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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
One State Sues Another
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citizen of another state cannot sue a sovereign state. but one state can sue another, and the papers are filed in the United States supreme court, which has in such case original jurisdiction. A few months ago Virginia did file pa- pers in suit against West Virginia, and both sides are today preparing for the legal conflict.
 The suit is big one. It relates to millions. When West Virginia was taken as a war measure from Virginia, to constitute new state, Virginia had a debt of $33,O00,OO0, and she claims that West Virginia should shoulder one-third of that debt, because the lat ter deprived the former of one-third of her original territory.
 West Virginia has steadfastly repu- diated any portion of Virginia's debt, and the bringing of a suit to compel | the former to assume a part of the latter's debt is leading to considerable agitation in the mountain districts of West Virginia, and it will doubtless be felt in the November election.
 The supreme court has master at work taking evidence, MT. Littlefield of Maine The facts will be ascertain ed by him and reported to the court and upon these facts the great court will render judgment. There seems to be nothing alarming in all this, but 1 the mountain districts of West Vir ginia are full of rumors and needless transformation. The situation is dis tressing to the republican politicians, who do not know what the mountain eers will do to them, after many years of power, on election day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
The Social Equality Horror

As appalling as have been the mur- ders and dynamitings growing out of the strike of the United Mine Workers in the Birmingham district, the worst thing yet done because of it's far-reach- ing evil effect, is the teaching and practical illustration of social equality in the mining camps. Soon after the strike began 1t became known that union leaders had promised the negro miners and their families social equal ity with the white miners and their families, but few persons imagined that here in a southern community any set of white men would dare to at tempt movement so repulsive or so damnable.
 But Women's Auxiliaries, composed of whites and blacks, are said to be actually in existence while in num- Der of the mining camps the public has a hideous object lesson in social equai- ity as illustrated in tented life. Every intelligent negro understands that white and black can live side by side in the south and be mutually helpful, but that the two races can never meet on social equality and that miscegena- ton in the southern states is a felony. The barrier has been fixed and it will remain forever.
 Every intelligent person not only comprehends this question but every right-minded negro appreciates the reasonableness of this race wall. Were the barrier to be broken down a silent tragedy, more terrible than that of torch or sword, would fall upon our fair southland-more terrible because it would mean the decay and oblitera- ton of our white civilization.
 But why discuss this matter further? The worst of organized crimes is being committed before our eyes.
 Social equality between Caucasian and negro does not set very well in northern communities where the blacks are comparatively few and where the race problem is practically unknown. Here in Alabama it will not be tolerated at all. This social equality movement among United Mine Work CTS must be stopped at once. It can l hardly be that the better class of striking miners of either color will countenance anything Of the kind.
 It is certain that the public in gen. eral feels outraged and that it will not allow this social equality infamy to continue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
MIR. "DooLEY" ON PROHIBITION
From the Boston Post,

From the Boston Post.
 York Harbor Me.-"The chief difference between a license and prohibition state, as it looks to me, is that in a license state when you want a drink you go after it; in prohibition state it comes to you. You see, prohibition has its advantages, just as the good temperance people claim"
 The speaker was. Finley Peter Dunno (Mr. Dooley), the humorist. With his wife and two children Finley Peter Dunne, Jr., nearly years old and Philip, the baby of months, MT. Dunne is passing the summer at the Goodwin cottage on Nor wood farm road.
 q see by the papers, as Dooley says" continued MT. Dunne, that our friend Chain, prohibition candidate for presi- dent, ducked the other day, and was only brought back to the issue by someone who dived to the bottom of the swimming tank
 But as things are going now in poii- tics, another hoary-headed monarch will soon be deprived of his throne and his job, and must cast his crown into the junk heap-King Alcohol.
 AS it is, this aged monarch is in such dire straits in the sunny southland that he is creeping stealthily around back doors in a patent medicine disguise. Think of it, weeds in the fragrant fields of mint, and when one southern colonel in- vites another to drink with him in some secluded place. instead of on the front veranda, as formerly, a darky stands by with a fire hose to put them out if they burst into flame.
 "A friend of mine up at York Beach en- tertslned man the other day who had been in the south since the prohibition wave put old King Alcohol into the in bad club For his delectation he mixed up a cocktail with the finest ingredients that Boston could provide.
 AS his guest drank of it his manner seemed to indicate that there was some thing wrong with 1t.
 Whats lacking? asked my friend, in some discomflture
 Rough on Rats was the reply.
 Its as hard to get drink in the south now, I understand, as it once was not to get one. The northern idea of southern hospitality of former days was, l fancy that voiced by MT. Dooley, when he said to Hinnssy:
 l" Me dee iv southern hospitality wal thot a southern ginteman met ye at tn thrain with a noggin' iv dhrink In tn crook iv his thumb, an if ye didn't dhrinR he shot ye.'
 But joking aside; believe that the Maine towns are the better for prohipi' ton. They are cleaner. purer, better gov erned and healthier morally for us al without open liquor selling. If the sum mer residents here want something tha will put an edge on hospitality. the teie phone to Boston is working, and the tim' is two and one-half hours-not long tlms between drinks for gentlemen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
BROTHER AID TO CUPID

he doesn't hesitate to tell her just what season, and when he invites Jimmie Gotrex or Billy Greesus to spend l week -end with him he certainly has no avowed intention of making 8 bFother=in-1 law of him.
 Here is the bit of fletien necessary to make the match strike. In the ease of the father CT mother there is an ever- whelming anxiety to throw the wou1d- be lovers together. Tn fact, they can't very well escape each other. They are thrust at each other at every turn, and mutual distaste is, as often as not, the result, But with the brother eall- ing down anathema on his sisters head for being & spofl-sport, and making all sorts of plans to separate the pair and keep them apart, the result Is quite the reverse. They will steal opportunities to be together. the poor brother Is looked upon as the natural enemy of all lovers. and q little later. if the bride is honest enough to acknowledge her indebtedness, 1t is her brother
 
 wedding cake
 Most of the old maids come from fam- lilies in which there are no brothers. Maneuvering mammas they may have had, and papas skilled with the lasso. but the lack of a brother to forags innocently for them has doomed them to single sullenness all their days. Therefore, if sonless family Is de- termined to marry off it's daughters let it first adopt a brother for them, and husbands shall be speedily added unto them. The brother in the house is the lodestone that attracts others of his sex. From his earliest school days, when he runs in at recess with this or that youngster to get bite of lunch, up to the moment when he is best man at the marriage of that youngster with his favorite sister, he Is the usefullest member of the household in the match : making line, and the sooner he is recognized as such the easier will be his lot and the less anxious will be his parents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
CLEVER LITTLE STORIES.
rom the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Baseball is a chronic complaint of Sem ator Crane. When he was governor of Massachusetts he took his entire staff out for a drive and surprised them by having the carriages pull up at an open field and announcing there was to be a. baseball game. Two hines were chosen and the game began. Pretty soon some- body came along the road. 'What teams are they?" he asked of one of the drivers. Why, that man pitching is the gover- nor of Massachusetts" the driver re- piled. "The one catching Is the lieuten- ant governor. The first baseman is congressman, the second baseman is the judge advocate general" Say inter- rupted the passer-by, perhaps you would like to know who I am. I'm Na- poleon Bonaparte."
 A story told by the late Ira D. Sankey on himself has been revived since the evangelst's death. One day he entered a Swiss shop and asked to see some music boxes. The salesman graciously showed him a number, but none was what he wanted. Have you none that play sacred music?" he asked. Why" answered the salesman, i've have some that play a kind of halfway sacred mu- sic." "What?' inquired MT. Sankey. "Oh, these Moody and Sankey hymns; I can't imagine what the people see in them, but we sell thousands of the boxes that play them. We have enormous orders for these boxes,' continued the sales man, from every part of Europe" and then he added, apologetically, Its matter of business, you know, with us"
 Gen. Dabney H. Maury tells in his "Recollections of Virginian,' of an old lady in Fredericksburg who was reduced to taking in boarders in order to make both ends meet On one occasion of stress the larder was so empty that the good woman took to her bed and sum- moned her servant Nancy" she said, there's nothing in the house for my boarders to eat except mush. But give them that If they are Christians they will accept it in resignation and thank fulness. And if they are not Christians 1t is deal too good for them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
Peculiar Phases.

"I am not one who thinks the United Mine Workers strike will hold out very long" said a citizen. 'It will not, at any rate, interest or attract the atten- tion of the general public much. AL least that is my prediction, based on former strikes in this district. Strikes are summer time diversion; they never thrive in frosty autumn or icy winter.
 But there are certain peculiar phases of this strike, that I do not take in'
 although in years past I was a mine operator. First and foremost, is the fact that miners who never went in vain witn a grievance to the company officials. ana who had long and strong ties of friend ship with the head of the company, struck Just the same as If they had been badiy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
SUCH IS LIFE.

By Edwin l.. Sabin, in Judge. Jones envies Smith; a grocer he,
 druggist is the latter. Smith envies Brown and thinks to b' A railroad man is fatter. Brown envies Johnson--Johnson is
 The village tavern keeper; But Johnson covets Jenkins biz
 Of tending blow and reaper. While Jenkins roundly envies Jones, Asservating, "No, sir! You'd never see me tilling stones
 Were I by gum, a grocer" And thus is formed the endless chain Of brother watching brother And spending lots of time in vain
 By envying another. For such the fate of mortal man;
 To note not what he could be, But kicking 'gainst the ordered plan
 TO fancy what he would be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
St. Bernard College.

The Rev. Father Charles, o. S. B., of St. Bernard is in Birmingham. He was the celebrant at last mass at St. Paups church yesterday.
 Father Charles is we'll known and es- teemed in the Birmingham district and indeed throughout Alabama. He says the outlook for St. Bernard college is very bright The dormitory capacity has been increased and 150 instead of 125 students can now be accommodated. Father Charles thinks the limit will be reached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
DuSTLESS ROADS.
the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 In this "horseless age" the sprinlzling of streets with water is going out of fashion. Thirty-three miles of Bostons s thoroughfares are now either under oil calcium chloride or "tarve," a mixture much used on suburban highways. In New York top dressings of oil have been tried successfully in the parks. To the automobiles propensity of stripping the highway of its surface covering we shall owe the abolition of street dust altogether
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for a 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-HeraId 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., 1908-08-24
Coal Trade Dull.

J. R. Ryan, vice president of the Corona Coal and Iron company, who has been spending the summer in Walker county, near the company's mines, Is in Birming- ham. He says that the coal trade is ex- ceptionally dull and that few of the com mercial companies would be operating at this season on more than half-time even if there had been no strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

On the retired list Rear Admiral Evans pay is but s675O instead of the 5000 he received before retirement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

MT. Bryan slaves himself. This is another matter that will naturally come up in this campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

Candidate Sherman fully explains his selection as one of Joe Cannon's s committee on rules. He can outstand- pat even the speaker himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

The bumptiousness of Castro is now up against the Dutch, and they know how to treat it philosophically yet thoroughly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

Tony Hains' personally conducted shooting scrapes should be rounded up, and so should Tony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

The alienists are now expected to show that both of the Hains brothers were crazy but are now, of course, sane,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

Captain Baldwin got only s6000 for his dirigible airship. He is not prac- tical grafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

Izzet Pasha may be hiding in for eign country, and the young Turks may demand his extradition as a grafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

A famine in chorus girls is reported in New York. They have gone to Pitts burg and expect to retire from the stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

If the waiter in New York who re- fuses to accept tips escapes a lunacy commission he will be swamped with dates for the vaudeville circuit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

New York claims to have a waiter who refuses tips. He is doubtless training for the vaudeville circuit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

Before they depose the Sultan the young Turks should make provision for his wives. They should at any rate De counted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

President Schurman declines to serve the bosses of New York as stalking horse. He is a supporter of Governor Hughes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

A probable advance in the price of loaf of bread should attract the at tention of Manager Hitchcock, for his party is in power and has been twelve years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

Candidate Chain begins to thiph that campaigning is serious business. Between bricks earelessly thrown and too much water in swimming pools his life, and therefore his candidacy, has been endangered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

Francis Joseph of Austria is IS years old, and he has governed his conglom- crate country with rare success sixty years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

The Hon. c. Rumsey Sheldon takes the position that the law which says that corporations shall not contribute to campaign funds is foolish. He may conclude to abolish it, at least until November 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

MT. Hobson thinks a war with Japan would be annoying and expensive, but in the end victory would be forthcom- ing. This is comforting at any rate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

Admiral Cervera hurrahs for Taft, but he is not registered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

The price of bread is going up just when it should not for humanity's sake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-24

Given the fact that baby is born every three minutes in New York city and death occurs every five minutes. what will be the population of the city at the end of the eentury2 A prize of near-beer goes with this problem.
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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-11-07
KEEPING CHILDREN on THE FARM.

Every farmer should do all possible
to keep control of his sons and daugh-
ters as long as possible. The prob
Icm Ur rne CnIIureu 1csvtu5 ~fesrr11
is one that is more far-reaching than
most people realize.
It is not possible to keep all the
boys and girls on the farm, for the
very simple reason that there is not
an opportunity on the farm for all of
them to make good living.
Every boy and every girl has an
ambition to at least make good liv-
ing, and they are to be credited for
the ambition. If it were possible for
each one to have an opportunity to
make that kind of living on the farm
we would hear less about children
leaving the farm for the city.
But under the conditions as they
now are, the surplus of the boys and
girls will continue to leave the farms,
and the best the farmer can do Is to
supervise their emigrations.
Many country parents are woefully
ignorant of the conditions that sur
round their SONS and daughters when
they go into the cities. If 1T were not
for this ignorance, almost no parents
would permit their daughters to go
into the hotels in the small or large
towns as mattresses and chamber
maids.
When the daughter of farmer
leaves home, it should be the busi-'
ness of the father and mother to know
all about the employment into which
they are to enter, and to know as much
as possible about the conditions that
surround it.
For the girl that leaves the farm
home, one of the very undesirable
employments is that of waitress in a
city restaurant. Her parents should
keep her out of this if possible.
There are practically no safe en-
ployments away from home, especial
ly for girls that go to great city.
Probably the safest of all is that of
servant in home, but this is not a
kind of service that appeals to the
American farm girl.
The parents of the farm girl bent on
leaving her home for employment in
the city should be suspicious of all ad-
vertisements appearing in city daily
papers. Many of these ADVERTISE
ments are all right, but some ofthem
are all wrong, and this is not gener-
ally the fault of the publishers.
Many innocent-looking advertise
ments are published that really con-
ceal traps that are carefully hidden.
An advertisement that promises an
easy life and good pay to girls should
be looked upon with suspicion always,
as there are no desirable positions of
this kind begging for takers.
The farmers son, if well-inten-
toned, can go to the city and find few
traps waiting for him. But even in
the case of the son, the help and care
of the parents should be given till the
boy is we'll started on some career. A
little help and a little supervision will
often go a long way toward keeping
the newly-made freeman in the right
path.-Ag,icultuyaI Epitomist.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-11-07
For "THE UNION"
A DREAM.

I slept and dreamed q wondrous dream
OF beauty, strength and power;
No wrong was seen in all the world
In that one peaceful hour.
And why was it that no one did
A single evil thing?
Each one was master of himself,
Of his own actions-king.
The power was given to perform
What e'er was undertaken;
And 30 no half completed task
Had e'er to be forsaken.
And those poor children of the mind,
Conceived, but never born,
The plans that fail, thoughts sunexpressed
Whose early death we mourn.
Developed all their beauty there
And grew az we had planned;
And so, all efforts understood,
Each was the others friend.
But then woke from this fair dream,
And vanished was that peace,
The joy of understanding and
Accomplishment had ceased.
Our best efforts are fruitless, we
Accomplish not our end;
Our acts are all misunderstood,
We know not who's our friend.
OF tender words we wish to speak,
1lf kind deeds We would do
OF noble thoughts we would express
We accomplish but few;
And only in the future,
We've reached that heavenly land,
Shall this fair dream be realized
And things be as we've planned:
-E. Mdv Cross.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-11-07
THE COMING DOWN.

It was an open-air meeting on the
public square in the evening. There
was a large and enthusiastic crowd
present, and the principal speaker of
the evening was ready to make the eff
fort of his life. He did make it. He
showed that the opposition party had
ruined America thirty-six times in the
last 100 years, and that on thirty-six
different occasions his party had step
ped in and gathered up the remains
and made new goddess of liberty of
them.
He made scores of statements. He
backed them up with statistics taken
from the family almanac.
He roared. He GRATED. He stood
on his hind legs. He sawed the air
and pitied the poor millionaire. He
sawed it some more and promised
every laboring man house and lot.
Then, amidst such an outburst OF
enthusiasm as scared hens off the roost
three miles away and woke up infants
to cry with collie, he closed aud stood
with folded arms. A thousand men
rushed to shake hands and congratu-
late him. A hump-shouldered man
led them, and rammed and jammed
and elbowed until he stood beside the
proud orator. Then he held out a
toll hardened hand, and said
"Say, mister, that was darnec
good speech of yours, but you didn't
say whether the price Of turnips was
goin' to be up or down this fall. I've
got a load out here, and I'd like to
know"
And then we all went home.