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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-24
"Cherry-BlOSSOm."
rHH JAPANESE GIVE GOOD EXAMPLE.

It n q proverb of Cherry Blossom
Land that healthy stomach is the
basis. of all strength. Good nature is
also recognized as of great Importance.
The Japanese as people are remark
able for their health, endurance, pa
tience and skin.
The, cherry tree is the most highly
prized of all in Japan. 1t not only
gives forth beautiful blossom but the
wild cherry tree furnishes bark which
Ii most highly priced in medicine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-24
THE AMO

Detroits new model (down-town)
apartment Half block from Wood
ward. All night elevator service. Uni
formed attendants. Beautifully decor
ated Filled with sunshine. More mod
rrn conveniences than any other apart
ment anywhere. Rents $500 10 SO 90
a month open every day and evenings
for inspection. George Andrew Lewis
(owner), M. 30 Adelaide-st. Grand
1908
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-24

Bankers ana Brokers' a musical
depicting the comical adven-
lures OF two Hebrews who would 10
financiers, will be presented by The
in the Avenue theater
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-24

The UNITED
STATES Dis
PEN sATo RY,
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
The Retail Trade.

"A few more pay days and Birming-
hams retail trade will be as brisk as
it was in the early fall of 1907, just be-
fore the panic. or even brisker," said a
Second avenue merchant
early in June. when the industrial
situation of the district began to show
marked improvement, many wage-workers
who found employment after term of
idleness were in debt and 1t required
three. or four months for them to catch
up. Some merchants were impatient and
expected rushing business Immediately
after the beginning of industrial activity;
but those who considered the facts felt
buoyant over the outlook and were content
to wait until fall for an old-time big
trade. And such trade is coming now
Next week will witness a high degree
of prosperity. The merchants will have
a large volume of trade through the holi-
DAYS and all through next spring.
Birmingham has a large shopping trade
from all over the state and all things
considered the mercantile business has
been holding up we'll. All that Is needed
to give us new high record of sales is,
as l have said, few more pay days"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
JAMES J. AND JAMES j. JR.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
On one occasion. it is related that
James J. Hill, master of the Great
North ern railroad, called his son James
to him and handed him a check for
$3.50, goo. You have been a good boy
and worked hard" said the old man.
How about my brother LOUISE"
asked James. "He has been as good as
I have, and worked as hard. Have you
another check for him. or shall l split
this?"
Well, James Jupiter Hill gave the
grandest exhibition of aerial soaring
and oral bombarding the world has
ever witnessed. He said that James,
Jr., was trying to tell him how Ito dis
pose of his fortune, was trying to get
his money away from him. was un-
grateful, undutiful and a good deal of
a slob. In the middle of the Grafton
James, Jr., shut the door behind him,
incidently breaking all the glass out of
1t. Hills private secretary remained as
an audience. When the old man paused
for lack of breath, the secretary insin :
uated. But it's pretty nice to see one
brother think SO much of another"
That's So" said ]. J. H. heartily.
James is good boy. Make out a new
check for Lewis"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
BIRD MEN AT RHEIMS.

Vance Thompson in Colller s..
He il dreamy and taciturn, he is alert
and chattering, but invariably he has the
look of a winged brother Here is Be
riot limping as though foot going pleased
him not. He wears close fitting cap.
covering ears and forehead and neck; all
YOU see are the sulky black eyes. the
curved beak of him. An eagle man. A
silent thing with potentialities of sharp out
cry and desperate fight. An oil stained dark
covered overall suit sheds the water that
drops on him as feathers would. black
eagle this Beriot. All in dirty gray,
alert, provocative as a goshawk comes
little man and cocks his head up at
the weather-this is Leblanc, who flies,
too, in the Bleriot machine, crouching I'M
der the wings. Something of his audacity
of look, though more athletic type, is
Lefebvre, who, unaided, taught himself
the art of flying a Wright biplane Little
Paulhan, chirky and insolent as SPAR
row; but here is Farman-bearded lean,
cross tempered as a falcon, beaked like
q parrot, with the curious, birdlike de.
picking up seeds-which is characteristic
of the type. Glenn Curtss has opened the
doors of his shed. He leans on stick.
His head is outthrust. Tall and thin, he
has look of utter ennui as he studies the
muddy plain. Then, with a slow Yankee
smile, he says: Its too muddy to fy
Nevertheless, his two assistants "Slim"
who became the joy of Parisians be-
cause he was so unlike anything they had
ever seen-and Fisher roll out his grace
full biplane, the prettiest of them all. A
visitor calls it lemon-colored beauty:
and says Curtiss: "Well, 1 hope 1t won't
prove a lemon
Quiet, sagacious, gentle-what swift
going bird is the prototype of the con-
querng Curtiss I know not.
Latham you will not find in the lane
of sheds. Behind the grandstand Is a
booth of flowers. There on a folded
chair, he sits hour after hour, smelling
a rose and smiling. A blithe little man,
round shouldered as all birds are, his
face Scared from that deathly fall In
the channel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
Bidh Cotton In the Cotton Mills

Tho condition estimate of 5S1a fur
nisbed by the government does not
necessarily mean half of a normal
crop. 1t means that the crop Will
ba but little over one-half of an ideal
cron nm a given acreage. In October,
1902 a condition even lower, 58.3, was
reported, indicating crop OF l0,ooO,'
600 bales. The crop proved to be
10 100000 bales. The price was car
ried in October, 1902, to Is cents for
the standard grade, and early in l9o3
tho nrice was carried still higher, but
before the cotton year was ended
prices became lower.
The acreage of the crop that IS be-
ing picked is short; the drouth Is
unusually severe in Texas and the
holl weevils are busy in Louisiana.
The world needs 100000 bales OF
American cotton, and it may not get
over 100000 bales. But the far
mer who is preparing to warehouse
his bales should not forget that the
surplus on September / of last years
crop was about 100000 bales larger
than was the surplus of one year be-
fore. The cotton fields of Egypt and
India are also promising.
The cotton mills are having an I'M
comfortable time, because consumers
are unwilling to buy finished products
based on 13-cent cotton. When the
farmer is hurrying his bales to mar
ket Manchester and Fall River get
ready to fill their warehouses with
cheap cotton. They cannot do this
this year. Tbirteen-cent cotton is not
to their liking. The farmer has this
fall a complex problem before him,
and each farmer must, of course, solve
the problem for himself. There are
plenty of men who say cotton will soon
cross the 15-cent line, but there are
also men who point to the season of
1902-03.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
ABOUT CHARLES DICKENS

iano; there was king with a large law
ana queen with a fair face on th.
throne of Francess' Adm then the story
.hat foliows-who could have conceived
Vi WITH 1t except Charles Dickens?
Inc average man reads a novel 70,
amusement and relaxation. NOT for a..
profundities. Not one reader of a +bo,,
sanu ever saw the political allegorv in
uuiiiVer. The average man does NOT r.oa
othello' to find out what the nass,o,,
oi jealousy is made Of Who was ava-
restrained from hasty and inprovide,t
marriage by reading the story of tba
MOOT and Desdemona2 On the o+bar
hand' "oliver Twist brought parocbia,
reform In England. and Nicholas Nickel
oy Drought a reform of such educations,
mems as Dotheboys Hail. It is true that
omike was impossible; but he was onI,,
the evidence of the riot of Dickens, NOV,
oerrui genius. Dick SwiyelIer and ~.
marchioness were others. '
ihackeray wrote for folk in s,,,r.~
gown, and he was one of the s-raa+s.t -
story-teiler; but Dickens, a greater storvr
.ener' wrote of and for the lowIv foli,
ana as Mr.. Lincoln said, God must Ious
t .neih' lie made SO many of them" And
lney VIII see to 1t that the writings of
Gnarles Dickens will survive as long az
ie''eis aHluse the human intelligence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
RIrminuhamerowR Bananas.

]. II. Harrison brought to The Age
Herald office yesterday a full bunch of
luscious, ripe bananas which were
grown by Mrs. Harrison on her lawn
at 9SS South Thirteenth street. The fruit is
of much finer flavor than that OF the
ordinary commercial banana because
all of the fruit shipped into Birming-
ham is picked green and allowed to
ripen en- route, while Mr.. Harrison's
fruit was allowed to ripen on the tree
I'VE have raised some very credita-
BILE bananas at our home for the past
three years" said Mr.. Harrison. This
bunch was grown entirely out of doors
on our lawn and the fruit has de-
licious flavor. It is an entirely differ
ent species from the ordinary CONNER
cial banana and you will notice that it
is somewhat smaller.
THE fruit has attracted a great deal
of attention from passers by, and in
fact it was so attractive to numerous
small boys that we did not know
whether 1t would ever reach maturity
or not"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
In Various States.

''Of the few states that have constitu-
tional prohibition. Ohio is the most re-
markable example of how 1t does not
prohibit" said a practical temperance
man. And next to Ohi0 comes Iowa.
In the latter state the saloons are per-
mitted to keep open by paying fines. ac-
cordlng to a fixed schedule.
Maine and Kansas are two states
where constitutional prohibition does not
prohibit but where no public revenue Is
derived from the sale of liquor. In Maine
the liquor question is in politics year In
and year out. read two democratic pa
pers published in Maine. Both OF them
are ardent in expounding the doctrines
formulated by Thomas Jefferson and per-
fected through the party as led by jack
son, Tnden and Cleveland; and In state
politics both stand on tn sound democratic
platform of local option. bitter cam
paign is now being waged in Maine on the
question of the resubmission Of constitu-
tional prohibition to the people. In Maine,
as in Alabama, an amendment once In
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08

to say that the adoption of the amend
ment would forever solve the drink
problem it is as far from the expe-
rienee in other states-in Maine, for
example-as newspaper could
well be.
The liquor question would still re-
main with us, and whenever, either
through the multiplicity of blind tigers
or other causes, public sentiment con-
corning it changes, then indeed will
the Fuller bill and all other similar
bills be amended or perhaps repealed,
and without statutory legislation the
amendment would be as much piece
of hot air" as is the provision in
the federal constitution concerning
the selection of president. The peo-
pie decided more than a hundred years
ago to disregard the latter just as
they are beginning to disregard the
federal provision concerning the man
ner of selecting United States SEN
ators
A constitutional provision is eff
cient just so long as it is supported
by public sentiment. and not one mo-
ment longer. When we have the amp
lest form of prohibition that the mind
of man can devise it is the height
of folly to disfgure the fundamental
law with sections that public sentiment
could render ineffective in short or
der. 1t is not good sense or good pol
icy to do this. The prohibitionists
hold today all the ground they can
possibly secure.
This fact should ever be kept in
mind. namely, whenever the prohibit
ton statutes are repealed, whenever
public sentiment in relation to the
problem is reversed or even modified,
the proposed constitutional amend
ment would simply be disregarded. 1t
would become obsolete. 1t might re-
main obstructive to some extent, per-
haps. but it would become as power
less as are the electoral colleges Of
each four years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
DRINKS BY SIGNS.
- eode OF Distress Signals Used In
Kansas.

special to the New York World.
iopeka.-"Can 1 get a glass of beer Or
little snapps?" asked an eastern NOV
recently of a friend, Just after he o.
rived In certain Kansas town.
sure was the reply. Sure, If the
signs are right"
~ get a drink or a cigarette in Kan
sas during these parlous times. Won b..
70 KNOW the proper sign of distress and
signal 1t to someone who knows"
mere are list of the most commonly
used signs: commonly
Two fingers up with hand t,rned in
bottle of beer.
Lett arm extended, thumb down, fin
gers straight out, drink of whisky
"o thumbs up, fingers closed. half
point whisky.
wiring thumbs with fingers folded
Two bottles of beer
ringer In the ear, hight ball
ruling the lobe of the right ear. gin
Hands over the heart, whisky ana
lemon. anu
Crossing of leg above knee. standing
royal gin fig. e'
crossing leg below the knee, silver gin
Both arms extended, Patsy Conner
ringer touching tip of the nose. Man.
haitian cocktail '""-
soda. Duech
Shaking hands with yourself obou
payne. 'haih-
Whirling fingers around temples ar
making motion like nammering. cigar
cites Or 'Coffin-nails.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
The Prohibition Amendment.

R. Cornell of Tuscaloosa, chief deputy
sheriff of Tuscaloosa county and well
known as one of the most versatile men
in his community, contributes a few
stanzas suggested by certain phase of
the pending campaign. 1.-THE Political
Church is the caption to his lines, which
run as follows:
Well wife, l found a curious church
And went inside today.
l never seen the like before
Nor since my hair turned gray
The preacher didn't take no text
subject he did choose;
He didn't preach no sermon, wife,
He made a talk on booze.
He stood up in the pulpit there
In Gods own edihce-
And tried his congregation on
Political advice.
He didn't tell no weary soul
His burden how to tote;
He stood up there, instead, and told
The people how to vote.
No Love of God" no gospel theme
Came from his lips today,
But PROHIBITION was his aim
And Lord, how 1t held sway
He seemed to think that any man
Who would his lips besmirch
With strong drink hadn't ought to come
In ten mile of a church.
He thought the Lord would bring about
An awful retribution
Unless the PROHI-AMENDMENT
Went In the constitution.
l never seen nor heard the beat;
How that man did take on!
He rared and scotched and scotched and
rared
Bout rye and gin and corn.
He took prohibition view
OF every kind of crime
From Robin banks an murder, down to
Stealin' of dime.
But all that you will have to do
Your wicked soul to save,
Is to ride to Hallelujah on
The PROHIBITION WAVE.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
Our Governor and a Federal Judge

The controversy that has arisen be-
tween Governor Conner and Judge
Jones is chiefly remarkable for per-
sonalism. Each charges the other with
all sorts of misbehayior and both
seem TO be at least plausible. The
controversy is not exactly creditable
to the distinguished disputants or 20
the state. but it is one of those things
that cannot be cured and must, there
fore, be endured.
In the latest broadside of the pend
ing controversy Governor Conner
charges Judge Jones with excitement
and exaggerated egotism." AS the gov
ernor is an expert in this branch OF
metaphysics it will not be easy TO
disprove his charge. Judge Jones can
not deny the allegation and defy the
alligator without pushing aside expert
testimony.
The Typographical union will, at
any rate, favor continuation OF the
discussion. Governor Corners state
ment fills columns and Judge Jones'
rejoinder, now fully due, will go it
several columns better. The printers
are coming money from it and they,
at least. will favor a long discussion
The public may tire of it, but the
printers will not.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
Issues Before the People

The republicans are seriously divided
over the income tax amendment,
which is a live wire, and also over
the ultra protection tariff that MI
Aldrich fathered. The progresslVes
hesitate. however, when the hour al
action arrives. Massachusetts elects
state officers every year, and Eugene
n Foss has accepted the democratic
nomination for lieutenant governor
He has long been accounted a re-
nublican leader in his state. lie says
he has been read out OF the repup-
lcan marty by President Taft because
be could not conscientiously support
and advocate tariff devised to ROD
consumers for the benefit of special
interests, and he therefore prefers 70
ioin the movement for results through
the democratic party
In middle west the insurgents WILL
however. strive to lead and control
the republican party. They Will make
their fight within the party, and SEN
ator Gore advises all democrats 10
support insurgents wherever they ap-
near as candidates in direct and out
spoken opposition to the Aldrich-Can-
non scheme of robbing the many Tor
the benefit of the few Senator Cores
advice is sound, and no doubt many
democrats will support progressive
renublican in the Tawney district IN
Minnesota, or the Hull district in Iowa.
MANY wisconsin democrats will vote
for LaFollette in Wisconsin. Inc ell
tire situation in the middle west Is III
teresting but it will not culmlnate
until next year. This year is an OH
wear in politics. All agree, however,
that time is adding to the Toes Oh
standpattism and corrupt tariff ana
is increasing the number OF those
who favor the income tax amendment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
LOVES HERO WORLD.

ny Edwin Markham in the Nautilus
Alas, how much of life is lost
HOW much is black and bitter with the
frost,
Ihat might be sweet with the sweet sun,
IL men could only know that all are one!
But 1t will rise, Loves hero-world at
last,
The Joy-world wreathed with freedom,
and heart-fast-
The world love-sheltered from the
wolf1sh law
OF ripping tooth and clutching claw.
1t comes! the high inbrothering of men.
The New Earth seen by John of Patmos,
when
The comrade- dream was on his mighty
heart
/ see the anarchs Of the Pit depart
The Greeds, the Fears, the Hates.
The carnal wld-haired Fates.
o world, rejoice with me,
For the joy that is to be-
When all the world far as the blue sky
bends
Shall be light-heart company 81
friends.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
oMAHA's FuLL-oREss DINNER.

From the AtchiSon Globe.
Omaha newspapers are making fun of
Omaha as a result of President Taft's
visit there last week. 1t was a very
swell-elegant banquet. at 500 plate. But
as a full dress affair it didn't make much
of a hit One man wore his spil1e-tail
coat. white waistcoat and all the rest of
1t pretty well. except that he adorned
his bosom with large gold studs. An
other full-dress costume was marred by
a black tie that should have been white.
Some wore dinner jackets and even gray
trousers broke into the sacred circle and
Omaha papers are sad or mad. But they
really shouldn't feel so bad. If the west
isn't as careful of its personal attire as
Fifth avenue, or even Pennsylvania ave-
nue. it is a great deal better dressed than
it was when some of its citizens got their
first dress suits as aid from the eastern
discard. New countries, a rule, are
too busy to make fashions, that being
left for more effete lands. And even
il fashion is broken occasionally, the
west doesn't care, and neither does the
President; it is votes he is interested in.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
Reduced Rates Next Week

Next week is State Fair week, and
a round rate of cents a mile plus
25 cents will induce thousands and
tens of thousands of people to come
to the states chief city from every
one of the 67 Alabama counties.
Reduced rates are taken advantage
of when a trip to Birmingham is
looked forward to, and vast numbers
have acquired the habit of visiting
this city on fair week each year. The
attractions offered are ample and so
are the accommodations. The city
that satisfactorily entertained the
Confederate veterans of the entire
south can and will entertain in a
satisfactory manner the people of Ala
bama Let all come knowing that
the preparations are ample, the fare
low and tie attractions unusually
fine
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-08
MODERN ILLUMINATION.

From the New York Evening Post.
The whole wonderful display of Satur-
day night makes one look back with pity
ing contempt upon the notion of 'illumi-
nation which prevailed before the intro
duction of electric lighting. 1t is to this
new illuminant that ones most vivid
memories of nocturnal splendors are due.
Beginning only with Paris in 1889, fol-
lowed by the outlining in light of the
court of honor in Chicago in 1888, with
swinging searchlights and the iridescences
of the electric fountain, then again the
view across from the Trocadero to the
Champ de Mars in 1900, and the Pam
American at Buffalo in 1901. what won
derful series it has been! In some re-
spects the latest mentioned was the most
remarkable the gradual illumination of
Buffalo until the electric tower in white
and dazzling sheen, closed the vista Of
the display. Such an advance might have
been expected from a fair which had har-
messed Niagara for power to be trans
formed into light But even those who
had seen all these sights must have found
the spectacle of Saturday night not only
worth seeing, but worth going to see. And
some of the most memorable of the sights
were far from the Riverside drive. Those
who were fortunate enough to go home by
the East river found It's Examinations as
memorable as on the Hudson. The Edison
power house on the shore was not only
perhaps the most profusely illuminated
building in Manhattan, as might have
been expected but the illumination was
as artistic as 1t was prodigal. And the
outlining of the four great bridges with
electric light produced a night effect
which surely cannot be matched in any
other city of the world, and promised an
infallible sensation for future celebra-
lions.