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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
Death of Justice Brewer

The sudden death of Justice Brewer re- duccs the number of members of the greatest court in the land to seven. Jus tice Moody continues i'll, and he is un- able tc go to Washington When seven justices hear a case, be it small or great, five Of them must agree in order to rem der al authoritative decision. Whether five can agree upon the Standard Oil or the American Tobacco case now before the court is not certain, and the fear Is expressed that those crucial cases will have to be reheard when the court has more members.
 These two cases deeply concern every corporation doing an interstate business and Wall street has been in a fiutter ever since the cases were argued in the su- preme court. A prolongation of the sus- penso will not prove beneficial to any in- terest, and the hope will be cherished that five of the seven judges on the bench will be able to agree. This is, however widely doubted.
 The late David Josiah Brewer had served since 1890. and he became eligible for retirement when he was 70 years old He preferred, however. to stay on the bench. If would have been better, per- haps, if retirement had been compulsory in hia case at the age of 7O This rule would however, have taken out of the court the chief justice and Justice Har- Ian, and the people do not desire to see an end put to the term of either of these distinguished jurists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
NO LONGER WASTED
From the Portland Press.


 In the freight sheds at the Grand Trunk at Portland, Me, and loaded on flat cars standing on the tracks there is a large quantity of rock-maple logs awaiting shipment to England. where they will be sawed into cabinet wood for the making of furniture and other cabinet work.
 It thus appears that the great trunks of Inc sugar maple which is so abundant in he hardwood forest regions of North America have come to be valued for an- other purpose than the making of fire wood. The soft wood trees. such as spruce and pine, which will float in the rivers and can be driven out of the forests to the mills have been about the only kind of forest trees which have interested the lumbermen
 In northern Maine. particularly in the Aroostock region. these giant naples formed the greater part Of the virgin growth upon the best farming lands. The Aroostock settlers have burned mp un- counted miIlioas of feet of them in the process of clearing their lands Thousands of acre of thnm have been fellcd, llmbed and junked, ard when ;ie green leaves have dried sufficiently to burn a fire was set which swept the entire field in a sheet of roaring flame, leaving only the charred remains of the giant trunks lying prone upon the ground in the midst of their blackened stumps The logs were then gathered in piles and burned and the siunips removed in later years by dyna- mite.
 This waste was inevitable. Only small quantity of wood was needed hr The farm- in those sps~s,Ir ~~t ,ef r. and finer k a.s1i for the trees .y lInlbef 4ne lai.d e.. :, was oi value, and so the noble trees were got ten rid of by means of tHe ax and the flame. The wood itself isi beautiful, and l nuw that It's beauties have come to p'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
What Elected MT. FcSs

While the Massachusetts senators are saying that the issues in the Cape Cod district were local. both of the candidates say otherwise. MT. Buchanan the repub- lican candidate. says he was defeated because the republican party had not kept it's promise to decrease the cost of liv- ing by reversing the tariff downward, and MT. Foss, democrat, says he was elected by nearly 600 majority on this platform:
 Free raw materials for our industries.
 "Untaxed food supplies for our people.
 Lower duties on the necessities of life.
 An income tax that large part of the burden of the cost of living may fall upon those best able to bear it.
 Reciprocity with Canada and our best customers.
 Repeal of section 2 of the Aldrieh act that forces tariff wars and retaliation.
 Direct nominations.
 Conservation of our natural resources, forests waterpower. mines.
 "Anti-Cannonism.
 Mir Foss says he hammered these is sues home at every rally, and he rightful- ly says they are not bit local They fit every part of the country, and they will be presented next fall in every district. The delusive promises of the republican party as to tariff reduction are brought home by the high cost of living, and all the money of the protected trusts cannot change the popular result of next No vember for all know now the true nature and effect of the Aldrich tariff
 This matter cuts much deeper in the popular mind than even Cannonism in the House, although Cannon and Aldrich both worked to foist the tariff designed by the trusts for their own protection upon he people. The real issue of next No Fember will be the cost of living, and the voter will inquire what did it, and he will | closely scrutinize a tariff tna: was not | 'evised downward in accordance with pre- yious promises. MT Toss knows what | lected him in the Cape Cod district, and | here will be plenty of Posses in all of | he states next November
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
Kansas CiIy'S MiIliOl-DOllar Fund

Kansas City completed it's million-dol- lar fund in less than 30 days. This fund was subscribed for in order to place and maintain a line of freight boats on the Missouri river between Kansas City and St. Louis St. Louis itself counts that day lost which does not see some step taken to utilize the river to at least New Orleans. Both St. Louis and Kansas City are looking to the securing of water transportation from New York and all other ports.
 Birmingham can read in Kansas City's splendid effort what it will soon find necessary in the Warrior. Montgomery is engaged today in applying the lesson to the Alabama river. New Orleans de- sires a line of barges to and from this district, and the home chamber of com merce will yet find itself confronted by the problem or water llduSpolldtlOn lOi all It is coming, and it is none too soon to consider how it should be met
 In Kansas City six boats are to be built for a start, and no time is to be lost in i. getting them into operation. The sta -9l--1pN-ss,
 tistics Of a river unimproved,' says the  St. Louis Globe-D Democrat fare no gauge Of what its business would be when it's channel is permanently deepened. Yet within year or two the country has been surprised to hear it urged by men supposed to be broad in public affairs and statesmanship that the present tide os commerce on the Mississippi and the Missouri is not sufficient to warrant in- terest In the waterway movement The new lines of boats may help to combat this fallacy. but being fallaey easily demonstrated, it ought to have been dropped long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
Tennessee and the Rockefeller Foundation

A New York special informs us that Tennessee is anxious that there should be southern representation on the board of trustees of the Rockefeller foundation, and she is willing to furnish, no doubt, a trustee or two for that purpose. A delegation composed of Bishop Hoss, the Rev Dr. Thompson of Memphis. Luke Lee, a Nashville lawyer, and A. NJ Shook, capitalist. also of Nashville, are in New York, prepared to present Ten nessee's willingness to represent the south on the big board
 This is all right Tennessee is willing, and only one trustee from the south will presumably be accepted. The money in question was accumulated by Baptist but it is to be disbursed on non-sectarian lines, and a Methodist would make as good a trustee as the next man. The Tennessee delegation should gain hear ing, and possibly a trustee. The entire south is not clamoring for representation, and so Tennessee is doing the clamoring for the section as whole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
WAKEFIELD OUT OF TEARS

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 T don't cry a drop, says David War
 field, referring to his performance of
 yon Barwig in "The Music Master"
 Flow could I cry after playing the part
 more than a,thousand times? I can no longer wiring the tears out of myself. I must wiring them out of my audience. I just make em think l cry. How do ex- plain my red nose? I don't explain it.. The actor, like the magician, can't af- ford to explain his tricks. you know. You don't sac me making my nose red? Of course you don't. But I do it just the same, right before your eyes, just as Hermann used to do a lot of things that his audiences never snw. Only Herr mann had more nerve than I have. I used to marvel at the way he used to | plant things right under the nose of an audience. Why, his assistant would come out while Herman was doing little fancy work and plant whole tableful of stuff. Actors play the same game in a
 small woy. Of course, the actor must l first get at the center of q part, at the 1 heart of character. and he may ba
 moved at first. Afterward you get to
 know it so well that you don't think much about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
Chance of the Inaugural Dale

The joint resolution providing for shangc of the inaugural date has been unanimously reported from the House committee on judiciary. and it is now en the calendar awaiting consideration. provides for the extension of the short ness!on of Congress to five months. It is now but three months long. This cer- tsinly would prove a great gain in na- tsona legislation. It provides. too, for a asfer and better date for the inaugura- ticn in the last week of April. and it further provides for the election of the Rre sident in case of the death of the president-elect before the beginning of the ta,rns of office, and in case of failure to elect by the ordinary methods provided by tho constitution.
 The last point is important, for as the hw stands a man of the party that the voters had rejected might serve four years if the President-elect and vice pres ldent-elect should die before Inauguration. zhe Secretary of State of an expiring ad- ulnistraton would in that event sue eeed to the high office, and he might fill c against the expressed will of the people. If fer no other reason. the pending
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30

amendment should be adopted to cure this defect in the constitution.
 The hope is that the proposed amend meat will be put before the states by the present session of Congress. and that three fourths of the states win ratify it before the time arrives for the next inau- grTaton There is no good reason why any state should oppose the Henry propo- sition in the form it comes from the on judiciary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
--- --@s------------ A WONDERFUL RAILWAY
From Pearson's Weekly.

From Pearson's Weekly.
 The most wonderful railway in the world will be completed if all goes we'll In the course of the next week or two
 It is the first line to be carried across the continent to South America, and 1t has taken over % years to build But its chief interest lies in the immense eleva- tion it reaches in crossing the Andes
 Here the passenger will be literally and actually travelling above the clouds At one point it scars to a height of F 300 feet, more than 1000 feet higher than the world-famous Great St. Bernard Pass. The Atlantic terminus 1t as Buenos Ayres in Argentine. the Pacific at Val paraiso in Chile. both tropical towns; yet the line runs for hundreds of miles through a region of eternal snow and ice.
 Avalanches sweep the track at inter vals at these immense attitudes So, in order to protect the trains, sloping wood en sheds, enormously strong, have been built at these points. Under them en- zine and carriages will be able to travel In safety, even while the snow slides are actually laundering overhead.
 Among the other wonders of this most wonderful line are a spiral tunnel, abso- lutely unique oe it's kind, that cost over q GOO. 600 to bore, and a string of 11s bridges, linked together by short stretches of solid permanent way over a distance of 30 miles.
 Al one noint too the track is carried over a deep and wide rayine on a huge arch of living rock, which constitutes a natural bridge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
THE WISE CAPTAIN

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 The attractive young women who had been selected to take the offerings in the progressive Chicago church were about to start up the aisles.
 Suddenly the fair young captain Of the squad held up her hand.
 Edith. she whispered, you will change places with Cissie Pinkley."
 But I like the second aisle much bet ter" pouted Edith
 Flush" murmured the captain T will explain later. All ready. March
 When they came back 1t was found that Cissie Pinkleys plate showed very much the best yield.
 The slender captain smiled.
 This is all due to a profound knowl- edge of masculine nature" she explained. When I counted up the audience I mo- tieed r dark young men sitting along the second aisle. Edith is a brunette. Cissle is a flaxen blonde. The dark young men wouldn't be impressed by Edith, but you see what Cassie did to them.'
 And she smiled complacently as she added up the totals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30

Form the Washington Post
 Was it a wise and statesmanllke act on the part of the Senate to lop oa the appropriation for Senate masseur? Was it true economy, or was 1t penny wise and pound foolish?
 If senators really need the services of rubber and a serubber, If they would be sweeter and cleaner for these ministrations, they should not be in- timidated by the cry of insurgents and economists. There is nothing wrong in having a masseur, unless he rubs too hard or rubs the fur the wrong way. Certainly the senate cannot be accused of grating In favor of any particular clique, for it must be assumed that no senator would need the services of q scrubber more than another. The in surgents cannot pretend that they arc so immaculate as never to need scrub nor should they charge that the reg ulars or the democrats are beyond the redemption of a vigorous scrubber.
 Of course, there must be an honest effort to cut down expenses by S300,- GOO. and by dispensing with a mas seur a start will be made. Still. there is lingering doubt, somehow, that the move is advisable. If cleanliness is next to godliness, it Is certainly prefer able to penuriousness.
 The country might criticise senators if it should get the idea that they were sybraites lolling in facilitating luxury
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
SUBTLE FLATTERY

From the New York Sun.
 "It is astonishing" remarked a we'll dressed woman in an uptown car, "the trouble these department stores take in order not to lose customers that have an account
 For instance?" suggested her male companion.
 "Oh, you are in that business, of course. and know all about it, but the other day I ordered some trfles for a party and they did not arrive in time, and complained. Next day my maid brought me up steel engraved card with the name of the manager of the store on it. When I went down found such a stylish looking man, fault lessly dressed, and full of apologies, who assured me it would never occur again
 Do you suppose you are the only one he ever called on or that had to be pacifed that day eyen?" asked the man.
 "Why, no; not exactly" replied, the woman. bridling little at the implied loss of importance. T suppose they take the same trouble with others who have large accounts. You are in the business. You ought to know"
 'Then may I ask what time does the manager have left to manage the store?" pursued the man. still smiling. "The man that called on you Is not the manager of the store at all and I think you will find his card simply says manager He. is the manager or customers who have kicks coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
GOOD ROADS AND THE AUTO

H. Tirper In Leslie's.
 While the automobile has been responsi- b'c, therefore, for the increased deteriora- ton cc roads formerly supposed to be ai- most perfect in construction, 1t has fo- cused attention on the necessity for good roads, has been largely responsible for the active educational campaign in this regard. and has undoubtedly had an ex- ccllent effect in bringing to the public aer tcntion the enormous waste incident to poor and ill-kept highways. Realizing that the automobile is a necessary factor to consider in highway traffic, road en. g,nfers have been experimenting with new constructions, in order to arrive a& the road which will best embody the re- ouirements of automobile traffic with- out my detrimental effect on the horso traffic involved. By far the largest pro- nor,jon of the highway construction cor ducted along the new lines for the adaptof. tIou of the road to automobile traffic hG6 been done with various forms of bltumok oils. tars and asphalts, and up to IT nresent the most satisfactory results ffo
 the point of view of economy have bok< with these materials. 3sX
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
THE BLACK DEATH

From the New York American.
 The terrible plague known as tine "black death'' began in China about the yedr 1883, and from China 1t went by way of the great caravan route to the north of -he Caspian, through central Asia to Tauris and on to Constantnople. reach ing Europe by 134s. It ragged for more than 26 years, with a mortality that will never be accurately known and to this day the results of it's ravages are visible. The disease was bubonic in character and oftentimes was fatal within 24 hours after it's attack It was attended by burning thirst that nothing could allay, and many of it's characteristics were too horrible to mention. It is estimated that at least 2so00.o00 human beings perished from this great plague.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
A FAMOUS PAINTING

From the Washington Herald.
 The exquisite oil painting of the Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac has had rather stormy passage In its varied course through the capitol. It was first placed In the Senate wing, where the public elevator has been built. The painting was then removed to the Senate office building and hung In the confer ence room. It was left there for a while and has been again moved to the room of the committee on naval affairs, a very proper place for the historic painting. The picture Is considered one of the most interesting and best executed works of art in the capitol, and was admired by the many visitors to the building. While It's present and perhaps permanent rest ing place is a proper one, 1t cannot be viewed by as many persons as when in it's former and more public place in the Senate wing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

THE SIGH OF THE CITY BORN. How dear to my heart is the tiny apart
 ment. Where first my young eyes saw the
 light of day: Three rooms and bath and a busy
 dumb waiter That dear little flat seems now far
 away. Oh. pleasant to dream of the nre-escape
 gambols, Just twenty-six stories up in the air; To study the world that was seething
 below me And let the sky-scraper breeze blow
 through my hair. Oh. we'll I remember my first trip earth
 ward The drop of the lift that went down. down. down Into a land that was teeming with won ders. Into the noise and the glare of the town. I've travelled afar from the scenes of my childhood. I've put up in many fiat since then. But round only one my sad heart strings are twining- The one that I never shall dwell in again,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
FIRST AUTOMOBILE RAILROAD

Charles P. Cushing in Lesle's.
 Texas used to claim the distinction of having the first automobile railroad. Five cars used to make regular trips on a three hour schedule over the 45 miles be- tween Lubbock and Plainview, the coun- ty seats Of Lubbock and Hale counties. The lino had a private right of way fenced off as for railway, and it's road bed was worked by section hands to this extent--it was kept scooped free of sand The drivers dhis is the sense in which the English use the word were cowboys in blue overalls and large felt hats. They were required to make the 45 miles in three hours because the line carried United States mails and was under con tract to keep a schedule. Often the cars would clip an hour off that for good measure. The round trip fare for 9 miles was SIC.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
The Chorus Rehearsal

Prof. Fred l.. Grambs said last night that the festival chorus which he is train- ing has learned the numbers in Tschai- kowski's popular opera, Eugene Onegin. T, but thet he would continue to rehearse them until they knew the notes by heart
 We have just had very fine re- hcarsal.' said Professor Grambs. After going over the Tschakowsl1y numbers we took up the two Wagner numbers and made good progress on them. wish every member of the chorus would attend the full rehearsal next Friday night There will be a part rehearsal for ladies Sat ufday afternoon as usual, and a part re- hearsal for male voices Saturday night.
 There are nearly 150 singers enrolled for the festival and I shall expect all of them to respond promptly to the rehearsal calls from now on. The festival dates are April 19. 20 and 20 MT. Damrosch will arrive with his orchestra on the morning of Tuesday. April 19, and will have his rel earsas Tuesday afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
A CHEAT NEWSPAPER

The Memphis Commerclal-Appeal celebrates its seventieth anniversary with special edition. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal is fine newspa- per, and q credit to the south It is to be congratulated on having enjoyed long and useful career, helping ma- terially in tho growth of Memphis and sharing in the prosperity which has been so marked during the last decade throughout the southern states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30

app eciated and valued the maple forests which are near to means of transportation have a commercial value which is at tested by the fact of the shipment of the wood to England.
 The great trunks. some O them more than three feet In diameter, felt the in- huence of the spring yesterday, for the sweet sap was oozing from their fresh- lN cut ends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

But the Senate could not indulge in excessive luxury on the proposed ex- penditure of $500 a year, and perhaps the people would not have risen as one man in frenzied protest against such squandering of the public funds. At any rate, it seems to us that senators should have taken the risk, rather than invite the thought that they are neg lectful of the rules of health and beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR From the New York Press

Important men who really aren't are the most anxious to tell you all about it.
 The more money a man could inherit the nore he could act as if he made it by his brains
 A girl gets so excited about being en- gagged she forgets what a good time sine had be-orc she was.
 Some men are such natural-born liars they will pretend they would rather go to a church fair than a prize fight.
 A woman never gets so Vat that she will stop sneering about how& other women ean'i get anything to Tit tNfirl nGufess
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
His First Visit Here

J. r. Maurer of Chicago, general man. ager of branch houses of the Schwarzs- child & Sulzberger company. spent yes- terday in Birmingham.
 This is my first visit here" said MT Maurer. T expected to find quite a city and l have not been disappointed. The fact is that Birmingham is an uncom- monly fine city, and it has a splendid fu- ture It has had a rapid growth, but it has reached the point now when one can see that it is only a question of com paIat'7ely short time when it will take it's place high up in the list of big cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-30
THE MAnRIED voIcE

FrOnl the IOnuun CHrOnirIc.
 dramatic critic has been saynlg that our most accomplished players cannot reproduce on the stage the married voice., Even when they are married. There is a peculiar domestic note-used at home-wl;ich cannot get over the foot lights and was never meant for pub- liclty.