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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Let us hope John D. is reading up. If he will read the New Jersey records he will see that there is such a con cern as the Standard Oil company of that state, and if he will reperuse the reports of the company he will gain some knowledge of its income. In this way he may kasn out of iail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02
! t, Corn and Cotton

Eemp@ature and brisk quick showers have no doubt well-cultivated fields de- Lbtton growing remarkable
 The fields are free from kd in district after district the DTS are moving between rows Fous plants. The growth is be- ko be normal. AS whole, the It is no longer four weeks s now said to be two weeks a July as favorable as June ing the crop well up in point h.
 field, however, has spotted hoe, and this may be said to |ature of the entire cotton belt er. The crop is spotted" and pprobably remain spotted to the f it. Favorable weather may, 'er, remove some of the inequali- government report will be is- today. It will aim to show the lon of the crop on June 25, and age. Some anticipate a report |vement in the growing crop to t of ten points. The crop is
 cultivated, and it's growth
 n If the weather continues
 ple. But on the other hand
 has been reduced in one
 ner at least 10 per cent,
 self points to q fair crop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

In an English baseball game that was published round the world the score was 52 to 3s. Either the batting in England should be diminished or else the fielding and pitching should be keyed up,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02
PRESS POINTS

Pensacola Journal: Hoke was no joke in Georgia yesterday. Portland Telegram: That was a mean man who said bee has never been found within the city limits of Philadelphia.
 Washington Herald: T shall never go to he'll" says Mrs, Carrie Nation. This will be great consolation to those who do go.
 Houston Post A Georgia savant de- clares there is no such thing as hell. Per haps he can explain, then, just what it is Colonel John Temple Graves has been playing.
 Washington Post Dr. Emil Reich as- serts that the coquette gets only "the small change of love-" In a good many cases, however, she also gets the small change of the lover.
 Youngstown Telegram Secretary Root very properly says the Japanese have no more rights in this country than the ordi- nary American citizen. Here is ammuni- ton for the democratic party of Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

loss will be appreciated by anyone wha has ever boarded at a chicken-once- week place.
 WHAT AILs THEM? Whenever poets strike the Tyre To sing tender lay, We wonder why some folks perspire. While others steal away?
 LIFE IN A GREAT CITY. She was beautiful girl. In the shadow Of tall building she laid her head upon his shoulder and sobbed out the story of her wrong. He was touched"
 A TROUBLE SONG. The sun shines hot and flies annoy, It's a rocky road were travelingi day of toll brings little joy, It's a rocky road we're traveling! Seems like real moneys hard to get, We've never had a handful yet An l poverty's a bore, you betl- It's a rocky road we're travelling! The world, somehow, won't treat ua right,
 It's a rocky road we're travellngi Sometimes it throws us down for spite, It's a rocky road we're travelling! Can't tell how long we'll tarry so, Loud weepers in this vale of woe The progress made Is mighty slow It's a rocky road we're trayelingl
 COMMON WAY. I see your finish
 BOSTON WAY. Your extinction is inevitable. "Vvhat ought a democrat to be?' asks the Washington Herald. We know one or two who ought to be quiet
 CAN'T BE INITIATED.
 Behold near-food,
 Near-poets, too,
 While near-renown
 Is nothing new. @
 We have all sorts
 Of fakes, I guess,
 Except this one
 Fake happiness New York newspaper calls William Jennings Bryan a 'hopeless hoodoo.' That's a big mistake. MT. Bryan may he a hoodoo, but he is not hopeless. In fact, hope is his long suit. What would you do if this were your last week on earth and you knew it?'' asks a newspaper writer. Well, for ona thing, we'd tell all the bill collectors to call around next week. EwHOSE VERSES ARE THESE?
 (*See foot-note)
 Old summers here,
 As doth appear. +Ours
 An editorial on "The Passing of the Lobster reminds us that a big one passed ua on Twentieth street yesterday.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02
LOVES HIS MoThERlN-LAsu,

From the Athens Review
 The editor tore off from business hsf Friday and went to see his mothsr-in- law. He loves his mother-in-2aw fU1 two reasons: She is the mother of fh( madam, and is one of the best of mofhsrf to the editor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Wheat has again passed the dollar mark, and July cotton contracts in New Orleans are above 13 cents. What the latter are in New York need con cern no producer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Now that June is ended the Phila- delphia Press rises to remark that no one ever thought of the June bride grooms, although there were as many of him as of the June bride. Sad, but true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

until this afternoon. He is stopping at the Hotel Hillman. Gentry Hillman, the well-known furnace manager, who has been spending some months in Kentucky, is in Birmingham but will return to Kentucky today.
 
 The Rev Father Clement, o. S B.. spent last night in this city as the guest of the Rev. Father Coyle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Boats are again running on the Mis- souri river between Kansas City and St. Louis, and yet the former hesitates to organize a stevedores' and long SbOremen's union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Mayor Schmitz will not get what is coming to him until July 8. This is done so that his enjoyment of the na- tional holiday will not be altogether maIred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

A volume recently published and en- titled Poets of Virginia" is chiefly re- markable for the number of Virginia poets it names that were never heard of before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

The healthful breezes of Jones Valley should be presented on a souvenir postal card so that he who runs away from Montgomery may read.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Will John D. Rockefeller obey the subpoena after 1t is served on him? He will nolens yolens. The woolly western judge will see that he does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

The only gold that goes out of the national aggregate to stay out is that laid in the ground in the cemeteries. The rest comes back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

An Indiana man who was arrested for selling what he called medicine" without license left off the qualify ing adjective, "snake.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Judge Landis has most desirable thirst for information at first hands. Middlemen need not apply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

The star witness of the middle west is to be John D. himself. But it is first necessary to catch the hare. (No pun intendedl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

The Standard Oil Is convinced that this is a predatory government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

new degree will soon be needed in Virginia, the degree of U. L. D., or Doctor of the Unwritten Law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

It is a safe bet that Mark Twain would rather have people pay him compliments in English
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

John D. Rockefeller is good at skulk- ing, but a federal court subpoena with a hot foot will unearth him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

When Mark Twain dspenses serious thoughts no charge follows, but his funny work comes high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Whe1 Il e 2-cent ,ailroad rate be. concs widespread people simply can not afford to stay a; home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

The Washington Post tells of Butte ball player named Roosevelt. He ought to be handy with the stick"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Sometimes in this column a typo graphical error makes the pertest kind of a paragraph look sick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

What Pennsylvania needs is man at the head of her affairs like Governor Hanly of Indiana
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Kansas. from force of habit, wants farm hands whether it has big har- vest or a little one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02
About Persons.

Richard H. Edwards, editor of the Bal timore Manufacturers Record, arrived in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Be neutral and you will not be pop uiar The fence riders never are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Mayor Schmitz can probably see what he is coming to without the aid of spectacles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

The plain pedestrians platform de- mands first of all denatured automo- piles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

That man who paid $500 for a pipe will no doubt indulge in some fancy pipe dreams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Should poor man marry?" we are asked. Sure, rich girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

been converted. We hoped to meet him in heaven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

loss will be appreciated by anyone wh, has ever boarded at a chicken-once-a week place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

THE TROUBLE TWINS. Work and Worry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Fifteen diyorces were granted in fifteen minutes by a Louisville court which is every bit as fast as man could take fifteen drinks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

If twenty monkeys in a tree
 We're quickly changed to men, We venture the opinion that
 They'd wonder some and then Proceed to do just as they did Before the change took place, For many men are monkeys who Don't wear a monkeys face!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

A rural correspondent speaks of snake as an "ophidian." There are some smart people In this world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

WHAT AILs THEM? Whenever poets strike the Tyre To sing a tender lay, We wonder why some folks perspire, While others steal away?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

khington Bureau Age-Herald. i421 lot, N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

Pensacola Journal: Hoke was no joke in Georgia yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-02

tered at the Birmingham. Ala.
 f1lce as second-class matter under Congress March 8, 1879.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Wall'street is slowly realizing that
it is not "the whole thing" in these
United States. 1t has simmered down
considerably in these latter days.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Watterson guesses that the Repub-
lican ticket will be Hughes and Can
non and Dick Hobson reckons the
Democratic ticket will be Bryan and
Hoke Smith. II they come that way,
it should be pie all along the line for
TIE Democrats.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Richmond Times-Dispatch says
Democracy means "the least possible
interference with the liberty of ac-
ton" That's the doctrine that makes
Morgan, Hartman and Tom Ryan such
good Democrats"
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Watterson thinks Bryan is not max
ing noise like man who wants to
be president. Will Marse Henry tell
us in what matter Mr.. Bryan should
be more prudent?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Charging a grand jury to suppress
gambling and then fining the gamblers
500 is a proceeding that the ungodly
call "damphoolishness.'
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Tom Dixon is wrong about the COM
ing of negroes to jamestown on the
first ships. They came in 1920 on the
Dutch ship called ''The Jesus" What
do you think of that?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Our national immigration commits
sion is soon going to Europe. Why
can't they stay there and somewhat
Offset the balance Of undesirable cit
izens" that is now against us?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

A New York woman was paralyzed
man has been "paralyzed" while a
woman was at the other end of the
wire.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Mexico is the right party to teach
the tin-horn republics of Central Amer
lea that "war is hell' when properly
conducted
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

1t looks now as though the indie
pendent voter will say who shall be
president next time. Platform COM
mittees should take note of the fact.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Chinese are still starving to
death by tens of thousands. We ought
to send over fresh cargo Of mission
aries at once.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The rascals Of both parties in the
New York assembly have Joined in
jobbing the reform measures of Gov
ernor Hughes.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Tom Taggart wants to be reelected
chairman Of the Democratic National
Committee. He is as big an ass, prob
ablyS as they could get for the Job.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The "Powhattan Guards" at James
town Exposition, probably did not
know that Brer Mitchell and his sala-
ried son are ''the Georgia exhibit" at
the show.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Mrs. Elijah Dowie is keeping
boarding house. That may be more
profitable than tagging around after
a prophet.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Foraker is beginning to realize that
he can't whip the postmasters of
Ohio. With the Reuben routes"
against him, he is already down and
out!
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Bailey legislature in Texas kill
ed the two-cents passenger fare bill.
Baileyism is death to any peoples
right.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

1t is a good thing for Teddy that
he is not prince of Montenegro. Those
people kick hard when their constitu-
tion is overridden. We only below
and stand still.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Uncle Joe Cannon feels sure of keep
ing his tail-hOlt on the government,
even if he fails Of a presidential
chance.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Dick Croker says he loves Old Ire
land better than any other land on
earth. At the same time We would
advise Old Ireland to keep her hands
in her pockets.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Darien Gazette says "Hoke
Smith will be in the United States
Senate before he is much older" But
don't mention it where Alexander
Stephens Clay can hear it!
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Ohio Journal asks Where is
the Democratic party?" 1t is keeping
shady to escape being bridled and sad
died again by Cleveland, Belmont and
Tom Ryan.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

That Missouri scheme to tax old
maids will not work. No woman ever
lived long enough to be an old maid
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

1t must rile Roosevelt to have the
third termers making out that he lied
when he said he wouldn't again take
the presidency.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Joe ChOate and Horace Porter are to
represent us at The Hague peace con-
ference. That assures us that the
peace dove will stay in the air for
some time yet.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Dick Grubb says the only way to
get the North Pole is to send an At
lanta man for it. But Atlanta is not
after cold propositions.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Corey, the Steel Trust reprobate,
amour, all the same. The wonder is
how Uncle Andy Carnegie can stand
for it.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Farmers Union is a business
movement, not political one. That
is why it doesn't need the aid of
Jordan and Joe Hoadley.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Carnegie's voice is for peace, but his
steel trust is still hungry for govern
ment armor plate contracts at fancy
figures.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Boss Cox is preparing to erupt again
in Ohio. If Nick Longworth only had
a scalp-lock Cox would reach for it.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Our new consul in Switzerland has
found the country very mountain
Gus" Where did Elihu Root trap
that jay, anyhow?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

What's become of that great reform
er, Attorney General Bonaparte? He
seems to be enjoying that tired feel
ing.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Georgia general assembly is
near at hand. That may explain some
Of the spring activity of the Georgia
Railroad Commission.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Mobile Register speaks of ''the
last appearance Of Mr.. Graves in a
.serious role" Mr.. Graves has his hui
morous side, of course, but we are sure
he will some time be serious again.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The trouble of marrying a rich wo-
man is that she never wants to "go
halves" with her husband.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Cubans are not in favor of a stand
ing army. What they want is roost-
ing army with weekly pay day.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The individual taX-dodger is as ras-
cally as the big CRATER of the railroad,
or of the other trusts.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

General Wade wants the canteen re-
stored to the army. Our recollection
of him is that he always favored get
ting his Ticker as cheaply as possible.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The scientific statement that "sun-
shine is helpful can be supplemented
with the declaration that "moonshine"
is oh-be-joyful.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Woodrow Wilson is a centralist, and
nobody of that mind can be the Dem
Ocratic candidate in 1908.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Taft has raised wages on the Pan
anna work. Those geezers down there
will not vote for president, but their
folks up here at home will do so.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Mary Yellin Lease is now a school
house lecturer in New York city. So
Mary hasn't quit her kidding talk
yet
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Binger Hermann was acquitted, but
those government lands are still miss
ing.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

What is needed is that all Repub-
licans shall get out Of the Democrat
ic party and shinny on their own side.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Hon. Hoke Smith probably looked
into the problem of government own
ed railroads while he was in Eu-
rope.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Ella Wheeler Wilcox says she feels
as young as when she was twenty,
but we'll be logged if she looks it!
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Preacher Snively, of Chicago, says
the world is pleasure mad. Maybe it
looks at his name and can't help
laughing.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Hearst doesn't know whether he is
Democrat. But who can tell him
what Democrat is?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Japan now owns the largest battle
ship on the waters. Still her great
est safety lies in not being too sassy
with it.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The charge that Hearst and Harri-
man have formed a political alliance
is a real new joke.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The anxiety of the Jordan -Hoadley
combine to warehouse" the Farmers
Union was too obvious.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

John w. Gates is to retire from Wall
street. He is one of the bulls STAN
peded by the Teddy bears.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

An Ohio woman drank a bottle of
dandruff cure to ease the pangs of dis
appointed love. 1t eased 'em.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

France seems to be going along
easily without the aid or consent" of
the Vatican.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Now is a good time to substitute
Teddy dove for the overworked Teddy
bear
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Iceland wants a flag Why not
adopt the Fairbanks campaign ban,
ner?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Carnegie has gone to Skibo, prob
ably to escape an invitation to the
Bill Corey wedding.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Democrats are going to fight the
next battle for principle
or no presidency.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The tombstone market is short of
goods. We are willing to wait.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

In a month from now the country
will turn its telescopes on Oyster Bay
for Teddy will be there!
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Every coward needs to pack around
pistol in order to feel like a man.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Who is able to be Fat-andgo-last on
the ticket with Big Bill Taft?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Chancellor Day is still droOling at
the mouth. Is there no cure for his
disease?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

We are told there are many Dem
ocrats stronger than Mr.. Bryan"
Who are they?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

A Woman who thinks every other
woman her rival must have a poor
opinion of herself.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Mayor Mcclellan says he made mo
deal with Tammany." Just uncondi-
tiOnally surrendered, Ell?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

" Prof. Bell says we will all have
wings some day. Some of us will need
the asbestos kind.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

After all the noise Hartman appears
to be doing business as usual at the
same old stand.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Signor Caruso has returned to his
own land and that will bring on more
monkey talk in Italy.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Duma has not yet been fired
by the czar, and vice versa.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Speaking of soul-weighing, what
is the pOnderosity of Rockefeller's?
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Inn L. Sullivan is to marry again.
be he wants a new excuse to go
8e-fghting again.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The man with the premature straw
hat is known by his sneeze.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Southern Cotton Association
ought to button up it's side door and
not expose it's insides.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

The Jud Harmon boom died away
on the Belmont track promptly
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Roosevelt's mantle would look like
an Elton jacket on Bill Taft.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

= Rudyard Kipling is due to explain
how he found out that there were any
xS s of Martha?"
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Bryan's weight is 234, but his cam
paign beam-falls may be 1928.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

Every new battleship is a fresh ar
gumont for universal peace.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

who is Democrat" Well, Au-
gust Belmont is not!
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-09

"The gambler must go"-to the
chain-gang!