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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
Rural Free Delivery

Congress wisely and justly increased
the pay of rural free delivery carriers
to 5000 a year. Their pay had long
stood at $720 year, and in view of the
fact that they are compelled to furnish
and keep In condition horse and
wagon, the increase is one that all will
commend.
The northern states have long been
covered by rural routes Scarcely a
farm house goes unserved in those
states, and some OF the southern states
are trying to attain to the northern
standard. On March l Georgia had
1445 routes in operation, with so petit
tons pending.
The figures for the Alabama districts
at the date mentioned are not at hand,
but there is no risk in saying that Ala
bamas nine districts did not have on
March / an average of one hundred to
a district. Georgia bids fair to have
an average of two hundred to a district,
and there is no reason why Georgia
should have two rural routes to Ala
bama's one except that there is more
energy and snap and hustle in the rural
districts of the former state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
Hats In Elevators

The Mobile Herald raises an issue
when it declares that men should not
remove their hats in elevators in bust
ness buildings any more than they re-
move them in the presence of ladies in
street cars. In hotel or apartment
house elevators the opposite course is
desirable. But in public elevator the
removal of hats is somewhat far
fetched, to use a word of a business
man interviewed by the Mobile Herald.
The argument is that public elevator
is but public conveyance, just as
much as street car or railroad car,
and the Mobile business man does not
believe the ladies expect the courtesy
more in the one than in the other.
In this skyscraper town the subject
is interesting. and the Herald has
taken a common sense view of the mat
ter. 1t draws the line at public eleva-
tors. What is due and proper in pri-
vate elevators is not due or reasonable
or desirable in public elevators. What
is expected in the one is not expected
In the other Courtesies can in other
words, be misplaced.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

10 days before the war to find house
that is thus equipped.
In the modern living room some dis
order is or should be apparent. A prim
room in which nothing is out of place
is not a sunny place that invites hui
mainly and that shows at first sight
that it is intended for human use and
human enjoyment.
The very essence of a home is op-
posed to the parlor idea. A home should
be attractive to those who live in it. II
should be more attractive to them than
to any one else. The art of home.
making is comfort and common sense
and good taste in the concrete, and this
is why the parlor has been banished
and the living room set up instead.
The living room is simply furnished,
is in more or less disorder, but it in
vites the weary soul TO loaf, and that
is something the old-time parlor never
did.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
Police Commission.

ut Should not be hard to find two rep
resentative citizens, fit in every respect,
who would accept positions on the new
police commission" said a clergyman
land yet it seems that every man who
has been approached on the matter has
declined the appointment
Birmingham has an excellent sanitary
commission and an excellent Board of
Education. The members of those com
missions serve without pay just as the
two police commissioners must do. 1t is
said that several men who have declined
the latter positions would have been will
ing to act but for the fact that they
would have to stand for election this
spring. In other words, they were not
willing to go into politics. But this is
time when citizens should be willing to
make a sacrifice. Public spirited men
there are, and men of this type will not
hesitate to perform public duty when
called upon. even though they have to
make a race on election day"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
SPOONER AND THE SWEDE.

Fro.l the Washington Herald.
One of the first important eases SEN
ator SIooner secured after he had gone
from his home in Indiana to practice law
at Hudson, Wis, was the defense Of
a Swede indicted for criminal careless
ness, the penalty of which was a term
in the penitentiary. The case was an ex-
young limb of the law accepted it under
many msgivings. The senator believes
that he has never. since had to work as
hard or any case, and he is certain he
a jury His client sat through the pro-
ceedings unconcerned, and even when the
jury retired to deliberate on the verdict
the stole Swede showed no particular
interest. When the jury finally returned
and announced its verdict of acquitta,
Mr.. Spooner rushed excitedy to his
client.
you have been acquitted exclaimed
the lawyer you are now free to go
BAG home. Don't you understand what
1 mean? 1 say you have been acquitted
-freed-cleared-and you can walk out
of the court room to your home in
stead OF going bac'- to jail
The Swede, still unmoved, calmly in
quired of his lawyer:
EFF Aye bane cleared. don't | get some
moneys from the court for my time in
iail ?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
ONE NAVAL FLEET
FOR THE PACIFIC

Washington, March 13.-Complete plans
for the consolidation into one fleet or
all American cruising vessels in the Pa
cifc ocean were made public today by the
navy department The order will prob
ably go into effect about the end of this
month, when Rear Admiral Brownson
will become commander-in- chief of every
thing in the Pacific. Rear Admiral SWIM
burne will become commander of the sec
ond squadron and Rear Admiral Dayton
will command the third squadron.
At present the warships in the Pacific
are organized into the Pacific Meet and
squadron. The concentration of these I'M
der one administrative head Is in accord
ance with the navy departments policy
instituted by tine abolition of the South
Atlantic and European stations in the
Atlantic. and the concentration of all ves-
sells in that ocean under one command
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
A THING OF BEAUTY is A JOY
FOREVER.

BY John Keats.
A thing OF beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness Increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and
quiet breathing;
Therefore on every morrow are we
wreathing
a fiowery band to bind US to the earth,
Spite of dependence of the inhuman
dearth
OF noble natures, of the gloomy days.
OF all the unhealthy and o'erdarkened
Made for our searching; yes, in spite of
all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the
pail
From our dark spirits. Such the sun.
the moon.
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady
For simple sheep; and such are daffodis
With the green world they live in; and
clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert
make
'Gainst the hot season; the mid-forest
brake,
RicA with a sprinkling of fair muskrose
blooms;
And such. too, is the grandeur Of the
dooms ~
We have imagined Tor the mighty. dead;
All lovely tales that we have heard -
read.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
Value of Nerve.

Some people are abnormally endowed
with certain quality which is called
nerve but which is more aptly termed
gall said man yesterday. "These
people, / am glad to say, are not very
numerous, but they make themselves I'M
pleasantly felt.
"a few days ago l was seated in a
public place and having occasion to va
cate my seat for minute or two, l put
my hat in the chair to indicate it was
engaged. Along came man and takes
the seat and politely handed me my
hat when / returned i don't believe in
the knock-down and drag-out method
of dealing with people, but here was a
man who certainly invited its applica-
ton.
Then there's the man who looks over
your shoulder and reads your newspaper
anu whom you don't like to offend by
turning over the page until you think he
has finished. He takes a chance on being
treated discourteously, but he knows that
Is a thing a gentleman never does, and Sc
he escapes unscathed.
Now these characteristics are moi
sensibilty encased in a pachydermatous
hide which is proof against sights and
snubs.
But there is a thing called nerve, one
of the most valuable assets ever man
had. The possessor of this quality may
be down, but he is not out. l read some
time ago about Il man who failed in bus
mess for nearly $1,000, 600. 1t was said OF
him he had lost all in the smash. He had
lost all his money, his property, his bus
mess, but he had not lost his nerve; and
that one assest saved out of the RUM
soon re-established him.
Nerve gives a man confidence in him.
self; gall gives him assurance an inn
pudent disregard of consequences which
will sometimes win its wa" where even
nerve would fail. But the man of nerve
is a man of ability. while the man OF
gall is always dependent upon the COM
placency of his opponents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
1,755,0oo Acres In Land Deal.

Toreon, Mex, March 13.--The consum-
nation of one of the largest land deals
ever made in the republic of Mexico was
reported today when the Continental Mex
famous Cedros hacienda, which is located
in the states of Coahuila. Zacatecis and
Durango. This property consists of LOO.
goo acres Besides the land which is
valued at about s70O0,000 there is also
great herds of horses, cattle and smaller
animals Which are considered in the trans
action. The purchase price is not given
officially, but is reported TO be 100000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
SIDE LIGHTS ON HISTORY.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Croesus was trying to stand off the as
SCISSOR who was respectful but firm.
1.-THE wealth of rich men. my dear SIR"
said Croesus, lis always overestimated
Look at Rockefeller. He was supposed to
be worth billion. According to the
statement of his man of business he has
only a beggarly s30000o,000. and I'm worth
cnly small fraction of that sum, as
YOU can find out by consulting any good
cyclopedia."
whispering eonfidentially that the most
of the stories about him were campaign
lies. and that Herodotus was worse
rrevaricator than Eli Perkins, he sue
ceeded in getting the assessor to place him
in the j. Pierpont Morgan class and dis
missed him with handsome present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
No THIRD TERM.
Professor Butler Says Roosevelt viii
Not Run.

Los Angeles. Cal, March BIN an i'll
tervieW here DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler,
president of Columbia university, s1id;
president Roosevelt will not run for
president again, no matter what pressure
is brought TO bear upon him The prin-
ciples which Roosevelt stands for are
greater than the man. The republican
party must support these principles. no
matter who its standard bearer may be
at the next election. With Mr.. Root pres
ident and Mr.. Taft chief justice of the
supreme court conditions would be pretty
near ideal But | hardly look for such
a combination to succeed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
Standard Oil Trial.

Chicago, March 13.-In the trial of the
Standard Oil company the entire day
was consumed by legal arguments regard
ing the proper manner of publishing rail-
road tariff sheets. The attorneys FOR the
government insisted that the indictments
against the Standard Oil company are
based upon violations OF tariffs that had
been properly published. The attorneys
for the defense insisted that the law was
not violated by the oil company because
the tariff sheets had not been published
in strict compliance with the law. Ad-
journment was taken until tomorrow with
the argument unfinished.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
NEGRO RUNS FOR MAYOR.
Ex-sIave of Kansas City Thinks He
VIII Be Elected.


Kansas City, March 13.-Joshua Wal
lace Voohies, a negro, filed petition
signed by CTS members of his race
with the city clerk in Kansas City
(Kas) yesterday, asking that his name
be placed ON the ballot for mayor on
the independent ticket to be voted on
in the coming municipal election. Woo
HES was born a slave in Nashville,
Tenn, just before the close Of the
civil war He has been member of
the police force and deputy street
commissioners, and now is in business
for himself.
do you expect to VIM" was asked
of Voohies.
Sure, I do. wouldn't have entered
the race if hadn't. No man has ever
lost yet that | backed for office. | can
push myself the same way"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
MISS RARRyMoREs BON MOT.

From the New York Morning Telegraph.
Ethel Barrymore is credited with bon
mot which is quoted in all the society
papers as being quite the latest with
cism Of one or. another of several dis
tinguisEed people.
1t seems that Boston chappie had
quite forced a photograph Of his doubtful
beauty upon the star of Captain Jinks'
and that the foolish son of Harvard had
followed his presentation with fervid in
quiries as to how Miss Barrymore liked
the portrait.
o. course, being well bred girl our
Ethel declared herself delighted with the
picture.
But do. you think it quite does me
justice?' persisted the youth. Miss Bar
rymore bent one of those quelling glances
upon him.
70, yes; justice tempered with mercy"
she replied frigdly
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
THE TOOTHACHE.


The toothache is a funny thing,
. 1t always seems to come
Just when you're feeling pretty good
TO make you cross and grum.
1t doesn't care a rap, l guess,
For any thing you do.
The more you try to make it go,
The more it sticks to you.
You VOW you'll have that molar pulled
Tomorrow morning, sure.
Egad, you've lost your temper and
The pain you won't endure.
Tomorrow dawns, your stern resolve
Begins to melt away,
Some business is pressing, So
You'll wait another day,
That other day arrives. and still
You find a good excuse.
Your jaw has ceased to SWELL you pause
And murmur, whats the user
OH haste We TO the dentists chair,
However great the strain,
By all the laws of nature, friend,
That tooth will ache again.
The statement that Paris is way
station on the road to Hades does the
city gross injustice. Paris is the union
station for all the routes to dades.
CALAMITOUS
A chap who fought the
Grip and won
May be Frustrated
BY the sun.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Street Lights.

I'm order to have anything like ade-
quate police protection in the residence
sections Birmingham must have more
patrolmen," said taxpayer, land sup
pose the force will be augmented during
the year.
But there is even a more pressing need
of additional street lights. Quite num-
Der of residence streets are in total dark
ness. hope The Age-Herald will keep up
the agitation for more light until every
street is Illuminated. A street light is a
great protector. and is almost equal to
a policeman. Lights cost comparatively
little and the city should not stint itself
in this respect"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
Roads Enjoined.

St. Louis, March 13.-Judge Adams sit
ting in the United States circuit court to-
day issued an order requiring the Mis-
souri, PACIFIC and Iron Mountain railroads
to appear April "a and show cause why
they should not be permanently enjoined
from making cheaper rates on grain
shipped from Iowa ana Kansas to the
south through Kansas City than on the
same commodity routed by way of St.
l.ouis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
Leaves 100000; No Heirs.

Kansas City, March 1S.-Adolph Hunttr-
mann, who died in the general hospital
here yesteu wing an estate valued
at 100000, has no heirs, as far as the
pubic administration can learn. Hunttr-
mann came to America in 1913 from Han
over, Germany, with his parents and a
brother and a sister. All of them are now
dead. The family lived at Lawrence,
kas., in the early days and they were
among the few survivors after the "Quen-
trell raid"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
Respite for Barmaids.

London, March 13.-The barmaids of
Great Britain have received a respite.
According to an announcement made,
the bill to do away with the employ
ment of women as barmaids will not
be introduced at this session of parlia-
ment. Instead, Home Secretary Glad
stone has promised to deal with those
in his forthcoming general licensing
reform bill. The barmaids, however,
have decided to continue their de-
fensive aggression, as they expect no
concessions in Mr.. Gladstone's meas
ure,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
PasSinu of the ParIOr

The cold-storage parlor of the earlier
days of the republic-that room which
never bred a bit of hospitality--a room
full of stiffness and formality-has dis
appeared in this iconoclastic age, and
IN its stead we have something far bet
ter and warmer and more useful in the
form of a reception room, or better
still. a living room. The modern house
has no parlor. and one must 90 back
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
Y. M. C. A. Buildings.

Now that Richmond, Va, has raised
nearly a quarter of a million dollars
for a new Y. NJ. c. A. home, cities large
and small in different parts of the south
are starting Y. NJ. c. A building move
ments," said a member of the local or
ganization. Memphis is to raise s25O,009
and at least three other cities are to
have adequate buildings
''Our association here in Birmingham
has an excellent gymnasium entirely paid
for and now is the time to erect hand
some main building. We should be able
to raise 000G0."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
REFLECTIONS A BACHELOR.

T IOW ITt NVW OTk IItSS
4 man who has a good conscience
hasn't had many chances in the world.
What hoy learns in college is deter
mined by the cube root of what he spends.
If there was law against going home
early nights, everybody would be there.
The average man gets more fun out
of betting his money and losing ii than
making II by working.
A woman can never understand how a
man who is careless about parting his hair
can be Successful in business
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
142 Players In Golf Tournament.

Pnehurst. \. C., March 15.--Ole hun
bred and forty-two players started in
the third annual spring golf tournament
today. II. {. Fownes of the Oakmont
Golf club. Pittsburg, led the field with a
card of 70. Fred Herreschoif. the Garden
City amateur, was second with 50. and c.
w. Tainter of the Fox Hill club third
with s.. Sixteen qualified for the first
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
Georuia's Silver Service.

Washington, March 13.-Arrange-
ments have been completed between
Governor Terrell of Georgia and the
navy department whereby the silver
service which the people of Georgia
have prepared for the battleship named
after their state will be presented to
the ship at Hampton Roads on June 10.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

The Rev. DR.. Washington GLADDEN.
and Gen. William Booth hold opposite
views on tainted money. Since Cen
eral Booth has done more good for the
world than Dr. GLADDEN. ever did or
ever will do, his opinion has the more
wpiuht
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

The criminal proceedings against
William J. Davis, the manager of the
Iroquois theatre in Chicago, have at
last been dropped. 1t is plain that Mr..
act again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
CHILD LABOR CARTOONS.

From the Birmingham Ledger.
Those cartoons in The Age-Herald and
the Montgomery Advertiser will cause
the legislators 10 think. There is vast
moral vote back of these child labor
pictures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
WOULD DRAW ATTENTION.

From the Mobile Herald.
a genuine hit in the government ex-
hibt at the jamestown exposition would
be a lfe-size model of a whangdoodle. Let
the Smithsonian institution get busy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

Let your thoughts turn waistward,
says an advertiser of women's wear.
What is one going to do with his arm
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

Just before he died Dowie said he
would return in a thousand years. He
proposes to wait until Voliva is dead
and buried.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

A new creation in millinery is de-
scribed as huge sort of mushroom
set back on the head" Fashion, it
seems, will stop at nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

An old man with wistful eyes stood on
corner. A vacant expression was on
his face and he seemed all oblivious OF
the people who surged about him. The
faded hat, the frayed collar and seedy
clothes-every characteristic marked
failure. But more than all else, his eyes
betrayed the futility of his life. 1t is
immeasurably sad to see old age gazing
over the past, with nothing done and
nothing won.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

Mary Mannering caught the grip
from playing GLORIOUS Betsy in her
bare feet. She made al noble sacrifice
for art
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

A man who leads double life seems
off by the suicide route.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

Governor Higgins does not propose
TO be outranked by Blind Boss Brayton
in the capitol itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
SENATOR JAMES L. PUGH

mains in the Senate as the joint repre-
sentative of Alabama with Senator Nor
gan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

woman in Chicago got $1,000 from her
husband to buy hat and then ran away
with the money. Maybe, when his next
wife wants to buy hat he will tell her
to have it charged
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

Prof Brander Matthews and that
bobtailed spelling Of his must have
passed in the night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

A woman in Dayton, o., flashed a
check for a million dollars and shouted
Pay me-" OF course, nobody paid
her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
BOTH NEEDED.

Always keep yohr wits about you
When you go abroad to range,
And you'll likewise find it useful
If you'll keep little change.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

Just wait till YOU hear from me, .
said Teddy to California. If that isn't
bocs talk, what is?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

George W. Perkins restituted, and in
so doing he put those who have not in
a semi-criminal position.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

No one else seems ready to follow in
Perkins footsteps The rush to resti-
tute is never crushing{
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

Out in Ohio they are sending vagrom
ours to the poorhouses. Ohio is an
advanced state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14
INA MINOR KEY

How happy 'twould make us to sing for
you
A song that would ring in your heart.
And while we are sure that's the thing
to do,
We haven't the courage to start.
This morning we're feeling so out of
sorts,
So dizzy and that sort of thing,
That the muse, with frown and a pout
retorts.
You'd better sing low If you sing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-14

Some think Dowie's fpitaph should
be, 1T didn't pay