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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
Street Grading Assessments.

"One of the greatest hardships I know of" said citizen yesterday, lis to have q claim of several hundred dollars as- improvements when the alleged improve ments have really been an injury to the property.
 'I understand that the constitution al- lows municipal corporations to do grading and paving and assess the charges against the abutting property when the property Is increased in value to the extent of said changes, and against such a provs- ion as that no reasonable man will make any objection; but when a mans property is almost swallowed up and lost behind a high embankment which Is made whero the roadbed Is raised three or four feet by filling in a low place in the road, I do not consider 1t just or fair that he should be assessed. but on the contrary should be compensated.
 Take my property, for instance. The ground had originally a natural fall from east to west. The lots on the east side of the street were higher than those on the west side before any grading at all was done. but now the lots on the east side are level with the street. while those on the west are four feet lower, and yet the assessments against lots on both sides of the street are the same. Instead of my property being enhanced in value by these Improvements 1t is injured to a greater extent than the amount with which 1t Is assessed.
 T think there should be a board of arbitrators to settle such questions and save man the expense and annoyance of law suit against the city, and I am willing to submit my case to an independ- ent body of men who will come and ex- anime the place and judge for them selves"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
GuntersylIIe 10 the Sea

Perhaps no one in this country stands higher than Prof. Lewis M. Haupt in waterways engineering work. It was he who was appointed by the government from civil life to study the relative advantages of the Nicaragua and the Panama routes, and his career has been largely given to great pro jects. No one need therefore be sur prised to hear that he is now advocat- ing a canal from Cairo, H., to the coast of Georgia. His latest article, "The Atlantic and Great Western Canal" appears in the current number of the Manufacturers Record.
 Prof. Haupt wants a canal from Short creek near Guntersville to Wills creek and to Gadsden on the Coosa; thence up the Coosa to Rome, Ga; thence up the Etowah to the mouth of Owl creek; thence by canal to Macon, Ga, on the Ocmulgee river; thence down the Ocmulgee and Altamaha to the Atlantic coast. The proposed line would be carried over the Chatta- hoochee in an acqueduct at a point not far from Atlanta. The estimated cost of the work would be $40,000,000.
 Possibly the canal described by Prof. Haupt will be demanded in the great commercial future of great and growing country, but Prof. Haupt could find route much less expensive by simply linking Guntersville to the War rior river which the government Is rapidly opening. The length of the untersville-Warrior canal would not be more than one hundred miles, and s1O,OO0,o0o would certainly cover the entire cost.
 Would it not be better to build the untersville-Warrior canal first, and then when its value and usefulness had been ascertained to build, if need be. the canal proposed by Prof. Haupt? We are fast coming to an era of waterways, and Prof. Haupt's line Is by no means chimerical. It Is feasible, and the time may come when its con struction will be demanded both by the Middle West and the developing Southeast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Grover Cleveland, in the Independent.
 XON r course I do not mean to merely O commend those who obey the
 game laws or condemn those who disobey them. No decent sportsman Will violate them or give the least coun- tenance to such violation on the part of others. This latter-the withholding of countenance-is or should be sometimes a more difficult and unpleasant thing to do than at first sight may appear. In a superficial view it means a silent dis approval which need not disturb in the slightest degree the friendship and the warm feeling of good fellowship between the game aw-breaker and the sportsman wao sees duty in a silent withholding of approval. This is to say that the viola tor may enjoy his prohibited and disrepu- table sport the law-abiding and reputable sportsman may discharge his entire duty by simple non-approval, there will be no disturbance of friendly relations or jolly companionship, both the violator and non approver will be contented and satisfied i; and there let the matter rest and the in- cldent be closed.
 In writing of Shooting in Season. I have much more in mind than the mere restraints of game laws or such shallow, vapid and absurd accompaniments of their violation as I have mentioned.
 My conception of the subject embraces a season" not necessarily limited by legal requirements, but covering in addi- tion all times of the year and at all hours of the day or night, during which the killing of game by the law of nature leads to its ruthless slaughter and steady sure extermination. So the "game-hog" who shoots, lawfully if you please, but who kills for the sake of killing and so that he can boast of a record bag needless of the utilization of his game and caring nothing for it's waste, in my view, is guilty, not only of shooting unseason- ably, but disgracefully.
 Statutory provisions may not meet every necessity of game protection. When they are deficient they should be SUD- plemented by the unwritten laws of true sportsmanship and no violator of these unwritten laws should be allowed without challenge to exploit himself as belonging to the fraternity of honorable sports men.
 There may be no statutory limitation of the period within which migratory birds and fowl which breed in the far north may be killed, prior to their flight to their nesting places from their winter sojourn in the south, nor any law pro-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
The $5oo,ooo Bond Issue.

In a few days more the people of Jefferson county will be asked to vote on a proposed bond issue for $500, 900 to make certain improvements in connection with the county jail and the county court house." said a lawyer. "but up to the present I have not heard what shape these Improvements are going to take or how 1t Is proposed to spend the half ml.,ion dollars. Shall we have a new jail and a new court house, or only a new jail? Or shall we add a few stories to the present jail? What will be have?
 T would like to say right now that no improvements which can be made to the present court house will serve to meet the requirements of the situation Any Monday morning will serve to Illustrate my assertion. About 200 jurors are sum- moned to court; attorneys, parties and witnesses are In attendance on about fifty cases, which means about 800 peo- pie more; there are clerks, deputies, and the general public all swarming and thronging through the corridors, up and down the stairs. into the offices. Fully 1000 people assemble in and about the building, causing indescribable confusion and crushing This Is the situation at present. What will it be in five e~or ten years hence?
 "Sinee we are about it, I would favor Issuing bonds for s1.0o0.ooO and let us build new court house, which will pro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
Croker,s Great Horse.

Horse fanciers who are interested in the thoroughbred are very much pleased with Richard Crokers horse, Orby, which won the English Derby said man who studies pedegreesa
 "orby Is by Orme, who was sired by Ormonde, the horse that brought some years ago $15O,OO0. Orme is of the great Agnes family on his dams side. Now Rhoda B. is a Hanover mare Hanover is the greatest brood mare sire since Lexing- ton, but he was better than Lexington Ill that he sired great race horses also.
 "Rhoda B., orby's dam is the daughter of Margarine, and is herself stake win ner. She is full sister to the great Commoner. Her half-sister, Songtress, was the dam of Kinley Mack, the winner of the Brooklyn Handicap and the Sub urban. the two greatest races run in this country.
 "orby is the exemplification of the highest type of breeding as advanced by the best authorities of the last few years, the returning to the sire the best blood in his dam"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
YAWN ING.

From the Boston Herald
 Yawning was at first and for a long time considered to be a vulgar express sion of physical fatigue or of mental boredom. It was a symptom of disease or manifestation of contempt. When tiresome marquis came up yawning to the Prince de Ligne at the court of Louis XVI, the prince exclaimed That was exactly what I was going to say to you.'
 But now the yawn is recommended as medicinal remedy. Ya&n and stretch yourself wherever you may be, and no one acquainted with the new thought will take it amiss. Cape in the presence of the fair Arabela and she will say: q see you are relaxing" and she will yawn In turn, to lengthen her joyous days The ultra-modern writer on health urges yawning at stated intervals, by the clock, to further the expansion of the thorax. It follows, therefore, that bores are bene- factors, and should be encouraged Their company should be courted. The rich should maintain one in their household as there was once jester In every court, were 1t not that sometimes the unoccu- pied rich are self-borers who yawn be- tween gyawns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
Cotton Contracts,

Vice President Weld of the New York cotton exchange denies that there is a lot of undesirable cotton in New York that is rendered on future contracts" said a cotton mill man.
 MT. Weld is a large spot operator, and is often quoted as rendering cotton on con- tracts. He and McFadden Brothers have an especial interest in cheap cotton and they have at times aided the bears by tenders of spots. MT. Weld tries to bolster up the New York cotton exchange by say ing there Is an unusual difference this year in the price of middling and better grades, and the lower grades, as there is such large amount of low cotton as compared to the better grades. While this latter proposition is true 1t does not sat- isfactorily account for the cents per pound now prevailing in New York be- tween spot cotton and contracts. For in- stance, if a mill man buys 1000 bales of July cotton and needs middling or bet ter, while the price is based on middlings, yet he is likely to have rendered him everything but the cotton he wants and must accept it. If he goes into the mar AN~N tD DNS tiAtAAlAA4o eiio SbAiSt iiAhNiAlit' spots he will have to pay a premium of 2 to 2Ha cents per pound.
 ''The only thing that will save the New York cotton exchange from being driven out of doing any business in the south and with mill men will be selling averages contracts, even if at a small premium. Then a mill man could buy, say, acreage middlng, and get cotton he could use, and what he could not use he could re- place in contract.
 "Yes, sir the New York cotton ex- change, like the railroads, will have to meet and accept the rightful demands of the public
 Cotton here in Alabama when it can be picked up is bringing readily 13 cents for middling. with New York quoting July contracts at 12 cents. On the basis of prices in the south these contracts for middling should be close to 14 cents.
 By the way, good cotton is very scarce. You know the Avondale mill spins only good cotton; strict, to good middling, I believe"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
THE BoUNpLEss MOUNTAINS.

From the Broken Chain by John Ruskin. Blue, and baseess, and beautiful Did the boundless mountains bear Their folded shadows into the golden air. The comfortlessness of their chasms was
 full Of Orient cloud and undulating mist, Which, where their silver cataracts
 hissed Quivered with panting color. Far above A lightning pulse of soundless fire did
 move In the blue heaven itself. and, snake-like
 slid Round peak and precipice. and pyramid; White lines of light along their crags
 alit, And the cold lips of their chams were
 wreathed with it, Until they smiled with passionate fire;
 the sky Hung over them with answering ecstasy; Through It's pale veins of cloud. like
 blushing blood, From south to north the swift pulsation
 glowed With infinite emotion; but it ceased In the far chambers of the dewy west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Birmingham and Memphis Compared.


 You have a wonderful and a progress siye city here, and not half of It's great ness has been advertised to the rest of the world" said J. A. Omberg, a prominent banker of Memphis at the Hotel Hill- man, last night. T have been much i'm pressed with the evidences of substantial growth and can readily see that Memphis has formidable rival as a city of wealth, population and influence in the south We of Memphis are so accus- toned to rapid growth that we take it as matter of course, and it occasions some surprise when we find the same con- dition existing In other southern cities.
 Birmingham is destined to become still greater power in the industrial world of the south, and if not hampered in It's progress by accident or legislation will make astonishing strides during the next few years. Memphis Is taking fresh start under the new municipal com mission, and is rapidly settling down to the work of making still larger city.
 'Tfe Tennessee legislature during It's last session passed no laws inimical to the state or any city so far as I can observe, but l understand that the Alabama legis lature tried to emulate Texas and Arkan. sas in some of It's measures. Democratic legislatures in the south do not seem to profit by experience"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
Merry Contest Brewing

It Is not necessary to wait until next year to see a busy political period, for the contestants for the White House prize are already getting down to hard work. They are ransack- ing the land for delegates. Fairbanks has been systematically hunting them ever since he became vice president but his candidacy is not seriously re- garded anywhere. He is too reaction ary to suit any one outside of "the in terests."
 But there are many lively contests in the states. Philander Knox's little boom in Pennsylvania will perhaps go undisputed there, but in New York Hughes will battle with Elihu Root for the big delegation. In Wisconsin La Toilette and the Spooner crowd will renew previous contests. In Ohio Taft and the cohorts of Foraker will be in the pit, and in Iowa there is to be a tariff fight between Cummings and All lison which may be fitted to the presi- dential race. In Illinois Ex-Speaker S -dnnon seems to be an easy winner, and in all the other states there will be lively scramble in which all these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
MALIGNED MIR. BOX.
From the Washington Herald.

Everybody who really knows Edward Box Is gratihed to note that, pursuant to directions from the Pope, he is to re- ceive the honorary degree of IL. D., from Villanova college, an institution located just outside Philadelphia. The Popes action was taken on behalf of the Or der os Augustine Fathers, and the de- gree is to be conferred in recognition of MT. Bok's signal services in journal ism and moral ethics' Ever since Box and the woman's magazine of which he is the editor came prominently into the public eye. he has been made the object of considerable sarcastic comment, and much that was really cruel by newspa- pers and individuals, who. apparently, had nothing against him other than the circumstance that his publication catered wholly to the feminine population. They have intimated that he Is sissy" but everybody who enjoys even a casual ac- quaintanee with him knows that all such criticism Is baseless, while his intimates know that it would be difficult to find a manlier man or a finer gentleman than Edward William Box. Ills standards of journalism are of the highest and he has done some very practical and effective work toward the betterment of sociolog- ical conditions. He gave material assist ance to the pure food movement and it was he who blazed the path in the fight against fake" patent medicines. as a result of which a material reform has been accomplished. MT. Box was born at Heloer, Holland, forty-four years ago, and was brought to this country at the age of 6. After a course in the Brooklyn public schools, he entered the service of the Western Union company as a stenog- rapher, but soon became identified with the publishing business. Eleven years ago he married the daughter of Cyrus Curtis, the head of the concern which publishes the Ladies Home Journal. of which MT. Box Is editor, and the Sat urday Evening Post. He has occupied his present editorial position since 1888.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Railroad President Baer is again in Q hornets nest, where he seems to be at his best and happiest. He knows that Infinite Wisdom is acting in and through himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

vide all the accommodation required.
 Every court should have two jury rooms, there should be waiting rooms for wit nesses, there should be private rooms for the judges, there should be consulta- ton rooms for attorneys and clients, there should be larger library. and bet ter, far better, sanitary arrangements than we have at present. Nothing less than st t,0Oo,ooo will be anything like enough to make all the provisions that will be necessary, if not now a few years hence."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM


 Bessemer Rustler: The fact that the Birmingham ball team was playing so indifferently caused more comment than the so-called strike.
 New Decatur Advertiser: The sympa- thetic strike in Birmingham seemed to lack sympathy somewhere. Anyway the strikers conducted themselves like men and they have our sympathy.
 Walker County News: The next Con- federate Veterans reunion comes to Bir- mingham. The old Confeds are fast pass ing away, and 1t is very fortunate for those of Walker county that the next reunion is coming so near. as it will insure all an opportunity of attending at least one more.
 Memphis Commercial-Appeal: A Bir- mingham judge charged the grand jury that it is as much a violation of law to play golf on Sunday as it is to sell whis- ky. That looks like putting golf balls and highballs in the same category Washington Post.
 Well. of course you will admit that both are suggestive of Scotch.
 Hanceville Hustler: The city of Bir- mingham is reaplng a harvest of crime from the sowing of lax justice in its courts. There Is no city where criminals escape so easily as in Birmingham. A professional jury list and a most liberal attitude toward offenders by officials of the court. The result is murder at the appalling rate of one and two a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The average man thinks he Is good if he keeps out of Jail.
 A girl can support herself and a large family by marrying.
 A woman's idea of tight lacing Is when somebody else does 1t.
 There's hardly anything that makes a girl hate you more than not to call her freckles tan. e
 A wcman can cry when she sees a steamship sailing just by imagining how 1t would be if some of her family were on 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

The real estate ads in yesterdays paper made interesting reading. Trad ing in realty is brisk and the large space demanded by the advertisers Is a pretty good sign that Birmingham is in an uncommonly prosperous con- ditiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Naturalist Roosevelt is also con vinced that the report to the effect that the democratic donkey will de- your the g. o. p. elephant next year is a fake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Yes, it is warm but it is the time of the year for high temperature. May the hot wave not soon spend itself, is the prayer of the farmer and should be the prayer of us all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

The president of the Oklahoma con- stitutional convention has issued a call for an election on August 6, and the hold-up brigade are up against the naked issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

The big Chicago packers now buy stock subject to post-mortem inspec- tion and it has been suggested that the method should be extended to Wall street sales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Baer has put up the price of com muters' tickets, and the commuters lave no remedy, for he has already explained that he is Providence in this world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Leslie M. Shaw put aside the presi- dential crown that was not offered him to become the head of the big gest trust in the Wall street district that has been offered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

In 1901 France built nearly all of the honking machines-now the Uni ted States leads the nations, but France Is a good second.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

The republican hold-ups claim they have put an eclipse on the forty-sixth star of the flag. They are mean enough to do anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Peary is still short in his attempt to raise by July the price of another North Pole trip. He wants $100,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

The bands are now playing with the courage of their convictions, "In the Good Old Summertime"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

If any missionaries are driven out of China by the revolution, let them come home and work in the home field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Naturalist Roosevelt must be sawin' wood, for he is sayin' nothin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Esperanto is slower than baseball language. It is in fact slower than any known thing except simpllfied spelling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

The backwardness of the roof gar dens deprives New York society of social sensations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Our ambassador to Italy has new baby who will soon begin to make Rome howl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

In many states they are turning the searchlight on the county jail. Ala bama should do likewise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

It's big jump from James Buchan- an to Philander Knox, and the country is not ready to make 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Dr. Long will not be a spellbinder next year if Roosevelt is renominated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Flowers for use when the douma dies may now be ordered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Those who want June brides should begin to hustle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

The Tech in Boston had two girl graduates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-10

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffioe as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-13
NO BAIL, SAYS JEROME.
The District Attorney Will Oppose Any
Attempt to Give Thaw Liberty.

New York, April 1S.-Harry Thaw
must make his fight for freedom anew.
jerome, immediately after the disagree
ment was announced, said that he
would put the defendant on trial again
probably next October-and mean
while would oppose his admission to
bail or a change of venue.
District Attorney jerome declared
there were many other persons accused
of homicide awaiting trial and Thaw
would have to take his turn with the
rest.
Tkaw's attorneys will have a confer
ence with the prisoner to decide on
their next step. They may make an
early application for bail. Jerome said
he would oppose it and as seven of the
jurors had voted for guilty his oppo-
sition probably would be successful In
that event Thaw has another long
summer before him in the city prison.
for his case on the already crowded
criminal calendar cannot possI' ~ be
reached until some time next fall.