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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
IN HOIEL LOBBlES
Iron unward.


 The pig iron market remains strong and the tendency of prices is decidedly upward. Comparatively little Birmingham iron is being offered for the last quar- ter and none so far as can be learned for next year. The statistical position of the market Is entirely satisfactory to furnace interests and there is a general feeling that 1910 delivery will soon com mand N4 on No. ? basis-or even higher price. Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Cin- einnati report for the current week says;
 Pig iron Is active and much stronger. Recent developments have all tended to- ward higher values and now there is better feeling in the trade than for many months past. Several records have been broken and during July production was at the rate of 250oO,OOO tons year. This Is the first time since October, 1907, that the monthly output has run as high as zWo'ooo tons. Stocks of pig iron gener- ally are low and where there Is a stock on hand it is being steadily decreased.
 Tn this territory basic and special irons are very strong, foundry grades holding very well and the entire list of foundry and forge irons being stronger or ad- Vanced since our last report Furnaces continue to withdraw from the market, or when they again come in with selling authority it is at higher figures. There are several that are still refusing to offer any iron for this or next years de- livery at the present time and are not willing to make prices when the bus fc first quarter and first half of next year are frequent, but most producers sthl refuse to entertain them, feeling that higher figures will be ruling when such time becomes more or less of a spot period.
 With final adjustment of the tariff question the excellent crop reports and the farmers prosperity for this season, large buying of cars and railway equip- ment and the demands being made upon structural steel manufacturers, there can be but one direction for the iron world to travel. It seems to have started we'll on this path and 1t is hoped a steady and continuous progressive movement will be the result.
 As an evidence of the railroads eff fort to care for their part in the im- provement 1t Is stated that during the first half of this year there were or ders for about 75,oOo cars placed with manufacturers.
 All of the activity and advance that Is evident on the first day of August, the reduction in stocks, the increased consumption and larger movement of pig Iron and coke during July. took place In the face of an increase of some 20 furnaces in blast over the number in action the first of July It is pretty safe to assume, therefore, that consump- ton, which is the main thing, is pro- ceeding at a great rate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
ABOUT THE BJLLYSLOTH

Tong green" I have immortalized this incident in verse and it will appear in next months number of Bunsey's mag azine.
 While the Billysloth never tolls or labors he frequently. like the energetic hen-has to scratch for living. great philosopher has said that "some fieas Is good for a dog,' and 1t may be that some fieas, etc. are good for a Billy sloth, serving as 1t were to keep them interested in the things about them.
 The Billysloths are the rowing philoso- phers of nature. the rolling stones of civilization, who gather no moss and can therefore never be reproached as moss backs" They bear the same relation to society that "rag-time" does to music. Some of them are natural born boozers whose mission in life is primarily to get full, and secondly to stay full.
 Whatever their failings, however, they possess a goodly share of the old-time American spirit, preferring the depriva tions of independence to the small sheckles of servitude. personally have more respect for the rag-bound, robust Bfllysloth than for the pale-faced book keeper who goes blind on a salary of $45 per month.
 The Billysloths are the greatest foragers on earth. and the chicken GOODS and melon patches of the nation bear mute testimony to their able efforts in this di- rection. The damage they do, however, Is insignificant when compared to that of the slick scamps of the city who oftimes ride in carriages and build man. sions at the expense of the widow and orphan. The railroads fare badly from the depredations of this creature, for no self-respecting BiIIysloth would pay fare even though he had the price; he'd rather foot it. In this respect, however, they arc certainly not so bad as certain Con- gressmen who ride on passes and collect full fare from the government The way of the Bfllysloth, however, Is not all watermelons and fried chickens; they have their ups and downs. They have much to contend with from dogs, country constabIes, unimpressionable freight con- ductors and stuck-up city police, but when communing with nature on a full stomach from the shady side of a friend ly haystack- they forget all their troubles in the sweet thought that some must rect while others rustic, and some must sleep while others sweat That great and good man. Grover Cleveland. must. have had the BIlysloth in mind when he coined his famous phrase, .1nnocuous desuetnds.v for nothing more aptly expresses the nor nal condition of the Bf1lysioth.
 The BfIlysloth is picturesque figure of America, and while he is occasion- ally a nuisance he fs in the main a harmless creature who thoroughly enjoys his liberty, the fresh air and Gods blessed sunshine. His motto Is 4EAt whsn you can, scratch when you itch and rest upon the slightest provocation," and while he srou1d not be encouraged he should not be cruelty oppressed, for he fs oftines a victim of circumstances. The bffIion- aire, the trusts the multi-mfIlionaire and steam yachts and muchly responsible for his presence and permanent place in our national life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
Census Takers In the South

The decision has been made, 1t has been stated, that in the contested bor- der states of the south all census su- pervisors, and therefore all census emu merators, are to be republicans, while fin the one-party states of the south, in. cluding Alabama, they are to be allot- ted equally to the two parties. As Al abama is to have nine census super visors. to correspond with her congress sional districts. 1t Is plain ono party
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

soon after the panic of 1907. although the number was very much exaggerated by persons who never stop to think. But 1t is safe to say that no matter what happened in the winter of 1sO7-Os, there are as many people in Jefferson county today as there were just before the panic when prosperity was at It's height And by the time the census of 1910 is taken there will be a marked increase. But In view of the new era of prosperity that Is being ushered in labor scarcity is sure to be the crV"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
HIS GREAT LOSS.

 He seemed to have a grievance And wore a look of pain. Just like half-sick kitten That's caught out in the rain. And those who saw him wondered What caused him so much woe Perhaps he'd lost fortune, Or felt some other blow. When one more bold did ask him Why he appeared so sad The sufferer exploded
 And got so hopping mad, Some feared there might be murder And strove to intervene, Forgetting what oft happens To those who come between. Ere long the irate brother Cooled off enough to say, "Old chap, I beg your pardon, I'm out of sorts today. You see, my dear wife's mother"- The other laughed out loud And said, T understand now And then winked at the crowd. Hold on," the sad one pleaded. And let me end my tale; My dear wife's ma contracted A cold; without avail The doctors came to see her. She died" He sobbed anew "A woman whom I worshiped, Her heart was kind and true. Shed often lend me money, As thoughtful as could be, And when my wife got angry She took right up for me. Now all the world seems dreary, It's so hard to be brave; Pm going out to sprinkle Some tear-drops on her grave" All those who heard his story Moved off without a word, But thought 1t was the strangest That they had ever heard. Which merely goes to strengthen A proyerb learned at school We're apt to find exceptions To every kind of rule.
 MERELY ASKING ''He seems full of enthusiasm ''Yes; he says he gets 1t from his father"
 "Is his father in the saloon business?'
 NOTHING LIKE FORESIGHT. "They seem to be happily married ' "Yes; they agreed on the amount of ali. mony in advance
 A DISADVANTAGE "The trouble about spending money for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
Cheap Round Fare,

Tomorrow is excursion day out of Bir- mingham and every line Is selling round trip tickets to important cities at the rate of about one cent a mile. An agent of one of the railroads said:
 'I have never known such an active demand for tickets. The special rate Is a great boon to persons of limited means. Many a young man Is thus enabled to visit St. Louis, Denver, Chicago, the Vir- ginia resorts, Washington or New York who would otherwise have to spend his vacation near home. The cheap tick cts are only on sale one day-August IA but they are good to return until August ST.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
Railroad business ReoomInu RrIsk.

J. G. Cantrell, general western agent of the Seaboard Air Line, with headquarters in St. Louis. was in Birmingham yester- day. He was formerly stationed here as assistant general freight agent of the seaboard and on his visit was greeted by many old friends
 Business conditions seem to be improv- ing everywhere" said MT. Cantrell. "The railroad business which suffered greatly from the general business depression Is fast approaching normal. It looks as if the Seaboard will have all the traffic it can take care of the rest of the year. All the railroads in fact are trying to get ready for a heavy business.
 T am glad to see Birmingham pros- porous again. There has been notable progress here in the matter of fine build ings and the city is looking handsomer all the while"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 A dull blade makes the ugiiest cut, and A slow life the sickliest fun.
 Next to having a rich relative, man ,s proudest of knowing big politician of bad reputation.
 If A man can't sing very much differ entlv from the way dog barks, he will insist on joining in the chorus.
 The reason a girl can marry a man too old for her Is she could just as easily marry one too young for her.
 A womans idea of waitress she anuIdn,t spare Is one who gets her all inc gossip about the neishbors from their servants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
COMMENT

COMMENT.
 A Birmingham man wants to try some "winkablink." He says he doesn't drink often, but he is curious to know how "winkablink" tastes. Here is another case where ignorance is bliss.
 story from Connecticut tells how bot tied bait lured fish. Bottle bait has lured fishermen from time immemorial. recent divorce trial has made nice distinction between a peignoir and a ki- mono. Even divorce trials are useful. A Kentucky lunatic broke out of bounds and tried to reach Newport, where he said he had an engagement to dine with the leaders of society. He is about as crazy as people ever get in Kentucky. A 17-year-old schoolboy has been spirit ed away to save him from the whiles of a S4-year-old schoolmarm. in Michigan. Her last chance has gone glimmering.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

Alabama is one of the eight state wide dry states, and if 1t adopts con- stitutional prohibition it will become super-state, to use prohibition slang phrase From 1s46 to 1855 14 states went dry, but only one, Maine, re- tained a prohibition law, and history may repeat itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
EvADINo THE ISSUE.

From Judges IIpfHfy.
 Mrs. Lushington-"And there you were, at o'clock in the morning, hugging that cigar store Indian.'
 MT. Lushington-"surely. my dear, you are not jealous?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

The coatmakers of New York have struck because a certain amount of work must be turned out to constitute days work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

Skins and skeletons from Bwana Tumbo and Son Kermit will begin to arrive in New York next week, and the Pennsylvania railroad will be se- verely taxed in the transportation of them to the Smithsonian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

The sole hope of the standpatters Is that the people will become so pros- porous they will forget all about the tariff. The ultimate consumer will, however, be constantly reminded of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
OF COURSE.

Of course there'll be some shadow days They're simply bound to come, But growing at them never pays
 And as for looking grum, Iris simply wasting time, guess,
 For when a chaps singer And makes the best of everything
 The shadow days don't lingeri
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

The Lincoln cents are hoarded thus increasing the per capita wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

Pure Food Expert Wiley received the cross of the Legion of Honor in France, and the double-cross in Wash ington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

Twenty-four thousand coat tailors are on strike in New York city, and Tooley street is outdone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

Something new from Dr. Eliot Is about due. When Chance Day keeps still the other wise men have a chance to talk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

The effacement of the Roosevelt tennis court is the loss of another his- toric spot dear to statesmen of the in- ner clique of that administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

The standpatters are having bad dreams concerning the congressional elections of next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

All congressman who were denoted by the Speaker are getting ready to take an appeal to the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

The budget of New York city is $156,000,0O0. This would be a strain on the resources and credit of some states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

New wheat is breaking the price, but Patten sends word the drop never touched him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
A SCRAPPER.

What type of woman is sher' ''First-class battleship of the Dread nought type"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

The artists initials on the Lincoln penny are an example of American nerve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

No one has any grievance against President Diaz except those who want to fill his shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
GOLDFIELDS LAWN.

England will need cyclone cellars when areoplanes fill the sky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
NOTHING NEW.

'I see where the fringe is to be re- vived"
 "Pshaw; I've been on the ragged edge for sir months"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

Despite free hides the New England shoe manufacturers have resolved to maintain the prices of shoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

Nobody took Dr. Eliot's flve-foot shelf along when he went on his vaca- tion,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

Johndee turns over to his son mil lion a day, but it Is an all summers job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
About Persons.

P. D. Barker, postmaster at Mobile and republican national executive committee man, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

The clash between Turkey and Greece may not come until Thanksgiv- ing day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
TRY TO BE GENTLE.

Don't ever swear at Central,
 Or the receiver slam; And when she says. "Llne's busy,'' Just answer Thank you, man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

The score of the Coal Barons is be- ing revised upward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
THE FATE OF ALL.

"she met her fate at the seashore" And what was that? "Freckles."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

practice" "Yes?'
 'Is that you can't get 1t back to spend again."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
Compared With Blrminoham.

Walder Hawthorne, of the firm of Hey mer 6 Hawthorne, returned recently from an extended trip throughout the north and northwest. He states that in no city he visited did he observe an &C., tivity in building equal that now existing in Birmingham.
 My trip included all the major cities Of the west and middle west" he said. "as we'll as many of the most important Can- adian centers. I visited Nashville Louisville. Terre Haute, Indianapolis Chi- cago and many other cities, and I may say with all truthfulness that there is not as much building being done in any of them as in Birmingham at the present time. This city has become very we'll known throughout the part of the coun- try visited, and Is really looked upon as the southern metropolis. I heard on all hands the most favorable comments on the marvellous growth of Birmingham.
 '"The crops in the great farming dis trict of the northwest are turning out unusually we'll and a most prosperous season Is expected.
 While in Canada I was greatly sur prised to note the number of negroes comprising the population. There seemed to be as great a number of blacks as there Is here in the south. was present In a Canadian city on August 1 when the anniversary of the English emancipation proclamation of 1886 was being cele- brated. It was a time of the greatest re- joicing for both blacks and whites. I mo- ticed particularly that the negroes of Canada are treated more as equals of the whites than in any part of the United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13
Building Material for Queenstown.


 There are now awaiting delivery at Queenstown 50 carloads of building ma terial, required to meet the immediate building demands at that place." said N. F. Thompson yesterday.
 This material will be rushed to Queens town in a few days, and embraces sev- eral carloads each of sand. brick, lum- ber-rough and dressed-mac chinery logs, etc. All of this material, except machin- cry, was ordered in the Birmingham district. This does not include material for 60 houses, bids for which are now being placed, and work on which will be commenced immediately.
 Trains are now stopping regularly at Queenstown, and with the development around Queenstown lake, now completed and covering 40 acres with an average depth of 20 feet, which is to be stocked with fish by the government and to have large number of pleasure boats at the disposal of the public, this new suburb , of Birmingham will be made one of the most attractive spots in the district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

''He seems full of enthusiasm" ''Yes; he says he gets it from his father"
 ''Is his father in the saloon business?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

A DISADvANTAGE "The trouble about spending money for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

NOTHING LIKE FORESIGHT. "They seem to be happily married" "Yes; they agreed on the amount of ali- mony in advance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-13

Washington Bureau Age-Hersld. 14:1 3 street. ~. W.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-12
BANK ROBBERY
IS FRUSTRATED
Crooks Arrested Had Plans All
A. Laid for Entering Ogden
Institution.
CONFESSIONS OBTAINED
JAPANESE-AMERiCAN HAD BEEN
MARKED BY THE GANG.

The capture Of the six crooks by the
local police force Wednesday night proved
% be OF much more Importance than at
first supposed. 1t resulted in nipoing in
the bud one % the biggest schemes for
robbery III this community in many years
confessions gained from the men by the
officers yesterday were 10 the effect that
the small robbery 0: Monday night vas
Tor the purpose OF securing money with
which TO buy guns and tools for lOoting
the characterization bank on Twenty
fourth street. The premises had been care
fully inspected and the plans al laid for
the robbery Of this bank.
The prisoners were put through a sweat
by the officials Yesterday. Harry Jo-
seph, VINO is but a boy, was the first TO
break down. and he .old all lie knew.
Using this information as a lever the 9TH
ers were sweated one at Il time until the
whole plor was laid bare. 1t developed
that three of the men were ex-convicts.
Francis Joseph had served Il term in Cali
forna- He got term of ten years for a
hold-up in Oakland Martin had served r
term in Sing Sing and Fitzherbert, who
also gave his name Fitzgerald, had
served term III either Oregon or Wash
ington. Three of the men will be prose-
cuted for robbing a Southern Pacific
trainman and for breaking into a box car
at MOntello. The other three will be prOs-
ecuted for the burglary committed in Og-
den.
on the recommendation Of the local 90
lice Superintendent e. c. Manson of the
Southern Pacific wired the authorities at
ElkO New. to release two men held there
on the charge of robbing the box car.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-12
FRANCHISE MATTER.
Council to Consider Car Lines Want
Monday

4 A. franchise granting the Ogden Rapid
ansit company the right to construct
street railway line on Wall avenue from
Twenty-fiftb to ThiTtythird street viii
come before the city council next Mon
day night. The city council met as
committee of the whole with Ma jor \. L.
Brewer and City Attorney J. Il. DeVIne
yesterday afternoon to consider this mat
ter. 1t is understood that a general agree
ment was reached between the represen-
atives Of the street ear company and the
CITY officials. According to the general
terms of the agreement the street car
company is to be granted a franchise on
Wall avenue and is to build a line from
4 twenty-fifth to ThiTty-secOnd street now
NDd extend il on to Thirty-third street as
soon as Simon Bamberger has completed
his viaduct in that part Of the city 1t
is also understood that the street car
company agrees to extend its line on
Twenty-fifth street from its present ter
minus east for a block and a half to Tay-
lor avenue. No agreement was reached
with reference to the hauling of gravel
and shale from Ogden canyon by the
street car company for the Improvement
of the city streets
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-12
TACOMA GIRLS EATICED
Trial of Joshua Klein Brings Out
Some Sensational Facts Regard
ing the Mans Methods.

Tacoma, Wash. March 1.-THE trial OF
Joshua Klein was adjourned early today
because Dora Culberson, one of the pTin-
cipal witnesses, is in the state of North
Carolina. Klein is the radioactive phil
osopher,' who is charged with enticing
by his strange teachings two Tacoma
girls, Miss SauvegeOt and Miss karasek,
to his chalet in Switzerland and holding
them prisoners with d number of other
women who had become devotees Of his
cult.
The charge on which he is being tried
is assault with intent TO murder Miss
Cu1berson and the mother Of the Sau-
vegeot girl in January. when he visited
the Sauvegeot home and the demand was
made upon him that ne send cablegram
to the girls telling them to come home.
He is said to have branished a knife
and to have seized one of the women by
the throat. Stories of a most sensational
character are being circulated relative to
affairs in Klein's Swiss chalet, where, it
is said, sixty women are studying his
teachings. The courtroom was damned,
and in the audience were several prOnll-
nent society women from Tacoma, Seattle,
Portland and other cities who are said to
have given money to Klein for the up
building of his faith.