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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
Receipts.
s6O3, 5Ss, 4Ss s64S, 900, 0O0
Disbursements.
s6s2, ,324, A ses2, ,06, ,s2o
.s hs. .734, ,s55 s S4, ,O5. go

Deficit ...........S 5S, ,734, ,e55 S4, ,0I5 620
 This table does not include any Panama canal expenditures, nor any postal figures except the deficits Of that department. It is a full and trustworthy statement of the extraya- gance of the republican party.
 This administration has called halt so far as the fiscal year beginning on July 1 next Is concerned. The reve- nues of that year are estimated at s672, ,OO0, ,Oo0, including $25,00o,0o0 from the corporation income tax, and ex- penditure estimates have been cut down as follows: $1,s7s,450 less for the treasury department, $11.565,So0 for the war department, s11, 100000 for the navy establishment, and $22 2,000,O 900 less in other directions. The net re- duction asked for is s57 7,244,490. This would leave a revenue surplus in the coming fiscal year of $36,OOO,O 900, in- stead of a deficit in the present fiscal year of s34,0OO,OO0.
 The economy programme of the ad- ministration is the one good thing it has thus far presented. and it will go far to strengthen it even where Aldrichism and Cannonism stand con demned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
CLASSIFICATION OF READERS.

From the Atlantic Monthly.
 The Old Librarian listened with much interest to a paper on '"rhe Classifca- tion of Readers" The readers were clas- sified according to the natural method:
 The readers who read through.
 The readers who read at.
 The readers who read in.
 The readers who read round about.
 And the well-beloved readers who read between the lines.
 Boswells Life of Johnson" said that he was accustomed to divide readers into two classes. tho herbivorous and the carnivorous. The herbivorous reader Is a quiet, ruminating creature. who likes to browse in a library. He could best H. lustrate the characteristic of the carniv- orous species by quoting a note that he had made of pr. Johnson's way of read ing. "He seemed to read it ravenously, as if he devoured 1t. He knows how to read better than any one. he gets at the substance of a book directly, he tears the heart out of 1t. He keeps 1t wrapt up in the tablecloth in his lap the time of dinner, resembling Of may use so coarse simile) a dog who holds g bone in his paws in reserve while he eats something else that is thrown at him."
 ''How shockingi" said Mrs. Hemans' Poems, shuddering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

here he would be strong acquisition in- deed Outside of the successful cor norations there is not available enough interest MT. Schwab.
 Tt is probable that the Birmingham Coal and Iron company, which Is close- ly allied with the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic railroad interests, will be- fore long build one or two blast furnaces near Bessemer. The company owns the two blast furnaces at Vanderbilt but when 1t is ready to expand in iron pro- duction Bessemer will get the benefit of the new furnaces. because in view of present development operations, the Bessemer end of the county offers the logical site The Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad is expending g. large sum of money in completing it's line. It will have it's own tracks into Birmingham by April next. From the start it has had a great deal of traf- flc. practically of its own, furnished here by the Birmingham Coal and Iron company, but 1t will develop more and the natural thing for 1t to do Is to raise the capital and build more blast fur naces and finished product plants.
 "In the meantime the Birmingham Coal and Iron company is putting in additional blowing engines and stoves at. Vanderbilt in order that the two fur naces there may be operated at the same time. Up to now there has been blow ing power for only one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

Some men are so lucky they can even invest in a sure thing and not lose.
 Most lies would do much better with out so many pledges that they were the truth
 If man could make $1.0O0O0O on soms- body else's judgment, he could lose it on his own.
 The way for a woman to be able to act him not to be.
 girl always finds out how much a man likes her by the way he acts when she prstends to like somebody else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
eovERNoRsHIP TALK.

From the Montgomery AoVertiser.
 It was to have been expected tha, immediately following the election on the prohibition amendment. there would be much talk about candidates for governor. The prospects of more than one aspirant for the office were more or less involved in the fate of the amendment, and it's defeat naturally pre- cipitated speculation.
 But in addition to speculation on the subject, there seems to have developed some promotion work on the part of friends of several candidates. It was easy for some very sanguine people to conclude that the chances of ono or jured by the fate of the amendment. It was also easy for the impulsive friends of this or that candidate to jump at the conclusion that now was the very time to put in effective work for their favorite. That conclusion on the part of some of the friends of one candidate spurred the friends of others. In conse- for the governirship was about to be ushered in, as q result of the peoples ac- ton on November 2s.
 In connection with these developments the Advertiser as a newspaper had to print what various persons were saying or doing, and there have been papers and people who have been so thought less. or so suspicious, as to infer im- mediately this or that purpose on the part of this paper. Now the Advertiser Is always bold enough to take lead in any direction, when its judgment, or It's sense of duty, ilnpels. There need never be any occasion for the public to infer anything as to the Advertisers po- sition or course.
 Tn this particular matter and at this special juncture, the Advertiser promptly advised the dropping Of politics for a while, and this paper meant what 1t said. It Is not quietly boosting any candidate for governor, nor does 1t expect to boom any one at an early day. unless some necessity arises that does not now appear imminent. This paper thinks the state would be greatly benefited by forget ting politics for a while. Let us all cool Oii AAOhu OiiC iiCASo AOW SSAOA0 WC Sldi into a campaign that is sure to be stren- uous enough. Our tempers need cooling, our business needs pushing.
 The Advertiser has its convictions as to the type of man who should be selected for leadership next year, but 1t has not finally formulated in its own mind even who is the best personfcation of that type or what are the best means to insure his success. We want time to study our own minds. to look over the situation, to decide upon that which seems to us wisest and best for the state, for the party We strongly urge all patriotic. thoughtful citizens to Ignore the guberna- torial boomers just a long as possi- ble. A little frigidity in this cool and cool ing period will discourage the activities of the nasty, the impetuous friends of all as- pirants. There Is no urgent rush about the matter. 50 far as we can see now. The election Is next November. Let all the conservative. patriotic. sensible peo- pie make up their mind to go slow. They should not commit themselves to any as- pirant. simply because some active boom CT begs them to do so. Time enough yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
PROUD OF Ex-ALAsAMIANs,

From the Nashville American.
 Since the sanity germ became epidemic in their native state, 1t Is reported that 1000 Texans who were born in Ala bama are walking around with Ros- COG Conkling strut" It is quite nat ural to feel proud of the old folks at home when they take the bit in their teeth and do mons work like men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE 'PossUM HUNT.

Tho stars shine bright in frosty skies, The hills and dales resound With loud ''Halloos" and joyful cries The hunters merry round. While far and near, On listening ear,
 Until the dawn of day. A mellow note From lusty throat
 The tireless leaders bay. In vain to seek lonely spot
 The 'possum's knell Is rung; On social platter. steaming hot,
 His praise will soon be sungi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
STILL DOING BUSINESS.
. the Houston Post,

From the Houston Post
 The Birmingham Age-Heraid says; Texas never feels happy unless it is trying H. Clay Pierce for something or other" Well, hs has escaped us, but we still have several millions of his property in our clutches and he will not be permitted to forget that we are do- ing business at the old stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
HIS PRIVATE OPINION.

I'm afraid" said the lady visitor. that you have only yourself to blame for your present plight"
 Perhaps so." answered the prisoner "Stiil. can't help thinking that if I had had a better lawyer, I wouldn't be here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

The Dixie had to come to the as- sistance of the Prairie. There is noth- ing sectional floating over the Della ware river mud flats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

Governor Shafroth of Colorado pre- diets that woman suffrage will become universal in this country, but he does not say 1t will come by the suffragette route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
LETTING UP.

Whats the matter with the sensation al preachers?"
 'I don't know. Why do you askf" Its been more than @ week since I have read about one saying that certain town was a vestibule to Hades."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
Fiscal Condition of tha Government

The one feature of the administra- ton that all can eonscientiously com mend is it's avowed policy of bringing expenditures within income by a severe course of economy. Under Roosevelt and Mckinley expenditures were encouraged. The higher they were carried the better fortified were protection tariffs, and all the special interests urged extravagant expendi- lures. The panic did not put an end to this, for expenditures were in- creased, as the following table shows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

James Hamilton Lewis is certainly very "previous" when he says Phil ander Knoxs letter on Zelaya will land him in the White House. But the question is-when?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

It is all right to tell the ultimate consumer to chew his food, but he IS more anxious to ascertain how he is to get food to chew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

The per capita currency circulation stands at $349S, or rather it did stand at that some time before the Christ mas shopping was begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

Cemeteries for animals bid fair to become popular, for every family Asnows of some neighborhood animal ihat 1t wants buried.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

The five dukes who own nearly all of London are not greatly distressed by the conflict between lords and com mons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

The peers have been committing sui eide several centuries and they evil dently think it is a slow process.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

The Congressional Record appears just in time to be a solace and coni- fort on long winter evening and in building fires in the morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

President Taft and Senator Aldrich are engaged in swapping compliments. MT. Taft has gone so far as to say that MT. Aldrich is an awfully nice man. He should have added. ito the special interests"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
A Famous Artist.

Madame Jeanne Jomelli,. who will be heard in Birmingham for the first time next Wednesday night. is one of the most famous operatic stars In the world. She comes as the solo attraction of the Treble Clef clubs first concert of the present season.
 stronger now than for several years past and 1t Is said to be the best of form. It will sing several beautiful pieces and if there were no other attraction on the programme. music lovers could not afford to miss the concert. But when such a grand artist as Jomelli is also on the bill, the Jefferson theatre should be, and doubtless will be, packed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
EsTELLA.
,e cutest ways

Estella has the cutest ways
 That ever were;
 You ought to hear the way she says, I'm not at all hungry today and then proceeds to order nearly every thing on the bill of fare, while sit there paralyzed
 And look at herl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

This is the day of big men. The new president of the Rock Island rail- road weighs more than Mir Taft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

The President is sitting on the lid but the Pinchot-Ballinge forces will ] certainly tunnel out from the bottom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

Instead of telling it to the marines they now tell 1t to the Danes. This Is in gay New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

Zelaya has no intention of taking his meals from the mantlepiece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

So long as Colonel Goethals is re- tained 1t does not much matter who bosses the canal job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
APPROPRIATE.

Here is a new story about Jack John son."
 Better have that set in. black face type"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

Secretary Knox is ready to befriend all insurgents in Nicaragua but none in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

Poet Watson may be engaged in getting pointers from the 400.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

Battles in Nicaragua rarely rank uI to football games in casualties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

Jeffries is fat but his wind is still strong and abundant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
CHrT-cHAT.

Our hostess has a way of saying such and such name has slipped her mind Its a wonder to me the gown she has on doesn't slip her shoulders"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
A CONSIDERABLE rALKER.

Mrs. Nellie Burger of Clark addressed a full house" at the Methodist church last Wednesday evening on the sub Ject of statewide prohibition. Mrs. Burger has c national reputation as a lecturer and can out-talk a Gatling gun. She can wrap her thoughts in words and present them to her hearers with a grace and rapidity that almost dazzles you. The audience was a wheat separator and she was the feeder, and 1t required no apparent effort for her to choke down the machine. She is too fast for the phonograph to record her speech or moving picture machine to catch her movements. But she never made pebble or tumble and con- yinced all present that her sex had no thoughts of giving up the belt as the champion word singer of the world
 After being within the bounds of her voice for an hour we can to an extent fancy the speed of lightning and the gait of light.-Triplett (Mo.) Tribune
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

\The horse car has gone to join the dodo, and yet it is only & years old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
The Iron Market.

There is some inquiry for 1910 iron, but nothing like an active market is expected before the 10th or 18th of January. Mat thew Addy & Co.'S Cincinnati report of the week says in part:
 Buyers are pretty well filled up for their immediate wants and are much more interested in iron for delivery in
 the middle or latter part of 1910 than any
 thing else. There Is apparently a univer-
 sal opinion that next year will be a
 boomer. Opinions all agree that next year
 there will be greater volume of bus
 mess in the iron trade than the country
 has ever seen, and 1t is anticipated that
 soon after the opening of the new year
 there will be another buying movement. and 1t is expected that this will be of pro-
 portions equaling or surpassing the one
 of the early fAil. At the present. how
 ever, carload transactions are more fre- quent than anything else, and consumers
 are filling in gaps here and there In this manner. Prices are holding frm and the fear that seemed so general a few weeks ago that speculative or resale iron would
 have disastrous influence on the situa- tion has not been realized. As . matter of fact the amount of speculative Iron available has probably been greatly ex- aggerated, for it is tolerably certain that if anyone wished to purchase a large block of iron for prompt shipment he
 would have difficulty in finding It."
 Idle Rumors and Probabilities. "A newcomer not familiar with the Birmingham district might think there was some foundation for the rumors that Charles M. Schwab, the we'll known steelmaker, had acquired or was about to acquire property in this valley" said man prominent in industrial circles MT. Schwab is president of the Bethle- hem Steel company of Bethlehem. Pa. It is large independent concern and | turns out a great variety of finished 1 products. It owns and operates mod | ern steel plant but It's blast furnaces
 are out of date. A bond issue of sev- eral million dollars is being roated for
 the purpose of raising money to rebuild
 the iron furnaces. am not in MT. 1 Schwabs confidence but anyone can see
 that the president of the Bethlehem company Is concentrating his energy and his brains in his big plant. MT. | Carnegie is backing him and 1t Is only | question of time when he will work
 out his Bethlehem problems and make 1t a big dividend payer.
 "I only wish 1t were true that MT.
 Schwab could see his way clear to turn his attention to this district If ne | could get hold of two or three of the good companies and build . steel plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

The Christmas shopper should begin to count the days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
JUST FOR A CHANGE.

I like to read a novel,
 So many make me nod In which the blooming hero Is not a demigod.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
MEN.

MEN. Men loudly preach The creed of brother And then proceed To knife each other.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11

A SONG OF OTHER DAYS.
 It seems a long time since we first heard the merry minstrel man sing that song-"Go 'w-a-a-a-y back and bingi bingl-sit down"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
ART OF BIRMINGHAM GIRL

Miss Finch has published a series of sketches in the American Magazine and the Century, sketches fro mlife of nanny and others of the old type negroes-the slaves who stayed" when freedom was proclaimed. Her unpublished negro stories have gained a wide reputation as an Interpretation of vanished people and she is kept busy going from place to place and informally telling and re- telling them to audiences who cannot hear enough of them. She steadfastIy re- fuses offers to print them; they arc a part of herself and so they continue to be unpublished stories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
LOOKING FOR SANTA CLAUS.

Where is the editorf' asked a caller at the office of the 'Possumville Cour- fer. He's gone ter look fur Santy Claws" said the small boy in charge.
 That's funny. When do you expect him backY"
 Not before Chris s'mus"
 "Ahi Then you expect him to come back with Santa Claus?'
 Nav. sir. 'spect it'll take i'm that long ter git sober''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-11
WHAT'S THM USE

A man who owned an auto car
 And wouldn't run 1t fast, Was bumped into by one who would And met his fate at last.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

The Sioux Falls papers report the
death of DR.. w. O.. Lillibridge, of
that city last Friday. DR.. Lilli-
bridge was a rising young author.
having at the time of his death pub
lished four popular books. Perhaps
his best known work is Ben Blair"
a story of pioneer days in South
Dakota.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Mr. Grounding didn't stand much
show IN this section Tuesday, as the
day was a bright clear one, with
the thermometer up in the ffties.
According to Brother Hicks, the
month of February is to be rather a
warm one, though. with a few snow
hurries and considerable rain.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

o. H. Collins has again secured
complete ownership of the Collins
drug store. through the purchase of
DR.. McWhorter's interest. AS a
part of the deal DR.. McWhorter
secured the building on E. Broad
way, where the Butts Reeve clothing
store is located.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Judge l.. T, Boucher has appoint
ed Otto B. Linstad, of Pierre, as
official reporter of the sixth judicial
circuit to take the place of Ray
Williamson. who goes to Minneapo-
lis the first of March to pursue his
law studies. Eureka Blade.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

South Dakota is to be represented
in the inaugural ceremonies of Pres
ident-elect Taft, by the Fourth
Regimental band, of Watertown.
The organization, which is composed
of fifty memers, will go to Washing
ton the first of next month.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

The equal suffrage amendment,
which passed the senate, was turn
ed down Monday by the house, and
the chances for a reconsideration
are very slim.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Hon. j. l.. Lockhart, the newly
appointed Register of the Land
Office at Pierre, was in the city Fri
day on business
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Mr. Gilbert Saltmarsh, Of Miles
City, Mont, arrived last week for a
visit with his uncle, F. E. Salmarsh
and family.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Mayor Thomson reports that there
is a movement on foot to celebrate
the Lincoln centennial, February IL.
A public meeting will be held, par
ticipated in by the citizens and the
schools. Further particulars will be
given next week.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Miss Millicent Draeger, of Aber-
deem, arrived in the city FRIDAY to
spend a few days with her friend.
| Miss Pearle Clifford.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Mr. and Mrs Stegman, of Pella,
Iowa, arrived in the city Tuesday,
for a visit with their son, G. F. and
wife.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Congress has created a new land
district, with the land office at
Belle Fourche, through the efforts
of Congressman Martin.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Mr. George Phinney, father of
Robt. and Cecil Phinnev of this city,
returned last week from Missouri,
where he moved 20 from southern
Hand county several years ago. He
will probably remain here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Concert and dance at the opera
house Friday. February 18th, music
by Axlund's celebrated orchestra of
Rapid City.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

The Andrews hardware store
changed hands again this week. the
purchaser this time being S. A.
Burge, of Oklahoma City, Okla.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Mrs Putnam is the guest of DR..
and Mrs R. l.. Smith, during the
absence of her daughter, Mrs S. V.
Christ.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

A license to wed vas issued Mon
day to Arthur c. Allen, of Rose Hill
twp, and Miss Mary Stobbs, of
Stanley county,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

|, Miss Anna Cooke went to Sioux
Falls last week to continue her
studies In stenography at the bust.
ness college there.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Jay K. Myers, of the Washington
Times Enterprise, spent Tuesday in
the city with his mother.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

Messrs Dan Walsh and Jack Burke
returned Monday from a business
trip to st, Paul. They we're much
surprised at the difference in the
weather, the twin cities having been
in the grip of the storm which we
eScapad
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

j. S. Strut and wife returned
Saturday from Nebraska, where
they have been visiting for several
weeks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-02-04

F. E. Crabtree went to Gooding,
Idaho, last week to look over the
country, and visit for a few weeks.