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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
Influences of Toys.

Seeing the children on the streets with whips in their hands reminds me of an incident in my own childhood" said an elderly citizen. q suppose something of similar nature of the State fair or horse show must have been going on in my na- tive city and my mother took me to see it and bought me a whip
 That whip got me the first whipping ever had, so far as my recollection goes, and this is how it came about: When we reached home l saw the cat lying on the rug in front of the fire and fast asleep. l just couldn't resist the impulse 10 give her flick to make her jump. She jumped right enough and on to a table on which very fine china vase stood. knocked it over and fled.
 Tt was then my turn to jump. Mother grabbed that whip from me and laid it about my legs until I nearly jumped out of my clothes. l thought 1t was great fun to see the cat jump, but it was d different proposition when 1 did the jump ing myself The lesson was not wasted
 
 have been tempted to have fun at other peoples expense l thought of how my first experience in that respect turned out
 T often thought since that the impulse which prompted me to give the eat flick Of the whip is identical with the impulse which prompts man to shoot a pistol at another. Let a man carry a pistol for certain length of time and the desire to shoot becomes almost irresistible
 "lt is a natural propensity to use for the purpose for which it is intended whatever person holds in his hand Give d boy hammer and he immediately begins to pound on something; give him knife and he will proceed to cut notches in the table; give him rock and he looks out for bird or dog to throw at; give him a pistol and he must shoot. Unimportant as it may appear toys have much to do with the formation of character"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
ALABAMA PRESS

Clio Free Press: Nay. Pauline, the Teddy bears" are not the ones who are trying to force the price of cotton down
 Sumter Sun: For the first time since the record has been kept, Alabama shows a decrease over last year in tte number of new industries. Less money for in vestment and but little railroad work going on. Conner and the legislature are responsible for this condition of affairs.
 Pine Belt News: The extraordinary session of the Alabama legislature may gratify the czar governor, but we doubt it. The men elected to make laws have been led around by the nose long enough and we believe they will resent any at tempt at bossism, as is indicated in the call for the necessary assemblage of the legislators at this time.
 Clio Free Press: The only trouble about this unparalleled prosperity" is live up to it.
 Dothan Eagle: Many a man has lived " sucecsslu LII llIe WHO never got Iarlner from home than a couple of days travel for pair of mustangs.
 Mobile Register: A St. Louis paper prints a picture of the valley and the Mississippi, and shows New Orleans To- cated on the right bank of the river That is not right.
 Montgomery Advertiser: In New York they mob men who appear in public wearing straw hats now. Thank heaven. we are a free people down here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
Apportionment of School Moneys

The state enumeration of children for school purposes has just been pub lished by State Superintendent of Edu- cation Gunnells, and from it comes the information that the Big Five of the state is made up as follows:
 l. Jefferson, 57,419 children.
 ?. Montgomery, 27,0S0 children.
 3. Mobile, 20,753 children.
 4. Dallas, 20,453 children.
 ,. Lowndes, 17,5S5 children.
 The returns are creditable to the last-named county to say the least. Its population in the last census year was 35,651, while Madison had at that time a population of 43,702. but in the respect of children of school age the Former easily leads Madison. There is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Williams were watching at the Novelty. where generally the most friction oc. cured. It was about this time that big Phil Coe, keeping faith with his coma rades but with no eager avidity. leis- urely walked up in front of the Alamo, then packed with excited men, and fired his gun at a dog, as he claimed Wild Bill told Williams to stay at the Novelty, ran swiftly across to the rear door. sprang into the crowded Alamo, rough-s ly inquiring to who was doing thes shooting. Coe stood at the well-curb out. side and said that he had fired the shot. Immediately he fired another, which grazed Wild Bills side as he stood at the bar. With that wonderful swiftnesS which stood him in good stead so many tmes Bill threw two guns on Coe and shot him twice in the abdomen, exclaim- ing, i've shot too lowl'
 At the same instant he turned and fired twice at another man who cama running down the dark sidewalk and burst on the scene, showing two guns in front of him. Coe fired one more shot and fell across the well-curb. A huns dred guns clicked as Wild Bill fired hia first shot, but before the fourth the place was cleared and not one bad man waa left to stand by Coe The stranger, with two bullets within an inch of his hearts threw both hands in the air, dropped his guns to the floor, and pitched for< ward stone dead. It was Mike Willfamss the deputy, a brave fellow, who. despte his chiefs instructions to remain at tha Novelty, could not keep away from theI fight. Wild Bill cried out that he had killed his best friend, gathered the 1ittla man in his arms, and, with eyes full of tears laid him across a poker table. The fury that burned in his veins when he whipped the McKandlas gang sprang t6 life again at this accident and he pro~ ceeded to hold the Texas men respond sible That night the desperate heroeS of border strife hid in cellars and sun- flower patches, swift ponies foundA their way to their cattle camps, for theyl had made fizzle by trying to shoot upa the wrong town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

able weather inside four days. It is plain that turbine engines will in liners at least supersede the well-known re- ciprocating engines, in which steam was used several times. In the great drums of the turbine type steam is used but once, but that single time seems to bring enough revolutions out of the propellers to drive the ship along, vast as she is, with unprece- dented speed and with minimum of vibrations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
REFLEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The average woman is more afraid of hurting her complexion than her reputa- ton.
 
 The reason a girl falls in love with a man is she thinks she can learn to care for him that way.
 It's very extravagant for man to go home to his family with anything bigger than loose change in his pocket.
 Clubs can make a lot of money by the members having nagging wives so they don't go home except to sleep.
 A sensible thing about a girl being en- gagged is she is too busy with it to pre- tend she takes any interest in sensible things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
The Blind Tiner.

North Birmingham, where we are free from licensed saloons, is suffering from the blind tiger evil" said Fred Dim mick of the Dimmick pipe works. 'In one week last month nine blind tigers were raided. Unlicensed liquor traffic is often in evidence in North Birmingham, but it seems to be growing more of late.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
From Practical Viewpoint

GTO1lDlllOHlSlS lition of the liquor traffic in Jefferson county would not only improve the morals of Birmingham and the Bir- mingham district, but that it would help rather than hurt the commercial and industrial situation. Many of them are sincere in their belief regarding the business aspect of the matter. But the managers of all the iron and steel producing companies in this district every one of them-are earnestly op- posing prohibition because they feel that it would cripple their operations. The scarcity of skilled labor in this district is already retarding industrial development, and any reduction in the | wage-earning forces would cause, of course, conditions to become all the more acute. As general rule the rep resentative business men of Birming- ham, Ensley and Bessemer are joined with the furnace companies in com batting the prohibition movement for the reason that prohibition would de- press trade and cut down values. Which of the classes taking active part in the campaign understand the situa- ton better-the prohibitionist leaders, moved mostly by sentiment, or the officials of the iron companies and the successful and public-spirited business men who are thoroughly acquainted with local conditions?
 As one of the oldest and most esteemed developers of Jefferson county remarked the other day, "We have here peculiar district and 1t will not do for prohibtionists to con- pare 1t with other sections" Strictly speaking, this is the only industrial distyict in the south; it is the only Pittsburg of the south; it is the only district that produces steel rails; the only district where millions of tons of coal Id coke are produced annually, and giving employment to thousands of skilled workmen, great many of whom drink wine and beer every day as regularly as they eat their meals.
 Prohibition might operate with some success for time in agricultural con- munities and in the smaller manufac- turing towns. It does not entirely pro- hibit anywhere, and here in Jefferson | county it would, owing to our peculiar conditions, prove miserable failure Morals, in general, would not be i'm proved; for the seeming intimidation of the liquor business would be more than offset by the curse of the blind tiger"
 Looked at from any point of view prohibition in this county would be followed by dire results The business men have keen insight and apprehend the situation clearly. The average voter, then, in contest like the one now pending, can safely pin his faith to the judgment of those with most at stake. These men who have built the district and who are all the while ex- pending large sums of money on i'm provements are not exaggerating the gravity of the campaign. neither are they throwing dust in peoples eyes. They simply ask you to vote against prohibition and this for the good of all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
PRESS POINTS

New Orleans Times Democrat It is an- nounced that Explorer Cook has discov- cred a new route to the north pole. There Fare plenty of routes already but what Is most needed is an Arctic good roads movement that will render them passable
 Florida Times-Union In India cigars sometimes sell as low as 10 for l cent Must be a mighty strong scent.
 Charleston News and Courier: We thought that the President had better sense than to play tennis with bishop whom he couldn't beat.
 Atlanta Journal: The latest South American revolution is still hammering on the jail doors to get out.
 Chattanooga Star: Dispatches state that Kentucky is still going dry" Alas, the Blue Grass state, we knew it we'll,
 Washington Post While Senator For aker has been getting nothing but warmed-over atmosphere from the col ored brethren, the President has received a gold-headed cane from the KeokuS contingent. What's the answer?
 Houston Post: Houston will not find it necessary to indulge in the skyscraping habit. as heaven bends so low in Texas that we can hear the angels sing when ever the graphophones stop playing.
 Richmond Times-Dspatch: Finding a purchaser for the Philippines would make humping scoop for any newspapers want ad department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
Mars Is Inhabited.

Panama October h--Prof David Todd, who spent four months in Cnni with the expedition sent from the United States to observe Mars, has ar rived here on his way home. In com menting on his observations, Professor Todd said Tt is reasonably certain that Mars has been inhabited in the past and it is reasonably certain that 1t is inhabited now."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
NOT IN THE ITINERARY.

From the Chicago News.
 'I suppose" said friend of the bride, that your wedding tour will include Yell lowstone park?'
 ''Indeed 1t will not" replied the fair party of the bridal part "Yellow doesnt t agree with my complexion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
WOMEN OF BURN A.
Clever, shrewd and Industrious; Their
 Husbands Are Not.

Charles E. Russell, in October liar
 pers.
 The Burmese woman is clever. witty. well-informed, one of the shre~dest of business persons, usually an excellent housekeeper as well as good mer- chant. Her two errors seem to be first. in marrying John Burman, who is generally lazy and unworthy of her; and second. in submitting to the medi- sal tomfoolsry, that the Burmese. for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

The war departments in the various countries are cultivating dirigible bal looms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

The steel trust does not monopolize the steel business, but the Standard Oil trust does not hesitate to monop- olize the oil business. The latter has the audacity of it's avarice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Some staustician has ascertained that there are 6397 kinds of intoxicat- ing drinks in the world, but in Geor- gia there will soon be but one, and that will be moonshine whisky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

The Eiffel tower promises to become useful as a wireless telegraph station. It will not, however, necessarily cease to be ornamental.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Miss Mae Wood wishes 1t under stood that she has about as much notion of giving up her fight against Senator Platt as he has of resigning his seat in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

A court has just held that the pres ence of bugs in house does not just fly a tenant in breaking his lease. The law seems to presume that bugs are normal in dwelling houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

With red-hot prohibition fight un- der way, a horse show, an aldermanic squabble and state fair, Birmingham is busy. But that's nothing new. Bir- mingham is always busy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Santa Claus is already keeping a sharp lookout for Christmas bargains. He is the boss shopper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

This is the last week of real enjoy ment the baseball rooter will have this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

The lord bishop of London is popu- lar at home, even in the slums, and he has made good among millionaires in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Mrs. Rebecca Wentzel of Pittsburg has made the attending of funerals the chief work of her life. She has at tended 1902 of them, but the infirmi- ties of age are about to compel her to hand the task over to some one else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

The modern novelist may not be great, but he is well fed, and that is an item of considerable importance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

THE REPORTER. The man behind newspaper Is the man who gets the news, Who reads the plot of human hearts And tragedy reviews. Who breasts the storm on winter nights And rushes through the rain To tell the sum of happiness, Of sorrow and of pain. No laurel ever crowns his brow. The world declines to praise, He moves unnoticed and unknown In crowded human ways. No soldier in the ranks more brave, No patriot more true, A rare devotion is revealed In all he tries to do. And while no bugle blare may lift His merit to the skies. The world has lost hero when A good reporter dies.
 TWO PASSES. T passed George on the street today" .'rhe dear boyl' And passed him up.'
 SEEMS so.
  Everything Is going up now'
 DREAM SONG. Dreaming in the sunshine By a garden wall But the firelight dreams of winter Are the sweetest dreams of all! Dreaming by the river, Where the roses fall But the freight dreams of winter Are the sweetest dreams of all Dreaming in the meadow, When the bluebirds call, But the firelight dreams of winter Are the sweetest dreams of all, Secretary Taft has been indorsed by the railway conductors of Ohio But has he been indorsed by the railway porters?
 The Washington Post mentions Cali fornia trout that wore a watch and chain. However, there is no evidence to show that the fish ever looked to see what time it was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

King Edward still goes to the races where he does not have to use an ear trumpet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Bear meat is not bit cheaper than it was before the President went into the Louisiana swamps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Mir. Taft and the Mikado are now great friends, and so are Japan and the United States. The war rumor has blinked out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

The President proposes to count his own bears without the aid of any news paper correspondents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Governor Johnson of Minnesota be- gins to think nomination by Henry Watterson is not altogether plausible and sufficient.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Tensas bayou is now the heart of the country, and bears are supposed to stand all about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

The Rev. Dr. R. S. Macarthur of New York seems to be outdoing Chance Day as defender of John D. Rockefeller and his methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

In the last analysis, President Roose- velt has no real grudge against those bearssin Louisiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

If Secretary Taft wants to be kept in mind he will have to send the voters souvenir postcards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

That cocktail incident has not per ceptibly lessened Fairbanks chances of occupying the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Mrs. Chadwick is dead, but frenzied finance goes marching on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

w. NJ. Barton of Double Springs. mem ber of the legislature from Winston coun- ty one of the two republican members of the house. spent yesterday in the city. He is a fair visitor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

The goosebone orchestra has ground out no music as yet that points to a long cold winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Mary J. Holmes, the novelist, is dead, and the best thing said about her is that she never wrote problem story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Mary J. Holmes lived to be 79 years of age. Writers of best sellers live long and happily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

We cant have too much Johnson in this country, either of Tom or Ton, but two would be too many in the White House
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

All agree that Millionaire Prick in- vested that s100,000 well when he put it into music instead of Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

General Booth is busy and the Osler theory does not bother him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

NATURAL HISTORY. Madam Cows a pleasant beast, By the ram who struts. Tho she's lacking grace. at least, Bossy never butts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

w. F. Vandiver, president and Robert Tate. secretary, of the Alabama Agricul- tural fair, which opens in Montgomery October 24, spent yesterday In the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
About Persons.

Prof. Fred l.. Grambs has returned from a trip to New York and Pennsyl- vana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

day" says the Houston Post. "Yes, tho Devil probably gives him more troubld in Texas than in any other part of tho world
 A SUGGESTION. Airy, fairy Lillian" Rolls upon the floor. Wouldst thou lose thy adipoise7
 Drink champagne no more! For all President Roosevelt knows, Drx Long may be up a tree in Lousian& watching every move he makes. Monsieur Oyster is coming into his owns which is equivalent to a quick finish.
 REASONABLE.
 The ice mans gone.
 Lord bless my soul
 What. think ye, is
 The price of coal? A London chemist announces that tvos thirds of the weight of a girl is sugars The other third is lemon, so we hav6 lemon and sugar.
 PUTTING ON" She doesn't pad does Maudie, She doesn't paint, they say, But even strangers notice Her artificial way. kansas has 742,000 acres in alfalfa this year, in addition to the whisker crop
 SHORT SERMON. An. none may know what sorrows coma From drinking too much booze. A man has nothing much to win And everything to lose "The engaged man thinks he has the world in a sling" remarks the Mobile Item. And after he marries the world has him in a sling.
 THE BUSY POET. He rhymed about his baby, He poetized his wife, He sang of strenuosity And praised the simple life He ehortled over married men Who tied themselves to shrews, On any sort of subject he Was apt to air his views. And when he'd sung of everything Beneath the shining sum- From love and other lofty themes To grafters on the rum The habit had so fixed itself That he could not refrain From starting in distractedly To sing them all again.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

c. W. Pratt of Pell City spent yester. day in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

"The good Lord spends more time in Texas during the week days than he does in any other part of the world on Sun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

The Washington Post mentions Cali fornia trout that wore watch and chain. However there is no evidence to. show that the fish ever looked to see what time it was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Richmond Times-Dspatch: Finding a purchaser for the Philippines would make a humping scoop for any newspapers want ad department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

day" says the Houston Post. "Yes. tha Devil probably gives him more troubla in Texas than in any other part of tha world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Secretary Taft has been indorsed by the railway conductors of Ohio. But, has he been indorsed by the railway porters?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Montgomery Advertiser: In New York they mob men who appear in public wearing straw hats now. Thank heaven, we are a free people down here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Atlanta Journal: The latest South American revolution is still hammering on the jail doors to get out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Florida Times Union: In India cigars sometimes sell as low as 10 for l cent. Must be a mighty strong scent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

Chattanooga Star: Dispatches state that Kentucky is still going dry" Alas, the Blue Grass state, we knew it well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-12

kansas has 742,O00 acres in alfalfa this year, in addition to the whisker crop.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-16

@olas. in the EonSo district, nave prac-
teal irrigation. The Wachangu show
wonderful skill in irrigating their ter
raced hillsides by tunnels OF water di-
verted from the main stream. They
have Il clear mode of irrigating equally
given surface As the little canals
of water are always elevated above the
cultivated plants. they will tap them
at convenient spot above the beds TO
he watered and then turn the stream
into n rough conduit made of the hol-
low stems of bananas cut in half, the
end of each stem overlapping the next.
Then as the water enters the last joint
it is freely turned right AMI left, dis
tributinG the vivifying stream in all
directions. Southern Workman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-16

'"You do not find any one wearing
overcoats in Alaska. even i'll the win
ter said man from that territory.
The principal thing to be careful
about is keeping the head, hands and
feet warm. In that part of Alaska
where L have been the only land trans
portation is by dog sleda. and to fol
low them one has to drop into n dog
trOt beside the sled. An ordinary suit
is plenty thick enough to keep you
warm, and an overcOat is dangerous in
that temperature. Trotting alongside
n sled wearing an overcoat would
make you perspire, and the hitter cold
would freeze the perspiration. The
men there wear fur cap that covers
every part of the head and face except
the eyes. and there is only little peep
hole for them. Wool lined mitts are
worn on the hands and moccasins with
wooden stockings on the feet"-Balti-
more Sun.