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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-05

RIVERSIDE LEAGUE STANDING.
Yesterday s Results.

Fort Shafter VS.. Aalas, postponed.
Alohas, 6; Kewalos, 2.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
CORPORATION Tax Figures

The United States treasury depart
ment is preparing to extract from all
corporations that have incomes above
$4,000 l per cent. The questions to
be answered by each corporation are
nearly formulated and by December
l they will be printed and distributed
TO every corporation in the land.
Upon the answer to these questions
the tax will be levied Each corpor-
alton will be asked to hand over to
the government 1 per cent of its
profits-its net income-in the calen-
dar year 1909. The questions are to
be answered by March 1, and in the
three following months the treasury
department will sift them, and on
June 1 the tax due will be named,
and It must be paid by July l.
The estimates of the amount the
tax will put in the treasury swing
around SIS 100000, and the chances
are that it will exceed that sum. The
money will be poured into the treas
ury in June and it may prevent q
deficit at the end of the fiscal year,
on July 1. Much depends upon the
field force of the treasury department
which will be busily employed in
March, April and May next in exam.
lining returns and making assessments,
for no corporation can formulate its
own tax bill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
ALWAYS POLITICS.
n the Birmingham Ledger

From the Birmingham Ledger.
Said an Albanian who now HIVES tn
the middle west: "As soon as got back
to Alabama I found people talking poll
tics. 1t Is a shame to waste so much
time in giving people offices when the
state SO sadly needs everything but poll
tics and agitation"
1t is a just criticism, made by one
of ourselves. We do give too much of
our time to politics Our fathers did
and grandfathers right here in Alabama.
1t is easier to arouse US on politics than
on anything else in the world.
Suppose this great campaign had been
in the interest of the churches, and we
had put in this two months trying to get
every man in the state to join one of the
churches. What a glorious revival we
would have had. and the membership Of
the churches would have been doubled.
We have given the time to politics with
a moral issue involved, and we may be
the better for it.
Beyond dispute we do put the politics
first. A state that makes politics its
chief business Is not in a healthy condi-
tion. 1t is not in a good business condI-
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
Law Publications a DISGRACE.

Tho publication of the general laws
of this state. passed by the last special
session, has been delivered to the people"
said prominent attorney of the city,
"and while the laws themselves have
been criticised and defended from every
hilltop and in every valley in the state,
you can record me as saying that the
make up of this issue OF laws Is a dis
grace to the state, almost as much as the
laws inside of 1t.
For small volume. bound in paper
of less than 500 pages, have been COM
PEELED to pay 1925. 1t would be high
at 81 It is the only book l ever saw
by any press or anybody that did not
have blank fly leaf or two at front and
back to protect the printed matter of
the book This alleged volume contains
no fly leaves, 1t jumps you into the mid
die of the law without ceremony. just
as most of the laws do. The laws inside,
make the sheriff instead of an officer OF
dignity. a ferret that is adjective of
the lowest kind, but I forbear to further
tcriticise them here.
ut ought to have been somebody's duty
to have attended to the respectable pub
LEGATION of the laws Of the state, whether
they were respectable or not, and GER
tainly some of our officers have been
neglecting their duty while they were
attempting to maintain themselves on the
stumps of the state"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
Between the Earth and Sun
DRY.

The Rev. Father Searle, the well
known American astronomer, thinks
Halley's comet may pass between the
earth and sun on May Is next. The
computation is approximate only, fer
no one can measure A comets course
accurately.
1t is possible that the comets tail
may brush the earth as dill a comet
in 1919 No one was disconnected by
the comet of 1919 and 10 one would
be in all probability by the light gases
in the tail of Halley's comet Nor
is it at all certain that the lead OF
comet would do us any narm. II
might produce a brilliant meteoric
shower, but probably nothing more
than that. Astronomers are inclined
to consider the atmospheric envelope
CT tho globe sufficient armor against
any comet. In May, hoxcve-. these
theories may be rete std for HALEY
comet vii, at that time ne in ouI
neignbcrhod In the skies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
Death Of 7. G. Bush
other.

The sudden death of Col T. G. Bush
yesterday afternoon was a great shock
to a wide circle of friends in Bir-
mingham and the sad announcement
will cause profound regret through
out Alabama Colonel Bush was not
only one of the best of men but he
was a splendid citizen from every
point of view. A bushes man of large
capacity and unflagging industry, he
was among the foremost upbuilders Of
the state; and all through his busy
life he was ready to assist in every
civic or benevolent movement for the
public good.
Colonel Bush was gentleman in
the highest sense Of that term. He
was cultured and gentle, but always
courageous and manly. He loved his
fellow men and had long felt the truth
of the saying, ut is more blessed to
give than receive" He was exception
ally well equipped for public life and
would have graced any legislative
body or administrative office.
He will be sorely missed in this
community in many ways; will be
missed as neighbor, missed as an
active and helpful member of the
Baptist church, and missed as a pub
lie philanthropist. Colonel Bush's life
was indeed an inspiration for young
men and the world is all the better
for his having lived in It, The people
of Birmingham will mourn his untime-
ly end and will long cherish his mem
OrV
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12

congress in federal matters led to the
adoption at one swoop of ten amend
ments. Article is one of the ten
amendments and 1t relates to con
gressional action and the powers OF
the federal government 1t has no
more to do with the police power OF
the states than the man in the moon
has.
| The supreme court waYers in many
| respects when the rights of the states
are in question, but it has never mln-
imized in the least states police
| power-that power which, regardless
of private interests, keeps in mind the
health and morals of the people of
a state. This power in a state stands
undiminished and unqualified. The
ten articles in question say what Con-
gress may do, or rather what Con-
gress may not do, and Judge Weakleys
effort to confuse federal searches and
seizures with state searches and seiz-
ures should mislead no one.
Judge William Richardson, member
of Congress from the Eighth district,
discusses the subject opportunity. He
says: IF legislature should say that
liquors should not be kept or stored
in a private home what right would the
federal government under the consti-
tuition to protect us from and against
our own act authorized under the po-
lice power Of our state? 1t is a de-
eeptive and misleading assurance. The
power of the federal constitution can
be invoked when a citizens property
is taken from him without due process
of law. But this is different when the
state exercises Its sovereign police
powers for the preservation Of health
or morals
There is but one true way to keep
the home inviolate-give no legislature
the power to authorize indiscriminate
searches. Don't assume that the pres
ent Fuller legislature will not be called
to meet again, for Governor Conner
does not say he will not convene it
for other than prohibition purposes.
Don't assume that other Fuller legis-
latures will not be elected from time
to time Keep the home safe and Sc
cure by voting down section 2. That
is the one true way and there is no
other.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
Our Greatest Traqedian.

'Mantell is easily the foremost tragedian
In this country said an old theatre goer,
"and he never fails to draw large crowds
l saw him In Macbeth when he appeared
at the Jefferson a season or two ago
and l enjoyed his portrayal of that char
acter as much az l ever did the Mac
beth of any of the great tragedians of
80 or 10 years ago.
'tMantell WAS born in Ireland and was
educated In Dublin-at Trinity college,
IL I remember Alright 1 first saw him
when he supported Fanny Davenport In
her strong drama Fedora, about 70 years
ago. He impressed me as the handsomest
man I had ever seen on the stage, ex-
cepting only Edwin Booth. He was q
powerful actor then, but he is far greater
today. l spent an hour with my old
friend. Frederick Warde. Monday night
after his lecture on Shakespeare's Julius
Caesar and he spoke In high praise of
Manteil and predicted that he would have
large audiences here.
1T Is often said that Shakespeare's
plays on the stage do not attract the
younger generation of amusement-goers
as they did lovers of the drama In other
days. There is some truth in this, 1 am
sorry to believe, for when 1 was a young
man every time a Shakespeare play was
advertised a fair-sized audience assembled
no matter who the star might be-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
Size Of the Cotton Crop

The census report on cotton ginning
up to November l makes the current
crop correspond closely with that of
1905-06, which totaled 11,345,9 1888 bales.
The similarity in ginning returns in
Alabama is striking This year &c.,
09S bales had been ginned up to No
yember /, and In the season of 1905-06
the number of bales ginned up to No
vember 1 was 676,747 In the entire
cotton belt 7,012,317 bales had been
ginned this year up to November l.,
as against 6,906,393 bales in 1905-O6.
About 100000 bales more had been
ginned this year. 1t does not follow
that the crop will be equal TO that of
1905-06, but the comparison is inter-
esting and will afford close students
Of the cotton trade a basis for esti-
mates.
The eastern portion of the cotton
belt shows no considerable shortage,
but west of Georgia the figures of
ginning are far below those of last
year. The crop outturn is still UNI
certain, but it will probably swing
around 100000 bales. The price
of the staple has been advanced and
15-cent cotton is again in sight The
market plainly does not anticipate a
crop exceeding 100000 bales.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
RACHEL IN AMERICA

sFforace- N was in Chasseston that a
great admfrer of hers. q noted lady of
that city, wrote propheticalfy to the Mer-
curry concerning the single performances
Of '.Adrienne Leeouvrsur" which tho
stricken actress was persuaded to give.
mo, IT was not Adrienne Lecouvreur
whom we have seen, whom we heard IN
the fact act, 1t was Rachel herself bidding
farewell to the trfumphs of the theatre.
to love and life; 1t was Rachel who will
never appear again on any scene-whose
glorious career is at an end
From Havana she writes, December Is,
telling how weak and suffering she Is,
how she stayed three weeks in Charles
ton trying to regain her health, and
only at last played Adrtenne Lecouvreur
In January, 1855, a fortnight later. she
tells how she has thrown UP the sponge.
paid off her troupe. settled with the Ha-
yana theatre and is off for France.
During the winter of 1857 Rachel sought
to recover her strength In Egypt Re-
turning to France. she died there J9pu-
airy 8. 1858.
An odd epilogue to her career was the
arrival in New York of a person In
charge of all RachePs diamonds ana
other jewels. her stage dresses, etc, IN
order to organize upon them as basis
no les sa thing than-a lottsryl The
proceeds were to give fortune to her
younger son. tho older having been pro-
vided for. lotteries, however, had been
abolished in most of the states so the
plan could not be carried out.
At this date it would be useless to
weigh the merts of Rachel in comparison
with actresses like Duchesnois. Ristori,
Sarah Bernhard, Helena Mod1eska and
Hleanora Duse. Her chief triumphs were
won with plays that have become Old
fashioned The public finds Corneille too
stilted, and even Racine's comedies have
suffered eclipse. Since her day the stage
has risen SO far as the properties OF life
are concerned; its moral, and social tone
Is higher. Actors and actresses are no
longer required to be bohemians What
they have lost in picturesqueness they
have gained in other ways, chiefly. one
may say, in the right, like other artists,
to live their own human lives apart from
their profession.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Music Festival for 1910.

The most popular music festival ever
held in Birmingham was that of last
April when Walter Damroseh and his
splendid symphony orchestra appeared at
the Hippodrome in five performances.
Mr.. Damrosch's representatives. have
been in the south for several weeks past
completing arrangements for a series of
festival concerts TO be given next spring
aud II Is believed the Birmingham F'es-
tival association will soon close a con-
tract with Damrosch for April 10. 20 and
81 for three nights and two matinees.
Each year brings an increase in the num-
Der of Birmingham music lovers and
there should be no difficulty in making
a festival with Damrosch as director
much more than pay expenses
Mr.. Damrosch brings south an excel
lent solo quartet and in each festival
city his programmes will include num-
bers by one or more local choruses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
The Iron Market.

The southern pig iron market has been
without excitement for several weeks
past. but it holds its own. Rogers, Brown
& Co.'S Cincinnati report says:
without unusual features the mar
ket continues active and steady with fair
volume of orders for the balance of this
year. There has been some interest mani
Tested in buying for the last half, but
SO far this is not encouraged by the
furnaces They have all they can do to
take care of their first half business and
do not choose to cross the bridge until
later coming to It It is probable that
the opening up of order books for the
last half will be delayed on account of
volume of business already taken by fur
naces for the first half, and the assur-
ance that the last six months of 1910
will fully sustain the reputation which 1t
appears will be made by the first six
months.
1.-THE demand for Bessemer basic and
low phosphorus pig iron Is excellent in
this market and some OF the business Is
extended into next year. The activity
in the steel business and orders closed by
the various steel companies are almost
unprecedented
1.-THE absence Of undue excitement In the
pig iron trade at the present time is
welcomed by those interested as arguing
well for its stability and lack of run
away features which were predicted by
some.
'.It is noted that while consumption gen.
orally is increasing daily, it is still re-
ported far behind in some districts and
in certain lines which in the next few
weeks are bound to improve. adding fur
Their to the melt which Is going on heav-
fly.
Coke is still active, with very short
output compared with normal, due to lack
of labor. In spite of the drawbacks en-
countered production continues to improve
and prices are generally stronger The
feature Is the increase in manufacture
of furnace coke and consequent curtail-
ing by some plants of foundry product,
price of which is stronger and higher
figures are not improbable at an early
date"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
GROWTH OF BIG CITIES.

From Tit-Bits.
In an interesting study of the growth
of the worlds great cities, M. de Fo-
vile notes that in 1901 there were in
Europe only % which had more than 100,-
900 inhabitants. These were London,
Dublin. Paris. Marseilles, Lyons. Am
sterdam, Berlin Hamburg, Vienna,
Naples. Rome, Milan. Venice, Palermo,
Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, ST. Peters,
burg, Moscow. Warsaw, Copenhagen
and Constantinople. Two only of these
cities had more than 800 OO0-London, $780,
900, and Paris 100000. Naples came third
with 100000, and Vienna fourth with 3D.
900.
Today there are In Europe 100 cities
having more than 10000, of which 55
have more than 100000. There are 25
cities with more than 5000 people and
seven with more than 1,000,00o These
are London. 4,75o,0 Paris. 2,7oo.o 900: Ber-
lin. 100000; Vienna. 100000; ST. Peters
burg, 1,43o,OOo; Moscow. 10000. and Con-
stantinople. 100000.
In the same class with these he places
the following cities of other parts of the
world: New York, 4.110.O00 Chicago, o.
$4,000; Philadelphia, 1,440,000; Singan, in
China, 100000. Strangely enough, he
makes no mention of Tokyo, with It's L.
BIS, 655; Canton and Pekin, the population
of which is estimated at 100000 each;
Calcutta. with 1,o2s,987, and Buenos Ayres
with 100000. -
There are 80 cities in the world having
more than 10000 population. of which IL
have more than 100000 The "a that re-
main are, In order: Osaka. Rio de Jan
| GIRO, Hamburg Bombay, Warsaw, Glas.
| gov, Budapest. Liverpool, Brussels, Bang.
kok Manchester, Boston. st. Louis Cairo
Naples. Amsterdam, Madrid, Munich
Barcelona Birmingham, Dresden, Mad
ras, Baltimore and Leipzig.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
OCTOBER.

BY Julia Nicely Finch.
Banners Haunting overhead
Gorgeous green and gold and red;
Carpets rustic crisp beneath
The bough that weave their leaf
wreath:
Thistles float, gossamer. feet;
Winds that wander wilful, wild.
Bring odors strange and spicy. sweet,
From fields of golden garnered grass
And luscious fruit in mounds up-piled.
Crimson, gold and dapple- checlSed,
Satin-smooth and ribbon-streaked;
From vines where fairy fagous fine
Are filed with summers fragrant wine:
The rlpened nut shakes OF its sheath
And patters to the earth beneath.
Cool crisp iawns and golden moons:
Radiant sunsets, great, white moons
And stars that lean ike blossoms white
ng-stemmed and tremulous with light
Make of this month q pure delight
vine-crowned October, gracious. gay
We love thee for thy gracious airs,
For all thy gifts. SO rich, SO rare.
Birmingham. October. 1soo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
BELLS OF THE BAST1LE,
rom the Gentlewoman.

From the GentfeWOman.
Comparatively few persons have ever
heard of the bells of the Bastile yet they
are still In existence. After the de-
struction of the prison they found their
way to the great foundry in Romilly. but
the manager of the works disobeyed the
orders he received and did not destroy
them.
Now they are back in Paris, in a private
house in the Avenue d'Eylan. On each
bell is engraved: Made by Louis Cheron
for the Royal Bastile. In the year 1884,
and they are further ornamented with the
royal arms and a huge cross.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
ROMANO e.
From Puck.


If you find the characters ina historical
romance doing curious things pray con-
slider how necessary, in the exigencies of
art, that way be. For instance, these
characters in their originals are not sell
dom persons SO wishful to keep their pur-
poses to themselves as to render obscure,
in real life, much that need be plain as
a pike-staff in the story. Where pub
lie finds itself unable to read and chew
gum and thing all at once, few choice
spirits will cut out the gum, but the ma
jority of mankind Will prefer to revolt at
whatsoever exacts of them any consecu-
tive thinking.
Therefore 1t is that we have Miltiades
telling the chambermaid at his hotel pre-
cisely how he intends to whip the Per-
SLAMS at Marathon. the Scolo unfolding
his plans for the destruction of Char
thage to the travelling man in the berth
across the aisle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
Judge Heakley's Federal Law

When Judge Weakley found that
people were alarmed over the possible
invasion Of their homes by spies and
constables under free exercise Of the
police power of the state by virtue Of
section 2, he proceeded to invent or
suggest all sorts of law to quiet the
minds of the people and to hold their
votes. He capped his astonishing
campaign law with the declaration that
If a legislature should attempt under
section 2 to search Unfortunately
the homes of the people its legislation
would be speedily and rudely stopped
by article 4 of the constitution Of the
United States.
When the first congress met In 1889
alarm over possible nsurpation by
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
Nearly all Alabama politicians of

Nearly all Alabama politicians of
consequence have declared themselves
on the amendment issue and most of
them are against it, The two sena-
tors and five of the representatives in
Congress are opposed to the amend
ment and one of the congressman who
declared for it damned it with faint
praise. Other politicians who came
out on the amendment side are said
to feel very sorry now that they did
not wait awhile. It is hard to imagine
anything more dreary than perfume
tory adherence to cause that is al
ready whipped, as the amendment
cause surely is.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
STRENUOUS WEEK,
n the Mobile Register

From the Mobile Register.
Last week was a strenuous one for. the
Birmingham News. Bostering up the
brewers canard from away yonder In
St. Louis has kept its editors too busy to
notice that something was happening IN
it's Immediate neighborhood. Search of
the issues of Friday or Saturday falls to
disclose that the News was aware that
Senator Bankhead Mr.. Tomlinson, Colo
mel Bush, Senator Johnston and Congress-
man Craig were delivering broadsides
against the amendment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New YORK Press.
Humanity borrows its wit and steals
its ideas.
The greatest help a woman gets in de-
ceiving a man is from him.
1t makes q fiirt awful lonesome to have
only five or six men around her.
The money man can make on a gam
Bile he can spend with a lot more be-
sides, celebrating.
The people a man supports know 20
much better than he how he should man
age his affairs that n he did Il that way
thsr would have to SUPPORT themselves
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
ACCORDING TO KEATS.

ACCORDING TO KEATS.
"A paradise of lips and eyes"
A poet blithely sang
And through the lanes of Lovers Land
His thrilling accents rang.
"A paradise of lips and eyes,"
Oh palpitating thought
No wonder II his manner seemed
Ecstatic and dfstraught.
"A paradise of lips and eyes
Who would not wish, I say,
To 'scape the angel with the sword
And linger there for ayei
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
The Young Pianist.

Beryl Rubinstein. the boy pianist who
will be heard in recital at Gable hall
tomorrow afternoon, is said by local mu-
sicions who have listened to him play
to be different from other boy wonders
Prodgies. as rule. interest only in the
matter of skill and temperament, but
young Rubinstein produces a musicians
tone and plays with real poetic feeling
and an intellectual grasp that might be
expected in an artist of mature years.
not in a lad of 10.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12

The country has decided to leave
William Jennings Bryan and William
Randolph Hearst at their editorial
posts where they can furnish advice
freely to all for slight considera-
ton