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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-08

phis anticipates great good from the
movement, and 1t proposes to welcome
the Delegates with open arms
The devising of a scheme that the
government will accept may be intri-
cate and difficult, but it is certainly a
problem that deserves careful atten-
ton. Alabama, too has vast guam
tity of swamp lands. Out of our thirty
four million acres fully four million of
acres are undoubtedly swamp lands,
and they are among our richest lands.
If they could be rendered dry under
some comprehensive government plan
the state would be greatly benefited,
ard the Memphis movement is there
fore of interest to us.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-08

From an Exchange.
Cincinnatus Hene Miller (Joaquin) was
born November 10, 1874, In Indiana; re-
moved with his parents to Oregon In 1850;
mined in California; returned to Oregon
in 1860; was express messenger in Idaho in
1861; practiced law in Oregon, 1856; was
county Judge of Grant county, Oregon,
1S66-70; then went to London and pub
lished his first book of poems. which met
with a favorable reception. Then for sew
eral years Mr.. Miller was in newspaper
work In Washington and thereafter de-
voted himself to literary work. His works
include Songs of the Sierras," Pacific
Palms" Songs of the Sunland," THE
Ship of the Desert Life Among the
Modocs," First Families of the Sierras, >
1.-The One Fart Woman" THE Danites
in the Sierras," Shadows of Shasta
Songs of PARKWAY Lands, 1.-The Gold
Seekers of the Sierras," True Bear
Stories" etc.
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A TEST OF MEN.

From the New York World.
Physical strength Is no defense against
the fumes of ammonia. In confined
space they mean death, swift and sure.
Firemen know this, yet there was no hes
itation when Captain Carlock and Nozzle
men Damn and Baker of Engine Com
pany No. 26, lay overcome by the fumes
in an Eighth avenue cellar. Again and
again volunteers went down into the pit
of death only to emerge spent and reel
ing The highest men in rank, deputy
chief, two battalion chiefs, the company
captains, asked no man to venture where
they would not lead.
Perhaps there was never better test
of pure grit than when after three such
attempts the roll was called and 1t was
seen that Carlock was still below. All the
changes were that he was dead-Baker
and Damn were dying-and that others
of the exhausted men would lose their
lives in the vain attempt to reach his
body: but down they went nevertheless
and almost as ii by a miracle found him
still alive.
They get men in the fire department
And they drill into them that stick-to'
gether spirit without which even the
bravest man might we'll shrink from such
a test.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-08
For Good Music.

IL read a suggestion in The Age-Herald
a few DAYS ago that the best way for
southern cities to secure high class musi-
cal attractions each season would be to
organize local associations with moder-
ate annual dues and make these associa-
lions the medium or agency for guaran-
teeing the appearance of distinguished
artists" said an old music lover. Il
lived for a time In a southern city where
a musical association of about 500 MEM
bers prospered This institution engaged
the best concert talent and occasionally
guaranteed a grand opera; and not only
did it bring to town outside attractions
that could not have been booked other
wise, but it maintained a small sym
phony orchestra, which gave concert
every week of the year. The dues were
81 month. which entitled the member
to admission for himself and lady.
1--WE should have something of the sort
in Birmingham. A large association could
be organized here, a part of whose WORK
would be to engage at least one SYM
phony orchestra and two troupes OF ram
Gus singers every season. Very Few eX-
tensive attractions will come unless they
are guaranteed. Artistic music is an ex-
pensive luxury, but by cooperation on
the part of several hundred people we
could have the best without the burden
falling heavily on any individual"
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THE NEWSPAPER REPORTER

at the rate of 1000 words an hour in the
screaming bedlam OF a newspaper shop
He must agonize for accuracy against all
the forces that make for error-the hurry
and confusion which an inexorable press
time compels; the inherent unreliabity
OF human testimony; the constant at
tempt Of the self-interested or the narrow
minded to twist or color the facts. The
extent to which the reporter himself Is
faithful to the truth of the days history
as he sees 1t would surprise the cynical
and uninitiated, for it is in the telling of
the story as 1t has happened that he
gets the inspiration of his calling. He
holds great power, but he must not use
1t to make or mar, except as the facts
themselves have such an effect upon men
and things.
The reporter who for sixty-fve years
has lived up to those standards may
when he dies be dismissed with a one
line head in the very newspaper that he
has served, but what man IN a corre-
spending position IN life can compare
with him in the real importance of his
work and in the Impress that he leaves
upon his day and generation? Does he
not belong in the category of men that
Brunetiere rated above all the rest-those
that strive for high end yet fall short
Of actual achievement and so have none
of the grossness Of success?
As we sit round our comfortable fire.
sides In the evening and read the story
Of the worlds activities fresh from the
perfecting press, let us take some
thought of the army of game men who
in every cline, under conditions of hard
ship varying between the personal danger
In the thick of war or pestilence and
the daily grind Of city reporting, bring
together into one great household all the
nations and races of the earth.
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ALABAMA PRESS

Alabamian- Herald: Jerome has made
the original muck rakers" ashamed.
Mobile Item: Confucius remarked: He
is never alone that is in the company of
noble thoughts" Nor is he who has a
sore toe he has just stumped.
Collinsville Courier: 1t is said that the
saloonkeepers of Atlantic City have pro-
hibfted the discussion of the Thaw case
inside their doors. Their regard for their
customers is commendable.
Guntersville Democrat: That brain
storm" theory evidently accounts for
some of the recent acts Of the legislature.
Livingston Southern Home: Fifty MEM
bers Of Congress will leave Immediately
after the close of the session on jour-
ney of inspection to Panama. That VIII
make just fifty more people to tell just
how the canal should be dug
Montgomery Journal: 1t is said that the
new speaker. Mr.. Carmichael is in line
with the policies of the administra ton,
notwithstanding the fact that he voted for
DIR. Cunningham. DR.. Cunningham, as IT
is known, was running on the same plat
form as Mr.. Conner, and there is nothing
Inconsistent in the attitude OF the new
speaker to have favored the election or
one and the platform Of the other-the
platforms being Identical
Alabama Courier: This section OF the
state is not hankering for an automobile
law. They do not scare the steers or
this section. Let them choo, choo, all
they are a mind to.
Sylacauga Advance: Taken altogether
there has been a great deal OF good ac-
complished by the Legislature. But still
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Goinu to Mexico.

A party of prominent Birmingham cit
liens will leave today over the Frisco for
pleasure trip. whtih will include the
City of Mexico. Among the tourists VIII
be w. p. G. Harding, Erskine Ram
say and Maj. e. NJ. Tutwiler. Others who
had expected to take the trip will be
kept at home by unexpected business en-
gagements.
The party will proceed from Birming-
ham to Kansas City, and there join "a
larger party. On the way to Mexico
stop of several hours will be made at
Eel Paso. Mr.. Harding as president of the
First National bank is proverbial Tor
sticking to his post, summer and WIN
ter; when he has been absent from the
city he was called away on business. The
outing which he is now taking will marx
his first vacation in twelve years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-08
PLEADING The Unwritten Law

The Thaw case in New York in
wolves and the Strothers-Bywaters case
in Virginia did involve the so-calle1
"unwritten law" The plea of insanity
in either. deceives no one, the chief de-
pendence of the defense being the sen
timent based on the law that no statute
book contains.
This unwritten law is, briefly speak
ing, the right of man to protect his
own honor and that of his family, both
being. in fact, one and the same thing
in the last analysis. No man has
right under written law to execute
vengeance with his own hand, and SO
the unwritten law has come to the
point of recognition in some quarters
and before some juries to say the least.
Much of the evidence in the ThaW
case ostensibly presented to sustain
the theory that the defendant was sub
iect to brain storms, is really pre-
scented for the purpose of inducing the
Jury to condemn Stanford White rather
than Harry Thaw. This is resorting
to the unwritten law. The Strothers
at Culpeper, Va, had no defense ex-
cent the unwritten law, and yet the
Judge who tried the case distinctly re-
undated in his instructions to the jury
that law. Although he said, the
Jury may believe that the defendants
received great and gross provocation
from Bywaters, the deceased, yet il
they wilfully and deliberately and pre-
meditatedly of malice aforethought
killed said Bywaters, they are guilty
of murder in the first degree"
Judges everywhere repudiate the un-
written law as distinctly and unquali-
fiedly as Judge Harrison did at Gull
pepper, va. DuI lniS uoSo hoc piSfoi'
lawyers from arousing in various SLY
ways the latent unwritten law that has
found Judgment In the breasts OF
Jurors. What we call unwritten law is
therefore public sentiment, and upon
the extent and intensity of that senti-
ment in a community depends the sue
cess of appeals in criminal cases to
that law. I'VE will doubtless con-
tinue,p says the New Orleans Times
Democrat, in discussing the subject,
ito have the 'unwritten law pleaded in
New York. Chicago and other large
communities under cover of an allega-
ton of emotional insanity. In smaller
communities, and mainly in the south,
that plea, which somehow takes most
of the dignity and appeal from the de-
PENDANTS case, will probably not be
much resorted to, in spite of the prece-
dent now being set In Virginia And
why, we are moved to ask, was it
deemed necessary in defense of the
Strother brothers? If there ever was
a time in which there was apparent
justification for invoking what is
termed the 'unwritten law it is now,
in defense of the brothers who killed
the cowardly seducer of their sister
and the base abandoner of his helpless
Wife"
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From the Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore News.
II HE other day in Philadelphia
w there passed away the Oldest re-
porter. He was 81 years of age,
and he had seen sixty-five years of ac-
tive service. He died and was buried
without ado. after the manner and true
to the traditions of his craft. But may
not we of the editorial department make
the passing of this veteran worker in
the ranks of the text for a remark or
two on the sterling worth Of the reporter,
and the all too little recognized service
that is rendered by him to the profession
of Journalism and to the interests of
humanity
He is the backbone of modern journal
ism, is this same quiet, selfeffacing, gal
liant fellow, the reporter. By some tradi-
ton as old as printing the man who writes
must have other than a pecunary motive.
Perhaps the idea and the practice rest on
the theory that 1t would spoil the man
who lives by his pen to be fat and
sleek. Big pay would extermlnate the
breed. All the same. the modern re-
porter lie an ambassador to all the pow
ers that be, If without the purple of his
office. He Is the confidant OF the great,
but must keep his trust as a matter of
course and with no special grateful
ness from anybody. He is the daily
companion of the mighty. but must put
on no Jugs" He is patronized by his
intellectual interiors. but must give no
sign of his martyrdom to the supe-
riority of ignorance. The glory that he
makes for others Is not for him. He
must rest fameless, nameless and content
The actual work of the reporter is a
daily marvel. He must get his facts on
the run mainly from reluctant Witnesses.
and he must put them Into good English
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THE USES OF BACHELORS.
,m the kansas CITY Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Col. Henry Watterson recently unlim-
bered his trenchant pen and came TO the
defense of bachelordom. He pointed out
that unmarried men are the social bal
last that holds the world in matrimonial
equilibrium and that without them there
would be mighty little gayety in life And
Marse Henry was right For whom
doth the blind mans wife array herself?'
asks a sage. Surely if the legislators
who are SO keen to promote matrimony
with threats of Imprisonment would stop
to consider they would realize that bach
elors, instead Of being hunted and de-
nounced should be paid bounty. Bach
elors are usually not sp from choice.
They are the culls, the left-overs, the
stock with defects. and it is full punish
ment for them that they are doomed
to walk their solitary way o'erburdened
with melancholy and oppressed with woe.
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Real Estate Values.

Speculation in real estate sometimes
brings losses to the person who tries 1t,
but If one picks out suburban acreage or
town lots with judgment the chances are
that the property can be sold at a good
profit" said d. A. Montagnon OF New
York, who is now in Birmingham. Every
piece Of realty in New York city that
changed hands. say five years ago, would
bring fancy profit If offered for sale
today. 1t Is the same way in Washing-
ton, d. c.. Chicago and other cities with
which | am familiar.
Birmingham strikes me as presenting
a fine chance for making money on real
estate 1t is safe to say that all the
property in this county will reach d
higher level of value every year or two
for an indefinite term of years. Suburban
acreage anywhere near Birmingham Will
in a few years from now bring fancy
prices. This city and its environs will
double in population before a great
while"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Thinks Birmingham Is Great.

you cannot say too much about Br-
mingham," said General Manager Horace
Baker of the Queen and Crescent route
yesterday. Il think that Birmingham Is
the best town of its size with which
am acquainted, and 1t is destined some
day to be the biggest and best city on the
Queen and Crescent route.
Il have been here a good many times
since l came with the Queen and Cres-
cent, and I think more of the town every
time l see It, Chattanooga and Birming-
ham are both good towns, but Birming-
ham has the advantage of greater natural
resources.
I'VE are still double tracking and i'm
proving our lines north of Chattanooga
and the work is progressing fairly well.
When we finish that we will be in great
shape. We have no Improvements out of
the ordinary in the Birmingham district
Just now
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Our National Forests

The President has just added H.
600 900 acres to the forset reserve, thus
bringing the total reserve of that ma
lure up to 127000,000 acres. These
reserves of forested lands are located
by the government chiefly with refer
ence to the preservation and continued
usefulness of present or future schemes
of irrigation in the Far West.
The forest reserve system is opposed
water companies, by sheep farmers
cattlemen who desire to fatten
cir stock on government lands, and
timber thieves. But none of them
We succeeded in gaining the ear of
President. He is deaf to their APP
ais, and today an area about equal to
IT Alabamas has been reserved and
,afe from all depreciation. The big
little thieves must hereafter stay
Y from the reserved lands.
ford Pinchot, chief of forestry,
explains how the reserved lands
be handled: National forests
,eated with the main object of
all their resources in the wisest
Everything is for use-the tim
range, water, and the land.
rybody who needs timber to
h his home gets it free of
when he asks for it, In the
.imber there is no chance for
J, for the Secretary of Agri-
AN sell as much or as little as
ses, to whomever he pleases,
whatever price he deems fair
,est interest of all the people
rnment gets fair return for
+, whereas before, under the
nd stone law, it practically
way and in such a manner
S monopolized in vast tracts
tae interests. And after It
the land was burned over
productive waste.
sc is used for the grazing
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of live stock. On these natural forests
created after March l, 1907, there will
be no interference with the grazing in
dustry, nor will any grazing fee be
charged during this season on this nat
ural forest or additions thereto created
after March /, 1907. All stockmen who
have regularly used the range will con-
tinue to do so without interference
from the forest service.
"The land within natural forests is
freely open to use as sites for hotels,
stores, mills, residences, and all other
legitimate purposes. The greatest pos
sible use of the land is desired All
kinds of improvements are not only
permitted, but are decidedly welcome. y
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-08
BLACKMAN'S WORK

Taladega Mountain Home: Ion the
waiting bench" by Blackman, in Sunday s
Age-Herald. was a pathetic and appealing
production of the caricaturists art, show
ing a youth In tatters awaiting for the
protection of a child labor law that our
legislature did not enact.
Columbiana Sentinel: Every man in the
Alabama legislature who is opposed to
child labor law, the governor included,
should be compelled to wear about his
neck for the remainder of his natural life
framed copy of a cartoon which ap-
peared in last Sundays Age-Herald. 1t is
most singing rebuke to those men who
oppose the enactment of law that will
protect the children from the greed of cot
ton mill owners.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A man has fine self-control when he is
so mad he can't even swear.
A boy doesn't get educated just because
he keeps from being fired from college.
When a girl is really pretty it doesn't
make her half SO mad to hear you say
some other grill is.
When a woman tells how successful her
husband is in business she means she
wants people to think so.
Generally the fellow that carries around
the charity subscription list for people
to sign doesn't put his own name down.
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WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN.


viii F. Griffin in Milwaukee Sentinel.
I have wondered what lies past the
worlds far rim.
Where the great red sun goes down.
Since the dreaming of youth, so long ago.
have longed, SO longed, sometimes to go
Over the slopes and the mountain trails,
The deserts and valleys, through wood
and wales,
To the land where the sun goes down.
There where the sun goes down
And wondered at strange and foreign
lands,
OF unknown tongues on other strands,
And longed. so longed sometimes to go
That might see, that I might know
There where the sun goes down.
have looked in the PARKWAY jewelled
skies,
There where the sun goes down.
And lcnged for the deeps of a starry
night,
trackless waste and a polestar light.
And wished that had been born to see
Those lands and know of their mystery
There where the sun goes down.
And I've turned, in the dusk, from the
after-glow.
After the sun went down,
To the lights that cleaned in the city's
heart,
The lights in hall and throbbing mart,
And longed, so longed, for the arms and
breast
That Graded me sweet to sleep and rest
After the sun went dow
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-08

A South Dakota bride who rode in
her nightclothes three miles through
the snow to save her husbands life
deserves to have good poem written
about Ter.
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, DR.. Lovett Returns to Daphne.

DIR. j. A b. Lovett, promoter of the
Daphne Normal school, is in the city. Dr.
Lovett is on his way to Daphne, whittier
he goes to complete arrangements Tor
turning over the funds collected to
board of trustees to be named by the
governor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-08

Senator Carmack killed bill in the
last hours of Congress, and Senator
Bob Taylor knows he cannot use his
fiddle with equal efficiency in that
direction.
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JACKSON Clarion Ledger: The Pres
ident has been presented with a new
typewriter" says The Birmingham Age
Herald. Blonde or brunette?
Washington Herald: Tariff revision is
in sight, says The Birmingham Age
Herald. 1t is evident that The Age
Herald is possessed of a long-range vision.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Preachers
are underpaid," says The Birmingham
Age-Herald. They are not IN New York
when they are willing to let a penny
dreadful sign their names to any sort of
rot that can be dlshed up by the office
boy.
Austin Statesman: Senator Foraker
may not object to being called the bull
dog of the Senate so long as no one in
snuates that his bark is worse than his
Age-Herald
Either is death to gentleness and either
is a reproach to manliness.
Columbus Ledger: The Birmingham
Age-Herald says: There is one kind Of
night banking that ought to be stopped,
and that Is when wife draws on hubbys
trousers pocket We should say that
1t is better for her to draw on his pocket
than to draw on his trousers.
Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: Marie Co.
relli says she cannot resist the impulse
to write. Also, it would seem that her
publishers can not resist the impulse to
publish what she writes.-Age-Herald.
Unfortunately there seems to be good
many people who cannot resist the I'M
pulse OF reading these same books after
they are published.
Ashville Southern Aegis: The Age
Herald says that prohibition would be
calamity to Birmingham. Great Heavens!
(reverently spoken what an admission!
Let the calamity come right now before
the conditions become any worse. 1t
seems to us that such calamity would
be an improvement upon existing calam-
tiles hanging daily over the heads of the
good people OF that city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-08

Senator Spooner might have followed
the example of some of his colleagues
who are serving the corporations while
retaining their seats in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-08

Senator Spooner thinks cash out
ranks glory at his age in life.
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Leslie M. Shaw intends to be the
president of New York trust COM
pany, while he retains his residence in
Iowa. 1t is plain that he is still in
noiiticS
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A man could create sensation in
Chicago at present by offering at any
counter a $4,000 bill.