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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

It would almost seem as though the
tendency of the decaded school of liter
AZURE had entered into our very lives, Gre
ating a craving for the abnormalities
rather than the every day people of the
world. The Anglo-Saxon mind does not
lend itself readily to nieeties of language
in depicting vice, and therefore the lit
erary conscience which stands back of
a Sundermann or Maupassant, does not
in the least restrain an Edith Wharton.
a Frank Dandy, or an Elnor Glyn. Not
that they are wanting in great power
may, one of them al least has surely
had her lips touched with a spark Of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

Undoubtedly there has been an in
crease in the weight and height of school
children, particularly among children of
the more prosperous classes. Their par
ents today pay more attention to certain
rules of health, such as diet, sleep and ex-
ercise. Then they are living under better
sanitary conditions.
1T is difficult to give eraet figures on
this question, as the children are not
measured or weighed when they enter and
leave the public schools as they are when
they reach college. My conclusions, there
fore, are based rather upon comparisons
of first year students in college. They
show q marked improvement upon the
same class 20 years ago.
This gain, of course, goes back to the
child in school; for the boy or girl of IA
who gets the right start is bound to hold
his own later.
"At the time of the worlds fair 1 had
occasion to make some very interesting
statistics of various women's colleges. 1t
Is my hope to repeat them soon, and the
comparison of the data of IA years ago
with the present numbers ought to afford
very significant conclusions Some of
those young women in 1893 were in poor
physical condition. But judging from an
experience L had at Vassar last year, the
college woman of today is certainly not
delicate.
ut was my good fortune to be present
at their annual gymnastic drill, on the
evening of which they gave a fantastic
ritual of some sort in the open air. The
night was damper than it is now, yet
some 20 or more of those girls took part,
apeparing in Greek dresses, flowing and
graceful, but without sleeves or neck. and
/ was informed the next day that they
were none the worse for it.
"This improved physique I attribute to
the regular system of gymnastic work
which the college has introduced. 1 be-
lieve that bodily training should be made
an essential part of every school curricu-
lum.
Even at the present day the vast ma
1ority of institutions of learning still hold,
in practice, if not in theory, that the body
and mind have separate and antagon1stfc
interests and therefore, cannot be con-
sidered In the same curriculum.
This is all wrong. As matter of fact.
criminals, billiards, the feeble-minded.
and the insane, as a class, are considera-
bly, below the average normal individual
In physique, as shown by height and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02
LULLABY.

A. C. Osborne Morgan in London Queen.
Lullaby, baby-lullaby!
Round the corner lay a boy, fretting in
drawn sigh
While mother sits singing SO sweet and
low,
And a big tear falls on your half-hid
brow
AS the dewdrop blown from a pansy's
eye?
Lullaby, baby-lullaby!
Lullaby, baby-lullabyl
Is 1t only you that the night hears cry?
No sobs but yours that heave at her
breast?
No heart but yours to be lulled to rest
When the watchful worlds no longer
nigh?
Lullaby, baby-lullaby!
Lullaby, baby-lullaby!
Do you wake from your dreams to Won
der why
Mother still sits singing beside your cot
Till the long, long day be all forgot
Till the village lights twinkle their last
and die?
Lullaby, baby-lullaby!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02
No Time For Fireworks.

From Everybody's Magazine.
The mountainous waves threatened to
engulf the struggling ship at any mo-
ment. The captain ordered a box of
sky rockets and flares brought to the
rail, and with his own hands ignited
them, in the hope that they would make
known his distress to some passing ship.
Amid the rockets red glare a tall. thin.
austere individual made his way to the
rail and reproved the captain as fol-
lows:
Captain. 1 must protest against this
unseemly bravado. We are now facing
death. This is no time for a celebra-
ton"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

n HE unusual literary activity of the
last few years has evolved class of
i women writer's, who abjuring the
restraint of sex. have launched upon the
public a mass of fietional sewage, which
threatens to contaminate public taste.
The frank wastiness of "Ouida" can be
patiently borne with. because her tawdry
redundancy of style outrages all forms
of good writing and no discerning critic
can take her seriously. She belongs to
q past generation of Byrons heroes and
impossible ladies'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

ing, though, less fastidious in our de-
mands for the best in literature and life?
Time was when a book like Elsie clews
Parsons 1.-The Family would have been
impossible for woman, and the Witness
ing of play like Ibsen's Ghosts" I'M
dreamed of by a young girl.
Have we changed our ideals? Have We
all been bitten by the 'phobia' of indi-
vidualism. and set up an idol to the
great god self? No society can be healthy
which allows all things to be discussed
between the sexes, and no literature can
be sane which concerns itself chiefly with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

Miss Barney, too, serves her purpose in
showing the precise feminine attitude of
that period, and how far removed the
fine lady was from the grossness OF the
men of her time. But, mons ayons change
tout celia" We dance as close as pos
sble to the edge of things Objectionable,
and have ceased to be shocked when
someone goes over.
Surely the great mass of men and wom-
en- now living are decent. and subject to
the restraints in action which society and
the state must impose Are we beeom-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

divine fire., but they have a brutality in
presenting unlovely things that is posi-
BILE only to the Anglo-Saxon when she
oversteps the traditions of race and
usage.
Even If. as a certain school of critics
contends the function of the novel be
not utilitarian, it should at least be
picture of the time it represents. The
stories of Fielding and Smollett are of
value, not as teaching great moral truths,
but as depicting in the coarse language
and form of the time, the ideals and man
ners of the seventeenth century Eng
land.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

remarkable to see the better carriage it
gives them"
The teachers who were asked for their
opinions were W. B. Snow, ]. A. Bentley
and s. C. Smith, all of whom had been
in the school more than 20 years. They
agreed with the master that, while the
large foreign element made the average
seem smaller, the boys ranged about the
same physically, but were much keener
mentally than in former years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02
Proud of His colors.

From the Boston Herald.
The stalwart youth had just gotten tho
worst of 1t in the senior-freshman scrap.
You don't seem to be the least wor-
ried about your discolored eyesl' re-
marked the visitor.
Not at ALL" laughed the stalwart
youth.
but one eye is black and the other
green"
"Ah, 1 am proud of them. Black and
green are the college colors"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02
JUST TO BE A BOY AGAIN.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Just to be a child again. sighed the
millionaire.
Knowing not that woe exists, free from
every care,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-02-02

1.-THE Japanese government and news
papers continued to be our greatest
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-07

tablish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before Register and Receiver
at New Orleans, La, on the 18th day
of December, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: J. D.
McLain, of OWL, La. Charles T.
Bradley, of Covington, La, Rea Mckee
OF OWL, La, Warren Thomas, of
Covington, La.
Oct.10 WALTER L. COHEN, Register
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-07
Tr.,spass NOTICE

All persons are hereby warned and
prohibited from cutting, burning dead
ening, carrying or floating. away, OF
otherwise iniuring or destroying any
trees. timber or wood growing or lay
ing upon the lands of the Salmen BrlcE
and Lumber Company, Limited. ANY
person so Ding will be prosecuted nm
der the provisions of Act No. 1OS, Of
the laws of 1909.
salmen Brick & Lumber Co., Ltd.
my25-1Y.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-07

An ordinance granting to the St. Tam
many & NewOrleans Railways &Ferry
Co., the right to lay tracks or tram
ways along the streets of the Town of
Covington, La, and defining the re-
quirements of such work by the Town
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-07
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, !

Notice is hereby given that CHRIS
TINE FITZSIMoNs, of Covington, La,
who. on October End, 1908, made Timber
and Stone application Serial No. O358,
for Z. half Of N. E. quarter, Section "a,
township 6 South of, Range 10 East,
sc. Helena Meridian, has filed notice
&c intention to make Final Timber ana
Stone Proof, to establish clam to the
land above described, before Register
and Receiver, at New Orleans, La, on
the 18th day of December, 1908.
Claimant names as witnesses: George
n Edwards. William R. Frazier, Adam
q Stanga, Nicholas H. FitzSimons,
ali Of ST. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
Oct. lost. WALTER L. COHEN, Register
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-07
Succession of Arthur Saules, deceased
NO. 1138.
iWehty"Sixth Judicial District Court for the
PARISH OF st. Tammany, Louisiana.

BY virtue of an order of sale from
tne honorable aforesaid court and to me di-
ieCteu bearing date Oct 6, 1908, will proceed
20 sen at public auction at the principal front
uoor OF the courthouse, in the town of Cow
I1ngton, La, to the last and highest bidder, on
saturday, November IA, 1908, the following de-
ScIioed property, to-wit:
a certain piece or parcel of land living and
pelng situated in the parish of ST. Tammany,
Stateof Louisian, and being in the Sam OFT claim
10. 43, township g. south range II east, COM
menclng at point marked by piece Of iron
piping at the point where the line of David
MorreIS property crosses the Military road
tnence south along said road, four hundred
ana sixty feet; thence west to the Little Bogue
Falaya river, thence in a northerly direction
along the meanderings of said Little Bogue
Falaya River to point bearing due west ffom
the point of beginning; thence east to point OF
peglnning, contents whatever may be con-
talned within said meteS and bounds. Also any
portion of the Samuel OFT Claim No. 49, that
may belong to the said Arthur Saules, deceased
formerly belonging to Geo, W. Kittridge, Jas
Hill and F. Columbus, former owners of said
tract OF land, and lying and being situated in
4 FORK of the Little Bogue Falaya river, and
ffitchard's mill creek; together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon situated
or IN anywiSe thereto appertaining.
Terms of safe cash
oc10-6t T. E. BREWSTER Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-07
Sa'nr'atty 9arursr
November Y. 1905.
mo- Y, cundall VS. Jno. Q. Edgar.
lWenty-sixth Judicial District Court
Parish of St. Tammanv, La

II
ny virtue of writ of seizure and
co., rom The honorable, the aforesaid
da+a ana TO me directed, bearing
sel ie !. AprlI Z, 1908, | will proceed to
fror a. pubic auction, at the principal
+oS,. ns igor OF the COURTEOUS, in the
o ooTn ~ q Sovlngton, La, between le-
Sa a. sac hours, on Saturday, Novem-
p psl ~ !SO8, to the last and highest
o a,.ts, the following described prop
Inc east half of the southwest quar-
yer OF section %, township 6, south
range IL east, St. Helena Meridian,
situated in the Parish of St. Tammany.
State of Louisiana.
. Terms of sale-cash, with the bene-
mt of appraisement.
oclO-6t T. E. BREWSTER, Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-11-07
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

Notice is hereby given that WILLIAM
IA HOOP. of Covington, Louisiana, who
n IN September 25, 1908, made tim
her b and stone application, Serial
No. 0338, for the West halt Of
NV. quarter, NV. quarter OF :. W.
quarter and N. E. quarter of NV.
quarter. Section 10. Township 6South,
Range 10 East, st. Helena Meridian,
Vas fled notice of intention to make
Final Timber and Stone Proof, to es-
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Dividends soon due are:

Dividends soon due are:
 Anal Copper rate, SOC; payable August 31 books close, July 23. Am. Coal, 5; September i; August 21.
 Am. Express, $3; october 1 August 31.
 Am. Loco. Com, 1.-4; August 26; August j.
 Am Rvs, 1-2; September IS; Au- ust 2s.
 Am. Sugar, pf., i 3-4; october 2; September 2.
 Am. Sugar com, 3-4 October ?; September g.
 Am. Tel. & Cable, 1-4; September 1; August IS.
 Am. Tobacco, 10; September 1; August 15.
 B. and O., pfd, 3, September 1; August l.
 B and O., com, & September 1 August l.
 Boston and Albany, $2; September 30; August 29
 Butterick Co, 1-2; September f.; August r.
 Can Pacific. rfd, ?, October 1 Sep tenber 1
 Canada Pacific, com, t-2; Octo- Der l September 1
 C., NJ, &r St F., pfd., 3 1-2; October 20; August 99
 C, M < St P. com, 1 2; October 20; August 1a
 Cleveland Pitts Orig guar stko 1 3-4 September August 10
 Con Gas N. Yo l September t5; August 1a,
 Delaware s Hudson. 2 4, Septem. Der 15 August 25
 Southern Pacific, IA; october i. Standard oil, $f. September 15 August 21.
 Hart & Conn. West, 1; August S1; August 20.
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FOUR HURT IN RUNAWAY.
Runaway Did Much Damage saturday
 Afternoon.

Four persons painfully, but not se- Grace hospital. q half hour of wild excitement during the busy hour of the day In the business section of tho city and q damaged wagon, resulted from the runaway of one of the Ere senus Brewing company's teams Sal urday afternoon.
 Carl Keppler. the driver. stopped hts team in Gregson alley to do little business with one of his customers, The horses took fright at some paper which flew toward them and they bolt ed. Kepplor was just alightlng from the team and was thrown to the ground, Ills leg was broken and he was severely cut about the head, He was taken to his home in West street. Ills helper was thrown from the wagon while the horses were beating II to ward Chapel street, and was slightly. but not seriously hurt.
 Further down Church street, near Grove. man In tho uniform of troll lev man made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up tho runaways He jumped Into the wagon and took the relns In hIs hand and nearly had the team under control when they again took to the sidewalk and hit a trolley pole The troleyman was hurled through the air was injured. Down Grove went the runaways. They hit State street at hlgh speed and turned out State
 They were stopped at Lawrence by Lorenzo Darby, farm hand employed by Anton Pepe The horses were none the worse for their long run. but the brewer wagon was damaged some.
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FINANCIAL REVIEW Weeks Undertone Very Irregu- lar-Few Changes in Gen
 eral Situation. A MIDSUMMER MARKET Activity and Strength of Hartman Stocks Most Prominent
 Feature.
MIDSUMMER MARKET

New York. Aug. Exchanges In the general financial situation last week were hardly noteworthy. on the stock exchange the daily trading partook strongly of the usual mid summer character. prices rising and falling within q marrow range and most often without rhyme or reason. Early In tho week the list became un- settled under tho influence of the man ifestos of New England operator and from start to finish the markets un- dertone was distinctly irregular. The week was not without its favorable developments, foremost being the marked improvement reported In crops. particularly in the middle wess and southwestern sections, where heavy rains had given great relief governments report on the country's foreign commerce In July, which showed a reduction If s3s000, 000. or 20 per cent, in imports and q falling off of S267,000 900 for the seven months of the calendar year, This enormous contraction of imports, with an excess of exports. for the same of a highly favorable foreign trade balance. Money has piled up here during the past week. chiefly from the interior, and time as we'll as call ac- commodations show noticeable ease. Easily the most prominent feature of the week in stocks was the activity and strength of the Hartman issues. This was concurrent with the issuance of the annual reports of the Union Pacific system and Southern Pacific railway, both making what were gem orally regarded as excellent exhibits in spite of greatly increased taxes.
 4 drive was made against Great Northern and Northern Pacific early in the week, on reports of the serious illness of l. ]. Hill. Although these reports were soon found to be untrue. the Hill issues continued dull and heavy throughout. New York Central was under persistent pressure. and gos- sinp In the financial district dealt with the possibility of a further cut in the dividend. The weakness of the Rock Island Frisco group was so pronounced as to cause some uneasiness, although assurances were given that the more immediate financial needs of this sys- tenn would be safeguarded
 In the copper and general metal trade the situation Is decidedly less favorable than a month ago, There have been three recent cuts in the cop per metal here, with as many or more abroad.
 One of tho weeks interesting events bearing not little on the securities market. was the sensational collapse in tho big cotton pool, which is said to have brought disaster to some of the more venturesome operators in stocks With the coming elections in Vermont and Maine. Governor Johnson's accept ance of re-nomnaton in Minnesota and very recent developments In this political situation.
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COTTON MARK EFT.

Reported over private wires by Hayden Stone 9s Go, members of New York and Boston Stock and New York Cot ton Exchanges, New Haven branch 3S Center street
 N 4 nn
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IninoIs Central, 2 i-2i September l.

Illinois Central i-2; September l. August 2,
 Int, IIarves, pfo 3-i; September l; August 10,
 National Biscuit com, 1 1-f; Oc- toher Is, September 2s.
 National Lead, pfdo a-i soptem- ber To; August 2l,
 Pressed Steel Car pfa 1 3-i, August eG August &,
 Pure OH, ?; September i; August 10.
 Reading Co.,, lst, ?; September 10; August 24,
 Union Pacific, l-2; october i; September If.
 II. S, Envelope, pfo I, September l. T. & Corn, pf, 1 S-4; August 3l; August 6,
 |, $, Corp. coma 1-2; September S0 September 29, Utah Cop, soc; September SO; Sep- tember 20, Welsbach Co.,, s2; September 1; August 19.
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THE COTTON MARKET.

den. Stone & Co.,, members of New York and Boston, Stock and New York Cotton Exchanges New Haven branch, 33 Center street
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires oe Prince & Whitely, members or the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges. New York office, 52 Broadway, and l5 Center street, New Haven.
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn
 blower & Weeks, members of tho New York and Boston Stock Ex- changes, Frank D. Wetmore. mana
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Nnm York. A1lelst 2n.
LOCAL. sTnrk nItoTArI

LOCAL STOCK QUOTATIONS. Corrected daily by Kmb irly, Root & Co, Investment Brokers. 1S3 Orange street.
 Par Tsid Asked. CltX .A.A....,..,.... loo 1894 r~
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llearings
C'learinss

$2,261t71S.11 590,0S3.12 1,S29,979.54 Increase clearings week 1908, s1,- 43173S.57
 Balances week 1907, S296,s7625. Difference balances, 93.206s7. Clearings week 1906, $1,SO6,4t2.22. Clearings week 1905, 2.60e.24. Clearings week 1904, s1,75S,S20.O1.
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DON'T "HIDE" YOUR MONEY UNDER THE CARPET
 OR BEHIND THE CLOCK

No burglar in the world would nd- wise you to open n bank aee0unt-- not one would fail to approve of your most secret hiding place for your money. If you haven't hank
 account, start one with tbis bank now, either for business or home use.
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alsccllsneous Bonds.
EEK dividend
FINANCIAL NOTES.

NY, N. II. and H. R. R stock has been steady during the past week from 14l 1-2 to 14S, closing on Sat urday al 1i2.
 The convertible per cent bonds held very firm around l2s to 129. but the 3 i-2 per cent convertihles are inactive with a wide quotation of s7 to 90.
 There is some call for New Haven Water company stock and very little offering
 New Haven Gas Light company stock has been offered in considerable amounts at s44 per share.
 Southern New England Telephone company stock very dull and inactive with a nominal asking price of sl11 1-2 per share.
 Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad books closed on the 20th for a semi-annual dividend of s1 per share payable August S1st,
 Proposals will be received by the treasurer of the city of New Britain on Wednesday. September 3. 12 o'clock, for s70.000 4 per cent. cou- pom sewer bonds Denomination, sl. 900, dated January l. 1908. due Jan uary 1, 19S6, Coupons January and July at the New Britain National bank. Bonds will be ready for deliy- cry September 3. Bids to be accom- panied bH certified check for 1 pei cent of bid Bonds were authorized by special laws of 1907 and by city election held July 2t. 1908.
 The clearings and balances of the New Haven banks for the week end. ing August %, 1908, and for the cor responding week of last year are fur. nished by the secretary of the New Haven Clearing House as follows:
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And for yonr vnluablcs rent Safety Deposit Box In our strong vault--sccure In every way--safe from the burglar and from Rre-- cost from S1,00 per year and up- wards.
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CLOSING PRICES.

Reported over private wires of Prince G Whltely, members of the New York and Boston Stock Echanges, New York office, 52 Broadway and 5 Center street, New Haven. Conn.
 New York. Aug. 22
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-03-14
TO THE PUBLIC.

Tho weekly issue of the FREIE
FREssE FJER TEXAS has po-
sitively the largest circulation
Of all German papers published
in the State of Texas. It is
mailed to $50 post-ofices, and
has an extended circulation in
Mexico in the Indian Territory.
and in Oklahoma.
1t clrculates from Galveston
to Denison, from Marshall to Ell
Paso and of course mainly IN
the thickly populated central
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state. as also in Mexico.
Two tlavel1ng men and our
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In consideration of these facts
the "FREIE PREssE FUER TEXAS
claims to be the best adver-
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reach the German reading po-
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