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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
Flights By the Wright Brothers

The accident that happened to the Wright brothers aeroplane on the North Carolina coast checks their ex- periments but does not permanently block them. Fortunately neither of the brothers was injured, and the accident was not due to any defect in the plans or construction of the aeroplane, but was simply the result of a mistake in the movement of a lever.
 The aeroplane is the hope of aviation, and it is widely conceded that the Wright brothers in this country and Farnum in France have carried 1t to a point that promises something more than mere spectacular efforts. The aeroplane is of simple construc- tion, it's motor being its most complex part. The whole is heavier of course than air, and once it is demonstrated that flights in the air in such a ma chine are possible without the sup porting aid of a gasbag, the great problem is in course of solution. Not only have the airships made by the Wright brothers sailed through the air, but they have proven to be under con- trol, no matter how strong the wind might be blowing.
 The Wright brothers have shipped the wrecked aeroplane to their homo in Dayton, Ohio, where they will re- build it. No more tests will be made ! on the North Carolina coast until a new machine is constructed. In the new machine it is fair to presume no manageable lever will be placed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19

to select from democratic resolutions a series of ringing declarations" which republicans would heartily indorse; and vice versa. Each party seems to have stolen the others clothes, and to have found them an excellent fit.
 In fine. unless some unlooked-for event injects a new issue into the campaign we shall have one of those fatigulng and usually disgusting contests over person. alities. No principles, no great ideas will be brought forward to stir our aspira- tions and summon our loyalty. The dreary question will be whether we like Mir. Taft Letter than MT. Bryan. and whether MT Taft and his friends are on the whole likely to be more honest and capable in doing exactly the same things which MT. Bryan and his friends want to do. The orators on both sides seem fated to go round and round in the same dull treadmill, and the press will thrash over the same old straw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
New York Cotton Wires Cut Out

The New York cotton exchange is fighting mad, so mad that it is fighting back. The six states that have anti option laws-Georgia, Alabama, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida-are to be deprived hereafter of continuous quotations from the New York cotton exchange. The distribu- tion of such quotations is, says the order, "to cease forthwith"
 The loss is not regrettable. New York has ceased to be a spot cotton market, and the report of Herbert Knox South, commissioner of corpora tions, shows that It's quotations for contracts are rfgged and manipulated to suit the spinners. The six states in question do not want quotations that spinners have made, and the cutting off of New York quotations will cause no one hereabouts to put on mourning weeds
 The anti-option laws of Alabama wAl stand, and New Orleans will get the cotton business that once went to New York. The time has fully come to dis. solve the relations that have existed between the south and New York That city has consistently depressed the price of the chief southern staple, and the south should transact its business in contracts in New Orleans, the true center of the cotton trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
Father Kennedy,

The Rev. Father Kennedy, formerly of this city, but now assistant pastor of St. Michaels church, Pensacola, is the guest of his father at Ensley. He was in Bir- mingham yesterday and was heartily greeted by old friends. Father Kennedy is one of the most popular priests in the south and those who have had the pleas- ure of shaking hands with him on this visit have been glad to remark his hale appearance. He seems to be in excellent health-far better than when he lived in the Birmingham district.
 Pensacola is hourishingf said Father Kennedy. Tt is live, progressive city and is growing fast. Commercially it is one of the strongest cities in the south and as place of residence it Is exceed ingly attractive.'
 Father Kennedy will return to his post the latter part of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
Everyone Should Be Interested.

''The passenger on a street car who was overheard to say that she was scared to death to even think of visiting the Tuberculosis Exhibition, is probably but one of many of those who wholly mis- understand the nature of the exhibits" :" said a well known physician. "One of the difficulties to be overcome in every exhibition city is the nasty judgment that the show must necessarily be offen- sive, when the reality is so absolutely free from any unpleasant feature. Neith- CT is it an exhibit for consumptives., The folks who say that it doesn't run in our family, and so I am not interested are woefully mistaken. Tuberculosis doesn't run in families save from mis- understanding as to the disease and neg lect of the simple precautions. Neither does it fail to take members of family because none before have ever had it. So enc of the exhibition notices is every one Is interested,' though sometimes they may not know it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
ONE OF THE IDLE RICH.
With Money To Throw Away, He Finds
 Life a Great Bore.


 Julius Chambers in the Brooklyn Eagle. Not long ago a young man in the idle rich class. an Intellectually pover- ty-stricken chap with an income from his fathers estate of more than s90,000 per year, spoke to me about going to Spain; but he admitted that he hadn't the faintest idea where it was or how he could get there. He knew it was Ion the other side" He had been to Europe several times, but never got beyond the allurements of Paris. Ex- animation of map didn't appear to assist his meager and undeveloped in telligence He said he hadn't seen a map since he was at Somebody's pri- vate scho He couldn't find Paris on the map! He explained that in the only geography he has seen Paris was in the center of a country colored green
 This sounds incredible for a man of 95, raised in luxury. until one under stands that he was also brought up in utter idleness.
 He has five automobiles, but he does not understand the simplest principle of their construction; he couldn't tell which are electrical and which are gasoline motors About books he knows nothing; said he hadn't read a moved or a travel book in his life.
 For Gods sake. Johnnie, what do you do?" asked, in desperation.
 Nothing, just nothing" was his re- ply.
 And he told the absolute truth. He is not dissipated youngster; doesn't drink liquors because he doesn't like their taste. Doesn't smoke cigars, be- cause they make him sick; likes cigar cites, but will not use them because they discolor his carefully manicured fingers. He is fond of the fair sex, and spends $10,000 year in flowers.
 His tailor has a standing order for three suits of clothes month; but he valves the pleasure of selecting the goods or of trying on the finished gar ments. So far as I see, his valet gets most of the garments after they have been worn half dozen times. He has to change his dress thrice every day. morning suit for the forenoon, when he arises before 12; Prince Albert for the afternoon, and evening dress at night. Therein centers his most acute activity.
 Honestly, life Is a great bore to this wretched young man, with almost $100,000 a year to throw away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
ART FOR ARTS SAKE.

From the New York Globe.
 M. Claude Monet, the French artist, whose pictures are said to be currently selling at from s6OOO to s1O.OOo each. yes terday destroyed many of his late produc- tions, productions which are declared to have a market value of s10o.ooo. They were not to his liking, not worthy of pass ing on to posterity, he thought. The senior member of the firm that has been acting as M. Monet's agents does not con demn the artist. Quite the contrary. rms shows that NJ Monet is an artist, ana not manufacturer, he says.
 But to the great multitude 1t Will pc q demonstration beyond any question what ever that M. Monet is an absolute fool. To them there is no difference between art and manufacture Have we not in the last few days seen an experienced connoisseur complaining that he had been thoroughly taken in by picture dealer and manufac- turerq He believed his purchases were the work of American masters. He now declares them to be spurious-pure for reriAs. And if this be true the clever rainter of them, while he may have had the potentialities of the artist, had the viewpoint only of the manufacturers Of art for arts sake he could have had only the most rudimentary notions.
 Art for arts sake-piffle! Art for arts sake when it meant $10O,0O0! Get the can did opinion of the man in the street. He will tell you plainly what an ass M. Monet is! What an unspeakable, visionary ass but like all artists; that is, artists who are not manufacturers!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
A Rainy Day.


 'It has been many years since there was such a steady rainfall on election day" said a close observer of passing events.
 ''lt began to rain about II o'clock and at 1:S0 there was a very heavy down. pour flooding the streets and taxing the gutters to more than their capacity. And then it continued quite steady all the afternoon. It will make itself felt in the election returns.
 T notice that in the comparative vote received in the early returns that there was quite 25 per cent falling off from the Stiles-Higdon vote in the September run off. It is safe to estimate that there will not be exceeding 75OO votes cast as against 9509."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
THE WINDOW DRESSER.

From the Boston Herald.
 A competition among Viennese shop keepers in window dressing has been ar- ranged by the authorities to make the city more attractive to tourists. Prob ably 800 shopkeepers will enter the lists. There is an entrance fee of about s2.1C and about 50 first, second and third prizes will be distributed The judges will be artists and business men. The prizes will be awarded, mot for the costliness of the goods displayed, but for tasteful arrangement, technical skill and general decorative effect"
 Leigh Hunt wrote a couple of delight full essays on the spectacle presented by shops, with curious commentary, enter taining digressions and various conclu. sions, as that there is "something ot more refined service'' in waiting on a cooks. Hunt viewed the shops through the show window, but the profound moral to be drawn escaped him. We are reminded of this moral by the news from Vienna.
 The successful young man gains his start, secures his opportunity by show ing how to dress his shop window, by displaying his gifts and requirements SC that they allure or compel the employer There are shop windows that are gaudy cheap, vulgar or too fastidiously dress ed there are windows that coolly repe or at once attract; there is the elegant simplicity that argues for fine taste an6 substantial worth. A huddled window i. passed by. There are windows that arc fresh, impertinent; they are inanimatt bankers proclaiming stridently the value of the bargains within.
 As with windows so with men. Int applicant should have by nature, obser vation and experience, the art of i'm pressing the employer not merely by 2 quick display of his abilities. but by 2 revelation of constructive and enduring qualities that inspire confidence on ths part of those whose good opinion i. worth having. There are fashy window dressers, amazing fellows for the mo ment but they are found wanting; they are not to be endured by either artists or business men. The prize is not fol them in Vienna or in Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
River Navigation and Mobile

The Age-Herald was surprised to read in the Mobile Register that river traffic is both slow and unsure, the route tortuous and dangerous and sub ject to flood and drought, while the terminals often are so badly placed that the cost of delivery is more than the whole cost of transportation
 So far as ordinary goods are con cerned it is a misfit. When iron ore is carried the whole length of the Great Lakes at about 40 cents a ton, and coal and iron and steel are carried from Pittsburg to New Orleans at 70 cents ton, the Register is not justi- fled in it's unrestricted criticisms of river navigation, and it is a surprise to read such views coming from a city that will yet be made great by river navigation. Not pound of ore Is car ried from the Lake Superior region to furnaces by rail. Not pound of coal is carried by rail from Pittsburg to New Orleans. Water has a monopoly in both instances. and the traffic be- tween Boston and New York is chiefly conducted by water.
 The time is fast coming when the heavy products of this district will en- joy an Oper> Warrior-a river that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun. %HE shopper in America takes 1t @ for granted that she will not buy
 at even figures; she pays 9S cents or 143 or $3.S7, whatever it may be, and is content so long as she Is certain she has made bargain. So 1t is shock to her when she goes to some place where a different system of pricing goods and of offering bargains obtains.
 q got my greatest shock in Halifax, Nova Scotia" said a New York woman "They're the queerest people up there It's a queer old city, any way. It looks as if it were built in very ancient times; reminded me of an old English garrison town. At every step you took you met soldier.
 Beautiful old place, though, built on a steep hillside overlooking that lovely har- bor. But I was telling about the shops.
 "You see, I'd been told that it was a good place to buy things much cheaper than in New York, so when my husband and I landed there for a three days stay I made up my mind I'd do some shopping.
 Well, the shops were lovely-lots of room. attentive salespersons and all that. The first thing I got was marked s. and I thought it was a bargain and said I'd take it. I counted my change and found that I'd got $2.3o back for my five- dollar bill
 Guess you've made a mistake, I said to the young woman who waited on me- You've given me 30 cents too much, and I handed back the 30 cents.
 Oh, no! that's all right she told me Ten per cent off, you know
 q supposed 1t was some special dis count on the class of goods I'd bought and went on to another shop.
 "The same thing happened again. I be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
TO HIS LOVE.

By Shakespeare. Shall I compare thee to a summers day? Thou art more lovely and more temper
 ate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds
 of May, And summers lease hath all too short a
 date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven
 shines And often is his gold complexion dimm'd And every fair from fair sometime de-
 clines, Rv chance, or natures changing course.
 untrlmmd. Rut the eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou
 owest: Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in
 his shade. When in eternal lines to time thou grow
 est Sc long as men can breathe, or eyes can So long lives this, and this gives life to
 thee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
SAYING GOODBYE.

SAYING GOODBYE.
 fame, But his cherished plans fell fiat And his dream burned out like moth in the flame, So he said goodbye to that. Then the dream of love stole into his heart And his spirits bounded high, But careless fate tore the twain apart And he told that dream goodbye. So he bowed his head and the rue sprang up Where his bitter tear-drops fell, Then death drew close with the friendly cup And he breathed his last farewell.
 DISCOURAGED.
 I don't believe I feel So well today.
 Just why this ie, in truth, I cannot say. Unless it's cause the world Declines to see That there is any good At all in me.
 I hoped ere this the fates Would deign to look
 Upon my life and let
 Me write a book.
 Alas, no famous thoughts
 Flow from my quill.
 And what is more, l fear
 They never will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
A BLOW AT THE UNWRITTEN LAW

From the New York World.
 The conviction of Jennie Blount for shooting Charles M. Sandford is evidence of at least one jury's refusal to lend sanction to the unwrtten law. Counsel for defendant had openly asked for an acquittal, arguing that Sandford's s breach of the meretricious relationship consti- .uted in law an attack" which justified the plea of self-defense.
 Judge Dike, however, gave such a plea short shrift. He refused to admit any testimony of conversations between be- trayer and betrayed and all evidence tending to show their relations. He even refused to consider the rugs, furniture, colored lights and seductive pictures with which San6ford's office was luxuriously furnished, holding that the possession thereof did not in law Justify the mur- der of the possessor "One crime" he saic in substance. "does not excuse an other'
 Now under the unwritten code the duty of judge and jury in such case was plain. There is ample precedent, for in one of the southern states 1t has been held that if husband refuses to live with his wife the latter's brother may in- fiict summary vengeance and in New York it is apparently established that a wife's story of her seduction, although known to the husband at the time of the marriage, may later on cause such state of mental excitement as to justify a ver- dict of insanity.
 It cannot be argued that Brooklyn jurles are made Of sterner stuff than the aver age, but the fact remain1 that in this case moral courage has been displayed which is too rarely exercised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
Alabama Solid for Bryan

By direct vote Alabama's delegation, % strong. is instructed to vote first, last and all the time for William Jen- nings Bryan at Denver. Every Ala hana democrat had an opportunity yesterday to express his preference, and a large majority of them stood for the great Nebraskan. The vote would have been larger if the weather had been fairer.
 Alabama has spoken and the wires last night carried the news to every other state in the union. Tie express sion by direct vote In this state prac- tically ends all contest and secures the nomination of Mr. Bryan by accla- nation. The Alabama delegation will not get a chance to win the applause at Denver that the casting of the first unit vote would be sure to evoke, for long before the fatefu1 day In July arrives the democracy of the country will have demanded MT. Bryan's nomt- nation.
 There is naught left but to get to- gether in order to pull strong and unitedly for his election. The country desires a change in administration. One million idle men especially desire it, and the vote yesterday in the state shows that the democratic masses are hungry for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
SEVEN PERSONS INJURED.
Passenger and Wcrk Cars Collide on
 Street Railway

Northampton. Mass, May 1S.-Seven persons were injured two or them seri-. ously. by a head-on collision of pas senger car and work car on the W.T. liamsburg branch of the Northampton street railway tonight. Frank Elm erick, 'motorman or the passenger car, is believed to be the most seriously hurt and his condition is critical
 Mrs. Clarence Chase. wife of the town clerk of Northampton, was badly cut about the head and probably has internal injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
THE ToILERs.

Hark to the alarm clock ringing,
 Ringing at break of day, Housing the army of toilers
 Who must be up and away. What though the morning be dreary,
 What though the rain comes down, Still they must run for the trolleys, Hurrying on to town. Life for them offers no flowers,
 Little but sorrow and work, Chained like the slaves in the galleys, None of them daring to shirk Either keep busy or perish
 That is the choice they must face, Others are anxiously erowding
 Into the first vacant place. What though their brains may be reeling, What though they're ready to drop, There is no rest for the weary
 Who are too wretched to stop. Round and around in a circle,
 Tear drop and heartache and sigh When the hard journey is ended
 Maybe they're glad to die!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
from the New York Press.

It takes good deal oi tho pleasure ou. of anything to be able to afford to do 1t.
 People who have a rich relative talk so much about it because he never men, tions 1t.
 Generally a man can fal, in love with a girl by her thinking so, or saying so, whether she thinks 1t or not.
 4 woman has lot to learn to under stand a man. but she never has to learn any of it to make a fool of him.
 Successful oratory is where the other fellow can't answer back because the orator was the only one invited to speak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
Grateful for Assistance.

Capt Frank P. O'Brien, who managed the music festival of last week, which was given for the benefit of the Confed- crate reunion fund, said yesterday that he desired to express his thanks to the singers and all the others who rendered him assistance. The festival was not a financial success, but Captain O'Brien said he and the music lovers who heard Innes' superb orchestral band felt fully repaid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
eANkHEAp,s PHYSIQUE.

From the Washington Herald.
 The giants, in size, of the democratic minority in the Senate sit in the last. or freak row. The largest in physique is John Hollis Bankhcad. senator from Ala- bama. Senator Bankhead has been before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
TAKING NO CHANGES.

The editor called up the staff poet. 'T want you to write my epitaph," he said But you are not dead yet" That's all right If I don't read the proof in advance I know it will be full of typographical errors.'
 LOST AND FOUND.
 "Lost-a heart"
 He wrote the ad. It
 Soon turned out
 That Phyllis had 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
FORGING HE CHANCES.

From the Washington Evening Star.
 "So Shadboy is in trouble again?"
 Yes bit of card scandal"
 q told him not to play unless hj could afford to lose"
 ''He must have gotten your advt mixed. and decided he couldn't afford play unless he didn't lose."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19

The Wright brothers are explaining to the birds along the North Carolina shore that they hold no monopoly of transportation in the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19

Mrs. Gunness' catalogue of her vic tims was no doubt burned up, and a list will have to be compiled from the odds and ends lels on the farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19

Governor Hughes will not take sec ond place, and ex-Governor Roosevelt will not take first place. The New York governors are becoming fastidi- ous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19

the public, politically. for many years. both in his state and in the nation. He was born in Moscow, Ala, in 1S42. He deserves credit in that he is seif-educated and all that he is has been accomplished hy hard and consistent work. He is Q farmer of the first water, and everything pertaining to farming receives his atten- ton. Good roads is his hobby and this session he made strong talk in the Sem ate on that subject.
 Mr. Bankhcad served four years in the Confederate army and he was wounded three times. As early as 1865 he began his legislative career, representing his county in tho general assembly for three years. Nine years later he entered the state senate, serving two years. He was warden of the Alabama penitentiary from 1881 to 1885. Was elected to the House of Representatives in the Fiftieth Congress, serving in that body for ten Congresses
 In the democratic primaries of 1906 MT. Bankhead was nominated alternate sem ator The next year he was appointed United States senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. John T. Morgan. and last July was elected by the legislature.
 Mr. Bankhcad is a member of nine com- mittees, the most important being agricul- ture and forestry. postoffices and post roads, education and labor, and public lands. He is the only member of the Alabama delegation who is not lawyer. The senator was appointed member of the inland waterways commission in 1s07.