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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
THE SOLITARY REAPER.

By William Wadsworth. Behold her, single in the field,
 You solitary Highland lass! Reaping and singing by herself;
 Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain' And sings a melancholy strain; o listen! for the vale profound Is overfowing with the sound. No nightingale did ever chant
 More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt
 Among Arabian sands; A voice so thrilling ne'er heard In springtime from the cuckoo bird, Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings
 Perhaps the plaintive numbers How For old, unhappy. far-of things
 And battles long ago; Or is it some mere humble lay, Familiar matter of today? Some natural sorrow, loss or pam That has been and may be again! Whateer the theme, the maiden sang
 As if her song could have no ending 1 saw her singing at her work, And OCT the sickle bending; I listend motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hilL The music in my heart bore Long after it was heard no more-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
Schools and Colleges.

James K Powers of Florence, former president of the University of Alabama, is at the Hillman. He arrived from Mont gomerv last night and will leave here for his home today. MT. Powers keeps Tn close touch with educational interests ana few men, perhaps, are so familiar With school and college conditions in tels state as he.
 'All the educational institutions are well attended this year." said MT. Powers "The attendance at the public schools IS larger than usual, while the University, Auburn and all the other institutions Of higher education are exceedingly pros porous.
 "lhe present legislature did a vast deal for the schools. It was distinctively a school legislature. as well as a railroad rate regulation legislature. The provision for establishing a high school in every county was a great thing. The people or each county are to donate site of not less than five acres and erect a suitable high school building. The state will then pay 5000 year towards its maintenance. The next legislature is almost sure to increase the appropriation for each coun- ty high school. Such an institution can not be conducted properly on 5000 year, but $5OO0 would be ample and it is be- lieved the state will see it's way clear to increase the appropriation to that amount.
 Since many counties will build high school structures at considerably great CT cost than s500O it is safe to estimate that total of something like s1,OOo,Oo0 will be expended in Alabama next year in this work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
THE RESULT OF "TRIFLES."

From the New York Press
 The world is composed of trifies. The nerve of tooth. finer than camoric needle, nearly drove Napoleon Bonaparte to distraction, and actually caused the mighty Caesar to lose battle. A mos quito can drive an elephant crazy. A mouse can tease a lion to death. The reef which sinks navy is the work or tiny worm The warrior that walks up to the cannon's mouth and faces death in looo forms is killed by an insect. Small pleas ures make up the sum of human happi- ness. The deepest wretchedness often results from perpetual continuance of petty pains A single look from one you love produces exquisite pain or unalioyed pleasure The first glass of wine that was drunk led to all the horrors, miseries, and crimes that have sprung from drunk enness and darkened the earth for cen turies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
An Exquisite Play.

"It has never been my pleasure re- marked a theatregoer last, night, as he left the Jefferson theatre, 'to Wlthess l" more tender and beautiful play than thae of Prince Chap It was better thah sermon to me and it led me to look on iile with a more kindly eye. There comes a time in every mans life when the cold and hairless grind of the world destroys his illusions and drives away his dfeams- It is then that an altogether charming play, book, 8 song or a picture brings back the sunshine and recalls his better self. I sincerely hope that Birmingham theatregoers will not miss an opportunity this afternoon or tonight of seeing Cyril Scott and his excellent company in 'Ihe Prince Chap :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
BISHOP PoTTER's COCKTAILS.
He Ordered Two In Yokohama and
 Got Them.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Bishop Potter told Chozo Koike consul general of Japan at this port, and a dis tinguished company of Americans and Japanese gathered at a dinner at the Hotel Astor last night to bid farewell to the consul general, who is going to a , new post at San Francisco, how when he was visiting Japan some years ago he became so fatigued climbing the steps leading up to a Buddhist temple that he had to order Manhattan cocktail when he got back to his hotel in Yokohama. Not only did he get that Manhattan cock tail, but, as he confessed last night, he made the Rev. Percy Grant, rector of the Church of the Ascension in this city and a teetotaler, drink another. Bishop Potter told the story of the Japanned Manhattan cocktail to illustrate | some remarks he had made about the adaptability of the Japanese people to the customs of the Occident. He didn't expect | to get Manhattan cocktail when he or dered it, but he did get 1t, and he congrat-
 ulated the retiring consul general upon
 the cleverness of that Japanese bartender | in that Yokohama hotel
 f, Bishop Potter said Rev. MT. Grant drank the cocktail and declared it was good. He rubbed himself about the re- | zion of the vest and exclaimed:
 Bishop, you are right; that is exhila- | rating.'
 "Then I called the bartender" said | Bishop Potter, ''and asked him how it happened that in Yokohama he knew how ! to make a Manhattan cocktail" "Oh! I used to run a hotel in Cincin- nat" he replied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
PRESS POINTS

Dallas News: King Wilhelm glories in being known as His Warshipful Ma jesty.'
 Norfolk Virginian-Pilot: The jawbone is that of contention, the hambone that of sweetness
 Florida Times Union: Goethals is using steam shovels to write history in the canal zone
 St. Louis Times; That low, harmonious hum is the Christmas shopper getting in his advance licks.
 Mobile Register: MT. Bryan will gain many votes if he will promise, if elected, to make his messages short.
 Atlanta Constitution: They talk of managers" for these national candidates just as if they were race horses or prize fighters.
 Mobile Herald professor making observations has discovered signs of at mosphere on the planet Mercury Is this hot air?
 Houston Post: The Atlanta Constitu- tion says Senator Watterson of Ken lucky sounds good' Indeed 1t does. But the devil of it is, it is all sound.
 Spokane Spokesman-Review: William J. Bryan spent a half hour in the White House, but it is denied that he was just. looking around to see how he would have th ;. furniture arranged March 5, 1909.
 Nashville. American: Instead of seced- ing from Alabama, the Courier-J ournal suggests that Mobile merely jug along with the procession" The quantity of vinegar used these days is astonishing.
 Washington Post: Chicago woman found a baby in a newspaper on the front porch the other morning. But no woman who has lived in Chicago very long is surprised at anything she may see in the newspapers nowadays. Washington Herald: Italy and Spain, the two most temperate nations in the world manage to get along nicely with out prohibition but the statesmen of those lands always were slow to appre- ciate handy political instrument.
 Richmond Times-Dispatch: A writer Ill a South Carolina paper asks: Are mules hind feet alike?" Newspapers seek to be as obliging as possible to thelr correspondents, but it does seem that it is asking a good deal to expect the Query editor to go out in cold blood ana interview the business end of a mule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
Louisiana's Extra Session

After sitting about % days the Louis jana legislature has adjourned with out day. It passed 27 new acts, nearly all of which relate to the fees of off cials. Sheriffs are to receive hereafter 3 per cent on the first $50,000 collected and IA per cent on all in excess of that sum- County assessors are to re. ceive per cent on the first $5O,OOO, 2 per cent on the next $50,000, and 1 per cent on all over $1O0,00O. New Or leans is to have one tax collector, and his salary is to be $5000 year. The salary of the secretary of state is to be $500O.
 Representative Herman sums up the gains of the state each year through the action of the extra session, as fol lows:
 Reduction in sheriffs' tax com
 missions .........,..............,.. .$llo, izz'a Gain of interest on public funds
 deposited ............,............ lol,9iS,SO Reduction in New Orleans tax
 collection commissions due to
 consolidation of the tax col
 lectorships ........................ 29,G54.21 Reduction in assessors commis-
 missions .......................... 22,oI5. .63 Abolition of treasurers commis-
 missions on schools funds...... 2I,OOO. .O0 Saving in salary and fees of
 secretary of state by putting
 that official on a salary basis, l3, ,UOO, ,OD Total annual saving ........... .$31O, 451 .02
 The New Orleans Times-Democrat says the extra session passed laws that will enable the levee boards, the school boards and the state to save about Q third of million more and the saving will be accomplished without parsi- mony and without any impairment of efficiency.
 Fees have been either abolished or cut down, and the Times.Democrat is confident the good work will go on until all fees are abolished in it's state. This result is attributed to the estab- lishment of the direct primary system. The people have been restored to power and they demanded the reforms in question, and when Governor Blanch- ard called an extra session public senti- ment was ripe and the measures de- manded were passed.
 All the reform bills in the south flow directly from the primary system. None of them was possible when machines instead of the people were in power.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
Supply of Gotten Last Year

The census bureau fills up Bulletin No. go with facts and figures relating to the supply and distribution of cot ton in the year ended August 31, 1907. In that year the southern cotton mills consumed 2,410,993 bales; the northern mills, 2,573,943, and the foreign mills, S,503,265 bales. The stocks on hand September 1 aggregated 1,514,567 bales. The home mills used B per cent of the crop; the foreign mills, 57 per cent, and there remained 10 per cent on hand at the end of the last cotton year.
 The "A miles in Alabama contain 9O4, ,244 spindles, and all of them were active last year except 27,300. These spindles spun 247,476 bales of raw cot ton into yarn. We have fewer spindles than Maine; fewer than New York; much less than Connecticut has, and New Hampshire beats us at least four city blocks, and Massachusetts spin 'dles consume as much cotton as Ala bama grows. The last-named state added 30O,000 spindles to it's aggregate last year. Alabama needs about six more mills in order to carry the num- Der of it's spindles up to a round mil lion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

railroad commission, and probably the best informed man on railroad rates in Alabama, is at the Morris. Mr. Griffin is now travelling passenger agent of the Louisville and Nashville at Montgomery. J. c. Conn, division passenger agent of the Alabama Great Southern, with head quarters in Chattanooga, was in Biz mingham yesterday.
 
 Dr. Eugene A. Smith, state geologist, and professor of geology at the University of Alabama, was a visitor to Birtning- ham yesterday.
 Lielt. Gov. Henry B. Gray will go to Montgomery today for the purpose of signing the senate journal. Speaker Car michael will also visit Montgomery at the same time to sign the house journal. Secretary Kyle of the senate wired the lieutenant governor yesterday that the journals were completed, Iid ready for the signatures of the two presiding of- fieers.
 Hugh Mills, United States deputy. sta- tioned in Omaha, Neb., returned home last evening. MT. Mills was formerly To- eated in Birmingham, where he is well and favorably known.
 
 Several prominent attorneys returned from Montgomery last night Among the number were John P. Tillman, E. K. Campbell, Walker Percy James Weather iy, Frank s. White, Jr. and Judge Sam uel D. Weakley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
pouuIss For Vice President.

Tt appears to be foregone conclusion that Bryan will be nominated for Presl- dent by the democrats" said man last night. NOW, why not put a good, strong eastern man on the ticket Tor vice pfesi- dent If I had my way, l would hoihl- nate Gov. W. l.. Douglas of Massachu- setts for the place, and believe It would be a winning combination. MT Dougiasc made great hit with the people of ms state as governor, and in my opinion ne would make the best race of any man in the country :,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
OMISSIONS OF HISTORY.
@ Chicaro Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune
 Patrick Henry had just expressed him. self to the effect that if he couldn't get liberty he wanted death
 He suits me-, all right" commented an enthusiast saloonkeeper in the audiences He an't no Sunday closer, you bet.
 Yet it was only a few years afterward that this entire country became pro- hibited district, so far as John Bull was concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
ROBSON CALLED DOWN.

From the Washington Herald.
 Hon. Richard Pearson Hobson was much in evidence during the first day of this session of Congress. With his ever present spirit of gallantry, the hero of Santiago Harbor and across the con- tinent kissing bees insisted upon passing more visitors into the gallaries than his allotment warranted and when called to account, the gallant Richmond did not relishsit at all. But he curbed his wrath and smothered the displeasure he obvious ly felt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
Pleased With Birminaham.

Birmingham sure is a great old place, said Hugh A. Willis of Macon, who is vls- iting relatives here "Ne hear good deal of talk about Birmingham over home, but have always put it down as hot air Even though 1 was raised right here in the south next door to you, l never imagined Birmingham was one-haif the place 1t is. I'm stuck on the town and am of a mind to stay here. The hustle and hustle looks mighty good to farmer from Macon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The way to think you are good looking is not to be-
 A girl never tells you to ask her father when she wants you.
 Honesty is the best policy for the fel- low you are competing with
 You never heard any thin woman com- plain about it being around the waist.
 Divorces cost much more than we'd dings but the bills don't last so long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
COMER'S SUCCESS"

From the Chattanooga Times.
 Governor Conner, along with the other losses he has invited for Alabama, seems to have forced lot of expensive law suits with the Louisville and Nashville railroad, a corporation that doesn't seem to be docile while a lot of demagogical politicians are seeking to destroy It's busi- ness profits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
Early Winter Weather

A snowfall extending from the Rocky mountains to the Atlantic coast is the herald of winter in the northern states. "A blinding storm swept over Chicago, and in New York three inches of snow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
The Holiday Trade.

"While holiday shopping this season is along the line of less expensive articles, the number of purchases is larger than usual and the volume of business Ill money will probably not be behind that of last year. said a merchant. Shopping began earlier than ever and it is safe to say that Santa Claus will have his stock complete by the last of next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
COUNT FEM.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Let me off," said the professor, 'at Minute street"
 Don't know of any such street on this line, sir,' answered the conductor.
 q suppose you call it Sixty-second, rejoned the professor; but what is the difference?'
 Whereby the professor made another lifelong enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
THE EASY WAY.
the Washington Evening Star.

From the Washington Evening Star.
 'So you believe In strict party loyalty?"
 "Certainly." answered Senator Sor- ghum; it enables man to gain repu- tation for consistency and at the same time saves him the mental fatigue of forming opinions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
A WORD OF WARNING.

WORD OF WARNING.
 Santa Claus Is coming, you can hear him on the wind, And countless little hearts are filled with joy.
 Old Santa is a beaming saint, oh, very good and kind, Who dearly loves each little girl and boy. But any one who's bad and cross and often misbehaves, Somehow, he doesn't seem to like at all,
 For them his very finest gifts he never, never saves,
 But drops few cheap presents in the So just be careful what you do and care- full what you say-- The time for your reward is close at hand,
 When frosty whiskered Santa Claus be- fore the break of day Will scatter Christmas joy throughout the land. If General Keller ever came south he couldn't expect us to give him 'possum dinner "Keep an eye on Oklahoma" says the St. Louis Times. Better keep two eyes on Oklahoma. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
EVEN so.

Some days I'm fain to ponder why
 Each one his burden bears And there is not beneath the sky
 mortal wight who wears An unaffected smile of joy
 From cradle cen to grave, Unless love blooms when griefs annoy And troubles make Us brave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

Despite the announcement of Sen ator Foraker's candidacy the admins tration still has a friend or two left in Ohio. It can count on Mich. Long worth to the last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT.

See here!" exclaimed the prominent candidate for office as he burst into the smoke-laden sanctum of the editor. My press agent wrote 1t, They gave him three cheers and it came out in your paper, They gave him three beers'W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
ALMOST WEIRD.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 Queer thing about the automobile ac- cident at o'clock this morning."
 What was queer about it? You wouldn't expect an automobile to be run against a stone wall without causing any damage, would you?"
 "No but there were no chorus girls in if tra ~t+
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

The real congressional deadlock comes when Joe Cannon wants thing done and Senator Aldrich does not want it done. Then comes the tug of brains and skill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

Congress has adopted the rule mo flowers" and the innovation is con sidered desirable. The opening days no longer have cemetery appearance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

London expects to have population of 16,OOO,OO0 in 1860, and it will then be time to agitate an enlargement of the island.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

MT. Hyde's proposed gift of $1,OO0,0O0 seems to be based on cessation of prosecutions of ex-directors, of whom he is one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

Young MT. Hyde must have some thing on his conscience when he stands ready to hand over $1,000,000 to the widows and orphans of the Equitable I fife
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

All across the country above the Ohio river there is season of sleigh bells, snowballs and snow men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

The parlor is gradually disappearing from up-to-date homes, and the dear old sofa built for two will soon be rel egated to the attic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

All good republicans should take a day off to read the message. It is a great state paper from their viewpoint, although it did not please Chance Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
About Persons,

w. F. Aldrich, the we'll known citizen of Aldrich, is at the Hillman.
 Virgil Griffin, formerly clerk of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

We don't mind trouble" says an advertiser If that is so, it is the only case on record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
KING OF THE TRAMPS

lously healthy and attributes it to his rowing life. He has delivered lectures in many cities. Boston is his next stop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

Henry Gassaway Davis is the hero of the hour. eclipsing Weston and even Hartman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

The speculating bank in New York is called an airship bank, and the ef- fort up there is to get such banks on terra firma.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

A Connecticut farmer is making his automobile saw wood, thus proving that some of the pictures in Puck are based on fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

The hot air route to the pole has been found failure except in so far as advertising pays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

MT. Rooseyelt's term is drawing to a close, and his tendency to lengthen his messages should affect the white paper market
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

The Pacific will soon have it's first knowledge of an American fleet made up of first-class battleships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

When a newspaper speaks of "the new baby" it is hard to say whether the reference is to Oklahoma or young HObSOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

King Carlos goes to the opera reg ularly these troublous days, but it is not reported that he fiddles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

Harmony is the watchword of dem- ocrats," says contemporary. That means we will watch for it and never see it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

The French war balloon La Patrie broke loose and tloated away to un known shores and seas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

New Mexico wants to come in. Make way for No 47.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

The invincible armada is gathering at Hampton Roads. from which it will sail on December 16.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
IN PEssIMIsTIC MOOD.

l feel no Christmas joy this year The world is down on me. thanksgiving Day was dark and drear And not spent happily The beaming smiles that others wear Increase my weight of woe, There's nothing met but carking care Wherever I may go on, look at me. my hapless plight, And tell me, if you can, Hast ever seen by human sight
 more unhappy man? You'll never hear me laugh again,
 The art is lost for aye To tell what gives me so much pain I'm very loath to say. But you've right to know, I guess, And so I'll speak it true And in a softer mood confess
 What brings me so much rue The windows hold brave display
 Of costly Christmas goods, Of gold and silver potter's clay
 And most expensive woods. And so l wonder with a sigh,
 My spirits sitting low. How far with high financing I
 Can make twelve dollars go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

Things are going down, but it is with the slow, resistless motion of glacier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

A good many at present are trying to become favorite nephews of Uncle Joe."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07
ON THE ICE.

ON THE ICE. The old mill pond will freeze again And every one will skate; The mollycoddle, modest swain, Will thither go with Kate. She'll slip in such a way that she Will see a brilliant star And he will deeply blush to see How long her stockings are.
 Wilcox Banner. Oh, how can you make such remarks And put them into type? Perhaps sweet Kate who saw the sparks, Her stockings had a stripe? And think how painful 'twould have been, While standing on her head, To show some hosiery just then Of blue and flaming redi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

President Roosevelt is standpatter but he weakens before wood pulp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

The snow shovel is big facor in life in the northern states at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-07

The onjoebaileyoftexas is not mak- ing as much noise as he used to.