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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
FAIRY SONG.

By John Keats. Shed no tear, o, shed no tear, The flower will bloom another year. Weep no morei O, weep no more. Young buds sleep in the roots White
 core. Dry your eyes O, dry your eyes! For I was taught in Paradise To ease my breast of melodies
 Shed no tear. Overhead. look overhead. Mong the blossoms white and red Look up. look up, I fiutter now On this fresh pomegranate bough- See me, 'tis this silvery bill Ever cures the good mans i'll, Shed no tear. O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Adieu, adeu-I fy-adieu. vanish in the heavens blue
 Adieu, adieu!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 A man would rather lose hundred dol lars on bet than pay ten for taxes.
 very good way for girl to make men admire her figure is to inherit lot of money.
 When a mans health is not good 1t can scare him out of doing most anything unless 1t is bad for him.
 One of the surest ways to fiatter woman Is to tell her you never liked to go to church till you knew her.
 man with a bad reputation has a lot of pleasure out of it because he knows how other men envy him the way he got it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
About Persons.

Dr. Neal, who for several years has been in the lumber business in Bbb county, has sold out his mill interests, but still owns considerable timber inter- ests in two or three counties. He passed through Birmingham yesterday on hls way to his home county. Cleburne to at tend to some matters in court. He is just recovering from a seriuos spell of illness.
 Willis C. Robinson. formerly with the Green Undertaking company, left tine city last night for Decatur. where he has ac- cepted position with the firm of Holmes Brothers.
 The condition of Detective Bob Patton was reported some better at St. Yincent's hospital last night. MT. Patton has been confined at the hospital for more than a month with typhoid fever, and within the last few days his condition has grown much worse.l Last night, however, he was resting better, and 1t is believed that there is a slight improvement in his con- difion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
Briqht Outlook.

Ut is understood that four or five Of the furnaces now out of blast will be lighted early in January, provided the iron mar ket opens with active inquiry, as ex- pected," said man prominent in the in dustrial world. Stocks on the yards are not large, and with anything like brisk buying movement they will soon disap- pear.
 q look for q majority of the furnaces in the south to resume operations by the 1st of February I think improved condi- tions will justify considerable activity all along the line"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Ballooning will never be popular mode of travel among women, for it gives them small opportunity to show their new clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

now, and have cut down my liquid re- treatments in the same proportion. have a number of other delightful habits such as swearing-whieh I have also de- cided to cut out on New Years day, and am slaekening up on them. too"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Mrs. Bradley hopes to convince the jury that she was just insane enough She does not want them to think her too insane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Uncle Joe Cannon smokes non-union cigars, and the angle at which he smokes them does not atone for the absence of an union label.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
THE ANIMAL FAKIR.

From the Baltimore American.
 How came your dog to take such leap into the surf?'
 Tt was this way. You see he's water dog. and he heard somebody call out there was a sea puss out there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

The savings depositors will soon be able to get their money, and they will not, therefore, want it. This is a queer world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

The Harriman-Hill peace should not be set down as result of The Hague conference, but simply to a desire to invite the lambs back to Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

An Ohio man banked in an old shoe to the extent of $280, and his wife in cleaning up" burned both the shoe and the depositor's money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

The senate may hold that the Okla homa senators must be elected by the legislature before they can be seated, They are democrats, you know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

The automobiles are steadily crowd ing the horse shows out of profits and fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Times change and so do the popu- lists, for the latter are patronizing the barbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

The financial stringency will prove a blessing in disguise if it reduces the prices of necessities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Thaw has been in jail IS months, and he begins to think he is entitled to a trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

You can still do your Christmas shopping early, but it will soon be too late to do 1t that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

The football season was closed in this district in reign of mud and moisture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

A money squeeze affords the pinch ingest punch that the world has any knowledge of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

The New York money market is easy and Wall street may have merry Christmas after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Senator Watterson" would sound we'll, and the country would be served we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Justice Brewer and the Big Stick do not speak as they pass by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

A Hill-Harriman peace is all right as long as it does not lead to Harri- man-Hill merger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Grover Cleveland is still able te bring to bear his esteemed recupera tive powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Congress is convening and Washing. ton, D. C., is once more happy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Chance Day neglected to copyright his ideas, and Justice Brewer butted in and stole them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
TO SOLVE THE STRIKE PROBLEM.

| W e
 most interesting account ot the Canadian Act and it's workings IS gwen by President Eliot of Harvard, in the December McClure's. The legislation re- gently adopted by the Dominion govern ment has already been most successful in Australia in protecting the public, the capitalist and the laborer. President Eliot says:
 There is no arbitration in it, com- pulsory or other.
 Tt prevents sudden blows aimed by cap ital at labor or by labor at capital.
 sIt prevents the sudden cessation of in- dustries which have to do with such necessaries of modern life as fuel, the means of transportation and communica- ton, the lighting of towns and cities, and water and power supplies.
 "It makes it necessary for the aggres- sor in an industrial dispute to have a we'll considered case which will bear thor ough publicity
 '1t informs the public, which ulti- mately bears, in higher prices, the burden of all industrial warfare, about the causes and issues of every industrial dispute.
 At the same time it leaves unimpair ed the right of any group of men to combine for mutual advantage, and to lock out, or strike, after full public in- quiry.
 Tt tends to prevent or restrict secret machinations on the part of both em- ployers and employees, because both know that publicity must come at last.
 Tt gives opportunity, through the in- teryention of an impartial public author- ity, for reasoning, concliation, the moval of misunderstanding, and an amcable settlement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02
SINGERS OF OTHER DAYS

and kept money saved from her salary fantastic for the times. Her body has been brought back to Paris, which she never utterly abandoned, to be buried in Pere Lachaise. At the funeral yes- terday in the Lutheran church the Bonapartist nobility was gathered in force, with some younger people of title (more than one of whom is an erstwhile American girl), and many rich friends of Nice. The day before Marie Sasse had been taken from the half cha ritable hospital of Saint-Perine where she had sheltered the poverty of her last days, with the help of Ros- sinis bequest to be incinerated in the same cemetery. Her body was followed to the Columbarium by Girard, who was the tenor of her ancient triumphs; by Scriwaneck an actress who starred in 1S43; and by Rose Caron, who held cruyellPs and Marie Sasse's place at the Paris opera until these last years, an idol of the boulevard unknown to the rest of the world.
 Marie Sasse left volume of mem ories, grave and gay. Charles Bocher' the 90-year- old dean of opera seat holders. is writing in the concluding volume of his own memorirs his anec- dotes of her and La Cruvelli-and or so many other stars that have passed since the '20s of last century, when he haeap gazing at their rise and fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

Weston got to Chicago just as the turkey was being put into the oven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

The currency is elastic enough when it comes to shrinkage and disappear anee. On the upgrade it is stubborn and unelastic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-02

We are having ideal Christmas weather now and it may be just as ideal On the 25th. In the meantime hurry up with your holiday shopping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
NO HONEST MAN WOULD FAVOR
The Proposed Legislation to Rob St,
Louis County of Her Riohts.

In speaking of the proposed ore
tax change K. c. Mitchell, Of the Du.
luth Tribunal, says:
"Under the general tax laws of
this state the entire tax raised in
each county, except that of St. Lou.
is, goes directly into the treasury of
the proper county to be used for the
benefit of the people in such county.
"Iherefore, the taxes collected on
the farms or the farm products in
each county goes where it equita.
bly, belongs. The tax collected on
the stone quarries at Sank Rapids
goes to the county in which the
stone is quarried. The tax on. the
potteries at Lake City goes to the
county in which that city is located,
The tax on the brick manufactured
at Shakopee goes to the county of
Scott. The tax on the pine timber
or on the logs cut and sawed in
ltasca, Cass or any other county
goes to the county in which such
timber grew, and in general each
county has been allowed the tax on
everything taxable that Nature has
given her. Of course, however, each
county has been required to pay
certain state tax for the general ex-
Penses of the commonwealth.
However, the solons of our leqis.
lature number of years ago, act
ing on the principle that might
makes right" established an entire.
ly different rule in regard to this
county, which at that time had but
small representation in the lepis.
lature and was unable to, help her.
self.
"As soon as it was discovered that
this county had valuable deposits
OF iron ore, the honorable(D gentle.
men in the legislature passed law
that there should be q tonnage tax
On the output of our mines and that
one-half of that tax should 20 to
the county and.the other half into
the treasury of the state for the ben
eft of the people of all the other
counties in the state. This was hog
gish enough in all conscience, but
at the session of the Legislature two
years ago the honorable gentlemen
from the older sections of the state
and from the Twin Cities compos-
ing that body proposed an amend
ment to our constitution, to be vot-
ed upon at our last general election.
authorizing the legislature at the
then coming session to enact an en-
tirely new tax law, and one requir-
ing the whole of the tonnage tx on
ore to be passed directly into the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

"But even with one-half of the tax
to which they we're fairly entitled
all the range towns have been able
to erect creditable modern school
houses and to maintain therein
good schools, but no better ones
than they deserve. 1t, however, the
whole of the iron ore tax should be
taken from this county as is now
proposed, then the range towns
would receive no larger proportion
of the tax on the output of the iron
ore than would the same number of
people in the towns in the southern
part of the state; and, as fully two
thirds of the money in those towns
which now goes for school purpos-
'es comes from the ore tax, it fol-
lows that if this county shall be
robbed Of the other half of
the ore tax it will be simply
impossible tor any of the range
towns to maintain such schools as
they now have, and they would be
absolutely compelled to reduce
their force of teachers and shorten
their school terms, and for them to
be driven to such a course would
not only be an outrage upon them
and upon the thousands of children
in that section of the state, but
wOnld he a h,1rnin0 ahar1o and a
disgrace to the state itself.
I'm conclusion we would like to
have any man who claims to be an
honest man tell US what more NOR
al right the people of the older and
more fully developed sections of
the state have to pounce upon this
young and undeveloped county and
say that the entire tax on the out
put of our mines-our chief source
Of taxation-shall go directly into
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
IN THE CRADLE OF TEARS.
Strange Cradle in Which Arc Placed
Griefs Of the World.

Strange Cradle in Which Arc Placed
Griefs Of the World.
There is cradle within the door
of one of the great institutions of New
York before which q constantly re-
curing tragedy is being enacted. It
Is plain cradle; quite simply draped
In white. but with such q look of coy
comfort about it that one would
scarcely suspect it to be q cradle of
sorrow.
And this cradle is the most useful
and, In a way, the most inhabited
cradle in the world. Day after day,
and year after year, it is the recipient
of more small wayfaring souls than
any other cradle in the history of the
race. In 1t the real children of sorrow
are placed and over it more tears are
shed than If it were an open grave.
It is the place where annually 1900
foundlings are placed-the silent wit
ness of more heartbreaking scenes
than any other cradle since the world
began. For nearly thirty-ave years
1t has stood where it does to-day,
ready-draped, open, while as many
thousand mothers have stolen shame
facedly in and after looking hopeless.
ly about, have laid their helpless of.
spring within its depths.
For thirty-five years, summer and
winter, in the bitterest cold and the
most sitting heat, it has seen them
come-the poor, the rich; the humble.
the proud; the beautiful, the homely-
and one by one they have laid their
children down and brooded over them.
whether it were possible for human
love to make so great = sacrifice and
yet not die /
Still the tragedy repeats itself and,
year after year and day after day, the
unlocked door is opened and de.
throned virtue enters-the victim Of
ignorance and passion and affection,
and a child is robbed of an honorable
h1me.-Tom Watson'S MACHINE.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
This Prophetic Soul.

kindly stranger-"say, bub. you
have been crying here for an hour.
What's up?"
Smart Boy-"I'm appalled, by an i'm
pending catastrophy, sir, booze"
kindly stranger-':Bless my soul,
what a child. And what is the catas.
trophy to be-"
Small Boy-"Fishin' will be good
about Saturday, and I'm afraid the
weeds IL have to be hosd out of tho
garden"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

0IHtc treasury IN winch event the
people ofth county would receive
no larger portion of that tax than
would a corresponding number of
people in Ramsey or Hennepin, or
in any other portion of the state,
the theory of the proposed legisla.
ton being that the more that can
be squeezed out of St. Louis county
for the general purposes of the
state the less will be the rate of tax
alton in all the other countless; and,
according to the face of the returns
that amendment to the constitution
was carried. It is true that an at
tempt is being made to show that it
was carried by gross fraud, but as
the same unconscionable solons
who concocted this scheme two
years ago and who are interested in
having the amendment to become a
law will have the deciding of the
matter, unless it is carried into the
courts, the strong possibility at
this time is that it will be declared
carried; and if this is done it will
not only do great injustice to Du-
luth but will work irreparable in
jury to the schools of Virginia, Eve
leth, Hibbing and all other towns
on either of Our two iron ranges.
"The following ia BILE clearly shows
how that even under the existing
laws this county has been robbed
by the older sections of the state
and it shows how she is paying far
more than her just and equitable
share of expenses of running the
state school fund more than double
the amount that she receives back
from the state, whereas many of the
old and wealthy counties receive
much more from the general school
fund than they pay into it, and from
this table it will clearly appear that
if the proposed legislation shall be
enacted still greater injustice will
be done to this county.
GAS fair sample of the gross in
justice that even the present law
does this county we have selected
at random twenty counties out of
the whole state and have shown
how much each one last year paid
ITO the state school fund and how
much each one received from that
fund, and it will be seen that so far
as this county is concerned that it
was regular "hold-up;" that the
state at large practically told this
county to "stand and deliver;" that
this county paid $S8, 395 into the state
school fund and drew ;out less than
half that sum or $44,163, while the
old settled county of Stearns paid
in $l5, 161 and drew out more than
double that sum, or $3O,586. This is,
of course, the most glaring illustra-
ton of the injustice done this coun-
ty, but all the other comparisons
show that this county receives far
less from the general school fund
in proportion to what she pays into
it than any other county in the state:
Paid to State. Reed from
for school state for sup
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

the state treasury, and none Of It
into our county treasury, than the
country districts would have to pass
a law that all the taxes levied in St.
Paul and Minneapolis on their
banking, commercial and rnanufac..
curing business should 20 into the
state treasury aud be distributed
pro rata among the people of the
entire state"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
The crualfx Of sfeAnoth

The Cruelty Of Strength.
Good morning." said the dairy
maid to the limburger. "how do you
feel to-day?"
strong and robust" replied the
cheese. II feel as If I could clean
out the place. How do you feel?"
Pretty weak and quite blue" re.
piled the milk.
"You look it," said the cheese.
laughing, unfeelngly. II told you
there was nothing in this water.cure
business" - Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
His Story Of the War.

so you were all through the civil
war, were you?" someone asked the
old colored veteran who was cheering
the band.
Ever step Of it, subj"
AT the surrender, too?"
Ever step Of it, suh!"
what did Gen. Lee say to 0rant?"
Never said nuttin', suh-des
chopped of his head an went oul"-
Atlanta Constitution.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

Romantic and 4 Triumph.
HOW romantic 1t would be-" said
the girl with the blue eyes, for one
to have big, strong and handsome
lover almost killed in in automobile
wreck or something and then taken to
a hospital. only to toss in delirium
and call ones name, and for one to
60 to him and comfort him and marry
him while he lay pale and helpless on
his COT"
wouldn't It be beautiful" said the
brown-eyed girl.
And" concluded the blue-eyed girl,
have all the nurses Just dying with
envy"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22
Nearly 4 Lie.

weary 4 lie.
Good bordig," said the boarder
with bad cold.
"What?" cried the other boarders
IN surprise and also in unison, as they
des1sted from their burnt oatmeal.
Clearing his throat and blowing his
nose vigorously, the boarder with the
bad cold explained. somewhat YEARLY.
that he had merely attempted to pass
the time Of day.
Whereupon the other boarders apol-
ogized, saying:
I'VE thought you said good board.
Ing. American.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-02-22

What makes Bones 20 proud thes,
days7' asked tho seekoe after truth.
He has Just discovered that he
wears the same size collar that Rooea.
velt does" replied Mr.. Conu.-port-
land Telegram. *..'@, = :.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20

Muck-rakers aside, there Is 4 very small
portion of the people who are crooks
yet perhaps every one Is lawbreaker!
Don't get indignant, but peruse the state
and city laws governing your actions, and
you will realize for the first time that
you are not only a lawbreaker. but q
persistent-even II an innocent one The
fact that petty laws are not stringently
enforced is probably the only thing that
keeps you from saying Good morning,
Judge" Oh, the old ordinancesl Yet most
of them are In full effect as when the
city was a struggling frontier post.
Very often a law-abiding and dignided
citizen as he stands on the corner wait
ing for car. lights his cigar. Where
does he strike the match7 On a mail
box. II so he is committing a very
punishable offense In defacing government
property. Glance at a mall box and
you'll see the match strokes of hundred
citizens who have never paid the penalty.
1t can be stated that there is no man
who even owned an automobile has not
broken the speed limit at some time or
other Perhaps he is not the persistent
lawbreaker that the law is after; he may
be even the unknowing kind for many
states have speed laws regulating traffic
past street corners, over bridges, in front
of school houses and churches. with which
not only the autoist but the policemen
are unfamiliar. 'r-,-
Look up the out-of date ordinances and
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-20
A SWISS TYPE
Designed by
Chas. S. Sedgwick, Architect, Minneapolis, Minn.

elusive Of heating and plumbing. The
foundation should be laid with boulder
stone In order to carry out the desired Of
feet. This stone can be pointed In white
mortar. the first story walls left gray In
color and the second story painted with
a nice silver gray to correspond with the
FIRST story and all the trimmings, cor
nices, ETC., painted white and the roof
dark green.
The interior arrangement with the large
Sitting room across the front 10 one that
is much sought after at the present time
with central vestibule, projecting win
dows at each end Of the room and fire.
place at one corner, the stairway lead
ing up opposite the entrance. The Din
ing room Is ON the right hand side opening
into the Living room with sliding doors
and the Kitchen connects with the Din
ing room through the pantry underneath
the platform Of the main stairs.
The second story has three good Cham
bers with ample closets and large Bath
room. The first story is finished In WASH
tngton Fir stained moss green In the Liv-
ing room and the Dining room In Flemish
Oak. The woodwork In the second story
enameled white with the doors stained
red Mahogany, the floors of hard wood
and polished to correspond. There is .
good basement under the entire house.