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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
 THE ARABIAN DAYS.

The Arabian Days are even more wonderful than the Arabian Nights. The administrator of the Sanieh at Bagdad has decided to construct a tramway from that city to El Azem- ieh, distance of three miles. Fl Azemieh is pleasant suburb of Bag dad, and is a temporary resting place for Persian pilgrims and others who go there to worship at the Mohamme- dan mosques in Kazomaine, on the opposite side of the River Tigris. The domes of the principal mosques are covered with sheets of gold and are known far and wide throughout the Mohammedan world. A considerable number of Bagdad merchants live in El Azemieh, and traffic between the two points is at all times heavy.
 It is interesting to notice that the Sanieh administration, which will build the tramway, is anxious that the work shall be done by United States street railroad men. It thinks that they will do even better work than the djinns could, and it is right United States wonder-workers are much smarter and more effective than djinns.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

T used to think" averred Uncle Allen Sparks, that 1t took all kinds of people to make world, but sometimes think nowadays that the world would be just as complete with out the man whose liver is always out of order and who always wants you to know it"--Chicago Tribune.
 Hal" said old Chaffer with a sheer, "have you killed anybody yet with your automobile7" Young Plugg hesitated as he was about to make the humiliating confession that he had not; then 9 thought struck him, and he brightened. T have" he an swered, Automatically, made many man bite the dust,'-Ba Baltimore American.
 Extracts from Miss Evergreen's 8 diary: "Thls is my eighth birthday. A new brother came. His name will be Fritz.
 "Fritz is twenty years old to-day, just a year younger than I. People all ways take us for twins
 "Fritz will be thirty years old to- morrow, hls wedding day. How the time does fly! Of course, he Is eight years my senior, and used to carry me about when I was baby; still, it seems strange to think of the boy get ting married "-Fllegende Blatter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
LOSING AND SAVING.

That the man who loses his life sometimes saves it is illustrated in the career of General William Booth, the founder and head of the Salvation Army. This is what he says of himself; When I started I gave up the friend- ship of the people of the better class. I gave up hope of wealth, and aban- doned ambition. Now have found all that I gave up. Had I wished 1t, I could be wealthy My publications have brought me thousands of dollars, but every cent of it has gone back as it came for the betterment of the con- ditions of humanity, for making peo- pie happy Similarly have the best of friends in all classes, and so far as ann bition is concerned, if I am not the best known man in the world, I am prayed for the most"
 General Booth is an old man, but he is still at work for the good of his fel- low-beings. His chances in all the worlds there may be for him seem to be quite as good as those of man who has tried to save his life by means of money.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
PXRSISTENT.

How that third-term talk does persist Some of the takers say that Roosevelt will run again in order to head off reactionary; some, that he wants to break the solid South; some, that he fears Taft cannot be nominat- ed and some, that he wishes to pun ish his opponents and critics by run ming again.
 Meanwhile the President Is making the bears run, and isn't saying a word that can fairly be construed as indicat- ling an intention to revise or retract the anti-third term talk he made to the newspaper correspondents long ago. But there are those who profess to be able to find in his recent speeches in- dications that he will take third term if it is handed to him on a gold platter. It is curious situation. If it doesn't change soon there will be a pretty insistent demand that the Pres ident abandon his dignity long enough to tell the politicians and the country just what he means now
 By the way, that is an interesting as- sertion of wise old ex-senator George F, Edmunds, who, speaking about the third-term notion, says: Roosevelt is too good a patriot-and too honest a man-to establish such a dangerous precedent"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
FORMIL.

Knicker-"That button is still off" Mrs. Knicker-"Certainly; I am econ omizing on thread."-New York Sun. "Scribbler is a genius, isn't her" Dawson-"I guess so. His wife told me yesterday that he didn't know how to build the furnace fire" -Somersville Journal.
 Stella--Men are inconsistent. Belle Yes; the same fellow who won't be- lieve central when she says the wire is busy expects his wife to believe he worked down at the office all night. New York Sun.
 The Parson-"Ah, my friend, nev- CT see you at church. If you are not careful you'll go to place where you'll never get chance of hearing 8 sermon" The reprobate-"Well. sir. it won't be for lack of parsons. "- Sloper's Half Holiday.
 The gentleman from the North fell fainting to the floor. "Whiskey!" ex- claimed the doctor, "Tll bring him to-"
 betLeF Hdhe IL tHieVi A0SuS " marked the gentleman from the North.-London Tatier. There once was maid named Me-
 Glnnity,
 The fairest one in the vicinity.
 She loved a young man
 Named Patrick McGann- But welded a rich old affinity
 Chicago Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
4 PLEASING pRoPHECY.

Thirty hours to Europe is the lat est William D. Fitzgerald, scientist and inventor, says so. This prophecy is based on experiments with the twenty-seven foot vessel invented and built by Cooper Hewitt, MT. Hewitt started out to build flying machine. Wanting to settle certain points of his experimentation, he chose the denser element of water to work in, rather than air, as less difficult medium, to meet with the fact that he had hit up- on an entirely new method of Notation: that the lifting or upward movement he sought in the air. by the use of planes when employed in the water will be practicable in lifting the boat above the waves to the reduction of resistance, while steadiness is main tained, Quickly followed the fact that in motion the craft skinned over the Sbi lchNO VI WdbSAt AiOL ~SQbJVNS " tAV toss of the waves, and at an astound- ing rate of speed.
 So 1t is now enthusiastically figured that two hundred-foot vessel can be built that will go sixty or eighty miles an hour, while still larger craft, with nothing like the power put into one of the great ocean liners, would surely bridge the Atlantic in little more than day And in the toughest weather this vessel will ''glide smoothly" so that nobody will be seasick. A very attractive picture. And perhaps the time is coming when those who go across the pond in this way will speak of 1t as taking slow boat. Then the airshlps above the water may be go- ing a hundred miles or more an hour.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

have been reached. The time 70 meas ure Mayor-elect Martins capacity for leadership is when he gets the chance to lead. When he returns from Yir- ginia and sits down to work out the problems there will be time enough to keep an eye upon him. Then will he begin to reveal himself to the people of New Haven, Tn the meantime we may be thankful that we have escaped a deputy mayor, and succeeded in pre- serving old traditions. The city of New Haven has swallowed MT. Martin but MT. Martin has not swallowed the city of New Haven. There is comfort in that thought and who knows but that it may last two full years? As the lob ster said to the flatfsh: Don't be clam"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
A Warning in Cuba.

(The Army and Navy Journal) While general conditions in Cuba are far from satisfactory, either from the
 civil or military viewpoint, the likeli- hood of any revolutionary movement worthy of the name seems to have dis
 appeared entirely. The civil govern
 ment, with Gov Magoon at it's head
 and the American military authorities
 have both made 1t perfectly clear to all hands that any such movement would
 be perilous to its instigators and doom
 ed to ignominious failure from the very outset To the reckless adventurers
 disposed to engage in such foolhardy
 enterprise the Havana Post gives this timely admonition: AS far as uprisings In Cuba are concerned to those who do not know 1t, one has about as much chance in Cuba under the present con
 ditiors as a snowfall would in inferno.
 Any movement would result in little more than a relief from the monotony of camp life, very welcome condition to the rural guards who have not had the scent of blood since a year ago. and as for the American soldier let 1t be known that he Is always spelling for a fight anyway"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
The Country Paper.

He was getting home from business
 he a. merchant well-tc-do-- The wheels of the electric car were
 throwing sparks of blue. And around him were acquatntances
 who, where they stood or sat- By look or word or gesture were ln-
 viting him to chat. But quite Ignoring all of them, except
 to bow and smile. When hailed by some one at the door
 or just across the aisle. He read with hoyish eagerness, while
 speeding o'er the street. The poorly printed pages of a little
 country sheet, He read of Tom Jones' enterprise in
 adding to his barn. And learned that "Solon Huddleson has
 got bran new yarn That "Aunty Simpkins gave tea"
 that crops are pretty good, And. that 'Ab Bailey came to town and bought load of wood" Well, yes, these things are trifles, per-
 haps to you or me; For him they are reminders Of the times that used to be-; And from hls busy city life he glances
 back with joy To see the town that eircumseribed his
 doings as boy. Each poorly printed paragraph upon
 the homely sheet Presents scene familiar or friend
 he used to meet; And maybe--you can tell it by the
 smiles that quickly come There's mention of his mother and tho
 other folks" at home Men wander far for fortune and find 1t, too, and yet The farm and slothful village and its
 folks they ne'er forget; And there's not a thing in city life
 which greater joy can give Than the little country paper printed
 where they used to live.
 Columbus Dispatch.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
TO-DAY AT JAM EsTo " ".

This is Connecticut Day in the Old Dominion State and at the Jamestown Exposition. The orator of the occasion is State Senator Flavel s. Luther, President of Trinity College. who may be relied upon to do justice to "a little yellow spot on the map" which gave to the world the first written constitution.
 It is to be devoutly hoped that the interest which this State has taken in this Virginia enterprise may be the means of strengthening the bonds of the North and South and forever wiping out the few remaining traces of bitter ness which may be attributed to the Civil war,
 Not the least interesting to Virginia eyes must have been the Connecticut red coats supported by the blue and the buff of Revolutionary days. These reminders of an earlier period than the Civil war are not without the pow Ter of conviction.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
.EXACTLY RIG HIT.

Some things come out exactly right in this world of change and loss though they are sometimes long in coming. For thirty-four years the accounts of the naval port Of Toulon refused to balance. There was thirty cents too much in the cash books, and since 1873 this thirty cents has puzzled the official accountants. Some time ago orders were sent from Paris that this state of affairs must cease. Seven spe- oial accountants were set to work, and after seven months hard labor the problem was solved. Admiral Gallibet "a former Minister of Marine, who was thirty-four years ago one of the officers of Toulon arsenal, but who for many years has been living in Paris on
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
CHEER ron MURpERE

We don't suppose that many mur- derers are thoughtful and mathemati- cal enough to sit calmly down before they murder and calculate their chances of escaping the full penalty of their crime. If they were they would be encouraged. For instance, it is found that on an average two hundred and forty murders are committed in New York annually; that for these mur- ders slxty-flve arrests are made, thir- ty-three persons are brought to trial. twenty convictions result, and two of the convicted murderers are sentenced to death, while three others receive life sentences. The number of unsolv- ed murder cases since 1900 foots up more than three hundred.
 This isn't very cheering. except to murderers and to others on the the ory that it will lead to a bette. state of things. which 1t probably wont. Daniel Webster said Murder will out!" Perhaps it would in those days, Nowadays it is the murderers who will out
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

his pension-has just received official notice asking him to call at the Min istry of Finance and draw the sum of thirty cents. He was underpaid by this amount when he left Toulon in 1873.
 We congratulate all concerned, and especially Admiral Gallibet. Perhaps by and by the minor stockholders in 'the New York fractions" will be cheered by receiving what is due them. The missing books may yet be found and the missing money too And they may not.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
San Franci.co's Corruption.

(san Francisco Chronicle)
 It has been the exception and not the rule that franchises or other favors have been granted without corruption. We do not believe that any business man accustomed to having dealings with the city has ever expected or at tempted to get anything without brib- ing somebody. There Is probably not a city franchise in force which was not corruptly obtained. Nothing what ever, however beneficial to the public, but which also particularly favored Son soe SpeGdb5 as msuaiy pseh @
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

Philanthropy in London is often confronted by the man who makes it his business to be out of work. One charity worker was appealed to by a well-dressed woman. "Married?" ask ed the philanthropist. "Yes." What Is your husband2" "Out O work :" l"But what Is he when he is in work ?' asked the philanthropist. You don't understand, miss,'' was the reply, Ines 0 lar out O worker"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

The dreaded tsetse-hy of Africa is supposed to breed in the banana plantations. As the banana is the sta pie food of the country, the planta- tions cannot be destroyed, and it is proposed to introduce the jungle fowl to exterminate the flies, beginning the experiment on the fly-infested desert ed island of Kimmi, in the Victoria Nyanza.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

What is known as ''the kite cure" is the latest prescription for jaded mem- bers of society in England. who find 1t too tiresome to take outdoor exer- else which does not also offer mild excitement. Just now North Ber- wick is the favorite resort of those who have elected to practice the "kite cure" According to correspondent of the Chronicle, three titled ladies and a party of friends recently have been flying kites on the golf links as early as 6:80 In the morning. Each lady had an ordinary kite, such as schoolboys fly in the parks, held cap. tive by thread reeled out from 6 ball held in the hand. The stiff ses breezes carried the kites into tn, air, going higher and higher as tn, ladies raced across the green.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16
SAYINGS AND DoIyes.

Extensive beds of Holsters are to be planted soon in the waters of British Columbia, and it Is expected that in four or five years the Iobster-t taking industry will be established on a large scale
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

The extent to which Prohibition is trying to prohibit in Kentucky may be judged from the fact that man has been arrested there for carrying water in a three-gallon jug.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

The Houston Post rises to remark that Texas Is the exquisite, ethereal, Edenic, Elysian, eccles,astlcal, efflor- escent embowered, effulgent, enver- dured, epiclastic, exalted, and archaeological emporium of eternal ecstasy. Perhaps that Is why they al- low the Post to be published there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

"Dr. D. T." devotes considerable space in the Frankfurter Zeitung to the discussion of the question, Did Raphael put six fingers on the right hand of the Pope in his work known as The Sistine Madonna?' The con- tention was made by Dr. Hoche, of Frelburg, and the letters which have been written on the subject nearly all dwell upon the point that the error of the artist Is forgotten when one con siders that no one of the thousands of people who have seen the painting al Dresden has spoken of the monstrosi- ty. It appears, however, that the learned Freiburg professor discover ed something that did not exist. Al a distance the outstretched hand ot the kneeling Pope looks as though there were two fifth or little fingers but a closer inspection shows tha, Raphael's knowledge of human ana tomy was not at fault, for the addi- tional superfluous finger is merely g shadow"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

Is there a pie trust? asks worried contemporary. Don't know about the sellers, but there has to be among the buyers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

Animals may not read or reason, but some of them seem to know enough to keep out of Roosevelt's range,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-16

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursday. One Dollar fear'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
s. B. STEWART IS
 FOUND DEAD IN BED
FOUL PLAY WAS AT FIRST SUS- PECTED BUT AUTOPSY SHOWS DEATH TO HAVE BEEN RESULT OF APoPLExY.

Samuel E. Stewart well known em- ploye of the Southern Steel company, was found dead in his bed Saturday night at 12 o'clock in house on the Fifth avenue road in Avondale. An undertaken was called out early Sun day morning by the inhabitants of the house, and at first it was thought there must have been foul play.
 The coroner was informed and pr. Evans held an autopsy over the re- mains. After examining them closely he decided that death was caused by apoplexy. and the authorities were in- formed
 It is not tn ought that Stewart lived at the house where he died nor had he any relatives there. He was a mar ried man, and lived, until recently, at 1117 North Nineteenth street. He was a man about 40 years, and had been in the employ of the Southern Steel com pany as assistant purchasing agent for B long time. It seems that only few weeks ago he lost this position.
 His own people live in Michigan and in North Carolina, and d brother will arrive here at noon today. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at some time. and will be in charge of the Masons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
INSPECTION OF STEAMERS.
Movements on the Coast Indicate Pre-
 parations for War

Tacoma, Wash, July 21.-After the re- turn of the Boston steamship company's liner Fremont from the Puget Sound navy yard dry dock at Bremerton today it was learned on good authority that the inspection of the steamer just com p.eted by the Pacific Mall steamship com panys officials and others, was made on behalf of the United States govern ,nent. the men having been deputized for the work The Fremont is the only large steamer on the Pacific to be inspected by three men. who were in port early this week.
 It is said there are at least fifteen ves- ses scheduled for inspection, the list in- cludinc two American Hawaiian liners and some of the Pacia1c mail company s steamers Reliable authority states that this inspection is being carried on by the government with a view of chartering the steamers for government transports should occasion reulre it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
STREET CAR BUTTS
 INTO CAR IN FRONT
Passengers Shaken Up and Two Ladie Slightly Injured on
 East Lake Line.

Street car No. 210, in the hands of a green motorman, ran into the rear end of another car on the East Lake line yesterday afternoon at about o'clock slightly injured two ladies and shocked two carloads of o'clock passengers.
 One motor had stopped at SiXty-sev- enth street. when the other came up behind did not stop in time, and just butted into the one in front. The plat form of the rear car was mashed in and people knocked out In the isles and all over each other. There was quite a good deal of confusion for a moment, and people piled over each other in trying to get out. The two ladies were carried into house nearby and recovered tHe shock after short while. The motorman disappeared.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
REMARKABLE RACE.
Nineteen of the Cars Are Still in Tour
 With Perfect Scores.

Bedford Springs, Pa. July a.-An in- spection of all the cars contesting in the American Automobile association tour for the Glidden and flower trophies was held today. Not a single car passed in review that did not show the marks of h,ving gone through a terrible odeal. Broken springs bent axles torn mud guards, missing lamps, dented bonnets, and ripped tops, were in evidence.
 That nineten cars are still in the tour with perfect scores is considered remark able. Cars came struggling in at all hours Saturday night. They were so lar behind the schedule they did not even report to the checker, the drivers and occupants being so fatigued that food and sleep were more important than trophies or scores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
N Could Change Mind.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 A well known Harvard professor was one day traveling by trolley from Cam briope to Boston, where he desired to call upon a friend. He asked the conduc- tor to transfer him to the city cars at a certain point.
 soon afterward the car stopped, and the Harvard man, on looking out of the Win dow. was surprised to see the very friend he was seeking. He started to ieave the car. but the conductor. stopped hlm.
 Ton can't change here,' he said brusquely.
 The professor passed him, making no response. :, persisted the conductor.
 By this time the professor was on the rear step.
 Here, you old jay!" exclaimed the con- ductor. "havn't I told you that you can change hereY
 At this the good man flushed. Well, I can change my mind here, can't IF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-22
The Boy That Is Wanted.

From the Boston Herald.
 The boy who Is wanted in the office, the shop. the store, the banking house In fact, in any branch of mercantile or professional life is the one wno is not afraid of work who Is educated, gen tlemanly, neat in dress, honest and self respecting.
 There is a demand for such lads every where. They are sought for with eager ness and, when found, employers delight in pushing them forward.
 Boys who are slovenly in attire, who are stupid, uncivil, are to be had, but they are not likely to keep a position any length of time.
 Every mother should take this into con sideration in the daily training of her boys and every father In counselling them.
 The boy who is wanted must be edu- cated. If he cannot afford college or even a high school education, then he must take up the task of educating him self In the early morning before busi- ness begins, and at night after business hours
 1t can no longer be said that an edu- cation is out of the reach of any one Read good books. get acquainted with history, the biographies of successful men Learn to read the newspapers steadily and intelllgently so that everything rea/ may be turned into practical use lab
 Be sure and begin right:
 Don't waste the precious moment reading trashy novels. If a boy not know how to select the right of books his employer, or ministe be only too glad to suggest the books to read
 Teach the boy not to be afraid That it is the only road to sue work necessarily and whatever to do the very best he knows h'
 To cultivate a sunny disposl to keep good company. Teach be thrifty and to save a porti' wages. No matter how small some of it may be saved Above teach him to keep out of debt to borrow or recklessly lend.