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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
It heSmit Store

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Birmingham and the Sea

In discussing the addition of Bruns- wick to the sea outlets of this district the Mobile Register says: While ad- hitting that great industrial center cannot have too many outlets to the sea, and rejoicing with Birmingham on its added facilities in this respect
 we beg to observe for the benefit of our esteemed contemporary of the iron, steel and coal district that Mobile has first claim on its regard as the seaport of the state and as the port that must be used when the water route to the sea from Birmingham Is completed" :"
 This is true. The Warrior is not to be opened simply to procure water rates from the railroads. for the rail- roads simply cannot afford to carry to the sea coal, coke, iron and steel and steel rails at as low rates as they can he barged to tidewater on a river open the year round. The construction of one more dam in the Tombigbee and ono moro in the Warrior will bring an open river almost abreast of Birming-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
MILTON IN EMPORIA.
From the Emporia Gazette.

From the Emporia Gazette.
 A stranger arriving in Emporia yester- day would scarcely have realized that it was John Milton's birthday, everything was so quiet. No special police had been sworn in, and the regular force found it easy to preserve order. Milton was some- thing of a poet in his day; he used to write the "star heads' for a local paper, and was the author of Laugh and the World Laughs With You" and Beautiful Snow" He also wrote an extremely long and tiresome sermon in blank verse, en- titled, Paradise Lost" which is much admired by people who have never read 1t. It is the custom to learn few stanzas of the poem, and read the prose arguments introducing the cantos. or sec tions, and then talk learnedly of Milton's masterpiece, and express a deep-seated pity for those who regard the masterpiece as the incarnation of boredom. If you would read Milton's poetry to the best ad- vantage, 1t is a good scheme 10 take 1t a line at time, in a capsule, If possible, and then go out and buy a drink of some effervescent fluid that will stimulate with out intoxicating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

ham, and almost abreast of Ensley and but few miles distant from 1t.
 The rail preparations for connecting this district with the Open Warrior should be begun, else one plant after another will begin to go to the river. An open river is near at hand, and every manufacturer and business man should begin to consider the new situa- ton. In two years there will be six foot slackwater navigation the year round from the forks of the river to the sea. Are we ready for it? We are not, and the preparations for it's com ing would cover two whole years.
 This district should get ready to send all it's heavy, bulky products destined for tidewater down the Warrior. A double-track independent rail route to the river is needed with extensions to 200 mines and 30 furnaces and steel plants. This is the time to begin to get ready for the use of an Open War rior.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
X Slump In MaTrIageS

As a result of the October panic in 1907 the statisticians in the effete east have ascertained that marriages are fewer in all parts of the country, and the situation induces the Brooklyn Eagle to philosophize as follows:
 Any notable falling off in marriage produces social and moral results which are among the grayest menaces to the social organism and at the same time among the most difficult to deal with. The falling off in the birth rate Is one result which has aroused indignation in high quarters and led to much strenuous featuring. The notion that a falling birth rate was due to personal choice or was to be cured by moral homilies, however, was curiously superficial The true ex- planation is the economic one. Bad times always means a decrease of marriage and an increase of substitutions for 1t. Of course the birth rate drops And the cure, like the disease, is economic. Re- move the rocks from the channel and the stream of human life will flow broad ly and smoothly, like a river whose bed is unimpeded. Nature, of course, cannot be wholly thwarted, but she can be, and is twisted and warped, to the grave injury of the social body. by adverse conditions such as these reports of falling marriages reveal.
 This takes much of the sentiment out of marriages in order to put them on an economic basis. The dollar will not down." and If MT. Roosevelt de- sires to boom race increase he should quit dealing in meaningless generali- ties and go to work to reduce the cost of living. To do this he would per- force strike out Dingleyism, which Is the worst foe that Cupid has in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Fine Type of Building.

Nowhere Is the march of progress em- phassed more strongly than in the finish of the office buildings in Birmingham" !" said a prominent real estate dealer yes- terday. "The acme of convenience and modern ideas will be reached in the Elm pire building, which will have numerous features which are exclusive and found only in the very latest types of eonstruc- ticn.
 Tn order to make the steel frame build ing more nearly fire-proof and safer an iron stairway will run from bottom to top. This is completely cut off from the rest of the building except by fireproof steel dors at each floor This is rapid and safe means of escape in case of fire. Then, again, the Empire will have ma hogany doors and trimmings, imported Italian marble in the corridors to the cell ing, hot and cold water all the time in all offices plate glass windows with fire proof screening on the exposed sides, pat ent door clasps on the elevators, very orn- amental designs on the exterior and a marquise at the front entrance.
 People said that there would be trouble in renting the offices in the Empire and Chamber of Commerce, but such is not the case. People who have been occupy ing small, poorly lighted offices over stores are moving into the office build inss, and the fact that there is an aBund- ance of office space in Birmingham is en- couraging new concerns to bring their of fees here from other Southern cities. understand that there will be 50 or 60 new concerns with offices in Birmingham as result of the new office buildings which c7e being erected.
 'The Chamber of Commerce will te sd- mirably suited for headquarters of all kinds of organizations, such as credit mer. lumber and coal associations, iron con.n,ittees. boards of trade and such concerns that have constant aeed of a large auditorium for meetings. They could no. afford to have such an auditorium as the Chamber of Commerce offers. trt in this building they can uss tue h;lll VI er- ever they so desire. It Is fact that the Commercial club will hayo the finest home of auy organization of It's nature in !he c.lusilry."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Ills First Trip South.

Hilton Adams, who halls from Boston. and who is a vsritable giant, topping the rule well over seven feet, spent few hours in Birmingham yesterday in com Apany with his cousin, Hilton Denton of Atlanta. The two men are on their way to southern Louisiana, where MT. Adams Is going for the purpose of closing a deal covering the purchase of a large cot ton plantation.
 MT. Adams unusual size made him @ conspicuous figure, but he bore the stares of the public good naturedly. "I got over being sensitive about my size many years ago." said he. ''I soon fodnd that it would do me no good to worry and am taking life as easy as I can. have no dread of poverty, for 1t the worst comes to the worst, can get job with a circus"
 The exact height of MT. Adams is feet 31l inches, and he weighs in the neigh borhood of 225 pounds. He is of symmet- rical build and has a handsome appear ance. So far as this worlds goods arc concerned he Is exceptionally well fixed. His cousin. Hilton Denton, who is &C., companying him. is of slight build. being only feet inches in height. The con- trast between the two is. of course. marked. This is Mr. Adams first trip south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Briqht Prospects.

Mercantile business may not have been as brisk this month as many mer- chants had hoped it would be. 1out there is a far better feeling because of a decidedly brighter outlook for the new year than vas in evidence this time last year." said Richard R. Newton of Philadelphia who is connected with a manufacturing con- cern.
 ''I have besn travelling through the south for my health, and in soma sec tons i have been told that the merchants had cause to be we'll satisfied with their fall trade. On tho whole business ccndi- tons have been improving everywhere since October, ard in the past six months iii the south tn yrIame of tra ie has be Gil very large. A year ago no one could say when the ofe.ta of the panic would pass. but now we are about to enter a new year that promises a fuil return of genuine prosp er,ty.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Iese MaieSte on a Bride Path

If the President said to some young ladies of Forest Glenn seminary who were riding near their school-chaper- oned by a teacher-if he said to them they ought to know better than to ride by the President" we have a new application of a new offense in this country. The statements of the young ladies are just coming to the public ear, although the incident occurred on Thanksgiving day. The girls had no intention at the outset to pass the presidential party. Their horses were, however, spirited, and they finally gal loped by the chief executive and his party, who were proceeding slowly. Later the President and his party themselves passed the girls, and they were not bit careful as they brushed by, and yet of course no charge of lese majeste lies against the presidential party when it scurried by the young ladies.
 Lese majeste in a republic is pecu- liar article, and the trouble is the President is going out of office befoFo he can fully develop it. Thus far he holds that those who criticise his pub lie acts and those young ladies who galloped by him when riding near their school are guilty of lese majeste. How much the list would have been ex- tended if the President had secured a third term is necessarily left to the readers imagination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Commodity Prices Still Advancing

The high level of commodity prices was reached on March 1, 1907. and prices began to decline from that time until June 1. 1908. when a total fall of 15 points had been recorded. The rise in prices since June 1 has overcome just about one-half of this fall in prices in the previous 15 months, and the movement is still upward, and the high leTel of March, 1907, may again be reached.
 Altogether, 43 products were ad- vanced in November, 20 declined and 43 remained unchanged. Breadstuffs, dairy products, eggs and vegetables and a variety of raw materials were marked up.
 The cost of living is going higher and If the tariff revisers propose to consider the interests of consumers at all, now is the time to do it. Not few of the commodities that have been marked up in the course of year are tariff protected articles and without the tariff perhaps every one of them would bear lower prices. The tariff wall has been overworked against con- sumers, and if they could see what the sly indirect tariff does to them a cry for lower duties would be heard in all parts of the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT CONDITIONS
 ABROAD AND THERE IN BIRMINGHAM

Roosevelt is not real bad man. He is merely devil when aroused. He can be lead into almost anything. But when one attempts to drive him. he becomes a demon. Then he displays himself Then he would use all the power of the govern ment over which he presides to crush those who criticfse him. Then he delves in display of words-and sometimes dis plays himself.
 But he goes out on the fourth of March and he goes to hunt rabbits and other big game in Africa. A lot of people hope that he will bring lots of rabbit skins to wrap babies up in when he returns. Or that he will ship them back. Such skins country; and everyone knows that Pres ident Taft will distribute them according to needs and not from the front of an H. luminated platform.
 The king is kicking. But it is the dying SLruBBlo IdIlg Lne SuCCSS5Or IS IHe real conservative, genuine man. One will not hear from him anything but the real, the conservative. the business, the genuine acts. He has neither enemies to punish, nor friends to reward. He will be the real man in the White House.
 So. speaking of the national government. there be a lesson at home Why should state, county, and municipal government controllers at home be rampant? There Is a conservatism and honesty of govern ment of general as well as specific affairs. The days of the slung shot and the broad axe have expired. The days when men may delve in adjectives which self-respect- ing heads of families do not care for their families to read in print arc passing away.
 Rascals should be punished and put in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Regarding the Eaa Question.

"When you see egg on a mans chin after breakfast these days it's a sure sign he's wealthy said member of the Beard of Trade yesterday
 That man Is certainly looked upon as one trying to create an impression of opulence. It strikes me that the owner of more than two laying hens at the present time is a subject for investigation under the Sherman antitrust law.
 "IIen fruit is literally as scarce as hens teenth, and consumers are paying from 32c to 40c per dozen, owing to quality or freshness. In some of the big stores they are not to be had at all, and in most cases they are kept in homes in the parlor as ornamehts'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age Herald says; Not even a Philadelphia lawyer can explain all the complications of the Standard oil investigation in New York"
 Houston Post: Paul Cook says he would be perfectly happy if all his dreams came true. Paul doubtless never eats welsh rarebits or Birmingham bakery mince pies.
 Rome Tribune-H Herald: The Birming- ham Age-Herald suggests that the Con- gressioinal Record is new departure in journalism" Mistake. The Record is departure from journalism. Atlanta Georgia: According to the Bir- mingham Age-Herald an Indiana woman whose maiden name was Partridge has been welded to three husbands, whose names, respectively, were Robin, Spar row and Quayle. Well. all taht we can say Is that her spring bonnets ought to have been well supplied with feathers.
 Sampson Ledger: The Birmingham Age- Herald is in error when it says that the Washington Times Is publishing the first Sunday afternoon paper in the United States or any other country. Several years ago in New York a Sunday after noon paper called the Sunday Evening Journal was published. It was short-lived, however.
 Columbus Enquirer-Sun: 'John W. Gates has a trick mule and he stands ready to bet million that no spectator can ride it," says the Birmingham Age Herald. Which recalls the fact that MT. Bryan was presented with mule during the recent presidential campaign. He hasn't been able to ride it to the pres- idential office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
Greater Birmingham Fully Assured

The full text of the decision of the supreme court in the Sigsbee case shows that Birmingham's boundaries present and future were discussed be- fore the court and a decision pro- nounced from which there is no ap- peal on the general issue.
 The act of August 8, 1907, is the King bill, and the court says that the King act 'is not violative of section 104 of the constitution, which prohibits the legislature from passing local laws in certain mentioned cases. Para graph IS of that section reads as fol- lows:
 The legislature shall not pass a spe- cial, private or local law amending, con- firming or extending the charter of any private municipal corporation, or re- hitting the forfeiture thereof; provided, this shall not prohibit the legislature from altering or rearranglng the bound aries of the city, town and village.
 This is what the King bill did to the boundaries of the city of Birmingham. The legislature altered after October 1 next the boundaries of the city of Birmingham. The state of Alabama had a right to do this, says the su. preme court, simply because the peo- pie had not taken away that sovereign right when they adopted new consti- tuition. That settled the general issue. The King bill is constitutional, legal and valid in a general sense, and the greater city is as well assured as is the rising of the sun on the morning of October 1 next, that is if no adverse technicality can be utilized.
 No federal question enters into the matter. No injunction can be issued, and the King bill stands as an entirety fully vindicated by the supreme court, Alabama's last and highest authority. Paragraph 29 of section 104 of the con- stitution does not fit the case, while paragraph Is does. There are no grounds left for an appeal except upon some flaw in the passage of the bill, and there will be none with any merit or hope in it.
 Let us get ready then to greet Greater Birmingham. It is only nine months away, and nine months can readily be spent in preparatory and assimilatory effort. If the citizens of Jones valley could be brought to see what efforts Atlanta, Nashville and Memphis are making to stand high in the list of southern cities in the next census, their pride and patriotism would be aroused, and they would no longer be parties to plan to belittle this magnifcently endowed district by assigning to its central city small and unrepresentative figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
ODE.
,y A. c Shaughnessey.

By A. 0 Shaughnessey. We are the music makers,
 And we are the dreamers Of dreams, Wondering by lone seabreakers,
 Ard sitting by desolate streams World-losers and world-forsakers.
 On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers
 Of the world forever, it seems. With wonderful deathless ditties
 We fashion an empires glory; We build up the worlds great cities. And out of fabulous story One man with a dream, at pleasure. Shal! go forth and conquer crown; And three with new songs measure
 Can trample a kingdom down. We, In the ages lying
 In. the buried past of the earth, Built Nineveh with our signing,
 Ani Babel itself in cur mirth And oerthrew them with prophesying
 TO the old of the new worlds worth, For each age is g. dream that is dying Or one that is coming to birth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

penitenuares. If the crime deserves 1t they should be hanged. But I do think. where s9 per cent of the people of this world are good and but 1 per cent bad. the good people should not be forced to read of and think of the bad percentage.
 When one reads a morning paper at his breakfast table In which an heroic act Is described or when young or an old man has won honors he walks to his business with a spring In his step inspired to win honors or fame for himself. He has an inspiration in life. Whatever his business be he wants to improve 1t and win the plaudits of his employer. his stockholder, hls family or his friends. He aspires to have it said well done and to get the applause his work deserves be 1t from one or many.
 But what comes of the sensational, the abusive, the scrappy? In riding down on the street car your neighbor says didn't Blank give Blank a roast? What do you think Blank will do about it7 And so on.
 Would you not rather wish each other well and aspire to build up and grow simply kick the trash out of the way as you pass by; not stop to fight with a mongrel dog that parks at you through a high protected fence; but go along In your happiness and your contentment, inc spired always to do good work in your desire to bring to those about you that which makes a spirit of give and take and a thorough fellowship-the humanity of existence and of the real Christian spirit.
 To be critical; yet to be just and human is always the spirit which inspires tho words of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20

~ HE Roosevelt spirit is apparently in lOp the atmosphere Every man who
 happens to have been delegated with power under the law-of course by the vote of the people-seems under the present condition of the sun, the moon the planets and stars, which may shed a degree of light, but have. in fact noth- ing to do with our sphere or our planet which revolve around our sun in concert with us-to assume czarish attitude and to delegate to himself the full powers of a ruler.
 These men, elected to power, crown themselves with jeweled head dress and assume the rights of the ancient Roman rulers. Roosevelt rifles and calls men liars ad libitum. He is President of the United States, and can do so. He has secret service men about him upon his every move. He calls Congress, as whole. corrupt because his secret service men have found two, of three hum dred or more, corrupt He found these two, way out in the west, some- where. Because he found them he jumps all of Congress in a message and ex- poets Congress to sit still and let him play to the gallery of the American people.
 Roosevelt Is good fellow; but he has been the most expensive President this country has ever had He has never let an opportunity go by to exhort the peo- pie, or exhibit himself before them. No man in the White House has ever been so generous in expenditure of government money for the good times of life and for the thorough personal examination of gov- ernment work, as he has been. No man has ever been so desirous of finding some body derelict in the legislative part of the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Frcui the New York Press.
 A man might be very fond of his sister if she wasn't
 The way a girl makes a man think she's clever is acting as if she thinks he is.
 Che of the strongest habits man of family acquires is pretending he isn't when away on trips.
 A mans idea of having a :ood time is only when he gets home late from 1t with q guilty conscier ce.
 A woman can worry more over the things that may happen to her some day than man over the things that are act ually happening.