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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
SMALLER NEWSPAPERS.
Reading Public Getting Tired of ln1-
 mense Sunday Issues.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 Nobody can predict positively what the newspaper of the future" will be, all though some gentlemen who never were in the newspaper business are prepared to tell us about 1t in the 1O-cent maga- zines.
 One thing, however, may safely be pre- dicted by anybody, and that is that the newspaper of the future will not be any bigger than the newspaper of the present. The limit of size in ratio to cost or white paper has been reached by some journals which ever now are either los ing money on every paper they sell or else keeping even by the narrowest Of mar gins. Even with heavy advertising pa- tronage it is clear that increasing size under such circumstances would be to commit financial suicide.
 Other considerations make for reduc- ton rather than an increase in the size of newspapers The most important one is that the reading public is becoming 2 tired of the great bulk of some daily edi- tlons and of most Sunday issues. It is lmDOSSlDle ildl SuCil iidSsSS pl pliilcu matter should be read, They become wearisome and inspire the desire for less bulk and more cogeney.
 The public pretty generally gets what it wants, and that will prove as true of newspapers of political candidates. There is a growing sentiment for smaller and more compact newspapers. and when that demand culminates the publishers will comply
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ONLY MEANT THE BOOK.

London Cor. New York Sun.
 Judge Smyly's court at Shoreditch was the scene today of an amusing dialogue between a lady witness and court usher. The lady, when called to the witness box, betrayed complete ignorance of the for nality of taking the oath. The usher first requested her to remove her right glove. He then held the Testament with her while he administered the oath, at the conclusion of which he added, according to custom, kiss"
 The lady. in tone of surprise, ex- claimed: "Siri'
 The usher rejoined Kiss"
 The lady indignantly: "Slr.'9
 The usher with gesture of impatience: Kiss"
 The lady, more indignantly Even if am not in the habit"
 The usher with look Of dawnng in telligence: Please kiss the book and tell the judge what you know about the case.
 The lady with hot blush: Certainly certainly; pardon me for not understand ing you"
 The lady's blush lasted throughout hel testimony.
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lege, and so on to the end of the list. Who has done better? Who has done, that is to say, approximately better?
 But the saddest fact of all is, Amer ica has no billionaire John D. is her richest man. The national wealth is put by statisticians at 107 billions of dollars, and John owns but three tenths of 1 per cent of it. If we throw in Andrew Carnegie and Senator Clark our rich three-we have but eight tenths of 1 per cent. These facts are very saddening. The American billion aire, like the American poet, has not yet arrived, and John D. Rockefeller, it is plain, does not propose to be the man.
 All things considered, the Baptist ministers Of Atlanta have not treated their fellowman justly. They may think he should have considered the Baptist church more and education less, but even this did not justify them in calling the donor from 26 Broadway a leech and a robber. They owe him an apology, to be published as widely as their charges were sent out over the wires.
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prising, and he is a republican leader. He said: "The estimates have been increased in five of the regular appro- priation bills to the extent of $22,919, 229. In addition to these there are obligations created by the rivers and harbors and naval appropriation bills, in round numbers of $73,634,536. In addition to this there are supplemental sundry civil estimates aggregating S13,000,000 in round numbers, making $1,995, ,244 ,56S as the total estimates and amounts now carried in bills that have passed one or both houses of Con gross.
 Now, if We assume that we will not appropriate ultimately to the full amount of these estimates, if we de- duct 10 per cent from the estimates, the aggregate of appropriations will be $904, 720,021. Making the most liberal estimatae of our revenues during the fiscal year. 1908, including the postal revenues, they will not exceed $804, 573,264. This estimate is an increase of almost s20O0O,OOO over the revenues of the current fiscal year. which will exceed those in any fiscal year in the history of the government"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
Mobiles Prosperjty,

''I have spent a good part of the win ter in Mobile" said General Irvine Wal ker of Charleston. s. C., one of the most prominent of the confederate veterans. "and have been glad to see it forging ahead. Mobile is growing in population and increasing steadily in commercial importance It is destined to be in the 100000 class before many years.
 "I also visited Montgomery this win ter and found the same, wholesouled. hospitality there which characterized the city of yore. Montgomery has all the signs of material prosperity and it is growing.
 As for Charleston, my home, it is unsurpassed socially, but it does not in crease in size, It just about hold its own
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 When a woman has thick ankles it's be- cause she slipped and sprained them when she was q girl.
 A womans idea of a happy holiday for her husband is taking her to spend the day with her relatives
 When a man gives up drinking for a year it's a sign that if it lasts q week he will think he is a wonder.
 Either a girl worries because her suitor has no mustache or because he has one and it tastes of tobacco smoke.
 A cheerful thing about losing money on 8 bet is how much more it would have been if you had given it to your wife to buy a hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
PRESS POINTS


 New York Mail: Putting death into the mouths of babes is New Yorks milky way.
 New York Times: Montana now has q railway commission, also q few railways for it to practice on.
 Houston Post: A Michigan couple have remarred after a separation of thirty two years. It was a pity to revive a quarrel that had been dead so long.
 Pensacola Journal: Ambassador Bryce has arrived from England, and before he landed good he took occasion to dis credit the fighting congressman of Mer- rimac fame.
 Dallas News; In trying to placate Ja- pan we appear to have abated our move ment toward interfering in Congo af- fairs. As we grow in strength we will find that our labors in attending to our own business will become more heavy.
 Washington Herald: The Alabama leg slature passed an anti-free pass bill, and then accepted the tender of a special train for New Orleans and the Mardi Gras. What the country editors Of Ala bCma are now saying to the said legis- lature is more than a plenty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
WeiI-Dressed People,

'I saw more well dressed and good look ing men and women at horse show in Dublin than I ever saw in my life'' said the Rev. pr. John w. Stagg yesterday in talking of his travels.
 "I visited Ireland several years ago and was in Dublin during the month of August. A horse show was being held at place about two miles outside the city and l was advised to visit it. 1 went there and saw good horses-racers and hunters-hut the men and women were far ahead of the horse show. In dress l and style and manner, they surpassed anything l had ever seen before and I have seen nothing since to approach it.
 My visit to Ireland was very interest- i ing. From Dublin 1 went to Derry, and l found the people there were celebrating g some holiday by marching around the walls of the town. Although l did not
 know what the celebration was about I joined the procession just to see what was going to happen and 1 will remem- Der it the rest of my life. At a certain point in the line of march the air grew dark with the number of missiles thrown. Potatoes, turnips, eggs, clods of earth, in fact everything conceivable fell among us. l took refuge in a store until the storm was over and found that nothing remained of my straw hat but the rim. The next day I attended the police court, where a lot of men were being tried for rioting. and l heard one man who wore a piece of raw meat across his eye state that he didn't know how it happened ond tbo n1aoietrate turnod all tho nris- oners loose.
 "The Irish are quick to fight but they don't use knives or pistols. There may be black eyes and bruises, but no deaths after a scrimmage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
CAPT. FRANK p. O'HRIEN.
pm the Montgomery Journal,

From the Montgomery Journal.
 Since we come to thfnK of 1t, we don't know but what Capt Frank F. Q Brien ought to have been defeated for mayor of Birmingham It was righteous retri- button for leaving city like Montgomery and going to Birmingham, to which city he has given the best energies of his life in helping build it up. If he had re- mained in Montgopery and maintalneu himself as he has Tn Birmingham. that Is, has done so much for Montgomery as he has done for the upbuilding of Bir- mlngham he might have had anything he wanted at the hands of Montgomer- inn
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pose of receiving his daughter on her return from Europe. He will be absent only few days
 
 L. T. Beeeher of New York, secretary of the executive committee of the Ten ssee-Republie, spent yesterday in Bir- mingham, and returned east last night. Vice President r. H. crockard of the Tennessee Republic companies who has been ili with the grip since Friday, was slightly improved yesterday.
 John P. Meroney, the well known drug gist, leaves this morning for South Car olina. A specialist who is treating his eyes has ordered him to take d complete rest of ten days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
THE SUB-TREASUR BY.

From the Mobile Item.
 Birmingham is not well pleased with the failure to secure tho location of a sub-treasury in some one of the interior cities of the southern states. Birmingham m and Atlanta were among the number which were in the contest, but as the as- pirants could not agree, the congressional committee refused to settle the question for them, and neither city gets the much desired sub-treasury. The result has led the Birmingham Age-Hersld to express itself in way not at all complimentary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
From the New York Mail.

IVY HY do the suffrag gettes rage and N the imprisoned slsterhood im-
 W agine vain things? Why vote when they can write? The real rulers, It is true, are not any longer those who write the songs of people. The writers of peoples fiction hold sway. For not since Rousseau and Richardson has the thought of a nation been shaped-or at least reflected-by It's novels as it is to- day. Certainly this is true in America. Our new books may not be big books. But they deal with big economic, political and social themes, and the average opinion Is created more by it's holders maga- zine and novel reading than he admits or knows.
 We must judge others by ourselves, though the old saw forbds And by our standard the women who wish to rule England waste time in storming the house of commons, because they rule a1- ready. In list of twelve English "best sellers not a single man is represented. The books are: "Fenwiclls Career" by Mrs. Humphrey Ward; "The Far Hozi- son." by Lucas Malet (Mrs. Harrison); i; "The Treasure of Heaven,' by Marie Co., reli: "The Gambler by Mrs. Cecil Thurston; Prisoners" by Mary Chol- mondeley; 'The Dream and the Busi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
A Mississippi City.

Meridian is one of the most prosper ous towns in this part of the south, said L. P. Routt of St. Louis. "I spent several days there last week and found business conditions highly satisfactory. Of course, everybody who has been visit ing the south periodically during the last six years observes wonderful progress in every state Prosperity is seen not only in the cities but in the rural districts as we'll Speaking of cities Birmingham is knows throughout the land as great headlner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
Coal Uuiput Increased

In spite of car shortage Alabama s coal production increased in 1906 nearly a million tons over 1905, and, therefore, made a record. The state mine inspector has not yet received reports from quite all the operators, but he has enough to bring the total up to nearly 13,000,000 tons.
 A few weeks ago the figures at hand, presumed to give practically the total output, showed an aggregate of sev- eral hundred thousand tons less than the production in 1905. It seems that a few of the operators had not re- ported and that some of the figures which had been reported showed better upon revision.
 It would be well if coal operators were prompter in forwarding their re- ports to the mine inspector. The pre- liminary statement that had been pub lished made it appear that Alabama was tagging behind, when it was not. The apparent falling off was attributed labor scarcity and car shortage. If
 car situation improves this years
 ction will reach 14,000000 tons.
 sums of money are being ex-
 in the Birmingham district on
 eYelopment, and it may be
 will show an increase of
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
JOHN ANDERSON, MY Jo, JOHN.

By Robert Burns. John Anderson my Jo, John, when nature
 first began To try her canny hand, John, her mas
 ter work was man; And ye amang thtm a, John, sac trig
 frae top to toe, She proved to be na' journey work, John
 Anderson, my Jo. John Anderson. my Jo, John, ye were my
 first conceit, And ye need na think it strange, John,
 tho I call ye trim and neat; Therts some folks say we're old, John,
 but I neer think ye so, For ye are a the same to me, John An-
 derson, my Jo. John Anderson, my Jo, John, when first
 We were acquent. Your locks were like the raven, John,
 your bonnie brow was brent; But now we're getting auld. John, your
 locks are like the shaw, Yet blessing on that frosty pow, John
 Anderson, my Jo. John Anderson. my Jo, John, frae year to
 year we've past And soon that year rnaun come, John,
 will bring us to our last But let not that alright us, John, Our
 hearts were ne'er our foe, Tho the days are zane that We have seen,
 John Anderson. my Jo. John Anderson, my Jo. John. we've
 climbed the hill together. And mony canty day, John, we've had
 with one anither; Now we maun totter down, John, but
 hand in hand we'll 20. And sleep togither at the foot, John A1-
 derson, my Jo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
ALABAMA PRESS

Elba Clipper: Congressman Clayton. got through the bill for a new federal judge for Alabama. He's hustling congress- man.
 Decatur News: Thaw declares that Providence inspired him to kill White, but we note that Providence is not his counsel
 Cullman Tribune: Night caps are be- coming popular in London. We do not remember time when they were not popular in Cullman.
 Montgomery Advertiser: A contempor- ary has an editorial on ''the advantages of poverty" but we assure it that most of it's readers will have to be shown.
 Mobile Herald: We now know, thanks to a Chicago university professor, that Columbus voyage of discovery cost $72OO The new world was right on the bar gain counter in those days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
MORAL OF BEST SELLERS"

ness," by John Oliver Hobbes (Mrs. Craigie); "The Viper of Milan" by Mar jorie Bowen; "The White House." by, Miss Braddon; ''In Subjection," by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler; "A Sovereign Rem edy" by Mrs. Steel; "The Incomplete Amorist," by D. Nesbit (Mrs Hubert BlanD, and "A Queen of Rushes," by Allen Raine (NIrs. Beynon Puddicombe).
 The American list, on the other hand, gives new and interesting answer to the old query: "Who reads an American book?' Americans do. We doubt if any year prior to 1906 showed not a single one of Englands favored books among the six "best sellers in the United States. By the lists of the "Bookman'' we were less gallant than the transatlantic read CTS Men wrote five of our six most pop ular novels. And thereby hangs a very pretty quarrel.
 Why this abolition of the Salic law in English literature and the substitution of Amazonian rule? Why the male writer's dominance by contrast in America? Is the old country femnized, or have it's women writers grown masculine? Is tho literary taste of America virile. or does the sex of our favorite story-tellers serve only to mask feminine mentalities? Here is too wide a field for debate for us to close to our novel-reading readers with any off-hand conclusion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26

W/E have all heard of the anxious w seat" We have all occupied it W at one time or another in our lives and the chances are that we will fill it again before the session ends. When prominent people sit in the anxious seat newspapers make a great to do, indulging in large headlines, red type and exelama- tion points, so that the reading masses may overlook no thrill in the proceedings. Among those just now occupying the anxi- ous seat may be mentioned Senator Joe Bailey of Texas, and Harry Thaw of Pittsburg, although the former is merely perehed on the corner of his chair, hay ing been reelected by a narrow margin Chronic offlee-seekers spend most of their time,in the anxious seat, as do magnates under the probe and all indicted wrong
 doers. The anxious seat is never empty, because somebody is always in it, and if the theatrical trust shouldl offer to sell
 tickets for it, there would be no purchas- CTS.
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to Atlanta, saying: Atlanta may as we'll take notice that it will not be permitted to reap any but bitter fruits from its un- derhand efforts The spirit expressed here may have had something to do with the action of the committee of Con- gress The dog-in-the-manger method does not work to the good. If the sub-treasury would be of real benefit to the financial interests to the southern states most affected. then the city aspirants should have gotten together for the best in- terests of all. Though it must be said Att lanta is not q very satisfactory party to deal with when it goes out after what she may want in opposition to the wishes of competitors, yet Birmingham may not have gotten the sub-treasury after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
| POETS PLIGHT.

A POETS PLIGHT. "I sing a little song of spring kercheWl
 A bard said, Birds are on the wing Kerehewi
 The flowers soon will bloom, tra Ia, The little lambs will say, 'ba, ba, And for the park we'll take a car KercheWl
 T can't be cheerful when I sneeze- kerchewl
 The sap is rising in the trees kercheWl
 how I long to sit and dream Beside a willow bordered stream And let my fancy rule supreme Kerehewl
 "Tis hard to chirp of spring, I wis KereheW
 When one is suffering like this KereheW
 But I must keep right up to date, A song like this can never wait, Tho I've the grip, as sure as fate kercheW!' Jacob Bunting Snowfall, lieutenant gov ernor of New Brunswick, is dead. Let us hope this won't be another case of a snowball in-we1l, you know here!
 A WORD IN PRIVATE. Tho soft winds blow
 And poets begule,
 You'd better keep
 Them on a while,
 Until you see
 That spring is here.
 Then take them off
 And have no fear. People who live in the Margaret apart ments on Highland avenue breezlly refer to them as the Maggie tenements."
 GRIT WILL TELL. O, the man who wins is the man who works and the man who will never
 say die. Who's never defeated for long at a time and is always ready to try. And the battle of life we are fighting to- day doesn't always go to the strong. Quite often you'll find that the winner at last is the fellow who hobbies along A contemporary discusses the call of the hungry. Usually, in this country, it is Ham and eggs with the eggs "over." or not, as the case may be. A contemporary discusses Another The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26

The silence of Chancellor Day since the huge Rockefeller gift was disclosed is painful. Day seems to have thought that the s32 2,00o,000 should have been placed in his hands.
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Governor Hughes mercilessly ex- posed Superintendent Kelsey of the in- surance department, and the latter must either get out or be dragged out of office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26

Governor Guild of Massachusetts calls it modernization of the tariff. Re- vision by any other name would smell as sweet to the consumers who are be- ing fleeced daily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26

The new duma promises 10 pass a resolution of mo confidence in Pre- mier Stolypin, by demanding his res ignation. The battle between liberty and aboslutism will then be on in earnest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26

A proposal to drop "Mr" before the names of all men worth ten million or more no doubt meets with the enthu- siastic endorsement of the knockers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26

A man who tried to take a nap down town was moved on" six times before he finally gave it up and disappeared to some quieter place. Birmingham is not a good place for sleepyheads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26

Smallpox caused an adjournment of the Missouri legislature. and the Ala bama legislature is forced to adjourn by the length of a proposed code.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
LEMON FOR TEDDY.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
 "The President cringes to Japan" says Senator Carmack,t and one more nail Is driven home by this stout Tennessee ham, mer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26

Philadelphia is corrupt and con tented, and it has gone back to boss rule. It's spasm of goodness was too much for it's nerves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26

No western nation is going 1000 miles out of its way to pick a quarrel with Admiral Togo and his straight shooting colleagues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
ANOTHER KIND OF AUTO.

the Chattanooga Star, suggestion is said 10 be a cure holism. We thought they were run asoline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26
About Persons,

l President J. C. Maben of the sloss-
 | Sheffield Steel and Iron company. leaves this morning for New York for the pur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-26

An Oregon man wants a divorce be- cause his wife loves him too much. She even tried to climb over the tran som of his office door,