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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
STARTING A NEWSPAPER.

From the Mobile Register.
 In the old days that were styled .good" man with a press of the size of a roll-top desk, a few stands or type, an imposing stone, some white naper and an assorted lot of ideas, could start daily newspaper and make a living from it. The daily newspaper of today is a factory, ma chine shop, foundry, printery, distribu- tion office, circulation bureau, and what not-in fact 8 great industry. Thous- ands of dollars are invested in the plant alone; and there are other thous- ands that must be provided to support the news gath ering service. a service that is as essentinal to the conduct of newspaper as Is the plant itself. There are scores of expense accounts that dld not exist in the old time; and the de- mand for ready money must be met at once The newspaper pays cash TOT the service rendered; and cash in large quantity To persons not experlenceu In the trade, 1t appears an easy thlhs 10 organize and begin the publication of A daily paper, but such persons are likely to underrate the cost. There IS A recent illustration In the case or the Daily State of Montgomery, that eX- pended all its ready money in buying machinery, installing the same ana
 eetting its working. force together There was nothing the matter wlth the newspaper itself-it was bright and newsy and well printed but the demand for cash on the nall could not be met and now the concern is In the hands of a receiver. Some one has likened the starting of newspaper to the filling of a leaking barrel with water. If you have water enough and keep on pouring, the slaves may swell and the barrel hold. Generally those who start newspapers make the mis- take of not having money enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
PADS AMONG TOBACCO SMOKERS.

From the New York Sun.
 Make me up a package of tobacco ac- cording to the Formula used by Edwin Booth" said the man with southern ac- cent.
 That is the third man who has asked for that kind of tobacco today" said the dealer. Tt is strange that people from remote parts of the country, as well as New Workers, make fad of buying the same brand of tobacco that Booth smok- ed And it isn't always the Booth mix ture that they want. I have filed away the formulas for mixing the favorite to- bacco of many famous persons. Smokers the country over have heard of this col lection of recipes and one feature of ev- cry mans trip to New York is to try pipeful of some big mans favorite to- bacco. In most cases the special mixture is so strong that the nerves of the average smoker cannot stand 1t. He has to give up after a few pipefuls and go back to a popular mixture, but he has the satis- faction of having had the experience"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
Education In St. Clair.

Watt T. Brown of Ragland was in the city yesterday to meet some friends who are to accompany him to Oden- vile, St. Clair county this morning. Said he:
 We are going to have an educa- tional rally for St. Clair at Odenville tomorrow. The people are much awakened there on the subject of edu- cation. Being the real center of our county Odenville is going to present it's claims as a site for the county high school, provided for by an act of the last legislature, and that town being centrally located with wide-awake and enterprising citizenship Is making an extraordinary pull for such loca- tion. We expect to have a grand rally tomorrow, and I see no reason why Odenville sh ould not win out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
Russo-Japanese Alliance

Although great many people think the unlikely is the most likely to hap pen, it sometimes comes to pass that the likely does happen, and that's just what has happened between Russia and Japan.
 These two powers have entered Into an alliance to protect" China, which means that they will divide the Chi nese market between them and leave the other nations of the world to pick LID such crumbs as may be permitted to come their way. This alliance is the natural and logical outcome of the Russo-Japanese war
 Men fall out, fight and are foes ever after; nations fall out, fight and be- come friends. It was stated on good authority that at one time there were negotiations being carried on between France and Germany whereby these two powers would join and conquer Europe. What but the fears of such an alliance makes England always keep her navy equal to three European powers?
 Russia has been kept penned up in ice-bound ports for almost six months every year and this mainly by Eng land. She built a railroad across Si beria and was confronted by Japan. She is now trying to get to the ocean by the Persian gulf. not alone for naval purposes, but for commerce. The less of the navy to Russia was bless ing in disguise. She will now concen- trate her attention on her vast army, leaving the naval end of the pro- gramme to Japan.
 Japan by herself could not hold the Pacific against Germany and tho United States, and she cannot hope for much, If any, assistance from Eng land, whose hands are now full trying to check the spirit of rebellion among her Indian subjects, therefore she seeks the alliance of the only power whose interest. like her own, lies in the future of China
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
RAISING THE RACE ISSUE.
From Leslies Weekly.

fIoln LtSiie \ W eehly.
 Senator Foraker calls attention to the speech delivered by Senator Tillman of South Carolina before an audience in Ohio, advocating the repeal of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constl- tuition. The people of the north may as we'll make up their minds that the race problem is to be presented to them here after by the most distinguished speakers of the south, and that a demand is to be made for the repeal of the war amend ments, and for the withdrawal of negro suffrage in the south The fact that this issue is thus publicly being made in the north by such southern men of promi- hence as Tillman, and that 1t may sig nalize an effort by northern democrats to withdraw the right of suffrage from the negro throughout the country, is of no little importance to observers of polit- ical events. It may thrust the race ques- tion once more, to the front as a political issue. There Is no mstal<ing the fact that racial prejudice against the eolored man has been spreading in the north. It Is perfectly safe to say that If the race is- sue is made, the colored vote of the northern states will be marshaled in solid force against any party that may advo- cate the withdrawal of the right of suff- rage from the negro in either the north or south. We have pointed out hereto fore that the colored vote holds the bal ance of power in a number of important republican states, and might decide close presidential election. The Importance of that fact canont be overestimated at this time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
BASEBALL AS A CAREER

and public fame, has made a great i'm presslon on the youth of the town. When the tall pitcher walks the village streets he Is followed by scores of admiring and envious young eyes. It happens that an old retired professional pitcher lives in the same town, managing a store which he set up years ago on his savings. The presence of the active pitcher, with all the marks of ease and prosperity, and of his retired fellow professional living comfortably enough twenty years after his early triumphs, makes the baseball profession more than ever attractive to local youth.
 The pitchers younger brother, every body knew was preparing to follow the elders example and local critics watched with interest the young fellows play while he was yet at the public school. When he entered the local collage be became a tower of strength to the r-se- ball team.
 Then the college and the town were surprised and disappointed to learn that he had quit in the midst of his course anl gone to a somewhat bigger college something like 100 miles away. It was soon whispered that somebody had made it worth while for him to leave his alma mater. Later, to the joy of the town, he came back, finished his course and started out on his career as profess sional player.
 That town. with two active professional baseball players calling 1t their home and a retired pitcher lending 1t the dis tlnction of his presence, Is vastly proud of itself. Perhaps the older villagers rate A college professor above a base pal player, but there is no question in youthful minds that the most distin- guished residents of the town are not the professors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
l;raat VIollnist Dead

In the death of Joseph Joachih musical art suffers an irreparaoie Ioss' The great German vlolinist was born in June. 1881. and as boy won dlstinc- +ion as concert player He had good teachers but his own poetic insight ,,,usico1 instinct and passionate appl1- cation to the king of instruments soon placed Jim above his masters and for fifty years he was accepted as the worlds most authoritative inter- nreter in violin classics. The most brilliant of the younger virtuosos nave never essayed to play Beethovens Vlo- lin concerto without first studying it with Joachim.
 He was not a pedagogue in the or olnary meaning of the word. Studenls who went to him for instruction were supposed to have acquired ample tech- nioue for the performance of the largest works. He simply played Tor his pupils and then listened to them and criticised them.
 Joachim not only loved his art, but be was content to live quietly In the musical atmosphere of Berlin without ostentation. He was greatly admired bv the German Emperor and by the late Queen Victoria, but his social pleasures, never dissipated, were al |, ways associated with the highest in The world of art and music. While ether virtuosos travelled extensively in quest of the dollar, Joachim never went further from home than London. Several years ago he received q princely offer from an American manager. He was invited to give twenty sconcerts in the United States, and for these performances he was to be paid, it is said, $75,00o-the largest offer ever made to any musician up to that time. Joachim promptly declined. ne said he was busy at home and that money never allured him.
 While not every first-class violin art ist of today had the opportunity of studying under Joachim or even hear ing him at his best, the master inter- preters influence Is felt in every sym phony orchestra and chamber band in Europe and America. If he did not found a classical style, he developed 1t on it's intellectual side and brought 1t to full flower. As rule only au- thors-writers of books and composers of music-live in history. The fame of the actor and of the musical soloist is for obvious reasons ephemeral. Joachim was not a composer, but his interpretative work was so informing as to be creative, and this be- ing true his name will be secure in the annals of art and culture. Certain 1t is that Joachims memory will long be cherished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
PEACH!
n Chalmers.

By Stephen Chalmers. Peace! And the worlds. moving in space, Ready to wreck the weaker that may
 move One inch from it's own orbit; And the very earth beneath our feet Quarreling with itself Peace! And the deep's Leviathan 'Gulfing the finny tribes. The hawk sweeping on prey, Itself the prey of something greater. The weed choking the flower, And the giant oak sCrashing to earth, felled by its protege, The treacherous parasite. Peace And the child in the street Shifting its brother child for coveted
 trifes And the man Bludgeoning his neighbor, as he did of
 old. But with his wits. And. with survivors earnings. Decking the woman with rich, sparkling gems Boars teeth strung on her mothers hair! Another name for war. Will the universe stand still, Or Dives ask his Lazarus to dinner? Canst dam the flood that wears the
 rocks? Or teach The lion court the lamb? ' - Not till millennium
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
FOLD" BILLY EDWARDS.

From the New York World.
 Holding his station in the corridors of the Hoffman House twenty years ago, Billy Edwards. former lightweight cham pion, was regarded as an timer It Is not little surprising to men who r1mem- Der him so to learn that lying dead to- day, his recorded age is but 63 years.
 Bob Fitzslmmons. alive. active and men, is yet classed as over the age limit in pugilism, and his recent defeat at flst- cuffs is attributed to his forty odd years. By way of contrast it is noted that two of the three leaders in Sundays thirteen-mile swimming race from Brooklyn to Coney Island were over forty, while the young sters in the list succumbed to the test of endurance.
 Billy Edwards earned his championship with bare fists in 1868 and lost it when the gloves came in, in 1884. He is remem- bered as a fighter who took his profession seriously and scientifically, without un- necessary eloquence. As Hoffman House detective after his retirement from the ring he substituted diplomacy for upper cuts and accomplished by tact more than many men could have brought about by violence.
 The quality thus revealed and the strict matter -of-course honesty which made Ed wards the trusted custodian of thousands upon thousands of dollars wagered in politics by patrons of the house rather disturbed those rash judges of their fel- low men who assume that the fighting game means necessarily the destruction of all that is not brutal in It's followers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
For Care of Flowers.

Now is the time for those having roses, carnations and ohrysanthemums to put on the tea as florists call It," said Hugh Seals the florist.
 Roses that have exhausted themselves in blooms need to be fertilized now with q liquid manure of the following ma terials: Nitrate of soda, acid phosphate, sulphate of potash, super phosphate and sulphate of ammonia, about 1 ounce of the proper mixture to a gallon of water This is also the proper nourishment for carnations and chrysanthemums right now. This supplies the towering life to a degree and makes beautiful rich blooms as no other thing will do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
Electric Wire Freaks.

In all power there is danger, as we'll as usefulness" said an electrician, and electricity is not an exception to the gen eral rule.
 Tn the handling of electric wires, there are rules that should always be observed, and some of them are these: Never han dle a wire with the naked hand, but al- ways use a non-conducting substance as a protector. Rubber. porcelain, glass, wool, cotton and silk in goodly thickness are safeguards against danger.
 Electricity has become of late years an indispensable utility. but it must be handled with precision and with abundant caution"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
Our City Tax Rate.

'fhe city tax rate is the constitutional limit" said an alderman. "It Is $100 on the $10O and one-half of this amount is by the constitution set aside to meet the principal and interest on the bonded debt; therefore the public should not expect toe much expenditure in this rapidly growing municipality.
 If everything is not done just as ex- pensvely and just as thoroughly as it should be by the city administration there Is no reason to charge indifference or neg lect It means only limitation of funds. Sometimes the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak Just wait awhile until Greater Birmingham assumes stronger financial proportions and all things will smoothly sail along. Be patient
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
GREATER BIRMINGHAM.

From the West Alabama Breeze.
 The Greater Birmingham bill Is now a law and Birmingham is greater, but not yet Its greatest, for it's yet young. That city will now have forty-two square miles of territory, or area of 26,Ss0 acres larger than township. The population is es- timated at 125,000 The city will be helped by the enlarging of its borders and the whole district will feel its good effects. It Is good thing for Alabama. We all want city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17

in favor of the present incumbent of the White House. But Taft is pop ular candidate, and 1t may be that he will be strong enough to defeat his most serious competitor, Governor Hughes of New York in the conyen- ton. Taft will be more acceptable to Wall street than Hughes, and 1t looks now as If he would be the republican standard-bearer.
 Bryan or some other strong demo- crat, believing that the states have rights that should be respected, will make the race against the republican candidate; and, notwithstanding the blandishments of the republican ma chine, will stand a good chance to win. It will be more than ever the peoples battle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
Felony Cases to Be Tried.

'rhe judges of the city and criminal courts are in consultation on the sub ject of uniting for the trial of criminal cases under the law recently passed by the legislature, said member of the judiciary and you may put it down as certainty that some relief will be af- forded.
 'fhe docket is now being set by Clerk Bradley and his assistants, and it Is to consist only of felony cases. and the probability is that the third bench will be ready for business on the third Mon day in September, to-wlt: the 18th. It has not as yet been decided who, from the city court, will be the presiding judge. as that is a matter left to the discretion of the governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
BrinuinQ Gifts

The persistency with which the northern republican press insists upon the nomination by the democratic party of a southern man for the presi- dency suggests the warning of phi losopher of old, who said something like this: We fear the Greeks bring ing gifts"
 Every democrat and every thought ful republican. knows full well that the southern states will vote solidly for any democratic nominee, no mat ter from which state he may come. These states could not do otherwise, for they recognize democracy as the oily party which has been friendly to their interests-the only party which las not sought to destroy them, and the only party which really recognizes them as part of the union under the constitution.
 Prejudice still exists north of the line, in a political sense, and this prej- udice should be rooted out before the south can offer executive leadership from it's own peculiar domain. The south can we'll afford to wait. She will assume full sway in the future .ie has waited now more than a half century for occupancy of the White House, and can still afford to wait.
 There are some democratic and some oonhtful states in the east and west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
Neither Infalllble.

As humanity is not infallble, neither is organized labor nor is organized cap ital." said man in the lobby, who was discussing the telegraphers' strike.
 Both the latter sometimes abuse their powers and overstep the boundary lines of right conduct. But because this Is true contributes no reason for attempt ing to destroy organized labor or organized capital. What this country wants is to preserve the advantages of organization and to eradicate the abuses.
 Serious conditions confront the busi- ness world just now, when the states and the nation seek to deal drastically with corporations and when capital Is fac ing aggressive labor organizations. There Is danger of bitter conflict all along the line; and the hope Is that the conserva- tive spirit will predomlnate."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
From the New York Sun.

ANN HEN the prolessioiiei o'''eo'i' ANV player goes home to his native
 '" village he Is a man of mark, a local celebrity. One such professional long famous Is a native of little college town not far from Mason and Dixon line. He left his native place early to become a professional pitcher, and for years his fellow townsfolk have watched his career with interest. When he has nothing else to do he goes back to the village and loafs comfortably while his old neighbors work.
 Now and then he consents to take part in an out-of-season ball game at home and then everybody who has time turns out to watch him. His goings and com ings are ohronicled by the local paper Everybody In town knows when he is to go south for winter practice, and most persons who take an interest in baseball know all about his engagements and the amount of his pay.
 It is his pay and his leisure that im- press his neighbors most. Why, he gets three times as much as a college pro- lessor" is common phrase in his na- tive town, where a college professor Is regarded as a well-paid man enjoying a soft snap
 Not a professional man in the commun- ity earns as much as the pitcher. and they all know it. So far as income counts he ranks along with the half dozen cap italists of the little community. There are families with big houses, ample grounds and carriages of their own whose annual expenditures are less than his. As to the hard-working mechanics of the communi- ty half dozen of them put together hardly earn as much as the pitcher.
 The career, with it's incidents of leisure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Sun.
 Men are very useful for women to be married to.
 Many people tell the truth because they think it isn't
 You have to spend an awful lot of money that you cant afford to make peo- pleA believe you can.
 A nice thing about dishonest ancestors is how respectable you can be on the money they stole.
 A girl doesn't get real enjoyment out of being engaged to a man unless he goes away so she can write love letters to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
ALABAMA PRESS
Union Springs Herald Slowly slides the simmering summer.

Union Springs Herald: Slowly slides the simmering summer.
 West Point and Lanet News: Alabama will go dry next time. Watch the hand writing on the wall.
 Franklin Times: The state adminstra- ton in the compromise with the Southern railway appears to have won victory in the railroad fight.
 Mobile Register: The near-wireless newspapers seem to be doing about as well as might be expected. It is a hard thing to own an American newspaper.
 Hartselle Enquirer: We see no good reason why a corporation doing business in a state should not De just as amenable to the laws as the humblest citizens that lives therein.
 Wilcox Progressive Era: Joseph F. Johnston made one of the best business governors Alabama ever had, and he wifi make one of the best representatives the state ever had In the United States Senate.
 Prattville Progress: We need schools in Alabama that will thoroughly develop and train our young men to hold down positions we have here in our midst with out having to send to Pennsylvania and New York to get men to do the work. Our boys have just as bright minds and are just as easily developed as those of any other section if they only had the op- portunity of being developed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
NOISE THE CANAL MAKES.

From the Washington Post.
 Just now the Panama canal is not making enough noise to be heard re- marks the Birmingham Age-Herald. How ever, it is safe to assume that the United States treasury hears it making noise like an enterprise in need of more money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
WIPES CLEVER DODGE.

From the New York Press.
 Hang it!" said Scrooge. Here comes Blank with that tiresome wife of his. I'd give worlds to escape meeting them.''
 Quick, then-in here" said Mrs. Scrooge.
 And the intelligent woman dragged her husband into a shop where large assortment of summer gowns had just been put on sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
COMER HAS ARRIVED.

From the Youngstown Telegram.
 Down in Alabama the railways don't think that Governor Conner is a coming man; they feel certain that the executive has arrived, in view of his firm attitude on the rate question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-17
THE SIZE OF TEXAS.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 There are 1.5OO,o0o people in the world. They could all be set down in the state of Texas, and each person could be given one ninth of an acre of ground on which to live.