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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
At Denver In July

The withdrawal of Theodore Roose- welt iron the race was quickly fol- lowed by the naming of the place and date of the democratic national con vention. On July ' at Denver the dem ocrats will name their standard-bearer, and it is pretty safe to say that it will be done without friction by acclama- ton.
 Perhaps the most significant change of public sentiment in these days of closed plants and tight money is the rapidly growing feeling that William Jennings Bryan can be and will be elected. Scarcely any party has been able to survive panic. The demo- crats were swept out of power after 1887 and William Henry Harrison, a whig. was elected. After 1857 the democrats went to pieces and Lincoln. the candidate of new party, became President. After 1893 Grover Cleve- land was turned out and William Me Kinley was elected. The only excep- ton to the rule was in 1873, when the democratic party was so disorganized by the war that it could not upset the victorious war party. General Grant was President The exception in this instance does not disprove the rule.
 In the light of these facts the con- viction deepens among all kinds and conditions of citizens that MT. Bryan cannot be defeated This change is felt in all the states. It is in the air, and it presages a glorious triumph, not only for the democratic party, but for the republic. It means that this is to be a government of the people by the people for the people, and that too, without any grandstand plays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
Cash Bond Refused.

T have often heard complaints made about policemen accepting straw bond when a man Is arrested" said a citizen, "but I heard of case today where the man arrested offered to deposit $10O in cash, the amount of the bond, which was refused and the man was put in jail and kept there all night.
 My authority for the story Is a man who knows all about the facts in the case, and said he intended bringing them to the notice of the chief of police or to Judge Feagin. If the law forbids a man to make bond by putting up the hard cash, but Is satisfied if a piece of paper is signed by A. B. and c. D. 1t would seem to me that special session of the legislature should be called at once to remove from our statutes such a piece of stupid legislation.
 "The worst thing about this matter IS that the unfortunate victim of such a law can obtain no redress for the injury done him. It might be any mans misfortune to get into some little trouble which would entail a $5 fine next morning, but if he be a stranger in the city and cannot get his bond signed to meet the require ments of the police office he is sure of a nights lodging In a place where he will find friends he can't shake off the next day.
 When policemen understand that their duty is to protect the citizen and not to persecute him, and that they are ex- pected to possess as much common sense as the average man the people will be willing to advance their salary and sup port them in any reasonable demands they make"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
NEW ROOSEVELT STORY.

Special to the New York World.
 Denver.-"There is little story about Theodore Roosevelt" said Buffalo BTIP Cody at the Press club today, ''that has never been printed. When the Pres ident was out In the west hunting last time the expedition was hard up for bear dogs. The third or fourth day out the chief guide, Golf, went to the Pres ident and said T know a-man who has some good bear dogs. I will go over and see him and see if I can get them.' All right said the President. do It. The man turned down the guide.
 "I will go over and see him myself said the President, and he did. Nothing doing said the owner of the dogs. Do you know who I ami? demanded the President. I am the President of the United States.
 "Well,' replied the dog owner I don't care a damn If you are. I wouldn't care a damn if you were Booker T. Washing ton. You couldn't have my dogs And the President concluding that the dog owner knew his own business best. went back to the camp and told the story with much glee."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
PRIDE AND TWENTY.

From Harper'S Weekly.
 Must not the human heart, with all it's vagaries, seem very funny to onlookers who get. let us say, half way as high as the moon and look down? What they see of us, if we are not too micro scopic to be discerned at all, must be a lot of little dark scurrying ants, only visible when we are massed together, but quite impossible to tell apart by our tiny differences. Only the. Infinite Patience that fashions the jointure of the spiders leg with the same care as He sets the stars swinging about in their spheres could note the little su- periorities. A young girl, speaking once to the Sage of Concord, said slghtingly of a youth, Hes very good, but not in the least intellectual" "Yes?" said the Sage. refectively and then after a pause. But perhaps the Infinite Intelligence is not awfully impressed by any of our intellectual feats.'
 Arrogance is a total loss of any sense of the scheme of the universe in which the best of human accomplishment plays so small a part. The sun shines uncon- cernedly upon the beggar. the sculptor. and the king. Even the sunshine of hu- man love turns an indifferent face to achievement and rests on much subtler and less comprehensible endowment-be- ing. One can fancy how, after an even ing spent in a circle of united and gem eral intellectual arrogance. one should welcome with open arms the half-witted beggar who has not sense enough to re- member our name, but who appeals to us consistently in the name of our com mon humanity.
 For our humanity, that which we share with all men, the commonest beggar the lowest thief, as well as with Shake speare, Calico and Beethoven-our hu- manity is all we have to be proud of. We are made in an image that can grow; that can become obedient to the dictates of reason, that can escape the bounds or itself and unite Itself to other worlds, that can teach itself humility, tender ness, dutifulness. responsibility, and suf- fer and work for an ideal higher than any single achievement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
LONDON SEEN FROM A BUS

1 trary, one cannot ride enough in London cabs to make the bill of any considerable amount, at least as compared to a New York cab bill. And Shakespeare averred that nothing is small or great but by comparison"
 As our cab bumpily threaded it's way along the crammed Strand, the bright colored mass of humanity and traffic seemed to me the pre-eminent London. I wanted no more sightseeing, I wanted no more historical association; I merely wanted to continue this opportunity for feasting on real City London. I vora- ciously bit off large chunks of the atmos- phere, as we passed through it. which I am even yet digesting and assimilating.
 As complement to this view of Lon- don, we suddenly decided to call on a friend for a cup of tea. A personal, att home tea would be a pleasant contrast to the publicity of our day. Deciding upon the cosiest and homeliest tea dispenser. we drove to Mrs. Todd's in Kensing- ton.
 It is great satisfaction to know that the unpromsing portal of London house will positively lead eventually to de- lightful back garden and tea.
 We were welcomed by our charming hostess in her pretty trailing summeri- ness, and were immediately transformed from whimsical sightseers into sociablo tea drinkers.
 Though 1t was by no means a special occasion, the garden was bright with flowers and people, and the tea and cakes were served under the inevitable marquee. It was Mrs. Todds weekly day at home, and the guests were all amiable and charming A young woman with phe- nomenal voice sang to us from the back parlor window, and thereby gave stimu- Jus to the conversation. All was usual and orthodox. Everybody listened politely to everybody else's chatter, and. apparently unhearing, answered at random, and quite often wrongly.
 It seemed to me that even in this land of bright flowers the blossoming plants were of unusually brilliant hues. As I took my departure I commented on this. and my hostess responded with a superb indifference: Really? Yes, they are rather good ones The nursery man fetched them early this afternoon and after you are all gone he will come and carry them away" and, if you please, those ridicu- lous plants were in pots. sunk into the earth, and giving all the effect of beau- tiful growing gardenl
 This fable teaches that our English sis- ters are not above the small bluffs more usually ascrlbed to American femininlty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
THE WOoLY SHEEP AND THE
 TEDDY REAR


 TEDDY BEAR. woody sheep and a Teddy bear Were shut in a closet dark And the Teddy bear, with weary air, To the sheep made this remark: 'Ill be so glad when Christmas day Has come to set us free For the atmosphere is bad I say And it well nigh stiles me. I'd like to roam the hills again Away from the haunts of man, creature whom I still disdain, For he saw me once and ran I'd have cave on the mountain side And sleep the winter through, brute whose strength and boundless pride
 Were wonderful to view" The woody sheep began to smile And laughed till he nearly burst, The other marvelling the while How such a creature durst. Said the woody sheep, and he almost choked,
 Gee whiz how dense you arei A fellow who didn't know that you joked
 Would think you a grizzly b'arl Why, you never saw a cave in all your life
 And I guess you never will, And the huntsman with his gleaming knife
 Will not seek you to kill. 1Ou re Just a toy TOT a llClle DOy, Oh else, for a little girl The one with rollicking shout of joy, The other a golden curl Whats more, you were made in fac- tory
 I know what I'm saying, for Your fuzzy stomach, it's plain to see, Is stuffed with excelsior!' q cannot say one word," answered Mir Cortelyou, when asked about Roosevelt's statement that he would not run again. Surely, if he would try very hard, he could say one word? The sum of $1O,OOO has been offered for the person of a baseball player. If any body thought we were worth that much we'd swell up and bust. If the slush fund is cut off there Is danger that the democratic mule and the republican elephant may starve to death.
 A CINCH.
 Oh fol de rol, Oh, fol de rec,
 The whole world look
 Eth good to me.
 No doubt, you think
 This rotten verse,
 But l could make
 It even worse! Writ on the mirrors of Birmingham thirst parlors in letters that burn is the following pathetic legend: "Only Seventeen Days More.'' Outside of cacoethes carpendi. Mr. Bryan is all right. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
Swathmore's Decision

In the city of William Penn an issue has been precipitated by Swathmore college that overshadows all other is- sues, for Swathmore has declined the Jeanes bequest. It is the chief college of the Quakers, and yet it is not a rich college, and when Miss Jeanes willed it a million or two of dollars on the condition that 1t should forever bar out athletic sports, football in partic- ular, the managers of the college were perplexed. But their perplexity was at last ended by.a decision in favor of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
PRESS POINTS

Savannah Press: We now have low spirits and soon we'll have no spirits.
 Washington Post: In Congress they also serve who sit and lends their ears.
 Florida Times Union: There is yet space for the Knox boom in the funny columns.
 Knoxville Sentinel: "The postmaster at Rye, N. Y, has gone awry," says the Atlanta Constitution. That's a rum go.
 Chattanooga Star: A diary kept by . Noah has been found in Michigan. We are expecting daily to hear that Texas has discovered the ark.
 Washington Herald; Two hundred Lon- don barbers are to engage in shaving contest. The victor, of course, can hard ly expect so win by more than a neck.
 Spokane Spokesman Review An Indi- ana man lived to be 90 years old without ever consulting a doctor. He is just as dead now though as if he had had g doctor.
 Richmond Times-D Dispatch: The asso- ciated paragraphers point with pride to the fact that theirs is the only national union of prominence which has neveg called a strike or organized boycott.
 Nashville Tennessean: A pointer on the decrease of West Point applicants is the fact that Congressman Burnett of Ala bama is advertising for a young man to fill vacancy in his appointment to West Point.
 Mobile Register: Governor Conner Gov. Hoke Smith, MT. Tom Watson, all three calling in turn at the White House, and coming away delighted. There is no doubt of MT. Roosevelt's talent as a joliler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
GEORGE EDMUNp's SONG.

By Charles Dickens.
 (From "The Village Coquettes.D Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn
 around me here; Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad,
 how cold, how drear! How like the hopes of childhoods day, Thick clust' ring on the bough! How like those heaps in their decay How faded are they now Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn
 around me here; Autumn leaves. autumn leaves, how sad.
 how cold, how drear! Wither'ed leaves, wither' ed leaves, that fly
 before the gale; Withered leaves, withered leaves, ye tell
 mournful tale, Of love once true, and friends once kind, And happy moments fled; Dispersed by every breath of wind, Forgotten, changed. or dead! Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn
 around me here; Autumn leaves autumn leaves, how sadf
 how cold, how dreari
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Padlocks for the Knockers.

"The misstatements which loose tongued people are making as to from 10000 to 10000 people being out of employment here is hurting Birmingham" said Secre- tary J. B. Babb of the Commercial club, who. returned from a trip to Atlanta yesterday. While In Atlanta everybody I met even down to the barber who shaved me, insisted that this number of people were out of work here and that Birmingham had gone all to smash. Even some Nashville people informed me of the same thing. Everyone in Birming- ham knows that statements like these are infamous falsehoods but they are spread by Birmingham people, Just be- cause Sloss furnace and Alice furnace happen to shut down, no doubt for re- pairs, some people with vivid imaginations begin to shout that Birmingham is ruined. As a matter of fact Alice furnace only went into blast about a year ago after lying idle for years.
 Tt is up to the people of Birmingham to stop such talk as this, for if 1t keeps up it will surely bring disaster. Fifteen men can form conspiracy that each one Ol llleIu SIdll lell SOflle Ceildln iedlluy person that he is looking bad and long before the time for the tenth man to recite his little tale the attacked person will go home, get in bed and send for the doctor.
 Let's put a paddock on the mouths of these 'hard-times-shouters,' get down to work, boost Greater Birmingham and get the sub-treasury for Greater Birming ham. MT. Harding said al the club meet ing this afternoon that he personally knew that three of the largest banks had over 50 per cent of the total deposits in their vaults, and also that a Greater Birmingham would cause the govern ment to make Greater Birmingham re- serve fund city. Birmingham has all the resources that could be wanted, and it's bound to hold its own through any thing.
 Down to work with everybody and Boost! Boostl Boost!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
OLD EGGS FOR SALE.

A SONG. It isn't for long,
 A laugh and a song
 And then-goodnighti So Up and away,
 Make use of the day,
 While yet 'tis lightl No pain Is so great As the thought, '"Tis too late"
 And Tt might have been. Tho we never can rise To seat in the skies,
 Let's at least be meni Atlanta has drummer named Fudge and every time his friends call him they say, "oh, Fudger' What this country needs to insure it's future welfare is sound banking and' sound spanking. An Indiana woman has been haled to court for biting a neighbor. We should love our neighbors not bite them.
 AN IDLE WISH. I long for repose,
 Where blooms the rose
 And work is mentioned never; Where honey leaks
 And pleasure seeks
 And care comes hardly everi Portland, Oregon, has laundryn,an who writes poetry. Whether this improves the work done on a shirt is open to doubt.
 Necessity, they say, is the mother of in- vention Duplicity Is the mother of a great many lies. The Pail Mall Gazette gives An Eng fish View of Taft" Front or rear, we wonder?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
Atlanta Makes New Record.

Atlanta made a record in trying a murder case" remarked an old citizen of that town last night. Policeman D. N. Manier or Handsome Big Six as he was familiarly known there, was killed by a negro on December 6 and sentence of death pronounced upon him yesterday, exactly one week after the crime was committed In addition to that a subscrip- ton amounting to several thousand dol lars has been raised by the citizens for the benefit of the dead officers family. It wouldn't hurt Birmingham to do things in this fashion, would it?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
ART AND NATURE.
rom Harper's Weekly.

Y rom f1dTpef WethIy'
 A young artist had brought the late MT. Whistler to view his maiden effort. The two stood before the canvas for some moments in silence. Finally the young man asked timidly, Don't you think this painting of mine is a-er-a tolerable picture, sir?"
 MT. Whistler's eyes twinkled. What is your opinion of a tolerable egg?' nc a slx cd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A woman has eyes for others to see.
 The way to agree with woman Is not to be married to her.
 The man who wants to stay out nights wouldn't If he had to.
 A woman can have good time doing anything that makes some other woman mad because she isn't doing it.
 When a man buys an automobile he Is envied for his prosperity; when he gives 1t up he is admired for his being sensible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

They simply made up enough iron to ship out the orders on their books and quit So when demand springs up again there will be no large stock of iron in furnace yards to keep prices down or to retard the resumption of furnace activ- ity. This is one of the most promising things we have found in the situation, and the more this feature of the case is studied the more encouraging does it appear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
A PRoVERB ILLUSTRATED.

From the New York Sun.
 Solomon had just remarked that there was nothing new under the sun.
 q remember winter just like this, only more so, way back in '54," he ex- plained.
 Thus we see the practice Is of ancient date
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
ago he wrote life of Andrew Jack

ago he wrote life of Andrew Jack son.
 A gentleman of engaging personality and singular force of chaTacter, Col onel Colyar made and held friends by thousands. He was of the fine old ante-bellum type, but no man in the south adapted himself to changed con diuons more readily or passed through troublous times with braver heart than he. Such men are missed and mourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

A cousin of John D. Rockefeller is dead He was carpenter and used a hammer himself instead of piling up lot of money and letting other peo- pie use 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

The governors residence in Frank fort, Ky, is 50 years old, and it is near the penitentiary. Governor Wilson declines to live in it, and there is no law to compel him to do so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

The consumer continues to pay higher prices for meats, although the middleman gets them at lower prices. 1nee consumer stands still to be plucked in accordance with time-hon- ored custom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE HEART OF EARTH.

THE HEART OF EARTH. want to hear the murmur of the pines, To stand upon the everlasting hills When the sun behind distant peak de-
 clines
 And darkling wave of twilight shadow The valley with approaching night; to be A part of Natures uneventful dream, A brother of the rock and of the tree, Of wooded slope and boulder-fretted
 stream.
 Whenever we hear a man telling how often he bathes we can't help from suspectng that he thinks a bath some thing to brag about.
 If the New York oyster is like the average New York lobster, he thinks he knows more than all the other oysters in the country combined.
 AN IMPOSSIBLE SIGN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

The Pacific fleet is anxious to get away to southern waters and warm Christmas. It hopes to steam away promptly on Monday next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

The crime of refusing scrip is ac- counted lese majeste in Goldfeld, and General Funston has been directed to see that 1t is properly punished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

A Massachusetts woman tied her husband to the kitchen door. No doubt, she wanted to make sure that he would stay around the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

An elastic currency at all times and under all circumstances may be as diff ficult to put your fingers on as per petpual motion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Congressman Porter has been shut out of the republican party, but not from the White House or from society. He likes the swap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

At "Bath-House Johns" ball 35,000 quarts of beer were consumed. Chi cago won't go dry soon, even at that rate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

The trouble is there are more cur rency bills in Congress than in the pockets of the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Hoarded cash should be handed over in this Christmas season to the Salva- tion Army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Swathmore prefers athletics with liberty to filthy lucre, and public senti- ment says it has chosen the better part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

The Thaw trial comes on in January and it may modify the weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Returning passengers say the high seas are living up to their pet adject- ives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

A poet sings feelingly to a silver dollar, although few poets know how a silver dollar feels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

There will be more "club men" in Birmingham and Atlanta after January l than there are in Glorious Gotham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Gary, Ind, is already acquiring a crop of public utility troubles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Money is wonderful balm for heal. ing wounded hearts these days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

The Pacific fleet will have no chance to make a presidential candidate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

The Hampton Roadsters may not know the fleet when they see it again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Congressmen were compelled to read the message, but no one else was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Old gentlemen with bags of gold need not expect vice presidential nom- nations next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Mrs. Bradley declines the call of the stage, preferring to rush into the thick of the combat at Goldfield.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

The Presidents message was free from epigrams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Washington is now bravely endeav- bring to grow up to the doors of the new union station,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Italy is troubled because her bees are returning to the old hive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Shoveling snow by proxy is popular in the ice belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Savannah Press: We now have low spirits and soon we'll have no spirits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Knoxville Sentinel: "The postmaster at Rye, N. r., has gone awry," says the Atlanta Constitution. That's rum go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Chattanooga Star: A diary kept by Noah has been found in Michigan. We are expecting daily to hear that Texas has discovered the ark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Washington Bureau Age-Herald' l4zl c street, N. ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-14

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffiee as second class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.