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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
THE FISHER.

From the German of Goethe. Translation of Charles Timothy Brooks., The waters pured, the waters swelleo- A fisher sat near by, And earnestly his line beheld
 With tranquil heart and eye; And while he sits and watches there,
 He sees the waves divide, Andfo! a maid, with glistening halr,
 Springs from the troubled tide. She sang to him. she spake to him
 why lur'st thou from below, In cruel mood, my tender brood,
 To die in days fierce glow? An, did'st thou know how sweetly there The little fishes dwell, Thou would'st come down their lot to
 share,
 Anu ~gj "Bathes not the smiling sun-at night
 The moon, too-n the waves? Comes he not forth more fresh and bright
 From oceans cooling caves? Can'st thou unmoved that deep world see,
 That heaven of tranquil blue, Where thine own face is beckoning thee
 Down to the eternal dew?" The waters purled, the waters swellcd- They kissed his naked feet; His heart a nameless transport held As if his love did greet. She spake to him, she sang to him; Then all with him was o'er- Half drew she him. half sank he in He sank to rise no more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Uniform Bills of Lading

Although the interstate commerce commission approS d the forms of ollls of lading that the railroads in the northeast propose to make effec,- i've on November 1, yet there are ob- stacles in the way of their adoption. The grain trade has three objections. One IS in the exemption of carriers from liability for differences in the weight of grain as received and deliv- cred, "caused by natural enrinkage or discrepancies in elevator weights;" the second is to limiting the liability for loss or damage by fire AS hours or more after notice of the arrival of property at destination or at port of export, to that of warehouseman only; and the other is to the requirement. of B signed agreement that every service performed shall be Subject to all the conditions, whether printed or writ ten," contained in the bill of lading, which conditions are stated to be "agi eed to by the shipper and accepted for himself and his assigns"
 The approval of the interstate com mission does not change in the least the liabilities of common carriers, and the grain dealers do not propose to permit the railroads to change obliga- lions defined by law. They rroposc to contest in the courts when a case arises involving the stipulations in the proposed bill of lading
 It is plain the parties must get to- Eether before a uniform bill of lading gan be adopted. The des:rability of uniformity is conceded, but uniformity cannot be secured by the railroads pnly. State legislatures cannot be left cut of the settlement, nor can the eliopers. The shippers and the car tiers should get together and devise B form that would be acceptable to both, and neither should be hoggish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Democrats Claim Indiana.

T have just returned from visit tt Kentucky my old home state." said VII liam J. Hon of the Jesse French Piano and Organ company. q found the de- mocracy of Kentucky solid and enthusi- astio for Bryan, and many of my friends in Louisville feel confident that Bryan will be elected. l met many Indiana democrats. including Tom Taggart, and all of them were hopeful of carrying thelr state for the democratic ticket. Tag gart told me that Indiana would give a democratic plurality of 40,o0o.
 T am In receipt of letter from rel ative in Los Angeles who writes that California is going democratic this year. I think he is mistaken about that, but I am one of those Bryanites who cling to the belief that our great leader will be the next President. I have no patience with those democrats who become dis heartened. I understand that even some of the headquarters people are suffering with cold feet. The election Is yet three weeks off and Bryan is gaining every day. This is no time for cold feet, but on the contrary all democrats in doubtful states should now work harder and more hopefully than ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
AUTOMOBILISTS
 TOURING COUNTRY

Selma. October Special.)-Two au- tomobilsts reached Selma today having travelled all the way from Mobile in their machines and having left about noon for Birmingham and Atlanta, their final des- tination. They are F. H. Smith in Dayton touring car, and James l. Mooney in a Dayton runabout. Mrs. Smith came by rail and joined her husband and will make the rest of the trip overland.
 The motorists state that Dallas county has far better roads than Mobile and that they best stretch of road encountered was between Catherine and Selma, via Orr vile, the major part of which is in this county.
 They came from Mobile via. Mt. Vernon, Jackson, where they crossed the Tom bgbee; Flat Woods. Catherine, Orrville and then Selma. They will go to Bir- mingham via Marion, Centreville and from Birmingham will cut across to Atlanta.
 Miss Annie Cunningham of Marion is iE the city shopping.
 Miss Halles ot Montgomery is visiting her sise-. Mrs. A. L. Mcleod on Ire mont street.
 Mrs. j. A McKinnon left today for Alicevflle where she will attend the an- nual meeting of the Missionary union of Tuscaloosa presbytery. Mrs. Mckinnon has been the faithful secretary and treas urer of this union for seven years. Other delegates will go from the different mis- sionary societies. Aliceville is the hotbed of missionary work and good work is expected to be accomplished. Dr. Baird, the missionary from Brazil will be there and add greatly to the pleasure and ben eft of the meeting. Mrs. Edgar Wilkinson is at home from short visit to Greensboro The Misses Howze of Marion are in Selma, visiting Mrs. Jones on Union street.
 Miss Nellie Mason has returned from Thomaston where she spent most of the summer.
 Miss Lula Rhea Wise is able to be out again, much to the delight of her many friends.
 The opening reception of the Central City club will take place on Friday even ing October 23. Many out-of-town visitors are expected
 Mrs. George Bruner; Miss Bessie Bin ion and Miss Bruner spent yesterday and ] last night in Selma, the guests of their kinsman, John w. McFerrin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Butter Bean or Lima Rean2

T recently listened to discussion be- tween two friends as to whether the lima bean was the large butter bean or the small butter bean" said William M. Lindsay, the florist. T was appealed to to decide the matter and my answer was that the butter bean and the lima bean were synonymous; that 1t depended upon the locality or section of the country as to the use of the words. But in order to get a confirmation of my idea l wrote to a prominent firm of seed growers in Phil adelphia and asked them to explain the difference between lima bean and butter bean, and here is the reply l received:
 Replying to your favor of recent date would state that the difference between a butter bean and lima bean depends on whether you live in the north or south. The butter bean of the south is the small lima, Sieva or Carolina bean, which is either of the bush or pole form. In the north many people call the wax-podded bush beans butter beans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Mormons a Factor.

New York.-The Herald publishes, the following dispatch from Denver:
 Tt Is entirely within the bounds of pos- sibility that the presidency in 1908 may be settled by the Mormon church. Should the election be close there is little doubt but that the nine electoral votes of Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. which are controlled by the Mormons, will be the determining factor
 At the beginning of the national cam- paign the democratic managers estab- lished branch headquarters of their na- tional committee in Denver and placed John T. Osborne, at one time governor of Wyoming, in charge. MT. Osborne has a. fully equipped machine at work under full pressure, and is now confidently laying which he is fighting.
 These are the five of Colorado and three each of Nevada and Montana. He frank ly ayers that the nine other electoral votes-the three each of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming-are absolutely in the keeping Of the Mormon hierarchy at Salt Lake city, and that unless William J. Bryan can show beyond doubt between now and the last week in October that he has the pres idency won he cannot hope to obtain q vote in either of the threet states named.
 Should 1t be made to appear reason ably certain, however, to Joseph Smith and other rulers of the Mormon church, according to Governor Osborne, that MT. Bryan has winning strength a week be- fore the ballots are cast the Mormon church can be depended upon to throw the determining weight of it's powerful in- fuence to him.
 It would be silly for me to beat about the bush in this matter said MT. Osborne today. 'Everbody in this part of the coun- try knows that the Mormon church con trols Utah, Idaho and Wyoming as com pletely as either of the great parties any of their states. Likewise Is everybody in this part of the country aware of tho hard and fast deal made by Mark Hanna and Perry s. Heath with the Mormon church in 1900. through which pluralities by which Bryan carried the three Mormon states in 1894 were reversed almost over night and their electoral votes were given to Mckinley.
 I have no false notions about this thing, and indulge in no diplomatic lam guage in discussing it. The Mormon church gives it's vote to the party that shows winning qualities, and so I say if within the next two weeks the heads of the church become convinced that Bryan is going to win, we shall sweep the plat ter clean in five mountain states placed under my Jurisdiction and gain one United States senatorship by defeating Reed Smoot in Utah.
 "We shall at the same time retain the Senate seat we now hold in Colorado by electing Charles J. Hughes, Jr., to sue ceed the veteran Perry M. Teller, who de- clined to stand for reelection
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
China'S Railway Policy

Not only have corporate and pro. eincial control been abolished in China ln favor of imperial authority, but an imperial commission has planned five great parallel routes that will vixen equipped with branches serve every part of the vast and populous country Foreign capitalists can still bid for imperial railway bonds, but they can no longer build railways in order to Issue bushels of watered securities. The imperial government has decided 10 be the sole railway proprietor in China.
 Al present the government Is en- gagged in building railroad to Han kow, starting at Canton, and the gov fs1nment is in the market to borrow Ee5.Oo0,OOO for that purpose Gradri- ,ly the railway plan of the empire IT T be carried out, and waen it is com ,,ete1 every part of China will be accessible. and the country will be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds of conveyance were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday in the following transactions in real estate in which amounts of 5000 or more were involved:
 $3000-Natalie P. Kleinbache and J. W.. Kleinbache to J. P. Lambert, lot c in block 24 of the Phelan estate.
 $39O0-C. A. Johnston ct al. to G. B.. Mccormick, the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the west half of the northwest, quarter, and the west half of the west half of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 10, town ship 16 south, range 2 west.
 $1500-John T. Hood to W. N. Malone, the north 40 feet of lot and the south 35 feet of lot in block of J. T. Hood s subdivision in Woodlawn.
 $1S00-C. H. Smith and wife to the Pratt Consolidated Coal and Iron company, a fractional part of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 3l, township 15, range west.
 s3000-James Lewan Myles to Ellen Myles, lots l, and 3 in block 2s, Gate City.
 $140O-Clara Hoster and Louis Hoster to Francis Stitts, lots and r in block 406, Bessemer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14

come homogeneous and responsive to progress along all lines.
 No one doubts the capacity of the country to borrow needful money, be- cause the railway plan of the govern ment prevents competition and cutting of rates. Each line will get the trallo of vast population, an1 capitalists will soon appreciate the Chinese situa- ton. All in all the Chinese seem to be reconstructing their affairs wisely. They are not assimllating western ideas hurriedly, as Japan did, but the process in the long run probably will not on that account be in any way diminished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
D call back Yesterday, bid time return.
 -king Richard II.
Senator Johnston In the East

The democratic national committee as keeping Senator Johnston busy on the stump in the eastern states, espe- rially in Connecticut He finds there a real uprising of the people. He was met with an enthusiasm that seems to point to landslide.
 In the factory states there are many Industries that still lack orders. Thou sands of employees are without employ. ment, and no man knows how an un- employed man will vote. Heretofore in a year following a panic such men have not voted for the party in power, hnd this influence seems to be at the bottom of the trend that Senator John- ston reports in Connecticut Ex-Sena- tor Smith of New Jersey reports a like state of things in his state, especially in the glass-working districts.
 To the very last New York, New Jer- sey and Connecticut will remain con tested states-"doubtful" states, so to speak-no matter what the betting rates are in New York. The year and the campaign present clements that no man can estimate. Only the ballot boxes can determine their political significance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Handling Election Bets.

From the New York Telegraph.
 There's no ginger in the election bet ting. The Hughes men are reluctant to take bets and the Bryan men are equally shy. Recent odds were to l against Bryan and to against Hughes At the Hoffman house, Col. Robert Arthur of Sheepshead Bay bet Colonel Barry $s'eo to $4OO0 that Chanler would be elected governor. At the same time he bet s50Oo against $15oOo with Colonel Barry that Bryan would be the next President.
 Charley Mahoney, manager of the cafe, in talking of the situation, said: T am not going to handle any bets this year. simply will not take the risk. In the old days they would work me to death. have taken in as much as s300,00o or $4O0,- GOO a night here for several nights in election bets. I used to stand behind the cigar counter, have policeman on each side of me, and take in the money as fast as I could write out the wager slips for the bettors. I never had time to even look up, did not even write the names of the bettors; just gave them the slips on a stub book that was all num- bered. Each bettor got slip, l kept one' and there was the stub. When 1t came to paying off they presented me the slip they had I saw that it corresponded with the stub in the book and with my slip and paid out the money.
 Tt came so fast had no time to put 1t away in drawer or any place. just ] swept it off the top of the cigar case and ] let it fall on the floor at my feet. That space back of the cigar stand was filled | up with money. I stood ir 1t piled around | me up to my waist There were s50 bills, s10O bills, $500 bills and 5000 bills by the | hundred.
 | "When I was finally through for the night couple of the hotel help would l come down with two great big hampers made of steel, little larger than those l big hampers bakers used to carry bread around in their wagons. They had a steel top withaA heavy lock on it.
 q would stand there and watch them pick all that money up and crowd 1t into those hampers, pressing it down to make
 it all go in. Then the lid was shut down
 and I'd lock 1t and take it up to the
 proprietor's room where we sat up all ] night sorting out the bills of various de- nominations After 1t was all sorted il
 was counted. Then I counted my stut
 book and made everything agree before 1 l went to bed.
 "Policemen stood guard over those biz
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Busy Day at Bank.

While business will not be entirely nor nal until after the election, one sees un- mistakable signs of prosperity here in Birmingham" said a prominent business man. Trade is fast improving and in the judgment of many financiers and in- dustrial leaders business will go forward with a mighty rush within 30 days after the result of the election is known.
 ''One of the many evidences of the local prosperity to which I refer is the fact that the banks are buster just now than they have been for some time, and bank ing is, of course, always a safe barometer On Monday of this week, for instance, I learn that the volume of business trans acted at the First National bank-de- posits checks paid, exchange, etc. totaled $4,156,000. Only twice before did this bank, or any bank in Alabama, wit ness such large volume of business in a single dayy and never before in the year 1908 has days business been so large. It is reasonable to say. however, that with the new era of prosperity that is about to start, records equal to and even greater than Mondays will be frequent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
States Narrow Policy.

q was surprised to learn in conversa- ton with Dr. J. A. Holmes, of the United States geological survey, that while Ala bama coal operators and mining engineers were abreast of the times, the statesgov- ernment was notably backward in its at tention to the mineral districts great interests" said a member of the Com- mercial club.
 "Other mining states make liberal ap- propriations for their minc inspectors office and for the office of state geolo- gist. but Alabama it seems is niggardly n these matters.
 Tn John M. Gray Alabama has a thoroughly efficient mine inspector, but : .se state does not provide him with ex-
 ,e . money that would enable him to C, i'd important conventions of mine in- so-ctors or to visit the different mining .cgions to see what is going on in the mining world. The state did not even
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Tammany's Bad Faith.

while am hoping that Bryan will be elected I am afraid that in New York Tammany will betray the national ticket and swap Bryan for Taft in or der to get Hughes votes for Chanler," !" said Isaac B. Cohn of Baltimore.
 Maryland leans strongly to Bryan and I believe if Bryan can only carry New York he will be elected; and there would be no doubt about his get ting plurality in that state if Tam many would only act honorably in the matter. But unfortunately for the dem ocratic party Tammany rarely ever stands by us in presidential elections. Bryan was strong with the people of New York in 1896 and 1900, but from all accounts he is more popular in that state than in previous years. l spent week before last in New York city and Bryan seemed the hero of the masses then. He may carry New York in spite of Tammany's treachery, but if he fails to carry the Empire State the party leaders should read Tammany out of the party
 "Tammany is bent on electing Chan Ter governor The Tammany leaders care little or nothing about national politics except insofar as working the wires in the democratic national con- vention is concerned. If Chanler is elected next month Tammany will at once begin to aboom him for the presi- dential nomination in 1912; but should Chanler succeed MT. Bryan as standard bearer, Tammany would be ready to knife him at the polls It is too bad that national democracy is thus handi- capped in New York. But after all, are not our national leaders somewhat to blame? Certainly it is that they are always ready to coquette with Tam many when the time for holding the democratic convention rolls round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
COLONEL TUCKER
 IS UNDER ARREST

Decatur, Ills, October 13.-Col. William F. Tucker of the United States army was arrested here on a Wabash train today charged with deserting his wife, daugh- ter of the late John A. Logan.
 The arrest was made by Sergt Waiter OBrien of the Chicago police department Colonel Tucker, who was i'll and coulo moi be taken off the train, agreed to re- turn without requisition papers. He went on to St. Louis to be taken back to Chi cago later in the day. Colonel Tucker was accompanied by a woman for whom he is alleged to have deserted his wife, and by a woman nurse, who was taking care of him, and two men servants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Is Army Paymaster.

Chicago, October 13.-Colonel Tucker IS chief paymaster of the department or the lakes and has been granted leave or ao- sence from his duties. Many of his friends supposed he was at Mt. Clemens, Mich, because of the state of his health
 The domestic troubles of the Fuckers have been commented in different quar- ters for several years and last year were given prominence through request from the war department, through John A. Logan, that courtmartial be ordered for Colonel Tucker. An investigation Of Tucker was made by the department, and he was exonerated. When Colonel Tucker relinquished his post in the federal build ing two months ago i'll health was gwen as the reason for his leaving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Birminoham Looks Busy.

"on returning to Birmingham after an absence of IT months. most of which time was spent in northern Ala bama, I am more than ever impressed with this city's thrift and growth, said a former floor manager in a Sec ond avenue store. q visited Memphis and Nashville recently and while both are fiourishing cities, neither comes up to Birmingham in stir or signs of growth.
 Birmingham evidently went through the panic in great shape, but it looks to me even more prosperous than 1t did year and half ago. have never seen so much building of the large character which is in progress here now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Bryan In California.


 From the Washington Post.
 Samuel B. Holt, business man or LOB Angeles, Cal, who Is at the Haleisn' said yesterday that Bryan's chances In California were bright.
 Bryan never before made such busl- ness-like canvass. The people Of the country, democrats and republicans ailke' are favorably impressed with the tone Of the letters he addressed to President Roosevelt, while the missives Of the lat ter are censured as unnecessarily ruoe and unbusiness-like. Of the two men, Roosevelt is the most radical, and ousl- ness men and financiers have various req sons to prefer Bryan to another Tour years of Roosevelt policies Another feat ure of the republican campaign is the fact that Taft is completely overshad- owed; that he stands in the background while Theodore Roosevelt does the talk ing and fighting. It places Taft in the wrong light. People want to know whether he isn't big enough to take care of himself. If Roosevelt would only With draw from the fight and allow the two candidates to get in the ring, much of the ud-slinging would have been avoided.
 ''The Japanese question is not dead by any means. It will burst forth with re- newed force at the most unexpected mo- ment which will be when our fleet, now in eastern waters, will be away thousands of miles from Japan and thousands or miles from the United States, where she cannot do any harm to the one or render any protection to the other"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Police Commission Meetinq.

The board of police commissioners met in the office of the chief of police at the city hall last night in a very short ses- sion. The resignations of Officers J. M. Nix, Bud" Elledge and T. E. Street were accepted. The following new super numeraries were elected: w. H. Propst, B. McHenry, J. E. Jones, T. P. Whit field William Tidwel, w. H. McAllister, William M. O'Bryant J. M Bloodworth J. P. Smith and w. R. Craft.