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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
IRON MARKET DULL
 BUT PRICES STRONG

Ten days ago it looked as if iron quo tations were about to drop materially, but this week the tone of the market has lm- proved, and there has been considerable selling in small lots on a basis of $1S.50 to $19 for No. 2. A buying movement will be due later in the month, and while it will hardly be as brisk as it was in the first half of the year, it is believed 1t will be normal
 Rogers, Brown X Co.'s Cincinnati report for the current week follows:
 Inquiries and orders have both taken on an improved tone to an extent which has not been remarked for two months past. In some parts of the country the situation Is figured as being strong, in that furnaces have orders for practical capacity during the rest of the year, stocks on hand aggregating only few days production, and this mainly low grade iron. In this territory buying has been in small amounts and mostly for early delivery, but there is an increasing undercurrent of inquiry for November and December, and for business during 1908, although there is no set movement as yet for deliveries after January l. The num- Der of people inquiring for prices is larger and spread over a wider territory than heretofore, and 1t is evident from all points that there is a good deal of small buying, and it would seem the delay in a general movement can not be much longer postponed. Most of the business done is considered in class by itself and with particular reference to the condition of order books of the furnaces offering the iron, and this to a large extent accounts for what variation in prices has been reported. There are one or two inquiries of fair size in this territory which are still under negotiation.
 By all odds the greatest interest and largest handicap in the present stua- ton is the condition of railroads in re- spect to cars. Car shortage has a way of becoming acute with little or no notice and at almost any season of the year, but particularly in the fall and winter. At the present time this inability to handle with satisfaction the business offered the rail- is making itself felt at all points. It is coming upon us earlier than ever before and is daily assuming more serious pro- portions
 Coke continues without noticeable change except decreases in shipments from all districts, due to shortage of cars Prices are firm and very strong. There is an excellent business being done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
Country Schools

The appropriation of an additional half million dollars to the cause of education serves to call attention to a plan adopted in New York state to meet the conditions existing in special districts where the population is scat tered or the local school is too far from the children. Acting on the prin- ciple that if the children will not come to the school, the school must be brought to the children, a novel sort of building known as telescope" is provided and it has been found to meet all the requirements.
 The building consists of sections. which fit together like leaves of an extension table, and which can be made to accommodate from 20 to 30 pupils. The success of the plan is largely due to the cheapness of it's construction and the facility of its transportation to a suitable place.
 Illiteracy is today misfortune al- most as great as loss of eyesight, and no means should be left untried to re- move the evil from the state. It costs so little time and money to teach a child to read and write and do the simple rules of arithmetic that 1t amounts to the greatest injustice to the child to deprive it of the element ary branches of education.
 In many of these country districts one of the chief difficulties is Ito obtain school books, but this obstacle could be overcome by furnishing these "tele- scope" schools with the books as well as the teachers. In cities and populous communities the stimulus to attend school is much more than in these sparsely settled districts, where strangers seldom visit and illlteracy is so general that 1t attracts no at tention.
 The country child is the one that needs assistance. He should be the special object of any increase in ap- propriations for school purposes, and by whatever means his education is to be brought about is subject deserv- ing much more attention than that usually given It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
Business Moi Afteoted.

"All this talk about general business affairs in Birmingham being affected by the differences which have oc>Jrred in the city administration is nonsense,' said Walter Moore.
 There is nothing in the proposition The city will go straight ahead, meet Ing US obligations, and the town will continue to grow, as well as the whole district. have Just received a call to the west on business matter that means much for this section and I shall an- swer the call next week. Family fusses are seldom of public consequence and am sure the whole thing will come out right in the long run. The people should not feel disturbed unnecessarily"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
The Sidewalks.

T hope the first thing the city au- thorities do after they get through with their present entanglement will be to give more attention to the comfort of pe- destrians,' said an observant citizen Take for instance the matter of window washing and of sidewalk sweeping. Why not require that kind of work done late at night, or by o'clock In the morning before the people begin to move about? It is a great annoyance, especially to ladies.
 And expectorating on the sidewalks Is becoming more frequent than hereto fore. Today I was standing on the curb talking to a man, our faces to the street. when he turned and spat upon the side walk. It was simply thoughtlessness."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
WHY KING CARLOS IS, FAT

ness; he inhales much bulk of ozone. Would you know of what consist his majesty's nourishment? Very well, l shall tell you.
 For breakfast he has a small, a ve-ery small cup of coffee-or a cup of tea. Yes and a very leetle toast. Then comes his luncheon, but 1t is dinner with us. He partakes of a steak, a modest steak, which Is not larger than the cir cle of my hands So Too, he has ome- let. Ah his majesty Is ve-ery fond of omelet For supper he partakes daintily of light food-fruit, maybe. Lastly, he takes very sparingly of wines. In fact, he does not eat so much what a lady does
 The King, you should know. is of such a pleasant nature Even temperament He is a fine sportsman, a grand shot. In the morning, after nights sleep. he Is at his jolliest. He gathers about him his hearty companions; he takes his horse; he takes his gun, and gallops singing through the forest. As he rides his mighty chest swells with pride for his lovely country and his grand people,
 His majesty has such a lovely disposi- ton! He allows nothing to ruffle that temperament. bIe Is loved by his sub jects, and, in return, be loves his peo- pie. That Is what makes him so big.
 Tt takes a big body to successfully carry such big heart as that which reposes in the royal breast of King Carlos
 ''As for this absurd story I know IL was concocted by republicans. There is an element in that party which is con- stantly on the lookout for chance to villify the King. Yes. I must emphatically deny that our King is a gourmand."
 This said, ithe Count picked up his cane and went away.
 Later in the day it was shown by Dr. Leavitt that pracucally all the Count said about King Carlos was quite pos sibe Dr. Leavitt held that ones mental attitude largely affects the physique.
 There is no doubt that character and channels of thought have an influence on nutrition" said Dr. Leavitt. "Op- timism in the case Of King Carlos, may improve the performance of o&anic functions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
WARM WEATHER IS
 RETARD|NG TRADE

New York, october 4-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say:
 Trade reports are irregular some lines noting a larger volume of business than last year, while others indicate an oppo- site tendency. Business Is of a flling-in character, although some sections report an enlarged house trade. owing to fall carnlvalss Retail trade Aoni the whole has been hampered by unreasonable weather temperature being too high. Collections while still dragging, in consequence with the tightness In money, appear to have improved at a number of centers. Some orders for early spring are being placed. but the volume of business is rather light.
 Many industrial lines are less active on new business and working forces in iron steel car manufacturing, electrical goods, shoes and copper mining being reduced. Lumber is less active and new building is lighter, due In part to the approach of the closed season, but more particularly to the strlngency in money. The edge is off the demand for some lines of cotton goods and concessions can be obtained, but printed and woven dress goods are very strong. Wool is active and coal is in demand.
 ldHuicS III llle tAiilSh ototCS for the week ending October number IT, against 166 last week, and 136 in the like week of 1906.
 Canadian failures number S2, as against 36 last week, and 22 in this week year ago.
 Wheat, including flour exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending October 3, aggregated 473l,- $50 bushles, against 4,S76,737 last week and 4,917 O21 this week last year For the first IA weeks of the fiscal year the exports are 4S, 523 bushels against A, 795,043 Tn 1906-07 Corn exports for the week are 498, ,374 bushels, against 416,39 last week and s46,099 bushels in 19os For the fiscal year to date the exports are 15,027, ,29o bushels, against 9.30036l In 19e6-07.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
FISH TALKS AGAIN.
He Is Gratfled at Results of Stock
 holders Meeting.

New York, October 4.-Stuyvesant Fish. former president of the Illinois Central railroad today gave out statement re- gardfng the Hartford conference of stock. holders in that company.
 q shall be more than glad to see the stockholders in every city in the coun- try thus get together of their own voli- ton and send representatives of their own choosing to the meeting in Chicago, De- tober 16," he said.
 Tt is in this way that stockholders can best learn what is being done with their property.
 "The Illinois Central statement of reve- nue and expenses for the two months ending, August 3l, 1907, shows that In Au- gust, with an increase of $300250 in reve- nue, there was a decrease of $247,917 in net receipts, thus confirming, as their statement for July did, what I said about net receipts having been padded, in or der to make good showing, which show ing, the present management used as7 siduously in front for proxies."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
About Pefsons.

George H. Parker, representative from Cullman county in the lower house of the legislature, spent yesterday in the city MT. Parker stated his emphatic be- lief that the business of the entire state will materially suffer on account of the extra session which Governor Conner has stated will assuredly be called. Mir. Par ker stated that he will go to Montgomery much against his will
 Knox Booth, for years deputy internal revenue collector under J. O. Thompson, left yesterday for Virginia, his new head quarters. As is remembered. MT Booth recently received the appointment as revenue agent from Washington.
 The promotion of MT. Booth was 2 great one. Hereafter, he will have the authority to check up without notice any internal revenue collector under hls di- vision.
 Prof. J. T. Blakemore received vester- aay by mall Telegram from Cherokee county, announcing the death of his mother, agcd s6 On account of the lata arrival of ie telegram he was unable To see his mother before burial. He has the sympathy of a large circle of.friends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
The Iron Market

While the pig iron market is dull prices are being maintained on high level. Early in the summer Birming- ham iron was in demand at prices above $2O on a No. basis. Quotations are now s1s.5o to s1s for No 9 but considering the inactivity of the mar ket these figures are significant and decidedly encouraging.
 Prosperity at fast clip was in evi- dence all of last year and the year before. The present year started out with healthy activity In all lines of trade, and activity was the rule throughout the summer just ended. Now that the demand is Tagging does not mean necessarily that we are drop ping to the bottom; not at all. We are simply reducing our iron pace Prices are still giving manufacturers of the pig metal a fine profit and between now and Christmas the demand will be sufficient to clean up the yards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Tariff Talk.

The other day read in some newspa- per that the tariff had made Birming- ham," said a man in the lobby. T didn't believe it, and don't yet; but took the trouble to look over the table to see what goods produced by Alabama are protected, and I found the following ex- tract from the schedule:
 "Bituminous coal, 67c per ton; cotton webbing, 45 per cent ad valoreum iron. 45 per cent ad valoreum; metallic pipe, 8 per cent ad valoreum; clay pipe. 4Oc per gross.
 And yet I feel sure that if the walls were torn down, and free trade estabr lished, we, of Alabama, could still live and grow rich with our splendid natural resources"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
Waterways First at Memphis

President Roosevelt discussed at Memphis yesterday waterways at great length. He unreservedly favors water ways, but he says that in all national projects of that nature there should be a proper proportion between cost and benefit. In other words, mere projects to lower railroad freight rates for city should not be undertaken by the general government. No i'm provements of rivers should be under taken by it that are not really national in character. The central motive of federal plan should be to get from the streams of the United States not only the fullest but also the most per manent service they are capable of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
Men. Not Monev.

Next year is, of course, to be a stren- uous national political year." said Col John w. Tomlinson, a'but predict that 1t will take different turn from those campaigns upon which the country has previously entered. It is going to be conducted on high plane There will be but little graft and money will not prove so powerful as 1t has heretofore.
 T am certain the democratic hosts will be thoroughly organized in every beat in the United States and that the younger generation untainted by the past, will vote according to the dictates of its con science and not under the mandate of the money power, which has controlled American politics for the past 20 odd years.
 T account the outlook a hopeful sign for the democratic party.~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
Life in the Canal Zone

Miss Gertrude Beeks is secretafy of the welfare department of the National Civic federation, and when the govern ment wanted an impartial and true story of the welfare of residents of the Canal Zone 1t sent her down there to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. She was to see what was to terments her trained mind could sug- gest. She went, saw and came back to report. She was turned loose in the zone with instructions to see every thing. Her story consists of 2S,000 words It would fill five or six pages of The Age-Herald, but when it is boiled down there would be found these revelations as a clear net result, as follows:
 Four Americans have to sleep in one room-sometimes.
 Not enough houses for married men and their families.
 Laborers compelled to sleep on cots made of metal lattice work.
 Employees compelled to buy blankets to keep from freezing no free blankets.
 No bath houses with running hot water for bachelor employees.
 Glued furniture and a scarcity of Morris chairs.
 No drying rooms-wives compelled , to dry their husbands wet garments by the stove.
 5 A dearth of servants; cooks who will not do the washing and vice versa.
 Lack Of variety in the menu; eggs so frequently for breakfast that the employees shudder when they hear hen cackle.
 Pleas. ct al.
 No Coney Island.
 No woman's clubs.
 These are rot horrors that chill the ,irremediable, and even Miss Beeks ad- mits that conditions at Panama are being bettered. The stock of eggs cer- tainly can be reduced even if the stock of fleas cannot be. The bachelors at Panama certainly can take warm sun baths even if there is no running hot water in their esteemed bath tubs The dearth of Morris chairs and womans clubs is unspeakable, and the attention of Congress should be called to it. Congress, alas, is inclined to consider the throwing of dirt of more importance than the aesthetics of life, and Miss Beeks was sent to Panama to speak out plainly in behalf of the latter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
COTTON MEN GO TO ATLANTA. Cotton Spinners Will Continue Labors
 In Southern Field.

Washington, October 1.-The National Cotton convention ended today. Interest in the closing session entered in the ad- dresses of Secretary straus of the depart ment of commerce and labor; Postmaster General Meyer. and Arthur R. Marsh of New York City. Secretary Straus took d decided stand on the tariff question; the Postmaster General advocated the es- tabishment of the parcels post system and postal savings bank. while Mir. Marsh made a spirited defense of the New York cotton exchange, of which he is mem Der.
 Tonight the delegates left for Atlanta Ga, to attend the second International Conference of Cotton Growers and Manu- facturers. which will convene there Mon day. The only business transacted to- day was the admission of 33 new mem bers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
THE SOLITARY REAPER.

By William Wordsworth. Behold her, single in the field,
 Ton solitary highland lass Reaping and singing by herself;
 Stop here, or gently pass Alone she cuts and binds the grain And sings a melancholy strain; Oh listen, for the vale profound Is overfiowing with the sound. No nightingale did ever chant
 More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt,
 Among Arabian sands; A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In springtime from the cuckoo bird, Breaking .tbe silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings?
 Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things,
 And battles long ago; Or is it some mere humble lay, Familiar matter of today? Some natural sorrow, loss or pain That has been and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang
 As if her song could have no ending I saw her singing at her work,
 And OCT the sickle bending; I listen'd motionless and still And, as I mounted up the hill The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
s MAKES MISTAKE.

fufi san Francisco Call.
 aaodgh irbanks is usually well phsted by his assistants, he made a mist .at enc and incidentally turn ed s on himself. The usual crowc Lad gathered to meet him when the train drew in, and, having but few minutes to spare. the lean Vice President lost no time in getting to his speech.
 Senator Nixon" he commenced. with the pompous air of the statesman -ora tor. and fellow citizens of Arizona. I@-
 "Oh, h-l! Get next" houted a rade miner in the crowd. Reno Is in Ne vada."
 A thundergust of laughter followed the remark. and before it had subsided the train was ready to move on. Fair banks made noble efforts to square himself with the spectators, but they laughed him out of town, the hilarity being especially pronounced when Fair banks said he would like to shake every hand in the crowd.
 and you don't even know where we are att said the miner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05

From the Chicago News.
 N BIG soul means big man.. For P proof, witness the King of Portugal.
 The Count of Santa Eulalia. his majes- tvs counsel in Chicago, entered vigor- ous defense of the great King Carlos to- day. He declared that the King had grown to his present bulk not through heavy eatng-he has the appetite of a bird-but because of his jovality, big, heartedness and love for his subjects. The Count was prompted to speak out by the publication of a dispatch from Lisbon yesterday, saying that court phy- sicians had halted King Carlos in his mad gastronemic dissipation The scientific possibility of a kings growing fat on good nature alone was upheld later by Dr. Sheldon Leavitt.
 The consul was able to give number of interesting views of King Carlos, the man. He told how the ruler disported in the early morning He also gave a com plete royal menu-breakfast, dinner and supper-a canary bird diet in compari- son with the six daily plowboy repasts cited in the cablegram. The Count in timated that the dispatch had emanated from a press bureau of the republican party of Portugal. Those republicans have their mallets out for royalty, these days, 'tis said.
 Good morning." said the consul at the beginning of his visit to the office of the Daily News today. Here is my card, sir. He gracefully presented a bit of pasteboard engraved with many-knob- bed crown the headgear of the King at all formal affairs.
 q have come" said the Count, as he accepted a chair, Ito inform you that the King of Portugal is not gourmand I have come to tell you that the King does not eat six meals a day. Also, have come to say to you that the King is not in danger of fatty degenration of the heart"
 His purpose made clear. the Count con tinued: Tt Is not the food his majesty consumes that makes him so large Oh, no. He absorbs the milk of human kind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
New Rate Sheets Ready.

Atlanta, October 4.-The rate clerks are busy in Atlanta getting out the new Alabama interline tariff sheets On Wednesday. in the office of Chairman Joseph Richardson of the Southern pas senger association, in the Equitable build ing, there was held a meeting of the gen. eral passenger agents for the Alabama lines At that time nterline tariffs were decided upon and the rate clerks ordered to draft them at once. The interline rates will probably be in the hands of the Ala bama ticket agents by the 9th of the month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
Escaped Fatal Plunqe.

Ashtabula O., October 4.-F'ifteen pas sengers. including several women and, a motorman and conductor, had narrow escape late last night from plunging to death from the Ashtabula and Penn sylvania Electric railroad viaduct to the Ashtabula river 100 feet below. The pas sengers were in panic and several were injured by flying glass. The car was saved by a trolley pole from making the plunge. The body of the coach left the tracks and one end hung suspended over the river
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
Fine Music.

High class musical attractions in Bir- mingham Will be more numerous this sea- son than usual" said a musician.
 'The Bessie Abott company, which ap- pears in an operatic concert at the High school auditorium October 16, will render fine programme and no one who loves music can afford to sniss 1t. The instru- mental sextette that comes with Miss Abott is a really big attraction in it. self.
 Later on we are to have at the Jeffer son Madame Schumann-Heink in a song recital, the Savage Grand Opera company In Madame Butterfly and Kubelik, the famous young violinist"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A man can afford any extravaganza ex- cept being married.
 Millionaires seem to prove that hard way to get rich is to work forl it.
 The man who bought lot of suitable clothes for his vacation didn't expect to have much fun.
 Some people aren't going to have la very good time in heaven unless they can have their breakfast in bed
 Women object to winter because they have to wear clothes then instead of beinK undressed In shirt waists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-05
Man RIown to Atoms.

San Antonio. October 4.-Owen V. An derson, recently appointed lieutenant in the United States army, was blown to atoms today while handling a bottle of nitro-glycerin. The house was wrecked and his mother had a narrow es- cape He was preparing to go to Fort Leavenworth and was empting bottle of the explosive when the accident oc- cured