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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
We are in Gods hand, brother.
 king Henry
Venezuela and the United States

Special Commissioner Buchanan has succeeded in overcoming all obstacles, including the fixed opinions of Presl- dent Gomez relative to the integrity of the courts of his country, and every claim and question in dispute between the two countries have been either set tied or put in course Of settlement. President Gomez was at times stub born, standing naturally by his own country, but Commissioner Buchanan proved equal to each emergency as it arose, and all matters in dispute are settled.
 By negotiation with the New York and Bermudez Asphalt company that company agreed to pay a fine of $6o,- GOO. The fine had originally been S5,000 000. The asphalt company also agreed to pay to Venezuela for con- sessions a minimum revenue of $20,000 a year. This is a good bargain for the asphalt company, and the settlement puts out of the way the chief difference between the two republics.
 An American newspaper man who had been summarily elected by Presi- dent Castro is to receive $3000, anu three other disputes are to be arbi- trated at The Hague, even one is to be reheard that had been tried there, that of the Orinoco corporation.
 There are now no disputes between Venezuela and the United States, thanks chiefly to the clever work of Special Commissioner Buchanan. Min ister Nelson has been ordered to re- turn to Caracas, and no doubt good re- lations will hereafter exist between the two republics. Some of the American claims were, in part at least, unjust The rights were not all on one side, but President Gomez and Commissioner Buchanan have reached a settlement that will no doubt prove satisfactory to both countries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
LEARN TO USE THE TELEPHONE,

From the Philadelphia Record.
 Only about one person in every ten knows how to properly use the tele- phone" said a district manager of one of the local companies. 'Yes, sir. I'll stand by my guns on that assertion; |; and I think I can prove my point. Nine out of every ten persons talk entirely too loud over the telephone. They act ually shout and make so much noise that they drown out all semblance of clear ness Then they can't hear, and the first thing you know there is a complaint about poor connection and faulty service. The correct way to talk over the tele- phone is to talk as you do in ordinary conversation or even a tri1e lower. Peo- pie can't seem to realize that the tele- phone will carry a whisper even. No, they must talk loud enough to be heard from Tenth and Chestnut street to Ger mantown. if those be the connected points. Just try yourself. Try the low, well modulated voice, and see If you do not get infinitely better service out of your telephone in the future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

mans God In 1903 he gave emphasis to his profession of religion by being bap- tzed into the Methodist faith, at which ceremony he made speech as rugged as a bit of oratory as he himself was as a figure.
 Now that Geronimo Is dead one of the few conspicuous ties that bound the present United States with the past will derness disappears, too. He completely symbolized the prmeva1 days of the western continent When the American soldiers fought him they typiied the mod ern spirit combating the ancient. As long as they were fighting him the country seemed still to be a young nation-young in it's years race and civilization. His eminence made those of us living seem in touch with our forefathers, to share the dangers they faced in plain and forest to witness with them the birth of an em- pire. His going widens the space be- tween the period of the pioneers and our selves. As the historic characters pass away they drive the seeker after knowl- edge to books as substitutes for living witnesses. If Peter Stuyvesant or Lord Baltimore were alive now, however old they might be, the early days of the con tinent would not seem so remote. But they are dead and all their fellows. and so their respective periods are dim and intangible in their distance. We know them only from the cold black and white of the printed page
 Geronimo was an Indian of the aborig- inal school. The modern Indian is 8 pur- suer of refinement, thrift and the various arts of peace. Geronimo was a savage imprisoned. The modern Indian is a sav- age regenerated. The Geronimo kind of Indian was more romantic picturesque and thrilling, likewise more to be avoided when met in the road. The modern kind is probably a better citizen and a more agreeable neighbor. All the same, 1t is somewhat startling to think that our very young nation is growing so old that 1t is fast losing all ties that bind 1t to the pioneer times. With the death of Geronl- mo and others of his kind it takes on more and more the semblance of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
Our Pocket Borough State

Nevada's anti-Japanese demagogues have recalled public attention to the small population of Nevada, a state created during the civil war for war purposes. According to the census of 1890 Nevada had but 42,O00. It had lost in decade population, but the discovery of gold in or near Goldfield has turned the tide and the state is gaining population.
 Her vote in the presidential election of 1904 totaled HTS; in 1908 her vote had risen to 24,627 This means that in the census of next year her popula- tion will probably be shown to have become over 00,O00. That is a low number of people for a state, but so long as Nevada's population is increas- ing there is hope of considerable population, for she has ample dimen- sions, and a good deal of her soil can be irrigated.
 The truth is, Nevada came near about ten years ago to failure in state hood. Our history shows no nearness like Nevada's. With a decreasing and insignificant population she was in no condition to euStain tha avnenSes of a state government. The discovery of new gold districts in the state has, however, rendered any return to terri torial conditions improbable. This sage-brush state will never be very populous, but it may yet contain as many people as Delaware possesses, and Delaware is an old state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

more appointments than it would be to lower the standard of admission. Re quirements of admission have been raised in all good colleges, and the standard at the academy should be maintained. More appointees should be named until the number of the cadet corps is filled. There are vacan- eies in the officers lists, and for this reason the cadet corps should be fille1 and the only road to it seems to con- sist in an indefinite increase in ap- rointees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
HOW DICKENS LEARNED.

From the London Times.
 When asked by one of those wiseacres who are convinced that in order to write good English man must be taught to write bad Latin where his son was edu- cated,. Mir. John Dickens replied with considerable aplomb that his son-er- WI his son-er-might be almost said. in a sense, to have educated himself. The street, the warehouse, MT. Creakle, an attorneys office, the reporters gal lery, and post chaise-such was the edu- cation that equipped young man of 24 to preside at the banquet of literature at an unprecedented age, to make the best speeches in London. to go into the best society, to set the table in roar, to lead every company in which ho mixed. to travel. acquire French and Italian with ease, and write the most animated ldtters known to the modern world ~s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
CAREER OF GERONIMO
From the Louisville courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 1 HOSE who agree with the apo
 ASp thegm that the dead Indian is
 the only good Indian may now come into the belief that Geronimo is a very good Indian. For distressingly and disastrously long while during his life he was not only a bad Indian, but, in his own generation, probably the worst. He was bloodthirsty, untamed cunning. He and his tribe got more pleasure from a slaughter of palefaces than from a meal of maize. He succeeded in keeping the southwest in a state of alarm and the United States soldiers in state of aggressive activity Elusive, crafty and violent he was one of the most diff ficult propositions that a small band of civilized troops under vgilant and shrewd leadership ever tackled. His operations brought to the front a number of strong fighters among the whites. It was in Geronimo's pursuit that Crook achieved the very climax of his career as the "prince of Indian fighters" It was in his capture that General Miles displayed qualities of highest grade as leader of resourcefulness, determination and craft- ness. As one of the narrators puts 1t, Miles pursued Geronimo necessarily, never giving him a moments rest, and exhibiting a cunning even greater than that of the Indian chief. Every water hole In the two territories was occupied and closely guarded, and the camp of the enemy. after once being scented, was moved many times. With every change Geronimo found his tireless antagonist ever on his heels, and after three years of labors on the part of Miles and his men the chief and his band surrendered internationally at Ft. Bowie, Lieutenant Gatewood taking his life in his hands to carry to Geronimo General Miles ultima tum.'
 It was in 1885 that Geronimo was thus captured, and from that time until his death as an aged man he was a prisoner of war out in Oklahoma. In later years he professed Christianity and held him. self up as devout adherent of the white
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
Money Market Easy.

Henry Clews in his Saturday review says in part:
 Money is easy everywhere. Not only in New York, but in Paris, Frankfort and Berlin the tendency of interest rates is still downward This, of course, is mainly due to the depression prevailing in com merce and industry in all parts of the world. As result capital is accumulat- ing and diligently seeking every form of safe and profitable employment. The eff feet of this situation upon the security markets Is marked. In the first place it causes a goodb demand for high grade in- yestments from conservative investors and institutions, who have more regard for preservation of principal than either div idends or speculative profits. At the same time another class of buyers, viz, the general public, continues to abstain from the market, partly because the dull ness of business and diminution of profits lessens their purchasing ability, and part ly because they recognize that the prices of average stocks are much too high in view of existing conditions. The insid- CTS and big market leaders have suc- cessfully resisted any important decline thus far, owing to the abundance of cheap money. There are reasons for believing, however that those whose policy it was to support the market and resist natural tendencies have accumulated all, if not more than, the stocks they desire, and that In the absence of buyers their posi- ton is anything but a satisfactory one notwithstanding their unquestioned f1nan- cial strength.
 ''The outlook for the stock market con- tinues complex. On the one hand, we have universal ease in money and pros poets of It's continuance until the autumn in spite of government withdrawals of de posits, gold exports and possible increased demands incidental to April l. The good inquiry for bonds and high-class stocks is certainly encouraging. London has been larger investor of American secur- itics than for some time past and the general strength of the foreign markets ence here. On the other hand, the pros poets of continued dullness in trade in the United States, the outlook for irritating tariff discussion and the fact that neither securities nor commodities have yet un- dergone an adequate decline all tend tc unsettle confidence in the future of the stock market. The new administration will shortly be sworn in, and reassur- ring and encouraging message is conf. dentlye eS expected 2 from 5, President-elec' TafL1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
THAckERAY AND BouLLAeAlssE

From the New York Times.
 When and where did William Make peace Thackeray say that fin New Or leans you can getNa boullabaisse the like of which was never eaten in Mar seilles or Paris? New Orleans, feasting the President-elect with Creole gumbo, in the connection of which it is inds- putably pre-eminent, and cashburgot chambord, which includes sheepshead, oysters and mushrooms, remembers that the poet of Rue Neuve des Petits Champs said just that, and assumes that the purport of the utterance was compliment ary. One might truthfully say the same thing of bouillabaisse manufactured In Lima, O., or Kansas City, Mo. But New Orleans sees no irony in the remark 1t attributes to Thackeray. Its own idea of the historic 'soup or broth or stew'' of Marseilles comprises red snapper, to- matoes and white wine, with other in- gredients. Here is Thackeray's 'idea:
 Green herbs. red peppers, mussels,
 saffern,
 Soles. onions, garlic, roach and dace;
 All these you eat at Terre's tavern,
 In that one dish of biluilabaisse. A
 Of course, Thackeray, under the infiu- ence of Creole hospitality which is ever delightful, may have praised the New Orleans equivalent of t'> famous dish of Terre's. Great men sometimes say things hyperbolically of victuals in their moments of unalloyed geniality which they afterward deplore Mr. Taft has lately permitted himself to speak in praise of 'possum as an article of food. But if Thackeray said that about the New Or leans fish stew, in jest or in earnest, we want cha anfar and verge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
MY KAT E,

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. She was not as pretty as women I know, And yet all your best made of sun shine and snow Drop to shade, melt to naught in the longtrodden ways While she's still remembered on warm and cold days
 My Kate. Her air had meaning, her movements grace; You turned from the fairest to gaze on her face: And when you had once seen her fore head and mouth, You saw as distinctly her soul and her truth
 My Kate. Such a blue inner light from her eye lids out broke, You looked at her silence and fancied she spoke. When she did, so peculiar, yet soft, was the tone, Though the loudest spoke also, you heard her alone
 My Kate. I doubt if she said to you much that could act AS a thought or suggestion; she did not attract In the sense of the brilliant or wise: l infer ,Twas her thinking of others made you think of her
 My Kate. She never found fault with you, never implied Your wrong by her right; and yet men at her side Grew nobler, girls purer' as through the whole town Tho children were gladder that pulled at her gown My Kate. None knelt at her feet confessed lovers in thrall; They knelt more to God than they used--that was all: If YOU praised her as charming, some asked what you meant But the charm of her presence was felt when she went
 My Kate. The weak and the gentle, the ribald and rude, She took as she found them and did them all good;f It always was so with her-see what you have. She has made the grass greener-even herewith her grave My Kate. My dear one! When. thou vast alive with the rest, I held thee the sweetest, and loved thee the best: And now thou art dead, shall not take thy part As thy smiles used to do for thyself, my sweetheart-
 My Kate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Eloquent EnaIIsh.

Tn a club to which l once belonged John Henry Newman's sermons were studied as belle lettres,' remarked a layman. "and l was struck with the fact that Newman's famous discourse entitled The Second Spring. was the favorite from a literary point of view. But in my humble judgment Newman s sermon on the conversion of the Engles of Britain was his master work. New man took the text from the XIV chapter of St. Matthew: The boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves, for the wind was contrary; and in the fourth watch of the night He came to them. walking upon the sea-.
 That sermon was preached in St. Chad's, Birmingham, England, and in that masterful review of religion in old Albion Newman was at once philosophic and eloquent. Every sentence might we'll come under the head of choice literature. This paragraph, for example, is perhaps unsurpassed
 And so He who, did 1t so please Him, could raise up children to Abraham out of the very stones of the earth, never theless determined in this instance in His free mercy to unite what was beautiful in nature with what was radiant in grace; and as if those poor Anglo-Saxons had been too fair to be heather, therefore did He rescue them from the devils service and the devils doom and bring them unto the house of His holiness and the mountain of His rest. It is an old story and "a familiar, and I need not go through it. I need not tell you, my brethren, how suddenly the word of truth came to our ancestors in this island and subdued them to it's gentle rule; how the grace of God fell on them; and without compulsion, as the historian tells us, the multitude became Christian; how when all was tempestuous and hopeless and dark, Christ like a vision of glory came walking to them oa the waves of the sea-
 "Newman's English was always clear and charming. As a recent critic said, Newman was the most fascinating writer of the nineteenth century, and no one could read page that came from his pen without feeling conscious of being under his spell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
Lack of Cadets At West Point

West Point needs 121 more cadets, and bill is pending authorizing the appointment of two additional cadets from each state. Still another bill aims to lower the requirements for ad- mission to the academy.
 The deficiency in the number of oedets at West Point seems to be due to poor material furnished. Of 46o ap. DoIntees III failed to report for ex- animation. Of the 349 reporting 124 cnly were wholly satisfactory. Some were mentally weak, and some were physically deficient.
 The public schools stand accused of not preparing students for admission to the academy. But the chances arc that Senators and Congressmen have not been careful in selecting ap- polntees. ..44--4.-ssstxt.4.ss
 u would. however, be better to make
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
Business Brisk.

T hear some complaint of dullness in kins of St. Louis, ''but trade is as brisk as 1t was a year ago, if not more so The truth is, we got spoiled in 1906. That was a year of record-breaking pros perity. This country had never before seen it's like.
 of we have 75 or even 50 per cent of the volume of business this year that we had in 1906 we will be well off and should be satisfied"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
Sale of Eirearmsl

There has been an unusual sale of heavy firearms during the past few weeks" said an observant citizen.
 '"fhe hunting season is about over and yet negroes and white persons are buying by the hundreds the army guns offered for very low price. These guns are very deadly at a long distance. A dealer who advertised a Swiss rifle sold 25 in one day. Over 1000 of the discarded army guns, with bayonets, have been sold here in the past few weeks. What does it all mean?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
CroD Prospects Next Fall

The condition of the winter wheat crop continues to be favorable. More moisture has fallen and also more snow. The crop in the surplus states is today covered with snow, and the longer that snow remains as a blanket to the growing crop the better is its chance of escaping damage.
 All known facts point to an increased acreage in spring wheat, oats, corn and cotton. By the end of May these crops bid fair to cover nearly 100000 900 acres in this broad and fertile country.
 The price of May wheat has been advanced to $1.13, or about 20 cents higher than the quotation one year ago. May corn is worth GA cents, or 1 cents above the price of year ago. Oats are worth B cents in Chicago, and we are actually importing oats from Ar gentina to meet American consump- ton. Cotton is reasonably firm when the condition of the yarn market is considered. The prices of all these crops point to large acreages next fall.
 As the year progresses more and more interest will be taken in the years crops. General business will turn largely upon the crop outcome next fall. All that can be said at pres ent is that winter wheat looks well, and large acreages are expected in the other great crops of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

A bill is pending in the Missouri legislature requiring lobbyists to be uniformed, the secretary of state to furnish them with cap and badge. Herein is a suggestion for Governor Conner when he calls special session of the legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Franklin MacVeagh has unloaded his grocery business, and he should call in his catsup that contains benzoate of soda before he takes charge of the country's finances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Governor Hadley's colonels have been ordered to ride 20 miles day for three successive days, and if this fash ion continues to spread the colonels of Alabama may be ordered to ride post haste to Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
MRS. COREY ON SOCIETY

its advent. This is necessarily so, for we are. living in an age of industrial development that absorbs all the ener- gies of our men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Arzola, a semi-tropical plant, is what New Jersey needs, for it is sure death to mosquitoes. A few twigs of it should be grown in Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

The great constitutional lawyers in the Senate have acquired all their learning without once reading the con stitution itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Ocean steamship agents are now pestered with the question, "Is your steamer fitted out with wireless?p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

At the Taft banquet in New Orleans egg sauce was served with the alligator steak. This carried the price per plate up to S25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

All baseball teams will next month win pennant on paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Those who are protesting against "Salome' make others anxious to see 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Canada is building a third railroad to the Pacific coast, all crossing the great wheat belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Margaret Illington's incompatability with Frohman is only matched by her compatibility with Bowes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

When President Charles w. Eliot denounees the employment of spies in times of peace he becomes guilty of lese majestic, and he may be haled to Washington any old day before March f.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

A special message a day would make a driving finish of terrific adminis- tration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

The tunnel extensions in New York will soon put many stores underground. The goods always seek the customers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Wireless poker is now played on the liners. If you lose you do not pay ex- cept by the wireless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Madame Sembrich has bidden fare well to opera to return for a concert tour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Nevada is not in good position or condition to secede.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Hetty Greens daughter is to marry a newspaper man, and in that way her fortune may become of benefit to the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Reinforced concrete is coming into favor as building material in earth quake districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

Managers continue to put the plays on the stage that the public is willing to pay to see. Don't blame the man. agers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22

China, it appears, had taxicabs 1000 years ego
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-22
THE AGE- HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8. 1879.