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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
THE SOCIAL FIRE,

By Edwin Markham. Voices are crying from the dust of Tyre. From Baalbec and the stones of Baby
 lon eve raised our pillars upon Self Desire. And pershed from the large gaze of the
 sun" Eternity was on the pyramid, And immortality on Greece and Rome: But in them all the ancient Traitor hid. And so they tottered like unstable foam There was no substance in their soaring
 hopes: tr The voices of Thebes is now a desert
 cry; A spider bars the road with filmy ropes Where once the, feet of Carthage thun-
 dered by. A bittern booms where once fair Helen
 laughed;
 A thistle mods where once the Forum
 poured; A lizard lifts and listens on a shaft Where once of old the Colosseum
 roared. No house can stand, no kingdom can
 endures
 Built on the crumbling rock of seK-
 Desre Nothing is Living Stone. nothing Is sure That is not whitened in tho Social Fire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
Dies From Buzzard DumplInu.

Corbin, Ky, October 23.-An Italian sec tion hand, employed by the Louisville and Nashville railroad, killed a buzzard yes terday and cooked the bird. serving it with dumplngs. He invited three other mediately afterward all four became vio- lently i'll. An hour later the host died in great agony and his three countrymen are not expected to recover. Physicians attending the men say their condition is due entirely to having eaten the buzzard flesh,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

on. the market at bargain table prices.
 Possibly that great firm will attempt to carry out the Morse plans. It has the money and if it attempts to con solidate the coastwise steamship lines it will come very near accomplishing the task. It is reasonably certain the Morse lines will pass from the hands of Charles ". Morse, and it seems at least possible that MT. Morgan may become his successor in the vast scheme. There may be some lines that cannot be swept into a trust, but a majority of them probably could be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
About the Mayors Hat.

T noticed George Ward was in the Italian parade last Monday wearing his now famous green hat" said a citizen yesterday, and the thought struck me that George might raise bunch of money by renting it out on next St. Patrick's Day, or he might put it up at auction to the highest bidder, the proceeds to be devoted to some chari- table institution. There is no doubt but that other tourists who visit the 'ould sod will return with like souvenir, but George set the pace and possibly from it got the inspiration that aroused his fighting blood, for the moment he struck Birmingham he went into the fray"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
Strike In Havana.

Havana, October 23-ln order to minim- ize the chances for disorder and to pre- vent the coercion of men who are willing to work in the place of strikers, the Mayor of Havana has forbidden open-air meetings and authorized the railway com panies to employ armed guards to protect their worlxmen. Reinforcements of police men now are guarding buildings under construction, being fearful that the strik- ing masons may attack the non-union workmen or damage the buildings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A woman Is so contrary she could like a man because she didn't
 One penalty for mans not liking his wlfe's new hat is he can pay for another.
 The most aggravating thing about hay ing a good reputation is what fine time you could have if you didn't
 When a girl gives you her check to kiss in public it's q sign she really knows how to do 1t when nobody is around.
 A girl hanlers after an elopement be- cause it usually means bigger notice in the newspapers than the other way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
MILTON H. SMITH DEFlES
 PLANS OF THE GOVERNOR
(CoNTINUED FROM PAGE 1.)


 of what is now Birmingham. Such main line, however, developed the resources to but a limited extent. In 1884 the Louis- began acquiring and constructing branch bega nacquiring and constructing branch roads for the purpose of developing the mineral agricultural and forest products of the state, and has since that time created branch roads of about 900 miles in length. Owing to the character of the traffic in the mineral district the percentage of sldetrack to the main line mileage is great. The total amount ex- pended in adding to the property of the company, within the state of Alabama, including equipment allotted on basis of engine and car mileage, is more than $30. .00O, 0O0
 Personally Responsible.
 May l add, in explanation of my 1nsiS- tence that the people of Alabama should, in their own interests, protect and pro- mote the interests of the Louisville and Nashville in every reasonable way should refrain from prosecuting or doing anything that will in any way injure it's credit, the maintenanIe of which is of the greatest importance to them; that every dollar to the enornus sums in- vested in constructing branch lines and adding to the property of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company since 1882 has been expended on my individual recommendation and judgment. The board of directors, who have appropriated the capital and through whom 1t has been obtained, have relied upon my Judgment and acted upon my recommendations. Is it any wonder. therefore, that in sddi- ton to my obligations as an officer of the company. l. at this juncture, should be greatly depressed. distresed and dis ~rJ. fa rt q kp1ed " a now appears may be disastrous results
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
About Persons.

W. l.. Stockton of the general staff of the Western Electric company, F.. P. Warner chief Illuminating engineer, Royth Watts, power apparatus engin- eer for the southern territory, and l.. S. Montgomery of the sales staff, southern territory of the Western Electric com pany. are visiting Birmingham. look ing over the possibilities of electrical development in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
Postal Changes,

Washington, October 2S.-(Speciaf)-Ru- ral route No. is ordered established Jan- uary at Brewton, Escambia county, serving 800 people and 100 families. Thon1as H. Reese is appointed postmaster at Hanno, Macon county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

John D. Rockefeller and E. H. liar riman are exceedingly loquacious, standing ready to discuss any subject, and to give advice to any one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The President has gone back to write his Thanksgiving proclamation. and it will not be written from a Wall street point of view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Two Connecticut school teachers have gone on the stage as chorus girls. Their figures were not worth a cent to them as school teachers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Chance Day calls President Roose- welt man of unwise zeal who is stiff in his opinions and always wrong. Chance is no longer persona non grata on the presidential tennis court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
ENOUGH.
Trom the Mobile Herald.

FrOm the Mobile Herald.
 Nlr. Plenty of Pittsburg has just been presented with his fourth set of twins. He is liable to name the last one A. plentyA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

THE HOPEFUL BROTHER. He was the gladdest fenow The morning ever found. i've got so used to Trouble
 l like to have him round," Was how he met misfortune, With the sunshine in his smile And sort of fond conviction
 That he'd win out after while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
POSSIBLY.

''1t Is hard to say whether the next democratic convention will be con- vention or a circus.'
 Tt may be both"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Hartman is in New York vainly at tempting to hypnotize the stock mar ket with his glittering eye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
THE WAY.

Hard knocks, hard knocks and a. crust oE
 bread
 That is the old, old story Of the castle builder who would tread The rugged path to glory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The F'ilipinos can write poetry but a specimen recently published indi- cates that they shouldn't.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The electric messages must fairly roll over the curying sea, to say noth- ing of the lands curVaCure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Balloon lines may be established be- tween St. Louis and Chicago, but this will not do away with ths effort to get deeper waterway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Jack Frost, the boss engraver, win dow pane etching a speciality, is headed this way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The weather bureau is giving alto gether too much attention to anony- nous earthquakes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Cities invite President Roosevelt to pay them a visit and then the local newspapers publish Teddy Roosevelt cartoons. That's gratitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
FATUITY.

F'AIUIIY. 'sHappiness"--the prize we seek Until the day is done. So easy, if we know the way, And yet, so hardly won. It follows and we will not see, It speaks. we will not hear. Instead, the rose is but a thorn, The dewdrop but a tear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

It is a difficult task to choose an Illinois Central president, and one may have to be drafted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

An editorial on Magazine Tenden- cies" reminds Us that they are most ly to the bad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

pr. Parkhurst rapped President Roosevelt in a sermon on "Quiet" There's the pot calling the kettle black
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The bear was duly slain and Okla homas chances for admission have risen perceptibly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Women's skirts are to be shorter this winter, but this does not refer to chorus girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Anna Gould matrimonial rumors are becoming very numerous, and they will not down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The old Austrian emperor Is be- ginning to stand Up in very truth and in fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

When woman is 96 years old she doesn't mind telling her age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24


 AN OPTIMIST. Tho witner rushed across the land. In his heart twas still the spring Because he sought on either hand For the good in everything. And whether joy or keen distress Should be his daily due, His gratitude was none the less Beneath tho weight of rue. And when it came his time to die, And mourners gathered round. He murmured with fast dimming eye, There's comfort in the ground" A contemporary publishes an editorial entitled, Light On Mr. Rockefeller" Mir. Rockefeller is able to furnish his own light.
 OF FUNDS. "Brevity is the soul of wit" And wits are usually short
 THE BRUTE. He loved maid with all his heart, But since the two wed He often thinks about the time When he was better fed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
REPLIES

People are never stingy in sharing what they know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
THE OLD STANDBY.

f'ro save my life can't think up titls for this poem.''
 ''oh, call it Ultima Thule' and let it go at that!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Brassy people grab the prizes down here below, but they'll have to take a back seat in heaven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The latest charge against the Jap anese is that they eat salted. whale meat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The Pensacola Journal infers that al.
 most any kind of girl would suit us, Well, we draw the line on hired girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

"T'm sure I shall win" exclaims a newspaper poet. He must hold good hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The canebral1e is a hunting ground of high reputation at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The price Of milk is getting to be so high few can afford to keep cats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Baseball and bridge are both eclipsed at present by football.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
REALITY

Well, we draw the line on hired girls.
 REALITY.
 "IIife is love-" the poet sang
 In sweetest melody
 But when a bill collector rang
 He murmured, Woe is mel'' ''T. F. Ryan as Seen by a Friend.'' is a headline in an eastern paper. we wonder how much that friend saw MT. Ryan for?
 ''The Birmingham Age-Herald advances the absurd theory that the Texas father of 40 children cannot lick them all in one day. Get outl He could lick the whole city of Birmingham in a week. Houston Post. Ratsi He couldn't lick our Mayor in week..
 THE PORTER.
 When we take
 A little trip
 All we do
 Is tip. tip, tip. It would be Interesting to take a census of the pickle jokes based on the lemon recently handed F. Augustus Heinze, who is not in the pickle business. ''Now the prune is accused of causing badness. If there is anything that Is Always the under-dog. it is the prune"- Columbia State. That's right. The prune hasn't friend in the world. Even in the hands of & landlady it is mere tool.
 IN CONCLUSION. 1 We dream while, we plan 8 while, We toll while and play, And then we Jay our burdens down And softly steal away.
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

"Life Is love-" the poet sang In sweetest melody,
 But when bill collector rang He murmured, "Woe is me!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The living bears in Louisiana are back in their. accustomed haunts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

President Roosevelt will soon camp on tho trail of the octopus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24
OUR BIGGEST JOKE.

OUR BIGGEST JOKE. 'Jerome K. Jerome has come over, he says. to find some new jokes" Somebody should introduce him to J. Hamilton Lewis"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The third term boomers slogan now is, Teddy, and he's got to take it'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The man with cotton bales to sell should not be too proud and naughty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

The President has cut bear notch in his gun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

'"r. F. Ryan as Seen by a Friend.'' is a. headline in an eastern paper. we wonder how much that friend saw MT. | Ryan for?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

OOllh Cs IlOOhClCllCi anu h. IL Iloi riman are exceedingly loquaeious standing ready to discuss any subject and to give advice to any one.
  The President has gone back tt write his Thanksgiving proclamation and it will not be written from 2 Wall street point of view.
  Balloon lines may be established be tween St. Louis and Chicago, but this will not do away with ths effort to get deeper waterway.
  Cities invite President Roosevelt tt pay them a visit and then the loca newspapers publish Teddy Roosevelt cartoons. That's gratitude.
  pr. Parkhurst rapped President Roosevelt in a sermon on Quiet There's the pot calling the kettle black!
 The electric messages must fairly roll over the curying sea, to say noth ing of the lands curvature.
 -.s.--- Hartman is in New York vainly at tempting to hypnotize the stock mar ket with his glittering eye. The Filipinos can write poetry but a specimen recently published indi cates that they shouldn't.
  It is a difficult task to choose an Illinois Central president, and one may have to be drafted.
 The weather bureau is giving alto gether too much attention to anony nous earthquakes.
 Jack Frost, the boss engraver, win dow pane etching a speciality, is headed this way.
 An editorial on Magazine Tenden' cies" reminds us that they are most ly to the bad.
  The bear was duly slain and Okla homa's chances for admission have risen perceptibly.
 Anna Gould matrimonial rumors are becoming very numerous, and they will not down.
 Women's skirts are to be shorter this winter, but this does not refer to chorus girls.
 The old Austrian emperor Is be ginning to stand Up in very truth and in fact.
 The latest charge against the Jap anese is that they eat salted. whale meat.
  "I'm sure I shall win" exclaims 6 newspaper poet. He must hold good hand.
 The price Of milk is getting to be so high few can afford to keep cats
  The third term boomers slogan now is, Freddy, and he's got to take it.
  The man with cotton bales to sel should not be too proud and naughty
 
 The living bears in Louisiana art back in their accustomed haunts.
  The canebralle is a hunting ground of high reputation at present. Baseball and bridge are botf cclipsed at present by football. President Roosevelt will soon camI on tho trail of the octopus. The President has cut bear notct in his gun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-24

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-07
.ELKS WILL FLOCK
TO QUAKERTOWN
CALIFORNIA LIKELY TO MAKE
PHILADELPHIA STIR
Five Coachloads of Pilgrims Already
Promised for the Grand Lodge
Meeting in July and Sur.
prises Are Scheduled

California will send at least five
coachloads of Elks to the grand lodge
session in Philadelphia in July.
Two coachloads will be made UP in
Los Angeles and the other three in
San Francisco and nearby, the two par
ties uniting at Ogden, Utah. The time
of departure is July 9, and time of ar
rival in Philadelphia is July 13.
Signatures are being rapidly received
by the local committee, consisting of
NJ. F. Van Horne, who is a railroad
man, 7. ]. Darmody and John Brink,
and this list is subject to indefinite in
crease because aside from the attrac-
tions of Quakertown the jamestown
exposition will be in full swing. At
lantic City will be at flood tide and the
nations capital is in easy reach.
Byron L. oliver, past exalted ruler
of Los Angeles lodge, will be the dele
gate from this city and he will attend
Judge Melvin of Oakland, a member of
the superior court and the highest Elk
in California, VIII head the northern
delegation.
The majority of the present officers
of the Los Angeles lodge. headed by
Will Stephens, will go with the pill
grims in purple, for whom a special
itinerary is being prepared. AS is the
rule at these gatherings, each lodge
gets up some distinctive costume and
mark of distinction, whether it be a
nursing bottle, loud umbrella, cane or
fan, or other fancy to add to the
gayety of nations for the great pa
rade, which ranks in picturesqueness
with the patrol parades of the Shrin-
erS,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-07
PEACE DELEGATES
PREPARE FOR WAR
GERMANy'S REPRESENTATIVES
INSTRUCTED
Preliminaries to The Hague Confer.
ence Settled to Satisfaction of
Emperor WilIiam--Rishts
at Sea Discussed
BY Associated Press.


BERLIN, June 6.--The preliminaries
to The Hague conference have beer
settled to the satisfaction of the en-
peror and the foreign office and the
meeting is awaited with a tranquility
that did not prevail during March, when
some of the powers were endeavor1ng
to win a diplomatic success over Ger
many by seeking to make it appear
that Germany alone was an enemy of
peace in wishing to omit the question
of armaments from the program.
The Austro-Hungarian and the Rus
sian governments particularly have as
sociated themselves with the German
view that the conference may go fur
ther toward eliminating war by agree
ments to extend the peaceful adjust
ments of disputes than by debates upon
the extinction or curtailment OF arma-
n1ents. The British government, which
was so active in pressing for discus
sion of armaments, is disposed now,
according to information received in
the German foreign office, to drop the
subject until the American or some
other government shall introduce it.
The enperor's instructions to the
German delegates, should disarmament
come to a discussion, are not to take
part In the discussion, but to note the
DEVELOPMENT of the question and re-
port thereon.
The rights of private property at sea
are considered with the related ques-
tions to be the most important subjects
that will be examined. 1t is assumed
that the United States will follow its
traditional policy of affirming that
private property should be immune
from capture.
The German government, with GER
tain limitations. is in sympathy with
the American view. The disclosure OF
the British and the French positions is
awaited with uncommon interest.
Germany, like other nations with ex-
tensive commerce, but without mas
tery of the sea, inclines toward limit
ing the definition of coal. Since the
previous conference Russia declared
cotton, food stuffs, naphtha and alco-
hol to be absolutely contraband, po-
sition regarded by most powers as un-
tenable, Germany had occasion also to
protest during the Boer war against
the seizure by British ships of the
German merchantmen Herzog, General
and Bundesrat, on the supposition that
they carried contraband. The effort of
the German delegates will be to obtain
a definition of contraband so clear that
the subject may be considered as be-
yond the possibility of a dispute in the
future.
The instructions of the German dele
gates appear to be in favor of an
agreement not to begin war by a sur
prise but by formal declaration with
a sufficient interval before hostilities
to avoid the character of a surprise,
yet soon enough to enable state to
avail itself of preparedness.
In the discussion of rules for the
laying of mines at sea, the German
delegates will probably ask that inter-
national sea routes, such as the Eng
lish channel, shall be excluded from
the rights of a belligerent to SOW with
mines.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-07
CASTRO PREDICTS
CONTINUED PEACE
PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA
RECEIVERS HEALTH
Attends Session of Congress and De-
llvers Address on His country's
Relations with Foreign
Nations
Rv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CARACAS, Saturday, June /, via
Curacao, June 6.-President Castro
whose strength is returning gradually
attended congress today and read his
message to that body. Referring to the
foreign relations of Importance to
Venezuela the president said:
ST am pleased to inform you that
our political relations with friendly
countries are incre0 -ingly cordial. The
labors of this government are pervaded
by a spirit of harmony and courtesy.
with firm and sure steps we are tread
ing the path of law and honor, and we
are religiously observing our engage
ments with foreign countries. Th1s
governments intercourse with the dip
lomatic representatives here is there
fore perfectly cordial. Within a short
period the claims oe Germany, Great
Britain and Italy, which were given
preference at The Hague, will be fully
paid AS soon as these are settled,
the appropriation to meet them will be
employed to pay the remainder of the
claims against Venezuela. Details of
this matter will be found in the year
book.
"Our intercourse with the United
States is entirely cordial since we had
the pleasure of receiving IN TINS cap
ital w w. Russell, the American
plenipotentiary. This distinguished
Diplomat has conducted the affairs of
his government with us in an affable
and conciliatory manner, thus con-
tributing to remove the unpleasantness
with that government occasioned by
the discussion of certain matters with
American citizens.
'In 1905 Venezuela signed with Bra
I'll two protocols determining the ter
ritorial limits of each country.
"Our relations with Spain, Holland,
Switzerland and Belgium continue ad-
mira hle,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-07
BIG SMELLING COMPANY
Is FACING WALK0U7
Nv Associated Press.

HELENA, Mont, June 6.-It devol-
oped today that demand had been
made upon the management of the
East Helena plant of the American
Smelling and Refining company for an
advance of 80 cents in the daily wage
of 400 employees. The company was
given ten days in which to accept or re-
ject the demand.
The matter has been taken up with
the executive officials of the company
in New York. The company today made
announcement of the bonus system.
whereby employees of less grade than
foremen are given 20 per cent bonus
on yearly wages through the working
of a certain number Of shifts. This be-
came effective June l. The plant is the
largest of the company in the inter-
mountain section.