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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
"LET HIM TAKE CASTLES WHO
 HAS NE'ER A GROAT."

From Limitations of Horace" by Alex- andor Pope. In Anna's wars, a soldier poor and old Had dearly earned a little purse of gold; Tir'd with tedious march, one luckless
 night, He slept, poor dog and lost 1t. to a doit. This put the man in such a desprate
 mind, Between revenge and grief, and hunger
 join'd Against the foe, himself, and all man.
 kind, He leap'd the trenches, scard castle
 wall, Tore down standard, took the fort and
 all. "Prodigious we'll" his great commanders
 cry'd Gave him much praise. and some reward
 beside. Next pleas'd his excellence a town to bat
 ter; Qts name I know not, and it's no great
 matter). Go on my friends Che cry'd), see yonder
 wsllsl Advance and onquer go where glory
 calls, More hopors, more rewards, attend the
 brave' Don't you remember what reply he gavef Dye think me, noble general. such q
 sot? Let him take castles who has ne'er {
 Sroat."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
Jasper Grows-oood Roads.

John H. Bankhead, Jr.. of Jasper, was in the lobby last night, visiting Birming- ham on professional business. Asked as to general conditions in Walker, MT. Bankhead said:
 Our county still advances with tre- mendous strides. Next to imperial Jeffer- son we think our county the strongest in the state in natural resources and in developing possibilities.
 "Our new court house Is now under going construction and when completed 1t will be one of the finest public build ings in the state. Jasper is rapidly as- suming regular city proportions and is enjoying nearly all necessary public util- ities. We have a dispensary and are not worried with temperance crusade. It seems to work well.
 Senator Pankhead. my father, is still in East Alabama, talking good roads, on which subject he is much interested. By the way speaking of good roads, l heard g. prominent citizen of Birmingham make 8 suggestion today, which l re- gard as excellent He thinks the na- tional government and the states should join hands and build public road eighty feet wide from Maine to California, and that this would mean that each state would build branches touching such great highway. Imagine a private carriage or an automobile smoothly run right from a North Atlantic to a southern Pacific point. I am sure it would prove a greater developer and more encouraging propo- sition than the transcontnental rail- roads
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
SOUTH'S PROGRESS.
rom the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 Perhaps none of the industries in Ala bama has gone forward with such big strides as the preparation of lumber for the manufacturing concerns of this coun- try and Europe" said E. M Lovelace, of Erewton, president of one of the states big lumber corporations, at the Raleigh last night. Mir. Lovelace, with the mem bers of his family, is in Washington for a few days. after having visited the Jamestown exposition, Atlantic City and New York
 Industrial conditions in Alabama are keeping pace with tine general evidences of prosperity throughout the country" continued MT. Lovelace. but in my own line the development has been something phenomenal. Throughout the timber lands of the south lumber companies are flour ishing, and the men engaged in the busi- Aess are making money. but believe the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
Japan and the Far East

Richmond Pearson Hobson says we should send the Roosevelt electioneer- ing fleet to the Far East to stay there This means that we should attempt to keep Japan from setting up in the Far East. where the islands of that empire lie. a Monroe doctrine similar to our own doctrine in the Americas to the south of us. What is good for us should be good for the Japanese, and 1t is diff flcult to see how in all conscience and equity we can maintain clear down to the Horn a Monroe doctrine and yet deny to Japan a similar doctrine for her own protection.
 It is idle to say that Japan desires |. fight the United States. The dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
WOMEN BUY DINNER CIGARS.
Society's Chatelalnes Who Are Judges
 of Good Tobacco.

From the New York Press.
 Among the old jokes exploded in recent years is that based on the assumption that no woman can buy her husbands cigars. Perhaps the average matron fails when she tries to select smokes exclusive ly for her lords use, but 1t nevertheless is a fact that most of society's chatelaines have as much to do with choosing the after dinner cigars offered to their men guests as with selecting food itself Fore most among them In knowledge of good tobacco is Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. She al ways buys the same kind, brand re- served exclusively for her use, so far as this hemisphere Is concerned and sold in Europe only to few noble families. AL though she easily might pay enormous amounts for the cigars always to be had at the Crossways. she studiously refrains from doing so. She buys them at the wholesale price and pays precisely s6O hunderd for them. Of course, they would be s1 cigars if purchased at retail. But the wealthy woman's frugality doubt less is to be commended when one reflects that the society novelist would not think of asking any of her characters to smoke a cigar costing less than $5. Mrs. Ffsh's cigars, include panatelas, conchas and in- vincibles, and are of various degrees of strength but are all of the one quality. It is whispered that most men who dine in the Crossways stuff a few cigars into their pockets before they leave the matron's smoking room.
 Mrs. Reginald c. Vanderbilt Is not quise as economical al Mrs. Fish, for she pays from s75 to s1O0 hundred for the cigars served to her guests. Her husband is not a heavy smoker, and she insists that he confne himself to light smokes. He never takes anything with more tobacco in 1t than a panatela, and as a rule he restricts himself to the cadet size. More- over, the cigars he smokes are the mild est of the mild. But Mrs. Vanderbilt Is a shrewd enough hostess to know that not all men can be put off with such slight offerings on Ncotinas altar. There fore her numidors hold cigars of all kinds, from mldest to strongest. The sort for which she pays $100 are as black as the proverbical spade ace and strong enough to stand alone. It Is a favorite diver sion of seasoned smokers who visit the Vanderbilts to lure an unsuspecting youth into puffing one of the strongest weeds in the collection and then sit back and watch his discontinue. No matter how many years the young man may have been a smoker. he is sure to succumb to one of those big black fellows. A few whiffs and he is ready for retirement. Mrs Vanderbilt does not approve of smok- ing by women. One of her friends Is a Russian noblewoman with all the small foibles of the czar's court. She would be so wretched without her after dinner cigar that the young American matron makes an exception in her case but as rule Mrs. Vanderbilt makes no attempt to conceal her disapproval when a woman smokes in her presence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
LAW TOO SLOW.
pm the Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 ''Tor the past ten years l have made rather close study of murders and come 10 the conclusion that justice Is not swift enough in this country" said Fran. cis J. Noonan, an attorney of Chicago, at the Raleigh last night. "Our courts do not bt gin to approach the English in swiftness and precision. Lynching Is un- known in England for the very reason that their criminals are sure of a speedy trial and heavy penalty. The one case that stands out as a glaring exception in our country Is that of President McKin- ley. in this case public opinion demanded a spedy trial and a speedy execution But had the victim been a man of less prominence, a delay of two or three monchs would probably have been the result. I do not remember the exact figures, but I think that since 1885 there have heen about 10000 homicides, and less than 5000 executions. Since 1900 mur- ders have increased threefold, while ex- cautions remain about stationary. There are over five times as many murders in this country in proportion to the popu- lation as there are in England, which is probably accounted for by the methods of administering justice.
 ''So far as I know, only one European country has shown worse record than the stilletto is a very handy weapon But even Italy has one advantage for her pro- portion of murders to the population is f, !, trary is true. I do not think there is anything in the American character which makes him prone to homicide. and I can, only attribute it to the tardiness of crim- inal courts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
WALKING WITH HEAD DOWN.

From the New York Press
 The habit of walking head down" seems to be growing upon us. I cannot help noticing that vast majority of men are gazing blankly at the pavement as they proceed. Are they immersed in thought? Are they weak in the neck? Are their hats too heavy? Do they try to avoid acquaintances? Are they en- deavoring to make an impression that they are working out some giant prob lem? Is there anything pretty in the pave- ment? Are their shoes attractive? Are they ashamed to lift their eyes, throw out their chests, and look the world in the face? How many men do you know who sit erect in a public conveyance, eyes on the level, head well poised on a straight neck?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
Can't Give Wine.

The Georgia prohibition law Is the most stringent and drastic ever yet en- acted by any state" said an Atlanta man in the lobby. 'It prohibits the selling or giving away of vinous. splrituous or malt liquors, and 1t Is held by lawyers that the use of wine is by the law forbidden at the church communion table. Over in my state 1t is suggested that cider Is to be used as a substitute, but 1 am told that even cider contains large per eentage of alcohol. and some other sub
 stitute may yet have to be found. Those Georgians are prohibitionists to the bot tom and they mean to put the vile stuff nnt of business entirely. We are await
 interest the operation of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
CONTROL CIRCUS FIELD.
Rinolng Brothers Conclude the Pur- chase of Barnum & Bailey Shows.

Special to the New Orleans Times-Demo-
 crat.
 Chicago, Ill.-John Ringling's long nur- tured ambition to be the circus king of the world, and to control the greatest of the tented entertainments, is at last realized through the purchase of the great Barnum and Baily Show. From per sons close to the Ringlings it is learned today that John Ringing. the real head of the firm of Ringing Bros. has just concluded the purchase of the Greatest Show on Earth" He has been visiting and taking an inventory of the Barnum and Bailey circus while 1t has been play ing in Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, and those who are authority for the statement that he has bought the Barnum and Bail ey show. say that at the close of the present season 1t will be determined whether the two circuses will be con tinued separately or combined.
 By the purchase of the Barnum and Bailey show the Ringing Brothers control the circus field. They have the two greatest shows ever organized, the two most famous circuses in the world
 What the Ringlings paid for the Bar mum and Bailey show is not made known, but during the life of James A. Bailey a valuation of s5,OOo,O0o was put on the property, and good will of the show When Ringing and Bailey saw, three years ago, that cut-throat competition was inJuring both shows. they entered Into an agreement to divide territory. Last year an agreement was made where by each circus cut In two its expense of billing and advertising. The Ringlings were also given exclusive entrance into Boston, Buffalo, Baltimore, Washington and several other cities, if they would leave New York to the Barnum and Bail ey show. The Ringlings also have working agreement with the Hagenbacks, Wallace Show and an understanding with the Pawnee Bill show and practically own tho Sels-F Forepaugh circus. The Bar mum and Bailey firm owns the Buffalo Bill show. Thus Rlngling will rule all the great shows In America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
THE RETURN.

THE RETURN. Homing They're coming home From mountain, sea and plain, From lake resorts and coast resorts They're trooping back again. And none may know the money spent. Cause each will say that he Disbursed a lot more ducats than -4e really had, you see. Homing They're coming home, The girlies with a tan And giddy stories that relate Unto the summer man. The ugliest of all the lot
 Was asked ten times to wed, But turned them down-she'll tell you so- With proud, uplifted head. Homing! They're coming home, I'm sure it is no harm To say you've been down Newport way, When really twas the farm. For once a year we make a show And try to think that we, Instead of being very poor, Are kin to Carnegie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
HIS PASS DEAR TO HIM.
the New York Tribune

the New York Tribune
 hel than part with his free pass
 ne railroad Wyndham Kemp of Fl Tex, threw up his commission as ry public. The El Paso Young Mems locratic club passed a resolution of iure Know" he wrote to the club, It my pass is still solid comfort to
 the thought that l can seek change scenes whenever l desire Is most thing. I intend to keep and use said IS as long as l desire to do so and y caprcious youngsters who presume me, where they will doubtless soon d office, thereby debarring themselves m obtaining a pass to cooler regions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
No Mrs. Gibbons.

Cardinal Gibbons, the veteran head of the Catholic church in America, is said to enjoy a good joke. even at his own expense" said a Baltimore man. He tells how a newspaper man of our city, more zealous in journalism than learned in religion. called at the cardinals home ono day to ask his eminence for informa- ton concerning some church matter.
 The cardinal is out of the city said a priest in attendance who received the caller.
 Then, may I see Mrs. aibbons?" was the request that followed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
ALL AROUND.

GOIu Ilt OHICdBO NeWS.
 The slangy proprietor came in unex- ectedly and discovered a big shortage n the receipts of the day.
 "Stung" he gasped, turning pale
 The bookkeeper is missing" hasten ed the pretty cashier.
 Sung by adder"
 The smart waiter giggled behind his pyramid of dishes. "Stung by an adder." he chuckled Gee! We'll have to call the boss Cleo patra after this"
 And now the smart waiter is hunting a job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
nator Johnston Returns.

Joseph Johnston returned yes
 pm Coffee county. where he made
 at both Enterprise and Brock
 told me down there" said Sen
 nson, that 1t was the first time l States senator had ever visited l enjoyed the trip and was glad that my hearers seemed to ap- what l had to say. It is an in- m to a man to have people come fifteen to twenty miles around to linn speak. l talked entirely on l topics and I did not allude to the .uestions which they are discussing warmth in Coffee at me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
WOMEN IN EGYPT.
Aristooratlc Male Egyptians
 Marry Turkish Women
From I1eslle'e Weekly.

From Leslie's Weekly.
 There are seemingly more women in Cairo, all of them Egypt, than in any other cit population in the world. The is due largely to the dlfferen tune, which is regulated by re liefs. All the women of Nc faith wear yeils. Some wear spools of brass or gold, whi taches to the head piece, and down to cover the nose. IT that the wearers are marr wear veils without either r nose covering. The veils of women are handsomest, and { the most coquettsh, for occa are thin enough to show tl the features beneath.
 Nearly all of the arlst Egyptians of Cairo are mar ish women. who are suppo perior to the natives in bot intelligence. The majorit, girls of wealthy families as are their European sist of them are talented in m ing. This enlightenment the daughters to be educat to those families which advantages of English this class Is very rarel tourist, unless he gets their yelled faces showi closed windows of ca they enjoy their daily ou ionably Gazara drive O
 It Is the middle class on the streets and in native quarter. Occaslc crat visits the jeweler, ] shD is ushered into a room, and is so hedge and. servants that the mer ir the same shop vain to get glimpse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
TOMLINSoN IN

The Cincinnati Enc upon the speech of . of this city at the a merchants and manu natl, at the Chamber ing, says:
 MT. Tomlinson e tones, his pleasure his qualification in men of the country an active part in DC participation of go said, to have good tics would follow tn business men in D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Mollvcoddle a Good Word.

Some of the critical journals are out Of their depth when they discern any thing new, or anything improper in MT. Roosevelts word 'rlollycoddle.' said scholar.
 Tt is a perfectly good old English word and fig used by George Eliot in her splendid novel The Mill on the Floss Tom Tulliver thought that Uncle Pullet was a moilycoddle.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
q Histrlonic Art.

of the Rice and Bar
 y company, next week S
 ne Gayety theatre, while
 company for this seasons s
 scene he wanted well
 Id worked hard on it with as to play 1t. Now" said Icene you must show the ty and concern. You must nd nervous. and on the ntly of prostratlon. Act as lover were possibly lost at the situation we portray in as near that way as she dr. Barton was not satis- imagine how you would one near and dear to you 10 act that way but with no ess. MT. Barton was about and let her go through the : own way, when a sudden in- ruck him.
 exclaimed. "act as you would aster bonnet were not going cred In time for you to wear h."
 0 play was introduced it was the heroine's rendition of this impressive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

A Mississippi burglar went to rob a house and got a sermon from three sisters, who begged him to reform. However, the sermon didn't keep him from taking all the small change he could find,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Danville, Ky, is having one of the quietest conventions on record. It is the annual reunion of the graduates of the Kentucky State School for the Deaf and Dumb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

"Ts America a civilized country? or is it not?' asks the Springfield Re- publican Sometimes, when we see the fool antics of an advanced we'd ding party we have our doubts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Secretary Root says Farmer Null doon has made him feel almost as good as new, and the corporations may now regain his services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

The Empress Tsi An proposes to re- sign when she gets ready, and she does not propose to consult the rest of the world about it. The old lady always has been in the habit of pleasing her self.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
REFLECTIONS S

From the New Y
 There's no idiot lieves a girl loves so.
 Rather than uf lie oratory, a ma chewing gum.
 A woman is sal news unless 1t cry really to enj
 A girl never unless she knew Apg tO do if so sh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Senator Tom Platt is supporting Fairbanks for President. Fairbanks was as dead as a mackerel before-he is deader still now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
PASsE.

Miss B. is an amable girl, don't you think?" an unmarried woman has to be polite to people,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
THE .CHORus GIRL

THE CHORUS GIRL. The flight of time Cannot annoy The chorus girl, Or dim her joy As seasons come And seasons go, She shifts from first To final row And there remains Ye gods. how long? A creature blent Of dance and song Until at last Some people say, She just dries up, And blows awayi
 Birmingham Age-Herald. They do not know Who think that she Blows from the scene Complacent1y. Nor in the rear Row does she fade When Times rough hand On her Is laid; Some rich mans son Soon comes along And wins the girl Of dance and song. Then she talks on From day to day About the Heads" She used to play.
 Chicago Record Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

The President discarded his straw hat on September l, but the rest of us need not do likewise until we get an other hat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

"The south is hopeless" remarks the Waterbury American. Fortunately, the Waterbury American doesn't cut enough ice to make it's opinion count.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

A man who was formerly deputy sheriff in Allegheny county, Pennsyl- vania. has gone on the stage. He will probably play the village constable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

John Temple Graves has dropped Roosevelt and Is now engaged In boom ing Governor Conner for President Alabama is willing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

What are your specifications? ?" asks a contemporary. We know our specifi- cations all right, but we don't intend to make them public property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

The Cheboygan case goes to show that boys who carry dynamite caps should not be spanked until they have been disarmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Earthquakes are recorded in Wash ington that never materiaIize in the subsequent press news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Everybody he meets is asking Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, When is that fine going to be paid?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

The weather became cooler at Lenox, Mass, just as soon as MT. and Mrs. Corey tried to break into society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Sir Thomas Lipton wants to lift a cup that cheers but does not inebriate It would cheer him to get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

''The city of Prosperity is not reached through Easy street. says the Elba Clip. per. Yet. Easy street is the principal thoroughfare of that town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Our Lady of the Shows will have to warm up a bit if it meets Lord Strath- conas prediction of S0,O0o,o00 of peo- pie at the end of the century. It has but six millions now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

The President has abandoned his ef- fort to join New Mexico and Arizona, and the New York Sun calls it "a manly renunciation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Walter Wellmans North Pole fake cannot be prolonged with due popular ity to September, 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

dent Roosevelt's time," remarked Pha- raohs daughter T might have been ac- cused of nature-faking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Two-cent rates pay in Minnesota, and they cannot well be confiscatory in other states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Nebraska is also trying the primary plan, and the rest of the country will soon follow suit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

The Secretary of War Is going away, leaving Boss Vorys here to do the worrying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Judging from his paunch, Stuyvesant Fish doesn't need any Muldooning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Nantucket has driven automobiles from the island. Nantucketers always were noted for horse sense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Wonder If there is any prol talk on Mars?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Larger liners are needed to furnish space for souvenir post cards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

In the meantime, the Hon. Da Hill continues to take life easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

The oyster cannot outrank tn, did as a climate indicator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES
LEES TRAINING.

LEES TRAINING. Life's little victories, Battled as we go, Conquering our follies, Overcoming woe, Give strength of character Needed most to meet Great obstacles that bring Lessons of defeat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Summer gardens are getting ready to play their farewell engagements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

The junket of the battleships will boom some coal mine that has ".pull' at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-07

Chicago has an 'tescort bureau" Are those hired escorts guaranteed to mako love? PAUL COOK.