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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-04
THE CIGARETTE HABIT.
Has Attained Gigantic Proportions IN
Great Britain In Short Time.

London Cable to the New York Herald.
The tobacco exhibition which is be-
ing held at the Royal horticultural
Hall. Westminster, is proving concur
siyely what charm there is about CT
EARS cigarettes and mixtures of the
Virginian weed. Thousands of smokers
are aockine to the exhibition, which is
a wonderful success.
They find they can there indulge IN
the finest and most delicately haVored
qualities of the divine weed, as Spen-
ser named it. Although the finest ci-
CARS and choicest mixtures OF TOBACCO
in the world are exhibited for sale, the
bulk of the visitors seem to prefer the
gentle exhilaration and soothing social
comfort to be extracted from the
cigarette.
The consumption of cigarettes in
Great Britain has attained gigantic
proportions. The manager of leading
American company remarked, that L,
as il is said. one-half of the tobacco
consumed at present is vaporized IA
cigarette the mark will probably not be
oyerstepped if 1862, 100000 is taken
as approximating to this figure, which
mouth of each unit of the population
in a year. Some idea is thus given as
to what the little paper covered roll
of tobacco has attained in popularity.
The cigarette, introduced into Eng
land after the Crimean war, has been
pushed by American and English enter
prise to such an extent that it is the
ruling factor in the industry at the
present time.
Although it is generally admitted
that handmade goods still carry Off the
palm. very ingenious machines are at
work in the exhibition, which turn out
400 cigarettes a minute. One of the
chief attractions in the show is spe-
cial exhibition of American leaf from
Danville, Va. This is probably the
most perfect sample collection of Vir-
ginia and Carolina tobacco which has
been seen on this side of the Atlantic.
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Munchausenism of any sort. He points
out, however, with some cogeney tnat
Pascal once observed that man mad IN
vented few things of which germnal
analogies (Which really had afforded MN
the ideal did not already exist IN NATURE
a remark which has also been creui'eu "
the late Lord Kelvin.
You know, of course, that the art OIL
printing was familiar to the Chlnese'
whose great journal, the Pekln Gazet'e.
was in existence several hundfeus VI
years at least before the birth OF christ
The sheet was at first printed on SIN
with a clumsy movable type, hardly, II d.
all inferior to the type used by Franz
lin ia wears ago in Philadelphia. 1t is,
perhaps not so well known, however,
that the reportr was as familiar a mortar
in Rome as he has since become upon
the face of the globe. For the Roman nc
was the parasite or the quidnuhc' anu
was a FREQUENT and not unwelcome guest
at the table of men like Marcus Craseus'
the great trust magnate OF ms DAY, oi
even at Ciceros philosophic banquets- Inc
Roman reporter was welcome because
be nossessed all the important social,
commercial and political secrets and ru-
mors current in the capital. Several OF
these enterprising young men once lorhleu
a small syndicate and published daily
known as Acta Diurna, or Daily iiappeh-
inas. Tt contained the latest gossip OF tue
athletes and the actors. accounts OF inc
deals and doings of spectators, polltl-
clans and generals, a chronicle of the toi-
lies of gilded youths and ladies OF we
fashionable world. 1t differed, indeed
but little from the newspapers of today.
E We are disposed to boast somewhat
yaingloriously of our wondrous cranes ana
weight-lifting apparatus. Still 1t would
t,uzzle us, even with our present equip
nent. to raise TO, say the top of the flat-
iron building, a block of granite Weighing
40 tons How. then, did the Egyptahs
raise blocks of this weight to the apex
Of the lofty Pyramids? conjectures nave
been more numerous than satisfactory
Here is a not impausible theory the
Egyptians were acquainted with the use
of radium which is capable of exerting
an energy equal to many thousand times
its own weight. They operated gigantic
cranes worked by radal force, 1T is con-
iectured, and so were enabled to erect
great piles and lift ponderous blocks TO
enormous heights.
1t is impossible. of course, to digest,
even if we succeed in swallowing much
81 what pseudo historians tell US concern
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-04
How the Cabinet Has Grown.
.eslie,s Weekly.


Additions to the cabinet are like amend
n ents to the constitution-the fewer the
better The latest suggestion for enlars-
ing the cabinet comes from Representa-
tive Ransdell of Louisiana. He would
create a Secretary Of Transportation and
Public Works. who would look after all
rnatters relating TO railways. waterways,
and highways. 1t seems as though there
were never SO many suggested additions
as at the present time. First, Dr.. Wiley
gets his friends to propose Secretary OF
public Health and suggests that he might
pc good man for the place. Somebody
else catches the idea and wants a Secre-
tary of Forestry Another wants the
commissioner of education inadea member
of the cabinet. One wonders where the
end will be. One of the first acts of con-
seress in Washington's administration was
the creation of three executive depart
raents, the heads of which were to be.
known respectively as the Secretary OF
State. the Secretary of the Treasury, and
the Secretary of War The same year tho
POSITIONS of Postmaster General and At
torney-General Were created, though the
iorrner was not considered g cabinet Of
ficer until 1922 In 1898 the Secretary of
the Navy was added The cabinet was
enlarged again in 1S49 by a Secretary OF
the Interior. FROM tnat GATE until 1888
there was no addition, but in that year
the Secretary of Agriculture took his seat.
ri'he last addition was that Of Secretary
of Commerce and Labor in 1903 Add
tons therefore, have been few and far
between Congress has been wise enough
t. let we'll enough alone. Only as abb
colute necessity demands it should addi-
ton be made. If certain men like Dr..
Wiley think they must be taken care
Of" let places for them be found outside
the cabinet.
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From the New York World.
Although Lombroso tells us that man
is the natural foe of all novelty and in
novation," we nevertheless like to plume
ourselves on the possession of Inventions
and contrivances for comfort and business
expediency that were, We vainly imagine
unknown to our ancestors But DO We
truly possess such inventions and contriV-
ances? Are we really so far In ADVANCE
even of those progenitors of ours whom
we consider, in relation TO ourselves
oomparatively primitive ? Can we show
enough genuine novelty to justify us in
our conceit? NJ. Henry Pacory, french
publicist. for his part answers IN the
negative. and tells us something OF the IN
ventive genius of our ancestors Which Is
at least worth considering. In his opinion
we of today are but carrying out IDEAS
that existed long years ago in more or
less crude form.
A little more than 100 years ago the
celebrated French scientist, Monge, who
accompanied Bonaparte to Egypt. was
considerably puzzled by the discovery III
the Temple of Mehmet-Abn, IN upper
Egypt of coils of wiring which lay-anu
had probably been lying for ages-in a
small stone chamber, and, tangled among
them, several ivory ana pohe opJeee9
which resembled our common drinking
horns On his arrival at the Pyramid of
Cizeh he discovered in O. vault of about
the same dimensions more coils of wiring
matter, with similar ivory and bone
horns. The telephone was then unois-
covered and naturally enough Monge
did not understand the nature OF his dis
covery, which has since. says M. FacorS,
been shown to have been nothing else put
a primitive phone.
The instrument is said TO have been IN
use in the days of the Pharaohs. II was
naturally a very simple contrlVance--
much resembling our toy telephones-aha
did not cover a distance greater than Two
or three miles. Tacitus tells US tnat When
Antony went ashore after the battle of
Actium he was accompanied only by a
captain of his guard. Since all others had
deserted him. it is not unlikely says tue
F'renchman that he teiephoned to the faif
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-04
..sneakin, of Love"

5oel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus
Magazine for April.
speaking of love-" said Mr. Sanders
although no one had spoken of t-not
even the pretty young stenographer VINO
s;oorns TO deny that she knows something
of the feeling and who is always ready
+ approached in the right spirit, to sho"
a cherished photograph of very young
man with his hair parted in the mldd'e
and plastered down on each side-"Wh
in the nation does it come on in spring
Aint If lust as good for cold weather?
Does the first frost kill it? An, eff so,
why don't somebody patent a tlannel-lin-
ed box that'l keep it whilst the big freezes
is a swine on2 That's what posters me
IF it's theamost precious thing that the
world knows anything about, why don :
we have speshually eontriNed hot-houses
FOR it, SOS we can take it out on pleas
apt DAYS n see ef it's swivellee er swunk
senee the last time we handled it. l alnE
sneakin' for myself, the Lord knows I've
Feed an hern too much endurin the last
fifty years or so to be bothered much
lis the Youngsters I'm thinkin OF; L want
'em for to feel good when the sap am
a-risin' in the sweetgum trees; L want &c
see EN- sittin in front of a big Elckory'
wood fire roasting taters, pare him goob
ere. an hodin' hands when the old folk'
X loolzin' t'other way. According to my
1ay of thinI.in' winter is the time fo'
real true love. Anything that can't stand
frnst an a freeze or two is a mighty puny
weed Maybe that's the reason thar s sc
many grassy idders in the country-an
then. ag'in, maybe not. You never Kin
seli what kinder chicken is gwine for to
be hatched from the egg that's found in
The hay loft"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-04
OJ]EEN CLEOPATRA USED
PRIMITIVE TELEPHONE

daughter of the Pharaohs asking her to
come and comfort him in his last agony.
We are accustomed to consider tnat
Roger Bacon, the thirteenth century monk
did a very important bit of work Wheh
he invented gunpowder, which in its first
form was a dangerous explosive very ike
dynamite Well. now, if you will just
look up a reliable history of the great
Hannibal you will find that as he made
his way over the Pyrenees and the Alps
on the march up from Southern Spain
before he entered Italy, he was enabled
to expedite the. passage over boulder
bound mountain Businesses by the use or
an explosive which was known as oxoos
This was not what We know as Greek
fire." which was used in the form of
land grenades by the soldiers of Mithri-
dates in his long wars with the Romans
but was akin to our own nitoglycerln
and was so effective in clearing the
mountain passes that the subsequent
marches of Napoleon across the Alps anG
of wellington across the Pyrenees Were
hut child's play compared to what they
must have been for the great Carthagin-
ian.
There is in existence in the National
Library in Paris a copy of an old paper
called the Courier Veritable," dated
1923. Its editor may or may not nave
been descended from the great classic,
Ananias But there can be no possible
doubt whatever of the quality of his nose
for news Proof: He tells in his ''valu-
able paper of the arrival in port from "a
voyage to the South Seas of certain
ships captain. by name Vasterloch. Cap
tain Vasterloch was pregnant with a
wondrous tale. He solenlnly declared to
the star reporter of the Courier Verita-
ble' that on a certain island in Polynesia,
which he was then exploring in the in
terest of geographical science and per-
sonal plumber. he discovered a peeuiiar
kind of sponse. which was capable of re-
tanning words spoken into 1t by the human
voice and of emitting the same when
squeezed 1t was his custom, he further
swore, when his exploring parties were
in different parts of the island. 10 convey
passages of instruction to them by means
of the marvellous talking sponge.
NJ. Pacory is far from seeking to justify
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-04
BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY, LIGHT
& POWER co.
RAILROADS CLAIM
LOSS OF BUSINESS

louisville. Ky, April AT the meeting
of the Kentucky railroad commission this
afternoon attorneys for all railroads oper-
ating in the state made a motion that
the commission rescind its order of two
years ago for a general reduction in
freight rates. In support of this they
asserted that business has decreased so
that the reduction at this time would
not be Just to the roads and that some
of them would be operated at a loss.
When the order was issued the rail-
roads contested the action of the com
mission in the courts. The commission
defended its action in the Kentucky
courts and Won The case was then car
red to the federal court. where 1t is now
pending. -
This latest move on the part of the
railroads came as u surprise to the mem
bers of the commission. for instead OF
attacking the legality of the order the
railroad representatives are asking that
II be rescinded on the grounds that tne
railroads are hardly paying expenses ne
recent financial panic and hard times are
said to be responsible for the situatloh'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-04
Children'S Easter Shoes

Saturday (today) at 1920 a. H., we will
omen the prize box in our shoe department, which
means that some girl or some boy will get danny
Teddy Bear or the Exer-etch Iron Auto. Try to
be here-you may be winner
That is one attraction for the day. The other Is
our beautiful line of Easter Shoes for youthfui
feet. These are shown in White Canvas, Tan Rus-
STA and Patent Leather Ankle Straps in all sizes,
from the little tot to the big Miss. Also Oxtords'
and Two Eyeet Ties in the same range You ought
to see them Their prices are from roc to 500.
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Ready-tO-Wear Values

The greatest Suit value of all will go with to-
days specials. 1t is line Of regular $ll9o
models in browns, blues and blacks; IN shadow
stripe effects, with gored skirt, having threelnclf
fold The jackets to these are PLAN tailored semi,
Taffeta Saturday special your ~ IN
choice -&eVV
whole rack full of Skirts OF Fancy Mixtures,
brown and tan effects. They full plated, with
wide fold around bottom and the workmanship is
right in the lead. It's fine opportunity for pick
inc up good separate skirt for wear. Values
from S. so to 81 so; Saturday A M
special ...................... ..........- Asvv
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so

ing the past Nevertheless, when We con-
slider that the history of the known world,
ancient and modern, covers but an insig-
nificant little space of time in the exist
ence of the planet we must accord just
latitude to the makers of hypothesis. You
will remember that the painter of the
Middle Ages possessed certain secrets III
color-mixing which are apparently undis-
coverable to modern artists. Who dares
say, then, that our so-called inventions
are not merely resurrections of long-for-
gotten contrivances adapted to modern
conditions
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FOR SALE.

5Ox140 next to the corner of
Goth st. and 9th Ave, north.
This is high class property and
will be on the market only few
days. For particulars call on
Brown Bros. & Co., First Natl.
Bank Bldg. Bell phone No. 1884.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-04-04
The Wronu Tense.

From Harper's Weekly.
Dorothea's father was sitting before n
window in his country house with Dor
othea on his knees. He was LOOKING
across the fields with unseeing eyes, When
tIe lassie broke in on his reverie with.
what are you looking at Papa?
st was looking into the future, my
desr''
1.-The future, papa! I thought it was in
to the PASTURE
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Table No. I

Paris Lawn Waists IN
many neat and pretty
designs. They are trim
med with Val. lace, en-
broidery insertion, and
range in price up to
$500; Saturday ! Ok
special ..As2O
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Four Tables of Dainty Waists
Table No. Table No.

Dainty Lawn and Inn
gerie Waists, designed
in many very attractive
styles. Some are trim
med with the popular
Fillet Embroidery, gen
uine round thread Vals.,
and close imitation
Irish *
Point AssV
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Table No.

A superb show OF
model beauties. They
are created from work
of all-over embroidery,
shadow embroidery, and
plain lingerie, trimmed
with round thread Vals.
Every waist has an
Individual + m
charm .....-9--'- Jew
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Table No. 2

Colored Madras and
Lawn Waists. These
models are stronger IN
popularity this season
than ever before, and
New York, the fashion
center, is parading them
as 1.-THE thing. y alues
up to $1.75; Sat I M
urday, special Lew
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things move with vim and activity. You can cap
40-in Black India Linon smooth, sheer quality
warranted Simpsons best black. Sells 1ydC
regularly for Doc yard; special today AAzO
Yard-wide Auto Cloth ready shrunk, looks and,
wears like real linen, 18c value; 1O1O
3O-in Cheviot Ginghams, large assortment OF
stripes and checks for boys and men s shlrs sells
here and everywhere for 1212c; 1lAO
For today only we will sell you Il yords OF
yard-wide, soft nainsook-fnshed ekn
Cambria for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. LEW
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Gas
Stove
Bargains

Today is the last day for one
of those $3.50 slightly used gas
stoves. They are worth more.
If you need a stove, buy one
now. This does not interfere
with our regular sale of new
stoves.
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Green Undertaking Co..
Wallace c. Johns. Manager.

=. T. Shaw & Son, Undertakers
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TO be kept after school or after hours
is to be blued or stuck. A high official
is a big vegetable. A bald head is
(caillou), round, smooth stone.
Other slang expressions for the head
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12-yard bolt of Regal Long Cloth, SOFT smooth
finish ho best eS q9@ iS.c Esg''r so v'"s 1
1sx36-in. Huck Towels firm, well-made borders
of fast colors, sells for 121ac each; I'll
saturday special 1Oc each, or by the dozen. Leu
24x48nch extra heavy Bath Towels, both 9th
fringed and hemmed, double thread; worm QUO
each; Today special zoe, or ZXh
25c value White Madras for dainty waists and
children IS dresses. Neat patterns and NE
splendid value; Saturday. special. 1880. loS
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Strflf;SuiIh
Saturday Sale of Wash Fab
Specials in Staples, in Shoes and Othe

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business list sna opeos WI"
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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-01

beautiful grounds of the Del Monte,
seven hours and ten minutes from the
time of starting. The car had made a
perfect score. 1t was inspected and a
record made of the oil and gasoline con-
sumed.
The second car to arrive, though the
third to leave the city, was the Pope
Hartford, containing S. G. Chapman
and wife. ]. F. McClain. Clarence Ellis
and Tony Nichols. The third car to ar
rive in Del Monte was the Franklin,
with II. Wehe. f. c. Preston, H Nc
Laren and William Cunningham. This
car left at 1875 o'clock and reached its
destination at 4:20. The Pope Hartford
also made good time, leaving at $50
and arriving at Del Monte at 1856.
These cars, like the first, were taken
to the garage and their record taken
Among those who have motored
down are A.. B. Watson, wife and
father in law. Richard II. Pease. and
party; Harvey H. Dana and party,
Harry Chickering and party. A. Alpers
and party; George B. Polhemus and
party, from San Jose; H. w. Bogen and
wife of San francisco and William
Bogen of San Jose, l. NJ. Green and
party. e. A. A. Preble and party. w. J.
Manuel and party, and Edward NJ
Greenway and party
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-01
Auto Club Has First
Run OF Season
By r. r. I'Fsornr1edieu

DEL MONTE, April s0.-The first run
OF the season of the Automobile club of
California took place yesterday to Del
Monte. 1t was q twofold event, there
being an economy contest and go as
you please for those who did not wish
to be restricted by rules and regula-
tions The go as you please part of
the program was the most popular.
Only three cars finished and turned In
cards for the economy contest.
The following are the official results
as announced by A. B. Watson, chair
man of the runs and tours committee:
The Pope Hartford, S. G. Chapman
owner. 81 gallons gasoline, H quart
of oil. carrying passengers, first
3S 15100 cents per capita; the Frank
lin. III. Wiehe, gallons q quarts gas
oline. B quart of oil, carrying pas
sengers, second, As 10-100 cents per
capita; the Winton, C. Ms Brown, IL
gallons 3-16 quarts gasoline, ] quart
of oil. carrying passengers, As .34-100
cents per capita for the distance of
135 miles.
At 500 o'clock sharp the word was
given and the pilot car of the Automo-
bile club of California, Wintons six
Teen-Six driven by H A Owerney and
containing Charles Brown. with his
wife and little daughter; Mrs. Owerney
diiQ ~ H. i I1OllHleOieur VINO dCt6Q as
official pilot in behalf of the club;
darted away from the starting point at
the junction of Golden Gate and Van
Ness avenues. San Francisco. The route
lay out Van Ness avenue to Market
street to Valencia street to San Jose
avenue, following the car line down
the county road, through Colma, San
Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, San
Mateo. Redwood City. Palo Alto and
down to San Jose, only slackening
speed for a careful observance of the
speed laws of the different towns along
the line.
The blanket of fog that hung over
San Francisco grew less dense as the
cars sped on down the peninsula, until
by. the time the Santa Clara valley was
reached the sun was almost too warm
The roads for the greater part OF the
distance down were found to be in
good condition and we'll watered, which
eliminated any unpleasant amount of
dust
After San Jose the county road was
followed through Mountain View
Madrone and Gilroy. and from the lat
ter town the usual course was taken
over the San Juan grade
short stop was made for luncheon
by the roadside and the party continued
on their way over the San Juan grade
down into Salinas, across the fertile
valley bearing that name and into the