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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
THRIFTY ROYAL PERSONS

when his ex-majesty might be free to use them.
 And if the Sultan ever gets his lib- erty it will probably be found that he did not go empty handed when he left the Yildiz Kiosk He was always pre- pared for emergencies of that kind. When the agitation against the Armenian mas sacres was on, and a private tip had come from the Turkish embassy in Lon don that flight would be advisable, Ab- dul is said to have crammed his pockets with loose jewels and stuffed his belt with bonds for considerable amount If he had to leave he did not mean to go empty handed.
 The Czar is said to do his saving in more systematic manner. He watches the money market very closely and in- vests in anything he faneles. Sometimes he is bitten as when he plunged on some worthless mining shares but it is not often, as in this case, that he goes be- yond the e25.o00 which he has set as the limit of his annual loss. More often than not he makes a big profit. He has not less than e1, 000 locked up in Amer ican railway, coal and sugar stocks, which would come in extremely handy if he had to vacate the throne of the Rom anoffs
 Moreover there is trihe of a3,o0O0OO odd in solid gold lying to his credit in the vaults of the bank of England and if Russia becomes "red'' again 1t is not above possibility that his majesty will find a good friend in the "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. And one might add that the million pounds settled on the eldest daughter of the Car at her birth was invested in British French and American securities.
 No one anticipates a revolution in Ger many, but Kaiser Wilhelm is too shrewd to put all his eggs into the German bas- ket He has a trifie> of three-quarters of million sunk in American rails and another million in New York real estate. although in the latter case his name never appears as the owner of the land. An other handy sum Is the a1OO,O00 be- queathed to him by the Baroness Op- penheim- Cohn.
 The Spanish royal family, also, have always favored American securities, de- spite that little disturbance about Il years ago. The queen regent, King Alfonso's mother drawes good yearly income from the half million odd which Uncle Sam holds on her account When Queen Isabella had to leave Spain she carried off her crown and large parcel of royal jewels. Prince del Drago her grand nephew, took the crown for sale to Amer ica and actually sold it to Jay Gould's daughter for 925,OO0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
DORkING, WHERE MEREDITH
 LIVED,

From the Westminster Gazette.
 The neighborhood of Dorking has many literary associations Independent of it's connection with the famous novelist just dead. It was at Burford Bridge, near Dorking, that Keats completed "Endym- ion" in November, 1877; close by at the Rookery, was born Father Malthus, the population economist; and at West Hum ble, Frances Burney, after her marriage with Gen. d'Arblay, built Camilla cottage with profits of her novel of that ,name, and settled down. Sheridan resided at Polesden, and John Stuart Mill at Mickle- ham, while other illustrious residents in the locality in earlier times were John Evelyn and Daniel Defoe. To most peo- pie, however, the chief literary associa- tion of Dorking Is with Dickens, for was it not at the Marquis of Granby-various- ly identified with the White Hart and the Old Kin's Head-that MT. Weller, se- nior, made the fatal blunders of proposing to a "yidder?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
Prouress at TuecaIoosa.

"Old Tuscaloosa, proverbially ancient and conservative in years past is hustling now with most progressive spirit" said an old university man.
 "Old graduates who went back ato the commencement this year were surprised to notice such wonderful signs of pros perity and advancement both in the un- versity and in Tuscaloosa. The great new buildings and extensive improvements of the university are reflected in a marked building activity in the city of Tusca- loosa itself.
 No city in the state has had more interesting or varied history than has Tuscaloosa, and each of its buildings was. veritable landmark It Is encouraging to see some of these old piles giving way to handsome modern structures, to see the old McLester hotel converted into a great up-to-date hostelry, and to see the streets well paved and lighted. As the University of Alabama is growing to be one of the greatest institutions in the country, so old Tuscaloosa seems to be developing approximately"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Colonel pemn mnster Here.

Col. Alexander Dempster of Pittsburg, chairman of the Monongahela River Con- solidated Coal and Coke company. and managing director of the great Pittsburg Coal company, Is registered at the Hill man. He spent yesterday at Corona and was the guest of honor at a dinner given by John R. Ryan, vice president of the Corona Coal and Iron company. at the latter's home at Patton. Among the other guests were l.. B. Musgrove and H. P. Gibson.
 Colonel Dempster visited the Birming ham district about 9 years ago but had not been here since until he came this week. He is not only one of the largest capitalists of Pittsburg, but he is classed among the ablest men connected with the coal trade. He leaves today for St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
The Iron Market,

The local pig iron market is with out active features this week but prices are firm and the tendency is upward After the enormous buying movement here which began in March and con- tinued through April the present lull is natural It is believed, however, that the southern market will soon start up again with a rush. Rogers, Brown & Co.'S Cincinnati report just issued says:
 There is the same firm tone, per haps a little stronger without any &C., tual change in prices. Reports from the east seem to show that there is more business being. done than in the west, the recent buying movement in this locality now being strongly felt in the eastern New York and Pitts burg districts.
 "The month of May was remarkable in many ways for the large volume of iron and steel business transacted. The record in many lines is not only the best so far this year, but in some in stances has never before been equaled.
 The railroads placed a good ton mage during the month and so started the way for what Is hoped will be a continuance of activity of n1anufac- turers in these lines. It is reported that there is a peter feeling and pros- poets for the rail mills than at any time within the last two years. It is understood that orders for steel rails placed during the month of May agge- gate about 900 tons. All kinds of fabricated and structural steel have felt the impetus and results have ac- cordingly been most satisfactory.
 All of this has had an encourag- ing effect upon the pig iron market, and without any marked change 1t can be said that the situation is stronger all along the line. Offers in many in stances at 25 cents under figures at which furnaces are holding, which might have been acceptable few weeks ago. are now promptly refused.
 "It appears that consumption is pro- ceeding well on the upgrade, but re- covery is slower than most people sup pose although none the less sure. It is believed that June will show a de- cided increase in operations in both general foundry melt and among the larger concerns"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
THE STORY OF A TOP.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 The story of Adam Guetterman, 80 years old, who dropped dead at Union Market Wednesday, and the tin top he carried in his hand, exemplifies the social uses of publicity.
 When his little grandson, who heard his father read the story of the unknown old mans death in Wednesdays Post Dispatch, had told of the top, identifca- tion immediately followed.
 Had not the simple, pathetic little story appeared in these columns the old man might have lain two or three days un- wept. It Is conceivable that he would have gone on the record among the ''inys- terious disappearance" and been remem- bered by his children and grand children with heavy hearts.
 It is not necessary to live in glass houses, but in these modern days experi- ence has repeatedly proven that publicity is indispensable, and when circumstances require, the light should be turned on the most trifing details of private life. No one can say when social connection will be established with these trihes. And in such cases as in that of Adam Guetter- man the benefit accrues to the individ- uals concerned
 Only those who are morbidly sensitive or who have something which they think it is to their interest to conceal, will deprecate the work of the newspapers in giving publicity to the matter-of f-fact incidents of life which often appear so unimportant Society is interested in every individual and, while his right to pri- vacy should be scrupulously respected, society has its rights, which have equal claim to respect If people will co-oper- ate with the newspapers instead of try ing to discourage and hamper the efforts of reporters, the accuracy and correct ness of news reports will be improved, cleaner and better news will find its way to publicity and society will become socialized through quckened interest In the fortunes of its members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
suMMER INNS oF MAMMALIAN.

From the New York World.
 It is announced that among the roof garden equipments of one great New York' hotel this summer will be a landing-shed and repair shop for airships. The prom ise will draw locally a murmur of appre- citation but not of amazement. New York is past being surprised at any fresh bit of enterprise in the outftting of its big caravansaries. It realizes that the first business of a metropolitan landlord who desires to keep up with his times is to step a little ahead of them.
 Another hotel will turn It's main din ing room into a Japanese garden, with brooks and bridges. with furniture of bamboo and with fair chrysanthemum maids for waitresses. At third man. moth of hospitality a fountain of ice water will sparkle in the palm room, and from still other quarters come notices of flowery bowers, cozy cornered porticoes and balconies gay with awnings, all in preparation for the season when the best places will be those nearest the out-of- doors
 There is" wrote the good Samuel Jonson in seventeen hundred and some thing, nothing which has yet been con- trived by man by which so much hap piness is produced as by a good tavern or inn" If Samuel could do tour of the inns of Manhattan at this remove from his writing days he might have more to say, or words might fail him.
 Some landlord in his search for the pie turesque in summer may give us yet a Little Trianon of the roof. with Eng fish garden. rustic cottages, undoubted cows and authenticated dairymaids com plete. Then back to the simple life for everybody who can afford it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
Recailino Facts.

Everybody can see that the steel bus mess is rapidly improving and that there is great activity in the manufacturing centers of the north and in view of the industrial revival In the Chicago and the Pittsburg districts many persons are in- clined to wonder and show impatience because the rail mill at Ensley is idle," said a man prominent in the local iron and steel trade.
 But those of us who are familiar with conditions and who recall few facts are neither surprised nor worried. It must be remembered that the panic of 1907 was felt first and hardest in the north. The Pittsburg district looked like graveyard in the winter of 1907-os while the Tennessee companys Ensley plant was being run at its full capacity. The fact is that throughout 1908 the Ten nesee company not only got all the rail orders thtt were territorially due it but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
FINEST PUBLIC BATH.
the New York Herald

From the New York Herald.
 New York's newest and finest public bath and the first interior public bath in the Bronx, was opened at Elton avenue and One Hundred and Fifty-sixth street by Borough President Haffen. It is said that the new Institution, which cost s150,- 900, is the most complete of its kind in the world.
 One of the features of, the new bath is that all of the water used is filtered. The baths are reached from waiting room, and there are 130 of them, each in a sep arate room of two compartments. Besides the shower baths there are number of tubs. The plumbing is open, and the walls are finished in polished Tennes- see marble to a height of eight feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04


 No doubt the number of boys in the Confederate army was relatively as large as it was in the other ranks, and the war was. therefore, practically fought to finish by boys. It was boys war, so far as the rank and file were concerned. .s-s This is why thirty years hence there will be some survivors of the greatest civil war in the history of the world The boy of Is who enlisted in the last year of the war Is now but 60 years old. Thirty years hence he would be 90 years old. He came out of the war full, say, of vitality, and thirty years hence there will be enough heroes of that age to fill a seeing" automobile in every city. A seeing aeroplane may, however, be on duty at that time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
A POET OF MELANCHOLY

Twas Paradise on earth while, and
 then no more;
 An, what avail my vfgils pale. my magic
 lore?
 She shone before my eyes while and
 then no more
 The shallop of my peace is wrecked on
 Beauty's shore,
 Near Hopes fair Isle it rode a while
 and then no more
 And what a world of sorrow is revealed in his passoniate exclamation:
 Oh, had grand Byronian soul
 Twenty golden years agol
 Comparisons have been entered upon be- tween Mangan and Poe and there is un- doubtedly much similarity of thought and expression in the two poets. The ques- tion has also been raised if either in- fiuenced the other In the light of inves- tigation it seems certain that Mangan was in no way indebted to his contemporary; on the other hand, it is quite possible that Poe may have been aware of Mangan's writings in the Dublin University Re- view; and if so they could scarcely fail to affect him In somessdegree.
 Of the two, Poe is the greater artist; his opportunities in the matter of education, genial surroundings and travel were in every way superior to Mangan's and we see the reflex of them in his works. But it may safely be claimed for Mangan that in the true lyric touch, in the power of expression of mournful feelings and that nameless yearning and longing which is of the very essence of poetry, he had few superiors in any part of the nineteenth century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

leans has rid itself of the anopheles, with a resulting decrease in deaths from malarial levers of 400 year to 27 vast year. There are but few deaths in New Orleans on account of malaria. simply because the anopheles have been driven away.
 Here in Jones valley there are no stegomyia mosquitoes, but this valley affords plenty of anopheles mosquitoes, plenty of them. Every house should be screened against them, and every other means taken to destroy their op- portunities for breeding. and the de- struction of all those that are born.
 The anopheles can readily be distin- guished from the eulex or harmless sort. The former are, as a rule, brown and yellowish, and the best way to de tect them is to watch them when they rest. The body inclines at angle from the surface upon which IL IS resunS, and the beak, thorax and abdomen are all on the same plane. whereas other mosquitoes are humpbacked and the abdomen is held practically parallel to the surface upon which the insect is resting. The hum of the anopheles is lower in tone than that of the cu- lex. Any mosquito that is not hump backed when at rest is an anopheles, and as malaria bearer should be de- stroyed on the spot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
Passenger Traffic Increasino.

The passenger business Is improv- ing" said Capt Jack w. Johnson, dis trict passenger agent of the seaboard Air Line. Our new fast morning train for the east is proving very popular, and our afternoon train for the east Is like wise carrying great many passengers.
 "As compared with three months ago there is large increase in our passen- ger traffic into aud out of Birmingham. Among the large parties leaving here this week two have been made up for European tours"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

T
 The reason a man might as well make love to a girl Is she thinks he is doing it anyhow.
 A man couldn't be good d-humored at breakfast if he could make lot of money that way.
 One of the things that frets man most is how hard it is for him to educate his wife in things he doesn't understand himself.
 The thing that appeals to woman about neighborhood scandal is how she can believe it's true when she knows 1t isn't.
 The first thing a man who gets some money tries to do is to show how smart he Is at something in>which he will lose it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
THE ROSARY.

By Robert Cameron Rogers. The hours I spent with thee, dear heart, Are as a string of pearls to me; I count them over, every one apart, My rosary. Each hour a pearl, each pearl prayer, To still a heart in absence wrung I tell each bead unto the end, and there A cross is hung. O, memories that bless-and burn, O., barren gain--and bitter loss! I kiss each bead and strive at last to learn
 To kiss the cross,
 Sweetheart,
 To kiss the cross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04
Fought Ont By RnlS
Press.

The statistics of the Confederate army are not as complete as are those of the federal army, but what was true as to the age of enlistment in the one was true, no doubt, of the other. The official statistics of the federal army present the ages of enlistment in it, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

The Rev. Dr. Meldrum of Cleveland announces that he will smoke regard less of the decrees of the Presbyterian assembly at Denver. The war is now on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

If Roosevelt stopped to strew the graves of his victims with flowers on Decoration day he must have stripped the jungle of blossoms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

The governor of Rhode Island signed 1900 notary public commissions in four and one-half hours. This is a record, but it is not one that will go thunder ing down the ages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Farmer Patten comes out of the May wheat deal with $3,5o0,00O in his trou- sers pockets, and he may not consider 1t necessary to make crop this sea- son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Meat Is fast becoming curiosity in this country, as 1t long has been in Germany. The price of beef in New York has been marked up cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Big New York hotels now have a tennis court on the roof and a golf course in the basement. In between are numerous poker opportunities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Weston has covered 5000 of the 4300 miles of his walk, and his arrival in Frisco on time is pretty well assured. He is walking 40 miles day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Mr. Roosevelt shoots while he writes. He goes out and kills a lion and comes back between shots to write a chapter of his new book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Captain Hobson Is said to be the only congressman who has not can celed his chautauqua engagements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Senator Bailey declines to extend senatorial courtesy 10 the press gal lery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Aldrieh has to do the tariff thinking for S0,000,0O0 people. but it does not seem to give him a headache.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

June contains not only the longest day, but on the 17th it will furnish the biggest eclipse of the year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

In the northern Presbyterian church a person may now play tennis and yet be a good church member. The world do" move.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Zephyr, Texas. overdid it's name that's all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Julia Ward Howe, at the age of 90, is plainly and honorably the c. o. w. of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

St Louis anticipates a population of S1O,217 when the coming census is taken next April But Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Governor Hughes proceeded after the adjournment of the legislature to veto about 300 of it's bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Farmer Patten permitted the Pitts burg shorts to retain the gold filling of their teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Walter Wellman is in position to outdo Zeppelin's gasbag record, but Walter is proverbially cautious in po- lar exploration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Senator Billy Lorimer will not stand much coaching at the machine hands of Dom Shelby Cullom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

The smart chauffeur is he who can keep out of court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-04

Walter Wellman is in position to outdo Zeppelin's gasbag record. but Walter is proverbially cautious in po- lar exploration.
 
 In the northern Presbyterian church a person may now play tennis and yet be good church member. The world do" move.
 St. Louis anticipates a population of S1O217 when the coming census is taken next April. But Birmingham Captain Hobson is said to be the only congressman who has not can celed his chautauqua engagements.
 -.s- Aldrich has to do the tariff thinking for S0.000,OOO people, but it does not seem to give him a headache. June contains not only the longest day, but on the 17th it will furnish the biggest eclipse of the year
 --.s.- Governor Hughes proceeded after  the adjournment of the legislature to veto about 300 of it's bills. Senator Billy Lorimer will not stand much coaching at the machine hands of Dom Shelby Cullom.
 --...-- Julia Ward Howe. at the age of 90 is plainly and honorably the G. o. w. of the United States.
  Farmer Patten permitted the Pitts burg shorts to retain the gold filling of their teeth.
 Senator Bailey declines to extend senatorial courtesy 10 the press gal lery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-17
DEAD BEATS NOT PUT
OFF IN MIDDLE OF RIVER
ISut Ferry Boat Employees Have
About as Effective a Way of
Handling Them.

When man gets on a street car or
4 railway train and does not pay his
fare, he is put off But on a ferry
boat it isn't done that way. A good
many people have an idea that refusal
to pay on a ferry means quarrel
with the collector, but a ride across
the river for nothing However, this
is not the case, for the ferry company
employees have an effcctual way of
dealing with such people. A few days
ago Il man boarded the boat with an
idea that he would 90 to Davenport
for nothing. He refused to pay. and
thought he was going TO get away
with the bluff. until when he went 10
leave the boat at the other side. he
found a formidable line of members
of the crew blocking his passage He
was simply kept a prisoner on board
until the boat again reached this side.
when he was put off without cere-
mOny. He had nice little ride free,
but he still had the trip to Davenport
to make.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-17

z. m. Young Peoples society at GAS
n. m. Services at 1916 a. IN. and
7:30 p. m.
First Methodist. corner Fifth ave
nue. and Nineteenth street; Rev r. j.
Williams, pastor. Sunday school at
$50. Junior league at 2:30 D. m.
Epworth league at 6 a. hi. Services
|at 10:45 a. m. and 1870 p. m. Pulpit
will be filled in morning by Rev r. G.
Pearce, and in evening by Rev. r. Y
Hazard.
Spencer Memorial Methodist church,
corner Forty-third street and Seventh
avenue; Rev. F. e. Shut. pastor
Services at 1915 a. m. and 100 p. m.
AT 4 p. III. mems meeting, led by DR..
Lambkin. Sunday school at $50.
Junior league at $50 p. m. Epworth
league at $50. Morning subject,
Christ, the Enricher.' Evening sub
ject, "The Deceitfulness of Sin
German Methodist, corner of Sixth
avenue and Fourteenth street; Rev.
William Schoenig, pastor. Services at
1880 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Epworth