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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
HUDSON HARMON.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Born in Hamilton county, Ohio, Feb ruary 3, 1s46.
 Was graduated from Dennison university in 1866.
 Completed legal course in Cincinnati Law school, 1S69
 Judge of Hamilton county court of common pleas, 1876.
 Judge of superior court, 1878 to 1887.
 Attorney General of the United States in the cabinet of Grover Cleveland, 1895 to 1897.
 Member of the law faculty of the Uni versity of Cincinnati.
 President of the Ohio Bar association 1897 to 1898.
 Special United States Attorney General to prosecute rebate cases against Santa Fe railway, but resigned commission in 1905, when the federal department of jus tice refused to compel Paul Morton, then Secretary of the Navy, to give evidence.
 Since December, 1905, reciever for the C.. H. and D. and Pere Marquette rail roads.
 Professional colleague of the late Gov ernor George Hoadly and head of the law firm of Harmon, Colston, Goldsmith & Hoadly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
Grade Crossings of the Railroads

Atlanta has just about completed it's plans for doing away with the danger ous, obstructive and time-killing grade crossings that it's railroads once en- joyed. Other cities are doing likewise. and it is indeed time that this city be- gan to move in this matter. For in no city are the grade crossings more cen tral, more freely used, than they are here.
 The board of aldermen by a unani- nous vote has instructed the city en- gineer to report plans in full, including estimates and drawings for the task of building viaducts or bridges at the grade crossings of this city There is scarcely work before this city more important than the building of viaducts at the grade crossings of it's earlier years. A city that lies in equal parts on the two sides of railroads cannot much longer be expected to endure grade crossings, and the work of abol- ishing them should be begun speedily and carried on until this great hin drance to travel and traffic in our streets is done away with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
Governors At the White House

On Tuesday next each state will have its governor or other distinguished citi. zen present in Washington for the pur- pose of devising at the White House means for conserving national re- sources The real object of this con ference or convention is to bring the states into harmonious action with the general government over a subject that z has no partisan bearings.
 State and nation will, it is hoped, be induced by next weeks conference to conserve what is left of our public re- sources. Our navigable rivers are still flowing, and they will not be handed over for song to any syndicate. To maintain our rivers we must have watersheds covered with forests, and how to get those forests in states where no public lands remain is one of the problems that will be considered at the White House conference. Per haps waterway improvements and maintenance, including forest reserves, will be the leading subject to be dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
Cardinals Headqear.

Everybody is familiar with the phrase, the cardinals red hat but it often hap pens that newspaper writers make the mistake of referring to the zuchetta, which is a. red skull cap or to the ordi- nary and larger cap of red, shaped as all caps worn by Catholic ecclesiastics are as the red hat" said a layman Even a paper so famed for accuracy as the New York Sun in alluding to Car dinal Logue and Cardinal Gibbons, said they were known by their red hats
 Now, the red hat is never worn in these modern times except at the cere- mvny of investiture. It has huge brim and is merely a symbol of the office or dignity of cardinal. It is usually sus- pended high in the air over the posses sors seat or throne in a cathedral The little zuchetta is always worn by cardi- nals and it looks odd in this country to see it showing underneath a silk hat. But it is the custom and is familiar sight to all Baltimoreans."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
The Atlanta Fire

A s1,0O0,000 fire in any community of the 100000 population class is q serious blow. and the loss by fire in Atlanta yesterday, conservatively estl- mated at S1,25O.0O will cause sincere sympathy to go out to that enterprising and handsomely built city. But the loss is easier to bear when it is known that no loss of life or painful injury to individuals resulted from the conflagra- ton. Atlanta, with it's pluck and pub lie spirit. will make haste to rebuild the district now in ruins, and it is safe to predict that in IS months the wis itor to the Gate City will scarcely ob- serve that great fire had ever ragged there.
 The lesson from yesterdays con fiagration is plain. There was not sui fcient pressure in the water mains. Atlanta has large and efficient fire department. and had there been ample water the fire would have been quick ly under control. As it was the fire men were unable to cope with 1t at the start; hence the heavy loss of property. The insurance companies suffer to the extent of S750. GOO, and they will take an active hand in in- vestigating the city's fire fighting re- sources, including water supply con- dltion5.
 A few years ago Birmingham was at the mercy of fires. The fire depart ment here was inadequate, and the sit uation became so serious that the un- derwriters threatened to withhold in surance altogether unless the depart ment was enlarged and practically re- organized. The city council finally acted and gave us frst-class fire pro- toeCioh' anu loudy ho cily u US SllS in the United States is better off in this respect than Birmingham. The lesson of Atlantas fire will have the desired effect in the Georgia metropo- lis. The water pressure will be. in- creased, and as soon as the present inadequacy is remedied a disastrous conflagration will be next to impos- sible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
Gentlemen of the shade, minions o' the moon. - kln9 Hehry 'H'
Yalna of Good Roads

Good roads not only have an eco homie basic. but they have strictly educational bearing as well. The lat fer is sometimes lost sight of, for It is easier to see how money can be saved in hauling bales and fertilizers and cotton seed over hard permanent roads than it is to see how such roads would promote the cause of pubic education in this state But Ii the farmer will stop to consider the edu- cational advantages of rural free de- livery he will see at a glance what q system of good roads would do for the state. It would be a revolution in all educational matters. It would not only enable every county to have a full free delivery service, but it would enable the boys and girls to go to school and the men and women to church. It is the true way to work for better schools and the general uplift of the state. President Alderman was right when he said the first step toward accomplish ing general education is to build good roads.
 Alabama has just about reached the roint where good roads are essential. It is a waste of money to spend more on the bottomless and hopeless dirt roads. Hard roads of modern scien- tific construction are needed, and until we secure them we cannot hope to lift the state up to a high level. The schools and the churches and the farms of the state cannot be greatly bettered until we have a system of permanent roads. There is no policy more needed, no benefit of greater importance. Let President Craft and Senator Overton and United States Senator Bankhead continue to push it along, for the wei fare and progress of the state are bound up in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
A LITTLE DIRTY FELLOW.

James T. Montague, in the New York American. There's a little, dirty fellow in a dirty
 part of town Where the window panes are sooty and
 the roofs are tumbledoWn, Where the snow falls bac1 in winter,
 and the willing, sultr heat Comes like pestilence in su imer through
 the narrow, dirty str at, But amid the want and squalor of the
 crowded, sorry place You can find the little fellow by his
 happy, laughing face True that poverty's burden that is heavy
 to endure; But the little, dirty fellow doesn't know
 that he is poor! There's a box out in the alley that the
 grocer didn't need, Where he has some sidewalk sweepings
 and a withered orange seed; And he waters 1t each morning with
 broken china cup, Filled with happiness and wonder when
 the leaves come creeping up. It's yellow tree, and sickly, but liv-
 ing, growing thing, And he sees in it's unfolding all the mir
 acle of spring All the blossoming of the orchard, all
 the bloom-starred meadow land That he never yet has looked on, but so
 well could understand! And at night amid the music of the clang
 ing trolley cars He can look up through the window at
 the wilderness of stars; And he thinks the baby angels must be
 very, very i'll, For although he's dreadful drowsy, all
 the lights are burning still, Almost half the lights in heaven he con-
 siders with a sigh, And he hopes, with dropping eyelds,
 they'll be turned out by and by, So he'll know the angel mothers, all the
 anxious hours passed By the little golden cradles, have gone of
 to sleep at last. Just little dirty fellow; yet beside ha
 battered door He has found the one great secret that
 we all are seeking forl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
TatIock Likes Birmingham.

q can express nothing but words oi praise for Birmingham and her marvel ous enterprise in the midst of national depression,g said John Tatloek, president of the Washington Life Insurance com pany of New Tor, who was in the city for a few hours yesterday.
 Birmingham appears to hold up mag nifieently in times of stress and one would not believe that the country had suffered a depression to look at the ae- tivity here.
 q was especially impressed with the elegance and picturesque beauty of the residence section on the South High lands The prosperity and permanency of the community are strongly evidenced in the magnifcence of the many homes located out there.
 Birmingham is truly an enterprisng community and is destined for still great CT things than have already been at tained."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
Men Who Will Vote In November

A National Prosperity association has been organized in St. Louis, this is its platform:
 To keep the dinner pail full
 To keep the pay car going.
 To keep the factory busy.
 To keep present wages up.
 This platform is a condemnation of the republican party and of Dingley- ism, for what it advocates is directly opposite of what that party and it's sacred tariff have inaugurated through out the length and breadth of the land. Their special inauguration day was October 26, after they had been in full possession of all branches of the government, judicial, legislative and executive, II continuous years.
 The National Prosperity people of St. but it can never be put fully into op- eration until the party is driven out of power that has helped to empty the &Ener pail stopped the pay car, closed the factory, and cut the wage scale. And there are 100000 idle men in this country with their eyes wide open to the situation as it really exists. This is why the election of this year may prove to be as surprising as was the one that followed 1873 or 1893.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

cussed by the conference in the three days it will sit in the Presidents off cial home.
 The problems to be discussed are rendered intricate by the dual nature of our government and by the fact that tie general government no longer holds lands at the heads of all of our rivers. But unity of spirit can no doubt be worked up at the coming conference, and this in turn will perhaps lead later on to methods and policies that will secure what all desire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
A LUCKY MAN.
New York Correspondence Cincinn
 Times-Star.

New York Correspondence Cincinnati
 Times-Star
 Jimmy Allen is a lucky man, even if he doesn't think so. The other day MT. Allen. overcome by prolonged breeding over his troubles, determined to hurl him self into eternity. He was strengthened in this resolve by the discovery that the pail was empty, and the corner saloon keeper was from Missouri. So Mr. Allen opened the window of his fifth floor apartment, shrieked loudly a few times to call attention to the gross injustice of the world, and then jumped. As it hap pened, Mrs Constantine was at the mo- ment giving the infant heir of all tine Constantinos a needed airing on the pave ment below. She had just taken the young one out of the baby carriage and placed it in the hands of an interested neighbor, with an invitation conveyed in classic Greek to heft the child The for tunate MT. Allen, although without delib- crate aim, hit the empty baby cab right plum in the middle. It's springs were strong. MT. Allen shot up, performed a beautiful curve, and landed head down in an ash can that stood at hand, a tribute to domestic habits on Houston street. Certain that he was dead and frightfully disappointed at the reception accorded him by another world, MT. Allen evoked strange outcries as he dug his way toward sunshine. Mrs. Constantine, satis- fled that his designs were murderous, yelled madly until copper came, and then tainted. By miracle of nature, one eye remained open during the ensuing painful moments to MT. Allen. MT. Allen scattered ashes like a pepper box as he was led into court next day.
 will you ever kill yourself again?' queried the court.
 Not me-" said MT. Allen, fervently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The great secret about winning is not losing.
 A very enjoyable thing about fishing is wives never want to go along.
 If a woman has a grievance against a man she can get square with him by marrying him.
 lone good thing about bad habits is how yAu wouldn't enjoy life if you broke your sef of them.
 When man is in trouble people give hiJ so much advice it's a wonder he ever go( on without 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
HER SECRET LONGING.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Wife-Have you any secrets you keep from me- dearest?"
 Husoand-None, darling.
 Wife--Then I am determined l will have none from you, either.
 Husband-Have you any secrets, then? Wife-Only one, and I am resolved to make a clean breast of it.
 Husband (hoarsely)-Go on!
 wife-For several days l have had a secret-a secret longing for a new dress, win hat to match, for my birthday. That fetched him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
Oakley of Bibb.

'I am glad to see that James G. Oakley of Bibb county is a candidate for dele gate from this district to the Denver con- ventfon," said F. K. Campbell.
 MT Oakley is one of the best men in this part of the country and is esteemed as a valuable party worker. As there are four counties in this district and as MT. Oakley is the only candidate outside of Jefferson he should be one of the winners, and I believe he will be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
About Persons.

T. w Guthrie of Pittsburg, president of the Republic Iron and Steel company, Is at the Hillman.
 President George G. Crawford of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany. has returned from New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

the democratic party. If a bit more than one-third of the Denver convention sue ceeded in defeating Bryan's nomination they say it would create a split in the party which would lead to the loss of many congressional districts in Missouri. Illinois and Indiana especially, which would otherwise go democratic.
 The democrats here believe that the next House of Representatives will be democratic. They feel sure of this wheth- CT or not we can elect a President. They feel that a fight and a split in the party at Denver might cause loss of the House; and they want to make sure of what they believe to be a sure thing.
 At the same time all of them want to hear from the people direct as to their views, and every democratic senator and representative, welcomes the fact that the people of Alabama in voting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Atlanta Georgian: Birmingham is soon That's all.
 Gadsden Times-News: The Birmingham team is leading the Southern league-if you turn the table upside down.
 Gadsden Times-News: The Birming- ham sporting writers are now boosting their baseball team in subdued tones.
 Sylacauga Advance: That Birmingham baseball team is having an awful time in bidding adieu to the bottom of the ladder.
 Hattiesburg News: Birmingham is to have S450O00 worth of new storm sewers Down this way we are putting our money in storm cellars.
 Atlanta Journal Bill Smith says posi- lively the lightning rods at first base will not be transferred to Birmingham, in exchange for Meek.
 Montgomery Advertiser: A ball player died the other day after three-base hit but the dispatch fails to state whether or not he belonged to Birmingham.
 Montgomery Times: If our Birmingham friends do not mind asking, they might apply of our city league for the loan of team with which to finish the ball season.
 Ensley Sun: Birmingham is making a strong effort to have the reunion of their lives when the vets strike the town. One thing sure, Birmingham is quite capable of doing it.
 Alexander City Outlook: The Birming- ham chief of police is making war on the ''near-beer" vendors. Some of these imi- tation drinks are said to contain a little too much of the "cats a-ightin l" to pass must with the prohibition laws.
 Gadsden Journal: Birmingham is going to run a booster train" Not bad idea if 1t isn't original with the Magic City, It will do lots of good, not only for Bir- mingham, but for the whole mineral dis trict and should be heartily encouraged
 Alexander City Outlook: The great Sunday school army of the state marched on Birmingham this week 1000 strong The white caps will visit Montgomery next year. In the great union of states Alabama stands third as having the most perfect Sunday school organizations.
 Sylacauga Advance: Birmingham is making great preparations to entertain the old Confederate Veterans in their an- nual reunion. The old fellows will not have the pleasure of gathering at many more of these conventions and everything should be done that is possible to make their visit comfortable, and we are sure Birmingham will do that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

Colonel Ayres was put out of the army by the armchair warriors at Washington, and now Colonel Stewart has been sent back into exile in Ari- zona Who comes next?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

AT THE END OF THE ROAD. He climbed to the top and he stood in
 the glare
 Where lesser men grew blind; And he conquered the gloom of lifes
 despair,
 But he left his heart behind. And what were the glories he sought so
 long,
 Through the dark and the stress of the
 storm, To the sunshine lit of an old love song And the dream of vanished form? The story's as old as the world is old As old as the wind-swept sand; The loftiest prize that a man can hold Turns ashes in his hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

Secretary Taft has gone to Panama to pacify that state and Colombia and Venezuela. He can hold three such states down without taking in a long breath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
NED BRACE WRITES ABOUT THE GENERAL
 FIGHT MADE ON BRYAN'S NOMINATION

for delegates to the Denver convention can vote directly as to their choice for the democratic nominee. They believe Alabama to be the leading state of the south and every one in political life in Washington wants to know the full and free sentiment of the people of Alabama. They believe as the majority of Alabama congressman believe that Alabama is for Bryan. They believe Bryan the logical nominee of the democratic party. They think it best under all circumstances to nominate him, but they would like to see the real result of a real rpimary between Bryan and Johnson. They want the pulse of the real thinking people of a prosper ous and contented state; and while I shall vote for Bryan think it wise and well that every man in Alabama shall vote his own votes as to who shall be of most value to democratic success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

John Temple Graves says the plat form of the Independence League is not symphony, but a bugle call Some consider it more like steam calliope
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

Premier Asquith is holding the noz- zle of the ship of state firmly away from the rocks and shoals of toryism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

Senator Teller holds that it is easier for camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for poor man to aspire to an ambassadorship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith plainly thinks the fixed-difference sys- tenn of the New York cotton exchange needs refxing at least once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

The weekend habit is spreading to the interior and even to the back dis triets. Diablo goes with it as an incl dent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

That fine of $29 9,2O0,O00 is to be heard in the appellate branch of the federal courts, and any nervousness in John D. should be pardoned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

M w. hats have been banished from the fair heads of one of New York s best high schools. Reform is march
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

San Francisco's welcome to the fleet will be real Or artificial, and the line will be drawn in it's hotels and restaur- ant,charges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
EDITORIAL AMENITY.

From the Houston Post.
 There is nothing in a name. The pony Sad News always runs behind in the race. He must be relative of the Galveston News
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

The hope exists that when geod weather becomes chronic Grover Cleye- land will be able to go a-fishing again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

The Chicago papers say the month of May has thus far been little too cold for picnics and little too warm for sleigh-ride parties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
HE SPOKE THE TRUTH.

"When I was boy said a dsconso- late, looking individual, who clung to the bar with a nerveless grip, my father taught me to speak the truth"
 "And do you follow his advice?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

Up north they find it difficult to sand wich baseball games between snow storms sent out by Medicine Hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

The Guild vice-presidential boom is TOW sitting up in a perky manner to the discontinue of Governor Frot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

Dull conditions of business have no perceptible effect on gate receipts at the baseball parks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

The Indiana papers affect to con slider Fairbanks candidate still
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

In New York they tunnel to and from business nowadays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

Stripes for marauder barons and even other men are to be the seasons ewar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

Hetty Green has renwed her popu- larity by never using her telephone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09
REPLIES.


 A kiss on the lips is worth two on the hand.
 The man with the biggest desk doesn't always do the most work.
 All the worlds a stage and most of it or not.
 When man can't make decent liv- ing he likes to think he has a soul that beats against the bars" There is a bottle affixed to the corner as tall as a man, but it is a "Beerine' bottle.
 men is lending money and the second is loving the same woman Some people are naturally honest, while others must thank the cash register.
 Nowadays ''hustline" young man Is one who marries rica girl and lives l with her father. Naturally, the Dark Ages came before the advent of Standard oil. great many married men have made up their minds that they won't go to heaven, if their wives do. A man who is always fighting wind mills shouldn't be surprised if he occa- sionally gets jab in the eye. | Saints have great deal of patience but the devil has more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-09

Chattanooga sends out strawberry specials and jug trains, and Prosper ity is sbidlng with it by large ma jority.