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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
MINISTER'S MAKE THREATS.

From the Chattanooga Times.
 The Hon. George B. Ward, Mayor of the city of Birmingham, is likely to be- come a national figure in time. He has as Mayor declared against including tine city of Birmingham in the list of cities Tn the state to be under the general prohi- bition law of the state. "All my sympa- thles are with the good men and women supporting prohibition" he has said. but my judgment is against their plan. {" There. is only one thing we can be posi- tive prohibition will do-it will free liquor from heavy burden. the historic de- vice that has always been used to crush or restrain any undesirable traffic. It will mark the commencement of long. bitter, harassing conflict that will unsettle salaries and incomes. wreck friendships and paraiyze the spirit of public co-opera- ton: then repeal of the law will follow
 For the expression of this manly, cour- ageous and sensible view. Mayor Ward encountered the City Pastors union, which is reported by The Age -Hearld 10 have adopted resolutions setting him apart for political slaughter-the language lHe tilluN briiS, NNc VIII soS t'o litiea1y.'
 It is well enough to have this matter fought out on the lines prescribed 1T that Is the only way to fight It. Common sense, a due regard for the rights Of others and practical recognition of past. failures to enforce righteousness by leais- lation ought to restrain the radical proh bitionists from opening fanatical war in politics Mayor Ward of Birmingham appears to be an honest man striving to promote tine best interests of the city and in every way enforcing the law and enor- gizng for order and sobriety. It is incon- eeivable that ministers Of the gospel whose experiences teach them the weak nesses of humanity. should seek to boy colt" man like that simply because he is honest enough to hold to an opinion different from theirs.
 There Is great probability that the preachers in many communities in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
THE POLITICAL TRUST.

From the Mobile Register
 Ex-Senator Burton of Kansas, who was expelled from the senate ana who served term in prison ss the result of his conviction for grafting. IS now engaged with his lecture, "The Iryanny and Corruption of the iolitical lrnst. "rhree or four men" he says. 'domi- nate the House and five or six the Sen ate. These work in the last analysis with the President and place all the vast and immeasurable power of the legislative and executive departments under the absolute control of dozen men, giving them 1aeo times more power than that of any 1900 ca ptains of industry in the whole country. This concentration of power is seen in every cog of the political machine from road overseer to governor. and from postmas- ter to President
 Unquestonably there is modicum or truth in the ex-senator's portrayal Of conditions in the national capital. It is regretable. however, that he should feel it incumbent upon himself 10 take the initiative in the correctic n or the abuse It is as true that the expelled member of any given orsanisati ,n is the first to discover evil-doing among his eonfreres as is that the stru-k dog al- ways howls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
BY 6EAR-POWER TO THE POLE,

Y ioin lhe New York World,
 Amundsen. the polar explorer. pro poses to train q four-in hand of white bears to drag sledges to the North Pole. They are immune to cold ard stronger than oxen. will eat seals ana are affectionate and chummy.
 Why not. indcedc The world all these years has been wasting It's bear-power. And yet pretty nearly all other animals have been set to work. First the horse tribe-includinG mules. asses and even zebras, of which Lord Rothschild has pretty span. Then the domestic oxen. buhaloes, bisons, carabaos llama s goats, sheep and yaks. Yaks would bear polar climate well. Then come the deer tribes; the sledge -drawinp. reindeer run well toward the pole in their natural home, and St. Nicholas on Christmas Eve drives his roindee f span from the very pole itself
 More eccentric draught animals are pigs, geese. trotting ostriches and all manner Of doggish creatures even to the Esquimau huskies. wx ich are prac~ tically gray wolves. Dogs have been
 
 they are mussy, quarrelsome and hard to manage, but they are used within the United States to drag mall slcdges Elephants are both draught and saddle animals and work with their trunks a $ day laborers. Maine men have even driven moose in harness at county fairs Pigeons. guinea pigs and even educated fieas have drawn small wagons, but these are not of much economic use.
 Ther are animals that do not work hoboes of the wild. The hippopotamus is too slow. None of the eat tribe Will do anything to be obliging. Cats would not even catch mice if they knew that it was work. Monkeys, according to the eastern legend. could talk If they chose. but refrain from doing so lest they might be set to work.
 Fears are available, however. Ans- ambitious young bear would rather win glory finding the pole than perspiring- ly dance in a village square to the whining evensong of Savoyard ini- presario.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26

south, as a result of this prohibition mania are going to get their cloth badly smirched in the mire of politics. Re most men. even those who do not make any serious professions. will resent it's being used, as the Birmingham clergymen propose to use it. for killing" any mans political prospects. especially when that man has no other fault against his public service than that of holding to and acting on conscientious convictions as to right and justice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
HELEN COULD.
She Came From Birmingham and
 Caused Stir.

From the St. Louis Times.
 Frank Schillng. the mail clerk at the Southern hotel. is extremely cautious in distributing all mail with the address of Miss Helen Gould The cause of this is that he does not know which one of the women responding to the name is entitled to the correspondence.
 One halls from New York and is known from one end of the world to the other as one of the richest women on either the eastern or western hemis- phere, The other lives in Blrming- ham, Ala. Since the arrival of the New York Miss Helen Gould the mail clerk has been extra careful. He had one experience. A letter came in the most beautiful envelope and was placed in the office box for the Alabama girl
 Il believe there must be some mis- take" she told one of the chief clerks. This letter is addressed to me, but----'
 70. That belongs to Miss Helen Gould" declared the clerk, as he reached for the letter.
 That is my name" insisted the guest at the hotel
 T mean the original Miss Gou-" responded the clerk.
 ''I am the original Miss Gould, but if you have any other guest of the same name l presume the letter belongs to her. was the conclusion of the southern woman.
 With that the clerk accommodatingly wrote across the face of the letter Opened by mistake,,' and placed the names of both young women on It. It was the name of both of them, for 1t was the name of each.
 "One of the letter which 1 opened by mistake was an invitation to dinc," said the Miss Gould from Birmingham.
 My I thought. T am suddenly get ting popular. It did not occur to me that there might be any other person of the same name stopping at the South- ern hotel
 "I have often read or the New Yorl. Helen Gould and have often desired to meet her, but have never had the op- portunty to do so. do hope that 1 get to meet her while she is i'll St. Louis
 When Miss Goad from Alabama has lots of time this is the way she writes her name: "Bula Helen Carlyle Gould. '' Her friends have made it just Helen. When it comes to pronounclng it-well you should hear Miss Gould from Ala bama say Bula and roll that Carlyle as only southern girls can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
That Southern Railroad Contract

The hypercritical can find much to object to in the contract signed by Governor Conner and by the executives of the Southern and allied roads. That contract may not be wholly within the law. It may be. to use the words of Thomas NJ. Rogers, irregular, illegal. ineffective and uncomfortable" 1t may be all that, but it at any rate shows that the entire Southern sys- tenn which serves about one-half of the 67 counties of this state, desires to work harmoniously in this state--de- sires to obey the laws of Alabama and to get in touch with it's own patrons. It is the spirit of the contract that is admirable, not its legal precision. It may be non enforceable, but it will cer- tainly be enforced if it commands the good faith of the high contracting par ties.
 It is no small matter to have rates within the state upon the no com modities put at once upon the Georgia basis, and this is what the Southern system agrees to do on December 1. It's rates within this state are to be those applied in Georgia, and this is what the new rate bill in this state calls for. There is no law-breaIing in regard to the no commodities, and the rates on these commodities affect nearly every person in this state.
 The Southern's programme of con ciliation should be commended, rather than criticised, for it is an admirable way of treating a difficult situation. The Southern believes in conciliation instead of resistance when it encoun- ters the laws of sovereign state and a policy that state has deliberately decided, whether wisely or unwisely, to adopt or at least to test.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
MY DREAM.

By Harry Y. Fee. Give me no dream of the clty, The palace, the mill or the mart ] would rather the call of the open Rang clear in the depths of my heart. The rustic of leaf in the forest.
 The song of the wood and the stream. The voice Of the hill and the valley This, is my dream-niy dream Give ne no gold of the toiler
 Cleaned in his house of clay; l would rather the peace that fingers Over each woodland way; The giint of the sun in the branches, The night and it's stars asleam, The voice of the breeze in the woodland
 trees
 This is my dream-my dream Give me no sound of the traffic And strife of the city's kind; l would rather the woodland whispers, The balm of the forest wind. The song of the birds in the open, The Tilt of the shaded stream And the charm that lies in the open
 skies
 This is my dream-n1y dream
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
- GERMANY STUDYING BREAD,

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 In the production and control of pure-food supply by thoroughly scen- tific methods of the Germans are disposed to keep their lead The new govern ment institute for milling research supplementing the two institutes for research in the sugar and fermenta- tion industries, is equipped with an experimental granary, a wheat and rye mill and d bakery, together with ad- ministrative offices and laboratories, tine machinery and apparatus being of the most advanced kind, all driven by elec- trcty. The mill has two distinct plants each milling two tons of grain in ten hours. The purpose of the institute IS to carry out practical research and scien- tihc investga ton on grain during storing. milling working up and baking: to expert ment with the baking of home and inn ported grain; to conduct research work for the government. and to carry out official and private analyses of grain. flour fod der stuffs etc. Every effort will be made Ia investigate thoroughly the numerous problems of milling and baking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
RODE ON THE FIRST TRAIN
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 N an example of mental and physi- P1 cal visor at the age of oa. Stephen Smith Dubois. who last week completed tho task of cutting and stacking the product of five-acre field of corn, down at Norwood l.. l., is prob. ably one of the most remarkable old men in the country of whom there Is a rec ord. He is the only living man who rode on the first passenger. train run on a steam railroad in America-the Moha wa and Hudson-whose rails connected AL bany and Troy. Not only is Dubois the only living link that connects the rail road history of the past and present, but he was one of the two passengers who rode in the coach drawI by an engine called the Yankee. The other passenger was his uncle
 It was the first official trip, and with foresight which has not been followed in later years, the inhabitants of Troy in- sisted that the directors of the road should assume the first risk. for these was nobody willing to take the chance of ride behind a 'contraption" that they believed was likely to blow up at any moment.
 ''I was born up in Cayuga county" said the old gentleman yesterday. as he rested for a moment from saving a thick stick of timber, and came to- New York in 1S47 My wife died in 1s49. My young> est son, the baby of the family, is e3, and a very good boy. That l am the only living man who rode on the first railroad train must be true because l was only boy of Is at the time. and the directors I rode were. grown men, some of them old men.
 When l first came to New York the northermost house in the city was on Twen.y-sxth street. near Madison ave nue Beyond that was all green fields. Corporal Thompson's cottage was built few years later, think, or if it was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
Sound From the Bottom

The clearing house committee in New York began at the root of that city's financial troubles when it drove out from all institutions within It's control all speculative financiers When that had been accomplished the Secretary of the Treasury and pool of bankers and magnates headed by Morgan, Rockefeller and Stillman came to the rescue of the bankers who needed money, supplying at reasonable rates all of that commodity that was needed. The clearing house, Uncle Sam and the financial magnates are handling the situation and they are wholly equal to the task.
 There remains the sole difficulty of quieting undue and ungrounded fears and when that is done confidence will return and affairs will become normal. What is needed is of course a mini HUH Ol ny ocCl id anu q Ol common sense. A run upon any bank is unreasonable, for no bank, however solvent, can stand Il strain like the one thrust without notice on the Knick- erbocker Trust They can not do 1t because they receive the money of de- positors, and lend it out. It is the duty of the banks to keep the money of de- positors earning interest. and run" is therefore the height of unwisdom and injustice.
 All hysteria will pass away if the hysterical will stop to think that the country holds today great crops ready to be marketed. The south did grow in past. years more cotton than it has today, and the northwests3as held ger
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26

built it was not used as halfway house in 1S47. Over on tho East Side there were only few shanties above Twelfth street. You had clear view of the East River from what is now Central Park.
 T cast my first vote for John Quincy Adams. We used to have some pretty hot political fights in those days, but I never mixed up much in politics learned the trade of dock building and built. or helped to build a big sectional dock for the government in 1865. when it looked as if the war was going to con- tinue indefinitely. When Lee surrendered, and peace was proclaimed the govern- ment had no use for the dock, and I think what is left of her is over in Erie basin.
 When l was a boy up in Cayuga, ln- dians of the Seneca tribe-you know Sem eca county is close by-used to come into Waterloo. where I lived for a time. out we didn't pay much attention to them They were always peaceable, and never harmed anybody so far as I know I was A years old when I came to New York in fl. and If do say it myself I wouldn't give way to any man in any kind of a contest. When I was go years old l was good most men at 25.
 T have lived the greater part of my life in the open air. eaten and drunk everything that came along, and have chewed tobacco for about 75 years. l gave up smoking 30 or 40 years ago, and my quids of chewing have become smaller and smaller Here is what use now"
 The old man took from his vest pocket tiny cube of tobacco. It could not have contained more than the sixteenth of a cubic inch.
 Lost all my teeth something like 30 or B years ago." he continued, 'so I cant chew like l used to. small plug of to- bacco will last me about six weeks. I don't sleep well at nights now, but when l was young l used. to take long maps. Sleep is a great thing-better than food or drink
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
How He Missed His Train.

q was considerably annoyed yesterday morning" said prominent business man., "when on coming to town to catch an out going train. the motorman of the South Highlands ear on which was riding stopped the ear at Five Points, and dis mounting. ordered drink at the sodawa- ter fount.
 There were were. foamng at the mouth. with the motorman calmly quaft- ing the dope Well, l missed the train, although the motorman might not have been to blame However, remembered the incident throughout the day.
 While the motorman was drinking someone freed his brakes, and off the car started The motorman gave chase, and oyerhauled it. bring it to a stop Thereupon, he calmly returned to the fount. and finished his drink
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
About Persons.

James K. Powers of Florence is regis remembered as the president of the Uni Verslty of Alabama. under whose sd- ministration occurred the memorable re. bellon of the student body in 1900. As is remembered, the rebellion began on the night of December G. and continued for about 10 days. The action of the students was occasoned by the rigid inforcement of the military system, and ended in s complete victory for the students. The immediate result of the rebellion was the resignation of Capt. James W. West. commandant, which took effect January l. and the resignation of pr. Powers, ef- fective the following June. With Dr. Powers military went out also. Dr. Powers was succeeded by Dr. William s Wyman and a few months later by Dr. John w. Abercrombie, the Incumbent There are hundreds of Alabama alumni who remember Dr. Powers
 Ernest Lacy, at one time a star pitcher of the University of Alabama baseball team and now representative in the legis- lature from Walker county, was in Bir- m.ngham yesterday.
 MT. Lacy has done excellent service for his county, and is very popular, but it is very improbable that he will ever be al universally popular in any community as he was in Tuscaloosa some years ago Pitcher Lacy had a slow curve which was as tantalizing as that of Hugh Aiorrow's some years previous.
 Talking about taking away a mans so-called nallenable rights" said William Moffett of Gadsden yesterday. you should learn of the rigid Enforcement of the curfew law in our city. Mayor Dun lap has just issded instructions to the police to inforce this statute to the let ter. and hereafter all boys found on the street after 2 o'clock without paper tell ing their errand or their business. viii be arrested I am not in a posi- tion to state whether the law is good or bad but it wouldn't have cut much ice when i. was boy
 "There is a policeman on the force Who is wearing out his shoes and not his trousers" declared Mayor Ward yestcr- day. That man is Paul Cole He is sta toned on Nineteenth street, and he is ai- ways on his feet, inforclng the law, keep ing the street free from congestion and making the street ears keep moving. There may be some members of the police department who are open to criti- cism, but Paul Cole is not one of them
 
 Alto V. Lee. Jr.. representative in the legislature from Etowah county, spent yesterday in Birmingham
 Dr. Eugene A. Smith, state geologist and professor geology at the University of Alabama was registered at the Hlli- man last night.
 w. D. Bankhead. son of Senator Bank head. and one of the best known citizens of Walker county, spent yesterday and last night in Birmingham.
 NJ. II. Screws, well-known to hundreds of people in the state as Mike screws, and n member Of the well-known Mont gomery family of Screws was in the city yesterday.
 George C. Almon, well-knoWn cNiaen of Russellvllle. was registered at the Metropolitan last night.
 
 J. w. Harris of Atlanta was at the Hotel EJillman last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
Bad Road.

"The Jefferson county Board of Reve- nue authorities who look after the public highways should repair the Bessemer road between Birmingham and the State fair grounds" said an automobilist.
 "I attended the fair every day-twice riding my auto out oyer the county road Of all the highways in the county that was the worst, when it should have been the best.
 "Nothng gives visitor so poor an im- pression of city and it's suburbs IS ili- kept roads. It Is hoped that the Besse- mer road will be repaired and put in first class condition before the next fair"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
Musical Attraction Toniqht.

The Venetian band will be the attrac- school auditorium tonight It is q fine concert band and it will delight all music lovers.
 "I head the Venetian band in an eastern city last summer" said a promi- nent citizen. Tt is a superb musical orga nlzaton and the music lovers of Br- mingham cannot afford to miss hearing ft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 girl is silly to gigge. bu. shes sly not to.
 No man likes to he abused unless it's because he Is rich.
 It may he wicked to tell lie. but.it's 8 a sight more wicked to tell children the truth about their fairy stories
 A woman goes to an auction to make sure If any of her friends buy anything there She will know what they really paid for 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
HAD NO DOUBTS.

From Tlt-BIts.
 With misses and groans an audience greeted the great scene of new drama. All hope of success was at an end.
 Its hard to tell what the public wants" murmured the heartbroken play wright.
 Its easy enough in this case" said the manager. grimly. Tt wants its money back!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
PRESS POINTS

Ohio Sun: When General Booth visited Milwaukee the other day rousing re- ception was given to him in the Pabst theatre That sounds good, anyway.
 Washington Herald. Careful investisa- ton shows that the south isn't bit more enthusiastic over MT. Bryan than small boy is over Christmas.
 Nashville American: If divorce is blessing, Lillian Russell need not grab for all there is.
 Washington Post: Many a man who sneers at those who play tips on the races believes that carrying an Irish potato in his pocket will cure his rheumatism.
 Houston Post: Col John A. Joyce Of Washington is positive that the English scientist who declares prunes exterminate the hair, has merely been Investigating the pate of the catfish editor of the Washington Herald.
 New York World: '1 did not have the fear of allgators that some people seem to have says President Roosevelt, refer ring to his early morning baths in the brake Even alligators have some rudi- nentsry sense of discretion.
 Macon News: German officer with two companions is riding across Africa in a motor car. That is, he has started. But why this haste? If he will only wait a little while he can go across in a Pullman with a Zulu porter to dust him off for slmoleons.
 Florida Times Union: East Carroll par ish Louisiana, now has numerous black babies bearing the name of Theodore Roosevelt. all born within the last two weeks There is dark side to every sub ject. This will be sad news to Senator Foraker.
 Memphis Commercial-Appesl: Jerome K. Jerome Is in America. gunning for new jokes. We have plenty of them q thou sand years old that would probably be new in England.
 Chicago Record Herald The Moroccan prctender has whipped the Sultans forces and taken most of the governments cart. ridges. The pretending business is look ing up in Morocco
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
A MODERN REVERSAL.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 we received tho drawings safely" said the publisher.
 Good" responded the eminent illus trator q wish you'd make your author look at em occasionally as he writes the book