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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
Heavy Buying.

"There has been such heavy general feeling in the trade Is decidedly better '" say Matthew Addy X Go. April was a month of small sales and such weakness in prices that consumers began to think the bottom was going to drop out of the market, but May has changed all that. if not another ton is sold this month May will still have an excellent record. There is no danger, however, of a stop in the purchasing for the present buying move ment is gaining strength and there is to- day more inquiry than there has been, and not only that but the character of the inquiry is changing. At first all the sales were for quick delivery. Buyers were so cautious that they were covering for only their nearby necessities, but they have gained confidence and now many inquiries are for the balance of the year. while a few consumers are asking for prices well into 1909
 50 it would seem as if the expectation that so many had of a break to s10 for Birmingham was pretty nearly a thing Ol tuc pdSl. lIt piiScS toooS cA from SIP to s11 50. It Is q significant fact that there are. many spectators trying to buy large blocks of iron and offering from $1o to $10 90, but so far they have not been able to find any one willing to sell. It is still true that the south is doing most of the business, but the north Is sell ing more and more. Every development of the week has been on the right side, and the situation since May 1 is greatly imprOVedo o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
Splendid Showing.

"The United Commercial Travellers male splendid showing in their parade" said a prominent jobber. "Traveling salesme en constitute the right arm of the mercaa- tile trade.
 These United Commercial Travellers are bright, enterprising, sober, honest men and are thoroughly appreciated by their employers. Their organization has grown -ery strong and 1t commands the esteem not only of the business men, but of the public at large"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
MEXICAN LOTTERY TICKETS.

From the Mexican Herald.
 Nearly s100,0o0 is spent in Mexico City every week in lottery tickets, and in the same period about s70.0O0 is paid back in premiums.
 On the weeks immediate preceding the big drawings, the sale, of course, mounts up to great sums as, for instance, when the s2O0,00 drawings are held, there are o,O0o tickets at $40 each sold on the streets, and practically every ticket IS disposed of, most of them during the last two weeks before the drawing. But as a general proposition, on an average Of people on the lotteries
 There are, as is well known, three com panies operating under concessions from the government for the conduct of lot teries in Mexico City.
 Many picturesque figures are included in the list of lottery vendors in Mex ico. for all must be licensed Blind men and women, dogs. old men, cripples and deformed persons all seem attracted to the business of selling lottery tickets. for there is an inexplicable fascination about buying a ticket from misshapen person, for there surely must be luck in it. and this feeling is played upon by the vendors.
 There have been, from time to time. rumors of changes coming in the lottery business of Mexico, that this industry is going the way of the gambling houses, now entirely driven out of practically all cities of the republic, and one hears that the great new prizes are but the forerunners of the lotteries last days, and their efforts to gather in what they may while they can. How much truth there is in this one can not say, but il is reasonable to suppose that the lot teries will ultimately be suppressed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
COMING OF THE SHEATH SKIRT.

From the New York World
 For the moment the suffragettes are handicapped in the strife fdr the interest of their sex. There Is the sheath go"n' which clings not only to the fair wearers s c,lrving lines but also to the columns of fashion gossip. The other day it in- vited the attention of the police and the minds eyes of the world in an affair of the Longchamps race-course near Paris Yesterday by cable the what s-to-wear ex- uerts told us that this latest creation of that delightfully."- wicked Paris is sure to come to England and America.
 Shall they in women's clubs talk whole souledly of votes to be granted possibly by men when there is the alternate theme of revelations to be afforde dcertainly by the dressmakers?
 Later reports speak of the slash Wnlch modifies the sheath. It is little one extending barely to the skirt-wearers knee, and if one choose 1t may be niiea with muslin pleats. Yet at its daring best this interval has served London press agent and may inspire Broadway poet One remembers from the historians that gowns or lke dliurlhs eoe "eiS S-' WY creed for the good of the Grecian state in an age when lines of human beauty were held in regard and when, neverthe- less. there existed the problem of en- couraging the thoughtless young to thoughtful mating.
 We have seen the peekaboo shirtwaist barred from church and .the openwork stocking ranged with rum among the ob- ects of w. c. T. U. aversion. Even the mild "Dutch neck was placed under han last week at New York school for girls. With the coming of the sheath skirt we may learn how far we are from return to that Grecian state of mind when the aesthetics of dress served in- stead of minutely scrupulus ethics
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
In the Doubtful States

It is still quite the fashion in some quarters to predict the defeat in No vember of William Jennings Bryan. And yet no one has explained in what way any other democratic nominee could more readily carry New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey in the east, and Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Nebraska in the west. These seven are the doubtful states.
 In the three eastern states MT. Bryan is needed in order to poll a vote that would otherwise go to the candidates of the lesser parties. This is to be a year of odd-party movements. The socialists and populists already have candidates in the field, and the prohi- bitionists and Hearstites will soon add two more. None of them will take many votes away from Mr. Bryan.
 In the middle west MT. Bryan was born and educated and there he lives today. He is in touch with the west ern people, and no one in his own party can poll more votes in the heart of the western country than he can.
 His nomination is now assured. No one disputes it, although many demo- cratic delegations are yet to be se- lected The dates of the remaining states are as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
PROMISING OUTLOOK.
n the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 "1ts a curious fact observed the doc- tor that the Japanese are trying to in- crease their stature. They find that their bodies are long enough, and they are making a systematic effort now to in- crease the length of their legs"
 "Yes," said the professor; T see that the Mikado is pulling their legs for bigger navy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Montgomery Advertiser: At Columbus, O.. a boy dropped dead after making home run, and didn't come from Birming- ham, either.
 Gadsden News: A Birmingham paper says that all the whisky sold there now is bottled in bond. In Gadsden it is the tiger that's bottled that way.
 Walker County News The Birming- ham baseball team is the only thing about the big town that persists in re- maning at the bottom. It needs ginger or some other. seasoning.
 Savannah Press Birmingham seems to think that the opening of the Chicago Savannah through passenger line is go- ing to 'holp her heap She is welcome to all sine gets out of it.
 Montgomery Times: The Birmingham papers are directing the city authorities up there to the importance of trash. We wish them better luck and an easier road to the soft heart of statesmanship than we have blazed down here.
 Houston Post: A waterways conven- ton is to be held in Milwaukee, but we do not anticipate the delegates will be very cordially welcomed there. They would have found matters much brighter in Knoxville or Birmingham
 Houston Post: With Washington, Houston, Richmond and St. Louis out of their accustomed places in the percentage table, Charleston and Birmingham are putting up the finest article of tail-endinY of any cities in the country.
 Montgomery Times: The Montgomery team could not have afforded to leave Birmingham without some evidence or the fact that it considered itself a par ticipant in the general feeling of con dolence with that city in her Baronial possessiOns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
SIGN OF TROUBLE.
', tha Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Gan I sell you "The Stamp Lan- guage'?' asked the persistent young book agent.
 "No, sonny" drawled the old farmer, thar is only one stamp language I understand"
 And what is that, sir?"
 Why. when Mandy stamps her foot twice it is the danger signal that she has her dander up and I generally make tracks before I hear any more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The Wood-Platt divorce scandal ex- plains once more the nature of New York's representation in the Senate. But political pull in the end an overmatch for a weak woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
ALL FROM ONE,
-om the Philadelphia Press

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Yes said Miss McBluff. i've had nine proposals since I saw you last"
 '1ndeed?" replied Miss Wise. land did you finally reward his perseverance by accepting him?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Alas, alas, Mrs. Guinness end Harry Orchard did not meet in their youthful days. What pair of destroyers they would have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
About Persons.

Vice President J. M. Culp of the South ern railway. accompanied by Mrs. Culp, was in Birmingham yesterday Mir Culp was in conference with local railway off, ficials He went north and will return to Birmingham Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Let us have no more of anti-Bryan- ism," says Colonel Watterson, and democrats everywhere are seconding the motion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Straw hats are permissible in the effete east on and after June 15. By that time straw hats in the south should be cleaned while you wait.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The governors are arranging to meet in the middle west next year. They want no more White House dictation in their affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
EVERY DAY OCCURRENCE.

Mrs. G. Whatapile went shopping yes- terday.'
 Did anything unusual happen?"
 Nothing out of the ordinary. l believe she lost a s9o,0o0 vanity box in a depart ment store and had a s5o,oOO brooch taken by thief"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The Wright brothers decline to dis cuss their aeroplane, preferring to go light on perfecting it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

London is eating a vast number of sea-green penguin eggs. The average American palate could not be induced to accept one except upon a wager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

It's the credentials committee at Chicago that will ascertain the num- Der of delegates Taft has secured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Savannah PreSS. The BlTIillnsildnl Age-Herald calls them the word sprees' of Senator Jeff Davis.
 Washington Post: "The telegraph edi- tor of the Commoner has a snap" re- marks The Birmingham Age-Herald. And that's just what the writings of its political editor seem to lack lately.
 
 Columbus Ledger: Emergency bills are fast becoming a nusance.-Birmingha Age-Herald We find it quite a nuisance very frequently not having sufficient bills to meet emergencies that arise.
 Columbus Ledger: The announcement that Harry Thaw says if they will let him out he will work is regarded by The Birmingham Age-Herald as proof con elusive that the man is really crazy.
 Roanoke (va) World: Forty-four lieu tenant governors rattled around in the shoes of their superior officers last week. Birmingham Age-Herald. Every lieutenant governor has his day. Columbus Ledger: The Birmingham Age-Herald has discovered that the old saving, Dead men tell no tales,' is un- true. It points to the discoveries at La Porte. Indiana, on Mrs. Gunness death farm. to prove it.
 Chattanooga Times: Birmingham Age-Herald: Boss Guffy is beginning to see that he does not own r&xy af pox, cxr1xy ofai.a T hat state will vote for Bryan at Denver. And in November?
 washington Herald: 'An Alabama man says he once saw mules hopping about in the tree tops, just like squir- rels," says The Birmingham Age-Herald That man ought to get some real good friend to strap him on the water wagon | for life.
 1 Syracuse Herald: Fame walks right up and slaps a man on the back when he starts to playing baseball. | Age Herald.
 l Fame hasn't been recklessly familiar with .he Syracuse Stars; and they stand | around within easy reach, too. 
 Washington Herald: Fame walks right | up and slaps a man on the back when he starts to playing baseball" says The l Birmingham Age-Herald Perhaps, when be starts to playing" If he doesn t make mighty good, however, the slap IS | apt to be changed speedily to kick | Norfolk virginian and Pilot: "Gover-
 nor Johnson wouldn't take the prize at a beauty show" carps The Birmingham l Age-Herald.
 l What of that? After about the second round at the Denver mill none of those
 butters-in will have any features to boast of
 Nashville American: According to The | T,irmin gham Age-Herald, "an Alabama man says he once saw mules hopping l about in the tree tops. just like squir-
 rels.', So, that is the kind of liquor pro- hibitionists want people to drink, is it, and make life one grand three-ring cir
 GUS all the time?
 Montgomery Times: The AgeHerald is guilty of taunting us with fears of the future after this unpleasant fashion l ..The boil weevil is up to the Mississippi | river, and no doubt the passage of the
 rivor will take place this year. Possibly four years will be consumed in the oc-
 cupation of the state of Mississippi for the weevils did not average quite 30 miles
 year in their march across Louisiana
 The insects from Mexico will not there- fore, be due at the Alabama line before the season of 1912 or of 1913. That they
 will cross the southeast is not doubted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Tom Platt also believes in the let us-alone theory, especially when it is applied in the courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The democrats are compiling a cabi- net for MT. Taft, and the republicans are rendering MT. Bryan like service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The Coal Barons should have opened negotiations with Rube Waddell, who was left behind at St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Uncle Sam has too much ready money to be bothered by a gold export movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
SOUNDED LIKE IT.

All hail the Cousin of the Moon and the Son of the Sum" shouted the court cryer.
 "what did he say?" asked the monarch in an angry tone. All hail the Cousin of the Moon and the Son of the Suni' "'Tis we'll" replied his majesty in a more amiable mood, "I thought you said Son of Gun
 WHY DO IT? Whats the use of standing on corner, Swapping words to pass the time away? Whats the use of talking half the morn- ing,
 When you haven't anything to say? If you really mean to earn living, You must get move on, little man. Opportunity is never waiting, Life at best is but a feeting span. Strive with deeds and not with converse Action counts where words will never show Iris the doers, not the takers, winning All the prizes gathered here below.
 AS USUAL. You say Opportunity once knocked on his door?"
 'sYes"
 "Where was he at the time?" "oh, he was at the ball park watching the home team play"
 Birmingham Age-Herald Just like some people to leave out the most important part of the item. Which side won and what was the score?
 Houston Post Why, Judd, you might have known that the Barons lost. The score was so lop- sided that the sporting editor nearly had a fit.
 SOMEWHAT HOMELY. ''where did he get his wife?" Judging from her looks, it must have been at charity ball"
 REPLIES. Nobody ever questions the prune's hon. esty.
 Horticulture in the Birmingham district runs largely to steel plants. Few people become bald-headed from wearing a thinking cap. There is a man in Birmingham who calls him Count Bunny dee Castel- lanny."
 The Washington Post advocates Merry Old Maid" hats. Good Lordl Do you suppose any old maid would wear one? Whats the matter with Atlanta?" asks the Constitution. It would take too long to tell you.
 THE SKEETER. The skeeter Is a fearsome bird That flies around at night, And every time his song is-heard We wish he wouldn't light.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The two ends of the alphabet refused to meet to please Messrs. Aldrich and Vreeland,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

 THE PHOTOLINOTYPE. Six married women, 1?
 SAD.
 Life Is hard
 To ye bard.
 Fame's not his
 Trouble Is. Writes his stuff Il. For a bluff,
 Tending he
 s full of glee,
 When he's not,
 By lot.
 SOON. The day will soon be here, my dear, When safe from chill or cough, You may with perfect safety, dear, Leave all your flannels off
 Detroit Free Press. We simply wouldn't have the nerve, No matter how we knew her. To give a woman tips like that, Less we were married to her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The reticence of the Wright brothers serves to whet public curiosity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The Merry Widow hat and the
 sheath skirt is a combination not easily outdone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Tom Platt, Mae Wood and Abe Hum- mel were mixed up in one case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The iron market boom comes sud denly and the return of general pros perity will be probably just as sudden All signs now point to a busy summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Those pessimsts who were predict ing S9 iron were far off in their cal culations. The market has struck bot tom at $11.50 and the tendency is now decidedly upward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The tooth anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis is to be celebrated June 8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Birmingham is becoming popular as convention city. And all of us stand ready with the glad hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

A murder by the occult science route is a murder just the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES
TRouRLE TOWN.

TROUBLE TOWN. Hearts are sad in Trouble Town, Sorrows everywhere, Weary wights are sinking down
 Meath the loads they bear. Flowers never bloom along Paths where lovers stroll, No one ever sings a song Nothing's there but dole. Hope is dead in Trouble Town, Joy is gone away, Everybody wears a frown, Growing night and day. Signs are waited on the breeze, Tears are falling fast. Nothing ever seems to please All the good is past. Life is dim in Trouble Town, Death alone is sweet, There you'll find the thorny crown, Failure and defeat Guess it is the saddest place Mentioned on the map. 'Tisn't any sort of place For a sunny chapl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The Fairbanks boom is now consid- cred one of the vice-presidential sort only
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

When the coal supply gives out the tropics will become overcrowded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Bound volumes of the Congressional Record are the worst sellers in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Columbus Ledger: Emergency bills are fast becoming a nusance.-Birmingha Age-Herald We find it quite a nuisance very frequently not having sufficient bills to meet emergencies that arise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
SUITABLY ENGRAVED.

SUITABLY ENGRAVED. What have you there?" The prospectus of a June merger "What?" "A wedding invitation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

The state meeting of the United Commercial Travellers, now being held in Birmingham, is of large social and commercial interest and all those i'll attendance are being cordially re- ceived AS a body of nustlers this organization is unsurpassed. Of the TOO United Commercial Travellers in Alabama it is safe to say every one of them is a match in intelligence, indus try and alertness for any man. Well come to the travellers, one and all.
 
 The Commercial club has been for tunate in having thoughtful and earn est men ~f affairs at it's helm, and John L. Raul, the new president, will prove second to none, either from a viewpoh.. of public spirit or business methods.
 Those pessimists who were predict ing $9 iron were far off in their cal culations. The market has struck bot tom at s1150 and the tendency is now  decidedly upward.
 
 Phe iron market boom comes sud denly and the return of general pros perity will be probably just as sudden. All signs now point to a busy summer. Birmingham is becoming popular as a convention city. And all of us stand ready with the glad hand.
 The 100th anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis is to be celebrated June 8.
 Bound volumes of the Congressional Record are the worst sellers in the world.
 The Fairbanks boom is now consid- cred one of the vice-presidential sort only
 When the coal supply gives out the tropics will become overcrowded. Tom Platt, Mae Wood and Abe Hum- mel were mixed up in one case.
 -s----
 The reticence of the Wright brothers serves to whet public curiosity.
  A murder by the occult science route
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
AGE-HERALD ECHOES

Savannah Press: The Birmingham Age-Herald calls them the word sprees of Senator Jeff Davis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Columbus Ledger: The announcement that Harry Thaw says if they will let him out he will work is regarded by The Birmingham Age-Herald as proof con elusive that the man is really crazy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Gadsden Times-News;s A Birmingham paper says that all the whisky sold there now is bottled in bond. In Gadsden it is the tiger that's bottled that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Montgomery Advertiser: At Columbus. O., boy dropped dead after making a home run. and didn't come from Birming- ham, either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Washington Post: "The telegraph edi- tor of the Commoner has snap" re- marks The Birmingham Age-Herald. And that's just what the writings of its political editor seem to lack lately.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23
STARING HIS VANITY.

SPARING HIS VANITY. Why don't you get acquainted with yourself?" If I did I might be ashamed of my self"
 XXX-!iiii
 For losing religion,
 I rise to remark,
 There's nothing so sure as
 A bump in the dark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

Roanoke Cva) World: Forty-four lieu tenant governors rattled around in the shoes of their superior officers last week Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Every lieutenant governor has his day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

outdone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-23

SOMEWHAT HOMELY. ''Where did he get his wife?' Judging from her looks, it must have been at charity ball.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-03-31
SLEPT WITH DEAD NAN
ALMUS SNEED FOUND DEAD IN
BED IN A ROOM AT
PETTY.

Paris, Texas, March 3l.-Almus
Sneed was found dead in bed in a
room over a meat market in Petty
An examination of the stomach by
doctors disclosed several ounces of
carbolic acid and partly emptied
bottle was found in the room, which
Sneed occupied. His roommate stat
ed that when he went to bed Sneed
was apparently asleep and he did not
disturb him. When he awakened
Sneed was lying in the same position
and his companion found that he
had slept all night beside a dead
man. Sneed had lived in Fort Worth
and Vernon, and at the latter place
some time ago worked in an oil
mill, and received a bodily injury in
the machinery for which he brought
suit against the mill company. He
got judgment and the case is now
i in the court of appeals. II II believed
v t.i- ~~t"tiree live In Arkansas
The young man had made threats Of
taking his own life. aud verdict
Of suicide was rendered