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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Tea and Coffee Taxes

To put a tax upon tea and coffee would simply be to increase the cost of living. The wage earner is over burdened with the exactions of tariff created trusts, and the chief object of revision is supposed to be to afford re- lief to consumers. Duties on tea and coffee would materially increase the burden, and no party can afford to en- counter the response that such taxes would bring out at the polls.
 The only true solution of the deficit is found in an income tax, supple mented with inheritance taxes. These taxes would be easily borne. They would not fall on the poor and strug- gling. The wage-earners burden would not be increased by them, and when the democrats, led by Champ Clark and MT. Underwood, offer these taxes as the true solution of the pending prob lem the whole Aldrich-Hale-Cann aggregation will have to face the most embarrassing feature of tariff revision
 The democrats in Congress should render the issue distinct and positive, and they should bring it up at every opportunity Let a record be made that they can go to the country on in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

March 4, if it is to be increased at all. In case of an increase after March no one who takes a seat in the Senate on that day could become Mr. Tafts successor. and nearly all are dreaming of such a windfall
 Mr Knox would be a rich as we'll as a capable Secretary of State. and he can get along on the old salary with out inconvenience. His term as Sena- tor expires on March 4, 1911, and after that time the salary of Secretary of State can be increased to s12,000, but until then the salary of the most im- portant member of the cabinet will be S4000 less than the salary of the least important member So long,-however, as MT. Knox does not complain no one else need do so.
 The truth is, the country has out grown the provision in the constitution already quoted, as 1t has outgrown many another provision of the constitu- tion. including the manner of electing President. There is, however, no easy way to get rid of outgrown con- stitutional provisions, and so what can not be cured must be endured or cir cumvented as the salary of the office of the Secretary of State is to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Thomas Nelson Pages opinion.

Washington, February 2--Speaker Cannon was one of several noted figures in public life who spoke today to several thousand people who crowded Masonic temple to participate in the exerices in honor of Iincoln's one hundredth birth day anniversary.
 Thomas Nelson Page spoke Of Lfrcoln as the people of the south regard him.
 T may speak plainly, for if ever man was large enough to stand plain speaking and that truth. it was Abraham Lincoln" said MT. Page. 'In my boy hood days he was the best hated man in my part of the country and throughout the son.n but that condition also ex- isted in the north even in his own of-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
The Cooper Jury.

Nashville, February 12.TThe names and occupations of the F men now in the jury box qualified to try Col. Duncan B. Cooper, Robin J. Cooper and John D. Sharp, charged with the killing of former Senator E. w. Carmack follow; E. M. Burk, carpenter; Robert McPherson, farmerS G. A. Lane, farmer; Caspar Schnupp, farmer; J. H. Vaughn, farmer; Shiloh NJ Hyde, farmer, Gus Knipper, fruit grower; F. o. Beerman, real estate dealer; J. A. Woodruff, farmer; Jacob Frutiger. fruit grower; w. A. Adcock, farmer; W. M. Hows, farmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Hot Eioht on Prohjbition.

Columbia s. C., February 12-On both sides of the legislature the battle on the whisky question is being vigorously con- tested. The opponents of statewide pro- hibition are conducting a filbuster, which thus far has proved effective in pre- venting consideration of the various bills. The temporary success of the local op- tlonists filibuster probably means that the prohibition bill will not have the time to get through the legislature at this session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
The National Capital.

Tn the opinion of many travelled peo- pie Washington is the most beautiful city in the United States" said D. F. Hearn of New York. q have spent much of my time in Washington during the last 10 years and have remarked it's rapid growth and it's splendid improvements. Archi- tecturally 1t is far ahead of any city in America and within the next 10 years it will surpass any city in Europe in the magnifcence of its public buildings.
 washington is seen at Its best in May and June. It is pity that the presi- dential inauguratfons do not take place in the late spring or early summer. As 1t is Washington has it's greatest crowd of visitors quadrennially In March-the most disagreeable month of all. The crowd on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
WORRIES OF COUNTRY POLICE.

From the London Globe.
 It Is not all pleasure, the life of coun- try policeman. The guardian of Pigbury super-Splosh's morals was observed the other day to be looking careworn. What's the matter?' he echoed, in re- sponse to kind inquiry. Why. it's these three tramps I locked up this morning. They are kicking up a row because they want to play bridge and I can't find them a fourth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
PERSIAN sERENADE.

By Bayard Taylor. Hark, as the twilight pale TenderIy glows- Hark, how the nightingale Wakes from repose! Only when, sparkling high, Stars fill the darkling sky, Unto the nightingale
 Listens the rose. Here, where the fountain-tide Murmuring flows Airs from the mountain side Fan thy repose. Eyes of thine, glistening, Look on me, listening, I am thy nightingale,
 Thou art my rose. Sweater the strain he weaves, Fainter 1t flows, Now, as her balmy leaves Blushingly close. l. Better than minstrelsy Lips that meet kissingly Silence thy nightingale Kiss nc. my rose)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press
 A lot of people will get up late, even at the resurrection.
 There's only one way to keep a good cook, and that's to try to get rid of her.
 There's hardly anything can make a man so disagreeable to a girl as for her to be his sister.
 mans idea of liberty is when his wifes away visiting, so he can wear the things she won't let him when she's home
 A woman can stand another being pret- ter than she Is. because she never be- lieves it's so, but when she's better dressed she knows it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
MT. Taft Here Tonight.

President-eleet Taft's voice will be heard in Birmingham tonight for the first time. This city has been visited by presidents and many other notables, but Mrr%faft will pay us his initial visit this week. He will remain only few minutes but a crowd will greet him at the station and hear him in a brief speech. After he be- comes President he will come again when he has more time to spend.
 Everybody feels that Taft will make a model President and that in the matter of personal popularity he will be in Pres ident Mckinley's class
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Senator KnOX'S Appointment

The country was not a little sur prised when told that Senator Knox would have, as things stood, no right on March to become Secretary of State, simply because the constitution forbids any Senator or Representative to accept during the time for which he was elected" any civil office "the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time" All knew that the salary of Secretary of State had been increased to s12,00O since MT. Knox became a Senator. The salary of the office had previously been $SOOO. Neither MT. Taft nor MT. Knox recalled the plain provision of the con- stitution at the time that the latter was selected for the head of the new cabinet, and when it was made known the country stood surprised.
 Congress Is in session, and it pro- poses to undo the work it wrote into last years legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill to the extent of reducing the salary of the Secretary of State back to $800O The bill will undoubtedly be passed, and this will, it is held, enable MT. Knox to become Secretary of State on March 4.
 !. The provision in question in the con stitution is a pretty lively one, and il is one reason why many are anxious to increase the Presidents salary before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Suicide of Woman Clerk.

Washington February 12.-Leaving a note asking that Senator Simmons and Representative Small both of North Car olina, and her two brothers in Wash ington, North Carolina, be informed of her death, Mrs. Susan H. Yonce, em- ployed in the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture, committed
 suicide today by inhaling gas at her home in this city. She is survived by four children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
AS A STARTER. Let's reform pugilism."

say and to challenge any evidence to the contrary" said MT. Taft, with great emphasis, that the money which has been expended on that canal, every dol lar and every cent of 1t has been ex- pended in the interest of the govern ment and not one dollar has been traced to graft in any way"
 Then referring again to criticism in Congress. MT. Taft said that in their elpquence some members of Congress forgot the obligation that Is on them Is members of Congress or the Senate. The lightness with which such charges were made and not proved, he con tinued, had so impressed Itself on the American people that they did not hurt any one.
 To change the type of the canal now would, he said, be to dishearten the splendid corps of workers on the isth- mus with disastrous results. He con- cluded with a warm tribute to Colonel Goethals, in charge of the work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Lumbermen Make Protest.

Meridian, Miss, February 12.-(Special0 In the rooms of the Meridian Traffic as- sociation this afternoon was held mass meeting of all lumbermen in this terri tory. Resolutions were passed protesting against the proposed repeal. of the s2 tax on lumber imported from Canada and Mexico. About 40 representative manufac- turers of lumber were in attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

M. J. OBrien. president of the Southern Express company. an uncle of Capt. Frank P. O'Brien of Birminghami Mark J. OBrien general manager of the con- pany, and T. w. Leary, vice president, are in Birmingham on business of the company and will remain here for about a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

ficial household. While the south had some cause for bitterness and hatred for him the titular representative of the gov ernment whose troops had despoied her, the men of Lincoln's party had no such excuse. A few may still hold this prej- udice in the south and they are among the ignorant and untutored. But this hostility is dying out. It is destined to completely disappear and the whole country, not in the north or south, but in it's entirety, will know and acknowl- edge what Lincoln really was. They say that he destroyed slavery but in all history, I cannot find that he destroyed slavery, except as the instrument of the great and growing feeling of the whole world against this form of bond age"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Saving wood" says Governor Had ley of Missouri, 'fs one of the best forms of exercise I know of" He no doubt means saving wood under cir cumstances of extreme reticence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Taft Will stop at Meridian.

Meridian, Miss, February 12.-(Spe- cial. )-President elect Taft has con scented to deliver short address in Meridian tomorrow afternoon from the rear end of his special car upon his ar rival here at 320 from New Orleans sn route. to Birmingham. He will be the first President of the United States to visit Meridian and will be given d cordial welcome He will be met by a committee from the Board of Trade, which organization has been quite iac- tive in it's efforts to get MT. Taft to visit Meridian during his southern tour.
 Taft Talks to War Veterans.
 New Orleans, February 12.-After coming out first in game of golf with Philip Werlein, president of the Pro- gressive union, under whose auspices he was entertained Judge Taft paid visit to the Confederate Veterans Home on his way to the city tonight from the Country club. When called upon for a speech, he said:
 My Friends and Fellow Citizens It is a great pleasure for me to stand before men who have taken part in great struggle and made a place in history. We've got beyond the time. thank God, when we discuss the war. We've come to the time now when all who were in the. bloody four years contest find the courage and fotftude shown by both sides" MT. Taft was here interrupted by loud cheers and one or two shrill whoops. the best imi- tation of the famous rebel yell that the aged veterans are now capable of giv- ing.
 We were all Americans then" said MT. Taft, speaking with clear em- phasis, "and we are all Americans now. and what any American did then, we now cherish as common heritage. There were tn ose who say the war was unnecessary. We'll, it was necessary; it was a part of American history; it Is today a part of American character. and nothing could demonstrate to the world the greatness of our country as we were able to do in getting up the greatest war in two centuries and liv- ing through 1t to become a greater na- tion."
 Good! good!' cried one old veteran, beating his stick on the garden walk and the long line of white haired men in gray vented another mighty cheer.
 q am proud of the prospect of be- ing your President" Mir. Taft continued, "of serving a people who so heroically stood for the Y3ght as they saw 1t. extend you my best wishes for a long life and congratulate you upon your pleasant surroundings. In the con- sciousness of having done your duty you should lead happy lives"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

It is safe to say that Teddy will not send the fleet to the Pacific before he has chance to review it at Hampton Roads. He is the champion reviewer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

The wireless is beginning to pick up lightning waves from the clouds, and some of them are too powerful to be pleasant when caught
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Woman Commits Suicide.

Natchez, Miss, February 12.-Mrs. Ed B. Lewis, wife of travelling salesman of Chicago, swallowed a quantity of carbolic acid at local hotel this afternoon and died shortly after.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Denied a New Trial.

Aiken, s. C., February 12.-Sovereign Low. charged with the murder of l,is wife on January 10 was today denied new trial by Judge Watts. He was sem tenced to serve his natural life In the state penitentiary.S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Valentine Day falls on Sunday, and the senders of alleged comic valentines will utilize both the day before and the day after.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Instead of legislating against the Japs the Nevadans should be content to sell them mining stocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Old Neptune never witnessed a finer moving picture show than the battle ship fleet presented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

The new battleship Delaware is 51e feet long and S5 feet wide. The state itself is not much larger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

February is a month of up-and-down temperatures, and the groundhog ag- gravates the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

MT. Taft should be permitted at New Orleans to uphold the allegation while he eats the alligator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Duluth holds the ski championship of America, but Duluth is not in the temperate zone in February.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

The backbone of winter did stiffen a trifie, but it was farewell movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Wireless telegraphy is no longer a luxury. It is a necessity on the high seas at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

A Male Beauty club is to take the place of the Ananias club at Washing ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Tn selecting handsome men for the inaugural the committee naturally looks southward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

No walters are tipped at any rate in the Jefferson county jail. It is the only good thing about that jail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

No airship will float this time over the inauguration pageantry. It will be different in 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Places in the beauty squad at the inauguration are not going a-begging.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

The year 1909 was the year in which geniuses were born, and it may never be duplicated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
AN oPTIMIsT.

AN OPTIM1ST. He always had stored in his heart A song for any weather, For gloomy days and days of rain And wind upon the heather. He always had stored in his heart A song for every season; From spring around to spring again He sang, his only reason The happiness that wrapped him close And kept his heart from aching. Through every cloud across the blue He saw the sunshine breaking!
 HIS SPECIALITY. "Is Mir ehucklebts good proyider?" Only of excuses" said Mrs. Chuckle- bits, thoushtfully.
 TROUBLE TURNED AWAY. Trouble came to find him, Trouble sneaked away When he heard the cheerful Brother boldly say, "who's that comes a-knoclSing On my cabin door? Seems to me I've heard that Heavy hand before! Don't you dare to finger
 Longer than a minute If there's any joy in life, I'm the one to win it!'
 EXCUSED. '.He says he has never kissed his wife. I think that's outrageous, don't you?' No; I've seen his wife,
 EFFECT IT HAS
 Wheneer a mans
 Dyspeptical,
 He's nearly al-
 Ways skeptical.
 VExATIOUS. "It must be very trying on a mans patience to hunt in vain for collar button" said Miss Pertly "It is, indeed" answered Colonel hunt in vain for a corksc
 A BOSS DISCOURAGER. "Old Wet Blanket" was the name he travelled by, Old wet blanket was his style; Nothing ever brought gleam of hope into his eye. Nothing ever seemed to be worth while. Crowned on every project that was for the public good, Sneered when any other dared to hope For a brighter future-said he wouldn't if he could Help a weaker brother up the slope. "Old Wet Blanket" was a sorry sort of cuss, Even when you saw him at his best; Always had objections when plan was to discuss, Till the neighbors swore he was a pest. Well, he came to die one day, as peo- pie do, you know; Sixty years he lived, or just about, Said man who knew him long, When he gets down below, He'll be apt to put the fire out!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

It is race discrimination in Califor- mia and race suicide in the other 45 states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Outdoors promises to become over- roomy as it is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Our tackles will soon begin to send home wireless messages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
Ahout Persons.

the 4th of next month promises to be record breaker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

 Gags. first"
 TRIAL. When things go wrong and your stock is And the world is pounding you, That's the time to grit your teeth and show What you can do! When trouble tries to drag you down And mock your poor hearts dearth. mats the time to brave misfortunes And prove your worth!
 WOODED AND WON. "Dost love me?" She did Later on he had to dust to raise the dust.
 WRONG IDEA OF LIVING. Woe, woe, woe Is the need of the luckless wight Who travels along with never A son1 Or a thought of the morning bright Woe, woe. woe Shall follow his path each day. Who journeys for miles and never once
 smiles
 To banish the shadows away. Woe, woe, woe Shall be all his earthly lot. Who rememb ereth still life's lessons of
 ill.,
 Those lessons much better forgoti
 LAYING IT ON THICK. Well! well! may ask what you are doing?"
 Writing play" And what is that scuttIe of soot for?"
 That's local color. The scenes of this play are laid in Pittsburg."
 SOLDERING.
 The time for lunch
 Draws on apace;
 I'm writing this
 To fill up space.
 REPLIES. story of strawberries and roses and snow and sleet comes from Ore gon. mixture like that would drive poet crazy
 Down with those puffs" says Trixe Fairfax. If cream puffs are meant. we're willing to help. Cincinnati man will marry a. stenographer who took his dictation. Thereafter he will probably take her dictaton.
 A Maine woman says 1t cost her a thousand dollars to put her husband in Jail, but it was worth the money. Some people have mean dispositions Among other grounds for divorce alleged by a Missouri man is one to the effect that his wife made him give her pet poodle bath twice a week. He deserves his freedom and almony for life. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Among other grounds for divorce alleged by a Missouri man is one to the effect that his wife made him give her pet poodle a bath twice a week. He deserves his freedom and alimony for life. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

WOODED AND WON. "Dost love me?' She did Later on he had to dust to raise the dust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

What do you suggest?n Gags, first"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
vExATIoUs.

VEXATIOUS.
 "It must be very trying on a mans patience to hunt in vain for collar button" said Miss Pertly
 "It is, indeed" answered Colonel Sogger Almost as trying as 1t is to hunt in vain for a corkscrew."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13
SOIDJERINC

A Maine woman says 1t cost her thousand dollars to put her husband in jail, but it was worth the money. Some people have mean dispositions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

HIS SPECIALITY. "Is Mir. Ghucklebts a good proyider?' "Only of excuses" said Mrs Chuclxle- bits, thoughtfully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

Deep malice makes too deep incislon, Forget, forgive, conclude, and be
 agreed. king hleharo h'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-13

The happiness that wrapped him close And kept his heart from aching. Through every cloud across the blue
 He saw the sunshine breaking!
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-31
MYSTERIOUS MAN Z
VISITS ACkERMAN
Not Long-Lost Brother anG
Physicians in City Hospi-
tai Are Puzzled.

Who the mysterious man is who visit
ed John Alderman at the City Hospital
yesterday. is a question the hospital
doctors would like TO have answered.
At first it was thought the man vas
Ackerman's long-lost brother, William,
whom it is necessary to locate in order
to settle up a valuable estate in Eng
land. After the man had gone Acker-
man admitted it was not his brother,
but merely an acquaintance. The
stranger did not leave his name.
Alderman. according to the state
ment made to the hospital doctors,
came to this country purposely to To-
cate his brother William, who mys-
~teriously disappeared some months ago.
Several times he has been on the track
of William. but up to the present has
failed to locate him. While running
for a train Alderman struck his head
against the platform of the Riverside
station of the Erie railroad. f~racturing
the base of his skull. He was much i'm
proved today. His mother and another
brother are now on their way from
Liverpool, happy in the thought that
here they will be reunited to John and
William. John Alderman left his home
in England more than two months ago
to come to this country to look for his
brother. 1t is supposed that William Is
in New York.