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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
Iron Market Improvlnu.

Broadly speaking, more hopeful feel ing has prevailed in the iron trade since the month began. This comes from two very good reasons says Matthew Addy & Co.
 Tn the first place. there has been not only an increase in inquiry, but very great increase. Whether this inquiry comes from the fact that consumers have reached the point where they must buy iron for actual needs or whether they are asking for information in regard to prices and deliveries, 1t is little difficult to tell but in the second place 1t is to be noted that this increase in inquiry is ac- companied by larger amount of actual purchasing. We believe that during the first half of this month more iron has been sold than during the entire month of April. April was not a very good month it is true, but in the matter of sales May is proving very satisfactory. The south is still selling most of the ton mage, but the north has had a share"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
MONSTER CRIMINAL.
Mrs. Guinness One of Type That Has
 Long Puzzled Scientists.

From the Baltimore American.
 Every once in while society is shocked by revelations of the depth of depravity to which men and women may sink It is 8. question. however, whether they really sinl; to the level of criminals of deep dye or whether they are not inherently defective, so that the outcropping of crime is conditioned by mental and moral per- versity.
 The study of such character as Mrs. Guinness, the multi-murderer of La Porte, Ind, according to the evidence of the grewsoine skeletons brought to light upon her beautiful farm place, has been one of peculiar interest to crminologists But 1t cannot be said that the work of such men as Lombroso in Italy, or Mcdonald, in America, or a halfscore of other spe- cialists who might be named, has done much to enlighten the world upon the causes of crime and to arm 1t with pre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
THE PRESIDENTS POWERS.
New York World Suggests Republl- can Conference to Determine Them.

From the 1Iew York World.
 It Is high time the republican members of the United States Senate held con- ference to determine:
 1. Whether Theodore Roosevelt is the Congress of the United States as well as the President of the United States.
 2. Whether Theodore Roosevelt Is the supreme court of the United States as well as the President of the United States.
 B. Whether Theodore Roosevelt is the constitution of the United States, extend ing by his vigor over all matters of law. administration and government, and sub ject only to such restraints as he himself sees fit to impose,
 MT. Roosevelts conduct in the final year of his administration is without parallel in the history of the presidency. If he is to be upheld in his autocratic, diotatorial course, then for consistency's sake Congress should formally expunge from the record all reference to the im- peachment and trial of Andrew Johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
Wall Streets View of the Future

Wall street is the brightest spot in the country. A year ago it was dis counting a depression in general trade. Stocks were going down. Today they are going up, and the suggestion nat urally arises that Wall street may now be discounting revival in general trade. Great as the advance has been prices are still from 20 to 80 points below last years figures.
 There arc several things that justify Wall stree in seeing a return of pros perity. The treasury is meeting a deficit iJ aseunG condition. The coun- trx,s currency is also sound beyond all question. The great west is rich. It is full of accumulated capital. In 1874 and 1894 the west was insolvent. It now stands on it's own bottom, and if it demands activity in general trade and takes steps to restore it after the extent of the harvests become known, something will be accomplished.
 Abundant harvests would increase the buying power of a vast number of people, and it is but reasonable today that an increased buying power will be followed by an increase in general trade The depression may not be ended at once, but it will certainly be kept, in case of great harvests this fall, from working as serious or pro- longed results as previous panics did. It may be that Wall street foresees this, and that prices are going up be- cause abundant barvests are becoming increasingly probable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
BALkED BY LONE GRAVE.
Wealthy Corporation Powerless to Dis
 turb Bones of the Occupant.

From the Chicago Journal.
 The Iroquois Furnace company finds itself in a peculiar situation through an attempt to acquire a piece of property ly- ing between the car barns on Ewing sv- enue, South Chicago, and the tracks of the Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern rail- road
 The tract of land comprises 25 acres. and all of this the Iroquois company was able to buy save a, spot about feet long and three wide, inclosed in a neat painted paling fence
 Six feet down in this bit of now valu- able soil lie the remains of Andreas Zirngibl, who at one time owned the ground, and who by clause in his will stipulated that he should not be disturbed in his last long sleep.
 He wiled his property to his legal heirs. but prohibited them for all time from selling the grave in which he directed his body to be buried.
 It is now claimed that no one is able to give a clear title to the ground of this lonely burial lot and if the Iroquois company builds on tho land already bought they will have to build around the grave and leave the old pioneer still resting where he willed he should lay until Gabriel should awaken him.
 At the head of the grave is planted an upright plark crowned by wooden cross. On the face of the plank, painted in English letters. appear the following words in German:
 "f1ier ruhct, in Gott den Herrn. der wohlgeborne Andreas Zirngebl; geboren Marz 30, 1797; gestorben Aug. 21, 1855. Hier ruhen seine asche Amen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
ADMIRAL EVANS.

From the New York Times.
 It Is sad to relate that Robley D. Evans was wheeled into the San Francisco ban quet hall Friday night to say farewell in formal terms to the officers of his com mand. But his life was crowned with the grea test achievement a naval commander could have in times of peace before his health failed him, and he retires from ser vice, on compulsion, only three months before the time set for his retirement. The man who as Kipling so pleasantly ex- pressed it, has lived more stories than Zogbaum and I could invent" has left nothing undone that ought to have been done His long career as a sailor has been marked by sagacity as well as by devotion and courage He has represented in these later years the type of the best of our navy, and we have all been justly proud of our navy, whether or not we have believed in carrying on it's upbuld- ing so extravagantly as to restrict the development of other departments.
 Admiral Evans has long been known, popularly and affectionately, as Fighting Rob-" and though the sobriquet as ap- piled to him has had no relation to the nickname of the drollest coward in Eng fish comedy, only a man of large dignity could have safely borne it all of these years. Nobody has ever associated Bob Evans with Bob Acres. Fighting Bob he has been because of his ability to overcome obstacles, though in his AT years of service he has been called on to do comparatively little actual fighting, and he was an old seadog long before his hair began to get gray and his brow furrowed The men have adored him and his fellow officers have esteemed him. In his turn he has believed in them and set them splendid example of heroic devotion and unfaiing enthusiasm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
Seattle's Enterprise.

q am progressing with my plans for the musical attractions for the great Yu- kon-Pacihc coast exposition, to be held at Seattle in 1909," said F. N. Innes, who has been appointed director in chief of the music. No worlds fair management has ever appropriated as much money for music as the Seattle association. In addi- ton to my own band I will arrange for other famous bands to play in friendly rivalry. I intend to have also several symphony orchestras and galaxy of operatic celebrities.
 The Seattle exposition Is the first en- terprise on worlds fair scale that has been projected without government aid. The business men of Seattle are not only prosperous but they are wonderfully gen. erous and public-spirited. A committee went canvassing one da. and raised $780, 600 in a forenoon. More money will be spent there on music alone than was ex- pended for entertainment in Chicago and St. Louis combined"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
SONG.
By Christina c. Rossetti.

By Christina c. Rossetti. When I am dead, my dearest,
 Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head,
 Nor shady cypress tree Be the green grass above me
 With showers and dewdrops wet; And If thou wilt remember,
 And if thou wilt forget l shall not see the shadows,
 shall not feel the rain; l shall not hear the nightingale
 Sing on as if in pain; And dreaming through the twilight That doth not rise or set, Haply I may remember
 And haply may forget.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Meridian Flourishinu.

Lewis E. Crook of the Meridian Board of Trade and president of the Mississippi Elks' association, spent yesterday in Bir- mingham. He is managing the Meridian music festival, which is to be given June Il. 12 and 1S, under the auspices of the be the chief feature of the festival Mr. Crook came to Birmingham to confer with MT Innes regarding details.
 Our music festival is to be a great event and enough tickets will be sold in advaince to make it a financial sue cess" said MT. Crook. "The Meridian Board of Trade is we'll organized and is composed of public spirited men and what ever 1t undertakes is sure to have satis- factory results.
 Meridian felt last falls panic very lit- tle Our banks did not have to resort to scrip, but kept right along on a cash basis. Today business in Meridian is very active and the year 1908 will be re- membered with us as one of solid pros perity. The cotton and the lumber bus inesses constitute our principal commercial interests, but within the past few years, a number of thriving industries have been built up, mainly through the efforts of the Board of Trade. Counting large and small, we have now about 70 manufactur- ing plants. Meridian is growing steadily and our new directory indicates a popu- lation of SS,O0O
 The cotton planting in the section trib- utary to Meridian was large this spring IS large If not larger than usual"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
EXPERIENCED.

From the Washington Herald.
 T used to name parlor cars'
 Then I guess you have the requisite im- agitation" said the multi millionaire. T want a man to think up new conditions to go with my various donations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

ventives for monstrous exhibitions of de- pravity.
 Those forms of crime that shock the human feelings and marx the perpetrator as bereft of the common sensibilities of his kind are still a subject of penology rather than moral pathology. It is not yet demonstrated that crime is a disease whose manifestations can be classified and adequate efforts made for the repres- sion of abnormal tendencies. In the sense that all immortality and vice is evidence of abnormality, the position is sound one. But after all that the crimnologists have done, the fact remains that vice and crime are vice and crime; that their perpetrators, unless in the mental state that medical experts would pronounce un- hestatingly as insanity, are answerable for their acts.
 It is all very interesting to be told that there is a fragile line between insanity and genius, but this does not make ge- nius more commonplace or insanity more admirable. It is very well to be told that there is thin line between abnormal vice and excessive nervous energy and imagination, but this does not make vice more excusable or energy less creditable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A man has to have mighty good dis position to be willing to admit he hasn't.
 The things we turn up our noses at are the things we can't understand.
 If a woman can't find any other way to enjoy herself she will do it by having the blues.
 The reason women have so few bad habits is they have such queer ideas of what fun Is.
 There's nothing makes a man so proud of his brains as for somebody else in the family to have them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
LIKE OLD TIMES.

From the Kansas City Times.
 Two business blocks in Atlanta, Ga, were destroyed by fire yesterday, and for a while it looked to the old timers as if Sherman had come back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

The Guinness murder farm has been I,aporte's Coney Island, and throngs visit it every day and attractions are being started there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
INGENIOUS ANTHRoPop.

From Puck.
 Hurry up there! shouted Noah to tho centipede.
 Well I'm just about all in." remarked the clever animal, making use of play upon words.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

The workingman who seeks to find out why he is out of a job will vote for Bryan and change in the national government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

The lieutenant governors now feel entitled to promotion, after service as the head of the state for week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Prince Helie is to become Presby- terian in order to marry Mime. Gould. He was foreordained to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Telephone pay booths are to be en- larged to accommodate the wearers of m. w. hats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

The Coal Barons will get onto their feet with an eye to the pennant. Watch them climb up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

The Sunshine movement sprang up in the west and it aims to restore pros perity in all sections when the crops come in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Neither sex can do much growing TOW, for Ms. Guinness was match for Bluebearf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Don't be surprised if you hear that Hetty Green has bought yacht, for she may find nice one going at 30 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Hoss Guffy is beginning to see that he does not own the democratic party of Pennsylvania That state will vote for Bryan at Denver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Those who were not invited to the conference are doing stlll better by going to the baseball games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

While the governors were in Wash ington, the lieutenant governors tried their prentice hands at the helm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
Convention Stir In Denver.

1he members of the national demo- cratic committee who have been look ing after the arrangements for the con- vention which meets in Denver in July are ready to testify to the hospitality of Colorado people" said travelling man. T was in Denver a few days ago and the national committeeman were there looking over details. They were ten- dered dinners and junketing trips by the citizens of Denver and shown elab- crate preparations for the coming con- ventioh, and they were kept busy every minute of the day.
 ''The people of Denver have under- taken the work of a national convention without regard to politics. Tom Tag gart of Indiana is as well known as a democratic wheelhorse as any man in the country. and he admitted that he was unable to distinguish a democrat from d republican in the ranks of the enthusl- astic reception committee in Denver.
 ''The members of the national com- mittee were shown the great auditorium where the convention Is to be held, and they expressed their belief that 1t was the SIcdltsl COHNtHllOH nall III the The electric lighting feature struck them as being finely adapted to such large place. Instead of the fiaring arc lights commonly used in such a place the hall will be lighted by immense Cluster lamps composed of 16-candle power cleo tric lights This will do away with the objectiona ble glare and the constant sput- tering that accompanies the use of arc lights.
 'The arrangements for ventilation are also excellent and the arrangements for seats cannot be surpassed Denver has exerted herself to provide everything that will be necessary to insure the comfort of the delegates and visitors and send them away speaking we'll of the capitol of Colorado.
 Plans for extensive decorations have been made by the citizens of Denver, and there will be a vast amount of money spent in this way. One of the features of the convention that delights the dele gates is the prospect of coolness in the midst of July. The heat is seldom above 70 degrees and generally less during July so the delegates will have every comfort that a bracing mountain climate can af- ford"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Colonel Stewart is monarch of all he surveys in the land of coyotes and cactus, 45 miles from a railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Fairbanks friends have cold feet, but this should put them in touch with their hero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

The osteopaths have fought their way to legal recognition in New York state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Dothan Siftings: Birmingham has man who is a regular joiner" He is already a member of two dozen lodges. The dispatch didn't state whether he was married or single.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
The Firemen's Tournament.

'As Birmingham Is to be elaborately dec- erated for the Confederate reunion, 1t should be easy for citizens located on the line of the firemen's parade to dec crate their houses next week in honor of an event that will be only second in mag nitude to the gathering of the veterans" said a Pratt City fireman.
 Decoration will be an easy matter for the reason that the flags and bunting will be on hand. The stuff need be in use but a day. It will not be soiled and will, therfore, be fresh when it is brought out again in June
 Several thousand visitors will be here on the occasion of the firemens tourna- ment We hope to have large floral parade in connection with the turnout Of volunteer fire companies that will come from Alabama and Georgia towns; but the general effect will be greatly en- hanced if the houses are in gala dress"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Arkansas has almost as many gov ernors as Kentucky has colonels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Winston Churchill can be trusted hereafter to stand up for Dundee's jam an golf clubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

Pell City Progress: The Birmingham Barons will soon be called the Cave Dwellers If they persist in remaining much longer in the cellar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

MAUD AND ANN l know young lady named Maud Who wishes her friends to applaud Every move that she makes, But Maud's no great shakes And some have declined to applaud l know a young maiden named Ann, who's dead stuck on catching a man. She hurrie5 to town,
 With never a frown And looks just as sweet as she can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

tThe Wright brothers are kings of Xe air out in forth Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Gadsden Times-News: The Birmingham ball team has broken it's record by win ming one game and tieing another the same week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

HattIesburg News: Birmingham wants a permanent branch of the Red Cross. Inasmuch as there Is no station in Mis- sissippi Hattiesburg might induce the societty to locate a station here. It would at least be worth the effort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
Cut in Laporte they consider Mrs. Guinness the merry widow.

The Cubs are full grown grizzlies this season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

get married they invariably go on their way rejoicing ]" That's how it is usually written" Well, every time I read notice like that I cant help wondering how far along their way they will go before they quit rejoicing"
 THE LITTLE BROWN JUG. "Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle,"
 Sings the little jug
 When a thirsty fellow
 Goes to get a slug.
 Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle.s
 Music hard to beat,
 Lit of all the song birds
 Isn't half so sweet "Gurgle gurgle, gurgle,''
 Down a dusty throat Little jug a-trickling
 Makes pleasant note. ONE OF THOSE PLAYFUL CHUMPs. He is a frolicsome sort of fellow.'' Quite so. He would hit his best friend on the head with a sedge hammer and think it funny"
 WHY EOT?
 Don't be afraid
 You'll miss her.
 Shut your eyes
 And kiss her.
 EXTRA QUICK. T saw a quick change at the theatre last night "Pshawl You ought to see my wife change her mind"
 SOME MORE CLIMATE Cheer up, my friend,
 And happy be-
 Remember this
 The climates freei
 Birmingham Age Herald. Down here in Texas
 You can see
 A better climate
 Just as free.
 Houston Post But here in Sunny
 Tennessee
 It's better still
 And just as free.
 Nashville Tennessean.
 REPLIES. Innocent bystanders may be expected to view with alarm" The stork seems to be rank quitter in France. Kansas is all right" says the Hutch- inson News. Of course you couldn't blame state for the people who live there. The first thing a man wants to do after he has hor fo bile go is to make it go fast. Fire destroyed the only two saloons in Sandusky, Ohio. Sorrows come not single spies but in battalions" A gentle lady reader wants to know a good way to get rid of rats. She might try hurting their feelings. Perhaps the meanest man on record is a Pittsburg man who told his wife he had job with the Associated Press and had to work till 12 clock every night when he was making love to another woman. PAUL, COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
WHERE ELSE?

WHERE ELSE? "Forwardi' shouted the commander of the old guard in politics. Where to-" asked a new recruit. ''ro the pie counter, you mutt.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16
A CYNIC.

Il notice in the papers," remarked old man Pepper, that when a couple of youthful elopers wake up a justice of the peace in the middle of the night and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-16

pulling together
 Gadsden Times-News: policeman shot and killed man in Birmingham the. other night and was himself hit by three bullets from the dead mans gun The coroner held an inqaest investigated the matter and then rendered verdict justi- flying both the policeman and the man who was killed In their actions There is nothing like trying to please all parties concerned.
 Walker County News: The Rev. Dun- can of Birmingham who Is fond of dis cussing current social and political af- fairs in his Sunday sermons, declares that the crusade against gambling in that city Is makeshift and fake Oh, we'll there are makeshifts, fakes and all kinds of things inside and outside the churches. the court houses and the gam bling dens of a cosmopolitan city.