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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
HETTY GREEN INTERVIEWED

every day for years that I was going out and kill a muskrat, and then never do it? What has he accomplished, aside from helping to create the present sit uation?
 You say you have an admiration for President Roosevelt. Have you got it still?
 Young man, am tempted to feel your bumps. Has he punished those dreadful corporations? Has he cured the evils of high finance as he said he would? What has he actually done except to wield the big stick?' The net result has been the imposition of enormous fines that can't be collected, or at least I have not noticed that they have been. Still Roose- welt should not be held solely responsi- ble The muekrakers started the loss- of-confidence campaign, and the courts have continued it.
 You ask what I know about politics. Nothing. How should an old lady like me know about such things? But of course, I've heard things. Some men in pretty high places, out of the kindness of their hearts, keep me posted. They tell me about the presidential situation, for instance.
 All this talk about Taft being the nom- inee of the republican party is moon- shine. The real leaders understand the true situation. The scheme is to pose Taft before the country as the Presi- dents choice. He will get all the dele- gates he can, but he cannot get enodgh to nominate him in the convention. He knows it and everybody else on the in- side knows it. When it becomes appar- ent that he can't carry the convention Taft will get up and proclaim that Theo- dore Roosevelt is demanded by the coun- try: or if he. does not somsbod else in authority will Tafts whole frength will be thrown for Roosevelt al Freddy will sweep the convention likefss prairie fire. He will have to accept the nomi- nation then. It is a beautiful scheme, and will probably work.
 But, if for any unforeseen reason it does not Roosevelt's future is all pro- vided for. He will succeed Platt in the United States Senate. If Roosevelt is nominated he will be elected. There are 1000 foreigners to the acre in the Bronx in New York who are aching for a chance to vote for him. His attacks against the moneyed powers have worked them into frenzy of approval. Taft is mere ly the nominal man of the hour; he will not make a real run for the presi- dency until after Roosevelt has served another term.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
WE FUNNY AMERICANS.
ashington Herald.

From the NdSHlIlBlui Ilcidiu . Recently We read that a Japanese pub fishing house had returned a manuscript to an author, accompanied by a note of rejection concluding thusly:
 "As though pierced with ten thousand swords, and bowed in the dust of hu- initiation before your auguet highness, we return your honorable manuscript. We are not fit to be the means through which your notable and most illustrious article reaches the people of this land, and, through them, the four corners of the earth. We humbly pray that your magnificent writing may find publication at the hands of some high mandarin whose honorable ancestors lived ten thou sand years ago, and look down upon him today to bless him.
 Naturally, we thought that a pretty fair sample of highfalutin fiattery and word singing. We smiled, in superior sort of way, and rather pitied the sim plicity of the behind-the-times Japanese; a feeling of amused indulgence pos sessed our soul-a variety of lofty and conscious pride that Americans did it better and more sensibly than that. albeit not one-half so politely.
 However, in glancing through the dra- matic columns of a well-known metro politan daily recently, this surprisingly touching sentence fell beneath our eagle eye:
 "she is Americas foremost actress, whose glorious praises will be sung for all time by countless generations yet unborn, the unparalleled, the incompar- able, the only one-our own magnificent Julia Marlowe."
 We unhesitatingly aver that that is ''go- ing some" We don't see what more there is to be said of the lady; if we did, of course, we would be tempted to add it. As the case stands, such an at tempt would be but seeking to add per fume unto violets.
 Incidentally. we are not laughing at the Chesterfieldian Japanese quite so hearth 1y as once we were wont to. There ap- pear to be others, quite a few, given to grandiloquence in this happy and care free old world. Our lofty feeling and amused indulgence are more or less flat tened out. We guess we'll let this mat ter severely alone for the present; the holders of public opinion who come along a hundred years or so from now may have the laugh on the Japanese in this regard. We can't see where we have it just now, to any great extent, at least
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
Eager for the Convention.

'The people in Colorado are all worked up over the coming of the democratic na- tional convention to Denver July r." said the agent of dramatic company. .I was out there a short time ago on a business trip and the citizens of Colo rado, regardless of party, are joining hands to make the welcome a warm one to all who come. Denver people have an idea that their city is a great conven- tions center. The Grand Army has met there as have also the Elks and the Eagles and the> Knights Templar. All these bodies found the city handsomely decorated when they get there and perfect arrangements for their accommodations. It has been a rule in Denver for years that anyone overcharging guest at one of these great national conventions was practically ostracised from the city's bus mess world The hotels and restaurants all charge the same price no matter how large the crowd. The Elks and Eagles and Grasd Army and Knights Templar and all have given such good reports of Denver that the number of conventions held there every year is steadily grow ing larger Last year there were about 30 conventions held there.
 '"The job of capturing the national dem ocratic convention was contract that few cities would have undertaken with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
Railraad Net EarHinas

The railroad reports for Decem Der are coming and they show losses in gross carriage and very considerable losses in net earnings. Some of the others, fof example, those of the Penn sylvania system. The losses of that heavy. The losses of the Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific were chiefly in net earnings.
 The course of contraction went on In January, but the railroads as a suts of one kind or another. and in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
ATE HIS "sHoW.r
om the Kansas City Star

From the Kansas City Star.
 The English theatrical manager who ate his show in order to keep from starving in New York was victim of the slump in advanced vaudeville" Here was a fine troupe, consisting of a performing pig two trained hens, an edu- cated rooster and an acrobatic goose, catch an artist in his or her line, with stacks of press notifes to commend them to the booking agents; and yet they had to be eaten to save the life of biped left out in the cold when advanced vau- deville" receded. But yesterday Klaw &s Erlanger would have put this European Importation into the thick of their battle for the elevation of the American stage; now all that Is left is a pile of bones a hank of bristles and handful of feathers " :.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

such vim as the residents of Denver did. The people there. democrats and repub- licans alike, put up purse of S1Oo,oOo and sent committee east with it to get either the republican or democratic con- vention. The republican convention went to Chicago, but the efforts of the Dem yer committee were redoubied, and the democrats finally decided to go to the Queen City of the Plains. This was the largest sum ever expended to get na- tional convention, although the citizens of Denver spent ssO,0Oo in entertaining the Ellxs when their national body met in Denvern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
Substantial Signs.

There are so many substantial signs of improvement in business that I can not help thinking we are approaching fairly prosperous conditions again. said prominent contractor Tt is estimated that about 60 per cent of the men who were idle the first of January are now at work. Every week we see an increase in the number of industries resumlng op- erations. In the mining camps there is far greater activity than was in evidence a month ago, and this week will see two blast furnaces that have been idle for some time blown in again-one at North Birmingham, and one at Holt, in Tus- caloosa county.
 ''The outlook in the building trades is growing brighter A greater number of large and costly structures will be erected In Birmingham this year than last, and plans are being made for the erection of many new dwelling houses. While we will not have what is known as a bdlld- ing boom, the work projected will bs on a scale equal to an average years operations in this line.
 Railroad traffic is still light, but the QulleSI weeks or the WlHler SedSO0 are past and with improvement in business generally the railroads will come in for a share of it. Compared with Pittsburg, the Birmingham district is in first rate shape; that is to say, a smaller percent age of wage workers are idle here than IS the case in the leading industrial center of the country. With normal crops next summer business everywhere will revive and will become so brisk that we will forget the panic ever struck New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Coal Tarde Imnrovino.

''The coal market, which was very flat early in the year, is now showing signs of improvement. said a mine operator. "There has been, in fact, decided improv- ment within tie past two weeks While few of the mines in the district are being operated to anything like their full ca- pacity. all of them are putting out coal at least five days in the week. The fuel trade will not become normal again until the railroads put more locomotives into service; but taken all in all the outlook for continued improvement is very good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
Applauds Amateur Performance.

Tt is seldom that a great musical artist attends a performance given by anna theatrical business, "but Kubelik, the fa- nous vlolinist, occupied a box at the Jeff ferson Saturday night to witness 'Egypta,' local musical production. The Bohemian virtuoso applauded many of the musical numbers, and seemed to en- joy the evening.
 Even if Kubelik did not get as much pleasure out of the performance as if it had been grand opera by a star cast, pro- fessona chorus and grand orchestra, he showed a kindly disposition. just the reverse of lhIase''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
A LIFE.

Bly, Barry Cornwall.
 Day dawned-within curtained room, Filled to faintness with perfume, A lady lay at point of doom. Day closed-a child had seen the light; But for the lady, fair and bright She rests in undreaming night. Spring rose-the lady's grave was green, And near it oftentimes was seen A gentle boy, with thoughtful mien. Years fled-he. wore a manly face, And struggled on the worlds rough race, And won, at last lofty place. And then--he died! Behold ye Humanity's poor sum. and stCry; Life-Death-and all that is of glory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A girls objection is not to spooning, but to calling 1t that.
 A man can nearly always get home early if there's nothing else to do. {
 The longer woman can sit in mans lap without being too heavy the surer 1t is that they aren't married yet.
 It is better for a girl to fave fiirted with an old man than never to have made fool of any.
 A woman dessn't get her moneys worth out of going to the theatre unless she begins to get ready for 1t at o'clock In the afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
Travelinn Men Busy.

occasionally meet travelling men who complain of dull trade,' said L. P Will son, a Baltimore commercial traveller, but as a rule spring business is open ing up about as well as last year. lima and Georgia and my advises are that I will be able to make good sales in Ala bama, Mississippi and Texas. The agri- cultural sections were not affected by last October's panic, and my business Is chiefly with towns in farming communi- ties"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

Kubelik spent Sunday in this city, or as some of our up-to-date contem- poraries would say, Sundayed in our midst. He will Monday in Ensley, in- specting the steel plant, and will play the violin at the Jefferson theatre in Birmingham tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
The Money Market.

Henry Clews in his weekly letter of Sat- urday's date says:
 "On the stock exchange during the week there were a number of important fluctuations which contributed more or less activity in special stocks, but a com paratively quiet market in others. The recent panic, however, is gradually be- coming a matter of history, and it's effects in the financial district are disappearing by degrees. Confidence has certainly re- covered considerably, and the money mar ket has settled down into more normal conditions. Loanable funds on good col lateral are plentiful, and good borrowers find no difficulty in securing all the &C., commodation they need at comparatively low rates.
 "The relief developed in the money mar ket has been the result of unimpeded workings of natural forces. It can safe ly be said that readjustment in the money market has been more complete, as well as more rapid, than in aUy other depart ment of business. This is important be- cause it paves the way for readjustment elsewhere. We are still descending from an abnormal level to the normal, and the process naturally goes on more smoothly in some divisions than in others. In the stock market, for instance, the readjust- ment has been much more emphasized than in the merchandise markets. There has been no organized or artificial re- sistance to a decline In the rates for money. There has been some concerted opposition to the decline in stocks, but beyond the effort to check the panic, there was nothing remarkable to inter- fere with the readjustment in securities. In the main the stock market has yielded to natural forces during the last three months. In the commodity markets, how ever, especially manufactured products, the situation is radically different; for in that quarter there are very few indus tries, which are not more or less under the domination of great combinations, whose policy has distinctly been to sus- tain values in spite of declining demand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

The Cortelyou boom no longer has to pay excess-baggage charges when it is moved from point to point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

The American consul at Punta Are mas entertained 400 naval officers, and he begins to feel like filing a petition in the bankruptcy court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

The next President will in all proba- bility have the appointment of four supreme court justices. He will prac- tically reorganize the court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

The suffragettes are preparing for a great demonstration in London, and the timid in that city are beginning to take to the woods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

Walter Wellman will have his hands full if he attends to presidential cleo ton and the north pole simultaneously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

Frank Hitchcock leaves one place in the federal service to return to it in a better place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

MT. Roosevelt is not a candidate, but he continues to fill a great deal of newspaper space.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

The man who drew many of the comic valentines is travelling abroad to avoid softening of the brain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

The question before the people at present is, does John D. Rockefeller's fine bear interest?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

Taft complains he is not getting much of the pie. He may not get it in Ohio, but in the south all the big pieces are his'n.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

Pernicious activity among federal officeholders has become chronic, and the President is an innocent bYstander.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

The Atlantic liners have decided to charge full fares for all babies over years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

c. w. Morse will be warmly wei comed home by deputy sheriffs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

The days are growing longer. Since December 22 there has been a gain of one hour and 12 minutes between sun- rise and sunset.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

Abe Gruber says President Roose- welt is the John D. Rockefeller of poli- tics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

Republican Congressman become panic-stricken when a man appears who looks like a messenger from the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

The manufacturers of campaign but tons are studying politics closely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

Chief Justice Fuller will have to live to the age of 80 and die in har- ness to-imitate Chief Justice Marshall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

Frank Hitchcock has thrown off the mask and come into the open.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
William and Theodore.

''It is obvious to every one that Presi- dent Theodore Roosevelt has a great ad- miration for Emperor William," remarked a citizen of quick observation, "and I have thought that the President initiated the Emperor in many things, Both are strenuous and both are spectacular. But as William has been longer in the bus mess of ruling than MT. Roosevelt, the former naturally had the lead on the latter in cratic tendencies and acts.
 But there Is one thing that Presi- dent Roosevelt cannot follow the German Emperor in doing and that is in criticls- ing classic music. William is a musi- can, as well as a soldier and a states man, and not only has a say in musical matters in Prussia, but frequently att tends orchestra rehearsals and takes part in directing how symphonies shall be read and phrased. It requires a thor oughlys trained musician to do that. Pres ident Roosevelt is doubtless a music lover but when it comes to initiating William in reading a symphony score, he must admit his Limitations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

The double delegations will make Chicago lively at any rate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

A plutocrat this month is man who buys strawberries to feed to his canary bird '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17
About Persons.

J. F. Holmes of scottsville is at the New Morris.
 J. R. Coleman of Sheffield Is at the New Morris.
 N. A. Lapsley of Anniston is at the New Morris.
 N..J Baylain of Gadsden is at the New Morris
 R. H. Wilhoyt of Sheffield is at the New Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-17

Wash ington Bureau Age-Herald. 1asi G street. N. W.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1908-08-27
Oip!0matenrin6e.

5lOmm bon euf. D.aSlersfelb saasitrsm.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
THE ono IDEA.

Tn many States influential party l leaders are declaring in favor of an Ohio President Important committees are doing the same thing. Gatherings of active and powerful politicians fall in line. These things have been hap pening in sections as far apart as the Pacific coast and New England Okla homa agrees with Nebraska. Missouri and Massachusetts are of the same mind.
 But all ihese dec,aratinn ms in fav )- of an Ohio president are limited to l one Ohio man There is no option left to Ohio If the State wants to fur nish the next President if has just one son whom the country will accept. Ii is that Ohio man or no one from Ohio. Of course that one Ohio man is William Howard Taft
 Outside of this State there is no talk of choosing delegates for Foraker. He is not mentioned except as an enemy of Taft and the President. His own pretensions as a candidate receive no attention. No one imagines that the | Republican national convention could by any chance nominate Joseph Ben son Foraker for either the first place or the second on the ticket
 Secretary Tafts btterest foes must admit all of these conditions. They know that he has strong support in remote sections of the country as well as nearer home They know that he is the only ohioan who has any chance for the Republican nom ination for President They under stand that it is Taft or no one, as far as Ohio's chances go.
 Tn the face of these facts, is 1t nossi- ble that Ohio Republicans will throw away their opportunity? The ans rer is written large in the politi al his | tory of the State. Such folly q pes rot agree with Ohio ideas or Ohio ways ct doing things. Ohio is for Taft an1 ] Taft only.-Cleveland Leader.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
SALE OPENS TO-DAY Demand for Tickets to Yale
 Dramatic Associations Play Saturday.
THE LIST OF PATR0NESSES
Many Tickets for Evening Perform ance Already Sold-Matinee
 Choices Open.

The open sale of seats for Yale's prom. play opens this morning at the box office of the Hyperion theater. At this sale tickets may be obtained for both the afternoon and evening per- formances which will be helld on Sat urday. The matinee, which will be the first ever given by the Yale men, is put on to do away with the crowded conditions which prevailed last year when many people were unable to pro- cure seats for "The Amazons." The advance sale of seats for the evening performance to members of the uni versity has been very heavy this year but no tickets have yet been allotted for the matinee. With two perform ances to choose from, the management of the Yale Dramatic association hopes that many New Havenites will avail themselves of this opportunity to see what promises to be the best show ever done by the Yale actors.
 The following New Haven ladies have very kindly consented to act as patronesses: Mrs. G. B. Adams, Mrs. J. c. Adams, Mrs, Max Adler, Mrs. F. w. Baker, Mrs. c. M. Bakewell, Mrs. c. s. Baldwin, Mrs. William Beebe, Mrs. J. K. Beach, Mrs, F. H, Beede, Mrs T. G. Bennett, Mrs. J. NJ, Berdan, Mrs. T. H. Bishop, Mrs. ]. K. Cheney, Mrs. R. H. Chittenden, Mrs. c. c. Clarke, jr.. Mrs. A. s, Cook Mrs, Edward s. Dana, Mrs. Clarence Dem ing. Mrs. c. s. DeForest Mrs. F. B. Dexter, Mrs. Godfrey Dunscomb, Mrs. Timothy Dwight, Mrs. D. Cady Eaton, Mrs. H. F. English, Mrs. w. W. Far nam, Mrs. S. H. Fisher, Mrs. J. F. c. Foster, Mrs. F. D. Grave, Mrs. C. s. Hastings, Mrs. Isham Henderson, Mrs. Thomas Hooker, Mrs. Mason Hoppin, Miss M. S. Johnstone. Mrs. H. R. Lang, Mrs. D. B. Lyman, Mrs. J. w. Mansfield, Mrs. W. c. Mixter, Mrs. c.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-16
s2.O00 FOR \ CRACKER.

The North Country Millionaire" who is said to have spent 100 pounds on a box of Christmas crackers has not succeeded in snatching the record of-shall we say y?-extravagance from that wealthy predecessor who two or three years ago paid 250 pounds for mere half-dozen crackers, specially made for him by a firm of London silversmiths. These costly cosadues. which were enshrined in an exalisite silver box. had wrappers of rare old lace and figured satin. and each con tained in a silver casket, which form cd its center. valuable ring or brooch But. so far as we knew. the costliest cracker on record was one construct ed of gold in such faithful imitation of a sheaf of wheat that it's modelling kept an industrious goldsmith hard at work for six months. Tucked away in this golden sheaf was a ring set with rare and perfectly matched pearls: and the sum paid for this king of crackers. which measured only four inches in length. was 400 peunds-Dundee Ad- vertiser.