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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
"BATTLlNG" DIScOMFlTTED.

From the New York World.
 Battling Nelson has a large and active family of small brothers, all of whom arc enthusiastic admirers of the Danes fistic prowess. But last week there was trait or In the Nelson family camp in the shape of the youngest member of the clan. Nel- son had occasion to reprove the youngstor for taking undue liberties with some of the apparatus in his gymnasium. The urchin. In nursery parlance, 'sassed back" Whereat the pugilst, lifting the boy across his knee, applied a gentle but firm castigation where it would do m ost good The lad has the true fighting blood and raised not one whimper. But his little face was purple with wrath as he wriggled free and bolted out of the room. At the door he halted long enough to turn back, glare at Nelson and pant in a voice choked with triumphant malice:
 Three cheers for Britt,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Don't Go Away.

with the splendid salubrious at mosphere of Red mountain and Shades mountain there is comfort this sum mer for the stay-at-ho business man of Birmingham" said a member of the Home club"
 Hotels and cottages on the beauti- full mountains close to Birmingham af- ford an excellent proposition to all of our home folk, who can't get far away The pure water and glorious atmos- phere of these mountains are all that Is necessary for rest of brain and body, and the conveniences are all that one could desire.
 "One of these days-not far away hotels and cottages will dot the hills all around Birmingham. and they will at tract visiting health-seekers from every section of Alabama, both north and south of us."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
WINNING COMPLIMENT.

From the Chicago News.
 The beautiful girl shook her head In the negative
 "No," she said, after moments delib- eration. "I can never-no, never-be your wife. But I'll tell you what I'll do,i Just to show you that there is no hard feeling on my part, will be present when you marry some other girl and Lombard you with old shoes for luck
 An, here was an opportunity. Quick as a flash the young man responded:
 Please don't. If you must throw old shoes, borrow them."
 And why not use my own?''
 Because they are so small we could never detect them from the rice"
 Flattery won. The beautiful girl de- cided right there that the young man was altogether too clever for any other girl, so she reversed her decision and the cards are out,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
TROY,S GROWTH.

From the Troy Messenger
 Little has been said recently about Troys growth, but a ride about town discloses very gratifying evidence of the fact that at no time in her history has improvement been going on at the rate 1t Is at present. There are now more than a score of new residences In process of building. number 6. which will class among the fine homes of the city. The business houses are also enlarglng their accommodations and extending their sphere. If there Is an unoccupled busi- ness house in Troy 1t is unknown to this writer. The demand for residences is also good. That steady and healthy growth that has always characterized our city continues. We are blessed with the clements which lie at the foundation of a city's prosperity wealth, enterprise, pub lie spirit, good churches and good schools, and we are reaping the benefits which naturally accrue from such a state of things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

wasps in the economy of nature, else they would not have been created
 There Is no doubt, however, that my lady the flirt does 'trife all the flowers of friendship" She does not play tho game fair. because It's moods are so elu- sive, its sign manual so delicate and various, its signifcances so intangible, that 1t is not possible to legislate upon 1t and make the square deal an assured fact of that domain.
 A heaving bosom, sidelong glance kndling eye, pretty little air of trust and confidence-these may au be casual. adventitious, without significance; and yet of such impalpable stuff are loves dreams made. They may constitute an implied contract in the airy republic of the affection, or they may only be signs of momentary interest, yet 1t is the law of that republic that they shall not be f1nesse-that they shall be something more than the exercise of ones faculties for the sake of exercise, or to demonstrate the possession of power.
 If the world were full of f1irts, thorns would replace all the gracious flowers of friendship. and the relations of the sexes would have the aspect of a vendetta rather than of sort of merry warfare. 1t is just possible. however. that a certain sprinl1ling of the species is necessary to put true girls to their mettle, to disil- fusion oter-confident lads and to initiate against the occasional mawkishness of young sentiment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
IN HOT WEATHER.

 From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. hissing tire.
 "Puncked?"
 The automobilist looked up. Two grimy1oolSing boys were watching him. The older, sharp-looking lad of fifteen was the intetrogator.
 'uncked," answered the automobiles, an drew forth his tire irons.
 "Dis part of outomobeelng ain't so much fun, Is it?" queried the smaller lad.
 Fun? Why, this is the best part of A smile stole over his face. Let me show you" he said. "Here. you hold this iron, and you get the pump from the box. That's right. Now you bring ma the inner tube. That's it. So, the casing Is off. Fun? should say 1t was. Givo me the tube. There. just pump a little air in it. Isn't that fine pump" Thus the talk ran fer twenty minutes. the youthful assistants working so faith fully that the collar of the automobist had no cause to wither in the blisterng sun. Finally the easing was replaced. Want rider" asked the grateful au- tomobilist.
 I've can't go," said the older boy, re- gretfully. "Dey're waitin for de ice" The gaze of the trio was directed to a child's express wagon with a large pool of water under 1t. All that was left of the Ice was a diminutive lump.
 "Hully geei what'll de butcher say?'' cried the smaller lad, and before the au- tomobilist could venture a suggestion the boys and their wagon were clatterins down the stret
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
ThirtY-six Years Aao.

This is my birthday said Sam Harris. "Thirty-six years ago l came to Birming ham. It was a wee-bit of a town, and could find no hotel. At Elyton, J. B. Webb kept smal country inn, and there took bed and board. I sat upon a clay bank, a spot whereon now stands the great Marx building, and looked over the scene. Then l moved up to what is now the Dargin corner, and laid hands upon a cotton stalk. I was look Ing for a paint job, but l could not find it.
 At that time there were two little shanties on the Southside, and there was a small hut on the corner of First ave- nue and Twenty street, whereon now stands the Steiner bank. That was about all there was of Birmingham.
 "G was just 21 when I came to Bir mingham, and since my majority l have seen the city grow to it's present iin- mense proportions, watching every move ment in its progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Boominu Dope Drink.

"Over in Georgia the papers are sug- gesting that well known soft drink firm had selfish interest in the prohi that they put $50, 900 In the lobby fund" said reading man.
 Tt Is said that the closing oF the saloons will treble the sales of the pop ular fountain drinks, alread immense, In one particular beverage. Of one thing we may rest assured that If we raise a generation up on nervine drinks there will be another follow with de- generate nerves and intensified nervous disorders. Looking at the life the Americans are leading in the cities, the prospects does not seem over pleasing for a generation or two ahead"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
T the New York Press

From the New York Press.
 A man hardly ever likes a thing to eat unless It is bad for his liver.
 The reason people can't remember the 1en Commandments is they don't rhyme.
 A comfortable thing about being con- ceited is the way you always think you aren't.
 Inc reason all girls think they are pret- ty is because they maneuver around to make you tell them so.
 A woman thinks a trip to Europe is worth all the expense of it because she can tell how much more 1t cost than It did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Senator Bankhead Here.

Senator John H. Bankhead was in the city yesterday and was receiving the con- gratulations of those friends who had not had the opportunity previously.
 He went to Montgomery in the after noon to lend his aid to the passage of the proposed constitutional amendment for good roads with state aid.
 After the closing of the present session of tre legislature he will proceed directly to Washington to look after certain mat tcrs before the departments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
ALABAMA PRESS

Decatur News: With Banllhead and Johnston in the senate Alabama has just reason to expect much.
 Mobile Herald: Mrs. William J. Bryan, it is said, can swim a mile. w. J. B. can undoubtedly talk one.
 Montgomery State: Just a passing re- tection: What will the dear people of Georgia do with their mint beds?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
TEACH U. THE WAY

TEACH Us THE WAY. Oh, give us the courage to battle and fall. Oh, give us the hope that redeems toiler when the yoke Is beginning to gall And the color dies out of his dreams. Oh. teach us the lesson that lies in the heart
 Of the man who has played but to lose, Yet. stands ever ready to make a new
 start
 And never give up to the bluesl An observer says that tobacco mars matrimonial bliss. An, but 1t is a great help to single blessedness! A medical journal says that a soap bub- ble is the thinnest thing in the world. It can't touch a peekaboo.
 THE SOUL We think we analyze our hearts and read our natures true And pride ourselves upon the faults that do not show. But such oer- weening confidence is bound
 to bring us rue, For there's a mystic inner self we do not know
 Humanity moves upward" remarks q contemporary. Usually following an ex- plosion
 The Wright brothers are not good look ing. We hope their airships will succeed.
 LIGHT LOVE-MAKING. Oh, the sea was pounding merrily And the sky above was blue, When Algie and his Maude sat Meath a sunshade built for two. Oh, he held her little hand in his Because he loved her so, And near by stood a referee Twas Cupid with his bow. That's how the game Is played down by The ever moaning sea, Where two can have a world of fun But hardly ever three. And the beauty of 1t all Is this, No matter what you say, You never keep the pledges made Upon holidayi While the price of mercury is down, the same thing can't be said about mercury in thermometers.
 LONGING. Oh. give me leave to wander forth. Far from the world of strife, And meath a dome of blue to lead The glad al fresco life! ''ye gods, what spectacle" exclaims
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
ALWAYS NEAR.

From the Chicago News.
 We would like you to go on our per sonally conducted tours.' said the ticket agent.
 Don't care about it," replied the meek little man behind the mountain of bag gage.
 But wouldn't you like to know that some one was always keeping an eye on you?"
 "oh. don't worry about that. My wife is enins slonG-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
Successful Revival.

We have just closed a very successful revival at Mount Vernon Methodist church in North Birmingham said Rev. Frank W. Brandon, the pastor.
 "Our church now having some TOO mem- bers has received additions recently of 200 members. We have a nice church editce with a seating capacity of s0O. My congregation is building pastors house, costing some s350o, which, when completed, will be one of the most at- tractive homes In North Birmingham.
 'I was appointed to my present charge at the last conference and am delighted with my situation. All our people seem to be interested in the great work of tho Master"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Judge Feasln Writes Governor

q took the liberty of writing to 9oFer- nor Conner my views on the Greater Bir- mingham question yesterday" said Judge Feagin.
 Among other things l called ms at- tention to the fact that the heart or community, such as we have hefe' "lth smaller municipalities and communities grouped about it, gives life and blood ana sustenance to the other members. Like an oak with limbs extending out in many directions is Birmingham proper; the trunk can live without the hmps' but the limbs cannot without the tree.
 "I called attention by illustration 10 the value of Birmingham to the suburbs and the outlying property, improved and urEnproved, by saying that If the sug- gestion were made to move the city as at present bounded to a point, say on the Warrior, there would go up mighty protest from those who now think 1t un- fair to help make Greater Birmingham, thereby helping themselves.
 Ut is not alone in population that city may be great. The city of Birming- ham, England. is famed for tho skill and artistic ability of it's artisans, who work in gold silver and copper, as well as iron. Our Birmingham must become mo- only the great iron city of this coun- try, but it should be made the most celebrated for it's educated, skilled work man in clay precious metals, and the highest attainments in the mechanical arts. To accomplish this end we will need q great school of technology and one in ceramics in Greater Birmingham.
 asked the governor in my letter to sign the King bill and I sincerely trust he may see his way clear to do this"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
NOT YET. BUT SOON.

From the Savannah News.
 Some of our esteemed contemporaries m other states apparently have lost sight of the five months of grace that the legis- lature allowed us and are saying that GsnrGia Is on tha watar waznn-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
SHOTS AT ALABAMA

Houston Post: Alabama has joined North Carolina and Virginia in the game with a nice stack of blues.
 Louisville Post: Alabama Is so anxious fog prohibition that 1t is even prohibit Ing the Southern railroad from operating in the state.
 Charleston News and Courler The man over there with the hunted look Is from Alabama. He Is lodging the process of the state which is trying to take his enarter away from him.
 Nashville American: If Alabama could stop all the Southern's wheels in that state and cause grass to grow on the tracks and rust to eat up the rails, what triumph it would be for the states progress and prosperity.
 Chattanooga Star: The Alabama child labor bill recently passed, permits girl of 12 years to work for ten hours Still the Alabama legislature deserves great credit in demanding that children under years be left at home to watch the baby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Representative Gomez of Manila Is an unreconstructed American. All he wants is independence, and he wants 1t on the jump.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

An Arkansas editor was shot dead the other day. He deserves to go 10 heaven for two reasons. First, he was an editor, and, second, he lived In Arkansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

The Mobile Register and the Rev. Sam Small are defending Fairbanks, although they have not word to say about his cocktails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Rockefellerism is in a bad way, for every development but makes known the gravity of the conspiracy against competition in the oil business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

A New York man committed suicide because he weighed too much. Most men commit suicide because they are lightweights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Kansas, which has long been af- flicted with opera houses, has acquired theatre at last, and the papers in that state are rejoicing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

A newspaper writer discusses Nerve and Piano-Playing." It takes a great deal of nerve sometimes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Don't let snakes spoil your vaca- tion," we are advised. No, indeed! We'll take along plenty of snake medi- cine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

David Albaugh DeArmond has al ready preempted Leader Williams job in the House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

There is no such thing as a misfit pie," says the Baltimore Sun. Too much of some kinds will give people fits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

The railroads in Virginia, South Carolina and Alabama are, in man. ner so to speak. on their knees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

New Yorks new police court con- venes at 9 D. m. and adjourns at a. m. This gives the day courts some margin for early business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

The King of Annam has been upset by France because he boiled his un- acceptable wives without trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Railways readily obey laws that abolish passes, but law that reduces rates Is to them a horse of a different color.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
PLASUPE LANE.

PLASURE LANE. The lights are bright in Pleasure Lanes The jewels glowing rarely And Youth, enthralled by what he sees And tempted on so fairly, Must soon forget stern duty's call A softer voice beguiling And leading him lo ruin through The magic of her smiling. Oh' many go that beaten way or light and song and laughter, some leaders in the dizzy rout And others pressing after, But those who stasger back can tell Of sorrow and confusion, For Pleasure Lane Is all a snare or heartbreak and deluson Sad teachers are not popular. Yet the merry, merry kind are always getting m-xed up in something. Europe Is full of Americans in whizz wagons who leave behind trail of gaso- line and dollars.
 One of the largest matrimonial lemons on record was the parting gift of a New Jersey woman to her husband. She left him the gas bill.
 A LONG TIME DEAD.
 Let science rave
 And pull It's hair,
 What doth dried up
 Rameses care? Note-In this poem "Rameses" is pro- nounced as in musical comedy A loud whoop Is running over the land to the effect that certain preparations will remove freckles A contemporary says: MT. Bryan, now featuring on Faith, is also living in Hope" The campaign fund will be Charity"
 PEPPERY He swore she was a perfect peach And held her to his heart But when he wed the lass he found She was a little tart
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

The turbine Cunarder Lusitania Is billed to consume 1900 tons of coal a day. She needs a coal-mine attached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

MT. Fairbanks is between a swish of buttermilk and forty cocktails, and he does not know which to go to the country on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

France proposes to land in and also on Morocco, and Spain will assist her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

All are willing to pit our American women who sit cross-legged against the women of Budapest who do not sit that way. The former would win bands down and legs crossed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Wall street quotations now depend upon H. H. Rogers pulse beats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

If MT. Roosevelt Is the logical can didate, he has goodly number of alternates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Copper is king, and Thomas w. Lawson is its loud prophet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

New York considers its new night court long-felt want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

British consols are down to S3, and the government Is puzzled by such low figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Commander Peary Is about to make his fifth dash towards the pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

It is no reflection for gentleman to ask his way home after midnight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Judge Landis has established a new record In fines that will not soon be exceeded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Justice is working so hard these Aus gust days that she is in great danger of sunstroke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Don't Mind Big Hands and Feet runs a headline. Mindinng won't remedy matters, so what's the use?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

The Standard oil of Indiana Is over whelmed with fines and rebate rec ord.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Memphis Commercial Appeal: When your Uncle Josephus Cannon was in Mill waukec recently he discovered that the Buttermilk Boom had made no headway in a community that did not owe it's fame to that beverage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

A communication entitled New York'a Disgrace" prompts the question, which disuraoa9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

washington Herald: Three Pennslvania postal clerks claim to have distributed 5000 pieces of mail in thirty minutes. Aft CT such heroic effort it Is to be hoped that they got to the park before the ball game was called.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

New York Tribune: A new disease Is said to be puzzling the doctors in Sag Harbor passion for novelty is legitl- mate within certain limits, and even de- serves encouragement but a person who acquires a malady which medical men sdon't understand is taking a foolish risk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Lawyer Littleton, native of East Tennessee, is to receive $25,000 as Thaw's chief counsel, and he is ex- pected to do better work than Lawyer Delmas did, and his fee was $5O,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

A Fairbanker is knY Ywn by the but. termilk ha dr1nkA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

the Louisville Herald. We thought Louis vile was out of the bathing suit belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Nashville Banner: The magazine that thought to make hit with the Bryan Beveridge debate bought a gold brick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
THE AGE- HERALD

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala'' postoffice as second-class matter unoer act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

An observer says that tobacco mars matrimonial bliss An. but 1t Is a great help to single blessedness!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07
PRESS POINTS

Louisville Herald: Automobiles are be- ing sold in Borneo. The wild man will be right in his element as a chauffeur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

The Hon. David DeArmond of Mis- souri Is full of the hope that John harp Williams is about to enter the Senate. He seems to think the leader ship of the House would fit himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Life is as tedious as a twice told tale, vexinq the dull ear of a droWsy man.
 king John.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Washington Bureau Age-Herald' l4zl G street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

A medical journal says that a soap bub- ble is the thinnest thing in the world. It can't touch a peekaboo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

W. D. Lanier and John D. Stanley are the only authorized travelling representa- lives of The Age-Herald in It's circuiat'oh department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

One of the largest matrimonial lemons on record was the parting gift of New Jersey woman to her husband. She left him the gas bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-07

Sad teachers are not popular. Yet, the merry merry kind are always getting mixed up in something.