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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
More Corn and Oats Needed

Alabama farmers do not grow enough corn and oats for home use. Last year they grew 46,O0O,O00 bushels of corn and nearly 4,OOOOO0 bushels of oats, but the state consumed last year about 55,000,000 bushels of corn and perhaps 100000 bushels of oats. These fig ures are approximate, but it is plain that this state sent away to the north west for corn and oats purchased there at least s10G0O,O0O, and possibly the amount may have reached $15,000, 900. We have been doing something like that ever since the war
 President Seymour of the Alabama division of the Southern Cotton asso- citation urges reversal of the policy of the past. He thinks this state should produce all the corn and oats consumed here. The best way to do this is by changing cultural methods. The aver age yield of the Tennessee corn fields Is 26 bushels an acre; in Alabama 1t Is but 15.5 bushels an acre. Were the methods of Tennessee applied here we would grow on the acreage at present devoted to corn and oats all of those grains that we could consume and have handsome surplus to boot It is a matter of better farming, better fertil- lzing, better work all around. The ob- feet to be gained is desirable, and Pres ident Seymour will certainly become a pullic benefactor if he can carry pro- duction in Alabama up to the Tennes- see standard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
TWO NEWLYRICH CLOWNS

depressed when not in active service, and his gloomy pleasure is in the ring or on the stage. Give him suddenly a fortune and what will be the effect on him?
 These two clowns, it is said, will at once leave the circus ring; but not, we hope before the money is at their dis posal. What will they then do? For a year they may ride their hobby horses they may travel, or collect butterflies, or buy first editions After that year they will undoubtedly be bored Perhaps they will haunt cireuses and, watching other clowns, hearing the roars of thoughtless laughter envy them their lot. They will rehearse new tricks and gags In private. It is not impossible that they will again wear motley in public and appears as 'The Millionaire Clowns"
 And yet they might remain clowns and not re-enter the ring. Their training has qualified them admirably for after dinner speeches, amateur theatricals, house par ties Thus they might become leaders In society, welcome purveyors of amusement. Women of fashion would not be at their wits end in search of new entertain ment for jaded guests. Should the broth CTS make England their home, they might shine, as Justice Darling, on the bench, or don the plaster to write plays and essays charged with paradox and direct ed against all opinions and beliefs hitherto held sane and sacred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
National Publicity Laws

The Mccall campaign publicity bill is better than no bill on that subject, and it may be pushed through Con- gress, simply because public sentiment demands something g''-some limitation upon the purchase of elections. The bill provides that "all contributions hereafter made to political campaigns engaged in the promotion or the cleo ton of representatives or delegates to the Congress of the United States or of presidential electors at any election at which Representatives or delegates shall be voted for shall be reported by such committee to the clerk of the l. ouse of Representatives.
 This would be excellent if the bill had not been changed so that travel ing expenses, stationery and postage, telegraph and telephone service are not covered by it. Payments on these &C., counts would not be reported, nor sub. scriptions for such purposes. The op- portunity for evasion and subterfuge are. therefore ample, and future sub scriptions of the trusts and magnates will no doubt be made to carry on one or more of the excepted features of campaign.
 But still, the. Mccall bill is better than no bill at all. Voters are now bought h Rhode Island and some other , states openly, and the passage of the Mccall bill may render the corruption and demoralization more decent in ap- pearance if not in fact.
 The Mccall bill 1ill afford a basis for future amendments at any rate, and as it is doubtless all that can be wrenched out of the present Congress it should be supported by every citizen who desires honest, unbought cleo tiOnS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
Annexation of the Congo

The treaty by which Belgium pro- poses to take from the hands of King Leopold as an individual landed pro- prietor the Congo Free State is under going discussion in the Chamber of Deputies at Brussels, the understand lrg being that vote is to be taken on )r before May 9, when the Chamber -ises for the elections.
 The terms of the treaty have not been made known. Those terms are being changed from time to time. The King is trying to retain good deal of ais old-time power over the vast Afri- .an state, and the deputies seem to be determined that sovereignty and con- roi of 1t shall be vested wholly in Bel dum. As things stand King Leopold . the greatest landed proprietor in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
At the Polls In November

It has long been said that no party in power has gone through a period of depression without mourning general defeat at the pols And this saying is founded on facts in our history, and no exceptions exist in that history.
 In 1897 the democrats were in power, and the panic of that year was fol lowed in 1888 by whig victories and in 1S40 by the election of whig Presi- dent.
 In 1857 the democrats were again in power, and the panic of that year was followed by loss of the control of the House of Representatives in 1858, and in 1860 by the election of republican President
 In 1873 the republicans were in office, but in 1874 they lost control of the House of Representatives, and in 1 1876 Samuel J. Tilden, democrat, secured a majority of the popular vote.
 In 1893 Grover Cleveland was Pres- dent. He had not been seated but 1 few months when the panic of that year came on. One republican success followed another until 1896, when the democrats were driven out of power in all branches of the government. When the panic of last October came on-a panic as severe perhaps as any tat went before 1.-the republicans had been in lull control of the govern ment II years. They had for that length of time controlled the courts, the Congress and the executive branch of the government. Nothing had stood in their way in all of the II years. Not once in that time had the democrats | captured the House of Representatives
 The responsibility for the October panic cannot, therefore, be shifted to 
 parceled out. It sprang from repub-
 licanism in full control from the White
 House down to the smallest postoffice in the land.
 If the republicans are kept in power after the record of last October, then a new precedent will have been set in | the republic. Our former history fur nishes none. The millions of unem- ployed citizens would have to be more lenient and forgiving than they had proven to be in the past. The mer- chants whose trade has become in- active would have to lick the hand that had punished them, and altogether the country would have to repudiate it's record. And | s, too, in the first gen eral election following closely upon a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
THE oMNIPREsENT LINE.

From Life. The Duke of Shoolxum led the waltz In graceful swing, with Atlin Nan, While Skaguay Sue whirled down the line With One-Ear Jake-from Ketchkan; But Patient Hank and Thirsty Kate , With scorn gazed on couple free, For Atlin Nan refused to talk To Dago Pete or Sweet Marie Then Five-Ace Jim to Frisco Maude Remarked across the genial foam, That Hobo Bill and Ping Pong Nell Had robbed sluice box up in Nome Yet cen with these they joked and drank, And sang, and danced, with spirits free, But all agreed they could not mix With Dago Pete and Sweet Marie. . Then Sam-the-Swede and Ashcroft Lil Said Rose Lepne 0rom Point Levis) Was acting as no lady would (She swapped her clothes with Red Mc-(
 Gee).
 But while they scrapped among theT
 selves,
 On this thing they could all agree They would not talk. nor dance, nor ' With Dago Pete or Sweet Marie.
 (McraI.) In Palace or in Dance Hall cultL Mid London fog or Arctic chf -' S- In dive or mansion. north or s0AA f. The social lead we follow stx utS,Hs And we refuse to talk or dP 14 To nod or dance, to smile o1 Those whom our social law 4
 Like Sweet Marie and p -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
AsoNABLE.

UNREASONABLE. My neighbor is rumny chap 'Tis very plain to see. He's always tiltlng up his chin And eritieizing me. Of course it doesn't matter much The worst that he could say, And yet, 1t makes me nervous when hear him every day. 'Tis true I keep some chickens and It seems they like to scratch The seed my neighbor planted for A little garden patch But that's no reason why he should Swear till the air is blue. Forsooth, they're doing nothing more Than chickens always do.
 HIS REWARD. The humorist stood without the pearly gates What can you say for yourself?" asked Saint Peter.
 q have never been guilty of the foun- tain pen joke Enter said the good old saint. There is place prepared for you.'
 SAFE ESTIMATE.
 I guess nine-tenths
 Of human ills
 May be summed up
 In one word-"Bills."
 REPLIES. A big bank roll always looks well on a man.
 frost by any other name is just as bad.
 Wonders will never cease A real live prince is looking for work in New York. It doesn't cost anything, to keep a ghost about the house. After all. it is but a step from funeral to baseball game. No real statesman ever perspires or views with alarm." "Woozy'' means 10 drinks in some towns; in other towns it means more. Nothing makes a man feel so silly as to be caught looking at a photograph of himself" says the Cleveland Leader. Un- less it is photograph of a girl. There is no name in the country more familiar to newspaper readers than that of W. l.. Douglas, the shoe man. unless it is that of Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
 ANNA AND THE PRINCE. When Anna and de Sagan wed. Somewhere across the sea, It would surprise the world at large If they should happy be- The princesdeclares tis all for love And not for sordid gold, But when he talks that way we fear The half has not been told.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
Coming of the Surgeons.


 J. W. Ray of Woodstock, secertary of the Association of Surgeons of the South ern Railway and Allied Lines, arrived in Birmingham last night "The session of the surgeons on the 18th, 29th and S0th of this month IS going to be the most impor- tant of years, and will be largely attend ed. 1 have attended seven meetings, but I expect this to be the banner year.
 During the three days they are here they will not only have good time, but questions which mean much in iife-saving will be considered and carefully outlined.' '
 MT. Ray is in Birmingham to attend d meeting of the Rose Croix Masons. He is lieutenant commander of the Kadosh council. Politics., he said, down in Bibb county is running very slow. Candidates are numerous, but the people give the subject little attention. They are attend ing to their own business and saving wood"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
THE STRUGGLE.

 No matter what the world may say, if there is in your heart A constancy of purpose to uphold the better part, The shocks of time will not o'ercome your valor in the fight He wears a vietors panoply who battles for the right. On crowded plains where weddings die the strong man meets his foe, Defeat may check him for while-lt cannot drag him low. The stroke that bears him to his knees but fires his soul anew And gives him strength he lacked before for what he has to do. A listless life of idle ease is not the sort that moves A man to climb the heights of fame and leave the careless grooves Of circumstances dauntless arm to lift at duty's call Is what attests his lasting worth and makes him lord of all!
 sLEIGHT OF HAND. "I know a prestidigtateur who can palm five billiard balls.' That's nothing. E. H. Hartman can palm a railroad.'
 OUT.
 The saddest words
 Of mortal men
 Are these: "I am
 A poor has-been."
 HOPELESS CASE. Do you believe in boss ruler" q do. but it isn't any use. I'm mar ried."
 POEM.
 The base
 ball page
 Is now
 The rage
 And chaps
 Who pitch
 Will soon
 Be rich.
 THE MERRY-MERRIES. Some people think chorus girls drink quantities of wine" "I presume you will say that they are not habitually incorporate" Exactly They can't afford it!'
 JOY. No wight should e'er
 Be sad. wis, Who has a dear
 Whom he may kiss. In time of stress
 She'll sweetly say, "A hat and dress
 I bought today" And should she cry
 One tear for him, He'd gratfy
 Her slightest whm. THE IRASCIBLE BACHELOR. "Confound babies, anyway You were once a baby yourself" Well, it wasn't my fault"'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

man can get rich if he will stop in- vesting his own money and do 1t for other people.
 The reason widows are so successful with men is they know the things not to know about them.
 What a woman can't understand is how a man refuses to be happy over his ship coming in some day.
 You can buy off your wife from taking her $50 allowance by giving her a 5o- cent bunch of flowers:
 Big picture hats are useful to make you want to kiss girl, but not to do il under them. cause it will poke out your eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
WONDERFUL BABY.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati E.

Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati En-
 quirer
 Lebanon, O-The village of Waynes- vile, this county claims the record infant of the state in point of ancestral rel atives. MT. and Mrs. c. E. Edwards are the parents of the youngster, boy, who has been admired by four grandparents, six great grandparents, one great great grandmother, 10 great great aunts seven great great uncles, six great aunts, two uncles, two aunts. and, with his father and mother, there are 52 in all He is also one of group of four generations in four different families.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
Roy Not Yet Indicted.

Exeter, N. H., April 22.-The Rocking ham county grand jury, before which Miss Glacia Calla testified yesterday re- garding her accusation that her husband, Paul E. Roy of Paris was the slayer of her brother, George A. Carkins. last January, finished it's deliberations tonight, but no report was made in the Carkins' case. County Solicitor Batchelder de- clined to say tonight whether an indict- ment has been found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
eIooest steamers Are Planned.

Liverpool, April 22.-Two new White Star line steamers, which will be the largest vessels yet projected, will be laid down at Belfast next June. The exact measurements of the steamers have not been given The ships are to be fitted with combination turbines and reciprocal ing engines guaranteed to maintain a minimum speed of 21 knots. The names of the vessels are to be Olympic and Titanic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
Bid Sum For Pensions.

Washington. April 22.-The pension ap- propriation bill was reported to the Sen ate today. It carries $163054,O00, an in creae of $12,1S40OO over the amount appro- priated by the House. Of this amount $12,0O0,OOO is provided to carry out the provisions of the recently enacted widows pension law, while most of the remainder is made for branch pension agencies which were not appropriated for by the House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
ovation To Sir Robert Hart.

Pekin, April 22.-Representatives of the throne and members of the foreign office and the diplomatic corps gave an ovation today to Sir Robert Hart, the director of Chinese customs, on his departure for England Sir Robert has been granted years sick leave and during his absence the affairs of his department will be con- ducted by Sir Robert Bredon, the vice in- spector general of customs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
he Music Festival,

Those persons who have heard Innes band within the past two seasons as have, are strong in praise of it." said a professional musician now living in Birmingham.
 Tt is easily the foremost wind band in the United States. Other bands may have excellent brass players and reed players competent to execute ordinary figures: but every man in Innes organ ization is an artist and l have never yet heard such a superb wood-wind choir as his.
 'Innes calls his an orchestral band, and that is a proper designation, for his clarinets sound so much like violins that the average person who listens would be willing to wager that strings in stead. of reeds were producing the notes This is the only band that plays exactly the same class of music that is written for symphony orchestra; and with the exception of two or three Of the grand orchestras none of them can play Beeth- ovens Fifth symphony more beautifully than Innes' band.
 Birmingham is fortunate indeed Tn having secured this splendid band for a May festival. Music lovers will crowd the Jefferson at each performance and they will be more than delighted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

San Francisco housewives propose to greet the fleet with baking day devoted to American homemade pies and cake. The iackies are to have pie every day while they stay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The 1000-foot ship of the White Star line is to be called the Olympic and the tin gods of finance and society are expected to foot the bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

Itsmay be a husbands duty to take his wife to the ball game, but it is not his duty to answer in loud voice all her questions at the game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
Two Eallinqs.

q have been struck with two things recently" said a theatre-goer. "One is the fact that the job printer Is so rushed with business as to make 1t frequently impossible for him to get out concert programmes on time. Several times this season it has happened that the concert was half over before the programmes were delivered.
 "The other matter alluded to- is the frequency with which violoncello is mis- spelled in print. If the word were violin cello,' as it often appears in the news papers and sometimes on programmes, the instrument would be smaller than a violin, because the termination cello is a diminutive. Now everybody is familiar with the appearance of the violoncello. It is a large instrument but no so large as the bass viol. The word is diminu- tive of the vol or double bass, the name of which in Italian is violone; hence the spelling The slip, therefore, is easily accounted for by the printer not bearing in mind the etymology of the word"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The passage of the Merry Widow hats through revolving doors is an art that few can master
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

At night those Merry Widow hats can be rendered useful in camp by the addition of center poles and side cur tains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The soul-mating business in ;his country has encountered bacSsc9 1t is no longer fashionable even in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

Uncle Sans s moving picture show is still at San Pedro, which is the sea name of Los Angeles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

Governor Johnson's boom is still taken in nights and covered tenderly. It is not a bit strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The monthly expense accounts of the Panama canal outdo even the modern champion plumbing bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The 2-cent rate of the southern rail- ros-s will be popular next season in the theatrical world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

Baseball and the outdoor sports sl- ways prosper in presidential year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The cold storage eggs retouched by Art were useful on Easter day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The Gould family should not bull the divorce market so continuously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The Gould family seems to have been born rich in money, but not in domestic happiness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

Professors of the affinity cult are hurried in Chicago to jail, where they are given time to cool off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

If President Roosevelt does not look out even those two battleships may slip out of his hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The Taft boomers and tue Roosevelt promoters are monopolizing the g. o. p.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

There may be plenty of fools in the Gould family, but Miss Helen Gould is not one of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
The Iron Market.

"The iron market is far from active, but it might be worse,' said a man ufacturer. q believe that weak prices are due not so much to the bearish tendency of the consumers as it IS to the competition of the middle men in making sales on commission.
 "If producers of foundry pig had an association like the Bessemer associa- tion. with one general selling agency we would avoid all this cutting and underselling. The fact is it would be to the interest of the consumer to have the price of iron maintained on d steady and reasonably high level, so he could hold up the price of his fin ished goods But the way things are going now it is hard to say when we will reach body. At the cost of north ern production Birmingham iron should not be lower than SIS, certainly not lower than s12.5O, on No. basis.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The reports from the wheat fields of the northwest are booming the binding twine market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

The clouds that look on present crops have silver Things
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
About Persons,

S. H. Card of Tuscaloosa is at the Nor ris.
 E. M. Peircard of Clanton is at the Morris.
 w.@P. De Janette of Montgomery is at the Morris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

Congress declines to build battle ships in big punches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

financial and commercial crisis when d cloud of depression hung over the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. i4si 6 street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23

financial and commercial crisis when d cloud of depression hung over the country.
 ------ San Francisco housewives propose to greet the fleet with baking day devoted to American homemade pies and cake. The iackies are to have pie every day while they stay.
 
 The 1000-foot ship of the White Star line is to be called the Olympic, and the tin gods of finance and society are expected to foot the bills. Itsmay be a husbands duty to take his wife to the ball game, but it is not his duty to answer in loud voice all her questions at the game.
  At night those Merry Widow hats can be rendered useful in camp by the addition of center poles and side cur tains.
 The soul-mating business in this country has encountered bacSsc9 It is no longer fashionable even in New York.
 Professors of the affinity cult are hurried in Chicago to jail, where they are given time to cool off.
 -.s----- The monthly expense accounts of the Panama canal outdo even the modern champion plumbing bills.
  The passage of the Merry Widow hats through revolving doors is an art that few can master.
 
 The 2-cent rate of the southern rail- ros-s will be popular next season in the theatrical world.
 
 Governor Johnson's boom is still taken in nights and covered tenderly. It is not bit strong. Uncle Sans moving picture show is still at San Pedro, which is the sea name of Los Angeles.
  If President Roosevelt does not look out even those two battleships may slip out of his hands.
  The Gould family seems to have been born rich in money, but not in domestic happiness. There may be plenty of fools in the Gould family, but Miss Helen Gould is not one of them.
 The reports from the wheat fields of the northwest are booming the binding twine market.
 The Taft boomers and tue Roosevelt promoters are monopolizng the g. o. p. Baseball and the outdoor sports s1- ways prosper in a presidential year. The Gould family should not bull the divorce market so continuously
  The cold storage eggs retouched by Art were useful on Easter day. The clouds that look on present crops have silver Things.