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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13
Mark Twain's Tall Bicycle.

From Mark TwainS Autobiography in ..The North American Review for May g..
 Susy's next date is November 29, 1885, the eve of my fiftieth birthday. It seems a good while ago. l must have been rather young for my age then, for l was trying to tame an old-fashioned bi- cycle nine feet high. 1t is to me almost unbelievable, at my present stage of life, that there have really been people will ing to trust themselves upon dizzy and unstable altitude like that, and that 1 was one of them. Twichell and I took lessons every day. He succeeded, and be- came a master of the art of riding that wild vehicle. but I had no gift in that direction and was never able to stay on mine lCng enough to get any satisfactory view of the planet. Every time I tried to steal look at a pretty girl or any other kind of scenery, that single mo- ment of inattention gave the bicycle the chance it had been waiting for, and I went over the front of it and struck the ground on my head or my back before I had time to realize that something was happening. l didn't always go over the front way; l had other ways, and prac- tised them all; but no matter which way was chosen for me there was always one monotenous result-the bicycle skin ned my leg and leaped up into the air and came down on top of me- Sometimes US wires were so sprung by this violent performance that it had the collapsed look of an umbrella that had had a mis- understanding with a cyclone. After each days practice I arrived at home with my skin hanging in ribbons, from my knees down. I plastered the ribbons on where they belonged and bound them there with handkerchiefs steeped in Ponds Extract, and was ready for more adventures next day. It was always a l..
 and that it held out so well. There was always plenty, and I soon came to un- derstand that the supply was going to remain sufficient for all my needs. It turned out that had nine skins, in layers, one on top of the other like the leaves of book, and some of the doc tors said it was quite remarkable.
 I was full of enthusiasm over the in- sane amusement. My teacher was a young German from the bicycle factory
 a gentle. kindly, patient creature. with a pathetcally grave face. He never smiled ; he never made a remark; he always gathered me tenderly up when I plunged off, and helped me on again without a word. When he had been teaching me twice a day for three weeks I intro duced a new gymnastic-one that he had never seen before-and so at last a com pliment was wrung from him, a thing which I had been risking my life for days to achieve. lie gathered me up and said mournfully: MT. Clemens, you can fall off bicycle fin more different ways than any nerson I ever saw befora
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13

Arkansas farm Is more power. First, more brain power among the farmers, and second, more horse power on the farms.
 Iowa and Texas.
 Now let me compare the agricultural conditions of Iowa and Texas. There are greater reasons for the difference of agri- cultural conditions between Iowa and Arkansas than there are for the differ ence between Iowa and Texas Texas has the same natural advantages of Iowa so far as rich. level soil Is concerned and there is no good reason for the Texas farmer not to produce as much as the Iowa farmer; yet, he is not doing so by any means. The state of Texas is four times or more as large as the state of Iowa, yet the agricultural wealth of Iowa far exceeds that of Texas. How are we to account for this [? The differ ence comes largely from the fact that Texas has followed the one crop idea almost entirely from her earliest his tory, while the farmers of Iowa have been forced to adopt system of diver sified farming, and to adopt methods that would bring great results.
 Now. in my opinion, what the south needs in order that she may make the showing in agricultural wealth that she should is to set all her hilly lands to grass and live stock; the hen, the hog and the dairy COW first then add sheep, horses and mules. In oruer that this sys- tenn of live stock growing may be made profitable the farmers must educate them selves, not only in grass growing. but also in the growing of a great line of forage crops. Grasses will not, though we'll established, last all the season. so that forage crops must be provided for feeding when the grass gives out. Where cotton is grown at all, it should be grown on the bottom lands and grown in the regular rotation of crops.
 The southern farmers need more farm CTS institutes where a free exchange of ideas may be had which would be highly beneficial to all The question of tame grasses is one that is attracting the attention of farmers in all parts of the country. So next week I shall com mence a series of articles on the subject of Grasses and Clovers.
 For the past two weeks, I have been holding meetings with the farmers In Kansas. find here that the farmers begin to realize that they must aban- don the one crop idea that of wheat growing, which has been the crop upon which they have largely depended for their revenues. They are beginning to re2lize the importance of placing wheat in atrotation of crops and there are more inquires for information regarding grasses and clovers than there are for any other line of crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13
Rather Embarrassing.

From the New York Sun.
 "I had the most dreadful time at dinner last evening" said the pretty girl in the Empire princess gown "I dined with some western people I do not know very we'll and as the door of the buffers pantry swung open l caught sight of a large, delicious looking chocolate cake, which was evidently to form a part of the dessert. The hostess caught me look ing. So I confessed with my usual love- ly frankness, T saw your dessert and am so pleased for 1t is just what l best like Of course she beamed, but when the dessert was brought on it was mince pie. I have never before encountered 1t at New York dinner and 1t is the only thing in the world that l positively can not eat yet l had declared that l had a deep fondness for the dessert. I thought I should faint Explanations would be too tiresone and possibly embarrassing. summoned all my nerve and ate-no, gulped down the pie. miserable at every bite. The worst was that when I had finished my hostess insisted I should have another piece and l escaped with the ut- most difficulty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13
A SeaquIl Passenger.

From the News Orleans Times-Democrat.
 "London's seagulls are a delight" she said, as she bent over her cabin trunk, one of the April advance guard of the great tourist army. "rhey haunt the Thames in thousands. and if you take bread to the embankment they will fly up and nip it out of your hand with brown, hard peaks.
 "Once, on a bus, gull lighted, near me. Big and gray, calm and sleek, he paid no heed 10 any of us passengers but stared at the great city absently as he rode along. thinking, maybe, of the spacious and lonely sea.
 "A young girl near me had some lunef in music roll. She broke up a biscuit and extended it to the gull. He took il calmly As we trundled out the Strand he made an excellent meal, but at Lud- gate Circus he flew off"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13

There are more than 30,a00 negro voters in that state. and 1t is obvious that the administration Is trying to placate them. The snoils of office caused the first col ored United States senator to forget the debt of gratitude his race owed Charles Sumner. and now the opportunity is come to the eolored people of Ohio to wipe out that stain by supporting the man who stood by their brethren in controversy with the most powerful individual on earth The pie counter Is loaded, but it is understoo that to eat federal pie and cut Foraker an Ohio negro will be re- quired to leave home and travel beyond the geographical confines of the state.
 Foraker was the only republican sena- tor who voted against the rate bill His speech on that subject was one of the ablest constitutional arguments ever de- llvered In the United States Senate. It commanded the respect of all intelligent men, It showed that the man had con- vietions, that he had the courage to maintain them, and the learning to sup port them How much easier 1t would have been to fall in with the majority! How much more applause he would have reaped He is lonesome who does not adopt d fad He Is reealeitrant who does not throw his cap in air and raise his voice in unison with the whlm of the mob.
 John Sherman, the greatest practical statesman Ohio ever produced, declared that the antitrust statute that bears his name was all our dual system of govern ment would bear That has been supple mented by the Elkins anti-rebate law. Foraker says these two are sufficient if they shall only be executed rlgidly and without fear or favor The rate bill has been the law of the land for months. Where is the octopus it has caught? Where is the trust 1t has busted? All that has been done was done under the Sherman and EllSins>aets
 Foraker, rebuked by the administration, has appealed the case to the people of Ohio and in Ohio will be the political storm center the next six months.
 The issue Is. shall a senator be deprived of his political life if he shall oppose a measure in Congress dictated by Pres ident of his own party?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13
Tricks of Milk AduIterators.
the Philadelphia Bulletin.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 "Of course in this city, said a milk inspector, "all the milk is pure. but I've been in2 some towns where impure milk dealers have played some funny dodges on me.
 ou know how I work? Sneak along the streets, hold up a milkman and take sample right out of the can Well, IL has been common thing when milkman has known me by sight for him to pretend to trip on seeing me com ine, fall headlong and upset his can of milk all over the pavement.
 Yes, that trick worked the first time and l wasted lot of pity on the man that played it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13
Not an Example.

From the Washington Star.
 ''tfhe man who succeeds" said the earnest citizen, lis the one who holds to his opinion in the face of all opposition. .
 "I don't know about that" answered the practical person. "A base ball un- plre doesn't get such a large salary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13

$14.50 to Richmond and re- turn, account U. c. V. Reunion. To give their patrons an op- portunity to visit the James town Exposition Southern Rail way will extend limit, and honor tickets for return trip from Norfolk. Through sleeper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13

Attractive ads. arc Illustrated. JoJ fife oawk make your Iilusfr.tIa-., A~A-Lsraid Bulioind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13
Borden Wheeler Sr

Borden Springs. Ala. al benefits to unsurpassed a summer resort. Opens received now. Waters ar cure for all stomach. boy troubles. Finest cuisine baths, city conveniences
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13
HOTELS AND SUNNI
The GilIesE HanCeville,

Mrs. Gillispie has the her hotel aagin, and It nished. The table IS as state, and every attentic mercial travellers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13
RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure of passenger trains at the Union station. Birmingham:
 (Effectve May 5. 1907)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13

~-Nf0~--
 Foraker was a bloody-shirter of the most ensanguined hue. He was outraged when Andy Johnson went acquitted. He was for reconstruction and re-reconstruc- tion and re-re-reconstruction. He wanted treason made odous and traitors punish ed. He believed in Ben Wade, Thad Stevens, Oliver P. Morton, and John A. Logan. The liberal republican movement of 1872 he abominated as next thing to treason the democratic victory of 1873, when "Old Bill" Allen was elected gover- nor, he held to be reinstatement from heaven. His heart sank within him when the returns of the election of 1874 revealed a democratic majority of about three score in the forty-fourth congress. He be- lieved that all was lost and honor, too, when Samhel J. Tilden was elected pres dent in 1876. That tribunal of to made way with honor and honesty part of the game in the shuttle that gave and the deal they made the following February.
 By 1883 Foraker was the most brilliant man and attractive politician in Ohio, and the republicans nominated him for gover- nor. His democratic competitor was George Hoadley, of the Cincinnati bar, an original democrat, who had become a republican because of his hostility to slavery and was now returned to the party of his youth and early manhood. The race attracted national attention. Hoadey had never been so able; Foraker never so eloquent. Ohio was in blaze, off year that 1t was. As now recollect, the temperance question was a big side issue However 1t was, Hoadley was elected-the third democrat chosen gover- nor of Ohio since the war,and the knight Hest man Ohio has yet produced went down.
 But 1t was the fall of Antacus and he snrang uD more formidable th-- ----- --A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13

Arrive from epart to-
 Richmond ..10:15 pm Richmond e. 600 am Richmond .. :30 pml Richmond Q. 4:15 pm
 All trains run by central time. Trans marked thus @ are daily except Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-13

IfllnS Through sleepers O Parlor Cars and Di
 satisfy on da. Ask for tickets via { E. F.. Smith. T. P. A.. / O. l.. Mitchell, G. s. Tenn.
 II. J. Rhein, G. P. A.,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-10
miLLET SEED FOR cows.
~ Boiled Il Makes a Good Feed for
MIX.

A subscriber from Kiowa. Ia.
wishes to know whether boiled millet
seed is good for cows in milk. sec
ond, whether it is good for young
calves fed along with separated milk.
and third, if il is good for hogs. lie
also asks for any information that
may be giTen with reference to feed
Ing IT,
10 the millet seed is boiled until
IL is soft and is fed on some cut fod-
der - viii answer quite well to feed
30 thus 20 COWS. but cooking it fs cost
ly. answers Prof Thomas shaw. In
Orange Judd Farmer. lt is better 90
feed 10 On the form OF meal and. II
possible. along with bran. But minet
seed ground viii be an right FED in
moderate quantities with alfalfa
To VIII also answer to cook 10 and
feed it 90 calves along with separa-
Tor milk The OH iu 30 viii help TO
make mp in The cream removed from
The milk. AS soon. however. as the
calves wiz eat dry meal the simplest
plan is 90 grind the mfIet and feed
10 along with bran. or ground oats.
preferably the former. until the calves
are. say two o- three months old.
about half The meal feed NAV be
ground miuet when the other hair
is bran
For swine. mu'ct has about the
same feeding value as barley. bushel
for bUshel Grouad and soaked ic
roes wei With % Diet Of skim milk for
young piss OF alfalfa or clover pas
ture for pigs that are older. Il is al
SO good fattening food. but ifmixed
with other meal that is suitable. the
piss VIII not tire OF it so quickly.
Mliet seed ground is suitable
food for horses. young or old. IL is
fully equal 90 oats tn maintaining
muscular strength. il is better 20
feed &c along with oats than TO feed
70 alone. The oats make &c more
easily penetrated by the Juices Of the
stomach
MiIlet seed should not be fed 20
any class % domestic animals in the
unEround form. unless it De TO sheep
and fowls The seeds are small and
hard. and when thus fed many OF
them are not crushed and so escape
digestion
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-10
sTalPPINcs

Separate rood rich cream. then
churu SO on a lower temperature.
Have au pals. crooks. cans and
dairy utensils scaile5 and clean.
clean cream. c.lI cream and rich
cream are the three words which ten
the secret OF pro1uc.ns sweet cream
Have the COWS come fresh iu Sep
TENDER and October. and receive 20
90 so cents per pound Tor the butter
fat IN winter instead of 10 90 20 cents
in summer
Natures ineXorahle law that like
produces Ese"' works all the time.
The heifer cali from a good milking
family on bo.h sides Is the valuable
COW in the future.
The bu,termaker pathway is not
always strewn With roses either Per-
maps you as patron OF the creamery
should talk those matters over with
him before kicking so hard about
them.
MIR IS used raw. while most an
other food products are cooked in
some way. The very fact that milk is
a raw food should stimulate those
engaged in it's production TO the great
est possible care
Never put warm cream and cold
cream together. Use separate cans.
Don't say you can't afford &c. You
are in the dairy business every day
in the year. II conducted properly
there IS money enough in il 20 buy
al the necessary tools.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-10
Nh. sUees AND HIS SYSTEM.

MI Pulsifer SUES appeared on his
front porch just as tis noighbor came
out ON his own steps, The neighbOr
glanced over and s.a that Mr.. Suggs
cheeks were puff,I out and that his
eyes seemed 20 Doe ullElnr He OBJ
served also that Nr Sugcs walked
methodically the lrcth of his porch.
then turned and r--aced his steps,
cheeks still pulled and eyes stil bulg-
ing
Good morning called the neigh
Dor checrily.
"Onei" said NJ Suggs with a
mighty out-pumnr o breath. Then his
checks sank in and his eyes went
back 90 subnorua' while his should
ers curved forwald and his chest be-
came conCavo. Iis Waistlino also be-
came smaller. am Nr. Surss walked
the length OF his porch and back I'm
on with amazemDa-
Good morning, the ncichbor said
again when 81. Suers returned 90 his
end OF the porch.
"Two-oo-oo," Missed Mr.. Suggs with
a tremendous thrush of breath.
Once more Mr. Suc-s' cheeks grew
round and round; once more his eyes
buleed out and his face grcw purple.
Once more he paced the length 90 his
porch and back Again the neighhor
said Good morning" and this time
Mr.. SugEs blow out his breath Ga "a
raucous "Thvcctc-eci
Again his shoulders were curving
forward. again his cheeks We're sink
ing inward-hlt the neighbor ran
across the LOT and demanded.
What in the dickens do YOU mean
by snubbine me. sir? til give you 20
understand Pm ass good as YOU or any
body else and when say Good morn
ing it's up 90 YOU OF anybody else 20
acknowledge &c."
Mr. Suggs Easped and replied.
Good morning, then. dodgast e.,
I'm taking one of these deep-breathing
courses. and You choked me OF right
after the third inspiration. and now
I've got 90 go back and begin all over
againi"-Judge
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-10
BRICK slLos
ln Use I0 Many Dairy Districts CO
Wisconsin and Give Satisfaction.


On recent u.u throuch the heart
CT t-e dairy section of Wisconsin. I
icu.a tle luck slo very much iu evil
c.nce.
some I'd. them have stood for sew
cra. years AND are giving the best
OF satisfaction. They neither freeze.
shr.an SWELL blow down. or rot out.
and A.er the s.a-o perfectly. They
arc made with a double wall ~ brick
With 81 dead -.r space between. The
inavr WaN of brick Us strengthened
oF laying ln O. circle ct steel every
TWO .e.t THIS e.fcs it great strength.
They are l.as tered on the inside with
cement
4a' most ot these siios set in the
ground .rum .oHr ODD six feet The
part oi Che rrcrla is made OF stone.
d found uo one tat would recommend
BUILDING them more thou l6 feet IN
diameter 1W would bui'l as high as
convenient say SD to SIS feet above
ground i larger one than this is
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-10
Sc OeftIy Turned Up His rrousers

Benoit saw the signals OF distress as
she followed the professor out Of the
school building az the close Of one
OF the classes.
Prof Cumnock stopped at the head
OF the stone steps and looked with
dismsy first at the weather condi-
tions and then at HIS trousers. Stoop-
inE. over. be tried 90 turn them up.
But the professor is portly and his
back not ass supple as in his boyhood.
a great gap yawned between his
downstretched hands and the bottom
OF his trousers. and the distressed
look grew apace upon his usually
joviaI face.
Miss Boloit saw the look and UNI
derstood Dropping ON one knee on
The step before him. she deftly turned
up one trouser bottom.
Next" She crieS Shaping the
other foot OF the astonisbcd professor.
The other foot was forthcoming and
In its turn the trouser was neatly
turned zap 90 withstand the perilous
journey along the damp sidewalk
Tho young ladies who saw the act
applauded The applause grew iuto
gossip. until every student and nearly
all OF Evanstons $4,000 other citizens
took mp the refrain.
2nss Bcnoit has retired 90 her room.
Tho doors are heavily barricadod and
.he telephone is disconnected
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-10
THE VILLAGE ANGLER

Under Oh spreading sycamore
The village angler stands.
s. Tough and sturdy boy i0 he.
With soilcd and auunurut hands.
And tho imprints 90 his uushod fcct
Arc en- aloug the sands.
Tie goes ora Sunday to the stream.
Although. % course. that's wrong.
WLcuc'cr bullhead takes his hook
Tie yauks 90. hard and strong.
And DO Dee doesn't get hit
He huns O. cheerful song.
Loanng. fishing. pleasuring.
So through the week Dee goes:
Each morning secs him az the creek,
Whose tshin holes hc knows.
Zach evening sees him trotung home
To seek nights r-posc.
Thanks. thanks 90 thee nay patient KID.
For tho lesson thou has taueat.
Thus et the fishing grounds OF lie,
Our sinners must be sought
We waste our days and De about
The FISH we haven't caught.
Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-10

Now, children" said the kinder
garten teacher. Il have explained TO
you how many trees give US food, in
the way of fruit, and in other ways.
You remember that I said man taps
the maple trees TO get maple syrup.
Where does tapioca come from, then p
Il guess" said Olive. after a pause.
that you tap the oaks, don't your"
Judge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-08-10
lesson From the Past.

President Lincoln laid down the
newspaper he was reading and took
a turn about the room.
Il reckon" he said, with his whim-
steal smile, they call me Honest old
Abe TO distinguish me from the other
Abes"
Even then, however. with his &C
crstomec gentleness and considera-
ton, he refrained from specifying
whether It was the New York Abe or
the San Francisco Abe he had in
nind.-Chicago Tribune