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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
DISEASES THAT BENEFIT.

From PearSon's Weekly.
 To be struck down by disease seems a most undesirable thing, yet there are many living today in the fullest enjoyment Of very excellent health who, but for an at tack of some disease, would have lived life of almost perpetual misery.
 These people were, first of all, victims of indigestion in it's worst form and only those who have experienced it know what true indigestion is. Struck down by ty- phoid fever, they came through the try ing ordeal cured of indigestion, for one outstanding ececntricity of typhoid is that if you pass through an attack safely 1t gives you a new stomach. In fact, after an attack of typhoid the victim is usually left with a stomach like an infants.
 That is the grand chance offered to one who has suffered, 1t may be, for long years from acute indigestion; if only he takes care after an attack of typhoid, he need never know indigestion again.
 Be it remembered that any one troubled with severe indigestion is not advised to go hunting around for typhoid fever. That might prove to be a disastrous course to follow
 A chronic cold is just one of those things which we none of us want yet even a chronic cold has its good points, more especially if you happen to be up in years a bit-not too old, of course. People who are up in years, and who suffer from chronic bronchitis, seem to get along re- markably well. It keeps the blood in good circulation, for, of course, the victims have to cough, and that gives the heart a jerk and sends the blood coursing nice ly through the veins and arteries.
 If the cold be not too acute, old people derive considerable benefit. An acute at tack, on the other hand, may cut off an old person in a day or two. It is the chronic type only which yields benefit.
 Smallpox is dreaded scourge; so much so that if it be reported that case exists in a neighborhood a thrill passes through the whole community.
 Yet those who suffer from smallpox and recover usually live to a green old age. It seems to renew life in some mysterious way by thoroughly purifying the blood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
WHO BIDEs HIS TIME,

By James Whitcomb Riley Who bides his time, and day by day
 Faces defeat full patiently, And lifts mirthful roundelay,
 However poor his fortunes be- He will not fail in any qualm
 Of poverty-the paltry dime; It will grow golden in his palm,
 Who bides his time. Who bides his time-he tastes the sweet
 Of honey in the saltest tear And though he fares with slowest feet,
 Joy runs to meet him, drawing near; The birds are heralds of his cause;
 And like never-ending rhyme, The roa.isi.les bloom in his applause,
 Who hides his time. Who bides his time and levers not
 In the hot race that none achieves, Shall wear cool-wreathen laurels, wrou9h
 With crimson berries in the leaves; And lie shall reign a goodly king,
 And sway his hand OCT every clima. With peace writ on his signet ring.
 Who bides his time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
ASJEWELER's GOOD GUESS,
From the New York Sun.

From the New OrK Sun.
 Some one wanted to know without asking directly how long certain woman had been married
 About 15 years,' said a man, who is a jeweler.
 How do you know?" asked his wife You don't know anything about her. Ton never saw her until tonight"
 q can tell by the size of her we'd ding ring" said the man. "The width of wedding rings changes about every five years. Their size repeats itself at certain periods, but figuring that way the woman must have been married IA years ago, if not15. She isn't old enough for 45, consequently she must belong in the 15-year class"
 Subsequent inquiry proved that the jeweler was right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 @ HE Cheyennes have advanced in 9 the wave of civilization but riage custom. Before he is eligible for the hand of a young woman of more than ordinary charms. the young man must have distinguished himself by some feat of bravery or accumulated property.
 Courtship begins usually at dance at tended by the young people of the village. The girls sit by themselves at one side of the tepee and the young men at the other side. All wear their finest toggery. A pe- culiar feature of their dress is that each wears blanket concealing all except the eyes.
 The love-sick Indian swain gazes in- cessantly from the corner of one eye at his possible sweetheart She responds by arising and dancing around the fire, and seals her choice by cuffing him on the ear. This she does several times, her last stroke sometimes almost knocking the young man from his seat, to the merri- ment of the onlookers. The two then dance together, often with other couples, until late at night
 In few days the young man goes and stands near the tepee of the girls father. The observant mother calls her daugh- ter's attention to the presence of Run ming Panther, or whatever his name be. The girl, according to custom, must ad- vance from the tepee. If she runs away the evidence is indisputable that she is a fiirt and that the young man has been tilted. If she is sincere she stands CO., quettishly looking in direction away from the young man. He advances and drops a blanket over both their heads. He has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
Sherman and Bryan on the Tariff


 The assurance of the pert MT. Sher- man, republican nominee for vice pres ident and a member of Speaker Can mons rules committee, was at any rate freely displayed in the course of his acceptance speech. In upholding Ding leyism he took occasion to say that when a revenue tariff has been the law diversity and want have been our portion" This statement is simply un- true
 In the modern days of the republic the Walker tariff of 1S46 stands alone as a revenue tariff It may be said to have remained the policy of the coun- try down to Lncon's administration, d period of 15 years Those years were years of exceptional growth, content ment and prosperity. No panic of the 1873 sort occurred in that period. The mild reaction of 1857 is all that can be quoted against that revenue tariff pe- riod, and it was not even a semi-panic except in Wall street.
 These unmistakable panics occurred during the protection period-1S73, 1893 and 1907-not one during the rev enue tariff period Whether the stand batter and Joe Cannon toady of Utica knew these facts and deliberately sup pressed them or whether he was ignor- ant of them, it is difficult to say. He placed himself in one or the other hole by his insolent acceptance speech.
 It should be remembered that the Wilson tariff of 1894 was not revenue tariff measure. It was far from it. Yet under it no panic occurred. It was a little nearer the revenue line than the Morrill, tariff, that's all. AS matter of fact there is not a particle of evi- dence that protection has promoted the growth of the country, while it is be- yond dispute that it has taxed and is severely taxing the many for the bene- fit of the few.
 MT Bryan explained at Des Moines on Friday the democratic tariff posi- ton. He did it with all the lucidity and power that he is master of, and in this connection it is well to quote his concluding paragraph. He said: "The whole aim of our party is to secure justice in taxation We believe that each individual should contribute to the support of the government in pro- portion to the benefits which he re- ceives under the protection of the gov ernment. We believe that revenue tariff, approached gradually, according to the plan laid down in our platform, will equalize the burdens of taxation, and that the addition of an income tax will make taxation still more equitable. If the republican party is to have the support of those who find a pecuniary | profit in the exercise of the taxing power, as private asset in their busi- ness, we ought to have the support of that large majority of the people who produce the nations wealth in time of peace, protect the nations flag in time of war, and ask for nothing from the government but eyen-handed justice" !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Tn more temper man has the more he acts as if it was his wifes.
 A woman has about the same feeling for logic in an argument as for cock reaches in the kitchen.
 No matter what lovely ideas person has of the next world he Is just as willing to put off experiencing them as the man who hasn't. i},L Lll
 Either men complain because they can't afford to eat and drink what they want to. or because they can and have ruined stomachs from t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
THE STRIKE SITUATION

Sumter County Call: Miss Birmingham must be very bashful young lady, or she would have sung long ago, 'It's After ren,'' to MT. Fairley.
 Cleburne New Era: Governor Conner is- sued his formal proclamation last week, asking the strikers of the Birmingham district to desist from lawlessness.
 Florence Times: All the law-abiding people of the state are looking to the people of Birmingham to absolutely and promptly stop the lawlessness there. Every day it continues helps to breed more disorder and crime.
 Tuskegee News: The coal operators of Birmingham would be a set of cringing towards to arbitrate with men whose members have proven themselves mid- night assassins and dynamiters. Let them close their mines rather than knuckle to such a band of troublers.
 The Florence Times: The origin and cause of the strike in the Birmingham district and the outrages following in it's wake are located right in the city of Bir- mingham, and the worst feature of the matter is that the few men responsible for the trouble are making mo ley :ut of 1t.
 Marion Standard: It is rumored that the state military now in Birmingham is costing the state s50,000 per month the coal operators about $1oOoOO per month, the striking miners s10o,OOO and general business over s5oo.oo0 per month. This strike is TO small thing when you fold 1t up and look at it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for a vacation trip should have The Age-Herad follow them and thus keep informed about what is taking place in the city and state during their absence. The Age-Herad 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., 1908-08-23
Mininu More Coal.

''The strike situation is looking bright err said Dr. G. B. Grove, president of the Yolande Coal & Coke Co.,, and sew eral other companies operating in the Birmingham district. "I am getting out more coal every day. I have just start ed up Yolande No. ?, and 1t will not be long before we will have normal con- ditions at our mines
 'The furnace companies are increAsing their output from day to day; and at the end of the week they have reason to feel well satisfied with the gains they have made"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

ing of a couple of girls, when the chances are the two girls were tired of living in town bearing such a name They doubtless kidnapped them selves out of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Candidate Chain says that in not more than six presidential elections would line of history have been changed by the election of the defeated candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

MT. Roosevelt can still fight the trusts in Africa-the circus trust, for example, whose best card is herd of elephants. If MT. Roosevelt will sup ply the elephants local talent will do the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
James p. stuhhs Arrives.

James P. stubbs, the new general sec retary of the Young Mems Christian as- sociation, arrived yesterday afternoon from Portsmouth, Va Mr R. J. Stanton, who is to be assistant to Mir. Stubbs, also arrived yesterday, coming from Mt. Her mon school, in Massachusetts. at which institution for some time past he has been a studenf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

The Georgia prohibition law makes the purchase Of communion wine a crime, and this makes it, it is claimed, unconstitutional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

The Hains case and the morals of some of the regular army do not com mend themselves the more they are studied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

The President has no right to as- sume that the farmers lot is not q happy one, for he receives every year a package of, government seeds and an occasional copy of the Congress- sional Record. It is a reflection on both the seeds and the Record to say that the farmer is unhappy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

The Lusitania and Mauretania were not built to break records. They do carry some freight and few passen- gers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Miss Peck went up a Peruvian noun tain 25,000 feet high. It was her only chance to get up higher than New York insurance skyscraper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Governor Haskell writes campaign songs one minute and drums for sub- scriptions the next. This is his busy season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

The New York waiter who refuses tip is now up against professional ethics and he may be courtmartialed and beheaded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Abdul Hamid may be served with notice at any moment to vacate the premises he occupies with his interest ing family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Mrs. Jack Gardner is back in the spotlight again. She is unhappy out of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Mrs. Jack" Gardner and the Dingley tariff are again engaged in an unseem- 1y scramble over some works of art
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Attorney General Bonaparte's glitter ing eye begins to be centered on the theatrical trust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Canned political oratory has it's ad- vantages. It can be turned off at any moment without giving offense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Ruef has again been indicted, but thus far he has not been supplied with a conviction that sticks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Mrs. Peter c. Hains, Jr., declines to be Evelyn Thawed by flippant press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Our tackles are junketing with the nations full approval There are high jinks at every port of call
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

MT. Kern is next in the notification porloro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

L. H. Russ and 2. E. Morgan are the only authorized travelling representa- lives of The Age Herald in it's circula- tion department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Entered at the Birmingh am, Ala postofhce as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1873
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-23

Sumter County Call: Miss Birmingham must be very bashful young lady, or she would have sung long ago, .It's After Ten%, to MT. Fairley.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

NEW YORK.-Not the least interest.
~ ing part of ths recent union
of Gladys Vanderbilt and Count
Laszlo Szechenyi CT Hungary, so
1or as New York society is con.
cerned, was the Lelated recon.
Citation which was made known
when Cornelius Vanderbilt consented
at the eleventh hour and under much
pressure to lend forn:a, sanction to the
alliance by giving away the bride. This
actlon restores him to his rightful 20.
sltlon as head of the Vanderbilt fam
n.y. an honor that was taken from him
ov MS father years ago when he mar.
rled Miss Grace Wilson. The eldest
son had stood out strongly against the
motner and sister ana had refused to
consider the young Hungarian noble.
man as a suitor for his sisters hand.
II was feared that his uncompromising
Amerlcanlsm would snar the wedding
and open the breach still wider be-
tween Cornelius Vanderbilt and his
family
IL Is known that neither Alfred nor
reginald favored th,, match, but their
opposition was not so manifest and
pronounced as that of the eldest son.
reginald, the third son, is accredited
with having acted as the chief agent
IN bringing about The formal recon
citation. Mrs. Vanderbilt, despite the
strongly expressed aversion of her
late husband to an international al
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14
Flowers Served from a Wheelbarro,.,

precious gems with silver pencils for
the males. Then came brocaded boxes
and bags and brocaded match safes
and more trinkets in the finer metals
until each guest bore small load.
Finally a footman, farme1-dressed.
wheeled into the big drawing room the
gigantic wheelborraw, smothered in
smilax so that not a particle of the
wood or iron framework could be seen.
From this rustic flower bed guests
plcEed bouquets of lilac: and hiies of
the valley and great boutonnieres of
the same flowers tied with white silk
ribbon as the footman wheeled the
ancient vehicle from group to group.
After this there was dancing unit,
early morning, which furnished Mrs.
Astor with another opportunity for her
inventive genius. AS the guests were
preparing to depart they were served
with the second collation. of the func.
tion-in reality buffet breakfast be-
cause of the lateness of the hour.
The gowns and jewels worn by Mrs.
Astor and her guests were extraor-
dinarily brilliant even for an Astor func-
tlon. incidentally the display aroused
considerable notice in the opera boxes,
where the guests attended before re-.
pairing to the dance.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

American cartoonists represent the
Democratic party as a donkey, the Re-
publican party as An elephant. These
symbols have grown tiresome and have
exhausted the ingenuity of comic
craftsmen. One of the best of the
joyous brotherhood of cartoonists, Mr..
John T. McCutcheon Of the Chicago
Tribune, suggests several animals
from which new party symbols may be
chosen. Among them are the owl, the
symbol of wisdom, says nothing, promi-
nent in Hoo's Hoo in America; the
dog, the friend of the common people.
symbol Of vigilance and fidelity. in.
digenous to all parts of the country: ::
the turkey, the most popular thing in
November, when the elections occur:
the cat, hard to kill. having nine lives.
symbol Of the home; the buffalo. ex.
clusively American and nearly ex.
tinct; the goat, can leap from crag to
crag and from platform to platform
can live on anything, knows how to
take joke, and butts in where angels
fear to tread; and finally, the turtle
slow but sure, long-lived and hard t,
kill, carries its own house and can vote
in any ward.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14
City Parks Are Worth Over a Billion

and washington squares. They cost
respectively $116,051 in 1888, $65,952
in 1s47, $693,358 in 1884 and $77,97O
in 1927, or $353,331 in all, and now
real estate experts say that they are
worth s20,000,000.
1nese numerous parks vary in size
as much as they vary in location, from
a small fraction of an acre at the
junction of streets to 1855 acres in
Pelham Bay park, the most extensive
park IN the city, and forming a Grand
and magnificent system through the
PARKWAY that connects it with Eronx
park, OF 661 acres, which, in it's turn.
is connected on the west by Moyholu
Parkway with Van Cortlandt park, of
1882 acres
South of these throughout the Bronx
and Manhattan island are 80 parks, re-
markably evenly distributed, Offering
ready access from every portion of the
entire surrounding territory all the
way down to the Battery.
Manhattan, with it's more congested
population, naturally has the most
parks, which number 4S, with mag.
nlhcent Central park, containing SAB
acres, leading, as it leads the world.
Brooklyn borough, with 80 parks,
comes next, with Prospect park of
SIG acres at the head of the list. The
Bronx has the greatest park acreage.
With II parks; then comes Queens
with seven, followed by Richmond
with three.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14
IMPROVED ON HIS NAME.
Major Invested Reproof with Al an
lrishman's Quick Wit.

Old Maj. Mcbride was big-hearted
Irish soldier, but he was a martinez in
his way and a great sticKler for de-
cency in language.
One day, as he crossed the parade
ground, he passed a recruit of Irish
extraction, who had been detailed to
haul some newly cut grass, but was
having difficulty in keeping his horse
st.:sa
FSssently he lost his temper and
ssffssssshr into violent food of profanity.
.3s#z.Isfse s%8 major. stopped and turned
s:asir.aaad, with a frown upon his face.
soldier saw him, suddenly be-
eaaaa speechless and saluted.
ssshat is your name?" the major
aasssesi, severely.
sarrity. sir was the reply.
tsaarrity? Garrity?" repeated the ma
ssssf,ss' 'Garrity is it, you say? Well, by
*issssfsoul, from the way you were BIAS
s.f1Assssing minute ago it ought to be
s.ss7s''i ss1. iarrity!'-Coxey's. ~ =
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14
Conqressmen Listen to Suggestions

ferred to the appropriate committee.
Committees, too, have come to pay
heed to these petitions and memo
rials. The written suggestions that
come in are looked upon as sort OF
barometer to public sentiment. And
what member of congress is not al.
ways anxious to learn the drift of pub
lie sentiment in his district touching
any public question?
An examination of the files of the
senate and house shows that the peti-
tions and memorials come from all
kinds of people. 1t frequently occurs
that more than 10000 names are rep
resented on the petitions that reach
the senate in single day.
Over in the house the petitions are
even more numerous. From 1000 to
$4,000 names are represented on the
petitions that reach that body daily
during the first weeks of congress.
AS rule the petitions sent to con-
gress are not worked up" The peti'
tions generally show on their faces
whether they are ready made"-that
is to say, whether they have been so
licited. Senators and representatives
say that 80 per cent. of the petitions
that come to them are not the result
of any organized effort on the part OF
persons or corporations who want to
get legislation through congress.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

A YEAR and four months after the
"A United States senate decided that
some Investigating ought to be done
into the way customs revenues were
coming in at New York the clerk of
the senate finance committee awoke
one bright morning and determined to
act at once. He, A. B. Shelton, did so.
He took trip to Providence, r. l.
august 4 to Z, 1907, inclusive), and
charged it to the government. The
total, including ''carriage hire, car fare,
telephones and baggage cost the gov.
ernment $45.50.
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island is
chairman of the finance committee and
Mr.. Shelton is his secretary PrOvi-
dence, r. l.. is given in the congress
sional directory as Senator Aldrich's s
home
The trip to Providence was duly en-
tered in the itemized list of receipts
and expenditures of the senate" "On
business of the senate finance commit
tee". is the way it appears in the
record under authority of senate reso.
luton of March 3, 1905"
On September 5, 1906, A. B. Shelton
again bethought him of the New York
customs revenue. and resolved to act
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14
House to Have a "Homespun Brigade"

the next time he went back to South
Carolina he brought back bolt OF
cloth and presented it to the speaker.
Uncle Joe" had it made into a suit
which made him the envy OF every
man in the house. Since that time Mr..
Aiken has been able to get recognition
and postofices whenever he wanted
them, but he has been besieged by a
score of members for cloth enough to
make suit like Uncle Joe's."
Last spring when he went home he
engaged the old woman to make all
the homespun she could during the
summer The result was three suit
ings. These MI. Aiken brought up
to Washington and presented tc
Representative Ryan of New York,
Representative Lee of Georgia and
Representative Griggs of Georgia.
These three. with the speaker and Mr..
Aiken, will form the charter member.
ship of the 'homespun brigade Other
applicants will be admitted when the
old woman turns out some more jeans.
1t is costing Mr.. Aiken a lot for uni
forms. but he doesn't mind that for he
SITS everything else he wants.