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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-27
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

A lII11O
 Deserved a prize For probity.
 The lawyer has
 An office now
 And poses with
 Judicial brow.
 The trust resumes
 It's former bent
 And all concerned
 Are well content. Shall wives be wage earners?" asks a contemporary. If some of them didn't work we know some husbands who would starve to death. In the old days father operated on the bad boy with a shingle. Nowadays a aearned surgeon makes him good by tinkering with his brain, A Texas man thinks he can improve the watermelon. When you get through with that job professor. tint the rain- bow in more exquisite colors. give the lily a grace 1t does not own and make the NlDleL put lHb ioSp lb 9AeAAiAOs
 FALL SUGGESTION. The autumn days are here, forsooth' r With hues of red and gold. The breath of winter sends a chill Der vale and open wold have a tip-ere long Jack Frost Will frolic in the night. So don't forget blanket, friend, To make your cover right. A human interest story Is told of how a man lost suit of clothes which cost him s5 and later recognized the trousers by a patch on them as they swung above a secondhand clothing dealer's door. An Ohio probate judge rules that a die vorced woman is not a grass widow" The position of the ''sod widow" res mains inalterable.
 WHICH ARE LUCKY? Each one must live this little life Until the journeys done. And some hitch up to make the trip And some plod on alone.
  Everybody wants every thing cheaper. except the people who have it to sell King Peter says he recognizes neither Russia nor Austria. That is a snub that doesn't snub
 ANNOYING. A gentleman wholloped his wife one day And then, imagine his rage To see the encounter in big black type Played up" on the sporting page, Germs are like the poor-always with us.
 Topic of the day-Atlanta. As to Cuba, shake well before taking. Open season for raincoats.
 PAUL COOK.
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The straw hat is discouraged.
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The Pan-Democracy of New York were put off at Buffalo
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Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, post bfrioe as second-elass matter under aot H Congress March 8 1S79
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WHOAI

It is anybody's weather.
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Birmingham's fair will be the big gest and best ever.
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The Cuban cabinet seems to be play ing a crooked game.
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Two-cent fares are operating to in- crease gross receipts.
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Josh Billings was the originator o simplifled spelling.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-03-30
MILLIONALRES FOR MATTERS.
Caddies Feasted as Guests of the
Germantown Cricket Club, Near
PHILADELPHIA.

Millionaires and men of promin-
ence in the business and social life
of the city turned walters and fed
the little lads who have served as
caddies on the golf links of the Ger
mantown Cricket Club, at banquet
at the clubhouse at Wissahickon
Heights the other night. The lads
were delighted with the feast, but
more pleased with the attention show
cred upon them by the dignified men
of affairs, who left nothing undone to
make them happy.
AS the eighty-six youngsters, rang
ing in age from eight to sixteen years,
sat about the banquet board. garbed
in their regular costumes, Samuel T.
Heebner, one Of the old members OF
the club, welded the carving knife.
and huge slices OF turkey were prompt
ly hurried to the hungry youngsters
by the millionaire walters.
First, ex-Minister to Italy, William
Potter would hurry away with
plate, then Sheriff Brown and Direc-
tor Of Public Safety Potter would rush
from the carver's side, carrying plat
ters heaped with turkey and tempting
vegetables. Edward s. Buckley. Jr,
president Of the club, took a hand and
was assisted by Vice-President H. H.
Kingston, Harlan S. Page, Howard
Perrin, Joseph S. Clark. Charles T.
Cowperwaite, Henry A. Lewis, Robert
C. Cooke, William r. Buckley, G. H.
Potter, William Disston and w. Find
ley Brown, and all of them were busy
looking after the wants OF their cad
dies, all of them men of great AFFAIRS.
After the collation. had been served.
William C. Houston, chairman OF the
golf committee. called the gathering
to order and made brief address. in
which he congratulated the boys upon
their behavior during the year. Az a
I means of still further pleasing the cad
lies, each was presented with a boz
Of candy and prizes ranging from 81
to $3.50 in gold.
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CALHOUN MONUMENT. CHARLESTON. S. c.
covered with red ones. We went into
st. Michaels church, one of the Oldest
churches in the South, twice injured
by fire, and the walls cracked during
the great earthquake. The three walls
are lined with memorial tablets; the
pews are of the old style, high ones,
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STOCK EXCHANGE SEATS.
Points of Vantage Where Millions
Are Made (and LoSO While You
Matt.

In keeping with the recent remark
able rise in stock prices in this coun-
try is the rapid advance in rates at
which New York Stock Exchange
seats are selling. The membership OF
the Exchange is strictly limited to
1,1OO, and seats are therefore objects
OF ardent desire on the part of many
hundreds of market operators, to
whom a membership would be mate
rally valuable. A month ago a seat
sold for $4,000, a record price. few
days ago membership rights were sold
for 100000 and one seat was bought
at the unprecedented price of $4,000.
1t is believed that if there is another
transaction of this character soon the
price will reach 100000, or somewhat
more than so per cent. greater than
the rate at which seats were sold two
years ago. In 1872 Stock Exchange
seats sold for $4,000, and this was re-
garded as high.
An idea of the reason why Wall
Street operators are anxious to OBJ
tain the right to transact their busi-
ness on the floor of the Exchange
is gained from the fact that the stock
transactions nowadays average close
upon 100000 shares day. If every
member of the Exchange were active,
and if the business were evenly di-
vided. such daily business would give
to each member q commission upon
about 500 shares, amounting to a
yearly income of s32,7O0. This is. of
course, entirely apart from individual
operations and profits.
These Stock Exchange seats are re-
garded as assets. There has been in
the past some trading in them for the
sake of the profits gained by the rise
in the rate, but the tendency was dis
couraged by rigid enforcement Of the
rule that the purchaser must be ac-
ceptable to the governors of the Ex-
change. Men now sell their seats only
for urgent reason, such as failure of
health, or removal to other fields. In
the latter case the New York seat is
probably more profitably turned into
cash, at the high rates now prevailing,
than to be held for future use. When
a member of the exchange dies, his
executors sell his seat for the highest
rate. The bidding is often
spirited, and some of the most strik-
ing advances in the record prices have
been scored in this way.
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and other producing interests in the
Middle West, which consider the Ger
man market their velvet"
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there. The street is broad, the houses
right on the street, their grounds on
either side planted with vegetables,
magnolia trees, roses in full bloom, and
a wealth of vines everywhere. The
houses here were built before the war,
and are immense three story structures
running way back, with two and three
story verandas facing the South to
catch the sea breeze. Quaint old carv-
ings are on the doors which are also
resplendent with great brass knockers.
The view is fine and expansive, in
cluding Charleston Harbor, Fort Sum
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selves, grasped her message and her
very name became a term Of derision.
She was caricatured, insulted, jeered at
and maligned. In the early days of the
movement Women's Rights was the
synonym for dress reform, for neglect
ed home duties for rabid political
tendencies and for unwomanly women.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was Miss
Anthony's earliest ally. Together they
conducted one campaign after another,
seemingly making but little headway
at first. They travelled all over the
country, going from place to place In
open wagons, stage coaches or what
ever other conveyance was obtainable,
and from door to door on foot. They
endured many hardships and were sub
jected to insults innumerable. People
said of them that Mrs. Stanton made
the balls and Miss Anthony fired them.
She proved her good craftsmanship by
making every ball count
Partial Suffrage In Many States.
"I never saw that tall, stately Quaker
girl coming across my lawn" said Mrs.
Stanton, But what l knew another
bomb-shell was to be hurled into some
assembly Of men"
Miss Anthony was arrested and fined
for illegal voting in 1872. She had
cast a ballot at the election. She never
paid the fine. Since then four states
have granted the right of suffrage to
women; 23 states have given them the
right to vote at school elections, and
New York permits women taxpayers to
vote on all questions affecting the tax
alton of property. For years Miss
Anthony hoped to live to see woman
elected and inaugurated as President
of the United States, but she has a.
| bandoned that hope now, realizing that
such a thing will not come to pass In
her day.
Her life is now less strenuous and
she and her sister, Mary, have a quie'
pretty home at Rochester N. Y. She
keeps in touch with every cause In the
| interest Of or for the advancement Of
woman, and in her voluminous CORES
pondence continues to give advice and
counsel to women in all quarters OF
the globe. Out of her little Workshop
in the attic of the Rochester home
comes much of the ammunition used
in continuing the battle for suffrage
Six years ago, at the age OF 80 SHE
learned to operate typewriter, which
she employs in her personal CORES
pondence and In carving on her work
Time has dealt gently with her. Sh'
Is still stately and erect. and her steT
has the vigor and elasticity of mos
women many years her junior. Hel
memory is undulled by age, all OF hel
| faculties seem to retain the keennes
which made her such power In thu
| prime of her life. Her interest In thu
i worlds affairs is unabated, and he
mind is attuned to every movemen
having for its object the bettermen
Of mankind.
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4 PropcuOr In the Aif.

An English device is reported Of An
air motor boat. which. while not re-
markable as a speed craft, is yet very
useful in navigating many bodies OF
water which on account OF their e1-
treme shallowness are practically clos
ed 6 navigation. Other deeper rivers
and lakes are likewise avoided by .
screw or paddle wheel craft on ac-
count Of their growths OF rank veEe-
tation.
A nat, shallow draft launch has been
constructed which overcomes both dif.
nculties, for its screw propeller or fan
works, not in the water but in the air.
Driven by a motor. the fan whirling In
the air sends the boat along at . good
rate Of speed.
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Mss Anthony's Remarkable Bat.
tie Against Ridicule and
CaIunlQY.

Susan Brownell Anthony was born
SO years ago in the Hicksite Quaker
settlement at South Adams, Mass, and
was as quiet and gentle and oDedlent a
little Quaker maiden as any or her
playmates in that tranquil spot. Her
lie was uneventful until she look up
teaching and went out into the world.
She was 26 years old when she made
her first fight for the right OF suffrage.
It was for the right to vote at tenn
perance meeting which was dominated
BIZ young men, The Sons of Temper
apce were holding convention at
Albany, n. Y. and the Daughters OF
Thmperance were invited to meet with
them. Susan was one OF the Daugn-
ters who accepted the invitation. Ear
ly in the proceedings the young women
discovered that their position In the
convention was purely an honorary
one. The men did not propoSe ina.
they should have any voice In the pro-
oeedings. It was against scripture
and against her natural sphere that
woman should raise her voice In the
councils of men, were the arguments
Of the men In answering the protests
of the women and in refusing their
petition to be allowed to vote.
Suddenly q tall, slender Quaker girl
arose from her seat and. followed by
six others, marched out OF the convent
ion hall. The leader was Susan b
Anthony. It was her first rebellion
against that order Of things which
have men a monopoly Of power. She
Immediately set about organizing the
women's New York State Temperance
Society. That was the real beginning
Of what has been her life's work In
which the central theme has ever been
equal suffrage for the sexes.
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schedules of the new imperial tariff
against American goods, thus averting
a tariff war with the United States, is
the climax to a protracted Interchange
of correspondence between Secretary
Root and Ambassador Sternberg, in
which Secretary Root has achieved his
first great feat of pure diplomacy.
The success of the State Department
in obtaining for another sixteen months
equal consideration in the German
trade with other governments that have
made great concessions to obtain the
minimum tariff in Germany, without
any amelioration of our schedules
against German goods entering this
country, ranks as one of the notable
works of statecraft in several decades
of the recent history of the American
foreign office. Had Secretary Root not
already given ample promise of being
a diplomat of the first class, he would
now be hailed as the new stellar light
in international politics.
All Done In a Month.
Only a month before the action of the
reichstag, the German government was
still apparently inexorable in its posi-
tion that the maximum rates would be
enforced on March 1.
In the light of the reichstag's action,
~ Lue edIucoL Ol
Won Buelow, one might be led to think
colossal bluff had been attempted, and
pushed to the last moment by Germany.
But this, 1t is Understood here, Is not
the case. The seed of education as to
the result of the tariff war, which Mr..
Root had been sowing, did not sprout
until within the last few weeks; then
its growth was rapid.
| Realizing that Mr.. Root was thor
oughly familiar with all the premises
and sound in his understanding OF what
the results would be of any course pur-
sued by Germany, and that he could
not be shaken from his position Of
polite regret that no concession was
possible at this end of the wire, the
German statesmen quickly went to
their reichstag. and had legislation
passed deferring the trouble.
Had the department here shown
signs of hysteria, or had Secretary
Root not fully appreciated the several
angles OF the case, or had he made ex'
cited efforts to have Congress act hur'
riedly in giving Germany concessions
have decided that the United States
could be coerced bv actually applying
] the maximum tariff, but Mr.. Roots
placid explanations that nothing at all
could be done here. either before OF
after March 1. had an exceedingly
ouieting effect upon German tarifl
opinions.
Secretary Roots impassive attitude
which was so remarkably effective In
this case. is all the more notable. In
view of the flood of excited protests
that have come to Washington from
associations Of farming. manufacturing
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IN THE WARM SOUTHLAND.
A February JOURNE ] FROM THE
LAND OF ICE TO THE LAND
OF FLOWERS.

Breezy Account Of a Midwinter Trip
to Charles ston, Jacksonville and st.
Aupus ustine.-HoteIs which Are
Palaces.
We left Washington on February
eighteenth and after spending two de
lightful days in New York boarded the
Seminole" for Jacksonville, on wash
ington's birthday. Now the one accom-
plishment of my life has been that
was always a good sailor; but on this
trip | had to succumb, never raising
my head from the pillow from the hour
we started until we reached Charles
ton. 1 thought pretty faithfully OF my
son who was sick for IL days while CO.
ing to the Isthmus. 1t was a terrible
passage for us, very cold, rainy and
completely dismal. Nearly every one
was sick, only two ladies and a few
gentlemen, my husband among them
being the exceptions. | had the dub
ious pleasure of taking all my meals
in my berth. For two nights the
steamer pitched and rolled to such an
extent, that my husband couldn't stay
in his upper berth, and when we came
around Hatteras it seemed really peril
Gus. The captain said it was the rough
est night the boat had experienced for
five years and it will be long, long
while before I shall want to round
Hatteras again! Saturday morning
however the misery was over, and at
eight A. NJ. we stopped at Charleston,
with a partially clear sky, and few
hours before us in which to do the
City. We drove to the Battery" and
walked the length Of the sea wall
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crea. Courage to Withstand Rebuffs

1t required great courage to under
take this work at the time and in the
manner she did. But she possessed
that requisite and exercised it on
many occasions. She never faltered,
never lost heart, though she was con-
stantly subjected to ridicule. calumny
and opposition. Few women were
brave enough to follow her in those
days. In 1852 she addressed large
convention of men teachers. A clergy
man who was present complimented
her afterwards.
you spoke ably and WELL" he said.
but / had rather see my mother
and sister dead in their graves than
to hear them speaking from public
platform
Increasingly she preached the doc
trine of woman's suffrage and equal
rights. Few, even among women them
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Curara one Of the deadly poisons,
and that with which South American
Indians annoint their arrow heads,
has been found very helpful in tho
treatment of hydrophobia-
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TRIUMPH FOR ROOT
GERMAYY,S NEW TARIFF act
ALLOWS SMALLEST RATE ON
AMERICAN GOODS.
Securing This Unlocked For Conces-
sion Makes Secretary of State
Diplomat of First Rank-Cerman
Market Priced.

War has been averted between the
United States and Germany; not the
strife of cannon and sword, but COM
mercial war, which nevertheless very
seriously threatened important Ameri-
can industries.
The recent action of the German
reichstag in passing legislation defer
ring from March 1 next, until June 30,
1907, the assessment of the maximum
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ter in the distance, and the Ashley and
Cooper Rivers. In the park are several
old statues and on warm night it
must be Il charming spot
Flowers in Winter.
Then We drove through the town,
encountering everywhere gardens in
bloom and trees in foliage as il it were
the month of May. A lady we met
gave me an exquisite red and white
camelia, and I saw an immense bush
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our heads just appearing over the tops
We rambled through the market, one
story building extending from block
to block till l think l counted six.
Here we saw fruits and fresh vege-
tables in abundance. the darkey women
balancing great fiat baskets on their
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OFFICERS FIGHT BURGLARS.
Two of the Former and One Of the
Latter Killed

Prosser, Wash, Nov. 2.-There was
a desperate battle near Kennewick be-
tween officers and burglars who
robbed two stores In that town. The
officers were led by Sheriff A. G. Nc
Neil of Prosser, who came on the rob-
bers unawares In the bush. They were
Eve or six in number and at once COM
menced firing. Marshal Michael Glover
of kennewick was instantly killed and
Joseph Halsey, his deputy, was fatally
wounded Sheriff Mcneil was shot
twice, but not dangerously hurt. After
being shot the sheriff emptied his gun
at the robbers, killing one and finally
capturing another.
The captured robber says he Is Rob-
ert Layton, aged sixteen years. He
revealed the identity of the dead des-
peradc as Jacob Lake, recently con-
Wet in the penitentiary at Walla
Walla.
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SECURITIES SOAR UPWARD.
Movement of Extraordinary Strength
on Russian Bourse.

St. Petersburg, Nov. "A move
ment of extraordinary strength Is TAX
ing place in government securities on
the bourse, partly as a reflex of the
foreign markets, but chiefly on ac-
count Of the evidences of the pacifica-
ton of the country, the absence of any
great recruiting disorders and the ex-
pectation that the date of the parlia-
mentary elections will be advanced.
Imperial fours, which the previous
day rose in an unprecedented fashion
2A points. opened during the morning
at 76A, steadily advanced all day and
closed firm with a heavy demand at
773s, a net gain of rs points and the
highest quotation since April /. I'M
perial fives, in which there was much
interest, rose to S69s, government lot
terry issues rose 4 to points, the
whole series of bank shares rose s to
10 points and the strength of the mar
ket pervaded industrials, Oil COM
panies' stocks and other securities
generally.
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NOTED TERRORIST ESCAPES
HEAD OF FIGHTING ORGANlZA
TlON DISAPPEARS FROM ST.
BERiAN MINES.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 2.-Gerschunin,
one of the most famous terrorists and
head of their fighting organization
during the Sipiaguine and Plehve re-
gimes, has escaped from Siberia con-
cealed In a water cask. His disap-
pearance is a serious menace to per-
sonages whose lives the terrorists are
now seeking, as he is a skilled organ
izer and one of the most remarkable
men the revolution has produced. Ger
schunin, who is Jew, was condemned
to Imprisonment for completely In the
assassination of Minister of the In
terror Sipiaguine and the attempt on
the life of M. Pobiedonosteff, late pro-
curator general of the holy synod.
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ArMITS SENDING ANTi-HEARST
cAsLEeRAM TO BOSS" McAR.
Rem OF BROOKLYN.
leAu'NENESS HAD BEEN QUESTIONED
MURPHY OF TAMMANY DECLARED
ACT CONTRARY TO GRO.
kER'S TEACHINGS.

London, Nov. 2.-The following
messages have passed between the
London office of the Associated Press
and Richard Croker at Dundrum, Ire,
land:
Richard Croker, Dundrum, Ireland
The Associated Press of the United
States wishes to know whether you
sent the following cab1egram: Nc.
Carren-Congratulate you ON manly
stand you have taken, win or lose.
Kindly reply"
AS Mr.. Croker did not reply prompt
ly a second telegram was sent re-
questing an answer. 1t came in the
following form:
Associated Press, London: See to-
days Freeman's Journal. Cable to
McCarren correct"
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INDIAN FORCES DIVIDED
RENEGADE UTEs REPORTED TO
HAVE SPLIT INTO TWO 6EP.
ARATE BANDS.

Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. 1.-The Utes
have evidently split into two bands.
Telephone reports say that one band
Is on Bear creek, twenty miles south
east Of Birney, Mont. and that the
other band is camped along Hanging
Women creek, In the Powder valley.
Two officers and sixteen troopers
arrived from Birney during the day
They report that the main command
from Fort Keogh Is at Ashland and
has seen no Cheyennes. Colonel Augur
broke camp at Sherive's ranch, forty
miles north of Sheridan, during the
day. He Is expected to reach Birney
early in the afternoon. Captain VIII.
lam and the signal corps have left
Sheridan for Birney, taking wire to
connect the field forces with the tele-
phone from Birney to Sheridan.