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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

top of his profession or becomes rich they say, Oh, he's no account. I remember when he had no money and was not at the head of his profession or, oh, l re- member his poor father
 They forget that when a man starts with no money but with the brains and intellect and gets to the top he deserves praise. and not blame. There Is no credit for a man whose father leaves hlm a load of money and who begins rich. Yet you find that the very people who behind his back run down a man who has become prosperous often come and grovel before his face, hoping to get something out of hlm. I think it Is form of insanity that catches the human race. We are all insane on questions, and it is ques- ton if any man In the world is level all round.
 They are not the kind of people to mix with. They are the class who crowd around big people for the sake of what they can get out of them. My pleasure in life l find here among my people and my circle of true friends Glencairn Is my little world, and it has in it all 1 want. There is no pleasure on the earth greater than you can get from doing good, and In my case the only pleasure l ever look for outside Glencairn is watching the run hing of the horses that l raise and train myself"
 Asked if he would enter politics again, or if he would go to Dublin castle, Mir Groker replied: T have finished with rolitics and want to see younger men In. As for the castle, have no desire for it. 1 have great respect for the Lord Lieuten- ant and his lady, but 1 have no use for most of the people who go to the court In Dublin. I believe most of them get into debt, and do not pay their bills. They order court clothing from their tailors and dressmakers and don't pay up, so the tailors and dressmakers tell me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
THE LADIES.

By Richard Brinsley Sheridan Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen! Here's to the widow of fiftyl Here's to the Haunting, extravagant And here's to the housewife that's thrifty!
 Let the toast pass
 Drink to the lass: I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass. Here's to the charmer whose dimples we prize! Now to the maid who has none, sir! Here's to the girl with a pair of blue eyes! And here's to the nymph with but one. sirl
 Let the toast pass
 Drink to the lass: I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass. Here's to the maid with a bosom of Now to her that's as brown as berry! Here's to the wife with a face full of And now to the damsel that's merry!
 Let the toast pass
 Drink to the lass I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass. For let 'em be clumsy, or let 'em be slim, Young or ancient, I care not feather; So fill a pint bumper quite to the brim, So fill up your glasses, nay, fill to the brim, And let us cen toast 'em together!
 Let the toast pass
 Drink to the lass. I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
PASSING OF PRINTER-AuTHoR.

From the New York Telegram.
 Joel Chandler Harris was one of the last of a group of unique American au- thors who came from what the printers used to call the case" said MT L. K. Hopkins of Atlanta last night at the Hotel Knickerbocl1er.
 q used to stick type with Harris and he was as dearly beloved by his fellow printers as he was by the children of every land where his quaint stories told by Uncle Remus are read.
 "IIe came up from a printers devil and he was proud of it. As long as he lived he insisted on keeping up his familiarity with the printers case. And he could stick type as well as he could write.
 When he first began to write he would compose his articles In the type, settit them up directly in his stick without II aid of copy, which is, by the way, a vel Y excellent way to compose either prose or verse, because the hand cannot possibly travel faster than the brain should when it Is engaged in original composition.
 One of the most remarkable things about MT. Harris was his memory. It is said that when he was a child his mother read The Vicar of Wakefield to him and he surprised all the members of the fam fly by repeating whole chapters of Gold smiths famous work. This astonishing gift of memory lasted him through life He remembered all the stories he had written and as a story teller he was as charming as he was as story writer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
VALUE OF VACATION.
le Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 Speaking of summer vacation and a change of scene and surroundings pr. Elmer S. Bridges of New York, who is at the Shoreham said last night that, de- spite the love and interest we bear our associates and surroundings, time comes when we grow weary and jaded, and naturally long for some sort of change" We have no desire for sub stitution of other objects and faces as T permanency; we merely seek to break the monotony of things before entering On a fresh chapter in our lives.
 ''The desire for a change can hardly derive it's origin from the nature of our occupation. There is nothing common to all professions and businesses which elamors for stated pelief Nor can the desire for change be due to mere fatigue, because this is aleviated by daily recur- ring periods of rest.
 'The common round of daily life, in the home as well as in the house of business, in consequence of it's monotonous routine, ceases at times to stir the centers Of en- c;gy and strength of purpose, and when these springs of force are not vigorously active there is lack of interest in the work, and therefore, a feeling of loss Of power.
 'Now, the way in which a change oper- 1tes is not so much by affording exemp- ton from toll as by supplying fresh stim- nlants from the lethargic centers of en- ergy. This point is important, because it directs attention at once to the way in which a change should be employed. Every mistaken notion that the weari- ness demanding the change is the out come of exhaustion must be entirely put aside. The physical and mental powers are not used up; they are merely asking for some variation of the stimulus. The fire may have died down, not on account of deficiency of fuel, but simply because jt has not been properly stirred"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
Summer Trade.

While no one can reasonably expect marked activity In business this sum mer southern trade is holding its own very we'll" said Wilson Barney of Phil adelphia. q am In close touch with the agricultural sections of the south. and west and I have visited five south ern states since May. Business Is cer tainly far better than was predicted earlier in the year it would be about this time. Merchants as a rule are buying conseryatively for their fall trade, but it is generally believed that after the November election business will be again normal, and If the big crops of this year are repeated we may count on phenomenal prosperity in the fall of 1909. In the meantime people who are making both ends meet this summer are disposed to be satis- fed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
England's Old Age Pensions

The House of Commons has passed the old age pension bill it has been considering several weeks, and the bill now goes to the House of Lords. 1t is Great Britain's first attempt to provide for it's aged poor. Heretofore the very poor have received outdoor relief, which Is a form of pauperism that Brit ish subjects do not relish. Hereafter, if the pending bill becomes law, every subject who has attained to the age of TO years will receive weekly the sum of $1.25, provided he needs the money. No examination is necessary, and no humiliations will be inflicted in the payment of the money. The money is to be paid by the postoffice, and the beneficiary receives once a year book of coupons one of which is cashed each week when presented at the nearest postoffice.
 The bill has been modified so that man who has some income will draw some pension money. A sliding scale has been adopted, but no one is to re- ceive more than SIPS week.
 Some hold that the English bill is too communistic-that the German plan is sounder, a plan by which the workman, the employer and the gov ernment each contribute one-third to a fund for the benefit of the workman when he is too old to work. The House of Commons discarded the cooperative plan, and the government accepted it's decision, and the pending bill calls for an ann 4al outlay of $30 0,O00,000 for old age penhions to be claimed not as gifts, but as fights.
 somel of the more radical members
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
The City Beautiful

The block improvement societies organized by the women of this city can accomplish great deal, but they cannot make the city altogether at tractive while nearly every block is marred by one or more hideous front fences. It is not possible to give the residence streets park-like appear ance while front fences remain to re- call the early days of the city and to remind one of cows and other animals.
 It is difficult to see how the front fences can be eliminated unless the law transforms them into nuisances. They are easily that, and if the city council has the courage of its convic- tions 1t could declare them nuisances. True. there might be difficulties h the way of the enforcement of such\ an ordinance. but the moral weight ofNt
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would be considerable. and perhaps it could be so drawn that the courts would get behind 1t.
 Every front fence is a blot upon the town, and this fact should be made prominent in the block improvement societies that Mayor Ward Is engaged in organizing. A block cannot be made beautiful while an antiquated front fence disfgures 1t, giving it rusty rustic appearance, recalling the days when pigs and cows roamed the streets.
 Why any one should desire to mar the city he lives in. thereby injuring the value of his own property it is diff ficult to understand. There are no animals to be kept off a lot-there is no reason in the world why the front fence should longer be retained. How to bring this fact home to the front fence proprietor is really the crucial point of the new block campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
EARLY ATTEMPTS TO FLY.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Father Bartholomew Laurent, a Bra gillian priest, described in the London Evening Post of December 20.22, 17O9 flying ship of his invention. By means of his ship lone may more speedily travel through the air than any other way, either by sea or land, so that one may go 200 miles in "A hours' He also in sisted on its military advantages. Places besieged may be supplied with neces- saries and succors. Moreover, we may transport out of such places what we please and the enemy cannot hinder it. This wonderful vessel was to contain, among other things. "a pair of bellows, which must be blown when there is no wind;" also, two loadstones. to draw the ship after them;" and "a good number of large amber beads, fastened on a cover made of iron wire, in form of net, to- ward which the straw mats that line the ship will be drawn by the suns's heat"
 Thomas Walker, portrait printer, pub lished at Hull England, in 1s1O, "A Trea- tise Upon the Art of Flying by Mechan- ical Means" Walker constructed fly ing machine, based upon his studies of the flight of birds. It was a boat-shaped contrivance, with long, projecting beak, also a long tail behind and a pair of wings worked by levers, controlled by the hands of the sitter. If this machine ever reached the stage of actual experi- ment no records of results are now trace able.
 This prophecy was made in March. 1SO9, by a certain Sir George Coyley 'T feel perfectly confident that this noble art will soon be brought home to mans general convenience, and that we shall be able to transport ourselves and families and their goods and chattels more securely by air than by water, and with velocity of from 70 to 100 miles an honr.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
BRYAN AN IDEAL FATHER.
Pretty Story of Devotion Comes From
 Lincoln, Neb.

From the Delineator.
 Among his townspeople MT. Bryan is known as the finest sort of father, but just how great a reputation he had in this capacity he did not realize until few days ago.
 One day MT. Bryan received a letter from boy away over on the other side of the world. From the cherry groves of Japan he wrote:
 Will sail at once for the United States. Yamchita."
 In Japan, it seems, it is not an unusual custom for an aspiring youth to adopt some man of emnence as foster-father and the individual so honored assumes the care of the young man until he comes of age. But Mr Bryan, having fami- ly of his own to provide for on rather limited income did not feel that he could accept the honor, and wrote Yamchita to that effect. The Japanese boy, how ever, as if the protest were but polite evasion of the honor needed 1t not. He arrived at San Francisco and wrote from there that he would in time. reach Ne braska. The Bryans were then living in the little house in Lincoln, and Mrs Bry- an in alarm insisted, Why, Will, we can't possibly have him. and MT. Bryan again wrote his correspondent.
 Meanwhile Yamchita had obtained work in the prune orchards of California 1. to earn the money for the rest of his journey And every day when he went to work he stopped to leave in the care of the mission house a precious package. It contained a treasure purchased With $1O of carefully saved money A number of months later there was a knock one evening at the Bryans' front door. MT. Bryan, opening it, saw small, dark youth, 1T have come," he said. T am Yamachita." In his hand he held the gift that Japanese courtesy required. It was the package the missionaries had guard ed for him. He opened 1t and grayely presented to Mrs. Bryan delicately mod eled small bronze stork.
 The Bryan family were, indeed, over come, put they really Coud hot eui II Yamachita away. So they made room for him with their other children, of whom there were three then, Ruth William and Grace. Including relatives, he was the sixth child whom Mrs. Bryan took through algebra and Latin, and in time he was graduated at Nebraska State university. He has now gone back to Japan to fill position of trust Here he always called himself Yama Bryan. Once, after they went to Normal to live, farmers wife alighted from the troll ley car at the foot of the hill with her arms full of bundles. Yamachita, who got off at the same time, wanted to re- lieve her of them. "Oh, but" he insist ed gravely 'l must; my father would To the neighbors he always said: T came because I wanted to be like him-my father Some day I shall go back to Japan to be to my country what he is to his."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
A CHILD,S TRIBUTE,

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Cleveland man who loves the folklore stories of Joel Chandler Harris and has taught his little girl to love them, too. told the child last Sunday that Uncle Remus" was dead.
 He noticed a little later that the child was unusually quiet.
 Presently he called to her.
 What is it, dearies," he asked; what s bothering you?
 "It's bout Uncle Remus, daddy she answered, and there was a little catch in her voice; ''I was des thinkin' how awful sorry Brer Rabbit must be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
The Ge0rgia Lesson

That was a timely and convincing speech which Joseph M Brown made the other day in accepting the nomina- tion for governor of Georgia. It will be found on another page of The Age Herald, and will be read with satisfae- tion by calm and thoughtful men,
 A few years ago, when politicians in certain southern states, notably North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, began an agitation for railroad rate regula- tion, the south was prospering as never before. Many millions of outside money had been invested in the south ern states, and Georgia and Alabama were found to be especially rich fields for the utilization of large capital The undeveloped resources of the south presented opportunities for the capital ist not found anywhere else in this country
 But just as eastern and European money was flowing in this direction the so-called railroad rate reform move ment, involving all sorts of radical and populistic notions about corporations in general, gained sweeping headway. Men of affairs and those who labored for the best interests of their section, appealed for moderation, but the masses followed the politicians, and two years ago North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama elected governors and legislatures on radical platforms. Once in power. the so-called reformers list ened to no counsel in favor of con seryatism, but adopted legislation that was far-reaching for harm. The tend ency was to throttle corporations Railroad development received a sud- den check and it is felt now that the action of two or three southern states had much to do with precipitating the panic of last October.
 When Gov. Holze Smith of Georgia, who was elected two years ago OH issues antagonistic to capital, ran for reelection, he was defeated by Joe Brown by an overwhelming majority, and that, too, in spite of the Georgia custom to give the governor a second term. The result of the primary was as wholesome as it was pronounced. The people realized the mistake they had made in allowing themselves to be car ried away by populistic arguments. The revulsion in public feeling was therefore natural The Georgia pri- mary has already had a telling effect. Capital is beginning to feel treasured. It will again freely seek investment in the south. Joe Browns speech has the true ring. And it is safe to say that not in years to come will the peo- pie of Georgia join in movement to hinder legitimate business or shut out large investors. The tide has turned and eventually all will be well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
CRokER'S PHILOSOPHY.

From the Chicago News.
 Richard Croker recently delivered him. self of some striking philosophy. He said in an interview q find the majority of people are always ready to rejoice in the misfortune of man and to be jealous of hlm if he Is prosperous. They are always delighted to read in the papers about his downfall, and very often the man is Il friend. My own experience is that three real true friends are worth a hundred lukewarm ones. It worries me if man sleeping. Ingratitude makes me feel bad for days. Then there are thousands who hate to see man rise. If he gets to tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
AlbertviIIe Gardeners.

''The success of the gardeners and truck farmers of the mountain section around Albertville and Boaz, in Mais- ball county, is very encouraging, anu opens a new source of revenue to the thrifty farmers of this section, said Dr. J. c. Averyt of Ensley yesterday Dr. Averyt owns drug store at AL portion of his time in that progressive little city which, by the way, is rising brayely from the wreck of the cyclone that visited the place early this year
 "The farmers only began experi- menting in market gardening within the past one or two years, and it Wa' found to be profitable.
 This year the operations have been extended, and an association has been formed, through which the products are shipped and sold. A good home market is found at Gadsden and Ala bama City. less than 25 miles dis tant Much of the produce is also shipped to Birmingham and other mar kets
 Tt Is said that many of the farmers in the section have realized from $l5O to $200 per acre this year, and in few instances still larger profits are reported.
 Potatoes are the principal product at present, though cabbage and berries are being produced at a profit. It Is believed that as fine strawberries may be raised at Albertville as at Cullman and several planters are experimenting with this fruit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
Temple Will Be Imposing.

"The edifice which the Temple Eman- uel congregation will build on High land avenue, diagonally opposite the Highland Presbyterian church, will be an ornament to Birmingham, and I am glad the congregation was able to ac- quire so desirable a site" said a mem- Der of a Christian church.
 "I am told the new temple will cost fully s50,0O0, and 1t goes without say ing that it will be architecturally inn posing for our Jewish friends are noted for their artistic feeling and sense of fitness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
THE TRAMP STEAMERS

of the screws, but in the meantime their enforced idleness has something pathetic about it. And when once more the ''scald stokers yelp delight" and the ocean tramps take up again the un- charted tracks, one can imagine the joy with which, around the Seven Seas they take up the song: "Coastwise-cross-se the world
 and back again,
 Whither the flaw shall fail us or the
 trades drive down; Plain-sail- l-storm-sail-lay your board and
 and tack again,
 And all to bring a cargo up to London
 Townn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A very delightful thing about humor .s when it's your own.
 The way to make a girl let you kiss her is to get her to say she won't.
 woman can love a man for loving her, but man will love a woman be- cause she won't love him.
 man can have good time visiting his relatives by thinking what fun 1t will be to be home again.
 The trouble with good resolutions is the people who have to make them are the ones who can never keen them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
About Persons.

T. L. Steele, general passenger agent of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, spent yesterday in Bir- mingham.
 c. D. Harper, district passenger agent of the Wisconsin Central, with headquar- ters in Cincinnati is in the city.
 
 Judge Thomas W. Coleman of Eufaula. we'll known in every section of the state, was in Birmingham yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

INCREDIBLE. 'I had a remarkable dream last night" What was 1t about? 'I dreamed that the Springfield Re- publican came out with comic suple- ment in colors and a two-column poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
KNOCKED OUT.

"Did you make hit as Richard III?'
 'No I didn't but somebody in the au- dlence did That piece of liver must have weighed nine pounds!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

Political platforms are becoming so long it may be necessary to print them serially, a plank at a time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for the summer should have The Nge-Herald follow them, and thus keep informed about what Is taking place in 1ne city and state during their absence. The Age-Herald will be sent to them at any address at the regular price, and the address will be changed as often as desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

The Lusitania now holds the trans atlantic record for speed, for she scored an average of 25.0l knots an hour from shore to shore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

Mir. Taft plays baseball, and in No vember he may hear the people say, "1 tree strikes and out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

It Is believed that MT. Roosevelt will make s150,000 out of the stories he is to write upon hunting in Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

Forty-two states, territories and de- pendencies cast their votes solid for Mir Bryan, while seven states split their votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

The Water Wagon convention meets today at Columbus, O.. and the leaders of this academic party are already gathering at Ohio's capital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

You may not know it or feel it, but Venezuela has actually broken off dip lomatic relations with the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

Denver is coming down to its normal level, which, however, is mile high.
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Itjs held that MT. Bryan was nomi- mated so early on a Friday that the hoodoos cannot be fitted to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

The Hon. George Rusey Sheldon has taken the contract to elect Taft by the slush route
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

President Castro is an even better standpatter than Uncle Joe Cannon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-15

MT. Castro and his comic opera navy are adding to the gaiety of the nations.
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MT. Roosevelt will attack the em- blem of his party if he goes to Africa to shoot elephants.