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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
WHERE ALABAMA BAcK-sTEPPED.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 If it is true. as reported on reliable authority that the recent session Of the Alabama legislature added an amendment to the code specifying that only pen and ink could be used in recording real estate transfers in that state, our law-makins friends across the line furnish another instance of the errors which creep in through the jamming of hasty and hi- advised legislation. For the new clause, if interpreted literally, means that the use of the typewriter will be barred from one of the most important departments or court records and that there will be a re- tnrn to the archaic method of recording by sometimes illegible and always slow penmanship.
 Many of the judges of probate courts throughout the state appreciate what the change means, and 1t is announced that there will be strong movement to have the reactionary amendment repealed at the approaching extra session of the gen. eral assembly.
 The typist has displaced the penman in the matter of legal records almost as uni 
 versally as in the wider field of business correspondence. The objection first made that typewriter records were not as dur able as those inscribed by hand has been entirely overcome Nearly 10 years ago the federal department of agriculture made exhaustive chemical tests to deter mine the respective durability of records made with specially prepared typewriter ribbons and those made with the ordinary ''indelible' ink, and the verdict for su- perority was. without qualification, awarded the more modern medium.
 As result, United States legal rec ords in the departments, in federal courts throughout the country, in large cities, such as Atlanta and elsewhere. are be- ing each day recorded In indelible type written form, producing an enormous economy of time and money and legibil- ity over the ancient method In New York City alone there are 400 machines engaged in tffts work in tive various mu- nicipal departments.
 In every state of the union similar ex- periments have been conducted, and their outcome nus peeH SUCH thdt tue tyPe- writer is rapidly replacing the penman where legibility and durability are the main requirements in the recording of legal transactions. Where these tests have failed it has been shown that the use of the ordinary instead of the special ly prepared ribbons was responsible for the result.
 There is little question that the amend ment to the Alabama code was the result of an oversight. attributable to haste and that any other reasons could account for so reactionary step on part of the law makers of a wideawake commonwealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
Discord In Kentucky

The democratic defeat in Kentucky seems to have been due to offensive bossism. The repudiated boss is none other than Governor Beckham him self-he who in a snap primary was de- clared the choice of the democrats for United States Senator. That primary was called over a year before the election. The time of its call and it's subsequent manipulation became ob- jectionable to the democrats of Ken Senators of the state were summarily turned out.
 The democrats will have on joint ballot in the new legislature 76 mem- bers, and 10 are necessary to choose a Senator The Louisville Courier Journal does not hesitate to say that the makeup of the legislature renders Governor Beckham's election to the Senate impossible. The Courier-Jour- nal states that many democrats who have been elected members of the gen. eral assembly declare that the defeat of the state ticket nominated by the primary which was held last fall re- leases them, and that Governor Beck ham is not the nominee of the party for Senator"
 "The vote of yesterday" adds the sons double-leaded editorials. "is no test or measure of the real strength either of republicanism, on the one hand, or of democracy on the other hand. It is. in point of fact, simply rebuke to incompetent and unworthy bosses. It is meant to make an end to a group of self-confident persons led by a governor unequal to his opportuni- ties, defiant of the better thought of the party and the country, unwilling to live and let live, who at one and the same time was exhausting his own resources and the popular patience. It means, In short, if democracy is ever to come to its own again, higher purposes and broader lines, firmer loy- alty and better methods, the star of faith and fellowship shining above us all, not potted and held in cold stor- age for the occasional and exclusive benefit of a few"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
In Musical Circles.

"I am glad to learn that series of Sunday afternoon muscales will be given under the auspices of the Birmingham Conservatory at Cable hall, similar to those delightful concerts at the conserva- tory when it was on Nineteenth street and Seventh avenue said promine ent | music lover. 'These muscales will be- gin next Sunday, November 10. at S:45 D. m. There will be no charge and all persons who appreciate high-cass music will be welcome.
 The programmes in the past, while sim guiarly artistic. were not too classic for the average music lover. It will be the same way this season. There will be instrumental and vocal solos, and trios for piano, violin and cello"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Poor Car Service.

"On the corner of First avenue and Twentieth street." said citizen last night T waited for a South Highland car for % minutes and 30 seconds. Final ly one came along. full of people, with boys hanging to the rear and along the sides of the platforms, and with women and children standing in the aisle. managed to get standing room.
 ''One block behind this heavily buydened common carrier came another South Highland car. No one, practically and comparatively. was seated therein. Now. the public Is not responsible, and the public has to suffer. It is not right. The railway company. since the withdrawal of all passes is taking in more money than ever before. More cars should be given the people. Time is money in Bir- mingham. as well as in Montgomery or New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
CHARACTER OF CITIES

England renaissance, when the Atlantic Monthly was in its prime
 The contrast between Boston and New York is marked. Manhattan island is GOV ever with splendid buildings. luxurious hotels and fine theatres. The landmarks are inconspicuous. It is -eminently the City of Nova magnificent play ground for the, continent. Every con- sideration is subordnated to that of pres ent comfort and convenience. The trav- eler can go from his hotel by an under ground passage to the subway, which will whirl him down town at a mile a minute speed There is no looking back ward to golden age in the middle of the last century. The magazines are satisfied with the performance of to- day. Yesterday is beyond their ken As for the "old' families, of course they count. But New York is so filled with outsiders-it so constantly attracts men from every quarter of the continent-that no society can pretend to be exclusive. The people with money or with brains are bound to arrive" socially in the long run.
 And if Boston is of the past and New York of the present, so is Kansas City of the future. This is the town of to- morrow. Great tasks have been achieved here, but greater ahead. The city is still forming. It has not yet formed itself. Pre-emnently it is the town of men young in spirit, who are looking forward In this hopeful attitude, this expectation of a confident tomorrow, 1t differs from both New York and Roston-and differs not in vain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
SKUNK OIL.

From the Washington Herald.
 Neither tradition nor the memory of man runs back to the time when Pros pect was not the skunk oil metropolis of Maine" This assertion was made by Samuel l.. Baxter, a dealer in oil and hides, of Boston, at the National, last night. Even in the time when ange- worm oil and snake oil ran skunk oil a close race for leadership, Prospect main- tained it's reputation for producing more skunks to the acre. and fatter skunks than any other town" he continued. Tn the days of the civil war, General Heag- an a veteran of the conflict with Mexico, gained a reputation for benevolence and small fortune for extracting the oil from skunks and sending it to the army hos pitals for the relief of the stricken troops
 "The harvest for skunk oil for 1907 mas been very much below the average, due, l believe, to the fact that last June and July were cold and wet, and as the grass hoppers hatch in those months, the weather killed most of the insects in in- fancy, thus cutting off the food supply for the skunks.
 
 the selling sprice of the oil has advanced from s4 to s6 a gallon, and buyers are busy collecting all the job lots on hand. In average years a fair-sized skunk would yield quart of pure oil, which was worth S. and this sum, added to the 50 cents to S2 received for the pelt. makes skunk hunting an important industry for the farmers and their sons. The skunk shunt- CTS say that substitution has affected their trade greatly, as dealers who are interruptions do not hesitate to dilute the genuine product of the skunk with 50 per cent or more of hens oil, which resembles skunk oil in every respect ex- cept the smell
 By adding a small quantity of the flavoring extract which skunks. keep in stock the imitation article can be sold to customers without fear of detection The practice of selling adulterated oils for genuine has become so widespread that the skunk hunters say they will ask the next legislature to pass an act making adulteration a crime. punishable with a neavy fine or imprisonment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
Pistol Tstinu Bills

Senator Reynolds bill forbidding the sale of pistol cartridges as well as of pistols would be a good bill if it's pen alties were not confined to penalties, none of them exceeding s100. Senator Lusk's bill makes pistol toting in any form a penitentiary offense. If the Lusk bill could be stretehed to include pistol cartridges it would be ideal, for 1t forbids the carrying of any con- cealed weapon less than 24 inches long.
 Senator Lusk is right, too, when he says officers of the law should not be excepted, for there Is no need in their cases of concealment. They some times need gun, and when they do need one let it be carr'-1 in soldier like manner. Soldiers are policemen in the full sense of the word. Both are contending for law, order and what is right. A soldier does not conceal his weapon, and a policeman need not and should not.
 The legislature will make no mis- takes sf it passes a prohibitivc pistol toting bill, and it need not go out of its way to find a better plan than that contained in the bill of Senator Lusk Senator Reynolds presents, however, a valuable idea in his proposed ptohIbi- tion of the sale of pistol cartridges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 When anybody agrees with you he has opinions, when he doesn't. delusions.
 Saving money is very useful for the man who is going to get 1t away from you.
 A woman's idea of your being cross is when you think some other woman is pretty.
 No matter how fat woman Is. she thinks 1t will be different when the fash ions change.
 You could never make a girl think her parents do as much for her ss the one who takes her to q matinee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
A HOT PACE.

From the Washington Star. Have you not felt the peril which
 Our present pace reveals? The small, the great the poor, the rich Are going it on wheels. The autos skid in zigAegs strange.
 The street cars plunke and balk. Hey driver, Stop and keep the changel Let's all get out and walkl The locomotives madly dash,
 Nor fear what wrecks may come. The roller skater risks crash,
 And says. That's going some." We cAtch our breath and sadly shake,
 With faces white as chalk l For pity's sake put on the bralkel
 Let's all get out and walki T
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
A WATERS WAL.
rom the Philadelphia Bulletin.


 The waiter spoke indignantly.
 Men go about" he said. complaining of being mistook for walters. But it is on the other foot, really, that the shoe rests Us walters are the real complain ants in these cases of mistaken identity. Our kicks are sincere. The others ring false.
 For at dances and balls and such like crushes many a young man makes money by being mistook for a waiter. How does he make money? Why, he is tipped and all them tips he pockets. never think ing of handing them over to their right full owners.
 At every big affair we count on a loss of per cent through the dishonest advantage that impecunious young -swells take of being .mistook for waiters."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

We not only want an elastic cur rency, but we want one that will re- main a mixer on all occasions and in all emergencies. A currency that comes and goes is not comfortable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ITS 4 PROBLEM.

ITS 4 PROBLEM.
 Life Is not all music,
 Flowers and applause,
 Life is not all sunshine,
 Lived beneath good laws; Life is not all skittles,
 Skittles served with beer, Life Is not all merriment,
 Hopefulness and cheer.
 Life's a proposition,
 Sure as we are born.
 Every rose that blossoms
 Hides a bitter thorn;
 Even when we're laughing.
 Soon we're apt to cry,
 Just when we are learning
 Comes the time to die.
 THE AGE OF SINGLE DIETS. What are you living on?" Pm living on eggs What are you living on?" I'm living on peanuts" And what are you living on?' Pm living on hope!'
 A SONG OF GRATUITIES. Tip, tip, tip.
 The porter, the maid and the hop And I've often wondered as I went along If this tipping would ever stop. Tip tip. tip, No matter how little they do, The whole blooming bunch is anxious to
 see
 How much they can get out of you. Tip. tip, tip. All over this prosperous land And other lands, too-wherever you go. There's the palm of an outstretched
 hand
 Young Heinz, of the celebrated pickle family, handed his father a lemon by eloping with a trained nurse. Twas ever thus
 SNUBBEr. She tripped along city street A radiant dream in blue. Oh, she was ia'nty anl she was swc,t, If ever & heart | sat sruei From head to foot TO fault appeared, No blemish the eye could find. But every move that she made cndeared And shattered our peace of mind. Adora ble creature, so fair to see And lovely beyond compare, I wish you'd squander a sn,ie on inc Instead of a cold, cold stare, We're never too old to marry" chirped decrepit rascal nearly 100 years old as he hopped up to the altar with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Dr. MacArthur says no organization suffers more in times of financial stress than does the church. The col lection-box goes unheeded in such times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Mexico is building a coliseum that will seat 22,000 people. This would hold game of baseball, which is more intense than a bullfght.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Now that President Roosevelt has been credited with the sixth sense," there is all the more reason why trusts should tremble in their shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

The star of Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model" had his throat cut by an Indianapolis bellboy The boy prob. ably saw the show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

England will hold hand of four Kings when their majesties of Eng land, Germany, Spain and Norway get together at Windsor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Sarah Bernhardt says she wants to die playing Camille" If she keeps on playing it long enough maybe her wish will be gratified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Mir Roosevelt and MT. Fairbanks have conferred, but the succession problem is still unsolved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

High finance has sworn off and it proposes to keep wildcatism away, but it cannot be trusted to stick long to it's high resolve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

There is no panic, and as soon as a few clouds roll by the paying tellers will hand out currency with their old time flippancy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Girl ushers are making great hit in Gotham, and one of them who re- fused tip nearly gave theatregoer acute heart disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Senator "Fiddling Bob" Taylor says the two Johnsons would make a dandy" presidential team. Perhaps they would.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

lows who stole a hundred dollars worth of plumes from the fair ostriches were evidently trying to feather their own nests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Eight millions of telephone girls are saying 'busy" in all languages in all parts of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

The Jamestown exposition is to gc into the hands of receiver soon after it's closing day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Baltimore boasts that it is not in dulging in the scrip system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

, Il Drlue or bo years. Which reminds us that there is no fool like one of those anticipated bridegrooms.
 Let others sing of Wistful Washington. Ancient Atlanta and Hefty Houstoni In the approaching drouth our heart inclines to Mild Milwaukee. MISFORTUNE. It is always the hand of providence when our neighbor has trouble. but in Cur case it is a run of hard luck. INVICTUS. On a morning dark and dreary when the
 muse refused to work And there came a subtle tempter who said, Chuck it-idle-shlrkl' And the fires of bright endeaver and the beacon light of hope Seemed to flicker out and vanish and I
 couldn't find my dope" Did I lay aside my duty, saying, This
 another day.? No, fell to poesy faking and went gladly on my way!
 Eddie Foy wants to play Hamlet" Another good comedian gone to the badl It is reported that an automobile baked
  is the first time an automobile ever showed a trace of fear.
 THE DowN-TRODDEN BARD.
 A poet said "Pd happy be,
 If the world wouldn't make Such fun of me- The Washington Post observes, Wide awake Washington is the only place in the whole country where the pure air of delightful autumn is not polluted by the aroma of campaign cigars" Yet, Wash ington is a monument to the campaign cigar. FASHION NOTE. The styles in autos swiftly change
 We venture to opine. The car of 1908 won't be
 The car of 1909
 Only the flea is more active than the nimble grafter.
 Poverty Is sweet only when seen through poets eyes.
 Mile stones in the life of an actorine are jewel robberies and divorces
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

The legislature is on our hands and Congress soon will be. Troubles never come singly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Nagging is no ground for divorce, says a judge. In that case, there is nothing for hubby to do but desert.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Widening the locks in the Panama canal means a widening of the hole in the treasury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

A London paper calls our mix-up an American cash famine. That's about the size of 1t. ,.t.f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Mobile has butted into the Southern league, and Chattanooga should brace up and do likewise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Don't carry roll" advises Pitts burg newspaper. The poor man does not need such advice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Washington Post: ''Who does not love dogs?" asks the New York Herald enthusiastically. Well, we have our suspicious of the book agents and in surance solicitors who have>had their trousers torn in the line of duty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Quiet zones are being established around hospitals-zones, that is to say, that contain no photographs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

wam factor that must be reckoned with hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Belgium has one large luxurious King that she would like to lose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Nashville American: They are talk ing of making Washington a dry town. Must want to cut sessions of Congress down to about six weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Editor Hearst's party seems to have gone where the woodbine twineth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

A contemporary speaks of "A pen alty for virtue" It must be-poverty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Butter Is going down even if tn, beef trust will not let meats drop to { decent level
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Old stockings are insecure banks, kind friends. Don't use them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
PRESS POINTS

Houston Post: The ancients who boosted Moses as the meekest man never saw Grand Old Texas bride groom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Charleston News and Courier: Re- ferring to the "panics" Senator Depew said: "The day was saved by the pluck, courage and genius of the men who do things" "Things% did you say, sena tor? Do "thngs?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

The Lusitania came in loaded to the gunwales with gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

New Orleans imes-Democrat: A balloon sent up to a height of 46,6S0 feet recorded a temperature of III de- grees below zero. This bears out the popular theory that the warm place is located in the other direction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

bride of 6S years. Which reminds us that there is no fool like one of those antiquated bridegrooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Let others sing of wistful Washington. Ancient Atlanta and Hefty Houstoni In the approaching drouth our heart inclines to Mild Milwaukee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
THE AGE OF SINGLE DIETS.

What are you living on?" Pm living on eggs" What are you living on?" I'm living on peanuts" And what are you living on?' I'm living on hope!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09
MISFORTUNE.

MISFORTUNE. It is always the hand of providence when our neighbor has trouble, but in Cur case it is a run of hard luck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postof1ce as second-class matter unoer act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Something Is rotten in the state of Denmark.
 --HamIet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

Adorable creature, so fair to see
 And lovely beyond compare, I wish you'd squander a sln,le on inc Instead of a cold, cold stare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-09

From head to foot TO fault appeared,
 No blemish the eye could find But every move that she made cndeared And shattered our peace of mind.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-11
ADOPTS LOCAL OPTION PLANK.
Washington County Republican Con-
ventfon Against saloon.

Special to The Washington Herald
Hagerstowu, Md, Sept IA feature
in connection with the Republican county
convention, held in Hagerstown to-day.
was the adoption of a local option plank
submitted by a committee from the
Hagerstown Ministerial Association,
which is back Of the temperance move
ment in Washington County. The Dem
ocratic convention, which meets one
week from to-day, viii be asked to do
the same.
Former State Senator Norman B.
Scott, jr., presided at to-day's conven-
ton, which nominated the following
county ticket;
States attorney. Alexander Armstrong,
IT,, Hagerstown; State senator, Harry E.
Baker, Hagerstown; house of delegates.
Thompson A. Brown. Hagerstown: Ray
T. Rohrer. Keedysville; George =
Prather, Clear Spring: George B. Beard.
Willlamsport; Thaddeus A. WastIer.
Buena Vista; county commissioners.
Bruce 8. Zeler. Hagerstown; Capt.
Leander H Kuhn, Hancock; Martin
Newcomer, Boonsboro; judges of the
Orphans Court, Benjamin F. Charles.
Clear Spring; Clayton c. Zeigler, Lei
tersburg; s. A. Harnish, Cearfoss: sher-
in. George ". EarnshaW. Hagerstown
surveyor, Elmer E. Piper. Hagerstown.