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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
In Ohio.

In Ohio.
 From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Columbus, O.-Anyone who makes a close and impartial study of political con- ditions in Ohio must be forced to the con clusion that Judge Taft should expect to carry the state by nothing more than q comparatively paltry plurality.
 No other conclusion seems warranted, and the predictions of republican parti- sans that his margin will run up to 10o,- O00 strikes one as pure moonshine.
 In view of the disaffection of labor, due to the depression and the anti-injunction issues, the detection among the negroes. the split in the party organization and the harmony among the democrats, it is inconceivable that McKinley's plurality of 69,000 over MT. Bryan in 1900 should be equaled, to say nothing of being so far surpassed by Judge Taft this year.
 It is easier to believe. as former Gov ernor Campbell said yesterday that MT. Bryan will carry the state by 40,000. Re- publicans who take a rational view of the situation say they will be gratified if their candidate wins by 25,00o or 5000.
 Of course, his plurality may exceed that figure, but, if it does, it will be because employers who want Judge Taft elected succeed in accomplishing more with their employees than they thus far have done.
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"Elsct Friends, Defeat EnemieS'

Beyond all doubt the hesitation of betting men in this campaign and
 the doubts of all honest forecasters
 are more due to what organized labor may decide to do than to any other factor. Never before in political campaign had organized labor taken a definite stand. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, went before the platform committee of each of the big parties asking for platform pledges of legislation limiting the use of the injunction process in trade disputes and amending the anti trust law so that trades unions would mi be unlawful The republican marty denied his petition while the democratic party granted 1t. Presi- dent Gompers, backed by the federa- sion at once issued a circular in which ne said: We now call upon the work ers of our common country to stand faithfully by our friends, to oppose and defeat our enemies. whether they be
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cANDoR.
.om Harner,s Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
 The Colonel had remonstrated vigor- ously with Uncle Eph about the old darkey's persistent excursions into the state of inebriation
 Uncle Eph, though he promised faith fully to refrain from frequent dips into the flowing bowl. failed to live up to the Coloners expectations.
 On numerous occasions the Colonel saw Eph under the influence of liquor, but the darkey. when taken to task stoutly denied the accusation, affirming emphatically that he did not drink.
 One evening the Colonel met Uncle Eph in a condition which made it plainly evil dent that the darkey was caught with the goods on." "Eph" began the Colonel, seriously, T thought you told me you had given up drink?
 "Ah sho did. Massa Kernl; ah sho' did, replied Eph. But lately ah dun took up drinlSin' an sib up lyin.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
THE CITY OF DREADFUL HEIGHT

From Putnam's Monthly.
 recent writer in Putnams Monthly remarked that New York was becoming, more than ever, city of dreadful height, a happy parody of the title of Thomson's depressing poem. The Singer building, or "Singerhorn." as it is sometimes called, was then nearing completion, and the Metropolitan tower had begun to rise rom it's foundations on the edge of Madison sonare. hut the plans for the new Equit- able, outclassing both monsters, were as yet unrevealed.
 The world stood amazed, not many years ago, at the six-and-twenty crowded stories of the Park Row Syndicate build ing: and more recently the conspicuous site and peculiar proportions of the Flat iron, even more than it's height made this triangular landmark a nine days wonder But when it came to be mat ter of 45 stories, and cupola poised GOO feet above Breadway-and when, soon afterward, the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance company announced modification of it's original plans to provide for 50 stories in all, and an extreme height near ly 100 feet greater than that of the Singer building-the imagination of the man in the street was fairly staggered, and the man himself has since spent an unwar- rantable time gazing vacuously, with up- turned eyes and down-dropped jaw, at one or another of these unique achieve ments in the new world architecture.
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of Germany, on January 27 1859, and they are therefore each of them about 50, and they approach nearest of all to our President in this respect. The Czar of Russia is mere youth. looked at from 40, and lives in such exclusion that very little is really known about him. There remain Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy,
 sho is S9, which, of course, is very young for King, and those royal infants. King Alfonso XIII of Spain, who is 22, and
 King Manuel IT of Portugal, who is 19
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THE MARRIAGE AGE.
From the Inter ocean.

From the Inter ocean.
 The marriage age in Austria is If years for both sexes; Germany, the man at IS, the woman at IA; Belgium, the man at 1Sj the woman at l5; Spain, the man at II, the woman at 12; Mex ico, with parental consent, 16 and IS, otherwise 21 for both; France, the man at IS, the woman at 15; Greece, the man at IA, the woman at 12; Hungary. Catholics, the man at IA, the woman at 12; Protestants, the man at IS, the woman at 15; Portugal, the man at IA, the woman at 15; Saxony, the man at 1S the woman at 16; Switzerland, the man at IA, the woman at 12.
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FIRST KISSES.

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. First time he kissed me. but he only
 kissed The fingers of this. hand wherewith
 I write; And ever since it grew more clean and white. Slow to the worlds greetings, quick
 with it's "Oh! list When angels speak. A ring of ame-
 thyst could not wear there, palmer to
 my sight, Than that first kiss. The second
 passed in height The first and sought my forehead. and
 half missed, Half falling on the hair. 0 beyond
 need! That was the chrism of love, which
 loves own crown, With sanctifying sweetness, did pre-
 cede. The third upon my lips was folded In perfect purple state; since when in
 deed, have been proud and said My ~.ove. my own."
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candidates for president or congress or other office" This was largely based on the platforms of the two parties but really in part on the record of MT. Taft while he was a federal judge in Ohio.
 Never before in the history of Amer ican politics had organized labor taken such a stand and we have no record, no vote, no precedent by which to fore cast the outcome. All that is known is that the republicans from Theodore Roosevelt down to the foot of the local ticket are badly scared and are en- deavoring to break the force of the Gompers movement. That is all that is known.
 The members of the trades unions are especially numerous in New York. Ohio and Indiana, each a contested adoubtful' state. In New York there are probably 250,000 unionized work CTS, in Ohio 100000. in Indiana nearly as many. What will these men do? Here the reader has the most difficult factor of the campaign-a factor so big and so threatening that all men fear it and the politicians are baffled by it. No one can measure it and no one knows what it means in the vote that will be cast tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
DIXEY AND EUGENE FIELD

ina of "Iittle Boy Blue" or some other masterpiece of the dead genius.
 Dear old Gene" he sighed. we used to have lot of fun together. I remem- Der one time at the Fremont house we raiaed an awful rumpus. The hotels gone now. but it was quite place in the sos.
 "A crowd of us had been out until 8 o'clock in the morning When we blew into the hotel the clerk was asleep behind the desk and two negro porters were dog ng in the only occupied chairs in the lobby.
 Great Caesarn exclaimed Field. Three o'clock in the morning and nobody up yet This isn't right. We ought to wake them.'
 "In another minute we had exchanged coats and caps with the porters and gone up stairs before the clerk knew what we were about. Field took one floor and went to the one above. We pounded on every door and told the occupants that it was time to get Up.
 Who the dickens are yeu?' they de- manded.
 I'm the porter, and I just wanted to tell you that it was o'clock. You're oversleeping yourself
 Between us we succeeded in arousing and enraging everybody in the hotel be- fore the clerk and the house detective corralled us.
 Flow Gene did enjoy 8 jokel And how he laughed at my experience with Mme. Patti in the Richelieu-now the Victoria -hotel. My family and I had rooms over Mme. Patti's. I had a big dog with me, and I was playing with it one afternoon when Mime. Pattis French maid knocked at the door. She said it was Mime. Paths hour to sleep. Madame must have sleep. No one could sleep with such a noise go- ing on over ones head. Madame re- quested that the children cease to play with the dog.
 "I said all right and we quit playing. The next morning began a much-needed sleep of my own about clock, and was awakened by Mime. Paths powerful voice below me. She was indulging in her morning practice. I stood it for a few minutes. Then I got up and dressed in the oldest suit I had in my trunk put on red wig and red whiskers and went downstairs. l pounded at the door os Patti's rooms with all my might. The singing stopped and the maid opened tho door,
 With my best Irish accent and a roar that you could have heard down in the office I told the maid for the Lords sake to have that racket stopped; that MT Dixey said his dog was asleep and that it would go mad if it was kept awake by the oater-wauling much longer.
 The maid gasped and closed the door, but there was no more singing that moan ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 Man preys upon his race and woman ministers to 1t.
 The more naturally girls hair curls the surer she is every other girls doesn't.
 People can joke about the cook in the funny papers, but nobody dares to do it at home.
 The trouble with people who have light hearts is they nearly always have light heads also.
 A woman will trust money and Jewels to a closet shelf but she wants her old love letters to be as secure as in q safe deposit vault
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Holiday Trade Promisinn.

There is so much business waiting on the election that I expect to see on un- common rush along all commercial lines, and a very decided improvement in the industrial world within a week after the result of the presidential contest is announced said L. R. Caudle of St. Louis yesterday.
 There has been an increasing demand for staple goods for some weeks past, and I look for old time prosperity before the end of this month Many business men are saying that a return to prosperity must be gradual and that normal condi- tions should not be expected before next spring. But I think there are signs of an immediate revival. The holiday retail trade promises to be very large during the next six weeks. and in western towns Christmas will make high record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
The Political Forecasts.

q do not recall any campaign in which republicans and democrats alike made forecasts with such confidence as party officials have made within the past two weeks" said an old-timer. These recent forecasts are somewhat confusing, for Chairman Mack and Chairman Hitchcock seem equally positive in their respective claims. and they are very wide apart l, as a democrat, feel disposed to accept Mir Macll's claims until they are dis proved while republicans will naturally pin their faith to Mr. Hitchcoek's claims The New York Herald gives the election to Taft by a big majority, but we have peculiar conditions this year and nobody can approximate with any degree of cer- tainty how the election will turn out Tuesday. The Herald has established a great reputation for it's forecasts, but this is one of the times when 1t may miss it bad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
Ahorlt persnns

Gov B. B. Conner has returned from his hunting trip in Arkansas tired but in good health. The governor reports poor luck but good time. He did not go in search of lions or bears, but managed to bring down a few ducks. which, however, were not sufficient in number to warrant him bringing any home.
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under normal conditions that a change of c small percentage of the votes would alter the result of the election. The sta- ustles show that per cent, and some- umes per cent of the total vote cast thrown for one side or the other will de- termine the result The independent vote Tn the country, although small numeri- cally, is powerful politically. It is prob- able that SOOO0O independents could on November decide the question of wheth- CT Taft or Bryan is to be the next pres- ident.
 There has been some talk about a. Bryan tidal wave in the middle western states, but a political tidal wave, expe- rience has shown, is never confined to any one section of the country, but is felt everywhere. There could scarcely be, for instance, tidal wave in Ohio, In- diana, and Illinois that did not make itself felt both east and west of the boundaries of those states. For instance. the tidal wave of 1892 carried New York and Illinois for Cleveland and split the states of Ohio and California.
 There is no other state in the country which has larger Independent vote than New York, and no other state is more liable to sensational changes in it's polt- ical control. This fact and the largeness of the electoral vote make New Yorl, the pivotal state of the country. That is the reason why the attention of both can ddates and both party managers is main- ly devoted to New York in the last week of the campaign 1t is fair to assume that as New York goes, so will the coun- try go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
HIS SPECIALITY.
he Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Rose--They tell me that Penner, the poet is writing childhood verses these days.
 Richard--Yes, he is soribbling the ad- vertsement verses for soothing syrups and talcum powders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
Why New York Is Pivotal.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 As matter of fact, the partisan vote on both sides is pretty constant factor So evenly are the two parties matched
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The original merry widow is mar ried again but there are lots of her still left. She may prove as numerous as the original Florodora sextette.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

In the seventy-eighth year of his age and the twenty-fourth year of presidential service Porfirio Diaz an nounces his intention to seek another term in 1910 and he will get what he seeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
POINT OF VIEW.

From the Chicago News.
 An honest man." said the thoughtful thinker. seldom blows his own horn
 "Nothing remarkable about that" re- joined the contrary person, "An honest man is usually too poor to own horn.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

Porfirio Diaz will be 80 years old in 1910, when he proposes to conduct a campaign for another presidential term. It will not. however, be a cam paign in the American sense of the word
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

Associate Editor Roosevelt will it is feared, carry his reformed spelling into the Outlook, but the proofreader may call him down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

Secretary of War Luke Wright be- came a forecaster long enough last week to declare that Tennessee may go republican. He has another guess coming to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
HOW ONE LEARNS.

From the Chicago News.
 "A man learns to do by doing,' re- marked the moraliZer
 Yes" rejoned the demoralizer, "and also by being done.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

The animals in our ZOOS should be treated tenderly for MT. Roosevelt is about to exterminate the species to which they belong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

The cranberry growers are threaten ing to hold their product until it brings s10 a barrel. At present sS is the top of the market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

Wednesday will be forecasters' day to explain how it didn't happen their way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

The race for the presidency this year is a genuine endurance contest endurance of threats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

Candidate Chain went though the campaign with a minimum ot TIC ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

Salt creek will be open to political nayigators after Tuesday, rain or no rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

The last week of the statisticians of the forecasting sort is ended and to- morrow the voters will talk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

The claim departments of all cam- paign headquarters sadly overtaxed their consciences last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

Christy Mathewson, the New York baseball pitcher Is on the stump in the interests of MT. Bryan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

There have been rains but no thorough wetting down and filling in of streams and springs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

The man who neglected to register is a neglible quantity in public estlma- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

It is a mean man who will display on Wednesday next a collection Of election forecasts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

Gov. John Johnson is fighting brave ly for reelection in Minnesota, his opponent being also a Swede
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

The aviator journals cannot be ex- pected to advocate strenuously the good roads cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

The betting fraternity do not like Governor Hughes but they are com pelled by circumstances to seek odds in his favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

On Wednesday morning the country will be full of prophets who are with out honor in anybody's country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

After the election it will be in or der for the weather prophets to give us a few forecasts on Christmas weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02
POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS

1rhe Age-Head rep ns in this column of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-02

New York had last week surfeit of the whirlwind finish.
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Rather bear those ills we have, Than to fly to others that we know not of. Hamlet.
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No communication will be published with out it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are inclosed for that purpose.
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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postofnee as seeond-class matter under act of Congress March g. 1872.
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l.. IL Russ and z. F. Morgan are the only authorized traYeling representa- lives of The Age Herald in its etrcula- ton department.
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