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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
MAGAZINES BY FREIGHT
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From Harper's Weekly.
 MT. Hitchcock having failed as yet to make the magazines pay his price for the mail service they were getting, is ex- perimenting now in giving them the ser vice they pay for. He is shipping a large part of his second-class matter in freigi.. cars and at freight rates, instead of in mail cars as heretofore That seems a sensible plan We read that the saving in shipping magazines by freight to St.
 Louis alone wSll be sS00,o00 a year, and that the delay is unimportant. The scSeme that is now being tried is to ship the periodicals in bulk to six dis tributing centers-St. Louis. Cincinnati, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Paul and Oma- ha The cost of sending magazines to St. Louis in mail cars MT. Hitchcock esti- mated to be cents a pound. By freight it goes for 1a cent abound, taking one or two days longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity.
 king Richard II.
Senator Clarke of Arkansas

It is pretty difficult to accept all the acts and expressions of Senator Jeff Davis, but certainly he is less eccentric than his colleague, Senator Clarke When, after a long struggle covering one hundred years, Congress was about to put before the states a clean-cut proposition providing for the direct and popular election of United States senators the resolution : was loaded up with the Bristow amendment by Senator Clarke of Ar kansas Yes, he did it. The vote on the Bristow rider was A to A, and Sunny Jim Sherman broke the tie, taking as matter of course the non popular side. Only one democrat voted for the Bristow amendment, and that democrat was James P. Clarke, lawyer of Little Rock, Ark. Had he voted as all other democratic senators voted, and as all other south ern senators voted, the vote would have stood 45 to 43 and the Vice President would have lost all chance to give the people black eye.
 No explanation comes from Little Rock or elsewhere explaining MT. Clark's remarkable vote, and there is nothing to do but to accept the record
 emarkable and exceptional as it. Is.
 " yhy all other southernS linen re-
 ct airy possibility of federal inter- ference in senatorial elections while Senator Clarke of Arkansas prefers to invite such possibility is simply beyond explanation, and the silence of the Little Rock papers is therefore
 rusable.
 Public sentiment pronounces the .ristow proposition contentious and Innessary. It is an interloper that no one wants-one wholly uncalled- foI and out of tune. The struggle will go on, however, and even if the extra session cannot reach an adjust ment some other session or some oth= CT Congress will, and the people will yet elect their senators just as they r'ect presidents, governors, congress-
 m and even members of municipal
 nmissions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
AS THEY MEASURE IN JERSEY

From the St, Paul Dispatch.
 ''The wids of New Jersey" FTank Ma lone says, reward the explorer we'll. If they who sojourn at Atlantic City or Long Branch would but penetrate into the wilds they would see and hear many interesting things.
 '"rake, for example, the measurement of the distance l once asked the keeper of the general store in New Jersey vi- lage clIoked with sand how far it was to Skeeter swamp.
 !" skeeter swamp" said the storekeep- CT Wall I should say Skeeter swamp wuz 'bout two whoops from here-or meb- be two whoops and holler'
 q asked a man in Skeeter swamp how far Fiytown was. The man shifted his ouid to the left cheek and replied:
 'F'lytown, stranger, is about three chaws to the southlunless y're a fast chafer. Then I'd say it wuz about three haws and half.' !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
No Yiadnct in First Avenue

Twenty thousand people in the easterly end of this city will be keen- ly disappointed when they read Com missioner Lane's conclusions in the viaduct matter. It is plain that he anticipates no viaduct in the imme- diate future. He has an eye single to economy in the city's expenditures.
 He sees no soon-coming prospect of financial ease which would justly the city in bearing part of the cost of viaduct construction. He proposes several plans of relief. These plans will not, alas, prove satisfactory to people who had been led to think that a viaduct would soon be constructed in First avenue.
 Commissioner Lane shows no incli nation to refer the subject to the people. He keeps before him at all times the city's share of the con struction cost and the damage bills that property holders on closed streets would present. He does not therefore let the idea of a referen- dunn come up. He distinctly says that he would vote against the tentative contract were it to come before the commissioners, and, as Commission CT Weatherly declines to vote, there is no appeal from Judge Lanes de- cision.'
 This is extremely disappointing. A city in debt cannot have all it wants, but Birmingham should have the via duet, to safeguard life and limb. The subject perforce goes over to- some happier and more prosperous period of the city treasury. When that period will come depends upon things both numerous and complex. From the way things look now it may mean at the best several years of delay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Summer Concerts

Now that band concerts in Capitol park seem to be assured, those of us who spend the summer here are look Ing forward with pleasure to the open air music" said a citizen.
 "We had three concerts a week last summer and that will probably be the number this year, but if a considerable percentage of those who enjoy the music would make small contrib butions the fund would be sufficiently large to pay for at least four concerts week.
 Tt is to be regretted that the city was not able to make an appropria- ton this summer as 1t did last. Let us hope that the commissioners will see their way clear to make a generous ap- propriation next year.
 "Open air music should be taken up before the hot weather comes on. The concerts instead of starting the last Of June or the first of July should start in May. Nothing in the way of diversion is so much appreciated by the masses as public concerts by a first class band.~ s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Evidences of Progress

During the past three months visited most of the principal cities between Den yer and the east, and in nearly all Of them I have seen evidences of progress notwithstanding the fact that there has been good deal of talk of dull times," said S. F. Humphreys of Chicago
 'I was in Texas two weeks ago, and heard nothing there but prosperity talk. Substantial Improvements are being made in every city of Texas. But no city in the south seems quite so prosperous as Birmingham, judging from the large building operations here. In all business centers one will meet a few croakers. Certain branches of trade will have their periods of duliness every year, but on the whole Birmingham Is ramerakably busy town: and the fact that the build- CTS trade is prospering Is enough to show that strides are being made.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
cusTER,s FAMOUS HORSE

James w Dixon, in the Army and Navy
 Journal.
 No officer of the army was better horseman or a greater lover of horses than Gen. George A. Custer, of the cav airy troops. He spent much money on his mounts, and was never known to be- stride a poor one. At the grand review of the army of the Potomac, May IS, 1865, General Custer's horsemanship and the horse he rode were accidentally brought into conspicuous prominence. While President Andrew Johnson, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, General Grant and General sherman and many other prominent officials sat on the reviewing stand in front of the White House they were astoaished to see General Custer dash msdly by at breakreck speed. He endeavored to salute the President in passing, but his horse was beyond his control for the time being. and he lost his hat and sword. A mounted orderly followed him and returned them. General Custer, having regained control of the runaway, rcAe past the reviewing stand again with bowed head, and having reached the head of his division and passing in review gave the salute with his innitabie grace and precision. His horse had been frightened by bevy of schoolgirls 300 in number, seated on stand at the corner of Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, not far east of the reviewing stand who rose' in body and threw bouquets at the gallant general as ile passed.
 The horse he rode on that occasion was magnificent seal brown thoroughbred stallion. He was a four-mile racer that had won 26 out of 3S races. Just before Lees surrender a. Appomattox Clusters scouts had captured this horse, and he was narred Don .uen. Unlike his name sake Of Byronic fame, he was afraid of pretty girls and fled from them. He was found in a stable on a stud farm, was brought to Custer and Vas regularly ap- praised as captured property, contraband of war, and was sold to/him by the quar- termaster in charge. Don Juan was of furious temper He was 'ater sent to General Custer's Lonle at Monroe, Mich., where he was exhibited at a state fair and where he fil.ed groom. A year latcr he dropped dead uf heart disease in his stall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
ADVENTURE

ADtENTUHE
 From the Kansas City Star.
 In a 25-foot yawl three sailors set out from Providence, R. l., Saturday after noon on a 4o00-mile ocean voyage. Rome is their destination. To cross the Allan tic in such a cookie shell, even with the aid of an auxiliary engine, must strike the average landsman as foolhardy. But the landsman has no idea of the lure of the sea.
 Take the case of Captain Blackburn of Gloucester for instance. Years ago he and his dorymate, while hauling travis off Newfoundland, got separated from the fishing schooner in January blizzard. It took four days for Blackburn to row to land His companion died from exposure and the survivor, knowing that his hands would freeze, bent his fingers so that frozen they would slip over the ends of the oars. In those four days he had neither food nor drink. When he was re- stored to life only stumps of hands and feet were left
 The actual experience of Blackburn recded no embellishment when Connolly embodied 1t in one of his great sea stories, "Dorymates
 The landsman might suppose that such an adventure would give a man his fill of ocean life But that is because he Is landsman. It was only a few years later until Blackburn was sailing alone from Gloucester, Mass, to Gloucester, Eng, in a sloop little larger than the one that left Providence Saturday aft ernoon. And having made that voyage he had to try another in a smaller vessel from Gloucester to Portoo-gal.
 Sitting in shop is too miserable after once you've sailed the western ocean, Is the captains explanation. What I want to do Is to sit and steer and watch the ships and the clouds and the motion of the water
 The ocean is wonderfully mysterious and attractive to the men who once have felt it's spell and like to watch the ships and the clouds and the waters motion. The three voyagers out of Providence are taking their chances. But adventure especially adventure by sea-always has appealed to the race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Tariff Legislation Coming Along
 Slowly

The democratic majority in the House continues to place it's hopes and plans in the hards of Oscar W. Underwood. No leader since Henry Clay has been so thoroughly trusted and his strength and influence are widening as one event succeeds an- other in the programme he has marked out. At his suggestion the democratic caucus of Wednesday ! night decided to confine legislative efforts at this session to the tariff. The Senate cannot well do more, for if it acts on the reciprocity bill in July it will have to do better than it Mas thus far done. From April to July inclusive is good while to give to one bill, but that is the way the Senate moves along, and we must ac- cept things as it hands them out in its lordly, leisurely manner.
 At this rate it will be December be- fore the Free List bill and the revis- ion of Schedule K are disposed of by the Senate. The latter will certainly shock the old guard in the Senate, and they will find it difficult to ex- plain away MT. Underwood's exposure
 compensatory duties on, say,
 S. If it were really true," says
 Underwood, that one pound of
 valued at more than 30 cents
 ed three and one-half pounds
 washed wool in the making, this
 only be true if it were made
 fly of wool, without the admix-
 of any other substance. The in
 ial fact is, however, that cotton
 otton yarn have been used to an
 nous extent in recent years in
 oolen and worsted industries for
 lg with woolen and worsted <, 5, and the production of fabrics ! osed of very large percentage 2 cotton as an adulterant. The oened and adulterated fabrics are $ ) and sold in great quantities, be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Art and Vouchers in Washington

Albert Rosenthal, a Washington por- trait painter, painted a picture of former Secretary of State Day, now justice of the supreme court. Rosen- thai signed a voucher for s2450, al- though he himself got but $850 of the money. That voucher and all papers connected with it were lost, but sud- denly they reappeared having been fished out of the waste-paper basket in Disbursing Clerk Morrison's of flee. This occurred about one week ago.
 None of this business affects Sec retary of State Knox or the present administration. It was a matter of 1904, and the only blame that at taches to any one of the present day relates to the finding of the voucher near MT. Morrison's waste-paper basket. Vouchers should not be , kept in that way.
 The entire piece of business stands unexplained. Former Chief Clerk Michaels says the difference between the amount of the voucher and the actual amount paid to the portrait painter was applied to emergency accounts" probably Chinese. For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain the Chinese have long been peculiar.
 But really the sly payments of emergency accounts are not so strange or mysterious as is the reap pearance of the portrait painters voucher at the Morrison waste-paper basket. Either the whole truth in this matter should be brought out or else the House investigating committees should cease unearthing the devious ways of republican rule in the last fourteen years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
SUICIDE BY AEROPLANE

ceive recognition. and. in due course, the imperial court, among whom was Gen. eral N, paid a private visit to the f1y- ing ground outside the city.
 It had been arranged by the society that Mazenewitch, with the general as passen- ger. should rise to a great height, and. when at an altitude of some thousands of feet, should suddenly take his hand from the lever and abandon the machine to It's fate.
 After few preliminary circuits Mazen- ewitch approached his victim, who. all unconscious of the plot weaved about him, accepted with alacrity the offer of flight round the aerodrome. r
 A moment before starting detectives stepped across to the pilot, and, in low tones, urged the captain to give his sword, as an officer and a gentleman, that he would, as far as was in his power, restore his passenger safe and sound. Mazene- witch thereupon gave his parole. The engine was started up, and presently the aeroplane became but a little black specl1 in the sky, and even the terroists shud- dered at the contemplation of the ghast- ly scene that was to follow. Yet lne minutes flew by, and all was going well. No machine was seen to be falling like a stone through the air. to be shivered into million fragments as it struck the ground: and, to the astonishment and in- dignation of the watchers beneath the aeroplane, looming larger and larger, fin- ally came gently to rest at the feet of the cheering crowd-for Mazenewltch. as an officer of the Czar, had found himself unable to break his parole
 At the tribunal held in the city that evening it was unanimously resolved that the traitor must die by his own hand within "A hours of his sentence.
 At daybreak the following morning Ma zenewitch wheeled his biplane from it's shed, and, climbing into the pilots seat. rose rapidly to a height of POGO feet.
 Some few moments later the spectators below were mortified to see the machine. for no apparent reason, dive suddenly forward and, turning over and over in the air fall like a stone to the ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
Beer Thirst

"The greatest complaint I hear from transient visitors is that they cannot buy beer without violating the law, and those who do get 1t illegally say the price is exorbitant," said man about town. In Atlanta beer is sold under license, and naturally Birmingham without beer is compared lnfavora ply with the Georgia metropolis.
 NO reformers or politicians ever made greater mistake than was made when the Legislature enacted the pres ent stringent prohibition laws If ex- captions had been made in favor of beer and light wines the cause of tenn perance would have been promoted As 1t is whisky as well as beer and wine will be voted back when an cleo tion is held here in the near future l do not know whether we will have saloons or a dispensary, but certain it is that Birmingham will not remain dry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
From the London Opinion.

From the London Opinion.
 ~ OME months ago speculation was
 rife among flying men as to the k% cause of the terrible accident which befell the well-known Russian aviator. Captain Mazenewitoh, who for no appar- ent reason, fell from a height of 20oo feet, being instantly killed by his fall.
 Light has now been shed upon the mys- tery by the confession of an arrested ter rorist named Anev, who, by his confess sion, lifts the we'll upon one of the most dramatic episodes ins the history of Rus sian terrorism.
 Captain Mazenewitch, though an officer of distinction. was, nevertheless, at heart an ardent nihilist; and. with the birth of aviation, Mazenewitch, together with his consplrators, realized that the flying ma chine had put into their hands novel and effective means of bringing about the destruction of certain general, a high dignitary of the Emperor's court man who, by his sweeping reforms and polit- ical beliefs, had made himself the detest- ed enemy of the revolutionists.
 INe general was hhONii ND fAes'~ NAiN greatest sympathy with aviation, which at that time was little heard of in Rus sia; hence Mazenewitch, having obtained leave of absence, was dispatched post haste by his comrades to England, so that he might return as a skilled and pro ficient aviator, well fitted to carry out the task allotted to him.
 Captain Mazenewitch first visited Brooklands aerodome, but subsequently left for Pau. Within few days of com menclng his apprenticeship Mazenewitch was executing spectacular flights in rough wind with amazing sang-froid to the astonishment of his fellow pupils and instructor, and articles appeared in sev- eral English papers at the time. fore casting that brilliant career as an avi- ator lay before the courageous Russian.
 On obtaining his brevet Mazenewitch re- turned to Russia and proceeded to carry out daring evolutions over the city of St. Petersburg. As the terrorists had fore seen, it was but matter of time before the exploits of their comrade would re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
SHABBY AND SHARP

SHABBY AND SHARP From Answers, London.
 The manager popped out of his private sanctum. "Got a penknife Brown?' he asked. The assistant manager shook his head. Have you, Jorkins?' queried the man. ager turning to the head clerk.
 I'm sorry. sir" replied Jorkins apolo- getically. but I left 1t at home" Have you, Piggott?'
 No, Piggott hadn't. Nor had Blobbs. Nor had Wright. nor Wrong, nor Whacker.
 Extraordinary exclaimed the man. ager. Not a soul in the office with such a simple thing as a penknifer
 Please, sir. I've one!' piped the off, flee boy.
 Well I'm blessed." said the manager. And how comes it that you. out of all my staff, are the only one to have your pocket knife on you?"
 'I dessay," replied the youth, Its be- cause my wages are so small that can't afford moro than one pair of trousis.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It makes most any man feel honest not to be in politics.
 When a man can support his family 1t is a sign he is no genius.
 The devil asks no salary, because he likes his work so much and it is so easy.
 Suburban life is awful good train ing for the next world in case you go to the wrong place.
 A man leaves wealth behind him In an automobile; to overtake it he must crawl after it on his hands and knees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
The Iron Market

The local pig iron market continues quiet. Rogers, Brown & Co.,, in their Cincinnati report say:
 Contracts for a number of small lots have been in evidence during the week. These, with purchase of a round ton mage of basic iron, proved that there is still something doing locally. In- qulries are for small lots, extending over varying periods and are without interest.
 Consumers of all grades have ap- parently adopted a waiting attitude and as 9 result producers during May con- tinued to blow out plants on a large scale.
 Reduction during the previous month was not only in production itself, but in stocks or furnace yards. Produce tion is at the present time proceeding g slightly over rate of 21,500,000 tons an nually. Recent cuts in steel products have not resulted in marked improve ment and the metal trades are quiet throughout.
 There Is no change in the coke sit uation. Reduction of product and ship ments continues. The market is quiet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
The Public Library

With Birmingham's rapid growth the need of large. well-stocked H. brary building becomes more pressing" said a member of the Chamber of Commerce. The gentlemen at the head of the library organization will no doubt renew their efforts soon to raise a fund sufficient to pay for building. The public library In the city hall is admirably conducted. and Is a boon to hundreds of our people A city of Birminghsaa size and pre- extensive library
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
THE MILLER's DAUGHTER

By Alfred .Tennyson. It is the miller's daughter,
 And she is grown so dear. so dear, That I would be the jewel
 That trembles in her ear; For hid in Ginglets day and night, I'd touch her neck so warm and white And I would be the girdle
 About her dainty, dainty waist, And her heart would beat against me.
 In sorrow and in rest; And I should know if it beat right, IT clasp 1t round so close and tight. And would be the necklace,
 And all day long to fall and rise Upon her balmy bosom,
 With her laughter or her sighs, And I would lie so light, so light, scarce should be unclasp'd at night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
AIabama's Crop Prospects

While truck products are suffering for rain, Alabama's large farm crops are most promising" said a travelling man.
 'The cotton acreage is larger than usual, and the prospects are for a record breaking crop in this state. Last year Alabama almost doubled its corn crop, and it will be still larger this summer. It was only a few years ago when the bulk of the corn fed to stock was shipped from other states, and while some foodstuffs will still be pur- chased away from home, the day is not far distant when Alabama will be seller of corn and hay instead of 8 buyer. This will mean a great deal in wealth accumulation.
 Alabama is wonderfully rich in natural resources of every sort, and now that the farmers are applying up- to-date methods this state will become as famous agriculturally as any state in the union."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16
GOOD DAYS WORK

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 H. II. Hobbs, the best tackle Yale ever had, has eloped with the only daughter of a man worth $2O,c00,0o0 The best tackle Hobbs ever made!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-16

The last coronation steamer has sailed and nearly eo.oOO. 900 honest and sensible people in this country missed it.