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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
Reclalmina Waste Lands.

The Far West wants big direct APP
preparation for irrigation purposes. In
the twenty-three irrigation projects
now on hand the government tied up
$43,O00,000 gathered from sales of pub
lie lands, and $55,O0O,00O would be
required to complete those works. In
the national irrigation congress sitting
this week at Boise, Idaho, the chair
man of the Utah delegation demanded
a direct appropriation of $100,000,000
for reclamation purposes, and still
another delegate said the direct appro-
priation should be $30O,0O0,OO0, because
England had expended greater
amount in India, and a vast sum In
Egypt.
President Roosevelt sent to the irri-
cation congress a letter in which he
said that construction is already well
advanced on 20 great enterprises in the
arid states and territories. Over l.
900 900 acres of land have been laid
out for irrigation, and of this 100000
acres are now under ditch; 500 miles
of canals and bitches and 10000 feet
Of tunnel have been completed; and
100000 cubic yards of earth and
100000 cubic yards of rock have been
removed. Detailed topographic sur
veys have been extended over 10000
square miles of country within which
the reclamation work is located, and
20, 900 miles of level line have been
run. Three hundred buildings, includ-
ing offices and sleeping quarters for
workmen, have been erected by the
Reclamation Service, and about an
equal number by the contractors Over
10 900 men and about 5000 horses are
at present employed"
The President went on to say that
speculation in reclaimed lands must
be stopped, the object of the great eff
fort being not to make money but to
make homes, and then he added these
words:
Until it has been proved that this
great investment of $40,0O0,000 in irri
cation made by the government will
be returning to the treasury, it is use
less to expect that the people of the
country will consider direct appropria-
lions for the work. look forward
with great confidence to the result"
No doubt the President expresses
public sentiment on this subject. No
direct appropriation will be forthcom-
ing until it is seen that reclamation is
not only desirable but good eco
nomic investment. The entire irriga-
ton policy is based on the sale of
lands to an extent sufficient to meet
the cost of irrigation, and it remains
to be demonstrated whether this basis
Is true or false.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
ORIGIN OF EARTHQUAKES

possible effect of these massive displace-
ments upon the rotation Of our earth.
AS an illustration of the manner in
which they might affect that rotation l
may refer to an ingenious experiment de-
vised by Rev. II. V. GILL; He made disk
shaped top which was hollow. When this
was spun on a glass plate which was
covered with smoke it rotated freely.
with its axis vertical. On very small
metal ball being dropped inside the ro-
tating top it wobbled and the end of the
spindle described on the smoked plate
what looks like the letter E. When a
second ball was dropped in, the top again
spun steadily, the two balls having ar
ranged themselves Numerically opposite to
each other. A third ball put in produced
no disturbance, as the three balls auto
matically arranged themselves at angles
of 12O degrees If instead of the ball water
was placed In the top it also spun stead
lily, and by dropping a ball in with the
water its equilibrium was not disturbed,
inasmuch as the water piled itself up
on one side and balanced it.
Now, applying these ideas to our earth,
the shifting of material may cause some
slight disturbance of the axis of the
earth, but whether 1t is measurable is
a point yet to be determined. What we
know is that at times when observations
shows us that the axis of the earth is
slightly changed in its direction, then
these large earthquakes are frequent,
but it does not follow that the earth
quakes have been more frequent than
usual. All that has really happened is
that our attention has been directed to
them because they have occurred in
places which are thiclkly inhabited.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
SLEEP AN NERVE REST.

From the London Telegraph:
In the days when eight hours for sleep
was nominaly regarded as an hour too
long for any self-respecting individual, the
exhausing character of modern life was
unknown. There was less wealth and
more contentment; less competition and
more security; fewer distractions, but
more simplicity. Work was easier slow
er; and care, anxiety, apprehension-in a
word, worry-dd not feed, like the worm
4 tn bud, upon the hours exempt from
toll. We are remorseless in overtaxing
the delicate mechanism of our minds and
nerves. The best walker, for instance,
does not propose to himself to go regularly
sixty miles day, or to subject the same
set of muscles in any other form of physl-
cal exercise to intense and unremitting
labor. But that is what we do with the
immediate agent of our minds-the brain
machine. we cannot watch its operations.
We often assume that its movements are
as light and endless as the rippes of the
universal air. We know and. nevertheless
we forget that the brain is a substantial
apparatus as liable to depreciation as the
fixed plant in a workshop Now nothing
is more certain than this, that the poten-
tional capacity of the human brain has
not increased, if at all. in anything like
the proportion of the immensely aggra-
waited demand upon 1t.
The modern man is subject to as much
mental and moral wear and tear in a day
as his ancestors in no very remote gen
Grafton experienced in week. Yet in re-
spect of sleep we have hardly changed
traditional habit. We keep later and still
later hours. We catch our trains in the
morning as usual There is no doubt
whatever that we burn the candle at both
ends with unprecedented disregard of the
laws of psychological economy. and that
the amount of rest We allow for nerve
and brain is no longer adequate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
ALABAMA PRESS

Troy Messenger: Uncle Joe Cannon,
who is reputed to swear like pirate,
will find it difficult to sit. up and look
good for the next two years.
Selma Journal: Pig iron is selling for
almost any price the producer asks for
1t, and the Magic City is smiling in the
midst of it's mountains of ore.
Mobile Herald: Most of the Now York
policemen are paid s2S week. Almost,
but not quite, it accounts for SO many
of them owning apartment houses.
Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: Birming-
hams theatre-goers must have jaded APP
petite. 1t takes a burlesque house and a
vaudeville house both to satisfy them
this winter
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
A girl gets much more offended If you
call huggng squeezing.
A man couldn't make much money col
lecting the rewards for virtue.
The devil was awful smart to pick out
business where he couldn't fail.
A college education costs enough to sup
port a boy If he didn't have it.
man can exercise some control over
children IL they are somebody else's
Women have the remarkable faculty of
growing mature without getting any
older.
Hardly anything costs less than good
manners. but there is mighty little to
be had. =
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
THE cATLIkE FOX,
from the London Graphic.

From the London Graphic.
The fox is an excellent mouser. He
will lie and watch for field mouse in
the long grass like cat, pounce upon
it, kill 1t with a bite and lay it on one
side until he has caught another and
another, when, picking them all up, as
many as he can carry in his mouth, he
will canter away with them to serve
them out to the cubs. This fact was con-
firmed by witnesses in Scotland who
were examined by a committee of the
board of agriculture when taking evil
dence on the occasion of the plague of
field voles on the Lowland sheep farms
in 1893.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
Was Easy Winner.

Thomas c. Mcclellan of Athens was in
Birmingham yesterday, stopping off on
his way to Montgomery, where he will
go this morning. Mr.. Mcclellan is highly
gratifed over the fine vote he received
in the recent primary, for associate JUS
tice of the supreme court
II cannot express how much I appre-
ciate the support given me by the peo-
pie Of Alabama" said Mr.. Mcclellan last
night. "I have returns from nearly all
of the counties and these reports give me
a majority of about 800 popular votes,
and a lead of several thousand over the
third highest candidate I am indeed proud
of this honor, and grateful to the people
of my state"
Mr. Mcclellan comes of judicial fam
lily. He is a nephew of the late Chief
Justice Mcclellan, a son of Capt. R. A.
Mcclellan of Athens, than whom there
was no ADLER lawyer In Alabama; and a
grandson of the late United States Sem
ator Luke Pryor, himself a noted lawyer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
PRESS POINTS

Louisville Herald: A man never knows
how much everybody else knows about
him till he runs for office.
Atlanta Journal: If the mountaineering
keeps up in Russia the office will seek
the man always, and never the man the
office.
Richmond s-Dispateh: One inter-
esting point involved in government own
ership is the little question of who is to
own the government.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal. When
Miss Democracy gets up to waltz Mr.
Bryan around, around, around, she does
not want to snag her skirt on a govern
ment railroad pin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
The Poor,s Mononolx.

"The rich have their monopolies and, ac-
cording to the recent speech of United
States senator, the poor have theirs" was
said last night. But as may be imagined,
is it one of the heart and not of the
purse. 1t is said that none but a poor
man was ever heard to whistle. The rich
may purse up their lips. but no sound of
melody issues therefrom. 1t is to the
poor alone and the birds of the air to
whom song belongs. When this becomes
generally known, 1t is to be expected that
those with money will find time to cult
vate the art"
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him many goodly mile up the main
line.
Very properly, these remarks would be
seoffed at by the dauntless young spirit
that is just starting in But what's the
matter with the other voeations? Do they
not also call for the best that is In man,
and do they not give back in proportion?
I would suggest to the next years high
school graduates and determined farmer
boys that they look around them and then
go slow on the lawyer and engineer prop
osition."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

~ SHAPE appeared to US in our
WI dreams and suggested a musi-
cal comedy to be entitled, The
Bank Examiner" The name alone spells
hours of hilarious fun bushels of satire
and punches of jokes. The bank exam
iner would of course be entrusted to the
leading comedian for Interpretation and
development. while the supporting comed-
ians would be respectively the bank pres
ident and the cashier 1t would be ex-
tremely funny to picture how the presi-
dent and the cashier bamboozled the bank
examiner and a telling climax would be
his appearance on the scene with an 20.
X" certificate in his hand just two hours
after the two foxy officials had departed
for parts unknown, leaving behind a row
of weeping chorus girls and feminine
butterflies, who would of course const-
tute the legitimate chorus of the piece.
A flood of topical songs could be intro
duced, one, for instance. depicting the
woes of the depostors under the title
of The Poor Depositors." Other song
hits might be. 1.-The High Life. the Fly
Life, oh That's the Life for Me-" I'm
Going Away to Canada" This Is Too
Easy. New Fools Are Being Born Every
Day, and Nothing to Give Back to
Nobody" The scenic artist could do HIM
self proud in reproducing the interiors of
homes of walth, of gilded cafes in some
great city's whirl and localities In what
ever foreign country the feet officials
might choose as refuge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Goodbye, dainty peekabool
Guess it's twenty-three for you.
Yet, this much 1 will ayow,
Speaking boldly, here and now,
You have played a happy role,
Giving pleasure, as a whole,
Both to maids who wore you and
Many men throughout the land.
Poets, too, have sung of you,
Ventilated peel1aboo.
Photographers had their say.
Waxing pertinent and gay.
Pouting preachers, here and there,
Spoke harsh words-as if you care!
You were talked, both up and down,
Winning fame and great renown.
You We're honored by the bugs,
Biting where the sutton hugs
You were proved a golden theme,
Half a garment, half a dream,
Waking envy in the mind
OF us willing human kind
Wreaking havoc in mems hearts,
Who observed by fits and starts,
Stirring up a deal of bliss
That a fellow couldn't miss.
Yet, the seasons change, and so,
Now it's time for you to go.
On you way. but promise to,
Come again, sweet peekaboo.
That Russian girl who shot a French
man in Swiss hotel had her heart bent
on committing an international crime.
There are S25 kinds of potatoes, not to
the mashed, boiled, fried and au
gratin kind.
The most regrettable feature of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Simplicity Itself.

There's one man in this town whose
job don't envy and that is the man who
explains electric light meters to ladies
who come to pay the light BILL" said
good humored citizen.
Il called at his office a few days ago
and found him deeply engaged trying
TO explain watts and kllowatts, currents
and circuits, ohms, amperes and volts to
a most charming and beautiful young
lady. l thought then what a fine subject
OF conversation that would be for her
beau the next evening he called upon
her and how much more engrossing than
the old, old story. The more the meter
was explained the more hopelessly be-
wildered grew the maiden and the more
bewildered she became the more assid-
uous he was to explain
lat the conclusion of the interview the
young lady expressed herself as being
completely satisfied and no doubt felt that
she must have been very stupid indeed
not to understand so simple a thing as
an electric light meter"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
AWFUL RESULT.

From the Washington Star.
A rat with yellow body and blue feet
and a gift for whistling tunes has been
reported from Lexington. KY 1t is time
for the department of agriculture to make
another move in this matter of adulter-
ated beverages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
Home COMING.

Zone of the saddest home-comings
ever heard or read of" said warm sup
porter of the project was the return
of Lambroso to his island home.
when the old pirate escaped after
years of captivity, he expected to find
Hardee delighted to meet him once more
but instead he found Don Juan had es-
tabllshed himself as master, and even
the servants resented his return. Dancing
and singing and feasting were in full
swing when his presence came to cast a
gloom over the whole situation. Trouble
was anticipated right away and right
quickly 1t followed, for old Lambroso was
not man to tamely submit to such a
cool reception, Most likely he privately
regretted his coming home, but being
there when it was supposed and hoped
that he had Joined his fathers, he could
not avoid showing his displeasure even
to the extent of drawing his pistol. l
think the moral which Byron intends to
convey is that when a person has been
absent for number of years he had bet
ter reflect a little before returning lest
he find himself another Enoch Arden or
Lambroso.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Gaylord wiltshire, the millionaire
socialist, offers to debate with Bryan
for purse of $4,000 which he will put
up, in addition to giving the Commoner
10000 for taking part. That looks like
easy money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

The republicans have adopted the
Jim Grow issue, although equal &C.
commodations in cars as in schools,
would be lawful under any law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

The papers do not know how to con-
strue Mr.. Bankhead's easy victory in
the alternate senatorial race. They
seem to think it is not consistent with
his defeat by Captain Hobson.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Umpire Buckley was gladly placed
by the Eastern league. He is compe-
tent and he deserves a good place
wherever he goes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

American uniforms may be adopted
by the Russian army. American razors
should go with them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Mr.. Bryan discussed in his Madison
Square Garden speech all live topics
except bobtailed spelling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

TT was never so safe as today to be
a big thief" says the Rev. DR.. Peters.
Right you are DR..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

While Battling Nelson was being de-
feated, Robert Fitzsimmons rescued a
damsel from a watery grave.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Nashville proposes to secure 100000
population by annexation. 1t must ex-
pect to take in middle Tennessee.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

The Car has not the impudence to
attempt to reform the spelling of the
Russian language.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Dad" Cook is in the market for a
sapling that will float that flag under
the slagpile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Birmingham will have until Septem-
Der II two great industries in politics
and baseball.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Emperor William will not visit the
United States. He has no liking for a
country in which railroad passes are
prohibited
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

That pole should be one that pos
sums had Climbed genuine sweet
gum tree or possibly simmons tree.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

The Memphii should be content to
land within rs points of the Coal
Barons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

The republican papers regret it be-
gins to look like two years more of
Bryan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

His foot is on his native heath. His
feet, we should have said, for William
Jennings Bryan landed with both feet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

A Judge has decided that Pitts
burg man must pay for a wooden leg
which he got with his bride.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

President Roosevelt won't keep still
long enough to have death mask
made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

In addition to his other duties, Mr.
Bryan is posing as the hero Of novel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Prof. Brander Matthews and Presi-
dent Roosevelt are the country's SPELL
ocratS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

OUT OF 1T.
Who's making money every day?
Judge Parker.
Who holds his tongue while others bray?
Judge Parker.
Who follows out his beaten way,
No one to give him yea or nay,
Nor care rap what he may say?
Judge Parker.
The crater of Souffriere is clothed in
nothing but clouds, Mr.. Comstock.
The new king of Bengal is respected
about as much as the deposed boss OF a
political machine in this country.
General Tumenoff was shot in Warsaw.
His name reminds one of baby talk.
AGAINST IT AGAIN.
In many villages, and towns,
Where pretty fall and winter gowns
Are advertised to be for sale
The married man says life is stale.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Help, master, help; here's a fish
hangs in the net, like a poor mans
right in the law; twill hardly come
out.
-Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Nearly one-fifth of Alabama's cotton
crop is spun at home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Tom Massey lost his dachshund the
other day. Such is Life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

A man worked on Labor Day in Ken
lucky and a crowd wanted to lynch
him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

The making of catchup without to-
matoes will be stopped when the new
government labels get in their work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Oyster Bay was certainly on the
map on Labor Day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

The Tapping of the pennant becomes
more and more distinct every day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Does anybody know If bathing suits
are packed away with moth balls?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
CHORUS.

Sailing under false colors-the elderly
man who dyes his hair.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.

Gans-Nelson bout was that the moving
picture films gave out
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

1.-THE Queen Loses Her centerboard"
was headline yesterday. She was only
yacht.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Taggart, Walsh and Sullivan-all
must go.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

picture films gave out.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
''rhe Breakdown Theodore Roosevelt.
More Talk" William Jennings Bryan.
"A wasted Journey. Paul O. Stems
land
1.-THE Busy Boomers" Secretary Shaw
and Charles Warren Fairbanks.
THE Price of Peace" BY a Divorced
Banker.
History of the Florodora sextette." By
a Prominent Banker.
A BALLAD.
Central. l am tired of waiting" said a
wealthy man one day.
why do you conspire to treat me In
this cold and heart1ess way?
Half an hour l have fingered for one
stingy little call
Tell me, maiden of the switchboard, shall
get it-onee for alp
CHORUS.
Hello, Central. give me sixty, for my
brokers' there.
Waiting for the word to sell out, curs-
ing while he tears his hair.
He'll be glad to hear me speaking-all my
fortune is at stake.
Please connect me, darling Central, quick
ly, or my heart will break"
Calmly did the maiden listen, chewing on
a wad of gum.
To his words of tender pleading she was
Needless deaf and dumb.
After fixing up her couture, indolently-
at her ease,
She put in a peg for sixty-He lay dead
of heart disease.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

Loves labors lost in the average sum-
mer Irritation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06
WHEN KANSAS GOES DRY.

Mint julep days are on the wane.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

The most regrettable feature of til,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-06

"The Breakdown Theodore Roosevelt.
More Talk" William Jennings Bryan.
"A Wasted Journey. Paul o. Stems
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Washington Bureau e-Herald 1921 G..
street. N. w.