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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
LIFE.s PROCESSION.

 Poverty pomp and woe, Palace and hovel and mart; Laughter and tears to fill up the years And sorrows safe hid in the heart The world rolls on and the crowd rolls
 on
 Blind instruments of fate, And a moan goes out from tffe troubled
 rout-
 Must we die? Is the hour so late?" ''Poverty pomp and woe'' And shadows that dimly sway; The figures of dreams no promise re-
 deems,
 The phantoms of yesterday. And pride goes by with naughty eye And failure sl1ulks along, But high and low none ever shall know, The weary neart-beats of the throng. Poverty, pomp and woe' And the legions of life's despair, The comrades of rue and the dauntless
 and true
 Who laugh at the burdens they bear: The good and the bad and the gloomy
 and glad
 The lord of realm and the slave Are trooping along in Q varying throng Whose ultimate goal is the gravel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
Plethora of Cats,

How in the world am I going to get rid of litter of 10 kittens?' asked a young married man yesterday afternoon. "Od Tabby had this many new arrivals in her family last week and while my wife and self were tickled over the cute
 little things when they first arrived, the novelty wore off by Sunday. We have two other cats in addition to Tabby and those 10 kitten were too many We tried to give them away, only to discover that all the neighbors had cats to spare. After much deliberation it was decided that should take the kittens to small pond a short distance from home and drown them. I put them in basket and started out. Arriving at the pond set the basket down, picked up one of the kittens and started to pitch it into the water. My conscience smote me, however, and put the kitten back into the basket. Then I heard loud meow, and turning around I saw old Tabby coming up from the rear. That meow made me feel like a murderer, and I picked up the basket and carried the kittens back home. There
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
Ten-Celt Cotton

Middling spots are worth 99s cents in New Orleans, and 10-cent cotton is almost within reach again. The ad- vancing price relates to spot cotton. There is a demand for the actual cot ton. The future market reflects no doubt the demand for actual cotton, but just at present the home mills want cotton and the exports are heav- fer than the receipts. The price of a bale has been advanced in four weeks just about $5, and the tendency is still upward.
 The New York Journal of Commerce attributes this in part to the demand for cotton goods for shipment to China which has been felt in New York in the last four weeks. About 30000 900 yards have been sold, and nearly all of this quantity will be made in the south to be shipped during the first half of the year. This is considered the largest buying movement in far eastern goods that New York has ex- perienced in three years. It indicates the rehabilitation of the purchasing conditions of the users of American goods in the Orient. This buying for export comes at a very good time, says the Journal of Commerce, for southern mills, for the recovery from panic con ditions was slower in the heavy cotton goods than in the medium and finer grades.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
chanues His Views

Hans Rutherford of Savannah is visit ing his uncle, Milton Rutherford, at the latter's home in Woodlawn. Mr. Ruther- ford is interested in several different lines of business in Savannah and is also the owner of a large farm near there He states that business conditions have improved greatly in Savannah recently, there being perceptible increase in the amount of trading going on..
 MT Rutherford is one of the persons who have developed into anti-prohibition- ists during the past year. Along the line of prohibition he said: Like great many other people I was heartily in favor of prohibition before the Georgia legis- lature passed the prohibition act. While l hate very much to change my opinion on thing, I must admit that prohibi- ton is nothing more than a 1aughabe farce Savannah is practically wide open, and l haven't noticed any scarcity of intoxicants around Birmingham dur ing my weeks stay here. People around Savannah are already talking about hav- ing the Georgia legislature repeal the prohibition act and this matter will un- doubtedly be greatly agitated at the next session."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
Extendina the Coal Market.

'One good result that has accrued to the coal operators of this district by req son of the late business depression is a broadening of their field of sales,' said w. c. Adams, manager of sales of the Alabama Fuel and Iron company, last night. When they could no longer dis pose of their output in what had been their regular territory they reached out. Our company is now regularly coaling steamships in both coastwise and trans- Atlantic service, which have, heretofore, coaled at northern and foreign ports for the round trip. in the belief that Alabama did not produce coal which would full fill their requirements.
 This is desirable business, and now that this broader field is being covered, considerable more tonnage from mines in this district can be taken care of once the industries in our regular territory are again running normally"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
ARID BIRMINGHAM.

From the Richmond Tifnes-Dispatch
 The fact that IF persons in Jefferson county, Alabama, have taken out licenses to retail liquor good from July 1, 1908, to June 30, 1909, throws an interesting sidelight on prohibition as it is man. aged in that thriving southern state. Bir- mingham, which is most of Jefferson county, went dry, technically speaking on January 1, 1908. Alabama, as a whole went dry on January 1, 1909. The list of IF liquor licensees was noted in a Br- mingham paper of January 12. 1909 Oddly enough, by an evident provision of the law, 1t was signed by the sheriff of Jeff ferson county
 There are curious points in such a sit- uation. The Alabama law forbids all per sons to sell liquor. The United States in- ternal revenue laws require all persons who retail liquor to pay a license tax The criminal code of Alabama requires the sheriff. it seems, to Compile and pub fish a listsof all persosis who pay such taxes. The conflict of duty and embar- rassn1ent for both liquor dealer and sher- if is apparent If man retail liquor in Alabama he breaks the law. If he re- tails liquor and does not publish his name, he breaks it again. If he retails liquor and publishes his name, he seems to be looking for trouble. If the sheriff of Jeff ferson knows that any person is retail ing liquor and does not close him up, he is derelict in his duty. Ordinarily, if sympathetic. he can justify himself by making it his business not to know of any such persons. But if he has to com pile their names for purposes of pub lcation the assumption of childlike and bland ignorance of their existence be- gins to look little thin.
 How is it that the anti-saloon forces are so much better at passing laws than enforcing them? Are they altogether l right to consider the victory won when the statute goes on the books. Surely the most ardent wet could have no se- rious objections to statewide prohibition | with IF saloons to the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
Warm Weather In January

When violets bloom uninterruptedly in this latitude, and strawberries are ripening out-of-doors in southern Ala bama, and Georgia peach trees are blossoming, and robins are appearing here and there, it is plain we are hav- ing a remarkable winter. Ten days more of the present warm weather, says a Georgia official, would kill the Georgia peach crop. There would be the satisfaction that a crop killed in January could not be killed in any subsequent month. It would, however, be no small disaster if the peach trees should bloom now, for subsequent frost would put an end to all hope of 1909 crop.
 The season is by no means excep- tional outside of the cotton belt The ice crop is to be abundant and in the surplus winter wheat states the ground is well covered with snow. There is now snow enough all across the upper half of the country, and the warm weather is confined to Dixie Land. In this section We are having a remark ably mild winter, but there is still hope left that the peach trees over in Geor T. k comes out and sees his shadow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
OPIUM suICipEs.

Cleveland dispatch to the New York
 Press.
 Opium causes half million suicides a year. the Rev. A. s. Gregg of the In ternational Reform Bureau asserted, with reference to the opium conference called by President Roosevelt, which Is to begin It's sessions in Shanghai February 1 next.
 The statement is based on letters and reports from Dr. E. W. Thwing, special secretary to the reform bureau, who has been sent to China by the bureau to at tend the opium conference. As an ex- pert, Dr. Thwing will ask the conference to take action that shall hasten the de- struCtion of the opium traffic throughout the world.
 In the official document which he will present to the conference pr. Thwing says he has obtained statistics from the provinces of Kueichau, Yuman, Sz Gnu an, and Anhwei, with a total population of 6SoOO, in which he says the propor- tion of the population using opium Is from 20 to 80 per cent, and the amount spent for the drug is 2oo,oOO,ooO year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

the Warrior will be made by the pres ent Congress.
 The Warrior should be opened sev- eral years in advance of the Panama canal. There is no reason why it should not be. There are many req sons why it should be. But we must await the action of Congress, and it's decision seems to be that there is no need of haste in the opening of the river
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
January Sales HoIdlnn Up.

Harry Conklin of Atlanta, who travels Georgia and Alabama for a Louisville concern. was in Birmingham yesterday. Business has been unusually good for January" he said. January is always dull to a great extent and this year I think but few travelling men were ex- peeting to sell much. During the past two weeks I have been in a large num- Der of small towns in Georgia and Ala bama and took good orders in nearly every one. The merchants in the diff ferent towns seem to be doing exception ally well and nearly everyone 1 came in contact with had bright hopes. I have only been travelling for few years and, of course, am no authority. but I have heard a number of the older salesmen expressing great surprise at the manner in which their January sales were hold ing up. This certainly looks good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
BEYOND.

By Dante Gabriel Rossetti Think thou and act; tomorrow thou shalt die. Outstretched in the suns warmth upon the shore, Thou sayst: Mans measured path Is all gone OCT; Up all his years, steeply, with strain and sigh, Man clomb until he touched the truth; and I, Even I. am he whom it was destined for" How should this be? Art thou, then, so much more Than they who sowed that thou shouldst reap thereby? Nay. come by hither. From this wave washed mound { Unto the farthest f1ood-brim look with me; Then reach on with thy thought till 1t be drown'd. Miles and miles distant though the gray line be, And though thy soul sail leagues and leagues beyond Still. leagues beyond these leagues there is more sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
The Iron Market.


 While the pig iron trade Is dull there has been no weakening in prices. It is still $13 market The sales during the first two weeks of the month totaled quite a large tonnage but only small ton mage has been contracted for since the 18th instant.
 Matthew Addy & Co.'s Cincinnati re- port says:
 While the past week has in a way been a repetition of the one which pre- ceded it and buyers generally have shown very little interest, yet several orders have been placed and these for good round lots of iron In the south there has been quite a good deal of buying and the pipe interest especially have taken on con- siderable tonnage.
 Southern foundry grades are being held rigidly on basis of $13 Birmingham for No. foundry, and while some of the furnaces are willing to sell through the entire first half on this basis, others prefer to sell only for the first quarter, thinking that by the time the end of March arrives things will again be de- cidedly active and higher prices in evil dence. Some inquiries for shipment dur ing the second half have put in their ap- pearance, but it is hard to persuade any one to quote for this far future delivery. Competition among Ohio furnaces is very keen, and the band of salesmen seem 10th to separate. sticking tightly together and moving from inquiry to inquiry
 More uneasiness than was anticipated seems to attach itself to the tariff ques- tion, and many buyers are using the importance of this matter as an excuse to put off their purchasing In conclu- sion we may say that all things consid- cred the tone of the market is a healthy one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press

rom tHe NeW 10rk Press.
 There's nothing that kills the joy of living like being a model citizen
 The reason a girl wants to get a love letter is so she can intimate 1t was a dozen.
 A woman never gets over wanting to be the best dressed in her set till she wants her daughter to be.
 The uncomfortable thing to girl about going sleigh riding with a man who wears a mustaehe Is how the icices on it jat'
 Seeking the unattainable is for a man to try to find a corner in the house for some undisturbed reading without it hav- ing to be dusted 10 minutes after he begins,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
panoerousIy Injured By Train.

Troy, January 22.-James Brantley, a nrominent citizen and stock dealer here. was dangerously injured tonight while attempting to get off moving train at the crossing near his home. The train comes to a stop at the cross ing regularly. but had not stopped when he went to get off. A hole was knocked in his temple At late hour tonight he was still unconscious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
MORE ABOUT CLEOPATRA

of great eastern empire. This treason resulted in his fall.
 Not until after his destruction was tha Cleopatra myth invented, and it happened like this, according to the speaker
 Augustus understood that before Italy he ought to stand. not as the destroyer of the popular Antony, but as the opponent of the effeminacy of the east to which Antony had succumbed. He must stand against the corruption of orientalism and for the virtues of simplicity, severity of private habits, rigid monogamy, the anti feminine spirit the purely virile idea of the state
 "The story of Antony and Cleopatra was created and diffused, not because it was beautiful and romantic, but because it served the interests of Augustus and his political coterie. It was made an anti feministic legend to emphasize the danger of following the counsel of women in po- litlcal matters or giving them any share in the government"
 The iconoclastic historian even knocked away the last vestige of romance, the pos sibility that Cleopatra was in love with Antony, by declaring that she married him because her throne was made inse- cure by internal disturbances and she needed the support of the Roman legions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
Richmond's Religious Revival.

"The religious revival being conducted in Richmond by the Rev. Dr. Wilbur Chapman Is stirring the old city from end to end,'' said F. L. Laforge of Balti- more.
 "I have been commercial visitor to Richmond four or five times year for two decades or more, but I have never seen so many business men interested in religion as now.
 "The late Dwight Moody held a great revival in Richmond about 25 years ago. As the result of that revival the Y. M. C. A. became firmly established. But Dr. Chapman's work seems to be of far wider import than even Moodys in other days. For the first time the Episcopal church seems to be cooperating in a revival with other Protestant bodies. The Chapman meetings will probably run into the Lenten period, when Richmond society conforms to the old custom of putting on sack cloth and ashes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
Music Festival Year.

"The executive committee of the Bir- mingham Music Festival and Flower as- sociation is meeting from day to day and Is shaping details, and by the middle of next week it is understood that the finance committee will be ready to re- port,' said a business man. Tt Is the purpose of the association to engage the Damrosch orchestra and certain eminent soloists, but no contract will be signed until the money is in hand.
 Atlanta is to have the Damrosch or chestra for festival April 2S, 2s, 30 and May l. and if Birmingham is able to carry out its scheme the festival here will be held in the week of May 8. A larger number of festivals will be held in the south this year than ever before. Damrosch will conduct a. chain of them all the way from Virginia to Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
Whole Family Assasslnated.

Amite City, La, January 23.--News reached here at midnight last night that B. Bieland, a well known farmer, his wife and step-daughter had been assas- sinated near Tickfay ten miles south of here about o'clock yesterday evening. They were fired upon from ambush while driving in buggy. Further details are lacking. Sheriff Saal has arrived on the scene with dogs and posse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
s1oo.ooo Salary Stands.

Washington, January 22.-When the legislative. executive and judicial appro- priation bill was reported from the com mittee of the whole to the senate today Senator Borah of Idaho renewed his amendment to fix the Presidents salary at S75,000 instead of $l00,0o0, as provided in the committee amendment previously adopted. His amendment was lost by a vote of fl to 27 The bill was then passed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

Colorado has made partial amends for the election of the plutocratic Guggenheim by electing Charles G. Hughes, a democrat and leader of the Denver bar, to the seat long filled by MT. Teller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
TT ALL .pENDs.

IT ALL --APENDS The world is all right if you'll look at it right
 The prospect depends upon you; To the pessimist the skies are as black as the night, To the optimist smiling and blue. The toiler who rises above lifes defeat And counts not the price ne must pay Will find the old world Is surprisingly sweet
 And as fair as a morning in May!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

the Senate after March A.
 Name State. Retiring. Jones'. .. .. ..Washington.... .. Ankeny Burton. .. .. .. ..Ohio.. .. .. e. Foraker Chamberlain ......Oregon ...........F Fulton Smith .. ........S. Carolina. .. Gary Johnson .. ......N. Dakota ..Hansbrough Shiyely .. .. ....Indiana.. ..Heminway Crawford .. ....S. Dakota. ..Kittredge Bristow .. .. Kansas. .. .. ...Long Bradley ..kentucky.. McCreary Fletcher .. ....Florida... ....Milton Root .. .. .. ..New York. .. .. ..Platt Hughes .. .. ....Colorado.... .. .. Teller ~CumminS .. ...1owa.
 Serving out unexpired term of the late Senator Allison.
 By far the most interesting contest of the entire number arose in Oregon, where a republican legislature was called upon to elect a democrat, and did it. The primary decision in Mis- souri was also respected. In fact, no legislature has yet had the hardihood to disregard or disobey the will of the people.
 The contest in Illinois remains, how ever, undecided. Hopkins became the primary nominee, but on account of the bitterness that has arisen in the party between the Deneen and Yates factions he has not been able as yet to secure another term. Possibly a dark horse will be elected
 Fifteen Senators are to succeed them selves, and they are, with the excep- ton of Penrose of Pennsylvania, a pretty creditable lot. The Senate will be after March 4 a better body intel lectually and morally than the Senate of today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

The country is not troubled over the future work of Vice President Fair banks. He is going back to Indiana to practice law in an air of high culture and literary activity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
THE BETTER PLAN.

THE BETTER PLAN. Toilers in the valley
 Who labor with a song Will find the task grow lighter, The years will not seem long; And each blithe day succeeding Will make life sweeter still, While Patience, uncomplaining, The cup of cheer doth fill. Toilers in the valley
 Who make the best of life, With all it's disappointments, Its heartache and its strife, Will live to better purpose Than those who sigh in vain Who walk the way of sadness, Of weeping and of pain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
A SIRE THING.

A SURE THING. 'I see where a hostess was moaning because she couldn't get men to attend an afternoon tea"
 "she wouldn't have any trouble if she would let the word go out that the tea to be served was prohibition tea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

If the factions cannot agree as to what fluid is to be used in christening the battleship Delaware, why not adopt persimmon beer as a compromise?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

James Jasper Jeffries has no inten- tion of entering the ring while he can get $500 a night for 20 minutes play with the gloves on. He would be fool if he did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

The Washington Star says Edgar Allan Poe could write better poetry with his left hand than anything Eng lands poet-laureate has produced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

Elihu Root will undoubtedly have Tom Platt's toga renovated before he puts it on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

The proposition to pay the vice presi- dent we are going to have $25,000 was more than even this salary-raising Con- gress could stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

A gargoyle is hideous stone spout, and there does not seem to be any urgent reason for likening the Presi- dent to spout of that sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

Oh. hear the cheer up brother, toilers, hear him proudly say, Its a rocky road to travel, but we're
 happy on the wayp' In any kind of weather and if skies be
 dark or fair, He shouts, Were making progress and
 we'll soon be getting therel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
A RLuFFER

There goes a fellow who wanted to bet me azmillion dollars. Know him?' Sure I do. He tried to borrow car fare from me this morning."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

The election of Governor Chamber lain to the Senate in Oregon is sur prise to all and an affront to the bosses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

As rule the new Senators are more radical and less inclined to clique rule than their predecessors were.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
VALuABLES.

Hands up!
 ''I suppose you want my money?" Tell wid dati Give us de basket uv eggs yer carryin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

Now that Congressman Willett has got that speech out of his system he may be useful yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

The list of those who heard Poe read "The Raven" is lengthening. There are at least 20 of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

Women's hats are to eb smaller this year, simply because places of assem- blaze did not admit of larger ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23

MT. Taft, as a s100,000 President, will have to be twice as good as his predecessor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
REWARE OF WATER.

"I believe I'll take a dip into the stock market. What would you adviser? Stay out of the wet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
CAuGHT.

"She deceived him cruelty. I hear"
 Yes, indeed. To the very last minute he thought she was only fiirting."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
FATHER S BUSY DAY.

Pa, what is a troglodyte?"
 Cant you see I'm reading the sporting news? Run along and play"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
A SORT or CRATER

"Chucklebits declares he had a great time at the party"
 T noticed that he seemed to grate on everybody else"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-23
ANACREoN uP-To-DATE.

''Fill the bowl with rosy wine. Around our temples roses twine!" So sang bold Anacreon On a morn forever gone. Were he still alive today, Lift the lid!" is what he'd say.