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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
OPEN THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART

Nv Edward Everett Hale.
open the door of your heart, my lad,
TO the angels of love and truth.
When the world is full of unnumbered
joys
In the beautiful dawn of youth.
Casting aside all things that mar,
Saying to wrong, DEPART
To the voices of hope that are calling
YOU
Open the door of your heart
Open the door of your heart. my lass,
To the things that shall abide,
To the holy thoughts that lift your soul
Like the stars at eventide
All of the fadeless flowers that bloom
In the realms of song and art
Are yours, if you only give them room
Open the door of your heart
Open the door of your heart my friend,
Needless of class or creed,
When you hear the cry of a brothers
voice,
The sob of child in need.
To the shining heaven that DER you
bends
You need no map or chart.
But only the love the Master gave
Open the door Of your heart.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
NEW EXTENSION
OF CABLE LINES

st. Johns! New Foundland, March a.
(Speeial)-S Robert Bond, premier of
New Foundland, announces that his
government has agreed upon con-
tract with the Commercial Cable COM
pany by which the latter viii extend
one of its cables into New Foundland
and thence direct to New York city.
Clarence H. MacKay, president of the
Commercial Gable company, and of the
MacKay companies, upon being shown
the above telegram said:
1.-The report is correct We have
agreed to cut one of our five trans
Atlantic cables at point in the At
lantic known as the Flemish-Cap,
which is about 3aO miles east of New
Fonndland, and there attach the Eu-
ropean end of the cable to an entirely
new cable which will extend from the
Flemish-Ca into st. Johns. New
Foundland, and thence direct from St
Johns to New York city. That is the
ideal route for a cable between Europe
and America because it divides into
two sections more equally than any
other route the entire distance from
This will enable US to operate the
cable direct between New York city
and Ireland with much greater accu-
racy and speed, the speed alone being
increased over 80 per cent. We shall
then have the only cable In the At
lantic running from Europe to New
Foundland and thence direct to New
York. We probably would have laid
our cables by that route in the begin
Ii
company had not had exclusive land
ing rights in New Foundland
"Th csc rights which existed for SO
years, have expired and so we are now
making this change. 1t means the pur-
chase and laying of 100 miles of new
cable. After 1t is finished we shall
then have lying unused on the bottom
of the sea about 900 miles of cable
running from the Flemish Cap direct to
Canso, Can, that being that portion
of the cable now In use and which Will
be put out of use by this new plan.
Our cable ship will pick up as much
as it can of this 300 miles of cable
and it will then be resheathed and will
be available for use elsewhere.
For two years we have been study
ing this question and carefully con-
sidering the change from every point
of view. 1t involves a large expendi-
ture of money but we shall expend it.
The Commercial Cable company is
the premier company in the Atlantic
ocean and we propose to keep it so. We
shall spare no expense to give the fast
est and best service that sub marine
cables are capable Of with all the ad-
vantages of the most direct routes.
Never before in the history of ca
bles has 900 miles of a regularly work.
ing cable been picked up from the bot
tom of the sea and the route changed
simply for the sake of accelerating the
speed and increasing the continuity
and reliability of the service, but that
is what we propose to do, and I wish
to remark that I do not believe any
government would ever make any such
change at such an enormous expense,
simply for the purpose of giving the
public an improved service"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
DECATUR WANTS WIRELESS.
Cotton Men Consider System Safer
and More Private.

Decatur, March .-(Special)-There is
now a movement on foot to secure a
wireless telegraph station in Decatur, in
connection with stations in Birmingham,
Montgomery, New Orleans, Mobile and
other cities of the south. 1t is understood
that some of the cotton men of this Sec
ton of the state are largely behind the
movement and are backing it up, as they
are of the opinion that the wireless would
be for the best interest of their business,
making it safer for the transmission of
messages without their contents being
made known.
Many of the business men of the De-
caturs are very much interested in the
matter and it is stated in business cir
Giles here today that there is a strong
probability that the wireless will soon
establish a station here
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
WILL SWEEP STREETS.
Huntsville Council May Buy Valuable
Property.

Huntsville, March 3.-(Special)-The
first street sweeping contract that the
CITY of Huntsville has ever awarded was
last night secured by Jesse F. young
former president of the councii' o'ree'
sweeping has never before been heoes-
sity as there have been no paVeo siee'"
Mrs Milton Humes has suphil'teo
proposition to sell her three-quareers III
terest in the Calhoun property across the
street from the postoffice, for the sum
of s14.5oO. The remaining quarter OF the
block is covered with houses ana .ne ss elsy
already has an option on that Tor $oooo.
There is a popular movement here for
the purchase of this property to be. used
as a site for city buildings and public
nlaYgrounds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
Spring Season Changing.

1.-THE spring in this part of the country
is later coming on in these recent years
than it was before the war;" said Capt.
j. L. Darby, adjutant of Camp Hardee.
81 have not kept diary, but l would
say that farm and garden work is started
about a month later now than it was 80
years ago. l was born and reared In
Talladega county and l remember when
the early vegetables were planted in Feb
ruary and when corn was planted by
March l. Another thing, we never knew
what 1t was to have failure of the
peach crop before the war.
whether or not there is any sci
entifc wav to account for the change of
our seasons, all old-tmers like myself
have observed the change"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
Tributes to Roosevelt.

London, March 4.-The London morning
papers publish long editorials. articles Of
appreciation and the portraits of the in
coming and outgoing Presidents of the
United States. The tributes to President
Roosevelt are of the most enthusiastic
character. They rank him in the great
line with Washington, Lincoln and Grant
as the most fascinating personality in the
two hemispheres. only rivaled in that re-
spect by the Emperor of Germany. his
government marking the consolidation of
Americas position as a world power, as
the Morning Post says, without attacks
on the rights or interests of other ma
tons"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
REGARDING Theatre Customs.

Il would like to call attention to some
thing that probably is not generally no.
ticed and that is the fact that vendors
of chewing gum, candies and other small
edibles are permitted to pass up and down
the aises of the Jefferson theatre, offer
ing their wares for SALE said Leo K.
Steiner. 1T appears to me that this de-
atre
Il have Travelled good deal and l do
not believe that this is permitted in any
high-class opera house. OF course, in
vaudeville houses it is expected and has
become one of the features of that class
of places, just as red lemonade, peanuts,
etc, are sold at the circus"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
HOUSE AND SENATE
WORK OVERTIME

Washington March Both houses
of Congress worked overtime yester-
day with the result that no impera-
tive legislation except the pension APP
preparation bill was left for today. Be-
ginning at 10 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing the Senate ran until IL o'clock last
night, while the House, which COM
menced business at II a. m, was in
session until 1:03 o'clock this morning.
During the night Representative
sherman, who will today take the oath
of office as Vice President, made a
notable address in bidding adieu to his
comrades of the House of Representa-
tives where he has served for q
years. He was given a great demon
stration by both republicans and dem
ocrats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
Death of Aged Virainian.

I'm reading recently of the death of
John Ferguson of Richmond, grand treas
urer of tie grand lodge of Virginia Odd
Fellows, many of the older citizens of
Virginia will recall the death of DR..
John Dove, grand secretary of the Ma
sonic grand bodies, which occurred in
1876" said a member of Birminghams
Virginia colony. "Mr. Ferguson was IS
years of age and was an honored cit
izen. He had been grand treasurer of
the Odd Fellows more than so years.
"Dr. Dove had Allied the office of
grand secretary Of the grand lodge of
Masons of Virginia so years, of the grand
chapter 5S years, and recorder of the
grand commandery of Knights Templars
about So years. l knew DR.. Dove well.
He was a gentleman Of the old school and
to the day of his death wore a shirt with
a large ruffle in the bosom. He was the
rendered Lafayette in the old Masons
text book.
Or Dove was present at the reception
rendered Lafayette in the old Masons
hall on Franklin street in 1924"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
Duties on Lumber

The increasing scarcity of timber in
this country and the demand for free
lumber in all sections that had lost
their forests or that had none to begin
with caused uneasiness among south
ern lumbermen. They began to think
that the duty of 81 per 1000 feet on
rough lumber would be bluepenciled
and Mexican and Canadian lumber
would be rushed over the borders in
great quantities.
But the New York Tribune speaks
with authority no doubt when it says
that the problem has been settled in
The ways and means committee, and
that republicans will stand by duty
of $3.50 per 1000 feet on rough lum-
Der, refusing to place the article on
the free list.
Enough southern democrats will
vote with the republicans to enable
the latter to carry the new PROPOSE
ton, and all danger of a depression in
the southern lumber industry has
passed by.
Let us hope there will be, however,
no haste in depicting the forests Of
the south. They should be carried
along so years, and by that time per-
haps a new crop of trees will be ready
for use. We want no depression in
the lumber industry, and we do need
conservation of all natural resources.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
HICKMAN IN MARION.
College Boys Plan to Have Very Sue
cessfu Season.

Marion, March DISQUALIFICATION
Hickman. the Mobile pitcher. has arrived
at the Marion institute and the practice
Of the baseball candidates has begun in
earnest.
The Marion boys have given basketball
a full season of play, but in the last game
of the season, with Owenton on Monday,
they again met defeat.
In baseball they have always shown
superior strength and the present line
up, it is thought, will prove winner, !.
Hickman is no stranger here, and all
Marion wishes him success in his career
as coach of college teams. -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
washinqton showed Under.

Washington. March Alt was showing
as hard as ever at $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing. Since o clock Washington has been
practically cut off from telegraphic COM
munication with the outside world except
by way of Atlanta, the soft snow play
ing havoc with the wires. The District
of Columbia street cleaning departne
has a great force of men in readil -
to begin an assault upon the snow anu
slush on Pennsylvania avenue as soon
as the snowfall ceases. If the present
weather continues 1t will be necessary to
hold the inaugural ceremonies in the Sen
ate chamber
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Robert Loveman,

Robert Loveman, the poet, is spending
a few days in Birmingham as the guest
of relatives. Mr.. Loveman is a eontribu-
tor to all the leading magazines and has
written some exquisite verse, including
his popular Rain Song" which has been
given perhaps a score of musical set
tings. Mr.. Loveman is at present en-
gagged in making a lecture tour under
the auspices of the Alkahest bureau and
gives readings from his works He is
meeting with much success on the lyeeum
platform.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Riches can't make happiness, but pow
erty can unhappiness.
When anybody can show a Christian
spirit in an argument it's because he
has all the better of it.
girl gets so twisted up about motives
that II seems deceitful to her to admit
she is interested in a man if she really
Is.
The man who hates work the most will
work the hardest trying to get enough
money not to have to do it any more.
You could never convince woman that
things could be good to eat without the
right kind Of doilEes on the table.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
St. Louis Mans Curiosity.

"a visitor to Birmingham who comes
from wet town is struck with certain
phases of the liquor situation" said
Francis II. Holston of St. Louis. II
am not commercial traveller and this
is the first time l had been in pro-
hibition city of any size. / had read of
blind tigers but had never given the
Illicit whisky traffic much thought.
"Since coming to Birmingham, however,
have overheard great deal about blind
tigers. Within three days 1 have heard
the blind tiger talked from morning till
night. l see many references to this
strange beast in the local papers.
II am not a drinking man but l have
curiosity enough to want to see inside
of one of these tiger saloons or clubs or
whatever they may be. l asked police
man if he could show me a blind tiger
but he politely asked to be excused. The
cop may have been wiser than he seemed
but he impressed me as being eccentric
not to say unobliging."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL.

The Age-Herald has received the house
warming edition of the Topeka Daily
Capital. The Capital has recently moved
into a handsome new home and to cele-
brate the event has issued a special edi-
ton of 1856 pages that is a fine example
of what a progressive newspaper can
do. The Topeka Capital is one of the
best known papers of the middle west
and enjoys wide prestige.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
years they
RIPPLES.


Every time Mary Garden turns around
she Shoes somebody or other.
Honey Boy was the tune most fire.
quently played during our fleets trip
around the world. Maybe that is why
the men are SO glad to get back home
A Pennsylvania burglar broke into a
mans house and stole a cuckoo clock, a
shirt waist, an apron, dozen hairpins
a flour sieve, a dish towel and a pair
of mems garters. All clues. except pos
sibly the mems garters, point to a lady
burglar and a rank amateur at that.
ut is better for a woman to be a
grass widow than to live with straw
man." says a militant Chicago preach
er. Most husbands look like scarecrows,
any way.
Professor Starr says the women are
the same here and in the jungles of At
RIGA. However, he will have to own up
that the styles are not quite the same.
'.Whither bound?" asks the esteemed
Montreal Gazette. Speaking confidentally,
out for lunch PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

The death of Theodore L. Cuyler re-
calls Beecher Storrs and Talmage, the
giants of few decades ago, in Brook
Ign. Cuyler outlived them all, having
nearly reached 80 years
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
The Alabama Consolidated.

William c. Seldom of Baltimore, who
bama Consolidated Coal and Iron COM
pany, is well known and esteemed in
Birmingham" said an old citizen. His
brother the late Thomas Seddon, was
one of the pioneers of this district.
William Seldom has visited Birming-
ham often and is one of the best in
formed men in the country on the re-
sources and development of the Birming-
ham district"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Commander Sims, naval aid at the
White House, expects to be assigned
to the command of a battleship. He
polished up the handle of the big front
door
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Billy Sunday did not turn the other
cheek when a man assailed him. He
proceeded to assail the cheek of his
assailant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Four blast and two open-hearth fur
naces are in operation at Gary, and it
is not a bit afraid of an open market.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

The Washington hotelkeepers are
not complaining of hard times at pres
ent. They would welcome an Inaugural
tion every day in the year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Chicago is the true home of aspiring
Americans. Three of the six "Ameri-
cans" presented to King Edward last
week were Chicageese.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

The railroad magnates accept the
Panama canal as they accept anything
else that is disagreeable and newt
able.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Vermont had a total snowfall of 80
inches, and she is not convinced that
the climate is changing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Uncle Sam has in one lot $4,000 cir
cumnavigators. This is the largest
class in geography ever graduated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

DEFEAT.
Low he lay in the dust,
His companions sighed and left him;
OF hope and strength to fight
The pitiless years bereft him.
'1ris o for the lips that moan,
The lusterless eyes that are weeping,
And o for the nameless host
In the graves of failure sleepingl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Dr. Wiley should also be placed In
charge of garden seeds, SO that those
10 years old will be weeded out
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

The rhinoceroses are counting the
days also.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
DAWN.

DAWN.
Out of the shadow into the sun,
Out of the darkness into the light,
A brief respite from sorrow won
In the lonesome watches of the night;
A CLEAN of hope in the morning sky,
heart that thrills to dutys call
There's work to do, new fields to try
And lifes worth living after ALI
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Mr.. Taft wants revision by June |.
He plainly wants to get rid of Uncle
Joe" and Cousin Serene"
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THEsPIANs ARoIIsEn.

After hearing the facts in the case
this morning warrants for the arrest of
the members of the Junius Brutus Blew
ems company were refused by Justice
Davis. The Bleveins company is present
ing Shakespearean drama in the small
towns, and played a week stand at Sewell,
closing with the night show Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

A ToILER.
Just a busy toiler
Patient as could be,
Hoping, always hoping
Joy would set him free;
Thankful for the sunshine
And the skies of blue,
Dauntless, though the years they
brought
Only pain and rue
Just busy toiler,
Smiling through his tears.
With laugh dispensing
Troops of idle fears.
Bending low he whispered,
"All will yet be well'
Though the day 'twould come to pass.
That he couldn't tell
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

New York is to have a hotel "a
stories high. but at present there will
be no aeroplane service.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Prohibition has given us a new word
-tigering. It does not rhyme with
staggering, but it strikes the same
rhythm and the two words are be-
lieyed to be psyehologically related.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

The Yale man of rs and the Philip
pine junketers have got the Rough
Riders beaten a block.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

What is the matter with baby? He
won't take his bottle"
Il suspect he wants 'possum an
taters' A"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Inc popuiaee, who evidently do not an
p -, OF shakespeare, oonspired togeth
er ana made the closing performance
80, ssen worse than it might otherwise have
-, 49,. ps interruptions, catcalls, etc, and
wound up by calling the entire $500, o ~
before the curtain ana while tbaz, hag,ag
eheif appreciation saluted them with a
e t1.,e OF bad eggs. tin cans. etc. ut
1oiiy running some of the costumes
Mnereupon Romeo, Mereutio Tvba1t and
o.ners OF the houses of Montague and
u, 't tha charged over the footlights and
entire house, some of the audience ha;,,ss
painfully injured. An attempt wan mas
this morning to secure warrants sor 4t.s
players but the facts developing as aho,,e
given the court refused the application
.Montsomery' W. Va, Dispatch to the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Cardinal Gibbons seems to think
that Mr.. Taft has a cast-iron hand in
a silken glove.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

And while the years did not improve his
station,
But, rather only brought more tribula-
ton,
He kept on hoping till his race was
ended
| Himself misused, the world he had be-
friended!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04
CELEBRATING.

rs that man maniac?''
Well, hardly. His first born has just
said, 'Da, da.'
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non DISCOrRAGED.


"A dauntless optimist, you say?"
1.-THE bravest 1 ever saw. Although he
has been in Jail week, he declares the
rest is doing him good"
THE SONG WRITER.
The man who writes ballad
Pays little heed to rhyme
Most any word will do, forsooth,
To finish up line.
From near effects in poetry
He simply can't refrain
And seldom uses proper care,
He thirsts so much for fame.
Two stanzas which appear above
VIII show you how he filings
His muse into the yawning breach,
The while he blithely sings.
Although it's seldom he succeeds
In finding words to fit,
His song is sung by lily maids
And makes an awful hit!
THE AFTER EFFECT.
Don't you think frogs notes are very
depressing?"
Yes, and frogs legs are also very
depressing after one has eaten Them"
DOUBLY CURSED.
He longs for quiet,
Yet all his days
Spends where pi-
Anola plays.
To make it worse
For this poor wight,
Good music is
His sole delight
-
EVIDENTLY SANE.
please help me to get out of here"
said an inmate to a visitor at the asylum
I'm not crazy"
MOP"
Il merely want to go home and take
my gold fish out for walk"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Just half day more of Theodore.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

"A dauntless optimist, you say?"
1.-THE bravest 1 ever saw. Although he
has been in Jail a week, he declares the
rest is doing him good"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-04

Taft goes in as the first SIS 900 Presi-
dent. But he will have to pay his own
railway fare
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COMING AND GOING.
This is the day
We inaugurate
President Taft
With fitting state,
While Ted sets out
For Afric's strand
To deal swift death
To the jungle band