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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
IRVING IN THE BELLS"
Wonderful Effect of His Art In the
 Play.

James l.. Ford in Scribners.
 Clara Morris has written many interca.- ing things about the New York stage, her story of how, on her return from London in the very early '70's, she ie- seribed to her manager, Augustin Daly, a new actor who had at that moment taken a strong hold on the English public through his performance of a well-worn part in an old-time nielodrama.
 Tt was what he did not do-what le left to the imagination," and then sho de-- scribed in detail his first entrance, telling how he came into the warm inn, chilled to the bone, and sat down to remove his leggings:
 He drew great coored handkerchief and brushed away some clinging snow; then leaning forward, with slightly trem- ulous fingers he began to unfasten top buckle. Suddenly the trembling ceased the fingers clenched hard upon tine buckle, the whole body became still, then rigid it seemed not to breathe! The one sign of life in the man was the agonizins strained sense of hearingi His tortured eyes SdW HOlnlIS. ltleIly WllHuul speech, without feeling, he lstened-breathlessly llstenedi A cold chill crept stedlthily about the roots of my hair. I clenehed my hands hard and whispered to myself: Will it come good Goodwill it come, the thing he listens for?'
 When, with a wild bound, as if every nerve and muscle had been rent by an electric shock, he was upon his feet; and I was answered even before that suffocal- ing cry of terror-'The bellsi The bells. and under cover of the applause that followed I said: 'Hauntedr Innocent or guilty this man is hauntedi
 And the actor who gained his first great success by his mastery of listening proved strong enough to live down the many mannerisms and eccentricities of speech and gesture that furnished food for talk to the light minded and to become in time the one dominant figure on the English speaking stage and to gather about the name of Henry irving a halo of pubic respect and honor that made his knight hood look cheap and common in compari- son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
Width of the Panama Canal

The naval member of the Isthmian canal commission wants wider locks in the Panama canal, and a change in plans means additional millions of money. The construction of ships of the size of the Lusitania calls for wider locks, to say nothing of the Ger main ship that has been planned to outdo in every respect the Cunarders.
 When a demand for a wider canal is made before a stone has been laid in the proposed locks, it at once be- comes apparent that a sea level canal may become an issue again. The entire subject may be reopened when Congress meets. Increasing tonnage means that deeper and wider canal may be needed, and a lock canal would have no elasticity at all.
 The locks as at present planned are 10 be 100 feet wide and 1000 feet long. Ships which have S8 feet beam are already in sight, and the locks planned would afford but six feet clearance at each side for such ships.
 The entire problem will be laid before Congress by Secretary Metcalf and doubtless, too, by the President himself. The size of the locks de- terrnines the the capacity of the canal, and if there are to be locks at all it is plain they should be capacious enough to meet all growth in ship building for a generation at least. This growth, too, will relate to battleships as well as to ships of the merchant service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
About Persons.

William H. Pickens. the Birmingham man who brought the Christie car south with Homer George has gone to San An tonic, Tex, where he was called by a proposition from the Automobile' club of that city to take charge of it's auto days at the International Fair which is to De held there. He will have complete charge of the auto days and put on local races November 10 and 24. Homer George will likely go to assist him Wednesday, but the Christie car will hardly be shipped there, Lewis Christie Strang is con- hdent of securing the records he is seek ing here tomorrow, when he tries for the mile in 50 seconds at the fair grounds.
 F. E Wilson of the Maxwell automobile agency returned from a visit to Nashville last night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
Side Trackinu the Third Term

The financial crisis has undoubtedly aggressiveness just at present, and it is perhaps safe to say that it has eliminated, and there are republicans who are willing to think the Presi- dent told the truth when he said he would not under any circumstances accept third term.
 The current house-cleaning is neces- sary and it has all along been in- evitable, and no intelligent man planes the President because he aided it and perhaps started it. He did his duty. He rendered the country a great service, and history will give him proper credit.
 But many men are, after all, in- clined to hold the party in power and the man in office responsible for all adversity of a general nature that comes along, and that is why the financial crisis has hurt the third term-has taken the ginger and snap out of it. And the chances now are that the republicans will not only nnload the third term. but that they will begin to make MT. Roosevelt the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
The Next President.

Lieutenant Governor Chandler of New York has large following who believe he will be the next President" said promi- nent Georgian who has lately been in the east.
 He is popular with all classes in the Empire state, and has the confidence of the business interest and Wall street. The financial interests are against Roose- welt or any Roosevelt man and they dis trust Bryan and also fear Governor Hughes.
 Chandler is of the wealthy Astor fam fly, and the captains of finance feel that he is the most conservative man along financial lines in the country as far as the presidential nomination is concerned If Chandler is nominated l believe New York state will go democratic. With it's large electoral vote and the vote of the south. il only requires two or three other states to have q democratic President.
 My democratic national ticket is Chan died of New York and Governor Johnson of Minnesota
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
tHEARTH-YEARNS.
rom the New York Times.

From the New York Times. A melancholy little man Was seated on the ground; He showed supreme indifference To everything around Why do you not run home?' I cried, And tumble into bed?''
 He looked at me
 Expressively, And presently he said 'One rubber plant can never make 2
 home, Not even when combined with brush ana
 comb
 And spoon and fork and knife, And graphophone and wife, No. Something more is needed Tor
 home'' l cried; What does your dwelling lack: The pretty heartslde tone? The note of domesticity? He gave a fearful groan. Alas he sighed, while from his seat He slowly upward bobbed,
 And Gonned his hat,
 "A flats fiat,'' Together then we sobbed: One rubber plant can never make home pne day did not suffice for building Rome,
 One gas log and eat
 Can't civilize fiat; No, Something more Is needed for
 home.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
PRICES AND MEAT SUPPLY

creased tremendously between 1889 and 1905, a period of II years.
 In 1890 there were 17s 100000 pounds of fresh beef exported, the quantity was as high as 351 100000 in 1901 and was 6S000. 900 pounds in 1906.
 Canned beef was in great demand abroad during the r years under re- view; the exports in 1890 were S2,0o0.- 900 pounds alfd in the following year nc. 100000 pounds. the highest figure ever touched.
 The value of the exports of meat animals and packing house products 1ncluding nonedible products) in- creased from $f61 .00o 900 in 1890 to s25g. ooo GOO in 1906. the live meat ani- mals from sS2.0o0. o0o in 1890 to $44,- ooo, 900 in 1906; and the packing house products from s12s 900, 900 in 1890 to s20S 000, % in 19o6
 It is interesting to know approxi- mately what is the number of meat grand totals are minimum numbers, yet hey have been gathered carefully It is believed that contiguous United States has "A, 200, 900 cattle of the 424.- 0O,000 cattle known 10 be in the world, or IT , per cent. British India has a larger fraction or 20.9 per cent. but the fraction is smaller than that of the United States in every other country one-half or less.
 This country does not figure so largely in comparison with the total sheep, since the number in eontigu- ous United States is but 53.500 900 of the sos. 800 00O sheep. or S.S per cent. This fraction is exceeded by that of three countries. Argentina has 10.7 per cent of the worlds sheep as far as known, Australia has 12.2 per cent, and European Russia 9.7 per cent.
 ~ The greatest prominence of this country in the possession of a meat animal is found in the number of swine. Of the worlds III ,300,000 known swine the United States has 56 500. .006. or 40. I per cent; Germany is the second country in order of im- portance. with 13.4 per cent; Austria Hungary follows with 9 per cent and European Russia with S.4 per cent.
 Considering the supply of cattle and the volumne of meat products in the United States, the beef barons should be able to make sufficient profit in their business without overcharging the American people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
A PICTURESQUE SWlNDLER.

From LeSlie's Weekly.
 picturesque scoundrel was brought to book when Frank c. Marin was con victed in Philadelphia of conspiracy in connection with the Storey Cotton com pany swindle. He and his associates. one of whom is now serving a ffye-year sentence, through skillfully- -worded get rich-quick'' advertisements. induced thou sands of people to intrust their savings to them. pretending that the money was placed in cotton margins. As a mat ter of fact, it went into the pockets of the swindlers, who "cieaned up about E. 2.o00 0oo from the credulous investors, " mostly poor people. Marin was born in Brooklyn, and practiced law there unti 1895. He says that he has been. at va rlous periods of his career. a race-horse owner and gambler. a publisher of a daily newspaper, and a colonel in Hon duran revolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
The Burden of Business.


 Business gets hold of some people to such an extent that it almost becomes a disease" said a citizen yesterday as he referred to a man with a bundle of let ters under his arm. "There's a man who gets out of bed to go to his office and leaves his office to go to bed He is not married; he says he never could spare the time to get married.
 T know another man who came to Bir- mingham about 15 years ago and has lived here ever since. He has never been to Pratt nor Ensey nor Bessemer nor has he ever been to the rolling mills nor a furnace. He knows no more about d coal mine than about the diamond mines in Africa, and never saw cotton except in the bale. Business takes up all his time, and even on Sundays are no exceptions. Visitors who spend a week in a city will see more and know more about the place than people who have lived there all their lives. Whenever I want infor- nation about a place I can learn more from a visitor to that place than resi- dent. I spent three days in New Orleans once and since then I have told natives of that city some things they never knew about it.
 T think every man should take week off every year and make a tour of his own city and district before going abroad. If q man who had never seen a coal mine nor a rolling mill nor a furnace were to go to some distant city and people were to ask him about Birmingham and it's coal and iron industries, he would cut a sorry picture as he confessed his ignorance. We have hundreds of things at home worth seeing if we would take a holiday and look them m"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
THE AGE OF PRESIDENTS.

From the. New York World
 In vigorous health from his brief bear hunting vacation, President Roose- welt received congratulations Sunday. He was 49 years old
 Of the elected Presidents of the United States, Washington was 57 when inaugurated; disregarding the odd months, Adams and Jackson were 61, Jefferson Madison and ]. Q. Adams ST; Monroe 5S, Van Buren and Mckinley 54. Polk 4s Taylor GA Pierce 4S, Buch- anan, 60. Lincoln 52, Hayes 54, Garfield 49. Cleveland 47. Benjamin Harrison, 45,
 The oldest elected President installed was William Henry Harrison at 6S, the youngest Grant at 46. The average age of the twenty elected Presidents when inaugurated was above fifty-six years, including the add months.
 Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Cleve- land and Mckinley were inaugurated in second terms at an average age of GO, odd months included. Grant when inaugurated for the second time was the youngest reelected President-not quite 51.
 Of Presidents reaching their office by way of the vice presidency, Tyler was 51, Fillmore 50, Johnson 56, Arthur 50, average age. odd months included, about 62 IS. MT. Roosevelt himself was not quite 43 when he became Pres ident upon McKinleys death. He was inaugurated in 1905 at 46.
 Upon the 4th of March, 1909, MT. Roosevelt will be 50 years, four months s and seven days old. two years young CT than the average age of Presidents promoted from the vice presidency. six years younger than the average of first elected Presidents, ten years younger than the average of Presidents beginning "second elective term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
WAITING FOR MIR. FRoHMAN.
Aspirant for Stage Honors Couldn't
 Wait Six Weeks.

From the Success Magazine
 "When l was a very young girl said Miss Louise Closer, the actress, 'I had a wild desire to go upon the stage, so I left school in Boston. came to New York, and went to Charles Frohmans office on Broadway
 !" Is MT. Frohman in? I asked of the office boy.
 ' No, he is not was the reply.
 !" We'll I thought, I'll wait until he comes
 "The boy became absorbed in the book he was reading and apparently was quite unconscious of my presence.
 "F'ifteen minutes passed half hour passed, and 1 grew weary of waiting. But l thought of the long distance had come, and at the same time recalled an old maxim I had once learned; Reward comes through constancy of purpose. l repeated this again and again. until an hour and a half slowly dragged itself out Finally. I could endure the waiting no longer. With as much courage as l could command l addressed the office boy second time.
 <" will you kindly tell me when Mr. Frohman will be in?
 "'In six weeks. answered the ooy He's gone to Europe
 "A few seasons ago." concluded Miss Closser, when 1 was member of Ar mold Daly's Candida company. 1 one day related to him my first experience when calling upon a manager. When l finished telling the story Mir Daly sail
 ' How long ago was that?
 " Twelve years ago. l replied.
 q Twelve years ago. unused MT. Daly Yes, l remember, l was that office boy. D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
POETIC DRAMA IN NEW YORK

plain and the idea so lucid that an audience, hearing them spoken, may catch the meaning instantly, without the need of groping. When an audience must grope it becomes bored; when an audience is bored a play is damned.s And with all it's lights and shadows and delicacy the language of a poetic play must be human, since it is supposed to be the utterances of human beings for the un- derstanding of human beings. It should not be cumbersome. struggling and arti- ficial.
 Probably if Mir. Mackaye's play had not been amenable to objections on the grounds given, American poetry and poetic drama would have got new life in "Sappho and Phaon." That it did not bring to pass such result is something to be deplored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 @HE high prices for the neees-
 by the American people, and not q single item in the list occasions more adverse comment than the cost of meat and it's products. If the meat supply were short and there were not any surplus to send abroad. the fre- quently advanced prices might be borne with equanimity. But the contrary is the fact.
 The national bureau of agriculture has just issued a bulletin dealing with the importance of the meat industry In the United States, and the statistics therein indicate that if anything sh ould be sold at reasonable prices it Is meat and it's various products.
 It has always been conceded that this is country of meat eaters, yet it ap- pears that other nations are equally fond of beef. The surplus of meat pro- ducts in 1900 was large enough to feed either the United Kingdom or the German empire for nearly half a year, or both for nearly three months" The population of those two countries in 1901 was 98,000, ,000. as compared with population of 100000 in this coun- try the year before, and our popula- ton in 1906 was S4.000,O00
 IL is contended by our officials that if such an immense quantity of sur plus meat food were to be confined within this country by the refusal of foreign countries to buy it, there would follow consequences to farmer rangman, slaughterer and packer which would be financially disastrous.
 This contention is true, but as for eien countries do purchase American beef and cannot very we'll do without it, the millions of Americans who use meat in one form or another with tn cir daily food may be pardoned for asking: Why should not the price be made a little more reasonable to the residents of the United States?
 Instead of there being a shortage, the meat supply holds out better than any other product of the farms. It's export value is scarcely known to the public. In spite of occa sional restric- tive policies in foreign countries, the business of exporting live meat ani- mals and meat and it's products in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
.AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Jackson Clarion-Ledger: The Age Herald favors the abolishment Of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen in that city and placing the affairs of the con- munity in the hands of a commission composed of three members, as is done at Washington. That would be preferable to two mayors.
 Rome Tribune Tie Birmingham Age Herald wants to know where is ali the money" Now that's just what we waat to know and there are also others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New 1ofh iress'
 A lot of people have religion the way they do their best clothes-to show om In public.
 A comfortable thing about big family Is you never have any money to lose Tn panics.
 Nearly everybody in the world can find somebody to trust him unless he's a law yer. ~
 A woman calls 1t very romantic to find an old letter she can't remember who wrote it.
 The less a man understands what he's voting for the madder he gets with any. body for voting the other way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

The legislature may after all sur prise Alabama by leaving undone some of the things it has been &C., cused of contemplating taking action on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04
ALABAMAP RESS

Pine Belt News: It is to be hoped that the automatic typewriter. which it now being perfected. will be able to spell cor rectly.
 DeKalb Record: With plenty of hog and hominy. and DeKalb has it in abundance. a little panic in Wall street counts for but little.
 Opelka Post: In Chicago judge re- gently sentenced a man to talk to his wife Have you ever heard of woman receiving such a sentence? < Stevenson Chronicle: We hope Congress will give relief to the prohibition towns by passing laws that will enable states to control the shipping in of jugs to dry localities.
 Anniston Hot Blast: Hetty Green says there is no pleasure like making money, but some people would dispute with her if they could have the pleasure of spend ing what she has made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

While the Martians dig canals the inhabitants of Saturn tie knots in their rings instead of lap-welding them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Chance Andrews must have had Russian editors in mind. He surely has no intention of hurrying Ameri- can editors to the gibbet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Prohibition against pistol toting is one form of prohibition with which ey- erybody should be in sympathy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

What a refuge of safety postal say ings banks would have been in the late lamented crisis!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

We cannot have debrutalized foot ball while brutes are included in the elevens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Autocracy will hereafter be tenn pered in Russia by assassination only, instead of duma fresh from the peo- ple
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Andrew Carnegie desires the re election of Theodore Roosevelt who k a standpatter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

A ten per cent cut in meats would render the winter less severe to con. sumers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

The finascial mix-up was 50 quick ly done for it must begin to wonder what it YVES begun for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

The advice that the public gets in this crisis from Wall street magnates is enough to turn the stomach of an ostrich
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

As the hysteria subsidies America is seen standing as solid as the rock of Gibraltar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

The territory of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory are about to pass in to history Their race is nearly run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

When the impulsive lover proposes by the wireless he runs the risk of breach of promise suit by the wrong girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Our great waf Secretary is also our advertising agent in the distant parts of the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Wall street should straighten up and behave itself if it wants any Christmas presents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Uncle Joe Cannon is trying to see what he can do in the way of sprint ing to the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

The war department wants an aerial fleet in order to defend our sky coast line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Franz Joseph retains his accustomed nerve, and this will carry him back to health
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

A contemporary speaks of keeping a potato "as hot as love" How hot is love?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

We are about due touch of squaw winter. Don't grumble if we get 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

The next new postoffice should be named 'Deelighted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Alaska's small herd of imported reindeer have increased to 16,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Meanwhile the Alabama farmer is sitting steady in the boat and watch ing the fun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

The balloon neck and the auto face should be hitched up together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Plus signs begin to pre- dominate ii the stock market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Roosevelt can be depended on to show how it was someone else that caused 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

This political off year will culminate tomorrow. \,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Florida Times Union: Now maybe Bir mingham will know how Atlanta feels about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Chattanooga News: If the republicans will bring their national convention to Chattanooga next year we will promise to use our influence to have the 10 o'clock closing ordinance suspended while the delegates are in town. That is better inducement than Atlanta or Birmingham will be able to offer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-04

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postofiice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-10-09

Constable o. p Gray is at Tomb
stone today looking after his demands
on the county. AS the Board of SUP
ervssors is in session and the consta-
bic has demand in for all the work
done by the sheriff's deputies in Low
ell. he decided 70 be on the ground
and watch developments.