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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
BROTHERS SPENT THEIR ALL.
We're Determined That Their Sister
 Should Be Honored In Death.
rom the Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Mourned by hundreds of her country people, who thronged the streets to view one of the most elaborate funeral pa- geants ever witnessed in Little Italy, 16-year-old Florence Tursi was yesterday buried from her home at 71 South Twelfth street
 To defray the funeral expenses of the young girl and to bury her with all the pomp and ceremony appropriate to the occasion, according to the custom of Italians in their native land, three broth CTS, all younger than she, willingly spent every cent of a sum of little more than $500 they had saved day by day for the last five years by washing windows and backing shoes.
 Their sacrifice, which renders them practically penniless, crowned a life of self-sacrifce led by their sister First she had toiled in Italy, working twelve hours a day in a macaroni factory, to bring her mother to America to join her three sons. Then when the burden of keeping up the expenses of the family of five became too great for the three young brothers, the daughter, although know ing that she had been stricken with con- sumption, which threatened to result fa- tally, went to a hat factory on Arch street for employment.
 There in daily toll, which fostered the progress of the disease from which she was suffering, she spent year and half. She died last Monday afternoon.
 in their recognition of this devotion that the fu- neral yesterday was planned on such scale.
 For the coffin s2eO alone was spent. A brass band with 20 members played sol emn music. Eleven girls of the same age as Florence marched at the head or the hearse, carrying garlands of flowers with streamers of white flowers thrown over their shoulders. All the mourners wore knots of black and white silk fes- toons
 The three brothers are Joseph, Eman- uel and Anthony Tursi. The first two are window cleaners and work for the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company. The last of the trio is a bootblack.
 Grief stricken when their sister died on Monday, they counseled that evening.
 q have saved $2o0 in two years" said the eldest, Anthony. Shall we not give our brave little sister a funeral that be- fits her self-sacrifice?"
 'Yes," responded the otber two.
 When the procession moved from the Twelfth street house to the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel the street for half square each way was blocked by Italians, their wives, daughters and sons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
Senator 0Verton'S Advice

Chairman Overton of the campaign committee of the State Good Roads association explains fully and clearly all the bearings of the Overton amend loent. The amendment will hurt Dei- ther the public schools ucr the old sol diers, while it will put Alabama in a position to get federal aid in the con stluction and maintenance of post roads. It is generally conceded that fcdelal aid will be based on state co. operation, and the states that do not get ready to cooperate will not secure good roads at the least possible cost. Kentucky appreciates the situation and is endeavoring to amend her constitu- tion. If Alabama votes to accept the Oyerton amendment she, too, will be prepared to take advantage of federal aid in the construction of good roads.
 Senator Bankhead and Congressman Underwood will soon discuss the good roads questions before the people, and in the meanwhile all should read Chair man Overtons address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
Improvement In Sentiment.

Manufacturers are finding their main source for encouragement in the regu- larity of the advance of the market, week in and week out, for though the changes are not large, they are usually to be found upon the right side of the ledger" says the Iron Trade Review. July was a good month for most companies, while August is holding it's own and making some gains
 ''The rather significant change that has come over the situation in the past six weeks has been the improvement in sen- timent Where doubt and uncertainty were apparent short time ago, more cheerful feelings regarding the future may now be generally found. Some lines of trade, notably those dependent upon the patronage of the railroads, are still in the rut, but the tone has undoubtedly improved"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
Convict Lease Scandals In Georgia

The desire for revenue and the lack of competent and honest official super vision in Georgia has eliminated in exposures that have aroused the sleep ing conscience of our sister state. The ton of penitetniary abuses is at work, and on Monday next the legislature is to meet in special session, and the chances are very good that the system of leasing convicts will be speedily terminated, even though the building of penitentiaries be expensive and the loss of revenue considerable.
 The sub-letting of convicts is an evil unknown in Alabama, and from this feature of the Georgia system came nearly all the evils and inhumanities that have greatly shocked the good people of that state. It will be strange indeed if some of the guiltier ones are not brought to the bar to answer for the cruelties against human beings that they at least could have averted. The traffic in human souls is at any rate to be ended.
 The Georgia convict lease system is
  35 years old, and the atrocities recent ly developed are the growth therefore of a generation. Theological expert ence in all nations does not uphold the lease system as conducted by Georgia. ITO condemn man, even convicted criminal" says the Springfield Repub-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
THE OLD SWIMMlN' HOLE.

By James Whitcomb Riley. Ohi the old swimmin' hole! whare the
 crick so still and deep Looked life baby river that was lay
 in half asleep, And the gurgle of the worter round the
 drift jest below Sounded like the laugh of something we
 onc't ust to know Before we could remember anyth ing
 but the eyes Of the angles lookin out as we left
 Paradise; But the merry days of youth is beyond
 our control, And it's hard to part forever with the
 old swimmin'- n'-hole Oh! the old swimmin' hole! In the hap
 py days of yore, When I ust to lean above it on the old
 sickamore, Oh it showed me face in it's warm
 sunny tide That gazed back at me so gay and
 glorified, It made me love myself, as I leaped to
 caress My shadder smilin' up at me with sech
 tenderness. But them days is past and gone, and
 OlQ llulo D tuGh illS LOll From the old man come back to the
 old swimmin'-hole. Ohl the old swimmin' -hole! In the long,
 lazy days When the hum- drum of school made so
 many run-a-ways, How pleased was the jurney down
 the old dusty lane, Whare the tracks of our bare feet was
 all printed so plain. You could tell by the dent of tho
 heel and the sole They was lots of fun on hand at the
 old swimmin'- hole But the lost joys is past Let your tears
 in sorrow roll Like the rain that ust to dapple up the
 old swimmin'- Thare the bullrushes growed. and the
 cat-tails so tall, And the sunshine and shadder fell over
 it all; And it nfottled the worter with amber
 and gold Till the glad lilies rocked in the ripples
 that rolled; And the snake-feeder's four sauzy
 wings f1uttered by Like the ghost of daisy dropped out Ol tuc Shyt Or a wownded apple blossom in the
 breeze's control, As 1t cut across some orchard tords the
 old swimmin' hole. Oh! the old swimmin' -h ole! When last
 saw the place. The scenes was all changed like the
 change in my face; The bridge of the railroad now crosses
 the spot Whare the old divin'-Iog lays sunk and
 forgot. And stray down the banks whare the
 trees ust to be- But never again will their shade shelter
 me. And I wish in mI sorrow I could strip
 to the soul. And dive off In my grave like the old
 swimmin' hole!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
Commissioner WilkilSOn'S Advice

Spot middlings are worth about 10 cents a pound, but there is tendency in the quotations of futures to under cut the present price of spots. The crop is coming to maturity rapdily un- der the effects of hot weather and picking will soon be general.
 "The slower the cotton can be mar keted," says Commissioner of Agricul- ture Wilkinson, "the surer are prices to be upheld, and it is therefore a good policy to store your cotton, either in the warehouses, or, better, to store it in your own barns and backwards, but always under shelter, where it can not be so readily counted against you" Commissioner Wilkinson goes on to urge the farmers to disregard reports of bumper crop-to hold the tighter and to market the slower.
 He is not very specific, but it is fair to construe his advice as a demand for 10 cents as the seasons minimum price. The farmer who holds his cot ton until he can secure 10 cents for it and who joins either the Farmers union or the Cotton association is a farmer who is keeping step with the music of organization and cooperation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18

crimes, of few, nothing but a limited experience of life and a limited power or observation can lead anyone not di- rectly concerned in the profits of his enterprise to indorse his point of view.
 There are few hundred, or a few thousand, overfed, overdressed and sen- sualized women in every large city. All of the things that Mrs. Chatfield-Taylor declares true of women are true of some women. There are, throughout the coun- try-and the term includes the cities some millions of women who quite will lingly share burdens. dress within the means of their Husbands. live contentedly in modest homes, bear suffering heroi- cally and prosperity with dignity, and discharge satisfactorily their major du- ties to themselves, their families, their friends and their race.
 Saying that fin the dumb animal hordes that come through Castle Garden lies the future of the race" Is merely ut tering truism in a cheaply melodra- matic way. It doubtless was said, and 1t was true, in the senior civilization of the world, that the vigor of the race was in the sturdy middle and lower classes. The dumb animal hordes" will of course, better their condition this side or Castle Garden and become ''bone and sfnew," and the millions of sane and sound American citizens now peopleing- and populatng-this part of the earth are already ''bone and sinew' The num- Der of the overfed, overdressed and sem jS aO to ho most negligible. They constitute a very small class within a small class. They may give what we are accustomed to call society" an evil reputation among other classes, but they do not constitute nor dominate even the small class to which they belong
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
WOULD BE EXTENSIVE JOURNEY

From the Chicago Journal.
 Two men sat on viaduct bench one starry evening last week. Through pow erful glasses they were examining the Armament It was apparent that one of them was an enthusiastic astronomer. He seemed sufficiently familiar with the smallest star to call it by its first name that is, If stars have first names.
 Drawing his companions attention to a particular star in close proximity to the handle of the dipper, he said:
 Perhaps you may be able to appreciate the immensity of distance between that star and our earth when I say it would take more than 100 years for 40-horse- power automobile, running at full speed to reach it.''
 By the quality of awe in his friends voice 1t was plain that he was unusually impressed, as he said:
 NO? A hundred years? Why, man, think of the gasoline bill''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
POWER OF THE "WANT LINER"
There Seems To Be No Limit To It's
 Possibilities.
Prof the Detroit Free Press.


 The Michigan man who sent 25 cents to newspaper this week to pax for a want ad. asking for rain knows some thing now about the power of jadvertis- rng. We have no report from his home. St. Joseph, on the state of the weather there, but in the eastern part of Michi- gan the goods have been delivered.
 A Chicago man has had equally satis- factory evidence of the value of the want ad. Having embedded $550 from the firm for which he was a collector. he had borrowed the amount from money brok- CTS and was so burdened by the usurers that he was on the point of suicide. He tried a want ad, told ihs troubles and begged for the needed sum to save his life. Two readers made up $500 for him. His employer guessed his Identity from the advertisement. A conference fol- lowed, the man is forgiven and the fu- ture looks bright for him again.
 If there are limits to the liners possi- bilities they have never been discovered. Every new utilization of their printed appeal but proves their efficacy. Yet the ASSei'o etiSy piih5 Sui pliSt OHly the nov ices, who are the most likely to try this medium for gratifying their wants. The experienced man of business knows why they succeed.
 The liner is form of the greatest power in modern life, publicly. In its limited way 1t does what the displayed advertisement does on a greater scale. Il I.rf,, Dph Lo- fortunes for the men who know how to | use 1t. It keeps the rascals of the world under control when it is applied in an other way.
 Mankind is only just beginning to ap- preciate the value of the 'liner''-and other forms of publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18

S whose soul
 Are the spell and the light of each path
 we pursue"
 Sheridan, less given to the worship of women and more to analysis, declared through the mouth of Lady Teazle: One morals plain, without more fuss; Mans social happiness all rests on us: Through all the drama-whether damned
 or not
 Love gilds the scene and women guide
 the plot'
 As she is at least a necessity if not always luxury, and must be accepted as fact if not as the fulillment of an ideal, 1t is always interesting to hear woman discussed, and especially inter esting. albeit not infrequently apalling. to hear her discussed by one of her sex The latest shock to masculine sensibili- ties and the latest attempt at shattering and splintering illusions, comes from a number of Chicago women who rise to maintain that the author of a recent novel is quite right in declaring the American woman of today to be "over- fed, overdressed and sensualized."
 Says Mrs. Hobart Chatfield- Taylor in an interview for the Chicago Daily Jour- nal:
 '"The average American woman is 80 selfish that she never considers anyone but herself and thinks of nothing but her own comfort and satisfaction. She is a butterfly who takes no thought of the hardships that someone must suffer that she may be pampered. This Is true in every class of society
 ''The woman shirks her share of the the cost of her pleasures. She gives no heed to the welfare of others, even to the welfare of those who are paying tribute to her without cause or reason.
 She is overdressed and she is over- fed.
 ''The average Chicago woman has a false idea of her position. She believes that man should dc everything for her. and that she should do nothing. Prof. Herrick is quite right in summing up her. idea of her worth thus:
 Come, bring me money, and I will kiss you. Make me a name before the world and I will noise it abroad Build me a house more splendid than other houses, set me above my sisters and will reflect honor upon you among men for the clothes I wear and the excellent shape of my figure.
 ''The American woman is no longer the companion of her husband She has been pampered into becoming a neurotic slave.
 Prof. Herrick is right in his prophecy that in the dumb animal hordes that come through Castle Garden lies the future of the nation, that theirs will be the land when the hunter of the market and his pampered female are swept into the dust heap"
 Since woman is an institution quite indispensable in the scheme of things, 1t is distinctly discouraging to hear her branded in this manner by anyone other than a novelist, whose desire to sell 8 large number of books at s1.50 constitutes his causus belli, and whose war Is there fore opera bouffe. It is really depressing to read that a remarkably pretty and still quiet young American woman has arrived at such melancholy conclusions. One is forced to pity her for the friends she has made.
 While the hope of profit may cause a novelist to lump women in class and charge the entire sex with the faults and follies the misdemeanors and high
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18

Unitarian views. As the world progresses men once orthodox are inclined to become liberal in religious matters.
 This country is certainly liberal enough Tt was In Jeffersons day-for the peo- pie to select their President outside of religious lines. Bryan is Presbyterian and he and Taft are equally exemplary in their private lives"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
New YOrk'S Future Contracts

The fight for commercial differences instead of fixed differences in futures goes on in the New York cotton ex- change, and committee is sitting with instructions to report by or before September 1. One side is fighting for the re-establishment of the law of SUD- ply and demand, while the standpatters of the exchange prefer fixed differences regardless of commercial values.
 Liverpool and New Orleans are the other great cotton markets Of the world and in both of them quotations of futures are kept in touch with the prices of spot cotton New York alone has the fixed difference system, and its adjustment of the prices of futures are few and far between. In New Orleans and Liverpool the grade differences are adjusted monthly.
 New York has ceased to be spot market and it is fast becoming the place where all the ragtag and bobtail of the cotton fields is unloaded and held. A delivery under it's rules meass | in many cases a supply of unspinnable cotton. What New York needs is the l commercial-difference system in use in
 New Orleans, and monthly revision of grade differences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for vacation trip should have The Age-Herald follow them and thus keep informed about what is taking place In the 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., 1908-08-18
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A SERMON BY THE WAY

A SERMON BY THE WAY. If good or bad, this much we know, Life's what we make it as we go. In time of stress be brave and true And put your heart in all you do, Forgetting not that manners kind Will leave golden glow behind. And those who speak a word of cheer By that may brush away a tear. So live in trust, sustained by hope, Well pleased to toll while others nope, Contented with life affords, Without the dross the mlser boards; By little cares not greatly vexed, Nor yet by selfish schemes perplexed; And when at last your race Is run, Look back upon your duty done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
WHEN YOU PINE.

When your heart is sad and lonely
 And you think you've lost your grip, When the glow of life is fading
 And you long to take trip Far away from work and worry,
 Over land and over sea, To the lotus isles of fancy
 Where a chap may wander free And forget the sounding city,
 With it's never-ending grind, Shaking off lifes cruel fetters,
 Leaving sordidness behind- When you feel like that, my brother,
 Here's a bit of good advice: First be sure the boss will let you. Then be sure you have the price!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New I ork Press

A voman calls anybody rival who tries to have better clothes than hers.
 The important things in life are chief 1y so because of the fuss we make over them
 and lost 1t than never to have had any fun at all.
 When girl is afraid to be in a dark room with man it's sign she will get him there.
 The reason men never give up their seats any more to women in street cars is they never have them any more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
Regarding Campaign Funds.

.The democrats can expect no cam paign contributions from the wealthy classes, but they should be able to raise a large fund by the donations of small amounts from Bryan partisans of moder- ate means" said Benjamin F. Coghlan of Galveston. T attended the Denver con vention and l thought the extraordinary enthusiasm over MT. Bryan's nomination would have made 1t easy to raise $1,000000 or more from the rank and file. But when political ardor cools the purse strings are frightened.
 q think, however, that if the commit tee on organization would try to reach every democratic voter and appeal to him for a small contribution, the campaign managers would have adequate means to defray all reasonable expenses. I under stand that s1 .o0o,OO0 is asked for. The re- publicans will quietly raise $,0o,0o0 or $S, 900 600, but with the democrats $1 will go as far as $7 of.a republican slush fund.
 Texas democrats are enthusiastic and will do their part in contributing to the election of Bryan and Kern"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
Active Iron Trade.

Iron quotations are stronger than they have been for some time past. The mar ket has hardened at $12.50 for No. 2 foundry, Birmingham, and small lots bring $13.
 There is healthy demand and the ton mage contracts for this month will prob- ably total as much as the tonnage sales of May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18

Henri Farman's aeroplane flights come high and American audiences are not at hand to demand them Henri has gone back to Paris, carrying his machine and grouch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18

President Diazs term will be ended on November 30, 1910, when, he says, he will retire from politics. He will then be nearly 80 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
Coal Production.

The coal production of the Birmingham district Is increasing at a rate that would indicate normal within the next two or three weeks. Yesterday was the best day from the operators point of view since the strike was declared, on July 6.
 The total output today (Monday)," said a member of the operators association last night was 26100 tons. Of this. pro- duction, about 1200 tons came from union mines the rest from open shop mines. The Tennessee company produced about 5000 tons, or to be exact, 1865 tons; the Sloss-Sheffield, 5000 tons the Pratt Con solidated, 5000 tons; the Woodward Iron company. 15OO tons; the Republic com pany, 14O0 tons; the Alabama Consoli- dated 1000 tons; the Corona Coal and Iron company, 1000 tons; the Birmingham Coal and Iron company, 75O tons; the Alabama Fuel and Steel company at Ac- ton, 300 tons; the Central Coal and Iron company, 700 tons; Dr. Crows mines, SO tons, and so on.
 There has been large development in mining properties within the past l2 months and the total capacity of the Ala bama mines is estimated at 60000 tons day; but the demand has never been suf- ficient to call for an output equal to Is, ,000,000 tons a year. Under ordinary trade conditions, between 40,OO0 and 45,OOO tons would be big days work. At this time. of dullness in the coal trade, 5000 tons would be large outlook. The public may rest assured that the iron and steel plants in operation will be kept up to their productive capacity. After nor nal conditions are restored we will look back on the miners strike and see that restricted output was confined to period of only a few weeks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-18

The republican platform stands con- demned by it's own and the opposition candidate. It's own candidate has at tempted to amend it.