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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
 QUESTION OF MAIL DELIVERY.
Party Entitled to Package Couldn't
 Come Down Stairs for It.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
 Fortunately for me. I live on the first floor" began MT Weekly, land the sc- curing of my mall matter is a compara- lively simple affair. But I have often wondered just how far the duties of a letter carrier extend in the delivering of mall. For instance. I was awakened the other morning by the shrill blast of tha postman's whistle in the hall followed by his stentorian shouts for Thompson, !, Thompsonl' It was then o'clock, and as my occupation entities me to sleep until at least 10 a. m., was naturally rather annoyed, but the subsequent conversation gave me compensation in the way of food for reflection.
 From somewhere in the upper regions of the house timid female voice asked What Is ft?' fin response to a third and fourth blast of the whistle and repeated demands for Thompson.
 Package here for Thompson beloved the letter carrier at the foot of the stairs.
 Dear me! What can I do? said the female voice, almost pitfully.
 Do? Why, come down and get 1t. You don't expect me to carry it up to you, do you?' howled the man in uniform.
 But I'm very i'll and can't walk down stairs said the female voice. Can't you leave 1t on the stairs until can get some one to go down after it? I'm all alone
 It's against the rules thundered the carrier. Do you want me to get int trouble for leaving the United States ma kicking around that way? You'll have come down, or else I'll take it back
 Just then another female voice heard It came. from the woman liv on the second floor. If you will give the package I'll take is up to Mrs. Tho son, and as she spoke she ran down stairs.
 Well, suppose it's all right, sal carrier grudgingly, but people oue be ready to take their mail VI comes And he took his departur
 ''Of course, 1t would be unfair pect a letter carrier to climb to of all the flats that are not provi6 elevators, but, on the other ha the one who receives the mail ei some consideration"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
LUXURIOUS NEW cUNARDER.
Lustania Has Veranda Cafe and a
 $2000 Suite,

Liverpool Cable fin New York World.
 New notes in luxury of sea travel are struck by the just finished new Cunarder Lusitania- She Is the biggest ship afoat.
 The Lusitania has just arrived here from a thirty-six hour cruise from the mouth of the Clyde, around Ireland.
 Under no pressure the ship made an average of 22 knots. A four-day trial has now begun, in which the new Gu harder is confidently expected to ex- ceed the 25 knots speed guaranteed by her builders and make an average of 261s knots.
 One of the new features of this mag nf1cent floating hotel and ocean ferry with a view astern of the vessel, and passengers can sit there and enjoy the sea afr while they are completely sheltered from the wind. It will be like dining on the brow of some cliff swept by ocean breezes, with an outlook of ocean and sky alone.
 There are also two regal suites" on this ship. designed to meet the demands of travellers who want the utmost lux uary at whatever price. For 5000 the long g-pursed man can install himself and small family in a perfectly appointed fiat on the Lusitania This suite con sists of drawing room, dining room, two bedrooms bath and pantry, with special and exclusive service. The rooms are exquisitely decorated.
 The experience of steamship men is such that they can predict that these costly apartments will be vacant on few voyages.
 The size and general comfort of the ordinary staterooms show a great ad- vance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
Governor eIenn's Ancestors.

Governor Glenn of North Carolina, who has made such a national reputation in his fight with the United States courts, and the railroads. comes of sterling stock, said a man familiar with his an- cestry.
 He is the grandson on the paternal side of a very remarkable family. Mrs Glenn, who was immensely wealthy, Is a widow and had large family of sons and daughters. She had a remarkable busi- ness capacity, purchased large properties and gave to her descendants an empire extending from the Meadows of the Dan," throughout the border lands of the river, for many miles on both sides, in Virginia and North Carolina.
 "John Randolph of Roanoke. who made her visit, was so impressed with her personality and business sagacity he de- clared she was the only woman he had ever known fit to be secretary of the treasury.
 The Glenns, Garlands, Hunts and Jef- fers and many descendants of this grand woman still live in the borders of Vir- ginia and North Carolina, along the Dan and in many other sections of these states in fact, many states"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
Returns to Birmingham.

Glen O. Friermood, the we'll known bari tone singer and teacher of birmingham, after studying in erlin for year or more, has returned to the city and will reopen his studio here He has written several fine songs which have been accepted by well known publishers.
 During my stay abroad not only stud fed but I had the pleasure of hearing great symphony music and great soloists vocal and instrumental" said MT. Frier- wood. T enjoyed especially Mikischs con- ducting. I was surprised to learn that the Boston Symphony orchestr has secured Mikischs' services for term of years, be- ginnig in 1908. As director of the Phil harmonic of Berlin and of the Gewand- haus at Leipsic. his income must have been very large. He Is, in the estimation of many musicians, the greatest sym phony leader living.
 While I will miss the grand music Of Berlin am glad to be back In Birming-
 ,m"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

cents would have become in that event the minimum price. But the weather in June and again in July was ex- tremely favorable, creating a great deal of fruit on a short stalk, and the weight of expert observation favors the estimate of a crop running to twelve million bales. Of course, much depends upon August weather and the picking season, but the chances run now in favor of a twelve-million-bale crop, out of which the foreign mills can have perhaps eight million bales If they are willing to pay 13 cents for 1t to the farmer. September futures are worth in the New Orleans market about 121a cents, and B cents seems therefore the more probable price of the new crop.
 The New York Journal of Commerce puts the condition of the crop at 77.5, as against 74.2 one month ago. The gain Is 32 points. The gain in Ala bama is put at 25 points, carrying the condition of the crop in this state to 725 The crop in Georgia and South Carolina is in fine condition, and in Texas the crop is reported to stand at 75.8. There Is room for hope that the outturn will be twelve million bales, or about a million and a half bales less than was grown last year, or in 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
Our New Senators

The acceptance of ex-Governor John ston as the states other representative in the Senate chamber at Washington Is a matter of grateful ease at home and it Is accorded a warm welcome in other states. The passing away of the states two veteran Senators makes Governor Johnston perhaps the most widely known Alabamian in politics. Richmond Pearson Hobson is widely known and so is Helen Kellar, but the fame of both grows out of affairs other than politics. Governor Johnston's fame Is essentially political, and paper after paper in all parts of the union warmly welcomes his return to active political life.
 He comes back, too, young enough to serve the state usefully many years. He will have time in which to acquire and to practice the senatorial trade, and practice certainly adds to the pro- ficiency of a Senator. The primary acted wisely when 1t selected MT. Bankhead and Governor Johnston. Primaries usually do act wisely. It is never possible at any rate to fool all the people all the time, and 1t Is really difficult to fool them a single time. They have long memories, and in some way the dull man ascertains the better policy and votes in accordance with 1t.
 MT Bankhead will be at home in the Senate after a service of twenty long years in the other wing of the capitol, and Governor Johnston will quickly fall into senatorial ways. The state will continue to be efficiently represented in the upper house of Congress. The new pair will not be unique. They will not be sought by the idle loiterer in the galleries, but they will know at once how to get down to valuable work for the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
North Carolina Setting the Pace

While the legal side of the North Naroina and Alabama rate cases are going to the supreme court, the politi- cal side of those cases Is going to the people, and one is as far-reaching as the other North Carolina has unwit- tingly perhaps raised an issue that may dominate the tariff issue or the trust issue or the other forms of the railroad issue.
 North Carolina says in substance that state laws shall go into effect pending an appeal to the courts-that the injunction of a federal judge shall not operate to destroy or check state sovereignty. State power in state mat ters, and federal power in interstate matters, is the issue.
 The democrats will stand by the authority of the states, while the rail roads and the republicans will attempt to centralize power in the federal gov .rnment. This is what the revolution led by Governor Glenn of North Caro- lima means, and it may easily become the leading issue of 1908.
 The political aspect of the question becomes acute through Governor Glenn's victory establishing the right of his state to put in force her new "A A-cent passenger rates and her new freight rates. The course of North Carolina will serve to give the issue speed and sharpness in the popular mind.
 Alabama has the issue in full bloom, but Alabama is waiting as patiently as she can for a final decision in the | United States supreme court. The I railroads could win over many voters by frank acceptance of the laws of this state, but they have accepted other counsels, and they cannot justly complain if when the legislature meets in. 1911 they find public sentiment stubborn and unchanged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
Remedies Aqainst Typhoid

After all, there are some safeguards against a disease that can be acquired only by passage of a live disease germ down the human throat, namely boil the milk and water you consume, cook the food you eat to the greatest pos sible extent, and be very circumspect as to the food you eat which cannot be cooked. Butter cannot be cooked, neither can sliced peaches, nor many other articles of the everyday meal. and housefly may place in any of these articles the very germ you are trying to keep from going down your throat.
 Disguise the subject as we may, it is the housefly that is our chief enemy end source of danger when typhoid is present. It Is as pestiferous in typhoid as the mosquito is in yellow fever or malaria. and tho housefly may distrib- ute typhoid germs wherever 1t alights because they adhere to It's busy and pernicious feet, whereas the mosquito can do no harm to human being un- til it gets chance to bore into him. There Is therefore more possible harm in housefly than In a mosquito. The sanitarians may talk until the COWS come home, and the fact will still re- main that the chief distributors of typhoid germs are the universal and industrious houseflies. Cultivate then the kitchen stove and keep out the housefly. There is no safety in any other domestic policy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
LoCkERBIE STREET.

By James Whitcomb Riley. Such a dear little street 1t is, nestled away From the noise of the city and heat of
 the day, With their leaves lifted up to shake hands
 with the breeze, Which in all its wide wanderings never
 may meet With a resting place fairer than Lock-
 erbie street. There is such relief from the clangor
 and din Of the heart of the town, to go loiter-
 ing In Through the dim, narrow walks, with the
 sheltering shade Of the trees waving over the long prome-
 made, And littering lightly the ways of our
 feet With the gold of the sunshine of Lock-
 erbie street. And the nights that come down the dark
 pathways of dusk With the stars in their tresses, and odors
 of musk In their moon-woven raiments. be-
 sprangled with dews And looped up with lilies for lovers to
 use, In the songs that they sing to the jingle
 and beat Of their sweet serenadings through Lock-
 erbie street o my Lockerbie street. You are fair to
 be seen Be it noon of the day, or the rare and
 serene Afternoon of the night-you are one to my
 heart, And I love you above all the phrases of
 art For no language could frame and no lips
 could repeat My rhyme-haunted raptures of Lockerbie
 street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
Crop Improvement in July

An eleven-million-bale crop would be famine in many mills. especially in foreign countries. The foreign mills stand ready to take at 10 cents on the farm nine million bales of American cotton, and an eleven-million-bale crop would cut their proportion of the crop to seven million bales, and many a mill would be closed The railroads would lose traffic and general trade and the balance of trade would be m. favorably affected.
 In May and even in June an eleven mfliion-bale crop seemed to be inevit- able. It meant famine prices. and 15
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 ~ ONDON-This Is the harvest time
 S for the English 'alls, and the crop
 k= of summer visitors to London is being gayly garnered by the ever-busy vaudevillians. Here you get your evening 8 entertainment in tabloid doises, put up in ten or dozen neat Title pills, the bitter deftly mixed with the sweet. and all for ten and six" with an extra sixpence ad- ded for the programme. You also get your lungs saturated with the discarded tobacco smoke of your neighbor in the next stall and your vision of the stage is perpetually through blue haze.
 Any loyal Briton will swear that he could not exist without his 'alls, and yet, somehow, he seems to prefer to have his visitors patronize them. Like the British Museum, the alls are an honored institution religiously summed by s9 per cent of the native population, but one that England would go to war to protect.
 With the present craze for vaudeville spreading over New York, it Is a pity that American managers do not give their patrons the same comforts enjoyed by Englshmen at such entertainments. At the Empire for instance, you settle your self in a comfortable, handsomely up holstered chair which offers you every inducement to sleep if you do not care to see or listen. The chances for cat maps during the bad turns" are magnifi- cent. During the intermisslons you may promenade in broad foyers without feel ing that you are dashing headlong into scrimmage. You may not always find a good show at the Empire, but you are always sure of finding comfort.
 Just now, however, the Empire is pre- senting a first rate show. judged by the flexible vaudeville st- I'd. Its pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Governor Glenn,

GoYernor Glenn of North Carolina, who mas recently become a much discussed man throughout the length and breadth or the whole country. is possessed of remarkable courage" remarked a native or that state. He Is an old fashioned oine-stocking Presbyterian, an officer of that church and Sunday school teacher.
 As lawyer he was a success, and much of his professional service was in behalf of railroads and other corpora tons. As governor he approved the bill reducing railroad passenger rates 2A per cent, but when the legislature enacted the law, he signed it and as a true exec utiye, representative of his people, he Is maintaining the dignity of his state.
 Governor Glenn is a man of indomit- able will, not narrow nor prejudiced, but ever determined"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
Too Much Government

Haywood and Mover gos free, but
 Schmit8 does not, and thereby hangs
 tale. Schmitz, 1t will be remem-
 bered, has not been impeached or ofi.
 cially decapitated Much less has he
 resigned He Is therefore still mayor
 of San Francisco, and he is a candi-
 date for a fourth term. But his can
 didacy for a fourth term need not trouble any one, for he has term of five years to serve in the San Quentin penitentiary, which Is located outside of San Francisco. But he cannot be taken to the penitentiary, because he has asked the appellate courts of his beloved state to set aside the sen tence that Judge Dunne took pleasure in pronouncing, throwing in a great moral lecture with 1t. He Is in jail in San Francisco pending decision of his appeal And while he remains in jail in San Francisco he proposes to continue to be San Francisco's mayor.
 One Edward B. Taylor has been in. augurated mayor by the opposition. | Taylor Is a poet, but not even a poet can step into a vacancy whore none | exists. Schmitz says none exists that he Is Johnny-on-the-Spot, and that | Taylor must not open his mall, poet | though he be.
 Schmitz has recently appointed fourteen supervisors, and these super. visitors constitute San Francisco's leg. islature. Taylor no doubt has ap- pointed fourteen other men, and clash between the Schmitz team the Taylor team seems ipr The Schmitz team consist, labor union membe- plumber who is lionaire, and 6>
 All have accepted, dual government is working order. Fac. ... other, and this at an, imze graft where gr, Abe Ruef, once had f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
CARRIED CREASED PIG.
Young Society Woman Furnishes the Climax to Newport Entertainment

From the Broadway Magazine
 The story of freak May party at New port is only now going the rounds After a hilarious time all around, the wild day came to close.
 Suddenly there was a massing of the scattered groups about the May pole. It seemed as though burst of song might arise and a lowing star emerge. Instead, came a long and piercing squeal, and pig, It's sides gleaming with grease, scam- pered through the crowds and away over the lawn. It darted hther and thither, pursued by halooing men and laughing, screeching women; now eluding a stout dowager who defied apoplexy and the laws of gravity by making a clumsy clutch at 1t, now bringing young club man to grief by making a sudden dart between his legs The sport was fast and seemingly amending, but one determined young matron fell on the tired pig, and, clutching him In her arms while he strug- gled greasily among her Paris laces, car ried him in triumph to her hostess for the prize.
 Soon after this a matron prominent in the younger set turned her Louise Seize dining room over to her dogs to entertain their friends. Little cards were sent out and each arriving canine found at it's plate dinner card on which it's name and a verse were inscribed. In the center of the table a large dog kennel of roses held a position of honor. The dogs were wait ed on by their mistress and served plenti- fully with champagne. At the con- clusion of the lunch their host. in the person of his mistress, proposed a toast to an old friend. Each dogs fore paw was placed on the table. and at the pull of a ribbon the doghouse fell to pieces. revealing 9 stuffed cat crouched for the spring--a oet whose huge tall, by some mechanical contrivance, was made to shake and tremble as in life. Attracted by perfect furor of growls, yelps and feminine screams the gentlemen and servants of the house rushed in and sep arated the dozen whirlng, fighting balls that were wrecking the room. The effect of champagne seems to be much the same in animal creation as among humans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
Seven-SIded Demon.

You often hear the expression. two sided person. remarked a grey-haired grandfather last night. This king of being is rather remarkable. but nothing to compare with a teacher who taught in the school I attended when boy, and who was blind in one eye It be- came necessary for him to correct one ot the girls in my room one day. The mlss became impudent and called the teacher seven-sided demon. The teach CT didn't believe 1t and asked her to explain 1t. She gave the following defi- hilton:
 You have right side and a left side; front side and a back side; inside and outside; and on top of all of those sides you have a blind side. which proves that you are a seven-sided demon.'
 This was too much for the teacher and he de-'cided' to resign"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
THE SAME TO HIM.

FFFNQBV 1fIDUIIb.
 'orge. you're awfully rich,
 boy. l am in what you might able circumstances"
 u want to buy anything, uncle mako any difference to you costs $ or $50. does it?" enry; when I have to spend s5 about as bad as if 1t wers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
AUGUST.

 Oh the summer sea is rolling on the shore And the pretty girls are splashing here and there, The woman who Is fat behind before, And spindle-shanks. her spouse, devoid of hair. The lobsterets are laughing, fit to kill, Or nabbing toes, whene'er they get a chance. The old sea serpents showing off his skill, The orchestra is tuning for a dance. Thrice happy days are those down by the sea, Where daily care is speedily forgot And everybody's merry as can be, The livest sort of Johnnies-on -the-spot! Matilda, Maud and Beatrice are there, Sweet maids as ever donned bathing suit stare Denominated him horrid brute Oh, blissfulness, oh, rare delight, oh, joy, How strong doth seem the loafing call today We'd like a blooming chance to slip awayl
 REPLIES. The unwritten law in many homes is wlley's word. The end of all desire Is attainment, which immediately forms new desire. Souvenir postcards enable the most in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

Oh, summer time, oh, summer time, Oh season unromantici What with your flies and slseeters, too, You drive a fellow frantic. How can poet sing a song
 Of tenderness, I pray, When all his strength will net avail To keen the bugs away?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

Kaiser Wilhelm hopes to outdo Presi- dent Roosevelt's performance in sub marine boat by going up in an airship. If he falls out on his head he will make a great hit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

The jury in the Haywood case re- fused to accept Professor Munster berg's tests of Harry Orchards verac- ity, and the professor went straight from Harvard to make them. Some juries are very stubborn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

Governor Glenn threatened to make 1t longer between trains than 1t was between drinks If the railroads per sisted in trampling on the rights of the Tar Heel State.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

Louisville Post: One man robbed forty five tourists out in California, but Tn Eu- rope, it is said, one hotel proprietor can beat that record all hollow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

The governor of North Carolina is acquiring a presidential boom, and he is not indulging in light and airy re- marks to the governor of South Caro- lima.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

Now that the motor car has in- vaded Borneo circus people will find it an easy matter to run across any number of wild men there," says the Washington Post. If the wild men are as lively as they used to be they will no doubt skip out of the way every time they hear a ''honk."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
EAT CELEBRATION.

utfrnore Sun.
 boy who Is to get s25o, 900 if lotto American will probably urth of July celebration that ie country scream for help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
BOOST FOR HoBso

From the Memphis Commercial
 The man who ought to be sf Alabama Is Richmond Pears a man of hralns and coura
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

Uncle Sam has so much surplus money he may be induced by auto mobile makers to invest some of 1t in a honker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw repeats the assertion that she will not return to the stage, for which we should feel truly thankful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02
A POssTRLB REASON

William Jennings Bryan shook hands with waitress the other day"
 Maybe he did 1t to save a tip."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-02

Kentucky has never had any trouble in convicting Caleb Powers. but she has not been able to make him stay convicted