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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
Remuneration! o that's the Latin word for three farthings.
 --LoVe's Labor's Lost.
Deficit for the Fiscal Year

Former United States Treasurer FL lis H. Roberts is a republican who does not accept the Cortelyou theory that the deficit of s60,000,0O in the last fiscal year can be explained away or jugg1ed out of sight. He considers it real deficit, "a shocking revulsion in the national finances" to use his own words.
 Mir Roberts has had long experi- ence in financial affairs, and he says he can see no prospect of an early re- turn of heavier importations, and with out them there will be renewed de- mands upon the banks by the govern ment for the return of deposits, pros- pective issue of government bonds in competition with railroad and indus trial borrowers and thus, in the face of the autumn's usual demands from the south and west, will be brought on a renewed stringency in the money market which may act unfavorably on the efforts making for recovery.
 The recent withdrawal of s45,000,000 from the banks had no i'll effects, and MT. Roberts may underestimate the re- cuperative powers of the people after confidence has been fully restored by big crops. Be that as it may, the Rob- erts opinion does not come from the democratic side of the house. Mr. Roberts is still republican, and he expresses his individual views of the financial situation The republican leaders will at any rate be asked to account for the remarkable deficit of last year. They have well nigh wreck ed an overf1owing treasury, and the people will want to know the reason why.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
0ptimiStS and DFeamerS

There are more optimists in the world than there are pessimists, but some conservative men who refrain from all expressions bordering on TO- seate statements declare that much of the talk about improvement in busi- ness conditions Is overdone; that sub- stantial improvement is not in evi- dence and that those persons who talk buoyantly are in a class with those who whistle to keep up their courage. The man who is always in a con servative mood is practically as de- pressing as the out-and-out croaker, for he not only never sees great op- portunities ahead of him, but he fails to appreciate prosperity itself even when it is all around him; and he dis courages others.
 Concerning the present condition of trade, it is so much better than any one had right to expect three months ago that it is relatively excellent; and the best of it is signs are increasing to make us see that normal conditions are not far off. The abundant crops and the restoration of confidence; the 1 increased number of industries in op- eration, and the increased demand for workmen-these are facts today that make for prosperity, and they are so concrete that no optimist is needed to interpret them. The prophet of good times has solid ground for his enthusi- asm. But even were his ground a lit tel uncertain, he should be welcome, for the hopeful and rosy-natured man is decided blessing to humanity; and especially in periods following close after panics he is a positive force in helping along resumption of com mercial and industrial activity.
 But for dreamers and optimists the world would make slow progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
Detroit-city Beautiful.

Ben S. Thiess has returned to Bir- mingham after a two-weeks' visit to De- troit, where he went to attend the con- vention of the National Association of Bill Posters and Distributors of the Uni ted States and Canada. Said MT. Theiss yesterday:
 With the Detroit people the city beau tiful idea is a habit. Positively, I have never seen a place to equal it for it's cleanliness. Things are spick and span in every respect. and the ideal city with its ideal weather made our convention much more enjoyable than it might have otherwise been.
 T saw things which it seems to me might be suitable for adoption in Bir- mingham. Reminded of the recent cases of reckless shooting on the part of of- fieers on the streets, noticed particularly that the police officers of Detroit carry only a club with a plated whip on It's end. In one instance I saw a petty of- fender of the law given two or three licks with the whip, after which he was set free by the administering officer.
 'On the streets I saw only three dogs, and each of these were held with 1eshes. The Michigan city has the open saloon, and they are open every day in the week and on Sunday. except during church hours. While in Detroit I saw just three drunken men. The order of the city appears to be excellent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
TERROR OF OUTLAWS DEAD

nrain' killing himself instantly, before his brothers could prevent 1t.
 The man who shot him was bounded day and night by the Turnbuu crowd and was finally riddled with bullets
 The chase of this band was never atven up until 1t was completely wiped ont The last member was caught and was shot at Wilburton by the executioner of tho Choctaw Indian court
 The days when these wild scenes wers enacted were before there was apv1on, established by the white man in tbis country, The only authority was the federal court at Tt Smith and the In- dian tribal courts.
 Ihe former was 15O miles away. and only occasionally deputy marshal and ms posse came through. The Indian courts exercised Jurisdiction over the members of their own tribe only.
 where the honest white men settled they had to protect their lives and their property with their Winchesters and ieauers always came to the front.
 The Turnbulls were such men. After the 1eoeral courts were established in lnolan Territory and the horse thief. tha rustler and the murderer were wiped out. these pioneers settled down to a peaceful and prosperous life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
SUNDAY BASEBALL.
'om the Detroit Journal.

From the Detroit Journal
 The effort to prevent Sunday baseball games has been denied the sympathy and cooperation of the state supreme court A writ of mandamus to compel Police Commissioner Smith to stop the games was denied by five circuit court judges Yesterday the supreme court at Lansing, by refusing writ of certiorari, practi- cally threw the case out of court.
 Perhaps the courts felt that If Sunday baseball were forbidden 1t were difficult to foresee where the movement toward a workless, amusementless. eventless Sab bath would end. The Belle Isle and Bois Blanc ferry boat, being essentially ve- have to cease. Equipped with helmet, badge and fast power launch, Park Com missioner Breitmeyer would be ordered to put an end to Sunday canoeing as a. violation of the law anda device of Satan. The Sunday river would be swept for yachts and launches and sailboats shamelessly bent upon recreation. Every passenger boarding a street car should be interrogated whether he were for church or pleasure bound. Indeed, should there be any street cars, Sunday news- papers, milk deliveries at all? Should there be aught but "cold victuals, for Sunday consumption, prepared in the providence, piety and turmoil of Satur- day? If we prevent Sunday pleasures, should the Sabbath not be consistently observed behind closed blinds in de. serted city?
 The whole difficulty is that those op- posed to Sunday baseball have tried to make a moral issue out of it. They have conceived and contended that Sunday baseball Is sin, which per SC 1t is not Sunday is the one day in seven on which many thousands of workingmen and boys can attend public baseball games. Ben nett park for boys and men Is a better and safer place than suburban saloons and road houses It Is a good place to get fresh air and highly innocent diver slon. It is only when Sunday baseball is disorderly, when 1t Is violation of the rights, the quiet and the privacy of others that 1t should be suppressed. Evil dently, too, this is the view which the courts have taken of Sunday enter tainment that has taken too strong a hold upon the American people to be uprooted by isolated and not always dis cerning prejudice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
State Officials Here.

Walter D. Seed, state treasurer, and J. A. Wilkinson. commissioner of ag- riculture. spent yesterday in Birming- ham and will return to Montgomery today.
 They attended the big meeting at Odenville Saturday and made speeches before the $500 men who assembled at the location of the high school at that point.
 Montgomery is about as quiet right now as 1t could possibly be-" said tho state treasurer. Official business Is at a low ebb and only the regular routine of office work is going on.
 We are all greatly interested in the strike conditions here in Birmingham. Everywhere the hope is expressed that difficulties may be settled without any trouble"
 T am greatly impressed" said Mir. Wilkinson, with the manner in which the farmers and people of the state are taking interest in the forest preser- vation. Last year the number of forest fires was considerably decreased, and I am led to believe that very few will be started this coming season. This is one of the most important of Ala bama's products, and every citizen should be careful to assist in it's pro- tection."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
MAKING BRONZE STATUES.

from the Washington Herald
 Although in the making of bronzs satuary the casting is a very important and vitally necessary operation" said Fred Il. Knapp, an artist of Philadelphia Pa. at the Raleigh last night, there are only seven foundries in the United States where such work is done. and one of these is in Philadelphia" Mr Knapp IS engaged on some work for the gov- ernment here, and, continuing his dis course, he said: Perhaps, indeed. 1t is just because, so much depends on the founder, and so great must be his skill and his knowledge of the sculptors art that the foundries are so few. A great deal of such work is now turned out in this country and every now and then foundry is started, only to make fail- ure, because of lack in the operators of is queer one, too, for which it seems hard to get skilled workmen.
 '"The making of a marble statue is done entirely by the sculptor, or by work men and students in his studio and under his personal supervision. The bronze statute Is not only not made in the sculp- tors studio but 1t is almost invariably an enlargement of the sculptor's model, which enlargement Is made by the cast CTS, and through methods of which the sculptor may know nothing. The Phila- delphia foundry is famous among sculp- tors and artistic people generally.
 "The making of bronze statuary is ex- pensive. Exclusive of the amount paid to the sculptor the founders charge for life-size statue runs up from $700. The larger and more intricate the design, the greater the cost, but single lfe-size figure in simple dress and pose may cost as much as s120O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20

fare. No one in the army has any con fidence in the heavier-than-ai eontriv- ances. The army pins it's faith to diri- gible gas bags of the Zeppelin type
 The declaration of The Hague con ference prohibiting the discharge of projectiles and explosives from bal looms seems to have fallen flat. The United States ratified it, but no other has, and probably no other will. It is therefore null and void. The other na- tions are equipping themselves with war balloons.
 Beginning with July 27, tests will be made at Fort Myer, near Washing ton, of the Baldwin balloon and of the machines of A. M. Her. ring and the Wright brothers. These tests will be held in public, and when they are completed we will know whether we have a rival of Zeppelin, or whether we must accept balloons made in Germany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
Three Brazilian Dreadnau6htS

1 he silly season is with us, and this is why stories are started that Japan is ordering battleships by the Brazil ian route. Brazil is big and rich, but the smart Alecks of midsummer would have us believe that Brazil cannot pos sibly need three big battleships; that Japan does need them, and that there exists therefore secret treaty be- tween Brazil and Japan by the terms of which the ships will in due time be transferred to Japan.
 They do not stop to think that Ja- pan is as independent as any power on earth. Her isolation is equaled only by. that of the United States, and if she needs more ships she will buy or build them without concealment or evasion or subterfuge. Japan has a right to increase her navy at will. She has a right to buy Brazilian ships, and whatever she does need not concern us. We are far apart, and the Philip. hines are not especially valuable to us.
 The entire Brazilian yarn is a prod uct of the silly season, and no one need give it moments attention, no' even Richmond Pearson Hobson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
THE GREAT UNKNOWN.

From the Dundee Advertiser.
 Who is the greatest man who has ever lived? The question went around dinner table, and controversy ragged from the fish onward. There were two who pumped for Julius Caesar, two more for Napoleon. one, thinking of statues, said Shakespeare, and somebody else, who did not get hearing at all murmured Buddha at intervals, while most of the people present who did not know Greek said Aeschylus.u But Aristotle won easily It was not a particularly scholarly as- semblage, and one wondered rather how many of Aristotle's enthusiastic devotees could have quoted accurately from him, had ever read him, indeed, since they left college. And all the while, probably the greatest man of all ages is begging away among us unnoticed, unrecognized while we snapshot and interview all the little men-or go back to some one who has been dead long enough for us to find out that we may safely praise azn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
THE BRooksIDE.
By Lord IIoughton.

By Lord HoughtOn. I wandered by the Ibrookside,
 I wandered by the mill; I could not hear the brook flow, The noisy wheel was still; There was no burr of grasshopper, No chlrp of any bird, But the beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard I sat beneath the elm tree;
 I watched the long, long shade, And, as it grew still longer,
 I did not feel afraid; For I listened for a footfall,
 I listened for a word, But the beating of my own heart Was all the sound I heard. He came not-no, he came not
 The night came on alone, The little stars sat, one by one, Each on his golden throne; The evening wind passed by my cheek, The leaves above were stirred, But the beating of my own heart
 Was all the sound I heard. Fast silent tears were flowing,
 When something stood behind; A hand was on my shoulder,
 I knew It's touch was kind, It drew me nearer-nearer-
 We did not speak one word For the beating of our own hearts
 Was all the sound we heard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
Millions for Balloons

The board of ordnance of the war department is convinced that the diri- gible balloon is an excellent means of coast defense. Officers of the signal corps of the army think the govern ment can we'll afford to invest $10,000,- 900 in the new war device, and that an even million for that purpose should be appropriated at the short session of congress. If this recommen- dation is granted by congress, coast defense balloon stations will be estab- lished along our coast line, including one at Mobile, and men will be trained in the dropping of high explosives from balloons.
 This would be going from the sphere of observation to that of actual war
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20

Pictures of Bryan are in the win dows. labeled, The Man Who Made Lincoln Known" or words to that ef- feet. The people of this state and the dwellers of adjoining states have for gotten every other candidate.
 Lincoln is a truly beautiful and good1y city. Now that MT. Bryan has put it on the map I wish he would go and wash out some of it's lunch places The wayfarer who is driven by hunger to one of these places is truly to be pitied. There Is a good feedery open in the daytime under the indirect management of the railroad companies, but certain privately conducted joints that are open all night are simply aw- full.
 Recently there were numerous cloud bursts near and in Lincoln. The gen. eration of hot air at Fairview, the ris~ ing of the same and the inrushing of cold gusts from Colonel Guffey brought about tempestuous atmospheric changes all of a sudden. Nature wept to see the favorite son, the peerless leader, so maligned. Whole tankfuls of water fell from the heavens in literal Jumps, dashing vengefully against the Guffey given cathedral windows of the Bryan home and flooding all the lowlands within and without the city. The wa ter rose in the Burlington station till it came to the baggage window and was oh ecked.
 Low1and corn everywhere within 6 radius of 80 to 100 miles of the Mis- souri and along the Platte looks like fleece grown lawn, with an occa- sional stalk of yellowish corn. Where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
FACTS ABOUT NEBRASKA

the ground is rolling all is well and thrifty. There will be big crop of corn, but not nearly as large a crop as the average. Iowa and Nebraska just can't help raising corn. It would grow there if nobody planted it. But the wet and the coolness have played havoc with the crop in the low places this season.
 A great deal has been said in derog- ation of the Missouri river. A west ern statesman once declared that 1t was not wet enough to drink nor solid enough to cultivate. Other things have been said in the line of contumely. However the dear old Platte ought to come in for a few hard knocks. While it's boy orator was being nominated and cheered an hour and a half at Denver the Platte was raising high jinks with the riparian dwellers of this state.
 In various ways and places the rail- road companies have tried to exercise police powers over the outlaw stream within the last two years-nay, for longer time. Many millions of dol lars have been spent to make the wandering, jail breaking, predatory Platte stay put; but it wouldn't Last year the Burlington, near Fremont, put in long levee, saying to the river: This will hold you for a good long while" The Platte immediately re- torted by beginning to chew it's rope Already if shoWe siens of eaftipo tba better of the argument
 The trouble is that the Platte has valley which covers the state of Me- braska, and 1t can flow wherever 1t phases, The soil is very easily eroded and the banks are low. The river has the insomnious character of the Mis- souri, getting up frequently in tha night and trying another bed. It has some kind of current underneath that Is more treacherous than doped liquor Tinkering with 1t is always shooting in the dark. The old stream has an air about 1t as if it were laughing in its sleeve and pretending to be good only until your back is turned
 Nebraska is a great state. The good part of 1t Is in the vast majority; the rest of 1t is terrific. North wester, Nebraska is a forlorn-looking coun try, in spots. It Is so bad in places in the vicinity of the border that a gar rison Is kept at Ft. Robinson. not to protect the people from the harmless Indians, but to keep the inhabitants from escaping to the craggy buttes or the neighboring bad lands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
Summer Resort Rusiness.

Ine summer resort hotels in the vir- sinias and in North Carolina come nearer being filled this simmer than those in New York and New England" said L.. D. Danier of Washington, D. c. "I have visited two of the eastern resorts and have talked with d number of people who keep in touch with all the leading summer hotels and dullness is the rule. A hot August will help the resort bus mess. and some of the eastern watering places may yet make some money, but the well-to-do people and even the re- puted rich are practicing economy this year and a large number are staying at home.
 Hot Springs. Va. had a fine crowd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press

From the New York Press.
 A man can always be enthusiastic about the cooks meals if he has plenty to drink with them.
 A woman's Idea of a good husband is one who says 1t costs him less to be married than it used to cost to be a bachelor.
 You could never make a man see that it is mere generosity that moves him to send home to his wife a box of the spe- cial kind of fruit he likes
 There's nothing more exasperating about a woman than for her always to agree with you so you can't argue with her to show her how much smarter you thinK you are.
 The most remarkable thing about girl in a summer hotel is the way she can get proposed to in thu letters she writes to her friends if there isn't a man within hundred miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20

when was there a few days ago and in passing through North Carolina was told that the season at several popular resorts in that state was quite satisfac- tory Ordinarily a July of such excessive heat as the country is experiencing would mean lucrative business for the resorts, but with many families practieing econ omy majority of those who intend to visit the springs will put 1t off until Au-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for the summer 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-HeraId 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., 1908-07-20
lNeb.l cor. chieago Newg.

Hastings (Neb.) Cor. Chicago News. IUST now there is not native or (OU resident of the Black Water
 state who can remember any names quickly, except that of William jenningsbryan.
 Everybody is talking Bryan. It is not partisan thing; it Is a civic thing In Lincoln they speak of him, regard less of politics, as the man who put Lincoln on the map" Western cities are tremendously grateful to the men who put them on the map.
 The first thing one. sees when one reaches Lincoln is this sign posted conspicuously:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Business Situation.

One of the most encouraging features of the business situation is the cheerful tone of Henry clew's review of the week ending Saturday" said fnancier. Those of us who have been reading MT. Clews weekly letter for many years past. ap- preciate the conservative statements and conclusions of the able banker and man of affairs If the money market is rocky Mir. Clews says so; if tlere be breakers ahead he sees them and warns the public. He is never unduly optimistic but is al- ways hopeful when he sees grounds for hope. In other words he tells the truth so far as he knows it and always writes sanely. In his review just to hand Mr. Clews starts off as follows:
 Financial conditions continue to show steady improvement. chiefly owing to fa- vorable crop prospects. easy money, and a more hopeful feeling in business cir eles. Our financial leaders and captains of industry are all becoming more and more optimistic in their opinions. De- pression Is slowly but gradually disap- bearing. and evidences of improvement are visible in the diminishing number of idle cars, in the somewhat better orders for steel, in a partial revival of building. and in a steadier demand for merchandise in many of the leading markets. Of course business is still very quiet, and in volume much below that of a year ago. But the fact is true, nevertheless, that depression is waning, and that we are fairly started on the road to recovery, with no prospect of another panic in sight because of the thoroughness of re- cent liquidation. It may be some time before the activity of 1907 is regained. but the recovery should be more rapid than usual because the country generally is not suffering from over-production as during recent the previous panic, and ere long our industries must restart to pre- vent an actual scarcity of merchandise, if present contraction is persisted in. "