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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
Naval EIks Invited.

Newport News, February 16.-Newport News lodge No. 315 Benevolent and Pro- tectiye Order of Elks, today sent wire less message to Rear Admiral Sperry. inviting all Elks with the battleship fleet to be the guests of the lodge at a social session to be held during the stay of the Aeet in Hampton Roads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
Alabama Bankers.

The executive committee of the Ala bama Bankers association met yesterday in the directors room of the First Ma tional bank to arrange for the various state group meetings in March and also the general meeting of the association at Mobile May IA and 15. W. P. G. Hard : ing, president of the association, presided over the committee. Those present were H. l.. McElderry of Talladega,- vice presi- dent of the association; McLane Triton of Pell City, secretary of the associa- tion J. H. Cranford of Jasper; W. R. Hutton of Huntsville; A. F. Armstrong of Marion; Michael Cody of Montgomery and Benjamin Russell of Alexander City.
 The association has about 250 members and is in a fourishing condition. A full turnout is expected at Mobile. In the meantime the group meetings in March will be well attended. The state
 is divided into five groups, Birmingham the center of group 8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Castro says that while he will con tinue to live abroad, he is anxious to have hand in Venezuelan affairs. The Venezuelans can be trusted to see that he does not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

The more eminent lawyer is the less he seems to know about the fed eral constitution-for example, Root, Knox and the President-elect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Mr. Bryan proposes to put Darwin in the Ananias club. but the Nebraskan has not been authorized to make ap- pointments to that justly esteemed club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Secretary of State Knox will have the satisfaction of knowing that he is worth more money than the law al- lows. He will stand quite alone in that respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Admiral Sperry is steering for Hamp- ton Roads and for Washington's birth day. He regulates his cruise and speed accordingly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
Wittenbera Testifies.

Dr. James Wittenberg, an oculistin the Arcade, saw the Coopers pass through that passage about 20 minutes before the shooting With them was John D. Sharp. the third defendant This Is the first witness to bring Sharp into the case. The doctor went to mail letter and saw the trio turn up Fifth avenue and then on Union street in the direction of the scene of the tragedy. The shooting took place on Seventh avenue near Union. Carey Folk, a brother of Governor Folk of Mis- souri. next carried the three defendants up Union street to within a few feet of Seventh avenue, where he saw them stand and talk He heard Robin Cooper turn and ask his father: Are you going up this way?" pointing up Seventh avenue and away from the scene of the tragedy. Colonel Cooper replied No. I'll wait awhile yet" Witness had gone not quite a block until he heard shots, when he turned back.
 R. E. Donnell saw the two Coopers on Union street going toward Seventh ave- nue.
 Hugh Morton on the Stand.
 Hugh Morton, the next witness, told of discussing the Carmack-Taylor campaign for senator three years ago, during which he said he had heard John Sharp say:
 Since Carmack came into politics here we have had nothing but trouble. The ought to have been in hell 20 years ago.
 On cross examination Morton could not even tell the year in which the conversa tion took place, but thought it was 1907.
 Mrs. Emily Blake, a stenographer, testi- fled to seeing the two Coopers going into and leaving Attorney Bradford's office a short time before the tragedy and ob- served that young Cooper looked very worried and harrassed. Miss Blake heard Robin Cooper say. Wait a minute, father, and I'll go with you"
 As this remark would tend to show that there was no conspiracy the defense did not cross-examine Immediately there after court adjourned until 9 a. m. Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
About Sea Lions.

"No, cannot use female seals and sea lions for the stage, they are too slow and bashfu" said Captain Treat, who has six seals and sea lions at the Ma jestic this week. 'The least little thing in the audience or on the stage will frighten them badly and they forget all their tricks. We use only the male ami mals, as they are smarter easier to teach and not easily frightened.
 ''It takes about one year to teach the smartest sea lion or seal sufficiently to trust it on the stage, and the slower ones require two and three years. Some never learn to act, just like some people.
 'I keep a reserve lot of seals and sea lions at my home, where they are con- stantly being trained by assistants, and when one dies or gets so he cannot work I send for another
 Their only food Is fish. They will not eat anything else, and each seal requires about six or seven pounds of fish oay'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

The President and the governor of California, by pulling together, de- feated the demagogues of a demagogi- cal state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
TRAVELLERS.

TRAVELLERS.
 We travel here, We travel there,
 So long as we
 Can raise the fare.
 No one will stay
 At home a whiie
 Cause gadding round
 Is all the style.
 And so we ride
 In motor cars,
 In airships too
 That scale the stars;
 On railroad trains,
 On liners grand,
 Across the sea,
 Across the land.
 We'll ride and ride
 Until at last
 When life's few sands
 Are ebbing fast,
 We'll say goodbye To troubles curse
 And ride one more
 Time-in a hearsel
 A SURE SIGN. ''Was it bad play?" 'It must have been bad. None of tha debutantes would let their mammas .go."
 THE OLD RELIABLE
 Although to shad
 The poet leans,
 He gets, egad,
 A dish of beans.
 PHILOSOPHICAL. "Get any valentines?'' "No" "Still, you are not worrying" Not at all. You see, I might have gotten comics"
 ONE WAY ITO BE LIKED. That man his popularity
 Redoubes,
 Who doesn't tell-O rarity!-
 His troubles
 REPLIES. Margaret Ellington says she wants to darn socks. There are times when every woman with an artistic temperament thinks she wants to darn socks. What is a wanton insult?'' asks the Macon Telegraph. Possibly to stand on one of the principal corners in Macon and brag about Atlanta. Whether Adam was democrat or not mattered little, since there was no tariff to revise in his day. The walters in a certain New York hotel are to have their finger nails worked on by manicurists. If all walters were mani- cured 1t wouldn't be so distressing when they got their thumbs in the soup. The Atlanta Constitution says safe blowing has become pastime in that town. Blowing has always been safs pastime in Atlanta. A deaf burglar got caught the other day in Jersey City. People who are merely dumb would not find that a great handi- cap in 'burgling," but the deaf the blind can hardly expect to do well at such a business. Evelyn Thaw says she is living the simple life now, for which the country owes her a vote of thanks.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Every person who refrained from sending a comic valentine is entitled to a credit mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Kentucky builded better than she knew when she gave Abraham Lincoln to the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
Good Business.

B. H. Getz of Fort Worth, Tex, is among the delegates to the Presby- terian Laymen's convention. He is prominent fire insurance man and is actively identified with the general bus mess movement of Gort Worth.
 Fort Worth is a progressive city" said MT. Getz. "Ih many respects 1t reminds one of Birmingham. It is growing rapidly and will one day be a great city.
 T was last in Birmingham about 10 years ago It has made remarkable strides since then. It is fine city now and has unmistakable signs of future greatness.
 "Business in Texas is good. We have had a prosperous winter and will have a prosperous spring. The panic of 1907 caused business depression in manufac- turing centers, but in Texas the effects of the Wall street troubles have long since passed away and been forogot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

The Lincoln centennial celebration was spontaneous. widespread and inn pressive, beyond all precedent in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

or about 45 pounds each day for my six. feed them during and after each per formanee They sleep all the rest of the time, except about an hour before eaeh performance, when they swim.
 T have to allow them to swim or they cannot act. An acrobat has to timber up before his performance or his muscles will stlffen and he will fall all over himself. So with the sea lions. They have to swim or they will be stiff and unable to work.
 ' "They are not dangerous at all and seldom lose their temper. I never have trouble handling them and they will not snap at strangers. They fight among themselves occasionally, but never tear each other to pieces. In fact, they are the incest of animals to handle and seem to have almost human intelligence about some things. They can be taught to balance, something that most animals can never learn"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

The British suffragette cavalry use no side saddles. No out-of-date meth ods in their'n.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

There are no abandoned" farms in New England. They are called idle farms now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

The Knox complication is as comical as it is embarrassing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Japan is about to take a census with no civil service complications.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

A WHISTLER. He whistled on his way, No matter where it led, Determined to be gay, Although his heart had bled And thorns had pierced his feet, And sorrow followed fast; He hoped to find life sweet Somewhere, somehow, at lasti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
CERTAINLY NOT.

So many fads there are these days,
 So many modern notions, From bridge and golf the magnate plays To those "Salome" motions, Old common sense seems dead and we Are all wrapped up in folly; But no one cares for that, bgee,
 So long as life Is jolly!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Congress and Theodore Roosevelt have but two weeks and two days of power left.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

GOLDEN HEARTS IN sQUALOR. He seemed to think the sun was shining, When not a ray of light appeared; He had no time to waste in pining. But still his weaker neighbors cheered By force of his example, saying,
 "The luck Is bound to turn ere long; Though trouble comes, our hearts dis
 maying,
 We'll lose it as we toll along" An optimistic person, clearly,
 And yet he was in truth so poor, It was a painful struggle yearly
 To keep the wolf way from his door. And oftentimes the roof was leaking And drops of rain fell on his head; Undauntedly the bright side seeking, "'Twill soon clear off" was all he said. His children, little ragged fellows
 Were not on speaking terms with soap, But everyone-so gladness mellows- Was brmming full of fathers hope. The mother wasn't neat or pretty. With beautys secret arts beguiling, But you ne'er saw-'tis such a pity The sunny way she had of smiling Not much they had, not much expected Just lived in love and kept on singing And never seemed to be dejected,
 No matter what the day was bringing. An, would We all could be contented As they bout whom these lines are
 telling,
 With not one deed to be repented
 And not one bitter tear upswellingi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
DRAMATIC SCENES IN COURT WHEN COOPER
 TRIAL REALLY OPENS
1coNTINuEp FROM PAGE 2o

Colonel Cooper and Robin a block away from the scene of the shooting about half an hour before the tragedy. He heard Colonel Cooper say either, We will get him" or we will catch it'' They were then just leaving Attorney Bradford's of flee and passed up the street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Nevada is safe, for no Japanese ship has range enough to reach it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Salome shocks the most and worst those who do not see the character at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

February is short and changeable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
GOOD FOOD FOR STOCK.

Do you think alfalfa mullins could be appetzing?"
 T don't see why they shouldn't be-to horses and mules''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

One woman has been electroeuted in New York and another is to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

A censor of plays would be all right if we can have a censor of censors also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

The 'possum now outranks the dishes with French names in swell banquets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

The offce-holding days of 1O0,0 ,00O men are slowly drawing to close.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
About Persons.

State Senator John A. Lusk of Gun tersville was registered at the Metro politan yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17
ALMosT A HERO.

"There goes a chap who used to be a lifesaver but was deprived of his job." Somewhere on the coast?'
 No, siree! He stood behind bar right here in this town before 1t went dry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Entered at the Birmingham AIa., postoffice as second-class matter dhuei act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

PROXY. ''He says the world owes. him a living" And he grumbles?" Because his wife seems unable to col- lect it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

Washington Bureau Ase-Herald, 142l c street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

enough to constitute states Alaska will, however, become a state. It is full of mineral wealth and when it is we'll penetrated by railroads it will begin to seek statehood. It is safe to say it will become No. 49
 Castro says that while he will con- tinue to live abroad, he is anxious to have a hand in Venezuelan affairs. The Venezuelans can be trusted to see that he does not.
 Secretary of State Knox will have the satisfaction of knowing that he is worth more money than the law al lows. He will stand quite alone in that respect.
 Mr Bryan proposes to put Darwin in the Ananias club but the Nebraskan has not been authorized to make ap- pointments to that justly esteemed club.
 The more eminent a lawyer is the less he seems to know about the fed eral constitution-for example. Root, Knox and the President-elect.
 
 Admiral Sperry is steering for Hamp- ton Roads and for Washington's birth day. He regulates his cruise and speed accordingly.
 The President and the governor of California, by pulling together, de feated the demagogues of a demagogi- cal state.
 The Lincoln centennial celebration was spontaneous. widespread and i'm pressive, beyond all precedent in this country
 Every person who refrained from sending a comic valentine is entitled to a credit mark.
 Kentucky builded better than she knew when she gave Abraham Lincoln to the country.
 The British suffragette cavalry use no side saddles. No out-of-date meth ods in their'n.
 There are no abandoned" farms in New England They are called idle farms now.
 Congress and Theodore Roosevelt have but two weeks and two days of power left.
 A censor of plays would be all right if we can have a censor of censors also.
 Salome shocks the most and worst those who do not see the character at all
 The 'possum now outranks the dishes with French names in swell banquets. The ofice-holding days of 100000 men are slowly drawing to a close. One woman has been electroeuted in New York and another is to be.
 
 Japan is about to take a census with no civil service complications.
 Nevada is safe, for no Japanese ship has range enough to reach it.
 The Knox complication is as comical
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-17

L. H. Russ and 2. p. Morgan are tle only authorized travelling represeh,,e tives of The Age Herald in it's cireu'H ton department.
The new era., 1909-05-27

We WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE
CARE OF THE RANCHMEN ON
THEIR BILLS FOR HAVING. 1T
WON'T PAY YOU TO GO OUTSIDE
FOR ANYTHING IN OUR LINE.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11
Leaders Of Labor Wrap
Judge Wright.
Gompeis, Mitchell and Morrison Say
Would Not Have Pardon.

Washington, Jan. 31.-Re-,
markable protests against the
action Of Justice Wright ap-
pears in the current issue Of
The American Federationist,
signed by Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank Nor
rison.
eve have not, and will not
ask for clemency," the state
ment reads, "and we hope our
friends will not urge us to pur-
sue such a course. To ask par
don would render useless all
the trial and sacrifice which our
men of labor and our friends
in all walks of life have en-
dured, that the rights and lib
critics of, our people might be
restored. Such pardon would
only leave the case in confusion
and it would have to be fought
over again, from the begin
ming"
eve will not abate a single
word, nor take letter back"
says Gompers. He refers to the
incorporate and vindictive
spirit displayed by the justice"
designating it as "it is a TRADE
of judicial abuse and misrepre-
sentation." He declares that
they could not undertake to
enter competition with the JUS
tice along this line.
"When a judge issues an in
junction like that in the Bucks
Stove and Range Company, it is
the judge who defies the law
and not the citizens who refuse
obedience to his injunction man
dates, which would deprive mer
of their constitutional rights, ,
lis the concluding statement.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11
Many Hurt In Riot Of
LOndOn'S Unemployed

London, Feb. 8.-A heavy
detachment of police had to be
called today to dispense a mob
of several thousand unemployed
who, disappointed at not finding
work when they applied to an
East London firm in answer to
an advertisement, stormed the
company's warehouse and de-
manded the return of their car
When the police arrived the
mob was forcing the doors of
the warehouse. A number were
badly injured before the police
could clear the crowd.
The company had advertised
for two men, and it is estimat-
ed that fully 5000 responded.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11

gotten, all the ties of humanity
were Embossed in the general
CONSERVATION.
1t seemed as though the pes
thence was doing the work of
the flood II exterminating
race unfit to occupy the earth.
But so soon as the ravages were
stayed, the survivors grasped
their arms and renewed their
insane assaults upon each
other.
Venice claimed to be queen
of the Adriatic, and as such to
be exclusively entitled to the
navigation of that sea. A year
ly ceremony was introduced by
which the doge, in type of this
sovereignty, welded the Adria-
tic. Genoa resisted the claim,
and sent one hundred and sixty
galleys, with thirty thousand
soldiers, to enforce her protest.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11
ItaIy'S Internal Strife
Venice and Genoa.

of Italy were in an incessant
ferment. The innocent and the
guilty were alike liable to be
stricken down. Every act of
the government was yelled in
fearful obscurity. Spies were
everywhere. individuals of
highest position disappeared,
never to be heard of again, No
one dared ask a question.
Let us contemplate for mo-
ment the aspect of Italy in the
middle of the fourteenth CEN
fury. Rome was rapidly falling
into decay.
In Naples Joanna held her
voluptuous court. Central Italy
extending from the northern
frontiers of Naples to the
Southern limits of Lombardy,
was divided by the Apennines
into Tuscany on the west, and
Romagna on the east. The pa
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11
Wall Street Gamblers
Hit By jeff Davis

Washington, Feb. Sin a
speech along similar lines to
that with which he startled the
Senate last year Senator Jeff
Davis, Democrat, Arkansas, to-
day attacked gambling in cot
ton and grains. He proposed
the passage of a bill making it
unlawful to use the mails, tele-
graph and telephone for inter
state or international transac-
tions in the buying or selling of
futures.
Senator Davis said that the
New York Cotton Exchange
was asked why it Should &c
unwhipped of justice, unpunish-
ed by law, when the small gam
bier that risks but little on the
throw of the dice is punished by
the laws of every State in the
Union?"
eff we cannot reach it," HI
said, "by a direct law making
it a crime to sell cotton futures
then let us reach it by this in
direct method by cutting of
communication between buye,
and seller, by rendering tn
gambler impotent and helpless
and causing his hellish bushes
to die of it's own filth.
He charged that to the stocl
gambling was due "the cycloni
panics which have endangere
the political and industrial fab
rio of our country"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11

For the first half of the four
teenth century all Italy was the
Theatre of incessant sanguin-
airy wars, provoked by the sell
fishness and ambitions of the ri
val states. 1t mattered but lit
tie what forms of government
were adopted, the powerful
were ever endeavoring to tram
pie on the weak, and the weak
were combining to trample up
ON the powerful. In the year
1916, a general famine desc
lated Italy. The famine was
followed the next year by pesti-
fence, which spread over all
Europe. The history of the
world affords no parallel to
this great pestilence, which, it
is estimated, swept away three
fifths of the human race. 1t
was impossible to bury the
dead. All restraints were for
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11

pal states, with Rome for their
metropolitan city, interviewed
between these provinces and
the Neapolitan kingdom. North
of Tuscany and Romagna came
the great province of Lombardy,
extending to the Alps, composed
of five ducal potentates, virtual
ly independent Of each other es-
tablished with much princely
splendor and power in the great
cities. Genoa and Venice We're
popular cities, of but small ter
ritorial extent, but majestic in
maritime power. Such is gen
eral, not a minute and accurate
view OF Italy at this time.
Milan was the most powerful
of the Lombard principalities.
But Verona, Mantua, Padua,
and the duchies of Ferrara and
Modena were by no means in
significant. Gunpowder began
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11

Venice raised a similar force.
Horrid scenes ensued of car
mage on the sea, and slaughter
and confederation on the land.
In the progress of this war
the government of Venice grad
ually passed into the hands Of
the aristocracy, and the famous
Council of Ten was organized,
which long ruled Venice, with
despotic sway, unhappily the
only sway which could preserve
from anarchy. The gloomy
tranquility of the prison dun
geon prevailed in the streets OF
Venice, while all other cities
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11

DO you understand young man,
that my daughter is accustomed to
having everything she wantsY
That's good, for 4 know sne
wants me. Houston Post.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11

Hackley hospital lowering be-
tween life and death, a marvel
to surgical science in that his
spinal column is broken and
that his spinal cord has been
touched by the splintered bones
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1909-02-11

Alvin Japanese Nursery Company,
Alvin Texas
Dear Srs:-
The trees that shipped to h order for this station duly
received in good condition.
On examining them find that they not quite large
would Them intended
cha the trees failed that planted The
the of that
ere class of would doubtless have received hembut
regardless the
horticultural science in the world.
The equally goods they could
better The healthy of
and diseases Thanking for favors, lam
Yours truly g. A. WAscHKA
GET OUR RfISSEASR ARE RIGHT ALVIN JAPANESE NURSERY
MASON HOUSTON