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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
IN VALHALLA.

Paul lhleman In the Denver Post
 John P. Cunning is dead He was a newspaper writer who merits a monu- ment; whose memory is worthy of tall and beautiful shaft of the most enduring marble. Cunning was a newspaper writer who rose to a great occasion, who was equal to a noble opportunity, and whose story moved the nations heart It is impossible to write about Dun ning's noble exploit without the eye be- coming dimmed with moisture as the memory of that story floods up from the past. Perhaps you don't recall the name of Cunning, but. surely, you re- member the story of the Samoan hurri- cane. Is there an American with soul so dead that he does not remember, with a thrill, how the crew of the United States steam frigate Trenton drifting to death on the breakers at -Apia, cheered the British man-of-war Calliope, which more fortunate and stronger engined, was fighting it's way to sea and life? ; And how the band of our doomed frigate tried to play ''rhe Star Spangled Ban ner'' as the gallant 400 men of her crew sought to hold her from the grinding fate of the reefs with bodies locked together as a great human sail? a$ In tens of thousands of American homes voices reading the story aloud from the morning paper quavered and broke and could not go on. 2 g All over the land rose the one thought 'Our poor old navy, with hearts of oak. facing the navy of for eign power and dying because this great, rich country did not give them ships with engine power enough to beat to sea against hurricane, sa ," And the thought was pitiful and sobering and christening, and, by the magic of Dunnng's pen, not until recently has anybody protested against the great growth of the Amer ican navy. ' ' For eighteen years splen- did ships after splendid ships-spiendid ships in squadrons-have been launched until the navy can break forth it's Bat tls Flags from more battleships than any power save alone Great Britain. : But the threatened war with Germany over Samoa and the sending to the scene of such vessels as we had, and the great hurricane, and the sacrifice of the beautiful frigate Trenton-the last of the beautiful but obsolete steam frigates- and the sad death roll, would have been in vain save for the Associated Press correspondent whose story, arriving ut last .at San Francisco, was poured over the telegraph wires straight into the hearts of the American people! +|s Peace to the soul of John Dunning. {" In the Valhalla of the Brave he clasps the hands of the American sailors who did not die i,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
THE HON. PEARL WIGHT.

From the Washington Post
 The Hon. Pearl Wight of New Orleans whose name is getting into nearly all the newspapers now as White" and who has been rendered by the President the commissionership of internal revenue to succeed MT. Yerkes. is a notable example of successful men of northern birth who have achieved distinction at the south MT. Wight has held the position of re- publican national committeeman for Louisiana only short time. and prior to the acceptance of that position he had for years declined political preferment of all kinds. He was born in Maine. and migrated to Now Orleans soon after the close of the civil war. In 1866 he estab- lished in that city what has grown to be one of the largest ship chandlery houses In the country. He was also one of the organizers of the Whitney Nation al bank, the largest financial institution in the south. MT. Wight was one of inc pioneers in the development of trade re- iations with the Latin American coun- tries. In 1875 he organized and became the president of the Mexican, Central and South American Exchange in New Orleans. At that time there were only few small schooners plying in the trade and he was one of few enterprisins spirits who acquired the little ship Wan derer and sent her south with goods. His timber interests are very large, including immense holdings in Louisiana and Flor ida. It is not known yet whether he will accept the office rendered him by the President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
Lecture Course Bid Success.

Speaking of the lyceum lecture course which concluded on Monday night, pr. J. IT. Phillips said that the promotes had every reason to be satisfied with the re- suit.
 Tt was a financial success to begin with" said Dr. Phillips, "and that fact in itself is cause for congratulation. While the course was not given to make a. profit for the promoters. still It is better to be on that side than to be on the losing side. The surplus over and above the actual expenses will be used to sup plement the subscriptions to the next course and will enable us to provide the very best talent.
 We have already signed contracts with some of the best lecturers on the pub lie platform today, and in addition to lectures we intend to give other forms of entertainment which are sure to meet the approval and patronage of the educated and cultured people in this city and dis trict.
 There are quite a number of people who do not go to theatres but are de- sirous of an evenings entertainment and u ID to those people we LOOK Tor sup port of the lyceum course. Everyone who attended the last course is sure to pur- 1 chase ticket for the next course and in addition to these we hope to gain S0O or 1000 more. The lectures are particu- larly attractive to young people for the reason that nowhere else can they obtain 1 better value for g than in a season ticket which secures admission to series of 12 lectures for certain, and perhaps one or two additional.
 we were bit late in starting last year, but this year we will begin about i the middle of October. The street ear company has kindly promised to put on special cars on the night of an enter tainment and everything promises a big l success for our next course.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
PRESS POINTS

Nashville American: Peace conferences are fought out under the Marquis of Gooseberry rules.
 Washington Herald: The Central Amer ican warlet is at an end. Nicaragua gets the mule and Honduras getts the lemon.
 Kansas City Star: In a city where graft was as prevalent as in San Francisco it is unreasonable to suppose that the police department was not party to 1t.
 Memphis Commercial-App few more enforced resignations and Mir. Roosevelt will have all the "conspirators" where he would deucedly like to see 'em.
 Austin Statesman: The impending shadow of the "big stick' is ever mani fest, Away down here in Texas the Daughters of the Republic even refuse to exempt themselves from it's attendant evil spirit
 Houston Post: A Chicago man named Sorrow has been sent to the penitentiary for wrecking a bank. He will now have pretty fair opportunity to live up to his name.
 Florida Times Union It must not be taken for granted that the snowstorm in Nebraska fell on the endorsement of Roosevelt, but if 8 good season follow the crop will certainly be credited to his intercession.
 Portland Telegram: Mrs. Holman, moth CT of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, has had her brief word of explanation, the import of ! which is: Had she only known" Even so ingenious a person as she professes to be might at least have taken the hint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Journal: For broken yer tebra the backbone of last winter man. aged to keep in pretty good working order.
 Mobile Herald: A man in Cleveland, after being kicked by a horse, developed a propensity to whinny. People listening to him find it hard to preserve their equne-imity.
 Anniston Star: The Chattanooga man who stole a pie and after putting 1t in his coattail pocket sat down upon It, should be severely punished for not knowing where pies should be put
 Tri-County Weekly Hartman now claims that he discovered Roosevelt and developed him.-Birmingham Age-Herald.
 A bad job But it's another case of the creature being greater than the creator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
People Who Come | ate

"Punctuality seems to be one of the most difficult lessons for some people to learn." said a citizen yesterday, but if all the men holding public offices were to act like Judge Hundley in the United States court there would soon be a marked change in the dilatory manner in which most persons keep engage ments.
 This court begins business at 10 o'cock,' said Judge Hundley. when he took his seat on the bench, but some people thought that 10:S0 would do, and found out later how much they were mistaken. If the same course were adopt ed in every other place, courts, theatres. churches, conventions, everywhere in fact, that a time has been fixed upon to begin the business or services how much more smoothly matters would work.
 "I'll venture to bet that none. but an American audience would suffer the in terruptions and discomfort which people cause by coming into a theatre late. I have seen men and women enter the theatre an hour after the time announced for the play to begin, and without word of apology, they will throw whole row of the audience into confusion by scramb- ling past them to their seats. Then there are hats and coats to be taken off and changing of places, and all this during the performance, while those who are seated behind must speculate upon what s being done on the stage.
 lin a well regulated theatre that would not be allowed. Those who come in after the curtain rises should wait until the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
Far.Fe etched Story.

"A dispatch was sent out from New York a day or two ago intlmatng that in the event Cardinal Merry del Val resigned his office of papal secretary of state, Mon signor Kennedy, rector of the American college in Rome would succeed him. said layman. According to this story the rumor that Dr. Kennedy would be- come the Popes secretary of state was based on the idea that an English speak ing ecclesiastie would be especially desir- able in the position in question, leaving the inference to be drawn that the incum- bent did not speak English. Now the fact is Cardinal Merry del Val, native of Spain, learned to speak English before he learned Spanish. His father was a Spanish nobleman, but his mother was an Irish lady and of course he learned the language of his mother first. More over, he was educated in England, being several years at private school where he was a classmate of one of the royal princes.
 Another thing that made the New York story absurd was laying stress on the supposed desirability of having an HhiOiitdH III llle OIIlCe OI secretary OL state. The papal secretary has to deal only with nations having diplomatic rela- tions with the vatican. Neither the Uni ted States nor Great Britain have such relations. Catholic matters in the two countries mentioned are handled by the cardinal at the head of the propaganda.
 "Monsignor Kennedy is a Pennsylvanian and being citizen of the United States comes in contact with most of the Amer fcan tourists, Protestants as we'll as Catholics, who visit Rome. It is he who secures for Americans tickets to the vati- can, and shows them courtesies in many ways know him to be an affable gentle man and especially well equipped for the position he holds, but he will never be considered for the papal secretariat, even should there be a vacancy, which is not probable"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

mainder goes to the counties or towns that raise it by local taxation. The in creased appropriation for the public schools is handsome sum, but it does not exceed the sum last mentioned, namely, $1,450,261.
 According to the census, the number of school age in this state in 1900 was 3,222. This was the number between 5 and 20 years of age. If we add 10 per cent to this number we have S06,- 544 as the approximate number in this state at the present time who should be in school, for child years old should have kindergarten training.
 The state appropriation for the chill dren of this state is but $1.S0 for each person of school age, whereas in Geor- gia it is $2.74; in South Carolina, $2.57; in North Carolina, s2.91; in Louisiana. s3.2s; in Mississippi. $3.3o; in Tennes'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
CoMV lNcEMENT.

(Sanlal Enert.) Commeneens1lt days are dra wing near It won't , long before we'll hear Ihc sophomore proclaim aloud His speech while all the panting crowd Doth finger on his latest word, As if forsooth, they'd never heard Such eloquence from mortal lips, And hold their breaths Whene CT he trips As sophomores must often do, Because they're very young and new. Likewise, the sweet coed will take Bout all the academic cake, Because she stood so well in class And far surpassed the boys. alas. In flowing gown and mortar board, The brain beneath her fair hair stored With knowledge learned by labor great A trine pale, and yet sedate. She'll take her dip iris sad to think To keeping house she'll ever sink! And last of all, we'll speak a word About the senior. that rare bird. The man we mean, and not the maid No coed he and not afraid Of any problem in this life, From getting rich to taking wifei He'll have a place upon the stage And much attention will engage, Tho on cay not distant far He may conduct a trolley car. Firing on your tainted money" says the Rev. Allen Jay of Richmond, Ind. That's the way to talki Nobody ever yet saw any tainted money that wouldn't spend
 '.Ffow much does woman need?' asks a contemporary. Usually more than g. fellow has.
 ''Did the strawberry shortcaixe get frost bitten?" asks a strawberry "fan.s We re- call a good deal of 1t that was blitheiy bitten by us.
 'Hail, gentle sprfng!" cried the poet, an . 1t was hail.
 REMEMBER.
 Tn polSing fun
 Don't ever blur4
 A single word
 That's meant to hurt, who chews his pills" Now you see what dreadful thing 1t is to be pessimist!
 KEEP GOING.
 Say you, pick up
 Your feet and move
 And as you go,
 Go up-improyei
 There's little hope
 For one, we fear,
 Who stands right where
 He stood last year.
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
ADRIET WITH THE TIMES
M HARLEs scnoErrLEIN.

M HARLEs scHoErTLElN, an kN Age-Herald carrier, is dead and > buried now. Perhaps the tears for him have ceased to flow. ex- eept from his mothers eyes. but the brave little fellow figured in a pathetic story that is worth remembering. Charles was attacked by appendicitis. His last words when the ambulance came to take him away to the hospital were, Mother owe The Age-Herald a dollar and sxty-fve cents for papers, if anything happens to me- An operation was performed and the boy died The day after the funeral his brother came to the office and told circulation man what the dead carrier had said. When his account was checked mp the figures were found correct and Charles schoettleins debt was paid
 IN HIGH FINANCE. The golden rule is soon forgot In high finance It's always Johnny-on-the-s spot Who gets chance To do his fellows for a pile And knife them while he wears smile, For pirate work Is quite the style In high finance Nobody has a heart, I guess In high finance. No matter how misfortunes press And fast advance, The chap who's backed against the wall May cry for help and loudly call And get no sort of help at all In high finance Tn truth, 1t is a brutal game, This high finance, And yet. men play it, just the same, And gaily dance About the ticker when they see Disaster bound to you and me, For there's no love or charity In high finance. SOME PICTURES THAT WILL NEVER
 BIB TAKEN. picture of Theodore Roosevelt and E. II. Hartman swapping yarns. A picture of President William Jennings Bryan making John Temple Graves sec retary of state.
 picture of Chancellor Day and Editor Stead not saying a word
 LIDS DOWN.
 On Sundays there
 Is many a slip
 Between a man
 And 'just one nip" Cold weather has not affected the spring trade in kisses.
 In airing our French yesterday the printer made us put the feminine article before "garcon.' Sacre bleul Whats the use of trying to be smart? There is talk of a ghost in the Thaw mansion at Pittsburg. There are no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Spot Cotton Market.

When I learned that Birmingham was to establish a cotton exchange and build up a great spot cotton market, I was surprised that Atlanta had not forestalled this movement and started something of the kind herself" said J. R. Adams, lumber man of North Carolina .This is bigger thing for Birmingham than the public may realize at first glance. In the way of commercial and banking pres tige it places this city for ahead of any business center in the south outside of New Orleans
 Atlanta made a spirited fight to cap ture the proposed sub-treasury. It failed at that. If an additional sub-treasury is ever established Birmingham will get it. But the sub-treasury film Is small indeed compared with the spot cotton ex- change. It does look as if everything is. coming Birmingham's way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

see, s4.04; in Florida, $5.20. The inn pression should not go out that Ala bama is dealing with her public schools generously, for she is not. Her per capita allowance for public education is probably the lowest in the union. The fund in the northern states ranges from $11.49 in Kansas to $1S.83 in South Dakota
 The size of the public appropriation for the public schools-the schools for the masses instead of the classes-is the measure of illiteracy. The high percentage of illiteracy in this state cannot be materially reduced by per capita appropriation of $1.SO In the Dakotas ten times that amount is an nually voted. The legislature did deal out money freely to the special educa- tional institutions of the state, but it left the schools of the many at the foot of the ladder or very near it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
TOWNS WITH TROUBLES.
om the Philadelphia Bulletin.

fTOm lne fnllduelpnld Bullet1n.
 London's trouble Is her fog.
 Tolio's trouble is earthquakes. In her worst 100000 residents were killed
 Caicutta's trouble is cholera, and the bubonlc plague is the trouble of Bom- bay. Each city pays to her trouble an- nual tribute of 5000 souls.
 Madrid's trouble is the solano, a sum- mer wind from the southeast. It is ex- ceedingly hot and is accompanied by blinding, choking clouds of dust, so that, notwiths standing temperature of 1O5 or no degrees, all windows must be closed.
 The mistral is the trouble of Mar seilles-an east wind that increases the city's death rate 50 per cent.
 Bagdads trouble is the ''Bagdhd but ton,' sore that attacks practically every resident and visitor. leaving . button-shaped permanent scare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
Hiuh Deoree Masonry.

"The Scottish Rite bodies of Brming- ham are making great reputation in the Masonic world said Montgomery Mason at the Hotel Hillman last night. "The degree work in progress here this week is exceptionally well done. The hign degrees, as all high degree Masons know, are singularly impressive and the beauti- ful manner in which they are conferred in Birmingham will enttle this city to rank Historically with Cincinnati. which has long been famous for it's Scottish Rite reunions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
IN MISSOURI.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Somebody said that horse wouldn't kick, so I went around to find out"
 This was whistled through the space where four front teeth had been. as Sam Myerson, 10 years old, walked into the emergency hospital yesterday afternoon. There was a cut on the lip, too, which Dr. w. l.. Glst sewed up. The boy was sent to his home, near Seventeenth and Oak streets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Even when a man doesn't like cham pagne he likes to show off ordering it.
 When a girl has nice wavy hair it's sign a lot of other girls hate her, for it.
 You can forgive a man most anything except your having done him wrong.
 A woman is always interested in you if you will talk to her about some man she is more interested in.
 ~ The average man has such a good opin- ioh of himself that if he inherits money from a rich relative he thinks it's be- cause he's so smart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
KISSING HER HAIR.

By Algernon Charles Swinburne. Kissing her hair. I sat against her feet; We've and unwove it-wound, and found 1t
 sweet; Made fast herewith her hands, drew
 down her eyes, Ns Deep and deep flowers, and dreamy hke dim~skies; rs With her own tresses bound, and found
 her fair,-
 Kissing her hair. Sleep were no sweeter than her face to
 me- Sleep of cold sea-bloom under the cold
 sea. What pain could get between my face
 and hers?- What new sweet thlns would Love hot
 relish worse? Unless. perhaps, white Death had kissed
 me there.-
 kissing her hair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
FOUND A LooPHOLE.
Milwanlxee Sentinel.

Excuse me-" said the lean individual with the shiny Prince Albert coat as he entered the sacred precincts of the sane turn .'but do you need any one to write pieces for the paper?
 No, replied the editor sruffly. we don't need nobody to write pieces for the paper at present.
 '.Tnen.,' said the lean individual. wouldn't you care to. employ some one to teach you to use correct English?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
NATIONAL GREATNESS.

From IIfc.
 My country" quoth the stranger. '1a the greater country of al1.'
 "Indeed!" cried several voices ct once. 'How large an army has it?"
 No army whatever
 How many great battleships, thenr'
 Not a battleship Well, what islands has 1t suhjugated over seas?"
 Never an island" country?"
 There was something touching about the fellows simple faith, yet 1t was hard not to laugh at him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

Steel Trust Corey tells the public he will marry any actress he may like, and he tells Pittsburg's 400 that they will have to welcome her in their midst Great is steel and Corey is it's King.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
Unreasonable Crop Weather

March was warm month, but 1t was a dry month. April has been cold and wet. The gains in crop prepara- tions and even planting in March have been lost in the present month, and crops will start neither late
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

A great hope has been inspired by a report from London that paste has been made which removes beard with out the use of razor in ten minutes. All one has to do is to rub it on the face and then rub the beard off with a. towel!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

The Rev. Dr. Aked, the new pastor of the Rockefeller church, has already begun to line up with Chancellor Day on the subject of tainted money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

I would do anything rather than go back to 1t There would be many opportunities now, of course"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

The republican field would be pretty well filled with candidates, even with out Secretary Taft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

The income of Trinity parish in New York is only $775,000. not enough to be noticeable in the Rockefeller in come account.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

The most popular opera in San Francisco Is the "Mikado." a satire written a generation ago and wholly out of date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

'Is Roosevelt ruler?" asks the Houston Post. Well, he exercises a rulers privilege of calling recalcitrant subjects liars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

Harry Thaw will prowl in the Tombs instead of the catacombs this summer. The jury disarranged his summer vaca- tiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

The new governor of New Mexico Is a Rough Rider. There are thousands of them yet in reserve waiting for offices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

The sun spots and earthquake shocks are filling the land with April chills and discouraging the baseball heroes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

Kansas City rushed pell-mell to en- gage seats for "The Music Master" |" and weeks engagement will not sat- isfY It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

In his tour of the south Secretary Hitchcock is expected to leave behind a trail of Teddy bear votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

The Moroccans have captured Raj suli's cooks, and he may be forced by hunger to surrender.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24

Police Commissioner Bingham of New York thinks that he, too, is threat ened by a conspiracy.