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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
French Wine Growers Strike

The wine-groWers along the Pyr- enees and the Mediterranean-thr out southern France, in a word-have risen in revolt under native leader, one Marcelin Albert, who appeared at the psychological moment. He had plan of revolt ready and he has att tended to the carrying out of that plan. Under that plan the vine-growers have stopped paying taxes, and all govern ment except of the local police sort is until more drastic protective law has been passed. There is little or no dis order, although many mayors have re- signed and law is largely suspended. The government is inclined to be con- ciliatory, and no doubt the demands of the vineyardists will be met and satis- fled shortly.
 Their chief grievance arises from the watering of wine and adulteration by "sugaring." These evils are aggra. vated by absinthe tippling and the use of similar poisons. The southern vine. growers ask for a law suppressing every kind of drink except the pure product of the grape. The uprising be- gan in May, but taxes were paid up to June g. The popular demonstrations are immense affairs, one at Carassonne numbering 100000 earnest people While the idea of the strike came nc doubt from Russia, yet 1t Is essentially ofGsrly, and it is not directed against the government, provided the latter will lend a hand to build up the de moralized southern vine industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Cruelty to Poultry.

q want to call the attention of the hu
 mane society to the violation of law in remarked an observer yesterday. T ob- served a negro with a coop well filled with chickens turn that coop end upward and walk some distance with it. This packed the chickens on top of each other in a most inhuman way, causing much suffering. Then he threw the coop force fully to the ground, thus bruising and perhaps killing a number of them. These chicks were perhaps soon placed upon the plates of decent men. who knew not of their death cause, and l thought to myself some one should be punished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
sweenlna the Sidewalks.

q want to enter my protest against store porters sweeping the sidewalks and cleaning the windows after the business procession has started" remarked lady shopper. They raise the dust and inter- fere terribly with pedestrians after a. m. and 1t ought to be stopped by ordinance of the city or otherwise.
 The days are growing hot and the early morning hours are the best time for shopping in fact, the only time for comfort After 10 a. m. and until p. m. the heat becomes unbearable, and we can not stand 1t. When a store porter sweeps before us, the dust is horrible. When the window washer draws the handle of his brush he is liable to trip us.
 The merchants should stop this in- terruption of the pedestrian, without a protest being entered before the city au- thorities. It will be to their interest to do so''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
ALABAMA PRESS

Mobile Item: "All counties of Alabama produce potatoes of both kinds" says the Prattville Progress. The same with poli- ticians.
 Troy Messenger: A lady doesn't neces- sarily have to own an automobile to wear an auto veil.
 Ozark Tribune: Hartman continues to say nothing, and pile up more work for the interstate commerce commission.
 Tuskegee News: The life insurance men are very much in fear touching what the coming legislature will do. It seems that Texas is about the only state in the south that has passed drastic laws against the insurance people and the large companies are all withdrawing from that state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
calhoun's "Johns" Are Famous.

John T. Morgan began his study of law under Judge Thomas A. Walker at Jack sonville and afterwards went to Talladega to complete his studies with his brother in-law, Judge Chilton,' said one proud of his Calhoun birthplace.
 Now the name of John is linked with fame in Calhoun. There was John Foster. the lawyer. bibliophile, General John For ney, a graduate of West Point, chief of engineers in the Confederate army; Major John Pelham, the noted artillerist; Col onel John H. Caldwell, soldier, lawyer and congressman; John Crawford, the drummer boy, who ran away to join the army, and beat the advance on many bloody field; John Knox, one of the ablest lawyers and most distinguished citizens of the state, who was president of the constitutional convention"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
Henderson Talks Immigration.

w. l.. Henderson, southern agent of the land and industrial department of the Southern railway and the Mobile and Ohio, was at the Hillman yesterday.
 While the movement of immigration to the south is not rapid Just now said Mir. Henderson, 't is steady and the eff forts of our department are substantially successful. Not month passes that we do not establish industries or locate busi- ness along our lines. This is done by in- vitaton and by liberal encouragement. Most of our immigrants come from the eastern and the northern states and arc not paupers, but earnest, active workers and investors
 MT. Henderson says he makes it point to visit the Birmingham district quite fre- quently and watches with interest and pleasure it's rapid growth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
PRESS POINTS

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Harry Orchard appears to have got most of those that the railroads missed
 Austin Statesman: The announcement that the cotton crop will be short Is ac- companied by the information that Teddy is also making the wool fly
 Florida Times Union: We hear of a vic tory in Central America. but we are only certain that the party claiming the vic- tory is the one in control of the wires.
 Savannah News The country doesn't seem to be betting so very Tafty, not withstanding the Presidents efforts. New York Herald: President told all the orators at a Georgia celebration 10 "cut it short" That settles 1t. Even John Temple Graves can't swing the Watermelon state for him after that. St. Louis Globe Democrat: Governor Folk has named the first members of the state poultry board created by the legis- lature. The Missouri hen will live up to this distinction with crop that never falls below a high average. Chattanooga Times: Governor Hughes of New York has got the eyes of the country fastened upon him. He has been doing things not with "big stick" but because he has been right and has the backing of public sentiment. He's man to watch.
 Shreveport Times; An intelligent writer in Golfers Weekly undertakes to tell the readers "Why War Is He'll" There are still a number of persons in this land who need little enlightenment along this line.
 Ohio Sun: James J. Hill probably bases his declaration that the government should come to the financial aid of the railroads upon the fact that he is some thing of railroad himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
STORY OF MORGAN.
le Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 It was Senator Morgan who coined the name of cuckoo for those senators who get their inspiration from the white house. The trumpet had sounded,' he said, "the forces were marshalled, the clock had struck at the white house and the cuckoos here all put their heads out of their boxes and responded to inform us of the time of day" And this was in President Grover Cleveland's time, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
The Metric System.

'There has at last been a test of the metric system of measurements in this country" said skilled machinist.
 "The Baldwin locomotive works received the contract for twenty locomotives for France of a special type. It was found that 1t would require considerable loss of time and expense to redraught the drawings to the American way of inches and fractions. The management had new gauges made and instructed their men in the new system at a loss of only day or two. There were 300 drawings and 10,- 900 parts. The works employ 19,Oo0 men, You get an idea of the wonderful adapta- tlon. The metric system has no exact unit for our inch. An inch is 25.4 mllimeters The Baldwin management and the work men are pleased with the French system, but I doubt if it will ever be adopted in America"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
Fruit Hluh In Price.

"Choice fruit is high in price and will continue so,'' said the corner fruit ven- dor.
 When fruit is high and there is any good fruit to be had the merchant pros- pers better than with plenty of fruit. When fruit is abundant, cheap and fairly good the peddlers buy 1t and go from house to house and sell it. Bananas are not plentiful this week Cantaloupes are plentiful and they are very good, too, and reasonable in price,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 TIE American theatre has experi- l0 enced two memorable revivals
 in it's humble but popular branch once denominated variety" but in late years called vaudeville" the name nav ing been taken without leave from the French stage, where it used to stand TOT a light, inconsequential play with songs.
 Only middle-aged folks can recall the great upheaval of variety in the late sixties and early seventies, after the 1n- vasion of French opera bouffe and Brit ish burlesuue women had driven to the wall the simple, inexpensive negro min strelsy that occasionally delighted our grandfathers. Then big Tammany Hall was a monster variety theatre. when IL was not needed for political pow-wows, and the metropolis was overstocked with other variety theatres of all grades and sizes. Taste-the prevailing taste-was cruder and coarser in those days. me '1ion comique' from the old-fash1oned alls of London (the still-surViVlng transpontine Canterbury represented the type), the lightning change artist, the sidewalk conversationist," and the fla vorite ballad" singer dominated the va riety stage. The "black-face" comeolan was always in evidence, too, driven from his own minstrelsy to new and 'pront- able kind of ''ham-fatting
 These performances are still in vogue but the variety stage, renamed vaude- vile. has developed greatly, and 1t sup plies amusement for all sorts and condl- tions Of men. A great change came with the hot rivalry among vaudeville man agers of the early nineties, when Kos tc- & Bal and MT. Hammerstein were the managers and the cost of the com petition ruined the historic firm and near ly embarrassed Hammerstein, who ls' however, impervious to actual emnar- rassment Then the capitals of Europe were ransacked for talent and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rom the New York Press.

FrOm the NeW OTK FTeSS.
 A man could enjoy even being sick abed if it was against the law
 The best way to imagine how hard it is to go to heaven is how easy it is to get out of debt
 A woman thinks she could understand the multiplication table if she didn't have such a tender heart.
 The reason millionaires have so much money is they don't take advice about how to get rich, but give it.
 If a girl who makes her living before marriage can earn ten or twenty dollars week she gets 1t; after she is wife -ke AArnA hundred or so. but is lucky
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

cessity of acting immediately" he IS re- ported to have said, adding: Let us honor the dead"
 In the second place, neither Governor Conner nor the legislature could afford to do otherwise than make MT. Bankhead the successor to Senator Morgan in full compliance with the expressed will of the people at the polls. What we have been hearing is surely all wild talk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
LOCATED.

From the Washington Herald.
 We have wondered for a long time what became of the Mole St. Nicholas and Chee Foo liars. We have found out; they have been syndicated somewhere in Alabama for the purpose of sending ouL fool stories like that one concerning an [; alleged attempt to blow up Vice Presi- dent Fairbanks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
MORGAN.

From the Washington Herald.
 Condensed, the American opinion of the late Senator Morgan would appear to be Honest, faithful" Could his dearest loved one wish fo- further testimony as to his unquestioned standing before the people of this country7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

me of the Senators selected in Okla homa is a blind man. His name is Gore. He has been blind since the age of II years, but he is a fine speaker and is very popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

up to this time MT. Orchard has pleaded guilty to about all the crimes on the calendar except the crime of '73," says the Ohio Sun. No doubt, MT. Orchard would be willing to plead guilty to that, also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

The phrase predatory wealth" is claimed by several statesmen, not in- cluding the President. The origin of the phrase is somewhat obscure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
About Persons.

J. S. B. Thompson of Atlanta, general agent of the Southern railway. was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Paschal Shook has returned from Pitts burg.
 A. NJ. Linn of Pittsburg, president Of the Birmingham Water Works company, is registered at the Hotel Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

The hay and harvest fields, espe- cially in Kansas, are calling aloud to the college graduates to come on and lend a helping hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

The amicable anarchy among the vine growers of France shows that really nc-est people can get along with A minimum of law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

The selection of Senators by direct vote is getting to be, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, "a large fact" It is a very interesting fact in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

A BAD AGE This is the age of megaphones, Of loud bazoos and strident tones, When many man, as soon as born, Begins toot upon his horn And never ceases telling lies To boost himself, until he dies. This is the age of photographs And phony peoples autographs, When persons who can throw bluff Are pretty apt to get the stuff And live in semi-royal state, Conceded as among the great This is the age of dog -eat-dog, The faker and the end-seat hog, Of bloody, interneeine strife, Divorces and the double life This is the age of loot-egad, This is an age that's to the bad! An essay on Badly Brought Up Chil- dren'' will be read, no doubt, by d great many people who have children of their own, but ase thinking of their neighbors' children at the time.
 PROHIBITION POEM No grim mischance will try to put ban On any one who labors patiently An d does his little part without the can, Or even the dispensary.
 Teddy bears are selling for 79 cents in Washington, while the President is at Oyster Bay.
 And the skeeters-where are they? An ungallant paper in Philadelphia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Pictures of the wrecked restaurants ase published in Japan to the delight Of the jingoes, who are getting on handsomely before the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Chance Day and President Baer should snug up together. They think anke on all great topics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

While Richard Crocker may be will ing to come back and vote for Bryan, Mir. Bryan could probably be defeated without his help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

But Japan is as strong in diplomacy as che is in war, and crisis will not be unduly precipitated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

speaks of redoutable Carrie as that Ma ton woman" It was just like those bees in California to get drunk in the busy season.
 UP THE LADDER.
 Be a winner,
 Be the best
 Give the laugh to
 All the rest.
 Move along; and
 As you go,
 Study what you
 Ought to know.
 Doing thus you're
 Apt to be
 President or
 First V. P. A contemporary prints an editorial ens titled 'IIoboes, Buns and Tramps." which suggests that the temptation to be a non- descript is greater in summer than in winter.
 Dr. Longs publishers are not the sort to overlook a bet. The story President Roosevelt condemned has been issued in a special edition for the benefit of all those who want to learn something about nature faking. More new spots discovered on the sun are as nothing when compared to the spots found on Mayor schmitz.
 SOLDERING. Sometimes it's pretty hard to write The simplest kind of rhyme Nobody lives on earth who can Be funny all the time. Therefore we'll just indte for you These lines, all punched together, And ask your best opinion on The status of the weatherl
 WEATHER IN OHIO. "Flannels are but a memory" cheer fully chirps The Birmingham Age-Herald. Wish they were, old man.-Youngstown Telegram. Maudie's bathing suit is being made. Anybody can go on picnic; the hard part is having good time. Exit student waitersl They hirt too much.
 Blackberry pie isn't bad. Thanksgiving poetry is being writ.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Even John Temple Graves oratory was cut off at Jamestown by President Roosevelt. This was the most unkind- est cut of all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Bicycllsts that run over hens in Eng land must pay damages, and like rule can be enforced in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Politics is so quiet in Ohio that noth- ing can be heard except that of saving wood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Harry Orchard has confessed to nearly everything except the San Fran cisco earthquake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

What is a summer evening without a palmetto fan?" asks the New Orleans Item. It's the same, only warmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Orchard lost his last friends outside of the Idaho inner ring when he con fessed that he had stolen sheep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Gary, Ind, has already grown up to the polite vaudeville point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Birmingham Is young mans town, and young men are building her glori- ous future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

That Michigan doctor who says we are becoming a nation of idiots seems to be one of the early examples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

James J. Hill Is angry with the news papers, despite the fact that they near ly always print his picture on the front page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

The Gould case will probably fur nish enough talk to last all summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

This year promises to make a new record in philanthropic gifts from mil lionaires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

The President will take as much of a rest IS the politicians will permit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

People who are going to Europe for the first time this summer are making a great noise in the society column.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

The Fairbanks boom is about as tall as Indian corn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

The President took to Oyster Bay many trunks and a large supply of sentences for use in the Dr. Long case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

The nature jokers will be at their best when the sea serpent season is opened.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Joe Cannon smokes nowadays like man who is thinking long, long thoug.ts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

-.ed at the Birmingham, Ala, postofice as second-class matter under act Of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

The Japanese will at any rate in- dnrse the Schmitz sentence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Florida Times Union: We hear of Yic- tory in Central America, but we are only certain that the party claiming the vic. tory is the one in control of the wires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW. A hundred years from now.aI guess,
 We'll all be sound asleep, And even those who loved us most
 Will long have ceased to weep. These little cares will vex no more,
 The little works we do. If but achieved, perchance may be
 Remembered by few. But most of Us will be forgot
 Like any broken VOW. In the democratic ranks of death,
 A hundred years from now. MT Roosevelt is indiscreet,' says Car roll D. Wright If that's the worst he can say, Carroll D. had better get out of the way and let somebody knock who can knock.
 Cold weather has also hurt the wasp nest crop.
 Amelia Bingham produced 'The Modern Lady Godiva" in St. Louis, with clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Savannah News; The country doesn't seem to be betting so very Tafty, not withstanding the Presidents efforts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
THE SUCCESSION

Montgomery State: The people of Ala bama have signified by ballot whom they prefer as Senator Morgan's successor. This ought to settle the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

W. D. Lanier and W. M. Sutherlin are the only authorized travelling representa- lives of The Age-Herald in it's circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19
,E-HERALD

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Richmond Times-Dispatch Harry Orchard appears to have got most of those that the railroads missed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Knoxville Journal and Tribune: Col. John w Tomlinson, who has worshipped at the Bryan shrine all these years, is mentioned as a possible candidate for senator in Alabama when the legislature chooses the successor of Senator Morgan. But the governor will appoint MT. Bank head, the man designated by the dem ocratic primary The legislature may, if it will, disregard the action of the pri- mary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

A contemporary prints an editorial en. titled "Hoboes, Buns and Tramps." which suggests that the temptation to be a non- descript is greater in summer than in winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Austin Statesman: The announcement that the cotton crop will be short Is ac- companied by the information that Teddy is also making the wool fly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Dr. Longs publishers are not the sort to overlook a bet. The story President Roosevelt condemned has been issued in a special edition for the benefit of all those who want to learn something about nature faking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

More new spots discovered on the sun are as nothing when compared to the spots found on Mayor Schmitz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Columbus Ledger: Governor Conner says he isn't a candidate to succeed Sem ator Morgan. That ought, possibly, to eliminate him from the discussion of sen- atorial candidates. But will 1t?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Washington Post; MT. Bankhead will probably wait until he feels that Senate seat under him before he tenders Rich mond Pearson Hobson vote of thanks for defeating him for Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Montgomery State: Colonel Bankhead can afford to risk his chance before the legislature even if Governor Conner has spoken on the subject
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Columbus Ledger: Governor Conner says he will appoint Colonel Bankhead to succeed Senator Morgan, but he declares that the legislature is not obligated to elect him to the place. It appears to tho Ledger that the legislature, as the repre- sentatives of the people, are as much obli- gated to elect him as the governor is to appoint him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421 G street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Sheffield Standards The political schooner who would attempt to rob Captain Bank head of his full term of six years in the Senate would hear a howl of indignation so tumultuous and terrible as to convulse the whole state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

Huntsville Mercury: The impression pre- vails in Montgomery that Governor Conner will appoint Colonel Bankhead to fill the unexpired term of Senator Morgan and that the legislature will elect him at the July term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-19

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