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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
PAPER KNIVES.
Sixty-tWo Different Forms Made by
 One Young Woman.

From the Washington Post
 A paper knife may be anything from a bit of cardboard worth the fraction or a cent to jeweled and carved piece Of ivory or tortoise shell costing hundreds of dollars. Some of the most beautiful of comparatively inexpensive paper
 knives are made of tortoise shell by the Chinese.
 These are of many forms, the largest like weapons of offense. the smallest
 mere bits of polished shell glued together so as to serve the double purpose or
 bookmarker and paper cutter and so tiny that they may be carried In the
 waistcoat pocket.
 Some of the most expensive unadorned
 paper knives are made Of the last fifteen
 or eighteen inches of an elephants tusk, reduced at the larger end to broad thin blade Ivory paper knives richly carved slightly colored and set with diamonds
 may cost anything you like. Mostly they are given as present by persons with money to burn to other persons or ike fortunate estate
 Other expensive paper knives are made
 of precious metals. carved and 1eweled
 mother of pearl or rare shells and line
 woods Twenty, thirty, fifty or one hun
 dred dollars is not an extravagant price,
 as some such things go.
 Paper knives of richly colored and ex-
 
 are expensive paper knives made of beautiful horns from the heads of rare
 animals of delicate and richly decorated
 porcelain and of curious vegetable
 growths. Those of vegetable ivory simu- late very well the real thing, and those of celluloid may be made to look like costly examples of almost any material.
 The Chinese and Japanese show great ingenuity in adapting odd materials to
 such uses. So do savage peoples, some of whom never saw a printed book. Many such people make up miniature copies of their warlke weapons as paper knives for civilized men and women. young woman in Boston has edu- | cated her hand and amused herself in | whiting from hard woods paper knives | in as many different forms she could | learn of or invent. She made sxty-two l different forms. almost every one of which is highly practical and many of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
PITY THE BACHELOR.

From the Memphis News-Scimitary.
 Bashelors should not be taxed The poor devil who has never tasted the sweets of matrimony, who has never known what 1t Is to have her waiting for him, who has never gathered them about his knees and listened to them as they sing such sweet and tender melodies as Everybody Works But Father who has never been called upon to heal the in- juries of the wounded doll, who has never risen in the night to furnish a remedy for the aching interior of the lliputian anatomy, who has never had his collar and shirt front mussed by the soiled hands of loving progeny. this chap ought not to be taxed. In loneliness. he is every day expiating his failure. In solitude, he is his own worst enemy. In all that life holds, he is an outlaw with price upon his head. Pity the poor bachelor; don't tax him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

and all bosses to ask the people to elect a legislature that will carry into law his reforms? An independent leg islature of that nature would meet in January 1908, just as the presidential campaign is crysatllizing. It would mean chaotic politics in New York state, and it would confuse perhaps the presidential bee that is thought to be buzzing in Governor Hughes bon net. Still he is independent in his methods. and the chances are good that he will appeal directly to the people if his utilities bill is marred in any material respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
School Is Growing.

"The Ninth Congressional District Ag- rieultural school at Blountsville is in d very prosperous condition" said A. E. Fields, member of the board of control, who was in the city on his way home from a session at Montgomery.
 At the meeting of the board of con- trol held yesterday in Montgomery t>e condition of the school was found to be first-cass. The following officers and teachers were elected for the coming year: Prof. F. A Miller president; Prof. s. L.. Gibson, vice president. and Prof R. e, Dykes of Troy and Miss Willie Arnsoly, teachers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
U. S. RAILWAYS TODAY.
n the Cincinnati Times-star

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 The following figures just completed by the department of commerce and labor show statistics of the railroads in the United States for 1906:
 Aggregate trackage, 315.oOo miles
 Total locomotives, about 50,OOO
 Total cars, freight and passenger, about 100000
 Total private cars, about 112,0OO
 Spent in rolling stock during past eight years, approximately, $2,50O, 600, 900.
 Total trackage under block system. B, 133 miles.
 Net capitalization of railroads s12, ,62S, 0OO, ,oO0.
 Capitalization per track mile, about s4O,OOO.
 Number of stockholders, about 225, GOO. Total revenue from passengers, S494, 955,2S5
 Total revenue from freight, s1, 1,5s4, ,652, ,3s9 Gross revenue, s2319, 76o, ,030
 Net earnings and income, ssO4, ,431, ,56s. Average length Of passengers journey BETA miles.
 Average number of passengers per train, 53.
 Number of employees, 1,4s0,77s.
 Paid employees, $sOo,S2S, ,2Ss.
 Average daily earnings of employees s2.09.
 Killed: Passengers, AS; employees, sso7 Injured: Passengers, 1t,1S5; employees, 3sO7.
 Two hundred and seventy-nine operating companies went through the year without killing single passenger on their 119, ,462 miles of track, but they injured 253s dur ing the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
OHIO'S FAVORITE SONS

fight should center in the southern part of the state, nevertheless it will be waged with the northern section as the battle field.
 Mir Tafts boom, which at first did not seem to take hold, is being vigorously nourished. President Roosevelt has made and Is making opportunities for his Sec retary of War. In the peoples mind he is the right hand of his chief He has exc cuted MT. Roosevelt's policies in the Phil- ippines, Panama and Cuba. He investi- gated the Bowen-Loomis controversy and other matters of political importance. He is recognized as the administration peacemaker. In the prosecution of the trusts and in railway regulation legislation he has been the adviser of the President equally with the attorney general. But in spite of his success in doing well every thing intrusted to him, no lively enthus- iasm has been manifested as yet for his candidacy. It may come with the activity of his friends. It would come if he were only active himself. But today he has no strength with politicians, and his labor decisions and waiting attitude give them hope that he will have none with the people.
 There is not the slightest doubt that if MT. Taft were to be the candidate, or if 1t were to appear that he has a good chance to secure the nomination, MT. Root would energetically and faithfully support him. On the other hand, 1t is not to be doubted that if Secretary Taft be- lieved that MT. Root could get the nomi- nation, he would aid him with equal en- ergy and unselfishness. The President re- gently said that he would crawl on his hands and knees from the White House to the capitol to bring about the election of MT. Taft to be his successor. He would do as much for MT. Root. Publicly and privately he has expressed the high est opinion of the intellectual and admin istrative capacity of his Secretary of State.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
cHIcAGo'S TRAFFIC.

From the Washington Post
 Chicago is the greatest transportation center in the world, the leading manufac- turing city of the world, and the live stock market of the world,' said A. G. Leon ard of that city at the Raleigh hotel "Since 1900 there has been marketed and sold in Chicago a yearly average of over 100000 animals, exceeding $500, GOO, GOO in value, or about one-half the total com bined receipts of the six principal live stock markets of the United States
 Nearly two-thirds, GA per cent, of the population of the United States is east of Chicago, while 70 per cent of the farm animals are west of Chicago. Al the great east and west transportation lines have terminals at Chicago, as have also the southern railways and lake transpor- tation lines.
 'It is, moreover, at the center of the most fertile, populous and wealthy agri- cultural region on earth, and is the most accessible of any large city to the great manufacturing section of the United States, which includes the area of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Mis- sissippi rivers.
 Natural products of all kinds find sure and ready market there at all times. This is especially true of live stock. No market in the country can offer to pro- ducers and shippers of live stock so many nor such great advantages as are found at the Union stock yards. The shipments for 1906 consisted of nearly 1,4oo.Ooo cat tie. 25,0o0 calves, 100000 hogs, 1850, 900 sheep and 1O6,oO horses, making a total of 1o1,S6 carloads. Is there any other city in the world that can boast such a rec- ord?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
LOCATING HIMSELF.
Nrom tihe Denver Post,

From the Denver Post.
 The telephone girl in a Denver hotel
 answered queer call over the house ex-
 change yesterday morning about II
 O clock. When she plugged in" a mans voice said: Hello! Is this the So and So botel?" q should say not" said the girl. This is the Such and Such hotel" "Oh, all right; much obliged" said the voice. Just woke up an didn't know where I was. Send me up promo selt- zer please.T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
 ECTlONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A splendid way to have people willing to say something nice about you is to die.
 A man must have a lot of bad habits to keep secret to be willing to confess one.
 One of the hardest things would be to believe your own lies if somebody else told them to you.
 When a mans poighbors can't find out anything against him they guess he is leading a double life.
 When a man has been losing money he has got to blame it on the government CT he might guess he had been fool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

which are extremely graceful
 These range from a simple straight piece Of wood thinned on each side to a cutting edge, to an ornate dagger with curved blade and decorated handle. She has used as motifs the razor, the butter paddle, the canoe paddle, swords, spears, dirks and other weapons, spoons and other table implements, and some forms that would be hard to classify.
 When one sees the whole sixty-two to- gether one wonders how the whittier hit upon so many different forms. but ten minutes study shows one how sine could have greatly multiplied her designs by using obvious motifs that she has neg lected. Her industrious winters whit ting Is worth a good deal commercially, for tho stationers are alawys on the lookout for a new and practical form of that very simple implement the paper knife
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
KNOCKED OUT.

KNOCKED OUT Priscilla, I could sing to you song of smiling June.
 ] could, sweet maid, but speaking true,
 My harp Is out of tune. The sound 1t gives whene'er I strike A note is far from sweet
 Alas, that poets often pike
 Along on broken feet
 The song I'd sing will not be sung
 Today to you, my dear.
 It will not come, Pm all unstrung,
 My vision isn't clear. You ask me me in your winsome way
 What makes me feel depressed. Forsooth, it is the weather-nay,
 1 thought that you had guessed. A magazine writer says that Castro Is the Roosevelt of Venezuela. In which case, we suppose that he has large liars gallery of Yenezuelans. Sheets in Texas must henceforth be nine feet long. Texas is a state where every thing is long. including the guns and the toddies.
 LOVE.
 What is love? It Is a feeling Gently through your system stealing, Making you a mollycoddle,
 Full of signs and foolish twaddle. For welterweight, E. H. Hartman made fine showing. After brief stay In Chicago, the Hearst artillery has been returned to New York The harder the world knocks you the harder you must knock back, and after while, either you or the world will be knocked out
 If President Roosevelt continues as he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
ALABAMA PRESS

Union Springs Herald: Good bye, Miss Easter. Here's your hat.
 Columbiana Sentinel: Game Warden Wallace may make any number of rul- ings as 10 the workings of the game law. but the courts may come in and knock down his playhouse.
 Jasper Mountain Eagle. Montgomery s death rate, according 10 the published reports. always exceeds it's birth rate eacn month This is diseouraging to that fair city's battle cry; 100000 population in 19l0.'
 Mobile Register: Congressman William T. Tyndal of Missouri is said to have saved $l0.000 during his term, thereby making a new record in economy. It is well for the increase of congressional salaries that the news did not get out un- til Congress adjourned.
 Talladega Mountain Home: Of course, we admit Birmingham and possibly Mo- bile and Montgomery have a lead not to be overcome, but Gadsden Anniston and TalladeSa are going to be among the big towns of Alabama, and our city is going to play second fiddle to none of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
REPLIES.

REPLIES A great many people are careful who are not good.
 When life seems empty fill it up with work and play.
 The most satisfied students of woman are bachelors, because they have never had their theories disproved by marriage. Somehow, time never did drag when we were waiting to be called to dentists chair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
AUTHORS

mockingbirds chance.
 AUTHORS. The authors of books are curious lot. Of modesty, truly, they haven't a Jot. The publishers tell of their foibles and
 fads, The way they do labor, the number of
 scads They have in the bank and the big auto
 cars They ride in, and also, the costly cigars They smoke at venture, provided they're
 men, And whether they dictate or flourish a
 pen. In truth. we grow weary of reading about The fellows who're grinding our litera-
 ture out. We're sick of the nauseous show of con-
 ceit In which some are wrapped, from their
 heads to their feet. Alas, for the days when a hard crust of
 bread And a poorly kept garret that leaked overhead Permitted small comfort for those who
 did write The books that have furnished the ages
 with light We repeat, why is an alienist? Among the also-rans may be mentioned March.
 Be good and you won't need much money.
 You can almost see the summer girl.  Everybody is taking them off now.  Who's going to be June bride? The sad sea waves are cheering up for summer. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
OF GREATER INTEREST.

From the Washington Star-
 The question of how much soul weighs may interest a few psychologists, but it can never attain the popular importance that attaches to the questionNof how much aspound of beef is going to cnst-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

Chancellor Day has broken out again. and give the people rest. The chan cellor should take a dose of his own medicine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
THE CHANGE.

HE ChAANd db' O pshaw, say we, Now what's the use Of grieying here
 Or there? The deuce. This life is short, We haven't time To weep and wall Iris half a crime To nope along
 When days are fair And there's a world Of flowers where Old winter did,
 Not long ago. Sweep rudely on
 And stoutly blow The yellow leaf
 That strewed the way, Meath leaden skies And clouds of gray.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
A Fearful Verdict.

"'IIe is generally no good.
 "That was the reason I overheard given for the suspension of an enploye by one of the large business concerns of Bir- mingham," said an observant gentleman yesterday.
 This Is a fearful verdict to be passed on young man just knocking timidly at the threshold of the business world, and yet l do not question that the verdict was a just one. did not see the young man. but l understand that he had been given a thorough and patient trial by a firm that is always in need of compe- tent men and would not suspend one with out good cause.
 'I overheard the sentence that had been passed on the young man while waiting in the main offices of the concern. The office had been notified of the suspension by a superintendent and the management was making the usual investigation. The general manager wanted to know the cause of the suspension. A clerk had called the superintendent by telephone. The reply was He is generally no good ''The verdict was sweeping and conclu- sve and in my mind I saw human wreck under the wheels of latter day progress that demands of it's servants at least degree of industry even though ordinary intelligence is lacking. This man had failed to make good in positions where education or intelligence of even the ordinary degree are not absolutely essential He could not or would not work.
  Though I had no knowledge of the man concerned had a mingled feeling of pity and contempt for hinl-pity in the possibility that he was physically or men, tally incapacitated for work-contempt In the half conviction that he was a slug gard from choice or for lack of energy,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

Petersburg, Va, holds the spring record this year. On Saturday the mercury in it's thermometers went up to 92 degrees in the shade, and Easter day it had a snow storm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

Every Congressman who went to Panama at government expense is pre- pairing to go on the lecture platform. This will double the expense of the canal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

Bellamy Storer, Engineer Wallace F. II. Hartman, former Senator Chandler and the others should form some sort of society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
Iron Ores,

Brown ore is in greater demand than ever, and Is bringing good price," said a man prominent fin the iron trade
 There has been considerable develop ment in the brown ore field within the past six months, and every ton that is mined is needed. No matter how much red ore furnace company may own, un- less it is also supplied with brown ore it must buy the latter for in order to ob- tain good results mixture is necessary.
 Some good sized fortunes have been made in Alabama and Georgia within the past twelve months by developing brown ore properties. If furnace operators in the Birmingham district ever got it into their heads that they could do without the brown. they know better now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

While Uncle Joe has had much ex- perience with legislative winds, he is now up against northwest gale that has delayed him at Nassau, Bahamas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
The Great Prima Donna.

Madame Sembrich is a conspicuous ex- ample of what muscanship does for a singer" said William Gussen. with a sweet rare voice to start with, she has been an assidlous student, and her culture has been well directed. She is a wonder full artist. and if she lives to the age of 70 she will still be able to sing and capti- vate audiences.
 Many singers endowed with fine talent and fine voice fall to satisfy because of their lack of musicianship, and they be- come passe early in life. Madame Sem brich on the other hand. will never grow old enough to be passe.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
No COMPARISON,

''Kind hearts are more than coronets, A truth none will deny, Especially the coronets
 That magnates' daughters buy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

Violet is the official mourning colo in France. It looks queer to an Ameri can until he gets used to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

The simplifed spelling board is about to celebrate it's first anniversary This is about all it has to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

Walter Wellman continues pleasant ly in the public eye as man who may discover the north pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
About Persons.

Senator Tillman passed through Bir- mingham yesterday morning. He is on . lecture tour and was on his way from Chattanooga to South Alabama
 Madame Sembrich and her company left last night after the concert for Atlanta, where she appears tonight
 Ersline Ramsay. who stopped at Hot Springs on his way from Mexico. returned home yesterday. He is in the best of health and spirits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

Edward Everett Hale, one of the grand old men in literature, has en- tered upon his seth year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

The Harriman-Rooseyelt correspond cnce robbed the Chicago election re- turns of the choicest place on the first page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05


 AN INVITATION, Come on, Mayl We dream of you, Birds a-wing And skies of blue. Butterflies
 And roses red, Leafy boughs Arched overhead. Freezes soft,
 And days of charm, Not too cold And not too warm. Come on, Mayl We wait for you, Bring your smiles And blossoms, tool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

People who have had to economize ever since haven't forgotten Nipissing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

Mayor Reyburn of Philadelphia is bringing back the Israel Durham brig ade one by one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

April fools have a. great advantage over persons who are fools year in and year out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
Tide Water Development Co.

"rhe Tidewater Development company will be in shape soon for starting its con- struction work" said President J. M. Dewberry. 'We could let the contracts now but are waiting with a view of find ing one concern that will take a contract for the entire job.
 "The company will break ground some time during the coming summer. The electric railway from Bessemer to East Lake will be built first. Our route be- tweent those two points, through Bir- mingham, is twenty-three miles. This will be double tracked. We will delay con- struction on Fifth avenue until the last moment so as to interfere as little as possible with the movement of wagons and carriages on that thoroughfare. And when we do begin to dig up the avenue we will push the work rapidly.
 "Our entire scheme, including a boat line on the Warrior from Tuscaloosa to the gulf will involve an expenditure of s9OOo.00. We estimate that our electric railroad will cost about $7,50o, ,000.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

Civic righteousness has been skidooed in Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

In spite of Richard Mansfeld's pecu- liarities, everybody hopes that he. will soon be well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05
PRESS POINTS

Washington Herald: A Pasadena mill lionaire has married his cook. This help question is assuming alarming propor- tlons.
 Boston Globe: Poems on spring are now timely, but a whisper in your ear, gen. tie poet-other papers like them better than the Globe does.
 New York Post: A Trenton man ar rested as a housebreal5er declared he was "only running for exercise So are about two dozen early aspirants for the presi- dency
 Denver Post: President Roosevelt Is having those famous teeth fixed How ever, it does not necessarily mean that he has bitten off more than he can chew MT. Hartman
 Shreveport Times A candidate for mayor of Mason City, H., pledges him self to accept only 50 cents year as salary. What will he take as peraui- sites, we wonder.
 Houston Post George D. Armistead's famous ballad, We Dearly Love Our Old Kentucky Still" is about to go into eclipse. It looks like there will soon be no old Kentucky still.
 Washington Post: A South Dakota man says he has lost his taste for chewing tobacco since having the grip, although he had been using the weed since he was 6 years old. Another reason for being careful to avoid the grip.
 New York Herald: Hell hath no fury like q woman scorned,'' but when she loves she will not stop at anything, as is evidenced by the confession of a maid that she robbed forty employers to please the man who held her heart captive.
 Louisville Courier-Journal: Mrs. Hetty Green says the average person is in- finitely better off if compelled to depend entirely upon his own resources. Un- occasionally it's a good deal safer to depend upon your own resources, than upon those of Mrs. Green.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-05

A world full of Easter hats is a happy world, despite the bills that are to come.