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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
immigration and the Negro.

The southern immigration confer ence is sitting at Nashville. In Novem- Der of next year it will sit in Birming- ham, and the work now under consid- eration at Nashville will be continued here.
 But in all these talkfests the subject of immigration easily and surely be- comes but discussion of the negro, the color line and the race problem This seems to be inevitable, for all the speakers get on their feet loaded with it, and it affords them opportunities for the expression of popular notions and phrases.
 But what Is the good of it? The negro is here, and he is here to stay. The conference at Nashville, and the one to follow in Birmingham, should endeavor to attract to the south whites who will accept the situation-who are willing to live and work among negroes as southern white men have done from time out of mind. If the Scandinavians are full of color prejudice, let them go to states as cold as their own lands of the midnight sun--to Minnesota, for example, which has democratic Scan- dinavian governor. But if the Italians, for example, will take up our unoccu- pied lands and fill our mills, regardless of the presence of the negro, they are the newcomers we need and can com fortably place.
 In other words, the immigration con- ferences should be practical. They should speak and act to the point, let ting the negro alone, because the negro is here to stay. They should urge eacl, state to establish an immigration bureau, and to proceed to secure i'm migrants as Charleston and South Car olina have recently done. South Car olina's immigration commissioner se- lected in Europe the men he needed and then he induced a steamship com, pany to carry them to Charleston. Each southern state must do likewise in order to divert portion of the steam of immigration to it's bounds. There is no other way in which the task can be accomplished. South Caro- lima has set the pace. It may at first be expensive, but in the long run it will prove economical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
Jefferson Davis Elopement Story.

Posey S. Wilson, writing from Tdos, New Mexico, to the New York Sun, says Tn the Sun of October 2S the old story of Jefferson Davis 'elopement with Sarah Knox Taylor, the second daughter of Colonel Zachary Taylor, is set forth once again with the usual inaccuracy. It be- gins with Taylor's having been graduated from West Point. He never saw the place.
 Miss Taylor was my mothers intimate friend at Fort Crawford, and MT. Davis and my father were lieutenants of the same company in the First infantry and were intimate friends. They were almost the only religious men in the regiment or at least at that garrison. The regi- ment was offcered by Ethan Allen Hitch cock, who brought Fremont from Cali fornia under arrest; Abercrombie the ad- jutant who became a major general in the civil war, and William S. Harney who transferred to the dragons. Hitch cock was military adviser to President Lincoln at one, time.
 have heard the story of the so-called elopement from parents and other rela- tives who were at Prairie du Chien Fort Crawford). Colonel Taylor opposed the match but Mrs. Taylor did not. Knox, who had her fathers determination, told her father that she intended to marry Lieutenant Davis in spite of his wishes. With her mothers help she made her rousseau openly at home. Her fathers opposition continuing, she went to the home of her uncle or some other relative T followed and the marriage occurred. It was known that MT. Davis was going, and it was believed that he would marry Miss Taylor, provided she did not change her mind. She was not beauty but she was much liked by all on account of ner good nature and lively disposition.
 MT. Davis was deeply attached to her memory and could not talk of her, even late in life, without tears. He did not like to speak of her. for said he, my dead are sacred to me- When l saw MT. Davis after the war the first thing he did was to speak of my parents and their early association in the northwest. Dear George he said of my father, how long to see him.
 "Mr. Davis, like Harney, transferred from the infantry to the dragoons from preference for that arm of the service. His marriage had nothing whatever to do with it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
CUCkOOS AND COWBIRDS,
Bad Lot-other Birds Driven to Des
 perate Measures By Them.

From Good Health.
 With all it's vagabond ways the cow bird is scarcely as bad as the English cuckoo. It has all the sins of the cow bird, to which is added the worse one of turning the legitimate birdlings out of their nest.
 It begins as soon as it is out of it's shell, and never gives up till all have been thrown over the edge of the nest. The strange thing about it all is that the parent birds care so faithfully for the selfish intruder, be it cuckoo or cowbird.
 The presence of young cowbird in a nest usually means that the smaller birds are either smothered or starved to death on account of its bulky body in the tiny nest and voracious appetite.
 Some little birds, notably the yellow warblers, are wise enough to recognize the strange egg, and to build second story to their nest, thus shutting it a-'ay from warmth enough to hatch it. Sometimes they even build a third story to coverup an egg that has been deposited in the second story But enough birds are duped and imposed upon annually so that the eowbirds hold their own in numbers with other birds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
HOW IT HAPPENED.
} Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 R. Kiplng. Esq., poet was struggling with his "Recesslonal." He had written the line:
 The tumult and the shouting dies" 'That isn't grammatical" he muttered Let me see if I can't fix 1t better.'' Then he wrote:
 ,"The tumut with the shouting dies" That's grammatical, perhaps" he said, "but I don't like it."
 He tried again:
 "The tumult and the shouting dies" "A little better" he commented, "and yet it isn't exactly the way I'd like to have 1t go down to posterity."
 Struck by another idea he wrote 1t this way:
 "The tumult (and the shouling) dies" Holding this at arms length he looked at it critically
 "shucks! That is the way copy reader with style card before him, might lick the blooming thing into shape. The trouble is," he continued, "that I've all ready decided on sacrifice to end the second line below, and the word dies Is the only one that rhymes with it that conveys the Idea I'm trying to hammer out. When a man is paid by the word for his stuff he can afford to take his time, but I am losing money on that word. The tumult--yea, the shouting- dies Rot! The tumult stops. The shout ing dies That would call for red fire and slow curtain. The tumult and the
 
 the gumdasted guttersnpes! I'll write ii any way I blinketyblanlS please!'
 In compliance with this resolution, and realizing, furthermore, that there is prac- tcally no limit to the license under which first-class poet carries on his business he allowed the line to stand as he had written it at first and proceeded to grind out the rest of the poem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
ZULU ETIQUETTE.

From the English Illustrated Magazine.
 One of the most curious of Zulu ideas is that expressed by the word 'honipa." This, originally meaning "to be ashamed. or 'to behave modestly," is synonymou, with "propriety' or etiquette and covers variety of curious customs. For instance, woman must always "hioni- pa' the names of her father. her husband, the head of the family and the chief. i. G.. avoid uttering them; and in the,case of a great chief the prohibition extends also to the men of the tribe. If the name hap pens to be meaning of it's own, some substitute must be found for 1t in ordi- nary conversation. It is as though Eng fish women whose family name is Smith were not allowed to talk about a black smith, but must call him a worker. in iron. Thus the women of the family whose name is "mtimkuu,'' The Great Tree" are obliged to find some other word for "a tree'' or medicine both of which are "mti'' in Zulu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
UNMADE HISTORY.

From Puck
 In the year 1885, Russia having become infected with Cheap John politics, sud- denly disarmed on the feeble plea that the taxpayers wished it.
 The Christian powers acted promptly. They began with diplomatic representa- tons, of considerate but unequivocal tenor.
 How" they demanded, shall we ever have enduring peace unless all nations are ready to fight at the drop of a hat?"
 Infatuated Russia, however was deaf to reason, and by her contumacy plunged the world In war. The powers were as civilized about it as possible, but in spite of their forhearance much blood and treasure was spent before the isguided Muscovites were brought to their sense, and forced to restore their military and naval establishment to a peace footing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
etail Trade Brisk.

q went to q First avenue store this alt ernoon to buy a pair of shoes said man last night, "and l had to wait some time in line before I could be served. I had seldom seen so many customers at once in this store. Turning to the floor manager. I remarked, Good trader He replied, It could not well De pe'ter strange it would be were 1t otherWise. Every industrial plant in the Birmingham district is running full time. Wages are high and more money is in circulation here than ever before. All the retail mer- chants are busy, and we will all be rushed 
 to the end of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
Rhode Islands Scramble.

Out of the most corrupt state in a
 political sense in the country, Rhode
 Island, has come a diverse result. In
 the first place poor man but 30 years old has been elected governor His name is James H. Higgins, and he is now mayor of Pawtucket, city full of factories. Higgins is earnest, honest and he is striving to educate himself He is unique and forceful. The young sst governor in the country. he is also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
THE kIPLING WHO WAS.

From the New York World,
 Because Rudyard Kipling Is incompar- ably the greatest genius writing the Eng fish language people feel as free to dis cuss him as if he were dead. Indeed, Professor Phelps of Yale, thinks he should be dead, and tells his students it would be better for Kiplings fame if pneumonia had finished him in New York some years ago. Says Professor Phelps:
 Kipling is now like a man who Is in constant terror that he will say some thing commonplace, and his work seems to me to show frightful striving for effect When the first of Kipling's stories appeared the public said: "If he can do these stories at twenty-five, what will he do when he is forty?" Well, he is forty now, and what has he done? "Stalky and Co., is, I think, the worst book I have ever read and as for his stories of ma chinery I prefer to read a treatise of the subject in an encyclopaedia.
 "Stalky and Co.," was rather a sad af- fair, but a genius is seldom uniform in performance; no one could read Kipling even at his worst without realizing that he is ! genius. His worst period came after the Boer war, when he was trying to write stories with the dreasy duty of universal preparation for war as his inn mortal moral" Genius does not insure judgment. In political matters Kiplng' judgment is that of a schoolboy or a club-swinging troglodyte.
 Has I<ipling yet recovered his boise Must we still speak of the Kip1ing who was? A debatable point, though there is little doubt of the answer his admirers would give. His stories of machinery are fascinating-to those who appreciate them. His latest book Puck of Pooks Hill,' is wonderful work of the historic imag ination, bringing back the past as mere narration could never do-to those who understand it.. The short magazine story "They," derided two years ago by the scoffers, is touching even to tears-to those who feel its inimitable magic.
 A man whose work can so affect even a part of the reading public as no other living person can do, and who will conse- quently be long remembered, should not be Invited even by a Yale professor of literature to consider himself superluously and mistakenly alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
PRESS POINTS

Florida Times Union: The result of the election in New York throws Hughes in the presidential arena with the force of catapult.
 Louisville Courier-Journal: Maybe the poverty-strieken Pullman company cannot afford to pay back taxes on S25 00O It has never been able to pay it's porters.
 Washington Post: One Oklahoma editor refers to an esteemed contemporary as .red-headed wind bag" Ii he was not red-headed before, this will make him so.
 Portland Telegram: The dramatized yer sion of ''Fhe Jungle" has been tried on the dog at Trenton, N J. From the meaty flavor of the production we presume the dog was satisfied
 Memphis Commercal-Appeal: If Stand ard oil really declares a general wage increase the inference will be irresistible that John D. realizes that he has all of it he can carry.
 Washington Herald. Rev. Thomas Dixon says he read 5000 books before he wrote 'The Clansman." The next time he feels yearning to write a book like that, he should keep on reading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Mere force of habit makes a girl scream when she is in the dark with q man.
 Chorus girls are mlgh.y shrewd to he able to buy diamonds so cheap that their small salaries can staad 1t.
 The worst about having a good reruta- tion is the way you sometimes try 10 live up to it when you don't want to.
 When widows get married again they ought to cut out ths references they give the second husband from the fIst
 When the crops are bad the tarmers blame it on Providence. but whsG they are good they think it's because they 're so smart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
A MYSTERY.
lliam Wordsworth,

By William Wordsworth. My eyes are dim with childish tears.
 My heart is idly stirred; For the same sound is in my ears
 Which In those days l heard. Thus fares it still in our decay; And yet the wiser mind s Mourns less for what age takes away Than what 1t leaves behind. The blackbird amid leafy trees
 The lark above the hill, Let loose their carols when they please Are quiet when they viii. With Nature never do they wage
 A foolish strife; they sse A happy youth. and thcic ole age
 Is beautiful and free. But we are pressed by heavy laws;;s
 And often. glad no more. We wear face of joy hceAuss s
 We have been glad oe yore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
HIS EXCUSE.
From the Columbus Dispatch.

FrUIH lHe OOIumDus Dlspatch.
 A teacher in Northside school tells d most amusing story in connection with one of her small pupils, who, inadver- tently gave himself away by the woruing of his "excuse' note. The little fellow is but 10 years of age and a few days ago he ran away from school and went chestnutting without the consent or knowledge of his parents The next morn- ing he appeared at school with q note which was supposed to have been written by his mother and signed by her. This was the note:
 Dear Teacher: Please excuse Tommy from school yesterday. He could not come. I tore my pants Mrs. -"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
Holiday Trade.

"Notwithsta tanding the fact that Christ mas is nearly six weeks off the holiday trade has started up,' said Third avenue merchant.
 By this time next week we will see as great a rush as we usually looked for ten days before Christmas. The stocks of holiday goods are larger than ever and include many novelties. shoppers who wish to avoid the discomforts of d jam will be wise If they make their pur- chases without further delay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
About Persons.

l Isaac w. Hill, superintendent of educa- | ton. and William F. Feagin, connected
 with the educational department of the
 state. are registered at the Hilman. 1 l.. B. Musgrove of Jasper is at the l I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
FURNACISMs.

Money makes a lot of things go, but there are times when nothing will make the furnace go. Don't think you can keep the house warm with one lump of coal Put on two.
 It is fortunate that the furnace is To- cated in the cellar where a man can swear in some privacy. Treat your furnace kindly and it will repay you with cold room in the morn- ing.
 The furnace joke is appreciated most by people who are not furnaciers The way to a furnaces heart is through its mouth Throw your coal accordingly It is best to keep an open grate on hand for emergencies.
 A SERMON.
 This life is short,
 Behold how soon
 The morning yields
 To afternoon,
 The afternoon
 To night, and then
 We go the way
 Of former men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
HIGH OR LOW.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Mrs. Baker-"I wish, dear, that you would design my winter hat for me-
 Mr Baker Gan archtecD--''An right, my love, l will Shall it be skyscraper or bungalow. --s=e. ...-,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Enterprising thieves entered the home of a railroad president in Roches- ter. N. r., and, in addition to other loot, took umbrellas to protect them from a downnOur of rain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Kansas always has burning issue. Now that Governor Hoch has been re- elected the people are trying to ascer- tain who was the first white chilo horn in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

While General Stoessel is having financial troubles, he should console himself with the thought that there is big, wide world full of people in the same fix.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES.

XN HAT stir and hustle in Toy W lsaeI The tin soldier has al al
 " ready lost his heart to the talking doll and the jumping jack is full of glee. Wild beasts of the jungle and pets of the farmyard consort there with no friction save that which rubs off a little paint or nips a bit of wool. On ev. cry side is a wilderness of trucks, fire engines, automobiles, trains. trolley cars steam engines elevators, ships. apart ment houses, whistles, horns, drums building blocks, doll furniture and won- derful contrivances too many to name Preparations are well under way for open ing Toyland to impatient youngsters who can scarcely wait another minute before making their annual invasion. A mar velous place is Toyland, where the JOYS of other days are renewed and the sour mans heart gets right It is q rejuven- ator, the climate induces sunny smiles and the scenes presented call cynic back to his better self. All grownups should take trip to Toyland once a year. The experience makes them younger and bet ter What tho We jest or tne small boy and his drum, it is a sacred relic in thousands of homes today and the world will never know of the mother tears shed in secret over a battered dell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

A Nebraska member of Congress has refunded the salary he drew when he was not in his seat. Chauncey M. De pew and Thomas Collier Platt have not as vet emulated his example.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE.

From South Africa
 Generally speaking the colonists treat the natives with kindness and considera- ton. Slavery and ill usage are unknown You will see more poverty, slavery, and sweating within half-mile radius or the house of parliament in Westminster than YOU will find in the whals ef Sarth AL ricA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
ONE KIND OF POET.

ONE KIND OF POET. The modern bard
 Has many things Bestowed on him
 Because he sings. Has auto cars
 And servants, too. His work is light,
 His troubles few. He dwells in comfort, Richly blessed, And ne'er by hunger Is oppressed. A dandy time,
 He has, ye wot, -Altho the stuff
 He writes is not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

When Peary discovers the north pole he will simply convince himself that he has been on fools errand, for he cannot use the pole, or even bring away a silver as memento.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

A negro has been elected a judge in Chicago, and the Record-Herald begins to fear Atlanta will no longer call itself the Chicago of the South.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

The wireless is keeping the Presi- dent in touch with MT. Loeb, which is quite enough. MT. Loeb is all the Pres ident we have on the spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

MT. Fairbanks sees nothing in the New York election that makes Charles E. Hughes presidential possibility, and he has studied the case carefully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Aldrich and Spooner are getting ready to go to Washington to resume control of the country again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Spelling reform has been placed on the public calendar again, but the great court of the people is becoming bored by it,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

It is fortunate that King Alfonso is not assassinated every time he is re- ported to have been assassinated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
A HOPELESS CASE.

A HOPELESS CASE. A book or two A friend or two,
 A pipe and easy chair; A chance to dream And lightly seem
 To give the laugh to care. The man who thinks That forty winl<s
 Is all he ought to sleep, And lives so fast He cannot last
 Would make an angel weep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Relating and peonage seem to be the chief crimes of the period.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

MT. Moody will not buy his black silk gown until he sees what the interests can do to him in their pet Senatorial body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Tom Lawson has ascertained that election forecasting is not his "holt. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Now that the President is away, MT. Taft and the rest of the boys are at play in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

There is still hope that our Indian summer will resume business at the old stand today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

November has a high reputation to maintain, and it should not weaken midway in the effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

There is no danger of starvation says the Washington Post. For this, our thanks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Congressman Wadsworth is not yet sure that he knows what hit him. Others know "The Jungle" did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Samuel Gompers does not seem to have changed the course Of events political on election day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Tomorrow the eyes of the world will be centered on the canal zone, for our Caesar will be there, wind and waves permitting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

That great authority, Andrew Carne- gie, writes "enough" "enuf," and he ought to know, for he once made pig iron,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

The standpatters begin to fear the republican party will have to begin to be good to consumers occasionally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Graf, Mouser, Draper, Hay, Flood, Glass and Lever are some of the fetch ing names that will adorn the new Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

The American millionaire is finding that farming for fun is about the most expensive of his pleasures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

President Roosevelt should have a photograph by his side to repeat his announcement not to run again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14
AUTHORITIES

AUTHORITIES. On rabbits-the Washington Post On widows-the Houston Post. On poker profanity and drinks-the Louisville Courier-Journal. On "'possum an taters"-the Atlanta Constitution. On women in general-the Atchison Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

John Browns body no longer marches on in Kansas. Ask Governor Hoch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Hetty Green predicts revolution. Maybe she is trying to influence the price of stocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

The old guard in the democratic party-but there is no old guard any more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

MT. Hughes finds Ramp Kill Kare a good place to kill time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-14

Paris seems to be the airship capital of the world.