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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
"ooD" DROPPED FROM COINS.

From the New York World.
NJ BRAND, the French minister of public
worship, denies the statement credited to
him that France had hunted Jesus
Christ out of the army, the navy, the
| schools, the hospitals and the law courts"
But as instancing the extent of the wave
| of irreligion in France the minister of
finance has directed the mint authorities
to drop from coins the motto, God Pro-
tect France" In place of the time-honored
device the coinage will henceforth bear
the old revolutionary watchword, Lib
erty, Equality and Fraternity This Is
the most radical anti-Christian innova-
ton made by a European state since the
revolutionists banshed Year of Our
Lord" (Anno DOMINO from the calendar
for Year of the Republic"
Most Christian nations preserve some
reference to God on their coinage,
whether in the form of the British Del
Gratia," or our own I'm God We Trust.
II has become a religious convention,
survival from the time when the protec-
ton of the Deity was invoked for private
no less than for public enterprises. Did
not the old Dutch binder, Jan Boschaert,
bind his books ito the greater glory of
God?" British bills of lading of less than
a century ago contained the invariable
formula, Shipped by the grace of God"
and concluded "And so may God send the
good ship to her desired port in safety
Every captain of these good ships was
master under God for the present voy-
age"
The pious old phraseology Is now cut
OUT as irrelevant. Similar motives have
nrompted the French to expunge the name
of the Deity from their coins.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
THE MYSTERY OF GENIUS.

w. F. K, in New York American.
Genius is the brte fame witch burns
in the harts & souls of men & women
who doant like long hours & medium
pay. there is no medium pay for a
genius. either he gifts the mummy in big
chunks or he doant git nothing except
two 90 mees a day. sum days
genuises are OF kinds, mainly
l. poetry geuiuses
2. musick geniuses.
3. reel geniuses.
In the first class will naim such ones
as 1 know, William Shakespeare. Mister
Milton, Lord Byron, Bobbie Burns Mis-
ter Longfellow, Mister Poe & Mother
klaus she dIdent write nothing except for
the littel ones, such as
Littel Jack Horner
Stood in the corner
Waiting for Subway car to go by,
He put in his thumb & finger
& pulled out a mans watch,
& sed What CRATE thing is the Rush
Hour.
Musick genuses is hard to understand.
When Mister Mozart was littel boy he
cud play moast any tune, also he Termed
the def & dumb finger talk so he cud
play Waltz Me Around with one "a hand
& sing it with the other hand
thare was many other Musick Geniuses,
such as Mister Handel & Mendel Sons &
| Gus Edwards &c. All of them has done
sum CRATE work. witch will live forever In
the hearts of thare countrymen.
now / cum to the third Gu, kind of
geniuses, the other & gratest kind, George
Washington was one of them. beekaus he
made the first Joak that the English cud
| understand
! Mister Rockefeller is a other CRATE
| genius, he is always making joaks, we
are the joaks. One of the best funny
joaks he ever sed was what is the time
to play Golf, Mister End Man? & the
and the answer is BY Lamp Lite
that's all / can think about, so I will
cloase.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

matter it had better be done away
with altogether, except in cases of
crimes against women.
1t Is a lamentable fact that public
sentiment both in and out of the jury
room has become so distorted that
white murderers cannot be hung, UNI
less they be strangers" or casual Wis
itors, as we're the white men, two in
number, hung in this state in the last
six years. Our juries," says Govern
or Jelks, do not seem to have the
same objection to the hanging of the
casual visitor as they do to the hang
ing of the home raised criminal"
We have a public sentiment then
that draws not only the color line, but
also geographical lines, and it is no
wonder that the governor of the state
after six years of sore experience talks
boldly and plainly. 1t is not surpris-
ing that he recommends a repeal OF
capital punishment in all murder cases,
for a law that Is distorted and par
TALLY repealed by public sentiment is
a law no one respects.
The juries that refuse to find white
murderer guilty, do more to promote
pistol toting and more shooting and
more murders than any other single
agency in the state. But after all
petit jury is but an organ of public
sentiment, and the real trouble is in
the minds and hearts of the people,
and Governor Jelks is wholly right
when he says law and public sentiment
should be brought together. A stream
cannot indeed rise above its source.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
ALABAMA PRESS

Alabamian-Herald; We deeply sympa-
thize with Montgomery for the next fifty
days
Centreville Press: Atlanta made noise
like she had the sub-treasury. But she
could not produce the goods.
Guntersville Democrat: "Banzai" sounds
all right In the Japan Sea, but it CRATES
on the nerve when shouted in an Amerl-
o2n state.
Talladega Mountain Home: All the
states interests are now singing to the
legislature keep a little cozy corner in
your heart for me-"
Dadeville Spot Cash: A Hiawatha man.
having heard of man who had success
fully raised 50 bill, wrote to his con-
gresham for some OF the seed.
West Point and Lanett News: Not
every long haired Albanian you meet is
a poet The increase in the price of hair
cuts is responsible for the change in
style.
Colllnsville Courier: 1t is said the
negroes boycotted the New Years recep-
ton at the White House. We haven't
heard of any complaint from this fact
as yet.
Ozark Southern Star: The pig and the
peanut patch Is the saving clause In the
constitution in Southeast Alabama. Mix
pb will
wards defeating Mr.. Weevil.
Admission Star: Fortunately for the ice
dealers, they do not have to depend upon
nature for their supply in the SOUTH 1t
is likewise fortunate for the consumers
that they do not, for this winter would
be an Ice price raiser.
Alexander City Outlook: Our new lieu
tenant governor, Hon. Henry B. Gray, has
won his fight for the real leadership of
the state senate. Now, we are anxious
to hear from him on that 2-cent fare on
railroads. Let him start the ball rolling
Baldwin Times: Birmingham Is to have
the new sub-treasury. We congratulate
the Magic City and are more than pleased
to have Alabama's greatest city win out
In this important matter. Here's TO your
future prosperity!
Marion County News: The new sheriff
of Jefferson county will have eight trained
bloodhounds, and we venture the asser-
ton that this will have a tendency to
greatly check crime in that county. Every
county in the state should have at least
two trained bloodhounds.
Prattvlle PROCESS: An exchange says:
Everybody strikes but father" That's
where the trouble lies. If the fathers
would strike harder and oftener, there
would be fewer worthless, cigarette
smoking boys strolling around ready to
serve their apprenticeship in the devils
workshop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
Capital Punishment.

The paragraphs in Governor Jelks'
message relating to capital punishment
are startling, but still they are essen
TALLY true both in facts and in logic.
The retiring governor speaks from six
years experience, and out of that ex-
perience he finds that the hanging of
a white man in this state has become
almost an impossibility," and he very
truthfully says that if capital punish
ment has become a class or color-line
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

OF pictures; If it's a chase the machines
are stationed at suitable places along
the course. The wonderful things you see
magicians do, in the pictures. are really
very simple, because it's all matter
of leaving out a few films and patching
others. A set shown In the Orpheum
last week was of scenes In Venice in
which a Jealous husband killed friend
of the family. The first half of that set
really was taken in Venice I'm a rented.
house on the canals
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Nature is so contrary, a man can never
oversleep when he doesn't have to go to
work.
When girl hasn't pretty eyes 1t Is a
sign she will not mind II you lie to her
about them.
When a woman is always particular to
call her husbands wages income, they are
small.
Either woman explains that her hair
is too nice and long to curl or that it
cGrls too nicely to grow long.
A man would as soon think of putting
on a cork life preserver to get through a
suowdrift as some of the clothes women
wear to keep warm.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
THE HAUNTED PALACE.
Rv Edgar Allan Poe.

BY Edgar Allan zoe.
In the greenest of our valleys
BY god angels tenanted,
Once a fair and stately palace
Radiant palace-reared Its head.
In the monarch Thoughts dominion
1t stood there!
Never seraph spread pinion
Over fabric half so fair!
Banners yellow, glorious. golden,
On its roof did float and flow,
(This-all this-was in the olden
Time long ago.,
And every gentle air that oaiiieo'
In that sweet day,
Along the ramparts plumed and paiiio'
A winged odor went away.
Wanderers in that happy valley,
Through two luminous windows, saw
Spirits moving unsteady,
To a lute's well-tuned law,
Round about a throne where, sitting,
(PorphyrogeneD
In state his glory we'll BETTING,
The ruler of the realm was SEEN
And all with pearl and ruby glowing
was the fair palace door.
Through which came flowing, flowing
flowing
And sparkling evermore.
A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty
Was but to sing,
In voices of surprising beauty,
The wit and wisdom of their KING.
But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
Assaulted the monarch's high estate.
(Ah. let US mourni-for never morrow
Shall dawn upon him desolateo
And round about his home the glory
That blushed and Dloomed.
Is but a dim-remembered story
OF the old time entombed.
And travellers, now. within that valley
Through the red-litten windows see
Vast forms, that move Enthusiastically
To a dscordant melody.
While. like a CHASTITY rapid river,
Through the pale door
A hideous throng rush out forever
And laugh--but smile no mora
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
Mr.. Hartman Under Fire.

The Hartman investigation in Chi
cago is perhaps the most important de-
velopment of the winter in domestic
affairs. The government is endeayor-
ing to ascertain the extent and mean
ing of the control that e. II. Hartman
has secured over eight big railroad
systems. Judge Clements of the inter
state commerce commission has al
ready stated that the government will
take legal steps to procure the imme-
date dissolution of the Hartman rail
way monopoly. The investigation is
not, however, concluded, and Harri-
man, Frick and II. H. Rogers are each
and all detained in Chicago by wrlts
of ne exeat, and they will be compelled
to tell all they know, or else to forget
great deal that they necessarily did
know.
The Hartman combine is the most
remarkable combination of these days
of combinations. 1t is made up as fol-
lows:
Miles
Union Pacific railroad -. $3.50. -. 3,l2s
Oregon Short Line 49,. l.5lo
Oregon Railway and Navigation. 1,0l6
Southern Pacific -. -. -. ........ 9,l2
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt
Lake dointly) 80. -. 80 lioz3
Illinois Central -. 80. 49,. 5'0sS
Chicago and Alton dointly) 49,. $40
Baltimore and Ohio -. -. $500. 4,4sl
Total railroads -. -. ........ 26'Sio
Pacific Mail Steamship company.
Occidental and Oriental company.
Asiatic Steamship company
Pacific Coast steamship company.
Morgan Steamship company.
The charge is that all these means
of transpo2t ton constitute a monop-
oily in restraint of trade, in direct vio-
lation of the terms of the Sherman
antitrust act. One man has acquired
control of transportation in one-half
of the territory of the country, and no
one will claim in all honesty that this
is desirable state Oh lnlnSs. JuoSe
Clements does not hesitate to say that
the monopoly must be broken and
rooted out.
The present investigation is con-
Quoted by the interstate commerce
commission for their own purposes.
but it is believed facts will be brought
out that the department of justice will
use in legal proceedings. AS things
stand the Hartman combination APP
pears to be far more dangerous TO the
public good than the Hill merger,
which the supreme court crushed. The
evidence points to extensions of the
rate bill rather than to any retreat
from it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
PETTUS ON OVERMAN.
Washington Correspondent New Y

Washington Correspondent New York
World.
Senator Pettus, of Alabama, listened to
Senator Overman's speech today, and
when it was over he said regarding 1t:
"oyerman made grand speech. 1t re-
minded me of Webster at Bunker Hill
when he addressed the venerable men
who came from afar. Overman talked of
things we had forgotten fifty years ago
which / supposed were barred by the
statute of limitations"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
POLITENESS.

From the Nashville American.
Life would be burden. II every man
were as polite as Jim Ham Lewis, but
little of the suavitu in nodo Is not
amiss unless you are driving mules.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The SCOT fall in Boston is twelve
tons a day. Let us not even estimate
the daily SCOT fall of Birmingham. The
subject is too black and weighty to be
pleasant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

I'M osT widows are good looking
HkV except those who live in melo-
dramas. All demure widows
are of the sod variety because the grass
kind never look that way. Real widows,
the sort who wear black clothes for a
while and then forget are said to be ex-
tremely seductive, even more so than
maids, who are handicapped by a lack of
experience in locating the avenues to a
mans heart Widows are POLITICALLY said
to bloom. They are a blooming lot. They
cease to bloom when they marry again,
at which time and just prior thereto,
they are called blushing widows. Widows
never blush, however. They merely ere
ate the impression that they are blushing
by dropping their eyes and folding their
bereavement there is nothing to keep her
from blooming again. in curious contrast
to plant life where the flower that once
has blown forever dies" Widows have
been known to bloom as many as three
or four times, getting wiser all the time
The average widow blooms only once,
which is enough. Widows without chill
dren will be more apt to wed again than
those who have seven or eight, although
romance twines Itself most tenderly about
a pretty, brown-eyed widow who has
sweet little girl with golden hair. A
great deal has been written about widows,
but not so much is known.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

Weyerhaeuser, Guggenheim and
Roekefeller-the country's big three.
The first is lumberman, the second a
smelter, and the third the countrys
general adviser.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The English people are eagerly dis
GUESSING the tunnel proposition because
1t is a diversion from the deceased
wife's sister question.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
BYGoNEs.
| From

From the Washington Herald.
Cardinal Gibbons says. every man
should carefully weigh his words" Mr..
Clevelands would have to be weighed in
RELAYS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

Omar, it will be remembered, has q
few choice thoughts on the old water
wagon. See the ninety fourth stanza
in the fifth edition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The steel trust is looking for a man
who will serve it as president without
taking on a load of scandals at the
same time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

Senator Depew is trying to para
graph himself again into popularity,
and juvenility. He expects all here
after to forget that Equitable Life in
cident in his career.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The earthquakes in San Francisco
did not shake out any Of the assets of
its banks, for they are larger than
ever before.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

A New York judge who quotes his
own poetry to prisoners before the bar
of justice has a suitable idea of pun
ishment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
WORD TO THE WISE.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Better not deposit your overcoat with
you/ uncle just yet You may need it
pretty soon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The legislature should get busy, for
its sands are fast running out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

Harry Thaw and his mother-in-law
have reached an understanding, and
she will not tell on the stand all she
knows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

When Uncle Sam gets ready to take
possession of the railroads, he will
have to deal with e. II. Hartman
only.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The Hartman inquiry may yet drive
its subject to Europe for his health.
He may go to join William Nelson
Cromwell.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The telephone companies have a
large grievance against Cupid He
keeps them short of operators.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

no doubt the recording angel gave him
line.
TOO MUCH.
Some here, some there,
We move about.
And some are still
And some do shout.
Some work, some play,
Some laugh, some cry.
Some want to live,
Some long to die.
And yet, in this
We're much the same.
We want no man
To call us tame.
1t doesn't make any difference how soon
we get what we want, before we do we
have had time to think up something else
we'd like to have much more.
No matter how often we lose our tenn
pers, we always find them again, fact
to be universally deplored.
A book that travels on its cover Will
not go very far into the heart of hui
manty.
has the bulge when it comes to tricks.
The average man never attracts much
attention after he quits being a baby
LOOK FORWARD.
While the old world is a-rolling, roll
ing on
Let 1t roll, without care or vain re-
greet.
You can never, never bring back what
Is gone
But a future day will make you happy
yet
Musical comedy "broilers" have ostrich
appetites.
Good morningi Yes, pleasant weather
we are having.
Life gets faster when the incandescents
begin to twinkle
1t seems like long time since Jimmy
Britt was famous
Easter poetry is growing nicely.
The new year is wearing we'll
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

Texas is severely afflicted with the
octopus complaint, but that affliction
will soon run its course.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The new Shah of Persia, according
to some pictures, looks like a prosper
GUS clothing merchant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The 1907 railroad pass is committed
to the states rights doctrine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

Mrs. Commander. who has writ a book
on race suicide, bears every indication
Of being boss at home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

James K Lemon, who died recently
in Louisville, seems to have been quite
a squeeze in that town.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The late Russell Sage knew his wife
would keep the SNOWFALL rolling, and
she is doing it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The restful atmosphere of the work
house is said to promote longevity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

The strapholders are increasing in
our trolley cars.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
POVERTY.

9ON Fiji L.
Poverty's a hated guest
Forces many folk to stint
Tho we'd like to see him go,
Rarely does he take a hint.
Sits around before the fire.
Grim of visage, silent, too,
Bound to put his finger in
Nearly everything we do.
Ever most unwelcome he,
Never any smiles for him.
Yet we find him always near
When a fellows purse is slim.
The Atlanta Journal Is suing the Savan-
nah Morning News for 100000 1t is said.
Perhaps a compromise could be effected
for $1,000
UNEQUAL
The world Is quite a funny place
Brim full of cranks and such.
One-half of us don't know enough,
The others know too much.
Melba has announced fiat rate of 81
for autographs. We'd be glad to get 10
cents for each of ours done in red ink.
A history of the chorus girl is prom
ised by newspaper for next Sunday
The work Will deal with the chorus girl
as an institution and not as an individual
and may be quoted in polite society.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
Atlanta and Birmingham.

"Atlanta's jealousy of Birmingham has
been aceentuated by the preference shown
this ely in Washington III the matter of
locating a United States sub treasury
said commercial traveller. Until recent
~ Atlanta had looked upon Birmingham
as a desirable neighbor where Atlanta
drummers could come and sell goods, and
where Atlanta papers could be circulated.
The people of the Georgia metropolis had
never dreamed that Birmingham would
catch up with and overshadow their great
city. But they are at last realizing the
fact that the metropolis of Alabama, yet
in its infancy, is stronger In many re-
sDects than Atlanta Jefferson county,
which means practically the Greater Bir-
niugham had a population in the census
of 1900 of 10000, as against a popula-
ton in Fulton county. which means
Greater Atlanta, of III 900. A conserva-
tive estimate of Jefferson's population to-
day is about 225,O00, while liberal esti-
mate of Fulton county's population Is
about 125,0OO. The Birmingham districts
pay rolls are fully s3,5O0,O0O a month At
lanta's pay rolls do not begin to approach
those figures. For a city only 80 years
old, Birmingham is the marvel of the
country.
ATLANTA reminds me of spoiled child.
1t nas been used 10 getting everything 1t
has asked for and now that it is about
to lose the sub-treasury plum, 1t cries. At
least that is the way it strikes me from
reading the Atlanta papers,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12
HAND MADE

apologies TO Tom Moore0
What tho on her cheek the rose lose its
hue,
You'll find it still blooming the blessed
year through.
For age can not wither. to tell you the
truth,
The bushes she carries, remindful of
youth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

Bombs can be inaccurately thrown
in Philadelphia as well as in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

'All the world loves a lover but it
cannot be said to love either Corey or
his Mabelle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

Simon Guggenheim frankly admits
he got what he bought and paid for.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

It's the pile, not the pole, that
reaches most of Colorado's political
persimmons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-12

When the inventor of clothesplns died.
no doubt the recording angel gave him
a line.