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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
"THE BROADWAYARD."

From Richard Harding Davis "Vera, the
 Medium in Scribner's.
 Mamie" Day was a youth of "A. It was his hearts desire to be Broadway ard" He wanted to know all of those, and to be known only by those, who moved between the giant pillars that New York threw into the sky to mark her progress north.
 He knew the soiled White Way as the oldest inhabtant knows the single street of the village. He knew 1t from the Rathskellers underground, to the roof gardens in the sky; in his Armament the stars were the electric advertisements over Long Acre square, his mother earln was asphalt, the breath of his nostrils gasoline, the Telegraph was his Bible. His grief was that no one in the Tender loin would take him seriously; would De- lieve him wicked, wise, predatory. They might love him, they might laugh with him, they might clamor for his company; in no flat that could boast a piano, was he not. on his entrance, greeted with j shout. but the real Knights of the High way treated him always as the question: Ing, Wlde-eyeu chiio' iii SpA-
 after r-midnight pallor, in spite of his hon. orable scars of dissipation, it was his misfortune to be cursed with smile that was a perpetual plea of mot guilty
 What can you expect?" an outspoken friend, who made living as wireless wire-tapper, had once pointed out to him. "That smile of yours could open safe It could make show girl give up money! It's an alibi for everything from over speeding to murder
 Mamie as she listened, flushed with modification From that moment he de termined that his life should be devoted to giving the lie to that smile, to that outward and visible sign of kindness, good will and innate innocence. AS yet. he had not succeeded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
BEDoUIN SONG.

By Bayard Taylor. From the desert I come to thee on a
 stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind in the speed
 of my desire. Under the window I stand, and the mid
 night hears my cry: love thee. I love but thee, with love
 that shall not die Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book
 unfold. Look from thy window and see my pas
 sion and my pain; lie on the sands below and I faint in
 thy disdain. Let the night-wnds touch thy brow with
 the heart of my burning sigh, And melt thee to hear the VOW of love
 that shall not die. Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book
 unfold My steps are nightly driven, by the fever in my breast, To hear from thy lattice breathed the
 word that shall give me rest. Open the door of thy heart, and open
 thy chamber door, And my kisses shall teach thy lips the
 love that shall fade no more. Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book
 unfold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02

was S1,040,147 This state has at pres ent several mills, each of which con tains more spindles than did the IA in 1860. The mills of those days were small and tentative. The southern mill of today is not a bit experimental. It is a money maker, and it is inclined to become huge and prosperous.
 Some towns are inclined to consider g mill population undesirable, but this is an erroneous idea. A mill popula- tion does not earn large wages, but 1t does enable many families to earn a living, to send their children to school and to get, in short, on the road to wider opportunities. No one can con- vince Talladega, in this state, or Co- lumbus, in Georgia, that cotton mills are undesirable. They know to the contrary, and they know whereof they are convinced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
Cotton EyChalge Methods

In answer to resolution of Con- gressman Burleson of Texas the com missioner of corporations did present report on the operations and methods of cotton exchanges so far as they af- feet or modify the marketing of cotton, but that report has not been sent to the House. It is in the hands of the President, who is holding it. says MT. Burleson, flor some purpose" The Texas Congressman evidently thinks the President intends to suppress it, for he induced the House last Satur- day to pass a resolution directing the immediate sending of the report i'll question to Congress.
 For some reason the President is no doubt trying to protect the New York cotton exchange and it's methods from an investigation. The combined strength of the New York cotton ex-  change is formidable and it seems to have been used to suppress even the report of the commissioner of corpora tiohs. The commissioner is H. K. Smith of Connecticut, man of standing and well-known capacity
 The subject will no doubt go over to the next session, when Mir. Burleson is confident he will be able to procure effective legislation. To the cotton growers the action of the President in holding up report directed apparent ly against the extraordinary gambling methods of the exchanges will come as surprise, especially in view of the Presidents declarations in recent spe- clal messages against combinations and monopolies of all sorts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
Cotton Mills Before and After the War

A census was taken in 1860, the year before the outbreak of civil war, end at that time there were 1S6 cotton mills in the south, including Mary land. and they held, all told, 352,956 spindles. Today the south has S14 cot ton mills, containing more than 10,000.- 900 spindles, and these southern spin dies spin today full half of the raw cotton consumed in this country.
 In 1860 Georgia led all the southern states in mill production. She had 33 mills, containing S5,1S6 spindles. She was followed in order by Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama and South Carolina This order now reads South Carolina, North Carolina, Geor- gia and Alabama. Maryland and Vir- einia have been sidetracked, and Geor- gia has been outcIassed by the Caro- linas.
 In 1860 Alabama had IA mills, which held 35,740 spindles, 623 looms, and thu value of their products in that veal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
THE STORY OF GOLD.

From Harper's Weekly.
 The earliest mention of gold is in the second chapter of Genesis where 1t IS referred to as one of the metals of the land of Havilah. Silver appears almost as early The Babylonish civilization which, with that of Egypt, ruled the Biblical world appears to have had n silver currency. "Shekels of silver and .'pieces of silver are constantly spoken of. Gold was used chiefly for ornament, it's malleability and ductility making it the easiest of metals to handle.
 The mines which supplied the coinage of the ancient world were in India. Sol omon's sailors brought gold from Ophlr, an unknown land by many thought to be Mashonaland, in South Central Africa, where ruins of prehistorical Semitic forts and mine shafts have been found.
 The Spanish conquest of South America flooded the world with gold ana sliVer Prices rose tenfold during century, Before tue discovery of America iat sneep could be bought for quarter, ana worixingmcn had lived sunptuously on D cents day. The second great influx or gold took place during the fifties or the last century, when the mines Of Cal1ornla and Australia were discovered, and since then there has been a slow rise Tn the price of commodities, due to the increase of the precious metal; but, on the whole the rapid increase in population has kept pace with the Acrease in gold. /
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
Street Railway Interference In New York

It cannot be said in the light of events that the investigations of street railroads in New York by the public service commission have been fruitful to anybody thus far. Besides throw ing the Metropolitan Company into bankruptcy, it has led to a general dis memberment of the system. The hold ing company refused to carry the in- vestigated load, and the merged parts began to withdraw, each one procur- ing a receiver of it's own. The sub way and elevated roads refused to aid the surface system, and it simply went to pieces. It was not self-supporting, but still the load was carried until the public service commission began to investigate it.
 suffered. Transfers were cut off, and the tangle is now in a general condi- ton of insolvency. The holders of shares and other securities issued by the roads have been heavy losers, but the people who use the surface roads have suffered most of all. Instead of enjoying a comprehensive system of transfers they must now pay two fares or three fares instead of only one. The - general wreck, isolation and dismem- roads in New York were really the direct result of government interfer- ence and yellow journalism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
DENTISTRY IN CHINA,

From the North China Daily, News
 Right in front of us on the street doc tors table is a small heap of human teeth. patient came up to the doctor On being asked what he wanted he re- piled simply by opening his mouth to the very widest extent. It was seen that his four upper front teeth were wanting.
 Measuring the cavity in the, jaw, the tooth peddler carefully selected from the heap the four teeth that would exactly fill it. He then drilled hole in them longitudinally and inserted bit of wire to bind them to each other.
 The ends of the wire were next inserted in holes that were drilled into the teeth on each side of the cavity, and at once the chasm disappeared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIEo
Music Eestiual poster.

The details of the work in connection with the music festival to be held at the Jefferson theatre May 13, 14 and 15, are well in hand. Innes' superb orehes- tral band with his quintette of vocal ar lists will constitute the principal attrac- tions, but the choruses--a mixed chorus trained by Memon and a children chorus trained by Miss Kitts-will be also notable features. MT. Memoli reports that he is making satisfactory progress with his chorus work, but he urges that all the singers make it a point to attend every rehearsal next week.
 Capt. Frank F. O'Brien, who is not only managing the festival but is guaranteeing it financially, feels confident that it will be a brilliant success from every point of view. The net proceeds are to be applied to the Confederate veteran reunion fund.
 Those who are contesting for the prize offered by Captain OBrien for the best music festival poster are requested to leave the specimens of their art at Colby's store on Second avenue this forenoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Florida Times-U Union: Now that Bir- mingham is dry The Age-Herald is watch ing the evolution of the soda fountains
 Oregon Journal: "Kill the flies" says the Birmingham Age-Herald. Wait a min- ute; maybe they prevent some worse plague.
 Savannah Press; The observant editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald has dis covered that "a hit in time often saves the nine.''
 Columbus Enquirer-Sun:. The Birming- ham Age-Herald remarks that the Aldrich bill is so dead it begins to have bad corporation smell.
 Columbus Enquirer-Sun: wives lay down the law and husbands carry it out.' Thus the Houston Post quotes Paul Cook, re,narking that men do not talk this way from observation.
 Houston Post: wives lay down the law and husbands carry it out" says Paul Cook. Evidently the announcement of MT. Cooks marriage escaped us. Men do not talk this way from observation. Jackson News: "Evelyn has escaped, and no reporter can find her." says the Birmingham Age Herald. It is to be hoped 1 that no reporter will be put on the job. Please let us forget Evelyn for awhile anyhow.
 Roanoke (ya) World: One club in Georgia is called the Happy Jug Handle. It's mission is explained by it's happy name.- Birmingham Age-Herald. | Nothin' ike liavin' handle to a name especially ir. fshin time.
 l Washingon Post: You can always tell machine-made politician by the me- chanical way in which he coughs up' says the Birmingham Age-Herald. Also you can tell a self-made politician by the way he refuses to cough up.
 Knoxville Journal and Tribune: The more the Birmingham Age-Herald thinks about it the more irritated it becomes at Russia for not licking Japan instead of taking licking from Japan. There may be others in the same fix; sympathy in this country for Japan is less pronounced than it was at the time Russia jumped on her.
 Jackson News: Just imagine the wife of six husbands going to heaven and finding the six husbands there,' says the Birmingham Age-Herald. We have always regarded our imagination as tol- erably fair, but must politely decline to subject it to this test. Besides, there s chance that at sleast three of those husbands went to the other place.
 New Orleans World: Peaches are com ing early this season, and in great abund- ance. A year ago the gruit-growers were distressed because of a peach shortage Now they are beginning to dread low l prices because of the heavy crop out look. k.-Birmingham Age-Herald. That shows the necessity of good press agqht. A press agent who knows nis business would have seen to it that al least enough of the peach crop had been killed off to insure the growers against the danger of low prices. There is really very little over-production in this coun-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
FRIENDLY RIVALRY.
AIDE COMEDY IN LONDON

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
 YF you should happen to be riding in London tram car one of these days A and should observe a Britisher, his countenance suddenly contracted double up, smite his thigh with a resounding blow, and hold his sides while he strug- gles for breath you must not be unneces- sarily alarmed. There would be no call for smelling salts, pocket flask, or any other variety of restorative. John Bull simply would be getting the point of the joke-twenty-four hours late, perhaps, but better late than never
 A George Ade comedy has been intro- duced in London. MT. Savage has car ried the war into Africa, and the presen- tation Monday evening of "The College Widow at the Adephi theatre marked a new era in the history of the British stage.
 While the verdict on the play was in- decisive, it would probably have been no difficult matter to distinguish the Amer ican part of the audience from the British. Can you imagine more incongruous SDectacle-ndlI lllc StdliOldclS Siuhit downcast, and melancholy; the other half actually rolling on the floor with laugh ter?
 Or a more unique experience than to sit through a performance in row of Engishmen? During the first act per- haps, there would not be a single twitter The players, half discouraged at the re- ception, but still hoping that the audience any minute would catch up with them, doing their best before the gloomy as- sembly Cracking jokes at a funeral were an easy task compared with this.
 Then, unexpectedly, in the third act, during perfectly serious bit of dialogue .............s.....ss..ss try, but there is a great lack of system in putting products upon the market. The trusts, to a certain extent are able to modify the law of supply and demand by regulating the supply that shall be put upon the market at any one time. They simply supply the demand at the prices they fix and hold the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
GOALS TO NEWCASTLE.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 A benevolent Englishman one day saw a rural-looking man sitting on stone wall swinging his legs and gazing searn- estly at the telegraph wires. Going over to the .okel he said:
 Waiting to see a message go long, eh?"
 The man grinned and said "Ay."
 The benevolent old gentleman got on the wall and fo. the next quarter of an hour tried hard to dispel his ignorance
 Now" he said at last, "as you know something about the matter I hope you will spread your knowledge among your mates on the farm"
 But I don't work on a farm," replied the rural citizen.
 Where, then, may I ask?'
 "Me and my mates are telegraph lines men and we are testing a new wire"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02

one of those conversations necessary to the explanation of the play-to be inter rupted by a peal of laughter from the gallery. Ha, ha! Another county heard from. Well. be patient, it will get to you, too, if you wait long enough.
 We have had samples of the English comedy in this country and we have tried to be polite The best that we could do, however, was to like the drollery and admire the costumes. It is difficult even to understand Vesta Victoria.
 So you can sympathize with John Bull in his present plight. He wants to do the proper thing, no doubt, but, with all his consideration, Yankee wit falls on a London audinece with about as much en- thusiasm as a tragedy of Aristophenes would strike the gallery at the Standard on an amateurs night
 But just a word of caution J. B., and we will let you alone. It is a story that we heard once at a banquet, and it is probably chestnut by this time. but it serves our purpose here.
 There was a certain lawyer named John Strange. "There will be no need" he said, "of having my name placed on my tomb stone when l die.''
 How is that?" inquired his friends.
 Well shall just have inscribed: Here lies an honest lawyer and the people reading it will remark: That's Strange"
 English version: There was a bar rister chawp, y know, named Strainge. E died, you know; but, it was unnecessary. you know, to, have his name carved on ,t..- t1,.n so l inscribed: Ere lies an honest barrister, and when lis friends saw that, they would remark 'Ow peculiar! "
 Moral-Even if you see the point don't try to tell it at your club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
A MOTHER VS. ANOTHER GOOSE

From the New York World.
 Alice wandering in Wonderland heard the loud lamenting of the Queen. What is the. matter?' she asked. Have you pricked your finger?' T haven't pricked it yet" sobbed royalty but 1 soon shall" And she resumed her weeping. So a little fable is rounded out for borrowers of trouble; for the people who remember best "the things that happened week after next"
 The Lewis Carroll moral is referred to the Worcester mother who has burned Mother Goose" at the stake, banished the fairy classics and declared for nothing but realism in the nursery. While the ladys attack lasts there will be a few more children than usual for whom one should be sorry.
 When q child's imagination first begins to work it goes wild. Strange visions are conjured up. Queer tales roll often from small tongues. Grown-ups are startled, not remembering that they too have seen childish wonders, and not understand ing that mental force is getting under way without which the world would never get anywhere.
 This gathering force needs gentle train ing. The Worcester mother would decree for it destruction. Under her word sma4 folk everywhere would have the extin- guisher of cold fact shut down on their budding fancy. And all for a borrowed worry lest some day, somehow, should
 
 '.Mother Goose extravaganza, no fairy | tale and no belief in a Santa Claus has ever thus far worked out in any nursery in the world.
 At this contemplation it would be per- fecty excusable for the little dog to laugh and the COW to jump over the moon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
FIRST RAILWAY DINING CAR.

From the Baltimore American.
 Just 40 years ago." said MT. T. c. Newton, a Chicago railroad man, at the New Howard, "the Chicago and Alton railroad put on the first dining car ever operated on any railway train in the world. This was on the run between Chicago and St. Louis. If that car could be exhibited now it would create univer- sal merriment. It had oilcloth table cov- CTS, the seats were screwed to the floor, and it's illumination depended on candles Think of the contrast between that prim- tive affair of 1868 and the modern dining car, finished in solid mahogany, with gor- geous furniture and menu as elaborate and cooking as dainty as that supplied by any of the foremost hotels of Amer lea. Verify. we have been going some in the four decades that have gone by since the Alton's first crude experiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
Pleased With East Lake.

J. J. Weaver, manager of the park at Ludlow, Ky, is in Birmingham. He has been brought here by R. D. Burnett to superintend the erection of the shoot the-chutes now under way at East Lake park He will be in the city several days engaged in this work.
 q have seen many amusement resorts in the south and north" he said, put seldom an artificial lake of such natural and beautiful surroundings.
 East Lake is not the largest lake of it's kind by any means but the lay of the land, the artistic curve and con tour of the banks and the clear, pure water make it stretch of surface not surpassed, anywhere else.
 '"The natural beauty of many parks is ruined by the erection of ugly buildings and pavilions around it's entire girth, but 1 find the buildings already up, fresh and well cared for are an addition to the appearance.
 "When all the extensive improvements are completed (. park so close to Bir- mingham will become the most popular resort in the district The shoot-the- chutes which I am installing will be modelled after the largest in the country and will give a most enjoyable ride"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02

John Hays Hammonds salary as a mining expert is marked up from year to year and fully exploited and ex- plained at every jump in the news papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
Parker on Sewer Bond Issue.

T believe the people of Birmingham will go out and vote en masse for the sewer bond issue next Monday" said President John L. Parker of the City Council last night. "They have come to. an understanding of the need of these sanitary and storm sewers, and the great importance of acting right now while labor is cheap and material low in price.
 ''The flooding of the sanitary sewers into the storm sewers which occurs in several places on account of the made quate size of the sanitary sewers is caus- ing a great deal of disease. The sedi- ment on the banks of the creek just below Birmingham is the matching place for hundreds of death breathing pests which carry their. filth into the best homes of the city.
 '"These conditions should be known, so that people will not hesitate but do all they can for the bond issue. The best men in the city, all the organizations and the experts have all indorsed the proposition. The City Council is partic- ularly interested on account of it's nearer view of the need, and more than likely the vote for the bond issue will be ex- ceedingly large"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
THE DREAMER.

Imagination tints the skies
 When clouds are leaden gray, And on the wings of fancy flies The poorest wight away To castles in a summer land,
 Where worldly cares are not And waves caress a,golden strand And trouble is forgot. His garret swiftly fades from view, His bitter crust of bread Such miracles can dreaming do Becomes a royal spread The wind beneath the window sill Plays sweetest melody And volleyings of rain drops fill His soul with escstasy. Alas for one who can rsot roam In other realms afar, Who ever must stay close at home With scenes just as they are; Who can not rise above the chains Which bind him to his toll, And for a while forget his pains
 And life heart-breaking moiln
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press .
 An honest man could be in politics, but he wouldn't
 What a girl likes about being married is the clothes she does it in.
 Intellect could earn fairly decent liv- ing for a man if it were merely intelli- gence.
 Some people. seems to get heap of sat isfaction out of being dissatisfied with everything.
 The average man seems to think that when he has impressed the office boy with his greatness the world will be con- vinced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02

The predatory rich do not like the composite White House photograph presented in the third special message. but it stands just the same as the truth of the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02

Los Angeles wants a bigger navy so that when it visits on a practice cruise it's port it can collect from them SIP day for a room, 50 cents for bottle of beer and 10 cents for piece of pie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-02

A young woman takes the highest prize for oratory at Cornell university, and this breaks the last fraction of mans monopoly of occupations.