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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
From the Chicago Tribune.

1FOnl the chicago Tribune.
- UMAN brains are the strangest
61N wsirdest pieces of mechanism
No two are alike. no rule gov
erns all and every man thinks at DIFF
brain depends entirely upon the person
and the condition of that person at GER
tain times. Responses to thought vary in
speed from a mile a minute to twenty
feet in second, under normal conditions,
yet at times the telegraphic service from
the brain to the organs Of the body is
interrupted and communication is estab-
lished only after rest or sleep.
Dr. Lander Brunton has discovered how
to have ideas at WILL If you want to
remember something that has slipped your
mind or to force a wearied brain to work
either lie down or hang your head low.
Better still, in extreme cases, stand on the
head
DR.. Brunton. after one particularly hard
days work, was compelled to finish an
important medical treatise. He sat down
with pen and paper ready-when his brain
quit work. Not an idea would come, nor
could he write a word.
My brain is the same as yesterday
he thought "It worked well .then. Why
not now? 1t must be because my circula-
ton is bad because of weariness'
He studied the problem for some time.
and came to the conclusion that. If the
cerebral circulation was so poor that there
was no mental activity he must create the
circulation. If the blood would not flow
to the brain he would force 1t there. So
he put his head down on the table. and
the Ideas began to flow at once. After
ten minutes he thought he had enough
ideas to start the article, so he raised his
head again-but the ideas flowed away.
He finished the treatise by resting his
head fat on the table and writing.
While 1t requires some time for any or
gan to respond to the order of the brain
the speed of thought itself is much faster.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
MARRIAGE REFORM IN FRANCE

From the New York Times.
Divorce proceedings instituted by the
Countess de Castellane (nee Could against
her husband, Count Boni, as well as Mrs.
Edith Wharton's story. Madame de
Treymes." in the current Scribner's mag
azne, have served to turn American at
tention to the work of the French mar
riage reform committee, which is about
ready to present a bill to the chambers.
This bill is based on the premise that
the institution of marriage is passing
through a critical phase. and that the
terms of a contract, the manner of en-
tering into it. as well as the means to
break it. must be modified lest men be
tempted to dispense with it altogether.
The bill places great faith in what are
commonly known as love Matches Di
vorce is recognized as a necessary evil.
and in some cases a necessary remedy.
The preamble of the measure deliberately
states that the civil equality of both
sexes is fundamental principle of mod
ern law" hence. a married woman In
France Is to be placed on the same foot
ing as regards the enjoyment and dispo-
sition of her property or earnings as that
usually conceded to American women UNI
der state law.
The new bill, however, goes further. 1t
contends that equality in one respect en-
tails equality in all. and that in seeking
to obtain a divorce a woman should stand
in the same place as man. 1t is rec
ognzed frankly that the practice of d.
vorces is a perpetual menace to the Sc
curity Of n woman's future. but 1t Is also
laid down that in the interests of the wo-
man herself the facilities for having re-
course to it must he increased rather than
diminished, and that she must look to her
own conduct and an improved legal STATUS
for protection.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
He Was Born in Kentucky.

Shelby M. Cullom was born on No
yember %, 1929. In Kentucky He has
held a seat in the Senate since March
4. 1888, and his new term will carry
him to March 4, 1913, when he will
have served thirty years in the Sen
ate. He will then be within hailing
distance of his century. Only five Sen
ators, Messrs. Allison. Morgan, Hale,
Frye and Aldrich, have served longer
time. ~
The truth is Shelby Moore Cullom is
a wonder in a state that does not stay
pat" considerable time. 1t is state
that has ever been prolific in changing
conditions, and yet the veteran has met
those conditions and turned them to
account. He was first elected to office
fifty-six years ago, when he was but 81
years old, and he has scarcely been a
citizen in private life since that time.
He was one of the founders of the
republican party, and as a lawyer he
was often associated with Abraham
Lincoln, whom he greatly resembles
physically. He has won votes by hts
resemblance to Lincoln, and when
Governor Yates attempted last week
to unseat him he soon ascertained that
he had bitten off more than he could
chew. Cullom was given another SEN
atorial term by good round majority
in the new official primary that Illinois
has adOptpd
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
You could hardly get anybody to be
bad il that was the way to be a good cit
izen.
The best time woman has going abroad
is waving goodbye to all her envious
friends.
A mans Judgment is not to be men
toned with the way a woman can do
things without any.
When a girl would like broiled steak and
French fried potatoes she seems TO think
you would imagine 1t worse than for her
to have fat ankles.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
THE BRAIN OLDEST OF
MACHINES SLIPS COGS

, Helmholtz discovered that a thought wave
travels a mile of nerve in minute while
IIersch learned that touch was reeog-
nized by the brain and responded to in
one-seventh of a second
Professor Donders perhaps the greatest
authority and experimenter has learned
that the brain action in responding to ona
of the senses is 10000 of second OF
this 100000 of second Is consumed by
the act Of recognition and $4,000 to re-
spending.
All great brains have their peculiarities
and their weaknesses, resulting from un-
conscious brain action
Or. Johnson, the great philosopher was
terribly afraid of death, and with all his
philosophy could not overcome the horror
ana would not permit death to be men,
TONED IN his presence. Also he was SUI
perstitlous. He would not enter A room
with his left foot foremost, and IL by acct
dent he took the first step with his left
foot he stepped backward in sudden ter-
ror and entered with his right foot
Julius Caesar, to whom the music of
great battles was sweet, trembled at the
sound of thunder and built cellars un-
der his house where he might hide to es-
cape the sound. Queen Elizabeth. one of
the most fearless of women, trembled like
leaf at the sound of it and changed
color at the same word. Marshal Saxe
hero of many battles, screamed and
fled at the sight of cat, while Peter the
Great would not cross bridge unless
it was absolutely necessary and then
crossed in terrible alarm. being weak and
sick afterward from terror.
One great American general recovering
from a severe illness, found that he had
entirely lost the power to speak or write
proper names or any substantive but his
memory supplied him with adjectives
readily. He overcame his difficulty by
designating any one of whom he wished
TO spead by calling him by his size, the
color of his hair or eyes, or by his ply
steal peculiarities
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
IN HOTEL LoBBIBS
Substantial Improvsments.

birmingham Is going forward in a
most substantial way" said L. r. Little,
a travelling man Il am here this week
for the first time since last December,
and observe notable improvements Here
are a few of the new things attracting
my attention; The Brown-Marx fifteen
story building. the Majestic theatre, the
Florence hotel remodeled. the mammoth
union passenger station In course Of con-
struction. and many handsome stores
on Third avenue. Other improvements
have been made. doubtless, but those men
toned have Impressed me Birmingham is
the most progressive city in the SOUTH
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
THE BAREFOOT BOY,

By John Greenleaf Whittier.
Blessings on thee. little man,
Barefoot boy, with cheek OF tan!
With thy turned-up pantaloons,
And thy merry whistled tunes;
With thy red lip. redder still
Kissed by strawberries on the hill;
With the sunshine on thy face,
Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace
From my heart I give thee joy
| was once a barefoot boy,
Prince thou art--the grown-up man
Only is republican.
Let the million-dollared ridei
Barefoot, trudging at his side,
Thou hast more than he can buy
In the reach of ear and eye
Outward sunshine, inward Joy:
Blessings on thee. barefoot boyi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
A WoMAN's LOGIC.

From the New York Press.
you women are queer creatures COM
mented the bachelor.
"Yesl" replied the pretty girl, who had
heard it often before; then she waited for
what was coming.
Here you are wearing fewer clothes
every years-openworks pumps which are
cut much lower than shoes, waists with
out collars. elbow sleeves, thin frocks and
no hats-and yet-yet you put on long
gloves on a hot day What for?'
The p. G. smiled sweetly at him as she
pushed her long-wristed kids up with a
fascinating gesture.
Because they look so NICE she an
sWered
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
ON ITS ROUND.

From Tit-Bits, London.
Waiter. do you mean to say this Is tho
steak ordered?'
Yes. SIR"
ut looks like the same steak the gen.
tleman across the table refused to eat
few minutes ago."
Yes, sir; we always try 1t three times
before we give 1t up. sir
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

From the Chicago Tribune.
II s'pose you're takin' vacation?'
Eyes, and I've earned it, by Georgei
It's the first time I've had one for a year.
Been working like a horse for twelve long
months"
You think that's tough, do you, mis-
ter? You don't know what hard luck it..
If you had to hunt jobs, the way l do.
you'd change your tune. I've only had
three months work in the last year
Then you've had nine months vaca-
ton, you lucky dog. What are you kick
ing about?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
DISAPPOINTME EMIT

From Pick-Me-Up. London.
observation-disclosures. l advertised under
an assumed name that l would like to
make the acquaintance of a nice gentle
man.
Mamma-How shocking, And what was
the result?
Daughter only got one answer. and
that was from papa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
Fishing In Canada.

The finest fishing in America Is to
be found among the Thousand Isles and
along the St Lawrence river in Canada,
said J. II. Crawford of Jasper at the
Hotel Morris last night.
My wife and l and Mr.. and Mrs. j. II
Bankhead, Jr., have Just returned from
a two-weells' trip In that territory, and
we have never enjoyed a more pleasant
outing. Mrs. Crawford enjoys fishing as
a sport and was thoroughly delighted
with the results of the trip
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
WELLMAN'S CAREER AS
GIVEN BY AGED MOTHER

B. Hersey representing the United States
government and the National Geographic
Society," CASTOR Heryien, aeronaut in
chief: Maxwell j. Smith. wireless tele-
graph expert, and Paul Colardeu, expert
mechanician in charge of the motors"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Justice Brewer has almost as many
opinions on all sorts of subjects as the
Emperor William. The two men are
competing for the blue ribbon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
TOMMY GETS INFORMED

From Judge.
Paw"
Eyes. Tommy"
what is Roquefort?'
Spoiled cheese. my son.
"And what is Limburger?"
Spoiled Roquefort."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Chaos reigns in the Russian villages.
No authorities are obeyed or respected
there. The education of the Russian
peasants may have been too rapid.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

The Mutual Life management is foxy.
1t furnishes lists of policyholders with
erroneous addresses attached to the
names. In plain folks this would be a
criminal disobedience of the law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

George Rossi. the Syrian leper, is in
the mountains of West Virginia, where
he Is creating a panic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

What are the hot waves saying,
brother? The New York Mail says 1t
knows, but it isn't fit to print
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Secretary Shaw's pendulum swung
the other way this time, and he fears
1t will not swing back before 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Senator Cullom has the habit of win
ming, and he was not bit surprised
when the recent result was announced
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Millionaires and even billionaires at
tract no attention nowadays unless
they get into a scandal in the courts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

The small depositors of the Stems
land bank in Chicago will get nearly
all their money back. The failure was
otherwise about as bad as bank fall
ure can be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

The more iron is made, the more the
demand is for it-at any rate the situa-
ton seems to run that way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Governor Yates, who was defeated
for the Senate by Senator Cullom, is
the man who shipped his COW to and
from the capital by slapping an express
frank on her rump.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Four games out of the five to be
played in Montgomery would render
the pennant an assured fact. Three
out of five would give the home team
a fighting chance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Tnaw has decided to stand trial sane,
and the insanity experts are blue. The
biggest fees have vanished into thin
air.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

The republican congressional COM
mittee counts that day lost that does
not bring in a dollar.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

1t may be that Gourdaln expects to
charge an admission price after he
builds his private prison.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Congressman J. Adam Bede says
there are not five men in Congress who
are unfit to be President They all
write for the Congressional Record.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

State after state is pledged to VIII
liam jennings Bryan. and he promises
to be nominated long before the CON
vention meetst.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

A contest over the Sage millions Is
certainty, for the lawyers and ex-
perts need the money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

A special federal grand jury in Chi
cago is sitting on Standard Oil meth
DDS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Addicks has sent a dollar to the re-
publican fund 1t is, alas, tainted
money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

The democrats of Idaho denounce
the political bargain which exists be
tween the republican party and polyg-
amy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

The autocracy proposes to bride the
peasants in submission by giving them
land.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10
NO ZEAL GRIEVANCE,

The nation that does Japan wrong
tackles the wrong tomcat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Freedom is still shrieking, although
Kosciusko fell long ago, and 1t Is
shrieking the loudest in Kosciusko's
native land
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

The $4,000 depositors in the Stems
land bank may be paid in full.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

The Hearst boom for governor in
New York is no longer considered a
joke.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Mr.. Fairbanks does not consider the
country in condition to receive cool
counsel, and he will make no speeches
this fall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

The Iowa idea is simple enough. 1t
is to make Governor Cummins Presl-
dent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Paul Morton is coming home. The
country Is not quite itself with him
away.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

The old pops are dead and buried.
but crop of new pops has sprung up.
They are largely young republican rad
icals whose chief doctrine consists in
an unlimited abuse of corporations,
monopolies and trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. post
office as second-elass matter under act
OF Congress March B. 1879.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-10

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stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
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Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1421 G..
street. n. w.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29
DECLARES BATTERY
WAS JUSTIFIED.

OAKLAND. Sept 2s.-Because the
testimony of witnesses showed that
his wife had chased him all over the
house with a loaded revolver and had
several times threatened to take his
life, charge OF battery against p. J..
Land, who was arrested on May Is on
complaint of his wife, was dismissed
In Department I of the Police Court
this morning. Judge Smith in dis
missing the complaint remarked that
in his Judgment the accused was the
aggrieyed rather than the aggressive
party.
Land testified that on going home on
the day Of his arrest his wife had re-
fused him admission to the house and
had held the door when he attempted
to open 1t. In forcing the door open
he had thrown his wife against the
wall. He then, according to his story,
went to his room. where his wife sud
denly appeared with a revolver in her
hand, and. pointing the weapon at him,
had forced him to fee for his life.
Other witnesses corroborated the tes-
timony of the accused, and after listen
ing to the evidence Judge Smith dis
missed the case, declaring that the
prosecution had failed to establish a
case of battery, as man certainly had
a right to enter his own house, even
II forced to use violent means to do so.
A divorce suit is now pending in the
Superior Court by which the bonds
which hold the Lands against their
inclinations will probably be dissolved
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29
WHY WOMEN SUFFER.

Women have so much to go through
in life that 1t is pity there is SO much
needless suffering from backache. head
ache, dizziness, languor and other COM
mon aches and Ills of kidney complaint.
Doan's Kidney Pills have brought
new life and strength to thousands of
women afflicted in this way.
Women are prone to kidney trouble.
They have so much indoor work to do,
so much lifting, bending and STOPPING;
they are bound by custom to tight,
heavy clothing. They get little out
door exercise, and any little cold may
bring on a kidney weakness.
Don't worry If you feel tired and
dragged out-if you have backache
and bearing down pain, headache, dizzy
spells, faintness and lack ambition.
Don't think it's some trouble peculiar
to the sex. Men suffer in the same
way when they have kidney trouble.
Ask yourself this question: Are my
kidneys well?' The condition of the
kidney secretions may give you an an
swer If there is q brick-dust sediment
or stringy settling in the urine; II
passages are too frequent and copious
or scanty and painful, 1T is time to
begin using Doan's Kidney Pills. De-
lay may run you into Brights disease
or diabetes
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
What Hunyadi Janos Is
The Origin of the Name

In Hungary. In the 18th century.
there lived a wonderful man-a great
soldier and wise statesman-who was
principally instrumental IN driving back
the ''unspeakable Turk" and Keeping
him out Of Hungary at the period when
bands of these marauders were ravag-
ing most of Europe BY his victories in
war and peace this man endeared HIM
self to the people and gained a great
and permanent place in the nations his
tory. His name was HUNYADI JANOS.
or John Hunyadi. as 1t would be in
English. To the present day In the
affections of all Hungarians he holds
the place of one Of their greatest na-
tiona1 heroes. Is II strange. then, that
they should wish to give this honored
name to one Of their most wonderful
natural products-the famous, Mineral
Laxative Water from the springs at
Budapest? The unfailing value Of this
water as a sure and gentle natural
laxative has gained for 1T worldwide
reputation, greater even than that en-
loved by old John Hunyadi In Hun
gary bottle costs but a triffe and
Contains many doses. One dose. n a
tumblerful drunk on arising, slightly
warmed for best resultsl, will within
an hour move the bowels gently but co.
pfously. At all druggists. Ask for Il
by the full name-HUNYADI JANOS.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29
BIG CROWD VIEWS
assassin BODY.

SACRAMENTO. Sept. 2s.-The an
nouncement that the body of Adolph
Weber had been brought down from
Folsom prison and was at the Morgue
led thousands of men and-women to
that place tonight. The crowd poured
into the room where the body of the
young murderer lay cof1ned and filed
out to make room for others.
Many fashionably dressed women
were in the long procession, and as
they emerged to the sidewalk could be
heard discussing the appearance of the
executed murderer with the same ap-
parent enjoyment they would display
on leaving a ti1eater.
Weber lay in his coffin as though
asleep. A livid mark around the neck
showed where the rope had robbed
him of life. Aside from this mark,
however, there was nothing about the
body to reveal to the curious the man
ner of his death.
The body will BIZ sent to San Fran
cisco tomorrow for cremation. 1t is
understood an examination of the brain
will be made at the request of rela-
tives.