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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The battle plain, where sword and spear
and shield
Flashed in the light of midday, and the
strength =
OF serried hosts is shivered, and the
grass,
Green from the soil of carnage, waves
above
The crushed and moldering skeleton. 1t
came,
And faded like a wreath of mist as eve;
Yet ere it melted In the viewless air
1t heralded its millions to their home
In the dim land of dreams.
Remorseless Time!
Fierce spirit of the glass and scythe!-
what power
Can stay him in his silent course, or melt
His iron heart to pity? On, still on.
He presses, and forever The proud bird,
The condor of the Andes, that can soar
Through heavens unfathomable depths.
or brave
The fury of the northern hurricane
And battle his plumage in the thunder's
home,
Furls his broad wings at nightfall and
sinks down
To rest upon his mountain crag-but Time
Knows not the weight of sleep or weari
And nights deep darkness has no chain
to bind
His rushing pinions
Revolutions sweep
Ger earth, like troubled visions Ger the
breast
OF dreaming sorrow; cities rise and sink
Like bubbles on the water; fiery isles
Spring blazing from the ocean, and go
back
To their mysterious caverns; mountains
rear
To heaven their bald and blackened cliffs
and bow
Their tall heads to the plain; new empires
RISE
Gathering the strength of hoary centuries,
And rush down like the Alpine avalanche.
Startling the nations; and the very stars,
Yon bright and burning blazonry of God,
Glitter awhile in their eternal depths
And, like the Pleads loveliest of their
train, w
Shoot from their glorious sphere,
pass away
To darkle in the trackless void-yet T
Time the omb-builder, holds their fl
career,
Dark, stern, all pitiless, and pauses n,
Amid the mighty wrecks that strew
path
To sit and, muse, like other conquefor
Upon the fearful ruin he has wrought
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
AROUND THE COUNTRY

Atlanta Journal At least we know the
name of the man who struck Thomas
M. Patterson.
Atlanta Georgian: A New Jersey man
signs in his sleep. Still that is better
than snoring.
Washington Post: BE kind" admon-
fishes the st. Louis Globe-Demoerat. Yes,
by all means, be kind; but not the
easy kind.
Portland Telegram: The length of South
America will be the one most impress
sionable fact on the mind of the Jackie
before he finishes that famous cruise.
Charleston News and Courier: AL
though the ringers are risin " against
Taft on account of the Brownsville affair.
it remains to. be seen what the ''colored
citizens" will do.
Florida Times Union: Now that Pa
quin, the world famous man millner, is
dead, it will not hurt his business to
let the women know that his real name
was Isidore Jacobs.
New Orleans Times-Demoerat: Conf-
dence seems to have been restored every
where save in the breast of Chairman
Tawney of the House appropriations COM
mittee who still insists that the govern
ment should tie double bowl1not in
its pursestrings.
st. Louis Times: The abolition of grade
crossings will not only safeguard human
life, which is the moving reason for the
change, but, in the long run, the new or
der will save money in operation and
other charges to the interested railroad
corporations. 1t is the right way, and
the right way will always in the end
win"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
Fine Oyster Season.

This is the best oyster season we have
had in many years. said hotel steward
while we still get the bulk of our bi-
valves from the gulf some large ship
ments come now from Virginia. The
Bayou eoves that come from New Or
leans. and the Lyndhavens that come
from Norfolk rank about alike.
although the oysters are larger this
winter than they were last, the restau-
rant price is no higher The absence
of birds on cafe tables causes better
demand for bivalves and that accounts
in a measure for an unusual activity in
the oyster trade
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
WeII-To-Do People.

"One of the best evidences that the
people in this section of Alabama are
well to do is the fact that so many
shoppers come to Birmingham" said the
proprietor of a restaurant. THE recess
sion in Industrial business does not seem
to affect them in the least. I do not re-
call any winter when out-of-town shop
pers were so much in evidence. They
come from a radius of 40 or 80 miles,
and all the people who dine at my place
have a prosperous air. They certainly
are not without money!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
BY having gone to college lots of men
avoid the disgrace of dying rich.
When girl won't tell you what some
body gave her for Christmas it's plural.
A girl gets indignant with you if you
try to fiirt with her and disgusted with
you If you don't.
A very good recipe for being sorry you
got married Is to try to balance your
wifes bank account for her.
If her husband could keep on writing
love letters the way he did when they
were engaged his wife would never have
any doubt he was the greatest man In
the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
A NEW DESSERT.
From Harper's Bazaar.

For the dessert, make a plain, rich
cream as usual but flavor strongly with
coffee The day before the luncheon get
from the butcher little bunch of mint
leaves, wash and wipe each one dry. and
boil cup of sugar hard, with half cup
of water, for four minutes without stir
ring. Cool Slightly and then dip the leaves
into the sugar. on both sides; lay on oiled
paper till dry. When the ginger ice cream
is In the glasses put two candied mint
leaves on top of each glass; the combna-
ton of favors Ia very good.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
The Open Winter.

While We are waiting for ground hog
day" said an old citizen, many of us
are making predictions on January
weather 1t was generally said late IN
the fall that we would have a severe
winter and that January would be un-
usually cold. I do not agree with the
prophets with regard to this month. My
prediction is that we will have a mild
january and rough February. If we
have as many as 10 freezing nights with
in the next four weeks l will be sur
prised"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
About Persons.

Archie McEachin, a prominent attorney
of Tuscaloosa, spent yesterday in Bir-
mingham, en- route to Fayette
j. H. McAllster, travelling freight agent
of the Norfolk and Western, with head
quarters in Chattanooga, was registered
at the Morris last night.
J. ]. Parker of Carrollton is at the
Morris.
]. A. Roberts and wife of Montgomery
are at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
ACCORDING TO ORDERS.

From the Chicago News.
"How do you dor exclaimed the letter
carrier, as he greeted the auctioneer.
s"I do as I am bid, answered the auc-
tioneer, with a fiendish grin.
Much the same here" rejoined the l. c.
II do as l am directed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Indiana republicans meet on Feb
ruary to elect Fairbanks delegates,
but one delegation does not make a
nomination any more than one swallow
makes a summer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

ton. Throughout the foothills, as well
as further up toward the Missouri line,
the snuff pots passed around with fluency
and all hands dipped and rubbed"
in honest joy. "Our Jeff had galloped
down the main aisle of the temple of the
octopus and brandished his cowhide boots
in the very teeth of the high priests of
il-gotten wealth. He had shown the
covering myrimidons of capital what an
unshirted champion of the particularly
common people could do in the absence
of the police, and the wires throbbed with
rapture for the hill billies of his native
state.
Hot times in the Arkansas highlands
and sand hills followed the eruption of
the news from Washington. Jeff had
kept his promises. He had proved 10
suit of clothes could easily contain
giant soul and that baggy trousers We're
no sign of modesty. So all about the
gifted region from Shiloh to Lead Hill
and from Marmaduke to Hickory the
celebration ran on nimble feet. There
may have been sorrow in Chcot and Pu-
laski or peradventure in Sewer and
Onachita, but Yellville whooped for
esctacy and Princetown let down her
back hair in genuine abandon. Our jeff
had made good. He had scorched and
scarified the minions as even Joe Bailey
had never done in those fine moments
when he scorned store clothes and hated
"biled shirt" like poison. Our jeff
had bawled more loudly against property
than even Theodore Roosevelt had done
in his most inspired paroxysms. And all
rednecked Arkansas rose to him as so
many bayou catfish to a lump of car
rion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
OUR JEFF.
he New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Jeff Davis has made good. plum Bill
Jones of Ozark says so. The boys thanked
up" at Elk Horn tavern the night after
the news reached that bowling neghbor.
hood, and everybody took long sweet
enin' /" in hisn with a view to expedi-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The Mikado said In three minutes all
he wished to say at the opening of the
Japanese parliament, while President
Roosevelt used 10000 words in telling
Congress what he wanted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
The Seahoard.

While everybody in Birmingham feels
an interest in the Seaboard Air Line and
will hope for a speedy rehabilitation under
the receivership, that road did not owe
any bank here a dollar" said bank
official last night. THE seaboard is a
good property and it is only a question
OF time when it will become one of the
strongest railway systems in the SOUTH
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Russia is looking to the French
stocking as the source from which to
draw more money, but the French peo-
pie demand the approval of an alleged
parliament, and this is why Douma No.
Sis permitted to exist
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

To the man afflicted with thirst
the saddest words of tongue or pen are
these: "The water wagon is here to
stay"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
BUTTERFLIES.

BUTTERFLIES.
A rich man in Philadelphia gave his
daughter a debut party that cost 100000.
To make the scene closer counterfeit of
fairyland gorgeous butterflies from Bra
lillian forests were turned loose in the
ball room. For a little while they fut-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

New York will soon have tunnels
under both the Hudson and the East
rivers, as well as plenty of tubes in the
island itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
A REXEIA

A REVEL.
To the routls
Wheel about
Ho for pleasure palaces!
Drink the lees,
If you please.
From the foaming chalices!
Time will be
When we'll see
Life in all its vanity.
Till we do,
Here's to you
Perish all inanityl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

tered in the glare above the heads of the
dancers and then they sank to the floor
and were trampled underfoot. There is q
sermon in the fate of those butterflies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
A FAMILIAR TYPE.

Behold him in the market place,
The man who stands and hollers,
"Td do most anything to own
A million dirty dollarsI'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Ambassador Whitelaw Reid indorses
the Rhodes students at Oxford They
stand, therefore, acquitted and vindi-
Gated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The favorite campaign motto now is:
Lower rents, lower taxes, lower prices
for the necessaries of living"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

No seats are reserved on the water
wagon, and there is room for all.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
MOST LIKELY.

1.-THE Lord sees every sparrow that
falls"
Mother, do you 'spose he kin hear
parrot swear?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The New York Hughes clubs are be-
coming numerous and aggressive. No
delegates in that state for Mr.. Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The seasons ice crop has thus far
been failure, but this need not boom
ice prices in the artificial ice belt
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Quentin Roosevelt, who is in love, is
but IL years old. He may get over it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
A PARODY.

A PARODY.
When all the world is young, girl,
And all the trees are green,
And lovers press around, girl,
To hail you as their queen.
Don't play the silly flirt, girl.
And break some fellows heart.
It may require flnesse, girl,
But true love isn't art.
When all the world is old, girl,
And all the trees are brown,
The flame is burning low, girl,
And soon twill flicker down,
Be sure there are no glances
You would in vain forget.
The price of idle fancies
May be a life's regret.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

DIR. Rixey of the presidential CANA
rilla has 100000 physicians lined up
behind him, each armed with scalpel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
BIG IOR

what are you lmping about?"
81 sprained my back turning over a
new leaf"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Nevadas only deficiency is popula-
ton. That is all 1t lacks to be a good
state. -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

When the doctors take command of
ships the line officers may desire to
perform surgical operations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Quentins affinity is the letter car
rier's little daughter. This is true de-
mocracy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

In this balmy weather the prophets
of a hard winter are keeping as still
as mice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The grip germ endeavors to get a
strangle hold on its numerous victims.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The Rixey- Brownson affair is no
Alphonse and CASTOR affair, not a bit
of it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The demand for lower rents arises
spontaneously in all parts of the coun-
try.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
ONE BIG ISSUE LEFT.

From the Nashville Tennessean.
The Presidents message confirms the
impression that the Republicans have
not stolen any tkriff thunder from the
democrats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
IRsT CALL FOR SUMMER VERSE.

FIRST CALL FOR SUMMER VERSE.
'Tis now the time
When poets prime
Themselves and tune
To sing of June
Their tender Tyres.
Each one aspires
To get his stuff
In soon enough,
So he who rules
The sanctum-cools
Ambitions heat,
When short of feet"
May not declare,
With rumpled hair.
TOO late, too late,
We beg TO state"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
NOTHING.

Here's a poem by lady poet en-
titled, Silence
What does a woman know about 81
lence?'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Missouri and Mississippi should get
together for harmony's sake.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

RIPPLES.
'There is an 81" of a difference between
tipping and tipping.
Somehow we can't believe that Santa
Claus brings a boyAa F1obert rifle The
devil must do it.
New ending for love stories: "They
married and were happy for several
years"
A Massachusetts man made up a quar-
rel with his wife by promising to change
his undershirt once a week. 1t is so
easy to insure domestic bliss. If one will
only try!
The conjunction of literature and weak
mines is getting to be more noticeable
every day
A Delaware man spanked his wife SO
hard that she is taking her meals off
the mantel piece. If that isn't cruelty
to animals. nothing isl
According to the Washington Post, Bos-
ton has an elevator boy who writes
poetry No doubt, his friends think he is
going up.
Portland has a politician named Mr..
Cake. When he takes the cake" he
probably feels like the whole cheese"
1.-THE wan, worn face Of the bruised old
world" sings a well known priestess of
poesy. We never did like prize ring meta
phor. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

''There is an a" of difference between
tipping and tipping.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The doctors are taking command of
our forces by land and sea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

IT HAS COME TO THIS.
what will you have, Colonel?"
"A glass of buttermilk, sah!"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
NEARLY ALWAYS.

When a woman refers to another wom-
ans children as young animals she
is nearly always mad at the other
woman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
THE DEATH ROLL OF THE MINES.

L. X. Mcvay of Selma is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Claus brings a boyAa F1obert rife The
devil must do it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03
HOORAY

HOORAYi
When hard luck comes
And shadows fall,
just say you'll win
In spite of all!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

New ending for love stories: "They
married and were happy for several
years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The worst is,-death, and death will
have his day.
king Richard II.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Portland has a politician named Mr..
Cake When he "takes the cake" he
probably feels like the whole cheese
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Entered at the Birmingham. AlA'.
postoffice as second-ciass matter uiioei
act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1921
G street, n. W.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Portland Telegram: The length of South
America will be the one most impress
sonable fact on the mind of the Jackie
before he finishes that famous cruise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

The conjunction of literature and weak
mines is getting to be more noticeable
every day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-03

Washington Post: BE kind admon-
ishes the st. Louis Globe Democrat. Yes,
by all means, be kind; but not the
easy kind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-03
BOSTON STOCKS.

Furnished by r l. Day CO. No. 81 wan street)
.. 20 - . tlct u. Nov. .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-03
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago Nov 2-Pre-election dulness character
lied trading on the Board of Trade to-day, and
mild weakness was in evidence in the grain pits
Al the close wheat and corn showed almost no
change from the previous close. bur oats were 1sc
I2c lower. Provisions closed a. gains OF &C 10
7lzc lie
The wheat market listess affair all day
and with the exception of a little nrnness at the
opening, sentiment was beafish the cnuFe DAY Al
the prices sc lower 10 re 10 &c hlShef
During the rrst few minutes Of trading an OF me
opening gain was 4ost on Sths pt sinai. lIode VI;
who dt not wish to hold their HHeS over IhS holI-
day tomorrow Inc market iacAed any sUoe sup
tent from this early decline Al the close prices
9atIrua! It q a. ABSENCE Of export de-
na1d liberal primary receipts and continued ex-
tsitnl Iffset bmltsh sdvices from Australia
TINS country ollSTt N-Alt9ti 80 i,,-i,,.@ go
long account Clearances OF wheat and -four were
equal t. 720Goo0 bushels, The visible supply in
creased . Al O00 bushels for the week. Primary re
ceipts were II7sG00 bushels. compared with 7l4ooo
bushels the corresponding day year ago Min
nea polls Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of
1l$ against lbs ears last week and 40 cars
Favorable weather for the moyerr ent Of the new
resulted in slight weakness A decline OF 1e to Sc
IN the price OF the cash grain also eXerted a de
pressing effect but despite these bearish influences
eeries Compared with the previous close Longs
were not disposed TO increase their holdings, owing
to the holiday tomorrow. and This gEeatiy cur
OF contract grade -.
oats displayed moderate firnlness at the start but
the day Trade in the cash market was d a oqt
prCes steady 10 4zc nigher- t-aSfl INTERESTS
we're the principal buyers throughout the day At
the close prices were 1sc 10 y bWer Win De-
cember at 4Sl4c 70 4s5sc and May at 50lsc. Local
receipts were 129
Provisions were rather weak at the opening ow-
ing 10 selling based liberal receipts or live hogs
but the market soon rallied sharply and continued
f,-n, ire r. mainder OF the day The advance was
i,,a To blIvIng by a Western packer and to cover
ing by local shorts. At the close prices were sc TO
TIC 10 l5c higher g.
L,stirnated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat, 81
cars: corn ia cars; oats, A4 ears hogs' lo'""
head. 49, - IT,
BOARD will he closed tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-03
CASH Quotations.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

New York. November = 1905
EOFEEE-There was a much more active business
in March 5-40c compared with SC.
point o. week The general ruling the market
firm and prices closed steady net advance Of
5d0 points Sales for the day reported OF 1850
advance points and advanced during the day
higher Brazilian cables lighter primary
covering and scattering demand Trade interests
chief sellers There nothing with re
while dispatches
hitch in local negotiations
arising fvn demand for a guarantee by the federal
the feeling regarding loan prospects in spec
circles Is evidently optimistic and IS per
ton with the a very large European short in
accumulated effort 20 force liquidation OF
valorzation holdings. holiday in the French
l402 franc higher and the Brazilian
with Quota on the 6lac Rio No Z The
warehouse United the
024 against 5000 bags last week and
100 year; OF the former amount New York
had Il. 063 bags
The movement OF coffee from Brazilian ports for the
week follows. Rio CearanCes $4,000 bags, including
bags United states 5000 bags TO Europe
Africa 5000 70 the Cape, the River Ete
steamers loading United states and eight
for Europe coo bags. including 70
the United States. S3006 bags 10 Europe and North
Africa bags and the Cape the River Plate and
rnen 23 bags including 127 coo bags to the United
States and lO6 Europe Three steamers are
loading ar Santos United States and two foF
Europe. clsaranCes United states f,V9
were 600 bags and 10000 bags Bahia clear
auces 10 Germany. and elsewhere. 600 bags
The receipts santos fer the week totalfel
sos bags against 560 600 bags last week J5Z UO bags
The range prices in the local market to-day
wac