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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
High School Auditorium.

1.-THE lyceum lectures at the High
school auditorium have attracted large
audiences and the course as a whole has
been marked success" said a literary
man. George Edgar Vincents lecture
Monday night was a brilliant effort and
hope the lyceum management will be
able to induce him to return before the
summer. The next and last lecture of
the course will be delivered by Arthur f.
Restar of Chicago. 1t will be in April.
The United States as World Power
Is to be Mr. Bestars theme
1t used to be that lectures did not
draw well, and it was because first class
talent was not secured The thinking
public always appreciates a man or wo-
man of brains; always appreciates an in
forming or a sparkling presentation of
any theme and not a single speaker at
the High school This season has been
fiat or common place And it is worthy
OF note that the lyceum course has in
cluded ut least one exceptionally fine
musical attraction.
"Mamade Sembrich and Ellison Van
Hoose are TO appear in concert at the
High school auditorium in Easter week,
They are not among the lyceum attrao-
TONS as their guarantee price comes
very high, but this important engagement
goes to prove how popular as a place
of amusement the High school auditorium
has become 1t is an ideal place for
grand concert because the acoustics
are perfect, to say nothing of the excel
lent arrangements of the seats
"Reverting to the lecture course, the
people who bought the season tickets
have got already, so far as | can learn.
the full worth of their money
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
JUDGE BLECkLEYS POEM.
"6ig Four of the Atlanta Constitution
In Verse.

Editor Constitution: Among the remin-
iseenses that have been published in ref
erence to our late, beloved Chief Justice
Beckley, l have not seen reproduced his
classic pen pictures of the four famous
owners of The Atlanta Constitution at
the time it was wrltten-1sS5. They were
W. A. Hemphill, Evan p. Howell, n. P.
T. Finch and Henry W. Grady.
l enclose you herewith a copy from
my scrap book, just as it was published.
Judge Bleckley wrote this at Gainesville
in 1855, and it was published in The
Gainesville Advertiser at the time.
To those who knew the great men who
made The Atlanta Constitution a power
in the south. these Constitutional Head
Notes. will prove interesting. Yours very
truly, H. H. DEAN.
Gainesville, Ga, March It, 1907
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
Southern Custom.

"A stranger would know that Birming-
ham was a distinctly southern city by
one sign, even If there Were no others,
said John S. Watson of Philadelphia. who
arrived here yesterday THE character
istlc thing | refer to is the southern habit
men have of sitting on the sidewalk in
front of the hotels.
The crowds sitting on the sidewalks
here at night in this month of March
cause me to realize that | am in the
sunny south. / like the custom. 1t is
based common sense comfort and it
gives the city social air that is especi-
ally attractive to Conventional city peo-
pie that come from the north'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Savannah Press: Birmingham is after
the chauffeurs. They not only run fast,
but some of the people say fail to toot
their fog horns at the corners.
Cullman Tribune: A headline in the
Chattanooga Times says: Birmingham
may REFORM" Seems to believe that
while the lamp holds out to burn ETC.
Shreveport Journal: The dust devil
has no terrors for the Birmingham street
corner loafer these windy March days
he is reported to have equipped himself
with goggles.
Sampson Ledger: According TO Judge
s. L. Weaver of Birmingham, that city
is indeed bad. He severely rebuked a
jury in that city last week for discharg-
ing man accused of murder, and the
evidence showed the mans guilt. The
Judge said the verdict gave any man the
right to naSrder at will in the red light
district. We need more men on the bench
with courage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

bold and expert bank robbers had plan
ned a sensational scheme of robbery.
possibly involving the murder of the
lone Waterman. At any rate the money
in question will speedily be placed in
the designated depositaries in sums
ranging from S150,000 down to small
balances. The First National bank of
this city is the only bank that has met
the requirements of the new law up to
a possible deposit of S150,O00 of the
states money.
Perhaps one of the best features of
the new law is the active demand it
has developed for state bonds. The
a-begging, for the banks want them as
basis of state deposits. The sixty.four
banks will need for this purpose nearly
$2,000,000 in state bonds, or nearly one
quarter of the entire total of outstand-
ing state bonds.
The law has no weak or unsafe fea.
lures. The only wonder is that it was
not enacted long ago. The law does
not compel the state treasurer to de-
post the funds in his keeping in the
designated banks. but it enables him 10
do SO, and Treasurer Seed is too alert
and too thoughtful to retain in idle
ness and insecurity a heavy burden.
He will soon put that burden where 1t
will do the utmost good.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
A PRAYER OF FATE,

By Walter Savage Lander.
Fate. | have asked few things of three
And fewer have to ask.
Shortly. thou knowest, / shall be
NO more; then con thy task.
Ii one be left on earth so late
Whose love is like the past,
Tell her in whispers, gentle Fate,
Not even love must last.
Tell her j leave the noisy feast
or life, a little tired,
Amid its pleasures few possessed
And many undesired.
Tell her with steady pace to come
And. where my laurels lie,
To throw the freshest on the tomb.
When it has caught her sigh.
Tell her to stand some steps apart
From others on that day,
And check the tear Of tear should start]
Too precious for dull clay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
Music In Summer.

Nothing relieves the monotony of sum-
mer so much as open air concert, and
hope the suggestion made in the columns
of The Age-Herald recently that a fund
be raised for the purpose of employing a
band to play in the parks during the
heated term will be carried out" said a
member of the Can't Getaway club.
About this time Of the year nearly all
the local musicians make engagements
for summer jobs at the fashionable re-
sorts; therefore, whatever is done to Sc
cure band should be done without de-
lay.
In two or three years from now the
City Council will be able to pay for sum-
mer concerts. In the meantime some
other way will have to be devised
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Chattanooga Times: The Birmingham
Age-Herald observes that 1.-THE Hoke
Smith boom for president is based on the
voting strength of the family" Undoubt-
edly, if based at all.
Shreveport Journal: The Birmingham
Age-Herald believes Hoke Smith of Geor-
gia could be elected President, evidently
upon the theory that the Smiths of the
country would vote for him.
Shreveport Times: cablegram savs
Berlin is enamoured of the American
lobster and the Birmingham Age-Her-
aid deduces from this that Henry Lehr
must have made a hit in the German
capital.
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Tons

IJUI. IyUb. IJUJ.
January ......... 2,205 407 2,06S, S95 1,7S1, S47
February ........ 2045.06S 1,894,032 $4,000
This district is not keeping step
with Pennsylvania, Ohio or Illinois,
and even New York is beginning to
crowd us, but we are gaining some
ground and are keeping southern iron
a very strong factor in the markets of
the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
CAN THIS BE so!
the WASHINGTON Post.

From the Washington Post.
We have been somewhat surprised not
to say grieved. to learn recently that one
of Harvard's old time favortes. the fish
ball. the luscious Goldfish ball, has lost
much of its former prestige and is falling
into something like general disfavor. 1t
was more than fifty years ago that the
refrain of the most popular song of the
Harvard boys was:
The waiter roared it through the hall,
-Wa 6oS't S1ve bread with one fish ball."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
GUERDON.

GUERDON.
Just fall in love with life. and as you
lead 1t
Be generous with smiles along the way.
Lightheartedness is good-that's why you
need it,
Especially when trouble is to pay.
Just love your work and do it well, al
though you
May never make it bring you large re-
turns,
For while the big. wide world may never
know you,
There's sweetness in the bread fellow
earns.
FRITZ Scheff has for her physicians Dr.
Sehwayzer and DR.. Schwerdfager. It
must cost a great deal to have doctors
with such long, hard names.
The cost of living is higher, but most
people will be willing to pay it during
the baseball season.
ENGAGED.
Blue Eyes and Brown
BY chance did meet.
Brown Eyes was strong
And Blue Eyes sweet
Nobody knows
Just what they said
The tall young man,
The dainty maid.
But this we know,
When lovers spoon
In spring they're sure
To wed in June.
WHEN DIR. DOWIE RETURNS 1000
YEARS HENCE.
The Panama canal will be twenty years
old.
Harry Thaw will be forgotten.
Every family will own an airship.
The servant problem will be solved.
Utopia will still lie just over the hill.
An enthusiastic democrat asserts that
Colonel Bryan does not seem older
than he did ten years ago. Still, the Ne
braskans most devoted admirers must
acknowledge that his hair is not as
thick as it used to be.
The peach trees are in bloom-glorious
splashes of pink on the hillsdes.
HIS CONVALESCENCE.
When all accounts for Easter have been
paid
By one who does these little things, you
know,
And both the portly matron and the
maid
No longer waken envy as they go;
When summer is assuredly under way
And June is coming gladly o'er the hill,
Then father will feel strong enough to
say
TO a thirsty friend, Come have a light
one, Bill
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
1T WAS A Bo1eIE

From the Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette
The Age-Herald announced in largo
headlines yesterday that the trustees Of
the university would meet to take cbarge
OF the musical department of the Univer-
sity OF Mobile! About the only kind of
music that this department of the uni
Versity is or will be familiar with is
funeral marches, perhaps.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
Constitutional Headlines"
HEMPHILI4.

HEMPHILL.
The Muse doth SILVER in business chill
To look upon his tranquil, placid face,
As calm as statuary or a frozen grace
Forever porting over book or bill,
Or cycling cash. or turned safe or till
While storms of business rage, his quiet
pace
Seems rest contending in winning race,
The cool, composed, complete discreet
Hemphill
Congenial genius of geniallty
Reversed, his life is paper bound in
gold,
And method is his still vitality;
Industrious order makes him grave and
cold;
He seemeth dry, but is the fount, the
flood,
From which The Constitution draws its
blood.
HOWELL.
Artillery captain of a frowning fort;
he battles mainly with his lightest
guns;
The dreadful bores of the larger ones
But seldom shake us with their large
report,
They lie like bull dogs kept for show or
sport.
stream of fire from his pistol runs.
Anon his rifle cracks in sharp retort;
And deadly charges with his musket made
In loaded colmu1 keep the nations
peace.
And make the black republicans afraid;
Who scream and fly like terror-stricken
geese.
Democracy would be undone, dsmayed,
Did Howells daily volleys slack or
cease.
FINCH.
Unknown, ilnpersonal as the Iron Mask,
With pen for cross and scissors for his
beads,
The editorial monk in cloister reads,
And writes and clips devoutly, nor
would ask
Indulgence other than a harder task
The IDEAL heaven in his title deeds
In work, the only bliss he Graves or
needs:
In lAbor's sun he would forever bask.
Repete, laborious topographic sheets
Or serves them from the editorial sky:
Where, on his modest tripod for throne,
He tolls instructs and mildly reigns I'M
Known
GRADY.
Compound in classic lmpid, graphic
Some fish and fishing honey bees and
comb,
Gay tips abroad and fun and cheer at
home,
Great railway kings. the stocks some
cattle shows,
A baseball club their catches, hits and
throws,
The surf, surf-bathing, boating on the
foam,
Remembered scenes in Athens and In
Rome
Much trade all truck and everything
that grows.
Rare sheep and goats the man about the
town,
Neglected girls and women in distress.
Good men gone up and better men gone
down,
All else you know, magine can
guess
Together mix, compose their clash and
strife,
men spice with wit and Grady comes
TO life
L. Z. BLECKLEY.
Gainesville Ga. February, 1855.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

IAN English critic asks why men
laugh more than women. Because we
keep EN- fooled all the time says the
foxy Columbia State. AS a matter OF
fact we merely think we keep them
fooled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Protected by Cannon, the congress
sional party need have no fear or
pirates while crossing the Spanish
MAN, says the Portland Telegram.
Uncle Joe could outswear them, that's
why.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

The tramps who are reported to have
swallowed some whisky in which
sick dog had been bathed will have TO
take many drink to drown the mem
ory of that one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

The spectacle of railroad magnates
taking refuge under President Roose-
velts big stick should be transferred
To canvas and perpetuated in marble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

If Wall street does not overcome its
panic habit we may have to treat 1t as
the English are trying to treat their
House of Lords.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

1t is possible now for people living
in small towns to join souvenir postal
card clubs and swamp the local post
office with cards from all parts OF the
world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Dowie's business was built on illu-
sions, and no one can create rainboWs
in credulous minds as he did.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Chicago begins to feel that real,
genuine orthodox spring is now due,
and it expects it to begin TO twitter
without more delay.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Mark Twain is going on" seventy
two and yet he is as spry and dressy
as a man of forty need be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

The railroad presidents are not hur-
rying to the White House loaded UP
with advice as rapidly as they were
week ago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

The winter wheat is coming out
from its snow blanket in fine shape,
and The spring buying of goods is
heavy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Easter hats except to arouse jealousy in
a rival seeking the attentions of the
same man? And, too, with no men around
who would pay the bills? Surely st. Peter
couldn't stand for them alI.-Gadsdeu
Journal.
FISHERMAN'S LUCK,
Ere long
You'll see
Us go,
Bgee,
With pole
And line,
When Sol
Doth shine
And soft
Winds blow,
To where
We know
Big fish
Do wait
To nab
Our bait.
A tree
For prop,
Our hook
Well drop
Into
The stream
And loaf
And dream,
While song
Birds sing
OF JOY
Ful spring
And clouds
Sail high
Up In
The sky.
Well fish
And fish
And fond
Ly wish
That we
Might get
A bite,
And yet,
When night
Comes down
Well hike
To town
And buy
string
OF fish,
My jing,
And glib
Ly say,
Caught these
To-Day"
Might as well own up that you are
lazy.
People ought to be careful about sug-
costing the lecture pldllOTul ~ IitSiuch1
Roosevelt. He is liable to hop up on
it and talk for the rest of his life.
YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE.
You may think you have had lots of
trouble,
Much greater than one could deserve,
Enough to bend weak fellows double
And kill others lacking your nerve.
You may flatter yourself you're a wonder
To stand it as well as you do,
And before you perceive it, by thunder,
Somebody will bump into you
Who carries more dead weight. OF sorrow
Than any you've met on the way,
With song in his heart for tomorrow
And a rolicl1ing laugh for today.
Peek-a-boos are being made
June brides are saying yes.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

A panic that will squeeze some OF
the highness out of the prices OF meats
and vegetables is needed outside OF
Wall street
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Governor Folk and Gumshoe Bill
Stone are TO fight for the Missouri
senatorship, and warm fight is antici-
pated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
HATS I'm HEAVEN.

IItI , IN fIEA EN-.
Paul Cook says there will be no Easter
hats in heaven The ladies will be loatn
to accept this dictum on Paufs uneor-
roborated testimony. The men-well the
men, of course. have different emotions
on this subject from the feminine portion
of the family. Still Paul has probably
made good guess. There are no men
angels and what would be the use of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

A touch of real spring is anxiously
awaited in the north, while here we
have had it all along.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

A man who is inflated with hot, air,
as one who is loaded with brains.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

The members of the duma declined
to be present when the ceiling OF its
hall fell in. 1t knows when to take d
recess.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Confidence, they say has returned to
Wall street, but this should not be con-
strued as an invitation to the lambs to
so back. ,fa
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

The Hill and Hartman stocks were
dropsical, and the surgeons in Wall
street operated on them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

There are said to be sixty-nine law
yers in Sing Sing. That many legal
lights shut up, if not snuffed out
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
Fire at Goleho.

Oklahoma City. Okla, March l9-The
business portionl Of Golebo, small town
in kiowa county. was destroyed by fire
today. causing 1 loss estimated at 1902
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

The ticker is ticking much more
soothingly than it did last week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

II you felt panicky last week it is
sign you were plutocrat, whatever
you may be now
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Everything is getting bigger, includ-
ing hypothetical questions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

A great many addresses TO Gentle
Annie have been paid.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

for recipes to improve their complex
ions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Wall street should retain its recipe
for non-communicahle panics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Only those who resemble Lincoln
succeed in politics of late in the Mid
die West.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Wall street thinks all should lay in
at bargain prices next winters supply
of stocks
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Not even a flood can cleanse Pitts
burg's millionaires, and render them
spotless.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Railroad stocks that have water in
them may yet sell for what they are
worth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

No communication will be published
without it's authors name. Rejected
manuscript will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Easter hats except to arouse jealousy in
a rival seeking the attentions of the
same man? And, too, with no men around
who would pay the bills? Surely st. Peter
couldn't stand for them all.-Gadsdeu
Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Entered at the Birmingham Ala.
postoffice as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

The peach trees are in bloom-glorious
splashes of pink on the hillsides.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20
THE FEMININE YOUNG PERSON.

Z. T. BIECI\LE 7
Gainesville, Ga, February. 1885.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-20

Might as we'll own up that you are
lazy
People ought to be careful about sug-
costing the lecture platform to President
Roosevelt He is liable to hop up on
it and talk for the rest of his life.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-26

jority. Thurman led the minority, In
gals was just faily launched on his
brilliant career. Morton was just
leaving the stage on which he played
so great a part. Sherman resigned to
go into the cabinet the day Morgan
entered the senate. Two democrats
were senators from Connecticut. Vest
and Vance came in two years later.
Hale and Frye came in four years later
Blaine preceded Morgan a few months.
William A. Wallace, the rival of Sam
uel ]. Randall, was a democratic SEN
ator from Pennsylvania We do not
believe that such comparatively short
tenures of political life in the two
houses of congress are wholesome. Elk
perience is the handmade of talent, and
genius itself makes profit out of it,
Washington Post.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-26
AMERICAN STATESMEN SHORT
LIVED.

The public career of an American
statesman is much shorter than that of
Hne European. No American has vet
served in what is called the national
'councfls--the senate. the house and the
cabinet--as long as so years. Few
gave 40 years to ss'ch labor Indeed. it
IS an unusual distinction for public
man to have given 20 years to con-
gress. John T. Morgan was one OF
the four men who were six times chos-
en- TO represent states in the federal
senate. John Sherman, Justin s. Nor
Till and William b. Allison were the
other three. George f. Edmunds en-
Ttered the senate in 1866, and had he
elected to continue in that BODY. he
would be member of it today viii
liam E. Gladstone served In the Eng
aish commons more than so years; but
he several times shifted his constitu
sency. beginning with "rotten
Borough"
There are but three men in the pres
ent senate who were members of that
BODY when Morgan entered it-AlIison.
Teller and Whyte. He became a SEN
ator simultaneously with Garland,
Beck. Hoar and Eustis. voorhees, came
IN few months later Morgan's col
league in 1877 was carpetbagger.
sConkling was themost conspicuous man
m the body and the leader Of the ma