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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
American MaCaroni Wheat.

Maearoni or durum wheat was formerly grown in Southern Russia and Algeria. It thrives in dry coun- tries, needing not more than ten inches of rain a year. or about one quarter the rainfall of Alabama. In 1899 durum wheat was first grown in tnis country. and two years later a crop of 50,000 bushels was produced. A year later the crop was a million bushels, and in the present year 1t is estimated the produce is 20,000,000 bushels. Threefourths of the crop of this year was grown Tn the dryer dis tricts of Minnesota. North Dakota and South Dakota. Kansas and Nebraska contribute to the grand result
 So great has the production become in this country we are sending mil lions of bushels across the seas. One cargo of 350,000 bushels was recently loaded at Duluth, and European buy CTS are taking great quantities of American grown durum wheat. Sec retary Wilson says six million bushels of this years crop have already been exported.
 Durum wheat is wanted by the macaroni manufacturers. It is also excellent bread-making material, pro ducing a greater percentage of flour per bushel, and a much greater Sugar content" Secretary Wilson believes durum wheat will soon be in demand for bread-making purposes. If home market can be secured for 1t the crop will speedily go to large proportions, because it can be grown above the irrigation ditches. We have vast area we'll adapted to the production of durum wheat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
The Stock Market.

Henry Clews in his Wall street letter of Saturday says: "The year 1905 opens under most favorable auspices. General business conditions are satisfactory and ought to continue so, at least until the next harvest. So far as the stock market Is concerned there are but two dangers, and these are rather serious ones' an over-extenslon of credit and the fostering of undue speculation The money squeeze Is now over, and from now until the mid dle of March money should remain Tn comfortably easy condition; but the recent stringenoy in the money market Is proor of the need of an elastic currency system and the rather unwelcome demonstration of the persistency of speculative demands upon our banking resources. Unfortunate ly, the latter are very frequently under +he domination of men whose interests lie in the direction of still higher prices on which to unload their surplus stock In fact. this power of speculative interests over the financial institutions is one Of the worst dangers In the situation.
 "Outside of speculation the market IS likely to have the support of strong bank ing interests for some time to come. There will be important new issues of securi- ties. particularly railroad stocks, and bankers who usually finance such deals do not wish to have the market spoiled by excessive speculation. The growth or mileage in the west has not kept pace with traffic during the past ten years. For instance. the railroad mileage during the decade increased only about Is per cent,
 Al. lo1r P0nI1la- ton, while the tonnage of the roads h- creased over 100 per cent. In the west, be- tween the Mississippi and the Pacific there Is strong need of additional mileage and if nothing intervenes we will see at least one Or two years of active new con- struetion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

The south gained fewer of them than did the crowded little state of New Jersey.
 Commissioner of Emigration Sar- gent openly advocated the adoption of plans that would lead to the landing of immigrants where, or near where, they are needed and wanted. In other words, he gets onto the Roosevelt platform, which is simply the com mon sense of the immigration prob lem.
 When President Roosevelt and Commissioner Sargent advocate change in the landing of immigrants the time seems to be ripe for the bringing in of bill that will meet the situation. Give the six states needed relief, and at the same time give the south a fair and square chance to gain accessions of whites. The south can absorb a large number of immigrants. Fifty thousand are needed in this district today, and the chances are that ten times that num- Der can be placed in the entire south in the course of full year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
The Home Owner.

"on F'ridhy l made the last payment on two lots I bought two years ago. and you can imagine how happy my wife was last night when placed the deeds in her hands" said conductor on South Ems ley car yesterday.
 The lots are out on the North Besse- mer car line, and are well situated Ihey are worth now more than paid ioi them. and l can realize good percentase of investment on them any day but sii''' keep the property for while.
 T bought the lots on the installmehl plan, making a small cash payment' ana have paid a small sum every month since. I have hardly missed the money l pau out in this way and feel that have good piece of property bought with money that I might have thrown away.
 "A number of the employees of the BIT mingham Railway, Light and Power com pany are buying homes in this way ana several of us already have good homes paid for that were purchased on the in- stallment plan.
 Most any young man with any reason able salary can buy property In Birmihs- ham in this way. and it is my opinion that none would make a mistake in doing so. l believe that every lot in the Birmingham district is worth the price asked ana Il you are so unfortunate as to be unaoie to make the payments the money already invested could be saved and often with good interest. The man who owns his home feels independent, and I believe he Is worth more to the city and to ms eih- ployers than the man who does not pay taxesa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
STORIES OF BASEBALL IN
 OLD DAYS OF THE GAME

all of us in great poverty, I began life selling newspapers. When scarcely years old I was awakened early in the morn ing, and often when scarcely awake was led by my mother to the office of the Baltimore Chronicle, where served the papers before daybreak to earn dollar a week.
 When I was about 12 years old was bound as an apprentice to Benjamin Edes. a printer, and that was my first start in the world I naturally became acquaint- ed with many boys, and among my play mates were Edwin Booth and his brother. J. Wilkes Booth, sons of Junius Brutus Booth, whom I always considered the greatest actor the world ever saw on the stage. So, you see, I had distinguished company when we played our games of baseball in the old fields around Balti- more''
 MT. Oliver tells an interesting story of Junius Brutus Booth the father of his playmates In the ball games.
 T was walking along Gay street in a heavy shower one day, disappointed be- cause it interfered with sport, when l saw crowd of people across the thorough fare. Going over to the place l saw the elder Booth, who. in the very ecstasy and recklessness of intoxication, was teach ing Jim Wills, who had left bookbnd- ing for the stage, to deliver King Rich ards soliloquy Now is the winter of our discontent.' Wills, also hilarious, was an Irishman, fine Irish comedan-and to make the lines effective Booth rected to in, Tpic bo funniest thing I ever witnessed in my life and despite the storm the crowd roared with laughter, while the great genius of tragedy, under the influence of Baltimore whisky, went on showing the Irishman how to recite Richards sollloquy in his own brogue."
 An amusing story was related of one of the young Divers pranks in the days when he was playing baseball with Edwin and J. Wilkes Booth. On the night be- fore holiday he flooded the city with placards-handblls scattered everywhere announcing that the attraction of the day would be the great feat performed by Domingo Stulz Stokes, who'w would fly from the top of the Gay street shot tower to the top of the shot tower on Front street. This startling intelligence drew an enor- nous crowd which for hours surged aroung the shot towers, where they ex- pected the flying performance to take place. Young Oliver enjoyed the fun, and then, with his companions, hurried away to the fields and played baseball while solid citizens of Baltimore still waited for | the man with wings to sail through the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

drsn of Greensboro are registered at the Hilman hotel
 M Tunstan of Greensboro is reg lstered at the Metropolitan hotel.
 c. G. Toler of Corona is at the Metro politan.
 Dave Markstein. one of Mobiles young business men, is at the Morris.
 D. R. Roberts and Mrs. Roberts are at the Birmingham from Anniston. O. R. Brown of Montgomery is at the St. Nicholas
 S. o. Miller. advance agent of the Show Girr' company is at the Hillman.
 WE. Wilson and J. T Brooks of Brew ton are at the Hillman.
 E. D. Singleton of Jasper Is at the Bir- mingham.
 B. H. von seeberg of Montgomery is registered at the Metropolitan.
 A. ". Horne of Winona, Missa is at the Morris.
 Edwin D. Burwell of Huntsville is reg istered at the St. Nicholas
 J. Lodge of Tuscaloosa is at the Bir- mingham.
 Charles K. Eyster of New Decatur IS at the St. Nicholas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
Ten Years Ago.

Tn looking over recently the files of an old newspaper said politician last night. q was interested in reading the accounts of the Chicago convention of 1896
 'In that convention the safe and sound and free silver democrats fought 1t out to finish.
 w. J. Bryans and the late William E. Russelrs speeches were the features of the convention.
 MT. Bryan. in closing his great speech, said: You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not cruelty mankind on cross of gold
 "Governor Russell said: When this storm has subsided and the dark clouds of passion and prejudice have worn away, and there comes sober second thought of the people, then the protest the minority makes here will be held as the ark of the covenant of the faith, where all democrats will be reunited and go forth to fight for the old principles and carry them to triumphant victory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
100 Per Cent Money.

This would indeed be a high rate If a borrower had to pay it year on a million dollars, but the borrower pays 1t as a rule but day or two. JAS soon as the rate falls be normal he borrows money and liquidate the loan made under pressure. If he holds the borrowed million two days he pays but $5554 interest, and this he prefers to do rather than sell the stocks he is carrying. If he borrowed but $100,000. the 100 per cent costs him but SPIT day. He prefers to pay two days interest at 100 per cent on a demand loan, than to take money for ninety days at per cent. The former he can liquidate at any time, while the latter must run it's full course.
 Nor are demand loans usurous un- der the New York law. The law of usury in that state applies to time loans, but not to demand loans.
 Nor were the demands for money in the year-end engagements significant. They showed how great the volume of speculation had become, but they did not show much else. The present week will doubtless see normal rates  fully restored in call money, and the incident will soon be recalled as an cient history only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
Prom the New York Sun.

ENAToR BLACKBURN has al NA ways been regarded as one of the " most picturesque figures in pub lie life at Washington. He has been de- scribed by one of his fellow Kentuckians as "a man of impulsye, ardent tempera- ment. of genial, chivalrous spirit. inspiring enthusiastic friendship
 Impulsive he certainly is and his polit- ical career has been marked by many in- consistencies of conduct. Some years ago he made an address at the funeral of a Kentuckian who had been shot to death by the William Goebel who subsequently, became governor and was himself assas- sinated. At the funeral Blackburn de- nounced Goebel and said that he had loved the dead man as a brother, and that it would be his first mission in life to hunt down the man who had killed him. Only few years later he made an ad- dress at the funeral of William Goebel in which he eulogzed the dead governor profoundly. Yet so loyal are Senator Blaekburn's friends that they would never admit that there had been anything incon- sistent in his attitude
 Senator Blackburn Is born orator. The less intimately he is acquainted with a subject the more effectively he can ex- patiate upon 1t. But he met his match when he was running for Representative in 1874 against Ed Marshall, member of the famous Kentucky and Virginia family | of that name and one of the most noted spellblnders of his day. In those days the burning question was the condition of the country's finances. Blackburn advocated the issuance of "greenback' currency as the certain cure for all existing ills. One night during the campaign he made sky rocket speech concerning the financial crisis Marshall was present. At the close of 1t he rose and said:
 My fellow citizens, when Joe discusses the broad and expansive question of finance he reminds me of a duck swim ming on the placid bosom of vast lake, | drawing something less than two inches of water, creating not a ripple on the surface, and blissfully and defiantly un- conscious of the fathomless depths be- meath him."
 The joke was on Blackburn, but he carried the election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
AS A BEAM O'ER THE FACE OF
 THE WATERS.

By Thomas Moore. AS a beam OCT the face of the watefs
 may glow While the tide runs in darkness and cold
 ness below, So the cheek may be tinged with warm
 sunny smile, Though the cold heart to ruin runs dark
 ly the while. One fatal remembrance, one sorrow that
 throws It's bleak shade alike OCT our joys and
 our woes, To which life nothing darker or brighter
 can bring, For which joy has no balm and affio-
 tion no sting Oh. this thought in the midst of enjoy-
 ment will stay, Like dead, leafiess branch in the sum-
 mer's bright ray The beams of the warm sun play round
 it in vain. It may smile in his light, but it blooms
 not agair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
Joe Bryan's Misfortune.

The people of Richmond will sympathize sincerely with Joseph Bryan in the loss by fire of his elegant home, ''Laburnum, a mile or two outside the limits of the Virginia capital MT. Bryan Is wealthy man, and the loss of his property from a money point of view will give him no con cern, but Laburnum was one of the inst- tutions of Virginia. The house was built since the civil war. and was therefore not landmark but few mansions north or south are more beautiful or more ar- tistic in their decorations or furnishings than was Mr. Bryans house. And in no home in the Old Dominion was hospitality dispensed more graciopsly CT with more lavish hand.
 Mir Bryan is well known and esteemed in Birmingham, where he comes fre- quently to look after large interests, in- cluding the Sloss- Sheffield company, in which he is a large stockholder, and of which he was until recently first vice president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
HIGH OLD SLEEPING PLACE.

From T1t-Bits.
 After two years dangerous work, a bedroom has been built on the summit of Mount Blanc. It is attached to the Jans- sen observatory. and is meant for Alpln- ists who have been overtaken by storm on the summit or lost their way in the snows. A large camp bed occupies all the floor of the room, and can hold twenty two persons. The bedroom, which Is the highest In the world, Is also the most ex- pensive, as every stick and stone had to be carried up by porters from Chamonix During its erection 1t was demolished twice and filled with snow nine times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
SENATOR BLACKBURN
 A PICTURESQUE FIGURE

Apropose of Senator Blaekburn's fond ness for speechmaking the following story is told of him:
 The senator had gone with few of his best friends on little outing trip to the banks of Elkhorn, one of the tributaries of the Kentucky river The food provided could not have been more satisfying to the appetite. and there was plenty of liquid refreshments as we'll
 Blackburn, however. did not seem to bs enjoying himself. One of his friends noticing his moodiness. asked him what was the matter
 T don't like this crowd" Blackburn re- sponded.
 Why, Joe" his friend demonstrated. there's not man here who wouldn't die for you.''
 T know that" returned Blackburn. Its not the quality I'm objecting to- but the quantity. The d-d crowd is too big for an anecdote and not big enough for speech"
 One of the jokes of which Kentucklans never grow weary concerns Senator Black burn and his loyal appreciation of the llQulu DIOouClS Ol 1ilo IdliNt bidle. 116 senator had gone to pay visit to friend of his who lived many mile distant. His friend met the senator as he alighted at the station.
 How are you, Joe?' his friend asked. I'm up against it." was the reply "I lost the best part of my baggage en route'
 Did you misplace it, or was it stoien?" his friend inquired solicitously.
 Neither" said the senator. "The cork came out'
 It was Evangelist Dwight L. Moody who was responsible for Senator Black burns getting religion" Shortly after MT. Moody had begun series of services in Washington, at which Blackburn was a constant attendant. every member of the United States Senate received in his mornings S mall a package of tracts, which bore the legend: Compliments of J. c. S. Blackburn" One of the tracts was bound in red and was entitled, Strong Drink, or the Temperance Song in Gods Word" The other tracts were entitled respectively Happy Nancy" "The Song of the Sparrow" and "A Little Pilgrim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
chattanooaa Prosperous.

chattanooga Is certainly active and prosperous" said Travelling Passenger Agent Andrews yesterday. "A force Of To men is engaged in tearing down the stan ton house, long the chief hotel of Chat- tanooga, but 1t must be taken down 10 make room for a fine union passenger sta ton.
 "The sohuberts have bought some of the bricks of the doomed hotel, and out or the material will spring for their use a hand some theatre. All parts of the old hotel will reappear in new buildings in various parts of the city. The industries of Chat tanooga are busy and everybody in the town under Lookout mountain anticipates a bright and glorious year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
ADVICE FOR RESTRAINTS.

From the Marion County News.
 It may be possibly that our two dis tingushed senators are rather old, and that younger men would fill their places with credit to themselves and honor to their constituents, yet the man or men who endeavor to succeed them until they retire on their own volition or are re- moved by death is going mp against a hard proposition and the chances are good that political oblivion awaits those who make the attempt at their retirement Prospective candidates for the United States Senate would do well to play a waiting game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
WHITES ASSIGNMENT.
+na I,n,noria. C,azette

From the Emporia Gazette.
 Walter ,Wellman shouldn't swell up so over his instructions from the Chicago News-H Hera1d to go to the North pole in an airship The writer hereof was work ing for Colonel Learnard of the Law renee Journal office when something hap pened around the office which caused the Colonel to give the writer an assignment to go straight to hell and be quick about it! And 1t never got in the papers much, either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

Chauncey Depew should retain his directorships in seventy-nine com panies and resign his seat in the Sen ate. The reverse plan is not satisfac- tory to the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
The Great Pianist.

"No musie-lover can afford to miss Har- old Bauer's recital at the Cable hall next Friday night" said prominent musician.
 Bauer Is distinguished alike for mar velous technique and poetic feeling. He has the intellectual grasp to interpret the great classic masters and the skill and taste to make gems of the dainty little pieces written by modern composers. He has a delightful programme for Birming- ham. and everything he plays here will be a revelation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

Regardless of the politicians, the people of Alabama want Senator Pet tus and Senator Morgan to remain in their offices until they are removed by death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
GIVING AND TAKING.

From the Atlanta Journal
 Jack London is giving lectures this sea- son. As Jack has just married again, he is probably taking lectures also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

The multl-millionaires' attempt to turn this government into an oli- garchy, or rather plutocracy, has re- ceived setback by the downfall of Nelson w. Aldrich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
"New York. January

New York, January 5.
 In reduplcation Is strength, and gods have a habit of arranging themselves in groups of three. Nine is a mystical and perfect number, Of great strength and value, Nine Muses; nine lives of cat Naturally Commissioner Bingham select ed gods, as our old school friend Lars Porsena had done before him.
 Lars Porsena of Clusium,
 By the nine gods he swore,
 That the great house of Tarquin
 Should suffer wrong no more.
 By the nine gods he swore it.
 A very mouthf1lling and horrendous oath 1t must have been in the original Etrus- can. Are not Commissioners nine gods of war those same old Etruscan gods? No other god but war god was ever able to do much business, fighting being the principal occupation of those Old World people.
 By the nine gods of war, A good, un- profane oath. Harmless, mildly relieving, satisfactory, efficient. If one must swear, these innocent asseveratlons answer the purpose well.
 It will be noticed that Commissioner Bingham, who introduced himself to his fellow citizens with certain picturesque tang and far heard innocuous explosive force of speech. has brought the strenu- ous period of his language to a close. It is unnecessary to suppose that Mayor Mcclellan or anybody else asked for the disarmament of the Commissioners vo- cabulary AS an artist he knows that continuous detonation wearies the ear.
 We hope, however, that the nine gods of war have not been put on a peace footing. Whether they come from Tus- cany or are indigenous in Manhattan they are, honor~d and hearty chaps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

Joseph Chamberlain's protection scheme is cutting a small figure in the British parliamentary elections. It was biggest when first born.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

Senator LaFollette has been study ing Shakespeare for twenty-five years. In fact, Hamlet and the corpora tions have occupied most of his time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

Somehow, the attitude of Repre- sentative Hull in the Minor Morris affair at Washington does not raise him in the estimation of the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

Admiral Rojestvensky must have seen at Wei-Hai-Wei more Dogger Bank fishing vessels. He always could see more at sea than any one else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

Maybe if MT. Hughes had been ask ing the questions, H. H. Rogers would not have had triumph on the witness stand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

David Bennett Hills health has marvelously improved since the new year came in and the investigation committee went out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

Like all the rest of the insurance crowd, Chauncey Depew says he will not resign, but like his late colleagues he will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

The name of Yerkes has at any rate been linked with art in this country, even if ethics refuses to recognize it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

The little tads who read the Sunday Age Herald had to guess what Buster Brown was doing yesterday, but he will be on hand next Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

The standing of freshman at An napolis seems to depend on how much weight his head and neck will bear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08
DELAY EXPLAINED.

From the Chattanooga News.
 There is such black cloud hanging over Senator Depew that 1t is doubtful If he can see how to write out his resigna- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-08

From the Pensacola Journal.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald asks: What will Alice Roosevelt wear?" Dead easy Clothes