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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
RIFLE RANGE WILL
 BE PUT IN SHAPE

Following the appointment of Major Lucien c. Brown by Governor Conner to take the necessary steps for the estah- lishment of a rifle range for the use of the Alabama National Guard, the first ac. tive movement is on foot. A lease has been secured on the Dupont Powder com pany's land, few blocks beyond the end of the Boyles car line, as a place for the construction of the range, and the work of putting the range in shape will be car- ried forward at once.
 The range will be 100 yards wide and 14OO yards long, and will be constructed in echelon form, that is shaped like the
 letter ''v in order that there may be
 one common firing point for the various practices without any one interfering with
 the other.
 The location of the range will be con
 venient. It is just off the macadamized
 road and there will for this reason, be no trouble in getting the artillery out for
 practice. There will be comparatively
 little work to do, as there is only one
 very small swamp to be cleared, and com P"AobAfSiS AAteiO 0 eAoiii6 Wiii bC hOSCooal . The following letter was received by
 Major Brown yesterday:
 ''The Boston Club, New Orleans, February 23, 1908. Major Lucien Brown, Birmingham, Ala.
 Dear Sir: l have just received word that lease for range will be granted the state by our company. l have written suggesting that our real estate depart ment take this matter up with you di- rect If necessary, I can send you Cap tain Casey to help you lay out range
 when lease is closed and you are ready 1 to go ahead. 'As my movements are uncertain from l here you had better address me care | Rifle Smokeless Division, Wilmington ! Del. Mail will be forwarded to me from | there.
 Have written my office to send you 1 two rough plans for proposed range l Yours truly, J. G. EWING,
 Mgr. Rifle Smokeless Division, DePont Building, wilmington, Del" 1 Captain Casey, spoken of in the above l letter, is one of the champion shots of ths world, and has had much experience il l the construction of ranges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
In Favor of Birminqhan1.

Since the first of January 1 have visit ed half dozen eastern cities of about Birmingham's size and not one of them quite so prosperous as Birmingham, said A. J. Mays of Philadelphia.
 "As everybody knows the panic of 1907 caused a marked business recession throughout the country. and manufactur- ing centers have been especially affected. A great many wageworkers are out of employment, but from what l see larger percentage of men are at work in this district than in some of the indus trial districts of the east. It is generally felt that business conditions will improve before summer, provided crop reports are favorable. and that 1908 will see prosper ity such as we had a year ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
Offered To Schools.

''In order to interest teachers and pu- pills in high class music am making con sessions to the schools in the price of tickets for the Bloomfield-Zeisler recital Friday night" said J. H. Holcombe, who is managing the great pianist's Birming- ham concert.
 'There are many inquiries from out of town music lovers and music teachers and I am expecting a large audience. Madame Bloomfield-Zeisler is the most famous woman pianist now living, and no one who appreciates brilliant performances can afford to miss hearing her this week. When she played here few years ago she received an ovation and she is said to be in even better. form this season than when she visited Birmingham before."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

ard Taft is the accepted Wall-street candidate. Root, Knox or Fairbanks would have been preferable, but Taft is accepted as the best the situation affords. Wall street is ready to accept anybody in preference to William Jen- ings Bryan, who stands for the Jeffer- sonian doctrine-equal rights to all, special privileges to none. Wall street wants no one who stands firmly by any such detestable doctrine as that. It is
 too utterly plebian to suit Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
Taft In Wall Street

The Boston News Bureau, q recog nized financial authority, stated last week that Charles P Taft, multi millionaire had negotiated with Wall street until that aggregation, aside from the Standard Oil crowd, had agreed to support w. H. Taft. This, if true, means that another huge slush fund is to be rolled up. The republic ans in Congress, it should be remem- bered, refuse to require quick and i'm mediate publicity of campaign funds, or any publicity at all for that matter.
 When the article published in Bos- ton was shown to William Howard Taft he said The would not deny the accuracy of the statement, though he could not tell what his friends have been doing for him. He remarked, however, that it sounds good. { He in- timated that he might make it the occasion for a statemenH later"
 He has not up to this time, a week later, made it the occasion for formal statement or any further starsment whatever, and until he does the public are wholly justified in believing that he has come to terms with Wall street, and that anpther huge fund of Hannaic proportions is looming up again on the horizon. As things stand William How
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
MAND DALAY.

By Rudyard Kipling. By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' east
 ward to the sea, There's Burma girl a-sittin, an I know
 she thinks O me; For the wind is in the palm trees, an
 the temple bells they say: Come you back, you British soldier;
 come you back to Mandalay, Come you back to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay; Can't you hear their paddles chunkin'
 from Rangoon to Mandalay? On the road to Mandalay, Where the fiyn'-fishes play An the dawn comes up like thunder
 outer China 'crost the Bay! Er petticut was yaller an 'er little cap
 was green. An Ter name was -yaw-lat-jest the
 same as Theebaw's Queen; An seed 'er fust a-smokin' of whack-
 in white cheroot An a-wastn' Christian kisses on an
 'eathen idols foot; Bloomin' idol made of mud Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd-- Plucky lot she cared for idols when I
 kissed CT where she studl On the road to Mandalay- When the mist was on the rice fields an
 the, sun was droppin' slow She'd git CT little banjo an she'd sing
 "Kula -lo-lo!" With CT arm upon my shoulder an Ter
 cheek agin my cheek We uster watch the steamers an the
 hathis plin' teak, Elephints a-pilin teak, In the sludgy, squdgy creek, Where the silence ung that 'eavy you
 was
 'arf afraid to speak, On the road to Mandalay- But that's all showed be'ind me-long ago
 an far away, An there ain't no buses runnin' from the
 Bank to Mandalay; An I'm learin ere in London what the
 ten-year soger tells; If you've card the East a-callin'. why.
 you won't eed nothin' else" No! you won't 'eed nothin' else But them spicy garlic smells An the sunshine an the palm trees an
 the tinkly temple bells! On the road to Mandalay- I am sick of wastin' leather on thess
 gutty pavin stones, An the blasted Henglish drizze wakes
 the fever in my bones; Tho I walks with fifty housemaids outer
 Chelsea to the Strand, An they talks lot O lovin', but wot do
 they understand? Beefy face an grubby and Law! wot do they understand? I've a heater, sweeter maiden in the
 cleaner, greener land! On the road to Mandalay- Ship me somewhere east of Suez where
 the best is like the worst Where there aren't no Ten Command
 ments an man can raise thirst; For the temple bells are callin', and it's
 there that would be- By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy
 at the sea-
 On the road to Mandalay,
 Where the old Flotlla lay, With our sick beneath the awnings whon
 we went to Mandalay! On the road to Mandalay, Where the fyin fishes play, An the dawn comes up like thunder
 outer China 'crost the Bayi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Thinks She Is Being Robbed.

'In calling attention to the nigh cost of living in Birmingham, you might mention the difference in price on leaf lard as charged by the retail grocers and the Morris avenue quotations.9 . said feminine voice last night over the telephone to The Age Herald edi- torial rooms. My grocer charges me from 121z cents to 15 cents per pound for leaf lard, while the wholesale quo tations are less than cents. Doesn't that look like the people are getting robbed?o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
Uniform Rates In Georgia

The Georgia newspapers are freely congratulating themselves and their state upon the settlement of their entire passenger rate problem. The interstate commerce commission has authorized the Southern railroad to put into operation after April 1 flat 21a- cent rate with commercial 2000-mile books at cents a mile and books for family use at PA cents. All the other railroads in Georgia have accepted the Southern's programme, and in Aprit no doubt the passenger problem will disappear in all the states of the south east except in Alabama.
 Rate clerks are now busily engaged in preparing new rate sheets, state and interstate, and the expectation is that they will be ready by April 1. This settlement will prove satisfactory to the people and especially to travellers. It carries with it substantial reduc- tions. To those who use 2000-mile books the reduction is B 1-3 per cent. And, best of all, it puts an end to the squabbling over rates and restoresSuni- formity except in this state. The situa- tion here is obstructed by court pro- ceedings, upon which it must wait, but to the state that waits all things may come, even peace and satisfactory adjustment of rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
: Two Brothers Acquitted.

Monticello, Fla, February 25.-The jury in the case of John and Joe Bailey charged with the murder on December 8. 1907. of Floyd Blackwell, returned a verdict of not guilty, as to both defend- ants in the Jasper superior court tonight A row occurred between Blackwell and the two Baileys over a pipe, and sev- eral of the witnesses testified that Black well fired first and wounded c. A. Bailey, the father of the defendants, and that he also wounded John Bailey The Bailey boys returned his fire. killing Black well
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
Profit In Raising Hogs.

HThe Berkshire hog convention held in Nashville a day or two ago shows that the southern farmers can drop the rais- ing of cotton and become wealthy by the raising of other things said Daniel Mahoney last night "I attended sale of Berkshire hogs at overton Hall farm near Nashville yesterday, which was at tended by the delegates to this conven- tion and several hundred other people. One SOW brought s1655 and another 5000 while the other prices ranged all the way from $1O0 up
 Tt is much cheaper and much easier to raise a hog than it is to raise a bale of cotton, yet Berkshire hog will bring many times the price of a bale of cot ton. The southern farmers ought to get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A woman will never admit her feet are big unless they aren't.
 Optimism is thinking you're enjoying life when you know you aren't.
 A mans conscience never bothers him till he's i'll, and womans except when she's happy.
 A boy can sometimes get over the cont sequences of fine education by living to an extreme old age.
 If is more romantic to a girl to be en- gagged to three men than to be married to one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
Playing the cracksman.

'I have never seen Rallies played" said s. Miller Kent last night. "On my tour of the Pacific coast this season, which I have just concluded, several of the dramatic critics compared my methods with those of another actor who attained prominence in this part When Rallies was first produced in the United States I was starring in the Clyde Fitch play, The Cowboy and the Lady and you know actors as rule have but scant op- portunity to see other actors work.
 When MT. Gaites secured for me the American rights to 'Raffles,' I made a very careful study of the part, decided in my own mind just about what sort of q chap this mythical cracksman was, and in the eight hundred and some odd times in which I have essayed the character I have simply tried to give to it the digni- fled and conscientious treatment to which I think such a unique stage characteri- zaton is entitled. Although Mr Gaites controls the sole American rights to this play like a great many other successful pieces it has been pirated in a great many instances by interruptions man. agers, and has even been stolen by man. agers of repertory and stock companies. Although it is an old saying that imita- tion is the sincerest fiattery, we could hardly be expected to see it in that light, and last season MT. Gaites was com pelled to call upon the United States cir cult court for injunctions restraining man. agers from using any part of this play.
 Seven producing managers of more or less prominence were compelled to cease using the word Rallies and The Anna teur Cracksman in their billing and titles of different productions.
 ''rhs will be my last season in 'Raf- hes.' Although a person naturally grows more or less tired of playing the same part over and over again, think shall probably have a sigh of regret when Rallies is put on the shelf' for honestly consider it one of the distinc- tive stage creations of the present de- cade',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE wITcnING HOUR.

When shadows fall and all the world Is wrapped in dreamless sleep And silence broods upon the land
 And OCT the waters deep, The soul of man draws near his God And leaves the form of clay That it doth use for habitat
 In the garish light of day. For there's a mystery in night
 That breathes of higher things And sets the poor, earth -grubbing worm Abroad on spirit wings, Until he drifts beyond the verge
 Of dread eternity And reads the legend dimly writ
 Of what is yet to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

The Russian government proposes to spend $1,0OO 100000 on new navy, although it has no sailors to man the new ships. But the court clique does not care about that. All it wants is a chance for more graft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

Taft's brother. Charles, is a multi millionaire, and he is footing the bills of the preliminary campaign, and he is dickering, too, with the magnates in Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
PRIMER LESSON.

See the Wall Street shepherd? What is the Wall Street shepherd do- ing?
 He is leading the lambs Does he love the little lambs? You bet he doesl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

Moon. The republicans did it. and his- tory will be reversed if the voters do not hold them responsible in Novem- Der next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

Be it gout or be it rheumatism, Bob Evans is making brave fight against it, and his sea service will be ended in August
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
EXACTLY

Of Cicero we've often heard
 He talked his way to fame. And there are chaps alive today Whose methods are the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

The Russians should have courtmar- tialed General Nogi instead of General Stoesse1. The former was unmistak- ably guilty of the fall of Port Arthur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

A cheerful optimist one day
 Of an auto ear got in the way And when the chauffeur ran him down He did not swear an oath or frown. Instead he said, My honored friend, If you should feel disposed to spend A week in this poor neighborhood A-chauffeuring, I gladly would
 Be run OCT twenty times a day, If it would drive your cares away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

The Boring strait automobile racers may have Alaskan weather all the way to Moscow at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

King Manelik has raly lions, but in hlind tigers this town can peat him fCur city blocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

In the White House the word "un- desirable" now reads as if spelled thus, "uninstructed."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

In Arizona sheep are now sheared by machinery, and a plant that has 50 machines recently sheared 6572 in nine hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

Let our millionairesses drive good bargains, for there is no danger what ever that the supply of counts will give out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

On the stage Evelyn Thaw should be star. for she has jusC completed a star engagement in tive great dramas of crime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

MT. Fish, it appears, is Jonah, not the whale, if the court knows itself, and it thinks she do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

Adlai Stevenson is the rival in Hi. nois of Joe Cannon, both being of great age and equally spry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

Power company. Damages F. c. Strible vs Birmingham Railway, Light and Pow CT company. Damages.
 In Judge Coleman's division of the cir cult the following cases are set for trial today:
 T. P. West ct al. vs J. A. Hendrix. Ap peal by defendant D. H. Cunningham vs. Moore & Handley Hardware company. Damages. C. c. Bass vs. Birmingham Gre and Mining Co. ct al. Assumpsit. Lewis E. Eger vs. Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. Damages. Clarence E. Purdy ct al vs Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. Damages.
 chancery Court Docket.
 The following cases are set for hearing in the chancery court today:
 Rudulph Richard ct al vs. Steiner Brothers; J. L. Mason vs. Dollie Mason; Thomas Epps ct als. vs. Jonas Schwab; Maryland Casualty company vs. Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company ct als; Thomas M. Sutton vs E.. R. Rivers; Liz zie Campbell vs. Percy Campbell; Felicia Tedeseli vs. Edith Merrill ct al; Cal Daley vs. Woodie Daley; Charlie Ellis vs. Steiner Brothers, a corporation; Viii liam c. Shackelford, administrator, vs. Bessie LeGrande ct als.
 City Court Docket.
 Judge Ferguson presiding. the following cases are set for trial today in the first division of the city court:
 Mrs. Josie Powell vs. J. Matthews; Re- becca Hawkins vs. Alabama Penny Say ings and Loan company. Ejectment. W. E. Jordan vs. Tom Rensford ct al. Dam- ages. w. E. Jordan vs. Tom Rensford ct al. Damages. Ruben w. McFarln vs. Charles E. Matthews. Detinue. Charles H. Hudson vs. B. F. Pool ct als. Assump- sit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

The gumshoeing of Mr. Frank Hitch cock is now hourly expected in the southern states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

A mail filling EST oags awaited at Ca'lao the coming of the fleet and it's 16 600 tackles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

busy. cut out so much cotton. raise hogs and other things, and then they will be really and truly the most independent people on earth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

'"Taft and Fort" is said to be the slated monosyllabic ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

The American heiress should have a higher aspiration than to be the meal ticket of a penniless nobleman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

A man in Missouri was fined for dis turbing the other sleepers in church by snoring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

The Thaw family seems to have contract to supply all deficiencies in the news columns of the newspapers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
sPRINKLING THE DRoUTH.

SPRINkLING THE DROUTH. "A car load of coffee pots reached town yesterday" @s "Sh-h-hr,
 What's the matter?" That's not car load of coffee pots it's whislsy'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

Good roads for auto racers mean snow sheds and solid bottoms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
About Persons.

Jacob Waldeck, the well known news paper correspondent. writing for a syndi cate, is in Birmingham. registered at the Florence MT. waldeck is interested in Alabama republican politics, and called on the several leaders of the several fac- tions of that party yesterday.
 William W. Brandon. state auditor and candidate for governor. was in Birming ham yesterday. In the afternoon he and Governor Conner left for Berry, Fayette county, where they will address the peo- pie of that place on education. The gov ernor and General Brandon, in the ah- sence of Superintendent of Education Harry c. Gunnels are doing the duties of the Alabama High school locating board.
 Senator John A. Lusk of Guntersville was in Birmingham yesterday. Senator Lusk is a candidate for the supreme court bench and has the state administration behind him. Senator Lusk spoke most enthusiastically concerning his candidacy He has many friends here who are work ing in his behalf.
 D. S. Hausman of Montgomery is at the New Morris.
 J. w. Mayfeld and wife of Roanoke are at the New Morris
 J. w. Conner of Annison is at the New Morris.
 J. H. Shepherd, Jr., of Clinton is at the New Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

The investigators in the submarine graft case should look under the sur face,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

Anybody to beat Bryan" is the Wall street slogan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

It is said that Marie Dore will appear in play in Esperanto. We'd hate to be the "angep' of that show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

HAVE YOU? Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream" Have you ever lived in winter Where there wasn't any steam?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
THE LIMIT.

That man hasn't the faintest concep- tion of how to enjoy life"
 ''You don't tell mel"
 ''Why he is the sort of chap who would go fishing without anything to drinkl'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

Have drink out of my walking stick,'' is polite form of greeting in Birming- ham just now. As the society editor would say, stimulating sticks are de rigeur''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
THE CRITIcIzERs

THE CRITICIZERS. They stand apart and criticize The man who goes astray, And tho he makes a fight to mend, They've no kind words to say. All weaker wights should be condemned For any wrong they do, No matter what the reasons were That drove them into rue. Intolerance the slogan is Of those who criticize, Their perfectness cannot endure Chicanery and lies. Of course, they never make mistakes The notion is absurd. But if they ever do, egad, The details won't be heard. For, next to naming others faults In cold, ironic tone The criticizers use most care To cover up their own.
 SAM GOMPERS' VIEW. Somebody is always handing labor lemon.'
 Labor ought to have basketful by this time"
 IN OTHER DAYS. When Nero put the fire to Rome And confagration rose He smled--the fire department was Supplied with rotten hose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
succeeding in life.
AN. .OBLIGING CHAP.

He went to college.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

Instead of calling the Toledo baseball team ''Mudhens'' it would be more appro- prlate to call the 'sMudroosters." As a rule, baseball players are not feminine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26

The Washington Post publishes an edi- torial under the heading Courage and Good Cheer!" That is combination hard to beat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-26
HAVE YOU?


 HAVE YOU? Tell me not in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream" Have you ever lived in winter Where there wasn't any steam? It is said that Marie Doro will appear in a play in Esperanto. We'd hate to be the "angel' of that show Have drink out of my walking stick,,' is polite form of greeting in Birming- ham just now. As the society editor would say, stimulating sticks are de rigeur."
 Instead of calling the Toledo baseball team 'Mudhens" it would be more appro- prlate to call the "Mudroosters." As a rule, baseball players are not feminine. The Washington Post publishes an edi- torial under the heading, Courage, and Good Cheer" That is a combination hard to beat.
 Another chauffeur has won the heart of an heiress. We've half mind to be chauffeurl
 A FUTURE EPITAPH. In after years we'll read these words, Here lies unknown to fame, The mortal dust of William Loeb, Who always took the blame.'
 REPLIES. New York is the chorus girl capital The plot thickens but the soup never does.
 Ambition has made more men lose sleep than insomnia ever did. Honesty is the best policy, because you can sometimes borrow money on it. Many a duke who travels incog is also In bad.
 Sly digs at Roosevelt are the only safe kind. PAUL COOK.