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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

The Age-Herald resumes it's old duty of furnishing an eager world with the news and gossip of baseball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

The 250,O00 bituminous miners are resting on their picks awaiting devel- opments. They are not a bit aggress- i've. It is strictly a passive strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

The demolition of the Fifth Avenue hotel recalls Senator Tom Platt, whom the people were trying to forget.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

The Gould and Vanderbilt families should get out of the spotlight now and then just for changes sake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Count Boni cost the Gould family $3, ,OO0. 900, and Prince Helie would probably be able to absorb the remain der of Mme. Anna's fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Mexico is to be we'll represented at the Japanese exposition of 1912. A great coming event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09
German Emigration.

Berlin. April S.-The emigration from Germany via Hamburg for the quarter ending March 31 was 24,000, as against 1os.5ss for the corresponding term of last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

It is held now that the meanest man is the one who says $1 is enough to pay for any woman's Easter hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

The Emperor William wants larger salary, but he is not in a situation to strike as Catcher Bill Douglass is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Colonel Watterson discovered Gov ernor Johnson, and the Denver con vention will proceed to make him a running mate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

President Roosevelt's horseback test came high, S10.0OO but he had to have it, because it was trooly spectacular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

New Jersey has spent sS50,00O to- ward the extermination of mosquitoes, and she considers the money well spent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Tom Watson is again a presidential candidate, but no one is hurrying to serve him, for he is just one of those who also ran.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

The diamond cutters of Amsterdam have voted to do no work for month. This is blow aimed at the 400"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09
Miners Will Sian Scale.

Ft. Worth, Tex, April S-Representa- tives of coal operators and miners of Texas will tomorrow affix their sigma lures to an agreement wnich will insure peaceful operations of the mines until April l. 1909 The miners will bind them- selves to work during the year ending April l, 1909 under practically the same conditions and upon almost the identical wage scale as prevailed for the previous year. Final settlement of all disputes was reached early this evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

International marriages are precari- ous and short-lived.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

They are trying to grind the paper trust to pulp, but the standpatters are standing by it and it refuses to be ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09
SLOW PROGRESS
NEVER

Do you know Esperanto?' q haven't learned baseball yet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Stand up against the blows of fate And do the best you can. My friend, it never is too late To prove yourself a manl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09
NAVAL BILL HAS BEEN TRIMMED
 AND REPORTED
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ID

States, France, Germany, Japan, Russia. Italy, Austria.
 Built and Budng-Great Britain, France, United States, Germany, Japan Russia, Italy and Austria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09
Hohson,s Report.

Hobson's Report.
 In his report MT. Hobson said:
 Four battleships are recommended by the general board of the navy, four are recommended by the secretary of the navy, four recommended by the President of the United States Though considera- tions of expediency have led the commit tee to the recommendation of two at this session, in reality four would, we believe, conform to the conviction held by the majority of the committee on naval af- fairs as to the needs of the navy. These needs have grown rapidly in the last few years, due to the nations growth and to the development in Asia. Our ex- isting navy has been built primarily for the needs of one ocean. We now sudden ly find needs in two oceans. The needs in the Atlantic have not diminished and the needs of the Pacific are fully as great. To meet these double needs we have only ships enough for one fleet; when this fleet is in the Atlantic we are defenseless In the Pacific: when it is in the Pacific we are defenseless in the Atlantic. The com pletion of the Panama canal will not ob viate the necessity for two fleets, for We are liable to have the demand for pro- lection in both oceans at the same time
 "Coincident with the doubling of the needs of our navy, there has been a revo- lution in naval architecture, bringing forth a new type of armored vessels of 17,o00 tons and upwards. All the other nations responded quickly with a pro- gramme of rapid construction We have Jagged behind.
 Requirements of Navy.
 "To hold our present position of naval strength among the nations of Europe would require laying down not less than six of these vessels this year. To hold our present position among the nations of Asia would require an equal number Therefore, in meeting the simultaneous demands from Europe and Asia both, the number of vessels recommended in this minority report is an irreducible mini mum
 'It may be remarked at this crucial juncture, when the world is drifting to- wards wars. the failure on the part of America to build up the naval power ad- equate to keep peace in the Pacific ocean will be liable not only to entail a war be- tween America and Japan, but ultimately a war between the white race and the yellow race, and would prevent the car rying of the gospel of peace throughout Asia. The true policy for Christian to advocate is to have his country, the great peace country, keep the peace secure and create the opportunity for the church to reach the myriads of Asia and carry the gospel until every knee shall bow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09


 A faithful black man died the other day at Tuscaloosa. Once a slave and afterward through many years a bugler an waiter at the state university, Ed Gould was known to thousands of alumni who have gone out from that institution to fight the battles, of life. When they returned, with the honors of the world thick upon them or in the role of every day citizens, Ed was there to greet them with quaint courtesy and a smile that no amount of hard work could efface. On alumni days Ed took his stand where the line of guests would pass In going to the banquet hall and he never failed to reap a harvest of small change which was thrown into his hat by friends who knew him in their college days Ed was always busy, yet always ready to oblige It was humble part he played. but he played it well and old age did not inn pair his usefulness. Doctor GouId-as he was often called in spirit of fun will be missed from the campus. ENVY.
 ''Honkl Honk," step lively, please Unless you want to die! The Millionbones. reclined at ease, Are blithely rolling by.
 'Tis luxury like this displayed
 Please put it on your list
 That makes the poor man drop his spade
 And turn an anarchist! TECHNICAL. What were the grounds for divorce?'
 Defective hose.''
 q don't understand you" "She wouldn't darn his socks"
 THE CITY FISHERMAN. On happy-hearted mornings just like these,
 When feathered songsters warble in the trees,
 The city man doth load his auto car With packages and poles and travels far Into the rural wilds, in hopes to snare The finny beauties he suspects are there. And though he catches none, when he returns
 To town, the while his auto gladly spurns The dust, he's so full of the joy of life He tries to hide his breath from his dear wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09
LOUD.
TRIFLING THINGS.

His money talks" You should hear his ciothes!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ALLYN SEASON.

Behold the lover with a clouded face, Who hfes him off to some secluded place And moodily doth plan suicide, Because Miss Tootles will not be his
 bride. And yet, he gets no sympathy you wis, For. very often doth it hap like this; Especially along in early spring, When blooms burst forth and birds begin
 to sing. He will not slay himself, cen though
 despair Has made his lonely life seem hard to
 bear. Iris but the vernal ecstasy of love Next year he'll woo another turtle dove.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Chattanooga Star: A man never fully knows the joy of living until he hnds that he is about to croak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 14si c street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Springfield Union: So far the bomb industry does not seem to have been cornered by a trust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Atlanta Georgian; The bald-headed man now faces the fly peril
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Spokane spokesman-Review: Money talks and in some of these big divorce cases it has mighty scandalous monologue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

Memphis Commercial Appgl: The pau per princes of France ought to syndicate Anna (sol1id
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09

What were the grounds for divorce?'' Defective hose
 "I don't understand you" '-She wouldn't darn his socks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-09
AN OLD SERVANT.

IIS UUL IIIt NtIIIdI tC5ldsN UT wv Next year he'll woo another turtle dove.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25


A house OF cement; a house without
q Chimney; j house with plenty OK arti-
ficiai light and heat and get without q
bit of ire, house without coal; win
out ashes; without dangerous gases;
such n to be The house of tomorrow.
So writes Frank N. Bauskett in the
Techaicai World Magazine for July.
TINS II indeed al ideal house, and II
SIS not impossible TO have, Tor, with little
trouble one has Just boon completed at
IarrolIton, Illinois. While this wonder
ful home IL the only one Of its kind In
the world. it 10 a good example Of what
the average American home will be in
few years from now
Wood IL fast becoming too scarce aud
too high il price To be used a. common
building ,gateFial, and the time Is az
ready here, when, for economy's sake,
architects and contractors are figuring
to construct all buildings Of steel and
concrete Az The supply of coaf Sim
everything possible II being done to aus
band The supply and to NE that none
Of the precious stored heat Is wasted
Electricity, geriaratsd BY water power,
il even now taking the place Of coal az
ID soliree oil power and the time II not
far distant when 1t will rank first as d
source Ut heat
This model notwithstanding bone at
CarroiIton, is thirtysfour by thirty feet,
two stories high; With attic and base.
1nent, and mas eight rooms On tile two
main doors, While Edison'a idea 81
concrete house 10 be poured into one
Iir mould was not carried out IN it'll con
struction. vet the principal building ma.
terial was Of concrete blocks These
blocks were moulded right on the
ground u they were required, 10 thre
was no waste Of material. The floors
are of hardwood and the interior is fin.
ishcd III plaster and oak such house
requires but little wood III It's construct
ino. The style OF architecture ia Of plain
substantial mission type, this idea be-
ing carried ont throughout the interior
The honse Is fronted with largo porch,
and the whole construction, OK rather
the entire cost, was less than S3500
,ihe house ii described at length ID the
balance Of an intereating, well'illnstrated
ed article.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
Rural Telephone sarsire


Under 2 new plan for rural telephone
service proposed BY tic Vermont Tele-
phone and Telegraph company. owners
OF farms country homes Of city business
people, clubs camps. stores. etc, ii places
having z population Of 10000 OF less. can
have telephone connections with fhe gen.
efas system Of New England 1T very
moderate cost. The pj.acipal features
of this plan are Che construction Of locsl
Ines by subscribers themselves and con
nectien with the nearest central office Of
the Vermont Telephone ana Telegraph
conpany Vlich makes 4 charge Of IS
cents per month for residences ana 70
cents per month far places ST business.
to cover The cost 81 operating The
subscribers set unlimited eommunica-
lions with all the subscribers Of the ex-
change with which they are connected.
ana aces. 20 the toll lines covering al
New England and the eastern part 81
the United States. This Arrangement
is of peculiar advantage To subscribers
for this class Of service. Half dozen or
more neighhofs may club together. cnt
their own poles. do their own work Of
construction. buying only wire. glass IN
snlaters and brackets. purchase their in
struments outright Or lease them from
the company Il preferred. This pIks en-
abies residents Of localities 100 remote
for remuneFatige Development bg ths
Vermont Telephone and telegraph cons
pany 70 obtain telephone service As good
as that Of nearby towns and cities. ana
at moderate cost.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
JAPANESE TO
CROSS ROCKIES
Takahashi Says He viii Advise
COuntrymen NOT to Huddle
TOGETHER ON THE COAST
Respect American Rights--BarOn PEI
clarea Toxic Wants to Understand
All the Details q the Per-
picking Problem.
TOGETHER ON THE COAST

ST, Paul, Mimi, June 25.- Baron
Maglfra Takahashi, Who has been In
vestigating the Japanese situation il
the United States and Canada for the
AIikados government, is quoted here a.
Spying;
ut ii the desire of the japanese gov,
eminent TO thoroughly understand tie
position III Americans on the Japanese
question. The government we'll real
ixes that certain of it's citizens have
been the cause Of disturbances Oh this
side 81 the Pacific, which at once have
shaken the esenness Of localities and
disturbed on government too.
MY report NiII slate TO the Japan.
cse goyerninept that tbe collection Of
Japanese Immigrants in the cities Of
the Pacific coast Is detrimental to
friendly relations between these Two
countries. ami Is actually In some eases
an intruzion-- "a far as concerns the
Americans who laboron the liberties
and rights of the people who already
inhabit this country.
my people viii advise that immi-
grants reaching THE coasts 81 America
be compelled to have IN reserve sufIi-
Gent money to take them across the
Rocky mountains and into the agricul
turaI regions of the middle west
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
RACING BILL PASSED.
Gees Through Louisiana Senate After
Bitter Fight.

Baton Rouge, Ia, June 25.--After 4
hard.fought campaign lasting several
months, the Locks antiracetracS
gambling bill passed the Louisiana
Senate yesterday by vote Of VI to 70.
The bill passed the House several
weeks ago and now awaits only the
governors signature 10 become law
Senators Liable and Smart rose from
sick beds ID east their votes and q
high power automobile was sent on 4
ninety mile trip to bring Senator Set.
ton, who had missed train connections.
Charges that the race track interests
had used improper methods were
brought on the floor Of the house during
the concluding debate on the bin, and
gave rise to bitter remarks BY the
leaders of both sides.
The bin win hc signed BY the COVER
nor without delay. It win mean the
death Of racing which has been the
chief winter event III New Orleans for
nearly century.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
TRAIN WAS HELD Up
BY CATERPILLARS
The Pests Appear in Such Numbers That
the Freight Crew Shcvels Them
from the Tracks.

st. John. N. 81, June 25.-- Moths, cat
erriIiars and other like pests have made
their appearance in great numbers N
many sections 81 this province, parties
uIarly in York county. There tasy have
caused considerable Inconvenience, and
several amazing stories are told 81 ex-
perienees when they have been met in
large bodies Trainmen running . freight
between Fredericton Junction and DC
Adam are authority for a statement tha
the heavy freight train was stopped
three times within a mile BY caterpil.
lars which swarmed over the tracks in
such numbers as to eifectuaily impede
the progress Of the tram It VAS neees
sary to arm the entire train crew with
shovels and scoop the thousands d pests
Of the tracks and smother those on
the roadbed by shnyeiing gravel over
them. They report every tree and bit
Of foliage along the line as being de-
ntded Of green.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
A rALL.cRAss LEAGUE.



Hyde Park, June 25. Arrangements
have been completed for the formation
Of LamoiIle Valley league. consisting
OF four teams, johnson, Hyde Park,
HardwlcK and AIorriviIIe. There will Be
twenty-four games player in all, each
team having six home games. The man.
ayers of The several teams have signed
AL agreement 20 play all home men, and
indications point to some closely contest
ed and interesting games The managers
are Il. Il. Holraes for johnson; Y. MI
Culver for Hyde Park Il. i. Hopkins for
hsndwick and &, H. Raymore for Nor
risvile. AT the meeting held in Hyde
Park, Al p. Maurice was elected presi-
dent OF the league and J. A. Waite sec-
rotary
The Morrisvilie base ball team cap
tured the first victory In the Lannoille
Valley League aeries. here Tuesday, de-
feating the Hardwiek team by score
Of 10 10 g. While the game was not
closely contested enough to be Of special
interest, both teams showed some good
timber, which, with two games d week
during the league, should develop some
fast base ball
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
GREASE THEIR BOOTS WITH
AMBERGRIS WORTH $4,000.
Sailors Waste Fortune Without Know
ing What They Have.

San Francisco, June 25.-Csreasing
masts, sea boots, and oil skins with am
bergris. valued at approximately s400 a
pound, sailors on the British bark An.
tiope wasted about $4,000 worth Of
the stuff, unaware Of its valne. II was
rot until yesterday that John Mathie.
son. master Of the vessel. learned that
he bad lee a fortune slip through his
fingers. The Antiope reached here from
Newcastle, Australia. few days ago.
On the way up. in latitude 90 degrees
south, large quantity d grease was
seen floating on the surface Of the
ocean, and. A calm prevailing, the men
managed to scoop mp several buckets
ful Of the stuff The captain saws that
much more could have been collected.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
PILLS AND PILES.

A prolific cause Of piles il the use of
cathartics and pills Of drastic, violent
nature, which Il always followed by i
reaction 90 account of the resinons, dry
ing properties they contain.
There are other causes, but no matter
what the cause Of what the kind Of piles,
Or. Leonhardts Hem Bold can be relied
upon to clireto stay cured.
It's an internal remedy that removes
the cause OF iteaing, blind, bleeding or
suppuTatinR piles.
A guarantee goes with each package
d months treatment.
1t can be obtained for Sl00, at Rickert
q Wells, 100 North Main street. Barre,
VT, or DIR. Leonhardt Co.. Station u,
buffalo, 4. Z.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
SECOND PLACE JOHNSON BOOM.
Little Attention Paid to The state-
ment That He Would Not Ac-
cept The Nomination.

n
Denver, June 2s. Even among the
few Democrats Of prominence who have
come to Denver to attend the Demo
cratic convention, which win be he'll
III this city Ia two weeks, the choice
of candidate for espresident ii the
leading theme, and il il already evident
that in this respect at least the con-
yention win be counterpart Of tie
Republican convention at Chicago
AIS choice among candidates Cover
nor johnson has a decided lead. Little
attention II paid To the Announce.
nlent that he II not candidate and
would not accept. Those who favor
him say that, while Re has been sue
cessful III Minnesota, he has not won
such a place ia his party that bic could
afford to decline nomination for Sec
ond place on d Democratic national
ticket
They contend that he ii the one avail
able man who would properly support
Mr. Bryant candidacy; say that Ne has
been put forward ali the candidate for
tIe presidency hy eastern Democrats
and urge that those Democrats would
support him inst as strenuonsIy for
VICE president and declare they must
have him"
The fayoritism toward the Mime
sofa man Tor second place does not
contemplate the possibility Of Mr..
BFyan's failure. but even n face Of IN
structions there are some who contend
slsa Nehraskan cannot win on The first
ballot and that therefore The Mime
sotan has fighting chance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
EVERY RAILROAD MAN PUT
ON HIS GOOD BEHAVIOR,
Secretary Taft Declares Tariffs Should
Not Be SO High as to Furnish
Temptation to Monopolies for
Undue Profit.

New Haven, Conn.,, June 25.- Secretary
IN. III. TAFT has written an article On
~The Republican Party for the laie
Courant, ia which he discusses the or
ganization ard development Of the party
and Of ito policies from 1856 until the
present time. After saying that one Of
the great policies to which the Republi
can party has been pledged from the
beginning has been the protective sys-
tenn by which industries have been diver,
sified and domestic manufacture and
farm productions have been enormously
developed in the ten years which hars
elapsed sineet he enactment 0f the Ding
ley tariff, the conditions have 50 changed
as to make q number Of the schedules
under that tariff TOO hign and some too
low. This renders it necessary To re-e&>
anime the schedules in order that the
tariff shall Be placed on purely pro.
tective basis. by that mean it should
properly protect against foreign cofnpe
tition, and afford reasonable profit 70
all manufactures, farmers and business
men, but should not be 60 high as to-.
furnish q temptation TO the formation
Of monopolies to appropriate the undue
profit 81 excessive rates
til the course Of fis discussion OF the
railroad rate law, Secretary TAFT says:
lit has put every railroad man II
the country on his good behavior and
created complete change 81 ATTITUDES
on the part Of him and his subordinatea
III respect to the statutes u his cpun
try.
In conclusion Secretary Taft discusses
the recent financial depression and in
aorses the corporate policy Of Presidens
Roosevelt In these woriss
'srhere are those who have been mem
hers of the Republican party who differ
with MI. Roosevelt III respect To ths
proper course to be taken iii stamping
out these abuses Of corporate wealth.
The great bulk Of the Republican party,
however, stands solidly at his back IN /
the work which he and the representa-
tives Of the party in Congress are doing.
Vigorous action and measures To stamp I
out existing abuses and Oh reforms are
necessary to vindicate society as a pres
emit constituted. Otherwise VIZ must
Weld To those who seek % introduce d
new order Of things on q soeialistie
basis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-25
DEATH CHANGES
HIS PLANS
Pres Abandoning Boat Race
Will Attend
CLEVELAND'S FUNERAL
Message TO Mrs. cleveIand--Prompt Mes
sage Of Coincidence Goes from Oyster
Bay to priuseton and Weekend
Plans are An Changed
CLEVELANDlS FUN Err AL

Oyster Bay, June 25~-As soon as he
received word Of the death Of Grover
Cleveland yesterday morning President
Roosevelt cancelled bis engagement 70
20 TO New London to see the boat race
between Yale and Harvard tomorrow.
He sent the following telegram Of con
doIence 10 Mrs. Cleveland.
@0yster Bay, N. ", June "A, 1908.
"Afrs Grover Cleveland, Princeton N. 4.
''Yonr telegram shocked me greatly.
Mrs Roosevelt joins in very deep and
sincere sympathy. have of course
abandoned my intention of starting to-
day for the New London boat race, so
that II the funeral il either Thursday
or Friday / can attend. l ran also att
tend if it is Sunday, but Ii II il Satar-
day a number Of men are coming here
from various parts Of the country on
d business engagement which cannot
wen break Win you direct some one
Ia wire me when the funeral il to be,
and where
Theodore Roosevelt"
The news Of Che death Of Mr.. Cleve-
land changed all Of the presidents
plans for the week. Secretary Loeb
took the news to Sycamore Hill ii the
form Of message from Mrs Cleveland
The president was greatly shocked.