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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16
Lower Crop Estimates

In the later stages of the years bar- vesting lower estimates are made of the years crops. Even Wall stree. has ceased to put the cotton cron at l4,OOO,O0O bales, and it's recent esti- mates call for crop of about 13 ,OO0,- 900 bales. Dry weather and hot winds have reduced the vitality of the cot ton plants and the shedding that has been going on leads to lower estimates of the crop.
 The hay crop is admittedly large, the largest ever grown by at least A. OOO,000 tons, but estimates of the cereal crops have been reduced from the indicated yield in August about 200 O,O00,000 bushels. The loss is in corn, oats and spring wheat. The fol- lowing table shows how the crops are at present estimated in comparison with the final figures of last year:
 Estimated Yield. Final Crop.
 1908 1907
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

President Baer begins to feel that he Is Providence again, now that court has declared the commodity clause unconstitutional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Brother Wilbur should get busy. If he does not Brother Orville will steal the thunder of the greatest invention of modern times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

A colored Mason in full regalia was accounted the most splendiferous spec tacle that Boston has been treated to this year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Mrs. Sage is 80 years old, and she still has s5O,ooO,OoO to give away, and she says she intends to put every dol lar to good use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

No babies, alas, are named after vice presidential candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

An odorless gasoline will be de- manded when aeroplanes are so com mon that ladies go shopping in them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

While Great Britain launches Great CT Dreadnoughts we are launching greater aeroplanes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16
JUST DoGGEREL.

JUST DOGGEREL. Don't ever quaff of bottled dope Without the label reading; To hades or some other place, Mayhap, twill send you speeding Don't ask fellow questions when You see he's had a Jumping; He'll be inclined to call you names And treat you to a humping. Don't try to stare an auto car, That's coming down the street, Out of all countenance-'twill knock You swiftly off your feet And break your bones and smash your
 hat
 And haste upon it's way, Without a kindly spoken word Or any move to pay. Don't think because a woman says You are the only one, That she won't change her mind some
 day Just let her show you, son. Don't think yourself so blooming wise There's really nothing new; Some chap you always thought fool May call the turn on you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

The Wright brothers are trying to hitch their wagon to a star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Deserted cities are numerous just now wherever the race pennantward is on. The people flock to the games.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Orders for 1909 aeroplanes should be placed at once. Automobiles received in part payment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Uncle Joe Cannon declines to open his cash books to the country as MT. Bryan has dons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Mankind has at last learned to ny unaided by gasbag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Airships will do well to keep out Of the way of Halley's comet, which IS coming this way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

The Wright brothers are trying to outdo the eagle bird on its own spe- cialty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16
LIFE, S MISC.

A measure blent with the song of birds And the wind that stirs the leaves, And the purl of streams through sunny
 wales
 Where the lone eicala grieves. The long, slow beat of oceans wave On the sands of a moonlit shore, Repeating earth's sad history
 And all that has gone before. The echo of a child's pure laugh, Once heard in the long ago, Or the song that mother used to sing In the twilights purple glow. The haunting strain of a ballad trilled To a golden maid of dreams; Somewhere In the Half-Forgotten land Her smiling face still gleams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Mark Twain and Tolstoi continue to produce copy as freely as they did 50 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Every surplus dollar is demanded by one campaign committee or the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Oryille Wright is deluged with tele- grams from state fairs and amusement parks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

The aeroplane costume cannot, at any rate, be uglier than automobile toggery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Orville Wright counts that day lost in which he does not make new record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

The cereal crops are fully up to the average of the last ten years; they will exceed, perhaps, the excellent crops of last year, but they are not record or bumper crops. They are good" but not great crops. This, however, will be made good in better prices. No one anticipates any lasting reduction in grain values, and the gen. eral belief is that cotton will command a better price as soon as the demand for goods is increased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16
Where the lone eieala grleves.
HE GUESSED RIGHT.

HE GOHSSED RlGf1I. ''You have no confidence in me-" What makes you think sop 'If I should ask you to lend me S10 you would refuse" Gracious, man! You must be a mind reader!' Oh, kiss your hand to trouble And bravely say, Goodbye" There's hope in a world of night, so
 long
 As the stars are in the sky! Oh kiss your hand to trouble And send him on his way; We'll wake to our fondest dreams come
 true
 In the dawn of better dayl
 GETTING BACK TO EARTH Did he marry his ideal?' "No, he married a woman" S'I don't understand you" Well, you see, 1t was this way. When he went out to find his ideal he learned that all the angels were in heaven
 GOING SOME Sailing, sailing,
 Blithely through the air; We'll soon be able to purchase wings And travel anywhere!
 STILL MEDDLING. What's become of Anxious Reader?' |" ''Oh, she's suffragettng now"
 RECIPROCITY. He held her little hand in his Twas blssful, you'll declare; But sweeter still the story is, Because she put 1t therel Docs prohibition prohibit?" exclaimed well known preacher, in righteous wrath. ''Why, will give $10 to anybody
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16
PERFECTLY NATURAL.

That Frenchman over there gets away with me-
 Does he really?" 'Yes; he's me chauffeur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

REPLIES.
 A man who is no musician can some times play on a campaign organ. Almost anybody feels equal to invent ing an airship these days.
 'You never can tell what's going to happen" says the pessimist. "In that case, what's the use of worryingF asks the optimist.
 Two married deaf mutes had a quarrel the other day. A clever headliner says, "She left him without a word." A citizen of Birmingham writes to ask the difference between a function and an entertainment. In most cases one is a horror and the other Is a ho1dup.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

And what will you contribute to the party?"
 "Aw, three cheers and a couple of whoops."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

Wall street has sighted low, rakish, piratical-looking craft called the Bryan Scare, and speculation is blocked. So much the better for all, especially the lambs.
 President Baer begins to feel that he Is Providence again, now that court has declared the commodity clause unconstitutional.
 Brother Wilbur should get busy If he does not Brother Orville will steal the thunder of the greatest invention of modern times
 Mrs. Sage is 80 years old, and she still has s50,ooOOOO to give away, and she says she intends to put every dol l lar to good use.
 A colored Mason in full regalia was accounted the most splendiferous spec tacle that Boston has been treated to this year.
 Deserted cities are numerous just now wherever the race pennantward is on. The people flock to the games.
 An odorless gasoline will be de- manded when aeroplanes are so com- mon that ladies go shopping in them.
 While Great Britain launches Great CT Dreadnoughts we are launching greater aeroplanes. Orders for 1909 aeroplanes should be placed at once. Automobiles received in part payment
 Airships will do well to keep out of the way of Halley's comet, which is coming this way.
 Mark Twain and Tolstoi continue to produce copy as freely as they did 90 years ago.
 The aeroplane costume cannot, at any rate. be uglier than automobile toggery. Oryille Wright counts that day lost in which he does not make a new record.
 Oryille Wright is deluged with teie- grams from state fairs and amusement parks.
 Every surplus dollar is demanded by one campaign committee or the other.
 The Wright brothers are trying to outdo the eagle bird on its own spe- cialty.
 No babies, alas, are named aIter vice presidential candidates.
 The Wright brothers are trying 10 hitch their wagon to a star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

L. H. Russ and 2. D. Morgan are the only authorized travelling representa- tives of The Age-Herald in it's circula- ton department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-16

RECIPROCITY. He held her little hand in his Twas blissful, you'll declare; But sweeter still the story is, Because she put 1t therel
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
THE HOUSE RULES.

The TTihunes Washington dispatches report
lively interest among Renresentativeseeect TO the
next House in the proposed liberalization of the
House rules Members of the lower branch of
the national legislature often talk about liberal
ling the present code and most Of them are
fheoretica lly convinced that the fetters of the
system now in force should he broken. But the
more influential Representatives, having first suf
fered from the injustices Of the system and then
heg1ln % profit by them hesitate 10 rake part in
;; movement 10 restore A larger measure Of equal
ity seeing that they have more 10 lose than to
gain and the newer members are handicapped
for leadership by their ineXperience and by not
unnatural fear Of being boycotted if their efforts
should prove n failure. The oyerconcentration
Of power IN The hands Of the Speaker and his
leutensnts intimidates all innovators and critics
except the bravest.
The present system represents an extreme
swing of the pendulum toward the Capitalization
Of authority. Before the Reed rules were de-
vised and adopted the House was plagued with
anarchy. There was no strong hand to suppress
hlibnstering and cempel the members 10 transact
business eKpediriously aud nlethOdicaly Any
Little group IF men could block the wheels OF
legislation for week by making dlatory mo-
lions and compelling continual rolcalIs The
Ho-se welcomed The deliEeranee from these
puerilities which came with the Reed business"
code and no one would care 10 go hack 10 the lar
8nd irresponsible parliamentary system which
prevailed Up 70 the end of the SOS The Speaker
ought 10 retain all the power he now has 30 hold
the House 10 its legitimate tasks. to repress ir-
relevant and fme-wasting parliamentary manoeu-
vres and 10 give prompt effect to the will Of the
majority.
BUT the Reed system Of rules has been applied
e concentrate not only parliamentary but legis
lstiVe and political power in the grasQ of the
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,

TF7or1 The Tribune Bureau
WASHINGTON Nov. 2S.-Miss Mabel Boardrnan has
issued invitations for reception at o'clock On
December g. when her guests will meet the Presf-
dent-alect and Mrs. Taft.
large number Of dinners for young people will
be given on the night OF December 2s. preceding
Roosevelt will make her debut, the guests going IN
companies TO the dance. The Assistant Secretary
of State and Mrs Bacon Mrs. Mum. and number
Of others have already issued invitations
Mr.. and Mrs Edison Bradley have taken posses
sion of their home. of the most commodt-
Gus houses in the capital Mr.. and Mrs Bradley
will be sufficiently settled by January l TO begin
their social life for the winter Next week Mr.. and
Mrs Bradley will entertain friends at Mr.. Brad
various parties there for the next two three
weeks.
Mrs Mark Brooke. wife Of Lieutenant Brooke.
stationed West Point. is the guest OF her mother
Mrs. Gunnell
Ex-Governor Ide of the Philippines and Miss Ide
who are the guests of Representative and Mrs
Bourke Cochran, win lease a house here for the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs Guy Norman have leased their house
10 Senator and Mrs. Aldrich. who will take pos
session December !.
Representative and Mrs Richard Wayne Parker
will open their house here Tuesday Wednes-
day. They will present their daughter. Miss Eliza
beth wocott Parker. to society at dance De
cember 90 Miss Parker and Miss Roosevelt are
close personal friends.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
TFron III. Tribune Buresu.l


v,7ashinx+on Nov g-The italian Arnbs ssador
and baroness Mayor des P1anches have issued in
vitations for the first formal dinner Of the season
at tho italian Embassy to be given on December
10 in honor of signor and Signora Guglihtro Sea
nero. of Italy.
The Austrian Ambassador has issued tnvftatio7s
70 the President. Vice President members OF tne
Cabinet diplomats and other officials 70 attend
the celebration Of the sfxtieth anniversary OF the
accession Of Emperor Francis Joseph. which VIII
take place al II O'Clock next Tuesday at St Pat
rick's Church. High mass will be celebrated by
Monsignor Ceretti Of the Apostolic Delegation. IN
the presence Of Cardinal Gibbons The musical
programme will be elaborate.
The British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce gave
farewell dinner at the embassy tonight In honor
OF Count Hermann Won ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
German Counsellor. who has beer appointed min
lister TO Egypt. and will soon leave Washington
for his new post Invited meet him were the
men Of the embassy staff and several other bache-
lor diplomats.
Mr.. and Mrs Kenuard. Of the British Embassy
staff, who married here November H. will
return from their wedding journey on Tuesday
The Swedish Minister returned TO the legation
this afternoon, after absence Of several days in
Pittsburg. in company with Charlemagne Tower,
and in Philadelphia. In the latter city the min
lister attended a reception of three thousand mem
bers of the Swedish society Of that city
The Danish Minister, who went to New York on
Wednesday, returned tonight accompanied by
Countess MoItke. whom he met on her arrival rom
Europe. They are occupying the new legation
home they recently leased.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

have always been high as they are no" tone
hundred and sixty fee0. Professor Spencer, FOR
instance thinks that Lake Ontarios leVel WIS
once only thirty-ive feet lower thah Lake
ErIe's If he is correct, the undermining erect
must have been much smaller then than at pres
ent and the rate Of recession much slower ur
thernore it is generally believed that the vol
ume of water discharged by the Niagara Hlver
has not always been what it is now Professor
Spencer was one of the first TO adduce evidence
that the contents of the three upper lakes for
merlr reached the St Lawrence Valley by an
other route than that now followed. and that
the Niagara then served as an outlet for Lake
Erie only.
Unfortunately, there is yet no agreement as
10 the length Of time since Lakes Superior
Michigan and Huron discharged by way OF tue
Nfpissing Valley. Nor is it safe to say that the
quantity of water which escaped in an easterly
direction was as great as 1t is now. Even Il
the precipitation In the upper lake oasin was
the same there might have been an apprectdoie
drainage to The nOrthward. Besides, the Vol-
ume to be discharged from Lake Erie might
have been greater or less than it is now Owing
to the fitting of the continental SURFACE lhe
agencies which enter into Professor Spencer
calculation might have had different values
from those he assigns TO them. 1t is quite con-
ceivable. too that other important factors IN the
problem have been entirely ignored. PROFESSOR
r. s. Tarr. In his Physical Geography OF Ne"
York State" remarks that many geoloeS''
think that enough information has not oeeh
obtained TO justify positive conclusions. lu1
tssl, Is vet too complicated to be pertorme"
with satisfactory results. This verdict was
rendered before Professor Spencer's latest
studv of the falls was undertaken, to ne SURE
but 1t is apparently still applicable to the case
Too little is yet known about the chdnse0
wrought by the great ice sheet which once eA
tended down past the Canadian border anu
about the duration of the glacial peIiou u
make close reasoning possible about Niagara
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
THE RRTTTSH LICENSE BILL.

The determination of the British House of
Lords 10 reject the new license bill was
pretty generally expected The only alterna-
five which had been considered possible had
been the amending of the measure in way
entirely unaCceptablet Ito the Commons In either
case the result would have been the practical
killing of the BILL and therefore intensfcation
of the contest between the two houses. The
latter consideration is, however. not to be re-
garded as of much weight. The demand for
the ''mending or ending OF the Lords has been
made several times on far stronger issues than
this but has never yet commanded formidable
popular support. and the obvious reasons for
its failure to do SO will probably remain potent
for many years to come
1t is not 10 he expected, therefore, that the
death of this hill viii he the signal for a disso-
luton of Parliament and an appeal 10 the coun-
try against the House of Lords. The time and
the temper of the nation pot opportune for
that The contest could not be fought solely
or chiefly on the license issue. but would turn
| in much greater measure on that Of tariff re
form and the almost uniform drift Of popular
sentiment shown in by-electiOns may we'll
make the Liberals reluctant TO meet that issue
at the polls. Moreover this license bill was
so completely transformed during its progress
through the House of Commons as To forfeit
much of the moral respect with which it might
al nrst nave peeh regarded ana 10 put It IN the
category Of purely opportunist partisan meas
ures.
AT the same time there can he no doubt of
the need of comprehensive measure of excise
reform in Great Britain. and II is NOT impos.
sible that rejection of this bill will lead II
the introduction of another which will prove
acceptab BILE 10 both houses. Such might be the
reception of judiciousy framed high license
bill. which would, If enacted, attain some Of the
very ends which were chiefly aimed at at least
in theory by the trainers of the late bill
namely the reduction In number of drinking
places snd the elimination of the lower classes
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

Sneaker II has made him much more than an
efficient presiding officer. 1t has constituted him
legislative and political autocrat for since he
selects the Committee on Rules. which frames
the legislative programme of the House, appoints
the committees to which all measures must be
referred and exercises absolute power in the
matter Of recognition" on the floor his grant OF
authority covers every phase and process of
legislation He has the means to discipline and
to reward. and his consent is necessary to every
which he is ostensbly only the agent and ser
want.
The Speaker is the head of a legislative HE
rarchy whose rule reduces the great majority OF
the members TO mere attendants at rolicails. 1t
crushes individual initiative and ambition and
has absolutely destroyed the equal footing on
which Representatives are supposed to stand
For all practical purposes the Speaker and one
are ma jority The Tribune has often said that
in its own interest the House should reassume
some of the legislative and political powers now
unwisely vested In the Speaker 1t would be
better all around we think. If the Rules Com
nittee were enlarged in size and its members
were elected by the House itself. 1t would also
be better il all the other cSmmittees were or
ganized by steering committees responsible TO the
ma iority and minority cauCuses. This method
is followed with good results in the Senate.
Freer discussion and action in the House would
develop more capable leadership and give fuller
and fairer expression to the real sentiments Of
the members each Of whom. ii should be re-
membered represents a constituency as much
entitled TO consideration in legislation any
other constituency.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.


Washington Nov s-Ths President was to'd
TO-DAY bv ex-Congressman LittsueT that sentiment
IN the Republican party in New York Is strohsis
IN favor Of Elihu Root for Senator and tnsi h'
will undoubtedly be elected 10 succeed Mr. Fi@''
Charles p Taft, who called TO pay ms Respects
70 the President was asked for information "
rardine the likelihood Of his succeeding oehA'V
Foraker "If ! get votes enough Will De he.e
when the special session eonvenes. was All Ny
Taft would say.
The President advised George 8 Terry recehuS
chosen for Assistant Treasurer of the United states
at New York that he would not be appointed uh'ii
Congress meets as that win save Mr. Terry soUie
bonding expense -
The President and Mrs Roosevelt TOOK n"'7s
bacL, ride in the suburbs this afternoon
Among the callers at the White House were sen
ators Lodge and Penrose. Representatives Fo"lc''
Fitzgerald Alexander and Smith. OF Csiforhi@'
Professor J. W. jerks, of the Immigration So'i
mission: William II. Hayward, victor L. 'aS'
Victor Rosewater. Frederick Upham DsVia ONei,
l. J. Behan and Charles r. Brooker, sli connec'e'i
with the MANAGEMENT of The Republican Na'ioilo'
Committee; James p. Townsend. Chariss -
Sheriff. and W NJ Chase OF New YORK; >. -
O'DonneII of San Francisco; Colonel H. l." sat
terIee Dr. Moreand, International secretary o'
the CoIored Young Mems Christian Assoclat'oh'
Colonel NJ E. IJreIl. John L. Smith, Assistant sec
retary winthrop A. I. Vorys and Delegate An