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Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-17
FLINT AND PERKINS
RECOMMEND MATTOS
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Cal, July 16.-It was an
nounced today that Senator Perkins had
recommended. State Senator John G. Mat
tos as appraiser in San Francisco, VICE
John It. Dare, who has presented his
resignation, which will take effect on
September l,
Senator Flint has Joined the senior SEN
ator in the recommendation of Mattos.
The salary of the office of appraiser is
$S625 year.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-17

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and English torchon, widths to 3H inches; some
match SETS in a good firm mesh and durable wash
lace; line of dainty designs and limitations OF
real hand made lace; 10c and 15c values to 10. at
yard. 2hc.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-17

If you want to go east. C. Haydock
Agent Illinois Central r, r., lis w. 9Th
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-17

Everything you want you will and tn
the classified page. One cent word.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-17

GOT HIMSELF INTO TROUBLE.
Mr.. Jimieson-I told the youngster to
look out for the bugaboo.
Mrs. Jimieson-- what's he crying
about?
won't show him the bugaboo.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-17

NOW THEY DON'T SPEAK.
Miss Oldgirl-He fell in love with mo
at first sight. 1t was at a masquerade
ball.
Miss Caustique--of course you were
masked.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-17
PACKING Houses Must Be Cleared

'"The capacity of the packing houses
greatly exceeds the number of cars 1t is
possible to obtain" said the witness, land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19

tious to become the home of a high school shall have prepared their of fers, in full accordance with the provi- sions of the new law; and when the treasury department of the state an- nounces It's readiness to meet the ex- pense, then the board consisting of the governor. state superintendent of education and state auditor will meet and decide upon the location.
 While no time seems set for render ing such decision, The Age-Herald would suggest that those communities that desire to present bids or proposi- tions should immediately organize, prepare their applications and move vigorously. An early start, with an enthusoastic spirit always means much in such effort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
Disarmament By War

While the delegates to the peace convention at The Hague are pouring forth floods of oratory in the advo- cacy of disarmament the changing of hammers on armor-plated Dread noughts acts the part of an anvil chorus" in the grand opera (boeuf). When the Russian minister, in his opening speech at the conference, took his cue from Lady Teazle and suggested that they had better leave disarmament out of the question the assembly of Joseph Surfaces received their answer.
 pass 1t must be brought about in the same fashion as was Russian and Spanish disarmament. Since those two nations were disarmed there has been no war talk from either of them. and yet 1t has been accepted as a sort of proverb that preparation for war Is the surest means of preserving the peace.
 It takes two to make fight, and If one of them is unable or afraid to fight there will be no breach of the peace Preparedness consists In hay ing a big and fully equipped army and navy, and the possession of such make nations aggressive. "The nation that raises an army" says Macauly, "is like the man who raises the devil, he must find work for him." and the work of an army is to fight, which is war and not peace.
 The intense energy pent up in shells and torpedoes, arsenals and maga- zines has made international feeling electrical to the point of explosion. It will take thunder and lightning to re- lieve the pressure and when the clouds have cleared away the ruin and wreckage will supply material for Q good object lesson on the folly of ac- cepting as a proverb a neatly turned phrase coined out of the mind of am bition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
Successful Administration.

President Sterling A Woods adminis- tration is proving one of the most notable in the history of the Commercial club" said well known member. ''He seems to have the faculty of getting results without much beating of the tom tom. Among the conspicuous achievements of his administration are the securing of the Confederate reunion. passing of the repeal bill imposing the annual franchise tax on foreign loan companies, successful ad- vocacy of the Greater Birmingham bills. and the establishment of a s1oo.Oo textile products plant. The membership of .hs club is swelling and the attendance at the last meeting was record breaker for August. In addition to those things mem toned as having been accomplished many matters of less importance have been dls- posed of during his active administration. President Wood is right behind the new building movement, and 1t Is not unlikely that he will push this great project to sue cess before the end of his administra- tion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
PROGRESS OF THE JEWS.
om the Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 MT. George ". Ochs, in an inspiring address. made at the Jewish Chautauqua, called attention to the fact that there are now about 100000 Jews in the United States, and at the rate of growth of the past few years. 1t would not be long before one-third of tho entire Jewish pop ulation of the world would be in this country. There Is room for them.
 1t is doubtful whther at any period of Hebraic history the Jews made more won derful progress than they have recorded in the United States. And at the same time that the Jew in America has been forging to the front the condition of the race the world over has been improv- inC vastly.
 Where there is hostility to the Jew 1t Is seldom, as MT. Ochs pointed out on account of difference in religious beliefs the world Is getting too broad-minded for that-but it Is based on the coherence of the Jews as a class, their nonassimila- tion, and their adherence to ancient cus- toms and habits. But even these, when they are understood, win respect
 In Russia. where batting the Jews has long been favorite pastime. the condl- ton of the Jews has nightly improved Says MT. Ochs:
 "The situation in Russia has changed A miracle has been wrought The Jew in the far east Is no longer the despised creature he was five years ago. He is no longer the poor, cowardly, unreslsting serf, who submitted, with supine fear, to any wrong and every oppression. A nev spirit animates him-the spirit of | self-defense, the spirit of resistance, the l spirit which meets force with force, the spirit which, since the dawn of history, has suffered any martyrdom, any priva- tion, faced obliquity, torture and death in defense of human rights and civil lib- erty. He Is the soul and inspiration of the struggle now proceeding in Russia"
 The Jew everywhere is awakening to his opportunities. Under decent and or derly government he makes the best of citizens-industrious earnest, patient, thrifty, Charitable, public-spirited. The criminal classes are but lightly recruited from the Jews. and beggars among them are rarely seen.
 The emancipation of the Jews is an accomplished fact. Through long cen | turies of sufferance and suffering they have won freedom. and as a race they are using 1t wisely, indeed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
KING soLoMoN'S MINES.
n the Washington herald.

From the Washington herald.
 For half a century the search for the Biblical gold land of Ophir has gone on, and modern sch olarship, as represented in the archaeological and historical re- searches of Karl Peters, has at last set tied upon South Africa. particularly along the Zambesi country, as the site of the mines whence Solomon and Hiram secured tn cir precious metals. Old ruins and the remains of mines discovered in Rhodesia, did much to settle the claim. But now there comes a new investigator Dr. David Randall MacIver, who, in his book, "Mediaeaval Rhodesia," declares that In the Zambesi country he finds nothing of Semitic or Egyptian origin. He thinks the ruined mines In Rhodesia must be the pro- duct of the Middle Ages. He declares that in these parts, during the Middle Ages. there must have existed natives of Africa vastly superior in culture and cultivation to any found in latter times. This new line of investigation has been taken up by the Germans, who support Dr. MacIver's theory with enthusiasm, and think previous investigators all wrong. The result Is that King Solo mons mines seem no nearer discovery than when MT. Rider Haggard wrote fiction about them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19

out to the effect that all licenses will be revoked on second notice of viola tion of the speed law.
 Tt is said that such accidents were in mind when the legislature passed Frelinghuysen's amendment to the auto law providing for the appoint ment of sixteen inspectors to guard against them. Governor Stokes vetoed 1t while MT. Frelinghuysen was Ill.
 Acting on an appeal from mem- Der of the Bernards township commit tee, Senator FTelinghuysen has asked Commissioner Smith to detail a spe- cial automobile policeman to the Der nards district. This has been done, and similar action is likely to be taken in other parts of the state where oc- casion requires"
 The tipsy chauffeur, be he million aire owner or expert hired man, is not only an Undesirable citizen," but criminal that should be looked after by the police.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
ORIGIN OF skYscRAPERs.
Washington Post.

From the Washington Post
 The recent death of W. l.. Jenney. one of Chioagos leading architects, seems to have precipitated the engineering and architectural professions into a more or less acrimonious discussion as to the orig ination of the steel-frame skyscraper construction. There is no question but that Mir. Jenney actually built the first tall building in Chicago the Home In- surance buiding), but others claim that Architects Burnham and Root had plan ned, though not erected, that mode of construction prior to that time, and still other candidates for the honor have pre- sented their claims. Of them all, Archi- tect Burlington of Minneapolis, seems to have the best foundation for his conten- ton, as he Is the only possessor of 0 United States patent on that construc- ton, and has actually filed suits against owners of some tall buildings for having infringed his ideas. Latest developments, however, bring out that his claims are combated by Architect Fitzpatrick of Washington, D. C., who asserts that tho Burlington patent is invalid because 1t was not that gentlemans own conception, he having absorbed" it from Fitzzpat- rick. who was then. in 1883, his chief assistant, and who had elaborated the scheme of tall construction with an en- gineer named Strom.
 The skyscraper has solved many mod ern economic problems. and whether the scheme of construction was the invention of any one individual. or, as contended by some, natural evolution logical solution of the problems before them, conclusion arrived at by many architects and engineers simultaneously. 1t seems that the architectural profession deserves the greater praise, though the matter is so essentially an engineering one, Tor It's introduction and perfection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
MEETING OF TWO KINGS

man, his kinsmen, who has taken his place as the guest of the German Elm peror, the composed and complacent King Edward VII of England. where monarcns are so well treated because they do not pretend to rule.
 Yet King Edward could not have for master of the royal household the other day the gentleman of his selection. but had to accept the choice of his prime min- ister. And the Emperor William every now and then loses a case in court by tn. Judgment of his independent suh1ects
 IL IS not so long ago, however. that q ie" gentlemen sovereign lords and kings, could sit together for a few hours, even as the two emperors sat in the cabin of the German Kaiser's yacht, ana parcel out the dominlons of the earth and the peoples thereof.
 We do not need to go back for such scene to the division of the Roman world among Octavlus and Antony and Lepidus. after the death of Caesar. Two empcrors. the great Napoleon and the ancestor of the present Czar of Russia, agreed what 10 do with the peoples of Europe. in Si'9o eHdt On raIt at T1lsft just century ago.
 How different meeting of monarchs was that from the harmless social enter tainment of the Emperor Nicholas by the heir of him who was one of the rulers of Europe whom Napoleon and Alexander decided how to regulate"
 It Is reported that these meetings of kings today excite great enthusiasm among the diplomats. The meeting of the German Emperor and King Edward is hailed as a great triumph, after so many unsuccessful attempts on the part of the diplomatists of England and Cor many to bring the two rulers together.
 It Is, of course, an agreeable thing that two gentlemen of such rank could come together in friendly meeting. and the world that reads of the raft of Tilsit views with equalimity these latter day amenities of monarchs which are now but the harmless shadows of once sinister beings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
Interest in Jamestown

Now that the Jamestown exposition is practically completed, the attend ance is increasing and adverse criti- cism is diminishing. Every one who visits the show finds the architecture more artistic and attractive than that a the great worlds fairs; and as for the exhibits, they are highly credit able, although not so extensive as one found at St. Louis or Chicago.
 The Jamestown exposition, as an exposition, presents many unique feat ures and is on the whole by far the greatest thing of the kind ever held in the South. What especially interests visitors of intelligence, sentiment and patriotic ardor is the historical depart ment The history building and the Smithsonian exhibit are well worth while, even if nothing else were to be seen. And most interesting of all to the lover of American history are the old colonial towns of Williamsburg and Yorktown close by. Williamsburg is easily the most historically inform ing town in the United States, that is to say, in this ancient capital of Vir- ginia are preserved a greater number of landmarks than can be found in any
 
 other city-North or South. True, Williamsburg is always on exhibition and tourists are all the while visiting the place. But viewed in connection <~ith the Jamestown exposition, which celebrates the tri-eentennial of the first English settlement on our shores, the quaint old town seems doubly rich in historic store and historic color. |. In the Early autumn the country be- tween Norfolk and Richmond is pie turesque and charming and those per sons who can take a vacation in Sep part of it at the Jamestown tri-cen- tennial. Thos, who can appreciate the true and the beautiful will be richly repaid Dull and unimaginative folk will care mostly for the War Path amusements, and the travelled young man of the blase habit will find noth- ing to enjoy. All such had better re-
 
 but thousands there be who will revel in Jamestown and will learn some thing worth knowing every hour of their stay in historic old Virginia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Horse Talk.

Ignorance is often the cause of much Of the cruelty to animals said J. D. Bur kett, formerly a citizen of Nashville.
 T recall an instance of family or foreigners who came to Nashville to live They were very poor With hard work and economy they managed to save hp enough to buy a horse and vehicle. They had never before owned an animal of any kind. They drove the poor horse to death the very first day they used It.
 Speaking farther of horses: l had very fine driving horse that prized high ly. One day I met very celebrated and notorious bully and gambler who asked me about my animal. He got down and looked in the horses mouth and said: That horse will be dead in week. pooh poohed the idea
 Well, the horse did die in week sure enough"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
TAKING A FLYER.

From Harpers Weekly.
 The secretary of an eastern company that some time ago was anxious to pur- chase a silver-lead mine in the north west tells of an amusing incident in the negotiations for It's purchase.
 As the ore assayed well and everything looked propitlous, a mining expert was sent to examine the mine. His report was favorable, too favorable, in fact, and aroused the suspicious of the would-be purchasers; so It was determined to in- vestigate more closely.
 At this point a well-known mining man of Butte recommended that certain rough-and-ready genius should be sent to look at the mine. You can depend upon his judgment" the mining man said. You can trust to his report, which, in all probability, will be brief and very. much to the point"
 The advice was followed. As predict ed the report was short and pfthy. It read substantially as follows:
 Gents: I have made an examination of the K mine, and report that the ore is there as represepsed; that it as- says high; that 1t Is there In plenty; but to get your supplies in and your ore out, you will need a pack train of bald eagles"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
Art vs, Nature,

'I see that some ingenious fellow has invented or discovered a process by which he claims that he can manufacture ] fuel better than natural coal" said man in the lobby of the Hillman.
 ''I don't believe it." he continued. "Ii reminds me of an instance that occurred in the earlier days of Birmingham. l was here trying to introduce a patent or arti- flcial pavement for sidewalks, and l met a gentleman as competitor who was putting in lot of flagstone in its rathef rough state. I thought my stone best. He thought the natural stone superior. An argument ensued, when he finally knocked me out by saying: When a man states that he can make anything better than God can, then I would not trust him.
 That man got the contract, but there Is mighty little fiagstone in evidence in Birmingham today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 1 HE Czar of Russia and the Ger \CD man Emperor spent some agree
 able days together recently, al- though Nicholas. the mystifying ruler of a bafflng empire, Is said to have been nervous.
 The German Emperor William was not in the least nervous, and enjoyed himself with hls customary strenuous energy, even as our own President of the United States might have done. Yet the Elm peror Nicholas represented absolute pow er practically of life and death, over mill lions of his fellowmen, while his imperial companion embodied quite distinct prin- ciple of rulership.
 The Emperor William was surrounded by evidences, In the form of officers and men and of vessels of the German navy, of his responsibility to the German people, for the representatives of the people voted the money to build the vessels and to en- ploy the persons that manned them. Nich- olas, the Czar, if he had been surrounded by vessels of the Russian navy, could not have retarded them in the same light. for its people have little voice in determining the manner in which the money that is taken from them shall be spent. But Nicholas was exceedingly nervous, and William was entirely tranquil, even if his temperament did not permit him to be se- rene.
 This feature of that meeting of mon- archs was of the utmost significance. Ab- solution exists today in the government of nations only as 1t is tempered with assassination" It Is not without reason that the Russian Czar contemplates daily. If not hourly, the possibility of deadest danger.
 Perhaps he would be right willing to exchange places with his friend, the Ger man Kaiser, but he knows that is impos- slble, for he is the victim of the system which 1t has been given to him to sus- tain.
 Perhaps at times he mourns the fate that cast him for the tragic role which he must know Is an anchronism.
 Doubtless he envies the genial gentle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
County HiQh Schools

The most hopeful sign of the times in Alabama is that her people are awakening as never before in the his tory of the State on the subject of ed ucation; and the fact that their repre- sentatives in the Legislature are re- spending to this awakening.
 The act appropriating $2000 per an nun each for the maintenance of a high school in each of the counties of this state and the enthusiastic man. ner in which the people are respond Ing to the prediction that within few years this state will be raised high above its present position on the edu- cational rounds of the ladder. If that position be third from the bottom now well 1t is that the state has deter mined to rank soon in the first class.
 The act provides that these schools shall be located near the center of Wnlte pOpuldllOu III edCu LII luc SOuh- ties. and that the practical manage ment of communities desiring the school shall be presented. The $2o0o annual appropriation Is to be applied exclusively to the salaries of the teachers. The county or the commu- nity to furnish building and five acres of land of the value of $5000.
 The enthusiastic demonstration which occurred in St. Clair county on Saturday, an account of which Is pre- sented in another column this morn ing. indicates the spirit of the people in this matter Competition promises to be strong between the different towns of the counties, but this con- petition will be friendly, and is alto gether commendable. It Is a recog- nized fact that good school is worth more to a town than factory, fur mace, court house or jail, and much more to be desired.
 When all the communities ambi'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
AlABAMIAN INSULTED.
q the Washington Times.

From the Washington Times.
 He was from southern Alabama and seemed just a plain, ordinary tourist who wanted to take 1t all in. Tired out. he had dropped into nearby restaurant and was casually examining the bill of fare. Suddenly his face frightened. Here was something homelilse. The menu said, "Sliced watermelon, 10 cents"
 The Alabamian soon had the customary two-by-four lunch counter slice before him. He mumbed something about the installment plan, but the waiter needed not A moment later the red, juicy meat had vanished.
 Say, bring me ther balance will yer. waituh," he cried.
 What is that, sir" asked the suave gentleman behind the apron.
 "I say. bring me ther balance of my melon. An bring 1t all, not jus a slice at a time" smiled the Alabamian.
 The polite waiter explained that the gentleman was doubtless laboring under a delusion as to what was coming 10 him. The man from the watermelon coun- try was told that he had already con- stunned his portion, unless forsooth, he de- sired to pay another 10 cents for each slice he cared to put away.
 Wal, for the lan's sake" he reJoined as he reached for his hat. I've been to Montgomery, Atlanta and now to Wash ington. but this Is the fust time in my life I've ever paid 10 cents for one meas ley slice of watermelon. That there slice you give me would be considered CT in- suit down in Gods country. Eff hadn't thought you meant the whole melon I d never come in here'
 Say, mister" he said in conclusion. 'jus you give me yore address and Il sen you a melon such as we all sell fer a dime down in ole Alabam" And with a disgusted look he ambled out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-19
FAM E..

By Alexander Pope. What's fame? a fancy'd life in others
 breath, A thing beyond us. ev'n before our
 death. Just what you hear, you have; and
 what's unknown. The same (my lord) if Tully's. or your
 own. All that we feel of it begins and ends In the small circle of our foes or
 friends; To all beside as much as empty shade An Eugene living as a Caesar dead; Alike or when, or wh ere, they shone,
 or shine, Or on the Rubicon, on on the Rhine. A wits a feather and a chiefs a rod An honest mans the noblest work of God. Fame but from death a williams name
 can save, As justice tears his body from the grave: When what t oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high to poison half man. kind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart; One self-approving hour whole years outweghs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzars; of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas;
 feels Than Caesar with a senate at his heels.