentage worked out. It IS a great labor saving device, and several newspapers in the country get up these percantage books and sell them '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
Reed Smnat of Utah.

There is a great deal more politics in the Shoot case than appears on the surface. The republicans have long had a bargain with the Mormons by which all Mormon-controlled states and districts are to go republican in return for fayors and protection at Washington. If Shoot should be turned out of the Senate by republi- can votes, it is feared the Mormons would retaliate in the half dozen states they control or are powerful in. The republicans, therefore, desire to put the great moral issue over the November election. They are between the anger of petitioners and the possi- ble anger of the Mormons, and this is why they hesitate.
 Possibly a majority of the Senate would vote to declare Shoots seat va cant. but a two-thirds vote can not be
 
 secured to put through an expulsion proposition.
 church believes in it, and to some ex- tent still sanctions it. He is an apostle of the Mormon church, and he took the endowments oath which de- mands the averaging of the blood of the prophets upon this nation.
 The Mormon church is almost as crazy an institution as the church of John Alexander Dowie, but Shoots connection with it does not seem to have disqualified him enough to justi- fly the Senate in expelling him. To prescribe a senator because of his re- nsious belief, however crazy it be, is a dangerous step and it is not proba- ble that Shoot will, be unseated at least this year. He is personally a good senator, and his church obliga- tions do not seen to be strong and clearly defined enough to upset him. He has never been an advocate of polygamy. primarily speaking, al though he may have winked at the plural marriages that were contracted before 1890. The latter are to be weeded out by Father Time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
Oklahoma and Arizona.

The conference report on the state bery. It robs the democrats of two senators by uniting Oklahoma and the Indian Territory in one state, and it conniyes at the robbery of two more senators by seductive efforts to join Arizona and New Mexico in another state. As Senator Money stated, if either pair of territories were located in the northwest not republican would vote to unite them It Is a clear, unqualified case of highway robbery.
 The Carter compromise unites Okla homa and Indian Territory, whether the people in those territories like or dislike the union, but 1t directs New Mexico and Arizona to select at the November election delegates to a state convention. At the same time they may vote for or against admission as one state. If either New Mexico or
 
 Arizona vote against admission the scheme falls. But the proposed new state Is to be known as the state of Arizona, and it Is hoped that the con test over the election of delegates will build up a party In favor of admission, .Ans Carter scheme is insidious and political, and so far that matter is the entire business.
 The joint statehood proposition will, however, be rejected probably in both territories, and thus the net loot of the statehood bill will be but two sen ators. The democrats get off compar- atively easy, but party that would steal two senators deserves condem- nation throughout the country, and th.t is just about what is coming to it.
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elsewhere, living away from the dear. old state they were born in. Senator Culber- son would no doubt be glad to come back to Dadeville, and Ham-Patterson of Ten nessee to Morgan county and so on to the end of the long list, and the railroads would be glad to carry them at reduced rates There is really nothing in the way but little effort and general invita- tion and homecoming welcome.
 Space is given to the above editorial from the AgeHerald of Birmingham. It is a good suggestion. and if adopted and carried into practical effect will do much good to the state. If homecoming should become a custom with all the states. it would do much to nationalize sentiment, and build up state pride. There is no an- tagonism between national sentiment and state pride. It takes both to full round out the character of the American cit zen. Let Is have a homecoming week. October is a good time of the year for such an event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
PoPE's SISTER.
Chosen Bride of American, But Plus
 Firbids Engagement.

From the New York Evening World.
 Archbishop Farley will within a few days receive a message from Rome ask ing him to perform a peculiar personal service for his sovereign. Pope Plus X. He will be requested to locate a wealthy gentleman of this city named Webber and present to him the Pontiff's comph- ments and inform him that it is impos- sible for his proposal for the hand of the Pope's sister to be entertained.
 The letter Is the outcome of a letter postmarked New York which arrived re gently at the Vatican The writer de- scribed himself as a Catholic and very wealthy bachelor, and added that noth- ing would make him happier than to mar " the Pope's younger sister. Mindful of the etiquette of sovereigns, the writer addressed his formal demand for the ladys hand to the Pontiff, to await his consent before addressing his proposal to the lady herself.
 Maria Sarto, the Pope's younger sister, is 60 years of age. and simple woman of the peasant class.
 Piux K and the Cardinal Secretary of state were at first inclined to consider the proposal as joke. but a closer ex- animation of the love missive showed that it contained so many particulars and gave such good references concerning the writer that 1t was not possible to doubt the latter's sincerity and the religious source of his motives.
 The matter was discussed at length by the Pope and the Cardinal, and 1t was agreed that the sending of any direct re- ply would be out of question. Besides, the Pope felt that his sisters age and the fact that the writer of the letter had never even seen her, would make serious consideration of the proposed marriage ri- diculous in the eyes of the world.
 It was finally agreed to deal gently with the infatuated American lover and to communicate with him indirectly through the New York archbishop Accordingly, an official document was drafted ad- dressed to Mgr. Farley, archbishop of New York requesting him to look up the writer of the letter and to inform him that under the circumstances the Pope had come to the conclusion that the pro- posed marriage was an impossibility. At the same time the New York prelate was instructed to convey to the love-stricken writer that the Pope was rather dis pleased at the way the American love smitten millionaire had proceeded in the matter and that it would have been more In accord with modern social customs if he had presented himself at the Vatican with proper introductions and submitted his proposal personally to the Pope. Maria Sarto, according to the cable dis patches. was greatly surprised when told she had an American s,Iitor. She told the Pope she would never marry, not even an | American millionaire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
HOW DOES IT SEEM TO Youa

By Eugene Field. It seems to me I'd like to go Where bells don't ring. nor whistles blow, Nor clocks don't strike, nor gongs don't
 sound,
 And I'd have stiffness all around. Not real stiffness, but just the trees Low whispering, or the hum of bees, Or brooks faint babbling over stones In strangely, softly tangled tones. Or maybe cricket or katydid. Or the songs of birds in the hedges hid. Or just some such sweet sounds as these To fill tired heart with ease. If 'twerent for sight, and sound and
 smell,
 I'd like a city pretty well; But when it comes to getting rest I like the country lots the best. Sometimes it seems to me I must Just quit the city's din and dust, And get out where the sky is blue, And gay now how does 1t seem to youf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
About Persons.

J. M Tucker of Montgomery, recent graduate in the law department of the University of Alabama, was in Birming- ham yesterday, looking over the field with view to locating here.
 
 I. N. Hinton and wife of Prattville were registered at the Birmingham hotel yes terday.
 R. w. Crutchen of Athens. Ala, was registered at ne Birmingham hotel yes terday. .ssEA F.. B. Skeggs of Decatur was registered at the St. Nicholas hotel yesterday. R A. Hnson of Fayette was among the number registered at the St. Nicholas hotel yesterday.
 J. R. Young of Dothan was registered at the Morris hotel yesterday.
  G. L. Waller of Selma was registered at the Metropolitan yesterday. l. D. and A. M Irwin of Mobile were registered at the St. Nicholas hotel yes- terday.
 Frank Leey and wife of Anniston were registered at the Hotel Hillman yester- day.
 l.. B. Musgrove of Jasper was at the hllman yesterday.
 A. F. Smith of Carbon Hill was among
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Usinq Air.

OoiIi9 AIT
 Do you know one of the hardest things for an engineer or motorman on street car to learn is the use of air for the brakes,'' said a railroad man yesterday. Air brakes are so powerful that they have to be used with discretion or they make riding exceedingly unpleasant for passengers.
 ''I was riding recently behind an en- gineer who did not know how to use the air, and as a result the train was jerk ing and pulling all the tfme It was very annoying and disa greeable In the diner the coffee was spilled from the cups and the water from the glasses
 There are Improvements constantly be- ing made in the air brake appliances. and an engineer has to keep studying the quese tion A man who might be up-to-date to- day would be far behind the times three years from now. It Is like everything else. man has to keep abreast of the times.
 Many railroads have instruction cars on which there are complete air brake appliances and the engineers and other trainmen are required to go to these cars and learn of the latest improvements.
 "On a street car 1t Is even worse than on a train when a motorman does not un- derstand the use of air. It is so easy to slap on the brakes suddenly and bring the car to a stop that many motormen do not realize that 1t losses the passengers about, and is apt to throw some of them off their feet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
Knox in the Fourth.

John B. Knox, candidate for alternate senator will probably carry the Fourth congressional district by a very large majority said a citizen of the district last night
 "There were 7055 votes cast in the dis trict for Johnston and Jelks for governor four years ago. This vote will be increased at least 10 per cent in the coming pri- mary, and I believe that Knox will get 90 per cent of the entire vote in the dis trict.
 Tn the Jelks-J Johnston contest Johnston received 2043 votes in the district and Jelks received 5012 votes.
 MT. Knox is a citizen of the Fourth district, and is very popular. We believe that he will receive good vote in every section of the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15

St. Petersburg Letter in Boston Trans
 cript.
 | MACHINE rambling, one-storied coun- try house transported to the Serpen- | tine and transformed into a meeting place for the house of commons. The young women stenographers often take their typewrters and work tables out up- on the grassy slope beneath the elms. The members, ministers, visiting members of the imperial council, ambassadors. cor respondents and simple visitors mingle without restraint in the great lobby, a lofty hall 400 feet long, with deep bays and tall windows.
 During the intervals the peasants gather in groups to discuss current questions, and no effort is made to secure a pri- vate corner. It is the most democratic leg islature in the world Prince Peter Dol gorukoff, one of the vice presidents, is seated between two peasants Every one took any seat that he had a fancy for and no consistent party arrangement has been made.
 The house has already lost part of its original motley appearance. Many of the peasants have dressed themselves like their cadet friends, that is, mainly in sack suits, usually dark colored, and starched collars and ties. About half of them, however, still wear their embroid- cred cotton blouses and top boots. Only the Polish and Little Russian peasants make an effort at brave appearance, with their white long woollen coats, or caftans, often braided rather elaborately, and with broad magenta woollen sashes, or leathern belts, six inches wide.
 There Is Polish member who is dress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
Dlveded On DIspensary.

'The all absorbing question In Eufaula now is the dspensary,' said Eufaula man last night. "On every corner can be found crowds giving their reasons why Eufaula should or should not have dis pensary.
 There are two organized factions In the town, one for and one against the dis pensary, both of which have very strong following. The votes of the town are about evenly divided, both crowds seem determined to win, and it will be a great fight.
 Tn all probability bill will be intro duced at the next session of the legisla- ture, asking that body to order an cleo ton on the question. All the citizens have about agreed that this was the only fair solution of the problem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
REMARKABLE SCENES
 IN RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT

ed in light blue tights and a short Eton jacket and Hessian boots. He has curly hair and looks exactly like the hero Of "Cavalleria Rusticana." There is Cau- casian member who is dressed in long white flannel coat reaching to his knees, adorned with an intricate pattern of dark crimson braid, and he also wears long, soft brown sleeveless cloak hanging from his shoulders bordered with vermillion stripes. The peasants. with few exceptions, are between twenty-five and forty, and some of them appear al most boys. One notices preponderance of professors, barristers and journalists often combined in one person.
 A peasant from the Tauride has sent in his resignation and returned home. spoke a language he did not understand
 that of the books with its many for eign and abstract terms-and that the continual babble gave him headaches. number of the Mohametan members ap- pear to be similarly situated, for I no- tice they often vote on both sides of a question, but their Oriental philosophy has fortified them against headaches. The av- craze of intelligence is undoubtedly high. Among the cadets are not few of the types of Morley and Bryce.
 The second and what Is to me the prin- cipal impression of the Duma is the fa- mliar ease with which the members speak-some of them speak well and some of them speak badly-but they all speak as if they had spoken in parliament all their lives, without the slightest evidence of nervousness or shyness. The sittings of the Duma are like a meeting of acquaint- ances in club or cafe. There is nothing formal about them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
ALAsAMNs HOMECOMING WEEK
rom the Montgomery Journal.

From the Montgomery Journai,
 New Hampshire instituted home-com- ing week several years ago, and the iash- ion has spread far and wide. fnis week Kentucky will welcome 6Oo'Ooo or her sons and daughters who live in other states or rather she will welcome all of the num- Der who desire to see their native state go;n Enough, it is known, will come to make the week memorable.
 Alabama is almost a century old. She lacks but thirteen years of a century, but we need not wait until 1913 In order to have them every year, and October IS delightful month in Alabama, and the old red hills and the black belt and the canebrake sections and the great valleys and the little valleys, too, would in Oc- tober be glad to welcome back even for . short stay the wanderers
 There must be sco,ooo Aiabamians living
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
Lock Type for Panama.

The impression gains ground that the type of the Panama canal will be determined before Congress adjourns this summer. Possibly this will be done when the item for the prosecu- tion of the canal work in the sundry civil appropriation bill is reached. This seems to be the prospect at pres ont.
 The House will undoubtedly vote in favor of an S5-foot lock canal, and even in the Senate a canal that can be built
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
MAYOR OF ALL THE PEOPLE.
The Picturesque Story of Mayor Adam
 of Buffalo.

Every morning a carriage drawn by two spirited horses dashes up to the Buff falo City Hall, writes Isaac F. Marcos sor in the June Worlds Work A man with white hair and beard and wearing a silk hat and frock coat steps out. A newsboy rushes up to hold the door and says: Good morning. J. N"
 Good morning, lad" says the man. Then he steps briskly into the big gray building. It Is long before o'clock and the scrub women are washing the tile floors. As they see him they say:
 "Good morning, l. N
 Good morning, ladies~ Is the reply. It Is too early for the elevators to be run ming and he goes up the steps to the sec ond floor and enters stately room rung with portraits of Grover Cleveland and other mayors of Buffalo. Here a group of people-pedders. hucksters merchants is already waiting, and they, too, greet him as "J. N."-familiarly. but with re- spect 'J. NJ is James N. Adam. the new mayor of Buffalo. Nobody there bothers to address him or to refer to him by his full name: it is always "J. N" Yet for twenty-five years that name has been linked with the highest commercial integrity of the city, and today it has come to be symbol for efficient city government. Formerly the saying in Buff falo was, "Go to J. N. and get square deal and the people get 1t. He has made a fortune in business with clean hands; he has achieved success in poll tics without being a politician. He has sacrificed a well earned leisure and com fort for the duties of an office that he has made the busiest and most fruitful perhaps in its history Under him the municipal government has become great business establishment with the citizens as stockholders. There are no insiders. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
Pharmacists Adjourn.

"The meeting of the Alabama Pharma- ceutical association at Blount Springs was one of the most successful ever held" said E. P Gait, secretary of the state board of pharmacy, who stopped over in Birmingham last night on his way to Sel- ma, his home.
 The attendance was good and every feature of the meeting was full of inter est The barbecue given today at the springs was especially delightful"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-15
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

H IS Satanic Majesty was speaking 6O "Imps. have you canned the meat packers?"
 ''Yes. Sire"
 Have you put the insurance grafters on to bon?'
 Yes, Sdre.'
 Are the railroad magnates ready for the griddle?"
 ''Yes, Sire.p
 '1s John D. Rockefeller uncomfort- able?"
 You hear him, Sire.'
 "T1s well. Bring me my pipe and say to the Common People without that this is visitors day.
 Roosevelt is not God Almighty says Judge Curtis. Granted.
 We are told that the English are at- tracted by the quiet dignityH of Mrs. Longworth. Our Alice was never con- spicuous for quiet dignity at home.
 VICTIM OF THE TIMES. T can not eat this horrid meat,
 Alas" poor Blinkers said. If I should dine on beef or ham I'd very soon be dead. "So many microbes in the milk
 I dare not drink a drop. They tell me all the stuff one eats Is bad. This ought to stop. The buffers imitation and
 The jam Is creosote: The pies are made of chemicals And there's no antidote. q can not brook the breakfast foods, Altho they may be pure I do not relish garden truck
 And fish l can't endure. "So many foods are tampered with, So many full of dope, That I have lost my appetite,
 Together with my hope" So saying, Blnkers heaved a sigh
 Expendng all his breath. And seeing what he had to face,
 Politely starved to death.
 The short bath tub habit is advanced as another explanation of badness. A thous- and causes and not one cure!
 Senator Morgan is invariably from Mis- souri when the interests of the people are at stake.
 Taking advantage of M. Rockefeller's absence in France, the University of Chicago denies that it is a Standard Oil institution
 President Roosevelt appeared in white the other day. All he needed to complete