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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Mlsleadlnn Statistics.

While 1t Is true that figures don't lie, at the same time figures can grossly mis- represent and lead people to form the most erroneous opinions upon subjects" said a business man.
 Tn all the statistics have seen pub lished about this district, whether 1t be In the matter of population crime, or any thing else in which the people are sup posed to take part, no mention is made of the color of the people referred to. The state of Alabama Is put in bad light before the world on that account, and especially Is this true of the Birming- ham district.
 "No statistics are worth the paper on which they are written unless they pre- sent a true representation from which deductions can be drawn that present the case in It's true light. When we read of the number of murders, robberies and burglaTies In a certain district we should be told if these crimes were committed by white or colored people, and what stand ing in the community these people had When negroes fall out over crap game and a murder follows, or when robberies or DufBlarleS are committed Dy ueSIoSS, it is only fair to the district in which these things are done that mention should be made if the class of people who com init these crimes.
 q have seen statistics showing the num- Der of petitions of bankruptcy filed In the various states and was pained to see the position that Alabama occupied in the list. but the truth of the matter is that more than one-half of these peti- tions were filed by negroes and the amounts involved were seldom over Sloo.
 "In the matter of divorees, too, a dis tinction should be made, as fully three fourths of the divorce suits in our courts are filed by negroes. Statistics that do not classify are no more reliable than an account of a shipwreck which would say that thousand lives were lost but would fall to say they were the lives of sheep or human beings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
Good Outlook.

q have read with peculiar interest the interviews with President J. c. Maben of the Sloss-Sheffield company, which have appeared in the New York papers, said a well-known citiken. q say with pecu- liar interest and I might say with elation, because they are cheerful and indicate a continuance of prosperity, not that MT Maben is given to gloomy talk. He Is not easily depressed, but like some other good business men he was of the opinion some time ago that the present year was not going to be one of much activity; that it might be well to 'go slow
 T myself felt that this was to be dull year. But conditions are much more favorable now. MT. Maben talks in an optimistic vein and he gives reasons why the southern iron market should continue strong and high"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
IT ALL DEPENDS.

IT ALL DEPENDS. It all depends on how you feel, If days be dark or fair, And if you'll nope with heavy heart, Or say goodbye to care. If you must grumble. then the world Will grumble back at you And there will be no ray of hope In anything you do. But, if you'll smile and sing a bit. While hoping for the best, And seek a pleasant sort of place In which to take your rest, The chances are you'll soon forget The very weight of woe That used to bear your shoulders down And make you stumble so It all depends on how you feel he lessons plain enough. Just feel as good as you know how, Fen tho 'tis all bluff, And as the days go fitting by, And everything Is prime, You'll get into the habit and Be happy all the time! There Is newspaper in Texas called the Kosse Cyclone. No doubt. it's editor is a small, meek man who minds his wife.
 It is related that the old smokers smoked hard. and we dare say that some of them are smoking now. Carrie Nation says she is "a servant of God" in which case she is the most strenuous hired girl' the Lord ever had.
 ISN'T TT THE TRUTH?
 fellow in the month of June
 Who finds a maid to kiss,
 Is sailing in a little boat
 Upon sea of bliss. Give the grocer wink and see what you will get!" says an advertiser. Give the druggist a wink and we know what we'll geti
 Pie has gone up in Boston and less of 1t will hereafter go down.
 NATURE STUDY. What kind of noise does a wild oyster make?
 HARD JOB. Just scratch your head, my honored
 friend,
 And try to see if you Can figure out a heinous crime That Orchard didn't do. The crop of June brides will be short" says the Louisville Herald. Some like them short; others like them long. The Lemon Brothers have sold their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 Lending money Is the very best way not to get it back
 A woman likes you to De liar If It's because you call her pretty.
 A girl will hardly ever fool a man if he isn't worth her doing it for practice.
 When a man writes poetry for his liv- ing it's a sign somebody else earns 1t for him.
 A man always enjoys hearing woman explain something she doesn't understand unless she Is his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
COURAGEOUS EDITOR.
he Coosa River News.

From the Coosa River News.
 A strenuous Alabama editor says that the man who drags a woman's name in the mire should furnish the face at a fist festival. l."-Birmingham Age-Herald. And this same editor has the honor of di- recting what is, perhaps, the only news paper in the country which exercises the right to freely comment on any decent matter of public concern-organizations secret societies, labor trusts, money trusts, steal trusts, notwithstanding it's only recognized master is reverence for God and a fair deal to humanity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
VETERAN OF THE SENATE

bellum south, lover of It's institutions, a Confederate soldier and officer, states man of the old and fast disappearing school.
 Alabama will miss his picturesque figure from its political life; Washington will keenly regret his passing, even though he was full of years and honors. The coun- try will tender to his friends and neigh bors the assurance of its high esteem for this brave fighter, honorable defender of important causes, and useful legislator. His state will not readily secure another senator more talented or better able to represent it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 'I had a Nigh compliment from Miss Peachley the other evening" remarked the boarder with the expansive forehead. What was it?' asked the other board CTS.
 T told her she was little lucky and she said I was horrid old man drake" Where is the compliment in that?"
 Don't you see, you bunch of leather heads? A mandrake is a May apple"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
MT. Bankhead's Record

The wish is pretty plainly father to L e thought in those who say that John H. Bankhead is out of step with the Imperative popular demand for the regulation of the railroads and the destruction of all trusts that aim to destroy competition against the terms of the Sherman act. Such persons have not particle of evidence for any such declaration. MT. Bankhead sup ported the railroad rate bill of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
ALABAMA PRESS

DeKalb Record: There are fifteen fe- male member of the Finnish Diet. Quite an attractive menu.
 Andalusia News: This may be an off year for crops but we notice that wild oats are still being sown.
 centreville Press: The watermelon crop will not be a failure. There Is something good in store yet.
 Talladega Reporter: Clark county comes to the front with a cotton bloom on June 4. Must have been grown in a hot house.
 Abbeville Times: If consistency is a jewel, we have whole lot of people who are not burdened with this kind of jew elry.
 Florence Herald: These loving wives who write "At Rest' on the tombstones of their hubbies ought to be kind enough to add At Last"
 Marion County News: Twenty-cent cot ton Is in the range of possibility next fail, but 1t will not do the fellow much good that has none to sell.
 Mobile Register: An Oregon paper says that New York girls are richly uphol- stered. Climate and nature combine against upholstery down here.
 Green County Democrat: There is a good deal of talk of a revolt in the legis- laturA against Gov. Conner. Now, you just wait till the whip Is popped and see.
 Mobile Item: President Roosevelt s academical advice to the National Asso- citation of Editors would be most fully ap- preeatod f he practiced all he preached.
 Heaalaaa 5t: In the death of John T. Morgan Alabama loses one of the greatest statesmen she has ever claimed, and his place will not be easily filled by another.
 Jacksonville Record: With Abe Hum mel and Abe Reuf as specimen the Father of Israel, Abraham the first must think he has had pretty bad luck with his namesakes.
 Gadsden Journal: Harry Orchard could have become immortal as a Russian an- archist. In the business of bombs. and wholesale annihilation he certainly is q past master.
 Alabama Beacon: From all sides comes echoes of Congressman Hobsons recent tour of the Sixth district with his govern ment experts He has started move ment that has a future to 1t.
 Florence Times: One of our exchanges observes that a western man chose mute for his fifth wife, with the evident inten- ton of enjoying a peaceful old age. Some editors are perfectly reckless.
 Anniston Star: Oklahoma is getting iTt line rapidly. Following the first primary election in the new state comes a charge of wholesale fraud. It's nightly hard to keep politics clean even in the unsophis- ticated west.
 Greensboro Watchman: It has been as- certained on pretty good authority that real and personal property in Alabama is returned to the tax assessors at 40 per cent. of it's market value. The state tax commissioners have instructed the com missioners' courts in a number of coun- ties (and it's only a question of a short time when all the counties will be .n- structed to do the same) to raise the as- sessments from 40 to 50 per cent. of the market value of the property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

ALL IN THE GAME. It's all in the game The heartache and shame,
 The troubles that worry us down, The dollars we lose, The lies that confuse
 And the sting of sheer or a frown, It's all in the game What boots 1t to blame
 High heaven for what must befall? The way may be long, But If we are strong
 We'll do pretty well, after all In the matter of sufhmer books, don't forget that the handbook is more neces- sary than all the others. Birmingham is getting better all the time. A man stole a Bible the other day. 1t is perfunctory to wish President Roosevelt quiet" time at Oyster Bay.
 REQUITAL. No matter if he lose the game And fortune passes by, That man shall have an honored name Who's not afraid to try. His Dishonor, Mayor Schmitz! What can the douma do? We feel like peekabooing
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

It the senatorial succession were an open question the friends of Oscar W. Underwood would be heard from, but it is not an open question. A primary is primary, and there is no appeal from it. A primary is the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
Her Probable Fate.

Mrs. Housefy-Now, my daughter, you are equipped for the summer. Beware of the young men.
 Miss Housefy tcoyly)-Ah, yes; I'll try to. I suppose it will be my fate to get mashed on some old bald head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
Counting Unmatched Chickens

The St. Louis Globe-Democrat fore sees a south that will support Dingley- ism and slushism, and it brings for ward these figures in support of its theory:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

The Duma is hanging on the ragged edge, the Czar is prisoner, and Peter Stolypin, who never keeps promise, begins to wish he had never sought power
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Mayor Schmitz asks release from prison because it Is unseemly to trans act pubic business in a bastile. He is inclined to be over-fastidious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

What anyone wants to kill Vice President Fairbanks for is beyond comprehension. He is wholly harm less and wholly unimpassioned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

The government should wait until the dry season is ushered in before it tries to breay up the umbrella trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
A Man Story.

From Puck.
 The Big Fish (boastfully)-Yes, sir; he was at least ten feet long and must have weighed 800 pounds If he weighed an onunce, but the line broke and I got away from him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Wall streets troubles tread upon another's heels, so thick they come. Just now the Japanese war cloud is central there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

The optimistic school of poets will no doubt contend that it Is better to be a cheerful liar than a gloomy prevari- cator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

The holy corporation of Divine Right Baer has been hauled into court, and Baer is considering what he will do to that court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

What the straw hat trade loses the umbrella trade gains. The weather clerk does not propose to injure all branches of trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

In Winchester in the Valley of vir- ginia, snow felf for two hours last Wednesday. Strange times these in weather matters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Democra tic majority in the eleven
 states -. .... .... ...... ......... 42s,7ol Total republican vote, 1904, In
 former slave states. .... .... ....1, ,247,2s4 Total democratic vote 1904 same
 states. .... .. .... ...... .1,62452S Democratic majority. 1904, in for
 mer slave states ...... ........ 377294
 While the democratic majority in the sixteen states was but thirteen per cent, yet there is not one of the sixteen states that the republicans can carry today, Delaware alone excepted. In Delaware votes are bought and sold almost as openly as they are in Rhode Island. Votes are not quoted on bull
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

The polar expeditions are trying to crystalline, but the public take but lit tie interest in them. We have more polar weather at home than we need.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Governor Terrell exonerates Presi- dent Roosevelt from the charge of cut ting short Georgia Day, and all is well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

The first time anybody dared to kick a trust everybody else stood aghas., but we kick them for exercise now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Carrie Nation objects to the state ment that she has "bobbed up again. this time in Washington. She denies that she comes up in that way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Caruso has highly desirable voice even if his methods at monkey houses render him a highly undesirable citi- zen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Richard Mansfield is recovering his health, but his doctors as well as him. self agree that he must rest full year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

The West Point incident may yet outrank the Japanese incident, for Mrs. Ayres is full of fight and is ready for war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Friday night was almost chilly in temperature, and the mercury staid low while the vice president remained in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

A Philadelphia man sewed tassels to the ears of three kittens, to make them Hook nice" His attentions cost him a fine of $50 and costs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

The Japanese did not capture Secre- tary Metcafe after all. He escaped to washington alive and we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

It takes all kinds of people to make a world, including those who get rich by selling talcum powder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Secretary Taft may faint but he is not in the habit of feinting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Providence Journal: MT. Cleveland says that the sportsman who kills for the sake of killing is a game hog" It is useful definition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Memphis News -Scimitar: Somehow or other we can't figure Harry Orchard get ting by St. Peter of the Pearly Gates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

All hope Baron Kuroki will come again-without his sword.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

It's so quiet that even the race question Is taking a rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Mayor Schmitz, ex-musiclan, is about to fiddle his farewell public num- Der among the free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Lady Godiva weather is not fully es. tablished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

At Oyster Bay the president can ac- cumulate a supply of epigramatic ut terances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Bugs" Raymond, celebrated pitcher of Charleston, bids fair to make that town famous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Newspapers of every state in the union pay tribute to the greatness of John T. Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
,oTE IN 1904 OF BORDER STATES.

Republican majority. 1904, in five bor der states, formerly slave states. 49, 407 VOTE IN 1904 OF ELEVEN STATES
 THAT SECEDED,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Arkansas Gazette: Salvador is using regular troops, but generally speaking Tn Central America the revolutions are mora regular than the armies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
PRESS POINTS

Knoxville Sentinel: Alabama Is unit in mourning the death of that grand old man, John Tyler Morgan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Washington Post: An Iowa farmer married widow after she had cooked trial dinner for him. That appears to bo one trial that resulted In conviction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
Irous. They couldn't stand the pres

It Is always seventeen and half min utes past eight. according to a Twen- tieth street clock, which is a dummy l clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Memphis Commercial Appeal: Concern ing the report that he is about to commit matrimony August Belmont has nothing to say That settles it. When will 1t take place?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
THE PRESIDENTIAL HANDICAP.

From the New ork Press. Here is the result furnished to us by the dopers, tipsters and handicapers:
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Washington Herald: Louisville bar tender knocked a customer down with . lemon squeezer because the latter at- tempted to drink mint julep with spoon. We cannot blame the dispenser of Kentucky's pride; there is a limit to the patience and forbearance of every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16
THE RoUE.

THE ROUE. He tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo He led dizzy life about Paree, And everywhere he went there was a furore Created by his reckless gaiety. In such pursuits he spent his years and dollars And when the game was drawing to a close A bullet put an end to all his foIlies, But not a single tear was shed by those Who joined him in his revels while his money Was stlli enough to keep them full of wine And shook him as a chap no longer wanted When he'd made his last excursion down the line" We are tempted to call Colonel Graves the Alfred Austin of Georgia" says the Houston Post. For heavens sake, don't do itl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

For he Is but a bastard to the time, That doth not smack of observation.
 -Klng John.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Washington Bureau Age Herald, 1421 0 street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Anniston Star; Oklahoma is getting iIt line rapidly. Following the first primary election in the new state comes a charge of wholesale fraud It's nightly hard to keep politics clean even in the unsophis- ticated west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

Florence Times: One of our exchanges observes that western man chose a mute for his fifth wife, with the evident inten- ton of enjoying a peaceful old age. Some editors are perfectly reckless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-16

DeKalb Record: There are fifteen fe- male member of the Finnish Diet. Quite an attractive menu.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-16


their converts to cruelty one of their
members on the, cross to save his
soul. want to ask this audience If
they believe that any man Was eYe-
crucifed on cross in the United
States.
"Mr Fink not olny cast reproach
on the Catholics for crucifying a man,
but he insulted the Governor of New
Mexico and the United States Army
in New Mexico for allowing a cruel
fxion to take place. There is not
person in this audience but what be-
ieves that if crucihxion was to take
place in New Mexico or in any part
of the United States where the Ameri-
can flag waves that the armies would
have gotten to the crucifix;on, would
have stopped it and would have i'm
prsoned the religious families who at
tempted it.
IF had not seen the picture and
heard the gentleman say that he took
it, | would not have believed that it
could have come from a Presbyterian
preacher.
LAS to the Mormon Church domi-
mating politics in Utah, as stated by
Mr.. Fink. offered he following re-
ward on September 18th, 1905, which
was published in nearly all TIE papers
in Salt Lake City, and by the Associ
ated Press and the different papers
throughout the United States. "If it
can be shown that Joseph F. Smith,
since he became President of the
Mormon Church has dominated or
interfered with in any way the polit-
cal action Of any indivuadual or par
ty, | will give $1,000 for such infor-
nation. This reward has never been
claimed and it still holds good.
Mr.. Fink threw on the curtain in
his lecture a map of the United States
with Utah as a big, black blot on it,
in the shape of hideous black devil
hsh, with long, snake-like tentacles
extending into the adjoining States
and Territories, and one running
clear across the United States and
graphing Washington He taught
by his diabolical picture the people
81 New Jersey to hate with intense
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-02-16
TRUTH

ing concerning the Mountain Meadow
Massacre; Tt may be as we'll under
stood at the outset that this horrible
crime, SO often and SO pcrsistently
charged upon the Mormon church
and its leaders, was the crime OF an
individual, the crime u aflnatic of
tie worst stamp, orc who was a
member of the Mormon church, but
of whose intentions the Mormon
church knew nothing, and whose
bloody act the members of the
church, high and low, regard with as
much adherence as any out of the
church. Indeed, the blow fell upon
the Brotherhood with three-fold force
and damage. There was the cruelty
of it, which wrung their hearts; there
was the odum attending it's pcrfor-
nance in their midst; and there was
the strength that it lent their enemies
further TO malgn and modest them
The Mormons denounced the Noun
tain Meadow Massacre and every act
connected therwith, IS earnestly and
honestly as any in the outside world.
This is abundantly proved and may
lie accepted as historical fact
MIR. Fink stated that the Mormons
were aliens, they were un- american,
they were not Fart of he United
States, that they were working to
overthrow this government i'll other
words, they were traitors and would
not respect the flag.
81 will briefly mention the Mormon
battalion of 500 soldiers who at the
request of Uncle Sam, in 1913, after
being driven from Nauvos, ILL.,, and
seeing TIE homes burned they had
built, left their wives and children,
their fathers and mothers, to make
their way across the burning sands of
what was then the Great American
Desert to Utah, which was to be their
future home. From this wandering
band OF Mormons, Uncle Sam secured
500 noble warriors; and in two weeks
from the time he called on them 500
as loyal soldiers marched to the front
as were ever recruited.
''In our late war with Spain, the
Utah battery was engaged i'll more
battles than any other company in
the whole army, When the war in
the Philippines was practically over,
and the Utah Battery mustered out,
were the people of Utah traitors or
disloyal to the boys who fought for
the flag? Spontaneous contributions
rolled into Salt Lake from all parts