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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
Register This Week

All who are entitled to vote next Tuesday and who are not registered should secure registration on Friday or Saturday of this week, when rne Jefferson county board of registrars will sit for that purpose at the court house.
 All who have just become 21 years old; all who have recently removed to this county; all, in short, who were unable 10 register when the board met last summer, should secure registra- tion this week.
 The board will sit for that purpose from o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock in the evening, on Friday and Saturday next. There are probably 1000 persons who could and should be reg istered on the two days mentioned, and all good citizens should strive to steer the unregistered to the board that will sit in the court house. At the most we have too few regis tered voters, and the opening of the registration books this week should not go unimproved by those who are entitled to registration, and all WHO have paid the poll taxes assessed against them since 1901 are entitled to registration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
Tribute To Old Friends.

'I probably knew Judge Carmichael" said ex-Gov. William D. Jelks, president of the Protective Life Insurance company, yesterday, ''as intimately as any person outside of his own family.
 'I knew the motives that moved him day in and day out. He was a patriot always. In his official life-we were of one administration for six years-he knew nothing but the state. No personal or selfish purpose touched him in his great work. His master public labor was as president of the state convict board. That work and the result of it is writ ten large in the states history. He was. in that relation, and all other public ret lations, as I knew him, ruggedly, point- edly and consistently honest, and patriot all the time. He loved the state. all of it, but his heart was tenderest when he thought of the folk in his beloved wire grass If he had had time for ar last
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beyond to the Pacific. It is promoting the building of the National Trans continental railway. It Is also promot- ing the building of a railroad to Fort Churchill on Hudson bay, and 1t is be- lieved attention will be given to the Georgian Bay canal, through which boats laden with grain are expected to pass from Lake Huron to Lake On tario and thence without discharging cargo to Liverpool.
 These great works affect many in- terests in this country. and they also mean that the vast wheat lands in the northwest are to be opened to settlers. Canada is larger than the United States, but it's growth has been slow, and in 1910 it's population may not exceed 6,000,000. It has, however, a great future. It bids fair to become the worlds chief granary for wheat is cold climate product, and there are vast areas in the northwest where the grain can be grown. The chief proD- lem is one of cheap transportation to market, and the Laurier ministry Is giving it's chief attention to this prob lem. This is why the Canada election affects this country and to some ex- tent all other parts of the civilized world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
NEW YORK (. 0. P.
 PLANS BIG SHOW

New York, October 27.-Regardless of atmospheric conditions, the republican county organization has planned to make Fifth avenue outshine Broadway tomorrow night. Buildings from Fifty ninth street to Fifteenth street will be electrically lighted. The Union, and Union league clubs which illuminated and flash light lights from skyscrapers and steeples will help. Interspersed with marching clubs from 35 assembly districts will be 50 bands of music. Red fire will be burned all about the Worth monument, which will face the stand from which Saturdays parade will be reviewed. While tomorrow night will not be the last by several for meetings and rallies, it will be Chairman Hitch cock said today the climax of the cam paign.
 Some slight changes have been made in the list of speakers at Madison Square Garden. Senator Lodge of Mas sachusetts has been substituted for Senator Smith of Michigan, who is not able to be here. Two or more other orators will fill in the time until the arrival of Governor Hughes, who will be followed by MT. Taft The presi- dential candidate will close the meet ftap
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
DON QUIxOTE.

By E. H. Sothern. Romance is dead, and knights have had
 their day, Old time now dances to a soberer tune, No longer Strephon worships Phyllis
 shoon, Thev very Gods have fled this mortal fray; Yet one heart owns fair Dulcinea's sway, And bears her banner, praying as a boon That he may dare the mountains of the
 moon, The flched stars before her feet to lay. Here Don Quixote holds his forehead
 high, His lance in rest, his orifamme un-
 furld, Hitting at windmills or 'gainst giants
 hurrd, Honor and truth and love his battle cry. Demanding only of laughing world Gently to live and with brave heart to
 die. Wisest of madmen. maddest of the wise; We would adventure where thy fancies lead; Where knightly thought quickens to knightly deed, Where thy defeat shames meaner vic- tories. Did all men view lifes pageant through Wield righteous sword when grief and
 weakness plead, Then were this world from all enchanters
 freed, All mortals listed in thy high emprise. Quixotic we would be-to still declare Our cot castle, and our lass queen; Upright, unconquered, unafraid, serene, Finding Gods poorest creatures brave and
 fair, Shedding a glory over all things mean. If this be folly, folly be our share.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

and women who were prominent on the boards of yesterday is of more than pass ing interest. Especially is this statement true when the book is written by man who has been the intimate friend and as- soeiate ot the persons with whom he deals in biography. For more than 50 years !, William Winter has been closely identified with all that is best in American dramatic art and his recollections are therefore in- valuable. Of singular charm is the chap ter on dear old Joe Jefferson, enllyened with numerous anecdotes illustrating Jef- ferson's whimsical and lovable character. One of the best is as follows:
 "Another incident, of which he told me. is especially expressive of the quality of his humor In the middle of the night, at his Hohokus (New Jersey) cottage, sound was heard as of person moving in the lower part of the house, and he was requested to go down and investi- gate. If there isn't anybody there,' he said, there's no use of my going down; and if there is anybody there I'm damned if I'm going down.. <"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
peservedlY Successful.

"In the amusement business, as in other branches of human endeavor, es- tablishing and maintaining a high stan dard of excellence will always win said a well-known local musician. And no one who has ever been an impressario, has commended himself more strongly to theatregoers than Henry w. Savage.
 Grand opera with famous star casts is such an expensive luxury that it can be seen and heard only at exorbitant prices and for the most part in a great metro polls; but MT. Savage has developed field all his own-one which appeals alike to men and women of culture and amuse- ment lovers that do not feel able or do not care to pay fancy prices.
 Tn some respects the Savage companies take the place of the old Boston Ideals, and the Bostonians, but there Is this marked difference. The Bostonians never presented Wagnerian works, whereas Mir. Savage has produced music dramas as well as light operas, and at prices with in the reach of people of moderate means. This impressario has been conscientious from the start. He does not employ Mel
 
 but he does secure good solid talent artists or standing and fine capability. His operas are beautifully staged and his orchestras are always adequate. When he comes south with grand opera he brings a picked orchestra of 40 or 40 pieces, but with an opera of light music he brings a small band, although quite sufficient. For the dainty music of The Merry Widow being given at the Jeff ferson theatre this week, the orchestra numbers 16 men, besides the conductor. It is a model orchestra for It's size, strings, wood-wnds and brass-all of them-being played by artistic performers. No pro- duction ever seen in Birmingham has been more elegantly costumed than The Merry Widow, and not in many day has any attraction drawn such great crowds here.
 Not only are the principals up to the artistic standard of MT. Savage's companies but several of them are young artists of big promise. Miss Franceska Kaspar is one of these. She is the daughter of an old friend of mine, Josef Kaspar, one of the most highly es- teemed musical leaders of Washington, D. C., and her mother is one of the most successful voice teachers in that city. Born and reared in a musical atmos- phere, Miss Kaspar has had not only ex- ceptional home advantages but she studied three years in Paris, and since making her debut on the concert stage two years ago has had engagements with some of s1 that MT. Savage discovered her only $ few months ago and that her operatlc career dates only seven weeks back. If her health holds out she is sure to achieve fame"
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of Taft for his successor. This idea of dictatorship and of unseemliness on the part of the President has played a part among all classes of people, especl- ally with the habitually independent voters, as well as making many regular republicans luke-warm and inactive Nick Longworths alleged blunder make this particular part of the general kick strong CT than ever.
 Labor's war on Taft is admittedly one of the greatest features of the campaign. It is something new in our presidential contests. No one can measure it's effect. If it were confined to the Gompers fol- lowing alone it would not be so bad, though it seems certain that of the 4500O0 men in his organization fully two-thirds will follow him into the Bryan camp. But it Is far broader than that. A small per cent of all the railroad men will go over to Bryan on the injunction ques. tion per cent unknown of morgan ized labor will do the same thing.
 In three vital states the personal liberty issue has been raised, and in all three the republicans are losing votes thereby. = ~ WI iiob ioi tiiiS loSue, anu tne el6ct it is having upon certain classes of voters, it Is probable there would be no such anxiety as now exists about New York, Ohio and Indiana, despite the other pro- tests working against the republican party. Filing the personal liberty issue upon all the other troubles has seemed to many republicans the last straw.
 There is also a church issue, or a church movement, in the general protest. It reaches far, having been heard from in all parts of the country. How deep 1t runs no ope knows, but it hurts to some extent. It comes from the attack made by certain evangelical leaders upon tho religious views of MT. Taft. We may all agree that it is something that ought not to be used in a campaign at all, and many of us will resent its us. But it Is used, and 1t is a cause of anxiety 10 the republican leaders In many states They would be the more anxious were 1t not for the fact that many of the Cath olic clergy, admiring Judge Taft and feel ing grateful to him for his fair treatment of church matters in the Philippines, are using their influence for him. They are to some extent checking the labor revolt, and 1t is safe to say that but for their good offices such states as New York and Indiana would surely go to Bryan. This factor Is believed to be more than an offset for the orthosox lukewarmness due to MT. Taft's unitarianism and to the fact that his father was partly instru- mental in having the Bible taken out of the public schools in Cincinnati
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
BILLIE HALES IS
 KILLED BY NEGRO

Eutaw, October 27.-(special.) .)-Dave Means, coloraI, shot and killed Billie Hses. young white man, near Union, about 12 miles from here, about 12 o'clock fast night while several were trying to errest him.
 The negro had had trouble with Walter Powell, a kinsman of Hales. and he, Hales and others were trying to arrest Means when he was shot just above the heart with shotgun. dying almost in stantly
 The sheriff with several deputies left early this morning for the scene and the murderer had not been captured late this afternoon. A large posse from all parts of the county is assisting the sheriff and a thorough search is being made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
Satisfied With Business.

Business has kept up well, notwith- standing the presidential campaign and the widespread drouth," said c. D. Hen ley, who has offices in New York Bir- mingham and other cities.
 Judging from my trade, business conditions seem to be remarkably good. ceived orders for clothing stock from nearly every section of the country. My drummers have not referred to the drouth nor to any other condition that might affect business unfavorably. And when drummers have no word of com plaint I am well satisfied"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
FOR HOLDING ON.

'I see where a well-known automobil- ist had some trouble with his clutch yes- terday."
 well, a man needs to have a good clutch to ride in one of those racing cars" WILLIAM WINTERS "OTHER DAYS"
 One of the most notable books of the year is volume of "reminiscences by Will liam Winter, dean of American dramatic critics, entitled Other Days" The book is issued from the press of Moffat, Yard & Co.,, and is a valuable addition to the chronicles of the American stage. The fame of a celebrated actor is dimmed in many instances before he reaches the grave and few indeed are the stage names that survive long in the memory of the general public. For this reason any book which serves to perpetuate the men
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
Hopinu for Bryan,

'I started out saying that Bryan would be a winner this tlme," said Frank w. Houghton of St. Louis, land I will stick to it until the ballots de- eide that my prediction was wrong. Missouri was never more surely demo- cratic than it is today, and in a 10 days visit to Indiana I became con- vinced that that state was almost sure to go for Bryan and Kern. I found MT. Kern exceedingly strong in his state, and whether Indiana is carried by democrats or republicans, the party made no mistake in nominating him as MT. Bryan's running mate. He is worth at least 10000 votes to the ticket in In- diana"
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prayer he would have invoked a blessing on all the people of Alabama. As thank ful as we must be for the influence of such a life. we can i'll afford to part with his living presence.
 ''The late Major Robinson of Mobile was d man of very different type from Judge Carmichael. If the two had to be clas- sifed in a word, Judge Carmichael might be considered as belonging to the puri- tan and Major Robinson to the cavalier class. though the judge was not without some attributes of the cavalier himself. The major was a brilliant, forceful, elo- quent and engaging man with what was expected to be long life of great useful ness before him. The judge had lived to a good old age; the major falls with the bloom of the morning upon him. The death of either one alone would have been a great loss to the state."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
No Foundation for charqes.

Washington, October 27.-The civil serv- ice commission has decided that there was no foundation for the charges that cus- tom inspectors of New York are com pelled to see MT. Hummer in the office of Treasurer Sheldon of the republican national committee at No. Wall street and there contribute s25 each It was charged that the 450 inspectors were assessed that amount to help the repub- lican campaign and that many had al- ready contributed. Commissioner Green went to New York to investigate, exam ined 40 or 50 employees and reported he found no traces of coercion or assess ment or even of a very general or sys- tematic voluntary payment of contribu- tions to the campaign fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
The Alabama Consolidated.

President Joseph H. Hoadley of the Alabama Consolidated, visited Lewisburg yesterday morning and inspected tho companys properties there. This com pleted his inspection tour and he says he will return to New York greatly pleased with the excellent condition in which he has found his various plants.
 Mr. Hoadley spent the afternoon at the company's headquarters in the First Ma tlonal bank building, going over in de- tail with Vice President Guy R. Johnson ard Engineer W. H. Knight plans for further improvement and expansion of the Alabama Consolidated properties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 People have principles so as to explain why they don't live up to them.
 The reason a woman believes in fortune tellers is because men know better.
 Common sense is useful, but there's mighty little inspiration to be had out of it.
 When a man can fool his wife about his brains it's sign he can't fool anybody else.
 A woman is just as proud of her wavy hair when it's somebody else's she has bought 1-s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
vERsp BY FLoRBNCE DAVIS.

Florence Davis, who is playing this year in Under the Greenwood Tree" has written a. little book of verse for pri- vate circulation among her friends. A pretty quatrain taken from the collection is entitled,
 STIR NOT THOSE LEAVES" "Stir not those leaves of roses,
 Lest you free a world of signs. That lowered space incloses
 The grave where dead love lies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
A SUMMARY.

I knew a simple toiier
 Who did the best he could; Although life gave him little,
 It seemed twas all for good. He rose up every morning
 With purpose tried and true, Convinced that luck would show him A way for pulling through. His home was but a cottage,
 And yet surpassing fair, Because twas filled with sunshine And perfect love was there. And ne'er a shadow fingered
 Der that sweet spot for long; When trouble dared to enter
 Twas banished with a song. Oh, weary, weary brother,
 On fame and fortune bent, What boots the crown of laurel
 When all your hopes are spent, And looking back OCT cycles
 Of sorrow-freighted years, You learn how many graves of dreams Were sprinkled with your tears!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
About Persons.

Judge A. C. Howze and Maj. Frank Y. Anderson left last night over the Ala bama Great Southern for Mobile, where they will spend several days fishing.
  Pat H. Roberson of Cropwell formerly a very popular University of Alabama man, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 
 Dr. Hodges of the University of Ala bama is in the city today on business connected with the university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
Arguments for New Trial.

Washington, October 27.-The argu- ments for new trial asked for by Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schneider, who were convicted last spring of conspiracy in connection with land frauds in the west, were today taken under advisement by Justice Stafford of the criminal court of the District of Columbia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

President Roosevelt is strenuous enough as he turns his 5Oth year, and be intends to keep his strenuosity with him, at least until after he faces his first live tiger in the jungles of Af- rica
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Election forecasts are not accepted as final by all the people, for bets are being offered and accepted this week as If next Tuesdays results were still in douht
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
Dlaz Will Not Retire.

Mexico City, October T-President Diaz will say in an open letter tomorrow that the rumors regarding his retirement at the close of his present term in 1910 are premature and unfounded. President Diaz says the statement attributed to him was merely an expression of personal de- sire. He intirlates that he will again be a candidate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
CUTTERS.

The world is full of chaps who talk Of what they'd like to do, But when the time for action comes They disappear from view And can't be turned up anywhere, So much are they afraid That something criticising them
 By others may be said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
THE COPY GRINI

'Tisnt any sinecure,
 Writing for the pressI Many griefs one must endure,
 Writing for the press. Inspiration, that's a joke, All who labor here must poke, Right along until they croak, Writing for the press. Doesn't matter how you feel,
 Writing for the press; No one cares how brains may reel, Writing for the press. Though your heads about to split, Though you're sick and tired of 1t, Yet, you can't afford to quit
 Writing for the pressi Little pleasure comes your way, Writing for the press; Seldom there's holiday,
 Writing for the press. When the linotypes begin Rattling forth their merry din Every scribe must work like sin, Writing for the pressl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
OFTEN THE RESULT.

'There goes a chap who is always try ing to do something original" Just so'
 "But, on the contrary, what he does is not at all original"
 And what does he do?' 'He makes everybody tired"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
STILL ANOTHER.

"Would you like for me to give you an- other definition of an optimism"
 Sure; go ahead.''
 "Wel, an optimist is a person who writes for a newspaper under the impress sion that he is doing literary york;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

Henry W. Savage never presents an operatic attraction that is unappre- ciated, but The Merry Widow" proves to be his best drawing card of all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
YOUTH.

Hands around with Happiness Tread measure gayl Time enough for sober thought When we're old and gray
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

The night riders are in a fair way to ascertain whether or no they are bigger than their respective state gov ernments,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

Dr. W. T. Bull sought the top of a skyscraper because he wished for quiet and plenty of pure air. This Is a vic tory for the tall buildings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

Of the ten octopi imported by the
 New York aquarium only one sur vived, and it has been suggested that it should be christened Standard Oil"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

Umbrellas may be carried again in this latitude. Do not throw them away or give them to the ragman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

Count Zeppelin considers the aero plane an interesting toy, but for seri- ous work he prefers the gasbag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

The men who expected to sell great quantities of torches in this campaign are sadly disappointed lot.-y .---
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

When the hot campaign speeches are ended at the close of the present week cold weather may be expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

The drouth has been hard on the springs and rivers, but it has not touched the fountains of campaign oratorY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28
REPLIES.

Philosophy seldom reads a successful lecture to the toothache. Most of us are so busy getting on' in life that we never stop to think how 1t will be with us when the time comes for getting off,"
 Much of the success achieved in life is due to the habit of keeping ones eyes open-but not all night.
 Nearly every suffragette has a griev- ance, but the real grievance lies with the people who have to listen.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

The monster demonstration in MT. Bryan's behalf at Madison Square Gar den made Wall street sit up and take notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

Brazil's coffee corner cost her $15,- 100000, and it will be many day be- fore she makes duplicate attempt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

That homesick ape in the New York zoo should be allowed a few days off and ticketed to Newport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

No one minds hitches in the Balkan peace negotiations so long as no army is being mobilized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-28

Bulgaria will not feel free and inde- pendent until it has fired an ultimatum at Abdul Hamid.