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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
LUNCHEON ON A GERMAN LINER.

LUNCHEON ON A GERMAN LINER. w. D. Neshit in the Chicago Evening
 Post
 The full title of this vessel is Der Doppelschrauben schnellpostdampfer kronprinzessin Cecilie. Only "Kron- prinzessin Cecilie" is painted on the ship, however. The remainder is per mitted to follow after us, ever and anon bobbling up in the foamy wake and casting despairing consonant of appeal to be taken aboard. Just i'm agine man running to catch the ship. two minutes before she sailed, and some friend would ask him why he hurried and what he was after. And conceive of him breathlessly calling back:
 Pm after der Doppelschrauben- schnellpostdampfe Kronprinzessln Cecilie"
 Why, the chances are he would trip in the name and go sprawling down the dock like man who runs into d wire clothesline in the dark
 But that's all right. Any ship as good as this, and with as fine a set of officers and men, and as superbly su- perfine and gorgeously glorious temp. tations for the appetite, can have a name four knots long if it is thought desirable.
 On the menu for luncheon today there are 76 different dishes from which one may choose. This does not include coffee, tea, milk, or any other bever a .,f would bring the total up to 176. The menu is printed in German on one side and English on the other so that when one orders gedampfte kalbshaxen toma- -salat he may turn to the parallel column and learn that he Is going to get praised calfs knuckle with tomato salad. The bill of fare also assures us that we may have genuine fresh laii eggs every day. Perhaps they get the eggs from the hatchw-But mol
 There is a Vienna cafe away up ou top of the ship, and a big smoking. room on the deck below that, and even cafe for people who don't like tha scent of tobacco smoke. And there arc two promenade decks-three, if you count the top deck-and everywhere little sandwiches of all kinds of sausage and cheese and Westphalian ham. MT. Charles Bgelow, the eminen philopsopher and comedian. is with us, and he claims that the distance around the main promenade deck is 400 sand. wiches.
 Furthermore they allow you to stand on the navigators bridge, so long as you don't get in the way of the bin nacle or interfere while they are wind ing up the compass. There you can stand in the position of Dewey at Ma nila and fancy yourself ordering sev- eral tons of shells fired, or you may throw yourself into the mental atti- tude of Columbus when he sailed west ward and achieved the proud result O. having some 15 towns and buggy named after him. Although a great deal of bitterness came into the latter end of Columbus life, we should re- fleet that cigars were not made thea. and no 5-centers were named for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It would be great happiness to women if doctors would have bargain days to dose the children.
 man can be very fond of his family when they pretend to like to have him smoke an old pipe.
 The girl that can blush at things she doesn't understand can understand worse things without blushing at them.
 There's nothing makes a woman have more love and less respect for her hus- band than for him to be willing to dress the children.
 A thing that makes a man about as proud of himself as he can be is to De asked to subscribe for the stock of some corporation when he hasn't red cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
MONOCHROMATIC DINNERS.

dinner. and thus amuse himself and take pleasure in his ingenuity
 We suggest at random a few dishes: Caviare, black bean soup tthere should be little rum in it, and the best black bean soup takes three days in the mak- ing). fried liver and sausages, mush- rooms on toast, venison (condemned by Robert Burton and other ancients as dark and melancholy neat, plum pud- ding, chocolate ice cream, Hamburg grapes For drinks there should be por- ter, Greek wine, coffee. Strike out the venison, Hamburg grapes and Greek wine and this meal will be within reach of the economically disposed, of the toiling masses, of the complaining millions of men. It may be said in objection that the dinner we have named would be in- digestible Of course it would be; black dinner should lie heavily on the stomach and set the liver a-groaning. But how appropriate it would be to many oc- casions; how it would suit the character of many hosts and guests who cannot put aside formality. The more fippant may contrive yellow scheme, beginning with pumpkin soup and ending with pumpkin pie and yellow chartreuse, or they may fall back on the red scheme, which admits probably the greatest va- riety.' For a solemn winter feast-and winter is the season of seasons for dining in state-black is the only wear The men should wear no discordant shirt studs and sleeve buttons nearly every woman looks well in black There would then be complete harmony in costume. dishes and conversation. An engraving of Rem brandt Peale's Court of Death" should be the most conspicuous picture in the dining. room. '"rhe Death Bed of Daniel Webster" is too gay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
A NATIONS APPLETREEs.

T loli ihC NEW IOih w Oiid.
 In an accounting just published and said to cover the last day of last June the number of apple trees in the United States is placed at POI, 1,794,642. Missouri leads the list of states and territories with 2o,o40,399 trees. while New York is sec. ond with 15,054,S32.
 It happens that these, except in the case of New York, are the figures given in the census report for 1900 In the 10 years beginning with 1890 the increase in the number of apple trees in the coun- try was over S0,000,0O0. Eight years of another decade have now passed. That the count remains unchanged since that tremendous gain of 1S90-99 must be re- garded as somewhat amazing-if it is a fact.
 However, mere reckoning of trees is misleading as a means of comparing states shares in the apple-raising indus try. New York's orchards produced over A,0o0, GOO bushels in 1899, Pennsylvania was a close second and Ohio was third with more than 20,o00,0OO bushels. Missouri's s nearly e,5oo,O00 bushels placed her ninth on the list The average yield in New York, according to a State Fruit Crow ers' association report of 1902, is about three and one-half bushels per tree, which ought for 100000 trees to bring up . total of over 52,0o0.O00 bushels.
 There is quality also to be considered. Missouri offers the tasteless Ben Davis apple, which finds ready and heavy sale even on the Atlantic seaboard because of it's coioring. Western New York pro- duces the Northern Spy in it's highest quality, and the Northern Spy is undoubt- edly the best all round apple ever wet by the rain and warmed by the sun.
 It is pleasant to reflect that on per capita basis of division when extreme socialism comes into its own, each of us in America may have to himself at least two trees from which only the unciyilized will steal the apples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Stowers in City,

George A. Stowers, former resident of Birmingham, and proprietor of the Stowers Furniture company, a thriving business in this city, is making one of his visits to the district in connection with his business interests
 T have been greatly impressed this time," he said. 'by the building activity, and the remarkable change in appear anee of Birmingham. Why, the town is developing swifter than ever, and despite the strike I believe this year will be a prosperous one.
 T went up on Red mountain the other day, and noted that the city really covers the whole of Jones valley. From the foot hills toward the north, up to the very sides of Red mountain, the valley seems one continual succession of houses.
 The town is outgrowing this valley, and the movement which is being pushed to connect Shades valley is but a natural sequence of these conditions. I am par ticularly struck with the immediate need Of connecting link, for certainly the city will spread out over that valley like hood just as soon as a proper road and street car connections are completed.
 Both the tunnel and the St. Charles street road should be pushed to a rapid conclusion, for it really means relief to all the people of Birmingham. It will keep property values safer on this side the mountain, and will leave a few breathing places which are fast fll- ing up."
 MT. Stowers comes from San Antonio, Tex, where he has another store. He Is quite an extensive ranch owner, and is just now returning from a trip to Chi eago. He is enthusiastic over the de- velopment of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
St. Bernard Monastery,

The new monastery at St. Bernard will be completed during the present year" said the Rev. Father Placious, o. s. B., "ho spent yesterday evening in Birming- ham. The building is very substantial and much more abbey-like in appearance than the present monastery. We will be able to occupy the new monastery this fall. It will enable us to provide more rooms for college students
 The college was filled to it's capacity last year and 1t will be the same way this coming scholastic year.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
WHEN coREA LED THE WORLD.
.om the Kobe (Japan) Journal.

From the Kobe lJapanJ JOurndI.
 Few are aware that Corea preceded Europe in inventing three things which have had vast influence upon the world. Printing with movable types originated in Corea in 1924, 125 years before the invention of the art in Europe The two other inventions in which the Coreans seem to have anticipated Europe were the mortar and the ironclad, both used with considerable effect during the Jap anese-Corean war of 1592-9S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 N RTICBES with reference to the V dinners of the coming winter are published every summer in news papers Suggestions are made in the en- deavor to break the established uniform ity, to group congenial guests, to change the established and hideous routine of dishes from grape fruit or raw oysters to coffee. Not long ago an elaborate supper was given in New York in honor of young woman. The meal might as well have been called a dinner, but this is immaterial. A red supper was pro- vided; that Is to say, all the dishes served were of a red color, from tomato soup to strawberry shortcake, raspberry ice and watermelon. The practice of hav- ing a monochromatic scheme for a dinner is now recommended to "society folk in exclusive summer resorts. 'Exclusive'' how this word is now overworlSed!
 The idea of a red supper was ingenius, but the idea of a monochromatic scheme for a dinner was not new or original with the giver The bored hero of Huysmans' "A Rebours'' bethought himself of a dinner at which only dark and sombre dishes and beverages were served. He was gloomy at the time; his thoughts were of the charnei-house and he wished his guests to dine with him in sympathet- ic mood. We forget the character and the order of the dishes, nor do we re- member whether a skeleton was passed about the table as the mummy reminded dining Egyptians that they, too, were mortal The description can easily be found and the book is well worth read ing and rereading. Any one can as easily draw up a bill of fare for his own black
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
POLITE PRISONER.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 "I think" remarked a wardsr, "the art ful scamp who escaped from this cell is the coolest customer I ever encountered" :"
 'Indeed!' the visitor remarked. curi- ously. 'Why?''
 Well, he left behind him note to the governor of the prison saying. T hope you will pardon me for the liberty l am talk ingr"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
TRAIN COMING.
From an Exchange.

From an Exchange.
 A traveller waited at certain English provincial town in vain for the much overdue train on the branch line, says the Argonaut.
 Again he approached the solitary sleepy docking porter and inquired for the twentieth time, Isn't that train com ing soon?" "Ah, yes. sir" replied the porter "1tll be getting near now. Here comes the en- zine drivers dog"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
CAPTAIN o'RRIEN
grom the Nashville American.

From the Nashville American.
 Birmingham has chosen Frank F. O'Brien as its Mayor. A good selection MT. O'Brien grew up with Birmingham and has done his full share to make that popular and growing city what 1t is. He well deserves the honor and the emoluments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
Street Weeds.

Mayor Ward is being justly com mended for his energy,in having Bir- mingham property holders cut the weeds on their lots" said a man about town, but he should look after the c1ty's own weeds
 In some of the streets that are not much frequented the weeds are several ihches high. On Twenty-second street between Fourth and Fifth ayenves the weeds are thick and almost rank"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Aeroplanes pay no duties, because they come in as scientific apparatus" and possibly also because they could sail from quarantine right over the custom house, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

The rhetoric of the Taft acceptance speech needs a volt or two of electric ity and volt or two of magnetism to make it good reading. It is dull be- yond precedent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for the summer should have The Age-Herald 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 then. at any address at the regular price, and the address will be changed as often as desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

The man who set up a replica of the diplodocus has been honored by the Kaiser with royal Prussian order he diplodocus must have belonged to the aristocracy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Holland has fifty-one fighting ships, but those ships cannot fight the plague in Venezuelan seaports or the Venezu- clans in the mountains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Old Figgers Grosvenor still hesitates to put out any election predictions. Things political are in a confused state in Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Lord Cromer foresees war also, but it is not reasonable to think that he sees a-coming the same war that Mi. Hobson does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Taft not only said "Yes," but he threw in a lot of amendments of the Chicago platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Governor Hoch of Kansas has a new issue. He is fighting life insur- anee simply because he does not be- heve in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

MT. Taft tries to explain in his speech of acceptance that he stands for standpat Rooseveltism only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03
MISSOURI RIVER AT NIGHT

rorized. The great god of the river is imminent in a majesty unknown to the Greeks of the antique world with their playful. pulling streams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

If Fairbanks is to be given an ap- pointment to a diplomatic post he should be sent to Chilli.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

The Navajo Indians dislike to be- come so civilized that they cannot have more than one wife apiece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Turkeys new constitution is already leading to the unveiling of women and it may induce them to become suf- fragettes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Kern is to be notified at the state fair grounds in plain sight of all the noyelists of Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Balloon suits for fall wear are be. ginning to appear in balloon centers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

"Hisgen" is name that does moi have an American sound to begin with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

All the socialist newspapers have joined the independence party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Richard Crok4r seems to consider King Edward father easy boss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Castro will have fight to the finish if he succeeds in arousing the ire of
 the Dutch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Kansas wheat crop is two million bushels larger than the crop of last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

The predatory mosquito is even worse than predatory wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

The other sta( are thanking Louis- Jana for passing pro-robin law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-03

Be great In act, as you have been in
 thought. king John.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-26
CHAF|N SPEAKS
ON PROHIBITION IN
MILITARY PARK
Presidential Candidate and Wat
kins, Running Mate, on
Stump in Essex.

,,,,.,
eugene w. Chann' rrohioition iioiiit
nee for President, and Aaron ). wat
kins, nominee for Vice-President, ar
rived In Newark shortly after noon to-
dav and smoke TO about $50 persons in
1u,+. -, parL ,rbey b.d lunch at the
~..,.'-, ,,.a +he
ooh'ii,eA'ai 1le' aiu 'Aon So
tour throueh the county speahins ~
In front of the Court house.
This Is the thirty second State IN
which have, been this campaign" said
Mr. Chain. "ar1d am already assured
+hot the prob,h,tion Marty will poll
.,,u ,,,,, 90 ,,ot cow t,r,es The vote
~, .,.,.,,4 ~
II oiu ioui years "eo I'll
country
1T has been enormously stated that
ours is one plank platform That is
not true. We have fourteen planks in
our platform and the platform is the
clearest most concise and best of any
of the parties
/, The voice of the nominee was in
good trim and he said he had little
doubt that it would hold out for the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-26
BRYAN WILL WIN
DOUBTFUL STATES,
PARMLY BELIEVES
Essex Democratic Committees
Chairman Says He Speaks
as an Observer.

Tyler Parmly, chairman of the
Democratic County Committee, re-
turned yesterday from business trip
through the central Western States and
brought with him reports that lead
him to believe as an observer and not
as Democratic partisan, that Bryan
will get the votes of doubtful States
that are claimed by the Republicans.
II went West on a business trip"
said Mr.. Parmly today land came in
contact with business men exclusively
Not only did / find former Democrats
returning to the support of Bryan, but
also many Republicans whose attitude
proved a grateful personal surprise
to me.
II went through New York, Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky, and
was in Wheeling, w, Va. The overturn
of sentiment Is so great that to my
mind it presages Bryan's election with
out any doubt The men with whom /
talked told me that the labor sentiment
for the Democratic party was almost
unanimous.
Business men are not afraid OF
Bryan. Times cannot be any harder
for them than they have been during
the last year. they reason, and they
blame the trusts for present conditions.
They believe that IL Taft is elected the
trusts will continue their hold on the
government, while Bryan's policy will
give a chance for decent competition" !"
Mr.. Parmly first heard of the death
of Judge David T. Howell in Cincinnati.
Mr. Howell and he were close friends.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-26
DEMOCRATS PLAN
WH|RLW|NO FINAL
|. WEEK OF CAMPAIGN
Over 800 Meetings Are Sched-
uled in the State and More
to Come.
PARTY'S LEADING ORATORS
PRESSED INTO SERVICE
Republicans Also Massing Their
Heavy Artillery Here for
the Final SalvOs.

Headquarters of both big parties are
rushed with work In this, the last week
of the campaign, and the final bundles
of literature are being shipped off post
haste This is also to be the banner
meeting week of the campaign, and all
the biggest men have been impressed
into service.
The Democratic State Committee has
already made arrangements for more
than 300 meetings beginning tonight
with others yet to be arranged. There
may be 400 before the list is completed,
for State Secretary William K. Dew
ereux is still getting demands for
speakers.
1t did not become known until today
that William J. Bryan was so much
taken with the oratorical abilities Of
Frank S. Katzenbach of Trenton, the
party candidate for Governor last year,
that he asked him several weeks ago
to tour New York State for him this
week.
Mr. Katzenbach, after thinking tho
matter over, told Mr.. Bryan that he
thought he could work more effective
ly yin New Jersey. and Mr.. Bryan did
not press him. Mr.. Katzenbach will
speak every night this week in central
New Jersey.
Among other big speakers, in addi-
ton to Mr.. Bryan, who will be in Jer-
sey City tomorrow afternoon at three
or four meetings, the list of Democratic
spellbinders will include Ignatius j..
Dunn, the man who nominated Bryan
in Denver, who will talk at the Joel
Parker dinner tomorrow night; former
Governor Hoke Smith. of Georgia;
Chief Justice Peisey Ewing, of Texas;
John j. Lentz, of Ohio; w. B. Smith,
of Kentucky; Alexander 8. Bacon, of
New York: Charles A. Douglass. of
Maryland; Congressman r. d. Suther-
land, of Nebraska; Frank e. Loughren,
of New York, and William F. Mackey,
of Buffalo.
All parts of the State will be covered
by Republican speakers, but not SO ex-
tensively as by tho Democrats. Former
United States Attorney General John
w. Griggs has been called into the field,
as have Congressman Charles w.
(Continued on Second Page.)
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-26
Under-sheriff Likely to Retire at
Any Moment and Go
Back on Stump.
HIS CHIEF COULD PICK NEW .
MAN BEFORE ELECTION DAY
Whoever Captured Post Might
Be Immune from Molestation
Under Civil Service.

1t was said today that Under-sheriff
Charles M. Mason might resign before
the term OF Sheriff Sommer expires
thus affordins the sheriff an opportu-
nifty Of appointing a Republican as
Mason's successor, who would hold over
under the regulations of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. providing the place
comes under the civil service law.
When Mr.. Mason was confronted
with this report that he would resign
before Sommer leaves Office today, he
smiled and said:
That's very likely"
When asekd IL he intended to take the
stump again, providing he resigned at
once, Mr.. Mason, inclined TO be reticent
at first, finally admitted that he prob
ably would. IL he resigned now, and he
put 1t in this way:
Then they could hold no one re-
sponsible, and / would not be called q
political agent of Sheriff Sommer; I'd
simply be Charles M. Mason"
From another source it was said that
numerous leaders of the Colby faction
were being urged to go to the front for
men seeking Mason's place. In fact, 1t
may be discussed at the regular meet
ing of the Colbyites tomorrow night.
Mr.. Mason gave a reporter to under
stand Saturday that he would resign
when Sheriff Sommer's term ends. To-
day he seemed to take different atti-
tude.
Cyrus Benedict and James Hyland
are the others who are classed as un-
der-sheriffs by Sheriff Sommer. Bene-
diets salary is s2.50o, Hyland's 81, 500
and Mason's $1,000. Benedict and Hy-
land will hold over under the civil serv-
ice law. Ii is said.