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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Cement Block Buildinus,

"rhe suggestion of the chief of the fire department that the cement block build- ing be made a subject for investigation is a most timely one" said citizen, and 1t should have immediate attention.
 q noticed several of these buildings being erected in this city and was sur prised to find that no one seemed to pay any attention to the construction or sta bllity of the walls. The cement block Is not more than seven or eight inches wide, and of these blocks a wall F or IA feet high is built A brick wall that height would be IS inches thick instead of 8 inches. and even at that 1t would be none too strong to resist the effects Of a fire.
 "The cement block in a single width is all right for walls three feet high if the wall Is built with cement morter, but If there Is bad matedial and careless work manship the cement block is a very dan gerous substitute for brick. The trouble with all these new inventions is that they generally fall into the hands of the un- skilful who bring discredit upon the matter by their ignorance of it's princi- ples.
 "It would be wrong to condemn the ce- ment block simply because 1t is source of danger when improperly used, but every precauton should be taken to pro- tect against the accidents that are cer- tain to follow if two-story buildings are erected with walls only the thickness of single blocks. Several books have been published on the subject of concrete buildings, and in them the whole system is fully explained"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

of beds, others with tables and rugs and sofa-pillows and bedding, until every one has load and has joined the procession on its way to the new place.
 Seated in an easy chair. with cup of fragrant tea and plate of thin buttered bread before him, the tourist has only 10 lean back and watch the interesting na- tive pictures which are unrolled as from a kaleidoscope until he feels the very pulsation of Cairo life. Camels, donkeys. electric buses, bicycles, cabs. groups of tourists on horseback then more eamels and donkeys and natives on foot in end- less procession follow each other past Cairo is a centre for native manifesto tlons of hilarity, and these manifestations are usually accompanied by street pa- rades whether they be weddings, the well coming of pilgrims from Mecca, or just everyday parties A parade is always headed by a band consisting of a huge kettledrum on the back of a camel with a man pounding it hard, and a couple of bagpipers who play for hours without stopping.
 The peddlers are not the least interest," ing of the characters which make the streets picturesque With everything, from live alligators to gold-embroidered belts these peddlers infest the districts of the fashionable hotels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Cause and Cure for Panlcs.

Tt has been interesting said an amateur, to read the many and vary ing causes assigned for financial panics, not alone for this present one but for previous ones The financial doctors are sadly at variance as to the cause of the disease. They are as much at variance as to the remedy.
 The one doctor encountered who postulates an unvarying and constant cause of all panics figures out that the rent and interest account of the na- tion for any series of years. is great CT than the increase of the wealth of the nation. Hence, when anything causes a scare. the creditors demand their money or it's equivalent and a general accounting becomes necessary Wlth the accompanying paralysis of nuslness. He likens it to a business firm whose rent and interest account In a series of years is greater than the profits or increase of capital. He accepts the estimates of Professor Par sons and others that eighth of the population owns -eighths of the wealthy. That this wealth bears in terest and must be paid by the ma jority. In addition to the wealth at any given time-that is in addition to the capital-the nation owes debts in- cured in the past which must be paid principal and interest. Each year the nation, through national, state and city governments, pays interest charges ac- cording to the census reports, amount ing to over s115,oOO,OOO It is paying too gradually, the principal.
 The more wealth accumulates in the hands of comparative few-40OO families being estimated to possess one fifth of the whole whealth of the na- tion-the more interest these few hands receive each year. When a panic en- a corresponding increase of commodi- ties to pay the debt owing to tn csc creditors
 Tn normal times, the fortune of each one of these 1000 millionaires and null timillionaire families grows by the operation of compound interest in so far as it's income exceeds it's expendi- lures. In times of panic and the ad- justment incident thereto, these for tunes grow by bounds and leaps.
 If our doctor is right in his con- tention, then whether we have more money or less money the inevita ble panic must come, under our economic system, at recurring intervals. His sug- gested remedy is obvious'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
FeIicitous Speeches.

"The speeches at the Wholesale Gro cers' banquet at the Hillman Saturday night were unusually interesting and in forming said dry goods merchant who was present as a guest.
 There was not single dull talker. I have heard MT. Bowron often, but l never listened to him when he seemed in better form He spoke for a half hour, but it did not seem more than 20 minutes. MT. Bowron is an optimist, but his op- timism is based on common sense. I was particularly struck with one fact. After making claims for the Birmingham dis trict, and picturing its magnificent future, MT. Bowron said these predictions would surely be fulfilled; said he had in the past made many prophecies about Birming- ham, and that all of them had come to pass.
 While there are several citizens here who are recognized as authorities on the resources and industrial history of the dis trict, no one can tell them on his feet so eloquently as MT. Bowron. It would be well if one of our clubs the board of education would invite this gifted speaker to deliver lecture on iron and steel from a world viewpoint, bringing in the Bir- mingham district, of course. large part of what he said Saturday night could be worked into a popular address
 The majority of people living here are surprisingly ignorant about the districts 8 mainstay. MT. Bowron could, in a half hour, give them better idea of iron and steel making and our relative advantages in the metals industry. than they would get by hours of reading
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
STORY OF A FIND,

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Had a queer adventure once at the seaside" remarked the man with the mouse-colored whiskers. About 20 years ago 1 was one day walking along the beach, when I sighted a greenish-look- ing object few hundred feet off shore. As luck would have it, I had just Been reading about ambergris and how valy- able it is, and that very week I had dom- ing due note of 5000 that I didn't know how I was ever going to meet'
 Then you got excited, eh?"
 You bet I did. Ambergris," "Syou know, is valuable stuff. A small chunk of it is worth all kinds of money, and this green ish-lookng object seemed as big as a keg. 1 got a boat and rowed out to it. By the way, do you think Taft would make a good candidate?'
 Never mind about Taft. What was that greenisf-looking object?"
 "Nuthn' but a decayed watermelon
 How about the note for s30O0?"
 "Outlawed long ago. Say sometimes 1 think Taft would make a strong candi- date, and then again, l dunno
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

numbered less than 30. Now conner cial travellers representing Blrming- ham houses number nearly 800. And it is safe 10 say that the iobbing business will increase at faster rate within the next two or three years than in all the previous years put to- gether.
 Birmingham is known as the Pitts burg of the south and the time will come when it will be a we'll matched competitor of the great steel center, if indeed it does not surpass it in steel production. But along with it's prestige as an industrial stronghold 1t will also attain commanding rank as center of general trade. It has cen tainly made fine start in that direc- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
New Orleans in Good Shape.

"The money squeeze doesn't seem to have affected New Orleans very much . said Felix Alton, a resident of that city.
 q am connected with the bookk eep- ing department of one of the large st department stores there and our sales and collections for November are well ahead of November of last year. Col 1ections have been exceedingly good. This appears to be the case with the other large ouses there, and while tn ere is good deal of talk about hard times the people don't seem to be wor- rying much about it. The town is as gay as ever and it doesn't look like anything can hurt it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

E. C. Slipher in the December Century
 1 HE Andes photographs of Mars 9 were made with large plan
 etary camera which carries with it an simplifying lens. This cam era was fastened to the lower end of the large telescope of 1S-inch lens and each of the many little images shown on the plates was taken separately. The tele- scope was adjusted so that the planet was in the center of the camera field; then the plate, holder carrying the sen sitive plate was placed in the carrier of the planetary camera and set in position for the first image, the slide then being drawn from the plate holder. bulb in the right hand opened the shutter of the camera. allowing the light from the planet to fall on the sensitive plate, with an exposure of a about two seconds. Then a bulb in the left hand shifted the plate a quarter of an inch for tie succeeding image; and so on through tho entire series of images taken on one plate. Sometimes the plate was arranged to shift from right to left and sometimes in a vertical direction.
 Inasmuch as the photographs were madeeat night, virtually no light except that from Mars reached the plate, and the latter was not incapacitated by one exposure from receiving other sensitive impressions. About half an hour was consumed in taking the 50 images on some of the plates, and eight or ten plates were exposed in one nights work. In all about 10000 negative images were taken. The plates here reproduced rep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
{ LONDON RESTAURANT DINING.

From the Century Magazine.
 When one sees the number of restau- rants there are at the present day, crowded with welldressed and often we'll known people. it seems incredible that thirty years ago none existed. Some times Randolph and l would be passing through London in August, and our house being closed. we were sorely put to 1t to know where to dine. The only possible place was the St James hotel, now the Berkeley. There. if necessity took you. you could get. in a small dingy dining room. lighted with gas, an apology for q dinner. Smoking was never allowed, and two people of opposite sex dining to- gether were looked at very much as kance. Later the Bachelors club and the New club at Covent Garden became the fashionable places at which to dine, all though to dine anywhere but in pri- vate house was thought quite "emanci- pated.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
About Persons.

]. D. Moore is president of the Moore & Handley Hardware Co.,, and not ex- president, as slip in the types made 1t appear in Sundays Age Herald MT. Moore, by the way, delivered one of the most entertaining, cheerful and in- structive talks at the banquet Satur- day night.
 ". Frank Smith. representative of the Armour Packing company. with headquarters in Atlanta, is in the city. Mir. Smith formerly lived in Birming ham. and has many relatives and friends here.
 Fred G. Moode of Ensley returned from Montgomery yesterday. MT Moore has been the clerk of the senate committee on laws.
 c. ". BroXton well known citizen has received official information to the effect that he has been appointed worthy president of the local aerie of Eagles.
 Max Morris of Denver secretary and treasurer of the Retail Clerks Protec- tive association, is expected to arrive in Birmingham tomorrow, w. J. Me Carty of the local branch having re- ceived telegram to that effect. The will be meeting of the clerks to- night at which several prominent labor leaders will make speeches. A smoker will he enjoyed too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
THE SONG OF THE AERoNAUT.

By Minna Irving, in Jeslie's Weekly. When sunset has folded the earth in veil O. se-colored tissue embroidered with gold. Then I rise and l rise through the shimmering skies To heights where the stars glitter silvery cold Beside me the moon glides away to the west In her shallop of delicate ivory wrought, And beneath me the clouds are like mother of pearl Oh, such are the joys of the aero- nauti The world is below with its care and it's woe, And no one can follow me here with bill. I am safe from the bore with story to tell, And clear of the dame with a mis- sion to fill. No trolleys to catch and no autos to dodge, No annual taxes to drive me dis traught, But the infinite peace of the limitless air Oh. great are the joys of the aero- naut, Would you feel that the Tn your pocket is yours, And no one can borrow or steal ft away? Would you flee from the wrath of your mother-in n-law Or the Jersey mosquito determined to slay? Would you go where the lawn-mower cannot be heard. Or the graphephone puncture tho bubbles of thought? Then take d balloon to the top or the sky. ttrf And taste of the joys of the aero- naut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Montgomery Times: How Birmingham doth envy us that twelve months grace period.
 New Decatur Advertiser: Birmin gham has captured some of our industries. She shall not rob us of our river
 Huntsville Tribune: Birmingham may
 live despite the prohibition move, and what a sad disappointment it will be to the outside locker on.
 Montgomery Times: Birmingham fur
 nished us evidence In the morning pa- pers of yesterday that the statutory night crime carnival there has lost little of it's old time popularity.
 Jackson ClarionL Ledger: Birmingham must feel that she has had a raw deal on this prohibition proposition. Her sa- looms must close one year before those of Mobile are due to close.
 Chattanooga Star: Birmingham Is be- wailing the fact that the last Wander blt heiress has gone abroad. We would like to know what title Birmingham had to offer that would have induced any of them to stay at home.
 Sylacauga Advance. Birmingham Is trying to get rid of the pistol carrying habit. Birmingham is not the only place where a reform is needed. The habit of carrying concealed weapons is a dan
 gerous one and something should be done to stop it.
 Richmond Times Dispatch: Editors of Birmingham, Atlanta and Knoxville, who, having done their grim duty, are now ready to fit on to pastures new, are re- minded that Royal Old Richmond is still pleasantly dank.
 Austin Statesman: Some gentleman has suggested that Grover Cleveland is the one man whom the democrats might elect President. Yes, he might be elect ed, If he could carry Texas; but that would be his rub
 Washington Herald The Richmond Times-Dispatch. voich is considered ul- | innate authority upon such matters, finds that the prospective wine crop for the | next year is S,554, ,416,000 gallons. The | last three figures, it is presumed. repre- sent Birmingham and Atlantas share. Nashville Banner: Mayor Ward of Bir- mingham has issued orders for the po- l lice to arrest money sharks who take | advantage of working men by discount ! ing clearing house certificates. The | Mayor takes the sensible view that the | shaving of certificates by these sharks | is not only taking an unjust advantage | of the needy owners, but is also a stat at public credit and therefore an of fense against the community at large. From the New York Press
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
RIVER LIFE AT MANILA.

From IeSIIe W WeekIN.
 Manila's distinctive feature among the cities of the planet is the river life to be encountered on the Pasig the sluggish, stream which flows through the metropolis of the Amer iean Indies" In this respect Manila is only eclipsed by Canton, China, where the Pearl river floats a city of tens of thousands. over 1500 Fili- pinos live on the Pasig, and very few of them ever come ashore whole generations live and die on the sluggish waters of the river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Story of Broken Bottle.

Be sure your sin will find you out, is an old saying that is very often proved" said philosopher last night. "I was waiting for a car at my station on the Norwood line where a young lady and young man walked up. They were talk ing on the subject of drinking, and the young man stated that he had never tasted whisky and that he never would:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
THE STYLE IN EGGS.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Brown eggs are the style in Phila- delphia. In New York they eat white ones. Perhaps you never thought of there being any difference, but this is vouched for by egg dealers. A dealer said yesterday that New Workers pay fully cents a dozen difference in favor of the white shelled variety. while in this city the darker hued kind is preferred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
LABOR SAVING AT PANAMA

32 cubic yards under the French, IS against 1l6 cubic yards man month under our present administra tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Frederick c. Weyhauser, the richest man in the world, has founded a pro fessorship at Yale He is thus beard ing the Rockefeller lion in it's strong hold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Santa Claus will never fill stockings that have held hoarded money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

The saloon keepers may plead that their new condition Is confiscatory and therefore unconstitutional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Sunday telephonlng is forbidden in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but people are still allowed to breathe gently there on the first day of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Money is scarce and tight, but tn, Thanksgiving turkey will meet hi' usual fate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Taft and the steppes of Siberia are pulling together. The former has busi- ness to attend to in Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Vice presidential candidates without barrels will not be in demand next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Pedestrian Weston will deserve his Thanksgiving turkey when he gets 1t at the end of 1300-mile walk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

The ambiguous silence of MT. Roose- velt touching a third term is being freely denounced The public are no longer hoodooed by bear hunts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Christmas is only month away and nice new Panama bond might suit Her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

The paragraphers are whacking not only Mobile but also the Confederacy which could plead the statute of limi. tation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

No congressman Is going to Wash ington who is not loaded with cur rency reform bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Jamestown should take notice that it must get out of the way before 1912, for that is Japans exposition year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

The United States will soon expect every congressman to do his currency duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Judge Gray-yes; Bryan and Cray would be a good ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

The banks that kicked like bay steers against the establishment of postal savings banks are reaping the effects of unreasoning fear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

The public has sense enough at any rate to stay out of the stock market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Citizen McDermott's threat of seces- sion in behalf of Mobile has done as much for it as beer ever did for Mil. waukee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

In North Boston where 10000 peo- pie live there are only 15 bathtubs. This is sad and it is also uncleanly. And it is in Boston, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Three thousand actors are out of jobs. If this is not sign of hard times then it must be sign of q decadent stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Pittsburg Is to be greater and also a smokeless city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

that he had never had a bottle of it about him or his place. The car came along and they boarded it along with me. The young lady sat down and so did the young man, but just as he started sitting down the car gave jerk and he fell back hard against the back of the seat There was a crash of breaking glass, then the unmistakable odor of red-eye greeted the passengers. The young man placed his hand to his hip pocket and drew forth the bits of a broken flask. while the brown contents spilled on the floor. His face grew redder and redder, and so did the young lady's, but the passengers had to grin. Not a smile appeared on the faces of the young couple, nor did they speak a word during the rest of the trip to town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Do Like Atlanta,

One of the best bits of advice Mr. Harding gave the commercial travellers at the Wholesale Groeers' banquet Sat urday night" remarked specially in- vited guest, was to follow the ex- ample of the Atlanta people in always claiming that whatever is done for the good of this community is positive benefit-the very best thing that could have happened. Atlanta not only makes the most of whatever is done there, but goes out to the world and hurrahs about it. The Atlanta spirit is proverbial and it is admirable. Bir- mingham Should cultivate the same kind of spirit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Montgomery Times: How Birmingham doth envy us that twelve months grace period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

New Decatur Advertiser: Birmingha has captured some of our industries. Sh shall not rob us of our river,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25

Chattanooga Star: Birmingham Is be- wailing the fact that the last Wander bilt heiress has gone abroad. We would like to know what title Birmingham had to offer that would have induced any of them to stay at home.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-18
BRYAN IN SEATTLE.
Nebraskan VIII Be Given Royal
Welcome Tonight.

The following from the Seattle
News, shows how heartily the people
of Seattle will greet William Jennings
Bryan there tonight:
william Jennings Bryan will have
his hands full and his time occupied
when he is in Seattle Friday. 1t will
be a reminder to him OF the old ac-
tivity of 1896. Three public functions
will be in order during the evening.
First will come a reception before
the Nebraska club in Elks' hall in the
Alaska building between Z and 8
o'clock, to be followed by the regular
lecture OF the evening at the Coliseum
under the auspices Of the Young Mems
Christian association. After the Coli
scum lecture Mr. Bryan will be taken
in hand by the local democracy and
entertained at a banquet at Egan's
hall, Arcade building. This function
will begin at 9:30.
Mrs. Bryan will be present with her
husband at the Nebraskan's reception
at Elks' hall.
All former residents of Nebraska
and their families are invited to at
tend and to be present II possible al
7 o'clock sharp. The hour Is some
what early. but as 1t is the only hour
available, the Nebraskans are urged
to arrange their time accordingly.
Many Nebraskans will no doubt at
tend the lecture at the Coliseum fol
lowing the reception. Those who dt