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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
MILLIONAIRE AND CHORUS GIRL

From the New York World.
Like all the other nations" says Mark
Twain in his autobiography, I'VE worship
money and the possessors of it-they be-
ing our aristocracy and VIC have to have
one We like to read about rich people
in the papers: the papers know 1t. and
they do their best to keep this appetite
literally fed. They even leave out a foot
bali bull-fght now and then to get room
for all tho particulars Of how-accord-
ing to the display heading-'Rich Wo
man Fell Down Cellar-Not Hurt The
falling down the cellar is of no interest
to us when the woman is not rich, but
no rich woman can fall down cellar and
we not know all about it and wish 1t
was us"
Is the bill true? A Pittsburg millionaire
who recently discarded the wife of his
youth has been devoted in his attentions
to chorus girl. and the morning papers
of yesterday gave various columns to in
terested speculation on the time' place
and probability of a wedding VIII it oc-
cur in France, where the lady is now
occupying a chateau which once housed
a Bonaparte? (For extended description
of the chateau in question, details OF in
terror decoration, story of the reception
of the reporter ETC., see previous is
sues)
Or will the nuptials be celebrated In
England to avoid certain vexatious for
malities of the French law? Pending final
ARRANGEMENTS for the ceremony the au-
tomobile trips of Mr.. Corey and Miss Gill
man in the Bots are chronicled In cable
grams from Paris even to the presence OF
a chaperon in the car. The modest hotel
at which the millionaire resides is noted,
the restaurants at which he dimes with
his fair companion and whether they go
to the theatre or the opera afterward.
Evening journalism contributes as its fea-
ture of the case Defense of the We'd
ding by Mr.. Corey's Mother"
Not for a moment Is the searchlight
removed. And all to illuminate the sordid
romance of a man who has made few
millions in steel and girl who has gy-
rated before the footlights. True, they
We're Broadway footlghts and the
amours of n president of the Steel Trust
are a natural topic of public interest. II
London required two columns daily of Ca
russo, why should New York stint itself
on Corey?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD
DOG,

BY Oliver Goldsmith.
Good people all, of every sort,
Give ear unto my song;
And if you find 1t wondrous short
1t cannot hold you long.
In Islington there was a man,
OF whom the world might say,
That still a cody race he ran,-
Wiener he went to pray.
A kind and gentle heart he had,
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he Clad
When he put on his clothes
And in that town a dog was found,
AS many dogs there be,
Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound,
And ours of low degree.
This dog and man at first were friends;
But when a pique began,
The dog, to gain some private ends,
Went mad and bit the man.
Around from all the neighb'ring streets
The wondering neighbors ran.
And swore the dog had lost his wits,
To bite so good man.
The wound 1t seemed both sore and sad
To every Christian eve;
And while they swore the dog was mad
They swore the man would die
But soon a wonder came to light,
That showed the rogues they lied
The man recovered of the bite,
The dog. 1t was that died
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Convict Legislation.

at seems to me-" said State Convict
Chaplain Hall, that the legislature which
is now in session cannot do better than
to do something to improve the conditions
of the states conviets.
do not understand me to mean that
they have to work too hard I believe in
hard work for conviets and plenty of it.
1t is good for their bodies and good
for their minds. But the thing I do object
to is the conditions under which they
are sometimes forced to work under the
lease system. No man should be forced
to perform work which will endanger his
health or life.
Some of the statements made by DR..
Bragg before retiring from office have
called much attention to the subject and
hope that 1t will bear fruit We who are
with the convicts and see much of them
cannot but feel that people out in the
state do not know the conditions that
exist or they would be prompt to de-
mand that many of the evils now ex-
listing be corrected
There is probably no set of men IN
Alabama SO badly in need of some ardent
and influential champion as the convicts
of the state"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

hardy spirits who first essayed the task
of converting this bare and arid soil to
mans uses encountered hardships that
tried mems souls to the utmost, and these
pioneers suffered privations beside which
those of the Argonauts and Arctic ex-
plorers seem almost like petty trials. But
gradually they overcame obstacles that
seemed unsurmountable, and today all
that once arid country blossoms like the
rose with rich returns for mans labor. In
achieving this wonderful triumph over
Nature alfalfa was the most conspicuous
factor, with It's heavy crops repeated
twice and three times in year. The man
who brought this priceless boon to aid
the pioneers in the west may not have
thought he was doing anything remark
able or worthy of fame but judged in the
light of the good he did, he deserves a
monument to his memory far more than
the worlds heroes who are known by the
thousands they slew or led to slaughter to
crafty the caprice or grudge of kings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
DEATH OF THEALFALFA MAN.

From the Kansas CITY Journal.
Under a Topeka fate line comes the an
nouncement in affve-line dispatch that
Harrison Parknfn, who first brought
alfalfa from Softh America and planted
1t in the Irnite{ States, is dead, aged 70
years. With lis simple statement is dis
missed the li1 of man who was truly
public beneff tor. The old saying is true
that che WI makes two blades of grass
to grow here only grew before is a
public BEN Factor" What could be prop
er measr of the benefaction conferred
by ma who made the western desert.
once as hre as a mans hand, bloom with
verdurA Alfalfa has proved to be the
salvatD IN of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado,
New exico and Arizano--in brief, of all
that Vast section of country which was
forA erly described in the Biographies as
thu Great American desert 1t is the
ouv sure crop that saves the farmers In
4 1t region from ruin. The brave and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
GREAT MARKET FOR VERSE

saved himself from the pain of eating
the bitter bread Of others, and ''gong
up and down another's stairs by getting
50 cents a line for his "Divina Com
mediay Gray, to be sure, would not have
felt himself munifcently rewarded for the
"Elegy' even at so cents line, for that
matchless poem cost him seven years OF
labor. But comparing epoch with epoch,
and effort and effort and measuring the
matter in dollars and cents, of course
America is certainly doing the muse
proud.
To be sure, casual inspection of the
list of magazine poets seems to indicate
that the American principle of commune
ty of interest has been applied to this
industry as well as to all the rest. The
poetry trust has been getting In its work.
Here is Clinton Scotland marketing five
different poems to five separate maga-~
zines, and Theodosia Carr m the same
number to almost the saDha five maya
zines. Curtis Hidden Page, "a new and very
promising member of fhe combinations
contributes three poems to three maya
zines. Other familiar names of captains
of the poetic industry who got in more
than one poem apiece during the month
were John Kendrick Bangs, Elsa Barker.
Bliss Carman, Madison Caweln, Aloysius
Coll Richard Watson Glider, Wallace. Ir-
win, Curtis May, Charles Hanson Towne.
Clarence Urmy and Charlotte Wilson.
For some reason, other members of the
trust in good standing, such as Florence
Earle Coates. Richard lie Gallienne, Joa-
quin Miller, Edwin Arlington Robinson,
Arthur Stringer. John b. Tabb and Robert
Burns Wilson appear in the list but once.
But next months magazines may even
the thing up for them. And as many as
half a dozen new names in American
poesy bob up quite serenely this month
among the familiar old Pegasus busters.
Welcome ITO the new recruits.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Pensacola Journal: Birmingham wants
another big hotel" but Pensacola will.
be satisfied with Just zone big hotel"
Columbus Enquirer-sun: Birmingham
having secured that new sub-treasury 1t
may be some days before Atlanta will
speak as they pass by.
Oneonta Southern Star: All Alabama
rejoices in Birmingham's success in se-
curing the sub-treastury This will make
Birmingham the financial hub of the
southern states.
Gadsden Times-News: Birmingham is
| to be congratulated on securing the SUBJ
treasury. if she really has secured it. No
other city has so many inducements or
advantages for an institution of the kind
and we are sure that she won on her
merits.
Admission Hot Blast: If Birmingham
gets the sub-treasury, no town will re-
joice more than Admission. We are not at
all envious of our big sister. for the
greater she becomes the brighter will
Admission shine in the sisterhood of Ala
bama cities.
Franklin Times: Birmingham is MAX
ing extensive preparations for the enter
tanment of the delegates and visitors to
the annual convention of the Southern
Cotton association which meets in that
city on January II, IS and 49, This prom
ises to be a great convention of much
interest to the cotton belt.
Coumbana Sentinel: If there is any
thing else Birmingham wants she should
not be backward nor bashful. Her latest
want" is the Auburn technical school.
Birmingham is - great city, one of the
greatest In the south, but she should not
want nor try to be the whole thing. We
see no reason why the Auburn school
should be removed to Birmingham. 1t is
not in bad location by any means.
Mobile Item: Birmingham is to get the
new United States sub-treasury. Congrat-
ulations to the Magic city and the del
egation she sent to Washington. The way
to get a thing is to go after 1t, and
Birmingham appears to have gone after
the sub-treasury with vengeance. 1t
don't do to sit down and wait on MEM
bers of Congress to do the work. They
have many irons in the fire, and cannot
devote all their time to one object. The
thing to do, when anything at Washing
! ton is wanted. is to send delegation of
active, enthusiastic men to the scene of
action to cooperate with the congress-
men. The delegates, coming from the
point which desires attention from the
government, know the needs of their peo-
pie, and are in the position to furnish
the congressman with fresh information
and arm them with stronger weapons
will, which tn fight the cause in hand,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
Southern Lumber.

The statistics of the lumber cut in
any year are incomplete. the census
Office having thus far ignored the great
industry, but the lumber associations
have gathered figures for 1905. which
show that in 1866 mills there were
cut in that year 30,5O2, 961 900 feet of
lumber. OF that amount about 40 per
cent was cut in the south. as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A gauzy scarf can always keep a wo-
man warm enough II it is pretty enough.
The way to make a woman happy is tell
her that's the way she makes you.
Nobody ever makes enough money out
of a thing to be perfectly truthful about
it,
2 It's the man who can't earn living
that argues on how to finance the govern
ment.
When man has good temper his wife
always is afraid he is concealing con-
xassinn ha ought to maka
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
Crossing Rough.

81 think that 1t would be a good idea
for the railroads or the street railway
company to repair the tracks on the
Twentieth street crossing" said man
who lives on South Highlands. with the
constant running of the street cars and
the railroad trains over these crossings
they wear badly and 1t is very uncom-
Portable for passengers on the street
cars. The rails at the joints where the
street car tracks cross the railroad tracks
are uneven and this fact causes the street
cars to jump badly in crossing.
1.-THE ballast under the rails and ties
becomes loosened after so much wear
and tear. I do not know who is RESPONSE
BILE for tire maintenance of the crossing,
but some one should put them in good
condition"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
COMPARING NOTES.

From the Chicago News
Bleeker-My wife got the best of me in
an argument this morning.
Meeker-My wife never got the best Of
me but once.
Bleeker-When W. that?
Meeker-when married me.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Loyal alumni of the State university
are working hard to advance that in
stitution and their efforts deserve the
liberal support of all Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

The tables for 1906 are headed by
Washington, which cut nearly four
billion feet, followed in order by Wis
saonsin. Louisiana Minnesota. Mich
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Scott c. Bone knows the essentials
of good editorial page and the result
is that the Washington Herald is now
one of the most widely quoted news
papers in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

The negro troops cannot crowd white
people off the sidewalk in the Philip
pines, for there are no whites there,
and no sidewalks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

The magnates speak disdainfully OF
the muck-rake. 1t rakes them 100
much to be pleasant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

IT HE world moves, to be sure, and
w change is never ceaslng but peo-
pie remain pretty much the same.
They love and hate today just as they
did a thousand years ago and the traits
of the man who Tolls in a club window
are in the last analysis identical with
those of his forbear who lay in the sun
shine before the door of his cave and idly
marked the flight of primeval bird. Gus
toms change. manners change, outward
characteristics change; mountains rise up
and islands disappear; races attain to
power and dwindle away; rivers find new
beds and forests grow where protoplasm
performed It's work in the scheme OF
things, but the human heart beats in
the same old way and the good and bad
that is in u.s. is the good and bad Of
forgotten men. Humanity can be inn
proved, maybe, but never remodeled.
VOICES.
To one who jurneys through the vale
Come voices from afar that hall
To him and haunt him in the Tight
For victory, ere fall of night.
Ambitions voice, insistent, clear,
That lures him still from year to year,
The call of love, the call of work
And duty that he dare not shirk.
The voice of dark despair when fate
Is stern: at times, the voice Of hate
Soft voices, calling him to stray
Awhile and leave the narrow way.
The voice of good and evil, too,
Some family heard and yet a few
That draw him on resistiessly,
And these declare what he shall be.
When an ebony-hued dandy of Birming-
ham bids farewell to a friend on the
corner he bows elegantly and says, See
yer some no.
Blanche Walsh is being choked in a new
play.
Those persons who know every require
ment of a good novel would win more
converts by writing one instead of taking
up space in periodicals with advice as to
the best methods of procedure.
EASY MONEY.
He who fights might fare much worse,
Tho he gets but half the purse.
What's a passing jab or two
II you're rich when you get through?
In France telephone girls have been or
dered to say, 'I listen" instead of
Hello" Over here they can listen with
out telling two lovers ION the wire any,
thing about 1t.
SAY!
If you are blue
Cheer upi
If you are down
Get up!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Some Of the lobby delegations that
are appearing at Montgomery should
be drummed out or jagged
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Summer resort weather has been
called off, and a seasonable January
may be ushered in.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

The standpatters have put tariff re-
vision over to 1902 when 1t will be
done by the democrats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Memphis Commercial-A Appeal: Fir e
Alarm Foraker evidently wants to be
the seal-brown candidate for President.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Cortelyou resigned without paying
back that money belonging to widows
and orphans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

One reason why the weather is a
convenient topic of conversation in this
part of the country is that it changes
several times every day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

The bomb thrower in the Philadel-
phia bank was an anarchist and a
crank combined. In bomb throwers
the two are usually combined.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Secretary Taft will have his weigh,
whether presidential lightning strikes
him or not.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

President McCrea of the Pennsyl-
vania is wedding out the railroad graft
ers, the growth of fifty years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Religion and patriotism are one and
the same in Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

New York's telephone service is said
to be slow, but tray of drinks will
come up fast enough in most places.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Youngstown Telegram: If President J..
]. Hill is afraid to travel on his own
railway trains can the public be blamed
for being a trihe uneasy?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
A DAYS NEWS.

Murder, carnage. dead and dying,
Stories OF the people trying
To do something good or bad
Boost a creed or start fad.
Gossip of society,
Scandal and propriety.
Rumors heard in politics,
Magnates at their usual tricks,
Picture of the winning pug,
Fierce expression on his mug.
Little cuttings from the stage,
Warm enough to scorch the page,
Exc, the doings of some men
Who should languish in the pen,
Stead O. posing where the light
Beats upon them, strong and bright
Fashion notes and beauty hints,
Crime in latest shades and tints,
Cable news sent DER the sea,
Mostly from that gay Paree.
All the news heard meath the sun,
What's to be and what is done,
Flaming headlines, big. black type.
Here a red or yellow stripe.
Fun and pathos, tragedy
All of life's bold strategy
Much excitement, thrills to burn,
Every other page you turn.
Reading papers day by day
Beats blood and thunder play.
Mrs Sims, champion whist player, has
been converted and now says that whist
is a sin It must be a source of much
consolation TO her to know that she won
the belt before she was converted.
A HARD POSITION.
The weather man gets praise or blame
For what is bound to be.
Yet, none to make it hot or cold
Does any less than he.
A Cleveland boy who stole razors and
Thermometers may have had notion
of being a barber and then again he may
have thought of trying weather prophecy.
Even Russia has had Christmas now and
Santa Claus is through work until De-
cember "a.
Just before lying down in the ditch to
quit. consider the plight of the blind man
who can not see, the cripple who can
not walk and the paralytic who can not
move.
II rag chewers had to pay even as
much as gum chewers for the privilege,
1t might discourage the practice some.
II George AIDE would only fall in love
and get married. he might be able to
write "a symphony in slang.
FINS.
The daily grind
Is nearly done,
1t Is. We quit.
We're glad, for one.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

The steel trust is about to build q
second Gary near Detroit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

The Washington Post has an edi-
torial on "The Home of the Monroe
Doctrine" which is hardly more than
an outcast now.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
About Persons.

Thomas P. Grasty of Baltimore is at the
Colonial hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

A pretty good brand of justice ought
to be found in fifteen story court
house.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

The Standard OILS legal department
begins to feel overworked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Jupiter Pluvius is not welcome Wis
itor in mid winter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Mabelle Gilman has received SO
much free advertising she can afford
to let Corey go in order to return to
the stage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Pure food should not be permitted
to degenerate into myth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

In Japan the persimmont has been
developed into a favorite and excellent
fruit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

In this electricized country 100000
600 bounds Of copper are consumed a
year!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11
Birmingham as Convention City.

1.-THE great need for more hotel facili-
ties in Birmingham was never more
strongly emphasized than at the present
time by the difficulty that is being expert
enced in securing accommodations for the
visitors and delegates to the meeting of
the Southern Cotton association" said
Maj. F. Y. Anderson yesterday.
Il understand that the local hotels are
crowded almost all the time and often
people have difficulty in finding accommo-
dations when there is no special occasion
for congestion.
Birmingham is ambitious to become
a convention town and from our geo.
graphical position and growing Importance
as a business and Industrial center we
should be able to secure our share of
the large conventions that are held al
most every year In the south. The man
ner in which the cotton convention is
handled by the people of Birmingham will
largely determine the future of the city
in this respect.
I'm the handling of the large number
of delegates that are expected to attend
the cotton convention next week Blrming-
ham has a stupendous task, but every eff
fort should be made to perform the task
with as much satisfaction as possible. If
we handle this convention well there
will be no difficulty in securing other
large gatherings of the kind.
Birmingham is admirably situated for
a convention city and has many attrac-
tions that will appeal to those who at
tend these affairs. We have railroad IA
cilities that are unsurpassed in the south
and everybody has heard of the indus
trial development of the community and
will be glad of opportunities to come
to the district.
II believe that Birmingham will be sue
eessful in handling the delegates to the
cotton convention with ease but we must
not lag In our efforts. 1t is no small
job and every citizen of the community
should lend his assistance to the task"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

Governor Hughes gains the ground
in New York that Secretary Root loses
daily.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

The New York republicans are try
ing to conform to Governor Hughes
views, although the effort wrenches
them dreadfully.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-11

The English pronunciation of Latin
is dying out, and the continental
method takes its place even in Eng
land