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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

If the Young Turks turn Abdul Hamid out of the palace he will need a very large boarding house in order to shelter his entire family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
About Persons.

J. Craig Smith of Montgomery. president Of the state board of convict inspectors, was in Birmingham last night registered at the New Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

The Pillsbury-Washburn flour con. cern paid too little attention to the accumulation of reserve and too much attention to fat dividends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
WHAT WILLIE SAW.

From the September Delneator.
 When Willie saw peacock for the first time he said to his mother:
 "Oh, mama, you should have seen 1t. Electric lights all over the ferns and a turkey underneathr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

The department of justice is still pursuing John D. and his associates regardless of the thermometer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
ExTRAVAGANT HOPE.

"Parson Goodly is the greatest dreamer of his time"
 What makes you say that?"
 He hopes some day to see the churches become as popular as the burlesque the- atres'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

Harry Thaw has a record. He saved his life and now he is preparing to save his income from his fathers estate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

This mileage leaves little to be de- sired. In this mileage are included many lesser roads, branches and feed CTS. The number of these lesser roads belonging, for example, to the Louis vile and Nashville is so numerous and intricate that few besides shippers and commercial travellers carry a list of them in their minds. The additions will come naturally hereafter. A direct line to Huntsville may yet be built. The Alabama, Tennessee and Northern may yet need an outlet here. It is a road via Opelika may also come in, and possibly link will in the long run be built between the Gould system and this city. But even without another road this city is today the chief rail road center of the southeast. It has nu rival and it probably never will have one, simply because it is as natural III railroads to seek tonnage as it is to all creatures to seek air. The chief ton mage of the southeast is found here.
 The coming of the ninth railroad is no ordinary event, and it should not go unnoticed and uncelebrated. No doubt the Commercial club will attend to this feature of an event that is near at hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

The aeroplane is tinkered no oftener than the automobile was in its first stages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

The ladies that greeted the fleet in Auckland wore winter costumes. They live in the antipodes, or words to that effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

King Edward has gone to Marienbad to have his royal abdominal protuber- ance reduced. This is an annual event on his part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

Airships should be required to carry parachutes just as steamers are re- quired to carry life preservers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

The rats destroy enough each year in this country to build a Panama canal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

Senator Shoot is studying forestry. He proposes to know where the tall timber is by election time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
POSING

He'd always seek the spotlight And there he'd blithely stand, A smile upon his features,
 A speech book in his hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
INCONSISTENT.

A poet wight composed a song
 Entitled, Life is sweet" Then mopped his brow as he went along And fused about the heat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
INDIRECT HELP.

What are you doing for your town?' "I am supporting my wife who is the president of the Civic Improvement so- ciety."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

The Sultan is willing to steal no more if the Young Turks will confirm his title to all loot on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
LIFE IS STILL NORTH LIVING,

LIFE IS STILL WORTH LIVING. The poets sing of good old times
 That ne'er will come again, In the melody of Hitting rhymes,
 Set to a love refrain. And while old times were passing sweet The golden days of yore- The present time is hard to beat And the futures lies before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
WOOING THE MISE

Phyllis has taken up a literary ca- reer."
 'Indeed?''
 She asked me yesterday whether poems should be written on pink or blue paper"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

Flying machines should go up to stay up. These records of short trips are becoming monotonous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
DISAPPOINTEn

Seen the sheath skirt, Si?"
 "Yes. Consarn it. the slit WIZ filled up with ruffle!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
Birmingham'S Ninth Railroad

When the trains of the Atlanta, Bir- mingham and Atlantic road arrive ana depart from this city nine railroads, not one of which has small mileage. will be parts of our vast and far-reach- are the Southern, the Alabama Great Southern, the Louisville and Nashville, the Frisco, the Central of Georgia, the Seaboard, the Illinois Central, the Mo- bile and Ohio and the Atlanta, Birming- ham and Atlantic. The mileage of these roads, exclusive of sidings and double track, is as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

The South African mines topped all records in July. This means more cur rency for the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

This is not to be an enthusiastic campaign The voters are sullen and uneommunicatiYe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

Castro stands ready to entertain any fleet that Queen Wilhelmina may send across the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
DIFFICULTIES OF FLYING.

 A man who owned an aeroplane Careered along with might and main, but when he tried to make a turn Ills wings caught fire and up did burn.
 REPLIES. "A la Salome" means with notn- ing on."
 The more man talks the less he seems to say.
 The Car and the Lady, is the title Of a recent book, which probably tells what happened to the lady when she got off the car backward Niagara Falls are said to be seO00 yea rs old. At least S6,O00,00O brides have ex- claimed, "Ain't they grandw A Cincinnati man blew tobacco smoke into bulldogs face. Never againp Inmates of Pennsylvania jail complain that they are being overfed. After a person stays in jail while he natural- ly gets peevish.
 QUITTING TIME. Locking up your desk is
 Sure>a lot of fun When your work is finished And the day is done!
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

President Roosevelt is planning to use
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
A LOST APPEAL,

 T have a scheme that will make vou rich in less'n six months" Please close the door as you 20 nut am not at all optimistic this morning n HAPPENED IN POLITICS. T am in the hands
 Of my friends" he saved, And the next day yelled,
 Eve been betrayedn'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

Crickets in the summer gardens are delivering valedictories every evening. Candidate Chain proposes to make 75 speeches in AS states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
1FIRMED cHEERFuLNI

'l simply will not worry"
 A sunshine brother said, When an automobile struck him And stood him on his head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
WELL INFORMED

He seems to understand automobiles.
 T should say SO! He knows what torque' means without looking in the dictionary
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
He also reviewed the progress of his race ant
spoke hopefully of its future
SPEECH BY DIR. WASHINGTON.
DE. Washington said among other things:

Az a graduate of the Hampton Institute. and
as one who indebted to that institution for what
join with you thanking Secretary Taft for tax
ing the time to this meeting and speaking
One is not surprised, however, at this mani
feStation interest in the elevation OF the Negro
family he will see that his interest in the welfare
of people is not new, but was inherited from
his years OF experience in Strengthening and ele-
waiting the millions of dark people in the Philip
pine Islands, in Panama and in Cuba
On the platform here this evening we have two
fine types of Americans. both of whom come from
of Yale University both of whom setting
the American people high example of unselfsh
living in refusing to seek luxurious ease and
comfort for themselves. but are devoting them
selves to the highest welfare OF the nation: / re-
ton Institute. and Secretary William II. TAFT.
Something of the same character of unselfsh
men and women throughout the country. and ,es-
pecially in Southern States. The devotion of
the educated negro to the uplifting of his fellows
this or any country. The struggles and the sue
cess of our people TO elevate themselves through
education striking and almost pathetic.
DR.. Washington told of the progress made
by the Negro race since the abolition Of slavery
and of the great necessity which existed of edu-
eating the negro children of the present day.
He predicted that within few years. perhaps
in this generation the negro race in America
would have increased to fifteen million. These
millions be made useful useless said
he. ''They be made to help to hinder
They can be made to become criminals or law
abiding citizens. They can be made to be
potent factors in the intelligence of our coun-
try they can become load of ignorance
dragging down our civilization. Which shall
il be-"
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
NOT TO OFFEND JAPAN
Cut of Orer $50 900, 900 IN Estimates
for FOrtifcatiOns.

Washington March 16-The +ortifcations Gill.
carrying total appropriation Ct sS.210Su instead
of the SIS. 1895 asked by the Wa Department
was reported to-day to the House COMMITTEES On
APPROPRIATIONS BY Chairman Smith OF the sub
committee on fortifcations. The subcommittee
felt. aside from other considerations. that 70
recommend an appropriation OF sSSeooo Tor 1oru-
fications at this time might possibly De construed
by Japan as official declaration that the United
States preparing for The amount recon-
mended by the committee is larger than any wnAch
has been annually appropriated since the Spanish
American War. The cutting down OF the depart
ments estimates by S0. .333 334 means. among otnsr
things that the committee has recommended prac-
tically nothing for continental United states anu
has appropriated mainly for the Hawaiian anu
Philippine Islands. The committee has turned down
the departments proposal for Manila harbor y
the construction and fortidcation Of an artinc@
island, and nothing is carried FOR Suoig Bay
The only points in continental United States sp-
propriated for in the bill revised By the COM
mittee Deception Pass. in Puget sound ~
Charleston. s c: Pensacola, Fla; Mobile AA,
and various points where expenditures are re01iF"
for the installation of range finding apparatus
For the Hawaiian Islands practically eVeFSthias
IS allowed that recommended by the Is''
board excepting the fortifcstion OF Pearl hsroO'.
Provision is made for the fortihcation OF CsT1~
Island. in Manila bay.
The following brief comparison gives idea
the way the War Departments estimates Ne''
pruned in the committee. For the Phiippn'
Islands se.+ss. 600 was asked This included sSS''
o0o for the construction and fcrtifcsron OF AZ
artificial island in Manila Bay. which was dsA
lowed and S700O00 for fire control. which was c''
10 100000. The department wanted sSoeoOV" w.
seacOast cannon In the insuIar possessions anu
TO have 100000. For enpIacemeuts IN continents
United States Si247 .0oO asked and only s's
600 allowed; for fire control sI-6S5000. which vs.
cut to $4,000. and for supplying electro ealI
for battery and other sl000.0eo. cut 10 '1''
600.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
FRIENDS OF IRELAND CELEBRATE.

The Friends of Ireland at Shanlevs last night
celebrated the eve of the day of the patron saint
of Erin with DINER. at which were present more
than three hundr d patriotic Irishmen. The toast
master of the evening was John j. Delany,
Corporation Counsel. who is president OF the or
ganization. The speakers were DIR. NJ =. Conway.
Homer Davenport. Francis r. Cullen. William A.
Boylan, Representative Burke, of Pennsylvania
and Peter Schmuck.
The speakers devoted their voices to sounding the
praises OF Ireland. Homer Davenport was an ex-
ception. He talked about Silverton Ore. his birth
place Just what Siverton. Ore. had to do with
Ireland didn't appear.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17

s;a.r.x of the island is feared This infosma
zion was-conveyed- in an official dispatch 70 'ne
r,or.,rn ofice from NJ. Carteron. the frencn
Minister to HaytL
Al Eorro the Haytian Minister of state, as
S,red NJ Carteron last week that HaSti Wotio
.Sree TO allow the refugees who had taken ass
,,,n, in the French consulates at GonaiVes anu
s.: Marc to leave the island rms morning
,aer. came the news OF the execution at Port
au-Prince on Sunday of between ten and tweiVe
monument persons on the charge or conspiracy
.,a,ns, the government together with mes
-.re from, NJ Carteron announcing that General
Nore Alexis the President of Hayti had not
only refused TO confirm the assurances given
nv NJ Borno but had fatty declined TO permit
ehe refugees in the consulates TO depart Eleven
additional persons have taken asylum at 'he
French legation
The French cruiser d Estrees is expected soon
st Ccnaiyes where she will act in cooperation
with the British and German ships of war now
on their way to Hayti-
II ia understood here THAI France Germany
and Great Britain are acting in accord on Ha!u-
The Foreign Office recognized that Generai
E-rr,in and his followers revolutionists, but
declined TO hand them to the Haytan gov
ernr,ent on the ground that there were no as
surances that the men would have legal triai-
The refugees under the French flag number
about one hundred men,
The Temps this afternoon publishes dis
match from Port-au-Prince saying that the
situation there is grave General Nord Alexis
says that the plot against him was Matched IN
the French Legation, and attack on the iesa-
tion is feared.
Berlin March 16.-The German Admiralty, on
the request of the Foreign Office. has ordered
the cruiser Bremen, at Curacao, to go to Port
au-Prnce Hayti. where she is to be at the
disposition OF the German Minister for the pro-
lection of German subjects or other foreigners
The Foreign Office has been in correspondence
with the French government regarding Hayt,
and on March ii the two governments agreed on
a of action
A telegram received here by the German Cable
Company from Por1-au- Prince March ID said
that the safety of foreigners there was threat
ened and that the arrival of cruiser was anx-
iously awaited.
London. March 16-The Admiralty this morn
ing sent orders by cable to the British cruisers
Indefatigable and Cressy, in West Indian
waters. TO go to Hayti for the protection
of British interests
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
BOLD BANDIT GOT ONLY s24o.

Spokane. Wash. March 16-The rOboer -.
overpowered two railway mail clerks and a.
sacked the registered mail a Great NSs.
westbound train Sunday. between Bonner A,
Idaho. and Spokane. got only s. 90 for hs
hours work. according postal officers ~.
Was rot "a single consignment OF currency " -,
mails. and the robber left all the checks ana "A
as well as the jewelry. No trace of ham la"
found.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
MICHIGAN LEGISLATORS ARRESTED.

Lansing. Mich March Estate Representatives.
A. F. Bunting and Jeremiah II. Anderson "a
rested to-day and brought into here tonight
grand jury warrants charging Bunting with
fraud office and Anderson with obtaining sio2 %
under false pretences. Bail fixed at 81 900 in
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
ASSESSORS RAISE MRS. EoDTs TASI'

tBy Telegraph The Tribune .ars
Concord " H. March ls.-The city tax s' -
raised to-day Mrs. Mary Baker c. Eddy '.e,I~i
sessment from $500 to $1,000 "a year ana I'm s.r.s
to take action to collect back taxes Al 'h :, an
rate for the last hfteen years This tax ,,,-d-
assessment of "A iitt;. over Sts".S'S n me" -, ~
IN was turned over To the trustees In ms s"0
turn of her property calvin Frye hxsd the ''~
tion at sle5.o0
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
cApToR OF ALA PARooNEo.

Denver, March 1o.-For OverPowerins E1s.s-, -.
ALA, condemned murderer OF Father Leo - -
richs. when Ala attempted to escape last a. a.
day. Guy Sexton a truSty prisoner. VINO was -.
ing short term for "A small theft was psTuO,
to-day by Governor Buchtel- Sexton was S"'
the neck with by Ala
A scissors blade found TO-DAY conceais~ =
a sleeve of Alias coat. Each side Of the O1
had been ground 10 sharp edge How the - -.
derer got the blade the mas not W.
mad
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
Ia TOILETTE PoPULIsT CANDIDATE"

Enporia. Kan. March le-E. s Waterbury
Populist national committeeman from Kansas and
delegate the national convention, said here to-
day that Senator La Toilette. of Wisconsin. would
fe nominated Oh the ballot for President by
the Populists. but would not get chance
cept or refuse the nomination until after the Re
publican National Convention.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
FEAR OF OPERATION KILLS PATIENT.

Fear of operation to insert silver plate in
his skull is believed to have been the of the
death of Asha Zorn yesterday in the Williamsburg
Hospital just a few minutes before he to
to the operating room. Zorn fifty-6ve years
old and resided at No WhippIe street. Williams
burg
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
j. r. BURTON is NOW A DEMOCRAT.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune

IBy Telegraph 10 Inc Trfbune.
Topeka. Kan, March I6.-EN-Senator J. R. Bur
ton announced n meeting of the Democratic
State Committee to-day that hereafter he will give
his allegiance the Democratic party.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
RE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMO ouinina Tablets Drug
signature is each box csc.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
DEPORTATION CHIMERICAL.


Such a suggestion is chimericaI. The negro
has desire to go. and the people of the South
would seriously object to his going. They were
brought here originally against their WILL and
were kept here until they have become Ameri-
cans. They in this country a part of
our people and are bound to continue to be
They entitled to unCeasing effort on the part
of the whole people in their struggle for better
things. both because it is our duty and to our
interest TO secure them equal opportunity
Whenever called upon the negro has never
failed to make sacrifices for this the only coun-
try he has and the only flag he loves.
All they ask is equal opportunity and
equal enforcement of the laws in respect to
them and in respect to the white race. When
they have violated the laws they must expect
the same punishment as the white race. 1t is
entirely natural, because they have been sub
jeCted SO often TO injustice and contumely and
insult because of their color and their race
that they should be suspicious whenever MEM
bers of their brought to punishment
that the presumption in favor of their inno-
cence is not as strong as 1t would be in favor
of white men similarly accused.
It is also natural that their racial prejudice
and sympathies can be more easily aroused in
behalf of of their number than
are the race prejudices of the more numerous
and more fortunate white race. But such ten
dencies are to be expected. and should no more
turn aside the deep sympathy of the we'll wish
OF the race than any other tendency directly
traceable to the long history OF suffering and
misfortune to which they have beeu in the pact
subjected.
The statistics which may show a large crml-
nal class among the negroes at the South ought
to frighten no one. This is to be expected where
there is much ignorance and illteracy. Among
the graduates of Hampton and Tuslxegee and
like institutions you will find clean record Of
God fearing men and women struggling on
ward and upward in the interest of their race
Industrial independence, the aim of Hampton
and Tuskegee. is the basis for all real progress
of the negro race as II is of the Filipino people
Advancement along that path opens I'D TO both
the possibility indeed the certainty, Of attain
ing all other ideals, intellectual. political and
moral
DR.. Washington in his speech spoke in hixh
praise OF Secretary Taft as a friend Of the negro
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
EDUCATION AND POLITICS.

Now, what power has the industrial education
at Hampton and TuSkegee and the other insti
tutiOns upon this political phase of the negro
problem? 1t has the most direct effect in this,
that the true basis of political influence in any
community is industrial independence This l
understand be the shibbOleth of those who
hearken to the teachings of Hampton and TuS-
kegee II the negro will make himself indispen-
his political influence will take care of itself
BY education and the acquisition of property
he will become a member of the community
whose political influence, instead of being
couraged. AS the cOlored man becomes eligible
under the laws imposing educational and prop
erty qualifications, his standing in the
munity will give weight to the vote he casts,
and it Is inevitable that in the end Industrial
success will bring him full political rights.
But few maintain that the negro to-day has
not in the South equal chance for bettering
his condition by industry and education. The
demand for labor with the increased prosperity
of the South makes him more and more valuable
under the influence of the greatest OF these
industrial institutions his usefulness mem
Der of the community is increased race preju-
dice will fade before business necessity, and we
the South whose political influence will be
recognized in the states of the South worthy
of respect and one to be reckoned with.
Thus find that the principles inculcated at
Hampton are these which make the Thirteenth
Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments OF the
Constitution OF value to the Negro race. / know
it is the habit of many contemplating the
ditiOn of the two races in the Southern States
to shake their heads and say that the negro
problem is far from solution and that the future
in this respect is dark. Plans have been Sug-
gested for a migration of the negroes to some
other country where they could live by them
selves and grow up by themselves and have a
society by themselves and create nation by
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17

London. March 16.-The Admiralty this morn
ing sent orders by cable to the British cruisers
1ndefatisable and Cressy, in West Indian
waters TO go at once Hayti for the protection
of British interests.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-17

1t is said that only the picked ones of the race
educated in Hampton and TuSkegee, and
therefore we may not infer from their character
as developed by these institutions and their
qualifications for success in life what will be
the result of the extension of industrial educa-
tion To those of their race who less qualified
than they We're to receive the benefit of such
education.
1t seems to me that this is most pessimistic
view 10 take. Nothing can be more inspiring
and full of hope than the earnest yearning of
those who go to Hampton and who come to Tus-
kegee 10 ht themselves to meet the problems of
thelr lie ana 10 carry to the loWly of their race
the lessons they have learned from the IiDs of
their great teachers. Fortunate indeed is "A race
which has developed the who could write
the forcefui truths full of saving common sense
and loving candor with which Booker Washing
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-09-15
Pay Cash for Meat
 and Save Money!

On October I we will begin selling on a strictly cash basis. Nothing will be charged to any body. Those who do not wish to pay for each purchase may buy coupon books good for s or S in meat, and a discount of ten per cent will be made, mak- ing the books cost S2.7 70 and $4.5o. Unused portions of these books will be redeemed in cash.
 The credit system has proved failure and is just as bad for the consumer as for the dealer. By selling strictly for cash we expect to be able to furnish bet ter goods and to save money for our customers. We hope this action will meet the approval of our customers and we assure them that everybody will be treated exactly alike, no eXcep- tions being made to this rule. dtf