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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
Meanino of Word "ModeI.r

Mabel Montgomery, who is starring this season in 9Zira,' has a penchant for digging up the exact and true meanings of words in the dictionary" said a the atrical man. Tt has become fad with her, and one out of which she derives at times a good deal of amusement. Most of the latter is at the expense of other people.
 Among one of her most intimate friends is q young lady who recently be- came a bride, and who had the habit of referring to her young husband as a modal man. Whenever the two met and in all her letters to Miss Montgomery the young bride was continually remark ing, My husband is such a model man. or In all the world there is not another man who is such a model husband as mine The continued reiteration of the virtue of the young lsdys husband be- came tresome to Miss Montgomery and she decided to fall back upon the weapon her fad availed her of and inform the young lady how Webster defined model.
 "In a recent letter to this young wo- man she wrote: For your own good, my dear, do not use the word model any more in reference to your husband. I had occasion to look up the word in the dictionary the other day and this is what read: Model-A small imitation of the real thing
 Since then in frequent letters the young bride has simply referred to her life mate as my husband
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
CHINESE INNS.

From the Chicago News.
 Travellers in China have to encounter many unpleasant experiences. Sleeping at native inn would be one of these. A writer says: Nearly every village pos sesses an inn, and the only difference between these inns is the varying amount of discomfort the traveller has to endure, for none are good. The best room consists of four walls, a matched roof and door, though this latter is not essential. The floor Is of mud and very far from being level. and there is the kang or Chinese bed place, on which camp beds can be erected. Chairs and r.ckety table can frequently be obtained. though the inn keeper may have to borrow them from his neighbors.
 There are always windows covered with filthy paper broken away in thou sand places. but rarely is glass to be met with. except, perhaps. in large town inn. The walls are usually of mlN bricks, sometimes partially covered with paper as filthy as that which acts as windows, and usually bearing a few red paper Chinese characters expressing happiness and similar good wishes or bearing quo tation from the classics. It Is, perhaps, needless to say that the dirt of the rooms is usually very horrible, and there is plenty of vermin.
 The innkeeper neyH likes to tell the guest the price, as he Is terrified of nam ing a sum smaller than the guest would perhaps pay If left to himself to decide, but the right price seems to he ahout 20 cents for nights lodging, if the tray elers consume fair number of eggs and have a fire lighted for boiling their water. Whether such bill can be con sidered high or not involves the value of an article with reference (a) to it's in- trinsic worth and (b) to the need of the pilrchaser
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
CAPTAIN CARTER'S NEW JOB.
rom tha New York Commercial.

From the New York Commercial.
 Reports from Jacksonville, Fla, state that Oberlin Nj. Carter, formerly a cap tain of engineers in the United States army. has been appointed by President Henry NJ. Tlagler consulting engineer for the Florida East Coast railway; that he will pay special attention to the pres ent work of extending the lines of that system across the Florida keys and d part of the Gulf of Mexico to the island and city of Key West; and that tine salary of the engineer will he aS'ooo a year The announcement would attract little public interest or comment except for two reasons: This railway extension from the Florida mainland to distant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
No GambIjnu Here.

'I came to Birmingham to attend the fair said traveller in the lobby, and last night I sought my old haunts, hop ing to get into a game for pastime.
 Meeting one of my old friends de- votee of the cloth, 1 asked him where I could find the boys, His answer was that there were no boys nowadays and not public gambling house in your great big city: that the clubs were visited by deputy sheriffs and policemen every thirty minutes in each twentyfour hours. and if l wanted to pass my time in that line I must seek private rooms where men and even women indulge in the sport.
 "I am convinced that under the ad- nninistraton of the present city and state authorities of Birmingham, the wayfarer, like me, cant rattle bones nor shuffie cards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
GARDEN AND CRADLE.

By Eugene Field. When our babe he goeth walking in his
 garden Around his tinlxling feet the sunbeams
 play;
 The posies they are good to him, And bow them as they should to him, As fareth he upon his kingly way; And birdlings of the wood to him Make music. gentle music. all the day. When our babe he goeth walking in his
 garden. When our babe he goeth swinging in
 his cradle. Then the night it looketh ever sweetly
 down:
 The little stars are kind to him. The moon she hath q. mind to him, And layoth on his head silver crown; And s'ngeth then the wind to him A song. the gentle song of Bethie'm town. When our babe he goeth swinging h his cradle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

sence amid the cotton fields of mineral district will be demonstrated.
 But the spinners from the Old World come primarily to study the cotton fields of the New World which still maintain long lead in cotton pro- duetion India, Egypt and China do grow some cotton, but none or all of them really threaten the supremacy of this country in cotton production. It seems more than probable that the worlds commercial crop will con tnue to the end of the century to be grown here. We need not look farther ahead than that. We now spin nearly 40 per cent of our crops, and possibly by the end of the century we will spin all of it. But this is mere speculation, for spindles are be- ing increased in the continental coun- try, and they must have cotton. They ask us to grow, therefore, 16,000,0O0 bales in 1908 This may not be pos sible, but the increase of the American crop in the course of the rest of the century becomes an interesting problem. We are, in fact, but started in the great task of clothing naked world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

island in the gulf is one of the greatest engineering projects of modern times, in some respects far more wonderful work than the Panama canal for. instead Of connecting two oceans with an artificial waterway it is practically bridging the ocean,: and the consulting engineer has Qply recently completed five years Imprisonment in the United States govern ment penitentiary at Leavenworth, follow ing conviction of conspiracy with Green and Gaynor< to defraud the government of $2,0o00Oo in connection with the sa- vannah river improvements. Carter is q skillful engineer, one Of exceptional tal- ents, ability and judgment, and so recog nzed even by his prosecutors. There always was-and is now-some doubt as to his guilt. It is said that President Mckinley was never thoroughly convinced of it. Carter himself still protests his in- nocence. But he took his punishment like a man-bowed silently to the majesty of the law-and he walked out of prison still a man and still an engineer there is no reason under the light of the sun why he should not be treated as a man, as taIrly as If no shadow of crime had ever crossed his life. There are persons in plenty in this year of grace and of Christian charity who would not trust an ex-convict, and especially entrust him with work to cost millions upon millions of dollars, the imperfect or dishonest execution of which might entail enormous loss of property and life. But here is at u-ifh with an appreciation of talent, with faith in human nature, and heart to go with them. There are still "centers of humanity and of society on which both return for fresh impulses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Postponcments,

T wish the people would learn the old adage that Proerastlnatlon is the thief of time said man interested in the investigation of the grating proposition.
 "The longer an investigation of alleged crime is put off the less is the interest manifested and l do wish these scandals could be wound up. while it's all fresh. It would mean absolute justice and sat isfaction to all sides, and a solution and disposition of an intricate and disturb ing problem which confronts this busy and hopeful city. Let both committees get together and clear the decks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
shackIes on Prisoners.

Tt seems to me- said a stranger in the lobby. that the appearance of chained or shaclSled prisoners on the streets is blot on the fair name of Birmingham, and I can see no use for it.
 "They tell me that most of the street and sanitary workers are convicts of the lesser type-offenders of the laws against mlsdemeanors, craps shooters. drunks wfe-beaters. ct al.; and l am sure they deserve punishment. l notice that most of them are negroes, and am told that if the chains be removed some of them will run away. Why not let them do SO? They will not be gone long; but if they do it will be a blessed riddance to the city.
 efn bet that there will not be two es- ca pes q week, and better work done, if the miserable culprits are allowed free dom from chains The worst punishment that could be inflicted would be to force them from the city limits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
THE oPrIMIsT.

II ma tiers not how dawns the day To one whose heart is light No problems met upon the way
 Can work in his despite. Instead. when rain beats on the roof And weeping clouds hang low, And winter sends a mighty proof Of wind in strength to show: Or when misfortune draweth near And cherished plans go wrong You'll hear him singing, sweet and clear, His hallelujah song We'l reach the top, tho neer so high
 Iris efer thus he sings "The present lives discounted by
 The joy tomorrow brings,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
THE CIRCUS LUAE.
n the Troy Herald.

From the Troy HeraId.
 X circus has just visited Rirmir sham and the figures show that i4,6ss people attended They must have been about as hungry for circus as the people down this way are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Chairman Knapp of the interstate commission holds that man who ac- cepts rebates or other discriminations in his favor is worse than chicken thief. This pretty accurately presents the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

,"T"here is nothing quite so foolish as a foolish politician, remarks the Aus tin Statesman. Oh, we don't know! An old man with an affinity is sight to he remembered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
A GREATER MYSTERY.

Who killed Lady Poynder?' is the title of new novel of mystery. However, It will hardly equal that other famous mys- tery, 'Who Ordered Those Cocktails?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Count Boni has a full and final di vorce All his debts have been paid, and he is about to lose his interna- tional aspect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

There is paper out west called the Death Valley ChuckWalla and its title doesn't tell anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

President Roosevelt seems to con sider the schedules of the Dingley tariff too sacred to be touched by his profane tongue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

In New York high finance is now defined to be the art of making a bee line to a receiyership with other peo ple's property
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

The theatrical syndicate has not thus far shown a desire to round up the five-cent places and penny parlors, but all this may have been postponed to next season. Vaudeville theatres are this seasons victims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

There are people who would see Roosevelt remain President until all the rivers are made navigable and all the canals are dug.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

In addition to some disagreeable weather this winter, we are going to have the Thaw trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Elihu Root and William Howard Taft are not warlike envoys. One is too fat and the other too sly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Hall Caine says American press agents are unmitigated liars. He seems to forget what constitutes the press agents line of business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Still the crush at the bargain coun- ter is nothing to be compared to the crush at the political pie counter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Governor Conner proposes to have the railroads and the state stand up back to back He wants to see which is the taller
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

For the life of us, we can't see how President Roosevelt's double chin ever got chance to grow!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Fairbanks cocktails are now matched by Knox's defense of Mor- monism. It is Cortelyou's turn to be hit, and not even Uncle Joe Cannon is safe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

General Funston has been jumped again. and he may have to swim the Mississippi in order to become pig enough to defeat the Jumpers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
BEHIND THE SCENES.

What is that internal racket In the flat above?t
 "Oh, that is MT. Trotter, the famous elephant hunter. being trounced by his 90-pound wife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

There Is an universal demand that street cars shall run faster and motor cars slower
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
International Cotton Spinners

In Atlanta Is sitting cotton ven, ference that includes 60 Englishmen 24 Germans, seven Frenchmen, one Spaniard, several Portuguese, Aus trians and others. These men repre-. sent the spinners of Great Britain and of the continent. Many of them had not seen a cotton field and they come here to study the industry from it's source
 The object of the Atlanta conference is to bring the planter and manu facturer in close touch, to plan bet ter methods of us. ing the ginned prt lss methods for the he cotton speculator. ITS of other countries ,n- fer with the colt he south.
 The conference Ii- ness today and tom y of the visitors will fa Il all of Thursday n Greater Birmingham 9 warmly welcomed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

The gripsack is the emblem of this administration. It is carpetbaggsm modernized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
WALKING ON IT.

..The constitution is not fetich' ex- claimed the orator.
 No: it seems to be a doormat," an swered a voice from the rear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
THE LIMIT REACHED.

We are up against a prune combine now"
 What do you mean?"
 Boarding house keepers have formed trust"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

"On to the pumpkin pie!" exclaims the Baltimore Sun. However, don't sit on 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Mir Taft got safely away from the Japanese continuous luncheon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Col. o. B. Collins of Montgomery is one of the visitors to the State fair. Col. Collins stated that he came to. Birmingham to accustom himself to the noise which the Montgomery fair will occasion week after next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

INFLATED VALUES. Quantities of water poured By the magnates hand Make his bloated mining stocks Greatly in demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
GET BUSY

they pay sl5o,Ooo year for their apart ments in town, while we pay only $40, Ooo..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

You might as well make tip your mind Te leave your idle dreams behind
 And plunge into the fight and be Something more than hoater, see?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

The Panama canal digging has pro gressed beyond the literature point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Every county is trying to make it a long time between drinks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

From the New York Press. ing to.
 Experiepce that you buy has no market value when you try to sell 1t.
 A mans idea of being master in his own house Is to dare to scold everybody but the servants.
 Where politician is smart is in always telling the people they are. specially when he thinks they aren't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

'It is to be hoped that the extreme ly busy modern dramatist will let the Bible alone, at least" remarks the Washington Herald, overlooking Will fam Wright Lorimer, who has made some parts of the Bible look like 30- cent melodrama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

What we need in modern life is a little more of the soft pedal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Presidential speeches and magazine articles are off one piece of late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Walter LeGrande of Sumter spent yesterday in the city. q am opposed son county. There was never 8 city in the world which reached great pro- portions without the regulated sale of whisky. We are all proud of Birming- ham and it's growth. It was state pride l am inclined to believe, which caused the legislature to pass the Greater Birmingham bill. After this patriot ism. 1t would be rather discourteous to strike the developing city such vital blow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

The bears may not be as delighted as their organized pursuer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Arthur Wellman of Eufaula spent yesterday in Birmingham. According to the gentleman, Barbour is still free of the prohibition wave. Crops, he re- ports, are exceedingly short.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
About Persons.

Alderman Walter Moore is at present in St. Louis on business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

Quentin Roosevelt runs the White House, anyhow, and the Cincinnati Enquirer thinks he should be given a little practice in running the country. He can at any rate sign his name, and there are weeks and even months when that is all President has to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffice as second-class matter under Eot Of Congress March 8. 1879
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
SMILES.

lie wore a smile of cheerfulness No cloudy day could hide. In sober truth. twas due, l guess, To the smile" he had inside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

ITS HERE. Take it up tenderly, Handle it with care, Let 1t get used to the Chill autumn air. Shake out the mothball Scent of the past, Overcoat weather has Struck us at last
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

TRAGEDY OF THE TYPES.
 The editor wrote, Miss Plumply buys fancy horse for show" It came out in the paper. Miss P1umply buys fancy hose for show Then the editor tainted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
oUTCLASsED.

OIlFA5DILDs
 T fear that We can never compete so- cally, with the Reginals' remarked Mrs. Friller to her husband. You know, dear,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

ANALOGOUS CASES. Every barrel has a hung,' we are told by a sapent contemporary. By the same token every bee has a sting. every mule has a kick and every woman has d. tongue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

W. D. Lanier. John E. Stanley and E. Morgan are the only authorized traveling representatives of the Age Herald in its circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09

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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-07-04

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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-07-04

One Of the astonishing features Of
our present Industrial system is the
growth and persistency Of vagrancy.
Recent statistics show that during
the years 1901. 1905. there were 3d.
964 trespassers killed by the rail
roads Of this country, and that 25,-
236 more were injured; nearly all of
them being tramps. The tramp
question has become a national pro-
blem. But bow shall it be dealt
With? Tramps and trusts have been
bred in such members OF late years
that they seem TO have the same ORR
gin and very much the same nature.
They reap where they have not
sown. and flourish in the same jun
gle created by unjust Legislation.
To reform the tariff would be in a
large measure to reform the trusts
and the tramps. ~
..$+
The Republican scramble TO sue
coed TO the Presidency has produc-
ed suffering from over exertiou,
and the candidates are now watch
ing each other from the safe vantage
Of luxurious Summer retreats. As
these candidates are the best the
Republican party can produce, it
must be rather disheartening to
their hackers 10 find how little the
public think OF them. The Knox
boom is so dependent upon the cor
rupt Penrose machine that its fate
other and more honest hands would
insure its rejection. The Fairbanks
boom would not live q day without
the careful management of the ma
chinery that has been with so much
care erected to control it. The
Cannon boom is dependent upon
the Speaker for good positions on
Committees that give them power
and il they are so inclined ample
graft for themselves or their favor
ed constituents. Somehow the
wheels OF the Taft chariot drag
heavily in spite OF the Roosevelt
boosting. and there is evidence
that it will result in being merely a
center around which the Admins.
tration forces can gather. For in
stance, the Republicans of kentucky
have just declared in favor of q
IMAM like Roosevelt" which shows
the desire to keep on the Admins
tration bandwagon and in close
communication with the political pie
dispenser. That is all there is Il
the Republican party in the South
ern States.
ROBERT MILLER.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-07-04
st. Mary'S Racing Association.
LEONARDTOWN, MD.
Summer Meeting, July 23, "a Il
20, 1907.

Summer Meeting, July 23, "a 81
20, 1907.
PROGRAM OF CLASSES AND PURSES.
FIRST DAY.-Tuesday, July 2srd.
For Vt. old Colts, bred and owned In
County, mile. 2 ms, Purse. sss.
40 Class, trot or pace, County horses,
Purse, $40.
2ls Class, trot or pace, 8 to enter; 3 To
start. (lfnot filled by July 10Th, q 30 race for
county horses VIII be substituted. with en-.
Niss 70 eiose July Zsrd. Purse, so.
SECOND DAY.-Wednesday, July q.
l 40 Class, trot or pace, County horses
Purse, S45.
horses, P,,rss ~
Free for all County horses, trot or pace.
Purse, SO.
THIRD DAY-Thursday, July ..
l 40 class, trot or pace;
Purse, 500.
go class, trot or pace. county horses,
Purse, $40.
Eree ior AL Purse, SiOO.
CONDITIONS.
Rules OF the National Trotting Association
All trotting and pacing races mile heats
best In ., except colt race Money divided
% per cent, . per cent, and 10 per cent, ex.
cept the Free for all" in which the money
Will be divided 90 Is, Is. 10 per cent.
Entrance fee, 10 per cent OF purse. TO en-
ter, to start.
Horses dlstancsng the field or any part Of n,
10 get one money only.
Horses called 1t II o'clock, and will start at
$3.50 L. NJ.
Hobbies not barred.
Entries close July I6, 1907 at 9 p. NJ, except
In Srd race LIST day.
no bar.
Right reserved to change the order OF any
days program.
Positively no conditional entries
Right reserved TO reject any entry received
- hours after date Of closing.
Md, Del. & Va X. X. Company's Steamera
rom baltimore and Washington land At
Leonardtown. Steamers from Washington
leave Stephenson's Wharf, eth Street
a +. KING, Secretary,
Leonardtown, Nd.
ROBERT G. COMBS, President
II. HARRIS CAVALIER. Vice-Pr
ENOCH b. ABELL, Treas.