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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Effects of Music,

IT have made wonderful discovery"
said a professional gentleman. 'I have
discovered practical use for the phono-
graph.
Some time ago I read In a magazine
that If a person would preserve his
equanlmity until 10 o'clock in the morning
the rest Of the day would pass as smooth
as oil. But the trouble with me was that
directly l got out of bed something oc-
CURED to put me in bad humor. I used to
be ashamed to think such little matters
could discompose me, but they did.
well, one morning while in that frame
of mind l passed store where a phono-
graph was playing a lively air and I felt
that influnece Immediately. That evening
l bought one of these machines on my
way home and the next morning directly
l got out of bed started it to play. The
effect was magical. l did a two-step
around the room to the time of the tune.
l brushed my hair and finished with a
flourish as the music came to grand
finale. l came down to breakfast and for
got to grumble about the cold coffee, the
stale biscuits or the tough steak. The
clerks in the office noticed my good hui
NOR and felt sure something unusually
good must have happened
Ever since then l set that machine to
play every morning and, would you be-
lleve it, I have actually gained in weight.
I'm telling you this story In the hopes
that you will pass 1t along to some fellow
who is troubled with the complaint l
used to suffer FROM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
In to the Missjssipnl.

The official reports from Louisiana
show that the boil weevil now infests
nearly the whole of the state of Louis
lana. 1t has also entered Arkansas
In the last thirty days the insects have
migrated both northward and east
ward, and they have at length come 10
the big river. The evidence does not
show that they have as yet crossed it,
but ii does show that they are on the
west bank at point a little above
Baton Rouge. The capital of the state
is on the east bank, and nearly dozen
productive parishes lie east of the
river in Louisiana. Thus far no boil
weevils have been seen in the parishes
east of the river.
The season may be closed without
the appearance of the insects on the
east bank, but this would lend no en-.
couragement to those who are combat
ting the pest. 1t is a migratory insect,
and its eggs are easily transported in
cotton seed or cotton seed hulls. An
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

IT is funny how sluggish a. fellows
brain will become somtimes, even
when he goes to bed comparatively
early the night before and takes nothing
stronger than a few rounds of White
Rock But funnier. even than that is how
easy It is to talk and say nothing. You
probably have no idea what we are driv-
ing at. and you no doubt wonder If we
have gone crazy this morning. The fact
is, this is a dull day and, as mentioned
above, there are times when ones capacity
for thinking up something new is limited.
To explain We usually start off every
morning with paragraph that has an
initial at the left hand corner. Unless
there are. a certain number of lines, say
at least eight or ten, the paragraph will
not carry" an initial letter BY actual
count we have turned out twenty-five and
a half lines and having provided for that
initial letter, will proceed blithely with
our daily task.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Richard n. Clarke.

The death of ex-Congressman Richard
II. Clarke will be sincerely lamented
throughout Alabama. 1T seems but yes
terday since I had the pleasure of meet
ing Mr.. Clarke here in Birmingham when
he paid this city a visit in the course of
his canvass for alternate senator" said a
prominent democrat.
Everyone that knew Dick Clarke loved
the man. He was about as perfect gem
ture, his honest look. his cheerful dispo-
sition, made him welcome to all men and
in all places
II heard him speaking in the debate
with Colonel Bankhead The majority of
the people present did not know the man
at all, but 1t is safe to say he polled near
ly every vote that was among his aud
fence and that was not because his argu-
ments were better than Bankhead's, but
was due simply to the magnetism of his
personality.
No man has died in this state in recent
years whose death will be more profound
ly regretted. The circumstances of his
death add to the sorrow the people will
feel.
Mobile has lost one of her best and
truest citizens. Although his death came
al time when his ripe judgment and ae
tive mind would have entitled him to high
honors, yet he has left behind him a rec
ord of services rendered which will ever
keep his memory green in the hearts of
his countrymen."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
HOURS OF SLEEP.

From the Cleveland Leader.
The belief that the hours of sleep should
be artiaclaly restricted is contrary to
ordinary good sense. If the human body
does not need sleep for the upbuildins
of Its tissues It will not call for 1t. A
rule of health which cannot be wrong Is
to sleep if possible as long as any in
eiination for It's exists The erroneous view
en- this subject is undoubtedly due to the
fact that when the mind and body are
thoroughly rested it Is often difficult to
arouse the mind from It's comfortable
lethargy On the other hand, the man
who Is under mental strain and sleeps
only five or six hours at night is keen and
alert soon after awakening But it is an
unhealthy activity. His nerves are at n
high tension. He is on edge, so to speak.
Such a strain, long continued results in
evitably in nervous breakdown.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Tennessee-Republic.

at can be positively stated says the
Pittsburg Dispatch, that the directors of
the Republic company have in view some
very important extensions to the Repub-
lie Iron and Steel company. The nature of
these plans will be made public within
a short time. According to "A very good
source the Republic and Tennessee COM
panies, within a year or two. will be able
to handle a gross business of more than
$75,OOO,OOO.
1.-The earnings of the Republic are now
running between 100000 and $5,0O0000 per
year and those of the Tennessee Coal
Iron and Railroad company about $1,000,
600 year When the additions and extern
sions now planned are completed the Ten
nessee and Republic companies will have
an earning capacity running between $10,-
100000 and $20,000,000 per year"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

These born Alabamians are securely
established in their adopted states, and
they will return to their homes after
a week of warm welcomes and fond
recollections in their native state. 1t
will do them good to come back once
more, and it will please beyond meas
ure the old folks at home. All are In
vited, and all are expected.
In the 100000 are many who have
achieved eminence. One is in the cab
met, Senator Hitchcock. One is in
the Senate, Senator Culberson of
Texas, formerly of Dadeville. One is
soon to be elected governor of Ten
nessee, Malcolm Patterson. Others
have become singers of reputation, for
the verses of Morris Loveman, John
Trotwood Moore and Samuel Minturn
Peck are widely read and appreciated.
But the Alabama-born wanderer who
is most widely known-who alone has
won an international reputation
whose books are translated into the
language of all civilized lands-is Miss
Helen Keller. She is indispensable in
our Home Coming week, and the COM
mittee in charge Of invitations should
tell Alabama's famous daughter that
she is expected to lead the procession
home
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Iona Ranue Predictions.

BY exchanging with other countries
the government weather bureau is now
in a position to utilize weather OBJ.
servations gathered in every section
of the North American continent, to-.
gether with the islands near It, OBJ
servations below the canal zone would
not be useful, and will not enter into
the efforts to furnish trustworthy fore
casts.
Prof. Willis Moore, chief of our
weather bureau, proposes to use all
these observations, taken from Hawaii
to the Bermudas, from the Caribbean
sea to Hudson's Bay, and to predict
from them weather for six days in adj
vance instead of forty-eight hours. as
is done at present. He hopes to score
as high a percentage of correct fore
casts covering week as he now does
for day or two. He expects to make
misses, but he thinks his hits will far
outnumber his misses.
Professor Moore makes no claim of
unusual wisdom, or of new system
nothing of that nature. He will simply
compile all available observations, and
from them his trained weather men
will>estimate the weather throughout
a week to come. 1t is a step forward
to the time when the weather of an
entire month may be predicted, for
meteorology is marching on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Poll ~ nlalf anni!!seae.n

The Montgomery Advertiser in as
sailing Mr.. Bowie's position ls scarcely
fair if 1t means that he favors the re.
peal of all poll tax requirement for
voting. He has not advocated so far
ton. He thinks the poll tax should be
compulsorily collected from all who
should pay it, and that the cumulative
feature should have a limit. In Vir-
ginia the limit is three years. A limit
of two years. or even of single year
would be sufficient protection.
A requirement of a poll tax payment
in the February preceding an election
would keep the electorate in a sound
condition and 1t would not fill the
state with an army Of disfranchised
white ner. the Hack Belt should
be reasonable and sensible. Its condi-
ton does not demand that there shall
be 100000 DISTINGUISHED white men In
Alabama. 1t is overscared 1t needs
a new tonic.
No other state has adopted the end
less cumulative plan, and no other
state will adopt it, and Alabama can
not afford to retain it, simply because
she can not affort to have 100000
white men who are citizens but not
sovereigns.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

effort to stay its progress by rail is be-
ing made, and if this effort be success
full Mississippi will make one moro
crop unvexed in a serious measure by
the pest. But one weevilless season
more is all that Mississippi can rea-
sonably expect.
Alabama may make three more crops
unassisted by the weevils. Some means
of fighting back the boil destroyers
will have to be devised if Alabama is
to make in peace more than three add.
tional crops
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Thirteen Lucky.

Press Eldridge says: Il hold the record
of having lost only thirteen weeks in the
last nine years. l have played both sum-
mer and winter, and much of this time
that l hove lost has been in long jumps.
and one week when | was sick.
I'm fact, thirteen seems to be my lucky
number. l was born on the 18th of the
month l played two engagements of thir-
teen weeks each at the Madison Square
Roof Garden. In New York City, each
engagement being the entire summer sea-
son of that resort. l was thirteen weeks
with Frogoli, the great Italian protean
artist. lived in Thirteenth street In New
York City for many years and signed my
contract with the AL G. Field Greater
Minstrels on the 18th of last March,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
A CHURCH ROMANCE.


Thomas Hardy in the Saturday Review.
In the high pew she turned, until her
sight
Swept the west gallery, and caught its
row
OF music-men with viol. book and bow
Against the sinking sad tower window
light.
She turned again; and in her pride's
despite
One strenuous VOLS inspirer seemed to
A message from his string to her below,
Which said, Il claim thee as my own
fortnight
Thus their hearts band began, in due
time signed.
And long years thence. when Age had
scared Romance,
At some old attitude of his or glance
That gallery scene would break upon her
mind.
With him as minstrel-ardent. young. and
trim
Bowling New Sabbath or Mount
Ephraim."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
AIabama's Increasing Wealth.

The returns from thirty-nine coun-
ties this year show an increase In tax
values exceeding $22.000,000, and in
the auditors office it is believed the
remaining twenty-eight counties will
carry the aggregate gain above $780,
100000 Assuming that the gain will
BE- thirty millions, the total taxable
values of the state will be $374,000,00O,
as against $27O00o,O00 six years ago.
This will bring in a handsome reve-
nue., which will be swelled both by the
convict board and by the insurance de-
pariment. Let us hope that the in
crease In revenue will not lead to ex-
travagance and waste In the next legis-
lature, but that the public schools and
the old soldiers will be the benefi-
Charles.
In 1860, just before the breaking out
of the war the states taxable wealth
stood as follows
Value of lands ,....................s1 27 81 G. 033
Value of town property ......... 3D.931 800
Value of personal property 49,. 75.Ss1, 561
Value of railroads ................. 1900, 600
lotal .$256, 1888
1t will thus be seen that we have
overcome the effects of the war and
have secured a big lead towards
greater wealth than the state had ever
known, In 1860 there was no modern
mining Jefferson county to contribute
to the states taxable wealth over $751;
o00,000-no mineral district to add, all
told, about $1OO,0OO,O0O. The truth is,
when to the taxable wealth of 1860 is
added the taxable wealth of this dis
trict, there is not much left to be cred
tied TO Tic rest of the state. This is.
however, an inaccurate statement. for
wealth has assumed new forms in
every part, of the state, and conditions
are largely changed. All parts of the
state arc on the upgrade.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
I1FE,s REALISM.

Tell me not in mournful numbers
Since We see SO many posers
Who are not just what they SEEM ''
Since the price of foods no cheaper
Since we have to work so hard,
Over in neighbours yard.
Since the noise oil trenzled nuste
oias.es iouuiy 49,, 80, 49,,
lines a t ,'.N luz ~ ,.ai,
uola,no 10Th 10 beat the hand
And the trusts and bloated magnates
Have a mortgage on the land.
Have SO many welghty woes,
And so many wicked persons
Who are striving for higher
realm OF thought 10 uweil witilin'
To the chaps VINO nave me I'm.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Voice Culture.

Mrs. Harriet wiswell o'Nell, for several
years a resident of San Antonio, is the
latest acquisition to Birmingham musical
cotorie. She is a fine singer. and critics
who have had the pleasure of listening to
songs is especially artistic.
Mrs. O'Neil has had excellent musical
advantages and will doubtless prove high
ly satisfactory as a teacher. She will
open studio in the Forbes music store
next Monday Many prominent Birmlng-
ham families of culture are interested in
her behalf and her professional success
here seems assured.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
JlLTs POOR MAN.
Nurse Girl Specialized On Tips Given
BY President of Carnegie Steel.

Special to the New York World
Pittsburg-There is no reason why Miss
Maggie Duffy should not marry an Eng
fish peer or an Italian prince. She is
young, pretty and rich and 1.-THE Irish
American duchess or the Cork Pitts
burg princess sounds well to her.
Miss Maggie was to. have been mar
ried on Thursday, but when her ardent
fiance hurried to her fathers home in
Braddock. her mother told him:
Maggie has changed, her mind, and
gone away for awhile. Here are the
engagement ring you gave her and your
letters
Miss Maggie is a nurse girl in the
household of Alva C. Dinkey. president
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Dustless Summer.

81 have never seen a summer freer
from dust than that through which we
have just passed., said a citizen. i,
IF you remember, the rain fell with
great frequency, and 1t seems that it
came just at that time when the dust
was beginning to appear We had consid-
cradle rain, but not too much and 1t is
true that there was less dust during the
summer than in many years past. 1t
never rains but that some people regis
ter complaint, but still 1.-The summer show
ers were blessing A drlzze any day
is preferable to dryness and dust
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Atlanta Papers Dem anded.

,"I have never scen the time when the
Atlanta papers were more popular in
Birmingham" SAID George Griffin yes
terday. I'VE cannot keep them in stock,
and so great is the local interest in the
racial disturbances in the GATE City that
whenever a paper is purchased several
readers pei sue it simultaneously
1T is probably true that such a serious
riot as that in Atlanta would attract
attention from any point. But tie fact
that Atlanta is a nearby city lends addi-
tional interest. The riot is discussed on
every street corner. and every person met
Is asked concerning the news"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Flats would be awful nice If they had
any place to live in.
A girl will always be nice TO a man
unless she is in love with him.
The worst that is in a bad man ism t
so terribly much worse than the best
that is in a good man.
What a boy likes about school is the
chance his teacher has to be sick. so
there will be a holiday
A little more money always seems TO
show you how impossible it is for you
to be happy without q great deal more.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Condiments Wler

81 think that Chief Wier should re-
ceive the thanks of every citizen in Bir-
mingham for his determination to pre-
vent the circulation of coarse and degrad-
ing literature and pictures" said a bus
mess man. AS is generally known, there
exists stringent laws against the class
of pictures alluded to. The inauguration
of this campaign will be rigidly pushed,
1 learn, and l wish to congratulate the
chief"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
PATHS SUNNY PHILOSOPHY.

From an Interview.
IT there is the tiniest speclS of blue in
the sky, and there nearly always Isl
look for 1t, and that. makes the whole
heaven blue for me. / spend three hours
daily in the open air, walking or driving
in an open carriage. and I accustom my
self to bear the extremes Of summer and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Spain will hands off,"
THE BUSINESS WHIRL.

From the Louisville courierJournal.
"our imitation is really considerably bet
ter than the real thing"
You don't say! Then hadn't we better
begin oautioning the public to beware OF
the genulne?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
Orr Homecomers,

An army 100000 strong should soon
be marching on the mother state now
nearly hundred years OLD. Our wan
dering sons and daughters are located
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

Not much should be expected of a
Russian until he is 26 years of age.
Before then he is minor, and some
of them never reach the age of discre-
tiOn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

Factory girls in New Jersey went on
a strike because they were not permit
ted to sing while at work. The cheer
up poets should take a hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

Secretary Wilson takes the strange
position that the truth should be told
in an official label. 1t never has been.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

The fellows in the brush are the
masters of the situation in Cuba, and
their terms must be accepted if inter-
vention is to be avoided.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

The 500 British teachers who are
coming over to study American educa-
tlonal methods will be halted by the
Carnegie crowd and handed Roosevelt
adhesion cards to sign and file. They
will then be allowed to land.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

An Ohio man with an eye for the
business end is sending out bills to
women who lose at his wife's bridge
parties and fail to ante up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

Banker Stensland goes back to a
Chicago that has experienced revolu
ton in sentiment concerning himself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

The Office holders and the officer
seekers in Cuba do not want interven-
ton. The rest of the people do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

The suppression of the "Clansman"
in Macon, Ga, should be followed with
the suppression of yellow journalism
in Atlanta in the same state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

Mrs. Sage proves to be wise COM
promiser. She has no time to throw
away in defending a will in court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26
ST. DENIS, SAD OLD CHURCH

Versailles shaken by the storms of lib
erty equality and fraternity. Patriots Of
1913 had no more use for dead royalty
in its tomb than living royalty in it's
palaces. And after patriotism has been
down among the tombs rummaging," had
played ball with the skeletons of kings,
having to stop to hold its nose when that
worst of old enemies, Louis XIV, appear
ed, suffering a relapse into loyalty before
the embalmed body of that old fayorite,
Henry ", after royal bones and royal
ashes had been dumped into one unroyal
common grave. after royal tombs had
been broken and royal statues mutilated.
there was not much left of St Denis.
But, defaced, roohess. a haunt of birds
of prey, it was at least an eloquent monu-
ment to the hatred of the third estate for
kings and priests. After the tombs, or SO
much of them as could be, were brought
back by Louis XVIII, after new noses
and hands and draperies were found for
the poor dshonored effigies, after the
building was rooted in. its wall mended
and everything generally put to rights by
indefatigable Violet lie Due, ST. Denis
was doomed to awake no feeling stronger
than curiosity in the tourist 1t is the
irony of fate that royalty, dead forever
in France, should rest not in the capital
nor in the cathedral but in the parish
churcll-to this rank has st. Denis been
degraded-of busy industrial suburb,
the headquarters of anarchists, where the
people who killed it are too busy to re-
member, much less TO resent, the presence
of its tomb among them.
There may be other places of interest
in the suburb of st. Denis. never looked
for them. | am content with my last i'm
preston of it-with wide streets of dull
shops and electric trans. with groups of
conscripts. with gaunt factories, with
chimneys belching smoke and with the
sad old church. the last resting place
of the royalty France sacrificed century
ago that just such busy Industrial town
might live and prosper.
of the Carnegie Steel company. One
day she heard Mr.. Dlnkey remark that
such and such stock was going up
sure She took the tip given all I'M
consciously, speeulated with her saw
ings in the stock, and made more
money than she would earn by tending
several generations of babies. Since
then. she has quietly acted on every bit
of Information about the stock market
that fell from Mr. Dinkeys lips. She
brought her parents from Ireland and
bought them a most comfortable house.
"Maggie's rich now, her mother de-
clared this afternoon. 'Phat the divil
does she want to marry a poor clerk
W 10 cir ic
gle. and some day. mebbe, she'll be as
rich as Andy Carnegie"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-26

The warships arriving at Havana
whisper to the Cubans-"Peace, o.,
Cubans. or intervention"