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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-20
Mir. ROOS0Velt'S Closing Days

Congressman William Willett, Jr., is democrat of Brooklyn, or rather of far Rockaway. He is also a lawyer. He is also new to Congress. But he is not new to the hot words and phrases of the English language, and he pro- ceeded in the House on Monday to hurl his best selected lot at President Roosevelt. He did this until the House by vote of 126 to IS put" to use his own words, "an end to free speech. !" The democrats voted almost solidly in favor of letting Mr Willett finish his speech. As he had delivered three fourths of it, and as the rest of it was in the hands of the newspapers, it is plain the House accomplished but little by voting the New York member from the floor.
 MT. Willett's search for epithets ranged from the cathedral to the farm and back again, but epithets are more amusing than convincing. The speech was an eccentric attack upon an ec- centric President It is an incident of a surface turbulence between an ex- plosive President and a Congress that begins to see and feel his passing. As an incident it fills a gap, but as his torical material it will not go far. Still the historian of 100 years hence will read it with wonder and perhaps he will ask himself, "Was it after ali wholly undeserved?"
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university the reply was an emphatic no.
 "Reverting to 1ngram's Life of Pos it is an interesting fact that the an- thor devotes chapter to point out the similarity between Albert Pike poem. The Lost Isadore,' and Poe Raven Pike published his poem be- fore The Raven was written and h. gram suggests that had it not been for The Lost Isadore' Poe might never have given the world his great poem- In meter and rhythm and in a Wlerd note of melancholy the poems are somewhat alike, but while Pike was poet of no mean rank-indeed he wrote a number of poems that will live forever-Poe's Raven is so much finer than The Lost Isadore' that there can be simply no comparison.
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AuStria'S Bargain With Turkey

The humane world is quietly rejoic- ing over the acceptance by Turkey of a solatium of $10,800,000 offered by Austria-Hungary for Russia and Herze- govina. These provinces have been in Austrian hands 30 years and Turkey could well afford to part with her pre- tense of sovereignty for so consider able sum. There will therefore be no war in the Balkans, for when Aus tria-Hungary is eliminated there is no country left to put up a big fight
 What Austria-Hungary has done Bull garia will do, and then there will be nothing left to do unless it be to find some way to grant Seryia and Monte negro satisfaction. Both are disgrun- tied. Seryia is shut in from the sea and Montenegro expects to be ab- sorbed. Perhaps after all their de- mands can be settled on a cash basis also.
 The Young Turks are displaying deal of sense in all matters. When they decided to accept cash from Aus tria-Hungary instead of going to war they did a good thing not only for themselves, but for the great cause of ing out of fashion in Europe at any rate
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SENATOR HOPKINS
 HASPOOR OUTLOOK

Springfield, Ill, January 19.-No candi- date for United States senator having received a majority of both houses of the legislature in the bahot today in the separate houses, the election of a senator to succeed Senator Albert J. Hopkins of Aurora will be thrown into a joint ses- sion of the two branches of the legisla- ture tomorrow.
 Senator Hopkins, republican, primary choice for the office, today received bare majority in the senate, where 26 votes were cast for him but his failure to obtain a majority in the lower house, where he fell IS votes short of the neces- sary IT, resulted in no choice on the first ballot.
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What's the Hour?

This city has all sorts of time just now. even the Western Union clocks in many places need regulating" said man who has been taking notes.
 T have been trying to get some sort of standard in public places. l noted the courthouse clock, but when l reached 8 view of the clock in front of the First National bank building my watch was wrong. The face of the clock on the federal building showed something wrong as to what time it was. Then the Western Union clock in Parkers was not in line with either of the others. l asked the street car conductor and he put me right, according to their cloeking.
 Sometimes in a confusion of many clocks with varying hands as to the hour l have appealed to Miss Electra the presiding genius commonly called Cen tral,' at the telephone exchange. al- ways swear by her time, because she watches the clock closely, particularly as the hours of or midnight approach.
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A Rich Strike.

Quite number of Birmingham people are interested in gold mining in the west, said a citizen. Something of sensa- ton was created by the receipt of news papers with notices and telegrams to group who hold an option in a claim near Denver. The account printed says that in the work on a tunnel which is to pierce Quartz Hill on which claims have produced ovet s1O0,O0OOCO, one round of shots brought down from solid granite eight tons of ore assaying r ounces per ton with a value of over $S50 per ton. It uncovered a vein over 12 feet wide. This valuable find belongs to one of three claims, one of which is held under option by Birmingham interests. If it is the one held here the question with the local investors is. will their option hold, as only a small payment has been made"
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Poe's University Days.

Among the early biogra phies of Ed gar Allan roe was that of Ingram, an Englishman." said a Virginian now liv- ing in Birming gham. Tt was in two volumes and was published about 30 years ago. I was in correspondence with MT. Ingram and supplied some of the data which he used fin his work
 Poe died before I was born but came to be personally acquainted with several gentlemen who had known the poet well. One of these gentlemen was James Clarke, who was mayor of Manchester. a city opposite Richmond. in the seventies. MT. Clarke was at the University of Virginia with Poe in 1926 and the two roomed together. Mir. Clarke said that while young Poe was regarded as uncommonly brilliant, it was never imagined that he would turn out to be one of the immortals. Poe had a great penchant for draw ing in crayon grosteque objects, chief ly mythological beasts, and Mir. Clarke said that his roommate soon covered the walls with his crude attempts at. art. Only once while at the university was MT. Clarke aware that Poe wrote verse. It seems that one of the stu dents had accused Poe of some mis- demeanor. AS an answer to the accusa- ton Poe wrote a pasqunade and nailed 1t to a tree. All of us, saId Clarke, read it but we were not es- pecially impressed with it as literary effort
 Mir. Clarke said he conversed with Poe only once after he had achieved fame as a man of letters. The poet had been making his home in Richmond but had been away for some time. He and Clarke met in the old Richmond theatre. Poe looked haggard and while he was fairly cordial in his greeting he was extremely reticent. When I asked MT. Clarke if Poe was addicted to strong drink while he was at the
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TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT.
London Times Comments Upon Inter-
 national Relations.

London, January 19.-In ad editorial this morning, commenting on President Roose- velts address in Washington last night in which he referred to the successful administration of India by the British government, the Times acknowledges that 1t is deeply touched by the tribute which 1t says is impressive proof that a happy change has occurred in recent years in the relations between Great Britain and the United States.
 None of his. predecessors,' says the Times. could have paid such a tribute and high as President Roosevelt's courage is he could hardly have ventured 1t him self had he not known that the old prejudices and prepossessions cherished among his countrymen were fast wither- ing away.
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Regarding Tariff on Iron.

Thomas P Grasty of Baltimore, who is up for a day or two from Sumter coun- ty, where he Is bird shooting, talked to some of his Birmingham friends yester- day about the tariff on pig iron. He contends that iron ought to be revised up rather thar down.
 "If Congressman Oscar Underwood" said MT. Grasty, was correctly reported in The Age-Heral a few days ago, he put the cost of making ton of iron in Great Britain just a dollar too high. MT. Underwood said sl1; Judge Gary, in his testimony before the ways and means committee, said $10; and Judge Gary most likely knew exactly what he was talk ing about. And Judge Gary's figures correspond with the difference in the pres ent market price there and here, as shown in the last issue of the Iron Trade Review. The price there is around $12; there is certainly no big margin of profit here to the average furnace.
 "If John Fletcher should find in his mail tomorrow morning an order for thousand or two tons to be delivered in say, Lowell, Mass, during February at SIS. .50 1t is doubtful if he could fill 1t without actual loss by buying it here; but If the tariff were off, he could fill 1t from Great Britain and make more than s5 a ton and pay the regular freight rates quoted by MT. Underwood If, how ever, he should be so lucky as to strike a tramp steamer about to come across in ballast. he might come out with more than $5 a ton to the good Remember, you don't have to buy ballast for empty freight cars as you do for empty ships in order to get a move on them.''
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IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Fine Addresses.

T had heard many eloquent addresses on Robert E. Lee" said Maj. E. T. Talia- ferro, but I never listened to anything finer than the addresses delivered by the Rev. Dr. J. W. stagg and the Rev Dr. N. D. Evans before Camp Hardee. Each of these gentlemen confined his apprecia- ton of the illustrlous soldier, chiefly to the moral side of the man. No nobler tributes could have been paid to any soul and the best of it is what these two clergymen said was not in the least overdrawn.
 Addresses. such as those delivered by Dr. Stagg and pr. Evans, should be preserved in permanent form"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A man acquires mIs,hty few virtues till his obituary is written.
 What makes woman believe she Is sure of a man is to know she isn't.
 A girl knows she won't lose anything by refusing to kiss man because he'd do it just the same.
 The reason a woman wants her husband to do most of the things sine. nags him about is he doesn't want to.
 One of the miracles of a college educa- ton is now much smarter 1t makes a son than his father without his being able to earn a living the way the old man can.
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Stone Will Be Elected.

Jefferson City, Mo-, January 19.-Wil- liam J. Stone will be reelected United States senator tomorrow unless the pre- dictions of all party leaders fail. Every democratic member present today in the legislature voted for him and he had seven majority over Lieutenant Governor John c. Mckinley, the republican primary nominee, but since he failed to receive a. majority in each house the legislature at noon tomorrow will meet in joint session and ballot. The republican leaders admit Senator Stone will be elected.
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CHARTERS.

The best of everything is theirs,
 Because they have the price, Or else they know a foxy way
 To get it in trice They're very fat and very smooth And very oily, too, And they won't quit the quest, so long As there's a cent in view. And yet, in spite of all their faults The grafters seem to be Quite popular; perhaps, because Their manners are so free. For Easy come and easy go" Applies to them, no doubt, And they're the chaps depended on To scatter coin about.
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The Iron Market.

'The pig iron market is dull" said the representative of a large furnace in- terest "A few sales of considerable ton mage were made a week ago but this week has brought us a very quiet market I do not know whether the tariff revision talk is causing the dullness or whether the inactivity is due to other causes But the fact is that the sales this week so far as can learn are few and small.
 "The iron market has way, however of starting up all of a sudden, and it may be that the month will close with a good buying movement in sight,
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Miss charIesworth Discovered.

Edinburgh, January 19.-Miss Violet Cor don Charlesworth, who, after having mys- teriously disappeared, was found on Sun day last at Oban, Scotland, tonight ad- mitted her identity, although for the pa st two days she had consistently denied that she was the person for whom the police and others have been searching.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
LIFEps RoIrND

LIE E s ROUND. Day after day, day after day The same turmoil and worry, The same pursuit of earthly gain, The same unceasing hurry; The same protest 'gainst fate's decrees. The same hard lessons learning, As we stumble along, poor human throng, Down road that has no turning. Day after day, day after day The same swift shocks of battle, The same wild cry of the clans who die, The same half-heard death rattle; The same white lips that breathe prayer To heaven still unheeding, While the world goes on as it e'er has
 gone
 And the sands of life are speedingi
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Overman Is Choice.

Raleigh, N. C., January 19.-The gen. eral assembly of North Carolina today voted separately for United States sem ator. In the house the vote was, Lee Overman, democrat, 90; Spencer B. Adams, republican, 26. In the senate, Overman, S6; Adams, 8. The joint session will be held Thursday and Senator Over man will be elected to succeed himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-20
British Want Tax Reduced.

London, January 19.-The British gov ernment has instructed Sir Vincent Cor bett, the minister at Caracas, to make representations to the Gomez government for the removal of 30 per cent differential tax on importations into Venezuela from Trinidad and the British West Indies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-20
Rrandeaee Reelected.

Hartford, Conn.,, January 19.-United States Senator Frank B. Brandegee of New London was today elected by the general assembly of Connecticut to suc- ceed himself in the United States Senate for the full term of six years, beginning March 4, 1909.
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REPLIES.

HlPRLES.
 '"waltz me around again, Willie" said the bellies of Atlanta
 A woman who has just wed her seventh husband Is pictured as wearing a broad smile. She seems to think <she has the. laugh on somebody.
 to bring automobilists good luck. Shutting. out nine lives is nothing to an automo- bilist.
 The Onion club belongs to Chicago. CWe hate to say this. but if we don't, some- body else will) The club has a strong membership.
 "A guilty conscience recognizes itself Not always Sometimes it has to be intro-l duced to itself by a private detective. A Connecticut woman drove a fire team and hose wagon to a dangerous blaze. A woman like that could drive her husband. to drink without half trying.
 People who like the eminently respect able dish of ham-and-eggs won't be caught eating armadiIlos on toast.
 It cost a man the modest sum of s1 to ''egg'' Jeff Davis of Arkansas. Throw ing baseballs at pickaninny's head is only trife cheaper. PAUL COOK.
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ARouT THE LIMIT.

"I have just been reading in the morn ing paper about a conspicuous example of the double cross"
 What were the particularsT'
 "A Chicago man borrowed his affinity's alimony and married another woman"
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Clifford pinchot's Travels

Mexico City, January 19.-Gifford Pin chot, chief of the bureau of forestry of the United States department of agricul- ture. spent the day in Cuernavaca. He will be the guest of the local University club tomorrow evening
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Waitinq for Fleet,

Ceuta, Spain, January 19.-The United States collier Arbanda has arrived here from Newport News and will await the arrival of the American fleet, which Is expected on January 2S. Tho fleet will sail homeward on February 5.
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Johndee is declared by his physician to be good for century, and if he means the present century he means that his patient is to break all mod ern records.
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South Bend Ind, once had Schuyler Colfax and now it has Senator Shively, and it is greatly puffed up.
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Gallinaer Reelected.

Concord, N. H.. January 19.-By a strict party vote Jacob H. Gallinger. repub- lican, was today reelected United States senator from New Hampshire.
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Judge Taft has tried meals in all lands, including the land of the pos sum, and his stomach is now inter- national
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One of Iowa's new postmasters Is Edgar O. Beaublossom. He will no doubt prove a clinging vine.
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A. B. Cummins Reelected.

Des Moines. Ia., January 19.-By a vote of 112 to 40 Albert B. Cummins was to- day elected to six years term in the United States Senate over Claude R. Por- ter, democrat
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Commander Peary will start in what is probably his final dash to or toward the North Pole next month. His record now is S7:06 north latitude and he hopes to make it 90 next month.
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TOUGH LUCK.

Here's an article telling where dia- monds may be picked up."
 Gosh! Where is that?"
 Luderitzbucht, German Southwest Africa"
 I might have known it would be some place couldn't get tol"
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Penrose Reflected.

Harrisburg, Pa, January 19.-Boise Pen- rose was elected United States senator for the third time by the Pennsylvania leg islature this afternoon.
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Gates Denies BeIna Bitten By Dog.

Tucson, Ariz.. January 1S.-John w.. Gates, reported to have been bitten by a pet bulldog. passed through Tucson to- night He was leading his bulldog about with chain, and denied that either he os his dog was in danger of rabies.
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The services of the Hon. Bat Nelson may soon be needed at the White House if this war with Congress is to become hot and still hotter.
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Turkey and Austria had horse sense enough to know it would be cheaper and more humane to settle their diff ferences on a cash basis.
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The prosperity that was to follow Taft's election seems to have been sidetracked at least so far as the railroads are concerned.
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It is difficult to say whether Admiral Rojestvensky died of neuralgia of the chart or bureaucratic abuse.
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BIG RISK.

''Witherby is the bravest man know" What has he done?"
 "He proposed to a suffragette as a joke"
 He knew she wouldn't accept him. "Of course, he did, but there was one chance in thousand that she might change her mind.'
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The January thaw and the January boom are awaited with due patience i'll the states to the north of us.
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President Roosevelt is a postmaster in the art of self-advertising.
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MT. Taft is on the water wagon, but persimmon beer is a recognized and lawful beverage on that vehicle.
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The noiseless gun does not fill the entire bill. What we want is man who can invent noiseless statesman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-20

Professor Lowell will, it is believed. be able to fill President Eliot's shoes and also his hat.
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In two weeks the grounding will wake up, and there will sbe something doing in weather matters.
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THE suFFRAGETTE.

1 The suffragette doth wear the frown l Of one who's wrongly used; Inside her head are theories Amazingly confused. She'll talk until the COWS come home, With foolish reasons pat, And then, to clinch the argument, She'll readjust her hat. The suffragette doth treat her spouse The poor, unlucky man As one who cuts no ice at all, At best, an also-ran. Her children, if by any chance, She has, say, one or two, Are left alone and no one cares What sort of stunts they do. The suffragette doth plan to change Conditions as they are And switch them round until, forsooth, They better seem by far. And while she isn't very sure What means her party VOW, Ten times a day she wants to raise A rough house, any how! WHERE DOES SOCIETY GET OFF? "Who is the bizarre woman New York society is raving over?' Why that is a celebrated novelist from abroad"
 And whatis the purpose of her visit?' "She is getting first-hand impressions in order to ridicule New York society in her next book"
 NO?
 Kissing, of a baby
 Isn't hard to do,
 If the mothers pretty
 And she's watching you.
 ONE OR THE OTHER. There goes the biggest braggart in town"
 Angler or pugilist?"
 FRUSTRATED. whats the matter with Biffkins, the humorist?'
 "Oh, he's been trying to fit 1908 spark ing plug to a 1909 automobile joke"
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Denver, Col, January 19.-Charles J. Hughes. Jr., of Denver was elected United States Senator by the Colorado legislature today to succeed Henry M. Teller.
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The President will soon begin to fire alternately yetoes and special mes sages at Congress.
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Venezuela is not worried by the question: What shall we do with Uur ex-Presidents?'
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Champ Clark does not hesitate to denounce the inaugural ball as an out of-date nuisance.
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After outliving many obituaries Ad- miral Rojestvensky at last went over the divide.
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Senator Tom Platt will be divorced from the Senate in March
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The Congressional Record may yet find it necessary to issue war extras.
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TRUE WISDOM

A wise man in the morning
 Doth spring out of his bed And never stops to murmur,
 "Oh, Lord, my head, my headr'
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FRUSTRATED.

Whats the matter with Biffkins, the humorist?'
 "Oh, he's been trying to fit 1908 spark ing plug to a 1909 automobile joke"
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ONE OR THE OTHER.

There goes the biggest braggart in town"
 Angler or pugilist?"
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WHERE poNs SOCIETY GEr oFF2
NO?

Kissing, of a baby
 Isn't hard to do, If the mothers pretty And she's watching you.
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Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421 c street. N. W.