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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
JANUARY MAGAZINES
The Modern School of Alliteratists.

Gellett Burgess in Harper's Magazine. We walk in the wide, white wood and
 watch
 For the whinnying wind to woo, In wisful vile, with the whiskers. wan, Of the wee wet, wisps of dew; And the wounded whimsical waves we
 weave
 Are woven in w. We wander and watch. and we wake to
 work
 The wall of the well-to-do, Who wonder well at the winning way Nc wilt into whispers new And the woeful. weird, and woody web We find out of w, Oh. to weep and vile is woman's wish, And to wash in the water too, Yet she wants to write and she wishes
 to wear The wings of a wizard too Why will she warble in wanton wise The wonderful w?
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A Radical Senate.

From the New York Sun.
 Thirsty representatives in congress are now learning by experience the dangers and mischiefs that come to nation into whose lawmalling bodies radicalism forces it's way. For many years the representatives have been in the habit of lowing politely to the anti-alcoholic sentiment of their dis tricts by sticking a rider on an appro- priation bill prohibiting the sale of liquor in the Capitol restaurant This action they have taken gladly, believ- ing that the members of the senate, influenced by a conservative attach ment for the old customs and habits of lawmakers, would refuse to pass the rider The system was splendid cne Every representative could re- turn to his home wringing his hands in grief over the senate's refusal to uphold the houses efforts for total abstinence; and in Washington each representative could refresh himself alcoholically. safe from the prying eyes of his non-indulging constituents.
 Year in and year out the house or representatives voted solemnly TOT a temperance restaurant; year in ana year out the senate refused to concur; and so every one was happy
 But last year the senators, perhaps a little weary of being pointed out by representatives as the advocates and defenders of the Demon Rum, in a moment of legislative radicalism took the house measure at it's face value and passed it.. Liquor can no more be sold in the Capitol restaurant. Mem bers who want to wet their whisles must do so from private stock or else journey down the hill to a public house. The senators are not put to such inconvenience when the need of stimulants overcomes them. Their chamber is better supplied with com mittee rooms in which private bot tie may be filed for reference, than is the house wing. But in the house a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
Pedicurine an Elephant.

A, W. Rolker in January MeClre's.
 The tools for trimming elephants feet are carpenter dra wknife and a rasp for the soles. and q horseshoers knife and sandpaper for the toe-nails. The operator places a beer keg or q strong box behind one huge hindfoot lightly prods the thick ankle with his elephant hook, and com mands the beast to Hold upi Up comes the mighty foot. slowly and heavily. but obediently as the Vevety paw of a kitten. The foot is rested on the box or the keg where it remains while the expert works on it much as a horseshoer pares the hoof of a horse Great sivers of the horny sole are sliced off until it is cut nearly to proper thickness, when the rasp is used to smooth off. Similarly, the toe-nails are treated with the knife and the sand paper. while the big patient stands with swinging trunk and an occasional wag of an ear too full of satisfaction for utter ance When the turn of the forefeet comes, the great beast is made to lie down on it's side and the hoofs are propped up and treated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
Birds of the Mid-Pacific.

From the London Globe.
 l On Layson, away out near the middle of the ocean, Walter K Fisher. who made the inquiry into bird life for the government. was amazed at the great number of birds and their surprising tameness.
 Popular opinion has held that birds of all kinds were naturally afraid of man, but those who have made a study of the subject oppose this theory. Naturally, birds do not show fear or man until they recognize in man dealy enemy.
 There were terms and albatrosses, booby birds, curlews, finches and man-o' wal birds in densely populated colonies all oyer the island. and beyond protests, such as bill snapping and sliding away when attempts to handle them were made, they took little notice of the blpeds without feathers who went among them.
 The investigators were able to approach as close as they desired to record with camera the domestic duties of mamma terms, and with tact not much time was required to get into caressing touch with any of the winged population.
 One of the most characteristic birds of lsaySon IS the gray -DaCekeu lell II ldNS a single egg on the sand and sometimes on the bare rock. When the chick IS matched, one of the parents stand senti- nel over the nestling. Approch of the investigators would cause the guardian of a nest to spread wing slightly, tilt tail and walk around in circles. Unlike our own tern, these of the far Pacific islands hold their bills straight out, like gull, when flying.
 In studying the white tern, or love bird, it was discovered that the parent in feeding its young brought two little fishes in its bill. It was always two, and how the provider for the tern household captured the second fish without un- bealSing the first was a puzzle they could n6S work out.
 Whenever the investigators approached the nest or young the white tern arose and lowered in front of their faces, peer ing intently al them, as if trying to di- vine their intentions. Just out of reach they would flutter, turning their heads from side to side and occasionally utter ing a droll and wheezy little cry. They did not offer to peck at the lntrnders. but seemed content to stare and wheeze.
 Terms on the wing al some distance would. on catching sight of the men, change their courses and fly close to for investigations. Terms standing guard over nestling would make no attempt to fly when approached and stroked on the back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
UnheaIthful Palaces.

From the London News,
 The illness of the czarina has been at tributed to the unsanitary condition of many royal palaces in Russia. It may be so. but there are cases where nitam- nation of the ear arises from quite other causes. There is of course. considerable difficulty in renovatng the private apart ments of a monarch. whose life is in con- stant and imminent danger from ohstin- ate anarchist intrigues. Unless rumor gravely lies, the czar himself does not know where he will sleep before night comes, and to throw open the geography of the palace to workmen would increase its terrors tenfold The hest plan would be to employ foreigners, and preferably. Inelishmen. who are. least of all touch- ed by hatred of monarchy. A court is always conservative like a university, and 1t is not uninteresting to compare the statements about the damp and un- healthy palaces of Russia with the fla nous American mothers characteristic condemnation of the colleges at Oxford
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
SONG OF THE STRICKEN.

Ry A. J. Campbell, in The Sketch.
 Qn a Swinburnian Ven.) With the wet of the wandering wind, That soughs from the sibilant South Gike the stroke of a soul that hath
 sinned), Ton smote on my nostrils and mouth; '-ca fixed in the wolds I would shun, I found, though. ah! never l sought
 Nou- You mocked the pale triumph 1 won
 When 1 caught you Fierce fever of fliekering fire, Close clutch that is handless-yet clings (Ahi loathing. akin to desire, Of most undesirable thingsD Go, fly. fraught with famine and wan. To your birthplace in fostering fens-ah, Insatiate infection. begonei-
 Inhuenzal
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thirsty man would hardly dare to keep a personal stock ol liquor; there is not sufficient privacy to protect him, and it. from the curious and the thirsty.
 So it happens that the sign familiar to all who go down to the sea in ships appears in the shadow of the capitol at Washington, "The Las. Chance" on the side away from the great dome, "The First Chance" facing the national legislatures home.
 It's long, hard walk from the house to The First Chance, and some repre- sentatives who bid their constituents farewell with rotudn and fleshy build, will return their homes trained down, lean, and determined never to place dependence again on the conservatism of the senate of the United States. 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
 RHYME AND DOGGERAL OF TODAY.

You've not the heart to say mo- Tip, Tip! Tip!
 Till the brain begins to swim, Tip Tip! Tip.
 Till all traces of profit grow dim. Cents and dollars and checks,
 Checks and dollars and cents, Till he closes the snap of his purse with
 vim
 In absolute sef-defense. Oh what joyous time,
 Prom which they never forbear; It's a paying game for others maybe, And it comes round every year. From cook to housemaid, valet, boy, They all want their Christmas tip, As they show with unvarying rectitude Accounts of their stewardship. With pocketbook quite void, And weary of smelling out, He was visibly annoyed
 At the monetary drought Tipi Tip! Tip
 From the least to the highest grade. For there wasn't a man who didn't ask; So he put on a hypocritieal mask And paid and paid and paid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
EuNNIE ST.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. There's nothing quite As funny as A woman, after all. There's nothing quite So great and so Atomically small: For instance. l Was neved loved More truly by the mad, (Said Merry HaD- Than on the day Before l was betrayedi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
Origin of "Parsifal."

Henry Krehbiel's volume Studies in the Wagnerian Drama" Is in demand at present, say the Harpers, because of its scholarly account of "Parsfal." Mr.
 Krehbel inquiries into the origin of the opera. and shows that it was an off, spring of two previous dramas of Wag- ner's, one of which was entitled Jesus of Nazareth" the other '"rhe Nictors In his analysis of the later and greater opera. Mir. Krehbiel says: "rhe funda- mental clements of the music of 'Parsifal are suffering and aspiration. When they arc apprehended. the ethical purpose -f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
Millions for Autos.

From Harper's Weekly
 According to an authority on automo- bling Great Britain provides the world s largest market for motor-cars. The great majority of these machines come from the Continent. the importation figures for last year being $500 cars. valued at $5,- 230. .000; for the current year the figures have increased to 5S3D cars, amounting in value to SS.000,0O0. It is said that most of the expense is q matter of wages, as the raw material of the machines is of little comparative value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
THE VAMPIRE cAesMAN.

THE VAMPIRE cA6sMAN. By Wallace Irwin CMith the customary apologies to Kip ling) A dub there was and he paved his fare,
 (Even as you and meD To a cab and a thug and a spawned mare, CWe'd warned aim in time, but we didn't dare). But the dub he called it a swell affair
 tEven as you and meD Oh. the cash we waste and the time we waste On those pilfering cab magnates. On the naughty guy in the hanson box Who deals in bank notes, bonds and stocks With the air of John W. Gates. A dub there was and he went to the show,
 Gwen as you and meD In hanson cab for he didn't know Chats the way with the public, they never will know) That the cabby was sizing him up for his dough,
 CEven as you and meD Oh, the way we rave and the way we be- have. Till the argument makes us hoarse.
 
 moan. Though we most assuredly should have known We'd be overeharged, of course. A du bthere was and he showed his roll,
 Gwen as you and meD And the cabman charged him five dollars toll, q suppose he needed the money-poor soulD But the dub declared that the money was stole,
 Gwen as you and meD And it isn't the cost and the money lost That burns like a red-hot nail, But it's just the thought that we're also soaked, Like the thousands of other dubs who are soaked By the cabmans sliding scale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
Future Uses of Old Age.

From Success.
 Our old men are going to be our future workers, if we are to credit a theory pro- nounded in the recent work Professor Eli Metchnikoff of the Pasteur Institute in Paris. He minds us that in the case of some of the mort industrious of the lower creatures, such as ants and bees, the workers are distinct from the breed- CTS. third or neutral sex having been evolved by modification of one or both of the others. With man. no neutral sex has appeared. but both sexes cease the work of reproduction at fixed period of life. This. then, is the most favorable period for work. and when science has eliminated the infirmities of age. as Professor Metchnikoff believes 1t is nov able, and soon will be able to do, the aged will be our most vigorous and efficient toilers. This is a parodXical conclusion. and one that will hardly gain the con sent of all physiologists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
CHRISTMAS EXCURSIONS.
Very Low Rates Via Southern.

Account Christmas holidays Southern Railway will have on sale December 23. 24. 25 30. s1 and Januay 1. round trip tickets to all points south of the Ohio and Patomac. and east of the Mississippi rivers, limited January 1. 1904 at greatly reduced rates To teachers and students presenting proper credentials. round trip tickets will be sold daily December IS to 22 inclusive. limited January 8. 1904.
 For further particulars. apply Passenger Office Morris hotel building; telephone GIT. J. c. LUSK,
 l2-5-27t District Passenger Agent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
"outanders" in German Schools.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
 The "Outlander.n or foreign students, in the German universities number 2l3l. or more than per cent of the total Of 8 Sl3 matriculated students Berlin. Hei- delberg and Leipsic are the favorite in- stitutons for foreigners who constitute l5 per cent of the student body in each. On the other hand. Bonn and the other famous universities. which in the past have attracted votaries from the wide world, report very smal percentage of foreigners. The students from Russia in all the universities aggregate S60; Austrie- Hungary follows with 536; America con tributes 276: Switzerland, 2J3; England li9; and Asia 13S. It Is noteworthy that nearly all the Asians are Japanese and 1t is rather surprising that so many as thirty-six Turks are enrolled. The Amer ican contingent is not 1early so large as would be expected. considering the in creasing number of Americans who are seeking an education, This is 10 be ac- counted for, perhaps, by the growth of our universities, which offer in labora- tories and special reseach the opportuni- ties which in a past generation were to be found only abroad. Germany is still in the lead in technical education, and the technical schools are so much "oVerrun,
 as the Germans put it, with "outlanders,
 that the cry has been raised in Germany that German schools are for Germans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
An Ancient Snuff Mill.
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From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Two ancient snuff miss on Crum creek near Leipervlle. Pa, have long caused conjecture as to how it happened that the man of many industries should introduce the manufacture of snuff in this vicinity at that early date. Although snuff-pinch- ing and snuff-dipping were common in- dulgences in those ancient days, it was unusual to find mills for its manufacture so far north at that time.
 The fact that Thomas Leiper, who came America from Scotland in 17Gi, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
E BALLAD OF WILLIAM BROKER.

VIE BALLAD OF WILLIAM BROKER. From Life. Bill Broker was godlie man,
 As all manlSynd reealle He laboured in ye lytte streete
 Which bears le name of Walle. He was a shearer of ye sheepe,
 And, eke, ye softe-eyed lamb; He clipped them close, and kept ye wool Of sheeplet and yts dam. For" as ye jente Bill remarked,
 ''Ye Borde doth temper wynd To mutton whych hath loste yts eoate, Soc vt will never mynd" A Preacher Man once sayd to Bill,
 My friend, you shoulde not lay Uppe for yourself this earthly pelf
 Whych moths willie frette away Butte Bill replyde in aksents myld:
 "Id scorn to work for wealth This is earth's greatest watring-place; I'm just here for my health"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
THE TALE OF THE TIP.

From the New York Sun. With pocketbook quite void,
 And weary of smelling out, He was visibly annoyed
 At the momentary drought; Tipl Tipl Tip.
 From the least to the highest grade, For there wasn't man who didn't ask, So he paid. and paid, and paid. Tip, Tip, Tipl
 Of modesty not trace; Tip Tip Tipi
 With reasonable grace. It's ohl to be a boss.
 With a score of clerks or so, But supposing your business shows loss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
No Season for Them.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 q saw Chinaman eating oysters to- day. Isn't that queer?'
 Why is that queer?''
 Why, I don't see how oysters could ever be in season for a Chinaman. There is no "R" in any month on the Chinese calnndar'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

"I cheerfully Lydia F Rnlzham's pound to suffering sisters pect medicine for all female de- troubled with female Had headache and such bearngon pains friend advised medicine which did, and after using the first bottle of table Compound box Liver Pills eo used the sanave Wash and
  I mt for
  do Michs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
ROOM UP FRoNT.v

From the Baltimore American. In the jammed and bouncing street car l was hanging to q strap Trying hard to keep from sitting in some total strangers lap; Every time we stopped, some others scrambled hurriedly aboard, While in tones that thrilled with earnest ness the blue clad man implored. 70, there's plenty room up front there if you'll move along and hunt Step a little lively, people for there's
 Room
 Up
 Front" If we'd heed that little lesson as we struggled day by day Toiling on and moiling onward in a dull' half-hearted way. If we'd make a resolution that we'd do our work so well That unless the others hustled we'd be certain to excel, We would feel a lot less crowded as We do our daily stunt If we'd step little lively thered be
 Room
 Up
 Front"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
Araminta Emma Jane.

too much would not exact From your heart or hand or bra. And l now hereby retract Each offensive word and act.
 Your first kindness to regain. I would please you that's fact, Araminta Emma Jane.
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ation was done Then the abscess was cleaned and syringed with peroxide of hy- drogen, the ropes and slings united, ana the man-eater left to awaken to re- loVing surprise.
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Bishop Doane on Divorce.

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-27
A PLEA.

From the Chicago News. Araminta Emma Jane.
 Tell me why you treat me e. 1 am filled with care and pain
 As you daily colder grow Some consideration show;
 Do not let me beg in vain; What you want pray let me knu'. Araminta Emma Jane.
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1T tell what remedies have done for Before taking headache would be would everything strange and would where
 went to our local doctor He medicine but it did to do good but after taking Lydia D. Pmkhams Vege- table Compound, began to improve at
 honestly all suffering to 8
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Haran Plumbing Co.,, will move to 1909 Third avenue on January lst, 1904
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Araminta Emma Jane,
 Let the brittle china fall, All the linen smut and stain.
 Let your suitors nightly call, | will sing exceeding small
 If you only will remain. Better you than none at all,
 Araminta Emma Jane.
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The best = Myrtle Bloom Whiskey = 75c full quart. Budweiser Saloon. cor. lst avenue and 18th st. Frank Leonard, Manager.
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far MNM FORFEIT WDUUU unenes Pinkham Medicine
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there anything in about which would li special advice write freely Mrs. Pnkham She will in strict She surely help for ills She has helped hundreds of thousands of back health Her address advice foolish if do accept
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
EVERY CITIZEN A CAPITALIST.
Ultimate General Diffusion of Wealth
Amono the PEOPLE,

Ultimate General Diffusion Of Wealth
Among the People.
The outlook may be long one, but
it is clear that consolidation is a
movement that must result in an ulti-
mate general diffusion of wealth In
average ownership and consequently
in the average income and comfort,
and in considerable reduction of the
difference between the average wealth
and that of those whose possession is
greatest. There is clearly visible
time when every worthy citizen shall
have become a capitalist with greater
or smaller investments in the industry
Gr industries which he prefers. How
powerfully this must work toward
general contentment and the stabil.
ity of society need not be discussed.
Clearly the conception is of much
truer industrial democracy than that
contemplated by the socialist who
crudely imagines that industrial equal
ity can be achieved by making the d.
rection of industry a political func.
Magazine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
Pine Lands of the South.
Experts Maintain They Can Be Made Fertile and Profitable
If Properly Cufnvated-Good News for
Mississippi and louisiana

In the early days of California, when
its mineral wealth had turned the eye
of the whole world in that direction,
an enterprising American planted a
small patch Of ground near San Fran
cisco i'm fruit and grain. He was the
subject of much ridicule among the
pioneers, says the New Orleans Times
Democrat, and one of the men most
prominent in mining circles smiled
derisively at the man who was trying
to get money out of the earth with
spade instead of a. pickax.
Il wouldn't give 800 for all the
crops that the Pacific coast will ever
grow" are the memorable words he
said, and in this he only echoed pub
lie sentiment. The sandy, semi-arid
soil of California was regarded as I'M
fit for cultivation. The country, it
was predicted, would never be any
thing but mining camp Agriculture
was out of the question. The soil
was poor and rainfall deficient. But
the prophet, like most others, has
proved totally wrong. The mining in
terests of California have shrunk to
small proportions; agriculture now
contributes most of the wealth, and
the state is one of the richest in the
union in it's farms, producing in the
census year crops valued at $131 $780,
SOC of the most varied character. .S.
In an address before the immigra-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
HINT for enfury Oh Rum
Precious Liquid Bfied Mount Katahdn One Hundred
Years Ago Beme Eagerly Sought For BY De- .
THS4ss. $ scendans Of Tie Man Who FAid IL l..

During the forenoon Of July 4, 1903,
Amos Patten of Bangor climbed to the
top of Mount Katahdin, accompanied
by two guides. They were the first
white men who ever set foot upon
the summit of Names highest noun
tain. ~. <4'# g.. r. .s +, a, II -+,..,. ~
In his diary of the trip Mr.. Patten
records that he gave three cheers for
the United States of. America, three
more for the American eagle and then
cried Death to all traitors!" three
times. After these ceremonies he sang
Yankee Doodle" in "a loud, clear
voice" and when he had finished the
patriotic exercises of the day he and
his guides took 1.-TWO stiff horns Of new
rum, engraved our names on sheet
of lead, Wrapped the same about a
gallon jug of rum and buried both un-
der cat spruce tree on the very
top
At his death the patriotic mountain
climber left an estate valued at $75,.
00O and family of five sons, all of
whom made repeated trips to the
mountain to find the hidden record
and the aging rum, which was doing
no good to anybody.
On July 4, 1853, sixteen Pattens
stood on the mountain top and' sang
Yankee Doodle" Hail Columbia
and "The Star Spangled Banner"
They also camped among the trees
and made thorough search for the