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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
CIGAR, PIPE AND CIGARETTE.

From The Lancet.
 Smoking nowadays is commonly toler- ated Tn the house, and even in the draw ing room cigarette Is sometimes per mitted. The smoking of a cigar ploas- ant though 1t may be to the smoker, and however irreproachable its quality, is banned by most careful housewives in their sancta sanctorum because It's reek is so persistent. The stale smell of cigar smoke in room is peculiarly unpleas- ant and peculiarly difficult to get rid of It clings to the curtains and to most Of the articles of furniture which present any sort of an absorbent surface It Is not so to the same extent with cigarettes or with pipes. In the case even of a single cigar, books. papers and textiles reek of its stale flavor. and the room re- quires abundant airing before that flavor is completely eliminated
 Air is an excellent scavenger, but ozone is more active in removing the smell. The effect may be traced to the fact that the smoking of a cigar produces a larger quantity of pungent aromatic oils than does the smoking of a cigarette or pipe In the case of the cigarette oils are prob ably burned, even if they are formed; in the pipe they condense in the stem, while in the case of the cigar they are probably for the most part discharged into the air. In the form of a cigar tobacco would ap- pear to produce more oils than in the form of a cigarette or when burned in a pipe. Such common observations are not with out hygienic significance. Pyrridine, the most poisonous oil produced in the semi combustion of tobacco, is an abundant product in cigar making, as it is also in the pipe; but in the latter there is con- densation, while in the former there is little or none. In the cigarette, so inti- mately in contact with the air is the burning portion that the production of distilled oils is, comparatively speaking trifing
 The symptoms of tobacco smoke poison- ing are not necessarily due to nicotine they are more often due to pyrridine, or poisoning from tobacco tar oils. The to- bacco heart is more often traceable to free indulgence in cigar smoking than to a similar indulgence in the pipe and cigar cite. Young boys can smoke--to their great damage, nevertheless-a consider able number of cigarettes or even pipes, but an equivalent in cigars more than satisfies their tobacco appetite, so soon are the toxic effects of cigar smoking made apparent to them The danger of ex- cessive cigarette smoking is that though no marked symptoms may be manifested or experienced, yet in the long run de- cided harm is done,a and a dangerous habit. akin to ''nipping,' is cultivated abandon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
General Harrison on Reunion.

While there will hardly be so many veterans in Birmingham as at Richmond ," said Maj. Gen. George P. Harrison of opelika yesterday. T think we will have just as big a parade and very fine show.
 Birmingham is a central point and an enormous crowd of visitors may be ex- pected. The city has a widespread repu- tation for hospitality, and the spirit of preparation which l find here insures d grand reception.
 T am working to make the parade this year an exceptional success. Each year We have to make the march much shorter on account of the increasing feebleness of the veterans. A few blocks Is all most of them can walk, and they have to be given due consideration. On the smooth streets of Birmingham 1 do not think six blocks will be too much.
 "The reunion means much for the city of Birmingham and 1 am glad to see that it is being appreciated.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
WORLDS GREATEST BANK.
Bank of France Discounted 21,50o,ooC
 Bills in Year 1907.
m inc New work Financier.

From the New York Financier.
 The volume of business transacted by the Bank of France last year is in- dicated by the discount of 21,5O0,000 of bills aggregating in value more than $3, 900 ,O00, ,000, applications for dis counts from clients In Paris alone num- bered 7,500 ,0O0
 The surprising fact is disclosed that the average value of all the bills was $149 and their life, or usance until ma turity, was little more than 26 days; of the bills offered by Parisian clients, tradesmen, about 236.oO0 ranged from $1s2 to $10. 1.4OO,0oo from s1o to $2o, and $500, 1000 above $20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
AROUND THE COUNTRY

New York Telegram: How would you like to be approached by a submarine lobby?
 Chicago News: If Admiral Evans is obliged to leave the fleet it still will know it's way about.
 Cincinnati Enquirer: It is believed that the Presidents forthcoming message will be almost frictionless.
 Savannah Press: The American navy seems capable of doing everything but making a trip overland.
 New York Tribune: Making faces at Wall street seems to be a popular di- version among the politicians.
 Atlanta Journal: An Atlanta man has been granted patent for an educational appliance" Rod or 'rithmetie?
 Newark Star: The report that Prince De Sagan is figuring on slipping surrepti- tiously into this country should make our immigration authorities unusually vigi- lant.
 
 Washington Herald: Abdul Aziz in- sists that he is the real boss in Morocco. He will have to show Mulai Hahd, how ever, whose name indicates that he is from Missouri
 Atlanta Constitution: A news item re- fers to him as. Doctor" James Whit comb Riley. Try one of his poetical pre- scriptions, and you'll make jolly after taking" picture.
 Philadelphia 1nquirer: Senator LaFol- lette is reported to have made $400O0 in the last year through featuring. In that case what's the use of worrying about the presidency?
 Norfolk Virginian-Plot: A Pennsyl- vania court holds that dead man cannot be elected to office Possibly not; but in Pennsylvania many a dead man has been known to vote.
 Houston Post: President Roosevelt told the Mothers Congress that women must win many of the victories of civilization. And they will if they but let suffragetting alone and pay strict attention to the in fantry branch of the service.
 Augusta Herald After all it is not so stralnge that Atlanta pastors should disbelieVe in a physical hell hereafter. Living in Atlanta would seem to be enough to make anyone think that a worse place of punishment would be too much to infiict even on case-hardened sin ners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
Will Be Decorated.

q feel sure that Birmingham will be as well decorated for the Confederate Veterans reunion in June as other cities have been on such occasions said 8 member of Camp Hardee. We have not been in the habit of decorating on an elaborate scale but this time we will make the city gay with color. At least four of the hotels have made contracts for pro- fuse decorations, and every merchant tells me that he has ordered large supply of flags and bunting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New ' Ork Press.
 Philosophy Is how you will act till the time comes to prove 1t.
 The way to win a girl is to have her make up her mind not to lose you.
 A woman likes to go through an ordeal because the name sounds so impressive.
 A woman could understand why a man wore a waistcoat If he ran it in with rib hons.
 About the time man gets on to tho hang of the furnace, Fourth of July heaves in sight,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
Death of Cadet Smith

The untimely death of Cadet Smith of Bessemer was one of the inevitable accidents of life. He was engaged in a practice game of baseball on the campus at Auburn when he was struck in the back of the head by random throw. He fell to the ground with great suddenness, and he never re- gained consciousness. He was a mem- Der of the junior class in the course of electrical engineering, and by his death a bright and promising life was terminated. His popularity at home and at Auburn attest his winning quail ties. There is sadness over his death wherever he was known.
 His death will not, however, put a damper upon athletic sports. Not one of his friends could wish this. Accl- dents are practically unavoidable in this complex life, and if the young ath- lete could speak from the grave he would desire no cessation of athletic exercise among those that need it for recreation and health's sake. The sad ness of the accident has not lesson of that kind in it. No one was to blame. It was one of life's accidents, mex pressibly sad, but conveying no lesson to the living in the everyday duties of life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
EXPERIENCE.

EXPERIENCE. We talk about experience Is it worth the price we pay2 The blighted hope and deep distrust, Increasing day by day? The bitterness that wraps Us round, The cynicism too? The stern conviction which declares That honest men are few? The hollowness of life disclosed, The dross in human hearts? The swarms of yillainies upturned, The shams, the subtle arts? The hatred of all human kind No love can drive away? We talk about experience Is it worth the price we pay?
 THE GREATEST OF ALL. ''Pa, what is a delusion?n "Woman's suffrage, my son.
 THE LIMIT. Say I'm weary, say I'm oad, Say my race i; ended, Nothing left of what I had, Toiling unbefriended. Say I'm hungry. say I'm cold, Say the world berates me, Say I'm weak and growing old, Say Dame Fortune hates me. Say I'm down and say I'm out, Say my life is wasted, Say despair is all about, Sweetest joys untasted. Say I'm broke and worse than that, Say I'm done with chaffings Still the Merry Widow" hat Keeps me laughing, laughing!
 NOT HE. q suppose he is one of the toiiers?' Nonsense! lie doesn't work, he's a reformer.'
 A MODEST BARD. Let others choose lofty theme And measure verses there, For flights beyond the nimble stars, In truth, I do not care. Let others climb to dizzy heights Beyond the common view, I'll plod along my lowly way And sing the peekaboo!
 THE TEST. ''I haaR every confidence In that man. Would you lend him money?" "Oh, that's a different matter"
 BEAUTIFUL ALIMONY. Hush, little girl, don't cry, They've broken your heart, I know. But the courts decree will make you well And get you another beau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
GENUINE NEWSPAPER MAN

invested in it's securities, but by one man who stamped his Individuality upon it. Grasty, the real newspaper man, with the courage of his convictions. Is not the history of the News the history of all great neWspapers?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
BALES SNOW WITH HAY BALER

From the Kansas City Journal.
 A farmer near Arcoa, Ill.,, is baling snow with ordinary hay balers. He says he tried 1t last year and found that the baled snow kept better than ice. Who said there was nothing new under the sun?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

TELL-TALE EVIDENCE. Charley has been kissing you" No. mama. He hasn't" Well how comes it then that your complexion is rubbed off in half dozen plaees?"
 HARDLY That man can't lead
 The simple life
 Who takes a shrew
 To be his wife. Paul Cook denies that he is an authority on affinities Say, is Cook married or does he belong to the bunch of impossibilities in the profession ?-Atlanta Georgian. Unattached as yet, but we hope we are not impossible.
 GOING THROUGH Did you go through Chicago on your trip?" "Yes. and that's where a pickpocket went through me-"
 Try your hand at happiness,
 Say you won't be sad Sprinkle sunbeams all about,
 Make the whole world gladl
 DREAMS IN SEASON. "In winter I dream by the fire with a decanter," said the poet. "In summer?" By the river with jug"
 ROULETTE. The lambkin gambols on the green, Iris said. A man will gambol on the green, Or red.
 REPLIES. Some people take a vacation to rest, others take poison. The diplomas given by the school of ex- perience are not tied with a pink ribbon. There is nothing more annoying than to think you are in love and find out that it is your liver.
 A SINGER.
 He sang to greet the morning.
 He sang at fall of night. IHe sang, misfortune scorning,
 If dark it was, or bright. He spent his life in singing
 measure sweet and strong, His soul to heaven winging,
 The echo of a song!
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

The Ohio republican platform is everywhere regarded as a mere trap to catch voters. As one paper in San Francisco says, it is smeared with mOlasses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Should the Kaiser paint the portrait of Mrs. Harold Mccormack, daughter Of John K. Rockefeller, the fair origi- nal could not well throw the picture back on the artists hands, even if it failed to flatter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

The winning of the pennant will soon detract from the political strife. Each will have it's followers, and the politi- cians will take many day off to visit the baseball camps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

President Roosevelt is about to send another message to Congress, in the shape of an abridged or vest pocket edition of his 13.OOO.word message.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

The republicans have difficulties in agreeing upon plan for revising the tariff, chiefly on account of their in sincerity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Perhaps the royal Duke and Miss Elkins are only joking about their al- legged engagement, but however that may be the rumors have set all the courts of Europe guessing, to say noth- ing of society in general.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Everybody in Jefferson county should get ready to register in May, when the books will be open for two days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

The rebaters never pay fines from their own pockets-they simply collect them from the consumer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

The churches are not like the school houses. They are safe, and no man need search in that direction for an excuse for non-attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Governor Johnson is not even an un- charted rock to the Bryanites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Senator Bourne cannot support Taft because the former invented the sec ond elective term, and he is very proud of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

The mandarins in China will get some pickings out of 12,000 miles of railroad that China is building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

The New York republicans will se- lect delegates on April II, and Gov ernor Hughes will have to be content with small figures until that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Florence Nightingale, now in her S8th year,. was recently granted the freedom of London, an honor to the great nurse that was long deferred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Senator Aldrich will soon know where he is at. If the Senate does not tell him, the House will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21
LOVE TURNED TO HATRat

By Sir John Sucking. I will not love one minute more, s)We4r No not minute; not a sigh or tea Thou gett'st from me, or one kino@ Iop
 again, Though thou shoudst court me to q n
 wouldst begin. #f zW 4+4 will not think of thee, but as rSen = Of debts and sins, and then I'll GU rse tUc
 too; S EY.tft For thy sake woman shall4be n ovv to IfI Less welcome than at tlidn @lnt xIIbt
 shall be: i1< XII I'll hate so perfectly tnAt it sis6l skl A Treason to love that resn tfiot "
 she; ktf A 4, :: 7: E: < ; E :: 5: ; H Nay. l will hate the MI ~ That's in thy sex, ktt M
 there; t&t # Their very virtue, sH Lou
 wit {7
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

If the United States Steel corpora tion's business continues to pick up as the official report published in an other column sets forth, it will not be long before prosperity of the 1906 sort is once more in our country's midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

The wireless sometimes jumps a station 300 miles away to reach one 30U0 miles distant It is an ambitious device.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Anna Gould has come home, but she has not come to secure money for Boni.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Winter is still lingering in the lap of spBing-at Medicine Hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

MT. Bryan was progressive in 1896 but in 1908 he is still more so. He never stands pat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

'In God We Trust" This sentence is to go back on the coins. with a rush and shout.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

The number of idle freight cars is decreasing. This Is some comfort, to say the least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

If the times are hard they do not cause any shrinkage in baseball sal aries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Miss Florence Nightingale is Eng lands grand old maid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

David B. Hill is at any rate one man who has engaged no room at a Denver hotel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. i42i c street, N. ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

DREAMS IN SEASON. a decanter," said the poet. 'In summer?" By the river with jug"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

GOING THROUGH. Did you go through Chicago on your trip?'
 Yes and that's where a pickpocket went through me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

TRY IT. Try your hand at happiness, Say you won't be sadl Sprinkle sunbeams all about, Make the whole world glad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-21

When sorrows come, they come, not
 single spies, But in battalions. -Hamlet.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-03-05
THAT COMMITTEE HARMONY.

There was harmony at the Dem.
ocratic state central committee
meeting yesterday and resolutions
were adopted by the unanimous
vote Of those present congratulate
Ing the party upon its one-issue
campaign. But the harmony was
that of the lion and the lamb when
they lie down with the lamb on the
inside.
OF the % counties Of the state, 10
of them we're represented by com.
mitteemen named by Dubois since
the last convention, and two were
not represented at all even by
proxy. Thus there were less than
a majority Of the counties OF the
state represented by committeeman
duly elected by the party.
OF the SO votes represented in
the vention, Is were proxies
carefully gathered and put in the
hands OF those in whom reliance
could be placed by the party's die.
tator, two of the proxies being held
by Dubois himself, giving him
three votes. This, together with
the ten committeeman appointed
by him. made 20 votes. And then
there was Arney and julie Bassett,
making 81 Of the 38 votes directly
in command of old Republican ma.
chine influences, an influence
which had become so obnoxious
years ago that the Republicans
would no longer tolerate. Capitol
News
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-03-05
Thursday, March 5, 1908

THE charge is being made,
more or less indirectly, by those
who are opposing the candidacy
OF James H. Brady for the gov
ernorship, that Mr.. Brady was
to a certain extent responsible
for the failure OF the Republi-
can majority in the last legisla-
ture, to carry out the party's
platform pledges to the people.
This 1sScharge is a serious one,
and if true should mark him as
down and out so far as the gov
ernorship is concerned. Those
who know this charge to be true
owe it to the party to make the
charge as definite and specific
as possible, ana not rely on IN
insinuation and innuendo to &C
complish their purpose. When
they come out plainly, heavy
burden will be shifted to
Mr.. Brady's friends. We trust
that the charge will be fully APP
preciated by both Mr.. Brady's
opponents and his friends, for
unless we are much mistaken,
the truth or falsity of this charge
will be the deciding point in
his campaign.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-03-05
LaF0LLETTE A PRACTICAL MAN

About three years ago, while
Robert M. LaFollette was still
governor of Wisconsin, Lincoln
Steffens wrote in McClure's
magazine:
"The story OF Wisconsin is
the story of LaFollette. He is
the head of the state"
Steffen might now truthfully
write that the story OF rate reg.
ulation is the story of LaFol-
lette.
LaFollette is different from
any other public man America
has produced. Dreamers have
arisen many times to picture
ideal conditions which might
be. But while others have
dreamed LaFollette has worked.
Reformers have denounced in
burning words the sins of the
states and OF the nation, with
out knowing their origin. But
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-03-05

A sure cure, one you can depend
upon, Hickory Bark Cough Rene.
dy. A sure cure, and it's purel
Use it for all lung trouble, coughs,
colds, hoarseness and sore throat.
For sale by Keener Drug Store and
first-class dealers everywhere.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-03-05

The grandmothers of the old
Dutch Dunkard families OF West
ern Pennsylvania have made and
used Hickory Bark Cough Rem
edy" and reared their families on it
for hundred years. Now you can
buy it Of your dealers. Ask for it,
and use it, because it is pure; be-
cause it will stop your cough; be-
cause it is the best cough remedy
made today. Try it, For sale by
Keener Drug Store and all dealers
everywhere.
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-03-05

| LaFollette, to use a street phrase,
is a reformer who is "next." He
knows the sources of political
sins. Some reformers who have
been put next" have cham
pioned such relief measures as
might be adopted without dan
ger of spilling the water they
were attempting to carry on
both shoulders. Not so with
LaFollette. He offered a COM
plete remedy and carried out
his program without any refer
ence to the endangering Of po-
litical friendships and support
of party leaders. Some of these
reformers were content to make
any sort OF hap-hazard war up
on the interests which public
opinion had condemned. But
LaFollette demanded as the first
step in every reform movement,
an investigation of the facts. He
insisted that the relief offered
should be based upon definite
knowledge SO that it might be
real and that it might work in.
justice to no one, neither to the
people nor to the corporations,
In other words, LaFollette is
a practical statesman. He will
compromise with no one. Keen
and studious, he has been able
at all times to discriminate be-
tween fish and a serpent No
corporation lobby ever has been
able to convince him that a
stone bears any resemblance to
bread, even though'fit be dis
guised as half loaf.
No greater compliment could
be paid to the constructive abil-
ity of statesman than has been
paid to LaF gillette by the trend
of public opinion in the states
throughout the union. 1t is
really great tribute that the
other states should now be fol-
lowing the program, or attempt
ing to follow it. 1t is a splen-
did testimonial that wherever
primary elections are under
consideration, the Wisconsin |
law is held up as the model, and |
that, too, after several years of
trial. Likewise, it is fattering
in the extreme, that Michigan,
the state made more or less of a
leader in reforms by Governor
Pingree, should now be recast-
ing Its reform legislation along
the lines worked. out by LaFol-
lette in Wisconsin. But the
most splendid acknowledgement
OF the leadership of LaFollette
is found in the fact that no less
a parsonage than President
Roosevelt has declared in q re-
cent speech that there can be
no satisfactory regulation of
railroad rates without a valua-
ton of railroad properties as
the basis of rate making.
This is what LaFollette fought
for three days in the United
States Senate to incorporate in
the bill which passed at the last
session. LaFollette then said:
"This great issue between the
public and the railroads can be
juggled with no longer" said
the senator. at cannot be set
tied by legislation which pal
llates the wrong. 1t must be
settled by getting the true value
The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-03-05

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