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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
An Institutional Church.

Birmingham needs an institutional
church, and every good citizen should
aid the First Methodist church and DR..
Duncan In their resolve to organize
one ON a generous scale. The church,
the pastor, and the needs of central
Birmingham have met, and this is the
opportunity to begin here the work
that DR.. Rainsford has carried to
great results in st. Georges church
IN New York. and that other clergy
men are conducting in nearly every
other city Of the land.
The institutional church is a church
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
HOOKED BIG SHARK.

Redondo Correspondence of the Los An
geles Times.
The largest man-eatng shark ,ver CAP
tured in the waters of Redondo was
brought In today by Capt. Hans Carten-
sen of the launch Challenger
The captain was out fishing for bar
racula, etc, about three miles from shore
when he suddenly had an extra strong
strike. Investigation showed that lie had
captured a maa-eater. The shark gave
a hard fight. but was successfully landed.
1t measured thirty feet In length
This undoubtedly is the largest NON
ster of the kind ever captured near here.
1t is an extremely ugly fish. with three
formidable rows of sharp teeth. 1t is I'M
usually dark and is said to be a rare
specimen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

rs this era of high prices temporary
I'm my opinion, the cost of food in
this country is to be permanently high.
in the past any man who could get to-
gether enough money TO buy team of
horses, a wagon and a plow could go TO
some western state on the frontier and
buy rich land at an insignificant price on
small annual payments The only new
lands now being opened up are the irrl-
gated sections. which are being made
available at great expense. We could not
undertake these great irrigation projects
II it were not that the price of food prod
ucts had been established on such a high
level"
who gets the benefit of the high
prices?'
The farmers get it," was the prompt
reply Of Mr.. Roberts. Seven dollars per
hundred~weight for hogs is an almost I'M
rd-of price In this country. Raw cot
ton is worth to the farmer about 100 per
cent more than 1t was four or five
years ago. This is due to the increased
demand without a corresponding Increase
in the supply The same thing applies to
the production and cost of wheat, corn
and other staples of the farm"
ITO what extent do you think the tarin
is responsible for higher prlces?e
Very little, If any. 1t may affect some
articles OF wearing apparel. but does not
touch food supplies"
What classes are hardest hit by these
high prices?"
Men on fixed salaries will probably
complain that their wages have not kept
pace with the increase In the cost of
living. 1 think this is true of great
many people. more particularly of clerks
statesmen and others of those classes. But
these people must remember that they
had the best end of the deal for long
time-up to the revival of industry, which
began about 1898. T or about twenty years
prior to that time the tendency OF prices
had heen steadily downward, stld the
wage Garner and the salaried classes had
very great advantage over others. They
had steady pay and their wages were In
creasing in purchasing power every year.
Now for time the current is running
in the other direction, and persons with
fixed incomes are under a disadvantage
compared with those engaged in bust
ness
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
HIS BARGAIN.
From the Kinsley Mercury.

From the Kinsley Mercury.
my dear" says the thoughtful hus-
band. entering the house with huge
package In his arms, you remember last
week when you secured such a wonderful
bargain in shirts at As cents and neck
ties at three for quarter for me?'
Yes, love-" says the fond wife.
well, don't think 1 didn't appreciate
your thoughtfulness. See, 1 have bought
something for you. l noticed some beau
tiful green and yellow plaid goods in
a show window on my way. home and
bought you eighty yards of it at cents
a yard The clerk said 1t was great
bargain, and it will make enough dresses
to last you two years. Why, she has
faintedn'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
COULD TELL 1T ANOTHER WAY.

From Case and Comment.
Many years ago an old and well-to-do
farmer in western New York had some
thing OF a reputation as a litigant. He
had a peculiar twist about his mouth
when he talked, due to some muscular
affection. which gave a striking effect to
his utterances.
Ills old neighbors tell of trip that he
made to see his lawyers on a certain &C.
casion when he had made up his mind
to have a lawsuit. He sat down with his
lawyer and laid out his case before him
at length. The lawyer said: well, on that
statement you haven't any case" The
old man hitched his trousers nervously,
twitched his face. and hastily replied:
well, can tell it another way"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
SPEED OF A BASEBALL.
pal dc New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post
The paragraph printed in this column
last week regarding the attempts made
by adventurous ball players to catch a
baseball thrown from the top of the
Washington monument has brought a
query as to the relative difficulty of
catching such a ball and a batted Elmer,
or a good pitchers swiftest delivery. The
velocity of the dropped ball is the easv
factor to determine. According to the
laws of acceleration, 1t would strike tba
ground with a velocity of about $50 feet
per second On the other hand. It ia
strange that for a game where SO many
records are collected and annually tabu-
lated swiftness of pitching Is left so
largely for tradition to perpetuate M
reference book at our command gives the
feet Travelled per second by the straight
swift ball of Amos Rusle, Mathewson or
'Rube" Waddell. But 1t is certainly an
exceptionally swift ball that travels the
Oo'o feet between the pitchers box and
the plate in less than a second This
would make the ball from the monument
about three times as swift as any which
the ordinary catcher has to face in East
company" What is more. its impact.
which Is equal to that of a one-pound
weight moving at about fifty feet per
second, Is just about half that with which
the bullet from new pattern Spring.
held rifle Ltrikes its target. As to liners
there are no data at all. but no one
ever heard of a batted ball hit to such A
distance that three fielders would have
to relay 1t home, and this would seem to
be necessary for 1t to equal that dropped
from the monument
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
A Foot Equal to a Mile.

THE development of the mountain ter
race residence parts out near the Coun-
try club" said real estate agent No. 2.
reminds me of an interesting fact in
connection with the highlands around Blr-
mingham.
ut is well known by all who have made
study of climatic conditions. that every
foot of elevation is equal to one mile of
distance. In other words, a house sltua-
ted one hundred feet above the city of
Birmingham, has the climate of a place
one hundred mides north of this city. As
the mountain terrace people are over three
hundred feet above Birmingham, they
will have the climate of northern Tennes-
see and Southern Kentucky"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
Few Mosquitoes.

In spite of the excessive rains mos
qultoes have been conspicuous by their
absence this month";" said a bachelor.
IF the pesky insect is heard now and
then 1t seems to be less vicious than of
old / account for the scarcity of mos
quitoes by the strict attention that Is
given to yards where standing water
might naturally be found. People are evil
IDENTIFY looking after their premises and
keeping them Clean There is really no
excuse of mosquitoes being bred in this
or any city"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
MYSTERIOUS POWER OF PENNIES.

From the London Evening Standard
London street and Norfolk square, Pad
dington are agitated over the doings of
a mysterious person-whether man or
woman is not known-who every morning
scatters shower of pennies on the road
way
Shopboys and school children, natural
ly. are delighted. Small bullets, or swan
shot. three-eighths of an inch in dame
ter and of quite respectable weight.
have been mixed with the money A Pc
cularity Of the mystery is that each
coin bears strange indentation, as
though it had been hit by a trigger. All
the efforts made to discover the person
have failed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
INCREASE IN COST OF
LIVING is DISCUSSED
New YORK. Special to the New orleans

New York. Special to the New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
n1 HE Increase In the cost of liv-
Ivy ing in this country is to be
permanent. especially with re-
gard to articles Of food. The limit of high
prices has not yet been touched. In my
opinion. the trusts and the tariff have
little or nothing to do with this condi-
ton, which is the natural outgrowth of
the development of the great western
country, linked with the increase in the
output of gold"
This statement was made today by
George E. Roberts. director of the mint.
Mr. Roberts is a careful student of the
practical side of economic questions af-
feeling the American pocketbook.
When asked what causes are responsible
for the steady climb of prices. Mr.. Rob
erts said.
The first and most important reason is
found in the recent utilization of the
great prairies Of the middle west. That
vast section west from Chicago, including
the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas for a
number of years, ending with 1866 was
rapidly settled. Since then its population
has increased steadily, and has devoted
itself to growing farm products Prac-
tically, good tlllable lands are now oc-
cupled. Along about the time this terri+
tory was being settled wheat was worth
90 and 80 cents a bushel. Now 1t is
about II cents a bushel, an increase of
about so per cent value. Take the item of
hogs. which are now worth 81 per 100
pounds. 1 can not remember another
time when hogs were selling at this price,
except for brief period during the civil
war. when our paper currency was badly
deprecated. There has been increase of
100 per cent in the value of hogs during
the past ten years.
Most of these products come from the
lands which, a comparatively few years
ago, we've vacant. The natural fertility of
the western prairies has been developed,
AMI they now furnish a large percentage
of our food products. Heretofore we had
been getting out principal food supplies
at about cost of labor put on them,
scarcely considering the value of the land.
In the future we shall be paying inter
ess on lands worth from SO to $50 an
acre"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Red hair never seems to wear out
When a man won't pay his bills prompt
" people suspect he is rich.
When boy understands music It is a
sign some one will have to support him.
It's the girl who snuggles up to man
that makes him sure there is no need of
brains in a love affair.
A woman who fiirts gets mad with her
husband for doing the same thing, be-
cause she knows how far she goes. but
has to guess how far he goeA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29


are well nigh endless if the prisoner
can command money and friends. For
example. the Patrick case. If to ex-
listing delays and complications is to
be added writs based on insanity ac-
Quired after conviction. punishment
would be confined to the poor and
friendless, and the man who has either
money or influential friends would go
unpublished. This state Of things
would lead to legislation, but as yet
It is not fully determined that insani-
ty after conviction and sentence is
any other state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
MOST ANNOYING.

From the Catholic Standard
Now that all these summer boarders
is sojournin' here" said the rustic on the
cracker barrel II reckon yer postoffice
works kinder heavy, amt it. Josh?"
wal" replied the crossroads postmas-
ter, ITS dash-dinged aggervatin'. Some
times 1 don't git time ter read all the
postal cards.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
Tonsorial Service,

Birmingham has many excellent, up to
date barber shops, but l very seldom hear
of the egg shampoo here said travelling
man. 1.-The egg as a hair and scalp tonic
is said to be great cleanser and is much
In vogue in many northern shops. 1t may
be that it does not suit we'll the south
ern climate, but I call for 1t wherever 1
90
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
TOO EXPENSIVE.
From Pick-Me-Up.

From Pick-Me-Up.
The Scot is proverbially careful with
money, but If the following be true he is
more careful than we before believed. The
other day a wild-eyed Highlander en-
tered a chemists shop and asked for
"Twa pennorth of Rough on Rats. AVN
sick o. this life,' he gasped out.
He was informed that 1t was only sold
in sixpenny packets. He looked long and
lovingly at his sixpence and then said:
Then Aw'l no commit suicide the noo."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Total $50. go. ....59i,64o
The sending of invitations to this
vast number is a heavy task, and it
cannot be successfully accomplished
unless all the folks at home take hold
of it. Not only should warm invita-
lions to return be sent out, but rail-
road rates should be made known, and
the programme of the reception at
Birmingham and the receptions in the
various counties should be published.
The Homecoming of October Is to
be state affair, and each and every
county should arrange public recep-
ton Of Homecoming Alabamians. The
task of gathering in the wanderers
really turns upon the cooperation of
the sixty-seven counties of the state.
The army, 100000 strong, cannot be
drawn hither unless the home folks
ask them to come, sending them all
homecoming can become a memorable
occasion by means of cooperation,
and It cannot be carried to the point
of success without it. Action here at
headquarters, and action in each of
the counties is what is needed above
all else.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

1t was a squeeze play in law that
saved John Williams from the gallows
and the chances now are that final
decision of the questions involved will
not be obtained until after another
man becomes governor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Postmaster Barnes of Washington
has forbidden his clerks to discuss in
office hours religion or politics, but ne
said nothing about baseball scores or
race track form sheets. The clerks
thus have some conversational mar
gin left.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
STOPPED HIM.

From the Cleveland Leader
do you think your father would like
me as a son-in-law?"
Yes; l believe he would"
"Oh, joyi +"
Papa and I never agree about any
thing, you know"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON
TODAYSPLEASANTF FICTION

the rhymth of life condensed SO as to be
graspable and in the portrayal catch some
dominant note or hear some reiterated re-
IRAN which would help us to realize the
conference of the whole work
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Secretary Roots reception at Rio
de Janeiro was enthusiastic and brill
liant. An entire palace was turned
over to him where he and his family
will stay during their sojourn in the
Brazilian CAPITAL.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
$3.50.

From the Westminster Gazette.
There's a sewer called Madame Sussaud.
Slow sewers she shows how to sew.
Says she, .'If, So-and-So,
You sew so you'll sew slow,
So xouu only sew so-ae. Sow sol
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The interstate commerce commits
sion reminds the railroads that there
is now such a thing as a rate law, and
asks them to conform to it without
undue delay
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
THE WHITE MANS BURDEN.

From the Mexican Herald.
one of the white mans burdens in the
far east is the cholera, another the
plauge. and a third the pesky people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Senator Morgan has returned TO
Bailey Springs, near Florence, where
he will spend the hot weeks. He is in
good strength, and the people Of Ala
bama do not desire to see him exhaust
that strength on the stump in hot
weather. He will need it all next win
ter in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
ALABAMA PRESS

Admission Evening News: As long as pis-
tolls are carried in the nip pocket men
will be shot. While Governor JellSs is wag-
ing his crusade against lynching, he will
do well to incorporate concealed weapons
in his plan of warfare.
Carollton Alabamian-Herald: If half the
wind that has been expended on rate re-
forms had been used in argument favor
ing better public roads and the improves
ment of the school system in Alabama the
results would be more satisfactory and
profitable 70 the people at large.
Marion Democrat: All of the gold stand
ard papers are now putting themselves In
the front rank In the advocacy of w. j.
Bryan. The real Bryan papers from prin-
ciple will hardly know whether they are
gold bug, republican bug or any kind of
bug They can now look on with COM
plaicency and see those newspapers that
fought the democracy change their argu-
ment. Is 1t not something real wonder
full?
Tallassee Weekly: We understand that
IT is the custom, in this and other locali-
ties, to elect to the responsible position of
Judge of probate men who have never
read law. This is wrong. The questions
which are liable to come up before a
Judge of probate, the probating of a will
to prove its genuineness and validity, and
the registry of it; the dispensing of JUS
tice to the heirs; the settling Of difficult
questions can only be done in legal
manner by judge well read in law. No
man should ever be elected to the office Of
probate judge who is not a member Of
the bar, and who is not in good stand
ing. 1t ought to be an appointive office,
the apointee being selected from the old
err and tried members of the Judiciary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29
Alabama Wanderers.

The calling back of the sons and
daughters of Alabama to their old
homes is no small task. The welcome
that would be extended to them Is
easy and inviting All want them to
come back once more. All want them
to spend a week at least amid the old
familiar scenes, and the state In the
homecoming week in October will be
full of warmth and hospitality.
But the calling in of the wanderers
is not light task. According to the
census of six years ago, they are
ecattarad az follows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The automobile speeder outranks
as a general nuisance the man who
didn't know it was loaded, and also
the fellow who rocks the boat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

That Ohio court has notified Mr..
Rockefeller that he can appear at his
convenience. The man Of few dollars
is never notified in that way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The autocracy has resumed in Rus
sia. and sudden arrests of men and
sudden suppression of newspapers are
everyday occurrences.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The Russell Sage heirs are about to
organize a withdrawing lodge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The day is coming when men will
forget where Oyster Bay is located.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Bob Evans will command the nobl,
OYSTER Bay fleet this summer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Stolypin hopes to be considered the
linchpin of the Russian empire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

John D. Rockefeller will actually APP
pear in that Ohio court in September.
In the meanwhile he is technically
there all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The automobilist does not see why
persons persist in crossing streets at
crossings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The belt and suspenders as a COM
bination in mems wear is still sub
iect of criticism.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Bryan and Douglas-he of Massa-
chusetts-is another suggested ticket
for 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Theodore Roosevelt has no desire
to take the stump in behalf of Boies
Penrose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Milwaukee's boy mayor wants the
idle rich to become Chauncey M. De-
pews.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The New York state treasury will
get slice of Sage's millions at any
rate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

A convention of bachelors and old
maids should be called to discuss race
suicide.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Mr.. Rockefeller hopes no sheriff will
drop in when he sits down to write
his travel talks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Smoke and divorce cases render
Pittsburg filthier than even Packing
town.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Some of the members of the duma
may yet select Ellis Island as a shore
resort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Iowans say the name Of their state
is '1-o-way," and that the effete east
cannot change it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

If Nat Miller is not trustworthy
citizen in every respect, then citizens
of that sort are mighty rare in this
section.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The Carnegie. pension fund has been
increased, and the college professors
will soon be in clover in their old age.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The fat will be fried out of the
standpat crowd by the republican
committees this fall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Every city should investigate It's
own slaughter houses instead of sling
ing mud at those in Chicago
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

Stuyyesant Fish is to remain at the
head of Birmingham new railroad.
He is right man in right place.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The Armstrong insurance laws do
not prevent insurance officials from
attempting to perpetuate their power.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-29

The plumbers who throw bills at
their victims are themselves victim
lied by bombs of the Russian sort.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post
office as second-class matter under act
Of Congress March g, 1879.