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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
BIHLETERMs DEFINED.

From the Rams Horn.
A days journay was about % Is miles.
A Sabbath days journey was about an
English mile.
A cubit was nearly % inches
A hands breadth is equal to SSs inches.
A fingers breadth, is equal to inch.
A shekel of silver was about 90 cents.
A shekel of gold was IS.
A talent of silver was $53s 80.
A piece of silver, or a penny was IL
cents.
A farthng was cents.
A mite was less than quarter OF
cent.
A gerah was a cent
An epah, or bath, contains seven gal
Ions and five pints.
bin was one gallon and two pints.
A firkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
Old Students Return.

Il suppose will always have an In
clination leading me to Tuscaloosa when
the September days come. and the young
students prepare FOR books said Frank
M. Lett, an old University Of Alabama
man, who was in Birmingham yesterday.
II have attended he university for sew
eral years, and while every available
course has been concluded, I am return
ing. l will look over the field and then
take up the more serious battles of life.
Il have had several discussions with
various university professors during the
past few weeks, and | am led to believe
that the attendance this season will break
all previous records. Birmingham, alone.
l understand Is sending some thirty young
men. From every county in the state, re-
ports are good. 1 would not be surprised
If the attendance in the various academic
courses does not approximate four hun
bred.
THE students right now are thinking of
football. Washington Moody of Tusca-
loosa, will captain the team this season,
and from a recent conversation with him,
l believe the university Will have a strong
and able representative on the gridiron."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
ONE VIEW OF MATRIMONY

has been steadily pushing her way into
every avocation. She repudiates the ex-
elusive domestic sphere which has been
given her. and demands the same scope
and the same education given to the
other sex. Marriage must be an equal
partnership and she must be an equal
panion, and not merely a housekeeper.
She believes that a wife should be thor
oughly capable of understanding and en-
tering into her husbands pursuits and
that only as she does so can the union
be what 1t should be. How is this view
likely to strike the average man? When a
lawyer comes home in the midst of the
trial, weary after a contentious and har-
assing day. will 1t soothe and rest him to
be expected to go into all the details over
again. and to be questioned as to all the
legal aspects and possible ramifcations OF
his case? VIII a doctor in large practice
relish returning from a succession of
fatiguing visits to wife up in medical
science and eager to know the symptoms
and progress of every patient? VIII busi-
ness men wish to carry home the discus
sion of trade prospects, and the details of
daily transactions to be gone over again
there?
1t is to escape just this. and TO find
an atmosphere entirely free from 1t, that
men, as rule, marry. They want a
complete change of thought and topic in
domestic life, into which the daily grind
does not enter. Some other basis OF COM
partnership should be sought and they
are not difficult to find; courses of read
Ing. study, music. charities and various
hobbies which can be ridden double.
Sweet. indeed. is the community of In
terest, delightful the intercourse which
a common foible begets'
Woman should strive to Danish from
the home the association of the daily
grind. and make atmosphere of her
own. In the power to do that lies her
greatest charm.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
THE OLD LOVE.

BY William Winter.
II could speak thy gentle grace,
Which far surpasses word,
This song were sweetest, now trace,
That ever yet was heard;
For here would blend the mornings giee
And peace of evenings close
With music of the summer sea
And fragrance of the rose.
But since affections tender strain
And passions fervid line
Would seem but idle, weak and vain,
To goodness such as thine,
Let all my life avouch thy worth
And all my love thy praise;
For never woman walked on earth
In more angelic ways.
I've seen life's golden prime depart
And evening. cold and gray
With moaning Winds that chill the heart.
Fall darkly round my way;
But. in thy pure devotion blest.
Ny soul can still descry
One rift of sunshine in the west,
One hope that cannet de
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
A REAL FISH STORY.

From the London Globe
In the Severn at Buildwas early the
other morning a man who had set an eel
line found that an eel had been caught
and that a pike of two pounds weight
had taken the eel while the latter was
fast on the line. The eel, which was over
a foot long, had worked out through the
gills of the pike and had wrapped the line
around the pike so fast that it could not
move at all.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Birmingham Recruits.

We are having better material than
ever offered for enlistment" said the re-
eruiting sergeant in reply to an inquiry
The limit of age Is between II and 30.
but all applicants under q must have the
written consent of their parents before
being enlisted.
The army has many attractions for a
young man, especially if he has the true
spirit of soldier In some armies re-
eruits are drawn from what might be
called the dregs OF society, but not so
here Good moral character and physique
are essentially necessary. and it, in sddi-
ton, the recruit IS intelligent he finds
himself much better off than struggling to
exist on the salary paid in most stores
and Offices"
When an applicant offers he has his
choice of regiments, either cavalry, IN
fantry or artillery. The cavalry and field
artillery so to Jefferson Barracks, Mo-.
for training; the coast artillery and infan-
try are sent to Columbus, Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
Railroad Holdings.
spect

Kuhn, Loeb & Co. who are friendly
to the Pennsylvania railroad have pur-
chased from that company one-half of
It's holdings in the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Norfolk and Western. The
Pennsylvania held 40 per cent in both,
and 1t now holds but 20 per cent in
either.
The sale was made to friendly buy
ers, and 1t supplies money needed by
the Pennsylvania in its great extern
sions. particularly in and near New
York-money that would have been
supplied In loan of the sale of stocks
on hand had it not taken place. The
shares now sold we're purchased six
years ago, and they have brought the
price paid for them and handsome
profit besides.
Baltimore has fretted because of the
control of its chief trunk road by the
Pennsylvania company. The latter has
practically dictated the policy of the
Baltimore and Ohio ever since 1t pur-
chased 40 per cent of it's stock. The
sale of half of it is received in Baltl.
more business circles with genuine
pleasure The Baltimoreans hope the
Baltimore and Ohio will again become
a Baltimore institution, much as 1t was
in the days of President Garrett.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

she carries q gold harp in one hand and a
palm of victory in the other and on her
head she wears golden crown of glory,
and she picks on the harp and makes
music to beat the band. Anybody that
knows anything of the scriptures knows
God never made a woman angel-they are
all he-angels. He made lot of he
angels and lost about third of them the
first chance they had TO get away.
When l was kid and went to Sunday
school I used to sing. want to be an
angel and with the angels stand but
not any more Since I've read the Bible
and got religion that Is the last thing I
want to be-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

THE POOR RICH MAN.
He worked for years to make a pile
Because he thought it was the style,
But when he'd built a fortune up
He tried to dodge the bitter cup
Which fate requested him to sip,
And, sick of life, he tried to slip
Away to some secluded spot
Where tickers, bulls and bears were not
But such noise his money made
He couldn't hide and grew afraid,
And even In the wilderness
He couldn't 'scape the keen distress
That harries those possessed of wealth
And have no peace of mind or health
The task Of keeping up with 1t
Would never let him loaf a bit.
The cranks annoyed him, day by day,
The muckers. too. began to fay.
Annoyance kept him on the jump
And Wild threats set his heart a-thump
OF food and drink he had the best
And clothes. but not a minutes rest
In luxury he fairly rolled,
And yet-the tale will soon be told
He didn't have much fun In life
And had no time to love his wife.
pretty story comes from the west of
well known prima donna camping in the
mountains who saved the lives of two
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
BET THEY WON'T!
From the Mobile Item.

From the Mobile Item.
The Birmingham Age-Herald rises to re-
mark: "A Columbus. Ga. judge has de-
cided that 1t is not assault for a man to
try to steal kiss. No. 1t is a compli-
ment." How is this for conceit personi-
fed? Birmingham ladies who are COM
PEELED to pass The Age Herald Office will
be en- the alert to dodge the compliment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
PRESS POINTS

Atlanta Constitution: Bomb times in
Russia mean boom times for the Russian
undertakers.
Columbus Enquirer-sun: An American
warship seems to head for rocky shore
just as a duck takes to water.
Chattanooga Times. The meek shall IN
herit the EARTH" but there will be an in
junction served on them before they can
make a crop.
Pensacola Journals The editor of the es-
teemed Congressional Record may well
give thanks that he has a few months OF
spare time on his hands in which he can
bone up on the new system of spelling.
Houston Post: A fashion paper declares
that 1t is going TO be fashionable before
long for women to part their hair In the
middle as of old With their hair parted
in the middle and their shirt waists but
toned in front. the darlings will be just
as charming as they used to be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
A Great City.

The progress of Galveston is one of the
wonders of this remarkable age of ac-
tivity and development" said an observer.
"A few years ago Galveston was de-
stroyed and there were those to prophesy
that 1t would never revive. But while
the winds and the waves were able to
destroy propery, they were not able to
destroy the spirit and enterprise of the
brave people of that community. The men
of Galveston went to work to rebuild and
right well have they performed their
task
1.-The Galveston News OF September l
shows that In the value of foreign ex-
ports for the past fiscal year Galveston
is ahead of New Orleans, Baltimore, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia, and stands next to
New York. while 1t ranks eighth among
all ocean and gulf ports in import values
and thirteenth among the customs dis
tricts, The bank clearings have increased
from 271 1855, 300 in 1S96-97 to $63s 600 in
1905-06, with an increase of 10 per cent
in the last year. This Is a record unsur-
passed, and is an index to the general
progress and prosperity of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Addicks has been dropped overheard
by the republicans, but there are Pen
rose in Pennsylvania, Dryden in New
Jersey and Dick in Ohio, who must be
jettisoned before the old ship will be
seaworthy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Mr.. Bryan practically told Trust
Magnate Jim Smith of Newark, N. j.,
that he should be put where the dogs
would not bite him, but thus far the
ex-senator has not been arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Professor Gamer, the student of the
monkey language, has spent three
years in the African jungles, and he Is
coming home to spend three years at
Newport.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
HER NAME FOR HIM.

From the Houston Post
DO you call your husband 'Honey?'
mo, I call him Pickle
Good gracious, don't that make him
mad?"
mo; he knows l detest money, and
every woman loves pickles"
woman loves pickles."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
TIRED OF LIFE AT 115.
From the London Express.

From the London Express.
A peasant named Boldovetch. l15 years
old, living in the district of Illutsk, Rus
STA. attempted to commit suicide on Sat
urday by cutting his throat Chen ad-
mitted to the hospital he declared that he
was tired of life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

deer by bursting forth into song and so
enchanting some hunters that they let
their prey escape. It is a pretty story. as
we said before with certain artificial
beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

The New Orleans sporting editors
once said the Coal Barons were lot
of hoodlums. Those hoodlums will,
however, be the baseball champions of
the south throughout the season of
1907 from the rising of the sun to the
going down thereof. We extend to he
Pelicans oar distinguished considera-
ton
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
ALL SORTS.

Our lives can never be the same,
No matter what we do,
For some must laugh and some must cry
And some must grumble, too.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

The world is wide, or rather it was
before telegraph and steam transporta.
ton came into use. Now man can
not get beyond extfadtion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

A Denver woman has returned to her
husband after quitting him for the forty
first time She can't stay quit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Uncle Joe" Cannot is probably
keeping an eye on the stogiemakers'
convention at Wheeling, w. Va.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Manila has become a free port. but
our tariff barons will not permit our
tariff wall against the Philippines to
be lowered an inch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Schoolmaster Roosevelt seems to
have discovered that he had bit off
more spelling words than he could
make the people "chaw."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

. Mr. Bryan IS a standpatter himself
on Issues he has carefully considered
and presented. He is not, however, a
Dingley standpatter,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
ADRFT WITH THE TIMES

TX bands rent the skies with mel
.@1 ody, thousands pressed around
- him and all the world smiled
when the commoner came home to little
old Lincoln. Nebraska. His preliminary
address of welcome was as follows:
Great Scott. what crowdl' after which
he was conducted to his carriage amid
the plaudits of the multitude It was a
great day for william Jennings Bryan
a notable occasion and one to swell the
heart of any man. What tho he had
stood in the presence OF the mighty and
snapped stories with monarchs-what tho
he had already received welcome in New
York, such as never before tendered a
private American citizen. the glad Lin
colnites united as one to do him honor.
Republicans. democrats, populists, sot
cialists and scalawags cheered for "Our
Bill" It was affecting. And how did the
most prominent citizen of Lincoln. Neb,
repay the kindness of his nelghbors? He
got up and began. when was
abroad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Hoke Smith will become governor of
Georgia, but every delegate from that
state to the national convention will
be a Bryan man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

AS Governor Terrell of Georgia took
his wife when he left for New York,
he will probably behave.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Premier Stolypin has to fight first
bombs and then grand dukes, and the
one Is just about as bad as the other.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
MoNoToNY.

MoNOTONY.
Sun shines bright,
Rain drops fall,
Man improves
Not at all.
Rose buds bloom,
Song birds sing,
Wind blows free,
Church bells ring.
Laugh In here,
Sigh out there,
Sick folks die,
Few to care.
Day comes close
After night,
Darkness. too,
Follows light.
Youngsters love,
Then forget,
Moneys still
Scarce. as yet.
Same old life
Nothing new.
Same old bills
Falling due.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

A very ordinary citizen can have a
citizen named after him, but President
Roosevelt has species of trout named
after him
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Alabama is the champion state this
year. Mobile and Birmingham did 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

A Baltimore man recently got three
kisses for 50. They are getting down to
reasonable figure at last.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

The Kansas papers call it "dehornet
spelling"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
Army Promotion.

1T is handsome of Brig. Gen. j. Frank
lin Bell to urge that seniority be waived
in his case when General Corbin retires
on September TO- and that Brig. Gen.
Jesse M. Lee, one of civil war veterans,
be promoted to the vacant major-gen-
eralcy; but 1t shouldfbe understood that
seniority carries no right to promotion,
although, other things being equal, 1t
should prevail" said a military man.
IF General Lee Is better soldier than
General Bell the civil war veteran with
the excellent record ought to be promoted.
Sentiment should not enter into the ques-
ton. Army officers are supposed to be
paid for their efficiency and If promotion
for sentimental reasons becomes the
vogue an unexpected war may find the
wrong man in command of a brigade or
division ordered to the front"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Joseph Folk has fever, but other
wise he is all right.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Latin jokes are still going the rounds
in Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Troy Messenger. The candidates for ad-
mission to the civil service, II rejected
for phonetic spelling, will be able 20
cite the President as their authority In
stead of the dictionary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Trepoff is now but an individual, but
individualistic bombs are sometimes
thrown in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
AUTUMN REvERY.

The flowers that bloomed so sweetly in
May
Are withered away In September,
But the spring and the flowers will come
again
And that's good thing to remember.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Dalny-now Tairen--is now open to
the commerce of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

When music, heavenly maid, was in
her prime there were no gramopnones.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

The spelling books in Alabama will
not be Carnegieized this year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

1t is reported that Birmingham laun-
dry once undercharged patron on his
bill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Expert cigarette rollers can roll $500
cigarettes day, which is 2400 more than
the expert cigarette smoker cares to
smoke.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Trepoff is an ex-oficial, and can now
secure life insurance policy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Canned happiness would help some, If
there were always can opener near.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Now that the preachers have union
1t is up to the devil to organize.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Union Springs Herald: Good roads, good
rivers and cheap transportation are strong
appeals, and are quite popular with the
people of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

The naval review must have given
the oysters in Oyster Bay something
to think about.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Some people are so busy that they don't
have time to make living.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Lafayette Sun: was that government
ownership of railroads" a bomb in demo-
cratic camps? Let's keep 1T out of the
national platform, at least, till we can
try our new railroad rate legislation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Admission Star: Bryan's welcome at Lin
coin, Neb., today rather discounts the
famous adage that a prophet is without
honor in his own country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Don't be alarmed, Agnes 1t is only inc
falling of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

A typo" made Tom Masson's name
Massey in yesterdays Age-Herald.
Such is fame!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

The Sutton sisters can certainly play
tennis. Wonder If they can cook.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

A revolution with five heads is be-
ing prepared for five Central American
republics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Paul o. Stensland says he is not as
black as he was painted o, PAUL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Montgomery Advertiser: scientific
writer asserts that there are about 5000
species of bees. That doesn't interest a
man whose cuticle has been invaded by
the baYonet of a bee of any variety.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

The ears of the Nebraska corn must
hear the shouting over their favorite
son.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07
Local transforms afflict this state.

They are coming home in lunches.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Hearst will, 1t is reported, put mil
lion dollars into the campaign In New
York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

SHUCKS!
Altho the price of coal and ice
May make us weep,
Oh. let US all console ourselves,
Advice is cheap.
The youth accused Of stealing a load
of hay and a red hot stove was prob
ably endeavoring to show how dexterous
he could be-
Philosophy doesn't help you much when
you are broke.
Uncle Sam Will not put his finger in
the Cuban stew.
A party of explorers enjoyed the unique
experience of being shaved by a volcano.
Their whiskers were neatly singed.
There is money in 1t for the man who
patents pocketbook that will stay full.
Campaign literature in pellet form
should prove popular.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Gadsden Times-Newss A poaehed seal
may be of more value than poached
egg, but there is more trouble attached
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-07

Guntersville Democrat: It is a good in
dlcation to see the papers all over the
state taking their crow cheerully
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ALABAMA PRESS

collinsville Courier: You can now name
the newborn kid Braxton, and Bragg
about it.