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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
ORIENTAL RUGS ARE FAKES

From the Upholsterer.
 Now that the Oriental rug season is in full swing and everybody is trying to get an original prayer rug" fresh from Mecca, authenticated facts are in great demand
 Any well posted man who attends an auction sale of Oriental rugs is simply staggered by the extravaganza of mis- representations. We do not refer to the
 Philadelphia moquette couch cover, worth sI50 at wholesale and offered as genu- inc Persian rug at fabulous prices. but to the ordinary trades sale. In a recent catalogue issued by a downtown firm IT names appear that no legitimate rug dealer ever heard of, all listed as repre- senting various types of rugs, named from some of the hundreds of rivers, mountains and villages within 1900 miles of Constantinople.
 According to experts all that a fake
 rug dealer needs is an Oriental map and
 pile of American fake antique rugs, which he names after the historical mo-
 menclature of the Orient. It Is com
 mon thing at these sales. we are told, to
 catalogue the articles as Royal or Palace rugs, especially the cheaper
 grade. The man, who pays fancy
 price for "Kirmanshah" little dreains
 that it was manufactured in the Oriental
 districts of Yonkers, the Bronx, Phila- delphia or Jersey City.
 There has not been a Saraks rug made in centuries, yet the term is tackled to
 a Bjar because 1t is like Saraks, we are informed A genuine Iran rug
 means nothing except to the inexperi-
 enced rug buyer. The auctioneer talks glibly about the genuine 'Terch'' and the we'll authenticated "Ayin." He lays stress on the "Harat" and challenges contradiction, saying that he will refund the money if it is not genuine. But the auctioneer fails to say that the Ayin Is the cheapest grade made in the Herat rug. and that his guarantee | is worth no ,sore than if he guaran- | teed a blanket as made of pure shoddy. So-called Mecca rugs are offered by thou
 sands, and the more ragged and dirty and dilapidated they are, the more bidders are impressed with the idea that they are genuine because long in the service of | the Mecca pilgrims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
English Men and Mine Owners Dis t agree

x Over million men in the British koal mines have gone out because they Eannot secure the wages they need land consider themselves entitled to. tThese men have been supplying the world with about 300,000,00O tons annually, and when they laid down hheir tools shortage in coal was felt Nn both shipping and in the industries bf the Kingdom. The strike embraces rearly every mine and it promises to be of stubborn nature. The Asquith novernment has found itself unable Ito bring about settlement of it, and Iparliament may be asked to dictate a minimum wage scale. Parliament IS mot hampered by a written constitu- xion, and it has the power to coerce ,bperators into the payment of wage scale. Already the English railroads are curtailing their service, and should the German miners also go out the English strike would speedily become world wide in it's effects.
 L Even if it lasts but single month | At means a greater demand in South America, in Canada, in even India for American coal. Heretofore England has supplied South America with coal, and the American operator will soon be called upon to meet demand from that half of the western world. Once American coal gains foothold in Latin America it will continue to be wanted there.
 In crisis like the present one we need an open Warrior. With an open river all gulf ports could be filled with Alabama coal, and the record of over 16,000,00 tons in 1910 would be exceeded. The operators of this dis trict are no doubt watching the stub gorn English strike with its numerous possibilities and developments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The New York Situation

August Hirsch, who recently returned
 from New York. talks interestingly oi
 business conditions and politics.
 While my trip east was for commercial purposes, naturally heard good deal oi political talk" said MT. Hirseh. T met many business men, and having personal friends in the legal profession I also met number of lawyers.
 Among the republicans the sentiment was strongly against Roosevelts nomina- 1 ton. feel certain that the ex-Presidepr will not have the support of the New York delegation. The objection to third termlsrn is very pronounced.
 "As to the democrats. I was glad to find that Underwood was highly thought of in business circles. Everybody knows Of him as clean man in every respect. No one can have aught against him. He is recognized as a very able man and is q unquestionably strong with the financial interests among the democrats in New York. Of course no one can tell, this far ahead, how it is going to be with New Yorks democratic delegation. Mayor Gay nor of course, will receive a compliment toi fotc. btiHb du AtoAA factor in all national convention, I would not venture to predict which of the candi- dates will get it's vote. But the Under wood boom is growing and the outlook for his nomination seems bright Wilson and Harmon each has an organization in New York city, but Underwood has no or ganization, or had none up to the time left there. met Senator Bankhead ct the Imperial hotel about two weeks ago, but as he was busy talking with politi- clans In Underwood's behalf I did not have an extended conversation. Under wood should have an organization insNsw York It would do him a great deal Of good.
 'T attended banquet at which there were merchants and a number of prom nent attorneys. and at the gathering heard Underwood strongly commended for his work in Congress and for his ability as leader.''
 Speaking of commercial affairs MT Hirsch said: New York business men isre quite optimistic. Merchants are buying conservativelX, but they express conf dence in the spring outlook. National poli- tics may affect Wall street gambling but the political stir is not interfering at all with general trade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
Portrait of Governor Bagby

Miss Edna K. Smith, the well known artist, has recently completed DOT trait of Gov. Arthur P Bagby. which Is to be placed in the capitol at Montgom- cry. Critics have pronounced it a fine work of art. Mrs. Joe Beardslee of Hattiesburg, Miss, the only living child of Governor Bagby, came to Birming- ham to see the portrait, and she ex- pressed herself as being greatly pleased with the likeness.
 Governor Bagby was born in Vir- ginia. but came to Alabama when he was quite a young man. According to q sketch by the Rev. Dr. B. F. Riley which appeared in The Age Herald not long since. young Bagby made the journey from Virginia -afoot across the country, carrying his personal effects in a bundle" He was described as a tall and handsome youth. Bagby settled in Monroe county and at once turned to the study of law, and in a short time developed into an able lawyer He also was a popular orator. In 1887 he be- came candidate for governor and de- feated his opponent. Samuel W. Oliver. who was widely known and popular. He was sent to the United States Senate to succeed Clement c. Clay on the lat ter's resignation. In 1Si1 he was re- elected to the Senate, but before his term had closed President Polk appoint ed him minister to Russia. He served in that position only a year. retiring for political reasons Governor Bagby died of yellow fever in Mobile in 1858 at the age of 62 years.
 | Miss Smith, in painting the portrait
 used a family miniature which was
 made while Governor Bagby was ir Russia,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
TWO WE'RE SUFFICIENT

From the World Today
 Whenever I see a toothpiek," said Moses Ezekiel, the Roman sculptor, 1T think of a dinner that was given in Rome in honor of two Turkish noblemen. ''I sat beside the younger of the noble men. He glittered with gold embroidery and great diamonds but. nevertheless, I pitied him sincerely, for he was strange errors were both ludicrous and painful. 7
 Toward the dinners end a servant ex- tended to the young man a plate of tooth picks. He waved the plate away. saying in a low and bitter voice:
 "'No, thank you. I have already eaten two of the accursed things, and I want no more v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
Underwood's Sugar Schedule

me new sugar ScneOule that HdS been ratified by the democratic eau GUS of the House, is platform in it. self, and if the Senate or the Presi- dent blocks its passage into law it will l indeed be carried to every stump and almost to every voter in the coming campaign. Its speedy enactment into law is, however, anticipated, and in that case Leader Underwood and his brother democrats in Congress will simply get credit for good act done. The sugar schedule is good in two respects. It lifts duty of 1.90 cents pound from necessary food ar | ticle-an article whose consumption is 82 pounds year counting every man, woman and child in the country. In a | family of five the consumption is 40 pounds, and free sugar means a de- crease in the cost of living to that family of nearly $8 year.
 The loss involved in the national revenue is $52,00O, ,000, and this is to be made good by an excise tax levied on the wealth of the country. A tax of per cent is levied on the excess of incomes above $5000. That sum is exempted from taxation, but any ex- cess is to be taxed.
 It is to be an excise tax-that is to say, it is to be tax levied on indi- viduals and partnerships for the doing 1 of business. Andrew Carnegie, whose business is philanthrophy, will have to pay the new excise tax as well as the merchant engaged in selling goods. Many drawing large salaries are also to be taxed. It is in fact an extension of the present excise tax on corpora tions to individuals and partnerships. | All told this excise tax will levy on the wealth of the country about $90,- O00, ,000 a year, one-third of which amount will come from corporations and two-thirds from individuals and partnerships. These fortunate people and corporations will, however, pay only about 12 per cent of the revenue needed annually by the government. l The difference between an excise 1 tax and an income tax is the differ ence between tweedledum and tweedle- dee. The supreme court upholds the former, while it condemns the latter. An excise tax is supposed to be a license or privilege tax on the doing 1 of business and the word "business" in this connection is in the new act de- fined to be everything about which a person can be employed and all activ- ities which occupy time, attention and labor of persons for livelihood or prof | it. Andrew Carnegie cannot escape the proposed excise tax.
 The new sugar bill should make Os. car Underwood the next President o1 the United States, for it is exactly what the country has long desired, but which it did not have the sense to de wise. It has come in the best of form and Alabama's choice for President does not need and could not well have a better platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

occurred in legislature, and Senator Bristow believes Stephenson and his
 managers did corruptly use at least
 some of the confessed S107, ,000 ex-
 penditure in the primaries of Wiscen-
 sin. "The Senate" says MT. Bristow,
 cannot have the confidence of the
 people if men immensely rich with lit
 tie qualification for the great office
 of senator of the United States, but who desires the position like a child
 wants a toy, are to be permitted to employ political highwaymen as man. agers and organizers, such as the agents of Stephenson were, and then turn over to them vast sums of money to be used in purchasing the support of men wherever they can be found who will yield to such inducement. If this government is to live corruption in high places must be made as atro- cious as treason, for it is in the end more dangerous to hthe nations well fare"
 The position taken by MT. Bristow in favor of honesty in the conduct of primaries is doubly important in one party states where the primary is the whole thing. Senator Bristow's mi nority report in the Stephenson case is valuable document that should be widely in all one-party states at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
MINING WITH CANARY BIRDS

Mr. Arthur w. Page, in the March Worlds Work, says that one of the most effective instruments of rescue work in cases of mine accident is canary bird After an explosion. it seems. there is likely to be carbon monoxide in the air This gas is not perceptible to any of the senses All the victim knows is that suddenly his senses give way and he falls.
 A canary bird. as 1t happens, is much more quickly affected by the fumes than man is. So, rescuer, going into a mine in which an accident has happened, may feel safe in proceeding just so long as the canary bird he carries with him sits upright on its perch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
SONG

By Sir Joiin Sucking l pritEee send me back my heart,
 Si,ce I cannot have thine: For If from yours you will not part
 Why. then. shouldst thou have mine: Yet now I think ont Jet it lie.
 To find 1t were in vain, For tn hast thief in either eye
 Would steal it back again. Why should two hearts in one breast lie,
 And yet not lodge together? o love, where is thy sympathy,
 If thus our breasts thou sever? But love is such a mystery, cannot find it out: For when I think I'm best resolved,
 then am in most doubt. Then farewell care. and farewell woe. I will no longer pine: For I'll believe have her heart !
 As much as she hath mine .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
Colonel ROosevelt's Broken Pledge
 What a record Theodore Roosevelt has on the third term question! Here

it is:
 on the 4th of March next l shall have served three and a half years. and this three and half years constitutes my
 first term. The wise custom which limits the President to two terms re- gards the substance and not the form and under no circumstances will l be again a candidate for or accept an other nomination for President.-Theo- dore Roosevelt, November 8, 19o4. I have not changed and shall not change that decision thus announced Theodore Roosevelt, December II, 901 I will accept the nomination for Pres ident if it is rendered to me.-Theodore Roosevelt, February 26, 1912
 Is there any other man in the coun- try who could stand up under such a
 record? Audacity may sometimes be helpful, but audacity in this case is a
 bold attack on one of the countrys most cherished policies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

should instigate the preacher to re- duce his sermon to a twenty< minute conception of rhetoric and real religion and make the man who works all the week realize that there is reality outside of the real raking in the dol lars. There is real religion. The man who does the right realizes it. He wins and he makes it.
 # # #
 l am great believer in the man who makes good. That is why I believe in Oscar Underwood. He is a man who has made good in everything he has under taken in life. I have known him for twenty-five years and I have yet known no man to say aught against him.
 E x x
 Io ho rdi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
UNDERWOOD AND ROADS
rom the Washington Star.

From the Washington star.
 Representative underwood's practical interest in good roads indicates that he is one of the statesmen who are will ing to pause and give attention to mat ters of pure public welfare apart from their personal political prospects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
Corruption in the Stephenson Ga

OOfTuptIOH III tUe CtePHcHooH N"SS
 The standpatters in the Senate hold that the Senate is not concerned with the question of corruption in pri- mary-that corruption in legislature is as far as the Senate should go. The primary is considered in the Senate a dangerous innovation, and so it has proved to be to the standpatters in that body.
 Senator Bristow of the committee on privileges and elections holds that corruption on the part of Stephenson -jn . primary is as culpable as if it had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

|" HERE Is a cfeverness in every
 thing. It Is in every fellow who
 thinks he does a good work He thinks he ought to get the credit of what he does. And that fellow is right. The man who gets out and does some thing is the man who, of right and ought to be, the one who gets the credit of what he does. I refer to Oscar Turner. That fellow is a great big bag of energy and brain-a boy who believes In doing big things He is a boy who has not a selfish bone in his body. He Is full of the whole some-with an ambition to make good that which he undertakes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

fruitless, and after many years spent in diplomatic parleys war over Crete be- tween Greece and Turkey, for the Turks insist upon holding Greek agitation re- sponsible for the disorders on the island, seems to portend as much as ever the dreaded Balkan conflict
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

Owing to the want of an understanding with the groundhog. the western rivers have been compelled to postpone their early freshets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

England's industries are bottomed on coal, and an extension of the strike means the closing of almost every shop, for only few are stocked up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

Uncle Sam should make haste to rec ognize the republic of China, so that President Yuan can borrow money to pay off his soldiers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
LOCATING THE SPOT.

LOCATING THE SPOT.
 Says the Mexico Ledger's owl "capt. Jim Spicer, the old hero of Hominv Knob, west of town, tells the Owl, while Harold Dill. was escorting Miss Violet Wise to her home in East Mexico from dance, Saturday night, out on the Knob, ferocious dog attacked them and bit MT. Dill on the public square. Nuff sed" Kansas City Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

There Is altogether too much pussy footing in politics. It is contrary to the public good and to the trend of public sentiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

It begins to look as if Lodge-LonS- worth faction of neutrals and non-com- batants will have to be organized in the republican party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
NED BRACE TAKES OFF HIS HAT
 AND SUGGESTS IDEAS WHICH MUST WIN

nee-no man wuh all the detectives of the world can find one thing that any man in America would be willing to father againstosc Underwood.
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 And with 1t all, he commands the ad-s miration of America and the world in that he has always done what he conceived to be his duty. He has done it well, regard less of politics or personallties-he is mak- ing good; he has made good; he will make good; he is a manl The man always makes good. That's the reason why the great American public believes that Oscar Underwood will be the democratic nomi- nee and the next President of these United States, and that's the reason why the writer of this column will bank his repu- tation upon the same and be proud to sign the said prediction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

Secretary Knox's real task is to con- vince Latin America that the United States has no stock of gold bricks on nand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

Taft boiled in 1908 more votes thar Roosevelt did in 1904
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

Delegates are in demand and no dele gate should be pussyfoot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

England has 750OOO miners walking around expressing themselves freely on the pay envelope question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

Duty" says Senator Bourne, "called the Rough Rider" And duty did not have to speak very loud, either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

The house of governors is very much divided over the presidency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

Many a Chicago man awakes from dreams of baseball to be told to get out and shovel snow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

A MEMORY. The orchestra began to play A prelude soft and low; The heroine was turned away And wandered through the snow The villain stalked upon the scene In costly coat of fur, And saying, Hal 'Tis Angeline." He coldly laughed at her. The smoke curled from his cigarette, His trim moustache was black; As mean man as e'er you've met, Who'd stop at naught, alack She passed him by with fearful eye, He seized her by. the wrist Then round the throat-she raised a cry And struggled to resist. our hearts beat fast, our cheeks were hot. Excitement grew intense With such climax, sooth, the plot We thought must be immense. And when at last, the clouds dispersed. Behold happy scene The villain foiled. who hissed and cursed And harried Angeline
 
 Would shield her ever more. And love, he said. would weave a charm About their cottage door How bris1ly we applauded when. Thus ended all their woe. A melodrama pleased us then. But that was long ago.
 ONE MORE. Let the "Barbary Coast' out in Ran Francisco boast of having introduced the Grizzly Bear" the Turkey TrotH and the Bunny Hug" Birmingham Darktown bacchanals have dance called the Eagle Rock that is just like saying to the police, Come and get mel
 VIGOROUS. Quite number of editorials have re- gently appeared in newspapers bearing the caption, "Rayner on Roosevelt" Ther. was no use of adding, With Both Feet"
 THE BETTER BRANDS. tKeep your machinery we'll oiled-Lillian
 Russel.)
 try to, Lii,
 When we have dough.
 But liquor costs
 dime throw.
 Cincinnati Enquirer.
 To live in Gin.
 Must be immense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

President Madero is also experiencing an unusually hard winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

The winter wheat in Oklahoma grew so rapidly it was found best to put the horses where they could eat some of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

The standpatters say the Chicago con- vention will holler for Teddy and cast its votes for Taft. Next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

Mexico seems to be drifting to a gov ernment of bandits by bandits for ban dits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
LIE ELS MIRAGE

LIFEiS MIRAGE. The wight who dreams golden dream That never does come true, Perchance may catch of heayen a gleam As one afar doth view A radiant realm he'll ne'er attain, And yet, is greatly eheered And dreams that fair dream o'er again Till somber skies are cleared. e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

The country may conclude to Hay back and let the colonel knock himself into a cooked hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

EASY MARKS. There's naught so muchr The jokesmith glads As woman's wiles And fashions fads.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. Unless it be chance to sing A melodee To gentle spring.
 Youngstown Telegram
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

The colonel hears the call of the la- ton, but his ears may deceive him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
A FREQUENT TYPE.

'spooplegh is a connoisseur of. happi- ness"
 How would you define a connoisseur of happiness?"
 "A person who knows how to be happy but can't"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
TIAIOROrs

'1 am afraid SpinlSs his the wrong perspective of life'' "I shouldn't be at all surprised if that were true. Spinks usually looks at life over his wife's shoulder"
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
Down in Florida

D. F. Turnbull manager of the Bell Telephone company, has returned from Florida, where he paid short visit to Monticello, his old home, and Jackson vile. In talking to friends, he gained the impression that Underwood, as a presidential candidate. was wonderfully strong 40s sr4
 Tn Jacksonville I was told that lead ing politicians as well as citizens gen orally were giving enthusiastic support to the Alabama statesman" said MT. Turnbull. Wilson has an organiza- tions which is quite vocifereus. The Will son people are evidently supplied with the sinews of war. They had brass band rally the night I was there. but very few men participated in 1t. think Florida will be solid for Underwood in the Baltimore convention"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03
OUR SUGGEsTION

Daily Reader-Take your French poodle to dog hospital.-St Louis Times.
 Better yet, take him to sausage maker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-03

Spring is said to be travelling by slow freight and is delayed by numerous storms.