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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
WHAT WERE CONTENTS OF
 FAMOUS "BROWN' LETTER

Smith did not open the letter, and as it's contents could, therefore have had no bearing on his action except to the ex- tent of his suspicious as to what 1t con- tained it is difficult to see, say some, how the contents of the letter could have any material bearing on the investiga- ton. Whether the desire to get at the contents of the letter will overcome this view remains to be seen
 n his message the governor has added some to the reasons he gave during the campaign for suspending MT. Brown. In his campaign speeches he put his action solely on the letter episode construing IL as a threat made against the executive which he answered by peremptory dis missal from office. Now he also bringe in the charge that MT. Brown as com missioner was not serving the interests of the people and the state in that he is alleged to have furnished the railroads arguments with which to fight rate re- ductions.
 1t is hardly likely that much impor- tance will be attached to that feature or the message in view of recent campaign results. But the course of the legislative investigation is just now involved In COIL siderable doubt It promises yet to prove the piece de resistance of the session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
Two Common NniSanceS
But go at once
Macbeth

beautiful valley fianked on either side by picturesque but not precipitous hills is what Nature gave us at the outset This is what Jones valley was before the advent of railroads.
 Today that valley and the enclosing hill-slopes are covered with weeds and scared with hideous front fences. The cities in Jones valley are striving to better the situation-to restore the beauties of Nature by bringing back, as far as is possible, park-like ap- pearance; but the city authorities are confronted at every step by obstinate citizens filled with notions that belong to primitive and inartistic past.
 If every householder who persists in marring a street with a front fence, and every lot owner who permits his property to become weed encountered to the annoyance and really detriment of neighbors, could be sentenced to spend a week, or even day, in a mod ern town, those ancient notions would be uprooted, for the modern town has no front fences and no weeds.
 Until some method is devised that is drastic this town will continue to har- bor front fences and weeds. Years ago appeals were here sent out against both, and today there is no street that is free from both nuisances. Why lot holder persists in retaining a front fence to his own harm and to the dis gust of his neighbors, where no anil mals are permitted to roam at large in the streets, is something no one can fathom. Yet there are scores of lot owners who are injuring in that way the general beauty of the city.
 Mayor Ward is doing his utmost to lessen the number of front fences and weeds that infest our streets. They belong in one class. The weeds spring from an uncared-for soil, and the front fences spring from uncultured brains The difference is not material. Mayor Ward proposes, however, to apply com pulsion to the cutting of weeds, and he doubtless wishes he could do as much in the matter of the unsightly front fences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
HOTELS OF THE WORLD.
Bits of Information Gathered In All
 Parts of the Globe.
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American
 T can tell you some rather interesting facts about hotels in many parts of the world, as have been persistent globe trotter for the past ten years" said M. J. Marston of Brooklyn.
 ''The only country in which you will never find a bad hotel is Switzerland All it's hotels are excellent and splendidly managed. In travelling through Switzer- land one goes very frequently in car riages that belong to ..fe government and are under state operation. These public conveyances are styled the Extra Post The village postmaster will book you for a passage, and the fare is not exorbitant, about the same as hotel livery tariffs in the United States
 Tn a town in Algeria that I spent a few hours in once the chef of the hotel was also the mayor, and it is the only place where one can get a decent meal, the worthy mayor being a pretty fair cook
 Tn Constantinope I found a first-rate hotel but it was hard to get sleep on account of the noise of the city's count less dogs. Dogs are not to be molested in the Turkish capital, and the stranger who goes there must make up his mind to be resigned to their incessant howl ings. In the town of Nazareth, in Asiatie Turkey I stopped with the good monks of Cusa Nova convent. They kept a beautifully clean house, doing all their own work, and when I went to pay they said they left it to each guest to pay what he thought was right. They made no charge, but accepted whatever those they entertained offered.
 "one of the most beautiful hotels ever patronized was the Villa Iglea Grand at Palermo, Sicily. It was once a palace, and the grounds which inolose it are dream of loveliness. The view of the sea and the mountains from the hotel is sub lime.
 Tn Shanghai you can stop at a hotel that bears the familiar name of Astor House One gets good treatment there and is made very comfortable. All Chi nese landlords are admirable; they are the acme of civilty, and put strangers immediately at their ease. In Scotland I was in a hostelry in an out-of-the-way place where the management would not let the elevator run in the morning for fear it would disturb the other guests, and because of this suspension of service I had shilling taken off my bill"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Prince of Wales.

'The visit of his royal highness, George Frederick Ernest Albert, Prince of Wales. who is being received with distinguished honors in Quebec this week, recalls the visit of his father, King Edward, to Can ada and the United States in 1S59-60, when he was Prince of Wales," remarked an old citizen At the time of Edwards visit-Albert Edward he was called then he was only 19 years of age. He was received in the dominion as the heir to the throne but when he crossed over into the United States he dropped all his titles except that of Baron of Renfrew. This was done so that he might be said to travel incog and thus relieve the govern ment of the diplomatic duty of receiving him with formal honors. But notwith- standing the fact that he was to be known only as Lord Renfrew he was royalty greeted and entertained in Washington and was a guest of President Buchanan at the White House.
 "The present Prince of Wales is 4S years of age. He was married at the age of 2S to the Princess Mary of Teek They have six children-five sons and one daughter. The prince is a very quiet man and, unlike his popular father, he has seemed to care little for politics or society. For a time he studiously avoid ed the public gaze, but of late he has been taking part in official ceremonials. Hardly week passed that Edward, when he was Prince of Wales, did not lay a cornerstone or dedicate a public building, and being grand master of Masons from the time he was 30 until he ascended the throne he was frequently occupied with public Masonic exercises. The present Prince of Wales is not a Mason Had he been initiated into the craft he would doubtless have succeeded his father as grand master. As it is, the King brother, the Duke of Connaught has the distinction of ruling the craft
 The Prince of Wales sub-titles come Tn the following order: Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall and York, Duke of Rothsay in Scotland Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of SaXony, Earl or Car rick and Inverness, Baron of Renfrew and Killarney, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland. He Is both a general and an admiral and possesses all the orders of knighthood.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
HIGH PRICES FOR ART.


 The London season of auction sales has contributed a new chapter to the TO- nance of art values-in the sale of a terra-cotta bust executed by Marin in 1Ts1 for 260O guineas Csl3,0OO; a Turner canvas, "Mortlake Terrace" for 12,6o0 guineas (S63,O00); a Rapurn, Mrs. Mac kenzie of Drumtoehty," a nice grand motherly portrait, for 45OO guineas, and a Morland for 175O guineas GS750).
 The Marin terra-cotta, doubtless the costliest bit of clay ever sold, brought APO guineas at the sale of the Hamilton Palace collection in 1882. It is the bust of a woman wearing cap tied with rib- bons and is 1412 inches high. Two Clodion groups in terra-cotta were sold in London last year for 1000 guineas, but the price paid for the Marin work estab- fishes a new high record for clay stat uary.
 The London art season was otherwise notable as raising the work of Turner and of the Barbizon school to new auc- tion room attitudes. In addition to 'Mortlake Terrace" which was secured by New York dealer" "The storm" and "The Morning After the storm brought e7775 and fSOS5 respectively. The Hulland sale of examples of the Bar hizon school realized e13s,0o0, Troyon bringing TOGO guineas.
 In the matter of the extraordinary in- crease of value of paintings the repur- chase by a New York dealer for $24,0O0 of a Millet "Shepherdess" from the col lector to whom he had sold it for $500 in 1889 will be recalled.
 How far do the high prices paid for the art of a particular school represent real values and how far imitation due to a passing fancy? The lost vogue of Land seer tells the other side of the story. But certainly the London season developed bargain in the case of the Soho barber connoisseur who bought four battered canvasses for a few shillings and found one of them to be Luca GiOrdanO,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
FREAKS IN INSURANCE.
om Inc Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 The expenditure of S1,0OO,O0O in the de- velopment of a fighting airship would prove wise economy for Congress II the comparative cost and efficiency of ships of air and ships of sea is as stated by the army board of forsrications The battleship Connecticut cost $,OOoOOO, for which sum it is said 40 armed dirigloies could be constructed. Such a fleet of air ships posted at important Notifications could protect the entire Atlantic coast. It is somewhat premature to make ln- telligent comparisons between the air and water ships, but it is evident that 1t f time for the United States to take sone action toward getting in line with othr nations in the development of aerial naf- igation The possibilities of the airsHp in peace, as well as in war, justify ne appropriation which is to be recommefo- ed to the next session of Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

Atlanta July 21.-(Special)-NoW that Governor Smith has at last sent 10 the general assembly his message contaimrs his reasons for firing" Railroad com missioner Joseph M. Brown, who mas since beat him for governor, interest VIII naturally be revived in the contents or the famous letter which Mir. Brown wrote to Governor Smith. which the governor returned unopened, and which nobody yet knows anything about outside Of MT. Brown himself
 MT. Brown is at present in the east at ona of the seaside resorts, where he went for a rest following the excitement mel dent to the campaign, He is expected 10 rturn home the latter part of this week or the first of next.
 The interesting question is what VIII De the next move of the general Judiciary committee of the house to which GoFer- nor Smiths message has been re1erren will tho committee call on MT Brown Tor the contents of that unopened letter or will if consider and investigate Governor Smiths reasons in themselves regardless of what the letter said? As Governor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
Republics In Court

It is not easy, nor is it at all neces- sary, to say who kicked up a rumpus against President Davila of Honduras, or why they did it. The five republics in Central America are not happy un- less they have trouble of some kind brewing, and when it comes each is ready to say one or more of the other fellows did it. The outbreak in Hon. duras seems to be pretty well crushed, and as Mexico and the United States are preparing to use moral suasion in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
Presidential Succession

John Adams was vice president, and so was Thomas Jefferson. The se- lection of presidents by the cabinet route was inaugurated by Jefferson, and his plan became known as the Virginia dynasty" and it lasted until Virginia became known as the mother of presidents.
 Jefferson made Madison his secreta- ry of state, and when he retired after serving two full terms Madison suc- ceeded him. Madison in turn made Monroe his secretary of state, and when he had served two terms Mon roe was made president. Monroe served two terms, and this closed the Virginia dynasty, which covered a pe- ried of A years, or all the time be- tween the terms of John Adams and of John Quincy Adams. But the latter was NULL OC Q oCSiOtdly VI SldIc, duu promotion by the cabinet route was still powerful. There were no national conventions in those days. The politi- clans in congress met and settled things.
 Had Jackson not returned a senator
 
 succession might have lasted another 24 years. Quincy Adams did secure a presidential term, but his term came from the House of Representatives, into which the election had been thrown. Adams made Clay his secre- tarv of state. and Clay never became nresident. Jackson did Van Buren, his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
PROHIBITION INFLUENCE.
ne New York Times.

From the New ork Times
 The doctrine of the original sin, doubt less, explains to the average prohibition ist the disparity between the 4O2,000 votes cast for such an undesirable citizen as Debs in 1904 and the slim 25S,00O received Tn that year by their candidate, Dr. Swal- low. Yet the national prohibition vote ot 1904 was within 5000 of the high-water mark achieved by Bidwell in 1892.
 It is the profound conviction of the straightest of the prohibition sect that, had a majority of the 100000 old party votes in 1904 been cast for their candidate, the country by that act would have been delivered of the rum-curse. MT. E. w. Chain, nominated by the prohibitionisL convention Thursday will s.dmp the coun- try preaching that legislation is the cure. a cure already adopted within score of years by 3S,00o,000 people of the nation in their local or state prohibitory enact lnen.s.
 One would suppose that if the cure were specific and infallible. it would at least reduce the per capita liquor con- sumption among so many millions. In those 20 years the absorption of alcoholic beverages ought, in the districts won by prohibition and still being added to, to have been diminished one-half We note sadly that the contrary is the case. The average citizen, who in 1887 consumed 121 gallons of distilled spirits .55 gallon of wines, 1928 gallons of malt liquors, im- bibed in 1907 three pints more of spirits, . pint more of wine, and 36 quarts more of ale and beer It is discouraging show ing, not only to the prohbitionists, but to those who think that other influences be- sides the law ought to have produced pos- inc far teI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
BEYOND.

By Dante Gabriel Rossetti I,. Think thou and act, tomorrow thou s4ai'
 die.
 Outstretched in the suns warmth pon
 the shore, . |, Thou sayst: Mans measured path all
 gone oer; Up all his years, steepy, with sFain
 and sigh, Man clomb until he touched the thth; Even T. am he whom it was de4ined
 for' How should this be? Art thou thn so Than they who sowed, that thou
 shouldst reap thereby? Nav. come up hither. From this wave
 washed mound Into the farthest flood-brim looH with
 me; Then reach on with thy thought till it be
 drown'd. Miles and miles distant though thI gray
 line be, And though thy soul sail leagues beEond- Still, leagues beyond those llaguss
 thers is more sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
FREAKS N INSURANCE.
New York Correspondence of Pittsburt
 Dispatch.

New York Correspondence of Pittsburg
 Dispatch.
 Every once in while a man with his eyes open discovers some new things in a business way in this little village called New York There are all sorts of special ties, but the strangest things one meets up with are the combinations. A certain clean towel supply house gives life insurance policy to every customer. It is not a very large amount, but 1t is there for them if they should shuffle off while having in their possession towel from their establishment. In fact towel carries s25 insurance, and if man happens to use an apron at the same time his insurance mounts up to $60 As the towel costs 3 cents and the apron 10 cents, one can see what profit there is in picking just the right time Tor shuffling off this mortal coil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

favor of restoration of peace, 1t Is believed that peace will speedily hover over the republic
 The entire matter has been laid be- fore the Central American Court of Justice, a tribunal organized by the five republics, Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, to maintain peace and to settle all con- tests arising among them or between any two of them. It sits at Cartago, Costa Rica, a republic that did not be- come entangled in the Honduras trou- bles.
 Honduras and Nicaragua charge Salvador and Guatemala with attempts tc foment a revolution in Honduras All have been cited to appear and plead, and all seem to be willing to let the court adjust the matter This bringing of republics to the bar is novel proceeding, but it is in a court that they themselves established, and the court is anxious to vindieate the reasons of it's existence by restoring peace and doing justice. But Mexico and the United States will give this court moral support, and it's action will doubtless be accepted by all, even by President Cabrera of Guatemala It is a new way to settle old scores in Gen. tral America
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
Workinq With Enthusiasm.

''The block society movement for iIn- proving the appearance of Birmingham is taking we'll" said Mayor Ward. T thought 1t would meet with ready sup port, but the enthusiasm with which the women have taken hold of the movement is certainly most gratifying. This work of organization will surely bear good fruit.
 We will greatly enhance the beauty and the health of the city. There is noth- ing like enthusiasm in civic endeavors of the sort in question"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
PLANTING HAIR ON BALD HEADS.

From the New ork PfeSS.
 Why should man worry about his hair or the lack of it? Nearly every day receive letters from men or women ask ing for a dandruff cure and a hair re- storer. The best dandruff cure is bald head. The best hair restorer is native of Columbia at the second or third fall of the Chagres river He uses an awl, a mallet and some spice gum. After punching hole in the scalp, he inserts a hair, which is plastered around with the gum and gently cultivated until it takes firm root His custom is to plant three hairs day. To plant more would throw the hairless one into convulsions I knew a man who was IS years getting a new planting of hair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
Royalists Turn Tables.

London, July PA special dispatch dated July 21, to the Times, from Tabriz, says the anti-royalists carried all before them in Mondays fight but that today the tables were turned. Rachin Khin, the commander of the Shah's troops, brought in men late last night to help the royalists in the city ana Followed up his success today' desuitory nghting continuing for many hours' me anti-royalists are as oe- pressed as they were iubilant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Anything that is irregular is irresistible to human nature.
 An awful nice thing about a girl is not to be your sister.
 A woman's photograph is generally success unless it looks like her.
 People who never tell anything but the truth can't help lying about how they do it.
 If a man had twice as mich morYjn- come he'd have a two and half times more expensive family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
Hummer Crops.

"I found crops in Virginia abundant, just as they are in the rest of the coun- try" said Perkins Ellis, who returned this week from visit to his old home in Buckingham county, Virginia.
 q found all the crops in splendid con dition; and we raise nearly everything in Buokingham-corn, wheat, oats, hay and tobacco All along the line between Vir- ginia and Birmingham I heard everybody talking about bumper crops"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
sHOWERY.

sHoWERY. Just a little shower Sprinkled from the sky, Brought the blooms increase of lie, Made the dust to lie. Just a little shower Not so very wet, Filled the bold picnicker's heart With a vain regret. Just a little shower Yesterday it fell Gave some thief a chance to steal My new silk umbrell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for the summer should have The Age-Herald follow them and thus keep Informed about what is taking place in the city and state during their absence The Age-Herald will be sent to them at any address at the regular price, and the address will be changed as often as desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
THE MANDERMIsT

Iris love of the hills and the valleys, The sunshine and shadow and mist, Where the hawk is a speck in the ether And the plunging brooks ripple and
 twist; Where the morning comes up in a glory And the sunset inearmines the west, And a wind through the forest is breath-
 ing
 When the world is asleep and at rest. Iris the lure of the untrodden places That burns in a wanderers veins That leads him from home and the fire-
 side,
 From his friends and fair industry's
 gains; That calls to his heart with a passion He has not the strength to gainsay, But yields to the voice of the tempter And rises and goes on his way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
Soldiers at Republic.

"The soldiers on duty at Repunhe speak in enthusiastic terms Of the ac- commodations furnished there by the Republic Iron and Steel company said citizen. q was at Republic sunday and Monday and talked with several members of the National Guard. They told me that both from sanitary and commissary point of view they were well satisfied"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
 A LADY SHOOTER.

From the Houston Post.
 A Texas lady broke 966 clay pigeonsout of a possible thousand. If she lived III tho Fifth Alabama congressional districpshe would prove a formidable candpate against Mr. Hefiin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

The prohibition candidates need a hair restorer more than they do cold water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

The Illinois woman who went search ing for perfect man ignored the men on the six presidential tickets. She had cut her eye teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
THE WHIP.

Arthur Goodrich, "Glem O Dawn
 It is not sage to use the whip, M reY' Ii mak the horses laig say yes, but it mak his heart SaN no.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

The African animals know that the ides of March are approaching, and they have no coats of mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

Baltimore feels well repaid for it's expenditures in fighting the mosquito Malarial levers are almost unknown in that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

Japan says it wants peace and pro, ceeds to clinch peace by ordering more battleships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

Baltimore rid itself of mosquitoes by spending ten thousand dollars one year and half the amount the next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

MT. Loeb declines to go to Africa to tell the big game when to get into the range of the Rooseveltian gun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

Senator Tom Platt celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday anniversary by writing no letters to his numerous women friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22

When the war office asks an appro- priation of $1,000,000 for balloons 1t in- dulges in high finance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A CALAMITY.

q see where an actress lost her lines the other day"
 That's awful if she travels op her shape.n