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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
THE VEERY.

By Henry Van Dyke. The moonbeams over Arno's vale in silver
 flood were pouring, When first I heard a nightingale long
 lost love deploring. So passionate, so full of pain 1t sounded
 strange and eerie; bong to hear simpler strain-the wood
 notes of the veery The laverock sings bonny lay above the
 Scottish heather; 1t sprinkles down from far away like light and love together; lie drops the golden notes to greet his
 bI ooding mate, his dearie; I only know one song more sweet-the
 vespers of the veery. In English gardens, green and bright ana
 full of fruit and treasure, I heard the blackbird with delight repeat his merry measure. The ballad was a pleasant one, the tune was loud and cherry. And yet, with every setting sun, hs-
 tened for the veery. But far away, and far away, the tawny
 thrush Is singing; New England woods, at close of day with
 that clear chant are ringing; And when my light of life is low, and
 heart and flesh are weary, I fain would hear, beforefI go, the wood
 notes of the veery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
Caleb Powers Fourth Trial

Political trials rapidly succeed one another at present in this country The Haywood case is to be followed by another trial of Caleb Powers for the murder of Governor Goebel on January 30. 1900 At that time Powers was Kentucky's secretary of state. He was first tried for complicity in the murder of Goebel in August, 1900, when he was found guilty and sen fenced to life Imprisonment. The state court of appeals granted him a new trial, and he was again tried in 1901. when he was again convicted and again sentenced to serve In the penitentiary for life. Again the high est court in the state granted him a new trial and in 1903 he was again tried and sentenced to death. The court of appeals granted him a new trial in December, 1904, and he is now being tried at Georgetown on the charge of complicity in the assassina- tion of Senator William Goebel seven years ago
 The case is a remarkable one. Yout- sey and Howard are serving life sen tences for the part they took in the assassination of the man who had been declared entitled to the governor ship of he state. w. s, Taylor, who was serving as governor at the time of the assassination. fled to Indiana, where he has been living ever since, defyng extradition with the assist. ance of Indiana's governors.
 Powers claims entire innocence of the charge. Like Taylor, he is re- publican, and his mountain neighbors stand stoutly up to him. He has pub lshed book entitled My Own Story" and in various ways the case has become a part of the social and political history of Kentucky. His book is well written, and in the con clLdlng paragraphs he says Dreyfus and Mrs. Maybrick had a chance, and he proposes to battle to the limits of his powers against all odds. Ken lucky is deeply interested in the pend ing trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
In Three States

Tn Virginia Judge Pritchard has out done himself by ignoring the railroad commission of the state, authorized by law to establish rates, from per fecting 2-cent rate. In order to make a rate the commission is re- quired by the state constitution to take three steps, namely, to give mo- tice to the transportation companies; second, to give hearing and enter an order; third, to publish the order four weeks before 1t can go into effect. Judge Pritchard has enjoined the com mission from making the needful pub lication, and Virginia has therefore no 2-cent rate law.
 If the commission decides to publish its order, thus disregarding the Pritch- ard injunction, Governor Swanson pro- poses to uphold the states right to make laws in accordance with the state constitution. In other words, he proposes to see that the states author
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
MT, Taft and Mir. Bryan

The indorsement of the Taft candi- dacy by his home state-by the repub- lican state committee of Ohio, to speak exactly-puts the war Secretary against the field beyond all doubt He carried the committee readily by a vote of Is yeas and nays, and yet that committee was originally organ ized by Senators Foraker and Dick, neither of whom is a warm admirer of William Howard Taft. Both regard him as an interloper. Dick remains silent, but F'oraker refuses to accept the action of the state committee, and he intimates that he will fight the matter to a finish. Foraker will, how ever, accomplish nothing, for it Is prac- tically determined that the states forty-six votes in the republican na- tional convention will be cast for Taft
 Whether the field can defeat him remains to be determined. The field is made up of favorite sons, and one of them. Charles Evans Hughes, Is con fessedly strong, His friends claim he can carry New York, and he has sup porters in every other state that went 1nnd
 MT. Bryan's position in the demo- cratic party is similar to MT. Tafts in the republican party. It seems to be Bryan against the field in the one, as 1t Is Taft against the field in the other. But the field in the democratic party is weak. It includes no man with a following approaching that of Governor Hughes. As a rule the field in the democratic party is weak-kneed although the interests" are endeavor- ing to stiffen up some one to enter the race against MT. Bryan.
 | The most that can be said is this, Mir Taft becomes formal and acknowledged candidate through the action of the Ohio state committee, and it is believed that MT. Bryan will in a Nebraska speech soon put him. self in like position before the peo- 1 pie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
Society Is no comfort To one not socabe.
 -cymbeIine.
Alternate Senators

All appreciate today the silent fall of ballots in the primary of last Au- gust bv which alternates were selected to fill possible vacancies. The people clearly foresaw the course of nature, and they made due preparation against it. They selected successors to their Senators instead of leaving that task to dickering politicians
 Peace broods as a logical and nat ural result over the entire state. NO prolonged contest will keep together A legislature ready to adjourn. The constitution of 1903 says the legisla- ture shall not remain in session longer than fifty days and if the pri- mary had not named successor long and hot struggle might have made either a special session or partial rep resentation of the state in the United States Senate inevitable.
 As things stand the legislature will bow to the expressed and recorded will of the people, and ex-Gov. Joseph F. Johnston will be seated in the Senate until March 4, 1915 This will be done fin all order and all peace, and the clioues will do no intriguing, and everybody will rejoice in the wisdom that rendered the selection of alter dates possible.
 While the folly of quadrennial ses- sions is maintained it may be consid- cred advisable to select alternates as a fixed policy of popular action within the folds of the one active ruling party in this state The republican party exists simply for patronage and dele gate purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 @ HE senate and the country will 9 miss the simple wise and quaint
 old senator who has just passed away at the age of S6 years. The senate will not be the same when 1t reconvenes, with the two venerable senators from Alabama absent forever. There will Do a solemnity in that great chamber, s- lence like that which hangs over an as- cemblage when a voice from the past has ceased to speak. The passing of Edmund Winston Pettus is as plainly a demarca- tion of the past from the present as though mighty bell in the capitol's dome had tolled off a period of the country's history and its echoes had penetrated the corners of tile republic.
 Senator Pettus was of stalwart, almost heroic build and carried his years with the sturdiness of an oak He had seen. the cycles of peace and war, and had participated in the great dramas of this country including the Indian wars, the Mexican war, the rush to the California gold fields. the Civil war, and the mar velous development that marked the suc- ceeding years of peace. He did not win great fame, nor did he seek 1t. His ambition was not feversh. and he was too much of a philosopher to burn up his energies in the race for trivial honors. The greatest and most instructive quality of his character was simplicity. From first to last, Senator Pettus had the sim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
JOHNSTON'S CAREER.
a Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 Joseph Forney Johnston, Senator Pet tus' probable successor, is a native of North Carolina, and is 64 years old. He was high school student at the opening of the civil war, but he immediately en- listed and served until Lee met Grant at Appomattox raising himself, in the five years, from private to the rank of cap tain. He was wounded four times. After the war he entered into the practice of law at Selma-which town, incidentally, was also the home of both Morgan and Pettus-and remained there until 1884. Then he removed to Birmingham, which has been his home since. He is a man of considerable means, having prospered as a banker and iron and steel manufac- turer. He was governor of Alabama four years, from 1896 to 1900 and in the last named year he was an unsuccessful can ddate for Morgan's seat in the senate. The unexpired term of Senator Pettus, to which, in all probability, he will be elected, will end March 3. 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Seasonahle Diet.

T believed this bill of fare is copy lighted" said a patron of a popular res taurant as he looked wistfully at his neighbours plate T have been dining In restaurants since I broke up housekeeping and they offer the very same class of food today when the temperature Is 90 as six months ago when 1t was 20. Pork chops, beefsteak boiled ham, there they are
 "The inhabitants of tropical countries use rice and fruits and hot condiments. These people ought to know what sort of food is most suitable for the hot weather; but with us 1t makes no dlf- ference; hot or cold. wet or dry, there is the same old menu.
 Another remarkable thing l would like to mention Is this About month ago went to a seaside summer hotel in the hope that I would get fresh fish and plenty of 1t. l wanted a change from the meat diet of an inland town, but judge my surprise when I found that fish was the scarcest article to be had in the seaside hotel Next year I intend to buy q tent and get up a party of four or five who will camp out on the banks of some lake or river"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01

ity is not stricken down, especially be- fore action is eonsummated and per. fected. 1t will be seen that Judge Pritchard has gone further in Virginia than he went in North Carolina, for in the former state he has undertaken to stop the formulation of law, where as in the latter state he attempted to stay it's execution. The settlement of the North Carolina case and the acute form of the Virginia issue serve to transfer the center of the conflict to Virginia.
 Later the scene may be shifted to Alabama, for Governor Conner thus presents his views in the New York .mes:
 "The assumption of power by the fed- eral courts carried to it's logical se- quence negatives state legislation and destroys the word sovereign when written before the word state and relegates the states of the Union to the condition of colonies. Are the sovereign states prepared for this? Is the federal government prepared for this? Is 1t sane and safe? l regard 1t as extremely dangerous" These warm words may not mean that battle Is coming on, but they certainly show that Governor Conner is ready, if need be, to line up with Governor Glenn and Governor Swan son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
EXEM PLARY.
n Harner,s WeeklY.

From Harpers Weekly.
 Freddie had been spending the day with his aunt, and had been duly instructed beforehand as to his behavior. Upon his return his mother questioned him as to what he had said and done while away from home. His conduct seemed to have been most exemplary in every way.
 "I,r, glad you were such a good little boy" complimented his mother, and didn't take a second helping of meat.
 "No, ma," replied Freddie. very proud ly. T remembered what you told me, and said I'd take two plates of ice cream in- stead"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
LOVE OF CHILDREN.
Great Men Who Have Tried to Bring
 Joy to Their Hearts.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 David Harum" is the most popular novel ever published in America. It is possible that none to come will ever have a like vogue. It was the first of the books to be "circussed" in advertising, and the novelty took. Then 1t came at a psychological moment. The publishers stopped giving out the figures of Its sales two or three years ago, but 1t had reached the S00000 mark then, with still a lively and constant demand.
 One reader liked it for its humor; an- other for the shrewdness of the old "hoss trader" many for its love-making. All, though, struck admiring hands over the episode of the little widow and then loosed them to pull out handkerchiefs to wipe away the tears that the scene pro- duced
 Harum saves the widows home from the grasp of the money shark for bit of reminiscent sentiment. The widows husband had taken him to circus when, a ragged. barefooted boy, too poor to set a ticket. he stood and watched the fortn- nate ones go in. with all his hunger and his wistfulness in his eyes.
 A woman died in Danville, H., last Wednesday who was the heroine of a parallel case in real life. Her name was Anna Pierce. and the klnd-hearted man who took her to the circus was Abraham Lincoln. He came along the country road and saw her crying on the doorstep because her folks were too poor to buy a ticket for her
 you," Lincoln said. and while she made the change he sat on the step and played with her little brother. Then, hand in hand. the great. gangling man and the lit- tie maid dancing at his side, because of her joy, and because, too, her little steps had to be multiplied to equal one of his seven-league strides, went into town and passed through the prosaic canvas into Paradise.
 Lincoln gave himself greater pleasure than the little girl, wonderful as 1t was to her. He had the child-heart, which is the greatest endowment of the great. It makes them understanding and symps- thetic. It keeps them young and alert and responsive. It refreshes and recuper- ates them. The man who has 1t will have the love of all children of good men and women and of God.
 With this child-heart, which is the best gift the good fairies can bring to the era dle of a babe, goes a love for children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
KNOWS ENOUGH ALREADY.
he New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 IT. Martin G. Brumbaugh, superintend- ent of Philadelphias public schools who has a habit of inter. persing his many lectures and public addresses with incl dents of his trips about the country tells of the following dialogue which took place between himself and little school boy in St. Louis some time ago. Dr. Brumbaugh was on his way from the hotel to a hall in which he was to de- liver an address before teachers in- stitute. The little fellow In question had been following at the heels of the educator for couple of blocks, when the latter turned and putting his hand on the la9's head, asked ii he went to school. Al .er replying in the affirmative, the boy asked: Are you going to talk 10 them teachers?" Yes said Dr. Brum- balgh, T guess I am." Well, replied the boy. 'I wish you wouldn't tell them too much. for my teachers going to be there, and she knows enough already"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
Get-Ready Idea.

"I have often wondered" remarked an observant man, why it is that the barber must sharpen his razor after the customer has taken seat; and equally puzzling to me Is that an orchestra must tune it's strings after the dancers are on the floor
 'I am neither a musician, nor a ton sorial artist, but these two propositions puzzle me every time l am in a hurry to shave or anxious that the dance should proceed.
 "The baking idea does not prevail in general business affairs and ought not in any line. Doctors act quickly; bankers pay on demand; merchants sell goods when you are ready to pay the price, and the now idea is prevalent in all depart ments of life except in love, match making, music and shaving. These need reformation to bring them up-to-date."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
No Ice Ranuired.

Any person who wants 1t can have cold water for drinking without the use of ice," said citizen. Tt won't be as cold as ice would make 1t, but 1t will be 15 or 20 degrees colder than the surrounding temperature and that Is enough to make 1t agreeable to drink.
 '"The water is put in a canvas sack and hung up In a passage or some shady place where there Is a current of air. The sack Is made of the sort of canvas that ships use for sails It should be large enough to hold about five gallons of water and swung low enough to reach with a dipper. For people who cannot get Ice and have to use hydrant water this simple device will be found of great serv- ice in hot weather.
 Another good thing is a pitcher made of unglazed clay which permits the water to sweat through 1t. The whole success of the water-coollng process depends upon the same principle as the precipitation which keeps the forehead cool on the hottest day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
Prohibition In Georgia.

''The passing of an act prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors In Georgia by both houses of the legislature has already brought inquiries from Atlanta by persons engaged in the whisky business for loca- tions in Birmingham" said a saloon man.
 T understand that during the next few months there will be several thousand persons move from Atlanta to the Bir- mingham district, many of them wealthy. They are not all in the liquor business and some of those who are wealthy will invest in other business here They are angered at the way their business has been destroyed by country legislators.
 "The saloon men here would just as leave fight the question of prohibition out here in Birmingham at an early day as not. Like the fellow that had a wounded leg that the doctor kept talking about he might have to cut 1t off If prohibition ists are going to cut off our leg the sooner we know 1t the better.
 'If the fight comes you'll see some very interesting things develop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW.

From the Birmingham News
 The annual industrial review of the Birmingham Age-Herald gives a com prehensve idea of the great progress made in the Birmingham district during the last ten years, as well as for the year ending July 3l, 1907. The paper com prises twenty-four pages. and contains much interesting information about the industrial, commercial, educational anG social conditions of this city and dis trict. This information is carefully col lected and compiled and published III convenient form. It is an excellent ad- vertisement for the city and district abroad, and will be of real value to both.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
TRIBUTE TO SEN. PETTUS

plic1ty of greatness It illuminated hi5 honor, his directness, his frugality, his courage, and his philosophy. He seemed to have borne in mind always the saying of the first of the Seven Wise Men Moderation is best" So he lived to d green, old age, accomplished much, and died as the good man dies.
 It will be many day before the infu- ence of the old senator will die He was unconsciously, but powerfully, a teacher of the simple life. On the rare occasions when his voice was heard in the senate 1t sounded like the voice of one of the fathers returned from the past with warnings amounting to prophecy. So sim pie, so direct, so honest was the message that the senate halted instinctively in the midst of great affairs to listen and to heed. The influence thus exerted upon the minds of the nations leading men was peculiar, salutary, and lasting. Whether they themselves were well down the slope of years or on the summit Of life, they listened with eagerness to the counsel of the cider statesman who had achieved the greatness of simplicity. This counsel was often colored with quaint speech like spicy fruit from a gnarled and bending tree.
 It is greatly to the honor of the state of Alabama that it produced men like Ed mund Winston Pettus and John T. Morgan and kept them in the forum of the states. They did their state and the country great service and will not be forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
Pasaina of Picture Shows.

'I have all the time believed that the cineomatograph is injurious to the eyes, !" said a physician. "The strain is particu- larly injurious to childrens eyes.
 Look at this: A medical journal says that there are 200 of these picture shows in Berlin and that the government is taking steps to suppress them.
 Here in Birmingham already some Of the places are largely substituting vaude- vile sketches and songs for the pictures, Also I notice that the greater expense at tached to this class of entertainment has caused a raise in the price of admission to 10 cents at some of these places"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01
The Metric System.

"In reading the magazines which deal in scientific subjects. I notice that the metric system is almost exclusively used in giving dimensions. weights, distances and quantities, said a civil engineer "and yet our schools do not teach the metric system of measurement
 "A short time ago a French railroad gave contract to the Baldwin Locomo- tive works In Philadelphia for eight or ten locomotives. The designs were drawn to a scale according to the metric system At first it was thought the machinists could not work to those drawings, but a few slight changes in the lathes and a little instruction in the scale soon set matters right
 "1f the manufacturers and machinists of this country want to remain in the race they must learn the metric system, but it is the adopted measurement for use in all scientific work and that's enough to justify it being taught In the schools"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01

PICKING FLAWS. I know some people very we'll Whose faults are plain as day, A lack of kindly feeling shows In nearly all they say. For selfishness they take the cake, And never have I seen Acquaintances who were so kind And then again so mean. How much they would be worshipped if They'd struggle to reform And practice more those gentle ways That give the greatest charm. I'm sure 1t wouldn't be so hard To make the change. Indeed, A little coaching here and there Is really all they need. 'Tls strange by what a narrow space Some miss the shining goal That stands for tenderness of heart And character and soul A pity 'tls you will allow,
 When persons whom we love Do lack so many attributes
 The angels have above And yet I'd better not discuss Such things. because, you see, The people whom I have in mind May think the same of me! TOO WARM TO WEAR THEM. 'I see where a Kansas man sold his whiskers for ss.' Maybe the weather was responsible" No dogs, please.-T R.
 WANTED TO KNOW. ''Mother?" Yes"
 When father comes home very late at night and undresses on the stairs, why
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-01

as "broad and general as the casing air. Homely or attractive, clean or dirty. good or naughty, they wind themselves around the heart of the child-man. The bigger the man, the bigger this love; the more 1t comforts and refreshes him. Scott had his Marjorie with her hatred of ''sem- mcolings;" Thackeray, cynic only in his works, was adored by all children; many will remember Stevenson for the gift of his own birthday to the little daughter of General Ide, who bewailed that she had one only once in four years because she was born on the 29th day of Febru- ary Mark Twain, feted by king and adored by the commons, spent nearly all his time on his recent voyage from En- gland with a little girl.