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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
The Presa Ranouet.

"rhe International League of Press Clubs, which holds it's annual conven- tion fin Birmingham next week will as- semble a fine body of newspaper work ers," said a member of the local press club. There will be fully 200 dele gates, representing every section of this country. It may be that the vis- itors will number 250.
 'The league will remain here four days. The committee of arrangements has made up an attractive programme. including banquet at the Hillman. A hundred prominent citizens outside of newspaper circles will be invited to this banquet. The invitation list is about completed and cards will be is- sued before the end of the week. The banquet will be one of the great social events of the season."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Prohibition In pes Moines.

'I regret to see a prohibition fight in so great city as Birmingham" said Af- bert c. Gruss of New York last night Mr. Gruss represents Barron G. Collier the street car advertising man.
 You will think it strange that I should make such a statement" he continued. when as a young man I worked so hard for prohibition in my home city, Des Moines. Ia. believed in prohibition in those days but after seeing it tried for 15 years, l now realize my mistake. Des Moines Is known as the Boston of the west because of the high intellectual standard of it's people, the refinement of it's citizens and the pride taken in its schools and colleges. Prohibition was decided upon at a state election in the early sos. When local option measure was finally secured practically all of the cities of the state went back to well regulated saloons
 They have proved so infinitely superior to the so-called prohibition that l am sure the prohibition question will never again be raised until the present genera ton is gone and the lessons learned from the first attempt have been forgotten.
 Tt was an awful blow to us prohibit tlonsts to see jugs of whisky coming in by the carload to be retailed in secret to our young men. On Sunday nights in Des Moines under prohibition have seen groups of half a dozen young men get their jug and go to some room and get intoxicated who would not even be able, because of the age limit, to get liquor under the well regulated saloon plan now in vogue in Des Moines.
 'It will be a decided step backward If your city decides to make the prohi- bition experiment."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
YAPS.

From the New York World.
 New York smiles indulgently as the rubber-neck wagons go by. It cracks it's little joke at the country visitor standing agape before sky-scraper. "Yap' and "rube' and "hayseed'' are well-worn words in it's vocabulary.
 Yet was 1t in Cohoes or Kalamazoo or on lower Broadway in the heart of the financial district that business was practi- cally suspended yesterday while crowd that blocked traffic gazed upward at the steeple- jack climbing the fagpole of the new Singer building? Is it in the columns of the Penn Yan Banner of Freedom or In the great city dailies that the spread head" story of the event is told with full particularly of reportorial detail?
 Humankind is pretty much alike in it's curiosity. It leaves it's counter in the country town to see the minstrel troupe march up from the depot or comes to it's Broadway office window to watch the chowder party pass. On the Mississippi it throngs the river banks to see the Presidents steamboat go by and on the Hudson congests the pier where the Lusi- tania is docking so that the police re- serves are called out. It runs across City Hall park after the fire engines, stops to see the chorus-girl correspondent alight from her automobile and jams the church doors to see the bride step into her car riage.
 But the ''yap' Is always the fellow from the other town. New York extends the compliment to Cleveland. Cleveland hands it over to Urbana. till in time 1t reaches the remoter ural region whence the farm boy is to come who in his turn will look out of the Wall street window. When Russell Sage sand Jay Gould and Thomas F. Ryan came to town. who was then the "yapc"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
IAFT'S VISIT FRUITFUL

ment comes as an earnest of good faith. If Japan will actually eliminate the emi- grafton of her laborers to this countfv. the way of the United States will be- made easy, and recent events in yancou- yer must have served to demonstrate t, the more intelligent Japanese that even the treaty of alliance with Great Britain cannot make the competition of her la- borers welcome to English-speaking peo- pie.
 The persecution of Hindu Iaborers In Washington should prove an object lesson to Americans, for 1t serves to demon- strate that the presence of laborers of any one of the Oriental races in any considerable number will inevitably pre- cipitate trouble. Fortunately the Hindus are not included in the rights guaranteed by treaty to other British subjects and their exclusion would be an easy matter.
 Sooner or later Congress will be con- pelled to enact legislation excluding all Oriental laborers. If by that time the influx of Japanese has been reduced to a minimum it will render easier the task of that government in explaining to its subjects that the legislation is not aimed at Japanese. The existing treaty with Japan leaves this country free to place such restrictions on immigration as it may see fit, and the desirability of enact- ing exclusion legisla tion before that treaty be denounced, July r, 1913, is obvious, Temporary delay may, for diplomatic reasons. be advisable, but the adoption of legislation excluding the laboring classes of all the Oriental races before It be- comes necessary to negotiate a new treaty with Japan will remove serious obs stacle from the path of the negotiators
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
St. Louis Times.

From the St. Louis Times.
 Second Kings. ii;24: And there came forth two she-bears out of the woods.
 Proverbs. xvii12; Let a bear rob bed of her whelps meet a man rather than fool in his folly.
 Proverbs. xxvii:l5: As rang ing bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
 Isaiah, xi:7: And the COW and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall lie down together.
 Isaiah, lix Ill: We roar all like bears
 Lamentations. iii:1O: He was under me as a bear lying in wait.
 Daniel, vii:5: And behold, another beast a second like to a bear; and it raised up itself on one side and 1t had three ribs in the mouth of 1t between the teeth of it.
 Hosea. kills: I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps
 hRevelations. xiii;2: And the beast whiC I saw was like unto a leopard and his feet were as the feet of a. bear and his mouth as the mouth of q lion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
BITION.

From the Norfolk Virginian and Pilot.
 The Alabama press is urging the legis- ators of that state to wait and see 'how prohibition works in Georgia" It will work there as it has everywhere else under a general law as contra-distin- guished from local option by vote of the counties or the district In those com munities in which the anti-liquor senti- ment prevails the law will be enforced with good results; in those in which the majority of the people are opposed to sup pression of the traffic, or indifferent on the subject, worse conditions will exist than under the liquor system. Find the standard of public opinion in any locality and you will have the measure of execu- tion of a prohibitory statute therein.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
PRESS POINTS

Spokane Spokesman Review: William J. Bryan is so busy hunting issues he never gets time to hunt for bears.
 Jackson News: New Jersey has of- fered a pentitentiary for sale, but the inmates are not lagniappe to the bargain.
 New York Herald: As is the sea had not terrors enough it is now proposed to give vaudeville shows on ocean liners. Florida Times Union: Restaurant keepers will be eager for reports of the expense account of MT. Bryan's demo- cratic dollar dinner
 Norfolk Virginian and Pilot: The habit of drink may be on the decline in Ken lucky but the habit of indicting Caleb Powers seems to be a fixed one.
 Houston Post Why is joke funny?" asks Glson Gardner in Putnam's. If Ciilson is alluding to himself we desire to go on record as saying he is not funny a particle.
 Washington Herald The government will seek to put the powder trust out of business, and, at least, the effort will be quite as successful as that put forth by The Hague.
 Washington Post: Carrie Nation as a star in "Ten Nights in a Bar Room: will run the risk of doing a great deal of damage. Some theatre goers are easily driven to drink.
 Nashville American: The Chicago Inter Ocean asks: "Why not eat what we want?" Usually, after comparing our spare change with the figures on the right hand side of the bill of fare, we can't make the rifle.
 Dallas News: It is said that Jack Powell, the negro cook who is in the Louisiana swamps with President Roose- velt's party, can make good corn bread. That brief statement places him ahead of any chef in the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
John Tyler Moruan

The senate passed at the adjourned session bill to place in Statuary Hall in the national capitol a statue to the memory of John Tyler Morgan, who died in the sixth term of his senatorial service. There was no known opposi- tion to the bill in the house, but in the hurry and confusion of closing hours it was overlooked. It thus failed to become law, although the sentiment of the state and of the legislature strongly favored it and still do run in it's favor.
 Senator Morgan served the state and the country with singular fidelity and ability, and it seems but just that a statue to his memory should be placed in the niche still at the state command. His character and attain ments justify 1t, and public sentiment plainly calls for it.
 The legislature should in it's third session take up the bill that the sen ate had acted on and that the house had expected to act on, but which some one had failed to call up at the proper moment. The third session can in this way emphasize the unselfish career of the dead statesman, making his life an incentive to other men to serve the people along the high plane he fol-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
A Resourceful Legislator.
ccess Magazine.

From Success Magazine.
 'lt will be impossible for Us to trans act any public business tonight" said the president of the City Council, because of the lack of a quorum.'
 .Mr. Chairman" said the new member. arising quickly, T have been elected on a pledge to my constituency that I shall work untiringly and increasingly for the upbuilding and uplifting of our city. and now and here move that a committee be appointed to consider the immediate pur- chase of as good quorum as the mar ket affords. and that the committee be instructed to secure the quorum and have it properly installed by the next meeting night. And Furthermore he said. with fine patriotic us obtain a good Anne not one of those anci
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
Rare Musical Treat,

"The Bessie Abott Grand Concert company, which appears at the High school auditorium next Wednesday night will afford great enjoyment to all music lovers," said William Gussen.
 The company includes, besides Miss Abott, many artists of distinction The prima donna has been enthusiastically received in all the large cities where she has appeared, and the string quan- tet, the fiutist and others assisting her will add color and variety to the pro- gramme."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
Pig Iron Market.

Considering the inactivity of the Bir- mingham pig iron market. prices are well maintained" said an iron broker. There Is this peculiar feature, how ever, differential quotations between grades are wider than usual. This fact Is easily explained. Nos. l and ? foudry iron are very scarce, while the commoner grades are in ample supply. No. 2 is held at $1s.50. Gray forge is relatively much lower than the No. 2 basis would indicate.
 "The market may become brisk later in the fall, but I do not look for a great rush before January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
ESCAT.

By Oscar Wilde. Tread lightly. she is near Under the snow, Speak gently she can hear The daisies grow. All her bright golden hair Tarnished with rust; She that was young and fair Fallen to dust. Lily-lilSe. white as snow She hardly knew. She was a woman. so Sweetly she grew. Coffin-board. heavy stone Lie on her breast; I vex my heart alone She is at rest. Peace. peace. SC cannot hear Tyre or sonnet; All my life's buried hare Heap earth upon 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
From the Washington Post.

I AN'i tiiC " "dsiinS tOn f~OSI
 1 HAT Secretary Taft's visit to
 ]" Tokio is already bearing fruit
 seems clearly to be indicated by a dispatch to The Post of October 10. from the Japanese capital, in which it is stated that the foreign office has issued an official denial of the assertion ap- bearing in Tokio newspapers to the effect that MT. Taft, during his visit. threat ened to apply the exclusion act in the United States unless Japan put a stop to the emigration of her subjects" But the dispatch adds that the foreign office centiy placed heavy restrictions on the emigration companies, and has announced vast Korean colonization scheme where by 100000 acres of land are opened up to settlement by Japanese.
 The assertion that Secretary Taft made threats Is not consonant with the chafac- ter of the man, and the use of the word doubtless gave the foreign office it's op- portunity to enter a denial. But that Mir. Taft did explain with great frankness the situation in the United States, the menace which continued emigration would constitute to the friendship of the two nations and suggest the diversion of the emigration to Korea Is entirely probable; while that Japan has accepted his advice in the spirit in which it was offered would seem to be borne out by the news from Tokio That country has always main tained that she would prefer to have her subjects settle in Korea, where they will not only remain loyal to the Emperor, but will serve to make the more absolute her sway in the Hormit Kingdom, and the colonization scheme of the govern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
ALABAMA PRESS

Elba Clipper: Several of the best men in the state will be ready to serve the dear people next year.
 Andalusa News: If one of those Louis jana bears turns on Teddy Roosevelt hell settle "the running business alright.
 Montgomery Advertisers Now they are telling Lem Quigg was once a newspa- per man. It is a credit to the profession that he got out of it.
 Greenville Living Truth: While the President is in Louisiana hunting bears and taking a rest the presidential slate makers are doing anything but resting.
 Cullman Tribune: This Is simply a fight for reduced freight and passenger rates, which seems to have been favored by all the candidates in the primaries last year.
 Mobile Register: The euphony of "OHara's Switch near Stamboul, La, . the present seat of government of the United States, should strike the para graphers. The combination of Irish and Turkish is particularly effective.
 Marion Standard: As Governor Conner makes several trips a week over the L. 6 N. railroad why don't he refuse to pay the three cents fare and call Milton's s knucks direct. It is only natural for judges and sheriffs not to enter where the governor fears to tread.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 If a mans ship comes in, it's in bal last
 The way to take the taint off money is to get hold of 1t.
 A woman's idea of being religious is getting a new hat to look fine in church.
 When people reform, either they've found out or afraid they are going to be.
 A nice thing about being a philosopher is that instead of scolding the family because you cut yourself shaving you are satisfied only to curse,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
Totals. .. .. .19,914,S29

''f-'-fIt3 It will be seen that the production remains pretty nearly stationary. There are no signs of any material reduction in the present month. If we use the figures brought out in the past nine months as basis for estimating the production of the remaining three months we have a years total of 26,- 552, ,436 tons-a total that has never been reached in a single year in this or any other country. This total re- lates to coke and anthracite iron, ex cluding charcoal iron. The output of recent years shows the steady rise of the great industry, and the remarkable feature of it is, it has not in these recent years outrun home consump-
 In some of the years production
 cen so much below consumption
 imports became necessary. We
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
TIP TO THE cARTooNIsTs.

From the Guntersvilie Democrat.
 Our clever friend Spangler. of the Montgomery Advertiser, and Blsckman of the Age-Herald. will have to look to their laurels. The Atlanta Journal made a telling cartoon o6 Alahama affsirs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
MIGHT MAKE A HIT.

From Harper's WeekIy.
 The Manager-''Ive got a new idea for a melodrama that ought to make a hit"
 The Writer-"What is it?''
 The Manager-''The idea Is to introduce a cyclone in the first act that will kill all the actors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje refuses to accept million dollars and let the old man have his divorce. She says she would not do it for all his millions She Is game at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
A DINING ROOM CAUTION.

From the Indianapolis News. ..I.ve seen all kinds of signs displayed in hotels in the little towns Tn lnniana' said a travelling trade commissioner, "giv- ing explicit directions as to what guest may or may not do. The other day l saw this one hung up in dining room:
 GENTLEMEN MUST NOT
 COMB THEIR WHISPERS
 AT THE TABl-E. ..No. I won't give the name of the town. I have to visit that place about once a month. and I'm not seeking trou- bla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

Rhode Island will furnish the Presi- dents table on Thanksgiving Day with tame turkeys in the absence of wild turkeys from Louisiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
1 found him under tree, like s dropped acorn.
 As You Like 1t.
Iron Prnduction This Year

Nine months of the calendar year have been completed, and they present these figures alongside similar figures in the preceding year:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

The disgustingly rich Americans will proceed to run over to London for the weekend, using for that purpose the Lusitania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

The Chicago Cubs hour of venge- ance has fully come both as to the White Sox who trampled them last year, and as to all the rest of the American teams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

MT Taft stays wisely away in this critical period of presidential booms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

The champions of the year are the Chicago Cubs and the Lusitania, which is, alas, British ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

New York has circus in which Bro. Hearst rides on top of the regular re- publican elephant. It is not consid- cred, however, great moral show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

Can it be the President is eating bear steaks right along and saying nothing about itl But, alas, he is not that kind of a dissembler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

A pugilist named Wedge has en- tered the ministry. A sort of entering Wedge, as it were.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

The Standard Oil is the only concern in the world that can loan $20,000, ,000 to man without his knowledge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

There may be no bears in the cane brakes, but there are plenty of them in the stock markets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

"Kipling crosses Canada twice with out peep over the line," says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Kipling is always crossing England.
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against even the cubs of the Louisiana Swamps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

An Indianapolis woman accuses her mother of alienating the affections of her husband. We'll we'll! well! Will wonders never cease?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

Another theory in regard to the authorship of Shakespeare's plays! This time they are credited to the Earl of Southampton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

Walter Wellman has not failed be- cause he has not become discouraged. That's the only reason.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

The rivers and harbors will gain the ear of the country as soon as the Louisiana bears step. down and out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

The steeplejack who painted the Singer building flagstaff says he never falls because he always looks up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

An Ohio man shot waiter because some potatoes he ordered were not cooked. Good way to improve the service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

Bears, bobcats and the octopus are all considered good presidential game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

Flour quickly heard about the rise in wheat and proceeded to act sympa- thetically.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

Buffalo are now shipped from New York to Oklahoma. It is all the chance Oklahoma had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

Late reports show that the merry business of salting mines is still going on out west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

The New York traction scandals outdo Hartman and the whole Stand ard Oil outfit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

It is predicted that five years hence only electric locomotives will be al lowed to enter cities. But in five years the other kind may be relegated to the back districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

i the other day and was out in four days. His appendix was out much sooner Stop the side grafts,' remarks a con~ temporary. In other words, the "sida swipesp
 THE FUGITIVE. bear came loping down the lane Was going too, you betl These were the words of his refrain, z He hasn't caught me yeti" Tark Boothington-excuse, please-S Booth Tarkington. is writing a new play,. That noise you hear is the sound of hia fifty-horse power. gasoline-driven type- writer.
 NO BLACKBALLS THERE.
 Most any sort
 Of dub
 Can join the lem-
 On club.
 An Ohio man is suing for divorce frons wife who weighs 225 pounds, and if his story Is true, she has given him mora trouble than Maud ever gave Si. A headline reads, 'Rai1roads in Favor. <. It is hardly necessary to add that the diss patch was not sent out from Alabama. The Washington Herald tells of a Mas. sachusetts man who was arrested for stealing box of prunes. If it had been a can of beans nobody would have been surprised
 IN SEASON. Now doth the bard-beyond a doubt, He likes to cut a shine Attune his Tyre to sing about "October's golden wine'
 The Dallas News quotes from the Tal- mud as blithely as if the Talmud were on its exchange list.
 The Shreveport Times publishes an edi- torial on 'The Sore Spot' That is always easy to locate.
 An Arkansas editor on his retirement published this valedictory, "I have quit q A man who quits that way usually quits to stay quir. Twill soon be time to put your, "heayies' on! PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15

The demand for bear meat does not exceed the supply from Louisiana
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
SECOND MRS. DOYLE.

The Tigers have returned to their jungles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
About Persons,
BEARS IN OTHER TIMES.

W. F. Carson of Jacksonville is a the Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-15
A RED ROSE.

A RED ROSE. A red, red rose in garden grew And she leaned against a wall, Where the butterflies would pay her court And the warm sun rays would fall.
 | Through June, July and August, too. She sweetly nodded there. While the bluebird studied all her grace With a most complaisant air. But the winds of autumn, growing bold, As the leaves of autumn fell Beat out the life of the red, red rose 'Gainst the wall she loved so well.