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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

toward restoring a balance of trade in our favor.
 No cloud obscures the rising sun of optimism. The prices of securities in Wall street are going up. Money is in better demand. The gross receipts of the railroads are increasing. and all merchants, manufacturers and bankers are looking forward to a long period of activity. Bank clearings are IS per cent larger than they were one year before. Commercial failures are fewer in number, and the idle freight cars are steadily decreasing. The market for finished steel products is broaden ing and pig iron is firmly held.
 Perhaps four hundred millions, or even five hundred millions, will De needed to move crops, but it is be- lieved a good part of this money will be furnished by the western farmers themselves, and that the draw upon the east will not create a scarcity in money. It bids fair to remain plentiful throughout the winter season. This would be a great achievement in view of the eight billion dollar harvest now plainly in sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
THINGS THAT DRAW A CROWD.

THINGS TAI OnAW "A OhOWOs From the New York World
 A man filling a slot machine with chew ing gum.
 The daily drop of the Western Union time ball.
 A steeplejack painting a fiagpole. A sign painter lettering window. Two draymen cursing each other. An automobile with punctured tire. A masked woman in shop window showing off a massage instrument. A Turk rolling cigarettes in cigar store.
 A shipment of silver bullion arriving at the sub-treasury.
 An ambulance stopping anywhere. The arrest of pushcart man. A cat up tree.
 An owl. woodpecker or bluebird in City Hall park.
 A trolley car with burned-out ruse. Smoke coming from subway en- Any argument, if the disputants stand still. Some one asking, "Is he hurt?" suffrasette speech-wagon.
 Two dogs arranging the preliminaries of fight
 mouse that has lost its way.
 violating a safe into skyscraper Ducklings fresh from an incubator on view.
 A baseball bulletin.
 Anybody standing still and looking in- tently at the sky for five minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
Fee Reform Goes to the People

The well-intrenched fee brigade has triumphed again. Not only has the King bill, which provides for salaries in counties that have over 100000 pop ulation, been adversed in the house, but the Glover constitutional amend ment, which proposed to amend Sec tion 96 so that the legislature could deal with one county in the matter of fees without dealing with all, has been adversed in the senate.
 The Governor of the state refused to insert fee reform in the call of the special session, and he did not mention the subject in his message to that ses- sion. The action of the house on the King bill and of the senate on the Glover amendment is further evidence that the state administration and the fee brigade are working partners.
 The subject now goes to the people and to the general election of 1910, and if the people of Alabama desire to put an end to the inhumanities of the fee system toward the poor, the weak and the humble, they will take precious good care to know how all candidates next year stand on that subject. If they desire to stop the plundering of the people to pay princely salaries to a few, they will ascertain how every candidate stands before they cast their votes for him.
 The state administration has post poned fee reform fully five years. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
FAMOUS OLD WAGON.
Has Hauled as Much Money as There
 Is in the World.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 People in Washington who daily pass the treasury building and see backed up to it's curb an old van of a wagon drawn by three patient. white horses do not realize the intimate link that this conveyance bears to all the money there is. They are not aware that every piece of paper money that every individual in the United States has spent or hoard ed in the past 8 years has first ridden in that wagon. They do not know that the sum of money this wagon has hauled i3 equal to all the money there is In the world today.
 The old wagon is a great curiosity, but modest withal. It plies regularly be- tween the bureau of engraving and print ing and the treasury, always loaded down with rectangular packages of 12M pounds each. Tn every package are 4000 bills. If the bills are of the lowest de- nomination the package is worth S40o0. If of the highest. $10.oOo, 1t is worth s4o- coo,Ooo. One package of this great value once rode in the wagon.
 It would take a string of hay wagons 20 miles long to hold the money that has passed through this old van. If the pack ages were piled one on top of the other they would make monument 15 miles high. If the bills were placed end to end the string would be 250.000 miles long, or equal to 10 times the distance around the world. They would carpet a road 50 feet wide from New York to San Francisco. Their weight in coal would supply the average family with fuel for 25o years. Had an expert begun count ing this money in the days of Columbus he would have been half through when MT Taft was inaugurated.
 All these and many more stupendous facts might be cited with reference to the old money wagon. Yet 1t goes un- noticed in Washington, and not one citi- zen In a hundred realizes that any in- terest attaches to 1t. Few people in Ken lucky ever saw Mammoth Cave the native of Arizona has never taken the trouble to visit the Grand Canyon, nor New Workers Niagara. The gold of De Soto was always little farther on. The land of one's desire is that to which he cannot possibly go. There are realms of romance without end, but no man ever confessed to living in one. It Is human nature that the unreality of distance is the haze that makes all things inter- estlng.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

inals and famous ''hauls' in the history of burglary. but no one tells the tale of a prosperous house or family with the Jimmy or bunch of skeleton keys belonging properly in it's coat of arms. Adam Worth, born in Boston, but of most notorious accomplishments in Eu- rope and Africa. stole for 50 years and lived long in luxury. Yet loyalty to his evil associates left him destitute. Jimmy Hope, Big Frank" Mccoy, Jimmy MeNally. George White and other American crooks of wide fame and some early success. died penniless and al- most forgotten.
 It is difficult to imagine a glamour of disreputable adventure or lust for the excitement of plotting and carrying out a job sufficient to lead men into the direct. almost inevitable sacrifice of so- cial and financial opportunity. Burglars destiny ought to be an effectual pre- ventive even in the failure of anti burglary laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

vote in the senate committee on the Glover amendment should be made public. Let the public see who favors fee reform and who does not.
 The campaign is to be long and ar. duous. The Age-Herald is enlisted for that campaign. There is no issue of greater importance in this state-no issue that touches so many people in their pockets, and certainly none that relates so closely to the dearest of rights of the weak and humble. An appeal should be taken at once from an administration legislature to the peo- pie. This issue cannot be pigeonholed in committee rooms. It will not down at anyone's bidding. It has come to stay until it is settled right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
Snecial Rush Service.

The Postal Telegraph company has re- gently inaugurated new and improved methods in it's general service between important cities and towns. This service is called the special rush service,' and Manager T. D. Jackson said yesterday that 1t has proved a revelation in the rapidity with which messages and an- swers thereto are exchanged between all large towns. including Pacific coast points.
 "A system of the most rigid supervision signalled for by call box or handed in at a Postal office, until it is delivered to the addressee," said MT. Jackson. Every second possible Is saved in the various channels through which mes- sage passes The improved methods in expedlting the traffic over the wires has rt dnced the time of transit so that now patrons may receive answers from Chi cago, New York, Boston. St. Louis Dem yer, San Francisco, and other points in less than 30 minutes after the messenger has been signalled to take the message. A maximum schedule time limit is fixed for the transit of every message in the operating, delivery clerks and messenger departments. Failure to keep within this time limit is sharply checked up on each message.
 Messengers receive extra pay from the company for the delivery and collection of every message within the time allowed for the service. All employees of the Postal company. from managers to oper- ators, clerks and messengers, are en- enthusiastically and efficiently cooperating in maintaining this service.
 ''The average elapsed time. for instance, from the time messenger is called in Birmingham to delivery to addressee in Chicago or New York, is 15 minutes. In cases where the distance from office to addressee is short messages are more frequently delivered in less than 15 min- utes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
Regarding Population.

But for the governors action with the concurrence of the two houses of the legislature in giving us Ensley Thomas and other sections which had been cut out of the King bill, Birming ham In the next census would have fallen considerably short of the 1o0,- 900 mark" said a member of the Cham Der of Commerce. But as the boun- dary lines are now to run we will prob ably exceed 125,00o. It is quite possi- ble, think that our numbers will reach 135,000. If we now have 125,000 in the area embraced in the Greater Birmingham act. it is not at all un- reasonable to think that the great in dustrial prosperity due between now and next spring will result in bringing 10000 new corners to town. Already tn ere Is some talk of labor scarcity hereabouts and there will be work for many additional men in the very near future.
 'If Birmingham appears in the cen sus with something like 135,000 1t will not be much behind Atlanta. I would say that Atlanta will be found in the census returns with between 135,000 and 14o,CO0. Atlanta was not satisfied with annexing practically all of Full ton county. but reached out and took in Decatur in an adjoining county and did 1t too without asking whether De- catur liked 1t or mo-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
Crops and Money

Careful observers of wheat condi-
 tions now put the combined crop of
 the United States and Canada at 900,- COG, ,000 bushels, probably the largest crop ever produced in the two coun- tries. And every bushel of it will con- mand good price, for, according to the latest reports, the crop of Europe will show at harvest time a decrease of 10000, 900 bushels. The railroads that lead from the American harvest fields will be kept busy, and increased exports of wheat and four will go far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
The Greater Birmingham Victory

At last we are to have a large and symmetrical city. The Governors amendment to the Greater Birmingham bill restoring the territory which after committee conference had been elimi- hated from the King measure was promptly agreed to by both houses of the legislature, and on January 1, 1910, Ensley and Thomas, as well as all our other neighboring municipalities will for ma part of Birmingham.
 Governor Conner had all along taken the position that we should have either a real Greater Birmingham or no Greater Birmingham legislation at all, and as his views had been publicly ex- pressed his action yesterday should cause no surprise It is needless to say that the people of this community are greatly pleased at the outcome Not only is this true as it relates to the sentiment in the present Birmingham, but the citizens of the outlying towns generally will be all the better satisfied with Greater Birmingham's victory since Ensley is to come in. Those of our neighbors who were earnest advo- cates of a Greater Birmingham have discussed the question freely and have taken the ground that it would be bet ter to postpone the extension of the city's limits until such time as the boundary lines could be rounded out by annexing Ensley.
 While many good and influential cit izens of the Steel City fought against being merged into Birmingham, not a few openly advocated such legislation, and it is believed that now the matter issettled a substantial majority will come to look at the Governors action with approval. And it is hoped that In time all will see that what has been done is for the best interests of all.
 Few cities have been advertised so well as Birmingham. It is regarded throughout the land as fast growing city; in fact, as one of the phenomenal cities of the United States. And in view of the large claims made for it a population of less than 100000 in the next census would have been remarked with serious disparagement. But with the bill as finally passed we will be safe in estimating our numbers at be- tween 115,ooO and 10000; and with an era of unparalleled prosperity dawn ing upon the Birmingham district the city's population by the time the cen- sus is taken should reach 125,000 or more.
 Biringham is already the manufac- turing center of the south, and 1t Is destined to be the south's most popu- lous city. The rate of it's future growth, however, will depend largely upon the spirit of harmony that prevails among l all classes, factions and interests. This is a time for all to get together and pull together for the upbuildtng of the real Greater Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
REALISM.
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post
 Madame Maurice Maeterlinck, who Is an operatic actress, has plan to trans- late art back into the life from which 1t springs. She intends to produce Mac beth' at her husbands chateau of Saint ing is an old, castle-like affair, with ar- chitectural clements from the twelfth century. It is full Of great corridors, huge rooms, an impressive banquet hall, and its environment is wild and secluded. The idea is. not only to play Macbeth" but to reproduce 1t. The banquet. for banquet hall, the sleep- walking scene in the bedrooms, and there is desert heath where the witches will weave their mal- evolent webs. The story of Macbeth will happen, actually, for the first time in history And if there are any specta- tors they will be as the spectators of & drama in real life, who glide in and out of the scenes, to whom not all Is revealed of the tragic circumstances, but who feel, vaguely. the indefinite horror of the events. This Is realism with vengeance; and suggests the ultra-aes- thetic art. Shakespeare has created, through his art. life so successfully that here we have his Active personages as- suming natura1istic shapes, striding from their historic setting, the sage, and leav- ing the realm of art for that of life-re- absorbed into nature, from which they were taken by the poets imagination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
Blake Ia Cheerful.

Speaking of prosperous times" said Sam M. Blake, clerk of the probate court .it seems to me that there can be no better proof that such times are at hand than the large purchases of land that have been made recently by the Tennes- see Coal. Iron and Railway company. A bundle of warranty deeds were filed here today by that corporation which records the negotiation of a s225,0oo purchase of real estate. The purchase was made by the Tennessee company for the purpose of building dam near Thomas. The ex- penditure of that amount of money for such land values shows that the company has faith in Birmingham and the Bir- mingham district. This I consider ample proof that hard times are no more."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
The Iron Market.

Two or three weeks ago iron salesmen were predicting that the market for the first quarter 1910 deliveries would open at S14 on a No. ? basis but now it be- gins to look that the price would be even higher.
 The price for this years delivery Is firm at S13.50. but as there is little Bir- mingham iron unsold for the last guar ter it is believed that 1t will shortly go to s14. The market is very strong and improved business condition and the bright future easily lend themselves to the upward tendency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
AUTUMN RAIN.

Autumn rain will soon be falling, Hearts with gloomy thoughts enthralling, Falling from November skies of sober
 gray; And the trees will straight be moaning, Ev'ry swollen brooklet grooming And the world will miss the rose of yes
 terday When the cold rain drops are beating 'Gainst the window pane. repeating Listless notes that lull a weary soul to
 rest, One sweet thought there'll be redeeming- Naught can keep sad hearts from dream
 ing How the Spring will come with violets
 on her breasti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
THlEvlNe A LOSING GAME.

From the New 1Ork WOrio.
 By means of diary which contains a complete record of his operations burg lar in Pennsylvania shows that he has "bagged" about s40o from 109 jobs" It happens that at the same time a man arrested In New York after brief but determined career at fiat-burglary de- clares: "I haven't made expenses while l have been at it." These instances re- call the case of Henry Murphy alias Suffrage, alias other things, whose rec ord as gathered by the police in Brook lyn exhibited gains amounting to about ss9 year for 20 years of thieving and Imprisonment.
 Nothing has been demonstrated more plainly and repeatedly than that thievins in the ordinary professional sense does not pay. There have been famous crim-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Result of Oroanization

ever a center of influence and the part it played in the Greater Birmingham vio- tory and in the defeat of the new county scheme cannot well be overestimated. It is strongly organized for efficient ser vice year in and year out, and the re- suit of it's recent efforts will greatly in- crease it's prestige and it's power for advancing all movements for the good of the community in the time to come.
 With the largely increased population that comes with the extension of the citys limits the Chamber of Commerce should be able within a year to almost double its membership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Morals begin just where lively spirits leave off
 A man never knows how lucky he was to be tilted by girl until another one doesn't.
 The reason girl knows she is so pretty Is she would be If she had her way about 1t.
 One of the great pleasures woman gets from riding in an automobile Is wondering how mad it makes her friends she meets walking.
 When a girl thinks man is cross un- less he calls her by some imbecile name every 40 seconds, it's sign they are en- gagged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
WHEN WOMEN WAR.
From Puck.


 Of the great army of brave women that had gone to battle in the early morn- fierce all along the line. ''we'll sell our lives dearly. however" they exclaimed, and resolutely took their final stand. And when the opposing hosts, women likewise, heard that cry of despair, their onset in something lost its fervor.
 Whoever heard of remnant not be- ing closed out cheapf" they protested discontentedly, and at length drew of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
Heartily Commended.

Governor Conner Is being heartily com- mended for giving us a genuine Greater Birmingham" said Henry R. Howze last night"
 "It is only right that Ensley is included in the greater city. While many people in Ensley opposed being made part of Bir- mingham 1t will not be long, I think, when practically all the citizens of that fiourishing municipality will appreciate the fact that they are joined to the me- tropolis' of the industrial south.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
TIT SOMETIMES HApPENs.

Although the neighbors gathered round
 And held him much to blame, He didn't lose his temper, but
 Kept plugging just the same. And while they waited for chance To say, 'T told you SOL He won success and proved to them
 How much they didn't know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
THE TIME I'VE LOST IN WooINo.

By Thomas Moore. The time I've lost in wooing In watching and pursuing
 The light that lies
 In woman's eyes Has been my hearts undoing. Tho wisdom oft has sought me, I scored the lore she brought me, My only books
 Were woman's looks, And folly's all they've taught me. Her smile when beauty granted, I hung with gaze unchanted,
 Like him the sprite
 Whom maids by night Oft meet in glen that's haunted; Like him. too, beauty won me;
 If once their ray
 Was turned away Oh! winds could not outrun me. And are those follies going? And Is my proud heart growing
 Too cold or wise
 For brilliant eyes Again to set 1t glowing? No, vain, alasl the endeavor From bonds so sweet to sever;
 Poor visions chance
 Against glance Is now as weak as ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

Now that Jefferson county is to re- main uncarved, it will have a popula- tion of fully 250.000 in 1910, and about half of that population will be counted in the city of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
OFF SEASON NOW.

"A sneak thief entered the dressing rooms of a theatre and stole seven purses belonging to chorus girls.n
 Did the job pay him well?''
 Not very; he got 12 cents in postage stamps, 9s recipes and co cents in real money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

When Secretary of the Interior Bal finger announces that no more money will be spent for irrigation projects he seems to think he is Joe Cannon. and Marse Aldrich rolled together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

The man to lead the Chicago police travelling about incog. with the man who is to supplant Whitelaw Reid in London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

Tn thirteen years of republican rule the price of living has been advanced 49 i per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
EASIER TO GET.

Tt seems like a shame to put Lincoln on our smallest coin"
 "Oh, I don't know More people will see him that way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

The Salt Lake Herald has been sold and the democrats of Utah have no or gan. The bargain between the Mormon church and the republican party leaves no room for democrats in that state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

Deliver and Cummins are welcomed home with ovations, but Lorimer and Burrows are permitted to come back amid silence and sadness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

was escorting Miss Violet Goof home from church social Saturday night savage dog set upon them and bit MT. Greens four times In the public square.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

The opera bouffe attack on and de- fense of Boston by the regulars is silly enough to rank high in the midsummer silly season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

Revision upward comes high. It cost $5,OO0,000 to begin with, and it will cost the consumer good money every day of his unhappy life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

Harry Thaw declines to accept quiet insane life as fixture. He will continue to fight for sanity and free dom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

Annie Besant thinks mankind will evolve a third eye with which to see all spiritual truth, including her pet theosophy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

Mir. Borglun, the sculptor, has gone to Beverly to execute the President in clay" He will work under the eyes of the secret service men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19
REsENrM ENT.

From the Houston Post.
 A British publisher, sending his mag azine to us, spells 1t ''Howston." Ig- noramus! Brute! Dub!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

Aviators begin to wonder what the orbit of Halley's comet near the earth will be, for they have no desire to get mixed up with it's ample tail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

The birds are becoming jealous of the Wrights, who are invading their own element.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-19

Manila has just entered on it's twelfth American year The anniver- sary of the capture was celebrated in Manila by Americans only. The na- tives reserve their opinions concern ing it.