The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-15
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

 hair clipped by the wheels of pass ing engine. lie did not have to pay any thing for his haircut but was fined x5 for being drunk.
 The New York man who thought he wassa petrhed ant can sympathise with the southern man who thought he was stegomyia fasciata and was prostrat- ed every time he saw an oil can.
 'rhe most desirable place to live in?' asked the man who seemed to be worldly wise. That is easy. It is the place you are accustomed to; the place where you know all the hooks and corner9; where the people call you by your first name: where the kids on the street shout at you and old people smile at you indui- gently. In a few words, it is home. No matter how many disagreeable .,,~es may be attached to place, if you have lived there long time you hate to leave for more desirable location. It is the mother-love in another form. rhs most insignificant, the most unsightly and the deadest old pollywog of a village in the land has charm of it's own if It is the home of your childhood. Opportunity knocks at the door of many men and is not admitted simply because they are pleasantly situated in a town where they know everybody
 Some cartoonists are inclined to poke fun at the peace envoys who are lead ing polite life" at Portsmouth while Linevitch and Oyama are fencing in Man 0It Anx rbo f,,1xc n is in love with his job or that Baron Komura would like to be peace plen- ipotentiary all his life should interview these gentlemen on the subject right away.
 John D. Rockefeller declines to con tribute money to help establish a nursery in Brooklyn, not because he is in favor of race suicide but because his duty dictates that he give his money else where
 What is believed to be the second auto mobile accident in Birmingham is report ed in the columns of The Age-Herald this morning. A negro was run down yester- day at the corner of Second avenue and Eighteenth street. Such a record speaks well for the agility of our citizens in avoiding automobiles and is a compli- ment, perhaps to the caution exercised by our chauffeurs.
 The report that Secretary Shaw spent last Sunday at Saratoga should cause no alarm. Secretary Shaw does not carry the United States treasury around in his pockets.
 A poem was laid on the literary edi- tors desk. The pages were "misceila- neous," in that they were of many sizes and paper of a varied quality. ranging from note paper to the sheets torn from blank ledger. Most of the pages had been pasted and pieced together. Ono or two had been sewed up with white thread and the whole mess was sewed together at one end. An "excuse" accom- panied the manuscript. 'Ill bet that ia from a woman,' remarked the editor. It was.
 FIRST LESSONS ARE EASY.
 Now doth the schoolboy look with fear To the schoolhouse on the hill, Where he will soon betake himself But much against his will. Ere long he will his lessons learn Play hooky," at a pinch; Ride ponies" through the languages And swear they are a cinch. He'll snicker at the little girls Throw chalk with skillful aim, Shoot paper pellets at a chump And make him take the blame. Then comes recess with many joys And lunch to tempt a king, While noisy urchins wrangle and Shoot marbles in ring. Ye gods if this were all the school A fellow had to face Why life would be pipe, you bet The world a pleasant place. PAUL COOK.