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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
Learns Something In South.

From what I have always heard and read I never expected to see the people of the south so lively" said W. M. Al lison of Springfield. H., In the Florence lobby last night. q am on the sunset side of fifty, but this Is my first trip to Birmingham, in fact, it is is the first time I have ever been south I tried mighty hard to come south with tho Yankee regiment from my town during the civil war, but they wouldn't let me- saying that 10-year-old boys weren t strong enough to carry the heavy mus kets.
 II have only been here for a few hours and will get out at midnight I came here from Memphis, which is something of town itself. Your new depot is not yet finished, of course, but it will be a beauty when it is finished.
 This trip of mine is simply one for pleasure. Having a few hours here. I have walked all over the town, and must say this town is the limit for nov ing picture shows. Anybody would think the heart of town was the midway at a fair.
 l nave never lfdNeled very much, but have always held very decided opinions about what tho south was. It has always been regarded as a wild country by ma, and must say this trip is proving a rev elation to me. It has taught me things that never could have been forced into my head if I had never made the trip This shows how prediudice will grow among people who really don't know a thing about what they are thnking about"
 When asked what he thought about the negro since he had seen them in the southern cline, Mr. Allison said Why that's one of the greatest revelations to me l have always thought that the negro was being oppressed, but this week in the south has set me thinking in the other direction. Ugh. look at that" said he, pointing to a negro man and woman who were shufflins down Nineteenth street. and who looked about as ragged and filthy as any negro ever gets to be- 'I never could have been made to believe that in Springfield '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
LONE MANS PREplcAMENT.

From the Philadelphia Record
 Leading lonely summer bachelors life in his West Philadelphia home, Smith, of Jones street, felt the chill September air whistle through his paiamas most un- comfortably on Sunday morning He wanted to read the Sunday paper when he arose, about o'clock, to make his coffee and soft-boll his eggs. so he went out to get it. It had blown off the porch He could see 1t just below. Just as he reached 1t and tucked 1t under his arm Smith heard the omlnous click of the dead-latch as his front door went to with a bang under pressure of the wind. In his bare feet and thin pajamas, he was in a fix. The front windows, of course, were securely fastened Nobody was home, and his predlcament and the cold morning air made his shiver. There was noth- ing to be done, however, but to make his way down the block pass around the street, up an alley, over six-foot fence, up to the roof of his back porch, and to window. which. luckily he found open. By that time every other window in the block and on the back street framed curious faces, and not all of them were men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
LONG AGO.

By Eugene Field. I once knew all the birds that came And nestled in our orchard trees; For every, flower I had a name- My friends were woodchucks, toads and
 bees I knew what thrived in wonder glen What plants would soothe a stone
 bruised toe Oh, I was very learned then But that was very long ago. I knew the spot upon the hill Where the checkerberries could ba
 found; l knew the rushes near the mill Where a plckerel lay that weighed
 poundl I knew the door-the very tree Where lived the poachng, saucy crow. And all the woods and crows knew me And that was very long ago. And, pining for the poys of youth, I tread the old familiai Only to learn this solem, I have forgotten. am Yet there's the youngster Knows all the things I u To think I once was wise But that was very long I know tis folly to compls Of whatsoee CT the fates Yet were not wishes all ir I tell you what my wish I'm wish to be boy aga Back with the friends For l was. oh, so hapr
 Rut that was very loni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

Webster published his pamphlet in 17S3, and the convention that framed the constitution met in 17S7. It's work was completed September IT, 1787, to go into effect when nine states had ratified it. Websters pamphlet came just In time to have weight in the minds of the thirty-eight men who framed and signed the original federal constitution.
 So far as is known Webster devised the idea of supreme and independent federal government-an idea that be- came very desirable when secession came in 1861, and that has ever been the vital principle of the republic, giv- ing it strength and enabling it to weather all storms and to endure per haps to the end of time.
 MT. Taylor considers Pelatiah the mightiest of the Websters. He says his grandeur is only equaled by the neglect of his eountrymen. MT. Fay lor's article on Webster appears in a recent number of the North American Review, and 1t rescues from oblivion the name of the man who perhaps de- vised the fundamental Idea of the American constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
That Pacific Cruise

'~The more the Pacific cruise-under present conditions-is considered" says the Navy, "thea more strongly 1t appears to be an undertaking about equally compounded of ill-justified vainglory and cheap politics" The Navy is a technical journal, and it's columns are filled with the discussion of naval problems. It stands high in the navy itself and among technical men.
 The Navy bases its objections to the proposed Pacific cruise solely upon the unpreparedness of our ships. It goes on to say that we have no naval se- crets except from the public of the United States-that the naval attaches at Washington know all the shortcom- Ings and deficiencies of our ships, and they are greatly surprised that we should attempt at present movement to the Pacific.
 The Navy goes on to show that the Missouri and other ships have struc- tural defects, and that all of them lack range-fnders and other apparatus that 20 with modern battleships. Until our ships are fully equipped with fire-con- trol apparatus they should, says the Navy, stay in the Atlantic. At the Ia nous Oyster Bay review many of our new ships had but few of their guns aboard, had no shells and no smoke less powder. The Navy intimates that the fleet should stay in the Atlantic In the practice of battle tactics until It is fully equipped for business.
 The Navy does not discuss the Jap anese question at all, nor does 1t lay stress upon the cost of the proposed trip. It's objections to it lie wholly upon the known unpreparedness of the fleet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
LUSITANIA SPEEDS
 TOWARD NEW YORK

New York September 12.-The titanic turbine steamer Lusitania of the Gun ard line, entered today on the final stretch of her maiden voyage, which may break all transatlantic records The newest greyhound of the sea was reported 150 miles east of Sable Island at 11.20 last night and no further re- ports of her may be received until to- night. when she will enter the Nan tucket wireless zone. With 500 miles to be sailed at 11:2O o'clock last night, the Lusitania will have to make 24 knots or better until Sunday Hook light house Is reached and passed in order to excell the record of 2S .15 knots held by the Deutschland of the Hamburg : American line.
 The Lusitania will have fair weath CT for her last days run and every ounce of her propulsive power will be used to make up the time lost in the fogs off the Grand banks. Driven at her top speed the giant Cunarder may be ex- pected at the light ship shortly be- fore o'clock Friday morning, making the time for the trip a shade under five days.
 Wireless dispatches from the Lusi- taua show that the ship is running smoothly and that her machinery has been shaken down so that her run from Sable Island to this port can be made at her highest speed. The Lusitania has negotiated the rough sea, which she en- countered on her voyage, with no diff ficulty and only a score of her three thousand passengers have suffered any indispostion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
Loses Good Friend.

"The Birmingham Free Kindergarten loses one of its best and most substan- tial friends in the death few days ago of MT. Mark L. Potter of Brooklyn, N Y.." said Mrs. J. H. Phillips yesterday.
 For several years MT. Potter sent a check which assisted the ladies of tho association very much in their work in this city. MT. Potter was a frequent wis., itor to Birmingham. where he had some valuable lnterests''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
From the Pittshurg Post.


 1 RAGRDIANs seem to be out Of (Cp work more than comedians. The
 favorite type of the actor who was good once, but whose time has passed always Is the tragedian. Albert Chevaller has llmned the type of perfec- tion in his song, "The Falling Star" Plenty of men and women who used to make 'em cry" as the theatrical phrase has 1t, have found that the supply of fearful things has just about caught up with the demand, says the Chicago Tri- bune
 After more than fifty years upon the stage, Ellen Terry goes to comedy as the vehicle she thinks of most. Miss Terry knows the public as few actresses know it, and she knows that 1t wants comedy. Mary Irwin has waxed plethoric and equipped with real estate upon the pos sesison of the same knowledge. People of sound minds, too, who would not walk across the street, as the saying is, to wit ness the most tragcal tragedy ever penned and wept through, will go long distance to hear May Irwin sing a coon song.
 Ezra Kendall Is another sure thing money getter because of his ability to bring the laugh. He has the most whim- sica, turn of mind that is in existence among stage folk today
 The funny men of the stage never need be idle. Even in the summer time, which Is the time when audiences yawn and leave the theatre before the best of the serious plays have run theri course, they stay till the end of the funny things. And the comedians who in the regular winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
Makes Shameful Confession.

"Can you direct me to the public H- brary? asked travelling man as he approached an old resident of Birming- ham in the Florence lobby last night, This old resident of Birmingham hemmed and hawed and finally blurted out: Why. we haven't one" 'I'll be doggoned," saie
 the stranger, you don't mean to say that's true. I've been about a good deal, and judging by other towns I never thought for minute but that you had a good public library here. I've beer thinking Birmingham was greater town than Atlanta, but I will have to change my opinion. Birmingham shouldn't be so far behind the other cities in the south "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
MEXICO HARD ON STRIKERS.
Leaders and Aaltators VIII Be ExiIed
 to Island In the Pacific.

Mexico City, September 12.-Owing to recent numerous strikes of mill hands and railroad operatives through out Mexico, the government has de- cided to take drastic action against leaders and agitators In such cases where the men are advised to walk out for trivial causes, as has been all legged in the late strikes, if the govern ment is convinced that a strike is 8 mere pretext to attain ascendancy over employers; the striking workmen and the leaders will be exiled to the island of Las Marias In the Pacific ocean, 100 miles off the coast of the Topic terri tory. The island is used as a colony for desperate criminals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
ADRIFT
REPLIES.

REPLIES Getting on in life is largely matter of catching on.
 Brevity is the soul of wit. also the in spiration of the bathing suit You will notice that the self-made man is never ashamed of his handiwork. A great many girls are friends because they have never been in love with the same man.
 It IS fine, no doubt, to be alone with the stars" looking down on the world below. but life is best lived by the man who fights shoulder to shoulder with his fellows
 A FEW DONTS. Don't be too much in earnest with your
 self Don't let misfortune put you on the shelf. Don't let false prophets ever make you To modest comfort and sweet peace of
 mind. Don't chase yourself to death for baubles
 nay, They are but shadows that will pass
 away. Don't worry over what your neighbors
 think And standing in the eyes of men, don't
 ever shrink. Don't let wild passions banish reasons
 rule And make the prudent man a silly fool. Don't look for trouble in this /vale of Don't let yourself grow old with passing
 years. Don't be loud complainer 'gainst the
 fates, But keep your eyes upon the pearly gates. Don't think that moneys all there is in
 life, Don't ever lose your courage in the strife Don't lag behind, keep well in front and Something more than a pawn of destiny. Don't be a quitter walk in honest ways And happiness will guard you all your days.
 THE OLD STANDBY.
 When inspiration fails to come
 What doth the poet do?
 He thrills about the iceman some
 And very soon is through An Ohio man who was married six times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
PRESS POINTS

Atlanta Constitution: Roosevelt Is com ing south to kill bears and save Taft.
 Dallas News: Is it merely a coincidence that Artist Earle wears his hair long?
 Ohio Sun: It appears that Ssome way a lot of the straw hats haven't found it out yet.
 Memphis Commercial Appeal: What southerner can compare with Cen. Luke F. Wright?
 Nashville American: This country spends 35o,OOo.ooO a year for tobacco and s5,Ooooo0 for missions. Chew that
 Atlanta Georgian: After all. Mrs. Ferd- lnand Pinney Earle did not give up any thing worth mentioning.
 Washington Post: We cannot all see MT. Ferdinand Earle and his affinity, but a good many of us can see his finish.
 Savannah Press: The only match made in heaven. in reality. was the Lucifer match. And 1t was the light that failed.
 Memphis -Scimitar: We take it that Miss Palmer will hardly overdo that lingerieless fad after the frost silvers the pumpkin.
 Washington Herald: Kansas man is slowly turning to chalk: which may indi- cate that he will yet make his mark in this world.
 Florida Times Union: Southern states that have legislated against rallroads to try an experiment may now begin to figure on results.
 Nashville Tennessean: The citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, are not likely to go to sleep during the Johnson Burton munich pal campaign.
 Louisville Courier Journal Although' one swallow does not make summer. one broken collarbone assures us that the football season is on.
 Louisville Herald: The Cincinnati man who laughed so hard at joke that he fell and broke his leg must have funny bone as big around as a quart cup.
 Chicago Tribune: Three Ohio preachers are in trouble. One is charged with heresy, another chews tobacco. and the third is suspected of having kissed girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
General Drudde's Messaqe.

Paris. September 12-War Minister Picquart today received the following dispatch from General Drude, com mandant of the French troups at Casa Blanca: '1 am pleased to notify you that. thanks to land fog. we have able to surprise the Moroccan camp at Taddert. which was burned. The Moors were dispersed and fled to the hills, followed by the shells of our artil- lery and effective projectiles from the Gloire On our side, one man was killed and six were wounded"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press
 In these days they sugar coat the cate chism as well as liver pills
 Either a criminal that gets caught Is in jail or he runs a corporation
 When you see woman having a good time out in the rain it's her own com plexion.
 A girl blushes when you kiss her be- cause it wouldn't be right not to when you do.
 Heaven will be very satisfactory place for women if the fashions there suit both Una fat and ths thin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
Palma Is Now a Farmer.

Havana, September 12.-Former President Palma, of Cuba in an inter- view given on his estate at Bayamo, stated that he is keeping aloof from politics and is devoting all of his time to agricultural interests. He also de- clared that he was equally apart from all partie> and this statement is re- garded here as of some importance, as the conservatives here have sent him salutations from all their meetings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
Storing Supplies at Panama.

Washington, September 12.-In prepara- ton for any emergency, Colonel Goethals
 engineer in chief. in charge of the Pan- anna canal, has arranged for storing in the refrigerator plant at Colon a quanti- ty of meat supplies. The isthmian canal commission has approved his suggestion to send to the isthmus 2400 quarters of beef, which will be forwarded on a trans port sailing September F. A large supply of coal also is to be sent on five yes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
STEEL CON SUMPTION

From the Youngstown Telegram.
 Twenty-seven years ago we consumed a million tons of steel and thought we were accomplishing wonderful things. Seven years ago 1t was thought that we had reached the top notch with a con sumption of 14eoo,O90 tons and yet this year will call for more than 25,000, GO ions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

In the list of congressional opinions concerning the Philippines gathered by the New York Herald there Is not a better one than this from Joe Can non: We are in the mess and must do the best we can l would be in favor of getting out tomorrow if there was any honorable way of getting out. But we have them on our hands, with all the expense that entails, and to sell them might be easy if we had a pur- chaser"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
No Reasons for Gift to Vale.

London, September 12-The rela- .tives of the late Archibald Henry
 Blount, lord of the manor of Orleton. Herefordshire. who bequeathed s4OO.- 900 to Yale university, and one of the executors of his will have been com municated with, but are unable to ex- plain the reason which he had for leaving such large bequest to Yale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
Mrs, Taft Receives Callers.

Worcester, Mass. September 12.- Mrs Louisa NJ. Taft, mother of Secre- tary of War Taft, was so years old yes terday, and for the first time since she became i'll on July 25, she sat up and received callers. Her physician says he expects that she will soon recover completely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
Orphans Remember Davis.

Nashville, September 12.zAt meet ing of the orphans brigade at Glasgow. Ky. today a resolution was adopted looking to the celebration in June next of tn hundredth anniversary of Jeffer- son Davis birth and the preservation of the house in which Mir. Davis was born In Todd county. Kentucky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
Against Army canteen.

Newport News, a. September 12.-The high tent of Rochabites of America, in annual convention here, has adopted second resolution against the restoration of the army canteen. Advocates of the resolution urged its passage on account of a separate resolution sent out from Washington to the effect that the order favored the canten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
THEFT 1

dead at the age of 72 years After life's htful fever he sleeps we'll"
 WHY?
 If Love is blind
 Why Is 1t that
 He walks right round
 maid who's fat? The Human Fly is climbing steeples and skyscrapers in Georgia. He would be good man to send after 'possun
 WHEN WHEY PoUTs.
 A little kissing
 Now and then
 Will save the day
 For married men. An Indiana man advertises for fresh poems." Some of Lampton's are pretty fresh
 THE WORLD FORGETs.
 Alas, we hear no bugle blast,
 Or chiming bell
 For one who plays a modest par,
 And plays it well. Superintendent Ink, of an Ohio fnfir1n- ary, has blot on his escutcheon and has been fired. Artist Earle, according to his pictures is another animated feather-duster The oyster season Is open and so Is the oyster.
 THE RAVENS. The world is going to the bad, Some people say. The good old times are gone egad- Have passed away. The present holds no hope for them, Nor any plan. Their latest mutterings contemn The thrall of man. The future is blank and life An empty fraud. There's nothing in the sordid strife They can applaud. The very sun itself brings rue Their hands are tied. Such fellows ought to crawl into hole and hide Their gloomy faces from the sight Of cheerful men Who work and laugh and harbor bright Thoughts now and then. Beware of the man who makes one dol lar and spends two! The 1908 almanac is out. Mothball poems are in order Cans is no goose.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
kIno AIfonso,s Nose Is Better

San Sebastian, Spain, September 12. The condition of King Alfonso, who underwent an operation yesterday to remove an adenoid growth in his nose, is pronounced today to he satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
Conference of Lutherans,

Buffalo, September 12.-The fortieth national conerence of Lutherans as sembled here today with representa- tives present from every part of the United States and Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

The transfer of the sixteen battle ships to the Pacific Is, we are now told a kindergarten course in naval train ing. It has, however, a jlngo cleo tioneering side that is not so innocent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

Tom Johnson Is ready to fight his fourth mayoralty battle, and he expects to become a winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

More trouble brewing" says the Cincinnati Enquirer. Just so it isn't beer, the prohibitionists don't care.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

Mr Fairbanks Is going to Dallas and the cotton in that neighborhood is not immune from frosts. The people of northern Texas are disturbed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

Governor Folk would be a west by south man. He was, however, born in Tennessee, but Joe Cannon was born in North Carolina
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13
Noted Banjo Player Dead.

New York. September 12.-The death of John M. Turner, writer. humorist actor and originator of trick banjo playinr- Is ranorted today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

The entrance to "Purgatory" cave in Massachusetts Is said to be ice bound, which seems to prove that it is not real purgatory cave at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

Queen Ranavalona III. the exiled ruler of Madagascar, takes but one bath year. A bar of soap probably lasts her a long time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

MT. Fish may not be president of the Illinois Central directors, but he is the champion of the board, all right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

A contemporary publishes an edl- torial on "Judicious Idling." We don't know, but it must have some connec- tion with the laws delay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

Louis Stuyvesant Chanler has an aristocratic name, but this is no sign that he will occupy the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

New York is the greatest cigar making state. She Is near the raw material near Connecticut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

Fashions have not changed materi ally in Japan for 25OO years. Matrt mony in that country is blissful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

William Jennings Bryan Is, says the New York Commercial, the "Hobson's choice" of the democratic party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

Any man or woman can make lots of money and make it right at home" asserts a get-rich-quick advertiser. Yes, with a die.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

Captain Mahan continues to publish books on the science of war regardless of The Hague conference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

The Kansas republican editors have been boiled, and only four out of over two hundred are supporters of Fair hanks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

Sir Harry MacLean wants to be re- leased so that he can take a bath. The Moors do not put on fine airs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

When you consider how long MT. Bryan has been running you would think that he is out of breath, but he isn't =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-13

A Russian grand duke Is reported to be lost, and the world concludes 1t is best to let him stay In that condition.