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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
1t costs a heap of omeny to educate
a boy up to the point where he can't
support himself.
Low-neck gowns are very useful when
a woman Is packing a trunk not to take
up so much room.
It's better not to know so much that
you have to explain 1t to everybody else
before they can understand 1t.
One of the comfortable things about
marrying a widow is all the things you
don't have to teach her by breaking the
news.
A woman thinks she is unhappily mar
ried when her husband objects 10 going
out of the theatre between the acts and
telephoning home to see if burglars have
hxoken IN.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Crash In Ohio,

Columbus, O., February IA Baltimore
and Ohio freight train at Black Lick,
this county, broke in two today and the
rear end crashed into a Pennsylvania
train. The wreckage is now burning. and
It Is reported that four men have been
killed Railroad officials here decline to
give out any Information regarding the
wreck
Later reports from the wreck say sew
eral cars weer destroyed, but 1t Is noe
thought anybody was killed. Definite in
formation is lacking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Colonel Edmonds Killed.

Bastrop, Tex, February 1--Col. ]. G.
Edmonds, superintendent of the city
schools of this city. was shot and killed
in front of the postoffice here today.
There is great excitement. R. A.
Brooks, an attorney and an assistant
postmaster, has been arrested, charged
with the killing. No announcement as
to the cause has been made.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Roster Dauqhtry's New Soma.

''Why Is Papa Not At Homer is the
title of a new ballad by Rozier Daughtry
Birmingham's successful song writer. The
theme of the song is a popular one and
the music is catchy. Mr.. Daughtry al
ready haD an imposing list of compost
lions to his credit. including, THE Match
maker" two step; II Never Knew You
Loved Me-" Looking for Sunshine"
Call Me Darling" Forget Me-" other
songs and a number of ragtime successes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Increase Mail Carriers Salary.

Washington, February 1.-The Sen
ate today passed a bill increasing the
salaries of letter carriers in free deliv-
cry in offices. 1t was explained the
same provision was to be made in the
postoffice appropriation bill, but 1t was
desirable that the Senate place itself
on record in favor of the measure The
bill fixes the first years salary of such
carriers at 5000, with an annual in
crease of 800 until the maximum has
been reached.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
BEGGING OFF.

BEGGING OFF,
Trueheart, the time
Is drawing near.
st. Valentine
Will soon be here.
Don't send comic
Dear, to me,
And I will not
Send one to thee.
When Kansas farmer1oses a diamond
he sends his chauffeur to town in a sixty
horse power automobile and has his loss
reported to the police.
A gentleman In Ohio whosimagines that
he is John D. Rockefeller feels his head
every few minutes to see IL he has any
hair.
The atmosphere In the Arctics 1s-so clear
that 1t would be possible to see a bill coll
lector 128 miles away.
These rainy days are fine for explora-
tons in Bookland.
What's the use of being an-editor If you
can't ride on a pass? walls the pilot Of
a weekly.
FINS.
So long!
We're through.
Good luck
To you! PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Andrews Is Vice President.

Cincinnati. February IA. B. Andrews
has been appointed vice president of the
Queen and Crescent and Alabama Great
Southern railroads with Jurisdiction over
the tire importation departments and forces
therein. Mr.. Andrews has been superin-
terdent of the Danville division of this
Southern railway. with headquarters at
Greensboro, N. C.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Ashland Farmer Killed.

Montgomery. February IA special to
the Advertiser says ]. ]. Herring. con-
tractor at Ashland, shot and killed Rob-
ert Cook, a farmer. Cook is said to have
been intoxicated and attempted to stab
Herring.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

THE WORLDS WAY.
Il sometimes think"
Said William Sphinx,
The worlds not good to me.
For when I'm sad.
No longer glad
And sunk in misery
1t never tries
To dry my eyes
And wipe my tears away,
Attic 1t smiles
And oft beguiles
Me when I'm feeling gay"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

The RockefeIlers, pere and son, may
have acquired new notions Of their
moral conduct on reading the report of
the interstate commerce commission
on Standard OIL.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
GEORGIA Marshal Shot.

Athens, Ca. February 1.-Will Bolton
of this county shot and instantly killed
tonight Tim Hammonds marshal of Stat
ham. Ga. Bolton was drinking and Ham
nonds was trying to get him to go home
when he shot tina marshal through the
heart. Bolton made mis- escape
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
SAM WILL JOHN,

From the Washington Herald.
To the galaxy of the truly great we
welcome the Hon. Sam Will John. member
of the Alabama legislature. A man with
such a name could be nothing less than
a good democrat, no matter how hard
he might try
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Chancellor Day may rise up and call
for the utter extinction of the inter-
state commerce commission, because it
hurt his feelings dreadfully in its views
of Bro. Archbold.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

The stage Irishman has been driven
out, and the stage Dutchman, the stage
Jew and the stage Cockney are going.
The stage Yankee continues to do busi-
ness at the old stand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Strike at Augusta.

Augusta, Ca. February 1.-Three hun
dred car workers, painters, and others
employed in the Georgia railroad and
the Charleston and Western Carolina rail-
road shops went on strike today. The
demand a recognition Of thar unions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

A newspaper writer who talks about
the time when the snow goes Crunch"
should remember that the sound is
nothing to compare with that made
when the ice goes Chunk" Chunk"
in water pitcher early in the morn
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

James Stillman, president of the City
National bank, proposes to spend the
remainder of his days outside the sub
poena belt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Senator Dryden seems to think a
senatorial seat is something he can file
a lien upon. He should go out and
procure new federal ideas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
Decatur. Ga. Marshal Killed.

Decatur, Ga, February Town Mar
shall ]. w. Hammond was shot and killed
tonight by unknown persons near the
Seaboard Air Line depot here. There were
no witnesses of the shooting and the po-
lice have no clue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Chancellor Day should put the inter-
state commerce commissions report on
Standard Oil and Bro. Archbold under
his pillow at night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Old Gibraltar has raised the cry,
Dryden or Nobody" and New Jersey
accepts the latter alternative.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Since Julia Marlowe has shown her
self a graceful dancer, she may yet
take dip into vaudeville.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Mr.. Bryce sails on February 10, thus
defying hoodoos of all sorts in both
countries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

James Hazen Hyde is getting about
all the quiet now that man could rea-
sonably hope for in this life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Harry Thaw is now occupying fully
as much space in the Hearst papers as
Mr.. Hearst occupied when he was in
nOlitics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

In newspaper parlance, Roland B.
Mollneaux is writing some great stuff
about the Thaw trial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
WHERE THE PUSH IS.

There's always room at the top, they say
To the fellows whose skies are clouded.
That much we're perfectly willing to
grant
It's the bottom that ssusually crowded.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

One of the standing and regular tasks
of Congress is the reorganization of
the Panama canal commission. 1t never
stays pat" long.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Kansas has never had legal execu-
ton, and it has abolished capital pun
ishment In order that it may never
have one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

The Delaware legislature has decided
to retain the whipping post for wife
beaters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

The great northwest has snowdrift
700 miles long, and the June rise of the
Missouri is expected to be a record
breaker
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

January went out amid thunder show
ers that would have scared even lions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Ida Tarbell led up to the interstate
commerce commissions lively chapter
on Standard Oil rascality.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

The Senate is gradually losing its
millionaires, and when the last one
goes out jubilee should be held.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Most of the lemons intended for
President Roosevelt are handed to
Loeb.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

There is actually ten inches of snow
in Death Valley, California, which Is
usually a heatSquivering waste.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Talesmen are in great demand in
New York at present, especially those
that will make good.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Capt Dreyfus won the gratitude of
the world by refusing to take the lee
ture platform.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

America ships lemons to every coun-
try except Russia. Japan stocked up
the latter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Sleighing is popular sport in the
east. Braying is much in vogue among
Congressman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

This country has 100000 tele-
phones. thus easily outranking any
othar country
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Grover Cleveland has job at last,
at half the salary he got as President.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Mother says that the sboy gets all his
bad traits from father but father has
his private opinion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

1t is quite fad nowadays to have
automobiles. Those who can'ttafford to
keep car may enjoy reading the auto
mobile jokes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Watch the labels on your baking
powder packages.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
NOTIONS.

People who make a practice of hurl-
ing defiance at any and everything find,
in the course of time, that it acts as a
boomerang.
If growing up girls would read Mrs.
Rorer more and Bertha NJ. Clay less they
would make better wives
1t takes a man with remarkable self
control not to tell a new story to the
next man he meets after he hears it.
Altho a man may have IT'S" scattered
all through his conversation, he cannot
see that his egotism makes him an ass
Matrimony is the post graduate course
of love. A days training there is worth
weeks and weeks of courtship study on
the seashore.
PLUMBERS TOUGH LUCK.
Land sakes." the plumber said. II think
My business is on the blink
In these here parts. To save my life,
As l was saying to my wife,
l never will make both ends meet
Unless we have more ice and sleet,
More blizzards ripping round the land,
More busted pipes for water and
More general activity
BY Winter. That old faker he
Amt frozen up a blessed thing
And here l am a-facing Spring"
HOLSTERS never die says a contem-
porary. We knew one who died and had
long funeral procession,
After a while Boston will become so
pedanic that people will have to stand
an examination before being permitted
to live there.
IF YOU ARE RICH.
Anything goes IL you have money,
All your Jokes are new and funny,
People seek you high and low
That's because they like you so.
All the papers rush to print
News about you-never stint
Interviewers asking space
To describe your wit and grace.
Anything goes II you have money,
Lovely women call you honey
And, so long as you can pay,
You will have the glad entree
To all Sorts of gilded fetes
Where the worldlings go the gaits.
II your purse is never slim
Then you're always in the swim.
Anything goes If you have money.
No one asks that you be sunny.
Tho you're cross and stupid, too.
And there's nothing good in you;
Tho you're ugly, loud, ill-bred,
Gross in manner and unread,
You can always find a friend
If you have the coin to spend.
An old man lost his mind in Missouri
and said he was the biggest fool on earth.
Nohadv maid anv attention to him until
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

The literary editor is an artfu1 fellow.
when a near-poet sends IN little book
of verse and the literary editor is asked
to express an opinion what does he dot
This: He says, "A new book of verse by
]. Twiggers. poet residing at Smith
vile, Ind, has been received. 1t is from
the press of Doubleday & Co. The cover
is tastefully done in green and gold. Here
is one of Mr.. Twiggers' characteristic eff
forts" He then quotes a few lines and
the incident is closed. Nobody's feelings
are hurt and the literary editor gets away
without saying what he thinks Of Twig-
gers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
PLUMBERS TOUGH LUCK.

HOLSTERS never die says a contem-
porary. We knew one who died and had
long funeral procession.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post
office as second-elass matter under act
of Congress March 8. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

After a while Boston will become so
pedanic that people will have to stand
an examination before being permitted
to live there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

he shouted that he was a greater man
than William Jennings Bryan. Then they
knew he was crazy and they locked
him up.
The proposition to give "SaIome" a s.fair
DEAL" suggests that what the opera
needs most is a few barrels of lime.
A TIMID SKATER.
The fat man slips
And hesitates.
The bump that goes
With roller skates
Doth give him pain
And jar him so
He hates to run
The risk, you know.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-02

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. $500
Daily and Sunday, per month";. 10
Weekly Ase-Herald, per annum.. Loo
Subscriptions payable in advance.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-03-22
UTILIZING STRAW.
How the Farmers of West and North
west Could Save Waste.

The waste of straw in the west and
northwest is simply appalling, de-
elares Prof. Thomas Shaw. Even in
localities where farmers will tell you
that the land is low in vegetable mat
ter, they will go on burning straw
from year to year. Incredible as it
may seem. the glare from burning
straw stacks may be seen every fall
from some part of the area covered
by the corporations of Minneapolis
and st. Paul
In this area of straw burning, the
straw is of the best for feeding 1t Is
brighter and less injured by dews and
rain than in the east, north and
south. When cut at the proper stage
cradle for food Live stock will eat
with considerable relish even wheat
straw thus harvested. when we'll
stacked. Stock will eat oat straw
more readily than overripe hay. and
this applies to horses, colts, yard cat
tie and sheep.
Much of the straw Is too ripe be-
where very large areas are grown,
but will be quite practicable where
the farming is mixed. The greatest
loss, however. comes in the stacking.
1t is rare to see a stack Where
threshing is done one sees simply
straw heaps made by the use of q
blowers
With the aid of one extra man to
guide the blower and one on the
stack. the stacks could be built so as
to turn rain. The stock. especially
cattle and horses. could go to these
stacks. usually made in the field. and
help themselves. and large part of
the winters food could thus be Sc,
cured The manure made could then
be scattered OYER the farm, The west
ern man who burns straw. reasons
that it is easier to burn II than to
draw the residue and scatter it over
the land.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-03-22
TIMELY FRUIT TOPICS.

In selecting varieties for family use
have a succession from early to late.
In this way you can have apples the
year round.
Never plant a peach tree over one
year from the bud but good strong
healthy stock to feet high with
clean bark and clean roots free from
root gals.
l prefer to plant one-year-old apple
and pear trees when can get strong
4 to feet whips. Such trees have a
strong robust habit, strong individu-
atty and are the very cream of the
nursery.-Dr. j. H. Funk, Berks Co.,
Pa.
When picking over potatoes or ap-
pies save the small ones or those
partially decayed for the hens. We
think 1t pays better than to feed them
out to the cows. Boil and mix with
the mash or throw a few raw ones
into each pen in the middle of the
day
The winter peach blight which has
been serious for several years in parts
of California is caused by a fungus.
it attacks the buds in late winter and
early spring. Spraying with bordeaux
mixture four to six weeks before
growths start in the spring is usually
effective
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-03-22
CARE OF TREES.
The Relation of Pruning to Fruit Pro-
dVction.

Pruning so as to maintain balance
between fruit production and wood
growth is of vital Importance to the
fruit grower. because upon such bal
ance success or failure depends. In
nature the trees come into close con-
tact with other trees and a struggle
for existence between them results,
the stronger ones crowding out the
weaker In cultivation, this struggle
for existence between trees Is elm
mated, and they are given an oppor-
tunity to develop without much com.
petition. 1t is obvious that under
such conditions, the natural tenden-
eies and functions of the trees are
often thrown out of harmony.
If the soil is very fertile, or espe-
cially rich in nitrogen, the wood pro
ducing functions tend to crowd out
the fruit-producing functions. or, II
the soil is poor, fruit production is en-
couraged at the expense of wood pro-
duction, and the vitality is affected.
This may result In premature death.
Often under conditions such as these,
intelligent pruning may correct the
difference.-Prof. e. p. Sansten.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-03-22
Suggestion for Bulletin Board.

name should be painted in large white
letters, in an attractive style, across
the top of the board. The owners
name and post Office address should
be Immediately underneath. II the
farm is on rural mail delivery route,
record that fact and the number
thereof
Set the mail box on the same post,
or nearby, and keep the whole outfit
in first-class order, as in measure it
"officiates" as a sort of show case"
in front of the farm. Then keep the
whole farm so that it will compare
favorably with the show case, and you
may acquire the reputation of being
model farmer. Quite likely. Try it
and see.
Why should not we farmers adver-
tise our business the same as other
business men do in the various COM
mercial lines? We nearly always have
something to SELL and there is often
something wanted.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-03-22
Cutworm Moth and Caterpillar.
somewhat Enlarged.)

than they can eat. They attack wheat,
Indian corn, oats and all the cereals,
as well as garden vegetables. So@e
kinds of cutworms ascend trees by
night and cut off tender leaves and
buds, descending and hiding in the
early morning. BY day they hide un-
der the surface of the soil, where each
patch of whitening vegetation marks
their hiding-places. In vegetable beds
these spots should be dug over and
the upturned worms killed; holes
made with a hoe or rake handle fur
nish favorite hidng-places by day,
and thus serve as traps to catch
many worm
There are a great number of kinds,
and some of the worst are introduced
species from Europe. One of the
most widely distributed and destruc-
tive is the spotted cutworm shown
(enlarged) in the accompanying illus.
tration.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-03-22
FARM BULLETIN BOARD.
How to Make One and the Uses It
Which 1t May Be Put.

Some of our most progressive ano
practical farmers advertise regularly
In the leading agricultural papers, anc
it pays them so well that not one OF
them thinks of farming without adver
Using. But there is more or less ad
vertising, of certain kinds, that farm
ers cannot afford to place in an agri
cultural paper, and which would not
pay in results because of its very ma
ture. This is what the farm bulletin
board is for.
The sketch illustrates the first
board we made. 1t can be made very
easily and quickly and at little ex
pense. If wide boards are used, get
good material and have it dressed on
both sides and jointed. If matched
stuff is used see that it is compare.
lively free from knots.
Cut the boards to run across the
bulletin board horizontally, as this
works better when writing on the
board with crayon. A good size for
feet wide by five feet high. Use three
wide cleats on the back. Fasten these
with 11s-inch screws. This is bet
ter than to use nails, as it leaves a
smoother surface for writing
To make a good job, bind the ends
or edges all around with narrow strips
using a wider one on top for weather
protection. The writing surface can
be covered with liquid stating, but
black paint will do very well. l put
three coats on mine and 1t lasted fol
several years.
Every progressive farm, says Farm
Journal, should have a name, and this
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-03-22
cuTwoRMs.
Something about these Enemies OF
the Gardener.

Cutworms are not properly worms
at all, but the caterpillars CT certain
small night-nying moths, which lay
their eggs in masses or strips on the
twigs of trees, says Montreal Herald.
The minute larvae, or caterpillars,
Matched from these eggs descend into
the soil and remain there during the
day, and in most cases spend the
winter there, and are ready to attack
early vegetation. They are very
voracious and work only at night,
cutting the plants off at the level Of
the ground and destroying far more