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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
Outlook for Democracy.

Until recently the presidential cam- paign was characterized by apathy, but 1t is now becoming spirited and before November it will be quite full of gin ger" said R. R. Reader of Kansas City. 'I have been voter since 1876 and at one time was an active worker in the democratic party. Within the past 12 years, however, I have taken no part in politics further than to vote the democratic tick et
 "A month ago I found people in the west very apath etic-more so than ever before-and I myself was paying little attention to political discussions, but ] have changed and many people I meet have also changed. In the west repub- licans and democrats alike are waking up. Both sides are predicting victory for their respective nominees. When the campaign opened I thought it was a safe bet that Taft would be elected. l think now it is an even bet that Bry- an will win. Bryan is gaining in at least three western states, he has a good chance to carry Indiana and Ili- nois, and I think he has a fighting chance in New York
 'I am not like some democrats who say we can elect Bryan without New York. We will need New York as much today as we needed it in 1876 and 1884. But I am hoping, not without reason, that New York will go demo- cratic in November.
 T am engaged in the mercantile business and am not afraid that com merce and industry will have a set back in case Bryan is to be the next President. But what I fear is that many voters whose sympathies are with the democratic party win take d different view of the situation and vote for Taft simply because they think republican victory would be best for business interests. What we very much need in this country now is q body of brave high minded men who can be counted on to vote their con- yictions, regardless of any immediate effect on the pocketbook"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Disturbing Church Services.

q attended one of the principal churches of your city this morning, said a visitor, and was much an noyed and somewhat disgusted at the noise made by a screeching graph ophone played in a house close by.
 "The instrument was played before the sermon started. which itself was bad enough, as little children leaving Sunday school were attracted by ' and were regaled with U cheap SO called coon song. But during the most solemn part of the service while the preacher was offering up prayer the service was disturbed by the in- strument repeating the aforesaid song
 From the appearance of the house and its surroundings one would nave expected more consideration. as 1t IS too close to the church for the in mates not to have known the service was in progress. Such inconsiderate action and though tlessness on the part of people who ought to know better borders on the indecent and should be stopped by law"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
The Weeks Business.

Henry Clews in his financial review of Saturday says:
 "so far as the advance of call money to 21a per cent is concerned, it may be regarded as seasonable; and it will not be surprising if 1t is further advanced later on But it may to some extent be well eomed as showing the extreme vulner- ability of the market. Prices of stocks are unquestionably high; their present range fully discounts the excellent agri- cultural situation and whatever recov- cries in trade and industry and also in financial circles have taken place since the financial upheaval of last autumn. Money has been so superabundant as to be a great market factor As mat ter of fact, a condition of imitation may be said to have entered into the situa- ton in the stock market because of the practically unlimited availability of money for market uses.
 The money situation, indeed, has been the chief agency in the hands of the large market interests who, acting in concert, have been behind the steady advance in the market that has taken place during the last three months or so. Whether the range of quotations will be further advanced will depend upon the desires of these interests and not upon legitimate developments affecting market conditions. A cautionary signal in this direction is the fact that the call loans that one of tlle large local banks has outstanding fall but a shade under the enormous sum of $13O,O00, 900; other banks are probably extended in about the same proportion, and should it be in consonance with the plans of the large capitalists who control these banks to operate for a decline, it is quite evi- dent they have, by the sudden calling of loans, machinery at their disposal cap- able of causing a particularly spectac- ular decline in view of the present sen sitive condition of the market It is hardly probable that the plans of the market leaders contemplate an attack of this character; but it is the part of wis dom to keep in mind that conditions are present that would make such an attack highly successful from the standpoint of demoralization."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

greater, and although comet travels with prodigious velocity, the cometary matter is extremely attenuated so that stars seen through it suffer no dimlnu- tion of brightness. and the comets never have been observed to cause any sensi- ble disturbance of the planetary motions. while approaching near enough to be themselves so much affected as to change the entire character of the orbit
 The peculiarity of orbit is the chief distinction of comets and all bodies in the solar system are elassed as comets now if they have a motion of their own and describe orbits of an extremely elon- gated form
 In the hairy appearance often exhibit ed by the haze or luminous vapors of these celestial bodies the word 'comet,' had it's origin. The definite point or nucleus, the nebulous light surround- ing this and the luminous train preced- ing or following it are the general fea- lures of a comet.
 While the planets move in the same direction, from west to east, comets move from east to west, or retrograde; and. while, beside other characteristics the orbits of all the planets are nearly cir- cular the orbits of comets present great variety of eccentricity
 The astronomer Tycho Brahe discoy. cred that comets are celestial bodies ex- traneous to our atmosphere while Sir Isaac Newton demonstrated that their movements are subject to the same law which controls the planets in their or- bits.
 Haley first proved the periodical re- turns of comets, and this scientific achievement robbed the comet forever of its significance a portent When the comet was proved to be traversing a course which would bring it at stated times within the vision of the earth it no longer was regarded as a mysterious sign in the heavens, placed there with some special meaning.
 The scientific world is indebted to Hal- ICY for number of astronomical dis eoveries among them that of the proper motions of the fixed stars Not the least or the services that he rendered to learn- ing was the labor and expense which be assumed of passing through the press the 'Principia" of his friend Newton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
Business Conditions.

There are few industrial centers where business depression is in evidence, but speaking generally the trade of the country is as good now as 1t was a year ago, before the panic, If not bet ter" said H. R. Newman of Chicago. 'In some sections the feeling seems decidedly better than it was a year ago.
 'I find business in very good shape in the two or three southern states I have visited, and here in the Birmingham dis trict it is fast improving. Business is at least 50 per cent better in this city than it was last April From all can see and hear business conditions in the district will be normal before Christmas; and I am optimistic enough to predict that 1908 will mark a new high prosperity record for Birmingham. This district has the center of the stage, and 1t is going to keep it''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
Cuban Liberals Get Together

The Menocal conservatives carried d palities in the recent local elections simply because the liberals were di- vided into two factions The folly ol division was thus brought home to the liberals, and in the presidential cleo tion to be held November 13 they will
 present united front Jose Miguel Gomez is to be their candidate for President, and Dr. Alfredo Zayas as his running mate. Assuming that Gomez will be elected, it is further agreed that Zayas shall be his sue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
Russian ReaCtiOlarieS

Russia is either revolutionary or re- actionary, and just now she is fiercely reactionary. Drumhead courtsmartial are increasing in number, and Siberia is again being filled with the political prisoners who escape death on the spot. The minister of education has also notified the professors and in- structors in the schools and colleges that they must withdraw from the con- stitutional democratic party or resign. The muzzling of the colleges means that academic freedom is no longer to be tolerated, and uprisings of Russian youths will again become probable. Pobiedonostseff is dead, but the tide is rolling backward, as he would have desired. He lives in the spirit again in Russia.
 The Russian church steps forward at this juncture to prohibit the celebra- tion of Tolstoi's S0th birthday ami versary. The great mystic and philoso- pher became 80 years old last Wednes- day. He is in feeble health, and the people would delight in honoring him. But the Russian church forbids. The holy synod places under the ban all who pay any honors to the most dis tinguished figure in all Russia.
 A church and a state that can take such steps is out of step with modern thought and modern ideas. It is a re- version to middle-age methods, and it shows how backward and ignorant the masses are in Russia. It points un. unmistakably to revolutions in the fu- ture, for it is not possible that the rest of the world can march on to liberty even China-while Russia goes back ward or at least stands still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 T HE Washington Herald, using
 9 the recent shooting at Atlantic
 City as text, breaches a timely sermon upon what 1t terms undignifed journalism. registering ob- iection to the publication of the pie ture of a prominent Baltimore matron, with the underline "The Woman Tn the Case" when the indiscretion of the person referred to was purely coniec- tured.
 Journalism, like daylight, is often brutal revealer of unpleasant or un- fortunate detail for which it is no more responsible than the daylight is for what it reveals but when insinua- tion is added to fact to give spice to a narrative unnecessary brutality is in- dulged in.
 Here is an interesting passage upon yellow journalism from a recently pub lished novel by writer who evidently knows the game:
 once when I thought could write, just after I left college, they took me aboard morning newspaper on the strength of the chance I had to dis cover missing woman. She was hid ing in divorce case. Our enlightened press was hunting for her; to find her was termed scoop I believe. We'll boys pull off legs of grassh oppers and do other damnable things without thinking. I found her. As I knocked at the door of the mean little farm house down in Delaware she opened it, smiling-she was quite pretty-and blew out her brains in my very face"
 It is often by exaggeration that truth is taught. Women discovered by the press do not usually or frequently smile and blow out their brains Proba- ply none of them has ever done so. But great deal of easily avoidable tragedy not marked by bIoodshed is, brought about by the stalking of game by the human interest" press which is often as ruthless as it is ruthless. Where fact is not found insinuation and photograph often serve the ends of sensationalism and the victim is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

early church, such as drawing the veil at the conseeration, are still seen.
 This Byzantine liturgy was used in a Roman Catholic service in England last week for the first time. The Very Rev. Argenias. archimandrite of the Church of St. Julien Le Pauvre, was the celebrant. Cardinal vannuteln. the papal legate. acted as assistant priest and other prelates took part, one of them being Prince Max, brother of the King of Saxony. The prince acted as sub He received holy orders several years ago and was at one time attached to a small church in London and worked espe- cially among the poor. He is now monsignor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
HALLEY'S FAMOUS COMET

From the Boston Globe
 T is calculated that a comet is now
 approaching the vision of the fnhab- A itants of the earth which will be identified as the celebrated comet of 1882 that bears the name of the eminent astronomer, Edmund Haley. This Eng fish scientist, the friend of Sir Isaac Newton, first proved the periodical re- turns of comets, identifying the one of 1882 with that of 1456, 15S1 and 1907, which since has been identified with the comet of 1145, with one mentioned in 1066, with that of 9s9, and finally with a comet seen in the year 12 before our era Following Halley's prediction, it appeared in 175S and 1885.
 There, are IS comets whose periodicity is established by the fact that their re- turn has been actually observed, and Hal leys comet is one of these. Its course is now directed toward the gun from a point beyond the orbit of the planet Nep- tune, and some time in the present win ter it is expected to emerge from the impenetrable night of space. The photo graphic plate will record it's passage be-  fore the largest of the telescopes have picked it up. In the autumn of next year it will have become a brilliant ob- ject in the night sky.
 Comets have been regarded with diff ferent emotions at different times by the people of the earth, sometimes with ter TOT and sometimes with a more agree able feeling.
 Halley's comet has appeared at periods when great changes seemed to be taking place in the history of the people of the earth. It swan into the ken of nor tals in 1O66, when William the Conqueror tools possession of England, and again it shone in the eyes of men in 1456, just when the Turks had become masters of Constantinople and threatened an ad- vance into Europe. It was in this year that the people of Christendcm prayed to be saved from the devil the Turk, and the comet"
 When the superstitious fear of the comet as a portent was dissipated by the revelations of science the new knowl- edge of the nature of comets brought new terrors. But though the thickness of the tail of a comet may be millions of miles and it's length of course much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for vacation trip should have The Age-HeraId follow them and thus keep informed about what is taking place in the city and state during their absence. The Age-Herald will be sent to them at any address at the regular price, and the address will be changed as often as desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
Ancient Liturgy.

"One of the most impressive services at the international Eucharistic congress which is just closing in London was, from all accounts, the celebration of the mass on Saturday, according to the Greek or Byzantine rite" said travelled lay man. While over 90 per cent of the Catholics in communion with Rome hear the mass only in Latin, the historic churches of the east are allowed to re- tain their ancient liturgies. once heard the mass in Greek and it greatly inter- ested me. Many peculiar features of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
sreciaI Weather Forecast.

Washington. September 19.--The weather bureau late this afternoon issued spe- cial forecast, as follows: The first we'll defined disturbance of the present season is approaching the north Pacific coast and a West Indian storm is advancing toward our southeastern coast This combination should produce abundant rains in the drought-stricken districts of the north central states before the close of the present week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
chattanooaa to Be Visited.

Chattanooga, September 13.-Thomas L. Hisgen, candidate for the presidency on the independence ticket; John Temple Graves, vice presidential candidate, and w. R. Hearst will be in this city on next Tuesday and all will deliver addresses in the Shubert theatre. During the after noon public reception will be rendered these gentlemen in the Hotel Patton A non-political reception committee will be named and politics will cut no figure in this feature of the stay of the candidates in Chatatnooga
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

of this virtually. At one place, how ever, where several streets converge, the crush was so great that the spectators broke up the procession, but the police stationed at this point in strong forces, managed eventually to clear a narrow lane through which the papal legate and the others passed in single file. The crush here was frightful for half an hour and the police had to use heroic measures.
 On their return to the cathedral the prelates marched around the interior of the edifice, the legate carrying the host, as he would have done on the streets had not the government interposed an objection. The big assemblage that filled the square then sang hymns and the members of the Catholic societies, with banners flying, marched through the streets to their halls and churches In the meantime the papa1 legate within the building pronounced the benediction and the congress closed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
charaed With Murder.

Little Rock, September 13-A special from Danville. Ark, says: Following the finding of the body of Walter Heron, 6 farmer, in a stream near here, Adam Cook, Herron's son-in-law, has been charged by the coroner who conducted the inquest over the body with the kill ing. The mans head was bruised, in- dicating that he had been killed and the body thrown into the water. Cook who was seen with Heron several days ago, has since disappeared
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
Fear of Death Causes Suicide.

Springfield, H., September 13.-Fearing hydrophobia as a result of a bite inflicted by a squirrel suffering with rabies, Fred Peterson, 45 years old, died today of car bolic acid poisoning. He swallowed the acid with suicidal intent, because, as he remarked yesterday; he preferred to kill himself rather than die of rabies. Five other persons bitten by the rabid squirrel are in Chicago undergoing treatment to prevent possible serious developments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14
Gomper's Lead Approved.

Boston, September 13-The part organ lzed labor in Massachusetts is to take in the present campaign was outlined today at meeting of the executive board of the state branch, American Federation of Labor, its legislative committee and the lheiipers or special committee. The rep resentatives adopted resolution supnorting the attitude of President Gompers and the executive council of the Federation on national politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

Nick Longworth's stables were not guaranteed by the government. and he will have to go down into his own pocket if he desires to replace the burned buildings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

Aeroplane capitals are unnecessary, for an aeroplane of efficiency would have the world as it's field. All it will need will be Standard Oil fuel stations here and there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

A handful of Iowa standpatters kept Governor Cummins out of a coveted senatorial seat, and he has taken an appeal to the "peepul."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

The campaign funds of all the par ties combined will not amount to half as much this year as the republicans used for the purchase of votes in 1896.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

The Aldrich-Vreeland currency is now in cold storage, and the national banks, over 5000 in number, will prob ably let 1t stay there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

Chicago begins to confess that east
 ward the star of baseball empire takes it's way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

Sultan Abdul Hamid's abdication is the most popular reform among the Young Turks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

The Wrights are conquerors of the air, the most subtle fluid that man en- counters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

In the senatorial row in Iowa the progressives are several laps ahead of the standpatters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

MT. Blaine was the last republican nominee to take the stump, and he was defeated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

Summer is lingering in the lap of autumn, but the equinoctial storms are less than ten days off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

The wheels of government may need greasing, but it is plain they will not be Hisgenized in November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

An illustrator of rural scenes is wanted who does not portray the milk ing of a COW with the milker sitting on the wrong side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

oryille Wright has modified the old ditty, What goes up must come down." He comes down when he feels like it, and he lands as softly as a child fall ing on a feather bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

The last keynote was sounded by Candidate Graves, and the race is now fully on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

The ideal figure of the fashion plates is as slim as a bean pole, says Bos- ton paper. It ought to know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

One of the best of the St. Louis the atres has reduced the price of good seats to $1. and other theatres are leaning that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

The new verb "to aviate" can also be used in the present tense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

\ jolly road race between an auto- mobile and an aeroplane would be big headliner for state fair week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

Professor Wager says plants have eyes. He should have said corn has ears and let his nature falling rest on that statement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

If the Wright brothers could get in touch and confidential relations with the weather clerk the problem would soon be solved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

Comparatively few of those who dis like Joe Cannon can express their sen timent at the polls, The more's the pity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

On either side of Cardinal Vannutelli were his chief chaplains and the guard of-honor composed of Catholic peers. Fol lowing the legate came the members of the pontifical mission, the cardinals in their order, two by two, each with his train-bearer and chaplain; the arch bishops and other prelates, including the representatives of absent bishops; the whole procession being upwards of q mile long.
 In the streets surrounding the cathe- dral the prelates passed through aye nues of kneeling adherents of their faith, the curious and those who might have come to jeer being crowded out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-14

L. H. Russ and C. E. Morgan are the only authorized travelling representa- lives of The Age Herald in its circula- tion department.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-17
Pole Discovery Mus, Be Proved.

Over their lunch the fishermen. at
ease in the bobbing boat, talked about
Peary.
"Why doesn't he just lie about it
come back and say he's reached the
north pole and let 1t go at thatH 1t
would save n lot of money"
"Yes, It would save money, but
Peary must bring back proof"
How can he bring back proofr
"Wlth his camera. 1t is like this.
Only at the north pole would the
shadow of a bullet suspended from
string describe In days time a per-
feet circle. Everywhere else the
shadow would be eliptical. Well.
Peary, If be ever gets to the pole, will
hang up his bullet and photograph an
arc of his circle. He won't photograph
the whole thing, because at the north
pole a full day Is six months long.
The arc. though, will tell the story to
scientists. 1t will be the proof that no
fake has been worked."-New Orleans
Times Democrat.