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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
BY SAVOYARD.

sap from the leaf to the stalk. and makes the stalk as dry as last years corn shuck.
 When the welcome rain of November that patters on the roof and makes sleep the sweetest of all Gods blessings has brought the leaf in ease strike it down and strip it, selecting the choicest leaves for chewing. Then bulk" it. and as carefully as though you were putting IL in the hogshead to compete for a prize. In March hang it again, so that the winds may make 1t as dry as Tophet's powder house, until 1t turns to snuff at the slightest touch April showers will bring 1t in ease" when 1t must again be bulked with all the care and tender ness and nicety of the November bulklng, with this addition: Sprinkle on each lay- CT a handful of sun-dried peaches-about q peck of peaches to each 100 pounds of tobacco.
 And so, let 1t be. The sweat will come in the latter part of May. Take 1t up some time between the summer sol- stice and July 10, stem 1t, lightly spray it with old peach brandy in which new honey has been dissolved Twist it. not more than seven leaves to the twist. and not too tight; lay it away in an air-tight chest of oak that has been in the house. hold, time out of mind, and when pot Ticker time comes. the following Novem- ber take a twist of that tobacco and it will beat anything for chewing that ever came off the land drained by Jeemses River, and for smoking nothing ever came out of Cuba to compare with tiff you employ a homemade corncob pipe.
 No wonder some 40 vermifuge doctors starved to death in Barren county, where the folk in those days lived on possum goose. and pumpkin bread. and chewed and smoked that sort of tobacco. The very children perpetuated the virility of their dads and mans
 Copyright. 1907. by E. W. Newman)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24

just swallowed a hog driver of old Bour- bon would not leave that board at the invitation of Lucullus to feast with Lu- cullus, when Lucullus supped with Lu- cullus.
 In the absence of a possum, fat green goose will serve; but to get the best re- suits from that the feast must be pulled off at still house, and a moonshine lay out is about as good as any, so far as the savor of the dish is concerned. The goose must have been q gosling in April and fed for the purpose all the rest of spring. all of summer and throughout the autumn until actual winter. Now it Is fat and ready for the artist. Execute 1t by the bleeding process In the roof of the mouth. Not on your life shall you take a feather off. Dress 1t by splitting down the back caring for the iblets, Let that goose take the frost for at least one night before it is dressed, three nights would be better with added days. Then when the doubling is off '-moonshiners know what that means-have ready your goose with the feathers on and stuffed with onions. cornbread crumbs, sausage meat, the real sausage-none of your old dog or bull beef-a clove of garlic cut up, a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24

FEW YORK, November 23.-(Spe- M cial)-Students of financial l history find many points of similarity between the present money panic and the convulsion which shook the nation seventy years ago, It IS well to remark at the beginning, how ever, that the present disturbance IS but a tremor when compared with the other.
 In the panic of seventy years ago all of the banks suspended specie pay ments, and hundreds of them fell never to rise again. Even the great bank of the United States second of it's name suspended payments in that year and the following year and also in lS4l when it passed out of active existence
 Tn those troublous times Andrew Jackson was President of the United States and was criticised as President Roosevelt Is being criticised today. His torians declare that in no other federal administrations has there been so much activity on the part of the President of a character to affect directly the course of business and finance as in those of Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt. This Is not amazing when one reflects that both presidents pos sessed extremely positive tempera- ments and both push ed their radical politics so far that their critics held them responsible for the perturbation In the business world
 Behind the disturbance was the Sec ond Bank of the United States; which was the storm center of a purely pollt- ical attack; it was embarrassed py state legislation invoked against it by jealous state banks in much the same way that certain states have sought to interfere in the federal regulation or railroads This agitation, which began prior to the administration of Presi- dent Jackson, was taken up by Jack son and his Kitchen Cabinet as burning issue. The enmity of the ad- ministration toward the bank was prob
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
THE CRAZE FOR NOTORZETY PERFORMERS

and simple pick up their skirts and stepping aside ask how far this matter will go and how long it will last.
 In the hopes of stemming this tide conferences arc held by associations devoted to the ostensible purpose of promoting national purity and the remedy proposed for the correction of certain abuses and the suppression of certain crimes are such as to make the cheeks of modesty glow like live coal. Idle and extraVagant resolutions are proposed and discussed and their advocates secure. by their denuncia- tion of certain transgressions, the noto- riety which had previously been the reward of those who committed tn heen. In most cases the headsman is as con- spicuous figure as the beheaded, and this proves the truth of the assertion that there are more ways of attaining
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
BY SEWELL HAGGARD

Did you ever stop to consider the amaz- ing amount of money that the surface railroads of the country lose every year through dishonest conductors? Several months ago a divorce suit in New York courts threw some light on this sub iect The wife Of New York City Rail- way conductor was suing for alimony, and in her bill alleged that, although her husbands salary from the company was but SIS a week, he ought to pay alimony on a $50 week basis, as he knocked down" s35 a week on the side. There was a disposition to believe at first that this was an exaggeration but subsequently results have contradicted such conclusion.
 The official estimate is that the New York City Railway company, under the conditions that prevail at present, loses more than 10 per cent of it's gross income by reason of the loss of fares through dishonesty and failure to collect. Various statements of what this system of graft was worth to individual men have been made up. but only as esti- ! mates. One man high up in Inter-Met councils says that q former valet who was put in on the road as motorman found that his share of the daily graft was from $2 to 8 under normal condi- tions.
 It is explained in this connection that il is wise for conductor to have mo- torman in his confidence. inasmuch as the latter is in q position to drag the car-that is. make 1t get behind on it's schdeule sufficiently to fill up very full of passengers. Knocking down fares is q much easier matter In a crowded car than 1t is in relatively empty one, where passengers can see the cash regis ter.
 In order to put stop to this offering the New York City Railway company is considering the question of adopting the pay-as-you-enter car. If this sys- tenn proves effective 1t Is likely that the street railways of other cities will adopt 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24

people were desrous of knowing what the personal appearance of celebrated men or women was like. We gaze with pleasure upon the picty'e of Shakespeare. or Milton, or Dante, and try to discover in their features these indications of genius which their works possess. The author and artist of a persons admira- ton was one of whom an intimate knoWl- edge was desired; his habits manners and appearance were subjects to be stundied and learned, and as a consequence we have the pictures and busts of famous painters, musicians and authors Every soldier worthy of the name possesses a picture of Napoleon; ever patriotic Amer ican gazes upon the face of Washing ton with feelings of pride and pleasure
 Such people as these did not seek noto- riety through the publication of their names and pictures; they made their ac- tions and their lives subjects of interest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24

notoriety than by the commission of some grave offense just as there are more ways of choking a dog than by butter.
 Deeds of heroism, acts of charity. words of wisdom are lost and unre- cordedbecause of the modesty of those who do and say things for the general welfare. The humble peasant who honestly discharges the obligations of his daily life, the domestic wife and mother, who cares and rears her fami ly and sends them forth in the world good citizens, find neither commenda ton nor comment from the pulpit, platform. nor in the press Their names and pictures are not printed in society magaZines nor are their virtues eX tolled to the degree that the vices of others are exposed. In obscurity their lives are passed and In oblivion they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
A Jim Crow Town,

From the Baltimore Sun.
 West Virginia is to make an experi- ment in a Jim Crow city. This city has been laid out near Charleston. the capital of the state. and 1t is expected that within a year it will contain q population of several thousand. No whIte person will be permitted to reside within It's limits or to own property therein. In the midst of this little Africa is situated the state colored high school. Educa- tional facilities will be ample and there will be electric lights, sewers and park. The city will be governed. of course. by the negro inhabitants, and the whole state will watch with interest the progress of the experiment as testing the capacity of the negro for self-govsrn- ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24

which aroused desire to know more about them.
 What has the decollete debutante. whose picture adorns the society pages of Sun day papers. done to deserve the attention of the public? She has done nothing, but she seeks 10 attract the attention of the public, for what purposes is mat ter of conjecture. As a close rival to the debutante comes the divorcee, also seek ing notoriety, for purposes about which ther need be no conjecture. Following at a respectful distance come the freaks and football captains and at the tag end of the line the writers of unsolicited testimonials to the merits of patent nos trums. Traced through the whole line, beginning with the society leader who leads a cotillon down to the fellow who decorates an advertisement with his vul- gar physignomy, the aim and object is nOtOrietV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24

A BIG, portly, burly 'possum' heaNy
 A with the fat that comes rom 4 \ polkberries in August, pawpaWs in September, and persmmons after oc- tober's frost has made saccharine the as- tr,nsent juice of that noble fruit. Iake' say. a bird like that, butcher him as Caesar should have been carved, let his 1ord,v carcass take the frost of at least two fine nights after
 chill Novembers surly blasts
 Make field and forest bare.
 Take that fellow, cook him with an art commensurate with his aristocracy in the realm of game, and you have dish ht 10 have been served from Juno's kitchen when Jupiter had for guests Jason's mighty crew.
 Catch this gentleman by shaking him out of A sapling in which he had been "treed'' by a dog of the name of Hector; hut on no account allow Hector or other more plebeian dog to worry him.. Have a split hickory stick and insert Mir Pos- sums tail in it, and so carry him home in triumph and confine him in an empty barrel in the smokehouse. MT. M. B. Morton of Nashville, Tenn, says the dorg should be named "Clinker."
 The next morning, bright and carly give that 'possum into the custody of one of our colored fellow-citizens of the old schonl. who understands his business. He v,ll law the handle of the ax across the varmint's neck and put an enormous foot on the hickory of it, on either side. and then take the animal by the tail and pull with all his might until the neck is broken. That Is the way to kill pos sum I have heard of barbarians shoot inc them. I never saw it. and would not for any consideration allow it in my pres- ence Meanwhile have a cauldron of hot water at hand. in which had been some what dissolved a small quantity of fresh hickory ashes right out of the fireplace Blood in sufficiency had come from the ears and mouth of the 'possum, if the ex- ecutioner knew his business-my old playfellow, Alec, could turn the trick 10 an exactitude-and now, while the car cass is vet warm, plunge him into the scalding water and pick him bare of every hair and do it rapidly Then dress him and nut him away to cool.
 That night. the following night, and even the third night, let him take the frost in the open air, and he would be all the better if frozen stiff.
 And here is the way old Aunt Caroline used to cook him. She boiled him till he was tender as butter in water that had floating around sundry pods or not req
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24
BY F. I. MONKS.

are lost after death. Yet those are the people who save the world; they are the redeeming clements which serve to rescue the human race from anni- hilation.
 ft is by notoriety person becomes notorious, questionable distinction. No name, especially that of woman, can be bandied about without suffering from the handling. That msnd is prodigal." says Hamlet, who exposes her charms to the noon what then shall be said of her whose picture, so far as it appears in newspaper. would lead to the idea that she was another Venus rising from the flood? If motoriety be the aim and object to be attained let the means employed to that end be such as will reflect credit and respect upon him or her who seeks 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24

IF Patrick Henry were living today, in-
 stead of using the memorable phrase with which he is accredited he would most likely say: Give me notoriety or give me death." The craze for notoriety has seized upon the American people, and particularly upon the American woman, to such an extent that it is con- sidered better to be dead than to be, un- known. The modesty which used to be compared with the violet and the purity which the snow-drop was supposed to typify belong to the Maria Edgeworth style of girl whose modern sister has adopted the marigold as the symbol of her lustre.
 It has long been the custom to print and publish the names of and pictures of public characters for the reason that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24

No book of recent years will prove more valuable from tile historic stand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-24

And here is the way old Aunt Caroline used to cook him. She boiled him till he was tender as butter in water that had floating around sundry pods of hot red
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-02

some OF the guests OF Mr.. ]. Pier
pont Morgan are the Bishops Doane.
OF Albany; Greer, of New York, and
of Massachusetts,,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-02
for Tomorrow.

selected and game was made up,
before the sea-going hack had reached
the episcopal residence on Park Ave
nue., where Bishop Gibson welcomed
his distinguished guest.
Directly after luncheon the golf en-
thusiasts set QUE for Hermitage. The.
Bishop of London desired to add the
Bishop of Virginia to his list Of con-
quered. and challenged him to match,
but Bishop Gibson declined the is
sue. and SO his lordship went smiling
to meet all corners on links that We're
to him an undiscovered country.
Spoiled His stroke.
Dressed in fannels, a Norfolk jacket
and q cap which had seen hard service.
and accompanied by Major Mayo and
Messrs. Anderson and Christopherson,
the bishop entered motor car and
steamed away to the links. Here
Messrs.t job. w, Atkinson and William
Palmer, sJrs, were lying in wait and
without much ado. the game COM
menced. with the bishop and Mr.. An
derson playing for England.
Fifteen holes were played. and with
varying fortune. for the right reverend
and reverend gentlemen showed q
knowledge of the game that filled the
1.-TWO Richmond experts with surprise.
4 MaJOFs MdyO KEPT Lu5 SCoIe diQ d.
| though he leaned to I'll. church. he
strayed not from the rectitude Of golf.
| Midway between the ninth and tenth
holes, diversion occurred when the
natural enemy OF ce.eprities stealthily
approached armed with camera and
/ deliberately fired a shot at the lord
/ bishop with excellent effect.
4 Young! man, you've spoiled my
stroke" spake His Lordshop BUTTS
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neatly upon the green.
When the fifteenth hole had been
4 played and the totals hadebeep counted
j up, it was found that the presidential
defeat had been avenged for the score
read: America, 10; England. 70.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-02
WOMEN TO HOLD
SESSIONS TODAY
Auxiliary and Daughters Of the
King to Have Important
Meetings.

Business sessions OF the woman,s
Auxiliary and the Daughters OF tho
King open to-day and will continue
tor several days With interesting OK.
ercises. Already the attendance Of vis-
!ting ladies Is reported to be excep.
tionally large, and It is thought that
both gatherings will he successful in
point OF interest and attendance.
The eleventh annual convention OF
the Daughters Of the King will begin
OF o'clock in Grace Episcopal Church.
An address of welcome will be de-
iivered. and at r. N. q formal organi-
cation will follow with the election
OF officers and the appointment OF COM
mittees.
On Thursday the Daughters OF the
King have early communion in Grace
Church at Z A. NJ, ard meet again
at 2 p. NJ, for the hearing OF re-
ports OF committees. A. 8 P. NJ. the
Daughters OF the King will have an
open meeting with a number OF in
terestinE addresses.
Woman'A Auxiliary.
The trienntal thank offering OF the
woman's Auxiliary, held at Holy
Trinity Church on Thursday will, per-
haps, be the most interesting Of the
services OF the woman's bodies. II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-02
RICHMOND PEOPLE
GREET DR.. INGRAM
Brilliant Reception Given by
Bishop Gibson in Honor Of
Noted Guest.
WAS MOST STRIKING FIGURE
English Prelate Delights Every
body by Cordially and Mag
netic Personality.
WAS MOST STRIKING FIGURE

The most important social event OF
yesterday was the reception given from
9 to II o'clock last evening by the
Rt. Rev. Robert A. Gibson. Bishop OF
Virginia, at his residence, No. sos Park
OF London.
Guests of the evening were repre-
sentatives from the various Richmond
churches, who were thus given de-
lightful opportunity to meet and to
know the distinguished visitor.
Brilliant Scene.
In the receiving line stood tho
Bishop OF Virginia, the Bishop of Lon
". Valentine and Miss Constance Pc
terkin.
The episcopal residence, brilliantly
lighted. was decorated with palms and
Southern smilax. making an effective
background for American Beauties in
the drawing-roonls and golden glow
and golden-rod in the halls.
As the visitors entered. they were
introduced by Bishop Gibson to the
Bishop Of London. who charmed every
one by the cordially OF his response
and by his magnetic personality. He
was the centre OF all eyes and
thoughts. and stood, slender, gracious
|dignified figure, with thoughtful,
scholarly face, interested in all who
welcomed him. and in everything tina.
occurred around him.
It was noted that he wore his sill
apron, etched silver shoe buckles and
knee buckles, and that he seemed
somewhat fatlgued because Of his re.
cent illness. He had to sit during 9
part OF the evening
Was Informal.
All Richmond churches were repre-
sented In the assembly of last evening
Mass Rebecca Norwood and Mrs
Charles p. Boiling were with the re
iception committee. The spirit OF tn
PERCEPTION was altogether informal an,
was characterized by a charming sim
plicity thatimarked II for what Il was
a gathering Of Virginia churchnen' an
women to do honor to the distinguish
ed visitor in their midst
Supper was served during the eve
ming. and at its close. fell IN TAX
iment Of the Episcopal Convention ha
been success that held the prornis
|of everything good to come after it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-02
T +, with visitors.

sThronEed With Visitors.
Throughout yesterday the Offices in
the basement Of st. Pauls Church were
thronged with visitors. The post-oftice
seemed place OF great interest 1t
opened at 8 A. III. with wagon load
OF mail, eighteen sacks OF letters for
the delegates having already arrived.
The hours observed by the govern
mert post office will be from A. NJ to
p NJ. daily. and those who have not
received, their mail should report to
the postmaster at st. Paul's Church at
once.
Another even more busy Office was
the headquarters OF the Committee Of
Arrangements, where the secretary, the
Rev. y. c. Darst was acting as 4 bureau
OF information. and where the chair
man OF the hospitality committee, Mr..
o. II. Funston, was one of the busiest
men in town. Two telephones were
kept going keeping him in communica-
| ton with boarding houses and hotels
which were rapidly filing up with visi-
tors. and large number OF delegates,
especially to the Woman's Auxiliary.
came In without having previously Sc.
cured quarters.
ne secretaries Of the convention
were busy men yesterday. Both DR..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-02
SPENDS AFTERNOON AT GOLF LINKS
Bishop Of London Engages Spirited Came But Defeated by
Richmond Expers-Game Of Tennis Scheduled
for To-NorroV

The Lord Bishop of London is moth
in no small degree that accounts for
the wonderfully strong hold he has
upon the British public, and indeed
upon all who come under the spell Of
his continual smile. No sooner had
his lordship reached Richmond than
he inquired If there were such thing
as tennis court or golf links, handy,
and his inquiry fell upon fruitful soil.
1t was not in Mr.. Morgan's red motor
cur that the Bishop OF London whirled
away from Elba Station, nor did he
go to the rutherford house, as has
been SO graphically described by an
accurate writer for an afternoon sheet.
Alas! such word picture looks vel!
lin print. but in truth his lordstip
drove slowly and solemnly away from
1.-THE station In what Is vulgarly known
as a sea-going hack, and his guide
and counselor and friend happened to
oe Major P. II. Mayo, and not the
eminent gentleman from Wall Street
/ Voted for Golf.
AS the negro driver got his convey
ance into line with those occupied by
prelates and preachers, Bishop Win
! nington- Ingram asked casually IL ten
mis- or golf would best suit the af-
ternoon.
His lordship leaned to tennis. prob
j ably on account Of his recent victor,
lover the energetic President. but Mr.
Anderson. his chaplain: Mr.. Christie.
pherson. his friend. who is travelling
with him, and Major Mayo, all voted
golf. and so 1t was settled.
4, Hermitage seemed suitable retrea
! for the clergy, and those links were