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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17
Charge Railroad Discrimination.

New Orleans, January 1.-THE
Brickmakers Association of Louisiana,
now in annual session here, today be-
gan discussion of alleged discrimina-
ton by the railroads of the state in
furnishing cars. Members claimed the
railroads prefer to give the big lumber
mills cars because they get $25 for
hauling car of lumber, while the
freight charges on car Of brick aver
age SIS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

A new anaesthetic that makes it pos
sible for a patient to chat gaily with
the surgeon while having part of his
anatomy taken out is said to have ar
rived. If that is true, appendicitis will
be more of joke than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
It's a long honeymoon that has no re-
turn to sanity.
Money may be the root of evil, bet
lack of ii is the ful-grown tree.
When man joins the church either nc
thinks he's going to die or he's going
into politics,
You won't get popular by saying smart
things, but by laughing at them when
snmahody else SAYS them
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

for her transfer. With Mrs. Chadwick,
a number of other federal prisoners will
be transferred from, the Ohio peniten-
tiary. A. B. Spear, cashier of the Oberlin
bank. who was ruined in the Chadwick
crash, will be taken to the Atlanta (Gao
prison to complete his sentence, as Will
W. E. Treese. a former Cleveland bank
employee, serving time for embezzlement.
The transfer will be especially hard on
Treese. At the Columbus prison he has
been employed as bookkeeper in the front
office and has enjoyed practical freedom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17
THOSE DEAR GIRLS IN RUSSIA.

From Shutok.
osephine-Somebody told me yesterday
that I'm the prettiest woman in town.
Natasha-Fm afraid, Josephine, / shall
never break you of that habit of talking
to yourself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

An Ohio drummer dreamed he was
riding in an airship and was about to
collide with another ship. He jumped
out to save his life and when he woke
up painfully bruised he realized that
he had been sleeping considerably
ahead of the times.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Hartman and Rockefeller are in the
center of the stage, and Carnegie is in
the wings, and Chauncey Depew is out
in the alley.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Governor Hughes asks New York to
build a new penitentiary, and the pro-
fessional politicians begin to fear he
intends to put them in it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

NOTIONS.
All of us have done more or less walt
ing at the church.
One great advantage of chasing rain
bows is that we can stumble over obsta-
Giles and push on without minding them
much.
Missionaries never find real happiness
because they do not look for it close
enough to home.
Trouble is the same thing today that 1t
was yesterday and it will not be different
tomorrow.
The sum of human happiness is having
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17
SERVIA AND ITS TRAGEDIES

succeed him, have still more turbulent
reign, will marry woman from the peo-
Pile, and in his 9th or 2Sth year will
cease to be King, his dynasty perishing
with him. He will be replaced on the
throne by Peter Karageorgevitch, who
will reign about three years and then also
disappear"
AS one by one each forecast came to
pass, according to Mijatovitch, the pro-
phecies had the most Hateful influence on
the government and the people. Men said:
What Matheas of Kremna fortold must
be-, and struggling their shoulders, indi-
eating their helplessness to combat the IN
evitable, awaited the outcome. Four years
ago, as Matheas saw in his vision, Alex
ander in his 18th year together with Draga
and some thirty officers were the vic
tins of the bloodiest deed in modern his
tory when they were butchered In their
palace Now in the cafes of Belgrade the
people are saying that Peter must perish
as Matheas foretold, while conspiracleS
are rife In the palace and Peter covers In
deadly terror of assassins' daggers
OF a certainty this is strange tale OF
the predestinatlon of things But little
Servia is a queer country. First peas
ant rules wearing iron crown; then
a peasant foretells her fate. 1t does not
require great fancy to imagine that the
gods have decreed that Servia shall ex-
plate some great sin of the past for a
hundred years or else they have made
of her their stage upon which her people
must play the comedies and tragedies or
their brief periods. But whatever may
have been written for her on the pages
of tho hook of fate she has been the VIC
tim of the passions the vanity and the
tests of mortals Her purple robes have
suffered the rents of many daggers, and
they have been many times dyed In the
crimson of blood of kings and princes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

MAKE WAY.
Make way for troubled
When he comes around
just arrange it, fix OF change it
So you can't be found.
Make way for trouble!
Never let him see
That you're worried. just be hurried
Brush by cheerfully.
Make way for trouble!
If you block the road,
Sure as fate he'll make you wait
Till you share his load.
Make way for troubled
Ware his evil eye.
Give him room and with his gloom
Quickly pass him by.
A FAILURE
He plodded on and did his best,
Nobody ever knew
The troubles that he had to face,
The hated things to do.
And so 1t was that when he died
Acquaintance did say,
HE owed a lot of bills, poor chap,
We guess he'll never pay"
Charity covers a multitude Of sins, and
so does the police docket.
1t is a good plan, when you see trouble
coming down the road. to climb up on
the fence and whistle until 1t passes by.
woman is not a promoter" observes
contemporary. If she can cook, who
cares?
King Cotton's councillors are due today.
"Howdyr PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

DIR. Osler now hopes to lengthen life
by throwing all the tobacco into the
sea. This is a direct attack upon
Perry county crop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Those unopened ballot boxes in New
York are still an issue. and they will
remain one until they are towed out
to sea and dumped overheard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Mr.. Roosevelt was made a member
of the Royal Geographical society as
soon as his illustrated monograph on
Panama appeared.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17
GOOD REASON.

From the New York Sun.
Stella-She puts all her money on her
back.
Bella-Well that is where comments
are made on one, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

A plaintiff in a damage suit who
signed himself "Your Fat Old Pudding"
does not appear to be strong on TO-
nance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

John Burroughs says that animals
never commit suicide. Why should
they? The domestic cat, for example,
has the easiest time imaginable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Uncle Sam should appoint e. II.
Hartman Chief Purchasing Agent
when he starts in to make government
ownership of the railroads fact.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17
PRESS POINTS

Houston Post: I'VE grow old when we
stop playing" says Colonel Watterson.
And we stop playing when our feet grow
cold.
Washington Herald: Mark Twain says
the American people desire a monarchy,
thus once more clinching his claim to be
known as the greatest humorlst of the
age.
Louisville Herald: Governor Johnson Of
Minnesota is another of the state exeeu-
tives recommending a 2-cent a mile rate
on railroads. In that state of magnifi-
cent distances 2-cent fare will be a big
boon to the masses.
Charleston News and Courier: The Sat
urday Evening sPost attributes Mr.. Cor
telyou's rise to listening to everybody
and never saying a word" But that is
mistaken view. The secret of MIR. Cor
telyou's success is that lie can look into
a capitalists eye and thereby cause
tickling in his throat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Up north they begin to feel that jan
uary is not a trustworthy ice freezer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

A contemporary speaks of the good
faith" sandwich. That Is the kind we
usually buy In restaurants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Premier Stolypin has been bonn
barded once, but he escaped unhurt.
He has thus far been very fortunate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

1T am due to go at four-thirty," trav-
eler said. At four-t thirty the train pulled
out but the traveller was not aboard. He
fell dead with establishment when he
realized that the train was on time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

District Attorney Jerome proposes
to assail the theatrical trust which has
thus far gone unrebuked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

New Hampshire sold scenery and
board to the extent of $7,500,000 last
year. 1t was a good crop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

New York city has concluded to fall
into the electric line by giving up its
cherished Crosstown horse cars.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Senator Tom Plat is recovering
from an attack of the grip, but his grip
on senatorial seat remains un-
changed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

William Nelson Cromwell has a for
gettery almost equal to those of the
railroad and Standard magnates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Unaecompanied ladies can now dine
in the restaurants OF the Waldorf
Astoria If they have got the chink.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

If you desire to enjoy a restaurant
lunch don't seek to know the secrets
of the restaurant kitchen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Diamonds are good things to inyes
in. They have doubled in value il
three years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

To be sure, a woman who put on
trousers to put on roof, did not put
the roof on herself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

The man who dreams of fame and for
tune at twenty is glad enough to make
living at forty. The woman who dreams
of Prince Charming at sixteen is well
content at thrty-six to hake life COM
Portable for an ordinary man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

1t is easy to believe that skunks are
a power in Maine. They are so any
where.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

into the ring, and put bandwagon on
the road.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Alabama has speeded the parting
governor and welcomed the new one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Rogers, Prick and Hartman know
what ne exeat means-no exit for
them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Dirt will fly when Oliver and his
darkies arrive on the spot and go to
work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

The demand for mourning goods is
heavy in Persia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Senator Spooner didn't seem a bit
afraid of Senator Tillman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

what we want. Everybody knows that
We never have what we want.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17
ALABAMA PRESS

Mobile Register: Mayor Mcclellan will
at least gain valuable experience in the
many interpretations of the New York
election laws.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17
RIGHT SORT.

The chap who makes the most of life
Is he who does his best
And has no time or aptitude
For envying the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

A TIP FOR YOU.
The optimist is full of cheer
And always wears a. smile.
The pessimist is hard to please
And grumbles all the while.
The optimist is greatly liked,
BY people, large and small,
And when good jobs are handed out
He's sure to have the call.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17
A REMINDER.

In this sunny summer weather,
While the gentle breezes blow
Comes a whisper DER the heather
In a language that we know.
Ills, it's true a trihe slangy
And bit bizarre, in sooth-
What we might call rattle bangy
And remain within the truth.
Yet It's sweet and wouldrous winning
AS 1t steals upon the ear,
Setting all the fans" to grinning
At the pleasing prospect near.
BY this time you've surely guessed 1t
What the message tells TO all.
As the sporting ed expressed 1t,
"Whoop Well soon be playing BALI
Delayed personal from Montgomery;
"B. B. Conner is here"
Pendant ear rings are en- regle. Pen
dant ears are de trop, except on 'possum
dawgs.'
Mabelle says her future plans are indie
finite, but we presume that they include
W. Ellis Corey.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1871
G street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Like a dull actor now,
] have forgot my part, and | am out
Even to full disgrace.
-cymbellne.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Montgomery Advertiser: "a miss is as
good as a SMILE paraphrases the Column
bia State And If the miss smiles It Is
all the better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

In the evening Secretary Cortelyou
plays rondos, sonatas and rhapsodies on
the piano. which is much cheaper than
playing poker.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Mobile Herald: After six years in office
Alabama's newspaper governor retires TO
private life tomorrow with a record sec
ond to that of no chief executive in the
history of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

The sunlight is much better than the
limelight, but 1t is not half so popular
nowadays.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17
UNREASONABLE.

The clothing merchant mops his brow
And says. II do declare!
So warm 1t is, I do no biz
In heavy underwear"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

"What is whisl1y?" asks a contempor.
airy. The label will tell you now.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Daily and Sunday Ags-Herald. =. $500
Daily and Sunday, per month";. ~
Sunday Age-Herald. per annum.. E.00
Weekly Age-Herald, per annum. 1'oo
Subscriptions payable in advance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. post
office as second-class matter under act
OF Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Birmingham extends both hands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-17

Delayed personal from Montgomery;
"B B. Conner is here"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-01

fertile volcanic islands, belonging to
Portugal, and are now approaching the
narrow straits which lead into the
Mediterranean sea. That lighthouse
on MY right marks the end Of Cape
Spartel, the northwestern extremity of
the African continent, and those thirs-
ty mountains behind it are the Atlas,
the homes of the MOorish b~rigandS,
who by their recent Kidnapping of for
eignerS have made travel there almost
as unsafe as 1t was IN the days When
this Whole coast SWarmed with the
Barbary pirates. when Christians were
enslaved and all the shipping of Eu-
rope paid tribute. On my other hand
Spain is plainly in view, and with my
glass I can see the Qualifications of
Iarifa, the Spanish castle from where
the brigan6S of the sea sailed forth to
attack the ships coming into or going
out of the Mediterranean. just i'll
front of me the mighty rock Of Glbral-
tar, with its British Notifications, is
oloming up, and at the foot of it, fac
ing the Atlantic, lies the harbOr, where
I shall take ship for Morocco, and long
before this letter is published begin
my African travels in the land of the
Moors.
25.O0O Miles OF African Travel.
Ny story today is Introductory only.
My African letters Will begin one week
later, and they will continue from
SUNDAY to Sunday until the close of
IIlN loui. IIiSS VIII oo ~ N-O
ground, in the midst of the strange
people and their stranger surround
ings, and l shall do what [ can to
make them smell of the soil. MY trip
is to be a long one. 1t Will comprise the
greater part of the black continent,
and VIII include altogether journeys
covering more than $4,000 miles
1t will cover the whole of northern
Africa from end to he other, and
also parts Of the Desert of Sa-
1 ~ tho PrjtJC11 SnIhl3D
Journeys into the Libyan and Arabian
deserts will form q part of it, and the
Suez canal, the Nile, the Red Sea
and the Indian ocean will be ~traversed.
[ shall go along the whole eastern
coast of the continent from Port Said
TO the ape of Good Hope aud will
have many expeditions into the wild
lands Of the interior. l shall visit
Lake Victoria, and shall go far up the
ZdInbes river into Central A1Ilca to
the borders of Lakes NSdSSd dnu
T~anganyika.
After that I shall! visit the kala-
haria desert. and theme go down into
those parts of the continent which are
now being settled by white men ano
describe their curious phases OF saVag
and civilized life.
The tour is 50 long that it is i'm
noceible TO describe it in detail. 1t vii
lake many months Of continuous traVe
and that OF every DESCRIPTION ana pS
every means Of locomotion. Parts o
If will be on horseback ana canlei
boo,, md narts upon foot. 1t will b'
in canoes and ia big steamers, ant
even in automobiles and upon the neV
railroads now building.
Tba itinerary may be varied iron
time to time in accordance win IN
conditions Of the various
- d. o. in news interest, an
tba Facilities Of travel. The onl
raacon for the expedition is to secur
interesting material for the readers 9
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-01

Event y-Five Thousand Miles of Travel
AaB Steamboat ana Rail and on Horse
sA back, Comeback and on EOOt-
IS GSreat Questions OF Modern Progress
~ studied on the Ground-T1le MorOc-
e|cO CoinDiicatiOns-RaiSt.li and the
al Sultan-ItOW the French Are Re
! FORMING the Sai,ara-EgyDt Under
the EnGiisn-Lctters From Nubia
and the Soudan-Cn the Great Afri-
can lakes and at the source OF the
fsIie-ALon9 the Cape to Cairo Road.
Aifica's Niagara Fails, Which Are
Bigger Than Ours-Gganda, or Eng
lands New Stock Couniry-In the
African MOuntains-EIOW South Al
RIGA Has Developed Since the War
German and Portuguese Africa-The
Question of SIavery-American
Trade, Etc.
..-.- On the Princess Irene,
En- route for Africa.
l2ntic to begin a journalistic tour of
readers. The North German
Lloyd steamer the Princess Irene, upon
which | have booked for Gibraltar, left
New York ten days ago, and our south
ern passage across the ocean has beer
smooth and pleasant. We have already
through the Azores, a group of
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-01
RALEIGH, n. C, TUESDAY, JAN. /, 1907.

4 II ~ T. ~ I T.
Henry Jerome Stockard
We turn with hope and fear
Our anxious, questioning faces, each, to thee
Within thy secret keeping locked, New Year,
What dost thou hold for me?
To some thou givest pain,
We know. and grief deep as mid-ocean
slopes;
Thou s~hatterest all their hopes.
+ Thou glVest strength to some,
And joy, pure as a stars ethereal ray
Bulldest them snrines that seem, through timeto-
come,
Beyond sCath and decay.
Thou bringest life to these
Childhood and youth and homes conclusive
Bliss
Manhood with thoughts that bafled Socrates,
CheOps, Sen1lramis.
To these, thou bringest death,
With knowledge vast of Calvary's tragic
OF Hin beside whose date time is a breath =
Eternity, a span.
And so, with Hope and fear,
We turn our earnest, yearning eyes to thee,--
Within thy secret keeping sealed, New Year,
What holdeSt thou for me?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-01
Your Ohedient servant.
"ETVHT- Root

As we are 70 travcl in countries
under the civil control and religious
influence Of the Sultan Ct Turkey (who
is The head of the great Mohammedan
religion. q word from him would be
of infinite advantage. Governor Glenn
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-01
BLACK CONTINENT
In 1907

Copyright, 1906, by Frank G.. Carpenter.)
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washington. oct. p. 1906.

ITO the Diplomatic aud Con-uIaF 5TI-
GERS Of the United state.
"GenUemen:-.At h instance II
tba President. ! take pleasure in n
Producing to you the Honorable 4. II.
stack. of Monr0e. North Caroline
who il about to proceed abroad, ac-
corqpanied by his wife. cordially be
speak for them such c0urtesies and as
sistance IS Won max BE- able TO render.
consistently with you official duties.
am, gentlemen,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-01-01

this paper, and viii be my object to
hunt out the new, the wild and the
cfy~anCe