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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
PROVING MONTE CARLOS BANK.


From the New York World.
It is possible that Sir Hiram Maxim
will have made one of his NEST useful
demonstrations when he arises at the
end of this week from his contest at rou-
lette with Lord Rosslyn, in which is
involved the rise or fall of the latest
Rosslyn system for breaking the bank
at Monte Carlo The men are playing
the real game. although the stakes, ag-
gregating $4,000, are only assumed. Tho
occasion will be the first upon which
one of the myriad systems devised for
beating the game has been played to
a decisive finish.
OF the two men Engaged in the test
in London Rosslyn is the gambler. He
has been inventing systems for years.
But he has not broken the bank. Sir
Hiram Maxims interest is that of
mathematician. He has studied Monte
Carlo and its tables colby and has re-
dueed to exact terms the chances Of
fered to players. The game is square,
he admits, but the percentage is al
ways with it, Inevitably In the end
the bank must win. In one instance of
an "infallibe' system submitted to him
Sir Hiram found the issue bringing on
a run due to error, by the law of prob
ability, once in over two billion turns!
Monte Carlo, as one writer has stated
the facts. is lighted, paved, drained and
owned by roulette" System after sys-
TEN has risen against it-and enriched 1t.
Last season the Monte Carlo receipts
were 100000 greater than ever before.
Sir Hiram means to confirm by the
wheel what he has already proved by
figures The demonstration should be
of exemplary effect on would-be de-
spoilers of the bank. Yet who can tell?
1t is a world mad for the game.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

The little presidential candidates are
compelled to substitute noise for Yot.
ing strength.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

The republican party is clinging to
Hughes to save it from Foraker. Can
non, Penrose, Dupont and the rest of
the reactionaries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Senator Crane is endeayoring to
lead the g. o. p. out of the wilderness
of Frank Hitchcock mistakes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Brother Archbold and Joe Cannon
are among the unexpected issues of the
campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

The republicans say they have seen
running their campaign without money
but then October is the month when
they fry the fat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

From all parts of the state come re-
ports of people who are coming to the
Alabama State Fair 1t is to be great
event
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

The Standard Oil will no doubt pro
vide a fat place for My Dear Senator
when he steps down and out on March
4 next
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Propellers may in safety be broken
at sea, but not in the air.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

The Archbold-Dick correspondence
remains to be disclosed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

The moral OF the Archbold-Foraker
letters is-don't write letters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Wilbur Wright is now doing the
work of breaking records for the entire
family.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Boar and deer are now hunted in the
Adirondacks in automobiles. This
method may serve to lessen the ehauf-
feur output.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

These be busy days for Chairman
Mack. but he enjoys his work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Sycamore Hill is disappearing in the
fogs OF the sound from the shoals of
politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Taft begins to see that he has too
many fool friends.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Senatorial letter files are being care
fully guarded in these days Of political
hunts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Brother Archbold should cease to
put black ink on white paper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Where is Chancellor Day? Foraker
needs him badly, and yet he is silent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Orville Wright is still plucky, and his
aeroplanes will yet triumph over the
air.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Summer is trying to sing its swan
song, but the dust chokes it's throat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

The republican papers now call him
Mont Pele Hearst.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
WILL STAY NORTH.
Mr.. Robin Redbreast and His Wife Set
tied for the Winter.
From the New York World.

From the New York World
Society item: Mr.. and Mrs. r. Red
breast of Ballington's Orchard. Living
ston. n. J., will not take their usual trip
south this fall, but will winter in their
new cottage, which they have just com
pleted on Twig avenue Florida papers
please copy.
joshua Baliington 90 Livingston N J.,
Is the authority for the above item, and
Mr.. Darlington isn't a nature-fakir, either.
lie says a pair of robin redbreasts have
made their nest in his apple orchard for
number of years. This summer they were
there as usual, raising a family, when the
house cat caught Mrs Robin mapping and
was about to make a meal of her when
a member of Mr.. Ballingtons family res
cued the bird. Her wing was broken.
however, and she could not fly for some
time When she got better she could
oniy make short flights, and so, even
after the little birds had grown and
were able to care for themselves, old
Robin foraged daily for his pretty in
valid wife, and brought her all the nice,
fat worms he could find.
Now, this is the time of year when the
robins prepare to start for the south, but
it was plain that the crippled bird could
never make the flight. So her husband
talked it over with her, and decided to
stay north. With this purpose in view he
brought her many twigs and she Wove
them into roof over her nest and wound
leaves in and out among them, SO as
have a shelter in the cold weather The
roof is well constructed and nicely arched,
ha rIaa1 ie a
high. A flock of robins, southbound.
stopped the other day in their flight to
have a chat with Mr. and Mrs. Redbreast.
and spent about an hour with them be-
fore going on. Mr.. Ballington will pro
vide food for the birds during the winter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

From the Baltimore Sun.
INK HE new and rare alkaloid'
k0 which I am not even going to
name, and which, when used,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

and did he make his mark as an avia-
tor?"
Sure he did-on the side of a hill"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

JUST 81.
Ever heard the call of the wild?'
No: the honk of IN auto is wild
enough for me-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
AS WE SAY.

STRANGE
Whats your drift"
THE automobile turned turtle"
Yes
But it was the chauffeur who found
himself in the soup.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
GET READY

GET READY.
Fill up the coal bin
Winters coming fast:
Soon we'll hear the storm king
Riding on the blast!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

It. Chairman Mack should scatter it
broadcast over the entire country as
the best thought and ripest product of
American scholarship.
Campaign apathy has disappeared
and will not be in evidence again this
year. For old-time political excite
ment there is nothing like a general
mix up.
Jim Woodward seems destined to
serve every alternate two years as At
lantas mayor. The law forbids him to
| become continuously another Diaz.
The republican party is elinging to
Hughes to save it from Foraker. Can
non, Penrose, Dupont and the rest of
the reactionaries.
The republicans say they have 5een
running their campaign without money
but then October is the month when
they fry the fat
Boar and deer are now hunted in the
Adirondacks in automobiles. This
method may serve to lessen the chauf-
feur output.
-.s.-
The Standard Oil will no doubt pro
vide fat place for My Dear Senator
when he steps down and out on March
4 next.
From all parts of the state come re-
ports of people who are coming to the
Alabama State Fair. It is to be a great
event.
Senator Crane is endeayoring to
lead the g. o. p. out of the wilderness
of Frank Hitchcock mistakes
The little presidential candidates are
compelled to substitute noise for vot.
ing strength.
Brother Archbold and Joe Cannon
are among the unexpected issues of the
campaign.
Sycamore Hill is disappearing in the
fogs OF the sound from the shoals of
politics.
Wilbur Wright is now doing the
work of breaking records for the entire
family.
--s---
Senatorial letter files are being care
fully guarded in these days of political
hunts.
Oryille Wright is still plucky, and his
aeroplanes will yet triumph over the
air.
-.s.------
Where is Chancellor Day? Foraker
needs him badly, and yet he is silent.
Summer is trying to sing its swan
song. but the dust chokes it's throat.
Brother Archbold should cease to
put black ink on white paper.
These be busy days for Chairman
Mack, but he enjoys his work.
The moral OF the Archbold-Foraker
letters is-don't write letters.
Propellers may in safety be broken
at sea, but not in the air.
The Archbold-Dick correspondence
remains to be disclosed.
l.
Taft begins to see that he mas too
many fool friends.
The republican papers now call him
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

Washington Bureau Age Herald, az,
G street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
RIPPLES.

It is easy for an aviator to go wrong.
A modest girl is one who wouldn't wear
a sheath skirt, but is secretly proud of the
fact that the exhibit wouldn't be half
bad IL she did.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

He seems to have had a rapid rise in
politics.
II should say so! It wasn't any time
before he was called an assassin of
character"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
whats this blamed country coming
to. anyhow
eoh, Thanksgiving first and then Christ
mas"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25
ONE ANSWER.

Beggar Wisdom shuffles near,
Downeast eye, no word of cheer,
Rags and tatters, meanly clad
Brother Wisdom, why SO sad?'
Says he:
Il know woman
T /.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-25

L. II. Russ and Z. E. Morgan are the
only authorized travelling representa-
tives of The Age Herald in its circula-
ton department.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-13
rHoMPsoN MAKES CLAIMS.
He Thinks Taft win Poll so.oo0 Votes
 Tn Alahamn.


 "Taft and Repubiican ticket viii poll Bo.00O in Alabama in the coming gen eral election said Hon. Joseph .. State Executive Committee Saturday. "The Republican party will wage an aggressive campaign in Alabama and throughout the South and mark the roads on the Democratic stronghold. The solid South bids fair to break in November. Three or four states will certainly be captured by the Repubif- cans.
 "The election of Mir Hitchcock as national chairman, is certainly most gratifying to the Southern Republicans. Mir. Hitchcock has taken peculiar This section of the country will not be allowed to go Democratic by acclan1a- tion this year. Of my own knowledge, I can state that Mir. Taft is in full sympathy with the views of MT. Hitch- cock. regarding the. situation in the South. As q proof of his desire to poll a big vote in the southern states, MT. Taft will visit this section. He will be in Alabama sometime in September and viii make one and perhaps three
 Among other speakers who will visit Alabama during the campaign will be Senator Beveridge and Con gressmen Knight and Mckinley
 @lH bhAtiN EStRQ0lttAnn WIFI RhGR0AS S for the biggest rally in our history when Mir. Taft visits Birmingham. We will open state headquarters about the middle of August and from that on will push the campaign.
 since my return from Chicago l have been very much gratified to hear ex- pressions from number of indepen- dent Democrats favorable to Mir Taft. make this statement which cannot bama who is opposed to Mir. Bryan would go to the polls in November and vote for Taft the Republicans would carry this state.
 prove a blessing to the South. IL would result in the Southern party man obtaining recognition in the councils of the nation. It would place us in that position in national affairs that we deserve. All of this and much more benefit would be derived from the breaking up of the solid South."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-13
RoBBINa THE YOUNG.
Of the Chance and Hfwht to Becona
 Skilled Mechsnics.

of the Chance ana Rixht te Become
 Skilled Mechsnics,
 the world right hsre.' said Admiral Melville, U. ;: N, retired, and have the timber, which England must im- port. Because the labor unions have put their restrictions on the numbes come so scarce in the United States that 1t costs 70 per cent more to build q ship in America than 1t does in Great Britain or Germany. One ap- man Is what. the labor UT ms are pleased to allow in the sli. ,nildinR trades. Tn some trades they do not allow any apprentices unless the latter pay large sums to the trades unions Is 1t surprising that the ranks of the pleted?
 :" No greater travesty on American freedom exists than this robbing the young American of his birthrIght to work at the trade he chooses. Nothing to my mind, Is so un-American as to deprive a boy of his right to learn trade or man of his right to teach 1t. Nothing is go dangerous to our manufacturing supremacy.
 When say that the cost of ship building in the United States is 70 per cent higher than it ie in Europe. I am making no rough estimates or Jumping at no rash conclusions. m lse0 the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives appointed separate commit tees to investigate the differences in cost of war-ship construction In this country and abroad. Charles Cramp. the largest ship-builder in this coun- trv testified under oath that waxeh were 70 per cent higher in this coun- try than in any other. I backed MT, Cramp In my testimony before both committees. At that time. as soon as the Cramps would get a fat contract, q strike would be declared. and tho employers would be forced to sue- cumb to the demand of the union. or make themselves liable for breach of contract So far did the unions carry this practice Congress was compelled to pass an act absolving ship-buiidera for delays caused by strikes, which were never known to the public. IL has been the policy of the Cramps to keep thege affairs secret. so that tha exaggerated point to which they have been carried is not generally known. And nt the bottom of this whole trou- ole Is the limiting of the number of e1Srentices. The dearth of skilled workmen Is becoming more pronounce cd. with the result that more and more power to control the situation by strikes rests in labor'a handa."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-13

we have no instrument to tell us just what degrees of heat each one of us requires. with such an instrument it would be possible" says The New Ha- ven Register. "to tell just how het 1t is to humans. simple medical exam ination would decide just what degree of heat sensation is desirable for any given person. With the figure of that degree in his possession. the question ed could at any time give an authorita- tive. a decided answer to the question: CT. Simply consult the sensation meter. find how It's record compares with the personal heat limit. and reply would be great alleviation of the anxiety of Mir. Worry. a great satisfac- ton of the curiosity of MT. Butt-in, and might induce in the mind of Mir Conventional Convsntionalist 6 real thought that would startie him out of the rut of ancestral habit"
 Now let Edison or some other inven- tor get busy and hand out this needed 'oneter. of whatever its name should be. and give suffering humanity the benefit of it. Then. when the "Is it hot enough for your" query is fired at any one. the logical reply will be Look for yourself" and that would settle it. As a matter of fact, many persons do not know what degree of heat is best for them. If they did it would save much worry and dissatis- faction. The imagination plays strong hand in our feelings and be- Iiefs. and if the medical man would tell each one of us just what degree of heat was best for us, and the instru- ment would tell us when that degree had been reached. man would become sort of self-regulating machine and manage his own temperature--and temper. many times. Who will make fame and fortune by invsnting the pheramometerf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-13

new westchtster & Boston electric road, through the Bronx and Westches- ter. $i2.00o,ooo; Biackwelis Island bridge, s20, 1000, ,000; municipal lighting plant conduits, s2o. 100000; Manhattan bridge, s1I 900, 900: Chelsea park im- provements. sio, 100000; public library and Carnegie branches. sl0,0oo,0ooi new Bellevue hospital. ss.ooo. .ooo; dock im- provements under way on North ana East rivers. s5,ooo,.o .o0o; Hendrick Hud- son memorial bridge over Harlem ship canal at spuyten Duyvil. sS.eoO.ooo; new Brooklyn borough municipal build ine. t3.0o0, ,000: improvements on the shore road. Bay Ridge and Ft- Hamil- ton. s2.ooo 900: new Queens borough municipal building. st,ooo, ,ooo; new cen- tral postoffice at Forty-second street, s2. 500 900: Boulevard Lafayette im- provements, Washington Bay Ridge. Brooklyn, q. .o00. .000; rebuilding Brook iyn bridge, to be begun as soon as Manhattan bridge is finished, s16,000,- 900. This totals sl.o2Ae00. 900, or near ly ten times the estimated cost of the Panama canal, and does not include an additional sseo, ,oo0, 900 spent each year in private building operations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-13
THE ARMY OF srockAoLDERs.

Enormous sums Annually Paid Out By
 Prominent IndustFsal Companies. Leslie's weekly. n 9'2t
 One of the great effects of the money panic of 1907 was to increase the num- ber of shareholders in American rail- road and industrial properties. Noth- ing like the army of stock owners of today has been approached before. The distribution of securities among the people of the United States has been slow and laborious. so that prior to last year. the per captte holdings were among the smallest inSthe world.
 The result of the low pricessof March. August and October November. 1907. was to draw into the ranks Of the stock holding interests about 150.0O0 new units, each with It's vote, it's desire to upbuiId the property with which it had Identified its savings, and the un- conscious demand for a little greater producing capacity with which to make possible an enlargement of it's owner ship.
 It does not seem a very important thing that, of our population of e5,- 900. 900, the number of shareholders should have increased from 225.00 to 375. 900 within a year, but the gain life as any act of restrictive Legislation of inferior corporation methods that has been enacted; for. in proportion as the control of a railroad, a sugar company, or a car building concern or what not is scattered. so is the im- provement in openness of management and management along conservative lines increased
 The hard times have caused many companies this year to reduce dividends or pass them entirely. The aggregate amount of dividends that will be held from stockholders is small when the whole sum disbursed is considered. To date this saving amounts to about S30, 000, 900. It is less than three per cent of the total of dividends promised for 1908.
 Tn the past ten years thirty promi- nent industrial companies and thirty five leading railroads have paid to heir stockholders. out of earnings, the vast sum of $2.95S, ,000. 900. This Is just about equivalent to the worlds gold production from 1898 to 1908. Many concerns have paid back to stock holders from SO to so per cent of their capitalization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-13
The Injunction .

Eufaula Times.
 The writ of injunction must not in this country be converted Into an in- strument of oppression"
 The above words are taken from the speech of Congressman Theodore A. Bell. Temporary Chairman of the Dem yer Convention.
 The words are true The writ of in- junction should not be made oppres- sive, nor should any other writ or in- strument be made an oppression to the lawabidlng people of the country. The Intent of the law Is not oppression. law even upon the vllest of criminals Get that clear in your mind, Many people look with dread and horror up- on the blue-coated policeman or the in cases of this kind. to wit: these souls do not understand the intent and purposes of law or they are criminals at heart and wish more privilege than thA best interests of society will allow.
 In civil law the writ of injunction is many instances to protect the interest of Iitigants If there was no writ of intunction. then an interruptions or ig- norant fudge might proceed to do as he desires and there could under some circumstances. be no relief broug ght to bear. The writ of injunction is not intended as an oppression to anyone, but Is entirely In keeping with the Constitution, framed by the father statesmen of thls country We have ton up to this date in history.
 If we complain of lnjunctions let us proceed in some orderly way to remove the administrators of the law and not kill the principle itself for that Is good No doubt the writ has been used many times harshly and inconsistently, but the best blessings of life may be and are often abused.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-13
A NEW rNsrRUMENr NEEDED.

The New York Times recently made a suggestion that may not be as cranky as some might at first sight consider 1t. As is well known, we now have one instrument to tell the degree of heat in the atmosphere; another to tell the direction and velocity of the wind, and still another to tell the per cent age of moisture in the air. All these are indispensable. but what we need, according to The Times. is an instru- ment combining the properties of all these instruments. but in such form that 1t will register the exact degree of sensation of heat and moisture on the human body. In other words. we want an instrument that will at all times tell us just what effect the pre- vailing heat and moisture have on our bodies.
 It is we'll known that atmospheric conditions do not have the same effect on all persons. Two men. for exam pie will read the temperature as reg istered by the thermometer and one will say: Why, I thought the weather was much hotter than that" and the other will say: Really, now, the weather's a heap hotter than I thought 1t was" If each had about him an instrument that would tell just what effect the heat was having on him it would save whole lot of complaints about the weather.
 How often does the perpetual query. "Is 1t hot enough for you?" come at us, and sometimes we don't know what the answer is or should be. because