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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Thomas Fortune Ryan has reached a point where he has nothing to say on any subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

The rats" in ladies' hair were cut as a rule from the heads of Chinese bandits whom the government had be- headed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

personal matter, and each man felt it his duty to help in the cause.
 Alabama has in Birmingham a city to be proud of, city. whose fame for hos pitality will reflect credit on the state Tn all time to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

The united weight of Taft and Sher- man is 800 lbs, but the issues of this campaign are not matters of avoirdu- nOiS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

country and extraordinary inducements have to be offered in order to win the annual meet prize.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Frank Hitchcock should be permit ted to carry the steam roller nome as q souvenir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Prosperity is taking off her things and making herself at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Young Charlie Taft is about to put Onentin's nose out of joint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Eufaula Times: Atlanta is trying to keep pace with Birmingham by taking in adjacent suburbs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Henry M. Flagler has retired from the Standard Oil, but he will not be nominated for vice president at Den xnr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Chattanooga Star: The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway company is now in full blast and Birmingham Is correspondingly happy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Of Ore gon is a political orphan now, although a millionaire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Gadsden Times-News: The Birmingham Barons are softly singing Down in the Coal Mines, Underneath the Ground
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

The original Taft man is beginning to appear by regiments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Bullock County Breeze: Memphis will have a hard time pulling off a more successful reunion next year than did Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

The Angora goat has supplanted the Teddy Bear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27
NOT THEN.

o woman, o woman, you're an angel,
 fairy When fulfilled and ruffled and smiling and
 airy, But not when your tongue, dear, Is
 swung like a clapper And you're 1ounging around in calico
 wrapperl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27
HARDLY,

HARDLY. q heard her say that little fellow was a perfect angel" Whose child is it?" Hers, of course. You don't think any woman would talk that way about ans other woman's son, do you?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27
THE COLD SHOULDER.

THE COLD SHOULDER. You say he lives on Easy street now? ''Yes." What is the number of his house?' That is secret to all the people he used to know"
 WARM WEATHER SONG. Waiting for the frost
 Dreaming bout the snow; Wish the winds of winter
 Would begin to blow. Waiting for the frost
 On a summers day; Meath the buzzing fan is
 Where I want to stay. Waiting for the frost
 Hot enough to fry; Oh, for just one blizzard
 Long about Julyi
 BLISSFUL. "Their married life is ideal, I hear'' Perfect Every Sunday morning they have a quarrel about going to church
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

"A maiden Who IlNed m IschKooda Sweetly smiled on a fellow who wooed
 her,
 But when she said, "Son, Your brothers the one," He got so blamed mad that he sued herl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

a perfect angel" Whose child is it?" Hers, of course. You don't think any woman would talk that way about ans other woman's son, do you?'
 KNoCKFEsT. Dare to be knocl1er And with the knockers stand, A frown upon your forehead, hammer in your hand.
 Macon News. But as you knock be cautious, Avoid the chance of harm Pick out little man to knock Of thin and fiabby arm
 Cleveland News. But while you're in there knocking, Remember this-to-wit: The knocker swings his hammer, But he seldom makes a hit
 Nashville Tennessean. Oh, what's the use of knockers? They're found in every block The worlds in need of people Who don't know how to knock.
 TOO LATE. Did she make fool out of him?" 'No, Providence beat her to the job.' A WINNER NEVERTHELESS While Sarah Jane was shy looks And hadn't pretty eyes, Like heroines in story books You should have seen her piesi
 REPLIES If women shaved more of them would swear.
 No one else mops his brow as much in the summer time book agent. An important caucus of the planets will be held next Saturday. Before long all Alfonsos troubles will be little ones. porary. About noon these days 1t seems as if we were in Hades. Mme Gould needn't think she can make her marriage to De Sagan a patriotic af- fair by having it take place on the Fourth of July.
 George Bailey tells about a man In Michigan who has been a bill-collector circumstances to hold down a job like to heaven. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Dadeville Spot Cash: Birmingham is being showered with compliments upon the way she entertained the Confederate veterans last week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27
,JILTED.

and then they spend the rest of the week making up.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Pell City Progress: Birmingham is try ing to blush with becoming modesty over al the compliments hurled at her about the way the reunion was handled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27
ANTIOuATED.

''He Is an old-fashioned preacher, you say?"
 ''Yes. He thinks the Bible is the one best bet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Sumter County Call: The veterans have returned; they all say that Birmingham stands in class by itself when 1t comes to entertaining the veterans at reunion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Chicago RecordHerald: An Atlanta paper refers to Birmingham as the Pitts burg of the south. The rivalry between Birmingham and Atlanta must be grow ing intense,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Tuscumba Aabamian-D -Dispatch: The people of Birmingham, desiring to be in line with the other progressive towns of the state, are talking about organizing City Beautiful club"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Oneonta Southern Democrat: The Bir- mingham papers claim that there are more industries seeking locations in that city now than ever before in it's history. This sounds good and looks like the panic was over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Oneonta Southern Democrat: Birming- ham is making preparations to hold the best state fair this fall that has ever been held in the state. Blount county ought to be represented at this fair. It Is one of the best counties in the state, and we are doing ourselves an injustice by not letting the outside world know what we have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Athens Courier: Birmingham did her. self great honor in the splendid manner in which she cared for the great Con- federate reunion, and the entire state was honored in this excellent handling of the thousands who visited the iron metropolis of the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

KNOCKFEST. Dare to be a knocker And with the knockers stand, A frown upon your forehead, A hammer in your hand.
 Macon News
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-27

Entered at the Birmingh am. Ala, postofhce as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-05-01
AMARILLO PROBLEMS.

1t has been said that Amarillo,
of all the cities in the southwest
is the most changeful in popula-
ton, but it seems that few of
the Old-timers are left, for at the
recent election Judge Lon D..
Marrs was chosen as mayor, and
is one of the biggest toads in the
puddle in the entertainment of
the thousands who are attending
the annual meeting of the Pan
handle Stockmen this week. The
Judge, who is a liberal minded
gentleman of brains, an unerring
Judge of good whiskey and a user
of good old horse sense, was
among the first lawyers to land
on the fairness and he has been
there ever since, holding his own
with the intellectual giants who
came after and then some. It is
matter of deep satisfaction to
thousands of the uncircumciSed
in other parts of the short grass
country to behold his elevation to
the highest Office in the gift of
the people of the new Wichita.
There is great need for such
men in every growing city, which
has passed beyond the primitive
village state, and needs above all
other things an executive of
broad ideas and wholesome tol-
erance. Roswell had him in Jim
Stockard, and the last two years
has made more history than the
twenty before. Amarillo has
him in Lon d. Marrs, and its next
two years will be equally marked,
for there are even greater prob
lens for Amarillo to Settle-Such
as the water supply, the disposi-
ton of a street car system that
is a genuine white elephant, the
extension of permanent improve
ments, the redemption of the un-
qualitiedly rotten telephone ser
vice, with many other things that
have gotten twisted in the rapid
growth Of the town. MarrS will
straighten them all out if he has
a council behind him that is worth
a cuss, and Amarillo will be CRATE
full for the day of his election. -
Roswell Register-Tribune.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-05-01
Charges Against City Marshal,

County Attorney Rollins has
filed charges before the Mayors
court against City Marshal Tur-
ner alleging malfeasance in office,
neglect Of official duties, etc, re-
quiring said marshal's removal
from office.
Turner, questioned about it by
a News reporter, says that he is
now in the same boat with Sen
ator Bailey (of whom he is an
ardent supporter), that the char
ges against him are about as un-
founded as those against Bailey
and that he and the senator will
rise or fall together.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-05-01
The Country School Ma am.

Someone who has studied the
peculiar faculties required of
the country school ma am pays
her the following eulogy: She
must be a primary, intermediate
grammar grade, high school
teacher combined; she must be
able to build fires, adjust fallen
stove pipe, put in window panes,
sweep, dust, split kindling, drive
a horse, keep out of neighbor-
hood quarrels, know how, when
and where to whip a bad boy,
understand the school law, raise
money for libraries, keep all
records, plant trees on Arbor
day, be of good moral character,
and pass an examination in all
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-05-01
Mrs. Jordan Dead.

Mrs. J. +. Jordan died on
Sunday. She had been i'll for
several months, was not expect
ed to live and on the day stated,
surrounded by relatives and
friends, she passed peacefully
away.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist church Monday,
Rey. NJ. E. Hawkins, pastor,
presiding assisted by Elder
Shore. Deceased was mem
Der of this church and also of
the Eastern Star Chapter, the
members of the latter organiza-
ton accompanying the body to
the church. The services were
impressive and a large audience
attested the esteem in which
Mrs. Jordan was held by the
people of the town.
Mrs. Jordan leaves surviving
her nine children, the Youngest
being eight years old.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-05-01

the branches of modern educa-
ton. For these accomplishments
she receives $50 month. Think
of a girl getting that salary. Out
of this she pays her board, buys
her clothes, attends summer
school, buys educational papers
and furnishes slate pencils for
the pupils. What is left she adds
to her bank account or starts a
bank if she prefers. Elk.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-05-01
Decay in Posts Prevented.

It is estimated that a fence
post, which under ordinary cir
cumstances will last for perhaps
two years, will, if given preserv-
ative treatment costing about 10
cents, last eighteen years. The
service of other timbers, such as
'ailroad ties, telephone poles and
nine props, can be doubled and
} ften trebled by inexpensive pre-
,rvative treatment. Today,
3 hen the cost of wood is a big
N to every farmer, every stock.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-05-01
Stockmen's Convention Notes.
Daily Panhandle.

!
After some manipulation, the
nature of which we are not aware,
it has been decided to hold the
next convention at Roswell, New
Mexico. The Panhandle Stock
mems Convention might as well
be held in New York as in New
Mexico. BE reasonable. 1t is
not identified with New Mexico:
it has no business in New Mex
leo, and the men who used the
means instrumental in placing it
in New Mexico are not friends of
the Panhandle, nor of the stock
men of the Panhandle.
There are many stanch, true
and tried stockmen, friends of
the Panhandle and of the Stock
mems Association who have de-
nOunced the underhanded means,
by which this SO-called election
was conducted. in unmeaSured
and most vigorous terms. They
will not attend the convention in
New Mexico, but they will sever
their connection with the Stock
mems Association, at least until
such time that the members
shall come to their senses and
look out for their own interests,
and the interests of the aSSocia
ton, and in the meantime it will
be found that the membership
of the association will not be in
the aScendency.
The Daily Panhandle is proud
Of the showing made in stock
exhibitions here, some high class
Herefords, Durhams and others
of world wide fame bearing blue
ribbons from Kansas City, Den
yer, Fort Worth, having been
beaten by our local stock
stock bred, raised and shown by
our own John Hutson of Canyon
City.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-05-01
THE WEST-A TOAST.

When men shall name the lands
they love,
The land each holds all lands
The mother land that gave them
birth
The greatest, fairest and the
OF all thecountrieS of the earth
Then let them simply say
The Vest
Boast, Briton, of thy forests old,
Thy storied fields, thy castles bold,
Brag, Scot, with loves impas-
stoned might
OF lowland moor or highland
height;
Sing, faithful German, all that's
thine
OF beauty by the sweeping Rhine,
And I'll discount their glories
aye
Though told with passion, fire
and zeSt,
When rise slowly from my seat
And smiling at thy loyal heat,
Uplift the toasting glass and
say:
THE land | love, my friends,
The Vest"
How wide thy plains, my noble
How grand thy rivers sweep
ing far;
How tow'r thy mountain peaks
snow dreSt
And nobler than the great Alps
are.
What cities thunder on the plain,
What cities roar beside the sea,
And what a grand immensely
Broods over thy unbound domain!
And this is mine-l hail from
here
From roomy plain, from star
kissed height:
No narrow state is mine-l rear
No boundary to my birthright,
But am native of it all
With love for all within my
breast.
So marvel not when thou shalt call
A toast from me for lands
loved best,
If | shall from my seat arise
And proudly say with smiling
eyes:
MY friends, The Vest"
Sunset Magazine.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-05-01

John A. Wallace returned
from his Chattanooga, Tennessee
trip Monday. He enjoyed him
self so we'll that he wants to tell
everybody he meets about it, he
says.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1908-05-01
Keiser Brothers & Phillips Buy and Sell
===Panhand|e LandS==

man, every railroad manager-tt
everyone, in fact, who must uSt
timber where it is likely to decay
this is a fact which should be
carefully considered.
1t is easy to see that if the
length of time timbers can be
doubled only half as much timber
will be required as before anC
only one-half as much money will
need to be spent in the purchase
of timber. Moreover, many
woods which were for a long time
considered almost worthless can
be treated and made to last as
long as the scarcer and more ex.
penSive kinds.
OF the actual saving in dollars
and cents through preservative
treatment, fence post such as
was mentioned at the beginning
might serve as one example.
The post is of loblolly pine, and
costs, untreated, about s cents,
or, including the cost of setting,
II cents. 1t lasts about two
years. Compromising interest at
D per cent, the annual charge of
such a post is 7.53 cents: that is,
it costs 153 cents d year to keep
the post in service. Preservative
treatment costing 10 cents will
increase its length of life to about
eighteen years. In this case the
total cost of the post, set, is ~
cents, which compounded at )
per cent, gives an annual charge
of 2.04 cents. Thus the saving
due to treatment is $40 cents a
year. Assuming that there are
POO posts per mile, there is a sav-
ing each year for every mile of
fence a sum equivalent to the in
terest on S219.60.
In the South the cheap and
abundant loblolly pine. one Of the
easiest of all woods to treat, can
by proper preparation be made
to take the place of the igh-grade
longleaf pine for many purposes.
Black and tupelo gums and other
little used woods have new and
increasing Importance because of
the possibility of preserving them
from decay at small cost. In the
Northeastern and Lake States
are tamarack, hemlock, beech,
birch, and maple, and the red
and black oaks, all of which by
proper treatment may help to re-
place the fast diminishing white
oak and cedar. In the States of
Mississippi Valley the pressing
fencepost problem may be great
ly relieved by treating such spe-
cieS as cottonwood, willow, and
blackberry.
Circular 139 of the Forest Ser
vice, "A Primer of Wood Preser-
vation,' tells in simple terms
what decay is and how it can be
retarded, describes briefly GER
tain preservatives and processes,
gives examples of saving in dol
lars and cents, and tells what
wood preservation can do in the
future. This circular can be had
free upon application to the For
ester, Forest Service, Washing
ton, D. c.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-23

ducred on mule to his house. Before she goes
to his huus" ahe drives all about town. In some
parts when the bride enters her new home the
bridegroom walks back kwards holding dagger in
his hand and She follows him, touching the pont
OF the blade with the tip of her finger
Where = family can afford it girl usually is
accompanc. by an old nurse. who gives her good
words of counsel as the lazy mule trudgcs along
lcisurcly + ore she leaves the girl, whom she
has cared FIR since the bride child, she
whispers: Take courage; you need not fear. He
cannot help but love you; you sweet good
and kind"
Among primitive peoples marriage usually
is more insistent and girls are cour'cl in even
less romantic manner. Among the Australians
every girl must marry, whether she will or not
1t is considered wonderfully strange ii girl Is
u years uld and is still unmarried This is not
bccaus" the girls parents romantic, but
the parents feel that girl is only worth the tot!
she gives.
"Thc man says the Rev H. c. Meyer, regards
They ar" Il Necessary commodity, valuable only as
long as useful, to be thrown aside after they
their purpose.
Worse still. their masters throw them out
and dIorc" thcm at will. The kanirs buy their
wives with COWS and do not pay more than they
can help. \ woman no sooner enters her new
home than he is given some task to perform so
her lord can see if he has made good bargain
He values her less than his COWS This is seen
by the fact mat he permits her to do all the work
except tend TO his cattle and enter the klaal
where they are kept.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-23

es, never accepts anything beyond jewclry Her
parents are expected to buy hcr trousscau, furni-
ture for the house. and her spinning wheel The
day of the wedding these things are exhibited but
at the bridesroom's house.
Though in Switzerland no matchmaking is done
young man must often prove to the girl he is
worthy of asking for her hand. The girls always
have the privilege OF saying Yes NO" though
in some places the choice of bridegroom is
stricted to their own locality. In some districts
a must lead the goats up and down the noun
tain to show the girl he can work for her In other
towns where the hayng is done it is his part to
stack up all the hay and pile it into the barn
Though she helps him in his long hours of toll. he
is expected to do most C the work Still he tolls
on bravely, feeling that he is being rewarded suni-
ciently by a pleasant word. friendly smile and
that if the work is we'll done he has chance to win
her his wife
Until recently in Egypt girls and boys were mar
ried when they young. 1t was common for a
girl to be married by the time she II and a boy
when 16. But they wait few years longer.
The parents always select the man they wish for
the son-in-aw The girl is satisfied to know that
she is going to have new dresses and great deal
of new pretty jewelry. The bride and bridegroom
rarely each other before the day the Wedding
An important part Of the ceremony is 10 give a
bride food and large urn, which symbolic that
she will have food and water
There people particular about selecting
husbands and wives for their children as the Moors
Their and daughters have no right to say
who they will and will not marry. For after the
parents have chosen, word of complaint might re-
suit in death. A dare never take a wife unless
his mother approves, and she is usually chosen
from the young women of their clan But
when they cannot find a girl in the village who
pleases them they seek one among other clans
But the young man is supposed to be tmid to
court alone the girl whom his mother chooses and
he usually takes several friends with him. 1t is
their duty to sing the girls praises in the hope of
giving him courage to carry the courtship
But the formal engagement must take place in
the presence of the head 1t is before him that
the young man hands The sum he has agreed
to give the girls father This varies according TO
what he can afford, the beauty Of the bride and
their social position. The bride usually buvs the
trousseau with the money the young man gives
her father.
Moorish girls are exceedingly fond of pretty
clothes and plenty of handsome jewelry so their
trousscauX are often wonderfully elaborate On
her wedding day professional woman from the
town is employe! to dress the bride She paints
her face combs out her hair, and arranges the
jewels. Not much before sunset docs tho bride
groom send the box in which the brid :, T., be con.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-10-23
coRNET BROUGHT AEoUT PEACE.
Spite Controversy Happily Ended
Without LeJa! Warfare.

"Fcllow was raising bees back IN
the foothill country, rcWarE@d Frank
II. Short OF Fresno. "Tlon'y a. sage
brush; sage makes clear, delicious
honey. Got in a row with noigh-
Dor; shot his log; said its barking
annoyed his queen bees. &oiEabJr
waited a whole year TO get oYeG,
plow"d up big patch. planted wild
mustard; grew fine, pCys iHlcG %
mustard flowers. Mustard Mas-a bit
ter honey. Like 10 ruin the bee mans
sales. Bee farmer camc to mo, wanted
to su" for damages. What cIl | do"
he asked
"No,Eiu~,' said. He has RI 1t
70 grow mustard on hi5 own lagl'
"'Wen. he said, I'll get aumo
scheme to annoy hin
SO he got curuat. used to ST. Up
from midnight tiIl four O'Clock in the
morning praatic.ng Wearing OF the
Green Fellow with the mustard was
an EuElishman: stood IL .or throe
weeks, went out with a scytnc and
cut down all the mustard They've
been good friends ever since. san
Francisco Chronicle