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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
DOG FIGHT IN WALL STREET.

Beau Broadway in New York Telegraph.
 Next to Yuma. Ariz., and Fireplace l.. l., the two smallest towns n the world, Well street can raise the biggest dog fight audience on the shortest notice of any community I know. Take the other day, for instance-meaning any one of those clear business days, when the curb brok- CTS didn't have to dress like longsnore- men, deck hands, pirates, canal diggers and watchmen.
 About 12 o'clock, when the brokers and their appetites were supposed to be at their busiest, two dogs of uncertain breed and age began a loud argument in Wall street near Broadway. The Trinity church clock began chming off the rounds by yclps. and by 12:1 23 there was a crowd that blocked the Broadway cars and shut off the entrances and exits to the little 22-story joke building on the south cor ner.
 I had to meet man by appointment at 12 sharp-noon-on the spot. Borrowing money is different from lending it in Wall street. Three thousand people tried to see that dog fight But I don't care-inaybe I can get 1t somewhere else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
SWINDlES IN SECURITIES.

From the New York Journal of Com
 merce
 The worst abuses of speculation are not to be found on the exchanges but outside of them, and 1t is carrying these into the stock market for the consummation of their purposes that creates the greatest scandal. In the promotions, exploitatlons and combinations of reckless financiers, by which securities are created in inflated volume and of fictitious value, is the root of much of the evil. These securities are them listed on the exchanges, with false pretense and misrepresentation, and the element of gambling enters largely into dealings in them. It takes time to sift them down to their real value, and in the meantime many victims are fleeced by those Ion the inside" There is a way of manipulating stocks of an established character, indulged in by men of standing in the financial world, that is scarcely less disreputable. They are "on the in- side" of the management and operation of great corporations and have knowledge of conditions and of plans that is kept from others who have an equal right to know They plan for new issues of securities Or the conversion of old, for an increase or a decrease of dividends that they can control, which they know will have a cer- tain effect upon the market value of stocks, and they use their knowledge and the advantage of their position in the market to make large profit at the ex pense of others. They use the tactics of the blackleg to filch the money of the unwary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
WAYS OF WILLIAM AND EDWARD.
The Royalty of Today Is Not of the
 Old Sort.

Mir. Ford's London Letter to the New
 York Tribune
 The Business of reigning is so serious. with the ceremonial side constantly up- permost, that it is natural for sovereigns to find relief in occasional flashes of hu- nor. King Edward, like Queen Victoria before him, likes jokes and brilliant repar- tee, but he does not write out pleasantries He avoids letter writing and allows his secretaries to conduct correspondence in an impersonal and dignified way. Queen Victoria, decreet and sensible as she was wrote too many letters and was involved in unnecessary controversies. King Ed ward is constantly talking over public af- fairs with statesmen and diplomats, but he is too shrewd and cautious to write let ters to them. He has more effective meth ods of managing men and influencing in- ternational action than correspondence, whether dashed off on the impulse of the moment or dictated and revised with de- liberation. He accomplishes his purpose ny> informal conferences and short talks and hypnotizes his own ministers at home and distinguished Europeans in Marienbad or Paris by communicating to them his own sincerity and conciliatory spirit. This is a more judicious method than the rapid improvisation of royal opinions in private letters more or less colloquial, which are likely to be misunderstood and to excite hostile criticism.
 The German emperor, being a clever and vivacous sovereign, also makes use of his talents and fascinating frankness in influencing men at home and abroad When he was in England he had a high minded and laudable purpose of improving international relations, and his agreeable manners and charm of conversation pro- duced favorable impression. He was peacemaker, like King Edward himself, and conciliated members of the ministry as he had previously done when MT. Haldane, MT. Burns and other associates visited Berlin He was doubtless irritated and disappointed when Lord Esher, in letter which might not have been meant for publication, represented that every one in Germany, from the emperor down. ward, would rejoice over the downfall of Sir John Fisher, and in continuing his informal talk with Lord Tweedmouth by letter he revealed his annoyance and im- patience. This may have been an in- discretion, but there can be no criticism O. his general conduct in making use of personal friendships for the purpose of creating better feeling between England and Germany. A modern sovereign is not constitutional figurehead, preoccupied with ceremonial and etiquet and without moral responsibility for resources and op- portunities for supremely useful work He is a master workman in a progressive 1o11 m fn xxrrit a many letters, and his humorous propensi- ties ought to be kept under restraint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
Dollars Against Distinction

Not long ago Senator Spooner re- signed a seat in the Senate in order that he might be free to accept rich re- tainers from the corporations. And now Congressmen Littlefield of Maine and Cousins of Iowa-both strong men-are going out of public life for similar reason. Congressman Lit tlefield, like Senator Spooner, is an excellent lawyer, and he goes, it is re- ported, to New York, to accept salary of $50 ,O00 from a western railroad company. Congressman Cousins is chairman of the House committee on foreign affairs, but he finds that be can earn more money out of Congress than in it.
 The last Congress increased the pay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
Third Party Ticket

The populists have again placed Thomas E. Watson before the country as a presidential candidate, and they have given him this time running mate who is a lawyer, whose name is Williams, and who lives at Vincennes, Ind
 Four years ago MT Watson pqlled 117,1S3 votes, over one-half of which vote was cast in Georgia, Nebraska, Texas and New York. No electoral votes went to a populist candidate ex- cept in 1892, when Weaver secured votes in Colorado, in Idaho, 10 in Kansas, in Nevada, 1 in North Da- kota. and 1 in Oregon. This was the populists' big year. and they have been in a declining condition ever since.
 The Watson vote in 1904 in this state was 5O51. The leading populist counties were in order in that year Russell, 613 votes; St. Clair, 426; Gle brrne, 3S2; Marshall, 296; Geneva, 2SS: Cherokee, 257; Crenshaw, 240; Chambers, 232, and Etowah, 229. No other county in this state cast 200 pop ulist votes four years ago.
 In their platform the populists of this year want government money without the intervention of banks. They desire government ownership of the railroads and monopolizing public utilities, and they want ali special privileges taken away from the trusts. They denounce government by injunc- tion.
 The two great parties will put out progressive candidates this year, and there will be precious little room for a third party andidate-certainly not enough to afford him a shadow of chance to win an electoral vote. If man desires to throw away his vote he can vote for Watson and Williams, but if he desires to give his vote weight and influence in the big count he will choose between the two great parties of the country without giving a thought, much less vote, to hope less ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
m deeds are doubled with an evil word.
Pensions for Professors

MT Carnegie's original donation oI s10.OOo ,OOO did not provide pensions for teachers after 2s years service n state colleges. or colleges under sec tartan control. But the donor adds s5.OOO 900 "or whatever sum may De necessary" to the original fund, so that all professors who need pension at the age of 65 will get proper pro vision in their declining years.
 Out of all of MT. Carnegie's various gifts not one perhaps is so timely, so helpful, so humane, so beneficial ln several directions as the fund for pen sions to aged and deserving teachers in our higher institutions of learning.
 In some cities, even in some states, a movement is springing up to provide pension funds for teachers in the pub lie schools. This would be natural outgrowth of the Carnegie fund. The man or woman of known efficiency who has spent lifetime in educating children, deserves a pension if any one in this world does. MT. Carnegie has builded better perhaps than he knew, for he has put before all the value and wisdom of pensions for teachers, and the country will after while come to see that what is good for college pro- fessors is just as good for public school teachers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
spartanbura,s Festival.

Several southern cities hold music festivals every year and nearly all of the larger towns have occasional festi sals." said a musician. 'The most elaborate festivals are those of Rici .nond, Va, and spartanburg, S. c. But nhile the Richmond music is of a very high class Spartanburg, town of less than 10000 population, leads all the cities from a box office point of view. It's fourteenth annual festival will be he'd this spring and the first days sale of seats yielded sS034. The indicl- tions point to total receipts of fully s1200O.
 The Spartanburg festival is so well known and popular that music lovers from all sections of the south attend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
Street Iinhts Needed.

"Those who Listened to the evidence before Judge Benners in the Byers l. l.earing Friday must have come to The conclusion that the neighborhood in which Policeman Smith was fatally shot-Avenue E, between Fifteenth anl Sixteent hstreets-was a very dark cor ner of the city" remarked a man about town But as for that matter every citizen who rides at night in an Avenue B loop car is impressed with the fact that the section in question is very short in street lights
 "The absence of lights makes poor impression indeed on strangers and moreover it renders that part of the town referred to unsafe. Arc lights cost the city comparatively little, and it is shame that people should havs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
Busy Months For Salvation Army

"rhe work of the Salvation army in the south,' said Major Berriman of At lanta, who is spending a few days in Birmingham, .has been more strenuous during the past few months than ever before in the history of the organization. The general laying off of men, and the necessity for food and help has spread the social work of the army into a wider field, and the stringency of the money conditions made 1t hard to get subscrip- tions for these purposes. However, great good was accomplished and the army goes into the spring months in fine condition.
 No one is in a position to see the inn provement in conditions among the labor ing class much better than we, and for the past month the bright side of every cloud has been seen.'
 Major Berriman is leaving for London on the 18th of this month, he and his wife having been chosen for post-grad- uate course at the international training homes of the army. He will return to his charge in Atlanta in July.
 ''We are going to have special song services at the army hall tonight he said, "and at Bessemer Monday night the corps have provided fine programme. Good crowds are expected at all these meetings. Our auditor, Major A. Hamon of New York, will arrive tonight to audit the local books
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Muzzlino Doqs.

Every dog that is allowed on tte street should be muzzled' said pr. An dersen H. French the veternarian.
 T treat on an average about one case of rabies a month. A very val table dog was brought to me few days ago suffering with dumb rabies, There was nothing to do but place the animal In an iron cage and let it die.
 "A dog afflicted with hydrophobla will burry it's nose in water in frantic effort to drink. Frothing at the mouth is not necessarily a sign of hydropho- bia. Frequently dogs have cramps and common ailments that cause spasms.
 Yes. I know there are those who declare there is no such thing as hydro phobia, but they never witnessed q mans death afflicted with the poison. Every dog. I say, should be muzzled On the street and the worthless CUTS exterminated."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

to him from another state for his own use That would be violation of the Constitution of the United States. Yet this man should be prevented from selling or distributing it to others.
 But speaking of the good town of Bir- niingham it Is undoubtedly improving every day. The good roads movement is going ahead and we are getting good roads at double quick time. There has not been so much work and such rapid building and improvement in ten years Something is doing every day. It is so in the city. Street Commissioner McCar- tin is filling ruts and bad places and building new streets; and Mayor Ward is having the garbage cleaned up and the city gotten in good condition. There Is a movement on all sides to make Bir- mingham and the full Birmingham dis trict the very best in the south. The rull-together spirit is in the air.
 Such is evidenced by the big suhscrip- ton for the purpose of entertaining the Confederate veterans at tho June reunion Lere; and the subscriptions to the state fair and the movement for a great-to-do over the coming in of the Illinois Central and the Mobile and Ohio railroads And a lot is to be done when the high officials of the United States Steel corporation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
THE MEMORY HIS LIFE HATH
 LEFT.

By Julia Neely Finch
 (Written on the death of D. Halle.) As the breath of roses perfume That fingers within room When the rose is shattered and dead; AS a star against the gloom Of sky with clouds o'er-spread; As the warmth "by hearthstone shed From whence the flame hath fled And the spring we love to remember, Broodng beside the dim ember. The ashes of dull November. As the sun beneficent bland That bourgens and blesses the land; As the touch of a vanished hand, ''The sound of a voice that is still" That the heart may summon at will; As all things precious and pure; All things mortal and pure That the soul may treasure, bereft Is the memory his life hath left!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
Complaining About Sewer.

"The open sewer on South Eighteenth street badly needs atteption," said a prominent citizen who lives near the nui- sanoe complained of. ''It is a storm sewer yet blind man in it's vicinity would be able to testify that it is used for other purposes than the conveyance of storm water. It is reeking with all kinds of refuse. This has been the case for years.
 Into this sewer a large quantity of chert washes from the streets and to pre- vent it's gradual filling up the city pris- oners are from time to time employed to scrape and shovel the chert out and throw it upon the banks. In this way a goodly quantity of road material is saved. But what of the health of the city, where the germ-saturated gravel and dirt of the sewer are carried out upon the banks today and finally is carted off to be scat tered over the highways of other sections of the community? Where are our phy sicians and health officers?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
the New York Press


 A honeymoon is so as to teach couple exactly what their married life isn't go- ing to be like afterward.
 Either the head. of a big family can't get the bathtub when he wants 1t, or if he can all the hot water has been run Cut.
 You can generally make your wife be- live it was a business trip you went on if you can remember what the railfoad rare was.
 A mans idea of going into politics is I ot being on speaking terms with his neighbo. over something neither of them understands.
 A woman can't like a novel that is so exciting that she forgets to cry where the heroine tells the hero about her kit ten that died wien she wore her hair in bTa,ds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
FROM "PRocRAsTlNATIoN.p

BJ Edward Young.
 3e wise today; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Reconstruction is the thief O. time; Tear after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the merces of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be
 strange? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger
 still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
MADE HIM HAPPY.

"Twaddle's wife played good joke on him."
 What was that?" "She got a divorce" Are you sure it was a ioke?' well, he's been laughing ever since"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

" HIS Birmingham is really good
 town. I like it because the peo-
 pie think for themselves, and they are not afraid to express their thoughts.
 We are really a big family and II something goes wrong in the househoi1 1t is the duty of anyone in it who oo- serves it to speak out about it. If the .cok is doing wrong-if he or she is talk ing off the groeeries-she should be re- ported to the head and punished. So it should be in d community. Those who graft upon it or violate it's laws should be called up and reprimanded or pun ished
 The Law and Order league should get out and put stop to the blind tigers l. is the duty of the men who led the prohibition campaign in Birmingham and Jefferson county to see that the law, as it is is enforced. Let us give prohibition a fair test. The saloons are closed. Let us see that the blind tige.5 do not run rampant. It is difficult to do this but not impossible.
 The young man in the community should not be led into an alleged club where he can buy what he wants to drink py pdying a small initiation fee. The law as it' stands should be enforced; but it will be mistake to go to extremes, such as to try to prevent the man who wants an alcoholic beverage having it shipped .........s....s.s.ss...ss to grope their way along any highway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

T. D. Blackman of Anniston is reg istered at the New Morris. H. B. Dodge of Decatur is registered at the New Morris. E. Stevens of Talladega is registered at the New Morris.
  E. b. Andrews, general yard master of the Illinois Central railroad at Bit mingham, arrived from Memphis ye'- terday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
HER MARK.

q shall never forget my wife," said the widower.
 Poor man. She must have been very dear to you.'
 well, it isn't that exactly. She left scar on my face and every time look in the glass I'm bound to think of her"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
MED BRACE TALKS ABOUT SEVERAL 0
 MATTERS OF INTEREST IN BIRMINGHAM

come here this week, to show them that we are glad to have them with us.
 As a matter of fact we are not only getting to be a good Birmingham, but We are jumping into the centre of the arena Of the great south. Not one per cent of us here realize what we have and what we are to be. Most of us have had to trim our sails and keep close to shore, Many of our merchants, after the hard times of last fall, were afraid to buy for spring business The banks advised con- servatism in business, the railroads cut off trains, and business interests gen. orally economized and cut. Now the sum- shine of good times is Illuminating the land hereabouts and all of us are up and ooing.
 N Instead of labor being out of employ lsent, all the manufacturing concerns are looking for intelligent and energetic labor, and am told that full twenty thousand nore skilled workingmen and mechanics than are now available in this district will be needed and sought within the present year.
 Nearly eleven years have passed since the writer became a citizen of Birming- ham. At no time within that period have things looked so good within the pres ent nor prospects brighter for the future than right now to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
A SUMMER PROSPECT.

Summer time will soon be here What a pleasant thought. All our glad vacation plans. Will they come to naught? Shall we frolic by the sea, Far away from care, Breathing in new lease of life With the salty air? Shall we drop our tasks and hie To the mountains crest, Where the big hotels invite Troubled souls to rest. Shall we loaf q while and dream Where the breezes lllrk? Others may-with me twill be Work.
 work,
 work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
Passion Sunday.

In the liturgical churches today is known as Passion Sunday. It is so styled be- cause from now until Good Friday the church meditates especially on the pas sions of Christ In Catholic places of worship the crucifixes and the statues will be yelled today and will remain yelled until Easter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
A PKILOSOPHER.

A PHILOSOPHER. He couldn't make a living. Yet, he knew What Teddy in the Whh4 House Ought to do. Upon a cracker barrel Top he sat, And when he wasn't 'alking. Down he spat. He ran the risk of starving, You infer? Oh, no-his wife took boarders, So much per.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
CONSISTENTLY EXPRESSIVE.
rom the Bohemian.

From the Bohemian.
 That judge is remarkably competent" said Green He appeared friendly to both sides"
 He must be deuce of a fellow" re- marked Bagg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
THE cHAUFF EUR.

THE CHAUFF EUR. The chauffeur is a funny chap, As you will all agree. He doesn't seem to care a rap For wights like you and me. If l should go to heaven when l leave this vale of care, I'd be the most surprised of men To find a chauffeur there!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
TO WIVES.

Nothing makes a married man so mal as to hear his wife speak of her half If his money-Atchison Globe.
 He is lucky married man whose wife Is content with half of his money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

If the Black Hand has tackled the Standard Oil it is easy to see the form CTS finish, for. nothing escapes the clutches of the latter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

CHANGED. Gertrude's a dizzy Blond, and yet Last year she was A cute brunette.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Tut, tut! l know A maiden who Is brunette and Light-headed, too.
 Nashville Tennessean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould says no woman can dress decently on less than S2O,OO0 a year, but some can dress well on any sum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

President Amador of Panama is 75 years old, and he tells his fellow coun- trymen that they must find new president He has had enough, and his country is not much more popu- lous than Bessemer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

A Pennsylvania man has just con- pleted a patchwork quilt with 11,S46 pieces. This beats the Aldrich bill by several pieces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
TRUE LOVE.

True love is a funny thing, Sure as you are born. Makes some fellows want to sing, Other chaps forlorn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

Joseph Howard, Jr, is dead at the age of 75. He was an old time jour- nalist of versatility who readjusted himself to changing, circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05

Fifteen thousand young men on the battleship fleet will not be home in time to vote. Some of them, however, do not vote in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
POOR JONES.

Alas poor Jones, we knew him well, A kindly man was he, Who passed the plate on Sabbath days And gave to charity In truth he might be living now With all his honest pride, But for the fact that yestere'en
 He laid him down and dled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
SENSIBLE MAN.

I'm tired of standing by while the helpless are plundered.
 Well, what are you going to do about it?' I'm going to take hand myself. There is no use of letting crooks get all the velvet"